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Summer is a season for recreation. Warm weather beckons people outdoors every day and during every season, but a quick glance outside your living room window in June, July and August will illustrate just how much people cherish any chance to spend time in nature when the mercury rises. So how are people spending their time outdoors? According to a recent report from the Outdoor Foundation that studied participation in various sports and activities, the most popular outdoor activity in the United States is running. The Outdoor Foundation report indicated that more than 61 million U.S. residents did some recreational running in 2019. To put that in perspective, 61 million people represents roughly 19 percent of the American population ages six and up. Fishing was the second most popular outdoor recreational activity among adults in the U.S., attracting more than 50 million participants. Outdoor recreation also is popular in Canada, where winter-dominant sports like skiing, snowboarding and hockey aren’t the only ways to enjoy the great outdoors. For example, the Trans Canada Trail, a recreational trail that connects every province and territory in Canada, attracts cyclists, joggers and hikers throughout the warm weather seasons.

On Monday March 20th the FHS Jackrabbit Academics team participated in the Region 14-5A district academics meet. The students received several individual and team honors. The qualifiers will be moving on to the regional competition on April 22 at UT Arlington for the chance to advance to the state meet.

A friend recently encouraged me to be “strong like bull.” I was a bit confused (not uncommon.) Somehow, I thought the phrase was “strong like bear.” Which, of course, lead me to the Google.

Nearly six years ago, Forney waschangedinaninstant at the conclusion of a dinner for Forney High School’s softball team. Emily Galiano, a 14-year-old freshman that year, was fatally run over in a tragic accident, leaving the team and the community at large heartbroken and in shock. Friends, teammates, and family came together to mourn the unspeakable loss of their daughter, sister, teammate, and friend. For the remainder of the season and in the seasons that have followed, the Lady Jackrabbits decided to dedicate their games to Emily, playing in her honor and living out the thing that brought Em so much joy. And in the true spirit of the Forney Family, the community rallied around the grieving Galiano family and the Jackrabbit softball team in the days to come, offering support in a number of ways. Through this support and in an effort to continue honoring the legacy of Emily Galiano, the Play for Em Foundation was born.

At the March Board of Trustees meeting, Forney ISD announced that Ed Wilson Elementary will become the Dual Language Academy campus beginning in the Fall of 2024. The program is currently located at Criswell Elementary school and will continue to serve as the campus next school year. Criswell has grown quickly with new families moving into the neighborhood and the Dual Language program is expanding. Wilson Elementary, which is being built near the Jackson/ Rhodes and OC campuses, will serve the program beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.

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This past week, Forney lost one of its beloved lifelong citizens - my friend Marilou Quinn. Marilou embodied the spirit of the Forney Community. She was a loving, wonderful Christian woman who was born, raised, and educated in Forney, graduating as the Salutatorian of her class. And she was my friend.

Forney Students Honored on the Dean’s Academic Honor List at Baylor University

Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange Return

Band Parents Organization of 1962

Researcher explains mosquito gene manipulation study, how it might help protect humans, animals

At the onset of the CO‑VID 19 pandemic, many homeowners suddenly found themselves in need of more usable square footage in their homes. Required to work from home due to so‑cial distancing recommen‑dations, millions of work‑ing professionals suddenly found themselves setting up shop at kitchen tables or is‑lands, in alcoves, garages, or even walk-in closets. Those makeshift offices were never supposed to be permanent, but as companies loosen workplace policies and em‑brace full remote or hybrid working arrangements, pro‑fessionals are seeking more permanent home office solu‑tions.

Well last year this pesky lawn weed was my number one horticulture related call for two months. This weed that has infected a vast majority of yards in our area. Lawn burrweed, car‑pet burrweed or spur weed (Soliva spp.), a cool season annual introduced from South America, has become a nuisance on golf courses, athletic fields, parks and lawns throughout much of Texas and the Southwest. The weed becomes a real nuisance when the seed ma‑tures in the spring because the sharply pointed spines on the seed can easily pierce the skin. Burweed becomes a deterrent to the use of athletic fields, parks and playgrounds in the spring when the seed mature. On golf courses, burweed in‑vades even the most closely mowed putting greens as well as fairways, tees and roughs.