Military Caregiving Risk and Resilience Webinar set for Aug. 31

The “Risk and Resilience: Understanding Secondary Traumatic Stress Post-Pandemic” webinar will be presented by the Military Families Learning Network on Aug. 31. The free webinar will be from 10-11 a.m., and an RSVP is required for attendance. To RSVP, go to http://tx.ag/MFLN.

Celebrate Family and Food

Family traditions and in-person connections are important parts of gatherings of loved ones, and many of those gettogethers are centered on food.

New School Year Means New Friends!

The Forney Education Foundation is looking forward to meeting all of the parents that are new to Forney ISD. The Foundation is also excited about all of the new schools that are opening and all of the new staff that has joined the Forney Family for this school year.

Forney Students Awarded Baylor University Scholarships

Baylor University has selected nearly 4,000 recent high school graduates and more than 350 transfer students as recipients of academic scholarship awards for the 2021-2022 academic year.

I am scared to start to SCHOOL!

Barbara and Sherry and Pat and Billy Owen and maybe Debra in our neighborhood were all older than I and “old hands” at going to school. I was not, and they had told me all the bad things about going to school and how mean the teachers were and how other kids would “get you.

Mesquite Fire Department Celebrates Promotions and New Firefighters

Mesquite Fire Department held a promotion/swearing-in ceremony on August 5 at the Mesquite Arts Center to recognize the recent promotions of rank and new members to the department. The event celebrated 28 firefighters who have given nearly 400 years of combined service to the community.

FHPL—Annual “Summer Members Meeting”

July 30, 2021, at the Spellman Museum of Forney History, Board Members and Regular Members gathered for actually two meetings in one: the usually-held-in-December meeting to elect/confirm new and continuing Board of Directors and to celebrate the end of the 2020 operating year and the...

‘Tis of Thee

Recently, I had a conversation with someone I care for dearly. The pleasantries led to a few “remember that time” chuckles, which led to memory lane walks, which led to a sort of state of affairs quid pro quo type of comment moment. I don’t know when we crossed that line, but we did.

Dinosaurs Are Invading Texas

Dinosaur Invasion is stampeding into Texas from Friday, August 6th through Sunday, August 8th at the Arlington Expo Center, 1200 Ballpark Way, Arlington, TX 76011. The attraction, which has had many soldout events across the U.S.

Mesquite Continues to Seek Public Input on New Parks Master Plan

The City of Mesquite is seeking public input on a new Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan through a citizen survey available at www.cityofmesquite.com/ ParksMasterPlan until August 15. The public can call Parks and Recreation Administration at 972-216-6260 for more information.