Forney ISD Dual Language Academy will Transition to Ed Wilson Elementary

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.

How’s That Again? Are You Sure?

Meanings, Spellings, Usages, Originations, Etc. “O. K.” originated in 1839—“That is O. K. in my book,” said Phil as I showed him the rules for Scrabble. What does this mean, and how did it come to be in our common usage?

A Life Well Lived

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.

News from area colleges. . .

Students honored on the Dean’s List earned a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.70 with no grade lower than a “C” while enrolled in at least 12 graded semester hours.

MARLOWE

Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange Return Yes, two of our “old” favorites are back on the screen, so we decided to go to the CINEMA. The show is rated “R” for violent content, language, brief drug use, and some sexual material.

LET’S EAT: Compliments of “YOUNGSTERS” of Earlier Forney

The ART of COOKING in Forney was a moneymaking project of the 1962 Band Parents and other donors/contributors “back in the day,” as my “old-fashioned” wife likes to say, and was one of the many ways school organizations tried to secure enough funds to do projects/activities and take trips that were...

Scientists Disable Protective Gene in Mosquitoes

Immune pathways that protect mosquitoes from human pathogens, including West Nile, Zika and dengue viruses were disabled by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists.

Why Are My Trees Dying

The rains have returned, and we have had above average rainfall during the fall and winter, so why are all my trees dying? In September 2011, most of Texas was in a drought the most severe drought in Texas history.

A Mother’s Love

“I am a little old woman who lives in an assisted living facility…” her email began. Her following message was about the length of “War and Peace.” She is a woman who is as sweet as Karo syrup. But—and I mean this respectfully— brevity is not her strong suit.

Cancer Warning Signs

No one is immune to cancer, which the World Health Organization notes is the second leading cause of death across the globe. Though cancer is responsible for more than nine million deaths per year, the WHO notes that many cases of cancer are preventable.