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Did You Know?

News Staff

Thu, 05/20/2021 - 05:00

A study from the Gap Year Association found that 77 percent of students who take a gap year do so between high school and college.

Step on a Crack

Dina Moon

Thu, 05/20/2021 - 05:00

She was sitting at a table in Manhattan, in the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel. This all happened in the mid-70’s, so she told Jay MacDonald from his BookPage interview in 2006.

Laymen’s Corner

Submitted By Willie Holt

Thu, 05/20/2021 - 05:00

JESUS CHRIST WAS “ALL” HUMAN, AND JESUS CHRIST WAS “ALL” GOD. We know that Jesus was completely human. Jesus could feel pain. He could feel disappointment, He could feel human joy, He could feel anger and everything else that humans can feel in our bodies.

North Forney Baseball Wins District, Sees Season Ends in Bi-District Defeat

Tim Danziger Photos Courtesy Of Jim Klenke

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 05:00

An amazing year of firsts for the North Forney Falcons ended last Saturday, May 8, with a disappointing 2-1 series loss to the Ennis Lions in the bi-district round of the UIL baseball playoffs.

Smurfit Kappa Makes Record-Breaking United Way Donation

News Staff

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 05:00

Smurfit Kappa North America, local company and longtime community partner, made the company’s largest donation to Forney Area United Way (FAUW) last month, presenting FAUW with a check for $55,194.00. This is also the largest amount FAUW has received in one year from a single entity in its history.

Mayes Media Group Wins Two More Coveted Pollie Awards For Advertising Excellence

News Staff

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 05:00

Mayes Media Group, a North Texas-based advertising agency specializing in political communications, is proud to announce it has received two coveted Pollie Awards from the American Association of Political Consultants.

Burlesque vs. Strip-Tease—any Difference? Who was “Tempest Storm?”

Don Themer Staff Writer

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 05:00

I can hear my critics now, “Themer, what a topic about which to write! What made you think of those terms?” My answer is that I heard of the “passing” of “Tempest Storm” and thought the name “rang a bell.” And, I was correct.

Mesquite Moves Forward With $130 Million Alcott Logistics Station Industrial Park

News Staff

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 05:00

The City Council has approved proceeding with the development of the 2.3 million square foot industrial park called Alcott Logistics Station to be located south of East Scyene Road and west of Faithon P. Lucas, Sr. Boulevard.

Forney Women in Business

Misty Holler

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 05:00

With a career background in finance and mortgage, Fay Headley, a financial advisor with Edward Jones, says she always wanted to do exactly what she’s doing now.

WATERGATE—What was that?

Don Themer Staff Writer

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 05:00

During the 1970s through the 1990s, “Watergate” triggered about the same thoughts in nearly everyone who heard the word—the plot to break into and “bug” the Democratic Party Headquarters in the Watergate Complex in June of 1972.