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It was recently 1st Monday at Canton Back to Normal!

Don Themer Staff Writer

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

Actually, it was the Friday before the 1st Monday, and we left earlier than usual, arriving around 9:30—and people had already taken all the parking spots we have usually occupied the past many years.

First Major Reservoir in Texas in Nearly 30 Years Now Filling

News Staff

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

Bois d’Arc Lake, the first major reservoir in Texas in nearly 30 years, is now filling. The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) began impounding, or capturing, water on the 16,641-acre lake last week.

Opportunity Is Knocking At Our Front Door

News Staff

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

Resilience, perseverance and grit. It’s what our great school district founders had back in 1899 when they set out to make Forney ISD a great school district and a great place to live, work and raise a family. And it’s what today’s Forney Family has too.

Forney Player Makes LSC Soccer All-Tournament Team at Angelo State University

News Staff

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

Cassidy Hill of Forney, a sophomore defender on the Angelo State University Rambelles soccer team, has been named to the 2021 Lone Star Conference Women’s Soccer Championship All-Tournament Team.

North Baseball Comes Up Short Against HP

Tim Danziger

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

The formula the North Forney Falcons used in winning 23 of their first 27 baseball games was pretty simple. Good pitching, timely hitting, and not compounding mistakes in the field had led the Falcons to 23-3-1 overall, and an 8-0 start in District 13-5A play.

Sold Out Doesn’t Mean Left Out, Part 2

Billie Kasper

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

Decorating is in full swing for The Mardi Gras Gala benefiting the Forney Education Foundation. It occurs Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Hidden Creek in Heath.

Mesquite’s City Lake Park is Designated a Lone Star Legacy Park

News Staff

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

The City of Mesquite has earned the special recognition from Texas Recreation and Parks Society, as City Lake Park was one of only eight Texas parks honored in 2021 with a prestigious Lone Star Legacy Park designation.

WALLENDA—The name meant “High-Wire” and DANGER

Don Themer Staff Writer

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

When I was growing up and heard the name, WALLENDA, it could only mean two things—either one or more of the family had successfully performed a walk across the “high wire” really up high and dangerous and had thrilled the audience, or one or more of the family had fallen, often with disastrous...

Final Vote for the County Seat..... .....Or Was It?

Don Themer

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

1851—1872½: Kaufman’s “hold” on the County Seat was firm and secure! 1873: Terrell was “founded” on the Texas and Pacific Railroad route and rapidly surpassed Kaufman in population. Talks informally began about moving the county seat.

VENISON GUISADO OR STEW?

Outdoors With Luke Clayton

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 05:00

One day this past week my wife saw me out behind the house at my little cabin, working around the cooking fire pit. “What you up to?” she called out from the house. “Not sure but I have some cubed venison steak and wild pork, going to make something ‘Mexican’.” “Well, WHAT?” She continued to quiz.