With the recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Kaufman County, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists are stressing the importance of testing harvest-ed deer taken this hunting season to curb the spread of this deadly disease.
Current Director Retires After Serving in the Role for 23 years
With the first weekend in December already behind us, the month feels like it is galloping to the end of the year. There are still many, many activities happening through the end of the month that give the Forney Family the opportunity to connect with each other and find the true meaning of this wonder-filled holiday season.
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was detected on a high fence release site in Kaufman County. This is the first positive detection of CWD in the county.
As the holidays approach, many Americans are beginning to look at their holiday traveling plans and deciding the best, and most affordable, way to visit family and friends.
Kaufman County’s possible “Outlet to the Sea”
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1911 - Tippett Family
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“Listen” to these FORNEY and ALMOST FORNEY Folks!
Like many basic goods used in holiday dishes and recipes, prices for potatoes are higher this year. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie)
Holiday baking will be more expensive this year as basics like milk, eggs, flour and sugar, as well as some popular sides, have all risen since last year, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
No one ever wants to find themselves in a position where they will be forced to defend themselves from a physical attack. But no one is invulnerable to attack, which only underscores how important it is that individuals from all walks of life learn ways to defend themselves.
Outdoor types can be hard to buy for. A cast iron Dutch kettle or skillet might be the perfect gift idea for the outdoors person on your shopping list.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING MADE EASY
H-E-B Supports Centennial Celebration with $1 Million Donation
As we enter the holiday season, Forney ISD has once again partnered with the Forney Lions Club for their annual Angel Tree program to provide Christmas surprises for over 1,200 children in our community. We wanted to share information about how you can help our community during this season of giving.
B Dear Aunt B, I know it is an age-old problem, but what do you give to those who have everything? I want to give meaningful gifts, but I am lost with some of my people. Help me with some ideas. Not a Clue Dear Not a Clue, What a blessing that so many of our friends and family are blessed with this issue. I don’t mean to make light because it is a real problem for some. Gift-giving should be a pleasurable event. It should be a token of our love for another. Here I go, I think this is called a bandwagon. Aunt B does love to give presents, I promise. I just don’t like the pressure that can come with gift-giving. I am also not fond of gift-giving on demand. I prefer to give gifts when I find something that I know one of my loves would love or when I know that something is needed. However, as you are probably thinking right now, everything is not about Aunt B. Just give some advice, please.
“Jesus would sit on the sofa and watch Monday Night Football. I would even let him eat in the den,” says Carson, 8.
Visit Rockwall in partnership with the City of Rockwall and Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, and Presenting Sponsor, Clay Cooley Hyundai of Rockwall presents Skate the Lake, Rockwall on Ice, at the Harbor fountain area this holiday season!
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” That’s the glimpse of cheer we get from Dr. Suess, courtesy of The Grinch, as he makes amends for his predispositions of eating everyone’s roast beast and acting as the anti-Claus. I tend to get out of whack during the holidays. Based on social media laments and the blank stares of overwhelmed moms in the toy aisles of Walmart, I surmise I am not alone. This time of year is so, well…. more. Bake more. Buy more. Eat more. Merry more. It’s also so….faster. Bake faster. Buy faster. Eat faster. Merry faster. I feel like a 33 album being played at the wrong speed. You, too? I understand. We love you, Christmas. You’re a never-ending party of our own creation, born of the desire to celebrate the birth of our salvation and the birth of free enterprise & capitalism, unfortunately. Speaking for myself, alone, I often feel like my Christmas has become as comically frenzied and scripted as a Hallmark movie. Is it supposed to be this way? I am behind the seasonal 8 ball, always. Yet, from my vantage point in my kitchen at this very moment, I see a trio of pictures on my wall – framed letters, in fact. They were written by Frances Jones who was born here in my house. She writes about this house being built by her father to satisfy her mother’s only wish – to be in this home in time for Christmas. Like a modern-day Dickens, let us harken back to a simpler time. I bring you Christmas in 1910.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 936, Forney, TX 75126
Physical Address: 201 W. Broad St., Forney, TX 75126
Phone: 972-564-3121
Fax: 972-552-3599