Forney ISD recently held a dedication ceremony for Rhodes Intermediate School and Jackson Middle School on Monday, Sept. 27. The Forney ISD Board of Trustees, District administrators as well as family members of Timothy Rhodes and Tony Jackson officially opened the two new beautiful schools.
Assistant Police Chief David Gill has been selected as the City of Mesquite’s next Police Chief. A 27-year veteran of the Mesquite Police Department, Chief Gill has served in all areas of the department both as a supervisor and as an officer. He has earned 34 department honors including three Life Saving Awards and two Certificates of Merit.
Why would you fire up the chainsaw or swing a woodsplitter in Forney, Texas when the high temperature is 86 degrees? Why would you make yourself get up early to have to put on leather gloves in this heat? Well, you do work now so that you don’t have to do it in February--in the cold and, as last winter showed us, in the snow. You do a bit of work now so that you aren’t stuck doing it when you’re desperate. That’s why we fund public education.
In an effort to ensure the emergency preparedness of all the schools in the region, the North Central Texas 9-1-1 service agency recently recognized the Kaufman County Emergency Management Office for being ahead of the curve by providing them with 2D floorplans of every public school inside the County.
It is interesting to note that there have been attempts to make this movie, based upon the 1975 book known as Cry Macho, for approximately 30 years, and now the project has reached fruition with Clint Eastwood (8-time Golden Globe Winner) as both the director/producer and leading star of this “PG-13 for thematic elements and language” Western drama, which is 104 minutes in length, and I did not even snooze one second!
The Forney Economic Development Corporation, Forney Chamber of Commerce, and Workforce Solutions invite all local business to participate in a community job fair. Businesses in all industries are encouraged to attend to connect with potential employees.
The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) Board of Directors has adopted a fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget focused on limiting budget increases while still meeting the essential needs of two million North Texans. The $589.67 million budget keeps the wholesale water rate unchanged for the third consecutive year at $2.99 per thousand gallons of treated water for its member cities. While the five cities who participate in the regional solid waste system will also see no increase in cost per ton, the regional wastewater system includes increases to fund infrastructure required to support our growing region. The NTMWD FY22 budget and system rates went into effect on October 1.
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Masthead of the Forney Tribune, 1890
Advertisements for local saloons in the Forney Tribune, 1889
Some members of Forney’s first city council, 1884. John M. Lewis (in Masonic lodge garb), Thomas H. Dailey, Alfred J. Walker and George C. Newton.
Forney Justice of the Peace Isaac Samuel Wood. Wood had also served as the first marshal of Forney and its fourth mayor.
E. Front Street, about 1890, block between Bois d’Arc and Elm streets.
The “town cow,” which many city dwellers kept in their back lot to supply the family’s dairy needs. Photo courtesy of Mick C. Spellman.
Forney had been incorporated in 1884 and had operated for five or so years without any special “insurmountable” problems! But….during this time period, an “ominous” situation had begun to take shape in FORNEY! Polarizations (divisions into two sharply contrasting groups/sets of opinions or beliefs) began to emerge, and they were serious—in the school system, the local Democratic Party, the Baptist Church, and city government to name a few.
From September 18 to October 31, 2021, Dallas’ most anticipated fall festival, Autumn at the Arboretum, returns with the nationally acclaimed Pumpkin Village. With the theme “Bugtopia,” the festival features four beautifully decorated pumpkin houses surrounded by mosaics and designs.
Forney ISD held a dedication ceremony for the new Griffin Elementary School located in the Devonshire subdivision on Tuesday, Sept. 28. The Forney ISD Board of Trustees, district administrators, District 4 House Representative Keith Bell and campus staff and teachers officially opened the school at the event. Jerry and Helen Griffin, the namesakes of the school were in attendance at the ceremony with several members of their family.
As deer season approaches, Kaufman County hunters need to be aware of a new requirement. Because of the neurological disease in deer found in this region of Texas called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), hunters who harvest mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, red deer, or other CWD susceptible species within the Trans-Pecos, Panhandle, and South-Central Texas CWD Containment and Surveillance Zones are REQUIRED to bring their animals to a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) check station within 48 hours of harvest. There will be two check stations for Hunt/Kaufman/Rockwall/Van Zandt Counties. Dates, times, and locations are listed below.
In celebration of the International Day of Peace on September 21st, the FHS Art Department created a collaborative one-day art installation called “Pinwheels of Peace.” Students created a pinwheel and shared their thoughts about peace, while exploring line, one of the Elements of Art.
Supposedly, “PLAY-DOH” was not created as a “plaything for children” but as a cleaning agent (flour, water, and salt—nonstaining, non-toxic, and reusable) for homeowners and domestics in the 1930s. But, by the 1950s, it had been discovered to be a marketable substance for children (and adults who were still child-like) to use for arts and crafts and for irritating parents as it was ground into rugs and carpets.
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
