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Grand Prairie is celebrating Texas SmartScape® month by holding events and classes to educate the public about the economic, aesthetic, and ecological benefits of Texas SmartScape®. This year's theme encourages North Texans to "Be Bloomin' Creative... Plant Native!"
This month two programs are being offered:
For Details/registration contact Selena Jackson (972) 237-8377.
Grand Prairie Youth Football Association (GPYFA) is conducting Football and Cheer registration for the 2008 season on March 1, between 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at 503 W. Church St.
GPYFA is one of the oldest leagues in Grand Prairie with 32 football teams and cheer squads, along with 4 Flag football teams.
All games are played at Parkhill Park in Grand Prairie every Saturday for 9 weeks beginning in late August, followed by 2 weeks of play-off games and a Championship Day/Cheer Competition.
All players and cheerleaders must be a resident of Grand Prairie.
For more information on registration and cost you may visit the web site or call the hot line at 972-237-5919.
Grand Prairie's American Idol, Jason Yeager, got eliminated from the Fox Network reality show's competion tonight.
Despite a strong performance singing the Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Running," Jason fell short in the nationwide voting and was eliminated from going on to the next round.
Fred Clausen, Grand Prairie Independent School District Athletic Director, named Rob Davies as the new head football coach and campus athletic coordinator for South Grand Prairie High School Warriors.
Davies the Warriors’ defensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the past seven years will replace former head coach David Fisher, who resigned on Monday.
Along with his new coaching duties, Davies will oversee all athletics at South Grand Prairie High School, Clausen said.
After announcing Fisher’s resignation on Monday, Clausen said he would first look for a replacement among the talented coaches within the district before searching outside.
Clausen also announced that South Grand Prairie High School Assistant Principal Tim Harkrider will be the school’s interim baseball coach replacing J. T. Herak, who resigned from his coaching duties for personal reasons.
Harkrider a two-time All-American shortstop for the University of Texas, former professional player in the Los Angeles Angels organization, and former head baseball coach for Fort Worth Brewer High School will lead the Warriors for the remainder of the season.
If you wonder why models look too young to wear a prom dress…If you eat more salmon than your cat because you heard it prevents wrinkles…Or if you ever thought it was “too late” to pursue a dream…Then you’ll love singer/comedian Laura Ainsworth’s “My Ship Has Sailed!” Featuring outrageous humor, gorgeous music and hilarious lyrics all about “the last big culturally-acceptable bias: looking over 30.”
Ms. Ainsworth preaches that "life doesn't happen on a timetable" and people should pursue their dreams at any age. But even she admits she is amazed at how quickly so many of her long-delayed dreams are coming true. "I started doing this show in 2003 on a zero budget in a tiny club where there were sometimes about 15 people in the audience," Ms Ainsworth recalls.
Since that humble beginning, Ainsworth has played to sell-out crowds in top supper clubs and theaters and garnered rave reviews, including one critic who dubbed her show "a potential cult phenomenon." "My Ship" has become a Dallas cable TV special; and she and musical partner Brian Piper have played at the First Annual Dallas Comedy Festival and on the largest stage at the prestigious "Out-Of-The-Loop" Independent Theatre Festival.
“I am especially thrilled to be bringing my show to Grand Prairie,” she said. “I grew up in Grand Prairie, graduating from Grand Prairie High School, but have never had the opportunity to perform in my hometown.”
The Comedy Dessert Theatre will be hosted in the Woman’s Club of Grand Prairie, at 1 Park Square North, on March 27, 28 & 29 at 7:30 P.M. and March 30 at 2:00 P.M. Tickets are $15 each, dessert and beverage concessions will be available, and casual or dressy attire is welcome.
Tickets may be purchased with a charge card by calling the Arts Council at 972-642-2787. The following ticket outlets will be open, beginning March 10, and accept cash and checks:
For more information on the show contact GPAC at 972-642-2787 or go online to the GPAC web site.
For more information on Laura Ainsworth, visit her web site.
If you wonder why models look too young to wear a prom dress…If you eat more salmon than your cat because you heard it prevents wrinkles…Or if you ever thought it was “too late” to pursue a dream…Then you’ll love singer/comedian Laura Ainsworth’s “My Ship Has Sailed!” Featuring outrageous humor, gorgeous music and hilarious lyrics all about “the last big culturally-acceptable bias: looking over 30.”
Ms. Ainsworth preaches that "life doesn't happen on a timetable" and people should pursue their dreams at any age. But even she admits she is amazed at how quickly so many of her long-delayed dreams are coming true. "I started doing this show in 2003 on a zero budget in a tiny club where there were sometimes about 15 people in the audience," Ms Ainsworth recalls.
Since that humble beginning, Ainsworth has played to sell-out crowds in top supper clubs and theaters and garnered rave reviews, including one critic who dubbed her show "a potential cult phenomenon." "My Ship" has become a Dallas cable TV special; and she and musical partner Brian Piper have played at the First Annual Dallas Comedy Festival and on the largest stage at the prestigious "Out-Of-The-Loop" Independent Theatre Festival.
“I am especially thrilled to be bringing my show to Grand Prairie,” she said. “I grew up in Grand Prairie, graduating from Grand Prairie High School, but have never had the opportunity to perform in my hometown.”
The Comedy Dessert Theatre will be hosted in the Woman’s Club of Grand Prairie, at 1 Park Square North, on March 27, 28 & 29 at 7:30 P.M. and March 30 at 2:00 P.M. Tickets are $15 each, dessert and beverage concessions will be available, and casual or dressy attire is welcome.
Tickets may be purchased with a charge card by calling the Arts Council at 972-642-2787. The following ticket outlets will be open, beginning March 10, and accept cash and checks:
For more information on the show contact GPAC at 972-642-2787 or go online to the GPAC web site.
For more information on Laura Ainsworth, visit her web site.
A ground breaking for two new buildings at the Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex to housing units from U. S. Army Reserve and the Texas Army National Guard was held Tuesday.
The Army Corps of Engineers said the new buildings in total will cover 225,000 square feet at a cost of $31 million and will facilitate 1,000 soldiers. One of the buildings is to be used as a training facility and the other a shop.
An Army Reserve facility in Fort Worth will be transferred to the Veterans Administration and Texas National Guard buildings in Arlington and Irving will be closed. All the Army Reserve and National Guard personnel at these locations will be relocated to the Grand Prairie complex.
Roger Manaugh, Base Transition Coordinator, said that since its opening the Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex, formerly the Naval Air Station, has brought between 500 – 1,000 new jobs to the city.
Mayor Pro Tem Ruthe Jackson gave the crowd a history lesson when she told the crowd that in her youth she lived near the location of the two new buildings.
Louisville Ladder, one of the nations leading manufacturers of ladders, will move their regional distribution center to Grand Prairie.
Enith Hauenstein, Marketing Director, said Louisville Ladder signed a lease on a 65,000 square foot warehouse in the Parkway Distribution Center, 823 Heinz Way. She said the company plans to close their Dallas location and begin regional distribution operations in Grand Prairie on March 3.
Mr. Kenneth King’s second period math class at Grand Prairie ISD's Bill Arnold Middle School accomplished an amazing feat – they pulled together to win a national math competition – beating out 400 other schools across the United States for a chance to donate $1,000 to the charity of their choosing.
Apangea Learning, a leading provider of online supplemental math instruction, conducted this national contest. The contest’s goal was to encourage students to learn math outside of the classroom, especially during their personal time (nights and weekends). Over 10,000 students competed to have Apangea Learning donate $1,000 to the charity of choice for the class that successfully completed the most math problems over a two-day period.
Mr. King’s students, who are a mix of 7th and 8th graders and are below basic proficiency level, completed the most problems for this national contest -- choosing the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society North Dallas Chapter as their charity of choice.
Today Mr. King's class presented the $1,000 check to Stacey Russell, Campaign Director, with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
“Mr. King’s students have accomplished something great today and they should feel very proud knowing that their hard work, determination and altruistic spirit will help those suffering from leukemia and lymphoma,” stated Apangea Learning CEO Louis Piconi.
Co-workers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Mark Juvette were concerned because their fellow agent had not been heard from for a week and called Grand Prairie police to check on his welfare.
Grand Prairie police responded to Juvette’s apartment located at 2301 Avenue H around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday and made several attempts to get him to the door, but had to resort to a pass key from the apartment manager. As officers attempted to enter the apartment several shots were fired through the door at them. Fortunately, none of the officers were struck.
The officers pulled back and called for the department’s Tactical Team and Hostage Negotiators.
Negotiators made many attempts to contact Juvette but got no response from inside the apartment. With the help of a pole mounted camera, police found Juvette lying on a sofa and appeared to be dead.
Tactical officer then made entry into the apartment and confirmed Juvette was dead from an apparent self-inflicted head wound.
Carl Rusnok, spokesman for the U. S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE), said Mark Juvette was an Immigration Enforcement Agent with the Dallas Office of Detention and Removal Operations. He began working with the then Immigration and Naturalization Service in June 1998 as a Detention Enforcement Officer. He received promotions after ICE and the Department of Homeland Security were created in 2003.Grand Prairie police are continuing their investigation.
Lone Star Park held their 12th annual National Anthem auditions today as they continue to get ready for the rapidly approaching April 10th opening race.
The more than 100 performers had to fight the cold wind as they auditioned near the winner’s circle for their chance to sing on one of the race days.
Darren Rogers, Director of Communications, said that in past years only one third of the participants make the cut.
Slideshow of the Taste and Tour of Grand Prairie sponsored by the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce held Tuesday at the Ruthe Jackson Center.
Slideshow music courtesy Kevin MacLeod
South Grand Prairie’s head football coach David Fisher cited personal reasons for his resignation which was announced Monday.
In the seven years as head coach Fisher has taken the Warriors to three district playoffs.
Grand Prairie ISD Communications Director Sam Buchmeyer said district athletic director Fred Clausen named Rob Davies as the interim coach. He said athletic director Clausen will take the time to closley look over candidates within the district before making a decision on a replacement for Fisher.
Monday evening the South Grand Prairie Student Council held a gala Disney World send-off party for 5-year-old Kaitlyn Kalvig for her up coming trip sponsored by the Student Council.
The Student Council learned of Kaitlyn’s desire to visit the world famous theme park through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Kaitlyn suffers from a life threatening heart condition.
In December the Student Council hosted a charity basketball game billed as “Make a Swish for Make-A-Wish” to raise money for the trip. The game which pitted faculty members against students brought in more than the necessary $6,000.
Student Council sponsor Debbie Beaudin said the students planned and prepared Monday’s send-off party that treated Kaitlyn with a limousine ride to South Grand Prairie High school where she was greeted by heralding trumpets and students dressed as Disney characters. Kaitlyn got to eat pizza and cake and received a tub of gifts. Cosmetology students gave Kaitlyn a complete make-over.
Kaitlyn embarks upon her dream trip Thursday.
As part of the U. S. Army’s reorganization and realignment program designed to shift the Army Reserve from a technically focused force to a trained and ready force, the 493rd Engineer Group (Combat) of Grand Prairie was de-activated.
The Inactivation Ceremony held Sunday at the Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex, featured speeches from Brigadier General Philip Harahan, Commanding General 90th Regional Readiness Command, Colonel Mark Williams, 493rd Engineer Group Commander, and Ruthe Jackson, Grand Prairie Mayor Pro Tem.
The unit was originally activated on December 15, 1967 in Dallas, Texas and has a rich history of service with joint operations in Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador as well as several within the United States.
The unit was mobilized in March 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and was deployed to Iraq to support the 1st Armored Division in the Baghdad area. The 493rd was de-mobilized in May 2004.
Current members of the 493rd will be re-assigned to other Army Reserve units.
The Grand Prairie Storytellers Guild presented an afternoon of stories and folktales at the Fourth Annual Celebration of African-American Heritage held Sunday at the Betty Warmack Library.
John and Ellen Armstrong, Dorothy Anthony and Mel Davenport captivated the audience with their favorite tales of African-American heritage.
On February 25 the South Grand Prairie Student Council will send-off a 5-year-old girl to visit Disney World.
Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation the Student Council was connected to Caitlyn whose wish is to visit theme park.
In December the Student Council hosted a charity basketball game pitting faculty members against students raising $6,000 in ticket sales to the game billed as “Make a Swish for Make-A-Wish.”
The send-off celebration begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Keel Theater at South Grand Prairie High School.
"Severe Weather Awareness Week reminds Texans that dangerous climate conditions can develop quickly, so it’s vital that we plan ahead for such threatening situations," Perry said. “By building a culture of preparedness, we can take steps to reduce risk, ensure safety and ultimately save lives."
During Severe Weather Awareness Week Texans are advised to assemble a "readiness kit" of important emergency supplies including a first aid kit, bottled water and non-perishable food; and are encouraged to keep a battery-operated radio or television set to receive important information during storms, designate a place to go in case of evacuation, and develop an emergency plan for communicating with relatives and friends.
While dangerous storms can strike at any time of year, March, April and May bring the greatest potential for violent weather events in Texas, including damaging thunderstorms, hail storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding. According to the National Weather Service, Texas leads the nation with an average of 139 tornado strikes per year and often suffers the highest resulting death toll of any other state. Additionally, Texas endures the second-highest level of lightning fatalities and often leads in the number of flash flood deaths per year. A majority of these victims suffer due to failure to take proper precautions in such emergencies.
For more information about Severe Weather Awareness Week, please visit the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management Web site and the National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters Web site.
Nympha Romero, 64, of Irving, was killed this morning in a single car accident in the 1000 block of MacArthur Blvd. near Interstate 30.
Romero was driving southbound on MacArthur about 8:00 a.m. when she lost control of her 1999 Volkswagen Jetta, spun off the roadway, and struck a utility pole. Trapped in the vehicle, she had to be extricated by firefighters.
Romero was transported by ambulance to Methodist Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Sergeant Eric Hansen, Traffic Division, said Romero is Grand Prairie’s third traffic fatality this year.
Grand Prairie fire investigators with the assistance of the Arlington Fire Department’s Bomb Squad exploded a suspected pipe bomb found at a City of Grand Prairie facility located in the 1400 block of Skyline Road.
Lieutenant Randy Willis, Arson Investigator, said about 8:30 a.m. Friday morning employees of the facility were cleaning up and found the device.
After investigators confirmed that it was a suspected bomb, the Arlington Fire Department’s Bomb Squad was called to the scene. The bomb squad also examined the device and later exploded it in a parking lot of the facility.
Lt. Willis said Friday morning that the investigation was just beginning and investigators are currently trying to identify the device's type.
Grand Prairie police arrested Rojelio “Roger” Webber, 30, of Grand Prairie on three charges of sexual assault of a child. He is currently being held in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, Dallas, with a $600,000 bond.
Webber, a tattoo and body piercing artist, advertised his services over the internet listing his home on Cranbrook Lane as his place of business.
He is charged with molesting a fourteen year old girl over a four month period and assaulting a seventeen year old girl that came to his home for body piercing.
Police spokesman Detective John Brimmer said there may be more juvenile victims and is asking anyone that may have been assaulted by Webber to contact Detective Tracy Hinson at 972-237-8777.
Police promise not to reveal the identity of victims.
The results are in - the viewers of the Fox Network reality show American Idol voted Grand Prairie's Idol, Jason Yeager, on to the next round.
Yeager's next appearance will be February 26.
Grand Prairie based Site Concrete, Inc. pleaded guilty in United States District Court to making false statements to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and was sentenced to five years probation and fined $30,000.
Site Concrete operated a construction project that installed drinking water lines in the Collin County town of Fairview.
To prove the safety of the water lines the EPA required Site Concrete to provide water samples for microbiological analysis. Several samples submitted to the EPA lab prior to May 6, 2006 showed microbiological contamination.
Site Concrete admitted it later provided uncontaminated water samples to the EPA that was obtained from other water sources.
Updated 2/20/08: Grapevine police provided the photos at the bottom of a robbery suspect and his vehicle that may be the same suspect as the Grand Prairie robberies.
Grand Prairie police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a robbery suspect in two separate robberies.
On February 14 at about 6:05 p.m., a Hispanic male, between 23 and 25 years of age, 5’08” tall, and weighing about 145 pounds, wearing a black hat, shirt, and jeans robbed the Diamond Shamrock store at 1622 N. Hwy 360 after threatening to shoot the clerk. The suspect fled in a gold, Chrysler Sebring 4 door.
On February 16 at about 1:37 p.m., a Hispanic male, 20-25 years of age, 5’10”, about 160 pounds, wearing a black “hoodie” and what appears to be eye glasses, robbed the Racetrack gas station at 4010 S. Belt Line Rd. after threatening to shoot the clerk. The suspect vehicle is described as a “possibly” gray, 4 door, and Dodge style vehicle.
Anyone with information should call the Grand Prairie Police Department at 972-237-8790 or Crime Stoppers at 972-988-TIPS
Dr. Denise Rodrique, President of the Grand Prairie Arts Council, was recently selected as the Outstanding Adjunct in the Dallas County Community College District for 2007-2008, recognizing her sixty consecutive semesters as an adjunct speech communication instructor at Mountain View College.
Dr. Rodrique retired from the Grand Prairie ISD in 2006 where she served as a teacher, theater director, and fine arts coordinator at South Grand Prairie High School. She also was an assistant principle at Austin and Powell elementary schools.
“I retired from Grand Prairie but did not want to give up teaching,” Dr. Rodrique explained. “It’s the hands-on work with students in the classroom that I enjoy most. I am a teacher, and that’s what I do. I love it.”
Her passion for teaching is reflected in her no-nonsense, high energy level approach when interacting with students.
Norman Carros, a speech communication student said, “Dr. Rodrique is extremely creative, gives us lots of valuable information, and she has made me a better speaker and writer.”
Along with teaching at Mountain View College and involvement in the community theater in Grand Prairie, Dr. Rodrique is also a consultant for iTeachTexas, an educational firm that offers degreed individuals a state approved alternative route to full teacher certification.
She said helping others enter a teaching career is her way of giving back to the profession that means so much to her.
The Visiting Nurse Association needs Meals on Wheels volunteer drivers in the Grand Prairie area who want to help the homebound frail elderly, sick, and disabled.
Meals on Wheels volunteer training will take place Monday, March 3 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the fourth floor of the VNA headquarters at 1600 Viceroy Drive in Dallas. The training will be repeated on Monday, March 17 at the same time. There is no cost to attend.
For additional information, contact Betsy Cox, VNA Director of Volunteers, at (214) 689-2210 or coxbe@vnatexas.org.
The Grand Prairie AirHogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball will be holding an open house at their brand new ballpark in Grand Prairie every Sunday afternoon from 11 A.M. until 3 P.M.
Each Sunday this off-season fans can get a first-hand look at the ballpark, which will feature: a sports themed restaurant, cigar bar, state-of-the-art kids zone, and much more. There will also be opportunities to claim season tickets and meet the front office staff.
The Grand Prairie AirHogs’ inaugural American Association baseball season starts on May 8, 2008, with the home opener on Friday, May 16, against the Wichita Wingnuts at their brand-new stadium located at Lone Star Park. For season and group ticket information, contact the AirHogs at (972) 504-9383.
In a ceremony held Monday morning at the Charles V. England Public Safety Training building, Grand Prairie Mayor Charles England and Gueishan, Taiwan Mayor Lu Hsueh-chi signed a Memorandum of Understand towards a sister city agreement.
Gueishan is a city of more than 131,000 in Taoyuan County which is in the northern part of Taiwan. The beautiful city is a leader in the science and technology industry.
Councilman Richard Fregoe, who headed Grand Prairie’s effort, said today’s signing, is the result of a coalition which included County Commissioner Ken Mayfield, County Judge Jim Foster, the DFW Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, and delegates of Guishan.
Gueishan Mayor Lu Hsueh-chi thanked those involved for their interest in foreign affairs. “Even though this is only the beginning part of our sisters coming together, I have confidence that this will have a great future,” he said.
Councilman Fregoe said the sister city agreement is very important and giant step forward. “We certainly go well beyond our boundaries to try and work with other people, other nations, and form a basis for friendship. To me, the ultimate goal would be unity and peace,” he said.
He said that the two cities will exchange ideas, learn about each other’s culture, and the partnership could have an economic impact on both cities.
Any qualified Dallas County voter may vote in person in Grand Prairie at the Grand Prairie Development Center, 206 W. Church, Grand Prairie, TX 75050.
Dates and times for early voting:
“Gone to Texas”—often written simply as the letters G.T.T.—was a shorthand forwarding address left by settlers hurriedly departing for Texas in the 19th century. There’s now a “G.T.T.” on the doors of Washington presidential campaign offices as they scour Texas for votes in our March 4 primary elections.
Early settlers came here for many reasons, noble and ignoble. Their experiences, blending opportunity with hardship, helped create the Texas mystique that still fascinates people around the globe.
“The story and idea of Texas appeal to millions of people, many of whom have never been anywhere near the state. Somehow their imaginations have ‘Gone to Texas’ and liked what they found there,” writes Randolph B. Campbell in Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State.
Texas’s population has increased in every decade since the days of the Republic. But the rapid growth in the years before the Civil War put an indelible stamp on our state. The people who were lured here then, and their experiences, created the foundation for the legend of Texas.
At the beginning of the 1800s, Native Americans outnumbered all others in Texas. When Texas achieved independence in 1836, the estimated population here exceeded 50,000, and the majority group was Anglos. That number quadrupled by the 1850 census, just after Texas became a state.
A decision to move to Texas in those days required a willingness to face danger, drudgery and deprivation. But all that paled when compared to the incredible promise Texas offered for a better life. That drew thousands of settlers who’d scrawled “G.T.T.” on the doors or floors of their cabins in Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas and other places.
Most newcomers came by their own free choice. Economic opportunity—primarily cheap and plentiful land—topped the list of reasons for moving to Texas. Some settlers came to escape debt, a failed business, legal problems, or what one writer calls “rascality.” For others, there was no choice at all—they came here as chattel. In 1850, there were an estimated 58,000 slaves in Texas.
The journey to Texas required determination and endurance during a weeks-long journey by wagon, horseback, ship or on foot. Virtually everyone came knowing they faced hard work and uncertain futures, and one writer described them as “toil-worn people.”
The collective impact of these newcomers in the mid-1800s is well described by writer J. Frank Dobie: “The very qualities that made many of the Texas pioneers rebels to society and forced not a few of them to quit it between sun and sun without leaving cards engraved with their new addresses fitted them to conquer the wilderness—qualities of daring bravery, reckless abandon, heavy self-assertiveness.”
Now, more than 170 years later, the unique combination of bravery, risk-taking and optimism is still embedded in the character of Texas. We are known and admired for that well beyond our borders.
A report from United Van Lines indicates that Texas continues to be among the nation’s leaders in attracting new residents and creating new jobs. Now, as in the past, we are attracting freedom-loving people seeking an opportunity to be successful.
As the political campaigners travel our state—and watch as we celebrate Texas Independence Day March 2—let’s hope they absorb the distinctiveness of the Lone Star State, the reasons for it and our pride in being Texans. The entire country can learn from the values we cherish in Texas.
Nothing goes better with a rainy day than a good book.
Forget about half price books - brave the weather today and you can get a book for only 25 cents.
The Friends of the Libray have a clearance sale today from 9 - 6 at the Grand Prairie Main Libray, 901 Conover Dr., with all items just 25 cents.
The Grand Prairie Police Department released updates to their Registered Sex Offender list.
“We don’t believe Jessica was bad luck to the Cowboys in the playoffs, and we’re going to prove it with our guarantee,” said Burke. “Fans are also going to enjoy an unforgettable night at the ballpark.”
As part of the promotion, the entire stadium will take on a Jessica Simpson-themed atmosphere. This will include the distribution of Jessica masks, her music and reality show highlights playing throughout the game, two-dollar margaritas in the stadium’s restaurant, and a special prize awarded to the biggest Jessica Simpson fan in attendance.
Free admission will be offered to spectators who enter the stadium dressed in Jessica’s likeness. This includes any fan who wears a pink Dallas Cowboys jersey.
In honor of Jessica’s affinity for dogs, the game will also serve as “Bring Your Dog to the Stadium Night” for the AirHogs. Any fan who brings their dog to the ballpark will have their pet gain free entrance.
The Grand Prairie AirHogs’ inaugural American Association season starts on May 8, 2008, with the home opener on Friday, May 16, against the Wichita Wingnuts at the club’s brand-new stadium located at Lone Star Park. For season and group ticket information, contact the AirHogs at (972) 504-9383.
Afraid you won’t get them before May 12th? Don’t fret. The Postal Service has sold 5 billion Forever Stamps since the launch last April and plans to have an additional 5 billion in stock to meet the expected demand before the May price change.
New prices for shipping services, including Express Mail and Priority Mail, will be announced in March. Prices for all postal products and services are available at usps.com/prices
A cold front will slide south across North Texas late tonight into early Saturday with temperatures expected to drop into the 30s and 40s behind the front. Some light rainfall is expected on Friday... but the heavier rainfall is expected by early Saturday as the upper level storm system approaches.
Widespread rain and embedded thunderstorms will develop late Friday night and persist across the region through the day Saturday. Some areas of North Texas could receive 2 to 4 inches of rainfall through Saturday night. In addition, some of the storms Saturday along and south of Interstate 20 could become strong to severe with large hail and frequent lightning.
Residents of North Texas should continue to monitor this developing weather situation closely for the possibility of severe weather and heavy rainfall. Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio or go to the National Weather Service web site for the latest forecast information.
