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Wes Lunt to transfer from Oklahoma State, Guyer-ex J.W. Walsh eyes starting role
Wes Lunt has decided to transfer from Oklahoma State after just one season, leaving Guyer-ex J.W. Walsh to battle junior Clint Chelf for the Cowboys starting quarterback spot. The school announced Lunt’s decision last week in a press release. The true freshman — who completed 81 of 131 passes for 1,108 yards and six touchdowns [...]
P&Z approves office building, warehouses
The Flower Mound Planning and Zoning Commission Monday unanimously approved a site plan for a new medical office building near Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound and recommended Town Council approval of site plans of two new commercial warehouses in the Lakeside Ranch Business Park, a heavy commercial section that includes other large warehouses in [...]
Council race seen as referendum on current town direction
The Flower Mound Town Council races for 2013 may boil down to a referendum on whether residents like the current direction of Town government or want to see a change in emphasis. All candidates are expressing desire for continued economic development, but there is contention on whether to preserve an onerous development control in SmartGrowth [...]
Town, Keep Flower Mound Beautiful and Local Business help Veteran
In an effort to provide assistance for community members in need, Heritage Health Solutions, Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, presented a check to a Flower Mound disabled veteran and his family during the March 18 Town Council meeting that will cover the cost of necessary home repairs, which will ultimately allow him to keep his [...]
No Excuse for Child Abuse
North Texas Children’s Advocacy Center’s in Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, Fannin, Grayson, Ellis, Kaufman, and Denton counties have joined together to raise awareness of child abuse during the month of April. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. During this month, Children’s Advocacy Center for Denton County encourages individuals and organizations to stand up for children [...]
FM Lawmaker Supports Fiscally Responsible Budget
Last Friday the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1, the proposed state budget. The House spending plan does not raise taxes and allocates $194 billion in overall spending for the next two years, a modest 2.1 percent increase from the previous state budget. The proposed increase in spending equals less than what would [...]
Drug Addiction, it can happen to anyone
Dillon Thomas is like many kids in affluent Flower Mound. He went to Marcus High School, was smart, polite, clean cut, and even a football star. Like too many kids in our community, Dillon started down a path of experimenting with drugs which nearly ended his life. Dillon overdosed on Cheese Heroin (a combination of [...]
County $5 million less in debt now
Denton County is $5 million less in debt thanks to some timely refinancing of bond debt. With interest rates low and the county’s bond rating high, officials saw an opportunity to refinance and gain greater savings than in past years. James Wells, the county’s auditor, said the refinancing cost the county nothing. Commissioners voted on [...]
FM’s Stanfield enjoys people aspects of VIP Dental Care
While selling computer software and programming computer games helped pay her college bills, something was missing for longtime Flower Mound resident Jackie Stanfield. “I wrote a game for IBM PC and realized it was not me,” recalled the University of Texas biology graduate in the early 1980s. “I definitely preferred working with people and not [...]
Special friend captured Copper Canyon’s Eubank’s heart
Just one look was all it took for Ted Eubank to fall in love with somebody else’s dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel officially known as Ch. (Champion) Bonitos Companeros Halli Galli. The 4-year-old male more commonly known as Halli quickly became a good buddy to the 70-year-old Copper Canyon resident. Their mutual affection and [...]
Denton County OKs capital plan
Denton County commissioners have given their annual approval for the Capital Improvements Plan, which provides for the continuing development of the county. Among the larger projects proposed in the plan is a radio modernization project. The Denton County Sheriff’s Office handles dispatch duties for more than 40 entities and the current radio communications equipment needs [...]
Double Oak ranks second for safety from crime
In a recent survey to rate safety from crime, The Dallas Morning News examined per capita rates of burglary and aggravated assault within 1,186 census tracts in Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwall and parts of Tarrant counties. There were 10 neighborhoods that contained tracts where the combined scores were best and Double Oak was number two [...]
Small School, Big Achievements!
Although Explorations Preparatory School (EPS) has a student population of just over 100, the achievements of its students would be outstanding for a school five times its size. Within the past month, Explorations’ students have taken the top spots and advanced to state competition in two different contests, Destination Imagination (DI), a creative problem-solving competition [...]
Letters
So you want to run for office?…
The time of year is upon when local elected officials, read school board and city councils, are up for reelection. I had the privilege of serving in Highland Village from 2006-2012. No one person has all the answers about running for local office, but there are several things I would like to share from my [...]
Preventative Medical Care…
Editor, What is preventative medical care and how can it help lower health care costs on the front lines of medicine? Preventative medical care can take many forms. It can be identification and treatment of medical conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes before complications of these common diseases develop. Identifying these conditions early [...]
