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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
With a concussion, there is no obvious injury – no blood, no swelling, no arm at an awkward angle. BEN TORRES/Special Contributor Bucky Taylor, head athletic trainer at Mesquite High School, helped Samuelinho Sanchez with treatment for a torn ACL last week. Taylor developed a concussion policy for Mesquite ISD, one of the first such policies in the state. Coaches and athletic trainers have to...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The idea is to optimize movement through the city, improve mobility and reduce traffic tie-ups. As City Manager George Purefoy told the City Council this week: Frisco has come a long way from having just a four-way stop at Preston Road and Main Street.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In Class 4A, Frisco's Wakeland High School placed fourth. Newman Smith from the Carrollton-Farmers Branch district was sixth. Mansfield Legacy took seventh place, Waxahachie was eighth and Forney placed ninth.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Local-option alcohol elections provided mixed results Tuesday.DeSoto voters approved a measure to legalize beer and wine sales. Farmersville in Collin County also went wet after voters there handily approved beer and wine sales.But voters in Sunnyvale decided to keep their city dry, turning down beer and wine sales. And an attempt to bring packaged liquor sales and mixed drinks in restaurants to Fate...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Community and school activities: football team; Crimestoppers; National Honor Society; DECA; Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church youth leadership teams; community service at White Rock Center of Hope
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
A day after federal agents and police across the country seized 729 pounds of methamphetamine in the largest crackdown ever on a Mexican drug cartel, local agents made a big find: 300 more pounds of meth in a house in Mesquite. That load, worth about $7 million, is the largest single seizure of methamphetamine in North Texas, according to local Drug Enforcement Administration agents. More than half...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The town and ICP entered a settlement in 2005, after a U.S. District Court ruled that the town had used discriminatory planning and zoning practices centered on the exclusion of apartments and smaller single-family lots. The town was given three years to identify 70 units favorable for low-income rental or purchase. But the town has not identified a single site, the suit claims.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
He said board members want the person to be familiar with the school district, perhaps having served on the district's educational foundation or participated in its ALIVE program, which teaches residents about the district.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Burkett points to having lived in Mesquite more than 20 years. The Noschese Web site reads "For nearly 14 years, Greg has personally committed countless hours and resources toward improving and moving our area forward." And Latham on Friday reached all the way back to age 7, when he was the mascot for the Mesquite Volunteer Fire Department.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
About Texas House District 10112:00 AM CDT on Sunday, October 18, 2009Location: Eastern Dallas County including all of Balch Springs, all of Sunnyvale, and Mesquite except for the farthest northwest and western parts of the city and parts of the city in Kaufman County2008 presidential vote in District 101: 50.2 percent Barack Obama (D); 48.9 percent John McCain (R)2008 vote for District 101: 50.6 percent...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
• If the owner offers no satisfaction, file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and the state attorney general's office.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Mesquite school board Vice President Randy Dobbs resigned his post after computer technicians found "material that was unacceptable" on his district-issued laptop, officials said Tuesday.In a statement, district leaders said Dobbs violated the acceptable-use policy for district computer equipment and breached the Code of Ethics for trustees. The district also asked police to look into the...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Mesquite school board vice president Randy Dobbs resigned his seat Monday night. Board president Cary Tanamachi read a letter from Dobbs at the end of the meeting. It said the resignation was effective immediately but gave no reason for the departure. Dobbs could not be reached for comment. He has served on the board since 1994 and was re-elected in May. Superintendent Linda Henrie said the board will...
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