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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
A proposed fully enclosed building will be equipped to handle up to 1,900 tons on peak days, but residents and City Council members are pressuring district officials to justify that proposed amount. They strongly oppose an increase in capacity.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Rose White puts the finishing touches on Thelma Garnier's newly permed hairdo. Photos by CHRIS COATS/Special ContributorBecky D'Angelo loved her new hairdo after getting it done at the C.C. Young Retirement Community's beauty shop. Volunteers come every Tuesday to style resident's hair. Garnier, a retired beautician smiles at her reflection in the mirror and squeals, "I love it! I love it!"She...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Deborah Carter laughed when she heard the question: Who thought it was a good idea to host a national convention of older outdoor walkers the week that North Texas hits its first 100-degree days of the year? Also Online | Get Weather alerts: | "Some of our own members are asking that same thing," said Carter, operations director for the American Volkssport Association convention in Richardson...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
Using mountain climbing experience and U.S. Marines parachute training, he developed special swings and harnesses for tree yoga. An instructional DVD followed. He sold kits for $109 on his Web site, treeyoga.org. And he hung around a lot – from the UTD trees near his home to cement columns in parking lots at major airports.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
When the Richardson school district took over its youth after-school programs last year from nonprofits that had run them for years, officials promised to make money, serve more students and provide a better curriculum. Photos by G.J. McCARTHY/DMNJulie Cajiuat, site coordinator, monitors the hallway during a class change at Spring Valley Elementary School's summer program. The program did well enough...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
LEARN MORE about the PACE after-school program and catch up on other Richardson news.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
The police blotter summarizes crime reported in Richardson through June 10 and is organized alphabetically by street and numerically by block.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
The budget document, approved unanimously Monday, stated that "enrollment losses already experienced and the revenue limitations of the current school finance system may force the district to consider school closures and changing attendance boundaries at some point after other budget options have been exhausted."
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Raises for teachers, counselors, nurses and librarians:
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
Since he was 4 years old, Vincent Gibson dreamed of becoming a police officer.That dream was realized on May 3, when he became Officer Gibson with the Richardson Police Department."Putting on the uniform was amazing," he said. "I knew it was time to get to work and do some good."Becoming an officer wasn't easy. For Gibson, who grew up in a rough area of Pleasant Grove, normalcy...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
Uncle Buddy didn't know what to do with his tattered American flags. Jeanette Prasifka arrived Saturday with the answer. Prasifka is the force behind an annual flag retirement ceremony during the State Fair of Texas. She's also the owner of a flag-related Web site, . For Prasifka, a research librarian by trade, proper flag protocol is something between a hobby and an obsession. The day before this...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
As thousands of people in Dallas-Fort Worth remained without electricity for a second day, residents expressed frustration at being powerless and businesses tried to salvage what they could as temperatures and tempers started to rise. Severe thunderstorms that arrived Wednesday evening and continued to pound North Texas most of Thursday caused more than 500,000 customers to lose power, making it one...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
In 1969, the founders of the University of Texas at Dallas weren't thinking about history. JIM MAHONEY/DMNForty years after it opened, the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson is building its first residence hall. With a single building set amid 1,100 acres of undeveloped land in what was mostly rural Richardson, they were focused on bringing top scientists and science students to what seemed...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
Elise Bissell is tired. Round-the-clock bottle feedings will do that. Bissell has been fostering five hungry kittens whose mother was run over by a car. COURTNEY PERRY/DMNPippy gets spruced up by Elise Bissell (left) and Alex Welgehausen (right), 12, at the Bissell home. Take Me Home volunteers house pets until permanent homes are found. "Early-morning feedings can feel pretty awful, but it's...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
Then there's Fouad Jaber, assistant professor and water resources management specialist whose many duties include managing the gardens. He works with Barbara in providing educational seminars each month with speakers who are the best in everything green – most hand picked from the Texas AgriLife vine of top researchers.