The Census estimates that every family of four that does not fill out the census costs McKinney around $50,000. In McKinney, census data is used to determine how much funding we receive from the federal government for programs that improve quality of life and help assess the needs of the community. It helps determine where to build roads, hospitals, schools and more.
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My idea of gardening is to put on a wide-brimmed hat and some old clothes. And with a hoe in one hand and a glass of peach iced tea in the other, I tell somebody else where to dig. I have mastered crabgrass, though. Not killing it---growing it. In fact, I can grow it on a bowling ball in a room with no sunlight or air.
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A morning of fun and food awaits children, parents and grandparents in the Tarrant Area Food Bank Warehouse. Activities include musical instruments, face-painting, balloon artistry, interactive exhibits from the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and meeting Stars--real and imaginary--including, among others, princesses, ballerinas, DarthVader, pirates, police officers, cowboys and Mad Scientists. Proceeds benefit the Food Bank's BackPacks for Kids weekend feeding program.
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Fresh asparagus always sings, “Spring has arrived!” We love asparagus any time of the year, but it’s a special dish when added to the springtime Easter table.
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The charges are good indicators of what legislation the legislature will take up during the next session. Interim charges are the issues that the Speaker asks committees to study during the time between regular legislative sessions in order to make recommendations for legislation for the following legislative session.
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1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim," "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer. Lindbergh, then a 25-year-old U.S. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to almost instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on May 20–21, 1927, from Roosevelt Field located in Garden City on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 statute miles, in the single-seat, single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh, a U.S. Army reserve officer, was also awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his historic exploit. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Lindbergh relentlessly used his fame to help promote the rapid development of U.S. commercial aviation. In March 1932, however, his infant son, Charles, Jr., was kidnapped and murdered in what was soon dubbed the "Crime of the Century" which eventually led to the Lindbergh family fleeing the United States in December 1935 to live in Europe where they remained up until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Before the United States entered World War II in December, 1941, Lindbergh had been an outspoken advocate of keeping the U.S. out of the world conflict (as was his Congressman father Charles August Lindbergh during World War I) and became a leader of the anti-war America First movement. Nonetheless, he supported the war effort after Pearl Harbor and flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of World War II as a civilian consultant, even though President Roosevelt had refused to reinstate his Army Air Corps colonel's commission that he had resigned earlier in 1939. In his later years, Lindbergh became a prolific prize-winning author, international explorer, inventor, and active environmentalist.
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Unclaimed refunds totaling more than $114 million are awaiting nearly 109,600 Texans who did not file a federal income tax return for 2006, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.
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In Afghanistan, the U.S. military’s remote-controlled drones take out terrorists, while in Iraq, the number of unmanned systems on the ground increased from zero at the start of the war to 12,000 in five years. Reservations must be made by April 6.
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Ushers and Greeters attend annual CPR and first aid refresher course
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For 100 years, the Fort Smith Museum of History has been the time capsule for Fort Smith’s rich and colorful heritage. 1908 American Fire Engine Company Steam Pumper - photo by Stan Kujawa
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World War II veteran Dorothy Canty Forsberg, known as "Dottie," is part of the legacy of service by the nation's women that's honored each March during Women's History Month. Courtesy photo
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2003 – The 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq. The 2003 invasion of Iraq (from March 20 to May 1, 2003) was led by the United States, alongside the United Kingdom and smaller contingents from Australia, Denmark and Poland. Four countries participated with troops during the initial invasion phase, which lasted from March 20 to May 1. These were the United States (248,000), United Kingdom (45,000), Australia (2,000), and Poland (194). 36 other countries were involved in its aftermath. The invasion marked the beginning of the current Iraq War. In preparation for the invasion, 100,000 US troops were assembled in Kuwait by February 18. The United States supplied the vast majority of the invading forces, but also received support from Kurdish irregulars in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to then President of the United States, George W. Bush and then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, the reasons for the invasion were "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people." According to Blair, the trigger was Iraq's failure to take a "final opportunity" to disarm itself of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that US and British officials called an immediate and intolerable threat to world peace. Although some remnants of pre-1991 production were found after the end of the war, US government spokespeople confirmed that these were not the weapons for which the US went to war. In 2005, the Central Intelligence Agency released a report saying that no weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq. In a January 2003 CBS poll 64% of US nationals had approved of military action against Iraq, however 63% wanted President Bush to find a diplomatic solution rather than go to war, and 62% believed the threat of terrorism directed against the US would increase due to war. The invasion of Iraq was strongly opposed by some traditional US allies, including the governments of France, Germany, New Zealand, and Canada.
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