Blowing into spring
Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
Gusty winds set the butterflies sailing at Saturday’s second annual Spring Fling at Geyer Field.
Construction site goes to the birds
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
Killdeer builds nest between highway and Sam’s Club site.
Free science, math camp seeking students
Friday, May. 17, 2013
The AT&T Pathways Summer STEM Camp at the University of Texas at Arlington is organized to provide activities, experiments, projects and field experiences for students entering ninth grade in the fall. The camp promotes science, technology, engineering, mathematics and success skills, and supports historically underserved and underrepresented students with limited opportunities.
Southern Champion Tray educates students about paper recycling
Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
In honor of Earth Day on April 22 and Arbor Day on April 27, Southern Champion Tray donated native tree saplings to students at J.L. Boren Elementary School in Mansfield as part of the Paperboard Packaging Council’s Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees, an educational program that highlights the renewability and sustainability of paper and paperboard packaging.
College Honors
Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
Victoria Vela of Mansfield, a marketing major at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, was recognized for academic achievement at the college’s 2013 awards banquet. Vela was presented with the Outstanding Student in Marketing Award. Vela graduated in 2009 from Mansfield High School. The Walton College held its 20th annual awards banquet April 18 at the Fayetteville Town Center.
Volunteer Opportunities
Monday, May. 13, 2013
Envoy Hospice is looking for volunteers to provide companionship and support to families. Volunteers can assist with light housework, run errands, help patients make memory books, read, play cards, garden and provide respite for the caregiver. For more information, contact Bekki Schoch at (817) 714-7049.
High school thespians vie for awards
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
Mansfield nominated for 10 Buckleys: Summit earns seven bids for Schmidt and Jones Awards.
Girl Scout camp focuses on homemade cosmetics
Monday, May. 13, 2013
Girl Scouts Bio Beauty Scientist at Wooded Acres Twilight Camp is set for 6-9 p.m. June 24-28 at Cora Spencer Elementary School, 3140 S. Camino Lagos in Grand Prairie.
Shop celebrates with pie-eating contest
| |Monday, May. 06, 2013
Delilah McMasters plans to celebrate the third anniversary of her business with pie -- a lot of pie.
Mansfield youth named Lone Star Sweetheart
Monday, May. 06, 2013
Rylea Elizabeth Fields, 9, of Mansfield, has been crowned Miss Lone Star Preteen Sweetheart through the America’s National Teenager Scholarship Organization Program. She will represent Texas at nationals July 22-28 in San Antonio. America’s National Teenager Scholarship Organization is a program for gifted young women ages 9-25.
