Bill Hensley, pictured above left in the Hawaiian shirt, owner of Fish Bone Grill in the Medallion Shopping Center, celebrates the victory of his horse, Borego’s Barbarian, at Delta Downs on Nov. 3. The owner is Hensley’s Stonebriar Stables; the trainer is Brent Delahoussaye; and Borego’s Barbarian’s jockey is Kirk Paul LeBlanc. The horse covered the 6-1/2 Furlongs in 1:21.01 and paid $14.00 - $6.00 - $4.20. On Nov. 8, Hensley’s Stonebriar Sta...

If you grew up in Dallas, come cruising for some fun. If you’re a baby boomer who grew up in here, hang on for a joy ride. If you aren’t from Dallas or a boomer, put the top down and learn what was going on in Dallas during the boomer age, following WWII. On the heels of his collaboration with Kenny Daniels, “Stomp and Shout,” Richard Parker has done it again. Although Parker thinks he knows nothing about being a twerp, he knows a lot about ...

When SMU senior Amie Kromis leaves her Political Communication seminar in Dallas Hall, her father is waiting outside the door for her. U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Kromis isn’t just there to spend some time with his daughter – he is on his way to class himself. Thomas transferred to SMU this fall as a junior combining credits from undergraduate courses he took while in the Marine Corps. A career Marine, Thomas served 21 yea...

The story of Thanksgiving usually starts with the three-day celebration of harvest by the Pilgrims and Native Americans in the fall of 1621 in the Plymouth colony of Massachusetts. It was not a holiday, it was a gathering. George Washington issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789 at the close of the Revolutionary War and other presidents also declared special days for Thanksgiving. A well-known magazine editor, Sarah Josepha Hale, wrote t...

Area Lutheran schools celebrated Reformation Day at Zion Lutheran School on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The student choirs from Dallas Lutheran, Faith Lutheran and Our Redeemer joined the Zion Lutheran School choir for a special chapel service. The blended choir was led by Zion’s Minister of Music Sam Eatherton. “Reformation Day is an important day in the Lutheran church and therefore fitting that our Lutheran schools should observe together. I am ble...