The Dallas Independent School District’s Adult Basic Education Program is available to all “adult learners and educationally disadvantaged adults in Dallas and Rockwall counties” who want to learn about, well, you name it — everything from English to math, computer skills to parenting skills. So says this 2007-2008 at-a-glance, in…
When I say No. 22, who comes to mind? Do you immediately think of the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time best runner? Or their all-time best rusher? Or perhaps instead the second-leading all-time scorer in the history of the Dallas Mavericks? The quest is to attach a Dallas/Fort Worth player to every…
On its Web site Friday, The Dallas Morning News ran an editorial concerning Dallas County Constables Derick Evans and Jaime Cortes’s “too-cozy” relationship with Dowdy Ferry Auto Service, which is towing thousands of cars under their watch without keeping track of what happens to them after they’ve been impounded. In…
Maybe you heard: George W. Bush stopped by Mustangs football practice this morning, where he told the team to “win one for Yom Kippur.” Thanks to the SMU media relations department for this end-of-the-day keeper. …
Is what you see above the future of Dallas? Don’t know. Hard to say. But, as we’ve said often in recent months, John Greenan (executive director of Central Dallas Community Development Corporation) and Brent Brown (founder of bcWORKSHOP) are determined to turn a parking lot behind Dallas City Hall into…
In May 2008, Oak Lawn Avenue-based Hambric Sports Management filed a breach of contract suit against pro golfer Anthony Kim, the University of Oklahoma star and Dallas resident who ditched Roscoe “Rocky” Hambric’s firm that very month for massive New York-based IMG. In December, Hambric’s actions more than suggested he…
Turns out, Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell was available to talk to us today, following the news that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools refused to reinstate the the 137-year-old institution’s accreditation. Not surprisingly, Sorrell was defiant in the wake of the decision: “When we went down this…
There are kinks to be worked out, yes. But in Friday’s victory over the Tennessee Titans the Dallas Cowboys showed that their team and their stadium just might be great – if not super – after all. 10. We can criticize Tony…
The president of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools just called Unfair Park with news concerning Paul Quinn’s accreditation status. Says Dr. Belle Wheelan, “The appeal panel did uphold the decision the commission had made.” In other words, Paul Quinn will remain unaccredited. The decision comes two months after the…
If you’ve got the time this morning, you should check out the live feed of the city council’s budget workshop, where, at the moment, the topic of discussion is the Park and Recreation cuts. Earlier, council member Ann Margolin told City Manager Mary Suhm she’s concerned about the trims to…
A friendly Sportatoriumite sends along this pic taken moments ago at Cowboys Stadium. Again, I’m no engineer but sure looks like – with the cranes and wenches and roof open – the JumboJerry is being raised. Right?…
Couple of weeks back we had a very brief chat with Kent Robertson, manager of Dallas Animal Services and star of the city’s “Pet of the Week” videos, about the recent rise in animal adoptions — more than 40 a week in recent weeks. Courtesy a briefing doc prepare for…
This week’s column in the Dallas Observer wasn’t more dogpiling on Josh Hamilton, but rather some perspective on how unfairly most of us (yeah, I’m pointing at me) jumped on Josh Howard. They both screwed up. They both – eventually – apologized. They are…
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, via this New York Times story about today’s cash-for-clunkers deadline, I’m the proud owner of one of the most popular trade-ins: a Jeep Cherokee, which is starting to drive like today’s its expiration date as well. So, how’d it go for locals? The…
The boy’s heading out the door, about to begin his first day of first grade — meaning, at least, he’ll be off the streets when the police start sweeping up young’uns on this first day of the Daytime Juvenile Curfew. Passed 12-2 by the Dallas City Council last May, the…
Everything’s bigger (and lower) in Texas. Toldja. Back in May – after reading that the colossal video boards at Cowboys Stadium were to be only 90 feet above the playing field – I penned an item questioning exactly how high was high enough. It was more common sense than aeronautical…
For those Friends of Unfair Park who haven’t read through the entire FY2009-2010 proposed city of Dallas budget, the city council’s biting off tiny pieces during regularly scheduled briefings in advance of the September 23 pass-by date. There’s yet another budget workshop tomorrow morning at Dallas City Hall, during which…
Just as I was getting ready to post photos from last night’s Star Wars art shindig at The Soda Gallery, a Friend of Unfair Park sent word this morning: The Star Wars: In Concert tour is scheduled to land at the Death Star itself — Jerry Jones’s EnormoDome — on…
What you’ll find below is the first episode of what we hope will become a weekly series starring Jim Schutze and former Dallas City Council member Sandra Crenshaw, who’ve been spending way too much time together in an auxiliary courtroom at the Earle Cabell during the Dallas City Hall federal…
Been spending quite a bit of time in Oak Cliff of late, and if you need me ’round 6 tomorrow eve, no doubt I’ll be accompanying the 6-year-old who lives in my house to The Soda Gallery for the Star Wars Fan Appreciation Art Show — otherwise known as “These…
The Los Angeles Times has sniffed out an article published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, in which researchers from Baylor University Medical Center on Gaston Ave. and Japan write about a new test that diagnoses various gastrointestinal cancers by analyzing DNA fragments in feces. All you…
I’ll have a full review of this joint’s football debut Monday, but for now I’ve seen $35 parking at Wal-Mart (good googly moogly), new Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ uniforms (so long, white short shorts) and nary a blue star at midfield. Weird…
