Archive for October, 2007

Mark Twain’s classic novel about boyhood, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” have raised the ire of two parents whose son attends the Birdville School District.

The parents are upset that the teacher utilized the N word in vocabulary and discussions regarding the classic book. Aside from apologies, the parents want the book banned from the curriculum.

Dallas Farmer’s Market Friends will host their 13th Annual Hoedown tomorrow nite at the Food & Fiber Building in historicFair Park.

Where else can you spend $40, dress casually and eat and drink like heroes from some of the city’s best chef’s including:

Free parking, great bands and a selection of wine’s are also perks to the evening!

For those looking for some adult fun, nothing can beat the incomparable Dallas-based Emerald City Band.

They will hit the stage at 7:30p tonite at Champp’s in Adisson (Belt Line just west of Dallas North Tollway).

Manuel Trevino of Garland was on his way home to his 1 and 13-year old daughters last night when an intoxicated idiot by the name of Felipe Escobedo ran into him in his Chevy S10 pickup.

Authorities say that Mr. Trevino, who was wearing a helmet, may have survived the impact; however, Escobedo backed up and ran over Trevino again in an effort to dislodge him from the undercarriage of his truck.

Thankfully, one Good Samaritan left her car to try to assist Mr. Trevino while other Samaritans chased down the drunk and boxed in his truck with their vehicles until the police could arrest him.

Our prayers go out to the family of Mr. Trevino, sincere thanks to the Good Samaritans who took the initiative to do the right thing and we sincerely hope that the Dallas DA’s office locks up the drunk for a very long and harsh sentence.

A big “HOORAY!” to Parkland Hospital for taking their kitchen’s organic.

Effective next week and in an effort to address the health and well being of staff, patients and visitors, Parkland will be providing organic meals prepared with produce from local suppliers which helps our local farmers and economy.

Parkland is the first hospital in North Texas to make this change and we hope that others will soon follow suit!

The Dallas Cowboys have renewed Tony Romo’s contract for 6 years and that will bring earn him $67.5 million dollars.

The ‘Boys are 6-1 this season and it will be interesting to see how they do with their next couple games on the road.

It’s still odd for me to hear the kind of money these players make. The father of one of my closest friends growing up was the kicker for the Cowboys — in the off season he sold promotional items (pens, caps, etc.). All the players had second jobs because being a professional football player didn’t cover their living expenses!

Carter Albrect who was a well known Dallas musician and worked with the bands Sorta and Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, was shot on September 3 as he was aggressively trying to break into a neighbor’s home.

Carter’s family has strongly maintained that he was on the cease smoking drug Chantix and it resulted in him having hallucinations. The family has been anxiously awaiting the Dallas coroner’s autopsy report - but, the report is not going to give them the answers they are seeking.

Dr. Jeffrey Barnard, Chief Medical Examiner for Dallas County announced that there is no test available to find out what levels of Chantix were in Albrect’s blood. The only known test is by the drug manufacturer Pfizer and they have chosen to not make that test available to the coroner. Pfizer did provide directions to the coroner on how he can make his own test along with a sample of what the drug may look like in the blood; however, the sample only has a shelf life of 3 days and that is not enough time for the coroner’s office to develop a test.

The official result is that Albrect died as a result from a gunshot wound to the head and his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit at the time of death.