A Presidential Revelation

Adlai Pennington’s 1949 Packard is as historical as it is impressively crafted • By

When Adlai Pennington set out to

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antique Custom 8 Packard that was bound to turn everyone’s head upon its arrival. He gladly agreed – only the old limo never made it to the desired destination. En route it sputtered to a stop on the highway. With a fresh battery, Adlai was able to maneuver it into the parking lot at again.

Fortunately, a backup plan was available just in case something like this happened. His daughter was following in a SUV with the bridesmaids, so she was able to rescue the bride and get her to the altar. Adlai’s wife retrieved him from the parking lot so he could join the ceremony, and he left the Packard behind. It would be several days before arrangements could be made to get it going again, so it just sat there appearing, for all intents and purposes, as an old deserted car. Local authorities weren’t sure how to entered the picture and began to report on what had become the “Mystery Packard.”

This play-within-a-play captures a touring theater troupe’s production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening performance and a performance towards the end of a debilitating run Brimming with slapstick comedy, Noises Off is a delightful backstage farce, complete with slamming doors, falling trousers, and -- of course -- flying sardines!

James McKnight Park West in untouched since it opened nearly 35 years ago. That’ll soon change as

Department has been awarded a $750,000 non-urban outdoor recreation grant for the park from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. In its January meeting, the TPWC approved $9.9 million in competitive grants for city and county park projects from across the state, funding 20 of 52 eligible requests.

“We are absolutely thrilled with this announcement and so grateful to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for sharing our vision for this wellestablished but under-developed park,” Matt Young, Executive Director of Community Services said in a press release. “Not only does this project serve a huge range of ages and interests, it truly checks all the boxes for our mission as an organization: providing welcoming spaces for residents to grow healthy families, preservation of