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DENTON COUNTY MRC AWARDED

Denton County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) has been selected as a 2021 MRC Program National Recognition Awardee for Community Response in COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts! This is an incredible honor and would not be possible without the amazing volunteers that stepped up for our community. We can not thank them enough! If you’d like to join Denton County MRC, sign up at mrc.dentoncounty.gov/. photo courtesy of Denton County, TX social media page

ANNUAL LCEF MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

Save the date for the 20th Annual Lake Cities Education Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament will be at Oakmont Country Club again this year on June 7! The format is a four-person modified scramble, and awards will be given for the low gross team, longest drive, closest to the pin, hole in one, and more! To register go to lcefgolf.golfreg.com/.

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Megan Dillard Allie Robinson

LAKE DALLAS HIGH VALEDICTORIANS

Lake Dallas High School has announced its top 10 graduates from the Class of 2021! Megan Dillard earned the school’s valedictorian ranking, while Allie Robinson earned the school’s salutatorian ranking. The remaining students in the top 10 (listed alphabetically) include Jake Belcher, Michael Brown, Addison Buesing, Jaya Dhadda, Casee Harl, Garrett Henderson, Gillian Stinson, and Aiden Wooldridge. photo courtesy of Anthony Tosie

Mai Tran Tru Duy

TAEA STATE VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT

Congrats and great work by two Lake Dallas High School students who competed virtually in the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) State Visual Arts Scholastic Event! Mai Tran earned a superior rating becoming a state medalist and Tru Duy earned an excellent rating. photo courtesy of Lake Dallas ISD social media page

VOLUNTEERS PLANT 20 TREES

Keep Lake Dallas Beautiful volunteers planted 20 trees in less than 90 minutes! You can see the difference this made by visiting City Park and Community Park. Shout out to the Keep Lake Dallas Beautiful supporters, volunteers, and sponsors including, Lake Dallas ISD students, City Council members, and Adopt-a-Shop volunteers. photo courtesy of The City of Lake Dallas, TX social media page

LAKE DALLAS BUSINESS ORDINANCES

Lake Dallas City Council members recently voted to suspend provisions to the City’s sign ordinance. The goal of this is to help local businesses better advertise in an effort to overcome this year and last year’s hardships like loss of revenue due to COVID-19 and Texas’s recent winter storm. You can read the full details in Lake Dallas’ fact sheet and what this means for businesses by going to www.lakedallas.com/524/Fact-Sheets.

A WILDCAT IN NEED

Guyer senior and varsity baseball player Mitch Lucero was hospitalized with various health issues, mostly related to liver complications. He was released, but his condition got increasingly worse since then, and was eventually admitted to Children’s Dallas hospital. As of now, it is unknown when Mitch will be well enough to be released. A GoFundMe has been created to help the Lucero family with the medical costs

www.gofundme.com/f/helping-mitch-and-the-luceros-takes-a-village.

photo courtesy of Mitch’s GoFundMe

DISD NAMED BEST COMMUNITY FOR MUSIC EDUCATION

Denton ISD has been honored with the 2021 Best Communities for Music Education designation from the NAMM Foundation for the 14th consecutive year! This award is given to districts that demonstrate outstanding efforts to provide music access and education to all students. Research into music education continues to demonstrate educational, cognitive, and social skill benefits for children who make music, which is why Denton ISD continues to put an emphasis on music education. Great job everyone!