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The area of immigration law has been in the local news lately, and Donald Trump's successful appeal to the nativism and xenophobia of many Americans has raised him to the highest office in the land. Tim Farmer of the Trey...
Hannah Sedlacek, HCI Hospice volunteer coordinator, recently spoke at a Tuesday meeting of the Perry Kiwanis Club. Sedlacek discussed volunteer opportunities with the hospice group and introduced the Veteran to Veteran Volunteer program. Sedlacek said hospice is a program that provides...
The Rowely Masonic Community recently underwent several staffing changes, and one of these was the hiring of a new facility administrator, Kate Klimesh. Klimesh stopped by the Hotel Pattee Tuesday for the weekly meeting of the Perry Kiwanis Club to...
During the past few months, the Perry community has heard about the renovation of Dewey Field at Perry High School. The Perry Kiwanis Club learned the latest about the project when Perry Community School District Superintendent Clark Wicks and Perry...
During a recent Tuesday meeting of the Perry Kiwanis Club, Pete Malmberg, cultural resources curator for the Dallas County Conservation Board, stopped by the Hotel Pattee to discuss the history of Forest Park Museum near Perry. The grounds of Forest...
Mike Thomason stopped by the Hotel Pattee to visit with the Perry Kiwanis Club at their recent Tuesday luncheon meeting. Thomson, who is known for his work with the Dallas County Emergency Medical Services, also works as one of three...
Some of our fondest memories even when we are grown up are those from our childhood. Many of these memories contain people who were heroes to us during this time or are connected to events important to us while...
Freedom for Youth Ministries opened its downtown ministry in Perry in 2013, and Diana Yepez, site director of the Perry center, stopped by the Tuesday lunch meeting of the Perry Kiwanis to discuss the organization and her role within...
About 60 first graders from the Perry Elementary School performed Christmas songs for the residents and staff of Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Friday. The children sang many traditional holiday favorites and had a new twist on "The Twelve Days...
This topic will most likely be of less interest to most people than my article on the Civil War monument, but it is very important and does touch the life of everyone in Perry. It is the topic of...