It’s hot out there this month, but it might be worth a trip to the Dallas Arboretum, where tickets are only a buck instead of the usual $10.

East Dallas resident Dawn Quiett was out for a fun night out with friends at the Cock and Bull Neighborhood Pub on Gaston. Little did she know, they would witness a crime that would grip the Dallas news cycle and land three police officers in hot water.

We used to delegate mission work to career missionaries. While they still go for us, we also go now, in the form of missions trips. Sometimes we go to help missionaries. Sometimes we go because fewer missionaries go fulltime now. But we are going more now than ever. Instead of sending only our money and prayers, we are sending each other and going ourselves.

There’s not much fiscally conservative or pro-business about the increase of debt under Tom Leppert’s leadership.

DART received a national award from Americans for the Arts for two East Dallas art projects, the Fair Park Station and the Traveling Man installation. The organization selected them from more than 300 entries in 29 cities to be included in its “2010 Public Art Year in Review”.

The team works with kids at the Y three days a week, playing games and doing activities that focus on recycling, conserving energy and other ways to be green. The five students also are expected to read up on environmental issues, and incorporate what they learn into the lessons.

If you live in the White Rock Lake area, there is no need to subscribe to National Geographic or travel the world to witness breathtaking wildlife.