The Sunset High School Alumni Association awarded $7,020 in grants to the school in October. Group Counseling received grants totaling $1,470 for items such as DART bus passes and ACT/SAT study packets. The Medical Explorers Club and the Business Education CTE program received $500 each. The KOM Mentoring Program, Ras’en … more

Thinking back on my holidays, I wonder if that’s a good or necessary goal.

My only vivid memory of Thanksgiving, for example, involves what seemed like a 50-person gathering every year, without fail, at Aunt Hill’s and Uncle Walt’s house for a gigantic family feast.

My memory doesn’t revolve around … more

Christmas in the mid-1950s was a magical time full of beauty, wonder and suspense, and like most American children, I enjoyed the traditions of the season. One, however, stands out in my memory: the annual Oak Cliff Woman’s Club Christmas Pilgrimage.

Being young, I naturally correlated the word “pilgrimage” with, … more