The Sorry Tale of the Most Neglected Public Artwork in Dallas
All too often, Dallas is quick to demolish or cast aside objects that it has neglected.
By Doyle Rader
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Arts & Entertainment
July 9, 2015
2:28 pm
On a hot summer afternoon, the sound of a lone cicada pierces the air, briefly masking the drone of the flanking traffic. Above cars rattle on IH-345, and to the west traffic snakes through a maze of construction barriers on Pearl Street. Between these roadways runs a sculpture, broken into three sections, from Live Oak to Pacific Avenue. The work, whose surface is marred from graffiti, exists as an afterthought from a vision of downtown that was never realized. Robert Irwin’s
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North Gaston JROTC thanks COVID-19 vaccine workers at CaroMont Health
JROTC looks a little different at North Gaston High School than years past, but the school’s young cadets are still serving their community.
Each year since 2011, when Lt. Col. Dwayne Smith founded Wildcat Junior ROTC at North Gaston, students volunteer at Dallas Park, helping with landscaping and painting as part of their service-learning project. However, the JROTC s governing body has restricted what the cadets can do during the pandemic.
“With the pandemic, we’re not allowed to take the cadets out like that,” Smith said.
Instead, the cadets made thoughtful cards for employees who work at the vaccination clinic at CaroMont Regional Medical Center.
Gaston County animal shelter employees reflect on new facility
Employees of Gaston County Animal Care and Enforcement finally showed off the features of their new animal shelter nearly a year after it began taking in animals.
Governed by Gaston County Police, the 21,650-square-feet shelter replaced a shelter in Dallas Park, which opened in the late 1960s when Gaston County’s population was about 148,000, according to Gaston County Police Chief Joseph Ramey. Gaston County’s estimated population is now about 224,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
“Whenever you add people, you add pets,” Ramey said during a ribbon cutting held at the shelter on Friday, April 16. “It’s a new beginning for animals, the shelter and for Gaston County with this new facility.”
Gaston County collecting household hazardous waste
Nan Kirlin
I hope you had a wonderful Earth Week, and found a great way to celebrate Earth Day.
All around Gaston County are the reminders of how special and beautiful this season is and why we need to protect the planet that we inhabit. And, once again, this coming Saturday, May 1, Gaston County Solid Waste and Recycling will be sponsoring its second of four Household Hazardous Waste collection events from 8 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
We will again be at our same location, Dallas Park, 1303 Dallas Park Highway, Dallas. Please enter the park and at the “Y,” bear to the right to circle around to our building. Please stay in your vehicles, and our staff will empty your vehicles.
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