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She planned to spend retirement traveling with her husband until her husband, Lawrence, was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of prostate cancer.

He was born on Oct. 19, 1954. He was 66 years old. Jimmy grew up in Biwabik, Minn., where he attended Bray Elementary and Horace Mann schools. After graduating, Jimmy enlisted in the Army, bound by his duty and to honor and serve our country. He was a great soldier, rising to become a member of the Military Police. After returning home, he became a visionary entrepreneur, evidenced by the number of businesses he started and ran throughout his life. What more can someone say — the cars, the bars! Some of the most memorable moments are him sharing the stage with Ski Evans and the Dukes, (w...

Forum, June 1: Those ‘largely peaceful protests’ were deadly Published: 5/31/2021 10:00:15 PM Modified: 5/31/2021 10:00:13 PM Those ‘largely peaceful protests’ were deadly The Los Angeles Times story about reforms after the George Floyd killing tries to soft-pedal the violence and lawlessness of the Minneapolis rioters (“Police reform goals remain unfulfilled,” May 25). The story blandly refers to “largely peaceful protests” in one single line. Largely peaceful? Those so-called “protests” killed two, cost some $500 million in property damage and burned out an entire polic...

Focus Daily News Dr. Amanda McCarther Named Bray Elementary Principal (CEDAR HILL, TEXAS) The Cedar Hill Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Dr. Amanda McCarther as the next principal of Bray Elementary School at Monday’s Board Meeting. “Dr. McCarther is a great fit for the culture of both Bray Elementary and Cedar Hill ISD,” CHISD Superintendent Dr. Gerald Hudson said. “She is the perfect person to lead the district’s only campus with a Fine Arts Signature Program.” McCarther is looking forward to the new role – a position that is nearly two dec...

First-Grader’s Kind Gesture Toward Only Black Student in Class Leads to 50-Year Friendship An act of kindness from a first-grader to her classmate on the first day of school changed everything for one terrified Texas student. This was in the 1970s, when young Kimberly Patman’s household was the first black family to enroll in the Cedar Hill school district in Dallas. She still remembers the moment a little girl tapped her on the shoulder during recess at Bray Elementary. It was an offer of friendship from fellow first-grader LeeAnn Polster. Fifty years on, the pair are still inseparable.