Twenty Peaceful Minutes

Welcome to Twenty Peaceful Minutes (20PM) - a community website for Forney, Texas. In addition to this blog, 20PM is home to the Forney discussion forums, which you may reach by clicking the Forney discussion forum link or going to http://20pm.net/forums; also, considering signing up for email or newsreader (RSS feed) notifications of new posts to the 20PM blog!

A company that produces red light cameras put out a press release yesterday stating “New Texas cities contracted with REDFLEX include Allen, Bedford, Carrollton, Forney, Granite Shoals, Haltom, Hurst, Killeen, Lewisville, Mesquite, Southlake, Tomball and Roanoke.”

The company refers to themselves as “the leading provider of photo enforcement technology in the U.S.” You can read the entire press release here.

We don’t even have that many red lights within Forney city limits, and most of those are on TXDOT-controlled Farm-to-Market roads, so I’m not sure where these red light cameras would even end up, outside of a few lights in downtown Forney. Has anyone heard anything about this? Discuss it in this topic in the Forney discussion forum.

UPDATE: An updated report hit the wire on October 9th and can be read here. This site states: “The scope of the program includes red-light enforcement at up to twenty intersections, and has a term of five years, plus two 2-year automatic renewals.”

Three restaurant-related updates today - Pollo Ranchero is now open in Shafer Plaza; Fat Dawgs, which hopes to open within a month or so, has posted a sample menu; Napoli’s is under new management, with a new chef and a brand new menu. Click “Read On” for details and menus…
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• Forney Regional Medical Center Groundbreaking - Playground Dedicated to Local Doctor, Christine Walker

  Forney residents currently driving to Mesquite, Dallas and Rockwall for their medical needs will soon have a...

• Forney Residents Lining Up the Night Before for Chick-Fil-A Grand Opening

  Forney residents, excited about the new Chick-Fil-A that opens tomorrow, Thursday, July 12th at 6:30AM, have...

• Brooklyn Crossing MUD Blindsides Local Officials; City of Dallas Approves Development Along FM-548

  It's a fairly unknown fact that Forney was originally called Brooklyn, which is no doubt is the...

The Athens Review published a piece yesterday in which Wade Gent, Forney resident, announced his intention to run for the office of State Representative for District 4, which represents Kaufman County as well as Henderson County. He will be competing in the March Republican Primary against incumbent representative, Betty Brown.
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• Final Henderson County Results Are In - Incumbent Betty Brown Defeats Challenger Wade Gent in House District 4 Primary

  Final results have been in from Kaufman County for a while, and now final results are in...

• Entire State Watching Hotly Contested House District Four Primary Between Gent & Brown

  While the rest of the country watches the Democratic primary in Texas to learn who will capture...

• March Primary Election Update

  The primaries are just around the corner, and while there's been a lot of attention on the...

Today, Tuesday, September 18th from 8PM to 10PM, Overtime Sports Cafe and the Stepping For A Cure team are holding a silent auction to benefit Komen for the Cure and the 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk. All proceeds will be used to provide support for breast cancer research, treatment, prevention and education. Overtime is located at 104 E. Hwy 80 Suite #120, Forney, TX. Overtime will be donating draft beer from 8PM to 10PM to those who make a $20 donation to support breast cancer research & awareness.
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• Car Show at Lucky’s to Benefit 12 Year Old Courageously Battling Bone Cancer

  Christy recently posted some information in the Forney discussion forums here on 20PM that I want to...

• CVS, Lucky’s Sports Grill, Wing Stop & More

  CVS is coming to Forney - at Highway 80 & 548, on the south side of the...

Forney ISD has posted sketches and a virtual tour created by the architect designing Forney ISD’s new, second high school. The school looks beautiful, and will be a wonderful addition to the community. In addition to the electronic textbook program, the design of the school incorporates quite a few modern elements and the latest technology, offering excellent opportunities to the students of Forney ISD. Construction on the new school, which is to be built off of FM-548 (take 548 north, past WalMart, past Steve Silver Co. you’ll eventually see a sign on your right marking the site of the new school), is scheduled to begin in January 2008 and the campus will open in August 2009. Feel free to discuss this post in this thread in the Forney Discussion Forums. Oh, and stop by this thread to wish the site a happy birthday - Twenty Peaceful Minutes.com has now been around for a year!

• Forney North High School Groundbreaking Ceremony This Monday

  Monday, November 5th from 5:30 to 6PM, Forney ISD is holding a groundbreaking ceremony at Forney North...

• Forney ISD - eBooks; another vote on the 2nd high school?

  As I mentioned in a previous post, a majority of the items in the Forney ISD bond...

• Listen to Forney High School Football Games Online!

  Forney ISD leads the way in adopting cutting edge technology, yet again! Now you can list to...

The Windmill Farms Neighborhood Watch Association will be hosting Kaufman County Sherriff David Byrnes at their next meeting on Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 7pm at Blackburn Elementary. All residents of Windmill Farms are encouraged to attend this kick-off meeting for the Neighborhood Watch; Sheriff Byrnes will be presenting information on the importance of the Neighborhood Watch Program and what the Sheriff’s Department can do to help prevent crime in the neighborhood.
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• Family Safety Fair this Saturday - Free & Open to All Area Residents!

  This Saturday, May 17th, the Windmill Farms Community Watch is sponsoring a Family Safety Fair from 2-4PM....

• County Commissioner Holding Town Hall Meeting This Saturday in Forney

  This Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 9AM Commissioner Ray Clark will be holding a Town Hall meeting...

• Windmill Farms Phase 3 Homeowners Threatened With Liens By Unpaid Contractor

  Homeowners living in one of the newest portions of Windmill Farms, Phase 3A, received a letter from...

Forney ISD leads the way in adopting cutting edge technology, yet again! Now you can list to Forney High School football games live on the Internet. The games are broadcast live, the broadcasts are archived on the Internet and you can even listen to the broadcast in the stadium if you bring a radio. This is a great way to connect Jackrabbit football fans who otherwise wouldn’t be able to catch the game with their favorite team - you can keep up with Jackrabbit Football from anywhere in the world!
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• Forney North High School Groundbreaking Ceremony This Monday

  Monday, November 5th from 5:30 to 6PM, Forney ISD is holding a groundbreaking ceremony at Forney North...

• Forney High School #2 Virtual Tour & Sketches Available

  Forney ISD has posted sketches and a virtual tour created by the architect designing Forney ISD's new,...

• Forney ISD School Board Moving to Place Bond for 2nd High School on May Ballot

  In what became a 3+ hour meeting with a record-breaking turnout of 90-100 members of the public...