🌱 Gingerbread Family 5K + MacArthur Controversy Continues

Irving TX

10 December, 2021

5:36 PM

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Good Saturday, people of the Irving area! Ash DeMello here with today's copy of the Irving Metro Daily. First, today's weather: Cooler with plenty of sun. High: 54 Low: 36. Here are the top stories today in Irving: The acclaimed Medical City Las Colinas is in line for new leadership. The organization announced Friday that Jessica O'Neal will be taking the helm as chief executive officer starting January 6. She is currently serving as CEO for Medical City Children's Hospital and Medical City Women's Hospital Dallas. Get additional info about O'Neal and the change at D Healthcare Daily. It's shopping season, which means many folks are out-and-about with valuables like electronics in their vehicles. Irving Police reminds residents to tuck those items out of sight before exiting a vehicle or remove them completely. Click the link for more tips on deterring would-be criminals. Need a furry friend in your life? Check out Irving-area pet adoption options over at Irving Patch, adorable photographs included. Among the animals needing homes are Gio, a beautiful short-hair Siamese male, and Danica, a young shepherd-mix who looks ready to love. Autonation of Irving is supporting local pediatric cancer patients. Learn about the efforts at Irving Weekly. Find out more about the situation at MacArthur High School, where LGBTQ "safe space" stickers have become a hot-button topic for students and the Irving ISD. (Dallas Voice) Today in Irving: Gingerbread Family 5k & 1M - Sign up now to run off those cookies! $30 per bib. (7:45 AM - Finish)Winterfest Novel Fiction Book Club: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson - Chat it up with fellow bookish folk at the Valley Ranch Library Meeting Room. (10:00 AM) KidsNotes @ West Irving Library - Head to the library's Meeting Room for an "instrument petting zoo" — an opportunity for kids in preschool and kindergarten to learn more about music with help from the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra. (2:00 PM) From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Featured businesses: Free Covid Testing LLC — (Visit website) Soldiers-4-Christ Ministries International Headquarters — Add your business here Events: hot wheel show (December 11) Add your event Loving the Irving Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Send me a news tip or suggestion at [email protected]. Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with a new update! — Ash DeMello