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Around the area: Free concert Sunday, New Democrat Party leader, ice hockey, Reba, Charlie Daniels, Ducks Unlimited
Celina Record, Frisco Enterprise, McKinney Courier-Gazette
The McKinney Performing Arts Center and Southern Land are hosting a free outdoor concert from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Tucker Hill subdivision on State Highway 380. This is west of U.S. 75. Time Machine will play a variety of music: Top 40, 80s, disco, soul and country. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Food and beverages will be sold.
DEMOCRATS: NEW LOCAL LEADER
The 45-year-old attorney vice chairman of the county Democratic Party from 2003 to 2008.
Also appointed are Marlene Byndon as vice chair, Mary Beans as secretary, and Oscar Pena as treasurer.
SERVICE ACADEMY FORUM
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) will host the annual Service Academies Forum at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 for young people and their families interested in pursuing an education at one of the nation’s prestigious service academies.
The free informational event will take place in the Conference Center of the Collin College Spring Creek Campus located at 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano.
HOCKEY IN MCKINNEY
The newest Dr Pepper StarCenter in McKinney at Craig Ranch will hold its grand opening ceremony at noon on Saturday, Sept. 19 at noon. The festivities will begin with the official ribbon cutting ceremony at noon, followed by free public skating and youth hockey and figure skating exhibitions.
"On behalf of Mayor Loughmiller and the City Council, we are thrilled to open the Dr. Pepper StarCenter McKinney at Craig Ranch. Our residents have been asking for this new public recreation facility, and we are extremely pleased to come through on this promise to bring it to them," said City Manager Frank Ragan.
Everyone in attendance at the grand opening will receive two tickets to a Dallas Stars home pre-season game.
Dr Pepper is providing free beverages, and kids will love the face painters, balloon animal artists and fantastic inflatables courtesy of the Dallas Stars Street Squad.
Fans can register to win great prizes, including complimentary skate school passes, ice skating passes and a complimentary birthday party at the Dr Pepper StarCenter – McKinney at Craig Ranch.
The Dr Pepper StarCenter McKinney at Craig Ranch is built on 7.3 acres of land in Craig Ranch. The project is a partnership between the Dallas Stars, the City of McKinney, the McKinney Community Development Corporation and Craig Ranch.
The ice rink will offer annual skating and hockey scholarships to young residents of McKinney.
McKinney residents will have a three-day priority period before non-residents in which to register for major programs at the facility like hockey or ice skating leagues, clinics and camps.
This new facility has two sheets of ice, a full-service StarStuff pro shop, a snack bar and four meeting rooms. The StarCenter will be the home to two hockey associations -- the McKinney Ice Hockey Club which fields teams in the AT&T High School Hockey League, and the Texas Aces, which fields travel teams of all ages in the North Texas Hockey League.
The facility will also feature beginner leagues for youth and adult hockey players run by the Dallas Stars, advanced adult hockey leagues, a Learn-to-Skate program, figure skating, birthday parties, public skating, corporate team building events, private ice rentals, camps, clinics, tournaments and skating competitions.
It is expected that the facility will bring in 400,000 to 500,000 visitors annually. In addition, the Dallas Stars Hockey Club will practice at the Dr Pepper StarCenter McKinney at Craig Ranch once every year. The first practice at the rink is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 4.
DUCKS UNLIMITED
Fannin County Ducks Unlimited will hold its Annual Banquet on Tuesday, September 29 at the Legacy Ridge Country Club beginning at 6 p.m.
The mission of Ducks Unlimited is to restore, enhance and protect international efforts of conserving habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. At Ducks Unlimited, 85 percent of the revenue goes directly to habitat conservation.
The banquet will feature a dinner, games, raffles and a silent and live auction. Prizes include: guns, hunting trips, knives, prints and outdoor gear.
The banquet is open to the public and tickets are available at Rick’s Detail Shop in Bonham. Cost - $40 per person prior to Sept. 22 and $50 at the door. Pre-event gun raffle tickets are available for $50 (includes membership, dinner and a chance at a Benelli shotgun to be raffled at the banquet.)
REBA AND CHARLIE DANIELS
Reba McEntire and the Charlie Daniels Band will be among the early performers at the Allen Events Center, which opens in November. Reba McEntire will perform her classic hits along with songs from her newest album, Keep on Loving You, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200
Tickets go on sale at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. for Reba McEntire, AMP Tour, Styx/REO Speedwagon/Night Ranger, Tech N9ne, Charlie Daniels Band and Extreme Ice Racing.
The Allen Event Center, a 8,100-seat sports and entertainment venue opening in November 2009, has announced its initial entertainment lineup with six show dates for the fall/winter season. Country superstar Reba McEntire will headline the grand opening concert on Friday, Nov. 6.
Tickets for the following shows and single season tickets for the Allen Americans will go on sale to the public Saturday, September 19 at 9 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.gettix.net or on the phone by dialing 1-866-I-GET-TIX (1-866-443-8849) or at the Allen Event Center Box Office in The Grove at The Village at Allen at 190 E. Stacy Road. Box office hours are Monday through Friday - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Charge by phone hours (CST) are Monday through Friday - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday - 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Reba McEntire - Friday, Nov. 6
• AMP Tour - Friday, November 13 to Sunday, Nov. 15
• Styx and REO Speedwagon (with Night Ranger) - Tuesday, Nov. 17
• Tech N9ne - Friday, Nov. 20
• Charlie Daniels Band - Saturday, December 19
• Extreme Ice Racing - Friday, Feb. 12 to Saturday, Feb. 13
• Allen Americans Single Season Game Tickets
WRITERS WANTED
If you write for a Web site and would like to have your column picked up and run in print in The Frisco Enterprise, Celina Record, Little Elm Journal or McKinney Courier-Gazette newspaper, let us know. We are always looking for more volunteer local writers and photographers in Anna, Blue Ridge, Celina, Fairview, Farmersville, Frisco, Little Elm, Lucas, McKinney, Melissa, Princeton, Van Alstyne, Weston and the surrounding area. PTAs: Send in photos from the elementary schools when you have fun events.
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
We are always looking for more volunteer local writers and photographers in Anna, Blue Ridge, Celina, Fairview, Farmersville, Frisco, McKinney, Melissa, Princeton, Van Alstyne, Weston and the surrounding area. If you are working for the high school or college paper, and you are writing about something local, or if you are learning how to make news videos, ask your teacher to send us a copy of your video or news story with your byline on it. High school teachers: How about gaining recognition for your program by sending in some of the students best work or a notes package about what's happening at school?
CIVIC GROUPS
Have a big event coming up, send in a flyer to the newspaper. Sooners the better. Must be by e-mail so that we can use it as a small photo in the paper. Do not send in a photocopy.
Also, send in by e-mail quick short items on your club, projects and photos.
PHOTOS WANTED
Thanks to our readers, pictures of the capture of a bobcat near Chambersville ran in the McKinney Courier-Gazette last week. If you see trees down after a storm, see anything unusual, please send in a photo by e-mail. Only takes a minute. You will receive a photo credit in the newspaper.
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