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GRAND PRAIRIE HAS A NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AS A RESULT OF THE JUNE 13TH RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE SEAT IN DISTRICT THREE.
ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL RESULTS, DAVID CHAPPELLE DEFEATED AMBER TIMBERLAKE BY RECEIVING NEARLY 65% OF THE VOTES.
THE ELECTION FILLS THE SEAT THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE DELBOSQUE, WHO PASSED AWAY IN MARCH.
DELBOSQUE HAD REPRESENTED DISTRICT THREE SINCE 2017.
DAVID CHAPPELLE WILL BE SWORN IN AT CITY HALL ONCE THE RESULTS ARE CERTIFIED AND SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM, A SATURDAY MORNING PARADE IN THE STREETS OF GRAND PRAIRIE COMMEMORATES THE CITY'S ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION A STATE HOLIDAY IN TEXAS SINCE 1979.
THAT BECAME A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN 2021.
IT OFFICIALLY OBSERVES THE HISTORIC DATE OF JUNE 19TH, 1865 WHEN US ARMY GENERAL GORDON GRANGER READ THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN GALVESTON, OFFICIALLY ENDING SLAVERY IN TEXAS NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER IT BECAME FEDERAL LAW.
HAPPY JUNETEENTH IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IT MEANS A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATIONS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE TRADITIONAL PARADE THROUGH THE HISTORIC DALWORTH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ENDING AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED TYREE PARK WHERE IT'S AN AFTERNOON FULL OF FOOD FELLOWSHIP AND FUN.
THAT INCLUDES A PROGRAM FEATURING SEVERAL CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS.
RECOGNITION OF THIS YEAR'S JUNETEENTH ESSAY CONTEST, SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS PAYING TRIBUTE TO A VERY SIGNIFICANT DATE IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS AND AMERICA.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE MODUS OPERAS OF WHAT PRO EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IS ALL ABOUT.
AND HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH IN A GRAND AND GREAT WAY.
THE END OF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR.
BROUGHT MORE THAN 500 KIDS, TEENS AND ADULTS TO GRAND PRAIRIE'S MAIN LIBRARY TO JOIN THE STAFF THERE AND TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE 2026 SUMMER READING CLUB.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS READING IS TOTALLY RAD, AND WE ARE THROWING IT BACK TO THE EIGHTIES.
THE GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARIES HAVE GONE BACK TO THE FUTURE KICKING OFF THEIR SUMMER READING CLUB BY BRINGING THE 1980S BACK TO LIFE WITH EVERYTHING FROM THE HIT MUSIC TO THE FASHION AND STYLE AND POP CULTURE ITEMS TO THE ICONIC MOVIE AND TV CHARACTERS.
MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE FUTURE, A 21ST CENTURY APP CALLED BET STACK THAT MAKES SIGNING UP AND KEEPING TRACK OF SUMMER READING AS EASY AS PICKING UP A PHONE.
WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GO AHEAD AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT WITH GRAND PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ONCE YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT, YOU GO IN AND YOU SELECT YOUR CHALLENGE, JOIN IT, AND FROM THERE, GO AHEAD AND LOG YOUR READING.
ONCE YOU'VE GOTTEN FIVE HOURS OF READING LOGS, KIDS CAN COME IN AND GET A REWARD SO THEY CAN GET A FREE BOOK, A PRIZE FROM OUR TREASURE BOX OR A COUPON.
THERE'S ALSO REWARDS AND PRIZES FOR TEENS AND ADULTS, ALL OF IT TO KEEP EVERYONE ENGAGED AND EXCITED ABOUT READING AND TO ENJOY THE MANY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS BEING OFFERED AT THE LIBRARIES ALL SUMMER LONG.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE NOT ONLY GETTING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES DURING THE SUMMER, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO HAVE LIKE THOSE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND WE WANT TO CREATE THESE FREE, BEAUTIFUL, JOYOUS MOMENTS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN JUST COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THE SUMMER READING CLUB IS UNDERWAY AT ALL THREE GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARY LOCATIONS THROUGH AUGUST 8TH.
FOR EVERYTHING SRC, YOU CAN VISIT GPTX.ORG/LIBRARY.
CP WAGNER PARK CYCLING WITH THE MAYOR.
CYCLING WITH THE MAYOR IS FINALLY BACK IN GRAND PRAIRIE AFTER SEVERE WEATHER.
PREVENTED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES EARLIER THIS SPRING.
THE RETURN OF THE POPULAR SERIES ALSO INCLUDES WALKING AND RUNNING EVENTS, COMMUNITY AND HEALTH FAIRS, ALONG WITH THE RIDES THAT WILL BE STAGED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND GRAND PRAIRIE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF 2026.
NOW WELL INTO ITS SECOND DECADE.
AND FOUNDED BY THE MAYOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S GET FIT GP INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.
THE FREE EVENTS ARE AN OPEN INVITATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO COME TOGETHER FOR A LITTLE FITNESS FELLOWSHIP AND FUN.
AND AS ALWAYS, TO WELCOME NEW RECRUITS.
UM, SHORT RIDE, UH, VERY IN TERRAINS AND JUST TO CYCLE THROUGH THE PARK AND
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SEE ALL THE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING.IT'S NICE TO COME OUT AND MEET PEOPLE AND SOCIALIZE AND, YOU KNOW, GET TO SEE THE MAYOR AGAIN AND RIDE WITH THE MAYOR.
FOR DETAILS AND THE FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR 2026, GO TO GPTX.ORG/GET FIT GP.