“Reuse, Reduce, Recycle” theme of annual Keep Coppell Beautiful

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer For 11 years the City of Coppell has hosted the annual Clean Coppell event. During this time, the community comes together in efforts to “Keep Coppell Beautiful” and create a more eco-friendly environment by showcasing the theme, “Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.” Clean Coppell runs from April 16-30. Through these two weeks, volunteers will participate in either litter cleanups around Coppell (such as the parks, creeks, trails and streets), a workday at the Coppell Nature Park on April 23 or a beautification project such as planting flowers at their school or helping a senior citizen with yard work. “Clean Coppell is the biggest volunteer project of the year for the City of…

Thank you, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, NWP

by Ellen Cameron Staff Writer Yesterday, for the first time ever, I exercised my 19th Amendment rights to vote. It wasn’t that important of an election–just the Texas Gubernatorial Primary–but I voted nonetheless. For something so important, it was miraculously boring, and yet, I was excited, and also, I had to, because otherwise my mother said I couldn’t come home. But it was more than my mother’s threat that got me going to the polls: as I took my ballot to the booth, I gave a silent thanks to Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, the National Women’s Party and all those who suffered for suffrage, for 90 years ago, they won me the right to vote…