Unity in the Community was the theme at a luncheon Tuesday in Highland Village where many local non-profit organizations were recognized, celebrated and honored for the help they provide to many residents of Denton County. There were 20 non-profit groups represented at the event, and PediPlace was announced as the winner of the 2007 Non-Profit of the Year Award.

  A Highland Village man charged with sexual assault of a child was released from jail last Friday on a reduced bond of $250,000. Daniel Patrick Cassidy, 47, was a girls coach with the Greater Lewisville Area Soccer Association. Cassidy was arrested on charges of sexually abusing two young girls, according to police. The married father of four faces two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and a charge of indecency with a child, and his bail was originally set at one million dollars, according to Highland Village Police Detective Doug Bell.

Flower Mound, in conjunction with Denton County, is taking great strides to make sure the needed infrastructure is in place to attract new businesses to the town, according to County Commissioner Andy Eads. Key leaders in local government as well as Chamber of Commerce officials are all on board with welcoming economic growth to the area, and, as they work closely together toward this goal, Eads said the town and the chamber have rekindled their relationship. “We’ve hung out the Open For Business sign,” said Eads, who is also on the Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

RockPointe Church of Flower Mound is on a different kind of mission, starting at their morning services this Sunday. The congregation is adopting a village in Africa with the hope of providing wells to harvest water, one of the basic essentials of life, Pastor Ron Holton of RockPointe church said. The mission’s funding comes from the sales of bottled water.  The price range of these bottles will range from $5 to $50 depending on the size of the bottle and are available starting Sunday at services, and in the future, online at www.rockpointechurch.org, Holton said.

Tim Lindt thinks everyone who swims in a lake should wear a life vest!  I totally disagree!  That puts the star of the college swim team, someone who can doggy paddle and someone who is afraid of the water in the same basket.  The answer is out there already and that is there are rules and boundaries at the lakes. There are ropes to rope of swim areas and they are marked and you should not go beyond them.  There are hundreds of articles in papers and the news speaks many times during the season about the dangers of the sun, drinking, boating safety and wearing life vest where appropriate. Some people choose to ignore them.