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In today's newsletter:

  • How rising anti-Hindu rhetoric is reshaping Plano's festival season.
  • How would Plano's Prop A change taxes to fund a Stars arena?
  • What Plano's Hope's Door wants you to know about domestic violence

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Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid with a shower or two, with a high of 75 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Sunday: Humid with a passing shower, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. As anti-Hindu rhetoric grows, Texas Hindus rethink public celebrations (newsbreak.com) — Plano is at the heart of a fast-growing Indian American community now wrestling with louder Hindu festivals, rising online hate, and tense city council debates over temples and ethnic businesses. Local residents describe weighing noise concerns, environmental impacts, and fears of racist backlash as they decide whether to scale back public Ganesh celebrations or keep traditions visible across North Texas neighborhoods.
   

2. Dallas Stars president, Plano residents discusses proposed venue tax for new arena costs (fox4news.com) — Plano voters will decide in November whether to approve Proposition A, a venue tax on hotels, car rentals, tickets and more to help fund a new Dallas Stars arena at the Shops at Willow Bend site. Team executives say the taxes will mostly hit visitors, while local opponents argue residents will still shoulder higher costs and potential future tax increases to maintain city services.
   

3. More North Texans Are Reaching Out For Domestic Violence Help: Here's What Advocates Want You To Know (localprofile.com) — A Plano-based nonprofit, Hope's Door New Beginning Center, is seeing more North Texans reach out for domestic violence support and is emphasizing safety planning over simply telling survivors to leave. The organization, serving Plano and surrounding counties since 1985, offers a hotline, shelters, legal advocacy, counseling, and prevention programs while urging residents to recognize abuse in all ZIP codes and respond with belief and practical help.
   

4. John 10:1-21 ~ Truly I say to you (blogspot.com) — A longtime worshipper recalls how Christ Church in Plano grew from the healing ministry of its founding rector, Father Ted Nelson, whose guidance shaped her faith through grief and change. Blending reflections on John 10 with personal memories, she describes Plano's church community as vibrant yet grounded in humility, obedience, and choosing whom to serve each day.
   

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