The Dallas Cowboys continue to be linked to veteran wide receivers with the uncertainty surrounding the team’s WR3 job.

It will be one of the most intriguing training camp battles, but is the team’s WR3 currently on the roster or could they turn elsewhere? One name to keep in mind is former Cowboy James Washington.

The 28-year-old Washington took to social media to say that he is fully healthy and ready for another opportunity to showcase his talents.

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“I was forgotten about, and I want to show the world that I still have it,” Washington said in a video on Instagram. “People say, ‘Oh, he’s done. He’s washed.’ There’s still a lot of meat left on the bone. Conditioning-wise, physical-wise, I’m stronger than ever.”

Washington’s brief stint in Big D ended after the receiver suffered a foot injury after only appearing in two games. He suffered a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot during training camp and was placed on injured reserve before being activated near the end of the season.

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He would go on to spend time on the New York Giants practice squad, and also had very brief stints with the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts, but he never made it through training camp.

Washington was a former second-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers after a stellar career at Oklahoma State, winning the Biletnikoff Award and earning unanimous All-American honors.

If he is healthy and ready to go, the Cowboys should give Washington a look for training camp to add to the WR3 competition.

Mays a Giant among players

Re: “A true legend of the game — Giants center fielder inspired generations of baseball players and fans,” Wednesday news obituary.

Willie Mays, along with Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, two of the greatest Major League Baseball players ever, often murdered the Brooklyn Dodgers. But whenever they played in Ebbets Field, they always received standing ovations.

I attended a game in Brooklyn where Mays hit three home runs, each farther than the previous one. The third one went deep into the center field stands. One can only guess how far it would have gone if the stands were slightly lower.

The great announcer Vin Scully said the catch Mays made in center field against the Dodgers in Ebbets Field was one of the greatest plays he ever witnessed in his many years of broadcasting.

On top of all his accomplishments on the field, frequently after day games at home, Mays would play stick ball in Harlem with neighborhood kids. Say hey!

Jerry Frankel, Plano

Pastor should redress wrongs

Re: “Pastor quits amid sexual abuse claim — Woman’s allegations span ‘80s period from when she was 12 to 16,” Wednesday news story.

Robert Morris was married and a pastor at the time the alleged sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl took place. And this was said to have continued over a period of four years. We live in a day and age when it seems that all one has to do is “repent” of a crime and you’re good to go.

Morris is accused of stealing the innocence of a young girl in order to satisfy his own sexual pleasure. Has anyone asked how this affected the life of Cindy Clemishire? Genuine repentance leads to a desire to redress wrongs.

When someone becomes a Christian, he should have a desire born out of deep conviction to do good, and that includes making restitution whenever possible.

Will Morris walk away from this scandal holding onto his fortune, his pastorate, his fame and his good name, or will he demonstrate that his repentance is genuine? Only time will tell.

Jean McNeal, Dallas

Disturbing news

Reading about allegations against Robert Morris was truly disturbing. I have friends and family members who refuse all religious affiliation and avoid all politics and voting. They believe both churches and politics are overrun with corruption. This news does appear to support their point of view.

Thomas Kelly, Lantana

Where is city’s money going?

Re: “Council must get city manager hire right — How effectively (or not) Dallas runs hinges on this one person,” by Jennifer Staubach Gates, Sunday Opinion.

Dallas is now considering eliminating trash pickup from alleys due to a budget shortfall. In Gates’ op-ed, I learned that Dallas’ budget has increased by 62% in the past 10 years. Now, due to this out-of-control spending, we are poised to lose a service that the city has always been able to provide in the past.

This is an excellent opportunity for the council to take Gates’ advice to prioritize providing the basic services that have always been part of what Dallas offers its residents, and end the waste and luxury programs that we can no longer afford.

Stephen McKeown, Northwest Dallas

Keep alley trash pickup

Re: “Alley pickup may be trashed — City Council to hear briefing on idea to shift challenging garbage collections to curbside,” Tuesday Metro & Business story.

I understand that the city would like to make some changes to save money. It could have started with better investments for the Dallas Fire and Pension Fund or withholding the payoff to the former city manager.

The plan to eliminate alley pickup in parts of Dallas where it is currently available is a mistake. Correct me if I am wrong, but we do pay the city of Dallas for sanitation pickup. Doing away with alley pickup in Lake Highlands, where our alleys are wide enough to accommodate it, will create significant problems.

Our neighborhood will become a parking lot for trash cans, clogging streets and sidewalks. With 62 homes on my street, this will add 124 trash cans to our sidewalks, creating an eyesore and a safety issue. Our houses do not have garages and driveways in the front like those in Houston and San Antonio.

The added trash cans will obstruct walkways, making it difficult for pedestrians, including children and the elderly, to navigate safely. This change will not only degrade the appearance of our neighborhood but also pose hazards that could be easily avoided by maintaining the existing alley pickup system.

John Astin Gardere, Dallas/Lake Highlands

Dallas no longer a clean city

In my travels to various European cities, I have always been impressed by how free most of them are of litter and trash. Dallas was once such a city. No more. The homeless population is partly the blame, with all the trash and junk they create, but that is not the only factor. I frequently see trash blowing out of pickups and trash trucks and I also see car parts and other debris that never gets collected.

As I look around our streets and highways there is trash that has not been cleaned up for months. The litter along our highways is an embarrassment and shows lack of pride in our city.

I’m aware of the cost to resolve this issue, but our citizens deserve better. I would hope our city leaders make this a priority in the very near future. A local program that would call attention to this, such as “Don’t Mess With Texas,” might be coined for our city. This blight cannot be ignored.

Kenneth N. Lott, Dallas

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Three men with ties to Romania were arrested last week in Dallas and are accused of participating in an ATM skimming operation in North Texas, authorities say.

Authorities identified the three men as: Mihai Florin Marinescu, 37; Nelu Nae, 36; and Mihai Vlaicu, 47. All three were at the Tarrant County jail Thursday afternoon, online records showed.

John Haecker, a Euless police detective who was one of the investigators on the case, said arrest warrants for the three men were based on two skimmers that were installed on ATMs in Tarrant County. Authorities later found a third skimmer at a bank, Haecker told The Dallas Morning News.

“We are not aware of any skimmers being placed outside of Tarrant County,” Haecker said. “We’ve done a pretty exhaustive search to find additional locations.”

Authorities arrested the trio about 2:30 a.m. June 14in Old East Dallas at a short-term rental property in the 5300 block of Ash Lane, he said. Investigators found more skimming devices at a storage unit near the rental property, Haecker said.

Haecker declined to say which specific locations in Tarrant County authorities found skimmers, but added that none were in Euless.

The investigation was spurred by the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center, a partnership between the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and the Smith County District Attorney’s Office, according to a Tuesday news release.

The three men used a combination of “deep-insert” skimmers — which are harder to detect — and pinhole cameras to steal personal identification numbers.

“The information captured by these deep-insert skimmers can be used to create hundreds of cloned debit or credit cards, ultimately stealing money out of the victims’ bank accounts,” the release stated.

Authorities found dozens of illicit devices used for credit card skimming as part of the investigation.

Haecker said the three men are “probably part of a larger ring.”

Each man is accused of engaging in organized criminal activity. Additionally, Marinescu and Nae are accused of unlawful interception, use, or disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications, online records showed.

As of about 7 p.m. Tuesday, Marinescu and Nae’s bail had been set at $105,000, and Vlaicu’s total bail is $95,000, online records showed.