Freezing temps, New Year’s Eve, 50 years after ‘Ice Bowl’: Your weekend roundup

December 31,  2017 By Tara Bryant and Holly Rusak Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines of the weekend so far. ☔Weather: Temperatures will fall to around 28 degrees by 3 p.m. with areas of freezing drizzle before noon. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Mia Gonzales of Arlington passes out blankets with Gospel Lighthouse Church as the homeless population prepares for the arrival of bitter cold temperatures in downtown Dallas on Saturday. (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) WEATHER Brace yourself for a 3-day freeze — and maybe even freezing rain and snow Time to get out your scarves and gloves and keep them on for a while. New Year's Eve is officially going to be frigid, with [a deep freeze predicted to endure through midweek](. The National Weather Service says to expect freezing rain and even snow in some parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area from Saturday evening through Sunday, thanks to an imminent arctic front expected to push temperatures below freezing until Wednesday. The brunt will hit North Texas on Sunday morning, with freezing drizzle or light snow likely across Dallas-Fort Worth. Safe haven: [Dallas homeless shelters are bracing for a larger than usual crowd this weekend]( with temperatures expected to drop below freezing. Accidental death: [Three generations from a Texas family on a hunting trip were found dead in a deer camp in Brown County](, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. special offer [special offer digital access]( Fireworks fly from Reunion Tower during the 2016 New Year's Eve event. (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer) CELEBRATION Everything you need for New Year’s Eve in Dallas-Fort Worth If you haven’t started making New Year’s Eve plans, you haven’t dropped the ball yet. Have no fear of New Year’s, because our friends at GuideLive have lists of [everything you need to find the perfect NYE celebration](, from restaurants to concerts and events. ([But here are their 25 top picks.]() Just don’t plan on buying any liquor today or Jan. 1, [because that ship has sailed, thanks to Texas laws](. Safe ride: Your guide to [getting around Dallas on New Year's Eve](, without driving yourself. Kid-friendly celebrations: Check out seven ways children can [celebrate 2018 without missing bedtime](. Fans watch the Green Bay Packers play the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Championship game in Wisconsin. Comparisons to the legendary 1967 Ice Bowl are inevitable when the mercury dips below zero at Lambeau Field. (Associated Press file photo) FOOTBALL Too cold to bleed: Why the Ice Bowl still resonates 50 years later Bob Lilly hasn't smoked a cigarette in almost half a century. He owes it to football. At age 78, the former defensive tackle can still pinpoint the day in his Hall of Fame Cowboys career that forced him to abandon his guilty pleasure. It was New Year's Eve — the final Sunday of 1967 — when circumstance led him, his Cowboys teammates and the Green Bay Packers to work in the life-altering, sub-zero cold of northern Wisconsin. Final score: Packers 21, Cowboys 17. But the most memorable numbers that day 50 years ago came not off a NFL statistics sheet, but rather courtesy of the National Weather Service. Temperature at kickoff was 13 degrees below zero. Buoyed by wind gusts as part of what clinically still is referred to as an "Arctic Freeze," the wind-chill fluctuated between minus-33 and minus-37 degrees. If the numbers sound vaguely familiar you probably better know the game by the iconic nickname that has made it part of NFL lore — ["The Ice Bowl."]( Cowboys: It makes sense for the Cowboys to sit their key players against the Eagles, [but David Moore says why they won't](. Sooners: Quarterback [Baker Mayfield has been under the weather ahead of OU’s Rose Bowl]( matchup against Georgia. Advertisement (Smiley N. Pool/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Morning Ohio State cheerleaders celebrate in confetti after a 24-7 victory over USC in the Cotton Bowl on Friday in Arlington. Ohio State quarterback [J.T. Barrett closed out decorated career close to home at Cotton Bowl](. "I had quite a bit of people from Wichita Falls [at the game]," Barrett said. "I'm very grateful people were able to come to the game being as it was the last game at AT&T Stadium." [See more staff photos from the game](, including of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott. Around The Site - Boating fatality: [A man died and a woman and three children were rescued]( after their boat capsized on Eagle Mountain Lake early Saturday. - Fatal collision: [A pickup driver died in a fiery crash with an 18-wheeler]( on Interstate 45 north of Corsicana. - Philanthropy: Some Dallas-Fort Worth charities have expressed worry about the potential [impact the tax revamp will have on charitable giving](. - Happy ending: A tow truck helped bystanders [pull a malnourished rescue horse from a ditch]( after crash on Interstate 35E. - ICYMI: From travel risks to Ezekiel Elliott to cattle ranchers, [check out our 10 most-read stories of 2017](. - Got opinions? [Apply to the]([The Dallas Morning News']([annual Community Voices writing program](. - Editorial: Hypocrisy over Hurricane Harvey aid is [denying help to victims who need it](. - Obituaries: Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, Tom Petty among [celebrities who died in 2017](. Doves are released during an interfaith memorial service and deception ceremony for 3-year-old Sherin Mathews at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas on Dec. 30. (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) Finally... About 100 people gather to dedicate memorial for Sherin Mathews They only knew her from afar, from the news accounts they saw in the paper and on TV — and with her loss, those who mourned Sherin Mathews needed a place to grieve. On Saturday, they came to Dallas' Restland Funeral Home and Cemetery to help [dedicate a permanent site in memory of the 3-year-old Richardson girl who loved butterflies and captured their hearts](. "There is nothing more painful on earth than losing a child," said Dina Alsaid, 2017's Mrs. Texas Plus America and one of half a dozen speakers at the interfaith event. Bundled in thick coats and puffy jackets against the cold, many in the crowd of about 100 held candles and wiped tears from their eyes as a granite bench anchoring the newly landscaped site was unveiled. Advertisement 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). 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