EDUCATION

In August, Senate Bill 11 known as the “Campus Carry” law went into effect, allowing students and faculty at college campuses across Texas to carry concealed weapons. The law applies to all campuses, but private institutions have the ability to opt out and continue banning guns on campus, a right SMU recently exercised. r

Do Good

Preston Hollow parent Lousia Meyer is on a mission to inspire every elementary student to graduate high school. The I Will Graduate project gives a T-shirt to young students that bears the name of their expected high school (such as Hillcrest for Preston Hollow Elementary students) on the front. The back features the names of various universities DISD students have attended, from UNT to Yale. The goal is to get students excited for their future from a young age. Donations are needed to ensure every student gets a shirt; find out how you can help at iwillgraduatedallas.org.

The congregation at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church set a lofty goal for itself: filling 120,000 meals for the North Texas Food Bank.

People

Last month, Glen Meadows neighbor Brent Herling got back to painting the section of the Forest Lane mural that was damaged when a pick-up truck plowed through it last summer.

Preston Hollow’s most famous residents, George and Laura Bush, have both been busy with books. Working with daughter Jenna, Laura Bush penned the children’s book “Our Great Big Back Yard.” “It’s a love letter to our National Parks,” Laura Bush said during a recent talk at Edgemere senior living.

George W. Bush has made paintings and working with veterans two of his passions since leaving the White House. He puts those two together in a new project in which he paints the portrait of dozens of injured veterans and shares their stories. The book is still being developed, with no release date announced.

This year’s tour is highlighting residential landscapes in east Dallas, as well as several school demonstration gardens in southern Dallas.

The first 500 visitors at the tour headquarters will receive a free hose-end spray nozzle. For more information and to download a map for the self-guided tour and a schedule of landscaping-related talks, visit SaveDallasWater.com or call the Water Conservation Hotline at 214-670-3155

Tour Headquarters

Ridgewood/Belcher Recreation Center

6818 Fisher Road, Dallas, TX 75214