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Giving

The Lake Highlands High School cheerleaders donated $1,000 for Healing Hands Ministries. They raised the money selling T-shirts for the annual Red Out football game against Berkner. Herb’s Paint and Body has been donating T-shirts for the fundraiser for decades.

People

Paul Reyes, who came some 30 votes short of becoming our District 10 city council representative, is the Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association‘s new executive director of the Alliance of Neighborhood Homeowner Associations. The bulk of his experience revolves around working with HOAs. Reyes serves as executive vice president and chief legal officer of Associa, the largest residential real estate management firm in North Texas.

Four students recently were recognized by the Lake Highlands Exchange Club for their outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements. Choir member DeVonte Fluellen, son of Kendra and Patrick Fluellen, and violinist Aiyanna Huntsberry, daughter of Brenda Anderson, earned Character Counts awards. Eagle Scout and National Merit finalist Mark Garwood, son of Kirsten and Wesley Garwood, and honors student and tutor Karla Ruiz, daughter of Mayra Herrera, were named Youth of the Month. They all will be in contention for scholarships and end-of-theyear awards.

Katie Jenkins Norris, a 30-year-old Lake Highlands High School grad debuted her second feature length documentary, “The Luckiest Man,” at the Angelika last month. She also produced “Travis: A Soldier’s Story.”

Preservation

A 149-year-old cemetery made Preservation Dallas’ list of the city’s most-endangered historic places. McCree Cemetery is situated between an apartment complex and a neighborhood of single-family homes on Estate Lane. Its 300 or so graves date back to the mid-19th century. The purpose of the historical society’s list is to “recognize significant properties that make up our neighborhoods and reflect the lives of community leaders, important architects and builders, and the families who made Dallas their home… places that are important to the diverse history of our city and… tied to the neighborhoods and communities where they are located.”

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