BUSINESS BUZZ

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Good and local White Rock Local Market kicked off its spring season in March with a new name: Good Local Markets The White Rock market started in a parking lot on Buckner at Lake Highlands Drive and has expanded to include markets at the Half Price Books flagship store on Northwest Highway and at Lakeside Baptist Church on Garland Road. “Good Local Markets will continue the mission started by White Rock Local Market, creating economic opportunities for local growers and makers, while bringing good food to Dallas residents,” says director Sarah Perry. “Good Local Markets will be the umbrella organization for all programming

Good Kids classes, volunteer days, workshops and annual cooking contests including our popular chili cook-off slated for April 19.” Check goodlocalmarkets.org for dates and times.

Close enough to Trader Joe’s Preston Hollow Village is not Lake Highlands, but for fans of Trader Joe’s, it is close enough. Let’s face it — the Lake Highlands community’s pleas for a Trader Joe’s at the

Town Center on Walnut Hill and Skillman were ignored. And while west of Central Expressway might seem a land far, far away, it is not. It’s actually really close. The new Trader Joe’s, which opened in March, is at Walnut Hill and Central, right up the street from the still-stagnant town center of Lake Highlands.

Lucky dogs

The Lucky Dog Books store on Garland Road is not going anywhere. The bookseller’s supporters had a scare in February when the store didn’t open one morning because of lost keys, and it happened to be the same day the owners announced they would close their Oak Cliff location. If you read our 2014 cover story about the most comforting, restful places in and around our neighborhood, you know we think hanging at Lucky Dog Books is “like coming home” — with its comfy chairs, cozy crannies, paperback-packed yet supremely organized shelves, and its friendly yet not meddlesome staff, plus its trade-books-forbooks policy.

Is someone you love

Is your schedule keeping you from spending time with your loved ones? Does an elderly person in your life need a visit from someone who cares?

We offer a one-on-one, planned conversation service for older adults. Whether through telephone, visits, or excursions – we can be there when you

Nonprofits

Neighborhood resident Rina Cantrell, 4, will walk in a fashion show during the 27th-annual Children’s Cancer Fund luncheon April

17. The show features children who are undergoing treatment for cancer at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Celebrity guests including Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach will escort the little models down the runway. Funds raised at the event help to “advance research and treatment programs in pediatric oncology at Children’s Medical Center and UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, which ultimately benefit children worldwide,” according to a media release.

Pamper Lake Highlands collected 28,000 disposable diapers in its annual drive earlier this year. The nonprofit was founded by Caren Bright, who struggled to raise her oldest son in a homeless shelter while he was a toddler. She moved to Lake Highlands 13 years ago, and she founded the nonprofit last year to provide money and diapers for other families who find more than one diaper per day — as she once did — to be a luxury. Pamper Lake Highlands also helps families receive parenting classes, help with their GEDs, English lessons, counseling, financial literacy classes, Bible studies and other life assistance. Donations are still being accepted at Nathan Grace Real Estate at Walnut Hill and Audelia.

People

Lake Highlands High School football coach Scott Smith in February announced his resignation, after nine years, to become the head football coach at Plano West High School next season. Smith was only the sixth football coach in LHHS’s 50-year history.

Carlie Davis, a 2009 Lake Highlands High School graduate, joined professional German soccer team Herforder SV Borussia Friedenstal. Herforder, based in the north central German town of Herford, competes in Germany’s top division of women’s soccer known as the Bundesliga.

Education

Three Lake Highlands High School students earned All-State music honors and performed at the 2015 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic and Convention in San Antonio. Peyton Cabaniss and Emily Hughes were chosen for All-State Choir, and Brady Diffee was named to the All-State Band. All three students are members of the LHHS a cappella choir under the direction of Kari Gilbertson and Aaron Lucero, and Peyton and Emily are members of the Espree glee club. Brady is drum major of the Wildcat Marching Band and a member of the LHHS symphonic band. This is Emily’s second year to earn All-State honors.

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