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In case you were wondering when that bank near Home Depot (on Skillman, north of Northwest Highway) is going to open, well, it’s not. The shell of a bank building recently was demolished, and a QuikTrip 1 will be constructed on the site.

Healing Hands Ministries 2 is celebrating its third anniversary. The nonprofit started off as a small medical clinic in Lake Highlands with one volunteer doctor, and was open five or six days a month to a limited number of low-income families who didn’t have medical insurance. The office has expanded to include a dental clinic, and just recently received $25,000 from The Dallas Foundation for additional expansions to its medical and dental services.

Lake Highlands resident Chad Costas of marketing and advertising agency Black

Lab Creative 3 is celebrating his first Dallas ADDY award. Costas, along with partners Brett Dougall, Eddie Hale and John McFarland, recently received a bronze award from the Dallas Ad League for the design and development of the 2009-2010 Baylor Health Care System Foundation Annual Fund campaign. The ADDY awards are the largest advertising competition in the world with more than 60,000 entries annually, and include three levels of judging: local, regional and national. “We always knew we were awesome. Now, with this award, everyone else knows it, too,” Costas quips, then adds, more seriously: “It is truly an honor to be recognized by Dallas’ premier advertising competition for our work.” The partners named their agency

Black Lab Creative to represent the qualities they stand for: loyalty, determination, passion, and spirit. Photos of the partners’ own black and chocolate labradors can be found on their website, blacklabcreative.com including the newest addition, Hale’s new black labrador puppy, Abbey.

Lake Highlands resident Carol Thomas opened Breakaway Sport & Fitness last year after receiving her CI-CPT (Cooper Institute-Certified Personal Trainer) certification. Thomas provides in-home training for women. Sessions are tailored to the individual’s fitness needs and goals, and she can also develop individualized exercise programs for neighbors who don‘t want to work with a per- sonal trainer, but need direction with their exercise program. Thomas, who was once named the Dallas Morning News Coach of the Year for her work in Carrollton, also works with athletes or teams of all ages on sportspecific conditioning, injury prevention and form improvement. More recently, Thomas started Breakaway Boot Camp, an early morning (6 a.m.) fitness class for women that meets in Lake Highlands. Contact Thomas at 214.802.8932 or ctbreakaway@ gmail.com for information on boot camp or her training services.

THE VICKERY MEADOW LEARNING CENTER needs volunteers for its summer session, June 7-July 1. The center is seeking someone to teach English as a second language to adults, Monday-Thursday, 9-11 a.m. An activity club teacher is needed Monday-Thursday 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. to assist adult ESL students with activities. A preschool assistant is needed Monday-Thursday from 9-11 a.m. to read, sing songs, and assist with arts and crafts projects. Contact Amy Glover, adult program director, aglover@vlmc.org or 214.265.5057.

TWO ALUMNAE OF ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL, both named Emily, starred in separate productions of “Beauty and the Beast” recently. Emily Hawkins, a junior at Lake Highlands High School, portrayed “Belle” in her school’s musical in November. Emily Young, who is a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School, portrayed “Belle” last month.

LAKE HIGHLANDS RESIDENT Kelly Werther, a Lakehill Preparatory seventh-grader, recently participated in the Junior National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., which aims to introduce young people to American history and help them develop their own leadership skills. About 250 students from across the United States were invited to this year’s conference themed “Voices of Leadership: Reflecting on the past to create the future”.

LAKE HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS Jim and Dianne Gray are sponsoring a team in the 2010 VisionWalk, May 15 at QuickTrip Park in Grand Prairie. The Walk raises funds to help find cures for diseases such as macular degeneration, retentitis pigmentosa and Stargardt’s disease, which has affected both of the couple’s sons, who are Lake Highlands High School graduates. Donate to their team, the Gray T1’s, at fightblindness.org, or mail checks, made out to “The Foundation Fighting Blindness”, to James Gray, 9102 Windy Crest, Dallas, TX 75243.

LAKE HIGHLANDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 8525

Audelia, is accepting registrations for its summer arts camp, “Captain Noah and the One and Only Zoo Cruise for Twos”. The camp runs July 19-23 from 8:45 a.m.noon. The campers will create a musical production to be performed July 23 at 7 p.m. Registration is $50. More information is available at lhpres.org.

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fOReSt MeadOW / 9150 Church Rd. / Welcoming the mosaic of cultures living in our neighborhoods / www.fmbcdallas.org

Worship 10:50 / Bible Study 9:30 / Tim Ahlen, Pastor / 214.341.9555

Ga StOn OakS baPtISt / Greenville Ave & Royal Lane

Sunday Worship 10:45 am / Bible Study 9:30 am www.gastonoaks.org / 214.348.0958

WIlSHIRe baPtISt / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.d / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

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nORtH HIGHlandS bIble cHURcH / www.nhbc.net

Sunday: Lifequest (all ages) 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am

Wed: Student Ministry 7:00 pm / 9626 Church Road / 214.348.9697

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SkIllMan cHURcH Of cHRISt / 3014 Skillman St.

Sunday School 9:30 am / Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Grace Café & Bible Study Wed. 6:00 pm / 214.823.2179

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e a St dalla S cHRIStIan cHURcH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / THE TABLE Worship Gathering 9:30 am

Worship 8:30 & 10:50 am / Rev. deborah Morgan / www.edcc.org

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cHURcH Of tHe IncaRnatIOn / 3966 McKinney Ave / 214.521.5101

Sunday: Traditional 7:30, 9:00, 11:15 am and 5:00 pm

Contemporary 9:00, 11:15 am and 6:00 pm / incarnation.org

St. JOHn’S ePIScOPal cHURcH / 848 Harter Road, 75218

Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Christian Ed. 9:00 am 214.321.6451 / www.stjohnsepiscopal.org

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GRaceHIll cOMMUnIt Y / www.gracehill.cc

10:00 am @ dallas Children’s Theater / Skillman & NW Hwy.

Awesome Kid’s Ministry / Use Entrance Facing Home depot

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fIRSt UnIted lUtHeRan cHURcH / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

ZIOn lUtHeRan cHURcH & ScHOOl / 6121 E Lovers Ln.

Sunday: Sunday School 9:15 am, Worship 8:00 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm / 214.363.1639 / www.ziondallas.org

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l ake HIGHlandS UMc / 9015 Plano Rd. (at McCree)

214.348.6600 / www.lhumc.com / Sun. School 9:45 am

Sun. Worship 8:30 & 11:00 Traditional / 11:00 Contemporary

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l ake HIGHlandS cHURcH / 9919 McCree

Sun. Classes 9:30 am, Assembly 11:00 am / 214.348.0460

Home groups meet on weeknights. / lakehighlandschurch.org

WHIte ROck cOMMUnIt Y cHURcH / 9353 Garland Rd /214.320.0043

Sun. Bible Study 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am / Wed. Bible Studies

10:00 am & 7:30 pm / event facilities for rent / whiterockchurch.org

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l ake HIGHlandS PReSbY teRIan cHURcH / 214.348.2133

8525 Audelia Road at NW Hwy. / www.lhpres.org

Christian Ed. 9:45 am, 9:00 am Contemporary, 11:00 am Traditional ne W St. PeteR’S PReSbY teRIan cHURcH / 214.438.0120

Meet at dallas Children’s Theater – Skillman at NW Hwy

Worship: 9:30 am / www.newstpeters.org nORtHPaRk PReSbY teRIan cHURcH / 214.363.5457

9555 N. Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org

New Pastor: Rev. Brent Barry / 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday Services