<<choral congratS

m ichael o ’ h ern, Lake Highlands High School’s longtime choir director, received the Texas Choral Excellence Award this summer from the Texas Choral Directors Association (TCDA). O’Hern was surprised with the honor at the group’s recent convention in San Antonio. He’s pictured also with a surprise guest — his mom.

<<re Storing heritage

The Dallas Heritage Village junior historians group, volunteers ages 11 to 18, recently redesigned the doctor’s office exhibit at the “living history museum” south of Downtown. After researching and exploring the drugs carried in the pharmacy and the medical instruments of the past, they unveiled their work this summer. Pictured inside the office is junior historian and Lake Highlands resident i sabel b rown , who was part of the apothecary team.