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Get your Dilly Bar fix soon

Hankering for a fudge sundae?

Dying for a Dilly Bar? Dairy Queen announced plans to open a restaurant in Lake Highlands. The ice cream shop’s “coming soon” sign went up on the shuttered Chicken Express at 6445 Eastridge next to the Skillman Home Depot, and renovation is expected to begin soon.

The chaos-causing, ‘yippie-type characters’ of 1969

In 1969, men walked on the moon, troops returned from Vietnam and rock ‘n’ roll radiated from a hay field in New York. Meanwhile, a handful of Lake Highlands students infuriated their parents and school officials so much that they made the news. “11 Suspended from Lake Highlands” reads the headline of a Dallas Morning News article published Sept. 25 of that year. The incident began one Tuesday morning at what

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Wildcat football faces new foes

You’d think Wildcat head football coach Lonnie Jordan hadn’t read the sports page. Speaking about the new UIL alignment and the school’s move to 8-6A, he was all competitive enthusiasm and confidence, despite facing powerhouse schools like Duncanville (5,000 students) and Dallas ISD magnet Skyline (4,700) this fall. “We love where we are, and we love who we are,” Jordan told Exchange Club members at their annual football season kickoff. “Duncanville is projected to be one of the top 5 teams in the state, and Skyline is double our size, but we expect to be up at the top.” Lake Highlands plays Mesquite in our first home game Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m.

is now Lake Highlands North Park. Wearing “hippie dress,” the Dallas Morning News reported, five SMU students organized a “ ‘teach-in on the relevance of clothing and hair to academic matters.’ ” Students also doled out pamphlets protesting the high school’s dress code. About 40 students congregated at the park for the teach-in that Wednesday. Eleven teens played hooky afterward. Needless to say, authorities were not pleased with the rebellious youths’ shenanigans. The highschoolers received indefinite suspension, and SMU’s “yippietype characters” ended up in jail. “I just don’t know what’s happening to our kids today,” one parent told the Dallas Morning News.

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