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RUNWAY FOR HOPE Ovarian cancer survivors walk for a cure Story by ALYSSA HIGH | Photography by LAUREN ALLEN

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LY N N L E N T S C H E R was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November of 1998 after a weekend of entertaining led to diarrhea and persistent abdominal pain that “felt like something was exploding.”

She went from her gynecologist to a radiologist to a general surgeon to a gynecological oncologist before being officially diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer and a 40% chance to live.

From there, Lentscher was prescribed six rounds of chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiation. In November of 1999, she was officially in remission.

Being “cancer-free” comes with complications. Soon after being declared in remission, Lentcher developed an intestinal blockage, which put her in the hospital for at least a week every year for the next 10 years. Eventually, doctors performed an intestinal resection.

“ ‘ I ’ m go i n g to b e O K , b e ca u se o t h e r p e o p l e h ave b e e n h e re a n d t h ey ’ re te l l i n g m e t h a t I ’ m go i n g to b e O K ,’ a n d t h a t ’s a h u ge t h i n g .”

Her fight for remission and subsequent health issues led her to join three other ovarian cancer survivors – Julie Shrell, Jill Bach and the late Helen Gardner — to start a nonprofit called Be the Difference to spread awareness for ovarian cancer and raise money for cancer research.

“Lynn said when she was diagnosed, which is now 26 years ago, that if she survived she wanted to do something to give back somewhere,” Jill Bach says. “We just brought it all together with strength, courage and hope to help other women who are stuck with this ovarian cancer diagnosis.”

All four women had a lot in common. All had ovarian cancer. All were diagnosed in late stages. All were frustrated that they – and their doctors – didn’t know the signs before the cancer had progressed. But each of their paths to diagnosis, treatment plans, symptoms and after effects were very different.

According to the group, 70% of women diagnosed will die from the disease due to late detection. There is no reliable, routine early detection test for ovarian cancer today.

Be the Difference has two major fundraisers: To Be Able to Survive, a cycling event in September, and Runway for Hope, a fashion show where every model is an ovarian

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cancer survivor. The nonprofit also makes “Bags of Hope” for newly diagnosed patients. The bags include a beanie, socks, a blanket, a journal and a cup.

“When you walk in and you have this Bag of Hope, you’re like, ‘I’m going to be OK, because other people have been here and they’re telling me that I’m going to be OK,’ and that’s a huge thing,” Julie Shrell says. “Because when you get this diagnosis, the first thing you think of is ‘I’m going to die.’ And we want people to have hope.”

In the over 10 years since founding their nonprofit, the women have raised over $5 million, $3.5 million of which has been donated to support research at UT Southwestern, M.D. Anderson, UT San Antonio, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NYU, patient support services to women traveling to clinical trials, psychosocial support services through Clarity Foundation, genetic testing and other organizations that benefit ovarian cancer research, patients and survivors.

Another part of their educational programming is a partnership with the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, where the women speak to medical and nursing students to discuss their cancer journeys.

“We think that form of education really makes them think about the diagnosis, because a lot of times the symptoms are hard to see and (doctors and nurses) dismiss it a lot,” Jill Bach says. “They’re very common symptoms that women have during menstruation like pelvic pain, bleeding and things of that sort. So the doctors tend to say it’s a female issue and don’t really look further than that.”

The idea for the fashion show came from Julie Shrell, who had modeled several times in her career for the Women’s Council of Realtors. Shrell met with a representative of Mary Crowley Cancer Research to create a fashion show that features only ovarian cancer survivors as models.

In the first year of the fashion show, Be the Difference raised $30,000. The second year, despite having to go virtual because of the pandemic, they raised $20,000. Each following year, the group raised more and more money, selling out each fashion show.

In January 2024, Lentcher died at 78 years old after 24 years in remission. But the legacy that started with her and the other founding women continues today with Jill Bach, Julie Shrell, the rest of the Be the Difference team and the fundraisers that are still ongoing.

This year, the fifth annual Runway for Hope Luncheon & Fashion Show will take place at Royal Oaks Country Club on Feb. 29 with lunch, stories from ovarian cancer survivors and raffle prizes. All proceeds from the event will support the creation and continuation of clinical trials at Mary Crowley Cancer Research.

“What’s so fun is to watch the models who don’t know each other become this community in two hours, from getting dressed and going across the stage and the joy in their faces, because they’re all in different stages of survivorship,” Julie Shrell says. “It’s really amazing to watch and to see the joy at the end in their faces because they feel so accomplished.”

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MASTERING THE ICE Rick Kopf completes Antarctic Ice Marathon Story by CAROL TOLER

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By day, Kopf works as founding partner of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, a commercial law firm Downtown. But don’t let the pinstripes fool you. When he’s not sitting behind a desk, he’s looking for new adventures. In fact, his race at

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the South Pole began near the top of the world.

“Several years ago, (my wife) Ingrid and I were climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro with some friends, including one of my law partners, Chip Cavanaugh, and one of his law school buddies, Peter Reilly, who lives in Phoenix.

Peter mentioned that he had run the North Pole Marathon and was interested in doing the marathon on Antarctica. Peter continued those discussions, and in a moment of weakness, Chip and I agreed to do it with him — after all, it was a year away.”

Kopf mentioned his plan to another Dallas friend, Jud Pankey, who signed up and made it a foursome.

“Chip and I had each done four marathons before, but it had been 25 years since my last one and about 20 years since I had run at all since I have a bad bone-on-bone knee. Jud Pankey was a runner, but he hadn’t ever run a marathon before.”

The four men began their training in the spring, with Kopf running in his Moss Haven area neighborhood just one mile, three days a week to start.

By September, he was running around White Rock Lake and finishing the Dallas Running Club’s half marathon of 13.1 miles. Pankey and Cavanaugh joined the DRC’s structured training program, but they all fought through various injuries and pulled muscles.

Kopf’s doctor administered knee injections for pain, including one on the day his plane took off for the trip.

The men arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile, on Dec. 9 with a couple of days to check their equipment and attend the obligatory pre-race information meetings.

Most of the race’s 60 runners were booked at the same hotel, but — other than the occasional father-son pairing or romantic couple — the majority were attending alone. That made the fun foursome a hot property at the hotel bar.

“We ended up with 18 to 20 people joining us for dinner every night,” Kopf says. “That was the best part of the whole trip — meeting people from around the world with amazing stories and backgrounds. One lady had run 97 marathons, one had climbed the seven summits and one had run a marathon at the Mt. Everest Base Camp. For about 20 of the runners, this was the end of their trek of running a marathon on each continent.”

The group flew from Chile to Antarctica on Dec. 12 and landed 200 miles from the coast on the Union Glacier. The glacier is 5,000 feet thick — strong enough for a plane to land and vehicles to arrive and whisk them away to their camp.

The camp was an elaborate operation, with 50 tents for racers, 100 more for staff and three large military-style tents with bathroom, shower and eating facilities. The sun was up 24 hours a day since it’s summer in the southern hemisphere.

The race consisted of four laps around a 6.5-mile course carved by a Snowcat. Whereas Dallas courses tend to weave through city streets, this surface was like running on a packed ski slope, Kopf says. The guys all wore multiple layers on both top and bottom, with wind jackets, warm gloves and toboggan hats. They wore shoes with big lugs, and Kopf’s shoes had metal studs for additional traction.

Michael Higgins of Coppell, Texas, won the race in four hours, and the guys got to know and like him during the experience. Cavanaugh finished in seven hours, while Kopf, Pankey and Reilly took 7 hours and 20 minutes.

Winning the race, though, was never the goal.

“This was not a race for time; it was a race just to do it,” Kopf says, explaining the personal, sometimes solitary, nature of the race. “Runners quickly spread out after the start of the race, and by the time we had finished the first lap, we were all alone on the course.

The temperature was about five degrees with a 10-mph wind when we started, but when we finished it was about 20 degrees with a 45-50 mph wind. It sure was nice that our course was essentially a rectangle and not just an out and back, so we had the wind sideways and with us, and not always in our face.”

Reflecting immediately after his challenging accomplishment, Kopf doesn’t quibble — he says his running days are over.

“The training was terrible, and I am tired of hobbling around with a bad knee,” he says. “I have done a ton of adventure type races, climbed mountains, etc., etc., but I am done running. As Peter said at one point in the race, ‘Rick, when we find the next adventure, if it includes running, I will be happy to walk it with you.’ I will take him up on that.”

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City Council: May elcection, $150 million increase likely for bond Story by EMMA RUBY

IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING on Jan. 19, council members signaled support for holding the 2024 Bond election in May and increasing the bond balance from $1.1 billion to $1.25 billion.

Because it was a special called session, the council was unable to hold a legally binding vote. Their signals of support are intended to aid city staff planning and signify that the measures will likely pass when voted on in the council’s next meeting.

All 14 city council members were present at the meeting, while Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was absent. The increase to the bond capacity passed 13-1. The call to hold the bond election in May rather than November passed 11-3.

Both measures came recommended by city staff.

Staff presented $150 million that could be pulled from the $400 million city pension reserve and added to the bond, bringing the total amount to $1.25 billion.

Dallas Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland said the reallocation would not impact the city’s long term finances and would be replaced in 2030 when other city debts are paid off. Ireland said the pension reserves are typically used for pension obligation bonds, which the city does not anticipate recommending due to the current state of the market.

Staff also stated their preference for a May election due to the “momentum” their efforts currently have behind them. If the bond is not voted on in a May election it will be pushed to November, when staff warned a presidential election, state elections and the Dallas city charter amendment measures could lead to “a long ballot with city issues at the end … resulting in ballot fatigue.”

“If we defer until November that defers for six months funding for these projects,” said council member Paul Ridley. “(It’s) for the benefit of our constituents that we have this decision made in May.” Council member Paula Blackmon said she had initially been in favor of a November election before city staff shared that a May election would not incur undue cost on the city. Blackmon also voiced that a May election would allow council members to meet with constituents about the bond as a single issue, rather than competing with a long ballot.

But some council members were concerned funding allocations have not been ironed out enough to warrant a May election. In a timeline presented by city staff, the council would vote on individual propositions during their Jan. 31 meeting.

Council member Cara Mendelsohn said she felt the council was “rushing to a vote” after only one prior briefing. Mendelsohn voiced concern for what she sees as ambiguous housing and repetitive streets propositions. Housing “hasn’t been on a city bond” in the past, and Mendelsohn encouraged the horseshoe to consider the yearly city budget that could be utilized for projects.

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than text-based coding like Python, JavaScript or HTML/CSS. “It’s a visual approach and it makes coding more accessible to you worked 1,000 hours of a full-time job, that would be 125 younger kids,” Prasad says. “It’s an engaging and fun platform days of work. For any high schooler, that would be a massive that encourages problem solving.” undertaking, but for Vanshika Prasad, 1,000 hours is just the Not all classes are necessarily the same, Prasad says, which beginning of her community service involvement — all at 17 leads many students to come back for more. Each class typically years old. has 10-12 children between the ages of eight and 10.

It started in 2017 when Prasad and her younger sister were “Some (students) are quieter, and they’ll just go with my lesrunning errands with their parents and drove past a homeless son,” Prasad says. “But some kids who are really interested keep man and his dog. Passionate animal lovers, the two told their coming back for class and start asking questions that sometimes parents that they wanted to help.

I don’t even know the answer to … (Scratch) lets them explore They got to work on a cookie and lemonade stand, raising their creativity some more.” $13.75. The sisters used that money Though most of her classes are at to buy food for the man and his dog, Audelia Road Branch Library, the Forest spurring a desire for service.

"O ur world is Green Branch Library and Lancaster To raise more money, the Prasad b e co min g digital, so Keys Branch Library, others in Dallas sisters began making crochet aniand Plano have begun reaching out to mals to sell at craft fairs, through fo r th e m to h ave an expand the classes to their locations. which the girls were able to raise e a r l y i nt rodu ct ion is Beyond Dallas-Fort Worth, Prasad $300 for a pet orphanage. has been working with MSM Academy, So, Prasad started a nonprofit, g o i n g to h e lp t h e m a a public school in a small town in India.

Mighty Little Us. “(Mighty Little Us’) international Not to limit herself, the organil ot. … A lot of k ids will outreach director is studying Hindu zation deals with a variety of causes h ave take n codin g culture in India, so we came together and passions. and decided that we want to expand Mighty Little Us sells homemade a n d h ave an e arlie r this over there where there’s a lot of less crochet items at local craft fairs and sta r t. T h at ’s somet h in g privileged families that could benefit online to raise money for animal from the classes,” Prasad says. shelters, promotes food drives, I wish I h ad."

Fourteen children participate in fundraises for foster and adoption classes with Prasad each week through initiatives for animals, creates weekthis program. end workshops in Dallas libraries to “(Scratch) might be the first whole new language that a teach children to code using Scratch and teaches coding online child has discovered and that can help them in so many ways,” to children in a remote area of India.

Prasad says. “Our world is becoming digital, so for them to When Prasad got interested in coding last summer after taking have an early introduction is going to help them a lot. … A lot classes at The School for the Talented and Gifted, she wrote up of kids will have taken coding and have an earlier start. That’s a questionnaire to see how familiar kids in the area were with something I wish I had.” technology. She then submitted the responses to Dallas Public To keep the classes and other nonprofits going, Prasad is Libraries. Based on these responses, she saw a need for coding looking for teens to teach classes at other locations and possibly classes for children at the Audelia Branch Library. take over teaching the coding classes when she graduates in 2026.

“That’s when I settled down at Scratch and decided this is She recently won the Presidential Service Award, a national what I wanted to do,” Prasad says. “I had some experience on grade-based award given to those who have a large number Scratch myself, and I felt like it was a powerful tool to do what of community service hours. She also got second place in the I needed to do because it’s a visual programming language.”

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Husband-wife duo Kasey and John Bower make hats for highlanders Story by ALYSSA HIGH | Photography by LAUREN ALLEN fter a trip to see friends in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Lake Highlands-residents John and Kasey Bower noticed his friends sporting home-designed and embroidered hats labeled “Ypsi.” He wondered why, with all the pride that neighbors have, merch representing the neighborhood wasn’t readily available. John and Kasey aimed to change that.

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“If you go to Oak Cliff, you can find 10 stores with really cute stuff to represent Oak Cliff or Bishop Arts,” Kasey says. “So we started with a ‘For Lake Highlands Hat Co.’ design.”

They designed and embroidered 48 hats in 2019. They sold out quickly.

The Bowers weren’t the only Lake Highlands residents who wanted to display their pride.

But Kasey was a retired teacher staying home with three young sons and helping John plant Normandy Church. They didn’t have the time or energy to start a business in addition to their full schedule.

“I looked at her and I was like ‘Look, I want to do something together,’” John says. “(I wanted to do) something that elevated her creativity, because being a mom is glorious, but she’s really creative.”

When several major life changes

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occurred, including the church closing, adoption, fostering, health concerns and parenting three — now five — little ones, it was the perfect opportunity to make hats a full-time gig.

Or as John refers to it “the kind of chaos that you’ve always dreamed of.”

With John’s prompting and Kasey’s design savvy, the Bowers came up with new designs, colors ways and styles. “(Sometimes) she frustrates the fire out of me, but she is a freaking badass,” John says.

They sold out yet again, still hand-delivering the hats to their neighbors.

Thus, Neighborhood Supply Co. was born, now with dozens of designs and insignia representing East Dallas, White Rock Lake, Old East Dallas, Bishop Arts, Deep Ellum, Highland Park and whatever custom order suits a neighbor’s fancy.

The pair set out to find a permanent space with a bit more room than their living room.

And after about a year of looking, they found a space on Church Road, which opened in November. The store has space for the embroidery equipment and a storefront for customers to peruse through on the weekends.

The Bowers have bigger dreams for the space. They want to work with organizations to hire single mothers, provide coffee and become “a pillar for the neighborhood itself,” the Bowers say.

The slogan sums up what they hope to accomplish — love thy neighborhood.

Neighborhood Supply Co. is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays at 10527 Church Road.

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THOSE CITY BIRDS ARE ALL THE SAME How the coots of White Rock Lake inspired a children's book Story by SIMON PRUITT | Photography by KELSEY SHOEMAKER

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ook at those city birds, they’re all the same,” says Jenani Tzhone’s young daughter, as the two watched them congregate on a February night at White Rock Lake.

Those birds were called coots, a common water bird that is known to travel in large flocks. The coots weren’t particularly discernible from one another, most of them sporting the same dark black feathers and white beaks.

Tzhone then noticed a duck fly in and land among the coots. The duck had beautiful brown feathers that stood out and magnified the coots’ uniformity. The image of a colorful, singular duck standing out in the sea of mundane coots stuck with her, and she knew exactly what to do with it.

“I got this story, it just came spilling out,” she says. “The next day, I went for a run and when I got home, I just spit it all out on paper.”

Her story described the coots as creatures of boring habit, until the arrival of a unique duck that inspires them to break out of their stereotype and form unique personalities of their own.

Tzhone’s idea was one of many, batting around different concepts for children’s books over her years as a grade school teacher.

Until then, she had never formally written before.

“I've always had ideas,” she explains. “But then I would Google it and someone's already done it. This was one time where I wasn't even trying, and of course, that's when it happened to stick.”

In one night, her idea came to fruition as a fun, rhythmic tale of singularity and bravery. Her words were on paper, and she loved it. But that’s only half the battle. Tzhone laid out her words along with some photos she took on the lake for her first rough draft of the book, and took it across the street to get her neighbors’ opinions. According to Tzhone, her neighbor didn’t mince words.

“Your pictures are crap,” he told her. “But give it to my sister who’s a graphic designer and she’ll knock it out of the park for you.”

Selena Burrows was the one up to bat. She lived in Iowa, and just like Tzhone, hadn’t worked on a children’s book before.

“We both knew nothing,” Tzhone says. “Her first time, my first time. It was so fun going back and forth.”

The two worked tirelessly together online, bringing Tzhone’s vision for the book to life. Eventually they came to a consensus, crafting a watercolor art scheme and a main character duck modeled after Willie Nelson.

The finished product became known as The City Coots of White Rock Lake, retelling the scene Tzhone witnessed with her daughter with a fun, rhyming twist that reads like the great children’s books of old.

After years of teaching, learning and trying, Tzhone has finally crafted the art she’s always wanted to make. It’s conceived out of love, for her daughter and for the countless students she taught along the way. It’s conceived out of nature and out of neighbors.

Most of all, The City Coots of White Rock Lake is a product of her never-ending desire to create, and to make something out of what she sees around her. It’s to stand out in a crowd.

“If I go through every day and do the same thing, especially as a mom, you're doing lots of cyclical things,” Tzhone explains.

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FA D ES TO C R EW CU TS The Wildcat who is a senior by day, barber by night AT ONLY 15 YEARS OLD, Irvin Morales Nambo began pursuing his dream of becoming a barber. Now a Lake Highlands High School senior, Nambo has assembled a thriving client base while learning new techniques and managing school life.

The prospect of working for himself piqued Nambo’s interest in working as a barber.

“I love having the freedom to make my schedule and decisions,” Nambo says.

When he’s working, Nambo relishes that he can be fully himself.

“I like that I don’t have to put on an image or pretend to be someone else,” Nambo says. “I also like interacting with different people, so being a barber is great. Having a diverse clientele allows me to visit different worlds.”

In the morning, he focuses on school.

Once the afternoon rolls around, Nambo heads to the barbershop.

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to attract new clients, but most of his business comes via word of mouth from fellow Wildcats.

“Nambo is very persistent,” senior James Ward says. “His cuts are always clean and precise. I first discovered Irvin’s work when he approached me in class and showed me some of it. I later chose to show up (to the barber shop) and get my hair cut.”

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“Irvin is a great guy,” senior Devon Jacobs says. “He communicates with you and carries a conversation. Whenever he cuts my hair, we discuss things like life and the future. He is worth the money.”

Currently, Nambo is working through an apprenticeship at AAction Barber and Styling College, studying for a written test and a practical exam to gain a Class A Barber license in Texas. Until then, he’ll be honing his craft and making sure his classmates are looking good in the process.

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A community dedicated to advanced heart care From diagnosing symptoms to managing and treating existing conditions, Methodist Richardson Medical Center can help you develop a personalized care plan and navigate complex heart issues.

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SOLD, Represented Buyer

SOLD, Represented Buyer

9231arbortrail.dpmre.com

9304 Larchwood Drive

9219 Moss Farm Lane

9231 Arbor Trail Drive

4 BED | 3.1 BATH | 3,932 SQ. FT. | $1,249,000

5 BED | 4.1 BATH | 3,219 SQ. FT. | $924,900

3 BED | 3.1 BATH | 3,551 SQ. FT. | $829,000

The B·A·R Group

The B·A·R Group

The B·A·R Group

214.444.8044 home@thebargroup.com

214.444.8044 home@thebargroup.com

214.444.8044 home@thebargroup.com

PENDING

9619meadowhill.dpmre.com

9518summerhill.dpmre.com

7322 Craigshire Avenue

9619 Meadowhill Drive

9518/9520 Summerhill Lane

4 BED | 3 BATH | 3,006 SQ. FT. | $825,000

3 BED | 2 BATH | 2,194 SQ. FT. | $749,000

DUPLEX | 3/2 EACH | $650,000

The B·A·R Group

Louise Boll

Lisa Wathen

Elliott & Elliott

214.444.8044 home@thebargroup.com

214.497.3731 louiseboll@trendgroup.com

832.863.5779 lisawathen@dpmre.com

214.478.9544 elliott@dpmre.com

618kirkwood.dpmre.com

SOLD, Represented Buyer

SOLD, Represented Buyer

618 Kirkwood Drive

3030 Dorrington Drive

9347 Highedge Circle

2 BED | 2 BATH | 1,392 SQ. FT. | $515,000

3 BED | 2 BATH | 1,965 SQ. FT. | $485,000

3 BED | 2 BATH | 1,414 SQ. FT. | $350,000

Rinne O’Halloran Group

Bart Thrasher

The B·A·R Group

214.228.9013 alisonohalloran@dpmre.com

469.583.4819 bartthrasher@dpmre.com

214.444.8044 home@thebargroup.com