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MARY FRANCES LAWRENCE moved to Dallas at age 16 immediately after graduating from Wills Point High School. In 1945, she quit her job at Alamo Loan Services to perform in the Starlight Operetta, later called the Dallas Summer Musicals. In 1961, she and her husband, Paul Luther, purchased a lot in Lake Highlands and built a new and hopefully final home. This year, Mary Frances will celebrate her 95th birthday with her seven children, 17 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. She won our Mother’s Day photo contest in early May.
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RESPONSE TIME
Diane Cheatham was on the third floor of her Urban Reserve home when she heard a young woman screaming outside. She dialed 911 and ran down to her driveway, where a woman lay injured from knife wounds. Officers arrived about 22 minutes after Cheatham called for help. The Dallas Police Department has targeted “priority one” calls to keep response times under eight minutes.
NEW JOBS AT DPD
Deputy Chief Osama “Sam” IsmailI oversees the northeast and southeast divisions. Maj. Danny Williams is commander of the northeast station, headquartered at Audelia and Northwest Highway. Williams formerly worked in DPD’s Crimes Against Persons unit.
EDUCATION UPDATES
—Neighbor Chris Poteet was elected to join the Richardson ISD school board. He’ll succeed Jean Bono and serve at large. Poteet received 6,907 votes or 56% of the total.
—LHHS valedictorian Paxton Smith says she planned to deliver a speech about the effect of the media on young minds, but 11 days before Sunday’s graduation, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 8, virtually prohibiting abortion across the state. Discussing anything but the heartbeat bill was simply wrong, she says. Paxton received national media attention and signed a book deal.
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BACHELOR HOST
LHHS graduate Chris Harrison has hosted his final season of The Bachelor.
EAST DALLAS ARTS INVITES LIVE AUDIENCE
Being on stage with a live audience was a feeling actor Payton Lauerman had missed. “Hearing that laughter and their reactions, it’s just like food for the soul for all of us,” Lauerman says. Lauerman played the role of Jamilla in East Dallas Arts’ production of Firebringer. The comedy-musical production was the first of the company’s to be in person in over a year, and was the second live performance at its Lake Highlands venue.
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— ASHLEY OLFORD, A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL. READ MORE ABOUT OUR FIERCE FEMALES ON PAGE 22.
OF COMPASS REAL ESTATE
HEATHER GUILD GROUP
When you work with the Heather Guild Group, you don’t just work with one agent, you work with six. “We fiercely build each other up; we relish in each other’s successes,” says Heather Guild. With more than 50 years’ collective real estate experience, they guide new and old friends home with neighborhood connections, agile thinking, and determined execution. And when the unexpected arises, no one is left to solve the issue alone. One night it might be a midnight trip to a client’s house to wade into knee-high water to start a sump pump. The next, it might be showing up as a group to quickly stage a house and get it on the market. No issue fazes this team. The Heather Guild Group has your back – and your backyard.
Heather Guild, Valerie Caddell, Jennifer Rice, Amy Sack, Kelli Taylor and Haley Wagstaff. 972.755.9085, HGG@compass.com, heatherguildgroup.com, @heather_guild_group
FACES
OF A WOMAN-OWNED LAW FIRM
PAULA BEASLEY, CHRIS WILMOTH, JESSICA DUNNE, HENRY WEHRMANN
They’re not blood kin, but family by law at this majority woman-owned law firm. These LH neighbors — aside from office game nights, firm outings, holiday potlucks and community volunteering — are award-winning attorneys representing families, individuals, nonprofits, and businesses. And they do mean business. “We’re all approachable and embrace long-term relationships with clients,” they say. “Whether by mutual resolution or through the trial process, we stand with our clients and fight to help them achieve their goals.” Practicing commercial real estate, probate, civil litigation, products liability, personal injury defense, and guardianship and adoption law, these advocates have heart, even offering to draft free basic estateplanning documents for neighborhood graduating seniors. Personal service is their priority: When you hire one of these neighborhood lawyers, that’s who you work with. Client relationships are the focus and key to their successful practice.
