PEOPLE

Oak Cliff-raised artist Lucretia Donnell Coke, who was a protégé of pastel master Frank Reaugh, died recently at her daughter’s Austin home. She was 99. Coke’s mother had been a student of Reaugh, and he discovered Coke’s natural talent when she was 6 years old. Coke and her mother and brother traveled for 10 summers to wild West Texas with Reaugh on his legendary en plein air painting trips. Near the end of Reaugh’s life, she wrote out in longhand his life story, as he told it to her.

Education

Four Sunset High School seniors won full-tuition dance scholarships to the University of Texas-of the Permian Basin in Odessa. The students, Diego Campuzano, Eduardo Quinones, Mariya Cano and Verenice Uribe, won the scholarships for folklorico dance, a style that celebrates Mexican heritage and culture.

Nonprofits

Someone stole newly planted rose bushes from Lake Cliff Park in April. Now the Friends of Oak Cliff Parks, who paid for and planted the roses, want to buy nightvision surveillance cameras to prevent future flower thievery. Anyone can donate to the effort at friendsofoakcliffparks.org. And if you see someone stealing plants from any Dallas park, call 911.

City Hall

The City of Dallas will help you prepare for the upcoming mosquito season with free mosquito dunks. These traps attract mosquitoes, which lay their eggs in standing water. The active ingredient, bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, kills the larvae, but the traps do not kill beneficial insects. The city is giving away the dunks while supplies last at 3112 Canton, suite 100, and 7901 Goforth, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Bring proof of residency, such as a utility bill.