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Around Town
from September 2022
THE CARDIAC KID COMES OF AGE (WITH SOME LOVING HELP)
Photo: Kenneth Perkins
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Brandy Barringer and Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital have teamed to create one of the area’s more inspirational success stories.
Brandy Barringer was strolling around the shopping mall the other day when she came face to face with a broken escalator. There it sat, still and silent, steep and menacing, as if summering or challenging or, better yet, taunting her.
Barringer took one step forward, then another, and another, until she’d reached the top. As she stepped onto the second floor, her sister, trailing with Barringer’s teenage daughter in tow, burst into tears.
“She was really surprised,” Barringer says, referring to her sister’s impromptu emotional release. “She said to me, ‘You would never have made it up all these stairs before without having to stop and sit down.’”
No biggie, Barringer thought. But, of course, it was.
When I met with Barringer at an outdoor pavilion at River Legacy Park, she told me how difficult it was to walk a few feet from the parking lot to the bench without panting and gasping for air. She has lived with a chronic heart condition from day one, and she’s 35. Her Kenneth family learned early on about Perkins a heart ailment known for producing a distinctive swishing sound during heartbeats; Barringer’s grandmother also struggled with a heart murmur. This condition occurs when blood flows abnormally through the heart valves.
Along with the heart murmur, Barringer also dealt with pulmonary valve stenosis. Her formative years were dotted with multiple surgeries.
“Pulmonary valve stenosis happens when the valve that is located between the heart’s right chamber and lung arteries becomes narrow,” Barringer explains rather nonchalantly. “It reduces and sometimes blocks blood flow.”
In other words, she could run around one minute and land face down in the dirt the next.
“If I was not getting good blood flow,” Barringer adds, again, as if speaking about something that wasn’t death-defying, “it was causing me to pass out as a child.”
Having a daughter put an extra strain on Barringer’s heart, eventually disintegrating her valve. By December of 2009, Barringer was diagnosed with full-blown heart failure. She had the valve replaced.
That’s when Barringer enrolled in a cardiac rehab program at Texas Health Arlington Memorial. It’s a little like working out at your neighborhood fitness center, except you’re wearing a telemetry monitor as you exercise. Your heart rhythms are displayed on a large monitor constantly viewed by staff. Mostly, she was taught how to exercise without doing too much. She got more robust with each session.
“Before my first round of cardiac rehab, my energy level was horrible, and it’s depressing when you don’t have the strength to just walk through the mall with your daughter,” Barringer says. “It’s so depressing that you don’t even want to interact with anyone.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that behavioral challenges, such as depression, sometimes develop long after a cardiac event.
“When patients come to us, we focus on healing both the mind and body,” says Brenda Doughty, cardiac rehabilitation manager at Arlington Memorial. “Along with building physical endurance and confidence, our program offers courses that improve an individual’s psychosocial well-being.”
“They can say, ‘hey, let’s try bumping this elevation up,’” Barringer says. “Speed up a little. See how that feels.”
Arlington Memorial being “home” helps. She was born there. Her daughter was born there. She was treated there early on, and the cardiac rehab she just ended was her second time.
“I was here when Brandy came through cardiac rehab the first time,” Doughty says. “She stood out because she was such a young lady. This second time around, she opened her heart to the other people in cardiac rehab. This is such a loving and accepting environment that much of her encouragement came from her classmates. Now she’s the encourager.”
For better or worse, her family-like relationship will continue. Her replacement valve won’t last forever. She might be back in cardiac rehab.
“Hopefully, this valve will last me more than 10 years,” she says, “and Ms. Brenda will still be there when I return.”
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Recently appointed University of Texas at Arlington President Dr. Jennifer Cowley last month shared with Arlington Today her impressions of her new professional home – and of her role as its leader. Here’s what she had to say: Now that you’ve settled into the position, what stands out most to you about being UTA’s president?
Before my first day, I knew UT Arlington as a national treasure, an institution brimming with talent, innovation, and possibilities. In my first months on campus, I’ve learned that it’s all I expected and so much more. I’ve been fortunate to attend more than 100 events and met more than 5,000 members of our Maverick family. I continually find myself energized and inspired by the multitude of talent at UTA. We have true and distinguished excellence here. With a new school year dawning, what are some of the more exciting prospects for the university this fall and beyond? Getting the Texas Tier One designation has been a game-changer for the university. It’s a true milestone of academic and research excellence.
It’s also really resonating with our students, who are recognizing how valuable a UTA degree has become in the workforce. We continue to attract academically talented students. We’re also becoming known more widely as one of the top universities in the state to get a great education and as a place that performs groundbreaking research that improves the lives and livelihoods of people living in Texas. What has surprised you most about your new position? The grit and determination of our students is something to behold. Each year, we’re setting enrollment records for the number of first-time-in-college students, but we also continue to attract a large number of working professionals who are resolute in improving their knowledge base and career prospects. I’m proud that our university offers the flexibility and choice that allows us to appeal to the 18-year-old college freshman and the post-traditional student. I’ve gained a greater appreciation for the passion of our students, the leadership and expertise of our staff and faculty, and the global power, influence, and impact of our 250,000-strong alumni. To be a Maverick is to be part of a worldwide community of leaders, thinkers and difference-makers. What are some of the challenges you’ve faced early on, and how have you addressed them?
One of my top priorities has been filling some of the senior positions that are critical to our academic leadership, athletic department and our marketing and alumni outreach, to name a few. I’m not at all surprised that our openings attracted some of the most talented professionals in their fields. We’re the fourth-largest university in Texas located in the nation’s fifth-largest and fastest-growing region. Students want to come here, and people want to work here. What is your personal philosophy, and how do you integrate that into your role as president? I have five core values that I have shared with my team and I believe are critical for the success of the university. 1) The first is a commitment to our work that achieves outcomes for our students and community. 2) In a resource-scarce environment – resourcefulness is critical. What impact can we create with the resources that we have? 3) Optimism about our future. Long-term optimism is all about opportunities. 4) Honesty. We bring our problems into the open, we own our mistakes, we take responsibility and in doing so we are building a high trust environment. 5) And, most importantly, impact. How can our work make things better for our students, faculty, staff and our community? What, to you, are UTA’s premier selling points? Our best selling points are our people, our scale and our location. Our staff and faculty are our institution’s greatest strength, and we have a long history of providing a quality education to a diverse population of students and providing access to that education throughout their lifetime. Our scale is a major advantage. We have more than 180 degree programs, hundreds of student organizations and flexibility in how we offer courses. You can chart a path at UTA that works best for you. And we have many ways we can partner with Q&A businesses, non-profits, and government agencies. And our location is hard to beat. UTA is located in the middle of everywhere, with major cities to the east with UTA and west and access to amazing cultural,
President dining, sports and entertainment Dr. Jennifer Cowley activities in every direction. When Mavericks graduate, they gain access to jobs at 22 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the North Texas region —the fourth most in the U.S. When your time as president is over, what do you hope would be your legacy with the school? I believe that The University of Texas at Arlington can be one of the nation’s most inclusive and impactful research universities. We owe it to ourselves and to the state of Texas to achieve this goal. Our state needs us to dream big. With our commitment to making college education affordable, we have the passion and the programs to provide access to a college education for ordinary Texans and help them lead extraordinary lives.
Brandee Kelley
Brandee Kelley Group/Keller Williams Realty
Brandee Kelley leads the Brandee Kelley Group with Keller Williams Realty. The group has helped meet the real estate needs of more than 1,000 families and individuals since 2005, serving clients with the highest standard of integrity through experience and teamwork.
“We help buyers, sellers and investors with residential and commercial transactions in DFW and throughout the world,” Kelley says. “Although we office in Arlington and Southlake, we literally have business partners throughout the U.S. and in 42 other countries.”
Kelley says her group employs a team approach that allows each member to utilize their gifts and strengths, while creating synergy that helps produce the best results for clients.
“Our team is supported by two of the most experienced administrators in real estate,” she says. “Our team also includes agents with different specialties like the luxury market, working with investors and first-time buyers.”
Kelley has leadership experience in business, in the community and in ministry, a collective trilogy that has paid dividends in her professional journey.
“These experiences have led to priceless relationships, which are a blessing to me personally, help in leading the team, and have created a network that benefits our clients,” she says. “We often know about homes before they officially hit the market, which is key in this current low-inventory market. And when we put homes on the market we purposefully utilize proven strategies to get multiple offers so the seller gets the most money for their home in the shortest amount of time.”
That kind of service is a hallmark of the Brandee Kelley Group, and its leader says it hasn’t gone unnoticed.
“Someone told me the following about our team: ‘This team has dedicated their lives to assisting clients with what is likely the biggest investment of their life, and they take that role very seriously. It’s much different than any other Realty group I’ve ever seen.’”
In addition to Kelley, who owns the company, the Brandee Kelley Group features Georgann Puddy, Lead Agent; Kyla Miller, Director of Operations; Terri Allen (Specialty: Luxury); Kristin Babek (Specialty: Builders and Investors); Becky Davis (Specialty: Senior Housing); Libby Wren and Emily Swanson.
The team serves clients with the heart of a teacher and consistently strives for five-star service. Kelley notes that each team member has a heart for God, service and the community. “God has blessed us with an amazing business, which allows us to share,” she says. “For example, part of every commission earned goes to Bikes For Mission Arlington, which each December allows thousands of children to learn more about the love of Christ through the gift of a new bicycle. The team also has supported thousands of teen girls during the There(4) conference, which helps them learn about and live out their identity in Christ.”
As Kelley and her team continue to set the standard for the way to administer residential real estate, she believes they are doing more than that. “Lives are built and legacies left by daily decisions,” she says. “Each day we make choices based on the priorities of God, Family and Business. My goal is to live out 2 Chronicles 31:21b: In all she did, Brandee sought the Lord, worked whole heartedly and prospered.”
Arlington: 817-635-1141 • Southlake: 817-908-7929 brandeekelley.com
John Parker
Texas Insurance Agency/Parker & Richardson
John Parker has made his mark locally in two important industries, as the founder of both the Texas Insurance Agency Mansfield branch and the accounting firm Parker & Richardson.
Texas Insurance Agency traces its start back to 1959 in east Texas. The agency has gone through many changes over the years and has grown to include several locations in the north Texas area. Texas Insurance Agency is locally owned and operated.
“People often ask why choose a local Independent Agency?” says Parker. “Our response is we represent many different insurance companies, so we can compare coverage and price to give you the best possible value. Simply put ... we work for our clients. We also live and work in the same communities as our insured clients, and, as such, we are always available for a face-to-face meeting.”
Texas Insurance Agency provides auto, homeowners, commercial and life insurance. It is associated with a number of reputable insurers, including Allstate, The Hartford, Nationwide, Progressive, Safeco and Travelers.
“These insurance companies allow us to offer a wide range of quality insurance products that are competitively priced,” Parker says.
The company has added the ability for prospective clients to get actual real time quotes directly from its website, texasins.net.
“This allows the insured to reach out to us 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year,” Parker says. “The client information, as well as the policy pricing, is uploaded to us. We contact the client within 24 hours to confirm and update the information. This has been a valuable tool for prospective insureds because it gives them an idea of what their insurance costs will be.”
Parker & Richardson, a certified public accountant firm, opened in 2004, but its origination dates back to the solo CPA practice Parker started in 1995. Over the years the practice has evolved into a boutique CPA practice that specializes in catering to the distinct needs of business owners.
Whether you need tax planning, tax return preparation, strategic or transactional consulting, small business consulting, business valuation, state and local tax assistance, or a full complement of other individualized services, Parker & Richardson has the people and capabilities to respond effectively and efficiently to your needs. “As both entrepreneurs and business owners, we understand the issues associated with owning and operating a business,” Parker says. “This experience, coupled with our tax expertise, allows us to be as tax efficient as possible when assisting clients.” Parker & Richardson provides tax planning and tax preparation, as well as accounting and consulting. “We have several clients that have us handle all facets of their accounting needs,” Parker says, noting that the firm’s staff strives to provide great service and always do what is best for the client. “These principles have been emphasized from day one and continue to be our focus on a daily basis.”
Texas Insurance Agency 500 E. Broad St., Mansfield • 817-226-9988 texasins.net Parker & Richardson 500 E. Broad St., Mansfield • 817-226-6100 parkercpas.com
Tommy Teasdale
Urban Country Flower Co.
Tommy Teasdale caught the entrepreneur bug at a young age – and its symptoms have manifested in one of the area’s more popular retail floral operations: Urban Country Flower Co.
Teasdale has long turned his professional focus to design and craft. And after gaining experience with floral event companies, working for big box stores with their displays/store layouts, honing his skills in overseas product development and working as a buyer at market, he has created a store like no other.
“I have always been drawn to the art in nature and enjoy designing things beautiful, so floral design made sense for me,” he says. “I’ve had several mentors along the way and enjoy passing on my experience and knowledge to up-andcoming floral designers. Whether it’s a floral bouquet celebrating a life or love, I have so much joy in creating unique floral designs.”
The most important mentor might have been a high school teacher, who recognized that Teasdale had a learning disability and realized he would learn better by working with his hands. She introduced him to his first part-time floral job. “She told me that this career could take me anywhere I want to go,” he says, “and she was absolutely right.” It took him to part-time jobs in college with small-event flower shops, through the aforementioned stops on his career path, and ultimately to Pantego. Urban Country Flower Co. customers routinely find an array of products in a shop that, in addition to flowers, features gardening items, specialty pet items and a host of hospitality items, including beautiful charcuterie boards and accessories.
“My husband David and I moved to the area over 22 years ago, David in long-term healthcare and I in retail display/events,” Teasdale says. “We loved the sense of community here. In 2018 I retired from the furniture industry. We were trying to figure out what would be my next chapter. It only made sense to take the event company and move it to a brick and mortar location. I really felt Arlington/Pantego needed a high-end flower shop and gift store.”
Urban Country Flower Co. opened as a small test shop (400 square feet) in a shared space. Within six months it had begun to outgrow the venue.
“Even with all the craziness going on in the world the last few years, we’ve been able to grow to over 3,400 square feet with the support and love of our community,” Teasdale says. “With the addition we were able to grow the Urban Home Pantego shop, which features home decor, home fragrances, exquisite and unique gifts and gourmet food products.” Teasdale also recently added to the fare a stationery and card selection and a “game night” section. Urban Country is also a premier Jon Hart bags shop featuring highquality bags, luggage and gifts as a resource for high-quality grooming items. “Many of our items have a ‘give back’ community component and we love to work with local, family-run businesses,” Teasdale says. “We have always aimed at being the best neighbor we can be and that includes truly knowing the people in our community. I want to be the shop owner that knows my customer’s names and their children’s names. It’s about relationships for us and we do our best to reflect that in our shop. I absolutely love when people stop by and say Hi. I believe that if we all stick together, we can help each other live well.”
2234 W. Park Row Drive, Suite D, Pantego 682-323-8109 • urbancountryflowerco.com
Valerie Landry
The Sanford House Inn & Spa/Restaurant506
When it comes to taking care of customers, few local business principals can match what Valerie Landry at The Sanford House has accomplished. The venerable inn, which also sports a spa and the awardwinning Restaurant506, has been an Arlington Today Readers’ Choice winner for each of the past nine years.
And, most recently, Landry and her stellar team have taken “going above and beyond” to an even higher level, what with The Sanford House celebrating its 25th anniversary by performing 25 acts of kindness in the community throughout the year.
“This is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to the community,” Landry says, “because without this community, we wouldn’t be here.”
Together, she and the team have come up with an impressive list of events and non-profits to support. Here are a few of the services they have rendered or will render this year: • Providing snacks for blood donors at a blood drive organized by The Rotary Club of Arlington; • Gathering books and board games for an upcoming Arlington Public Library Foundation donation drive; • Organizing a “Cones for Cops” event in summer to provide Kona Ice treats for police officers; • Creating hygiene packs for Arlington Life Shelter residents; • Providing coloring books and dental care packs for local kindergarten students at nearby AISD campuses.
There’s more to come as the year progresses, Landry promises. And she urges those in the Arlington-area to stay tuned to social media and the inn’s website throughout the year for more updates and photos as the events happen. The Sanford House accounts can be found here: Instagram: @thesanfordhouse Facebook: @thesanfordhouseinn Web: thesanfordhouse.com/25-years
Landry has been involved with the storied local institution almost as long as she has been around. In fact, she began working there when her grandparents built The Sanford House two and a half decades ago. After college, she moved back to Arlington and began working as the Spa Director and Marketing Director for the company.
“Soon after that,” she says, “we remodeled the property to accommodate our restaurant and bar, and I shifted into my current role as General Manager.”
In that position, she is overseeing the inn’s grand celebration, which will impact her community, as well as give visitors to The Sanford House a heightened sense of hospitality, regardless of what portion of the property they visit. “Our mission is to provide tremendous, sincere hospitality to every guest,” says Landry. Even if you don’t stay in the inn, you can enjoy both the spa and Restaurant506. The former offers full body, facial, and nail services for special occasions or “just because.” Restaurant506 has won Diner’s Choice awards from Open Table each of the past four years and was also honored by Open Table for offering one of the top 100 brunches in the nation.
Landry says she is devoted to making sure that people who visit The Sanford House – any facet of it – come away not only pleased with their “Sanford House experience” but so enamored that they make a point to return.
506 N. Center St. 817-861-2129 • thesanfordhouse.com
Here are some photos showing how the Here are some photos showing how the renovations at Gunn Junior High have helped renovations at Gunn Junior High have helped transform it into a gold standard for schools. transform it into a gold standard for schools.
Photos: AISD
New and improved
Renovated Gunn Junior High is Arlington ISD’s latest state-of-the-art facility
The start of a new school year is generally cause for excitement. But the buzz generating from Gunn Junior High and Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy this fall could be classified as “Category 5” exhilaration.
Gunn has been completely renovated as part of a 2019 Bond package, making the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year a cause for celebration among students, administators, teachers and staff at the school, which opened in 1972.
Members of each of the aforementioned groups got to take in the “new school smell” when classes began last month. For art teacher Zena Young, the new Gunn represents the best fresh start imaginable – she spent the past year in a temporary location, a science lab that lacked the storage that art requires.
Her new room is one of three art rooms located in Gunn’s original building, now completely made over. Most of the original building was closed throughout the 2021-2022 school year while it was gutted and rebuilt. With the renovations, Young gets to teach in the most educationfriendly environment imaginable.
“Here (in the new room), we have an abundance of storage conducive to art,” she says.
Young is also excited about the plugs that hang from the ceiling. They’ll be great for powering for small tools like glue guns and dremels from anywhere in the room.
All that noted, perhaps most exciting is access from the art room to the outdoors.
“It’s just amazing,” Young says about the opportunity to go outside and draw or paint nature. “It does wonders for the kids.”
The comprehensive construction, which was completed slightly ahead of schedule – and in time to have the facility ready when students arrived for the fall term – represents a new beginning for the 51-year-old school. The years-long project, funded by the 2019 Bond, included three additions.
The largest addition – all classrooms – is on the south end of the building. The second addition enclosed what used to be open space between the original building and the gym/cafeteria building. It houses an all-new cafeteria (the old cafeteria was demolished), a kitchen expansion and a media center. The third addition, on the north end of the building, houses new locker rooms.
Gunn also now has a new turf athletic field and new parking lots. Plus, the entrance was moved from the east side to the west side of the building.
– AISD Communications
Preparing now for the future
MISD’s Vision 2030 will help students be college-, career- and life-ready
This fall and moving forward, Mansfield ISD is focused on making sure students are college, career and life ready through its Vision 2030 strategic plan.
Vision 2030 details the district’s mission, values, motto and guiding statements. Another major component of the strategic plan is the addition of student scorecards from all grade levels. The scorecards help students take control of their future and keep track of how well they are doing at being ready for the next phase of life through research-based indicators. “Vision 2030 puts our priorities where they should be,” says Superintendent Dr. Kimberley Cantu. “Our students come first in every decision we make. At its heart, our strategic plan is a commitment by all of us to ensure every student is prepared for real life, a career or college by the time they graduate.”
Students in every grade level will work with their teachers and counselors to complete the tasks necessary to become productive citizens, including required achievement in reading and math as set out by Vision 2030. They’ll also be learning other lessons like developing leadership skills and exploring career options.
“We’re wanting to increase every child’s chance of success by having them see what they need to have accomplished, according to research, in order to excel at the next level,” says Dr. Sean Scott, MISD’s deputy superintendent. “Factors like attendance levels, finance courses, earning certification and/ or college credit, participating in extracurricular activities – all of that will be part of the student’s scorecard, which can be pulled up at any time.”
Parents are encouraged to review the scorecard online with their child. They can watch a video explaining the student scorecard and see a sample scorecard for each student age group by visiting mansfieldisd.org/departments/
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Something new for this collector
Story and photos by Richard Greene
When we first introduced Adlai Pennington on these pages, we discovered a classic car collector who pursued the hobby somewhat differently than any of the others we’ve written about in our more than 100 car stories.
Readers may recall that his passion was to find rare, unmodified, unaltered, and unrestored vehicles and keep them just as they were when added to his collection of 20-plus unique models. Doing so means that he can say with confidence, “there’s not another one out there like this.”
If he was to enter any of them in competition, his would be in the “survivor” or “preservation” class. Some may even be called a “rust bucket” and there’s a good chance the one we are looking at here could have fallen into that forlorn category, except for one thing.
Unpredictably, Adlai decided to restore this end-of-the-era, 1956 Packard Four Hundred.
“A guy who knows the kind of cars I like called me up and asked if I wanted this one. Sight unseen, I said I would take it. He brought it over on the back of a truck. It was
Adlai Pennington’s 1956 Packard Four Hundred needed a lot of work when he obtained it. He has renovated the exterior and will update the rest of the car in the near future.
an awful mess of rust and overall deterioration; the wheels were locked up, so it wouldn’t roll off. I wondered how he got it onto the truck.
“The only solution was to back the truck up to the edge of my creek bank, hook the car to a backhoe, and pull it off onto the ground. And there it sat for a very long time until I got the idea that it may be time to bring it back to life – if such a result would even be possible.”
To start the venture, he found a specialist who could restore the rusted exterior parts of the body and make it ready for paint. And that’s where the project stands today – if you look no closer than the outside of the car, it appears to be the correct Packard color scheme and a nice example of one of the last of its kind.
However, the internal condition, as dramatically revealed on the preceding page, is another story. “I’m going to get the interior restored, “Adlai explains, “and then see what needs to be done under the hood to get her running again!”
While that sounds like a good plan, a great deal of work lies ahead (to state the obvious), as everything from the frame up, including the floor itself, is going to have to be replaced before seats, upholstery, carpet, and the other finishes required to make the inside as nice as the outside.
And, as daunting as it may seem, there’s a mechanic out there somewhere who can get that big 4-stroke, 374 V8 engine running, and Adlai will find just the expert he needs.
Then he will have something different, while still unique as the last of the true Packard line of a predepression, pre-war brand that once was generally considered the finest American-made automobile on the market.
That will also ensure no one will call it a “rust bucket,” and it can proudly compete with other restored classics at any car show. He can, as well, show it off cruising around town and sharing it with car lovers everywhere.
Adlai promised to let me know when it was all finished so I could bring this story to a conclusion. So, we’ll provide some “after photos” of this 66-year old project to compare with those featured in our story this month.
Home SWEET! Home
The best recipes contain many spices, and a variety of styles and materials make for an interesting home. You may have heard designers encourage clients to pick what they really love, and it will all work together. This house helps illustrate how modern, industrial, elegant and mid-century modern can all play nice in design.
At first look, the drive up offers steel landscape beds, modern glass and steel, and traditional batten board siding. The concrete fireplace wall and industrial i-beams are joined together by elegant marblelook flooring and warmed by the wood beams gracing the ceiling.
There are several walls throughout where tile bejewels from floor to ceiling. Elegant cabinet details and luxury lighting soften the look. His and hers closets might be the favorite feature here if it weren’t for the master bath with the barrel ceiling and magnificent chandelier.
If you spend more time in the kitchen, you will appreciate the enormous pantry and top-notch appliances. Even the garage has an artistic floor finish and its own air conditioning system.
Last, but certainly not least, you can appreciate the simplicity of the pool and the beautiful quartz surrounded grill. Turf makes the backyard lawn care easy and ensures no grass makes it into the pool. It appears every detail has been covered from outlet placement to custom cabinet designs.
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Photos courtesy of Mansfield Custom Homes
Mansfield Custom Homes’ Julie Short leads a tour of this Modern Craftsman classic
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Ian Kinsler (left) and John Blake were recently named the newest members of the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame. Kinsler anchored teams that went to back-to-back World Series, and Blake has served the club for 34 years.
Kinsler, Blake are the newest inductees into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame
The recently announced Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 features a pair of stellar contributors to the club’s history: former second baseman Ian Kinsler and current executive vice president of public affairs John Blake.
That duo brings the number of members in this prestigious group to 24 – and highlights a notion that induction criteria focuses on achievements both on the field and behind the scenes. Over the Rangers’ 50-year history – and since the Hall was introduced nearly two decades ago – people honored include the standard fare of stellar players, as well as principals who factored into the teams evolution through the years.
Kinsler played with the Rangers from 2006-2013 and was a mainstay on teams that won back-to-back American League pennants in 2010-2011. He holds multiple offensive records for a Rangers’ second baseman and batted .273 with 156 home runs and 539 RBI over 1,066 games with Texas.
Blake has spent 34 years with the Rangers, originally joining the club as director of media relations on November 1, 1984. He also served as vice president of public relations and senior vice president of communications over two decades in his first stint with the organization that extended through the 2004 season.
After spending three seasons with the Boston Red Sox’ front office, Blake returned to the Rangers as executive vice president of communications in 2008 and transitioned into his current role this past January.
Texas Rangers Hall of Famers
NAME CLASS Ian Kinsler (IF) 2022 John Blake, Executive 2022 Josh Hamilton (OF) 2019 Richard Greene, Mayor 2019 Michael Young (IF) 2016 Jeff Russell (P) 2015 Juan Gonzalez (OF) 2015 Tom Schieffer, Executive 2014 Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez (C) 2013 Eric Nadel, Broadcaster 2012 Kenny Rogers (P) 2011 Tom Grieve, Player/GM/Broadcaster 2010 Ruben Sierra (OF) 2009 Toby Harrah (IF) 2009 Rusty Greer (OF) 2007 John Wetteland (P) 2005 Mark Holtz, Broadcaster 2005 Buddy Bell (IF) 2004 Ferguson Jenkins (P) 2004 Tom Vandergriff, Mayor/Broadcaster 2004 Johnny Oates, Manager 2003 Nolan Ryan (P) 2003 Jim Sundberg (C) 2003 Charlie Hough (P) 2003
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