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FOURTH OF JULY

Booming business ready to explode

By David Mullen

david@katytrailweekly.com

Photo courtesy of Original Pancake House

Red, White and Blue pancakes.

Start your holiday weekend with a bang by heading over to The Original Pancake House for festive Red, White and Blue pancakes. Upgrade made from scratch buttermilk pancakes with strawberries, blueberries and whipped cream for an additional $2.29. Red, White and Blue pancakes will be available beginning Friday, July 3 through Monday, July 6 at all six DFW locations. — Mallory Jensen

DALLAS’ BEST LIVE MUSIC GUIDE — page 9

Lower Greenville store opens

Photos by Max Fuller

Lower G Spirits & Cigars.

Lower G Spirits & Cigars opened this week at 3609 Greenville Ave. at Martel Avenue. The specialty store features a selection of fine spirits and cigars in an intimate and stylish setting. — Max Fuller

Ballgame to benefit charity Join Camp Summit for a night out with the Frisco RoughRiders on Friday, July 24 at 7:05 p.m. at Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco.

Tickets are $20, and inPhoto courtesy of Dr Pepper Ballpark clude “all you can eat” Camp Summit wins on Friday, July 24. fare, game program, souvenir and a fireworks show. A portion of the proceeds go to Camp Summit, which provides barrier-free outdoor experiences that promote personal growth and foster independence for children and adults with disabilities.

Tickets are first come first served, and the deadline to order is Wednesday, July 15. Contact David Banowsky for more information at 972-484-8900 ext. 107. — David Mullen

In This Issue

Along the Green Trail .............................................. 5 Charity Spotlight ...................................................... 4 Classifieds.................................................................11 Community Calendar .............................................. 4 Dotty Griffith ........................................................... 7 Fitness ...................................................................... 3 History on the Trail .................................................. 8 House Call ................................................................ 2 Life on the Trail ........................................................ 2 Notes from the Editor .............................................. 2 Restaurant Directory ..............................................11 Scene Around Town.................................................10 Trail to Good Health ................................................ 6 Travel ...................................................................... 8 Yappy Talk ............................................................... 9 Find us at facebook.com/KTWeekly

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There is no distinguishable sign out front. The 14,000-square-foot warehouse is located in a generic looking business park north of Dallas. It hardly looks like the center of a company purely focused on entertainment.

But it is where the fireworks begin.

Illumination Fireworks, LLC is a full service fireworks and special effects company. The new warehouse space — seven times larger than previously occupied last year — is full of laser equipment, fog machines, flame launchers, tons of confetti and all that is needed to put on huge fireworks shows, hence the tight security and the antiseptic Photos by David Rosenbaum

see BOOMING on page 10

Illumination Fireworks lit up Fair Park and the Hall of State Building.

MUSICAL

Jac Alder’s energy serves up tasty ‘Kountry Girls’

By Shari Goldstein Stern shari@katytrailweekly.com

While the recently departed Jac Alder’s energy was palpable at Theatre Three’s opening of “Kountry Girls – A Folk Musical,” his memory was also fresh. On the other hand, the production itself is fresh but not so memorable.

Theatre Three (T3) is on a roll in small Texas town settings with “Candy Barr’s Last Dance,” “Hands on a Hardbody” and now “Kountry Girls.”

Although clever, at times the latter musical, written

by Ken Murchison, Andrew Clendenen and Sonny Franks, who also stars in the show, felt unsettling, as though the ensemble cast was trying too hard, and you wanted to calm them down and tell them to take a deep, cleansing breath.

In Monday’s premiere performance, some of that anxiety can be explained by the performances of two young ladies, who are central characters and physically at center stage in most of the

Photo by Lois Leftwich

Gregory Lush, Sonny Franks, Christia Voss, Kelly Silverthorn and Alexis Nabors serve a side of gravy with “Kountry Girls - A Folk Musical” at Theatre Three through July 19. show. Alexis Nabors as Dee Dee and Kelly Silverthorn as Max, Katy’s daughters, are both making their T3 debuts.

Nabors, who is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma, has appeared locally at Irving Community Theater, Pocket Sandwich and in New York and Wisconsin. She has appeared in film and on web series. In “Kountry,” she seems

over-anxious, and appears to beg Silverthorn’s lead, whether it’s as the character’s sister or as an actor. Her make up is much too heavy to be taken seriously as a waitress in small Texas town’s café.

Silverthorn is more believable as the small-town teenager, with a clean, wholesome appearance and full of dreams. She’s torn between loyalty to her mother and

setting out on a musical adventure with her father, played by Sonny Franks.

Silverthorn, a recent graduate of the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU, has a lovely voice.

Franks, as Butch is always fun to watch. He’s been seen throughout the area’s theaters, including Lyric Stage, Dallas Theater Center, WaterTower Theatre and others. He appeared in T2’s popular “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” and others.

Franks has a history with T3 stage that goes back to sharing the stage with the late Norma Young, and he had a special relationship with Alder, the late Terry Dobson and the T3 family as colleagues and friends. This time Franks, who also co-wrote the play stepped in as musical director.

This time Franks overacted to the point of being annoying. Another patron found herself looking at her see GIRLS on page 10

DALLAS

Local teacher wins national art award

By Naima Montacer @naimajeannette

Jennifer Brooks, a teacher at Felix G. Botello Elementary in Dallas has been named Wildlife Forever’s State-Fish Art 2015 Educator of the Year. Brooks has been a teacher for more than 13 years, working in the classroom and then as an art teacher. Brooks incorporates all fields (science, math, history) into her art lessons, including the Fish Art program in which her students had 450 entries last year. The Fish Art contest is open to students in grades K-12 and is sponsored by Wildlife Forever in collaboration with the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. The project is “designed to spark the imaginations of students

Photo courtesy of Zoe Ann Stinchcomb

Jennifer Brooks gives an art lesson.

while providing valuable lessons about fish and the importance of conserving Texas’ aquatic resources.”

Brooks is excited about the award but already has plans for next year. Many of her students have never seen a fish before, and she hopes to remedy that.

Brooks said, “Next year we are going to trying getting the community more involved, and we will have fish in every classroom.” Brooks’ enthusiasm for fish is infectious, especially to her students.

“If someone talks about fish, they know it has something to do with me.”

Brooks will be honored at the 17th annual State-Fish Art EXPO on Aug. 22 in Hot Springs, Ark., along with winning young artists from across America.

Past winners of this national distinction have come from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri and beyond.

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HOUSE CALL

This disease has gall

By Dr. Kimberly Washington

to diagnose this problem is called a HIDA scan. It is a nuclear medicine study where over the course Gallbladder disease can be of approximately one hour, a tracseen as a spectrum. Many times, er is monitored to determine the the presence of this amount of bile which small organ becomes is expelled from the apparent when the gallbladder. If this gallbladder becomes amount is low, the inflamed or infectdiagnosis is made ed. However, some and the appropriate will have symptoms treatment is removal prior to this point. of the gallbladder.

Additionally, most Biliary colic is people with gallbladsomewhat of a difDr. Washington der disease usually ficult diagnosis to have gallstones, which make. These patients in combination with appropriate also present with bloating, nausymptoms, provides an indicasea and/or vomiting after meals tion for removal of the gallbladand upper abdominal discomder surgically. On the other hand, fort. However, all of their tests there are a group of people who are normal, including the HIDA don’t have gallstones, nor do they scan. Many have a significant have an infected or inflamed galldelay in treatment due to all of bladder, but they have symptoms the normal imaging studies, howsuggestive of gallbladder disease. ever a significant number of paThese patients are diagnosed with tients report considerable amount biliary dyskinesia or biliary colic. of relief from symptoms after Biliary dyskinesia is a disease removal of the gallbladder. in which the gallbladder does The gallbladder, despite not empty properly. Dyskinesia being a small organ, can pack a means dysfunction of moveheavy punch symptomatically. If ment — mostly referring to dysthere are any symptoms, particufunction in how the gallbladder larly after eating, the gallbladder squeezes out stored bile. The should be completely evaluated symptoms include bloating, nauradiographically to determine its sea and/or vomiting about 30 to functionality. Gallbladder re45 minutes after meals, upper moval in the appropriately preabdominal discomfort. Many of pared patient is low risk due to these patients undergo a battery laparoscopy. of tests prior to diagnosis because Dr. Kimberly Washington, they usually have a completely a general surgeon at Highlander normal ultrasound of the gallSurgical Associates in Arlington, bladder which does not reveal maintains an interest in health gallstones. The appropriate study education and advocacy.

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

Being miserable is without bias

By David Mullen

D) to Gate A8 (Terminal A), a distance DFW officials measured at 1.45 miles, using Google Maps. I maintain The St. Louis Cardinals' scandal that the longest walk is when you have compromising proprietary informaparked at Gate A, and you and your tion from the Houston Astros is lookgolf clubs have arrived at Gate D. You ing for a name. Let’s call it “Gatewaycan’t get back through the gates to take Gate” … One of my favorite pranks the tram (whatever it is called, “Skyduring World Cup is to carry a red something”) and must find a way to and yellow piece of construction get to your vehicle. Hartsfield-Jackson paper in my back pocket when I go to Atlanta International Airport has a bar to watch the soccer matches. If actually the longest walking distance someone says something stupid, I give from the beginning of the domestic them a yellow card. If someone says terminal to the international terminal something really stupid, I give them a gates. It is about 10,600 feet or just red card. Always gets a laugh, except more than 2 miles. I have flown more once. One guy during the Men’s World than five million miles on American Cup in 2012 was going to head butt Airlines and Southwest Airlines alone. me for what he considered an inapI have missed one flight in my life, propriate foul call. Good and it was at Hartsfield thing he didn’t. As hard pre-9/11. I am on Delta as my head is, it might flying from Atlanta to have knocked him out …

LaGuardia. I get to the Please, let’s get rid of the gate, with a first class “same-sex marriage” title boarding pass in hand, and call it “marriage equal15 minutes before deparity.” When you add “sex” ture. The gate agent said, into the equation that is “Are you on the flight to what makes ultra-conserDavid Mullen LaGuardia?” I said “Yes.” vatives like Ted Cruz say He foppishly said “too the ridiculous things they late,” snapping his findo. No one calls it a “man-woman sex gers like the movie guys on “In Living marriage.” Funniest line I heard was at Color.” I pointed to my watch and the NASCAR dive bar Churchill’s in showed him the time. He said “Oh, the strip shopping center on Inwood we pull back from the gate 15 minutes Road at Maple Avenue — home of before departure. There is a sign at one of the best hamburgers in Dallas, the ticket counter.” Since I didn’t have by the way — from some old-timer to go to the ticket counter because who said “they (LGBT) might as well I had already printed my boarding have the chance to be miserable just pass, I laced into a bit of unpleasant like the rest of us.” … A recent report remarks to “Mr. Fly Guy.” “Sir,” he says what we have known all along. said, “You talk to me that way and you The longest interior walking distance are not getting on any flight.” As the at Dallas/Fort Worth International top of my head blew off just like in Airport goes from Gate D6 (Terminal the movie “Scanners,” I ended up in david@katytrailweekly.com

LIFE ON THE TRAIL

IN MEMORIAM

Establish your priorities

By Dr. Beth Leermakers

or co-workers may seem urgent.

If you spend most of your day rebethleermakersphd.com sponding to urgent matters, you “I don’t have time” to exermay not have time or energy left to cise or cook healthy meals or get do what is truly important to you. enough sleep. Lack Importance has to do of time is one of the with results. Something top reasons people that is important contribcite for not engaging utes to your mission, valin healthy behavues or high-priority goals. iors. Time is one of If you really value your the few resources health and have goals to that everyone has in improve it, physical activequal amounts. We ity and healthy eating are all have 24 hours in important to you. If you Dr. Beth Leermakers value your family, spenda day. What differs is how we choose ing time with them and to spend those 24 giving them your undivided attenhours. When we say “I don’t have tion are important. time” to do something, we’re really Because I value my canine saying that activity isn’t a priorfamily, walking my dogs is impority ­— it’s not important enough to tant. When I adopted Zane, my make the cut. Even when somehigh-energy husky mix, 10 years thing is important, urgent activities ago, I made a commitment to walk often crowd out the important ones. him every day. Although he has a In his book First Things First, fenced backyard, Zane needs reguStephen Covey distinguishes belar exercise for mental stimulation tween urgent and important matand to take the edge off his energy. ters. Urgent activities require imThroughout the years, I’ve only mediate attention. Urgent things missed a few days, usually due to act upon us, demanding our attenicy conditions that make walktion “Now!” When you take care of ing treacherous. Because walking urgent matters, you may feel like Zane and my other dogs is a priyou’re putting out fires. A ringing ority, I ask “when will I walk my telephone is urgent. Many people dogs today?” not “will I walk my can’t stand to let a ringing phone go dogs today?” We usually walk first to voicemail. They will take a phone thing in the morning, before other call or respond to a text during din- competing demands come along to ner instead of focusing on friends disrupt my plans. On rainy days I or family who are dining with study the forecast and radar carethem. Requests from your children fully, searching for that 30-minute

Newark as my bags were rotating on the carousel at LaGuardia. Needless to say, the Atlanta-based carrier lost my business … Reader Sue Heath keeps me abreast of the ever changing Lemmon Avenue. She reports that the Szechuan Chinese Restaurant at 4117 Lemmon Ave. has been kicked out by their landlord. They have been there forever but were told that the landlord wants to put in a vitamin store. Szechuan has moved to the old Quiznos spot next to McDonalds, but it is smaller so they can't do the buffet anymore. “This is getting out of hand,” Heath said. Amen … Casa Dolores, a “Homemade” Tex-Mex restaurant, is about to open in the space once occupied by our friends at Rice & Wheat at 4906 Maple Ave … Thrillist, my love/ hate website of lists, recently ranked the best HBO shows of all time. I have watched everyone religiously except “Game of Thrones,” which they rank third. I will give them that based on popularity. But to rank “Dream On” 49, “Arli$$” 42, “Bored to Death” 29, “Extras” 26 and “Entourage” 25 is ridiculous. They are all top 15 shows.

“Curb your Enthusiasm” — number one in my book — ranked 20. I put it barely in front of the Larry Sanders Show (10) and the Sopranos (4) as the top shows ever on HBO. Sex in the City and Deadwood — the other top five in my opinion — rated 18 and one. The Wire was 2 (also a top 10), “The Newsroom” (loved it) was 23, “Veep” was nine (top 10 show), “Oz” was 6 and “Eastbound and Down” was 22. The author said he was 11 years old when “Dream On” was aired.

Enough said … Comedian Jack Carter died Sunday at 93. One of the best. He will keep them laughing in Heaven.

Jack Thurman Gunnels, Jr.

window when the chance of rain is only 25 percent instead of 80 percent. We occasionally get wet on our walks, and that’s OK. To be sure you have time and energy for your priorities; you have to schedule them first. The first step is to establish what’s truly important to you. To identify your important matters, think about your values and goals in each of these areas: Physical Matters: Physical activity Healthy eating Weight management Sleep/rest Health Other Mental Matters: Learn something new (mental challenge) Work project Reading Meditation Other Relationship Matters: Date night Attend children’s activities Call your mother Talk to a friend Other Read my next column for tips on scheduling your priorities.

Dr. Beth Leermakers is a clinical psychologist who specializes in stress management and well-being seminars, retreats and coaching.

Contact her at 214-923-3766. Her monthly e-newsletter can be found at bethleermakersphd.com.

March 1941 – June 2015 Dallas lost a very, very funny guy, when Jack Thurman Gunnels, Jr. passed away peacefully in his home last week, Wednesday, June 24 at the age of 74. “Funny” is how his family and friends will remember him — always the jokester making those around him laugh.

He leaves behind, with broken hearts, his wife Betty, the love of his life for 50 years; his daughters, Pam Meeks, her husband Dale Meeks, and Rhonda Faye Magazine and her husband, Adam Magazine; grandchildren Justin and Dylan Meeks; siblings, including his brothers Edward, Michael and Gregory Gunnels; his sister, Kay Gunnels Hastings and two nieces and seven nephews; his aunts, Ruby Van Der Veer and Emma Jean Plaster.

Jack was preceded in death by his father Jack Thurman Gunnels, Sr., his mother Hazel Gunnels and his brother Eugene Gunnels.

Gunnels graduated from Bryan Adams High School’s inaugural class of 1959. While in school, he was an “award-winning” paperboy for the Dallas Morning News (DMN). He had other jobs for DMN after high school graduation, including one in the complaint department. Undoubtedly he had those complainers laughing about the issue by the time they were done.

Jack joined the Navy, becoming an electrician’s mate. His old buddy Curt Schiebel said about

Photo courtesy of Gunnels Family

Jack Thurman Gunnels, Jr. his friend: “Jack Gunnels, a Texan I met aboard the USS Saint Paul 53 years ago, and [I] enjoyed that friendship with Cowboy vs Viking rivalry, White Rock lake vs Minneapolis lakes, [and] Yankee/ Confederate heritage. Jack [had] straight up Texas hospitality. He always made me laugh.”

Jack went to work for his father, Jack Thurman Gunnels, Sr., at Hammer and Gunnels Electric, which the men founded in 1947 on Garland Road, across from today’s Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.

He left the business after his father see MEMORIAM on page 6

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MULL IT OVER

FITNESS

Rangers must act now

What is the afterburn, anyway?

By Turner Cavender

By David Mullen

david@katytrailweekly.com It is like a fantasy baseball team gone bad.

You pay a premium for players like Prince Fielder, Adrian Beltre and Shin-Soo Choo and hope that they perform. You buy Yu Darvish and Derek Holland and they end up lame. You fill out your roster with shortstop Elvis Andrus, second baseman Rougned Odor and center fielder Leyons Martin and they disappoint.

Yet somehow, at the virtual midway point of the season, you are still competing.

The 2015 Texas Rangers are a frustrating team to watch. They are very talented. But just when you start to believe in them, they lose three in a row at home to the lowly Oakland A’s.

They sneak up on the surprising division leading Houston Astros and then fall back by five games.

But they are somehow still in the race in the Western Division of the American League. The main reasons are manager Jeff Banister and pitching coach Mike Maddux. They let the team run the club through April.

And then they put their foot down.

Banister demanded discipline that the team rarely showed. Maddux made a ragamuffin pitching staff believe that they could compete. They made sure that the clubhouse atmosphere remained strong. And they decided that they would not choose a closer, although waver-claimed Shawn Tolleson seems to have taken the role with his double-digit saves.

The Rangers are a poorly put together team. Their catching collectively barely hits .200. They have too many left handed bats. Their middle relief is sketchy. Their starting pitching staff has no one that would be better than a third starter on almost every other team. Their outfield is a mess.

General Manager Jon Daniels saw something in Choo few others saw, and he remains a player that moves around in the lineup in search of a spot. Desperation made them bring back outfielder Josh Hamilton when

Photo courtesy of MLB

Adrian Beltre doesn't like being played by Elvis Andrus. no other team would touch him.

Martin has lost his ability to hit.

Mitch Moreland has already admitted that he is so sore he cannot run. When you hit home runs at his pace this week, you don’t have to. Odor has the hands of former Mavericks center James Donaldson but then can make a brilliant play.

Beltre is finishing off a Hall of Fame career but probably came back too soon from a thumb injury. And then there is Andrus.

Andrus is the single biggest problem with the Texas Rangers. He makes more than $15 million a year and will through 2023. He is a player that looks like he lacks commitment.

His antics are tired; just ask Beltre. He does not display the maturity of someone commanding his salary. In order to compete for the Western Division title — a crown that only the young Astros seem to want to take — the Rangers must make immediate moves.

They won’t win with this team. Some considerations: Trade Andrus. With his salary, that will be difficult. But maybe the New York Yankees — struggling with Didi Gregorius — or the Colorado

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Rockies ­— tired of paying Troy Tulowitzki’s huge contract — would be suitors.

Trade Beltre. He is the heart and soul of the team but is advancing in age and would be a popular player for a team like the San Francisco Giants still searching for a reliable third baseman. He would bring value like an infielder or a pitcher and allow the Rangers to recall Joey Gallo and give him his third base position full-time rather than trying to convert him into an outfielder.

Get a “rent-a-starter” rather than breaking the bank by going after Philadelphia Phillies starter Cole Hamels. Oakland’s Scott Kazmir is a free agent at the end of the season and has a top 10 earned run average among American League starters. He would fit right into the Rangers rotation. They could probably pry away Sam Fuld as well to improve their outfield defense allowing them to send Martin back to the minors.

With an important 10-game home stand about to begin, the Rangers cannot stand pat if they expect to be in the playoff hunt in September.

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July 3

521 W. State St. Garland, 75040 972-205-2790

Plaza Theatre – Celebrate 30 years of National Park and Recreation Month by going back to the 1980s with a classic, “Back to the Future.” Marty McFly is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence. In-N-Out Burger's Cookout Trailer will provide free lunch staring at noon. 2 p.m. FREE!

July 3 – 6

8525 Garland Road Dallas, 75218 214-515-6500

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden – Fourth of July weekend discount. Continuing the celebration of the nation’s independence in true red, white and blue style, active and retired members of our esteemed armed services will receive free admission on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and everyone will enjoy patriotic music and flags throughout the garden. $15.

July 3 – Aug. 25

211 N. Record St., Suite 100 Dallas, 75202 214-741-7500

Dallas Holocaust Museum – “Ground Zero 360: Never Forget,” a critically acclaimed exhibit honors the victims and commemorates the heroism of police officers, firefighters and other first responders. The exhibit showcases photographs of New York based Irish photographer Nicola McClean, who captured the confusion, panic and remarkable heroism at Ground Zero and the surrounding neighborhoods in the hours and days that followed.

July 4

2301 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-670-3600

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center – Dallas Winds presents “A Star-Spangled Spectacular!” The Dallas Winds light up the Meyerson Center with a flag-waving show honoring the USA. This annual musical extravaganza features the most patriotic wind band tunes in an endless parade of dazzling musicianship. 1 p.m. $19-$49.

July 5 – July 26

2520 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-671-1450

Dallas City Performance Hall – Fine Arts Chamber Players present the “Basically Beethoven Festival.” No tickets or reservations required. Rising musicians will perform recitals throughout the week, followed my professional performances. Events start at 2:30 p.m. each day. FREE!

July 10

325 S. Central Expressway Dallas, 75201 214-747-5400

Tractorbeam – Erik Lee Thompson: “White Paintings and Objects.” “Red was my savior, and I would honor it with my whole being,” Thompson said. “Red literally pulled me out of a downward spiral and delivered me to a relative state of mental health. The power of color is undeniable, and I used it as a crutch for a decade.” FREE!

July 11

1515 Young St. Dallas, 75201 214-670-1400

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library – RC Hickman Young Photographers Workshop. Beginning July 11, the Saturdays only photography workshop instructs on how to take the best photos. For students ages 10 to 18 only. Lunch is free. Program continues through Aug. 1. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $25.

Picture of the Week

Fri 7/3

Bonnie Cooley puts hats on Nip and Tuck in preparation for Dallas Heritage Village’s Old Fashioned Fourth on Sat. from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Photo by John Lehman

George M. Cohan, b. 1878 Betty Buckley, b. 1947 Dave Barry, b. 1947 Tom Cruise, b. 1962 Yeardley Smith, b. 1964 1863 – The Battle of Gettysburg (Civil War) ended.

Sat 7/4

Happy Birthday, U.S.A.!

Stephen Foster, b. 1826 Ann Landers & Abigail Van Buren, b. 1918 Eva Marie Saint, b. 1924 Neil Simon, b. 1927 1776 – Declaration of Independence approved by Cont’l Congress.

Sun 7/5

P. T. Barnum, b. 1810 Huey Lewis, b. 1951 Bill Watterson, b. 1958 Edie Falco, b. 1963 Kathryn Erbe, b. 1965 1946 – The bikini bathing suit debuted at Paris fashion show.

Mon 7/6

Nancy Reagan, b. 1921 Janet Leigh, b. 1927 George W. Bush, b. 1946 Geoffrey Rush, b. 1951 Curtis Jackson, b. 1976 1885 – Pasteur successfully tested rabies vaccine.

Donors and volunteers

Tue 7/7

Satchel Paige, b. 1906 Doc Severinsen, b. 1927 Ringo Starr, b. 1940 Shelley Duvall, b. 1949 Michelle Kwan, b. 1980 1898 – The U.S. annexed Hawaii.

Wed 7/8

Wolfgang Puck, b. 1949 Anjelica Huston, b. 1951 Toby Keith, b. 1961 Kevin Bacon, b. 1958 Billy Crudup, b. 1968 1889 – The Wall Street Journal 1st published.

Thu 7/9

Nicola Tesla, b. 1856 Jimmy Smits, b. 1955 Tom Hanks, b. 1956 Kelly McGillis, b. 1957 Fred Savage, b. 1976 1868 – 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified.

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LONESTAR CHARITY

Teaching college students how to make a difference by working together for nonprofits

By Sally Blanton

sallyblanton455@gmail.com Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.

QW hat is your mission or highest purpose?

A T o provide an opportunity for collegiate

students to learn more about the nonprofits in their community and to work together to help raise important funds each year for a chosen charity, through the our annual fundraiser, “Lonestar Charity Two-Step.” (The organization was founded by Ben Siegel, Jack Hartpence, Gaston Dossett and Robert Koch.)

Q H ow many clients are served each year?

A E ach year we choose a nonprofit organiza-

tion that nurtures, educates and expands opportunities that transform the lives of Dallas youth. This year it is Bryan’s House, who served 590 children in 2014.

QW hat percentage amount actually reaches those in need?

A O ur goal for this year’s event is $50,000, which will directly benefit the clients served by Bryan’s House.

QW hat are your critical needs now, besides money donations?

A O ur need is to increase awareness of

Lonestar Charity to not only raise funding for our beneficiary but to also engage additional volunteers to help spread the word about the work we are doing.

QW hat upcoming fundraisers are on the calendar?

e second annual “Lonestar Charity A Th

Two-Step,” will take place on Saturday, Nov. 28, at Gilley’s Dallas and will feature country musician Jerry Jeff Walker. Tickets are now on sale at early bird prices through Nov. 1 at lonestartwostep.org.

Q What sort of volunteer jobs are available?

A A s we continue to grow our organization, we are actively seeking volunteers to support our annual fundraiser by serving on our event committee, helping us identify and solicit potential donors and sponsors or helping us raise awareness with their friends and family.

Q T ell us the name of a volunteer who al-

ways goes beyond the call of duty?

Michael Bryant has shown extreme generosity by always going above and beyond what is asked of him. For our inaugural event in 2014, he graciously took on roles not completed by others and sacrificed his weekends to ensure that the event was a tremendous success.

A

QW hat do you think is the most impor-

tant thing you do for the community?

Providing funds to support educational opportunities to underprivileged children with the hope that they will be able to succeed throughout their youth and beyond.

A

QW hat is difficult about your job?

A A s a co-founder and chairman, I find the

most difficult part of the job, while also attending college out of state, is to keep our committee and volunteers engaged. While being an all-collegiate committee is what makes us unique, our volunteers are also very busy with school and extracurricular activities. Going into our second year, we are already finding that regular meetings and activities to keep everyone’s interest at a high level are essential.

QW hat is rewarding about your job?

A A ll of our hard work culminates into

raising much-needed funds that support the educational programs of worthy Dallas nonprofit organizations that serve children.

Ben Siegel, co-founder/chairman, answered this week’s questions.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1. Medieval adventure 6. European capital 11. — tube 16. Ply the broom

21. — influence 22. George who was a she 23. Watered silk 24. Liszt opus 25. More frosty

26. Variety show 27. Dot on a monitor 28. — — in the bucket 29. Best medicine?

30. Matter of dispute

32. Kind of sculpture 34. Fabric meas.

36. Mouths, in biology 37. Puts down 39. Terra — 41. Davis of "The Fly"

43. Mink or ermine 45. Mongol rulers 47. Post-sneeze word 49. Has to have 51. Abolishes 54. Ram, in astrology 55. Cod kin 56. Jean Auel heroine 60. Show up 61. Photographer Ansel — 62. "People" people 64. Constantly, to Poe 65. Sink unclogger 66. Avoid capture 67. Taboos (hyph.)

68. Split in two 70. Lightning by-product 71. Ms. Lombard of film 73. Weeping over 74. Gravy morsel 75. Vexes 77. Ale serving 78. Lovely lily 79. Read palms 80. Blender button 82. Drops in the slot 83. Target amount 84. Coffee holder 87. Tears to pieces 88. TV's "Shaka —" 89. Wool-eater 93. Crete locale 94. Stacks 95. It's often toasted 97. Stooge with bangs 98. Bogs down 99. Thin nails 100. Rangy 101. Rock tumbler stone 103. Face or amble lead-in 104. Rainwater pipes 106. Handbook

PAGE 5 107. Looked hard 108. — spumante 110. Dunham of "Girls" 111. Scarlett of Tara 112. Faction makers 113. Sunspot activity 115. Haughty 116. Bread ingredient 117. Winter apple 120. Garden starters 122. Vast expanse 124. Barter 128. Memorable decade 129. "Daddy" Warbucks' servant 131. Unwilling 133. Tramped the woods 135. Pale gray 136. Dwindled 138. Video game pioneer 140. Like a house — 142. Carthage neighbor 144. Bogus 145. Forum speech 146. Krishna devotee 147. Recital pieces 148. Links champ Sam — 149. Glimmerings 150. Fable author 151. Try a mouthful DOWN 1. Throws in the towel 2. Claudius, to Hamlet 3. Royal decree 4. Haul into court 5. Garr of "Tootsie" 6. Individuals 7. Walrus hunters 8. Bolt for a girder 9. Debt memo 10. Proofer's word

ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL

your own house or not, solar is an option for you. @naimajeannette Homeowners, The sun is back. who install solar Although we had a panels, enjoy number of rainy days money savings, here in Dallas, we property value inreceive, on average, crease and energy more than 230 days savings that equate of sunlight per year. approximately to That’s not as high as planting about 120 our neighbors to the Naima Montacer trees per year. Each west, El Paso, with home is unique in more than 300 days energy consumpof sunlight, but it’s plenty to tion and also the solar irradistart investing in solar energy. ance on site. Solar irradiance is Countries such as Denmark, how much sunlight hits the site Germany and parts of the throughout the day but varies United Kingdom have far fewer throughout the seasons, desunny days than Dallas but pending on the position of the are some of the world’s leading sun in the sky. Some solar modproducers of solar energy. ule systems are programmed Solar photovoltaics (PVs) to rotate or track the sun, and (solar panels) have come a long adjust year round to accommoway since the early 1990s when date the most efficient angle to they were extremely expensive maximize the amount of sunand inefficient. New technollight/energy captured. ogy, storage systems, regulaHomeowners can choose tions, laws and incentive proto own or lease solar panels. grams have made solar panels a To decide the best option for viable option to invest in. Solar your home and finances, visit panels can be installed in just the informative Homeowners about any location to relieve Guide to Solar Financing proour reliance on “dirty” energy duced by Clean Energy States from fossil fuels. With solar Alliance (CESA.org). Make sure panels, you can reduce your you understand your local laws electricity bill or eliminate it all as well, because new laws are together. Whether you live in helping home owners get out of

previous solar panel restrictions.

This month, Governor Abbott signed into law new legislation which states, residential developments with more than 50 homes cannot ban or restrict homeowners from installing solar panels, even while new homes are still being built.

Before this law, developers were stretching out building, in some cases more than 10 years, leaving homeowners who wanted to install solar panels, with their hands tied. Homeowners may still have to fend with HOA approval, but the argument that solar panels are unsightly is lacking in power.

If you live in an apartment, duplex, rent your home or want to outfit your business with solar panels, you still have options. A new movement in solar is catching on, even here in Texas, called community solar. Community solar provides customers who cannot install solar panels, an affordable off-site option to utilize solar. Basically, you buy a solar panel that is part of a large array and the energy your panel generates is used to offset your electricity bill. The solar panel energy goes to the grid, and you help make it happen. Community

YOUR STARS THIS WEEK

By Stella Wilder

The coming week will tempt many with options that promise more of everything desired, but what is most on display is greater freedom. It is an alluring, tempting prize, one that holds many in its thrall, yet it is also one that can prove more false than any other when all is said and done; much greater care must therefore be taken by anyone who actively pursues it. There are some, of course, who simply don't understand what real freedom is or what it requires of an individual — and yes, it certainly requires much! Those, however, who do understand that great responsibility accompanies greater freedom are sure to enjoy the greatest potential.

Comparisons abound, and it will be difficult for everyone to look at themselves without trying to determine how they stack up against the competition. But it is best to avoid any such mind games, for they can only serve to steer you in the wrong direction in most cases.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) You can finish the week undefeated, but only if you proceed with caution, according to the plan you've woven bit by bit.

(July 8-July 22) – You may object to what you are asked to do, but not the reasons you are given for doing it. Follow your heart.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) The receipt of a message early in the week motivates you to do something you have been waiting for the right time to do. That time is now. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You may find yourself waiting around longer than usual for the instructions you know are coming.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) You know what you want, but you may not know how to get it — or how to proceed in the right direction. Listen to someone who's been there. (Sept. 8-Sept.

22) – Your strategy is a sound one, but there are still a few pieces to put into place before you implement it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You may have to incur quite a risk in order to place yourself in an advantageous position at the perfect moment. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – Your service to another will be recognized, and you'll receive just the kind of payment you have been hoping for.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You may have little time to accomplish all that you have in mind, but the first step is to win over someone who has been a critic in the past. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – You're likely to get word of

a plot of sorts that someone is working. Do you want to get on board, or go your own direction?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) You may feel as though circumstances are preventing you from doing what you most want to do.

Is it a hidden fear at work? (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You'll want to keep careful track of facts and figures — particularly as things change and begin to affect you directly.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You may gather important information from the dreams you have. Some, however, will be plainly illusory, so use care! (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – In your efforts to gain supremacy over another, you may have to engage in deception, but take care not to deceive yourself!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) It's important for you to know what others have been up to lately, but you mustn't do anything illicit to find out! (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You'll receive counsel from someone who has been in your shoes in the past. You must decide if he or she can be trusted.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You are likely to grow tired of having to figure things out all

84. Busch Gardens city 85. Whodunit suspects 86. Snowy-white bird 87. Dogie catcher 88. "The Prisoner of —" 90. Bradley and Sharif 91. Carved pole 92. Listens to 94. Dried fruits 95. Coiffure 96. — yoga 99. Transvaal trekker 100. Maui cookout 102. Horses' strides 105. Surveyors' maps 106. Poltergeist 107. Tableau 109. Maybes 111. Admits to the clergy 112. Big change (hyph.)

114. Kind of gas 115. "Will it play in —?"

116. Flake 117. Lagoon protectors 118. Cosmopolitan 119. Deep black 121. Buoy up 123. Does pull-ups 125. Emulates banshees 126. Neck scarf 127. Moon position 130. Sanskrit dialect 132. Joke response (hyph.)

134. Powdery residue 137. NASA counterpart 139. A bit 141. "— upon this quiet life!"

143. Generous — — fault

OFF THE MARK

Solar panels have grown in efficiency

By Naima Montacer

11. Dazzle 12. Ear pollution 13. Ford predecessor 14. Previously 15. Trust 16. Halted 17. British inc.

18. French money 19. Be crazy about 20. View from Everest 31. Snake plate 33. Curved moldings 35. Dork 38. Flock of geese 40. Rub against 42. Not digital 44. Film speed no.

46. Widespread damage 48. Key — pie 50. Really skimps 51. Pie-chart lines 52. Scoreboard posting 53. Halloween doing 54. Teen bane 55. Redhead's tint 57. Raises one's voice 58. Flood barrier 59. Glacial ridge 61. Enjoying solitude 62. Slinkies 63. Unisex garment 66. Great Lake natives 67. Declares invalid 69. Crosswise to the keel 72. Carpenter's nail holder 73. Marauds 74. Have a date (2 wds.)

76. Shopping — 78. Hollow stems 79. Completely 81. Amherst sch.

82. Canasta plays 83. Earthshaking event

solar programs are a collaboration of many entities and have sprouted up in Austin, Colorado and California, to name a few. Grumblings of community solar rooftop programs here in Dallas have been heard for the last few months, so keep your eyes out to support the next community solar opportunity.

Even more cutting edge is a solar plug-in. Sunport is a small hand held plug that will plug into any outlet and using solar credits make that outlet solar power. Sunport.com is “empowering people to demand solar” and are launching their business in July with a kickstarter.com campaign.

This is only the beginning of our solar technology.

Right now, the solar powered airplane, Solar Impulse, led by Swiss founders, is making its way around the world without a drop of fuel. The team is demonstrating that clean technologies, like solar, can achieve the impossible. No matter what way you choose, investing in the sun’s endless energy, leads us to a cleaner brighter future.

Naima Montacer is a freelance writer and conservationist. View more at her website EnviroAdventures.com.

Copyright 2015 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. week long. In the end, however, you'll benefit in unimagined ways. (March 6-March 20) – You're going to have to be patient and see how things turn out before you can rise to a position of prominence.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) There are some minor troubles for you on the horizon, but nothing you cannot handle with aplomb. Don't procrastinate.

(April 5-April 19) – You'll be reminded of a cause that you once supported wholeheartedly. You may soon find yourself back in the fight.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You may be contacted by someone whose intentions are similar to your own, but beware of those aspects that are different. (May 6-May 20) – You're waiting to hear back from someone whose coming decision will affect you for some time to come. Don't let yourself become impatient.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) Practical concerns take precedence over anything else; your dreams may well come true, but only if you remain grounded.

(June 7-June 20) – You'll have good reason to thank someone who taught you much in times past. A key issue can be addressed.

● Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

● The numbers within the heavily 7-5-15

outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

● Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

KenKen® is a registered trademark of Nextoy, LLC. ©2015 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Universal Uclick for UFS. www.kenken.com

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By Candy Evans

Chimney Hill Lane. Located in the Country Forest-Jackson Meadows neighborhood, While the about as far north Supreme Court as you can go in ruled on the hisLake Highlands tory-making right before bumping to marry ruling, into Richardson.

I was in South This is outside Beach checking out the LBJ loop, and Barry Sternlicht’s for some, that’s a fragrant No. 1 deal breaker. But I Hotel on South Candace Evans promise, once you Beach. Stunning. see this house, you Embracing nawon’t care. (And ture and the environment, really, it’s fewer than 10 mineven with a pumped-in smell utes to White Rock Lake and everywhere that was nine NorthPark Center, minutes months in the making. I was away from the Richardson at the National Association of Tech Corridor and only 15 Realtors Annual Conference minutes north of downtown picking up an award (yeah Dallas.) Perspective, y’all. us!) and steeping in the latest The master bathroom is in real estate. Check out my a real stunner, with an unpost called “It’s the Student usual center vanity with two Debt, Stupid: Quickie Recap sinks, granite counters and of NAREE15 – Changes in the lots of storage. There is also Way We Buy, Sell & Consume ample closet space, decorative Real Estate.” I toured a $7 miland recessed lighting, a prilion condo overlooking the vate water closet and spa-like water and realized that you steam shower. can’t buy anything in Miami It’s a 3-3 with 2,619 for much less than a million. square feet, built in 1979.

As much as I love that town, I Inside, you’ll find everything have to admit: we’ve got some from hand-scraped hardwood of the best dirt deals here ever! floors and a kitchen with I just love our Tuesday $200’s. custom cabinetry, to cedarTake the house at 10006 paneled vaulted ceilings and

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This home is located at 10006 Chimney Hill Lane and is listed for $295,000.

a stunning master bathroom.

This beauty is newly listed

by Angela Garcia with Keller Williams Realty Arlington for ONLY $295,000.

The drive-up appeal makes this house an eyecatcher, with landscaping, a circular drive and a real sense of having arrived as you walk past a private courtyard. The entryway is bright with windows next to and above the door and vaulted ceilings.

Right next to the entry is a formal living area, featuring a hidden wet bar with an icemaker and large windows looking out onto the courtyard. It’s also your first

glimpse of those lovely handscraped hardwoods.

A two-way gas fireplace opens to the formal living area by the entry and the sunken second living area, which the current owners are using as a pool room. The vaulted ceilings are paneled with cedar wood and the room is generously sized for large furniture.

A block of built-in cabinets provides lots of storage and windows and glass doors offer a glimpse to the covered patio. The kitchen was a total renovation, with custom cabinetry featuring pullout drawers, trash valet, hidden appliance nook, pantry and cookie

Photos courtesy of Keller Williams Realty

sheet slots. New stainless steel appliances include a wine refrigerator and convection oven. There’s both a formal dining area at the front of the house and a second one closer to the kitchen.

The master suite opens with an elegant wood wall feature that calls your attention to the space. The windows look out onto the private courtyard and the angled ceiling adds visual interest. The master bathroom was another big reno in this Lake Highlands house.

That center vanity is a unique feature, making the room easy to navigate, from the private toilet area to large closets. And the shower! It’s huge, a walk-in steam area with multiple showerheads, body sprays, a seating area and natural stone accents.

The second and third bedrooms have updated lighting and new carpeting. One of the bathrooms has granite counters, a new sink and features. The other is a Jackand-Jill bathroom with double

sinks, lots of cabinet space and privacy windows.

A back living room is a great relaxation space, with a surround sound system, builtin cabinetry, decorative wall design, modern paint and updated lighting. Large doors open to a private outdoor area with a hot tub — leave those doors open, and you can watch TV from the water. So nice!

The back patio is covered and staged to be a total outdoor living area with two ceiling fans. Lovely.

This Lake Highlands home offers so much for under $300K — are you as impressed as I am? Come on over to CandysDirt.com and tell us!

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TRAIL TO GOOD HEALTH

Busting out of health rut by trying new food

By Megan Lyons

megan@thelyonsshare.org Do you ever feel as if you are stuck in a rut with your food? Even if your go-to meals are healthy, variety is important for your overall wellness. Different colors of vegetables and fruits, for example, provide Megan Lyons very different nutrients, and the best diet has a broad spectrum of nutrients from various types of foods. Having a variety of food can help limit cravings, prevent overeating and even stave off more serious disease. Still, it might be hard to break out of your rut if you’re comfortable with your regular foods and don’t push yourself to try healthier options.

If there are healthy foods that you want to (or think you “should”) enjoy, I encourage you to keep trying. Quite often, a client will tell me that she “just doesn’t like” broccoli, salmon, kale, quinoa or some other healthy food. When I ask the last time she’s tried it, the most common reaction is something like, “well, I had it five years ago in this restaurant, and it was just … weird.”

The client is not saying that the taste itself was awful, or that they got violently ill from eating it, just that it was not what she was expecting or not something that she is familiar with.

Did you know that our brains need repeated exposure to foods to begin enjoying them?

I encourage my parent clients to keep trying healthy foods over and over with their kids — after all, research shows that a child needs about 10 exposures to a new food to begin enjoying it. If a child says he or she doesn’t like broccoli the first time, I encourage parents to not make

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a big deal, fix broccoli again in a new way and ask the child to try a few bites per meal until the resistance eventually fades away. Also, I always recommend serving new foods one at a time — you don’t want to overwhelm the kid with many new experiences and tastes all at once.

The same principle of trying and retrying new foods can apply to you! Most of the time, our dislike of a new food comes from just not knowing what to expect. Darya Rose, neuroscience PhD and author of Summer Tomato, said that when we try a new food, “the unfamiliarity and strangeness of the texture makes us slightly uncomfortable, and we interpret this feeling as a personal dislike.” So maybe the cauliflower crust is just different from the pizza crust you’re used to, or the salmon is just different from the chicken that you’re used to … not worse, just different.

There are some foods that we still won’t like

after 10 times, and that’s fine. We all have innate preferences, and I’m not saying that you need to enjoy every single “healthy” food on the planet.

But, you owe it to yourself to discover what you truly can enjoy before automatically dismissing unfamiliar foods as unpleasant.

So this week, I challenge you to take a food that seems scary or uncomfortable and try it again. Search Pinterest for a new recipe; try it at a new restaurant or experiment with a new cooking method that you think may work well.

How about purple sweet potatoes, quinoa, spaghetti squash, jicama or grass-fed bison? Go in with an open mind and enjoy!

Megan Lyons is a Harvard graduate, Certified Holistic Health Coach, and Running Coach at The Lyons’ Share Wellness. To learn how you can improve your own health, contact her at 214-803-1298, or visit her website, thelyonsshare.org/health-coaching.

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signed by Hoot Gibson, and it includes his motto, ‘Brains is a terrible thing to waste,’” Rhonda Faye quipped.

Jack had his own, unique brand of humor.

He just loved making people laugh.

Rhonda Faye added, “Somehow he found it in his heart to forgive me when I married a Yankee.” Her husband, Adam Magazine said about his father-in-law, “I loved him and he loved me, even if I was the worst kind of Yankee — a Washington Redskins fan. I'm so glad I became part of his family and got to know him. He was a good man.”

Jack also loved drawing on his favorite canvas, Styrofoam cups. His usual subjects were ships, Civil War generals and outhouses.

At any time you could find him dropping by “the Shop,” and drawing on the coffee cups, while joking with the ladies.

Jack’s daughter, Rhonda Faye concluded: “But more than anything in this world, my father loved my mother. And I’m grateful for that love, because that is where my story began.”

Jack and Betty celebrated their 50th anniversary Oct. 3, with a party at the home of daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Dale Meeks.

Betty recently retired from the beauty shop. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and she volunteers at the White Rock Center of Hope, along with doing some serious gardening.

Here’s what Jack’s adoring wife said: “We were married for 50 years and never had a fight.

He never raised his voice or used bad language.

We were best friends and shared the same interests: travel, history and our families. He loved the Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of American Veterans, and his two weekly breakfast meetings at Rosi’s: the Lakeside Baptist Church men’s prayer breakfast on Fridays and his ‘intellectual group’ on Saturdays. He was a faithful member of Lakeside Baptist Church for more than 50 years.”

Jack’s service was earlier this week, with internment at Pecan Grove Historical Cemetery, 1701 South McDonald St. in McKinney.

passed away and started his own company, Gunnels Electric, in the small, frame house next door to Casa Vale Beauty Shop’s small, frame house. His youngest brother Greg came to work for him, eventually becoming his partner. The day he and Greg went to the lawyer to sign the paperwork for the partnership, Gunnels said, “Well, I guess you realize you just took a pay cut!”

With regard to Gunnels’ trademark sense of humor, the trait wasn’t lost on his family. His wife, Betty and their children have the comedy streak in them as well. In fact, his daughter, Rhonda Faye utilized her talent for making people laugh, when she developed her onewoman show, “Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories.”

She has traveled the country with her hilarious recounting of being crowned “Miss String Bean” and other clever stories about growing up in her mom’s beauty shop, with all the interesting ladies. One great endorsement among the many she has received was from the late Joan Rivers, who said, “This girl belongs on Broadway.”

According to Rhonda Faye, who spoke about her Dad at the service, the things her dad loved included teasing and harassing the ladies at [Betty’s Casa Vale] Beauty Shop. “One time he told Miss Melba, ‘If your hair gets any bigger you not gunna’ fit in your coffin! And let’s face it, you’re the next one to kick off.’ Miss Melba is here today, so I guess she got the last laugh.”

He loved his Saturday prayer breakfasts and what he called his ‘Intellectual Group,’ which met for breakfast Friday’s at Rosi’s Ferguson Cafe, talking about history and teasing owner, Fernanda and the waitresses.

Fernanda said: “What I remember best about Jack is he always told me a fat man was a pregnant man. The group and Saturday prayers are a blessing and very good to us always. We will miss you!”

“I have a Certificate of Achievement [Dad] made, which lists him as a Certified Intellectual. I know it is official because it’s

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RESTAURANT REVIEW

Trinity Groves' LUCK is smoking good!

By Sara Newberry I really wanted to like LUCK at Trinity Groves. On paper, it’s got everything I’m interested in: a focus on local and seasonal ingredients; a small but varied menu; and elevated versions of familiar dishes that are just innovative enough to bring something new but not so much that it seems like they’re trying too hard. But I didn’t like LUCK. I loved it.

Open since October 2013, LUCK was one of the first tenants of the Trinity Groves “restaurant incubator.” It’s outlasted several other concepts, and every time I’ve been to Trinity Groves it’s been busy, so I don’t imagine it’s going anywhere anytime soon!

The atmosphere inside and out is rustic without edging over into hokey; the booths are upholstered with grain bags, and the walls are covered with recycled barn wood. Both add character to the space while not pulling attention from what’s most important: the food.

What they’re serving at LUCK is familiar dishes with

Photo by Sara Newberry

The pastrami sandwich at LUCK. a creative twist, such as a Caesar-like salad with grilled lettuce and chile-dusted croutons, or meatloaf that’s mostly standard except it’s smoked in-house. (They love their smoker at LUCK, and the dishes that they’re turning

out from it are top-notch.)

A friend told me not to miss the wings, and I’m glad I listened. LUCK’s Sweet and Smoky Wings are sticky and messy, like all the best wings are. But these are more than that. The just-sweet-enough

sauce also carries a little heat, and the tender meat has a lovely smoky flavor that is not overwhelming.

The Signature Pastrami sandwich also benefits from its time in the smoker. Served “brisket style,” so sliced more

thickly than everyday pastrami, it borders on luxurious.

Stone-ground mustard adds zest, and caramelized onions add sweetness, helping to accentuate the smoky flavor even more. The housemade chips served alongside didn’t disappoint.

Dishes that haven’t spent time in the smoker are also generally exceptional. Charred okra arrives dressed with a brightly-flavored lemon vinaigrette and a sprinkle of Parmesan. The garnishes work together to accentuate the okra’s slightly nutty flavor and the grilling alleviates any of the sliminess that so many people find objectionable.

Seriously, if you are not a fan of okra, try this one — it could change your mind.

The “market catch” on my visit was Cornmeal Crusted Fried Catfish, which was served with smoked tomato and okra stew. The fish was a generous serving, and the stew was hearty enough to stand up to it but light enough not to be overpowering.

LUCK offers an entirely local selection of beers and

ciders, and one my favorites, Velvet Hammer from Peticolas Brewery, is used in the Red Velvet Hammer Cake. The cake is unbelievably moist and the cream cheese frosting is just sweet enough. I wanted a little more beer flavor, but as it was, I was pretty happy with it.

Service is friendly and knowledgeable, and the kitchen wastes no time sending out each successive course. We didn’t feel rushed, but we did have a little bit of a pileup on our table.

Even with the small menu, I had a really hard time deciding what to order at LUCK. I’ve heard amazing things about the smoked meatloaf, and I’m intrigued by the grilled romaine salad. So I imagine another trip to LUCK is in my immediate future.

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Beat the heat with Cook Hall's Almond Gazpacho

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shows Sadhu’s beautiful choice of garnish: cucumber, red grapes, and violets. Also some dabs of parsley oil. Fresh out of edible flowers? Ok to go with a simple garnish of cucumbers and red grapes. Parsley optional as well.

dottykgriffith@gmail.com Sophistication in a bowl, that’s cold summer soup.

This version of the Spanish classic Ajo Blanco (Almond Gazpacho) is courtesy of chef Vijay Sadhu of Cook Hall, the gastropub at W DallasVictory Hotel. So smooth and creamy, the soup will make you believe it has heavy cream, or at least Greek yogurt. Not so. It is non-dairy.

The satin factor comes from peeled almonds and white bread crumbs emulsified with olive oil. The photo

Photo by Alese Nielsen

Almond Gazpacho.

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Eggplant Parmesan Stacks 2 cups shredded mozzarella Olive oil

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2 medium eggplants, sliced into 1/2-inch rounds 2 eggs, beaten 2 cups panko, seasoned with 1 tablespoon coarse salt 4 cups chunky pasta sauce

Heat oven to 375. Line a sheet pan with foil and brush the foil with olive oil.

Coat each eggplant slice with egg, then panko, pressing both sides into the panko to make it adhere.

Arrange the slices in a single layer on the prepared pan and bake until the panko is golden and the eggplant is softened, about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.

Spoon about 1/2 cup sauce each onto half the slices, then top each one with about 1/4 cup cheese.

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and finely chopped cucumber and sliced red grapes; parsley oil.

In a medium bowl, combine the bread cubes with just enough water to cover. Set aside to soften.

In work bowl of food processor, combine the almonds, garlic and salt. Process until smooth.

Cook Hall Almond Gazpacho Squeeze water out of the Dotty Griffith bread cubes and add the bread to 2 cups stale white bread without crusts, cut in cubes the almond mixture in the food Tap or bottled water processor. Process until mixture forms a 1 cup whole blanched and peeled almonds smooth paste. While the food processor is 2 large garlic cloves, peeled running, add the oil in a thin, steady stream.

1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt or to taste Then add the vinegar and the water. Pulse 6 tablespoons olive oil until the preparation is smooth.

4 tablespoons sherry vinegar Garnish with finely chopped cucumbers, 2 cups very cold, bottled water sliced grapes and parsley oil or as desired.

For garnish: 1 tablespoon (each) seeded Makes 4 to 6 servings.

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TRAVEL

Roll out the carpets when pounding pavement in Baku

By Michael Wald

wald.world@yahoo.com I like it when I visit someplace that debunks incorrect ideas I have held for a lifetime.

The National Carpet Museum in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, was such a place. We’ve all seen Oriental rugs, but what do we really know about them? This museum seeks to dispel the myths.

Housed in a magnificent building opened in 2014 with great fanfare, built facing the Caspian Sea, the outside appears to be a roll of carpet.

Inside the displays are well organized down one long corridor. A problem: finding a guide who speaks understandable English. No museum guide book or map currently exists. Saving grace: The display explanations are in both Azerbaijani and English, unusual in foreign countries.

Azerbaijani people occupied an area that has been cut up into parts of different states at different times by the ravages of war. Part of northern Iran, called “Southern Azerbaijan” by the museum, is actually populated by Azerbaijani people with their own culture and language. The museum covers carpets from all over Azerbaijan south to Tabriz, currently part of Iran.

After Iran took territorial control of this area, it began referring to rugs from the area as Iranian or Persian. Somehow it caught on. Actually these rugs are made by Azerbaijani people just as they have been for centuries. It’s just the happenstance of borders that allow the Iranians to lay claim to them.

The Carpet Museum sets the record straight as the Azerbaijani government makes an effort to re-assert

its carpet-making heritage hijacked by history. The museum explains the traditions of the Oriental rug starting in and around Baku when it was part of the Persian Empire.

The finest rugs today continue to come from Azerbaijan or so it claims. Is it truth or propaganda?

Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union for most of the 20th century, becoming independent in 1991. Russia saw Azerbaijan as a source of oil energy; little interest was placed on its carpet heritage.

The country’s much revered first president after independence sought to reclaim Azerbaijan’s place as the carpet center of the world. One result is the Carpet Museum.

Another is successfully obtaining a UNESCO world heritage intangible asset listing in 2010 for Azeri carpet.

Photos by Michael Wald

Carpet Museum in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Carpets on display. second floor of the museum elaborates with an interactive display. We learn what differentiates carpets based on Flame Towers and Islamic style buildings from the Carpet Museum. design, tightness of weave and quality of the material.

The UNESCO seal of approval has a unique design it has Each carpet also has a unique used for ages? Museum oflends credence that the story weave pattern, which is also ferings painstakingly explain told at this museum is not shown.

The top floor showexactly which town each propaganda. cases contemporary carpets. A Azeri carpet design is from.

Did you know that each great bookstore on the ground An interesting exhibit on the town making Oriental rugs

level sells authentic rugs. A public library is located on the second level — a great place to do quiet work while in this bustling city for other purposes.

A prominent display contains a replica of a huge rug, the original of which hangs in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Bought by the British Ambassador in Azerbaijan for the Embassy years ago, the Victoria and

Albert has it now and politely declines its return, thank you.

A live exhibition of rug weaving rounds out the offerings.

Adopting a modern concept, you can drop your children off in a daycare area while you look around.

Once you see this museum, the next time you want to cover your floor with a Persian rug, you might consider going to Baku for authenticity at a fraction of the price you pay at a U.S. rug store or even in an Istanbul carpet bazaar. As the place where Persian rugmaking began and the ancient tradition continues in the same families through generations, the best rugs and deals are in Baku.

Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise in Panama adventure travel.

He blogs about travel and other musings at untroddenla.com.

HISTORY ON THE TRAIL

Protest coincided with Watts conflict

By Wayne Swearingen

Near the end of a hot August work day, I received a call from one of my tenants saying that my parkers were refusing to bring his car down. By the time I got to the garage, the scene During the office building boom of the 1950s, the largwas total chaos, with tenants standing est since World War II, several new around waiting on cars, and my parkers skyscrapers were developed in the just sitting on their bench. I asked what Dallas Central Business District was going on and got one answer from (CBD). Notable were Southland Center, my parkers … “Well, Watts and all.” I Republic Bank Tower, First National blew my top. “We have decided to go on Bank Tower and Fidelity Union Life STRIKE.” Building and later, the FULICO Tower Leroy was the elected spokesman where I worked. Garages for these and, up to now, a good employee. “Leroy, buildings were attended, not self-park. you can’t go on strike; you don’t have There were plenty of undeveloped vaa union. And, by the way, you are all cant lots in the CBD for employee parkFIRED.” Led by Leroy, the parkers all left. ing. Attendants were either employees My boss, Mr. Collins, told the ofor, later, contract labor. They would ficers of Fidelity Union to get out to the park and retrieve autos in the multi-levgarage and start bringing down cars. This el garages. These were minimum wage wasn’t exactly in their white collar job level jobs, with tips, usually held by description, but they reluctantly did it. minorities. To reach the upper or lower The next day, Leroy showed up in my garage levels, attendants would ride up office to see if we could settle the dispute, or down on large leather belts with foot Barb and Wayne Swearingen want to wish and they could all get their jobs back. I platforms. This sets the stage for an insaid, “Maybe, but on my terms. What do cident that occurred in the hot summer America "Happy Birthday!" you want Leroy?” of 1965 in my FULICO garage.

“Well, a large fan should do it. It’s hot down in the garage.”

Fifty years ago, in August The STRIKE was settled, no riot occurred, and I had a large 1965, the Los Angeles neighfan delivered. borhood known as Watts had I could tell many more of these stories, but you wouldn’t race riots lasting five days and believe them. resulting in 34 dead, 1,032 Take heart America. Things were bad in the 1930s, and the injured, 4,000 arrested and Greatest Generation came to the rescue. We can do it again. $40 million worth of property HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA. Fly the flag. Have a safe damage and looting. This was Fourth. sparked by a police incident similar to the recent events in Wayne Swearingen, CRE, is a principal at Barclay Ferguson. My car parkers read Commercial Group and lives adjacent to the Katy Trail. Contact about the riots and decided him at wswearingen@barclaycom.com. to have their own “protest.”

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Let your City Council know you care

By Mary Spencer

method. Not an overnight “fix,” success will mary@petopia4paws.com require everyone working together to provide the education and resources that we take for Summer has officially arrived and while granted in our own neighborhoods, many folks are “escaping” the Texas but are few and far between in south summer heat with unique cool and west Dallas. weather travels, other summer “esIn 2010, the city made a major capes” involve the focusing on the change in its strategy toward animals City of Dallas FY 2015-16 budget by hiring management for DAS who and lobbying to City Council for adare professionals in animal welfare ditional funds for individual “pet” (as opposed to city administrators projects and personal areas of interfrom Code Compliance). This was a est. Especially those that affect Dallas smart move. Code Compliance and Animal Services.

Mary Spencer Animal Welfare are totally different With six new City Council industries. members, the landscape of Dallas The new management has sucmay soon change as issues pertaining to our cessful experience in dealing with animal issues, environment, green spaces and the overall and is utilizing a successful national plan to adquality of life become much more important dress the loose-dog issues that is sustainable for than spending millions of dollars on one more the long term, while addressing the problem in freeway. Hopefully, this new regime of city ofa more progressive and effective manner, thus, ficials will better understand the critical items saving lives and ultimately, money. involving funding for Dallas Animal Services, The plan involves a specialized response thus providing a better life for all Dallas resiteam of coordinators/territory managers, anidents, both those with two legs and those with mal services officers, and support personnel four. for Grow South, the Mayor’s targeted southern A crash course of the proposed budget Dallas initiatives. This team would provide and the enhancements for Dallas Animal education, outreach and enforcement actions Services is necessary in order to understand to hyper-target loose-dog issues — much like how these enhancements will affect the resiDPD does with neighborhood police officers. dents of Dallas. In a $2.6 billion dollar budget, The program is similar to the highly sucsurely City leaders can find monies explained cessful Humane Society of the United States’ below, which will greatly affect the lives of “Pets For Life” programs, implemented in everyone — not just our pets. The good news more than 30 U.S. cities, (including Dallas) — it appears that there will be a $5 million gap and is posting exceptional success across the between the most recent budget proposal and county. revenues.

One of the most important funding initiatives is for outreach efforts in the southern sector of Dallas. For decades, South Dallas has had a problem with loose dogs.

We’ve seen a lot of attention on that topic within the past year. Prior to 2010, Dallas Animal Services would, at the order of city management, go out and round up all the loose dogs from a given neighborhood and impound them. This approach did get dogs off the street. But, it is a temporary fix extremely costly to taxpayers Photo courtesy of Mary Spencer and, more importantly, exDogs have rights, too. tremely ineffective.

Despite the presumption that loose dogs are “strays,” it has been proven The plan definitely requires investment that many of these are actually “owned,” or are from the city. DAS management has crafted offspring of owned dogs. The dogs are loose a proposal asking for $1,042,118. Handled because their owners don’t know any better, properly, animal welfare does costs money. or their owners try to keep them enclosed, Quite often, Dallas is compared to Austin and but don’t have the money for fencing or fence their No-Kill policies adopted by City Council repairs. and government; however, for the last several When their dog wanders off, the ownyears, Austin Animal Services has increased ers may assume the dog has run away and its budget by $1 million every year, even dedon’t know where to look for it. If the dog is spite a population of 912,000 residents to impounded, owners may not realize they can Dallas’ 1.2 million-plus residents. reclaim their dog from DAS. Some who may For perspective, think through these try to get their dog back can’t afford the repoints: the total budget for the city of Dallas is demption fees. $2.6 billion. The budget for Code Compliance, Since the shelter is almost always full, in which DAS falls, is $39 million. The current the unclaimed dogs (which are the majority) budget for DAS is approximately $8.8 million. end up euthanized, further compounding the Other initiatives in need of funding inproblem. The owners still want a dog, so they clude the following: go and get another dog from a neighbor, rela• Employee position reclassification tive or friend — a dog that’s invariably not funding which will balance the DAS position vaccinated and unaltered. Meanwhile, their structure with adequate division coverage and fence hasn’t been repaired and the owners’ operations, in addition to providing career behaviors haven’t changed, so we end up back ladders within the division ($143,000). where we started: more unaltered, non-vacci• Facility and equipment funding for nated pets running loose. implementation of a necessary maintenance That cycle repeats itself over and over. and replacement plan. The current animal It won’t get better with the next generation, shelter was built in 2007 and many of the because many of these parents teach their kids systems and equipment are failing and require (by example) that this behavior is acceptable annual maintenance, repair and replacement and OK, thus, furthering the belief that pets ($227,000). are disposable.

• Landscaping of the grounds, including Many groups, organizations and individbetter choices of outdoor sustainable plants uals are working hard to change this behavior and materials ($205,000). and help educate pet owners through resourcEven if you don’t have a pet, consider es and awareness. the quality of life for both pets and people of Now in its fourth year, the Mayor’s Grow Dallas by letting your Council representatives South plan understands that these animal isknow that you support DAS and these critical sues must be solved in a long-term sustainable incentives.

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Scene Around Town

By Sally Blanton

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Friends of Wednesday’s Child

Dallas Spring Party

Annual Luncheon The Meyerson

Emcee Cynthia Izaguirre, Speaker Former First Lady Laura Bush

AWARE Reception

$274,000 raised for Nature Conservancy The Arboretum

Bruce and Emily Robson, Trisha Wilson, Jeb Terry

Women’s Alzheimer’s Auxiliary Kendra Scott, Preston Center

Steve and Barbara Durham, Ann and Charles Knight

Kiley Duncan, Joan Mason, Kay Hammond, Katherine Whiten

Rainbow Days Luncheon

Funds raised for Dallas’ youth Hilton Anatole

Chairs Brooke Andrews and Karen Currie, Speaker Jeannette Walls, Founder/CEO Cathey Brown, Board President Greg Pascuzzi

Delta Emerson, Dave Emerson

Alzheimer’s Pro Golf Tourney Sponsored by Lee Jarmon Glen Eagles Golf Club

Honorary Chairs Amanda and Brint Ryan

Co-Chair Matt Brown, Host Ben Crenshaw, Co-Chair Steve Folsom

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Emphasize safety on Independence Day

By Frank Trejo With Independence Day upon us, experts want to make sure you and your family stay safe if fireworks are part of your celebration.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2013 eight people died and 11,400 were hurt seriously enough to require medical attention because of fireworks-related injuries.

About 7,400 of those injuries occurred during the onemonth period between June 22 and July 22, an average of more than 240 people injured daily.

Children less than 15 years of age made up 30 percent of those hurt. The risk for fireworks injury was highest for young people 15-24, followed by children younger than 10.

Sparklers and bottle rockets — items that some people may not think of as hazardous — actually accounted for 25 percent of emergency room fireworks visits.

Sue Vanek, RN, Burn Program Manager at Parkland Memorial Hospital, noted that while the number of patients injured by fireworks around July 4 and admitted to the Parkland Burn Center is not high, their injuries usually are severe enough to require surgery or skin grafts.

“We continue to see people come in each year around the Fourth of July with serious injuries, particularly to their hands, fingers or faces,” Vanek said. “That’s because fireworks and sparklers produce a lot of heat; the tip of a BOOMING cont'd from page 1 nature of the building. “We will be executing 48 Fourth of July shows,” President David Rosenbaum said.

“And about 300 shows throughout the year.”

He and his father Steve started Illumination Fireworks when Rosenbaum was 19 years-old and a sophomore at the University of North Texas, where he received a degree in business. His initial learning curve started while working with other companies. Brother Craig now serves as chief financial officer. They also have a branch office in Houston.

“Everything starts with a budget.” Rosenbaum said. “We tell people that it is like building a custom house. You get to someone and say ‘Do you want a custom house built?

How much do you want to spend?’

You can start with a shack or just keep on building depending on how much you want to spend.

“It is essentially the same thing

sparkler burns at 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to produce third-degree burns. That’s 300 degrees hotter than the temperature at which glass melts.”

Experts stress their primary message: leave the fireworks to professionals.

• But if you or someone around you is using them, following a few safety tips that can keep your Fourth of July celebration from turning tragic.

• Observe all local laws related to the use of fireworks • Closely supervise teens who are using fireworks • Never let small children near fireworks • Do not wear loose clothing • Do not light fireworks indoors or near dry grass.

• Do not immediately pick up an exploded firework; leave it for at least 20 minutes and then douse with water • Always have a bucket of water or fire extinguisher nearby If someone is burned by fireworks, they should seek immediate medical attention. Burn centers like the one at Parkland are uniquely prepared to deal with severe burns.

Established in 1962, Parkland’s Burn Center is the second largest civilian burn center in the country. The center houses a Burn Intensive Care Unit, a Burn Acute Care Unit and a Burn Care Outpatient Center. For more information about the Burn Center, visit parklandhospital.com/ burnunit.

here,” Rosenbaum said. “You are paying for a certain amount of fireworks.

And there are thousands and thousands of different types. And there have certainly been some improvement in the quality. Most of the fireworks are manufactured in China.

“Everything is computer designed and fired by computer,” Rosenbaum said. Weddings have become an important part of the business.

Clients include Southwest Airlines, Baylor University and SMU athletics, FC Dallas, and the Frisco RoughRiders. “We do all of the Mary Kay conventions,” Rosenbaum said. “Our largest job was in Panama City, Panama. That was a big one to oversee because it was on two barges in the Panama Canal.”

Obviously safety is a major concern. The company maintains a $10 million insurance policy, and has developed relationships with fire marshals and risk managers around the country. They have

President Gail Plummer, Stephanie Bray

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GIRLS cont'd from page 1 watch, and observed that the show could have been cut down by a few minutes. Most of the music carried the theme of the show, but after the story had developed, additional numbers were superfluous.

Without a doubt, Christia Voss as Katy, the single mother and café owner, was the strongest cast member. She appeared the most comfortable in her role and was enjoyable to watch. Her vocals were also tops. Although this was her T3 debut, Voss has been seen at Lyric Stage, at WaterTower Theatre where she portrayed Bonnie Parker’s mother in “Bonnie & Clyde” and in Dallas Theater Center’s new production of “Les Miserables.” Voss has performed on Broadway and on national tours, as well as on USO tours.

As Junior, Ian Mead Moore is hilarious as he attempts to explain his familial relationships to Butch. It goes something like: He’s Butch’s son, but also his father-in-law and uncle, while his step-mother is his daughter’s niece, and then his grandmother is his daughter, too. Or something. You quit following it pretty soon as it becomes impossible.

It’s one of the show’s most clever pieces, and gets big laughs.

Occasionally the cast broke into some entertaining “Boot scootin’” to songs on the jukebox. Clearly, vocals throughout the musical told the story. Many were parodies, with new lyrics to tunes from other eras.

This show seems like it was trying too hard. There was too much intensity for the laid back setting, which it calls for. Overall, though, “Kountry Girls’” in Mama’s Kountry Café offers an entertaining evening with a big side of gravy.

“Kountry Girls” runs through July 19 at Theatre Three, 2800 Routh St. Performances are Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., and matinees on Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m. “Hooky matinee” Wednesday, July 8 at 2 p.m., and one Saturday matinee on July 18 at 2:30 p.m.

For tickets and reservations, call Theatre Three’s Box Office, 214-871-3300, option 1 or visit theatre3dallas.com.

shot fireworks off of the roof of some of the area’s most prestigious buildings such as Fair Park’s Hall of State, Perot Museum of Nature and Science and SMU’s Meadows Museum. Pointing to a picture of the show at Meadows, Rosenbaum said “Trying to convince risk managers that it is safe to shoot fireworks off the top of a building that contains tens of millions of dollars in art work is Perot Museum of Nature and Science. a challenge.”

Walking past a secdown to a routine.” He pointed out tion of large synthetic that it is the same system that Disney tubing, Rosenbaum said, “These are uses at Magic Kingdom to fire out the mortars in what we call a rack. their nightly shows.

And these are individual mortars.

A pyrotechnic show is not deThe live firework is dropped into signed by shell count or number of the mortar, you wire that up and it minutes. “I can make the show last launches into the air. We’ve got it

as long as someone wants. People hire us because we are able to show them the amazing projects we have done,” Rosenbaum said. “And they say ‘I want you to do something like that!’” Truly, their business is exploding.

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MOVIE TRAILER

‘Terminator Genisys’ is a frustrating waste of time

By Chic DiCiccio @Chiccywood

Time travel is a big player in “Terminator Genisys.”

The movie jumps from 2029 to 1984 to 2017. Sadly, after about an hour of stilted acting with loads of exposition, this movie makes you want to stay in 1984 so you can sit down and watch James Cameron’s “The Terminator.”

That isn’t to say that “Terminator Genisys” is a bad movie. It doesn’t have the vision and originality of the 1984 movie that started it all or the thrills and fun of the 1991 sequel, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” The good news is that “Terminator Genisys” shouldn’t be erased from your memory banks like the other sequels not mentioned here.

Much like the plot of this new installment, let’s pretend those other two movies do not exist.

The movie opens in the year 2029 John Connor (Jason Clarke) leading the human resistance against Cybernet, the evil computer system that blew up the world and seeks to eliminate the human race.

At John’s side is his right hand man/father, Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney), who we learn John rescued at a young age from a Terminator cyborg.

Director Alan Taylor does an amazing job of recreating the initial moments of 1984’s “The Terminator”, as we finally learn the why

for “Terminator Genisys” may not be the movie itself as much as how the marketing ruins a plot twist. It’s a bold idea by screenwriters Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier, but even the most casual moviegoer will know what is coming just because they may have watched television and seen a commercial in the last few weeks.

The MVP of Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures “Terminator Genisys” Emilia Clarke and Arnold Schwarzenegger star in "Terminator Genisys." shouldn’t be a surprise. JK Simmons and how regarding the origi(Emilia Clarke) crashes in shows up as a police detecnal Terminator’s mission with her very own Terminator tive who is essentially the to kill Sarah Connor before (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Terminator version of the she births John Connor. saves Reese from the T-1000. reporter that chased after The Everything, from the alleySadly, this just begins the forIncredible Hulk.

He’s spent ways it happens in to the diamulaic action movie nonsense, years investigating something logue, is exactly the same and as all the characters talk then he saw regarding these killer it sends the nostalgia meter to escape from certain death over robots, and Simmons, in a way extremely high levels. and over. that only he can, incorporatThe 1984 that Reese reThe action scenes are ing humor and intelligence turns to is not what he exwell staged and the CGI is and becomes the only characpects. During his time travel, top notch, with a school bus ter that seems capable of more something happens that crash on the Golden Gate than one human emotion. throws childhood memories Bridge being a highlight, but It’s perplexing how Jai into his head that until that “Terminator Genisys” gets Courtney is landing roles in point he believed had not ocrepetitive and boring. It is these big budget action movcurred. Once he shows up in completely devoid of humor, ies.

Sure, he’s good looking the past, he’s confronted by a which is what helped “T2” beand muscle-bound, but he police officer that is actually come one of the finest action has absolutely zero chemistry a T-1000 Terminator (Byungmovies ever made. Arnold’s with his fellow stars. It also huh Lee), which is one of those Terminator, usually a fantashurts that the script calls for fancy liquid metal robots a la tic source of dry wit, is nothhim to throw out wisecracks, Robert Patrick in “Terminator ing more than a narrator that which doesn’t work with the 2: Judgment Day.” explains what is happening to super serious Reese from the Things are really thrown Sarah and Reese. original 1984 movie. on their ear when Sarah Connor The largest blunder

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of being the least Arnoldfriendly movie in the franchise. Due to his age, he’s unable to be physically imposing like the 1984 film, but this script also eliminates his abundant charm and onscreen charisma (his biggest strength). Arnold is nothing more than a blunt object that busts down a door or wall while moving the plot from point A to B. This isn’t an unmitigated disaster, but “Terminator Genisys” fails in its execution.

The ideas and story are clever ways to restart the entire franchise, but it removes all the fun and makes it feel like a chore. The franchise needs imagination and this movie sorely lacks it.

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Emilia Clarke comes out of this unscathed in her first starring role. Her burgeoning love angle with Courtney’s Reese is horrendous, and she’s much better in her dialogue with Arnold. She’s a very tiny person, which makes it more impressive that she makes her toughness work with sheer bravura.

Poor Jason Clarke. It would be wrong to lay everything out with his version of John Connor, but this script does him zero favors. Almost every word he says is lazily written and clichéd, no matter if it’s the 2029 or 2017 version of his character. It’s a waste of a versatile, talented actor.

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