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Ice, Ice Baby!

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For the 11th straight year, the Gaylord Texan’s famed annual Lone Star Christmas Event, presented by Kodak, has kicked off and will run through Jan. 3, 2015. This year, the acclaimed ICE! exhibit will feature Frosty and his friends, two million twinkling holiday lights, two million pounds of handcarved ice shaped by 40 ice carvers from China, a 12-lane snow tubing hill and 150 festive Christmas trees. ­— Lauren Miller

Light my fir, light my fir The AT&T Performing Arts Center and Klyde Warren Park announced a new holiday collaboration, combining the Center’s annual “Reliant Lights Your Holidays” event with the park’s annual family holiday event. The daylong festivities, featuring music, children’s activities, fireworks and more, are free to the public and will take place on Saturday, Dec. 6.

The “Reliant Lights Your Photo by Klyde Warren Park Holidays” event on the AT&T Performing Arts Center campus, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., will feature: a live performance by country music star Jack Ingram and roots rock legends Los Lobos, a snowfilled play area with free photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and a fireworks display that will complement a dazzling, specially-designed array of LED lights placed on the iconic venues and trees.

see LIGHT on page 2

Oils born in a small town David Dike Fine Art presents a new series of artwork by celebrated Texas artist, Jon Flaming, now through Dec. 6. The “Oil on Canvas” series is a collection of new and unseen works inspired Midland after Midnight by Jon by the Kansas native, and Flaming. now Texas artist, Flaming.

Viewers will discover a see OILS on page 2

In This Issue Ackels' Angle...................................................... 3 Along the Green Trail ........................................ 8 Charity Spotlight................................................ 4 Classifieds..........................................................11 Community Calendar ....................................... 4 Fitness on the Trail ............................................ 5 High School Athletics Scrapbook...................... 3 History on the Trail ........................................... 6 House Call ......................................................... 2 Life on the Trail ................................................. 2 Movie Trailer ....................................................11 Letter from the Editor........................................ 2 Restaurant Directory ......................................... 9 Scene Around Town......................................... 10 Shop the Trail .................................................. 10 Trail to Good Health ......................................... 8 Find us at facebook.com/KTWeekly

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'Oh, What a Night' with sensational 'Hit Men'

By Shari Goldstein Stern shari@katytrailweekly.com

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Who among us can argue that the ‘60s brought to an unsettled country some of the most remarkable music ever written and performed, or that the ‘70s and ‘80s closely followed suit?

There must have been something in the water, when names like Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, Carly Simon, Barry Manilow and so many others emerged as the great talent of their decades. The iconic music produced and performed by these legends has made its place on the top shelf of musical history and in the hearts and souls of boomers everywhere.

Saturday night, Nov. 22, the Charles Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson will be the place

to turn back time and enjoy some favorites like, “Oh, What a Night,” “Who Loves You?” and “Sherry.” A few of the second generation and “behind-the-scenes” guys, artists who contributed to the Four Seasons’ and other groups’ successful careers and who performed side-byside, are still at it. They’ve organized and they’re coming to Dallas.

“The Hit Men” was the brainchild of Lee Shapiro, who reunited a collection of hit-makers, whose friendships and individual music industry successes have been interwoven most of their lives. These guys are talented musicians, performers, vocalists, arrangers and composers, who are on tour celebrating the music that kept three decades rocking, and still rocking on today.

We grabbed a minute with Shapiro, arranger and

Photo courtesy of Bi-Coastal Productions

"The Hit Men" will hit the Eisemann for one performance only Saturday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. Left to right are, Jimmy Ryan, Russ Velazquez, Lee Shapiro, Larry Gates and Gerry Polci. musician, who has been involved with the New York music scene for more than three decades. “‘Sherry’ came

out when I was nine years old,” he said. “I saw the Four

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PRESS CLUB OF DALLAS

Jenkins named Newsmaker of the Year

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com

Little known fact: When Michael Jenkins, president and managing director of the Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM), was in elementary school, he appeared on the other side of the curtain. He played a rat in “The Pied Piper,” crawling through the chorus’ feet. While peering through the audience looking for his mother, he crawled off the stage and onto the piano. His mother was mortified, but he got lots of laughs.

Not one to give up easily, he later took center stage as Uncle Sam. He demonstrated his resilience at an early age.

Also not widely known, Jenkins plays several musical instruments, studied music conducting and occasionally raises the baton. “I actually conducted the DSM orchestra one night when there

Photos by Christian Waits

Jenkins grinned ear-to-ear as Cathy Rigby honored him with “Neverland” from Peter Pan, in which she has starred on DSM’s stage many times over years. was a problem in the orchestra pit with the conductor and the bass player,” he revealed modestly.

Last Thursday night at the Music

Hall at Fair Park, the Press Club of Dallas (PC) honored Jenkins with its 2014 Newsmaker of the Year award.

With more than 300 attending, the gala’s timing during DSM’s 75th anniversary year added sparkle. 2014 also marks Jenkins 20th year of leading DSM. Jenkins took over the management of DSM in 1994 after the legendary Tom Hughes passed away. Hughes and Jenkins had both worked as ushers at the Music Hall years earlier, when the first of only three managing directors in 75 years, Charles Meeker was at the helm.

Having 54 years in the leisure industry behind him, Jenkins was formerly a vice president of Six Flags Over Texas. In addition to his role with DSM, Jenkins is president of Leisure and Recreation Concepts, Inc. (LARC), a

see JENKINS on page 9

KNOX STREET

Nickel for a hamburger; penny for your thoughts

By Bettye Wilkes Alexander Editor’s note: Ms. Alexander is a Dallas octogenarian recalling in her own words memories of Knox Street back in the Depression Era. Pausing on the incline crossing the Central Railroad tracks there was Knox Street before you; three blocks of alluring places and stores to see.

Not one upscale mall here in Dallas or elsewhere can compare with Knox Street of my childhood in the early 1930s.

The first store over the tracks was Skillern’s Drug Store at the corner of McKinney Avenue.

The soda fountain and

lunch counter were a child’s dream. My uncle Dan Wilkes was one of the pharmacists; he made me and my friends feel so important. When you bought your school supplies at Skillern’s, you got a free banana split. It was considered better than the one at the Highland Park Pharmacy two blocks away. In a special banana split shaped bowl was a banana halved; three scoops of ice cream — vanilla, chocolate and strawberry — down the center covered with a heavy raspberry sauce, heavy whipped cream, chopped nuts and a big cherry for the final touch.

We could stretch out

(sometimes) another day of buying school supplies.

Whatever time of day, we always stopped at the “Hole in the Wall,” our name for the unnamed hamburger joint behind Skillern’s. Their unforgettable hamburgers cost a nickel.

In the next block was the green grocer and nursery. The smell of damp dirt and flowers was so inviting. The store had a sod floor. For a penny, you could buy one cigarette. But we heard the cigarette could have a marijuana plug, which Photo courtesy of Shari Stern see NICKEL on page 11 A mainstay on Knox Street since 1912.

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LIFE ON THE TRAIL

NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 4, 2014

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Count your blessings this Thanksgiving

By Dr. Beth Leermakers

spirituality. Where are you solid? Where can you say with confidence, “I’ve got that?”

Count your blessings this Focus on your specific gifts, strengths Thanksgiving and successes. Write them down. Give Focusing on the negative while igyourself credit for being a good parent, noring or downplaying the positive creleader or athlete. If you’re struggling to ates stress. If 20 things went well and come up with more than a few items, ask two things went wrong, most people will a friend or loved one for help. Then choose talk about the negatives when someone to believe what they say. asks how your day was. Doing so deflates Think about the challenges you’ve your mood and can make you doubt your overcome. What strengths helped you abilities or value. succeed? Your ability to make new I sometimes feel sorry for myself, be- friends may have helped you cope in the cause my life isn’t where I think it should aftermath of a messy divorce, or your be. At 40-something, I am still single and negotiation skills may have saved an don’t have children. I have avoided my important business deal. Imagine that college reunions, thinking I don’t have you’re a superhero conquering obstacles enough to show for my life. While dwellin your path. What super-human traits ing on my unmarried status, I downplay do you possess? my PhD, successful career making a Look for strengths in other people difference in people’s lives, dog rescue (not just their faults). We tend to suffer volunteer work (saving from a selection bias. If we many dogs from death row), look for what’s wrong with health and physical fitness, ourselves or other people, and a variety of interesting we’ll find plenty of examlife experiences (working ples. So hunt for positive on a horse farm in Virginia; examples instead, identiliving on Daufuskie Island, fying at least one strength S.C., a car-free island with for every fault. A colleague ferry access to civilization). I who is overly emotional wouldn’t have had the flexDr. Beth Leermakers and dramatic may be teribility to pursue these adrific at completing projects ventures if I had a family to quickly. consider.

Keep a gratitude journal. Studies While volunteering for Attitudes have found that writing down things for and Attire, an organization that helps which you’re grateful can improve sleep, women find jobs by teaching skills and reduce symptoms of illness and increase providing interview outfits, I was rehappiness in adults and children. Use minded to count my blessings. Several a gratitude app or go low tech, jotting women shared their stories: being abandown five things you experienced in the doned by their husband after 30 years past week for which you’re grateful. Keep of marriage, surviving domestic abuse your entries short — a single sentence — and overcoming drug addiction and/or and make them personal. Focusing on prison sentences. While hearing their people to whom you’re grateful has more courage and optimism in the face of such impact than focusing on things. obstacles, I realized that I have been truly Thanksgiving is a wonderful time blessed. Instead of focusing on what is to count your blessings and to encourmissing from my life, I will choose to ap- age your children to do the same. Happy preciate the many gifts I do have.

Thanksgiving!

To reduce your stress and improve Dr. Beth Leermakers is a clinical psyyour mood, focus on the positive. chologist who specializes in stress manageThink about what is going well in ment and well-being seminars, retreats and your life. Consider your relationships, ca- coaching. Contact her at 214-923-3766. Her reer, volunteer work, health and fitness, monthly e-newsletter can be found at bethpersonal or professional growth and leermakersphd.com.

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A day that will live in infancy

By David Mullen

david@katytrailweekly.com I remember it like it was yesterday, yet it is my first memory.

My beloved grandmother Ellen — who left Scotland in the early 1930s with my grandfather George Mullen — opted to move to America with Aunt Mary and Uncle John in arms. They were born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, took the boat to Ellis Island and then took a train destined for San Francisco. The Bay Bridge had not been built yet, so they settled in Oakland, where they raised nine children. My father Tom was number five, and my Aunt Patsy was the eighth. They all lived in a small house near St. Elizabeth’s Church, where they worshiped.

Unexpectedly one morning, my Aunt Patsy showed up at my house to babysit me and my sister. I am an Irish twin (albeit half Scot, half Irish). I was born in January, and my sister Judy was born in December of the same year (1959).

It was Nov. 22, 1963. I was four years old, approaching five.

We had a black and white Airline TV that was purchased at Montgomery Ward.

“Monkey Wards” is what everyone called the bygone retail store that always tried to compete with Sears, but ultimately failed.

Both places smelled of popcorn and had vacuum hoses

David Mullen elevating a beach ball in the air when you entered the stores in Oakland to entice you to buy a new vacuum cleaner, if you could bypass a bag of popcorn. Back then, you ate while you shopped.

Sears was at 27th Street and Telegraph Avenue, and Monkey Wards on East 14th Street next to the nunnery and very close to where the Mullen family grew up. The Sears building has been redeveloped into a high-end housing complex where Jerry Brown lived when he was mayor of Oakland.

Montgomery Ward was torn down to become a local free clinic.

My mother was pregnant with her third child — later I would find out her fourth planned child because number three was never born due to a miscarriage — and suddenly had to be rushed to the hospital. Being an Irish Catholic family that attended church religiously, I had no idea the impact that day would have on my life.

I asked my Aunt Patsy what the attention on television was all about, and she said “you won’t understand.”

I asked where Mom was, and she said “you won’t understand.”

My mother had learned that President

John Fitzgerald Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas. She went into labor, prematurely, and was rushed to the hospital.

On Nov. 23, 1963, my sister Diane Marie Mullen was born. If she had been a boy, she would have been John Fitzgerald Mullen. Diane is now principal at an elementary school in Sunnyvale, Calif. I vividly remember John Jr. saluting his father’s casket as it went down Pennsylvania Avenue a few days later.

I was in a quandary in 1983. I never saw myself leaving the Bay Area.

I wanted to be a sports broadcaster, which I had done successfully at the lowest level. I did playby-play of Cal sports on the campus station KALX-FM at Berkeley.

You needed a tomato can to hear it. I did high school sports on the local Oakland cable channel, but there was no need to have cable in Oakland. Everyone in the East Bay had a clear view of Sutro Tower in San Francisco, which transmitted programming. ESPN and HBO were nonexistent. I had been hired by numerous publications in Oakland to write but was told by the sports editor of the local daily where I wrote sports — the Oakland Tribune — given the demographics, I would not get the sacred column that my good friend Monte Poole ultimately got. He deserved it. He is a great writer with an excellent bond with athletes. He just left recently after having the column

for 30 years.

So on one day in January 1984, I got two job offers. Isn’t that how it goes? I don’t think I have received more than two job offers since.

One was to be editor of the Carmel Pine Cone, a 48-page tabloid in Monterey/Carmel, Calif.

The other was to move to Dallas to work at a major advertising agency in town. Until the interview, I had never been east of Phoenix. Both offers were for the same amount of money.

I opted for Dallas and have never regretted a minute. This is the most livable big city in America, bar none. I have loved every minute living here, except when I am in traffic on Interstate 635.

All of my family, sans Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle John and Aunt Mary, were born and raised and lived in Oakland. I had to tell my Mother that her oldest, her first child, her baby boy, was moving to Texas. Dallas, Texas.

In tears, she said “You are moving to the city that killed our President!” I explained to her that the city of Dallas did not kill JFK, that — being the conspiracy theorist that I am — may have had something to do with J. Edgar Hoover or Fidel Castro or Jimmy Hoffa or the Mafia or other dissidents. It didn’t matter.

Upon multiple visits, she has fallen in love with Dallas as well. But neither one of us will ever forget Nov. 22, 1963.

Happy birthday, Diane.

HOUSE CALL

Show concern over hidden hypertension symptoms

By Dr. Kimberly Washington

develops over time due to both environmental and genetic influences.

Hypertension Chronic obeis the most common sity and poor chronic medical confood choices dition in the U.S. The results in National High Blood elevation of Pressure Education cholesterol Program estimated and lipid lev43.3 million adults els, which in a have hypertension, complex prodefined as systolic Dr. Washington cess results in blood pressure equal atherosclerotic or greater than 140 disease and mm Hg and diastolic blood further elevated blood prespressure equal or greater sure. There are also genetic than 90 mm Hg. The inciinfluences that have not been dence of hypertension has fully understood, as many been increasing over the past families have multiple memseveral decades, particularly bers without other risk facdue to obesity epidemic in the tors but who develop elevated country. blood pressure.

Hypertension is a comHypertension is diagnosed plex medical condition that with persistent high blood washington.k@att.net

pressure. The American Heart Association requires that approximately three measurements on at least two separate health care visits. The only exception to this is for those who present later in the disease process and have high blood pressure and organ dysfunction due to hypertension at presentation. It is also important during these visits for additional laboratory tests to be performed to evaluate for diabetes and high cholesterol levels so that these co-morbidities can be managed at the same time.

Additionally, a chest X-ray and echocardiogram to evaluate for heart enlargement or damage to the heart muscle so that these conditions may also be addressed.

Typically, patients with hypertension have no

symptoms when diagnosed. decreasing hypertension and the heart is affected as well, Usually, this is found on protecting the heart. Many which can result in myocarevaluating vital signs during people may require muldial infarctions or heart atroutine clinic visits. Usually, tiple medications in order to tacks, which can be instantly this allows hypertension to manage their elevated blood fatal. However, careful manbe caught early at which time pressure. agement in hypertension your physician would likely Maintaining a blood can prevent many, if not all, recommend dietary modipressure that is within the possible complications of fications to decrease blood normal range is extremely hypertension. pressure. These modifications important to prevent daminclude decreasing or elimiage to other organs. Of note, Dr. Kimberly nating salt content, exercise the kidneys are frequently Washington, a general sur(mostly for weight loss) and damaged when blood presgeon at Highlander Surgical reduced alcohol intake. Once sure remains elevated, which Associates in Arlington, maina trial of environmental and could result in need for longtains an interest in health dietary modifications has term dialysis. Additionally, education and advocacy. been attempted without success, medical manOUR MISSION agement is the next step.

Katy Trail Weekly is a community-friendly newspaper designed to inform and entertain There are multiple types the people in many diverse demographics who live and/or work in these neighborhoods. Much like the Katy Trail itself, Katy Trail Weekly is designed to help bring together of anti-hypertension the neighborhoods of Downtown, Uptown, Cedar Springs/Oak Lawn, the Design District, medications, many of the Medical District and the Park Cities, as well as others. The newspaper is placed in which are chosen based local businesses, and other locations, for free pick-up by their patrons. We support this publication by providing ad space to local businesses who want an effective and affordon research which has able way to reach the Katy Trail area readers we attract and serve. We welcome participaproven benefit in both tion in the paper through story and picture submissions, and we hope that you will join us in making this paper the best it can be.

LIGHT cont'd from page 1 Celebrate the holidays at Klyde Warren Park will begin at 1 p.m. and will culminate at 5:45 p.m. with the

lighting of the park’s tree, which is the largest outdoor Christmas tree in Dallas. Up to minute details can be found at attpac.org/reliantlights and at klydewarrenpark. org. — Samantha Kurz

BREVITY

OILS cont'd from page 1 vibrant and fresh new look in Flaming’s technique, revealing a progression in the artist’s style. The “Oil on Canvas” exhibit runs through Dec. 6. David

Dike Fine Art is located at 2613 Fairmount St. The gallery is open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. For information call 214-720-4044 or visit ddfa@swbell.net or daviddike. com. — Martha Tiller

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Writers Chris Ackels Anna Clark Chic DiCiccio Candace Evans Dotty Griffith Beth Leermakers Rob Lord Megan Lyons Naima Montacer Sara Newberry Chris Phelps Mary Spencer Shari Stern Susan Strough Wayne Swearingen Kim Washington

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NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 4, 2014

MULL IT OVER

Giving a sporting thanks

By David Mullen

ACKELS' ANGLE

Growing up with Dirk and Mike

By Chris Ackels

david@katytrailweekly.com We have a lot to be thankful for on the Dallas sports scene this Thanksgiving season.

Despite the difficult year the Texas Rangers had in 2014, there is reason for optimism in 2015.

The Dallas Cowboys have had a ten game regular season stretch better than anyone could have imagined. The Dallas Mavericks are an offensive powerhouse built to compete for the NBA championship. And, despite a Swiss cheese defense, the Stars can play and will be shaking things up to right the ship before the playoffs begin. Like George Zimmer used to say, “I guarantee it.”

In no particular order, let’s take a look at the reasons local sports fans can be thankful.

American Airlines Center.

“You are going to build what ... where?” The Victory Park area may never live up to its original plan, but the AAC has surpassed every expectation. It is an amazingly versatile building, as evident Saturday when it hosted a Stars game at 1:00 p.m. and a Mavericks game at 8:00 p.m. It is easy to get to, spotless on the inside with great amenities and for the most part terrific sight lines.

Three all sports radio stations in the Dallas market.

There is no shortage of outlets to hear local sports opinions. And the good news is the perennial leader that rarely lives up to their “All sports. All the time.” motto is finally being challenged. Both 103.3 ESPN and 105.3 “The Fan” are starting to make small inroads on the longtime rating leader 1310 “The Ticket.” That means the number two and three all sports stations in the market are getting better, talking sports, taking callers and providing an alternative to the sophomoric humor and “entertainment news for you” that “The Ticket” provides. The guys

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On Tuesday, Nov. 11, with a 23-point performance against Sacramento, Dirk Nowitzki passed Hakeem Olajuwon for It’s hard to tell exactly when the “hay ninth place on the NBA’s all-time leading day” of Dallas sports occurred. Traditional scorers list. Less than a week later, on Nov. media would probably have you believe 17, Dirk became just the fourth player in the early 1990s is the clear choice: three history to score 27,000 points for one team.

Cowboys Super Bowls trumps everybody The other three: Michael Jordan, Kobe else being utterly miserable or nonexistent.

Bryant, Karl Malone.

I would argue otherwise. One sport Dirk is that good. And though we live doth not a city make. DFW fans are used to in an NBA world dominated by Lakers and the Cowboys being overhyped these days, Clippers and Heat, and though the NBA and I think there is too much going on in more egregiously self-selects its marketing the Dallas sports scene to let just one team’s of stars than any other sport, Dirk is that success carry that much weight. consistent. He only won one MVP, and it The summer of 2011 came in a forgettable year came a strike away from for the Mavericks. Even being the easiest possible then — the 2007 season — answer, as Dallas nearly he was still outshined by became just the third city the likes of LeBron James, in the past 20 years to win Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, two major championships and Tracy McGrady (rein the same calendar year member that guy?) on the (Pittsburgh 2009, Boston popularity list. It wasn’t 2004). until Dirk won the big A legitimate case one that he started garcould be made for the nering the big respect he year 1999. The Stars, in deserved. just their sixth season in But we got to watch Photo courtesy of Dallas Stars town, captured the area’s him every step of the way.

New Hockey HOF inductee attention and brought We got to see a young man Mike Modano. the Stanley Cup further from Europe with a name south than it had ever we couldn’t pronounce, been before. Meanwhile the Rangers won traded to Dallas from the Milwaukee Bucks their third division title in four years, and after the 1998 draft, grow into one of the the Cowboys made the playoffs in both the game’s all-time greats. We watched him 1998 season (with January 1999 playoffs) through the Don Nelson years, through and the true 1999 season. the Steve Nash and Michael Finley years, But if we’re talking a full-on era, a through a heartbreaking 2006 loss and collection of years, an overall experience, finally in his tear-filled moment of triumph I would guess that my answer is probably in 2011. We watched a quality young man exactly the same as yours. The answer: my live a quality life and play a quality career. childhood.

And in the same building — or, build“Childhood” in this sense begins with ings — another Dallas athlete was similarly the age of reason (roughly seven) and ends successful. with graduating from college. Never mind On Monday, Nov. 18, Stars legend that that’s pretty much my entire life to Mike Modano was inducted into the date. The important thing is that if you’re Hockey Hall of Fame. Modano is the pride anything but my age, it’s better than yours. of American hockey — he was the leader I sit writing this on my 24th birthday, of a Stars team that brought hockey south, which gives me permission to write about and he is still recognized as the best U.S.my childhood in the past tense. But it’s born player to ever play the game. what happened in the days leading up to Modano was a team player, an asmy 24th birthday that give me permission sist-first center who almost never got in to write about that childhood as the best see MIKE on page 6 decade to be a Dallas sports fan.

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Rick Carlisle has a no-nonsense approach to coaching. at 1310 are full of great comedy and have created a fun listening experience — one can’t resist the fake Jerry Jones — but sometimes one has to feed the sports junkie animal. That said …

Norm Hitzges. I know. He is full of bad puns. He seems obsessed with the most obscure statistics. He is never wrong, although his “Picks of the Pole” don’t defend that premise. And he has an annoying voice. But he is our annoying voice. For decades, from KERA to KALX to his current 10:00 a.m to noon spot on “The Ticket,” he has served the Dallas market with great information and unparalleled enthusiasm. There is nothing on the radio like his NFL draft coverage. And his upcoming “Norm-A-Thon” is a remarkable feat in on-air longevity and chocked full of great interviews all for the sake of charity.

Yu Darvish. He came from Japan with a lot of yen and a yearning from the Rangers to have a legitimate pitching ace.

He has not disappointed. Not since Nolan Ryan was pitching have Rangers fans actually looked to see who was starting that day. He has multiple pitches and all are unhittable. He has flirted with no hitters numerous times. Barring injury, he has a real chance to win a Cy Young Award next year. That said …

Clayton Kershaw. As if Highland Park has doesn’t have

enough to be proud of, HP’s own Kershaw has three Cy Young awards and now the rare Most Valuable Award for a pitcher.

And he is only 26 years old.

Rick Carlisle. Be thankful that the Mavericks have the second best coach in the NBA. He will make this team a winner. And he is a no-nonsense guy. Greg Popovich looks like Gallagher compared to Carlisle.

Dirk Nowitzki. We are watching a living legend every time he takes the court. His shot is so pure that he can make a net last a lifetime.

Dale Hansen. Consistently using humor and poignancy to address local sports issues, Hansen made national news this year when he spoke out about treatment of gay football player Michael Sam, who ironically was last on the Dallas Cowboys practice squad before being released. Hansen, introduced by gay basketball player Jason Collins, had them in stitches at the LGBT Black Tie dinner on Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel and received a standing ovation.

SMU basketball. Coach Larry Brown, who I think taught James Naismith about basketball, is older that Moody Coliseum.

But his recruiting and coaching prowess has created legitimate excitement and brought a Top 25

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HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS SCRAPBOOK

The Highland Park Scots football team

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advances in area playoffs.

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NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 4, 2014

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Contact us at info@katytrailweekly.com with your Community Calendar Event.

Nov. 21 – 26

8525 Garland Road Dallas, 75218 214-515-6500

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden – The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden celebrates Autumn at the Arboretum, one of the Southwest's largest fall festivals, featuring the nationally acclaimed Pumpkin Village with four storybook themed pumpkin houses, fall foliage and plenty of events.

Nov. 21 – Dec. 5

3200 Main St. Dallas, 75226 214-747-5515

Undermain Theatre – See a production of “The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls.” In Meg Miroshnik’s darkly funny fairytale, Russian folk stories collide with the modern pitfalls awaiting young women. Times vary per show. $15-$30.

Nov. 22

4100 Cedar Springs Blvd.

Dallas, 75219 214-670-1359

Oak Lawn Branch Library – Local author Jeanne Guerra will discuss her mystery, My Second Wind and the writing process. Join us at 10:30 a.m. for coffee and refreshments. Program at 11 a.m. FREE!

Nov. 23

Porter Fountain Snider Plaza Dallas, 75205

Snider Plaza Holiday Tree Lighting – Holiday music, live entertainment, treats and refreshments, photos with Santa and activities for all ages. Benefiting the Phil Romano's “Hunger Buster's” Program and the children of George Washington Carver Elementary School. Free parking available in the SMU Law School Garage on Daniel Ave. 1 to 6 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 28 – Dec. 7

2403 Flora St. Dallas, 75313 214-880-0202

Winspear Opera House – Texas Ballet Theater presents “The Nutcracker.” The Nutcracker is a delightful addition to any holiday celebration. Flying carpets, snow, and our talented dancers make this show unforgettable. Showtimes vary. $15-$80.

Dec. 5

5900 Bishop Blvd.

Dallas, 75205 214-768-2516

SMU Meadows Museum – Come to our gallery talk, “Fantastic Caricatures: Goya’s Caprichos and the Satirical Tradition.” Alexandra Letvin will speak. Letvin is a Meadows, Kress and Prado Fellow with SMU. 12:15 p.m. FREE!

Dec. 6

2200 N. Lamar St. Dallas, 75202 214-978-4840

House of Blues – School of Rock presents “Kids Who Rock.” See our students perform live on stage. 2 p.m. FREE!

Fri 11/21

Rene Magritte, b. 1898 Marlo Thomas, b. 1938 Goldie Hawn, b. 1945 Troy Aikman, b. 1966 1877 – Thomas Edison announced the invention of his “phonograph.”

Sat 11/22

Hoagy Carmichael, b. 1899 Billie Jean King, b. 1943 Jamie Lee Curtis, b. 1958 Scarlett Johansson, b. 1984 1954 – The Humane Society of the U.S. was formed.

Sun 11/23

Boris Karloff, b. 1887 Harpo Marx, b. 1888 Robert Towne, b. 1934 David Rappaport, b. 1951 Miley Ray Cyrus, b. 1992 1936 – 1st issue of “Life” magazine published.

Mon 11/24

Scott Joplin, b. 1868 Dale Carnegie, b. 1888 Wm. F. Buckley, b. 1925 Katherine Heigl, b. 1978 1835 – Texas Prov. Govt. authorized a mounted police force: The Texas Rangers

Tue 11/25

Andrew Carnegie, b. 1835 Ricardo Montalban, b. 1920 Amy Grant, b. 1960 Christina Applegate, b.

1974 1792 – “Farmer’s Almanac” 1st published

Wed 11/26

Charles M. Schulz, b. 1922 Tina Turner, b. 1938 Garcelle Beauvais, b. 1966 Peter Facinelli, b. 1973 1825 – 1st college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, formed at Union College

Thu 11/27

Happy Thanksgiving!

“Buffalo Bob” Smith, b. 1917 Bruce Lee, b. 1940 Jimi Hendrix, b. 1942 Caroline Kennedy, b. 1957 1895 – Alfred Nobel changed his will to establish Nobel Prizes.

Fri 11/28

Gloria Grahame, b. 1923 Randy Newman, b. 1943 Ed Harris, b. 1950 Jon Stewart, b. 1962 1895 – 1st auto race in U.S.: 6 cars, 55 miles.

Winner, Frank Duryea, averaged 7.3 mph.

Sat 11/29

Louisa May Alcott, b. 1832 C. S. Lewis, b. 1898 Diane Ladd, b. 1932 Nancy Black, b. 1963 Don Cheadle, b. 1964 1944 – 1st open heart surgery: at Johns Hopkins

Sun 11/30

Mark Twain, b. 1835 Winston Churchill, b. 1874 Dick Clark, b. 1929 David Mamet, b. 1947 Clay Aiken, b. 1978 1782 – Britain recognized U. S. Independence.

Mon 12/01

Mary Martin, b. 1913 Woody Allen, b. 1935 Richard Pryor, b. 1940 Bette Midler, b. 1945 Sarah Silverman, b. 1970 1917 –Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan.

Donors and volunteers

Tue 12/02

Maria Callas, b. 1923 Julie Harris, b. 1925 Lucy Liu, b. 1968 Nelly Furtado, b. 1978 Britney Spears, b. 1982 1901 – King Gillette patented 1st disposable razor.

Wed 12/03

Ferlin Husky, b. 1925 Andy Williams, b. 1927 Julianne Moore, b. 1960 Daryl Hannah, b. 1960 Anna Chlumsky, b. 1980 1833 – Oberlin College opened in Ohio, 1st truly co-ed college.

Thu 12/04

Edith Cavell, b. 1865 Dennis Wilson, b. 1944 Jeff Bridges, b. 1949 Marisa Tomei, b. 1964 Tyra Banks, b. 1973 1619 – 1st Thanksgiving Day in America – in Virginia.

show love and care in Dallas

NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK

Area relief organization provided more than 60 million meals this year.

By Sally Blanton Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.

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Q What is your mission or highest purpose?

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The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is a top-ranked nonprofit relief organization and the largest North Texas charity. Each day, we provide access to 170,000 meals for hungry children, seniors and families through a network of more than 1,000 feeding programs and 262 partner agencies. In fiscal year 2014, NTFB provided access to some 62 million meals.

NTFB has announced a 10-year vision to eliminate the hunger gap in its 13 county service area!

Q How many clients are served each year?

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We estimate 439,000 per year.

What percentage amount actually reaches those in need?

Ninety three cents of every dollar donated (as cash or food) goes into programs; seven cents goes toward administration and fundraising.

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Tell us the name of a volunteer who always goes beyond the call of duty?

Mary Hinton has not only been volunteering with us since 2008, but she comes almost on a daily basis. Whether it is standing under the hot sun asking for donations or helping us with a canned food drive in a cold drizzle, she has regularly demonstrated her commitment to our mission of a hungerfree community.

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Q What are your critical needs now, besides

money donations?

Volunteers are vital to our success — and each year more than 40,000 people roll up their sleeves and volunteer at our Cockrell Hill warehouse and at community events. Food donations also are critically important, and we rely on contributions from large supermarket chains. Last, the public — through their workplace or faith community for example — may give by organizing a traditional canned food drive or a virtual food drive. Instructions for setting those up can be found at web.ntfb.org/ get-involved/donate-food.

What sort of volunteer jobs are available?

Our most popular volunteer jobs include working at our distribution center, assisting families at Our Community Pantry and helping at special events. There are typically operates two shifts — morning and afternoon — every Tuesday through Saturday, except holidays. Groups of up to 150 sort, box and bag food that will be distributed to our 262 partner agencies. Our Community Pantry is a client choice food pantry near the Fair Park area serving about 100 families a day.

Mondays through Thursdays our volunteers help with stocking, intake, clerical duties, shopping and checkout. We also access our volunteer base — more than 40,000 — for special events when we need additional arms and legs. A full list of our volunteer opportunities can be found at ntfb.org/volunteer.

Q

What do you think is the most important thing you do for the community?

Despite North Texas' incredible and robust economic growth, increasingly more people are falling through the cracks. So, the most important thing we do is to feed those who are going without. People in need today are often the working poor — some 95 percent of those we serve have a roof over their heads.

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Our thanks to Brett Gray, chief marketing officer, who contributed the answers this week.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1. From the — (hyph.)

6. Wielded an axe 11. Unearth (2 wds.)

16. Bizarre

21. Stair post 22. Of the hipbone 23. Rock tumbler stone 24. Scent 25. Fight locale

26. Island off Naples 27. Bylaws 28. Yellow fruit 29. Dressy accessory 30. Prima — evidence 32. Very important

34. Recipe meas.

36. Sea cliff dweller 37. Firms up 39. Provides capital 41. Car-wash step 43. Cummerbund sites

45. Utter nonsense 47. Doglike scavenger 49. Dew's opposite 51. Presidents, at times 54. Tine 55. On the horizon 56. Wind resistance 60. Petroleum component 61. Name in tractors 62. Texas river 64. Actress — Hartman 65. White-hat wearer 66. "Gigi" composer 67. Undersized 68. Prickly flora 70. Lime-based drink 71. Divers' finds 73. Midler or Davis 74. Lament 75. Sediment 77. Squirrel hangouts 78. Builds an appetite 79. Many shepherds 80. Warns a jaywalker 82. Fred Sanford's friend 83. Cameos, maybe 84. Buttonholes 87. Sammy and Danny 88. Proboscis 89. Strong and healthy 93. "Bird Dog" brothers 94. Auto-racing family 95. Durango dude 97. ATM code 98. 1960s quintet The Left — 99. Ad 100. Popeye's pal

PAGE 5 101. Like a good cake 103. NFL events 104. Facetious tributes 106. Hindu princes 107. Tell jokes 108. Ooze out 110. Little foxes 111. Rookie surfer 112. Cowpoke's crony 113. Room to — 115. Of flowing water 116. Change colors 117. Etna's island 120. Horned animal 122. Oahu neighbor 124. Table salt 128. Horde 129. Mind reader's gift 131. Febrero follows it 133. PC character code 135. Animal park 136. Russian lake 138. Aristocrats 140. Glee 142. Cold-shoulders 144. Pooped out 145. Kapitan's command (hyph.)

146. Pierre's school 147. Bathrobe size 148. Paves the way 149. Sassy girl 150. Dressed to the — 151. Lend — — DOWN 1. Pesky insects 2. Spooky 3. Chirp 4. DDE was one 5. Canute's foe 6. Minor setbacks

FITNESS ON THE TRAIL

the result of steroids (aka testosterone replacement therapy,) and they could do almost any Since the age of 14, workout and get results. For I have spent at least four ladies the “observe and copy hours a week working plan” doesn't work, because out in a gym. Now that they’re gym role model’s phyI’m 37 years old, I have sique is probably based on her been in gyms exercisability to avoid carbs. ing around 4,500 hours They stick to the maof my life. In addition, Rob Lord chines. There are countless I have spent another exercises to choose in most 20,000 hours working in big box gyms.

Most people have no idea gyms. That totals around a thousand full where to start.

Usually, the uninformed days spent in a gym. In that time, I have start at the beginning of a row of malearned that the vast majority of people chines and work their way down the never improve their physique through row.

Big mistake!

There are two good regular gym attendance. I’m going to exreasons I know of to use machines. plain to you why this happens and how Either you have an injury that prevents to break the cycle. you from using free weights or you are They don’t have a plan. Most people a huge steroid fueled bodybuilder who have no idea what they are going to do will literally tear your puffed up pec if once they get to the gym. Their plan you bench press as heavy as possible.

If consists of “I think I need to get off my you’re injury and steroid free, using free lazy rear and workout.” They’re right, but they must have a plan once you get there. weights will allow you to mimic basic human movements and work multiple If you don’t, you will wander around the muscles groups at once. Take the squat gym, having no clue what to do. Many for example; in one movement you can times this leads to an unspoken master/ work your glutes, hamstrings and quads student relationship. You find a perto exhaustion. Using the machines, you son that has a physique you envy and would have to do three separate exercises start copying what they are doing. This to have a similar workout. doesn’t work for men, because the guy They don’t track progress. Everyone whose physique they envy is most likely

goes to the gym to get better. Of course “better” varies based on your goals, but we all seek improvement. Whether the goal is to run faster or get stronger, you must start by establishing a base line.

Pick some exercises, and see how much you can do. You might see how much weight you can lift for a certain number of reps and measure how far you can run in a certain amount of time. Whatever you can do, write it down. Then the next time you workout, try to do more. If you can’t do more, try to figure out why.

To get started, get a pad and pencil.

Write down what your goals are. Make them specific and measurable. Next, you need a plan. You need to write a workout program that will allow you to achieve your goals. If you don’t know how to do this, hire an expert who can help you design a program. I personally love doing this and so do most trainers. For a fitness professional, sitting down with a motivated person that needs helps writing a workout is easy and doesn't take too much time. The final step is to execute the plan, tracking your progress along the way. It’s worth it. You’ll look better, live longer and feel better.

Rob Lord is the owner and head trainer at The AlphaProject.org. He can be reached at 214-557-1588.

YOUR STARS THIS WEEK

By Stella Wilder

The coming week will present one clear obstacle and one clear opportunity that, when taken together, may add up to the need for dramatic change in some aspect of daily life. That change, however, may not be apparent at first, and a great deal of honest self-assessment will be required of anyone who really wants to take the steps required to raise the bar and achieve more in the weeks and months to come. A clear look at oneself can provide an inner view that, in turn, can point in the direction that will lead to change. That change, finally, can open the door to the opportunity hinted at earlier this week.

For all, it is likely to be a rather lengthy process.

It's a good week for family members to stick together. There may not be any real threat that causes a circling of the wagons, but such solidarity can surely benefit everyone on the home front. There's an order to things and a hierarchy that must be respected, but everyone at home will play an important role.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Comradeship is the key to success; you and an ally can enjoy considerable rewards if your bond is tight. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You're looking for some good deals, but they're not likely to appear quickly.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You can save both time and money, but "How?" is the question! An idea you've only just hatched can be the key. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – You can apply yourself to a new project in a new way. You have much to offer a group effort as well.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You mustn't underestimate the value of a good neighbor; the people over the fence can protect you in many ways. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – Someone else may be able to take care of the details as you keep the big picture squarely in mind.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You may enjoy an encounter that changes the way you look at the world — and your own life as well. You'll have no reservations.

(March 6-March 20) – He or she who has challenged you in the past will do much the same again — but you're ready this time!

ARIES (March 21-April 4) You may feel as though you are expected to tackle a formidable obstacle on your own, but, in fact, you have many allies who can help you. (April 5-April 19) – Give yourself a pat on the back!

You've set things up favorably for yourself and those on your team.

82. Krypton and xenon 83. Frisks about 84. Mortgages 85. Weasel out of 86. Jumpy 87. Stretchy fabrics 88. Bedouin 90. Of bees 91. Cotton thread 92. "— the Dragon" 94. Long overcoat 95. Seize by force 96. Grinding material 99. Not rainy 100. Arroyo 102. Nash of humorous poems 105. Gives a thumbs-up 106. Helicopter blade 107. Pie-chart lines 109. Air-pump meas.

111. Best policy?

112. Downy fruits 114. Answers a charge 115. Hunt and Evans 116. Steal cattle 117. Whacked, of old 118. Ancient Greek colony 119. Truckers with handles 121. Long sandwiches 123. Burr or Spelling 125. Sky blue 126. Chain dance 127. Dangerfield persona 130. Cushy job 132. Bad or good sign 134. Cuba, to Castro 137. Right, to Dobbin 139. Kimono sash 141. Here, in Le Havre 143. Leia's rescuer

OFF THE MARK

The three biggest mistakes made in the gym

By Rob Lord

7. Galahad's mother 8. Used a doormat 9. Hearing aid?

10. 604, in old Rome 11. Flitting 12. Edible lizard 13. Exasperates 14. Sporty truck 15. Annoying one 16. Frat letters 17. S&L offering 18. Uh-uhs 19. Retail giant 20. Opens wide 31. Eager 33. Castle that danced 35. Said "!@#$%&!"

38. Porticos 40. Chronic nags 42. Decadent 44. "— be an honor!"

46. Avoid cancellation 48. Nostalgic time 50. Suggestive 51. Corruptible 52. Piano piece 53. "— French hens ..."

54. Sneaks a look 55. Cousins' moms 57. Enemy survey 58. Square columns 59. Puts on weight 61. Wharves 62. Flaky 63. Public tiff 66. Oozes out 67. Orchestra section 69. "Witness" extras 72. Cox of "RoboCop" 73. Jo March's professor 74. Farm machine 76. "Jaws" menace 78. More ironic 79. Huxtable player 81. Tanker

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) It may take a little extra courage to follow your heart, but where it leads will prove more important than you can guess. (May 6-May 20) – You're eager to claim something that you feel very strongly is yours by rights — but a challenger waits in the wings.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You can supervise something that will matter to you a great deal after it has matured appropriately. Don't be impatient!

(June 7-June 20) – Your eagerness to step up and prove yourself must not overshadow your caution, which is essential to any successful attempt.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) The time may have finally come when you have the chance to revive an old custom — one that should give you a unique advantage. (July 8-July 22) – What you want may be at odds in some way with what you need, and you must assess both very carefully before you act.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) You are a leading contender for something memorable and valuable, but the competition is fierce. Some who lag behind may soon catch up with you.

Copyright 2014 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – Take a look over the landscape that lies before you, and you'll see precisely where it is you want to go and how to get there.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) Keep your eye on the clock, particularly during the first part of the week when you are setting things in motion and setting the tone. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) – You may finally be freed of certain restrictions that have kept you from going after something you've wanted for quite some time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You may be able to save more money than expected if you follow an optional course of action that is not usually to your taste. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – Trust is a major issue. Family members have your back, but you may have to look elsewhere for certain assistance.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You may feel somewhat aloof and fragmented as the week begins, but the work you do can bring you much closer to others who share your outlook. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – A natural separation must not be feared, but one that seems to go against what everyone wants is the kind to prevent, surely.

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NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 4, 2014

By Candy Evans

home is loaded with extras because, quite frankly, pro baseball, basketball and football Kansas City, Kansas City, stars seldom go here I come. But oneto Sears. They time Texas Ranger are not in the player Ryan Roberts, value-conscious aka “Tatman,” is sure set: when the leaving behind a heart house needs stopper over at 6735 something, it Aberdeen Ave. The gets the best. home was built in I have always 2006, so not that old, said that buying but of course belongCandace Evans a house from a ing to a pro baseball millionaire is player, no expense smart. You will was spared in the sleek recent get a top-of-the line stove that remodel. has barely been used most of But trust me; this home the time. has hit a homer with top line The formals are free flowfinishes from head to toe. ing and found below arched From the over-sized, walnut doorways. Note how heavily-arched front door the home builder gave depth with mirror surround, to the to each archway, creating an hardwood floors, Waterworks English tunnel effect. Note tile, soapstone counters, farm- the cross-beamed ceiling (my house sink and huge marble favorite) and great moldisland in the kitchen, the ings. There are formals, a bar,

Candace@CandysDirt.com

Photos courtesy of Allie Beth Allman & Associates

6735 Aberdeen Ave. is listed for $1,500,000. kitchen and family room. The first floor master suite has vaulted ceilings and oversized his and her closets. There are separate his and her baths, which if I don't get in about two minutes, I am going to scream.

Think about it folks: it's cold, like it is today, and with separate his and her bathrooms he can keep it as cool as he likes. She can keep it as hot as Houston: Him: “I don't care if you’re cold, put on a sweater.”

Her: “My toes are blue, and I am turning that thermostat up to 74. If you touch it, I will make your fingers blue.”

See how well we communicate?

Other featured rooms include a billiard room, media room, playroom, wine room and quarters.

The home was listed a while back with Rogers Healy, who apparently got it leased up for Ryan as quickly as possible. Rogers had it listed for $1,900,000 originally. Now it's been reduced to $1,500,000, which I think is like highway robbery. The home is on .26 acres, a bit over a quarter, which I think is groovy.

(Anyone want an acre? Call me.) There are four bedrooms, five full and a half baths, a three-car garage for a total of 7,061 square feet. I may actually go look at this house, see how well it might lend

itself to being Candy World Headquarters!

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HISTORY ON THE TRAIL

Kennedy assassination still leaves questions unanswered

By Wayne Swearingen

neighbor who lives near the Katy Trail. His name is Dr. Phil Williams, a noted Dallas neuEveryone old enough to rosurgeon, who shared his story and remember can recall exactly first-hand account of the emergency where he or she was on that room happenings at Dallas Parkland fateful day, Nov. 22, 1963. I was Hospital on that day. Here is his story. in my second year at the beginPhil is one of eight doctors in his ning of my real estate career. family. His grandfather was a riverJust having completed lunch boat captain on the Mississippi River with a friend at the Magnolia before completing dental school and Tea Room in downtown Dallas, moving to Durant, Okla. in the Indian we stepped out on the sidewalk Territory, before statehood. When Phil as a young boy ran down the was in the third grade, his dad moved Wayne Swearingen the family to Dallas in 1945 after street shouting, “The president has been shot.” We then congreWorld War II, where he set up his oral gated around the radios and TVs with the rest of surgery practice in the Medical Arts Building in America to watch the historic drama unfold. downtown Dallas. Phil attended Preston Hollow This past summer, I visited with a Grade School, Hillcrest High School, SMU

Pre-Med School and then had occurred in Dallas, the Tulane Medical School, where autopsy should have been he received his M.D. degree. completed here by Texas law, At age 24, he returned to and a highly qualified forenDallas in July, 1963, and startsic pathologist was in ated his internship at Parkland tendance. The secret service with plans to go into the spewould not allow it. The body cialty of neurosurgery. He was was rushed to Love Field, single at that time. He soon flown to Andrews Air Force met his future wife, Bobbie Base in Air Force One and Sue, a student at the University then delivered to Bethesda of Dallas. Their first date was Naval Hospital, where the one week after the president autopsy was reportedly done. was assassinated.

On Sunday morning, On Nov. 22, Dr. Williams Dr. Williams was again was attending a conference in ER when Lee Harvey Photo courtesy of Wayne Swearingen upstairs over the Parkland Oswald was brought in, Emergency Room (ER). A call Dr. Phil Williams. having been shot with the came out over the PA system world watching on TV. Dr. for all surgeons to immediately report to the ER Williams hooked up the EKG on Oswald and downstairs. The senior doctors crowded into helped administer blood, while the senior surthe elevator, and Dr. Williams took the stairs geons were performing exploratory surgery. when someone shouted “Kennedy and Connally Two years later, in 1965, there was a story are downstairs, shot.” Entering the ER, he was in the Associated Press, where the original confronted by the calm 33-year-old Jacqueline bronze casket from Dallas was filled with conKennedy in her blood stained pink suit. She still crete, flown out over the Atlantic Ocean, and held the bouquet of red roses, which had been dumped in a 9,000 deep trench used for the presented to her at Love Field earlier that day. disposal of “used or un-stable weapons.”

Dr. Williams retrieved a chair for the first lady Today, Dr. Phil Williams continues his and offered her a glass of water. private practice at Texas Health Resources This was before body bags, so Dr. Williams Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas and works with was asked to go upstairs and retrieve a mattress the THR Foundation. cover for Kennedy’s body before placing the presWayne Swearingen, CRE, is a principal at ident in a casket, which had been hurriedly sent Glacier Commercial Real Estate and lives adjacent from a funeral home on Oak Lawn Avenue. The to the Katy Trail. Contact him at wswearingen@ next two hours were a blur. Since the homicide glaciercommercial.com.

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team to the Hilltop. A long run in the NCAA tournament is no longer a dream.

No city in America has better municipal golf courses.

Forget the country club. That was so 2000. Dallas is blessed with the finest non-member golf courses in the country.

Of course having land helps.

But the commitment the city made to improve courses such

as Tenison Highlands, Cedar Crest and Luna Vista (formerly L.B. Houston) has made golf in Dallas enjoyable while still affordable. By the way, Dallas has the best country clubs of any major city in America as well. Don’t want to tick off my friends at Lakewood CC. Daryl “Razor” Reaugh.

I fear every off season that we will lose the best hockey color man in the business to a bigger market or a network job. But he stays in Dallas,

MIKE cont'd from page 3 a fight — but wasn’t afraid to if you messed with his teammates. He once said that he felt most comfortable with an “A” on his chest — “Assistant Captain.” He spent three years with a “C” on his chest, then ceded that letter to the younger Brendan Morrow. The humility fit his character.

Number nine is the Stars franchise leader in just about every major offensive statistic, including goals, assists, points and games played.

We watched him grow, and he taught us not only about himself but about this new sport and how to play it the right way. His unblemished personal life, like Nowitzki’s, is icing on the cake.

Today the news is filled with sports stars doing stupid things. While the silver and gold seem to get all the attention, Jerry has a tendency to bring in exactly the wrong characters.

under contract for a while, so we can enjoy goalie saves that are “pure larceny” and top shelf goals that land “where Grandma keeps the cookies.”

It would be easy to pick on the local turkeys like the Allen High School football stadium, SMU football, Joseph “the underwear thief ” Randle and Ron Washington, but that would be piling on the gravy. Let’s be thankful for what we have because, finally in Dallas sports, we have a lot to thankful for.

Terrell Owens, Dez Bryant and Josh Brent are the latest examples.

I grew up in the age of Modano and Nowitzki. Hall of Famers in their sports, leaders in their communities, quiet and unassuming in their manner and gracious in their accomplishments. And above all, humble in their success.

Two images stand out, and they’re not of trophies in Buffalo or Miami. One is of Dirk Nowitzki wiping tears from his eyes as he exited the floor in the final seconds of Game 6 to win the NBA title. The other is of Mike Modano wiping tears from his eyes as he waved to 20,000 admiring fans on the night the Stars honored him at the end of his career.

There are few things more admirable ­— more chill-inducing — than an honest man, a good man, standing with his head held high, wiping away tears.

Those are the two images that last. I’ll take my childhood any day.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW

Tanoshii gives Ramen new meaning

By Sara Newberry In the U.S., ramen has generally been the domain of cash-strapped college students: par-boiled dried noodles sold eight for a dollar with an MSG-laden seasoning packet. Add boiling water and you get something nearly edible. It’s cheap, filling and easy to prepare. I know my roommates and I ate our fair share of ramen in college! In Japan, however, ramen is a several days long enterprise, starting with the slow simmering of a broth, moving on to the making of the long, thin noodles, and finally dressing each bowl with various garnishes and toppings. The flavor in traditional ramen is deep, nuanced and satisfying. If this sounds interesting, it’s in your best interests to check out Tanoshii Ramen.

Walking in, the hanging paper lanterns and giant mural will make you feel as though you’ve traveled further than Deep Ellum. That feeling won’t change when your bowl of ramen arrives at your table, but don’t worry — soon you’ll be so immersed in the rich flavors that it won’t matter where you are.

Tonkotsu ($10) is a white pork-based broth topped with pork belly, mushrooms and other ingredients, with al dente noodles hidden underneath. The broth is rich and silky, a perfect base for the

tender pork and earthy mushrooms. (I added a soft-boiled egg for even more texture and richness.)

A mix of tonkotsu and miso broths make up the base for the Spicy Miso ($12), which is topped with pork belly, as well as grilled corn and other garnishes. The heat is subtle; it doesn’t hit you full in the face, but instead creeps up on you at the end of each bite.

There are also vegetarian, seafood and chicken options, such as the Lemongrass Chicken and Dumplings ($13), which is a lemongrass-infused chicken broth with pork and shrimp dumplings. Crispy fried shallots add a little texture and sweet onion-y flavor.

If you’re not in the mood for soup, there are soupless options, like the Spicy Garlic Shrimp ($15). The heat is more up front here than in the Spicy Miso — I couldn’t eat more than a bite, but my fiery-foodloving husband really enjoyed it.

Tanoshii also serves izakaya-style dishes, or small plates served along with cocktails (similar to Spanish tapas). Hamachi ($12), or yellowtail tuna, is served raw with serrano peppers and ponzu. The extremely fresh fish has a sweetness that pairs perfectly with the spicy pepper and salty sauce. You can also find the pan-fried dumplings called gyoza ($7),

Directory of Area Places of Worship East Dallas Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

629 N. Peak St., 75246 ……………..…… 214-824-8185 Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. — Chapel; Contemporary Service: 9:30 a.m.; Traditional Service: 10:50 a.m. — Sanctuary. Sunday School for all ages: 9:30 a.m.

Faith in the City Pub Ministry — Tuesday 7:00 p.m.

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Munger Place Church 5200 Bryan St., 75206 ………………...… 214-823-9929 Worship Sundays: 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.

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Lemongrass Chicken and Dumplings at Tanoshii. with perfectly golden paperthin wrappers and pork or vegetable fillings. Steamed buns come filled with your choice of pork belly, chicken, mushrooms ($9) or crab ($14), and are topped with various sauces and garnishes.

Yakitori, or grilled skewers of meat or mushrooms, are also available.

Desserts range from the familiar (Crème Brulee, $8) to the unusual (Mochi Ice Cream, $8). Our Ginger Crème Brulee was delicious, but there was no ginger flavor. I recommend going for the Mochi, which is ice cream wrapped in a thin rice cake.

Flavorwise it’s not that “out there,” but the combination of the textures of the creamy ice cream and gelatinous rice cake is unlike anything else

DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

Bring home the bacon pie crust

By Dotty Griffith

dottykgriffith@gmail.com On the theory that everything goes better with bacon, why not add some to a pie crust?

The inspiration for this recipe came from Sarah Snow, pastry chef at The Grape. She shared her grandmother’s recipe for pie crust using bacon drippings. That made me want to add some crumbled bacon to her recipe. My version is filled with sweet potato. Garnish this bacon-y Bacon Crusted Sweet Potato Pie. beauty with — what else?

— whipped cream.

This could revolutionize your notion of Bacon Crust: pie crust. Be advised, this 4 slices crisp bacon, crumbled doesn’t produce a clas(reserve drippings) sic flaky crust. It’s a little 1 1/2 cups flour rough around the edges 2 teaspoons sugar but darn good.

1/2 teaspoon salt Try it for 3 tablespoons cold bacon grease Thanksgiving. For other 5 tablespoons cold butter, cut great holiday recipes – into 1/2-inch cubes Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, 3 tablespoons cold water or as Christmas and New Year’s needed – check out the second Reserve drippings from edition of my Texas bacon and refrigerate until solid.

Holiday Cookbook.

Four slices of bacon yields about I’ll be selling and 3 tablespoons of bacon grease. signing copies of The Line the bottom of a large Texas Holiday Cookbook mixing bowl with plastic wrap, Saturday, Nov. 22 from leaving plenty of overlap. Set aside.

5 to 7 p.m. at Veritas In work bowl of a food Wine Room, 2323 N. processor, combine crumbled Henderson Ave., vericrisp bacon, flour, sugar and salt. taswinedallas.com.

Pulse until bacon is evenly inWe’re calling the event corporated with dry ingredients.

Venisonpalooza as it Add the bacon grease and includes complimenpulse to combine. The dough tary tastings of venison will look like moist sand. Add recipes from two of my butter and pulse several times cookbooks, including until dough clusters in small, Celebrating Barbecue. pea-sized pieces.

John McClung will Sprinkle the water over the do the grilling to demonmixture. Process briefly just until strate the versatility and dough holds together. If needed, efficiency of the Hastyadd an additional drop or two of Bake grill. Your first glass water. Do not over process. of wine is half price, courEmpty dough into prepared tesy of Veritas. mixing bowl. Gently press the See you Saturday. This dough with a large spoon, rubis a great chance to begin ber spatula or the palm of your and finish your holiday hand just until it holds together. shopping. Order a HastyShape the dough into a disk.

Bake, buy a few cases of Grasping edges of plastic wine for gifting and pairing wrap, lift disk out of bowl and with holiday dinners, get wrap tightly with edges of plasautographed copies of my tic wrap. Refrigerate at least two cookbooks for all the foodhours, preferably overnight. If ies on your gift list.

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Bacon Crusted Sweet Potato Pie refrigerated overnight, remove dough for 30 minutes before rolling, to soften slightly, just enough to shape and roll.

To shape crust, unwrap plastic but leave dough disk in the center of the plastic wrap. Roll or pat dough into a thin round crust, roughly 13 inches in diameter. Lift with the edges of plastic and carefully transfer crust to line a 9-inch pie dish or pan. Trim edges of crust to top of pie pan. Crimp or decorate edges as desired. Freeze the formed shell for 30 minutes before filling and baking.

Meanwhile, prepare sweet potato filling.

Sweet Potato Filling: 1 (29-ounce can) drained sweet potatoes, mashed to make 2 cups 2 eggs, well beaten 1/cup milk 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon salt Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a nine-inch pie pan with Bacon Crust (see above).

In a medium bowl, combine mashed sweet potatoes, eggs, milk and butter. Mix until smooth with electric beaters or whisk. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt, mixing until sugar is dissolved.

Pour into chilled pie shell. Bake for 55 minutes to 1 hour or until the tip of a sharp knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Garnish as desired with whipped cream.

Makes 8 servings.

I’ve eaten.

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TRAIL TO GOOD HEALTH

Gobble happily and healthily

By Megan Lyons

megan@thelyonsshare.org So many of us heavily anticipate the holidays, counting down the days until Thanksgiving arrives and anxiously awaiting the time until we see our families … and then the Megan Lyons actual occasion turns out to be more stressful and less relaxing than we anticipated. Whether it’s family members fighting, a burned turkey that you’ve tried so hard to prepare in a way that would impress those gathered, a feeling of guilt from overeating or “letting yourself go” or just general holiday tension, many of us finish out our holiday vacations feeling like we need another vacation!

The holidays take a toll on our bodies and health … between the parties and cocktails, the unending supply of “treats” that seem to appear during the holidays, the lack of sleep and the large celebratory meals, many of us end up feeling not so great about ourselves after the holiday season. Estimates vary, but WebMD states that the average American consumes 4,500 calories and 229g fat during Thanksgiving dinner alone! We all know about the food coma that leaves us lying around on the couch for days after the big Thanksgiving meal, unable to do anything but gaze at the TV. I’m not going to end the bickering between your family members, and I’m not going to tell you to eat just a salad instead of enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, but these tips can help you get through the holiday feeling a bit less stressed and a bit healthier than you otherwise would have. Here are my top seven tips for surviving Thanksgiving healthily and happily: 1. Write down your thanks. Gratitude actually does give you unique feel-good warmth. In fact, studies show that practicing gratitude can increase happiness levels by 25 percent! Make an effort to write down 10 things for which you are thankful between now and Thanksgiving.

2. Choose where to indulge. I believe wholeheartedly in enjoying the things that you really love on

Thanksgiving Day, even if they’re not healthy foods.

So if you adore pumpkin pie and spend all year thinking about it, by all means, enjoy a slice guilt free! But that doesn’t mean you need to go back for a second (or third or fourth) slice even after you’re feeling uncomfortably full. The same thing goes for other items on the table … if there’s a dish that you don’t actually enjoy, there’s no need to pile an extra large serving on your plate just because it’s Thanksgiving. Choose what you do like, enjoy it and move on!

3. Exercise, even on busy days. I absolutely love the growth in popularity of Turkey Trots, Thanksgiving-themed road races that encourage people to get active on Thanksgiving morning. In 2013, almost 1 million Americans participated in a Turkey Trot! Whether you participate in a Turkey Trot, go for a walk or bike ride with your family, or do a quick at-home circuit workout, I challenge you to get in some form of exercise on Thanksgiving morning — you’ll feel more energized and less uncomfortably full.

4. Fit in some veggies. Eat a salad before dinner, snack on some veggies and hummus during cooking, or create healthier versions of some of your traditional Thanksgiving favorites. Whatever you do, try to fit in some vegetables during the day to get an extra boost of nutrients.

5. Step back, breathe and appreciate what you do have. After you consciously express your gratitude from the first tip, extend your feeling of relaxation and gratitude throughout the entire holiday. No one’s family, life or situation is perfect, but we can all take a step back to breathe and appreciate the positive things in our lives, even in a moment that seems stressful.

6. Don’t throw in the towel on the entire season. If you don’t exercise on Thanksgiving morning or end up going a little overboard at the dinner table, no problem! Do not adopt the attitude that “I wasn’t healthy yesterday, I might as well just wait until New Year’s to start over.” Instead, wake up the next morning and treat it as a brand new start! In the grand scheme of things, one day is really not that important, but several weeks in a row of less than healthy behaviors do add up!

7. Don’t forget your water! Water helps to improve your digestion, regulate your appetite and is critical to keep your body functioning well and keep you feeling your best. Especially if your holiday involves alcohol, focus on getting in water whenever you can.

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 214-8031298, or visit her website, thelyonsshare.org/ health-coaching.

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ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL

Food travels great distance before getting to dinner table

By Naima Montacer

such as coffee, tea, olive oil and cocoa, some products we prefer the quality from elsewhere, and labor costs can be Fifteen hundred miles. That is cheaper in other countries. Perhaps the about the distance from Dallas to Los biggest reason we import is our growAngeles. That’s about a 20-hour car ing need to have access to all produce drive, a three-hour flight or accordall year long. Gone are the days of only ing to Google, a 19-day walk. Any way buying strawberries when they are you put it, 1,500 miles is a big distance. in season. We can now grow them in Fifteen hundred miles is also the avergreenhouses or import them from other age distance your food travels before it warmer weather climates. gets to your dinner plate.

We can now see that food travThat number is an average taken els far distances. Most shrimp we find from a study done in Chicago in the late in our grocery stores and restaurants 1990s. Yes, the number has changed, and came from across the world in China yes, it’s different in every city, but the im- where labor is cheap, and shrimp are portant issue is food miles. Food miles farmed with high environmental imare the distance our food travels from pacts. But beyond the environmental farm to table. And our food travels. impacts of the non-sustainable farming, Thanksgiving is a perfect time of the traveling in itself creates problems. year to think about food miles. With The raw crop is often shipped to a promany people traveling themselves to cessing plant, from there on to a packbe with family, imagaging plant and depending on what ine your food up on a it is, it could go on to a bakery or plane or in a big truck other manufacturing facility before next to you cruising finally being shipped to the store. down the highway.

Each traveling step comes with its Our food is traveling own concerns: the distance, not only • Traveling long distances requires across the country, but the use of artificial additives and also across the world. preservatives to keep food from The U.S. trades food spoiling. commodities with • Most food is picked green and many other countries. Naima Montacer then artificially ripened upon arThe Natural Resources rival at the store.

Defense Council es• Transporting the products by truck, timates that “the typical American plane or ship all has high emission prepared meal contains, on average, rates, increasing global warming. ingredients from at least five countries Planes generate more CO2 than boats, outside the U.S.” but shipping is slow.

Even Texas and California, two This Thanksgiving is a great time to states known for their fruits and vegetable start sourcing your food locally. Buying production, are importing food crops. “In local reduces the environmental impact 2005 alone, approximately three million of transporting items 1,500 miles from tons of fruits, vegetables, cereals, nuts and farm to table. Read your labels and find wine were imported from overseas into out where your food is coming from. The California by ship, airplane and truck.” In closer to your home, the less the impact 2009, the U.S. as a whole consumed 654 on the environment. Check with your billion pounds of food or 2,100 pounds local health food stores (Sprouts, Trader per person, and 17 percent or 358 pounds Joes, Green Grocer, Whole Foods, etc.) per person was imported. to find a locally grown turkey for this We import food for several reaholiday feast. sons. Some items we can’t produce here Accept the 100-mile Thanksgiving challenge, which challenges you to create one dish or your entire Thanksgiving meal using only ingredients sourced from within a 100-mile radius of your house. If you succeed during Thanksgiving, think about giving the 100-mile diet challenge a go! @naimajeannette

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

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JENKINS cont'd from page 1 company he founded almost 45 years ago.

With Jenkins’ wife, Wendy Jenkins as an integral part of his LARC team, he has been involved in planning and design of an astonishing 1,090 projects in the entertainment and tourism industry worldwide. LARC has developed theme parks in 44 countries, along with hundreds of cities across the U.S. The company has built almost 50 water parks around the globe, not to mention those throughout America, with more than 20 in Texas alone.

Jenkins has produced or invested in more than 250 Broadway musicals and presented 450 national tours.

He has been honored with numerous Tony, Drama Desk and Broadway League awards.

At the gala, Cathy Rigby McCoy serenaded Jenkins, with “Neverland,” which the former Olympics gymnast has performed as “Peter Pan” numerous times at DSM. McCoy said before the program about working with her friend: “Seeing joy in Michael’s face gives him a child-like quality. He believes that anything is possible.”

When Rigby ended the song, she pointed in the distance to “Never Never Land,” and asked, “Do you see it?” to which he replied with his contagious grin, “I see it.”

Rigby had a special surprise for the guest of honor.

It was a photo of Jenkins

strapped into a harimagination, but not ness and flying across implementation. He the Music Hall stage.

[Jenkins] can dream She explained that and he can do.” during one of her apOthers paying pearances as Pan in tribute to Jenkins Dallas, he expressed were Ken Starr, presian interest in “flying.” dent and chancellor The star of DSM’s of Baylor University, 2010 production of Jenkins’ alma mater “101 Dalmatians,” and Niki McCuiston, Rachel York also perpresident of the formed, engaging the Dallas Press Club. audience with her verTony Pederson, outsion of “I Will Always going Press Club Love You,” as sung by president presented various vocalists in the award to Jenkins. addition to Whitney Jenkins’ chilHouston. Her dead-on dren, Delanie Jenkins vocal impersonations and Angus Jenkins Actress Rachel York, who will appear in next came as a surprise shared anecdotes talent. York also sang spring’s DSM production of “The King and I,” about growing up paid tribute to Jenkins, with the song from its with their father, “Getting to Know You” from “The King score, “Getting to Know You.” a Dallas icon. His and I,” in which she will play Anna in DSM’s SOLUTION TO THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE March 20 – April 5, 2015 production. In an interview following the event, York said, “Michael welcomes all of his stars with thoughtfulness, kindness and generosity. I appreciate that I’ve known him during my career.”

The evening’s emcee and Dallas’ iconic broadcaster, Jody Dean said following the gala: “A picture of him with that grin of his should be next to the word ‘fun’ in the dictionary. He’s everything show business is supposed to be, and I don’t know that I’ve ever met a more warmly considerate man.”

In Dr. O.S. Hawkins’ comments, he said about the honoree, “Some have

daughter, Delanie commented that she watched the same man, who had painted all 75,504 seats in the Cotton Bowl as a teen, become a theater impresario.

Angus works with his father at LARC and Delanie is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. His children agreed that their Dad’s outlook is, “If it’s working, there’s a way to make it work better.”

Pat Porter, who formerly ran the Business Council for the Arts (NTBCA) and her late husband, theater critic Bob Porter shared a relationship with Jenkins for many years. Porter said in an

interview following the gala, “I took on the chairmanship of the tribute committee [for the affair] because I have so much respect for this decent and caring man. He is a man of such deep commitment to his friends and colleagues that their ability to reward or ‘pay back’ never enters his mind... he is simply one in spirit with them.” Porter, added, “This is a tribute is to a visionary producer and leader and one of the city’s greatest treasures.”

Jenkins wrapped up his acceptance remarks with the last line in “Wicked,” spoken

by Glinda, “Because I know you I’ve been made better.”

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Scene Around Town

By Society Editor Sally Blanton Stars & Stripes Film Festival

Cocktails for a Cause

Benefit for “Sons of the Flag” Angelika Theater

Jeremy and D’Andra Lock

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Conduit Gallery

Paul and Tiffany Divis

Ken Lambrecht, Molly Bruder, Debbie Barnes, Claire Gibson

Kick Off

Tribute to Michael Jenkins

Saint Valentine’s Luncheon & Fashion Show Lounge 31

Press Club’s Newsmaker of the Year Music Hall at Fair Park

Rainey Fogiel, Natalie Moon

Cathy Rigby McCoy, Honoree Michael Jenkins, Rachel York

Jennifer LeLash, Maggie Kipp, Lisa Singleton, Nikki Webb

Marie Dean, Gigi Potter, Jennifer Houser

Patron Party

Kidney Texas Luncheon

Dallas Historical Society Awards Hall of State, Fair Park

“The Runway Report” Brook Hollow

Sue Goodnight, Award Recipient Janelle Friedman

Karen and John Roach

Chair Karen Settle, Honorary Chair Faye Briggs, President Jolie Humphrey

Co-Chairs Margaret and Glenn Solomon

Dustin Holcomb, Daniel Simon, Kathleen Cargill, Rene Ruiz, John Maguire (Tootsie’s sponsors)

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MOVIE TRAILER

‘Dumb and Dumber To’ is, despite throwback moments, just too dumb

By Chic DiCiccio @Chiccywood

It’s truly bothersome that there are legitimate laugh-out-loud moments in “Dumb and Dumber To.” The fact that director/writers Peter and Bobby Farrelly are able to squeeze 60 minutes worth of something resembling a movie is a minor miracle. But somehow, the throw it all against the wall and see what sticks approach works. In moments.

Very small moments.

The biggest problem with this hackneyed sequel is that there really wasn’t anywhere for Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) to go at the end of “Dumb and Dumber.” Sure, these two grown men with the minds of 11-year-old boys walk off into the sunset at the end of it, but was anyone really clamoring to see what happens next?

Perhaps that’s why it’s taken 20 years for this thing to actually happen. The biggest and best gag in the entire movie is that the age of these two morons isn’t hidden, and it’s fairly amusing to see two 50ish-yearold men be social versions of a bull in a China shop, learning absolutely nothing since we last saw them.

The only thing they do learn is that Harry needs a kidney transplant which, as we all know, is hilariously funny. So, Lloyd and Harry set out to get said kidney from one of Harry’s family members. The first stop is Harry’s parents house. Well, turns out that Harry was adopted,

and he only now learns this information, despite the fact that his parents are very much Korean people.

These are the kind of jokes you are dealing with here.

In one of a handful of throwbacks to the first movie, Harry finally gets his hands on a postcard from 1991 from the love of his life, Fraida Felcher (Kathleen Turner). Yes, her name is Felcher. Yes, it’s a name based on a very, very crude action.

Again, these are the kind of jokes you are dealing with here.

Fraida’s postcard tells Harry that she is pregnant. Lloyd and Harry, after some thought, deduce that Harry has a child, and that kid could be a potential kidney match for him. If two guys that barely understand how the U.S. Postal Service

NICKEL cont'd from page 1 would make you unconscious. Needless to add, the whole thing was dangerous and complicated, so we didn’t buy any more penny cigarettes.

You think I am making it up! However, I can’t help but wish our young people were and could be a little naïve and buy a story that could steer them away from the damaging drugs coming at them as early as the sixth grade.

The Highland Park Cafeteria was Mrs. Jordan’s domain, a remarkable lady. Thursday nights was the maid’s night off so families and friends packed the place. One of my favorite memories is sitting in a highchair looking up at the ceiling fan making patterns of shadows, while I ate the whipped cream off my strawberry Jell-O with my fingers.

Woolworth Five and Dime was next. There was every conceivable item for sale including Maybelline makeup, lingerie, toys, household goods, china and dolls from Japan. Continuing down the block, you came to the favorite place for all: The Know Street Theater. The latest Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald films; the Gold Diggers series; Shirley Temple shows and the popular World War I movies. Tarzan and Flash Gordon movies were all shown there, as were Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films and the Marx Brothers comedies. The Knox Street Theater was a literal oasis for minds and hearts of all during those stressful times of the Depression.

The Wilcox Lumber Company extended around the corner at Travis Street. It broadcast

travel from their home in Rhode Island to Maryland, then finally to a science conference held in El Paso, which Lloyd believes is named after bean dip.

Some bits are great, some are chuckle worthy, but many are flat out not funny. These moments include things such as a catheter, embalming fluid, hot dog eating, toe sucking, slurpees and a game of “he who smelt it, dealt it.”

The best thing Photos courtesy of Universal Pictures about “Dumb and Dumber To” is seeing Kathleen Turner works (funniest joke in the movie), with such a prominent role. She was and putting together that type of such a great actress, and debilitating medical knowledge bothers you, then you are thinking way too much rheumatoid arthritis has zapped her screen career, but the Farrelly’s enabout “Dumb and Dumber To” and trust an important supporting part to should probably just leave the theher here. It’s nothing to write home ater at the 30-minute mark. about and won’t make her career This leads Lloyd and Harry highlight reel, but it is infinitely cool on the inevitable road trip to find to see her on screen again.

Penny (Rachel Melvin), who Fraida If anything, this movie shows gave up for adoption to the rich, that Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are brilliant scientist Dr. Pinchelow still very skilled at comedy because if (Steve Tom). Dr. Pinchelow is marthey elicit any laughs from this movie, ried to trophy wife Adele (Laurie they have pulled off a film coup. Their Holden), who is scheming against on-screen chemistry is fantastic, and him with her lover, Travis (Rob there is no doubt that they could play Riggle), in an effort to collect on an these roles in their sleep. inheritance.

The two of them take turns in It’s all nonsense. This über-flimseeing who is more idiotic, with sy plot only allows Lloyd and Harry to once again get on the road as they Carrey doing most of the physical

the wonderful, distinctive raw lumber smell.

Mary’s Beauty Parlor and the Highland Park Bakery of the Hutchinson’s completed that block to the Missouri Katy Railroad tracks. Crossing the tracks you entered Highland Park. Into the 50s, we were still meeting or seeing off travelers at the elegant little station there. The popular Katy Trail has rescued the Katy right of way.

When I first earned permission to go on my own with friends across Central Railroad tracks to Knox Street, the boundary was Skillern’s Drug Store. I would check with Uncle Dan there. Later the Knox Theater was my limit and finally the last of the shops — The Highland Park Bakery — which was our goal. It was worth resisting spending our nickels at Woolworth to wait for a hot homemade sweet roll. The owners were so friendly and always had an extra treat for friends and me. Here I go repeating myself but the finest bakeries I’ve visited in many countries cannot compare with Highland Park Bakery of the 30s.

Take time to revisit your childhood and look into your memories. It’s fun!

The store across the street needed no sign.

The cackling and clucking of the caged chickens and the slight stench of the surrounding area announced the merchandise and services offered. The housewife or maid walked down this row of stacked cages filled with live chickens to make her choice. The bird was butchered then and placed in a sack to take home to fatten.

Hurrying on down the block you came to the Highland Park Pharmacy, famous for the chocolate ice cream soda. Its vintage soda fountain still is after all these years … over 80!

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HIT MEN cont'd from page 1 Seasons singing it on the Ed Sullivan Show. I’m taking piano lessons. All the other rock groups have guitars only. This one has a piano. I say, ‘Mom I’m playing piano.

Maybe I could be like him?’”

Ten years later, in 1973, Valli’s road manager approached the starry-eyed teenager, when he heard him perform in a New Jersey club, to play with the band, replacing Bob Gaudio.

“Gerry [Polci] and I were just kids — 19 and 20 — when we toured the world as The Four Seasons.” He performed classic hits and acted as the musical director and arranger of others, including “Oh, What a Night” and “Who Loves You.” He said he had remained friends with Frankie and Gerry over the years.

There were a lot of tribute bands playing their music. And then someone got it right, when “Jersey Boys” took over box offices everywhere.

Shapiro approached his buddy, Gerry with a “what if?” They agreed this would be the time, given the global popularity of “Jersey Boys.”

They ran it by Valli, who said to give it a shot.

“We got together with all these other guys and said, ‘Let’s do a rehearsal.’

We went straight into ‘Oh, What a Night.’ I played the piano. Gerry sang his lead. It sounded exactly like the last time we played! We actually giggled.”

Rounding out “The Hit Men” with Shapiro are Jimmy Ryan, Russ Velazquez, Larry Gates and Gerry Polci.

As much as audiences continue to enjoy their love affair with, “The Jersey Boys,” it sounds like they’ll be equally taken with the originals, who, Shapiro says, “[We] play it the way you remember it. People tell us, when they’re leaving our performances that hearing ‘Oh, What a Night’ makes them feel younger.”

During a remarkable 40-year career, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

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Shapiro went on to collaborate with Tommy James as one of the Shondells. He co-produced the score to “Copacabana the Musical” with Barry Manilow and collaborated with music icons such as Paul Schaeffer and others. After retiring from the Four Seasons, he went on to form Lee Shapiro Music, a creative company providing music for advertising and the media.

“We always enjoyed playing Dallas and Houston in the ‘70s, and we’re looking forward to it again,” Shapiro said.

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Carrey isn’t full on annoying, but he’s definitely pushing it. He makes plenty of dumb faces followed up by several dumb attempts at catch phrases, most notably failing at one prominently shown in most of the trailers.

In a rare moment of art imitating life, after watching Carrey’s Lloyd go on far too long in making ridiculous faces, Rob Riggle’s Travis asks him: “What are you doing?”

His reply is: “I don’t even know anymore.” In a flash, that line is a microcosm of this entire movie.

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