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Neighborhood News and Views

COMMUNIT Y NEWS

New executive chef joins Meddlesome Moth Meddlesome Moth, located in the Design District at 1621 Oak Lawn Ave., announced a new fall menu additions for dinner and the addition of its new executive chef, Robbie Lewis.

Lewis brings 11 years of top-notch culinary experience to his new position, Photo courtesy of Meddlesome Moth having worked in such positions as Meddlesome Moth has a new execuexecutive chef and tive chef, Robbie Lewis. sous chef at various restaurants including The Mansion, The Green Room, Salum Restaurant, Texas Spice at the Omni Hotel and The Grape.

Before his start in Dallas in 2003, Lewis studied culinary arts at New England Culinary School.

“I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my culinary journey,” Lewis said. “I’m excited to incorporate a few cooking methods with a modern twist in our new menu for fall.”

— Tiffany Cunningham

'The Spirit of Taos' in Texas

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Friends of Wilkinson Center have created a new fall event, “The Spirit of Taos,” in place of their annual gala. The event will be held on Friday, Nov. 7 at The Lot on 7530 Grand Ave. from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Michael Hearne, of Taos fame, will be the musical guest, and there will be plenty of fun and food. The honorary chairs are Ann and Bob Dyer.

Friends of Wilkinson Center are a group of dedicated volunteers whose mission is to support, serve and promote Wilkinson Center. Through educational, charitable and service-oriented activities, members contribute their time, resources and talent to help ensure the continued success of Wilkinson Center’s programs. — Vodi Cook

In This Issue Ackels' Angle...................................................... 3 Along the Green Trail ........................................ 2 Charity Spotlight................................................ 4 Classifieds........................................................... 8 Community Calendar ....................................... 4 Dotty Griffith..................................................... 7 Fitness on the Trail ............................................ 5 High School Athletics Scrapbook...................... 3 History on the Trail............................................ 6 Notes from the Editor......................................... 2 Restaurant Directory ......................................... 9 Scene Around Town......................................... 10 Shop the Trail .................................................. 10 Trail Doctor ....................................................... 2 Trail to Good Health ......................................... 7 Find us at facebook.com/KTWeekly

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The black and white on Blue and Gray

By Elizabeth Lenart Enlist for the day — 19th century style — at Dallas Heritage Village at 1515 South Harwood on Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the annual Civil War on the Home Front. At 2 p.m., the Confederate and Union Troops will stage a battle reenactment on the museum grounds.

(Troops use black powder weapons with no bullets.) For Cub and Boy Scouts, this event also provides a fun opportunity to meet several badge requirements.

This year’s Civil War on the Home Front will take visitors back to May 31, 1861, when the United States Post Office stopped operations in the Confederate states, and to June 1, 1861, when no stamps were available for sale anywhere in the South. People lost their means of communication overnight. Visitors will learn the history of the stamps of Confederate Texas, the difficulties the post office endured and then create the solutions of Texas postmasters. They will hear the tales of greed, intrigue, forgery and discovery of this time period. Visitors may also create their own postage stamps and help search for lost

Photo by Priscilla Killion

Heritage Village offers a chance to step back in time with Civil War on the Home Front, visit with soldiers and see what life was like for those living in these times.

Confederate stamps while learning about the art of stamp collecting.

From 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. visitors may participate in the following

activities: a postage stamp scavenger hunt; an opportunity to learn about all

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FINE ART

'Bouquets' flourishes at Museum of Art

By Jill Bernstein

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The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will present the first major U.S. exhibition to explore French floral still-life painting in the 19th century. “Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse” traces the development of the floral still-life from the late 18th century through the early 20th century, emphasizing the tremendous depth and scope of creative engagement with the genre throughout this era.

The exhibition will feature more than 60 paintings by more than 30 artists, including renowned figures such as Paul Cézanne, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Delacroix, Vincent van Gogh and Édouard Manet, along with less familiar contemporaries such as Simon Saint-Jean and Henri FantinLatour. On view from now through

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Anne Vallayer-Coster, Bouquet of Flowers in a Blue Porcelain Vase, 1776, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, Mrs. John B. O'Hara Fund and gift of Michael L. Rosenberg.

Feb. 8, 2015, “Bouquets” positions floral paintings within a broader art historical and cultural narrative and reveals how the traditional genre was reinvented through artistic experimentation in the 19th century.

Co-organized by the DMA and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), “Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse” will provide a thorough reassessment of the genre, which has previously been underexplored and appreciated for its decorative qualities alone. The show will feature masterpieces from a variety of public and private collections, including eight works from the DMA’s permanent collection.

“Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse” will require a special exhibition ticket of $8; DMA Partners and children 11 and under are free. The DMA is located at 1717 N. Harwood St. For more information, visit DMA.org.

THEATER

Serving up cannoli, latkes with a side of guilt

By Shari Goldstein Stern shari@katytrailweekly.com

Chatting with Steve Solomon, it’s not so surprising that this teacherturned-school administrator turned-entrepreneur-turned farmer-turned-comic also writes books on gardening.

“I prefer my garden to most people,” he wrote. Solomon brings a whole new meaning to “diversity,” and it goes way beyond being Jewish and Italian at the same time.

Solomon has written two sequels to his original, award-winning stage hit, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s

Photo courtesy of Steve Solomon

Steve Solomon reprises his set of dysfunctional characters in “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt … the Therapy Continues.”

Jewish and I’m in Therapy.”

Bringing equal laughs are

his, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m STILL in Therapy” and his holiday show, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Holidays!” His most recent project, “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt … the Therapy Continues,” compiles the first three shows. Oy. Dallas audiences will be able to enjoy the madness for five performances Thursday, Nov. 13 through Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts.

In the event that you’re not a gourmand of international cuisine, here’s the

lowdown on the menu. The cannoli is that Italian pastry that’s a crispy tube surrounding a yummy ricotta-based cream filling.

A latke, on the other hand is what Jewish folks serve year-round, but traditionally during the eightnight Hanukah holiday. It’s a fried — but not gentile deep fried — potato pancake that’s crunchy on the outside and potato-y inside and served with sour cream or applesauce.

Guilt requires no interpretation.

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TRAIL DOCTOR

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

Diabetes mellitus is diabolical

By Dr. Kimberly Washington

this would be diagnosed in early childhood.

Type 2 diabetes, previously called adult onset diabetes, is the more common form. It occurs In honor of because the body does not make enough National Diabetes insulin or makes insulin, but the cells that Awareness Month, this require it become resistant to it. will be a brief overIn type 1 diabetes, children usually view of the medical present with dehydration due to excessive condition of diabetes urination, excessive thirst, weight loss and mellitus. The word increased rate of breathing (hypervendiabetes comes from tilation). They will typically be found to a Greek work diabahave a significantly elevated glucose level Dr. Kim Washington on routine blood work. Additionally, the inein, which means a siphon or to pass urine will also be tested to determine if through. This word was used to refer to exces- glucose or other byproducts are being excretsive urination characterized by this disease. ed in the urine. Once the diagnosis is made, The word mellitus is also of Greek origin and the child will be started on insulin, and the means “like honey,” which refers to the sweet child and parent will be educated on approsmell and taste of the urine of those with priate eating habits due to the new diagnosis. diabetes. Several hundred years ago, patients In type 2 diabetes, children or adults can were made aware of the likely diagnosis of typically present the same symptoms as type this disease when after relieving themselves 1 diabetes. However, many are diagnosed outside, dogs would be found licking the area with diabetes when they have no symptoms being drawn to the sweet smelling urine. but are found to have an elevated glucose level Nowadays, we have much more sophisticated on routine blood work. At that time, your techniques by which we diagnose diabetes. physician will counsel you on diet modificaThe body requires insulin to appropriate- tion, because many patients with mild elevaly manage glucose levels in the body. Insulin tion in their glucose can be managed without is made by the pancreas and is excreted into medication if they stick to a strict diet. If this the system when glucose levels increase, does not work, medication will be necessary, which usually occurs after eating. When there which may consist of pills to minimize your is some derangement in this system of insulin body’s resistance to the insulin you make or production by the pancreas, excretion in to injections of insulin to supplement the insubloodstream or insulin’s effectiveness on low- lin your pancreas produces. ering blood glucose levels, one is diagnosed Diabetes mellitus is a very complex diswith diabetes mellitus. ease with many facets — many of which will There are two types of diabetes, type 1 be described in more detail over the next couand type 2. Type 1 diabetes, which used to be ple of weeks. The key to managing this discalled juvenile-onset diabetes but is no lonease is diet modification with strict adherence ger called such due to the high incidence of to minimizing sugar in the diet and frequent type 2 diabetes in children secondary to our monitoring of your glucose levels. By maincountry’s obesity epidemic, is a rare form of taining a good range of glucoses, one will be diabetes, only occurring in roughly five perable to avoid many of the complications that cent of all diabetics. Type 1 diabetes also used come along with this disease. to be called insulin-dependent diabetes, however, that too has fallen out of favor as many Dr. Beth Leermakers is a clinical psychologist type 2 diabetics are also insulin dependent. who specializes in stress management and wellType 1 diabetes occurs because the body does being seminars, retreats and coaching. Contact her not make insulin. As insulin is essential to at 214-923-3766. Her monthly e-newsletter can be maintaining glucose levels, you can see why found at bethleermakersphd.com.

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Between Rock and a hard place

By David Mullen

campus in Palo Alto, Calif. was sold to a jazz musician for $35,000 in 1970. The bass player, who said he has never “Breaking News” in an made more than $30,000 in a exclusive story you will only year, just sold the find in Katy Trail house for $3 milWeekly. Sorry, I lion or more than don’t have break$3,000 per square ing news and foot. Oh, Mamma rarely does any Jamma! The other media house is expected source … Want it to be torn down. to rain in Dallas?

That’s the downHold an election … I always try David Mullen beat on Silicon Valley real estate to vote early to … I went behind avoid crowds, but the Green Door last weeknot this time. I got trapped by end, and Marilyn Chambers the rain at my polling place was nowhere to be found. on Cedar Springs Avenue on A great little place at 600 S. Tuesday and I had a first; I Harwood St., Green Door got panhandled. I gave him a Public House has emerged proposition … How lame was over by the growing and now the election coverage nationswanky Farmers Market area ally on the major networks. and offers local beer and nice Seriously, CBS and ABC were people and a nice looking promoting their morning menu. I just drank, but I met shows. NBC’s Brian Williams, John, the owner of the Deep and I am a big fan, actually Ellum Brewery, and he had a said: “So many races, so little great looking sandwich. Full time,” and then they cut to patio outside and definitely a Farmers Insurance ad folworth a try. Open for lunch. lowed by a toe fungus comCheck it out ... Black Friday mercial and then introduced and a Piña Colada my friend.

Joe Scarborough to promote Retailers are trying to start their MSNBC sister station.

Black Friday now. Shop Local!

FOX was local, but they don’t … I think Chris Rock is the have the power of a national funniest guy in the world. news team. Walter Cronkite But last Saturday night, in his is rolling over in his grave … monologue on SNL, when he A terrific idea came out of said that the new World Trade the Fort Worth School Board.

They are having walking meet- Center should be sponsored

by Target, I got queasy. As I ings with board members and constituents on early evenings. did when I saw the opening of the new World Trade Center Getting fit, while tossing spit … Two of my good friends … Uptown and Park Cities died this week. One I knew real estate prices have gotten well and one I never met. out of hand? A 992 square Johnny Hammond was the foot house near the Stanford

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man about Dallas working first for Willow Distributing and then Andrews Distributing.

He was the “Miller” guy in town. Back then, they would call me the “Rolling Rock” guy because I did their marketing, and Johnny was working hard to make it a success locally. In my previous life in advertising, Johnny and I were known to sit at the Time Out Tavern on Lovers Lane doing research talking about beer and sports and life. If I needed a ticket, he would provide it. If I could do anything for him, it was without a blink. On Monday, more than 1,000 people went to his funeral in Coppell. Johnny Hammond was 57 … Tom Magliozzi died Monday. With his brother Ray, he was the straight man on the PBS radio and syndicated newspaper column Car Talk. No matter where I was, I would find Car Talk on the radio Saturday morning and laugh immediately, and more importantly, smile throughout the day. As an owner of both a 1979 and a 1983 Subaru which both easily passed the century mark in mileage, I bonded with the callers as well. Over the years, my brother and I often ended our phone conversations with “Don’t drive like my brother.” Tom Magliozzi, who still can’t remember last week’s “Puzzler,” was 77 … God bless all of you that have served our country in the military.

RIP my Grandfather Harold who served us in both World War I and World War II in the Army, and RIP my dad, Tom, who served us in the Navy in Korea. Thank you.

ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL

A lot of wasted paper from the paper tigers

By Naima Montacer @naimajeannette

I am happy Election Day is over. Not only because we all had our chance to voice our opinions but also to reduce the amount of paper waste in my mailbox. In an evergrowing electronic world, our political system still relies heavily on paper products for election season from posters to flyers to multiple page letters. In the U.S. we use about 69 million tons of paper and paperboard per year, according to the EPA. In 2012 we recycled about 65 percent of that amount.

Much of the election paper waste can be recycled in our city but the process of creating, printing, delivering and recycling these products is wasteful in itself. Not all election waste,

such as some yard messages. signage, is recyclaThe frustration ble here in Dallas. with the amount In Denver, Colo. of unwanted and a local recycling unneeded waste in company found a my mailbox came way to recycle the at an ironic time as political yard signs well. In the last few to keep them out of weeks, two huge our landfills.

Naima Montacer reports in regard This October, to biodiversity and there was another climate change unique way to tackle the elechave come out. These reports tion season waste. In Brazil, are shouting for seriousness some of the political waste in the reduction of our carbon (which is mostly non-recyclable footprints. Meanwhile, loads there) was reused by a graffiti of paper flies into our mailbox artist, Mundano. He made a causing our carbon footprints big statement utilizing all of the to soar. political election waste to make In case you missed it, his art piece “Lixeira Eleitoral” here’s the info on the two (“Election Waste”). The piece studies: was a large trash bin made The World Wildlife Fund to looked like a voting booth released the 2014 Living Planet stuffed full of the same political Report with some shocking

statistics. The report says that between the years 1970 and 2010 populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around the globe dropped 52 percent. The trends for the last 40 years show a decline in terrestrial (land) and marine wildlife by 39 percent and a 76 percent decline of freshwater wildlife. That is an alarming loss of wildlife. These trends stem from the growing demands of our human population. The more people there are consuming natural resources, the more forests are cleared for agriculture, more fish is taken from the oceans and more pollution occurs.

This past week, the United Nations published the most comprehensive assessment of climate change, which was produced by more than 800

Parkland teams with two for recycling event Anyone who has old laptops and desktop computers gathering cobwebs in the garage will soon have the opportunity to conveniently and responsibly recycle these items as well as many other obsolete or non-working electronic products.

Parkland Health & Hospital System, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Woman’s University are working with ECS Refining to put on the

BREVITY

third annual Recycling Drive from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14 at the Bio Center, 2330 Inwood Road.

The event, held in conjunction with National America Recycles Day, will accept most electronic products that plug-in or run on batteries.

“The goal of the Recycling Drive

is to provide community members with the safest, most eco-friendly manner to dispose of unwanted personal electronic products,” said Emma Donachie, Parkland’s waste stream coordinator. Every year, about 400 million pieces of eWaste are discarded into landfills, according to the Texas Campaign for the Environment.

For more information about the Recycling Drive, call 214-590-1342.

— Frank Trejo

scientists. The assessment finds that human caused emissions of greenhouse gases have caused global climate change.

This global climate change is seen in the large reduction of ice, increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising sea levels and more. The report urges the world to lower emissions by 40 to 70 percent globally between 2010 and 2050.

These new reports shed light on the urgency at which we should be tackling climate change. The urgency needs to translate into everyday decisions by businesses, individuals and electoral candidates.

Do politicians need the paper waste for a successful campaign? Is it even read?

That’s a tough question to answer, and there is not a lot of data out there on what is

actually read. Most people in the marketing industry accept a general two percent response rate on direct mailings. A marketing company, Ask Your Target Market surveyed 400 online people to determine the effectiveness of direct mailing and of those 400 people only six percent said they always read printed mailings. I know I never read the printed political mailings. I prefer to get my election information elsewhere.

All of our actions impact the larger earth. I hope whoever you and I voted for on Election Day printed the fewest amount of unnecessary paper items possible.

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

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MULL IT OVER

Veteran Hennings still flying high

By David Mullen

david@katytrailweekly.com In honor of Veteran’s Day, it should be pointed out that the Dallas Cowboys most famous military veteran is clearly the Naval Academy’s Roger Staubach. He was the 1963 Heisman Trophy winner and is arguably the Cowboys alltime most popular and recognizable player. He is as much synonymous with “America’s Team” as the Cowboy Cheerleaders and coach Tom Landry. He is more noted than fellow NFL Hall of Famers Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin or Emmitt Smith.

But who is the Cowboys war veteran that has the most Super Bowl rings?

“I also have him beat this year,” Chad Hennings, three-time Super Bowl winner as defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys, said. “Air Force just won the ‘Commanderin-Chief ’ trophy over Navy.”

Hennings, 49 and living in Flower Mound, was the 11th round pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 1988 out of the Air Force Academy where he won the Outland Trophy as college football’s best interior lineman. But facing a minimum five year military commitment, “I was a token pick,” Hennings said.

“As a kid, I wanted to play (NCAA) Division I football,” Henning said. He was born in Elberon, Iowa and played high school ball at Benton Community Senior High School in Van Horne.

“Coming out of rural Iowa, achieving Division I football was a dream. Playing pro football wasn’t even on the radar,” Henning said, using a rather fortuitous metaphor.

Hennings was pursued by the University of Iowa and Iowa State University and got a few offers to walk-on, but the Air Force Academy answered a calling. In 1984, he became a Falcon where he could play football and train to become a fighter pilot.

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Former Cowboy Chad Hennings.

While undergoing extensive military training, Hennings — who actually played his freshman year as a tight end — moved to defensive tackle. In 1985, Air Force had their greatest season ever with a 12-1 record, a conference co-championship, and a number five ranking in the NCAA Coaches Poll. He earned his first of two Academic AllAmerican honors.

In his senior year, Hennings led the nation with 24 sacks and was an unanimous first-team AllAmerican selection. He also played in numerous postseason all-star games including the East-West Shrine Game and the Japan Bowl.

Upon graduation he was ready to fulfill his military commitment and head for the “wild blue yonder.” “I had to separate wanting to play football and take a hard right,” Hennings said.

Hennings had actually extended his commitment from five years to eight years. Because of his size, 6 foot-6 and 287 pounds as a player, he was limited to flying larger planes including the A-10. “My assignments in the A-10 included deployments over Iraq and Western Europe.” Hennings was based out of Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.

“When you are flying a mission in combat, you don’t think about the ‘what if’s’,” Hennings said. He had friends killed in action. “You just

have to be mentally committed. You have a task at hand. You must accomplish your mission.”

The government went through a reduction in military personnel, and Hennings was free to attempt a career in pro football. “My military obligation was first and foremost,” Hennings said. “But the Dallas Cowboys had a track record when they drafted Roger (Staubach).” The Cowboys had waited out Staubach’s military commitment before signing the quarterback in 1969.

Hennings had put on 20 pounds to prepare for the rigors of playing defensive line in the NFL. In 1992, he became a 27-year old rookie defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys. He played nine seasons with the Cowboys, appearing in 119 games, had 27.5 sacks and played on three Super Bowl winning teams.

While not life and death, injuries are part of playing football. But fear of injury wasn’t a takeaway from this veteran with six NFL fumble recoveries. “The beauty of football is the life lessons,” Hennings said. “It is all about the team. Everyone doing their part. Staying in your lane. It takes everyone to play their role.

Execute their mission.”

Today, Hennings stays busy with his wife raising a boy at University of North Texas and a girl in high school. He is involved in a commercial real estate business, works in business development and is a motivational speaker. He has written two books, and is part of the Christian organization Wingmen Ministries. He is also on the Cowboys Legends Committee which is a group of team ambassadors. “Jerry (Jones) has been great at wanting to keep the history of the Cowboys alive.”

For Chad Hennings — a war veteran, a College Football Hall of Famer, a professional football player and a community leader — it has been an amazing life. Believe it or not, he still has more to do before he can say “Mission Accomplished.”

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ACKELS' ANGLE

Kids say the darndest things

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One child wants to eliminate youth football.

By Chris Ackels

Ch.ackels@gmail.com When I started teaching, they were just kids. I was the new guy at Marquette University High School, the all-boys Jesuit high school in Milwaukee. I was an English teacher, entrusted with teaching 16- and 17-year-old boys the ins and outs of writing.

Anyone who has read this column knows I have no business teaching that skill. (My chops for coaching football were even worse. Their logic: “You’re from Texas, you have to know football.”)

One of the many, many mistakes I made as a first year teacher was giving my students free reign over their topics for the midterm. They were to write a five page argumentative paper, and they could choose any topic they wanted.

Cue 17-year-old brains and their insidious creativity.

But amid all the “no school on Fridays” and “students should be financially compensated for good grades,” there were some excellent choices. An argument to continue teaching cursive despite our world’s reliance on technology. An argument for increased pay for teachers (brownie points!). One young man wrote a paper about ISIS, a solid year before they made headlines.

One kid wanted to colonize Mars.

I could go all day on the clever and not-so-clever ideas my students came up with, or the varying degrees of basic syntax in their pieces. But as I look back across their topics, some catch my eye.

As one might imagine, quite a few of the boys chose sports topics. And while some took the easy way out with steroids in baseball or football in the Olympics, some had surprising and innovative ideas, and some did a superb job of defending their point.

Here is a look at some of the best sports arguments my students wrote about last school year, with a brief nod to their supporting evidence. In the interest of giving credit even without consent, I’ll use first names only.

End the NBA/NCAA Basketball one-and-done rule. Michael wrote a solid piece about why the one-and-done rule in college basketball is problematic, and why athletes should be required to stay in college for three years. He argued — in my opinion, successfully — that it would benefit the individual player, benefit the NCAA and actually benefit the NBA to follow this model.

Private high schools should be allowed to offer scholarships for athletic talent, similar to colleges. While I may not agree with Ben on this one, he did an admirable job of thinking outside the box. His point: athletically-talented young people should have access to top-of-theline high school education, just like they do in college. Many economically disadvantaged kids are stuck in similarly disadvantaged school districts. And unlike college, they have no choice in the matter.

A high school scholarship program could be a ticket to a better education, and thus a better college, for these students.

see KIDS on page 7

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HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS SCRAPBOOK “Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.”

— John Wooden

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

Nov. 7 - 8

4301 Bryan St. Dallas, 75204 214-824-0514

Art Show @ The Brannon – Sixteen artists will be featured, and food and live music will be part of the event benefitting the Reconciliation Outreach. Be a part of the event on Friday from 7-11:00 p.m. and Saturday from 2-10:00 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 9

5100 Ross Ave. Dallas, 75206 214-887-6552

St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts – Come to our Dallas Bach Family Concert, featuring baroque cello player Eric Smith. Hear for yourself how Bach’s amazing solo suites sound on a instrument from his time, and how the change of style and of the cello bow led to a different kind of music in the early Beethoven sonatas for cello. 4 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 9 – 10

2400 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-880-0202

Wyly Theatre – Shakespeare Dallas presents “The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen Of Verona.” Every play and sonnet written by the Bard will be performed. Student get in free! Show at 3 p.m. Nov. 9 and 7 p.m. Nov. 10. $10.

Nov. 11

4900 S. Lancaster Road Dallas, 75216 214-922-8885

Veterans Resource Center – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson will salute Texas veterans at a Veterans Appreciation Day celebration. The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, the Veterans Resource Center and the Homeless Veterans Services of Dallas will join. Call for more information. 3 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 11 – 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. 13

6121 Worth St. Dallas, 75214 214-670-1376

Lakewood Branch Library – The public is invited to hear The Dallas Morning News investigative reporter and author Doug Swanson discuss his book, "Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion.” Program followed by book signing. Enter a free drawing for a copy of the book. 6 to 8 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 15

6121 East Lovers Lane Dallas, 75214 214-750-1492

Zion Lutheran Church – The Orchestra of New Spain presents “The Renaissance: Valencia & the Flemish.” Join us for hot chocolate and cookies after the concert! 7 p.m. $25/$10 students.

Fri 11/07

Picture of the Week NASCAR Miller Lite car No. 2 honored the late Johnny Hammond with this decal Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Marie Curie, b. 1867 Albert Camus, b. 1913 Joni Mitchell, b. 1943 Yunjim Kim, b. 1973 1916 – Jeanette Rankin of Montana became 1st woman elected to U.S. Congress.

Sat 11/08

Margaret Mitchell, b. 1900 Patti Page, b. 1927 Bonnie Raitt, b. 1949 Alfre Woodard, b. 1953 Parker Posey, b. 1968 1805 – Lewis & Clark reached the Pacific Ocean.

Sun 11/09

Dorothy Dandridge, b. 1922 Carl Sagan, b. 1934 Mary Travers, b. 1936 Lou Ferrigno, b. 1951 Susan Tedeschi, b. 1970 1857 – Atlantic Monthly 1st published

Mon 11/10

Martin Luther, b. 1483 Donna Fargo, b. 1945 Ann Reinking, b. 1949 Brittany Murphy, b. 1970 Heather Matarazzo, b. 1982 1969 – “Sesame Street” premiered on PBS.

Tue 11/11

Veterans Day – Honor those who served Gen. George Patton, b. 1885 Demi Moore, b. 1962 Leonardo DiCaprio, b. 1974 1918 – WWI ended. 1st called Armistice Day, now Veterans’ Day.

Wed 11/12

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, b. 1815 Grace Kelly, b. 1929 Neil Young, b. 1945 Nadia Comaneci, b. 1961 Tevin Campbell, b. 1976 1946 – 1st driveup bank opened – in Chicago.

Thu 11/13

Robt. Louis Stevenson, b. 1850 Ray Wylie Hubbard, b. 1946 Whoopi Goldberg, b. 1949 Jimmy Kimmel, b. 1967 1940 – Disney’s “Fantasia” premiered.

Competition focuses on gratitude

By Shari Goldstein Stern shari@katytrailweekly.com

Donors and volunteers

show love and care in Dallas

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF DALLAS Home away from home for families of ill or injured children

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.

Q

What is your mission or highest purpose?

Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD) is the only organization that provides a temporary home for families whose children are receiving treatment for a serious illness or injury at a Dallas area hospital, in an effort to lessen the burden, reduce stress, keep the family intact and enhance the quality of life for these families. It was built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on healing their child.

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Q

How many clients are served each year?

In 2013, we served more than 1,900 families totaling 17,787 night stays at the House. They came from 10 countries and 30 states. The average stay is 7.6 days.

evening of cocktails, a seated dinner, live auction and entertainment. For those in their 20s and 30s …. Young Friends hosts A Night with Reckless Kelly at Chicken Scratch/The Foundry.

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What are your critical needs now, besides money donations?

Volunteers for The Trains at NorthPark and for the House rmhdallas.org/ volunteer.

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We also need supplies such as toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning supplies.

We have a wish list online at rmhdallas. org/wish-list/.

Q

Tell us about some of your fundraisers.

The Trains at NorthPark, which is an elaborate miniature toy trains exhibit that rolls from Nov. 22 through Jan. 4. It’s on the first level near Nordstrom’s. Tickets range from $3 to $7. Under the Moonlight is in March at Trinity Groves. It will be a fabulous fundraising

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What sort of volunteer jobs are available?

Train volunteers are needed during the exhibit. In addition, House volunteers are needed to cook meals, to set up and run activity nights for our families and to greet.

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Q

What is your facility like?

We are so blessed to have a new 58-bedroom House after having outgrown our other place. Although large in size, the House has a warm, home-like feel and offers a sense of normalcy with three home-cooked meals a day, comfortable bedrooms and activities for the family.

There’s a large communal dining room, indoor and outdoor play areas, a great room, outdoor patio.

Q

What is difficult about your job?

It is difficult when we have to tell a family we don’t have a room immediately available for them because we are full.

We get them in as quickly as possible.

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Q

In a short paragraph, please tell how a specific person or family was helped.

There are so many great stories to tell.

The Megally family from Egypt comes to mind because they lived with us for a year in 2012-2013. Bishoy Megally had a severe form of scoliosis and stayed at RMHD with his parents and brother, while he had several life changing surgeries at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital.

Bishoy was our kid conductor last year for the Trains at NorthPark. The Megally family now lives here permanently, and Mr. Megally volunteers at the House.

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Jill Cumnock is the CEO of RMHD. Thanks Jill for helping us with this article.

When Alexis Silva was a senior at North Dallas High School last year, he won first place in a distinctive art competition, “I am grateful for the value of sports.” This year other motivated students will be recognized for their artwork, essays or dance performance

by Dallas’ Thanks-Giving Foundation’s 10th annual Expressions of Gratitude Arts Competition (Expressions). This year’s entries will express the theme, “I am grateful for the Golden Rule,” reflecting one of the Thanks-Giving foundations initiatives, treating others as one would his or herself. The deadline to submit entries in the 2014 competition is Dec. 15.

The Expressions competition was co-founded in 2005

by Thanks-Giving Foundation volunteers, Cathy Moore and Rose Marie Stromberg to encourage students in grades kindergarten through 12 to think creatively. Stromberg explained, “The competition is designed to encourage students to express, through visual arts, dance and the written word what they think about giving thanks.”

Entries will be accepted in the art and essay categories from six grade groups, K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12 and from three grade groups in dance, K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Winners earn cash awards for themselves, and their teacher and/or school receives money for class supplies.

Judges from major museums, public libraries, publications and educational institutions, as well as individual artists, select the winning entries.

According to Alexis Yancey, Expressions of Gratitude Arts competition director for the ThanksGiving Foundation, “We had dance as a category when our competition began and

Photo courtesy of the Thanks-Giving Foundation

Alexis Silva created a cornucopia of sports balls and equipment for his art entry. we have reinstated it for our 10th anniversary. The name is changed to ‘… Arts Competition.’ Video dance entries will be judged on original choreography, creativity, artistic merit and interpretation of the theme, ‘I am grateful for the Golden Rule.’” Yancey explained further, “Students may enter individually or as a group of up to five dancers.

They can upload their videos on YouTube.com or Vimeo. com and send us the link to their entry or send in a DVD. Dance judges will be from well-known dance companies along with dance instructors. The rules are in the entry packet at thanksgiving.org.”

In addition to Silva, another student recognized at last year’s award ceremony at the Winspear Opera House lobby was Sophia DuBard, then an eighth grader at Ben Franklin Middle School. Her art entry was a watercolor painting of the feet of a ballerina on pointe. The piece was sold at auction at the National Day of Prayer service at the Hilton Anatole Hotel last May, with funds benefitting the following year’s Expressions competition.

The ninth grader quipped, “I started art as soon as I could hold my brother’s crayon.” She continued more seriously, “Art really gives me the time to

show what I’m good at and to express myself. I am currently learning new techniques and improving with the realistic style that I am trying to get.

For my ballet shoe watercolor painting, I sketched out the shape and applied the value with the watercolor. I know I could do so much better after how much I have improved over summer. Hopefully my dream of becoming an artist can come true.” According to Carolyn Meek, DuBard’s now retired art teacher, “Sophia is creative, intense and cares deeply about projects with meaning like this one. She was articulate about dance as an art form as well as a sport. I look forward to seeing what her future holds.”

Meek added, “I have participated in the Expressions competition for several years, and I always encourage my students to enter because I believe that gratitude is a great subject. I tell them that even though they may not win a prize, writing about thankfulness has benefits in and of itself. I also encourage them to use a personal story of some kind to illustrate their gratitude. It also gives the student opportunity to be celebrated and articulate their beliefs.”

John DuBard said, “As a

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1. "— luego!"

6. Music with a beat 11. Clemens' pen name

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25. Sonnet stanza 26. Iffy attempts 27. Harness parts 28. Large swallows

29. Garden-pond fish 30. More frosty 32. Peel and Samms 34. Relieving 36. Yin complement

38. Fairy-tale heavies 40. Down the hatch 42. Rapper — Elliott 43. Storrs coll.

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75. Doglike scavenger 77. Decrees 78. Expire 79. Land 82. Richie Valens tune 83. Salad veggie 84. Sturdy wool 88. Bites down 89. Engine knocks 90. Snapshot taker 92. "Aqua Velva —" 93. Surf makers 94. Type of jacket

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106. Kind of coffee 107. Use a grater 108. Shish — 109. Advertising ploy 111. Glacier breakaways 113. Tuned in 115. Bear's advice 119. Arm of the Mediterranean 121. Very reluctant 123. Gaelic people 125. Admission — 126. Lop off 127. Veldt grazer 129. Wouldn't hurt —— 131. Key 133. Part of Hawaii 134. Ill-fated lover 135. Che's compadre 136. Filter out 137. Dormant 138. Overshadow 139. Crawls with 140. Wood turner's machine DOWN 1. Students play it 2. Bauxite giant 3. Mild protest (hyph.)

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FITNESS ON THE TRAIL

Another great benefit of working with a trainer can be the accountability of knowing that you are expected to be at the gym at a specific time and you are expected to get a little better at every workout. One way we add to the level of accountability at my own facility is by having clients weigh in weekly and track their performance publicly among gym members.

Warning: If you are very fit, happy and you never experience physical pain you do not need to waste your time reading this article. For the rest of you, I have some common sense advice Rob Lord that you need to hear.

We all need help reaching our health and fitness goals. If you’re Who needs a doctor? as cynical as I am, you are thinking that People who are injured or may have I am about to make a case that everyserious health problems that would preone needs a personal trainer. This is not vent them from having a good workout. the case. After over a decade of training Clients are always asking me to diaghundreds of clients, I can tell you with nose their aches and pains. If you “slept certainty that many of you don’t need wrong” last night and now it hurts to a trainer. You may need a doctor or a turn your head, I can’t help. Other traintherapist. ers shouldn’t help either. The idea that having a basic knowledge of anatomy Who needs a trainer? makes trainers feel qualified to answer People who are motivated to get in complicated questions about injuries shape but lack the structure or knowldrives me crazy. If you have an injury edge to accomplish the task. I see the there are two basic courses of action. The most success working with people who first is to let it heal by not aggravating need to lose 30 pounds or less that althe injury; as in “if it hurts, don’t do it.” ready exercise a couple of times per The second is to schedule an appointweek. My clients are motivated to go the ment with an orthopedic surgeon and gym; they just don’t know the most productive things to do when they get there. find out exactly what is going on.

Who needs a therapist?

When it comes to health and fitness, specifically overeating, sometimes the answer is not an exercise guru. Many people are better served by learning how to deal with stress. While I am not qualified to say when to seek mental health care, I can speak with certainty from my own experience. With a few exceptions, people who are 40 pounds or more overweight don’t change because they hired a trainer. If you eat too much because of an emotional reason, don’t be ashamed.

It is incredibly common and you can make it better. Just don’t hire a trainer to help you fix it. Hire a therapist who can help discover powerful coping strategies that deal with the problem.

All of us have a passion. Mine is tutoring normal people into freakish athletes. Someone else's passion may be healing the sick or injured, while yet, someone else may love helping people learn to cope with psychological stress.

If you need help in one of these areas, meet with the person who is passionate about your need. You’ll end up happier and healthier if you seek counsel from the right person.

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 some unusual obstacles.

Progress will surely depend on each individual's ability to prioritize, as it cannot be expected that everyone will be able to keep several balls in the air at any one time.

Those who are better able to see through complications to the core of an issue are likely to fare well, even as they find themselves unusually busy with the finer points of negotiation and organization.

Those who find complexities daunting as a matter of course are sure to find them doubly so this week — these individuals aren't likely to progress without soliciting and receiving assistance.

Interpersonal relations are sure to be affected by many things — not least of which will be undercurrents that can usually be overlooked, but which are now exerting unusual pressures that can easily drive an individual offcourse if he or she is not careful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You're going to have to choose between two viable options.

Perhaps it is as easy as chronology: Which comes first? (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) — Don't hesitate to reach out to someone who you believe can be an asset to a project. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) See if you can't arrange things

so that you have a clear advantage. Much depends on your sense of timing. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) — You may want to reconsider a plan that you abandoned quite a while ago. At this time, it may actually seem possible.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) Your natural affinity for someone else's way of doing things may be the opening you need.

Much can develop as a result.

(Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — You have much to tend to in and around the home, but it's financial assistance that you really need at this time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) A certain problem may feel permanent right now, but later in the week, you'll realize that this, too, shall pass. Attitude is everything. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — You may have to learn how to do something quite unusual in order to maintain your standing and reputation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You're waiting for the conditions to be just right before you embark on a certain journey, but that may never occur. Get going!

(March 6-March 20) — What you have going for you trumps anything that anyone else may be able to offer you. Much can be done at this time.

78. Like bad gravy 79. Oscar nominee 80. Hot dog topping 81. Calf-roping event 82. Loses some 83. Asks for ID 85. Fridge maker 86. Physician of antiquity 87. Watchdog warnings 89. Defer (2 wds.)

90. Horseshoe Falls locale 91. Fujiyama neighbor 94. Bubbly drink 95. Had been 97. Corn holders 99. Winter warmer 100. Rathskeller fare 101. Derisive remarks 103. Black mark 104. In front (2 wds.)

105. Daytime dramas 106. Turn down a page (hyph.)

107. Oklahoman 108. — Abdul-Jabbar 109. Joyous outburst 110. Song-and-dance show 112. Burro alternative 114. Dorian Gray's creator 116. D-sharp alias 117. Hanger-on 118. Mythical river of forgetfulness 120. Techie 122. Ax handle 124. Grade 126. Slide on the snow 128. Weather system 130. Old exclamation 132. Freighter's place

OFF THE MARK

Do you need a trainer, doctor or therapist?

By Rob Lord

7. Newly minted doc 8. Pitfall, maybe 9. Chicago pro 10. Belgian river 11. Runways 12. Holly item 13. Pop up 14. 007's Fleming 15. Big Board 16. Dishes the dirt 17. Not prudent 18. Special effort 19. Kind of bank 20. Time divs.

31. Murmured softly 33. More than snacks 35. Love in a gondola 37. Pretense 39. Sales pitches 41. Came closer 44. Tenet 46. Not written 48. Washer fuzz 49. Inched 50. Mary Tyler or Demi 51. Blender button 52. Tour — 53. Whetted 54. Extreme coverup 55. Peeved 56. Forms droplets 58. Savory smell 59. Tells all 60. Furniture mover 62. Sawyer or Keaton 63. Coup plotters 64. Groan causers 67. Sediment 68. Provides at interest 69. Slender candle 71. Term papers 73. Overindulge, plus 74. They follow ships 76. Mouths, slangily 77. "Easy Rider" star

ARIES (March 21-April 4) Appearances can certainly be deceiving, perhaps now more than usual. Use caution when dealing with strangers. (April 5-April 19) — There's no reason for you to deny yourself something that you very dearly want, but you must satisfy concrete needs as well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) Your presence will surely make a difference to those who have, recently, lost their ability to prioritize effectively. (May 6-May 20) — You're in no position to make unusual demands. Later this can change, but for now, you must adopt a more passive stance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You've been trying to teach someone how to make a go of it on his or her own, and you'll finally begin to see the results of your lessons. (June 7-June 20) — How you respond to the unexpected will tell others a great deal. Take care you aren't exposed to unnecessary dangers.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) You may be able to throw caution to the wind later in the week, but early on, you must follow the rules and tend to the safety of others. (July 8-July 22) — Talk on the street may

Copyright 2014 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. seem to indicate that things are not going as planned, but your experience tells you otherwise.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) Take care that the decisions you make purely out of instinct don't prove to be mistakes you make because you are ill-informed. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) — You are assembling a crack team to give you the results you want, but someone may be resistant to your way of imparting information.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) Interpretation of events is the key to your success. You may find yourself responding in some surprising new ways.

(Sept. 8-Sept. 22) — You're eager to see someone under your wing take flight and soar on his or her own — and that's just what may happen.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You may find yourself under the influence of someone who doesn't seem to understand what it is you really need. Speak up! (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) — A short visit early in the week may have you rethinking your plans for later on. Any adjustment you make can bring welcome results.

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By Candy Evans

said he wants to do a commercial retail development, which will go over like another conUp in Preston Hollow, vention center Mark Cuban has evhotel in Dallas. eryone on Prozac Speaking wondering what he’s of downtown, going to do with his I have to tell eight and one half-ish you about this acres at Northwest amazing condo Highway and Preston at The Azure.

Road. Not only is it It belongs to zoned residential, but Laura Hunt, a it’s a one acre miniCandace Evans child of Dallas, mum to build! He has a native whose

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Photos courtesy of Allie Beth Allman & Associates

2900 McKinnon St. 2803 is listed for $2,399,000. design name strikes passion in the veins of the editors of Architectural Digest and design connoisseurs everywhere.

She is a constant on the AD 100, that venerable list of the best our design world has to offer.

Did I say world? Yes.

Since 1990, the bible of home design and architecture, Architectural Digest, has selected the world’s preeminent architects and designers to honor. Only a handful of Dallas names have been on that list, among them Emily Summers, Jan Showers and Laura Hunt. I love the way they phrase it: This exclusive list recognizes establishment icons and enterprising trailblazers whose work is as inspiring as it is influential. These are the men and women who are shaping the way we live — one building, one house, one room at a time.

Talk about shaping, you only have to trot down to 2900 McKinnon St., and head up to the 28th floor to see an architectural world of wonder that Laura has created in 2,321 square feet of space.

And she did it all herself, of course, for herself. As she told Architectural Digest in 2005, when they ran a piece on her New York City apartment: “It never takes me long to come up with a concept for a client, but when it’s for yourself, it’s always harder,” she confesses, “because you’re free to take as many chances as you like, and you do want to be adventurous — what you don’t want to be is reckless.”

Not reckless at all, more like genius. But warning: Don’t go in here and expect to see the usual and very nice of course, Azure interiors. (Or even the

usual Laura Hunt work!) Oh no, Laura went in and said “bye-bye” to every single piece of sheet rock between her exterior walls. Once she had a shell, she started in on what is probably the most perfect space in a Dallas high rise. It has some of the most amazing utilization of space in history.

Open windows, yes of course, because the Dallas skyline and horizon is the art here. But look at what she did with the fireplace. Most kitchens are open in condos because, well, you are in limited square feet. But when you prepare a meal do you really want to see all that kitchen mess? Laura told me she devised a sliding screen door opaque enough to let in light, but shield enough to close off the kitchen and make the dining room a REAL room. See? Her bedroom: A combined study/bedroom that you need to file away in your brain for a future project. This totally answers the question of “What do I do with my 3,000 books when I downsize?”

“I love to read,” Laura said, “and I love to read in my bedroom, so why not make the bedroom a sort of sleepytime library?”

Her guest room remains a guest room, and the bathroom there is about the only thing that was actually installed in the unit by developers.

Her bathroom is a total re-do: new hand-selected granite slab counter, fixtures,

cabinets, everything.

But the most exhilarating and unique space — you will surely see this soon in Architectural Digest — is her patio world. Does it look like a patio? No. That “ivy” on the walls is faux, never needs water, and masquerades the exterior walls so you truly believe you are in another room that just happens to have one side open to the fresh air.

There is even a flat screen TV and fireplace. This has become an extra room that is essentially FREE, at least to Dallas County!

Let this post serve as your appetizer: stay tuned for a detailed walk-through with Laura. She spent well over a million dollars in construction, lighting and sound design, redesigning the space over several months. Genius.

The result is a work of art that can be yours for $2,399,000.

Opportunities to buy spaces created by AD 100 designers are rare. Even more rare: Opportunities to see those spaces! Listed with Juli Harrison of Allie Beth Allman & Associates.

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HISTORY ON THE TRAIL

Veterans Day is a day to be thankful

By Wayne Swearingen

Professional - Experienced - Trusted

Randy Elms, MBA REAltoR® (214) 649-2987 randallelms@yahoo.com

Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Be sure to thank a vet for his or her service.

My memories of World War II are etched forever in my mind. That period of just less than four years served to shape my direction and values, even though I was just eight years old when it started. That Greatest Generation provided me with many heroes — real heroes, not sports figures. I spent several summers in Hearne, Texas with my aunt and uncle. There was a large German prisoner of war camp just outside the town, where I would talk to prisoners behind barbed wire. I couldn’t understand Photo courtesy of Wayne Swearingen why they were so happy since we were startWayne Swearingen in front of a P-40. ing to win the war. Later, I learned the war was over for them, and they were alive and well fed.

Many went out to work on farms during the from the USAF Reserve as lieutenant colonel. day. At the war’s end, many stayed, became citiWhen I was about 15 years old, Dad paid zens and blended into our post-war economic a pilot to take me up on my first plane ride. I growth. sat in the right seat with Dad behind, really My brother, Ralph, enlisted in watching me get hooked. I would the Army Air Corps after a year at later fulfill his dream. On another Texas A&M. When the Japanese atSunday, Dad took me to my first air tacked Pearl Harbor, he jumped up show at Randolph Air Base in San from the Sunday lunch table, and Antonio, where I saw a twin P-51 we didn’t see him again for weeks. crash. I will never forget that one.

He became an officer, completed I still attend the Alliance Air bombardier school and served as Show every October as a guest of an instructor in Midland, Texas.

Ross Perot, Jr. and his Hillwood He later served as bombardier on Development team. One of my B-29s after the war. He made the group attending was Adam Smith, Wayne Swearingen EVP of strategic development for decision to make a career of the USAF, retiring as lieutenant colothe Commemorative Air Force nel. His last assignment was on B-47s, which I (CAF), which is in the process of moving its piloted in the late 1950s. I will write about that headquarters from Midland to Dallas Executive beautiful jet bomber later.

Airport, previously known as Redbird Airport.

Dad enlisted just after Pearl Harbor in I recently joined the CAF and was privileged 1942. He was immediately made first lieuto ride in their B-29, Fifi, from Fort Worth to tenant since he was 41 years old, and officers Midland in the bombardier’s seat in the nose. were needed, though of course, he was too old What a thrill to sit in that seat where my brothto fulfill his dream of becoming a pilot. Dad er sat and from which the bombardier dropped served stateside at first, running the aerial the first nuclear weapon on Japan. The second gunnery range on Galveston Island. Then he one ended World War II. shipped out to India and China where be finRemember to thank a vet for his or her ished the war with the 14th Air Force, which service. had absorbed the original American Volunteer Group … the famous Flying Tigers. They first Wayne Swearingen, CRE, is a principal at flew P-40s with the tiger shark paint jobs. (See Glacier Commercial Real Estate and lives adjathe picture) At the end of the war they flew cent to the Katy Trail. Contact him at wswearP-51s, the famous Mustang. Dad also retired ingen@glaciercommercial.com.

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TRAIL TO GOOD HEALTH

Spoonful of vinegar helps the maladies go down

By Megan Lyons

megan@thelyonsshare.org I believe in the tried-and-true practices of eating real food, loading up on antioxidants and striking the right macronutrient balance for your body’s Megan Lyons needs.

There are very few quick fixes or miracle pills that actually have a noticeable and long-lasting impact on your health. That said, there are a few quick and easy practices that can have remarkable health benefits for many people, and drinking apple cider vinegar is one of those.

Every single morning, I drink Bragg’s organic apple cider vinegar mixed with water before eating or drinking anything else. There are dozens of proven benefits of drinking apple cider vinegar, but here are my top seven …

1. Overall improved digestion:

Drinking apple cider vinegar can increase enzyme activity that will improve digestion. It can also soothe bloating, gas, constipation or general upset stomach.

2. Weight loss /maintenance: Studies show reduced belly fat, lower triglycerides and weight loss in those who consume vinegar daily.

3. Heart health: Vinegar may reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides and has been shown to be correlated with lower risk of heart disease overall.

4. Blood sugar control: Vinegar helps stabilize blood sugar and improves insulin sensitivity, especially in those with type 2 diabetes. (I also recommend cinnamon to help with blood sugar control!)

5. Detoxification: Apple cider vinegar is helpful in detoxifying the liver, balancing your body’s pH levels and flushing out any toxins that are accumulating in your body.

6. Allergy/cold reduction: Sipping

apple cider vinegar can help clear out your sinuses, kill bacteria that cause nasal congestion and reduce allergy symptoms.

7. Heartburn soothing: Sipping apple cider vinegar before a meal or at the onset of heartburn has been shown to reduce indigestion and heartburn symptoms almost immediately.

I recommend that my clients start with about 0.5 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar (it’s an acquired taste!) and move up to 2-3 teaspoons eventually. Mix with 4-6 ounces of cold water and drink on an empty stomach for optimal results. I hope you enjoy the health benefits of apple cider vinegar!

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.

DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

Pecan Lodge is full of meat and sweet potatoes

By Dotty Griffith

PECAN LODGE SWEET POTATO BISQUE

dottykgriffith@gmail.com Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum, one of Dallas’ highest profile barbecue spots, doesn’t just do smoked meat. What fans call the world’s best brisket isn’t the only thing Justin and Diane Fourton are known for. Their Hot Mess, a brisket stuffed baked Photo by Amity Thomas sweet potato, is legSweet potato bisque endary as well.

Their sweet potato bisque, a lovely Thanksgiving option, is a by-product of the Hot Mess and a minor crisis in their kitchen. As Justin tells it: during their first year in business, “We completely forgot” a food writer (not this one) was coming to photograph a “festive holiday dish.”

With just 20 minutes to go before photo time, “we had to come up with something. I surveyed the kitchen, desperate for inspiration.” Hot Mess to the rescue.

“We threw baked sweet potato into the blender, whipped it with heavy cream on the stove and … voila!

Sweet Potato Bisque,” Justin said.

The dish was ready to photograph “with maybe 40 seconds to spare before the food writer arrived. I

KIDS cont'd from page 3 Steroids and safe performance enhancing drugs should be allowed in professional sports. Donovan, another young man I disagree with, says that if professional athletes are aware of the risks and willingly choose to take performance-enhancing drugs for our entertainment, they should be allowed to better their business in that way.

Football should be banned below the age of 14.

Basically, Jack argued that football should start in high school.

He cited studies showing the

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4 medium sweet potatoes 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 cup chipotle crema (recipe follows) 1 quart half-and-half 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon cumin 1/4 teaspoon onion powder Preheat oven to 450 F. Rinse sweet potatoes with water, generously sprinkle with salt and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove sweet potato flesh from skins. Place sweet potato into blender and process until smooth. Pass through a

strainer. Combine sweet potato puree with chipotle crema, half-and-half, milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, cumin and onion powder. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 15 minutes.

Serves 4.

Chipotle Crema: Purée 1 (7-ounce) can of La Costena whole chipotles in adobo sauce.

Strain into a bowl. Whisk 2 1/2 teaspoons of purée into 1 cup of sour cream. Stir in 1 teaspoon of salt. Reserve remaining purée to adjust spiciness of soup, as desired.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

pulled that one off by the skin of my teeth,” Justin said. “And that’s pretty much set the tone (at Pecan Lodge) for the next four years.”

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threat to a young brain is too great, and that delaying a player’s football initiation could significantly decrease long-term risk. He also noted that if every athlete in the country followed this rule, it would take only a few years for the “disadvantage” to wear off.

Title IX. Mark submitted his topic, and he had all kinds of reasons why Title IX — the rule that requires equality between men’s scholarships and women’s scholarships in the NCAA — is a bad thing.

Just what you’d expect from a male high school athlete. Two days later, after doing research, he came back. “Mr. Ackels,

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I want to change my topic. I want to argue in favor of Title IX.” He then wrote one of the most solid, most well backedup papers in the class, arguing why women should be given an equal opportunity to men.

And, his teacher smiled at the open-mindedness of the next generation.

That student went on to win state in volleyball. These were all your typical sportsdriving, teenage boys who just thought it was cool that a teacher would let them write about whatever they wanted.

But they showed creativity, even in the sports area.

It reminded me of the Photo courtesy of the Thanks-Giving Foundation

father, I think this was a great opportunity for Sophia.

Not only winning in the competition, but seeing her Sophia DuBard from Benjamin work bought at auction at the National Day of Prayer Franklin Middle to benefit the continuing program was a highlight.” He School won added, “This year our daughter is a freshman in the first place in the dance program at Booker T. Washington High School Expressions of for the Performing and Visual Arts, and we’re really Gratitude competition for her proud of her.” Uriel Arriaga, also from Ben Franklin watercolor of a Middle School, was a second place winner in the ballerina’s feet grades 6-8 category. on pointe.

The 2014 Expressions of Gratitude Arts Competition Awards Ceremony will be on Jan. 23, 2015 at the Nasher Sculpture Center in the arts and entertainment district. For information on how to enter by Dec. 15, visit thanksgiving.org and go to the Expressions of Gratitude page.

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK Smoky CheddarPecan Spread

The chipotle adds only the slightest heat, so don’t be afraid if you’re not a fan of spicy foods. If you can, prepare the dip the day before so the flavors have time to meld.

8 ounces smoked cheddar cheese, shredded 6 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup toasted pecans 4 scallions, chopped 2 tablespoons chipotle hot sauce Salt In a food processor, combine half of the cheddar cheese and all of the cream cheese. Pulse to mix. Transfer to a bowl, then stir in the remaining ingredients and season lightly with salt. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Recipe by Sara Newberry

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

“Expect Great Things.” www.mungerplacechurch.org Oak Lawn United Methodist Church 3014 Oak Lawn Ave., 75219 ……………… 214-521-5197 Sunday Worship: 9 and 11 am; 10 am Discipleship Hour; Noon each Wed. Brown Bag Communion Dr. Anna Hosemann-Butler, Senior Pastor www.olumc.org Wilshire Baptist Church 4316 Abrams Rd., 75214 .......................... 214-824-4531 Worship Service Sunday: 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

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MOVIE TRAILER

'Interstellar' is an event worthy of the biggest screen

By Chic DiCiccio @Chiccywood

There’s no doubt that Christopher Nolan has had plenty of opportunities to turn his career into one similar to Michael Bay. Nolan could just cash checks and make movies about talking cars.

Instead, Nolan has written and directed a $165 million introspective sci-fi movie with nonstop references to the space-time continuum all revolving around the love that a father has for his children. If Nolan took some chances with “Inception,” he has completely gone for broke by even considering the daunting task of putting “Interstellar” on the big screen.

And, oh, does this movie need to be seen on a big screen. Actually, it should be seen on any screen. While there are some moments that are a bit slow, a few characters that don’t quite fit, and a sense, at times, that Nolan-thescreenwriter is making it all up as he goes, “Interstellar” is a spectacle from the mind of a true movie visionary.

“Interstellar” takes place about ten or fifteen years in the future on an Earth that is experiencing a worldwide Dust Bowl, effectively killing every crop on the planet other than

corn. The dust is slowly taking over and will eventually zap out all the oxygen in our atmosphere, replacing it with unlivable nitrogen.

Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is a former NASA pilot-turned farmer who cares for his two children, Murph and Tom (Mackenzie Foy and Timothee Chamalet), along with the help of his deceased wife’s father, Donald (John Lithgow). Murph is a troublemaker who insists the Apollo moon landing was a real event, even though it is now called a hoax by foolish educators. Tom, the far less sensitive of the two kids, is deemed to be not smart enough by the same educators to go to college and in collectivist fashion, Cooper is told his son won’t amount to anything more than becoming a farmer.

While Cooper ponders just Photos courtesy of Paramount Pictures how the human race became Matthew McConaughey is a former NASA pilot-turned farmer who returns to space. devoid of vision, Murph stumbles across some coordinates that lead Cooper agrees to pilot the spacecraft, knowsequences put to film in recent movie memory her and her father to a hiding he may never return to Earth. The sight of later on in “Interstellar.” den NASA station being run Cooper saying goodbye to his children, particMcConaughey has become the everyman

by Professor Brand (Michael ularly the scene with Murph, is heartbreaking actor and his films are now must-see events.

Caine). Brand has a team moviemaking of the highest order.

While there are some muddy, overly talky of astronauts that includes Once the crew gets to space, the intenmoments, Christopher Nolan has created a his daughter, Amelia (Anne sity is ramped up to levels that beg for relief. true masterpiece. “Interstellar” is a visual Hathaway), and two scienTime is slowed to a halt for the astronaut achievement that will surely be rewarded with tists, Doyle (Wes Bentley) and heroes as decades pass on Earth. They can every single technical Academy Award. The Romilly (David Gyasi). Their receive messages from Earth, watching their sights of black holes, planets, and a tiny space mission is to fly to Saturn and loved ones age as mere hours pass for them, shuttle orbiting around Saturn’s rings are enter a wormhole that has as “Interstellar” continues to pound away at breathtaking. been placed there by some sort every human emotion possible.

Nolan, amid all the unreal visuals, also of higher intelligence with the Eventually, Jessica Chastain and Casey shapes two intense action sequences that could intent of finding a new world Affleck show up as Cooper’s now adult chilstop hearts from pumping. One involves the for human beings to inhabit. dren, who are dealing with Earth’s inevitable space docking of a ship and it is almost unSparing the details of collapse. Chastain is fantastic as the still bitbearable to watch. just how it all works, please ter Murph, angry her father abandoned her “Interstellar” is not so much a movie as be assured that the script by yet still hoping he comes home. Affleck is a bit it is an event. It manages to be an homage to Christopher and Jonathan of an afterthought, with his anger and pain the genius of Kubrick and Spielberg, yet be an Nolan goes into great detail seemingly coming from the fact that he was original and fresh movie on its own. This is a explaining the real-world posleft to be nothing more than a farmer when he movie that will be watched, studied, and adsibility of this journey actually wanted to be so much more. mired for decades, if only due to the potential happening. There is talk of time Matthew McConaughey, simply put, is the inspiration it provides for hundreds of other travel, hyper sleep, and even best actor on Earth right now. His charismatfilmmakers. a rectangular-shaped robot ic, dare-to-dream Cooper is an inspiration, “Interstellar” embraces the human spirit named TARS (voiced by Bill and he controls the entire movie. The visceral and desire to reach for the stars, whether Irwin) that aids the crew on emotional gambit of joy and sadness he runs you’re a farmer, a scientist, or a pilot. It goes their seemingly one-way trip. while watching decades worth of video from from regret and sadness to inspiration and The emotional heft behis children is an amazing movie moment, hope in seconds, leaving you in awe and truly comes almost unbearable once only to be topped by one of the most powerful wanting more when it ends.

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GUILT cont'd from page 1 When confirming that his stories are, in fact based on his own family, Solomon replied, “My Dad is an Orthodox Russian Jew, and my Mom’s from Palermo.” Go figure!

In his biography, Solomon explained that he left academia and turned to comedy because, “I decided follow my heart and become an impoverished comedy writer and performer.”

Who knew that his shows would become the longestrunning one man comedy shows in history?

All four of Solomon’s shows are touring the country concurrently. According to the star, he didn’t exactly try to clone himself or multitask for the tours. “My guest actors are taller, thinner and have more hair,” he owned up. “They’re really good. Audiences are never disappointed. But when their fans see me, they say, ‘What happened to your hair? You gained so much weight!’”

Solomon did point out that he always enjoys performing at the Eisemann Theater, and won’t send in another actor to do his Dallas productions. “I love coming there [Dallas] for the people.

They are an appreciative audience. Cream of the crop.” He added, “They [Dallas audiences] dress up for a night of theater there. That really makes me feel good,” he said.

“In South Florida the audiences may as well be going bowling!”

Having grown up in the multi-ethnic Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, with its high concentration of immigrants, it’s no wonder Solomon had learning opportunities for a range of dialects. In addition to his parents’ international accents, he learned from neighboring ethnic groups, many living in the same building, who included Russians, Italians, Irish, Albanian, Jewish, Turkish, Chinese and some Spanishspeaking. “When I was delivering Chinese food at 13 years old, residents wouldn’t let me in when I said, ‘Chinese food delivery.’ Once I got that Asian dialect down, they let me right in,” the New Yorker quipped.

“Are my dialects and impersonations exaggerated? Exactly,” he explained. First he mastered Yiddish, which his parents and Bubbe (Jewish grandmother) spoke when they didn’t want him [the kids] understanding the conversation. That’s a common practice in Jewish families, but Solomon beat the system and learned Yiddish.

Also common for Jewish children, as it was for him, is getting dropped off at Bubbe’s while your parents work (on the Sabbath – a no no).

“My Bubbe was an important influence in my life,” he said. He learned a lot more from her than Yiddish spoken in “old country” dialect.

Solomon doesn’t pull any punches regarding the

show’s content. “Is it politically incorrect? Absolutely.

But I’m simply impersonating people. If you don’t like it, be mad at them, not me!” He did have a mayor in one city try to pull his Muslim jokes, but by and large, people identify with some of the characters in the act, and he says that’s why it works.

Just so you will know, this is not a show for the kiddos, and if potty-mouth offends you, you might want to go see “Frozen” instead.

He estimates that since 2003 at least a million people have seen his shows, but who’s counting? His show ran in South Africa for three years, and the showman’s looking at England and Ireland next.

Here’s some of the fodder you can get out of a single interview, and this only scratches the surface.

Topic: The electronic age.

“My dad sent a fax for the first time. He said, ‘Let me have it back. It’s the only copy I have.’”

Topic: His schedule. “You ask if I’ve set the bar too high with four tours at the same time? I limbo under the bar.”

Topic: Wisdom. “My dad always said that wealth is temporary, but wisdom is forever. He said ‘The wisest man knows what he doesn’t know.’” Solomon shared one more pearl, “My father also said, ‘It’s best to never take a sleeping pill and a laxative together.’”

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Solomon shared that, “I’m the biggest schmoozer on the face of the earth. I love talking and listening to people. I don’t stand on any high horse. I’m the first to sit down and chat with anyone.”

One performance venue describes Solomon’s shows this way: “Close your eyes and you’d swear there were two or three people chatting onstage; all these people are created by comedian and master dialectician Steve Solomon.”

After one conversation with the vunderkind (That’s how you would say “wunderkind” in the old country

dialect), Steve Solomon rocks (in teen and yuppie dialect), and about “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt … the Therapy Continues,” “Go. Enjoy.” (in Bubbe dialect).

Steve Solomon’s “Cannoli, Latkes and Guilt … the Therapy Continues” will have five performances at the Eisemann Theater in Richardson on Thursday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m.

For information and to purchase tickets, visit eisemanncenter.com.

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