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Santa Claus at the Klyde Klyde Warren Park and AT&T Performing Arts Center (ATTPAC) are partnering to provide free, daylong holiday festivities on Saturday, Dec. 6. The day will be filled with free music, children’s activities, Photo courtesy of Klyde Warren Park fireworks and more.

Tourists from the north enjoy the park.

From 1 to 6 p.m., the Klyde Warren Park’s event will feature live reindeer, photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, holiday entertainment and the lighting of the park’s Christmas tree. From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., the “Reliant Lights Your Holidays” event on the ATTPAC campus will feature a snow-filled area, live performances by country music star Jack Ingram and roots rock legends Los Lobos and a fireworks display. The Center will also illuminate more than 550,000 holiday lights across its campus. — Samantha Kurz

Trees fill TSRHC with TLC

Pictured on right, Steve Love, president and CEO of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children patient Emily Hough and hospital president and CEO Robert L. Walker were part of the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children annual holiday tree lighting ceremony on Tuesday night. Love and Hough lit an 18-foot tree in the hospital atrium, and more than 50 organizations decorated trees throughout the hospital. — Manny Mendoza

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Mayor Rawlings to seek second term

By Bill Zeeble / KERA News Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings announced Tuesday he’ll seek a second term. He won’t back away from a pair of controversial positions that drew harsh criticism during his first four years.

Those two issues? Education, for one, in his strong support for Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles, and the controversial home-rule effort that could change the way Dallas schools are run. The charter wasn’t ready for November’s election, which may have doomed it.

“Look, if we’re going to transform our school system, you have to change teachers, you have to change principals, you have to change administration, and you have to make sure your governance system is set up the optimal way,” Rawlings said.

The mayor also continued to embrace the Trinity River Parkway, the 9-mile toll road critics are still challenging. Rawlings

Photo by Krystina Martinez/KERA News

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, speaking this fall as the city was responding to Ebola, says he will run for re-election.

says the Trinity must be developed the right way or south Dallas – another of his priorities - will never reach its potential. Some say an upcoming Trinity design summit he’s behind is an attempt to save the project.

“The right way is to make sure that massive beautiful piece of property serves all of Dallas,” Rawlings said. “To make sure it has economic growth it has quality of life growth, it helps us mobility-wise, and weaves north Dallas, south Dallas families together.”

Rawlings also wants to keep marketing the Dallas arts district and other assets to the world. “We need to be a place where great creative people come and live because of the arts and culture we have in this city and I want to reach out throughout the globe and get a bigger market share of that growth. People don’t know about DFW and they want to come and be part of this city of prosperity, and I want to focus on that as well,” the mayor said.

Rawlings was first elected in 2011. The next mayor’s election is May 2015.

MULL IT OVER

Texas roots should help Morris grow SMU football

By David Mullen

david@katytrailweekly.com

Photo by Rick Smith

Trains at NorthPark chug along Every year Ronald McDonald House of Dallas selects a Kid Conductor to blow the whistle to open their largest fundraiser, The Trains at NorthPark. This holiday, six-year-old Ruth Daniel, recovering from craniofaPhoto courtesy of Coulter Group cial surgery, fills the role. Miss Daniel Kid Conductor Ruth Daniel cuts the ribis a patient of Dr. bon to open The Trains at NorthPark.

Jeffrey Fearon, who is serving as Honorary Co-Chair with his wife, Regen. This year’s exhibit is located on Level One near Nordstrom and rolls along 1,600 feet of track until Jan. 4, 2015. — Juliette Coulter

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

After reiterating how “excited” he was upon being introduced as the new head football coach of the SMU Mustangs and how an “exciting” brand of football would be returning to the Hilltop, native Texan Chad Morris said some things that truly resonated with the faculty, staff (including SMU basketball coach Larry Brown), media and students on Monday.

“Got to eat a Whataburger right off of the plane,” Morris said. “It doesn’t get much better than that.” After that comment loosened up the anticipatory crowd, Morris got down to serious football business.

He addressed a glaring weakness that has plagued the SMU Football program over the years: the lack of quality local players.

“There’s some great players right here underneath our own wingspan; within a quarter-tank of gas you can get all you want,” Morris said. The 2014 football team

has more out-ofstate players than DFW players on their roster.

“We’re going to make it really hard for these guys to leave here,” Morris said. “We’re not going to play second fiddle to anybody, and we’re not going to back down from anybody. We’re going to stand toeto-toe with the best Photo courtesy of SMU Athletics in the country, beSMU president R. Gerald Turner and athletic director Rick Hart cause that’s who we flank Mustangs new head football coach Chad Morris. want to be.” rusher and 1,000-yard receiver in three Born in consecutive seasons from 2011-13. Of the Edgewood off of Interstate 80 in Van other 119 Division I football teams, only Zandt County, the 45-year-old Morris Baylor can make the same claim. joins SMU after four seasons as offen“I’m a Texas high school football sive coordinator at Clemson. He created coach,” Morris said. “That’s who I am. an offensive powerhouse at the South Carolina school including development see MULL on page 3 of a 3,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard

HOLIDAY MUSICAL

DSM’s new season starts off with a ‘bang’

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com

The big bang came from the official Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot range model air rifle.

Kid or adult, who hasn’t at one time wanted something so badly you thought you couldn’t live without it? The latest Barbie? An American Girl doll? Sarah Jessica Parker’s wardrobe? A Braum’s hot fudge sundae? A raise?

Ralphie Parker didn’t think he’d survive without the aforementioned toy gun. His parents weren’t big on the idea.

“You’ll shoot your eye out,” was his mother’s mantra in Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) production of, “A Christmas Story: The Musical,” which opened

Saw it about a hundred years ago.” Turns out, ACS hit the big screen in 1983, with an impressive cast that included Peter Billingsley as Ralphie; Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin.

They’re undoubtedly still receiving royalPhoto by Joan Marcus ties from rentColton Maurer as Ralphie and the company als, as it became of “A Christmas Story: The Musical.” a holiday classic. at the Music Hall at Fair Park The story Tuesday night. follows Ralphie’s quest to end Ask anyone if they reChristmas as the owner of member the film version and that gun, as he attempts to you can expect, “Oh, yeah. connive and manipulate his

parents and teacher. He’s a man with a mission.

Co-produced by DSM and Michael Jenkins, the musical played on Broadway in 2012. It was nominated for nine awards from Drama Desk and another three Tony Awards for outstanding musical, book and original score.

Two area students, 12-year-old Grace Moore of Plano and 10-year-old Peyton Nicholson of Wylie, were chosen out of 40, who performed at local auditions held by choreographer Jason Sparks. Both will appear in the ensemble in rotating performances. “We saved some spots in the Dallas ensemble to give local kids a taste of the theater,” Sparks

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HOUSE CALL

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

A galling total of surgeries

By Dr. Kimberly Washington

the duct, leading to the common bile duct. As the gallbladder squeezes against this occlusion, the result is feeling pain in that area One of the most common opof the abdomen. This is an indicaerations performed by a general tion for surgical removal of the surgeon is a cholecystectomy. The gallbladder. numbers of people who form gallAs stated above, the most stones and develop symptoms from common symptom of choleliit is astounding! On a recent survey of the National Health and Nutrition thinsis is pain in the right upper abdomen, particularly Examination Survey, pain that occurs after approximately 6.3 eating spicy or greasy million men and 14.2 foods. Other symptoms million women in the include nausea, vomitU.S. suffer from galling and pain in the mid bladder disease. We and upper abdomen. As perform more than long as there is no eleva700,000 cholecystection in white blood cells tomies per year in the U.S. for various Dr. Washington or those cells indicating infection and as long as gallbladder diseases! the patient can tolerate More than $6.5 billion eating, there is nothing emergent in healthcare dollars are used each year to treat gallbladder disease. This about gallbladder removal. One is not a small portion of our medical point worth mentioning, however, is that typically the episodes of economy. pain will become more frequent The gallbladder is a small organ the longer surgical management is located in the right upper abdomen delayed. attached to the liver. The function of The procedure is performed the gallbladder is to store bile that is laparoscopically or robotically with formed in the liver. Bile has the very small incisions. This is a same-day important function of assisting with procedure with very little “out of digestion of foods, particularly fatty work” time after surgery. There are foods. When we eat, the gallbladder major risks, like other surgeries, contracts and squeezes the bile into that will be explained in detail by a larger duct called the common bile your surgeon during the pre-operduct, which drains into the intestine ative evaluation. However, the risks to help with digestion. When the fluid in the gallbladder has the appro- are low because of the frequency of the operation. If you have any such priate proportion of cholesterol and symptoms, discuss this with your bile salts, it remains in a liquid state, primary care physician on the next however, when the cholesterol convisit. tent is too high, stones are formed.

Dr. Kimberly Washington, Many people form gallstones, a general surgeon at Highlander much more than those who actually Surgical Associates in Arlington, have symptoms. Symptoms occur maintains an interest in health from gallbladder stones or cholelieducation and advocacy. thiasis, because the stone occludes

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All the news that fits, prints

ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL

We are talking trash during the holidays

By Naima Montacer

holiday decor. There are positives and negatives to both.

A fake tree can be reused The decoration season is year after year but is made upon us. For some, the mofrom petroleum derived plasment the turkey is lifted off tic. Fake trees are often manuof the table, it’s factured overseas time to start setincreasing shipping ting up the holiday distances and cardecorations. I live bon emissions. Fake with one of those trees do have a life types. He’s ready span as well and at with the Frank the end, most end up Sinatra holiday in a landfill. music immediReal trees ately following have the negatives Thanksgiving. I of being a farmed obliged this week- Naima Montacer agricultural prodend, and we set up uct, which destroys our minimalistic decorations natural habitat for the space with some environmental con- to grow the trees. Many tree scious decisions. farms also utilize pesticides We, as Americans, throw and fertilizers, increasing away 25 percent more trash water pollution. Real trees during the holiday period can’t be grown in all climates, (from Thanksgiving to New so they also face the issue of Year’s) than any other time of traveling long distances inyear. That amounts to 25 milcreasing carbon emissions lion tons of extra garbage (epa. from shipping. gov)! This holiday season, let’s However, real trees have keep the trash out of the landone large advantage over fake fill and think about what we’re trees: they can be recycled and buying and where it’s going turned into mulch. The City of when we’re done with it.

Dallas will be collecting used The general rule is to keep real trees at several differit simple. There’s no need to ent drop-off locations around go big on holiday decorations. town. Call the waste diversion The more you put up, the more office at 214-670-4475. It’s a demand on our natural retough choice with no great sources. Here are some tips to answer, except you could buy a keep your holiday spirit, yet potted tree that you can plant still make good decisions for after the holidays or make a our planet: fake tree out of leftover objects The tree. Real or fake? around your house.

This by far is the biggest conThe lights. Less is more. troversy in environmental A few lights go a long way, and

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BREVITY

earlier issue of Katy Trail Weekly prematurely in my opinion. It was my fault. I am the editor. I let one slip by. I believe a place should be established (or in the case of Cliff ’s, re-established) before commenting. But I went into the place after our article hungry at Happy Hour one day and found the last seat at a lively bar, munched excellent onthe-menu food including one-half pound smoked Duroc pork (a bargain at $12) that was as good as it gets. The tables were empty early, and I couldn’t resist to mention to the bar manager that I thought the bar was a bit small for thirsty Lower Greenville.

“We are a restaurant, not a bar,” I was tersely informed after I had paid my tab leaving a healthy gratuity. Uh, OK. I guess I don’t know what I am talking about. I hope he was pulling my pork … Speaking of pork, I finally ventured into Samson’s Gourmet Hot Dogs next to the nail salon and Peckers (really) bar. It is worth trying if nothing for the innovative thinking. It is the nicest design of a strip center hot dog place I have ever seen.

I don’t know if that is a good thing but in this case(ing), it works. The place is sharp. A minimalist collection of great beer signs on the wall.

Patio separations are made out of stacked, smooth rocks. And local and national brews are cheap. I had the $6.50 Flying Deutsch Man, which is a beer brat, mashed potatoes, seasoned sauerkraut, Asian slaw, bacon and mustard on a pretzel bun. The Maine Root Organic Lemon Lime was incredible. The meal was under $10, and breakfast is also available.

Their tagline is “Nine Inches Of Fun In A Bun.” Well, after all, it is located at Oak Lawn Avenue and Maple Avenue …

decades, there will be no Budweiser Clydesdale advertising during the david@katytrailweekly.com holidays. The national beer brand, now second in sales and owned by I received my first Christmas foreign interests, are putting the catalog on Tuesday, Oct. 21 … The icons out to pasture to focus on a great Pat Monahan of the underyouth movement, because craft brews rated band Train wrote “Texas, are are cutting into their once dominate you my friend? ‘Cause I am afraid share. They can’t even beat their own of you. I think I’m movin’ to Idaho.

Bud Light in sales. I suspect the big I ain’t afraid of you.” My break from horses will be back for the big game the Katy Trail Weekly — “All the on Feb. 1 ... I saw my first freshly-cut news that fits, prints” — was spent Christmas tree on Ross Avenue atop partially in Ketchum, Idaho in the an SUV on Saturday, Nov. 29. I reshadow of Sun Valley, a place I had ally believe in the year-round tree. I never visited and was love a beautifully decomuch smaller than I rated tree like anyone expected. As were the else. I have seen the tree tiny Delta jets (operat Rockefeller Center ated by Sky West actuat Christmastime and ally) from DFW to Salt was in awe. But I never Lake City to Friedman liked the idea wasting Memorial Airport in nature for a short-term Hailey. I got a decent celebration. Growing up, fare and should have known. It didn’t occur David Mullen we always had a yearround tree. It lived in to me that the airlines, the attic for 11 months like movie theaters, have “Cry and then we would put it together in Baby Matinee” flights. Ketchum is December … Around the neighbora beautiful town where everything hood: The new Cliff ’s Bar & Grill is is within walking distance, and it open, and don’t expect it to be physireminded me how other people live cally anything like the old one. It is outside of the city. There is almost smaller, your feet don’t stick to the no driving anywhere. There is lots floor, you can lock the bathroom of shoveling snow and waving to door, and the smell of bourbon is noneighbors. I saw the same people where to be found except in the new every day. I saw them at the coffee glassware. They are working out the shop/bookstore, at the restaurants, at the bars and at the post office. No kinks as a new place does with POS home mail delivery in Ketchum. But issues, a limited menu and figuring out the sizable patio. But the food is despite the pristine layout and laidstill solid, the drinks are excellent, back culture, as I told the drooling and many of the same faces from the 5-month-old on my return flight, old Loon are smiling (or frowning) I was glad to come back to Dallas.

But I ain’t movin’ to Idaho. I am when you come in. It will work. It afraid of the flights … I received is too good not to … I visited Clark my first Christmas card on Friday, Food and Wine on Lower Greenville Nov. 28 … For the first time in Avenue, which was profiled in an

By David Mullen

we don’t need to all have Clark Griswold homes. The less we put up, the less energy we use.

If you do put up lights, make them LED and use them year after year.

The ornaments. Make your own! Ornaments are a fun project to have the kids join in on. They will love seeing their artwork up on the tree. From salt ornaments, light bulb snowmen to paper snowflakes the opportunities are endless. Check out theartofupcycling.com for some great holiday ideas.

The garland. Try making newspaper chains or popcorn and cranberry strings to hang on your tree. Add a few orange slices for some pop of color and amazing smell! Use last years leftovers to make this years garland ­— cut up old Christmas cards and wrapping paper.

The stockings. Stockings are the beginners craft dream project. They are a simple shape and leave room for creative personalization. Utilize whatever fabric you have — cleaning out your closet and have some old shirts or pants?

Cut them up and make a stocking. If you don’t have a sewing machine, no worries just grab a needle and thread, fabric glue or Velcro!

The cards. It is estimated that 2.6 billion holiday cards are sold each year. If you're going to print cards, choose recycled paper products and remind your recipients to recycle them when they're done.

Author addresses 'National Insecurity'

Or go waste free and be creative with a designed email or Author David make a short video to send to Rothkopf will focus your friends and family! We on the use and miscould save 50,000 cubic yards use of political and of paper if we all sent one less governmental power card. Just one. Imagine if we in the post-9/11 U.S. all sent fewer. when he headlines a The wrapping paper.

World Affairs Council Start collecting now. of Dallas/Fort Worth Newspaper, comics and scrap program on Tuesday, paper that can be sponge Dec. 9. stamped with Christmas trees.

Rothkopf's newPhoto courtesy of Foreign Policy Need some bows? Pull out est book, “National David Rothkopf your cereal boxes and make Insecurity (American some absolutely stunning Leadership in an Age bows (olderandwisor.com for of Fear),” is an analysis of political and governmental pictures and directions). power, personalities and circumstances since the attack The presents. Think outon the U.S. side the box this year. Instead The program begins at 7 p.m. at the Parish of heading to the mall, be creEpiscopal School Midway Campus, 4101 Sigma Road at ative with experiences, local Midway Road. Admission is free for Council members made gifts, battery free and and guests and $15 for non-members. See dfwworld.org packaging free items. for reservations. — ­ Kris McCarty I’m excited for the early start to the holiday season. Take this time OUR MISSION to make some of your Katy Trail Weekly is a community-friendly newspaper designed to inform and entertain decorations and think the people in many diverse demographics who live and/or work in these neighbortwice before buying hoods. Much like the Katy Trail itself, Katy Trail Weekly is designed to help bring together more items that are the neighborhoods of Downtown, Uptown, Cedar Springs/Oak Lawn, the Design District, destined for the landfill. the Medical District and the Park Cities, as well as others. The newspaper is placed in local businesses, and other locations, for free pick-up by their patrons. We support this Not only will every bit publication by providing ad space to local businesses who want an effective and affordyou save help the enviable way to reach the Katy Trail area readers we attract and serve. We welcome participaronment, but it will also tion in the paper through story and picture submissions, and we hope that you will join help your wallet. us in making this paper the best it can be.

Need more ideas?

Co-founders Nancy Black Writers Chris Ackels Check out a list of 42 Rex Cumming Anna Clark ways to save waste David Mullen Chic DiCiccio Andy Simpson Candace Evans during the holidays at Dotty Griffith use-less-stuff.com.

Publisher Rex Cumming Beth Leermakers Rob Lord Naima Montacer is Editor in Chief David Mullen Megan Lyons a freelance writer and Naima Montacer Managing Sara Newberry conservationist. View Director Nancy Black Chris Phelps more at her website Mary Spencer Graphic Design Amy Moore Shari Stern EnviroAdventures.com.

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Distribution Andy Simpson Manager Copy Editors Jessica Voss

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ACKELS' ANGLE

The inside on Moody Coliseum Photo courtesy of SMU Athletics

Originally built in 1956 as an 8,998-seat multi-purpose arena, the new expanded and renovated Moody Coliseum is about to celebrate its first anniversary.

By Chris Ackels

Ch.ackels@gmail.com They call it “New Moody.” The outer shell looks exactly like it did when the building opened in 1956. On the inside, just about everything looks different.

Bright video boards sit atop every seating section, luxury boxes span the rafters with cushioned seats and cold refreshments, and an enlarged pony sits on the state-of-the-art wooden floor.

It looks different, but it feels the same.

The 58-year-old building opened at the height of SMU basketball. After making their first and only Final Four appearance in March 1956, the new Coliseum opened the following fall to a packed house of Mustang fans.

Through the years, Moody has had its fair share of magic. The building has seen 842 victories in men’s and women’s basketball, and in some cases, its atmosphere may have been directly responsible for the outcome.

The music that has bounced off its walls speak to its character: the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Queen, Pearl Jam and U2 are among the artists who have played concerts there.

Four U.S. presidents have spoken at Moody: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and both Bushes. Tennis greats Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe and Andre Agassi have swung rackets on Moody’s floor.

And perhaps the wackiest of Moody moments came in 1984, when the Dallas Mavericks unexpectedly made the playoffs, then unexpectedly forced Game 5 against Seattle, then unexpectedly won the game.

Reunion Arena had been booked for five years, and after Dallas won Game 4 in Seattle, the Mavericks went scrambling for a court to play the game.

They jammed more than 9,000 people into Moody Coliseum, used black electrical tape to create an NBA 3-point line, and couldn’t even broadcast the game on the air. It’s an obscure part of Dallas sports history that has since been called “major bedlam,” “mayhem and chaos” and “one big zoo” until it earned the moniker “Moody Madness.” The Mavericks

trailed 93-86 with 2:08 to play when the madness struck. Dallas came away with a 105-104 overtime victory.

You see, Moody Coliseum is more a part of Dallas blood than most people realize. It was there before Reunion Arena or American Airlines Center or “The Death Star,” er, AT&T Stadium. Even after its recent heart transplant, students still sit essentially on the court, and there is still no bad seat in the house.

This year is a particularly exciting one for Moody, as the three teams that call the building home continue to rise in prominence. The SMU volleyball team set a school record with 26 wins this season, and four Mustangs earned All-Conference awards.

The women’s basketball team is worth your watch: led by Destynee Hives-McCray, who is averaging a double-double with 12.0 points per game and 10 rebounds per game, this team features character and international talent. Australian twins Alicia and Keely Froling play a physical game in the middle despite their lean stature, while Taylor Brame takes the “sixth man” role in stride. It’s a young squad loaded with freshman, which signals a bright future for the women’s program.

Of course, it’s the men’s team that fills the place, particularly with this year’s high expectations after a recent snub from the NCAA Selection Committee. Though they appear to have stumbled out of the gate, the 4-3 Mustangs have a handful of home games to prepare for a road test at Michigan on Dec. 20.

Junior Nic Moore leads the team in points, assists and steals, and just this week was named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, essentially recognizing him as one of the nation’s top 50 players. Three other players — Keith Frazier, Yanick Moreira, and Ben Moore — are averaging more than 10.0 points per game. With a formidable conference slate, a tournament berth is certainly within reach.

And New Moody is within driving distance. January will mark one year since the renovations were complete, and the transformed building alone is worth the price of admission. The winning teams within just add to the fun.

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MULL cont'd from page 1 I make no bones about it, and I don't back down from anything. I think Texas high school football coaches do it the right way. They get it.

They understand that you have to build relationships.

It's not just about relationships with your players but with your fans and parents and everyone who touches those student-athletes.”

Before spending one season at Tulsa in 2010, Morris achieved great success for 16 seasons at the Texas high school football level. He coached at Eustace Independent School District (1994-97), Elysian Field ISD (1998-99), Bay City ISD (2000-02) and Stephenville ISD (2004-07).

But while at Lake Travis High School from 2008-09, his legacy in Texas football was firmly cemented. Morris led Lake Travis to back-toback undefeated 16-0 seasons as well as two Class 4A State Championships. Lake Travis was the state of Texas' topranked offense in both 2008 and 2009. Those teams were ranked in the Nation’s Top 10

by Rivals.com and USA Today.

Morris posted a 169-38 record overall at the Texas high school level, setting numerous offensive records and took six of his teams to Texas State Championship Games, winning three state titles.

Morris earned Coach of the Year honors 11 times.

“It's about the true development of the student-athlete, not just on the football field,” Morris said. “If you take care of everything and making sure they're getting the right resources and the right people touching them, then the success on that football field is going to take care of itself.

That's what I want to challenge our staff, our faculty to really lock arms and get this done."

"It's hard to believe that 12 weeks ago today we announced a change in leadership for our football program,” SMU Athletic Director Rick Hart said. “There are many days where it seems much longer than that. This was a long process, but a lot has

transpired in those 12 weeks.

We established a vision, a plan and a profile to identify and recruit the next head coach to SMU. We wanted to make sure that as we set out to do that we honored the significant investments that had been made over the many years to raise the profile of our athletics program.

We are committed to the continued growth and evolution of our program, and we aspire to be the best in the American Athletic Conference.

“We looked for the following characteristics, and we went after the best,” Hart said. “We wanted someone with great character. We wanted a leader, someone with family values, a teacher, an innovator, someone with a grand vision. We wanted someone who would embrace SMU, the city of Dallas and the state of Texas. We wanted someone respected by his peers. In short, we wanted a winner.”

Morris seems like such a great fit at SMU that when he introduced and had stand wife Paula, daughter Mackenzie and son Chandler, they looked like had just walked out of a Highland Park Village catalog.

“We're going to be one of

the most explosive offenses,” Morris said, “one of the most explosive football teams in all of college football, and we are going to be one of the biggest turnarounds in college football before this is done."

SMU played to a half empty stadium for most of the year. When coach June Jones left the team after the second game of his seventh season, the football program seemed to reach its lowest point since the “Death Penalty” was imposed on the program in 1987.

The Mustangs face the potential of a 0-12 season pending the outcome of Saturday’s game at Connecticut.

Winning back the confidence of the fan base will be a challenge for Morris.

"I think you have to get out there and get involved” Morris said. “You have to do it one handshake at a time. I think you have to see me out there, and I think that's critical to not just the fans, but our faculty as well. Whatever it takes."

After this year of unprecedented futility on the Hilltop, SMU Mustang fans finally have reason to kick up their heels about the hiring of Chad Morris, a Texas football coach and true Texas homeboy.

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Dec. 5 – 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. 6

9750 Ferguson Road Dallas, 75228 214-850-5019

Bishop Lynch High School – We are hosting our annual Christmas Bazaar! The event will feature more than 85 vendors including gifts, collectibles, Christmas wares, a silent auction and the Candy Cane Café. Proceeds will benefit the Bishop Lynch Brigade drill team. 9 a.m. to 4 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!

Dec. 8

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

Wyly Theatre – Oral Fixation presents “Outside the Box.” This live storytelling series for adults rolls out its fourth season with a fresh line-up of idiomatic themes every month. This month’s show will feature stories about thinking differently, unconventional wisdom and, yes, shipping! 8 p.m.

Dec. 14

6315 Lindsley Ave. Dallas, 75223 469-563-2862

Atma Bhakti Yoga Center – Come to our Holiday Bazaar and Open House! Featuring local business owners and artisans, join us to get some special gifts for your friends, family or yourself. Also, if you haven't checked out our center yet, it's a great time to come see the space and meet some of the teachers. Noon to 5 p.m. FREE!

Dec. 14

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

St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts – The Cathedral Choir and selected readers unfold the Christmas narrative with familiar choral settings and scriptural accounts according to a beloved pattern established by King’s College Chapel in 1918. 5 p.m. FREE!

Dec. 16

6315 Lindsley Ave. Dallas, 75223 469-563-2862

Atma Bhakti Yoga Center – Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy an evening of heartfelt kirtan (musical meditation). Musical instruments and rhythmic drumming accompany the singing. The audience is encouraged to participate by chanting, clapping and dancing. 7 to 9 p.m. Price of entry is a donation.

Fri 12/05

Picture of the Week "The Man in Black" sets the rules at the Casino bar in Ketchum, Idaho.

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Sat 12/06

Walt Disney, b. 1901 Little Richard, b. 1932 Joan Didion, b. 1934 Frankie Muniz, b. 1985 1933 – Prohibition ended when 36th state, Utah, ratified the 21st Amendment.

Alfred Eisenstadt, b. 1898 Dave Brubeck, b. 1920 Steven Wright, b. 1955 Nick Park, b. 1958 Janine Turner, b. 1962 1877 – Thomas Edison reciting “Mary Had a Little Lamb” was 1st sound recording.

Sun 12/07

Eli Wallach, b. 1915 Ellen Burstyn, b. 1932 Tom Waits, b. 1949 Larry Bird, b. 1956 1941 – Pearl Harbor attacked

by Japanese warplanes. “A date which will live in Infamy.”

Mon 12/08

James Thurber, b. 1894 Sammy Davis, Jr., b. 1925 James Galway, b. 1939 Dominic Monaghan, b. 1976 1948 – 14th Heisman Trophy awarded to Doak Walker from SMU.

Tue 12/09

Kirk Douglas, b. 1918 Redd Foxx, b. 1922 Judi Dench, b. 1934 John Malkovich, b.1953 Felicity Huffman, b. 1962 1907 – 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington, DE post office).

Donors and volunteers

Wed 12/10

Thomas Gallaudet, b. 1787 Emily Dickinson, b. 1830 Kenneth Branagh, b. 1960 Michael Clarke Duncan, b. 1963 Sarah Chang, b. 1980 1901 – The 1st Nobel Prizes were awarded

Thu 12/11

“Big Mama” Thornton, b. 1926 Rita Moreno, b. 1931 Brenda Lee, b. 1944 Teri Garr, b. 1949 1844 – 1st use of nitrous oxide as dental anesthetic.

show love and care in Dallas

GREYHOUND ADOPTION LEAGUE OF TEXAS Providing homes for retired racing greyhounds and sighthounds

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?

To assist all greyhounds, primarily those that are retired from or affiliated with the racing industry; to facilitate placing greyhounds in loving, responsible, forever homes; to educate the public about the desirability of adopting greyhounds as companions and family pets in the home; to stress the importance of spay and neuter, as a means of controlling the number of unwanted greyhounds; to provide continuing educational support to the greyhound’s family after placement; to enjoy the spiritual connection we all share with greyhounds one of the most loving and loyal creatures put on this earth.

A

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How many clients are served each year?

Since GALT’s inception in 2001, we have assisted more than 2,500 greyhounds and sighthounds in finding their forever homes.

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What are your critical needs now, besides money donations?

Foster homes.

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What upcoming fundraisers are on the calendar?

2015 Greyt Athletes Dinner and Auction – Racing to Retirement – Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015; Three Forks Restaurant, Dallas $150 per ticket.

A Q

What sort of volunteer jobs are available?

Caring for the dogs in boarding, as well as, event setup.

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

Provide forever homes for retired racing greyhounds and sighthounds in need.

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What is difficult about your job?

Raising the funds to support GALT’s budget of approximately $350,000 annually.

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What is rewarding about your job?

Knowing that these wonderful animals have a loving and caring forever home.

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

This is from an adopter that we just received: I just wanted to contact you and thank you for our amazing greyhound. We changed his name from Jimmy to Jackson shortly after adopting him. I was 5 or 6 the year we adopted him and still remember everything.

I’m Rick and Tracy’s youngest daughter and am now 16. Jackson was everything I could ever ask for. Greyhounds are amazing animals. I can’t believe how lucky I was to get to grow up with him around. Jackson went through everything and was not a “pet,” but instead, a true member of the family. Our beloved Jackson passed away last month on the 25th, and we’ve been heartbroken ever since. I was determined to find the person who brought us our sweet boy and luckily, I found you. Words cannot describe how thankful I am for all you do. You led us and many others to their perfect companions. These dogs have truly become a big part of my life and earned a soft spot in my heart. Jackson was everything to me, and I can’t thank you enough for him. I still remember our very first Christmas with him.

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Our thanks to Susie McQuade, co-founder, for answering this week’s questions.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1. Beach residue 5. Conductor Zubin — 10. Sandpaper grade 16. Descendant

21. — Ness monster 22. Of the hipbone 23. Neighbor of Zambia 24. Dance band 25. Tech-support caller

26. Activist Ralph — 27. Nixes 28. Whitish gemstones 29. Luke Skywalker's home planet 31. Just scrape by

33. Wielded a broom 35. Moo goo — pan 36. Aves.

37. Legal document 40. "Crocodile" Dundee's girl

41. Allot 42. Like a bairn 45. Gov. prosecutors 46. Give — — break 48. Modern, in Munich 50. Contract examiner 52. Speed up 54. Fomented 55. Puts up food 57. Purview 58. Lab slide dye 59. Exploding star 60. Pet lovers' gp.

62. Ancient seeress 66. Rust component 67. Aden denizen 69. Tell 71. Two-wheeled carriage 72. Van Damme film 74. Wall Street deg.

76. Archangel of light 78. Barley bristle 79. Dryer fuzz 80. Young tree 83. Fake it 85. Young screecher 88. Best strategy (2 wds.)

89. Vice — 90. Pinata occasions 93. Adieu (hyph.)

95. Ess molding 97. — -la-la 98. Premier Zhou — 100. Vintage auto 101. Volcanic vents 106. Blondie's shrieks 108. Spry 110. Blew gently 112. Not work out 113. "Bye Bye Bye" band 115. Oompah horn 116. Hit on the head 117. Wouldn't hurt ——

PAGE 5 118. Drama section 120. "Fancy" singer 122. Loaded with cash 123. Stained-glass art 124. Metal-cutting tool 128. Half-star movie 129. Giants hero of yore 130. Bump hard 131. Stir-fry pan 132. Knuckle under 133. Motor City org.

135. Like blue moons 137. Ballroom dance 139. Lingerie buy 140. Windows precursor (hyph.)

142. Hearth residue 144. Got hold of 148. Deep-voiced singer 150. Summoned 153. Mud brick 155. Old Italian coins 156. Flawless 157. Eye layer 158. Liberates 159. Keep time 160. Stuffed animal 161. Barracks bane 162. — Haute 163. Chip in DOWN 1. Huge excess 2. Sub — (secretly) 3. Cool rapper? (hyph.)

4. Vibrate 5. Roomy vehicle 6. Veld grazers 7. Trapper's quest 8. — kwon do 9. North-forty unit 10. Spelunker

FITNESS ON THE TRAIL

The dirty secrets of off-season training

By Rob Lord

He helped me understand why my workouts never did anything and what it takes to succeed. Following his advice, I transformed myself from a 185 pound skinny kid into a 210 pound explosive division one college athlete in one semester.

Here’s what my strength coach taught me:

When I was a high school sophomore, I played quarterback on junior varsity. I had a decent arm, but I was weak and small, and I was secretly scared to get hit.

It makes sense to be nervous when your 6-feet tall and 150-pounds soaking wet. To get stronger, I trained like You have to stick to the the bodybuilders did in the basics. muscle magazines. I trained Building great high hard, but after a few months school athletes is shockI had nothing to show for ingly simple.

Not easy, but it. My parents hired a speed simple.

Aside from develcoach to help me with sports oping sport specific skill, specific agility. I lost the little Photo courtesy of Rob Lord all a kid, boy or girl, has bit of muscle I had gained This is Milan, a former to do to crush the compeand improved my conditionhigh school running tition is get great at four ing slightly. Finally, after back. He can squat 445 exercises. Bench press, deep three years of horrible offlbs. for reps, which has season workouts that led to in turn given him a 34" back squats, deadlift and nowhere, I squeaked onto vertical and a 4.54 sec- strict chin-ups. That’s it! ond 40-yard dash.

Forget about sport specific the University of Houston agility or complex training football team as a walkmovements.

But to be great, you have to on. If I was nervous playing high school be able to lift a high percentage of your football, you could say I was terrified body weight.

Guys need to be able to now. 6-foot-5, 320-pound lineman were squat twice their body weight for reps everywhere and it seemed like everyand girls (like Kellie on page one) need one benched over 315 lbs. So I met with to be able to squat 1.5 times their body the strength coach, told him about my weight for reps. When you are brutally lack of progress and asked for his help.

strong, relative to your body weight, elite speed and agility come easily.

You have to eat like it’s your job.

Lifting weights is the fun part. If you want to reap the rewards of the work in the weight room, you have to feed your body uncomfortable amounts of protein. This is where you can learn from the bodybuilders. Like a bodybuilder, to get massive improvements quickly, you have to eat protein five times a day.

Many nutritionists won’t agree, but they probably have never helped anyone gain 20 pounds of muscle in less than six months. A simple rule of thumb to go by is to eat a serving of meat the size of your palm five times per day. This doesn’t mean burgers and fried chicken either.

Think big piles of egg whites, lean grass fed beef, fish, baked chicken and turkey.

How do I know it works?

Because I’ve personally seen dozens of high school kids succeed at dominating their sport through weight lifting and eating like a bodybuilder. It would be great if all it took to make a high school kid a star athlete was hiring a coach to help with sport specific skills.

It takes months of hard workouts and an endless commitment to eating right.

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 is likely to see many individuals putting themselves and their talents to new tests, but in some cases the reasons for these new challenges — and the potential rewards for overcoming them — may remain something of a mystery.

It is not necessary, however, to have all the answers in order to succeed — or to advance in the future; all that is required is to do your best, to apply your skills in a creative and productive manner and to be ready for anything. Flexibility, the ability to turn on a dime, and an awareness of what is going on in the world around you will be the keys to success.

Personal issues should be protected, for anything private that is made public at this time can become a serious liability and, indeed, turn on you and threaten much that you are working toward. Issues that are kept private, on the other hand, can be managed with aplomb.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Take care that you don't approach the unexpected in a manner that others see as aggressive. Be vigilant, but laidback. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You may be wondering what is expected of you as the week opens, but very soon all will be crystal clear.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You're likely to find yourself performing before a much larger audience than expected, but they are also more appreciative.

(Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – Someone is likely to profess a keen interest in you and what you are up to, but is that really appropriate?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) The ease with which someone comes through will impress you and inspire you to up your game in your own way. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – Someone under your care may be risking much, but you can keep him or her safe from lasting harm.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You may have a difficult time of it if you insist on airing your dirty laundry. Some things are best kept under wraps. (March 6-March 20) – When a certain someone calls, you'll want to drop everything and tend to his or her needs.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) You're likely to be taught a valuable lesson, but when and how are anyone's guess. You'll know when it's time to pay attention!

(April 5-April 19) – You may be able to indulge a personal

desire in a way that, in the past, may have been forbidden.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) There's a certain something going on that has you reconsidering an offer received before any of this got started. (May 6-May 20) – You'll be pleased to join forces once again with someone who continually brings out the best in you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You may be more error-prone than usual. Do what you can to protect yourself and, more important, those working with you.

(June 7-June 20) – You can get more than one thing done at any one time, but you have to have all your tools at the ready.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) The time has come for you to make that announcement you fear will be controversial. The people you usually rely on will rally around you. (July 8-July 22) – You may be waiting until your turn rolls around, but you can use the time to your advantage.

An opportunity beckons.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) You must be aware of what is going on around you in order

Copyright 2014 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. to avoid hazards that develop along the way. Anticipation helps, surely. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You may be called upon to save the day at some point, but the reason may not be clear to you at first.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) The show must go on, or so they say. But you may have a few key questions before you are able to jump on the bandwagon. (Sept.

8-Sept. 22) – You have more going for you than you might think. Someone who has supported you in the past is there for you again.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) It's not possible for you to get much done if you insist on doing things the way someone else does them. Be true to yourself! (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – What goes around comes around — as expected. You can dodge a serious threat, however.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 7) What appears to you from out of the blue is worth a close look. Make no assumptions, and apply no outdated notions.

(Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – You are moving at a pace that may surprise those around you, but that is in line with so much else that is surprising.

11. Four quarters 12. FBI man 13. Aussie jumpers 14. Gobs 15. Abate (2 wds.)

16. Kilt sporter 17. Steal 18. Reflections 19. Earth-shaped 20. More curious 30. Of yore 32. Michelle on the ice 34. Sneak a look 38. Business mag 39. Pester playfully 41. Many bonds 42. Harem owner 43. Kiwi language 44. Type of prof 46. — and shakers 47. Actor — McGregor 49. Disconnect 51. Matter, in law 53. Chimes 54. Vague amount 56. Injury memento 59. Right after 61. Take — — from me 63. Jo March's spouse 64. Opens wide 65. Actress — Carter 67. Thither and — 68. Beg 69. Prism display 70. Always, to Keats 73. Please, in Vienna 75. Skate part 77. Crowbar 81. GI address 82. Neigh homophone 84. Golf starts (hyph.)

85. Repeatedly 86. Cables

87. Full of holes 91. Dear Abby's sister 92. Mask feature 93. Fastened, in carpentry 94. Aftermath 95. Warning, perhaps 96. Roam around 99. Chinese river 102. Provo's state 103. Dey-time drama? (2 wds.)

104. Kids' song refrain 105. Not taut 107. Winding 109. Repair-bill item 111. Somewhat (2 wds.)

114. Vaccine amts.

117. Major artery 119. Frat letters 121. Turkish honorific 122. Fish eggs and deer 123. "The — Falcon" 124. Tolkien creature 125. Rub against 126. Quit 127. Angler's footwear 130. Talk nonsense 134. Made on a loom 136. Tornado finder 137. Swain 138. Zip 140. "Holy —!"

141. "And — — bed" 143. Tool handle 145. Giza's river 146. Of an epoch 147. "Ed Wood" star 149. Crestfallen 151. White wine aperitif 152. Hydrocarbon suffix 154. Eminem's mentor, Dr. —

OFF THE MARK

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By Candy Evans

Normandy-style home has 10,662 square feet with five bedrooms, five full and four Do you have half baths, seven the post turkey living areas, three real estate blues? stories, a wine I don’t, but that’s room on the first because I have been floor, no baseholding beautiful ment, elevator and new grandbabies a morning room — Palmer Barrett with fireplace!

Evans in Palo Alto, I love mornCalif. and Hattie Candace Evans ing rooms, Troy.

Pearl Decker in I’m coming over Dallas! for coffee!

But what’s up with Troy There is a covered outAikman? First, he lists his door living area with outdoor Tatum-Brown custom built kitchen, separate sitting area home on Normandy Avenue off the second floor master, for $5.3 million. I mean, game room, study and “her” OK, we get it. The French office. There is an upstairs

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Located on Normandy Avenue in Highland Park for $5.3 million. game room, a home theater and a wine cellar. The master suite has a private sitting area and huge his and her walk-in closets. HUGE! French doors open to a covered patio with a fireplace and full outdoor kitchen — Troy’s “summer kitchen.”

There is a pool and spa beneath tall privacy hedges

by Harold Leidner, who is the best landscape design architect in Dallas. Yes, he is. The lot is a hefty 14,438 square

feet or .33 acres. All this in Highland Park.

So we go on our merry way, cook our turkeys, decide on cornbread stuffing over natural herb, free range birds over bulimic, or deep fried over oven roasted.

Somewhere in that equation the proteins must have kicked in a huge wake-up call: this property is worth more money!

Of course, we did get some great news from

Standard & Poor’s CaseShiller home index: the average change in the value of Dallas real estate is up, higher even than it was during the recession when we got skid marks, while the rest of the country plummeted. Dallas home values climbed .026 percent in one month. So there.

“Booya.”

Now you can get this gorgeous home on one of Highland Park’s most coveted streets, but you’ll have to dig a

little deeper … $5.95 million.

I’m totally fine with that, but I do think Troy should leave a signature behind, don’t you?

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WAGGING THE TRAIL

Pit bull beats the rap from unloved to adored

By Susan Strough

info@rawbycaninesfirst.com Bettie — before she came to be known and adored by the name of “Bettie” — was a pit bull wandering the streets of East Dallas around Swiss Avenue and Fitzhugh Avenue when Erika Warfield, a realtor for Dallas City Center Susan Strough Realtors, saw her for the first time.

It was obvious the dog had very recently given birth and was now without the care of a human. Erika’s then-husband had seen the dog as well and attempted to help her. As he tried to approach her, she growled and half-heartedly

tried to scare him away little angel was reunited from her by charging at with his past owner’s him. He retreated but partner. Prior to and didn’t forget about the during that time, Erika’s dog. He encouraged animal rescue experience Erika, with her keen was restricted to that of ability to communicate the feline species. with animals, to help her.

After some considWhat you need to know eration of her husband’s about Erika is that she is request, she made an what we call a “cat perattempt to get Bettie on son.” Her dog knowledge a leash and lure her into was limited, and it didn’t her vehicle. With much seem an appropriate time patience and a loving Photo by Erika Warfield heart, she managed to to try to “whisper” to a growling and charging pit Bettie at Dream Cafe in the Quadrangle. gain the girl’s trust and bull, but she couldn’t get get her to Vickery Place the dog out of her mind.

Animal Hospital for some I met Erika a few years ago when she much needed care. It wasn’t long before Bettie attempted to help a Jack Russell Terrier/ was integrated into Erika’s family and any talk of Chihuahua mix that had besimply being a foster parent to Bettie turned into come homeless after the death full ownership. They found themselves smitten of his owner. He was in the with her and the role she had created for herself midst of a grand mal seizure in within the family. Cats, humans and, now, dog, the middle of the street when were getting along like peas in a pod. she found him. He was one When I met Bettie as a student enrolled of the most aggressive dogs I in my group class this past spring, I thought I recall working with, but Erika was looking at a show dog. She was a beautiwould not be deterred. She ful Staffordshire terrier (what we know as pit never became angry with the bulls) with a wonderful disposition. In my little guy even when he was at class, Erika taught her to sit, lie down, stay, his most malicious. Eventually, come and heel. As a bonus, Erika later taught that project ended when the Bettie to run next to her vintage commuter

BANG cont'd from page 1 said. “I was really impressed by the talent in Dallas. There were a lot of strong dancers and singers, especially compared to other cities. The talent is as good as that in New York.”

Sparks added, “In the auditions I was looking for someone with a real love of theater and with stage presence. In the two I casted, I could tell they have a passion for theater and that it that makes them good.”

The choreographer isn’t in

Dallas for the production due to another show in New York, but said, “I’m leaving it in the capable hands of this dance captain, Brooke Martino, who will be putting the kids into their slots.”

Sparks was production associate to Warren Carlyle, choreographer of the original Broadway show.

“It was rewarding to do the local auditions. I was that kid. I started young in Pittsburgh. My childhood in theater launched his trajectory to my career.”

Sparks has done well on that path. The choreography

bicycle via a Walky Dog bicycle attachment she had picked up at RAW one day while shopping for Bettie. Today, Bettie spends her days napping with and mothering her cats.

There are many dogs running loose in East Dallas, as well as, many other neighborhoods in our great city. Bettie is a perfect example that every dog or cat is worth something and does not deserve to be cast out after they have served their purpose to humans, and care has become inconvenient. And even a busy realtor has time to stop and do the right thing by that animal. It only took one person to make a tremendous difference in a dog’s life … a dog who otherwise would have likely met an untimely and sad fate left running hungry and cold on the streets.

Please think about the well-being of animals this holiday season when the hustle and bustle can easily distract you. Help a homeless dog get off the street in any way you can whether through your own personal effort or through a donation to one of our dozens of local rescue organizations. And remember, if you are giving a pet as a gift this holiday season, make sure your decision is well thought out and not driven by the excitement of the season, so that your Christmas gift will not be one of regret or resentment for which the animal will later suffer.

Susan Strough is an owner at RAW by Canines First and a dog trainer.

in this show is one of the stars.

A tap solo took your breath away. Seth Judice has a bright future ahead of him, if Texas’ Tommy Tune is any sign of what can be. It was fascinating to see the little guy so confident and well-trained, with exceptional stage presence. He brought a gasp from the audience and was the talk of the aisles and lobby after the show.

It would be hard to single out any one of the flashy production numbers, when they were all so exceptional. Seeing a line of adorable little girls in

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adorable little ruffly costumes doing an adorable little can-can is hard to beat. “When you’re a Wimp” showed off the children’s ensemble to the max. Frankly, it’s a good old-fashioned musical with a clever story, a great score and production numbers that rank up there with “Oliver” and “Annie.” This is a family show that kids will sit through in awe.

When a young lady in the ensemble had a wardrobe malfunction, she handled it with the poise of a seasoned professional.

You could see that the ruffled bottom of her dress ripped. She gave a quick tug while behind a piano, but the problem got worse. Professional beyond her years, she “seamlessly” kicked off the ruffle during a dance routine. Another professional young man behind her finished the job by kicking it off the stage.

It was impressive.

We asked two young patrons from Lakewood at the opening night performance what they thought. They said they had a great time seeing the show. Billy and Ty Robertson are brothers, who live in Lakewood and attend St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School. Billy’s favorite part was when Ralphie shot his new gun for the first time and hurt himself, and Ty really liked the tap solo. “His feet moved so fast!” he observed.

They agreed that it’s a great show for kids to see.

DSM’s “A Christmas Story: The Musical” will run at the Music Hall at Fair Park through Dec. 14. For information and tickets, visit dallassummermusicals.org.

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TRAIL TO GOOD HEALTH

DOTTY ON THE TRAIL

Why motivation is like bathing, and seven ways to get it daily

By Megan Lyons

behaviors they’ll choose for the following day. Making up your mind earlier makes it far more likely Have you ever that you will attain heard someone say the goals you set for “I just made up my yourself. mind to be healthy 2. Remind yourand never looked self of your “why.” It back!” I have, and is helpful to remind while I’m very impressed, I don’t Megan Lyons yourself of the deeprooted “why” for what think that complete you’re doing over and shift in mindset is over again. For example, you realistic for most people. I may say that you want to eat personally have to repeatedly a salad for lunch because it’s motivate myself to maintain healthier, but the true “why” the healthy behaviors that may be that you want to lose 10 I know make me feel best, pounds, so that you feel great and I think most people have in a bathing suit on your upsimilar experiences. coming vacation to the tropics.

Zig Ziglar has a famous Feeling good now (by sitting quote, which reads “people on the couch, eating that third always tell me that motivation doesn’t last, and I tell them that slice of pie, etc.) will always take precedence over your bathing doesn’t either. That’s long-term goals, unless you can why I recommend it daily.” remind yourself of why you Although the quote is want to accomplish them. meant in jest, the point is 3. Find inspiration on important — it’s OK to reFacebook. Of course, you can quire daily motivation to follow any inspirational acuphold your healthy habits. count on Facebook, but I have It doesn’t make you less of to recommend my own page a person, indicate that you “The Lyons’ Share Wellness” have less willpower or mean on Facebook. I post daily mothat you “failed” at motivating yourself. In fact, knowing tivational quotes and helpful articles. that daily motivation helps 4. Browse through you maintain the behaviors Pinterest. Just like Facebook, you want to maintain, actuPinterest can be a great ally makes you a more aware source for health tips and person and will lead to more motivation. Choose a few insuccess with your health spirational accounts to follow goals! So, here are my top (of course, I’ll recommend seven ways to ensure you’re searching for “The Lyons’ getting the daily motivation Share Wellness,” because my that you need: Pinterest page has hundreds 1. Make up your mind of motivational images) and before you have the choice. browse through when you Planning ahead is critical to need a motivational boost! almost every aspect of health.

5. Write yourself a note.

I encourage my clients to prep healthy food on Sundays, make Place it somewhere very visible to you, so that you see it every healthy meals in advance (and day. For example, I have my store them in the freezer for monthly business goals posted those busy nights), schedule right next to my workstation their workouts in their calin my office. If I’m working on endar, and decide the night something particular during before exactly which healthy megan@thelyonsshare.org

a given week for my health, I’ll set calendar reminders to help me remember my specific goals (for example, “drink tea instead of dessert tonight”).

6. Create habits that enable your chosen behaviors.

If you want to work out in the morning, lay out your workout clothes the night before (or sleep in them). If you want to drink more water, set out a given number of water bottles each morning (or fill a pitcher in the morning and aim to empty it by the end of the day). If you want to eat more vegetables, keep them in plain sight so you’re more likely to reach for them. If you want to start walking daily, put a post-it note on your dog’s leash to actually walk with the dog, not just stand there.

Regardless of your chosen behavior, create a habit that will make it easier for you to achieve your goals.

7. Surround yourself with people who share your goals. It’s a lot harder to exercise if none of your friends exercise, and it’s a lot harder to choose the salad if every single one of your coworkers is choosing the fried chicken. So, find a mentor, a health coach, a family member or a friend that shares your goals and motivate each other daily!

Daily motivation does not have to be so hard, as long as you set yourself up for success! Now get out there and enjoy a healthy meal or a workout!

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

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The 'foodiest' side of the city

By Dotty Griffith

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Although the swath of Live Oak Street between North Washington Avenue and Most of my grown-up Munger Boulevard mostly awaits new life in Dallas has been on the residential and retail development, ours is east side: Lakewood, Lake a neighborhood brimming with old and Highlands and now Old East new places at which foodies can provision, Dallas. Right now, I’d like to equip, wine and dine. nominate this part of the city Dotty Griffith No food desert here. There are an as The Foodiest. Here’s why. amazing variety of Start with food stores that are Jimmy’s Food Store, located within blocks the grandest food of each other. In daddy of them all. nearby Lakewood, Long a city-wide desthere’s a Whole Foods tination for those who and the just-opened love fine Italian food Green Market. Lower and wine (including Greenville Avenue famous housemade is home to a Trader sausage), Jimmy’s at 4901 is at one end of a Photo by Paul DiCarlo Joe’s. Fiesta Mart is a few blocks south on remarkable few blocks Jimmy's Food Store on Bryan Street.

Ross Avenue. Sprouts of Bryan Street, Farmers Market is around the corner sits also in the hood on North Henderson Avenue.

Urbano Café and Tom Spicer’s FM 1410 (1410 Supermercado El Rancho is on Gaston Avenue.

N. Fitzhugh Ave.). Tom has been a leader in Best of all, the revitalized Dallas Farmer’s the local and sustainable produce movement Market on the southeast edge of downtown is since before there were locavores. also within easy reach.

Farther east on Bryan Street rests a variIs this an exhaustive list? Of course not. It’s ety of casual neighborhood Asian restaurants, my list of places close to me that I know and Jade Garden (Chinese), Sakhuu Thai, Bangkok love.

In coming weeks, I’ll share some more City and Vietnam Restaurant Bar and Grill. of my neighborhood faves with you in this Civello’s Raviolismo on North Peak is just space.

In the meantime, tell me about yours at around the corner, making fresh pasta for resdotty.griffith@yahoo.com.

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Turn me on to a the city. A block or so over on Ross Avenue place I don’t yet know about. sits Ace Mart, a restaurant supply store full of dottykgriffith@gmail.com

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By Society Editor Sally Blanton Biblical Arts Event

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‘Horrible Bosses 2’ has a questionable agenda but meets fans with laughs

By Chic DiCiccio @Chiccywood

The first thing that you need to do right before seeing “Horrible Bosses 2,” is turn off any and all expectations of a plot and/or story that resembles anything of substance. That should be plainly obvious as this is a sequel based on an original movie, where three grown men plotted to murder three people and faced exactly zero consequences when it all came out in the wash.

Thankfully, “Horrible Bosses” is a riot, mostly due to Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day, who all return for this sequel, which is most originally titled “Horrible Bosses 2.” This sequel is almost as funny, way, way more lewd and obnoxious but far less plausible than the original. That last statement is as hard to believe as winged unicorns appearing on Earth may be more believable than the original movie’s plot.

Instead of conspiring to murder three human beings, Nick (Bateman), Kurt (Sudeikis) and Dale (Day) are scheming to get revenge on an evil, megalomaniacal Bert Hanson (Christoph Waltz). Hanson owns a massive mail order company that resembles the stupidity of The Sharper Image and he and his son, Rex (Chris Pine), essentially steal an idea for a shower product from Nick, Kurt and Dale, shutting down their tiny little company in the process.

Naturally, the three main morons seek advice from a few different sources. They go see Nick’s now-imprisoned-former-boss Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), who not only rejects their pleas for business help but also insults them all in hilariously vulgar and random fashion.

Next up is Dean “MFer” Jones (Jamie

the gambit from jokes about 14-yearThen, there is Charlie Day. There is a good old boys at camp, to female groomchance that he stole the first movie, and the ing tactics and only the least sensionly thing wrong with his character in this tive few will be able to stomach it. sequel is that it seems like they may be forcFoxx and Spacey (two Oscar ing that idea on an audience. When Day’s Dale winners by the way) seem to be havgets worked up and screeches his hair-brained ing way too much fun with these ideas or gets angry over being forced into situridiculous characters, cursing and ations, “Horrible Bosses 2” really excels. ranting with total glee. Spacey Look, there is no denying this movie is makes the most biting, cruel insults dumb. The plot is ridiculous, and there is no funny, and when Foxx breaks out the alternative reality where any of the things that “white guys with a problem” voice, happen are plausible. “Horrible Bosses 2” is it’s impossible not to laugh. nothing more than a showcase of three fairly Chris Pine needs to do more brilliant comedic actors and because of their comedy. His sociopathic turn as Rex perfect timing and chemistry, the stupidity is almost steals the movie from the main forgivable because the laughs are worth it. fellas. Pine manages to be obnoxious So, if you want to laugh for two hours without being annoying, which would without being annoyed, “Horrible Bosses 2” is Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures make a movie like this completely an excellent outlet for that. But if you are a bit unwatchable. sensitive to jokes about some seriously inapFoxx). After some very unique and wheels off The main reason that “Horrible Bosses 2” propriate topics, stay away. negotiating, MFer Jones tells the gang that succeeds at all is due to Jason they should kidnap Rex and ransom him off to Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Bert, thus collecting the money they need to SOLUTION TO THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE Charlie Day. When the story is save their business. shredded or there is a lull, direcUp until this point, “Horrible Bosses 2” tor Anders seems to simply plop successfully walks a tightrope, never falling the camera down in front of these into “fully stupid” territory and staying aloft three actors and says, “Okay in the “comedic movie stupid” world. Then, … have at it.” There are several the story force-feeds Jennifer Aniston’s sexscenes that seem to have ended, obsessed dentist Julia into the mix, and the but the camera keeps rolling and movie mostly falls to pieces. these three actors keep talking, Luckily, the actors make “Horrible Bosses arguing or shouting at each other 2” watchable. There are plenty of hilarious sequences in the movie, most notably every single with mostly hilarious results.

Bateman sticks to being the second in which Rex bonds and perpetrates his brains of the group, even though own kidnapping with Nick, Kurt and Dale. he gets to let loose and be more There are also some gags that could make than your basic deadpan straight people squirm and cringe, most of them man again.

Sudeikis remains sex shockingly coming from Aniston. It seems obsessed, which interferes with the as if director Sean Anders (who co-wrote the gang’s plans and causes non-stop script with John Morris) just fired lines out to problems.

The banter between the actress, trying to see what she would and these two actors, especially a brief wouldn’t say. If there was some filthy, obgame of F-M-K, makes the unjectionable dialogue that Aniston refused, it bearably stupid premise bearable. would be terrifying to read or hear. She runs

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