Park Cities People Fourth of July Recap August 2019

Fourth of July - 2019 SPECIAL -

PHOTOS BY CHRIS MCGATHEY, IMANI CHET LYTLE, AND NICOLE DEE

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PARADE GRATITUDE AND CONGRATULATIONS

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hank you to Rotary Club of Park Cities volunteers and employees of the town of W I L L I A M TAY LO R Highland Park and city of University Park for all you did to help the community enjoy another great Independence Day. Thank you also to residents who enthusiastically greeted us as our float traveled the parade route and who came to visit us at our booth in Goar Park.

The best day of the year in the Park Cities is also the best day of the year for Park Cities People. We love the Park Cities Fourth of July Parade and Picnic.

Last month, we featured this year’s parade marshal, Frances “Francie” Moody-Dahlberg, in a story you can still find online at parkcitiespeople.com.

This month, I wanted to offer congratulations to a couple of other honorees.

Brad Bradley, a highly awarded sports photographer and WWII veteran, has been honored at the parade before – twice as grand marshal.

This year he was honored as University Park’s 2019 Citizen of the Year.

The 97-year-old moved to University Park in 1947 to help his father-in-law with a new photo studio. Bradley began

shooting SMU sports when Doak Walker was on the team and is the only photographer in the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame.

With help from his son, he still photographs football games and other events and volunteers in the community. Bradley provided several photos for the Fourth of July Parade Memories section the newspaper published last year. Read more about him online.

I also congratulate Aidan Conner, the highly-decorated Highland Park High School wrestler who will join the Princeton University team in the fall.

Each year, the paper invites an athlete of the year to ride behind us in the parade.

Sports editor Todd Jorgenson recommended Conner, describing the three-time state champion as “one of the most decorated wrestlers in the history of the Highland Park program.”

Conner added to his honors this spring as the Texas winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, which recognizes outstanding high school wrestlers for their performance both on and off the mat.

Thank you for spending July Fourth with us, Conner.

And Rotary friends, you’ve got about 11 months left to get ready for the next parade.

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