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Freedom Fighters ACQUITTED CARYS STAND AGAINST AWOL JUSTICE

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By William Taylor

People Newspapers

SPORTS K E LS E Y K R U Z I C H

Former inmate Dave Cary, 62, enjoys walking from his Lovers Lane home in University Park to Union Coffee on Dyer Street.

On his laptop, he follows the news and blogs about wrongfully convicted people and such prosecutorial misdeeds as affairs with judges and distortion of defendants’ pasts.

“The shameful thing is I’m having no trouble finding material,” Cary said.

The convictions of Dave and Stacy Cary, who were accused of bribing a Collin County judicial candidate, were overturned on appeal, but not before Dave served 19 months and 10 days in Texas prisons, often alongside dangerous gang members.

The Carys credit their love for each other and support from the community with sustaining them through a nearly sevenyear ordeal that disrupted his executive career and cost them access to his twin daughters.

“We knew we did nothing wrong, and we prayed we would overcome and that justice would prevail,” Stacy Cary said.

Their troubles began after Suzanne Wooten’s 2008 Republican Primary defeat of State District Judge Charles Sandoval, who county history

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Through prosecution, conviction, incarceration, and acquittal, Dave and Stacy Cary have “become even closer, if it’s possible,” he says.

“As much as I loved and respected her before, it’s 10 times more.”

“ WE KNE W W E DID NOTHING W RO NG , A ND WE P R AYE D W E WOUL D OV E RC O ME A ND THAT JUST IC E WOUL D P REVA IL .”

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suggested would win easily.

Sandoval complained to then DA John Roach, and i nve s t i g a t i o n s e ve n t u a l l y focused on the Carys and a Wooten campaign consultant, James Stephen Spencer.

According to news reports, prosecutors contended Spencer couldn’t have afforded campaign expenditures he made without $150,000 in payments from Stacy Cary.

Those payments were

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consulting fees for business advice related to Stacy Cary’s companies and Spencer’s assistance with lobbying for parental rights legislation, Dave Cary explained. “We never met [Wooten].”

But after multiple grand juries, indictments came alleging what defense counsel dismissed as a “conspiracy to commit lawful acts” and what prosecutors

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CONTENTS FROM THE EDITOR

Full Spring Ahead January may mark the official start of the new year, but April is when things really get going. Holiday hangovers have passed, Cupid’s arrow’s been shot, and spring break has broken. Any hopes of a season resembling winter have long since been squashed as the dread of another hell-fire summer slowly descends.

Our collective attention now turns to the ever-expanding list of events that will fill our calendars in coming months: tax day, Easter, spring parties, proms, and graduations will all be here before we know it. Not far behind will be weddings, camps, and long summer vacations.

At the top of many calendars will be Mother’s Day, the Sunday in May where we recognize our mums for all that they do.

This year, we at People Newspapers would like your little ones to tell us why their mom is the best. We think there is something special in the naïve honesty of children expressing strong emotions in their own words. We also think it can be hilarious.

And if the thrill of getting their name and picture in the newspaper isn’t enough motivation, a few selected winners will receive a six-pack of Texas Rangers tickets. We will let you

JOSHUA BAETHGE decide who gets to go, though we obviously recommend mom. That is unless she doesn’t like baseball or would prefer an afternoon alone.

Please check our website, Facebook, or Twitter feeds for information on how to help your child send their entry. You can also mail in submissions through April 7. Our favorites will run in our May edition and online.

Happy April.

Joshua Baethge Editor editor@peoplenewspapers.com

CORRECTION: In our March edition, we incorrectly identified the retailer for a children’s eye mask in our “Summer Camp Essentials” article. The product can be purchased at McCartney’s University Spirit on Hillcrest Avenue, which has been serving the Park Cities since 1948. We regret the error.

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KEY EVIDE N C E

At 9 p.m. Feb. 13, a burglar left behind a Toyota key after damaging a rear window and breaking into a black 2007 Chevrolet Suburban in the 4400 block of Southern Avenue.

Guardian locks protected the rear seat, which was down, but not removed.

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Crime Report: Feb. 6-March 12 H I G H L A N D PA R K Feb. 6 At 10:35 a.m. Feb. 6, a thief entered a house in the 4100 block of Emerson Avenue through the garage door, which was left open while the victim was unloading groceries, and stole an $8,500 Chanel purse.

Feb. 13 A black and white concrete saw attachment for a Bobcat front loader went missing from a construction site in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn between 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9 and 6:45 a.m. Feb. 13. Scratch marks on the ground suggest the $5,000 saw may have been dragged away.

Feb. 15 At 2:50 p.m., a 32-year-old woman with a toddler attempt-

ed to exchange a stolen $1,595 backpack at Giuseppe Zanotti in Highland Park Village. Officers arrived and made an arrest. The backpack was among items reported stolen in Feb. 14 thefts involving possible associates of the Fast Kash Crew shoplifting ring.

At 8:58 p.m., a man grabbed a $399 bottle of Opus One wine at Royal Blue Grocery in Highland Park Village and asked, “Can I check out here?”

Then he bolted out the door to a waiting Toyota with a female driver.

Feb. 24 Between the evening of Feb. 23 and 9 a.m. Feb. 24, one or more thieves took both outside rearview mirrors off a 2005 black Chevrolet Suburban parked in a driveway in

the 3200 block of St. Johns Drive and both mirrors off a gray 2017 Nissan Armada parked in front of a house in the 3500 block of Cornell Avenue.

Feb. 27 Between Feb. 11 and 5:45 p.m. Feb. 27, one or more thieves cut a lock and took three mountain bicycles – an $1,800 gray BMC, a $900 dark gray Cannondale, and a $700 lime green and gray Trek – from a rack in the parking garage for apartments in the 4200 block of Loma Alto Drive. The owner suggested a schoolmate of her son and other youths who frequently vandalize the building and run the halls ringing door bells could be responsible.

March 8 A Highland Park resi-

dent told police at 1:06 p.m.

March 8, that a $3,400 Breitling Chronomat watch stolen while he was working out at the Dallas Country Club on June 23, 2011, has shown up at a Lemmon Avenue pawn shop. The owner initially only reported the loss of the red-faced watch with brown leather strap and gold trim to country club security.

March 11 Between 9 p.m. March 10 and 10 a.m. March 11, someone entered an unlocked 2011 Lexus GX460 parked in a doorless detached garage in the 4400 block of Westway Avenue and removed two children’s backpacks containing $150 in school books and supplies and a floral backpack containing a work ID and a $700 laptop.

U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K

$8,050 The cost of ring, pair of earrings, and necklace reported stolen during an open house the weekend of March 4-5 at a home in the 4200 block of Purdue Street.

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Feb. 6 After 7:30 p.m., burglars broke into a 2009 GMC Yukon in the 2800 block of Milton Avenue and a 2008 GMC Yukon in the 4400 block of Emerson Avenue and stole third row seats.

Feb. 7 At 12:56 p.m., an employee of Highland Nails in Snider Plaza assaulted a co-worker in the break room.

At 5:28 p.m., a burglar broke into a gray 2011 Toyota Sienna in the 7700 block of Turtle Creek Boulevard and stole a $200 leather purse containing a Visa card, a driver’s license, and $150 cash.

Feb. 10 Between 2:10 and 2:40 a.m., a woman was assaulted in the 3100 block of University Boulevard by an unknown man, who grabbed her and kissed her.

She asked him to stop.

Feb. 12 Between 2 p.m. Feb. 11 and 3:40 p.m. Feb. 12, a burglar damaged a red 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe in the 4300 block of Greenbrier Drive trying to break in.

Feb. 20 Between 9 a.m. Feb. 17 and 8:30 a.m. Feb. 20, one or more persons entered through the backdoor of a business in the 6900 block of Snider Plaza and took two bottles of alcohol.

March 1 Before 1 p.m. March 1, a woman shoplifted $120 in cosmetics from the CVS pharmacy in the 3000 block of Mockingbird Lane and fled in a white Ford with a male driver.

March 5 Between 2 p.m. and 6:45

p.m. March 5, someone entered a home in the 2700 block of Stanford Avenue, took a wallet with credit cards and other property, and then made credit card purchases at multiple stores.

March 6 Between 4 p.m. March 5 and 9:51 a.m. March 6, one or more burglars broke into a 2014 Cadillac Escalade parked at a home in the 4200 block of Windsor Parkway, damaging a lock and removing the third row seat.

Before 4 pm. March 6, one or more persons removed the third row seat from a white 2009 GMC Yukon parked in the 4200 block of Normandy Avenue.

March 8 A University Park woman on March 8 reported $14,000

in jewelry stolen between 7 and 9:30 p.m. Feb. 27 from her unlocked home in the 3400 block of Asbury Avenue. The jewelry included a $10,000 ring and four earrings.

March 10 At 2:01 p.m. March 10 in a parking garage at Snider Plaza, the driver of a white Chevrolet Equinox broke the window of a blue 2012 Ford Focus and attacked the Ford’s driver.

At 8:32 p.m. March 10 in the 3500 block of Amherst Street, a robber waved a gun at a pizza delivery guy, demanded money and took $170 before fleeing in a Toyota Corolla.

March 12 At 2 p.m. March 12, someone did $500 damage to a home in the 4100 block of Lovers Lane during an unsuccessful break in attempt.

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STOP HUNGER, BUILD HOPE

NTFB raises $40M toward $55M goal

C O U R T E SY N O R T H T E X A S F O O D B A N K

The North Texas Food Bank plans to build the Perot Family Center, a new $25.5 million, 222,000-square-foot distribution and volunteer facility in Plano.

By William Taylor

People Newspapers Preston Hollow residents John and Pam Beckert are offended by the numbers.

One in four area children live in food insecure homes, according to the North Texas Food Bank. One in six senior adults do, too.

“Hunger in our community is unacceptable,” said John Beckert, who with his wife has supported NTFB for more than 30 years.

The Beckerts, Perots, Jains, and other Dallas families are looking to do more to reduce those numbers and are inviting other North Texans to join a $55 million Stop Hunger Build Hope capital campaign.

The Beckerts are co-chairing the campaign, now in its public phase, with the aim of boosting facilities, bolstering partners, and incorporating more technology in an effort to provide by 2025 the 92 million meals needed annually to feed the hungry in 13 counties. That’s a 50 percent increase from what NTFB provided in 2015.

“We believe strongly that feeding our neighbors promotes healthy communities,” John Beckert said.

Already, NTFB has raised $40 million from companies, foundations, organizations, and families. Ross and Margot Perot gave $2 million after their children Ross and Sarah Perot, Nancy Perot and Rod Jones, Suzanne and Patrick McGee, Carolyn and Karl Rathjen, and Katherine and Eric Reeves kicked off the campaign with a

lead gift of $10 million.

“Through this gift, we recognize and honor our grandmother Lula Mae Perot and our Aunt Bette Perot while encouraging subsequent generations of our family to make sure our neighbors are fed with love, hope, and compassion,” Katherine Perot Reeves said.

The Perots and other NTFB supporters ceremonially broke ground Feb. 17 on the Perot Family Campus, a $25.5 million, 222,000-square-foot distribution and volunteer center to go up near Coit Road and President George Bush Turnpike.

Construction will begin later this year at that 13-acre site next to Atmos Energy on Mapleshade Lane in Plano and continue through 2018, said Anna Kurian, NTFB director of communications.

“We serve all the way up to the Red River,” Kurian said. “By having a more central volunteer/distribution center, it will be easier to get food to all of our hungry neighbors.”

The campus will include 60,000 square feet of dry warehouse space, 70,000 square feet of refrigerated space, a 28,000-squarefoot volunteer center with capacity to accommodate 400 people a day, plus office space, 18 docks, and a community garden.

Once complete, the campus will replace NTFB’s 115,000-square-foot warehouse on Dan Morton Drive, where most agencies pick up food now. NTFB plans to keep its 75,000-square-foot main campus on Cockrell Hill Road, but use of that facility will evolve, Kurian said.

NTFB administrative offices moved to the Dallas Farmers Market, where a 16,000-square-foot building will include a demonstration kitchen and community spaces as well as offices. It will be known as the Moody Center in honor of the Moody Foundation, which gave $5 million to the campaign.

Facility improvements will help improve and expand food distribution while increasing engagement with volunteers and supporters, interim president and CEO Simon Powell said. Those goals are part of a 10-year plan launched in 2015.

The plan includes helping partner agencies expand with some serving as mini food banks or distribution hubs and others employing mobile pantries. Through a partnership with Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, NTFB will use technology to track health needs of clients.

“We knew if we could get the plan right, the community would support us,” said Anurag Jain, vice chairman of the NTFB board.

Jain, a Preston Hollow resident, told of how on a miserable day after laying off seven colleagues a billboard prompted him to get involved with the food bank. The image reminded him of his workers. The message: “Huge potential today, hungry tomorrow.”

NTFB aims to meet its capital campaign goal by the end of the year, but the work for hunger relief won’t stop there, he said.

“We’ll get past the $15 million, and we will keep going if we can.”

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John and Pam Beckert participate in a groundbreaking.

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Condo Fire Rekindles Density Debate

A B O V E : The three-story Preston Place Condos where destroyed by a March 3 fire that killed one person and desplaced 100 residents.

By Joshua Baethge

People Newspapers As cleanup efforts continue at the site of Northwest Highway condo fire that left one dead and approximately 100 homeless, attention is now focused on the future of the prime real estate.

The Preston Place Condominiums were nestled between two of the neighborhood’s tallest buildings.

Owners have vowed to rebuild. What exactly they plan to construct remains a mystery.

Nearly 200 firefighters fought the seven-alarm blaze that started shortly before midnight March 3. Crews remained on scene for nearly a week battling hot spots and occasional flare-ups.

“The cause of the fire is still undetermined, and will most likely stay as such due to the limited access investigators will have as a result of the extensive damage left behind,” Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson Jason Evans said.

In 1947, the Dallas City Council created a special district called PD-15 to regulate development in the 14.2-acre area bordered by Northwest highway, Pickwick Lane and Baltimore Avenue.

This area includes the 29-story Preston Tower Condominiums, the 22-story Athena Condominiums, and several smaller residential buildings.

The Preston Place condos were built

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“ THE CAUS E OF THE FIRE IS STILL UN D ETERMIN ED, A N D WILL MO ST LIK ELY STAY A S S UCH...”

JAS ON EVANS DALL AS FIRE-RE SCUE in 1979 in a section designated as “tract 3” of the special district. Developers originally intended to make it a highrise as well. Neighborhood opposition eventually convinced them to reduce the height to three stories.

Under the guidelines of PD-15, which was last updated in 1980, development density of the area is limited to “present-day density plus the density of a proposed tower on tract 3.” With property demand in the area near alltime highs, owners may be motivated to build something larger.

Any new construction would be subject to a public hearing and a traffic study.

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NE W S CONTINUED FROM 1 called a scheme to replace the judge hearing a custody case over Dave Cary’s children.

Once seated, Wooten recused herself from the custody case, but another judge in 2010 gave Dave Cary primary custody.

Four criminal trials followed, with juries convicting Wooten and the Carys.

Sandoval pleaded guilty.

“They went after us,” Stacy Cary, 57, said. “They threatened our family. They threatened our home.”

From the bench came probated sentences for three defendants, but Dave Cary went to jury for punishment and was sentenced in 2013 to 14 years in prison.

Cary served prison time in Palestine, Bonham, and Henderson. He credits Spanish language skills and experience as an infantry sergeant with helping him maneuver gang encounters.

“ WE ARE TRY I NG TO DO S OM ETH I NG PO SI T IV E O UT O F A LL OF T H I S . ” DAV E CA RY “There were lots of opportunities to respond in nonproductive manners,” he said, but restraint was key. “I couldn’t do it for me, but I could do it for her.

“I would be dead now if it wasn’t for my wife.”

Between Stacy Cary’s 2012 trial and his own, Dave met regularly with Kent Roberts, a Highland Park United Methodist Church lay minister who could relate.

Roberts, acquitted in 2008 in a stock fraud case, wrote The Strength of a Free Mind, a devotional book aimed at assuring the accused they are not alone.

HPUMC worked to provide the Carys with similar assurance, he said. “This was a tremendous stress for both of them.”

The congregation supported Stacy Cary during Dave’s incarceration and representatives from Highland Park and Lovers Lane United Methodist churches visited Dave Cary in prison, Roberts said.

“They made sure I got letters every day,” as well as copies of his favorite newspapers, Cary said.

At first he worried he could get killed for reading the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and The Economist, but found prisoners actually respected it. “It made me popular, because they saw me as a source of information and education.”

After Dave Cary’s parole in 2014, the Rev. Paul Rasmussen led an HPUMC celebration.

In 2015, the Fifth Court of Appeals unanimously found trial

evidence insufficient to support Dave Cary’s conviction, a ruling upheld unannimously in December 2016 by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Texas’ highest criminal court applied the ruling also to Stacy Cary. The Attorney General’s Office, while accepting the rulings, stood by its prosecutions.

Even after acquittal, the Carys feel the costs of their experiences.

Employment in her father’s oil business and her own business ventures allowed Stacy Cary to keep the house, but her adopted son, 14, and daughter, 15, still ask about their 17-year-old stepsisters.

“I do feel the anguish,” said Dave Cary, who hasn’t seen his daughters since 2013. “They think I’m still a guilty person in prison who’s done bad things.”

Before indictment, Dave Cary worked in corporate finance. Today, he makes better than minimum wage teaching English as a second language.

Techwildcatters.com describes how with Cary as CFO, i2 Technolgies went from a small company worth about $1 million to a publicly traded international firm worth $5 billion.

“I’m just a strong talent, and I haven’t been active in a while,” he said. “I want to work again.”

In the meantime, he writes and volunteers.

He has authored Normandy: A Father’s Odyssey, a Son’s Curiosity about the ship Stacy’s father, Roland “Nick” Stine, served on in World War II. “It’s unfortunate an infantry sergeant had to be the one to tell it,” Dave Cary joked.

The former Sunday school teacher also has joined his church’s prison ministry, bringing lessons on “authentic manhood” to inmates whose lives he understands so much better now.

Stacy Cary added she and Dave have learned how common their ordeal was through meeting others in the community who have faced accusations and wrongful prosecution.

Samuel R. Gross, editor of the National Registry of Exonerations, notes how one in 25 defendants sentenced to death are innocent, but wrongful conviction rates for other types of cases are difficult to pinpoint.

“Of course, in a country with millions of criminal convictions a year and more than 2 million people behind bars, even 1 percent amounts to tens of thousands of tragic errors,” he wrote in 2015 for The Washington Post.

For now, Dave Cary turns his disappointment with how he and Stacy were treated by the judicial system into more blog posts about those tragic errors. “We are trying to do something positive out of all of this.”

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BOX OF LESSONS IN WHAT NOT TO DO

‘Texas Patriarch’ details growth, loss of family business

By William Taylor

“ IN T R A-FAMILY L AW SUITS ARE L IK E G AS O L IN E ON THE F IR E . A FT E R T H AT F IRST L AW SUIT WAS F IL ED, W E W ER E N E VE R AB L E TO MAKE AN Y D E CE N T D EC IS IO N S . ”

People Newspapers Life in Frisco on what would become known, thanks to television, as the original Southfork Ranch came with all the glamour of visiting celebrities, Dallas society events, and thoroughbred horses.

But for Douglas Box, the youngest son of the late Cloyce Box, an NFL-champion turned self-made millionaire, life on Park Lane in Preston Hollow proved much more satisfying.

“That was the happiest time of my life when we were just a normal family,” he recalled. “That was the age of innocence when Mom and Dad took care of everything and my job was to play with the neighborhood kids and walk to Walnut Hill Elementary School.”

Today, Douglas Box, 60, lives a short drive from that old Park Lane home in what he calls “Preston Holler,” because it’s a bit too far north to be considered part of Preston Hollow.

He offices near there, too. Box works as a certified family business adviser, but sees himself as a preacher of sorts, an evangelist even, on a mission to warn other families about the personal and financial losses that can come if they are ill prepared for the passing of the business founder.

“I feel like I’m on a crusade to sound the warning bell to families to heed the call,” he said.

That crusade is fueled by his own sad family story.

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DOUGL AS BOX

WISE TRANSITIONS Douglas Box offers tips for family-owned businesses: • Step down early enough to foster smooth transition.

• Get family members who shouldn’t be in the business out of the business.

• Rely on quality outside advisors.

• Avoid resolving family disputes in court.

• The best time to use lawyers is up front for planning.

In his second book, Texas Patriarch: A Legacy Lost, Box tells of his father’s ascent in business and the family and business turmoil that followed when Cloyce Box suddenly died at age 70 in 1993.

“This book was written to scare the pants off of other families that have resources,” he said.

Box recounts the strained relationships, brothers suing brothers, and the eventual sale of the family business that would grow exponentially in the years afterward.

“I don’t think my family particularly likes this book,” he conceded. “Frankly, I don’t like this story.

“But I am proud of the book,” he said.

“I wrote it to serve other families, not the Box family.”

Cloyce Box grew up poor in Jonesboro, Texas, but went on to football stardom at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon. After serving in World War II, he returned to football, playing alongside Doak Walker and catching passes from Bobby Layne on the way to back-to-back championships for the Detroit Lions.

Fame earned in his NFL career led to opportunities in the construction business. Cloyce Box went to work for Fuller Construction, a career that brought him to Dallas as he advanced in the company.

He became CEO of Fuller and started his own businesses, making his mark in cement, oil and gas, and real estate. He did

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BENCH A REMINDER OF SMU OFFICER A new bench beneath an oak tree south of Patterson Hall at SMU will serve as a constant reminder of the late Mark McCullers, a campus police officer swept away in floodwaters on July 5, 2016.

Employees of the SMU Police Department, which offices in Patterson Hall, will see the bench every day, campus officials said.

The university dedicated the bench on Feb. 16 with McCullers’ wife, Tiffany, and other family members present, along with SMU police officers. Two of McCullers’ children attend SMU. McCullers, 46, was sitting in his Dodge Charger sedan in the early hours of July 5 working off-duty private security at a Highland Park construction site when heavy rains caused Turtle Creek to overflow. Video footage from the Fitzhugh Avenue bridge shows his car being swept away.

His sedan was found 13 hours later about a half-mile downstream, but McCullers’ remains weren’t found until Aug. 24. SMU Police Sgt. Keith McCain located the remains in a pile of debris near Oak Lawn Avenue and East Levee Street, where a drainage tunnel more than a mile long empties Turtle Creek into the Trinity River.

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As his wealth grew, he purchased ranches, first near Allen and then in Frisco.

Douglas Box’s first book, published in 2014, plays with the Hollywood angles of his life on a famous TV estate. Cutter Frisco: Growing Up on the Original Southfork Ranch chronicles Larry Hagman’s arrival on the Frisco ranch, the shooting of those first episodes of the TV series Dallas, and explores comparisons between Cloyce Box and the television character J.R. Ewing.

The ranch house made famous in television burned down before Cloyce Box died, and the unfinished shell of its replacement still stands on what is now the Brinkmann Ranch on Main Street, in now booming Frisco.

Texas Patriarch, published late last year, focuses more on Dallas, where the family dined at the Chaparral Club and from where Cloyce Box ran his business, Box Energy Corp., in offices at Preston Road and Sherry Lane.

The book delves into Cloyce Box’s business style, which embroiled the family in investigations and lawsuits.

Douglas Box said his father was addicted to the litigation, a virus the sons inherited. With control of the estate and the business divided among them, tension and distrust grew and lawsuits followed.

“Intra-family lawsuits are like gasoline on the fire,” Douglas Box said, blaming himself for filing the first one. “After that first lawsuit was filed, we were never able to make any decent decisions.”

The jacket of Texas Patriarch includes blurbs from such prominent Texans as Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, Texas Monthly editor Skip Hollandsworth, and Tom Hicks, former owner of the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Stars.

“Doug Box’s chronicle of the turmoil his family endured serves as an insightful example of what not to do when in business with your family,” Hicks wrote.

Douglas Box is hard on himself and his father, but still admires his dad, and the Detroit Lions remain his favorite team.

“I could have canonized him easily, but I didn’t think a book like that would be interesting to the readers,” the author said.

“There are a lot of guys who like to tell success stories, but we learn more from failure.”

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Gendercide Exhibit Represents 120M Missing Women

By Carly Danner

Special Contributor A gallery filled with thousands of baby booties — each pair unique in material, color, and patterns — has the power to flood visitors with delight.

But when the 12,000 baby booties each represent 10,000 missing women around the world, the result presents a much more sobering experience.

“You can’t turn away from the fact that these booties represent human beings: mothers, daughters, sisters, and aunts,” Gendercide Awareness Project vice president June Chow said.

The 100+ Million Missing exhibit debuted in February at the Fashion Industry Gallery to raise awareness of approximately 120 million women missing around the world due to gendercide, the systematic killing of members of one gender.

The project, curated by Beverly Hill of University Park, took more than six years to bring to fruition.

Several Dallas organizations were involved, including knitting groups, area high schools, and the

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Junior World Affairs Council of DFW. The foundation also commissioned sewing co-ops in remote areas around the world to create a majority of the baby booties. Each community was given fair pay to use local materials to create booties that

defined their culture, Chow said.

One community of refugees in Jordan created baby booties out of their own clothes and hand-crocheted grocery bags.

“The fact that these women came from so much suffering and were able to find it in their hearts to deliver a piece of beauty to the world shows that there’s still a light in all this darkness,” Chow said.

Though the exhibit has closed its doors for now, its lasting impact is only beginning. Fifty percent of proceeds from the exhibit have been donated to education partners overseas that provide scholarships to girls in at-risk communities.

Proceeds from the exhibit as well as those from fundraisers and donations have helped provide roughly 20,000 meals to women and their families.

That’s not to mention the impact of employing women who don’t always have the opportunity to make money.

A grandmother in a Ugandan co-op wrote that the money she earned making booties helped her save up to purchase HIV medication for her grandson. A group of

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Sewing co-ops in remote areas made most of the booties.

THESE BOOTIES D O T H E TA L K I N G To learn more about the Gendercide Awareness Project including how to contribute, visit gendap.org.

children who made paper beads for the shoes saved up to purchase their own schoolbooks. Women in India have gained sewing skills to make a living for themselves and escape the harsh jobs often forced upon them by their community.

“This experience wasn’t a handout for these women and girls,” Chow said. “It was an opportunity for them to take charge of their own lives.”

Project organizers hope to share the exhibit with a wider audience.

The organization is looking for spaces to host the installation and inspire more people to take up the call to action.

Opportunities to spread awareness include getting involved in fundraising efforts, donating to partner schools, and reaching out to groups in Dallas that work with remote communities.

“The biggest and most inexpensive step anyone can take away from this is implementing good will,” Chow said. “We can challenge each other to support each other’s lives, because at the end of the day we’re all humans despite the circumstances we’re born into.”

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Take the Damn Phones Away Dallas was on a literary roll in March.

In 72 hours I heard Dan Patrick Brown give a riveting review of his book The Boys in the Boat to a packed house at HP Pres, then whizzed over to the Village to the Saint Michael’s Woman’s Exchange to meet humorist Julia Reed at her book signing, and the cherry on the sundae was attending the HP Literary Festival, which included the wonderful novelist Jamie Ford probably best known for his novel, Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I was puffed up that Dallas has become a bastion of literature and civility. As an author during their Literary Festival I was honored to be a workshop presenter: I had been invited to an evening with Jamie Ford with the volunteers and other writers. He gave a lovely evening performance, (the one he had given to students earlier that day) which was followed by a gorgeous dinner party at prominent HP home. This was my first experience with the festival, which is typical of the community where I raised and schooled my children. The festival was organized by involved parents who care about education and participate to make a public school system competitive to private schools through enrichment programs. So later I was aghast to open the Dallas Morning News to read about the appalling treatment of the renowned author by the unacceptable behavior of Highland Park students in the student assembly. I’m glad I was unaware before I did back to back workshops.

My first clue that in the nearly 20 years since my last child graduated that the inmates have taken over the asylum was when the very nice young teachers asked their students to please silence their cell phones and refrain from checking them during the period. Huh?! My question to the teachers was WHY are they allowed to have phones in school?

They shrugged, “The parents want them for emergencies.” Any emergency can be handled by a call to the office, and the only emergency I could see was the lack of writing skills in students who write like they tweet. The other 911 is that some kids were so sleep deprived or in some kind of altered state that they looked like patients coming out of general anesthesia. Some are distracted by a vibrating back pocket or purse. The parents, who are either out driving or working, do not need to be in any form of communication with their kid who should be learning. Most are not based on their writing samples, alertness, and ability to think on their feet. I divulged this to my

LEN BOURLAND own HP grad, who is now a mother in another state and she was aghast, “They let them have phones in school! That’s insane!”

Apparently, the buddy parents just want to give their kids what they want.

So when spoiled out of control “too cool for school” brats bully, interrupt, and jeer a renowned author when he’s trying to explain Japanese internment during WWII, by the author’s own comments “trolling me while the principal and teachers just stood by,” it’s more than a black eye on HPHS. It’s a wake-up call.

Imagine how they bully each other on social media. The only people with cell phones should be the teachers filming out of control students, posting it on the HPHS website and calling in their parents. Then the parents should be sent to Saturday morning detention to learn parenting skills while the kids sleep off their parties. It’s not all kids but a pretty big subset.

“ THE O NLY EMERG E NCY I C OUL D SEE WA S T H E L AC K O F W RIT ING SKILLS IN ST UDENTS WHO W RIT E L IKE T H EY T WE ET.” L EN BOURL AND Question: does the football coach of the state champions permit the team to text while sitting waiting their turn during scrimmages? Do the football players tweet and snapchat while watching game films or at halftime in the locker rooms? Or do players need to stay laser focused or get booted from the team?

Whatever the rules for cell phones are for the football team need to be applied to the classroom. IF and that’s a big if they must come into the school at all, cellphones should be put in a basket at the beginning of each class and returned at the exit if a student has stayed awake and participated. Otherwise they can get them at the office at the end of their day.

Maybe honor students or senior privileges could be earned to carry a cell. If every public school is doing this then just maybe Highland Park can earn it’s reputation for being a good school system by leading the way toward excellence. Throw the damn cellphones out of school.

Len Bourland can be reached at lenbourland@gmail.com

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HP Village to Add Private Club

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Joe O’Brien, president and CEO of A.G. Hill Partners, explains renovation plans for the Highland Park Village building that houses Starbucks and Anthropologie.

By William Taylor

People Newspapers The Highland Park Village building that houses Starbucks and Anthropologie will soon get a new look and a private club.

But don’t worry: those and other first-floor retailers will remain open during the 12 months of renovation to the building beside Preston Road.

“Well, my wife will be happy,” said Bob West, who lives near the shopping center and came to a recent Town Council meeting to check on the status of the coffee shop.

Joe O’Brien, president and CEO of A.G. Hill Partners, hopes customers and neighbors will be pleased with renovations designed to make the building look more like its counterparts in the

shopping center.

A.G. Hill manages the trusts that own Highland Park Village.

Building G, as it’s identified in plans prepared by Omniplan Architects, is the “one building that does not aesthetically fit with the rest of the village,” O’Brien said.

But that should change as workers give the structure a new façade and expand the third floor to 19,036 square feet while adding balconies

and a tower similar to, but not as tall as, the one on the Highland Park Village Theatre building.

O’Brien said first floor tenancies won’t change but the upper floor uses will. The second floor, which has been used for offices, will be devoted to retail, while the third floor, which currently provides storage and some retail, will become a private club.

Highland Park resident John M. Scott III, former CEO for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, and Brady Wood, founder of developer WoodHouse, will operate the club, O’Brien told Town Council members during a study session on Feb. 21.

O’Brien said the club would cater to Park Cities residents who work from home and want a place to meet and dine with clients.

Construction of an exterior fire escape will cost the shopping center five parking spaces, but even with increased requirements from the anticipated new uses, the village, with 1,054 parking spaces will still have 20 more than are required by town codes.

Town Administrator Bill Lindley doesn’t expect the club’s balcony views to pose a privacy issue for nearby residents.

“You will see the golfers, but you won’t see the backyards,” he said.

Town Council members approved an amended site plan for the project on Feb. 27 after conducting a public hearing.

Bobby Burns, who lives near the shopping center, voiced concerns about plans to execute much of the exterior construction at night.

“I think it’s a detriment to people who live closer to the remodeling project,” Burns said, recalling the annoying sound of trucks backing up during other construction projects in the area: “Beep, beep, beep.”

The site plan approved in February calls for a smaller project than the Town Council approved in June 2016.

Developers had planned to expand the third floor by about 4,000 additional square feet and include a second floor bridge to an adjacent building.

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Preservation Society Showcases Renovated Homes

By Karly Hanson

Special Contributor

“ WE TRY TO TELL P EO P LE TH ERE ARE O PTI O N S BE SIDE S TE AR I N G D OWN A H O US E .”

HOME TOUR

KE N DA LL J E N N INGS Natalie Lorio knew as soon as she stepped onto the property at 4309 Westway Avenue that she had found her next home — and her next project.

Two years, one architect, and four interior designers later, the 1930s home was transformed from a quirky, old house into a modern, elegant paradise.

The only thing that remains unchanged is the charm of the French Eclectic architecture on the facade.

“I love old homes,” Lorio said. “I think they have a lot of character and personality.

I would have hated to tear it all down.”

Lorio’s home is one of the four that will be featured April 1 in the 15th annual Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society

10 a.m.-3 p.m., April 1 $20 advance tickets available online or at Tom Thumb $25 tickets available day of the tour pchps.org DANNY PIASSICK

PCHPS promotes the historic and aesthetic elements of Park Cities homes.

(PCHPS) Home Tour.

In addition to the French Eclectic property on Westway Avenue, the tour features a 1930s Colonial style home on Greenbrier Drive, a 1922 Greek Revival on Miramar Avenue, and a 1929 “Tudor wonderland” on Fairfax Avenue.

“We are so fortunate to live in a community where our neighbors are willing to share their homes that showcase such excellent examples of renovation and restoration,” PCHPS President Kendall Jennings said. “It is always a joy to work with the homeowners and hear their stories of

how they came to love their residences.”

PCHPS, founded in 1982, aims to maintain and promote the historic and aesthetic elements of the Park Cities. Money from the tour funds scholarships for Highland Park High School students interested in studying architecture, art, or history, as well as other projects such as landmarking and preservation-focused education.

This year, money from the tour will also help fund a partnership with the University Park Library to provide new archive cabinets.

Jennings said the tour is important for the community because it showcases successful revival projects.

“For us, it’s an educational tool to show what Natalie’s done —she’s saved a house and made it relevant and modern,” she said. “We try to tell people there are options besides tearing down a house.”

Home Tour Chair Tish Key is especially excited about showing the Lorio home because it shows that homeowners can have it all. Though not readily apparent from the perfectly landscaped exterior of the house, 4309 Westway Avenue is home to Natalie, her husband, five kids, two dogs, a cat, and a bird.

“It’s livable, it’s elegant, and it’s really family friendly, which is an incredible thing,” Key said.

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HP WINS ACADEMIC DECATHLON AGAIN

Team now preparing for national competition

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From left: Superintendent Tom Trigg, Anna Chung, Rachel Korn, Abby Warren, Michael Xie, Brooke Yung, Wyatt Hill, Jasmyne Rodriguez, Matthew Forbes, Coach David Alvarado, and Coach Greg Bergeron.

By Joshua Baethge

People Newspapers When Highland Park earned its first academic decathlon state title last year, there was lots of cheering and celebrating. This year’s reaction was more subdued.

“Our team motto is, ‘We did it once, we can do it again,” decathlete Wyatt Hill said.

“We felt like we’d better win or we were going to look stupid if we didn’t.

Hill, along with fellow senior Brooke Yung and junior Michael Xie, represented the team both years. While proud of their impressive feat, they aren’t ready to sit back and revel in the moment yet.

“It was still exciting to win state, but this felt more like the next step on the path to our goal,” said senior Rachel Korn, who was an alternate last year. “This year has been more nationals-focused.”

Nationals will be held April 20-22 in Madison, Wisconsin. The team has been preparing since last spring.

Academic Decathlon is divided into 10 categories: science, social science, music, language and literature, art, math, economics, essay, speech, and interview or impromptu speaking. Team members are placed in either the honors, scholastic, or varsity divisions, based on their grade point average.

“That’s the politically correct way to say, ‘A student, B student, and C student,” Hill said.

The team score is calculated by combining the results of two students, known as “counters,” from each category.

Every spring, the United States Academic Decathlon organization determines the topic for all participants.

This year’s focus is World War II. By

the time the 2016 school year ended, decathletes already were busy reading the 1940s-era novel Transit by Anna Seghers.

They were also analyzing the effect of government spending on the wartime economy and studying the lessons in nuclear physics that the Manhattan Project used to develop the atomic bomb.

“It was fascinating learning all of these references, and being able to see how all these things created in World War II still affect us today,” senior Abby Warren said.

“What really motivated me was interest in the material itself,” Xie added. “No matter how boring it may be presented in the format, the message behind it is really interesting.”

The beginning of the school year ushered in the start of almost daily testing during academic decathlon class. According to Hill, the biggest misconception peo-

ple have about academic decathlon is that the coaches are teaching them.

“Other than the math, this is all stuff that we have read by ourselves,” he said.

Coach David Alvarado said this year’s squad began as maybe the weakest math team he has ever had. However, they turned out to be the best math team in Texas over the past 15 years.

“I think they are focused on the bigger prize,” Alvarado said. “They knew that they had a weakness, and they’ve been addressing it. And while it may not be a strength, it’s no longer a weakness anymore.”

Alvarado said the program forces students to learn what methods work best for them. Hill relied heavily on hundreds of pages of notes. Yung said she learned better by constantly testing herself with selfmade quizlets, while Korn relied heavily on re-reading and highlighting important passages.

“That’s what I really like about this program,” Alvarado said. “Everybody gets to test their game plan every single day and get better and better. You know what you are capable of after going through this.”

A C A D E M I C D E C AT H L O N C AT E G O R I E S • Science • Social Science • Music • Language and Literature • Art • Math • Economics • Essay • Speech • Interview/Impromptu Theme: World War II

UP City Council Green-Lights New Tennis Center

By Joshua Baethge

People Newspapers The University Park City Council approved final details of Highland Park ISD’s plan to relocate the Seay Tennis Center to Glenwick Lane near the high school student-parking garage.

The project is the first of several proposed by the district to create more classroom space at the school.

HPISD chief of staff John Dahlander thanked UP officials during the March 7 City Council meeting for their patience and diligence.

“Because of their efforts and willingness to work with us, we think we’ll have better facilities in the long run that will be in the best interest of both students and neighbors alike,” Dahlander said.

“We count ourselves very fortunate to have a strong relationship with the city of University Park.”

In November 2015, Park Cities voters approved a $361.4 million-dollar bond package. Of this, approximately $113 million has been allocated to high school improvements with a primary goal of alleviating overcrowding and adding academic space contiguous to the building.

In 1969, school officials converted the old on-campus gymnasium into the present-day natatorium. Today, it is the only part of the main high school building dedicated to athletics.

Relocating the 9,800-squarefoot swim facility will free-up room for more than 20 classrooms as well as two to three labs.

A proposed addition to the northwest side of the building is expected to add close to 30 additional classrooms. Jonathan Aldis of Stantec architecture, the firm designing the new facilities, said plans for the new wing will likely be presented to council within the

next three to four months.

District officials identified the Seay Tennis Center’s location on Grassmere Lane as the best place for the new aquatics center. The site is centrally located in relation to the other athletic facilities near Highlander Stadium. The new center will also feature weight rooms and administrative offices.

Work on the facility is expected to begin once the tennis center relocation is complete. All construction at the high school is expected to be completed by 2020.

During the same March 7 meeting, council members also unanimously approved the final

design of the new University Park Elementary school. The building will retain the school’s familiar tan façade, and make room for more outdoor activity areas.

HPISD is building its first new elementary school since 1948.

That building is expected to be ready in time for next school year (see photos on Page 22). University Park Elementary students will temporarily attend classes there while their new facility is built.

Once it is finished, students from Hyer Elementary, and then Bradfield Elementary will temporarily attend classes at the new building while their schools are rebuilt.

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4 The Highland Park school district marked the “topping out” of its new elementary school with a celebration on March 10. District officials received an update from Balfour Beatty Construction before signing a beam. The facility is the first HPISD elementary school to be built in nearly 70 years. It is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2017-2018 school year. || Photos by Chris McGathey 1. Trustees with Highland Park ISD sign a beam to be placed at the district’s new elementary school during a topping out ceremony. 2. Trustees get a progress report on the construction of the district’s new school. 3. Trustee Joe Taylor signs a beam at the site. 4. HPISD leaders tour the new elementary school.

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This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, SMU, and the Museo Nacional del Prado and funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.

Promotional support provided by Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591-1652), Acrobats on a Loose Wire (detail), late 1630s. Pen and brown ink and brown wash on beige paper. Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Inv. 2208.

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On Feb. 24, Hyer Elementary supporters presented “Solid Gold Night” at the Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum. Auction chairs Tiffany Mooney and Amy Vaughn oversaw both silent and live auctions. Attendees enjoyed dinner, dessert, a raffle drawing, and live music from the Jordan Kahn Orchestra. || Photo courtesy Brooke Tinch 1. Molly Sealy, Amy Vaughn, Tiffany Mooney, Hyer principal Jeremy Gilbert, Julie Rado, and Melissa Gerhauser. 2. PTA president Kelli Wagner and Brooke Tinch.

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BRIEF

Lakehill Debaters Shine at State Affairs Forum

Lakehill Preparatory School was recently named Premier Delegation at the YMCA’s Youth and Government conference for the fourth consecutive year.

Twenty members of Lakehill’s Upper School debate team joined more than 1,400 students recently at the State Capitol in Austin, where they competed with other schools across Texas.

Lakehill sent a record eight teams to the State Affairs Forum, where the students debated issues including tax incentives for retaining U.S. businesses, universal Pre-K programs, background checks for sanctuary cities, improving

Texas’ infrastructure, autonomous car regulations, and reducing opioid abuse.

Two teams’ proposals advanced to the General Assembly showcase, including one by Chambliss Pierson, Lily Turner, and Allison Riemer on campus sexual assault, and one by Dylan Welch, Zain Imam, and Varun Iyer on strengthening DWI laws.

Imam also served as State Affairs Forum Chair and was selected as Outstanding Club leader. Another student, Blake Farokhnia, was chosen as a committee clerk.

— Staff Report

MEADOWS MUSEUM • SMU

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Love of the Bard Secures Big Apple Journey Lakehill Preparatory Freshman Wins HP Shakespeare Contest

By Mac McCann

Special Contributor Lakehill Preparatory School freshman Alanna Stern and her teacher Elizabeth Schmitt share a love of William Shakespeare that has them New York City-bound.

On May 1, Stern will compete against some 60 or so other devotees of the Bard at the Lincoln Center Mitzi Newhouse Theater.

The winner of the English-Speaking Union’s National Shakespeare Competition will earn an all-expenses-paid scholarship to the American Shakespeare Center’s Theater Camp in Staunton, Virginia this summer.

Stern secured her free New York trip with a February victory at Highland Park High School, where a dozen North Texas students performed Shakespeare’s monologues and sonnets onstage in the school’s auditorium.

Professionals from Shakespeare Dallas judged the contest.

“I went there very nervous, ac-

tually,” Stern said. “But when I got there, and I was backstage with all the other contestants, it was actually really fun, because you’re with a bunch of people who are into the same things and have the same interests as you.”

The freshman has long been a fan of theater and acting, but she credits her interest in Shakespeare to Schmitt, who has taught her since seventh grade.

“I’m just happy when my students appreciate [Shakespeare] and [are] passionate about it,” Schmitt said. “This is so exciting, because Alanna kind of represents that what I’m doing isn’t in vain.”

Whatever internal tempest of nerves Stern may have battled as she performed “Sonnet 116” and Portia’s monologue from Julius Caesar, the judges didn’t seem to notice.

“Alanna is very composed on stage,” Schmitt explained. “She used a lot of confidence. She impressed the judges as very mature and in control of her material.”

Second place went to Arian-

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Lakehill Preparatory freshman Alanna Stern credits her Highland Park Shakespeare contest victory to teacher Elizabeth Schmitt.

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na Cadeddu of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, who also performed “Sonnet 116” as well as Tamora’s monologue from Titus Andronicus.

The senior has worked with a handful of acting coaches through Booker T.’s Advanced Acting Skokos Learning Lab, an acting class that partners with the Dallas Theatre Center.

Cadeddu hopes to pursue acting and film in college.

Grace Evans of All Saints’

Episcopal School in Fort Worth placed in third.

The English-Speaking Union launched the National Shakespeare Competition in 1983.

Since then, more than 300,000 high school students have participated. Around 2,500 teachers participate in the competition each year.

Before advancing to the Dallas branch’s community level competition, students won competitions at their campuses.

Six private schools, five public schools, and, for the first time, a homeschool group, The Home Educator’s Outsourcing Solution (THEO), participated.

Highland Park has hosted every Dallas branch contest, free of charge, and won it five times.

Schmitt, an English teacher and sponsor of the Shakespeare club at Lakehill, saw her first Shakespeare play when she was only 6 years old.

She went on to major in theater and then earned her master’s degree in Renaissance Studies from the University of Warwick in England.

Stern is grateful for Schmitt’s support. “She’s been more than a teacher, she’s been a mentor,” she said. “I don’t even know if I would’ve placed without her.”

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MAD FOR PLAID

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4 Tracey and Aaron Kozmetsky hosted a party for the major donors of Mad for Plaid March 2. The event was underwritten by Comerica Bank. Mad for Plaid is an annual joint fundraising effort of the PTA and the Highland Park Education Foundation. Funds raised benefit students at all HPISD schools. || Photos courtesy of Mad for Plaid

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1. Keith Laycock with Gigi and Jim Lancaster. 2. John Van Amburgh, Sam and Carol Dalton, Guy Kerr, Rick Deitch, and Cindy Kerr. 3. Jeff and Lisa Kilpatrick with Kristin and Brent Ringo. 4. Drew Harris with Laurie and Stan Wright.

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Swimming Resurgence Sparks Gold for HP Boys

By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

The natatorium at Highland Park High School is decorated with banners from championships both individually and collectively — but almost all of them were won by girls.

However, in February, the HP boys put an emphatic crest on a wave that’s been gaining momentum for the past few years. The school’s swimming legacy isn’t just for girls anymore.

With a squad of just six qualifiers, the Blue Wave earned the Class 5A team championship at the UIL state meet in Austin.

The current team title is the third boys crown for the Blue Wave, but its first since 2000.

Since then, the girls have won 11 times. So perhaps it was time for a reminder.

“We knew we had a chance this year,” said senior Robby King, one of five state-meet newcomers among the six. “We went down there to try and win.”

The leader for HP was junior

Felix Van Cauwelaert, who won an individual gold medal in the 500 freestyle and a silver in the 200 freestyle, becoming the first male swimmer at HP to claim an individual event in more than a decade.

“We had been working hard all year,” said Van Cauwelaert, who swam at state in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley in 2016. “As a collective group, it was nice to have a prize and a feel-good moment.”

His five teammates — King, Henry Wang, Ethan Nguyen, Omar Hmimy, and Peter Paulus — all scored points, which ultimately allowed HP to edge Grapevine in the team standings.

HP assistant coach Hannah Ferrin, who swam on some of those dominant girls teams between 2001 and 2010, credited team chemistry and mental toughness as keys to the title.

“It was really nerve-wracking,” Ferrin said. “We kept looking up at that scoreboard.”

Indeed, around the halfway point of the meet, HP was in

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The Highland Park boys swim team earned the Class 5A team championship with only six swimmers. fourth place. Then came Van Cauwelaert’s win in the 500 free, followed by a strong performance in the 200 freestyle relay, and two finalists in the 100 breaststroke.

And the Blue Wave made its surge

to the top of the podium.

With five of the six state champions returning next season, Van Cauwelaert hopes the title can provide a foundation for more success.

“It’s really motivational for the younger guys. Now they know what to expect and know what they need to do,” Ferrin said.

“They have built up a lot of momentum for next year.”

Lady Scots Carry Clean Sheet Into Playoffs

By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

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Offensive leaders Rachel Wasserman (above), Riley Malone, and Presley Echols have scored 60+ goals.

Even as Highland Park has transformed itself over the last decade into a perennial state powerhouse in girls soccer, the Lady Scots never had a perfect regular season on their resume.

Notice the past tense. That changed this year. Twenty victories. No losses.

No ties.

Obviously, HP would like to keep that zero in the loss column through April 15. Doing so would give the Lady Scots their first state title since 2012.

HP appears well positioned for a deep run, returning several top players after consecutive runner-up finishes at the Class 6A level. This year, the Lady Scots are in Class 5A. They have outscored their 20 opponents this season by a combined

margin of 99-6. That’s an average of almost five goals per game, with 16 shutouts on the defensive end. They swept to the District 15-5A title without any serious challenge.

HP has earned recognition from various pollsters this season, even holding a No. 1 national ranking for the winter season on TopDrawerSoccer.com. However, head coach Stewart Brown knows that all of the accolades can disappear with just one slip-up in postseason play.

“We’re going to have to play at such a high level and get some luck along the way,” Brown said. “We’re very fortunate to we have a group of girls who know how to navigate the system through the playoffs. They know what it takes to win big games.”

The Lady Scots have shown balance on offense this season, led by the trio of senior Riley Malone, junior Ra-

chel Wasserman — who has verbally committed to Penn State — and freshman Presley Echols. The three have combined for more than 60 goals.

Frances Ann Matise and Sarah O’Neal have double-digit goal totals.

“If a team is bold enough to try and shut down Rachel, then we have others who can step up and fill in,” Brown said. “They know what to expect. Different teams have tried to slow us down in different ways. But we’re very flexible in terms of how we play.”

Plenty of depth and experience might give HP an advantage, but it also puts the proverbial target on the backs of the Lady Scots during the playoffs.

“We have a great balance of experience and youth. It’s worked out really well for us,” said HP head coach Stewart Brown. “This team has a really good focus.”

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HP Sophomore Earns State Title

Nussbaum Recognized as MVP in 15-5A

By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

C O U R T E SY P H O T O

Aidan Conner (center) celebrates his UIL state wrestling tournament title.

By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

Aidan Conner never lost a match to a wrestler at the Class 5A level all season.

He again proved his supremacy in the 195-pound weight class at the UIL state tournament.

The Highland Park sophomore capped a sensational season with a championship when he outlasted Joshua Molinar of El Paso Eastlake in the title match at the Ber-

ry Center in suburban Houston.

Conner won a 9-6 decision over Molinar, who was previously unbeaten, to finish the season with a 62-1 individual record. Earlier in the tournament, Conner pinned his first two opponents before scoring a 2-0 decision over Azle’s Seth Bell in the semifinals.

Elsewhere at the state tournament, HP’s Caleb Kimzey won two of four matches at 145 pounds. Jeremy Hanes lost both of his matches at 220 pounds.

After leading Highland Park to an undefeated run through District 155A this season, Ethan Nussbaum was named most valuable player by the league’s coaches.

The MVP voting took place before Nussbaum led the Scots on a playoff push that ended in the Region II semifinals when the senior guard scored a game-high 23 points against Mansfield Timberview.

HP’s district title also prompted the selection of Scots head coach David Piehler as the 15-5A coach of the year. First-team honorees for HP included junior guard Will Enzor and senior forward Will Reichert.

Starting guards Matthew Lodwick and Alex Staffaroni were named second-team selections. Among those receiving honorable mention were Preston Landes, Michael McMonigle, and Ryan Waters.

C H R I S M C G AT H E Y

Ethan Nussbaum is the District 15-5A boys basketball MVP.

Headless Chickens Take the Crown

C O U R T E SY N E E LY T H R A S H

The Headless Chickens celebrate a Moody Family YMCA basketball tourney victory.

Hyer Elementary ’s “Headless Chickens” Fourth Grade Boys Basketball Team won the Moody Family YMCA’s upper division basketball tournament. They defeated Armstrong Elementary in the

championship game. Back row: Coach Blake Anderson, Marshall Smith, Nick Sherwood, Walker Thrash, Sawyer Anderson, and Coach Evan Wall; Front row: Finn Calloway, Parker Addison, Angus Wall and Dylan Mallat.

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Former HP Standout Enjoys Being Sidelined “ I’ V E ALWAYS WAN T ED TO SU R RO U N D MYSEL F W IT H . . . T H E B E ST C OAC H E S P O S SIB L E . ” Z AC H C HU C H R I S M C G AT H E Y

From left: Texas Legends assistant coaches Charlie Bell and Zach Chu

By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

Like many of his teammates at Highland Park and the University of Richmond, Zach Chu played basketball with hopes of someday making it to the pros.

However, despite some skill as a guard, Chu knew his future wouldn’t be on the court, but

rather on the sidelines. While others studied their favorite players for inspiration, Chu did the same with coaches.

Chu is nearing the end of his first season as an assistant coach with the Texas Legends in the NBA Development League, beginning a path that he hopes can lead to the NBA. He’s wanted to become a

coach for some time. In fact, that goal even factored into his college choice. He walked on at Richmond knowing he wouldn’t play much, but would be exposed to a wide variety of top college programs and elite coaches.

“I’ve always wanted to surround myself with the best programs and the best coaches possible,” Chu said. “That put me in

a position to coach after.”

At Richmond, he landed an internship prior to his senior year with Nike, and worked at an NBA camp in Asia alongside stars such as Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Of course, the camp also was a chance to network with plenty of NBA executives and assistant coaches, which led to a job after graduation as a player development intern with the Los Angeles Clippers. He spent last season performing a variety of duties at practice and around the office.

“To be around those guys, they really taught me a lot,” Chu said. “After a year there, I put myself in a position where I could add value to another team.”

While many professional coaches start as video coordinators or find jobs at the college level, Chu figured the D-League would be a more hands-on expe-

rience where he could sit on the bench. Winding up back home in the Dallas area, with the affiliate of the Mavericks, was mostly a coincidence.

With the Legends, Chu’s primary responsibility is player development, which is one of the most vital roles in the organization. After all, “development” is in the league’s name.

One of Chu’s influences is his father, Daniel, a former college coach who served as an assistant at the University of Miami in the 1980s.

“He has more stories from those years than about anything else,” said Chu, who also was a standout tennis player at Highland Park. “He loved his time coaching, and I’ve grown up hearing about those experiences.”

Now, Chu wants to have some of those experiences himself. And he’s confident that the D-League’s reputation as a breeding ground can extend to coaches, too.

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BUILDING THE BRAND ONE BURGER AT A TIME

C O U R T E SY H AY S TA C K B U R G E R S

Haystack’s Barn Burner burger features grilled poblanos, pico de gallo, and pepper jack.

By Hannah Kirkpatrick People Newspapers

A family-owned neighborhood favorite from Richardson has arrived in Turtle Creek Village.

After opening the first Haystack Burgers and Barley in their Richardson neighborhood, Kevin and Jenny Galvan knew they wanted to grow their brand

and that Dallas was where they wanted to be.

Kevin said he is excited about the demographics and high density of people in the area. Jenny hopes the new location becomes a special part of the surrounding neighborhoods and communities.

“We love how Richardson has such a neighborhood feel, and we thought we created something very special with

that, so we wanted to recreate that here,” she said.

Haystack, named by their youngest daughter, is the Galvans’ second restaurant. After closing Ricardo’s Tex-Mex in 2009, they attempted to take a break from the restaurant business, but they soon found themselves longing to return to the industry they love.

With years of experience, the Galvans always knew that if they opened another restaurant it would be centered around burgers.

“Even in our neighborhood, we wanted a place we like where we would go eat so we developed it for us,” Jenny said. “We developed a concept where we would go.”

Together, Kevin and Jenny created the menu with simplicity and quality in mind, focusing on simple food that tastes great. The restaurant has no freezers or microwaves, so all products are brought in fresh.

The couple hopes to set Haystack apart by offering a variety of options to satisfy all tastes. According to Kevin, the appetizers set Haystack apart from other burger places. Options include ranchero chicken stuffed jalapeños, fried pickles, and mozzarella sticks along with local staples chips and queso, guacamole, and salsa. The menu also

features fresh salads and sandwiches, and even a few favorites from the Galvans’ Tex-Mex days.

“There’s a lot of love going into our appetizers, along with our burgers and salads,” Kevin said.

Haystack also features an extensive craft beer selection with 12 hyperlocal draft beers and more than 50 American craft beers. Those looking for a frosty twist can try the signature Haymaker, a frozen concoction of Maker’s Mark, orange juice, lemonade, and iced tea.

The couple said the new location gives them another opportunity to share good food and good times with everyone who walks through the doors.

“We want our brand to be us, our staff, and building relationships instead of just being another restaurant,” Kevin said.

H AY S T A C K B U R G E R S AND BARLEY Turtle Creek Village 3838 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste. 175 haystackburgers.com 214-377-7802 Open every day, 10:30 a.m.–10 p.m.

Dallas Academy Opens Second Location Music and Performing Arts Studio Expands to Snider Plaza

By Fallon Lineberger

Special Contributor K E LS E Y K R U Z I C H

The Dallas Academy of Music and Per- Dallas Academy of Music and Performing Arts seeks to nurture talented performers. forming Arts (DAMPA) has opened a second studio around the corner from its origfering, but needed more space to accom- place like it in Dallas. Her goal was to creinal location on Milton Avenue. modate them, Jenkins said. ate a place that nurtured talent.

DAMPA’s new Snider Plaza premises The school recently sold out all five “I felt like there was a real need in Dalhouse multiple classrooms for music and nights of its first musical, School of Rock las for a performing arts school that could performance courses.

Jr. An additional show was later added to grow musicians, songwriters, singers, ac“More space means we can do more accommodate the demand. In addition to tors, and all under one roof, and from the awesome things,” owner Lisa Jenkins said. housing musical theater courses, the new very beginning stages,” Jenkins said.

“Since the opening of Studio B, we have inDAMPA offers private music lessons as studio also hosts beginner tap/jazz and troduced some amazing courses.”

Adult Rock the Barre. well as musical theater, acting, dance, and She had many ideas for new and stimuJenkins said she founded DAMPA be- early childhood group classes. lating classes that no other school was ofcause she did not think there was another One popular offering is the “music,

mommy, and me” class, in which babies as young as 6 months old are encouraged to participate. There are also adult dance classes. Jenkins said she wants her students to feel comfortable and confident in their craft, no matter their age.

The school’s philosophy is there isn’t an age too young or old to take classes, she said.

This summer, DAMPA will host Polynesian Music and Art Camp, inspired by the animated film Moana. A college audition prep workshop, a musical theater camp, a “little Mozarts” camp, and a camp based on the movie Frozen will also be featured.

Broadway actors from Wicked and Bring It plan to visit this summer.

DAMPA is also working to start a tap company. Jenkins said that she has big plans for the school. She has her sights set on a third location that will attract more guest artists, master classes, and performances.

LEARN MORE Visit dallasacademyofmusic.com for details about the school, classes, and events.

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Flea Style: Makers, Shakers (and Shoppers)

By Maria Adolphs

Special Contributor Highland Park resident and Flea Style owner Brittany Cobb has a hard time deciding what her latest favorite find is.

Recently she’s narrowed it down to a pair of 1960s amber stained-glass light fixtures from an old church and a royal blue Oriental jacket worn and sold by a bride who purchased it while honeymooning in China.

Cobb said she loves that kind of shopping — finding unique items that often have a story.

Her love for one-of-a-kind items and her desire to support artisans and entrepreneurs have helped shape Flea Style into a unique retail and creative element in Dallas.

“Flea Style is a creative platform for makers and shakers,” said Cobb, whose mission is to support and promote small businesses through shows, summits, workshops, and an online shop.

Flea Style’s tagline, “handmade, vintage, one of a kind,” is Cobb’s guidepost in hand-selecting the products and vendors for her shows and in steering the company’s endeavors. She credits her success to a talented all-female staff, an eclectic background in design and writing, and a keen eye for the company’s success. Cobb said

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she could share thousands of success stories her company has helped create.

There’s a former school teacher who went from selling wares at a Flea Style Show to having her collection in more than 400 Neiman Marcus stores.

There’s a pair of friends that attended a Flea Style Summit, opened a booth at a show, and now have an online store and teach workshops sharing their craft.

“Just igniting that fire under their bell[ies] to start what they’ve always wanted to do, and then see them up and running. . . it’s really cool to watch,” Cobb said.

An SMU grad with a degree in journalism, Cobb always thought she’d work as a writer. Writing lifestyle pieces for the Dallas Morning News, Forbes, and as a freelancer, she often interviewed jewelry designers, shop owners, and other creative types. She noticed that after she wrote about them, their businesses would often experience a surge in sales and attention.

That attention, however, would eventually wane. Cobb decided she wanted to help the artisans create and sustain their businesses.

Drawing from her interior design background and California roots, she created a holiday market in 2009. The Dallas Flea market was modeled after the diverse flea markets and swap meets where she often shopped in California and New York. The event drew 60 vendors and 1,000 shoppers.

At the same time, Cobb was laid off from her job as editor of DailyCandy, an e-mail newsletter. She took that as a sign that she needed to continue creating markets.

Cobb changed the name of the company in December 2015 from the Dallas Flea to Flea Style, with an eye on creating a national brand and expanding to Houston.

In 2016, she launched the first Flea Style Summit, “a creative conference for creative thinkers,” where top entrepreneurs share start-up stories, give advice, and offer in-depth information from accounting, trademarking, branding, and monetizing social media. Flea Style held its second summit in February.

In 2016, Flea Style opened an online shop, fleastyle.com, featuring a sampling of vendors’ products, as well a commissioned, unique items made especially for the online store.

Flea Style also offers ongoing workshops teaching macrame, embroidery, and hand calligraphy.

Upcoming Flea Style shows in the spring and fall — at Dallas Fair Park and Silver Street Studios in Houston — will feature more than 400 artists and vendors.

Shoppers can find vintage and antique items from 1960s peacock chairs, Indian tapestries, and Turkish textiles, to handmade art, baby bloomers, and teepees.

Cobb is scouting locations in Nashville for future shows and plans to expand her online shop, as well as grow the Dallas headquarters to include a retail store.

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Bluffview Growler Brings Craft Beer Close to Home

By Joshua Baethge

People Newspapers

“ TE X AS P RIDE IS A BI G PART OF IT. P EO P LE HAVE A LOT O F P RIDE IN TH EI R TE X A S P RO D U CTS .”

STACY C Z E CH Craft beer lovers had reason to celebrate this January when the Bluffview Growler opened on Northwest Highway just east of Lemmon Avenue. The bar features a rotating lineup of craft beers with an emphasis on local brews.

“Every week gets a little busier,” co-owner Dale Czech said.

Nearly four years after opening Lakewood Growler in East Dallas, he and his wife, Stacy, decided to bring their concept to Bluffview.

“I’ve always been kind of a serial entrepreneur. Back in 2013, I was home brewing and kind of knew what was going

JOSHUA BAETHGE

Owner Dale Czech pours a pint at the Bluffview Growler. to happen with the local brew scene,” Dale said. “I figured I couldn’t brew and compete with what was out there, so I decided to sell other people’s beer.”

By Dale’s estimate, the number of craft beer outlets in Dallas has more than tripled since then. He attributes that in large part to the public’s desire to

drink a better quality product.

Preferences change as artisan foods, coffees, and beers become more available.

“Texas pride is also a big part of it,” Stacy added. “People have a lot of pride in their Texas products.”

Dale manages Bluffview’s beer lineup. The taps feature 44 beers along with a root beer, a cider, a kombucha tea, and a mead, which is made from fermented honey. Patrons can expect regular changes to the beer menu, dependent on availability and demand.

Stacy designed both locations, and even built Bluffview’s picnic-style tables in her garage.

The couple chose the location after an exhaustive search all over Dallas. It seemed like a good fit since there are no similar establishments nearby. As patrons become familiar with the bar, Dale and Stacy hope to find more ways to cater to their needs.

One change patrons can expect soon is the addition of coffee. By the end of April, a State Street Coffee will set up shop in one corner of the bar.

State Street started three years ago as a kiosk at the Alcove wine and beer bar in Uptown. Co-owner Mike Metten-

dorf calls his team the “premier coffee nerds” in Dallas.

“If you’re a skinny vanilla latte everyday customer at Starbucks, we’ve got you covered,” Mettendorf said. “If you are a hardcore coffee drinker and want to talk about tasting notes and the blueberry flavors in espresso, we want to talk with you, too.”

According to Dale and Stacy, coffee is just another way to make their neighbors feel at home, whether they need a place to work, meet with colleagues, or unwind after a long day. Plans are already in the works for an outdoor patio.

Food and wine options could also be expanded based on customer feedback.

“We can see what the neighborhood wants and be a good citizen, giving people what they want so they don’t have to drive to East Dallas or a suburb,” Stacy said.

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AREA SCHOOLS CAMPS Dallas area schools don’t close their doors when classes end. In fact, their doors are wide open and ready for a summer of fun with little ones as young as three years old, and kids all the way up to high school seniors.

Art, sports, and adventure camps are among the most popular options. The studious can also get a head start with courses for school credit during the summer. Here is a quick guide to a few area schools ready to make your child’s summer exciting.

Episcopal School of Dallas •

Dates: May 30 – August 18

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Where: Episcopal School of Dallas, 4100 Merrell Road, Dallas, TX 75229

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Ages: 3 to 18

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Cost: Starts at $135 per week

Co-Ed Summer at The Hockaday School •

Dates: June 5 – July 21

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Lakehill Prep Dates: June 5 – August 11

Where: Roger L. Perry Campus, 7401 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX 75228 White Rock United Methodist Church, 1450 Old Gate Lane, Dallas, TX 75218

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Ages: 5 to 18, entering Kindergarten to Grade 12

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Cost: $240 per week (half day); $315 per week (full day)

Greenhill School •

Dates: May 30 – August 11

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Where: Greenhill School, 4141 Spring Valley Rd., Addison, TX 75001

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Ages: 3–18, entering Pre-K to Grade 12

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Cost: $180 (half day), $320 (full day

Parish Episcopal School •

Dates: May 30 – August 18

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Where: Midway Campus, 4101 Sigma Road, Dallas, TX 75244 Hillcrest Campus, 14115 Hillcrest Road, Dallas, TX 75254

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Ages: 3 to 18

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Cost: $275 to $550 per week

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YMCA CAMPS YMCA summer camps are all about fun and discovery. Kids and teens can explore nature, try new activities, and meet new friends at three properties in the DFW area.

The Y offers outdoor onsite camps ranging

from a few days to a few weeks, with day or overnight options. Campers have the chance to unplug from technology and forge meaningful memories with days full of outdoor activities.

Collin County Adventure Camp •

Dates: June 5 – August 11

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Where: 1180 West Houston St, Anna, Texas 75409

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Ages: 5 to 15

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Cost: $195 one-week day camp, $480 two-week overnight camp

Camp Grady Spruce •

Dates: May 30 – August 18

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Where: 709 Highland Village Road, Highland Village, TX 75067

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Ages: 6 to 13

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Cost: Y-members $220 per week, non-members $270 per week, day camp and overnight camp

Camp on the Lake •

Dates: May 30 – August 18

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Where: 709 Highland Village Road, Highland Village, TX 75067

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Ages: 6 to 13

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Cost: Y-members $220 per week, non-members $270 per week, day camp

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screen, take the first steps in starting an acting or filmmaking career. These are just a few unique camp ideas to help your camper’s summer extra special.

Camp Olympia •

Dates: June 4 – August 12

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Where: Camp Olympia 723 Olympia Drive, Trinity, Texas 75862

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Ages: 6 to 16

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Cost: $1,795 - $4,495

• About: This will be the 50th summer for Camp Olympia! Located on the shores Lake Livingston in Trinity, Texas, Camp Olympia is a great opportunity for kids to experience beautiful East Texas scenery and choose from over 45 fun activities to make their summer truly unique with three-week, two-week, and one-week terms available.

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• About: Calling all aspiring actors and actresses! Summer camps at KD Studio Where: KD Conservatory, welcome children and teens with little or 2600 Stemmons Frwy, Suite no previous acting experience. Learn about 117 Dallas, TX 75207 the entertainment industry during twoand three-week camps that provide handsAges: 7 to 17 on experience in acting and filmmaking.

Dates: March 11 - August 7

Cost: $595

Play by Play Sports Broadcasting Camp •

Dates: June 19-23

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Where: Southern Methodist University

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Ages: 10 to 18

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Cost: Day $625, Overnight $1,275

• About: Play by Play’s Sports Broadcasting Camp is the camp for young sports fanatics. Campers will make anchor tapes in a studio, play-by-play tapes of pro games, and sideline reporting tapes. Learn what it takes to become a sports broadcaster from top sportscasters, athletes, and coaches.

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WOMEN OF TOCQUEVILLE

Women of Tocqueville models and stylists PHOTOS BY ANGELA LANG

Alanna Sarabia, Kimber Westphall, and Courtney Newell

Ellen Rourke, Alesa Gibson, and Lexi Luzarraga

Jennifer Sampson and Kit Sawers

Stephanie Parker, Renee Gadson, and Pamela Osborne

Carol March

Kristy Faus Jessica Lee, Tanya Allen, Debra von Storch, and Lexi Luzarraga

Laura Pickens, Kaci Stricklin, and Micah Clayton

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Tiffany Silvey and Claudia Morrow

Tootsies hosted United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Women of Tocqueville on Feb. 9 for an evening of mingling, shopping and taking time to write meaningful notes of encouragement to the teachers of local Dallas ISD schools.

Event Chairs, Kristy Faus and Carol March, recruited stylist Nancy Klompus to style Women of Tocqueville members in looks that took into account their professions and personal style.

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Tyler and Tiffany Clutts The 10th annual Cowboys and Cowboys Sky Ranch Gala presented by Centurion American welcomed guests Feb. 18 at Gilley’s Dallas.

The Sky Ranch Scholarship Gift Program supports military families and those in public service. It also helps children facing difficult circumstances attend a week of Summer Camp.

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John and Susan Cuellar

Steve and Cheryl Coke

Jim and Marina McDonald with Al and Carolyn Olson

Chip Impastato and Allyson Caruso

Mari Epperson and Sheri Bastie

Sarah Warnecke, Gloria Snead, and Emilynn Wilson

Maurice Ballew, Katherine Wagner and Sharon Ballew

Rita Hortenstine, Robin Carreker, and Le Anne Laughlin

Patricia Meadows, Icy and David Iles, and Sherry Owens

On Jan. 31st at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden’s DeGolyer House, Artscape Reimagined 2017 Chairwoman Kaki Hopkins announced the inaugural Great Contributor to Art Award, which is being given to Craig Hall for his many contributions to public art. The award will be presented to Hall at the Artscape Award and Auction Dinner later this spring.

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Dyann Skelton, Lynn Dealey, and Pat McDonough

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Bill and Minnie Jean Caruth McKamy Tiner and Heather Kanny

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On Dec. 14, 2016, Bachendorf’s in Preston Center hosted the check presentation to the beneficiaries of the KidneyTexas, Inc. luncheon and fashion show The Runway Report.

The purpose of KidneyTexas, Inc. is to provide funding to improve the methods of treatment, the search for a cure and prevention of kidney disease and other kindred or contributory diseases.

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ENGAGEMENTS ENGAGEMENT

ENGAGEMENT

WALTERS - HUGHES

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r. and Mrs. Rob Walters of University Pa r k a re p l e a s e d t o announce the engagement

of their son, Cavanagh “Cav” to Julia Silsby daughter of Ms.

Robert Walters, Hughes, Annette

Hughes, of Cotuit, Mass., and Mr. Herbert Hughes, of Fort Worth, Texas.

The groom is a 2009 graduate of Highland Park High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Claremont McKenna College. Cav is a private equity associate with Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts of Menlo Park, Calif. and will begin at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in the fall of 2017.

The bride is a 2009 graduate of Fort Worth Country Day. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Scripps College. Julia is a 4th grade teacher at The Mission Preparatory School in San Francisco.

The couple will exchange vows June 24, 2017 in Saratoga Springs, Calif.

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ilbur Eugene “Burr” Bakke III of Sarasota, Fla. and Jack Lenoir Foxworth and Dodie Bakke Foxworth, of Preston Hollow are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Wilbur Eugene “Will” Bakke IV, to Christen Arin Batson, daughter of Joanne Batson and the late Mark Batson, of Waco, Texas.

The bride is a 2010 graduate of Lorena High School in Waco.

She received a business degree from Baylor University in 2014.

Christen is a residential real estate professional with Keller Williams in Austin, Texas.

The groom is a 2006 graduate of Highland Park High School. He received a film and digital media degree from Baylor University in 2010.

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Will is a movie writer/director for Riot Studios in Austin.

The couple will exchange vows May 13, 2017 at Earl Harrison House in Waco. They will make their home in Austin.

Share the good news of your engagement or wedding with your friends and neighbors!

Call Geraldine Galentree, 214-523-5239 or email weddings@peoplenewspapers.com for more details.

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WEDDINGS WEDDING

TORI RICHARD & ROSS MULFORD

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ictoria Janet Richard and Ross Clayton Mulford Junior were married on the evening of July 23, 2016 at Highland Park United Methodist Church. The Rev. Walt Marcum officiated their wedding. Ceremony music was performed by Gyros String Quartet and organist Scott Ayers. A reception immediately followed at The Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The celebrations began with Texas country singer, Cory Morrow, who played a cover of “Feet Don’t Touch the Ground”

by Stoney Larue for the couple’s first dance. Cory Morrow was followed by the Dallas party band, Professor D. DFW Events coordinated the details of the wedding and the reception, and Larry Sengbush was the couple’s photographer. Flowers were by Jackson Durham Events, paper goods from Ellis Hill, and catering was by Wolfgang Puck. La Duni created the bride’s Cuatro Leches Cake and the groom’s Triple Chocolate Truffle Cake for dessert.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Rich-

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ard of University Park. Tori is the granddaughter of the late Mrs. Anne Vince and Dr. Dennis Vince of Vancouver, and Mr. and Mrs. Al Richard of Minneapolis.

The groom is the son of Ms.

Nancy Elizabeth Perot and Mr. Ross Clayton Mulford of University Park. Ross is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ross Perot of Dallas, and the late Mrs. Diane Clayton Mulford and the

late Col. Ross Leonard Mulford of McLean, Va. The bride was given in marriage by her parents. She was escorted down the aisle by her father. For her wedding, Tori wore a strapless Monique Lhuillier gown in ivory and a Romona Keveza veil from Warren BarrÓn Bridal. Victor Delgado did Tori’s hair and her makeup was

by Audrey Elliot of Stanley Korshak. Assisting the bride were her two sisters, her matron of honor Jena Acuff and her maid of honor Beth Richard. Bridesmaids included Helen Callan, Frances Mitchell, McKenzie Sullivan, and Hannah Vedros.

Attending the groom as best men were his brothers, Price Perot Mulford, Benjamin Fell Mulford, and Clayton Birmingham Mulford. His groomsmen included Henry Ross Perot III, Collin Bird, Jefferson Deming, Hahn Franklin-Mitchell, Garrett Hamontree, Colt Power, Davis Wedgworth, Reese Wade, and Thomas Wood. Serving as ushers were Matthew Ale, Critt Berry, Finley Ewing IV, Patterson Fenelon, Neil Hanlon, Bar-

rett Jones, Judson Keel, Conor McCarthy, Daniel Sprenger, and Stanley Twarog. Philip Acuff and Stuart Reeves were ring bearers.

The bride is a graduate of Highland Park High School. She graduated Magna Cum Laude, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in economics and a minor in managerial studies, from Vanderbilt University, where she was also a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Tori is a pricing analyst for Ambit Energy.

The groom is a graduate of the Episcopal School of Dallas.

He received Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Spanish from Vanderbilt University, where he was also a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He received a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Ross is a private equity associate for The Perot Group.

Following their honeymoon trip to Jumby Bay, Antigua, the couple have made their home in Dallas.

Attending the groom as best man was Alexander Daly Pace.

Groomsmen included Matthew Thomas Albritton, Carlo Cristian Dominguez, Matthew Landon Gambrel, John Graham Landrith, Travis Shofner

Monk, Colin James O’Donnell, David Henry Pace III, and John Allen Pardo. Serving as ushers were Joseph William Benefield, George Pierce Cullum III, Justin Cole Parmer, and Spenser Dane Stephens. David Cosby Clarke III, Drew Houston Langner and George Pierce Cullum IV were ring bearers.

The bride is a graduate of Highland Park High School. She received a Bachelor of Science in marketing from the Walton School of Business where she was a member of the American Marketing Association and of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Callie is a senior associate of I.S.N. Software Co. The groom is a graduate of Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science in health sciences from the University of Arkansas where he played for the school’s hockey team and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Derek works for Morrow Hill - Commercial Real Estate.

Following their wedding trip to Ocho Rios Jamaica the couple have made Dallas their home.

WEDDING

CALLIE CULLUM & DEREK GROSHEK

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allie Linda Cullum and Derek James Groshek exchanged sacred wedding vows March 19, 2016 at University Park United Methodist Church.

Rev. Rachel Baughman officiated their wedding ceremony with a reception of dining and dancing following at the Dallas Country Club where a family dance to “You’re the One That I Want” from the Grease album was a happy surprise for the bride.

A rehearsal dinner, sponsored by the parents of the groom, was held at Cane Rosso on the eve of the wedding. Gary Donihoo of f8studio handled photography while The Cake Guys created the gorgeous bride’s and fun “Razorback” groom’s cakes and the Ice House Band played for everyone’s dining and dancing pleasure.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Houston Cullum of Dallas. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Pierce Cullum Jr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred James Arnold.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Groshek and Ms. Lisa Groshek of Frisco, Texas. He is the grandson of Mrs.

Robert Laurence Doepfner and the late Mr. Doepfner and the late Mr. and Mrs. Chester Charles Groshek.

The bride was given in marriage by her parents. She was escorted down the aisle on the arm of her father. Callie wore an elegant white silk trumpet gown from Bliss by Monique L’huillier. It featured embroidered Alencon lace overlaying a sweetheart neckline and stretching down the front to end in a scalloped high/ low tier above the knees, allowing the tulle trumpet skirt to flare dramatically. Lace cascaded down the back of her gown to finish in a lovely chapel-length train. The bridal veil was a family heirloom, last worn by the bride’s sisters for their weddings.

Assisting the bride as matron of honor was Meredith Saigling Pace and as maid of honor, Jennifer Christine Mattone. Her bridesmaids included Katherine Landis Albritton, Stephanie Michele Dona, Lauren Michelle Garza, Jessica Lynn Groshek, Jennie Octavia Malone, Kathryn Lee Mouallek, and Amy Lauren Short. Callie’s sisters Elizabeth Kathleen Clarke and Leigh De-

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light Langner and her sister-inlaw, Lorraine Alexandra Cullum, were among the members of the house party. Lillian Kathleen Clarke, Elise Delight Langner and Holly Virginia Cullum were flower girls.

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DESSERT: THE FINAL FLOURISH CHRISTY ROST

H O ME + KI TCHEN The dessert course goes by many names – a pudding, the grande finale, la piece de resistance – but no matter what one calls it, I’ve always believed guests may not remember what they had for dinner, but they always remember the dessert! A beautifully crafted dessert can elicit oo’s and ah’s from family and guests, and let’s face it – every cook and chef lives for those moments when time and effort in the kitchen are rewarded by smiles, gasps of surprise, and words of appreciation. There’s little doubt those reactions influenced my passion for creating desserts that look as fabulous as they taste, and so I began my career in the kitchen at the tender age of twelve by baking a lemon meringue pie.

My grandmother Henrietta was known for her impressive desserts. Her cookies had delicate flavors I can still taste in my memories, her pies featured the flakiest crusts, and her cakes were always a masterpiece. While I don’t remember baking together in her kitchen – a regret to this day – I was a great imitator, and so I replicated in my mother’s kitchen the desserts I loved in my grandmother’s.

What I learned in those early years in my mom’s kitchen is that baking is ritu-

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Spring and summer bring a multitude of occassions for great desserts. alistic and comforting. The very act of dipping a large spoon into flour, filling a measuring cup, evening off the top, and dumping the flour into a mixing bowl is a ritual that’s gone on for generations.

There’s a rhythm to the step-by-step process of mixing dry ingredients with eggs and liquid to create a cake, or of cutting ice-cold butter into flour to make a pie pastry, and that rhythm can be comforting. Perhaps this is the reason why I still stir the flour mixture into creamed butter and sugar by hand when making cookies, because I enjoy the rhythmic sensation (and tantalizing aromas) created when I sit on a kitchen stool with a big

bowl in my lap and a large spoon in my hand, rather than using an electric stand mixer. Of course, I also love the fact that hand-stirring results in a more tender cookie!

With spring’s arrival and summer not far behind, a multitude of occasions will call for great desserts – Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, family reunions, wedding showers, backyard cookouts and barbecues, pool parties, and the Fourth of July. Having an easy, never-fail dessert recipe in one’s arsenal means you’re always ready-to-impress, no matter the occasion. And, when the recipe features make-ahead aspects, so much the better!

This month, I’m delighted to share a mouthwatering recipe for a beautiful fruit tart with a rich, buttery crust and decorative lattice top. For this easy filling, I’ve combined canned cherries and fresh blueberries, but as spring gives way to summer, orchard-fresh peaches, plums, nectarines, or even autumn’s first apples would taste equally divine.

Keep in mind that stone fruits such as peaches and plums don’t necessarily need to have the skins removed before slicing and baking. In fact, when red plums are baked with their skins on, the filling turns a lovely shade of pink. By keeping the skin, you’ll not only be retaining vitamins, you’ll also save lots of preparation time, and the rustic flavor and texture of the filling is appropriate to summer’s more-relaxed atmosphere.

This pastry takes only minutes to make in a food processor, but best of all, it can be prepared in advance, chilled overnight, or wrapped well and frozen for several weeks. We’ve nearly all had the experience of cutting into a slice of pie with a fork, only to have the pie nearly fly off our plate! Tough piecrusts are the result of over-mixing the dough and too little moisture. The keys to perfect pastry are ice-cold butter, ice water, and a minimum of mixing and handling of the dough. Master these three techniques, and you’re on your way to creating your own final flourish!

Christy Rost is a lifestyle authority, author of three cookbooks, public television chef on PBS stations nationwide, and a longtime resident of The Park Cites and Preston Hollow. For additional recipes and entertaining tips, please visit her website www.christyrost. com or follow her on Facebook and Twitter @ChristyRost.

Cherry Blueberry Tart Ingredients: • 2 cups flour • 3 tablespoons sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • ¾ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes • 4 to 5 tablespoons ice water • ½ teaspoon almond extract • 1 21-ounce can cherry pie filling • 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained • 1/3 cup sugar • 1 egg, for egg wash • 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash • 1 tablespoon clear sparkling sugar or 2 teaspoons granulated sugar • 1 10-inch round tart pan with removable bottom

Directions:

Place flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, and salt into the bowl of a food processor and pulse several times to mix. Add the butter and pulse just until it is pea-size.

Add almond extract and 4 tablespoons ice water, and process at low speed until the pastry is crumbly. If the mixture appears dry, add the remaining ice water and process just until the pastry comes together and forms a ball. Remove the pastry, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill at least 30 minutes or until it is cold. Pastry may also be wrapped well and chilled overnight or frozen for several weeks.

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L IV ING W E LL

Farmers Market Season Begins

STEPHANIE CASEY Spring’s a-springing, friends. Plants are starting to pop and that includes those of the edible variety! Our local farmers are ready to harvest their first spring goodies for the area markets.

You can count on greens being readily available — arugula, lettuces, chard, kale, and mustard greens. Buy a variety and mix them all up! They will be tender and fresh, the mustards and arugula offering a nice, spicy bite. Pile a mix on sandwiches, make a little salad, or rip them up and add to scrambled eggs or a pasta dish.

You’ll probably also come across broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and carrots. And, if you’re lucky, early spring peas. Don’t discard any part of these plants. Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower leaves are delicious and very nutritious. You can add them to your greens mix or even make “crispy” leaves a la crispy kale. Just add the leaves in when massaging the rest of the vegetable with oil, then into the pan and keep an eye on them.

When leaves are crisp, pull from the pan and you have a little while-you-arecooking snack. Delicious!

Carrot tops can be sautéed, added to pesto ingredients, or tossed into a smoothie.

There are more and more farmers markets popping up all over town. My favorite is Good Local Market, which exclusively hosts local growers and makers, and vets all vendors to ensure

they are truly growing their produce.

The market has a mix of organic and conventional farmers. Good Local is expanding this year with a new location in Oak Cliff. Its other locations are in East Dallas and Vickery Meadow.

The downtown Dallas Farmers Market also is adding more local vendors.

Remember not to just assume food is local because it is at an event called a Farmers Market. You may inquire with a seller, if signage is not present. Local growers love chatting and becoming friends with their customers, so they will always be happy to tell you about their farm and growing practices.

“ LO CAL GROW E RS LOVE CH AT T IN G AN D BE C O MIN G FRIE N D S W IT H T H E IR CUSTO ME RS . ” STEPHA N IE CA S EY Know that most small farmers use mostly organic methods, even if they have not gone through the process of certification. This is another point you may discuss with a vendor.

I t ’s i m p o r t a n t t o d e v e l o p relationships with those who grow your food. Think of it as equal to a relationship with your doctor — nutrition is so important to our health!

Become a regular, know your farmer, and enjoy the best nature has to offer, direct from the source. Bon appétit!

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Shaving Face Might Make Some Sense Several years ago I learned that women actually shave their faces to exfoliate. It made me stop and think, yes, that makes a lot of sense!

I still find myself pondering the whole concept. The professional equivalent of a razor, and actually a much better alternative for women’s skin, is a Dermaplane. Razors are suitable for a man’s skin, but a razor’s edge is much thicker than a Dermaplane blade. Dermaplane physically exfoliates, similar to microdermabrasion, but with a blade like a thin, flat scalpel.

The blade is scraped against the skin in short upward strokes in a certain pattern, depending on the part of the face. Unlike Microderm, it is not done on the nose, just the forehead, cheek, and chin areas (the places you grow facial hair.)

Thinking it might cut you? It doesn’t, and if it did, it would be a minor knick.

It does remove “peach fuzz”, which are actually called vellus hairs. My biggest question was, does the hair grow back thicker or darker, and the answer is no.

It will grow back as it was previously, in about four weeks. Vellus hairs are not like eyebrow hairs, which are called “terminal” hairs.

Dermaplane takes about 30-45 minutes, so it’s a quick way to refresh your face. Like Microdermabrasion, it leaves you with fresh, clean, smooth (actually probably smoother) skin, creating a healthy glow. My face feels the softest it’s ever felt, like “baby bottom” soft.

Dermaplane takes off the top layer of dead skin cells for better cell rejuvenation. It helps products penetrate the skin better; if you are scheduling a facial, adding Dermaplane beforehand will help give maximum benefit from the facial. I didn’t consider

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The next day I felt like the hair on my head kept sticking to my face. I also noticed that my blush and bronzer, both powder, seemed to seep in quite quickly and sort of disappear. Two days out, actually for many days after, my face itched and was slightly red when I scratched it. I had a couple of break outs but they were minimal. I attribute most of this to having a new layer of skin exposed, along with the lack of hair.

I went to Facelogic on Lovers Lane (you know that cute little unassuming spot next to Chips?) which is the most serene, quick-stop spa. They offer spa treatments individually. The awesome thing is when you sign up for a membership, you get a whole slew of treatments as a welcome package that you can bank in your account to use at a later time or can even give away to someone. I noticed one of the posters on their window said, “Look like a celebrity without spending like one,” and I certainly feel like my face glows and is dewy like any celebrity walking a red carpet!

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Springtime and the Grilling is Easy

Enjoy spectacular outdoor living this spring at 5011 Shadywood Lane. Listed by Caroline Summers for $9,749,000.

You’ll bask in the natural light when the sun rises on the open floor plan of this spectacular North Dallas home.

A lush, green front yard leads to an entry framed by mature trees. An entrance with a garden feel sets the stage for the white interior set off by rich hardwood floors and large windows.

The kitchen will speak to your gourmet heart. The granite counters complement the stainless appliance and cabinets for a dramatic effect. With three bedrooms and two full and one partial baths, this 2,724-sf home offers both coziness and plenty of living space. You’ll love the vaulted ceiling in the master bedroom, along with the glass shower and generous space in the master bath.

As the sun sets, a swim in the backyard pool and an outdoor dinner prepared on the fireplace and grill make for an ideal way to wind down. As you enjoy the music that plays on the system that is wired both inside and out, you’ll lose track of time and look forward to starting the day all over in this remarkable home.

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A strong Dallas-Fort Worth market and a deep bench of more than 480 expert agents paved the way for Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty to complete 3,429 transactions and $3,244,114,241 in gross sales in 2016.

President and CEO Robbie Briggs attributed the growth to extraordinary professionals who have helped the firm achieve such marked success.

Leading the Dallas Top Producer award recipients were Amy Detwiler and Michelle Wood, the Top Producing Team with over $150 million, followed by the Becky Frey Team and the Tom Hughes Group with over $100 million. The Top Individual Producer award went to Ilene Christ.

The firm’s leadership position in the North Texas housing market comes, in part, from developing and recruiting talent that produces more per agent over $1 million than any other brokerage.

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Blended spaces have become more popular in recent years as buyers have begun to yearn for more freedom and flexibility in their homes and for their lives to be unbound by the traditional four walls. In response, architecture has taken on open-concept floor plans and has incorporated more natural elements indoors. Of course, this strategy has also prompted the inverse—who is to say you can’t move interior conventions outside?

The trend of outdoor living creates the feeling that you truly inhabit all of your space. Nothing transforms a backyard quite like an outdoor kitchen, which brings beautiful design while allowing you the convenience to mingle and prepare meals as you soak up vitamin D and enjoy the fresh air. As springtime fast approaches, now is the perfect time to browse gorgeous homes with outdoor kitchens across North Texas. To see more, visit briggsfreeman.com.

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This Georgian beauty features bright, open spaces, luxurious finishes and expert craftsmanship on a 60’x175’ lot in the heart of University Park’s fairway. Offered for $2,179,000 by Bo Parker and Cindy Bruner with Dave PerryMiller Real Estate, 3616 University Blvd. (3616university. daveperrymiller.com) includes four bedrooms, three full and one half baths, pool, and detached two-car garage with quarters.

Beautiful formals feature wainscoting, dentil molding, and large windows. A fireplace, chic bar area and wall of windows create an inviting family room, while a French door opens to the patio and pool. The chef-inspired kitchen flows into a versatile morning room overlooking the pool.

Upstairs, a fireplace, treetop views, and spa-inspired bath outfitted with Italian Carrara marble create a luxurious oasis.

Two additional bedrooms are connected by a renovated bath with Carrara marble, while the fourth bedroom is en suite. Outdoors, a covered patio and pool are perfect for relaxing.

For more information, contact Bo Parker at 214-9246445/bo@daveperrymiller.com or Cindy Bruner at 214-6750834/cindybruner@daveperrymiller.com.

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Rustic details give this Briarwood home an inviting ambiance. Offered for $1,029,000 by Susie Swanson and Taylor Cousins with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate, 4706 Purdue Avenue (4706purdue.daveperrymiller.com) features open living and dining areas, four bedrooms, three full and one half bathrooms, and detached two-car garage.

French doors off the foyer lead to a study with leadglass windows, while a graceful arch opens to the dining room. The gourmet kitchen and eating area flow into a large family room with fireplace, wet bar and wall of windows and glass door overlooking the backyard and covered terrace. A downstairs en suite bedroom is perfect for guests.

Upstairs, the master suite has a luxurious bathroom with double vanities, jacuzzi tub, shower, and walk-in closet. Two additional bedrooms share a full bath. A media/ game room and utility room complete the second floor.

Outdoors, a stone fireplace and MosquitoNix misting system make the terrace perfect for entertaining.

For more information, contact Susie at 214-533-4656/ susie@susieswansonrealestate.com or Taylor at 630-4302331/taylor@taylorcousinsrealestate.com.

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4 Bedrooms | 3.2 Baths | 4,294 Sq Ft Offered for $1,650,000 Transitional, light and open one-level home on almost a half acre lot in Bluffview! Spacious great room with vaulted ceiling has direct access to outdoor living area with grill and resort style saltwater pool and spa. Private master suite includes a library as well as updated luxury bath with steam shower, sauna and his & her custom closets. Additional features of this smart home include an open kitchen, formal dining, exercise room, office, and 3 car garage.

For more information or to schedule a private tour, please contact Robin Brock at 214-5438963 or Sanders Avrea at 214-458-1964.

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The hallmark of a truly luxurious home is having room for guests and little ones while still maintaining the necessary personal space. That’s where the master suite comes in—done well, this area offers all the possibilities of a hybrid spa hideaway. Imagine: a relaxing private bathroom with shower and tub, walk-in closets, an exquisite sitting area with a window seat or plush armchair—a private retreat to make your own.

Situated in the heart of University Park on an oversized corner lot, 3801 Colgate Avenue is a gracious custom home with a beautifully landscaped lawn. The second floor master suite offers a sunny east side bedroom with space for a sitting area plus a fireplace and a private circular sitting room or office. The spa-quality master bath is the ultimate retreat adorned in Ann Sachs tile with a steel shower enclosure, heated floor, separate jetted tub, double vanities and his-and-hers walk-in closets.

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Sophisticated, serene and gracefully situated on a secluded cul-de-sac lot, this stunning home backs to a wooded reserve protected from future development to ensure lasting beauty and privacy.

The impressive greeting presented by the artful melding of landscape and clean architectural lines extends inside, where over 6,000 square feet of sunny space is accentuated by soaring ceilings, walls of glass, Level 5 wall finishes, decorator lighting and White Oak hardwood floors.

Expansive gathering spaces include a formal dining room and a living room united with the open kitchen by a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows framing views of the lush backyard and covered slate patio with a grill and cooking area.

The gourmet kitchen boasts sweeping granite/stone counters, a butler’s pantry, two islands, and Miele and Wolfe appliances.

A wrought iron and wood staircase leads to the second level, where an amazing game room is encircled by walls of windows and opens to a huge balcony with a gorgeous wood ceiling.

Five ensuite bedrooms include upstairs and downstairs masters with amazing views and sumptuous baths. Added amenities include a media room, study with a wall of built-ins, and four-car garage.

Offered at $2,100,000, 8834 Lakemont Dr. is presented by Stevie Chaddick, Virginia Cook, Realtors, 214-533-1234, schaddick@virginiacook.com.

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