Park Cities People August 2023

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ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: WHITE SUPREMACY RISING

By Rachel Snyder rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

White supremacist groups distributed more propaganda in Texas than in any other state last year, with 534 incidents – or 8% of the national total, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Nationally, ADL’s Center on Extremism reported recording the most propaganda distribution incidents ever in 2022.

The ADL’s data showed a 38% increase in incidents from 2021 to 2022, with 6,751 cases reported in 2022, compared to 4,876 in 2021.

Among the incidents reported last year was one in which a group distributed stickers at SMU that read: “United in blood” and “White Lives Matter.”

Other materials featured a Star of David that read: “Resist Zionism.”

Dallas reported more than 20 similar incidents in 2022.

For the third straight year, though, the ADL reported the number of overall propaganda incidents on campuses nationally dropped from 232 to 219, the lowest since ADL began tracking campus incidents in 2017.

In addition to the overall increase in incidents, 2022 saw antisemitic propaganda more than double nationally, rising from 352 incidents in 2021 to 852 incidents in 2022, the ADL reported.

“It is alarming, and we are seeing a rise in both of these – White supremacist and antisemitic – incidents nationally,” ADL Texoma regional director Stacy Cushing said at a recent Rotary Club of Park Cities meeting. The club’s members come from the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, and beyond.

Cushing added that reports are vetted before the ADL classifies them as incidents.

“People ask, ‘Why? Why Texas? Why is the number of White supremacist propaganda report incidents so high?’ There’s a couple of reasons,” Cushing said. “If you’re familiar with Patriot Front, they were responsible for 79% of the White supremacist propaganda incidents.”

Patriot Front and other similar groups are based in Texas, she said.

“The proximity has a lot to do with it,” Cushing said. “What happens is these groups will go around, and they have a flyer, and they will leave it on people’s doorsteps and their driveways.”

Per The Dallas Morning News, Patriot Front formed in the Dallas suburbs in 2017, and its manifesto calls for the formation of a

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White ethnostate in the U.S.

In hopes of combating the rise in the spread of hateful rhetoric, the ADL advocates for policies, including codifying into law “the offices within the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and FBI that would be responsible for identifying, analyzing, investigating, and prosecuting domestic terrorism,” grants to increase security at religious institutions, and other measures.

Cushing said the first national strategy to counter antisemitism came out in May, incorporating many ADL proposals.

Strategy pillars include increasing awareness and understanding of antisemitism, improving safety and security for Jewish communities, reversing the normalization of antisemitism, and building coalitions across communities to counter hate.

Visit dallas.adl.org to learn more about the Anti-Defamation League.

Anti-Defamation League Texoma regional director Stacy Cushing speaks to the Rotary Club of Park Cities about the organization, data, and efforts to counter extremism. RACHEL SNYDER

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Park Cities Crime Reports June 5 – July 8

June 5

A burglar smashed the window of a Chevrolet Colorado parked in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue and grabbed a duffel bag from inside before 3:11 p.m.

June 6

Reported at 8:18 a.m.: a shoplifter stole wine from the Tom Thumb in Snider Plaza

June 7

A thief got into a Tesla Model X parked in the Plaza at Preston Center and took an iPhone, a car key, and more from inside at 2:31 p.m.

June 9

A thief found easy pickings of a Louis Vuitton wallet left in an unlocked Audi Q5 parked in the 4600 block of Westside Drive before 2:06 p.m.

June 10

An irresponsible driver damaged a Chevrolet Malibu parked in front of Deno’s in Highland Park Village and didn’t stop to leave information before 1:26 p.m.

June 13

A pair of pilferers pulled up next to a Chevrolet Silverado parked in the 4300 block of Lorraine Avenue, one of them got into it and drove off before 9:13 a.m.

June 14

A thief took a gun safe, pistol, and a pair of sunglasses from a Mercedes GLC300 parked at Highland Park Village before 5:45 p.m.

June 15

Reported at 7:26 a.m.: a crook drove off in a Land Rover parked in the 4600 block of Westside Drive

June 16

Reported at 3:33 p.m.: a burglar found easy pickings of stuff left in an unlocked Dodge Ram in the 3400 block of Haynie Avenue

June 17

A jerk took a duffel bag, clothes, and $100 from a Tesla Model S parked outside Hillstone in the 8300 block of Preston Road before 3:03 p.m.

June 18

A porch pirate pilfered a package from a home in the 4200 block of Versailles Avenue at 5:40 a.m.

June 19

A careless driver in a Volkswagen Jetta continued speeding through a red light at Hillcrest Avenue and Lovers Lane after an officer tried to stop the driver for driving without license plates at 3:45 a.m.

June 20

Reported at 2:16 p.m.: a burglar found easy pickings of an iPad Air, a pair of AirPods Pro, and more left in an unlocked Land Rover in the 6900 block of Preston Road

June 21

A burglar shattered the window of a Jeep Cherokee parked in the 4700 block of Abbott Avenue and grabbed an Apple Watch and $100 before 7:15 a.m. The day before, a burglar tried to break into a Honda Accord in the 3400 block of Gillon Avenue, damaging a window.

June 22

Opportunity knocks twice: An opportunistic intruder got into an unlocked home in the 4100 block of Hanover Street and took $12,700 worth of jewelry, an iPhone, a Dell laptop, $300, and more before 9:33 a.m.

June 24

A jerk damaged a flag and flagpole attached to a home in the 3300 block of Westminster Avenue at 6:30 a.m.

June 25

How easy was it for a burglar to swipe a ThinkPad and more from a Tesla T3 parked in the 8300 block of Preston Road at 2:44 p.m.? The Tesla was unlocked.

June 26

Reported at 4:58 p.m.: a fraudster used the information of a woman from the 3500 block of Mockingbird Lane to open an AT&T account and order two iPhones for $2,849.

June 29

A pilferer found easy pickings of a wallet left in an unlocked Volvo XC9 parked at a gas station in the 4400 block of Lovers Lane while the owner was pumping gas at 10:12 a.m.

June 30

A sneaky thief made off with a grocery bag containing a purse with two credit cards, a debit card, and a pair of AirPods from the seat of a Nissan Rogue parked outside the Whole Foods in the 4100 block of Lomo Alto Drive at 3:41 p.m. while its owner was putting a child in a car seat.

July 1

A rogue damaged a stop sign facing traffic exiting the garage of Bradfield Elementary, in the 4300 block of Southern Avenue, shearing the stop sign from its base at 7:52 p.m.

July 2

A burglar took a MacBook, a $1,000 gold chain, and an iPhone from a Range Rover in the 8400 block of Pickwick Lane at 1:52 p.m.

July 3

A fraudster burglarized a vehicle parked outside Shearith Israel Memorial Park before 11:30 a.m. and then used the loot – a credit card belonging to a woman from the 3200 block of Cornell Avenue – to charge $1,482.32 at a nearby Sam’s Club.

July 4

A good neighbor found an iPhone on Highland Drive between Beverly Drive and Miramar Avenue and turned it in to police at 11 p.m.

July 5

An opportunistic thief grabbed a ring left on an armrest of a chair at the Highland Park pool in the 3800 block of Lexington Avenue before 3 p.m. Read more about the pool on Page 12.

July 6

A passerby found a key fob for an Audi on the street near the intersection of Beverly Drive and Highland Avenue at 4:53 p.m. and turned it in to police.

July 7

A mischief maker damaged a Ford F250 in the 3900 block of Southwestern Boulevard at 6:29 p.m.

July 8

Reported at 3 p.m.: a ne’er do well found easy pickings of a Trek bicycle left in an unlocked garage in the 2900 block of Fondren Drive

COUNTRY CLUB CON

A scammer purporting to be a manager duped an employee at the Dallas Country Club into getting $1,200 in eBay and Apple gift cards and sharing the information from the cards at 11:13 a.m. July 5. Read more about DCC on Page 12.

For more crimes, visit peoplenewspapers.com/ category/crime/

CRIME STATS

Property Crimes

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Property crimes include burglaries, thefts, and vehicle thefts. Violent crimes include assaults and robberies.

Sources: Highland Park Department of Public Safety, University Park Police Department.

Illustration: Melanie Thornton

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News Digest

Library book challenges

Beginning in the 20232024 school year, parents and adult students in Highland Park ISD will be able to challenge optional materials, like library books. Parents will also be notified by email when their student checks out a library book.

The district already had a challenge process in place for required instructional materials.

The new policy states that the district’s selection criteria for instructional materials, including library books, requires staff to, among other things, ensure materials “are appropriate for the subject and for the age, ability level, learning styles, and social and emotional development of the students for whom they are selected” and “provide balanced information on opposing sides of controversial issues.”

Deputy Superintendent Dr. Shorr Heathcote said there will be a separate form for reconsideration requests for library books and instructional materials. After the district receives a request, a committee, including at least one member of instructional staff and a district-level director or coordinator serving as a facilitator (but not a voting member), will review the material and determine whether or not the challenged material will remain in the library collection.

Board president Maryjane Bonfield said trustees plan to re-examine the district’s library collection and maintenance policies

this fall, taking into account actions by the state legislature.

Snider Plaza plan updates University

Park city councilmembers sought to preserve parking spaces with an amended concept site plan recently approved for streets and sidewalks in Snider Plaza. A property the city of University Park acquired at 3420 Rankin Ave., which is intended to be used as a parking lot, was also incorporated into the Snider Plaza zoning area.

Specifically, the ordinance approved by the city council removed the Rosedale Green (a proposed linear green space along the 3400 block of Rosedale Avenue) and Snider Common (a proposed gathering space in the intersection of Snider Plaza and Rosedale Avenue that would have crosswalk connections to the Rosedale Green and a paved area) from the concept plan in hopes of preserving parking spaces.

Pre-project, as of 2020, there were 409 total Snider Plaza parking spaces available, University Park Community Development Director Patrick Baugh said. The concept plan initially presented would have reduced the number of spaces available in the streets around Snider Plaza by 51, bringing the total to 358, according to city officials. However, the spaces made available by the Hilltop Plaza garage and incorporating the Rankin lot (which is estimated to add 53 spaces) would increase the spaces available by 238, bringing the estimated total spaces available to 647, Baugh said.

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VINTAGE POOL LURES YOUNG AND OLD TO ‘TAKE IT EASY’ EVERY SUMMER

‘Park Cities People’ Applauds

• Brad Cheves, University Park’s 2023 Citizen of the Year. The vice president for development and external affairs at SMU served as a member of University Park’s Centennial Master Plan Steering Committee from 2019 until 2022 and serves on University Park’s Centennial Celebration Committee’s legacy advisory group, working to prepare educational programs and exhibits, identify a legacy project, and more for the city’s centennial celebration in April 2024.

Mockingbird chattering filled the magnolia trees in the cerulean early morning air in late May outside the venerable Highland Park pool.

The season’s first gaggle of half a dozen early-bird lap swimmers with their goggles and swimming caps waited and watched through the gate as a young man swept the hosed-down concrete and the manager wheeled away the aerator.

The old pool has changed a little since its opening on May 18, 1924, but not too much, and patrons like it that way.

The 33.3-yard-long oasis set into a natural amphitheater next to a branch of Turtle Creek in Davis Park exudes a sense of comforting permanence in this chaotic world.

The town has added bathrooms, showers, and a snack bar, but the general look and feel of the pool have remained mostly the same since the 1950s.

Newcomers might think locals come because they lack backyard pools, but it’s more than that. It is a tradition.

Some joined the tradition this summer;

others have enjoyed it their whole lives.

“It’s been go, go, go from the start,” new manager Steve Sapien said.

He oversees 30-35 staff members, including lifeguards, a rite-of-passage job for generations of Highland Park high schoolers and college students.

“Some follow in their family’s footsteps,” he noted.

A mid-morning in June found the lanes opened for free swimming with a clutch of older lady floaters in sun hats chatting about their grandkids in colleges and upcoming garden parties.

Some have been coming to the pool for more than 50 years. Their children learned to swim here.

A ginger-haired toddler in a bright floral swimsuit screamed and stamped her feet, refusing her first swimming lesson as a tan, white-capped instructor patiently invited her into the water.

I remember splashing through swimming lessons here in 1978.

Noon on July 4 brought a stream of bathers flowing past American flags at the pool’s entrance steps.

Swimmers lined up for hamburgers, hot dogs, and complementary watermelon, and

enjoyed a holiday dip in the growing heat.

A young voice bellowed the old warning of “No running!” through a bullhorn as little feet slapped back and forth at the water’s edge.

The diving board stayed busy with a collegiate, feminine dive, a young boy’s goofy can opener, and the cannonball of a big-bellied grandpa with its ensuing torrential splash. Well-bronzed sunbathers stretched out on chez lounges and inflatable floats, reading, scrolling on their phones, or napping.

Mothers chatted in the shade as their youngsters frolicked in the shallow end or splashed in the kiddie pool fountain behind as the Eagles’ “Take It Easy” oozed out of the lone speaker amongst the buzzing cicadas.

By mid-August, black dragonflies will flit overhead as straggler boys exchange shots with water guns in the dimming amber sunset of the shortening days before final closing time is called.

Goodbyes will be hollered and waved as another day, another summer, at the pool fade into fond memory.

Josh Hickman, a Park Cities artist and author of such humorous novels as “I Am Luney: The Untold Story of The World’s Naughtiest Man,” is a frequent contributor to People Newspapers. Visit joshhickmanbooks.com.

People Newspapers Won’t Follow Dallas Country Club’s New Policy

In journalism, the building blocks of stories are the five W’s and an H: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?

Dallas Country Club members want media outlets to begin leaving out the where whenever the where is the DCC.

Julie Brauer Cope, DCC director of catering, sent People Newspapers the details:

In an effort to protect our club’s privacy and to promote the safety of our members, guests, and employees, we have adopted a new confidentiality, email, and social media policy.

Moving forward, if we see postings regarding Dallas Country Club (i.e., hashtags, comments, posts, location check-ins, etc.), we will be contacting the member hosting the event regarding their guests, vendors, and/or contractors to ask that these postings be removed. This policy extends to digital publications like “Park Cities Blog,” “My Sweet Charity,” and the “Dallas Morning News,” among others.

Although we know we can’t control all content that is posted, we respectfully request that you please consider our request and refrain from posting our name or photos of our facilities. Event organizers

and vendors working directly at the Club for an event will be required to sign this media policy.

In a follow-up email, she elaborated, “Yes, pictures can be taken. We just ask that Dallas

Country Club is not mentioned or tagged.” Note: People Newspapers editors do not intend to comply with the policy.

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• Mike Boone, who will receive a Jubilee History Maker award on Nov. 17 at the Dallas History Makers Awards for Excellence Luncheon benefiting the Dallas Historical Society. The co-founder of Haynes and Boone has the rare distinction of serving, at separate times, as president of the HPISD Board of Trustees, chair of the SMU Board of Trustees, and president of the Dallas Citizens Council.

• The 2,400-plus donors to Highland Park Education Foundation’s Mad for Plaid campaign, which helps raise salaries in Highland Park ISD. The foundation in June presented its largest-ever grant –$1.7 million – for staff and teacher pay.

• The 10th through 12th-grade high school students who, with their parents, hosted the 65th annual Junior Symphony Ball, raising $415,000 for music and education programs. The 2023 JSB co-chairs were Will Searcy from Episcopal School of Dallas, Mary Ellen Schoellkopf from Highland Park High School, Sydney Hoyl from Hockaday, Dylan Gibbons from Jesuit, Alexa Plumlee from Parish Episcopal, Bowden Slates from St. Mark’s School of Texas, and Alexandra

Nearly a century old, some swimmers have been visiting Highland Park’s pool for five decades or more. JOSH HICKMAN

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Paredes from Ursuline Academy. – Compiled by Rachel Snyder

FROM LEFT: Mary Ellen Schoellkopf, Alexandra Paredes, Kim Noltemy, Alexa Plumlee, and Dylan Gibbons COURTNEY PLUMLEE

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FROM LEFT: Michael Denton, Blythe Koch, Cindy Kerr, Ellen Lee, Lauren Holloway, Pete Flowers, Claire Baker, Bryce Benson, and Maryjane Bonfield COURTESY HIGHLAND PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Meet HP’s New Town Administrator

By Maria Lawson maria.lawson@peoplenewspapers.com

The new Highland Park town administrator’s lifelong career interest has been in municipal leadership.

Tobin Maples’ first day was June 5, and he came to the town from Fair Oaks Ranch, where he served as city manager for nearly seven years.

He started his public service career in North Texas and has always admired Highland Park.

“A lot of us in the industry have always looked at Highland Park as the model, so when this opportunity presented itself, knowing that my wife and I wanted to get back to the metroplex, we seemed like, at least in our eyes, that we were the perfect fit for the community,” Maples said. “It was certainly an area that I wanted to come compete for the position due to that rich history of being an organization that cares.”

Maples is transitioning into the position and becoming familiar with town operations by meeting one-on-one with elected officials and paid staff. Some of his first action items include the annual budget and addressing capital improvement projects, parking, and aging infrastructure.

“I imagine I’ll be spending a lot of time digesting, learning what our challenges are, then trying to develop win-win solutions with our residents and our business partners,” Maples said.

As a town leader, he’s learned that meeting with elected officials regularly is valuable to know what’s going on in the community, what they’re hearing, and what’s working versus not.

“You can’t fix a challenge or a problem unless you know about it, so when that’s disseminated to me from council members, it’s a wonderful thing, and then the staff and I can shape and frame the solutions from there,” Maples said.

He said his experience is unique because he spent almost 11 years working in private sector executive leadership between city manager roles.

“It allows me to manage city operations simultaneously from two different ownership perspectives, the local government administrative perspective and then the private sector owner’s perspective,” Maples said.

Maples’ work history also includes working as city manager of Argyle, assistant city manager/executive director of community services in Pearland, director of development services in Wylie, and a planner in Irving and Mansfield.

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NEW SCOTS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR EMBRACES TRADITIONS, LEGACY

Jordan coached football for 3 decades, most recently at Lake Highlands

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

As Lonnie Jordan sees it, transitioning into athletics administration doesn’t mean he’s done coaching. He just won’t be on the sidelines anymore.

After almost three decades, the longtime Texas football coach is embracing his new role as the incoming Highland Park ISD director of athletics.

“It’s a chance for me to coach coaches, and I’m excited about that,” Jordan said. “It’s all I’ve done for 30 years is coaching kids. You reach a point in your career when you’re ready to branch out and take on new challenges.”

Jordan was the head coach at Lake Highlands for the past eight years, leading the Wildcats to the playoffs every season. The Scots are currently in District 7-6A alongside Lake Highlands in most sports. HP defeated Jordan and the Wildcats 52-21 last season.

Jordan replaces Rodney Webb, who spent less than a year as AD for the Scots before returning to coaching at Rockwall-Heath. Since starting his new job this spring, Jordan said he has become even more impressed with HP’s legacy of excellence.

“This school district has maybe the richest tradition in the history of high school athletics,” he said. “You know they’ve been successful and won state championships, but when you peel back some of these layers and see how they’ve been able to sustain that success, it’s pretty amazing. Then you talk to the coaches and meet some of these kids, and it makes sense.”

“The level of effort and persistence

and tenacity — these kids lay it on the line when they’re competing,” Jordan said. “That’s fun to know that every sport we put out there will include kids doing it the right way.”

Leading behind the scenes, rather than on the field, will be different, especially once football season rolls around. That’s why Jordan wants to strike a balance

between his office responsibilities and building connections with athletes and community members.

“Those relationships are important to me,” Jordan said. “Everybody has a role to play, and mine is not coaching football anymore. My role is to support those football coaches. I’m going to be able to separate the two.”

Jordan said he’s still learning the procedures and organizational structure of the district and doesn’t intend to make any major changes immediately.

“What we have here is certainly not broken,” he said. “There’s no agenda coming in other than learning the system and building relationships. We’re going to hit the ground running in August.”

Young Roster Won’t Alter Lofty Volleyball Goals for Lady Scots

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

Amid all the disappointment that came with a stunning loss in the third round of the Class 6A volleyball playoffs last season, Highland Park also gained some valuable lessons.

That four-set defeat against Denton Guyer ended a stellar 42-3 campaign on a sour note for the Lady Scots. But as the team prepares for a new season in 2023, the dismay has turned into motivation.

“You always want to learn from everything you do, negative or positive. We took a hard look at the whole situation and had some very emotional and honest discussions about what went wrong,” said longtime HP head coach Michael Dearman. “It’s not something we swept under the rug.”

In particular, returning players reiterated to Dearman during offseason leadership training their eagerness to move forward and make improvements.

“We won’t dwell on the negative, but we’ll be constructing our practices and everything else to address those issues,” Dearman said. “It’s been a really great offseason — a lot of progress physically and mentally.”

HP graduated a terrific senior class that included several top college recruits. However, that didn’t leave the roster devoid of talent and experience — quite the opposite.

“We graduated more talent in one class than I can ever remember,” Dearman said. “So many of those players were on our varsity team since they were freshmen, and they were really close friends.”

Four returnees — Bella Ocampo, Harper Hall, Sadie Gruber, and Alex Richter (a Georgia commit) — have played vital roles at the varsity level for the past two seasons.

“That’s a lot of experience,” Dearman said. “These were key members of last year’s team who contributed a lot to our success. That’s a good thing to have.”

HP’s sophomore class includes a handful of players who will step into the spotlight this season, including Brooklyn Bailey, Tiffany Lindo, and Gigi Whann.

As usual, the Lady Scots will be tested by a challenging early-season schedule of tournaments and nondistrict matches before opening District 7-6A play on Sept. 8.

“It will be a good test right off the bat. We don’t shy away from competition. We embrace it so we can get a sense of the areas where we’re strong or weak,” Dearman said. “We feel really good about the team.”

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Lonnie Jordan spent almost 30 years in coaching before becoming the athletic director for Highland Park ISD this spring. CHRIS MCGATHEY

It’s a chance for me to coach coaches, and I’m excited about that.

Lonnie Jordan

Bella Ocampo is one of several returning starters this season for Highland Park. CHRIS MCGATHEY

DALLAS CASA FUNDRAISER PROVIDES CONSTRUCTION LESSONS

By Rachel Snyder rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

Anew group of students (and one recent alumnus) in Yvette Hightower’s Highland Park High School Moody

Advanced Professional Studies

(MAPS) class designed and helped build a playhouse inspired by a historic home in the Park Cities.

Hightower said the students opted to model their playhouse after a French Norman-style home in the 4100 block of Shenandoah Street in University Park designed by noted architect Charles Dilbeck and built in 1934.

The home, now owned by Natalie and Jon Alexis, was landmarked by Preservation Park Cities in 1986 and is included in the organization’s list of the top 100 most historically and architecturally significant homes in the Park Cities. It’s featured in the book Great American Suburbs: The Homes of the Park Cities

After they selected the home, Hightower said the students paired up in groups to come up with playhouse designs based on the house using the computer-aided design

program SketchUp, then presented their plans to a panel that included Moody Innovation Institute executive director Geoffrey Orsak, MAPS business development administrator Polly McKeithen, architect Miranda Davis, and architect and former University Park city council member Taylor Armstrong.

The panel chose the design the students ultimately built with the help of Lee Lewis Construction.

During the build, seniors Claire Romo, Savannah Hail, and Luke Duncan, with help from 2023 alumnus Sebastien Vongkaseum, who’s heading to Texas A&M in the fall, worked on everything from

painting to cutting plywood for use in the playhouse.

“All the plywood was basically left over from the engineering department; the glass was the (plexiglass) COVID panels that we cut,” Hightower said. “And then the fireplace mantel was made out of a birdhouse that we disassembled.”

Romo said she became interested in architecture through her grandfather’s work as a landscape architect.

“I’ve had some sort of experience in the field of architecture with seeing his work, and I thought maybe building houses and doing that would be something I’d be interested in,” she said.

This is the second time Hightower’s students have partnered with Lee Lewis to build a playhouse modeled after a historic Park Cities home for Parade of Playhouses, the signature fundraiser for Dallas CASA.

Last year, their first year participating, Hightower’s class designed a playhouse replica of the Elbert Williams house, dubbed “the most important house in Texas.”

The Elbert Williams house is a Texas Regional-style home at 3805 McFarlin Blvd. designed by architect David R. Williams and built in 1933 for then University Park Mayor Elbert Williams.

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Parade of Playhouses, the signature fundraiser for Dallas CASA, runs from July 14-30 at NorthPark Center. Visit dallascasa.org

Gold Award Winners: 3 Area Students Earn Girl Scouting’s Highest Honor

In June, the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas presented Gold Award pins to these girls from the Park Cities.

Girl Scouts’ most prestigious designation recognizes girls in grades nine through 12 who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through intensive, multiyear projects that sustainably impact the community and beyond.

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Emily Coleman, the daughter of Ashley and Clinton Coleman, of University Park, will begin her senior year at Highland Park High School this fall. Her project: Emily and her volunteers replaced the rotting raised flower beds at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church with new galvanized metal beds, planted native perennial plants and pollinators that can survive Texas’ hot summers and cold

winters, and created educational worksheets for the church’s connected school to incorporate the garden into its STEAM curriculum.

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Emma Graham, the daughter of Marcus and Lisa Graham, of University Park, will begin her senior year at Highland Park High School this fall. Her project: Emma used watercolor paint, calligraphy, and inspirational quotes on four canvases for display at the SPCA of Texas’ Dallas Animal Care Center and its adoption events. She also created a digital flyer to educate pet owners on keeping their pets healthy and happy, made snuffle mats, dog rope toys, and cat hiding houses, coordinated a donation drive, and provided an instructional binder so others could create similar items when hers are depleted.

Juliette (Scout not part of a troop)

Shreya Vishwanath , the daughter of Shruti Srinivasan and Vish Shankar, of Highland Park, graduated from Highland Park High School in May. Her project: After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the suspension of arts and crafts, storytime, and

other mental health programs for Children’s Medical Center patients, Shreya and her volunteers created kits with activity books, fun socks, and bags to personalize. She also started a school club so volunteers could sustain the project.

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Emily Coleman

Emma Graham Shreya Vishwanath

Savannah Hail, Claire Romo, Sebastien Vongkaseum, and Luke Duncan with Salomon Almanza from Lee Lewis Construction frame Highland Park High School’s playhouse for Parade of Playhouses. YVETTE HIGHTOWER

Home Plate Lessons Offered to Children in Need Parish Episcopal baseball players go for a double with second Vogel Alcove clinic

By Hope Smith People Newspapers

After a baseball clinic ran a year ago for Vogel Alcove proved a hit, Parish Episcopal high school team members entered this summer with even more confidence and readiness.

At the June 21 clinic, the boys provided fun and learning for the children and $5,152.28 from fundraising to Vogel Alcove.

Incoming Parish senior Parker Wilderom hopes the children learned valuable life skills as well as baseball ones.

“Baseball is a game of failure,” added Nick Rolfi. “You’re gonna fail in life; you gotta learn how to overcome that.”

Vogel Alcove helps families overcome the trauma of homelessness by offering early childhood development, family support, developmental and behavioral health services, and summer camps.

Valeria Pernia, manager of Vogel Alcove’s school age program, enjoyed seeing the children getting attention from the older boys and adults, as well as an opportunity to get active.

Sophie Milo is the mother of Thomas Milo, who was there

with the Parish boys, and Dean Milo, who had the idea of the clinic last year.

“It makes me so happy to know that these kids can experience something that they don’t get on a daily basis like our children do,” she said. “In addition to the joy I see in them playing today, knowing that they get to experience a camp that our children maybe at their age took for granted.”

Janice Rolfi, the mother of Nick Rolfi, said exposure to the game could ignite in the campers a lifelong interest they in turn could share.

“Overall, it is the sense of pride in love that you feel for giving to your community and showing them those skills that you’ve learned for the last eight to 10 years that you can now teach others the same love of the game,” she said.

Chad Allen, a former Major League Baseball player in Minnesota, Texas, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Miami, sat on a bucket signing baseballs for the children.

“The biggest thing for me is giving back,” he said. “Let’s try to teach kids the right thing not only in baseball, but also in life.”

A baseball clinic, organized by Parish students Owen Dalziel, Prateek Oblumpally, Nick Rolfi, Thomas Milo, and Parker Wilderom, offers fun, life lessons, and autographs.LAUREN RUMINER

Let’s try to teach kids the right thing not only in baseball, but also in life.

Chad Allen

‘Rumor Mill’

HP graduate Gable Hea chases

stardom, Dolly Parton in Nashville

By Hope Smith

People Newspapers

Singer-songwriter Gable Hea often approaches the wall of one of Dolly Parton’s offices in Nashville, Tennessee, a plastic-bagged letter in hand.

Hea will wave at the security camera and toss the letter over the wall. The next month, the same.

“They’ve been picking them up,” Hea said with a laugh. “Hopefully, they’ve been reading them too.”

Hea is determined not just to get her letters over the fence but also to achieve her dream of becoming a music artist. Determination, her music teacher, Cherry Hanes, saw when they first met.

“She came with her mother for an interview –– that’s what I do with all my students –– and she seemed to just have a little sparkle,” said Hanes, who has taught voice and piano in North Texas for three decades. Visit cherryhanes.com.

Hea faced trouble fitting in at Highland Park High School after moving from the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.

She remembers how her teachers struggled to understand her unfamiliar Appalachian accent and put her in speech therapy.

Hea initially didn’t want to get involved in country music.

To her, all the popular country songs were “bro music,” boring, and weird, but her

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dad encouraged her to listen to the more classic artists.

Then Hea discovered Dolly Parton, who became one of her biggest influences.

“I’ve read a bunch of different books about her, and she really inspires me in so many ways,” she said. “And from what I know about her, we do have quite a few things in common. And she’s just been a huge influence through every step of my career.”

Hea’s first released song, the upbeat and sassy “Rumor Mill,” pokes fun at suburban gossip.

“The inspiration for that song actually came from my own experiences living in HP and watching the way that people would talk to each other and about each other and just the way that rumors and gossip can get out of hand,” she said.

Hanes, who walked with Hea through her music journey, compared the young artist to a chameleon able to master a variety of music genres.

“I mean, you name it,” she said. “From –I would say – classical through country, all the different genres. Even worship music.”

Hea writes music almost daily, enjoys playing live, performs often at farmers markets, and did some shows in Texas this summer.

“At the end of the day, if it doesn’t work out, then I can move on with my life with the peace of knowing that I put everything that I could out there and did everything that I could to try and make my dream come true,” she said.

DALLAS ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

Dallas Academy of Music and Performing Arts (DAMPA) welcomes all to their “Back to School” Open House on August 5th, 2023 from 11am-1pm. Attendees will receive an exclusive opportunity to schedule a FREE private lesson in music, voice, or theatre – an offer only available for those who attend the open house. The event showcases DAMPA’s commitment to providing quality music and performing arts education. In addition to securing their complimentary lesson, visitors can enjoy facility tours, teacher & student performances, refreshments, and personalized guidance for parents exploring their child’s musical journey. Todd Griffith, Director at DAMPA said: “We’re excited to welcome families into our student-tailored learning environment, and provide this chance to experience the benefits of our diverse programs.” Don’t miss out! Join Dallas Academy of Music & Performing Arts’ Open House on August 5th from 11am-1pm. Learn more about DAMPA and the event at www.dallasacademyofmusic.com or call (833) 281-2690.

Singer-songwriter Gable Hea admires Dolly Parton. NITA ANN

Comings and Goings

NOW OPEN

Ben’s Cookies

Snider Plaza

The U.K. cookie shop chain’s second U.S. and Texas location – located kitty-corner to Bubba’s Cooks Country – serves such popular flavors as milk or dark chocolate chunk, white chocolate chunk, and double chocolate chunk.

NorthPark Center

Various stores

• Luxury apparel and accessories store Marni recently opened on level one between Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s.

• Austin-based boot and western-wear brand Tecovas recently opened on level one in Northcourt.

Sugared + Bronzed

3911 Oak Lawn Ave.

The salon offers sugaring hair removal and sunless airbrush spray tans.

U.S. Dermatology Partners

5310 Harvest Hill Road

The new integrated dermatology care center led by seven providers formed by merging two Dallas locations. Services include treatments for conditions such as skin cancer, psoriasis, eczema, and acne plus specialized care such as Mohs micrographic surgery and cosmetic services.

COMING SOON

Montecito’s Snider Plaza

Chef Kashawn Cruell, who helped Major Food Group open Italian restaurant

Carbone and others in New York, will run “a California-style Italian concept, trading heavy meat sauces for a light and fresh focus on pastas, pizzas, seafood, and salads” in the new building in the southeast corner of Snider Plaza near where Peggy Sue BBQ used to be.

Ten50 BBQ

5519 W. Lovers Lane

North Texas has never been known for its bread, except when bread is the oft-used metaphor for money. And, thanks to the Ewings, Dallas is known for its wealth.

North Texas Native Americans made their versions of bread, then came Mrs. Baird’s, which has been making and selling bread to the masses since 1908.

Go south of Dallas, and you’ll see Czech immigrants’ influence on bread with kolaches. Other than that, you could say that up until 30 years ago, Dallas was a bread desert.

Enter Meaders and Robert Ozorow, founders of Empire Baking, Dallas’ first and still largest bakery to make and sell artisanal bread made by hand using the purest, cleanest ingredients.

Neither bakers nor entrepreneurs, the Ozorows, he from New York, she from Abilene, noticed a lack of wholesome yet hearty bread, the kind Robert ate growing up in New York.

Meaders’ mother emphasized clean, wholesome, preservative-free food before it was “not a thing,” so she values the importance of healthy eating. In 1993, there weren’t a lot of such ingredients as non-bromated flour available here, but she sourced and used them in every loaf from the start.

Empire Baking’s original bakeshop was in The Shops of Highland Park, where Forget Me Not is now and La Duni was before. All 12 original bread varieties were baked there.

Realizing that retail sales alone wouldn’t generate enough revenue to stay afloat, Meaders reached out to top chefs to sell her bread for their award-winning restaurants.

“We don’t buy bread,” one said. “We give it away.”

Undeterred, she kept selling, eventually landing Hyatt Regency Dallas, the Adolphus, Parigi, and City Café as clients.

Since then, Empire Baking has grown, adding more bread, pastries, cookies, sandwiches, and salads to the menu.

She’s also providing bread to some of Dallas’ top restaurants, including Carbone and Sadelle’s, two concepts from New York, a city that knows good bread, and

Mendocino Farms, a sandwich shop.

In the 30 years Empire Baking has been making bread from scratch, no mixes, and all hand-kneaded by artisans, the demand for bread without preservatives has sky rocketed, and more artisanal bakeries have opened in Dallas.

Empire Baking has two retail locations, one in Inwood Village and the other in a small storefront in front of its bakeshop in an inauspicious building off University Boulevard.

Though most sales are to hotels, restaurants, and other larger accounts, the retail element is an important part of the business.

Meaders uses the word “community” a lot in our interview.

Empire’s Inwood Village store is a community place where customers have been coming for years to pick up a quick lunch or order sandwich and dessert trays for everything from weddings to funerals. The staff knows the regulars and welcomes the onslaught of post-pandemic newcomers.

“I love this job, and if I won the lottery tomorrow,” Meaders said, “I’d still do this.”

Reichert Companies Mark 45, 50, 100 Years

The barbecue spot is opening its second Dallas-area location in Devonshire.

CLOSED

Urban Taco Mockingbird Station

The taqueria concept closed its brick-andmortar location, but fans can still order the menu from Oomi Digital Kitchen.

Architectural Carpentry Materials (ACM) and Lynn Floyd Architectural Millwork employees, vendors, and friends celebratedthecompanies’50thand45thanniversaries.

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Dave and Darian Reichert, of Highland Park, have been marking monumental milestones for their Reichert Woodworks family of companies.

In May, 200-plus customers, vendors,

and friends turned out for a Cinco de Mayo-themed lunch complete with street tacos and a mariachi band to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Davis-Hawn Lumber.

In June, 250-plus customers, vendors, and employees showed up to mark significant anniversaries for Architectural Carpentry Materials (ACM) and Lynn Floyd Architectural Millwork (LFAM).

Ben and Dorothy Calvary, now in their 90s, started Architectural Carpentry Materials

in 1973 out of the family garage and returned as honored guests for the 50th-anniversary luncheon a few days after celebrating 75 years of marriage.

Likewise, Lynn and Jackie Floyd, who started Lynn Floyd Architectural Millwork in 1977, served as honored guests as the company celebrated its 45th anniversary. Lynn Floyd still consults on special projects.

– Compiled by Rachel Snyder

RACHEL SNYDER COURTESY VANDELAY HOSPITALITY GROUP

KEVIN MARPLE

– Compiled by William Taylor

Ben and Dorothy Calvary (seated) with (from left) Jackie and Lynn Floyd and Dave and Darian Reichert. COURTESY REICHERT WOODWORKS

Davis-Hawn Lumber employees and their families celebrated the company’s 100th anniversary.

Meaders Ozorow, and her husband, Robert, founded Empire Baking to make and sell artisanal bread made by hand using the purest, cleanest ingredients. COURTESY EMPIRE BAKING

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AFTER 30 YEARS, EMPIRE BAKING IS STILL RISING

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TUDOR GETS BACKYARD MAKEOVER Garden retreat, casita compliment aesthetic of historic home

By Rachel Snyder rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

When interior designer Javier Burkle and his team worked on a 1934 Tudor-style home in the 4300 block of Westway Avenue in Highland Park, he and landscape designer Dan Houchard of From the Ground Up created a new garden retreat in the backyard that sought to compliment the aesthetic of the historic home.

“My client grew up in a beautiful, historic residence in San Francisco, and she loves the character found in older homes,” Burkle said. “But we all understood that the goal was truly to marry form and function – which we did by carefully planning each space.”

The backyard already had a detached garage with a living area above and a pool. Burkle

said he, his team, and From the Ground Up came up with a new backyard layout that added a new pool with gooseneck fountains moved from the center of the yard to the side, moved the living space from the right side of the yard closer to the center, and created a new green space between the house and a new, bespoke pergola attached to the casita. From the Ground Up handled all things landscaping and pool layout.

The casita got a new outdoor living space with a fireplace covered by the pergola. On the side of the casita, they added a buffet with cabinetry for entertaining.

The fireplace and pool boast gray-andwhite mosaic tiles from Mosaic House in New York, which works in historic tiles meant to hearken back to the home’s original 1930s style.

Real Talk: Jeff Gottschall

Jeff Gottschall is a Harvard-educated former commodities and metals trader on Wall Street.

He moved into real estate, leading acquisitions and portfolio management for real estate technology companies Roofstock and Opendoor around 2016.

Gottschall’s latest endeavor is leading the Dallas branch of Honey Homes, a membership service for end-to-end home maintenance and upkeep.

Dallas is the company’s first expansion outside of California.

“I fell in love with real estate while remodeling a house (accomplished with the help of YouTube tutorials) and after moving with my family to Dallas, decided to make it my dayto-day,” he said. “I started out learning the construction and acquisition sides of the business at a few startups before making the jump to transform the home services industry with Honey Homes.”

Real Estate Market Snapshots

Editor’s note: Find here the latest available (as of press time) real estate market statistics for Dallas, Highland Park, and University Park from the North Texas Real Estate Information Systems. Inc. The Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University prepares the monthly Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reports but leaves out municipalities when they don’t hit a 10-sale threshold for single-family homes. Both Park Cities met that threshold in June. We would prefer more comprehensive and timely data but believe these market snapshots still provide a helpful look at where the industry is heading.

JUNE 2023:

DALLAS

2.4 month’s supply June 2022: 1.7

821 closed sales June 2022: 898

“We wanted to match everything to the original house and the year that the house was built,” Burkle said.

Burkle said he also sought to have the pergola’s lanterns made with brass and black metal to complement the rest of the home, including the metal gates used in the yard and the brass gooseneck fountains in the pool.

The interior of the casita has a bathroom and upstairs living space that Burkle and his team are still working on turning into a full office and entertaining area.

“This project really captures the essence of modern living within a classical setting,” Burkle said. “By thinking out-of-the-box and implementing creative solutions, everyone is happy – each individual and the family as a whole. The space is truly designed to work for everyone.”

$506,500 median price June 2022: $525,000

Honey Homes handypersons do everything from caulking and grouting to furniture assembly, hanging mirrors or shelves, garbage disposal, and smart home device installation.

Now that you’ve been a real estate professional for a while, if you could go back in time and give yourself any advice, what would it be?

Double down on forging deep relationships with your coworkers. Schedule informal coffees, get involved in team outings, learn about people’s backgrounds. That sense of community in the workplace is so important - especially when teams are distributed - and a big focus of mine as we build our team here in Dallas.

What is the best thing about being in real estate?

The real estate business, particularly in Dallas, is ideal for entrepreneurs. The people make it enjoyable, and the hustle makes it rewarding.

It’s also a field where you get so much

cross-functional exposure on a daily basis. At Honey Homes, I’m learning from my colleagues in marketing about the nuances of our funnel, how to deploy our backend technology from engineering, and even which drill bit works best for brick walls from our handymen.

What is your outlook on the Dallas market?

Dallas is enjoying its day in the sun. Businesses have been relocating here in droves for years, and I think the pandemic only accelerated that. With that has come a real estate boom. Quality of life, affordability, and value for homeowners continue to remain strong, which was a big factor for Honey Homes when choosing Dallas as our first market expansion outside of California.

Can you give us a fun fact about yourself?

I have a perhaps unhealthy obsession with Schlitterbahn.

– Compiled by Rachel Snyder

97.3% sold to list price June 2022: 102.9%

33 days on market June 2022: 18

$243.87 price per square foot June 2022: $258.48

1,566 active listings June 2022: 1,430

JUNE 2023:

UNIVERSITY PARK

2.9

$2,175,000

JUNE 2023:

HIGHLAND PARK

13 month’s supply June 2022: 2.7

12 closed sales June 2022: 12

$2,637,500

price

97.4% sold to list price June 2022: 101%

13 days on market June 2022: 30

20 active listings

June 2022: 25

Jeff Gottschall. COURTESY HONEY HOMES

Javier Burkle of Burkle Creative designed a casita and attached outdoor living space while working on a 1930s Tudor-style home in the 4300 block of Westway Avenue in Highland Park. COSTA CHRIST AND BURKLE CREATIVE

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Special Spaces: Casitas a Smart Option For Adding Room, Property Value

Translated as “small house” in Spanish, casitas are smaller, self-contained structures on a property or estate, separate from the main home.

They have been rising in popularity in recent years due to the versatility, extra space, and added real estate value they offer. Often referred to as guesthouses, carriage houses, pool houses, cabanas, or mother-in-law suites, casitas provide additional living space without a costly move or extensive renovations to an existing residence.

Casitas typically include a bathroom, kitchen, plumbing, and electrical system and are often much smaller than the main house.

While size varies, casitas are usually no larger than half the size of the main home, depending on local zoning regulations.

Some are basic in design, while others look like luxurious second homes. Floor plans range from classic studio-style with a small kitchen to larger units with a separate bedroom and living area.

Privacy is a key benefit to buying a home with a casita or constructing one to suit your needs. Whether you have frequent guests, older children who want their own space, or older parents who desire a sense of independence, a casita functions as its own living space while its close proximity allows guests to visit the main house when they choose.

Casitas also make perfect home offices or studios, and families may opt to use one as an extra entertaining space or game/rec room, offering an alternative for guests to gather away from the main house.

Properties with a casita can be a great investment, and the same is true if you build one. In addition to creating additional space, they potentially increase property value. Many buyers find casitas

particularly enticing and may be willing to spend more on a home with an existing casita on the property. While this may cost more upfront, homeowners will likely command more for the home should

they sell in the future.

Construction costs are determined by the size of the structure and its unique features. Additional expenses may include new foundation and permitting. Depending on your neighborhood, there may also be special regulations or restrictions.

We recently transformed this cabana into a casita for a family. The original 780-square-foot structure, beautifully designed by a notable Dallas architect, was used as a pool cabana with an open-air, covered living space with a fireplace, a catering kitchen, two bathrooms, and a storage closet. Our clients had a different vision and wanted to convert it to a guest cottage to accommodate guests and their college-aged children when home between semesters. Narrow profile steel doors were added to enclose the space, maximizing views of the pool. The catering kitchen and a bathroom were combined to create a full kitchen with ample cabinet and counter space. The second bath and storage room were converted into a full bath with walk-in shower and closet. Sherry and Paul Zuch are partners with Alair | Zuch.

SHERRY AND PAUL ZUCH

CLOCKWISE: Enclosing a partially open cabana allowed its conversion into a casita with pool views. The great room includes a murphy bed. A full kitchen was created by combining the spaces from a former catering kitchen and a bathroom. KEN VAUGHAN

Privacy is a key benefit to buying a home with a casita or constructing one to suit your needs.

HOUSE OF THE MONTH

5138 Deloache Ave.

Masterfully renovated inside and out, this extraordinary residence welcomes you through a private, gated circular drive, delivering sprawling, designer interiors on nearly 1.5 acres of beautifully manicured grounds in coveted Old Preston Hollow. A former Kips Bay Decorator Show house in 2021 and featured in Architectural Digest, this elite sanctuary elevates a classic Georgian estate for today’s discerning homeowners with custom finishes throughout. The first floor offers massive formal and informal living, a library, an office, a breakfast room, and a chef’s kitchen overlooking an outdoor oasis. Retreat to the basement and find a destination for every mood or event anchored by an open and working kitchen, living, game room, media room, and wine cellar-lounge. The second floor includes a work-of-art primary suite with a fireplace and three additional lavish secondary ensuite bedrooms. This spectacular home has detached guest quarters, an elevator, a heated pool-spa, an expansive backyard with a fire pit, a charming playhouse, and a five-car garage.

Everything You Need to Know to Design an Exquisite Dining Area

Dining tables are the most important centerpiece for dining rooms. More goes into choosing a table than you might expect.

You need to consider the best shape and size for your space, the best seating arrangement, and whether the style matches your home.

Round tables are perfect for small spaces and square rooms because they can fit into tight corners and have no sharp edges to bump into. However, they don’t provide much arm support, so if you work at the table, you’d be better off with a square or rectangular table. Rectangular and oval-shaped tables are best for rectangular rooms.

Instead of an extra-long dining table, having a small or medium dining table with leaves is wise. After all, most people don’t entertain formally very often anymore. Leaves give a table the versatility to meet the needs of our changing lives. Always store your leaves and/or table apron upside down under a bed, with the top side flat against the floor, so they don’t warp.

Seating arrangements are an opportunity to get creative with your dining area design. I usually do six armless chairs for smaller tables — three on either side —

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then add different host and hostess chairs on the ends. In breakfast rooms, I often like to put a banquette on one side of the breakfast table and chairs on the other three sides.

All-matching dining sets are less popular than they were, so we like our dining chairs to complement rather than match the table. If you buy dining chairs separately from your dining table, make sure they fit underneath, especially if your table has an apron.

The overall style of your house is another important consideration. You’ll want to find a sleek and simple dining table if you have a modern place. An elegant traditional house deserves an equally elegant dining table. Likewise, a country home will most likely need a country-style dining table.

If you have guests coming over and would like to breathe some new life into your dining room, breakfast room, or outdoor dining area, a professional designer can advise on all aspects of dining room design, from choosing the table itself to designing the layout of the room and finding the perfect table decorations and table settings.

Margaret Chambers, a registered interior designer (RID) and American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) member, leads Chambers Interiors and Associates. Her colleague Caitlin Crowley helped edit this column. Visit chambersinteriors.com/blog for more design advice

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CLOCKWISE: Round tables are a good choice for square dining rooms, like this dining room in this Kessler Park house. Tables with pedestal bases offer more legroom as in this charming little place for breakfast. This table setting harmonizes with the overall color scheme of the adjacent breakfast room and den. The host and hostess chairs at the ends of the table are upholstered in fabric instead of leather, contrasting with the side chairs. MICHAEL HUNTER WITH DESIGN BY MARGARET CHAMBERS

ROTARY MARKS TWO DECADES OF PARADE HOSTING

By Rachel Snyder rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

The Rotary Club of Park Cities has hosted the annual Fourth of July parade – the reason many Park Cities residents call Independence Day “the best day of the year in the Park Cities” – for 20 years.

“The parade is the single big event that brings the families in both of the Park Cities together each year to celebrate our community and our nation,” said Rotarian Jill Jordan, who co-chaired the 2023 parade festivities with Alan Winn. “Residents have cherished the tradition of being in the parade or watching it long before the Rotary Club of Park Cities took over hosting the parade 20 years ago. It is the Club’s honor to give back to our community by hosting the parade while at

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the same time raising funds for a local charity like the North Texas Food Bank.”

Before the first joint parade between the city of University Park and town of Highland Park from Highland Park Town Hall to Goar Park in University Park in the early ‘60s, the town had a parade that ran from town hall to Highland Park Village and the city had multiple single-block parades, said Kirk Dooley, Park Cities People co-founder, parade co-chair, along with his wife, Charlotte, from 1994 to 1998, and 2013 parade grand marshal.

The Jaycees organized the parade from the early ‘60s until 1970, and over the next 48 years, a series of volunteers chaired the festivities. Bill and Mary Katherine Maddox chaired from 19701972, Doug and Mary Sumner from 1973-1974, Peter and Frances Chantillis from 1975-1979,

Eugene and Pat Andrews in 1980, Bob and Barbara Hancock from 1981-1982, Pat and Phyllis Houston in 1983, Kit and Aileene Collins from 1984-1988, and Paul and Iris Gleiser from 1989 to 1993, Dooley said.

“When Charlotte and I chaired the event, I oversaw the parade, and Charlotte oversaw the picnic at Goar Park. There were speeches; then the crowd went home,” Dooley said of their tenure from 1994-1998. “By the time we retired, there were many tents with all sorts of free items for around 5,000 folks.”

He said the Park Cities Exchange Club, which had 20 members then, took over hosting duties for the parade in 1999 and hosted the event until the Rotary Club took it over in 2003.

“After 20 years, its members are keeping it going strong,” Dooley said.

PARADE WINNERS

2023 Patriot Cup Winner: Krewe of the Rollin’ Elvi – that’s the plural form of the King of rock n’ roll, Elvis.

Bicycle Competition Winners:

Girls 8 and under Charlotte Turnbull

Clara Sparling

Girls 9 and under Claire Turnbull

Boys 8 and under Bishop Turner

Harrison Turner

Boys 9 and over Davis Turnbull

Family group

Donaghue family: Maddie and Jack

Grand Prize: Reese Gould

July 4th photos, pages 29-35, by Chris McGathey, Rachel Snyder, Lauren Ruminer, and Brice Beaird

It is the Club’s honor to give back to our community by hosting the parade while at the same time raising funds for a local charity like the North Texas Food Bank.

Jill Jordan

AGE CATEGORY 2-4 WINNER: Sarah Margaret Kim (4 years old)

AGE CATEGORY 5-7 WINNER: Sophie Grace Jones (6 years old)

AGE CATEGORY 8-10 WINNER: Alice Hodges (10 years old)

AGE CATEGORY 11-13 WINNER: Parker Bywaters (12 years old)

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GREY LADY LURES LONE STAR SEA SEEKERS WITH CHARMING STAYS

By Diana Oates

Special Contributor

NANTUCKET, Mass. – Hydrangeas. Oysters. Lighthouses. This trifecta, coupled with ideal Northeastern temperatures, makes this 14-mile island off the coast of Cape Cod a dream for a summer escape.

Still, many have yet to check it off the bucket list because of its reputation of being hard to get to. But of course, those who frequent this picturesque playground say that is what keeps it so special.

Getting there: You have options. Unfortunately, none of them are nonstop. American Airlines offers a nonstop flight to Boston out of DFW, and then

from there, you would need to book a separate ticket on Cape Air to land at Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK). Jet Blue also has options out of DFW to get you to ACK through either JFK or LGA.

Where to stay: For those who fancy an in-town stay, I was charmed by Greydon House. This former sea captain’s house is the only hotel on Nantucket with 20 unique rooms designed by the esteemed Roman and Williams design team. In need of a little “vitamin sea”? There is no more picturesque escape than The Wauwinet, which offers gorgeous views of Nantucket Bay. Although about 10 miles from Nantucket’s city center, the property offers a complimentary shuttle to take you to and from town.

Can’t decide where to stay? Book a reservation to eat dinner at Topper’s at The Wauwinet, and you can hitch a ride on the property’s 20-person boat, the Wauwinet Lady, that picks you up at

the White Elephant Hotel downtown. Make sure to Google what time sunset is to experience an utterly enchanting lawn cocktail before you sit down for dinner.

What to eat: An early morning trip to Lemon Press for The Bee’s Knees and avocado toast is a surefire way to start your day off on an energetic note. A lunch or dinner reservation at Cru is almost a Nantucket rite of passage. The creative cocktails and perfectly chilled oysters can put anyone in a vacation state of mind. Craving something different? Nautilus is an exceptional fusion spot with Asian and Latin American flavors. Think Hamachi tiradito, steamed pork buns, and scallion pancakes served in a cozy old Northeastern bar setting that

instantly puts you at ease.

What to do: Strolling the shops downtown is a must. A few can’t-miss spots include Mitchell’s Book Corner, Lemon and Line, and Island Weaves. Those who want to get on the water should book a private sail on The Endeavor, a sailboat that Captain James Genthner built himself. Lovers of lush lawns should rent bikes and take a stroll to admire the immaculate yards with their perfectly cut green grass and hydrangeas so bushy that it proves that everything isn’t necessarily bigger in Texas. End a long day of outdoor activity with a trip to Cisco Brewers to sip local brews while listening to live music.

Long live sweet summertime!

LEFT: Take a private sail on The Endeavor, built by Captain James Genthner. COURTESY THE ENDEAVOR Hitch a ride from downtown Nantucket on the The Wauwinet’s 20-person boat, the Wauwinet Lady. Then enjoy a sunset cocktail on the lawn before dinner at Topper’s. COURTESY THE WAUWINET

Make sure to Google what time sunset is to experience an utterly enchanting lawn cocktail before you sit down for dinner.

Keeping It Chill During the Salad Days of Summer

This summer’s intense heat has been wearing on the body and spirit. It’s simply too hot to do anything that requires effort, including spending much time in the kitchen.

EASY CONFETTI POTATO SALAD

Ingredients:

1 ½ pounds small gold or red potatoes, about 8

1 bunch romaine lettuce, rinsed, spun dry, torn

1 bunch spring mix or mesclun, rinsed, spun dry

½ cup diced green bell pepper, rinsed

½ cup diced yellow bell pepper, rinsed

2 tablespoons red onion, peeled and diced

3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled

Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

potatoes into ¼-inch-thick slices and arrange them over the greens, overlapping edges. Season the potatoes with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the salad with diced green pepper, yellow pepper, and red onion. Slice hard-cooked eggs in half, arrange them on the platter, and season with a bit of salt and paprika. Cover the platter and chill until ready to serve.

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Ingredients:

6 tablespoons mayonnaise

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Standing by a hot grill? You’ve got to be kidding!

When late summer arrives, chilled salad platters served as a main course or side dish can be a welcome answer to “What’s for dinner?”

One of my favorites is easy confetti potato salad because it’s chilled, light, nutritious, and versatile.

Unlike the potato salad that graces many tables throughout the summer, made primarily from cooked, cubed potatoes, chopped onion, celery, and diced hardcooked eggs bound together by a heavy mayonnaise-based dressing, my version begins with a bed of crisp salad greens topped with slices of gold or red potatoes still in their skins, cooked just until knife-tender.

From this foundational point,

the salad can become whatever one wishes.

I’ve garnished mine with chopped green and yellow bell pepper, red onion, and hard-cooked eggs sliced in half or quarters. Add slices of ham, chicken, salmon, or tuna for a main dish salad high on protein, or keep it vegetarian with julienned or shredded carrots, juicy ripe tomatoes, cooked and chilled butter beans, or crisp-tender asparagus,

Paprika, for garnish

Gently scrub new potatoes, but do not remove the skin. Place in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover them, cover the pan, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and cook potatoes until a sharp knife easily pierces them, about 12 to 15 minutes. Drain, transfer to a bowl, cover, and chill until cold. Arrange lettuce and spring mix on a large platter or individual salad plates. Slice chilled

brined artichoke hearts, capers, olives – the list is limited only by what’s in your pantry and refrigerator crisper drawer.

The creamy dressing mimics the flavors I love of traditional potato salad but is thin enough for everyone to drizzle the amount they prefer. Designed using common ingredients to eliminate last-minute grocery store trips, it’s whisked together in minutes using mayonnaise,

½ teaspoon dry mustard

1/8 teaspoon paprika

1/8 teaspoon coarse salt

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

¼ cup milk

Whisk together mayonnaise, dry mustard, paprika, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly, to form a thin dressing. Cover and chill until ready to serve. If the dressing is too thick to drizzle, stir in 1 to 2 teaspoons of milk.

Yield: 4 to 6 salad servings

a touch of dry mustard for heat, paprika, coarse salt, freshly ground black pepper, and milk.

Prepared Dijon mustard is a fine substitution for dry mustard. The dressing thickens as it chills, so I sometimes stir in an extra teaspoon or two of milk just before serving to achieve the right consistency for drizzling.

Comfortable temperatures will return one of these days, and our

thoughts will turn to hearty casseroles, but until then, cool, refreshing salads will help us all stay “chill.”

Christy Rost is a cookbook author, host of Celebrating Home cooking videos, and longtime Park Cities and Preston Hollow resident. Her new “At Home with Christy Rost” cooking series for Eat This TV Network launched in March 2023 on AmazonFire, AppleTV+, Roku, Samsung TV, and YouTube. Visit christyrost.com.

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The Family Place ReuNights With 180 Guests at Ray of Light-Themed Annual Gala

Family violence agency The Family Place hosted the 10th anniversary of ReuNight on May 18 at the Dallas Petroleum Club.

The Ray of Light-themed event, cochaired by Brooke Hortenstine, Margaret Stafford, and Piper Wyatt, with Joyce Goss as honorary chair, welcomed 180 guests to enjoy a seated dinner, live auction, cocktails, photos, music by DJ RomiQ, and the Gospel of Light choir.

The three-course dinner was curated by James Beard semifinalist chef Junior Borges of Meridian. Live auction prizes included a four-night stay at a private villa in Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico, a football and baseball autographed by LA Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw respectively, and more.

Following the auction, a paddle raise ended the program to secure the evening’s goal of $260,000.

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Debutantes, Honor Guard, and Horses Take DSOL Annual Polo Cup

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Debutantes and Honor Guard partnered with the Prestonwood Polo Club for the annual Honor Guard Polo Cup.

The event brought an evening of polo matches, dinner, drinks, and halftime activities on June 24 at Prestonwood Polo Club in Oak Point.

The Debutantes, Honor Guard, and family members viewed the polo games from the pavilion, where many could be found wearing derby hats.

The Debutantes participated in the traditional divot stomp — a long-standing tradition where spectators converge on the field to stomp down turf that has been torn up by the ponies’ hooves.

Attendees also gathered on the field for a glass of champagne, photo opportunities, and a meet-and-greet with club owner Vaughn Miller.

The Debutantes season will culminate with the 38th Presentation Ball on Feb. 10, 2024.

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Vaughn Jr., Vaughn, Dena, Gigi, and Vance Miller

Catherine Hunt, Ellie Jones, and Emmanuelle LeVoyer Aaron and Grace Handler

Claire Wooley, Finley Nelson, Elizabeth Madison, and Megan Underwood

Lauren Watkins, Breland Bach, Kelley Wheeler, and Riya Luthra

Nancy and Paul Labadie Newt, Bronwyn, Kristin, and Bob Cordiak

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Mimi Sterling, Medley Turner, and Meghan Looney

Scott and Judy Mitchell

Dan and Jan Strimple

Kristen Sanger and Lisa Singleton

Margaret and Barry Hancock

Tina Peterson and Carol Seay

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studies, Norma returned to Richardson High School to begin her career as an American history teacher.

In 1963, Norma was courted by American sports pioneer Lamar Hunt. Lamar was smitten by Norma’s vivacious and kind manner, and their bond grew deeper over a shared love of sports. On an extended weekend in October 1963, Lamar took Norma to five football games in three cities over four days, including a triumph by his Kansas City Chiefs over the Houston Oilers. Norma enjoyed every second of the adventure – which affectionately became known as the “fipple-header” – and Lamar knew he had found the one.

Hunts became founding investors in the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association. As passive investors, Norma and Lamar were not intimately involved in the business of the Bulls, but some of their best times together came in the 1990s, cheering on the six championship teams led by Michael Jordan.

Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt, devoted and loving wife, mother of two, and grandmother of five, went home to be with the Lord on June 4, 2023.

Kind, generous, and unfailingly positive, Norma’s joy and zeal for life were infectious. She loved caring for others, and she always had an encouraging word. She was a loyal friend, the consummate hostess, and she had a rare ability to make everyone she encountered feel valued and at ease.

Norma was born in Greenville, Texas, on March 28, 1938. She was the only daughter of Edward and Loretta Knobel. She graduated from Richardson High School in 1956, where she shined academically, played basketball, and was a member of the drill team.

After high school, Norma earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from North Texas State University in Denton, graduating with honors in 1960. While at the university, Norma served as president of the Chi Omega sorority and received numerous accolades, including being named Woman of the Year and Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. In 1962, Norma was awarded a year of post-graduate study in Dublin, Ireland, as part of the Rotary Club’s overseas fellowship program. Following her

Norma and Lamar were married in a small ceremony at her parents’ home on January 22, 1964. The happy couple whisked away to Europe to take in the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. It was there they learned that the league Lamar founded, the American Football League, had secured a major television rights agreement which would set in motion the eventual merger of the AFL with the rival NFL, thus creating the modern era of professional football in 1966.

Norma was by Lamar’s side every step of the way as the burgeoning AFL battled and then befriended the NFL. She even provided unintentional inspiration for the naming of the most iconic sporting event in North America. For Christmas in 1965, Norma gifted Lamar’s three children the hottest toy on the market that year – the Wham-O “Super Ball.” Lamar would later say that the combination of that toy and his affinity for college bowl games which led him to coin the phrase “Super Bowl” for the championship game between the AFL and the NFL.

Norma supported Lamar in all of his various sports pursuits. In the first four years of their marriage, Lamar merged his pro football league with the NFL, founded the Dallas Tornado of the then-nascent North American Soccer League, and established the first professional tennis tour in North America, World Championship Tennis. In 1966, at Norma’s behest, the

Beyond sports, Norma and Lamar shared a love for art and antiques, and their passion took them on travels around the world. They developed a deep affinity for the paintings of Thomas Moran, which they collected over the years. Both Norma and Lamar were patrons and benefactors of the Dallas Museum of Art and devoted time and resources to promoting the museum over the years. In 1979, the lost masterpiece of Fredric Edwin Church, The Icebergs, came up for auction at Sotheby’s. Hoping to elevate the profile of the DMA, the Hunts acquired the painting for a then-record sum for an American artist and donated the masterwork to the museum a year later. In addition to her contributions to the DMA, Norma was active and generous in her support of Park Cities Presbyterian Church, Crystal Charity Ball, Council for Life, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

On a trip to Tuscany with Lamar, Norma began a fascination with viticulture. In 2000, she acquired Bidwell Creek Vineyard in Knight’s Valley, California, and immersed herself in the art, science, and challenge of winemaking. She planted and replanted until the vineyard produced some of the finest cabernet sauvignon in northern California. Dubbed “Perfect Season” by her son, Clark, each vintage of Norma’s wine was unique. Norma even used an image from one of her and Lamar’s favorite Moran paintings, “Moonlight in the Canon,” for the label. The 2016 vintage of Perfect Season received a near-perfect score of 96 from Robert Parker’s famed Wine Advocate, a credit to Norma’s perseverance and ingenuity.

Above all, Norma took the most pride in her roles as mother and grandmother. She supported her two sons, Clark and Daniel,

throughout her life, attending every soccer match and football game she could. She was their biggest cheerleader in life and in sports, first at the St. Mark’s School of Texas and Southern Methodist University and then as a fan of the pro teams they operated. In her later years, she did the same for her five grandchildren, and she treasured her position as their beloved and doting “Mimi.”

Norma and Lamar were on hand for the first Super Bowl between the Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers, and the two would attend every one of the first 40 Super Bowl games together before Lamar passed away in December 2006. It was a streak Lamar especially cherished, and he encouraged sons Clark and Dan to make sure it continued after his passing. Clark and Dan honored their father’s wishes by accompanying Norma to every game through Super Bowl LVII – where, fittingly, her beloved Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles to claim the third Lombardi Trophy in franchise history.

Norma Lynn Knobel Hunt was sustained by a deep faith in Jesus Christ, and her family takes great comfort in the knowledge that she is now home with the Lord. Norma is survived by her sons Clark (Tavia) and Daniel (Toni); her brother, Edward Knobel III (Paula); her niece, Amy Knobel; five grandchildren, Gracelyn, Knobel, Ava, Darlington, and Tennyson. She is also survived by two stepchildren, Lamar Jr. (Rita) and Sharron; eleven step-grandchildren, Sarah (James), Elyssa (Matthew), Lamar III (Jamy), Maria (Kyle), Andrew, John, Isabel, Jocelyn, Boone, Miles, and Thomas; and seven step-great-grandchildren, Emma, James Jr., Claire, Matthew, Michael, Thomas, and Van. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband and best friend of 42 years, Lamar Hunt, and her parents, Edward and Loretta Knobel.

Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent in Mrs. Hunt’s name to the Crystal Charity Ball (Two Turtle Creek, 3838 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite L150, Dallas, TX, 75219) and Council for Life (4516 Lovers Lane, P.O. Box 103, Dallas, TX, 75225).

Pastor, Rabbi Author Book About Living Bravely in Difficult Times

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The Rev. Neil Thomas leads Dallas’ Cathedral of Hope, southeast of Love Field.

Rabbi Denise Eger serves as senior rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami in Southern California.

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The authors met 21 years ago when championing LGBTQ+ rights while Thomas served at the Founders Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles.

our Jewish or Christian experiences,” Thomas said.

meet the great trauma that people were experiencing,” Eger said.

The longtime friends spent the COVID-19 pandemic collaborating on a book focused on grief and trauma and the tools to overcome those obstacles. They focused on these principles: mourning, truth, rest, love, prayer, joy, and hope.

TKG Communications recently published their Seven Principles for Living Bravely: Ageless Wisdom and Comforting Faith for Weathering Life’s Most Difficult Times.

“Marriage equality had been granted to lesbian and gay couples, and there was a proposition on the ballot to take that away,” Thomas said.

The pair also traveled to Israel together multiple times with members of their congregations.

During the pandemic, Thomas and Eger would regularly meet on Zoom to discuss how they were worshipping.

They decided to write a book about overcoming unwanted and unforeseen obstacles.

“We decided that we wanted to write it with both our authentic voices so as not to water down

Working with someone of a different faith shows it is possible to converse with those whose ideas and principles vary from yours, Thomas said.

“In a world that is so polarized, I think it was important for us,” he said. “It is more than possible to not just co-exist, but to respect each other’s opinions and each other’s perspective without having to say, ‘Well, I’m right, and you’re wrong.’”

Eger said talking with Thomas helped her figure out how to continue teaching during COVID.

“He and I offered each other a tremendous amount of support in trying to figure out how to pivot our communities, how to keep them together, and how to

Eger wants readers to implement the tools covered in the book into their lives.

“We are holding on to so much pain and so much trauma, and we don’t even realize that we are,” Eger said.

Thomas agrees.

“My hope is that people will take some of these spiritual principles and begin to practice them in their life, regardless of where they fall on any religion, and begin to explore what it means to live,” Thomas said. “In a world where we have fake news, what does it mean to find a truth that goes beyond the soundbite? Not just hoping that things will get better, but actually being the hope that we want to see in the world.”

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best and brightest teach everything from calculus to Shakespeare.

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A custom-built home at 3820 Southwestern Blvd. in University Park might catch your attention if you appreciate timeless craftsmanship.

The primary suite is another major highlight, with its hotel-like bathroom and a terrace for quiet morning moments.

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This stately 2008 HawkinsWelwood residence is set on an expansive 80’ lot. The 4-bedroom, 4.1-bath home at 6331 Del Norte Lane (6331delnorte.daveperrymiller.com) covers 5,309 square feet and boasts an open floor plan with 11’ ceilings and timeless finishes throughout. Listing agent Shelly Bailey has priced the home at $2,249,000.

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The new home at 9646 Douglas Avenue was built for those who enjoy the outdoors, with multiple decks and patios.

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