Park Cities People July 2021

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JULY 2021 VOLUME 41 NO. 7

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Business .................................. 16

Living........................................ 34

Crime ......................................... 6

Real Estate .............................. 24

Classifieds ............................... 39

Community .............................. 10

Schools .................................... 26

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Society .................................... 30

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he Fourth of July is a pretty big deal in a normal year, but after so many festivities were reimagined (how many times did we use that word in 18 months?) last year at the height of the pandemic, we expect this year people will really flex those patriotic muscles.

And we want you to share that flex with us. Send us your photos from your parades, barbecues, fireworks watching, and more.

Email us at online@peoplenewspapers.com, and you could see yourself on our website in the coming weeks — or our weekly newsletters.

Speaking of peoplenewspapers.com, if you aren’t a regular visitor, you might have missed a few interesting stories that you won’t find in the pages of the issue you’re holding.

For instance, you may have missed some of our coverage of the 87th legislative session, which included the passage of the socalled “anti-critical race theory” House Bill 3979. If you missed that, you missed our coverage of the overnight (literally) debates about the genesis of the bill, including the insistence of the bill’s authors that it was prompted in part by the book Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness, written by Anastasia Higginbotham. Both State Rep. Steve Toth (R-The Woodlands), the bill’s author, and State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), the bill’s sponsor, insisted that the book was

being taught at Highland Park ISD. State Sen. Nathan Johnson (D-Dallas), whose district includes the Park Cities, took Hughes to task for his assertion that HPISD was teaching from this book, telling him that he checked, and it’s not on the curriculum, nor is it in any school library.

Hughes said that he was told by a parent that a teacher recommended the book.

“It’s one teacher, one kid, one book, and one district and one time at best — and we don’t even know if that’s true,” Johnson said. “If you’re wondering what’s going on in my district, that’s not it.”

We talked to the book’s author, too, who says the debate about the book illustrates the need for it.

“It’s strange because there’s so much distortion involved,” she said.

You can read our coverage at peoplenewspapers.com/tag/txlege-2021.

Also check out: Want to buy a piece of Dallas Cowboys history? Allie Beth Allman has the listing for the Preston Hollow/Devonshire home that belonged to the late Tom and Alicia Landry and we have the details in our real estate section.

Sports editor Todd Jorgenson sussed out the Highland Park connections to the new Luke Wilson flick 12 Mighty Orphans — you can read it in our sports section.

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News

CAN YOU GRADUATE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD?

Jim Hitzelberger reflects on a dozen years of service to HPISD

By Rachel Snyder

rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

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n 12 years as a trustee, former school board president Jim Hitzelberger helped see Highland Park ISD through two bond elections plus facilities overhauls, rezoning, the opening of a fifth elementary school, and a global pandemic.

Maybe, as a result, leaving the board feels like a graduation.

During commencement, Hitzelberger told Highland Park High School Class of 2021 members how they were finishing kindergarten when he was first elected.

“And so, I kind of feel like I’ve kind of gone through this journey with you,” he said.

The $361.4 million bond program voters approved in 2015 built the district’s first new elementary school since 1948, rebuilt University Park, Bradfield, and Hyer elementary schools, and renovated Armstrong Elementary, McCulloch Intermediate, Highland Park Middle School, and Highland Park High School.

“Without a doubt, I would have to say that I am most proud of the many community members, HPISD staff, architects, and

Former president of the Highland Park ISD board of trustees Jim Hitzelberger addressed the Highland Park High School class of 2021 during commencement May 28.

(PHOTOS: COURTESY PHOTO, RACHEL SNYDER)

fellow trustees that had the vision and desire to plan and execute the 2015 bond,” Hitzelberger said.

“Being a small part of that journey was remarkable.”

His service also has come with contentious debates.

“We get a bad rap, no matter who is on the board, of ‘rubber stamping’ the administration’s decisions,” he said. “That couldn’t be any further from the truth. Without getting into specifics, in my 12 years, we had disagreements on facilities, finance, instructional

Without a doubt, I would have to say that I am most proud of the many community members, HPISD staff, architects, and fellow trustees that had the vision and desire to plan and execute the 2015 bond.

Jim Hitzelberger materials, rezoning, just to name a few. All trustees bring unique talents and perspectives to the table.”

On July 3, Hitzelberger and his wife, Laurie, will ride as grand marshals in the Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July Parade, taking a journey postponed a year when the pandemic canceled last year’s affair.

She also served the district, including as the only principal

in HPISD history to lead two schools simultaneously, McCulloch Intermediate and Highland Park Middle.

Perhaps through his service, Jim Hitzelberger said he has better understood the influence his parents’ contributions had on him.

His mother, Barbara Hitzelberger, still the only woman to serve as a mayor of University Park, worked with the Junior

Stumped!

Neighbors decry removal of Colgate Avenue trees

By Rachel Snyder

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The removal of 13 trees lining Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church’s west parking lot facing Colgate Avenue has upset some nearby residents.

“They were protected trees,” complained Preston Whisenant, who called them “an important buffer between” homes and nonresidential activities.

With work ready to begin on a Preston Center mixed-use development on churchowned land, crews removed the trees from city-owned land in May.

Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church removed 13 trees lining its west parking lot facing Colgate Avenue. (PHOTO: RACHEL SNYDER) “We want the church to admit they were wrong, and we need them to commit to replacing the (trees) that were removed,” Whisenant said.

However, a church spokesperson said a certified arborist told church leaders that February’s winter storm irreparably damaged the

trees planted by the church two decades ago.

“We were deeply saddened by this assessment,” said Melodie Elliott of Sunwest Communications. “We are thankful that the older, more mature Live Oaks on the east portion of Colgate survived.”

The church also has consulted with the city

League, La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas, and other organizations.

“We just grew up seeing our parents serve others,” he said. “It was just something that was routine at our house, as it is in many homes in our community, and it wasn’t until later in my life that I realized the amount of work ethic and commitment they had to do all they did while working and raising a family.”

of Dallas, Elliott added. “We are working towards an appropriate resolution to the sad loss of these beloved trees.”

Whisenant informed Dallas City Council member Jennifer Gates’ office, before she left office, that the trees didn’t appear to be dead.

He also inquired about whether their removal complied with city code.

Gates’ office provided an update from the city arborist Preston Willms, who described the trees’ removal as unauthorized.

“We are holding the property owner responsible for full tree mitigation for the loss of the trees,” Willms said in a memo. “If they cannot prove their case for removal by natural death or decline, then we will require the replacement of inches of trees removed by planting and/or by payment in lieu of planting.”

The city will want to resolve the issue before building permits are issued, and tree replacement would require careful scheduling, he said. “We need to assure any trees installed in the location are not damaged from construction activity.”

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Crime Reports May 11 – June 5 May 11 A burglar took a firearm, AirPods, and a charger before 10:33 a.m. from a Ford F150 in the 4000 block of Centenary Drive.

May 12 Blown away? A thief took an Echo leaf blower from the bed of a Chevrolet Colorado in the 4200 block of Edmondson Avenue between 5:15 and 5:33 p.m.

May 13 A prowler pinched a pallet of plywood roof decking from a yard in the 4600 block of S. Versailles Avenue overnight before 6:50 a.m.

May 14 An intruder swiped a BMC Teammachine bicycle from a garage in the 4400 block of Mockingbird Parkway at 7:33 p.m.

May 18 Reported at 3:57 p.m.: A swindler scammed a woman from the 4500 block of Westway Avenue out of $1,573 via Venmo transactions and another $1,000 from an online wire transfer.

May 19 How easy was it for a burglar to get into a Toyota 4Runner parked in the 3500 block of Dartmouth Avenue, take a garage door opener, then a pistol from a Mercedes in the garage before 11 a.m.?

The 4Runner was left unlocked.

May 21 An irresponsible driver hit a Cadillac Escalade in the 3800 block of Mockingbird Lane and initially stopped before fleeing the scene at 3:43 p.m.

May 22 A vandal damaged Hyer Elementary property in the 3900 block of Caruth Boulevard at 10:20 a.m.

May 23 Not safe even for a few minutes: A pair of thieves grabbed a $100 cooler bag, a T-shirt, and a Lulu Lemon tennis skirt from the back of a Porsche Cayenne in the 4500 block of Southern Avenue while

the owner went to get more things to pack around 6:30 a.m.

May 25 A crook got into the back of a home in the 4200 block of Livingston Avenue around 2:40 p.m. and made off with two Electra Townie bicycles.

May 26 A burglar took a garage door opener from a vehicle in the 3300 block of St. Johns Drive, then swiped three Kobalt lithium batteries, two Kobalt lithium battery chargers, and a Kobalt leaf blower, a Kobalt weed eater, and a Ryobi battery and charger. The incident was reported at 9:18 a.m.

May 27 A burglar got into a GMC pickup and a Chevrolet Silverado in the 3600 block of Greenbrier Drive and snagged two firearms before 11 a.m.

May 28 A harasser tried to forcibly kiss a woman in the 2800 block of Westminster Avenue at 3 p.m.

May 30 A ne’er do well drove off in a Volvo XC90 parked in the 3600 block of Shenandoah Avenue overnight before 7 a.m.

June 2 A pair of intruders broke a window of Kelly Mitchell Fine Jewelry in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn Avenue and damaged a Faubion cabinet at 2:58 a.m.

June 4 A thief stole various tools, including saws, drills, batteries, and a flashlight from a van parked in the 4400 block of Fairfax Avenue around 12:55 p.m.

June 5 A ne’er do well got into a Volvo SUV parked in the 5500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue and snagged a golf driver and golf shoes, as well as a dog bed and pair of children’s shoes f rom another car there. The incident was reported at 11:39 a.m.

SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: PAIN AT THE PUMP A sneaky thief grabbed a purse from inside a Porsche Cayenne while the owner pumped gas at a convenience store in the 8400 block of Preston Road around 11:56 a.m.

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Student Documentary Explores What It Is To Be #BlackAtSMU we wouldn’t have made the film,” Lane said.

The filmmakers hope professors and students will use the documentary to educate about racism.

“This film is meant to go beyond the screen and really be about conversation and discussion,” Bemak said after a recent virtual screening.

Taylor said the film’s already influencing campus culture.

“A lot of this film is focused on influencing student culture, but it’s inherently bleeding into administration,” Taylor said. “Whispers of this are getting into administration’s ears, and some of them are seeing the film and seeing examples of these things happening on campus, so I think it’s doing really positive things – influencing not only student culture but administration culture too.”

If we didn’t care about SMU, we wouldn’t have made the film.

Aysia Lane

By Rachel Snyder

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Students in SMU’s Meadows School of The Arts turned five tweets shared by students using the #BlackAtSMU hashtag into a documentary.

S tudents first used the hashtag to share their experiences of racism on campus in 2015, and stories proliferated again last summer after the murder of George Floyd and protests for racial justice.

After about nine months of work by the production crew and cast, including co-directors rising senior Crislyn Fayson and rising junior Aysia Lane, producer Jillian Taylor, and others, the movie premiered on Dallas Hall Lawn this spring.

“When it came out, the students had an amazing reaction.

It was beautiful,” Fayson said.

The film began with the story of SMU alumna Anga Sanders, who graduated in 1970. She spoke about burning small Confederate flags to protest a tradition known as “Old South Week,” when the Kappa Alpha fraternity would hang Confederate flags.

The film then told the stories of a student who recalled hearing chants of racial slurs on campus after the election of former President Donald Trump and another called a racial slur at a fraternity party. Still, another was asked to read Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” in a “plantation dialect.”

“I personally feel like conversations about things that are hard to talk about or uncomfortable, or not fan favorites are typically what sparks the most change,” Lane said. “I think SMU needs some conversations and to sit down and have talks about race on campus and race relations.”

She added that the documentary was “made from a place of wanting to get better together.”

“If we didn’t care about SMU,

#BlackAtSMU co-directors Crislyn Fayson and Aysia Lane spoke about the documentary during a recent virtual screening. (PHOTOS: SCREENGRAB) The idea to make the stories into a documentary grew out of one of SMU film and media arts

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Community ‘PARK CITIES PEOPLE’ REFLECTS ON PAST PARADE COVERAGE

By Juliet Allan and Emilea McCutchan People Newspapers

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ne of the most anticipated events in Highland Park and University Park every year is the Fourth of July parade with its high-spirited tinseled floats and abundant supply of patriotic hues.

For four decades, Park Cities People has sought to capture countless joyous memories in print, beginning with black-and-white photos of children in newsboy caps and extending to festive Fidos costumed for the occasion.

While we have traded black-and-white photos for vivid reds, whites, and blues, the images captured from the parade’s annual pilgrimage from Highland Park Town Hall to University Park’s Goar Park showcase the effervescently patriotic spirit of the two communities.

Through the years, the parade has inspired poems and op-eds, with some making it onto the pages of Park Cities People, too.

“I’ve seen some spectacular parades in my time, but none to rival that which took place last Sunday in the Park Cities,” Wendy Corbett wrote for a 1982 piece titled “Park Cities’ 4th’ Brings Special Feelings.”

The paper has also covered less glamorous newsworthy moments.

Many issues offered fireworks safety tips in hopes of saving families a trip to the emergency room, but those didn’t help young Kyle Manigold. He could have used a warning about the dangers of jumping off parade floats, as he took a trip to the ER for a hurt ankle in 1995.

Working with the Rotary Club of Park Cities, we published a special section on the parade’s history in our July 2018 issue. Visit peoplenewspapers.com, scroll down, and click Park Cities Archives beneath the Current Issue to search for it.

The paper has its own July Fourth traditions, including our float (please, wave and cheer). We publish a coloring book beforehand (find it in this month’s issue) and a recap photo section afterward (look for it in the August issue).

So, whether you are a first-time participant in the annual parade, or have been around for the last 40 years, be on the lookout for the Park Cities People photographers on the big day to make more memories for the history books.

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Columnist Must Take a Break Will this Fourth of July be Liberty Day? Will masks become a choice instead of a mandate?

Will the go ver nment back out of our lives, and the citizens begin to feel LEN BOURLAND some self-governance?

Hard to know. But at least for a while, with schools neither in session nor Zoomed, here’s hoping kids are playing outside without masks.

I long to hear shrieks of laughter and people singing patriotic songs without being muffled.

A pandemic is too amorphous an enemy to declare victory and have ticker-tape parades. Yet optimism abounds.

Ironically just as all are unmasking, I’ll be donning one.

In the blink of an eye, following a routine endoscopy, a large tumor was discovered in my esophagus.

That adage, “first you cry,” didn’t hold true. Disbelief and incredulity, but the speed with which my family and family of friends helped me with a plan, was truly humbling.

It’s a terrible way to hear from and see everyone you care about, but I’ve never felt so encircled.

People of faith, my clergy, my friends, and my family have helped stay the nausea, the queasiness, the fatigue, the blahs.

I live on a feeding machine for the next several weeks or months; I juggle medications and tubes like a mixologist; I sleep a lot. Swallowing is a luxury.

But there are so many gifts.

Humor. The first time my sorority sister and I tried to wrestle the lines and hoses of the feed bag that churns a milk drink into my gut, we looked like Lucy and Ethel in a skit. When an old neighbor came to stay, we looked at wigs and got the giggles. The cards people find are seriously funny. And sweet.

And inspirational. And real. No chit-chat with cancer.

Love. Constantly, I am amazed at what is being done for me. Ladies have organized radiation and chemo carpools, make sure I’m never alone for stretches at a time, have not fled from the unpleasantness that is cancer. The many kindnesses from all sorts of people are what bring me to tears. Not selfpity.

Why me? Why not me? Why anybody?

I don’t hate much, but I do hate evil cancer.

So while my columns may take a break, please feel free to follow my journey, which is at once singular and familiar. Every day has a gift. This July, mine is that chemo ends.

Columnist Len Bourland is journaling on her page on Caringbridge.org.

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February Blizzard Not Forgotten in July

Texas Veterans Parade

By Emilea McCutchan People Newspapers

Highest Honor to

Bill McNutt The Navarro-Garcia award is the highest honor for Texas Patriotism.

It is earned by a Patriot who has demonstrated selfless service in the promotion and honoring of Veterans nationwide. Mr. Lee William McNutt is the Co-Founder of State Funeral for World War II Veterans, dedicated to convincing the President to hold a State Funeral for the final MOH recipient from World War II. The award was presented by Hershel “Woody” Williams, MOH, Iwo Jima 1945 on Armed Forces Day. Note: Jose Antonio Navarro was signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

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A year after its COVID-19 cancellation, the Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July Parade will return in all of its patriotic glory plus a wintery mix.

Setting this year’s apart from past parades, organizers are dedicating it to Park Cities’ municipal employees and frontline workers for their service during the pandemic and this year’s blizzard.

“We are very appreciative of the community’s ongoing support and the Rotary Club acknowledging how hard our staff members — both the city and the town — worked during the February storm,” said Steve Mace, University Park’s director of communications and marketing.

The unaffectionately dubbed “Snowmageddon” brought many problems to Park Cities residents and challenges for their municipal employees.

As temperatures dipped into record-breaking lows, the freeze blustered in issues exacerbated by the state’s power grid failure: frozen pipes, broken water mains, and widespread damage to homes that not even the winter wonderland outside could mitigate.

Employees of the city of University Park and town of Highland Park fielded enormous call volumes, responded to requests for water meter shut-offs, and mobilized to repair broken water mains.

In University Park, employees braved f rigid temperatures, worked 12-hour shifts, and fixed 56 broken water mains throughout the six days of the winter storm.

Highland Park employees also worked 12-hour shifts, tackling meter disconnects, water line repairs, and a rescue call for a dog who fell into a frozen creek while chasing a duck onto the ice.

Thankfully, Highland Park Department of Public Safety officers Alex Tacey, Justin Davis, Tim Lednicky, Capt. Chuck Gore, and Lt. Jessa Russell saved the chilly canine.

“Another thing that stood out is dispatchers and town employees rented hotel rooms for a few days because they knew they would not be able to make it back and forth to work with the terrible roads,” said Russell, the town’s public information officer. As a small token of gratitude, residents in both towns provided heartwarming meals to municipal employees.

Highland Park’s Mayor Margo Goodwin

said she “wholeheartedly” supported dedicating the parade to municipal employees.

They came in on their days off to help during the winter storm and practiced COVID-19 safety guidelines throughout the pandemic, so that town hall never shut down, she noted. “Just the fact that they do not work a 9-to-5 job — they come in whenever they are needed — is just exemplary, and I am very proud of every single one of them.”

HPDPS officer Alex Tacey reaches for a dog that fell into frigid water. (PHOTO: COURTESY LT. JESSA RUSSELL)

EARLY INDEPENDENCE DAY What: The Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July Parade, themed “United We Stand” and dedicated to frontline workers who served during the pandemic and February blizzard, benefits the North Texas Food Bank.

When: 9 a.m. July 3 (Lineup begins at 7:30 a.m. at Highland Park Town Hall, and the parade will follow its usual route to Goar Park.)

Grand marshals: After not getting to ride last year, Jim and Laurie Hitzelberger return as honorees this July.

Goar Park fun: The city of University Park is organizing an outdoor movie, a fun zone with a rock-climbing wall, a ‘silent party’ outdoor concert, and an e-sports gaming tournament. Festivities end at 1 p.m.

Online: parkcitiesrotary.org

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Need a ‘Grisly,’ Hard-Sounding, or ‘Naughty’ Read?

(PHOTOS: COURTESY, PEXELS.COM)

“Deadly Dallas: A History of Unfortunate Incidents and Grisly Fatalities”

By Rusty Williams $21.99 historypress.com Didn’t get enough “grisliness” in 202021? A former journalist will take readers back a dozen decades to explore tragic events, most of which occurred before the Park Cities incorporated.

Williams, an award-winning writer-historian, has authored multiple books and written stories for the Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, San Antonio Express, and Associated Press. His latest book comes out near the end of June.

According to publicity materials, it chronicles “heartbreaking and bizarre forms in which death stalked Dallas at the turn of the century.”

“CH is the Most Challenging Sound” By Cynthia Marlow and Michelle Marlow Illustrated by Megan Skeels $21.95 tamupress.com In 2019, we introduced this children’s series by two sisters-in-law who combined their interest in education and love for North Texas to create fun stories aimed at helping children with speech impediments.

They are back at it with their latest volume, published this spring.

The fun tale of Charley, a young girl who desperately wants to win her school charity contest to get to the State Fair of Texas, includes “secret tips” for tackling her troubles with the CH sound.

“I Am Luney: The Untold Story of the World’s Naughtiest Man”

By Josh Hickman $14.99 Amazon.com First, let me apologize for the headlines I’ve run on top of Hickman’s recent stories in our papers. They were nowhere as entertaining as the ones this comic novelist puts on his books.

The Highland Park author returned to the area several months ago after 14 years in Los Angeles. His latest book begs the question: Just how “naughty” is it?

“It’s not really naughty at all,” Hickman assured me. “Tame by the standards of today. It’s a comic novel. Much of the humor comes from the mundane ‘crimes’ the title character is accused of committing.”

Here’s how the press release describes the book: “From his beginnings as a rebellious child of means through his later years as an elusive recluse, Luney’s life explodes across the page through various moral scandals, naughty religious cults, thrilling séances, and lusty romances, and his increasingly obsessive search for a fabled Elixir of Life.”

Oh my!

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Sports

DIAMOND DREAMS: HP GRAD STILL HAS PASSION FOR PITCHING Now in Triple-A, Milburn moves closer to major-league target

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

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hen the COVID-19 pandemic canceled their 2020 baseball season, Matt Milburn and other journeyman minor-leaguers had a decision to make. Was it worthwhile to continue chasing big-league goals, or was it time to hang up the cleats and move on?

Milburn, a former Highland Park standout who has pitched in the Oakland Athletics system since 2016, decided to return to his roots.

Left to work out on his own, Milburn spent much of last summer throwing into a net at HP.

I still want to pursue the dream of playing in the major leagues.

Matt Milburn In March, when he was at spring training and details of the 2021 minor-league season were confirmed, he knew he made the right choice.

“You realize how much you miss it when it’s taken away from you,” Milburn said. “When we found

Matt Milburn has appeared as a starter and a relief pitcher this season for the Las Vegas Aviators, including a game where the team wore an alternative Reyes de Plata jersey. (PHOTO: STEVE SPATAFORE) out there was going to be a season, you get excited again and get those butterflies. I still want to pursue

the dream of playing in the major leagues.”

Milburn, 27, is pitching this

season for the Las Vegas Aviators in Class AAA, just one step away from taking the mound for the A’s.

Not only is he pitching in a new, amenity-filled ballpark in Las Vegas, but he’s also able to fly to road trips rather than having to endure long bus rides between small towns for the first time in five professional seasons.

“This was definitely a step up for me. You’re so close, and you’re looking for that one thing that would put you in that MLB category,” he said. “You’re around guys who have been in the major leagues before, and you watch how they go about their work. It’s a completely different atmosphere than at the lower levels. I’m next to them every day and try to learn from them.”

After graduating from HP in 2012, Milburn pitched four seasons at Wofford College in South Carolina. He was selected by the A’s in the 29th round of the MLB Draft in 2016.

Since then, he’s logged almost 500 innings while gradually working his way up the ladder, having spent seasons in Burlington, Vermont; Beloit, Wisconsin; Stockton, California; and most recently, Midland in 2019.

“I love the A’s. There’s something to staying with the same organization your whole career,” he said. “That means they believe in you, to keep giving you the opportunity every day.”

Milburn didn’t pitch in any MLB games in spring training this year, but he worked out with the big-league club every day. A few days before the season, he was assigned to Las Vegas, where he’s focused on improving his velocity and versatility.

“It’s all about getting outs and performing. If you can do that, then you’ll have a job,” Milburn said. “It motivates me every day.”

MAKING HIS PITCH Matt Milburn is in his fifth season pitching in the Oakland Athletics organization. As he moves through the minor leagues, he has been based in a different city each season.

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Young Guns Stay on Course for PGA Tour Success

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

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The golf paths of Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler had crossed many times before at the junior level, so a professional pairing in their backyard made perfect sense.

The two rising stars on the PGA Tour played alongside one another, plus fellow area product Jordan Spieth, during the first two rounds of the AT&T Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney.

The parallels extend beyond geographical proximity. Both had sensational amateur careers and are in the top 40 in the World Golf Ranking, yet still searching for their first PGA Tour victories despite several close calls.

Scheffler, 24, a Highland Park High School graduate, highlighted a terrific rookie season in 2020 with a fourth-place finish at the PGA Championship.

Zalatoris, 24, graduated from Trinity Christian Academy and lives in Highland Park. He PCP_July2021-1x10Banner-draft3.1.pdf was in the top five at last year’s 1 6/10/2021 U.S. Open, then posted a runner-up finish at the Masters in April.

For both, the Byron Nelson is special, and so is TPC Craig Ranch, the tournament home for the next five years.

“I’ve got a lot of great memories here,” Zalatoris said. “I guess I’ve been competing here basically half my life.”

That includes competing in a foursome alongside Scheffler in a Northern Texas PGA junior championship event at the same course when they were 12.

“It was in the middle of August, and it was so hot that I think we both took towels and dumped them in coolers and literally wrapped them around our necks and played with them on the entire day,” Zala- Park Cities residents Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris are seeking their first PGA Tour victories toris said. “I could probably name seven or after reaching the top 40 in the World Golf Ranking. (PHOTOS: CHRIS MCGATHEY AND COURTESY PGA TOUR) eight times that we’ve played together, probably between, like, 9 and 15, where we were resident and former Jesuit standout is a Scheffler was one shot ahead of Zalatoduking it out.” three-time major winner who beat both of ris after their two rounds together. However, Large galleries followed the trio in both his contemporaries over the weekend, tying Zalatoris wound up tied for 17th at 16-under par over four days, while Scheffler finof their rounds together, even with fan ca- for ninth place. pacity restricted as a precautionary measure.

“They’re both obviously incredibly talent- ished tied for 47th at 11-under.

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Business

FUN FASHION FINDS: BERKLEY CLOTHING AND EMPOWERED COWGIRL New York designer draws on Texas roots for inspiration

By Maddie Spera

Special Contributor

Loren Heller and Hillary Cullum started the luxury activewear line Berkley Clothing. Visit berkleyclothing.com to learn more. (PHOTOS: COURTESY BERKLEY CLOTHING)

They got leggings and know moms-to-be can use them

By Rachel Snyder

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niversity Park’s Loren Heller had trouble finding maternity activewear leggings while pregnant with her daughter, Leighton, so she and f riend Hillary Cullum started their Berkley line in 2020.

“What existed was what ... I term ‘throwaway leggings’ — intended to be worn for a short period of time,” Heller said. “I did what most women do, which is buy something two sizes too big.”

Heller and Cullum met while working for Neiman Marcus in Colorado about 15 years ago. Neiman Marcus eventually brought the pair to Dallas.

They started work on their line of luxury maternity leggings in 2019. The first, named the Janey and the Cindy after Heller and Cullum’s mothers, feature four-way stretch and come in trendy prints. “(We) spent the next year and a half perfecting the perfect pair

of maternity leggings,” Heller said. “We started with the leggings as the most essential part of our assortment.”

Women struggle finding clothing that makes them feel like who they are during their pregnancy.

Hillary Cullum Cullum said they sought to fill a gap in the activewear market. “ When Loren brought the idea to me, we did research (on) what was out there,” she said.

“The (activewear) market is really penetrated, and there are lots of options ... (but) when you become pregnant, that’s really not available to you anymore.”

Heller said they sought to empower women with their

clothing line.

“Our heart and souls are in every aspect of the design,” she said. “Women struggle finding clothing that makes them feel like who they are during their pregnancy.”

Cullum said they designed their leggings to take women through pregnancy and postpartum times.

The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges as the pair were working on launching their brand.

“Berkley is designed in Dallas and made in LA. During the shutdown, it made it very difficult to get anything moving quickly,” Heller said. “What would have taken us a couple months took us basically a year.”

The shift to working f rom home also added to the importance of their goal of providing comfortable, functional activewear, Heller said.

In the future, they hope to launch tops to go with their leggings and partner with retailers.

Ellie Gilchrist brings a bit of country to the big city with her Empowered Cowgirl line of jackets and accessories.

In May, the New York-based designer introduced her recently launched inaugural fashion line to Dallas shoppers with a popup event at her parents’ Highland Park home.

Gilchrist’s family owns clothing stores in Lubbock, so the world of retail and fashion has been ingrained in her from an early age.

After studying fashion design at Texas Tech, Gilchrist immediately went to New York for an internship at esteemed fashion title Harper’s Bazaar.

“It was kind of like Devil Wears Prada, but the internship version,” Gilchrist said. “It was an intense but fun environment, and I loved the fast pace of everything.”

That led to more opportunities, including internships focusing on her interest in creation and design.

“I ended up with Jason Wu in 2015, and that was the first exposure I had to production, and that’s kind of where my career went for a few years,” she added.

Jason Wu let Gilchrist go from her job as a production coordinator at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

That setback provided an opportunity to focus on fashion design.

FEEL EMPOWERED Visit empoweredcowgirl. com for more information or to shop Ellie Gilchrist’s fashion line.

Ellie Gilchrist held an Empowered Cowgirl pop-up event in May at her parent’s Highland Park home. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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“One of my main inspiration sources is actually the Cowgirl Museum in Fort Worth,” Gilchrist said. “I went there in 2017 for the first time and fell in love with it. There’s a hall of fame with these really dynamic, strong women who come from all over the world. I figured there was a marketplace for this, like fusing the western style with more of a modern, sophisticated woman.

“City girls and country girls could both understand the Empowered Cowgirl,” she said.

“And a cowgirl within this spirit also just means someone who is hardworking, has dignity, responsibility, and grace at the same time. So I wanted to fuse those things into apparel.”

Gilchrist plans to have more pop-ups and take her line to trade shows in the coming months. She is focusing her energy on improving and expanding her line and is excited about the future of the collection.

“I feel the creative spark quite often, so there are a lot of possibilities, for even just the pieces that I’ve already done,” Gilchrist said. “So this is going to be my next thing, but just enhanced.”

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The Floral Frog is Hopping into Homes

Sarah Jaudes, a stay-at-home mom one day, insta-florist the next

me doing something I love,” Jaudes said. “And I think it is important for them to see how you can pick up a dream and turn it into something bigger — even if it’s just a little flower gig that brings me joy.”

MAKING ARRANGEMENTS

They start at $25, but the average one will cost you $100. Place orders online, through email, or by Instagram direct message. www.thefloralfrog.com sarah@thefloralfrog.com @thefloralflog

By Diana Oates

special contributor “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee.

It blossoms and the bee comes.”

— Mark Nepo University Park mom of four, Sarah Jaudes, has blossomed into a floral entrepreneur.

And lucky for neighbors and friends, this talent of hers, that was once just a hobby, can be enjoyed by Dallasites that delight in beautiful blooms.

“Having four kiddos is a fulltime gig in itself, and a hubby who was working all the time didn’t really allow for much free time either,” Jaudes said. “One day, when the kids were all in school, and the hubby was around more, I snapped a pic of some flowers I did and made an Instagram page for it. And voilà!”

Perhaps one day, Sarah Jaudes will open a storefront for her floral business. For now, she makes her arrangements at home. (PHOTOS: SARAH BLAZE PHOTOGRAPHY) But what would she call her business? As an advertising major at SMU, Jaudes adores jingles and jangles, always coming up with catchy names and slogans. So, when a business of her own needed a nifty name, she put her pencil to the pad and started jotting down anything and everything that came to mind involving flowers.

Enter: the flower frog — a device used in floral arrangements from time to time to create a solid base or structure in which to build your arrangement. They are unique and differ in style. Made from metal to glass and even pottery, these collector’s

items often show up as diamonds in the rough at estate sales.

Flower frog + play on words + a little Jaudes pizazz = The Floral Frog.

With a self-proclaimed organic garden style, Jaudes equates creating the perfect floral arrangement to painting a piece of art. And like art, one style doesn’t fit all. No, you won’t find traditional boutiques of tight domes in her petal portfolio.

She aims for an aesthetic that feels straight from the garden, albeit a chic garden.

In addition to her floral arrangements, Jaudes offers custom

gift baskets. Because sometimes the recipient might just need a little something extra, right? Whether your girlfriend just had a baby or your child’s teacher is getting married, she’s armed with florals and friends to make your delivery downright dreamy. She carries B’s Knees Candles and offers a monthly floral subscription.

On top of the ultimate compliment of getting business through word-of-mouth referrals, the most rewarding part of her new gig is feeling the love from her support staff, aka her family.

“My kids respect and appreciate

One day, when the kids were all in school, and the hubby was around more, I snapped a pic of some flowers I did and made an Instagram page for it. And voilà!

Sarah Jaudes Jaudes is jazzed about the future, and who knows, perhaps one day she will be crafting her custom creations from a space that is strictly for her stems.

“Getting my own little shop would be a dream,” Jaudes said. “It would mean graduating from the garage, which I had to air condition, and giving back our ping pong table that I’ve hijacked as a workstation.”

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Overflowing with Visitors? Time To Pop Up a Hut

Entrepreneur’s idea gives homeowners luxury of more room, flexibility

By Bethany Erickson

and ordinances) left him realizing that he wouldn’t be able to scale and expand the project easily.

His epiphany, he said, came one day when he went to pull in beside his wife’s car in the garage.

“I’m looking in the garage, and the light bulb goes off, and I’m thinking like, this has some potential, there’s your roof, there’s already electricity running to this thing, there’s a nice concrete foundation,” he said.

“I could build something that I could just quickly set up and take down when we don’t need it and be able to park the car in the garage again.”

What resulted (after several months of research and prototypes) was Popup Hut, a portable room that you can install in your garage that can be heated or cooled, has electricity, and can be an additional guest room, workout room, or home office.

“I built the first prototype, and we used the heck out of it,” he said. “It actually became my office for a while.”

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David Windle’s idea for a portable extra room wasn’t borne out of the pandemic. Still, when he mentioned his fledgling Popup Hut company among North Dallas NextDoor neighbors a few months in to the safer-at-home orders, it captured attention.

The story, however, starts in 2017 when Windle and his wife decided to host their families for Thanksgiving. They didn’t think everyone they invited would RSVP. When they did, their three-bedroom home suddenly became a tight fit that culminated in his sister-in-law sleeping in the utility room.

I built the first prototype, and we used the heck out of it. It actually became my office for a while.

David Windle “We tried to make it as homie as possible, we blew up this mattress, put a couple of candles in, and lots of flowers, but I guarantee you she was pretty miserable for the three nights she was at our house,” he said, ruefully.

That need for the occasional extra room didn’t leave when his relatives left that

POPUP BASICS David Windle’s idea for a portable extra room for your house came pre-pandemic, but interest in Popup Hut increased as more people began to work from home. (PHOTOS: POP UP HUT) year, either.

In 2019, after leaving a decade-long stint in finance and traveling a bit, Windle discovered his next venture — creating a prototype (and eventually a business) of a portable room that was better than a tent in

terms of comfort but just as easy to put up and take down.

His first idea was a kind of accessory dwelling unit that would be easy to construct. Meetings with the city of Dallas (and a look at other cities permitting processes

The modular 100-square-foot huts retail for $1,295 and can be built at half the size if needed. Made of military-grade fabric with steel supports, they include ports for air conditioner hoses, a door and windows, and carrying cases. Visit popuphut.com.

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JULY 3 Dress patriotically, decorate your bikes and strollers, and join us for Family Day at the Farmers Market to celebrate Independence Day!

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Live Beautifully 3524 Centenary Drive Offered for $4,195,000 5 Bed / 6.2 Bath / 7,142 Sq.Ft. Susan Baldwin 214.763.1591 susan.baldwin@alliebeth.com

Inspired Design 5656 Celestial Road Offered for $4,250,000 3 Bed / 3.1 Bath / 7,196 Sq.Ft. Alex Perry & Elizabeth Wisdom 214.926.0158 / 214.244.0181 alex.perry@alliebeth.com elizabeth.wisdom@alliebeth.com

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Inhale the Beauty 5403 Preston Fairways Circle – SOLD Offered for $1,150,000 4 Bed / 5 Bath / 4,707 Sq.Ft. Susan Bradley 214.674.5518 susan.bradley@alliebeth.com

Enchanting and Elegant 4321 Purdue Avenue – SOLD Private Sale 4 Bed / 3 Bath / Pool Marc Ching 214.728.4069 marc.ching@alliebeth.com

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SOLD Twice in a Year!

3401 Drexel Drive – SOLD Offered for $3,595,000 5 Bed / 5.2 Bath / 7,098 Sq.Ft. Teffy Jacobs 214.676.3339 teffy.jacobs@alliebeth.com

Horse Country Spectacular 748 Cimarron Court Offered for $4,500,000 7 Bed / 11,501 Sq.Ft. / 5.556 Acres Clarke Landry 214.316.7416 clarke.landry@alliebeth.com

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Selling Highland Park 5450 Fairfield Avenue – SOLD Offered for $2,250,000 4 Bed / 4 Bath / 4,936 Sq.Ft. Lucinda Buford 214.728.4289 lucinda.buford@alliebeth.com

3428 Asbury Street Offered for $920,000 3 Bed / 2.1 Bath / 2,620 Sq.Ft.

12 Robledo Drive Offered for $2,345,000 4 Bed / 4.2 Bath / 6.976 Sq.Ft.

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Comings and Goings Eighty Three 0 Eight

Preston Center Plaza The salon features a hair studio, nail services, facials, and medspa.

Kid Art

Snider Plaza The studio moved to a larger location to allow owner Tori Pendergrass to include a long-awaited local artist gallery, gift boutique, and evening events.

Farmhouse Delivery

farmhousedelivery.com The online company expanded its service area to include the Park Cities, east Dallas, and other neighborhoods. It offers weekly deliveries and options ranging from meal kits, Farmhouse Kitchen dishes, grocery goods, as well as boxes of produce and meats. Deliveries in the Dallas market are every Thursday. Place orders by 3 p.m. Tuesdays.

The Bar Method

11661 Preston Road The new 1,806-square-foot studio is the 154th nationwide but the first studio owned and operated by owner Melissa Moore. The studio offers hour-long, barrebased workouts that use isometric exercises to tone muscles, followed by stretching periods.

Farmhouse Delivery

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COMING D.L. Mack’s

6501 Hillcrest Avenue The sixth concept for the Dallas-Fort Worth-owned and operated Valenday Hospitality Group will open in the former Biscuit Bar location. The reimagined 2,400-square-foot space will feature an outdoor garden patio. Its menu will include D.L. Mack’s Chicago-style cracker crust pizza, the “World’s Coldest Martinis,” and other elevated takes on classic American dishes inspired by Chicago eateries.

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HOUSE OF THE MONTH

6 Island Drive, Cedar Creek Lake

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his 1.24-acre waterf ront home, complete with pool, is set on an island in Cedar Creek Lake’s Pinnacle Country Club. With lake frontage totaling 266 feet of deep, wide open water, the premier lot is one of the prettiest around with majestic trees and unobstructed water views. The residence offers three living areas, four gas fireplaces, an office, billiard room, two primary suites, and an amazing kitchen with gas cooktop and Viking appliances.

(PHOTOS: COURTESY EBBY HALLIDAY REALTORS)

The property has been beautifully designed with custom woodwork, handpainted carved coffered ceilings and exquisite chandeliers. Outdoors is a gunite pool with expansive patio, and a boathouse that accommodates two boats and four personal watercraft. There is also a four-car garage and metal shake-shingle roof with lifetime warranty. Pinnacle Country Club offers a guard-gated entry, restaurant, pool, golf, and tennis.

Real Talk: Botond Laszlo

Botond Laszlo left Romania for the United States in 2001 and hit the ground running, first as a building engineer at the Galleria, doing home renovations and repairs on the side.

He hung his shingle up as Marvelous Home Makeovers not long after, creating innovative designs and seeing them through for upscale clientele all over the Park Cities and Preston Hollow.

He prides himself on building a clientele based on word-of-mouth and happy client referrals.

Seventeen years (and several awards) later, Laszlo rebranded his full-service firm as MHM Living.

Best advice for anyone considering a remodeling project?

Understand why you are remodeling.

Is it because you need more space, or is it that the space is dysfunctional?

Have a vision. Did you see an example of a great gourmet kitchen or visit a house that connected their backyard with their living room? Do you have design ideas? If so, bring ideas/colors/pictures of rooms/materials that you like or inspire you.

Think about how the construction process and the end result will impact you and your family.

Think about the type of builder you want. Do you want a turnkey design and build firm or a handyman type of company?

Weigh out and manage your expectations about time, cost, and communication methods.

What is the best thing about your job?

The best part of my job is building genuine relationships with our clients. That, and being able to create spaces that are unique to them is equally as rewarding. I What is the mostenjoy developing used room in your home? spaces that capture In my home, who they are and both the kitchen reflect their personality and lifestyle. It and family room is so fulfilling to see Botond Laszlo (PHOTO: COURTESY MHM LIVING) are the center of clients happy with our home, like most their completed renovation that met or ex- people. It is where we spend most of our ceeded their expectations and to continue time, whether it is just the family or if we those relationships after the project has have our friends over. Having a multi-purbeen completed. pose space that can accommodate any occasion is important.

If you could go back in time and give just-starting-out you any advice, what Can you give us a couple of fun facts would it be? about yourself?

Have a clear vision – know where you Ever since I was a child, I’ve always enare going. joyed working with my hands. When I was Make sure you have the right people 14, I even dug out and built the foundation from the beginning; an amazing team is of our garage. At the age of 15, I would DJ crucial for growth. and continued to for four years. Lastly, I Surround yourself with successful peo- raced mountain bikes for many years. To ple and learn from them. this day, I’m still an avid rider!

Be bold and just do it.

Realize that you NEVER stop learning.

– Staff Report

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Schools

CONGRATULATIONS, HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2021

By Rachel Snyder

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After a year of social distancing, the Highland Park High School class of 2021 finally gathered, celebrated, and walked the stage at Moody Coliseum.

“Since freshman year, we’ve established ourselves as a proactive Highland Park class,” valedictorian Clarabel Chen told her classmates on May 28.

“We’ve stood up for what’s right, always striving to learn more in hopes that we can become better versions of ourselves that ultimately form better versions of our communities,” Chen said. “We’ve been community organizers and volunteers; we’ve been protesters and voters.”

The class of 2021 includes 13 National Merit finalists, five National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars, two National African American Recognition Program Scholars, 32 National Merit Commended students, 47 National AP Scholars, the National Football Foundation Gridiron Club of Dallas scholar-athlete of the year, Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) Cross Country athlete of the year, an All-State band member, and team and individual medalists in various UIL competitions.

The class of 2021 also received more than $9 million in scholarships.

“Growing up seems scary, but it’s a part of our lives,” salutatorian Tabish Soleman said. “So as we move forward with gratitude in our hearts and graduation money in our pockets, let us walk in our next chapter with open arms and an even more open mind.”

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Valedictorian: Clarabel Chen

Salutatorian: Tabish Soleman

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Cate Rhodes receives Blanket Award from principal Jeremy Gilbert

Football Coach Randy Allen greets graduates

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Parents: Scot and Louba Laurie Town: University Park High School: Highland Park High School Achievements/Honors: National Merit Finalist, Summa Cum Laude, National Honor Society, National AP Scholar, Gridiron Football Club Scholar Athlete, Academic All-State, 2nd Team All District, Orchestra Honors, Mu Alpha Theta, Cornerstone Athlete Scholar, Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor society, English National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, All-Region Orchestra, State Ensemble Qualifier College Acceptance: University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences Commencement Date: May 28, 2021 @ SMU

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LEFT: Pictured with Mattie Terrell, Donna Pierce wears a string of pearls gifted to her for her years of service. RIGHT: Donna Pierce mans the computer as she gives her final astronomy show. (PHOTOS: JULIET ALLAN, EDWARD CHALUPA)

Retired! Donna Pierce Stars in Her Final Planetarium Show Astronomy teacher Donna C. Pierce, wearing a periwinkle spacesuit and signature red lipstick, greeted every attendee personally before her final starry sky show in her namesake planetarium.

After 41 years of educating students across Highland Park J U L I E T A L L A N ISD, she could “go down the rows” and find so many familiar faces in her last audience.

“There were students, there was family, astronomy club, there were all ages,” she said.

Former student Field Parsons, whose mother was also a student of Pierce’s, helped organize the final show.

He initially met Peirce during his second-grade birthday party, which featured a

show about black holes led by the “planetarium lady” herself.

Parsons would later become a four-year member and, eventually, president of her astronomy club when he reached high school.

Although Parsons did not pursue astronomy in college, he carries on what he calls “one percent” of Pierce’s legacy by giving occasional star shows to his friends with his telescope.

“That one percent of the monstrosity of love and experience and care that she has is enough for just about anybody,” he said.

Former students make it clear that one of the most memorable annual events in astronomy was the trip to the McDonald Observatory in Marfa, Texas. There, they learned from astronomers and observed the stars, an experience that had a significant impact on astronomy club president Mattie Terrell.

The rising senior called that first trip to the

observatory her freshman year “life-changing.”

“It opened my eyes to something that I was really passionate about,” Terrell said.

There were students, there was family, astronomy club, there were all ages.

Donna C. Pierce Pierce described watching students like Parsons grow as the most rewarding part of her career at HPISD. Unlike most teachers in the district, Pierce had the opportunity to teach students from nearly all grade levels. Starting in elementary school, students take busses to the planetarium.

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“They’re just like sponges,” Pierce said.

“They’re the best.”

Presenting anything from constellations to spectroscopy, Pierce draws in audiences of every age with her quick wit and matter-offact teaching.

While the visuals on the screen served their purpose beautifully during her final program, Donna Pierce stood out as the star of the show.

Her impact on the community cannot be reduced to her out-of-this-galaxy teaching prowess.

Over the past “41 orbits around the sun” in HPISD, Pierce has created a legacy as an exemplary educator, a coveted member of the community, and friend to all who know her.

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Robotics Expanding Beyond High School

PC-TAG gift supports program for students in grades five to eight

By Rachel Snyder

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Thanks to a $10,000 gift from the Park Cities Talented and Gifted (PC-TAG) parent organization, robotics in Highland Park ISD won’t be just for the high school students much longer.

McCulloch Intermediate and Highland Park Middle School will use the funds to begin offering a comprehensive robotics program with classroom and extracurricular activities in engineering and coding.

The science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) grant also provides instruction and resources for a fifthgrade science unit in electrical circuits. “(PC-TAG) supports families of students who are identified for gifted services, but they support lots of our innovative programming, and they often propose or look for ways to support our teachers in the classrooms doing any kind of innovative instructional practices,” said MIS principal Skip Moran. “Chris (Miller, HPMS principal) and I with Jean (Streepey, STEAM instructional coach for MIS and HPMS) were able to just do some brainstorming, work with some of our campus leadership, and really identify that engineering and robotics was an area where we wanted to think about what some programming with that would look like.”

Streepey said the grant funded the purchase of equipment – including the VEX IQ

LEFT: Highland Park Middle principal Chris Miller, 2020-2021 PC-TAG president Aparna Bohil, 2021-2022 president Amy Kovac, and MIS principal Skip Moran. (PHOTO: TINA NETTLETON) RIGHT: HPISD provided robotics lessons to fifth-graders to gauge their interest in the topic. (PHOTO: LAURA STAGER) robotics system for the fifth and sixth graders and V5 for the upper grades – and allows the campus to align more closely with what the high school offers.

“We’ll have all that equipment ordered over the summer so that when the school year starts up in August, we’ll begin introducing those robotics programs into our fifth and sixth-grade science classes, and hopefully maybe some after-school and extracurricular activities,” Moran said.

Miller said the middle school is adding at least two sections of engineering classes next school year.

“I think the partnership came together at a great time,” he said. “I think it really will build across MIS to the middle school, and even though this is strictly an MIS/middle school grant, the high school will feel the benefits of this, I believe.”

Streepey also hopes the program helps create an entry point for students in fifth-

eighth grades to pursue their interests in engineering and robotics.

“I think we are so lucky to have our fifththrough eighth-graders all in one building because they come in as young 10-yearolds and leave us ready for the high school,” she said. “And we can create a pathway for them that is vertically aligned so that when they have these experiences, and they love it, there’s a path for them to pursue those interests.”

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Society

EQUEST 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DRAWS ROYAL CAMEO

Playhouses Get Real Home Durability

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Lisa Laughlin and Katherine Wyker

Katie Layton and Louise Griffeth

Lauren Davis and Brandi Chalmers Sabrina Williams and James Taylor

Luke and Rachel Branyan

Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne (PHOTOS: THOMAS GARZA)

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Margaret and Ryan Wolf

Pat McLaughlin with Annie and Teal Griffeth

The sold-out Equest 40th Anniversary Gala: Celebrating 40 Years of Horse Power brought 575 people out to the new Al Hill, Jr. Arena at Texas Horse Park for dining, dancing, and horses.

Guests admired the therapy horses groomed in stylish summer cuts and braids for the occasion and posed with the Equest Mini Ambassadors, two miniature horses under 36 inches tall.

The event, chaired by Lisa and Kendall Laughlin and Katherine and Austin Wyker, raised more than $600,000 to support the agency’s work to heal children and adults with diverse needs through equine-assisted activities and therapies.

Appearing via video, Princess Anne, an Olympian equestrian and longtime advocate of equine therapies who had visited Equest in 2000, sent her warmest wishes from Buckingham Palace.

– Staff report

Les Owens of LRO Residential has lent his building expertise to Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark for 12 years and is at it again this year.

LRO Residential builds homes in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Bluffview, and Devonshire.

Over the years, Owens has built a range of playhouses – from whimsical cottages to a fire station to a farmhouse with a copper silo. This year’s is a high-ceilinged cottage with a wooden roof.

“We frame the walls, and the roof, the rafters – everything just like you would a house,” Owens said. “So, it’s going to stand up over the test of time for sure.

The front door, it’s ... real wood, just like a mini wood front door would be, real windows provided by Anderson, wood floors just like we put in the house, sheetrock.”

Parade of Playhouses is the signature fundraising event for Dallas CASA, a nonprofit that advocates for abused and neglected children.

“Over the years, I’d seen it go into the mall,” Owens said of the event. “I always thought it was kind of neat, and when we had our first child ... we signed up. We were able to participate in it and thought as long as we have kids, it’d be a good thing to do every year. (It’s an) easy way to give back that aligns with what we do.”

Les Owens of LRO Residential works on his playhouse for Dallas CASA’s 26th annual Parade of Playhouses coming to NorthPark Center July 9 - 25. (PHOTO: RACHEL SNYDER)

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Party Hopping: Fancy Cars, Cool Art, Great Causes

SEATED: Ley Waggoner, Linda Tunnell, and Jan Waggoner. STANDING: Stan Wright, Charlotte Hudgin, and Pam Carvey. (Courtesy Rotary Club of Park Cities)

Chris and Laura Thomason with Paige and Marc Sachs. (George Fiala / Folds of Honor)

Audrey, Dan, Whitney, and Lucy Hopkin. (Photo: Rob Wythe/Wythe Portrait Studio)

The Eye sculpture and two all-electric Porsche Taycans made for an irresistible photo spot. (Photo: Michael Ainsworth) Picnicking at Bonton A pandemic year couldn’t stop the Rotary Club of Park Cities from raising $150,000+ for the planned Bonton Clinic in south Dallas.

Club members celebrated May 28 with a picnic lunch at Bonton Farms, a nonprofit which uses its two urban farms, a market, a cafe, and coffee house to provide food, employment, and economic development for the Bonton community.

Folds of Honor party Monica and Joe Eastin opened their home May 27 for the 2021 North Texas Folds of Honor Gala kickoff party, an evening of patriotism fueled by personal testimonials, camaraderie, and passion, along with a live performance by country artist Stoney LaRue. Laura and Chris Thomason and Paige and Marc Sachs received World War II

Carol Stabler, Gail Plummer, Barbara Sypult, and Kay Hammond.

(Photo: Wythe Portrait Studios)

handmade bomber jackets for their work supporting Folds of Honor’s mission: providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service-members.

Eye on Porsche Two all-electric Porsche Taycans – a Chalk Turbo S and a Neptune Blue 4S – flanked downtown Dallas’ iconic Eye sculpture during a Porsche Dallas launch party sponsored by the Joule Hotel.

Social media lit up with photos on May 27 of guests posing beside and inside the Taycans (rhymes with “icons”). Swag bags included a wireless phone charger and the latest issue of D Magazine.

‘Fun, fun, fun’ Vogel Alcove’s 29th annual Arts Performance Event fundraiser drew 700 supporters

in person and virtually for a Beach Boys concert on the lawn at the AT&T Performing Arts Center Annette Strauss Artist Square.

All proceeds benefit the efforts of the early childhood education and Parent Opportunity Center to “rewire brains, repair hearts, and restore the families of homeless children in Dallas.”

Alzheimer’s myths Call it a sign of the times: This year’s AWARE Affair Celebrate The Moments Alzheimer’s Myths Unveiled fundraiser occurred indoors, outdoors, and online with food, music, comedy, and other programming at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden.

The 2020 Inaugural Founders Award went to Barbara Sypult and the 2021 Founder’s Award to Kay Hammond. Emcee Scott Murray tackled Alzheimer’s Myths,

Celeste Gaierea of Texas Ballet Theatre.

(Photo: Courtesy Business Council for the Arts) noting that a diagnosis is nothing to be ashamed of and does not invalidate a patient’s importance, value, or lifetime accomplishments.

Art of biodiversity?

The 2021 Business Council for the Arts Leadership Arts Institute Dallas class hosted The Art of Discovery, a celebration fundraising event and art auction on April 24 at The Texas Discovery Gardens (TDG), a champion of biodiversity in North Texas.

The 2021 LAI Dallas class raised more than $33,000 to provide critically needed repairs to TDG greenhouses that preserve endangered species of plants unique to North Texas. Local galleries and artists earned $16,000-plus in proceeds from the auction.

– Compiled by William Taylor

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Living

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1) Adding greenery helps to soften this white-and-gray den. 2) This formal living and entry area combine rough organic textures with smooth surfaces, like the metal flower bowl on the mirrored console and the glass vase on the coffee table. 3) Sometimes the only plant you need for a room is a tall potted plant in the corner, like the one in this game room. (PHOTOS: MICHAEL HUNTER)

TIPS FOR DECORATING WITH PLANTS

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ny home will benefit from a few well-placed plants, whether they’re live or faux.

If you’re about to take a trip to the nursery and are wondering where your plants will go when you MARGARET get home, read on CHAMBERS for some designer tips on incorporating them into a space.

Begin by looking for any unused corners, shelves, or trays where plants could go. For the most impact, you can’t go wrong with putting a large potted plant or indoor tree in your living room corner. Some other great places to display potted plants include balconies and on tables (such as breakfast tables, coffee tables, and dining tables).

My personal favorite containers for plants are blue-and-white porcelain pots and attractive baskets. Keep in mind that your

plant containers should match the overall style for your house. While blue-and-white pottery is more traditional, containers made of sleek metal or ceramic are more contemporary. Baskets can go either way.

If you’re intimidated by the upkeep required with live plants, or if you travel often, faux plants make a great alternative.

The most important consideration for choosing a faux plant is its realism. Thankfully, the quality of faux plants has improved dramatically in the past 10 years.

Nowadays, you can buy a faux tree for your home that is made with faux leaves attached to real wooden branches. Manufacturers also have started to vary the size and color of the leaves on these products, which goes a long way to creating a realistic look.

To make your faux plants even more difficult to distinguish from the real thing, try mixing them in with any live plants you do have, or putting them near a sunny window.

Don’t put two of the same kind of faux plant

next to each other; the uniformity between the two will be too obvious.

Don’t put two of the same kind of faux plant next to each other; the uniformity between the two will be too obvious.

There are just as many ways to decorate with plants as there are varieties of plants, so don’t be afraid to get creative!

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

Summer is here, and like jailbirds at Leavenworth, we couldn’t wait to break out of COVID prison.

Earlier this year, our youngest, who finished college in May, informed us that for graduation, she wanted an upgrade to a new 2021 Audi from her low mileage 2017 Ford Escape. When it comes to gift M I C H E L E VA L D E Z requests, our kids always swing for the fences.

The conversation that followed began and ended with “No!” Surely her college education, which cost the same as a comfy suburban home, was a gift in itself.

With the backbone of Gumby, we bent and pondered possible presents.

We settled on a trip to the Bahamas and invited three of her besties. To ensure that this fierce foursome stayed on the good side of trouble, and as our reward for bankrolling academia, we decided to tag along. We felt like geniuses.

We arrived on Harbour Island with enough luggage to shame passengers on the Queen Mary II. The beach was layered with pink sand, the same color pink used by Lily Pulitzer. The water was a shade of blue only found in a Crayola 64-count box of crayons.

We rented a house and planned to eat breakfast and lunch in, hoping that our daytime frugality would offset the cost of dinners out. Our theory failed the first night. The college grads opened the evening with rum libations and lobster. To be conservative, I had only one Goombay Smash. Total dinner cost - $700. I began to wish we had invited fewer friends.

The next day we headed to the beach.

When did behinds, as in the kind that I have managed to keep covered my whole life, become so public? I love fashion and knew that the latest trend was “cheeky” bikinis, but on this flamingo-colored beach, there was a full-monty of southern exposure. What’s more, all the other women (except me) donned the same style.

That day I saw more backsides than the last place filly at the Kentucky Derby.

But, by week’s end, I had managed to relax and look past the Baywatch bums and the high price of a Goombay Smash.

Our gaggle of grads had a memorable time, and as they gingerly took their seats on the flight home, I realized they had learned at least one life lesson: Always apply sunblock to parts down under.

Michele Valdez, a slightly compulsive, mildly angry feminist, has been an attorney and community volunteer. She has four demanding adult children, an enthusiastic black lab, and a patient husband.

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Six Degrees of Separation: The Culinary Version If you lived here in 2002 and were old enough to drink, chances are you found yourself at Hotel Zaza, head swiveling, looking for Kato Kaelin or your future ex-spouse.

It’s been almost 20 years since Zaza and Dragonfly, its in-house restaurant, opened, and it amazes me that K E R ST E N R ET TI G they are both still relevant.

Dragonfly’s been led by well-respected chefs including Marc Cassell, Dan Landsberg, and now, Daniel Hatcher. Hatcher’s menu has something for everyone, from a succulent prime filet to a mind-blowing pan roasted redfish with shitakes and rock star starters including masa-battered jalapeño calamari and tender lamb lollipops.

Hatcher’s predecessor, Chef Dan Landsberg, started his career as a dishwasher, worked his way up the ladder, graduated from culinary school at the top of his class, and ended up executive chef of Stephen Pyles. He went on to lead Zaza’s Dragonfly restaurant to accolades for 11 years. Today, Chef Dan Landsberg is the executive chef of Ellie’s the art museum/restaurant in the HALL Arts Hotel, just around the corner from the very same Stephen Pyles restaurant which closed in 2015.

Ellie’s opened in December 2019 with Chef Eric Dreyer in charge. Dreyer was the executive chef at Fearing’s for more than 10 years before pulling a stint as Oprah’s personal chef. Sadly, we didn’t get to enjoy much of his beautifully fresh, California-vibe menu because of the *P* word.

Dreyer left Ellie’s in January 2021 and Zaza’s Landsberg came to Ellie’s in March, putting his own spin on the menu with dishes

like ancho chile coconut palm chicken breast and Texas shell pea hummus with local produce and pita. Ellie’s menu is filled with produce and products from local farms and small purveyors, a signature of Landsberg’s menus.

So, where’s Chef Dryer? He moved to Monarch, the high-above-the-clouds restaurant in The National downtown, home of The Thompson Hotel. Monarch is buzzy right now for its exceptional view from 49 floors up, the beautiful-people crowd, and for its outstanding food. Dreyer’s oven roasted prawns, sea scallops, and pastas command a high price, and they should.

Local chatter included some criticism of Monarch’s prices, such as $18 cocktails and $12 sides, and cancellation policy that charges $25 per person for late cancellations or noshows. Restaurants that serve best-in-class proteins, house-made pastas, and a live Alaskan king crab for $1,000 demonstrate a value proposition that isn’t going to appeal to everyone. Eric Dreyer is one of the best chefs in North Texas right now, and Monarch fills a desire to be spoiled, entertained, wowed, wined, and dined.

If you haven’t noticed by now, the restaurant business is one big game of “Six Degrees of Separation.” Sometimes in the kitchens and sometimes out. To wit, Dragonfly’s Chef Hatcher is from a little town in Louisiana called Zachary where my people, the Rettigs, settled after immigrating from Alsace.

Chef Hatcher went to middle school with my cousin, which delights me almost as much as Dragonfly’s key lime pie made by his sous chef ’s own recipe.

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Memory Lane: Grandmother’s Lemon Meringue Pie Pinned Up Patriotism The secret to any lemon filling begins with the fruit. Taking a short cut by using bottled lemon juice will only yield disappointment after the first taste.

Look for fruit with smooth, thin, bright yellow skin, and avoid lemons with tinges of green, since these are underripe. They should feel heavy for their size for an abundance of juice. Before slicing in half, roll them back and forth on the counter a few times using light pressure from your hand.

It’ll make them easier to squeeze, so you’ll get more juice.

For a pie that’ll win the hearts of your family and guests, serve it within one

LEMON MERINGUE PIE PASTRY Ingredients:

to 11 minutes until the pastry is lightly browned.

Remove it from the oven and cool completely.

minutes to cool, stirring every five minutes. Pour into the cooled pie shell.

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Ingredients:

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes 5-6 tablespoons ice water Directions: Place flour, sugar, and salt into the bowl of a food processor, cover, and pulse several times to mix. Add cold butter and pulse until it is pea-size. Add five tablespoons of ice water and process at low speed until the pastry is crumbly. If the mixture appears dry, add the remaining 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.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Roll the pastry out on a floured pastry cloth or counter and fit it into a 10-inch pie plate. Flute the edges and prick the crust with a fork. Bake the pie shell nine

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day of baking, and preferably on the same day. There’s a rather short window before meringue turns from silky to sticky, which makes it difficult to slice without destroying that picture-perfect meringue. If it begins to stick to the knife, use a wet towel to wipe the knife between each slice.

I never bake a lemon meringue pie without thinking of my grandparents.

What’s your favorite food memory?

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The first dessert I ever baked, at the ripe old age of 12, was a lemon meringue pie, my grandfather Sebastian’s favorite.

As a young girl, I loved watching my grandmother Henrietta in her PennsylC H R I S T Y R O S T vania kitchen roll out pie pastry and expertly flute the edges.

I still have cherished flavor memories of her delicate cookies, but try as I might, I can’t duplicate those. After years of baking in my own kitchen, it dawned on me that the butter, eggs, and even the flour are different from the ones my grandmother used.

Over time, I learned many of her baking techniques, including the pastry cloth she always used for rolling pie and cookie dough so they wouldn’t stick to the counter. I always pack a pastry cloth in my luggage when visiting my mom or our son and daughter-in-law, just in case I have the occasion to whip up a pie, biscuits, or rolled cookies.

Lemon meringue pie is sublime any time of the year, but especially during spring and summer. The bright, lemony tang of the filling, topped with a cloud of melt-in-your-mouth sweet meringue cleanses the palate while satisfying the urge for something light and sweet after chowing down on barbecued ribs, burgers, or a juicy grilled steak.

1 ¼ cups sugar

3 egg whites, at room temperature

1 package unflavored gelatin

¼ teaspoon cream of tartar

1/3 cup cornstarch

1/3 cup sugar

Directions: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

With a mixer on high speed, whip egg whites un3 egg yolks til they are foamy, add cream of tartar, and beat 1 ½ cups water briefly. Gradually add sugar, beating until the meringue forms stiff peaks. ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice With an offset metal spatula or knife, spread 1 teaspoon lemon zest the meringue over the lemon filling, sealing it Directions: In a large saucepan, stir together well at the edges of the pastry. Bake four to five the sugar, gelatin, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk in minutes to lightly brown the meringue. Cool 40 egg yolks, water, lemon juice, and zest. Cook over minutes, then chill until the pie is cold and the medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mix- filling has set. ture thickens and just comes to a boil. Remove the saucepan from the heat and set it aside 15 Yield: 8 to 10 servings ¼ teaspoon salt

The Appleton boys, John, 15, Boone, 13, and Cole, 10, founded 3ApplePins before children younger than 16 became eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine to encourage adults to get immunized.

The Preston Hollow brothers, all students at The Episcopal School of Dallas, found inspiration from their parents who participated in the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial. The financial compensation the Appletons received from the trial served as seed money for the boys’ online store.

“We wanted to contribute to this (PHOTOS: MONECE APPLETON) pandemic being over,” John said. “So we made up an idea of vaccine pins so that people would be encouraged to get vaccinated.”

3ApplePins promotes COVID-19 vaccinations through accessories, featuring their slogan, “for you and me,” to make people view getting vaccinated as a patriotic act, John said.

Cole said 3ApplePins has an ideal target clientele of people who got vaccinated and want to lessen the anxiety others feel about getting immunized.

“We were just talking about how masks could have been more effective if they were patriotic, and so we just thought if we could make vaccines patriotic, then maybe everyone would get them, and everyone would be safer,” Boone said.

The brothers hope people who have gotten vaccinated will encourage others by wearing one of two pin designs available for $10. A portion of their profits goes to the American Red Cross for COVID relief.

Their mother, Monece Appleton, said her sons learned skills such as opening a checking account, getting a PO Box, researching a supplier, packing materials, and shipping.

“They have also learned about problem-solving, managing their time, and being responsible,” she said. “I have no doubt those skills will come in handy as they grow up.”

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peace, this is the home of a lifetime. Designed by noted

design. Featuring 10-foot ceilings, a bright open living area,

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four bedrooms, three full baths, study, gourmet kitchen

star team of professionals — including interior designer

and striking outdoor terrace, enjoy the ease of lock and

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and landscape designer David Rolston — the six-bedroom,

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A welcoming front entry terrace leads to the stunning glass door with sidelights and into the foyer with a

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6915 Baltimore Drive is represented by expert agents JB Hayes and Ralph Randall for $37,500,000, or $46,500,000 with the adjacent .859-acre lot at 7001

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Finding Luxury Living in a Dallas High-Rise

The world has discovered what we always knew – Texas

Buyers of all ages are gravitating toward high-rise living

is a great place to buy a home, raise a family and enjoy an

in Dallas, according to the high-rise luxury experts at Allie

inspired life.

Beth Allman & Associates.

“We have more options on space and are much less

Owning a high-rise home in Dallas comes with easy

congested compared to other large cities,” said Deb Borrell,

walkability to shops and restaurants, and luxury-level

director of Relocation and Business Development for Allie

amenities such as 24-hour concierge services, valet

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parking, and state-of-the-art gyms and pools.

U.S. Census Bureau figures released May 4 show DFW is No. 1 in raw population growth, and Borrell said that’s not likely to change soon.

Here are three homes Allman experts have waiting for them.

For those interested in living the high life here are some homes available right now.

A four-bedroom condo for sale at The Stoneleigh, 2300 Wolf St. #16BC, has an undeniably glamorous atmosphere. The elevator opens directly to the light-filled

On a large lot in Highland Park, a five-bedroom home

foyer, providing privacy and convenience. From there, the

is steps away from Bradfield Elementary School. The

home continues to impress with sweeping city views and

Georgian-style home at 4529 N. Versailles Ave. is built for

elegant modern style. Offering an open layout and 5,427

today’s lifestyle with a first-floor study and bath and a

square feet of living space, the home has plenty of room

beautiful saltwater pool.

for playing host.

A refreshed, single-story home with four bedrooms sits

Across the street, there’s a captivating condo listed on

at 7514 Northaven Road in popular Preston Hollow. The

the 22nd floor of The Mayfair, 3401 Lee Parkway #2203. Its

home has an open floor plan with a sitting area near the eat-

open floor plan is ideal for entertaining and leads out to a

in kitchen. The covered patio has a fireplace.

covered terrace where unobstructed views of Downtown

Visit alliebeth.com for all available listings. The luxury

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North Texas in the sale of homes in several of the most

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guest house. Home is equipped with Geothermal HVAC and natural gas generator.

For more information please contact Kyle Crews (214) 538-1310. asking price as the minimum. If you are or have been a buyer or a seller or have represented any side in the past year, you know the story. Contingencies? Not in this market. This is a seller’s market and even before the sign goes up, the house is probably already sold, especially in the suburbs. The

This Mediterranean home at 8607 Midway Road

average number of days on the market for a single-family

(8607midway.daveperrymiller.com) is sited on a

home in the area has been around 30, with a few exceptions.

Low inventory of homes for sale in the DFW

deep, private .45-acre lot on the quiet stretch of

market hasn’t held back the agents at Allie Beth

Midway where it turns west. Offered by Stephen

Allman & Associates. This year, the brokerage met its

Collins for $1,495,000, the four-bedroom, 3.1-bath

$1 billion annual sales milestone in April, the earliest

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Valley, gained the most, up 35.5% from 2020.

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study to a bright, open kitchen-dining-living area, a

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bankrate.com. That agent can help with negotiating

yard and an incredible year-round outdoor living area

amid multiple offers, which is common today,

featuring a fireplace and fully equipped kitchen.

finding homes via private listings, and navigating

Other amenities: a sizable rear storage building,

disclosures, inspections and other steps in the

three-car garage and a separate air-conditioned

process. In 2020, only 12% of homebuyers declined

bonus space perfect for dogs, hobbies or crafts.

to use an agent while buying a home, according to the National Association of Realtors.

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New Ebby Home-Search App Now Available

To schedule a showing, contact Collins at 469.774.9749 or steve@daveperrymiller.com.

The luxury real estate boutique of Allie Beth Allman

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate (dpmre.com) is a

& Associates leads DFW in the sale of homes $3

division of the Ebby Halliday Companies, a Berkshire

million above, and in premier neighborhoods including

Hathaway affiliate, with four locations that specialize

the Park Cities and Preston Hollow areas, according

in Preston Hollow, Park Cities, North Dallas,

to the Multiple Listing Service. Connect with an agent

Lakewood, East Dallas, Uptown, Kessler Park and

at alliebeth.com.

Farm & Ranch properties.

Ebby Halliday Realtors’ new app means your new home could be just a tap away.

“With our new app, MLS listings across North Texas are in the palm of your hand,” says Travis Mathews, vice president of Strategic Growth & Technology for the Ebby Halliday Companies. “Our primary goal for this release was providing consumers with the most intuitive mobile real

To subscribe to The Allmanac, visit alliebeth.com/ registerfornews. estate experience possible.”

Whether you’re shopping by price, location or aesthetics, as a user of the new Ebby app you’ll find it’s easier than ever to browse homes for sale.

“Our new mobile app provides access to real-time property information and smart messaging tools,” Mathews says. “It makes it easy to connect with your agent from any mobile device, as well as create saved searches and add favorites at your convenience. Simply put, our mobile-first home search with built-in chat makes collaboration fast, easy and fun.”

The new Ebby Halliday app seamlessly integrates with ebby.com so your saved searches and favorited properties sync between the app and websites. The Ebby Halliday Realtors app is available on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Download the app today for free and experience modern home searching with ease.

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Can a post office double as

a mini-museum?

Absolutely!

But if my questions leave you wondering what is a post office mural, let’s enjoy a brief history lesson.

Post office murals and art are only one of the New Deal efforts to employ artists and beautify our country.

Patricia Raynor wrote in a Smithsonian Institute article at si.edu, “Post offices built in the 1930s during Roosevelt’s New Deal were decorated with enduring images executed by artists working for the Section of Fine Arts … Post offices were located in virtually every community and available for viewing by all postal patrons — which made post office murals a truly democratic art form.”

I honestly don’t know how I became aware of post office art. Google led me to a list of the post office art and artists throughout Texas, and a Texas road trip with my daughter

included visits to small-town post offices.

Out of the blue, I received a very kind note from a post office mural author David Gates who came across my March column about that trip.

I interviewed him in a recent Curious Cowgirl travel podcast episode.

David discovered murals while hiking across America and stopping in small-town post offices to receive packages of supplies.

He later wrote two coffee table books documenting post office murals in Tennessee and Wisconsin and also has guide books for those states plus Illinois.

Another author, Philip Parisi, published a coffee table book (meaning filled with gorgeous full-color photos) for the Great State of Texas.

Post office murals and art are only one of the New Deal efforts to employ artists and beautify our country. Visit livingnewdeal.org to find 16,000-plus locations in the United States to admire New Deal art and architecture.

Texas has more than 900 sites.

In our backyard, see the Reverschon Park Bridge, Flag Pole Hill, the Tietze Park Pavilion, and of course, Fair Park.

Now there’s a great road trip – just around Dallas!

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