Park Cities People November 2021

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UPPD MAKES ARREST IN SNIDER PLAZA SHOOTING

University Park police began investigating a fatal shooting near the Shell gas station in the north end of Snider Plaza Oct. 5. (PHOTO: RACHEL SNYDER)

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t was the first homicide in University Park since 2005, but an arrest followed relatively quickly after Marc Anthony Montes, 39, was shot near the Shell gas station at the north end of Snider Plaza last month.

Police were called to the scene around 7 p.m. on Oct. 5, already finding a witness performing CPR on Montes, who was in the street on Lovers Lane.

“In the moments prior to emergency personnel arriving on scene, one witness began CPR on the victim who was found in the street on Lovers Lane near the Shell Gas Station,” said University Park assistant police chief John Ball the evening of Oct. 5. “One of the first University Park police officers arriving assisted with CPR efforts.”

Montes was taken to Parkland Hospital, where he died from his injuries, Ball added. By then, law enforcement officials were looking for a mid-2000s gold or brown Ford F150 pickup truck that reportedly fled south from Snider Plaza.

Within hours, police announced they had arrested a juvenile in connection with the case.

We live-streamed Ball’s press conference on our Facebook page and included it in our story on our website.

University Park Police are still working on the case as of press time.

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Gary Bussell, described by prosecutors as the leader of a drug trafficking operation out of his Highland Park home, was recently sentenced to 30 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan. Bussell, 52, had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of controlled substances in January, acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced. You can find that story in our News section.

Make sure to follow us online for coverage of the Highland Park ISD voter approval tax rate election on Nov. 2 — keep abreast of that (and more) coverage in our Schools section.

On 9/11, 38 international flights descended in Gander, Newfoundland, and the 7,000 passengers aboard those flights immediately doubled the small town’s population.

One flight was headed to Dallas/Fort Worth from Paris. As opening night of the Broadway musical Come From Away neared, the Canadian Consulate reached out to us to help find the passengers of American Airlines Flight 49 for a special night. Read about those efforts (and the musical) in our Community section.

And if you’re a Scots football fan, make sure you are subscribed to the Plaid Report for game photo galleries and wrap-ups, and follow us on Twitter at pcpeople, where Sports Editor Todd Jorgenson live-tweets the game.

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FORMERLY REDLINED NEIGHBORHOOD FACES NEW CHALLENGES

Zoning change sought to preserve Elm Thicket/Northpark character

CLOCKWISE: Sections of Elm Thicket were redlined, a practice that began in the 1930s and lasted (officially) until 1968. (MAP: COURTESY KIRWAN INSTITUTE/ILLUSTRATION BETHANY ERICKSON) Musician T. Bone Walker prepared to drive at Hilliard Golf course for Blacks, which was in the Elm Thicket neighborhood near Love Field Airport. (PHOTO: COURTESY DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY/MARION BUTTS COLLECTION) Many longtime residents of the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood worry that without zoning changes, the character of the historic neighborhood will disappear. (PHOTO: BETHANY ERICKSON)

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iane Johnson’s dad worked two jobs to pay for the family home where her 109-year-old mother still lives.

From that home, the family has watched the Elm Thicket/Northpark community for decades.

“A lot of people who lived over in this area — I know my dad, Mr. Masters, Mr. Young — all these people worked at the airport,” she said. “They were mechanics; they worked on airplanes. They did that all their lives until they retired. And it took them working two jobs sometimes to pay for these houses.”

Now, the historically Black neighborhood looks much different. The homes families bought intending to pass on as generational wealth — sometimes generational wealth gained for the first time — are dwarfed as two and three-story structures rise as quickly as the more modest abodes they replaced are demolished.

And it’s pitting neighbors against each other as some fight to preserve the character and

history through a proposed zoning change, while others, including home builders, think such a move would stand in the way of progress.

The zoning changes recommended by the Elm Thicket Authorized Hearing Steering Committee would limit height on new construction, enact lot-size coverage restrictions for new two-story homes, and restrict the types of roofs used in new construction.

Existing records indicate that the freedman’s town of Elm Thicket (named after the thicket of elms present on the land) was settled by at least 1912, but possibly earlier. Newspaper articles from the 1920s describe “small-but-modest” houses in a thriving community. It was also home to a resort, a baseball field, and the largest barbecue restaurant in Dallas at the time — Eltee O. Dave’s BBQ. As time marched on, many Black neighborhoods were also subject to redlining, a practice that came into favor in the 1930s as federally-backed mortgages began to be offered.

The Home Owners Refinancing Act

of 1933 created the Home Owner’s Loan Corp. (HOLC). Color-coded maps explained the risks for loaning in certain areas.

And it took them working two jobs sometimes to pay for these houses.

Diane Johnson Green was the most desirable — identifying areas where buyers would qualify for a loan of up to 80%. The least desirable was covered in angry red lines — and buyers in those areas would not be eligible for any federal home loans.

Redlined areas were almost exclusively Black.

“Area occupied almost exclusively by negroes with vacant property on all sides,” the HOLC description for the redlined section of Elm Thicket read.

Postwar expansion ate away at Elm Thicket. The expansion of Love Field

and relocation of Lemmon Avenue between 1953 and 1955 took hundreds of Black homes and land earmarked for Elm Thicket Park for Negroes and the Hilliard Memorial Golf Park for Black residents.

Businesses that employed the residents of Elm Thicket began to close to make way for the expansion, too.

The residents facing displacement fought — and even sued — the city but ultimately lost their fight against progress.

READ MORE Visit peoplenewspapers.com, where we explain the fight bubbling over in Elm Thicket/Northpark.

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Crime Reports for Sept. 12 – Oct. 10 Sept. 13 A driver hit a fire hydrant with his Chevrolet pickup truck while tr ying to negotiate a sharp turn out of an alley in the 5400 block of Fairfield Avenue around 3:30 p.m.

Sept. 15 A good neighbor found an iPad left in her mailbox in the 4400 block of Fairfax Avenue and turned it in to authorities around 4:22 p.m.

Sept. 21 A thief took taillights f rom an F-250 in the 4100 block of Windsor Parkway overnight before 10 a.m.

Sept. 22 A porch pirate pilfered a package containing tree stump killer from a home in the 4600 block of Lorraine Avenue overnight before 10 a.m.

Sept. 23 Reported at 12:19 p.m.: Someone got duped. A scammer made a $2,500 Bitcoin purchase after convincing a man from the 3300 block of Princeton Avenue to get $7,100 in gift cards.

Sept. 25 Escape plan? A charlatan used the information of a man from

the 3600 block of Stratford Avenue to apply for Alaska Airlines and Amtrak cards at 2:28 p.m.

Sept. 27 Watch out for the tree! A delivery driver hit a limb at 1:57 p.m. while closing the back of the truck, causing it to fall on the street in the 4600 block of Livingston Avenue and briefly block the roadway.

Sept. 28 Reported at 9:22 p.m.: a double whammy. A thief drove off in a Mini Cooper parked in a garage in the 4700 block of Bowser Court. The car’s owner had left a purse inside and shortly thereafter noticed suspicious charges on a bank account.

Sept. 29 A ne’er-do-well took a pair of firearms from a home in the 2900 block of Lovers Lane at 7:51 p.m.

Oct. 1 How easy was it for a burglar to enter a Land Rover in the 4000 block of Villanova Drive and take a loaded 9mm gun f rom inside around 9:35 p.m.?

The vehicle was unlocked.

Oct. 2 A sneaky shoplifter picked up

an order containing jewelry and a vase totaling $828.11 meant for someone else at Saint Michael’s Women’s Exchange in Highland Park Village around 2 p.m.

Oct. 4 Reported at 8:17 a.m.: An intruder broke into a Chevrolet Silverado in the 3800 block of Wentwood Drive and swiped tools from inside.

Oct. 5 How easy was it for a burglar to get into a Porsche Cayenne in the 4400 block of Mockingbird Lane and take $123 and a debit card and credit card around 8:10 a.m. Oct. 5? The vehicle was unlocked.

Oct. 9 Reported at 12:54 p.m.: guns gone. A pair of firearms are missing f rom a home in the 3300 block of Cornell Avenue.

Oct. 10 A ne’er do well got into a

Mercedes GLE while it was parked near a restaurant in the 6400 block of North Central Expressway before 10:30 a.m. and took suitcases, a shoulder bag, a backpack, an iPad Pro, an iPad keyboard, various clothes, and a prescription.

SKULDUGGERY of the MONTH: UNFAIR TRADE? A sneaky swap artist took a Trek bicycle from a home in the 3900 block of Windsor Avenue but left another bike behind around 8 p.m. Sept. 25.

Oct. 6 Jerk alert! A careless motorist rear ended a Lexus 450 stopped at a red light at Preston Road and Mockingbird Lane and briefly spoke to the driver of the Lexus before making a U-turn and leaving the scene without exchanging information at 3:02 p.m.

Oct. 8 Reported at 11:35 a.m.: A swindler used the information of a man from the 3800 block of Mockingbird Lane to take out a loan from Ace Cash.

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Community

WHO LET THE DOGS SWIM?

Photogenic pooches have a ball at pet-perfect pool party

By William Taylor

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t University Park’s Holmes Aquatic Center, swimming season isn’t over until wet dogs shake.

Pets and their humans who live in Highland Park ISD enjoyed the pool together on Oct. 2 for the annual Doggie Splash Day. Pooches leaped into the water, chased balls, and enjoyed snacks. Humans coaxed their pets into the pool and sometimes joined them in it.

The end of the season tradition dates to 2013 when then parks director Gerry Bradley observed, “Every day, we watched people walking their dogs just outside the pool fence, and staff thought it was time to let them in for some fun.”

As Bradley described it, “Elvis” may have made an appearance that first year to check out those “hound dogs.” Bradley retired in 2020.

This year, while most public swimming concluded on Labor Day, senior lap swimming continued through September.

To keep Doggie Splash Day safe, lifeguards crewed their stations, and pet owners pre-registered their pets and provided proof of vaccination.

Aggressive behavior wasn’t allowed.

But splashing and shaking that water off on your human?

You can’t prevent that.

University Park’s Holmes Aquatic Center closed out swimming season in canine cool fashion. Dogs leaped into the pool, fetched tennis balls, and enjoyed a fun day with their humans. (PHOTOS: CHRIS MCGATHEY)

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Turkey Time Each year, the day after Thanksgiving, I make a series of peeved pledges. I will not cook another Thanksgiving dinner, dec decorate a table, or wash dish dishes again.

My patient spouse listens and always agrees that next ThanksgivThanksgiv ing will be MICHELE VALDEZ different.

He promises that our adult children will help set the table, cook, and clean up. And, when dinner is over, they will honor my culinary skills and original pilgrimesque table décor with a toast.

He doesn’t promise the last part but knows that such a toast would validate my anal-retentive, almost militaristic approach to preparing for the feast. Ultimately, I will feel appreciated.

In a post-Turkey Day tantrum brought on by exhaustion and bloating from too much green bean casserole last Nov. 27, I decided that this Nov. 25, my husband and I would be on vacation for the holiday. The kids would have to fend for themselves. I had basted my last breast.

To prep for the fowl escape, I researched Caribbean destinations in November.

Unfortunately, most websites warned that it’s hurricane season.

And the vision of a swirling white cloud reminded me of whipped cream and apple pie, one of my Thanksgiving specialties. I softened like a vat of overdone candied yams. Who would make the handmade leaf place cards, personalized glitter ornaments, and Fortune cookie messages for the table?

With full-time jobs, how could the kids get the table set the requisite three days before kickoff of the Cowboys game?

Who would make the gluten free dressing, squash soufflé, and three specialty cranberry cocktails to compliment the Brie cranberry appetizer tartlets? The holiday would be a complete disaster without me. I had to stay to save our family traditions.

Oddly, also in that moment, I engaged in some self-reflection.

The kids really do try to help, but the fact is that I am the Kim JongUn of holidays; it’s my way or nuclear war. So, in a self-reflective conciliatory move that felt like the slow expulsion of air from a balloon, I decided I will get the kids more involved. This year, I will let them clean up.

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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Growing up Black in the Texas suburbs, Fred Leach felt the effects of magnified stereotypes, social isolation, marginalization, and unconscious biases.

That’s why although the SMU graduate has lived in Los Angeles for several years, he wanted to return home to shoot Caged Birds, his feature directorial debut.

“I really wanted to tell a story that looked at the Black experience from that perspective,” Leach said. “This was something that came from a real place. My goal was to make it feel authentic and real. The setting is important.”

The coming-of-age drama was inspired

by Leach’s experiences during his upbringing in the Houston area and Richardson.

He hopes that sharing a personal story can connect broadly with moviegoers.

The story follows a bullied affluent high school senior with Ivy League aspirations (Kamil McFadden); his athletic cousin (Bentley Green) whose dreams of playing college basketball are derailed in part by racism; and a classmate (Christian Menace) who helps them carry out a

prank to gain revenge. When the scheme backfires, it jeopardizes their future.

“I’ve seen both sides of it,” Leach said.

“I’ve been the kid who feels like I wasn’t Black enough because I wasn’t cool, and I didn’t play sports. And then when I got to high school and started playing sports, I was trying to be something that I wasn’t just to try and fit in.”

After graduating from SMU in 2012 with degrees in film and history, Leach taught history for three years in Balch Springs through the Teach for America program.

He spent those summers traveling to California for film classes and eventually made the move permanent a few years later. He gained experience by writing and directing short films and web series.

Leach shot Caged Birds in just 15 days in August 2019 at various locations in North Texas, with a mostly local cast and crew. Among the leading actors, Green (TV ’s Snowfall) and Menace are Dallas natives.

The low-budget film, which gets its title from Maya Angelou’s iconic autobiography, has played at various festivals this year. It will be available on upstart streamer Urbanflix in November.

This was something that came from a real place.

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What Makes a Home?

D Magazine Partners CEO reflects on life in the Park Cities

D Magazine Partners CEO — and Highland Park resident — Christine Allison may publish D Home but says it’s not the grand houses that make the Park Cities home.

“We need to preserve the virtues and values and simple neighborliness that make us what we are. It’s not just our houses; it’s who we are to each other,” Allison told attendees of the annual Preservation Park Cities distinguished speaker luncheon at the Dallas Country Club on Oct. 4. The event is the biggest fundraiser

for the organization.

She, her husband, the late D Magazine founder Wick Allison, and their four daughters moved back to Dallas f rom New York in 1995.

“I fell in love with the schools, with the people,” Allison said.

Allison joked that it wasn’t always easy to make friends when they first moved back, though, because magazine and newspaper publishers sometimes make others mad.

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Business

The Future of Work Recruiter: Hybrid schedules here to stay

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Stephen Brown, the designer who created the Glitterville line, holds a camera-shy chicken given to him by Tori Spelling. (PHOTO: RACHEL SNYDER) The seasonal pop-up store on Lovers Lane offers an array of decorating products. (PHOTOS: JOSH HICKMAN)

GLITTERVILLE INVASION

Pop-up store brings holiday decorating mirth CHECK IT OUT What: Glitterville Pop up store When: Open through Dec. 26 Where: Pavilion on Lovers Lane Online: glitterville.com

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elly Dworkin, co-founder of Preston Center Plaza gift and party mainstay Swoozie’s, knows how to add some wacky whimsy to her holiday decorating.

“I’ve given my fair share of parties at the house, and Glitterville was always the central decoration,” she said.

Swoozie’s has carried the Glitterville line for nearly two decades, and this has helped bring even more of the brand to the Park Cities area with a pop-up shop at the Pavillion on Lovers Lane through Dec. 26.

“We were always targeting the Park Cities for the Glitterville Pop up,” Dworkin said. “Lovers Lane is perfect.”

Product line designer Stephen Brown also sees the location as ideal.

“It’s an area that really appreciates that all of Glitterville is completely handmade — that really appreciates that craftsmanship,” he said.

Brown founded the popular holiday and party décor line in 2003. Its motto: “Making every day a holiday!”

His fun, whimsical designs have skyrocketed in popularity with celebrities and plain folk alike — Brown now decorates Oprah’s Christmas tree every year.

“My background is in television and film,” Brown explained. “And I started making ornaments on the set of a movie I was doing with Mariah Carey. Someone saw them and said, ‘You should really make ornaments and sell them.’ That’s how it started.”

Working f rom his home studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, Brown hand makes the original for most Glitterville products. He then travels to Europe and Asia to work with local artisans, who reproduce his designs using the same techniques.

The creative entrepreneur sees spreading joy as his business.

“My thought is we should fill every day of the year with something that’s fun and wacky and makes us happy,” he said.

“There’s all different characters that do

take you all throughout the year.”

Fans of TLC’s Craft Wars may recognize Brown as one of the judges.

“It was fun because I looked at each one of those people like me, just loving what they do,” he said.

My thought is we should fill every day of the year with something that’s fun and wacky and makes us happy.

Stephen Brown Brown also enjoyed watching many people turn to crafting during the COVID lockdowns and social distancing.

“I did a lot of Instagram Lives where we would just craft with people all the way through the lockdown period,” he said. “In bleak times, people just try to do things that make their lives happier.

What better way to do that than crafting and surrounding yourself with giant hippos named Pongo and Llamas named Lala standing on a watermelon?”

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced ongoing conversations about the merits of working remotely instead of in the office.

“I definitely think work from home in some capacity – virtual work – is here to stay,” said Cindy Yared, founder of Dallas-based recruiting firm Spot On Talent.

Nearly three-quarters of about 5,000 employees surveyed worldwide by global management company McKinsey & Company would like to work from home two or more days per week.

More than half want at least three days of remote work, according to the research shared online.

“I think (the pandemic) was an opportunity for businesses to really evaluate what do we want to d o, ” Ya r e d said. “ W hat w o r k e d ?

What didn’t work? What do our employees want?”

Eighteen months later, businesses are facing difficult decisions, she said, because Cindy Yared of Spot On Talent some employ- works with clients in various ers are much industries, from accounting more open to and finance to marketing and making re- legal support. (COURTESY PHOTO) mote working permanent than others, and that impacts recruiting for those that are less flexible.

“Now that they’ve lost out on a couple of good hires, they’re starting to say, ‘Oh my gosh – people are passing up great jobs because it’s not meeting their requirements,’” she said.

Yared said some job candidates are even willing to take a pay cut for a flexible work environment and the ability to work from home at least some of the time.

Jobseekers are also more conscious of commute times than they may have been before the pandemic.

“If there is some in office that’s required, commute is definitely a topic,” Yared said.

“Many more of them are trying to stay closer to home,” she said. “I think candidates are just much more in tune with what a total package looks like. So, it’s not all about money or salary. It’s really about what else is included.”

A B O U T C I N D Y YA R E D The former president and owner of staffing company Corps Team Dallas founded the recruiting firm Spot on Talent in 2011.

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SMU Alum Turns Entrepreneur

Hunter Rice founded sendit SnapChat add-on for playing augmented reality games

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Rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com An app designed by an SMU alumnus has made its way to the No. 3 ranked app among Lifestyle apps in Apple’s App Store.

Sendit, an iOS and Android app designed for people 17 and older, works as a SnapChat add-on. It allows users to play various augmented reality games (think SnapChat lenses, but interactive) and send anonymous messages. It also includes a blocking feature.

I was really proud about the impact that we had on campus, but I knew I wanted to accomplish this on a much bigger scale.

Of course, in order to impact millions, the network needs to be digital.

Hunter Rice The app’s founder, SMU alumnus and California native Hunter Rice, decided to build a digital networking platform while a college student in Dallas.

SMU alumnus Hunter Rice founded the sendit app, which integrates with SnapChat. (PHOTOS: COURTESY HUNTER RICE/SENDIT) Rice helped start a chapter of the predominantly Jewish Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at SMU and worked on a communication tool for the campus called Sides before he graduated with a degree in business administration in 2016.

“I was really proud about the impact that we had on campus, but I knew I wanted to accomplish this on a much bigger scale. Of course, in order to impact millions, the network needs to be digital,” he said. “The main objective when starting sendit was to get people closer to their

friends. And we did this by innovating around the entry point of conversation.”

Rice said the app first launched about two and a half years ago, but it has changed since it first launched.

“Within the last year, sort of leading up to the pandemic, we were focused on these AR experiences, and that was the first time we sort of started working on that idea, and the launch of that was last summer,” he said. “We’ve been growing very quickly.”

Rice said the app is particularly popular

with SnapChat-savvy Gen Z-ers aged from their late teens to 24.

“This younger demographic really views social media the way I think it should be used, which is to stay connected and stay closer to your best friends,” he said.

Growing up in a hub for technology companies like Los Angeles also influenced the career field he’d choose.

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im Mueller, managing partner for the distinguished law firm Verner Brumley Mueller Parker, said success in the emotionally-charged family law arena comes down to two things: experience and service.

“Our diversity and the range of experience that we can provide means there’s going to be very little that is going to be presented that somebody in our firm hasn’t dealt with firsthand over the years,” he said. “We are one of the largest family law firms, yet at the same time, we still give that same mom-and-pop personal attention. I think that’s

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Divorce cases can be complicated, especially for high net worth individuals with various properties, businesses and other considerations. Verner Brumley’s expertise in this arena is one important point of differentiation in the market.

“What we’ve always done very well is take those highnet-worth individuals with extremely complicated cases and resolve those issues, be it in litigation or in the boardroom,” Mueller said. “We understand the various asset elements

that make these cases so complex—trusts, commercial properties and the like—not just here throughout Texas, but also throughout the world.”

“I think that’s something that’s extremely unique. If we need to work with somebody who is in Colorado on a case that we’re handling, it’s not just somebody we looked up online. It’s somebody we know has a high level of expertise, who we’ve worked with and who we have a history with.”

At the same time, the firm’s attorneys never lose sight of the human element of divorce, specifically as it involves

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custody issues. Mueller said one hallmark of the practice is to take ownership of all the client’s needs, legal or otherwise.

“At the end of the day, a client is not just simply a custody battle, they’re not just simply a divorce or a post-marital agreement,” he said. “There’s a holistic approach that we try to take with our clients, to let them know we can be their point of contact for nearly anything. We’ve put people in touch with counselors, we’ve referred them to wealth advisors, and lots more. That’s the type of service that we strive for.”

Mueller, who graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Rhodes College in Memphis and cum laude from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, jokes he’s still the “new kid” even after more than 15 years in family law. Such is the nature of the longevity of the firm.

“We’re in the personal services industry,” Mueller said.

“For everything that has changed over the years, one thing that is as true today around here as it ever was, is that longevity is key. I tell clients all the time, this is not going to

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“We are available to clients whenever they need it, and for whatever type of law they need,” Erick said. “We try to be understanding, compassionate, and help clients address their issues to the best of our ability. We do our very best for every client.”

With a dream team like this, it’s not hard to imagine why they’re highly sought after. Massingill, who has been practicing law for 52 years, is passionate about fighting for his clients and believes in his motto, “never let the law stand in the way of justice.”

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GREATER EXPECTATIONS: LADY SCOTS PLAYOFF FOCUSED

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Players like Riley Mae Herrod, and Luke Hardenburg are expected to make a difference for Highland Park’s basketball teams this season. (PHOTOS: CHRIS MCGATHEY)

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

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fter reaching the third round of the girls basketball playoffs last season for the first time in several years, Highland Park has the experience and the motivation to go even further.

Five players will have at least three years of varsity experience, many in starting roles when the Lady Scots open their season in November.

“The experience is going to help,” said HP head coach Nicole Fleming, noting how the girls have “bought into the culture, and they’re serious about their goals.”

Four players graduated from a year ago, including valuable contributors such as Madison Visinsky and Ella Patterson, who collectively helped to set a foundation for future success, Fleming said.

The top returnees include seniors Riley Mae Herrod, Alianne Elmore, and Avery Turner, along with juniors Maddie Heiss,

Vivian Jin, Charlotte Collins, and Paris Lauro.

The Lady Scots defeated Joshua and Lufkin in the playoffs last season before falling to Red Oak in the Class 5A Region II quarterfinals.

“Those girls getting to that moment, you can’t mimic that in a practice,” Fleming said.

“You’re happy that you achieved a goal, but being so close to one more step has left them with a burning desire.”

HP will be tested with a strong nondistrict schedule that includes the prestigious Sandra Meadows Classic tournament in Duncanville.

“We’re not going to shy away from competition,” Fleming said. “We want to be prepared and to see teams who are going to throw different presses against us. We want to experience all of that.”

Scots eye more postseason success The HP boys should also benefit from a seasoned roster with eight returnees from a squad that advanced four rounds deep in postseason play.

November 12 Wylie 16 at Lake Highlands 19 Lewisville 22 at Argyle 30 at McKinney December 2-4 Jesuit tournament 7 Grand Prairie 9-11 Burkburnett tourney 13 Coppell 17 at Richardson 21 Mesquite Poteet* 29 North Garland January 4 at Forney* 7 West Mesquite* 11 Crandall* 14 at North Forney* 18 at Greenville* 21 Royse City* 25 at Mesquite Poteet* 28 Forney* February 1 at West Mesquite* 4 at Crandall* 8 North Forney* 11 Greenville* 15 at Royse City*

November 5 Southlake Carroll 9 at Rockwall-Heath 12 at Coppell 15 Bishop Lynch 18-20 Floresville tournament 22 Mansfield Legacy 23 Pinkston 29 McKinney December 2-4 Garland ISD tourney 10 at Greenville* 17 Royse City* 21 at Mesquite Poteet* 28-30 Duncanville tourney January 4 Forney* 7 at West Mesquite* 11 at Crandall* 14 North Forney* 18 Greenville* 21 at Royse City* 25 Mesquite Poteet* 28 at Forney* February 1 West Mesquite* 4 Crandall* 8 at North Forney*

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Versatile senior Luke Hardenburg is the only returning starter for the Scots. Still, several other players received critical minutes in important games — such as Coleson Messer, Rhodes Crow, Drew McElroy, Alex Taylor, and Camp Wagner.

“By their second year, the game slows down a little bit for them,” said HP head coach David Piehler. “They’ve been tested in district games and playoff games. You don’t have to talk to them about how different varsity is going to be. They can anticipate it.”

Preston Taylor and Jackson Heis will add

size and depth when they join the roster after football season concludes.

The Scots have had plenty of postseason success in recent years, including a run to the regional semifinals last season, where HP lost to eventual state runner-up Kimball.

Piehler credits a rigid nondistrict schedule of 6A opponents, plus defending 4A state champion Argyle, for some of that consistency.

“We’re playing some teams who should get us ready,” Piehler said. “That helps prepare us for the playoffs.”

Hellmuth Has Expanded Her Reach and Diversified Her Game

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

Emily Hellmuth has always been a powerful pin hitter. But the Highland Park senior isn’t content with being a one-dimensional volleyball star.

Hellmuth has focused on turning herself into a true six-rotation player, which means refining her defensive and passing abilities, as well as proficiency at the service line.

“My summer with my club team, we were extremely focused on the back row instead of offense,” said Hellmuth, who was named the outstanding hitter in District 13-5A last season. “I’ve wanted that for a long time.”

With her lanky 6-foot-3 frame, she’s always been a natural hitter, first on the right side when she made her varsity debut as a freshman, then

as an outside hitter the following year. But the push for versatility has benefitted Hellmuth and the Lady Scots.

“Each year, she’s built on the year before,” said HP head coach Michael Dearman.

Hellmuth’s mother, Erin, still holds some school blocking records from her standout career at Baylor University in the 1990s.

She has been a prominent club coach in the Dallas area for more than two decades.

The family relocated from Coppell to the Park Cities several years ago. For her first two years at HP, Emily played alongside her older sister, Avery, now at Oklahoma Baptist University.

“We recognized pretty quickly that we had someone who was going to be pretty special,” Dearman said of Emily. “She had a lot of mature skills at such a young age.”

The Lady Scots opened some eyes against top-notch competition at tournaments in August. At the Volleypalooza event in Leander, HP beat Class 6A powerhouse The Woodlands by scoring seven straight points to end the match.

Then the Lady Scots took the first set against California power Mater Dei in the championship. Hellmuth earned all-tournament honors there and in Rockwall.

“My goal is never to win the award — it’s just to do our best as a team,” Hellmuth said. “I was proud of the team and how far we’d come in just a couple of weeks.”

Hellmuth is committed to leading the Lady Scots on another deep playoff run in November. Then she will head to Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, to play in college.

“I’m more excited to go there every day,” she said.

I’ve wanted that for a long time.

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Emily Hellmuth is in her fourth season as a starter for Highland Park.

(PHOTO: CHRIS MCGATHEY)

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Keep an Eye on This Speedy HP Junior, If You Can

Cox contributes as runner, receiver, and returner to Scots’ attack

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

Like many successful offenses, Highland Park’s prolific unit is driven in large part by its unpredictability.

One key to that proficiency this season has been Jay Cox, a versatile junior who has lined up at running back and slot receiver, in addition to returning punts for the Scots.

“My role is just being a utility player, just going wherever they need me,” Cox said. “I love doing all of those things.”

At 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, Cox’s game is more about speed than power. But if you’re a defender, don’t let his diminutive stature fool you.

“He’s a real breakaway threat,” said HP head coach Randy Allen. “He has a knack for breaking tackles and finding open space and using his blockers to make long runs after the catch.”

After a standout season at the junior varsity level, Cox was slated to add depth at running back this fall. But injuries among the receivers opened up another opportunity for Cox in the passing game.

I love doing all of those things.

Jay Cox “Coming up from JV to varsity, there were a whole bunch of different new plays just for running backs,” he said. “Then, in

Running and receiving, Jay Cox has impacted the Highland Park offense in many ways this season. (PHOTOS: MELISSA MACATEE) the spring, I had to learn a lot of plays at receiver. I just had to grind on that.”

He made an immediate impact on national television in a season-opening loss to Southlake Carroll when he caught a 51yard touchdown pass for HP’s first points of the season. A few weeks later, he rushed for a career-high 87 yards and scored in a win over Sherman.

Through the first half of the season, Cox was second on the Scots in both rushing yardage and receiving yardage. He hopes to reach 1,000 all-purpose yards by the end of the year.

Allen also praised Cox’s aggressive mentality on punt returns, which earned him a few snaps at the varsity level during the Scots’ playoff run a year ago.

Cox has been part of a potent trio of

running backs alongside Christian Reeves and Ben Croasdale.

“All three of us have a very good relationship,” Cox said. “When one of us scores, it feels like all three of us score.”

Added Allen: “They’re impressive in their own way, but they all have different talents and strengths. They all complement each other.”

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Real Estate Quarterly

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Photographer Costa Christ says well-executed images often start the “emotional” connection to a home for a prospective buyer. (PHOTOS: COSTA CHRIST MEDIA); Sarah Nowak calls staging “a bridge that connects that person’s current life to the house you’re selling.” (PHOTOS: DANIEL TANNER PHOTOGRAPHY/COURTESY SARAH NOWAK INTERIORS)

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Industry professionals: Even in a busy market, homebuyers want to fall in love

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hen the residential real estate market is as hot as Dallas-Fort Worth’s, it may seem like gilding the lily to expend the time and money to stage and professionally photograph a listing.

But experts say it can make the difference between full asking price and top dollar.

Staging essentially eliminates that question by physically proving the home can be functional.

Sarah Nowak “They say staging a home brings more money — 17% — but in addition to price, homes that are well maintained, edited, staged, and with curb appeal sell better,” said Paige Elliott, a real estate agent with Elliott & Elliott Real Estate Group and

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate. “Plus, good photography often sells (the home) sooner too, and the cost of staging is less than a price reduction if the home isn’t selling.”

Photographer Costa Christ and home stager and designer Sarah Nowak stressed how good photography could create an emotional connection for a prospective buyer.

“When a real estate agent hires me, they’re hiring someone who shoots for magazines, too,” said Christ, who photographs houses for real estate agents, architects, magazines, and interior designers. “So it looks like an editorial spread. They want an emotional trigger for the buyer.

“I have photographed homes that have been on the market for months or even years,” he added. “I shoot it with a different eye, and it sells in hours sometimes.”

The photography can be so important, he said, that his company sends an extensive checklist to homeowners so they can get more out of their shoot.

“Staging is important because it elicits an emotional response from potential buyers,” Nowak said. “It’s like a bridge that connects that person’s current life to the house you’re selling by helping them envision what

it would be like to live there.”

Elliott said that staging helps with the practical aspects of home buying, too.

“Buyers can more easily envision how the space in the home can be used and get a better idea of the size, and see themselves living there, too,” she said.

“We often see irregular layouts, unusually small rooms, and awkwardly large spaces that tend to leave buyers questioning the home’s livability,” Nowak agreed. “Staging essentially eliminates that question by physically proving the home can be functional.”

Nowak said hiring professionals could make a difference in the price of a home — and the amount of stress involved.

“Selling a home is a lot of work, and especially for those who have never done it before, there are so many things that can go wrong,” she said.

“Find a licensed real estate professional that has a team of relevant supporting professionals; contractors, stagers, and real estate photographers are invaluable assets to a successful real estate agent’s team.”

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TA K I N G T H E S TA G E • 47% of buyers’ agents said home staging had an effect on buyers’ view of the home • Staging the living room was found to be important for 46% of buyers, followed by the master bedroom (43%) and kitchen (35%) • 23% of buyers’ agents AND sellers’ agents said staging a home increased the dollar value offered between one and five percent compared to homes that weren’t staged.

• 22% of sellers’ agents said there were slight decreases in the time a staged home stays on the market.

• The median cost when using a staging service was $1,500.

Source: National Association of Realtors

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What’s Next For Snider Plaza?

Utility work underway; next comes demolition, new building construction

By Rachel Snyder

Rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com Changes are coming to Snider Plaza.

Utility work on water and sanitary sewer lines is ongoing, and the University Park City Council has OK’d a redevelopment plan for the southeast corner.

Developer Jim Strode intends to construct a new building where Peggy Sue BBQ and other businesses used to be. Logos Bookstore, Lane Florist, Aman Jewelry, and a tailor relocated within the shopping center.

The new three-story building is expected to house retail, restaurant, and office space. The plan also calls for a two-level underground parking garage with 48 spaces accessed from Daniel Avenue. The existing structures there were built in 1941 and 1947. The project, approved in September, includes caveats requiring retail on the first floor and storefronts to be differentiated from the rest of the building.

Strode declined to elaborate on his timeline for the redevelopment.

“For the city, the area that we control is in the right of way, so our No. 1 priority right now is obviously going to be getting that infrastructure up to date and repaired because a lot of it is from the ‘20s and ‘30s,” University Park City Manager Robbie Corder said. “Obviously, we’ve gone through various planning efforts throughout the years in Snider Plaza … the most recent one back earlier in 2008, 2009 envisioned redevelopment of private property, and I think this

FROM LEFT: The University Park City Council in September approved a plan to redevelop part of the southeast corner of Snider Plaza.

(PHOTO: OMNIPLAN/CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK); The building that housed Logos Bookstore, Lane Florist, Arman Jewelry, and a tailor before they moved to new locations in the plaza will be replaced. (PHOTO: RACHEL SNYDER) plan follows along with that.”

According to the city, Snider Plaza has about 60 owners of 70 properties.

“Redevelopment long term, I think there’s going to have to be partnerships and things like that because of the amount of owners that are out there. There’s not a lot of properties that are contiguous like that that lend themselves to redevelopment,” Corder said.

During a city council discussion of Strode’s plan for the site, some residents

voiced concerns about parking, traffic, and maintaining Snider Plaza’s “charm.”

“There’s not enough parking spaces provided under current ordinance,” Herb Weitzman said. “I’m not against development, but I sure do not want the charm and the pleasure that we all have shopping there to be eroded.”

Cora Billingsley said she’s also concerned about parking and traffic in the plaza.

“It is a nightmare to find parking spaces at this time,” Billingsley said. “Please do not

ruin Snider Plaza and put in this plain old building that has been designed for it. It is unique, it’s precious for our neighborhood, and we hope that it will be preserved.”

Strode responded to concerns about maintaining the look and feel of the shopping center.

“We have worked with architects that, I believe, are as good as any architect in town,” he said. “I’m not here to destroy Snider Plaza … I’ve been in the Park Cities since 1980.

I’m no newbie.”

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I’m Still Standing!

House hunting in 1981 reveals what has changed, what hasn’t

By Evelyn Wolff

evelyn.wolff@peoplenewspapers.com Real estate advertising gained momentum on the pages of Park Cities People each week in the Fall of 1981.

Real estate editor Molly Dodgen presented a “Gallery of Fine Homes” with eight properties from five different agents in the first edition.

Abio & Adleta Realtors offered a Center Hall Plan home “On Bordeaux” for $395,000.

A classic Tudor overlooking Turtle Creek was on the market for $975,000 with Daniel M. Mahoney, Realtor. A few weeks later, Hoffman Real Estate was marketing a “Williamsburg Mansion” in Bent Tree for $750,000.

Ebby Halliday’s first ad showcased an “Old English” three-bedroom charmer on Purdue for $169,500, an excess of charm in a much-desired University Park home on Greenbrier for $177,500, and an enchanting Highland Park address on Southwestern for $495,000.

Today that property on Greenbrier sits among some of the highest-valued homes in University Park.

Zillow estimates the typical home in University Park to have a value of $1,629,436.

In comparison, neighborhoodscout.com lists the median home value at $1,413,933, representing 72.4% of the 7,689 homes and apartments in the 75225 zip code.

Highland Park home values are slightly higher at $1,577,164.

But absent in all of these early marketing efforts was the property’s address and sometimes the price.

Ellen Terry Realtors placed the first display advertisement listing the house number as well as the price in the Nov. 19 edition. Just a week later, the ad also included the listing agent’s photo, setting the stage for marketing both properties and agents in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow for the next 40 years.

Read more about real estate sales history on Page 30.

Gloria Hennings with Henry S. Miller Realtors had the privilege of marketing a “Dilbeck” on an oversized lot with giant shade trees at 4037 Bryn Mawr Drive. Wellknown Dallas architect Charles Dilbeck designed this storybook home in 1937. The sellers had reduced the price to $365,000. Since then, it has sold only two other times and appreciated ten-fold, with today’s estimated value at $3,350,300. This architecturally significant home has endured while others have faced tear-downs and rebuilds.

4408 Fairfax Avenue was one of those first properties marketed by Ellen Terry. It is still standing today! Offered for $525,000 by Sue Knowles, it is now valued at $1,695,700 by realtor.com. It has the identical “4 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths, den with tiled wet bar, and hardwood floors,” but it has been beautifully remodeled sans

4037 Bryn Mawr Drive, 1981

4408 Fairfax Avenue, 2021

3601 Gillon Avenue, 2021 the “mirrored” dining room! This original home, built in 1927, has sold five times since 1981 and was most recently on the market in June 2020.

Betty Woodson, a “Multi-Million Dollar Producer” with Hank Dickerson Realtors,

presented 3601 Gillon Avenue. “Enjoy the lovely view of the Park from the living areas of this wonderful 4 Bedroom, 3 ½ Bath, Den home that is situated on a 115 by 201foot corner lot that features an outstanding POOL and Cabana and still plenty of

play yard. $795,000.00.” Just three years later, this home came down, replaced by an eight-bedroom, eight-bathroom Colonial with a total of 11,671 square feet of living space — Zillow Zestimates® the property to be worth $6,012,400.

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FROM LEFT: Tom Rhodes, Dan Rhodes, Nina Sachse, Thomas Rhodes, Burton Rhodes, and Neil Broussard. (PHOTO: THERHODESGROUP.COM) RIGHT: Tom Rhodes began marketing himself as well as his listings in the 1980s. (PHOTO: PEOPLE NEWSPAPERS ARCHIVES)

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Unless you were Tom Rhodes making his mark through creative advertising

By Evelyn Wolff

evelyn.wolff@peoplenewspapers.com Tom Rhodes was one of the first realtors to market himself, not just his listings in the early 1980s.

He met Clint Smith, and together they collaborated on numerous creative ads promoting the real estate market.

“We did all kinds of attention-getting ads together,” Tom said. “One ad thanked all of the Realtors that we had worked with that year. One of our most successful ads read ‘All The Signs Are There.’

Clint designed a logo that we used in all of our advertising, ‘He Knows Your Neighborhood.’ I just worked the Park Cities, which drove Ebby Halliday crazy!”

For a while, Tom was one of the only full-time men selling residential real estate in the area, a profession that women dominated at that time. At Ellen Terry, there were 12 agents, and Tom was the only male.

“We became a force, selling more than Ebby Halliday at that time,” Tom said.

“When we grew to over 15 agents, it all began to unravel. We weren’t taking care of each other anymore. Today, people are forming small groups within larger companies. One person claims all of the production of a team – someone must be the leader.”

Tom never wanted to boast that he was the number one agent.

“I was spending $75,000 a year on advertising,” Tom explained. “Our ad ve r t i s i n g i n Park Cities People was going exactly where we wanted it to go. So when I stopped advertising and began knocking on doors and talking to people at the encouragement of my real estate coach, Eleanor Mowery (Sheets) took off. If you stop advertising, it is over!”

Today, Tom works with three of his sons, Burton, Dan, and Thomas, as part of The Rhodes Group at Compass. His other son is an organic farmer in Portland, Oregon, and his daughter stocks the Gulf with redfish and flounder from her home in Jackson, Texas.

When we grew to over 15 agents, it all began to unravel. We weren’t taking care of each other anymore.

Tom Rhodes

MARKET NUMBERS: PARK CITIE S Month

TURTLE CREEK

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Closed sales

Median price

Sept. 2020

89

$1,295,750

$426

Dec. 2020

83

$1,480,000

March 2021

89

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Active listings

Days on market

Months’ supply

95%

242

58

3.7

$459

96%

153

68

2.2

$1,587,500

$445

98%

93

58

1.3

83

$1,560,000

$486

99%

94

35

1.2

59

$1,434,000

$536

98%

89

27

1.2

MARKET NUMBERS: PRE STON HOLLOW Month

Closed sales

Median price

Sept. 2020

68

$888,500

$294

Dec. 2020

87

$1,176,800

March 2021

90

June 2021 Sept. 2021

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Price per Sold to sq. foot list price

Price per Sold to sq. foot list price

Active listings

Days on market

Months’ supply

95%

291

65

4.9

$324

95%

192

104

3.0

$1,040,000

$331

96%

106

77

1.6

82

$1,197,500

$359

98%

116

43

1.5

64

$1,170,000

$338

97%

104

31

1.4

Source: North Texas Real Estate Information Systems Inc.

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Live Kips Bay Dallas Deloache Avenue Price Upon Request 6 Bed / 7.2 Bath / 11,185 Sq.Ft. Alex Perry 214.926.0158 alex.perry@alliebeth.com

People Love Preston Hollow 5111 Meaders Lane — UNDER CONTRACT Offered for $2,795,000 4 Bed / 5.2 Bath / 8,363 Sq.Ft. Susan Baldwin 214.763.1591 susan.baldwin@alliebeth.com

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Totally Tudor 6325 Westchester Drive Offered for $2,049,000 3 Bed / 2,847 Sq.Ft. / 82’ x 159’ Lot Susan Bradley 214.674.5518 susan.bradley@alliebeth.com

Wonderfully Welcoming 6506 Lakehurst Avenue Offered for $2,399,500 5 Bed / 5.1 Bath / 6,356 Sq.Ft. Cindy Stager 214.244.0364 cindy.stager@alliebeth.com

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Contemporary Stunner SOLD! 3519 Edgewater Street — SOLD Offered for $2,150,000 4 Bed / 5.1 Bath / 4,163 Sq.Ft. Doris Jacobs & Kim Calloway 214.537.3399 doris.jacobs@alliebeth.com

So Much to Offer 3416 Westminster Avenue #1 — SOLD Offered for $619,000 3 Bed / 3.1 Bath / 1,822 Sq.Ft. Marc Ching 214.728.4069 marc.ching@alliebeth.com

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Lock & Leave Luxury 5909 Luther Lane #903 Offered for $449,900 2 Bed / 2 Bath / 1,411 Sq.Ft. Lucinda Buford 214.728.4289 lucinda.buford@alliebeth.com

7327 Lane Park Court — SOLD Offered for $974,900 3 Bed / 2.1 Bath / 3,190 Sq.Ft.

15 Turtle Creek Bend Offered for $2,250,000 3 Beds / 3.1 Bath / 3,900 Sq.Ft.

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Real Talk: Molly Branch In 2010, after a 20-year career in global advertising and marketing, Molly Branch transitioned full-time into the Dallas real estate industry.

These days, she uses marketing skills honed during her first career to set her and her seller’s home apart.

Branch leverages social media and traditional marketing approaches to ensure sellers get top dollar and credits years working in a competitive, fast, and driven environment for making her adept at contract negotiations, even in a seller’s market.

She sees herself as a natural matchmaker, connecting people to their perfect home.

‘Be about others,’ concentrate on your client’s best interest and all else will fall into place.

Molly Branch How long have you been in real estate, and what led you to this career?

“I’ve had 11 years as an active Realtor in the Dallas market. I have lived in Dallas all of my life, with the exception of my college years in Austin, and I have owned and lived in several homes (including homes in Lakewood, Hollywood Heights, and Oak Cliff ) - I purchased my first home at the age of 21 and started buying and selling real estate while in college.

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?

“Be about others,” concentrate on your client’s best interest, and all else will fall into place.

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HOUSE OF THE MONTH 4301 Potomac Avenue

What is the best thing about being a real estate agent?

It has to be meeting so many amazing souls and making their dreams come to life.

What is your outlook on the Dallas market?

Pockets of Dallas will level out, but overall we will continue to see small, steady growth.

Can you give us a fun fact about yourself?

My maternal family is from Northern Italy. The Ladini speak the Ladino language, mainly spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy and an area in the Swiss Alps. It exhibits similarities to Latin and French.

Artifacts have been found that show our people have been there for 5,000 years.

– Staff Report

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refrigerator, and an open-floor remodeled kitchen next to the living area that features French doors to the patio, outdoor kitchen, pool, and turfed yard. The downstairs level also includes a full guest suite and a study with built-ins. The primary suite includes a covered balcony, a sitting area, and gorgeous dual baths and closets. Upstairs are three additional bedroom suites, a game room, and a dry bar.

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Schools

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Mary Glen Joy [center] performs in Highland Park High’s 1961 production of South Pacific; Ashley Meece, Mary Glen Joy, and Lucy Reeves Wrubel after a 1986 performance of Grease; Ashley, McKinley, and Lyla Meece backstage this year for Legally Blonde. (PHOTOS: COURTESY ASHLEY MEECE)

ALL IN THE MEECE FAMILY

Three generations star in Highland Park High School musical productions

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radition, one of the cornerstones of Highland Park High School, plays out in the Meece family with a legacy of roles in the performing arts.

Lyla and McKinley Meece represent the third generation of girls f rom their family to grace the Linda Raya Stage.

J U L I E T A L L A N The sisters appeared in the school’s recent production of Legally Blonde, with Lyla in the lead role of Elle Woods.

Since her first lead role as Annie, performing arts called to Lyla the same way it called to her mom, Ashley, and her grandmother.

“Music has been passed down in our

family for generations,” Ashley said, recounting impromptu family skits and shows that brought her household to life as a child and again as a mother.

During her years in the halls of Highland Park, Ashley participated in drama with Linda Raya as her teacher, represented the school as a cheerleader, and performed in her senior musical, Grease.

Although Ashley certainly carries the spirit of the stage with her, she says that her daughters truly take after their grandmother, Mary Glen Joy, who they affectionately call MG. Lyla and McKinley, like their grandmother, are members of Lads & Lassies, the Highland Park choir, and can be found in the spotlight during every musical.

“Every time I see them on stage, I

think, ‘They are following my mother,’” Ashley said.

However, it was by coincidence or fate, not expectation, that Lyla ended up on stage.

“When I started doing the musicals at school, I had no idea that MG was in all of the productions,” she said.

Although Lyla certainly carries the legacy of generations before her, she is also forging her distinct path through the world of performing arts.

“My favorite thing is seeing the passion spark in younger kids,” she said, explaining her recent work with nonprofit Brother Bill’s Helping Hand. Over the summer, she and McKinley created and ran a theater class for children in need, an experience so meaningful that Lyla

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Regardless of whether Lyla ends up in the classroom, the studio, on the stage, or somewhere else, she has undoubtedly left her mark on Highland Park High and the greater community.

Music has been passed down in our family for generations.

Ashley Meece

And when she graduates this year, she will be passing that legacy to her sister’s capable hands.

Juliet Allan is a senior at Highland Park High School who likes to write and sing.

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Student Achievements: Celebrate These

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3 1. Soccer examples

Highland Park High School Lady Scots soccer teammates don’t just score goals on the field: They set examples in the community.

That’s one reason why the team led by captains Parker Hart [left], Kylie Bell, Elise Needleman, and Hattie Patterson annually draws children’s soccer teams as well as families and fans to hang with players and get autographs and selfies.

Chips Old Fashion Hamburgers will again supply the food during the seventh annual Girls with Goals Community Picnic from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 7 at Highlander Stadium. The party also includes a DJ, bounce houses, games, photo buttons, and face painting. Tickets are $11, T-shirts, $22.

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2. Listen to the bands

The Highland Park High School Wind Symphony (top) and Highland Park Middle School Honors Band won national recognition in the 2021 Mark of Excellence National Wind Band Honors Project sponsored by The Foundation for Music Education.

The competition, entered through recorded submissions, recognizes outstanding achievement in performance by high school and middle school bands, choirs, and orchestras.

The top 25% get selected as National Winners, while the second 25% receive Commended Honors. This is the first time either HP band program has earned the coveted national title. Both have previously received Commended Honors.

During the past 14 years, the project has received entries from 38 states. This year, 236 entries were submitted.

3. Super service

Members of the Mockingbird Chapter of the National Charity League in the last year contributed 8,998 hours of community service to Dallas philanthropy partners working in crisis and violence intervention, education, elderly and animal support, and poverty and hunger prevention.

NCL, a nonprofit focused on philanthropy and leadership development, fosters mother-daughter relationships by providing opportunities for community service.

The Mockingbird Chapter boasts about 275 members, including girls in grade seven to 12 from Highland Park and Lake Highlands high schools; E.D. Walker Middle School; Christ the King St. Monica, St. Patrick, St. Rita, and St.

EXEMPLARY TEST SCORES AND LIVES.

Thomas Aquinas Catholic schools; Lakehill Preparatory School, Dallas Lutheran School, and Ursuline Academy.

During its Celebration of Service on Sept. 16 at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, the chapter also honored Mia Barnett, a senior at Dallas Lutheran School in Dallas and daughter of Laura and Dan Barnett.

With 150 hours of community service, she won the Merci Award as the Chapter Ticktocker who completed the most individual philanthropic service hours. To learn more, visit nationalcharityleague. org/chapter/mockingbird.

Pictured, clockwise: Mia Barnett; Katie Threadgill, Maggie Cothern, Kennedy Calabrese and Allie Lorino.

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How Many Does Your School Have?

Congratulations 2022 National Merit Semifinalists People Newspapers here recognizes the dozens of 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists f rom our markets for achieving a status earned by less than 1 percent of high school seniors nationwide.

The students entered the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program as juniors by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/ NMSQT®). The nationwide pool of semifinalists includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.

The program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

The nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) named approxi-

mately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide. Its leaders expect 95 percent of those to become finalists and about half of the finalists to win National Merit Scholarships.

Students will learn in early 2022 whether they are finalists, but the NMSC typically doesn’t announce their names to the media. Some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships – $30 million worth – will be offered in the spring.

To become a finalist, the semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application with information about the student’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

– William Taylor

CORRECTION: A list of St. Mark’s 2021 National Merit Program semif inalists inadvertently got copied onto this page in print versions of the November issues. The school’s 2022 semif inalists appear below. People Newspapers regrets the error.

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Arjun Agarwal Zayn Bhimani Matthew Fan Alex Geng Mikhail Ghosh Axel Icazbalceta Abhi Jain Jedidiah Kim Adam Lai Tomek Marczewski Bryce Nivet Colin Peck Sampath Rapuri Alexander Ryan Matthew Shen Pranay Sinkre Isaac Song Ekansh Tambe Adam Wang Darren Xi Jonathan Yin Jeremy Yu

FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT: Highland Park High School semifinalists Evan Wang, Sarah Wirskye, Jerry Wang, Carlyn Johnson, Matthew Mattei, and Juliet Allan. BACK ROW: Kieley Stallings, Ryan Carmack, Ava Tiffany, Justin Li, Reva Rao, Daniel Carrillo, Kate Hamilton, and Grace Peng. (PHOTO: COURTESY HPISD)

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Parish Episcopal Partners with United to Learn for Dave’s Day of Service More than 350 Parish Episcopal School community members gathered on Oct. 2 to honor someone with a heart for service — by committing to an entire day of doing good.

Parents, students, faculty, staff, and grandparents came out to support several United to Learn partner schools as part of Parish’s inaugural Dave’s Day of Service.

The event was launched in honor of Parish Episcopal School’s 50th Anniversary and named in honor of Dave Monaco, Parish’s Allen Meyer Family Head of School, and his wife Mollie for their passion and dedication to serving the broader education community here in Dallas. Monaco serves as Board Chair for United to Learn, an education nonprofit that supports Dallas ISD elementary schools.

Led by parent co-chairs, Jody Swartzwelder and Mollie Monaco, Parish volunteers completed more than 20 projects at elementary schools Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa, Anne Frank, José “Joe” May, Julian T. Saldivar and one middle school, Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy. Volunteers of all ages worked on projects at school sites, such as gardening, painting, power-washing and organizing supplies. There were also many activities on Parish’s campus, such as creating thank you notes for students to choose from, including packing snack bags, creating fidget toys and curricular games, recording books for students to listen to, and more.

“I serve because of the impact I see every time I help others, even when it is something simple,” said junior Graydon Moore. “I have always strived to use my gifts and talents to help others. Whether it’s creating signs for [an organization], painting a theatre set for a children’s theatre, or baking cookies for [a soup kitchen], I always feel like I have spent my time for the greater good.”

– Staff report

Parish Episcopal School community members named their day of service in honor of Dave Monaco, the Allen Meyer Family Head of School.

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SEATED, FROM LEFT: Linda Pitts Custard, Meadows Museum director Mark Roglán, and William Custard. STANDING: Meadows Foundation president Peter Miller, SMU president R. Gerald Turner, Meadows School of Arts dean Sam Holland, and SMU vice president Brad Cheves.

New institute for Spanish art Linda P. and William A. Custard committed $3 million, and the Meadows Foundation matched that to establish the Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture at the Meadows Museum.

“Through their gift, the Custards and the Meadows Foundation will foster profound partnerships and inspire meaningful scholarship that reaches far beyond SMU’s campus,” said SMU President R. Gerald Turner.

Difference-making alumni What does it take to join the ranks of distinguished SMU alumni and emerging leaders?

Leading the fight against hunger, championing philanthropy, rising to the federal bench, and winning a Ryder Cup wouldn’t hurt.

The Emerging Leader Award went to

golfer Bryson DeChambeau, class of 2016.

He is one of the top professional golfers globally and is often referred to as “The Scientist” for his SMU physics major and analytical approach to the sport.

2021 Distinguished Alumni: Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, a 1992 graduate of SMU’s Dedman School of Law. As chief executive officer of Feeding America, she oversees a national nonprofit network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and programs that served more than 6 billion meals during the pandemic.

Bill and Liz Martin Armstrong, the class of 1982. They met as geology majors and married in 1984. Together, they propelled a startup into Armstrong Oil and Gas, an energy exploration juggernaut; founded the award-winning Epoch Estate Wines; and established the Armstrong Foundation, which focuses on arts and

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Judge Barbara M. Golden Lynn

SMU researchers used radar satellite images to unravel previously unidentified landslides from space. (PHOTOS: COURTESY SMU) education philanthropy. They remain active leaders for SMU. U.S. District Judge Barbara M. Golden Lynn, a 1976 law school graduate. She shattered gender barriers early in her career and continues to open doors for women in the legal profession. Lynn joined Carrington Coleman in Dallas as the firm’s first female associate and, later, became its first female partner before assuming the bench as a U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Texas in 2000. Lynn made history in 2016 as the first woman to attain the position of chief judge.

Despite a full docket, Lynn remains involved with SMU.

Ponies in a landslide study Watch out West Coast residents: SMU geophysicists, using satellite imagery, have spotted more than 600 slow-moving landslides

– less than 5 percent of which had been identified before.

“These landslides are currently moving slowly. But they’re already in a state of force imbalance. So some other external forces, like earthquakes or rainfall, could shift them into a disaster,” said Yuankun Xu, a postdoctoral researcher and lead author of a study published in the journal Landslides.

Xu works in the SMU Radar Laboratory of geophysics professor Zhong Lu, whose team has received nearly $1 million from NASA over the past four years.

“We don’t want to give the impression that these landslides are in trouble tomorrow,” Lu said. But researchers urged policymakers to monitor the movement to prevent catastrophe.

– Compiled by William Taylor

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Christ the King Catholic Earns Blue Ribbon Status Again Dallas campus only Texas private school so honored this year Those blue ribbons seen tied on trees out front of Christ the King Catholic School (CKS) on Colgate Avenue at Preston Road signal a significant achievement.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently recognized the Dallas campus as one of 325 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021.

In the face of unprecedented circumstances, you found creative ways to engage, care for, protect, and teach our children.

Miguel Cardona “The National Blue Ribbon recognition means a great deal to our community, and it is an honor to be considered one of the top schools in the nation,” said principal Lisa M. Bosco.

Now in its 39th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed approximately 10,000 awards to more than 9,000 schools.

CKS also received Blue Ribbon recognition in 1994 and 2015.

“I commend this school and all our Blue Ribbon honorees for working to keep students healthy

FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT: John Mazzu, Merritt Brooks, Austin Gunn, Nicolas Collora, and Elena Ubinas. BACK: Delia O’Sullivan, Lisa Bosco, and Philip Kidwell. (PHOTO: MADELINE ELLIOTT) and safe while meeting their academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs,” Cardona said. “In the face of unprecedented circumstances, you found creative ways to engage, care for, protect, and teach our children.”

CKS’s 2021 recognition is in the Exemplary High-Performing School category based on all student scores, subgroup student scores, and graduation rates.

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“During these challenging times, this recognition is a testament to our faculty who dutifully respond to their vocation, to our students who continue to demonstrate a strong love of learning, and to our families who remain committed to the school mission,” Bosco said.

There are 130,930 elementary and high schools nationwide – including 32,461 private ones.

Up to 420 schools may be nominated each year. The Department invites National Blue Ribbon Schools nominations from the top education official in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and the Bureau of Indian Education. Private schools are nominated by the Council for American Private Education.

Only 23 private schools were recognized nationwide this year, and CKS was the only one in Texas.

“We are proud of the entire Christ the King Catholic School community for their dedication to fulfilling the school mission in order to promote a positive school culture where students thrive in academics, spirituality, and servant leadership,” Bosco said.

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Brewing Up a Business Plan

Scottie Joe’s will serve up coffee, learning opportunities at Highland Park High

By Rachel Snyder

Rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com Scottie Joe’s, a coffee bar coming to the third floor of Highland Park High School, is expected to brew up learning opportunities for students in the Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) program and the district’s 18+ program.

“It’s a good experience for both us and them,” junior Gabi Kolniak said of the 18+ program.

This kind of thing just helps you interact with all sorts of people on a scale that normally, as a student, you wouldn’t do.

Paul Flowers

FROM LEFT: Gabi Kolniak, Greer Dunston, Desmond Bibbs, Paul Flowers, Anthony Ngo, and Berkley Slover.

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The coffee bar, a partnership including the MAPS program, the 18+ program, and Credit Union of Texas, is expected to open around Thanksgiving.

MAPS students helped develop the business plan, and young

adults in the 18+ program will staff it.

“It just kept evolving into what if we opened this coffee shop where we could give our business design and leadership students the opportunity to have a living, breathing organic case study where they could not only help launch it as an introduction to their coursework but have something that they could touch base with to look at numbers, to rethink marketing, and have a living, breathing business model

that could influence their coursework throughout the year,” MAPS Director Michael Warren said.

Warren said he hopes all MAPS students will learn from the project, from business design and leadership, engineering design classes creating accent seating for the shop, to brain science and health students researching the effects of caffeine.

Students in the business design and leadership program have worked on mission statements

weekday

and done market research via surveys among students and teachers to learn about the types of coffee and price points that would do best and learned about supply chain issues.

“I’ve always thought I want to do something business-related,” junior Paul Flowers said. “This kind of thing just helps you interact with all sorts of people on a scale that normally, as a student, you wouldn’t do.”

Senior Anthony Ngo said he

enjoys the interactive nature of the class too.

HPISD 18+ program instructor Tyson Peterson said they’re excited about the partnership.

“We just want the kids to be more active and doing things,” Peterson said. “I think they’re all excited.”

Credit Union of Texas vice president of community engagement Desmond Bibbs said the partnership aligns with the types of projects the credit union seeks to support.

“We wanted to support them accordingly because in all of the experience that we found around trying to support children gaining access to real-life experiences, what we find is that they walk away with so much more,” Bibbs said. “We’ve seen firsthand students walking away with a higher level of confidence, being able to stand in front of large crowds and do public speaking ... and building relationships, and networking.”

He said he had an opportunity to speak to the students and was impressed with their ideas for marketing.

“We’re really excited to try to help support them in that lane as well,” Bibbs said.

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Partners Card SUPPORTING THE FAMILY PLACE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER Partners Card helps the agency amid pandemic, winter storm recovery

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10% This year’s Partners Card co-chairs are Caroline Snell Wagner, Rachel Osburn, and Jane Wallingford. (PHOTO: TAMYTHA CAMERON)

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mid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of a February winter storm that damaged the Family Place’s since repaired emergency shelter, Partners Card organizers say supporting the agency remains more crucial than ever.

The Partners Card fundraiser has supported the Family Place since 1993 by selling cards that provide discounts at participating retailers and restaurants in North Texas. The Family Place, organized in 1978, has grown into the state’s largest family violence service provider.

Rachel Osburn, Caroline Snell Wagner, and Jane Wallingford are co-chairing this year’s event, which runs from Oct. 29 until Nov. 7. Caroline’s mother and longtime Partners Card fundraiser, Debbie Snell, is the honorary chair.

“The money that we’re raising this year is not only as impactful as it has been in

years past, but it’s more so because they have had to revamp their facility and also help a lot more people that have been suffering,” said Osburn.

Snell Wagner said the pandemic increased needs.

“The pandemic has driven up the domestic violence numbers, in general, all over the world,” she said.

In addition to supporting The Family Place, Partners Card also boosts local businesses, many of whom also suffered during the pandemic.

“I think 85% of participating retailers say that they see higher than average sales during Partners Card, and last year was a tough year for our retailers,” Wallingford said.

While organizers expect more shoppers may feel comfortable shopping in person this year with the availability of vaccines, online shopping will likely remain popular.

“I think that we have more online retailers than we’ve ever had in the past – online-only retailers, and I think that’s just

because in this past year we’ve all had to adapt and learn how to live in this new world that we are in,” Wallingford said.

The money that we’re raising this year is not only as impactful as it has been in year’s past, but it’s more so because they have had to revamp their facility and also help a lot more people that have been suffering.

Rachel Osburn Retailers with brick-and-mortar stores that have participated in Partners Card in the past have added online components as well.

Seller Soirée Kicks Off Partners Card Sales, Celebrates Partners (PHOTO: AUDRIE DOLLINS)

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The Family Place geared up for another exciting year of Partners Card with the annual Seller Soirée.

Partners Card co-chairs Rachel Osburn, Caroline Snell Wagner, and Jane Wallingford, along with honorary chair Debbie Snell, newly appointed Family Place CEO Mimi Crume Sterling, and current CEO Paige Flink mingled with nearly 60 guests on Sept. 14 at FRAME in Highland Park Village.

The evening kicked off the card selling season and recognized the

2021 card sellers and sponsors who make it possible to continue the premier annual fundraiser that supports the agency’s efforts to address domestic violence.

Guests shopped the retailer’s stylish duds and signature denim while sipping seasonal cocktails and enjoying bites provided by Bistro 31 and custom cookies by Crush Sweets. Outside in the gorgeous weather, guests enjoyed champagne sips provided by The Bubble Tap Dallas Trailer, a fizzy and effervescent mobile bubbly bar.

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PARTNERS CARD TIMELINE 1993 The Family Place launched Partners Card with 175 participating stores. Ms. Gene Jones served as the first Honorary Chair.

Sally Hoglund and Sally Johnson founded the inaugural event which raised $90,000.

1998 Partners Card revenue exceeded half a million dollars with more than 10,000 cards sold.

2000 Partners Card grew to more than 500 participating stores.

2007 Partners Card celebrated 15 years, raising $905,000 to help battered women, children, and men.

2010 Partners Card raised more than $1 million for the first time. The Family Place opens its school facility for K-2nd grade students at its Safe Campus.

2017 Partners Card celebrated 25 years.

Partners Card mobile app and e-commerce launched. Partners Card raised more than $1 million and provided more t han 14,000 nights of shelter for victims of family violence.

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JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS WOMEN AT WORK

Leaders reflect on century of service, increasingly diverse future

CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: Junior League of Dallas Centennial Committee co-chairs Margo Goodwin and Andrea Cheek, JLD president Elizabeth Dacus, Centennial Project chair Sarah Jackson, and city of Dallas director of the Office of Arts and Culture Jennifer Scripps at the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House. Members of Junior League of Dallas have found many ways to serve the community through the decades while training up women leaders. (PHOTOS: COURTESY JUNIOR LEAGUE DALLAS, PEOPLE NEWSPAPERS ARCHIVES)

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improving the Dallas community, providing over 130,000 service hours and about $1 million in funding each year. s Junior League of Dallas celebrates Brown-Sanford has been an active its Centennial, president Christa member with JLD for 14 years, balancing Brown-S anford and former service on multiple committees like the represident Karen Shuford anticipate search and development team with her cachanges even as JLD stays focused on its reer as an attorney. central mission.

“Every year as I’m volunteering, I “At Junior League, we train future wom- think, ‘Oh, this is my favorite one,’” said en leaders in Dallas, period,” Brown-San- Brown-Sanford. “I think I have learned ford said. “I think when you just look at something about myself, how I work with that, there is an impact on the community others, and how I lead that has helped me that is so important because of the work to create this skillset that is so important in that we’re doing with women.” every other aspect of my life.”

Established in 1922, the Junior League In celebration of 100 years of service of Dallas started with 40 members deter- dedicated to the Dallas community, JLD mined to make a difference in their com- exhibited historical documents, memoramunity and has grown to almost 5,000 bilia, and photos at the Hall of State during members PCP_Nov2021_Banner_Draft1.pdf today. the State Fair of Texas and is rehabilitating 1 10/5/2021 1:32:59 PM One of the largest and oldest Junior the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House as Leagues, the organization dedicates itself to a Centennial Project. JLD has raised about

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“Having been a member for 46 years, I’ve seen over and over again that when a community need or an issue arises, the Junior League members step up to the plate,” Shuford said.

At Junior League, we train future women leaders in Dallas, period.

Christa Brown-Sanford When abused children had to retell their story to authorities, Junior League women stepped forward and established the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Shuford said.

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Looking towards the future, both Brown-Sanford and Shuford hope to increase diversity within the organization.

“In 100 years, I think that the league will continue to grow to be more reflective of the community that we serve and really expand upon our diversity of membership from a racial and ethnic standpoint, from a geographic standpoint, and from a socio-economic standpoint,” Brown-Sanford said.

Shuford hopes future members visit the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House and become inspired by the “remarkable lady who [believed] that people from all backgrounds can come together and make a difference.

She said, “[We want] to ensure that all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, or income, are treated with dignity and equality, and have access to things like healthcare, housing, employment, and safety.”

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Woman’s Garden Campaign Underway

Sandy Ammons and Michelle Mew Pam Mattingly, Barbara Lake, Mary McDermott Cook, Mersina Stubbs

(PHOTOS: ROB WYTHE/WYTHE PORTRAIT STUDIO)

The Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden launched the 2021-2022 A Woman’s Garden 25th An-niversary Campaign with a Birthday Party chaired by Barbara Bigham on Oct. 4 at the Main Terrace Garden.

The centerpiece of the celebration was a ceremonial five-tier towering birthday cake

by Dallas Affaires Cake Company decorated with a colorful design by Mari Epperson of a kaleidoscope of silk butterflies in flight seeming to fly to the sky. Council members also released 240 live butterflies into the gardens.

“Our beautiful garden celebrates the power, creativity, resourcefulness, passion, and commitment of women across generations coming together to support a common goal,” said Lisa Loy Laughlin, Women’s Council president.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Phase II endowment trust to provide for maintenance and improvements for A Woman’s Garden.

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Butterfly Cake Nancy Greenback, Barbara Brice

Carole Ann Brown, Claire Catrino, Venise Stuart

Shar Sutherlin, Suzanne Millet, Daphne Elizalde

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What is Philanthropy?

Bob Hopkins’ new book defines love of humanity with scores of stories Entering the world of philanthropy doesn’t mean having to throw exceeding amounts of money at problems.

Philanthropist and former magazine publisher Bob Hopkins describes it differently in his book PhilanthroSOPHIA WILSON py Misunderstood: One Hundred-Plus Stories From People Who Helped Change the World.

He clarified that although philanthropy is often associated with affluence, its bottom line is the “love of mankind.”

An abundance of experiences throughout the 40 years Hopkins has spent in the nonprofit sector led him to create the book of essays from him and others. It includes 108 stories of people Hopkins knows who abetted the gradual process of transformation in the world.

“Please help me in thanking them again and encourage them to keep up the work that changes behaviors, the passions that grow

into ideas, and causes that make a difference,” Hopkins wrote.

Many years ago, Hopkins was beginning to open Philanthropy in Texas magazine when he met Debbie Makrazek, the CEO and founder of the Sales Company.

She taught him how to network and create a circle of influence “made up of people who need people to succeed in life and business.”

Other stories in the book include Dr. Ken and Deborah Adams and their three children, who Hopkins met in 2013 while teaching a children’s class about philanthropy.

Six years later, the Adams family raised over $1.6 million to build water wells in about 20 countries and traveled internationally for eight months fueled on “faith, trust, and experience.”

Opus Keyes, the former sweet puppy of Margo and Jim Keyes, played a significant role in three philanthropy projects.

Opus was auctioned off to the couple to raise money for children’s musical instruments at the Dallas Symphony Gala.

FROM LEFT: Bob Hopkins has spent four decades in the nonprofit sector. (PHOTOS: PHILANTHROPYMISUNDERSTOOD.ORG); Book cover.

Later, after Opus swallowed a golf ball and had to have surgery, Hopkins convinced the ball’s owner, an executive with Republic Title, to make a $2,000 donation to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

But it doesn’t stop there: Opus became a little boy’s hero by serving as a stand-in for “Air Bud” during a Make a Wish Foundation experience based on the Disney movie series.

Despite the troubles of our world, people

still care for the wellbeing of others, said Hopkins, who sees philanthropy as not necessarily about the cause.

Donors seek gratification by helping to improve society and strengthen the community, he said, adding “they are able to express their appreciation by giving to good causes.”

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Habitat Dallas Changes Lives Bank of America partnership promotes homeownership, pride

By William Taylor

willliam.taylor@peoplenewspapers.com What’s Nekemia Brown’s favorite space in the Habitat for Humanity home she bought in 2020?

“My closet, because I have a lot of shoes,” she told representatives of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity in July of that year as she stood outside with a rental moving truck in her new driveway.

“For me, owning a home, it makes me feel more family-oriented,” she said, holding the flowers they brought. “I can relax and spend family time with my daughters and my dogs.”

The Browns and nine other families can credit, in part, their houses to a 20-year-old partnership between the Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity and Bank of America Dallas.

“Bank of America has been especially meaningful to us because they’ve graciously given to Habitat’s mission for two decades,” said Dallas Habitat CEO Dave Crawford. “This type of commitment of an entire organization of people has allowed us to make real progress in transforming lives and communities in Dallas/Fort Worth.”

While sponsoring the 10 Habitat home builds, the bank has provided countless hours of HUD-certified financial education courses to hundreds of Dallas families, nearly 12,000 volunteer hours, and more

than $750,000 to the agency.

“It has been an honor to work with Habitat to advance economic mobility in our community through financial literacy education and advance our shared mission of increasing access to affordable housing,” said bank president Jennifer Chandler. “And we look forward to our continued partnership.”

Dallas Habitat serves families making between 25% and 60% of the area’s median income who demonstrate need, ability to pay, and willingness to partner with the agency, according to dallasareahabitat.org.

Partnering includes taking advantage of Habitat’s educational programs that cover such topics as finances, budgeting, and home maintenance. Clients also contribute “sweat equity” to the construction of their homes and the homes of their neighbors.

The model allows Habitat to guarantee mortgage payments won’t exceed 30% of a family’s monthly income at the time of closing.

Brown managed to complete that project during the pandemic and thanked Habitat leaders and volunteers for that. “You were always rooting for me.”

She described homeownership as life-changing for her family. It has allowed them to host New Year’s with loved ones, dedicate space for exercise, and plant a flower garden – all in the West Dallas neighborhood where she grew up.

“It means so much for me to grow up in this neighborhood and to see how much you guys invest to make it safer, nicer,” she told her friends from Dallas Habitat. “To me, it changed some of the people who live in the neighborhood because it makes it calmer.”

I can relax and spend family time with my daughters and my dogs.

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TOP: Bank of America volunteers contribute thousands of volunteer hours to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. (PHOTO: COURTESY DALLAS HABITAT) LEFT: Nekemia Brown and her daughter (PHOTO: COURTESY NEKEMIA BROWN)

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TOP, FROM LEFT: Kathy Hilton, Dogs Matter alumni client Camille Cox and her dog Harley, Stephen Knight and his dog Jayde, and Kelly Clarkson.

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Dogs Matter Eases Foster Care Dilemma Addicts don’t need to fret about beloved pets during treatment

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When Taylor Stensrud faced a life-altering dilemma, Dogs Matter was there.

“In early 2018, I was finally ready to accept my truth and willing to begin an alcohol treatment program after nearly two decades of abuse,” the Highland Park resident said. “But what was I supposed to do with my dog, Belle, for 60 to 90 days?”

Housing a pet during a rehabilitation stay is an issue that gets overlooked and holds many people back from getting the help they need on their journey toward recovery.

Addiction can strip away almost everything. One by one, people around an addict often find they have no choice but to leave, and pet owners don’t want to lose the only one who stays and loves unconditionally.

That’s where Dogs Matter, headquartered near Midway Road and Northwest Highway, runs to help.

The Dallas nonprofit founded in 2014

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seeking treatment and transitioning to recovery. Knight recently appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

The donor-supported agency takes care of the food and veterinarian services, provides status updates to clients, and includes free aftercare follow-ups for up to 12 months.

“They truly do ‘take care of your best friend while you take care of yourself,’” Stensrud said. “Dogs Matter found the perfect foster family and relieved me of the added stress and anxiety over the care of my dog when I needed to focus on myself and my sobriety.”

Dogs can help reduce loneliness, create social opportunities, lower blood pressure, and provide a sense of purpose in a seemingly hopeless situation.

“Belle has been my loyal companion throughout my journey,” Stensrud said. “We were successfully reunited after my treatment in the summer of 2018 and have been living in a safe, sober environment ever since.”

Stensrud also now works for Dogs Matter, heading up the marketing and foster operations team.

“I’m extremely grateful to the Dogs Matter organization and its amazing volunteers,” he said. “They were such an integral part in my journey towards a new life in recovery.”

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@Properties Dallas Ready For Take-Off

at Properties Launch

at Properties Launch

Jennifer Davis, Monica Maldonado, Cheryl Blanton, Jill Elliott, Jordana Kelley, Jerry W. Mooty, Jr., Piper Young, Kayla Weigel, Shay Lary, Caitlyn Beveridge, Tara McGraw, and Joann Kast (PHOTOS: TAMYTHA CAMERON PHOTOGRAPHY)

America Calloway, Jerry W. Mooty Jr., and Daj Johnson

Piper Young and Kayla Weigel

Jerry W. Mooty Jr. and Luke Mooty

Residential brokerage giant @properties signaled its Dallas franchise’s readiness to take off in North Texas markets with an aviation-themed launch party complete with invitations made to look like firstclass plane tickets from Chicago to Dallas.

The Illinois-based firm and affiliates Ansley Real Estate and Nest Realty have 4,000-plus agents in 65 offices in 10 states.

Principals Jerry W. Mooty Jr. and Piper Young hosted nearly 150 @properties Dallas guests on Sept. 23 at Star Skyline at the Braniff Centre with a panoramic view of a stunning sunset over the runways at Dallas Love Field.

Models dressed in custom-designed red @properties flight attendant uniforms greeted those arriving with glasses of champagne before guiding them onto the red-carpet entrance to the venue to enjoy appetizers and cocktails garnished with red paper airplanes.

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SPCA of Texas’ Fur Ball a Purposeful Purple Pet Party

Julie Eenigenburg and Leo the dog Elizabeth Keckeisen and Mary Keckeisen

Virginia Do, Mark Hoglander, Dhruva Patel, Frances Ethus, Kerri Lin, and Hiren Patel

Mark Soto and Amy Brightwell

Ted Kincaid and Steve Atkinson

Karen Froehlich and Mandy Strauss

Anthony and Amber Sims

(PHOTOS: THOMAS GARZA)

North Texas animal lovers celebrated the bond between people and their pets during SPCA of Texas’ Fur Ball 2021 on Oct. 2 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas.

The gala led by chairs Hiren and Dhruva Patel helps fund the important mission to provide every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Guests cuddled with adorable puppies and lit up the photo booth, before heading into the ballroom for the program.

Dazzling purple dominated everywhere including gorgeous florals and col columns sporting bright, cheerful photos and heartfelt stories about animals the SPCA of Texas has recently helped. The ballroom glittered with purple drapes, sparkling lights and stunning floral centerpieces Rubi Solano, the director of community outreach for the SPCA of Texas, and Mark Romick, with Duck Team 6, talked about the critical work the organizations do to keep pets in homes and unchain dogs.

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Looking Ahead Dine by Design

The Magdalen House’s fourth annual Leave a Legacy: Live Loud and Free Community Concert will feature Lori McKenna and Liz Rose of the Love Junkies with special guest Hailey Whitters at 6 p.m. Nov. 4 at The Rustic.

Proceeds will support the agency’s programming to help alcoholic women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost. Visit magdalenhouse.org/ leave-a-legacy.

Chefs For Farmers

Love a beautifully set table? The Northwood Woman’s Club will celebrate that with the “Dine by Design, It’s All on the Table” luncheon and exhibit at the Galleria Dallas.

Those who attend the $125 luncheon on Oct. 28 get the first looks at the more than two dozen tablescapes elaborately themed and decorated. Luncheon registration begins at 9:30 a.m. that day at the Westin Galleria Dallas.

But new this year, the public can also view the tables from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays beginning Oct. 29 and running through Nov. 14 on level one near Grand Lux Café. Those tickets are $10. Visit galleriadallas.com.

Chefs For Farmers launched as a farm-totable dinner concept in 2010 and has grown into a multi-day food and wine festival known for bringing chefs, restaurants, artisans, and farmers together.

This year’s event, Nov. 4 through 7, benefits Trigger’s Toys charity. Visit chefsforfarmers. com for schedule and tickets.

Impact Dallas Gala

Big Black Tie Ball

Where else would you hold a new gala celebrating architecture than a newly redeveloped historic downtown skyscraper?

The Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Dallas) and the Architecture and Design Foundation will hold their inaugural Impact Dallas Gala on Nov. 4 at The Thompson Hotel in The National.

Larry Good, founding principal and chairman of Dallas-based firm GFF, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Deedie Rose will get the George Foster Harrell Award for her role as a philanthropist and connector in moving forward some of Dallas’ most impactful projects. Visit dallasadex.org.

Leave a Legacy Concert

Big Brothers Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Dallas (BBBS) will hold its 2021 Big Black Tie Ball virtually and in person at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.

CBS 11’s Brooke Katz will emcee, and the Party Machine band will perform. A silent auction runs from Oct. 25-Nov. 7. Visit bigblacktieball.com.

Obelisk Awards

Twelve North Texas arts and business individuals and organizations will be honored at the 33rd annual Obelisk Awards presented

by Business Council for the Arts at noon Nov. 17 at the Fairmont Dallas. Visit ntbca.org/theobelisk-awards.

Texas Trailblazer Awards The Family Place domestic violence agency on Nov. 17 at The Thompson Hotel will present its former CEO Paige Flink with the Texas Trailblazer Award, honoring those who create positive change in the community. Visit familyplace.org.

– Compiled by William Taylor (COURTESY PHOTOS)

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Living

SHE WAS ‘ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE’

Family remembers mother, grandmother who died early in pandemic Watkins contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized after her oxygen levels dipped dangerously low.

“I know doctors were doing everything they could,” McDowell said. “It’s just an awful thing for my mom being this caregiver that she was to be in a hospital alone.”

PANDEMIC MADE PERSONAL This is the first in a series we’re planning about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families in our community. Visit www. peoplenewspapers.com/submit-atip/ to share your story.

She just kind of stepped in and did what she needed to do for us.

She was my go to.

Ashley Watkins McDowell

By Rachel Snyder

Rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

C

arol Wilson Watkins, a nurse by trade, was “always taking care of people.”

“She was good that way as a mom, too,” one of her three daughters, Ashley Watkins McDowell, said. “She was that person that when I needed something, she was there. She just kind of stepped in and did what she needed to do for us. She was my go-to. She was like that for my whole family.

She had the best smile.”

McDowell is a co-founder of Turner McDowell Rowan family law, and one of her sisters also is a lawyer.

After moving to Dallas, Watkins worked in pediatric nursing at Children’s Medical Center and Pediatric Associates of Dallas before becoming a consultant on medical issues for the law firm Baron & Budd.

McDowell said Watkins enjoyed

Carol Wilson Watkins enjoyed celebrating with family. (COURTESY PHOTOS) lunches at the Zodiac Room at NorthPark Center and celebrating family birthdays.

“She always wanted to make all of our birthdays special,” McDowell said. “She loved her friends; she loved being around people.”

Watkins retired about six years ago and was diagnosed with dementia about

four years ago.

McDowell said the family moved her mother into assisted living around March of 2020, and her facility was quickly closed to visitors.

McDowell got a call from her mother about a week later and learned something was wrong.

Watkins died March 31, 2020, at 73.

“It was hard on all of us, and I think we all handled it in different ways,” McDowell said of her family. “You’re alone, and you have your family, but it’s just sort of surreal when you’re sheltering in place, and it can kind of seem not real because everybody’s just by themselves, but I think when we did start kind of easing into doing things it became real again.”

She also reflected on her mother’s influence.

“She did everything as a mom that she could for us even if that meant sacrificing something of her own, and I probably see that more as a mom, and I think that influenced us,” McDowell said. “I would generally say she taught me to be strong and independent and caring, and I hope I do all of those things in her honor for my whole life.”

Things To Do Chi Omega Christmas Market (PHOTO: COURTESY OF COCM)

Trains at NorthPark (PHOTO: COURTESY OF BRET REDMAN)

Trains at NorthPark When: Nov. 13-Jan. 2, 2022.

Where: second level of NorthPark Center, between Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus Admission: $5 for children ages 2-12 and seniors over 65, $10 for adults, free for children younger than 2 Texas’ largest miniature train exhibit boasts more than 1,600

feet of tracks and 750-plus railcars featuring the organizations, families, and individuals who make the event possible by purchasing railcars with customized artwork for $200 or more. Purchase one

by Dec. 7 to guarantee it gets on the tracks before season’s end. Proceeds from the event help Ronald McDonald House Dallas provide a

Enchant Christmas (PHOTO: COURTESY OF ENCHANT CHRISTMAS) home away from home for families with sick and injured children.

Visit thetrainsatnorthpark.com.

Chi Omega Christmas Market When: Nov. 17-20 Where: Automobile Building at Fair Park.

Admission: $15-100 A 44-year-old tradition returns

to in-person shopping with some 200 merchants and more than 11,000 shoppers anticipated. Organizers promise “gifts for every person on your list, including holiday décor, women’s clothing/accessories, home accents, children’s clothing/toys, food items and more.”

Proceeds will benefit 15 nonprofits.

Visit chiomegaxmas.org.

Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot When: 8:30 a.m. Nov. 25 Where: Dallas City Hall Admission: $37 untimed, $42 timed, $15 ages 5 and younger The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas’ Thanksgiving Day event, themed “Thankful Together,” includes 5k and 8-mile courses and virtual and in-person options with proceeds supporting programs that help families dealing with diabetes, nutritional challenges, and weight loss struggles. The first 200 children to register are eligible to participate in the Junior Trot, a 1K fun run beginning at 8:15 am. Visit thetrot.org.

Enchant Christmas When: Nov. 26 – Jan. 2, 2022 (but closed Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Dec. 6-8, and Dec. 13-15) Where: The Esplanade at Fair Park, Admission: Starting at $19 for children, $20 for adults Enchant transforms Fair Park into “The World’s Most Magical Christmas Light Maze & Village” with an ice-skating trail, gourmet holiday treats from around the world, the artisan market, a light maze, and “The Great Search” to find Santa’s nine missing reindeer. Visit enchantchristmas.com.

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Giving Thanks

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‘Gone to Dallas: The Storekeeper 1856-1861’

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Working most often requires hours of screen time, so why not rejuvenate the mind with an action-packed book? A Preston Hollow author takes readers back two centuries through the journey of a girl attempting to establish her stature in Dallas.

M o o r e Moore is the founder and former CEO of The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, co-founder of publishing, communications, and consulting business Real Trends Inc., and author of Rich Buyer, Rich Seller! The Real Estate Agents’ Guide to Marketing Luxury Homes. Her newest book became available on Oct. 4.

As reported by reviewers, the book portrays a “historically accurate essence of what early Texas was like and how committed and tenacious early settlers had to be to make it.”

In 2020, the global pandemic took a toll on everyone, leaving many parents feeling alone with the struggles of sick children.

Author and mother Charnay Parks of Turtle Creek wrote a children’s book based on true events involving having her newborn hospitalized at Children’s Hospital during the lockdown.

Charnay sought to create rhythm and ease within the words of her story to add elements both parents and their children could enjoy. The fun story aimed to support parents who suffered from isolation restrictions and highlighted a relatable experience Charnay had with her son.

The press release called the book a “beautifully illustrated, inspirational story” that “demonstrates the power of remaining optimistic, having faith, and being in good spirits despite uncertainty.”

– Compiled by Sophia Wilson

Don’t Let Recycling Bin Get Scary

(PHOTO: PIXABAY, ILLUSTRATION: MELANIE THORNTON)

Don’t end October on a frightenedly irresponsible note.

Waste hauler Republic Services is urging residents to enjoy the fun of the spooky season with family and friends but deal with trash and recyclables properly after Halloween.

Avoid causing excess waste by following these ‘tricks and treats’ to make your Halloween recycling efforts spooktacular:

Recycling Tricks: 1. Don’t get tricked! Candy wrappers don’t go in your recycling bin. Wrappers are small, and material smaller than a credit card should not be placed in your recycling bin.

2. Don’t trash costumes. These are great items to keep for a future Halloween or donate to your local thrift store.

3. Keep face paint and makeup in your complexion, not in the recycling bin. Tins,

tubes of face paint, and fake blood aren’t recyclable. it’s best to throw them away

Recycling Treats: 1. Compost your jack-o’-lantern.

Pumpkins can be disposed of in your organic or yard waste container. Don’t forget to toss them in the organic waste disposal as opposed to the trash.

2. Donate Halloween décor and toys and give these items another life. That way, someone else can enjoy them.

3. Recycle string lights the right way.

Decorative lights are great for creating the perfect Halloween scene, but not for recycling. You can dispose of items with a cord or battery through a mail-in recycling program or e-waste drop-off. Visit republicservices.com/residents/recycling/e-waste.

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Give Thanks For Fond Memories and Those Favorite Family Foods Food is a memory. Like taste, memories can be bitter and sweet.

I’ll never forget the first time I tasted Fernet-Branca, an Italian amaro that belongs in the medicine cabinet as a firstclass emetic rather than in a conspiratorial trattoria. The bitterness of the brown elixir was a stark contrast to the sweet indigo sky of Trieste where I tasted it. For better or worse, I’ll never forget it.

The holidays are coming, commenced to many

by Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, an K E R ST E N R ET TI G ancient Mexican tradition during which the living celebrate the dead with altars that include the deceased’s favorite food and drinks.

If harm should befall me between the time I submit this story to my editor and it is published, please place a bottle of Mersault alongside a giant wheel of brie, French bread, and a pile of cacio e pepe at my altar. Also, melted butter and a spoon.

I recently polled some residents about the ways they celebrate deceased loved ones with food. Most of them admitted to honoring only during the holidays, making dad’s favorite stuffing or grandma’s Icelandic rice pudding. Some prepare fullscale honorary meals to commemorate; some just drink Peachy margaritas.

On his birthday, one commenter honors her dad by making Osso Bucco and drinking Chianti, the former Green Beret’s favorite meal.

Another honors her late son by making his beloved King Ranch Casserole every year on his birthday.

A woman who recently lost her dad lamented that she doesn’t have his recipes for the pulled pork and okra and tomatoes he made.

Another tracks down her dad’s favorite dessert to celebrate with her kids, who

never met him.

Yet another celebrated her dad on the 20th anniversary of his passing by serving his favorites: Pepsi, cut-up beef sticks from Rudolph’s, canned oysters on saltines, and salted watermelon. None of those would be on my altar, by the way.

Celebrate, be present, but don’t let the holidays pass without asking for recipes and favorite dishes to keep food memories alive.

As a foodie, I place a very high value on food and believe, with prejudice, that everyone should.

Food connects us, memorializes us, celebrates us, and helps ease the pain of grief.

I’ve interviewed so many chefs who say they are chefs because they grew up in the kitchen with their abuelas or dads, and it makes them feel connected to them, still, each time they prepare their recipes.

I don’t think I ever made gumbo without calling my dad to ask him about the color of my roux, even though I didn’t need his advice after making it for almost 40 years. Now he’s gone, but I still hear him telling me to be patient and let it darken. Food is a connection that transcends earthly boundaries.

We are rolling into the holidays, which are synonymous with food and family, memories and merriments for most of us. Celebrate, be present, but don’t let the holidays pass without asking for recipes and favorite dishes to keep food memories alive.

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Mom’s Gift Inspires Versatile Thanksgiving Dessert CINNAMON RIBBON APPLE CAKE Ingredients: 2 ½ cups flour ¾ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon baking soda ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened 1 ½ cups sugar 4 eggs, at room temperature ¾ cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 large baking apples, rinsed, peeled, chopped into ¼-inch size CINNAMON RIBBON 1 ½ tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon Saigon cinnamon

Cinnamon Ribbon Apple Cake (PHOTO: COURTESY CHRISTY ROST) I can feel the excitement of this year’s holiday season building. During these final weeks before Thanksgiving, I’m grateful all our family remained healthy this year and that some of us may be able to share our Thanksgiving dinner together around the dining table.

Other than preparing the feast, I think I’m all set.

CHRISTY ROST While most homeowners begin decorating for Thanksgiving a week or two before the big day, I began filming autumn and Thanksgiving recipes months ago, so my holiday décor received a jump start with the early appearance of autumn garland, colorful leaves, pumpkins, fragrant spicy candles, and fresh yellow chrysanthemums on kitchen counters and shelves. Such is the life of a culinary

television personality, but it sure elimielimi nates a last-minute rush to decorate as the holiday approaches.

Having recipes on hand that perform double duty during the holidays is especially helpful, which is one reason I created this month’s for Cinnamon Ribbon Apple Cake.

Moist and tender, with a drizzle of frosting, this easy Bundt cake is perfect for dessert, but it also makes a tasty breakfast treat for the family, and it’s company-ready when friends drop by in the afternoon. When covered, it stays fresh on the kitchen counter for several days, and for make-ahead convenience, this light and fluffy cake holds up well in the freezer.

Apples and cinnamon naturally go together, so one of the things I love is the ribbon of cinnamon that ripples through the cake’s center. This delicate, spicy cinnamon-and-sugar ribbon complements the apples without overwhelming the cake’s buttery, vanilla flavor. When selecting apples, purchase crisp varieties such as

Granny Smith, Gravenstein, Braeburn, or even Gala which won’t dissolve into applesauce during baking. When I bake this cake in the mountains, however, Granny Smith apples are not a good choice because the cake will finish baking before the apples soften.

I received my first Bundt pan as a gift from my mother when we were shopping on the square in Bonham, Texas, many years ago, and it’s still the one I use. Bundt cakes have surged in popularity recently in an exciting array of shapes for every occasion. Still, it’s the sweet memory of a mother-daughter afternoon of shopping and an unexpected gift from a kitchen shop that will always make this holiday recipe extra special for me. Happy Thanksgiving!

Christy Rost is a cookbook author, chef on PBS stations nationwide, and longtime resident of the Park Cities and Preston Hollow.

Her Celebrating Home 4-minute cooking videos are available at youtube.com/ChristyRostCooks and on her christyrost.com website.

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Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside.

In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 6 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, alternately with the milk, to form a thick, creamy batter.

Stir in vanilla and chopped apples.

Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with nonstick baking spray-with-flour. Spoon 1/3 of the batter into the pan. In a small bowl, stir 1 ½ tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon together until blended well. Sprinkle the mixture evenly on top of the batter, then spoon the remaining batter into the pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 45 minutes on a rack. To remove the cake from the pan, place a rack on top of the pan, turn it upside down, and the cake should drop out of the pan onto the rack. Cool completely, then drizzle with frosting.

Frosting: Whisk together 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and ¼ teaspoon vanilla to form a smooth, thick frosting. Drizzle it over the cake.

Yield: 1 Bundt cake

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A Designer’s Guide to Selecting the Best Tiles for Your Bathroom

One of the reasons choosing tiles for your bathroom can be so tricky is that there are many options, but not all of them will still look current in a few MARGARET years. The most CHAMBERS important factors to consider are the size of your bath bathroom, your preferred colors, and what installation pattern you want.

Tile Sizes Different parts of your bathroom call for different sizes of tiles. For example, if you have a shower bench, a larger slab will feel more comfortable to sit on than a lot of smaller tiles. At my design firm, we usually use matching slabs of the same material for both the shower seat and the sink countertop. Mosaic tile has more grout lines, which makes it suitable for shower floors. More grout lines equal better drainage and more traction.

Tile Colors The most popular tile for bathrooms is white subway tile. I recommend choosing a bright white tile if your toilet, bathtub, and sink are also bright white. Sometimes, a warmer white (such as a biscuit color) is preferable, especially in traditional houses.

I consider bold accent tiles to be dated.

OBITUARIES

KELLIS MCQUEEN DOOLEY

11/30/1998 – 9/1/2021

K

ellis McQueen Dooley, 22, passed away unexpectedly in Dallas on September 1, 2021. He was born in Colorado on November 30, 1998. He is survived by his

THERYLENE KNOX HELM

6/9/1925 - 9/26/2021

T

herylene Knox Helm died peacefully on September 26, 2021, at the age of 96. T.K., as she was known, was born to Winnie Dill and Therylle Burkhead Knox in Breckenridge, Texas, where she spent her early life later moving with her family to Roswell, New Mexico, and

Instead, combine a neutral tile (like white, cream, or gray) with an interesting wallpaper or paint color.

Tile Materials Ceramic is the most affordable tile, so it’s a good choice for covering large areas such as your floor. Porcelain is more expensive, but many people prefer it for the following reasons: It’s more durable, and the color goes all the way through the tile instead of being merely glazed on top.

Glass tile is excellent for an accent wall, but it’s also slippery, so don’t use it on the floor.

Tile Placement Tile should be used on every side of the shower. I like to encourage my clients to cover the shower ceiling with tile instead of paint since paint can peel in humidity.

The right tile choices can make or break a bathroom, so it’s worth your time to research and proceed with caution.

After all, it’s a costly mistake to pick the wrong tile.

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.

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: The tiles in this master bathroom are cut in a fresh new version of a traditional pattern. The color is a biscuit white, matching the tub and sink. Margaret Chambers likes to run the floor tile into the shower whenever possible. The floor in this bathroom has small hexagon-shaped tiles, and the shower has a small herringbone tile pattern. Patterned tiles can add impact to small and often overlooked spaces such as this laundry room. (PHOTOS: MICHAEL HUNTER)

parents, Charlotte and Kirk Dooley, sister Maggie, godparents Barbara and Jim Moroney, extended family Zahira and Patrick DeLoache and daughter Ava, Juanita and Manuel Alonzo and son Jose, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Kellis was one of a kind. Named for Coach Kellis White, he was raised in University Park and attended HPISD schools before transferring to Dallas Academy and then graduating from Bishop Dunne High School in 2017. Kellis loved grilling steaks, target shooting, cars, parties, “Breaking Bad,” nice clothes, his dog Scarlett, street tacos, his friends, Creede Colorado, waiting tables, Ava, Al Biernats, video games, Gabo, and Tex-Mex from Mia’s,

Rafa’s, Mariano’s and El Vecino. At Dallas Academy, he played football and tennis and was a pole vaulter. In addition, he was an Eagle Scout with Troop 35. He was loyal, courageous, curious, caring, creative, and popular among his many friends. Since he was two, he enjoyed being patted on the head by his 99-year-old pal, Brad Bradley.

A funeral mass was held at Christ the King Catholic Church on Saturday, October 2. A vigil service was held the night before, on Friday, October 1. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Saint Jude Center, 2920 Forest Lane, Dallas, Texas 75234, a Catholic Charities initiative for 104 former homeless persons, which Kellis helped build.

then Weatherford, Texas.

She pursued an education major at TCU, where she was a member of the cheerleading squad, served as Rodeo Queen, and participated in student leadership. After graduation, she taught in the Fort Worth ISD for several years. Throughout her life, she was a strong advocate for American and Texas values and instilled them in her family through her example of community service that lasted into her 80’s. She was a strong, independent, gracious west Texas woman.

T.K. and her husband, John L. Helm, were married on August 18, 1951, and raised two children, making Dallas their residence. After their children graduated high school, she and Johnny traveled extensively overseas for his business. T.K. would often

say about those years, “He showed me the world,” as together they lived that dream she had cherished since she was a child. T.K.’s greatest joy and highest priority were above all her family.

She is survived by her brother Jack D. Knox, her children, Aliece H. Hendricks and John T. Helm, his wife Betty, and three beloved grandchildren, Hunter, John Travis, and Alexandra. She is also survived by sister-in-law, Ella Helm, as well as several nieces, nephews, and other family members. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her sister.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mission Fund at South Main Church of Christ, 201 S. Main, Weatherford,Texas, 76086, (817) 5943030 or the charity of your choice.

ELIZABETH NEW SEITZ

12/18/1964 – 9/23/2021

J

eanne Elizabeth New Seitz peacefully passed away on September 23, 2021, in Charleston, South Carolina, at the age of 56.

Born in Dallas on December 18, 1964, Elizabeth graduated from Highland Park High School in 1983 and was a 1987 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. As an undergraduate in Aix-en-Provence with Vanderbilt-in-France, Elizabeth’s lifelong love of the people, language, and culture of France was born.

Elizabeth continued her passion for France by earning her M.A. and Ph.D. in French and Applied Linguistics from Vanderbilt and also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and Parsons School of Design in New York. After teaching the French language and culture as a professor at the University of North Texas, Elizabeth’s career shifted to Dell and Texas Instruments. She then pursued her true passion and joie de vivre by founding French Affaires, which celebrates French travel, language, and culture.

Elizabeth’s beautiful gardens

in Dallas; Courances, France; and Bluffton, SC, were always to be envied. Additionally, she was a true gourmet chef with a focus on French cuisine – bien sûr. Elizabeth had an amazing sense of style, also inspired by her love of France.

As an avid runner, she successfully completed marathons in Dallas, New York, and Boston. Elizabeth enjoyed playful walks with Marcel, her beloved French pointer. From a young age, Elizabeth cherished her faith that was a cornerstone throughout all her journeys.

Elizabeth is survived by her dear and devoted husband, Reverend Dr. Christopher Reese Seitz. In addition, Elizabeth is lovingly remembered by her parents, Carolyn and Manfred “Fritz” New; her sisters Jennifer (Shuford) Yates, Hillary (Doug) Sinclair, and Catherine New; her husband’s brothers Tom (Anna), Mark (Kathleen), and Peter Seitz; and her much-loved nieces and nephews. Elizabeth’s indomitable spirit and humorous wit will be missed by those whose lives she touched.

Elizabeth’s services occurred on September 28, 2021, at the Parish Church of St. Helena in Beaufort, South Carolina, with the Reverend Jamie Sosnowski officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The LAM Foundation, 4520 Cooper Road, Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH 45242, www.thelamfoundation.org.

Elizabeth’s Celebration of Life is taking place on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 3 p.m. at Perkins Chapel at SMU.

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A successful agent in this market – one who can find the right house for a client even with tight inventory – has cultivated relationships with other agents well before the frenzied real estate market kicked off in 2020.

To find one house, it can take 50-100 calls or other points of contact. That means making personal phone calls, checking in with neighbors and residents to see who’s interested in selling. That means having a plan in place for a client who decides to list a home.

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Home Prices Continue to Rise as Inventory Dips

pandemic, created

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and for

layoffs many

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in DFW. The area median sales price in August was $345,000, down from a record $350,000 in June, but up from $290,000 in August 2020.

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Home sales were down by around 5% in August. Sales were down 17% in July and 3% in June from the same periods in 2020. The purchase price of homes, however, continues to rise and

loans were in forbearance at the end of August. That’s about 1.6 million people.

Less than 600 DFW properties faced potential foreclosure in this quarter.

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in

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Given the continued migration of California company headquarters to Texas, which a recent study shows leads the country in luring headquarters, the Allman

Carolyn Rosson says, “that we would like

marketing strategy also stresses campaigns

to replicate it – there is still great need in

that reach buyers from California.

Meanwhile, the brokerage’s dedicated

Also VP of Brokerage, Malinda

social media team launches a campaign for

Howell says, “We held a company-wide

each new listing, starting with the weekly

backpack drive in September, collecting

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more than 600 supply-filled backpacks

across Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook for followers in DFW, California, New York

for Ebby Halliday Elementary students.

Last year, during the height of the

the firm had closed over $3 billion in sales.

market is the lack of foreclosures, say

our community.”

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Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate (dpmre.com) is a division of the Ebby Halliday Companies, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, with four locations that specialize in Preston Hollow, Park Cities, North Dallas, Lakewood, East Dallas, Uptown, Kessler Park and Farm & Ranch properties.

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ENGAGEMENT

CONANT – TASEVSKI

M

r. & Mrs. George Kimball Conant of University Park announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Ryerson Conant, to Viktor Vojo Tasevski, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vojo Tasevski of Skopje, North Macedonia.

The br ide is a gr aduate o f Fo u n t a i n Va l l e y S c h o o l of Colorado. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology f rom Union College in Schenectady, New York, and a Masters of Social Work f rom Boston College. She is employed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

The groom is a graduate of Electrotechnical High School in Skopje, North Macedonia. He received his undergraduate degree from Saints Cyril and Methodius University and a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences f rom Kent State University. He is employed

by Texas Instruments as an Applications Engineer.

Sarah and Viktor plan a February 5, 2022, wedding at the Hotel Crescent Court.

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