Park Cities People September 2019

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GET THE MOST OUT OF FOOTBALL FRIDAYS

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emember your first Highland Park High football game? My young bride and I showed up super early to ours a couple of years ago and made an unfortunate choice.

With just about any seat we wanted to choose from in the general admission section available, we unwisely claimed our spots on the front row.

The seats – close to the field and close to the exits – seemed ideal at first.

But as the game began, our error became apparent. A constant stream of people walked back and forth in front of us.

Some were unsupervised middle schoolers hanging with their friends. Others were late arriving couples and families unsuccessfully scanning the rows above for vacant spaces.

We couldn’t see the game, except for occasional glimpses on the video screen when the view opened briefly.

A woman, one row behind us, could see well enough to provide play by play for her mother sitting beside us.

Did it get any better after halftime? I don’t know. We didn’t make it that long.

I hope your Scots football experiences will prove much more satisfying this season.

To that end, please check out our 2019 Football Preview section in this issue for rosters, schedules, and other details about this year’s team, which is entering another season with great promise and high expectations. Also, find a Go Scots sign spon-

sored by Allie Beth Allman & Associates.

You may also want to mark your calendars for some key W I L L I A M TAY LO R pregame opportunities.

• Sept. 13 – The Highland Belles Drill Team’s annual Spaghetti Supper and auction/raffle fundraiser will precede the home opener vs. Frisco Lone Star. The Highland Belles Booster Club will serve Amore Italian Restaurant dinners from 5 to 7 p.m. in the HPHS Cafetorium. Get take-out orders from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in front of the school on Emerson Avenue. Dinner tickets are $10. Prize tickets are $5 each or six for $25. Get them in advance from any Belle or email bellesspaghettisupper@gmail.com.

Tickets also will be available at the door.

• Sept. 20 – The Scots football team will host its annual pregame Caniac Dinner and auction fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. in the HPHS Cafetorium before the home game against Bryan Adams. Dinner is $10.

T-shirts are $15. Email jeherring1@yahoo. com.

The Park Cities People staff looks forward to seeing you at Highlander Stadium this season. Support the Scots but pick your seats carefully!

William Taylor, Editor william.taylor@peoplenewspapers.com

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Crime S KU L D U G G E RY of the MONTH

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A resident in the 3800 block of Lovers Lane confronted a landscape worker caught taking a package off the front porch at 5:35 p.m.

Aug. 9. The worker returned the items – or so it seemed. Upon later examination, the resident noticed that one was still missing.

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THOUSANDS DISCUSS CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers

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he end of summer provides the perfect time of year to hold the annual Crimes Against Children conference, organizers say.

Children returning to school begin building trust in their teachers almost immediately, and in many cases, will divulge abuse that may have been going on at home during the summer months, according to the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC).

“Not only does DCAC read more than 27,000 reports of child abuse each year, we coordinate and provide services for over 6,000 people,” said Ellen Hatcher, DCAC Development Officer.

“This has resulted in high conviction rates on criminal child abuse cases in Dallas County, and families have been able to receive the services they need to overcome the trauma of abuse.”

For nearly a week in mid-August, DCAC and Dallas Police

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FROM LEFT: Art for Advocacy co-chairs Carly Allen and Lindsey Billingsley.

Department held the downtown conference. Presenters offered interactive instruction for fighting crimes against children and steps for helping children heal.

More than 5,000 people attended, including government and nonprofit agency employees in the fields of law enforcement, child protective

services, social work, children’s advocacy, therapy, and medicine. Speakers included DCAC President and CEO Lynn M. Davis and former FBI agent Emily Vacher.

Next on the docket for DCAC is the annual Art for Advocacy auction, set for Nov. 9 in the private event room at General Datatech. Si-

lent and live auctions will take place for 1980s-style art pieces, with the proceeds going to DCAC. “I’ve always felt like raising money for DCAC was the easiest sell in the world,” said Lindsey Billingsley, event co-chair. “It’s impossible to turn down financially supporting victims of the most severe child abuse while assuring them that DCAC is going to fight on their behalf with expert investigative and healing services.”

Ninety cents of every dollar raised at Art for Advocacy goes back to the families DCAC serves, according to Hatcher.

“These are one-of-a-kind pieces that the artists and gallerists donate 100 percent to DCAC,” she said.

GET INVOVLED Call the Child Abuse Hotline at (800) 252-5400 to make a report if you suspect child abuse.

Visit dcac.org to learn more.

CRIME REPORTS JULY 23 – AUG. 11 JULY 23

A creep made disturbing calls and text messages between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to a resident of the 3500 block of Lindenwood Avenue. What was initially thought to be a scam turned into a possible terroristic threat when the messages began containing pictures of the victim’s family and friends, and a demand for money. Photos of corpses were also sent to the victim with instructions for money to be sent by Western Union, or “there would be trouble.”

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An email address belonging to an employee of Highland Park United Methodist Church on Mockingbird Lane sent a message in May to the human resources department requesting an owed amount of $12,000 be sent to a new bank account. The money was sent, but in June, the employee stated she had not received the money and that the email did not

belong to her. The church filed a report at 10:46 a.m. after consulting with insurance agents.

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Burglarized between 7:30 p.m.

July 28 and 7:40 a.m. July 19: an unlocked 2019 Audi A6 in the 4500 block of Fairview Avenue. Stolen: an iPhone 10 with a pink glitter case, a Hermes Ostrich wallet containing two Citibank AMEX cards, a One Child Support MasterCard, and $300 in cash, a personal breathalyzer, a Yossi Harare Gold Circle earrings, and charm bracelet, and an expired Texas drivers license.

AUG. 2

Keep an eye out for a man who ran up to a table of friends sitting together outside Royal Blue Grocery at Highland Park Village and stole an iPhone XR in a pink case.

The phone, valued at $1000, has a picture of a golden retriever on the backside. The sneaky thief was

seen driving off in a black Chevrolet Malibu and was seen inside Royal Blue Grocery wearing a purple shirt and yellow pants. He also has spiked hair.

AUG. 3

Unauthorized use of a vehicle – in this case, a red 2014 Porsche Panamera – was reported at 12:43 a.m. in the 7000 block of Boedeker Street.

AUG. 5

Discovered at 5 p.m.: An attempted burglary at a construction site in the 5000 block of Abbott Avenue had shattered a back door valued at $12,000.

AUG. 7

Overnight before 6 a.m.: A crook removed a black, Madewellbrand purse valued at $150 from an unlocked, white 2003 Lexus Rx300 at a home in in the 3200 block of Cornell Avenue but left the contents behind and strewn about inside the vehicle.

AUG. 8

A crew cutting down a pecan tree at 2:20 p.m. in the parkway of the 4000 block of Miramar Avenue had a work order to remove the tree. However, responding officers found the action suspicious due to town staff being unaware of it.

AUG. 9

Reported at 4:50 p.m.: the theft of $7,000 in jewelry from a home in the 4100 block of Grassmere Lane between July 8 and 25. The missing jewelry included a wedding heirloom, a Dome ring, and a pair of earrings.

AUG. 10

Reported at 1:49 p.m.: Two consumable goods, valued at $35.99, were stolen from CVS on Mockingbird Lane.

AUG. 11

Reported at 1:45 p.m.: the burglary of a home in the 3900 block of Caruth Boulevard. Taken: $16,000 in tools.

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News

ALLRED EMPHASIZES BIPARTISAN TEAMWORK IN FRESHMAN YEAR

ON THE ISSUES

New congressman opposes impeachment, defends Affordable Care Act

By Bill Miller

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• Urged and ultimately applauded $60 million in federal grants awarded to Dallas Area Rapid Transit for lightrail improvements • Pledges to help facilitate high-speed rail between Houston and Dallas Immigration • Co-sponsored the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, to offer a citizenship track to eligible foreign-born residents who entered the U.S. before age 18 and have lived continuously here for at least four years Veterans Affairs • Supports converting a shuttered hospital in Garland into a Veterans Administration medical facility

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U.S. Rep. Colin Allred wants a new veterans’ hospital in Garland and continued funding for the F-35 Strike Fighter and DART rail improvements.

Donald Trump. He was among 137 Democrats to do so.

Opponents of the measure have said there’s no evidence so far implicating the president in impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors.

However, the resolution’s defeat angered some members of the Democrats’ liberal base who want to see Trump gone.

“I take the Constitutional duty of oversight and the power of impeachment very seriously,” Allred said. “The resolution that we voted on did not meet the standard for such a serious action, and that’s why I voted to table it.”

Allred said keeping his job would require a long, tough campaign.

“I have worked hard to earn the support of

I came here to be a workhorse, not a show horse.

Colin Allred Allred’s committee assignments are Transportation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans Affairs. He chose them because the issues they tackle also tend to be bipartisan.

Allred has also chosen when to oppose some issues that other Democrats favor. In July he joined Republicans to kill a resolution calling for the impeachment of President

• Pursuing legislation that would lower the costs of prescription drugs, including insulin Transportation • Co-sponsored with Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican, the “RAPID” Act, a bill that would help streamline investment in transportation infrastructure

Special Contributor olin Allred came to Capitol Hill in January as a recently elected Democrat congressman from North Texas touting a balanced perspective on partisanship.

He had just won Texas’ 32nd Congressional District seat by defeating longtime GOP incumbent Pete Sessions in the 2018 election — a race marked by dueling conservative and progressive ideologies.

Faithful to his campaign promises, the former lawyer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development fought to protect the Affordable Care Act. He also co-sponsored a House bill to outlaw private firearms sales that don’t have background checks conducted by a licensed dealer. Other bills he co-sponsored called for paycheck fairness, action on climate change, and allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military.

But Allred said he understands teamwork having played football for Dallas’ Hillcrest High, Baylor University, and the Tennessee Titans.

The former linebacker knew he wouldn’t get much done on Capitol Hill without Republican support.

“I do believe in reaching common ground,” Allred said.

In a six-month report to constituents, Allred noted that 70 percent of the 110 bills he co-sponsored are bipartisan.

“That is not accidental,” he said. “With that kind of support, our bills have a good chance of passing, becoming law, and helping people in North Texas.”

Health Care • Sponsored a resolution that lets the House intervene as a party in a Texas lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act of 2010

those who did not support me in the last election, and (I) hope that my bipartisan record of real achievements will allow me to continue to serve the district I was born and raised in and am honored to represent,” he said.

Republicans openly pledge to reclaim the seat. Some observers suggest Sessions could try to retake it. Declared Republican opponents include Tania Burgess, of Richardson, and Navy SEAL Floyd McLendon, an executive aide for Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Meanwhile, other members of the House Democrats’ “freshman” class are becoming known for challenging their party’s leadership, calling for economic boycotts against Israel, or postings on social media.

Allred didn’t have much to say about that, except: “I came here to be a workhorse, not a show horse.”

Foreign Affairs • Co-sponsored pro-Israel resolutions: one opposing efforts to delegitimize that nation with economic boycotts, sanctions, and divestments; the other condemns Iranian state-sponsored terrorism.

• Also co-sponsored a resolution favoring U.S. efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a negotiated two-state solution, which the government of Israel and its supporters do not accept National Defense • Co-sponsored a resolution supporting the F-35 Strike Fighter Program, a stealth aircraft developed

by Fort Worth-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics The 2020 Presidential Race • Endorsed fellow Texan Julian Castro, the former San Antonio mayor and Housing and Urban Development Secretary. Castro worked with Allred in the Obama Administration.

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Lynn McBee, Not Mayor, But Working For Dallas

Civic leader’s new role focuses on walkable, full-opportunity neighborhoods

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Lynn McBee often contemplates Dallas’ challenges as she runs around the track at SMU.

By Alex Lyda

Special Contributor With the mayoral race in her rearview mirror, Lynn McBee is confronting bigcity issues as only a long-distance runner can: patiently, methodically and with a vast reserve of energy.

The nonprofit leader and biotech executive who finished third out of 12 candidates in the election for Dallas’ top office said she often tackles big-picture problems while doing laps around the track.

During an interview on an upper floor of the One Arts Plaza building looking down on the Moody Performance Hall, she discussed what’s next for her and her city.

“Dallas is a very welcoming city, and it’s a great place to live,” McBee said. “You’ve got a population here that says, ‘You know what, we want to have this for our city, so let’s roll up its sleeves and get this done.’”

Her newest role: co-chairing the 4-yearold Coalition for a New Dallas with D Magazine owner and publisher Wick Allison. The organization is working “to remove the physical and economic barriers that have divided our neighborhoods, reinforced segregation, and stifled economic opportunity,” according to its website.

You’ve got a population here that says, ‘You know what, we want to have this for our city, so let’s roll up its sleeves and get this done.

Lynn McBee McBee knows something about poverty and hurdles to economic advancement through her civic volunteering and her South Texas coastal upbringing.

Her childhood home of Freeport (population 12,000) offered promise and opportunity with a behemoth Dow Chemical plant. It also shared some of the same economic disparities that plague big cities, she said.

“I was an observant child, and in a small town you take everything in,” McBee said.

“Early on I began asking, ‘Why are we going home to this house, and why doesn’t this person have that?’”

McBee supports an array of Dallas civic institutions, but the issues of K-12 education and serving the underserved are nearand-dear to her.

She works with Young Women’s Preparatory Network to help girls acquire academic and leadership skills through college-prep programs and with the coalition to remake Dallas.

The coalition’s immediate goal is transforming Dallas from a city built for commuters to one that serves its residents.

To this end, it is investing in Dallas neighborhoods where people can live, work, and play – all without getting in a vehicle.

The effort undergirds the long-term push to restore neighborhoods of sufficient density throughout the city, so that jobs, housing, transit, schools, parks, and retail are available to everyone.

McBee made the required move into Dallas to be eligible to run for mayor. She and her husband enjoy the high-rise life near Klyde Warren Park and don’t anticipate returning to the Park Cities, she said.

“Our house is still on the market – we’re still working to sell that thing.”

McBee said that post-mayoral run, many people came forward to encourage her to run for state or national office. But she’s remained centered on making a difference close to home.

“It was never about politics, it was about serving Dallas,” McBee said of her mayoral run. “I don’t have any aspiration to go to Austin or D.C. I’m going to continue to serve Dallas.”

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Has China’s Trade Policy Impacted my Recycling?

Park Cities’ waste services providers launder materials domestically

By Bianca R. Montes and Jaxx Artz People Newspapers

A decision made by China last year to no longer be the dumping ground for the world’s recycled waste has left many United States municipalities scrambling for alternatives.

The withdrawal of the biggest market on Earth has caused cities across the country to rethink their commitment to recycling. And recent headlines about how it is stalling an industry designed to keep such organic waste out of landfills has readers wondering, “Just where is my recycling going?”

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We have some contracts in place to make sure we can move the materials no matter what.

Andrea Rodriguez The good news is both Highland Park and University Park officials say they and their residents are committed to the cause.

In fact, a recent poll of 174 University Park residents showed that more than 90 percent of those surveyed recycled regularly.

Other good news: Both Highland Park and University Park use waste companies that launder recyclables domestically, which means that

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TOP: Recyclables are delivered and sorted at the Republic Services facility.

BOTTOM: University Park city staff pick up recyclables on the east side of the city. instead of shipping to Asian countries with lax laws, the bulk of plastics, paper, and glass put out every week by Park Cities residents is recycled.

The bad news, though, is a lot of what China

would have accepted – the so-called “dirty” recyclables – will end up in local landfills.

So, whose fault is that?

“Many people are ‘wish-cycling’ – throwing items in their recycling bin that they hope can

be recycled,” said Guillermo Pabon, Republic Services operation manager.

Republic, who handles recyclables in Highland Park, said about 20 percent of what they pick up in the town is contaminated.

“It has no value for us,” Pabon said. “It has to go to the landfill; even if there are good products in there.”

In short, recycling contamination is when incorrect items or materials are put in recycling bins or when the right items and materials are prepared the wrong way, such as food residue in containers, recyclables in plastic bags, and shrink wrap recycling mixed in with cardboard.

Jacob Speer, University Park public works director, said the city averages about 3,500 tons of recyclables per year, of which 15 percent ends up in the landfill due to contamination.

While recycling isn’t costing University Park anything, Speer said the short-term disruption of supply and demand issues set off by China’s trade policy is impacting the value of recyclables.

“What that means for us is that we are no longer receiving a check every month,” he said.

According to city records, the city last received a payment from FCC, who handles recycling for the city, was Dec. 31, 2018. The amount: $963.34.

FCC spokesperson Andrea Rodriguez, said while they have been affected by market costs due to the drop in prices they continue to sell anything, “We have different buyers; we have some contracts in place to make sure we can move the materials no matter what.”

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Community

THIS TELEVISION DOCTOR IS FOR REAL See Dallas physician on ‘Chasing the Cure’

By Maddie Spera

Special Contributor

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n Dallas, Dr. James Pinckney serves patients from his office in Preston Center.

In Los Angeles, he serves them from the set of Chasing the Cure.

The new medical series anchored and executive produced by Ann Curry premiered in August on TNT and TBS with Pinckney on its team of doctors.

Dallas to California.

There, he will work with the Chasing the Cure audience and callers to help those suffering from undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or uncured medical mysteries.

“People call in and report their cases, then we choose a particular case, and we bring experts on and diagnose them live on television,” Pinckney explained. “We encourage the audience, doctors, patients, or anyone that may be familiar with the disease, anybody that has a clue, to call in and give us those clues.”

This tactic of crowdsourcing will play an essential part in pursuing cures for patients on the show, he said. “ W ith the crowdsourcing, we’ll have all of this brainpower focused on the patient, plus the four doctors on the show, putting

You’re going to see reallife change, people with major issues, and hopefully you’re going to see these issues solved, or at least get the patients to a point where they have hope.

Dr. James Pinckney For the next few hectic months, the CEO of Diamond Physicians will commute from

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Dr. James Pinckney does some green screen work while taping a graphics-intensive segment for ‘Chasing the Cure.’ the puzzle together,” Pinckney said. “And you have everybody else who’s watching also helping. It’s amazing, and I think we’re going to see something that’s never happened before, real breakthroughs, real miracles. I mean, we’re chasing the cure.”

The national average of faceto-face time with a doctor is seven minutes, so the thorough attention given to patients on the show is rare and atypical, he added.

Pinckney earned his medical doctorate from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, studied general surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,

and then switched his focus and completed his training in family medicine at Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas.

He founded Diamond Physicians a decade ago. The medical concierge practice also has offices in South Lake, Carrollton, and Fort Worth.

Pinckney hopes working on the show will make him a better doctor. He expects to be tested mentally and see his diagnostic skills taken to new heights from dealing with unique and challenging cases.

“You’re going to see real-life change, people with major issues, and hopefully you’re going to see

these issues solved, or at least get the patients to a point where they have hope,” he said. “Right now they’re stuck, but we need to get them unstuck and to the finish line, or get them on the path to the finish line. And when you watch, you’re going to be touched. It’s emotional. It’s exciting. It’s heartfelt. It’s good TV.”

WA N T T O WAT C H ?

New episodes of Chasing the Cure premiere at 8 p.m.

Thursdays on TNT and TBS. Visit chasingthecurelive.com.

Mall Visitors Join International Conversations

Twitter set up spaces in NorthPark Center, 39 other locations

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers Counts worldwide of Twitter users vary depending on outlet.

Statista, an online statistics portal, notes 330 million active users as of 2019.

Others look at daily user numbers. For example, according to The Verge, there are 129 million users who average at least one hour per day on the popular social media website.

The goal is to encourage people from all walks of life to encounter one another as human beings...

Nola Weinstein Regardless of the final tally, an overwhelming number of people around the world tune in to Twitter for everything from sports scores, breaking news stories, and updates from their friends and family.

With so many eyes glued to the web-

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Visitors could talk with people in Tokyo from containers in NorthPark Center. site with the little blue bird, Twitter found a way in July and August to bring people together – face to face.

In 40 cities around the world, Twit-

ter launched what it called “an inaugural global experiential activation,” to bring the power of conversation to life. The free “activations” took place in spaces through-

out the world. In Dallas, NorthPark Center was the hub.

“Twitter wants to strengthen global dialogue both on and off Twitter,” said Nola Weinstein, global head of culture and marketing. “The goal is to encourage people from all walks of life to encounter one another as human beings, and discuss what’s happening in their lives and in their world.”

Shoppers in Dallas were able to video chat with others in cities such as Berlin, Mexico City, London, and Tokyo. Twitter brought shipping containers to NorthPark Center for the video chats.

Some video meetups broached worldwide topics. On July 3, educators in Honduras jumped online to talk with their counterparts in Dallas on how far women have come in education.

In another meetup, representatives from Dallas and Mexico City ate lunch “together” via a video screen.

Selecting Dallas as one of the meetup cities was easy thanks to the diversity of residents and its’ central location in the southwest, Weinstein said. “We love that we can introduce Dallas to people from all around the world who might never have the chance to visit in person.”

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Find Body Art Everywhere

Those summer souvenirs like vacation photos and fading tans are in the rearview window.

My one take-away from my summer vacay in Santa Fe was the proliferation of “body art”: tattoos.

I’m pretty used to tats now even on brides and store clerks. But in New Mexico, sometimes it was hard to find the person in all that ink.

Since much body ink is under the garLEN BOURLAND ments, there’s another reason to celebrate the end of summer.

It was the rebels of the counterculture in the 1970s like Janis Joplin who popularized tattoos with the musicians, artists, and hippies.

The times were a-changing. Still, I didn’t know anybody with one.

There was a time when my adult children were college-bound in the 1990s when tattoos had gone into overdrive. My caveat to each was not to come home with inked skin if they wanted Christmas dinner.

Although increasingly they knew others with a discrete tattoo, like my parents and grandparents, I still associated tattoos with sailors, gang members, bikers, and circus performers.

Of course, they came home much to my horror with their college tats but then died laughing as they washed them off. Just paint.

Ah, youth.

The history of tattoos goes back to ancient times with Europeans only being exposed by sea exploration. Japan and Polynesia inspired the seafarers. Sailors didn’t have the greatest reputations as in he “cursed like a sailor” or was “drunk as a sailor.”

However, in early American history, sailors would tattoo Americana on them to prevent being impressed into the British navy.

Mainstreaming didn’t begin until the 1990s when there were just a few hundred tattoo parlors. Today there are more than 20,000.

Sources vary on whether it is one in three or five Americans with at least one tattoo. If you include women of a certain age who tattoo on their eyeliner and eyebrows, in North Dallas, it may be 90%.

We’re getting shockproof. Today weird hair colors and tats abound, although Santa Fe may have cornered the market. I’m thinking about investing in tattoo removal.

(Also not pain-free and involving needles.) Why? Because tattoos fade, and (take it from me) skin sags with age - not a good look for a faded dragon or wilted flower.

If I open a parlor, you’ll want to buy stock in it. I’m calling it Tit for Tat. Contact Len Bourland at lenbourland@gmail.com.

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Letters to The Editor New Student, New School Our daughter, Helen Bell, just entered kindergarten at Highland Park as part of the first kindergarten class at the new Bradfield school. She is also a fourth-generation HP Scot by her great-grandparents, her maternal grandparents, her mother and father. She has over 50 relatives who have attended and graduated from Highland Park!

Dallas is a mecca of great schools, both public and private.

When it came time to decide where to enroll Helen for elementary, the decision was an easy one. Highland Park’s academic reputation is better than ever. We also want to raise our children in a community that truly supports its schools, families, and local organizations. Having children in the school system creates an opportunity for us to get involved as parents and give back. It is no wonder that families like ours and many others move back to Dallas to raise their families here, generation after generation.

The school bond initiative is well underway with two new elementary schools, major renovations and additions to MIS and HPMS. While we have feelings of nostalgia that the elementary

Photos show trash left behind after street sweepers finished at Snider Plaza. schools are not “ours,” it’s impossible not to focus on the incredible future that the next generation of students will have with stateof-the-art facilities. The buildings may look different, but the tradition of excellence is still the same.

Rebecca Bell Highland Park

Unsanitary Snider Plaza?

I am forwarding an email to

you that I sent today to the University Park City Council and staff regarding trash on the street in Snider Plaza. The city is responsible for cleaning the streets in the Plaza and is doing a very poor job of it. They have a contract with Moore Disposal to have the streets swept on Thursday mornings and the attached photos were taken today after their work. This problem occurs

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regularly in our shopping center, and I have notified the sanitation department on multiple occasions about it. In my opinion, this is a health hazard and an important issue that should be communicated to the residents of University Park.

The letter: I am writing to you about the street sweeping service that Moore Waste provides in Snider

Plaza. Jacob has confirmed with me that street sweeping occurs early Thursday mornings in the Plaza unless it is raining, and I have seen their vehicles cleaning in front of our businesses.

I am wondering if Moore or someone at the city should be looking at the job they are doing.

The attached photos were taken at about 9 a.m. this sunny Thursday morning in Snider Plaza, and, as you can see, there is plenty of trash, a person’s sock, and a bag of feces in the parking spaces, all of which have obviously been there for some time.

I personally find this condition to be unsanitary and unacceptable. It is simply not up to the standards that we hold in University Park. Would you please contact me about the street sweeping service being provided by Moore and how you plan to address this reoccurring problem?

Max Fuqua Plaza Health Foods Editor’s note: Representatives for Moore and the city responded to Fuqua the same day. Moore planned on sending an employee to get items the sweepers missed.

All talked up the potential for an anti-littering public information campaign.

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Sports

PASSING FANCY: NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT DOESN’T FAZE HIGHLY-RECRUITED PARISH QUARTERBACK

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

E

ven as the spotlight shines brightly on Preston Stone, he always likes to share credit with his brothers.

There are his two older siblings. They showed no mercy when Stone was a kindergartener running drills with them in their yard and have been role models ever since.

And there are his teammate “brothers” who block for his runs, catch his throws, and help Stone’s impressive statistics translate into victories.

Even as major college programs from around the country descend on Parish Episcopal’s blue turf for practices and games to watch the junior quarterback’s every move, Stone tries to remain grounded.

“Every time you go out on the field, the most important people are the guys around you,” he said. “I’ve gotten all the attention I could ever want. They work just as hard as I do.”

Stone showcased his dual-threat abilities as a sophomore last season, passing for more than 3,500 yards and 44 touchdowns with just six interceptions. He also ran for nine scores as the

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Preston Stone, one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the country, has several scholarship offers.

Panthers reached the TAPPS Division I state semifinals.

He earned his first scholarship offer from a Division I school as an eighth-grader at Highland Park Middle School. That offer from the University of Nevada still stands, although several dozen other suitors have joined the fray, including traditional powerhouses such as Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC, and Texas.

“My freshman year it really started to hit me,” said Stone,

who won’t be able to sign with any school until November 2020.

“Things were kind of hectic. I didn’t know how to deal with it.”

He’s since become more comfortable with being a national recruit in the social-media age, in part through support from his family and his Parish teammates.

Older brother Lindell is a quarterback at the University of Virginia. Middle brother Parker was a receiver at Parish last season and will stick around as a volunteer coach.

Although the family lives in University Park, Lindell attended Woodberry Forest, a rural boarding school in Virginia. Preston had the option of going there, too, but preferred to stay closer to home.

Parker played at Woodberry Forest for two years before transferring to Parish to compete alongside Preston.

“I didn’t really fall in love with it like they did,” Preston said. “For some reason, I felt like Dallas was the place for me.”

Parish head coach Daniel No-

vakov has gained a reputation for developing quarterbacks and said Stone has consistently shown poise and maturity beyond his years. He cited Stone’s leadership during the team’s postseason run a year ago, along with his lack of arrogance.

“He gets better every day. It’s like having another coach on the field at this point,” Novakov said.

“He’s just a normal kid who happens to have a unique talent.”

Don’t mistake Stone’s modesty for softness. He’s a fiery competitor whose idols included local high school legends such as Kyler Murray at Allen and Kenny Hill at Southlake Carroll, along with Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

“In his college days, he was a rock star. He was a dog every Saturday,” Stone said. “Competition has always been a huge thing for me. That’s always been a part of me.”

As the limelight intensifies leading up to his college decision, Stone remains focused on the classroom, where he’s an honor-roll student, and on the field.

“He’s handled it better than anybody could have expected,” Novakov said. “There’s not a lot of kids who could receive all that notoriety and take it in stride.

He’s got his priorities straight.”

Home Turf: New Surface Installed at Highlander Stadium

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers

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ighland Park athletes will be running, tackling, and scoring on a new surface this season.

Shaw Sports Turf and Highland Park ISD have again partnered to bring new turf to the high school, and this time, it’s at Highlander Stadium.

The stadium has undergone renovations and upgrades as part of the $361.4 million bond package passed in 2015.

With that comes a brand new turf playing-surface that is ready for use in football, soccer, lacrosse, and more.

The turf resembles grass, minus the cleanup coming with dirt and sod. Expect the field to be “faster” as it’s broken in throughout this school year, said HPISD athletic director Johnny Ringo. Shaw Sports Turf also installed a new baseball field at Scotland Yard last spring.

“We know the people at Shaw and obviously have a great relationship with them from their work on our baseball field,” Ringo said. “The lifespan of turf [on a football field] is usually about eight years, and we were coming up on our seventh season with the old one, so we figured it was as good a time as any to make a change.”

Shaw has placed its synthetic turf fields on other football fields throughout the country, but as Ringo noted, Highlander Stadium will be the first in Texas.

The HP football team, which has won three consecutive Class 5A Division I state titles, has been practicing at the stadium and will play its first game on the turf on Sept. 13. The girls soccer squad, which also is a defending state champion, will start its season in January.

“It certainly looks fantastic,” Ringo said. “I think the kids are really going to enjoy playing on it.”

Highland Park High School’s new artificial turf resembles grass.

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Business

COULDN’T FIND A MAID SERVICE, SO SHE STARTED HER OWN THREE MYTHS A B O U T WO R K I N G I N HOUSEKEEPING 1. It doesn’t require any skill. “Housekeeping is a profession,” Jeri Fritz said. “Good housekeepers work hard to do the best job possible. They know what products to use, how to clean different things, and how to budget their time.”

2. It’s not fun. Though it can seem like annoying work, housekeepers are part of this profession because they enjoy helping their clients keep their homes clean, she said.

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FROM LEFT: Highland Park Housekeeping teammates Aracely Ramirez, field director; Anabel Canchola, customer service manager; Jeri Fritz, owner and founder; and Domenic Massimilian, operations director.

By Jaxx Artz

People Newspapers

J

eri Fritz was already an experienced businesswoman when she moved to Dallas with her family in 2007.

She had run two businesses, including a gym in New York.

“All during that time, I had three kids, so I know how difficult it is to work and take care of them,” Fritz said.

Upon moving to Highland Park, she had trouble finding a housekeeping service.

“I was surprised that there wasn’t a go-to cleaning service that everybody used,” she said.

She figured that if she were struggling to find a company to fill this role, then her new neighbors would feel the same way.

After a search to find an unclaimed domain name, Highland Park Housekeeping was born.

A decade later, she’s still serving customers in the Park Cities and Dallas and has plans to expand to Frisco. Visit highlandparkhousekeeping.com.

Though it provides a variety of services – from a weekly deep clean to a one-time moving clean-up – Fritz wants Highland Park Housekeeping to be best known for its ethical work standards, something customers can

3. It’s boring. Yes, housekeepers perform the same types of tasks (dust, sweep, rinse), but every home is different, she said. “We make a lot of decisions every day to do the best work we can.”

take pride in supporting.

Many of her employees are mothers who have to support their families financially and be around to pick kids up from school. Fritz crafted a schedule to incorporate a living wage, shortened workday, and weekends off.

“Services like this do not have full-time employees, but I know how hard it is to take care of your family while working. We give our housekeepers full-time pay, 40 hours a week, and we guarantee that,” she said. “You need to know how much money you’re making to pay rent or buy groceries.”

Texan Needed Perfect Bag for New York Living

By Bianca R. Montes People Newspapers

Growing up in the small Texas coastal town of Port Lavaca – about a two-hour drive from any recognizable map point south of Dallas – Jerry Delgado craved for the days he’d live in a big city and work in the illustrious world of fashion.

Regardless of the bag, I always found myself digging for lost lip balms, keys, or AirPods.

Jerry Delgado After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, he followed his dream to New York City, where he took a job at an ad agency. Commuting was a big part of his life in Brooklyn, and Delgado quickly realized that “if you wanted to do anything in the city, you needed a bag.”

But he still had a problem.

“Regardless of the bag, I always found myself digging for lost lip balms, keys, or AirPods,” he said. “I spent hours searching the internet to find something that would organize my life’s necessities, but the options I found either lacked style or quality.

I decided that if I wanted a stylish way to organize my essential junk, I would have to create it.”

So, he did.

Using a sewing machine his mother gave him for Christmas and

Mono Stripe Chest/Waist Gado Bag ($148). Who says fashion can’t be functional? This bag is the perfect size to hold your keys (check out the key holder inside), phone, wallet, ear pods, and a few other daily essentials. a pair of his partner’s old jeans – plus a whole lot of time on Pinterest and YouTube – Delgado stitched together a bag. The resulting product has sparked an entire line, including totes, clutches, and the trendy chest or waist bag – please, he said, don’t call it a fanny pack.

Delgado and his partner, Christopher, relocated to the Park Cities late last year, bringing with them the manufacturing for their essential bag line.

The designer’s youth in south Texas and adult life in New York City inspire DelgadoNYC. Details of Dallas, especially the lush greens seen in the Park Cities, can be seen in his fall line.

Delgado and his partner said the move to Dallas would allow the company to expand into more retail spaces. Select designs are for sale at Vintage Martini on Henderson Avenue, and individually crafted pieces are available online at DelgadoNYC.com.

“One of the reasons we did move here was because we thought this was a good fit to expand locally,” Delgado said.

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Comings and Goings COMING Lights Fantastic Pro 4645 Greenville Ave.

The 2019 North American Showroom of the Year is set to open an innovative, technology-forward retail space for customers looking for one-of-a-kind lighting options for commercial and residential projects. The new Lights Fantastic showroom will challenge interior design professionals to rethink how LED lighting can positively affect the way people work, live, and play.

PV Deli

PV Deli by Chef Jason 6130 Berkshire Lane

A San Angelo family-owned restaurant is expanding into Preston Center this September. The menu will feature a selection of handcrafted sandwiches like Mom’s Chicken Salad and the Flying Pig, which wraps wheatberry bread around oven-roasted chicken, ham, cheddar cheese, pesto, and avocado. Soups, salads, and wraps will also be on the menu.

NOW OPEN Haylo Wellness 8400 Douglas Ave.

From Sativa bath bombs and hemp oils to vape pens and dog treats, this new Preston Center business offers a variety of hemp

Haylo Wellness products (mostly vegan and cruelty-free).

Products include oils, salves, and gummies.

OVME (pronounced “of me”) 3888 Oak Lawn Ave., Suite 108

removal, hormone replacement therapy, and PRP for hair loss. Elite memberships are $99 a month and include facials and illuminize peels, and other benefits.

Spectrum This minimally-invasive cosmetic services

boutique in Turtle Creek offers a contemporary and innovative take on traditional cosmetic dermatology. The new tech-enabled studio occupies 1,800 square feet on Oak Lawn Avenue. Services include neurotoxins (Botox, Dysport), dermal fillers ( Juvederm, Restylane, Sculptra), Vivace Microneedling, BBL, CoolSculpting, Halo, Motus A/X laser hair

Shops at Park Lane This summer, 11 new Spectrum Stores opened in North Texas, including at the Shops at Park Lane. These new stores give consumers a comfortable and convenient option for learning more about Spectrum’s video, internet, and voice services — and its latest offering, Spectrum Mobile. Spectrum Mobile combines the

OVME nation’s largest LTE network and a nationwide network of Spectrum WiFi hotspots designed to save customers money.

TruFushion

9100 N. Central Expressway at Caruth Plaza The 12,000-square-foot space houses five studios and offers a blend of yoga, cycle, Pilates, kettlebell, barre, boxing, boot camp, HIIT, and other classes, allowing members to customize their experience based on interests and fitness level. TruFusion and its certified instructors offer more than 35 classes a day – 240 per week – in 65-plus styles.

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University Park Council Considers Banning Short-Term Rentals Residents say strangers create “uncomfortable situation” in neighborhood

By Bianca R. Montes

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For years, University Park city council members have taken a simple stance on the complaints that surround short-tern rentals: Take it to the police.

However, the disturbances that seem to go hand-in-hand with strangers renting out homes for short periods have increasingly become more bothersome. And, while cities like Dallas are relishing in the likes of $24 million last year in short-term rental taxes, UP residents say their neighborhoods are for neighbors, not vacation rentals.

According to a memo written by Patrick Baugh, the city’s community development director, the number of concerns and complaints regarding short-term rentals has precipitated action.

Short-term rentals, which are rentals of 30 days or less, are not regulated in University Park.

Issues raised regarding the “revolving door” of new neighbors included too many vehicles parking on the street; large, late-night parties; and excessive trash in the lawns and before trash collections.

Max Fuqua recently raised his

Those who would like to address their city council members about short-term rentals can do so during the public comment of any city council meeting. The council next meets Sept. 3.

Council members can also be reached by email: Mayor Oline Lane Jr. olane@uptexas.org Mayor pro tem E. Taylor Armstrong Jr. tarmstrong@uptexas.org Visit websites such as vrbo.com and airbnb.com to find homes available for short-term rentals. issue about a townhome in his neighborhood at Milton and Hillcrest avenues, calling it a nuisance to him and his neighbors.

“We don’t feel comfortable having our children out on the street with strangers,” he said.

Blair Mercer, who lives in the 3700 block of Granada Avenue, told the council that the short-term rentals in her neighborhood had created

an “uncomfortable situation.”

Residents previously reported seeing strangers in their driveways smoking cigarettes late at night, calling it a “harrowing experience” and saying, “we don’t know who our neighbor is anymore.”

Both Baugh and the city’s Zoning and Development Advisory Committee agree that regulating short-term rentals is not the answer

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for University Park.

Instead, Baugh told the council at the Aug. 6 meeting that it would be easier for the city to ban them.

An ordinance on the agenda that evening would have accomplished that. But due to concern over stakeholders not having enough advance notice, council members decided to table the vote until September.

If passed, the proposed ordinance

Council member Randy Biddle rbiddle@uptexas.org Council member Liz Farley lfarley@uptexas.org Council member Gage Prichard Sr. gprichard@uptexas.org would fine anyone violating the ban up to $500.

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Schools

‘GIVE THEM ROLE MODELS’ Christ the King teacher finds inspiration for Holocaust lessons

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Teachers visited sites in Israel and met Holocaust survivors such as Genia and Nahum Manor (center).

By Maria Adolphs

Special Contributor

T

he next time Madeline Elliott teaches her Christ the King Catholic School social studies students about the Holocaust, the affecting words of Gita Cycowicz could come to mind.

“Why did the Germans never see in me a human being? I had eyes. I had feelings. I had dreams,” the Auschwitz concentration camp survivor told Elliot and other educators.

Elliott was among 34 chosen to attend the Echoes & Reflections seminar in Jerusalem in July.

authenticity, she said.

The seminar offered ways to teach without traumatizing her students by “counterbalancing the light with the dark” while providing factually correct information. Her lessons will cover pre-war Jewish life, Holocaust art and poetry, and accounts of those who risked their lives to save Jews and participate in resistance movements.

“I think it is important that our kids know the whole world didn’t fail,” Elliott said.

Echoes & Reflections was founded to expand and improve Holocaust education in U.S. classrooms. It has involved more than 60,000 educators and reached an estimated 6 million students since 2005, said Lindsay Friedman, managing director for the seminar.

“Today’s challenging climate and loss of Holocaust survivors only reinforces the vital need for students to learn the history and critically consider the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides,” Friedman said.

“We believe that effective Holocaust education teaches students to examine their

The students I work with are young. They can’t drive yet. They can’t vote yet. So how can we help them fight injustice?

Madeline Elliott Learning about the Holocaust in Israel and forming personal connections with experienced and respected historians and scholars empowered her to teach with more

roles and responsibilities to combat antisemitism, racism, and hatred.”

Elliott found Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance, moving. A movie started with the beauty of pre-war Jewish life. But the people in the film slowly disappeared, and an observer assimilated artifacts, stories, and images of the horrific time.

In the end, the doors opened to the outside and the beautiful view of Jerusalem,” Elliott said. “The Holocaust wasn’t the end of the story.”

She met other survivors. Genia and Nahum Manor fell in love working in the factory of Oskar Schindler. That one man saved 1,200 Jews from persecution, and those 1,200 gave breath to even more lives through their children and grandchildren, they told her.

Rena Quint, the only member of her family to survive, spoke of the “patchwork of mothers” who cared for her and of how as survivors die off, it will be up to others to pass on their stories.

“She looked right at us and said, ‘It will be up to you to be our ambassadors,’” Elliott said.

Elliott said she feels a moral duty to teach about the past and encourage students to use what they learn to process contem-

porary issues and become agents of change.

“The students I work with are young,” she said. “They can’t drive yet. They can’t vote yet. So how can we help them fight injustice?”

Yehuda Bauer, chief academic adviser at Yad Vashem, the World Remember Center, offered an answer, “Give them role models.”

SEMINAR SPONSORS • Anti-defamation League (ADL), which provides training, resources, teaching tools, and strategies for educators and students on the topics of bias, diversity, and social justice • University of Southern California Shoah Foundation, which uses audiovisual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides to provide compelling voices for education and action • Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem

Sources: adl.org, sfi.usc.edu, yadvashem.org, echoesandreflections.org

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Gaming Technology Speeds Up Surgeon Training in Africa Researchers from SMU and elsewhere are using video game technology to tackle the problem of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.

One in five cervical cancer deaths worldwide occurs in the region, according to a news

release. A critical shortage of trained surgeons there means women who have been diagnosed often wait months for hysterectomies while their tumors grow and progress.

“Radical abdominal hysterectomy is central to the treatment of early-stage invasive cancer of the cervix, a disease whose burden is the greatest in the world’s poorest countries,” said Eric Bing, SMU professor of global health.

Bing and Anthony Cuevas, SMU director of instructional design, recently returned to the U.S. from Lusaka, Zambia.

There they used virtual reality technology designed initially for in-home computer gaming, which costs less than $1,000 per training station, to train and mentor surgeons.

In pilot tests in Lusaka, researchers found that novice surgeons became much more efficient with their time and movements over just six 20-minute virtual reality training sessions.

Studying College Debt With all of the talk nationally about college student debt, a new study from SMU puts numbers to the issue in Texas.

Dominique J. BakDominique J. Baker er, assistant professor of education policy at SMU’s Simmons School of Education and Human Development, looked at 40,000 bachelor’s degree recipients who started college from 2004 to 2008.

She found that graduates of public universities averaged $25,794 of undergraduate loan debt. That number jumped to $33,255 when including loans held by parents.

Those graduates earned approximately $34,132 during their first year after earning a degree, making the average debt-toincome 74 percent, according to the study.

Factor in the amount parents took out in loans for their child’s college education, and the average debt-to-income ratio nears 92 percent.

State leaders want to reduce that ratio to 60 percent by 2030.

However, Baker cautioned that they should be careful not to punish institutions that enroll higher percentages of historically underserved students. Such students tend to borrow more, she said.

For example, black students borrowed $7,214 more than their white peers.

Presenting Spanish Masters

PHOTOS COURTESY SMU

FROM LEFT: SMU’s Eric Bing, Stephanie Knight, and Tony Cuevas observe as Lauren Shook tries out surgery training using VR technology.

This fall, SMU’s Meadows Museum, will present two exhibitions of masters of Spanish.

“These two exhibitions help us to better

‘El Greco, The Tears of Saint Peter’ understand the ongoing taste and interest for Spanish painting,” said Mark Roglán, the Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum.

Beginning on Sept. 15, the museum will present “El Greco, Goya, and a Taste for Spain: Highlights from The Bowes Museum.”

The exhibit includes 11 paintings produced by some of Spain’s most celebrated artists.

On Oct. 18, “Sorolla in the Studio” opens.

The exhibition, examining the development of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida’s distinctive modern approach, is anchored by the artist’s 1902 painting Female Nude. The privately-owned work is coming to the U.S. for the first time in more than 100 years.

Both exhibitions will close on Jan. 12, 2020.

— Compiled by staff

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Tutoring Doesn’t Have To Be A Crutch Imagine thinking that the purpose of going to the grocery store is to get Monopoly stickers. You know that certain products come with extra stickers, so you run around the store throwing as many of these as you can into your cart. You spend hundreds of dollars and walk away, twirling your fancy mustache as you tuck a nice fat stack of 30 stickers AMOS J. HUNT into your top hat.

But you didn’t get the milk. You didn’t get the dishwasher soap. You didn’t get anything that mattered.

It’s possible to approach tutoring in exactly this way, winning something good but non-essential, while missing out on the real substance of the process.

Even though getting a grade improvement is often the motivating goal for tutoring, for the sake of a student’s long-term success, tutoring should always aim beyond the immediate need.

The pressure to make the grade at all costs is understandable, but “tutoring to the test” makes students dependent on their tutors and ultimately not prepared for the rigor of college. In the long run, this approach to tutoring introduces a passive approach to life and may lead students to shy away from opportunities that demand growth.

Do you hear your child saying, “I don’t know what I would do without them,” when talking about a tutor?

Maybe this is just a hyperbolic expression of gratitude, but it might indicate the creation of a codependent relationship, in which the student cannot thrive if the tutor is removed.

Does your child use tutoring as a first line of attack on their work, before even trying to do it themselves?

While this approach may result in a good grade on the test, it will not give the student the intellectual courage needed to face the challenges of college or the unpredictable problems of life.

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Come to tutoring prepared with questions.

Encourage students to come to sessions having already made an earnest effort, working alone and with peers, consulting textbooks, and online resources. A student who comes with specific questions and problems can make the most of their tutor’s expertise. The tutor, in turn, should not only be ready to answer questions but also spend time helping the student better use their own academic equipment.

A tutor who prioritizes the student’s independence will encourage them to see the tutor as a resource, rather than a foundation or support system. They should not only be a master of the material but also help the student begin to see themselves as a master in training.

Tutoring doesn’t have to be a crutch. Parents can demand that tutors set a high standard for their students, challenge them to take responsibility, and provide tools for growing self-reliance. A tutoring service with a broad coaching element can give students the crucial life skills of self-management, initiative, planning, and perseverance. Ask tutors how their service addresses these needs, so that in the end, your child’s academic credentials will mean more than Monopoly money.

Amos J. Hunt is the owner and lead tutor of The Tutoring Place in Preston Center.

. . . for the sake of a student’s long-term success, tutoring should always aim beyond the immediate need.

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A School That Feels Like Home Admission directors and those who manage school enrollment love to hear visiting families express an immediate feeling of belonging.

SARAH Often our families say, MARKHOVSKY “When we walked onto campus and met the students and faculty, we knew we had found a home.”

When we hear that, we know that the student we have admitted will thrive and the parents will be active members of the school community.

As parents, how do you arrive at that magical moment when a school feels like home? To start, we encourage families to reflect on the educational needs of their child, as well as the factors that are important to their family.

Each child, even those within the same family, will have distinct learning styles and interests. Parents should consider the type of environment or physical setting in which their child will learn the best, the kind of curriculum that will offer an optimum level of challenge, and the educational approach that will best engage the child. In addition, parents should identify any special interest that are particular strengths of a given school, like arts or sports, that their child might enjoy.

Parents should also determine the family values that they want to see reflected in an educational setting. Do you want a religious element to education? Are there specific values that you want to ensure that your child is exposed to at school? Location is another element to evaluate. Do you want a school that is close to your current home, or are you willing to relocate if you identify an amazing school that is a longer distance away?

A healthy understanding of how much your family is willing to spend on education will be another important part of your school search. In the Dallas area, many schools have robust financial aid programs, making them accessible to more families, but it may be helpful for your family to decide in advance how much you feel comfortable allocating to education.

Once families have a clear picture of what they would like in a school, visiting school websites and

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events like the Private School Preview on Sept. 8 will help them select a smaller number of schools for personal visits and deeper exploration.

Each child, even those within the same family, will have distinct learning styles and interests.

Sarah Markhovsky Most schools hold events throughout the fall, giving families the opportunity to visit classrooms, hear from students, and meet with faculty and administrators. Applications are typically due during the winter, and admission decisions are released to families during the spring.

Selecting an independent school and moving through the application process takes time, but if the family has a complete understanding of what their child needs, then they are more likely to identify the schools and communities that will feel like home.

Sarah Markhovsky, the Greenhill School director of admission, serves as president of the Independent Schools Admission Association of Dallas.

THE WINSTON SCHOOL Winston is a college-preparatory school for bright students who learn differently®. We provide individualized programs for students in grades K through 12 with learning differences, including challenges in reading, writing, language and mathematics, and ADHD. The Winston family cultivates and celebrates character, community, courage, and creativity. Our small by design community is explicitly structured to meet the needs of our students, and it begins with teachers helping students to feel accepted and valued.

Winston strategies help students develop the full scope of life skills needed to meet the opportunities and demands of life after Winston successfully.

P R I VAT E S C H O O L P R E V I E W WHAT: A showcase of more than 100 private day and boarding schools from across the United States.

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Teacher’s Assistant: A Shy, Toy Zebra

Educator turns fun learning tool into a children’s book

By Maddie Spera

Special Contributor Highland Park’s Ann McKeever Stautz knew she was onto something on the first day of the 2016-17 school year, as she taught her kindergarten students their morning classroom routine.

Once they came to the letter “Z” while reciting the alphabet, the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School students began to protest.

Most days, my daughter’s zebra, Rosy, is just a fun companion.

However, Rosy springs into action when I need her help.

Ann McKeever Stautz “They couldn’t see the picture of the zebra because my desk was blocking it,” Stautz said. “For fun, I told them the

Find Ann McKeever Stautz’ book and learning tool at her website, offthechartkidz.com.

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zebra was shy and hides behind my desk and that he was my special helper. I never have to worry about what goes on behind my back, because the zebra watches and leaves notes on my desk at night about what he saw during the day. They loved it.”

Thus began the idea for her children’s book, Off the Chart!

The Amazing Story of the Alphabet Zebra. This book and learning tool (packaged with the child’s very own stuffed zebra)

was designed to spark a child’s imagination and also encourage reading.

Many studies indicate that when a child reads to a stuffed animal, it improves standardized reading test scores and encourages reading, Stautz said.

The program also has yielded incredible results in her own home, she said.

“The zebra can even help with anxieties and breaking bad habits,” Stautz said. “Most days,

my daughter’s zebra, Rosy, is just a fun companion. However, Rosy springs into action when I need her help.

“My daughter experienced seizures for the first time and was diagnosed with epilepsy,” she said. “When we came home from the hospital, she was scared to go to bed at night alone, so I would lie down with her until she fell asleep. After weeks of this, I realized it wasn’t healthy. I tried to tell her that I couldn’t lie down

with her every night, which only caused arguments. Rosy left a note with an incentive chart encouraging my daughter to sleep by herself for 10 nights. If my daughter met the challenge, her reward would be going with me to get a prize at Target. Rosy acted as a loving third-party judge, and the zebra’s support and incentive helped her to get over her fear.”

Stautz said it took a little over a year to execute, research, build a website, work out distribution, and most importantly, test Off the Chart! Now that it is complete, Stautz hopes it can serve as a teaching tool for teachers and parents.

“It changes the environment, turning the mundane into the extraordinary,” Stautz said.

“Many kindergarten students experience separation anxiety, and the high academic and behavior expectations of a school can feel very intimidating and cold. The zebra brings joy, warmth, and support, and the best part of all is that the zebra is always watching and potentially rewarding personal best effort and kindness.”

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Acting Classes for the Autistic

KD Conservatory teaches social skills with basic stage exercises

By Mitch Gruen

R E G I S T R AT I O N

Special Contributor

Call KD Conservatory at 214-638-0484 or email mschraeder@kdstudio.com to get more information or to sign up for Social Skills for the Stage.

Michael Schraeder, the acting chair at KD Conservatory since 2004, recently discovered the benefits acting classes could have for children and adults on the autism spectrum.

The idea came from a father who noticed incredible social skills improvements after his Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) son finished an acting workshop.

Just being able to hang out with ASD students and chat about their favorite music for an hour was probably the best learning experience I could have had.

Michael Schraeder Through a collaboration with the notfor-profit Trinity River Arts Center, Social Skills on the Stage was born.

To develop a curriculum, Schraeder reached out to experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center and The University of Texas at Dallas, seeking to learn everything

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Michael Schraeder and Sarah Rutan (front) help students get more comfortable with reallife situations such as ordering a meal. he could about teaching special needs students.

Pam Quarterman, who helps young adults with special needs transition to adulthood at The Segue Center, invited Schraeder to participate in social hour with her students.

“Just being able to hang out with ASD students and chat about their favorite music for an hour was probably the best learning experience I could have had,” Schraeder said.

The inaugural class of Social Skills on the Stage with five students ages 17 to 24

meets every Saturday. The students work with Schraeder and his co-teacher Sarah Rutan, an alum of SMU’s MFA acting program and a favorite among KD students.

The class uses basic acting exercises to help students get more comfortable with real-life situations that people who aren’t on the spectrum might take for granted.

Exercises might be designed to simulate an interaction with a demanding boss or ordering a meal at a restaurant.

Students have been enjoying the class, and

their parents have noticed fantastic progress.

“It’s really interesting and fun,” said William Weyser, a 22-year-old student. “I find it fulfilling.”

Weyser’s mother, Joan, said she loves seeing the interaction between the young people.

“They really open up when they are on the stage,” she said. “In only four weeks, my son, William, is so much more sociable and calm in public settings.”

Initially, Schraeder was curious: How much could acting exercises benefit people with ASD? But as the class has progressed, Schraeder has developed a bond with his students.

“Having the opportunity to see them enjoy themselves in an environment that they feel comfortable in is extraordinarily wonderful,” Schraeder said. “When I was their age, the theater became a second home for me as well, so being able to share my love for the theater and to pass on its traditions to a small group of wonderful people who are new to it is incredibly rewarding to me.”

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Bond Projects Moving Along as 2019-2020 School Year Begins

Hyer Elementary School Summary: The rebuild increases student capacity, provides for flexible learning spaces, state-of-the-art library and technology, and increase play space.

Allocated funds: $40,609,112 Open Date: Beginning of school 2020

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers Highland Park ISD began the new school year with several bond projects coming to completion and others still in progress.

The $361.4 million program, approved by voters in 2015, addresses facilities across the district with additions at some campuses, reconstruction of others, and the new fifth elementary school.

Here’s a look at where projects stand: Highland Park High School northwest addition Summary: The project expands band, orchestra and choir halls, add 30 classrooms, four labs, two resource rooms, and two flex spaces.

Allocated funds: $25,127,904 Open Date: Mid-August 2019 McCulloch Intermediate and Highland Park Middle Summary: Additions to and renovations of the campuses increase student capacity, consolidate administrative spaces, and allow for

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TOP, FROM LEFT: The northwest addition at Highland Park High, additions at McCulloch Intermediate and Highland Park Middle, and the Multi-Use Building. BOTTOM: Work continued into August on the new Bradfield Elementary School. expanded band, choir, orchestra, and locker room areas. Parking moves to subgrade structure and tennis courts relocate to former parking area.

Allocated funds: $18,555,703 and $21,600,514 Open Date: Beginning of school 2019

HPISD Multi-Use Building Summary: The new building replaces the existing Seay Tennis Center, and will house a new natatorium, as well as meeting rooms, locker rooms, and athletic offices.

Allocated funds: $23,932,036 Open Date: April 2020

Bradfield Elementary School Summary: The rebuild increases student capacity while offering larger classrooms and flexible learning spaces, and dedicated onsite parking for staff.

Allocated funds: $37,007418 Complete Date: Beginning of school 2019 Highland Park ISD Stadium Summary: The project includes new turf and other projects, including ones to address handicapped access.

Allocated funds: $5,401,321 Open Date: Beginning of school 2019 Elementary School No. 5 Summary: The new campus, completed in 2017, has served as the temporary site for other schools during rebuilds.

Allocated Funds: $53,580,792 Open Date: Beginning of school 2020.

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Crystal Charity Ball

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Tiffany Divis Tiffany is a first-time honoree. She and her husband, Paul, have three adult children and three grandsons. The Baylor graduate is an active member of the Crystal Charity Ball and is president-elect of the Equest Women’s Auxiliary. Her previous chairmanships included the Zoo to Do, Council for Life Luncheon, Callier Cares Luncheon, and the Dallas Opera. Tiffany was selected by Laura Bush to serve as the senior gifts officer and special assistant in the Office of the Chief of Protocol at the U.S. Department of State and the White House from February 2006 to January 2009.

Q: What’s been the most valuable learning experience as part of Crystal Charity Ball?

A: Through Crystal Charity Ball’s beneficiary selection process, I have learned of the critical need for children and their families in Dallas County that live under the poverty line in food deserts and communities where more than 100 languages are spoken.

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Jennifer Dix Jennifer, a second-year honoree, and her husband, Richard, have two children, Nate and Gracie. Jennifer earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Baylor University and a doctorate from UT Austin. She is chairman of the Silent Auction for this year’s Crystal Charity Ball. Her past charitable affiliations included serving as Cattle Baron’s Ball chairman, the Junior League of Dallas, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Genesis Women’s Shelter, Equest, and the Elisa project.

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Q: What is your favorite eatery to get dressed up for lunch

with girlfriends?

A: Cheers to Park House’s brilliantly executed vision!

With a fun vibe and delicious lunch choices, it’s the perfect spot. An order of the Brussels sprouts for our table, please!

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Cate Ford Cate is a second-year honoree. She and her husband, Jeremy, have three children, Curran, Jerry, and Chloe.

In addition to her involvement with their schools, Cate serves on the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Board of Directors and development committee. Cate received her bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University. She then worked for the Walt Disney Company and Revlon in New York before moving to Dallas where she worked at Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. Cate serves on the Women’s Auxiliary at Children’s Medical Center, the Sweetheart Ball Committee, and the UT Southwestern Medical Foundation Board of Trustees.

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Cara French Cara is a second-year honoree. She is married to Jim French, and they have two children James and Lilly. She graduated from the UT Austin with a liberal arts degree. She chaired the Equest Luncheon and is president for the Women’s Auxiliary. She is a recipient of the Pi Beta Phi Community Service Award, a former Flower Show chairman, and president of the Junior Group of the Dallas Garden Club. She is an active member of the Crystal Charity Ball. Cara also is passionate about her two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Maggie, and Purdy.

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Karla McKinley Karla is a first-time honoree. She and her husband, Mark, have three adult children and one grandchild. She worked for the Kim Dawson Agency and the Eileen Ford Agency from 1979 until 1992 as a model. She serves on the board of directors of the Dallas Contemporary and Baylor Scott & White Foundation. She was the recipient of the Lindalyn B. Adams Award at the Celebrating Women Luncheon in 2018. Karla is a co-founder of the nonprofit Think Human First organization, which partnered with Free The Children to build schools in underserved countries.

Q: Tell us about your favorite Park Cities or Preston Hollow place to get pampered.

Q: Tell us about your favorite Park Cities or

Q: Tell us about your favorite piece of clothing in

A: OhZone Clinics – their lymphatic massage is my new favorite thing! And I love The Gem — I pop in weekly for their Radiant Glow juice and Forever Young Iced Green Tea.

A: I love getting a manicure and pedicure from

A: My Dior black tulle skirt (dress up or down) or a

Preston Hollow place to get pampered:

Sophia’s on Lover’s Lane or using the Cherry App to come to my house.

your closet:

long black vest that was my mother’s that works with everything!

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Lisa Cooley Lisa is a third-year honoree. She and her husband, Clay, have three children, Chance, Ciera, and Chase who is married to Bela. A dedicated community volunteer, Lisa is an active member of the Crystal Charity Ball underwriting committee. She has served as chairman of many luncheons and galas benefiting more than a dozen charities. She is cochairman of the 2019 Luke’s Fast Breaks Blue Jean Gala. Her affiliations include Meadows School of the Arts, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, CASA, Young Women’s Preparatory Network, and the Salvation Army.

Q: What is your fashion motto?

A: Don’t wear something just because it is beautiful, rather

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Amy Hegi Amy is a third-time honoree. She and her husband, Peter, have three daughters. Amy is an SMU graduate and received her degree in advertising. She worked in the advertising industry for several years before following her passion for fashion to the buying offices of Neiman Marcus and Harold’s and then retiring to rear her daughters. She is chairman of the 2019 Chick Lit Luncheon benefitting Community Partners and the Soups On Luncheon benefiting The Stewpot. She is also active on Crystal Charity Ball Committees including Underwriting, Children’s Book, Silent Auction and Special Gifts and Post Ball Arrangements.

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Delilah Boyd Delilah Boyd is a third-time honoree. She is married to Sam Boyd, and they have their adorable Shih Tzu puppy Honey Belle. Delilah graduated from SMU with a degree in music and received a master of liberal arts. She returned 19 years later and received her law degree. In addition to her involvement in many community organizations, she has served on the Crystal Charity Ball Selection Committee for 23 consecutive years and has been an active member of the Crystal Charity Ball Committee for 30 straight years.

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A: My ripped jeans from years ago. They can be

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Amy Prestidge Amy is a first-time honoree. She and her husband, Corey, have three children: Ford, Caroline, and Brooks. She is the Special Event Party liaison for this year’s Crystal Charity Ball and is also on the Underwriting Committee. The SMU graduate’s community activities include serving on the board of Children’s Medical Center Auxiliary and the Equest Women’s Auxiliary. Amy is the honorary chairman of the Chick Lit Luncheon benefitting Community Partners. She also devotes significant time to the Episcopal School of Dallas.

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dressed up with heels for a night out or dressed down with flats and a button-down to run carpool.

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have stood the test for a millennium. By her example, she encouraged me to avoid short term fads. I have always been comfortable with her advice.

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Kimberly Whitman Kim is a second-year honoree. She and her husband, Justin, have two children, a son, JR, and a daughter, Millie. She is a graduate of SMU with an honors degree in art history and continued her study of art in New York in the Christie’s Connoisseurship Program. She has served as a lifestyle contributor to the Today Show and editor-at-large of Southern Living Magazine since 2011. Among her many charitable causes, Kimberly is a member of the Sweetheart Ball. She is honorary chairman of the Dwell With Dignity Thrift Studio event and is chairman of the Children’s Cancer Fund Gala.

Q: What cosmetic is always in your purse?

A: Nars Enamoured Lip Gloss

ome of the most fashionable ladies behind Dallas philanthropy will be recognized this September at the annual Crystal Charity Ball Ten Best Dressed Fashion Show and Luncheon. The Carolina Herrera Collection will be presented at this year’s 45th annual event, taking place Sept. 13 at Neiman Marcus Downtown. Follow this article online to learn more about the designs that inspire these fashionistas. Flip the pages to read about this year’s Hall of Fame honoree and nonprofits supported by funds raised.

- Compiled by Bianca R. Montes

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2019 Beneficiaries Dallas’ most giving and glamourous will transport to South America for the 67th annual Crystal Charity Ball. With an emphasis on Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, the grande dame of a myriad of spectacular galas returns Dec. 7 with its “South American Mosaic” theme at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. Event chair Pat McEvoy said the guests’ experience at the ball would capture the beauty of these countries with a sense of adventure.

Since 1952, the Crystal Charity Ball has raised more than $149 million for more than 100 children’s charities.

The ten nonprofits that will be the recipients of a holdyour-breath $6,842,030:

student use. The Corporate Work Study Center will accommodate 500-600 unduplicated students ages 14-18.

Child & Family Guidance Center - $953,800 The Project: Youth Empowerment Mental Health Program Funds will be used to expand the Youth Empowerment Service (YES) Waiver program and renovate their main building on Harry Hines Boulevard. The YES Waiver program offers intensive mental health services to children and adolescents who suffer from severe emotional disturbances. This expansion of services and facility improvement will serve approximately 4,567 children.

JAMES FRENCH

Hall of Fame

Francie Moody-Dahlberg Francie was on the Ten Best Women of Dallas list in 2013, 2014, and 2015. She and her husband, Kevin Dahlberg, have two young children. She is chairman and executive director of the Moody Foundation, one of Texas’ oldest and most charitable foundations. It has given more than $1.5 billion in grants since its inception in 1942.

She is also chairman of the Moody Endowment, president of Moody Medical Research Institute, and serves on the board of directors of American

National Insurance Company, National Western Life Insurance Company, and Moody National Bank.

Francie is a trustee at SMU, and she serves on the board of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and the Crystal Charity Ball advisory board. Her family has been generous donors to dozens of Crystal Charity Ball beneficiaries for many years.

Community Partners of Dallas - $660,552 The Project: Meeting the growing needs of abused and neglected children

Funds will be used over three years to expand two extensive programs, The Rainbow Room and Kids in Crisis, and create an endowment for perpetual support of CPS. The money will help purchase items for The Rainbow Room and shelving to store the increased inventory; provide for a new full-time staff member dedicated to the increased needs of both programs; and create an endowment to provide critically needed items for future growth. Approximately 12,000 children ages 0-18 will be served annually.

Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep - $910,799 The Project: The Crystal Charity Ball Corporate Work Study Center

Q: What is your fashion motto?

A: The more casual, the better.

Unless, of course, I’m dressing for the Crystal Charity Ball.

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Funds will be used to construct the Crystal Charity Ball Corporate Work Study Center in the new Innovation Center. This center will house conference rooms, collaborative workspaces, and computers for

FOR THE NATIONS REFUGEE OUTREACH

For the Nations Refugee Outreach - $711,857 The Project: Children’s after-school development & enrichment program

Funds will be used over two years to finish out the second floor of the existing facility and fund the after-school children’s programs for two years. The addition of this space will increase the number of children in the programs and accommodate enrichment activities like music, dance, and martial arts. Approximately 1,500 children ages 0-18 will be served.

Interfaith Family Services - $314,152 The Project: Children’s programs Funds will be used over two years to create an extended onsite hours childcare facility for residents and children of two DISD elementary schools. Interfaith’s new extended-hours childcare facility will address this critical need. It will provide early education instruction for up to 150 children ages 6 weeks-5. These funds will support a portion of the childcare budget that will not be covered by program fees as Interfaith launches and ramps up the program.

Jubilee Park & Community Center - $474,650 The Project: Pipeline of Learning program

Funds will be used for Jubilee’s Pipeline of Learning Program. It will be a continuum of education-based programs across the age spectrum in Southeast Dallas.

This program will include early childhood education, out-of-school enrichment for school-age children through after-school, summer and Saturday interventions, and teen programming through enrichment and workforce opportunities. By 2022, approximately 750 children ages 0-18 will be served annually.

parkcitiespeople.com | September 2019 43 Mercy Street $751,758 The Project: Mercy Street south Dallas expansion

Funding over three years will be used to expand Mercy Street’s mentoring and leadership development programs to South Dallas. After success in West Dallas, the programs will be duplicated to help break the cycle of poverty in the Fair Park area, where 34% of families live below the poverty line. Learning Center has 423 students, and more than 100 of these students are homeless, and 194 are at-risk.

Approximately 100-175 children grades 4-12 will be served.

Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic $558,390 The Project: CenteringParenting facility remodel and program launch

Funds will be used over two years to remodel a portion of their West Dallas facility and launch the CenteringParenting Program. The renovated space will more effectively accommodate their shared medical appointments program. The CenteringParenting Program will provide well-child examinations and health education for a baby’s first years of life in a group setting. Approximately 316 children will be served.

Promise House - $756,072 The Project: Expansion of emergency youth shelter

Funds will be used over three years to create an additional Emergency Youth Shelter at the Fannie C. Harris Youth Center in Southeast Dallas to serve the DISD high schools with the highest levels of unsheltered youth. This new shelter will increase Promise House’s emergency shelter services by 26 beds, almost doubling their capacity to serve this underserved population. Approximately 200-250 children ages 14-18 will be served.

Readers 2 Leaders - $750,000 The Project: Team Read tutoring sustainability and expansion

LOS BARRIOS UNIDOS

Funds will expand Readers 2 Leaders high-quality reading tutoring program to serve more elementary children in Dallas who are reading below grade level. Funds will be used to add a new in-school site, help more children after school and to grow their coaching and training programs for agencies with after-school tutoring space/programs. The funding would provide staff member salaries and cover related training and support materials.

With the additional funding, approximately 2,050 children ages 3-12 will be served.

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Society

FOOD, CLOTHING PANTRY GROWS TO HELP NEIGHBORS ESCAPE POVERTY

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Wilkinson Center exists as a way to dismantle poverty by providing basic human necessities such as food and shelter.

By Maddie Sanders People Newspapers

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early 40 years ago, the Rev. Clayton Lewis saw a neighborhood child rooting through garbage for something to eat.

That sight led to the 1982 creation of a food and clothing pantry at the Munger Place United Methodist Church. The congregation would use the pantry to meet the needs of the church’s East Dallas neighbors who were struggling with poverty and hunger.

That quaint neighborhood project grew as the demands did.

This led, in 1985, to the formation of

what is no Wilkinson Center.

Wilkinson Center has grown into an organization that helps individuals and families pull themselves out of poverty.

The center serves about 40,000 people a year with emergency food and shelter, counseling, free after-school programs, and free adult education.

The core mission of the Wilkinson Center is to transform the lives of Dallas families by providing pathways to selfsufficiency with dignity and respect.

Wilkinson Center utilizes a holistic approach to poverty intervention. Its vision is to eliminate generational poverty by addressing clients’ most significant issues: basic human necessities like food and shelter, education, and employment.

The center has improved and adapted over the decades. Programs offered now cover a host of services aimed at empowering adults to achieve diplomas and helping those working towards

transforming their lives.

“Going back to school as an adult, you have to sacrifice something,” said Anne Reeder, Wilkinson Center executive director. “Whether it is time or money; you are sacrificing something with the hope that your life is going to be better.”

And that is the Wilkinson Center’s goal: to enable those who are actively making a change.

Reeder said that the heart behind the cause is “definitely the clients, they inspire us so much.”

Because of the clients, the Wilkinson Center has become the second-largest adult education program in Dallas.

To help raise funds for the Dallas nonprofit, the Friends of the Wilkinson Center will host its sixth annual southwestern themes Spirit of Taos event this September.

“We are there to support people and help them realize that they matter,” said

Wilkinson Center volunteer Claudia Davis. “I hope that the Spirit of Taos event helps others see the good things taking place at the Wilkinson Center.”

The Friends of the Wilkinson Center are not just doing this for a night out, but for the greater good.

The Spirit of Taos event is the primary source of support for the Wilkinson Center.

“I do not know what we would do without the Friends of the Wilkinson Center,” Reeder said. “The money raised at this event impacts so many lives in the Dallas area. This event is not only a celebration of that but an opportunity to continue to better the community.”

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WHAT: Spirit of Taos BENEFITTING: Wilkinson Center WHEN: Sept. 14 WHERE: The Hall on Dragon COST: starts at $200 for individual tickets TICKETS: thewilkinsoncenter.org/ events/category/the-spirit-of-taos/

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SAATCHI ART COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION

Victoria Kennedy, Jammie Holmes, Kristin Moore, and Glen Gauthier

Ellie Couch Fanning, Vodi Cook, Lauren Lamp, and Jane Humphrey

Briana Salatino, Victoria Kennedy, Nicole Garton

Kaleta Blaffer Johnson and Lauren Millet

Derek Burto and Travis Lewis

PHOTOS BY ROBERT UNDERWOOD IV

Diamond Mahone and John Bailey

Signature Saatchi Spritz

Rosa Langley, Dustin Holcomb, and Nerissa Von Helpsenstill

Glen Gauthier, Kristin Moore, Abi Salami, and Jammie Holmes

The world’s leading online art gallery, Saatchi Art, hosted an evening of Cocktails & Conversation on July 19 at Park House, an art-centric Dallas social club. Guests mixed and mingled with other art lovers and artists showing works at The Other Art Fair Dallas this coming September. Saatchi Art associate curator Victoria Kennedy hosted a panel where contemporary emerging artists Jammie Holmes, Kristin Moore, and Glen Gauthier discussed their inspiration for pieces, along with details of what they plan to show at the upcoming event.

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KANARYS LAUNCHES IN DALLAS COURTESY PHOTOS

Kanarys Founding Members

Ron Parker

Launch Party at One Arts Plaza

Founder and CEO Mandy Price

Mandy Price, Star Carter, and Phuong Tran

Kanarys, a first-of-its-kind technology platform that fosters collaboration between companies and employees on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, launched July 25.

Kanarys gathers and analyzes cultural and demographic data, industry rankings and trends, and anonymous employee reviews on DEI to inform companies’ efforts to build more inclusive workplaces and improve workplace culture. Through quantitative and qualitative data, companies can measure their own performance against DEI benchmarks and identify opportunities for improvement and growth through an easy-to-navigate client dashboard. “Kanarys takes the emotion out of an often difficult subject for employers by providing real data on DEI, building and thereby empowering them to make changes that will benefit everyone,” said Kanarys CEO Mandy Price.

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BENTLEY DALLAS CELEBRATES CENTENARY

Adriana Villas-Boas, Heath Strayhan, Malcolm Gage, and Brian Simmons

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Dennis Collins and Richard Rawlings checking out the 2020 Bentley Continental GTC

Goga Band

Avery and Cassandra Johnson

Daniel and Tiffany Moon

Rochelle Gotsdiner and Kelsey Collins

A 1937 Bentley Sports Tourer by Vanden Plas and a 2020 Bentley GTC

Bentley Dallas put on the party of the century in honor of Bentley Motors’ Centenary.

In celebration of the milestone, Bentley Dallas hosted a cocktail reception July 10 featuring a new 2020 Bentley Continental GTC convertible displayed next to an exquisite 1937 Bentley Sports Tourer by Vanden Plas in their Lemmon Avenue showroom. Guests were serenaded by Armenian singer Goga and his trio, which played everything from pop music to opera. Bachendorf ’s displayed a limited-edition Breitling timepiece among other beautiful pieces.

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Living Well and Faith SEARCHING FOR GOD THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS

Worshippers urged to photograph ordinary examples of holiness

By Keyuri Parab

People Newspapers

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ake a minute to stop and look at a wall covered in photographs at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church. You might find God. That’s one idea behind the “Sacred, Ordinary Life” summer photo series that encourages churchgoers to send in pictures of things in their daily lives that they find holy.

“It goes with our sermon series, and part of the understanding of it is that when we think about God, we often think about these big huge mountain top moments. . . but this summer we want to claim all the ways God is present in the ordinary moments,” said the Rev. Sarah Johnson, senior associate pastor.

We want to help people see that God is in their everyday lives, all the time.

The Rev. Sarah Johnson Each Sunday, there is a story that highlights a moment within the ordinary day.

It could be forgetting your keys or getting stuck in traffic, Johnson said.

“This is another way to think about the sermon through the week and go through your phone and think, ‘Wow! You know, at the time, it didn’t seem like much, but now that I think about it, it was really important and meaningful the way that God engaged in my life,’” said Sara Stoltz, the church’s director of communications.

Photos could show children eating ice cream or playing with their friends. They could capture moments in nature – anything to engage people in a new way, Stoltz said.

The series is a part of an ongoing effort

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Church members visit photos in the lobby to see holy moments others identified with their cameras.

to involve people in worship, visually and artistically.

Some tag the church on social media while others bring in their photographs, Stoltz said. “This way we’re engaging all generations.”

Stoltz enjoys seeing how people are identifying God through such moments as dropping children off at school and how the project helps connect members who may be in and out during the summer.

“It’s great to see people wandering over

to the wall and pointing each other out and saying, ‘Oh my God; what a great picture,’ or that, ‘I know them,’” Stoltz said.

The series makes growing in faith more participatory and visual and prompts participants to gauge and identify the holy bits of their everyday lives, Johnson said. “We want to help people see that God is in their everyday lives, all the time.”

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THINGS TO DO

Dreamscape

Dreamscape

When: Daily Where: NorthPark Center, Level Two between Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom Cost: $20 Travel to a larger than life, intergalactic haven and come face-to-face with endangered alien creatures. Step through the screen and become part of a movie. Descend into the ocean to explore dazzling underwater worlds to rescue a trapped baby Blue Whale and unite it with its mother. This new AMC-backed experience combines Hollywood storytelling, virtual theme-park rides, and motion-captured technology in three pods. Guests are outfitted with backpack computers and headsets, along with hand and foot trackers, for a 35-minute adventure.

‘Don’t Leave Money on the Table’ Book Party When: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28 Where: El Vecino Tex/Mex, 4515 Travis St. Cost: Free ($30 VIP)

Meet best-selling author Jacqueline V. Twillie of Don’t Leave Money on The Table: Negotiation Strategies for Women Leaders in Male-Dominated Industries. The book centers around a five-part framework that have helped women all over the country negotiate large deals. Tickets are available at facebook. com/events/496930221056310/.

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DSO on the Go

When: 6 p.m. Sept. 8 Where: Highland Park United Methodist Church Cost: $19 adults; $9 students Enjoy the sounds of the Gounod, Stravinsky, and Dvorak in your backyard. Presented by Ebby Halliday Companies, this event brings the Dallas Symphony Orchestra outside the Meyerson Symphony Center and into neighborhoods and communities around North Texas. Tickets are available at mydso.com.

Dallas County Donation Station, Philanthropy Fair, and Family Festival When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 Where: NorthPark Center

More than 30 nonprofits will offer activities like making kindness rocks with Children’s Craniofacial Association, face painting with Blue Caboose Children’s Fund, toy-making for pets and assembling care packages for children in foster care.

North Texas Giving Day

When: 6 a.m. to midnight Sept. 19 Where: Online Communities Foundation of Texas’ 18hour online giving event at northtexasgivingday.org empowers residents to support local nonprofits and causes with one easy-to-use platform. In 2018, more than $48 million was raised through more than 157,000 gifts benefiting 2,700 local nonprofits, bringing the 10year total to over $240 million for North Texas.

UP Flea Market

‘The Sleeping Beauty

‘The Sleeping Beauty’

When: Sept. 6-8 Where: Winspear Opera House Cost: $20-125 The Sleeping Beauty follows the story of Princess Aurora as she dances her way through curses and dreams to find her prince charming. Presented by Texas Ballet Theater, all performances boast live accompaniment by The Dallas Opera Orchestra. Tickets are available at texasballettheater.org.

Doggy Splash Day

When: Noon to 3 p.m., Sept. 8 Where: Holmes Aquatic Center Cost: $10 per dog (humans are free) Help your pups say goodbye to the swimming season at this must-see Park Cities tradition. Sponsored by Highland Park Emergency Room, this event benefits Dog N Kitty City - Humane Society of Dallas County. To participate, you must be a University Park/ HPISD resident, and you must register.

Space is limited to the first 100 dogs. Sign up at uptexas.org.

When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21 Where: Northway Christian Church Organizers with the Friends of the University Park Public Library expect a variety of vendors selling such goods as books, jewelry, art, crafts, and usual garage sale items. A city fire truck will be there. Vendor spaces are available for a $50 donation with proceeds supporting library programming. Visit uplibraryfriends.org.

CARE Breakfast

When: 8 a.m. Sept. 23 Where: Dallas Country Club Cost: $150 Michael Molthan with M2 The ROCK Facebook Live Channel will share his story of addiction and recovery. This event supports CARE Dallas, a nonprofit that provides a safe, confidential space to receive resources and education about substance use disorders. Tickets available at betterunite.com/care-35thannualcarebreakfast.

Doggy Splash Day

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Farewell-To-Summer Cocktail Parties Can summer truly be over? It was just weeks ago that swimming pools were open and half of Dallas’ population was CHRISTY ROST in Colorado to escape HOME + KITCHEN the Texas heat. I know – we were there, too!

And yet, other than the children being back in school, it still feels like summer, which, in my book, is an excellent reason to extend the season and celebrate with a farewell-to-summer cocktail party that’s easy, breezy, and fun.

I enjoy inviting friends and neighbors over for a glass of wine any time of the year, but a summer-themed cocktail party in early-September, when everyone else is looking ahead to fall, creates an unanticipated element of fun for guests.

From themed e-invitations to a poolside setting, light menu, and breezy, casual attire, this gathering captures the essence of summertime’s freedom and relaxation.

Since hot temperatures usually dominate the early part of September, the menu for this gathering features late-summer produce and chilled appetizers. Markets still have a good supply of ripe, juicy peaches for fresh peach salsa, and avocados are plentiful for guacamole. Add a generous display of hard and soft cheeses, gourmet olives, charcuterie, lavosh, flatbread, and tortilla chips, and you have all the ingredients for an easy, tasty cocktail party buffet.

Fill a galvanized tub with ice, bottles of chilled rosé and pinot grigio, and my new

favorite – slim cans of flavored sparkling water. Over the years, I’ve learned a signature cocktail is akin to live entertainment, so for an added dose of festivity, offer a custom-made raspberry cosmopolitan, margarita, or piña colada. If you’re the mixologist, you’ll be the most popular person at your party.

Instead of the usual tomato bruschetta, serve the unexpected. Raisin pecan bread bruschetta with fresh peach salsa offers a flavor-packed, textural feast of toasty bread, chewy, sun-ripened raisins, soft, sweet peaches, tangy lime, and spicy cilantro. Although the Texas peach season is over, California peaches are still being harvested. Select fruit that “gives” when lightly pressed with your thumb and ripen it on the kitchen counter for a day or two if needed.

For variety and a gluten-free alternative, offer cucumber “cups” filled with peach salsa. Rinse an English cucumber, peel the skin lengthwise at intervals to create a striped effect, and cut it crosswise into ¾ -inch thickness. To create edible cups, use a spoon to scoop out some of the centers, fill with peach salsa, and garnish with a cilantro leaf. A grapefruit spoon is especially effective. Chill until ready to serve.

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

How To Encourage Your Loved One With Dementia To Get Moving Again!

– Just A Few Key Things To Know To Get Started, & One Magic Secret That Works VERY WELL! By: Leading Balance Expert, Dr. Jeffrey Guild, Physical Therapist Are you frustrated trying to encourage your loved one suffering with dementia to move more? Are you worried about the toll a lack of exercise will take on your loved one with dementia? Are you worried about your loved one with dementia losing strength and balance? Empowering someone to move with dementia is like an iceberg. What you want to do is harness the HUGE amount of movement below the surface. This is the movement the person has done their whole life. Their BODY REMEMBERS how to move the way it did for decades. The key is to bring that out!

Tip 1: Stick With What Your Loved One Has Done Recently. If your loved one used a walker or cane the past several years, start using that. If they did not use a walking device, they are not likely to be able to start now.

Tip 2: Stay Away From Formal Exercise (Unless exercise was part of the person’s life): Build leg strength and endurance by encouraging your loved one to move from one place to the next. Stick with practical everyday tasks.

Tip 3: The Magic Secret Tip! WALK HOLDING THEIR HAND. Hand-holding while walking with your loved one works great for most people!

It provides the balance the person needs, empowers the person to move where they want to go without a cane or walker, and it is a NORMAL thing that people do every day. Want more information & solutions? My new special report provides Actionable Tips that will empower you to take care of your loved one suffering with dementia. And the best thing is, it’s 100% FREE, and you’re under noobligation to buy anything when you call.

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Call: (214) 712-8242 (Leave a Message 24/7) & Choose: • Option 1: Have your FREE Report mailed or emailed to you • Option 2: Free Report + FREE In-Person Info Session/Discovery Visit Author Dr. Jeffrey Guild, Physical Therapist is owner of Optimove Physical Therapy & Wellness. You can contact him at (214) 712-8242 or email at J.Guild@ OptimoveDFW.com

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Bruschetta with Fresh Peach Salsa

Ingredients: 1 loaf good-quality raisin pecan bread 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 large ripe peaches, about 1 ¾ pound total 2 tablespoons red onion, peeled and diced 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt cilantro leaves, rinsed, for garnish

Directions:

Slice the bread into ½-inch-thick slices, or ask the bakery to slice it for you. Cut the slices in half and transfer them to cookie sheets. Brush the tops with a little olive oil and toast under a preheated broiler just until brown. Turn them over, brush with remaining olive oil, and brown the other side.

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Remove the toasted bread slices from the cookie sheets and cool them on wire racks.

To peel the peaches, fill a large saucepan with water, bring it to a boil, and cook the peaches 45 seconds. Drain and transfer them immediately to a large bowl filled with ice water to stop the cooking process. When they are cool, peel with a sharp knife. The skin will peel easily. Slice the fruit into wedges and cut into ¼-inch cubes. Place the fruit in a medium bowl and stir in onion, lime juice, cilantro, and salt. Cover and chill until shortly before serving.

To serve, top each bruschetta with a spoonful of peach salsa and garnish with a leaf of fresh cilantro.

Yield: 42-48 bruschetta

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Want to Stay Home, But Don’t Want to Cook? Hire a Chef

Frequent customer requests prompt FitzGerald to launch concierge business ald has lived in Dallas and worked as a chef in and around the Park Cities and Preston Hollow for the last seven years.

He worked at Rockfish while attending the culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in Dallas. Many of his restaurant customers asked him to cook for them privately and do other tasks in their homes. Those requests launched his career as a private chef.

I am very open to different things; I can do Italian or Asian, whatever the client wants, based on their diets.

FitzGerald prefers the private chef life compared to the restaurant industry because it gives him more free range to cook a variety of dishes and broaden his horizons.

He has a team of 10 to 15 people who help him out and make deliveries.

“The benefit of hiring a private chef is one less thing they have to worry about throughout the day,” he said. “It’s just great for them to come and have a meal on the table, or they can put one in the oven and cook it for 20 minutes while everyone gets ready for dinner.”

Salads are served with flair.

By Keyuri Parab

People Newspapers Conner FitzGerald likes to call himself “your chef-concierge.’’

His services include grocery shopping, cleaning and storing away food, cooking various cuisines based on palettes and dietary needs, juicing, and organizing the pantry and kitchen – basically anything culinary based. Originally from Mississippi, FitzGer-

He cooks full-time, about five to six nights for one family in Highland Park, and has about 10 to 15 more catering clients.

He meets up with clients initially to discuss their different diets and restrictions and go over some of their favorite foods.

“I don’t tell customers that there’s just a certain kind of food I can cook,” he said. “I am very open to different things; I can do Italian or Asian, whatever the client wants, based on their diets.”

FitzGerald also caters holidays, cocktail and dinner parties, and is available all days of the week as well as for traveling when needed.

1. I love pairing fresh fruit in my salads, grilled peaches, watermelon or apple, with arugula, goat cheese, and a drizzle of honey.

2. Pasta, pasta, and more pasta.

During the summer, we always try to eat not so heavy foods. I love making a summer pasta salad with fresh corn, basil, tomatoes tossed in a vinaigrette dressing. Super easy to throw together the day before a dinner party.

3. Grilled dinner. I’m obsessed with grilling mainly because I can add all my dinner ingredients to the grill — steak or chicken and fresh vegetables — and call it a meal. Add some watermelon salad, and you’re set for a great meal.

Conner FitzGerald

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Conner FitzGerald, who gets most of his clients through referrals, is developing a website. In the meantime, reach him through Facebook and Instagram: @chefconfitz.

Conner FitzGerald helps with shopping.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING CONTENT BRIGGS FREEMAN SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Awards Continue for Texas’ Luxury Leader

3517 Gillon Avenue, represented by Madeline Jobst and Ralph Randall for $4,199,000 The agents of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty are equipped with game-changing tools and technology — plus their own unrivaled dedication and knowledge.

It’s a combination that continues to win industry awards.

The latest? Per REAL Trends, the prestigious Colorado company that ranks firms and agents across the U.S., Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty now has the No. 1 highest average sales price in all of Texas.

“I am beyond proud of our agents who work so hard — and so well,” says Robbie Briggs, president and CEO. The brokerage’s Highland Park offerings are as exceptional as its agents. Here, just three of nearly 30 opportunities in the desirable town: 3601 Lexington Avenue, a Mediterranean-style estate of uncompromising elegance, with more than 11,000 square feet of luxuries; represented by Patrick Harris for $9,250,000.

3204 Beverly Drive, a Santa Barbara–style stunner with gym, billiards room and wine room; represented by Caroline Summers for $7,800,000.

3517 Gillon Avenue, a rare blend of 1900s charm and 2000s modernity; represented by Madeline Jobst and Ralph Randall for $4,199,000.

To see all the homes, ranches and land offered by Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty — in North Texas and around the world — go to briggsfreeman.com.

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Home Fit for a Prince

3509 Crescent is a stunning contemporary example of the English Arts and Crafts movement right in Highland Park.

Applauded by Prince Charles as an “incredibly appetizing” contemporary example of the English Arts and Crafts movement, this Scott Merrill designed home built

by Steve McCombs circa 2001 is representative of the marvelous 1920s houses of Old Highland Park, yet with a modern interpretation of design and function.

The interior of the home is inspired by the intimacy of a Cotswolds cottage but also offering the balance of classic proportions, modern day amenities and entertainment needs. Renowned landscape architect of Dallas’ Arboretum, Warren Hill Johnson, masterfully used a grass deck to make the swimming pool look like a reflecting pond against the backdrop of the intriguing back structure, incorporating the 3-car garage, an apartment, capacious storage, and a cabana.

3509 Crescent features three bedrooms and four baths at 4,671 square feet per tax and is being offered for $4,990 ,000.

Contact Karen Fry (kfry@daveperrymiller.com) or Ryan Streiff (ryan@daveperrymiller.com) for more information or visit DPMFineHomes.com.

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Renovate Now, Pay at Settlement

Dallas-based Ebby Halliday Realtors has entered a marketing partnership with Curbio Inc., the fast-growing real estate technology company that specializes exclusively in pre-sale home renovations.

Curbio uses an array of proprietary technology and other tools to deliver on-demand pre-sale home renovation to Realtors and their sellers. Innovations such as sameday estimates, real-time video updates and virtual walkthroughs enable the company to complete projects faster than traditional home improvement companies, resulting in quicker sales and greater proceeds for sellers. Curbio defers payment for renovations until the home is sold, with no deposit or finance charges.

“Ebby Halliday Realtors takes pride in continuing to innovate, adding new tools and services that meet agent and market needs and ultimately provide a preeminent experience for our clients,” said Randall Graham, vice president and director of marketing. “Adding Curbio to our arsenal of sales tools is exactly the type of service that sets our agents and company apart. Having a partner like Curbio helps our clients decrease days on market and increase their proceeds at closing.”

For more information, visit the award-winning ebby.com.

Fall market for real estate is here. Learn more from a top producing real estate agent in your neighborhood, Christine McKenny.

How should sellers prepare for the fall market?

Sellers should prepare now to list for the fall market.

Traditionally the fall market begins after Labor Day and ends the first or second week of November, prior to the start of the holiday. This is the second largest selling season, following the spring market. Sellers should de-clutter, clear closets, spruce landscaping, touch-up paint, etc.

The market is more competitive for seller’s currently, thus homes which are more “market ready” are the properties buyers are selecting to purchase. Be sure to work with an agent who can assist and guide in the preparation process, so you are sure to SELL in the fall market.

Allie Beth Allman & Associates in the luxury leader in all premier neighborhoods. To search for your new home, visit alliebeth.com To connect with Christine McKenny, call 214.662.7758 or email christine.mckenny@alliebeth.com.

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Lillie Young Talks Fall Market

DAVE PERRY-MILLER REAL ESTATE

Immaculate Highland Park home offered by Shelly Bailey

Updated Mid-Century Home 3030 McKinney Avenue #701 2 Bedrooms + Study off Master | 2 Bathrooms | 1,971 SqFt

For Sale: $659,000 | For Lease: $6,200/month

Beautiful landscaping with grand trees on a 98’x121’ lot creates a relaxing setting for this stunning mid-century modern home. Casement windows and skylights complement the open concept living and bring in a light organic feel throughout the space. Offering four bedrooms, four baths, two living areas and a gated drive, this property encompasses 3,615 square feet of mid-century architectural design while offering the amenities of today’s lifestyle.

The open living room and dining room enjoy multiple windows and handsome hardwood floors. A Kitchen with loads of built-in cabinetry offers marble surfaces, stainless appliances and large breakfast bar and opens to the spacious adjacent family room.

Almost treehouse like in its’ aesthetic is the luxurious master suite. Situated up a short stairway the vaulted ceiling and wall of windows create a stylish private retreat.

A generous backyard offers an entertaining terrace as well as a sizeable grassy space. Mid-century in design yet updated for today, this home exudes sophistication yet warmth with the benefit of a stellar location.

Contact Karen Fry (kfry@daveperrymiller.com) or Ryan Streiff (ryan@daveperrymiller.com) for more information or visit DPMFineHomes.com.

Christine McKenny Talks Fall Market

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5238 Edmondson is being offered for $1,099,000 with Karen Fry and Ryan Streiff.

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A welcoming circular drive and impeccable Harold Leidner-designed landscaping create a lasting first impression for this extensively renovated home, just east of Dallas Country Club. Offered for $4,800,000

by Shelly Bailey, 3813 Maplewood Avenue (3813maplewood.daveperrymiller.com) is available to see by appointment.

The interior features 11-foot ceilings, a freshly updated kitchen and exquisite finishes by acclaimed designer Jan Showers. It’s been meticulously maintained and updated to include a 2015 weather-resistant slate roof, upgraded windows and doors, LED Lutron lighting, tankless water heaters, a Lennox iComfort HVAC system, and a resort-like backyard with pool/spa, pergola and covered patio with outdoor kitchen.

The main house covers 6,746 square feet (per appraiser), and has four en-suite bedrooms and 5½ baths. It includes two spacious living and dining areas, study, office, multi-media room and lots of storage space. A separate 713-square-foot guest house over the detached three-car garage provides an additional bedroom, full bath and living room with kitchenette.

For more information, contact Bailey at 214-6734323 or shellybailey@daveperrymiller.com.

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

Fully renovated custom contemporary highrise home in prestigious La Tour in Uptown! 2 bedroom plus study off master. Open kitchen adjoining spacious living and dining area with downtown views makes this an ideal home for entertaining. Light-filled master bath features dual vanities. Wood floors and custom lighting throughout! 24 hr Concierge and Valet. 2 assigned parking spaces plus climate-controlled storage. Fitness center with sauna adjoins lap pool and Jacuzzi!

For more information please contact Robin Brock (214) 543-8963 | robin.brock@alliebeth.com.

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Fall market for real estate is here. Learn more from a top producing real estate agent in your neighborhood, Lillie Young.

Why do you foresee a strong fall housing market?

The summer has been a little slower because of the weather and people getting out of town. We are still getting things sold and expect a good rest of the year. Interest rates are good so I’m expecting a really strong fall.

The market in the Park Cities is nearly bulletproof with many people making decisions based on the great school system there. Homes in Preston Hollow and Lakewood will continue to move as well. Buyers like anything that is best in class with a compelling price.

Allie Beth Allman & Associates in the luxury leader in all premier neighborhoods. To search for your new home, visit alliebeth.com To connect with Lillie Young, call 972.467.5714 or email lillie.young@alliebeth.com.

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Shirley Cohn Talks Fall Market

Chad Barrett Talks Fall Market

Fall market for real estate is here. Learn more from a top producing real estate agent in your neighborhood, Chad Barrett.

How quickly can you expect to sell a home in the fall?

I feel like we are set up for an overall positive fall market. We have seen a slight increase with inventory, and some properties are taking a little longer to sell if they are in need of updating or if they are priced high. The key to moving properties this fall will be pricing to the market. Buyers are also looking for move in ready so having your home looking its best will help get it sold this fall.

Allie Beth Allman & Associates in the luxury leader in all premier neighborhoods. To search for your new home, visit alliebeth.com To connect with Chad Barrett, call 214.714.7034 or email chad.barrett@alliebeth.com.

Fall market for real estate is here. Learn more from a top producing real estate agent in your neighborhood, Shirley Cohn.

What are your expectations for the fall market?

I think that it is going to be more of a balanced market.

If the house is up to date, sellers will have no problem finding a buyer. If it’s not up to date, the buyers will be more in charge. Two years ago it was totally different. Sellers could paint a bit, stage the home and sell. Now things have really balanced out. Homes that are white, bright and beautiful will continue to move, but those that aren’t may sit.

Allie Beth Allman & Associates in the luxury leader in all premier neighborhoods. To search for your new home, visit alliebeth.com To connect with Shirley Cohn, call 214.729.5708 or email shirley.cohn@alliebeth.com.

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LOUISE EDWARDS CONE

05/20/1948 - 06/22/2019

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ouise Edwards Cone, 93, of San Antonio, Texas, passed into the loving hands of Our Lord on May 8, 2019, after a short illness. She was born on July 1, 1925, in Stamford, Texas to Alonzo (Lonnie) Rufus and Mamie Fleming (Bynum) Edwards having been delivered by her maternal grandfather Dr. John Turner Bynum Sr. She graduated from Sunset High School in 1942 and was married to Richard Edward Rush Cone on February 21, 1949, in Dallas, Texas. Their marriage lasted 60 years producing two sons and a daughter: Rush Edwards Cone, Richard Eric Cone and Rebecca Jane Cone.

Louise dedicated her life to her husband,

family and friends and will be missed by all who knew her. She will be lovingly remembered as an exceptional mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Louise also impacted many lives through lifelong community involvement and service in Dallas, San Antonio and Ruidoso, New Mexico. She also thoroughly enjoyed performing in regional theaters in Ruidoso and San Antonio.

Louise is survived by her children and their spouses Rush (Cynthia) Cone, Richard Cone and Rebecca (Charles) Torkelson; five grandchildren and their spouses Jason (Tiffany) Cone, Brandon (Lindsey DeBerry) Cone, Stephanie (Byron) Capt, Cory (Claudia) Torkelson and

Preston (Laura Rebekah) Cone; 12 great grandchildren and step-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sisters and their husbands [Anna Beth (Malcolm) Lider and Jane Bynum (William) King], one grandchild (Levi Torkelson) and two great grandchildren (Baby girl Cone and Velia Joy Capt).

Interment will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 26, 2019, at Sparkman/Hillcrest Memorial Park located at 7405 W. Northwest Hwy, Dallas, Texas. A reception will immediately follow at Saint Michael and All Angels Church located at 8011 Douglas in Dallas.

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September 2019 | 3B

MORRIS, HP READY FOR NEW CHALLENGE

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

W

hen you’re trying to repeat a state championship run, a returning quarterback is usually a good place to start.

So even as Highland Park fills in some holes elsewhere in its offense, Chandler Morris will continue to guide the Scots with both his arm and his legs.

Morris passed for more than 4,000 yards and 46 touchdowns with just six interceptions during a remarkable junior campaign. He also rushed for 20 scores.

“Chandler is a great leader,” said HP head coach Randy Allen. “The chemistry and familiarity he has with the receivers will really help us with our timing and rhythm.”

Morris, who is verbally committed to Arkansas — where his father, Chad Morris, is the head coach — will have plenty of familiar faces around him as HP looks to duplicate its undefeated 2018 run.

Several receivers with significant big-game experience are back. Ben Smith was second on the team with 44 receptions last year. Drew Scott caught seven touchdown passes. Case Savage and Paxton Anderson played prominent roles as juniors.

“We might be a little deeper at the skill positions,” Scott said. “We have so many weapons in the backfield.”

Hunter Heath is the top returnee at running back, although Will Anderson and Doak Walker also are likely to split carries.

There are questions along

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PROBABLE STARTERS Chandler Morris, QB

Paxton Anderson, WR

Hunter Heath, RB

At 5-foot-6, the speedy Heath will step into a more prominent role after serving as a capable backup last year, when he gained 425 yards and scored seven touchdowns.

Case Savage, WR

the offensive line, where four of last year’s starters graduated.

The exception is Jack Rourke, who will move to left tackle.

Three juniors could get starting nods at the other spots, with senior Dray Schmidt at center.

Will Gibson, LG

Drew Scott, WR

Ben Smith, WR

Jack Rourke, LT

Dray Schmidt, C

Sam Morse, RG

Henry Hagenbuch, RT

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CROWNED PRINCE: INSIDE DORBAH’S LONG ROAD TO GRIDIRON GLORY

MELISSA MACATEE

Highland Park defensive end Prince Dorbah recorded 21 sacks last season and was named the defensive MVP in the Class 5A Division I state championship game. He’s also a basketball standout for the Scots.

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By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

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n almost four decades as one of the state’s most successful football coaches, Randy Allen never had a player recruited by the University of Texas — until Prince Dorbah came along.

That speaks volumes for where Dorbah ranks among the greatest defensive players in Highland Park history. The elite defensive end, who already has two Class 5A Division I state championships with the Scots, has verbally committed to play for the Longhorns beginning in 2020.

For Dorbah, the journey to Austin has been much longer than a three-hour drive down Interstate 35. It started 18 years ago in Cote d’Ivoire, a western African nation torn apart by civil war.

“I still don’t know where I would have been if it wasn’t for my brother and the family that took me in,” Dorbah said.

His older brother, Junior, didn’t play much in two seasons for HP, but his role as a mentor for Prince off the field has been vital.

They were sent to the United States when Prince was 3. They settled with an aunt forced to care for five boys in a cramped three-bedroom apartment in Vickery Meadow, where

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they primarily spoke their native French.

Their mother died of illness not long after the siblings fled, and their father later disappeared.

One of Prince’s cousins had friends in the Park Cities. Prince started tagging along and wound up befriending Tyler Kilgus, who was a year older. He spent one night at the Kilgus house, then a weekend, and then almost every weekend.

“I felt like I belonged there,” Prince said. “They treated me like their own son when they took me in.”

By seventh grade, Alphie and Kari Kilgus had arranged to become Prince’s guardians. He enrolled at Highland Park Middle School, which was a difficult transition at first.

“I sat in the class, and there was a whole bunch of kids I had never seen before,” he said. “But as the years went by, I made a lot of friends.”

Prince has always been tall and athletic, so he gravitated to basketball. He joined a select team and dreamed of one day landing

a college scholarship on the hardwood.

“Basketball had always been my passion,” Prince said. “I didn’t see the potential in me playing football.”

HP football coaches and players thought otherwise, which is why they dragged him out of bed as a freshman and into the weight room for conditioning sessions.

By the following year, he was a starter on the varsity team. He was still lanky and raw but recorded 10 sacks as a sophomore.

He picked up his first NCAA Division I scholarship offer from Oklahoma State.

Other schools took notice. Junior created a Twitter account for Prince to handle the exposure.

As a junior, Prince emerged as one of the top defensive linemen in the Dallas area. He recorded 81 tackles and 21 sacks and earned defensive MVP honors in HP’s victory over Alvin Shadow Creek in the state championship game. Tyler Kilgus was the starting center for the Scots in that game.

“He’s played against some of the best competition, and he’s bigger, faster, and

Every good story starts with a struggle and winds up with somebody shining at the end.

Prince Dorbah

stronger now than he has been,” Allen said.

Prince has shown progress elsewhere, too.

His early academic struggles at HPMS puzzled teachers and family members until he learned the diagnosis — dyslexia.

“I always got distracted and sidetracked easily,” Prince said. “I was making it hard on myself. I just paid attention and had some caring teachers.”

These days, his grades are better than ever. Another vote of confidence came when Prince was named one of six HP captains by his teammates during the offseason. He’s become one of the first to arrive for workouts, has a better attitude and work ethic, and is a more vocal leader who sets an example for younger players.

“There’s a lot of people around me rooting for me,” said Prince, who now has 226 pounds on his 6-foot-4 frame.

When he moved in with the Kilguses, Prince was still an Ivorian refugee with a green card. But when the family formally adopted him two years ago, he became an American citizen. Now he hopes his saga can inspire others.

“I don’t know how or why I’m here, but I’m so thankful,” Prince said. “Every good story starts with a struggle and winds up with somebody shining at the end.”

6B | September 2019

ROCKWALL

Friday, Aug. 30 7:30 p.m. at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium

Nickname: Yellowjackets Head coach: Rodney Webb (seventh

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2019 OPPONENTS MESQUITE HORN

Friday, Sept. 6 7:30 p.m. at Hanby Stadium

Nickname: Jaguars Head coach: Chris Hudler

FRISCO LONE STAR

Friday, Sept. 13 7:30 p.m. at Highlander Stadium

Nickname: Rangers Head coach: Jeff Rayburn

BRYAN ADAMS

Friday, Sept. 20 7:30 p.m. at Highlander Stadium

Nickname: Cougars Head coach: Sean Lorance

WOODROW WILSON

Friday, Sept. 27 7:30 p.m. at Franklin Stadium

Nickname: Wildcats Head coach: Tony Benedetto

season)

(first season)

(seventh season)

(third season)

(first season)

2018 record: 8-3 (5-1 in district)

2018 record: 5-8 (3-3 in district)

2018 record: 10-3 (6-1 in district)

2018 record: 1-9 (1-6 in district)

2018 record: 6-4 (3-4 in district)

Notable: The Yellowjackets were

Notable: The Jaguars started last

Notable: New QB Chandler

Notable: The young Cougars

Notable: Benedetto, a former Mesquite Poteet assistant, takes over after longtime coach Bobby Estes left for North Dallas.

Last year, the Wildcats ended a streak of nine consecutive playoff appearances. RB Matthew Jackson and two-way standout Evan Blackmon are the top returnees for an offense plagued by inconsistency.

the last team to beat HP in a 53-49 season-opening thriller in 2017. Dynamic WR Jaxon-Smith Njigba, an Ohio State commit, is a terrific deep threat who caught 20 touchdown passes last season.

Rockwall has advanced to at least the area round of the Class 6A playoffs in each of the past six years.

year 0-7 before eventually making the playoffs and even reaching the third round. Former defensive coordinator Hudler was promoted after Mike Overton’s retirement.

RB N’Kowsi Emory and WR Cameron Jackson return on offense, while RB Charles Crawford transferred from Bishop Lynch.

Galban is a Nevada commit who transferred from Tomball Memorial near Houston. WR Marvin Mims is a dynamic playmaker who caught 59 passes last year, with 14 touchdowns. The Rangers allowed 17 or fewer points in nine of their 10 regular-season games last season, including a 10-7 loss to HP.

struggled on offense last season, averaging just six points in their nine losses. BA failed to make the playoffs last year for just the second time since 2011. Several two-way players return with experience, including Chimeremeze Nwamju, Richard Hayes, James Murphy, and new starting QB Amari Jones.

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MANSFIELD LEGACY

Friday, Oct. 11 7:30 p.m. at Highlander Stadium

Nickname: Broncos Head coach: Chris Melson

September 2019 | 7B

2019 OPPONENTS SAMUELL

Friday, Oct. 18 7:30 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Stadium

Nickname: Spartans Head coach: Steve Pierce

SUNSET

Friday, Oct. 25 7:30 p.m. at Highlander Stadium

Nickname: Bison Head coach: O.J. Abanishe

LANCASTER

Friday, Nov. 1 7:30 p.m. at Tiger Stadium

Nickname: Tigers Head coach: Chris Gilbert

MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW Friday, Nov. 8 7:30 p.m. at Highlander Stadium

Nickname: Wolves Head coach: James Brown

(12th season)

(22nd season)

(ninth season)

(eighth season)

2018 record: 6-5 (5-2 in district)

2018 record: 4-6 (2-5 in district)

2018 record: 1-9 (0-7 in district)

2018 record: 7-4 (6-1 in district)

2018 record: 7-6 (4-3 in district)

Notable: The Broncos will feature plenty of new faces after losing a huge graduating class including two-way superstar Jalen Catalon.

Legacy lost a bi-district playoff game for the first time in school history against Frisco Lone Star.

DE David Abiara and CB Malachi Mitchell, a Kansas State commit, will lead the aggressive defense.

Notable: After a 3-1 start last

Notable: Sunset appears massively

Notable: The Tigers were stingy

Notable: Timberview fell to HP twice last year, including 52-0 in the third round of the playoffs.

The Wolves return most of their offensive firepower from that runheavy squad, such as Stacy Sneed, Montaye Dawson, and dual-threat QB Darnel Jones. Georgia commit Jalen Kimber leads a strong defense that returns eight starters.

season, Samuell was outscored 23826 during a five-game losing streak and missed postseason play for the first time since 2014. Samuell, under Pierce, upset HP in the first round of the playoffs during Randy Allen’s debut season in 1999. Returning playmakers include DeMarcus Jones and Jon’Than Shaw.

(first season)

overmatched, having earned just six wins overall in the past decade, primarily against Dallas ISD foes.

The Bison last posted a winning record in 1971 and most recently made the playoffs in 2001. Sunset has dropped 69 straight district games. QB Ty Williams is a dualthreat leader on offense.

on defense last season, allowing 14 points or fewer in seven of 10 regular-season games. Lancaster fell to John Tyler in the second round of the playoffs. Athleticism runs deep on the roster, including QB Philbert McCoy, RB Tre Bradford, and receivers Majik Rector, Ketron Jackson, and LaTrell Caples.

8B | September 2019

2019 SCOTS VARSITY RO

PHOTOS: MELISSA MACATEE

TOP LEFT: Highland Park football captains, left to right: John Beecherl, Drew Scott, Jack Rourke, Prince Dorbah, Cal Hirschey, and Chandler Morris.

No. Name......................... Pos. ����������� Class 2 Will Anderson................. RB �������������������Sr. 3 Ben Smith....................... WR ������������������Sr. 4 Chandler Morris............. QB �������������������Sr. 5 Case Savage.................. WR ������������������Sr. 6 Paxton Anderson............ WR ������������������Sr. 7 Drew Scott..................... WR ������������������Sr. 9 David Sherer.................. WR ������������������Sr. 10 Will Chestnut.................. DB ������������������� Jr. 10 John Howie.................... DB ������������������� Jr. 10 Brayden Schager............ QB ������������������� Jr. 11 Hayden Clyce................. LB ��������������������Sr. 12 Jack Condon.................. DB ������������������� Jr. 12 Jack Jackson.................. QB ������������������� Jr. 13 Maxon Smith.................. DB �������������������Sr. 14 Christian Wright.............. DB �������������������Sr. 15 Gus Vincent.................... LB ��������������������Sr. 16 Harris Hurley.................. DB �������������������Sr. 17 Chase Yarbrough............ WR ������������������Sr. 18 Boone Snyder................ DB �������������������Sr. 19 Henry Diehl..................... DB ������������������� Jr. 19 Jonathan Koellner........... QB ������������������� Jr. 20 Jason Tananbaum........... RB ������������������� Jr. 20 Patrick Turner................. LB �������������������� Jr. 21 Cole Filley....................... DB �������������������Sr. 22 Doak Walker................... RB �������������������Sr.

23 24 25 26 27 27 27 28 28 28 29 30 31 31 32 33 33 33 34 34 34 35 36 37 38 39

Andrew Bonnet.............. LB ��������������������Sr. John Beecherl................ LB ��������������������Sr. Hayes Donham............... RB �������������������Sr. Colton Leonard............... DB �������������������Sr. Walker Cobb................... DB ������������������� Jr. Malcolm Downie............. DB ������������������� Jr. Beau Raley..................... RB ������������������� Jr. Owen Basso................... WR ������������������ Jr. Ford Frazar.................... DB ������������������� Jr. Henry Stocker................ RB ������������������� Jr. Maxwell Warren.............. DB �������������������Sr. James Durand................ RB �������������������Sr. Will Agouridis.................. DB ������������������� Jr. Brooks Bond.................. RB ������������������� Jr. Prince Dorbah................ DL ��������������������Sr. Bailey Barnes................. RB ������������������� Jr. Johnny Herring............... DB ������������������� Jr. Reagan McVeigh............. WR ������������������ Jr. Anthony Ghobriel............ RB ������������������� Jr. Tanner Schrank.............. DB ������������������� Jr. Sam Sessions................ WR ������������������ Jr. Brock Bakich.................. DB �������������������Sr. Charlie Griege................. LB ��������������������Sr. Brant Barton.................. DB �������������������Sr. Hunter Heath.................. RB �������������������Sr. Harrison Dugger............. DB ������������������� Jr.

39 40 41 42 42 42 43 44 44 44 45 46 46 46 47 48 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 56 57 58

Robert Sell..................... DB ������������������� Jr. Connor Baroody............. DB �������������������Sr. Charlie Terrell................. DB �������������������Sr. Jack Foster.................... RB ������������������� Jr. Nate Serio...................... DB ������������������� Jr. Luke Sloan...................... WR ������������������ Jr. Sam Parker.................... DB �������������������Sr. Crockett Corwin............. WR ������������������ Jr. Malcolm McClure............ DB ������������������� Jr. Jack Swaner.................. WR ������������������ Jr. Houston Hummel............ DL ��������������������Sr. Burke Dauterive............. DB ������������������� Jr. Parker Owen.................. WR ������������������ Jr. Garrison Vincent............. DB ������������������� Jr. Dylan Ham...................... LB ��������������������Sr. Cole Knippa.................... WR ������������������ Jr. Christopher Peck........... WR ������������������ Jr. Cal Hirschey................... LB ��������������������Sr. Nick Bowman................. DL ��������������������Sr. Jack Rourke................... OL �������������������Sr. Luke Cameron................ LB ��������������������Sr. Campbell Saustad.......... OL �������������������Sr. Harris Gould................... LB ��������������������Sr. Spencer Harper............. DL ��������������������Sr. Owen Copley.................. DL ��������������������Sr. Dray Schmidt.................. OL �������������������Sr.

59 59 59 59 60 61 61 61 61 62 63 63 64 65 65 65 65 65 66 67 68 70 71 72 73 73

Carter Barden................ OL ������������������� Jr. Erke Girgin...................... DL �������������������� Jr. David Lightbourn............ LB �������������������� Jr. Caleb Madden................ DL �������������������� Jr. Kyle Garberding.............. OL �������������������Sr. Will Huff.......................... DL �������������������� Jr. William Porter................. DL �������������������� Jr. Ethan Schwartz.............. DL �������������������� Jr. Noah Smith..................... OL ������������������� Jr. Nick Johnson.................. OL �������������������Sr. Hayes Bohner................. DL �������������������� Jr. Henry Hagenbuch........... OL ������������������� Jr. Roman Sabatini.............. DL ��������������������Sr. Andrew Deaver.............. DL �������������������� Jr. Ben Holsomback............ OL ������������������� Jr. Cameron Laurie.............. DL �������������������� Jr. Sam Morse..................... OL ������������������� Jr. David Quinn.................... OL ������������������� Jr. Jared Elliott..................... DL ��������������������Sr. Jack Cunningham........... DL ��������������������Sr. William Kibler.................. LB ��������������������Sr. Clint Conger.................... OL �������������������Sr. Cade McCarter............... OL �������������������Sr. Patrick Pierce................. DL ��������������������Sr. J.R. Giffin........................ OL ������������������� Jr. Brady Hill........................ DL �������������������� Jr.

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2019 SCHEDULE

OSTER

VA R S I T Y S C H E D U L E

Date Opponent

Stadium Time

Aug. 30

Wilkerson-Sanders

Rockwall

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 6

Mesquite Horn

Hanby

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 13

Frisco Lone Star

Highlander

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 20

Bryan Adams*

Highlander

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 27

Woodrow Wilson*

Franklin

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 4

OPEN

Oct. 11

Mansfield Legacy*

Highlander

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 18

Samuell*

Pleasant Grove

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 25

Sunset*

Highlander

7:30 p.m.

Nov. 1

Lancaster*

Humphrey

7:30 p.m.

Nov. 8

Mansfield Timberview*

Highlander

7:30 p.m.

* — District 6-5A, Division I game

JV GOLD

73 74 76 76 76 76 77 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 79 80 80 80 81 82 83 85 85 85 86 86

Holden Kiene.................. DL �������������������� Jr. Kipp Miller....................... OL �������������������Sr. Mark Hardaway.............. OL ������������������� Jr. Jack Leyrer.................... OL ������������������� Jr. Tamer Shalabi................. DL �������������������� Jr. Grayson Tyler................. DL �������������������� Jr. Jack Sharpe................... DL ��������������������Sr. William Hillesheim........... OL ������������������� Jr. Mason Jones.................. DL �������������������� Jr. Colin Landsberg............. DL �������������������� Jr. Mike Milligan................... DL �������������������� Jr. Will Gibson...................... OL ������������������� Jr. Derek Inman................... OL ������������������� Jr. Rett Snyder.................... DL �������������������� Jr. Luke Zurawel.................. DL �������������������� Jr. Landon Ellis.................... WR ������������������ Jr. Carson Green................. WR ������������������ Jr. Payne Parker.................. DB ������������������� Jr. Travis Dickey.................. WR ������������������Sr. Matthew Mathison.......... WR ������������������Sr. Tripp Groth..................... WR ������������������Sr. Charlie Featherston........ WR ������������������ Jr. Noah Parette.................. WR ������������������ Jr. Will Scott........................ DB ������������������� Jr. Jake Galvin..................... WR ������������������ Jr. Will Pettijohn................... WR ������������������ Jr.

86 87 88 89 89 90 91 91 91 92 92 93 93 93 94 95 95 96 97 97 97 98 99

Mo Stewart.................... DB ������������������� Jr. Patrick Krejs................... WR ������������������Sr. Cooper Feagans............. WR ������������������Sr. Alex Kashata................... WR ������������������ Jr. Christopher Zogg............ DB ������������������� Jr. Bryce Anderson............. LB ��������������������Sr. Cooper Flint.................... LB �������������������� Jr. Marshall Landwehr......... LB �������������������� Jr. Riley Richardson............ LB �������������������� Jr. Chase Gorman............... LB �������������������� Jr. Edward Stocker............. LB �������������������� Jr. John Dickerson............... LB �������������������� Jr. Jackson Farr.................. LB �������������������� Jr. Leon Khakpour............... LB �������������������� Jr. Wesley Winters............... PK �������������������Sr. Jack Curtis..................... DL ������������������� So. Hudson Pierce................ LB �������������������� Jr. Collins Grushey.............. LB �������������������� Jr. Andrew Applewhite........ LB �������������������� Jr. Kevin Hays...................... LB �������������������� Jr. Isaiah Pedack................. DL �������������������� Jr. Jack Tanner.................... DB �������������������Sr. Andrew Washburne........ DL ��������������������Sr.

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JV BLUE

Date Opponent

Time

Date Opponent

Time

Aug. 29

Rockwall

5:30 p.m.

Aug. 29 Rockwall

7 p.m.

Sept. 5

Mesquite Horn

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 5 Mesquite Horn

7 p.m.

Sept. 12

at Frisco Lone Star

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 12 at Frisco Lone Star

7 p.m.

Sept. 19

at Midlothian

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 19 at Bryan Adams

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 Arlington

7 p.m.

Sept. 26 Woodrow Wilson

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 10

at Mansfield Legacy

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 10 at Mansfield Legacy

7 p.m.

Oct. 17

at Plano McMillen

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 17

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 24

Plano Jasper

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 24 at Sunset

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 31

Celina

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 31 Lancaster

7 p.m.

Nov. 7

at Coppell

5:30 p.m.

Nov. 6

FRESHMAN GOLD

Samuell

at Mansfield Timberview 6 p.m.

FRESHMAN BLUE

Date Opponent

Time

Date Opponent

Time

Aug. 29

at Rockwall

7 p.m.

Aug. 29 at Rockwall

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 5

at Mesquite Horn

7 p.m.

Sept. 5

at Mesquite Horn

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 12

Frisco Lone Star

7 p.m.

Sept. 12 Frisco Lone Star

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 19

at Bryan Adams

6 p.m.

Sept. 19 at Wylie East

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 26 Woodrow Wilson

6 p.m.

Sept. 25 Arlington

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 10

Mansfield Legacy

7 p.m.

Oct. 10

Mansfield Legacy

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 17

Samuell

6 p.m.

Oct. 17

at Colleyville Heritage

7 p.m.

Oct. 24

at Sunset

6 p.m.

Oct. 31

at Lancaster

7 p.m.

Oct. 24 Oct. 31

at Celina at Lancaster

5 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Nov. 7

Mansfield Timberview 7 p.m.

Nov. 7

Mansfield Timberview

5:30 p.m.

10B | September 2019

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TAKEAWAYS FUEL AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

H

ighland Park might be best known for its prolific offense, but you can’t win three consecutive state titles without a stellar defense.

HP’s opponents know that after the Scots dramatically boosted their sacks and takeaways in the first season under defensive coordinator Cale Melton. HP allowed 14 or fewer points in 10 of its 16 games, all victories, including four shutouts.

Defensive leaders said they wouldn’t let last year’s success make them complacent.

“You have to have short-term memory,” said linebacker John Beecherl. “You can’t think about the past. We’re focusing on this year and not looking back.”

The Scots are undersized but aggressive, led by superstar defensive

end Prince Dorbah, a three-year starter who has verbally committed to Texas.

Dorbah leads an experienced line alongside Andrew Washburne, who saw significant playing time at nose tackle last season, and Jesuit transfer Houston Hummel. Isaiah Pedack, who missed last season with a knee injury, also should make an impact.

The deep and talented linebacker pool features returnees Cal Hirschey, Andrew Bonnet, Patrick Turner, Gus Vincent, and Beecherl.

Of that group, only Turner weighs more than 200 pounds, but sharp instincts and hard-hitting mentality are equalizers.

“We’re pretty strong up-front,” said HP head coach Randy Allen. “Our secondary has to come through and mature.”

Two juniors, Tanner Schrank and Ford Frazar, could emerge as

PLAYER TO WATCH

PROBABLE STARTERS Prince Dorbah, DL

Andrew Washburne, DL

Patrick Turner, LB

After an eye-catching sophomore debut, the tenacious Turner (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) has drawn interest from many top college programs. He’s also a standout in baseball.

the primary cornerbacks, which will put more pressure on those linebackers and safety Brock Bakich — the only returning starter in the secondary. Bakich had a team-high nine tackles in last year’s state championship game.

Houston Hummel, DL John Beecherl, LB

Cal Hirschey, LB

Andrew Bonnet, LB

Tanner Schrank, CB

Brock Bakich, S

Maxwell Warren, S

Ford Frazar, CB

12B | September 2019

LOOKING BACK AT 2018 2 0 1 8 S E A S O N R E S U LT S Date Opponent NONDISTRICT Aug. 31 Rockwall Sept. 7 Waxahachie Sept. 13 at Frisco Lone Star

Result Record W, 49-42 1-0 W, 35-18 2-0 W, 10-7 3-0

DISTRICT 6-5A (DIV. I) Sept. 21 at Bryan Adams Sept. 28 Woodrow Wilson Oct. 12 at Mansfield Legacy Oct. 19 Samuell Oct. 26 at Sunset Lancaster Nov. 2 Nov. 8 at Mans. Timberview

W, 49-0 W, 56-14 W, 28-7 W, 49-0 W, 72-0 W, 39-14 W, 42-7

4-0 (1-0) 5-0 (2-0) 6-0 (3-0) 7-0 (4-0) 8-0 (5-0) 9-0 (6-0) 10-0 (7-0)

PLAYOFFS Nov. 16 Frisco Independence Nov. 24 College Station Dec. 1 Mansfield Timberview Dec. 8 Tyler John Tyler Dec. 15 Denton Ryan Dec. 22 Alvin Shadow Creek

W, 35-14 W, 28-20 W, 52-0 W, 42-35 W, 43-21 W, 27-17

11-0 12-0 13-0 14-0 15-0 16-0

PHOTOS BY MELISSA MACATEE AND CHRIS MCGATHEY

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14B | September 2019

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MORE MILESTONES IN SIGHT FOR ALLEN, SCOTS

HP looks to join rare 4-peat company

R

andy Allen almost retired before the 2018 season. Then he led the Scots to a school-record 16 victories and a historic third consecutive state title.

Allen’s legacy is cemented among the best high school coaches in Texas history, and he continues to rack up the accolades and milestones.

Consider this: Allen is just eight wins away from 400 for his career. Only two other coaches — Phil Danaher (458), who’s still active at Corpus Christi Calallen, and the retired G.A. Moore (426) — have reached that plateau.

As he begins his 39th season as a head coach, and his 21st year at HP, Allen has amassed a career record of 392-87-6 including previous stops at Ballinger, Brownwood, and Abilene Cooper.

Plus, Allen needs just three victories to surpass his mentor, the legendary Gordon Wood, who won seven state championships at Brownwood before retiring in 1985. Allen took his place the following year.

Randy Allen is aiming to become the third coach in Texas high school football history with 400 career wins.

CHRIS MCGATHEY

A L L- T I M E G R E AT S This season, Randy Allen should move up to third all-time among Texas football coaches in career victories.

Name Phil Danaher G.A. Moore Gordon Wood Randy Allen

Wins Seasons 458 45 426 44 394 44 392 38

A year ago, Highland Park joined an exclusive list of fewer than 20 schools that have earned three consecutive state titles.

As the Scots chase their fourth straight Class 5A Division I championship this year, their feat would be even more unusual. Just four schools have achieved that distinction. Lake Travis won its unprecedented fifth in a row in 2011.

HP has six state titles overall, including in 1945, 1957, and 2005. The Scots are the state’s alltime leader in playoff appearances and postseason wins. Their playoff winning streak stands at 18 games, dating back to 2015.

FA N TA S T I C F O U R Highland Park is seeking to become the fifth program in state history to win four straight UIL state championships. Lake Travis holds the record with five consecutive 4A crowns.

School Class Seasons Lake Travis 4A 2007-11 Celina 2A 1998-01 3A 1994-97 Sealy Fort Hancock 6-man 1988-91