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The Highland Park ISD’s architecture firm Stantec is nearing a final design for the district’s fifth elementary school. With the district facing rising enrollment projections, voters approved last fall's bond package to reconstruct three of the four existing elementary schools and add the fifth. Students from Bradfield, Hyer, and University Park will sequentially use the new school while those campuses are being rebuilt. “We’re creating a new standard for the other schools,” said Jonathan Aldis, the lead architect. “To me it’s the realization of a lot of work and community feedback.” Response to renderings of the main entrance released in February forced designers back to the drawing board to make sure it feels as grand as the entrances to UP and Bradfield. The result: the addition of an outdoor space to the library on the second story above the entryway. "It starts to get this feeling of this unique identity. We keep hearing, 'All of our schools have a unique identity, what's number five going to be?' I think the outside courtyard and the elements like this start to do it," Aldis said at the to Aldis March 15 Board of Trustees meeting.

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The school will be located on 4.3 acres on the west side of Northway Christian Church, if the sale of the property is completed this May. The district plans hopes to open the school in August 2017. Balfour Beatty will be the construction manager at risk. The school will likely be segmented into three zones, Aldis said at the Feb. 9 school board meeting. Classrooms will sit at the south end; the administration offices and library will be in the center; and general use spaces (gym, art rooms, underground parking garage, and cafeteria) will sit at the north end. To accommodate the slope of

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THREE THINGS Key features of the new school include the grand entrance, the centrally located library, and interactive learning spaces, such as the garden.

the property, which inclines about 19 feet from north to south, the zones will be broken into different stories — three on the south end and two on the north — connected on the ground level by sloped hall-

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ways. This will address previous issues regarding students with physical disabilities, he said. “That’s been a big issue with a lot of the community about having students feel like they’re singled out,” Aldis said. “And when you design a new building, there’s no need for that.” The board has brought in an outside architect to review Stantec's plans as a courtesy to the district, according to Facilities Committee chair Jim Hitzelberger. He said the architect said the layout was "genius."

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wish people went to therapy at least once in their lives, everybody; I wish it was a requirement,” said Highland Park High School personal counselor Dr. Candice Conner. Why is it so hard for some of us to take care of our brains like we take care of our bodies? And why does fear and stigma still exist around mental health treatment? I grew up in therapy, but I have friends whose families were so against it that my friends went untreated until they were old enough to advocate for themselves and get care. I remember thinking: “Why are your parents be so opposed?” I still don’t have the answer. The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute is trying to address our inclination to hide our mental illnesses. On Feb. 29, the institute launched an “Okay to Say” campaign with the support of big names such as Emmitt Smith and Mark Cuban. According to Meadows, nine in 10 Texans think it’s harder to talk about a mental condition than a physical condition. “I’m old enough to remember when women didn’t talk about having breast cancer. Now it’s OK to say you have breast cancer. We need to get to the point where it’s OK to say, ‘I need help.’ It’s OK to say, ‘I’m dealing with depression,’” says institute founder Tom Luce in their launch video. As a society, we’ve changed the way we talk about cancer. Why not this? I encourage you to give some thought this month to how you speak about mental illness. And while you do, think about what it means to live mindfully. The idea comes from my grandmother, who says just saying the word aloud slowly can help her feel centered. We can’t all cure cancer and we can’t all cure mental illnesses, but we can all

perform self checks and be aware of our here and now. Think mindfully about if you are modeling good stress management, good time management, healthy relationships, and healthy alcohol use to your kids. “If you run, and run, and run, and never give yourself a break and you’re all stressed out, that’s what you’re modeling for your kids,” said Vanita Halliburton, of the Grant Halliburton Foundation. Proper modeling also means that if you are struggling, that there is no shame going to therapy. And if you don’t know what your child is suffering from, there is no shame in asking a professional or a friend for help. “I think the most important thing I would want particularly parents to know is just don’t be afraid to reach out and address whatever the issue is, whether you think it’s small or big, because that is where the child has the best hope of getting better,” said Laurie Hitzelberger, principal of Highland Park Middle School. I was talking to a friend last weekend who lives with clinical depression. She says she has checkups with her therapist just like when she goes to get a physical. I love that. We take care of our bodies, let’s take care of our brains. Read about the Grant Halliburton Foundation and local mental health resources on page 46.

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N O TA B L E I N C I D E N T S H I G H L A N D PA R K March 2 At 4:27 a.m., David Troy Hudson, 44, of Highland Park, was arrested in the 4300 block of Lomo Alto Drive on a charge of public intoxication. March 4 At 3:03 p.m., a resident of the 4500 block of Lorraine Avenue reported the theft of a package containing a bar of soap and a decorative box, valued at $15, at 3:03 p.m. on Feb. 12. March 7 Between 8 p.m. on March 5 and 1 p.m. on March 7, a thief entered a white 2012 Mercedes E350 in the 4500 block of Belclaire Avenue and stole an ashtray and more than $3 in change.

March 8 Between 12:01 a.m. on March 3 and 8 a.m. on March 8, a thief entered a white 2014 Jeep Wrangler in the 4600 block of Livingston Avenue and stole a pair of $195 Ray-Ban sunglasses, a $200 Fossil watch, and a pair of $225 Oakley sunglasses. March 12 At 2:41 a.m., Neal Wadea Stetson, 33, of Dallas, was arrested in the 4200 block of St. Johns Drive on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. March 15 At 2:53 a.m., two burglars broke into The Mint in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn Avenue and stole the cash drawer from the register, and three bottles of liquor.

8,450 The total value of the miscellaneous property a thief stole on March 14 from a house under construction in the 3700 block of Villanova Drive.

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U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K February 29 At 11 p.m., John Rodman Steele, 20, of Highland Park, was arrested in the 2800 block of Fondren Drive on a charge of public intoxication. March 8 At 4:53 a.m. on March 8, a burglar broke into Chip’s Old Fashioned Hamburger in the 4500 block of Lovers Lane and stole $200 in property. December 25 At 3:05 p.m., an assailant attacked a person with a cutting instrument in The Plaza at Preston Center, leaving two puncture wounds on the victim's back. March 11 At 10:30 p.m., a minor driving a white 2007 Lexus IS

350 was invovled in a crash at Highland Park High School and issued a citation for driving under the influence of alcohol by a minor. March 15 At 1:58, a robber, referred to as the Bad Hair Bandit by the FBI, stole money from the Bank of Texas in the 6700 block of Preston Road. At 2:30, the same lawbreaker robbed money from the BVVA Compass in the 6500 block of Hillcrest Avenue. March 18 At 11:30 p.m., Cassie Housh McFarland, 46, of University Park, was arrested in the 4200 block of Stanford Avenue on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

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Diagnosis Doesn't Down Young Patient By Rebecca Flannery

Special Contributor Rebecca Brimmage didn’t want to mess up her perfect high school attendance record. But by March 2015, the Highland Park sophomore had been experiencing incredible pain throughout her body for three months. “I never missed a minute of school, so I didn’t want to miss to go to the doctor if it turned out to be nothing,” Brimmage said. After crying in hysterics from the pain in her legs, Brimmage agreed to see her general doctor. From there, she was sent to Carrell Memorial Clinic where doctors assumed kidney stones were to blame, she said. “They took a scan and found six tumors. The main tumor is in my pelvis, and it metastasized,” Brimmage said. “They were all in my arms, my spine, my hips, my pelvis, my legs, feet — everywhere.” Full-body scans revealed legions in almost every bone, she said. Brimmage was sent to Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, where the doctors took a biopsy of her bone marrow. There, Brimmage was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a bone cancer common to adolescents. “I told two of my best friends first,” Brimmage said. “They went to every one of my treat-

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Brimmage began chemotherapy shortly after her diagnosis and has since been through 14 rounds, alternating between two- and five-day treatments. The therapy made her so weak she dropped around 20 to 30 pounds and couldn't walk up the stairs, she said. Additionally, she had 25 days of radiation in the summer. After the first three rounds of chemo, Brimmage began to bounce back quickly, she said. During

treatment, she's remained dedicated to her studies. “I was really adamant about keeping in school,” Brimmage said. “All my teachers have been so great. Last school year, they helped finish me out of sophomore year early so that this year I was all ready to go.” Now a junior, Brimmage keeps up her positive attitude by not asking the doctors many questions about her progress, or perhaps digression. She as-

sumes if she’s feeling good one day, that must mean she’s OK, she said. “It’s easy for me to trust God with my body and my things,” Brimmage said. “For me, I can be OK with it. But for my parents not to be is really hard. That’s my biggest worry.” After high school, Brimmage hopes to attend university out of state. But she said picking a specific school would require more consideration. “I’ve always wanted to be a doctor since I was little,” Brimmage said. “Going through treatment, I really fell in love with my physician’s assistants. I think that would be a cool job.” Brimmage still attends a clinical trial every three weeks at Children’s. While she’s not yet cured from Ewing’s Sarcoma, she said she’s gained invaluable lessons throughout her time as a patient. “I think it’s opened my eyes to a lot of things I would have never known about or realized," Brimmage said. “I’ve been able to take an experience I would never wish on anybody and have gained so much from it ... I’m really appreciative I didn’t have to completely crumble from everything that’s happened, and I don’t think that’s my doing at all. It’s combined from the strength from God and my friends and family.”

Mootz is Semi-Finalist for Texas Christian Athlete of the Year By Noelle Jabal

People Newspapers Kathryn Mootz is a young athlete with a passion for serving others. The Highland Park senior is a semi-finalist for the Texas Christian Athlete of the Year Award. Mootz was nominated for the award by her cross-country coach, Susan Bailey, who describes her as someone who wants to be there for others. “I was very surprised when my coach told me,” said Mootz. “It’s a great honor and it’s amazing that she would even think of me.” Bailey says that Mootz is a dedicated athlete and great teammate. She admires the way she encourages the other girls. “In my 26 years of teach-

ing, I’ve never met a girl like her, she’s angelic,” Bailey said. “There’s just an air about her, I can’t describe it, but she’s a very unique girl.” Awarded annually by Lay Witnesses for Christ — an organization designed to encourage athletes to positively impact others — Mootz is one of 150 student-athletes from more than 2,200 high schools in Texas selected for the award. Mootz was inspired by her parents and sisters to start running in elementary school. While she wasn’t a fast runner, she would do her best to keep up with her family. Over the years, Mootz continued training, finally earning her a place on the JV team. “I just really wanted to be a part of those 130 girls that were

out running,” Mootz said. Along with cross country, Mootz is actively involved in the community and is constantly searching for more ways to volunteer, yet another hobby she enjoys doing with her family. The Mootzes serve at Brother Bill’s Helping Hand, a Christian ministry in West Dallas where they’ve built committed relationships with the people there and have watched the mission grow. Mootz loves how many lives she is able to impact and the difference she's able to make, she said. “Whatever you do for them, they just feel so blessed,” Mootz said. “They give so much back to me just in their smiles and in the love that we share.” As president of the Community Service Council at High-

land Park, Mootz arranges different events throughout the year to get students involved and to help them earn their required 50 hours of service needed to graduate. Throughout her term, Mootz has expanded the turkey drive, angel drive, blood drive, and other annual events. Mootz is still undecided about where she'll attend college in the fall, but she knows that wherever she goes, philanthropy will be a part of her life. “I just want to continue giving back to the community, not in any specific role,” Mootz said. “To really show my faith and what Christ has already done for me.” C O U R T E SY P H O T O

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Student-athlete Kathryn Mootz is also involved in several community service organizations.

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Clubs Advocate for How to Avoid Alcohol By Jacie Scott

Special Contributor Two clubs at Highland Park High School strive to dismiss the idea it’s cool to drink or take drugs in high school. While the groups started almost a year apart from each other, they work together to mentor eighth graders before their transition to high school. Junior Ali Garrett and senior Arthur Berry had similar middle school experiences, with reservations regarding the alcohol and drug use often associated with high school. “I had this perception of high schoolers,” Berry said. “I thought almost everyone was either drinking or doing some type of drugs. All of my friends had that same perception.” Thanks to their older siblings, Garrett and Berry understood that’s what it was: a perception. But, what about those who wouldn’t have someone to point them in the right direction? “Think about all the children that are eighth graders … they need an older brother, older sister or someone to go to just to

From left to right: Arrow Club officers Riley Loter, Allex Moock, Caroline Rogers, and Ali Garrett. | C H R I S M C G AT H E Y talk about what to take in high school or how to get involved,” Garrett said. When Berry decided to take action in his sophomore year, he sought the advice of a school authority, HPISD Coordinator for Student Integrity and Compliance Jerry Sutterfield. “There is a thought not only in our community, but also others, that using alcohol as a teenager is a right of passage through high school,” said Sutterfield, sponsor of the two clubs. “There

are those that will and those that won’t. Then, there is a large group in the middle that are trying to make decisions on what to do.” Berry’s idea was right up Sutterfield’s alley, and he strongly encouraged him to take the next step and form the True Grit club in May 2014. The first meeting was held the following September. Garrett heard about True Grit and realized it was exactly what she wanted for

her peers. Her motivation was personal. “I saw my own friend go down the wrong path, and I was thinking that I just wanted to help her,” Garrett said. “There needs to be a club for someone to go to not to do that and have a group of friends that cares.” The Arrow Club had its first meeting in September and brought in more than 40 girls. The clubs are comprised of HPHS girls and boys, respectively. They meet once a week with the eighth graders, breaking into small groups to discuss topics ranging from classes to take, to dating, to drugs and alcohol. Both maintain and enforce a “no judgment” atmosphere in and out of the meetings. “Some of the kids who don’t drink think of themselves as better people because they don’t, and they kind of get this cocky sense,” Berry said. “I want to stay away from that.” The true reward for Berry and Garrett was not just seeing the need, but supplying support. “We aren’t here to try to change the whole entire school,” Garrett said. “If it changes one person’s mind, then that is all we care about. We are here to help.”

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CONTINUED FROM 1 For classrooms, Stantec plans on creating pods for each grade that would place seven classrooms around a shared learning space to allow for group lessons of all sizes. "The goal is to give you flexibility of different types of ... environments, and really start to warm the interior," he said. "We're referring to them as a grade-level living room. According to Aldis, architects are in discussion about where to put cubbies and white boards, and what materials to use to make it feel less institutional. “While everyone wants to know what the exterior looks like, honestly we have to emphasize we’re designing this from the inside out,” he said. “One of the main issues of the bond was adequate educational space. And so with the educators we’ve been working with, that’s really been our focus.” The emphasis on flexible learning space extends to the exteriors, with plans for a garden with a rain recapture system and a possible amphitheater on the west side of the school so that they're buffered from the street. According to a traffic consultant group, Masterplan's, suggestions in February, cars will likely be routed around the building to the north along Northwest Parkway, and then south along Durham Street toward the center of the school for drop-off and pick-up. The door on the Wentwood Drive side could be used as an optional entrance for kids who walk to campus, Aldis said. A fire lane, delivery, and garage entrance to the property would be added off of the parkway to prevent traffic from interfering with the carpool line and decrease neigh-

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Each grade will have a flexible "living room" to use for group lessons, architect Jonathan Aldis said. borhood vehicle influx. “We’re making every effort to be the best neighbors we can, acknowledging we’re bringing more traffic,” Aldis said. Renderings show the facade in a red brick pattern similar to what’s used at Highland Park High School. The base will be a lighter stone. According to Aldis, focus groups made up of community members, didn’t respond well to a buff-tone brick like that used at Bradfield and UP. “We’re trying to satisfy this elusive comment, that it needs to look like it belongs in the Park Cities,” Aldis said. There are still a lot of details to work out, such as how many windows to include and what landscaping will be. “The aesthetic of the exterior of the school is something that we are committed to getting right,” Hitzelberger said in February. “We know how much pride this community has in the look and feel of its schools and we are continuing to refine what we already have.”

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SC H O O LS

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KELLY WALKER

BONNIE J. LAMMERS

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The Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees candidates were given a chance to explain why they are running. Here are excerpts from their responses. Read them in full at parkcitiespeople.com. Kelly Walker, Place 3 "I am running for a third term to continue assisting our community in maintaining the HPISD traditions of excellence, to make certain that all voices are heard, and to ensure that we remain responsible stewards of the District's funds as we begin to build the facilities for the next centennial."

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Bonnie J. Lammers, Place 3 "If elected to sit on the HPISD Board of Trustees, I will work towards the transparency of HPISD finances and prevent waste, both in day-to-day expenses and new building projects. ... I am not the incumbent in this race. I am a physician who has benefited greatly from public education. I have nothing to offer beyond my honesty and willingness to work for the benefit of our students, parents and members of this community we call home." Paul Rowsey, Place 4 "Our community has endorsed and voted to support a long-term plan to improve our schools and

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address the difficult challenges the district faces on school finance, demographic growth, and the pressure we have experienced on our facilities, all while maintaining the HP tradition of academic excellence. ... I believe my 36 years in business, combined with my almost six years of experience on the school board and long involvement in school district initiatives, will allow me to play a key role in this process and its successful implementation." Gerry Hudnall, Place 4 "I would be honored to serve the community to ensure that today’s students receive a worldclass education and to be awarded the best opportunities for tomorrow’s professions. As a former substitute teacher of the HP system and a parent of 3 HP graduates, I understand the students, the parents, and the faculty of HP. I am proud to be a

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long-time resident of HP. This generation and the next continue to deserve an education that sets them up to be leaders in a competitive world market." Anthony Scalia, Place 5 "I am running for school board to help our community and be an advocate for the educational needs of our children. I believe that a school board must be responsive and receptive to parents, district staff, students, and the community at large, encouraging an open dialog at the local level. The board must take input from all groups and weigh all the facts before making a decision. Once a decision is made, transparency is of the utmost importance. ... I look forward to using my background and experience to serve the HPISD stakeholders." Edward Herring, Place 5. "I believe strongly in giving back to the HP community that has meant so much to me and my family over the years. As a school district, we have an unique opportunity to continue to build upon our tradition of excellence, and I feel that my background as a former graduate, an active parent to children in district and a dedicated community volunteer position me well as a candidate for the School Board."

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S C HOOLS

Beecherl Looks Back on Tenure, Forward to Family Time By Elizabeth Ygartua People Newspapers

Highland Park High School graduates are trained to know the school motto – enter to learn, go forth to serve – but only some take it to heart. Since graduating in 1975, retiring HPISD Board of Trustees member Cynthia Beecherl has raised four children in the district and gone on to sit on just about every committee she could, from PTAs to carnivals. “I appreciate the opportunity to have served," she said. “If we could continue to never stand on our laurels, but to continue to build excellence in our schools, you know I'll feel like I've done my job well." Beecherl joined the board in 2007, while her youngest son was still in high school. She said being a parent of recent grads gave her a valuable perspective on issues that arose during her tenure, including the

decision to eliminate class rank at the high school in 2009. “If we could reduce and lessen the pressure of students, we felt like that was really a big moment for Highland Park,” Beecherl said. It was. Highland Park was one of the first districts to do so in Texas, she said. And there would be other big moments to follow, including celebrating HP’s centennial, for which she was board liaison. But her proudest moment was last fall's bond election, she said. “I wanted to see the passage of a bond and it's time to pass the torch,” she said. Beecherl’s last board meeting will be May 17. She plans to spend more time with her children and growing group of grandkids. She had this advice for her place 5 successor: “I would say, you're never going to please everybody, but always foremost will be putting the students first,” she said. “And also, [don’t] take things personally. “

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SPORTS

LEAPING TO THE NEXT LEVEL Freshman gymnasts soar for Lady Scots By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

Don’t let their looks fool you. They might appear to be fresh-faced newcomers, but in reality, the two girls leading the youth movement for the Highland Park girls gymnastics program are wily veterans. Tatum Meeks and Lily Overton are each freshmen with several years of club gymnastics experience, who have older sisters on the team and the determination to provide a successful foundation for the Lady Scots for the next three years. “They’re both club gymnasts, so I expected them to be at a higher level coming in than most freshmen,” said HP head coach Brandi Wren. “We’ve been trying to remind them that it’s not what they do as an individual, it’s what they do for the team.” Indeed, the team concept has represented one of the biggest adjustments for Meeks and Overton, but each has embraced it. After all, it means they can share their victories with their siblings. Holland Meeks is a junior, while Elli Overton is a sophomore. Both are team captains for HP. “It’s really fun to compete with her,” Tatum Meeks said. “It’s fun to have one-on-one competitions. I think we’ve become closer.” Both freshmen come from gymnastics families, and have been friends since fifth grade. Meeks began in the sport when she was 6, after getting a start in ballet. “I started to really like it. Then I started to go every day,” she said. “I’ve always loved to dance. I like performing and showing off.” Meeks trains about three hours every day at her club gym after leaving practice at school. Overton has opted to focus on high school competitions rather than club meets this year. “It’s not as intense as club. You’re representing a team. Everybody is so supportive of everybody,” Overton said. “I’ve discovered more of what I can do this

Acker Finds Joy on Green With Team By Jacie Scott

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Lily Overton competes on the balance beam.

Tatum Meeks and Lily Overton

year. I’d really like to be able to win state.” Both newcomers have traded spots on the podium in several meets this season, especially on balance beam, which is their top event. Wren thinks Meeks and Overton will each become all-around qualifiers for the state meet in April. “They’re disciplined. It’s always great to see new life come into the program,” Wren said. “It’s definitely going to benefit us for the next three years.” Email sports@ peoplenewspapers.com

Ben Acker had his first taste of district play in golf in Mesquite last October at the District 10-6A Fall Preview, and relished every moment. He placed 27th overall in the tournament and fourth overall with his team, a feat that ABOVE: his Highland Park Ben Acker golf coach deemed practices four “fantastic.” days a week The HP seat the Dallas nior with Downs Country Club. Syndrome takes the adage “there P H O T O : L A U R A is no ‘I’ in team” perBUCKMAN sonally. The 19-yearold faces some limitations, but he thrives on athletic teams. It’s where his personality is the brightest and his smile is the widest. Have there been struggles along the way? Acker can’t think of one, he said. He’s more focused on the tournaments, the fun, and time with his teammates. In March his team came in first place at the District 10-6A Preview Tournament in Mesquite. Acker’s journey to this point dates back to the start of his freshman year. Acker’s mother reached out to golf coach Jeff Loyd, who had known Acker since his days at Armstrong Elementary. She thought Acker could help out the team as a manager. But Loyd had another idea. “I knew that he played golf. So I thought forget the manager part, we’ll put him on the golf team, slowly take

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S P O RTS

Long Drive: HP Golfer Follows Family Legacy By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

For many Texas teenagers, West Lafayette, Ind. probably feels like it’s a world away. But that’s where Highland Park senior James Thompson feels right at home. Thompson will play golf next season at Purdue University, which seems like a random choice until you see that black and gold run in his roots. Thompson’s mother, Jennifer, graduated from Purdue in 1976. And his grandfather, grandmother, two aunts, one uncle, and two cousins — all from his mom’s side of the family — also attended the school. Still, Thompson wasn’t even on Purdue’s recruiting radar until fall 2014, when he attended a Purdue football game with his family and decided to play a youth golf tournament in town that same weekend. “I ended up winning it,” Thompson said. “That kind of got them interested in me.” Thompson signed with Purdue in November, just a few weeks after winning the Golfweek Junior Tour event in West

Lafayette for the second straight year. Thompson grew up playing soccer and football. He traces his start in golf back to sixth grade, when he was bored and wound up at the driving range with Scottie Scheffler, the future HP state champion who’s now a sophomore at the University of Texas. “I had to put in a lot of work to catch up to him,” said Thompson, who still considers Scheffler a mentor. “From then on, I was there every day from 8 to 8.” The following year, Thompson started playing youth tournaments. As a freshman, he was part of an HP squad that qualified for the Class 4A state tournament, finishing behind another Scots quintet led by Scheffler that won the title. Thompson has become known for his long-hitting ability off the tee, which sometimes has led to losing balls in the water or out-of-bounds when he loses control. “I always wanted to hit it as far as Scottie,” Thompson said. “I practiced swinging big and hitting it hard. I don’t like anybody hitting it further than me.” HP head coach Jeff Loyd said Thompson has seamlessly inherited the top spot on the team.

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“He’s got a lot of natural leadership abilities,” Loyd said. “James has always had a ton of talent. He’s still in the process of learning how to use his tremendous length. His best golf is still in front of him.” Last year, while competing at the 6A level, the Scots missed qualifying for the state tournament for the first time in al-

most 20 years. Thompson said he’s determined to carve a new legacy for himself and his teammates this spring. “My long-term goal is to get to the point where I could shoot a low score on both days at regionals,” he said. “That’s been my No. 1 goal since last year.” Email sports@ peoplenewspapers.com

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Adair contributed both as the winning pitcher and with a home run at the plate as Highland Park started District 10-6A play with a win over North Mesquite.

Bell was dominant during Highland Park’s 6-0 win over North Mesquite. She had a double and pitched a shutout, allowing two hits and striking out 12 batters.

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S P ORTS CONTINUED FROM 14 baby steps at first, and see how he does,” Loyd said. Acker spent his first two years on the developmental team and competed in a couple of tournaments that were par 3 courses. Last year, he graduated to regulation tournaments and excelled, Loyd said. “The challenge for him isn’t the talent level. Ben has a lot of talent from a golf standpoint,” Loyd said. “It was just the endurance level. How long is he going to be able to go during a round before he loses a little steam?” A left-hander like his favorite golfer Phil Mickelson, Acker puts in work four days a week at the Dallas Country Club and powers through team workouts twice a week. But the driving force for Acker is having his teammates behind him along the way. “My coach wanted me to play golf with him and become a part of the team,” Acker said. “Having friends and a team with me… for me it’s fun.” To add to his athletic resume, Acker plays on the HP Scots Gold basketball team, and competes with Special Olympics teams in swimming and bowling. He earned gold medals in both in August and November 2015, respectively. Acker will graduate this year from HPHS with a letter in golf. But before he goes, he has one more thing on his to-do list. When asked if he’s hit a hole in one, he simply replied: “No. Not yet.”

Carter Leaves Records in Her Wake By Todd Jorgenson Sports Editor

This spring, Chandler Carter has a chance to become the fourth Highland Park tennis player to win seven state titles during her four-year career. But that’s not all. If Carter takes a Class 6A crown in mixed doubles in May, she’ll be the first to accomplish the feat in all three categories — singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. That would be the cherry on the sundae for Carter, who has been a part of three HP championship teams during the fall season and has taken three more titles during the individual spring season. “I want to get four. It motivates me,” Carter said. “I want to get one in all three disciplines.” Earning a seventh state title would tie Carter with ex-teammates Margo Taylor and Connor LaFavre along with former HP standout Abby Stainback. As a freshman, Carter won a 4A doubles title with Nan Porter. She won in singles the following year. And last spring, she took home another doubles

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HP's Chandler Carter is eastward bound to play for Wake Forest this fall. title with Elizabeth Porter, this time at the 6A level. The most dramatic of those victories came in 2014, when she trailed Saginaw’s Domonique Garley 6-1, 5-1, in the singles final, before staging an incredible comeback to win in three sets. “She never quits. She always leaves it all out on the court,” said HP head coach Dan Holden. “She’s a great com-

petitor, and over the last four years, she’s been a key to our success.” Carter is a former soccer and volleyball player who didn’t take tennis seriously until seventh grade. Unlike some other tennis standouts, she prefers playing doubles. “You have another person on the court. It’s good because you have someone supporting you,” Carter said. “Everyone on the team is really close and we all like playing together.” She hopes her versatility, as well as the clutch scenarios she’s faced at HP, will be assets when she begins her college career next season at Wake Forest. “I try to stay calm under pressure,” she said. “It prepares me for college when I could be in the same situations.” When the Scots were upset in the semifinals of the 6A state tournament last fall, it spoiled Carter’s chance to surpass her HP predecessors and claim eight championships. Still, that hasn’t spoiled her determination or confidence heading into the postseason this spring, when she will be paired with sophomore Phillip Quinn. “It’s been motivating to make us work even harder,” she said.

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DIABETES NOT DETERRENT TO FUN By Claire Kelley

Special Contributor Emily Walther, 6, didn’t know there were other children like her who were living with Type 1 diabetes. She would get frustrated at school when, for instance, during a field trip, teachers passed out marshmallows to every student but her. “For a while she was bottling up,” said her mother, Kathryn Walther. “And [she] didn’t know how to communicate frustrations like, ‘why am I the only one who gets these shots?’” Then Walther found Camp Sweeney, a high-tech, medically equipped camp owned and operated by the Southwestern Diabetic Association for children ages 6 to 18, the majority of whom have Type 1 diabetes. Some campers are also pre-diabetic or have Type 2, formally called adult-onset diabetes, according to senior associate program director Preston Walhood. During three-week sessions, campers can choose classes to attend, from rock climbing to radio station operating to lacrosse, and all the while they’re being taught about their bodies and how to live well with their disease. About one in every 650 children has Type I; that’s roughly one per elementary school. And on top of its relative rarity, it’s not very well understood by the general population, Walhood said. Benton Bagot attended Camp Sweeney from ages 5 to 17. He says he’s always been bothered

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by the misconceptions that come with having Type 1. “I used to write the medical association and say, ‘hey, you need to change the name!’ for like 10 years,” he said. “Everyone knows what diabetes is, but they think it’s Type 2, not Type 1.” For Bagot, Camp Sweeney was a freeing experience. “You’re in an environment where you don’t have to worry about it,” he said. “The anxiety’s gone. It was like a vacation.” Bagot started gaining inde-

pendence and knowledge about his diabetes at a very young age at camp, starting with his first self-administered insulin shot. “My mom was helping me when I was 5,” he said. “But then at 6 years old I was figuring out how to fill up the syringe and do things that first-year med students are learning.” Camp Sweeney is the largest camp of its kind. According to Walhood, it attracts campers from 46 states and countries such as Singapore, Saudi Arabia,

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Mexico, and Germany. To keep providing programs and support to 252 campers per session in 2016, it will take about $3.5 million, Walhood said. So the administrators of this nonprofit camp are always trying to raise money to provide scholarships for children whose families can’t afford the steep tuition. And they usually do. According to Walhood, Camp Sweeney offers almost $1 million in scholarship money annually. Camp Sweeney’s

fundraiser in February at de Boulle Diamond and Jewelry raised more than $210,000 for scholarships. The camp’s fourth annual 5K fundraiser is set to take place in Lake Highlands on Memorial Day. There will be a bounce house, face painting, live music, and food. “A lot of these kids think they’re alone,” Walhood said. “So our biggest goal is to reach as many kids as we can… and to give them the opportunity to come to camp and learn how to care for themselves and live a long and healthy life.”

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GOALLL! n This July, boys and girls 6-14 years old can learn soccer from coaches from the world-renowned Futbol Club Barcelona at FCBEscola. Campers will be sorted based on their skill levels and scrimmage daily. Athletic trainers will be on site to provide injury aid and wraps. Dates: July 4 - 8 and 11 - 15 Times: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $500 for one week; $950 for two Where: University of Texas at Dallas Registration: fcbarcelonasoccercamps.com/ register/register-now/dallas/

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of kids ages 4-12 and 13-18 at week-long camps held all summer long. Topics include fashion, mixed media, drawing, painting, and design. Dates: June 6 – July 1 and July 11 – Aug. 5 Times: Morning sessions 9 a.m. to noon; afternoon sessions 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: Unless indicated otherwise, the cost is $175 for DMA members and $210 for the public. Registration: dma.org/ programs/family-programs/ summer-art-camps

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FIND A HAPPY PLACE n The Aaron Family Jewish Community Center is holding camps all summer for your kiddos to find a happy place. At Camp Chai kids can swim, play sports, create, sing, and explore. A full listing can be found online. Camps include: tennis, gymnastics, musical theater, and a teen travel camp with featured trips to the Pacific Northwest and to Minnesota. For Camp Chai: Dates: Nine-week session: June 14 - Aug. 12 Six week session: 1st: June 14 - July 1; 2nd: July 5 - 22; Chai Lite: July 25 - Aug. 12 Times: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pre/post Care offered Cost: Depends on camp choice Registration: jccdallas.org/ camps

YOU GOT GAME n Want your kids, ages 7-14, to learn chess from real champions? UT Dallas Chess Camp instructors include internationally recognized collegiate chess masters. Classes will be grouped by age and ability after an instructor assessment. Camp tuition includes a chess set. Dates: June 13-17; 20-24 July 18 - 22; 25 - 29 Times: Morning sessions 9 a.m. to noon; afternoon sessions 1 to 4 p.m. Cost Per Week: Pay by April 4 - $215; Pay by June 13 - $245; Pay after June 13 - $265 Where: UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management. Registration: utdallas.edu/ chess/education-camp/camp. html Send us info about your camp to editor@peoplenewspapers.com

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Matchbox Lights Up in New Location By Farah Fleurima

Special Contributor A delicious bit of Washington, D.C. has recently landed in Dallas. The modern tavern called Matchbox, which specializes in brick oven-fired pizzas, inventive sandwiches, craft beer, and cocktails, opened in Preston Hollow Village at the end of February. The eatery adds elevated American bar fare to the mix at the retail complex, which is also home to Thai restaurant Pakpao; Middle Eastern pita shop Verts; healthy fast-casual café Modern Market; and sushi restaurant Blue Sushi Sake Grill. Standouts on Matchbox’s list of starters include a trio of crispy-creamy arancini in a puddle of tomato sauce; a phenomenal sherry-splashed cream of crab soup; the Ginormous Meatball, a sphere of pork and beef doused in tomato sauce; and spicy tuna tartare tacos. Matchbox co-founder and owner Drew Kim said his team had an inkling the restaurant’s menu would find success at its first Texas locale. “We have been looking to put a pin in Dallas for quite some time,” Kim said. “The Dallas diner appreciates great restaurants; they are sophisticated and warm and welcoming. And, boy, they love great food and spirits.” Kim added that after researching numerous Dallas locations, Preston Hollow Village stood out as the most enticing location. “Preston Hollow Village has been wonderful,” he noted. “It offers guests and residents an amazing lifestyle center, and that was something we wanted to be a part of. The dining scene in the area and all the people we met have

SHARED PLATES: 1. Chefsboard: Chef’s selection of three meats and three cheese, $18. 2. 3.6.9 mini burgers, $10 | $18 | $23. 3. Spicy tuna tartare tacos, three or six, $11|$18. PHOTOS: JASON JANIK

3 been great.” Greatness also lies in other categories of the menu past the starters. The prime rib French dip — with caramelized onions, mozzarella, and zesty horseradish mayo — was a meaty, melted-cheesy delight. The Italian sausage rigatoni was simple, but burst with bright, fresh flavors and generous chunks of Italian sausage. More of a chicken person? The MB Crispy Chicken is a giant slab of fried chicken (you can also opt for grilled)

with deviled egg mayo. You can even hop on the current chicken-sandwich bandwagon and get the crispy version drenched in hot sauce, aka “Nashville Hot” style. The restaurant’s signature burger falls into good-not-great territory, and really should be the latter considering its $14 price tag. But pizzas are easily Matchbox’s wheelhouse, with a dozen classic and artisanal varieties offered, all on thin crusts that balance that fine line between tender

and crunchy. Highlights of a recent visit included the simple, superb white pizza (roasted garlic cream sauce and house-spun mozzarella); chicken pesto pizza; a three-meat pie called the Matchbox Meat; and the prosciutto and white Turkish fig pizza. All achieved ideal cheese-to-topping-to-sauce ratios, and were served at piping-hot perfection. For those on special diets, pizzas are available on gluten-sensitive crusts. The bar’s beer list spotlights local brews as well as national labels, and all wines are on tap and reasonably priced. But cocktails were hit-or-miss across a couple of visits, including an off-balance signature Moscow mule; happily, it was remade and well-crafted on the second try.

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Designer Opens Shop to Share Her Own Aesthetics Britt E. Stafford

People Newspapers Interior designer Kristin Mullen has lived in and traveled to several design hubs throughout her life: Chicago, New York, Tokyo, and London, to name a few. But since 2005, she has set her roots in Dallas; most recently by opening her own home decor and accessories boutique, Curated by Kristin Mullen, in Snider Plaza. Some may recognize the name from her interior design business Kristin Mullen Designs, formerly called Covetable Designs. While Mullen enjoys making

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her clients’ visions come to life, the store provides the opportunity to reflect and share her personal taste with customers. “All my life experiences, plus

the travel I’ve been fortunate enough to do, and the various places that I’ve lived really inform my design aesthetic,” Mullen said.

That, and the fact that she has four kids and two dogs, she added. All these moving parts in her life have helped her develop her style and taste. Mullen describes the items in her store as comfortable luxury. Upholstered seating combines a finer touch with practicality, she said.

She is also strongly influenced by nature. Faux bois (false wood) wallpaper and shell décor make clients feel more calm and comfortable, she said. “I would say I’m very cleanlined traditional in my aesthetic,” Mullen said. “I don’t like too much detail. Too elaborate, too frou-frou, doesn’t particularly appeal to me. The things that I’m drawn to tend to be more clean, have cleaner lines.” As indicated in the name of the store, Mullen curates the shop herself mostly from pieces she finds at antique stores and shows she visits on her travels.

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BUS I N E S S P L A Z A H E A LT H F O O D S G E T S N E W H O M E A Snider Plaza mainstay since 1949, Plaza Health Foods is picking up its vitamin racks and moving. But don't worry, it's not very far and they aren't changing what they offer. "I'm hoping to have people come to the old location and see the closed sign and turn around and see the new place," said owner Max Fuqua. "My goal is for this to be as smooth as possible with as few changes as possible." Plaza Health will be renting from

CONTINUED FROM 22 Speaking of drinks, Matchbox’s very inviting warm, wood-lined space makes it all too easy to pop in for several sips. Kim said design was key to creating the feel of the restaurant. An expansive patio dotted with tables, stools, and fireplaces curves around the outside of the building, making for an enticing view for anyone driving up Walnut Hill Lane. “We hope our guests feel Matchbox is a place that respects design but also is innovative and pushes outside the box,” he said. “We aim for cool, modern spaces using exposed natural elements that

its new neighbor Suzanne Roberts. Fuqua said he was excited about the new partnership. "We're moving because got a better space, a better deal, a better landlord, and it will ensure we stay in the Plaza a lot longer," Fuqua said. "I can't wait to work with Suzanne." The new store is slated to open on April 1, and in honor of the 40th anniversary of its frozen yogurt machines, they'll be offering free froyo all month. — Elizabeth Ygartua

are authentic and offer guests private areas as well as larger communal areas.” Adding to the cool factor are a handful of glass-sided “floating” booths, two of which overlook the main dining room. Neat as they are, however, Kim said they couldn’t beat the No. 1 element of every Matchbox space: “At the end of the day, our guests need to feel special and that they are the most important part of the design.” Farah is the founder and editor of TheDallasDiva.com and SwineAndSwill. com. She is also a restaurant writer for Thrillist and was previously a local editor for Zagat.

CONTINUED FROM 22 This means that as patrons browse her store, she can answer questions about most of the pieces’ histories. “If I’m at an antique show in the middle of nowhere, and [I] see what [I] believe to be the perfect piece …, now I don’t have to pass it up,” Mullen said. “I can get it for the shop, and if [a] client loves it as much as I do, they can have it. If not, it can join its friends here in the shop.” Mullen only got into interior decorating about nine years ago. Before helping people turn their homes into masterpieces, Mullen had her own business designing table linens, and helped found an independent school. All the while she renovated multiple homes, helped friends – and the designing part stuck. “It was sort of a natural thing for me to go into business,” Mullen said. Part of Mullen’s charm is that she loves to make her clients happy, she said. That and no two homes she design will ever look the same. “I would say the best thing about my design is they reflect my clients personalities and tastes and likes much more than they reflect mine,” Mullen said. “So, if you walk into a home I designed, you’re really not going to know it’s me. It’s really important that when I finish

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Curated by Kristin Mullen opened its doors in Snider Plaza in February. a project, my clients feel their homes speak to and of them.” Mullen compares her work to that of a ghostwriter’s. She’s just there to help her clients tell their stories through their décor. “It’s a bit of a juggling act, but I’m finding my stride,” Mullen said.

“Driving Diversity Deep into the DNA of Your Organization”

March 22

Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour First African-American Female U.S Combat Pilot and Author of Zero to Breakthrough VERNICE “FLYGIRL” ARMOUR went from beat cop to pilot in three years. Within months of earning her wings, she was flying over Iraqi deserts in her missile-equipped attack helicopter. She completed two tours overseas as America’s first African-American female pilot. Now, Armour shares her breakthrough mentality message based on her own warp-speed success.

“The 128 Year Old Startup: Rebooting National Geographic for the 21st Century”

April 28

Keith Jenkins General Manager, Digital and Social Media National Geographic Society Award-winning producer, photographer and designer, KEITH JENKINS calls upon his experiences at NPR.org, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe in his current role as general manager of National Geographic Digital. Discover the behind-the-scenes strategy that has transformed National Geographic’s website into a truly digital organization and home to the Society’s global community.

Visit utdallas.edu/lectureseries for tickets and more information.

The Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology building was dedicated on Nov. 7, 2013. The 55,000-square-foot facility is home to the ATEC program and has been described as “one of the most innovative 21st century programs in The University of Texas System.”

Hosted by UT Dallas’ Arts and Technology (ATEC) program, the series features speakers from a wide range of backgrounds in science, technology and art. They present public lectures on topics aimed at exploring the evolving relationships among art, technology, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences.

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LIVING WELL Zika, West Nile Have Officials on Alert By Annie Wiles & Karly Hanson

People Newspapers Dallas has only had three confirmed cases of Zika so far, but that hasn’t stopped Governor Greg Abbott from setting up a statewide task force to prevent an outbreak. So how scared of it do we need to be? Zika is a birth-defect-causing virus carried by mosquitoes and an international public health emergency, according to the World Health Organization. But locally, the virus has only appeared in people who have contracted the disease abroad. “With Zika, we will infect the mosquito before they infect us; that’s how transmission will be localized,” said Zachary Thompson, director of Dallas County Health & Human Services. Thompson is spearheading a local Zika Virus Task Force between the City of Dallas and Dallas County that will meet weekly. Its main focus is educating the public. For instance: if you are traveling to an endemic country, wear bug repellent. If you are pregnant, don’t travel to an endemic country. However, until the virus becomes localized, county health officials will continue to focus on the greater regional threat: West Nile Virus. “We want to make sure the public understands that the predominant virus in North Texas is West Nile, which is already a part of our ecosystem,” Thompson said.

SYMPTOMS OF ZIKA Red Eyes / Fever

Most people with Zika won’t even know they have it. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week. Diagnosis

Rash

Joint Pain

The symptoms of Zika are similar to those of dengue and chikungunya. See your healthcare provider if you experience any of the listed symptoms.

Treatment There is no vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat Zika infections. People usually don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika.

Reduce travel to tropical regions

B E S T W AY S T O P R E V E N T M O S Q U I T O B I T E S Protective Clothing Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants.

Insect Repellant

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When used as directed, insect repellents are safe and effective.

Use screens on windows and doors. Use air conditioning. SOURCE: CDC

And West Nile season is about to start. Trapping for West Nile in Dallas will begin May 1. Crystal Woods of the Dallas Code Compliance Services stated there are no set dates for spraying yet; they will only spray if they get a positive mosquito result, which is unlikely before June. University Park will be following Dallas' protocol. Highland Park began spraying in February due to unseasonably warm

weather, according to spokesman Lance Koppa; though it is worth noting that this decision was based purely on the number of mosquitoes found in traps, not on a positive test. But there are downsides to spraying. Aqualuer 20-20, the insecticide being used in Dallas, can kill many kinds of wildlife. Residents can take preventive measures to reduce the need to spray. “I go [to the Park Cities] all the time and they run their

sprinklers like crazy,” said Hagen Gunstream from the Mosquito Authority of North Dallas. “And what they need to do, it’s real simple, is make sure there’s no standing water.” No standing water. This is the mosquito-prevention refrain. Another tidbit from Steve Margolis from Natural Misting Solutions: mosquitoes are territorial. “They don’t move around much from where they hatch,” he said, another reason to con-

trol your own standing water. If you want to avoid spraying, Gunstream recommends Bti Larvicide, a natural soil bacterium that is only toxic to mosquitoes and black flies, and kills mosquito larvae when added to standing water. To report standing water in Dallas, or to request to be on the “Do Not Spray” List, call 3-1-1. In UP, call 214-987-5488 to report standing water; for HP, call 214521-4161.

Fun fact: Only the females bite and not for food but to turn blood into protein to develop their eggs. Also, go easy on the poison as much as you can stand. When an area is doused with the stuff, it not only kills mosquitoes (who have left armies of eggs behind to replace their dead), but also can kill or sicken mosquito predators. Dragonflies, birds, fish, bats, frogs, lizards and spiders are all on our side in the mosquito battle. We need them around! If you are a mosquito magnet and have learned to live with the fact that mosquito welts are part

of summer life, let me leave you with this tip. The ONLY solution I have found to treat bites is plain old ice. As soon as I notice a bite, I do my best to resist scratching and rub ice directly on the spot. The inflammation and itch subsides quickly. If the urge to scratch wins before I ice, that bite can linger for weeks. So don’t allow standing water, select herbs, limit poison distribution, don’t scratch, and ice. Good luck out there, comrades.

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Prepare Your Yard For Dreaded Skeeters

or about six months of the year in Dallas, we get peace. Then, in late spring, the battle begins. Mosquitoes — prehistoric creatures that haunt us at the rise and drop of the sun. Some of the especially tenacious species know no time of day and are looking for victims 24/7. It’s one of those “Texas things” we learn to live with, but let me offer some natural ways to discourage their presence and treat bites. The little pests have been around for millions of years and will probably outlive most lifeforms. Their eggs can sit in a dry spot for months and once a ta-

STEPHANIE CASEY blespoon of water comes their way, that egg becomes an adult within about a week. Standing water is going to be your number one offender. They simply cannot breed without it. A cup left outside with an inch of water, over-watered flower

beds, bird baths, stagnant areas of pools and fountains — you’ll want to keep an eye out and clear those constantly. Another thing you can do is grow deterrent plants. Though they hang around water to breed, mosquitoes feed on plant nectar and so spend the day foraging plants and grasses. Planting things they aren’t so interested in can help encourage them to find another place to call home. Garlic, lemongrass, citronella, catnip, lavender, rosemary, lemon varieties of basil, thyme, and mint are all good choices.

Avid gardener Stephanie Casey can be reached through her website at realfinefood.com.

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Transplant Surgeon Has International Background By Haley Rogers

Special Contributor Husband, father, traveler, and internationally recognized Swedish transplant surgeon Dr. Goran Klintmalm brought medical innovation to Dallas more than 30 years ago. “He’s an incredibly innovative man and excellent surgeon,” said Baylor anesDr. Goran thesiologist Dr. Klintmalm Michael Ramsay, who has worked with Klintmalm since 1984. That year, Klintmalm performed the first liver transplant in Texas at Baylor University Medical Center. The Highland Park resident’s latest endeavor is an experimental womb transplant trial aimed at helping a woman whose uterus is nonexistent or dysfunctional. If successful, the transplant would allow her to

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Dr. Goran Klintmalm moved to Dallas from Stockholm more than 30 years ago. carry her own child. “It took me a while to really understand the profound importance of this,” Klintmalm

said. “Because I am just a man, my entire life I have spent on saving lives, and now this is the first time I am doing something

in order to help create life. It’s very different; the success is not the procedure, but a healthy born child.”

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the directorship of transplantation services at Baylor. “It was an offer I couldn’t refuse,” said Klintmalm. “At that point, my next question was, ‘Can I do what Starzl did in Pittsburgh?’ That is what takes mankind to the next horizon: challenge. There is no other way.” Today, Klintmalm continues to run one of the most successful liver, kidney, and pancreatic transplantation departments in the world. Under his direction, there have been more than 8,000 solid organ transplantations performed at Baylor. Klintmalm’s focus is research. He has written extensively on immunosuppression and organ preservation, and is best known for co-authoring Transplantation of the Liver, the book that covers every aspect of liver transplants. He considers the Baylor program his greatest professional accomplishment and his family his greatest personal accomplishment. He and his wife travel with their three sons all over the U.S. and Canada, and take frequent hunting and skiing trips in the Rockies. “It’s just us here in the U.S.,” he said. “The rest of the family is back in Europe, so it’s very important for us to stay together as a family. Moving here was an easy decision because it felt the most like home.”

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People Newspapers Holding an armful of colorful textiles, Highland Park resident Gina Gary enters the Vickery Meadow Food Pantry. More women quickly follow. Arriving in pairs and trios, they begin to set up their work and select fabrics. A mechanical hum fills the room. Gary thought her skills as a seamstress would lead to a job. Instead, they led to Sew Sincerely, a group of women that meets twice a month to learn how to sew. She got the idea when her friend Terri Heard invited her to a sewing event through Park Cities Baptist Church in January 2015. Gary, who had been collecting sewing machines at garage sales over the years, showed up with enough for everyone there. When she met women who wanted to learn how to sew, Gary saw a chance to give back instead of a job opportunity. “There are people around the world who live in poverty,” she says. “Then you realize it’s actually at your back door. We’re so close to it. I don’t think people realize that about the Vickery area.” Since then, the group has grown to about ten women. Gary’s belief in Sew Sincerely is rooted in the value of learning a skill. It is empowering, she says, to have the means to create something. For years, Gary had been the “crafts lady” at Thee Camp, her children’s summer camp. During her workshops, she noticed something: “the kids who would come in were the kids who would come alone.”

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factories in Dallas. Gary started in third grade, and by high school was sewing her own clothes. She considers it a valuable skill; but more than that, it’s something she associates with the community of women in which she grew up. For Gary, this is what Sew Sincerely is about: the fellowship of women. “At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what country we’re from, or what language we speak. At the end of the day, we’re all women.” The greatest reward for Gary is seeing them support each other. For the women she is teaching, sewing means a lot more. Additional reporting by Debora Annino.

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mily Kathleen Killough and Matthew Jordan Griesbeck were joined in holy matrimony Jan. 16 at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Reverend Greg Pickens of Saint Michael and All Angels and the Reverend Shawn Slate, Senior Pastor of Redeemer Church of Knoxville, Tenn. officiated their ceremony. Music was provided by Gyros String Quartet with organist James Diaz. Acolytes at the service included Jack Webberley Neuhoff, William Scott Neuhoff, and Charles Keane Neuhoff, longtime family friends of the bride. Kelsey Anne Earnest and Matthew Gordon Patrick, friends of both the bride and groom, were the scripture readers and they read from Isaiah 55 and 1 Corinthians 13. A reception of dining and dancing followed at the Dallas Country Club. A rehearsal dinner at The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek was hosted by the parents of the groom on the eve of the wedding. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Yeaman and Mr. Jack Edwin Killough of University Park. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. Sidney Phelps Upsher of Oklahoma City, the late Margaret Adams Upsher also of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Beulah Pearl Killough of Cushing, Okla. and the late Mr. Jimmy Edwin Killough also of Cushing. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Moran Griesbeck of Germantown, Tenn. He is the grandson of Mrs. Charles William Griesbeck and the late Mr. Charles William Griesbeck of Memphis, Tenn., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Edward Garrety of Springfield, Ohio. The bride was given in marriage by

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her parents. She was escorted down the aisle on the arms of both her father and her stepfather. For her wedding, the bride wore a slim, fitted ivory lace gown with scooped neckline and off-the-shoulder cap sleeves with a stunning V-shaped back. Emily chose her dress from a local wedding boutique in St. Louis, the city where the couple met and where they

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will begin their new life together. The bride carried her maternal grandfather’s monogrammed handkerchief twined around her bridal bouquet. Maids of honor were her two sisters, Jessica Elaine Killough and Katherine Delaney Killough. Bridesmaids included Erin Moran Griesbeck Turner, Emily Grace Griesbeck, Lucy McCallie Law-

son, Kelsey Anne Earnest, Joy Elizabeth Hallman, Rachael Johnston Delph, and Amy Frances Cooper. Among the members of the house party were Maria Ilah Massey, Laura Ann Rast Hamm, and Rebekah Dempsey Irwin. Flower girls were Olivia Yeaman, Sophie Yeaman, and Louise Turner. The groom’s father, John Griesbeck, was best man. Groomsmen were Ralph Sumner Abraham IV, David Mason Barr, Paul Barrett Billings III, William Douglas Chapin, John Daniel Griesbeck, Mark DeVane Gruetzmacher Jr., Barrett Anderson Jones, Stephen John Maroda III, and David Thorne Williams Jr. Ushers included Davis McLain Abraham, Jonathan Lang Franklin, and Kevin Wayne Weaver Jr. The bride is a 2007 graduate of Highland Park High School. In 2011 she received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas at Austin where she was also a member of Chi Omega sorority and volunteered for Young Life. Emily will complete her Masters of Arts in Counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis in May. The groom is a 2008 graduate of Evangelical Christian School in Memphis. He graduated Summa Cum Laude, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English from the Honors College at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. in 2012. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Jordan is currently pursuing a Masters in Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary. Following their wedding trip to Antigua, the couple have made their home in St. Louis.

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AMANDA MARTIN & BILL PRATT DEC. 5, 2015

r. and Mrs. Geoff Mantooth of Aledo, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Carter Ashley Mantooth, to Scott Thomas Abbott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Abbott of Highland Park. The bride is a graduate of Aledo High School. She received both a BBA and Masters in accounting from Texas A&M. Carter is a property accountant with Merit Energy Co. The groom is a graduate of Highland Park High School. He received a BBA in business administration from Southern Methodist University. Scott captained the golf teams at both Highland Park High School and SMU and

later played golf professionally before joining Heritage School of Texas as their director of student activities. The couple plans to exchange vows in late April at Providence Presbyterian Church in Dallas.

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Pratt III and Elizabeth Pratt, all of Lorain, Ohio. The bride was presented in marriage by her parents. She was escorted down the aisle on her father’s arm. Amanda wore a stunning strapless antique lace gown with Diamante beading, accented with a latte-colored Grosgrain ribbon sash with Diamante beading, and cowboy boots, of course. Members of the entire wedding party joined the bride in wearing cowboy boots with their wedding attire. Assisting the bride as maid of honor was Lindsay Jedlowski. Bridesmaids included Danielle Williams, Tiffany Samaniego, and Amanda Ea-

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manda Kay Martin and William Henry “Bill” Pratt V joined hearts and hands together on December 5, 2015 at Cross Creek Ranch in Parker, Texas. John Wells officiated the outdoor wedding ceremony which included Dexter and Lennox Pratt, the groom’s 3-year-old twin niece and nephew, bearing a sign that read, “Here comes the love of your life!” Keeping with the rustic theme at the reception, barbecue was served and pies from Emporium Pies, including the bride’s pick of “Smooth Operator” and the groom’s: “Snowball.” The reception was also at Cross Creek Ranch, where friends and family danced to some of the couple’s southern rock favorites. Bill and Amanda stepped onto the dance floor to “Never Stop” by SafetySuit for their first dance together as man and wife. Later guests saw the happy couple off beneath an array of sparklers. On the eve of the wedding the parents of the groom hosted a late lunch at Abuelo’s in Plano, Texas following the rehearsal. Flowers for the bridal party were provided by the bride’s friend, an up-and-coming floral designer, Olivia Merritt. Matthew Shelley of Matthew Shelley Photography was on hand to capture all the magical moments for posterity. The bride is the daughter of Ian and Patricia Martin of Dallas. She is the granddaughter of Nieva Barrs of Galveston, Texas and the late Theodore Barrs, and Tony and Jill Martin of Claremore, Okla. The groom is the son of William Henry “Bill” Pratt IV and Linda Pratt of Richardson, Texas. He is the grandson of the late Albert and Faye Grelich and the late William Henry

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arrell and Kim Hurmis of Dallas are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Callie Lloyd Hurmis to Jason Kyle Jones, son of Kevin and Valorie Jones of Midland, Texas. The bride is a graduate of the University of Missouri. She now works for Ernst & Young. The groom is a graduate of the Texas State University. He now works for The Beck Group. Callie and Jason plan an April 23, 2016 wedding at Munger Church in Dallas.

ton. Madison Eaton and Olivia Tucker, the groom’s nieces, were flower girls. Attending the groom as best man was his older brother, Ryan Pratt. Groomsmen were Matt Laymon and Mike Eaton. The bride is a graduate of Bishop Lynch High School. She received an Associates in criminal justice from Mountain View Community College. Amanda is a payroll administrator for the Fossil Group. The groom is a graduate of Richardson High School. Bill is a fulfillment specialist at New Benefits. Following their wedding trip to Vail, Colo. the couple has made Richardson their home.

r. and Mrs. Woodrow “Bo” Brownlee of Highland Park are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Evin Anne Brownlee, to Alexander Clark Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn of Houston. The bride is a 2010 graduate of Highland Park High School. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Baylor University, where the couple met. Evin is an investment analyst with AIG Private Placements. The groom is a 2010 graduate of Clear Lake High School. He received a Bachelors and Masters of Accountancy from

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Baylor University. Alex is an international tax consultant with Deloitte. The couple will wed June 11 at Perkins Chapel at Southern Methodist University.

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r. and Mrs. Mark Alan Mesec of University Park are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Shepherd Mesec, to Stephen Joseph Frazier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Roan Frazier of Houston. The bride is a 2007 graduate of Highland Park High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Christian University in 2011. Brittany is an accounting analyst for Opportune, LLP in Houston. The groom is a 2007 graduate of Lamar High School in Houston. He received a Bachelor of Science from Texas Christian University in 2011 and a Master of Science in geology from the

University of Houston. Stephen is a geologist for Freeport McMoRan, Inc. in Houston. Brittany and Stephen will exchange sacred wedding vows in early June at Park Cities Presbyterian Church.

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Chandler Bjork collaborated with first-time author Paul Shike to create the cover for his book, Tell Me So I Know.

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Special Contributor Beginning an art career doesn’t have to be preceded by age. Highland Park High School senior Chandler Bjork is no stranger to this school of thought. Bjork was commissioned last year by first-time author Paul Shike, the father of a friend, to create the cover of his first book, Tell Me So I know. The pair have since been nominated for the prestigious Independent Paul Shike Book Publishers Association’s Benjamin Franklin Award for Cover Design and Best First Book. The winners will be announced at the end of March. “I’m very proud of my work,” Bjork said. “[Shike] and I think it could do very well with the judges.” The cover depicts two elephants in front of tree branches in the shape of a heart. Shike said this symbolizes an overarching theme of memory, hope, and familial love. In the scene, purple is used to allude to Alzheimer’s, a disease from which Shike’s aunt and grandmother suffer, and a main motivation for the creation of his collaborative book. The goal is that by the end of the book, participants will have asked all the questions they may want answered before a loved one dies or loses their memory. “My father passed unexpectedly and I realized I had all these unanswered questions about him,” Shike said. “I had a lot

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of pent-up frustration and those questions never went away. I realized, if I didn’t sit down and do this with my mom, I would have a lot of remorse.” The book aims to help the reader connect with loved ones through a series of more than 600 questions. In 192 pages, questions about childhood, love and marriage, money, faith, and more are asked for the purpose of truly understanding a person’s life.

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Bjork’s help in creating a book cover to relay that message was important, Shike said. “We sent a couple of drafts back and forth, and the end result is something I love,” Shike said. Bjork’s passion for art has been an instinctual part of her life. She’s taken about six art classes as a Highland Park student and is planning to attend a university in the fall to study art, she said. “Ever since I could hold a pencil I’ve been drawing,” Bjork said. “I mostly use pen and paper, but I love graphic design and digital art as well.” She thrived in the collaborative process with Shike, she said. “When I get to work with someone, it helps when they help,” Bjork said. “He would send me several pictures of what he wanted and we came up with the end result together. To see his face light up was something really special.”

When Jared Behnke moved to University Park in 2011, he wanted to find a philanthropic outlet to get involved in his new community and give back. Through friends, he found Passion for Children’s, a nonprofit that supports grassroots fundraising for the Children’s Health Dallas and Plano campuses. Flash forward two years to 2013 — Behnke was rushing to the Dallas hospital, 18-month-old in tow, only to find that the hospital he had spent so much time supporting would turn around to support his family. His son, Wynn, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He spent weeks in the Children’s Health endocrinology department while his parents and grandparents learned how to tackle the disease. “What I had once thought of as a worthy cause suddenly became very personal. This hospital, these nurses and doctors, saved our kid’s life,” Behnke said. Three years later, the Behnke family keeps giving back to the hospital that gave them so much by supporting the Passion for Children’s Red Balloon Run and Ride. The 5K run, walk, or cycle, and enormous carnival on April 23 at the Children’s Health Plano campus is open to all, with free activities for the whole family. Founded by Highland Park mayor Joel Williams, Passion for

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Artist Doyle Glass started ArtCure in memory of his wife, Kim Hazelwood Glass (above). The sculpture he stands with is "Fortitudo de Muliere," which means strength of a woman. || C O U R T E SY PHOTOS

In Memoriam, UP Artist to Match Funds at ArtCure By Joshua Baethge

Special Contributor University Park Artist Doyle Glass is intent on revenge. In 2014 he lost his wife Kim to cancer, and has vowed to defeat her killer. Before she passed away, Kim said her wish was to end metastatic cancer and childhood cancer. “My mission is to fulfill her mission,” Glass said. The couple met in 2002 when both were living in Louisville, Ky. They got married four years later, and had a baby girl in 2007. Despite having regular checkups, including mammograms, Kim was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in July 2011. She endured three painful years of radical surgery, chemotherapy and radiation before she died at age 46. Doyle recalls seeing the pain in her eyes, as she knew she would not be able to watch her daughter grow up. “My life goal is to make sure other people don’t have to go through what she did,” Glass said. In order to meet said goal, Glass created ArtCure, an event designed to fund cancer research. Proceeds are raised primarily through an art auction of items curated by Glass, as well as some of his own sculptures. Glass will also personally match each dollar raised. Along with fundraising, ArtCure seeks to raise awareness. According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 40,000 women die in the United Sates each year from metastatic breast cancer, which occurs when cancer spreads from one part of the body to another. Only five percent of all funds nationally go towards finding a cure for this type cancer. “Despite the awareness, there are a good number of women who did do the right things and still got cancer,” Glass said. Half of the money raised at ArtCure will benefit the Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern led by Dr. Sean

Morrison. Glass helped establish the Kim Hazelwood Glass Endowment for Cancer Research at the institute to serve as a permanent funding mechanism for programs aimed at finding cures. According to Dr. Morrison, funds provided by the foundation are helping his team improve cancer therapy by coming to a better understanding of the disease at a molecular level. S AV E T H E D AT E Date: April 15 Time: 6-9:30 p.m. Where: The Loft at Gilley’s Dallas, 1135 S. Lamar Tickets: $75 per individual, $100 per couple More info: artcuredallas.org “[Glass] is a remarkable guy who responded to tragedy with determination,” Morrison said. “We in Children’s Research Institute are grateful for Doyle’s energy and commitment to making a difference.” The other half of the money will be donated to the Dr. Matthew Ellis Lab at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The lab focuses specifically on individualized treatments for women with metastatic breast cancer. According to Glass, initial studies have been very encouraging. Glass recalls how generous and hard working Kim was. She did not come from much money, but managed to put herself through school based largely on the grit of her own determination. He sees similar traits in their daughter, who is now 9. She is raising money for cancer research by making bookmarks, and hopes to have some available for purchase at ArtCure. According to Glass, fighting cancer gives him personal satisfaction and has helped with the grieving process. “I feel a lot of guilt that I could not save her,” Glass said. “At least I can go after the beast that killed her.”

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Four Generations, One Family, One City Ramirez's dedication spans decades By Britt E. Stafford

People Newspapers Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez spent the last 33 years working for the City of University Park. And while Ramirez isn’t the first in the family to work for UP, he also isn’t the last. Ramirez's grandfather, Julio, worked with the streets department for 29 years, and his father Fred retired after 23 years in the utilities department. “The first time I worked here, it was in the 70s. I worked here with my grandpa one time, then I quit and left, but I came back in 1982,” Ramirez said. While his father and grandfather worked in the public works department fixing the streets, Ramirez found his groove in sanitation as a driver. Ramirez who started off making $5.50 an hour as a rear-loader driver (trucks that pick up the large square dumpsters) at Snider Plaza, worked his way to the highest position in his department driving more sophisticated vehicles, he said. Ramirez can recall when people would come to work in sanitation, say they were going to the store, and never return. "They couldn't even last half a day, and I worked 33 years," Ramirez said. Sanitation may not sound like a fun job, but Ramirez, described as the

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From left to right: Regina Huerta, UP Mayor Olin Lane Jr., Freddy Ramirez, Linda Ramirez, Lydia Flores, and Mayor Pro Tem Tommy Stewart. jokester by his family, made it one. He can recall various times cracking jokes with coworkers and having pleasant interactions with UP residents. “I used to love my job,” Ramirez said. “Going to work, having fun with the guys. It’s been a good company to work for. The best job I had.” For his daughter, Regina Huerta née Ramirez, who followed in her family's footsteps and started working for the city in 1999, one of the best perks of the job was getting to see her father almost every day. Often, she would see him more at work than she would after hours. Huerta, a senior utility billing clerk,

has no immediate plans to stop working for University Park. “The people that I work with and just being around the different atmosphere here,” Huerta said. “A lot of residents call and let us know all the good work we do.” With four family members spanning four generations working for the city, Ramirez wouldn’t mind seeing one more added to the legacy. “I’d like to get one of my grandson’s working here,” he said. At a city council meeting in February, Ramirez was recognized for his more than three decades of hard work after finalizing his retirement.

“[Ramirez] was a fantastic employee,” Director of Public Works Jacob Speer said. Speer, who worked with Ramirez for 16 years, described the sanitation worker as an upbeat worker with an infectious attitude. “I was very happy for him to be able to retire and enjoy that time and spend time with his family, kids, hobbies, and past times,” Speer said. “But selfishly, from the city perspective, I was sad to see him go. He was a great friend to many of us here.” Email Britt.stafford@ peoplenewspapers.com

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eorge Farrell Ray Jr. was welcomed home by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on February 26, 2016, at the age of 89. He trusted Christ as his personal Savior in 1982 while attending Northwest Bible Church. In recent years, he attended Park Cities Presbyterian Church. Farrell was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on February 16, 1927, the son of G. Farrell Ray Sr. and Ruth Smith Ray. In 1932, his family moved to Dallas, where he attended Bradfield Elementary and Highland Park Junior High and Highland Park High School, and ultimately graduated from Texas Country Day School (now St. Mark’s) in 1944. He entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall of 1944, then served

eighteen months in the U.S. Navy from February 2, 1945, until he was honorably discharged on July 16, 1946. Following his naval service,

he returned to M.I.T., later transferring to Southern Methodist University, where he graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1950. While at SMU, he met Barbara Lisenba on a blind date, and they were married on March 25, 1949. Farrell joined his father and uncle, John Harlan Ray, as a partner in Ray Oil Company in 1950. He thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the oil patch—from negotiating leases to drilling and operating the wells. His career in the oil industry spanned more than sixty years. His community service included the SMU Mustang Club and Alumni Association, YMCA Camp Grady Spruce, and the Board of the Dallas Independent School District, serving

with the DISD for two years. He was an active member of both the Dallas Country Club (President in 1988) and the Dallas Petroleum Club. Farrell enjoyed golf, tennis, and boating, as well as family vacations in Colorado, Wyoming, Michigan, and Florida. He and Barbara enjoyed travels to Alaska, Hawaii, and various international destinations. Farrell delighted in his family. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He is survived by his wife of sixty-six years, Barbara, and three sons: Farrell III and Janet (Dallas), Robert and Anne (Dallas), and Charles and Debbie (Coppell). His grandchildren are Harlan & Melissa (Dallas), Catherine

& David Howell (Austin), Lucy Anne (Austin), Ruthie (Boone, N.C.), and Thomas (Coppell). Great-grandchildren are Henry, Hattie, and Lucy Jane Howell. The family would like to express their appreciation to Farrell’s caregivers: Kathy, Pat, Devonna, Esther, Brenda, and the staff at Caruth Haven Court. A memorial service was held Friday, March 4, 2016, at Park Cities Baptist Church, Ellis Chapel. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Restland Funeral Home and Memorial Park, 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75243. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the SMU Mustang Club, Dallas Theological Seminary, or the charity of your choice.

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C O MMUNIT Y CONTINUED FROM 42 Children’s is a different kind of nonprofit. Instead of searching for the Dallasites willing and able to write $1 million checks, the group focuses on word of mouth to collect smaller donations, said Passion for Children’s executive director Preston Walhood. Teams and individual donors raise money each year on the Run and Ride website and, while there is no specific fundraising goal for each team, according to Walhood, many raise thousands of dollars for the hospital before competing. Each donation can be directed to a specific department, research, or for more iPads in the waiting rooms. The Behnkes and their team have raised more than $40,000 through their Run and Ride team page since joining the race last year. Wynn’s Warriors have designated funds specifically for the endocrinology department, because of its impact on Wynn’s life. “We didn’t know this at the time, but eventually you or someone you know will lean on support from Children’s,” Behnke said. “We are just one of thousands of stories in the area of the incredible power of Children’s.” According to Passion for Children’s, one in four children in Dallas County and one in three children in Collin County

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Find Behnke family and their tent at the Red Balloon Run & Ride at Chidlren's Medical Center Plano on April 23. will visit one of the Children’s campuses in their lifetime. More than 20,000 attendees are expected at this year’s event, Walhood said. For those not participating in the ride or run, there will be face painting, bounce houses, food trucks, and live bands for entertainment. You will find the Behnkes in their decorated tent wearing Wynn’s Warriors shirts. “For a boy who has to get four shots a day and dozens of fingerprints, this day, the Red Balloon Run and Ride, is all about him,” Behnke said. “We have about 60 people come into town from all over, even out of state, just to celebrate how lucky we are to have a hospital like Children’s in Dallas.”

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Grant Halliburton was a bolt of energy. From an early age, he was the kid who woke up smiling and lit up a room when he walked in, his mother Vanita said. But then Vanita got a call from Grant’s eighth-grade counselor – Grant was cutting. “We were shocked,” she said. “You can’t always tell what’s going on inside of a person by looking at the outside. Happy-golucky, the clown, the comic, made everybody laugh — he was suffering from something deep inside.” Grant was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and chronic depression. He would spend the next five years in and out of therapy on various medications. In November 2005, 19-year-old Grant died from his disorders by jumping off a 10-story building. Vanita hasn’t let his story end IN with his death. teens and Through the young adults Grant Halliburlive with a ton Foundation, mental she aims to edhealth ucate parents, condition. schools, organiSOURCE: CDC zations, students, and anyone who will listen about the realities of mental illnesses and how to prevent suicide. “We have to make it OK for people to ask us for help,” she said. “In other words, being willing to talk about it [mental illness] is one thing, but being willing to listen without judgment, without being shocked, or angry.”

P AY A T T E N T I O N Put the pieces together when you suspect someone may be suffering, Vanita said. In Grant’s case, nobody did and so nobody suspected he wasn't just depressed, but suicidal. “Tenth grade was a perfect picture of all the pieces of a puzzle that painted the picture of a kid who has had a crisis,” she said. On the outside it looked like a

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Grant Halliburton, above, was an artist (above), poet, and musician. His mother, Vanita, wants people to learn from his life. || C O U R T E SY H A L L I B U R T O N golden year. He had the car, the girl, and the band. A call from the attendance office early in the fall semester told a different story. Grant was one day away from truancy. He was going in the front door and out the back to cry in the woods, she said. “He was writing all these lyrics, and one of the songs was ‘Into the Forest,’ which now I put together with this,” she said. “He wrote a ton of poetry. ‘Decision Not So Fateful,’ one was called. 'Two ways out, If I jump, It’s easy, I’ll run away and hide. If I stay, I die; I die more than if I jump.’ That was prophetic.’” None of his teachers gave her a heads-up, she said. “The art teacher told me later that he had been concerned, sometimes,” she said. “But he just thought, ‘people, they go to deep moody places when they do art.’”

When Vanita tells that story, she asks: “Who was in a position to see the pieces of that puzzle I just talked about?” And she says people answer: the art teacher, the band members, the girlfriend, the creative writing teacher, and the parents. “All these people were in a position to see something, but people don’t put those pieces together — they only saw their own piece,” Vanita said. “So I encourage people to share what they know. If you see something, if you see the grades drop in a student that you know is smart kid, and usually a good student, go talk to the counselor.”

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G E T E D U C AT E D The Halliburton Foundation actively works with school districts to train staff, students, and parents on how to respond to a person experiencing psychological distress or suicidal crisis, and how to help. “I love the schools that have training for the whole staff, down to the janitorial and lunchroom staff,” she said. To educate students, the foun-

dation has #SAFE, which focuses on building healthy mental and physical habits. They prefer to teach class by class, Vanita said. They have worked with Highland Park Middle School’s health classes for two years. “We talk about stress. We talk about coping skills. We talk about how to keep your brain healthy … and what happens if things aren’t going so well,” Vanita said. For adults, the hashtag is dropped for SAFE! The program is much the same, but it also goes into how to really talk to your kids, Vanita said. The program gives parents a list of conversation starters such as: “What would you do if someone handed you $1,000? What would you do with it right now?” Questions about mental health are mingled in, said Lee Michaels, chair of the foundation’s auxiliary group and a HPISD school board member. The aim: to get kids talking before something goes wrong and teach parents what kinds of responses may be hurtful and unhelpful in those situations — the difference between “get over it” and “how can I help you?” “It’s hard, I’m just getting better at that and my kids are in college,” Michaels said. “And I read every parenting book.”

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words ‘me too’ is just huge.” Michaels said she regularly referred people to the moms group and invited them to the foundation’s Beacon of Hope Luncheon every February. “And they’ll meet some new people, and [maybe] that’s all they need – someone else,” she said. “I usually get a table and invite people who have never, they may not even have the issues, but I’m hoping next year when it comes around they’ll think about it at least.”

BE THE CHANGE Vanita and Michaels hope this generation of kids will be the first that doesn’t live with the stigma of mental illnesses, they said. They agree ending stigma has to be a grassroots movement, like Mothers Against Drunk Driving was in the beginning. “And this might be the generation,” Michaels said. “It’s still a long road, but it might be.” What can you do to help erase stigma? “Don’t be afraid to talk about suicide as suicide,” Michaels said. “Don’t be afraid to talk about mental health like you

“YOU SHOULD KNOW THE WARNING SIGNS THAT A PERSON IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING TAKING HIS LIFE, AS READILY AS YOU KNOW THE SIGNS OF AN ONCOMING COLD.”

KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR ➊ Sense of hopelessness about the future ➋ Drastic changes in behavior or personality ➌ Uncharacteristic impulsiveness, recklessness, or risk-taking

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suicidal behavior

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Girl Power: Meadows Features Female Artists By Karly Hanson

People Newspapers When a great-nephew of Texas artist Marie Cronin donated a portrait of the painter and some of her work to the Meadows Museum three years ago, it gave curator Nicole Atzbach an idea to highlight female artists. “In the first years of the 20th century, Marie Cronin went to Paris — then the center of the art world — specifically to establish her career,” Atzbach said. “Within a few decades, two more Texas-based artists, Carlotta Corpron and Janet Turner, were pushing boundaries and influencing countless artists in their respective media of photography and printmaking.” The museum opened two exhibits Feb. 14 showcasing the three artists' work. “Between Paris and Texas: Marie Cronin, Portraitist of the Belle Epoque” and “Process and Innovation: Carlotta Corpron and Janet Turner” will run through June 5 as part of the museum’s University Art Collection. Cronin was born in Palestine, Texas in 1867. When she moved to Paris, France, she sought out well-known Spanish portrait artist Claudio Castelucho and studied with him for five years. During this time, he painted a portrait of Cronin that is on display as part of the Meadows exhibit. When Cronin returned to Texas she had an established reputation as an artist and was commissioned to paint political figures and statesmen. Six of her paintings hang in the state capitol. After her father died, Cronin took over as president of the family business running Bartlett Western Railway. “Her story above all is [about] pushing boundaries,” Atzbach said. The Cronin exhibit is on the second floor and features seven of her pieces, including

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her painting “Lady in Green,” a 1908 painting of one of Castelucho’s other students. Corpron and Turner had a different realm and era of influence. The pair, born in 1901 and 1914 respectively, was known for experimenting with their media and changing art education, according to Atzbach. The exhibit, on the first floor of the museum, shows some of the artists’ early mid-century works on loan from collections around Dallas. Turner’s prints, many of which feature birds, center around research the former Stephen F. Austin University assistant professor conducted on the flora and fauna of the Texas Gulf Coast after getting a Gug-

genheim Fellowship in 1952. “[Guggenheim Fellowships] are typically given to artists who are mid-career, so it was pretty exceptional that she received it at that point of time,” Atzbach said. “That was the turning point for her.” Some of Turner’s printing plates are also on display so visitors can observe her artistic process. “[Turner] wanted to elevate printing to a medium on par with painting and I think she achieved that,” Atzbach said. Corpron was described by Michael Ennis in Texas Monthly in 1983 as “the finest avant-garde photographer Texas has ever seen.” She focused on light manipulation in her photography and called herself a

designer, not a photographer, according to Atzbach. “She would have these marathon sessions where she would take mundane objects like eggs or a piece of coral and she would sort of manipulate them,” Atzbach said. Work from some of Corpron's students from Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman’s University) is on display as well; Atzbach says Corpron’s influence is clear. “[Turner and Corpron] both balanced this life between being art educators and being artists, and individually they both changed the way art was taught at their respective institutions,” Atzbach said.

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pril is a happy month: along with the pollen, love is in the air. What’s not to love about longer days, warm breezes, people cycling, swinging golf clubs or tennis racquets, jogging, walking dogs, pretty girls tossing manes of hair driving convertibles, and kids outside kicking balls? April is tainted, however, for the other greening up of our spring also involves the paying up of greenbacks to our Uncle Sam. With the possible exception of accountants, the tallying up of our income and expenditures in mathematical fashion for review is about as much fun as a colonoscopy or root canal. Like most people, I cuss out politicians, waste and fraud in government spending, the absurdity of our tax laws, and loopholes while filling in my tax-planner workbook for my CPA before I check it against Turbo Tax. Quicken and I have a love/hate relationship. No wonder so many people postpone or ask for extensions. It’s inevitable like that other thing nobody escapes: death. So it’s the time of year my church reminds us to update and review our end of life plan as we do our taxes. Huh? My generation of Baby Boomers — the generation who vowed we would never trust anyone over 30 while in college, who crooned along with the Beatles’ “When I’m 64” because it was so incredibly far away — struggles with the fact that we are now going to more funerals than weddings, and astonishingly of our peers. There’s even a bestseller, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Not really. As I’ve told my daughter, who like so many young sleep deprived mothers spends a lot of

LEN BOURLAND time diapering and attending the short attention spans and endless demands of young children: “The days can be so long, but the years fly by.” Often my age group looks at one another and gasps: “How did this happen? I still feel so young!” However, once there is a garden to tend outside a home, or children, portfolios, or vehicles, it’s time to make a will — then an exit plan. I’m still grieving the loss of a dear friend, yet one reason that her services were a true celebration of life was that she was PREPARED. Emotionally, spiritually, and practically. Granted, not everyone will have a lengthy illness with that time to prep. Any of us can get hit by a bus or have a fatal health event. Frankly, if an adult of any age has enough income to file a tax return, he or she should have a will and not just for the funeral service. Yes, there’s the matter of cremation or burial or medical donation of the remains, and prayers or poems and favorite music to select, but that’s the least of it. Even young adults have possessions and maybe a pet. Young families need to stipulate guardians. Where are the passwords for the executor (pick somebody) to access accounts, safes, documents, deeds and car titles, insurance, bank and credit card accounts, stocks and bonds and

CD’s, and loans if applicable? Tax returns? Social Security? Birth certificate? Social media? What people, clergy, doctors, service personnel, bosses, military, friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, alumni, and social groups need to be notified? What are the salient points about your life that need to be put in an obituary, and to which publications and institutions would you have them directed? And of course the personal stuff… What favorite piece of jewelry, painting, or set of dishes should be divvied up before the grieving, or sometimes greedy, interested parties convene and try to figure this out under duress. The longer people put off making an exit plan, the touchier the subject becomes. Older people think their beneficiaries are doing “will drill,” while younger adults just think they have plenty of time to get it done. Denial, fear, superstition, stubbornness, business, laziness, ambivalence, and ignorance can all be factors. Certainly it’s not fun, but as diligently as people fight their taxes while alive, what the government can take from a person without a will is definitely a “giant sucking sound.” So if I wait for an April thunderstorm to drive me indoors to attack the death and tax workbooks sitting on my desk, I will just keep feeling bummed. I am reminded of a great Peanuts comic strip that had Charlie Brown and Snoopy sitting on a pier overlooking water while watching the sunset. Charlie Brown: “One day we’re going to die.” Snoopy: “And on every other day we’re not.” Len Bourland can be reached at len@lenbourland.com.

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