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BUSINESS Can you still rent a Park Cities apartment?

COMMUNITY HP grads take religious satire to the big screen 12 E D U C AT I O N S P E C I A L C O M M E M O R AT I V E S E C T I O N I N S I D E

Concussion prevention brings heads together 5C SPORTS New fishing club reeling in students at HPHS 13C

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Providence sends hymns to heavens on new CD 7C

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In this edition of Park Cities People, we’re celebrating a very special anniversary and a once-in-a-lifetime event: Highland Park ISD’s Centennial. Our staff, especially our art director, Elizabeth Ygartua (Highland Park class of 2008), had a great time looking at old yearbooks, culling through submissions, and pulling from our own archives to come up with some wonderful material for our commemorative section. In Dr. Dawson Orr’s column for the section he writes: “We count ourselves fortunate to be here during this historic, 100-year anniversary of Highland Park Independent School District. Our centennial motto is, ‘Celebrating 100 years of excellence in learning and service.’” And from Gabby Crank, HPHS student body president, “I am honored to get to serve at a time so unique and special.” We, too, at the paper feel fortunate and honored to be a part of this celebration and to witness and report first hand the examples of excellence in learning and service. I’ve met and had the pleasure of working with several individuals who are the product of Highland Park ISD and lifelong learners with a commitment to service is an apt description. Thanks for letting us tag along for thirty-three of those 100 years. Also in this edition in Living Well, Todd Jorgenson introduces us to Ches Hudel, who, at 83 years old, is still teaching adaptive aquatics at the Park Cities YMCA, which is therapeutic swimming for people with varying afflictions such as Down syndrome and autism. “We took these kids swimming and miracles happened; I saw smiles and movement that the children could not do on dry land,” she said. Hudel stays in shape by swimming for an hour most

mornings. In our education section, we have a feature on Cal Etcheverry, an ESD student from University Park that has three films that have been accepted into the All-American High School Film Festival, happening in late October. One film, L’Amoureuse, he made for a class project and it has already won the grand prize at a festival. We hope you enjoy this issue and we’d love to hear from you. Pat Martin, Publisher pat.martin@ peoplenewspapers.com

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POLICE SKU LD U GGE RY of the M O N T H GO, S P E E D R ACE R, GO Between 6 and 8 p.m. on Sept. 1, a thief stole a Razor electric go-kart and helmet, valued at $500, from the front porch of a home in the 5000 block of Airline Road.

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Likely Burglars Elude Police After Chase in Toyota Camry

eing involved in a police chase isn’t anywhere near as cool or glamorous as it looks on television or in the movies. Common sense dictates that it’s much scarier and more dangerous for officers and innocent bystanders alike, which makes it all the more frustrating when scofflaws get away, such as an incident involving the Highland Park Department of Public Safety on the night of Aug. 30. At 11:49 p.m., an officer spotted a silver 2012 Toyota Camry stopped with its high-beams on in the 4500 block of Abbott Avenue. The car began moving slowly, then ran a stop sign at the intersection of Abbott and Knox Street, prompting the officer to turn on his siren. The car stopped at the intersection

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of Knox and North Central Expressway, but didn’t pull over. It then headed northbound on Central, reaching speeds close to 100 mph while weaving erratically through traffic. The Toyota exited at Caruth Haven and drove eastbound, at which time the HPDPS officer lost sight of it and ended the pursuit. The same night, police reports show five car burglaries in the vicinity where the Toyota was stopped.

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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 September 5 Between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., a vandal broke a window on a blue 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe in the 4400 block of Fairfax Avenue, causing $500 in damage. September 8 At 8:10 p.m., a resident of the 4200 block of Armstrong Parkway reported an abandoned 2009 Honda Accord with a damaged windshield that was parked abnormally far from the curb. Police contacted the owner, who said it had been stolen in Dallas, but he hadn’t reported it. So the car was impounded. September 10 Between 6:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., a thief stole a Werner aluminum ladder and a gas-

powered Echo edger from the back yard of a house in the 4500 block of Arcady Avenue. Police found an empty 16-ounce Natural Light beer can near the driveway gate at the house. The homeowner didn’t drink the beer, so police checked a construction site two houses down for more cans, but didn’t find any. September 13 Between 10 p.m. on Sept. 12 and 7:30 a.m., a large flowerpot containing an ornamental tree was damaged in the rear porch of a house in the 4500 block of Westway Avenue. The homeowner suspects the $200 pot was dropped during an attempted theft, and said larcenists have taken large flowerpots off the porch before.

Combined value, in dollars, of seven pairs of sunglasses stolen by a burglar from a black 2013 Kia Rio on the evening of Aug. 30 in the 3400 block of Princeton Avenue.

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U N I V E R S I T Y PA R K September 3 At an undisclosed time, a burglar broke into a house in the 4500 block of Shenandoah Avenue and stole a safe from the master bedroom closet that contained a $20,000 Tiffany diamond ring, a $1,000 pearl necklace, a $500 underwater video camera, and some passports and family videos. September 7 At 11:15 p.m., a woman was attacked at knifepoint while jogging in the 6700 block of Willard Drive, and then sexually assaulted. The suspect is a black man in his early 20s, about 6 feet tall with close-cut hair. At the time of the attack, he was wearing a white shirt, blue shorts, and white hightop shoes.

September 10 Between 10 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 10, a thief stole a gold 2002 Dodge Durango, valued at $2,000, in the 3200 block of Milton Avenue. September 12 At 6:50 p.m., Austin Tyler Ludmer, 19, of Mesquite was arrested on a drug possession charge after he was spotted with 7.2 grams of packaged marijuana, a gram of cocaine, and various amounts of liquor and drug paraphernalia at an apartment in the 4500 block of Emerson Avenue. Earlier, an assistant principal at nearby Highland Park High School reported someone on campus possessing 7.2 grams of packaged marijuana and a pipe.

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MEET THE NEW COST OF LIVING Affordable apartments dwindle in Park Cities By Todd Jorgenson

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Older apartments in the Park Cities are being torn down for a variety of reasons, including rising land values and redevelopment.

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at a lower price point. I don’t see any way that this trend is not going to continue.” Other factors have contributed to the decline in multifamily development, as well, especially around the SMU campus in University Park. The university purchased and razed the 350-unit University Garden Condominiums, and others were demolished to clear land for the Highland Park Middle School campus and the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Another reason could be the development boom in Uptown

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For middle-class newcomers looking to live in the Park Cities, the bubble is getting even harder to burst. Bulldozers and wrecking balls are a common sight in local neighborhoods, with older apartment complexes as some of their most frequent targets. That means that while draws of Park Cities living are still there — the safety, the public services, and the school district — the options for those at an affordable price point are dwindling. Local realtor Charles Gregory said when clients asked him about finding entry-level apartments in the Park Cities a decade ago, he probably could have found something. These days? He said some complexes have a wait list of 18-24 months, and that’s just for an $800-permonth efficiency unit. “Those are few and far between,” said Gregory, an agent with Dave Perry-Miller and Associates. “It’s completely financially-driven. The land is just too darn valuable.” Gregory said the significant rise in property values during the past several years, combined with favorable selling conditions, have created a scenario for turnover. In other words, investors and property owners simply can’t do business the same way they used to. For example, the 4100 block of Lovers Lane includes several aging apartment buildings that are also some of the most affordable in the Park Cities. At the Park Lane Apartments, which cover 23,625 square feet, land value rose from $591,000 in 2005 to $1.2 million last year. Such an increase is common. “When I see one still standing, I wonder why,” Gregory said. “Regardless of what the land is used for, it’s gone up so much in value that it doesn’t make sense

and other nearby neighborhoods, where zoning is friendlier and land is cheaper. “All the building is being done in Uptown and downtown and Knox-Henderson,” said Steven Spodek of Dallas Luxury Realty. “There’s really not a lot out there to pick from.” Then there’s the recession in 2008, which caused plenty of strife within the development community. While single-family construction bounced back fairly quickly, multifamily has been slower to rebound locally. “It hasn’t been until recent-

ly that we’ve seen some multifamily being scraped and redeveloped,” said UP city manager Robbie Corder. “I think there’s an increased interest and an increased demand for multifamily, but so far it’s been kind of slow.” Since 1977, UP has eliminated multifamily zoning in six different locations of varying size throughout the city, but has added only one block since then, along Lomo Alto Drive. That accounts for a 33 percent reduction, from 115 acres to 78. Almost all of the apartments in the city are clustered either

near the high school or SMU, and some apartments near the college campus could open up with the recent increase in campus housing. The city also has introduced guidelines in recent years to requirements in density, parking, and design. But that isn’t intended as an indirect effort to keep people out, Corder said. It’s simply more practical. “Since we’re completely built out, the city is not adding multifamily districts,” he said. Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com

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Gates Leads Study to Alleviate Trafﬁc Neighbors will add two cents on Preston Center By Sarah Bennett

People Newspapers Anyone who dines or shops in and around Preston Center knows how hairy the traffic can get. That’s just one reason Dallas City Council member Jennifer Gates is forging ahead with a land-use study. “I would love to see Preston Center be more walkable, to communicate better with the neighborhood, and to not have the gridlock,” she said. Gates first reached out to the North Texas Council of Governments in mid-August, and met with representatives on Sept. 18 to discuss scheduling a town hall. At the time of print, a date for the town-hall meeting had not been selected, though Gates expressed her hope that it would be held sometime in October. “I think it’sCo.;C09870;10x7-4c good that the city is lookDallas;Miller Service (14Fa-B2)

ing at things,” Preston Hollow East Homeowners Association president Ashley Parks said. “It all depends on what they come out and say.” In the proposed townJennifer hall, Gates hopes to meet Gates with influential community and neighborhood leaders such as Parks, as well as merchant groups and commercial owners. As far as technicalities, the physical parameters for the study haven’t been determined yet, pending community input from the meeting. She said a map would be presented at the meeting, partly in order to solidify those boundaries with community members in attendance. “It’s something that we’ve talked about for a while, and I’m glad they’re looking at it,” Parks said. “I’d love to get some ideas and talk about what could be done there, what would look great, and what would be complementing the neighborhood.” And though Preston Hollow East is one of the better-known associations in the area, Gates wants input from all angles — literally — not just “behind the

pink wall.” “They would need to be from both sides of Preston [Road] and also south of Preston Center,” Gates said. “I want the product to be not just what I want for the neighborhood, but what the community wants for the neighborhood.” Lately, there have been whispers of change coming to Preston Center, but so far, some major projects have fallen through. Take, for example, Highland House. The proposed 23-story apartment building by Crosland Group faced intense opposition from the community and eventually was tabled by the Dallas Plan Commission this summer, and the plans were withdrawn. The land in question has since been sold to Gates’ former opponent, developer Leland Burk. “There were a lot of issues, and not just the residential,” Parks said. “They were going to be double what the current zoning height was.” Even though this specific proposition was shot down, it proves why zoning regulations need to be reviewed in the area. “I would like to have a plan in place so that we can base any type of zoning changes on a relevant master plan,” Gates

said. “Right now, the only master plan for Preston Center was from 1989.” After all, developments are being examined in commercial pockets all over Preston Hollow, such as Preston Hollow Village, where Leon Backes of Provident Realty Advisors is looking to create a mixed-use development at Walnut Hill Lane and North Central Expressway. “I don’t think it’s prudent to make decisions or change zoning when we don’t have good data to base it on,” Gates said. Gates estimated that the study will take about 12 to 16 months once a task force is formed and an outside firm is hired. “We’d get things moving pretty quickly,” she said. She also expressed that fundraising will still be a major component in planning the study, though NCTCOG would contribute a portion. Although plans are still being sorted out, neighbors are hopeful for the outcome. “Instead of just saying ‘here are the things we don’t want,’ I’d rather see what would be good for this neighborhood,” Parks said. “It’s all in infancy stages.” Email sarah.bennett@ peoplenewspapers.com

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DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR MARTY MARTIN DIES AT 87 Marty Martin, a Dallas entrepreneur and philanthropist who built the first office building on LBJ Freeway, died on Sept. 12 at age 87. Martin purchased seven acres for Modern America’s corporate headMarty quarters in 1968. Martin He later merged the company with CNA Financial and remained its chairman until 1980. He also served as chairman of Junior Achievement Dallas, purchasing and donating land for the organization’s headquarters in Richardson. He also was a president of the Texas Council on Economic Education. HOCKADAY GRAD TO GET PHILANTHROPY AWARD Hockaday graduate Katherine Perot Reeves will receive the Outstanding Philanthropist award at the 29th annual National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Nov. 14 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas. Reeves is an Katherine advocate for Perot h u n g e rr e l ief Reeves causes, having served as a board member, volunteer, and tour guide for the North Texas Food Bank. Her fundraising efforts have exceeded $6 million, some of which came through personal donations. The daughter of Ross Perot also is a founding donor and

advisory board member of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. HPHS GRAD LAUDED FOR FINANCIAL WORK Highland Park High School

graduate Whitney Magers has been named as a “Five Star Wealth Manager” for his work in the financial services industry. Magers is an associate with Probity Advisors He earned a

finance degree from the University of Virginia and is an active philanthropist and guest speaker on topics such as estate planning and charitable giving. He also is a former president of Calyx Club.

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In Dallas, the rush of swiping a Partners Card is just as much a symbol of fall as football and cooler weather. “Usually the weather’s beautiful, and it’s fun to walk around the stores and see the red and purple balloons,” co-chair Lisa Bhattacharya said. That’s because the fundraiser is 22 years in the making, benefiting anti-domestic violence nonprofit The Family Place. One thing that makes the feel-good shopping experience unique is that it focuses on area shops and vendors. “The Family Place is very right in that they did it in a grassroots kind of way,” Bhattacharya said. “We have kept true to our belief that this is about local retailers.”

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With more than 750 retailers in participation this year, the team of hard-working volunteers is ready to celebrate with a shopping spree and some retail therapy. And they know many others around town are, too. “We do all our shopping the week of Partners Card,” co-chair Diana Hamilton said of her own family’s involvement. In fact, acting as a participating shopper is how co-chair Andrea Cheek first got involved. “Being only 70 dollars, it’s a winwin-win across the board,” Cheek said. “For people that don’t often give to philanthropies or go to events, they feel like they can participate, too. Some people buy it because it goes to Family Place, and some buy it just for the discount.” For those that focus on the giving

aspect, The Family Place’s purpose of making a difference is all the inspiration needed. After all, 100 percent of funds from the card sales goes right back to the cause. “Dallas is just extremely philanthropic and extremely open,” Hamilton said. “If all of us had deep pocketbooks, we would all be making an even bigger difference, but we have so many people in this community that want to help.” But then again, the rush of shopping doesn’t hurt, either. “I’ve even talked to people that make it their family tradition each year,” Cheek said. “They go shopping with their mom for Partners Card, and they get all their Christmas shopping done, which I think is kind of special.” Email sarah.bennett@ peoplenewspapers.com

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race Atherton King and David Alderman Pratt were united in Holy Matrimony at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, N.C. on June 7, 2014. The Rev. Tammy Lee officiated their beautiful evening ceremony. A reception of dining and dancing, with seated dinner, preceded by a cocktail hour followed at the Carolina Inn. The first dance was to James Taylor’s “Secret O’ Life” played by the Coconut Groove Band, a college favorite of the groom. There was a 16 person choir at the ceremony who performed “Ave Maria” by Franz Biebel, among other pieces. The groom’s parents hosted the rehearsal dinner and welcome reception at La Residence Restaurant of Chapel Hill which included a surprise musical guest, Mike Cross, for the groom. The bride is the daughter of Camille and Scottow King of University Park. She is the granddaughter of Harriet and Kimball King of Chapel Hill. The groom is the son of Claire and Roger Pratt of Far Hills, N.J. He is the grandson of Jean and Edward Alderman of Nashville, Tenn. The bride was given in marriage by her parents. She was escorted down the aisle on the arm of her father. Grace chose a Romona Keveza gown from Stanley Korshak. The gown featured a sleeveless, white lace bodice with a pointelle tulle skirt. She

paired it with a chapel-length lace veil. The bride carried a handkerchief from her great-great-grandmother. Assisting the bride as maid of honor was her sister, Harriet King. Her bridesmaids included Ceci Billington, Claire Crapo, Caroline Hartman, Corrie Pratt, Mary Pratt, Hayley Robb, Catherine St. John, and Sarah Taylor. The scripture was read by the bride’s grandfather, Kimball King and friend, Suzy Bell. Attending the groom as best man was his brother, Andrew Pratt. His groomsmen included Daniel Alderman, Philip Arthur, Derek Kupferschmidt, Brent Perry, Marshall Pratt, Greggory Thomas, Eric Wiener, and Adam Williams. The bride is a graduate of Highland Park High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts in art history and English from Sewanee: the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tenn. and is continuing her studies at Virginia Theological Seminary. The groom is a graduate of the Pingry School. He received a Bachelor of Science in math and economics from Davidson College, in Davidson, N.C. David is the Vice President of Finance for Sunrise Senior Living. Following their wedding trip to Italy the newlyweds have made Arlington, Va. their home.

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David and Julia Shelton didn’t set out to become entrepreneurial educators. Rather, they claim it was a convergence of passion, opportunity, and timing. The couple is preparing to open Primrose School of Preston Hollow by the end of this year, after renovations are completed to a building in the Preston-Royal Office Park. But their ownership of the facility came about almost by accident. David was familiar with the Primrose preschool model through his work with the company for almost 15 years in retail real estate. In the case of the Preston Hollow location, David brokered a deal for another franchisee who wound up moving to California. “We found ourselves in a position where we had a real-estate deal and nobody to do it,” said David, who is a Park Cities native. “It was a great opportunity.”

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Julia, meanwhile, is a former middle-school and high-school teacher in Dallas and Plano who had taken a few years off to help raise the couple’s two young daughters. “I always had planned to get back into the education field,” she said. “This is a natural next step.” Primrose, which has more than 40 locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, uses a balanced curriculum for infants through pre-kindergarteners that includes both lessons from teachers and activities driven by the children. David said the combination of education and childcare provides a unique niche in a neighborhood with plenty of private-school options. “There’s a lot of name recognition for the brand,” he said. “We don’t see ourselves as a competitor to the private schools that are here, but a complement to them.” The two-story building will include about 15,000 square feet of space, licensed to ac-

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and marketing to parents, and said the response has been great so far. “The stars really aligned for us,” David said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to do something for the community that’s meaningful and impactful.” Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com

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ESD Sophomore is Comfortable Behind the Camera By Todd Jorgenson

“AT T H IS PO IN T, I’ VE RE ALLY IMME RS E D MYS E L F IN FIL M S O MUCH T H AT I RE ALLY T H IN K I’M GO IN G TO GO O N IN T H E FIL M IN D UST RY. ”

People Newspapers Cal Etcheverry made nine short films, formed his own studio, and won a grand prize at a festival for a French-language project. Then he became a sophomore in high school. Etcheverry’s passion for filmmaking has led to a diverse and polished resume of student films, three of which were accepted into the All-American High School Film Festival in late October in New York City. “I’m really surprised I even got one in. I’m very excited,” said Etcheverry, a University Park resident who attends Episcopal School of Dallas. “There are so many students from around the world who are going to this. I like seeing their films and interacting with them.” The festival received several thousand submissions but only accepted about 200. Etcheverry plans to attend the festival to represent his three films, entitled Riches to Rags, Pick Your Poison, and L’Amoureuse. The latter is an experimental French film for which Etcheverry also does the narration.

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ESD sophomore Cal Etcheverry will attend the All-American High School Film Festival in October in New York. He made the French film for a class project, and after it won a festival prize, his teacher encouraged him to submit it to other festivals. Etcheverry’s projects have ranged from comedy to drama to romance, including a version of “Much Ado About Nothing” in the style of Amerian Hustle

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that he presented at ESD’s Shakespeare festival. “I just made films outside of school as kind of an extracurricular activity,” said Etcheverry, who also plays football and basketball and is active in the school’s French club. DA Park Cities People Ad.pdf 1 8/5/2014 12:07:54 PM He’s also a member of the ESD film

club, of course, and has started a YouTube channel and a website (calantisstudios.com) to house all of his work. Etcheverry said that after he graduates, he aspires to attend film school or pursue filmmaking in college, in hopes of turning it into a career. “At this point, I’ve really immersed myself in film so much that I really think I’m going to go on in the film industry,” he said. “I’m really passionate about it.”

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Two Lake Highlands High School students discovered five stars as members of a SMU summer physics research program that enabled them to analyze data gleaned from a high-powered telescope in the New Mexico desert. All five stars discovered by Dominik Fritz and Jason Barton are eclipsing contact binary stars — pairs of stars that orbit around each other so closely that their outer atmospheres touch. As the stars eclipse, they dim and then brighten as one emerges from behind the other. These stars are categorized as variable stars, stars that change brightness, which make up half the stars in the universe. Fritz and Barton are among nine students and two teachers from area high schools who are conducting physics research at SMU through the QuarkNet

program. Hockaday teacher Leon de Oliveira and four of his students — Eliza Cope, Allison Aldrich, Sarah Zhou, and Mary Zhong — also conducted QuarkNet research this summer. Fritz and Barton are the first high school researchers at SMU to discover new stars. The stars discovered by the students are located in the northern sky constellations of Pegasus and Ursa Major, but they can’t be seen by the naked eye. Working in a campus science building basement laboratory, the students used analysis software, perseverance and patience to parse the data collected (but never analyzed) in 2000 by Robert Kehoe, SMU associate professor of physics, through ROTSE-I, a telescope at Los Alamos, N.M. Their discoveries have been accepted into the American Association of Variable Star Observers International Variable Star Index.

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Research has shown that sixth graders within elementary schools behave and test better than those in a middle school environment. Because they are not being influenced by older students, these eleven and twelve year olds have the chance to “act their age” and develop into confident young people. This year has been described as a major crossroads of a child’s development, both physically and emotionally, and for that reason, we believe it is important that our students are in

the proper environment during this period of their lives. Wesley Prep’s sixth grade program features a departmentalized setting, in which students are moving from one teacher to another throughout the day, preparing them for the transitions they will make during seventh grade. Our sixth graders are encouraged to take on more responsibility and are viewed as the “leaders” of the school, ready to embark upon their teen years.

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Schools Put Heads Together on Concussion Research UTD project working with high schools on prevention By Todd Jorgenson

People Newspapers Today more than ever, football players and coaches are using their heads when it comes to concussions. Reducing the frequency and severity of head injuries is a hot topic in sports medicine, which is part of what prompted players and coaches at a few area private schools to participate in new cutting-edge research they hope will ultimately improve athlete safety. Specifically, the athletic programs at ESD, Parish Episcopal, and Trinity Christian have joined other college and high school programs nationwide in a study by UT-Dallas professors into diagnosing and treating concussion symptoms more quickly and effectively. “I got extremely excited and told the team the importance of it,” said ESD football coach

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ESD senior Drew Winsauer is among the players contributing to concussion research at UTD. Richard Williams. “They understood the benefits of it.” This fall, the training room

at ESD has added a device called NeuroTriage, which involves athletes having their eyes examined and compared both before and after their daily practice or game. All players who have given parental consent — about 30 so far — are participating. “It measures how quickly the pupils dilate and constrict,” said ESD head trainer Jeff Geier. “If there’s a suspected head injury, that will happen slower.” For now, the school is simply helping to gather research for the UTD project. Ideally, if the research moves forward, Geier could look at the data each day to see who has symptoms that need further examination. “It’s valuable in detecting minor brain injuries that can lead to concussions,” said Dr. Robert Rennaker, a UTD biomedical engineering professor who is spearheading the research. “It’s designed to monitor brain performance over time. This system provides quantitative information about making an informed decision to return to play. You can protect kids and make sports safer.” The UTD researchers also are experimenting at TCA with

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accelerometers, which are patches that attach inside the helmets of each player to distinguish between head movements and body movements during head collisions. Rennaker said the research team hopes to release preliminary findings after collecting data during this season, and then develop more guidelines regarding the system next year. ESD senior Drew Winsauer said he decided to endorse the project as a way of spreading awareness about concussions and helping future generations of athletes. He said it follows other precautions the team has emphasized. “We’ve been focused on making sure our chinstraps are buckled and our mouthguards are in,” Winsauer said. While many football and volleyball players at ESD have signed up for the program thus far, Williams would like to see more participation across all sports. “I think it’s awesome that they’re doing the research that they’re doing,” Williams said. “Anything that we can do to keep our players healthy, we want to do.” Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com

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Cambridge Unites Students By Dividing Them By Allyssa Schoonover People Newspapers

At first glance, Cambridge School has implemented a new system that might resemble Hogwarts. Being a Christian school, it has nothing to do with witchcraft or wizardry, but it has divided the students into four different houses. Faculty members can give out points to reward good deeds as well as demerits, but they are given collectively to each house rather than the individual student. The point totals are announced each week at an assembly, which is highly anticipated by the students, according to student counselor and house advisor Emily Bush. Each house has about 25-30 students ranging from grades 6-12. The houses bear the name of an honorable Christian monarch or emperor, and each has a symbol such as a trinity knot or fleur-de-lis. One student leads each house, accompanied by a male and female faculty advisor that will stay with the group all the way through graduation. “It’s kind of paradoxical how dividing a school can actually help unify it,” Bush said. “Even

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Cambridge School recently held a school retreat at Sky Ranch where student houses competed against one another to earn points. the brand new sixth graders can talk to the seniors because they now have something in common.”

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ology Blake Schwarz attended a conference this summer to gather ideas as well. “I spoke with the headmaster about different options to help build morale, open up leadership opportunities, and give faculty members a way to honor acts of virtue,” Schwarz said.

“ IT ’ S KIN D O F PAR AD OX ICAL H OW D IVID IN G A S CH O O L CAN ACT UALLY H E L P UN IF Y IT. ” EMILY BUS H Each year Cambridge has a school retreat at Sky Ranch, and this year the houses competed against one another in tug-of-war and other field daytype competitions, skits and Bible studies, all the while earning points for their houses. “What happens is it makes [students] find what they all have in common and encourages that camaraderie,” said Cambridge director of development Alecia Jenkins.

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Students Learn Tradition Through Hymn Medley By Sarah Bennett

People Newspapers A sea of children stand in their uniforms, boys in pressed shorts and girls in smocks with Peter-Pan collars, hands folded, eyes gazed with intensity. They’re singing their hearts out with purpose — to record a CD of hymn medleys to be sold by their school, Providence Christian. “It’s a rare feat, to have that many children sing by memory and learn all those words — words some of them don’t even understand yet,” pianist David Leeman said. Each school year, students from classes one through five at Providence learn a hymn a month. Then, at the end of the year, Leeman crafts the hymns into an arrangement. This year’s medley contains nine traditional hymns. “It’s such a wonderful thing that we do,” class three teacher Allison Ellis said. “The kids work hard on these hymns for a whole month — they sing them every day, and they love it. The families have really grown to love these hymns.” Even with each year’s medley performance, the school hasn’t recorded a CD since 2009. “It’s a good way to review, and the parents love it — they always cry,” music director Barbara Leeman said. She’s been at Providence for 18 years, with her husband assisting through arrangements and piano accompaniment. “Because we’re a classical school, we believe in traditional hymns,” she said. ‘They’re at the risk of being lost [in popular culture].” With five classes of children participating, the total number of singers rounds out at about 200. “The hymn medley was special because we got to sing before the Lord and sing with our friends,” class four student Hannah Ball said. For Leeman, that’s an important experience for children to have. “We need to sing our theology and teach it to children,” she said. “We don’t teach ‘kiddie’ songs. These hymns are time-tested. Just like what we read in literature, we only sing great music.” The children participate in

Music director Barbara Leeman and husband, David roughly five performances each year: Grandparents’ Day, Christmas Chapel, Fine Arts Day, the school musical, and, of course, the hymn medley. And the school of thought is the same for each performance. “Culture is screaming something else in their ears,” Leeman said. “But we are giving children something they’ll have their whole lives: familiar words from reading the hymnal. We have college-age kids and older coming back and thanking us. Every child can sing, and sing high.” The CD will be released in late October or early November, to be available for purchase before the holiday season.

C H R I S M C G AT H E Y Pub 2014OL.pdf 1 8/11/2014 9:03:04 AM Students from five grade levels participatedPeople in the recording at the school on Sept. 9.

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Alcuin Freshmen Begin With Northern Exposure Curriculum allows students to gain wilderness skills and camaraderie Ninth-grade students at Alcuin started the school year with a seven-day sea kayaking adventure and environmental education experience in British Columbia. The students, who are among Alcuin School’s first ninth grade class, explored several islands in the Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland while paddling through about 50 miles of sea. The experience not only offered the students an opportunity to bond, but also hands-on, real-world learning across the International Baccalaureate curriculum. “Our trip was an awesome experience because it gave us a chance to get out of our comfort zones and put new skills to use in the wilderness,” said Alcuin student Spencer Saada. “This allowed us to get closer to nature and be completely tuned in to the beauty of our surroundings.” Alcuin faculty and staff members, who accompanied the students on the trip, emphasized specific skills including questioning, investigating, developing perseverance, interpreting data, and problem solving. The trip also allowed

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Saylor Madden and Sterling Hahn paddle their kayak during a trip to British Columbia with other Alcuin students. the students to build organization, collaboration and communication skills while moving camp and paddling each day. “Tomorrow’s leaders need to be equipped for tomorrow’s challenges, and we must adequately prepare our youngsters for the future they will inherit,” said Joanna Powers, Alcuin outdoor and environmental coordinator. “That requires a commitment to providing students with experiential education that helps them become future thought lead-

ers.” The adventure required rigorous and challenging work within a week of tent camping and outdoor experiences. The students were responsible for making camp, helping with meal preparation, navigation, and monitoring tide flow and waterway logistics. The students also participated in guided and self-led nature hikes, discovered British Columbia’s inter-tidal life, and explored emerald lagoons and marine phosphorescence.

Although the students spent the majority of the time in the backcountry, their visit to Canada also included a campus tour of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. “I thought the retreat was special because it gave us a chance to bond with our classmates outside of school,” said Alcuin student Toyosi Ayanwola. “We not only got to use what we’ve learned in class and apply it to the outdoors; we also became closer by working and living together as a group.”

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For more than a century, St. Mark’s School of Texas has provided boys with exceptional educational opportunities by synchronizing our educational program to the unique learning styles and maturity rates of boys. At St. Mark’s, we seek to help boys become good men, and we strive to educate the whole boy — body, mind, and spirit. We offer a variety of admission events throughout the year to better inform your understanding of our School’s mission, programs, and application procedure.

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The Episcopal School of Dallas prepares young men and women for lives of intellectual discovery, integrity, and purpose. The School develops the unique talent and potential in each student and embraces sound learning, discipline, and faith as essential elements of an educated conscience. ESD believes students learn best through active pursuit of knowledge and relevant application of that knowledge. We believe this is best achieved in a community that fosters critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, personal responsibility, and intellectual risk-taking in a safe and open environment. ESD educators endeavor to guide students through inquiry-based, real-world learning experiences that yield enduring understanding and encourage students to become life-long learners in an ever-changing, global society.

Highland Park Presbyterian Day School enters its 62nd year of providing excellence in early childhood education. HPPDS now offers classes for children ages 12 months through first grade. Under the direction of Sarah Good, HPPDS enters into an exciting new chapter this 2014-2015 school year with the addition of its toddler program and an updated mission statement: “Highland Park Presbyterian Day School partners with families to educate the whole child within a nurturing Christian environment.”

Good feels that the new mission statement provides a concise summary of the beliefs and values of the school. She said, “Research shows that each area of development is an important piece of a young child’s growth and learning, and the support of parents is integral in providing a high-quality education.” HPPDS will host a Fall Preview on October 22nd from 9:30-10:30 for prospective families. Please call Admission Director, Caitlin Baker, at 214-525-4139 for information or to RSVP.

Alcuin School students will conduct lessons in a new science lab this year. This month, students returned to Alcuin School to several new renovations on campus. Generous gifts to the 50th Anniversary Capital Campaign helped create new additions including classrooms for our Upper School students, a science lab and an Innovation Studio. We have added 9th grade for September 2014 and will have 10th grade in September 2015 so that current and future students can realize the full potential of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program

(IBMYP). We will add Grades 11 and 12 with the IB Diploma Program, with the first Graduating Class in May 2018. A student who attends Alcuin School from the earliest years through 12th grade will experience the combined benefit of two extraordinary and highly compatible educational programs. There will be a number of exciting changes over the next couple of years. Once construction is complete, the beautiful Alcuin campus will be a real showplace for both Montessori and IB instruction.

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Trinity Christian Academy offers an integration of faith-filled learning and challenging academics for students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. For more than 40 years, Trinity has provided a rigorous academic, college-preparatory program. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Trinity is committed to empowering children at all levels to develop their bodies, minds and spirits under the competent and loving guidance of faculty who lead students to love God, know themselves and serve their world. “We feel blessed to have found a place with challenging academics in a faith-based environment. The faculty and families that make up the TCA community reinforce our values at home.”

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Grace Students Run for Funds

Hockaday officially opened the doors to its new Science Center on August 28. In this new facility, students will use a plethora of dynamic tools and real-world resources to explore the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) fields. “This project has been energizing from start to finish,” said Kim Wargo, Eugene McDermott Headmistress. The facilities in-

Boosterthon Fun Run “Rock’ N Town Live” kick started the new year with fitness and fun. The 9-day program focused on character lessons, “Amplify Others” was just one challenge, teaching students they have the power to make others stronger with words. Students raised pledges, earned prizes, and then raced through an action packed obstacle course toward a 35 lap goal. Pledges were made from over 30 states and 7 countries across the globe. Grace will give back a portion of the proceeds to Kid-Fit Salute, providing grants for military kids to participate in a sport. Congratulations Grace Academy students for glorifying Christ and finishing strong!

Providence Christian School of Texas offers a classical, Christian education to academically able students in pre-kindergarten to 8th grade. Its core values are faith, family, intellect, counterculturalism, and stewardship. Highlights include strong language arts and math curriculum, art, music, Latin, and 7th and 8th grade team sports.

Join us for an Open House on November 6 at 6:30 p.m. No reservations are required. Also, if you are looking for classical and vintage books, visit the Book Fair on Nov. 4, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 5, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at 5002 West Lovers Ln. More information can be found at pcstx.org or by calling 214-3022809.

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clude a performance/lecture hall, independent student labs, rooftop green lab and flexible IDEA labs, engineering shop, 16-seat planetarium, and Foucault pendulum and sundolier. With these enhancements, Hockaday will continue to lead in STEAM, preparing students for the demands of an ever-changing future. Schedule a visit or apply online at www.hockaday.org.

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Turning Promise Into Reality Since 1965, Dallas Academy’s mission has been to restore the promise of full academic enrichment to students with learning differences. Dallas Academy offers students and parents the best of both worlds by providing effective programs and strategies to meet the special educational needs of bright students with learning differences while offering a diverse array of extracurricular and enrichment activities. Dallas Academy welcomes visitors to campus daily by appoint-

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Lakehill is dedicated to helping young people develop - as students and as well-rounded individuals. The years spent at Lakehill bring cherished memories and an educational experience that will serve as a foundation for success. Lakehill offers a rigorous curriculum, strongly rooted in core academics. But because graduates will enter a world that is rapidly changing, Lakehill equips students with more than just facts. Students are empowered with the skills to analyze different situations, create solutions, communicate clearly, work together, and make

a difference in the world. Lakehill develops confident individuals prepared to succeed wherever their choices lead them. Through an extremely successful college counseling program, all Lakehill graduates attend college and are highly sought after by the nation’s top universities. Conveniently located in Lakewood, Lakehill is within easy reach of the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, and Oak Cliff. Admission Previews are going on now. For more information, contact the Office of Admission at 214-826-2931 or visit lakehillprep.org.

The Ursuline story is one of tradition. It is also a story of great teachers, cutting-edge technology, commitment to service, and confident girls becoming the effective, ethical, and compassionate leaders of tomorrow. The oldest continuously operating school in Dallas, Ursuline Academy is renowned for academic excellence, innovation, and our motto, Serviam (I will serve). We are committed to meeting the individual needs of each student, helping her develop intellectually and spiritually as she discovers her own unique gifts. At Ursuline, educators are role models and mentors who value teaching as both a vocation and a ministry. Students use technology as a tool in a 21st century learning process to gain knowledge, communicate ideas, and investigate the world. They also learn global citizenship; educational and cultural exchanges take place each year with sister schools in China, Peru, Chile, South Africa, England, and Brazil. To learn more contact the Admissions Office at 469-232-1800 or visit www.ursulinedallas.org

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MOTOWN MOVE SPURS SCOTS NFL pedigree brings Linehan from Detroit to HP By Todd Jorgenson

People Newspapers Credit the Detroit Lions offense for helping to upgrade the Highland Park defense this year. Perhaps that’s overstating things a little, but in the case of senior linebacker Michael Linehan, the connection is quite relevant. He’s the son of Scott Linehan, the longtime NFL coach who is now the passing-game coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys. He previously was the offensive coordinator for the Lions for five seasons, where he had a close relationship with Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, a former Highland Park standout. When Scott Linehan left Detroit for Dallas after last season, Stafford had a relocation suggestion. He thought Michael might be a good fit with the Scots. He was right. Michael said he’s felt at home since coming to Highland Park after spending the past three years playing for St. Mary’s Preparatory School in suburban Detroit. “It’s such a great program with such great tradition,” he said of HP. “The guys here are great. They’ve done a good job of including me.” C H R I S M C G AT H E Y

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Michael Linehan has helped to fill a void at inside linebacker this season for the Highland Park defense.

Kaufman, Woods Will Stay in Texas to Play College Football By Todd Jorgenson

People Newspapers Mitchell Kaufman had received a handful of scholarship offers from college football programs by the time SMU came calling in the spring. After taking some time to weigh his options, the standout linebacker at Highland Park decided to commit to play for the Mustangs. “They really gave me a lot of time to think about it,” Kaufman said. “They knew that I didn’t want to rush into it.” Verbal commitments are

non-binding. Kaufman and other football recruits cannot sign a letter of intent until February. Clayton Besides alWoods lowing him to remain close to home, SMU also allows Kaufman the opportunity to continue a family legacy. Both of his parents graduated from there. On the field, the Mustangs use a 3-4 alignment on defense, similar to the scheme with which Kaufman has grown fa-

miliar at HP. “It’s definitely a good fit for me,” said Kaufman, who led the Scots in tackles last season and scored three defensive touchdowns. Kaufman is not the only HP senior who will be playing Division I football next year. Clayton Woods recently gave a verbal commitment to UT-San Antonio. The Roadrunners extended an offer to the HP center during the spring, when Woods visited the campus for its “junior day.” “I really like San Antonio and think I can play there right

away,” said Woods, the son of HP defensive coordinator Don Woods. “It’s exciting down there.” Woods, a three-year starter on the HP offensive line, said the potential to help build the UTSA program added to its appeal. The program started in 2011 and just reached full NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision status this year, while playing in Conference USA. The Roadrunners are coached by Larry Coker, who won a national championship while at Miami in 2001.

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Mitchell Kaufman has verbally committed to SMU.

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Michael’s play has included itself on a defense that generally lacks varsity experience entering this season, which is HP’s first at the Class 6A level. Among his biggest plays was a fumble recovery during a 54-0 win over Prosper on Sept. 12. “It’s been an adjustment for him, but he’s been a very important part of our defense,” said HP head coach Randy Allen. “We were looking for an inside linebacker because we lost two really good ones last year. Michael has been around it all his life and knows what it takes to be successful.” As the son of an NFL coach, he’s familiar with adjusting to new surroundings. Michael was born in Washington, when his father was a college assistant there. The family has since moved to Louisville, Minneapolis, Miami, St. Louis, Detroit, and now Dallas. “We’ve always been pretty flexible when it comes to moving. We’re used to it by now,” Michael said. “You certainly meet new people that way.”

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Michael helped St. Mary’s reach a state championship game in Michigan in 2012, when his older brother, Matt, was the quarterback. Matt is now a redshirt freshman quarterback at the University of Idaho, where his father and two uncles also played. The Vandals have likewise offered a scholarship to Michael, who might continue the family legacy. His younger brother, Marcus, is an eighth grader at Highland Park Middle School who also plays football. Although his father has been primarily an offensive coach throughout his career,

Michael has remained on the defensive side of the ball. He said it’s because he’s too big to be a quarterback. “I like hitting people,” he said. “I was always a pretty big kid.” During his senior year, Michael hopes to get a second chance in a different state at the state title that barely eluded him two years ago. “Texas high school football has a reputation. It’s just a different style. If anything, it has more speed,” Michael said. “I think we’re coming together pretty well.” Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com

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Elizabeth Gilley Junior, volleyball Gilley, an outside hitter, led the Lady Scots in kills during most of their successful nondistrict campaign, and again during Highland Park’s sweep

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New Fishing Club at HPHS Tries to Lure New Members By Todd Jorgenson

People Newspapers There are plenty of outdoor activities to pass the time in the Park Cities. But fishing? It’s more common than you might think, according to Sam Stewart, who has cast a line in almost every local waterway, and knows several friends who have done the same. That shared interest is what prompted Stewart to launch HP Anglers, a new club that started this fall at Highland Park High School that aims to form a competitive student fishing team while supporting causes related to the outdoors. “In Highland Park, fishing and hunting are a huge deal,” said Stewart, a junior. “It’s such an outdoorsy community.” Stewart has competed in his share of fishing tournaments, but he said the largest bass he’s ever caught is an 8-pounder he reeled in from Turtle Creek while fishing on the 13th tee box at Dallas Country Club. Starting the club is actually the continuation of a family legacy for Stewart, whose father helped launch the Field and Stream club at HPHS during the

1980s. “We’ve grown up fishing all our lives, so joining this club and fishing in tournaments is the logical next step,” Stewart said. “It’s taken off a lot better than I expected.” Only a week into the school year, HP Anglers already had about 20 members, and had secured sponsorships for the team’s jerseys and tournament entry fees. The club already has joined the Texas High School Bass Association, which has dozens of participating schools from throughout the state. HP plans to compete for the first time on Sept. 27 in a tournament at Joe Pool Lake. The events include two-person teams who are judged on the total weight of their fish caught. As with other sports, the teams will try to qualify for regional and state competitions in the spring. HPHS freshman Christian Kondratiuk said although he has never fished competitively, he heard about the club from a friend at school. “We have a love for fishing, so we thought it would be a good idea,” Kondratiuk said. “It’s surprising to some people, but it’s right here in their backyard.” Besides the competitive aspect and the efforts to spur camaraderie among

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ty courses, and possibly fishing clinics for kids. Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com

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criminal activity in the neighborhoods where we have focused our efforts at ACT,” says Reid Porter. “These houses harbor individuals who use the property for criminal activity of all kinds. Neighbors are left feeling like prisoners in their own homes.” Porter and colleagues help shut down dilapidated crack houses through legal channels and enlist groups such as Builders of Hope, Habitat for Humanity and others to revitalize neighborhoods. ACT is focused on justice and inspiring inner-city residents, through legal advocacy, to seek resolution The results are truly of crime-ridden properties in their neighborhoods. inspirational—from (photo courtesy of Will Graham) children being able to walk safely to school, to increased property values for residents and businesses and lower demand for law enforcement and emergency medical services. ACT volunteers are impacting neighborhoods on every level.

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LIVING WELL Pool Passion Becomes Life’s Work By Todd Jorgenson

ing to help special-needs children in the pool. She taught students with multiple sclerosis, volunteered at Children’s Medical Center and the Red Cross, and became a lifeguard instructor at the YWCA. Since 2002, she has been involved in adapted aquatics at the Park Cities YMCA, helping to build that program into one of the most prominent of its kind in the state. “I don’t think there would be a program without her,” said Bobby Timmer, aquatics director at the Park Cities YMCA. “She’s very instrumental to this program. She has these great relationships built.” Hudel — who stays in shape by swimming laps for an hour most mornings — works with children and adults in their 30s, and has seen numerous benefits for her students, such as increased confidence and motor skills. She cites a 5-year-old boy with Down syndrome who was at the pool to watch a sibling, and had trouble walking and talking. “It was sad to see him not doing anything. I told his mother she needs to get him in the pool. Now he swims all over the place and just loves it,” she said. “Through the confidence of swimming, it’s amazing how they develop.”

People Newspapers She refers to it as her life’s calling, and it’s hard to dispute Ches Hudel’s claim about her work in adapted aquatics when you consider she’s been doing it for 67 years. Hudel makes the journey about five days each week from her home near White Rock Lake to the Park Cities YMCA, where she helps teach therapeutic swimming lessons for people with a variety of afflictions, such as autism and Down syndrome. And at age 83, she’s still as passionate about her work as ever. “I’ve never really thought of it as a job,” Hudel said. “I still love it.” Her compassion and advocacy for people with disabilities hearkens back to when she was 4, and playing hideand-seek with a friend in a dry-goods store. Her friend had a deformity in her face and hands. Another young girl approached them, but was cautioned by her mother that she shouldn’t play with that “pig girl.” Hudel noticed other incidents during her childhood that prompted her to study child development. After graduating from Bandera High School at age 16, she attended Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman’s University) in Denton, where she was asked to help children with cerebral palsy and birth defects. “We took these kids swimming and miracles happened,” Hudel said. “I saw smiles and movement that the children could not do on dry land.” The Oklahoma native taught for more than two decades at Ridgewood Park Methodist Church, all the while continu-

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Pure Barre Brings Boutique to Fitness By Sarah Bennett

People Newspapers For Britta Lofgren, a “meet me in St. Louis” beginning to her relationship led to a major career change. The Minnesota native met her now-fiancé, a Texan, in St. Louis at a wedding and moved south not long after. That gave the corporate executive a chance to hit the reset button on her career and pursue a different passion. “It was something I knew I wanted to do,” she said. “I dreamt of having my own studio.” That’s why she opened a Pure Barre studio in Preston Roy-

Muscle groups are worked to fatigue in Pure Barre classes. al Village last month. The franchise is based out of South Carolina, but there’s already one

location on Greenville Avenue. Lofgren thought Preston Hollow was just the place. “Preston Hollow has the clientele we’re looking for,” she said. “They’re avid, fitness enthusiasts and are somewhat underserved when it comes to new, boutique fitness. You have gyms and some yoga studios, but barre doesn’t have a presence.” So what is it about barre that makes the difference? “You get quick results from working the muscles to fatigue,” instructor and Dallas native Rita Olivares said. “It’s 55 minutes of intensity. Your body is shaking throughout the class, so it’s a challenge and getting through the entire workout is reward-

ing.” Though Olivares hasn’t taught a traditional fitness class before, she has spent plenty of time teaching salsa dancing. “It’s pretty similar, as far as the music and staying on beat,” she said. “Your voice has to be motivating. You have to bring the energy. You follow a certain choreography and style.” Olivares and Lofgren make up two of the six instructors at the Preston Royal location. And that small size is one thing Lofgren thinks the community will love. “You get to know the people,” she said. “It’s much more tailored, and you get to socialize.” In order to fit into the lives of

participants, Lofgren’s schedule is highly focused in the mornings and evenings. “We have a lot of working professionals, or moms taking care of their kids, so we can tailor to both of those worlds,” she said. Fitting into the busy lives of neighbors is a goal shared by her team of instructors. “It will meet their needs,” Olivares said. “There are a lot of moms in the area that don’t have time to work out all day long. The fact that we’re going to offer several different times to cater to everyone’s schedule will be great.” Email sarah.bennett@ peoplenewspapers.com

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question sarcastically posed to me. It’s understandable. Fads come and go, trends are trendy, and suddenly something that started in earnest no longer has meaning. “Organic” is not one of those things. There is a lot of trickery in food labeling. The world “natural,” for example, means nothing. You find that word on almost every package at the grocery now from loose produce to laundry detergent. “Cage-free” is a term that most think indicates healthy chickens laying their eggs in the grass and sun — partly because Big Ag companies deceptively put pictures of chickens in fields on the product. Unfortunately, “cage-free” is still a factory farm — just without battery cages. Luckily, “organic,” for the most part, is a label that can be trusted. What it means is that your food was raised without

STEPHANIE M. CASEY the use of synthetic chemicals or toxic substances. There are no planes dusting crops with pesticide (killing both pests and the good bugs needed to maintain a healthy ecosystem). There is no buildup of these same chemicals in the soil and water the plants feed from. On organic farms, farmers plant their produce in a way that discourages pests and encourages nature to do its thing. Crops are rotated to keep soil rich and healthy, yielding strong and virile plants. They use natural fertilizers like compost or their own livestock rotating on the land. They pick bugs from

plants and weeds by hand. Different pest sprays are made with garlic, pepper, soap, baking soda, or vinegar. And slugs — they like to get drunk. A little container of beer will distract them from eating nearby plants. The result is more nutritious and sustainable food. It’s harder to farm this way, both physically (it takes more time and effort) and business-wise (organic farms must fill out and pay to file a mountain of paperwork each year — conventional, pesticide users do not have to do this). That’s why organic is more expensive. But the next time you are faced with the decision to pay a dollar more for that organic avocado, hold a conventional one in the other hand. See the faint white residue in the pocked skin of the conventional? That’s chemical residue. Do you want to spend the money at the “farm-acy” now or the pharmacy later?

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COMMUNITY HPHS Grads Hope Satire Challenges Beliefs By Todd Jorgenson

People Newspapers Will Bakke and Alex Carroll are Christians, something they readily admit and embrace. But they’re adamant that Believe Me is not a Christian film. The feature debut of the two Highland Park High School graduates is a satire about blind trust and the power of platforms, told through the story of college students who create a fake religious chariWill Bakke ty as a method for generating some quick cash. There’s a redemptive element to the story, but Bakke and co-writer Michael Allen were more interested in switching up the approach of most faith-based films that tend to be more heavy-handed with their beliefs. “The Christian genre has always been about the message rather than the story,” Bakke said. “We didn’t set out to push any kind of agenda. We just set out to tell a really great story with redemptive characters who are dealing with struggles we dealt with in college. We hope that people will challenge what they believe and why. More than anything, we just want to get the discussion started.” After playing a handful of film festivals earlier this year, Believe Me will open theatrically on Sept. 26 at the Highland Park Village Theatre. Bakke and Carroll previously made two documentaries together, each with some friends from HPHS and dealing with religious themes. One Nation Under God (2009) and Beware of Christians (2011) each featured the filmmakers visiting various locales around the world in search of spiritual enlightenment and cultural perspectives. The latter film received acclaim on the festival circuit, and received a limited

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release. It was during a subsequent publicity tour that Bakke and Allen began writing the screenplay for Believe Me, and soliciting potential financiers. Production took place last August in Austin. “We just spent the last two or three years of our lives really delving into the Christian culture,” Bakke said. “We realized that there was a lot of humor in the way that we act and the way that we worship and carry ourselves. As we were on the road, all of these little oddities of being a Christian started to stack up. A lot of that was inspiration. What would happen if somebody tried to take advantage of that culture for their own gain?”

Bakke and Carroll developed their friendship and their mutual interest in filmmaking at HPHS, where Carroll was a standout on the 2005 state championship football team and Bakke was one of the Scotsmen. Bakke later majored in film at Baylor, while Carroll studied at Georgetown. They connected with Allen, another Dallas native, and discovered they shared a philosophy toward religion and filmmaking. “Will and I were pretty careful to not let our personal beliefs creep too much into the story we’re telling,” Allen said. “We think if you want to preach, you should prepare a sermon, not a movie.”

Logos Bookstore Turns Page on Four Decades By Claire Kelley

Special Contributor Nestled among Snider Plaza’s restaurants and boutiques stands Logos Bookstore, a small shop with a surprisingly large inventory (more than 11,000 titles) and a rich history. Chuck and Lois Schechner opened Logos in July 1974 and asked current owner Rick Lewis to work with them a few years later, in 1980. Eventually he and his wife, Susan, purchased the store when the Schechners wanted to retire.

Much like his investment in the store, Rick’s love for reading goes way back. His aunt gave him The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for Christmas when he was just a preteen. It took a little bribery, but eventually he came around. “Being so socially skilled, I said, ‘oh, a book. You’ve got to be kidding me,’ which totally embarrassed my mom,” said Lewis. “She said, ‘well, you’ll read this or you won’t get anything else for Christmas.’ I read it and fell in love with reading.” Now Lewis has a list of “40

great reads to feed the heart and mind,” and if you ask him which are his favorites, he’ll have trouble deciding. Logos’ mission is to provide books that are specific to customers’ current interests, whatever they may be. “The way we look at it, everyone comes in with a need,” he said. “It could just be entertainment; they want a fun novel, or a book on friendship to give away. Or we have folks come in who have friends who have suffered a loss, and they want a

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Father-Son Duo Takes Different Paths With Publishing Debuts By Paige Skinner

Special Contributor Like father, like son. At least that’s the case for two Park Cities residents, Larry and Rob Pivnick, who are both authors. Larry Pivnick wrote a sort of murder mystery, based in Dallas, about a man visiting his late wife’s gravesite. The visit leads him to discover his great-grandfather was responsible for a murder after a bar brawl. Writing the novel came after Pivnick worked in two different professions. He comes from a medical and law background, graduating from both schools. But after becoming frustrated with those lines of work, he went back to school about six years ago and graduated from SMU with a degree in creative writing. He wrote his book The Kilgore Curse after being inspired by a friend’s story. But writing about characters that are always moral isn’t something that intrigues him, he said. “Just saving everybody and being kind and nice isn’t a real intriguing story,” he said. “You have to have characters that are not just wholesome, good clean people or terrible, horrible people, but a mixture of a little good, a little bad. That’s what makes it interesting.” While Pivnick wrote a fiction tale based off a friend’s real experience, his son, Rob Pivnick, decided to write a different kind of book. Rob wrote and self-published a book about financial literacy for children. After writing a book about U.S. history to better explain the Holocaust to a third grader, Rob, a father of three young kids, decided to continue teaching through his books by writing about financial literacy for his now 11-year-old. After other parents and his son’s teachers encouraged him to publish it, Rob self-published the book, called What All Kids Should Know About … Saving and Investing. But despite the title, Rob said

From The Book “The doorbell was out of order, so I rapped on a rickety wooden door. A moment or two later I heard a wheeze, a cough, and then a distinct tarp-shuffle-tap of foot and cane approaching. Danny looked excited as if he were embarking on some grand adventure. On the other hand, I thought there might still be just enough time to get the hell out of Dodge.”

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Derrer Ponies Up at Dallas Opera By Sarah Bennett

People Newspapers When voice professor Virginia Dupuy watched her student perform his senior recital from her own home due to bad weather, she knew there was something different about him. “It was the only time I’ve had to produce a recital at my house,” she said. “It was just such a very special occasion, and Ian Derrer so much more intimate.” The SMU professor had been coaching and mentoring Ian Derrer following his instruction under tenor Thomas Hayward, and her student was finally ready to graduate from the Meadows School of the Arts in 1996. Fast forward almost two decades, and Derrer — who has worked with opera houses across the country — has returned to Dallas as the new artistic administrator at the Dallas Opera, an organization he knows quite well. “I sheepishly came to the Dallas Opera to see if I could be a fly on the wall,” said Derrer, who worked as a production intern for a showing of Elektra. “They asked if I would be a little more handson, and it worked to my great advantage.” He’s not kidding. The experience helped the vocal performance major see different sides of the business, other than just performing, and it sparked an interest that would help direct his career. “I had different arms of the art form,” he said. “Administration seemed to be a good fit for me. I always knew that I

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rank Oliver Seay, 90, passed away in his sleep August 26, 2014. He was born October 15, 1923 at 8 a.m. at home in Groesbeck, Texas to Mary Oliver Seay and Lewis Martin Seay Sr. He had an older brother by seven years, Lewis Martin Seay Jr. Frank attended grade school and high school in Groesbeck, where he was salutatorian of his graduating class of 1941 and was awarded the Science Medal. In high school, he played the trumpet in the band all four years and was on the tennis team. Frank was president of his class all four years, as well as yearbook editor for two years. After high school, Frank attended Baylor University as a pre-med student and was in the Navy College Reserve. Doctors were needed during World War II, so the Navy sent him to SMU where Frank met Nancy Louise Weakley, the love of his life, on her first day at SMU at a mixer. He was an upperclassman attending SMU on a three-year program to expedite his ad-

vancement to Baylor Medical School in Houston. He went on to attend Baylor Medical School in Houston where he received a B.S in 1945 and then graduated with honors and a medical degree in 1947. He also became a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Frank went to Parkland Hospital Dallas for his internship and residency training, which was interrupted by the Korean War. He was a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve and served as a Flight Surgeon. In 1951, he was ordered to the prestigious flight training school in Pensacola, Fla., where he trained with Navy jet pilots for two years. From 1951-1953, Frank was a se-

nior lieutenant and was ordered to Cecil Field and later to the U.S. Navy Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. Following an honorable discharge granted by President Dwight Eisenhower, he and Nancy returned to Dallas to raise their family. He had been offered a position in the Southwest Clinic at Medical Arts Hospital prior to being called to serve. In 1954, Frank joined a 12-member, multi-specialty group in internal medicine at Southwest Clinic. He remained with the group for 25 years and became medical director for 15 years. During this time, he was president of Medical Arts Hospital twice. He also served on the St. Paul Hospital Board for two years, vice president for one year and became chief of staff in 1973. While the Southwest Clinic was downtown with the Medical Arts Hospital on the top two floors of the same building, the dream was to offer doctors who often had to split their time between an office and several hospitals a new option – offices and a major medical center in one complex. Thus, the beginning of what is now Medical City Dallas Hospital. Frank, and

then Southwest Clinic Manager Bob Wright, were chosen to lead the planning effort, and their team designed, constructed and implemented the opening of North Dallas’ first major medical facility. Frank became the first chief of staff of the hospital in 1974. In 1986, he joined Dallas Diagnostic Association at Medical City. He also served as medical director for the Sun Oil Texas division for 17 years. Frank retired in 1999 in an internal medicine practice after 50 years. Throughout his life, Frank was an active member of numerous professional and social organizations, including: Dallas County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, American Medical Association, Society of Internal Medicine, Associate Member of the American Pulmonary Association (now the American Lung Association), Dallas Country Club, and Highland Park United Methodist Church. Frank is preceded in death by his parents Mary Oliver Seay and Lewis Martin Seay Sr. who died tragically in a car accident in 1956; older brother Lewis Martin Seay Jr.; and his loving

wife of 66 years, Nancy Louise Weakley Seay. He is survived by three children: daughter Diane Seay McNulty, PhD, and husband Michael; son Frank Michael Seay; and daughter Sally Seay Kreimborg and husband, Bob. Additional survivors include four grandchildren: Brynn Bagot Allday and husband Taylor; Patrick McNulty, Timothy McNulty and wife Linda, MD; and Kate White and husband Nate White PhD; as well as six great-grandchildren: Avery Seay Allday, Angus Stuart Allday, Aidan Sawyer Allday, Elias Patrick McNulty, Bradley Lawrence White and Carolyn Ross McNulty. A true gentleman and family man, Frank will be greatly missed by all of those whose lives he touched. A private family burial was held Sunday, August 31, 2014 in Groesbeck, Texas. A celebration of his life was held Friday, September 5 in Cox Chapel at Highland Park United Methodist Church. A reception followed at Dallas Country Club, 4155 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75205. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association/Dallas.

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6429 Orchid Lane Within walking distance of St. Mark’s School in Preston Hollow is a French traditional home with five bedrooms, including a downstairs master suite, and an open family room, media and fitness rooms. Listed by Christy Berry and Jonathan Rosen for $1,299,000 3513 Princeton Two blocks from Armstrong Elementary in old Highland Park is a three-story, five-bedroom home with a covered patio ideal for outdoor dining and entertaining. Listed by Joan Eleazer for $3,595,000 President and CEO Robbie Briggs independently owns and operates Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty with six offices in Dallas, Lakewood, Uptown, Ranch and Land, The Ballpark and Southlake. For more information see briggsfreeman.com.

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People Newspapers Council For Life’s 13th annual Celebrating Life luncheon will take place at the Hilton Anatole on Nov. 13, featuring keynote speaker, Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs, yet taught himself a number of physical activities. President Rebecca Lutz and founding member Ann Carruth, both Park Cities residents, sat down to discuss the event. How long have you worked with Council For Life and how did you ﬁrst get involved?

RL: It becomes more and more important every year that I’m involved just because of what I’ve witnessed and been a part of. It’s kind of opened up a world that I hadn’t really seen before. The agencies we support are so concerned with the full well-being of clients.

AC: Nick actually spoke at our first men’s breakfast years ago. He has the greatest sense of humor and a terrific personality. They still talk about his testimony, and we always wanted him to come back and share his story with a larger audience.

AC: The call really goes hand in hand with my faith. That’s what prompts me to work as a believer and engage in our culture and try to start a thoughtful dialogue about the value of human life in a very respectful manner. Why was Nick Vujicic chosen as this year’s featured speaker? RL: I just think Nick was always destined to be a speaker at our luncheon. He’s so incredibly impactful and has made such an impression, especially my husband, Bobby. He’s thrilled. We

What are you most looking forward to at the luncheon? RL: Nick’s story has to be one of the most dynamic we’ve ever heard. I’m looking forward to all the things that have happened to him since the breakfast, and I believe God has a plan and purpose for that. AC: I would say that my deepest desire is that each person attending the luncheon will be moved by Nick’s powerful message of hope. I think his story will emphasize that each life is unique, valuable, and worthy of protection.

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he first real break of crisp fall air energized me out of my cluttered, warm-weather doldrums. I cleaned out the garage and my closets: out went old clothes, CDs, books, and a stack of magazines … including the old one with Robin Williams on the cover. Sigh. October is indubitably one of the happiest months of the year: Octoberfest, hunting and football, gorgeous weather for the travel hounds, and Halloween for kids. It’s fun! Except maybe not so much for everybody. The Christmas decorations started after Labor Day in some of the discount chains portends the moody holidays; some freshmen in college just got dumped by their high-school loves; some didn’t get into a fraternity or sorority; some people are still experiencing divorce, illness, the loss of loved ones, financial stress or unemployment, and no amount of gorgeous weather can ameliorate their days or tortured nights. We’ve almost come to expect the blue meanies in the highly gifted, be it Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ernest Hemingway, William Styron, Vincent Van Gogh, and Mark Rothko — all of whom succumbed to suicide. What about the black moods or the flat anhedonia of the rest of us?

LEN BOURLAND My own world just felt a little shakier. Dr. Ken Timken, my former psychiatrist, died recently after a long and fruitful life. I had not seen him in years, but his wise counsel and profound help in the most distressing times of my life were an island of sanity once upon a time. I never imagined I would end up in a psychiatrist’s office when, at midlife, my life became a Woody Allen movie (without the humor). Fortunately, I was directed by a wise clergyman to the brilliant mind of this Princeton and Southwestern-trained individual. And of course my first taste of anti-depressants. First with Prozac, later with different drugs and simple, practical verbal feedback, I was able to pull myself together and face being a single mother of teenagers during altered financial circumstances. Life did reshape and move on, but there is no hell like hopelessness. It is iron-

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PERSONAL TRAINERS ic that when life goes well, we somehow expect that to be evanescent. Yet if devastation occurs, it can feel like forever. So there. I’ve taken advantage of some great drugs at various points in my life. Can I still run for office? Probably not. Why is that? It is also slanted that way by the health insurance industry will balk at covering anything that doesn’t bleed or bloat. October is also the month that Obamacare adjustments can be made. High time for antidepressants and psychiatric treatments to get the same coverage as broken bones. My friend’s daughter’s marriage is on the rocks. She’s started on Effexor but her mother doesn’t want anyone to know. Another friend’s child cannot leave his dorm room to get to class; she’s worried about his black mood but doesn’t want him to take medication lest someone think something is “wrong” with her son. Another friend’s husband has been flat ever since his job downsized and he suffered a heart attack. His doctor has him on Wellbutrin, but he’s embarrassed. We rend our garments when celebrities succumb to depression, yet for a huge slice of the population, depression is taboo. We start CaringBridge pages for cancer, but avert our eyes to depression. When negative emotions cause inordinate suffering, there is medical help. To those who say we’ve become a nation of pill poppers, I say: “Good!” If I have a headache, I take an aspirin. If I have an infection, an antibiotic. If I get allergies, I reach for the antihistamine. Depression is our dirty little secret in the land of opportunity. Almost everyone will succumb at some point in their lives. When the body is in physiologic distress, the synapses that transmit the feel-good endorphins to the brain can shut down. In such cases, an anti-depressant can function like a broncho dilator does to blocked airways. Once mood is restored, an individual can begin coping. They don’t make problems go away, they don’t make anyone “happy,” nor do they work for everybody. To those who find relief purely in exercise, diet, meditation or whatever, good for you — but don’t disparage other avenues. Faith, hope, love. Sometimes the greatest of these is hope. Len Bourland can be reached at her blog at lenbourland.com.

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