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U.S. 75 pedestrian bridge will link Northaven into Dallas trail network
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Alittle more than two months after the Texas Department of Transportation approved construction, the pedestrian bridge that will span U.S. Highway 75, connecting Northaven Trail to White Rock Creek Trail and beyond, broke ground.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, Dallas Park and Recreation board president Calvert Collins-Bratton, TxDOT Commissioner Robie Vaughn, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, and District 11 Dallas city council member Lee Kleinman were among those in attendance on May 8.
The Northaven Trail runs from U.S. Highway 75 to Denton Drive. The plans for it include connecting to the White Rock Creek Trail on the east and Irving’s Campion Trail on the west. The bridge will connect the Northaven Trail to White Rock Creek Trail, Cottonwood Creek Trail, and other trails east of the highway by a bridge over U.S. Highway 75.
“The project will also stand as a regional example of the positive benefits of appropriate location and design aesthetics for future bicycle and pedestrian trails and amenities,” a project fact sheet from TxDOT said.
“This really opens up our Dallas Parks and Recreation trail network for access between North Dallas and other previously unconnected trails east and south,” Friends of Northaven Trail president Jeff Kitner said when TxDOT announced the project in March.
The $9.3 million project will be not quite half a mile long, with an estimated completion date sometime in late 2022. – Staff Report
Runners, walkers, cyclists, and dogs joined such dignitaries as Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, city council members Lee Kleinman and
Jennifer Staubach-Gates and others for the ground breaking of the Northaven Trail bridge over U.S. 75. (PHOTOS: CHRIS MCGATHEY)
Alert Dog (And Owner) Rescue Neighbor Pooch From Pool Bunny, a beagle mix, may have fallen in water while chasing a rabbit
Katie Lewis and Bunny are thankful for the barking of Lola. (COURTESY PHOTOS)
By Norishka Pachot
editorialassistant3@peoplenewspapers.com
A splash and cries woke up Samantha Camp, 24, before sunrise one morning this spring.
Her toy schnauzer, Lola, was barking up to her as if to alert something was wrong.
Camp went past a window and recognized splashing across the backyard, coming from her neighbors’ pool.
“I hear splashing, and then I realize, ‘Oh my god! That is a dog. That’s Bunny. Bunny is in the pool,” Camp said.
There is no way to know how Bunny, a beagle mix, had fallen into the pool, but her owners believe that she ran after a rabbit or squirrel and fell in the water.
Camp ran through the backyard, pulled Bunny out of the pool by her neck, and then helped the dog cough up any chlorine water that she may have swallowed before the dog ran inside through the doggy door.
If it weren’t for Lola’s barks, Bunny would not have been saved by Camp.
“It took a while to figure out what happened,” said Bunny’s owner, Katie Lewis, 29. “I thought it was raining, and she had gone outside and got wet. Then I turned on the light, and there was blood everywhere.”
Bunny had tried to climb out of the pool, and in doing so, had ground down her nails, causing them to bleed.
“Along the alley, dogs were barking; all the dogs were worried,” Camp said.
Lewis took Bunny to the vet after getting the dog cleaned and dried up. She was fine. Lewis gave her ice cream afterward to make her feel better.
The Lewises and the Camps have been neighbors for 27 years.
Katie Lewis and Samantha Camp grew up together and are like family. Their dogs, Lola, Luna, Nellie, and Bunny, have also grown up together.
“The Camps have always been there for us,” said Kathy Lewis, Katie’s mom.
Lola and Samantha Camp proved that again on April 7. They saved the day. POOL SAFETY FOR DOGS
Teach them to swim – Dogs need to know how when there is a pool at home. Ease them into the water and help them paddle at first.
Show them how to exit – Teach your dog how to exit from different locations around the pool, so they know what to do in case of an accidental fall.
Make your dog comfortable – An anxious or unsure dog is not a good thing to have near a pool. Make sure your dog is comfortable enough being around and in the water.
Consider safety products – A pool ramp helps dogs safely enter and exit. Pool cover and fences can also prevent tragedies.
I admit it, “COVID me” is not amorous, and my husband has noticed.
In what I can only imagine was a cry for help, he turned to someone else, or should I say something else, for romantic advice.
His source, his Deep Throat - The Wall Street Journal.
You read that right, the newspaper for buttoned-up boardroom
MICHELE types. The dai-
VALDEZ ly that drips about mutual funds, emerging markets, and ETF’s. The paper that peppers its pages with names like Yellen, Powell, and Bezos more than teen girls prattle about Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe.
His flirty affair with the WSJ revealed itself in an article he placed on our kitchen counter last December. The title was unambiguous, “Can we make sex fun again?”
The point was simple. The pandemic challenged our immune system and suppressed our sex drive. According to the science, sex relieves stress and, in turn, makes us happy. The column listed ways to improve lockdown love.
First on the list of lustful lures was ditching the pandemic sweats and ponytail. The writer also encouraged new tryst toys and varying home locales for ravenous rendezvous. That night I wore makeup for our Door Dash dinner and scoped out new nooky nooks.
Then, in late spring, like a cult recruiter, my husband again handed me the WSJ and simultaneously asked if I would consider wearing a corset. What? A corset, like the one Scarlett wore? The story featured photos of the latest trend of designer corsets, full coverage corsets, and comfortable corsets.
I wondered if the editors of the WSJ knew about these articles. How can anyone be expected to read about SPAC’s and double-dip financing on Page One and improved sex on Page Two? I told my husband to cancel our subscription.
But it nagged at me. Why had my darling turned to the WSJ for love lessons? Why didn’t he watch Outlander or Bridgerton for helpful hints, like I did? Back then, those saucy sorts had managed to keep it real during plagues, wars, and scandals.
Then, the revelation came. The women of yesteryear wore corsets! And, if they lived and loved in garments that made the bad parts smaller and the good parts bigger, why couldn’t I? Was the WSJ right? That day, for the sake of my marriage, I ordered a corset on Amazon.
Michele Valdez, a slightly compulsive, mildly angry feminist, has been an attorney, volunteer, and The Mad Housewife columnist. She has four demanding adult children and a patient husband.
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16 June 2021 | prestonhollowpeople.com The Pandemic’s Missing Piece … Jigsaw puzzles provided ‘sense of purpose, skill, and conversation’ this past year
By Carolyn Tillery
Special Contributor
The time spent homebound with our families during the pandemic gave us an unexpected puzzle to solve: a newfound love of jigsaws.
And no one was more surprised than owners of toy stores and bookshops.
Pam May, owner of Toys Unique in Inwood Village, saw the regular inventory of puzzles, including everything from 1,500-pieces to toddler floor puzzles, evaporate.
“As soon as we got shut down, we were getting calls from people saying that they needed something to do,” she said. “Vendors were out of stock, and there were waiting lists. I’ve never ordered so many in my life. We were carrying between 50 and 60 different kinds. People would take what they could get. It was a frenzy.”
If you love jigsaws, then you may be a dissectologist – before and during the 19th century, jigsaw puzzles were called “dissected maps.”
The most common strategy used by puzzlers is to construct the edges first, then sort the remaining pieces by color. The average 1,000-piece jigsaw takes three people 10 hours to complete.
The most difficult jigsaw puzzle is considered to be the 500-piece, double-sided image of penguins by Royce McClure. The reverse is rotated 90 degrees and die cut from both sides to make front and back indistinguishable. The Guinness World Records rates the biggest jigsaw puzzle as the 40,000-plus pieces Memorable Disney Moments.
I wonder if this might be one of the things that continues to bring people together… It’s better than any computer game. Dr. Sandra Chapman
Londoner John Spilsbury is credited with creating the multipiece challenges in 1760 using a marquetry saw. The jigsaw became associated with the puzzle in about 1880 when fretsaws became the tool of choice for cutting shapes.
Challenge and fun aside, there
Retailers such as Toys Unique in Inwood Village saw their regular inventories of puzzles, including everything from 1,500-pieces to toddler
floor puzzles, evaporate during the pandemic. (PHOTO: CAROLYN TILLERY)
are health advantages to the activity. Experts say assembling the puzzles exercises both the left and right sides of the brain. They’re also proven to relieve stress and decrease anxiety.
According to Dr. Sandra Chapman, founder and chief executive of the Center for Brain Health in Dallas, “Jigsaws are good for you … It’s rare that you have a situation that causes you to concentrate on minute detail but requires reasoning to see how it fits in the big picture.”
In addition to puzzles available in every conceivable subject matter, they can also be customized to feature personal photographs, maps, and even newspaper front pages. There are various shapes – oblong, square, round, with pieces in the shapes of states, countries, plants, animals, or clouds. There are clear acrylic, gradient rainbow, and 3-D puzzles.
Of course, 1,000 puzzle pieces on the dining room table can prove problematic at dinner. However, there are roll-up mats and puzzle holders that allow for the pieces’ removal without incident. Or a trusty tablecloth draped over your masterpiece will do.
The rebirth of the puzzle’s popularity during the pandemic may have been just what the doctor ordered.
“The puzzles give us sense of purpose, skill, and conversation,” Dr. Chapman said. “We’ll see if after the pandemic is over if that continues. I wonder if this might be one of the things that continues to bring people together … It’s better than any computer game.”
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