Preston Hollow People September 2019

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STUDENTS WANT REAL-WORLD LESSONS

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’ve been in school for about 3,600 days.

That’s 28,800 hours of school from preK-11th grade.

In these hours of schooling, I’ve been in project-based classes, lecture-based classes, and everything in between. As a rising high school senior nearing the end of the pre-K through 12th-grade conveyor belt, I believe that the most meaningful classroom experiences emerged from teachers making a point of connecting me to the world outside.

Recently, the roles switched, and for the first time, I became a teacher. I taught pre-k/kindergarten students in a program for low-income children run by Avance North Texas and taught third- through fifth-grade students at a camp run by United to Learn. At both, I taught children and helped design the curriculum.

Through my experiences as a student, teacher, and curriculum designer, I learned that all students are actively engaged when learning experiences are interactive and connected to the real world.

I vividly remember sitting on the floor of a colorful classroom, surrounded by energetic pre-kindergartners, and shifting my attention towards 3-year old Alison. It was time to learn about plants and her face lit up as I pointed to the long, green sticky base of the first flower.

“Stem!” she exclaimed. We then explored

the plants around the building with gusto.

A few weeks later, I sat in yet another classroom, but RO NA K D H I N G R A with a different set of slightly older children. This time, third- through fifth-graders were working on STEM-focused activities designed by me. When building bridges out of popsicle sticks, we asked questions like “How can we improve our design?” and “Why did the other group’s structure collapse?” We even had one group build a bridge that could hold 100 books.

What I’ve learned from my summer is that it’s a myth that one needs expensive technology and field trips to have meaningful, real world-based experiences. All I needed were plants, popsicle sticks, and books to spark more excitement in children than any test or worksheet would have.

It pains me to hear adults complain about how kids these days are not intellectually curious. We love the real world. So, as 155,000 students and 10,000 teachers go back to school in Dallas ISD alone, let’s connect learning at school to the real world.

Ronak Dhingra Greenhill School senior

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Crime

S KU L D U G G E R I E S of the MO NTH

IN THE BAG What’s a shoplifter to do when without a bag within which to conceal sweetsmelling loot? Steal one of those, too. Reported at 9:53 a.m. Aug. 6: An opportunistic thief used one off the shelf on Aug. 5 to conceal fragrances and leave Ulta in Preston Forest Village.

SKIMMING THE SURFACE Reported at 8:13 p.m. on July 31: A rogue snuck into a backyard in the 11000 block of Lawn Haven Road on July 29 and stole some pool equipment. No word on whether the thief took a quick dip before leaving.

BAD TRADE Before 10:15 a.m. July 27, a 75-year-old woman living in the 6800 block of Bandera Avenue walked out to find all of the wheels missing off of her vehicle. However, the thieves did leave wooden blocks behind in place of the wheels.

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THOUSANDS DISCUSS CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Visit dcac.org to learn more.

CRIME REPORTS JULY 19 - AUG 11 JULY 19

Before at 1:55 p.m., a shoplifter cut the wires off of purses at Louis Vuitton at NorthPark Center to steal them.

Reported at 2:21 p.m.: the July 18 theft of a vehicle from the parking lot of Congregation Shaare Tefilla on Churchill Way.

JULY 20

Reported at 7:22 a.m.: After damaging state-owned property during a wreck in the 4500 block of Northwest Highway, the offending motorist drove away without leaving contact information.

JULY 21

Reported at 7:36 a.m.: a theft from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Royal Lane on July 20.

JULY 23

Before 11:50 a.m., a shoplifter grabbed jewelry and ran out of Susan Saffron Jewelry Boutique on Lovers Lane.

JULY 24

Reported at 8:16 p.m.: A cyberbully posted a video July 23 on Instagram making threats against a 43-year-old man who lives in the 5500 block of Caruth Boulevard.

JULY 27

Reported at 7:28 a.m.: the theft of packages off the front porch of a 58-year-old man’s home in the 6600 block of Desco Drive.

JULY 31

Before at 11:01 a.m., a burglar shattered a window and stole property from a Pine Cove Ministry vehicle parked at NorthPark Center.

and took property.

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The reporting time was not provided for a theft in the Market at Preston Forest. A 73-year-old Dallas woman reported the incident three days later.

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Burglarized before 9:44 a.m: a vehicle parked St. Mark’s School of Texas on Preston Road.

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Reporting times were not provided for thefts at homes in the 10500 block of Barrywood Drive and the 4600 block of Irvin Simmons Road.

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Before 3:28 a.m., crooks tried to take the ATM out of the 7-Eleven in Preston Forest Square.

Reported at 4:50 p.m.: the burglary of a home in the 4300 block of Hallmark Lane on July 31.

Reported at 7:59 a.m.: One or more burglars forced open the back door at Dunston’s Steak House on Lovers Lane on Aug. 1

the 5800 block of Lovers Lane, reported the incident four days later.

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A 30-year-old woman, who had her car keys yanked from her hand by a robber who fled the scene in

Reported at 9:13 a.m.: the Aug. 7 burglary of a vehicle parked at a construction site in the 9200 block of Sunnybrook Lane.

Reported at 1:15 a.m.: a 28-year-old woman suffered injuries during an assault at Time Out Tavern on Lovers Lane.

Reported at 5:27 p.m.: the burglary of a vehicle parked in the 4200 block of Goodfellow Drive.

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A crook entered a fenced-in yard in the 6900 block of Northaven Road and stole pool pumps. The owner reported the crime the next morning.

An attempted home break-in was reported at 10:25 a.m. in the 6300 block of Northwood Road.

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News

ALLRED EMPHASIZES BIPARTISAN TEAMWORK IN FRESHMAN YEAR

ON THE ISSUES

New congressman opposes impeachment, defends Affordable Care Act

By Bill Miller

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Urged and ultimately applauded $60 million in federal grants awarded to Dallas Area Rapid Transit for lightrail improvements • Pledges to help facilitate high-speed rail between Houston and Dallas Immigration • Co-sponsored the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, to offer a citizenship track to eligible foreign-born residents who entered the U.S. before age 18 and have lived continuously here for at least four years Veterans Affairs • Supports converting a shuttered hospital in Garland into a Veterans Administration medical facility Foreign Affairs • Co-sponsored pro-Israel resolutions: one opposing efforts to delegitimize that nation with economic boycotts, sanctions, and divestments; the other condemns Iranian state-sponsored terrorism.

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

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

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

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

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

Allred has also chosen when to oppose some issues that other Democrats favor. In July he joined Republicans to kill a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He was among 137 Democrats to do so.

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

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

“I take the Constitutional duty of oversight and the power of impeachment very

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

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

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

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U.S. Rep. Colin Allred wants a new veterans’ hospital in Garland and continued funding for the F-35 Strike Fighter and DART rail improvements. seriously,” Allred said. “The resolution that we voted on did not meet the standard for such a serious action, and that’s why I voted to table it.”

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

“I have worked hard to earn the support of those who did not support me in the last

election, and (I) hope that my bipartisan record of real achievements will allow me to continue to serve the district I was born and raised in and am honored to represent,” he said.

Republicans openly pledge to reclaim the seat. Some observers suggest Sessions could try to retake it. Declared Republican

opponents include Tania Burgess, of Richardson, and Navy SEAL Floyd McLendon, an executive aide for Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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

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

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Lynn McBee, Not Mayor, But Working For Dallas

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

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

By Alex Lyda

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Has China’s Trade Policy Impacted my Recycling?

Dallas continues to grow programs for greener neighborhoods

By Bianca R. Montes and Jaxx Artz

People Newspapers

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

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

The good news is that the city of Dallas uses a waste company that launders recyclables domestically, which means that instead of shipping to other countries with lax laws, the bulk of plastics, paper, and glass put out every week by residents has the opportunity to be recycled.

The bad news: Despite 80% of Dallas’ single-family households participating in a recycling program and a new ordinance going live in January that will make it easier for residents of apartment complexes and multi-family buildings to recycle, the city’s waste diversion rate remains at 20%.

That means that only 20% of the waste does not end up in landfills.

So, whose fault is that?

A common problem is “wish-cycling,”

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Recyclables at a local facility are sorted and prepared for shipment. where residents throw unrecyclable products into their blue bin in an attempt to be more environmentally-f riendly, not knowing this practice does more harm than good.

“We have a lot of problems with contamination because of wish-cycling,” said Andrea Rodriguez, FCC Environmental Services spokesperson. “We are working with the city to educate the public about

recycling better.”

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

Danielle McClelland, the division manager for Zero Waste Dallas, said being aware of what you recycle can go a long way.

“Recyclables should be loose in the container, the lid stays closed so that materials stay dry,” she said. “These materials still have value, but that value goes down when items are contaminated.”

Single-family households in Dallas are charged $27.26 monthly to recycle, but with a flooded domestic market resulting from China’s strict contamination standards, the value gained from recyclables has gone down and could affect residents soon.

Some American cities have decided to alter what their recycling programs accept, such as in Akron, Ohio, which recently stopped taking glass.

“In Dallas, we have not changed our commodities,” McClelland said. “Our recycling processor is able to get good quality glass out of the recycling stream, though some commodity prices have dropped lower than what it costs to process their materials.”

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Community

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

By Maddie Spera

Special Contributor

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

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

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

Dallas to California.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WA N T T O WAT C H ?

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

Thursdays on TNT and TBS. Visit chasingthecurelive.com.

Mall Visitors Join International Conversations

Twitter set up spaces in NorthPark Center, 39 other locations

By Tim Glaze

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

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

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

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

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

With so many eyes glued to the web-

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

In 40 cities around the world, Twit-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Find Body Art Everywhere

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ah, youth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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School, Neighbors Work To Increase Healthy Use of Track Physical therapist raising money for new exercise area at W.T. White High

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers Patsy Shropshire describes herself as a firm believer in the power of exercise.

And why wouldn’t she be? She’s got the testimony of cancer and other illness survivors, who swear by their participation in marathons, group classes, and other forms of strength building.

Plus, the tiny detail of being a certified physical therapy doctor specializing in wellness and illness prevention.

Even before the sun rises, the track is a gathering place for the community with walkers, joggers, and adult athletes.

Patsy Shropshire Her interest in healthy living sparked Shropshire’s brainchild, WWB (Women With Balls) Wellness – a community program focusing on exercise and nutrition primarily for ages 50 and older – and now, The Wellness Connection.

The Wellness Connection project

as well as for cheerleaders and dance team members to practice.

The W.T. White administration is on board. “ White High School is committed to increasing health and wellness for students and staff, and Patsy Shropshire the planned Wellness Connection at our track will be an excelCOURTESY PHOTOS lent component,” principal Elena Bates said. “It’s a fantastic way to reinforce the A corner off W.T. White High’s track could become a multipurpose workout area. concept of healthy movement to all our would turn a weedy, ant-hilled vacant more than 20 years of living next to W.T. students – not just our sports teams and area at the south end of the W.T. White White. She’s using the track by herself physical education classes – and also our High School track into a “multi-gener- and with the WWB Wellness group. teachers and staff. This collaboration is a ational, multi-ability” outdoor exercise Her plan would improve the track great example of school and community area. So far, fundraising totals more than with seating, a safe sports surface, shade, coming together.” $20,000 toward a $50,000 goal. water, and maintenance-f ree exercise Shropshire is looking forward to com“[The outdoor area] promotes the idea equipment. munity members benefitting f rom the that a public high school track should “High school athletes can train here, area more. serve a dual purpose – that of enhancing and it’s an ideal spot for physical educa“Students at W.T. White make wonthe health and wellness of not only stu- tion classes, group yoga, and tai chi class- derful use of the track, but equally imdents but also, during non-school hours, es,” she said. pressive is the motion that occurs on the that of the surrounding community,” Those classes would ideally take place track when all of the students are gone,” Shropshire said. “My vision is that this in the spacious opening planned for the she said. “Even before the sun rises, the project serves as a test model for other center of the area – a space that teachers track is a gathering place for the compublic high schools.” could also use, she said. It could serve as a munity with walkers, joggers, and adult Shropshire got the idea, she said, from place to take students outside for lessons athletes.”

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Sports

W.T. WHITE GRAD MAKES HIS PROFESSIONAL PITCH Sherrod overcomes hearing loss to chase MLB dreams

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

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ason Sherrod could fuss about the long bus rides, the low-end accommodations, or the thankless chores that often come with life as a minor-league baseball player.

He prefers to keep a positive outlook because at least Sherrod is still pitching. And he’s had to overcome far more significant obstacles along the way.

Sherrod, a 6-foot-4 right-hander, has filled various roles this season in the bullpen for such teams as the Clinton Lumberkings, the Batavia Muckdogs, and the Jupiter Hammerheads.

“It’s been kind of a roller coaster,” Sherrod said.

His success and perseverance are even more impressive when you consider that Sherrod is 53 percent deaf in both ears — a byproduct of being born two months premature 23 years ago.

After initially struggling to cope with his hearing loss, both on and off the field, Sherrod began wearing hearing aids on the mound in high school. He credits longtime W.T. White High School head coach David Shepherd with easing that transition and the social stigmas that came with it.

“You learn to deal with it and find ways

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Former W.T. White standout Cason Sherrod has pitched for various minor-league affiliates in the Miami Marlins system this season. to overcome it,” said Sherrod, who hopes to become a role model for other baseball players who share his affliction. “It’s a part of who I am.”

Sherrod was part of Shepherd’s final senior class during his tenure of more than three decades with the Longhorns. His father, Slade, also played for Shepherd during

the early 1980s.

The Kansas City Royals initially drafted Sherrod in the 13th round in 2017, but instead of signing, he elected to return to Texas A&M for his senior season. The following spring, the Miami Marlins took him in the seventh round. He made 15 relief appearances in the rookie league last summer.

This year, he wasn’t assigned to a roster before the season, which meant Sherrod participated in extended spring training at the team’s facility in Florida to work on mechanics and control.

“Obviously, I wasn’t happy about that, but I tried to take it as a positive,” he said. “It’s just about staying within the moment and trying to get better.”

In mid-June, he made his season debut for Batavia in western New York, seeing action in three games before being promoted a week later to Clinton (Iowa). He pitched there three times in 10 days.

Since his latest promotion on June 30, he’s been a fixture in the bullpen for Jupiter a Class A team just north of West Palm Beach.

It’s allowed for some stability for Sherrod and his wife, Chandler, who still call the Dallas area home during the offseason.

“Finding that routine can be tough when you’re bouncing around,” he said. “You can’t control it, so you don’t worry about it.”

Whether Lacrosse or Football, Approach The Same for Lee St. Mark’s returns familiar coach to sideline to lead rebuilding effort

By Todd Jorgenson People Newspapers

Hayward Lee hasn’t been a varsity head football coach in 12 years, but he expects the transition into his new role to be seamless.

It’s all about relationships and connecting with kids, and using the game as a vehicle for making great men.

Coach Hayward Lee Once again, Lee is the sideline boss at St. Mark’s, reclaiming a role he held from 2003 to 2007 when the Lions posted a 30-9 record and won two SPC titles

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Hayward Lee is returning to his previous job this season as head football coach at St. Mark’s, a position he held from 2003 to 2007. under his leadership.

The job came open when Bart Epperson left after 11 years and relocated to Fort Worth with his family — he’s now an assistant at Fort Worth All Saints.

School officials approached Lee about coming back.

It turns out he didn’t need

much convincing. Lee has been the varsity lacrosse coach at St. Mark’s since 2004 and held a variety of assistant roles with the football program under Epperson.

“I was not planning on this happening. I was happy being here, supporting Bart,” Lee said.

“I’m honored to serve my school

in whatever capacity they ask me.”

Lee’s career has come full circle before. He coached the powerhouse St. Mark’s lacrosse team for a decade before retiring in 2013 — following the school’s only state championship — then returned three years later.

As during his first stint, Lee

intends to continue coaching lacrosse in the spring, at least for now. The Lions have several athletes in both sports.

“I’ve got a number of kids that I’ve coached in lacrosse,” said Lee, who received the Earl Bill Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Texas High School Lacrosse League after a state runner-up finish in 2018.

On the football field, he takes over a program that likely will need to rebuild after finishing 4-4 last year in the SPC’s large-school division with a senior-laden roster.

Lee said that while his responsibilities will increase this season, his character-based coaching philosophy has remained constant since arriving at St. Mark’s 16 years ago.

“The head coach is responsible for everything, so that’s different,” Lee said. “But coaching hasn’t changed. It’s all about relationships and connecting with kids, and using the game as a vehicle for making great men.”

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Business

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

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

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

By Jaxx Artz

People Newspapers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

take pride in supporting.

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

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

Texan Needed Perfect Bag for New York Living

By Bianca R. Montes People Newspapers

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

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

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

But he still had a problem.

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

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

So, he did.

Using a sewing machine his mother gave him for Christmas and

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

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

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

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

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

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Designers Present Two More Park Options For Preston Center Council to hold Sept. 11 meeting on garage replacement options, PD-15

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FROM LEFT: One option provides for a simple 2.9-acre park with parking beneath it. The Hybrid mixes underground and above-ground parking with a 1.4-acre park and space for commercial development.

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers The Dallas City Council on Sept. 11 will consider the future of developments on Northwest Highway, including two new options for replacing the Preston Center garage.

With final decisions potentially nearing, council member Jennifer Staubach Gates is hoping for a large turnout at the 2 p.m. meeting.

“Between now and Sept. 11, input and concerns can be submitted to my office, as well as all council members,” Gates said. “Input on [staff ] recommendations are welcome.”

The council will hold public

hearings on the garage project as well as Planned Development 15, a 14-acre zoning district north of Northwest Highway between Baltimore Drive and Pickwick Lane.

The area known as behind the Pink Wall contains such condominiums as Preston Tower, Athena, and the burned down Preston Place site.

On back to back August days Gates held public meetings on the projects.

For PD-15, the City Plan Commission has recommended the “Tall Plan,” a change that would allow a 310-foot-high tower with an emphasis on adjacent green space for recreation, groundwater recharge, landscaping, and

pedestrian amenities.

If approved, the building could include 10% mixed-income housing, a maximum density of 125 units per acre, underground parking, a 15,000-square foot floor plan, and 12.5% useable open space.

We don’t yet have the money for either of these plans.

Jennifer Staubach Gates With the Preston Center garage, discussions have centered on

replacing it with a mix of parking and parkland.

The Northwest Highway and Preston Road Area Plan, approved by the Dallas City Council in 2017, called for an underground garage topped by a street-level park.

However, that plan doesn’t have the support of adjacent property owners.

Though the city owns the site of the garage, any new construction there requires unanimous approval of the adjacent property owners who make up the Preston Center Parking Corporation.

A plan promoted this spring

by Dozier, president of Ramrock Real Estate, would combine

a luxury apartment tower with a 1,500-space above-ground garage.

Most of the parkland associated with the project would be on top of the three-story garage.

The newest options, discussed at an Aug. 8 meeting by representatives from Walker Consulting and the North Central Texas Council of Governments, are dubbed the “Hybrid” and “One Hundred Percent Underground Parking” plans.

The “Hybrid” includes both above and underground parking for the live-work-play area, with up to 63,000 square feet available above the below-ground parking area for commercial development.

There’s room for a 1.4-acre park,.

The project would take up to 22 months and cost between $35.7 and $40.2 million.

The “One Hundred Percent” plan allows for a 2.9-acre park above underground parking but doesn’t include performance areas suggested in earlier proposals.

This project would take up to 23 months and cost between $40.5 and $46.5 million.

Gates stressed that these are “just concepts.”

“We don’t yet have the money for either of these plans,” she said.

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Comings and Goings

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This summer, 11 new Spectrum Stores opened in North Texas, including at the Shops at Park Lane. These new stores give consumers a comfortable and convenient option for learning more about Spectrum’s video, internet, and voice services — and its latest offering, Spectrum Mobile. Spectrum Mobile combines the nation’s largest LTE network and a nationwide network of Spectrum WiFi hotspots designed to save customers money.

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

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From Sativa bath bombs and hemp oils to vape pens and dog treats, this new Preston Center business offers a variety of hemp products (mostly vegan and cruelty-free). Products include oils, salves, and gummies.

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

TruFushion

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

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ocated in popular East Dallas, this like-new home has it all: a location within walking distance to Greenville shops and restaurants; a light, bright, and transitional design; and a fabulous floor plan. The master and study are downstairs.

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Schools

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

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

By Maria Adolphs

Special Contributor

T

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

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

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

authenticity, she said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

porary issues and become agents of change.

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

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

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

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

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Hillcrest Student Thrives in Mayor’s Fellow Program Students from 50-plus schools get taste of corporate world

By Tim Glaze

People Newspapers The Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program has become a Dallas tradition, one new mayor Eric Johnson plans to continue.

Students representing 52 Dallas ISD, Richardson ISD, and public charter high schools, participated in eight-week, paid internships at some of Dallas’ top corporations, nonprofits, and legal firms.

Of approximately 2,400 students who applied for internships, 370 students got jobs at the more than 200 participating businesses and nonprofits.

One of those students, 16-year-old Olivia Bason, now a junior at Hillcrest High School, interned at Accenture, a business management consulting firm.

Being able to fully experience aspects of corporate America at such a young age was at first overwhelming but soon became thrilling.

Olivia Bason

“Being able to fully experience aspects of corporate America at such a young age was at first overwhelming but soon became

thrilling,” Bason said. “The eight weeks I spent at Accenture was an opportunity I will forever be thankful for. I got to network, broaden my communication and leadership skills, as well as understanding how being proactive and paying attention to detail is really important in any occupation.”

Bason, who plans to attend a four-year university and major in communications or media studies, said that her parents’ roles in media inspired her potential career choice.

“Growing up as a child with parents who worked in media and radio, I was always fascinated with how small aspects of a job contribute drastically to the final product,” she said. “I even see myself applying for a full-time job at Accenture after college since I loved my brief time there.”

Accenture managing director Jorge Corral said that Bason “demonstrated strong leadership and communication skills” during her internship.

“We very much appreciated Olivia’s positive and energetic approach to work,” Corral said. “She asked questions to understand expectations, requirements, and timelines, and consistently went above and beyond the call of duty.”

The intern program began in 2008. For the past seven years, Bank of America has given $100,000 annually, allowing 280 interns to work at 100 nonprofits.

“As a Dallas native who grew up in

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Oliva Bason says interning helped her improve her communication skills.

West Dallas and Oak Cliff, I strongly believe that education and workforce development are crucial to help our city grow its economy and to improve the well-being of all Dallas residents,” said Johnson, who was elected mayor in June. “What pleases me most about the Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program is that it prepares our young people to become successful members of our city’s workforce by teaching them essential skills, so they are career-ready before they have even finished high school.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Come to tutoring prepared with questions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WHEN: 1-3 p.m. Sept. 8 WHERE: Phillips Family Athletic Center, Greenhill School in Addison (Use the Hornet Road entrance from Midway Road.)

COST: Free MORE: The Financial Aid Panel starts at 3 p.m. in the Middle School Rotunda.

ONLINE: isaadallas.org, greenhill.org

Exemplary Christian early childhood education values: • Toddler-Kindergarten classes

• Child-centered personalized learning

• Excellent Teacher: Child ratios

• Active engagement to construct learning

• Strong Fine Arts curriculum

• 4 discovery outside play areas

• Integrated curriculum

• Accreditation since 1997

8200 DEVONSHIRE DR. • DALLAS, TX 75209 • 214-350-6155

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Teacher’s Assistant: A Shy, Toy Zebra

Educator turns fun learning tool into a children’s book

By Maddie Spera

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Love of Nature Motivates Scout

Burke promotes Blackland Prairie preservation

By Danny Gallagher Special Contributor

While Boy Scouts enjoy a well-established connection with the outdoors through hiking, camping, and other activities, Trevor Burke wanted to demonstrate his love for nature through preservation and conservation.

Burke, now a recent graduate from the St. Mark School of Texas and a few years removed from launching an environmentally-focused Eagle Scout project, has become an advocate for protecting nature.

His speaking engagements have included the 2019 EarthX Conference and the TEDxKids talks in 2018 at SMU, where he’s now a student.

“We met him and discovered how outstanding he is,” said Keith Nix, who does community outreach for EarthX. In the spring of 2015, Burke organized an Eagle Scout project to protect an endangered 300-milelong, tall-grass ecosystem running from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio.

His work began with a conversation about the prairie with staff

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Trevor Burke talks about his preservation work during the Ladies Tea at the EarthX Conference at Fair Park. at the Connemara Conservancy in Allen.

“I realized the intensity of how endangered it was and gained a true motivation and passion for protecting the Blackland Prairie,” the Scout said.

Burke, who first visited the prairie when he was 11, said it looked and felt nothing like any other natural scene or preserve he ever visited.

“After learning how in danger it was, I became inspired and motivated to protect and preserve the

life on the prairie,” he said.

Burke, a member of Troop 570 in Dallas, spent more than 150 hours planning and organizing more than 25 volunteers to help clear acres of pecan trees that could fuel devastating wildfires.

He also raised a flock of quails in the living room of his family’s house to repopulate the species in the prairie.

He organized other projects to remove invasive species and restore the native wildflowers of the Twelve Hills Nature Center and reduce erosion of the Connemara Conservancy.

Burke’s work brought him recognition as well as his Eagle Scout status. He earned Eagle Scout of the Year for 2018 and 2019.

“When you go to a park and see trees everywhere, there is a certain feeling of the summer breeze on your face, looking out and seeing the green grass, the clear stream of water nearby.,” he said. “There’s an innate joy in that. I think it’s important we protect and preserve that.”

Danny Gallagher is a frequent writer for EarthX, a nonprofit working to educate and inspire people to pursue a more sustainable future.

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Acting Classes for the Autistic

KD Conservatory teaches social skills with basic stage exercises

By Mitch Gruen

R E G I S T R AT I O N

Special Contributor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students have been enjoying the class, and

their parents have noticed fantastic progress.

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

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

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

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

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

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Crystal Charity Ball

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

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

A: Through Crystal Charity Ball’s beneficiary selection process, I

have learned of the critical need for children and their families in Dallas County that live under the poverty line in food deserts and communities where more than 100 languages are spoken.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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favorite thing! And I love The Gem — I pop in weekly for their Radiant Glow juice and Forever Young Iced Green Tea.

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

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

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

Q: What is your fashion motto?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: What cosmetic is always in your purse?

A: Nars Enamoured Lip Gloss

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

- Compiled by Bianca R. Montes

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

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

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

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

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

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Hall of Fame

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q: What is your fashion motto?

A: The more casual, the better.

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

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

FOR THE NATIONS REFUGEE OUTREACH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LOS BARRIOS UNIDOS

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

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

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Society

FOOD, CLOTHING PANTRY GROWS TO HELP NEIGHBORS ESCAPE POVERTY

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

By Maddie Sanders People Newspapers

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

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

That quaint neighborhood project grew as the demands did.

This led, in 1985, to the formation of

what is no Wilkinson Center.

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

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

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

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

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

transforming their lives.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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SAATCHI ART COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION

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

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

Briana Salatino, Victoria Kennedy, Nicole Garton

Kaleta Blaffer Johnson and Lauren Millet

Derek Burto and Travis Lewis

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Diamond Mahone and John Bailey

Signature Saatchi Spritz

Rosa Langley, Dustin Holcomb, and Nerissa Von Helpsenstill

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

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

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KANARYS LAUNCHES IN DALLAS COURTESY PHOTOS

Kanarys Founding Members

Ron Parker

Launch Party at One Arts Plaza

Founder and CEO Mandy Price

Mandy Price, Star Carter, and Phuong Tran

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

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

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BENTLEY DALLAS CELEBRATES CENTENARY

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

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

Goga Band

Avery and Cassandra Johnson

Daniel and Tiffany Moon

Rochelle Gotsdiner and Kelsey Collins

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

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

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

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Living Well and Faith SEARCHING FOR GOD THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS

Worshippers urged to photograph ordinary examples of holiness

By Keyuri Parab

People Newspapers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The series is a part of an ongoing effort

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

to involve people in worship, visually and artistically.

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

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

“It’s great to see people wandering over

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

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

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THINGS TO DO

Dreamscape

Dreamscape

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

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

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

‘The Sleeping Beauty’

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

by The Dallas Opera Orchestra. Tickets are available at texasballettheater.org.

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DSO on the Go

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

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Esteem: A Fashion Show

When: 6 p.m. Sept. 10 Where: Tootsies Cost: $40 (standing room only); $75 (VIP seating) Local celebrities will join girls, women, and men of all ages and sizes, to embrace healthy, balanced lifestyles and self-acceptance during this show hosted by The Elisa Project. ESTEEM encourages people to love themselves while striving to be healthy. Tickets available at theelisaproject.org.

Esteem: A Fashion Show

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

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

North Texas Giving Day

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

Wake Up and Get Wealthy

When: 11:30 a.m. Sept. 22 Where: JCC Dallas Cost: Free Jump-start your wellness journey with a healthy brunch and enjoy engaging, educational sessions about living a wealthy life. This free event will highlight the community support and resources available to J members.

Participants will leave with the tools needed to reach their fitness and wellness goals. Tickets are available at jccdallas.org.

CARE Breakfast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bruschetta with Fresh Peach Salsa

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

Directions:

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

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

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

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

Yield: 42-48 bruschetta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salads are served with flair.

By Keyuri Parab

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. Pasta, pasta, and more pasta.

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

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

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

Conner FitzGerald helps with shopping.

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“I am beyond proud of our agents who work so hard — and so well,” says Robbie Briggs, president and CEO. The brokerage’s offerings are as exceptional as its agents. Here, just three of more than 700 opportunities: 9312 Rockbrook Drive, a modernist masterpiece of stucco, copper and mahogany; represented by Anne Goyer and LeeLee Gioia for $3,350,000.

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5858 Farquhar Lane, the one-of-a-kind home designed by architect Harwood K. Smith, founder of HKS, as his own, with vaulted ceilings and unique architectural touches; represented by Alex Trusler and Karla Trusler for $1,075,000.

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

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New Construction in a Stellar Location

Custom built Sharif Munir home is sited on a 1.10acre corner lot in exceptional Lobello Estates. 5531 Ursula offers 5 bedrooms, 6.2 bathrooms, 3 living areas, and 2 oversized two-car garages.

The entry offers a stunning view of the home’s large living area and a picture-perfect pool and outdoor living space. Polished limestone floors and a wall of windows set the stage for a bright living space that is open to a gourmet kitchen consisting of solid maple cabinetry, sleek quartzite countertops, SubZero refrigerator, freezer and beverage drawers, 6 burner Wolf range, double Asko dishwashers, and much more.

The resort style backyard is stunning with an inviting Pergola featuring custom mosaic tile work visible just beyond the infinity edge pool, a crushed granite garden graced with Chinese Ginko trees, sprawling green space large enough to accommodate a tennis court, and a vegetable Garden.

This unique home with an ideal floorplan is functional for everyday living and an entertainer’s dream. Located in close proximity to numerous sought-after private schools, shopping, restaurants, and offers quick access to the Dallas North Tollway.

Contact Courtney Jubinsky (courtney@daveperrymiller.com) or Ryan Streiff (ryan@daveperrymiller.com) for more information or visit DPMFineHomes.com.

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

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

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

ing options, as well as a gated hard surface play area. Water absorbing turf means owners can enjoy the lawn rather than maintaining it.

Whether commuting to work, school or Dallas’ finest shopping, 5507 Del Roy delivers. Many of the city’s top private schools are just minutes away.

Contact Jamie Kohlmann (jamie@daveperrymiller.com) or Ryan Streiff (ryan@daveperrymiller.com) for more information or visit DPMFineHomes.com.

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

How should sellers prepare for the fall market?

Sellers should prepare now to list for the fall market.

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

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

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

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Lillie Young Talks Fall Market

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Balady Beach Team lists new Preston Forest-area home 3030 McKinney Avenue #701 For Sale: $659,000 | For Lease: $6,200/month

Thanks to impeccable engineering and design, 5507 Del Roy offers a peaceful retreat just steps from the convenience of the Dallas North Tollway. Offered for $2,295,000, nearly every room in the home enjoys views of the resort-style pool, spacious lawn and towering trees beyond.

With 5 bedrooms and 5.1 baths, thoughtful details aim to make life easy as well as comfortable in this space. The gourmet, dual-island kitchen accommodates weeknight cooking and dinner parties alike, while the separate catering and outdoor kitchens provide limitless entertaining options. The spacious utility area includes a pet washing station, and the adjacent mud room space provides plenty of access for storing and charging of today’s accessories.

Crushed rock parking in the front and an oversized three-car garage with automated gate provide terrific park-

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2 Bedrooms + Study off Master | 2 Bathrooms | 1,971 SqFt

5507 Del Roy features a thoughtful and comfortable floorplan to suite any size family.

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Set in the Fairway of Preston Hollow is 5915 Boca Raton Drive (5915bocaraton.daveperrymiller.com).

The five-bedroom, 6½-bath, contemporary-style home with three-car garage, built by ICF Custom Homes, is priced by the Balady Beach Team at $2,250,000. The 5,789-square-foot residence (per building plan) was built by ICF, a premier custom home builder.

The design is crisp and clean with superb composition, and both quality and attention to detail are obvious in all aspects of the finished product.

Large windows, designer lighting fixtures, a covered patio with built-in grill and fireplace, and a unique, reclaimed-wood feature wall separating the two-story foyer and floating staircase from the main living room and chef-style kitchen, are just a few of the home’s highlights.

Energy efficiency is a major focus of this home, with three 16-SEER air-conditioning zones, two tankless hot water heaters, foam insulation and low-E windows.

To schedule a private showing, contact the Balady Beach Team at 214-384-5958 or michele@daveperrymiller.com / arlene@daveperrymiller.com.

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

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

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

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

Why do you foresee a strong fall housing market?

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

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

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

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Shirley Cohn Talks Fall Market

Chad Barrett Talks Fall Market

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

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

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

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

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

What are your expectations for the fall market?

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

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

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

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LOUISE EDWARDS CONE

05/20/1948 - 06/22/2019

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

Louise dedicated her life to her husband,

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

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

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

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

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

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