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or decades, the area just north of LBJ Freeway and just east of Galleria Dallas has been like a patchwork quilt of mismatched uses. From car dealerships to strip malls to apartment complexes that weren’t really compatible with the surrounding community, it’s been an area in need of redevelopment, but perhaps more than that, in need of a vision. Enter Dallas Midtown, the 460-acre project that civic leaders and developers hope will revitalize North Dallas and help lure both companies and their employees back from the suburbs. Such a long-term, large-scale
project has been discussed for several years, on the heels of similar mixed-use success in the Uptown area. But there are signs the vision could soon be turning into reality. “There’s an awful lot of things that are bubbling around out there,” said Bruce Bradford, president of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce. “Before there has been plenty of talk, but now we’re starting to see some real action.” Many entities have a stake in the plan, from the city to the chamber to a park board consisting of both developers and public officials. Dallas ISD has included a new elementary school to serve the area in its current bond
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Aspiring Circus Star is Jumping Through Hoops By Todd Jorgenson
People Newspapers You can’t convince Jesse Patterson the hula hoop was just a fad from the 1950s. For the Ursuline senior, the giant plastic rings offer an outlet for artistic expression and the possibility for an equally throwback career path in a professional traveling circus. Patterson already has proven herself as one of the top young hula hoop performers in the country, traveling to camps and shows when her schedule allows, including the Worldwide Circus Summit this summer in Massachusetts. It’s something she picked up when she was a student at Dallas International School, which runs an after-school circus program among its extracurricular activities. “I was a really shy kid, and this was the only thing I could really express myself in,” Patterson said. “I felt more confident hula hooping than I did raising my hand in class. I found that I’m good at it.” That might be an understatement, considering the finale to Patterson’s routine is a stunt that involves 40 hoops. “Her technique and her artistry is quite extraordinary,” said Fanny Kerwich, artistic director for Lone Star Circus, which operates the after-school program at DIS. “She’s one of the most unique and talented students I’ve had. When she comes on stage to do her act, everybody falls in love with her. She has that grace and is going to be very special.” At first, Patterson wanted to be an C O U R T E SY P H O T O
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Ursuline senior Jesse Patterson performs regularly for Lone Star Circus and does other shows around the country.
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People Newspapers While Xi Wang was growing up in China, her parents borrowed a piano from the museum where her father worked so that she could play and practice. They had been sent to the countryside as labor workers during the Cultural Revolution, so they valued any chance for their only child to expand her education. “I showed good memory to melodies and to tunes,” the Preston Hollow resident said. “My parents thought classical music was such a beautiful thing, and they knew nothing about it. They wanted me to study something they considered high class.” Eventually, the family borrowed money from relatives to buy their own piano for Xi to play. “My parents were in debt for several years — financially, it was a huge cost,” she said. “There was an obligation that you have to be outstanding.” But clearly, this hopeful endeavor on her parents’ part paid off. Today, the pianist and composer — whose name means “hope” in Mandarin — is a professor of musical theory and composition at SMU. She first arrived to the campus in 2009, after completing her education in Shanghai, followed by graduate degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Cornell. “I was admitted to the graduate school [in Shanghai] without examination,” she said. “I saw everything so smooth in front of me. It was too safe. I was only 22 or 23 at the time, and I wanted to see how far I could go.” She adapted to massive cultural and language barriers in order to obtain her
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master’s and doctorate degrees. But again, the seemingly overwhelming effort paid off. After just her second year on SMU’s campus, she was given the Rotunda award, which is based on student nominations. “Out of all the professors and all the classes, four or five won. That reflected to me that the students loved her as well,” her husband, Stewart Hsu, said. “She’s been very happy being part of the SMU community. It feels like they’ve really embraced her.” But the students aren’t the only ones who admire her. “Xi Wang is an extraordinary artist and human being,” said Samuel Holland, dean of Meadows School of the Arts.
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HILLCREST ALUMNI EVENT
Ron Natinsky, class of 1963, visits with Laura Estrada.
This year's 2015 Hillcrest Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award recipients included, from left, David Krause, Nancy Yontz Linehan Charles, Michael Friedman, Libbie Wilson Wilmer, and Ron Natinsky. Not pictured is Lynda Haire Adleta.
Around 175 alumni and their families attended Hillcrest's annual alumni awards dinner and ceremony at Prestonwood Country Club on Oct. 14, where six distinguished alumni were recognized. John Butler, class of 1955, at right, visits with other alumni.
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An Alcuin student tackles a ropes course challenge. Alcuin provides its students with exclusive opportunities for educational, interstate and country-wide travel. Trips range from educational exploration throughout Texas, the Rockies, British Columbia and so much more. During these outings, multiple lessons are taught that foster community awareness and real-world practicality. Challenging experience outdoors impacts powerfully upon a young person’s intellectual, physical, social, and moral development. Alcuin faculty and staff, who accompany the students, emphasize specific skills including questioning, investigating, developing perseverance, interpreting data, and problem solving. The trips allow our students to build organization, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication skills. Students participate in rigorous and challenging work including tent camping and outdoor educational, cultural, and historical experiences. At Alcuin, we believe students need to be equipped for tomorrow’s challenges, and we must adequately prepare them for the future they will inherit. That requires a commitment to providing students with experiential education that inspires them to become tomorrow’s leaders.
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Igniting Young Minds The Pre-K through fourth grade years are fleeting, but filled, like no other period in a child’s life, with pure potential. What we, as parents and educators, ignite in these primary years establishes the trajectory of a child’s entire future. For more than 60 years, Lamplighter has helped
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The Ursuline story is one of tradition. It is also a story of great teachers, cutting-edge technology, commitment to service, and confident girls becoming the effective, ethical, and compassionate leaders of tomorrow. The oldest continuously operating school in Dallas, Ursuline Academy is renowned for academic excellence, innovation, and our motto, Serviam (I will serve). We are committed to meeting the individual needs of each student, helping her develop intellectually and spiritually as she discovers her own unique gifts. At Ursuline, educators are role models and mentors who value teaching as both a vocation and a ministry. Students use advanced technology as a tool in a 21st century learning process to gain knowledge, communicate ideas, and investigate the world. They also learn global citizenship through mission trips, global studies programs, and educational and cultural exchanges offered with sister schools in Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, England, France, South Africa, Peru, and Wilmington, Delaware.
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Big Bones: Anthropologist Visits St. Mark's The human genus got a little bigger on Sept. 10, when paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, along with his team, announced the discovery of 15 prehistoric bodies in the Rising Star Cave in South Africa. These bones represent an entirely new species of human ancestor, dubbed Homo naledi. The news has astounded the scientific community, but one St. Mark’s teacher was already expecting the big announcement. This summer, St. Mark’s science teacher John Mead traveled to South Africa to meet up with Berger and his team. He explored the cave at Berger’s dig site and held rocks that contained the fossils of the ancient hominids. Mead also worked with researchers using a 3-D scanner to analyze 200 teeth. “This particular Rising Star site was the most prolific fossil site in all of Africa in all of our recorded history,” Mead said. “That was really the chance of
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Lee Berger, left, and St. Mark's science teacher John Mead show Homo naledi fossils to students. a lifetime. I’m especially very thankful to Dr. Berger for the invitation to go down there. Sec-
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discovery like this.” Mead’s relationship with Berger, who had already made
global news with the discovery of another prehistoric skullin 2009, began with a simple Facebook friend request. On a whim, Mead asked if Berger would be interested in fielding a few questions from his science class. Berger was able to do one better and spoke in person at St. Mark’s in 2012. He returned again last year, teasing his latest discovery, and again on Sept. 30, following a presentation at the Perot Museum. Joining Berger at two assemblies were three “cave astronauts,” researchers who crawled through narrow, dangerous tunnels to reach the cave chamber containing Homo naledi. Students watched footage of the explorers shimmying through passageways and navigating over deep chasms. Berger presented the school with the first casts of Homo naledi for students to study up close. — Staff report
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CONTINUED FROM 9 Even with playing and teaching, though, her truest passion lies in composing. “Performing for a new composition you just wrote is like the day you see your newborn child,” she said. “When you compose, it’s a one-person job. I have all these sounds in my mind, but then you give it to the performers … the premiere is like you present your new baby to the world.” Xi’s pieces are performed with groups all over the country, so she will frequently travel to attend them and give a short speech either before or after the performance, if her sched-
ule allows. “That’s the day you show the world what you have done and you let people go into your heart,” she said. “You open your heart and let the music in.” Wang said she typically composes two or three new pieces per year, depending on length and difficulty. It’s that same spirit of dedication her parents taught her that propels her toward new compositions and fuels her teaching. “As a composer, you can’t wait for the inspiration. It doesn’t work that way,” she said. “I always tell my students you have to work for the inspiration. It doesn’t fall from the sky.”
CONTINUED FROM 8 aerialist either in trapeze or tight-wire. She still wants to pursue those, but her focus changed after she watched a hula-hoop act during a Cirque du Soleil show as a youngster. “I fell in love with it and went home and started trying all the tricks you can do,” said Patterson, who trains for 3 to 4 hours every day, generally alternating between acrobatics and hula work. “I like being in the air,” she said. “Safety is our main priority when training. If you know what you’re doing, then it’s not as dangerous as it looks.” Patterson still trains and
performs as part of Lone Star Circus, and even teaches some hula classes to beginners who aren’t much younger than her. She’s also done some festival shows with the American Youth Circus Organization as well as some private parties and variety shows. In December, Patterson will be featured for the fourth time in the troupe’s holiday show at Dallas Theater Center, which features top students alongside professionals. “The circus performers become a family,” Patterson said, “and I really enjoy that sense of community and camaraderie.” Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com
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Mission Continues for Winston After 40 Years By Karly Hanson
People Newspapers Noah Mills couldn’t focus in class. He was 18 months younger than most of the kids in his grade, and he was much smaller. He had been diagnosed with ADHD and heavily medicated as a result. But even with his prescription, he couldn’t concentrate on tasks and lessons. The Mills family moved from New Orleans to Dallas in 2005, a week after Hurricane Katrina hit. Noah was 8 years old. He was bullied daily in school. His mother, Hollee, knew he needed a different style of teaching, but didn’t know where to find it. After trying a learning differences school in Dallas and a military boarding school in Virginia, Hollee decided to try The Winston School. Noah met with Rebbie Evans, now head of school at Winston, and Hollee still remembers what she said: “Noah, you’re lucky to be here. Not everyone gets to meet me.” “Why not?” Noah asked. “Only the really smart kids get to meet me,” Evans replied. Hollee recalls the way her son’s face lit up after being called smart. He had never heard that at school before.
Noah was accepted into Winston in 2012, and is set to graduate next May before he heads off to college. “He was celebrated there,” said Hol-
sary, still priding itself on being a safe place for smart kids who learn differently. “The teachers love the way the kids think,” said Liza O’Connor, director of development. “It’s not that they think outside of the box, it’s that sometimes there is no box.” The 40th school year kicked off with a red-carpet welcome for all Winston students on the first day of school. Every student was greeted by name and cheered on by all the faculty and staff. Winston broke ground on its new fine-arts building in mid-October as part of the anniversary celebrations. The new building will have a 225-seat auditorium, music and dance studios, a media center, galleries to display student art, and more. The school also has become known for its annual spring science fair that is open to students from C O U R T E SY P H O T O S any school. Some students come from The Winston School rolled out the out of state to participate. “I get real emotional when I think red carpet for students to start its about the 40 years Winston has been 40th year in August. maximizing potential and inspiring suclee, president of the Winston Parent cess,” said Evans, who has been with the Teacher Organization. “He had never school for 30 years. “Our students are gobeen celebrated for being different.” ing to be the movers and the shakers of DA Park Cities People Ad.pdf 1 8/10/15 2:17 PM the future.” Winston is celebrating its 40th anniver-
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PLENTY LEFT FOR JESUIT STANDOUT Lefty Palisch leads Rangers in two sports By Todd Jorgenson
People Newspapers Regardless of what sport Jacob Palisch is playing, his left arm is usually in motion. He’s a standout both as a relief pitcher for the Jesuit baseball team that advanced to the Class 6A state tournament last spring, and as the new starting quarterback as the Rangers chase another playoff berth this season in football. Balancing the demands of both sports can be challenging physically and psychologically. But the 6-foot-5 junior, who also plays basketball for the Rangers, doesn’t want it any other way. “Growing up I played both, but until I got to high school, I didn’t really like baseball much,” Palisch said. “Now once football is over, baseball is at the top of my priority list.” Palisch spent his early years at a small private school while his two older brothers went to high school at Plano East. In middle school, he transferred to St. Monica, where some of his baseball teammates attended, before enrolling at Jesuit as a freshman. He grew up playing three sports in youth leagues in Plano, but admits his affinity for baseball came in part through Jesuit’s historic postseason success last year. Now he hopes that will translate to the football field. “The run we had was one of my favorite sports memories,” Palisch said.
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Jacob Palisch has excelled this season as Jesuit's new starting quarterback, despite missing spring drills because of baseball. “We really can compete. Going into that season, I don’t know how deep any of us thought we could go. It’s a confidence boost and it really does carry over to other sports.” However, since the Jesuit baseball season didn’t end until June, Palisch missed spring drills with his football teammates. That might seem alarming for a new quarterback taking over a prolific offense from previous signal-caller Bo Schneider, who signed with Central Florida. “It’s a challenge in the fall because you’re coming in behind all those guys
who are getting that work,” said Palisch, who voluntarily trained with some of his receivers following weight-room sessions during the summer. The missed workouts came with the blessing of Jesuit football coach Brandon Hickman, who said the experience in pressure situations during baseball season certainly carries over. Palisch played in a handful of games at quarterback as a backup last season, mostly late in lopsided wins, including once in the playoffs. This season, he’s been effective both as a passer and a runner. “He’s very talented and he’s a good
leader. He’s very smart and makes good decisions,” Hickman said. “I thought we’d have more growing pains at first. We haven’t skipped a beat offensively. We’re more efficient in the red zone than we’ve ever been.” Palisch said he plans to play both sports through next season, even though that will change once he gets to college. He’s verbally committed to play baseball at Stanford. “It’s just a matter of motivation,” Palisch said. “The plan right now is just to keep going.” Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com
Football Fans Might Know These New ESD Coaches By Todd Jorgenson
People Newspapers ESD football coach Richard Williams didn’t set out to create a coaching staff filled with NFL veterans and former college standouts. It just turned out that way. Seneca Wallace recently wrapped up an 11-year career with the Seattle Seahawks and Cleveland Browns. Curtis Jackson played two seasons as a receiver with the New England Patriots, one of which ended with a Super Bowl title in 2002.
Bo Wallace was a standout quarterback at the University of Mississippi last fall who moved to Dallas after not being signed by any NFL teams. All three are new volunteer assistants who bring expertise and experience to the sidelines for the Eagles, who are trying to repeat as SPC champions this fall. “They all have so much knowledge that they can help all of us,” said running back Connor Bolton. “It really grabs your C H R I S M C G AT H E Y
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ESD head coach Richard Williams (center) hopes an expanded coaching staff can grow the program.
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S P ORTS CONTINUED FROM 18 attention.” Seneca Wallace, who was an assistant last season at Coram Deo in Flower Mound, serves as quarterbacks coach, which allows him to work directly with new ESD signal-caller Seth Washington, whose dual-threat abilities have prompted the Eagles to change their scheme. “There was a lot of potential here. It was a different style of offense that they were not used to running,” Seneca Wallace said. “The biggest thing is sharing what you’ve been through or what might be able to help them.” Jackson met Williams a few years ago and had been training a few ESD players in private lessons. He coached at the middle-school level at Trinity Christian Academy last year, and was looking to move up, so Williams brought him in to coach receivers. “It was a great fit because he knew some of the kids already,” Williams said. “The fundamentals and knowledge that these guys are able to bring, our guys
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ESD head coach Richard Williams was a standout running back at Rice University before he got into coaching. just soak that up.” In the decade since he retired from the NFL, Jackson has worked privately with young receivers throughout the country. He said he tries to emphasize leadership principles and mental toughness. “I’m grateful to be here, because I have a lot to give these kids,” Jackson said. “What I’ve learned in the league, I can bring to the high school level.”
Williams said the expertise of the new members of his coaching staff has paid tangible dividends on the field. “He’s definitely taken my game up multiple levels this year,” said ESD receiver Blake Morrison. “With their experience, they know exactly what needs to be done during practice to have your best game.” Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com
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Entrepreneur Aims to Cut Medical Bills By Meredith Carey
Special Contributor Meet Sarah O’Leary and you’ll know immediately that this woman is doing something big. The relatively new Preston Hollow resident has a lot of experience under her belt, from handling multi-million dollar campaigns at HBO to owning her own advertising agency in Los Angeles. But it’s her latest endeavor that’s turning heads. O’Leary is part of the latest graduating class at Health Wildcatters, a healthcare startup accelerator in downtown Dallas. Her business, ExHale Healthcare Advocates, will finish the three-month intensive program as the H&R Block for healthcare, and with the advisory board and seed money to prove it. “Imagine going a to car dealership without knowing what the price is and not being able to negotiate. A month later, you receive a bill for $10,000 more,” O’Leary explained. “Wouldn’t you think it was insane? You just wouldn’t accept it. You wouldn’t go to a grocery store that didn’t have prices on shelves, so why do we go in blindly into the healthcare space?” ExHale tries to demystify the billing process, from doctor bills to hospital fees, and give clients the peace-of-mind that they won’t be overcharged for a medical procedure. By appealing charges on bills, ExHale pre-
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ExHale Healthcare Advocates founder Sarah O'Leary and Hubert Zajicek, CEO of Health Wildcatters vents clients from dealing with insurance companies and hospitals. This isn’t some occasional occurrence. The University of Minnesota reports that more than 30 percent of medical bills include some sort of error. O’Leary got the idea after speaking with a friend who had survived breast cancer. When asked what the worst part of battling the disease was, her friend said that it was the bills and paperwork, not the chemo-
therapy. “I had no desire to work in the healthcare space but I had this epiphany that I could do something much more purposeful with my life,” O’Leary said. “I woke up on a Tuesday and had the entire plan for ExHale in my head.” Her plan caught the attention of Hubert Zajicek, one of Health Wildcatters’ co-founders. A physician by trade, Zajicek knows the dangers and
confusion of medical billing. “Personally, I can relate to the business extremely well. My wife and I are trained doctors and have been exposed to mystery medical bills many times,” he said. “Frankly in some cases, I made a stand and argued those bills solely because if two physicians cannot discern what the bill is for, how can any able-bodied, and especially a non-ablebodied, person figure it out?” Through Health Wildcat-
ters, startup founders like O’Leary have access to mentors, resources, and facilities to make their company a reality. The healthcare startups receive co-working office space for three months, practice business pitches, and connect with the industries biggest players, and wallets. With 32 graduates, including O’Leary and her cohorts after their final November pitch presentation, startups from the program have raised more than $12 million in seed capital. “I can’t believe how many people I’ve met in these three short months who are extremely valuable to me. It would have taken me years to meet these people on my own if I could even have gotten meetings with them,” O’Leary said. One of ExHale’s mentors through Health Wildcatters is Lea Nesbit, an entrepreneur who sold her healthcare startup to 3M in 2007. “Part of my motivation was that, when I was starting out, so many people were willing to give me their time and refer me to someone they knew,” she said. “It’s really important to not feel like you’re out there alone. The access that you get through Health Wildcatters is tremendous.” A self-described “detective,” O’Leary is working not only in Dallas but around the country to ensure that no one has a traumatic financial experience after an already traumatic medical incident.
Passion Fuels Effort to Help Latin American Women By Todd Jorgenson
People Newspapers As one of the founding members of Chiapas International, Preston Hollow resident Paula Feinberg is passionate about philanthropy and Latin America. The nonprofit organization, which will hold its 10th annual International Market and Gala on Nov. 5 at the Belo Mansion, has raised more than $6 million in the past 12 years to help fight poverty in seven countries. Specifically, the Dallas-based group uses microfinance loans to help women jump-start their business ideas as well as fund-
ing projects related to health education, literacy training, clean water, and food security. Feinberg, Paula who still serves Feinberg on the Chiapas board, talked about the evolution of the group and her involvement with the cause.
What prompted your interest in curbing poverty in Latin America? I grew up on the border in El Paso, so I was always very conscientious of the dividing line
and the extent of the poverty. When I was about 19 years old, it was very normal for our family to go to Juarez [Mexico]. A little girl of about 6 years old offered to fill my gas tank, and I couldn’t believe it. This was her way of making a little extra change. I thought there’s got to be a better way. As a young woman headed to college, there was nothing I could do. Years later, when I realized what the [Chiapas] concept was, it was an a-ha moment. After all these years, it was an exciting to see a real solution to poverty. It’s brought women up to a different level. Their kids stay in school,
and they’re eating better, and there’s all these incremental changes. Why does the organization cater its donations specifically to women? It’s a very universal connection. They want the same things we want for our children. They want to take their little enterprises such as textiles and grow them. A $50 loan can be incredibly life-changing. Most women, when they’re that deep into poverty, there’s usually not a male present, or if there is a male present, the investment a lot of times doesn’t reach the family. There’s an issue of wom-
en being entrepreneurial but also highly focused on tending to the family. Because they’re so focused on getting the children a better life, their loan repayment rate is over 90 percent. The model is an accountability model. Women are prone to be networkers and have these accountability circles almost naturally. It really incentivized them to support each other in their success. Why does Chiapas issue small loans instead of just donating money like traditional charities? The success and
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BUSINE S S CONTINUED FROM 20 wealth-building in Latin America is very important to our economy. We try to make that bridge for people. If they prosper, it has a direct impact on our own growth. When you make an investment, it’s great to know that money is being re-invested. One loan goes from one woman to the next. You’re actually building wealth. We just want to make the pie bigger. And why don’t we make a second pie while we’re at it? We want to help women have power and self-sufficiency. Your wealth contributes to your choices and opportunities. All they need is that little bit of cash flow, and they can take their idea and run with it. How has the organization grown so quickly among top Dallas philanthropists? We really put a structure around it to where we could bring together
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all the philanthropic hearts in Dallas. We wanted to make sure we had something that was very viable but has high standards. The idea is that wealth building is possible at any level. There’s a core understanding that we’ve all had a cash-flow problem at one point or another. When people are in poverty, it can be absolutely devastating. The money that we have can be channeled effectively and efficiently to the needy.
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Inaugural Exall Award Goes to Ex-DMN Editor Friends of the Dallas Public Library has named an award after one of the library’s founders, May Dickson Exall, to honor a person who has gone above and beyond to help the city’s public library system. Bob Mong, former editor of The Dallas Morning News, was named the inaugural winner of the award at a banquet on Oct. 13. Exall, whose family has roots in the Park Cities, was a pioneer among female philanthropists in Dallas.
Dallas Assembly Names Officers for New Year The Dallas Assembly, a nonprofit organization aimed at fostering informed discussion on key issues, has named its officers for the 201516 year. Membership is limited to 350 civic leaders and is by invitation only. The new officers include president Roger Gault, past president Duncan Fulton, secretary Kathleen Wu, and treasurer Carolyn Perot Rathjen. Vice presidents are Debbie Ryan, Chris Heinbaugh, Giselle Antoni, Barry Hancock, Wilson Jones, Mattye Gouldsby Jones, Macey Davis, Kevin Hanrahan, Sylvia Komatsu, and Michael Lunceford.
Center for BrainHealth Holds Groundbreaking The Center for BrainHealth at UT-Dallas broke ground on its Brain Performance Institute on Oct. 14 in
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the Medical District. The 62,000-square-foot facility is slated to open in spring 2017. More than $55 million has been raised toward an $82 million campaign that supports the building, programs and an endowment. A $2 million contribution from Lyda Hill jumpstarted the first Brain Performance Institute warrior program.
CREW Gives Top Award To PH Resident Ketchum Preston Hollow developer Kennis Ketchum recently was given the Outstanding Achivement Award by the Dallas chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women. Ketchum is the owner and founder of Portfolio Development LLC, which has built multifamily and mixeduse complexes since 2001. Her 15 projects have included more than 3,000 units.
Nasher Recognized With Texas Trailblazer Award The Family Place’s 20th Texas Trailblazer awards luncheon recognized Preston Hollow resident Nancy Nasher, a philanthropist and co-owner of NorthPark Center. The award recognizes a local figure who, as as the name implies, blazed a trail for other to follow and creates positive change in the community. NorthPark has hosted the Susan G. Komen Dallas Race for the Cure since 1995.
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er. The seven stalls extend out in wings to the central entertainment space. It’s also a display space for the owners’ contemporary artwork. The fireplace wall highlights the cut Lueders limestone from which both the main house and the garage are built. The tile floors are made to look like hardwood flooring, but are resistant to the weight of the cars. Glass walls divide the entertainment space from the showroom spaces for the cars. The tracks and garage doors, when open, are concealed between the ceiling and the attic floor, and the inside of each stall door is covered with a mural made of wallpaper with a gear and engine motif. — Staff report
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DESIGNING WOMAN STILL EVOLVING STYLE For Tycher, legacy is inspiring By Britt E. Stafford
People Newspapers Landscape architect Linda Tycher will tell you she comes from a “building family” — and she does. Daughter to Fred Tycher, one of the builders of the first luxury apartments behind the pink wall in Preston Center, Tycher says she inherited her designing ability from her father. So did her brother and sister, an apartment builder and interior designer respectively. “I had very ahead-of-[their]time, encouraging parents. And when I expressed an interest in [landscape architecture], they said ‘well, that’s an interesting field,’” Tycher said. She expressed enthusiasm for the landscaping sector as a teenager, when she worked for a landscape architect in Dallas. While attending Hillcrest High School, she attended previews for careers in commercial art, architecture, and landscape architecture. After studying landscape architecture at Michigan State University, where she was one
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Linda Tycher recently served as landscape architect at the Palomar, a hotel designed by her father.
PROJECTS Mockingbird light rail station: 1993 Aaron Residence in Preston Hollow: 2001 Shops at Highland Village: 2007 The Taylor: 2012 Turtle Creek Village: 2015
of two women in her classes, Tycher graduated in 1971 and was hired by the university as a campus planner. She returned south, and after a four year stint in Houston, Tycher decided to come back to her roots in Dallas to start her own practice. As the founder and principal of Linda Tycher & Associates since 1978, Tycher can boast of
her firm being a Historically Underutilized Business, and North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency-certified as a 100 percent woman-owned firm. The company’s projects range from high-end residential to urban infill multifamily to campus planning — all accomplished with a five-person office. “What I hear from my clients and what I pride myself on
is we have a vision for a project,” said Tycher. “The main thing we offer is very strong follow-through.” The firm’s project portfolio includes involvement in the first light rail project for the city of Dallas from 1989 to 1995. A large percentage of her single-family residential clients have been in Preston Hollow, where Tycher has been a resident for over 30 years. One of her larger projects in the area was the Aaron residence, seven acres in the heart of Preston Hollow. In 2004, Tycher was called by the owners of the Hotel Palomar — now known as the Highland — on Mockingbird Lane to be the landscape architect for the building. It's the same hotel her father designed and developed in 1967, when it was called the Hilton Inn. Tycher’s experiences have prepared her for the different trends she has seen over the years. “We are always trying to borrow and coordinate with the architecture and weave that into the amenities available,” said Tycher, whose current projects reflect trends in water conservation, urban design, historic renovation, and more. “I call us a design studio,” she said. “And that’s what we’re all about.” Email britt.stafford@ peoplenewspapers.com
Local Realtor Creates a Hub for Hip-Pocket Listings By Diana Oates
Special Contributor When making moves in a real-estate market as competitive as Dallas, both the agent and the client are constantly seeking a competitive edge. The agent wants to find, show, and sell properties that are hard to find and impossible to pass up. And while buyers often want the same, sometimes the sellers are not so black-andwhite, on occasion opting for a more private experience. You got it — this means attempting to sell a home before it officially hits the market. This daunting dilemma pops up more and more in this healthy housing market and can prove
exhausting for all parties involved. That is where The Unlisted comes in. This hub for hippocket listings Daylon is a website dePereira signed for agents and brokers to share properties that have yet to, or will never, hit MLS. Allie Beth Allman agent Daylon Pereira came up with the idea as a direct result of needing a better way to share and find listings. He set out to create a site that holds the business of real estate to a higher standard in regards to how information is shared. “At any given time, there are more than 500 hip pockets in
Dallas alone,” Pereira said. “In a market lacking MLS inventory, we need a place to share these listings while respecting our clients’ requests for confidentiality and non-disclosure.” To join, all a new member has to do is provide broker information and once verified, they have full access to search, post, share, and email listings within the site. Any property, and its photos, maps and video links, can be added as long as it has yet to hit MLS. “As a user, you essentially get an in-house marketing team almost free,” Pereira said. Since its market launch in February, the site has developed a following from realtors like Debbie Ingram, who used The Unlisted to share a multi-million dol-
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Realtors can find this Maplewood Avenue home on The Unlisted. lar home for her client that sold within days. Currently, The Unlisted is only populated by North Texas properties, but expansion plans are in the works. So far, 600 agents and brokers have signed up.
“We plan to expand to all major metropolitan cities in the United States, beginning in Austin and Houston,” Pereira said. “We are constantly improving and fine-tuning the site’s abilities.”
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Designer Brings the Outdoors Inside the Home By Meredith Diers
Traci Clancy started Drift Modern after incorporating organic and sustainable materials to remodel her own home in Preston Hollow. She used her background as a teacher to integrate art with math and science.
Special Contributor Two years ago, Traci Clancy and her husband remodeled their 1956 ranchstyle house in Preston Hollow. Clancy’s vision was a modern coastal style, and she wanted to include organic and sustainable materials. “The concept of bringing the outdoors into our homes is not a new one, but one that has become more significant in modern design,” Clancy said. Clancy, her husband, and their two children, ages 5 and 8, took a family vacation in California. While there, Clancy noticed the beauty of natural driftwood scattered along the beach. She began experimenting with some collected pieces when she got back to Dallas, adding gemstones, flowers, and succulents, creating centerpieces for her mantle, foyer, and dining room table. “I loved how the arrangements gave my home a modern, organic feel,” she said. As a former elementary school teacher, Clancy didn’t have a background in design, but her favorite lesson plans were integrating art with
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math and science. Clancy noticed a hole in the market for moderately priced home décor. Soon she began selling her unique driftwood pieces in art shows, school
bazaars, and via custom orders. “I have been very fortunate to have a great word-of-mouth client base,” said Clancy, whose company is called Drift Modern.
Clancy’s art pieces also incorporate sola wood, a material derived from the tapioca plant. “The sola wood is carved into the shape of a flower,” she said. “It looks gorgeous paired with driftwood.” Clancy designs and creates her pieces in her home studio, selling 15 to 20 pieces per month. The driftwood art ranges from 12 to 30 inches long and can cost $85 to $200 per piece. “My favorite part about creating the driftwood pieces is that each piece of driftwood is a unique wonder, fashioned over time by [the] ocean, winds and sand,” Clancy said. Because of her interest in organic and sustainable materials, Clancy partnered with The Nature Conservancy. For each purchase, she makes a $2 donation to the nonprofit organization. Clancy not only creates driftwood art, but she recently expanded her business to include modern, organic-gemstone jewelry. In addition to online, the Drift Modern art pieces will be shown and available at the Hyer Elementary School, Ursuline, and Christ the King Catholic School bazaars in November.
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Modern Mile Showcases Homes for a Cause By Britt E. Stafford
People Newspapers A new home tour made its debut on Preston Hollow’s doorstep on Oct. 3. Modern Mile Dallas hosted its inaugural event by featuring six homes in a compact area bordered by Royal Lane, Midway Road, Walnut Hill Lane, and Marsh Lane. With the consultation of local architects, the group was able to whittle down a potential 40 sites to a select six. Rather than having attendees hop in their car to jump from home to home, Modern Mile Dallas selected homes within walking distance of each other, thus the name. Some of the homes on the tour were part of a nationwide Parade of Homes in 1954, which celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. When Modern Mile Dallas first discussed the idea, in 2014, the group wanted to host it during that anniversary. However, there was not enough time to plan, and the tour was postponed to this year. Modern Mile Dallas president Kathy Adcock-Smith described some of the homes like little time capsules.
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Here's a sampling of the homes from this year's Modern Mile Home Tour in Preston Hollow. “Some kept [the home] as it was originally,” said Smith. “You can easily add on to a home and still capture that great feeling.” Five of the homes were mid-century modern, built no later than the 1960s. One home stood out from the group when
the organization added a modern home built this year. Marla Hartsell, vice president of Modern Mile Dallas and charitable donation chair for the home tour, was familiar with Walnut Hill Elementary School, especially since it is
located within the same square mile as the featured houses. “I really thought, ‘I want something everyone can get behind,’” Hartsell said. The Modern Mile Dallas named Walnut Hill Elementary as the beneficiary of the tour’s
proceeds. The school intends to use the donation to renovate its indoor courtyard into a butterfly and century garden. “The courtyard over the years has become overgrown,” Walnut Hill Elementary principal Chase McLaurin said. “It’s not being used, but it’s a great space.” With these renovations, the garden will become outdoor classroom space. This space will be perfect for the kids in the school’s autism program, said McLaurin. “We’re just excited to have our community involved in the school,” McLaurin said. Despite being the organization’s first home tour, the event exceeded expectations. “When we started out, we had of an estimate of selling 300 tickets, and we sold over 1,000,” Smith said. “We’re going to be able to give a big check to Walnut Hill Elementary.” Regardless, Modern Mile Dallas intends to return for a second tour next year. “We definitely plan to do the Modern Mile Home Tour next year,” said Smith. “And this time, we’re not starting from ground zero.” Email britt.stafford@ peoplenewspapers.com SPECIAL ADVERTISING CONTENT PREMIER PRODUCERS NETWORK
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Home Prices Could Be Shifting Away From Sellers By Todd Jorgenson
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People Newspapers Amid a seasonal slowdown in the housing market this fall came possible signs that sellers might have to take their feet off the gas pedal. Home sales in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow declined sharply in September compared to June, for example, and prices showed a modest drop as well, according to statistics from the North Texas Real Estate Information System. “I think we’re seeing a little bit of a market adjustment. I don’t think it’s a downturn,” said Michelle Wood, an agent with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty. “I’m still seeing a busy market.” Although the numbers are in line with past season-
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$274
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al trends, they’re still striking. Sales in the Park Cities dropped by more than 50 percent from summer to fall, and almost as much in Preston Hollow. So it makes sense that as fewer people are buying, in-
ventory is on the rise. The number of local active listings reached their 2015 peak during September, and available properties are spending longer on the market, especially in the Park Cities. “We’re starting to see a lot
of reductions,” Wood said. “It’s a great time of year to buy.” But does this signal a more widespread issue? Some industry analysts expected the Dallas market to stabilize this year after an extended period of volatility that favored sell-
ers to an exaggerated degree. Wood said that sellers can still get good value, but they might not be able to take advantage of the market as they’ve done previously. “Properties that are priced right are moving quickly,” Wood said. “Seller expectations on price got a little out of line with reality, so now we’re seeing those properties sit that were overpriced.” She said an influx of new construction is also having an impact on the health of the market. “It’s making the houses that are not new have to compete a little harder,” Wood said. “It’s a great time to list your house, but it’s good to make it as show-ready as possible and to price it correctly.” Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com
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TEXTURE I am a sucker for anything that has texture, both visual and tac-
tile — rough, glossy, embossed, smooth, striae, decay, metallic and patina, just to name a few. Many textures inspire me and can turn into an incredible custom rug or wall-covering design. Don’t be afraid to combine textures in the same room, giving a layered effect. Layering texture in a room is no different than layering texture in your fashion. Think about it — just like a pair of embossed suede shoes combined with a smooth wool skirt and a trendy metallic handbag. Your interior space is no different. The right amount of layered textures combined can take
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Cattle Baron's chairs Tia Wynne and Mary Martha Pickens
Theresa Stambaugh, Dawn Greiner, Jude Messina, and Julianne Leblanc
Andrew Eckman and Tori Sise
Charissa and Brannon Fitch
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Danielle Sealy and Kameron Westcott
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3 Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum’s Writer’s Garden Literary Symposium and Luncheon, Rosine Hall, 9:30 a.m. 5 Texas Discovery Gardens Flora Award Gala, Grand Hall of Texas Discovery Gardens, 6:30 — 10 p.m. 7 Big Brothers Big Sisters Black Tie Ball, Omni Hotel, 6 p.m.
9 Council for Life Celebrating Life Luncheon, Hilton Anatole Chantilly Ballroom, 11 a.m. reception, noon luncheon 11 Friends of Wednesday’s Child Golf Classic, Topgolf at The Colony, 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. Tim McGraw performs at the end of the evening.
Lisa Silberman and Claire Johnston
12 Junior League Dallas Milestones Tim and Caren Vaught
Luncheon, Hilton Anatole, 11 a.m. check-in, noon luncheon
14 Night at the Museum, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 7 p.m. – midnight 19-21 Chi Omega Christmas Market,
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21 Idlewild Club Ball, Renaissance Hotel 22 New Friends New Life Home Tour, Park Cities, 2 — 5 p.m. 23 Senior Source Spirit of Generations Luncheon, Hilton Anatole
Daniel and Sarah Friedman, Carmen and Thomas Surgent, and Lee Anne Locken
30 SMU’s Centennial Celebration of Lights
More than 3,000 philanthropic cancer fighters attended this year’s Cattle Baron’s Ball on Oct. 3, raising more than $4 million for the American Cancer Society. Clad in boots and fringe, guests enjoyed good food and even better entertainment at Gilley’s Dallas. Tim McGraw was the headliner and capped off a raucous good time.
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2 Light Up Lee Park, Arlington Hall, 6 p.m. 3 Hope Cottage Leadership Council’s Ugly Sweater Party
Erin Clark & Jean Silvertooth
Susie Straubmueller, Breah Herzog, and Erin Cavanaugh
5 Crystal Charity Ball, Hilton Anatole 19 Calyx Club Winter Ball, Fairmont Hotel JA N UA RY
9 Terpsichorean Club Ball, Ritz-Carlton
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Joe Lerer, Alex and Kelsey Carroll, and Cheryl and Cori Todd
Rickey Fanning with the kids from the Willow Falls community.
Luke Allen, Melissa Allen, Ivan Rodriguez, and Courtney Allen Cheryl Todd with Cindy and Phil Eichenholz
Bev and Larry Dale
Behind Every Door celebrated five years of its mission with a group of bowlers at Bowl & Barrel on Sept. 20. The festivities included a bowling tournament, food, and a silent and live auction.
Cynthia Nastri and Nancy Turner
Gil Sheehan and Bobby Lutz
Will Dowell, Lori Turpin, Neisha Willis, Susan Lee, and Bonnie Thompson
Bill and Mary Margaret Hickey
Hunter Stensrud, Robert Neely, Kay Stensrud, and Adair Neely
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Christie Carter, Angela Nash, and Jan Baldwin
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Elizabeth Dacus and Lisa Bhattacharya
Beverly Cahill Nelson and Kyle Nelson
Lynn McBee, Meredith Mosley, and Nikki Webb
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The 54th annual Junior League of Dallas Ball Theme Reveal party welcomed guests to Museum Tower on Sept. 22. The theme for the Feb. 20 ball is To Dallas With Love. The evening also celebrated JLD's fifth annual Milestones Luncheon speakers — Lindalyn Adams, Ruth Sharp Altshuler, and Deedie Rose.
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SHARING SPECIAL-NEEDS STORIES Nonprofit gives adults possibilities
of adults, as well.” That empowerment is what Patti O’Connor saw in her son, Kyle, after he enrolled at My Possibilities. Kyle has Down syndrome and an irresistible spirit. He graduated in 2008 from Rowlett High School, By Jacie Scott where he was an assistant manSpecial Contributor ager for the baseball team and ran the flags during football In 2006, three moms had games. Much like the mothers adult children with special who founded My Possibilities, needs who were preparing to O’Connor was concerned with her only child’s future following graduate from high school. high school. They were seeking opportunities for their children to contin“We wanted him to work ue to learn, grow, and be active where people wouldn’t stare at members of the community. him all the time,” said O’Connor, They didn’t find much. There who now works as a therapy adwere places they could go, but ministrator at My Possibilities. none with emphasis on continu“That’s what broke my heart ing education. Adults with disall the time. Even though he is abilities needed more than just higher functioning, he looks difC O U R T E SY P H O T O ferent than most people.” babysitting services, and these My Possibilities will hold its annual Santa Run Texas fundraiser on Dec. 12 in Plano. Through the organization, mothers took the first step towards making that a reality. the 25-year-old earned his first “They had a town hall meet- need, ages 18 and up. Currently, paying job. He started off volunQ U I C K FAC T S ing and they expected about a their eldest is 72. teering at Sunrise Senior Living, Their students, or “HIPsters” a senior citizen living communidozen people to show up, and WHAT: Annual Santa Run Texas ty, and was offered a position as 300 families showed up,” said as they are called (Hugely Ima server last December. He gets Lena Carrera, community out- portant People), have the opWHEN: 8 a.m. to noon, Dec. 12, 2015 reach manager at My Possibil- tion to attend five days a week to wear a tuxedo and, of course, WHERE: Dr Pepper Snapple Group Headquarters, 5301 ities. “These are families that or simply once a week. a smile to work. In May, he Legacy Drive in Plano had infants to adults and every“We’re really proud of what was nominated as employee of thing in between. Everybody we’ve been able to do in such the month, and in June he was n5-piece Santa Suit is included with registration awarded his first raise. had the same concern, and ob- a short period of time,” CarrenEnjoy hot cocoa & coffee, live music, food trucks and more viously they felt they had to do ra said. “The need here in the My Possibilities has annuincluding a Santa’s Playhouse where adults and kids can something about it.” DFW area alone is over 200,000 al fundraisers including the visit Santa What started as ideas jotted adults with special needs. When Santa Run 5K. The organizanBring a toy to donate to Toys for Tots down on a Starbucks napkin de- they opened the doors seven tion also launched a retail outveloped into My Possibilities, a years ago, they opened with 12 let, HIPStore, featuring items nonprofit organization commit- adults. Today, we’re serving 175 handcrafted by HIPsters, such ted to serving adults with dis- everyday.” ship, and health and fitness. As ing, cheer classes — you name as jewelry, artwork, candles and abilities such as autism, Down In these programs, HIP- for electives, the possibilities it,” Carrera said. “ We also more. “There’s a passion here that’s syndrome and even head in- sters learn a variety of skills, are endless. have opportunities for them juries. Established in 2008 in from how to surf the Internet to “We offer things from violin to work with our organiza- super contagious — not just Collin County, it provides con- cooking healthy dishes. My Pos- lessons, choir, guitar lessons, tion, whether it’s on the work from staff, but from all the HIPHighland Park Village - ParkCity Preston Hollow - November 2015 tinuing education for adults sibilites focuses on life skills, Special Olympics where we crew, admins, or teacher sters,” lastassismodified: Oct Carrera 8, 2015said. 1:15“You PM feel it Live area: 10”w x 3”h with disabilities at every level of prevocational training, leader- go bowling, swimming, danc- tants. We’re empowering a lot when you walk around.”
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WEDDINGS
CAROLINE PINKSTON & FORD BINNING WEDDING - AUG. 15, 2015
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aroline Nicole Pinkston and William Bradford “Ford” Binning were joined in marriage Aug. 15, 2015 at Highland Park United Methodist Church. Their ceremony was officiated by Doctor John Fiedler. A reception followed at the Dallas Country Club. Downtown Fever provided music and entertainment for the reception. The magnificent cakes were designed by Dallas Affairs. The parents of the groom hosted the rehearsal dinner at the Crescent Club on the eve of the wedding. John Cain Photography captured all the magical moments on film for posterity and wedding videography was provided by ProEdit Productions. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Philip Pinkston of University Park. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Ernest Pinkston Jr., Mr. Frederik J. Hekking, and the late Mrs. Dorothy Brown Hekking and the late Mr. Kenneth Lloyd Brown. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Jay Binning of Oklahoma City. He is the grandson of Ms. Virginia Segrato Wood, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wood Jr., Mr. Gene Hitchock Binning, and the late Mrs. Bette Finese Binning. The bride was given in marriage by her parents and escorted down the aisle on the arm of her father. Caroline chose a Pnina Tornai Sweetheart Mermaid gown in silk organza from Kleinfeld Bridal in New York City. Its mermaid silhouette featured a sweetheart neckline with a natural waist in silk organza with a romantic lace overlay. She completed her look with a Peter Langner tulle silk veil with organza trim and a chapel-length train. Bridesmaid dresses were from Bella and hair and make-up was by Maitee Miles. Flowers
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were from The Garden Gate. Musicians for the wedding ceremony were Festival Brass of Dallas, the organist was Bradley Reznicek and the soloist was Callie Nixon.
Assisting the bride was her maid of honor, Catherine Walker Brim. Her bridesmaids included Kelly Eileen Anthony, Mary Ilene Binning, Sara Alison
Carabasi, Stephanie Michele Dona, Kelly Binning Ongena, Sarah Elizabeth Requa, Betty Grace Roberts, Anna Christina Russel, and Jennifer Jamie Spivack. Among the members of the house party were Jennie Octavia Malone, Sarah Jane Pinkston, Lily Baldwin Toland, Elizabeth Minton Yates, and Katherine Parker Zimmer. Attending the groom was his best man Christopher Mitchell Meyers. His groomsmen included Joseph Walter Bugg, George Thomas Harwood, John Paul Horace Herald, Wesley Nathaniel Holloway, Robert Barnard Kupchynsky, Richard William Lange, Cameron Patrick Ongena, Scott Philip Pinkston Jr., and Alexander Dalton Woodward. Serving as ushers were Oliver John Allnatt, Ted William Densmore III, Earnest Joh Kristofer Jauregui, Travis Burns Jones, Ryan Bogage Kimble, Steven Briggs Mitchell, and Christopher Harris Nash. The bride is a graduate of Highland Park High School. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration in real estate finance with a minor in economics upon graduating cum laude from SMU Cox School of Business where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Caroline works for JLL as an associate in capital markets-retail investment sales. The groom is a graduate of Heritage Hall in Oklahoma City. Ford received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering with a minor in mathematics from the Lyle School of Engineering at SMU where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He works for McMillan James Equipment Company, LP. Following their wedding trip to Antigua the couple have made their home in Dallas.
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LIVING WELL
Lineman Learning to Tackle Bipolar Past By Britt E. Stafford
People Newspapers “Who am I? How do I want to be remembered?” These questions remind former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Charles Haley, “Who I am today determines how I’m going to be remembered tomorrow.” But for all of his toughness on the field, the five-time Super Bowl winner harbored an internal vulnerability because of his struggles with bipolar disorder. Haley never experimented with drugs or alcohol during high school. And in college, his paranoia kept him from succumbing to the party scene. He was out of control, and even hurt other guys on the team. “I was always afraid if I got drunk or high or something that they would take advantage of me and beat me up for something,” Haley told a room of 500 people at 31st annual CARE breakfast at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. Haley never felt like he fit in, making him guarded. He said he was always in attack mode, making it difficult for him to gain friends. People would refer to him as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. There were days he would walk into the locker room bouncing off the walls, followed by days he would walk in and wouldn’t say anything. Haley admitted he had difficulty accepting he might have had an emotional problem. “The best thing I’ve done was when I went to a treatment center,” said Haley, who lives in Preston Hollow. “That was the best center I ever went to because I knew everything about alcoholism and drug addiction, but I didn’t have the tools to deal with being bipolar.” It wasn’t until his daughter, Brianna, was diagnosed with leukemia that Haley turned to drugs and alcohol for comfort. “I couldn’t deal with the emotion-
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Above: Charles Haley shared his message with area high school football players on Oct. 5. Right: He is supported by former teammate Emmitt Smith and his wife, Pat. al side,” Haley said. “All I could think was that she’s going to die, so I started to do cocaine and started drinking a lot. That’s not a good recipe.” Haley recalled how he would explode at his kids. He would shut himself away in his room with bottles of alcohol, and his children would leave food at his door. Finally, his wife sent him away when he said he wanted to hurt himself. “I thought I could stop, so I didn’t get help,” Haley recalled. “Everything changed when I was honest with myself.” Things started to get better after Haley changed psychiatrists. He tried to explain to his previous psychiatrist the prescription he had was making him sleepy and
gain weight. He felt she wasn’t listening, and he stopped taking the medication. Haley switched to a different psychiatrist who listened and put him on the right medicine, allowing him to travel and reach out to other players with similar issues. In January, Haley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His career was spent between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cowboys, earning Super Bowl titles for each team. Now Haley focuses his efforts on Tackle Tomorrow, an organization he co-founded with Bob Bowie. Through this group, Haley motivates kids to understand the importance of education, and help kids who struggle with reading and writing. Tackle
Tomorrow provides computers, installs education software, and funds instructors for after school programs in Dallas County. Before the CARE breakfast, Haley huddled with high school football players from different Dallas schools to give a pep talk with an important message. “It’s about being leaders,” Haley told them. “You have a team. You don’t have to walk in and try to make friends. ... Most kids, the reason they try to do drugs is they want to fit in. It’s just a social problem.”
Weekend Walkers Will Help Raise Money for Cancer Efforts By Britt E. Stafford
People Newspapers Sixty miles. Three days. One cause. The Susan G. Komen Dallas/Fort Worth 3-Day is winding through the area for its 11th year, and part of that route will run right through Preston Hollow and the Park Cities. The walk, which is one of seven held across the country, will take place Nov. 6-8. Walkers, either individually or as part of a team, will travel 15-20 miles each day. The trekkers will start at Collin Creek Mall in Plano with
S AV E T H E D AT E WHEN: Nov. 6-8 WHERE: Starts at Collin Creek Mall in Plano and finishes at the West End WHY: Since 2005, the Dallas/Fort Worth 3-Day has raised $57 million for breat cancer research and outreach programs.
an opening ceremony before hitting the pavement at 7 a.m. Nov. 6. A mob of pink is expected to
make its way through Preston Hollow via Forest Lane the afternoon of Nov. 6. Wayfarers will spend two nights at the 3-Day Camp where they will be able to bond with fellow walkers and rest after a long day. Local residents can expect the mass in pink to be flooding the area on Sunday, Nov. 8, on their way to the finish line. A public cheer station will be set up at Curtis Park in University Park from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Walkers will follow a trail
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The Susan G. Komen Dallas/Fort Worth 3-Day will wind through the Park Cities and Preston Hollow on Nov. 6-8.
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ooray! The fall feasting season is here — two holidays which bring us together with friends, family, and tables upon tables of fabulous, festive food. Breaking tradition to serve new and alternative holiday dishes can draw sneers and tears, so what I’ve done the last several years is stuck with the classics, but made them from scratch. Take one of my family’s favorites — green bean mushroom casserole with crispy onions on top. Instead of frozen beans and canned onions and soup, fresh beans are in-season, the “soup” part is relatively simple to whip up, and fried onions are easy to pull off fried in a pan or even oven baked (for less grease). There are lots of from-scratch recipes for this classic available online. I've played with different nut creams instead of dairy and switched up broths, and it's always delicious. You can keep them straight or modify as you like when you are in control of all the ingredients. Cranberry sauce is so easy, it’s hard to believe it found mass success cylindrical and jellied from a can. Frozen or fresh berries, plus water, plus sugar, and a little citrus over heat — that’s it. You can get
CONTINUED FROM 46 along Exall Lake before hitting their last public cheer station at the Historic West End on Ross Avenue. The event culminates with a closing ceremony in Dallas, where participants will celebrate their efforts and support of the fight against breast cancer. Since 2005, the Dallas/Fort Worth 3-Day has raised $57 million. Each walker pledges to raise $2,300 or more as a part of their commitment to support the organization. Seventy-five percent of the proceeds help support Susan G. Komen’s Research and Training Grant program and health
STEPHANIE M. CASEY fancier, for sure, but it’s sure to please. Gravy isn’t difficult, stuffing is a breeze, and even making a pie crust is no big deal (I don’t even own a rolling pin and have made crust using a wine bottle to roll out the dough).
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Here’s a simple fall recipe for you: nChop up some butternut squash and toss roasted nut or olive oil, and salt and pepper with some garlic cloves (in their skin).
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nRoast at 400 degrees until soft. nSqueeze the roasted garlic from its skin into a bowl, add the roasted squash, and whip together. A rich, creamy side dish is the result.
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IN THE AREA Here are just a few senior living options in proximity to Preston Hollow. n The Tradition
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People Newspapers As baby boomers become senior boomers, the need for senior living communities is growing. So developers are tapping into the market by looking at more amenities and perks to attract future residents. Ventana by Buckner, a new high-rise project, will open just south of NorthPark Center in 2018. As with other new communities, Buckner is working to differentiate from other senior living options. “We are going to have so many seniors without enough places for them to move,” said Mary Greer, marketing director of Ventana. Couples are looking for senior living communities at younger ages, said Greer, with the average age of people who have already signed up for Ventana being 74. Many communities have a waiting list, and starting the search early can mean less of a hassle when it comes time to make the big move. As more people begin looking around at a younger age, new communities eliminate the need for newcomers to wait for an opening. More than ever, developers are considering amenities during the design process. Rather than the current live-work-play model that's popular on mixed-use projects, developers working on senior living communities focus more on just the live-play aspects. Communities like Ventana gear toward a resort-style atmosphere. While each is different, both offer similar features, such as inclusive services, restaurant-style dining, state-of-the-art fitness centers, indoor pool and spas, and more. The living components of these communities have also been changing. “There had to be more of a merger of apartments, housing
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component, the medical component, and the social component,” said James Stroud, founder and CEO of Stroud Companies, a real-estate firm focused on senior living. “We are not a real estate business, we are an operating business, caring for seniors and their needs.” Stroud gears projects toward an aspect he called person-centered care. Rather
than focusing on the building, Stroud’s company determines what the residents' interests are, and what their physical abilities are, and provides the programming to enhance those needs. According to Stroud, the previous trend in senior living communities was to construct one large neighborhood. Current trends reflect those seen in university housing. Com-
munities are being divided into separate neighborhoods with residential wings and a common area in a dormitory setup. Ventana, which will be a 12-story high-rise, will be set up for a maximum of 12 apartments on each floor, reflecting this neighborhood trend. Along with the many all-inclusive, resort-style amenities, Ventana features another trend: a guarantee of care. “You’ll never be asked to leave,” said Greer. “We take care of you even after you’ve outlived your means. It’s a very broad, different spectrum of opportunity here.” Jonathan Perlman, founder and CEO of Tradition Senior Living, which recently opened the Tradition on Lovers Lane, said residents still emphasize the basic needs for a senior living community: safety and security, assisted living, and memory care. “Some [communities] are fairly old and are being redeveloped" to keep up with changing trends, Perlman said. Most communities are designed for independent seniors who are still able to perform everyday functions without assistance. However, to keep up with the future needs of residents, communities are including wings, floors, or buildings devoted to assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, and on-site rehabilitation facilities. “It’s about having something that’s going to fit different peoples' tastes,” said Greer. Email britt.stafford@ peoplenewspapers.com
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Midtown Brings Mixed-Use to Larger Scale lion overhaul of LBJ Freeway adjacent to the Midtown area as critical to its progress.
CONTINUED FROM 1 proposal that’s on the November ballot. “It will be completely unlike anything anybody has seen in North Texas,” said District 11 council member Lee Kleinman. “The idea is to have a lot of multifamily, and a lot of retail and restaurants, and add a lot of density.”
SIGNS OF PROGRESS One of the first and most prominent pieces of the puzzle will take shape after the Valley View Center shopping mall is demolished, likely early next year, by Dallas development firm Beck Ventures, which purchased the fledgling property out of bankruptcy in 2011. In its place, Beck is planning a $4 billion mixed-use development that will include shops, restaurants, a movie theater, upscale apartments and condos, office towers, luxury hotels, art galleries, a trolley system, fitness trails, and water features, all bisected by a “grand boulevard” with an esplanade. The firm, perhaps best known for developing the town of Trophy Club, owns about 20 percent of the Midtown land. Beck said the design concept will contain European influences. “What we’re building is something you can’t find anywhere in Texas right now,” said Beck Ventures president Scott Beck. The centerpiece for the development is expected to be a
The replacement of Valley View Mall with a mixed-use development will be one of the first pieces of Midtown. || B E C K V E N T U R E S 20-acre public park that would stretch over Montfort Drive, which is in planning stages. Think Klyde Warren Park near downtown, only about five times bigger. “There will be future opportunities” for residential and commercial development that don’t exist today, Bradford said. “South of Alpha, there’s no real sense of neighborhood there at all. This will end up having a great community to it.”
COMING TO FRUITION One of the earliest proponents of the Midtown plan was Kleinman’s predecessor, State
Rep. Lind a Ko o p (R-Dallas), who grew up in Preston Hollow and served on the Dallas City Council from 2005 to 2013. Koop asked city officials for help in creating a vision for that area prior to 2013, when the zoning measures were passed. One of her goals was to boost property values. “It’s going to reshape that whole area of Dallas,” Koop said. “The entire area there kind of stayed stagnant for a while. There were multiple challenges. The neighbors identified that area as one that they would like to see revitalized.”
After a series of meetings with neighborhood stakeholders and an advisory board, the council approved a massive zoning overlay in 2013, and the following year created a $432 million tax-increment financing zone and thoroughfare plan amendment for Midtown. Ninety percent of funds from the TIF will be reinvested in infrastructure and other projects in the area, and the other 10 percent would be earmarked to boost the Redbird area in southwest Dallas. About $71 million of the TIF funds will be used for land acquisition for the park over time, Bradford said. Koop cited the importance of the recently completed $3 bil-
NEW RETAIL LANDSCAPE The push for development doesn’t concern officials at the Galleria, which has been a hub for upscale shopping in Dallas since 1982. “Progress is a good thing, and it’s going to bring more density and more shoppers for us,” said Galleria general manager Angie Freed. “It’s our neighborhood, and we are genuinely looking forward to the improvements. I think it will be complementary. It just gives people more reason to come to this district.” In the Beck development, AMC Theatres will have a 10-screen complex, with announcements of other businesses to come this fall. “There’s a lot of development happening north of us, not in the city of Dallas,” Beck said. “It’s important to give corporate users an alternative address to downtown that’s closer to their employee base.” It will be years, maybe decades, before the entire Midtown plan comes together. But Bradford thinks the benefits will be multifaceted. “It’s going to take time, but Dallas is in a great position with economic development and significant numbers of new residents,” he said. Email todd.jorgenson@ peoplenewspapers.com
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People Newspapers On Oct. 8, the Dallas Park and Recreation Board adopted its 2015 Aquatics Master Plan, inciting the question: where does Preston Hollow fit in? The plan — originally presented and adopted in 2012 — has been updated to meet new site selection criteria, as well as reflect new trends and Dallas’ changing demographics. The new aquatics plan will implement the idea of bigger, better, and fewer facilities. The first change will be to divide Dallas into three regions. Each
region would include one regional aquatic center, one community pool, and one neighborhood pool. Each facility will meet the following site selection criteria: nRegional aquatic center will sit on 4 acres for a pool and bathhouse and parking for 100 or more cars with easy public access from public transit. nCommunity pools will sit on 3 acres for a pool and bathhouse with parking for 50 or more cars. n Neighborhood pools will
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The home at 6311 Northport Drive is listed by Elly Holder and Gretchen Brasch for $6,350,000. The Briarwood home at 4535 Elsby Avenue is listed by Jeff Mitchell for $499,900. The gorgeous single-owner home at 3444 Amherst Avenue is close to UP Elementary School, UP Pool and Snider Plaza. Listed by Becky Frey for $1,699,000. Citing a strong market and the decision by the Federal Reserve Bank to hold steady on interest rates, smart sellers know that Dallas is teaming with buyers are ready to move. For more exceptional homes, go to briggsfreeman. com. 3444 Amherst Avenue Situated on a fabulous block in University Park, this gorgeous single-owner home is close to UP Elementary School, UP Pool and Snider Plaza. Elegant interiors offer charm and comfort including formal living and dining rooms complete with hand scraped hardwood floors, large windows and a stunning cast stone fireplace. Upstairs are three guest bedrooms, master suite, powder bath, landing and utility room. Listed by Becky Frey for $1,699,000 3315 Southwestern Boulevard This magnificent home is loaded with grace and charm yet incorporates all of the newer amenities of today’s lifestyle. In a neutral palette, the formals are beautifully appointed. The updated kitchen boasts white marble counters and island a glass brick backsplash, Wolf stainless appliances, double ovens, warming drawer, and a Subzero. Windows open to view outstanding innovative landscape design work in a stone terrace, lush greenery and plantings, detailed stone handwork, and a stacked stone fire pit. Listed by Carol Storey for $1,725,000. President and CEO Robbie Briggs independently owns and operates Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty. For more information see briggsfreeman.com.
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The Andalusian architecture of southern Europe inspired the stucco and Chicago antique brick exteriors of this LIKE NEW residence. Inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, this custom-designed, contemporary residence focuses on function, flow, and clarity. Hand-cut Oklahoma field stone, brick and wood are used to integrate the interior and exterior creating strong elements in the open spaces. Custom tiles from French Brown surround the tower windows. Roof, gutters and downspouts are copper. Clerestory windows, which line the gallery, and the open floor plan encourage free movement of natural light. The materials, design and amenities throughout are of a quality that exceeds market expectations. Contact Juli Harrison for a showing: 214-207-1001 or juli.harrison@alliebeth.com.
The Devonshire and Briarwood areas offer residents a true, old-fashioned neighborhood community bursting with green spaces, a variety of lot sizes, mature trees and a commitment to preserving the tranquil beauty of the area. For those working in Downtown Dallas, the commute is just minutes doorto-door. It is close to the shops and businesses that line Lovers Lane, including Inwood Village. 4535 Elsby Avenue A prized 75x150 lot in the coveted Briarwood neighborhood features beautiful, towering trees plus a wide and deep lot that’s a perfect building site. Bring your builders or home owners looking for a spacious lot to build on and some green space left over to enjoy. Listed by Jeff Mitchell for $499,900 5612 Bryn Mawr Drive A classic Devonshire cottage is framed by mature trees with inviting covered porch. This charming home has a light filled formal living room with fireplace which opens to the formal dining room. The black and white kitchen has stainless appliances and an adjoining breakfast room with door to access the back yard. Listed by Amy Detwiler for $675,000 5718 Stanford Avenue Handsome hardwoods and charming plantation shutters throughout greet you in this four-bedroom Devonshire home featuring elegant arched doorways and beautiful white columns, formal dining, a butler’s pantry complete with a wine fridge, cabinets, and a generous walk-in pantry. Listed by Becky Frey for $1,295,000 President and CEO Robbie Briggs independently owns and operates Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty. For more information see briggsfreeman.com.
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Prime new listing at 7810 Amherst Avenue is offered by Paige & Curt Elliott of Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate for $1,219,000. This brick and stone beauty sits on a quiet cul-desac block in HPISD. High ceilings and large windows create a spacious feel throughout. Upstairs, master suite overlooks pool-sized backyard, with easy access to full-size laundry room and three bedrooms. Kitchen features stainless KitchenAid appliances, granite and generous storage. Optional fifth bedroom or study downstairs. Two car garage plus outdoor fireplace. To schedule a showing, call 214-478-9544 or email elliott@daveperrymiller.com. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate, an Ebby Halliday Company, is a member of Luxury Portfolio International.
Deciding to move up, move out or move onto a new phase of life brings up many questions that can be answered by an expert agent who can advise on strategies for making the most of today’s market. One agent from Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty recently met with clients considering a move to a smaller, lock and leave home that would allow them to travel easily during their post parenting years. After assessing the cost of utilities, taxes, insurance, maintenance and more for their aging home, the couple determined that a new home in a zero-lot line neighborhood would be a better investment and free up assets that could be used for travel and adventure. Another agent worked with a family to outline a twoyear plan to sell their current home and lease in one of Downtown’s beautiful high-rise homes. The family wanted to sell during a strong market and have the flexibility to take advantage of an upcoming relocation opportunity. They’re truly enjoying the move to urban living. The strong market is continuing, with serious buyers looking for well-maintained, well-priced homes that they can move into by the start of the new school year. Now is a great time to consult with a professional agent who understands the value of the right home for your phase of life. President and CEO Robbie Briggs independently owns and operates Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty. For more information see briggsfreeman.com.
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Grand Vie Showcases Luxury Living The fall/winter 2015 edition of Grand Vie: Luxury in Living magazine recently mailed to homes across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Grand Vie is the luxury-home publication of Ebby Halliday Realtors and the newest member of the Ebby Halliday Companies, Fort Visit grandviemagazine. Worth-based Williams com to view the fall/ Trew Real Estate. Grand Vie is diwinter 2015 edition of rect-mailed to approxGrand Vie: Luxury in imately 60,000 highLiving. net-worth households. Charity and event placement is also a significant part of the distribution strategy – placing luxury homes listed by Ebby Halliday and Williams Trew in front of North Texas’ luxury homebuying audience. “Not only has our magazine’s distribution grown significantly across North Texas, it also includes some of the very best luxury real estate companies outside of our local market, in such locations as Beverly Hills/LA, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Palm Beach, Newport Beach, Santa Barbara and Vail,” says Randall Graham, vice president and director of marketing for Ebby Halliday Realtors. In addition to featuring many of Dallas-Fort Worth’s premier luxury properties, the 18th edition of Grand Vie offers a special section for farm & ranch properties; “Houses of Art,” showcasing some of the area’s top cultural events of the season; fall-inspired recipes from local celebrity chefs Kirstyn Brewer of Victor Tangos and Blaine Staniford of Grace Restaurant; and LuxeTrends, showcasing a collection of the latest luxury lifestyle must-haves. Also in the fall/ winter edition: real estate insider Candy Evans’ take on the North Texas ranch market. To view the digital version of Grand Vie, visit grandviemagazine.com.
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The fabulous Tudor residence at 4117 Windsor Parkway (4117windsor.daveperrymiller.com) has been in the same family for more than 30 years. However, a curated team of professionals redesigned and expanded the home, circa 2003-2004, to include more than 6,300 square feet over three floors. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate’s Ralph Randall is offering the property at $2,875,000. The façade features a slate roof, cross timbers, stone chimneys, and herringbone-patterned brick. Inside, the extensive use of hardwood, tile, and plaster wall surfaces are consistent architecturally. Ceiling heights are exceptional, and natural light traverses the living spaces. The living room, dining room, and family room appoint the first floor, along with an updated kitchen and breakfast room and beautiful sunroom in addition to two half-baths. The second floor houses a sumptuous master suite, a bedroom suite with a sitting room and private bath, an office, and an exercise room. The third floor contains two bedrooms, a bath, a common room, and the laundry room. There are full quarters atop a three-car garage. The tranquil backyard offers a linear lap pool with an adjoining spa, a convenient outdoor kitchen, and an outdoor living area with a fireplace. To schedule a private showing of 4117 Windsor, contact Ralph at 214-217-3511. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate (daveperrymiller.com) is an Ebby Halliday Company with five locations that specialize in marketing the key areas of the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Uptown, Lakewood, East Dallas, and Kessler Park. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate is a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio International (luxuryportfolio.com).
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French Chateau at Woodland Drive
Built in 2003 and redesigned in 2008, the French chateau at 5828 Woodland Drive features many unique details that you won’t find at other Preston Hollow estates. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate’s Christine McKenny and Megan Stern are marketing the 0.87-acre property for $5,700,000. Shaded by mature trees, the gated front yard provides a substantial area for children to play. The front door faces north, but the estates immediately to the west and south both face west, so the owners of 5828 Woodland get to enjoy views of ample green space beyond their own property lines. The entire master suite is wired for audio. The bedroom features an Italian marble fireplace, an exterior door, and a coffee bar with a small fridge. There are two walk-in closets, and “hers” is truly a showpiece. The tub, rain shower, and counters in the master bath are finished in circular Sicis mosaic tiles imported from Italy. When the light is right — and it often is, given the windows that offer views of both yards — the tiles shimmer in a rainbow of colors. To schedule a showing of this unique estate, contact Megan Stern at 214-912-0425. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate (daveperrymiller.com) is an Ebby Halliday Company with five locations that specialize in marketing the key areas of the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Uptown, Lakewood, East Dallas, and Kessler Park. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate is a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio International (luxuryportfolio.com).
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is favorite aircraft is the PT-13. You would have to Google to find a replica or go to a flight museum. It’s the old open cockpit bi-plane that looks like what the Red Baron flew in World War II. That’s because Col. R.L. Wood learned to fly in the early 1940s on just such an airplane. But it was cargo planes that he flew under the command of General “Hap” Arnold in the Pacific theatre that makes him a war hero. “Woody,” as this tall Texan has always been known, was among a small cadre of pilots who “flew the hump” during the War. For the uninitiated, which is just about everyone, we weren’t the only ones trying to beat back the Japanese in World War II. While Ike and the allies were wrangling Hitler in northern Africa and Europe, the U.S. and its allies, particularly the Australians and the Chinese, were tackling the Japanese. While the Navy and Marines were island hopping or “leap-frogging” into Tokyo in well-known battles like Iwo Jima, the Allies including the Chinese were fighting them in China, Burma, and Indonesia. To supply the troops, pilots like Woody transported tons of munitions and supplies flying out of India, over northern Burma into southern China, over the impossibly high Himalayas, “flying the hump.” The Chinese were astounded. “They were pretty intimidated by us. But they gave us a real treat — scrambled eggs for chow. That was pretty good during the war,” recalls the nonagenarian. Since the end of that war, there has been a memorial honoring U.S. pilots in southwestern China. The Japanese were more than intimidated. They were defeated. The airplane had only just been invented during the childhood of this farm boy from Wingate, Texas, one of eight children. Woody did not want to farm and the war was looming. He signed up with the Army Air Force — as it was then known — and was sent to Reno, Nev., to learn to fly in the mountains. Now, at age 94, he’s tucked away in the memory unit at a local senior center, having outlived two wives. At a striking 6 feet with twinkly blue eyes, he’s very dear to several ladies at the center. He has to pause and struggle a bit, but he lights up and laughs recalling the hijinks in the cockpit as the pilots teased each
LEN BOURLAND other over the radio on boring nine- and 10-hour flights with games of “Who dat?” much like any Cajun Saints fan. He recalls Chiang Kai-shek fleeing to Formosa, now Taiwan, as the revolutionary Mao took over China. For his service did not end at the Armistice. Woody made a career out of piloting for 40 years and was in Vietnam before his service ended. In addition to certificates of thanks from the commanding general of the Army Air Force (Arnold) and his commander in chief, Harry Truman, there’s the “Breast Order Yun Hui with Ribbon” awarded with thanks from the Chinese government, and several commendation medals and letters for meritorious service. A dozen years ago, when he escorted his granddaughter down the aisle, his uniform was laden with medals. So when the slightly bored but pleasant nursing-care young attendant went over to his supper table at 4:30 p.m., which is chow time for the elderly, and cooed to “Woody” like a mother would a child about the menu, I just had to let her know that she was talking to Col. Woods — war hero, a man whose life would be a superhero action film, a man who is just one of the reasons she was speaking English and not German or Japanese. Her entire demeanor changed and her eyes bugged out, as should all of ours. Note: the local chapter of M.O.W.W. (Members of World Wars) and Daughters of World War II seek to identify and honor just such veterans. Let’s help them. No telling what gold we could mine from our senior centers. And for all those history students, the “Happy Warriors,” consisting of more than 150 WWII veterans, meet with a sack lunch at the Frontiers of Flight Museum on the fourth Friday of the month. Run with those cell-phone recorders and honor a vet by learning his (very important) story. Nov. 11 is Woody’s 70th Veteran’s Day. Len Bourland can be reached at len@lenbourland.com.
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Special Contributor Dr. Michael Weisberg, a practicing gastroenterologist for 23 years, has seen a transformation in the healthcare industry, how it has become more about the business instead of the art of medicine. And he said there is a differMichael ence. Weisberg “Medicine is an art, not just a science,” said the Preston Hollow resident. “It’s based on multiple sciences, but to really practice medicine well, you have to understand the art. It comes from having a background in those sciences but also adding to it — having experience, dealing with people, having skills to really know what’s going on personally with those people, taking time to talk to them.” According to Weisberg, healthcare has become less about the quality of the patient-doctor relationship. Lifelong physicians are able to tend to patients as long as they are well, but when the rush to the hospital comes, they’re handed over to those who are known as “hospitalists,” the unfamiliar faces with great background knowledge of health but no background knowledge of the
"B EFORE YO U G O TO THE H O SP ITA L , IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, YOU SHOUL D A LWAYS H AV E A N ADVOCAT E WITH YO U." MICHA EL WE I SBE RG patients themselves. In his new novel, The Hospitalist, Weisberg wants to expose the truth behind this business-centered medical model, by portraying how dangerous it can be to walk into a hospital and put your life in the hands of
someone who doesn’t know you. In order for something to change, he suggests more time spent interacting with patients, both among doctors and nurses. Usually, time spent with the nurse is full of documentation and questioning, filling in spots on the computer or iPad. He believes that the nurse should not have to spend so much time interacting with a screen, but rather be allowed more time with the person before them, which is why they went into the profession in the first place — to care for people. Weisberg’s passion for people started when he was young and frequently sick. His childhood doctor took care of him, making house calls even with an injured leg. He would pull himself up the stairs and into Weisberg’s bedroom to take care of him. The doctor-patient relationship was there, and it was strong. Writing The Hospitalist was therapeutic for Weisberg, allowing him to vent his concerns for healthcare today and also pay tribute to those who are focused on patient interaction. “People don’t know. Before you go to the hospital, if at all possible, you should have an advocate with you. Always,” Weisberg said. “Because things are going to happen and happen quickly, and it may not always be in your best interest.”
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