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PG.09 New Hollywood

Park mayor has sights on managing growth

Working on amenities at Voigt Park one of objectives

PG. 13 BUY: Fancy Feet Ballroom Ballroom dancing is back. Residents of all ages can schedule lessons to learn some fun footwork.

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PG. 03 LOCAL COMMENTARY: Susan Yerkes Getting more health conscious in SA? Can the bicycle dream really come true?

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ast month I announced to readers that LOCAL Community News has achieved another milestone by adding a sixth publication to our chain of informative and entertaining newspapers.

Now I have some more wonderful news to share: We are also welcoming a new reporter, Bain Serna.

His inclusion brings to four the number of full-time journalists on our staff.

Bain makes a welcome addition.

Not only is he quick-witted with a ready smile, but he also is a good observer of the human condition, excellent qualities for a reporter.

But don’t let his easygoing manner fool you. He has a competitive spirt.

Bain holds black belts in taekwondo and judo, has fought professionally in mixed martial arts and has been a high school wrestling coach. There are several videos on YouTube of Bain’s matches.

Bain proudly served our country during his enlistment with the Army as an infantryman, and was even deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.

He is still in the Army Reserve.

In addition to his other talents, Bain is also an experienced journalist. He has covered a variety of stories for the Karnes Countywide, has written BUYs and EATs for LOCAL as a freelancer, and has worked as a contributing writer for other publications.

Bain will bring a wealth of experience and insight to his new role. I am excited about his debut with LOCAL, and I know we will see great stories from him.

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LOCAL COMMENTARY

Can the bicycle dreams come true?

by SUSAN YERKES

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hen it comes to biking, San Antonio is still behind many major cities. But environmental awareness, a health-conscious population and growing national enthusiasm for biking have been catching on here.

You see a lot of people out on bikes these days. There are more bike racks, bike shops, bike lanes and signs on the streets.

This spring, however, the smooth ride hit a pothole when residents on a stretch of South Flores Street asked City Council to remove recently created bike lanes from their roadway, and the council caved in despite a vocal protest. The city had just spent a cool million creating the lanes, as designated by its own master plan for biking. Now, the city will spend another $745,000 un-striping them and striping an alternate designated bike route. The argument, which created bad vibes on both sides, is a vivid reminder the wheels of change don’t always spin smoothly when it comes to sharing the road.

“A couple of years ago I thought maybe San Antonio had hit a tipping point in moving forward with active transportation — walking, biking and so on, but the first time we ran into a wrinkle the council backed off,” said Scott Ericksen, the veteran public involvement coordinator for the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, which brings together city, county and other major stakeholders to plan transportation projects.

“That skirmish was a reminder that cycling and walking are not truly built into our culture at the neighborhood level yet,” Ericksen said. “But we’re still moving in the right direction.”

It takes time to change attitudes. Many folks are still not aware a cyclist has as much legal right as a semi-truck to be in any lane. Did you know there’s a city “Safe Passing” law that requires motorists to give a minimum three feet of space when passing a cyclist? An ordinance requiring bike lights at night places some responsibility on bikers, too.

Also, the San Antonio B-Cycle bike-

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sharing program has brought biking further to the fore, especially with the expansion of near-downtown housing and entertainment.

Julia Murphy with Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas points to positive changes. The biggest was the passage of a comprehensive regional master plan in 2011 that eventually will bring more than 1,700 miles of bike routes, bike lanes, paths and greenway trails. Back in 2000, there were only 36 miles of such facilities. Today there are 284 miles built or in the planning on streets, and another 86 in greenways. Pretty impressive.

“When I left San Antonio in 2002, I thought it was never going to be bike-friendly,” said Jack Sanford, a widely respected bicycle advocate with Austin-based Bike Texas. “But a lot has changed. There’s an amazing energy. The trails system is ahead of most cities in the U.S. Where things are still lacking is the on-street system.”

Sanford said one of the best moves city leaders could make would be to work with a national set of progressive engineering standards created by the National Association of City Transportation Officials.

NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide, which was recently endorsed by the Federal Highway Administration, includes wider bike lanes (up to 10 feet), including a full foot or two of “buffer” striping.

“That would help a lot more people feel safe to ride the streets, and San Antonio is still pretty far behind in that area,” Sanford said. Back in 2010, an MPO bike study found a whopping 325,000 area residents — at that time, 15 percent of all adults and 48 percent of folks under 20 — had ridden a bike during the past 30 days. Unfortunately, most also said they didn’t feel safe. But change is coming.

“I’ve seen an explosion in the number of riders,” said Bill Simons, co-owner of Bike World and a member of the B-Cycle board. “It’s not just all of a sudden cars are going to love bicycles. But drivers will get used to it as more bikes are on the road.”

Associate Probate Judge Oscar Kazen, chairman of the MPO’s Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee, has seen the changes up close. Building better bike infrastructure is about something that goes beyond cycling.

“It’s about a vision of the city itself — how it should just be normal to have walkable, bikeable streets for everyone.

It’s about taking time to slow down and consider quality of life,” Kazen said.

Bottom line: Despite some speed bumps, this area is on the way to a brighter biking future. This is no time for backpedaling. Ride on!

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However, not too long ago the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District asked the City Council to help fund the broad-based advertising campaign “Soda? No Thank You.” Metro Health’s director, Dr. Thomas L. Schlenker, said the goal is to cut down or eliminate sodas being consumed by adults on a daily basis, from 64 percent to 49 percent by June 2017.

He also wants to reach women because research shows they control the purchasing in families, including what drinks kids have.

Though no price tag was mentioned, the campaign includes print, television, the Internet and outdoor advertising.

The underlying reason for the slam on sodas is to reduce obesity and other health-related conditions, including diabetes. A recent Gallup poll indicated the Alamo City has the second-highest obesity rate in the United States.

Metro Health has a laudable objective, but it shouldn’t involve turning city government into a soda nanny.

There are more pressing issues for City Hall to take care of: traffic lights

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local girls’ mentorship group that includes students from schools on the North Side is using lights, cameras and life lessons to teach their peers that beauty is more than skin deep.

Three members of Girls Inc. of San Antonio — including two from the North East Independent School District — recently hit the national spotlight during a segment on NBC’s “The Today Show” called “Love Your Selfie.”

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in school zones, an adequate public safety presence, filling potholes and spraying for mosquitoes, and all the hundreds of other services a city is expected to provide residents to ensure their well being, comfort and security.

San Antonio — or any city — has better things to do than tell Little Johnny to put down that soda, like fixing and improving infrastructure.

What’s more — in spite of the jokes from Charles Barkley about the so-called “fat” women in San Antonio — the population actually is beating the obesity problem.

According to Metro Health’s own figures, the city’s obesity rate has dropped 35.1 percent in 2010 to 28.5 percent in 2012, and that includes people cutting down on sugary drinks.

Obviously, current campaigns have already done an effective job of getting the message out about quaffing too many sugary drinks per day, so why spend funds better used to improve traffic commutes, buildings and education?

That’s what a city should be doing.

What’s next? An all-out ban on sodas? A campaign to eradicate hamburgers and enchiladas?

While this is not an all-out assault on large sodas like the one mounted in New York City by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, using city funds to shake a finger at folks for popping the top on a Big Red is a waste of money.

Allow parents to teach their kids to make better choices, and permit current programs to continue to help trim the area’s obesity rate.

-The Local Community News editorial board includes Harry Lees, Gregg Rosenfield and Thomas Edwards.

The nonprofit Girls Inc. teaches young girls to be strong, smart and bold, organizers said.

“Many young girls especially struggle with body image, and so to encourage a higher self-esteem in these young girls, (‘Today’) started this campaign,” said Elizabeth Faudoa, a member and senior at Reagan High School who appeared on “Today.”

Girls Inc. partnered with a Los Angeles filmmaker, Marta Cunningham.

Faudoa and Nikole Peña, a senior at MacArthur High School, acted in the public service announcement.

The announcement and the segment aired on April 30. Faudo and Pena are Mentors Valuing Peers, or MVPs. Another San Antonio MVP, Xochi Duran,

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HAPPENING LOCAL

Plan your month with our calendar of upcoming events in the community.

OUR GUIDE TO YOUR MONTH

HAPPENING KEY

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FITNESS IN THE PARK The SATURDAYS San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department and Phil Hardberger Park will help you work out and have fun on Saturday mornings.

A class in Family-Friendly Yoga gathers at 10:30 a.m. near the playground by the park’s eastern entrance, 13203 Blanco Road.

It’s free, and no registration is required.

DRIVER’S ED The North East Independent School District Driver Education program has been teaching teens for more than 35 years. Successful completion of the NEISD seminar can result in a 15 percent discount in auto insurance. The full program includes 32 hours of classroom instruction, a minimum of 14 hours in-car training and requires 30 hours of driving documented by a parent or adult. Classes are 10 a.m. to noon or 12:30-2:30 p.m.

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at Reagan High School, 19000 Ronald Reagan. Cost is $370. For additional information and online registration, visit www.neisd.net/drive or call 407-0170.

STROKE PREVENTION “Atrial Fibrillation: Guidance in Educating Patients to Prevent Stroke” is a free educational seminar by neurologist David Altman for patients, caregivers, physicians and therapists.

It is noon at Warm Springs Thousand Oaks, 14747 Jones Maltsberger Road.

RSVP to Hkerr@warmsprings.org and register at www.stroke.org/grandrounds

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CACTUS & DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS As part of its Wildlife Wednesdays classes for children 5 to 10 years old, Phil Hardberger Park will let kids check out plants that hold up better in droughts. They’ll learn how such plants

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have adapted in order to succeed with little water. A craft activity is included in the class, which runs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the park’s eastern side, 13203 Blanco Road. Class size is limited, so call 207-3208 to register. A donation of $3 per child or $5 per family is suggested but not required.

READ TO A DOG It’s touted as a way to get children to read comfortably and happily, and communicate better – reading to a dog.

The Brook Hollow Branch Library, 530 Heimer Road, offers a doggy session at 2 p.m. for children of all ages. The activity will be repeated on the 18th and 25th.

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SUMMER SUNRISE WALK The Randolph Roadrunners will host this early morning event, which sets out in stages from 6:15 to 8:15 a.m. from the Taco Cabana at 180 W. Bitters Road. The volkssporting event features a 5K/10K course and is a fundraiser for the American Volkssport Association. For more, contact the Roadrunners’ Ellen Ott at 723-8574.

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HAPPENING continues from pg. 05 SCHOOL BOARD Trustees of the North East Independent School District meet in open session at 6:30 p.m., 8961 Tesoro Drive.

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HOLLYWOOD PARK The City Council meets at 7 p.m. in City Hall, 2 Mecca Drive.

EVENING AGLOW MEETING Aglow, a Christian JULY 15 “transformational kingdom” group, meets the third Tuesday of the month for fellowship, song and an inspirational message. The gathering starts at 7 p.m. at Anne Marie’s Catering, 12475 Starcrest Drive (at Bitters Road). Everyone is welcome to attend. For more on Aglow International, go to www.aglow.com.

CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT GROUP Meetings take place JULY 16 the third Wednesday of the month at Baptist HealthLink, 188 W. Bitters Road, from 4 to 6 p.m. One main topic per hour is covered in the group discussions, which may be large or small. A syllabus and more information are available at http:// chronicpainsupportsa.wix.com/cpsgsa.

CHAIR-ITY FUNDRAISER Ronald McDonald House will be raising funds for its three facilities in San Antonio, its planned fourth House here and its two “family rooms” in Laredo with a gala and auction at Old San Francisco Steak House. The featured auction items will be chairs designed by local artists, celebrities and supporters. The event runs from 7 to 11 p.m. at the steakhouse, 10223 Sahara Drive. Tickets, $100 each, are available at www.ronaldmcdonald-sa.org; click on the event icon to find the ticket-purchase link.

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HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE The City Council meets at 5 p.m. in City Hall, 116 Aspen Lane.

ELSEWHERE IN SAN ANTONIO

SABOT SUMMER CAMPS Kids who are curious about the natural world might enjoy the camps at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.

For more, go to http://www.sabot.org/?ndsummer. You can register online, by mail or in person. The garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue.

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SUBMITTING EVENTS: Email all the details along with your contact information two months in advance to tips@salocallowdown.com.

LOCAL LOWDOWN Take a quick look at what’s new in the community from opening and closings to news tidbits.

Open and Opening Soon 1. SUBZERO ICE CREAM, 13433 U.S.

281 North, has opened its first franchise in Texas. The Utah-based company uses liquid nitrogen to produce ice cream that is smoother in texture than regular ice cream, according to employees. The store offers 47 flavors and 33 “mix-ins,” as well as sugar-free flavors for diabetics. Hours are noon to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. For more, call 3621002 or visit http://www.subzeroicecream. com/. (See story on page 14)

2. FANCY FEET BALLROOM, 555 W.

Bitters Road, Suite 125, has moved to its permanent location in the back of The Alley on Bitters, formerly Artisans Alley.

The studio specializes in private and group lessons. Instructors offer an array of dance choices; they will work around a student’s schedule. Sessions are by appointment

only. To schedule one, call 802-1678 or visit www.ffbsa.com. (See story on page 13)

3. EARTH BURGER, 818 N.W. Loop 410

just behind Frost Bank in the Park North shopping center, offers fast vegetarian food in what may be Texas’ first drive-through veggie-burger restaurant. Just recently opened, it offers plant-based foods, organic cheese, organic sodas, no hydrogenated oils and no animal products on site – except the cheese. Soy milk is used in the mayonnaise. Hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday through Friday. For more, visit the website at EatAtEarthBurger.com.

IN OTHER NEWS

A SUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF TEXAS CLAIMS the civil rights of Hispanic English language learners are being violated by a lack of adequate instruction in high schools statewide, including in the North East Independent School District. The suit also mentions Southwest Independent School District, but says the problem exists across

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SALOCALLOWDOWN.COM LOWDOWN continues from pg. 06 Texas, according to an Associated Press story in the Austin American-Statesman.

The suit “alleges that English language learner programs are underfunded and poorly monitored, and that instructors are often not properly trained,” according to the AP. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed the 27-page complaint on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The civil action argues Texas is violating the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, which says no state can deny students educational opportunities by failing to “take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation” in instructional programs.

Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams is named as the chief defendant in the civil action. Texas Education Agency attorneys have shared the complaint with the state Attorney General’s Office, said spokeswoman DeEtta Culbertson.

JONATHAN CHECK, a legally blind student at Madison High School, recently was selected as one of 23 scholarship recipients

by Lighthouse Guild, a leading nonprofit vision and health care organization, officials

said. The guild awarded the scholarships with accompanying grants of $10,000 each to college-bound high school seniors and undergraduate college students from across the country who are blind or visually impaired. Check was chosen based on high achievement in academics and community involvement, among other criteria.

JOERIS GENERAL CONTRACTORS recently held a topping-out ceremony at the site of the business’ new headquarters at 823 Arion Parkway. The company plans to move into the location in November, a spokeswoman said. According to a news release, the 40,000-square-foot headquarters features an “open-concept design” that provides a collaborative work environment.

The company has 315 employees.

A CHURCH BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE IS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO AN OFFICE AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, according to a release by CBRE on behalf of 1604 TC LP. Uptown Square — formerly Harvest Fellowship Community Church—fronts Loop 1604 and U.S. 281.

The former church site, purchased in 2012, features a three-story, 36,004-squarefoot office building, three retail pad sites, and a 20,500-square-foot church facility. Rialto Homes occupies 3,061

square feet on the ground floor of the building and another 32,943 square feet is available for occupancy. The Hoppy Monk, a gastropub, purchased one retail pad site and is under construction with a scheduled third quarter 2014 opening; the remaining two pads are for sale, officials said. Northrock Church purchased the adjoining church facility.

ROCKETRY TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE NORTH EAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT brought home awards from the annual Team America Rocketry Challenge at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va. The students, comprising five teams from Krueger School of Applied Technologies, beat out more than 700 teams from across the country to advance to the recent national finals for a fly-off. According to the Team America website, the NEISD teams took seventh, ninth and 17th places in the competition, netting a total of $6,000 in prize money. TARC, the world’s largest rocket contest, is sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry.

According to North East officials, teams must design and build a model rocket that can travel exactly 825 feet and back within 48 to 50 seconds while carrying two raw eggs that must return undamaged to the ground.

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TOLL continues from pg. 01

Anti-toll critics not giving up the fight

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ike it or not, both critics and proponents agree — future tolling on portions of Loop 1604 and U.S. 281 on the North Side seems as inescapable as an expressway with no exit.

Longtime toll-road critic Terri Hall called the plans, “Too complex, too inaccessible, poorly conceived and a Texas-sized bad deal for taxpayers that won’t solve the traffic mess out there.”

Nonetheless, state and local officials maintain the toll lanes will be built, and the process could start in just a few months.

“We must add capacity to the roadway to meet our needs through 2030. Tolling U.S. 281 and Loop 1604 on the North Side is the only viable answer to the gridlock we face,” said Renee Green, the Bexar County engineer and director of public works, as well as the Alamo Regional Mobility

Authority engineering operations director.

The latest plan combines controlled access and tolled highway lanes for eight miles from 281 north of 1604 to the Bexar-Comal county line.

Some of the current roadway would become non-tolled frontage roads.

Additionally, lanes would be added and tolled on 1604 from 281 west to Culebra Road.

Even conservative activist Jeff Judson, a public policy consultant and former president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, said toll roads are likely.

“My crystal ball says we are going to have toll roads. They are inevitable, unless we solve the funding problem,” he said.

Absent tolling, there are no federal, state or local revenues available to build new highways to meet current and future traffic demands, Judson noted.

His solution would be to capture motor-vehicle taxes for highway construction, and stop plans for a proposed multimillion-dollar streetcar system in downtown San Antonio, reprogramming those funds for highway construction.

Green agreed with Judson about the dearth of highway-construction resources.

“The problem you have without toll roads is there is no funding to cover the added capacity. The proposed project would

cost $458 million and we only have $228 million on hand to build it,” Green said.

According to the planners, there is just too much traffic on the highways.

“There are 80,000 vehicles a day on U.S. 281 North from Loop 1604 to the Bexar-Comal county line,” Green said. “That roadway, in its current configuration, cannot handle more than 90,000 vehicles a day without becoming gridlocked, and we are almost there.”

Last year, the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce highlighted the area’s explosive growth by issuing a statement on an environmental-impact study, which analyzed traffic levels on 281 north of 1604 to Borgfeld Road.

The Chamber cited stark statistics from the Texas Department of Transportation and other sources: “The portion of U.S. 281 0.3 miles north of Loop 1604 saw Average Daily Traffic (ADT) of 133,000 in 2010. ATD will rise to 205,000 by 2035.”

Also noted by the Chamber: “Employment growth along the corridor has also risen from 3,312 in 1980 to 25,635 in 2005, and is projected to increase to an estimated 43,635 in 2035. Also ... the number of residents living in census tracts adjacent to the portion of U.S. 281 that is being studied will reach 142,240 by 2035, an increase of 93 percent from 2005.”

The congestion is adversely affecting other North Side roads, officials said.

“Drivers are now spilling over onto Blanco, Bulverde and other parallel roads. Some suggest we build overpasses along U.S. 281 and Loop 1604 to ease traffic congestion … but that approach won’t work,” Green said.

Environmental-impact plans are pending approval by the Federal Highway Administration in Washington, which Green expects by late summer or early fall.

Once OK’d and design work is completed, officials estimate construction could start in 2016, and the entire project possibly finished by 2018, with completed sections opening in stages.

While Judson acknowledged tolling is speeding towards some Bexar County highways, Hall isn’t surrendering yet.

As detailed in comments submitted to the Alamo RMA on tolling 1604 and 281, Hall argues the RMA plan “fails to fix congestion on Highway 281 outside Loop 1604 in Bexar County,” and suggests tolling portions of 1604 will cause greater congestion over time and penalize drivers who stay on the loop and don’t go north or south on 281.

Hall concludes the RMA plan will introduce “permanent congestion into the corridor,” and warns tolling will never end.

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Neighbors are getting along, mayor says

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OLLYWOOD PARK — For the fourth time in two years, the city has a new mayor — and one of his top priorities is managing growth.

The new mayor of Hollywood Park, Chris Fails, said he ran for the office at the urging of his neighbors. Photo by Rudy B. Ornelas

Chris Fails, who served as a councilman for a year, is now the new leader of this suburban city known for its rural feel, large wooded lots and deer herds.

The biggest issues revolve around development and more residents moving into the city, he said.

“They don’t want a long commute or don’t want to deal with the traffic of living in Stone Oak,” said Fails, who did not have an opponent on the May 10 ballot.

Officials have also said the city needs to be mindful of encroachment by its biggest neighbor — San Antonio.

In a farewell message to the city, former Mayor David Ortega touched

on fears about being muscled out by the Alamo City, which surrounds much of Hollywood Park. He encouraged continued cooperation with neighboring Hill Country Village to counter encroachment

by San Antonio, which “continues to creep into our respective boundaries.”

Meanwhile, Fails said other goals for his two-year term include encouraging economic develop, improving infrastructure such as roadways, creating more awareness about the city and renovations to Voigt Park.

Fails, 38, grew up in Tyler and came to the San Antonio area because of a job. He and his wife, Lacey, moved

to Hollywood Park in 2011.

He was strongly urged by residents to run for mayor after Ortega, who was elected in 2013 to fill the remainder of a two-year term, decided to step down.

“Basically, I went ahead and ran for mayor at the prodding of residents. I kinda joke that I was recruited for the position because of so many residents asking me to do it,” Fails said. “My wife finally said, ‘Well, if this many people are asking you to do it, you need to go ahead and sign up.’”

Though he served only a year as a councilman, Fails believes his tenure gave him the opportunity to learn about the procedures of City Hall before stepping into the executive role.

Anyone who wants to be mayor should be on the council first, he added.

“It gave me insight and allowed me to gain relationships and get to know the department heads and basically really understand the million parts of the town,” Fails said.

Fails said the city is making improvements that include renovations in the Voigt Park area and sprucing up its entryways. The park features a swimming pool, tennis courts, a civic center and other amenities that are included in the improvements, paid for from the city’s venue fund.

“While they (the park amenities) are still functioning and they are still meeting our needs, there’s quite a bit of improvements that could be done,” the mayor said.

Also, the city has made plans to repave most of its major entryways, install new entryway signs and put up new street signs. It is working to erect banners around its commercial frontage.

Fails hopes all of these improvements will educate people about where the city is and where its businesses are located.

He’s also hoping the changes and other infrastructure improvements will encourage economic development.

Fails said in the past, politics in Hollywood Park had gotten “abrasive,” but he believes the City Council has moved past that.

“We have a good functioning City Council that really looks at the views of everyone, and they are working together and moving forward,” he said.

Fails is a graduate of Texas Tech University and works as a land manager for Midstream Pipeline Co. In his free time he enjoys riding bikes, sport shooting and spending time with his wife and dogs.

“I’m just excited because of the sense of community that Hollywood Park has right now — neighbors getting along with neighbors. It’s very encouraging,” he said.

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hether you live in the older parts of the city or in newer neighborhoods such as Stone Oak and Encino Park, holistic practitioners are making their mark.

Some, such as chiropractors and tradition-steeped herbalists, have a long Texas history. Others are relative newcomers.

An example of innovation is Farm to Juice, which is capitalizing on the nation’s health and physical-fitness craze. Featuring cool drinks made from fresh fruits and veggies, it’s a hot holistic destination in Stone Oak. Today, San Antonio has more holistic practitioners of all types than 10 years ago — acupuncturists, Reiki masters, energy workers, massage therapists ... the list goes on and on, noted Sherrie Reimers, naturopathic doctor and president of the San Antonio Holistic Chamber of Commerce.

According to Reimers, the conventional medical community has become more accepting of holistic techniques.

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including an M.D., an acupuncturist and a massage therapist to restore health to an 81-year-old woman,” Reimers said Sandra Carrell Tremblay, director of the Alamo Heights Chiropractic Health Center, said physicians and surgeons have been very accepting of chiropractic medicine’s value, readily referring patients her way.

Kim Krost of Integrative Healing, which offers a variety of methods including massage, lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy and reflexology, said attitudes may be shifting and physicians gradually becoming more comfortable with the field.

Although the word “alternative” is often used as a synonym for holistic practices, these groups emphasize that it’s really a misnomer. They explain that holistic is an unchanging, timeless idea, while today’s alternative may be tomorrow’s mainstream.

Yoga is an apt illustration.

Nowadays, there’s a type of yoga to suit almost anyone’s needs, said Jeni Spring, owner of Heeling Sole.

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The teens said it is important to teach girls there is not one idealized image for the perfect female; girls don’t have to conform to those standards.

One of Girls Inc.’s founding fundamentals is that “girls have the right to accept and appreciate their bodies.”

The San Antonio chapter of Girls Inc. was established in 2004 with the support of The Children’s Shelter. Two years later it received full-member status in the national organization, and in 2007 became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The organization is led by an all-female board.

“It’s an organization that empowers girls of all ages to be strong and smart leaders of the future, (and) teach young girls to stand up for themselves,” Peña said.

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“We work hard to create and cultivate a family atmosphere and environment.

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The new studio is located in the back, where there is more parking, staffers said. “(Fancy Feet Ballroom) started in the living room of an apartment in July 2013. We moved into a temporary space in November 2013, and into our actual

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HEN IT COMES TO DROPPING THE MERCURY FOR A COOL TREAT to beat the summer heat, a new dessert destination is living up to its name — Subzero Ice Cream & Yogurt.

The Utah-based company has just opened its first Texas franchise at 13433 U.S. 281 North, harnessing the frosty power of liquid nitrogen to flash freeze its products and produce ice cream that is smoother in texture than regular ice cream, the staff said.

Native San Antonian Aniq Lakhpaty and his New York-born college friend Shoaib Kalwani have teamed up to open the franchise in the Alamo City.

“The ice cream we make is the ultimate ice-cream experience,” Kalwani said.

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