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Mustang Million features Professor Kit Hall Rosy Perez
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On Sept. 21 someone became $200,000 richer and has a new Dodge truck after competing at the Mustang Million. The Mustang Million competition started Sept. 16 and continued until the Sept. 21 in Fort Worth. Various riders who adopted wild horses in May showed what the horses have learned during the fourmonth period under their trainers and with art and donation assistance from Texas Wesleyan Professor Kit Hall. “It’s been a great life experience to have the horse,” said Kathryn (Kit) Hall, a professor of Art, “and it just kind of grounds you.” Hall has been teaching Art at Wesleyan since 1994. For the past three years she has participated in the Mustang Million by selling her artwork. This year she wanted to donate her painting “Heritage” for the prestigious Will Rogers Heritage Gallery permanent collection, but it was up for auction to raise money for the Million. “This is a huge deal for an artist to be able to do this,” she said, “and so after that they are going to make prints of it and have a limited edition signed prints that will also be for sale. That’s been just an unexpected benefit from being here.” An author who wants her to make a book cover for him also approached her. People never know whom they will meet at these events or what future actions may come from participation in the Mustang Million. When looking at Kit Hall’s, many will notice the current
DIABETTHIS Festival promotes diabetes awareness By David Hagen
dmhagen@txwes.edu
DIABETTHIS was first put together last spring when one of Texas Wesleyan’s students, Garrison Hawley, passed away suddenly. He was a Type 1 diabetic, and from his illness and death the Wesleyan community, its students and staff wanted to be able to give back to the community but did not have a specific plan until the idea of the DIABETTHIS Health Awareness Festival was conceived. It will occur Saturday, Oct. 5, at locations throughout the campus. One of the leaders of the group, Michael Chaney, has been involved heavily in putting the whole event together and has been planning to get the message out regarding health awareness. The Rambler caught up with Chaney, who was diagnosed almost four fours ago as a diabetic. “I found out the hard way,” he said, “because I thought I just had a stomach virus, but in the end I was rushed to the emergency room where I was later diagnosed as a diabetic.” Since he discovered he had the condition, he has had to deal with many different side effects with prescription drugs along and a special-
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ized diet. “I don’t want anybody else finding out the way I did and having to deal with these things on a daily basis,” Chaney said. The DIABETTHIS festival will feature a silent auction which will have many donated items from a signed guitar by Aerosmith, to tickets
to a two-night stay at Great Wolf lodge as well as dozens of other giveaways. “In addition to those prizes,” Chaney said, “there will be an activity zone which will have a 100-foot zipline, 32-foot rock wall climbing area, a fitness zone, and lots of other fun activities.” Also at the festival are sev-
eral bans with live music, free health screenings and multiple ethnic food vendors. The group already has raised $12,000 and hopes to raise $20,000-plus from the Oct. 5 event. There are plans to make this a yearly festival with expectation of growth annually and to be an infor-
mative and fun-filled activity for Texas Wesleyan and the local community. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Chaney at mchaney@txwes. edu.
Fire consumes Dillow House, destroys community landmark early Monday
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Oliviu (Olly) Vasilca | Courtesy Photo Firefighters battle the fire at the Dillow House, an abandoned community landmark and property of Texas Wesleyan. The two-alarm fire was brought under control before 2 a.m. Monday. Check out Rambler TV for more coverage of the fire. Ryan Grounds
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On Monday, Sept. 23, the historic Dillow House, a building on Texas Wesleyan campus, burned to the ground. “The cause of the fire has not yet been determined,”
said Texas Wesleyan Security in a release. Fort Worth firefighters responded just after midnight to a two-alarm fire on 3216 East Rosedale St. Eight Fort Worth fire trucks responded to the fire. No injuries were reported, and the fire was brought under control
shortly before 2 a.m. Monday. Texas Wesleyan President Frederick Slabach expressed his concerns for safety following the fire. “The fire posed a real danger to the immediate community, and I am thankful that no injuries were report-
ed,” Slabach said. “Our staff is taking steps to fence the property to ensure the safety of the community. Additionally, the university is consulting the necessary experts to take expeditious measures to ensure the ongoing safety of the community,” Slabach said.
The Dillow House, built by Fort Worth merchant S.S. Dillow in 1912 and donated to Texas Wesleyan in 1979, served as Wesleyan’s alumni office until 2007 and has been vacant since that time. For more information on the Dillow House, see page 5.