Six-year-old Valeria Renteria is an artist and runway model in the 25th Annual Children’s Cancer Fund Luncheon and Fashion Show on Friday, May 3 at 11:30 a.m. (champagne reception and silent auction at 10 a.m.) in the Chantilly Ballroom of the Hilton Anatole, 2201 Stemmons Fwy., Dallas, 75207. Long-time Honorary Co-Chairs Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach will join Luncheon Co-Chairs Jennifer DeLaughter and Elizabeth Farr, both of Lake Highlands...

These Bush Center attendees (pictured above) were among the first of the general public to visit the newly opened Bush Library and Museum on Wednesday, May 1. According to Deputy Director Emily Robison (pictured in the striped coat), some came from as far away as Colorado and Michigan. One man was there an hour and a half before the doors opened because he wanted to be the first one inside. “The comments I keep hearing are that people have be...

The North Texas Master Naturalists announce an exciting, fun and educational event on the Bath House Cultural Center grounds on White Rock Lake, Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Love Our Native Plants and Prairies Day will be a free family event with activities for the kids (such as making seed balls and cornhusk dolls) around the picnic tables on the north side of the Bath House. “Twice Upon a Time” storytellers will be there, along wit...

White Rock resident Juan Guerrero (pictured below) was encouraged by some friends of his to write to White Rock Lake Weekly about a bass he caught at White Rock Lake on Monday night, April 8, at 9:20 p.m. Guerrero said he was fishing with rubber worms when all of a sudden his line went tight and his fishing pole bent all the way down, and the fight was on. It took him around five minutes to bring the fish in, and when he saw its head, he kne...

When the news came that the troops of the National Guard Bravo Company 2-149 stationed at the Grand Prairie reserve base were being deployed to Afghanistan, the Dallas County Council of Republican Women (DCCRW) realized they had a unique opportunity to support these soldiers and their families. Partnering with the Family Readiness Group, led by Lorie Hanna, wife of Bravo Company Commander Major Chris Hanna, three projects were quickly identif...