In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the Dallas City Council approved the development of a new boat house at White Rock Lake. Dallas United Crew (DUC), a not-for-profit 501(c)3, plans to build the new facility, which will offer expanded oar and paddle sport programs for youth and adults, including those with disabilities. The city will own the 9,000-square-foot building and receive 10 percent of DUC’s yearly revenues, estimated to be approxi...

Katarina Humrichouse, a fifth-grader at St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Dallas, was recently selected out of thousands of applicants to participate in the 2012 Miss Pre-Teen Dallas pageant competition that took place Sunday, Nov. 4. Humrichouse learned of her acceptance into this year’s competition following interviews in the Dallas area. She submitted an application and took part in an interview session conducted by this year’s Dalla...

Area children descended on the Lake Highlands North Recreation Center for the annual Lake Highlands Exchange Club Halloween Carnival on Oct. 31. Exchange Club members with the help of the Excel Club and other service organizations from Lake Highlands High School, provided game booths, bounce houses, a disc jockey and food for area kindergarten through sixth-grade children. “The staff at the LH North Recreation Center was spectacular,” Brian Hu...

Think GREEN! Join in on For the Love of the Lake’s (FTLOTL) 200th Consecutive Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce Up of White Rock Lake Park. Registration is from 8-9 a.m. Nov. 10 at FTLOTL office, 1152 N. Buckner Blvd., #123 (Casa Linda Plaza/Garland Rd. and Buckner Blvd./facing Buckner and Doctors Hospital). Start off your morning getting energized on Rain Fresh water, Oak Farms milk and orange juice, Starbucks coffee, Another Broken Egg Café b...

To help children understand where their food comes from and to appreciate the effort that goes into producing it, students at Bethany Lutheran Child Development Center participate in a year-around gardening project. Starting in the fall with plantings from the garden center, children in the preschool and pre-K classes dig a hole, place the plant, and cover the roots with dirt. They watch the plants grow, bloom and form tiny fruit and vegetabl...