May 24, 2013
News
Art Mart ready to wow Bath House crowds
by Joyce Pollard
It’s never too early to get a head start on your Holiday shopping. And when you’re selecting among unique pieces of art, it’s even better. So get to the Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake for one of the best-loved art events and sales, the 2012 Winter Art Mart +Underground running Nov. 16-18. This year Art Mart will also feature the Art Mart Underground – an informal, eclectic group of art vendors in the lower level of the Bath Hous...
Lincoln proclaims Thanksgiving holiday
The story of Thanksgiving usually starts with the three-day celebration of harvest by the Pilgrims and Native Americans in the fall of 1621 in the Plymouth colony of Massachusetts. It was not a holiday, it was a gathering. George Washington issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789 at the close of the Revolutionary War and other presidents also declared special days for Thanksgiving. A well-known magazine editor, Sarah Josepha Hale, wrote t...
City Council approves new boat house
by Nancy Black, editor-in-chief
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...
Choirs blend for Reformation Day
by Jennifer O̓'Brien
Area Lutheran schools celebrated Reformation Day at Zion Lutheran School on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The student choirs from Dallas Lutheran, Faith Lutheran and Our Redeemer joined the Zion Lutheran School choir for a special chapel service. The blended choir was led by Zion’s Minister of Music Sam Eatherton. “Reformation Day is an important day in the Lutheran church and therefore fitting that our Lutheran schools should observe together. I am ble...
Fifth-grader competes for Miss Pre-Teen Dallas
by Kelley Houghton
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...
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Basketball transforms Cougar into an Aggie
by Shari Goldstein Stern
For some people, their record speaks for itself about what they’ve accomplished. When you read between the lines, it can speak volumes about the kind of person they are. That’s true for Texas A&M Women’s Basketball Coach and Bryan Adams (BA) ’63 City Champion baseball player Gary Blair, and everyone who knows him concurs. Last weekend was homecoming for Bryan Adams High School (BA). Blair was honored at halftime during the Cougars’ game again...
Halloween a treat for local children
by Robert Van Amburgh
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...
DALLAS COUNTY MASTER GARDENER Now is the time to plant Spring bloomers
by John Hunt, Dallas County Master Gardener
November is a good time to purchase spring flowering bulbs because selection is good and timing is right. You can purchase and plant daffodils any time after Oct. 15. Tulips and hyacinths require six to seven weeks of chilling at 45 to 55 degrees before planting in mid-to late December (hopefully our soil temperatures will be there by then). Early January is okay too. Cornelius Noordermeer, owner of Cornelius Bulb Co., a bulb wholesaler, advi...
Lake lovers celebrate 200th spruce-up
by Elisabeth Akin
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...
Obama defeats Romney, Texas House to change
by David Muto, The Texas Tribune
Republicans still reign in Texas, but the state̓s Democrats — while celebrating the re-election of President Obama — didn̓t go home empty-handed on Tuesday. As Obama swept to a decisive Electoral College victory on Tuesday, winning at least 303 votes, Texas Republicans held onto their statewide dominance. As expected, Mitt Romney easily won the state, and Republican Ted Cruz soundly defeated Democrat Paul Sadler in the state̓s race to replace ...