June 18, 2013
Local News
Photo courtesy of The Dallas Arboretum. The 29th anniversary of the Dallas Arboretum’s nationally acclaimed floral festival Dallas Blooms began March 2 and will continue through April 7.
29th annual Dallas Arborteum floral festival Dallas Blooms under way
The 29th anniversary of the Dallas Arboretum’s nationally acclaimed floral festival Dallas Blooms began March 2. The festival will continue through April 7. Dallas Blooms features 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs. The incredible work of botanical design accomplished by the horticulture department in displays throughout the garden will be matched this year by “The Adventures of Great Explorers” exhibit. Five explorers: Marco Polo, Ponce de Leon, C...
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Photo of the Allerts by Kate Mackley
CELEBRATING MORE THAN 25 YEARS IN WHITE ROCK Stylist keeps neighborhood colorful for almost 50 years
After Peter Allert left Germany for the United States in 1964, he found his American dream, and then some. Today, with 49 successful years of business under his brush, he thinks he made the right choice. Sylvia and Peter Allert’s Gallery Coiffures and Beauty Supply is located in Medallion Center at Abrams and E. Northwest Highway, across from Fishbone Grill. East Dallasites may remember the location for its legendary, pink neon “Pig Stand” sig...
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Photo courtesy of Stonewall Gardens Nash Moore, winner of the Richardson Bike Mart $100 gift card.
Stonewall exceeds goals
Stonewall Gardens successfully completed its Family, Kids Change and Neighborhood Campaigns! The totals as of Feb. 26 are: Family Campaign: $37,675; Kids Change: $4,300 (DOUBLE last year!); Neighborhood Campaign: $6,915. Many thanks to all of the Stonewall families and neighbors who generously opened up your pocketbooks to support our outdoor science lab! The Garden is so grateful for the community's supp...
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Photos courtesy of Dallas Lutheran School Wheel barrel pic caption- Dallas Lutheran eighth grade boys compete and dominate in the middle school wheel barrel races.
Dallas Lutheran rolls out the fun
Dallas Lutheran celebrated Valentine’s week with special dress days, competitions and challenges, and ended with a country dance on Friday night, where girls ask the boys. The special dress days included wearing red and gold for the Chinese New Year, denim day, plaid day, heart day for Valentine’s and ended with Sadie’s t-shirts and jeans. The first challenge was to see who could fit the most students into a DLS van. The seventh and eighth gr...
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Jay Krishnaswamy
Doctors names new CEO
Jay Krishnaswamy has been named chief executive officer (CEO) at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake, where he has served as interim CEO since November 2012. In this position, Krishnaswamy will be responsible for providing overall strategic direction and leadership to ensure the operation and success of the hospital. Krishnaswamy started his career in healthcare as a quality consultant at Kaiser Permanente. Throughout his 10-year tenure at T...
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"Journey Man" - Mixed media by John Kingerlee
Kingerlee collection comes to Bath House
The Bath House Cultural Center presents “John Kingerlee: Turning to the Light,” an exhibition of paintings by John Kingerlee, who is widely considered as one of Ireland’s top contemporary artists. The exhibition will run from March 9 to April 13, 2013. A gallery reception is scheduled for Saturday, March 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. This exhibition is presented with the generous support ...
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Winkler spells out the five f's during SMU lecture
Co-founder and Editor-In-Chief of the Bloomberg News Service Matthew Winkler gave the O’Neil Lecture on business journalism Feb. 26 at SMU on the problems and benefits of instant transmission of information in the field of journalism. Winkler, who worked previously at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine, spoke briefly about how he came into the position almost a quarter of a century ago. Recounting the phone call with co-founder Mich...
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Shakespeare Dallas receives TACA support
Shakespeare Dallas has been awarded a $35,000-grant by The Arts Community Alliance (TACA), Dallas' premier umbrella arts organization. After setting fundraising records in 2012, TACA was able to allocate $1.3 million in grants to diverse and deserving North Texas performing arts organizations in 2013. Nearly all of the money was distributed on Jan. 28 at the TACA Grant Awards Presentation at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas. These g...
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Highland Park High School in lockdown after .22 caliber bullets found on campus

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Scholarship deadline set for March 22
The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of 16 college scholarships for 2013. The application is available through counselors at the school and online at the Foundation website, woodrowfoundation.org/scholarships. All applications are to be scanned and e-mailed by March 22. Altogether, the 16 scholarships range from $250 to $2,500 and have a wide variety of criteria, such as financial need, ...
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