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in this issueClassified .......................................................... 11Community Calendar ...................................... 4Crime Watch ...................................................... 2Crossword Puzzle .............................................. 5Horoscopes ....................................................... 5Letter from the Editor ....................................... 2Movie Review .................................................... 7Mull it Over .......................................................3Real Estate Showcase .........................................6Restaurant Directory ........................................ 9Shop the Rock ................................................. 12Worship Directory ............................................ 7

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February 14 - 20, 2014

Vol. 5, No. 34 • Neighborhood News & Views • Community Calendar • Amusements for All Ages • whiterocklakeweekly.com

Centenarian celebrates 105th in styleWhite Rock Lake cel-

ebrated its 100th birthday last year. Millicent Johnston just one-upped the lake by five. Millicent, a local Autumn Leaves resident, turned 105 years old this past week. And she did so in true White Rock style.

Millicent Aileen Dahlsten Johnston was born on Feb. 10, 1909, in Rock Island, Ill., to Anna Victoria and David William Dahlsten.

She grew up in Rock Island, in and around Augustana College. Her father worked for the Augustana Book Concern, which was founded by her grandfather.

When she was 9 years old, a photographer took a picture of her, entered it in a photography contest and won.

Millicent attended Rock Island schools and then

Augustana College. Millicent, at 5’4,” played

basketball during her time at Augustana. She graduated from the school in 1930.

see CtD on page 6

By Jeannine Verinder

Following college, Millicent taught for about two years in a one-room county school south of Rock Island. She got wood from

Hall ready to judge Garden contest

To celebrate Presidents’ Day on Mon., Feb. 17, the Dallas Arboretum is plan-ning an all-American celebra-tion themed “America the Beautiful.” Admission is $5 at the gate, and active and re-tired military get in free with identification. The discount applies only to those purchas-ing tickets onsite at the ticket booth.

“It’s a beautiful day to come to the Dallas Arboretum and to enjoy

By Juliette Coulter some all-American fun with something for everyone,” Arboretum President Mary Brinegar said. “All children are also encouraged to dress as their favorite president and participate in the costume contest with an all-American judge.”

Special children’s activi-ties include face painting, a petting zoo, presidential trivia and a tree scavenger hunt. There is also a costume contest for children coming

the woodshed, stoked the stove, shooed the mice and other vermin out of her desk

Photos by Can Turkyilmaz

John Lewis

Lewis to speak during Black History month

The scripture, “We who are strong must bear the infirmities of the weak, and not seek to please ourselves,” defines the life’s work of the last surviving speaker at the 1963 March on Washington. Georgia Congressman John Lewis is a civil rights icon who played a key role during that march and in the move-ment that changed America. On Feb. 24, Lewis will be in Dallas to speak at my 21st an-nual prayer breakfast.

During his speech 50 years ago, Lewis echoed the sentiments of that scripture. He talked about the neces-sity of improving the lives of sharecroppers who worked for less than $3 each day, and for maids who worked fulltime but earned only $5 each week while cleaning the homes of others.

The then 23-year-old stu-dent demanded that Congress

Photo by Bludoor Studios

Emily Jo Piepenbrink performs as Helen of Troy in “Trojan Women” at Texas A&M University.

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theatre rolls out red carpet for managing directorBy Shari Goldstein Stern

Emily Jo Piepenbrink, the new managing director of Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, is bringing her talents home to roost. Piepenbrink, who hails from East Dallas’ Vickery Park neighborhood, said the theater runs on posi-tive energy.

“If a director or an artis-tic associate has an idea or a desire to do something, ‘no’ is a last resort. We’re here to serve both the audiences and the artists,” she said.

Tucked inside the Old East Dallas neighborhood near lower Greenville and Ross Avenues, the theater, which is housed inside a vintage church building on Sears Street, is home to both traditional and new shows onstage. Patrons come from all over town to enjoy crisp shows and fresh talent in the cozy, warm little venue.

As managing director, Piepenbrink’s responsibili-ties include hiring designers and contractors, budgeting and organizing productions, handling media inquiries

and developing seasons. Piepenbrink is thrilled to be taking a hometown produc-tion, “Lone Star Laundry & Bourbon” to the Clurman Theatre in New York this June.

Recently her job descrip-tion expanded to include education. A corporation contacted the theater request-ing an acting workshop for their employees. The theatre’s production stage manager, Zoelyn Copeland, box of-fice manager, Alison Baxter, and Piepenbrink planned the event. “We hosted 53 profes-sionals, and I taught them the basics of improv and creat-ing a character onstage. We ended the afternoon with the participants creating their own skits about their office. They had a blast,” Piepenbrink said.

Piepenbrink, who took the job in August, graduated from John Horn High School in Mesquite. She earned a bachelor’s degree in theater at Texas A&M University, graduating magna cum laude, Photos courtesy of Emily Jo Piepenbrink

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see GARDen on page 8

Ivana Hall, Miss Texas 2013, reacts to hearing she won.

Flutist Winona McLaughlin plays “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” for Millicent Johnston, who turned 105 years old last week. Millicent is a hardcore Texas Rangers fan.

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

pass “meaningful legislation” that would give millions of people an opportunity to escape the ravages of poverty, find jobs and become mem-bers of the middle class. He was not asking the govern-ment to give people a hand-out, but instead he asked for a level playing field so that all Americans could get a hand up.

Lewis’ speech, his work, and the work of Dr. Martin

see Lewis on page 2

'souper Bowl' warms hearts while fighting hungerBy Shelia Huffman

Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) combined Super Bowl Sunday with Souper Bowl of Caring, a nationwide, grassroots move-ment utilizing the big game weekend to encourage com-munities throughout America to fight hunger.

After Sunday worship on Feb. 2, members and guests warmed up for the Super Bowl with a variety of delicious homemade soups and chowders. Onion, to-mato, squash and potato were among the simmering choices.

But soon to warm the hearts, souls and tummies of others are the cans of soups

and assorted canned goods collected at the luncheon. Central will be delivering the donated food to North Dallas Shared Ministries.

North Dallas Shared Ministries is a cooperative ef-fort of 52 “covenant congrega-tions” that combine resources to deliver assistance to Dallas’ poorest individuals and fami-lies — many living on less than $700 a month, Shared Ministries Executive Director Judy Rorrie said.

Clients come to North Dallas Shared Ministries to receive groceries such as milk, canned goods and fresh produce. Central Christian Church, which shares pro-duce from its garden during growing season, is the largest

provider of fresh produce to the ministry.

If you are looking for a church home that combines inspirational worship ser-vices, community service opportunities and a gamut of social activities, then come visit Central.

Sitting on six acres at 4711 Westside Drive, in ad-dition to a community gar-den, the grounds are home to a dog park, (voted best in Dallas by the Dallas Observer), a soccer field and meditation garden. All are welcome. Come and see!

Photo courtesy of Central Christian Church

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Feb. 5 – 4:25 a.m.11000 Block, Barbarosa Dr. (75228)Criminal Mischief: A sus-pect poured blue dye on the roof of the complain-ant’s car, causing $500 in damages.

Feb. 5 – 5:10 a.m.2400 Block, Dunloe Dr. (75228)Robbery: Suspects forced entry into the complain-ant’s residence and took the complainant’s prop-erty by force.

Feb. 6 – 5:30 p.m.10800 Block, walnut Hill Ln. (75238)Criminal Mischief: An un-known suspect shot out 15 flood lights at the list-ed location, causing $680 in damage.

Feb. 6 – 8 p.m.8100 Block, san Cristobal Dr. (75218)Aggravated Robbery: An unknown suspect demanded property at knifepoint, injuring the complainant during the robbery.

Feb. 6 – 10 p.m.9700 Block, Forest Ln. (75243)Harassing Phone Calls: The complainant was at home and received a text from an acquaintance

saying, “Kill U.” The complainant had saved around 50 text messages from the number that stated the same thing, dating back to Jan. 6. Some texts talked about civil matters between the suspect and complain-ant, but most ended with “Kill U.”

Feb. 7 – 9:30 a.m.12200 Block, oberlin Dr. (75243)Assault: A suspect punched the complain-ant in the face because he was laughing.

Feb. 7 – 11:30 p.m.1600 Block, Pat Dr. (75228)Burglary of a Residence: An unknown suspect kicked in the back door of the complainant’s resi-dence and opened all the windows. The suspect then set the thermostat to 90 degrees, left a 25 oz. can of Busch Light in the trash, ransacked the complainant’s clothes, and took the complain-ant’s $400 HP laptop and $750 bicycle.

Feb. 7 – 11:30 p.m.11100 Block, Ferguson Rd. (75228)Theft of Auto Accessory: An unknown suspect took the tailgate from

the complainant’s truck, which had a value of $2,000.

Feb. 8 – 9:30 a.m.10000 Block, walnut st. (75243)Assault/Strangulation: The arrested person chocked the complainant before placing a pillow over her face.

Feb. 8 – 10:30 p.m.12300 Block, Plano Rd. (75243)Criminal Mischief: A suspect shattered the complainant’s window and sprayed a substance inside.

Feb. 9 – 1:15 p.m.11500 Block, Desdemona Dr. (75228)Stalking: The complain-ant states that a suspect stalks her on a daily basis and continually shows up at her place of employ-ment and residence, mak-ing her feel threatened.

Feb. 9 – 7:10 a.m.9700 Block, w. Ferris Branch Blvd. (75243)Aggravated Assault w/ a Deadly Weapon: The arrested person threat-ened to cut the com-plainant with a knife. Once the complainant realized the arrested per-son had passed out, the

complainant was able to get away and dial 911. The reporting officer took a knife and axe away from the crime scene.

Feb. 9 – 6:05 p.m.6100 Block, Retail Rd. (75231)Theft/Shoplifting: The arrested person took the business’ property without first attempt-ing to pay. The suspect took several watches with a combined value of $96.76, and two pack-ages of razor cartridges with a combined value of $75.64.

Feb. 10 – 11:20 p.m.9000 Block, markville Dr. (75243)Aggravated Robbery: The suspects demanded money, punched and kicked the complainant and then took his wallet.

Feb. 11 – 1:20 p.m.12100 Block, Abrams Rd. (75243)Criminal Mischief: The suspect threw his bicycle into the front window of the complainant’s restau-rant, causing $500 worth of damage.

Vol. 5, No. 34

muLL it oVeR

Curling up to an olympic sportBy David Mullen

Bruce Springsteen sang “Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on.”

The NBC networks will televise on five channels and live stream over the internet 1,500 hours of 2014 Winter Olympics coverage from Sochi, Russia at the cost of $775 million in rights fees plus hundreds of millions of dollars in production and promotional costs from a place no one has ever heard of, that doesn’t have clean water, pillows or door knobs. One can only hope that Vladimir Putin will keep his shirt on during these games.

It would take more than two months non-stop to watch every single seg-ment of the games presented on the NBC networks and its web sites from halfway around the world. But that means one would be watch-ing the events in tape-delay. No problem. No events from the Winter Olympics will be televised live in prime-time. As David Letterman joked “Someone said ‘Sochi?’ I said, ‘Gesundheit!’”

“Fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on.”

I find watching the Winter Olympics a bore. Now granted, one of the greatest sporting events I ever saw, albeit on tape-delay, was the USA Olympic hockey team victory over the USSR in the semi-finals of the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. But as Winter Olympics view-ing is concerned, that was a miracle on ice.

How can anyone in America, south of the Dakotas, possibly be enam-ored with any of these irrel-evant, and now more recently,

made-for-television events? Let’s discuss, shall we?

Figure skating. An op-portunity for Liberace’s old bed clothes to be on display.

Ice dancing. See above.Luge or bobsled or skel-

eton or whatever. I would rather watch the Channel 5 Helicopter Cam over Central Expressway film a KIA slide past the Mockingbird exit during an ice storm. Or go to Schlitterbahn when the weather is 80 degrees warmer and speed down a run.

Women’s hockey. Nothing like watching women who are missing teeth. That’s why Spike TV exists.

Cross Country Skiing. Any downhill skier will tell you the worst part of skiing is when you hit a flat surface. Unless it is in front of the Red Lion in Vail Village.

Snowboarding. Any downhill skier will tell you the worst part of skiing is when you run into an arro-gant, irreverent little punk snowboarding. Unless you actually run into them. Biathlon. Ski, with a rifle on your back. And then stop, shoot at something, but make sure it is not a shirtless Putin. Points will be deducted and

you will be exiled to Siberia.X-Games type events. A

blatant attempt to try to rake in younger viewers, while they are in between playing Xbox games.

Curling. Un-athletic looking people throwing a puck on steroids down the ice, and then sweeping the ice like the Wicked Witch to try to slow it down, speed it up, or direct it. What a minute. I take that back. Curling is cool.

“It is the novelty of the sport that makes it cool,” said John Lambert, president of the Dallas/Fort Worth Curling Club. “When you tell people you curl, they ask you if you throw the rock or sweep. I tell them I do both. Everyone does both.”

Curling originally de-buted in the Winter Olympics in 1924, but its roots go back to Medieval Scotland in the early 16th century. On what looks like a shuffleboard court covered in ice, a thrower rolls a stone (or rock) down the ice toward the house (target). Teammates sweep in front of the stone to control the speed and location, attempting to knock the opponent’s stone

see soCHi on page 9

What once was my beau-tiful baby in her crib is now a soon to be figure skating gold medal Olympian. “Mom, in a few years you will be in that crowd crying as you watch me accept my gold medal,” she told me as we were watching the Olympics and I was slowly but surely fall-ing asleep. “When I go ice skating tomorrow can I bring Eliza?” She answered after what seamed like 1,000 heart beats later: “Sure. You can bring Eliza.”

“YES!” my calm, sleepy daughter says, running around the new kitchen.

Dinner is ready! Finally!You know you’ve been

LetteR FRom tHe eDitoR

A girl with a dream...

Nancy Black

hard up kitchen-wise when your family calls your Old El Paso taco kit, canned refried beans and Rice-A-Roni Spanish Rice dinner a “delicacy.” But that’s what my 90-year-old mother said out loud this past Tuesday night, and my two children prompt-ly agreed with her as they sat down to eat the meal I had prepared.

We’d been without a kitchen for more than four months in my mom’s house. (No sink, no stove and no dishwasher. I know; poor pathetic us. There are people starving around the world every day, you shallow lady!)

I really don’t think I’m shallow at all. But I do not miss having to do dishes in my mother’s guest bathroom sink after our entire family has gathered for a meal. And I do love looking in on her bay window from the back-yard, after having fed all my

loved ones (somewhat) real food, done the pile of dishes (or at least loaded them in the machine that actually “does” them), and stepped outside for a breath of non-frozen air. (Note to all the weathercast-ers in the DFW area — I will now from hereon out refer to you all as “Chicken Littles.”)

Seeing my 16-year-old son talk about his course se-lections for his junior year of high school with his grand-mother and 10-year-old sister in the warm, peaceful kitchen after they had all eaten will now, forever, be a treasured moment in my life. It was al-most worth the wait. Almost.

Watching my daughter be inspired by the Olympics? Now that was priceless.

The opening paragraph is the “editorial” she started to write for me before I asked her to help me with dinner. I’ll keep you posted on her gold medal dreams!

By Nancy Black

Photo courtesy of NBC News

shirley temple Black

Shirley Temple, who charmed the nation as a child movie star in the 1930s and went on to become one of the nation’s diplomats in posts that included ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, has died.

She was 85. The Associated Press

writes that publicist Cheryl Kagan said the actress, known as Shirley Temple Black in her private life, died late Monday evening at her home near San Francisco. Kagan told the AP that Temple’s family and caregiv-ers were with her.

In a statement, the fam-ily said:

“We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmoth-er, great-grandmother, and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black.”

NPR’s Alison Bryce called Temple, “the most famous childhood star of all times.” She recalls a 1985 conversation Temple had with NPR in which the actress said she “loved learning to dance and sing. Children don’t have a lot of memories and so you're like a blotter — every-thing you learn very quickly — and for me, since I didn't have much in my head, I was able to learn everything rela-tively easily.”

The BBC reported: “The actress found fame as a young girl in the 1930s in films like ‘Bright Eyes,’ ‘Stand Up and Cheer’ and ‘Curly Top.’

“After retiring from

films in 1950 at the age of 21, Temple returned to the public eye as a Republican candidate for Congress and as a U.S. diplomat.”

She was, the AP adds, “a talented and ultra-adorable entertainer... (and) America’s top box office draw from 1935 to 1938, a record no other child star has come near. She beat out such grown-ups as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranking of the top 50 screen legends ranked Temple at No. 18 among the 25 actresses. She appeared in scores of movies and kept children singing ‘On the Good Ship Lollipop’ for generations.”

Hollywood Reporter called Temple “the enchant-ing singing and dancing child star with the glowing corkscrew curls who saved a Hollywood studio (Fox) and helped yank America

from the throes of the Great Depression.” It adds that:

“Making $1,250 a week at age six, the incandescent Temple was a veteran of 46 features and one-reelers be-fore she turned 13. A huge star in a pint-sized package, she received an average of 16,000 letters a month, and for one birthday, fans sent her 167,000 presents.”

She will also be remem-bered for a drink designed to supposedly make children look grown-up. During her diplomatic career, Temple once told NPR's Scott Simon, everywhere she went people couldn't resist serving her a “Shirley Temple” — a non-alcoholic cocktail of 7-Up, grenadine syrup, orange juice and a maraschino cherry. “Yes, well, those were cre-ated in the 1930s by the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, and I had noth-ing to do with it,” she told Scott.

The next meeting of the City of Dallas Cultural affairs Commission is sched-uled for Thursday, Feb. 20, at 4:30 p.m. at the Latino Cultural Center and is open to the public. The agenda will include a report from the Public art Committee regarding the White Rock Bath House Wildlife Water Theater’s future, which was tabled at the January commission meeting and again at the Feburary Public Art Committee meeting until after community meetings are held. No vote will be taken until the art can be discussed at those meetings. According to the Office of Cultural Affairs, the community meetings will be scheduled and announced within the next few months.

With the NYSE reporting Chipotle Mexican Grill at $1,000 per share, neigh-bors have high expectations for the newest Dallas location at the corner of Abrams Road and Richmond Avenue in Lakewood, which opened Jan. 24. The company forecasts up to 195 new locations across the country this year, bringing the chain’s total to almost 1,800 restaurants. According to the new Lakewood restaurant’s gen-eral manager, there are at least 40 Chipotle restaurants in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, and business has been good in Lakewood. The rumor mill has it that neighborhood homeowners aren’t thrilled with the number of corporate chains popping up in the area. They prefer trading with the “mom and pop” businesses.

We’ve put out an APB for Galindo’s Mexican Seafood, which recently closed on Abrams Road south of E. Northwest Highway and dropped off the radar. Critics and neighbors have been enjoying authentic Tex-Mex and seafood at the cozy, dark-pink structure for years. The site of a Long John Silver’s in the ’70s, Galindo’s served some of the consistently best grilled shrimp and Spanish rice in the city. We should have suspected hard times when Galindo’s started charging for refills on tortilla chip bas-kets! If you know of their reappearance elsewhere, please keep WRLW posted.

Further north, The Shops at Park Lane is constructing three new additions, including a five-story building at Park Lane and Northwest Highway. The expansion will bring 160,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space to the 33.5-acre center. Developers have aesthetics and leisure in mind as they plan to convert the center’s green space into an outdoor plaza. The retail center forecasts completion by the spring of 2015.

From Stonewall Jackson Elementary School to the Dr. Harryette B. Ehrhardt Library at the Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School, it has been quite a life’s jour-ney for endeared Lakewood resident Harryette Ehrhardt. Former First Lady Laura Bush was once a student of Ehrhardt’s at SMU. Mrs. Bush made the presentation to name the library, which highlighted Ehrhardt’s contributions to the community. Ehrhardt, a former DISD teacher and principal, is also retired from the state legis-lature. Also this month, the League of Women Voters presented Ehrhardt, who is one of the founders of the Swiss Avenue Historical District, with the 2014 Susan B. Anthony award at a Lakewood Country Club luncheon.

Luther King Jr. and so many others led President Lyndon Baines Johnson to declare a “war on poverty,” which with the aid of a compassionate and willing Congress, offered millions of American citizens an open hand so that their lives, and the lives of their children might improve.

These same fights for a livable minimum wage and equal pay for women are still being fought today, 50 years later.

During his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama, who was weeks short of his second birthday during the 1963 march, asked a joint ses-sion of Congress to give poor working class Americans a livable minimum wage, and to confront the blatant real-ity of income inequality in America that grows rapidly each day.

A recent report stated that nearly 24 percent of all inner-city residents in Dallas live below the poverty line.

The numbers are similar to those found in many of our larger cities and rural areas.

I know that you will agree with me when I say that the situation is unacceptable and must be addressed and rectified.

This is an issue that my fellow Democrats in Congress and I are focused on.

In 1963, a youthful Lewis marched for “jobs and freedom.”

Lewis is coming to Dallas for the prayer meeting be-cause the reasons for the march are still uncompleted. No doubt he will use the same words that he articulated on Aug. 28, 1963 when he con-cluded his speech by saying, “Wake up America! Wake up!”

Lewis cont'd from page 1

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press

the Full American experience

DARt wants students to send in ARtBy Mark Ball

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is hosting its 2014 Annual Student Art Contest along with spon-sors The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) and Dallas Contemporary.

Students from Kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to de-sign a poster illustrating the theme “Off We Go!” and submit it before the 5 p.m. deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Free 11x17 paper will be

made available by DART and Dallas Contemporary on a first come, first served basis for any teachers who wish to participate with their class.

The Best of Show win-ner will have his or her artwork featured on select DART buses and receive a $1,000 cash prize from Dallas Contemporary, a non-collect-ing art museum presenting new and challenging exhibi-tions from regional, national and international artists. Other recognitions and prizes will be given to the 1st place,

runners-up and honorable mention winners.

All winners’ artwork will be exhibited April 5 through April 20 at the DMA, which ranks among the leading art institutions in the country and is distinguished by its innovative exhibitions and groundbreaking educational programs. Contest instruc-tions are available at DART.org/artcontest or by contact-ing Jessica Lennon, manager of Community/Education Outreach at jlennon@dart.org or 214-749-2582.

By State Representative Eric Johnson

Every year at this time our nation turns its attention to two things — the Super Bowl and African American History Month. While the Super Bowl captures the lion-share of the focus, even with games as boring as this year’s, we shouldn’t neglect African American History Month.

The history of this coun-try is the story of our shared experiences as a people. While some countries, such as China and India, have thousands of years of history, our nation is still relatively young. For those of us liv-ing in modern-day America, where race is not the stark dividing line it once was, February gives us a chance to reflect on the struggles that shaped our current society as well as those who were sometimes excluded from our story, even though they were a crucial part of our shared experiences.

Feb. 1 marked the start of African American History Month. Originally created by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926 as “Negro History Week,” which celebrated the birthdays of abolitionism ac-tivists Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln,

it was later expanded to the entire month of February by President Gerald Ford in the year of the bicentennial, 1976, to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout history.”

African American History Month is celebrated during the month of February in the United States, with versions of it also celebrated in the United Kingdom and Canada. While the birth-day celebrations of Douglass and Lincoln were amongst Woodson’s reasons for creat-ing Negro History Week, its month-long expansion in-cludes the commemoration of several events of significance for the black community—the Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in at a Woolworth’s counter on Feb. 1, 1960, the passage of the 15th Amendment on Feb. 3, 1870, the founding of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) on Feb. 12, 1909, and the assassination of Malcolm X on Feb. 12, 1965.

African American History Month is a time of celebration, appreciation and education; it’s a time to reflect on our previous lead-ers, as well as inform our future ones. Dr. Woodson, a Harvard graduate, was astonished at the lack of in-formation in his textbooks regarding African American History. He saw it as a vital part of this nation’s past, present and future that need-ed to be included in the cur-ricula of our students, thus leading to the creation of Negro History Week. While government-sanctioned rac-ism in America is a thing of

see HistoRy on page 5

Photo courtesy of Prestonwood Polo

Polo winners will advance to Final FourBy Dena Miller

The Prestonwood Polo Club hosted the USPA cen-tral regional interscholastic preliminary competition Feb. 8-9.

Four teams traveled to Oak Point, Texas from Detroit, Chicago, Midland and El Paso to compete. Detroit defeated Midland 11-7 in the finals to advance in the regional round of the

national tournament. The Prestonwood team earned a bye and will also play in the regional round Feb. 22-23 in Houston.

The winner advances to the Final Four Nationals in California. Prestonwood Polo Club s̓ youth polo program is one of the most successful in the country and supports the growth of youth polo in America.

The Prestonwood Polo

Foundation and the Ladies Polo Auxiliary of Texas pro-vided Starbucks coffee to keep spectators warm and hosted a Texas barbecue on Feb. 8 in the grand pavilion, with food provided by Prairie House.

Prestonwood’s “Polo Rocks” T-shirts were given to all the teams Feb. 8, and the United States Polo Association also presented gifts at the awards ceremony the next day.

Page goes the extra mile for teamBy Gigi Ekstrom

Lakehill Preparatory School senior Jonathan Page was recently selected for First Team, All-State in Football. While this is an amazing ath-letic accomplishment in itself, in this case it is even more so, as Jonathan, or “JP” as he is known, joined the team on the second day of school his senior year. He had not played football since his eighth grade

see PAGe on page 10 Jonathan Page (in uniform) and his parents.

By Mark MemmottKERA News

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Fri 2/14Hug your Honey DayJack Benny, b. 1894Mickey Wright, b. 1935Carl Bernstein, b. 1944Gregory Hines, b. 19461920 – League of Women Voters founded in Chicago.

Sat 2/15Susan B. Anthony, b. 1820Matt Groening, b. 1954Chris Farley, b. 1964Renee O’Connor, b. 19711903 – 1st Teddy Bear produced in U.S.

Sun 2/16Sonny Bono, b. 1935LeVar Burton, b. 19571883 – “Ladies Home Journal” published 1st issue.1937 – Wallace Carothers rec’d patent for nylon.1968 – 1st 911 emer-gency phone system set up.

Mon 2/17Presidents’ DayHal Holbrook, b. 1925Rene Russo, b. 1954Michael Jordan, b. 19631897 – Nat’l Org. of Mothers formed – became the PTA.1959 – 1st weather satellite, Vanguard 2, was launched.

Tue 2/18Toni Morrison, b. 1931John Travolta, b. 1954Matt Dillon, b. 1964Dr. Dre, b. 1965Molly Ringwald, b. 1968

1885 – Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published.

Wed 2/19Stan Kenton, b. 1912Carson McCullers, b. 1917Smokey Robinson, b. 1940Amy Tan, b. 1952Benicio Del Toro, b. 19671846 – Texas state gov’t formally trans-ferred in Austin .

Thu 2/20Ansel Adams, b. 1902Robert Altman, b. 1925Sidney Poitier, b. 1927Sandy Duncan, b. 1946

1962 – John Glenn was 1st American to orbit earth – 3 times in Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.

Fri 2/21Andres Segovia, b. 1893Erma Bombeck, b. 1927Barbara Jordan, b. 19361804 – 1st ever self-propelled locomotive.1925 – 1st issue of “The New Yorker” published.

Sat 2/22For the Love of the Lake – Shoreline Spruce-UpGeorge Washington, b. 1732Frederic Chopin, b. 1810Steve Irwin, b. 19621885 – Washington Monument officially dedicated.

Sun 2/23W. E. B. DuBois, b. 1868Peter Fonda, b. 1940Ed “Too Tall” Jones, b. 1951Michael Dell, b. 1965Dakota Fanning, b. 19941836 – The siege of the Alamo began.

Feb. 14 – 16

521 W. State St.Garland, 75040972-977-7710

Plaza Theatre – The Company of Rowlett Performers present “Much Ado About Nothing.” Experience this classic Shakespeare tale where young lovers, virtue, villainy and charming naiveté are abound. 2 and 8 p.m. on Feb. 16. $10

Feb. 14 1825 Abrams ParkwayDallas, 75214214-821-7469

Lakewood Theater – Ricki Derek and his quartet present a Valentine’s Day double feature. Experience the songs of Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole, followed by the classic film Casablanca on the big screen. 8:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20.

Feb. 14 & 15

2520 Flora St.Dallas, 75201214-671-1450

Orchestra of New Spain – The orchestra presents “The Rise of Flamenco” at the City Performance Hall. Falla’s great Spanish drama, “El Corregidor y la Molinera,” will open the show. It all ends with a typical tablao for the entire cast. 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 1000 Easton RoadDallas, 75218214-327-2222

Central Lutheran Church – The Nidaros Cathedral Boys Choir comes to Dallas for two concerts. The choir has performed for European royal families and King Harald V of Norway. 2 and 7 p.m. FREE!

Feb. 16 6101 Bishop Blvd.Dallas, 75205214-768-2787

Owens arts Center – Graduate students in the conducting program at SMU Meadows lead the Meadow Symphony in a concert featuring winners of the Meadows Undergraduate Concerto Competition. Admission starts at $7. 3 p.m.

Feb. 20 4801 Spring Valley RoadDallas, 75244469-583-9530

Center for Spiritual Living – Learn about healing on the spiritual path through the teachings of Bruno Groening. Contact with healing energy helps maintain or restore health. Held in the peace room on the second floor. 7 p.m. FREE!

Feb. 20 – 22

521 W. State St.Garland, 75040972-205-2782

Plaza Theatre – Austin Academy Theatre presents “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” a story of a holocaust survivor, Raja. She was one of the 100 survivors of the Terezin concentration camp in the Czech Republic. 2 and 7 p.m. on Feb. 22. $7

Feb. 22 1717 N. Harwood St.Dallas, 75201214-520-2219

Dallas Museum of art – The Fine Arts Chamber Players invite you to a Bancroft Family Concert featuring the strings of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra andprincipal flutist Demarre McGill. Held in Horchow Auditorium. 3 p.m. FREE!

Feb. 24 909 1st Ave.Dallas, 75210214-922-8885

Music Hall at Fair Park – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson invites you to her 21st annual prayer breakfast with keynote speaker Justice John Lewis from the Georgia 5th District court. 8 to 10 a.m. RSVP required by Feb. 18.

The coming week is likely to present a number of unusual situations that give ample rea-son for many people to think that perhaps they have traveled back in time. They will be compelled to deal with issues that have been resolved previously, situations that have been encountered before and obstacles that have already been overcome. In other words, there may be times this week when indi-viduals are forced to reconquer what was already conquered or face fears and insecurities that are supposedly no longer valid or pertinent. The truth is that nothing is ever "gone for good," as this week will surely prove! Relationships will be in the spotlight for much of the week, if not publicly, then surely privately. In particular, relationships that have endured dramatic ups and downs over the past weeks or months should, this week, settle into a groove that is comfortable for all, at least for a while.

AQuARius (Jan. 20-Feb. 3)

You're in need of more infor-mation. The answers you seek will come to you from unusual, albeit known, sources. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You can accom-plish something rather difficult with the help of a generous neighbor who shares your

outlook. PisCes

(Feb. 19-march 5) Now is the time for you to re-visit an episode that may have left you rather shell-shocked in some way. Emotions are no longer as hot. (march 6-march 20) – A reunion of sorts gives you pause as you discover that things in the past may not have been as you remember them.

ARies (march 21-April 4)

You're eager to give someone a piece of your mind, but un-derstand the importance of time and place. (April 5-April 19) – Where two can be pro-ductive, three can accomplish something quite remarkable and memorable. Pick your team wisely.

tAuRus (April 20-may 5)

You may start the week with a certain outlook that is changed in subtle but significant ways as the days pass. Share thoughts with a friend. (may 6-may 20) –You're getting into something that may not be good for you. Listen to those who have an alternative in mind.

Gemini (may 21-June 6)

Review the past days or weeks, and you'll see that things are in need of a slight adjustment or two -- especially on the home front. (June 7-June 20)–You

may still be carrying the shock of a surprise announcement with you long after the dust has settled.

CAnCeR (June 21-July 7)

You're eager to meet up with an old friend, but you realize that it may be more difficult than expected to rekindle feel-ings. (July 8-July 22) – You may not be able to accept an offer of reconciliation; some wounds are too fresh.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 7)

You want to know where things might have gone if you had taken a different path, but this week your perspective may be strangely unclear. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You may have the chance to follow in another's footsteps, but pride must not be allowed to stand in your way.

ViRGo(Aug. 23-sept. 7)

Your sense of balance and style will come in handy. Many others are eager to benefit from your participation and guidance. (sept. 8-sept. 22) – You're eager to see something new grow from the ashes of a past defeat. If anyone can make it happen, you can!

LiBRA (sept. 23-oct. 7)

There are those who might wish you ill, but you can rise

above any kind of animosity or acrimony and proceed with confidence. (oct. 8-oct. 22) – With each new day, you'll come to a new realization that helps you solve an important person-al mystery.

sCoRPio (oct. 23-nov. 7)

You're putting off something that should actually be quite easy to do. Those particular fears aren't likely to be realized this week. (nov. 8-nov. 21) – A tricky situation develops, requiring you to see a certain situation from all possible angles.

sAGittARius (nov. 22-Dec. 7)

You have some duties to tend to before you are able to focus on your own private business. Are all preparations complete? (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You don't want to be labeled a "quitter," surely! Stay the course, even though things may get rather difficult.

CAPRiCoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 6)

You may be facing a last-chance scenario, but a loved one comes up with an option that you hadn't considered. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – Others may respond favorably to a plan that you find only marginally acceptable – even though it is one you came up with!

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the past, and although we have made huge leaps of prog-ress, there is still evidence of racism in media, curriculum, and society in general.

The month of February is a time for schools and media to exemplify and teach the importance of African American History, includ-ing, but not limited to the Abolitionist and Civil Rights Movements. Celebrating African American History Month honors the historic and heroic leaders of the black community, and it works to create pride and expand knowledge.

It is only in embracing the full American experience that we can gain a true appre-ciation for what our parents and past generations have been able to accomplish. If we leave out the tough parts of our past from the story, we and our children will fail to understand how truly blessed we are to be Americans.

Don’t let that happen; embrace African American History Month for what it is — an opportunity to learn about the entire American family.

HistoRy cont'd frompage 1Patterson wins outstanding Delegate at un

By Randy Patterson

Delegates from Woodrow Wilson High School partici-pated at the state conference in Austin for Model United Nations (MUN). MUN is part of the YMCA Youth and Government program, an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about civics, effective com-munication, globalization

and multilateral diplomacy. Woodrow had the largest number of MUN delegates from the White Rock/East Dallas area and had one of its delegates, Shelby Patterson, take home an “Outstanding Delegate” award, given for those who show exceptional leadership. All seven delegates had to prepare position pa-pers, serve on committees, and participate in a rather large simulation of the United

Nations. Each delegate was assigned a country to rep-resent and had to act, think and collaborate with other nations to pass resolutions. Delegates are trained to stay in character and represent the actual countries view-points on controversial issues. Led by teachers/sponsors Lydia Vanderstoep and Zach Dearing, this is the school's second year to participate at the state conference.

Pictured above, front left to right are: Heather DeMoss, Shelby Patterson (President), Ruth Blaker. Back: Cameron Kuzner, Alexandra Patton, Leslie Scherger and Jacob Tarpley.

Photo courtesy of Woodrow Wilson High School

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contemplative to add depth to the movie. These mo-ments allow us to take a break from the action and breath in the atmosphere and open our hearts to the charac-ters. The problem with “The Monuments Men” is that there are too many of these moments, causing us to yearn for our manifest goal of sav-ing the art.

“The Monuments Men” lurches and slips sideways and offers up blind alleys and false starts. A film must find its thematic drive and stick to it.

The music is the score of a great Hollywood film that should have been a contender for Best Movie of the Year. Alexandre Desplat pulls out the stops and gives us a warm and inspirational backdrop that evokes the magnificence of this mission.

“The Monuments Men” is a worthwhile project if only to learn about famous works of art. However, don’t look for a work of art in this picture — you won’t find it, unfortunately.

Almost a Good Movie.

Rated PG-13 for some images of war violence and historical smoking.Cedric Wood, Ph.D., L.P.C.Couple’s Counselor7424 Greenville Ave. #104Dallas, TX 75231214-394-4040DrCedWood.com

'monuments men' fails to be great art

“The Monuments Men” presents the World War II mission to rescue buildings (monuments) and art pieces that were being stolen or de-stroyed by the Nazis as they pulled back from their oc-cupied coun-tries. It is based on a book by Dallasite Robert M. Edsel.

Frank Stokes (George Clooney) is commis-sioned by President Roosevelt to travel to Europe in 1943 with a team of museum cu-rators and art historians to identify artwork that was being stolen and do what they could to both prevent further theft and retrieve the art that had already been stolen.

The idea behind this movie is a great one, not only

for the excitement of the pur-suit and espionage, but also for the deep meaningfulness of saving great works of art in Europe. It is very unfortunate that Clooney, who directed it, did not have the expertise or artistic inspiration to pull it off.

“The Monuments Men” begins very well with the feel of an old Hollywood movie from the 1940s; probably Clooney’s conscious inten-tion. But the movie soon devolves into a disjointed series of vignettes, which did not hang together as a cohe-sive story line. One is tempted to say, “Stick to your day job, George.“

“The Monuments Men” is not a disaster. It has many touching moments plus high-flying themes of derring-do and suspenseful mystery solving.

Instead of impressing us

as a crack team of museum curators and art historians, the men seemed like a team of crackpots. Bill Murray and Bob Balaban create comic relief with their Mutt and Jeff comedy team-up. John Goodman looked very out of place with his age and weight. Matt Damon still looks too much like a pretty-boy Hollywood actor to seem real, but George Clooney succeeds at keeping the 1940s cinema alive due to his Clark Gable good looks.

One Brit on the team (Hugh Bonneville), an alco-holic determined to recover, put himself in harm’s way to save “the Madonna” and paid the ultimate price for his bravery. A Frenchmen (Jean Dujardin) was also caught in the crossfire, which provides several heartfelt moments of patriotic grieving.

By contrast, Cate Blanchett, ever the impecca-ble actress, plays Claire Simon who clandestinely catalogues all the art being taken from the French art museum by the Nazi Colonel Wegner (Holger Handtke), making recovery and repatriation of the art much easier.

In moviemaking there should be included some mo-ments which are quiet and

Photo courtesy of Sony

Dr. Cedric Wood

and earned a master’s degree in performance studies.

While in College Station, she was A&M’s coordinator of the Student New Works Festival, and she co-founded the Blueprint Theatre, for which she was co-artistic director.

While working toward her master’s degree at A&M, Piepenbrink had the op-portunity to research, create and present some interest-ing papers that combined her fascination with history and her dedication to theater. This past November she presented to the American Society for Theatre Research her paper entitled, “Bonnie, Clyde, and J.R. Ewing: Performance of the Outlaw in Dallas, Texas,” in response to one of the so-ciety’s working groups̓ query for papers about the theater scene, history and overall tone of Dallas.

“This paper began with the history of Bonnie and Clyde, who were from and buried here. There’s an old tradition of leaving beer bottles, ammunition shells and cigarettes at their graves as a tribute to their outlaw ways. It looked at the history of Dallas’ fictional and non-fictional outlaws, and how the city today interacted with that history,” she said.

She has presented pa-pers to other groups as well, such as the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association and

the American Society for Theatre Research. She also worked on a National Science Foundation Advance grant.

Piepenbrink spoke about her lifelong passion for books. She investigated the role of performance in military training and in re-integrating war fighters into civilian life. As part of this work, she wrote and directed a performance based on her interviews with veter-ans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Piepenbrink said she’s been a performer since her childhood. She and her sister Maggie were introduced to theater when their mom took them to plays when they were kids. “I can vividly remem-ber watching Phyllis Diller in ‘Cinderella’ and wait-ing for her outside the stage door to sign our playbills,” Piepenbrink said.

Piepenbrink likes to tell the story of how her parents, Jeni and Craig Piepenbrink, met in Illinois when they performed Laurey and Jud in their small town’s high school production of “Oklahoma.” She was truly born into a the-ater family.

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Photo by John Scherger

woodrow girls take second

By John Scherger

After winning District titles in January, the Woodrow Wilson Wildcats boys and girls swim teams swam away with a trophy and medals at this years UIL 4-4A Regionals Feb. 7-8 at the LISD Aquatic Center in The Colony. The girls finished second place overall while the boys finished in third place. The team is led by 5th year head coach John F. Long. The Wildcats girls team led by twin sisters Samantha and Olivia Schoenecker (juniors), Michela Maurizi (junior), and Caroline North (freshman) finished second place in the 400m Freestyle, and the team of Greer Lambert, Michela Maurizi, Caroline North, and Lawson Freeman (fresh-man) finished second place in the 200m Medley relay. Individually, Greer Lambert took third place in the 100m Breaststroke; Samantha Schoenecker placed fourth in the 100m Freestyle and fifth

in 50m Freestyle; Caroline North placed fourth in the 100m Backstroke and fifth in the 200m Individual Medley; Michela Maurizi placed fourth in the 500m Freestyle and sixth in the 100m Backstroke; and Olivia Schoenecker placed sixth in both the Girls 200m and 500m Freestyle.

The boys swim team led by Max Zotos (senior), Zane Wright (senior), Noah Thompson (junior), and Colin Weimer (junior) fin-ished third place in both the 200m Medley and 200m Freestyle relays, and the team of Corbin Ray (se-nior), Blake Norrid (senior), Cole Burnham (junior) and James Holmes (sophomore) placed fourth in the 400m Freestyle. Individually, Max Zotos took third in the 100m Backstroke and sixth in the 200m Individual Medley; Noah Thompson took third in the 100m Freestyle; and Zane Wright took eighth in the 100m Backstroke.

Dinner features 'Voices' graduateStory and photo courtesy of Juliette Coulter

Voice of Hope held its annual fundraising dinner on Jan. 30 at the Belo Mansion. The dinner featured Voice of Hope gradu-ate Mikaela Nweke, who now works for Exxon Mobil. Pictured are Andrea Pedigo, event chair and Dave Perry-Miller and Associates realtor; Nweke, 2014 Award of Excellence honoree and Exxon Mobil employee; Kathryn Warren, Voice of Hope board member; and Clayton Kershaw, L.A. Dodgers pitcher and supporter of Voice of Hope.

Federal Bank specialist to speakBy Anne Buckley

The Audelia Road Library Friends begin their Spring Speaker Series on Thurs., Feb. 27 with Stephen Clayton, Senior Economic Education Specialist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He will discuss the function and operation of the bank in today’s economy, and its place in the banking community.

A graduate of Austin College with a focus on eco-nomics, philosophy and mathematics, he has also done post graduate work in economics at the University of North Texas. Area friends and neighbors are invited

to attend this free event in the library’s auditorium. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m. before Clayton’s re-marks at 6:30 p.m. The library is located at 10045 Audelia

Photo of Stephen Clayton courtesy of The Fannin County Leader

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I make a pot of soup every week for my husband and me to take to work for lunch. This is one of his favorites, which he’s requested time and again. The green chiles do add a little heat — use a can of plain diced tomatoes if you prefer.

2 tablespoons olive oil1 onion, chopped4 carrots, chopped2 cups small green lentilsOne 28-ounce can tomatoes with green chiles6 cups chicken or vegetable broth1 link smoked sausage, cut in half lengthwise and sliced crosswiseSalt and pepper (to taste)

In a large pot over medium-high heat, heat the oil until hot. Add the onion and carrots and cook, stirring, until the onion is translucent. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the lentils, then stir in the tomatoes and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the lentils are cooked through, about 45 minutes. Stir in the sausage and season again to taste.

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Lentil soup with smoked sausage

drawer, confronted snakes in the woodshed and taught all elementary grades.

Millicent married Floyd T. Johnston on Oct. 26, 1932. Floyd was working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and they began their married life in Rock Island, moved to Burlington, Ill., and then on to Quincy, Ill. In the mid-’30s they relo-cated to Texas, and, working out of the Galveston office of the COE, traveled around the state in a trailer home, iden-tifying sites for new dams to provide water for the state.

In 1941, they moved to Galveston and bought their first home. Millicent worked as laboratory secretary for the Corps of Engineers laboratory in Galveston during the war.

In 1940 and ’42, Millicent gave birth to sons John and Floyd (“Chip”). In 1942, Millicent’s father died and her mother moved in with the Johnstons. In 1946, the family moved to Omaha, Neb., where Floyd worked on the locks and dams along the Missouri River north of

Omaha. Millicent became a housewife and mother for five years. Her mother worked as the housemother for the nurses’ residence at the local Lutheran hospital.

In 1950, Floyd left the Corps of Engineers and formed a new engineering/ge-ology firm, Mason-Johnston & Associates, in Dallas. Millicent’s mother served as the company bookkeeper for approximately 35 years.

When Floyd retired in 1970, Millicent realized that she didn’t need an unem-ployed individual hanging around the house.

So when the opportu-nity for Floyd to become the executive director of the Association of Engineering Geologists arose, she was pleased to encourage and sup-port that endeavor. Together they enrolled the member-ship, published monthly newsletters and quarterly bulletins and prepared other publications and notices for the 3,000-member organi-zation for nine years. They retired from the position in the early ’80s.

Floyd died in 1991, and Millicent continued to live

in their home for a few years. Around 1995, she moved to Autumn Leaves assisted-living community, where she has enjoyed all phases of the facility and all the wonderful people who have cared for her for most of the last 20 years.

Millicent was an avid bridge player until she could no longer see the cards. She always had at least one weekly bridge group going, and sometimes more. She continued to play even after her sight began deteriorating — almost to the point that someone had to tell her what cards she had.

She also loves all kinds of sports. There was always a radio going in her house with a football, basketball or baseball broadcast. She has followed every level of Dallas baseball from the early 1950s to the present. Now, during baseball season, her radio is set to the Rangers station for every game. Millicent goes into a sports depression when the Rangers’ season comes to an end each year.

Millicent has two sons and daughters-in-law, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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The many generations of Millicent's life gather to help her celebrate.

dressed as their favorite president and prizes for the best costumes. The judging begins at noon at the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage. The celebrity judge is Miss Texas 2013, Ivana Hall, a Cedar Hill native.

Throughout the garden, patriotic music will greet visi-tors, and all-American fare including hot dogs, popcorn and fried cherry pie will be available for purchase for $1 each.

Guests can also watch the horticulture staff build the two 13-foot peacock topiar-ies that will be ready for the opening of the 30th anniver-sary of Dallas Blooms on Feb. 22. That date also marks the reopening of the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden, which has been closed for winterizing and maintenance.

The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is located on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake at 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas 75218. The Arboretum is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. General admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors 65 and older, $10 for children 3-12 and free for arboretum members and children two and under. The Arboretum is supported, in part, by funds from the Dallas Park and Recreation Department.

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out of the house and stop as close to the rings in the house at the end to score.

The stones, weighing ap-proximately 40 pounds each, cost way more than £40. They are made only in Scotland or Wales and sold in sets of 16 for approximately $10,000. The brooms cost substantially less and, I assume, are avail-able at ACE Hardware.

As one would expect from a game that originated in Scotland, “it is about sportsmanship,” Lambert said. “It is a game where, like golf, you call your own penalty. You start the game by shaking your opponent’s hand and saying ‘Good curl-ing!’ Then at the end of the game (which typically lasts two-and-a-half hours), you shake your opponent’s hand and say ‘Well played!’’’

“There is no finger-waving in the air, or pulling your shirts off after a win,” Lambert said thankfully.

After the match, the los-ing team buys the victorious team the first drink which is called “Broom-stacking.”

Currently curling in Farmers Branch at Dr Pepper StarCenter, The D/FW Curling Club has about 65 members that could double in numbers by the end of the Olympics.

“The club started out mainly with northern trans-plants,” Lambert said. “But with the popularity from the Olympics, about 50 percent of the club is Texan.”

Despite running three businesses, Lambert (who lived in North Dakota) dedi-cates about 20 hours a week to curling and the club, in-cluding traveling to matches against other clubs. “I love the game. I love to curl.”

Alright, I will reconsider my stance on the Winter Olympics. Let’s make it “Fifty-six channels with noth-in’ on.”

I’ll be watching curling on the NBC networks, tape delayed or not.

soCHi cont'd frompage 3

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Love is in the air and, once again, it’s that romantic time of the year for snug-gling and cuddling with your sweetie. Valentine’s Day is upon us, but what if your sweetie happens to have four paws and a furry tail?

Maybe your ro-mantic evening will consist of an elegant dinner at home with Chez Michael Savory Bits of Beef or Fancy Feast Gravy Delights with your special “furry someone,” and your own “dinner for one” from Central Market. Regardless of whom we share this highly promot-ed evening, Valentine’s Day is a day to open our hearts and exude warm feelings to those we love.

While it is difficult to scientifically determine whether animals actually feel love the way people do, any pet owner knows pets form deep attachments, miss a partner when separated (usu-ally us) and grieve when their special someone passes away — regardless of whether that friend has two or four legs.

Because we, as pet par-ents, are their caretakers and entertainers, our furry family members demonstrate their love for us by performing the “happy dance” and wagging their tails enthusiastically upon our return — whether we are gone for 10 minutes or 10 days.

Pet owners + Four Paws = true loveBy Mary Spencermary@petopia4paws.com

“YAPPYTALK”

Mary Spencer

This wild enthusiasm from a loving dog is defi-nitely contagious, releasing healthy endorphins in our brains. Even a cat’s seemingly oblivious and aloof greeting is overlooked when she se-lectively chooses our lap over every pillow in the house.

Our hearts are touched through stories of heroic life-saving actions from a devoted pet: the dog that pushed his owner out of the way of an approaching train or attacked an intruder; the cat that woke her owner up when a log slipped out of the fireplace or refused to leave the side of a terminally ill owner.

Unconditional love sto-ries of our four-legged family members are shared everyday. But what limits would we go to in protecting and caring for these furry creatures? In other words, how much do we really love our pets? And how do we show it?

My dear friend Georgia Moore in Winnsboro shared a humorous story of pet love. When we first met, Georgia and I quickly realized that we shared mutual passions in life — including art, great food and wines, countless endear-ing friends and a huge com-passion for animals. Georgia lives a large, zestful life, al-ways with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye. Her effervescent personality is energizing and contagious, prompting me to accept her invite for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine anytime.

Needless to say, if I was suddenly informed that Georgia and I were actually long-lost sisters, I would be so thrilled and proud to claim Georgia as family.

Photo courtesy of Mary Spencer

Recently Georgia re-ceived a letter from her bio-logical sister, Jeanne, from Florida, who shared a per-sonal, humorous love/rescue story involving Jeanne’s dog Mandy.

Dear Sister,I wish to share a recent

adventure, which of course, was ALL husband Bob's fault! Today, when Bob headed out for work, he left the garage door open (HIS Mistake # 1.) Then he called back to report the loss of a Netflix return, which he thought he might have dropped in the driveway (HIS Mistake #2). At the time of his call, I was shaving my legs, sporting only a cute, but

extremely short black sweater and absolutely nothing else. I figured I could just stick my head out and check the drive-way through the windows of the garage door — which I will remind you, SHOULD have been down (MY Mistake # 1). I opened the door to the garage and Mandy, my little rescue dog, flew by me like a silver streak, running down the sidewalk and directly into the street at the exact intersection where an elderly couple and two cars had paused, realizing unusual action (was) taking place.

Loving my dog as I do, I

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Jeanne and her rescue dog, Mandy

tossed caution and modesty to the wind, running full tilt down the sidewalk, frantically calling in my panicked voice, "Mandy come, please come Mandy, come back." Needless to say, my little furry darling turned deaf to my pleas and totally ignored me. She refused to come, requiring me to pull my short little sweater down as much as possible in front, to cover myself.

But … but ... Butt ... need I say more? My backside was now revealed and there was

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no more sweater to be pulled down! The elderly couple just stood there — obviously in shock.

The cars didn't move be-cause now Mandy was mak-ing merry little circles in the intersection. My mind finally clicked into gear and I yelled, “Mandy — TREAT!” causing the little performing prin-cess to quickly stop and come home, right past me, up the walk, through the door and into the house.

GOOD DOG! But now, I am still on the sidewalk, the elderly couple is still not moving, the cars have begun

to s-l-o-w-l-y creep up the street. And me — gathering what dignity I had left, turned around and walked back to my house.

This is obviously called "mooning the crowd" for a bundle of fur that I gave up my dignity for — and almost my life.

I love you Sis! Jeanne

Jeanne’s hilarious ex-perience provides a perfect Valentine’s story of love for our pets and the extreme (or short) lengths we will go to keep them safe.

year at Lakehill.Page played very little

in the first two games of the season, which make his sea-son statistics even more im-pressive. To qualify for All-State honors, a player must first be chosen as First Team All-District in his respective District and then be chosen by coaches statewide to make the All-State team. Page also made Academic All-State, along with his Lakehill team-mates, Drew Norman, a se-nior, and junior Cole Ellis. To be selected for Academic All-State, an athlete must be chosen First or Second Team All-District and maintain a 90 or higher overall GPA.

Page is Lakehill’s first football player to earn All-State honors since Morgan Lineberry in 2009, and he is the first Lakehill football player to earn First Team All-District honors on both offense and defense in the last ten years. Page is being re-cruited by several Division 2 and Division 3 schools to play football in college.

“Johnathan was a crucial part of the 2013 team’s suc-cess,” Head Varsity Football Coach Chris Peacock said. “He very quickly assumed a prominent role on the team through his on-field perfor-mance, and more important-ly, his leadership.” Peacock explained: “One of our team goals is simple: each day we try to get better as a person and an athlete. Johnathan personified that in a big way. We would come in off the field after a two-hour prac-tice, and it was not at all un-common for him to hit the weights for another 30 min-utes on his own. He was al-ways looking to make himself better. Johnathan was a lot of fun to coach; my only regret is that he was only with us for a year!”

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Photo courtesy of DSM

Dallas summer musicals heads

into 74th season

Dallas Summer Musicals Inc., the largest producer of live theatrical entertainment in the Southwest, has named Richard L. (Rick) Rogers, a banking executive and civic leader, chairman of the DSM Board of Directors for 2014. Rogers was installed as board chairman at DSM’s annual meeting in December.

He began his banking career in Dallas immediately after earning an MBA from SMU, where he was a SEDCO Scholar.

He and his wife, Susan, have two children.

Financing middle-market companies has been the focus of Roberts’ banking career, which includes tenure at three banks prior to joining Texas Capital Bank in early 2006. In his current role as execu-tive vice president of Texas Capital Bank, Rogers focuses on financing rapidly growing owner-managed companies.

Rogers said it was an honor to have the opportu-nity to lead this prestigious arts organization during its 74th season.

“DSM belongs to the people of Dallas, and we are here to safeguard it and make sure that it is passed along in good condition to the next generation,” Rogers said.

By Jo Anne Holt

st. John's introduces new eagle scoutsBy Jana Swart

East Dallas residents William Jones, Jack Lane, Kirk Shannon, Hugh Swart and George Whiting have attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

William, Jack, Kirk and Hugh started Cub Scouts in second grade in Den 7 of Pack 55 at St. John’s Episcopal School and were led by fa-thers Carl Lane and Robert Shannon. They held their Eagle Court of Honor at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Feb. 9.

George Whiting, 18, built a 10-foot tall covered information kiosk for The Nature Conservancy’s Clymer Meadow Preserve northwest of Greenville, Texas.

The information kiosk marks the addition to Clymer Meadow Preserve of the Eunice Belle Crabb Shiels Prairie, a 56-acre rem-nant of the Texas Blackland Prairie, donated in honor of Mrs. Shiels to The Nature Conservancy by her sons and their families.

George is a senior at Parish Episcopal School and enjoys soccer, mountain bik-ing and robotics. He is a member of Troop 577 and Venturing Crew 577. George

is the son of Laura and Simon Whiting of Dallas.

Hugh Swart, 18, remod-eled the library at Northridge Presbyterian Church in Lakewood. He pulled and boxed books for donation; prepped, primed and painted the walls; re-shelved the re-maining books and arranged the room so that it can be used as a meeting space.

He is a senior at Bishop Lynch High School and has rowed on the White Rock Boathouse Juniors crew team for four years. He is a member of Troop 577 and Venturing Crew 577 where he serves as treasurer. Hugh is the son of

Jana and Bill Swart.Jack Lane, 18, organized

a collection of more than 100 gift boxes for underprivileged children distributed interna-tionally through Operation Christmas Child to children who are victims of war, pov-erty and natural disaster.

He is a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School where he is the Varsity Boys’ Tennis Team captain, a member of the National Honor Society and a senior class officer. He is a mem-ber of Troop 577 and past president of Venturing Crew 577. Jack is the son of Susan Morrison and Carl Lane of

Dallas.Kirk Shannon, 18,

built and stained a 40-foot fence to enclose the HVAC system at St. John's Episcopal Church.

Kirk attends Lake Highlands High School and played trumpet in the band for three years and is currently the school mascot for the Wildcats.

He has par-ticipated in ACT, a group that performs musicals, at Lake Highlands United

Methodist Church. He is a member of troop 890. Kirk is the son of Robin and Robert Shannon of Dallas.

William Jones, 18, re-furbished the signs and handrails at St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral, a Dallas landmark. He is a senior at Bishop Lynch High School where he has played football for four years, performed in the school musicals and is a member of the National History Honor Society.

He is a member of Troop 577 and serves as vice presi-dent for Venturing Crew 577. William is the son of Cindy and George Jones of Dallas.

Pictured above, from left to right, are Kirk Shannon, Hugh Swart, William Jones, Jack Lane and George Whiting.

Photo courtesy of St. John's

Photo courtesy of Lakehill Preparatory School

Lakehill's Devine makes rankBy Lucia Dunlap Marketing Intern Class of 2014

For anyone involved in Boy Scouts, the pinnacle of achievement is to be awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. It re-quires sustained and diligent work to complete the many required merit badges and the completion of a major com-munity service project. Less than 3 percent of all boys who enter Boy Scouts obtain the rank of Eagle.

Lakehill Preparatory School is proud to recognize senior John Devine as having achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Devine has been ac-tive in scouting since the first grade. It was no surprise that when he set out to complete

his Eagle Scout project, it would involve the Dolphin Heights Neighborhood Association and its after-school program, where Devine is a long-time mentor and tutor. His project focused on teaching the children there about Dallas History.

“Of all the things I've ac-complished while at Lakehill,” explained Devine, “I am most proud of my work with Dolphin Heights. The people there are like a family to me.”

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