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Enlist for the day — 19th century style — at Dallas Heritage Village at 1515 South Harwood on Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the annual Civil War on the Home Front. At 2 p.m., the Confederate and Union Troops will stage a battle reenactment on the museum grounds. (Troops use black powder weapons with no bullets.) For Cub and Boy Scouts, this event also provides a fun opportunity to meet several badge requirements.

This year’s Civil War on the Home Front will take visitors back to May 31, 1861, when the United States Post Office stopped operations in the Confederate states, and to June 1, 1861, when no stamps were available for sale anywhere in the South. People lost their means of communication overnight. Visitors will learn the history of the stamps of Confederate Texas, the difficulties the post office endured and then create the solutions of Texas postmasters. They will hear the tales of greed, intrigue, forgery and discovery of this time pe-riod. Visitors may also create their own postage stamps and help search for lost

Confederate stamps while learning about the art of stamp collecting.

From 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. visi-tors may participate in the following

activities: a postage stamp scavenger hunt; an opportunity to learn about all

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will present the first major U.S. exhibition to explore French floral still-life painting in the 19th century. “Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse” traces the develop-ment of the floral still-life from the late 18th century through the early 20th century, emphasizing the tremendous depth and scope of creative engagement with the genre throughout this era.

The exhibition will fea-ture more than 60 paintings by more than 30 artists, including renowned figures such as Paul Cézanne, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Delacroix, Vincent van Gogh and Édouard Manet, along with less familiar contemporaries such as Simon Saint-Jean and Henri Fantin-Latour. On view from now through

Feb. 8, 2015, “Bouquets” positions floral paintings within a broader art historical and cultural narrative and reveals how the traditional genre was reinvented through artistic experimen-tation in the 19th century.

Co-organized by the DMA and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), “Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse” will provide a thorough reassessment of the genre, which has previously been underexplored and appreciated for its decorative qualities alone. The show will feature masterpieces from a vari-ety of public and private collections, including eight works from the DMA’s permanent collection.

“Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse” will require a special exhibition tick-et of $8; DMA Partners and children 11 and under are free. The DMA is located at 1717 N. Harwood St. For more information, visit DMA.org.

Chatting with Steve Solomon, it’s not so sur-prising that this teacher-turned-school administrator turned-entrepreneur-turned farmer-turned-comic also writes books on gardening. “I prefer my garden to most people,” he wrote. Solomon brings a whole new mean-ing to “diversity,” and it goes way beyond being Jewish and Italian at the same time.

Solomon has written two sequels to his original, award-winning stage hit, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s

Jewish and I’m in Therapy.” Bringing equal laughs are

his, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m STILL in Therapy” and his holiday show, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Holidays!” His most recent project, “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt … the Therapy Continues,” compiles the first three shows. Oy.

Dallas audiences will be able to enjoy the madness for five performances Thursday, Nov. 13 through Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts.

In the event that you’re not a gourmand of inter-national cuisine, here’s the

lowdown on the menu. The cannoli is that Italian pastry that’s a crispy tube surround-ing a yummy ricotta-based cream filling.

A latke, on the other hand is what Jewish folks serve year-round, but tra-ditionally during the eight-night Hanukah holiday. It’s a fried — but not gentile deep fried — potato pancake that’s crunchy on the out-side and potato-y inside and served with sour cream or applesauce.

Guilt requires no interpretation.

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Ackels' Angle ..................................................... 3Along the Green Trail ....................................... 2Charity Spotlight ............................................... 4 Classifieds .......................................................... 8Community Calendar ...................................... 4Dotty Griffith .................................................... 7 Fitness on the Trail ........................................... 5High School Athletics Scrapbook ..................... 3 History on the Trail ........................................... 6Notes from the Editor ........................................ 2Restaurant Directory ........................................ 9Scene Around Town ........................................ 10Shop the Trail ................................................. 10Trail Doctor ...................................................... 2Trail to Good Health ........................................ 7

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THEATER

FINE ART

The black and white on Blue and Gray

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Serving up cannoli, latkes with a side of guilt

Photo by Priscilla Killion

Photo courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art

Photo courtesy of Steve Solomon

Heritage Village offers a chance to step back in time with Civil War on the Home Front, visit with soldiers and see what life was like for those living in these times. 

Anne Vallayer-Coster, Bouquet of Flowers in a Blue Porcelain Vase, 1776, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, Mrs. John B. O'Hara Fund and gift of Michael L. Rosenberg.

Steve Solomon reprises his set of dysfunctional characters in “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt … the Therapy Continues.”

In This Issue

By Elizabeth Lenart New executive chef

joins Meddlesome MothMeddlesome

Moth, located in the Design District at 1621 Oak Lawn Ave., announced a new fall menu addi-tions for dinner and the addition of its new executive chef, Robbie Lewis.

Lewis brings 11 years of top-notch culinary experience to his new position, having worked in such positions as executive chef and sous chef at various

restaurants including The Mansion, The Green Room, Salum Restaurant, Texas Spice at the Omni Hotel and The Grape. Before his start in Dallas in 2003, Lewis studied culinary arts at New England Culinary School.

“I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my culinary journey,” Lewis said. “I’m excited to incorporate a few cooking methods with a modern twist in our new menu for fall.” — Tiffany Cunningham

By Shari Goldstein Sternshari@katytrailweekly.com

By Jill Bernstein

Photo courtesy of Meddlesome Moth

Meddlesome Moth has a new execu-tive chef, Robbie Lewis.

see GUILT on page 9

see BLUE on page 8

'Bouquets' flourishes at Museum of Art

Friends of Wilkinson Center have created a new fall event, “The Spirit of Taos,” in place of their annual gala. The event will be held on Friday, Nov. 7 at The Lot on 7530 Grand Ave. from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Michael Hearne, of Taos fame, will be the musical guest, and there will be plenty of fun and food. The hon-orary chairs are Ann and Bob Dyer.

Friends of Wilkinson Center are a group of dedicated volun-teers whose mission is to support, serve and promote Wilkinson Center. Through educational, charitable and service-oriented activities, members contribute their time, resources and talent to help ensure the continued success of Wilkinson Center’s pro-grams. — Vodi Cook

Photo by Jeanne PrejeanBob and Ann Dyer

'The Spirit of Taos' in Texas

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ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL

Dr. Kim Washington

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

David Mullen

Between Rock and a hard placeBy David Mullendavid@katytrailweekly.com

“Breaking News” in an exclusive story you will only find in Katy Trail Weekly. Sorry, I don’t have break-ing news and rarely does any other media source … Want it to rain in Dallas? Hold an election … I always try to vote early to avoid crowds, but not this time. I got trapped by the rain at my polling place on Cedar Springs Avenue on Tuesday and I had a first; I got panhandled. I gave him a proposition … How lame was the election coverage nation-ally on the major networks. Seriously, CBS and ABC were promoting their morning shows. NBC’s Brian Williams, and I am a big fan, actually said: “So many races, so little time,” and then they cut to a Farmers Insurance ad fol-lowed by a toe fungus com-mercial and then introduced Joe Scarborough to promote their MSNBC sister station. FOX was local, but they don’t have the power of a national news team. Walter Cronkite is rolling over in his grave … A terrific idea came out of the Fort Worth School Board. They are having walking meet-ings with board members and constituents on early evenings. Getting fit, while tossing spit … Uptown and Park Cities real estate prices have gotten out of hand? A 992 square foot house near the Stanford

campus in Palo Alto, Calif. was sold to a jazz musician for $35,000 in 1970. The bass player, who said he has never

made more than $30,000 in a year, just sold the house for $3 mil-lion or more than $3,000 per square foot. Oh, Mamma Jamma! The house is expected to be torn down. That’s the down-beat on Silicon Valley real estate … I went behind

the Green Door last week-end, and Marilyn Chambers was nowhere to be found. A great little place at 600 S. Harwood St., Green Door Public House has emerged over by the growing and now swanky Farmers Market area and offers local beer and nice people and a nice looking menu. I just drank, but I met John, the owner of the Deep Ellum Brewery, and he had a great looking sandwich. Full patio outside and definitely worth a try. Open for lunch. Check it out ... Black Friday and a Piña Colada my friend. Retailers are trying to start Black Friday now. Shop Local! … I think Chris Rock is the funniest guy in the world. But last Saturday night, in his monologue on SNL, when he said that the new World Trade Center should be sponsored by Target, I got queasy. As I did when I saw the opening of the new World Trade Center … Two of my good friends died this week. One I knew well and one I never met. Johnny Hammond was the

man about Dallas working first for Willow Distributing and then Andrews Distributing. He was the “Miller” guy in town. Back then, they would call me the “Rolling Rock” guy because I did their marketing, and Johnny was working hard to make it a success locally. In my previous life in advertis-ing, Johnny and I were known to sit at the Time Out Tavern on Lovers Lane doing research talking about beer and sports and life. If I needed a ticket, he would provide it. If I could do anything for him, it was with-out a blink. On Monday, more than 1,000 people went to his funeral in Coppell. Johnny Hammond was 57 … Tom Magliozzi died Monday. With his brother Ray, he was the straight man on the PBS radio and syndicated newspaper column Car Talk. No matter where I was, I would find Car Talk on the radio Saturday morning and laugh immedi-ately, and more importantly, smile throughout the day. As an owner of both a 1979 and a 1983 Subaru which both eas-ily passed the century mark in mileage, I bonded with the callers as well. Over the years, my brother and I often ended our phone conversa-tions with “Don’t drive like my brother.” Tom Magliozzi, who still can’t remember last week’s “Puzzler,” was 77 … God bless all of you that have served our country in the military. RIP my Grandfather Harold who served us in both World War I and World War II in the Army, and RIP my dad, Tom, who served us in the Navy in Korea. Thank you.

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TRAIL DOCTOR

Diabetes mellitus is diabolicalBy Dr. Kimberly Washington washington.k@att.net

In honor of National Diabetes Awareness Month, this will be a brief over-view of the medical condition of diabetes mellitus. The word diabetes comes from a Greek work diaba-inein, which means a siphon or to pass through. This word was used to refer to exces-sive urination characterized by this disease. The word mellitus is also of Greek origin and means “like honey,” which refers to the sweet smell and taste of the urine of those with diabetes. Several hundred years ago, patients were made aware of the likely diagnosis of this disease when after relieving themselves outside, dogs would be found licking the area being drawn to the sweet smelling urine. Nowadays, we have much more sophisticated techniques by which we diagnose diabetes.

The body requires insulin to appropriate-ly manage glucose levels in the body. Insulin is made by the pancreas and is excreted into the system when glucose levels increase, which usually occurs after eating. When there is some derangement in this system of insulin production by the pancreas, excretion in to bloodstream or insulin’s effectiveness on low-ering blood glucose levels, one is diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.

There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes, which used to be called juvenile-onset diabetes but is no lon-ger called such due to the high incidence of type 2 diabetes in children secondary to our country’s obesity epidemic, is a rare form of diabetes, only occurring in roughly five per-cent of all diabetics. Type 1 diabetes also used to be called insulin-dependent diabetes, how-ever, that too has fallen out of favor as many type 2 diabetics are also insulin dependent. Type 1 diabetes occurs because the body does not make insulin. As insulin is essential to maintaining glucose levels, you can see why

this would be diagnosed in early childhood. Type 2 diabetes, previously called adult onset diabetes, is the more common form. It occurs

because the body does not make enough insulin or makes insulin, but the cells that require it become resistant to it.

In type 1 diabetes, children usually present with dehydration due to excessive urination, excessive thirst, weight loss and increased rate of breathing (hyperven-tilation). They will typically be found to have a significantly elevated glucose level on routine blood work. Additionally, the urine will also be tested to determine if

glucose or other byproducts are being excret-ed in the urine. Once the diagnosis is made, the child will be started on insulin, and the child and parent will be educated on appro-priate eating habits due to the new diagnosis.

In type 2 diabetes, children or adults can typically present the same symptoms as type 1 diabetes. However, many are diagnosed with diabetes when they have no symptoms but are found to have an elevated glucose level on routine blood work. At that time, your physician will counsel you on diet modifica-tion, because many patients with mild eleva-tion in their glucose can be managed without medication if they stick to a strict diet. If this does not work, medication will be necessary, which may consist of pills to minimize your body’s resistance to the insulin you make or injections of insulin to supplement the insu-lin your pancreas produces.

Diabetes mellitus is a very complex dis-ease with many facets — many of which will be described in more detail over the next cou-ple of weeks. The key to managing this dis-ease is diet modification with strict adherence to minimizing sugar in the diet and frequent monitoring of your glucose levels. By main-taining a good range of glucoses, one will be able to avoid many of the complications that come along with this disease.

Dr. Beth Leermakers is a clinical psychologist who specializes in stress management and well-being seminars, retreats and coaching. Contact her at 214-923-3766. Her monthly e-newsletter can be found at bethleermakersphd.com.

Anyone who has old laptops and desktop computers gathering cobwebs in the garage will soon have the opportunity to conve-niently and responsibly recycle these items as well as many other obsolete or non-working electronic products.

Parkland Health & Hospital System, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Woman’s University are work-ing with ECS Refining to put on the

third annual Recycling Drive from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14 at the Bio Center, 2330 Inwood Road. The event, held in conjunction with National America Recycles Day, will accept most electronic products that plug-in or run on batteries.

“The goal of the Recycling Drive

is to provide community members with the safest, most eco-friendly manner to dispose of unwanted personal electronic products,” said Emma Donachie, Parkland’s waste stream coordinator. Every year, about 400 million pieces of eWaste are discarded into landfills, accord-ing to the Texas Campaign for the Environment.

For more information about the Recycling Drive, call 214-590-1342. — Frank Trejo

Parkland teams with two for recycling event

A lot of wasted paper from the paper tigers

I am happy Election Day is over. Not only because we all had our chance to voice our opinions but also to reduce the amount of paper waste in my mailbox. In an evergrowing electronic world, our politi-cal system still relies heavily on paper products for election season from posters to flyers to multiple page letters. In the U.S. we use about 69 million tons of paper and paperboard per year, according to the EPA. In 2012 we recycled about 65 percent of that amount.

Much of the election paper waste can be recycled in our city but the process of creating, printing, delivering and recy-cling these products is wasteful in itself. Not all election waste,

such as some yard signage, is recycla-ble here in Dallas. In Denver, Colo. a local recycling company found a way to recycle the political yard signs to keep them out of our landfills.

This October, there was another unique way to tackle the elec-tion season waste. In Brazil, some of the political waste (which is mostly non-recyclable there) was reused by a graffiti artist, Mundano. He made a big statement utilizing all of the political election waste to make his art piece “Lixeira Eleitoral” (“Election Waste”). The piece was a large trash bin made to looked like a voting booth stuffed full of the same political

messages. The frustration

with the amount of unwanted and unneeded waste in my mailbox came at an ironic time as well. In the last few weeks, two huge reports in regard to biodiversity and climate change

have come out. These reports are shouting for seriousness in the reduction of our carbon footprints. Meanwhile, loads of paper flies into our mailbox causing our carbon footprints to soar.

In case you missed it, here’s the info on the two studies:

The World Wildlife Fund released the 2014 Living Planet Report with some shocking

statistics. The report says that between the years 1970 and 2010 populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around the globe dropped 52 percent. The trends for the last 40 years show a decline in terrestrial (land) and marine wildlife by 39 percent and a 76 percent decline of freshwater wildlife. That is an alarming loss of wildlife. These trends stem from the growing de-mands of our human popula-tion. The more people there are consuming natural resources, the more forests are cleared for agriculture, more fish is taken from the oceans and more pol-lution occurs.

This past week, the United Nations published the most comprehensive assessment of climate change, which was produced by more than 800

scientists. The assessment finds that human caused emis-sions of greenhouse gases have caused global climate change. This global climate change is seen in the large reduction of ice, increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising sea levels and more. The report urges the world to lower emis-sions by 40 to 70 percent glob-ally between 2010 and 2050.

These new reports shed light on the urgency at which we should be tackling climate change. The urgency needs to translate into everyday deci-sions by businesses, individuals and electoral candidates.

Do politicians need the paper waste for a success-ful campaign? Is it even read? That’s a tough question to answer, and there is not a lot of data out there on what is

actually read. Most people in the marketing industry accept a general two percent response rate on direct mailings. A marketing company, Ask Your Target Market surveyed 400 online people to determine the effectiveness of direct mailing and of those 400 people only six percent said they always read printed mailings. I know I never read the printed politi-cal mailings. I prefer to get my election information elsewhere.

All of our actions impact the larger earth. I hope who-ever you and I voted for on Election Day printed the fewest amount of unnecessary paper items possible.

Naima Montacer is a freelance writer and conserva-tionist. View more at her web-site EnviroAdventures.com.

By Naima Montacer@naimajeannette

Naima Montacer

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In honor of Veteran’s Day, it should be pointed out that the Dallas Cowboys most famous military veteran is clearly the Naval Academy’s Roger Staubach. He was the 1963 Heisman Trophy winner and is arguably the Cowboys all-time most popular and recogniz-able player. He is as much synony-mous with “America’s Team” as the Cowboy Cheerleaders and coach Tom Landry. He is more noted than fellow NFL Hall of Famers Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin or Emmitt Smith.

But who is the Cowboys war veteran that has the most Super Bowl rings?

“I also have him beat this year,” Chad Hennings, three-time Super Bowl winner as defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys, said. “Air Force just won the ‘Commander-in-Chief ’ trophy over Navy.”

Hennings, 49 and liv-ing in Flower Mound, was the 11th round pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 1988 out of the Air Force Academy where he won the Outland Trophy as college foot-ball’s best interior lineman. But facing a minimum five year mili-tary commitment, “I was a token pick,” Hennings said.

“As a kid, I wanted to play (NCAA) Division I football,” Henning said. He was born in Elberon, Iowa and played high school ball at Benton Community Senior High School in Van Horne. “Coming out of rural Iowa, achieving Division I football was a dream. Playing pro football wasn’t even on the radar,” Henning said, using a rather fortuitous metaphor.

Hennings was pursued by the University of Iowa and Iowa State University and got a few of-fers to walk-on, but the Air Force Academy answered a calling. In 1984, he became a Falcon where he could play football and train to become a fighter pilot.

While undergoing extensive military training, Hennings — who actually played his fresh-man year as a tight end — moved to defensive tackle. In 1985, Air Force had their greatest season ever with a 12-1 record, a con-ference co-championship, and a number five ranking in the NCAA Coaches Poll. He earned his first of two Academic All-American honors.

In his senior year, Hennings led the nation with 24 sacks and was an unanimous first-team All-American selection. He also played in numerous postseason all-star games including the East-West Shrine Game and the Japan Bowl.

Upon graduation he was ready to fulfill his military com-mitment and head for the “wild blue yonder.” “I had to separate wanting to play football and take a hard right,” Hennings said.

Hennings had actually extend-ed his commitment from five years to eight years. Because of his size, 6 foot-6 and 287 pounds as a player, he was limited to flying larger planes including the A-10. “My assignments in the A-10 included deployments over Iraq and Western Europe.” Hennings was based out of Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.

“When you are flying a mission in combat, you don’t think about the ‘what if ’s’,” Hennings said. He had friends killed in action. “You just

have to be mentally committed. You have a task at hand. You must ac-complish your mission.”

The government went through a reduction in military personnel, and Hennings was free to attempt a career in pro football. “My military obligation was first and foremost,” Hennings said. “But the Dallas Cowboys had a track record when they drafted Roger (Staubach).” The Cowboys had waited out Staubach’s military commitment before signing the quarterback in 1969.

Hennings had put on 20 pounds to prepare for the rigors of playing defensive line in the NFL. In 1992, he became a 27-year old rookie defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys. He played nine seasons with the Cowboys, ap-pearing in 119 games, had 27.5 sacks and played on three Super Bowl winning teams.

While not life and death, inju-ries are part of playing football. But fear of injury wasn’t a takeaway from this veteran with six NFL fumble recoveries. “The beauty of football is the life lessons,” Hennings said. “It is all about the team. Everyone doing their part. Staying in your lane. It takes everyone to play their role. Execute their mission.”

Today, Hennings stays busy with his wife raising a boy at University of North Texas and a girl in high school. He is involved in a commercial real estate busi-ness, works in business develop-ment and is a motivational speak-er. He has written two books, and is part of the Christian organiza-tion Wingmen Ministries. He is also on the Cowboys Legends Committee which is a group of team ambassadors. “Jerry (Jones) has been great at wanting to keep the history of the Cowboys alive.”

For Chad Hennings — a war veteran, a College Football Hall of Famer, a professional football player and a community leader — it has been an amazing life. Believe it or not, he still has more to do before he can say “Mission Accomplished.”

When I started teaching, they were just kids. I was the new guy at Marquette University High School, the all-boys Jesuit high school in Milwaukee. I was an English teacher, entrusted with teaching 16- and 17-year-old boys the ins and outs of writing.

Anyone who has read this column knows I have no business teaching that skill. (My chops for coaching football were even worse. Their logic: “You’re from Texas, you have to know football.”)

One of the many, many mistakes I made as a first year teacher was giving my students free reign over their topics for the midterm. They were to write a five page argumentative paper, and they could choose any topic they wanted.

Cue 17-year-old brains and their insidious creativity.

But amid all the “no school on Fridays” and “students should be finan-cially compensated for good grades,” there were some excellent choices. An argument to continue teaching cursive despite our world’s reliance on technol-ogy. An argument for increased pay for teachers (brownie points!). One young man wrote a paper about ISIS, a solid year before they made headlines.

One kid wanted to colonize Mars.I could go all day on the clever and

not-so-clever ideas my students came up with, or the varying degrees of basic syntax in their pieces. But as I look back across their topics, some catch my eye.

As one might imagine, quite a few of the boys chose sports topics. And while some took the easy way out with steroids in base-ball or football in the Olympics, some had surprising and innovative ideas, and some did a superb job of defending their point.

Here is a look at some of the best sports arguments my students wrote about last school year, with a brief nod to their supporting evidence. In the interest of giving credit even without consent, I’ll use first names only.

End the NBA/NCAA Basketball one-and-done rule. Michael wrote a solid piece about why the one-and-done rule in college basketball is problematic, and why athletes should be required to stay in college for three years. He argued — in my opinion, successfully — that it would benefit the individual player, ben-efit the NCAA and actually benefit the NBA to follow this model.

Private high schools should be al-lowed to offer scholarships for athletic talent, similar to colleges. While I may not agree with Ben on this one, he did an admirable job of thinking outside the box. His point: athletically-talented young people should have access to top-of-the-line high school education, just like they do in college. Many economically disad-vantaged kids are stuck in similarly dis-advantaged school districts. And unlike college, they have no choice in the matter. A high school scholarship program could be a ticket to a better education, and thus a better college, for these students.

By David Mullendavid@katytrailweekly.com

MULL IT OVER ACKELS' ANGLE

Veteran Hennings still flying high

Former Cowboy Chad Hennings.

Photo courtesy of Chad Hennings

Kids say the darndest things

By Chris AckelsCh.ackels@gmail.com

“Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.”— John Wooden

Photo by Jowdy Photography

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Jesuit JV Football vs MacArthur

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One child wants to eliminate youth football.

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Contact us at info@katytrailweekly.com with your Community Calendar Event.

Fri 11/07Marie Curie, b. 1867Albert Camus, b. 1913Joni Mitchell, b. 1943Yunjim Kim, b. 19731916 – Jeanette Rankin of Montana be-came 1st woman elected to U.S. Congress.

Sat 11/08Margaret Mitchell, b. 1900Patti Page, b. 1927Bonnie Raitt, b. 1949Alfre Woodard, b. 1953Parker Posey, b. 19681805 – Lewis & Clark reached the Pacific Ocean.

Sun 11/09Dorothy Dandridge, b. 1922Carl Sagan, b. 1934Mary Travers, b. 1936Lou Ferrigno, b. 1951Susan Tedeschi, b. 19701857 – Atlantic Monthly 1st published

Mon 11/10Martin Luther, b. 1483Donna Fargo, b. 1945Ann Reinking, b. 1949Brittany Murphy, b. 1970Heather Matarazzo, b. 19821969 – “Sesame Street” pre-miered on PBS.

Tue 11/11Veterans Day – Honor those who servedGen. George Patton, b. 1885Demi Moore, b. 1962Leonardo DiCaprio, b. 19741918 – WWI ended. 1st called Armistice Day, now Veterans’ Day.

Wed 11/12Elizabeth Cady Stanton, b. 1815Grace Kelly, b. 1929Neil Young, b. 1945Nadia Comaneci, b. 1961Tevin Campbell, b. 19761946 – 1st drive-up bank opened – in Chicago.

Thu 11/13Robt. Louis Stevenson, b. 1850Ray Wylie Hubbard, b. 1946Whoopi Goldberg, b. 1949Jimmy Kimmel, b. 19671940 – Disney’s “Fantasia” premiered.

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Nov. 9

5100 Ross Ave.Dallas, 75206214-887-6552

St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts – Come to our Dallas Bach Family Concert, featuring baroque cello player Eric Smith. Hear for yourself how Bach’s amazing solo suites sound on a instrument from his time, and how the change of style and of the cello bow led to a different kind of music in the early Beethoven sonatas for cello. 4 p.m. FREE!

2400 Flora St.Dallas, 75201214-880-0202

Wyly Theatre – Shakespeare Dallas presents “The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen Of Verona.” Every play and sonnet written by the Bard will be performed. Student get in free! Show at 3 p.m. Nov. 9 and 7 p.m. Nov. 10. $10.

Nov. 11 4900 S. Lancaster RoadDallas, 75216214-922-8885

Veterans Resource Center – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson will salute Texas veterans at a Veterans Appreciation Day celebration. The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, the Veterans Resource Center and the Homeless Veterans Services of Dallas will join. Call for more information. 3 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 11 – Dec. 5 3200 Main St.Dallas, 75226214-747-5515

Undermain Theatre – See a production of “The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls.” In Meg Miroshnik’s darkly funny fairytale, Russian folk stories collide with the modern pitfalls awaiting young women. Times vary per show. $15-$30.

Nov. 13 6121 Worth St.Dallas, 75214214-670-1376

Lakewood Branch Library – The public is invited to hear The Dallas Morning News investigative reporter and author Doug Swanson discuss his book, "Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion.” Program followed by book signing. Enter a free drawing for a copy of the book. 6 to 8 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 15 6121 East Lovers LaneDallas, 75214214-750-1492

Zion Lutheran Church – The Orchestra of New Spain presents “The Renaissance: Valencia & the Flemish.” Join us for hot chocolate and cookies after the concert! 7 p.m. $25/$10 students.

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Donors and volunteers show love and care in Dallas

Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.

What is your mission or highest purpose?Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD) is the only organization that provides a temporary home for families whose children are receiving treatment for a serious illness or injury at a Dallas area hospital, in an effort to lessen the burden, reduce stress, keep the family intact and enhance the quality of life for these families. It was built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on healing their child.

How many clients are served each year?In 2013, we served more than 1,900 families totaling 17,787 night stays at the House. They came from 10 coun-tries and 30 states. The average stay is 7.6 days.

What are your critical needs now, besides money donations?

Volunteers for The Trains at NorthPark and for the House rmhdallas.org/volunteer.

We also need supplies such as toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning supplies. We have a wish list online at rmhdallas.org/wish-list/.

Tell us about some of your fundraisers.The Trains at NorthPark, which is an elaborate miniature toy trains exhibit that rolls from Nov. 22 through Jan. 4. It’s on the first level near Nordstrom’s. Tickets range from $3 to $7. Under the Moonlight is in March at Trinity Groves. It will be a fabulous fundraising

evening of cocktails, a seated dinner, live auction and entertainment. For those in their 20s and 30s …. Young Friends hosts A Night with Reckless Kelly at Chicken Scratch/The Foundry.

What is your facility like?

We are so blessed to have a new 58-bed-room House after having outgrown our other place. Although large in size, the House has a warm, home-like feel and offers a sense of normalcy with three home-cooked meals a day, comfortable bedrooms and activities for the family. There’s a large communal dining room, indoor and outdoor play areas, a great room, outdoor patio.

What sort of volunteer jobs are available?Train volunteers are needed during the exhibit. In addition, House volunteers are needed to cook meals, to set up and run activity nights for our families and to greet.

What is difficult about your job?It is difficult when we have to tell a fam-ily we don’t have a room immediately available for them because we are full. We get them in as quickly as possible.

In a short paragraph, please tell how a specific person or family was helped.

There are so many great stories to tell. The Megally family from Egypt comes to mind because they lived with us for a year in 2012-2013. Bishoy Megally had a severe form of scoliosis and stayed at RMHD with his parents and brother, while he had several life changing sur-geries at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital.

Bishoy was our kid conduc-tor last year for the Trains at NorthPark. The Megally family now lives here permanently, and Mr. Megally volunteers at the House.

Jill Cumnock is the CEO of RMHD. Thanks Jill for helping us with this article.

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When Alexis Silva was a senior at North Dallas High School last year, he won first place in a distinctive art com-petition, “I am grateful for the value of sports.” This year other motivated students will be recognized for their artwork, essays or dance performance by Dallas’ Thanks-Giving Foundation’s 10th annual Expressions of Gratitude Arts Competition (Expressions). This year’s entries will express the theme, “I am grateful for the Golden Rule,” reflecting one of the Thanks-Giving founda-tions initiatives, treating others as one would his or herself. The deadline to submit entries in the 2014 competition is Dec. 15.

The Expressions competi-tion was co-founded in 2005 by Thanks-Giving Foundation volunteers, Cathy Moore and Rose Marie Stromberg to encourage students in grades kindergarten through 12 to think creatively. Stromberg explained, “The competi-tion is designed to encourage students to express, through visual arts, dance and the written word what they think about giving thanks.”

Entries will be accepted in the art and essay categories from six grade groups, K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12 and from three grade groups in dance, K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Winners earn cash awards for themselves, and their teacher and/or school re-ceives money for class supplies. Judges from major museums, public libraries, publications and educational institutions, as well as individual artists, select the winning entries.

According to Alexis Yancey, Expressions of Gratitude Arts competition director for the Thanks-Giving Foundation, “We had dance as a category when our competition began and

we have reinstated it for our 10th anniversary. The name is changed to ‘… Arts Competition.’ Video dance en-tries will be judged on original choreography, creativity, ar-tistic merit and interpretation of the theme, ‘I am grateful for the Golden Rule.’” Yancey explained further, “Students may enter individually or as a group of up to five dancers. They can upload their videos on YouTube.com or Vimeo.com and send us the link to their entry or send in a DVD. Dance judges will be from well-known dance companies along with dance instruc-tors. The rules are in the entry packet at thanksgiving.org.”

In addition to Silva, an-other student recognized at last year’s award ceremony at the Winspear Opera House lobby was Sophia DuBard, then an eighth grader at Ben Franklin Middle School. Her art entry was a watercolor painting of the feet of a balle-rina on pointe. The piece was sold at auction at the National Day of Prayer service at the Hilton Anatole Hotel last May, with funds ben-efitting the following year’s Expressions competition.

The ninth grader quipped, “I started art as soon as I could hold my brother’s crayon.” She continued more seriously, “Art really gives me the time to

show what I’m good at and to express myself. I am currently learning new techniques and improving with the realistic style that I am trying to get. For my ballet shoe watercolor painting, I sketched out the shape and applied the value with the watercolor. I know I could do so much better after how much I have improved over summer. Hopefully my dream of becoming an artist can come true.” According to Carolyn Meek, DuBard’s now retired art teacher, “Sophia is creative, intense and cares deeply about projects with meaning like this one. She was articulate about dance as an art form as well as a sport. I look forward to seeing what her future holds.”

Meek added, “I have par-ticipated in the Expressions competition for several years, and I always encourage my students to enter because I believe that gratitude is a great subject. I tell them that even though they may not win a prize, writing about thank-fulness has benefits in and of itself. I also encourage them to use a personal story of some kind to illustrate their grati-tude. It also gives the student opportunity to be celebrated and articulate their beliefs.”

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Competition focuses on gratitudeBy Shari Goldstein Sternshari@katytrailweekly.com

Photo courtesy of the Thanks-Giving Foundation

Alexis Silva created a cornucopia of sports balls and equip-ment for his art entry.

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The coming week will pres-ent some unusual obstacles. Progress will surely depend on each individual's ability to priori-tize, as it cannot be expected that everyone will be able to keep sev-eral balls in the air at any one time. Those who are better able to see through complications to the core of an issue are likely to fare well, even as they find themselves un-usually busy with the finer points of negotiation and organization. Those who find complexities daunting as a matter of course are sure to find them doubly so this week — these individuals aren't likely to progress without soliciting and receiving assistance.

Interpersonal relations are sure to be affected by many things — not least of which will be un-dercurrents that can usually be overlooked, but which are now exerting unusual pressures that can easily drive an individual off-course if he or she is not careful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7)

You're going to have to choose between two viable options. Perhaps it is as easy as chronol-ogy: Which comes first? (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) — Don't hesitate to reach out to someone who you believe can be an asset to a project. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7)

See if you can't arrange things

so that you have a clear advan-tage. Much depends on your sense of timing. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) — You may want to recon-sider a plan that you abandoned quite a while ago. At this time, it may actually seem possible.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6)

Your natural affinity for some-one else's way of doing things may be the opening you need. Much can develop as a result. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — You have much to tend to in and around the home, but it's financial as-sistance that you really need at this time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3)

A certain problem may feel permanent right now, but later in the week, you'll realize that this, too, shall pass. Attitude is everything. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — You may have to learn how to do something quite unusual in order to maintain your standing and reputation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5)

You're waiting for the condi-tions to be just right before you embark on a certain journey, but that may never occur. Get going! (March 6-March 20) — What you have going for you trumps anything that anyone else may be able to offer you. Much can be done at this time.

ARIES (March 21-April 4)

Appearances can certainly be deceiving, perhaps now more than usual. Use caution when dealing with strangers. (April 5-April 19) — There's no reason for you to deny yourself some-thing that you very dearly want, but you must satisfy concrete needs as well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5)Your presence will surely make a difference to those who have, recently, lost their ability to pri-oritize effectively. (May 6-May 20) — You're in no position to make unusual demands. Later this can change, but for now, you must adopt a more passive stance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6)

You've been trying to teach someone how to make a go of it on his or her own, and you'll finally begin to see the results of your lessons. (June 7-June 20) — How you respond to the un-expected will tell others a great deal. Take care you aren't ex-posed to unnecessary dangers.

CANCER (June 21-July 7)

You may be able to throw cau-tion to the wind later in the week, but early on, you must follow the rules and tend to the safety of others. (July 8-July 22) — Talk on the street may

seem to indicate that things are not going as planned, but your experience tells you otherwise.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7)

Take care that the decisions you make purely out of instinct don't prove to be mistakes you make because you are ill-informed. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) — You are assembling a crack team to give you the results you want, but someone may be re-sistant to your way of imparting information.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7)

Interpretation of events is the key to your success. You may find yourself responding in some surprising new ways. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) — You're eager to see someone under your wing take flight and soar on his or her own — and that's just what may happen.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7)

You may find yourself under the influence of someone who doesn't seem to understand what it is you really need. Speak up! (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) — A short visit early in the week may have you rethinking your plans for later on. Any adjustment you make can bring welcome results.

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38. Fairy-tale heavies40. Down the hatch42. Rapper — Elliott43. Storrs coll.45. Cook eggs or steal47. Split to join49. Imperial realms52. Lena Dunham's show53. Bristles54. Lobster-house need57. Wet thoroughly58. Neighborhoods59. Carried, as by the wind60. Salt or smoke61. Flared, as a skirt62. Amusing63. A singing Jackson64. Cold weather wear65. Previous to66. More than offensive68. Enticed69. Like a walrus70. Bug repellent72. Turnpike exit73. Filleted74. Classified info (2 wds.)75. Doglike scavenger77. Decrees78. Expire79. Land82. Richie Valens tune83. Salad veggie84. Sturdy wool88. Bites down89. Engine knocks90. Snapshot taker92. "Aqua Velva —"93. Surf makers94. Type of jacket

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Do you need a trainer, doctor or therapist?

Warning: If you are very fit, happy and you never experience physi-cal pain you do not need to waste your time read-ing this article. For the rest of you, I have some common sense advice that you need to hear. We all need help reach-ing our health and fitness goals. If you’re as cynical as I am, you are thinking that I am about to make a case that every-one needs a personal trainer. This is not the case. After over a decade of training hundreds of clients, I can tell you with certainty that many of you don’t need a trainer. You may need a doctor or a therapist.

Who needs a trainer?People who are motivated to get in

shape but lack the structure or knowl-edge to accomplish the task. I see the most success working with people who need to lose 30 pounds or less that al-ready exercise a couple of times per week. My clients are motivated to go the gym; they just don’t know the most pro-ductive things to do when they get there.

Another great benefit of work-ing with a trainer can be the accountability of knowing that you are expected to be at the gym at a specific time and you are expected to get a little bet-ter at every workout. One way we add to the level of account-ability at my own facility is by having clients weigh in weekly and track their performance publicly among gym members.

Who needs a doctor?People who are injured or may have

serious health problems that would pre-vent them from having a good workout. Clients are always asking me to diag-nose their aches and pains. If you “slept wrong” last night and now it hurts to turn your head, I can’t help. Other train-ers shouldn’t help either. The idea that having a basic knowledge of anatomy makes trainers feel qualified to answer complicated questions about injuries drives me crazy. If you have an injury there are two basic courses of action. The first is to let it heal by not aggravating the injury; as in “if it hurts, don’t do it.” The second is to schedule an appoint-ment with an orthopedic surgeon and find out exactly what is going on.

Who needs a therapist?When it comes to health and fitness,

specifically overeating, sometimes the answer is not an exercise guru. Many people are better served by learning how to deal with stress. While I am not qual-ified to say when to seek mental health care, I can speak with certainty from my own experience. With a few exceptions, people who are 40 pounds or more over-weight don’t change because they hired a trainer. If you eat too much because of an emotional reason, don’t be ashamed. It is incredibly common and you can make it better. Just don’t hire a trainer to help you fix it. Hire a therapist who can help discover powerful coping strategies that deal with the problem.

All of us have a passion. Mine is tutoring normal people into freakish athletes. Someone else's passion may be healing the sick or injured, while yet, someone else may love helping people learn to cope with psychological stress. If you need help in one of these areas, meet with the person who is passionate about your need. You’ll end up happier and healthier if you seek counsel from the right person.

Rob Lord is the owner and head trainer at The AlphaProject.org. He can be reached at 214-557-1588.

FITNESS ON THE TRAIL

By Rob Lord

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Up in Preston Hollow, Mark Cuban has ev-eryone on Prozac wondering what he’s going to do with his eight and one half-ish acres at Northwest Highway and Preston Road. Not only is it zoned residential, but it’s a one acre mini-mum to build! He has

said he wants to do a commer-cial retail development, which will go over like another con-

vention center hotel in Dallas.

Speaking of downtown, I have to tell you about this amazing condo at The Azure. It belongs to Laura Hunt, a child of Dallas, a native whose

design name strikes passion in the veins of the editors of Architectural Digest and de-sign connoisseurs everywhere. She is a constant on the AD 100, that venerable list of the best our design world has to offer.

Did I say world? Yes.

Since 1990, the bible of home design and architecture, Architectural Digest, has se-lected the world’s preemi-nent architects and designers to honor. Only a handful of Dallas names have been on that list, among them Emily Summers, Jan Showers and Laura Hunt. I love the way they phrase it:

This exclusive list recog-nizes establishment icons and enterprising trailblazers whose work is as inspiring as it is in-fluential. These are the men and women who are shaping the way we live — one building, one house, one room at a time.

Talk about shaping, you only have to trot down to 2900 McKinnon St., and head up to the 28th floor to see an architectural world of wonder that Laura has created in 2,321 square feet of space.

And she did it all her-self, of course, for herself. As she told Architectural Digest in 2005, when they ran a piece on her New York City apartment:

“It never takes me long to come up with a concept for a client, but when it’s for yourself, it’s always harder,” she confess-es, “because you’re free to take as many chances as you like, and you do want to be adven-turous — what you don’t want to be is reckless.”

Not reckless at all, more like genius. But warning: Don’t go in here and expect to see the usual and very nice of course, Azure interiors. (Or even the

usual Laura Hunt work!) Oh no, Laura went in and said “bye-bye” to every single piece of sheet rock between her exterior walls. Once she had a shell, she started in on what is probably the most perfect space in a Dallas high rise. It has some of the most amazing utilization of space in history.

Open windows, yes of course, because the Dallas skyline and horizon is the art here. But look at what she did with the fireplace. Most kitchens are open in condos because, well, you are in lim-ited square feet. But when you prepare a meal do you really want to see all that kitchen mess? Laura told me she de-vised a sliding screen door opaque enough to let in light, but shield enough to close off the kitchen and make the din-ing room a REAL room. See?

Her bedroom: A com-bined study/bedroom that you need to file away in your brain for a future project. This totally answers the question of “What do I do with my 3,000 books when I downsize?”

“I love to read,” Laura said, “and I love to read in my bedroom, so why not make the bedroom a sort of sleepy-time library?”

Her guest room remains a guest room, and the bathroom there is about the only thing that was actually installed in the unit by developers.

Her bathroom is a total re-do: new hand-selected granite slab counter, fixtures,

cabinets, everything.But the most exhilarat-

ing and unique space — you will surely see this soon in Architectural Digest — is her patio world. Does it look like a patio? No. That “ivy” on the walls is faux, never needs water, and masquerades the exterior walls so you truly be-lieve you are in another room that just happens to have one side open to the fresh air. There is even a flat screen TV and fireplace. This has become an extra room that is essen-tially FREE, at least to Dallas County!

Let this post serve as your appetizer: stay tuned for a detailed walk-through with Laura. She spent well over a million dollars in construc-tion, lighting and sound de-sign, redesigning the space over several months. Genius. The result is a work of art that can be yours for $2,399,000. Opportunities to buy spaces created by AD 100 design-ers are rare. Even more rare: Opportunities to see those spaces! Listed with Juli Harrison of Allie Beth Allman & Associates.

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Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Be sure to thank a vet for his or her service.

My memories of World War II are etched forever in my mind. That period of just less than four years served to shape my direction and values, even though I was just eight years old when it started. That Greatest Generation provided me with many heroes — real heroes, not sports figures. I spent several summers in Hearne, Texas with my aunt and uncle. There was a large German prisoner of war camp just outside the town, where I would talk to prison-ers behind barbed wire. I couldn’t understand why they were so happy since we were start-ing to win the war. Later, I learned the war was over for them, and they were alive and well fed. Many went out to work on farms during the day. At the war’s end, many stayed, became citi-zens and blended into our post-war economic growth.

My brother, Ralph, enlisted in the Army Air Corps after a year at Texas A&M. When the Japanese at-tacked Pearl Harbor, he jumped up from the Sunday lunch table, and we didn’t see him again for weeks. He became an officer, completed bombardier school and served as an instructor in Midland, Texas. He later served as bombardier on B-29s after the war. He made the decision to make a career of the USAF, retiring as lieutenant colo-nel. His last assignment was on B-47s, which I piloted in the late 1950s. I will write about that beautiful jet bomber later.

Dad enlisted just after Pearl Harbor in 1942. He was immediately made first lieu-tenant since he was 41 years old, and officers were needed, though of course, he was too old to fulfill his dream of becoming a pilot. Dad served stateside at first, running the aerial gunnery range on Galveston Island. Then he shipped out to India and China where be fin-ished the war with the 14th Air Force, which had absorbed the original American Volunteer Group … the famous Flying Tigers. They first flew P-40s with the tiger shark paint jobs. (See the picture) At the end of the war they flew P-51s, the famous Mustang. Dad also retired

from the USAF Reserve as lieutenant colonel.When I was about 15 years old, Dad paid

a pilot to take me up on my first plane ride. I sat in the right seat with Dad behind, really

watching me get hooked. I would later fulfill his dream. On another Sunday, Dad took me to my first air show at Randolph Air Base in San Antonio, where I saw a twin P-51 crash. I will never forget that one.

I still attend the Alliance Air Show every October as a guest of Ross Perot, Jr. and his Hillwood Development team. One of my group attending was Adam Smith, EVP of strategic development for the Commemorative Air Force

(CAF), which is in the process of moving its headquarters from Midland to Dallas Executive Airport, previously known as Redbird Airport. I recently joined the CAF and was privileged to ride in their B-29, Fifi, from Fort Worth to Midland in the bombardier’s seat in the nose. What a thrill to sit in that seat where my broth-er sat and from which the bombardier dropped the first nuclear weapon on Japan. The second one ended World War II.

Remember to thank a vet for his or her service.

Wayne Swearingen, CRE, is a principal at Glacier Commercial Real Estate and lives adja-cent to the Katy Trail. Contact him at wswear-ingen@glaciercommercial.com.

Veterans Day is a day to be thankfulBy Wayne Swearingen

HISTORY ON THE TRAIL

Wayne Swearingen in front of a P-40.

Photo courtesy of Wayne Swearingen

Wayne Swearingen

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Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum, one of Dallas’ highest pro-file barbecue spots, doesn’t just do smoked meat. What fans call the world’s best bris-ket isn’t the only thing Justin and Diane Fourton are known for. Their Hot Mess, a brisket stuffed baked sweet potato, is leg-endary as well.

Their sweet potato bisque, a lovely Thanksgiving option, is a by-product of the Hot Mess and a minor crisis in their kitchen. As Justin tells it: during their first year in business, “We completely forgot” a food writer (not this one) was coming to photograph a “festive holiday dish.”

With just 20 minutes to go before photo time, “we had to come up with something. I surveyed the kitch-en, desperate for inspiration.” Hot Mess to the rescue.

“We threw baked sweet potato into the blender, whipped it with heavy cream on the stove and … voila! Sweet Potato Bisque,” Justin said.

The dish was ready to photograph “with maybe 40 seconds to spare before the food writer arrived. I

pulled that one off by the skin of my teeth,” Justin said. “And that’s pretty much set the tone (at Pecan Lodge) for the next four years.”

Let it set the tone for your holiday feast.

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Pecan Lodge is full of meat and sweet potatoes

TRAIL TO GOOD HEALTH

By Dotty Griffithdottykgriffith@gmail.com

I believe in the tried-and-true prac-tices of eating real food, loading up on antioxi-dants and striking the right macronutrient balance for your body’s needs.

There are very few quick fixes or miracle pills that actually have a noticeable and long-lasting impact on your health. That said, there are a few quick and easy practices that can have re-markable health benefits for many people, and drinking apple cider vinegar is one of those.

Every single morning, I drink Bragg’s organic apple cider vinegar mixed with water before eating or drinking anything else. There are dozens of proven benefits of drinking apple cider vinegar, but here are my top seven …

1. Overall improved digestion:

Drinking apple cider vinegar can increase enzyme activity that will improve digestion. It can also soothe bloating, gas, constipation or general upset stomach.

2. Weight loss /maintenance: Studies show reduced belly fat, lower tri-glycerides and weight loss in those who consume vinegar daily.

3. Heart health: Vinegar may reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides and has been shown to be correlated with lower risk of heart disease overall.

4. Blood sugar control: Vinegar helps stabilize blood sugar and im-proves insulin sensitivity, especially in those with type 2 diabetes. (I also recommend cinnamon to help with blood sugar control!)

5. Detoxification: Apple cider vin-egar is helpful in detoxifying the liver, balancing your body’s pH lev-els and flushing out any toxins that are accumulating in your body.

6. Allergy/cold reduction: Sipping

apple cider vinegar can help clear out your sinuses, kill bacteria that cause nasal congestion and reduce allergy symptoms.

7. Heartburn soothing: Sipping apple cider vinegar before a meal or at the onset of heartburn has been shown to reduce indigestion and heartburn symptoms almost immediately.

I recommend that my clients start with about 0.5 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar (it’s an acquired taste!) and move up to 2-3 teaspoons eventually. Mix with 4-6 ounces of cold water and drink on an empty stomach for optimal results. I hope you enjoy the health benefits of apple cider vinegar!

Megan Lyons is a Harvard gradu-ate, Certified Holistic Health Coach, and Running Coach at The Lyons’ Share Wellness. To learn how you can improve your own health, contact her at 214-803-1298, or visit her website, thelyonsshare.org/health-coaching.

Spoonful of vinegar helps the maladies go down

Dotty Griffith

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK

The chipotle adds only the slightest heat, so don’t be afraid if you’re not a fan of spicy foods. If you can, prepare the dip the day before so the flavors have time to meld.

8 ounces smoked cheddar cheese, shredded6 ounces cream cheese, softened1/4 cup mayonnaise1/2 cup toasted pecans4 scallions, chopped2 tablespoons chipotle hot sauceSalt

In a food processor, combine half of the cheddar cheese and all of the cream cheese. Pulse to mix. Transfer to a bowl, then stir in the remaining ingredients and season lightly with salt. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Recipe by Sara Newberry

Smoky Cheddar- Pecan SpreadBy Megan Lyons

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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

4 medium sweet potatoes1 1/2 teaspoons salt1 cup chipotle crema (recipe follows)1 quart half-and-half2 cups milk1 teaspoon cumin1/4 teaspoon onion powder

Preheat oven to 450 F. Rinse sweet potatoes with water, generously sprinkle with salt and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove sweet potato flesh from skins. Place sweet potato into blender and process until smooth. Pass through a

strainer. Combine sweet po-tato puree with chipotle crema, half-and-half, milk, 1 1/2 tea-spoons salt, cumin and onion powder. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 15 minutes. Serves 4.

Chipotle Crema: Purée 1 (7-ounce) can of La Costena whole chipotles in adobo sauce. Strain into a bowl. Whisk 2 1/2 teaspoons of purée into 1 cup of sour cream. Stir in 1 tea-spoon of salt. Reserve remain-ing purée to adjust spiciness of soup, as desired.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

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Steroids and safe per-formance enhancing drugs should be allowed in profes-sional sports. Donovan, an-other young man I disagree with, says that if professional athletes are aware of the risks and willingly choose to take performance-enhancing drugs for our entertainment, they should be allowed to better their business in that way.

Football should be banned below the age of 14. Basically, Jack argued that foot-ball should start in high school. He cited studies showing the

threat to a young brain is too great, and that delaying a play-er’s football initiation could sig-nificantly decrease long-term risk. He also noted that if every athlete in the country followed this rule, it would take only a few years for the “disadvantage” to wear off.

Title IX. Mark submit-ted his topic, and he had all kinds of reasons why Title IX — the rule that requires equal-ity between men’s scholarships and women’s scholarships in the NCAA — is a bad thing. Just what you’d expect from a male high school athlete. Two days later, after doing research, he came back. “Mr. Ackels,

I want to change my topic. I want to argue in favor of Title IX.” He then wrote one of the most solid, most well backed-up papers in the class, arguing why women should be given an equal opportunity to men. And, his teacher smiled at the open-mindedness of the next generation.

That student went on to win state in volleyball. These were all your typical sports-driving, teenage boys who just thought it was cool that a teacher would let them write about whatever they wanted. But they showed creativity, even in the sports area.

It reminded me of the

insurance commercial where the naïve kid asks the simplest questions. Maybe if we’d listen to the kids asking the simple questions, we’d come up with some shocking answers.

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father, I think this was a great opportunity for Sophia. Not only winning in the competition, but seeing her work bought at auction at the National Day of Prayer to benefit the continuing program was a highlight.” He added, “This year our daughter is a freshman in the dance program at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and we’re really proud of her.” Uriel Arriaga, also from Ben Franklin Middle School, was a second place winner in the grades 6-8 category.

The 2014 Expressions of Gratitude Arts Competition Awards Ceremony will be on Jan. 23, 2015 at the Nasher Sculpture Center in the arts and entertainment district. For information on how to enter by Dec. 15, visit thanksgiving.org and go to the Expressions of Gratitude page.

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Photo courtesy of the Thanks-Giving Foundation

Sophia DuBard from Benjamin Franklin Middle School won first place in the Expressions of Gratitude com-petition for her watercolor of a ballerina’s feet on pointe.

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There’s no doubt that Christopher Nolan has had plenty of opportunities to turn his career into one similar to Michael Bay. Nolan could just cash checks and make movies about talking cars.

Instead, Nolan has written and directed a $165 million introspective sci-fi movie with nonstop references to the space-time continu-um all revolving around the love that a father has for his children. If Nolan took some chanc-es with “Inception,” he has completely gone for broke by even considering the daunting task of putting “Interstellar” on the big screen.

And, oh, does this movie need to be seen on a big screen. Actually, it should be seen on any screen. While there are some moments that are a bit slow, a few characters that don’t quite fit, and a sense, at times, that Nolan-the- screenwriter is making it all up as he goes, “Interstellar” is a spectacle from the mind of a true movie visionary.

“Interstellar” takes place about ten or fif-teen years in the future on an Earth that is experiencing a worldwide Dust Bowl, effective-ly killing every crop on the planet other than

corn. The dust is slowly taking over and will eventually zap out all the oxygen in our atmosphere, replac-ing it with unlivable nitrogen.

Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is a former NASA pilot-turned farmer who cares for his two children, Murph and Tom (Mackenzie Foy and Timothee Chamalet), along with the help of his deceased wife’s father, Donald (John Lithgow). Murph is a troublemaker who insists the Apollo moon landing was a real event, even though it is now called a hoax by foolish educators. Tom, the far less sensitive of the two kids, is deemed to be not smart enough by the same educators to go to college and in collectiv-ist fashion, Cooper is told his son won’t amount to anything more than becoming a farmer.

While Cooper ponders just how the human race became devoid of vision, Murph stumbles across some coordinates that lead

her and her father to a hid-den NASA station being run by Professor Brand (Michael Caine). Brand has a team of astronauts that includes his daughter, Amelia (Anne Hathaway), and two scien-tists, Doyle (Wes Bentley) and Romilly (David Gyasi). Their mission is to fly to Saturn and enter a wormhole that has been placed there by some sort of higher intelligence with the intent of finding a new world for human beings to inhabit.

Sparing the details of just how it all works, please be assured that the script by Christopher and Jonathan Nolan goes into great detail explaining the real-world pos-sibility of this journey actually happening. There is talk of time travel, hyper sleep, and even a rectangular-shaped robot named TARS (voiced by Bill Irwin) that aids the crew on their seemingly one-way trip.

The emotional heft be-comes almost unbearable once

Cooper agrees to pilot the spacecraft, know-ing he may never return to Earth. The sight of Cooper saying goodbye to his children, partic-ularly the scene with Murph, is heartbreaking moviemaking of the highest order.

Once the crew gets to space, the inten-sity is ramped up to levels that beg for relief. Time is slowed to a halt for the astronaut heroes as decades pass on Earth. They can receive messages from Earth, watching their loved ones age as mere hours pass for them, as “Interstellar” continues to pound away at every human emotion possible.

Eventually, Jessica Chastain and Casey Affleck show up as Cooper’s now adult chil-dren, who are dealing with Earth’s inevitable collapse. Chastain is fantastic as the still bit-ter Murph, angry her father abandoned her yet still hoping he comes home. Affleck is a bit of an afterthought, with his anger and pain seemingly coming from the fact that he was left to be nothing more than a farmer when he wanted to be so much more.

Matthew McConaughey, simply put, is the best actor on Earth right now. His charismat-ic, dare-to-dream Cooper is an inspiration, and he controls the entire movie. The visceral emotional gambit of joy and sadness he runs while watching decades worth of video from his children is an amazing movie moment, only to be topped by one of the most powerful

sequences put to film in recent movie memory later on in “Interstellar.”

McConaughey has become the everyman actor and his films are now must-see events.

While there are some muddy, overly talky moments, Christopher Nolan has created a true masterpiece. “Interstellar” is a visual achievement that will surely be rewarded with every single technical Academy Award. The sights of black holes, planets, and a tiny space shuttle orbiting around Saturn’s rings are breathtaking.

Nolan, amid all the unreal visuals, also shapes two intense action sequences that could stop hearts from pumping. One involves the space docking of a ship and it is almost un-bearable to watch.

“Interstellar” is not so much a movie as it is an event. It manages to be an homage to the genius of Kubrick and Spielberg, yet be an original and fresh movie on its own. This is a movie that will be watched, studied, and ad-mired for decades, if only due to the potential inspiration it provides for hundreds of other filmmakers.

“Interstellar” embraces the human spirit and desire to reach for the stars, whether you’re a farmer, a scientist, or a pilot. It goes from regret and sadness to inspiration and hope in seconds, leaving you in awe and truly wanting more when it ends.

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Matthew McConaughey is a former NASA pilot-turned farmer who returns to space.

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the thieves since all the men are at war.

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and busy day at Dallas Heritage Village, recreating history,” said Melissa Prycer, president and executive direc-tor at Dallas Heritage Village. “We are excited to explore the mysteries surrounding the stamp crisis of 1861 and show the kids how people reacted to the situation. It is going to be a fun day, which will also help scouts meet a lot of badge requirements.”

Advance Tickets are $5 for scouts and adults and must be purchased by Nov. 12. Children three and under are free. At the gate, tick-ets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (65+) and $6 for chil-dren aged four to 12. Tickets are available for online pur-chase at dallasheritagevil-lage.org or call 214-413-3674. Make your reservation now to reserve your scout patches, which will also be available day of purchase for $3 each, but in limited quantities.

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When confirming that his stories are, in fact based on his own family, Solomon replied, “My Dad is an Orthodox Russian Jew, and my Mom’s from Palermo.” Go figure!

In his biography, Solomon explained that he left academia and turned to comedy because, “I decided follow my heart and become an impoverished comedy writer and performer.”

Who knew that his shows would become the longest-running one man comedy shows in history?

All four of Solomon’s shows are touring the coun-try concurrently. According to the star, he didn’t exactly try to clone himself or mul-titask for the tours. “My guest actors are taller, thin-ner and have more hair,” he owned up. “They’re really good. Audiences are never disappointed. But when their fans see me, they say, ‘What happened to your hair? You gained so much weight!’”

Solomon did point out that he always enjoys per-forming at the Eisemann Theater, and won’t send in another actor to do his Dallas productions. “I love coming there [Dallas] for the people. They are an appreciative audi-ence. Cream of the crop.” He added, “They [Dallas audi-ences] dress up for a night of theater there. That really makes me feel good,” he said. “In South Florida the audi-ences may as well be going bowling!”

Having grown up in the multi-ethnic Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, with its high con-centration of immigrants, it’s no wonder Solomon had learning opportunities for a range of dialects. In addi-tion to his parents’ interna-tional accents, he learned from neighboring ethnic groups, many living in the same building, who included Russians, Italians, Irish, Albanian, Jewish, Turkish, Chinese and some Spanish-speaking. “When I was deliv-ering Chinese food at 13 years old, residents wouldn’t let me in when I said, ‘Chinese food delivery.’ Once I got that Asian dialect down, they let me right in,” the New Yorker quipped.

“Are my dialects and impersonations exag-gerated? Exactly,” he ex-plained. First he mastered Yiddish, which his parents and Bubbe (Jewish grand-mother) spoke when they didn’t want him [the kids] understanding the conver-sation. That’s a common practice in Jewish families, but Solomon beat the sys-tem and learned Yiddish. Also common for Jewish children, as it was for him, is getting dropped off at Bubbe’s while your parents work (on the Sabbath – a no no).

“My Bubbe was an important influence in my life,” he said. He learned a lot more from her than Yiddish spoken in “old country” dialect.

Solomon doesn’t pull any punches regarding the

show’s content. “Is it politi-cally incorrect? Absolutely. But I’m simply impersonating people. If you don’t like it, be mad at them, not me!” He did have a mayor in one city try to pull his Muslim jokes, but by and large, people identify with some of the characters in the act, and he says that’s why it works.

Just so you will know, this is not a show for the kid-dos, and if potty-mouth of-fends you, you might want to go see “Frozen” instead.

He estimates that since 2003 at least a million people have seen his shows, but who’s counting? His show ran in South Africa for three years, and the showman’s looking at England and Ireland next.

Here’s some of the fodder you can get out of a single in-terview, and this only scratch-es the surface.

Topic: The electronic age. “My dad sent a fax for the first time. He said, ‘Let me have it back. It’s the only copy I have.’”

Topic: His schedule. “You ask if I’ve set the bar too high with four tours at the same time? I limbo under the bar.”

Topic: Wisdom. “My dad always said that wealth is temporary, but wisdom is forever. He said ‘The wisest man knows what he doesn’t know.’” Solomon shared one more pearl, “My father also said, ‘It’s best to never take a sleeping pill and a laxative together.’”

Solomon shared that, “I’m the biggest schmoozer on the face of the earth. I love talking and listening to peo-ple. I don’t stand on any high horse. I’m the first to sit down and chat with anyone.”

One performance venue describes Solomon’s shows this way: “Close your eyes and you’d swear there were two or three people chatting onstage; all these people are created by comedian and master dialec-tician Steve Solomon.”

After one conversation with the vunderkind (That’s how you would say “wun-derkind” in the old country

dialect), Steve Solomon rocks (in teen and yuppie dialect), and about “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt … the Therapy Continues,” “Go. Enjoy.” (in Bubbe dialect).

Steve Solomon’s “Cannoli, Latkes and Guilt … the Therapy Continues” will have five performances at the Eisemann Theater in Richardson on Thursday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m.

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