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By Bruce Felps The Latino Cultural Center last week opened a new art exhibit that features images of Christian belief. ”Faith and Devotion: At Home with the Saints” spotlights retablos, small personal devotional paintings on tin that were produced during the mid-1800s through the early 1900s in Mexico.
By Bruce Felps Please don’t confuse the headline with the word “hedonism.” They are not synonyms. Decadence, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, refers to “a period of decline,” 10 years in this context. More on that in a minute. First, let me tell you a little story.
Community Contribution The Exchange Club of Lake Highlands welcomed Richardson ISD Superintendent Dr. Kay Waggoner during its Friday morning meeting. Waggoner assumed her position with the RISD in March 2010 having brought more than 30 years of experience in public education. Almost the entire Lake Highlands area is within the boundaries of the RISD and [...]
Community Contribution Swollen. Ugly. Painful. While some women joke that varicose veins are merely “roadmaps” on the backs of their legs, that doesn’t change the truth behind this uncomfortable condition — nor does it alleviate the pain that often accompanies it. “In normal veins, valves keep blood moving toward the heart,” said James Kohn, M.D., [...]
By Bruce Felps Well that was cool. I saw White Rock Lake and creek yesterday from a completely different perspective — from White Rock Lake and creek. I’d never been on the water out there until a friend invited me to go paddle boarding. It involves a surfboard and, because, you know, there’s no surf out [...]
Community Contribution U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling addressed an overflow crowd Aug. 19 at the weekly meeting of the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands. The congressman represents the 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and was recently appointed co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. From such position he will have [...]
Community Contribution Rhonda Moreland, vice president of programs for the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands, introduced Jeff McKissack, noted authority in the field of crime prevention, during the club’s Aug. 5 meeting. “I teach how to spot trouble before trouble spots you,” McKissack said. “The two biggest mistakes we make are that we don’t listen [...]
By Bruce Felps With the gracious assist of Richard Parker and all the folks who make BACougars66.com an online reality, we take a little trip in the WayBack machine to East Dallas of yore. The photo of an all-but evaporated White Rock Lake and the beached Bonnie Barge seemed somehow appropriate given the stretch of [...]
Community Contribution The Young Strikers from C. C. Young Retirement Community return today to national Wii bowling competition. The team begins a tournament against 90 other teams from around the country competing in the only national Wii bowling tournament for seniors presented by the National Senior League. The Young Strikers team, eight seniors ranging in [...]
Community Contribution D’lane Maselunas, owner of D’lane Maselunas Travel, addressed the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands during its regular Friday meeting July 29. She spoke on How to Use a Travel Agent and Cut Through the Dot-com Madness. Maselunas has years of working in the area on corporate, large-group events, and travel planning. Her company [...]
