Posts Tagged ‘Community’
Community Contribution Lake Highlands was treated to the first community Oktoberfest Oct. 1 sponsored by the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands. The festival took place at the Lake Highlands Town Center site. The weather was beautiful the entire day and it is estimated that more than 4,500 people attended.
By Bruce Felps Speaking of Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake, and we were just this morning, the Patient Access Services team pooled their respective carpentry talents to benefit Family Gateway, an Old East Dallas agency that provides housing and services to homeless families. The access sevices staff built, with their very own hands, a [...]
By Bruce Felps National Night Out returns to East Dallas tomorrow with the ultimate goal of preventing neighborhood crime. The national program serves communities on the neighborhood level. It focuses on relations between residents and city services, police and fire departments, charitable organizations, and each other.
By Bruce Felps In conjunction with its centennial celebration, Vickey Place Neighborhood Association whipped up a few recipes and published them in a commemorative cookbook titled “Recipes and Recollections: Vickery Place Cooking Since 1911.” Neighborhood residents Shelia Huffman and Kathy Harris compiled a collection of 150 recipes from Vickery Place residents past and present 15 [...]
By Bruce Felps The Exchange Club of Lake Highlands puts on its first community celebration of Octoberfest just as the calendar changes over to October. Timing is everything. The near-daylong festivities run from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Oct. 1, at the Lake Highlands Town Center, southeast corner of Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane. Admission to the [...]
By Bruce Felps The Woodrow Wilson High School homecoming parade dominated some neighborhood streets Wednesday evening much the same way the football Wildcats dominated rival Hillcrest High during Friday night’s 29-7 win. All-world alum Kyle Rains collected multiple photos — taken by him, Carol Hensley, Gloria West, Lisa Krimm-Smith of the ’90 class, and Beth [...]
By Bruce Felps The Balcony Club remains alive and swinging. After a brush with eviction, a donation-generating night of jazz and libations, along with the rallied support of the community, The Balcony Club raised enough money to appease the landlord. Behind on rent, owner Thomas Stanco managed to pay off a portion of the debt [...]
By Bruce Felps The year of centennials continues in East Dallas. Following centennial celebrations for Ebby Halliday, White Rock Lake, and SMU, the Lakewood Country Club — Dallas’ oldest club on the same geographical location — hits the century mark this fall and marks the occasion with a kickoff party for members at 6:30 p.m., [...]
By Bruce Felps Woodrow-in-the-know Kyle Rains just sent word that Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will join his wife, Micki Gunderson Rawlings, Woodrow class of 1968, in today’s homecoming parade. On the traffic front, street closings begin at 5:30 p.m., to correspond with the parade’s start.
Community Contribution The Munger Place Home Tour and Tremont Party take place this weekend in one of the city’s most architecturally historic neighborhoods.. Five restored homes, one newer Craftsman construction, and the newly renovated Munger Place Church will be on tour to the public from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sept. 24.
