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LAURA WILSON PHOTOGRAPHER, MOTHER OF LUKE AND OWEN WILSON

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Celebrities open up about life, work and making Preston Hollow their home

Volume 14 Number 7 | PH July 2012 | CONTENTS ON THE COVER: Laura Wilson, photographed at her home in Preston Hollow. Photo by Can Türkyilmaz

features 8 Artist-in-residence Stephanie Leonard creates colorful, energetic paintings.

13 How it works Want to get stop signs installed on your street? It’s no easy task.

16 Parent-friendly dining These neighborhood restaurants keep the kids and adults entertained.

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A couple of months ago at a graduation ceremony, I listened as one of the highranking students addressed the crowd with a remarkably complete view of her future.

Her view was remarkable because the newly minted graduate still has quite a bit to learn about how the world actually works.

But no matter. She said something interesting that I’m still thinking about weeks later.

Quoting her father, she talked about striving to achieve this particular piece of advice: Go where the happy people are.

Turns out that pearl probably is derived from a song by “The Trammps” during the 1970s; the song’s about a lonely homebody who “put my blues on the shelf” and headed to a disco to be where the “happy people go.”

That’s a simple piece of wisdom, and it’s more difficult to achieve than it sounds, primarily because finding “happy people” is more challenging as we venture further and further from high school.

Identifying “happy people” is something I’ve thought quite a lot about lately.

I’ve learned over the years that “smiling” people aren’t necessarily “happy”; some of them are just really good at looking the part, even if they hurt a lot beneath the surface.

And I’ve learned that “scowling” people aren’t necessarily “unhappy,” since hard work and relentless pressure tends to bend even the strongest among us, curling the face muscles permanently downward even if the attitude inside isn’t

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So if hanging with happy people is a goal, yet finding them isn’t easy, what’s the real message?

Something I’ve noticed over the years is that the people who are happiest seem to have discovered a simple fact of life: You’re likely to be happy if you honestly believe you are really good at something.

From what I can tell, you don’t actually have to be good at a specific task to be happy; you just have to believe you are.

As an example, look at our presidents and those who are candidates for the office: Agree with them or not, they always exhibit the confidence that comes with sincerely believing they are the right man or woman for the job. And no matter how well others think they did in office, they seem satisfied with their effort.

Look at athletes, the elite and the beerdrinking alike: They are good because when the game is on the line, they believe they alone should be taking the shot or fielding the ball.

It works the same with teachers, with waitresses, with day-care workers, with truck drivers — those who believe they are best at what they do want to be in the middle of the action and seem most likely to be happy.

It makes sense: If we believe we’re good at something, we have reason to go home at the end of every day satisfied that we’re making a contribution to our neighborhood, to our companies, to our co-workers, to our friends and to ourselves.

And although simply going home each day happy to have made a contribution may not sound that earthshaking, those of us who have been at this awhile know that if it was all that easy, it wouldn’t be so difficult to “go where the happy people are.”

Rick Wamre is publisher of Advocate Publishing.

Let him know how we are doing by writing to 6301 Gaston, Suite 820, Dallas 75214; fax to 214.823.8866; or email rwamre@advocatemag.com.

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If you’re not reading prestonhollow.advocatemag.com between magazines, you’re missing half our content, such as where to find Mark Cuban in our neighborhood, the fact that incoming Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles bought a house on a nearby street, and the scoop on new restaurants and businesses.

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The recreation center is undergoing its first major renovation since being built in the early 1960s. It received a senior center addition in the 1990s, but this project will be much more extensive and thorough, says district manager Kevin Chaney.

The remodel will yield new furniture and recreation equipment along with updated electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems. The roof will be replaced and the entryway expanded. The total cost is $1,871,352.

The funds came from the 2006 bond package.

The project will be done in three phases and should be completed by next summer, Chaney says.

During the remodeling, Walnut Hill’s east gym, the adjacent bathrooms and the senior center will remain open. The summer gymnastic camp will also continue at the rec center. Other activities, including martial arts and dance, will move to Marcus Recreation Center or Churchill Recreation Center.

—Kelsey Samuels

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Part of White Rock Creek Trail to close for 2 months amid LBJ construction Cyclists, take note. The White Rock Hike and Bike Trail crossing under LBJ at Park Central Drive is closing for about two months while the area undergoes construction as part of the LBJ expansion project.

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Q&A: Stephanie Leonard

Emerging artist Stephanie Leonard has been creating vibrant paintings in her home studio — a.k.a. on the dining room table in her Preston Hollow condo — for the past several years as a relaxing reprieve from her busy, 9-to-5 day job.

Now, she’s getting serious about her craft.

How did you get into painting?

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pieces for my friends and family. I’m new to shows. My goal this year was to get myself out there and be part of the arts scene in Dallas. I applied for Etsy and did the spring show.

I’m doing some shows with Piranha Bear in Fort Worth. I’m trying to meet different artists and learn from them. I hate creating stuff and having no place to put it. I have stacks of canvases against the wall in my house.

Did you go to school for art?

I went to Baylor and got a degree in graphic design, but I’ve never held a graphic design job. I got burned out. I don’t enjoy it when it’s my job. But then, I realized I missed art and being creative. I love it so much. My day job is so different. I’m an executive assistant for a very busy man. I have to use a different part of my brain and be very organized. [With art] I just let it flow. I go in lulls. You can’t force creativity. I’ve been in a place where I won’t paint for two months. I want to be happy with what I’m putting on the canvas. It sounds cliché, but I do it when it speaks to me.

How do you describe your work?

I love circles and dots and motion and energy in paintings. Everything I do has dots on it. I started out just using different kinds of buttons. I also love color and texture and using different layers of paper and sandpaper. I use stencils and stamping to create that depth. I’ve used chicken wire.

I get inspiration from other artists. I love art blogs. I never paint without listening to music — old U2 or Phoenix.

How long have you lived in Preston Hollow?

I’ve lived here for seven years. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and lived most of my life in Wichita, Kan. My parents moved to Texas when I was a junior in high school, so I spent the last two years of high school in Arlington. Then, I went to Baylor, and then I moved to Southern California for six years.

That’s a great place for art — anything and everything. I miss that about California. I moved back because I wanted to be closer

to my friends and family. Dallas is a great city for art. The most disappointing change was Deep Ellum. I was there every weekend in high school listening to bands and going to art shows.

Are you married, or do you have any kids?

I just turned 40. I’m single. I’m focused on being happy and doing what I love to do. I appreciate life, and I want to get as much as I can out of it.

What are you working on now?

There’s an opportunity with Parkland Hospital where a group is inviting local artists to hang their work in the building. That excites me. Hospitals are seen as a negative thing, they’re sterile. I think art can be a healer. So, I’m submitting to that. I have a show at the Kettle in July in Deep Ellum.

—Emily Toman LEARN MORE about Stephanie Leonard’s art at artbystephanieleonard.com.

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artin Vandiver of Preston Hollow has helped run a bakery before, tasked with all the grunt work, such as draining the doughnut vat. “That left me scarred for sure. I had no interest in food service after that. I know how much work it takes to make a buck.” These days, though, the self-described foodie is able to turn a longtime hobby into a viable business on the side while he’s not working full time as a commercial photographer. When Vandiver had his first taste of authentic Italian biscotti, he started experimenting with his own recipes. “Most people have only tasted what they serve at Starbucks,” he says.

Among Vandiver’s creative flavor combinations are coconut and curry with apricot, chocolate hazelnut with black currant and cocoa nib, cherry and pistachio, Tuscan-style saffron with almond, and mole with Peruvian raisins. His EMA Baking Co., composed of Vandiver, his wife, Ann, and daughter, Elizabeth, sells the products at local markets. “It’s quite literally a mom-and-pop operation,” Vandiver says. They also operate online without the stress of a storefront. The business idea came after the passage of the Cottage Food Law that allowed people to sell dried baked goods from their home. Demand grew after a few months, so the Vandivers obtained their FDA license to sell outside the home. Biscotti in Latin means “twice-baked.” The batter is baked, cooled, carefully sliced and then baked again. “It’s not like baking a batch of cookies and putting them in a box.” When someone purchases a box of Martin’s Biscotti, the Vandivers often hand out free recipes that make use of the biscotti, such as “pazzo,” which means “crazy” in Italian. It combines fresh strawberries, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, sea salt, crumbled biscotti and mascarpone cheese.

—Emily Toman

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Small ways that you can make a big difference for nonprofits Go shopping Doing any home improvement projects? Swing by ReStore at Forest and Marsh, a store run by the Dallas-area Habitat for Humanity. It offers 50-75 percent discounts and donates 100 percent of sales to the Dallas Habitat Mission. You can shop for flooring, lighting, cabinetry, furnishings and other products for the home. ReStore is at 3546 Forest and is open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit dallasareahabitat.org.

Celebrate Mardi Gras in July Get dressed up, and head to a Mardi Gras/Broadway-themed “festival of merriment.” Mardi GrAutism IV is July 21 at Westin Park Central, 12720 Merit Drive. The event benefits Autism Speaks, an organization that provides resources and increases awareness of Autism. Costumed performances will pay tribute to Broadway productions such as “The Wiz,” “Les Miserables,” and “Phantom of the Opera” as well as one New Orleans act. The event also includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres

and dancing. Tickets are $50 for general admission. VIP tickets are $125 and include a pre-function social hour and your pick of seats for the entertainment. For more information, visit autismspeaks.org.

Brighten a sick child’s day The local Starlight Children’s Foundation has teamed up with Build-a-Bear for the Brighten up Bear program, which provides bears for hospitalized children. Just donate $25 to the program online or pledge to sponsor one or two bears each month. Starlight is a national foundation with local chapters that help children diagnosed with serious illnesses continue to experience the joy of childhood. For more information, visit starlight.org/texas/bear.

KNOW OF WAYS that neighbors can spend time, attend an event, or purchase or donate something to benefit a neighborhood nonprofit? Email your suggestion to launch@advocatemag.com.

Our New addition has recently welcomed her new addition, Madelyn Eve Muller born May 7, 2012.

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We would like to welcome you to our Walnut Hill OB/Gyn family.

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BUSINESS BUZZ The lowdown on what’s up with neighborhood businesses Send business news tips to LIVELOCAL@ADVOCATEMAG.COM Art of Wine to open at Preston and Forest

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A new wine store featuring by-theglass tastings and live jazz music is set to open by late August or early September at the northwest corner of Preston and Forest next door to the Mercury. Art of Wine will carry imported and local wines and offer samplings of gourmet cheeses. Retail bottles will be $7-$125 each, and bythe-glass wines will be $8-$25 each.

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Kona Grill launches new TRIM menu

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For the health-conscious diner, NorthPark Center’s Kona Grill has added calorie-controlled selections to its menu. The TRIM menu includes five new entrées — each around 550 calories — and a new drink list. Steamed mussels, skipjack tuna katsuo, shrimp ceviche, pan-seared Arctic char and grilled veggie wraps are complemented by a drink menu of beverages with fewer than 115 calories.

now. The entire development will take several years to complete.

Trader Joe’s to anchor development at Walnut and Central

The Gents Place to open in Preston Oaks Shopping Center

Provident Realty President Leon Backes has confirmed that coveted grocer Trader Joe’s will anchor a mixed-use development, Preston Hollow Village, at the northwest corner of Central Expressway and Walnut Hill. Backes told us they were looking for a “relatively small” anchor and retailers not yet seen in the Dallas market. Provident is a partner with Missouri-based Kroenke Holdings, which bought the land in November 2010. This will be the second Trader Joe’s in Dallas; the first was announced for Lower Greenville.

Preston Hollow Village is considered one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in Dallas right

Amid a plethora of typical girly-girl spas in our neighborhood comes a new concept for men Park Tavern only. The Gents Place is expected to open this THE SHOPS AT PARK LANE month in the Preston Oaks Shopping Center at 8080 PARK LANE the southeast corner of Preston and Royal. The SHOPSATPARKLANE.COM upscale men’s grooming and lifestyle club offers high-end haircuts, colors, shaves, facials, waxing, massages and shoeshines. CEO Ben Davis started the company in 2008 when he was 25 years old. more He was recently featured in Forbes for using social media to build his business. This is the third location for The Gents Place; the other two are every week on in Frisco and Leawood, Kan.

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1 Nando’s, a new Mexican food restaurant from former Gloria’s employee Fernando Santo, has opened at the southwest corner of Preston and Royal. 2 Mother-daughter team Nanci and Faryn Clark teamed up to launch Biosanes, an online health-food concept offering meal replacements such as the “magic cookie.”

The products also are available at Facelogic Spa. 3 Spoon Bar & Kitchen, a concept from chef John Tesar, is set to open in Preston Center this fall in the space formerly occupied

by Tramontana. 4 The new pub Park Tavern is set to open in early July at the Shops at Park Lane, featuring more than 40 craft beers along with sandwiches, sushi rolls and tacos.

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Tackling city-related maintenance issues in our neighborhoods

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installing stop signs Between rush-hour traffic and major construction projects, our neighborhood streets can sometimes feel like racetracks — especially with all the drivers trying to bypass the delays around LBJ Freeway. It’s not just an irritant, it’s a safety issue.

The chances are slim for getting all-way stop signs installed. The street must not be a thoroughfare (a high-volume street such as Preston), it cannot be an emergency response route, and it must have at least 300 cars passing through each A: You can petition for one, but most residential streets don’t qualify. hour during an eight-hour period, with speeds exceeding 40 mph. That’s why the city has a petitioning process in place. Homeowners and neighborhood associations must obtain signatures from two-thirds of the property owners who are within 900 feet of the proposed location. “It requires a great deal of work,” says Kerry Elder, the city’s transportation planner. “We get calls from all over the city, and most often, it doesn’t warrant a stop sign.” If the request is still denied, neighbors can appeal to the City Plan Commission, which would vote on whether to allow a sign even though it doesn’t meet the criteria. Elder says that road humps are a little easier to obtain than stop signs. To learn more, call 311 or visit dallascityhall.com/services.

—Emily Toman

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Hillcrest Forest Fourth of July Beginning at 10 a.m., the Hillcrest Forest Neighborhood Association, Arthur Kramer PTA and Hillcrest Forest Volunteers in Patrol present the Hillcrest Forest Fourth of July celebration. The annual parade begins with a salute to the American flag followed by “The Star Spangled Banner.” Dallas Fire-Rescue will lead the parade of vintage cars, scooters and children on decorated bikes. After the parade, neighbors are invited to enjoy ice pops and balloon animals, and the “best dressed pet” will be awarded.

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Ugly Garden Contest 2012

Town North YMCA kids triathlon

Bring photos of your scorched, tired summer lawn and gardens to North Haven Gardens for a chance to win the Ugly Garden Contest and a $500 gift certificate to North Haven. The winner also will receive two free sessions with garden coach Kay Nelson as well as two spots in North Haven’s Gardening 101 class.

North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven, 214.363.5316, nhg.com, free

The Town North Y hosts its 12th annual kids triathlon at 7 a.m.

For children ages 7-10, the event includes a 100-meter swim, 2.5mile bike and .75-mile run. Ages 11-14 will do a 200-meter swim, 5-mile bike and 1.5-mile run. Proceeds benefit the Livestrong Foundation.

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Dallas financial advisor and artist Don Parr uses abstract impressionist techniques with aviation themes. His works will be on display in this exhibit, showcasing his use of aluminum panels and constructions with aircraft designs.

The Frontiers of Flight Museum, 6911 Lemmon, 214.350.3600, flightmuseum.com, $5–$8

As a part of the Mayor’s Summer Reading Program, the Preston Royal Library will host a traveling milking parlor featuring a live cow. Children learn from trained instructor Aaron Sanders how cows are milked and how the milk travels from farm to consumer.

Preston Royal Library, 5626 Royal, 214.670.7128, dallaslibrary2.org, free

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MoMe Yoga Grab a yoga mat and your little one for MoMe Yoga at Bookmarks. At 10:30 a.m., mommies are invited to sing, play and feel great.

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Twenty top students from the SMU Institute for Young Pianists will perform at NorthCourt from 4:30–6 p.m. These students, grades 3–12, are participating in an intensive workshop taught

by SMU faculty, graduate pedagogy students and guest artist teachers.

NorthPark Center, 8687 N. Central, 214.363.7441, northparkcenter.com, free

In preparation for the 15th annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Oklahoma, Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse will showcase artists Joel Rafael and Don Conoscenti. Susan Herndon is the opening act.

Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse, Northpark Presbyterian Church, 9555 N. Central, 214.363.0044, unclecalvins.org, $8–$15

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There’s something for everyone at this inexpensive Italian spot, including $1 mimosas and bloody marys during weekend brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Kids eat free Wednesday nights.

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Which means it’s time for porch wines. These are lighter wines, red and white, that can be served cool — or even colder — and offer relief from the heat. Typically, they’re lower in alcohol, are crisp and fresh-tasting, and can even be sweet. Plus, they won’t turn to mush if you add an ice cube.

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Our neighborhood is full of big names. George W. Bush, Mark Cuban and Ross Perot come to mind, but there are other residents whose impacts are felt every time we go for a morning run, listen to a Rangers game or look at a portrait. These neighbors don’t have to wear a cap and sunglasses in public to avoid the inevitable gawking from star-struck passersby. But they have, no doubt, made their mark on popular culture.

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Laura Wilson, photographed at her home in Preston Hollow

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L aur a W iL son Ac cl A ime d pho t ogr A phe r of t he fA mous A nd t he compl e t e unk no w ns Laura Wilson lives on one of the few Strait Lane properties not barred by iron gates and towering bushes that conceal the unreachable mansions of the Preston Hollow elite.

By comparison, her pale yellow, one-story, ranch-style home is modest, inviting and filled with light.

It’s where she raised her sons Andrew, Luke and Owen, her most inspiring subjects.

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“They were so much fun to photograph,” Wilson says with a smile, staring off to the side as if recreating the moments in her mind. “In a sense, it was a way capture their childhood, a childhood so fleeting.”

No wonder the boys chose careers in front of the camera.

Wilson, an award-winning photographer, has documented the well known and un-

known — from the famous movie stars who crop up again and again in Wes Anderson films to the hidden Hutterite colonies in the plains of Montana. Whether they have been photographed thousands of times or not at all, Wilson manages to capture a side of her subjects the public rarely sees.

“I can’t say how I do it. It’s like asking someone who has a facility for mathematics.

They may not know how, they just are able to do it.”

Recently, though, in Mexico City, Wilson came across a challenge while photographing Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” He’s part of her current series on 15 of the world’s most important writers.

Marquez doesn’t speak English, and Wilson doesn’t speak Spanish.

“I found I do rely more on language than I realized. One has to make a connection, and often the connection is made through words as well as the energy and mood of the session.”

Wilson grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts. She speaks of her hometown with pride, noting that the region bred some of America’s transcendental poets. Louisa May Alcott had a summerhouse there.

Even as a little girl, Wilson was taking pictures, toting around a Kodak Brownie — the first version of a snapshot camera. The inexpensive, boxy device made photography accessible to everyone, much like the cell phone does today.

“I’ve always loved the magic of photography — that you could stop time, or attempt to stop time, and stave off the sense of loss.”

What makes a person worth photographing has nothing to do with good looks.

“It’s a face that is surprising, complex, unusual or rare. It’s not about beauty or handsomeness. It’s about the emotion that they’re able to call up within themselves.”

Wilson surrounds herself with other people’s work as well as her own. Her home is essentially a gallery. The foyer is an entrance to her inspiration. It is lined with black and white portraits, including her favorite work

by Henri Cartier-Bresson, known as the father of modern photojournalism.

Wilson’s big break came in 1979 when the

“I’ve always loved the magic of

young men and women walking over the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth hired photography — that you could field at sunset. The women were wearher to assist Richard Avedon during the stop time, or attempt to stop time, ing long, brightly patterned dresses with six-year gallery project, “In the American and stave off the sense of loss.” black and white, polka dot kerchiefs, and West.” She had landed possibly the most the men were in black jackets and pants. coveted apprenticeship for any budding mentation of an extensive creative process.

It’s a community that is removed from the photographer.

As evidenced by so much of her work world, and yet it’s flourishing.”

“It catapulted me up. No photographer Wilson followed the Hutterites off-and-on was more famous than he was at that time. I (“Hutterites of Montana,” “Watt Matthews learned what issues concerned him. It wasn’t of Lambshed” and “Grit and Glory”), Wilson for 14 years.

Now, she is compiling her life’s work into about f-stops and shutter speeds. It was about has always been drawn to the history and rothe content, the elements that make a por- manticism of the West, and those views are a book. She says she can’t choose a favorite in conflict with the environmental, econom- image that she has taken, but if the house trait unforgettable.”

Avedon was known for his minimalist ap- ic and social impacts of today, Wilson says. was burning down, and she could grab only proach and stark imagery, photographing the The idea of the open West contradicts the re- one set of negatives, it would be her family most famous faces of the 20th century. In con- ality that new development is turning small, photos.

Wilson never takes a day off work because trast, “In the American West” portrayed work- rural towns into large, urban cities.

But there are people and places that re- to her, it’s not work at all. ing people whom Avedon treated with the “When I don’t do it, I feel a bit discomsame care, dignity and respect. He encouraged main unscathed by the forces of reality. In Wilson to document the process and write a her 2000 book, Wilson documented the bobulated and uncomfortable. It’s a great Hutterites in rural Montana, who are more pleasure for me to work in photography.” book about it one day, and she did.

Of course, there are times when she’s not “Avedon at Work in the American West” isolated than the Amish or the Mennonites.

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People often recognize health and fitness icon Dr. Kenneth Cooper, which means he has to be careful when he goes out to eat.

Someone recently spotted him at Liberty Burger.

“I ordered the veggie burger,” he says. “I limit my red meat intake.”

He’s often stopped for what he calls “curbside consultations” at his Prestonwood Baptist Church, but he doesn’t mind. Cooper has a Type A personality, so he loves to talk.

“My wife is a Type A+. I’m always trying to finish a sentence before she does.”

After 50 years of research in exercise science, Cooper still has a lot to say. Mainly: Get your head out of the sand, America.

“We don’t have a choice,” he says. “We’re facing a terrible future.”

The idea of exercise as a health benefit has never been an easy sell.

Cooper introduced the concept of aerobics, publishing the first groundbreaking book on the subject in 1968. He built his fitness empire, The Cooper Institute, in Preston Hollow and just marked its 42nd anniversary. The research drew criticism as late as 1984. During a debate on “Nightline,” New York cardiologist Henry Solomon spoke about his own book “The Exercise Myth.” He challenged Cooper, saying there is no data to prove that exercise really works.

By 1989, though, The Cooper Institute released a landmark study in the Journal of the American Medical Association confirming that physical fitness reduces the risk of death by all causes by 58 percent.

Cooper can recite statistics like they’re the alphabet and seems to enjoy it, despite that he has probably repeated them hundreds of times over the years — but it has paid off. In 2002 he convinced PepsiCo, owner of Frito-Lay, to remove all trans fat from Frito-Lay snack products.

Still, he says he’s disappointed at how rapidly the obesity rate has risen in the United States even while health awareness grows. Cooper himself almost went “the typical American way.” He grew up in a suburb near Oklahoma City and walked — often ran — to school every day. He played basketball and ran track and cross-country.

Then, he grew up, and life happened.

Succumbing to the stress of medical school, Cooper packed on 44 pounds, reaching his highest weight, 204, by age 29. One day, while water skiing, he thought he was having a heart attack. Turned out, he was just incredibly out of shape. Cooper dropped the weight in six months and ran the Boston Marathon the following year.

“You can get addicted to exercise just like you can get addicted to drugs or alcohol,” he says.

That’s when he chose to enter the field of preventive medicine, an area that he believed needed more attention. His research changed the way the world exercises.

Over the past several years, however, he has turned his focus to children.

“I’ve given up on the adults,” he says.

Legislation was passed in 2007 to provide mandatory physical education testing in Texas schools but only after Cooper raised the money himself through private funds. His program, FitnessGram, draws a direct correlation between exercise and students’ academic performance.

That caught the attention of the Chinese government, which is using Cooper’s expertise to create better fitness programs in its schools.

“It’s frustrating to see the success I’ve had in China but don’t have in this country,” Cooper says.

They’re singing his praises in Brazil, too, where he may expand the institute. Cooper made a name for himself after the Brazilian soccer

Cooper is pictured on the far right in this photo from 1964 when he did aerobics research for the Air Force and NASA. (Provided photo from The Cooper Institute)

team trained with his aerobics program and went on to win the World Cup in 1970. Down there, they call running “doing the Cooper.”

His proudest moments, though, have nothing to do with revolutionizing the health and fitness field.

“People ask me what my greatest accomplishment is. I say it’s having two amazing kids and five amazing grandkids. That’s what lives on. Fame is so short-lived.”

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Eric N a dEl Voice of t he R a nge R s Whenever the Rangers fall into a slump like they did in early June, losing to the Oakland A’s 12-1 during a nearly no-hitter, legendary broadcaster Eric Nadel shrugs it off.

“It happens. You can’t get too emotional about it this early in the season,” he says during a phone interview from San Francisco, Calif.

“If I did, I’d never survive.”

The Preston Hollow resident’s voice has accompanied Rangers fans for 34 years, longer than any other broadcaster in the history of the franchise. Nadel will become the 15th member inducted into the Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame in August.

“Baseball on the radio is something special, I think. It’s such an important part of people’s lives during the summer.”

Nadel grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., as a Mets fan.

“I always had the feeling that [the broadcasters] were my buddies who would talk to me about the Mets every night. I hope that’s how people feel about me.”

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is in play for only about 20 or 30 minutes, so broadcasters have to find plenty else to talk about.

Before the internet became the essential tool for just about everything, Nadel would spend hours before each game interviewing players and coaches to gather enough information. Now, he can research everything from his laptop and follow real-time reactions during the game via social media.

However, none of it replaces the traditional medium of radio, he says.

Nadel remembers the moment he decided to be a sports broadcaster. He was 8 years old, riding in the car with his father, listening to a Yankees game on the radio. He asked, “Do the announcers get paid?” His father said, “Yes, they get paid. That’s their job.”

“I said, ‘They get paid to go to Yankee Stadium and watch a baseball game?’ From that point on, that’s what I wanted to do.”

During his junior year of high school, he participated in a sports broadcasting program at Northwestern University, which solidified his interest. He attended Brown University and gained experience

working for its radio station. He landed his first job out of college announcing minor league hockey in Muskegon, Mich. Nadel moved to Dallas in 1976 to broadcast for the Dallas Blackhawks minor league hockey team. In 1979, the opportunity arose to audition for the Rangers.

“Somehow, I got it,” he says.

Ever since, Nadel has been a part of Rangers history, making some of the most memorable calls — from Nolan Ryan’s 5,000th strikeout in 1989 to the team’s record-setting 30 runs against the Baltimore Orioles in 2007.

Then, of course, there was the historic win against the Yankees during Game 6 of the American League Championship Series in 2010 that sent the Rangers to their first World Series. After pitcher Neftali Feliz struck out Alex Rodriguez, Nadel made the call, “The Rangers are going to the World Series!” Then, he shut up.

“The stadium just exploded, and I was overcome by emotion. I just let the crowd tell the story. It was one of the most emotional moments of my life and certainly the most emotional moment of my broadcast career. I’ll never forget it.

“Last year, it was just the opposite. I was ready to call the final out twice, and it didn’t happen. That was devastating. I was broken hearted.”

For the most part, though, Nadel keeps his emotions under control.

“I’m honest and objective, but people know I’m rooting for the Rangers just by the tone of my voice.”

Nadel has called Preston Hollow home since 1989, after moving from Oak Lawn.

He lives with his wife, Jeannie, and lab/ Husky mix, Nemo.

“People ask us all the time why we don’t have kids. People think it’s automatic. We just never had the urge.”

When he’s not at the mic, Nadel likes to just “chill out” and swim or play with his dog. He’s a member of the Town North YMCA and often hangs out at Neighborhood Services restaurant.

For the past 20 years, he has been involved with Reading and Radio Resource, a local nonprofit that records books for people with vision or learning disabilities.

It’s safe to say the voice of the Rangers won’t be going anywhere.

“I’ve been really lucky. I don’t aspire to be a network announcer or a TV announcer. I’m doing exactly what I wanted to do.

I’m living my childhood dream.”

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BAPTIST PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org All services & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45. Trad. & Blended (Sanctuary), Contemporary (Great Hall), Amigos de Dios (Gym) / 214.860.1500 WIlSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100 Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

BIBlE CHURCHES NORTH HIGHlANDS BIBlE CHURCH / www.nhbc.net Sunday: Lifequest (all ages) 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am Wed: Student Ministry 7:00 pm / 9626 Church Road / 214.348.9697

DISCIPlES Of CHRIST EAST DAllAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185 Sunday School 9:30 am / THE TABLE Worship Gathering 9:30 am Worship 8:30 & 10:50 am / Rev. Deborah Morgan / www.edcc.org

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NON-DENOmINATIONAl SHORElINE DAllAS CHURCH / 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane ShorelineDallas.com / 469.227.0471 / Pastor Earl McClellan Everyone’s Welcome at 9:15am / Children’s & Youth Ministry

PRESByTERIAN KING’S PARISH ASSOCIATE REfORmED PRESByTERIAN CHURCH kingsparish.com / Rev. David Winburne / Worship at 10:00 am Meets at Ridgewood Park Rec Center / 469.600.3303 NORTHPARK PRESByTERIAN CHURCH / 214.363.5457 9555 N. Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org Pastor: Rev. Brent Barry / 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday Services

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Night cometh But July days seem to last forever If any month is vacation month, it like, “Fussed at Blair to mow the lawn.” must be July. Things slow down some at There was a fair amount of fussing with the church I serve, because in July many Grandma, as I remember; but I loved of the saints flee the Texas heat and head her. I can still smell her violet perfume.

I used to swear I could tell whether for the hills and the beaches.

Grandma had ever had a dollar bill in For me, July brings back memories of her purse by simply smelling it. being out of school for what seemed an Tempus fugit, they say (it’s a little endless summer when, as author Fred easier to accept the swift flight of time Buechner describes it, we “ran forever when it’s expressed in Latin). Or, as the through the firefly dusk.” When we great clock on the steeple of Park Cities were children, hours and days had not Baptist puts it, “Night Cometh.”

I avoid yet experienced the inflation of age. It Northwest Highway if I can, because that was a time when a dollar could still buy sounds so ominous.

But when I get into something special, and a day could still one of these July reveries, I see the truth last forever.

On July mornings, my school friend, of it. It’s been more than a half-century Tom, would appear at 8 o’clock sharp at the kitchen screen door, eager for a day of riding bikes. A little As the great clock on the steeple peanut butter and jelly on toast, and we were gone of Park Cities Baptist puts it, for the day, exploring back “Night Cometh.” I avoid Northwest alleys and building great Highway if I can, because that forts in the woods. In those sounds so ominous. days, if there were reasons for parents to worry, they were not yet aware of them; and we knew that we could stay out until near sunset, when my mother would ring since Tom knocked at the kitchen door. the bell that meant that supper was on He’s retired now after a long career with the telephone company. Night cometh, the table.

An only child, I was raised by my par- and one of these days we’ll both hear ents and my maternal Grandma Butch- Mom’s bell, ringing in the distance, aner, who was completely the product of nouncing that dinner is on. And there another age and time. When she was will be fresh sweet corn and homea child my age, it was still “18-some- grown tomatoes, and Grandma with her thing,” which was incomprehensible to smell of violets, happily fussing at me to me. I still have 27 years of her diaries, mow the lawn.

That’s the way it is in July. May it be which she kept as religiously as she attended church. They include entries so for you.

Blair Monie is senior pastor of Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church (phpc.org). The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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city hall The run-down building at Marsh and Northwest Highway that once housed the Walnut Hill Library will be auctioned off along with other old city properties. Other buildings on the auction block are the Casa View Library, the Pleasant Grove Library and the West Jefferson fire station. The city hopes to raise around $3.3 million during an auction event, which has not yet been scheduled.

education Bryan Holaday, a 2006 W.T. White alumnus and TCU grad, made his major league baseball debut in June as catcher for the Detroit Tigers against Cleveland. He was the sixth-round pick in the 2010 draft after hitting .248 in 36 games with the minor league team Triple-A Toledo.

Holaday received the 2010 Johnny Bench Award after helping lead the TCU Horned Frogs to the NCAA World Series. The award is given to the most outstanding collegiate catcher in the nation.

At Marsh Middle School, Teach for America instructors Courtney Isaak and Will Cullen raised $64,000 to take a group of students on a tour of Texas colleges. With support from Marsh’s corporate sponsor Fidelity Investments, they organized a five-day field trip last June for students to visit 10 universities around Texas.

people Former Preston Hollow resident Charlotte Rogan’s novel “Lifeboat” reached the no. 12 spot on the New York Times bestseller list in April. It was her first novel, and it received rave reviews from major media outlets. Learn more about the book at charlotterogan.com.

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Saying goodbye The Nathan Adams Elementary community honored a few beloved, longtime staff members who retired this year, including (pictured from left) teacher Sharon Kline, coach Eddie Shirley, teacher Carol Lammers and office manager Petey Goode. Principal Jean McGill also retired this year after 39 years in the education field and 10 years at Nathan Adams.

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Northaven UMC gets new sign after drunken driving accident Preston Hollow passers-by may have noticed something strange about the North Haven United Methodist Church.

The sign out front was almost crumbling apart after a drunken driver drove his Ford truck straight into it on May 12. No one from the church was hurt during the crash, says trustee

Nan Arnold. On June 5, the sign was cleared out to make way for a new one that will cost about $16,000. It’s a good thing the sign was the only thing destroyed, Arnold says. “We could tell from the tire tracks that he would have hit the building if he didn’t hit the sign.”

—Kelsey Samuels

BMVs spike in Hillcrest Forest The area east of Hillcrest between Royal and Forest experi- both residential and business. That averages to about five or six enced a “rash of incidents” in May, putting neighbors on edge a month. This year, the number dropped to 18 — about three a as more and more crime watch alerts enter their email inboxes. month. Car burglaries, on the other hand, have increased from They’ve seen stolen or ransacked cars, home burglaries — one 19 to 31. If you’re going out of town, call the Dallas Police Departthat wiped out $25,000 worth of jewelry — and suspicious peo- ment at 214.670.7253, provide the dates you will be gone, and ofple roaming the neighborhood. Officer Mark Lutz, the neighbor- ficers will drive by and check on your house. Several homeownhood police officer for the area, ran the numbers, comparing the ers took advantage of this over Memorial Day weekend. Email current statistics to those of this time last year. Overall crime is Officer Lutz at markandrewlutz@gmail.com, and he can set up a actually down by 21 percent. From January 2011 to May 2011, time for officers to come over to offer some inside tips on how to thereYou werecould 30 burglaries forhail Hillcrest Forest (beat 651),not including —Emily Toman have damage and realizemake it. your home harder to break into.

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The Spray-painTed ThreaT Covered The FenCe. Lynn Robert and her husband had been annoyed by ongoing vandalism to their lawn. A line of dead grass seemed to have been killed intentionally by a vandal, and they were determined to do something about it.

“We wondered if it was gang members,” Robert says. “My husband put a security camera in the front yard, and they did this a week later.”

The Victim: Lynn robert The Crime: Criminal mischief Date: Wednesday, May 23 Time: 2 p.m.

Location: 6500 block of Tulip “This” was a large message spray painted on their back fence: “Try again dipshit.”

Apparently, their suspicions that the grass was being killed intentionally were correct.

The vandalism was certainly disturbing.

They no longer believe it is the work of a

gang member, Robert says, but the work of a lone vandal. Police are still investigating, and Robert is trying to determine the best way to remove the paint.

Dallas Police Lt. Richard Dwyer of the North Central Patrol Division doubts this was the work of a street gang, and thinks it is more likely someone who has some type of “perceived grudge” with the homeowners.

“The complainant stated this has been going on for two years, so it is likely that this stems from some type of incident from back then,” he says.

Dwyer says graffiti usually comes in two forms: “tagging” and “gang.”

The vast majority of reported graffiti is tagging, which is done by either “urban artists” who feel the need for the world to be “enlightened” by their creativity, Dwyer says, or someone who paints his initials just to let people know he was there.

For more information on graffiti, visit the crime information section at dallaspolice.net.

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06.13 6:30 a.m. $2,546

Date when a man drove by the southwest side of Medical City Hospital, shouted, “Saving lives!” and shot an employee in the arm with a BB gun

Time of day when a female homeowner in the 6900 block of Helsem Way caught a burglar in the act, confronting the suspect with a gun in her kitchen, stating, “I have a gun, and I will use it”; the burglar retreated but made off with an iPhone

Estimated value of a Toyota and its contents that were stolen from the front of the Regions Bank on Luther Lane; the owner had left the doors unlocked and the keys inside and witnessed the suspect flee in the car

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