March 2015

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There’s a new sheriff in town

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PLUS: Local business profiles ... Private schools ... Art on the Greene March 2015

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How Jeff Banister plans to return the Rangers to prominence

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Contents March 2015

Highlights

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28 Business beat

Here are profiles of, and messages from, companies that make a difference in the community.

44 A work in progress

University of Texas Arlington engineering professor D. Bob Woods is building a special car: the1966 Ford GT40.

48 The Project

In the first installment of a series, Clarke & Doyle chronicles a home redesign on which company owners Luke and Cynthia Doyle are working.

58 A real Cinderella

How Caroline Quinn raised a record $224,624.46 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington last year.

On the Cover With Spring Training revving up in Surprise, Ariz., new Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister will begin his tenure as the team’s manager. Our cover story, on page 24, explores what makes him an ideal choice to help the team turn things around this year.

Photo: Kelly Gavin

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Departments

60 The 3 Rs – and then some

A look at how Pantego Christian Academy, The Oakridge School, St. Maria Goretti Catholic School and the International Leadership of Texas charter school prepare students to make a difference.

64 Art on the Greene

A celebration of art like no other comes to Arlington this month.

68 Gardening Trends for 2015

Starting Line ... 10 This ‘n data ... 12 Scene ... 19, 53, 73 Around Town ... 22 Style ... 56-57 Tennis Tip ... 66 Photo-Synthesis ... 70 Sights/Sounds ... 74 Health/Fitness ... 76 Speaking of Sports ... 78 Itinerary ... 80 Finish Line ... 82

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Tomorrow, today

Executive Publisher Judy M. Rupay

Check out the new technology that will make this magazine better

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elcome to the next generation of communication, brought to you by Arlington Today. With this issue – No. 16, for those keeping score at home – we’re introducing a new technology. That’s new, as in new to us, new to regional publishing, and new, certainly, to a dynamic that has been historically defined by printed pages that contain insightful editorial content and interesting pictures.

As of this issue, that scene is also marked by integrated technology that is likely to change the way you approach magazine reading forever – or, at least, until someone finds an even better way to enhance your communication experience.

This revolutionary introduction is called augmented reality – hence, the AR on the logo you see below this column. Someone, likely, was paid a lot of money to coin the term. The person who really deserves the bonus is the one who found a way to make pages in a magazine – any magazine, but specifically our magazine – come to life.

It works like this: First, you go to your favorite Yale Youngblood application store and download a free app called Editor Layar. Next, you click on it on your smart phone or tablet. Then you point said apparatus toward any page that features an AR logo and tap the screen. In a matter of seconds, whatever it is you’re reading or looking at becomes an animated message on your phone or tablet that enhances the column, story or advertisement.

Let’s say a restaurant ad catches your fancy. When you scan the ad – remember, it has to be an ad with the AR logo designation – you don’t simply see a pizza on a page; you see a video of a steaming-hot pizza slice pulled from the pie, with cheese strings stretching as the slice moves from box to mouth. Then you see that mouth smile, because augmented pizza is far more appetizing than printed pizza.

Or, say, you know what my prose reads like, but you want to know how I sound.

The AR technology takes you straight from this page to a video of me talking in my best James Earl Jones voice about something in the issue or something of pertinence that affects the Arlington area or something funny just because I like to laugh.

Go ahead and try it now. Download the Layar app, point your phone or tablet at this page and find out how the enhanced Yalester point of view might make this column more relevant to you than what I’ve just written – and how, in future issues, our advertisers will offer you more than meets the eye via a conventional advertisement on the page of a magazine.

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Star power THE STARS WERE OUT – literally – during the recent playground unveiling and dedication at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington’s Don Kromer Branch, 200 Cravens Park Drive.

Dallas Stars players Brett Ritchie and Curtis McKenzie and the team mascot joined Stars Foundation members and BGCA principals for the event. It featured the official ribbon cutting for the new playground, donations for which came from the Stars Foundation. Some 45 attendees joined the Stars representatives for the dedication.

For more images, check out Scene on page 19.

Photo: Southern Flair Photography

A big crowd turned out for the dedication of the new playground at the Don Kromer branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington.

UTA spring enrollment total includes 36,000 in-state residents – a record high mark THIS SPRING, more than 36,000 Texas residents are enrolled at The University of Texas Arlington, a new university high-water mark in that category. Meanwhile, the institution’s global headcount of students in campus-based and in online degree programs reached 47,977, acording to preliminary census reports.

The overall spring enrollment number represents a 4.5 percent increase over fall’s numbers and a 6.5 percent increase over the same period last year, with undergraduate and graduate enrollment both up over the previous year.

“UT Arlington continues to experience a strong and sustained period of enrollment growth driven by our commitment to academic and research excellence and our desire to provide a world class education to students through multiple platforms,” President Vistasp M. Karbhari said. “This growth has positioned us as the model 21st century, urban research university, one that balances access, affordability and excellence, offering a vibrant campus experience while leveraging technology to open access to all students determined to pursue their dreams.”

Machinery Repairman 3rd Class Daniel Ehrhardt

Photo: Naomi VanDuser/U.S. Navy

Hometown hero:

TO REACH Arlington’s Daniel Ehrhardt these days, you need to set a course for Ehrhardt serves our nation the East China Sea, where the on the USS Bonhomme Richard Machinery Repairman 3rd Class sailor is aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard assault ship.

Ehrhardt serves the Navy – and his country – honing equipment onboard the forward-deployed amphibious vessel, which is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of operations.

– U.S. Navy office of community outreach

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Dr. Amber Hyde said parents should be sure to vaccinate their children to prevent measles.

Measles: They’re back – but preventable

MEASLES IS making a comeback — even though there’s a vaccine that can help prevent it. In 2014 there were more reported cases of measles in the United States than any time since 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the numbers continue to climb.

Nearly all the outbreaks can be traced to an unvaccinated individual who contracted the disease while traveling abroad. The majority of people who subsequently caught the disease were unvaccinated. “We thought we had nearly eradicated measles in the United States,” said Amber Hyde, MD, a family medical physician

on the medical staff at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center.

“But measles has reemerged as a public health issue because large numbers of individuals aren’t vaccinated.”

Dr. Hyde recommends you know the symptoms of measles, which starts with a fever, a cough, a runny nose and red eyes. “Next,” she said, “a rash of red spots breaks out all over the body. Children with measles may also get an ear infection, or they may have diarrhea. Measles is highly contagious, and it can be serious, even fatal.”

Protecting your child from measles is simple, Dr. Hyde said: Make sure your child’s measles vaccine is up to date.

The vaccination is named “MMR” and is safe and effective.

It’s a combination vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella (German measles).

Children require two doses of this vaccine. Usually the first is given at 12 to 15 months of age and the second when the child is 4 to 6 years old.

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Dr. Moody Alexander was named a 2015 Healthcare Hero by the Fort Worth Business Press. Alexander was one of more than 20 local healthcare providers selected as Heroes by their peers.

2. Our new leading lady ... Valerie Galloway, former managing director of Lyric Stage, has been named interim executive director of Theatre Arlington. Galloway, who earned an M.F.A in directing from the University of Mississippi, has acted and directed professionally for more than 25 years. “Valerie is certainly no stranger to Theatre Arlington,” said Theatre Arlington Board President Craig Lidell. “She has directed shows, and her daughters have frequently performed in our shows.” Galloway is replacing former executive director Norman Ussery, who resigned Feb. 11.

3. Our Fellow ... Marcus Jackson, director of Cardiopulmonary and Respiratory Services at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, has been selected to participate in the highly competitive Texas Hospital Association Leadership Fellows Program. Jackson joins 24 other healthcare leaders in Texas for a year-long study in becoming effective health care advocates for Texas Hospitals and developing in-depth knowledge on health care integration. Jackson is a 21-year veteran of the health care industry and part of the original leadership team at Methodist Mansfield, which opened in 2006.

AISD Board of Trustees selected as one of five outstanding boards for 2015 THE ARLINGTON ISD Board of Trustees has been selected as one of five outstanding school boards in the 2015 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards program.

The school board award highlights the importance of strong leadership at the board level. The district will receive a $5,000 grant along with the award and is eligible for up to $25,000 in additional prizes.

The district has been selected as a large school finalist for the Excellence in Education District Award. Each large district finalist will receive a $5,000 prize, with the winning large district receiving a $100,000 prize.

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Happy 60th

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St. Maria Goretti Catholic School will celebrate a big birthday next month ST. MARIA Goretti Catholic School was started in 1954 by the order of the Sisters of Mary of Namur.

Then it was basically one hallway the first hallway when you enter the school now.

“At the time, Arlington had about

7,000 people, so the opening of the school was big for the city,” said Christy Brady, development coordinator for the school. “As a side note: Lake Arlington was not even filled up at that time, and the roads were two-lane dirt roads!”

Fast forward to April 11, and

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Reasons we love Arlington

you’ll find alums and friends who have been part of the venerable institution through the years traveling on well-paved roads to celebrate an important occasion: St. Maria Goretti Catholic School’s 60th birthday.

First on the calendar is a Dinner/ Dance from 6-11 p.m. on that date at South Street Patio – complete with music, dinner and dancing.

Then on May 9 the SMG Fun Run will start at 8 a.m. at the cul-de-sac of St. Maria Goretti court and follow a secured course in the area around the school. A 5K run over a registered, certified course follows at 8:30 a.m.

Brady said that, as you might expect, St. Maria Goretti has come a long way since it first opened.

“There is a whole wing for junior high, a fourth and fifth grade wing area and completely networked classrooms,” she said. “And, starting in the next school year, we’ll even have a robotics club for junior high students.”

1. In case you haven’t noticed, the University of Texas Arlington has

evolved into one of the better educational values in the United States.

2. Everyone’s favorite amusement park, Six Flags over Texas, will introduce yet another thrilling ride when the gates fly open this month.

Justice League: Battle for Metropolis is a 4D interactive experience that allows guests to match wits against Lex Luthor, The Joker and his henchmen.

3. In all the Metroplex you can’t find a better source for things photographic/videographic than Arlington Camera. And that has been the case for better than three decades now.

Bottom line: This place is picture-perfect.

4. Where will the Texas Rangers play home games for the 44th straight year, again?

5. Two words: Redenta’s Garden.

RAISE YOUR HAND if you remember the theme park Seven Seas. It featured marine mammals and other animals from 1972-76 on the land where the Arlington Sheraton now sits.

THE FIRST RECORD of a law enforcement agency in Arlington was in 1894 with the appointment of W.M. Douglass as City Marshal. On Nov. 14, 1912, the office of city marshal was abolished. However, it was reinstated Dec. 12 of the same year, which would suggest that late November 1912 wasn’t the safest period in city history to roam the streets. By the way, you are now better-versed in Arlington law enforcement history thanks to the Harold K. Elliott online Police Museum For more: arlingtonlibrary.org/ photos-harold-k-elliott-police-museum.

WEEKEND WARRIORS, take note: The Arlington Parks and Recreation Department offers adults leagues in a variety of sports, including basketball, flag football, inline hockey, kickball, softball, volleyball and bubble soccer. For more: naturallyfun.org.

The University of Texas Arlington traces its heritage to Arlington College, opened in 1895.

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The 13th annual Arlington Parks and Recreation Health and Wellness Expo will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on April 24 at the Eunice Activity Center (1000 Eunice St.). The event will offer bone density screenings, spiral screenings, stroke information, cholesterol information and blood pressure checks. Also, there will be Yoga, Zumba, Pilates and beauty demonstrations.

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Now, with another coach in his corner – past chair of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington Mark Caffey – Aquile has launched a performing and recording career. Oh, and he has also become quite the draw at local musical venues.

Caffey spotted the San Diego native performing in California and struck up a musical partnership that appears to have a bright future.

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Picture-perfect moments

Photos: Southern Flair Photography

The official ribbon cutting for the new playground at the Don Kromer Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington

LaCharles Green and branch manager LaToyia Greyer

Brad Bradley, Patrick McCaffrey and Ryan Bradley

Stevie Smith, Liz Daniel, Kevin Pinell and Joey Pinell

Scene

Snapshots from the ribbon cutting ceremony for the playground at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington’s Don Kromer Branch with the Dallas Stars and the Stars Foundation.

Stars player Brett Ritchie, Dr. John Landry, Steve Wurm, Mark Caffey, Jessica Dunn, Jason Farris and stars player Curtis McKenzie

Joshua Dunn, Jessica Dunn, Stars player Brett Ritchie, Christa Melia and Stars player Curtis McKenzie

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Happenings in the AISD

H-E-B announces award winners and finalists T

he Arlington ISD Board of Trustees has been selected as one of five outstanding school boards in the 2015 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards program. The school board award highlights the importance of strong leadership at the board level.

The district will receive a $5,000 grant along with the award and is eligible for up to $25,000 in additional prizes.

The district has been selected as a large school finalist for the Excellence in Education District Award. Each large district finalist will receive a $5,000 prize, with the winning large district receiving a $100,000 prize.

“We are honored to have been selected as one of the five outstanding school boards and as a finalist for the large district award and to be recognized for our work to ensure that all our students are successful,” Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos said. “Our commitment to strong educational performance and the belief that improvement is non-negotiable guide our work each and every day.”

To determine overall statewide winners, a panel of judges will visit the district and Board, tour campuses, and talk with administration, staff, parents and community members. Winners will be announced at the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards ceremony on May 2, 2015 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Austin.

H-E-B launched the Excellence in Education Awards program in cooperation with the Texas Association of School Administrators in 2002 as a positive way to support public education in Texas. It has become the largest monetary program for educators in the state, spotlighting best practices and celebrating the passion and creativity of Texas educators.

Happenings in the AISD

AISD celebrates National Signing Day

The Arlington ISD held its annual districtwide National Signing Day ceremony for students who have signed or will sign with a college athletic program on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at the AISD Professional Development Center. More than 65 students representing all six Arlington ISD high schools signed national letters of intent in 10 different sports.

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Around Town

Filmmakers wanted A local independent cinema society is being built. Will we come? • By Kenneth Perkins

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James Hawthorne formed the Arlington Film Society to give local moviemakers a chance to showcase their work in their hometown. The organization’s coming out party took place at UTA’s Experience Arlington, where the work of five local filmmakers was shown.

a’ke Smith and De Angelo Flores are at vastly different junctures in their filmmaking lives. Smith is an award-winning auteur whose latest short film was recently shown on HBO. Flores didn’t know a thing about filmmaking until recently, when he had to produce one for his class at Bowie High School.

Still, they found themselves under the same roof in February at the University of Texas Arlington.

Which was the idea.

Here was Smith’s “Dawn,” about a female ex-con struggling to make it on the outside, and Flores’s “Chimera,” which follows a young man into a bizarre alternate reality, appearing on the same screen and witnessed by the same 100 or so people who piled into UTA’s new screening room to veg out on films.

What made this unusual was that all the film projects were written, shot and produced by Arlington filmmakers.

No, really.

James Hawthorne gets this all the time.

Arlington and filmmaking don’t seem to go hand in hand. “‘Are there filmmakers in Arlington?’ is the question most people ask,” said Hawthorne. “The answer is, ‘yes, there are filmmakers right here in Arlington.’ Problem is they have to leave the city to find an audience.

That shouldn’t be.”

So Hawthorne, a former assistant police chief now retired, formed the Arlington Film Society to remedy the situation.

The film showcase at UTA, called Experience Arlington, was the organization’s coming out party, so to speak, partnering with UTA’s rising film department led by professor and co-founder of the Dallas Video Association Bart Weiss, and Smith, a UT Arlington assistant professor.

Five filmmakers were on display, including Flores and classmates Bryson Sells and Andie Yancy, who wrote and shot the project, respectively. Their five-minute film has advanced to the second round of the University Interscholastic League Film competition. UTA graduate student Fatimah Jawad’s film, “Pain Inside Po-

lygamy,” followed a reformed Muslim mother and her struggle with a husband who wanted to add a second wife. Ryan Britton’s “Not Abel” was about a meth dealer and how the business affected his life, and “Phone Ghost” is from grad student Jean-Patrick Mahoney and focuses on an older woman haunted by a ghost possessing her cell phone.

Smith might be the best example of a local artist known more outside his enclave then in it. His work has been shown in 80 or so film festivals internationally, including Cannes International Film Festival.

Hawthorne envisions an annual film festival, workshops for aspiring filmmakers and a video film series. The undertaking won’t be easy. He’ll bump heads with a community that hasn’t necessarily embraced the arts. Many here might be shocked to learn that the city has a symphony. Or an art museum, for that matter.

“It’s about changing mindsets,” Hawthorne said. “We’re so used to going to Dallas or Fort Worth. That’s understandable. We’d just like to change that thinking.”

It won’t be cheap, either. Hawthorne is trying to raise start-up funding to get off the ground. He already has an advisory panel in place with folks like Gloria Brooks, Lisa Parisot, Marcus Warren, Larry Powell, Malizy Scruggs and Smith.

Actually, money will be the real test, whether in memberships or donations. “I’m not trying to make money,” said Hawthorne. “I’m not trying to create a new job for myself. I’m just trying to expose the talent of Arlington that shouldn’t have to always go outside the city limits just to show their work or to be recognized.”

Columnist Kenneth Perkins has been a contributing writer for Arlington Today since it debuted. He is a freelance writer, editor and photographer.

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There’s a new sheriff in town How Jeff Banister plans to return the Rangers to a place of prominence • By Kenneth Perkins

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link and you would have missed Jeff Banister’s major league baseball career. He was there one day, and the next he wasn’t. One at-bat. One hit, a pinch-hit single. One shot at The Show. By the next week, Banister was contemplating his life, standing at a fork in the road, one that looked so awfully familiar.

When the reeling Texas Rangers went hunting for their next manager after the beloved Ron Washington abruptly stepped down, they wanted someone who could instill in the troops a renewed sense of pride and fortitude and can-do spirit. Banister had spent close to 30 years with the Pittsburgh Pirates outfit, first as a player and later as coach. He managed five seasons in the minors until 1998, served as the team’s major league

Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister tries on his jersey during his first press conference as the team’s new skipper.

field coordinator, minor-league field coordinator and as a bench coach.

So his big league managerial record is a spotless 0-0.

That a major league team, particularly one that not long ago made it to the World Series two years straight, would roll the dice on an unproven manager might have been a shock to everyone but Banister and those who know him well.

What they say, and say quickly, is define “unproven.”

Banister knows baseball because he has lived it for eons, beginning early on as a kid growing up in the incorporated residential community La Marque, which sits off Interstate Highway 45 in the shadow of Galveston and until now was known for its petrochemical complex and as Kay Bailey Hutchison’s hometown. That might be about to change because this is one of those shrewd acquisitions that could add a new distinction to the hometown. But it’s based more on what’s inside than what’s on the outside, on where it’s not as much about wins and losses but what can be instilled to get the wins and losses.

Ask Banister about his toughest season as minor league coach, and he’ll say his fourth. Not because of a bevy of losses. Because Banister saw the emergence of players such as Freddy Garcia, José Guillén, John Dillinger and Mike Ash, young men who sought his counsel on things outside the batter’s box.

It was about grooming young, impressionable men off the field who would later deliver on the field.

Perhaps that’s what sealed the deal for the Rangers.

“These were young men at points in their lives where they needed someone to be more than just their manager,” Banister said. “They needed someone they could trust and communicate with. Confide in. That’s a daunting feeling when you realize that other men trust you and believe you will be there for them.”

Banister hovered around this topic while sitting in a conference room at Globe Life Park. He spoke of tearing down facades and perceptions of what you should be. “That’s when it really hit me: I can do this,” he said.

“I want to do this.”

BANISTER IS TALL AND SOLID and possesses a glare that goes right through you like a laser beam. When listening he doesn’t necessarily move a muscle, as if whatever you are saying is the most important thing at hand, which for him, it is. This is the sort of mannerism – the coolness, the calm, the contemplating – baseball general managers want to see in their managers and coaches. For Banister, it’s no act.

Part of what fuels the man is life itself, a life that not many knew in its totality until the Rangers announced his hiring in October. It’s a life dotted with false starts and broken promises and cracked expectations and hurry-up-and-waits and the often herculean task of perseverance.

It’s the reason the Rangers’ marketing minds are pushing outside the locker room what Banister is pushing inside it – a never-say-die attitude.

In La Marque, it was blasphemy to lay on the field. You hurt? OK. Tend to it. But get off the field. “If not, we’re coming to get you off the field,” said Banister, a slight smile breaking in. “Where does my perseverance come from? That’s your answer.”

Banister’s now notable Twitter hashtag #nevereverquit has taken on a life of its own; it’s all over the Rangers website. It will most certainly be

Highlights of Jeff Banister’s introduction to the DFW Metroplex included a meeting with the press, as well as the first official photo opp with team General Manager Jon Daniels.

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is getting a group of men to believe that what they went through last year is what they needed to go through. We are all faced with adversities. We have one of two ways we can go: We can fold up the tent and quit. Or we can learn from it and finish with integrity and determination.”

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the rallying cry this baseball season – at least that’s the plan – just as “It’s Time” was the mantra during the World Series Run. To know where this all comes from is to know a bit more about Banister’s journey. Like the time he was told by doctors to quit baseball at age 14 after reconstructive surgery on his right knee. Yet he came back.

As a high school sophomore, he was diagnosed with cancer in his left ankle and osteomyelitis, a severe infection. Yet he came back.

At Baytown Lee Junior College, he broke three cervical vertebrae and was temporarily paralyzed from the neck down from a home plate collision. Yet he came back.

After getting called up to the majors he got just that one at bat. Yet he came back.

The next season he blew out his elbow. He came back, this time, to coach.

“I HAD THE EASIER JOB through all of it,” Banister said. “My job was just to survive. It was to fight. Everyone else’s job was to make sure I had enough motivation to fight. They had the toughest job. I know that now after having two children.”

Banister’s influences are many, but none weigh more than what came from his father, a high school football and basketball coach who often told his son not to give up on himself. Especially don’t give up on people who had invested so much in his success. Bob Banister bought him his first glove. He died of a heart attack at age 48.

“I had great parents growing up,” Banister said of his dad and mother, an educator who is quite excited about his homecoming. “There were a number of people who really care. It seems like I’ve always been surrounded by tremendous people who love to invest in other people. I grew up at a time when there weren’t a lot of complaints about being sick, not having a whole lot, or being hurt. Reality is that everyone in the town was fighting for something.”

The fight now will be on the field, where the Rangers finished 67-95 last season. “But the real work for me is getting a group of men to believe that what they went through last year is what they needed to go through,” said Banister. “We are all faced with adversities. We have one of two ways we can go: We can fold up the tent and quit. Or we can learn from it and finish with integrity and determination.”

Then there’s the prospect of returning home. “You kiddin’ me?” Banister said when asked whether he was excited about returning to Texas. “C’mon now. Nolan Ryan, Earl Campbell, Roger Staubach. There’s a different mentality within the people of this state.

It’s still a real pride, and I think growing up in the state you learn to be a part of that. I’m asked a number of times about my favorite college football team and I say ‘any team in the state of Texas playing anybody out of the state of Texas.’

“It’s home. To have a uniform that says Texas across the front. That might be the coolest thing for me.”

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Began in 1997, Hilton’s Flooring offers the largest selection of floor covering in the Tarrant County area, including tile, natural stone, wood, laminate, LVT, Karndean, carpet and backsplash/ accents. Additionally, the company provides the following services: • Design professionals on premise • Complimentary in-home design consultation • Free in-home measuring and estimates • Professional Installation Kateri Dodson, vice president of sales for the company, said Hilton’s Flooring also owns a fabrication department, so the company is completely turnkey on countertops.

“Primarily we deal with customers that are remodeling their home,” Dotson said. “We also work hand in hand with contractors and designers to provide a wide range of products that their customers can view and pick from.”

Dotson said customers typically call to get an idea of what the store carries and approximately what the cost of the job would run. “Then,” she said, “we go out to do a free measure so we can give the customer a quote based off the materials and services they require. Once the customer agrees to move forward we require a 50-percent deposit and then order their materials. We then work with the customer on an installation date that works in their schedule and install their floors, countertops, bathrooms or backsplash.”

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In North Texas, the Kleiman | Evangelista Eye Center has emerged as the preferred choice among hundreds of Kleiman I Evangelista Eye Center discerning eye doctors for one reason: their reputation for extraordinary pa350 East I-20 • (817) 714-2020 • lasiksurgery.com tient care. “It speaks volumes that so many eye doctors refer their patients These votes of professional confidence are never taken for granted with confidence to the Kleiman | Evangelista Eye Center,” said Cyndi Miller, by the Kleiman | Evangelista team. Dr. Evangelista said, “The physiCEO of Miller Public Relations. cian-patient relationship is based on trust. We want to do our part to preserve that relationship by being respectful of our referring physicians Seeing is believing and their patients.”

“We are so fortunate to have great professional relationships with eyecare providers across North Texas,” Dr. Anthony Evangelista said. “They know The Two Cs the patients they refer to us will be well cared for because they’ve visited Communication with the co-managing doctor plays a key role in preservour facility. They know all of the surgeons here are highly skilled. They’ve ing that trust. seen our technology and understand the advantages it offers their patients.”

“The doctors with whom we collaborate want to be part of the process,” Since its beginning, Kleiman | Evangelista Eye Center has been comDr. David Kleiman explained. “I think the reason so many doctors refer mitted to providing patients with precision, state-of-the-art technologies. their patients to us is because we communicate with them and keep them These include Blade-Free HD IntraLASIK, LenSx Laser technology for catinvolved in the process. Our referring optometrists can actually track their aracts, LifeStyle Lens Procedures and the VERION Image Guided System patients from their computers simply by logging into our website.” for customized laser-based cataract surgery.

Vote of confidence “I highly recommend Kleiman | Evangelista Eye Center because I know my patients are in good hands,” Anh Trinh, O.D., said. “My patients always report that the staff is knowledgeable and friendly and that they enjoy their visits.”

Patients first ... always Dr. Kleiman believes this close collaboration creates a win-win situation for everyone involved, but most importantly, for patients. “We manage patients from the surgical aspect, and then return them to their trusted eye doctors to continue their postoperative care,” he said.

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orn and raised in the Fort Worth-Dallas area, Chip Hornbeek learned his trade in a local cabinet shop through his high school work training program. In 1976, two years after graduation, he set up his own shop in Arlington with one helper building and installing cabinets.

Today, Chip’s Cabinets has evolved into Chip’s Kitchens & Baths, with Hornbeek providing all of the design work required for customer projects – along with the assurance of high-quality services and products for the home. These include design, construction, installation, renovation and remodeling of cabinetry, flooring, countertops, lighting and vanities and fixtures for the kitchen, bath or any other room.

Chip’s Kitchens & Baths now has eight full-time staffers and numerous vendors and sub-contractors. “Because all of our work is custom, you can choose the design of your room, the colors, the floor, the countertops and wall finishes,” Hornbeek said. “After your choices are made, leave it to our team of artisans and craftsmen. We will handle the entire project, saving you time, money and aggravation.”

Hornbeek takes pride in the fact that many of his clients and customers become his friends. “I work only with the best vendors and sub-contractors. My team is chosen by their shared commitment to customer service excellence, superior quality and the use of durable materials,” he said.

“We work with you to design your dream kitchen, office, entertainment room or bathroom. We do this with minimal interruption to your home and life, designed to your specifications and built to last.”

ethodist Mansfield Medical Center, one of the region’s most advanced hospitals, is undergoing a $118 million expansion to meet the increasing demand for health care in Tarrant, Johnson, Ellis, and southwest Dallas counties.

The 118-bed, 110,000-square-foot Patient Care Tower Two is under construction at the northwest corner of the hospital campus.

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his is a milestone year for LBL Architects, which is celebrating 50 years of creating award-winning structures in the Arlington area. Vice President Tom McCarty, AIA, said he and company principals Michael Barnard, AIA, (president) and Gene Lam (emeritus founder) are grateful for the opportunity to shape the regional business landscape over five decades.

“This is our 50th anniversary, and for a small company in our business that is quite unique,” he said. “We like to treat our staff and clients to various events and in the past have partnered with UT Arlington’s Athletic Department on gatherings. One of our goals through this year is to celebrate with our longtime business partners and clients and look forward to the next 50 years of success together.”

The firm opened in 1965 as Paul C. Wharton and Associates, then converted to Wharton and Lam Associates, and finally to LBL Architects, Inc., as the company grew to a full-service architectural firm in the ‘80s. It has been a prime architectural firm for many local clients, including the University of Texas Arlington, Ar-

LBL Architects 1106 W. Randol Mill Road, Suite 300 (817) 265-1510 lblarchitects.com lington ISD, the City of Arlington, Arlington Memorial Hospital, and Tarrant County.

LBL Architect has planners, architects and interior designers in house, so no job is too formidable. “The last ‘L’ in LBL Architects stands for LEAD,” McCarty said. “We like to let people know we take full responsibility and LEAD the entire team through the process.”

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hen Al Clark moved from Minnesota to Arlington in 1979 to build an insurance agency and financial services business, he envisioned, as he put it, “fantastic opportunities.” He has not been disappointed.

“I earned my PhD in 1978 at University of Minnesota with an emphasis in Business and Marketing,” he said. “I decided to follow my dream of owning my own business instead of continuing with a career in education. My research brought me to Arlington, and it has been a great place to live and build a successful business. We have been blessed every day to be an active part and contribute to this community.”

Photo: Southern Flair Photography Over the more than three decades that it has been serving Arlington area clients, Al Clark State Farm has grown to 26 Al Clark State Farm full-time and 10 part-time staff members, a group that is fully 2452 W. Interstate 20 • (817) 468-3033 • alclark.net licensed to provide insurance and financial services. Clark and his team of “Good Neighbors” offer vehicle insurance for expertise in their field. Our goal is to protect you from the unexpected, protect both personal and business use. They also insure homes, businesses, rental your income and assets and help you achieve your dreams.” property, personal articles, liability umbrellas and more. On the financial side Clark especially enjoys the fact that he helps those dreams come true in they provide life insurance, health insurance, retirement planning, mutual his adopted hometown. “Arlington is a dynamic city; we are in the center of funds and home and vehicle loans, along with other bank products. the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and it is a fabulous place to live and do “We pride ourselves in being the most professional, knowledgeable and business,” he said. “We have enjoyed being an active participant in the city; friendly business that focuses on your needs and wants,” Clark said. “We are working each day to make a difference in the lives of the people we meet.” risk managers; my employees are fully licensed, trained and have developed

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& W Antiques offers unique, rare and interesting furniture and accessories not found at most stores stateside. Co-proprietors Jim Carpenter and Patrick Walsh create an inviting ambiance with fragrant candles, music and vignettes of old-world rooms that stimulate the senses.

“We make our guests feel special by serving beverages in Italian gold rim glasses, hand wrapping each purchase and carrying all purchases to their cars,” Carpenter said. “C & W follows up each purchase, no matter how small, with a personalized thank you note.”

Carpenter and Walsh opened their 2,800square-foot showroom in November 2009 and filled it with unique English, French and Italian 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century furniture and furnishing acquired from antique fairs and estates in England and France.

“We have evolved as a high-end antique store featuring home decor, gift items, floral and accessories,” Carpenter said. The store now sells antique furnishings, Faberge, Majolica plates and serving dishes, Staffordshire Figures and original oil paintings. It also offers a wide selection of lamps and chandeliers, bronze sculptures, Arthur Court serving giftware, Reed & Barton silver, crystal and baby gifts, ornate picture frames, “market” candles and original floral designs, including those by Tony Houston, who formerly worked for “The Market” as its head floral designer.

Carpenter said another factor also plays a major role in the store’s success. “We treat our customers as our friends,” he said. “Our business is built on relationships.”

or owner Teresa Burda, Gracie Lane represents a dream come true. For the patrons of her unique business operation, the collection of boutiques and gift shops is ... well ... pretty much a dream come true, as well.

“It has always been a long-term dream of mine to open a shop like this,” Burda said. “My dream became a reality on June 1, 2013.”

It was then that Gracie Lane opened, offering the Arlington area a unique collection of more than 100 boutiques and specialty shops, from which they could find practically any gift they could imagine. There’s fashion, jewelry, children’s clothing and toys, home décor, gifts and party supplies. The best part is that everything is available under one roof.

“We also pride ourselves on our wonderful customer service,” Burda said. “You will always be greeted with a smile.”

Burda said the shopper in her helped shape the business. “As longtime connoisseurs of the best shopping venues, we have gathered the

Gracie Lane 4720 S. Cooper St. • (817) 468-5263 gracielanecollection.com most-impressive local collections under one delightful roof,” she said. “When you visit Gracie Lane, you will be pleased with the quality and excited by the experience. If you believe in local business, expect exceptional selections and enjoy unique finds, Gracie Lane is sure to be your favorite shopping destination.”

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Control rosy pigmentation by limiting break-outs: Because break-outs tend to leave many redheads with tell-tale rose pigmentation around problem areas, it’s important to control break-outs with a regular skincare routine. Dr. Kim recommends an oil-free acne cleanser.

Work with a skin expert to fix uneven color in the skin: Physician-prescribed glycolic peels and prescription retinoid creams can help even out skin tone. This should be approached very carefully and under the watchful eye of a skincare expert.

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“The Sanford House staff is truly special in fulfilling the promise to go above and beyond to provide our guests the most incredible experience at restaurant506, the Sanford Spa, and the hotel,” she said. “Our team is empowered to use their creativity on a regular basis, and this collaborative effort makes a significant impact in our guests’ experience.“ To that end, Landry said, the Sanford House team recently started an initiative to get immediate feedback from The Sanford House Inn & Spa/restaurant506 guests, which allows her and the staff to respond more 506 N. Center St. • (817) 861-2129 • thesanfordhouse.com quickly to comments.

“It’s rewarding to hear positive remarks and to have the come so popular with guests is that it is rooted in the the philosophy that the ability to act on areas for improvement,” Landry said. people who provide that experience are important, as well. “The manage While the hotel began in 1997, The Sanford House has been ever ment team strives to achieve an engaging work environment and we aim to evolving. The Spa & Salon was added to the property in 2000, and in April be supportive of all staff needs,” she said. “Through this, employees have a 2013, restaurant506 came to be, serving gourmet meals and providing a platform from which they can perform ‘world-class customer service.’ Our luxurious setting for lunch- and dinner-based meetings for both small and team camaraderie is genuine, and we get to share this with our guests large groups. every day.”

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rom an animal’s point of view, Country Acres Kennels is a “tail waggin’” kind of place. This kennel is a country club for dogs, cats and other pets, including birds, fish, hamsters and rabbits. All the kennel’s “guests” receive regular attention, whether it’s during an extended stay or part of the kennel’s unique day care program for dogs.

The kennel’s staff, which includes veterinarian Dr. Mac Tod, takes pride in the “animal-oriented staff and facilities,” which allow Country Acres Kennels to be a hotel, day spa and training ground for pets. Dogs have indoor and outdoor facilities. Cats and other pets have separate facilities from the dogs. There is even limo pick up and delivery for dogs.

Country Acres Kennels, since 1972, has been one of the largest boarding and training facilitiy in the United States, with space for over 300 pets. The staff has been in the animal-care business for four generations and at their current location for over 40 years.

During that time, Country Acres Kennels has taken care of animals 24/7, including Christmas and Thanksgiving days. During Thanksgiving the staff shared turkeys with the pets.

A customer review on the company website said, “This is the place to go if you are a dog!”

Another customer said the kennel is “very clean and professional.” A third said she has continued going to Country Acres Kennels because it gave her dog “something to look forward to and probably extended his [the dog’s] life expectancy.”

hen it comes to experience in the home lending market, few companies anywhere can match the team at SWBC Mortgage.

Its loan officers each have a minimum 10 years of helping SWBC Mortgage homebuyers find the best ways 1281 W. Green Oaks Blvd, #119 • (817) 795-0031 to finance houses. And that, said Mary Dietz, who has 34 years of swbcmortgage.com experience, makes SWBC Mortgage special.

“With all that experience, we understand are specially trained in handling mortgages. mortgages,” Dietz said. “We know the requireDietz said SWBC Mortgage provides a full ments of mortgaging, the ins and outs, and range of mortgage options, including FHA, VA, that’s something we use to help people find conventional and jumbo loans. what kind of loans are best for them.”

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orthington Monuments is a family owned and operated business established in 2000 by husband and wife Matt and Ryan Worthington. Because of this family background, Worthington Monuments’ staff has a deep desire and commitment to make one of the more difficult purchases you will make as smooth and positive as possible.

“We will walk you through each step of the process, including monument selection, customization, delivery and placement, ensuring you create a lasting and meaningful memorial that best celebrates and honors the life of your loved one,” Ryan said.

Whether you call it a headstone, gravestone, tombstone or grave marker, Worthington Monuments can create a memorial that is ideally suited to celebrate the loved one who has passed. The company offers several monument styles, ranging from traditional to modern to completely custom.

“We use the highest quality materials, including granite, marble and bronze combined with the most skilled craftsmanship to create your

Worthington Monuments 322 E. Abram St., Suite A • (817) 801-1444 worthingtonmonuments.com ideal memorial,” Ryan said. “We at Worthington Monuments understand that this purchase is likely as difficult as it is important.”

In addition to memorials for lost loved ones, the company offers pet memorials, plaques, home signage and business signage.

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t has been eight months since a car crashed into Jazzy Jems, one of Arlington’s more popular boutiques for clothes, gifts and the proverbial “more.” Half a year has gone by since the venerable Teenya Blanchard, owner of Jazzy Jems, hosted a grand re-opening of the store.

While the circumstances preceding that occasion were far from ideal, what has transpired since isn’t.

“We feel we have been very blessed to have a community that cares and wants to support small businesses,” Blanchard said. “Every day we have someone come by and tell us they are sorry for what happened, and they missed us while we were closed. It really validates our decision to rebuild and reconnect.”

Blanchard said she takes special joy in the visits from what she calls ‘Jems’ – friends of Jazzy Jems. “We open our door and all during the day they come by to visit and let us know that the piece of fashion they took home from Jazzy Jems went someplace exciting, made someone else smile, or that just by coming by to say hello made them feel better that day,” Blanchard said.

While customer service has always been a priority at the store, it has become Jazzy Jems’ hallmark in the wake of the accident. “In our fastpace lifestyles these days it is hard to find a place to shop where people stop and ask about you and your needs and then will go the extra mile to work with you and make sure you’re happy with your purchase,” she said. “At Jazzy Jems we care and want every customer to feel welcome.”

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he Farah Law Firm has developed a unique specialty in real estate investment law. We assist both seasoned investors and those new to the market in developing a real estate investment strategy to capitalize off the amazing Texas real estate market.

What sets the Farah Law Firm apart is that we are real estate investors ourselves and have the real-life experience to diligently represent your unique investment goals.

We typically help clients from the beginning to end: from entity selection, contract drafting, title work, debt placement, and closings to the property management issues that will inevitably follow.

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Our office is located in Arlington, but our reach is statewide. We offer the technological advantage to assist our clients in the most economical and efficient manner, unlike the outdated traditional law firm.

Michael Farah, the firm’s founder, was born and raised in Arlington and owns a large portfolio of property of all types in Arlington and surrounding areas. This real-life experience allows him to relate to his clients’ needs in a way that most lawyers and real estate professionals only hypothesize about.

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Wade Funeral Home

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hen Mike and Amy Wade started Wade Funeral Home in 2003, calling the roll for staff meetings was a quick process: There were the Wades and a few part-time employees.

Fast forward to today, and even Mike is a bit in awe over how the business has expanded. “Through the years, we have quickly grown to a business with over 20 employees,” he said. “Our building has always been spacious and comfortable. However, with our growth, we are busting at the seams. The space is very well utilized. Plans are underway to add to the existing home.”

Mike said the company’s mission is to treat every family the way we all would want to be treated. “That sounds simplistic Wade Funeral Home but is a very well-thought-out and methodical process inter4140 W. Pioneer Pkwy. • (817) 274-9233 • wadefamilyfuneralhome.com jected with a lot of compassion,” he said. He and his nowexpansive staff realize that their customers deserve care and The Wades have been in the business since 1985, when they operated a patience. So that’s what they provide. funeral home in Hubbard, Texas. The Arlington operation employs seven li “The minute a family calls or walks in the front door, our staff are trained to censed funeral directors to take care of a much larger business. “All our funeral comfort and carefully guide them through the arrangements,” he said. “We directors have completed their required education for licensing in Texas and strive to care for families in a family-oriented business with respect for their regularly do continuing education as required by the state of Texas,” Wade loved one that has passed on, as well as respect for their time and wishes. said. “We are serious about holding all our employees to the highest standard.

Every effort is made to plan a funeral or memorial service within the families’ And they want to represent the Wade family well. We are a team – a family.” financial means.”

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Dixie’s Charms, Jewelry & More

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Harris Cook, L.L.P. 709 E. Abram St., Arlington • (817) 275-8765 309 E. Broad St., Mansfield • (817) 473-3332 harriscooklaw.com

Harris Cook, L.L.P.

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arris Cook, L.L.P, has a history that stretches over five decades and features a foundation built on public service and an impressive record of support for families.

After working with his father after graduating from Baylor Law School in 1971, Chris Harris created Chris Harris & Associates, P.C. David Cook joined him as a clerk while he was going through law school and then as a partner in 2004, when Harris Cook, L.L.P. was formed.

Both attorneys also have a rich background in public service, Harris as a former member of the Texas House of Representatives and Senate and Cook as the current mayor of Mansfield.

Harris led an extensive overhaul of the Texas Family Code in the mid-1990s. Cook, meanwhile, has become one of the more-sought-after family law attorneys in Tarrant County. He is board certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and specializes in cases that involve complex division of assets and contested child custody matters.

With the additions of Brody Shanklin and Kimberly Fitzpatrick, the firm expanded into a full-service law firm. Harris Cook, L.L.P. assists clients with a wide array of legal issues, including family law, entity formation, civil and commercial litigation, administrative law, personal injury, real estate and criminal law matters.

Shanklin left the firm last month to become the State District Judge of the 211th Judicial District Court in Denton County.

ixie’s has been an Arlington institution since 1981, when Dixie and Roy Hargrove opened the company as a wholesaler of fashion jewelry. Roy had recently retired from General Motors, and the business was initiated primarily as a means to travel, as the Hargroves toured the country in their RV selling jewelry.

Today, their daughter, Kandy King, and son, Glenn Hargrove, co-own the company, which now has a retail focus and a permanent address in Gracie Lane. As for Dixie and Roy, King said, “Our parents are now enjoying their much deserved second retirement!”

Dixie’s is best known for its huge selection of sterling silver charms and jewelry. King said the staff delights in helping guests find the right charm for any occasion. “We also attach the charm to bracelet, necklace, earrings, or keychains while you wait,” she said. “In addition, we also have unique gift items, Tyler Candle Products, and Yellow Box shoes. We are also adding lots of fun new things for the garden and patio.

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King said Dixie’s staff takes pride in its customer service: “We want everyone to have a pleasant experience while visiting our shop.

There are many families who have been with us for three generations. We love getting to know our customers!”

Medford Remodeling

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he Medford Remodeling portfolio is fairly simple to explain: If you need something in your home designed, remodeled or installed, Medford can do it.

That noted, owner Mike Medford said the design arm of the company has really been flexing muscles of late. “I think this is mainly due to the experience of our Interior Designer, Stephanie Milford, and the drafting skills of my son, Cody,” Medford said. “Cody creates wonderful floor plans and renderings that give our clients a peek at what their project will look like when completed. In addition to helping our clients select colors and textures for their remodeling projects, Stephanie helps our clients with furniture purchasing and staging, window coverings, wall coverings, rugs and other home furnishings.”

Add to that mix the work of another son, Michael, who oversees the labor and production of the projects, and Marketing Manager Ali Doskocil, and you get what Medford called “quite a bit of attention from all over.”

For example, The company recently finished

Medford Remodeling 1281 W. Green Oaks Blvd. • (817) 446-0368 remodelmm.com a kitchen design for a project in a high rise condominium in India.

“The growth in the design side of our business truly makes us a one-stop shop that offers our clients a seamless experience for their remodeling projects,” Medford said.

Business Beat

Derrick Kinney & Associates

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errick Kinney has been helping clients reach their financial goals for the past 20 years, so his job description contains its share of terms related to fiscal prudence.

But that’s not how he describes what he does for a living. “I’m in the business of life,” he said.

That’s why he got into the financial business in the first place, launching his practice in Derrick Kinney & Associates /Ameriprise Financial 1995. “I didn’t see a professional that was truly 700 Highlander Blvd. • (817) 419-6001 • derrickkinney.com helping prepare people for retirement – what it was like, how to save for it and how to invest for it,” he said. “Money is like a game. You need to know the rules to win.” said he is not surprised: “We have a great team that serves our clients Kinney’s rules always include an extensive amount of interaction with the and is passionate for delivering a great experience.” people he serves. “I enjoy visiting with clients in my office, asking them the As a result of that commitment, the firm has been recognized by Texcritical questions to find out what’s important to them financially,” he said. as Monthly magazine as a 5-star “Best in Client Satisfaction” for three “Their hopes, their goals, their dreams, and pulling out of them what they years running. Additionally, Kinney is interviewed regularly on FOX want to achieve in life. It’s like a blank canvas that we get to paint together.

News, FOX Business and CNBC. He has been interviewed nationally We’re creating the ideal picture for their lives and their retirement.”

by PBS, Money magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Newsweek, Kinney said helping people financially prepare for the future is his comSmart Money, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Entrepreneur Magazine, pany’s primary concern. “I meet with so many people that have worked among others. hard at their jobs, providing for their families, raising their kids, building Kinney’s designations include Certified Financial Consultant (ChFC), their businesses. But when it comes to retirement, they are not prepared Certified Long-Term Care (CLTC) and Chartered Advisor for Senior Livfor the financial and emotional challenges they face. You only get one ing (CASL). retirement. We help you make it the one you’ve always wanted.”

While Kinney’s business success is noteworthy, it is part of a bigger port Kinney said he and his team share a passion for helping people reach folio, as it were. In addition to what he does at the office, what he does their financial goals, something that is integral to the practice’s success. outside of it is also very important to him. “I believe today’s business sucHe said he loves taking complex financial topics and making them easy cess is defined by how well you invest back in your local community,” he to understand so people can do better financially. “I walk alongside my said. “Our clients like that while we are helping them retire, they are part of clients helping with their life transitions,” he said. making a lasting impact on the students and teachers in our community.”

For every client, Derrick Kinney & Associates has a standard list of To that end, Derrick Kinney & Associates partners with many Arlington three questions that need to be answered to help the practice craft a elementary, junior high and high schools. “I, myself, am a product of the financial plan that meets each individual’s needs: AISD, having moved to Arlington in the sixth grade,” he said. “I attend • How much money do I need to enjoy the retirement I’ve always wanted? ed Amos Elementary, Hutcheson Junior High and graduated from Sam • How do I invest my money so it generates enough income to live on?

Houston High School.”

• How do I protect my money if the stock market drops?

Kinney said he hopes the collective contributions professionally and While a majority of the clients who visit his Arlington and Richardson civically leave this legacy: “That my clients say to my children that your faoffices are five to 10 years from retirement or already retired, Kinney said ther had an incredible impact on us and our ability to enjoy our retirement he has seen a recent influx of younger clients who want to get a headand leave a legacy for our family.” start on their planning.

One client, in particular, virtually did that already, even if not in so Almost all of those with whom he consults leave better prepared for the many words. “As a couple left my office recently,” Kinney said, “one future. In fact, Derrick Kinney & Associates received a 99-percent client tugged my arm and whispered in my ear, ‘We love you. Thank you for satisfaction score from the hundreds of people it served in 2014. Kinney all you do for us.’”

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March Business Focus: Spas & Salons

The Aesthetic Laser Studio

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Great Skin Spa • Skincare 3851 S.W. Green Oaks Blvd. • (817) 478-2114 greatskin4you.com

Great Skin Spa • Skincare

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n the August issue of Arlington Today, Great Skin Spa • Skincare was named to the Arlington Area All Star Readers’ Choice Team for providing the best skin care in the region. For company owner Brenda Cureton-Smith, the honor was a testament to the mission she envisioned when she started the business three years ago.

“Great Skin was developed on a concept based on offering high-quality services and products in a relaxing, friendly environment, accompanied by excellent customer service, very knowledgeable staff and service providers, with a pricing model that makes it affordable to incorporate the benefits of regular, professional spa treatments into a monthly budget,” Cureton-Smith said.

The company’s services include facials for the entire family, anti-aging facials and treatments such as oxygen, microdermabrasion, LED treatments, Rhonda Allison Chemical Peels, dark (hyperpigmentation) and age spot treatments, acne treatments, waxing, slimming body wraps, teeth whitening, makeovers, foot detox and massages.

Additionally, there is fat cavitation, a non-surgical fat cell removal that results in a slimmer, contoured body. “And,” added Cureton-Smith, “Great Skin offers a facial club to make it affordable to have monthly treatments to get your skin and body in tip-top shape. All of our facials are customized to each client’s specific needs.”

Cureton-Smith said Great Skin also has “prom princess and king packages” to give prom goers clearer skin, whiter teeth and makeovers to bring out their best features without being overdone.

he Aesthetic Laser Studio is a new addition to the 20-year OB/GYN practice of Dr. Kimberly Udell. The studio opened in January of this year. “Dr. Udell listened as her patients were concerned about stretch marks after giving birth,” said Carrie Ann Shields, laser skin specialist at the practice. “The caring doctor that she is, she came up with a solution to meet her patients’ needs: The Palomar ICON IPL Aesthetic System.”

This system can erase stretch marks or any type of scars, and permanently remove unwanted hair. “The most exciting treatments are for photo facials, which remove dark spots due to sun damage and remove spider veins, and for photo rejuvenation, which removes wrinkles and increases firmness of skin,” Shield said, adding that all of these services are available for women and men.

“Our primary clients are any person who has skin,” Shields said. “Everybody has a blemish of some sort, big or small, that they would like corrected.”

Shields said the laser studio is special for

The Aesthetic Laser Studio 3602 Matlock Road, Suite 206 • (817) 538-4256 DocUdellsLaser.com several reasons. One is the location in a practicing doctor’s office, which affords clients a high level of privacy. “Also,” she said, “I have 20 years experience as a licensed cosmetologist and three years as a surgical assistant.

With this combined background, I am the obvious choice for your laser skin care needs.”

Shields offers as evidence the story of a patient who came in for a photo facial on her face, neck, and chest on a Thursday night. “Because the treatments are so effective,” Shields said, “her spider veins were already completely erased that night.”

Arlington Surgical MedSpa

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rlington MedSpa is a new branch of Arlington Surgical Association. The MedSpa began offering services at the end of 2014, but the practice has been around for over 40 years, providing personalized care to its patients.

Drs. Kory Jones, Augustus Lyons, H. Paul Stiefel, Ben L. Bowers and David Dyslin head the practice, which offers CoolSculpting®, the only FDA-cleared, non-surgical fat reduction treatment that uses controlled cooling to eliminate stubborn fat that resists all efforts through diet and exercise. The results are proven, noticeable, and lasting, so you’ll look great from every angle.

Freeze away fat? It comes down to science. Knowing that fat cells freeze at higher temperatures than surrounding tissues, The CoolSculpting technology safely delivers precisely controlled cooling to gently and effectively target the fat cells underneath the skin.

The treated fat cells are crystallized (frozen), then die. Over time, your body naturally processes the fat and eliminates these dead

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Arlington Surgical MedSpa 801 W. I-20, Suite 224 • (214) 794-5597 coolsculptingarlingtonsurgical.com fat cells, leaving a more sculpted you.

Arlington MedSpa treats the abdomen, sides, and inner and outer thighs. Once a patient contacts Arlington MedSpa to set up a consultation, the team develops a treatment plan based on the patient’s goals. With over one million CoolSculpting procedures performed, it is safe, proven and effective.

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zensalon 2102 Roosevelt, Suite F • (817) 966-9578 zensalon.net

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ensalon’s January move to 2102 Roosevelt represented, as co-owner Shryl Kidd Wimpy put it, the start of a “new year, new adventure and new memories.” It also marked a new chapter in a unique business story she and co-owner Courtney LaQuey began scripting nearly a decade ago.

The zensalon business model isn’t defnined by convention. In fact, the hair styling experience there is like no other, and Wimpy and LaQuey rely on customers saying just that to friends.

“Since we build our clientele by word of mouth only, you must be referred by an existing client to have access to our talents,” Wimpy said. “That element gives both the client and the stylist a sense of comfort from the beginning. I appreciate knowing that you have seen our work and know our capabilities. The client comes with a benchmark of expectation that they, too, will leave looking as great as their friend.” zensalon uses eco-friendly Davines products and focuses on color, cuts and styling. “Our target market is females who have a fashion sense and know that hair is important to the overall scheme of looking great,” she said. “A person has a better chance of being fashionable with great hair and less fashionable clothing rather than the other way around. Our clients are professional women or have a high profile in the charitable workings of the community.”

Another unique feature: zensalon books clients a year in advance. “We find out what day and time is best for the client and are very successful making this happen for her,” Wimpy said. “The pricing for those who book in advance is less than it is for those who do not choose this service.”

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Classic Cars

Dr. Bob Woods is working on a unique project, fabricating the 1966 Ford GT40, which was a four-time winner at LeMans.

A work in progress Dr. Bob Woods is building a special car: the1966 Ford GT40 • By Richard Greene

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very year UT Arlington’s Distinguished Teaching Professor in mechanical engineering presides over his students’ construction of a Formula SAE racecar. Over the years students working on their engineering degrees have built 31 of them.

Meanwhile, over in his garage at his home, the prof is building a racecar of his own. Only it’s not like the SAE. It is an amazing fabricat-

ed replica of Ford’s 1966 GT40 that won the world’s most prestigious endurance race, 24 Hours of Le Mans – four years in a row.

That achievement by the Ford racing team accomplished the company’s long-sought goal – to beat the Ferraris that had long dominated the big race.

Dr. Bob Woods has been inspiring engineering students for 41 years and, as a result

While his job has Dr. Bob Woods working with UTA engineering students to create Formula SAE racecars (left), his own pride and joy auto project is the 1966 Ford GT40, which won the 24 Hours at LeMans race four years in a row. The car boasts some of the keenest technology known, from the wheels (opposite page) to the engine and ultra-sophisticated equipment used to maneuver the vehicle at fast speeds.

of his dedication and commitment to excellence, has been recognized with just about every award in his field. One of the most recent is from the Society of Automotive Engineers International, which presented Dr. Woods its coveted Excellence in Engineering Education Award.

The “Triple E” Award recognizes outstanding contributions made by an individual toward engineering education.

His personal passion is the GT40, of which he said, “I’ve been obsessed since the first time I saw one in person.”

Bob cites his relationship with the late Carroll Smith, who was the design engineer

on the ’66 GT, for his motivation: “He was my best buddy, and I owed it to him to build this replica.”

The GT stands for Grand Touring, and the 40 represents the car’s overall height of 40 inches – getting in and out requires some dexterity and is especially challenging to really big guys.

BOB’S DESCRIPTION of his approach to building the replica of the famous racecar comes across just as you would expect from one of the most accomplished mechanical engineers anywhere. “I have several interests in building a car,” he said. “First, I want the

small block Ford engine with performance upgrades, the 8-stack throttle bodies, and the ‘bundle of snakes’ exhaust system that pairs cylinders from both sides of the engine to create a 180 degree pulse in two collectors.

“Thus there are two 4-into-1 collectors that take pipes from both sides of the engine according to the firing order. This produces the most wonderful exhaust note. I plan to use the D&D ‘Bobcat’ motorcycle mufflers – that I actually designed and are named after me.

That muffler increases power and makes a good sound on big bore Harleys, and I think it will work here.”

For those of us less deeply immersed in

The 1966 Ford GT40 on which Dr. Bob Woods is working is an engineering marvel, with its sleek, low-to-the-ground design. Plus it features a small block Ford engine with performance upgrades, such as the 8-stack throttle bodies and a “bundle of snakes” exhaust system that pairs cylinders from both sides of the engine to create a 180-degree pulse in two collectors. That’s engineering-speak for “it goes really fast.”

A model of the 1966 Ford GT40 that depicts what Dr. Woods’ car ultimately will look like.

the culture of world-class racecars, the joy of just realizing the rich history of the GT40, its amazing beauty and its incredible performance on the world stage may be quite enough.

The interior of the car is also special – sort of a mix between minimalists dials and switches of racecars across the spectrum of the sport and a very sophisticated arrangement of all the controls surrounded by a rich leather finish.

The car is so low that the driver and passenger actually sit on the floor. Getting in and out is aided by the cutouts in the roof. You have to step over the gas tanks located in the side sills.

It’s all a little daunting when you try it for the first time, but once behind the wheel you realize you’ve just encountered a singular experience.

BOB’S PLAN for the exterior finish will reveal its traditional appearance with a little of his own signature. “I will paint the car in a more metallic version of Guardsman Blue – a period-correct color,” he said. “I probably will not put the traditional twin stripes down the middle, but I will have the Ford GT40 logo along the bottom.”

He works on the car, time permitting, but that’s not a lot considering his devotion to mentoring promising young engineers in UTA’s Formula SAE laboratory/garage and teaching the three courses he tackles every semester. Most days he doesn’t get home until 7 or 8 p.m.

So, it will be a while before the car is finished. In the meantime when asked about the cost of his project, his response reveals his passion: “I tell them that I am just buying an old Ford. It is not what it costs, but what it is worth. It is worth it for me to have the car of my dreams, get to engineer and select all of the technical details of the car, get to build it myself, and then drive it … priceless.

“I honestly don’t know which part of this journey I will enjoy more, but I suspect it will be the driving.”

Indeed. How could it be anything else?

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Play ball!

Miracle League to start 10th season in Arlington on March 28 Ten years ago this spring, on April 19, 2006, Doug Inman’s dream of getting children involved in the Miracle League organization playing baseball on their very own fields across DFW came into fruition. The city of Arlington donated land within Randol Mill Park for the field, one of the very first custom-designed, synthetic-turf baseball fields in Texas for children with physical and mental disabilities, and on that morning, over 180 kids lined up to play their first game.

“Our support for this field is an extension of the devotion to growing baseball and to these children who will know the joy of playing the game in safety,” said Jim Sundberg, former Senior Executive Vice President of the Texas Rangers.

In addition, Mayor Robert Cluck of Arlington welcomed the kids to their brand new field by stating, “Arlington loves baseball, and we believe that it is important that every child, regardless of his or her physical challenges, should have the opportunity to play this great sport.”

As an organization, Miracle League continues a decade later to passionately pursue this very mission. On March 28, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Miracle League will hold their 10th Anniversary Opening Day Ceremonies and First Pitch, and we excitedly invite you to join us in the celebration of 10 years of over 400 special needs children being given the opportunity to live their dreams. Food will be provided by Max’s Wine Dive Fort Worth and drinks by Raising Cane’s North Arlington.

For more information please contact Briana Sundberg Rishel by email: bri@miracleleaguedfw.org or by phone (972) 514-9985.

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The Academy of Country Music’s Tiffany Moon talks about the upcoming music awards show in Arlington

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he Academy of Country Music (ACM) will celebrate its golden anniversary with its annual awards show in Arlington’s AT&T Stadium on April 19. This month, ACM Executive Vice President and Managing Director Tiffany Moon talks about the celebration – and some of what it will entail.

ARLINGTON TODAY: A 50th anniversary of any type is special. Can you tell us how the decision to have the Academy of Country Music’s golden anniversary in Arlington came to be?

TIFFANY MOON: The vision had actually started years before, when Academy of Country Music CEO Bob Romeo had the notion to take the show to Texas to the massive AT&T Stadium – home of the Dallas Cowboys. Romeo said, “Jerry Jones invited us to come open the stadium in 2009, but it wasn’t going to be ready by our show date.

But the idea never left me. I knew there was something special there.

We’ve always tried to reach out to fans and engage them, and what better way than to invite them to join us in Arlington at Cowboys Stadium for the largest awards show ever staged!?”

AT: Just how many people will be in attendance?

TM: We are projecting 65,000-plus – well over the 12,000 capacity at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where we have held the show in previous years. We expect to set a Guinness World Record that night for the most-attended live awards telecast in history.

AT: What are the various local activities tied to the awards show?

TM: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will host a fundraising gala on April 17. The ACM Lifting Lives “One Night, Two Cities, All Music” gala presented by Mattress Firm will consist of two shows taking place simultaneously at the Omni Dallas Hotel and the Fort Worth Zoo. The Omni Dallas Hotel gala will feature headliner Lady Antebellum, and a special performance by Hunter Hayes. The Fort Worth Zoo will feature headliner Keith Urban, and a special performance by Little Big Town.

AT: An event of this magnitude suggests country music has never been more popular. If so, what are some of the reasons?

TM: Bob Romeo put it well when he said, “Music has always been a sign of the times, and the talented artists who have graced the ACM Awards stage over the past 50 years have been living examples of where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we are headed as both a genre and a nation. Country music’s power is as strong today as it was back in 1964 when the Academy was founded. And that power is now able to reach fans in ways we could have never imagined.”

AT: How has the Academy worked with city and regional officials to coordinate everything that will go on during the week of the show?

TM: We have been working with Mayor Robert Cluck very closely, as well as city officials from Arlington, Dallas and Fort Worth.

AT: Who will be hosting/performing/presenting during this year’s event?

AT: We heard tickets for the event were sold in record time. Is the show officially a sellout, or is there any way for locals to be part of the festivities?

TM: The show sold-out in 18 minutes last year, but now that we are finalizing staging, we will be releasing ticket holds. These tickets are some of the best seats in the house, since they are literally where the stage was nearly placed. We suggest signing up here for ACM A-list for the latest news and announcement coming in the next two weeks: acmcountry. com/email-updates.

Tiffany Moon

TM: Our hosts this year will be Blake Shelton (returning for his fifth year as co-host) and Luke Bryan (returning for his third year as co-host). Performers will be announced over the next couple of months.

AT: What advice should we give to local businesses to prepare for the onslaught of new customers?

TM: Country music spans all ages and demographics. Get ready for the greatest fans traveling from all over the country to attend the ACM Awards and all of the affiliated events across town!

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A real Cinderella How Caroline Quinn raised a record $224,624.46 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington • By Michele Duskin

hen Caroline Quinn sets her mind to something, she means business. The 18-year-old Oakridge School senior made history last April after raising an unprecedented amount of donations to capture the coveted title of Miss Cinderella. Nobody in the history of the ball had ever reached the $200,000 mark, so Quinn set that as her personal goal. Her achievement was a record-breaking $224,624.46.

But shattering the individual fundraising record in Arlington’s oldest charitable social event wasn’t the most important thing to Quinn.

“Collectively, all 19 candidates raised a total of $823,159.82 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington, and that means more to me than the individual accomplishment,” she said.

The Cinderella Ball started over 50 years ago and is run by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington. Its sole purpose is to raise money for the clubs, which provide after-school programs to Arlington kids. These programs offer youth activities that help kids succeed in school, encourage a healthy lifestyle, appreciate fine arts, explore career options, all the while creating an environment that fosters integrity and honesty.

“When you understand what the money is going for, it makes the whole experience much more valuable,” said Quinn, who spent hours volunteering for the Boys & Girls Clubs before finally deciding to apply to become a candidate. After being selected, Quinn, along with her fellow 18 candidates, had seven weeks to campaign. This included writing and sending letters, making phone calls, public speaking, attending social events and volunteering at the clubs.

“The part of my campaign that I am most proud of is the promotional video I made,” she said. “The video was encoded on my letter, and I also posted the link to my video on social media. This was an exciting part of my campaign not only because it had never been done before, but because it also allowed me to use my passion for film to my advantage in helping me raise funds toward the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington.”

Quinn resides in Arlington with her parents, Billy and Stacey; sister Grace, 14; and brother Jack, 13. ”We are so proud of how hard she worked and how committed she became, not only to her fundraising goal, but to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington,” said her mother.

As she winds down her reign, Quinn has dedicated much of her time mentoring to the 20 members of the 2015 Cinderella Court, who collectively represent Arlington High, Martin High, Lamar High, Sam Houston High, The Oakridge School and Pantego Christian Academy.

This year’s Ball will be held on Saturday, April 4, at the Arlington Convention Center.

Quinn plans to attend Southern Methodist University and receive a double major in business and film, and would like to someday direct and produce film. “I am extremely grateful for all the generous people who supported me and my campaign,” said Quinn. “I could not have done it without them.”

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Diane Bunker, interim head of school at PCA, said the Christian school, which serves elementary, junior high and high school students, provides a strong liberal arts program infused with technology, project-based learning and problem-based learning.

“These research-based methodologies help our students develop the 21st century skills of critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration and communication, creativity, and self-directed learning that are critical to their success in college and career,” she said.

When asked what makes PCA special, Bunker replied, “I would have to say it is our atmosphere of true community, the rigor of

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St. Maria Goretti Catholic School • (817) 275-5081

The mission at St. Maria Goretti, which serves children in pre-K through eighth grade, is to educate children, encompassing their spiritual, academic, emotional, physical and social development.

“SMG is educating students to be the next leaders – of their community, of their future employment or businesses and of this country,” said Christy Brady, development coordinator. “Although academics is what sets our school apart, it’s not the only focus – social and moral responsibility, building character, confidence and celebrating diversity all make St. Maria Goretti Catholic School the best, whole child educational choice for your children.”

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The Oakridge School, founded in 1979, is co-educational and college preparatory, enrolling students age 3 through grade 12. It serves bright, college-bound students from 37 cities and 10 countries.

The school’s 850 students are immersed in a challenging educational program that emphasizes their total development.

Through the 1:1 ‘Learn 21’ program, Oakridge supplies fourth- through 12th-grade students with powerful technology resources to create an engaging, student-centered learning experience.

The primary goal of Learn 21 is to provide students and teachers the tools for an innovative classroom environment where all students can connect, communicate, collaborate, and create.

The Class of 2014 earned $8.9 million in merit-based scholarships to colleges and universities from coast to coast. The Oakridge School is a place to learn, grow and achieve ... Be Heard. At Oakridge you matter.

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our academics taught with a biblical worldview, the relationships developed among our teachers, students and families, and the culture that has been developed that empowers our students to develop their gifts and talents. We are not just trying to get our students graduated. We are seriously committed to developing the whole child and giving them the best opportunities to succeed in life.”

In August 2013, ILTexas, a public charter school, opened its doors to 2,500 students, grades K-10 across five campuses in two cities, Arlington and Garland. Since then, ILTexas has grown to eight campuses in three cities with total enrollment at 4,600 students between Arlington, Garland, and Keller.

Katie Sauce, primary designated school official, said the mission of ILTexas is to prepare students for exceptional leadership roles in the international community by emphasizing servant leadership, mastering the English, Spanish, and Chinese languages, and strengthening the mind, body and character.

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Phillip Ipcock: an education success story PHILLIP IPOCK joined International Leadership of Texas in the fall of 2014 to start the sixth grade. He was always passionate about languages, and though English and Spanish were spoken at home, he was not fully bilingual when he started the school.

As a bilingual parent, his mother always taught him the importance of learning other languages, but Phillip Ipcock he only started taking her advice to heart after he came to ILTexas.

Being in a school that offers intense Spanish every day of the week has put Phillip far ahead of where he began. His improvement was so impressive, that he was selected to participate in the Road for College program in which he attends Spanish IV, a college level class that

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His teacher, Professor Jaime Nisttahuz, has taught Phillip not just a language, but also a whole new culture. Phillip has also been learning Mandarin Chinese, and last year he and a handful of students from ILTexas Arlington successfully participated in “Chinese Bridge,” a Chinese proficiency competition at UT Dallas. With the help of his teacher, Phillip prepared a brief speech and competed, showing his knowledge of the Chinese culture. Phillip plans to take advantage of the opportunity ILTexas offers to its high school students to travel to China for a month during the summer.

Phillip skipped the seventh grade and recently received a special recognition for being a Straight A Honor Roll student as part of the “A” Elite group of eighth graders. He has been the winner of the school’s Spelling Bee two years in a row, and recently told his mother his long-term goal of graduating from high school with a two-year college degree along with his diploma.

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Art on the Greene A celebration of art like no other comes to Arlington this month • By Michele Duskin

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The Art on the Greene art festival, of course! Now in its fourth year, Art on the Greene will be held March 20-22 at Richard Greene Linear Park, and planners are anticipating another stellar event.

Art on the Greene is the brainchild of local portrait artist Steve Moya. It is a three-day outdoor art festival showcasing some of the highest quality work of artisans from all over the country. The categories include ceramics, drawing, fiber, mixed media, painting, sculpture, glass, jewelry, metal, wood and photography.

Deciding which artists will participate is a tedious process.

Moya filtered through more than 200 entries to decide on the final 80 artists who would be invited to participate.

Richard Greene Linear Park, named after former Arlington Mayor Richard Greene, provides the ideal setting for the artists to set up their tents. “I lay out the event so that everyone can experience all that the park has to offer,” said Moya.

The festival’s ambiance is enhanced by the five Caelum Moor sculptures that are situated throughout the park, as well as beautiful views of the Mark Holtz Pond and the Morna Linn waterfall sculpture. Being situated between two of the world’s most extraordinary sports venues, Globe Life Park and AT&T Stadium, is icing on the cake.

Adding to the fun of the event is live music, food, wine, beer and soft drinks. Families can bring blankets and folding chairs to spread out on the lawn, listen to the music and enjoy the whole experience. “There’s nothing else of this quality and variety to be found at any other event of its kind,” said Greene.

The 2012 inaugural event was a huge success, attracting more than 20,000 people. Weather permitting, Moya is anticipating a record 30,000-plus to attend the festival this year, which will be held, rain or shine. As the event continues to grow, Moya hopes the festival could eventually attract more than 100,000 attendees. “I envision this event elevating Arlington to the next level in the art festival world,” he said. Moya’s goals are that the local affair will be a nationally ranked festival among artists by its 10th year.

Art on the Greene isn’t just for avid art lovers, according to Greene. “I encourage everyone to come out and take a look.

The experience will exceed your expectations,” he said. “You will enjoy the relaxed pace of the day, the entertainment, the food, and most of all, the unique works of art from the hands of some very talented people.”

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Art on the Greene isn’t just a showcase for talented artists from around the country. It’s an “experience” that features entertainment, food, wine, beer and soft drinks. For the art lovers, though, there is plenty to enjoy, including works in ceramics, drawings, fiber, mixed media, painting, sculpture, glass, jewelry, metal, wood and photography.

Event organizer Steve Moya predicts a record crowd of 30,000plus will attend the 2015 Art on the Greene. As the event continues to grow, Moya hopes the festival could eventually attract more than 100,000 attendees. “I envision this event elevating Arlington to the next level in the art festival world,� he said. Moya’s goals are that the local affair will be a nationally ranked festival among artists by its 10th year.

Tennis tip The best way to get better is to learn, practice and compete – and don’t worry about being perfect.

Heed this proverb: Excelling doesn’t mean perfect • By Ernie Abraham

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suspect almost all of you have been told the cliché, “Practice makes perfect.” I think the more correct statement should be, “Practice makes better.”

I know there are several perfectionists out and about, and disappointment can come quickly with lack of success at perfecting what you are doing. In sports, that feeling can result in a step back in performance – certainly in the sport of tennis.

I often have players on the court that work hard to better their tennis game and do it well by a steady process of lessons, practicing what they’ve learned and getting involved in some type of competitive environment at their level.

But in too many cases, I also have players that get very frustrated when they can’t in their mind “be perfect” on a shot, on a series of shots or on a result.

I’m a strong proponent of developing muscle memory in practice and letting that propel you in your performance. I notice the common definition of the word “perfect” that sticks out in most dictionary sources is … a) being without fault or defect. When this is placed in the mind of a player at any age – or in the mind of a parent – getting

results can be frustrating. Just remember: You are not going to be perfect at your game. You can give 100 percent, strive to be the best, have an excellent game and win all that you can, yes. Just realize none of that will occur on a perfect path.

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Formal gardens are SO last millennium Today’s sophisticated homeowners are going for a simpler look in their landscapes • By Sue Stevens Durbec

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ven 10 years ago, people were interested in traditional gardens, said Michael Kinler of Redenta’s Garden, an upscale garden center at 5111 W. Arkansas Lane. “Now,” he said, “they are more open-minded.”

When Kinler’s parents opened Redenta’s in 1991, English cottage gardens were in vogue. But today, instead of cottage gardens with many kinds of colorful plants in large, curved beds, the trend is simpler, often with a single type of plant.

Landscape planners are more open to straight lines, in lieu of the tradition curves. Landscaping is viewed as an extension of the house, and attention is paid to hardscaping like walls, patios, decks and paths as a design element, as well as functionality.

“I have never heard a homeowner say they regret making their patio too large,” said Kinler, who grew up in the garden business and has a landscape architecture degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Choosing plants can be quite challenging, he said. We do not have prolonged freezes, but many plants cannot handle cold even for a short period. And despite the current record-breaking drought, there are times when we experience a few weeks of frequent heavy rain.

“The key,” Kinler said, “is to find the right plants, those that adapt to different conditions.”

Salvia greggii, commonly known as Autumn Sage, is at the top of his go-to list. The normally red-flowered species also has white and pink varieties, as well as some with a wide range of colors, including yellow, orange, salmon, fuchsia, purple, red-violet and burgundy. A magnet for hummingbirds, salvia has a long blooming season.

Native grasses, like those at the George Bush Library is Dallas, are also gaining popularity, in keeping with the trend toward informality.

“Native grasses can create a microcosm of a prairie,” Kinler said.

Climate change and water shortages are forcing homeowners to rethink landscape choices. “I like that,” Kinler said. “I’ve never been super-comfortable with the philosophy of unlimited resources. We need to be respectful in our use of resources.”

His concerns are echoed by Diane M. Blazek, executive director of the National Garden Bureau. Writing about home gardening trends in 2015, she said consumers are using more drought-tolerant plants that need less water, as well as disease-resistant plants that need less maintenance and products to combat diseases.

Better educated consumers are another trend, said Tom McLaughlin, assistant manager of Calloway’s Nursery in North Arlington. They do research online and come in asking for specific varieties.

Native grasses can add a distinctive look to a landscape, plus they conserve water.

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The American Heritage Dictionary describes an Expo (short for Exposition) as “A public exhibition or show, as of artistic or industrial developments.” There’s a lot more to the Expo than inviting a couple of reps in to help you sell merchandise. It is truly an experience not to be missed.

The Expo began as an experiment the first weekend in December 2011 at the Grapevine Convention Center. We very quickly found out the facility was far too small for the crowd we had attracted. I met with the Arlington Convention Center that January and almost immediately closed the deal for 2012. The people, the price and, obviously, the location made it an easy choice. Each year we have listened to our attendees and improved the overall Expo experience by leaps and bounds. We moved the date to pre-Black Friday in order to offer incredible savings on every piece of photo gear on display.

It’s like one-stop shopping with a complete photo education included!

The Expo is for anyone who enjoys photography. Seminars and workshops are geared toward the advanced amateur or anyone who wants to improve their photography. Attendees will be treated to their choice of dozens of seminars and workshops, the largest trade show of its kind, including hands-on demonstrations, factory trained representatives from all the major manufacturers and distributors, and the best prices anywhere, anytime.

The Expo has made Arlington Camera a household name throughout the DFW Metroplex and beyond. Our customer base has more than tripled since we began doing the Expo.

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Photographing flowers Controlling the light is the key to success • By Barry Baker

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lower photography can provide many hours of enjoyment with your camera, and is a favorite endeavor of many photographers, both pro and amateurs alike.

Finding flowers isn’t very difficult, even if you don’t have your own garden. Plant nurseries have many types of flowers, as do many public parks. Controlling the light with which you photograph your flowers can be more challenging.

When photographing flowers, it is critical to use soft diffused light; this improves the color and texture of the flowers petals.

An overcast day is ideal.

Of course, the weather and the sun don’t always cooperate and may offer up harsh, contrasty light at the time you want to photograph.

You can take control of the situation by using a collapsible diffuser panel. This is a white translucent fabric stretched onto a wire frame to hold it rigid. This fabric comes in sizes from 12 inches across to several feet long. When held up between the subject and the sun the screen creates a softer light, which will improve your flowers’ colors.

Umbrellas can also be used for this purpose – both all white and umbrellas with alternating white and color panels will work. I have found that blue and white and red and white umbrellas work well.

If your umbrella has alternating red and white panels you will see a warming effect on the color of the light. If it has blue and white panels, it will have a cooling effect on the light.

A tip here: with bluebonnets, a golf umbrella with blue and white panels gives a pleasing effect. If you use a red and white one, the bluebonnets will start to shift to a reddish purple tone. With red or warm color flowers, the red and white panels may offer you

a more pleasing warm, yet still diffused, light to work with.

A polarizing filter is also very useful, as it removes the glare from the flower’s surface, which improves color saturation, and improves detail, as well.

Wind can also be a problem, especially if you are using a small aperture for greater Photo: Barry Baker

depth of field (focus depth). To counter this, use a higher ISO number such as 400 or 800.

This will allow a faster shutter speed to cancel the motion of the flower caused by wind.

Don’t forget the tripod – that thing with three legs that you have but don’t want to carry around? Well, carry it around; it will help you set up and control your composition more than any other tool you can bring! A camera on a tripod is much easier to control, and you can step back and more carefully consider composition.

Finally, there’s the lens. Almost any lens can be used for flower photography. To get a close, tight shot, a macro lens is needed. These commonly come in focal lengths ranging from 90mm up to 300mm and allow you to record the subject at magnifications from 1/4th life size up to 1/1, or life size. When used together these tools should help you improve and enjoy your flower photography.

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Carolyn Pope and Dr. Kathi Perry at the Women’s Alliance meeting Photos courtesy of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

Isabella Gordon bears an ash cross as part of the Ash Wednesday service at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.

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THEATER: CATS presents Tomie dePaola’s “Strega Nona” When: March 1 Where: Creative Arts Theatre and School (602 E. South St.) Show times: 7:30 p.m. on Friday; 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday; 2:30 p.m. on Sunday Notes: From the opening song, this delightful musical wonderfully captures the spirit of the small Italian town where Strega Nona works to cure the townspeople’s ailments.

For more: creativearts.org THEATER: Disney’s “The Little Mermaid JR.” When: March 1, 6-8, 17-18 Where: Theatre Arlington (305 W. Main St.) Show time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday; 2 p.m. on Sunday Notes: Journey “under the sea” with Ariel and her aquatic friends. In a magical underwater kingdom, the beautiful young mermaid longs to leave her ocean home – and her fins – behind and live in the world above. The March 17-18 performances will be at UTA’s Texas Hall.

For more: theatrearlington.org MUSIC: Alan Jackson When: March 6 Where: Verizon Theatre (1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie) Show time: 7 p.m.

PENTATONIX, THE INTERNATIONALLY renowned – and recent Grammy award-winning – a cappella group from Arlington, will bring its “On My Way Home” tour literally home, with a March 29 performance at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie. Show time is 8 p.m.

Last month, the group won its first Grammy, in the Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella category, for its medley ”Daft Punk.” Meanwhile, sales of the holiday CD “That’s Christmas to Me” made Pentatonix one of only three worldwide acts to sell more than a million copies of one album during 2014. Pentatonix is composed of Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado, Kevin Olusola and Avi Kaplan. For more: verizontheatre.com.

Notes: Jackson, the country legend, has sold more than 60 million records and recorded more than 20 Top 10 singles, making him one of the more prolific singer-songwriters in history.

For more: verizontheatre.com MUSIC: John Dosher When: March 6 Where: Farr Best Theatre (109 N Main St., Mansfield) Show time: 8 p.m.

Notes: Billed as a new romantic balladeer, Dosher is a Louisiana native and Arlington resident who has played in several bands and now leads a “rocking” church choir in his hometown.

For more: farrbest.com COMEDY: Kevin James When: March 7 Where: Verizon Theatre (1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie) Show time: 8 p.m.

Notes: The star of television (“The King of Queens”) and movies (“Paul Blart: Mall Cop”), James started as a standup comic. This show is part of his current tour: Kevin James Live in Concert.

For more: verizontheatre.com MUSIC: Gene Watson When: March 13 Where: Arlington Music Hall (224 N. Center St.)

Show time: 7:30 p.m.

Notes: Watson has been a country music staple for five decades with notable hits such as “Fourteen Carat Mind” and “Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget.”

For more: arlingtonmusichall.com MUSIC: Santana When: March 18 Where: Verizon Theatre (1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie) Show time: 8 p.m.

Notes: Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana and his band bring the Corazon Tour to Texas for an evening of classic hits and new soon-to-be favorites.

For more: verizontheatre.com MUSIC: Arlington Symphony presents guitarist Jacob Cordover When: March 19 Where: Arlington Music Hall (224 N. Center St.) Show time: 7:30 p.m.

Notes: Cordover has appeared as soloist with the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears “Ciutat de Palma” conducted by Geoffrey Simon and the Orchestra dell’Accademia l’Ottocento conducted by Carlo Barone, and his performances have “demonstrated how much poetry and feeling can be obtained from the guitar in the hands of master musicians such as Jacob Cordover” (The Mercury, Australia).

For more: symphonyarlington.org MUSIC: The Beach Boys When: March 19 Where: Verizon Theatre (1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie) Show time: 8 p.m.

Notes: As name groups go, it doesn’t get much bigger.

The renowned California-sound band has sold tens of millions of records and turned out its unique brand of surfer rock music for more than five decades.

For more: verizontheatre.com THEATER: “Becky’s New Car” When: March 27-April 12 Where: Theatre Arlington (305 W. Main St.) Show times: 7:30 p.m. on Thursday; 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. on Sunday Notes: Becky is caught in middle age, middle management and a mediocre marriage when a grief-stricken millionaire wanders into the car dealership where she works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life…and the audience gets to ride shotgun in this original comedy.

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Your health: Asset or liability?

A healthy lifestyle pays dividends – now and down the road • By Dr. Kenyon Godwin

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I tell patients that every decision you make is either toward health or toward sickness.

Success comes down to whether you are making these decisions consciously or subconsciously. In other words, you have to work hard at being healthy.

hat is your biggest asset? Consider this: how important is your health? Poor health can restrict or limit your activity such as work, church, school and family activities. Your overall health dictates your overall quality of life!

Most of us have so much going on daily: working, running businesses, running errands, driving kids to school, sports practices and games, attending Bible study, doing laundry, cooking dinner ... the list goes on. It takes a superior level of health to achieve all of that, or your body will eventually quit on you.

In our country, we spend over $3.8 trillion on health care (No. 1 in the world) and still struggle with poor health. In fact, we rank last for health and mortality when compared to 17 other developed nations. Poor health costs doctor visits, medications, high insurance premiums, missed work and, most of all, decreased quality of life.

According to the CDC, over 1.5 million Americans die prematurely from the top five causes of death, and nearly half of these deaths are preventable. The top five in order are: heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory disease and unintentional injuries, including medication overdoses and car accidents. What these causes of death have in common are lifestyle factors. I tell patients that every decision you make is either toward health or toward sickness. Success comes down to whether you are making these decisions consciously or subconsciously. In other words, you have to work hard at being healthy.

A healthy lifestyle is the best way to achieve optimal health and increase the value of your most important asset. After all, investing in yourself is the best return on investment you will ever get. Follow these guidelines towards a journey of health, energy and success in your life: 1. Healthy Spine: The most important component of your health is the communication between your brain and body. We should focus more on maintaining the integrity of this connection. For many, this has never been

checked and can only be properly assessed by a chiropractor. This is one of the most important exams you can have. The earlier the better.

2. Good Nutrition: Remember that your food is your fuel. Fuel to create cells, tissue, and hormones. Ideally, focus your diet on organic, natural foods, unprocessed, raw fruits/vegetables, healthy fats, high quality vitamins and filtered water. Also, minimize sodas, sugars, artificial sweeteners, fried foods, GMO, Trans fat and soy products.

3. Sleep: Most adults require six to nine hours of sleep for proper healing, rebuilding and memory storage to take place. Also, keep in mind that kids require more. Inadequate sleep leads to memory problems, fatigue, weight gain, diabetes, blood pressure problems and sexual dysfunction.

4. Fitness: Exercise and nutrition go hand-inhand for reaching your health potential. Many lifestyle diseases can be treated or prevented with these two factors. Exercise comes in many forms: Zumba, boot camps, resistance training, etc. The point is, there is no one way for everybody. Get moving and make it a lifestyle change. Do it for health, not as a chore.

5. Stress Adaptation: Stress is unavoidable.

It helps us grow, but if not managed properly can cause us numerous health problems.

Many physical health conditions are associated with our mental and emotional states.

Exercise, prayer, hobbies, family time, and being around positive people can help you reduce your stress levels.

Make your health a priority. No excuses! Your health can either be the key or the obstacle to your success. Your choice, your responsibility.

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Speaking of Sports

The Rangers’ skipper has solid roots Jeff Banister is the product of a great upbringing in a great town • By John Rhadigan

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When Jeff Banister was a La Marque High School junior, his dad, a coach on the team, told him he was not going to make the varsity football team. Banister recalled, “I couldn’t believe my ears. I was stunned. My dad was a coach, and I couldn’t make it? But Dad knew my real talent, dream and commitment were to baseball.”

a Marque, Texas, 38 miles south of downtown Houston, is somewhat legendary to those who follow high school football in Texas. The Cougars have brought home 10 state championship football titles to this small town – five of them during the mid-’90s when the boys were part of a string of 11 straight trips to the playoffs.

La Marque will now have another title about which to boast: Hometown of Texas Rangers Manager, Jeff Banister.

Banister, the subject of the cover story this issue, invited me to make a visit with him to his childhood home back in November. Our visit to La Marque was sprinkled with happy memories: Leo’s Drive-In, once owned by his best friend’s mom, where you could get the “Best burgers in town!,” and the Bobby Beach Little League Complex, where a young Banister spent almost every day of his summer childhood.

“The fields had covered bleachers and a 185-foot-fence in left,” he pointed out. “I can still hear the cowbell that one lady rang every time I hit a ball into the backyards beyond the left field fence!”

AT ONE POINT we drove past the high school football stadium where 10 flagpoles beyond the north end zone represent each of the 10 state championship titles. Banister is intimately tied to those victories.

As we drove, Banister pointed out his elementary school playground. “When I was a little kid, the high school athletic period coincided with our recess,” he recalled. “So I would run across the street and watch the Cougar football players – who were my heroes.”

Most significantly, his father, Bob, a math teacher at La Marque, was also an assistant coach who helped begin the Cougars’ winning football tradition in the 1970s.

When I asked him how much of who he is as a coach and of who he will be as a manager for the Rangers comes from his dad, he said simply, “All of it.”

Coach Bob Banister valued hard work and discipline and was not sentimental when making tough playing choices.

When Jeff Banister was a La Marque High School junior, his dad told him he was not going to make the varsity football team. Banister recalled, “I couldn’t believe my ears. I was stunned. My dad was a coach, and I couldn’t make it? But Dad knew my real talent, dream and commitment were to baseball.”

BANISTER LOST HIS FATHER decades ago to a heart attack. It happened on a January day in 1988 when father and son were getting tires for Jeff’s trip to Spring Training to prepare for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. That day, the senior Banister talked a lot about the road ahead and reminded his son, “Don’t ever quit on the people who invested in you.”

That evening, Jeff’s father was gone. Banister has the date tattooed on his arm and his father’s legacy and wisdom imbedded deep within his heart. “Never, ever quit” has become Banister’s life motto.

Banister and his family are thrilled to be living in North Texas and to be a part of a new chapter in the Rangers Baseball organization. But he is proud to let everyone know that he comes from a place where football was king and where passionate, hardworking people helped him grow.

Indeed, Banister’s hometown made quite “La Marque” on your new manager.

Sports columnist John Rhadigan is an anchor for the Fox Sports Southwest television network.

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Feb. 28 What: Kiwanis Club of Arlington 57th annual Pancake Day Where: First United Methodist Church (313 North Center St.) When: 8 a.m.-noon In a nutshell: All-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage and drinks for only $5. Visit with friends and also buy items from the silent auction tables.

For more: klancaster@arlingtonmethodist.org March 1 What: The American Rodeo Where: AT&T Stadium When: 2 p.m.

In a nutshell: The world’s greatest cowboys and cowgirls will participate in the one-day rodeo. When the dust settles at this action-packed event, the toughest competitors in the world will ride away with the most significant oneday cash payout ever awarded.

For more: attstadium.com March 1-March 29 What: Youth Art Month Where: Arlington Museum of Art (201 W. Main St.) When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.

In a nutshell: Each spring the AMA works collaboratively with the Arlington Independent School District to give students the opportunity to display their pieces done in a wide variety of mediums to the general public. This exhibition is held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month.

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LONGTIME CONSERVATIVE commentators Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller will bring their “Don’t Be a Pinhead Tour” to Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie for an 8 p.m. show on March 14.

O’Reilly, host of the popular “The O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News network, and “Saturday Night Live” star-turned “Monday Night Football” analyst-turned conservative pundit Miller will team for an evening of entertaining and educational banter with the crowd.

Spoiler alert: The duo generally considers those who lean to the left politically as “pinheads,” so liberals should consider themselves forwarned.

For more: verizontheatre.org.

March 1, 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 What: Shows at the University of Texas Arlington Planetarium Where: UTA Planetarium (700 Planetarium Place) When: 1:30 and 3 p.m. on Sunday; 6 p.m. on Friday; 5:30 and 7 p.m. on Saturday In a nutshell: The acclaimed venue will present five programs this month: Dynamic Earth, Spacepark 360: Infinity, Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd The Wall and Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here. Check website below for shows and times.

For more: uta.edu/planetarium March 7 What: USA Gymnastics presents the AT&T American Cup Where: AT&T Stadium When: 10:15 a.m.

In a nutshell: Featuring the world’s best gymnasts in a one-day, all-around competition, the AT&T American Cup is the USA’s most prestigious international invitational and part of the International Gymnastics Federation’s all-around World Cup Series.

For more: attstadium.com March 7, 10 What: Photography Seminar: Behind “Heaven in a Wildflower” Where: Betty Warmack Branch Library (760 Bardin Road, Grand Prairie) on March 7; Grand Prairie Main Library (901 Conover Drive, Grand Prairie) on March 10 When: 2 p.m. on March 7; 6 p.m. on March 10

In a nutshell: Photographer and writer Don Smarto will present two free photography seminars at the Grand Prairie Libraries. Smarto’s seminars are an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the stories behind the photographs in his latest book, “Heaven in a Wildflower.”

For more: gptx.org (click on Event Calendar) March 17 What: College baseball: The University of Texas Arlington vs. the University of Texas Where: Globe Life Park When: 7 p.m.

In a nutshell: The Mavericks play host to the Longhorns in a college baseball game at the home of the Texas Rangers.

For more: utamavs.com March 26 What: UTA Speakers Series: Henry Cisneros Where: Texas Hall (701 West Nedderman Drive) When: 7:30 p.m.

In a nutshell: A two-term mayor of San Antonio, Henry Cisneros also served as the 10th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Clinton administration.

Since leaving public office, he has remained actively involved with housing development and urban revitalization through his business, CityView, and his position as co-chair of the Housing Commission at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

For more: (817) 272-9595 March 29 What: Cheep Thrills: Trained Parrot Show Where: Traders Village (2602 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie) When: Noon-5 p.m.

In a nutshell: Since its debut over 30 years ago, Cheep Thrills has entertained millions of people in theme and safari parks, oceanariums, casinos, zoos, shopping malls, pet stores and various other attractions across the world. The show creates a spell-binding aura of intrigue as trained Macaws and Cockatoos perform unusual feats of balance, memory and coordination in an exciting and fast-paced 20-minute review.

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The Inspiring Hope Luncheon On May 6, 2015, the Arlington/Mansfield area Salvation Army will host its first ever annual luncheon, The Inspiring Hope Luncheon.

Supporters, volunteers, and local dignitaries will come together at AT&T Stadium to learn more about the work of The Salvation Army and hear our guest speaker, Jerry Jones.

For more information on tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please contact: Bridget Lenhardt at 817.860.1836 or bridget_lenhardt@uss.salvationarmy.org Online ticket purchases will be available March 1st.

This event benefits The Salvation Army Family Life Center and Youth Education Town 712 W. Abram • Arlington TX 76013

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Finish Line

Hope springs eternal It’s high time for Spring Training (thank goodness) • By Richard Greene

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Players are very accommodating during warm ups before the here are 30 major league baseball teams across the country, game, and they hang around after it’s over, often making their and right about now something is taking place among the way along the railing in front of the seats where eager youngsters dedicated fans of all of them that bonds us together like no (and some oldsters too) stretch out their autograph books, balls, other time in the long summer season that lies ahead. caps, programs and whatever else they want signed.

It’s the time when the familiar refrain of “hope springs eternal” Last year we took our 10-year-old granddaughter – one of the is repeated over and over, as today’s heroes of the game – and Rangers’ greatest fans – to her first Spring Training game, and she those who hope to be heroes – are busy in preparation for Opensoon found herself fully engaged in the fun of meeting players, having Day that is now only a few weeks away. ing her picture taken with some of them, and autographs all around.

Some of the teams gather in The Grapefruit League in Florida, Ticket prices are family friendly. All the seats have backs and and others, including our Texas Rangers, are doing so in Arizoare arranged from down na’s Cactus League. the right and left field There’s nothing quite like lines, behind home plate, taking in Spring Training and even the back row is so games to immerse yourself close to the action that you into the entire cycle of the feel right in the game. season of the greatest game ever devised.

OR, YOU can spread your Answers to the quesOur granddaughter Ashley took in her first Spring Training last year. blanket on the deep, green tions about what kind of grass of the sloping lawn stuff the pitchers are goabove the outfield wall and hope you will be the one who catches ing to have, how do the big guns look at the plate, and are the a home run ball. That alone would make your day one never to be young guys ready for The Show all may be found in the ballforgotten. parks of spring.

After our time in Surprise, we availed ourselves of nearby at Together with family and friends, I’ve witnessed the fun of tractions that seemed to make the whole journey west even more watching the Rangers in training lots of times, and the expericomplete. ence always meets and exceeds expectations and is different in For us, the Grand Canyon was an obvious destination. Then we many ways. took another kind of photo op with the statue of the guitar player standing on the corner of Winslow, Arizona. Next we visited THE FIRST THING that is different is the size of the ballpark the red hills and mountains of Sedona, and finally made our way itself. The one where you will find the Rangers in Surprise, Ariz., back east along the historic Route 66, aka America’s Mother Road. is less than one fourth the size of their home in Arlington.

For those with baseball fever who can’t wait for the Rangers’ first That’s pretty typical across the ballparks of spring, where cahome game on April 10 against the Houston Astros, there’s a cure pacities range from about 5,000 to 15,000 seats. just 1,073 miles down the road – and worth every one of them.

What that means for fans is the quintessential up-close-andpersonal experience with men so talented that they count themselves among the very few in the entire world who can do what they do – excel at the most difficult game in all of sports.

Richard Greene served as Arlington’s mayor from Fans also find something else that all by itself is worth a road 1987-1997 and currently teaches in the University trip of more than a thousand miles or an airplane ride plus hotel of Texas Arlington’s graduate School of Urban and rooms, meals and all the rest.

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It’s a chance to get player autographs, a brief chat, and maybe a picture with the arm of a future hall of famer around your shoulder. The whole atmosphere at a Spring Training game is relaxed, informal and inviting.

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