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EMILY HILL NAMED 2022 MISS CINDERELLA IN A MILESTONE YEAR FOR CINDERELLA BALL
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mily Hill raised $164,586.89 to earn the title of 2022 Miss Cinderella at last month’s Cinderella Ball, during which the collection of 20
Emily Hill raised more than $164,586 to earn the title of 2022 Miss Cinderella.
Miss Cinderella candidates raised a ball record $857,676.55. The Cinderella Ball, which has been presented since 1967 by The Ladies Auxiliary and which marked its 62nd anniversary this year, is the major fundraiser for Arlington projects at The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County. In all, the milestone amount raised by the
20 candidates vying to become the 2022 Miss Cinderella pushed the ball’s fund-raising efforts over the past six decades to more than $14.1 million. Hill, who is a sophomore at The Oakridge School and the daughter of Jake and Julie Hill, led the way with her astonishing total. Other candidates who were honored at this year’s ball, held at Esports Stadium Arlington, included Madeline Spain (first runnerup), Ellerie Saxon (second runner-up), Lauren Backman (third runner-up) and Hadley Worsham (fourth runner-up). The 2022 Catherine A. Lautzenheiser Scholarship winners included Isabella Reneau (first place, $1,500), Gabbi Webb (second place, $1,000) and Addison Gardner (third place, $750). Gardner also was presented the AOA Volunteer award. Emma Northcutt was named winner of the Carol H. Zimmer award. cinderellacharityball.com 14
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PLANTING IS UNDERWAY AT CITY’S NEW NATIVE PLANT GARDEN
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lanting began last month at the new Lake Arlington Native Plant and Pollinator Garden located near the Lake Arlington Dam. The garden project has been in planning stages for more than a year and is a joint project between Arlington Water Utilities and Tarrant Regional Water District. City officials hope to work with local conservation stakeholders and community groups to restore native prairie and wildflowers to 2.75 acres of land adjacent to the Lake Arlington Dam. The gated area also features demonstration garden beds with native plants and a gathering area. The project is funded in part by a $10,000 grant from the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation.
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ARLINGTON TODAY • May 2022 • arlingtontoday.com
3 SCOOPS 1. Financial Advisor Jamil Ahmed of the financial services firm Edward Jones has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to use the certification mark CFP®. The certification is awarded to individuals who meet the CFP® Board’s stringent requirements and features training in professional conduct and regulation, general principles of financial strategies, risk management and insurance planning, investment strategies, retirement savings and income planning, and estate considerations. 2. Medical City Arlington was
recently named “Best Hospital to Have a Baby” in Tarrant County by DFWChild Magazine.
3. Members of the Mansfield
High School Science Honor Society got busy last month cleaning the air, preventing runoff, beautifying their campus and combating global warming. So, you might ask, just how did they do accomplish all those positive quests? By planting trees. Students at the school partnered with the City of Mansfield and environmental nonprofit, ACCTCC, to replace trees that were lost in last year’s freeze.
Raise your hand if you made it a priority to race to the Texas Chute Out as soon as you got to Six Flags Over Texas so you could be whisked nearly 200 feet into the air with a signature “whoosh” before slowly “parachuting” back to earth.
