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June 2015
Faith & Football in Witten’s Playbook By Bridget Barry Thias, Contributing Writer
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten draws strength from helping kids.
Jason Witten thinks athletes carry a responsibility as role models to help develop children in the community to be healthy and happy through sports. Motivated by his Christian faith, Witten lives his values while sponsoring kidfocused football camps and other charities. Liberty Christian School in Argyle hosted the 6th annual Citi Jason Witten Football ProCamp on May 16-17. “I think as an athlete I have a huge
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By Dana Benton Long, Contributing Writer
A brilliantly colored peacock pecking on your window and shouting loudly calls for an extra shot of espresso in the morning coffee. But peacock sightings really aren’t unusual in Flower Mound. And they roam more during the spring mating season. For those who live or travel along Sagebrush Drive in Flower Mound, the sight of peacocks and peahens (or peafowl, which is the correct term) is typical most mornings and evenings. Occasionally, new residents call the town’s Animal Services department concerned that one of the colorful, majestic birds have escaped from their owners or are in danger of being hit by drivers on their way to Flower Mound High School or to work. With increased construction near the birds’ homes near FM 2499, they may be displaced, confused or just annoyed at the hustle and bustle. Recent calls from as far away as Staton Oaks on the east side of Morriss Road have raised concerns about the peafowl.
By Noelle M. Hood, Contributing Writer
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Tylar Hill-Trimuar of Argyle with a photo of her Dad, Michael Wayne Hill, who succumbed to lung cancer in March 2014.
Imagine a 22-year-old young married gal with a husband and a 2-year-old daughter in tow. Mom details: healthy, 5’6” tall, medium brown hair, blue eyes, round face. Could be anybody, right? Tylar Hill-Trimuar is an ordinary young woman from Argyle with a notso-ordinary goal. She’s out to make a change in the world of people with lung cancer. “I grew up in Argyle, and went to school there from kindergarten through grade 12.” At high school graduation she also received her cosmetology license through Denton ISD’s own LaGrone Advanced Technology Complex. “Growing up, I played sports for personal enjoyment.” That meant volleyball, track, soccer and girls’ baseball. Is Color Guard a sport?” She did that too. “I always liked being helpful, and I dreamed sometimes about being a doctor.” Maybe life is what happens while you’re deciding what you want to be when you grow up. Tylar, the girl who feared large animals, became a horse trainer and ranch hand thanks to her mother-in-law’s contagious love affair with horseback riding. “My craziest experience in the saddle was on a horse named Red See BREATHE on Page A19