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Back Talk: The latest news from our neighborhood
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Sales tax update for November
The city beat the budget for November, but is still down 3.4 percent for the year.
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2009 $10 Wine Hall of Fame
It was a great year for cheap wine.
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Angela Hunt vs. the Morning News: Cage match with a keyboard
Who would you bet on in a titan struggle between the Dallas Morning News editorial board and councilman Angela Hunt?
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Wal Mart replacement update
An update from T. Hee Greetings co-owner David Ferris who is leading the drive to bring worthwhile tenants to Walnut-Audelia
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Darkness at the Advocate
Literally, that is. We still have a happy happy joyful positive outlook on life and all things neighborhood-y —we just have no electricity.
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Partial power outage at Lake Highlands Elementary today
The campus at the corner of Lakemere and Ferndale is in partial power mode today, however, Principal Kim Sullivan reports that everything is under control.
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I may be going beepin' crazy ...
For the past several months, every 10 seconds, a beep goes off somewhere in the vicinity of the Lakemere/Aldwick/Crestwick triangle.
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Around the web: Traffic circles, skateboarding, exorcism, Whole Foods lawsuits
A roundup of stuff that wouldn't necessarily make it on the blog, but is worth noting.
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Garbage collection delays
Though the trash on your curb might be building up following the holiday excess ... you're going to have to give the city a little extra time to pick it all up.
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Apartments burning in Lake Highlands
A 3-alarm fire is burning at The Sun Colony Apartments at Royal Lane and Audelia in Lake Highlands.
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Link Lounge
- European Cosmopolitan editors are either lazy, cheap or both. Oh, and they LOVE them some Angelina Jolie.
- Silver medalists fake their smiles. Or so says an interesting new study on the innateness of emotional expression.
- One man's ruminations on being knee deep in toys in the post-Christmas era.
- The end of the Polaroid era is approaching. After December, Kodak will cease production of the 60-year-old film.
- Mensa members, tequila and sex. How can you resist the click?
Happenings
- Master Naturalist Open House FREE Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. Curious about your habitat in your back yard or local park? Texas Master Naturalists help our community by providing education, outreach and service by restoring habitats, removing invasive plants, conducting nature walks and talks, and even have a demonstration wildscape at Fair Park. Find out how you can get reconnected to nature. See displays, learn about the program and ask questions of the North Texas Master Naturalist members. 10056 Marsh Ln., Ste. B-101. 214.904.7005 or ntmn.org.
- Next Friends Book Sale FREE Sunday, Jan. 18, 2-4 p.m. To donate books anytime, just drop them in the white plastic tub under the Friends Exhibit table at the library entrance. Children’s books are always in demand. Audelia Road Branch Library, corner of Audelia and Church roads. 214.349.0121.
- Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type $14 - $24 Friday, Jan. 23-Sunday, Feb. 22. Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. and Sundays at 1:30 & 4:30 p.m. Dallas Children’s Theater presents this production, adapted from the book by Doreen Cronin. Farmer Brown’s animals are cold, bored and lonely. When Hen finds a typewriter in her nest, a revolution begins, and the animals go on strike!. It’s a barnyard musical of mutiny, but on this “Animal Farm,” anarchy and rebellion lead to an exquisitely happy ending. Recommended for ages 3 and up. Rosewood Center for Family Arts, 5938 Skillman. 214.740.0051 or dct.org.
- Out & About $25 Saturday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m. When you think of a battle of bands, you probably picture a dive packed wth grungy rockers. Well, this is sort of like that — only instead of a dive it's a retro-style gym, and instead of grungy rockers, it's neighborhood dad bands like Wes Niles & The Texas Skeeters, The Malfunktions and The Pit Pops.Sokol Athletic Center, 7448 Greenville.
- Little Shop of Horrors $5-$11 Thursday, Jan. 29-Friday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. Watch as the Lake Highlands High School's theatre department performs this musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman. This productions includes a cast of 39 wonderful student actors as well as the multiple talented puppeteers needed to animate Audrey, the plant. LHHS Auditorium, 9449 Church. lhhstheatre.org.
