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INSIDE
County by County 2,3
Eye About Town 4
Obituaries 6
Weather 8
With the recent announce-
ment that Toyota will be build-
ing on a 100-acre site in the
Legacy business park, another
piece of Planos dwindling sup-
ply of vacant land will soon dis-
appear.
Less than 8 percent of Pla-
nos 72 square miles remains
available for residential or
commercial development.
Of that 8 percent, 6.6 per-
cent or 3,052 acres is ear-
marked for commercial devel-
opment. A mere 1 percent or
428 acres is left for housing.
Plano officials say that
leaves plenty of room for busi-
ness expansion, and future
housing may take new forms to
accommodate a population
that will continue to grow.
Build out, to Plano Mayor
Harry LaRosiliere, simply
means a new phase of the citys
life.
And that life began as a vast
expanse of prime farmland dat-
City weighs options as
vacant land runs out
PLANO
With much of whats
left set for business use,
housing the main issue
By WENDY HUNDLEY
Staff Writer
[email protected]
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AUSTIN Veteran State Board of Educa-
tion member Pat Hardy of Fort Worth is un-
der attack from a tea party-backed challenger
as the Republican tries to hold on to her
North Texas seat, while two Democrats from
Dallas are vying for an open board seat in
Tuesdays runoff.
Hardy, a member of the board since 2003,
is a swing vote on the panel. She has often
clashed with the boards social conservative
bloc. Two members of that group have en-
dorsed her runoff opponent, Eric Mahroum
of Fort Worth.
Hardy, a longtime educator and former
high school social studies teacher, is stressing
her experience with a host of important issues
on the board. They include textbook adop-
tions and approval of the curriculum stan-
dards for core subjects in all public schools in
Texas.
Unlike some of the social conservatives on
the board, Hardy said, she strives to keep pol-
itics out of her decisions as a board member.
I try to see issues from the vantage point
of what is best for students rather than what is
best for political gain, said Hardy, who de-
FW incumbent
in ght for seat
ELECTIONS 14 | STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Opponent has tea party backing,
says GOP rival too conservative;
2 Dallas Democrats look for win
By TERRENCE STUTZ
Austin Bureau
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Voter Guide
Check out candidates
answers to our
questions to prepare
for Tuesdays runoff.
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sen to mark the year. The route fol-
lows the Katy Trail and will finish
with a closing ceremony at 12:14 p.m.
Monday at Reverchon Park.
Im carrying the load for my fa-
ther, one participant wrote across a
gigantic banner. Another wrote: God
bless all who serve us and God bless
those families left behind.
The huge outpouring of support
for fallen members of the military, po-
lice forces and fire departments im-
pressed Clint Bruce, co-founder of the
Memories were a big part of the
burden for the more than 10,000 peo-
ple at Sundays Carry the Load walk in
Dallas.
The fourth annual event, at Rever-
chon Park, honors loved ones who
died in service to the nation.
Participants carry mementos and
military gear in a walk lasting 20
hours and 14 minutes a time cho-
event.
And no place else is doing this, he
said.
Bruce and his friend Stephen Hol-
ley started the walk to reinforce the
intent of Memorial Day. Both former
Navy SEALs, the Dallas residents
wanted to bring attention to people
who gave their lives to preserve free-
dom.
The event includes a relay that
Photos by Kelley Chinn/Special Contributor
The Carry the Load event marks the current year by lasting 20 hours and 14 minutes. Participants traveled down Maple Avenue on Sunday after
the walk started at 4 p.m. Many carried flags, mementos and military gear.
With every step, respect
By DEBORAH FLECK
Staff Writer
[email protected]
See MEMORIAL Page 7B
MEMORIAL DAY
Participants honor fallen by carrying gear through the night
Luke Benson of Midlothian carries a
log that bears the name of his best
friend who died in military service.
Texas state Rep. Cindy Bur-
kett is considering legislation
that could change how trans-
portation agencies must miti-
gate roadway noises in adjacent
neighborhoods.
The legislator and a represen-
tative of four Rowlett home-
owners associations asked the
North Texas Tollway Authority
last week to spend millions on
new sound-reducing walls along
the Bush Turnpike. Burkett, R-
Garland, represents part of
Rowlett.
Residents along a 2-mile
stretch of the turnpike have com-
plained that the highways din is
far louder than they were led to
believe it would be.
Go park a lawnmower run-
ning on your back porch outside
the door and leave it running
24-7, Rowlett resident John
Spor said in describing how loud
noise is from the highway adja-
Making noise along turnpike
Legislator sympathetic
to residents calls for
more sound abatement
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Transportation Writer
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McKINNEY An Illinois
man is suing the city of McKin-
ney because of injuries in a De-
cember car wreck involving a
police officer. He also accuses
the city of destroying evidence.
Brock Bailey said in a law-
suit that Officer Joseph Mark
Watson was negligent and
reckless when his Ford squad
car struck Baileys Hyundai So-
nata in Frisco. The officer was
responding to a work-related
call.
Watson resigned from the
McKinney department on Jan.
12. He has complained to the
city that Chief Joe Williams
forced him to quit. Watson
didnt respond to a request for
comment.
The city is investigating
Watsons concerns to see if a
policy violation occurred, city
spokeswoman Anna Clark said.
We look forward to the
conclusion of the investiga-
tion, she wrote in an email.
Williams declined to com-
ment on the lawsuit but said
Watson resigned voluntarily.
The city has taken Officer
Watsons version of events seri-
ously, as they should, the chief
wrote in an email. I stand by
McKinney
sued over
car crash
POLICE
Injured Illinois man
says officer at fault
By JULIETA CHIQUILLO
Staff Writer
[email protected]
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welcomes diverse ideas to win national elections, Sen. Rand
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4 reghters rescued
after wall collapsed
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Four
Memphis firefighters were
rescued from a burning build-
ing Saturday after a wall col-
lapsed on them, officials said.
Memphis Fire Department
spokesman Wayne Cooke said
crews were called to a two-
alarm blaze at a commercial
building south of downtown
Saturday afternoon. The fire
sent heavy plumes of smoke
into the air and created a
strong odor in the area, which
contains a mix of commercial
and residential buildings near
train tracks.
Firefighters were inside the
building when an exterior wall
collapsed, trapping them.
Four were taken to hospitals
with undisclosed injuries that
Cooke said were not life-
threatening.
The Associated Press
1 dead, 6 injured after
car runs into crowd
BUENA PARK, Calif. An
SUV surged forward from a
parking space into a small
crowd waiting outside a Los
Angeles-area ice cream parlor,
killing a 73-year-old woman
and leaving six people injured.
The SUV, driven by an el-
derly man, rammed into peo-
ple outside Farrells Ice Cream
Parlour on Friday night, Or-
ange County Fire Authority
Capt. Steve Concialdi said.
The restaurant in is Buena
Park, about 20 miles southeast
of downtown Los Angeles.
The Associated Press
Special event lets dying
mom see teen graduate
NEWARK, Ohio A ter-
minally ill woman with inop-
erable pancreatic cancer was
able to see her 17-year-old
daughter graduate from high
school during
a special cere-
mony held in
her hospice
room.
Evie Shu-
maker was
supposed to
graduate from
Newark Digi-
tal Academy in
central Ohio on May 31.
But when she told her
teachers that her mom, 57-
year-old Melissa Shumaker,
had late-stage cancer, they de-
cided to organize an im-
promptu graduation celebra-
tion last week at Licking Me-
morial Hospital.
The teen dressed in a cap
and gown, Pomp and Circum-
stance played on a cellphone
and Shumaker saw school offi-
cials hand her daughter a di-
ploma.
The Associated Press
IN THE KNOW
Cashing in
RARE VALUE: A $10 Mormon
gold coin fetched $705,000,
and a $20 Mormon gold coin
sold for $558,000 at auction
this week. They were the rarest
of a seven-piece collection of
Mormon coins made in 1849
that brought in nearly $2 million
at an auction staged by
Dallas-based Heritage
Auctions. The territorial coins,
put up for sale by a collector,
went to an undisclosed buyer.
Bidding ended Thursday night.
THE HISTORY: Tyson Emery, a
coin expert at All About Coins
in Salt Lake City, said coins and
currency were scarce when
Mormon pioneers arrived in
Utah in 1847, and the settlers
began making their own coins
primarily to buy goods from the
East. The gold that they used
to make these Mormon gold
coins came from the original
California gold strike, probably
right from the American River
at Sutters Mill, he told the
Deseret News. Only 46 of the
$10 gold coins were made, and
just a few are still around.
The Associated Press
EVIE
SHUMAKER
NEWS DIGEST
WASHINGTON The
U-2 spy plane outlasted the
Cold War, outlived its succes-
sor and proved crucial a half-
century ago when two super-
powers were on the brink of
nuclear war.
But defense cuts now
threaten to knock the high-
flying reconnaissance air-
craft out of the sky.
The Air Force wants to
gradually retire the fleet of
32 Dragon Lady planes,
which can soar to an altitude
of 70,000 feet, collect intelli-
gence on North Korea and
Russia and rapidly send the
data to U.S. commanders.
Thats a critical capability,
given North Koreas unpre-
dictable leader, Kim Jong
Un, and Russias embold-
ened president, Vladimir Pu-
tin.
Global Hawk
The Air Force says the un-
manned aerial vehicle Global
Hawk can do the job, and in
an era of smaller, deficit-
driven budgets, the Pentagon
cannot afford both the plane
and the drone.
Skeptical lawmakers have
challenged the Air Forces
proposal to ground the resil-
ient U-2, the long-winged,
all-weather manned aircraft
with sensors and cameras.
Called Angel at its inception
because it could fly so high,
the U-2 has been in operation
since 1955 and provided the
evidence of Soviet missiles in
Cuba in 1962, helping to avert
anuclear war.
The Air Force is proposing
spending $598 million on the
U-2 in the 2015 budget and
then phasing out the aircraft,
a reversal from two years ago
when the plane won out over
the drone. The proposed bud-
get would invest $1.77 billion
through 2023 in moderniz-
ing a version of the Northrop-
Grumman-built Global
Hawk with additional sen-
sors and other updates.
The operating costs on
the Global Hawk Block 30
have come down, Pentagon
Comptroller Robert Hale
told reporters last month. It
was always a close call. Now it
comes down in favor of the
Global Hawk. Well keep
them and gradually retire the
U-2s.
The Lockheed Martin-
built aircraft is long associat-
ed with the decades of U.S.-
Soviet rivalry.
In 1960, Francis Gary
Powers was piloting a U-2
when he was shot down over
the Soviet Union and cap-
tured. Data collected from
planes that penetrated the
Soviet Union before the
shoot-down provided unique
information to the Eisen-
hower administration, under-
cutting claims of Soviet
strength while providing de-
tails on the Soviets nuclear pro-
gram.
Cold War warrior
Chris Pocock, a British au-
thor who has written several
books on the U-2, said the plane
is still perceived as a Cold War
warrior, but with a relatively
new airframe and other mod-
ern technology, its a very differ-
ent aircraft. It survived and op-
erated even after its successor,
the SR71, was retired.
The aircraft is based at Beale
Air Force Base in the district of
Rep. John Garamendi, D-
Calif., a member of the House
Armed Services Committee.
Other planes are based in
Guam and at classified loca-
tions in Europe and in support
of operations in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan.
Within the industry, there is
speculation that the Air Force is
willing to retire the U-2 because
it has a secret program develop-
ing another high-altitude intel-
ligence gathering aircraft. Po-
cock said that plane doesnt ap-
pear to be operational yet.
Donna Cassata,
The Associated Press
File/Agence France-Presse
Air Force officials want to gradually retire the fleet of 32 Dragon Lady U-2 planes, saying the unmanned Global Hawk can do the job. The resil-
ient U-2 has been in operation since 1955 and provided the evidence of Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962, helping to avert a nuclear war.
Soaring on borrowed time
AIR FORCE
Defense cuts, drone
threaten spy plane that
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A look at the U2 spy plane and its likely replacement:
Global Hawk U-2
Range 8,000 miles 13,809 miles
Approximate speed 470 mph 350 mph
Ceiling 70,000 feet 60,000 feet
Payload 5,000 pounds 3,200 pounds
Endurance 10 hours 32 hours
105 feet
63 feet 47.6 feet
130.9 feet
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WEST POINT, N.Y.
West Point wants more wom-
en.
With female cadets re-
presenting fewer than 1 in 5
cadets in the Long Gray Line,
the U.S. Military Academy is
taking steps to boost the
number of women arriving
here this summer and be-
yond.
West Points new superin-
tendent said the moves
which include more outreach
and the cultivation of com-
petitive candidates will
help keep the storied acade-
my ahead of the curve now
that the Pentagon is lifting re-
strictions for women in com-
bat jobs.
We obviously have to in-
crease the female population
for a number of reasons. One
is because there are more op-
portunities in the branches
for the females, Lt. Gen.
Robert Caslen Jr. said.
Women have been a pres-
ence at the nations military
academies since 1976. Fe-
male cadets here can grow
their hair longer than the
standard military buzz-cut
and can wear stud earrings.
But they carry the same heavy
packs, march the same miles
and graduate with the same
second lieutenant bars the
men do.
I carry the heavy weapons
whenever we do field training
exercises, said Cadet Austen
Boroff. Ill take the machine
guns, so Im taking more
weight.
And cadets like Boroff re-
main in the minority, just as
they do in the broader mili-
tary. The Air Force and Naval
academies say their student
bodies are about 22 percent
female. West Point is at 16
percent, mirroring the gen-
der breakdown in the larger
Army.
Caslen, who became su-
perintendent last year, said
an increased number of fe-
male cadets will do more
than serve the Army when
thousands of combat posi-
tions are slated to open to
both sexes by 2016. It will also
help integrate women at the
academy, he said.
West Point, like the mili-
tary in general, has taken ad-
ditional steps to combat sex-
ual harassment and assaults.
In one high-profile case, an
Army sergeant accused of se-
cretly photographing and
videotaping women at West
Point pleaded guilty last
month in a court-martial.
My objective is to create
the climate, the command
climate here at West Point,
that not only eliminates ha-
rassment and assault, but
that will also create the teams
and create the climate so that
every single person feels that
theyre a member of the
team, Caslen said.
Michael Hill,
The Associated Press
West Point works to add female cadets
ARMY
Mel Evans/The Associated Press
Cadet Austen Boroff (center) stands in formation at the
U.S. Military Academy. West Points new superinten-
dent wants to boost the number of female cadets.
AT A GLANCEOutreach
West Point has creatednew recruitment mailings written for
girls in their freshman, sophomore and junior years of high
school that note female graduates have gone on to become
generals, astronauts, executives and government leaders. The
letter asks: Do you have what it takes to follow in their
footsteps?
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AREA
DART to go on Sunday
schedule for Memorial Day
Dallas Area Rapid Transit will use
its Sunday schedule in observance of
Memorial Day on Monday.
The Trinity Railway Express will
not run between Dallas and Fort
Worth. Customers can still call DART
at 214-979-1111 for trip-planning
needs from8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but regu-
lar customer relations and adminis-
trative offices will be closed.
Go to bit.ly/dartschfor DART train
andbus schedules.
Andrew Scoggin
Three students to attend
White House Science Fair
Three area students will attend the
2014 White House Science Fair on
Tuesday. They are Amena Jamali and
Juan Ramos of MacArthur High
School in Irving and Alex Spiride of
Plano East Senior High School.
Ramos, a senior and a Gates Foun-
dation Millennium Scholar, and Ja-
mali, a junior, will present their
award-winning business idea, Better
than History. The program is a down-
loadable game that allows players to
select alternative endings to historic
events.
Spiride will present Squid-Jet, a
jet-propelled underwater vehicle.
The White House Science Fair cel-
ebrates the student winners in a range
of science, technology, engineering
and math competitions nationwide.
Deborah Fleck and Holly Hacker
BALCH SPRINGS
Hotel tax funds
targeted for July 4
The City Council will decide on us-
ing hotel tax funds for July 4 celebra-
tion expenses when the governing
body meets in special session at 7 p.m.
Tuesday.
The council is also expected to ap-
point a mayor pro tem and liaisons to
city boards and commissions.
The meeting will be at 13503 Alex-
ander Road.
Ray Leszcynski
COPPELL ISD
District plans forum series
for superintendent search
The district has planned four fo-
rums this week for residents to talk
about what they want in a new super-
intendent with search consultants.
Information from the forums will
be used to create a profile for the
search process.
Meetings will take place Tuesday
from 7 to 7:45 p.m. at the Fire Station
Training Room, 265 Parkway Blvd.;
Wednesday from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at the
Vonita White Administration Build-
ing, 200 S. Denton Tap Road;
Wednesday from 6 to 6:45 p.m. at the
Fire Station Training Room; and
Thursday from noon to 12:45 p.m. at
the Coppell Senior and Community
Center, 345 Bethel Road.
Residents can also participate
through Wednesday at the Coppell
ISD website bit.ly/CISDSuptSearch.
Meredith Shamburger
DALLAS
Council to weigh in on
transportation-for-hire
City Council members will get
their first swipe Tuesday at new regu-
lations being proposed for transporta-
tion-for-hire entities such as taxicabs,
limousines and app-based car service
companies.
The councils Transportation and
Trinity River Project Committee will
consider a revised ordinance thats
been hashed out by a working group
of those affected by the rules.
The draft ordinance would, among
other things, change how fares are cal-
culated, lift the cap on the number of
cars allowed to drive Dallas streets
and pick up passengers and change
some of the insurance rules for those
companies.
The regulations have been under a
microscope since last year, when a dif-
ferent revised version of the ordi-
nance was almost pushed through the
council by city staff. Some said that
version would have driven app-based
companies, such as Uber and Lyft,
from the Dallas market.
Tom Benning
DALLAS ISD
League of Women Voters
adds home-rule panels
The League of Women Voters has
announced two more panel discus-
sions on the home-rule proposal for
the school district.
The panels will provide informa-
tion on the Texas Education Code,
DISD and its current structure and
how a proposed home-rule charter
could affect the system. Citizens will
be allowed to comment after the pan-
el, and the group is working to have a
Spanish translator at each meeting.
The first panels took place at Sky-
line High School and Harry Stone
Recreation Center. The three remain-
ing meetings are scheduled for Tues-
day from 7 to 9 p.m. at Northaven
UMC, 11211Preston Road; Wednesday
from 7 to 8 at Fretz Recreation Center,
6950 Belt Line Road; and Thursday
from 6:30 to 8:30 at Fireside Recre-
ation Center, 8601Fireside Drive.
For more information, call 214-
732-8610.
Ananda Boardman
Home-rule charter
panel seeks applicants
District residents who want to
serve on the home-rule charter com-
mission can apply on the districts
website. An online form is available at
www.dallasisd.org/homerule.
The Board of Trustees has 30 days
to appoint a 15-member commission,
which would create the proposed
charter. Trustees will meet at 5:30
p.m. Thursday to discuss the process
they will use to appoint committee
members.
State law requires the commission
to reflect the racial, ethnic, socioeco-
nomic and geographic diversity of the
district.
Those filling out the online appli-
cation must provide certain informa-
tion, such as race, household income,
education and availability. The online
application is expected to be just one
method used to select candidates.
Tawnell D. Hobbs
DESOTO
Disco hit-maker King
to perform at Creekfest
Evelyn Champagne King will per-
form as part of the events at Creekfest,
which begins at 4 p.m. June 7 at De-
Soto Town Center Amphitheater.
The performer is well known for
late-1970s disco hits Shame, I Dont
Know If Its Right and Im in Love.
Creekfest also includes kids activities
and food vendors and will be preceded
by the Soul Sistah Expo, which offers
health, fitness and beauty tips from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
The amphitheater is at 211E. Pleas-
ant Run Road.
For more information, call 972-
230-9651 or email ccampbell@
desototexas.gov.
Loyd Brumfield
EAST DALLAS
Dallas CASA founders
granddaughter sworn in
Dallas CASA announced recently
that East Dallas resident Marjorie
Howard was sworn in as a court ap-
pointed special advocate.
Howard is the granddaughter of
Marjorie MacAdams, the first execu-
tive director for Foster Child Advocate
Service, which was later renamed
Dallas CASA.
FOCAS was one of three CASA pi-
lot programs established in the Unit-
ed States in 1980. Volunteers work
with children in the foster care sys-
tem, advocating on behalf of the child.
For more information about Dallas
CASA, visit dallascasa.org.
Ananda Boardman
GARLAND ISD
Strategic plan
goes to board
The school board will consider ap-
proval of the districts amended stra-
tegic plan when trustees meet in regu-
lar session at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
An update on the districts plan to
arm its in-house security officers is al-
so scheduled. The meeting will be at
the administration building, 501 S.
Jupiter Road.
Ray Leszcynski
RICHARDSON
Animal shelter to host
pet adoption event
The Richardson Animal Shelter
will host a Pet Adoptathon Kick-off
event from 1to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The event will include $10 animal
adoptions and $15 microchipping.
The adoption event coincides with
North Shore Animal League Ameri-
cas International Pet Adoptathon, a
monthlong event participated in by
shelters from around the world.
The shelter is at 1330 Columbia
Drive. To learn more, call 972-744-
4480 or visit cor.net/animalservices.
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Planning consortium to
discuss thoroughfare plan
The Rockwall County Planning
Consortium will review county pro-
jects at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
That is the first step to updating the
Rockwall County Thoroughfare Plan,
which was adopted by county com-
missioners as a guide for developing
transportation routes. The updated
plan has to be approved by all of the
cities individually, all of the commis-
sioners and the North Central Texas
Council of Governments.
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meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Tues-
day. Both meetings will be at the
county courthouse, 101 E. Rusk St. in
Rockwall.
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ROCKWALL
Breakfast Rotary meeting
to feature tness business
The breakfast Rotary Club will
meet at 7 a.m. Tuesday at Rotary Hall,
408 S. Goliad St.
Paul Britt of Britts Training Sys-
tems Inc. will discuss his fitness busi-
ness.
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rockwallbreakfastrotary.com.
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en months after the Supreme
Court struck down a key
provision of the Voting Rights Act,
efforts have stalled in Congress to
restore federal scrutiny of states with
a history of racial bias.
Freed from the need for Justice
Department approval before
changing election rules, even minor
ones, Texas and other states moved
quickly to impose tight voter ID laws.
But changes are also playing out
quietly at the local level.
In Jasper, an East Texas town with
a history of racial tension, the City
Council is deciding whether to annex
mostly white subdivisions. In
Galveston, some court districts have
been eliminated. Civil rights
advocates complain that these moves
dilute minority populations, unfairly
reducing the influence of non-white
voters.
Before last summers court ruling,
such changes in nine states could not
take effect without pre-approval from
Washington. Defenders of the
decades-old system say the oversight
served as a deterrent, prompting state
and local officials to think twice before
imposing burdensome or even
unconstitutional measures.
Rule changes can still be
challenged in court after the fact. But
such lawsuits are costly, and only a
small number have been filed
nationwide compared to the typical
Justice Department caseload before
the Supreme Court upended five
decades of civil rights law.
Now, the burden is on minority
groups to go in and try to prove a
measure is discriminatory, said
Michael Li, a Dallas lawyer and
Democrat who runs a blog on
redistricting and election law. A
watchdog has been removed from the
process, and that watchdog was pretty
valuable.
Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights
Act provided a formula for identifying
states that deserved federal oversight
called pre-clearance because of a
history of discrimination against
minority groups. The Supreme Court
ruled, 5-4, that the criteria for such
supervision were badly outdated. The
justices said Congress could draft new
ones, but theres been little progress on
arevision of the law.
Theres no official count of how
many election rule changes have
occurred in areas once subject to
pre-clearance since the high courts
ruling. Records from the Brennan
Center for Justice, a legal advocacy
group at New York Universitys School
of Law, show that at least nine federal
voting rights lawsuits have been filed,
and at least five involve changes that
previously would have required
pre-clearance.
The Justice Department blocked
about 1,000 voting changes from 1969
to 2000. DMN
Congress stalls on restoring scrutiny
VOTING RIGHTS
States with history of
bias tighten ID laws,
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extensive damage and flooding in recent years.
Heres a sampling of court cases underway over voting rights issues that
once would have been pre-reviewed by federal officials:
North Carolina procedures: Three lawsuits target voting changes such as
early voting cutbacks, eliminating same day registration for early voting
and implementing voter ID.
Texas redistricting: Legal challenges over the states 2011 redrawing of
legislative and congressional districts have been waging for years.
Plaintiffs are also challenging interim maps drawn by federal judges in San
Antonio.
Texas voter ID law: It was blocked by the Justice Department and a federal
court in 2012 but instituted by state officials after last years Supreme
Court ruling striking down part of the Voting Rights Act. Now, plaintiffs are
challenging the law in court again.
Galveston courts: Five Galveston County elected officials and one resident
are suing the county over whether a reduction of justice of the peace
districts will deprive Hispanic and black voters of fair representation.
Challenges to voting changes
A
lmost as soon as $4 San
Francisco toast was declared
trendy, critics cried foul and
called it silly.
Originating at a little Bay Area spot called
Trouble Coffee and Coconut Club, the idea
of fancy toast with artisan toppings caught
on. New York eateries chimed in with
trumped-up toppings.
Let the critics bicker. The toast trend, if
anything, just reminds us of toasted breads
enduring appeal.
If were cooking steaks on the grill, well
grill bread over pecan or oak wood, says
Clint Cooper, owner of Village Baking Co. in
Dallas. When it comes off, we put goat
cheese and cracked pepper on it.
At his house, toast is also a way to get his
kids to eat a healthy breakfast. He and wife
Kim make toast soldiers to dunk into
soft-boiled eggs, a longstanding European
tradition.
CBD Provisions executive chef Michael
Sindoni also loves him some toast. He not
only has five kinds at CBD, he eats avocado
toast for breakfast several times a week.
Theyre a blank slate, he says. You can
do anything with it: Get creative. Be
traditional. DMN
Tasty topped toast
TRENDS
Bread provides a canvas for many avors
Topping ideas
Start with a creamy base, such as goat cheese
or cream cheese, and top with a contrasting
ingredient such as jam, honey, ripe fruit or
tomatoes, and follow with a garnish. That
might be fresh herbs, cracked pepper or
chopped nuts.
Soft bases: Goat cheese, cream cheese,
fresh ricotta, mascarpone cheese,
crme fraiche. Farmstead butter
requires no soft base. You could also
use hummus. Nut butters or Nutella
work for homey breakfast toasts.
Toppings: Good-quality jams and jellies
such as the strawberry rhubarb jam from
Village Baking Co. (left), soft fresh fruit such as
peaches or grilled figs in season, avocado (mashed or slices),
sliced in-season tomatoes, bananas (especially on nut butters or
Nutella), sliced olives, wafer-thin sliced cucumber or radishes,
chicken liver mousse or pate.
Garnishes/finishes: Olive oil, sea salt, cracked pepper, fresh herbs,
caramelized onions or shallots, lemon zest, prosciutto, crumbled
bacon, red pepper flakes.
Shortcuts: Make toasts from a flavored bread, such as Empire
Baking Co.s apple-cinnamon- walnut or kalamata olive, or Village
Baking Co.s Meyer lemon-rosemary loaf. Or start with assorted
house-made crostini from Whole Foods Market. Top with flavored
artisan goat cheese, such as On Pure Ground Dairy ambrosia
(fruit), peach chipotle or figs and honey, or Rosa Family Farm
honeynut apricot or blueberry, or candied jalapeno.
Toast Soldiers With Soft-Boiled Eggs
From Clint Cooper, Village Baking Co.
1 egg, preferably local, free-range
2 slices day-old bread
Kosher salt and cracked pepper
Fill a pot with cool water and add the egg. Place over medium-high
heat. When the water starts to boil, set a timer for 1minute.
Toast bread under an oven broiler or in a toaster oven. Cut the toasted
bread into thin rectangular strips, called soldiers in Europe.
Once the egg is done, set it in an egg cup. Cut the top of the egg, add a
pinch of salt and pepper, then dip the soldiers and enjoy.
PER SERVING: Calories 293 (25% from fat), Fat 8 g (2 g sat), Cholesterol
186 mg, Sodium 791 mg, Fiber 2 g, Carbohydrates 41 g, Protein 12 g
GOAT CHEESE, PROSCIUTTO, tomato
and black pepper on olive bread
HUMMUS, CUCUMBER, basil,
tomato, sea salt and black
pepper on rye
GOAT CHEESE, FIGS and
olive oil on sourdough
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB JAM
from Village Baking Co. and
butter on rye
BEEMSTER PREMIUM DUTCH
CHEESE, basil and olive oil on
sourdough
The right bread
Village Baking Co.s Clint Cooper recommends sourdough for
toasting. The crumb is more open, and it tends to toast a lot
better, he says. It brings out the flavors you dont get with an
ordinary slice of bread. Chef Graham Dodds uses Village Baking
Co.s sourdough at Hibiscus and liked Empire Baking Co.s
ciabatta at Bolsa. CBD Provisions makes bread in-house.
Ready to toast?
Slice the bread from a whole loaf, so
you can control the thickness, just
before youre ready to toast it. Use a
good serrated knife and make the cut
as straight as possible for uniform
toasting. For breakfast bread,
3
4 inch
is a good thickness, and softness at
the center is OK. For thin toasts that
are crisp all the way through, cut the
bread closer to
1
8 inch thick. To make
that easier, says Cooper, freeze the
bread until its firm before you apply
the blade.
The broiler: An oven broiler makes
toast thats crisp on top and soft
underneath; let the steam come off
the bottom of the bread when you
take it out of the oven.
Panini press: If you own a panini press,
use it to make toast instead of a
sandwich. You get good grill marks
and good color, says CBD Provisions
Michael Sindoni.
Griddle toasting: A griddle is another
toasting tool. No griddle? Use a skillet
over medium-high heat. For savory
toast, brush each side lightly with
olive oil. For a breakfast-style toast,
use a smidge of butter.
Grilling: Brush each side lightly with
olive oil or butter and grill over hot
coals just until the bread chars, taking
care not to burn it. Rub the bread with
cut garlic before grilling, if desired, if
your toppings lean Mediterranean.
ONLINE: Find recipes for Watermelon-Goat Cheese Toast and
Small-Batch Fredericksburg Peach and Southern Comfort Jam at
dallasnews.com/food.
Michael Sindonis Avocado Breakfast Toast
From CBD Provisions
1 slice artisan whole-wheat bread, cut
1
2 inch thick
1
2 avocado, cut in
1
4 -inch slices
Sea salt
Piment dEspelette pepper (see Note)
Good extra-virgin olive oil
Toast the bread under an oven broiler or in a toaster oven until its
golden brown on both sides.
Spread the avocado slices evenly on the bread. Season with sea salt
and espelette, and drizzle with good olive oil. Makes 1serving.
Note: The dried Basque country peppers can be found at Sur La
Table. You can also substitute hot paprika.
PER SERVING: Calories 293 (61% from fat), Fat 20 g (3 g sat), No
cholesterol, Sodium433 mg, Fiber 9 g, Carbohydrates 25 g, Protein6 g
Photos by EVANS CAGLAGE/DMN
Sourcing local
Besides farmers markets, these are good sources: Green Grocer
(Dallas), Scardello Artisan Cheese (Dallas), Patina Green Home
and Market (McKinney), Local Yocal Farm
to Market (McKinney).
Fresh-churned butter: Lucky Layla
Farms (farm store in Plano),
Mozzarella Co. (Deep Ellum
factory), Sundance Gardens
(Coppell Farmers Market)
Artisan butter: Look for artisan
butters at better supermarkets.
Some folks are partial to Plugra
European-style butter or
Kerrygold Irish butter from
grass-fed cows.
Fresh goat cheese: Caprino Royale,
Mozzarella Co., Latte Da Dairy, On Pure Ground Dairy and Rosa
Family Farm. (The latter two offer flavored varieties.)
Fresh cream cheese: Full Quiver Farms in Kemp makes spreads in
flavors such as strawberry and pineapple.
Jams and jellies: North Texas boasts an abundance of local jam
and jelly producers, among them Luscombe Farm, JJ&B Jellies
Jams and Butters, and In a Pickle.
Bonny Doon Vineyard, Querry? Pear-Apple-
Quince Cider 2011, $14.99-$15.99
Randall Grahmis a winemaker-author-philosopher-punster
based in Santa Cruz, Calif.
His book Been Doon So Long, A Randall Grahm Vinthology,
was the winner of the 2010 Georges Duboeuf Wine
Book of the Year award.
His relentlessly questioning mind has led him to
various vinous pursuits, including planting
traditional Rhne grape varieties when other
vintners were only interested in cabernet
sauvignon and chardonnay; establishing the
Pacific Rim winery to produce riesling; and now,
hes making cider.
This is not just any cider: Its made dry and
sparkling from pear, apple and quince. Its
bright, crisp and refreshing and serious enough
for the dinner table. Pair it with a spicy salume,
grilled shrimp or a fresh goat cheese.
Find it at Pogos, Sigels and Specs.
DMN
WINE OF THE WEEK
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Its berry-picking time in Texas, which
means a morning or afternoon of fun for
the whole family plus great fresh fruit
to bring home.
The best way to find pick-your-own
farms is to use Google. Some farms have
only blackberries, some grow only
blueberries, and some have patches of
both. Virtually all sell picked berries, too.
(Several farms that usually offer
pick-your-own blueberries lost their
crops this year to a late freeze.)
Here are some examples of what youll
find: The Blueberry Farm in Quitman
grows only blueberries. Ham Orchards, a
six-day-a-week operation, has only
blackberries. Echo Springs Blueberry
Farm in Brownsboro, The Greer Farm
near Daingerfield and Blueberry Hill
Farms in Edom have both.
When you go, take along hot-weather
gear: hats, long sleeves, sunscreen and
plenty of water. And bring an ice chest so
your berries stay cool. DMN
Summers berry fun for families
EAT LOCAL
NACOGDOCHES DAILY SENTINEL
ISABEL CHAPMAN, 1, picked
blueberries with mom Erica last
weekend in Nacogdoches.
In stores
Stores that carry local produce are
selling Texas peaches, blueberries,
melons, squash and onions. Whole
Foods has Texas artichokes, too.
Farmers markets
For a searchable map of area farmers
markets, go to dallasnews.com/
farmersmarkets.
Harrison Ford
was hospitalized after being
injured on the set of Star
Wars: Episode VII, which is
shooting in London. Disney
said the 71-year-old actor was
being treated for an ankle
injury that happened during filming Thursday.
The accident wasnt a stunt sequence, but it
involved the door of a spacecraft.
Sigourney Weaver
will be back for the next three
Avatar sequels, according to
astatement from director
James Cameron. And as
Weaver hinted last month,
shell be playing someone
else. Her character of Grace Augustine, as
fans know, died in the first movie, so shes
playing a different and in many ways more
challenging character in the upcoming films,
Cameron said.
people in the
news
T
heres almost no dragon
training in How to Train
Your Dragon 2.
Amore accurate title
would have been How to Keep Your
Dragons From Getting Enslaved by
aTyrannical Despot. Or, to keep
things simpler to fit the movie
posters, Game of Thrones for Kids.
This DreamWorks Animation-
produced sequel is darker in tone
and more layered than its popular
predecessor, but thats definitely a
good thing. As with the original
Star Wars trilogy and Toy Story
series, the makers of this franchise
are allowing the films to grow up
alongside loyal young viewers. Its a
smart artistic choice, one that will
benefit the audience now and the
studio later.
Instead of copying the template,
the makers of How to Train Your
Dragon 2 expand the universe
geographically a logical move
considering the protagonists now
travel on the backs of dragons.
Hiccup the Viking and his mount,
Toothless, are mapping new lands
when they run across the followers
of Drago Bludvist, an exiled tribe
member who traps dragons and
rules through fear and torture.
Free-range dragons are led by a
giant ice dragon, a slow-moving,
icicle-breathing beast that is one of
the visual highlights of the movie.
Among other positives, Dragon 2 has
a great sense of scale, especially in
the flying scenes. Meanwhile,
Bludvist has a Sauron-like plan to
bring everyone under his rule.
The sequel is directed with a clear
vision by Dean DeBlois, who
co-directed Lilo & Stitch and the
first How to Train Your Dragon.
The intense story line is carried to
some extreme ends, with more peril
including one key characters
death than the typical summer
family movie. Bludvist is shrouded in
terrifying secrecy early on and
continues to be menacing after the
unveiling. Small or easily scared
children should consider another
screening of Bears instead.
While balancing the comedy and
drama nicely, specific moments in
Dragon 2 feel derivative. The sport
the main characters are playing in
the opening scene is basically
Quidditch from Harry Potter, with
dragons instead of brooms. Brave is
another easy comparison, especially
when it comes to the accents and
parent-child friction.
The movie improves the farther
Hiccup and other riders stray from
their home village of Berk. DeBlois,
who also wrote the script,
successfully juggles the multiple
story lines, shifting allegiances and
uncharted lands.
Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
HICCUP THE VIKING (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless explore some new airborne techniques.
Growing up together
ANIMATION | HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
Viking story
matures with
its viewers
B-
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR
DRAGON 2 Directed by
Dean DeBlois. PG (adventure
action and some mild rude
humor). 102 mins. In wide release.
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movies
Y
oure pretty much going to have to see 22
Jump Street twice just to catch all the
jokes that the roars of laughter make you miss.
When this buddy-cop parody hits its sweet
spots bromance gags carried to hilarious
extremes by Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum,
too-dumb-to-be-a-cop riffs by Tatum, and a
couple of vintage, sneering rants by Ice Cube
22, the sequel to 21, only exactly the same
as the first film (a running gag), becomes a
see it again on Netflix when I can hear it all
experience.
This comedy produces the biggest, loudest
laughs of any movie this summer.
Undercover cops Jenko (Tatum) and
Schmidt (Hill) are sent off to M.C. State
University to track down a new designer drug
that college kids are using to help them focus.
They try to blend in by doing slam poetry,
pledging a frat, attending classes that are out
of their dimwitted depth, hitting parties and
asking around about the drug and a coed who
died because of something she knew about it.
But theyre not fooling anybody. Hes like a
30-year-old eighth-grader!
The filmmakers and the cast mock the idea
of a sequel and get away with doing exactly
what theyre mocking, even if its always
worse the second time around.
Ice Cube, making the most of a few scenes
as Capt. Dickson, lands more laughs with a
scowl or three than he has in his last five films.
Tatum and Hill take their characters
relationship to the next level of bromance,
toying with the idea of an open
investigation, learning from their human
sexuality class how inappropriate each can be.
Hill scores with an epic girlfight and a blast
of slam poetry. Tatum is comically convincing
as a walk-on superstar tight end for the
football team and a parkour-loving jock who
climbs walls and finds a new BFF in an Owen
Wilson-look-alike quarterback (Wyatt
Russell).
Apack of credited writers, and the
co-directors of the first film, those Cloudy
With a Chance of Meatballs guys Phil Lord
and Christopher Miller, conjure up good,
quick-footed and foulmouthed fun. It goes on
way too long, peaks too early and sputters
before rallying with a frothy finale and a
closing-credits gag that kills (but also goes on
too long).
That doesnt much matter. Hill and Tatum
are the unlikeliest of big-screen odd couples, a
happy-goofy one that seems headed for a long
and fruitful relationship.
Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune
AP
UNDERCOVER COPS Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) have to blend in
as college students in 22 Jump Street.
Comic chemistry
COMEDY | 22 JUMP STREET
Sequels odd couple stars provide summers loudest laughs
B-
22 JUMP STREET Directed by Phil Lord
and Christopher Miller. R (language
throughout, sexual content, drug material,
brief nudity and some violence). 112 mins. In
wide release.
B-
ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE The movie is
sexy, campy, funny, subversive,
angsty and fun as it tells of an outsider
(Caitlin Stasey) who joins the cheerleading
squad. Things take a left turn when the squad
gets killed then revived by the outsiders
Wiccan ex-girlfriend (Sianoa Smit-McPhee).
Directed by Lucky McKee and Chris
Sivertson. Not rated. 90 mins. At the AMC
Mesquite. The Hollywood Reporter
B+
THE CASE AGAINST 8 This
emotional and analytical
documentary on the legal battle over
marriage equality benefits from an insiders
view. Directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan
White. Not rated. 112 mins. At the Texas
Theatre. Debuts on HBO on June 23.
Los Angeles Times
C-
FILTH James McAvoy (above) gives a
ferocious performance as a drug- and
drink-ravaged wreck of a Scottish detective.
Directed by Jon S. Baird. R (frequent drug use
and graphic nudity). 97 mins. At the Texas
Theatre. The New York Times
C+
THE GRAND SEDUCTIONThis tale of
atowns scheme to keep a doctor is
fun, if not quite as Grand as its title. Directed
by Don McKellar. PG-13 (some suggestive
material and drug references). 113 mins. At the
Angelika Dallas. McClatchy-Tribune
C-
THE SIGNAL The visuals outshine the
story in this idiosyncratic and
unpredictable sci-fi head trip. Directed by
William Eubank. PG-13 (some thematic
elements, violence and language). 95 mins.
At the AMC NorthPark, Mesquite, Grapevine
Mills and Parks at Arlington, Angelika Dallas,
Cinemark West Plano and Rave Cinemas
Ridgmar. San Francisco Chronicle
B-
SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF
SHEP GORDONAn affectionate
portrait of a Hollywood agent and maverick
includes interviews with Dean Fearing and
Willie Nelson. Directed by Mike Myers. R
(language, some sexual references, nudity
and drug use). 85 mins. At the Angelika
Dallas. AP
ALONE YET NOT ALONE (Not reviewed.) This
fact-based historical drama tells the story of a
German-American familys struggles during
the French and Indian War. Starring Kelly
Greyson, Jenn Gotzonand Clay Walker.
Directed by Ray Bengston. PG-13 (violence).
103 mins. At the AMC Firewheel, AMC
Mesquite and Cinemark Legacy.
MAGNET RELEASING
ALSO OPENING
JERSEY BOYSClint Eastwooddirected this
musical, based on the Tony Award winner
about the 1960s group the Four Seasons.
THE ROVER David Michds follow-up to his
Aussie crime drama Animal Kingdomstars Guy
Pearceand Robert Pattinsonand is set in a
near-future Australia where the world
economy has collapsed and bandits roam the
Outback.
THINK LIKE A MAN TOO Kevin Hart, Michael
Ealy, Meagan Goodand Regina Hall are among
returning cast members in this Las Vegas-set
sequel to the battle-of-the-sexes romantic
comedy.
OBVIOUS CHILD A stand-up comedian (Jenny
Slate) deals with an unexpected pregnancy.
KORENGAL This documentary from Sebastian
Junger continues looking at the war in
Afghanistans Korengal Valley, but from a
different vantage point than his Restrepo
(2010).
COMING NEXT WEEK
WARNER BROS. PICTURES
JOHN LLOYD YOUNG goes from
Broadway to the big screen in Jersey Boys.
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W
ith its unparalleled skyline and
stunning natural setting, Rio de
Janeiro already has plenty in its favor.
Now, with the wrappers off a $4 billion
refurbishment, Brazils most compelling
but also most turbulent city is set to
attract a whole new generation of
admirers.
The upgrade came in preparation for
soccers World Cup, which kicked off
Thursday. Rio is hosting a major part of
the tournament. Just two years later, the
city will take on an even greater
challenge when it hosts the 2016
Summer Olympics.
Anxious to show Rios effortless,
tropical chic in its best light, authorities
rushed to spruce up everything. Much of
the renewal focuses on the citys historic
but long-neglected port.
The newly opened Museu de Arte do
Rio (Rio Art Museum), is a highlight of
the port restoration. Its exhibits tell the
Rio story through art and design. The
museums roof terrace provides visitors
with a glimpse of the reborn Rio taking
shape below.
Warehouses and wharves have been
fastidiously restored, their brick facades
scrubbed and painted, their roofs relined
with corrugated iron. A new tramway
will link the lovingly restored heritage
buildings.
Awhite-ribbed, arrowlike structure
designed by Spains Santiago Calatrava
will openas the Museum of Tomorrow,
its exhibits dedicated to science and
technology.
In bayside Botafogo, Zurich-based
art collector Ruth Schmidheiny
unveiled Casa Daros Rio last year after
restoring a palace to house her
1,200-work art collection.
In the Maracana district, a $550
million refurbishment has transformed
Brazils once-careworn national soccer
stadium, the countrys cultural emblem.
The new-look stadium, earmarked for
key World Cup matches and for the
Olympics opening ceremony, is now
spotless and structurally sound.
On the fabled beach at Copacabana,
where sailors and rowers will compete
for Olympic gold in 2016, workers have
replaced cheap and cheerful coconut
stands with glass-walled cafes that
allow unsullied ocean views.
The mayor, Eduardo Paes, has been
sanguine about what can be achieved.
Its not like were going to be perfect by
the end of the Games, he said last year.
Rio still has a long way to go, but it is
going to be a more equal, more just and
more integrated city.
DMN
BRAZIL
COLIN BARRACLOUGH/DMN
WORLD CUP VISITORS to Rio de Janeiro will see some of the improvements
the city is making ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Rio, with renovations
World Cup is citys run-up to Olympics
I
n Brazil, futebol (what we call soccer) is a lifestyle, a religion.
Yet Brazilian people also have great passions for nature,
architecture, food, art and music. Here are some ways to enjoy
Brazils World Cup cities:
Brasilia: See the unconventional buildings conceived by the
late architect Oscar Niemeyer, including the Congress and
government palace Itamaraty. Or visit the Parque Nacional,
which features two swimming areas fed by hot springs.
Belo Horizonte: The area is filled with remnants of the colonial
period and is dotted with baroque churches covered in gold.
Cuiaba: Patanal Matogrossense Wetlands National Park is a
swamp region and wildlife conservation area with thousands
of species of birds and waters that teemwith piranhas,
anaconda and alligators. Chapada dos Guimaraes, a town
1,000 feet above sea level, boasts canyons and waterfalls.
Fortaleza: Go dancing in the hip nightclubs, where youll hear
the sounds of the Afro-Brazilian mix of pop and samba called
axe, as well as forro, which is Brazilian country music.
Salvador: Head to Pelourinho, the old district square, to see
young people perform the martial art of capoeira or to make a
wish outside the Church of Nossa Senhor Do Bonfim. History
buffs will want to visit the nearby town of Praia do Forte to see
the ruins of Castelo DAvila, which was the arrival point for
countless slaves trafficked from West Africa.
Sao Paulo: Visit Museu do Futebol, which tells the history of
Brazil through soccer, or take a walk through the sculpture
garden in Ibirapuera Park. Spend the day at the Pinacoteca, a
museum that emphasizes Brazilian art, or Museu Afro-Brasil, a
museum that was built in 1951 to pay tribute to Brazils
enslaved and Africa-descended populations.
Porto Alegre: Day-trippers can drive into the canyons to visit
Bento Goncalves national park. Its valley is the center of
Brazils wine region, Vale dos Vinhedos.
Manaus: This city is situated within the worlds biggest rain
forest. Take a tour to see the Meeting of the Waters, a point
where the dark Black River and the light Solimoes River run
side by side without mixing.
Natal: Visitors can take in the marine life at Maracajau park,
which features three miles of coral reef. Swimming, surfing
and parasailing are among the water sports. In Genipabu, the
gigantic sand dunes that surround fresh water lagoons can be
traversed by dune buggy or imported camel.
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MORE THAN FUTEBOL
FILE 2002/AP
TOURISTS
STOMP
GRAPES
at the
Casa
Valduca
vineyard
in the Vale
dos
Vinhedos.
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When Archie Whitt and a co-worker with the city of Wylie
walked through the doors of the recreation center two months ago,
they were distracted by something happening on the basketball
court.
Agroupof teenagers was pummeling eachother withfoamballs,
diving across the hardwoodfloors andhaving a goodtime.
Thats when the two parks and recreation employees decided to
throw away their workout plans and join in on the game being
played.
Withdodgeball, youjust kindof let yourself go, Whitt said.
And letting go is one of the reasons that Whitt decided to open
the event to all Wylie city employees this February.
Id seen how good a time the kids had together, Whitt said. It
helps people get toknoweachother tosee theminanatmosphere
youdont normally.
Lunchtime Dodgeball, where city staff members cantake a break
fromworkevery Wednesday topummel eachother onthe court, be-
gan with about 15 players fromparks and recreation. By the second
week, it grewto more than 25 employees across several city depart-
ments.
It gets competitive
OnFeb. 8, RhondaAmos huncheddowntomake herself smaller,
methodicallywalkingtowardthecenter lineof thecourt. Bothstalk-
ing and self-preserving, the city of Wylie human resource specialist
is armed with two foamballs in each hand. Something catches her
eye andshe back pedals one step, but its too late.
Aball strikes thefront of her neck, freshoff thefingertips of Wylie
police officer Sgt. Anthony Henderson.
The sharp smack that resonates through the gymnasiumof the
Wylie Recreation Center is followed by resounding ohhhhhhs
from the other players, which turns into playful
laughter from both
teams.
Shes out.
When I sawthey werent those big red rubber balls I said, I can
do this, Amos said fromthe sideline, her neck a brighter shade of
pink from Hendersons hit. If it would have been the hard ball, I
wouldhave beendone.
The dodgeball roster spans across most city departments, in-
cluding fire, police, animal control, human resources, public works,
parks andrecreationandcode enforcement, to name a few.
Its just funny, said Steven Harbin, recreation programmer.
Theyre witheachother every day, all day,
so its fun to watch to see how
competitive they get.
Getting city
employees
across departments ac-
quainted with one another
became an easier task after
the Wylie Municipal Com-
plex opened last June, bringing city hall,
recreation and library staff members into
one building, said Craig Kelly, public-informa-
tionofficer.
Its increased togetherness, Kelly said, mentioning a
baby shower for a city employee that was recently held at the
facility. It wouldhave beenhardto that before.
Harbins wife, Tiffany, who is the special events coordinator for
the city of Allen, expressed an interest in gathering a teamof Allen
city employees to challenge the Wylie staff.
We like competing and giving each other a hard time, Tiffany
said. We think itdbe funto go over andgive thema hardtime.
Its healthy, its interactive
Many Wylie city employees who arent
playing the game still participate by
watching it fromthe sideline. City man-
ager Mindy Manson and planning di-
rector Renae Ollie sat in the bleachers
to watchthe game its secondweek.
Renae got naileda minute ago and
it sounded like it really hurt, but she
said it didnt, Manson said laughing,
her arms stretched in front of her to
block the stray dodgeballs that fre-
quently head her way. Its cool that
theyve decided to do this, Manson
said. Its healthy, its interactive, its
getting groups together that might
not normally interact, and they all
have smiles ontheir faces, too.
Rose Baca is the neighborsgo
digital presentation editor and
can be reached at 214-
977-8574.
ON THE COVER
City employees participate in recreational lunch hour by playing dodgeball
By ROSE BACA
[email protected]
Brandon Webb hurries
to center court to
grab a dodgeball
Feb. 8.
Staff photos by LOUIS DELUCA/DMN
Lauren Woodcock jumps out of the way of an incoming dodgeball Feb. 8 as Wylie city
employees play dodgeball at lunch.
Both sides scramble for dodgeballs Feb. 8 as a game starts.
The Wylie dodgers
Taurus Faggett ducks away from a ball thrown at him Feb. 8
as Wylie city employees play dodgeball.
Richardson residents Loren and Luc
Goethals are ready to fly their hot air bal-
loon, Zipper, this weekend during the 32
nd
annual InTouch Credit Union Plano Bal-
loon Festival.
The Goethals fly in ballooning events
around the world, but the Plano festival
holds a special place in their hearts. In
April 2009, they wed in a hot air balloon
on the field at Planos Oak Point Park.
When they flew in the
festival for the first time in September
2010, the couple was assigned the same
spot.
For us, thats an annual remembering
place the Plano field, said Luc, a li-
censed balloon pilot of 21years. [When] I
flew last year, my position on the launch
field was on the place where we were mar-
ried the year before. I hope we have it every
year [so] we can celebrate.
It was the first time they ascended from
that location, because the
weather did not
allow them to
launch from Oak Point Park on the day
they exchanged vows. Loren said it was
like finishing their wedding.
Thats how ballooning is, she said.
Wherever the winds are coming from de-
cides where you fly.
Their affinity for balloons predates
their wedding. The couple met and had
their first date in June 2008 in
Belgium, where Loren was
traveling. They quickly dis-
covered a mutual passion
for ballooning.
Since Luc was a Belgian
resident, their
second date came four months later at a
balloon festival in New Mexico.
Loren, 49, and Luc, 47, became inter-
ested in ballooning when they were young.
When Loren was a teenager, she and
her aunt worked on a crew for a local bal-
loonist. Luc was captivated when he saw a
balloonist land on his grandfathers prop-
erty in Belgium when he was a youngster.
Ive always been fascinated with fly-
ing, said Luc, who passed on his pas-
sion and old ballooning system to his
daughter in Belgium. But the balloon
was something different.
Neighborsgo report-
er Elena Harding can
be reached at 469-330-
5685.
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS
By ELENA HARDING
[email protected]
Submitted photo by GARY DANIELS/Daniels Design
Luc Goethals of Richardson flies his hot air balloon, Zipper, over Lake Lewisville during last month's Highland
Village Balloon Festival.
Couple celebrates
relationship through
balloon festival
Wherever the wind blows
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IF YOU GO
When: 4 p.m. Friday through 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: 2801 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano
Run: Fun Run, 5K and half marathon start 7:30 a.m. to
8:30 a.m. Sunday and registration fees range from $20 to $80.
Activities: RE/Max parachute team, balloon launches, concerts,
gymnastic and martial arts performances
Tickets: $4 or $5
Parking: $10 at 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Jupiter and Spring
Creek Parkway, Parker and Spring Creek Parkway and $5 off site
parking at 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway and 1905 E. Parker Road
More info: visit planoballoonfest.com
PREPARING TO LAUNCH
Plano Balloon Festival executive director Jo
Via said a lot of planning goes into each balloon
festival. Via and an event director are the
festivals only staff members. The remaining
workforce comprises 3,793 volunteers who
have dedicated 16,764 hours this year.
Via, a 38-year Plano resident, attended the
first festival before volunteering the following
year. She has been executive director for 20
years.
Its a party we have for 85,000 of our closest
friends Via said. The balloons are an amazing
sight whether you are 2 or 102.
In this area, its the largest collection of
balloons, said Loren Goethals, who grew up in
Allen, The Colony and Lakewood before she
moved to Richardson in 2000. Its a really
beautiful spectacle.
Via said the three-day event draws residents
from Plano and surrounding areas, including
Addison, Allen, Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers
Branch, Frisco, Garland, McKinney, Lewisville,
Mesquite, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Wylie
and more.
This is the first Plano Balloon Festival that will
include a run, which will be the first
half-marathon in Plano, Via said.
The city of Plano is helping prepare for the
festival and has taken measures to prevent
wildfires during the drought. Via said although
the city is in stage two of its water conservation
plan, they have watered the launch field for
weeks to protect attendees by preventing fire
hazards from the hot-air burners.
Submitted photo by
KEVIN RAGGIO
Quiet chatter, the inviting smell of
roasting coffee and students faces lit by
the glow of laptops are all things sure
to be found in one of the many coffee
shops on or around college campuses.
But with many coffee shops offering
free wireless Internet access, businesses
could be suffering from lingering stu-
dents who log on but never check out.
The coffee shop atmosphere appeals
to many University students as an ide-
al place to camp out and study. Erin
Douget , English sophomore, said she
enjoys both having people around and
the organized chaos
that goes on in a coffee
shop.
But customers sit-
ting inside a cafe and us-
ing the Internet without
buying anything has be-
come a problem for cof-
fee shop owners. Some
shops in larger areas like New York
City have begun to reevaluate their Wi-
Fi policies, according to an article in
the Wall Street Journal.
One Baton Rouge establishment
found a unique way to deal with cus-
tomers who linger by charging for
coffee by the minute. Insomkneeacks ,
located on Florida Boulevard, prices
its coffee based on how
much time a customer
spends drinking it. Pa-
trons can buy coffee by
the half hour, hour, eve-
ning, day, week, month
or year.
If you want a half
hours worth of coffee,
you pay when you come in, and a half
hour later, your time expires, said Pe-
ter Excho , owner of Insomkneeacks.
THE DAILY REVEILLE
WWW.LSUREVEILLE.COM
Volume 114, Issue 7 Tuesday, September 1, 2009
ONE YEAR LATER
For a pullout of photos and stories
about Gustav, see page 10.
Miles expects
Jefferson to be only QB
to see playing time in
Washington, page 5.
SPORTS
Piecing it all
together
University still
working through
Gustav aftermath one year later
By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
TECHNOLOGY
Coffee shops struggle with free wireless access
Students use Wi-Fi but
dont support business
COFFEE, see page 14
KRISTEN MLISSA ROWLETT / The Daily Reveille
Environmental science and coastal studies freshman Rachel
Kearns uses the free wireless at Highland Coffees on Aug. 25.
Daily Reveille le photo
RECOVERY, see page 14
lsureveille.com
Log on to see
a coffee shop
owner discuss
free Wi-Fi.
By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
Hurricane Gustav made landfall in Louisiana one year
ago today, wreaking havoc on the University and leaving
its picturesque campus in shambles.
After 12 months of work, the University continues
recovery efforts from the $10 million worth of damages
the storm dealt.
Ten buildings including the Inter-
national Cultural Center, School of Mu-
sic facilities, Kirby-Smith Hall and the
Chemical Engineering Building