city hall
City Manager Mary Suhm’s recommendations for a $600 million bond package include constructing 47 miles of bike lanes. Suhm also recommends upgrading six miles of roadway to make “complete streets” to serve pedestrians, cyclists and motorists equally. Almost $334 million of the package would be spent on flood control improvements, most of that in the Baylor hospital area, which is plagued with flooding problems. About $55 million would go to economic development. City council is expected to vote on the bond package in August. If approved, Dallas residents would vote on the bond package in November’s general election.
community
White Rock Paddle is open now through October, offering paddling lessons on the lake. Rentals of single and tandem kayaks run $15 an hour or $55-$65 a day. For information, visit whiterockpaddle.com.
The White Rock Home Tour reports that about 1,500 people attended in April, raising almost $24,000 for programs at Hexter Elementary.
education
Piers Christian, a 2012 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, received the Eric Louis Brown Memorial Scholarship. The award honors an outstanding Dallas ISD student-athlete with a $5,000 scholarship. Christian will attend the University of Kansas as a walk-on football player. He plans to major in pharmacy.
Beverly Hirsch, the longtime choir teacher and musical director at J.L. Long Middle School, won the Rotary Club of Dallas Outstanding Teacher Award for Service Above Self. The $2,500 annual awards honor three public school teachers whose performances go beyond their job descriptions. They must also perform activities that benefit disadvantaged or at-risk students as well as show innovation and creativity in the classroom.
people
Neighborhood resident Vivian Castleberry celebrated her 90th birthday with the Dallas Women’s Foundation. Castleberry was a journalist, humanitarian, women’s rights leader, diplomat, author and teacher. She is a founder of the Dallas Women’s Foundation and has been called the godmother of the women’s rights movement in Dallas.
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