Skateboarding nurse is ‘gnarly’ and nice

Skateboarding nurse is ‘gnarly’ and nice

By David Mullen When one thinks of a woman referred to as “The Gnarly Nurse,” thoughts might gravitate toward Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher in an Academy Award winning performance) from the 1975 classic film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” But this nurse does not represent, nor handout, a bitter pill. She has found sanity […]

WRR needs help sweeping lake

WRR needs help sweeping lake

White Rock Rowing (WRR) is an organization for Dallas-area youth that aims to change lives by fostering teamwork skills and preparing their athletes for success in sport and in life. Currently, WRR has only one set of competitive sweep oars, which their novice and varsity teams must share for practice and competitions, limiting the teams’ […]

Prepare for the unexpected vet visit

Prepare for the unexpected vet visit

By Beth Leermakers I spent Saturday night in the parking lot at a 24-hour vet clinic. Fun times! Then, because I was fourth in line for emergency cases without appointments, and the vet was tied up with an emergency surgery that could take hours, I went back on Sunday morning.  My foster dog Gucci, who […]