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the dealership’s event room. Through 2017, church members continued meeting, and began making plans to help build
worshiping at Crest and the Marriott hotel at The Shops at Legacy in Plano as the a bridge between Frisco community
congregation grew. In 2018, Mr. Morgan stepped out in faith and began pastoring members and the city’s police officers.
full time, which allowed him to become even more involved in community outreach What better way to foster community
activities while also continuing to bless people with his delicious barbecue. connections than with a good, home-
town Texas barbecue? On June 19, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, like most area churches Em- – the Juneteenth holiday commemo-
powerment Church Texas pivoted to online services, with Mr. Morgan filming and rating the end of slavery in the United
streaming services from the living room of his home. Its congregation has since States – Mr. Morgan cooked and served
returned to meeting in person, sharing space at Hope Fellowship Church’s East more than 600 pounds of meat to up-
Frisco campus on Rolater Road on Sunday afternoons. (It also continues to offer ward of 100 Frisco police officers. For
several services online.) the event, Empowerment Church part-
nered with Hope Fellowship Church,
Mr. Morgan has also served the larger Dallas community. In 2019, each Saturday The Potter’s House of North Texas and
he and members of Empowerment Church Texas cooked and served barbecue to several Frisco businesses. A week later,
as many as 250 guests at The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center in Dallas. Howev- they served more than 100 Frisco fire-
er, after serving in Dallas for a year, he began to feel a pull in his spirit to also serve fighters from the city’s nine stations.
the Frisco community, including its first responders. In January 2020, he spoke with
Frisco Police Chief David Shilson and shared his desire to serve and support the Recalling the Juneteenth event, Mr.
department. The men agreed to discuss specific ideas and more concrete plans at Morgan quotes civil right leader Dr.
a later time, but a tragedy accelerated that process. Martin Luther King, Jr., saying, “The time
is always right to do what is right,” and
In May 2020, the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis brought discussions adds that doing the right thing comes
about relations between communities of color and law enforcement agencies to without agendas or strings attached. Mr.
the forefront of the nation’s political and ideological conversations. Mr. Morgan Morgan said he had no agenda apart
began to pray about what he could do within his own community of Frisco. As an from serving others in the community
African American, he realized that he was uniquely and divinely positioned to have when he catered the meal for Frisco first
an impact within his community. “I know what racism is, and I know I was called responders. But soon, doors of oppor-
here to make a change,” he said. tunity began swinging open for him. He

After prayer and at the Lord’s urging, he made a decision: Rather than participate
in area protests and marches, Mr. Morgan once again reached out to Chief Shilson

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credits God for blessing him once again,
and points to Romans 8:28: “And we
know that in all things God works for the
good of those who love him, who have
been called according to his purpose.”

Part of that good included the Mor-
gans being able to officially establish
Earnest B’s BBQ & Catering Company
in December 2020. However, as they
began dreaming of opening a barbe-
cue restaurant in Frisco, 2020 and the
COVID-19 pandemic changed those
plans. The couple ultimately decided
to forgo opening a brick-and-mortar
restaurant and instead expanded the
catering business into the mobile space,
making a custom food trailer the official
home of Earnest B’s BBQ & Catering
Company.

For a man dedicated to connecting
with and loving people, the idea of be-
ing mobile serves well Mr. Morgan’s
larger vision of community service. This
month, the Earnest B’s BBQ custom
food concession trailer will be ready to
begin cooking and serving delicious
barbecue in and around Frisco. While
the city will be its hub, being a mobile
operation will allow him to serve people
throughout Collin and Denton counties.
Many of his longtime catering custom-
ers are excited, including Ashley Miller
of Frisco. “Our family can always count
on Earnest B to deliver delicious bar-
becue for meaningful gatherings,” she
said. “We have entrusted him with major
holidays, big milestones and important
gatherings. We are always blown away
and are so excited to visit and support
Earnest B’s BBQ food trailer as soon as
it opens.”

Being a lead pastor, pitmaster, Fris-
co Rotarian, small business owner and
board member of a nonprofit organi-
zation, Mr. Morgan wears a lot of hats
daily. Each is donned as a means “to
better serve people,” he said. His many
contributions are a boon to Frisco. The
Morgans’ hearts for the community and
beyond are boundless. The couple con-
tinues to increase their involvement and
build friendships by reaching out and
connecting with people under the ban-
ners of love, mutual respect and com-
munity support.

Amy Kryzak is a wife, mom and blogger who loves con-
necting fellow moms, food in all shapes and forms and
loves all things Frisco.

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Celebrating MSeemxiacnoa’sSHanotaly Week 
In April, we start to consider planning BY SAVANNAH BENTON
for the Easter holiday weekend. With
the COVID-19 pandemic, many people Schools in Mexico don’t have a spring and during this time church bells are si-
will likely stay at home. However, if break week in March like we do in the lenced until Easter Sunday to symbolize
you’re feeling adventurous, you may States. Instead, they have a two-week Jesus leaving the world. After Maundy
want to travel to an exotic location. break leading up to Easter weekend to Thursday comes Good Friday (Viernes
The Easter season is a great time to celebrate. Mexico residents are inten- Santo), when church members reenact
visit Mexico if you are interested in tional with their time during this period, the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis. It
immersing yourself in another culture. celebrating the Blessing of the Palms, features a reenactment of Jesus’ walk
Vespers of Darkness, Maundy Thursday, up to the hill where he is later crucified,
Good Friday, Holy Saturday and, finally, which concludes the ceremony.

Easter Sunday. On Holy Saturday, also called Sabado
Blessing of the Palms, de Gloria, there is a gathering in which
everyone holds a candle for the dura-
or Domingo de Ramos, is tion of Mass. Following Mass, partici-
a large ceremony remem- pants enjoy a bit of comic relief when
bering Jesus’ triumphant figures representing Judas, Satan and
entry into Jerusalem after other disliked political figures are lit on
His long journey through fire as a symbol of Jesus overcoming
the desert. Participants are all sin.
given their own blessed
palm tree leaves. After the Finally, on Easter Sunday (Domingo
ceremony, they are able de Pascua), Roman Catholics are ex-
to take their palms home pected to come to church to receive
and can either keep them communion. This sacred time offers
as they are or fold them to spiritual renewal, as Easter marks
make meaningful figures the day Jesus rose from the dead.
such as a cross. Domingo The church bells triumphantly ring
de Ramos is celebrated throughout the city, symbolizing the joy
the Sunday prior to Easter that comes with this day. Throughout
Sunday. Mexico, citizens are found eating many
snacks (botanas) and children may be
On Wednesday of Holy seen on mechanical rides for their en-
Week, several churches joyment at carnivals.
hold a gathering called
Vespers of Darkness, or Traveling to Mexico during Holy
Los Matinés de las Tinieb- Week would surely keep you busy as
las. During this gathering, you’d be able to witness and partici-
participants recall the pate in these traditional ceremonies,
disciples’ betrayal of Jesus. gatherings and Masses.
There are a multitude of
candelabras, each with 15 Can’t travel for the holiday? St. Gabri-
candles, lighting up the el the Archangel Catholic Church, 110
altar. After a Psalm is sung, St. Gabriel Way, in McKinney celebrates
a candle is blown out until many of these sacred days as does St.
there is only one left. The Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 8000
last candle symbolizes the W. Eldorado Parkway, in Frisco. More
death of Jesus. information about the celebrations at
St. Francis of Assisi can be found at
Maundy Thursday, or stfoafrisco.org/holy-week.
Jueves Santo, marks the
official start of the Easter Savannah Benton is a freshman at Legacy Christian
celebration. The Chrism, a Academy in Frisco. She is a competitive swimmer and
sacred oil used in the Eas- enjoys piano. This article was written as a Spanish I
ter sacraments, is blessed class assignment in which Savannah was challenged
to explore an area of interest in Spanish culture and
examine the historical cultural impact and Christian
influences in both the local and global environment.

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BalancBedaHlOaRnMcOeNdEHS,OME

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W e’ve all heard the The sex hormone progesterone is the the copious amounts of cortisol and
phrase “Happy wife, body’s natural fat burner and diuretic. insulin, the cells become resistant and
happy life.” It turns It also works to calm anxiety, slow the won’t open up to receive the glucose,”
out there may ac- growth of abnormal tissue and aid in she explains. With those high levels, the
restful sleeping. However, by the time body “thinks we need to physically fight
tually be quite a bit women reach the ages of 40-60, their or run away. However, in most cases,
level of progesterone production drops we are sitting at a desk or having a fight
of truth to that adage. After all, home is by about 80 percent. Meanwhile, pro- at the kitchen table or driving, so the
duction of the hormone estrogen only blood sugar released is not being used
supposed to be a place of refuge from drops by about 20 percent. This can for energy and, instead, eventually gets
cause increased weight gain, fluid re- stored in fat cells.”
the stresses of life – work, school, rela- tention, mood swings and interrupted
sleep as well as stimulate tissue and ab- The effects of hormonal imbalances
tionships and finances among them. normal-cell growth. can be devastating for women, especial-
ly as they move into and through peri-
However, as many spouses can surely Think of progesterone as the “parent menopause and menopause. “They’re
hormone,” Ms. Koen- suffering through hot flashes and night
attest, the mood inside of a home can sweats and not being able to find any re-
ke says, lief,” she says. Also, when carrying extra,
quickly go from harmonious to harried, and es- unwanted pounds, “You don’t feel good.
trogen as … That causes a lot of stress in the home
impacting everyone under its roof, the “rowdy teenager.” Although pro- and on relationships in general. … I al-
gesterone is supposed to be “the one ways say, `You can’t give what you don’t
when a wife/partner or mother isn’t feel- in charge … when its levels drop below have.’ If you don’t feel that level of (self)
estrogen, you lose the ability to burn acceptance or comfort in your body, you
ing like the best version of herself. fat efficiently, anxiety and depression can’t give that to other people. It has to
increase, and you have trouble sleeping start with yourself and with self-care.”
From fatigue and irritability to head- because estrogen (becomes) a domi-
nating hormone. When progesterone McKinney resident Shawn Lambrecht,
aches and weight gain, it may be sur- and estrogen are out of balance, it is who works as a software trainer, said she
like putting a rowdy teenager in a beach has experienced a dramatic improve-
prising to learn that these and other house all weekend without any paren- ment in her perimenopausal symptoms
tal supervision - there are going to be since starting a hormone-balanced
often-debilitating, ongoing ailments problems. Even if you’re eating right, program earlier this year. After losing
even if you’re working out, it can be vir- 30 pounds in eight weeks, her energy
frequently experienced by women may tually impossible for your body to lose levels have also increased. Previously,
that weight.” “I would stay up late at night and have
be the result of hormonal imbalances. In drinks and watch movies and … I would
Also in the hormonal mix is cortisol. sleep in most mornings because I didn’t
a 2019 survey of 2,000 U.S. women aged Best known as the stress hormone, it feel good,” she says. These days, “I have
regulates a variety of the body’s pro- energy. I get up in the morning … and
30-60, nearly 47 percent of respondents cesses including immune response and I’m ready to go. I don’t feel like I have
metabolism. Despite the “bad rap” cor- to nap in the middle of the day, and I’m
revealed that they have experienced tisol often receives, Ms. Koenke points engaged with my work.”
out that this buffering hormone is need-
the symptoms of a hormone imbalance. ed to “survive stress.” Without it, men When a woman’s hormone levels are
and women would experience chronic in check, the positive results can spill
However, 72 percent of those polled physical pain. However, “When cortisol over into all aspects of life, even at home.
is chronically high, which it is for a lot “Negative moods are directly connect-
said they did not know until later that of us managing high levels of stress, it ed with lower progesterone levels,” Ms.
signals a `fight or flight’ response in the Koenke explains. “When we’re able to
their hormones were to blame for neg- body to funnel in blood sugar for ener- restore those, a more positive mood
gy. Insulin is then released to carry the comes about. They have more energy.
atively affecting their overall well-being. blood sugar to the cells for fuel, but with They’re thinking more clearly. They’re
more productive around their home.
Hormones act as chemical messen- They’re taking pride in themselves and
treating themselves better, which trans-
gers in the body, traveling through lates into their family life. We’ve had cli-
ents whose husbands have said, `Thank
the bloodstream to organs and tissues you for giving me my wife back.’”

where they impact metabolism as well Lisa Ferguson is the managing editor of Frisco STYLE
Magazine.
as mood, sexual and reproductive func-

tions. They “play such an important role

in … how we feel,” explains Noel Koen-

ke, a certified natural hormone balanc-

ing specialist with BeBalanced Hormone

Weight Loss Centers in Frisco. “Moms

and wives and daughters – all of those

roles are affected by our health and how

we feel about ourselves.”

Fluctuating hormone levels are most

commonly the culprit for the hot flash-

es that some women experience during

menopause. However, Ms. Koenke says,

“It’s a newer concept for people to be

bringing hormones into question” when

pondering potential causes of such

symptoms as sleeplessness, fluid reten-

tion, headaches, so-called “brain fog”

and decreased libido, as well as while

struggling to shed excess pounds de-

spite following strict diet and exercise

regimens. Hormonal imbalances are of-

ten “the last question that women tend

to ask about when they find they can’t

lose weight but are actually the key to

the solution.”

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FASHION

FRISCO STYLE’S 2021 GUIDE TO BOUTIQUE SPRING FASHION,
COURTESY OF BIT TERSWEET IV Y, BLUE DOOR BOUTIQUE AND

SUNNY PAIGE FRISCO.

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To set the stage – My wife and I live in Parkview, a fine independent living facil-

NOW AND THEN ity. Our apartment is on the second floor, and the facility’s dining room is on the

ground floor. That is just fine until a power outage renders the elevators useless.
If we were still fit, we would use the stairs, but we are both on walkers, which don’t
work well on stairs. So, we usually have our meals brought to us. Otherwise, we wait
until the power comes back on and rush down to eat. Why the rush? Because the
periods of power are sometimes very short, and we don’t want to get caught on a

THE stalled elevator as some have.

Ice Our blessed periods of positive power are often only 30 or 40 minutes. We re-
alize, of course, that is much better than being without power for much longer

AGES periods, even days, as some have experienced. However, our “30 minutes of light”
allows us time to get really interested in a TV show, only to have it go off right in
the most interesting scene. That happened to us when watching The Good Doctor.
I’ll never know how it ended. Sob, sob! Oh well, from a good show to a “no show.”
BY BOB WARREN Our typical ice storm day, if there is such a thing, is to wake up without pow-

In telling about some of the minor in- er – can’t make coffee, so I’ll take a shower. The bathroom’s dark, but I get in the
shower, hoping to find some leftover warm water in the water heater. There’s very
conveniences we felt during the recent little, so I take a fast shower “by braille,” feeling my way for the soap and trying not
“Ice Ages,” we realize that many of you to miss any body parts. I dry off in a hurry, and about that time the power comes
experienced very serious problems. To back on – thank goodness!
you, we apologize for seeming to make
light of the occasion. Next, I dress and rush to the kitchen to make coffee and fix my oatmeal while the
microwave is working. Got it done just before the power went off again, so I ate in
Have you ever been run over by a the dark and found my way to my recliner, which, by the way, has electric controls. If

“rolling blackout?” We have!

Here are some of the thoughts and

adventures brought on by the recent

“dark days,” the days of snow, sleet, be-

low-freezing temperatures and black-

outs we had in February.

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the footrest is in the extended position, The bathroom had no plumbing, so our Saturday night baths (most people
I have to crawl in and wait until the lights bathed only once a week) were in wash tubs brought into the kitchen. Water was
come back on to get comfortable. It heated on the kitchen stove and the last one in the tub bathed in murky water.
makes me wish for my old manually Phew!
operated recliner. Oh well, no morning
paper today, so I curl up for a nap. We “lived” in the back part of the house, in my parents’ bedroom and the kitchen.
After “supper,” Dad and I retired to the bedroom to sit around the stove and listen
Beth says she needs to “do a wash- to Fibber McGee and Molly or Amos ‘n’ Andy on the radio, leaving my poor mother
ing,” so she loads the washer and waits to clean the kitchen. No dishwasher, so she washed the dishes in the kitchen sink
for power. Then, when it comes on, and put them in a “rack” to dry before joining us in the bedroom.
it goes back off again about halfway
through the cycle, and it’s wait again. In the winter, only the back two rooms were heated. I slept in the front bedroom,
The same story with the dryer, so that so at bedtime, they tucked me into my feather-bed mattress with lots of cover, leav-
makes a long “wash day.” All those ing me to sleep warm and comfy.
events make me realize that the old
days weren’t so bad after all. Let’s turn Our “wash day” was an adventure for me. It was on Monday when Mother and
the clock back about a hundred years I went to the back yard where there was a big black wash pot and a wash bench
and review some of those “good old under the grape arbor. On the wash bench were three big tubs – one for the first
days.” rinse, another for the second rinse and a third for the rinse with “bluing” for the
white clothes.
The house I was born in, here in Fris-
co in 1921, did not have electricity. It We built a fire under the big wash pot and I stirred the clothes with a broomstick.
was heated with natural gas and lighted Then the boiled clothes were transferred to the tubs for rinsing, and from there to
with kerosene (coal-oil) lamps. When be hung on the clothesline to dry. That was almost an all-day job – quite different
I was four years old, my parents had a from the luxury of today’s electric washer and dryer, if the power is on.
new two-bedroom frame house built. It
had electricity, and each room had one Now, I’d better run to my computer to type this story while the power is on.
light bulb suspended from the ceiling. All this reminiscing makes me wonder: Have we gone from “Global Warming” to
The light switch was on the wall within “Global Cooling?”
my reach and I almost wore the switch Oh well, for more light, let’s turn to the Bible where we find the creation story in
out turning it off and on. Genesis, chapter 1. Verse 3 says, “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was
light.” To that I say, “Amen, thank you, Lord. Bring it on and keep it on.”

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ONE DAY IN FRISCO

BY BRYAN LEWIS

DID YOU KNOW?

GENERAL ELECTIONS CEREMONY HONORS STA AR TESTING AT
SCHEDULED MAY 1 VIETNAM VETERANS CAMPUSES
The City of Frisco and Frisco ISD will hold Frisco Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) The Texas Education Agency this year is
its general elections May 1. City Council Post 8273 honored and celebrated requiring this year that school districts,
Place 1 incumbent John Keating is run- Vietnam veterans during a “Welcome including Frisco ISD, administer the
ning against JP Schade, and four candi- Home” ceremony March 29 at the Em- State of Texas Assessments of Academic
dates – Angelia Pelham, Karen Cunning- bassy Suites Frisco Hotel and Conven- Readiness (STAAR) and STAAR End-of-
ham, Jennifer White and Sai Krishna – will tion Center. The guest of honor at the Course assessments (EOCs). Testing will
square off for Place 3. Frisco ISD Board of event, which was hosted on Vietnam occur this month and in May, the dates
Trustees Secretary John Classe is running Veterans Day, was retired United States for which will vary by grade level and
unopposed for the school board’s Place Marine Corps Major General James E. subject. Schools will have the option to
6, and incumbent Rene’ Archambault and Livingston. A Medal of Honor recipient, test students on paper, online or via a
candidate Evelyn Brooks will vie for Place he is the most highly decorated Marine combination of these. The state plans to
7. For information about voting locations, Infantry Officer from the Vietnam War. transition exclusively to online testing by
visit collincountytx.gov/elections or vot- Also making an appearance at the event, the 2022-23 school year. As the TEA did
edenton.com. which featured a static display of a Huey not provide a provision to accommodate
197 helicopter, were the Dallas Cowboy at-home STAAR testing, Virtual Academy
FRISCO PUBLIC Cheerleaders. students will test face-to-face at their
LIBRARY OPENS campus. For additional testing informa-
CONNECTION FRISCO LOVEPACS tion, visit friscoisd.org/departments/test-
Local dignitaries attended a ribbon-cut- SELECTED FOR ing/2021-staar-administration-faq.
ting ceremony March 16 for CONNEC- SERVICE PROJECT
TION, Frisco Public Library’s branch at The Young Men’s Service League Impact STUDENTS SELECTED
Stonebriar Centre. Frisco Mayor Jeff Frisco Chapter chose Frisco Lovepacs as FOR ALL-STATE BANDS
Cheney and Library Director Shelley the beneficiary of its annual Ultimate Gift A dozen students at Legacy Christian
Holley were among those who helped service project. Each year, the chapter Academy in Frisco auditioned recently to
cut the ribbon and welcome guests into selects a philanthropy partner for the perform with the All Texas Small School
the well-appointed space. Open Tuesday project and does something transforma- Bands All-Region and All-State Bands. Of
through Sunday, CONNECTION offers tive that the partner may not otherwise those, 10 students were selected for the
visitors access to free Wi-Fi, public com- have the resources or manpower to ac- Region 24/25 All-Region band and two
puters, a book locker for item pickups complish. Members of YSML-Impact Fris- were named second alternates. LCA is
and returns, a passport office and a siz- co, who are high school-aged young men one of only 166 schools from across the
able selection of book titles for children and their mothers, spent nearly 250 hours state represented in the ATSSB All-State
and teens. Visit friscolibrary.com/connec- hosting personal food drives as well as Band. Additionally, LCA senior Caleb
tion for additional information. decorating and filling 124 boxes with Chambers received a $500 scholarship
non-perishable food items in support for having made the band for three years.
GODDARD JOINS of Lovepacs. The boxes helped to feed
PRESTONWOOD food-insecure Frisco ISD students during FRISCO RESIDENT
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY the recent spring break school holiday. AWARDED
Dr. Michael Goddard has been named SCHOLARSHIP
Head of Schools for the Prestonwood WAKELAND VICTORI- Ahou Vaziri Line of Frisco was recently
Christian Academy School System, a min- OUS AT STATE MEET awarded the Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc Schol-
istry of Prestonwood Baptist Church. He The Wakeland High School boys swim arship by the NBCC Foundation, an af-
assumes leadership and strategic over- team recently claimed the 5A state cham- filiate of the National Board for Certified
sight at PCA Plano, PCA North (Prosper), pionship, giving Frisco ISD seven state Counselors, Inc. The award recognizes
PCAplus Virtual Academy, PCA Hybrid (a swimming and diving team titles. Also at doctoral-level counseling students for
three-days-a-week classroom model), St. the competition, which was held in San their commitment to advancing the coun-
Timothy Christian Academy serving stu- Antonio, district athletes were awarded seling profession through research and
dents with learning differences, and The a trio of individual state championships, testing. Line, who will receive $5,000
King’s Academy in South Dallas. Most and the district took home medals in 13 scholarship, is a graduate of the Universi-
recently the superintendent of Lovejoy events. Wakeland, which for the past two ty of Texas at Dallas and Southern Meth-
Independent School District, Goddard years has finished as the 5A state run- odist University. She is currently a doctor-
previously served in the same capacity ner-up, won the boys team championship al student in the counselor education and
for Red Oak ISD, was assistant superin- with 215 points. Meanwhile, Frisco High supervision program at the University of
tendent of Prosper ISD and an adminis- School finished tenth in the boys’ stand- North Texas.
trator with McKinney ISD. ings. Wakeland was also the top finisher
in the girls’ standings at No. 11. Nine Fris-
co ISD high schools scored points at the
state meet, with the district’s medalists
representing five schools.

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DID YOU KNOW?

JURY MANAGEMENT CELEBRITY CHEF PET OF THE MONTH
SYSTEM GETS AN UP- OPENS `GHOST
GRADE KITCHEN’ S I LV I E
Collin County’s jury management system Food Network star Guy Fieri recently Say hello to Silvie, a loving 8-year-
was upgraded recently with the help of opened a location of the Guy Fieri’s Fla- old domestic short hair who has
Tyler Technologies. The Plano-based vortown Kitchen restaurant chain at 8580 the energy of a kitten. Her favorite
company’s Tyler Jury Manager software SH 121 in Frisco, near Stonebriar Centre. toys are her crinkle tunnel and cat-
is being used to streamline the county’s Categorized as a “ghost kitchen” eatery, nip mice. She came to the Frisco
jury-selection process. The software also its dishes - including burgers, jalapeno Humane Society with her friend,
allows jurors to be contacted through pig poppers and brown sugar BBQ wings Callie, after their beloved owner
text messages and email with reminders - are only available to go. Additional passed away. Silvie loves everyone
about upcoming jury duty, and alert them information is available at guysflavor- she meets, especially if treats are
of changes in juror status such as cancel- townkitchen.com.
ations due to weather or changes result- involved!
ing from COVID-19 safety protocols. AUTISM CENTER
EXPANDS TO FRISCO Affectionate, playful and lovable,
CENTER ASSISTS PediaPlex, an autism spectrum disorder she gets along well with cats as
STORM-BAT TERED care center for children, recently opened well as small dogs. Silvie is spayed,
RESIDENTS the doors of its Frisco location. The clin- microchipped and current on her
In February, students and volunteers with ic, at 4855 Ohio Drive, offers applied vaccinations. This pretty kitty has so
the M.T.O. Dallas Sufi Center in Frisco behavior analysis, occupational, speech much love to give and would be the
lent a hand by delivering 4,000 bottles of and feeding therapy, among others. Pedi- purrfect addition to your family. If
water to area residents who were impact- aPlex also has locations in Southlake and you would like to learn more about
ed by that month’s historic winter storm. Fort Worth. For more information, visit Silvie, please complete the adop-
After learning through news reports that pediaplex.net. tion application form on the Frisco
residents of a Plano apartment complex Humane Society’s website and their
had been without water for multiple days, PAIR OF PARKS Cat Coordinator will be in touch with
the Sufi Center stepped in to provide RENAMED
assistance similar to that which it has of- The Frisco City Council in March ap- you soon.
fered to the community throughout the proved the renaming of two city parks
COVID-19 pandemic. in honor of a pair of African-American For additional information about this
families with strong, long-standing com- animal, as well as the adoption pro-
FRISCO STATION munity ties. First Street Park, at 8541 First cess and fees, please visit friscohu-
WELCOMES TENANT St., is now called Jack Hamilton Park.
Financial firm Raymond James is the It recognizes the pastor who in 1914 manesociety.com.
newest tenant at the $1.8 billion Frisco founded the city’s first African-American
Station development. The company joins church, now known as Hamilton Chapel
Addus HomeCare, MTX Group Inc. and Baptist Church. Built in 1982, the park is
Stifel Financial in the 210,000-square-foot designated for reinvestment by the city
Offices Two building, situated north of to include a new design and amenities.
Warren Parkway. Frisco Station features Its refurbishment is scheduled to begin
office and apartment buildings as well as this spring. Also, the undeveloped Per-
hotels and entertainment space. A third simmon Park site behind Frisco City Hall
building in the Offices Project is sched- is now called Jimmy and Clara Jones
uled to open this month. Park. Community stalwarts, the Joneses
are active members of Hamilton Chapel
GROUND BROKEN ON Baptist Church, which was founded by
SHOPPING CENTER Jimmy Jones’ great uncle, the aforemen-
Dirt is turning at 13030 Preston Road tioned Jack Hamilton. Construction is
in Frisco, site of the future Shops as slated to begin in late spring at the park,
Creekside, which is being developed by with amenities that may include paths, an
AOS Panther Creek LLC. Construction on amphitheater and Wi-Fi. For additional
the first phase of the 20,130-square-foot information, visit PlayFrisco.org.
retail development is underway, with
Phase II construction set to begin soon.
Among the tenants that have secured
leases are Domino’s Pizza, a general den-
tistry practice and Sweetwaters Coffee
& Tea.

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