Hillary v. Hillary

Hey, Merritt, you’re a Hillary fan, so I have a question for you:  which Hillary do you support, the one who pledged not to campaign in either Michigan or Florida and supported the Democratic National Committee in “punishing” those states for moving up their primaries, or the Hillary who campaigned in both places anyway and now wants to change the rules and count the delegates?

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Juicy Scoop Needed to Squash Kilgore and Geilich

May blog stats will be calculated in a few days and I’ll need something big to keep Austin Kilgore’s pit bull report off my back and Geilich’s Gimmie Coffee thing from soaring to new heights. If you have juicy scoop that will top this or generate more discussion than this, send it my way. It doesn’t need to be important, just good.

Do Your Children Play Outside Unsupervised?

 Safety or peer pressure? An Overheardian initiates debate:

I saw this article in Sunday’s Dallas Morning News encouraging parents to let their kids go out and play and it made me pause and think.  If it were not for the feeling that I would be shunned by other parents in the neighborhood, I probably would let my elementary school kids go out and play without any adult supervision.  I would love to hear the thoughts of fellow PC bloggers on this subject. 

Last Minute Camp Ideas

Unlike the much maligned planner, Merritt Patterson, I have yet to secure summer day camps for my kids.  Does anyone have any ideas on what day camps are still available for middle school kids?

 How about you, Gmom or MC - any thoughts? Boot camp? Rehab?

Former Scot vs. Former Scot?

Highland Park baseball fans might be just plain giddy in a couple of weeks when the Los Angeles Dodgers head to San Diego to take on the Padres June 10-12.

Assuming Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is still in the Majors, and Padres pitcher Chris Young has recovered from a broken nose he suffered from taking a ball to the face off the bat of Albert Pujols, the two former Highland Park pitchers got square off against each other.

Kershaw could also be pitching close to home when the Dodgers visit the Houston Astros for a four-game set June 30-July 3.

Slip of the Tongue

At the Art Ball, what stick-thin NM fashion icon told me, “Food is sooooooo overrated. Eww, never.”

HP’s Gardner Named 10-4A MVP

Highland Park senior right fielder Seth Gardner has been named the District 10-4A Most Valuable Player.

Gardner, who will play college baseball at Arkansas, led the Scots in hitting. Heading into last weekend’s regional semifinal series loss to Waxahachie, Gardner was hitting .504 with 49 RBI.

Scots junior left fielder Bryan Dickenson was named Co-Newcomer of the Year, along with Mesquite Poteet’s Jake Sutton.

HP, which finished 35-8 and broke the school record for victories in a season, had six players on the 10-4A first team — SS Joey Hainsfurther, CF Dutch Crews, P Jonathan Perlman, P Jess Barrett, 1B Nathan Venz (utility) and DH Will Landess.

Jeremy Gilbert Named Hyer Elementary Principal

Jeremy Gilbert was named the principal at Hyer Elementary May 27.

Gilbert comes to Highland Park ISD from Richardson ISD, where he served as principal at Wallace Elementary from 2004-2008 and as assistant principal at the same campus from 2002-2004. Wallace Elementary is a high-performing campus, named to the Honor Roll of the Texas Business & Education Coalition this year, as well as being named an Exemplary campus by the Texas Education Agency.

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Solar Power

In the comments to the post about the soon-to-be-opened Zea Woodfire Grill, there seems to be a lot of interest in solar panels.  I’m wondering if anyone knows of homes in the PC with solar panels and also where one would get them installed on and hooked into the power supply of a pre-existing house here.