‘Lost’ Spoiler Alert: Juliet Gets Off the Island, Heads to Dallas

For an upcoming article in the print product, reporter Cassie Clark just spoke with Elizabeth Mitchell (pictured to left), better known to rabid Losties like myself as Juliet, the reformed-Other fertility doctor who was trying to steal Jack away from Kate on Lost. Based on the season finale, I expect we’ll see her and Sawyer shacking up in Other-ton next season.

Cassie shares this little tidbit from her interview with the University Park Elementary “graduate” and one-time Highland Park High School student (though she didn’t graduate from there): (more…)

Kershaw Making Third Start Today

Former Highland Park pitcher Clayton Kershaw will make his third start for the Los Angeles Dodgers this afternoon against Aaron Cook and the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. First pitch is at 2:10 p.m.

Kershaw was called up last Saturday to start Sunday’s game against St. Louis. He pitched well in his MLB debut, but struggled in his second start against the Mets in New York on Friday. Through two starts, Kershaw has a 5.59 ERA with nine strikeouts and five walks. He did not get a decision in either outing.

Today in the Park Cities

Wednesday’s are slower now — school’s out, matinees are fuller, the pool line’s longer (a future Merritt column, I’m sure) and Mockingbird construction continues. But here’s some news nuggets to start your day at 10:20 a.m. (a bit late? Perhaps, but we did say it’s slower today):

1. There were two fire trucks (my favorite, the hook-and-ladder, was there) and three police cars on the southbound Central Expy. access road just south of Mockingbird this morning around 9 a.m. Couldn’t tell if it was a fire or a car accident they were addressing, as the road was closed and traffic was diverted back onto Abbott. Anyone got details?

2. Remember last year’s rainy June? According to official totals, Dallas got 11.1 inches of rain this month last year, far above our 100-year average of 3.23 inches in June. It had been 25 years since Dallas saw more rain in a single month, and 80 years since we saw a rainier June. Heck, the Trinity River was five feet above its flood stage on June 30, 2007. Isn’t the Trinity flooding over the levees one of the seven signs of Armageddon? Granted, its June 4, but for the record, Dallas has a rain-meter reading of 0.00 so far this month.

3. How about an update on the SMU men’s basketball team, which went on a safari yesterday in South Africa’s Pilanesburg National Park are part of their 15-day trip to Africa and the hometowns of three of its players — Papa Dia and Bamba Fall (both from St. Louis, Senegal), and Mouhammad Faye (Dakar, Senegal). Monday they visited Soweto, South Africa, the hometown of Nobel Prize Winners Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. The whole team took a 3-hour anthropology class called People of Africa in preparation for the trip. They return home from Johannesburg tomorrow. A chronicle of the trip and player diaries are here.

4. Five day after HPHS graduation and nothing has shown up on the local police reports about any house-party busts or underage drinking. After a busy May with multiple stories on underage drinking, it’s a welcome change. We have enough other things to report on.

More Dangerous Golf

I played a golf course outside of LA a couple of days ago, in Simi Valley, that I’d played once before. The first time I played it, it looked uncannily familiar, even though I knew I’d never been there before. Finally it was pointed out to me that these hills were the site of much location filming, including the opening scene of the TV show M*A*S*H as well as countless Westerns. As one golfer was Overheard to say, “Every time I play golf out here, I expect to see the Sioux nation coming over the hills.”

Cathy Bryce Takes Over YWCA

The Highland Park ISD superintendant has just been named president of the Metropolitan YWCA’s board of directors. The release:

The YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas Board of Directors recently elected Dr. Cathy Bryce, superintendent of schools for the Highland Park Independent School District, as its 2008-2010 board president. Dr. Bryce succeeds Ka Cotter, retired Staubach vice chairman, who will remain on the board and executive committee as immediate past president.

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Craigslist Cheater Seeks Soccer Mom

This Parkieman is looking for a soccer mom. I’m a soccer mom. Even though it’s really off season I can still claim the title, right? I think I’ll set it up. Any Overheardians want to come along? Where should he meet us? Kuby’s? I’ll bring the camera.

Sketch of Northpark Mall Shooter Released

Here is our first glance at the suspect in the Northpark Mall shooting last month who is still in the run.

Runners-Up

And now the question becomes (other than the question about who will lure Hillary to Siberia by telling her there’s one more primary there and it’s full of poor, uneducated white people, and I’m just kidding, please), who will each nominee choose for a VP? Personally, I’d love to see Obama pick Bill Richardson. I wouldn’t presume to suggest someone for McCain, but maybe James can weigh in here. Colin Powell would be a canny choice, but I don’t see him doing it.  Probably McCain will pick the Florida governor.  What do you think?