Bent Tree People (Newspaper) - October 8, 2004, Dallas, Texas HOME Design Invasion takes and makes over two homes Page IB WEEKEND DSO debuts its Lord of the Rings Symphony Page 7 A NEIGHBORS Pep rally fires up Piano West Page FRIDAY OCTOBER 8 VOL 1 ISSUE 6 ONE Q QUARTER SI A Teenagers living Heir Piano PTA moves to stop female bullies By Allen Houston Staff Writer Lisa Wang knows about mean girls A female classmate tor her daughter last year and took every opportunity to make her daughters life a living hell She hated my daughter and we didnt know why Mrs Wang said The Piano ISD mother told her story at the Mean Girls to Bullies seminar on Tuesday at the district administration building The Piano PTA organized the discussion in tion with to address the problem of socially aggressive bullying by girls in their middle school years Marion Underwood a psychologist and professor at the University of Texas at Dallas who studies social aggression was the keynote speaker at the event Mrs Underwoods two daughters attend Harrington Elementary Ive always been fascinat ed by the dark side of chil drens interactions she said to laughter from PTA mem bers There are two types of aggression that female bul lies use to strike fear into the hearts of their victims she said While most of the focus has been on physical behav ior such as punching and kicking she said verbal abuse often has a longer lasting effect on its victims The truth is though that many bullies never hit she said They use other meth ods of aggression to show their contempt and social supremacy Social aggression is defined as harming a stu dent through verbal abuse using the threat of violence or threatening to ruin friend ships or the victims social standing at school Examples include spread ing a nasty rumor or giving friends the silent treatment Bullying is based on an imbalance of power and children are very aware of those classmates who have a higher status Mrs Underwood said Children start displaying socially aggressive charac by the age of 3 Examples include the silent treatment and telling kids in See MEAN on Page PHOTOS ROB E SACK ATTACK Piano West defensive linebackers Matt Dagelewicz left and Korey Miller crush the Piano offense Wolves Roast the Competition ROB ON FIRE Piano West student Mason Allen left Brian Keane Bobby Grinstead and Michael Russell do some grilling in the parking lot before Friday nights game against Piano Senior High The Wolves trounced Piano Senior 3310 For more photos from the game turn to page CHy Wants Car Burglary as Issue proposed as part of 2005 state legislative agenda passed last week By Brent Flynn Staff Writer The burglary of a motor cle can be much more than an inconvenience for its owner or a onetime financial bur den to replace a broken win dow or replace stolen proper ty In many cases the car bur glary is just the first step in a complex organized crime ring that uses identity theft to gain access to bank accounts and lines of credit Its an important issue for Dallas residents because motor vehicle burglaries were the most common crimes last year representing 26 percent of aller imes committed in the city The percentage is much higher in Bent Tree So far this year in Bent Tree there have been 66 car burgla ries representing 33 percent Bent Tree Woman Leads Area Girl Scout Council New resident takes charge of council encompassing area By Alien Houston Staff Writer When she was growing up in a working class neighborhood in Philadelphia Bent Tree resi dent Jameson earned a beekeeper badge from the Girl Scouts Thats what I loved about being in the Girl Scouts Mrs Jameson said There I was liv ing in the middle of a major city in a time when there werent very many options for young girls and I was able to get all of these great outdoor experiences The Philly girl never imag ined that she would one day preside over the fifthlargest Girl Scout council in the United States with more than 34000 Scouts in 20 counties Mrs Jameson just moved into the Preston Trails Fairway neighborhood from Orange County Calif to take over the reins of the Girl Scouts of Tejas Council located at Preston and Campbell It was a long route to the nonprofit for the Wharton School graduate who obtained a degree in political science with plans for a life in politics She whetted her appetite in the political arena by working with three of Wilmington Del and working of the 200 crimes committed The Dallas City Council is hoping that the state ture next year will make the crime a offense The council included the issue as a support item in its legislative agenda passed last week Mayor Laura Miller said because the crime is a Class A misdemeanor offenders are in and out of Lew Sterret Justice Center but never serve any serious prison time She said it makes sense for the city to send chronic offenders to jail for at least six months Burglary of motor vehicles is a joke in Dallas Its sapping our resources she said If its a there is a better chance of criminals receiving jail time It was a until 1993 Citing overflowing prisons and the belief that the limited See on Page directly for Delaware Gov Pete Dupont for four years After her stint in the political arena Mrs Jameson decided she was ready for a career change I started looking around into she said Her first job in Scouting was as a council director in Wilmington Shortly after Mrs Jameson took a job at the YMCA in Philadelphia followed by a stint in Phoenix and then onto Orange County I didnt start moving around until a little later in my life she said Its fun to learn about new cultures and ALAN HOUSTON TROOP LEADER Bent Tree resident Jameson is the new CEO of Girl Scouts of Tejas Council get to know new people The Girl Stouts of America chose her after a search JoAnn Fogg the tor of the Tejas Council for 16 years passed away in January Bent Tree quickly embraced her her husband and two dogs This is a great place to live One week after we moved in our homeowners association stopped by for a visit and weve met lots of people walking our dogs in the neighborhood Robin Hood Concerns Trump Technology Program at Town Hall Residents sound off on school finance as teaches ways to stay digitally connected to schools By Romney Leader Special Contributor Bridging the digital divide and touting new technology was the subject of last Mondays Piano ISD town hall meeting at Centennial Elementary though talk inevitably strayed to developments in the Robin Hood school finance lawsuit Mary Hewett executive director of instructional technology for started the meeting with a discussion of Computers Home a program that provides home computers to students replaces school computers every five years Two years ago began distributing these outdated computers to families who did not have home computers To date Computers Home has provided computers and personalized training to 1300 families at 44 campus es Any families with students in Piano schools are eligible to take advantage of this program Interested families are encouraged to contact their campus principal Discussion turned to another pro gram which enables families to connect to the school districts internal network for access to their childs personal file directory and See HOOD Page Inside POLICE NEIGHBORS GARDENING MOVIES HOME IB WEEKEND 1 READER POLL Last weeks question Do you read at least four books a year This weeks question Will the presidential debates have any effect of your vote Vote at WEEKEND FORECAST Rain Partly Cloudy
