Bluffview People (Newspaper) - November 25, 2005, Dallas, Texas H WEEKEND Slade sings Poor Davids Saturday m REAL ESTATE CX marks the spot for home treasure f og to 2 v C 3 4 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25 PTAs Frustrated by District DISD to vote on new boundaries By Marina Trahan Martinez Staff Writer For parents keeping track Dallas ISD has mised on two major changes since beginning its redistricting proposal Earlier this year Kramer and Pershing par ents were unsettled by the district forcing students to go to one school or the other after parents had put in tune energy and plenty of money improv ing their school The district heard those concerns and gave fami lies living between both schools the option to choose Kramer or Pershing Walnut Hill Elementary was up for closure The district heard the outrage loud and clear and the suggestion was scrapped We listened to the par ents said Edwin Flores District 1 board trustee We met with both leader ships of the schools We listened to the community and came up with the plan But compromise gave little comfort about the proposal headed to the board of trustees for a vote in January which is no longer up for changes at a PTA meeting Nov 15 at ED Walker Elementary About 250 parents which attend ed the meeting became indignant that their schools would lose fund ing because they would lose students as a result of changing the boundaries A mother of a Withers Elementary student asked specifically if a loss of stu dents would cause a loss of special programs When you work with less you get less said Area 4 superintendent Vickie Mitchell Its the principals responsibility to allocate their budgets Dr Flores later echoed her statement If you have less stu dents your overall budget is less but so is your need for resources he said As the population goes down youre getting more resources per child DISD officials agreed at the PTA meeting that the programs hopefully would continue in some way or shape Many parents clamored to speak out about attract ing new students to public See SCHOOL Page BREAKING BREAD Stegall Sherry Su and Alyssa Flores wait in line to go onstage at Sudie Williams Kindergarten Thanksgiving program Thursday Nov 17 Neighborhood raises in goods for local needy By Liz Landry Staff Writer Numerous cars are parked on the street and fill Ruth Preston Hollow driveway but that makes her smile The cars are there for annual food drive More than 450 friends and neigh bors brought about worth of food and necessities on Monday to Altshuler The food was then taken all over Dallas to places like The Salvation Army Some organiza tions like the Genesis Womens Shelter sent a truck and Altshuler and her volunteers filled it up We send everything out that day so its on table that night Ruth Altshuler said The needs are really great all over town and we make it fun and easy to donate because everyone means to do some thing for the holidays Altshuler considers this food drive her neighborhood thing and gets the word out every year by mailing out self addressed cards She found that two days is just enough time for people to get out and donate I believe that most people have good hearts but just forget about it she said With the heavy traffic coming in and out if her driveway the STAFF PHOTO BAGGING DONATED ITEMS Volunteer John Tennison lends a hand by gather ing food donations and getting them ready to be loaded These items will be on the tables of the people who need them by nightfall says Altshuler atmosphere becomes energized as cars pull up with their trunks loaded with items to donate In order to help with die sorting and transport she has volunteers for the two days of the drive This is a wonderful fun place to work volunteer Pam Dalton said Ive been here volunteering for around six years Ruth is a wonderful person and is really doing something for the needy Altshuler sitting in her living room opens a package that was delivered on Tuesday to find a check for from Jerry and Gene Jones Everyone can find ways to give and I try to remind people that there are daily needs in a city like this Altshuler said I found early on that I have one talent Im bossy and I can organize Im a so people come to me and get me to organize The list of organizations that Altshuler has and is a part of is endless and extensive She has been active in the Dallas com munity all her life and said she feels blessed to have opportuni ties to help the needy In 1991 she helped raise or half of the money necessary to pur chase the location that now Sec FOOD Local Nude Art Exhibit Not Offensive Rookie exhibitor plans to revitalize arts around Bachman Lake By Marina Trahan Martinez Staff Writer The Bachman Lake area is openly promoting nude models This time its not tacky but tastefully ing They approach it with such a passion that is fasci and intriguing to me said coordinator Stefan Hernandez She and space owner Sue Flynn teamed to exhibit a 2 D juried art show of nude models in paint ing mixed media and draw ings that will be on display through Dec 16 at studio on the south shore of the lake 3318 Drive The irony of nude art found amid an area known for adult businesses some illegal is full frontal But to the artists models and admirers there is no com parison of art to sexually ori Youre not seeing a naked person youre seeing art said Dolores a model who asked that her surname not be used To me youre see ing shapes and the emotions that they bring I guess peo ple confuse nude art with sexuality because sexuality has nudity but people should see them as two totally dif ferent things she said Its an emotional thing Dolores modeled for the piece Woman by Hadar Sobol She said any one who perceives nudity as distasteful hasnt appreciated the beauty of a human body I think thats their person al problem she said Were all nude at some time in our lives To me its like any thing its like music but its on paper Sobol arrived from Israel five years ago and began working on Woman two years ago when she had free time while raising her young child She had been a theater costume designer and had not drawn artistically before beginning the ning work STAFF PHOTO MICHAEL ALLISON looks carefully at a book on display titled Three Golden Apples at studio is a very inspir ing model she said A lot of times that doesnt happen I like to find models who inspire Dolores coincidentally found Sobol inspiring I love the way she gets into the work she said Hernandez hoped that the public could appreciate Woman a charcoal draw ing on parchment and die other nude art on exhibit as skilled captures of the human spirit Its important people see that this is not about a Playboy pinup she said Delores began figure mod eling after a bet on her 40th birthday Its the single most empowering thing Ive ever done she said I dont think Ive even been on a scale since I started modeling Dolores said nude model ing is not uncomfortable except for the occasional chilly studio but is an oppor for artists to create a replica of the human anato my and the complex feelings that accompany humanity Im invisible she said Theyre not seeing me theyre seeing who they think I am Hernandez wishes that more artists and art support ers will help realize her ideas for events around the lake Sec NUDE Page ambitions are beginning to get spooky PHOTO GOOGLE EARTH ST PETERS ANYONE free 3D interface to the planet Google Earth allows users to zoom in on any spot on the globe from above including Vatican City as in this shot or the West Village in Dallas By Glenn Arbery Senior Editor A couple of weeks ago in a lecture at SMU energy shortage prophet James Howard Kunstler had a good time at the expense of the millionaires in the corporate offices of Google in Silicon Valley He described the candy machines every few yards the games everywhere and the eerie optimism about technology characteristic of people who have never expe hunger or limitation When Kunstler tried to tell them that the worlds oil was running out they responded Dude weve got technolo gy Whether or not a world oil crisis a decade or so from now will make skill at mov ing pixels around on a screen look frivolous as Kunstler thinks Google is most certainly on a roll undertaking massive new projects month after month Google Print for example premiered last week Go to See GOOGLE Page m READER POLL Last weeks question Is discount retailer WalMart good for the community This weeks question Is midNovember too early for merchants to loop Christmas music Vote online WEATHER Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
