Using the words “head lice” in a sentence is pretty much the equivalent of screaming “Fire!” in a crowded movie theatre — it’s just asking for chaos. And in a situation 99 percent of people would run from, Angela Cruz is fearlessly extinguishing the fire. “Head lice are actually quite common,” says Cruz, owner of…
Old school response to myopia, the medical term for ‘trouble seeing far’, meant annual strengthening prescriptions for people struggling with nearsightedness. O.D. Dr. Jennifer Schirner says that’s no longer the preferred remedy. “We now recognized myopia as a disease state,” says Dr. Schirner, owner of New View Optometry in Flower Mound since 2020. “It’s not…
Born and raised in North Dallas, Phil McNally remembers when everything up to the Red River was nothing but farms and ranches. Initially, he and his Thomas Jefferson High School friends went drag racing off Forrest Lane which at the time was the edge of the world. They moved to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Freeway…
While Paz Molnar has not yet reached the same athletic level as her older sister Olivia, she has used her abilities to help others with physical challenges. An eighth grader at Killian Middle School, the younger sibling spent several days this summer training to be a sighted guide for visually impaired triathletes. She first learned…
Still grieving the sudden death of his beloved beagle Jack, Justin resident David Stokes saw a post on a Ponder Facebook page about a young construction worker who found a puppy on a dirt road near Krum. “Dave came in and said ‘Carrie, we could give this dog a really good home,’ ” his wife…
What started as a way to find formula for her infant has turned into much more for Flower Mound’s Jennifer Walton. When she launched DFW Formula Fed Babies on May 10 on Facebook, she figured 50 area people would follow her. Within 24 hours, people throughout Texas joined and by the first two weeks,…
Perseverance to turn a negative into a positive is one of the hallmarks of a great athlete. Take Sarah Runyon for example. One year after falling over the last hurdle at the University Interscholastic League State Track Meet, the Argyle High School senior played a key role in her school tying for fifth place…
January 29 was quite a day for Irene Pichon. That’s when the staff at The Oaks assisted living facility in Flower Mound helped her celebrate her 102nd birthday. When she turned 100 two years ago, she was honored by then Flower Mound Mayor Steve Dixon with Irene Bichon Day. Both were milestones few…
Like so many people from other parts of the country, Max Miller had no knowledge about fresh water supply districts when he first moved to Lantana in 2002. And even though she lived in Flower Mound for many years, Donna Robichaux didn’t know much about them either. But since 2006, they have learned plenty as…
Good thing Samantha Tench has always been proactive when it comes to her health. A family history of breast cancer prompted the Castle Hills resident to have annual mammograms at age 30 and undergo genetic testing looking for gene mutations last year at age 41. But she didn’t stop there taking the full panel of…