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Week In Review, May 19, 2017
Post Date:05/19/2017
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May 19, 2017
Wildflower! Festival Begins TONIGHT; Last Day for Resident Ticket Sales The 25th anniversary of the City’s annual Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival takes place at Galatyn Park May 19-21, with a packed schedule beginning tonight at 6 p.m. Live performances on six stages, WF! Kids, a guitar art auction and talent competitions are all included in the price of daily admission, as well as access to more than 20 food vendors and the WF! Marketplace. Headline acts include Lynyrd Skynyrd, The B-52s, Night Ranger, Martha Davis and The Motels, X Ambassadors, Guster, The Outlaws, Shooter Jennings and Ruthie Foster. Single-day adult tickets purchased online are $30 (at the Festival gates, price is $40); kids’ tickets are $5 online and onsite Friday and Saturday (ages 5-12) and free Sunday with a paid adult ticket thanks to Amegy Bank. Ages 4 and under are free each day. Sales end tonight (Friday, May 19) for discounted single-day tickets for City of Richardson residents at the following locations (hours open today):
For more information, visit www.wildflowerfestival.com. Wildflower! Fans, Performers Promote Festival in Victory Plaza Fans of Richardson’s Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival turned out to cheer on the Festival this morning outside WFAA-TV Channel 8’s studios in Dallas’ Victory Park, as the station’s “Daybreak” show featured the Festival. Not only did fans hold up signs and cheer loudly, Wildflower! 2017 Bud Light Stage band “A Hard Night’s Day” performed on camera and the J.J. Pearce Stampede, a Country and Western dance group scheduled to perform at the Festival’s AMLI Performance Row, provided some “wild west” feats of strength. This is the third year for WFAA to provide TV coverage of Wildflower! fans during “Daybreak” on the opening day of the Festival. City Council Members Take Oath of Office The Richardson municipal election vote was canvassed and made official at the May 15 City Council meeting. The newly elected 2017-19 City Council members were then sworn into office. The City Council selected Place 2 member Mark Solomon to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. Other returning City Council members are Mayor Paul Voelker (Place 7), Scott Dunn (Place 3), Mabel Simpson (Place 4), Marta Gómez Frey (Place 5) and Steve Mitchell (Place 6). New to the City Council is Bob Dubey (Place 1). Longtime City Council member and former mayor Bob Townsend was recognized at the meeting with a mayoral proclamation acknowledging his Richardson residency of 59 years and his 16 years of City Council service. Townsend also received a Distinguished Service Award. Click here to view Monday’s proceedings. Work Begins in “Final Five” Sidewalk Regions Sidewalk replacement work funded by the 2015 Bond Program got underway this week, with repairs beginning in the Cottonwood Heights neighborhood. The area is one of five designated in the Bond Program that will share $2.2 million for sidewalk replacement, the last of 27 regions to receive repairs that were identified and ranked in a 2003 citywide sidewalk inventory. Sidewalks were ranked according to identified sidewalk repair needs, and work on the highest priority sidewalks was funded with the 2006 Bond Program. The 2010 Bond Program also funded sidewalk repairs. For more information on the 2015 Bond Program and a map of all sidewalk repair regions, click here. For information on Richardson’s Sidewalk Rehabilitation Program, visit www.cor.net/sidewalks. Southbound Lanes on Duck Creek Bridge Redirected for Near Future City engineers will close and redirect southbound lanes of traffic on the Duck Creek Bridge beginning Monday, May 22 out of an abundance of caution after a state inspection showed significant erosion around one of the bridge’s structural supports. The bridge is located on Yale Boulevard between Drake Drive and Apollo Road. Minor construction on the northbound side of the bridge began this week in preparation for the closure, with the median being cut to create a concrete transition lane to move southbound traffic to the northbound side. In addition, bike lanes will be removed for the duration of the project. (Please remember, bicyclists are allowed to access regular traffic lanes.) Traffic on the bridge will be restricted until redesign and repair of the bridge’s support has completed, which could take several months. Weather may delay the preparation work for Monday’s closure by a few days. For more information, call or e-mail Henry Drexel at 972-744-4278, henry.drexel@cor.gov. You can also visit www.cor.net/projects for repair updates. Miss Texas Pageant Approaches Miss Texas Caroline Carothers braved windy weather this week as she joined Mayor Paul Voelker near the Eisemann Center to place the first 2017 Miss Texas sign topper that heralds the approaching pageant. The remainder of the sign toppers will be installed at intersections surrounding the Eisemann Center after the 2017 Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival has concluded. The sign toppers are part of the City’s welcome package for the pageant, now in its fourth year at the Eisemann Center. Pageant week for The Miss Texas and Miss Texas Outstanding Teen pageants begins June 24. Tickets are on sale at www.eisemanncenter.com. COR Gymnast Signs to Air Force Academy Gymnastics Team
Richardson Gymnastics Team (RGT) member Tyler Davis accepted a scholarship offer this week from the United States Air Force Academy, to be a member of their gymnastics team. Davis has competed in gymnastics since she was 3 years old and has been a member of the Richardson Gymnastics Team for the past seven years. She qualified for the Junior Olympic National Championships on two occasions and has been a Level 10 gymnast for the past four years. Davis will graduate from Rowlett High School in June, where she has a 4.48 GPA and ranks sixth in a class of 649 students. She plans on majoring in biology at the Air Force Academy. Davis is the latest RGT gymnast to move on to the collegiate ranks. In 2015, Rosie Giese received a scholarship from Hamline University. In 2014, Courtney Middelkoop signed with Iowa State and Kate Aberger signed with Southern Connecticut State University. The Richardson Gymnastics Team is a part of the City’s recreation offerings, with gymnasts trying out for team membership. The team is based at the City’s Gymnastics Center. Click here for more information. Bridge Tourney May 25-29 at Civic Center Dorsey’s Bridge Studio will host the Dallas Memorial Day Sectional bridge tournament May 25-29 at the Richardson Civic Center. Play begins at 10 a.m. Thursday and continues through 2 p.m. Monday. American Contract Bridge League member admission is $13 per daytime session, $10 per evening session; unpaid and nonmembers are $16 per session. Click here for a complete schedule and more information. Scholastic Book Fairs’ “Warehouse Sale” at Civic Center May 25-26 Scholastic Book Fairs will host a Big Event Warehouse Sale May 25-26 at the Richardson Civic Center, exclusively for librarians, teachers, school employees and volunteers, Book Fair chairpeople and homeschool teachers. A great opportunity to refresh school, home and classroom libraries with savings up to 80 percent on thousands of books and an additional 25 percent on clearance items. Admission is free. The sale is open Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. To register to attend, click here. Free Yoga at Huffhines Park Continues May 20 Like to practice yoga? Join others under the trees near Huffhines Recreation Center each Saturday morning at 9 a.m. for yoga led by Renate Racher. Admission is free and no registration is necessary. Bring a mat, props and water. The group meets near the north side of the rec center bridge. Registration Continues for Father’s Day Cardboard Boat Regatta Have fun with Dad at the Parks and Recreation Department’s Cardboard Boat Regatta, Sunday, June 18 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Cottonwood Pool, 1321 W. Belt Line Rd. Get creative with cardboard and plastic wrap and bring your finished creation to race against the competition. Two to six people are allowed on a team; admission is:
CityLine Free Live Music Series Continues Visitors to CityLine on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings this month have been enjoying free live music outdoors in the plaza, thanks to CityLine’s new Singer/Songwriter Live Music Series. Several restaurants offer patio seating adjacent to the plaza and there is seating available on the plaza as well. Upcoming performers are as follows:
Last Weekend to See “Mama, the Musical” at Richardson Theatre Centre “Mama, the Musical” will be presented by Richardson Theatre Centre through May 21. The musical explores the joys and sorrows of the mother/daughter relationship from both points of view—–that of the parent and the child, through laughter and tears, words and song. Remaining show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20-$22 and include complimentary beverages, snacks and sweets. To reserve tickets, call 972-699-1130. Richardson Theatre Centre is located at 518 W. Arapaho Rd., Suite 113 (near Custer Road) and is a nonprofit organization funded in part by a grant from the City’s Cultural Arts Commission. Read to REAL Dogs May 21 Tales for Tails will be held Sunday, May 21 from 3-4 p.m. in the First Floor Program Room. Children in grades K-4 will practice reading skills with a very appreciative audience—Heart of Texas Therapy dogs! There is no cost to participate but tickets are required; they are available beginning at 2:30 p.m. the day of the event in the Youth Services area. For more information, call 972-744-4358. Lunchtime Lecture May 23: “Genealogy Beyond ancestry.com” Learn to better search for past relatives and family history with Genealogy Librarian Micaela Mainelli, Tuesday, May 23 from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the Basement Program Room. Admission is free and you are welcome to bring your own lunch. Call 972-744-4359 for more information. Richardson Animal Shelter Pet of the Week Meet Sunnie! She was part of a hoarding case in Royce City where several pets were removed from a dire living situation. Unfortunately, the Royce City Animal Shelter did not have the space to care for all of them, so they contacted us to help out. Sunnie has been with the Richardson Animal Shelter since February. She is about 4 years old, spayed and up to date on all her vaccinations. Sunnie has a sweet disposition, but she is very shy and timid, mostly likely due to not being very socialized in her previous home. She is great with other dogs and needs a patient, loving home for her to flourish. Please come by and meet Sunnie today!
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