(FRISCO, TX—August 12, 2016) Fall is just around the corner, and the Frisco Family YMCA is busy preparing for a busy season of family fun and fitness opportunities. From kids’ activities to new group exercise classes for mom and dad, the Frisco Y is strengthening community and keeping you connected through a variety of programs and special events.

Parents’ Night Out

Let your little ones join us for crazy games, fun times, movie and pizza while you enjoy a date night. We're offering Parents Night Out from 6 to 10pm Saturday, August 27th.

PNO is open to ages 6 weeks to 12 years old. The kids play games, have adventures, make crafts, watch a movie and more in a safe and fun environment. Drinks and dinner included! Bring a friend along, too - make it twice as nice!

The cost is $22 (member rate); $18 per additional child. Nonmembers welcome, too! The non-member rate is $27, and $23 per additional child.

You must register before Tuesday, August 23rd. Spaces are limited so register today! For more information, call 214-297-9622.

CPR and Babysitting Classes

CPR Class is a Heartsaver course geared towards the general public and is not for nurses or other people who may need a Healthcare provider class. Students will learn basic First Aid and CPR for infants, children, and adults.

The Frisco Y’s Babysitting Training Class can also be scheduled for Girl Scout Troops and youth groups for personal sessions. First Aid and CPR basics will be covered, but not certified.

First Aid and Babysitting classes are held the third Saturday of every month.* Our next First Aid/CPR course is Saturday, August 20th from 1 to 4:30pm.*Note: The SATURDAY Babysitting Course for August 20^th is full, but another Babysitting Course has been scheduled for Sunday, August 21^st from 2-5pm.

Tumble Bugs

Tumble Bugs is a preschool tumbling program that will introduce 3- and 4-year-old girls and boys to gymnastics. Children will learn about and develop skills in stretching, balance, movement, and coordination. Beginning August 24^th and running through September 28^th, classes will be held every Wednesday from 10-10:45 am. The cost is $60 for members, $75 for non-members. To register, call 214-297-9622 or visit the Frisco Family YMCA. For more information, contact Nikki Golding, Membership and Wellness Director at ngolding@ymcadallas.org.

Youth Sports

Fall SportsRegistration ends August 22nd!

Fall Pre-K Soccer (3-4 yrs)runs from September 10th through October 15^th(6-game season).Games are played Saturdays between 8am and 6pm at the Frisco Y fields.Cost is$58 for Y members, $73 for non-members. Uniforms and participation award provided.

Fall Youth Soccer (5-12 yrs)and runs from September 10th through October 29^th(8-game season)Games are played Saturdays between 8am and 6pm at Frisco Y fields. Cost is $73 for Y members, $99 for non-members.Uniforms and participation award provided.

Fall Flag Football (5-12 yrs)runs September 10th through October 29^th(7-game season).Games are played Saturdays between 8am and 6pmat Frisco Y fields.Cost is $78 for Y members, $108 for non-members.Uniforms and participation award provided.

Fall Small Fry Classes (3-5 yrs)These are scheduled 45 minute classes on

Saturdays for boys and girls ages 3-5. The goal of this program is to teach the basics of team sports such as T-Ball, Soccer, Flag Football, Basketball and much more. YMCA Coaches teach these classes that are a building block for kids to then join the league format games.

Held at the Frisco Family YMCA, there are four sessions each. Cost is $38 for Y members, $59 for non-members. Register now for soccer in September. Basketball will be taught in October and football in November.

For more information, contact Zachary Bergquist, Sports Director, at 214-297-9622 or email zbergquist@ymcadallas.org.

Adventure Guides & Princesses

The Adventure Guide and Princess programs for Grades K-3 aims to strengthen the bond between fathers and their children through activities that allow them to spend quality time together. The program involves community, nature, family and fun. The Guide and Princess program builds memories that will last a lifetime.

Circles for the upcoming year are starting now. Join an existing circle in your area or create your own circle with friends. The first step to experiencing all that Adventure Guides has to offer is to sign up for 2016-2017. Registration for the upcoming year is underway!

For more information, contact Mark Hull, Adventure Guides Coordinator, at 214-297-9622 or email mhull@ymcadallas.org.

Visit the Frisco Family YMCA website to register and see the schedule of events for 2016-17.

Personal Training

Kick Start Appointments Are you new to the Y or need a little assistance getting started on your wellness path? Let us help you get started. Sign up today for a free 1-hour consultation with one of Frisco Family YMCA’s amazing personal trainers today! You can register at the member services desk. It’s a complimentary appointment to learn how you can get started in at the Y.

If you're ready to go, try our Introductory Personal Training Package - three 1-hour sessions for only $129! All of the incredible trainers at the Frisco Family YMCA are nationally certified and ready to work with you to help you reachyour wellness goals.

If you have any questions, ask at our Welcome Center or connect with Nicole Golding, Membership Director, at 214-297-9622 or email ngolding@ymcadallas.org. 

Group Classes

With a YMCA membership, the Frisco Family YMCA offers a variety of free, group exercise classes to help members reach their fitness goals. Our updated Group Exercise Schedule offers more opportunities and more time slots for group exercise classes like our new INSANITY™!

Insanity now at the Frisco Y! Classes offered Tuesday andThursday at 9:30am.INSANITY™ is a cardio class, based on max interval training. This class willpush you past your limits withathletic/plyometric drills mixed with intervals of strength, power, resistance, and core training. No equipment or weights needed. Click here to find your class.

Questions? Contact Nikki Golding, Membership and Wellness Director, at 214-297-9622 orngolding@ymcadallas.org. 

Employment Opportunities

The Frisco Y is seeking Nationally Certified Personal Trainers, Child Watch Attendants, and a Member Services Representative to join the Y Family! Qualified applicants must be sharp, have a kind heart, smiling face, positive attitude, and a genuine desire to help people and connect with the community. The Y offers a flexible work schedule and fun atmosphere.

Contact Nikki Golding, ngolding@ymcadallas.org, 214-297-9622.

Frisco Family YMCA

3415 W. Main St

Frisco, TX 75034
(P) 214 297 9622

www.ymcadallas.org/locations/frisco

Hot Rocks Bike Ride this weekend

Competitive cycling, family fun at Rockwall Rotary’s bike ride benefiting college scholarships

(ROCKWALL, TX – June 27, 2016) Calling all cyclists for family fun and friendly competition at the 2016 Hot Rocks Bike Ride. Registration is underway for the 30^th anniversary race, which will roll out at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, August 13 from Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium in Rockwall.

Presented annually by the Rockwall Noon Rotary Club, Hot Rocks has grown in popularity every year, attracting cyclists of all ages and skill levels - from recreational riders and beginning racers to aggressive competitors. Last year more 1,325 cyclists participated, helping to fund more than $30,000 in college scholarships for Rockwall ISD graduating seniors. 

New this year are the family fun 5k, 12, 20, and 42 mile routes, and the 100k Red Route, the perfect warm up for the Hotter N’ Hell 100 Race in Wichita Falls. Riders can expect fully stocked rest stops sponsored by local businesses, support along the routes from local law enforcement, roving bicycle mechanics providing technical support, and support vehicles patrolling between each rest stop. All entrants will receive a Hot Rocks T-shirt and a free lunch courtesy of Luby’s and Applebee’s. The top three male and female finishers of the 100k will receive cash awards.

Race maps, registration and other details can be found at hotrocksbikeride.com. For continued updates, check out Hot Rocks Bike Ride 2016 on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

(ROCKWALL, TX – Aug 1, 2016) Dr. Bart Miller and the staff at Rockwall Crossing Orthodontics wish to thank their patients, friends, family and the community for voting them BEST ORTHODONTIST in Living Magazine’s 2016 Readers Choice Awards.

The practice is located inside Rockwall’s refurbished Missouri-Kansas-Texas train station, situated one block south of the post office.  The “Katy” green building at 711 S. Goliad St. has been designated as a historic landmark by the Rockwall County Historical Foundation.

Patients all ages are treated to friendly, old-fashioned service combined with the latest in orthodontic care.

“The best part about being in the orthodontic business is getting to know the people in the community, while helping them achieve beautiful, healthy smiles,” Dr. Bart said. “Since the average treatment time for full braces is two years, I get to see children and their parents on a regular basis, and over time, we develop real friendships. It’s like family. That’s the kind of history that’s really special.”

Bart was born and raised in Rockwall, graduating from Rockwall High in 1986. He attended Northwestern University and graduated from Rice University in 1990 – majoring in Spanish “because I enjoyed it,” he said.

Like his father, Dr. Frank Miller, Bart joined the U.S. Navy. He was commissioned as Surface Warefare Officer, accepted into the Naval Nuclear Propulsion program, and served on board the guided-missile cruiser, USS Truxtun, stationed in Washington state. Following his service, he started dental school at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, completing his residency at Baylor College of Dentistry.

“At one point I thought about being a veterinarian,” Dr. Bart said. “I was in ROTC, I had my pre-med stuff done, and I went into nuclear propulsion. But I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do. I talked to a lot of people, and nobody ever really jumped up and down about what they did. I realized my dad LOVED what he did – and it looked more and more appealing to me.”

Dr. Bart has been practicing at Rockwall Crossing Orthodontics for the past 13 years. He credits his wife for encouraging him to pursue a career in orthodontics.

“Just do it,” she told me. “I love my wife. She’s the reason for all my success,” he smiled. Dr. Bart and Sandi have been married 23 years and have three children – Wyatt, Grant, and Josie.

Dr. Bart has served on the board of the Rockwall Family YMCA, the RISD Education Foundation, and the Rotary Club. He was even recognized as the Rockwall YMCA’s 2012 Father of the Year, an honor he says comes from being raised by great parents.

For a free consultation or to schedule an appointment, call 972-771-1117, visit RockwallCrossingOrthodontics.com, or drop by the dental depot to say hello and experience a bit of Rockwall history.

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – August 1, 2016) Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath is honored to have been voted ‘Best Tutoring Center’ in Living Magazine’s 2016 Readers Choice Awards. Owners Bob and Becky Barnes thank the community for its support.

When Bob and Becky first opened the Mathnasium franchise in Rockwall nearly six years ago, they never imagined the overwhelmingly positive impact the learning center would have on local children in terms of excelling in math. They soon outgrew their original space and last year relocated to a larger facility at the intersection of Goliad Street and Ralph Hall Parkway.

“I think Becky and I both agree that this has been the single most rewarding thing that we have ever done in our 30 years being in business together,” said Bob, who holds a Master’s degree in Education and taught sixth grade straight out of college. Becky also has a lengthy teaching history and taught for over 20 years prior to opening Mathnasium.

Becky said that the passion for teaching that she and her husband share helps them develop close bonds with their students, and their almost ministerial-type approach to helping kids learn math has led to a lot of success for Mathnasium and its students.

“It is so rewarding to watch these students progress as they increase their mathematical understanding, which in turn increases their confidence in their abilities,” Becky said. “When they begin to connect the dots, they actually come to enjoy math.”

So just what is the Mathnasium Method, and how has it become so effective at helping kids excel?

According to Bob, it all has to do with explaining math in such a way that kids can grasp the concept. Since adults are much more adept at thinking abstractly than children, helping them to understand math – an often complex and abstract subject – is all about explaining it in such a way that a child’s mind can comprehend it.

 “It starts to make sense when you explain to them how and why Math works,” Bob said. “One of the things that’s really important to Mathnasium, to us and to kids is that they develop what we call Number Sense: the ability to look at numbers, take them apart and put them together in a variety of ways. We want them to think of numbers as building blocks to things that they need to do.”

Bob and Becky said they fully support the Rockwall ISD and its incredibly hardworking teachers. They can also appreciate the difficulties that can come with teaching in the typical classroom environment.

“At Mathnasium, we have the luxury of spending an hour of one-on-one time with each student, which can be difficult to achieve in classrooms where teachers must work within time constraints and thus may not be able to spend as much individual time as they would like with their students,” Becky said.

“Whenever I sit down with someone and they are clueless about what they’re working on, we talk about it and work through it together,” Becky said.  ”The light bulb comes on and they say, ‘I get it!’  I get chills every time I think about it, because they went from a complete lack of understanding about what to do, to understanding what they’ve done, and being able to apply it to something else.  Now, that’s exciting.”

For more information, visit mathnasium.com/rockwall-heath or call 972-722-6000.

(DALLAS, TX – July 25, 2016) Reservations are open for the 19^th Annual DFW Restaurant Week – and Table 13, one of Addison’s most unique fine dining and entertainment venues, is among the participants.

Located at Belt Line and Inwood Road, Table 13 offers vintage-inspired food, beverage, and service in a distinctive, upscale atmosphere reminiscent of the early 1960s. Voted “Favorite Place To Be Seen,” “Favorite Happy Hour,” “Best Place to See Live Music,” “Best Martini,” and “Favorite Place for a First Date” in Addison Magazine’s 2016 Readers Choice Awards, Table 13 is home to some of Dallas’ most notable, showroom-style performers, including Hunter Sullivan, Goga Denisov, Henry Munoz, and Marc Toussaint.

During Restaurant Week, Aug. 15-21 – and extending all the way through Sept. 4 – Table 13 will offer a special three course prix fixe dinner menu for $45, as well as the popular Cadillac Lunch Experience, featuring two-course lunch options for $20 (tax and gratuity separate). Table 13 is also one of a few select restaurants participating in “Preview Weekend” Aug. 12-14. Twenty percent of every meal will go to support the North Texas Food Bank in the Dallas area and Lena Pope in Tarrant County, helping local children and families in need. That’s $5 for every Table 13 Restaurant Week lunch, and $7 for every Table 13 Restaurant Week dinner!

“This is our third year to participate in DFW Restaurant Week, and we’re excited to see so much interest from our regular patrons as well as folks who want to experience Table 13 for the first time,” said Mike McRae, who co-owns Table 13 along with longtime business partner Gabe Nicolella. “Due to popular demand, we’re even opening on Sundays when the restaurant is usually closed, to accommodate our Restaurant Week diners. It’s a terrific way to enjoy an exceptional dining experience while giving back to our community.”

Dinner guests may start with a Table 13 House Salad, Caesar Salad, Tomato Soup, or Lobster Bisque. Second course selections include an 8-oz. Filet with Maitre D’ Butter, Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus; Herb and Potato Flake Crusted Sea Bass with Leek Fondue; a 28-oz. Double Bone Hand Cut Pork Chop, cured in-house and served with Braised Red Cabbage and House Made Applesauce; or Lemon Caper Chicken, pan-seared with sautéed Heirloom Tomatoes and Artichokes, Mashed Potatoes and Lemon Caper Butter. For dessert, enjoy a delicious duo of Kahlua Cake and Mocha Mousse.

Lunch guests will begin with a Petite Table 13 House Salad, Petite Caesar Salad, or Tomato Soup.  Second course options include the Wellington Burger with Cut Fries; Shrimp Scampi; Lemon Caper Chicken; Salmon Meuniere; or a 14-oz. Bone-in Pork Chop. 

As if that’s not enough to tempt your taste buds, Table 13 is also offering a FREE additional dinner course if you spend $25 at a local Central Market and request a “Central Market Fourth Course Certificate. “ Fourth course options include Beef Tenderloin Crostini with Horseradish Cream sauce, or Chili-Dusted Bacon Wrapped Dates stuffed with Bleu Cheese.

View the entire Table 13 DFW Restaurant Week menu at: table13addison.com/restaurant-week-2016/.

Make your reservations today at Table13.com or call 972-789-9558. Be sure to mention that your reservation is for DFW Restaurant Week.

DFW Restaurant Week, presented by Your MetroplexCadillac Dealers, is a CBS RADIO DFW event. It is also proudly sponsored by Texas Beef Council, Central Market, Oak Farms Dairy, OpenTable, Sysco, FreshPoint, American Institute of Wine & Food, D Magazine, and The Star-Telegram.

For more information on DFW Restaurant Week 2016, visit DFWRestaurantWeek.com or the new website, www.DFWRW365.com. Follow DFW Restaurant Week on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. #DFWRW #DFWRW365

Table 13 Addison

(P) 972-789-9558

Table13Addison.com

4812 Belt Line Road

Addison, Texas 75254