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Recognizing women I don’t know about you but I love any opportunity to recognize the women in my life who add beauty and richness to our lives. Our wives, mothers and daughters are some of the most influential women in our lives. And of course with Mother’s Day this month, all eyes are on moms. But it’s not just the biological mothers, but the mother figures in our lives who have made an indelible impact on us. It’s the family members, teachers, friends and neighbors doing awesome things in our communities, pouring into our lives, making themselves unforgettable and irreplaceable. While it’s always important to shop local and support our area businesses, this month is the perfect time to patronize businesses owned by women in our communities. That’s one of my favorite parts of this role — connecting with and championing the best of the best when it comes to women. They are movers and shakers, builders and makers. They are both seen and unseen. Their silent service blesses those who are under their care. Their attention to detail shows us something about beauty that can’t be seen or understood any other way. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to send a text, make a phone call or get your kids on a video call with the women in your life who deserve recognition. It only takes a minute to brighten someone’s day and remind them how much you love them. Thanks,

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inside the issue The Ladies’ Issue

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16 Leading by Example

Lifestyle Letter

City Scene

Business Monthly

Local Experiences

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Healthy Lifestyle HEA LT H + W E L L N E SS

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Leading by Example LOCAL WOMEN GIVE BACK WHILE RUNNING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES

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Running a successful business takes commitment and drive to constantly put your best foot forward. Aside from developing and running successful businesses, we found seven local women, who are also dedicated to making their community a better place with their efforts and talents. We feature them here in our first Women’s Issue.

Danielle Bakic Danielle Bakic could be confused for a mermaid, spending almost as much time in the water as on land. The former competitive swimmer has been coaching and teaching swimming for the past 17 years. “I’ve spent my entire life in the water,” Bakic said. With her Swimming Fishies Swim School, she’s taught hundreds of children how to swim over the past 16 years. She’s nearly perfected a program, which has a majority of her students swimming in just a few days. “By day nine they can swim across the pool with the most confidence you’ll ever see,” Bakic said. “That’s the most rewarding part of the job. They are screaming and crying on day one, and by the ninth day they are swimming. We’re teaching kids with positivity and constant affirmation.” A byproduct is a growth in confidence to tackle other fears and tough tests. Teaching children to swim is not a job for Bakic. It’s a mission to eradicate drownings in the region. “It’s the number one cause of death for children one to four, and it’s so preventable. My mission is to save lives and help the community be safer,” she said. She’s worked to partner with local pool companies to establish scholarships for underprivileged children to be able to get swimming lessons. Some of the recent recipients were children of domestic violence. “We are working to help those without,” Bakic said.

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She opened her own school this year in the Argyle area to carry out her mission. She has also been selected to speak at the International Pool and Spa Expo in Las Vegas in November about her efforts.

Kay Braswell

Kay Braswell Helping clients with their insurance needs is a family business for Kay Braswell. Her mother introduced her to the business and her daughter Kelsey now works with her. “We’re four generations in the insurance business,” said Braswell, referring to her 1-year-old granddaughter, who is often at the Northlake office. Braswell has been in the industry for more than 30 years, starting her own business in 2014. In the office, they help clients find solutions for auto, home, business, life and health insurance. Along with running her insurance business, Braswell is the founder and president of Community Businesses Making an Impact. The group’s vision is to bring local businesses together to help nonprofits in the area. Braswell said she was inspired to create the group during a sermon at church in December 2020. Working with Kelsey, they held their first fundraiser in February, the High Tea and Fashion Show. The event at the Champion Circle Marriott raised more than $16,000 to help Ranch Hands Rescue/ Bob’s House of Hope and First Refuge Ministries. “It was a dream come true. We worked for a year and a half on it,” Braswell said. “We did quite well.” She plans to meet with the Metroport Chamber and work to grow the organization to help other area nonprofits. “We’re doing this to help people,” Braswell said.

“We’re four generations in the insurance business,” - Braswell

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Jessica Burton

While Jessica Burton’s son, Brady, was attending Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla., and competing in rodeo, he started learning about the importance of nutrition. He was introduced to Herbalife products. “He started getting in tune with his health and saw amazing results,” Burton said. In September, Jessica and Brady took ownership of 407 Nutrition, serving delicious drinks to the local community, packed with vitamins and healthy minerals. Burton can be found in the store most mornings before making her way to her auto finance job. “We offer people a healthy option,” Burton said. “We have a lot of teachers, nurses, UPS drivers, and after school, a lot of young people come in looking for something healthy.” As a small business owner, Burton loves the chance to interact with a diverse customer base. She points out that there is no drive-thru so customers have to come in. “We want to create a space for people to come in, feel welcomed, and be part of something,” Burton said. “We can talk about their day while working to be quick and efficient.” Jessica and Brady look to give back to those who work on behalf of the community — military members, educators and first responders. They are offered discounts on different days of the week. “We have such respect for those professions and understand the sacrifice they make,” Burton said. “Any way we can give back and show our support, we want to.”

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Debra Duffy It was her junior year of college at SMU when Debra Duffy’s career path changed. A professor suggested she pursue dentistry to capitalize on her artistic talents. “You never know where guidance will take you,” Dr. Duffy said. “She put me with a female doctor in Dallas to shadow.” By the end of dental school, she found her calling for the past 30 years, pediatric dentistry. Dr. Duffy now operates clinics in Flower Mound and Justin, “helping kids love dentistry.” “We try to make it fun,” Dr. Duffy said. “Even when we’re not doing fun things, we try to get children to relax. We want them to stay healthy, so when they have checkups it’s not that bad.” Working with children came naturally for Dr. Duffy, spending time growing up babysitting, serving as a camp counselor and teaching swimming lessons. When she’s not looking out for children’s health, she’s finding ways to give back to them out of the office. She worked with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for more than a decade and has recently put her efforts into working with the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Denton County. “I’ve been on their committee for their gala,” Dr. Duffy said. “Obviously, children are my passion, and it’s a nice avenue to give back and serve.” Debra Duffy

Leah Johnson Making jewelry started as a hobby for Leah Johnson, while on a break from her career as a speech pathologist to raise children. “It was something I could do more myself,” Johnson said. “When I started, I tapped into my creative side. I took classes on metalsmithing and fell in love with it.” When she returned to her career, she continued to make jewelry and soon a following grew. “I kept meeting new ladies who loved what I was doing,” Johnson said. In 2014, she started LJ Artisan Designs, creating beautiful rings, necklaces and earrings to help women stand out in a crowd, no matter their lifestyle. Not long after starting her business, she realized she could use it to also help people. In 2017, when floods struck Baton Rouge, La., her sister lost her home. But her sister told her about another family that lost everything and needed help. Inspired, Johnson created a necklace design and donated 50 percent of the proceeds from its sales to the family. “It was something I could do to help the family, with every purchase,” Johnson said. “It’s one of my favorite vehicles to help others. All of us are meant to help.” She donates 10 percent of proceeds to help a list of North Texas nonprofits from CASA, Camp Sweeny to the Loreto House. “I love to support organizations that help vulnerable people,” Johnson said. Leah Johnson

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Summer Miyatake

Summer Miyatake After 20 years of working in salons, Summer Miyatake’s career goals changed. She suddenly felt compelled to open her own salon, with the mission to mentor other artists. Six years later, Miyatake is operating two salons. After opening the successful Denton Color Lab in 2017, she opened the Northlake Color Lab last year. “We now have 30 artists working with us between the two locations,” Miyatake said. The artists offer hair coloring, haircuts for women and men, highlights, balayage, color melt, all-over blonding, color correction, hair repair services, Brazilian blowout, grey hair coloring, wedding hairstyles, fashion color, makeup application, facial waxing and lived-in color. “We keep evolving. The secret to success is never becoming complacent,” Miyatake said. But she wants to pave the way for the next generation of artists. One day in March, she brought cosmetology students from Denton in to tour the salon and learn about it. She is also working with Denton ISD to establish scholarships for students from low-income families to help them get their licenses. “It can be life-changing for them and their families,” Miyatake said. She’s also worked to provide free haircuts to those in need, including children served by Cumberland Youth and Family Services. “What the community needs, we work with them to help,” Miyatake said.

“We keep evolving. The secret to success is never becoming complacent,” - Miyatake

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Kay Thibodeaux The Touring Chocolatier Kay Thibodeaux found her sweet career by chance. Attending a home party in 2009, she was introduced to a program with Dove Chocolate. Living in Minnesota, she joined Dove Chocolate Discoveries, selling exclusive chocolate products and teaching how to create desserts. She earned the first incentive, a trip to the Dominican Republic and a meeting with the cacao guru for the Mars Co. “That was the beginning of the intrigue,” she explained. She soon became obsessed with learning about cacao. She stayed with Dove, earning more exclusive trips to further her sweet education. Then in 2014, she and her husband relocated to Texas. She began hosting parties at her home, introducing others to fine chocolate. That grew into hosting successful classes. After a temporary slowdown during the height of the pandemic, her business suddenly picked up with the hot cocoa bomb craze. When it grew from one room of the house, her husband said she needed somewhere else for her chocolate business. In late 2021, she opened the Touring Chocolatier in Justin. “I’ve been blessed. I didn’t go to culinary school. I’m not a pastry chef and don’t enjoy baking or cooking,” she said. “I got my certification in ’17 and really delved into craft chocolate.” She’s since traveled the world, including multiple trips to Hawaii to learn about cacao and how to make quality chocolate. She's used her shop and classes to pass along that knowledge to customers on what goes into producing fine chocolate. “The education is really important to me. People don’t know the work that goes into making chocolate,” Thibodeaux said. “It takes three days to make quality truffles.” She offers classes to children and adults. She also uses her knowledge and quality chocolates to help nonprofits at fundraisers.

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Annie and Chloe Blad will graduate later this month from Argyle High School and embark on their journeys into a new world. But having lived abroad and traveled around the globe with their mother Lori as children, no journey will be too big for the twins. “They’ve been exposed to so much diversity and understand the world better than most do at their age,” said their mother. “They see things from a lot of different angles.” Lori, a local Realtor and mortgage loan specialist, is a Denton County native. After going to school in Northern Utah at Utah State, where she met her husband, Jeremy, she realized she wasn’t cut out for the cold climate. Shortly after her twins were born, she and her husband broached the topic of living internationally. Her condition was moving while the girls were still young.

The family found a home in Abu Dhabi in the United Emirates, where they spent four wonderful years. “It was like living on another planet. We met so many different people and made the best of friends, all were ex-pats,” Lori said. “We’d go to the beach. We’d go camp in the desert and the girls would slide down the sand dunes. Most of my girls’ earliest memories are from there.” Annie and Chloe enrolled in schools, learning about different cultures from their diverse classmates. “If someone was celebrating a holiday, they would teach them about it,” Lori explained. They also picked up valuable lessons from being exposed to several different languages at a young age. “Being around so many cultures, they pick up languages really easily. They took Arabic at a young age,” Lori said. “They have an ear for linguistics.”

During their time abroad, the family traveled throughout the Middle East and into Europe. Memorable excursions included trips to London, Paris and Dubai. As the girls began to get older, the family decided to move back stateside to North Texas. “We really had an amazing time, and it was an amazing experience our four years there,” Lori recalled. Once back in North Texas, they have not stayed idle. They have traveled all over the country, including outdoor adventures in the Great American Southwest, with trips to the Grand Canyon, Moab and Bryce Canyon. They’ve also made time for some Texas-centric trips, including floating the Comal River in New Braunfels. Lori is hoping to sneak in at least one more adventure before the twins leave for college and start blazing their own trails around the world.

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Dr. Scott Kasden, owner of Kasden Plastic Surgery, offers state-of-the-art technology to help decrease cellulite. His photos highlighted in April's issue of City Lifestyle capture his meticulous attention to detail. He provides the same high degree of precision and expertise for his patients. Ninety-five percent of his patients are women, and many are unhappy with cellulite despite trying many different modalities. “Cellulite can affect self image, intimacy, can affect what clothes they can and can’t wear," Dr. Kasden said. "They refuse to go to a pool or beach because they don’t like the look of their appearance.” Until recently, there hasn’t been a safe and effective method to treat the problem. Through Dr. Kasden’s ambition and determination to achieve excellence, he is now offering subscission. Subscission is a great technique that has been tested and proven to smooth the skin caused by elastic fibers attached under the skin causing the dimpling. A majority of the time, the procedure is performed with oral sedation and localized numbing right in the office, with minimal recovery time. People can have the procedure “without having the added expense and hassle of dealing with the hospital system,” Kasden added. A person can often see results immediately and will see about 80 percent of their results in just one month. “People do get significantly improved results with the procedure,” Kasden said. Dr. Kasden has a strong desire to achieve the highest possible standards and to consistently produce work of exceptional quality for his clients, bringing them joy and confidence about their bodies.

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realty report A sample of recently sold properties in Northlake. N E I GH BO RH O O D

ORIGIN AL PRICE

SO L D P RIC E

%SO L D/ O RIG

DO M

B DRM S

B AT H S

The Highlands

$1,550,000

100%

The Highlands

1,395,000

1,380,000

98.9

249

The Highlands

1,390,000

1,350,000

97.1

133

The Highlands

1,299,000

1,270,000

97.8

The Highlands

1,250,000

1,200,000

Canyon Falls

939,900

927,000

98.6

Stardust Ranch

900,000

922,000

102.4

Stardust Ranch

879,000

100

Canyon Falls

946,937

837,000

88.4

253

The Ridge at Northlake

884,327

831,256

The Ridge at Northlake

797,301

777,301

97.5

177

Pecan Square

775,000

770,000

99.4

Pecan Square

779,990

750,000

96.2

490

Canyon Falls

750,000

100

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Season to Change

PER S ON AL TRAIN IN G IN FLOW E R MO UND Before summer is the perfect time to take control of your fitness. Beth Peltier at Season to Change will guide you to reaching your wellness goals with one on one personal training, life coaching and built-in recovery work to build a solid foundation for your future. She coaches pilates and provides mobility and strength guidance. Call for a personal training consult at 832-567-5883. M AY 6T H

Election Day

POLLIN G S ITES | 7:00 AM Local city and school board elections are May 6, 2023. Check with your local school and cities for polling information for these important local elections to decide who will be making decisions. M AY 1 3T H

100 S'more Years

IS LE DU BOIS STATE PARK LAK E R AY R O B E RTS | 7 :30 P M Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Texas State Park system with a sweet trip to Isle Du Bois at Ray Robert Lake State Park to cook s'mores with park rangers and guests. Bring your own ingredients and meet at the Lost Pines Amphitheater. M AY 1 4 T H

Mother's Day

NORTHLAKE The day to celebrate the women in your life — mothers, mothers-in-law, wives and daughters — is Sunday, May 14. Pick up some flowers and a card to thank these women. Also, find plenty of local gift ideas from area stores. M AY 2 0 T H

Graduation

U NT COLIS EUM The long journey to graduation will be completed for high school seniors this month. Argyle ISD's graduation is May 20 and Northwest High School's May 30, both at the University of North Texas Coliseum. Liberty Christian's graduation is May 27. College graduations will also occur this month. Congratulations to all our local graduates. M AY 2 9 T H

Memorial Day

U NITED STATES The month of May will end with a three-day weekend full of barbecues, and pool time, serving as the unofficial start of summer.But please pause on Monday, May 29, to recognize the sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died in defense of the nation.

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Cups of cheer Moxie Makers brings out self-expression, while carrying out mission ARTICLE BY KATE JONES Drinking cups are not simply to hold your favorite beverage anymore. It’s now an accessory, and a way to reflect your personality and unique interests. April Stroer, from Moxie Makers, takes self-expression with cups to a whole new level. Her tumblers are fully customized to display her customers’ inspirations. She also has several designed ready-to-ship tumblers. She uses two primary methods for creating the stainless steel cups — sublimation and epoxy. Sublimation uses high pigment, sublimation inks and heat. Epoxy incorporates fun glitter with a high gloss finish. A decal can even be added with the last coat of epoxy before the cup is sent to its new home. Stroer started Moxie Makers in 2020 as a “might as well” during pandemic downtime at home. She made one tumbler for herself and others wanted one. Stroer is creative and loves to play with glitter and color. She has the attitude of “I can figure this out” shared by other great businesswomen. Her tumblers make perfect gifts or group orders for a team or business. But each tumbler sale carries out a mission, shown on the card that accompanies it. “Spreading awareness about MHE one tumbler at a time,” the card reads. Multiple Hereditary Exostoses is a genetic bone disorder for which there is currently no cure. Stroer is determined to spread awareness, fight for a cure and be a comfort to others whose children have MHE. Moxie represents the courage or determination of her powerful effort. You can never have too many cups, so make a unique statement with a high-quality Moxie Makers tumbler designed specifically for you. Check them out at moxiemakers.co.

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