Women Whose Mothers Are Cancer Survivors Put Their Hearts Into Fundraiser

Thursday, July 17, 2008 - The Dallas Morning News

When Alicia Wood of University Park and Ashley Tripplehorn Emerson of Dallas agreed to be underwriting chairwomen of a major American Cancer Society event, they figured they had a lot in common. Little did they know how much.

The mothers of both women are breast cancer survivors. Mrs. Wood's father and Mrs. Emerson's former stepfather are both prostate cancer survivors.

"The world's getting a little bit too small when you look at circumstances like this; it's just scary," Mrs. Wood said.

"Yes, Alicia and I discovered we had more in common than we would like," Mrs. Emerson said.

Reaching the $4 million fundraising goal for the 35th annual Cattle Baron's Ball Oct. 4 at Southfork Ranch, in a dodgy economy, has been a real challenge. But they're within $500,000 of that goal and are personally dedicated to the task.

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Some United Methodists oppose Bush library plans at SMU

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - The Dallas Morning News

United Methodists who don't want President George W. Bush's library complex at Southern Methodist University are expected to launch a last-ditch effort today to try to prevent it from being built on church-owned land.

A regional mission council of the United Methodist Church has given SMU permission to go forward with the library. But some delegates to the South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which is meeting in Dallas this week, insist the mission council does not have the final say.

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