Is Dallas Spraying You? + Taped To Her Airline Seat + Kids' Jobs

Rise and shine, Dallas! It's Wednesday, July 14.

Today's Headlines: The city is spraying against West Nile virus again. Find out if your neighborhood will be among those treated. Four million-plus TikTok viewers saw a woman taped to her seat aboard an American Airlines flight last week after she tried to open a boarding door and bit a flight attendant. And Dallas has a new jobs program designed to get kids off the street this summer and provide them better professional futures.

First, today's weather: Humid throughout the day. High: 93, low: 75.

Among the top stories today in Dallas:

1. See what creator Jerod Couch has in mind for season 2 of Washed. (Dallas Weekly)
2. Looking for this year’s best-selling Dallas-Fort Worth home communities? Head east! (The Dallas Morning News)
3. Dallas "violence interrupters" now offer training workshops on dispute mediation and safety. (FOX 4 Dallas)
4. See how photographer Tortellini Thomas captures the complexities of homelessness. (Dallas Observer)
5. A local father and his son blame each other in a fatal Dallas shooting. But that's not how local police see it. (The Dallas Morning News)

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Today in Dallas

• Fresh Express Job Fair - Grand Prairie Facility (1 p.m.)
• Yappy Hour (5 p.m.)
• Bastille Day at Revelers Hall! (6 p.m.)
• Wellness Wednesday’s – Pure Barre (6:30 p.m.)

Dallas Patch Notebook

• DFW Airport: "Check out the progress on the High C Gates at DFW! The new, five-gate concourse is being built." (Facebook)
• Dallas Zoo: "She's beauty and she's grace. Shout out to Tullah, the most beautiful giant anteater ever!" (Instagram)
• West Village: "The drink of summer, @micocina’s TX Agua Fresca! Sooo good ⁣ ⁣ : @dallasites101" (Instagram)
• North Texas Giving Day: "Join us for the NTX Giving Day Social Media Training!" (Facebook)
• DBU Baseball: "Make it five Patriots taken in the draft! Ross Carver goes to Arizona." (Instagram)
• Dallas ISD: "To help parents prepare for the new school year, the Family and Community Engagement department will be hosts." (Instagram)
• Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Official DART page): "DART has regularly sold off end-of-life buses or excess parcels of land." (Facebook)
• UT Dallas: "Let’s play 'Spot the Tobors.'" (Instagram)
• SPCA of Texas: "After a 15 month hiatus, we weren't sure how our first mobile adoption event would go." (Facebook)
• Dallas Mavericks: "A little @lukadoncic dancey-dance for your timelines." (Instagram)
• City of Dallas - City Hall: "It's always a good day to shine a spotlight on the fine folks over in fire. Thanks for all you do, Dallas Fire-Rescue." (Facebook)
• JCC Dallas: "Summer Pop Up Class The Light Lab offers a space where children will be filled with wonder as they experiment." (Facebook)
• Dallas Zoo: "IMPORTANT SNAKES: We are thrilled to announce the hatching of six healthy Mangshan pit vipers!" (Instagram)
• Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center: "Go ahead... try and look at this face without smiling... we dare you. Larry (#A1124121) and his goofy ears." (Facebook)
• Dallas Farmers Market: "We’re still on that watermelon game. Get your cheese + dried fruit + meats all from @scardellocheese." (Instagram)
• North Texas Food Bank: "As we move into a new fiscal year, we want to take the time to remind you of the North Texas Food Bank's Core Values." (Instagram)
• Dallas County Sheriff's Department: "As the summer heat picks up so do problems on the road. There is roadside assistance if you breakdown." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Free 30-min Photoshoots in Grapevine, TX! (July 17)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow with a new update. If you're into these newsletters, consider bringing some more friends and neighbors along for the ride. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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