Photo by Lindsay Toler

Photo by Lindsay Toler

I had a visiting journalist with me, in town from St. Louis to help me cover this year’s Fourth of July parade. Actually, my daughter, Lindsay, was here to visit family and eat Texas barbeque, but she jumped at a chance to revisit the parade she had walked in herself as a Forest Meadow cheerleader and Lake Highlands Highlandette. According to LH’s Ray Hill, the Exchange Club parade started before Lindsay’s first birthday in 1987, and it’s been going strong ever since.

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Lindsay is now an editor and social media miner for Patch.com, an online community newspaper owned by AOL. She’s a pro, as evidenced by her photos. (The pics she snapped from her iPhone are better than the ones I took from my camera.) Of course, in the end, it all comes down to the subjects, and Lake Highlands’ families dressed in red-white-and-blue make for mighty good subject matter. Thanks to all who offered me a smile (and a piece of candy from their booty thrown by riders on floats).

You can see our photos here.

Don’t you just love Lake Highlands?!?

Photo by Lindsay Toler

Photo by Lindsay Toler

Photo by Lindsay Toler

Photo by Lindsay Toler

Photo by Lindsay Toler

Photo by Lindsay Toler

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  • Carol Toler

    Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.