Street TALK

Nearer My Bod to Thee

Ever since news got out about which Baptist church TROY AIKMAN attends, Dallas Cowboys fans, including several young women, have been showing up at The fellowship of Las Colinas on MacArthur Boulevard, hoping to catch sight of the superstar quarterback. Of course Troy missed a few Sundays during the playoffs, but church attendance is booming, making The Fellowship one of die fastest growing congregations in the area.



Résume Watch

Word is that Dallas Housing Authority director ALPHONSO JACKSON is looking for a new job and may soon return to a housing post in Washington, D.C. The director demurs. “I have never indicated any plans to look for a new job or to go back to Washington,” says Jackson. “Right now I plan to finish out the Lake West housing development and shopping center. I’m not going anywhere at this point.”



The Palmer Method

Also job-hunting: outgoing City Councilwoman LORI PALMER, who’s interested in a regional administrator job with EPA or HUD. But she’s not holding her breath. “Th;se are long shots. There’s a lot of competition,” says ’aimer. “I’m qualified equally for both jobs, but with all the work I’m doing on environment, I’m leaning toward the EPA position.”



Brownie Points

When City Councilman JERRY BARTOS announced he was bowing out after a third term, surprised North Dallas conservatives scrambled to find a replacement. Their favorite: CANDYE BARTOS, former president of the Greater Dallas Planning Council, former vice president of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and also Jerry’s wife. But as a working mother, she has her hands full helping Jerry run the family business. “I feel like I’ve been on the City Council for six years already,” says Candye. “I’d rather go on being a Brownie troop leader.”

Sign Language

The May 1 special election to fill Lloyd Bentsen’s U.S. Senate seat has split at least one well-known Dallas family. Former governor Bill Clements is chairing U.S. Rep. Joe Barton’s campaign, while wife, RITA, is backing state Treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison Watch for warring yard signs in front of the couple’s Preston Road estate.



King Remembers King

The reputation of Curtis King, founder and president of the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, is reaching far beyond Dallas. On April 4 he’ll have all of Atlanta listening to a concert he helped put together commemorating the 25Ui anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. A 200-voice choir, made up of singers from Charleston, Dallas and Atlanta, will perform songs that were pivotal in the civil rights leader’s speeches.



The Drying Game

Country music’s hair apparent, Ricky Lynn Gregg, a former Dallas rock ’n’ roller whose first album, RLG, debuts this month, makes no apologies for the 90 minutes he spends every day coifing his waist-length mane. Picky Ricky uses a different shampoo in every city he plays, depending on the water, and tops off his ’do with Shaper hair spray. In Dallas, he likes to shampoo with Aveda (do we smell an endorsement?).



Take Me Out to the Bawl Game

As a tribute to the Rangers’ final season at Arlington Stadium, KTVT Channel 11, the official Rangers station, has commissioned country singer Lee Roy Parnell to write and record a new theme song. “Rockin’ the House” will be played before each game, but only for this season. Insiders hope it will outdo Hank Williams Jr.’s NFL paean, “Are You Ready for Some Football?”



Mort Report

Relations between the Dallas Symphony and the city’s African-American and Hispanic communities have not been great, and certainly not since the Mort Meyerson concert hall opened amid protests over the city paying for the new home of what was perceived as an elitist institution. Hoping to bridge that gap, the Dallas Symphony Association has been working with the city’s council-appointed Commission for Cultural Affairs. Now, says symphony association president HOWARD HALLAM “The lines of communication have opened and the results are enriching and you will see and hear it on the stage.” Two examples: On May 27, HECTOR GUZMAN, conductor of the Piano Chamber Orchestra, leads the DSO in works by Hispanic composers. On June 10, ISAIAH JACKSON, music director of the Dayton Philharmonic, conducts works by African-American composers. Both concerts, at the Mort, are free and open to the public.



Oil in the Family

Now we know the secret to the incredibly youthful appearances of ROY ROGERS and DALE EVANS. When Channel ll’s NANCY JAY interviewed the couple, both 81, they shared a tip: Roy and Dale use baby oil on their faces every night.