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Partying at the Arboretum brings families and excitement to the woodland setting

Jennifer Tellepsen looks on as her daughter, Elizabeth, creates a bookplate.
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Roz Pactor with granddaughter Haylie Graham.
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Trent and Andrea Tellepsen with their children --Hudsen, Talan and Andrew.
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Courtney and Bo Hopson with their children, Bo and Sloan.
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Travis and Ashley Landers with William and Cate.
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Scott and Kirby McCool with Lane and Khaki McCool.
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Jennifer Quinn with son Sheamus decorating a book plate for the book theydonated.
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Rand and Lindsay Holstead with their daughters, Mia and Randall.
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Melissa and Michael Mithoff with twin sons Maxwell and Matthew.
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Hans and Lauren Brindley with their triplets, Luke, John Charles and Rhett.
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Gary and Elizabeth Petersen with son Meyer and Michelle Smith with daughtersKendal and Tiffany, standing.
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Ben and Stephanie Hertzog
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The Houston Arboretum & Nature Center was packed to the top of its palmettos on Sunday when Texas Children's Ambassadors held its Family Fun Day and Book Drive, hosted by the three sisters Kirby McCool, Lindsay Holstead and Courtney Hopson and their families.

More than 500 adults and wee ones packed the trails and shady places of the arboretum where the kiddos enjoyed everything from pony rides to a petting zoo to carnival games. With perfect weather, it was a great family outing for the likes of Andrea and Trent Tellepsen, Nidhika and Pershant Mehta and Stephanie and Ben Hertzog and all of their children.

Ambassadors for Texas Children's Hospital, with a membership of 900 families, supports the entire mission of TCH and has raised more than $4 million for a variety of programs.

There was plenty of family-friendly food and drink for the afternoon event where kids could have their faces painted, plant seedlings, climb the rock wall and zoom down the zip line.

Spotting roaming through the oaks and pines were Lauren and Hans Brindley, Melissa and Michael Mithoff, Courtney and Scott Archer, Elizabeth and Gary Petersen, Roz and Alan Pactor, Jennifer and Mike Quinn, Eleanor and Dan Gilbane, Tricia Dewhurst and Jennifer and Michael Dellinger.

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Public memorials and services set for 'Houston's anchorman' Dave Ward

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ABC13 anchor emeritus Dave Ward died on December 13 at age 86.

Members of the public are invited to pay their respects to the longtime newsman at visitations and funeral services this week. Plans include:

Wednesday, Dec. 17: Ward will lie in repose from 11 am-6 pm at the Crimestoppers of Houston Dave Ward Building, 3001 Main St., Houston, TX 77002.
Thursday, Dec. 18: Public visitation open to all at George H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Directors at 1010 Bering Dr., Houston, TX 77057 from 11 am-2 pm and 4-8 pm
Friday, Dec. 19: Funeral service open to the public at 12 pm at St. Martin's Episcopal Church at 717 Sage Rd., Houston, TX 77056.

ABC13 will carry the funeral live on television and streaming platforms.

For more than 50 years, Dave was Houston's anchorman. He began each newscast with his signature line, "Good evening, friends." That's how the legendary newsman felt about the viewers who shared his love for the city he was so proud to call his home.

His name was David Henry Ward, but he was known to thousands of Eyewitness News viewers simply as "Dave." Born in Dallas in 1939, Dave grew up in Huntsville and began his radio career with KGKB Radio in Tyler while attending college. Three years later, he joined the staff of WACO Radio as a staff announcer and quickly climbed to Program Director the following year.

Dave moved to Houston in 1962, where he worked for KNUZ Radio as a News Reporter and News Director for four years. He made the move to Channel 13 in 1966 as the station's only on-the-street news reporter and photographer, coming "inside" in early 1967 to anchor Channel 13's weekday 7 am. newscast.

Later that year, he became the first host of the wildly popular "Dialing for Dollars" program, which later evolved into "Good Morning Houston." Houston viewers flocked to see him and hear him, and by January 1968, Dave became the anchor of Eyewitness News at 6 and 10 pm.

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Read more about Dave Ward’s life and legacy, with video, on CultureMap's news partner, ABC13.com.

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