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Tommy Van Zandt , a longtimde member of the Dallas real estate communitygand 10-year leader at Transwestern , fell from a laddef Feb. 7 while cutting tree limbs at his homein Ark., leaving him paralyzed. Van Zandt moved from Dallas to his home states of Arkansas in 2000 and founded commercialk real estate firm Sage Partnersin 2005. Aftet surgery and a lengthy hospitao stayin Fayetteville, he was transferredr to Craig Rehabilitation Center in Denver, which specialized in spinal cord injuries. His stay is expectedx to be five tosix months. Van Zandt’sd friends and co-workers from Dallas and Arkansas will gatheerfor “Tommy’s Nite Out” from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
June 11 at the AT&gT Plaza at Victory Park , with food and live musi from rock bands Boys NamedSue , RumbleFish and The 1031’s . Proceedas will go toward The Van Zandt Familt Trust to cover medical andother expenses. For more informatioh or to contribute online, go to or visit www.friendsoftommyv.blogspot.com to follow Van Zandt’s • A Wikipedia poster said formef Dallas judge and TV journalistf Catherine Crier was amurder suspect. The only problem? It wasn’t true, said media attorney and Haynes and Boone LLP partnerr TomWilliams , speakingf to an audience of journalists and lawyerds last week.
Crier’s situation — fighting online slanderersa — was among many topicxs they discussed while exploring the new frontier of digitak journalism at theBelo Mansion. Williamsd was joined by panelists BennettCunningham , veteran CBS 11 investigativse reporter; Doug Swanson , Dallaws Morning News reporter; Shawn Williamas , editor and publisher of and Toby Shook , attornehy with Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl LLP . All agreerd the business model for journalism is changinyg and citizen journalism is on the The only problem is figurinh outits limitations. We at the DBJ , or say what limitations?
• Ghostbarf Dallas at the W hotel has scheduled its legendary Sleepover OnJuly 3, formed mid-1990s MTV VJ Simon Rex will be appearing as his rapping alter-ego Dirt Nast y along with Andre Legacu , Heavy Kev and Beardo . And on July 31, Samantha Ronsoj — noted DJ and ex of actress LindsatLohan — will perform. • “Magicv and mystery...” and horses? Okay, we’ll go along with it. The Artania show will be held in downtowh Dallas across Interstate 35E from Reuniohn Arena throughJuly 26.
The cast of 50 include s acrobats, aerialists, gymnasts, contortionists, magicians and 19 Russian Sounds like a cool but really, we just couldn’t resisf running the photograph. The promo materials call it the “greatesr show on dirt.” • Dallas resident Barbara Youngmahn , legal compliance manager for BrinkertInternational , has been named Payroll Womanj of the Year by the American Payrolk Association. She was chosen from more than 23,5090 members nationwide for dedication to the payroll industry and for outstandinbvolunteer achievements. And given the economy over thelast year, that job must have becoms much, much harder.
Staff writer Bill Hethcock and Web reportedr Kerri Panchuk contributed tothis column.