Now in its thirteenth year Art in the Square in Southlake is a weekend full of food, friends, fun and of course art. Ranked number eight in the United States Art in the Square has become one of the most sought after art events by artists across the country.

“There’s oil paintings,” said Samantha Munn, Chair of Art in the Square. “There’s sculptures. There’s photography. There’s jewelry. We had over seven hundred applications again this year. It’s becoming so popular now. This year even our wait list we didn’t even have to touch it because every artist turned up. They were so glad that they had been chosen.”

“I’m very impressed with what’s here already,” said artist Stephen Baldauf. “It looks great. It looks like a really nice show.”

The Southlake Women’s Club hopes to have a great turn out this year and raise even more money than last year. Art in the Square lasts through this Sunday evening.

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Former pro wrestler turned inspirational speaker Shawn Stasiak is preaching to students about overcoming their fears.

“Life’s going to have all kinds of obstacles, challenges and fears,” said Stasiak. “We’re going to face fears but it’s up to us to dig deep.”

He even has created a character called Fobia to help get his message across to young people.

“What was once a Halloween joke has turned into my reality,” said Stasiak. “Fobia is a depiction of me of all my fears and challenges that I’ve had to face over the years that I’ve overcome.”

Stasiak’s father wrestled for more than two decades which resulted in frequent moves around the country and high expectations in the ring. Those are among things the younger Stasiak says he’s overcome and his message resonated with officials at Irving’s Crockett Middle School.

“I think that the primary of topics of facing your fears and surrounding yourself by good people are something that’s going to be really valuable for our students,” said Raymond Edwards, Principal of Crockett Middle School.

“What he says is what our kids need to hear,” said Nancy Innis. “Perseverance, staying with it and don’t let people get in your way.”

So what’s a former wrestler doing back in the face paint after become a chiropractor five years ago?

“Everybody needs a hero, mentor or leader to look up to and it’s my time now,” said Stasiak. “Everything I’ve been through in my life, good or bad, has led me to this next chapter.”

In his next chapter Stasiak hopes he can make as much of an impact as a speaker as he did in the ring.

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Electric go karts are turning wheels in Frisco.

“They’re really, really fast but they don’t use gas,” said Robert Finley, Co-Owner of Pole Position Raceway.

Pole Position Raceway originally started in California in 2005.  Now, the company has seven locations across the country, and their newest electric kart racetrack just opened.

“The concept was, let’s do indoor karting like we’ve never done before,” said Finley. “It was always done with gas powered go karts. These are electric battery powered go karts.“

Don’t let the electric karts fool you.  Their torque and acceleration are arguably better than any gas kart out there and even the biggest race fanatics say their power is impressive.

“It’s better than the gasoline powered ones, which is shocking to me because I’ve been driving gasoline engines my whole life,” said customer Michael Arden.

“Actually coming in I thought electric go karts, forty five miles an hour there’s no way they can go that fast,” said Brantley Price, employee of Pole Position Raceway.  ”But then after I’ve been in the seat of these at least ten times, every time it’s an adrenaline rush.”

Finley is excited to see so many people enjoying the new concept, and he’s already announcing plans of a new track in North Texas.

“The goal is in about ninety days we’re going to start breaking ground on another one over in on the west side toward Fort Worth near maybe Southlake,” said Finley.

Finley says it’s been hard work opening the Frisco track, but he’s not complaining.

“I’m having a blast,” said Finley. “It’s not work when you’re having fun everyday.”

And he says his goal is to make sure everyone at Pole Position Raceway is having as much fun as he is.

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It was Dallas Mavericks Media Day and with the addition of Vince Carter and Lamar Odom the team is excited for the season to start on Christmas day.

“I’m fired up,” said Mavericks Forward Dirk Nowitzki. “It’s been a long summer kind of with a lot of uncertainty. You didn’t know what was going to happen so I was obviously pleased to see that we found an agreement that’s decent for both sides. Now we can go back to playing some hoops and defending our title.”

“Sixty six games in a hundred and twenty three days so if you have a deep team like we do now it definitely could help,” said Mavericks Guard Jason Kidd.

“We have good team,” said Mavericks Forward Vince Carter. “We have a good nucleus of guys here whose won championships around here. I’m just glad to be a part of it.”

“It’s going to be a lot of games coming,” said Nowitzki. “A lot of nights so we’re going to need everybody to contribute on certain nights. We have a fun group. A veteran group. I’m looking forward to it.”

“After a long lockout which no one wanted but it happened so we’re excited,” said Dallas Mavericks Jason Terry. “What better day to get things started then on Christmas? We’re going to drop the banner on them and on the Heat.”

The Mavericks know they have a lot of work to do to get back to the playoffs but it’s clear repeat is on most people’s mind who are looking for this team to succeed. It’s no easy task and it all starts at the American Airlines Center less then two weeks from today.

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J Stephen Sadler has baked thousands of crumb cakes each one hand crafted as if a piece of art.

“We really want to provide an experience,” said Sadler, Owner of Crumbzz. “Not just a dessert or cake.”

When it comes to Crumbzz’s crumb cakes Sadler spares no expense.

“In order to make the best, you not only need to utilize the best baking methods, but you also have to find the finest ingredients,” said Sadler.

Sadler ventured out on an international quest to find the finest ingredients to create his Austrian family’s 400-year-old crumb cake recipe. From Tanzania to Saigon, he may have discovered the best of the best.

“I wanted to have not only the finest cake, but I thought it warranted the finest packaging,” said Sadler.

With the final product nestled in fine tissue and stamped with a wax seal, Crumbzz crumb cakes are ready to be enjoyed by clients. Although the Ambassador Hotel in Dallas is no longer open to the public, Sadler is busy in its kitchen baking the cakes. A chef and an entrepreneur, his new business is creating job opportunities for Dallas residents.

“You make money and that’s great but the real key is what do you do with the money once you make it,” said Sadler. He formed the Crumb International Green Foundation where 3% of Crumbzz’s profits are donated.

“And that company funds companies and providers around the world so that workers can get fair trade and fair salaries,” said Sadler.

In addition to purchasing Crumbzz crumb cakes online, a Tasting Pavilion has opened in Forney, Texas. Customers can not only taste the handcrafted treasures, but also experience the Crumbzz’s vision firsthand.

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Brittany McIntyre is one of eight hundred million people with an active Facebook account. Instead of posting pictures, McIntyre is using her iPhone to play a new networking game called Republik of MYIA. Similar to the popular game Farmville, users are able to build a virtual world.

“It’s a step up from Farmville because you also get the social networking aspect of it and you also get some fun games to go along with it,” said Brittany McIntyre. “You get to win stuff which is pretty cool.”

The game is the brain child of Creator Philippe Van Hecke. After seeing how excited people got building farms and trading livestock, Hecke wanted to build his own game, but give players better access to stay connected.

“What we wanted is to create a PC based game that had all mobile components embedded into the game so I think thats what we’ve created here at the Republik of MYIA,” said Philippe Van Hecke.  ”It’s the first of it’s kind.”

Like farmville the Republik of MYIA can be played on any desktop or laptop computer but now users can use their Smartphones to play, and that means you can keep your world up and running anytime anywhere. That’s why Coleton Burch is glad he became a Myia fan. He doesn’t have to worry about his game falling apart while he’s away from his laptop.

“It’s cool how they send you mobile alerts when you’re away from your game so you can always be reminded what’s going on in your community and keep your people happy and your community safe,” said Coleton Burch.

To give users even more reason to log and keep playing, Hecke says everybody with a MYIA world will have a chance win all kinds of prizes.

“On City Hall you have the weekly sweepstakes that you can simply enter by clicking on it,” said Hecke. “It captures your cellphone information, and thats another real reward connected to what you are doing in the virtual community.”

Night clubs, banks and even churches. Build it all and share it with your friends. No doubt your virtual community will rest easy knowing you’re never to far away.

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