It’s a busy morning almost every day at Pollock Paper. With their headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas this company specializes in making corrugated boxes.

“We do business with a lot of Fortune 500 companies and also a lot of smaller companies,” said Pollock Paper Vice President of Manufacturing Thomas Youngberg.

Business is up at Pollock Paper ten percent from last year. It means consumers are spending more money. The economy could be taking a turn for the better. Close to around one hundred and fifty thousand boxes are made each day at Pollock. Youngberg says this number is expected to grow as new orders come in.

“When you look at the corrugated business in the past it’s always a pretty good indicator of what’s to come,” said Youngberg.

Financial Strategist Clark Hodges at Hodges Capital says it’s not a surprise.

“Texas is one of the few pockets of strength and it’s one of the few areas that people want to move to,” said Hodges. “It doesn’t surprise me at all that in this part of the country business is good.”

For those of you who hope to start a business of your own one day Hodges has a suggestion.

“Buy lunch,” said Hodges. “If you take a guy to lunch you’ll eventually get some business out of him because you know him personally. That’s the mentality. People welcome that in Dallas.”

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If you’re into rock and roll chances are The Robotix are a band whose musicians are kids you wouldn’t mind jamming with until midnight in their parents garage. Don’t let their age fool you.

“We’re pretty good,” said lead singer Angelina Baez. She may be right. Despite every member of the band being under fifteen years old the group’s popularity is on the rise. Some members have reached what some might say is celebrity status. Twelve year old Japanese guitarist Yuto Miyazawa has played on the Ellen show and rocked on stage with Ozzy Osbourne.

“I like playing in a band with kids my age,” said Miyazawa.

On drums is eight year old Logan “Robot” Gladden. He may be in elementary school but he’s a master at keeping the beat. Gladden believes it’s not just the music that makes this band unique.

“I have a lot of fun with this band because I think it’s fun that we get people from all over the world,” said Gladden.

“You sort of become a different person when you go on stage,” said guitar player Brendan James. “It’s just a major adrenaline rush.”

The Robotix have released their new single and will be releasing their new album later this year.

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Technology continues to evolve. Instagram for photos. Twitter for random thoughts and Linkedin for professional networking. Now there’s something for dentists.

“We basically have put both dental offices and dentists and job seekers in the driver’s seat,” said Feridoon Amini, Founder of Dental Spots. “They can go to our site and tell us what days they’re available, how far from their home they want to work and how they want to be notified when a job becomes available.”

Amini says he came up with the idea for Dental Spots to save employers time and money while they search for potential employees.

“We are positioning Dental Spots to be a hub for dental professionals, whatever they do,” said Amini. “Whether they’re dental assistants, dental hygienests, dentists or even in sales. We are trying to be a comprehensive solution that provides dental and dental industry with solutions that impacts their bottom line.”

“When you can scan resumes online and not have to deal with the hassle of pen and paper or putting a listing in the newspaper it’s great,” said dentist Sarah Poteet. “This is the way of the feature for sure.”

And job seekers can post their resume on the site and they can receive notifications when a job becomes available in their area. The feature Amini raves about most is job seeker’s ability to post a video resume, something he said came from user comments.

“We don’t have a lot of time to spend finding temporary employment or new hires so this is an easy way, in our own time, on the computer to pre-screen candidates, especially with the video features they have,” said Poteet. “It’s a great way to get to know the potential candidate without wasting the time with bringing them in the office all the time.”

Amini says Dental Spots also launched mobile apps for the iPhone and Android that helps people find temporary employment or pick up extra shifts.

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Vanessa Cantu considers herself an incredibly optimistic person. When she was a freshman in high school she was involved in a serious car accident. She says her seat belt didn’t work and without its support her spine broke and she suffered severe, internal injuries. She was kept in an induced coma for weeks. When she woke up she wanted to know why she couldn’t feel her legs.

“My family didn’t want to tell me anything,” said Cantu. “Nobody wanted to tell me anything. Finally I asked the doctor what’s wrong and he says you’re paralyzed and you’re never going to walk again.”

From that point on Cantu’s life became fixated on finding a way out of her wheelchair and back on her feet. She went to countless physical therapy sessions and endured a number of surgeries. She found herself able to use crutches but that didn’t mean the trials and tribulations stopped.

“I’ll never forget the first time I fell at school and I thought it was just the end of the world,” said Cantu. “I just sat on the floor and I cried. At that point it’s like you can either stay down or get up. Brush it off. Move forward. Learn how to deal with it. That’s just going to be a part of the process.”

Cantu started seeing Mary Tanner, a Physical Therapist at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She and Tanner focused on things like balance and strengthening her lower body.

“We were just basically trying to get her ankles and feet to work better with the walking stages and her ultimate goal was to really kind of get out of the scooter,” said Tanner.

Tanner says that in less than two years with hard work and determination Cantu made her way out of the scooter.

“She is so motivated and it’s rare that we have that kind of transition especially when it’s an older spinal cord injury,” said Tanner.

Cantu hopes to encourage other accident victims facing her same struggles and pass on some of her positivity.

“Find something positive out of it because it’s a life altering event,” said Cantu. “Use it to help other people. Use it to find new hobbies, new goals and you’ll be surprised at yourself and what you’re able to do. Don’t hold back.”

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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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