Profiles / Bailey Lewis

Community Impact Newspaper • 5th May 2022

Outdoors enthusiast shares love of fly-fishing with community at Grapevine Fly Fishing store

When he was 12 years old, Michael Tulowitzki said he began fly-fishing. It was then that he and his childhood best friend began to dream about opening their own fly-fishing store one day.

Community Impact Newspaper • 28th January 2022

Memories N’ Treasures Antique Mall owner finds purpose with business after his wife's death

When Terry Thomas, owner of Memories N’ Treasures Antique Mall, and his wife, Sherrylynn, first walked into the building on Pecan Street in Keller, they saw a day care that had been vacant for two years.

Community Impact Newspaper • 19th December 2021

Ketos Creative provides unique combination of all things creative in Northeast Fort Worth

To Allen Joanis, owner of Ketos Creative in Fort Worth, there’s much more to the phrase, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” In fact, according to Joanis, there are nine words more.

Community Impact Newspaper • 6th May 2022

Stone House Restaurant in Colleyville makes space for community to feel at home

Long before the quaint residence on Colleyville Boulevard became Stone House Restaurant, Lisa Pardo’s great aunt and uncle lived caddy-corner to the home.

Community Impact Newspaper • 16th May 2022

The Ship Shop owner finds passion with Trophy Club business

David Sanders retired in 2016 after more than three decades in the corporate world but said he soon realized he needed something else to do.

Community Impact Newspaper • 22nd November 2021

Despite unique name, Fort Worth seafood restaurant Shuck Me is fishing- and family-centric

When a mutual friend of soon-to-be Shuck Me Seafood owners Roger and Monica Haverkamp first called Bill Curci years ago to help the Haverkamps with their restaurants, Curci said his first question was, “What’s it called?”

Community Impact Newspaper • 31st October 2021

Veteran brothers continue family business legacy with Texas Gun Experience in Grapevine

Jared and Joseph Stayner grew up surrounded by guns, as their father had a collection as a hobby. He loved guns so much that, upon retirement, he decided to open a small gun shop in Grapevine, just off Main Street.

Local Profile • 30th June 2021

First Allen High LGBTQ+ Prom King Talks About His Journey For Pride Month

Ninth-grade Lee Haskett was practically numb from anxiety as he sat his mom down to tell her something he had been hiding from her almost his entire life. As someone who grew up in a very religious household, he knew written into the Bible were the words, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”

Local Profile • 15th June 2021

For Pride Month, Burch Law Founder And Attorney Discusses LGBTQ+ Journey In The Business World

Lorie Burch had two identities — “Lorie the lawyer” and “Lorie the gay lawyer.” Each fit into two separate worlds. “Lorie the lawyer” went to events and meetings for the Plano Chamber of Commerce and the American Business Women’s Association. But “Lorie the gay lawyer” went to events and meetings for the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce, the DFW Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal.

Local Profile • 31st May 2021

McKinney Vietnam Veteran Remembers Lost Friends With A Veterans Memorial

Written on the Veterans Memorial Park in McKinney are 428 names. One of those names is Charles W. “Bill” Bryan. While the name may not mean much to a reader, Bryan was the best friend of retired U.S. Marine Ronnie “RD” Foster.

Local Profile • 26th April 2021

McKinney-Based Wood Artist Tells Story of Going From Corporate World to Full-Time Artist

Surrounded by slabs of wood and dust, Bob Bruu shows off what, from even a short distance, looks like an ordinary sports cap. Looking closer reveals immaculate shading that follows the bends and folds in the lid of the cap and texture that mimics the jagged fabric surrounding the sports team logo — all sculpted out of a block of wood.

Malheur Enterprise • 26th June 2020

Ontario Police Chief Steven Romero reflects on first year, says community involvement his biggest success

Steven Romero, Ontario police chief, discussed his first year in a police department with limited resources, along with the many ways he immersed himself and got involved in the community.

OU Daily • 18th November 2018

Norman florist, one of first African-American business owners in University North Park, takes pride in her creations

Victoria McBride never imagined that her love of flowers could create such an impact on the Norman community.

OU Daily • 7th October 2018

Woman takes on alter-ego in roller derby, finds family in empowered women

Lori Bautista comes home from her job at the Oklahoma State Department of Health and heads to Star Skate Norman with a bag full of gear. She sits at a table and begins to put on her roller skates and helmet, transforming into her alter-ego “Galaxy Inferno” as she skates onto the track.