Dang. An all-day Boy Scout/Cub Scout recruiting event tomorrow at Kessler Park United Methodist sounds a whole lot cooler than anything I ever experienced as a Brownie.

From 9 a.m. on., you — provided you’re a boy-child, or perhaps a parent — can take part in tomahawk throwing, caveman golf, Ultimate Frisbee, and “Super Soaker wars and water balloon wars,” said parent Laura Walsh, who’s helping to organize the event. There’ll by fly-tying and branding demonstrations, plus bratwurst, hot dogs, iced watermelon, and cobbler to keep you going. Come nightfall, Walsh added, the group plans screen movies and drink homemade root beer.

The recruitment drive is in conjunction with Troop 5 and Pack 4 (Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, respectively). Visitors can “come anytime they want to,” Walsh said, “and enjoy whatever portion of it they want to.”

Now you know.

Venture Crew 5 plans to recruit new members this weekend by hosting “Scout-a-Palooza” at Kessler Park United Methodist Church. If you’re between the ages of 13 and 20, you’ll want to be there. Plans include everything from water-balloon fights and ultimate Frisbee to caveman golf and a screening of Muppet Treasure Island. The festivities are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. For more information, email eric@pearleproductions.com or bison85@aol.com.

Kidd Springs resident Chris Weigel can help you get the body you want…FAST. Not to mention, of course, improving your overall health and fitness levels. (That should be the ultimate goal, right?)

Weigel, of Clairevista Vitality Club, recently joined a select group of the world’s leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write 3 Steps To Your Best Body In Record Time. The book, released in mid-July, reached No. 69 on Amazon.com the week it debuted and has stayed in Amazon’s top 100.

The book features advice from health, fitness, and wellness experts from around the globe and discusses overall health, fitness, and nutrition. Weigel said it’s designed to help people find a breakthrough fitness strategy that works for them.

“It offers proven strategies to help people achieve the level of fitness they’ve always desired,” he said.

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26 FRIDAY
Methodist Dallas Medical Center: Line dancing, 10 a.m.; presentation on deep-vein thrombosis, 11:30 a.m.; conversational Spanish for beginners, noon; conversational Spanish (advanced) 1 p.m.
Kessler Park United Methodist Church: “Good Sheperd’s” yoga for senior citizen group, 10 a.m.
Bishop Dunne Catholic School: Pep rally, 2:30 p.m.
Hampton Hills Neighborhood Association: Last Friday happy hour, 6:30 p.m.
Belmont Hotel: JD Whittenburg, 7 p.m.
Kessler Theater: Bob Schneider solo-acoustic early show, 7 p.m.
Texas Theatre: Last Circus premiere (directed by Alex de Iglesia), 6, 8:15, and 10:30 p.m.
Eno’s Pizza: Tyla Taylor, 9 p.m.

27 SATURDAY
Christ Episcopal Church: Gardening guild, 8:30 a.m.; alter guild, 9 a.m.
Clairevista Vitality Club: Camp Motivator: “Recess for the Family,” 9 a.m.; kids of all ages are welcome.
Methodist Dallas Medical Center: Joint pain workshop, 10 a.m.
Might Fine Arts: Christopher Blay: “Myths for the Standard Model of Photography” (through September 11); open Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment
North Oak Cliff Library: Art workshop for students, noon; Daniel de Cordob’s “Fiesta Espanola,” 2 p.m.
Haley-Henman Art Gallery: Pierre Durand speaks, 3 p.m.
Kessler Theater: Deadman/Homespun Remedies/The Electromagnetics, 8 p.m.
Texas Theatre: Jazz Age Party: Buster Keaton “The Playhouse,” Matt Tolentino Quartet, 8 p.m.; Last Circus, 4:30 and 11 p.m.

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If you missed the city-budget proposal meeting Tuesday, August 23, and/or the one that took place this past Wednesday, you have another opportunity to speak your mind about the 2011-12 city budget proposal.

This Monday, August 29, Scott Griggs will host another town-hall style budget meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Hitt Auditorium (off of Colorado) at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.

For those of you not familiar with the proposed budget, there will be a brief presentation covering the major issues, or you can read my blog post from last week, in which I highlighted the critical components.

If you want your voice to be heard about issues affecting Oak Cliff or those facing all of Dallas, be sure to attend and speak your mind — before the budget goes back to the City Council for approval.

Jessica Fay Paup and Morley Dan Campbell, both of Dallas, were united in marriage on Saturday, Aug. 20. The ceremony was held in the sanctuary of Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas at six o’clock in the evening. The Rev. Dr. Ronald Wesley Scates, The Rev. Dr. Clifford Schreiber Stewart, and The Rev. Joshua Jon Stewart officiated at the ceremony. Music for the ceremony was provided by organist, Michael Lee Shake Jr., and the Corelli Strings Quartet. The vocalist was Laura Katherine Bowden.

Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the ballroom of The Belo Mansion and Pavilion, where guests danced to the music of the Mars Hill Band of Dallas. On the eve of the wedding, a rehearsal dinner was hosted by the parents of the groom at Lakewood Country Club.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Edgar Paup of Fort Worth. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Catherine Cloud Painter and the late Mr. T. A. Painter of Kerrville, Texas, and the late Mrs. Mary Frances “Chan” Driscoll of Midland, Texas.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dan Campbell of Wichita Falls, Texas. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Morley of Wichita Falls and the late Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Campbell of Rogers, Texas.

Given in marriage by her parents and escorted by her father, the bride wore an elegant gown of candle light silk organza designed by Rivini. Silk filigree patterned embroidery jeweled with Swarovski crystals embellished the fitted bodice. To complete her ensemble she wore a veil trimmed with a vine of beaded blossoms, which framed her face and cascaded beyond her chapel-length train. She carried a hand tied bouquet of white and ivory hydrangeas accented with Eskimo and Vendela roses and finished with an ivory satin ribbon.

The matron of honor was the sister of the bride, Mary Catherine Parsons of Fort Worth. Serving as bridesmaids were Camille Campbell Barkley, sister of the groom, Caitlin O’Reilly Clyde, and Caroline Boyd Cumbie, all of Dallas; Cara Cunningham Cockerill of Rochester, Minn.; and Robbie Jane Paup, cousin of the bride, of Austin, Texas.

The house party included Kelly Brophy Edmiston of Houston; Stacy Reeves Gulledge of Dallas; Lisa McCleary Horne of San Antonio; Diane Davis Mannina of Washington, D.C.; Allison Ewert McClendon of Dallas; Brooke Crum Paup of Austin; and Paige Elizabeth Redwine of Dallas.

Noah Daniel Knippa of Dallas served as best man. Groomsmen were Kyler William Barkley of Dallas; Elliott Wayne Kruppa of Houston; Jason Reed Lewis of Dallas; Michael Chad Parsons of Fort Worth; and Christopher Lee Smith of London. Ushers were Cooper Dean Keeney and Carson Miller Keeney, both of Mansfield, Texas.

The flower girl was Miss AnniePearl Elizabeth Stroud and the ring bearer was Master Michael Alexander Parsons, nephew of the bride, both of Fort Worth.

The bride attended school in Abilene, Texas, graduating with honors from Abilene High School in 2002. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from Texas A&M University in 2006. The bride was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. While attending Texas A&M, she was selected for the Public Policy Internship Program and worked for the International Trade Administration at the U. S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.

Following graduation, the bride attended the London School of Economics for graduate studies in international relations. She earned a Master of Business Administration in finance from Southern Methodist University in 2008. She is employed as a financial analyst with Wells Fargo Bank in Dallas.

The groom attended school in Wichita Falls, Texas, graduating as valedictorian of Rider High School in 1999. Mr. Campbell graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Texas at Austin Business Honors Program in 2003. Prior to entering graduate school at Harvard University, he worked for Merrill Lynch as an investment banking analyst in the energy sector and for Lazard in mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Campbell completed a Master of Business Administration in finance from Harvard Business School in 2007. A chartered financial analyst charterholder, he is employed as a senior vice president and portfolio manager with Allianz NFJ Investment Group in Dallas.

Following a honeymoon to Hawaii, the couple will reside in Dallas.

When the City Council addressed the Stevens Park Estates Conservation District Overlay during this afternoon’s meeting, the chamber fell quiet.

After following this firestorm for some time now, I readily expected multiple parties “for” and “against” the conservation overlay to show up in full-force for one last-ditch effort to get their way.

No so.

No one from either side of the debate was in attendance. In a matter of 60 seconds, Councilwoman Delia Jasso reported that the residents of Stevens Park Estates had not had a sufficient opportunity to work together to create a solution both parties could agree on. Residents cited the Fourth of July holiday (ONE day out of the summer, mind you) and personal vacations as the culprits. Hmm….

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Dallas’ redistricting commission sent a final map last night for the City Council’s approval — one that could reshuffle boundaries and racial demographics in districts 1 and 3, plus show a population jump of about 8,000 in the former and a drop of more than 11,000 residents in the latter.

We’ll break down the plan in Friday’s paper.

Said redistricting meeting went on for a cool five-and-a-half hours, by the way. At one point, District 8 commissioner Mary Hasan nestled into a blanket and seemed to fall asleep. Earlier, commissioners sang — and I mean hollered — the praises of South Oak Cliff resident Bill Betzen, who’d attended nearly every meeting prior, and submitted a map of his own that nearly made the final cut.

A former social worker, Betzen is a teacher at Quintanilla Middle School. He keeps a detailed blog about his redistricting efforts here.