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After an incredible 2022-23 season that ended with the Lady Mustangs at the top of their district with an undefeated district record (16-0), Sachse is amped up and ready to give it their all throughout the rest of their district schedule. VYPE DFW dives into their season so far

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A Canadian plasma-derived therapeutics company picked a site in Collin County for its first commercial manufacturing facility, which will become its new U.S. headquarters as well.

The 200,000-square-foot facility for Evolve Biologics will go up in a mixed-use entertainment district called The Station in Sachse, about 30 minutes northeast of Dallas.

The total project cost is $200 million, said industry veteran Jim Caggiano, who was named CEO of Evolve in January after serving as CEO of Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC and holding senior roles at Allergan Inc., Abbott Laboratories and TAP Pharmaceuticals.

When completed in 2024, the facility will employ about 300 workers, mostly in manufacturing. It will have an initial capacity to process 1 million liters of plasma annually with a planned expansion to 2 million liters.

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The company will keep an office in Mississauga, Ontario, for scientists and other employees, but the majority of the company’s employees will be at its U.S. headquarters in Sachse, Caggiano said.

DPR Construction is the general contractor, and Perkins & Will is the architect for the project.

There will be a ground-breaking event at 2837 Pleasant Valley Road on Wednesday morning.

Evolve started looking nationwide for a site but quickly narrowed it down to Texas because of the business environment, Caggiano said. From there, executives looked around Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Houston, he said.

Sachse rose to the top early on because of its access to a skilled workforce, its accessibility to the airport, the educational support and its growing pharmaceutical base.

“I like that we’re not the first pharma company to move here, but we’re still early on,” Caggiano said. “I like that we’re on the front end of it.”

The mixed-use entertainment district should also make it easy to recruit people, he said. “Location and livability are crucial when recruiting,” he said.

Plasma-derived proteins are given to people who can’t make some of the thousands of proteins contained in human plasma. The proteins boost the immune system and fight infections and inflammation to prevent patients from developing serious medical conditions.

Evolve believes its technology, called PlasmaCap EBA, can extract more proteins from each liter of donor plasma. The facility in Sachse will be the first to use this new technology.

The current method to extract proteins from human plasma hasn’t been updated since the 1940s, Caggiano said. The old method uses ethanol on the front end, which is flammable, expensive and rough on plasma, he said.

PlasmaCap EBA doesn’t use ethanol, allowing it to be gentler on proteins and more efficient, he said.

“Plasma supply is tight, so it’s important we are as efficient as we can be,” he said.

The Sachse facility will start with two plasma-derived therapeutics, including intravenous immunoglobulin and human serum albumin. With the new technology, Evolve can get 40% more grams of intravenous immunoglobulin per liter of plasma than any other facility in the world, Caggiano said.

The drugs are expected to be commercially available in late 2024 or early 2025, Caggiano said.

In February, Evolve announced that it completed its adult and pediatric Phase III clinical trial of PlasmaCap IG, which is meant for patients with primary immune deficiency diseases. The U.S. intravenous immunoglobulin market is expected to grow from $6.5 billion in 2021 to $10.2 billion in 2028, according to Research and Markets.

Earlier this year, Evolve received an undisclosed investment from majority investor Catalyst Capital, a Canadian private equity firm that had already invested about $79 million into the company.

Evolve’s site selection is another indicator that the Dallas-Fort Worth region is becoming one of the biggest up-and-coming biotech regions in the country.

In October, Google’s sister life sciences company, Verily, announced that it was opening an office in Cypress Waters in Coppell, about 25 minutes outside of Dallas.

In the same month, the Pegasus Park campus announced that ReCode Therapeutics and Aakha Biologics would be the inaugural tenants of its BioLabs life sciences co-working space. The campus was developed to help nurture biotech startups to keep them from moving to more mature industry hubs like Boston and San Francisco.

. Natalie is an award-winning reporter who covers banks, crypto, fraud, deals and other money topics for The Dallas Morning News. She was previously based in New York where she reported for The Motley Fool, TheStreet and Business Insider. She grew up in Augusta, Ga., and holds an MA in Investigative Journalism from The Cronkite School.

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Champagne, Fashion and Laughs Make For a Special Day at Tenenbaum — Watch the Video

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PaperCity social scribe Shelby Hodge, Tootsies creative director Fady Armanious, YouTube star and author Dominique Sachse

Over a glass of Cristal champagne in Tenenbaum Jewelers’ salon, lifestyle guru/YouTube star/Instagram wonder/author Dominique Sachse and Tootsies colorful creative director/every girl’s BFF Fady Armanious sat down for a lively chat with PaperCity on the role of fashion in our daily lives. Sachse took the philosophical approach while Armanious delivered on the important nuts and bolts of fashion and personal style.

You can watch the full video here to see the stylish trio in action.

PaperCity: What is it that fashion says about us?

Fady: You give away your personality by what you are wearing. You give that vibe based on the idea of how you present yourself to the world, how you want to be perceived.

Dominique: And isn’t it a reminder too of how visually driven we are. We can’t negate the fact that visual is everything. And it’s not just how we see others and how we see the world but how we see ourselves . . . I’ve always told young people reaching out for advice, especially those who want to start off in business, preparation is everything and that involves being ready mentally for the job but also in how you present yourself because we are judged initially based on how we look and our appearance.

And that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to spend a lot of money. You just have to be aware of that and aware of the value of first impressions.

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PC: What is the most important aspect of selecting an important piece of clothing?

Fady: Knowing your assets, knowing what you want to highlight. I think if you know your body and you’re like ‘OK, I have great shoulders or a great neck. I have a great chest. I have a great waist. I have great legs.’ Whatever it is, we’re gonna take that and make that the highlight of your look.

You need to be able to work with your body and have a fit that is customized to you. So knowing your body and knowing your assets is very important. When you discover what that is, you’re going to dress well and you feel comfortable because you are highlighting your best assets. At this point you are comfortable and you are going to be able to carry the outfit off.

Half of the battle is carrying the outfit especially when it comes to trends and it’s something over the top. You want it to be able to carry it.

PC: You mentioned having a fit customized. How important is this?

Fady: When you seen things on the runway, they’re on 6-foot models, who are a beautiful size zero but when it comes to reality we’re going to alter. In reality we wear these fashions from a size zero to a 16 or 20. Alterations are the key. That’s why in Tootsies we call it “the art of fashion.” For example, you would never wear a suit without altering the pants. It’s all about the fit.

Dominique: I am a huge believer in fine tuning and alterations. An inch taken in can mean a total difference in how an outfit will look. So that’s really important. Think about too bulky of a sleeve. I think a lot of people forget sleeve bulk and there’s a lot of fabric in the sleeve and sometimes even taking an inch in in the sleeve all the way down gives a longer, leaner arm to a jacket. You don’t feel like you’re in a man suit.

Fady: It’s the same thing in a dress or a skirt. When it’s too wide, sometimes you just narrow it at the bottom to give it a little bit of shape. It works to give that a silhouette versus just a wide straight look.

PC: What is your take on the ankle-length prairie girl look?

Dominique: Too many ruffles, too much stuff. I feel like I get lost in all of that. I’m more structured.

Fady: I just returned from New York Fashion Week and for next spring and resort it’s definitely a big switch to solid colors, a little more tailoring — the whole monochromatic look head to toe. Both chic and elegant versus that big, loose, cotton print dress that people kind of OD’d on and don’t want to see themselves in it anymore. Sure it’s great for Round Top, for hot summer days when you have to run around.

This look came right after the pandemic. People wanted the ease and wanted the slouch and the comfort. But everybody has made the shift to be able to find the next new thing, update and upgrade the wardrobe. Now everybody has made the shift to be able to find the next new thing, update and upgrade the wardrobe.

It’s the same thing for jewelry. I feel like there is a lot of newness in the hoops, like the oversized ones. From the shows, everything is massive again, really big earrings. Big chunky bracelets, big dramatic earrings. It’s good to be able to freshen up. To mix and match.

PC: So that’s a change in jewelry trends?

Fady: Jewelry really became very popular during the past two years when we Zoomed every day. Earrings and necklaces, that’s all you saw. People started thinking, ‘Oh, well I need to make sure I have good earrings and a necklace that shows. For the Zoom pictures, you can be in your pajamas and just have a great top and earrings.

Sometimes you just want an easy piece of jewelry, something to pick up. But again amazing investment pieces are great pieces that will stay in your jewelry box for so long. And you cherish and you pass it along.

Dominique: You can shop trends very easily and affordably. You can fit in some things. Layered gold necklaces are really, really in. You don’t have to spend a lot of money. Like Fady was saying, keep your main pieces. You will always have those.

They will stand the test of time, forever. Nothing goes out of style when it’s classic. With trends, there’s no reason to spend crazy money on that. So that’s always been my viewpoint, save on the trends and spend on the classics. So the classics to me are good jewelry, good handbags.

I think we should always hold onto something because you see how everything cycles back so hold on to your favorite big time piece or bracelet or whatever because it will come back it some form or fashion and instead of having to repurchase something you already have something vintage in its closet.

PC: It’s a fad with young girls today to have multiple ear piercings and wear multiple bracelets and necklaces, all of it on the miniature side. At what age should a woman transition out of that phase?

Fady: I don’t know. (He sighs.) I feel like it really becomes personal now especially the multiple earrings. It’s almost like based on your personality. Based on who you want to be and what makes you happy. I’ve seen it less and I think it was really big five to 10 years ago with all these tiny earrings and everybody wanted more and more. . . . Well, maybe it should stay there in the college world. (Laughter all around.)

Dominique: It’s a personal expression. And I think that sometimes that’s when you have to throw out all of those rules. I get those questions all the time, ‘At what point should I do this or that.’ And I say, ‘I don’t believe in shoulds.’

I think it is soley a personal interpretation mainly because we are all different. We all have different features. We all have different cultural backgrounds which will have an impact on what it is that we want to do, how we choose to express our beauty. It may mean longer hair for some cultures or shorter hair, or more jewelry or less.

I think you have to do in the end what speaks to you with certain elements of taste and style within that. I personally love that freedom of expression in people and seeing that individuality. That to me is when it gets interesting. It’s not uniform any more.

PC: Dominique, how has your fashion outlook changed now that you’ve moved on from the nightly news?

Dominique: It was actually an easy transition. It was just adding to the pieces that I have less of and getting rid of pieces that I had more of. In my old line of work I had the sheath dress, a straight fitting sheath dress in a hundred different colors. So now, I no longer have a need for that so I’ve gotten rid of those in my closet and I’ve incorporated more fun denim pieces, cropped denim.

Things to be able to wear fun shoes with or a rock ‘n roll T-shirt with a really cool blazer if I want to punch it at night. It’s been bringing it down a little bit to suit my lifestyle. It still means you are going to want those statement pieces in your wardrobe for special events.

PC: Fady, what’s happening in Houston fashion right now?

Fady: We have seen a big switch since March where people are going back to dressing up again, wearing heels and thinking like ‘Oh, that feels weird.’ But we’ve definitely seen, now that it’s fall, that people are ready for those amazing pieces that you feel good in. And be able to go to a luncheon and feel good again, and see people.

Cocktail is back. Fashion is indicative of the season that we are going into. Dressing is according to the fact that we are now in the fall season and will be attending events and we’re a little bit more jeweled and bedazzled.

Barbecue lovers in North Texas are about to get a taste of a Hawaiian spin on the classic cuisine.

Hawaiian-style restaurant Mo’ Bettahs is planning to open eight to ten more locations by the end of the year with three of those slated to start serving up Hawaiian eats in North Texas cities including Frisco, Sachse and Forney, said Katrina Guevara, director of marketing for the company.

The first Texas location opened in Nov. 2021 in North Dallas followed by locations in Plano and Mansfield in 2022. The coming Sachse and Forney locations are slated to open in late summer or early fall, with the Frisco location slated to open in the winter, Guevara said.

Planning documents filed with the state on Tuesday show the Frisco restaurant will be located at 16803 North Coit Road. The Sachse location will be at 8010 S State Hwy 78 Suite 230, and the Forney location will be at 572 US-80 Frontage Road.

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Mo’ Bettahs’ founders, brothers Kimo and Kalani Mack, grew up in Oahu, Hawaii barbecuing in the backyard with their mom and their aunties recipes which later inspired their restaurant concept. They opened their first location in Utah 15 years ago and expanded the brand to over 20 units throughout the state.

Two years ago, Rob Ertmann became the company’s CEO and has worked closely with them to help expand out of Utah, doubling the growth of the company which now has 43 locations.

Guevara said Mo’ Bettahs is looking to expand in North Texas to ride the momentum that is coming with the development in booming cities like Frisco.

“Opening Plano and then especially Mansfield, those stores have just been really successful for us,” she said. “We’re excited to continue off of the momentum coming into the area.”

Barbecue, but Hawaii style

Mo’ Bettahs’ concept is simple, comfort Hawaiian food, likened to the food that would be served at a Hawaiian backyard cookout.

“You’ll notice there’s no poke and other Hawaiian staples like musubi, that’s the spam one, or loco moco, which is like a breakfast item,” Guevara said. “The founders really wanted to keep everything so simple, just really easy to absorb and a low barrier of entry for someone who is brand new to Hawaiian food, or has had it before and knows exactly what they’re feeling.”

The menu features different plates served with a choice of meat and sides of white rice and the signature macaroni salad. Teriyaki chicken is the most popular meat. The thighs are marinated in house for 24 hours in the company’s signature teri sauce marinade, grilled to order and drizzled with the teri sauce.

The second most popular menu item is the kalua pig, a staple in Hawaiian cooking and roasted for about 10 hours.

“It’s like a Hawaiian version of pulled pork from a Texan’s perspective of barbecue.”

Other meat options include Pulehu chicken, katsu chicken, teriyaki steak and shrimp tempura. For dessert, mini cookies include the Triple Chocolate Chunk and The Royale, a chocolate chip cookie with macadamia nut and coconut.

Island vibes coming to North Texas

The restaurant’s Hawaiian vibe extends beyond the savory eats, as every Mo’ Bettahs has a curated atmosphere to take customers to the island when they walk through the door, Guevara said.

Artwork hanging on the walls — some of which is created by local Hawaiian artists — shows surfing and island landscapes. And most of the mounted surfboards have touched Hawaiian waters. Sheds inside the dining rooms of the restaurants are similar to what Mo’ Bettahs’ founders grew up eating under during family gatherings in Hawaii.

“There wasn’t ever really much room in the Hawaiian houses, so when they have big family gatherings people would just eat outside under the shed, so it’s got that vibe to it,” Guevara said.

The coming Frisco, Sachse and Forney locations will feature the company’s newly reimagined logo and interior, which also odes to the the founders’ roots on the island.

. Haeven Gibbons covers Collin County with emphasis on McKinney. She formerly worked as a summer intern with the Dallas Morning News Education Lab before receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor in Spanish from Texas Christian University in December. She previously interned for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and AM New York.

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Houston – After nearly three decades as one of Houston’s most recognizable faces and voices, KPRC 2 anchor Dominique Sachse will sign off for the last time in the 6 p.m. news on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021.

The Emmy award-winning journalist has proudly called Houston home since her arrival in 1975. She is a graduate of Spring Branch Independent School District’s Memorial High School, and the University of Houston with a radio/television journalism degree. She joined KPRC 2 in 1993.

“You always know that days like this will come in the television business,” says Vice President and General Manager Jerry Martin. “That doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to someone who feels like Houston’s sweetheart. We wish Dominique all the best; she will always be considered a Houston institution and a part of our KPRC 2 family!”

Dominique’s career began in local radio, as a Metro Traffic reporter for a variety of stations. One of those stations, MIX 96.5, hired her as a disc jockey, where she worked for the next two years on the overnight and then late-night shifts. She seized an opportunity at KPRC 2 in 1993 for the morning show traffic position as she continued to pursue her career in journalism. All it took was one week as a fill-in anchor for Houston-area viewers to witness her passion and professionalism after her live coverage of the San Jacinto River fire. Since then, Dominique’s intensity yet ease on the anchor desk, as well as her down-to-earth demeanor, have been revered by Houston viewers and the rest is history as they say.

Dominique anchors KPRC 2 News at 6 and 10 p.m. and works on special reports throughout the year. Some highlights include covering President George W. Bush’s inauguration in January 2001 and Pope John Paul II’s visit to Mexico City canonizing Juan Diego in 2002. In 2006, she presented a compelling series on inflammatory breast cancer, along with a phone bank to answer viewers’ questions. She also traveled to London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016 to cover the Olympics.

Dominique’s work has been honored with countless awards from both the journalism and Houston community, including spot-news coverage from The Houston Press Club and the Texas Associated Press. Dominique received the “Outstanding Young Communications Alumna” and “Distinguished Alumni” awards from UH. She was named 2002 and 2007′s “Best Television Personality” by the Houston Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television, and newscasts she has anchored have won multiple Lone Star Emmy awards. Some of her favorite recognitions, however, come from the community. Readers of the Houston Press and Houston Chronicle choose Dominique as their favorite when it comes to best newscaster or local personality.

Dominique will focus on a new book she has been working on since 2018 called “Life Makeover: Embrace the Bold, Beautiful, and Blessed You.” It will be released on April 5, 2022. She will also focus on continuing to expand her social media empire, as her YouTube channel already has an impressive 1.52 million subscribers.

“I have spent most of my adult life at KPRC, and the staff here is like family to me. It’s that daily one-on-one interaction that I’ll miss the most. It takes a team effort to produce a quality news product, and I’m so proud of this team’s character, integrity, and accomplishments. But it’s mainly service to community, which is how I’ve always seen my role and will continue to do so in my new endeavors,” Dominique said. “I sincerely can’t thank the viewers enough for welcoming me into their homes for as long as they have and making me feel like their friend or neighbor. Truly blessed.”

You can keep up with Dominique and learn more about her through her website dominiquesachse.tv.

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