2015 November Preston Hollow

SOLDIER STORIES

Veterans from three generations discuss life on and off the battlefield

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Nov. 12 Peter Warren “P.W.” Singer

A technology and cyber security futurist, PETER WARREN “P.W.” SINGER was named one of the “100 leading innovators in the nation” by the Smithsonian Institution-National Portrait Gallery. He is the author of multiple award-winning books and considered a leading expert on 21st-century security issues.

Visit utdallas.edu/lectureseries for tickets and more information.

The Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology building was dedicated on November 7, 2013.

The 55,000 square foot facility is home to the ATEC program and has been described as “one of the most innovative 21st century programs in The University of Texas System.”

Hosted by UT Dallas’ Arts and Technology (ATEC) program, the series features speakers from a wide range of backgrounds in science, technology and art. They will present public lectures on topics aimed at exploring the evolving relationships among art, technology, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences.

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THE GOOD FIGHT

Veterans, we cannot thank you enough

Germany. Vietnam. Afghanistan. Korea.

These and other far-off countries don’t begin to cover the places many of our neighbors have shipped off to as members of this country’s armed forces.

My dad was too young to suit up for World War II, but immediately after the conflict he spent time in Germany as a military policeman.

My father-in-law was a WWII lieutenant, serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps first in England and later the Philippines. A couple of empty shell casings from those islands sit prominently in our living room as reminders of his duty. He was recalled when the Korean War broke out but had been on the receiving end of a head-on auto collision in East Texas just prior to receiving his invitation. The family informed the army that his leg had been crushed; the army invited him to show up for a physical anyway. When they saw his body cast, he was dismissed.

He died in 1996, and my mother-in-law passed along the flag draping his coffin to their grandson after that young man’s Marine Corps tenure.

My military action ended before it began: My draft number when graduating from college was high enough that I wasn’t drafted. I stayed home and let others do the job.

Our cover story this month honors those neighbors, men and women, who answered the government’s call or simply raised their hands and volunteered. Truth be told, the story offers only a glimpse of their experiences as medics, bombers, intelligence officers and the like.

No doubt the real picture is: “You had to be there.” Even so, most of us are glad we weren’t.

The day-to-day reality of military life is unimaginable for those of us who went about our business unaware. Watching the Dallas Cowboys, kicking back at movies, zoning out on video games, sleeping safely at night: The selflessness of a few neighbors makes these things possible for the rest of us.

They served for our benefit without knowing us, just as we don’t know most of them or their stories. They just went quietly about their business, and then they came home. No fuss. Not enough fanfare.

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Their stories remind me of grizzled warrior Jack Nicholson’s snapback to military desk jockey Tom Cruise in the movie “A Few Good Men”: “You have the luxury of not knowing what I know.”

What I know is how grateful I am to the people I walk by, drive past and live next to who made the life I lead possible.

If you have served, are serving or know a service person on duty now, a few words of thanks ring pretty hollow compared to the debt we owe you.

All the same, though: Thank you.

Rick

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No doubt the real picture is: “You had to be there.” Even so, most of us are glad we weren’t.

Out & About

November 2015

Nov. 21-Jan. 3

The Trains at NorthPark

Mini trains traverse 1,600 feet of track in this exhibit benefitting Ronald McDonald House. The trains follow miniature cityscapes including Dallas, Washington, D.C., New York City and San Francisco, plus the Grand Canyon, the fall foliage of New England and more.

NorthPark Center, 8687 N. Central, 214.363.7441, thetrainsatnorthpark.com, $3-$7

NOV. 3

Bad day story time

The Little Bookworms story time selection for November is “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” starting at 10:30 a.m. Preston Royal Library, 5626 Royal, 214.670.7128, dallaslibrary.org, free

NOV. 3

Senior expo

The Jewish Community Center hosts its 15th annual senior fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., helping local senior citizens navigate the next phase of their lives. There’s also live music, screenings, popcorn, games and prizes.

Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven, 214.739.2737, jccdallas.org, free

NOV. 4

Lizza Connor

Singer/songwriter Lizza Connor, whose 2013 album “Commander Salamander” was a hit with the little ones, offers a sing-a-long, live instrument play and dance from 10:30-11 a.m.

Bookmarks at NorthPark Center, 8687 N. Central Expressway, 214.671.1381, dallaslibrary.org, free

NOV. 20

Melanie

Melanie Safka, stage name Melanie, is known for her legendary Woodstock performance and has released more than 40 albums since 1968.

Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House, 9555 N. Central, 214-363-0044, unclecalvins.org, $30-$35

NOV. 28

Holiday music

The Holy Cross Catholic Church Union Performance Choir performs holiday music from 1-2 p.m.

Museum of Biblical Art, 7500 Park Lane, 214.368.4622, biblicalarts.org, $10-$12

NOV. 1

All Saints Day

St. Rita Catholic Community celebrates the memories of loved ones with an All Saints Day concert with Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem in D Minor.” The music plays at 7:30 p.m., with a wine reception starting at 6:45 p.m. St. Rita’s, 12521 Inwood, 972.934.8388, stritaparish.net, free

NOV. 7

Fall carnival

The Kramer Elementary PTA celebrates the 10th-annual Cold Carnival from noon-4 p.m. It is the PTA’s largest fundraiser of the year, and proceeds help provide technology, supplies and trips for students.

Arthur Kramer Elementary School, 7131 Midbury, 972.794.8300, kramerelementary.org, $5

NOV. 14-15

AIA home tour

This 10 a.m.-5 p.m. tour features architecturally significant homes all over Dallas, including several in Bluffview and Midway Hollow. Various locations, hometourdallas.com, $10-$30

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Birthday Party at Texas Discovery Gardens

A functional work of art—each hand blown vase is created with recycled glass, and each unique base is a root fragment salvaged from Teakwood plantations in Bali, Indonesia. They’re perfect as vases, fishbowls or terrarium vessels. North Haven Gardens, 214-363-5316 or nhg.com.

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Party with the butterflies! A party at Texas Discovery Gardens takes place in the children’s classroom and includes free admission to the beautiful Butterfly House and the new Snakes of Texas Exhibit. A craft project, paper goods and set up are also provided.

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Don’t get left behind this Holiday Season! Peel your way to perfection with our Mini Melanage Radiance Peel. If you are looking for that illuminating glow then the Mini Melanage could be just the present you have been waiting for!

Enjoy some fun at the Dallas Zoo and Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park with Children’s Aquarium Annual Passes (4 adult, 4 youth valued at $140) plus a Dallas Zoo Family-Plus Membership (value $119)!

Delicious

PAKPAO THAI

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DID YOU KNOW?

RICHARD ELLMAN AND HIS WIFE, TIFFANEE, LIVE IN PRESTON HOLLOW. IN ADDITION TO PAKPAO THAI, THEY OWN THE POPULAR DALLAS RESTAURANTS EL BOLERO AND OAK.

Richard

Ellman is all about saving you gas money. That’s why he opened the second location of his restaurant Pakpao Thai in Preston Hollow Village.

“There is a lot of residential density around here and it’s off a major highway,” he says. “We love our Design District location, but it’s more of a destination.”

The menu, designed by celebrity chef Jet Tila, is pretty much the same at both sites. Appetizers include fresh spring rolls, steamed mussels and pork satay. For your main dish, order pineapple fried rice, salmon with green curry or crispy tamarind duck. The Chula Rita, a frozen drink made with lemongrass infused tequila, is also a big crowd pleaser. But perhaps some of the most interesting items at Pakpao aren’t on the menu, but the ceiling. Look up and you’ll see dozens of delicate, white kites.

“Pakpao means kite [in Thai],” Ellman explains. “As far back as the 12th century in Thailand, kite flying has been part of the culture.”

Bring on the wind.

—Elizabeth Barbee

Pakpao Thai’s pineapple fried rice, Thai fresh spring rolls and salmon with green curry. Photo by

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Tippy’s Thai Café

A bit of a wimp when it comes to peppers? Don’t worry. The folks at Tippy’s Thai say they have “spice levels to fit any taste.” Plus, this restaurant is BYOB, so you can soothe the burn with your favorite adult beverage.

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Ginger Thai

Ginger Thai boasts many seafood dishes, but the real treat here is the extensive dessert menu. Options include mango sticky rice, green tea ice cream, black rice pudding and fried bananas. Better wear your stretchy pants.

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Saucy’s Thai & Pho

In addition to a plethora of Thai dishes, Saucy’s offers some Vietnamese staples. Order your pho with beef, meatballs, chicken or brisket. Lunch specials start at $8.95.

5944 Royal Lane 214.378.8424

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RETRO DESSERTS REBORN

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Although we are always longing for the newest and trendiest desserts, it’s the old time favorites that never disappoint. Dust off your family recipes and bring back some vintage favorites to share for the holidays. Here is a blast from the past with a few of my favorite retro treats.

Ambrosia

A spin on a traditional fruit salad, ambrosia brings a little sweetness to the mix. Ink Foods brings this old favorite back to life by combining fruit cocktail, pineapple, mandarin oranges, marshmallows, nuts and coconut for a fresh spin on this retro favorite.

GROCERY LIST:

8-ounce package of cream cheese

2 cups sour cream

1 cup fruit cocktail, canned

1 cup fresh pineapple, chopped

1 cup mandarin oranges

DIRECTIONS:

2 cups marshmallows shredded coconut, garnish chopped walnuts, garnish maraschino cherry, garnish

Allow cream cheese to come to room temperature before mixing with sour cream; stir until smooth

Drain juice from fruit cocktail and mix in the chopped pineapple and mandarin oranges before adding to cream cheese mixture

Once fruit and cream cheese is combined, gently stir in marshmallows Spoon into serving dishes and top with shredded coconut, chopped walnuts and a maraschino cherry

Refrigerate until ready to serve

BAKED ALASKA

A classic ice cream bomb layered over a cake flavor of your choice makes this an all time favorite. Keeping the ice cream frozen will be the key to covering the top in meringue and baking before serving.

JELLO MOLD

An American classic, Jello can be found in a vast amount of old time desserts including a classic Jello mold. With so many flavor options for every season, this recipe must be championed. Combining peaches, peach Jello and condensed milk is the perfect way to start.

STRAWBERRY CHIFFON PIE

Making its comeback from the 1920s, a classic chiffon pie is made with strawberries, egg whites and gelatin in a graham cracker crust. This pie is light and fluffy and can also be made in a variety of flavors to satisfy your holiday cravings.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

A soft and crumbly cake, topped with caramelized pineapple and cherries will bring you back to your childhood. Quick and easy can be the theme for your holiday dessert baking and this cake will do the job.

Kristen Massad writes a monthly column about sweets and baked goods. The Preston Hollow resident graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York City and owned Tart Bakery on Lovers Lane for eight years. She blogs about food and lifestyles at inkfoods.com.

THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS,

different decades and different branches of the military, but the veterans profiled in this story share a taste for adventure and a love of this country. Though nothing about their service during wartime was easy, they all say it impacted their lives in profound and positive ways. Here, they share tales of love, combat and life in Preston Hollow.

“It was the most dangerous of anything I’ve done, but at the same time the most satisfying. You felt like you were making a difference in everything you did.”

Full story, page 18

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hauser

FROM SOMALIA TO IRAQ

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hauser’s call sign was “Doogie,” after the fictional teenage doctor played by Neil Patrick Harris.

“Let’s face it, I don’t look like a Marine,” he says. “I have a baby face. It was more of a baby face then because there was less gray hair.”

When Hauser first enlisted, he practically was a baby. Only 17 years old, he needed parental permission to start basic training in 1984. The military life suited him, so he decided to enroll in an officer-commissioning program. Upon graduation, he became a second lieutenant for the United States Marine Corps. He calls it “a fluke” that he was deployed or in combat nearly his entire career.

His first assignment was in Somalia, where he served as an assault amphibian platoon commander during Operation Restore Hope, helping to establish a protective barrier for humanitarian work following the bloody civil war. It was a dangerous assignment to say the least. He and his fellow Marines were under attack almost daily.

“I had never seen combat before,” he says. “Having somebody shoot at me and shoot at people, that was something that — you know, I’m a liberal arts guy, so that was kind of a wild, eye-opening experience.”

Hauser was responsible for a platoon of 15 vehicles. Only a handful of them were needed for most patrols, so he could have sent out a staff sergeant and stayed on land, where he was safe. But that’s not how he operates.

“Since my guys were getting shot at all the time, I went on every patrol,” he explains. “If something happened, I wanted to be there.”

That sense of duty helped him climb the ranks. After his stint in Somalia, Hauser became an intelligence officer and was promoted to major. In 2001, he moved to Norfolk, Va., where he worked for the Joint Forces Intelligence Command. He was one of the first people to see American Airlines Flight 11 crash into the Twin Towers.

“I knew the world was changing at that point,” he says.

Hauser’s life changed along with it. When the United States invaded Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld appointed 28 senior officers from dif-

ferent Military Occupational Specialties to watch and document the war effort.

“I was one of those 28,” Hauser says. “I was the subject matter expert for intelligence and for information operations.”

He describes this tour as relatively peaceful, primarily because most of the Iraqis he encountered seemed comforted by the Marine Corps’ presence.

“There were a few holdouts that supported Saddam,” he admits. “But until November 2003 it was pretty quiet in Iraq.”

It was a different story in 2006. Hauser was stationed in Fallujah, “during the height of violence in the al-Anbar Province.” He was the principal staff officer for intelligence, counterintelligence and security. As such, he was involved in many classified missions, the details of which he can’t divulge.

“It was the most dangerous of anything I’ve done, but at the same time the most satisfying,” he remembers. “You felt like you were making a difference in everything you did.”

To relax, he read poetry by Rudyard Kipling and wrote letters. That’s how he met his wife, Kerry, who was in Officer Candidate School at the Army base in Fort Benning.

“Her mom and my mom met on like, eDiets, a support group thing,” he explains. “Both of them are very religious and very outgoing, so my mom is like, ‘My son is in Iraq, you should send him a letter.’”

Kerry’s mother did just that. In her initial note, she asked that he reach out to her daughter and provide a few words of encouragement to help her through training. Hauser obliged.

“The subject line was ‘Please don’t delete this, your mom wants me to send it,’” he says, laughing. “I think I fell in love with her after the third email.”

Due to an injury, Kerry left the armed forces but remained supportive of her husband’s career. She moved anywhere he was stationed, but dreamed of living in Dallas, where she had at-

tended college. In August 2014, after 27 years of service, Hauser retired.

“My wife wanted to come back to this area,” he explains. “I’m all about supporting her, because I’ve had my career.”

He now works at W.T. White, as the JROTC’s senior marine instructor. Hauser loves interacting with students and is completing a doctorate in education leadership. He’s also working on his principal certification and hopes to get a district superintendent license. But his career in the armed services will be hard to beat.

“I watched a lot of John Wayne movies when I was growing up,” he says. “And I’m an avid reader, so I had this kind of … romance of the military — the hardship and everything else, the shared pain — and for me, it was that way.”

Given to Hauser at the end Operation Restore Hope, the unit markings on the Marine Corps’ signature AAV-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle that he oversaw were accurately replicated using video shot by a fellow Marine.

“We had no weapons. We were unarmed … We’d brief ourselves on what we would do if one [of us] was shot down.”

MEMORIES OF VIETNAM

Preston Hollow resident Col. James Gilliland has an office full of awards and a box brimming with medals. Perhaps his most prestigious decoration is the Silver Star, which he earned for his service in Vietnam. As part of the 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, he flew an RF4C over the northern part of the country. He was charged with photographing the destruction about 10 minutes after each air raid.

“We had no weapons,” he says. “We were unarmed … We’d brief ourselves on what we would do if one [of us] was shot down.”

In addition to these missions, Gilliland was involved in a then highly classified attempt by the U.S. government to induce rain in Southeast Asia.

“I was controlling the weather,” he explains. “I would take pictures of the flooding and I was seeding the clouds.”

Back home, his wife, Neva, cared for their four children.

“We’d just get letters once in a while,” she says. “We just had to spend a lot of time praying on our knees and just getting through each day and trusting that the Lord would take care of him.”

Gilliland knew his time in Vietnam would be perilous. Before his deployment, he underwent intensive prisoner of war training in Nevada.

“They treated us like we were prisoners,” he remembers. “They had men that were dressed as if they were the enemy and they gave us — I think it was 2 pounds of meat, two potatoes, just a few things … so we had to scavenge for our food.”

Because he was “the little guy” and “could get low enough in the sage brush,” Gilliland was chosen to “escape.” The desert dust dirtied his uniform and hurt his eyes, so he found an empty barracks. There, he took a shower, dried off with a bed sheet and called a friend to pick him up.

“If you had escaped, you had to be back at a certain time,” he explains.

Gilliland hopped in his friend’s trunk and

they sped toward the POW camp, where the headquarters people were.

“[My friend] opened the trunk, so I got out and ran in,” Gilliand says, sounding surprised and amused that they pulled it off.

North Vietnam was so dangerous, the Air Force typically sent pilots home after their 100th mission. But, at the end of his combat tour, Gilliland was sent to Saigon, where he found himself in the midst of the Tet Offensive. He says the extreme violence he witnessed there is difficult to discuss.

When he finally returned to the States, Gilliland completed his master’s degree in management and then moved to Honolulu where he worked at Hickam Air Force Base. In 1972 he returned to Thailand and helped “establish a new satellite tracking facility for North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) world surveillance system.” Eventually, he and his family moved to England. He worked first in Oxford, as the Deputy Base Commander of the 20th Fighter Wing, and then in London, helping the United States close down operations at the Royal Air Force base. Ironically, it was in the United Kingdom that Gilliland had his most memorable Fourth of July.

“Neva and I went to the event early because they were going to have dignitaries there, and so forth,” he remembers. “I must have been looking down or something, because I saw black shoes in front of me. I looked up and it was Jimmy Stewart. He said, ‘Move over.’ He wanted to sit between us.”

After three decades of harrowing flights and run-ins with movie stars, Gilliland retired. But the colonel remains an active member of our community. For years, he was part of the Institute Review Board at Presbyterian Hospital and sat on the Preston Hollow Neighborhood Association’s board of directors. He now chairs the wellness committee at Edgemere senior living and enjoys relaxing with Neva, who is glad to finally have him settled at home.

“We just live,” she says. “We just live together.”

“I was insulted, the way everyone else was, that the Japanese would do that. I wanted to do something.”

THE FIRST WAVES

It’s hard to believe Lorraine Chevalier “Chevie” McDonald is 95 years old — she flits about her apartment at Edgemere senior living like it’s a college dorm. But she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1940, with a degree in political science and was working as an assistant buyer for Macy’s when Pearl Harbor was attacked.

“I was insulted, the way everyone else was, that the Japanese would do that,” she says. “I wanted to do something.”

As a woman, her options were limited. She could have become a nurse or entered the Women’s Army Corps, but McDonald had her sights set on the Navy.

“I had a lot of friends in the Navy — boys,” she explains. “One special friend of mine was at Pearl Harbor.”

Luckily, in 1942, thanks in large part to the efforts of Sen. Margaret Smith, Congress passed a piece of legislation, authorizing Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), an all female division of the U.S. Naval Reserve.

“I was determined to go in the first class,” McDonald says, emphasizing the word “determined.”

But enrolling in the Officer Commissioning Program wasn’t easy. Applicants were required to have a letter of availability from their employers and McDonald’s boss didn’t want to cooperate.

“I got a letter [from the president of Macy’s], saying I was unavailable because all the boys were leaving, and they didn’t want everything to be left vacant,” she explains.

Despite this setback, she set up an interview in New York with a recently sworn in female officer. McDonald showed her the disappointing letter, which turned out to be a great decision.

“She said, ‘Oh, I know [your boss] very well — I was head of human resources for Macy’s’,” McDonald remembers. “She took the letter and ripped it up and I was in, so I was very happy.”

For training, McDonald went to Smith College in Northampton, Mass. It was winter and she remembers being cold, especially in the mornings. The WAVES had to be in uniform and outside by 6:30 a.m. They studied “all kinds of things” — naval history, military protocol, airplane and ship identification.

“We had to take typing,” she says. “We had all come from good jobs. We had had people type for us and we thought, ‘This is awful. What are we going to do? Then we found out they needed communications officers ... We were coders and incoders of Navy secret messages. We had to put the open messages into code and then the ones that came in from all over the world we had to decode.”

For McDonald and many of her cohorts, this coding and incoding took place behind locked doors in New York City. In the Big Apple, she says the WAVES were “an oddity” but largely well received. However, some of her male counterparts made wisecracks.

“Sometimes they’d say something about, ‘You’re taking my cushy desk job’,” she says. Her response? “‘Oh, and aren’t you happy that you’re going out to sea?’”

While living in the Village, McDonald began dating her husband, Bob, who was also in the Navy. She had known him in college but didn’t consider him a viable partner then because he was a bad dancer. Somehow, he won her over and they were married at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Two years into her service, she became pregnant with their first daughter and had to leave the WAVES. Her departure from military service was bittersweet.

“I was delighted that I was going to have a baby,” she says. “I thought that was exciting. Also, it was exciting because my husband got orders to go to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and the baby and I were the first civilians to go on a ship out of New York after [Victory over Japan] Day.”

McDonald loved Cuba. Their house was large and had a beautiful garden. She would have been happy to stay forever, but Bob left the Navy and took a job in New York at a food manufacturing company. Eventually, he got a better offer in Dallas, so they settled in Preston Hollow “because it was full of trees.” She enrolled her 8-year-old daughter at Ursuline and her 11-year-old son at St. Marks — her two eldest children were already in college.

Though they were separated by distance, McDonald and her fellow WAVES remained close friends.

“I guess we were all in this together,” she says. “We had a single purpose. We really were bonded.”

Sweet tooth

How two Preston Hollow women built a raw food empire.

Story by Elizabeth Barbee | Photos by Rasy Ran

Right away, Susan O’Brien admits she isn’t perfect.

“I’m definitely guilty of eating all kinds of yummy, awesome cheese fries and things like that,” she says. “But I’ve always been interested in how foods can make you feel better or improve your health.”

In 2006, O’Brien trekked to Santa Monica, where she studied for two weeks under Juliano Brotman, an acclaimed raw food chef. It was life changing. She decided to quit her job as a designer of clinical laboratories for area hospitals and start a health food line called Hail Merry.

“I took everything I learned from [Brotman] and then I read every other book I could get my hands on and I just started experimenting with different recipes,” she remembers.

Most of those experiments took place in the cabana behind her Preston Hollow home. There were, of course, a couple mishaps along the way — a tiny little fire, interruptions from her three young children, etc. — but after a few months, O’Brien had a handful of marketable products. She packed up her good-for-you chocolate tarts and began looking for a retailer. Roy’s Natural Market, the now

defunct vitamin store that once stood in our neighborhood, was the first to bite.

“He was a grumpy old guy — nice but grumpy,” O’Brien says of the shop’s proprietor. “He said, ‘Okay, people have been asking for the raw food, you can come in here.’”

Hail Merry was an instant hit. Armed with impressive sales figures, O’Brien went to Central Market and the Texas grocer agreed to carry her goods. She set up a booth and started handing out samples right away.

“The visual of being at Central Market in the dairy section is I think what launched the brand,” O’Brien muses. “I’d show up every Monday and the shelves would just be decimated — everything would be gone.”

Around that time, Sarah Chapin, another Preston Hollow resident with decades of high-profile food industry experience, came on board as chief executive officer.

“I didn’t know much about raw food, except that I loved ‘Sex in the City’ back in those days,” Chapin says, laughing. “There was Smith

Susan O’Brien (left) and Sarah Chapin (right) at the Hail Merry headquarters.

Jared, who was this really great looking guy, and he was a raw food waiter in an episode.”

She got up to speed pretty quickly and even became a health food convert — she’s lost nearly 40 pounds since working at Hail Merry. Chapin hired chef Alison Brushaber to help perfect the treats and, with the two of them in the mix, O’Brien’s brand grew exponentially. More than 1,900 retailers nationwide now sell her products. The line includes various flavors of tarts, macaroons, nuts and seeds. Everything is vegan, gluten free, non-GMO and dehydrated at a low temperature, rather than baked, to preserve nutrients.

Several celebrities have hopped on the Hail Merry bandwagon, including Jessica Alba, Zooey Deschanel, Tory Johnson, a few famous athletes and, maybe, Will Smith.

“We understand that Will Smith is a big fan, but we don’t know that for sure,” O’Brien explains. “We were doing a show and the buyer of the Erewhon market in L.A. said, ‘Will Smith is your biggest fan. He comes in and buys this stuff by the case.’”

Despite its enormous success, the company culture at Hail Merry remains laid back and intimate. The team eats lunch together every day and all of the products are still made on site. O’Brien takes pride in both points, especially the latter.

“It’s part of the great American resurgence — to be makers and to be manufacturers again and to be close to what is being made,” she says.

Chapin agrees. “We’re working with purpose and we say that not casually — how great it is to wake up and not only create jobs but put food on the table.”

A sampling of Hail Merry goodies.

“It’s part of the great American resurgence — to be makers and to be manufacturers again and to be close to what is being made”

BAPTIST

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Worship & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500

PRESTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH / “A Church to Call Home”

Sundays at 11:00 am

12123 Hillcrest Road / 972.820.5000 / prestonwood.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

BIBLE CHURCHES

NORTH HIGHLANDS BIBLE CHURCH / www.nhbc.net

Sunday: Lifequest (all ages) 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am

Wed: Student Ministry 7:00 pm / 9626 Church Road / 214.348.9697

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

LUTHERAN

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

METHODIST

LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee

Worship: 8:30 am & 10:50 am Traditional / 10:50 am Contemporary

UNITY

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path for Spiritual Living

6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 / 972.233.7106 / UnityDallas.org

10:30 am Sunday - Celebration Worship Service

COUNSEL FOR THE ‘BELIEBERS’

Justin Bieber says he “just wanna honestly live like Jesus.”

Good for him. Good any who wanna honestly live like Jesus. Justin says: “Jesus created a pretty awesome template of how to love people and how to be gracious and kind.” Yes, and we need more love, graciousness and kindness.

The 21-year-old pop star was reared by a Christian mother but admitted he has veered off course. He couldn’t handle the juxtaposition of faith and fame. That’s hard for anyone, let alone someone as young as he. His often bizarre behavior was good fodder for tabloids and good business for paparazzi.

So let’s applaud this renewed spiritual direction for someone who is refocusing his life and can be a positive role model in the years ahead. The question I have is whether he can sustain his intentions. Like so many others these days, Justin views his relationship with Jesus as personal and individual. He and Jesus are going it alone.

Justin’s take: “You don’t need to go to church to be a Christian. If you go to Taco Bell, that doesn’t make you a taco.”

Hmm. Since he opened the analogy, let’s just go with it. You are what you eat. When you consume tacos, you are nourished (or malnourished) by them. Your body changes in response to what you take in. The spiritual principle is the same: When you eat the bread and drink the cup at the Lord’s Table in church, you are feeding on the food of Christ’s eternal truth, goodness and beauty. You begin more and more to reflect what you have consumed.

Our culture has a dismissive attitude toward the church, and the infrequent attendance of many church members reflects at least a “take it or leave it” attitude.

To some degree, the church itself is to blame. We like to draw bright lines about who’s in and who’s out. We are often as sinful within the church as those we point fingers at outside it. Our churches spilt and splinter more than a piece of dry wood. We deserve some disdain.

Nonetheless, where else will you go to find the company that will accompany you all the way to heaven? “Bad company corrupts good morals,” St. Paul said, quoting an ancient Greek playwright (or was it my mother?). Church is where we help each other persevere in the way of Christ.

Christianity is communal. We need each other. I admit it: I’m a pastor with a vested interest in the link between personal faith and congregational life. But is it really possible to be a Christian for long on your own? Won’t a flaming ember die quickly when blown from the fire?

Jesus is not just a historical figure to be emulated; Christians believe he lives now in and through his body on earth, the church.

A body is not bunch. Take an onion out of a bunch; the bunch will hardly miss it and the onion will still be an onion. But separate an arm or a leg from a body, the whole body will be impaired and the limb will soon die from being cut off from the source of life.

Praying for Justin and all the “Beliebers” out there trying to go it alone in faith. We’re keeping a pew warm for you.

When it comes to faith, don’t try to go it alone

“Bad company corrupts good morals,” St. Paul said, quoting an ancient Greek playwright (or was it my mother?).

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and by the neighborhood business people and churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

BUSINESS BUZZ

The lowdown on what’s up with neighborhood businesses

Send business news tips to livelocal@advocatemag.com

Reflexive relaxation

YaYa Foot Spa opened a new location in the Galleria. The spa, which also has locations on Lovers and in Oak Cliff, offers reflexology services ranging from $26-$60. It’s open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Dermal delights

Dallas native Lindsey Pineyro recently opened Unit Skin Studio in Preston Hollow Village with dermatologists Sandra Witten and Dr. Max F. Adler. The studio offers Botox, Juvederm, laser hair removal, chemical peels, acne treatments and more.

Coffee, lunch and treats

Hospitality Sweet , the café and bakery that has flourished downtown for several years, is expanding to Preston Center. Preston Hollow resident Megan Adams founded Hospitality Sweet as a catering business with her sister and mother in 2008. The new restaurant will offer lunches of sandwiches, soups and salads as well as the same sweets that the Downtown location has. That includes French macarons, cake pops, cookies, cupcakes and brownies. The new Hospitality Sweet location could open as soon as January.

Reverse food truck

The NorthPark Presbyterian Church has a new food truck. The two-tone blue truck doesn’t offer artisan sliders or authentic bahn mi, though. This is the Reverse Food

Truck If you see it parked in front of a neighborhood grocery store, expect a volunteer to ask for your donation of groceries. Shoppers can buy food to help financially struggling families or use a virtual food menu to make monetary donations. The church gives 100 percent of donations to its partners, including Vickery Meadow Food Pantry to “put hunger in the rearview mirror.”

New at NorthPark

Two new stores and a restaurant open at NorthPark this month. Sundance carries southwestern inspired clothing and home goods and was founded by Robert Redford in 1989. Peruse the shop on level two, between Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. On level one, between Nordstrom and Macy’s you’ll find AG , a purveyor of denim jeans. Designs are sleek and classic rather than trendy. Grab a bite to eat just a few storefronts down at The Theodore , a brand new restaurant from Turn the Tables Hospitality, the company that brought us SMOKE, Bolsa, The Foundry and others.

Partner’s Card

Knock out your holiday shopping before November 8, if you can. That’s the last day to save 20% with a Partner’s Card. More than 750 businesses are participating in the fundraiser, which supports The Family Place, a Preston Hollow-based nonprofit that helps victims of domestic abuse get back on their feet. Shop locally at Cabana, Dr. Delphinium, Swoozies and Tootsies.

Tick Tock

Watches were once a necessity, but in the age of smartphones, they’ve become an indulgence. If you have an affinity for timepieces, check out NorthPark Center’s second annual Watch Week, Nov. 13 – Nov. 15. Learn about the craft of watchmaking, listen to live music and view limited edition pieces by Rolex, Omega and Tag Heuer. Visit northparkcenter.com for details.

NorthPark Presbyterian Church’s Reverse Food Truck

DALLAS ACADEMY

950 Tiffany Way, Dallas 75218 / 214.324.1481 / dallas-academy.com

Founded in 1965, Dallas Academy’s mission is to restore the promise of full academic enrichment to students with learning differences in grades 1-12. A meaningful connection with each student is established to overcome barriers to success. Dallas Academy offers students an effective program and strategies to meet the special educational needs of bright students with learning differences, while including the activities of a larger, more traditional school. Classes are small, with a student-teacher ratio of 6 to 1 where students are encouraged, praised, and guided toward achieving their goals. Diagnostic testing is available to students throughout the community.

HIGHLANDER SCHOOL

9120 Plano Rd. Dallas / 214.348.3220 / www.highlanderschool.com

Founded in 1966, Highlander offers an enriched curriculum in a positive, Christian-based environment. By limiting class size, teachers are able to build a strong educational foundation to ensure confidence in academics, athletics, and the creative and performing arts. Highlander offers a “classic” education which cannot be equaled. Monthly tours offered; call for a reservation.

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Leading to Success. 2720 Hillside Dr., Dallas 75214 / 214.826.2931 / lakehillprep. org Kindergarten through Grade 12 - Lakehill Preparatory School takes the word preparatory in its name very seriously. Throughout a student’s academic career, Lakehill builds an educational program that achieves its goal of enabling graduates to attend the finest, most rigorous universities of choice. Lakehill combines a robust, college-preparatory curriculum with opportunities for personal growth, individual enrichment, and community involvement. From kindergarten through high school, every Lakehill student is encouraged to strive, challenged to succeed, and inspired to excel.

THE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL

11611 Inwood Road Dallas TX 75229/ 214-369-9201/ thelamplighterschool.org

Lamplighter delivers serious education wrapped in the wonder of childhood. The Pre-K through fourth grade years are fleeting, but filled with pure potential. What we, as parents and educators, ignite in these primary years establishes the trajectory of a child’s future. Lamplighter helps set children on a path toward rewarding lives as forever learners. The independent, co-educational school promotes academic excellence through innovative curriculum that merges fine arts with language arts, math, environmental science, social studies, physical education, and Spanish

SPANISH HOUSE

4411 Skillman 214-826-4410 / 5740 Prospect 214-826-6350 / DallasSpanishHouse.com

Spanish Immersion School serving ages 3 month - Adults. We offer nursery, preschool, elementary and adult programs at two Lakewood locations. Degreed, native-Spanish speaking teachers in an “all-Spanish” immersion environment. Call for a tour today!

ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

1420 Old Gate Ln. Dallas / 214.321.2897 / stbernardccs.org St. Bernard of Clairvaux School has educated children in Forest Hills, Casa Linda and White Rock neighborhoods since 1948. We encourage each student to develop an inquisitive mind, strong moral character and a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. The experienced teaching staff is dedicated to academic excellence with a challenging curriculum and individual attention. We offer affordable tuition, PK through 8th grade, wireless slate technology, extracurricular activities, and after-school care. Please call to schedule a tour.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

848 Harter Rd., Dallas 75218 / 214.328.9131 / stjohnsschool.org Founded in 1953, St. John’s is an independent, co-educational day school for Pre-K through Grade 8. With a tradition for academic excellence, St. John’s programs include a challenging curriculum in a Christian environment along with instruction in the visual and performing arts, Spanish, German, French, and opportunities for athletics and community service.St. John’s goal for its students is to develop a love for learning, service to others, and leadership grounded in love, humility, and wisdom. Accredited by ISAS, SAES, and the Texas Education Agency.

WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas / 214.348.7410 / WhiteRockNorthSchool.com

6 Weeks through 6th Grade. Our accelerated curriculum provides opportunity for intellectual and physical development in a loving and nurturing environment. Character-building and civic responsibility are stressed. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, skating rink, updated playground, and state-of-the-art technology lab. Kids Club on the Corner provides meaningful after-school experiences. Summer Camp offers field trips, swimming, and a balance of indoor and outdoor activities designed around fun-filled themes. Accredited by SACS. Call for a tour of the campus.

YORKTOWN EDUCATION

5170 Village Creek Drive Plano, 75093 972-733-0800 YorktownEd.com Yorktown

Education is an independent, academically challenging private school for grades first -12. With a customized “Do What You Love” curriculum, students are educated with higher standards at earlier ages. Education is based on performance and not on age or grade levels. Yorktown graduates are in the top 1% of the country for SAT & ACT results and have a 100 percent college acceptance rate, with an average of over $100,000 in college credit and scholarships. Enrolling first through 10th grade for the 2015-2016 school year. Parent tours and student visits are available.

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630 / ziondallas. org Toddler care thru 8th Grade. Serving Dallas for over 58 years offering a quality education in a Christ-centered learning environment. Degreed educators minister to the academic, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of students and their families. Before and after school programs, Extended Care, Parents Day Out, athletics, fine arts, integrated technology, Spanish, outdoor education, Accelerated Reader, advanced math placement, and student government. Accredited by National Lutheran School & Texas District Accreditation Commissions and TANS. Contact Principal Jeff Thorman.

PRIME LIVING

A New Chapter

In today’s youth-obsessed culture, referring to midlife as the “golden years” seems counterintuitive. But think about it: career and family responsibilities have made way for an exciting time where you actually have time to pursue interests you’ve put off for years, such as living a more active lifestyle, volunteering and making new friends.

The time is now for Dallas-area seniors to begin this new chapter of life, and these independent and assisted living communities have the resources to make it happen.

Situated on 20 acres of land near the shores of White Rock Lake stands C.C. Young, a continuing care retirement community where as Russell Crews, C.C. Young president and CEO, says, “People don’t come to retire: They come to live.”

And that they do — the faith-based, not-for-profit community boasts eight buildings and offers services from independent and assisted living to memory care, home health and hospice for those age 55 and better. Since 1922, C.C. Young has been dedicated to helping seniors enjoy an active, fulfilling lifestyle by providing personalized care and support.

“Beyond providing living and health services, C.C. Young offers a variety of programming intended to educate and enrich the lives of those it serves, both on campus and in the community,” says Jennifer Griffin, director of communications and public relations with C.C. Young.

“One way to see if C.C. Young is a good fit is to participate in activities at The Point, Center for Arts and Education, which offers memberships for residents and non-residents,” Griffin says.

Memberships include discounts for educational programs and computer classes, and free monthly art gallery shows.

A recent lecture, free and open to the public, was titled, “Art and Alzheimer’s: A Personal Journey.” It featured Cognitive Dynamics foundation founder/president, Dr. Daniel Potts; Meredith Pond, a master trainer with the Alzheimer’s Association’s memories in the making program; and Molly Middleton Meyer, founder of Mind’s Eye Poetry.

But the opportunities for life enrichment at C.C. Young don’t stop there.

Senior Living Near White Rock Lake

To schedule your free in-home informational visit please contact Elaine Harrison, RN

(972) 533-4676 | harrisone@ vna texas.org

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“Through a collaboration with over 60 area and national organizations, C.C. Young has enhanced its services so that each individual can grow in body, mind and spirit, no matter their life circumstances or limitations,” says Denise Aver-Phillips, vice president of community outreach.

These partnerships within the local community are a high priority at C.C. Young, connecting seniors to everything that Dallas has to offer. Additional partners include Bass Performance Hall, Dallas Zoo, Dallas Museum of Art and Nasher Sculpture Center, to name a few.

Community engagement is further enriched by volunteers of all ages and beliefs from church, youth and school groups, as well as community volunteer organizations.

“Volunteers help out with everything from Mardi Gras parades and Academy Award red carpet makeovers to painting fences, planting and beautifying the campus — generally just spreading the love,” Aver-Phillips says.

Speaking of beautifying, C.C. Young recently unveiled a brand new sculpture pavilion within the community’s central park. The pavilion, which is open to the public, was dedicated at the annual Grandparents Day celebration.

Monticello West is another retirement community in Dallas where opportunities abound for seniors to pursue community engagement and personal development. The recently expanded activities department now boasts two fulltime activities directors for independent living and assisted living, plus another one for memory care.

“Our goal is to get residents out in the Dallas area to enjoy marvelous opportunities such as the Perot Museum, Dallas Arboretum, The Meadows and Klyde Warren Park,” says sales and marketing director Nan Mulvaney.

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Monticello West has been a leader in senior care and assisted living in Dallas since 1970. The community is operated by Life Care Services, which manages more than 28,000 people residing in senior living communities across the country.

A Park Cities Classic in Senior

A Park Cities Classic in Senior Living

A Park Cities Classic in Senior Living

• Gracious assisted living with privacy when you want it, support with daily activities when you need it

“Critical to the overall atmosphere is the combined sense of community with high-quality healthcare,” Mulvaney says.

“When you meet with the staff at Monticello West, you immediately realize the difference, such as the tenure of staff.”

ver the past 30 years, one senior living community has earned a reputation for exceptional care in the heart of the Park Cities. Monticello West. It’s a classic! But better. With up-to-date amenities and the latest innovations in supportive assisted living and memory care.

Over the past 30 years, one senior living community has earned a reputation for exceptional care in the heart of the Park Cities. Monticello West. It’s a classic! But better. With up-to-date amenities and the latest innovations in supportive assisted living and memory care.

OOver the past 30 years, one senior living community has earned a reputation for exceptional care in the heart of the Park Cities. Monticello West. It’s a classic! But better. With up-to-date amenities supportive assisted living and memory care.

• Gracious assisted living with privacy when you want it, support with daily activities when you need it

• Gracious assisted living with privacy when you want it, support with daily activities when you need it

• Innovative memory care featuring the nationally recognized Heartfelt Connectionstm Memory Care Program

• Exceptional senior living in the prestigious Highland Park neighborhood of North Dallas

Staff members provide a foundation for the high quality care, which is noted by the industry’s coveted five-star rating and strong family loyalty to the community.

Monticello West provides the full range of care — including all levels of assisted living to advanced memory care — so residents remain in a familiar environment.

Recently, Kate Marshall was named director of memory care at Monticello West, further enhancing the guidance and quality of care available onsite.

“Our team has an average tenure of 13 years, and some employees who have been with us for more than 20 years,” Mulvaney says.

“The special attention we provide to our residents is what sets us apart.”

For example, Monticello West chef Taylor Self works to get to know residents’ food preferences to provide clean, healthy menu choices. Self was trained at the world-renowned Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.

Learn more: ccyoung.org

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• Innovative memory care featuring the nationally recognized Heartfelt Connectionstm Memory Care Program

• Innovative memory care featuring the nationally recognized Heartfelt Connectionstm Memory Care Program

Discover the timeless appeal of Monticello West. Call (214) 528-0660 or visit MonticelloWestLCS.com.

• Exceptional senior living in the prestigious Highland Park neighborhood of North Dallas

• Exceptional senior living in the prestigious Highland Park neighborhood of North Dallas

Discover the timeless appeal of Monticello West.Call (214) or visit MonticelloWestLCS.com.

McKinney Avenue • Dallas, TX

Sky-high joy ride

Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-3 in broad daylight? Some young women got that experience recently when pilot Steve Jacobson took them up for a 45-minute joyride in the 78-year-old plane named Flagship Detroit. The flight was part of the Frontiers of Flight Museum’s celebration of Girls in Aviation Day.

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CLASSES/TUTORING/ LESSONS

ART: Draw/Paint. Adults All Levels. Lake Highlands N. Rec. Ctr. Days: Mon & Wed. Students bring supplies. Nights: 1xt month workshop, supplies furnished. Jane Cross. 214-534-6829,

FARMERS BRANCH AQUATICS CENTER Visit our new natatorium. Begin swim, fitness classes & open swim. fbh2o.com

GET READY, GET SET Get Ahead With Mathnasium. 214-328-MATH (6284) mathnasium.com/dallaslakewood

GUITAR OR PIANO Patient Teacher. Your Home. 12 Yrs Exp. Reasonable rates. UNT Music Grad. Larry 469-358-8784

MAKERS CONNECT Craft Classes & Workshops. Led by & for Local Makers. Check Schedule: makersconnect.org/classes

PIANO LESSONS Experienced, Dedicated Piano Teacher References. Call Pat.214-827-7076

EMPLOYMENT

PET SITTERS, DOG WALKERS reply to http://www.pcpsi.com/join

EMPLOYMENT

SEEKING OFFICE MANAGER for Lakewood Residential Real Estate Co. Peachtree/Quickbooks Knowledge, People Skills Preferred. Flexable 15-20 hrs wk. Depending on Experience Salary $15-$18 hr. w/ 90 day probation. Email resume: hegwoodjamie@gmail.com

SERVICES FOR YOU

AT ODDS WITH YOUR COMPUTER? Easily Learn Essential Skills. Services include Digital Photo Help. Sharon 214-679-9688

CARGO BICYCLES Custom Built, Hand Crafted. For You/ Business In Oak Cliff. 214-205-4205. oakcliffcargobicycles.com

CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let A Seasoned Pro Be The Interface Between You & That Pesky Windows Computer. Hardware & Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training. $60/hr. 1 hr min. Dan 214-660-3733 / stykidan@sbcglobal.net

DISH TV Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 months) Save! Regular Price $34.99. Ask About Free Same Day Installation. Call Now. 877-477-9659

MY OFFICE Offers Mailing, Copying, Shipping, Office & School Supplies. 9660 Audelia Rd. myofficelh.com 214-221-0011

LEGAL SERVICES

A FREE CONSULTATION Wills/Probate/Guardianships. MaryGlennAttorney.com 214-802-6768

A SIMPLE WILL. Name a Guardian for Children. Katherine Rose, Attorney 214-728-4044. Office Dallas Tx.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

ACCOUNTING, TAXES Small Businesses & Individuals. Chris King, CPA 214-824-5313 www.chriskingcpa.com

BOOKKEEPING NEEDS? Need Help Organizing Finances? No Job Too Small or Big. Call C.A.S. Bookkeeping Services. Cindy 214-821-6903

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MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

NEXGEN FITNESS Call Today For Free Session. 972-382-9925 NexGenFitness.com 10759 Preston Rd. 75230

UFC GYM WHITE ROCK Workout Blues? Train Different. Power/ endurance/results. 469-729-9900 ufcgym.com/WhiteRock

PET SERVICES

DOGGIE DEN DALLAS Daycare, Boarding, Grooming, Training. 6444 E. Mockingbird Ln. 214-823-1441 DoggieDenDallas.com

POOP SCOOP PROFESSIONALS Trust The Experts. 214-826-5009. germaine_free@yahoo.com

BUY/SELL/TRADE

BEST TASTING PORK & LAMB from local farmers, no chemicals, hormones or antibiotics. Pasture raised. Heritage Red Wattle.Time to fill your freezer for the holidays. Laraland Farms 214-384-6136

CASH FOR CARS Any Make Or Model. Free Towing. Sell It Today! Instant Offer. 1-800-864-5784

TEXAS RANGERS AND DALLAS STARS front row seats. Share prime, front-row Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars tickets (available in sets of 10 games). Prices start at $105 per ticket (sets of 2 or 4 tickets per game available) Seats are behind the plate and next to the dugouts for the Rangers: seats are on the glass and on the Platinum Level for the Stars. Other great seats available starting at $60 per ticket. Entire season available except for opening game; participants randomly draw numbers prior to the season to determine a draft order fair for everyone. Call 214-560-4212 or rwamre@advocatemag.com

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

CLUTTERBLASTERS.COM ESTATE SALES Moving & DownSizing Sales, Storage Units. Organize/De-Clutter Donna 972-679-3100

AC & HEAT

CLEANING SERVICES

ALTOGETHER CLEAN

Relax ...We’ll Clean Your House, It Will Be Your Favorite Day! Bonded & Insurance. Free Estimates. 214-929-8413. www. altogetherclean.net

AMAZON CLEANING

Top To Bottom Clean. Fabiana.469-951-2948

Family Owned & Operated

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APPLIANCE REPAIR

APPLIANCE REPAIR SPECIALIST

Low Rates, Excellent Service, Senior Discount. MC-Visa. 214-321-4228

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

50 Yrs. Electrical Exp. Insd. 214-328-1333

FLOORING & CARPETING

THE TEXAN FLOORING SERVICES

Wood, Laminate. Remodel Showers, Bathrooms. thetexanflooringservices.com 214-680-0901

Serving your Neighborhood Since 1993 Repairing: Refrigerators •Washer/Dryers •

•Stoves • Cooktops • Ovens 214✯823✯2629

CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

Cabinet Refacing, Built-ins, Entertainment/ Computer Centers. Jim. 214-324-7398 www.squarenailwoodworking.com

CLEANING SERVICES

A MAID FOR YOU Bonded/Insured.Park Cities/ M Streets Refs. Call Us First. Joyce 214-232-9629

AFFORDABLE CLEANING Insd./Bonded. Move In/Out. Routine Cleaning. Reliable. Dependable. Residential/ Commercial. References. 28+yrs. Delta Cleaning. 972-943-9280.

AFFORDABLE, PROFESSIONAL CLEANING

A Clean You Can Trust

Staff trained by Nationally Certified Cleaning Tech. Chemical-free, Green, or Traditional Cleaning. WindsorMaidServices.com 214-381-MAID (6243)

CINDY’S HOUSE CLEANING 15 yrs exp. Resd/Com. Refs. Dependable. 214-490-0133

MESS MASTERS Earth friendly housecleaning. 469-235-7272. www.messmasters.com Since ‘91

WANTED: HOUSES TO CLEAN Windows, too! Great Prices / Refs. Family owned. 20 yrs. Reliable. Call Sunny 214-724-2555. grimestoppershere.com

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED MAC/PC Great Rates! Keith 214-295-6367

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR

Virus Removal, Data Recovery. Home/Biz Network Install. All Upgrades & Repairs. PC Instruction. No Trip Fee. 214-348-2566

CONCRETE/MASONRY/ PAVING

ALL EPOXY COATINGS, CONCRETE Countertops, Stamping, Staining & Designs, Floor Demo and Overlays Landscape Designs Call 214-916-8368

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

Tuck Pointing / Crack Repair. Mortar Color Matching. Windows And Door Cracks Etc. Call Don 214-704-1722

BRICK, BLOCK, Stone, Concrete, Stucco. Gonzalez Masonry. 214-395-1319

BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS

Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

CONCRETE REPAIRS/REPOURS

Demo existing. Stamping and Staining Driveways/Patio/Walkways

Pattern/Color available Free Estimates 972-672-5359 (32 yrs.)

CONCRETE, Driveway Specialist Repairs, Replacement, Removal, References. Reasonable. Chris 214-770-5001

EDMONDSPAVING.COM Asphalt & Concrete Driveway-Sidewalk-Patio-Repair 214-957-3216

FLAGSTONE PATIOS, Retaining Walls, BBQ’s, Veneer, Flower Bed Edging, All Stone work. Chris 214-770-5001

LAKEWOOD ELECTRICAL Local. Insured. Lic. #227509 Call Rylan 214-434-8735

TEXAS ELECTRICAL • 214-289-0639 Prompt, Honest, Quality. TECL 24668

TH ELECTRIC Reasonable Rates. Licensed & Insured. Ted. E257 214-808-3658

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. Lic/Insd. E795. 214-850-4891

EXTERIOR CLEANING

G&G DEMOLITION Tear downs, Haul. Interior/Exterior. 214-808-8925

FENCING & DECKS

#1 COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. Est. ‘91. 214-692-1991 www.cowboyfenceandiron.com

4 QUALITY FENCING Call Mike 214-507-9322

Specializing in Wood, New or Repair.

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC. Automatic Gates, Iron & Cedar Fencing, Decks. Since 1996. MC/V 214-621-3217

FENCING & WOODWORK oldgatefence.com charliehookerswoodwork.com 214-766-6422

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

Decks, Pergolas, Patio Covers. 214-435-9574

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK New & Repair. Free Estimates. Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975

Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com

All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers

EST. 1991 #1

COWBOY

FENCE & IRON CO.

214.692.1991

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

cowboyfenceandiron.com

FLOORING & CARPETING

ALL WALKS OF FLOORS 214-616-7641

Carpet, Wood, Tile Sales/Service Free Estimates

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape. Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 30 Yrs.

Restoration Flooring

Hardwood Installation · Hand Scraping Sand & Finish · Dustless

25+ Years Experience

469.774.3147

restorationflooring.net

Willeford

hardwood floors

Superior Quality: Installation • Refinishing Repair • Cleaning & Waxing Old World Hand Scrape 214-824-1166

FOUNDATION REPAIR

• Slabs • Pier & Beam

• Mud Jacking • Drainage

• Free Estimates

• Over 20 Years Exp. 972-288-3797

We Answer Our Phones

GARAGE SERVICES

DFW GARAGE PRO Garage Organize/Reorganize. Painting, Shelving, Cabinets, Storage, Disposal. 303-883-9321

ROCKET GARAGE DOOR SERVICE -24/7. Repairs/Installs. 214-533-8670. Coupon On Web. www.RocketDoorService.com

UNITED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES Res/Com. Locally Owned.214-826-8096

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

EAST DALLAS WINDOW CLEANING Power Wash. Free Est. Dependable. Derek. 214-360-0120

GREENGO Replacement Windows & Doors. 214-755-6258. 25 Yrs Experience.

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR frameless shower enclosures • store fronts replacement windows • mirrors 214-349-8160

ROCK GLASS CO Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 214-837-7829

Swimming Pool Remodels Patios Stone work • Stamp Concrete 972-727-2727

Deckoart.com

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

DEC. DEADLINE NOV. 4

HANDYMAN SERVICES

A R&G HANDYMAN Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Fencing, Roofing, Light Hauling. Ron or Gary 214-861-7569, 469-878-8044

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, Glass, Tile, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 25 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

BO HANDYMAN Specializing In Historic Home Renovations & Pro Remodels. Custom Carpentry, Doors, Kitchens, Baths & more. 214-437-9730

FRAME RIGHT All Honey-Dos/Jobs. Crown mold install $125/rm. Licensed. Matt 469-867-9029

GROOVY HOUSE Is A Different Handyman Experience! Find Out Why At www.groovyhouse.biz

214-733-2100 • 19 Year Lakewood Resident

HANDY DAN The Handyman. ToDo’s Done Right. handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

HANDYMAN SPECIALIST Residential/ Commercial. Large, small jobs, repair list, renovations. Refs. 214-489-0635

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of construction. No job too small 214-327-4606

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS

Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232

Your Home Repair Specialists Drywall Doors Senior Safety Carpentry Small & Odd Jobs And More! 972-308-6035 HandymanMatters.com/dallas Bonded & Insured. Locally owned & operated.

HOLIDAY DECORATING

Call Today

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS 214-632-0372

HOUSE PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work. Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634

#1 GET MORE PAY LES Painting. 85% Referrals. Free Est. 214-348-5070

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

MELROSE TILE James Sr., Installer, Repairs. 40 Yrs. Exp. MelroseTile.com 214-384-6746

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS Granite, Marble, Tile, Kitchen/Bath Remodels. 972-276-9943.stoneage.dennis@verizon.net

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

Trim, Remove, Stump Grind. Free Est. Insured. 214-823-6463

DALLAS GROUNDSKEEPER Comprehensive services designed to meet your needs. 214-504-6788 dallasgroundskeeper.com

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

Sprinkler & Valve Repair/ Rebuild Older Systems. Lic. #1742. 214-398-8061

LSI LAWN SPRINKLERS “Making Water Work”

Irrigation system Service & Repair. Specializing In Older Copper Systems. LI #13715. 214-283-4673

THE POND MAN Water Gardens

Designed & Installed. Drained & Cleaned. Weekly Service. Jim Tillman 214-769-0324

TRACY’S LAWN CARE • 972-329-4190

Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS Professionals, Experts, Artists. Trim, Rmv, Cable Repair, Cavity-Fill Stump Grind. Emergency Hazards. Insd. Free Est. 972-803-6313

YOUR TREES could look like a WORK OF ART, I Guarantee It.

NOVEMBER SPECIAL $200 OFF 4 man crew/4 hours

Just Trees

Call Mark Wittlich 214-332-3444

us to handle all your holiday lighting installations!

ALL TYPES Painting & Repairs. A+ BBB rating. Any size jobs welcome. Call Kenny 214-321-7000

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

MANNY’S HOME PAINTING & REMODEL Int./Ext. Sheetrock. Manny 214-334-2160

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

TOP COAT 30 yrs. exp. Reliable, Quality Repair/Remodel Phil @ 214-770-2863

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 469-774-7111

FULLY

WE REFINISH! www.allsurfacerefinishing.com 214-631-8719 •

Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

AYALA’S LANDSCAPING SERVICE Call the Land Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

MOVING

AM MOVING COMPANY Specialty Moving & Delivery.469-278-2304 ammovingcompany.com

PEST CONTROL

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL

Keeping the environment, kids, pets in mind. Organic products avail. 972-564-2495

MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 + Tax

For General Treatment.

Average Home-Interior/Exterior & Attached Garage. Quotes For Other Services. 214-328-2847. Lakewood Resident

PLUMBING

A2Z PLUMBING 214-727-4040

All Plumbing Repairs. Slab Leak Specialists. Licensed & Insured. ML# M36843.

AC PLUMBING Repairs, Fixtures, Senior Discounts. Gary Campbell. 214-321-5943

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521

# M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues. plumberiffic69@gmail.com

Sewers • Drains • Bonded 24 Hours/7 Days

*Joe Faz 214-794-7566 - Se Habla Español*

ARRIAGA PLUMBING: General Plumbing

Since the 80’s. Insured. Lic# M- 20754 214-321-0589, 214-738-7116, CC’s accepted.

HAYES PLUMBING INC. Repairs.

Insured, 214-343-1427 License M13238

M&S PLUMBING Quality Work & Prompt Service. Jerry. 214-235-2172. lic.#M-11523

NTX PLUMBING SPEC. LLLP 214-226-0913

Lic. M-40581 Res/Com. Repairs & Leak Location

SPECK PLUMBING

Over 30 Yrs Exp. Licensed/Insured. 214-732-4769, 214-562-2360

ADVOCATE PUBLISHING

PLUMBING

REMODELING

214-328-7371

MetroFlowPlumbing.com

Lic.# M16620

POOLS

ADAIR POOL & SPA SERVICE

1 month free service for new customers. Call for details. 469-358-0665.

REMODELING

BO HANDYMAN Specializing In Historic Home Renovations & Pro Remodels. Custom Carpentry, Doors, Kitchens, Baths & more. 214-437-9730

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

O’BRIEN GROUP INC. Remodeling Dallas For Over 17 Years www.ObrienGroupInc.com 214-341-1448

RENOVATE DALLAS renovatedallas.com 214-403-7247

• 30 Yrs. in Business • Angie’s List

• Major Additions

• Complete Renovations

• Kitchens/Baths

214-341-1155

www.bobmcdonaldco.com

Bob McDonald Company, Inc. BUILDERS/REMODELERS Chandler Design Group

Design / Build / Renovate we'll turn your vision into reality

Heath Chandler 214.938.8242

www.chandlerdesigng roup.com

ROOFING & GUTTERS

A&B GUTTER 972-530-5699 Clean Out, Repair/Replace. Leaf Guard. Free Estimates. Lifetime Warranty

BERT ROOFING INC.

Family owned and operated for over 40 years

• Residential/Commercial • Over 30,000

roofs completed • Seven NTRCA “Golden Hammer” Awards • Free Estimates www.bertroofing.com 214.321.9341

Jeff Godsey Roofing

Roof Repair Specialist

• Exterior Repair & Re-Roofing

• Insurance Claims

• Custom Chimney Caps

• Licensed & Fully Insured Jeff Godsey 214-502-7287 Residential • Commercial (214) 503-7663 www.scottexteriors.com

Giving

The Junior League of Dallas donated $30,000 to STEPS, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas mentor program which helps high school students navigate college admissions. The gift marked 10 years of the Junior League’s support of the Boys & Girls Clubs. It will help more than 300 students per year become college-ready.

More than $5.5 million of the funds raised for North Texas Giving Day recently came from Preston Hollow. Collectively, Dallas-Fort Worth residents and organizations contributed $33.1 million. More than 110 monetary gifts were made per minute, making it the most successful Giving Day in history.

Education

The Lamplighter School hosted Lee Berger, the scientist who discovered Homo Naledi. Berger, who also visited the St. Mark’s classroom of teacher John Mead in 2012, gave the school the very first skull cast of the Homo Naledi species. Another neighborhood connection: His research received funding from the Lyda Hill Foundation.

Sculptor George Tobolowsky, a Hillcrest High School alumnus, donated one of his pieces to his alma mater. The artist started out as an attorney, obtaining a law degree from SMU in 1974. He worked for decades in the business sector until about 10 years ago, when he became a fulltime artist. Since then, he’s produced more than 425 sculptures and exhibited in Switzerland, New York and India. He has works in the Library of Congress, The Museum of Biblical Arts and the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum in San Antonio.

“Artist as Teacher/Teacher as Artist,” an exhibit composed of paintings, photographs and sculptures by local teachers, is on display at The Episcopal School of Dallas through Dec. 5. Participants include educators from Hockaday, Jesuit, St. Mark’s, Ursuline, Lamplighter and The Winston School. Admission is free. Visit esdallas.org for details.

People

Dr. Robert D. Londeree, a resident of Edgemere senior living, recently took an all expense paid trip to Washington D.C. His two day long vacation came courtesy of Honor Flight DFW, a local nonprofit that thanks veterans by taking them on tours of our nation’s capital. Londeree served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. Post-military, he became one of the first oral surgeons in Dallas.

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GUNFIRE LEAVES ONE DEAD

Dallas police shot and killed an armed man at the Avondale Parc Apartments on Stone Canyon Road in September.

Police were responding to a car accident near the apartment complex just before midnight Sept. 21 when they received an unrelated call reporting gunfire in the complex.

Gerardo Ramirez, 24, had fired a pistol several times into the air, and neighbors called police. When officers ran toward him, he hid between two cars and began firing at them. Officers returned fire, and more than a dozen shots were heard. During the incident, Ramirez reloaded his weapon at least once.

Ramirez died at Presbyterian hospital, and no police officers were injured.

Ramirez’s girlfriend later told police that her boyfriend had been using drugs and was behaving erratically. She said he told her that he didn’t want to live anymore and that he wished to shoot police.

Ramirez had a criminal record that included drug possession and burglary. —Rachel

Stone

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CRIME NUMBERS |

74

body cameras issued to Dallas police officers

$3.7

million paid by the city for 400 cameras, storage and technical support — they are being rolled out incrementally to make sure the department can support the new technology

1,000

more cameras the department plans to acquire within the next few years

SOURCE Dallas Police Department

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Simone Jeanes 214.616.9559

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3961 Cobblestone

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3752-3754 Weeburn Drive

12236 Snow White Drive

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