2016 November Lake Highlands

LAKE HIGHLANDS

FROM WAR TORN TO WELCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD

Know the facts about freestanding ERs.

Introducing Texas Health Emergency Room.

Texas Health now offers access to 32 additional freestanding Texas Health Emergency Room locations across North Texas. The freestanding ERs operate as outpatient departments of Texas Health Hospital. While we are excited to offer these convenient access points across North Texas, it’s important that consumers understand what they are, when to go, and when to seek care elsewhere. Here are answers to the most common questions we receive.

What is a freestanding emergency room?

Freestanding ERs are similar to hospital emergency rooms. They are open 24/7/365, including holidays, and the new Texas Health Emergency Room locations are staffed with emergency-trained, board-certified physicians. They also include on-site labs, and digital imaging suites that include a CT scanner, digital X-ray and ultrasound equipment. One difference is an ambulance will not take you to a freestanding ER.

What are some advantages of freestanding emergency rooms?

Freestanding ERs are always open and have little to no wait times. Texas Health ERs operate as hospital outpatient departments, which means that unlike some other freestanding ERs, they accept the same insurance that our traditional hospital ERs take. With multiple locations, freestanding ERs may also be more convenient than your nearest hospital ER.

When should I go to a freestanding emergency room?

Freestanding ERs can treat a variety of medical issues, including intense abdominal pain, head injuries, broken bones, poisoning, chemical exposure, moderate to severe burns, complex lacerations, non-healing wounds, eye and nasal injuries, moderate to severe respiratory distress, sudden difficulty speaking, sudden weakness, seizures, allergic reactions and other critical emergencies.

Should I go to a freestanding emergency room or call 9-1-1?

If you think you are having a heart attack or stroke, always call 9-1-1. If you are unable to drive or do not have someone to drive you, call 9-1-1. When you call 9-1-1, you will be taken to a hospital ER. Otherwise, freestanding ERs are an excellent choice in an emergency.

Is a freestanding emergency room the same as a freestanding urgent care clinic?

No. Freestanding ERs deliver care for critical emergencies. Urgent care clinics diagnose and treat minor illnesses such as the flu, headaches and sinus infections, as well as other non-life-threatening injuries, such as minor burns, cuts and sprains. Typically, urgent care clinics are not open 24/7, are not staffed by emergency-trained physicians, and do not have radiology equipment such as CT scanners or ultrasound machines.

How much does a freestanding emergency room cost?

Expect your cost for care to be what you would pay in our traditional hospital ERs. No matter your insurance, the cost of visiting a freestanding emergency room will be greater than a trip to an urgent care clinic or doctor’s office. For this reason, you should thoughtfully evaluate whether your injury or illness is a true emergency before choosing a freestanding emergency room.

These are just some of the questions we receive about freestanding emergency rooms. For answers to additional questions or to find locations, please visit TexasHealthER.com.

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‘YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE’

How newcomers from conflict-ravaged countries are affecting our neighborhood and schools. Ruben Valbuena at his job. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

END OF THE ROLL

“There, hard work is not valued and strong opinion is persecuted, so we cannot grow. How can you grow when they will kill you for thinking or speaking your beliefs, just as they will kill you for a pair of shoes?”

Political asylee Alejandra Valbuena, through interpreter Yaneth Lopez page 24

Like most things at White Rock Skate, skates look like they did in the 1970s. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

WHITE ROCK SKATE SOLD AND CLOSED, BUT FUTURE OF THE SHOREVIEW PROPERTY REMAINS UNSURE.

A sudden high fever. A serious burn. A heart attack or stroke. Emergencies can strike at any time . When an unplanned health event occurs, you can trust our full-time, board–certified emergency medicine physicians and specially trained nurses and technicians to help. Our average patient wait for treatment by a physician is less than 15 minutes. And that should make you feel better. The ER on Lovers Lane, a department of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – White Rock is more than a name. It is a promise.

5800 East Lovers Lane, Dallas, TX 75206

To learn more about the ER on Lovers Lane, visit us online at BaylorScottandWhite.com/ERLoversLane.

CIRCLE UP

FACING EACH OTHER MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO RUN AWAY

By the time you read this article, we will either be just days from, or days following, one of the greatest migrations in human history.

All of the millions of people on social media who have promised to move to Canada if their presidential candidate loses should be getting ready to cross the border right about now.

What will this mean for the rest of us?

I guess things will be more peaceful here, and we’ll have more room to stretch out. I suppose our traffic problems will diminish, since so many cars will no longer be on our roads.

Who knows: Maybe the Trinity Toll Road will finally be deemed unnecessary since there will be no need for a Downtown bypass route anymore.

Surely, social media will become the place of bonding and peace we thought it would be when we started spilling our secrets to each other so many years ago. And the government will begin operating efficiently, too, and we’ll all be proud of it again ...

Yeah, right.

Let’s try this again.

In church the other day, the pastor spun his sermon around this phrase: “We need to live in circles rather than rows.”

His contention is that when people attend church, they’re typically sitting in rows, and they’re listening but not personally interacting with the pastor or each other.

There’s nothing wrong with living in rows: It’s efficient, and it tends to maximize space utilization since straight lines are easier to pack in as opposed to circles.

But when we’re sitting in rows, it’s harder to interact with each other.

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We can speak with one or two people at a time, but everyone must twist uncomfortably to engage in lengthy conversation. So typically we don’t. We just sit there, facing forward, fairly oblivious of what’s happening to our left and right.

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Compare that with a circular setting: We sit facing each other, and whether we like it or not, interaction is more immediate and almost inevitable. When you’re staring right at someone, it’s hard not to get a better understanding of what she or he is thinking, and it’s hard for that person not to see our perspective more easily, too.

In rows, we can speak past each other. In circles, that’s just about impossible.

In rows, our individual perspective can become isolating, and sometimes it can seem a lot more reasoned and reasonable than it really is. In circles, it’s easier for others to speak directly to our concerns, and it’s easier for us to understand their concerns, too.

In this country, thanks to social media and its unending gulping of our time, we tend to live in rows. That’s why so many people think it’s OK to talk about leaving the country if things don’t go their way.

Somehow, we need to figure out a way to circle-up and take another shot at this thing.

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ROAD WARRIORS

500-KILOMETER RUN, FOR FUN?

People who run often have goals — weight loss, cardiovascular health, bragging rights or valuable prizes are all reasonable rewards sought by marathoners and distance athletes.

Then there are runners of a more extreme variety — ultrarunners, those who trek for days on end across the length of multiple southern states in mid-summer.

Their ambitions tend to be unique.

“I have always wanted to have a hallucination,” says White Rock area resident Novle Rogers.

To become weary and sleep deprived to the point of delirium would be but a by-product of the paramount physical, spiritual and mental experience.

Pain and exhaustion-induced visions are a common side effect of tackling a 500-kilometer run — that’s 314 miles — something

Rogers and his friend Oak Cliff resident Steven Monté did this past summer.

The race lasted in excess of a week for them and most participants, beginning with a ferry ride across the Mississippi River, from Missouri to Kentucky. Once there, the race director, an eccentric Tennessean named Gary Cantrell, better known as Lazarus Lake, signals the start by lighting his cigarette.

White Rock area resident Novle Rogers tackled an insane 314-mile race, and he isn’t stopping. (Photo by Rasy Ran)

Cantrell recently became famous with the release of a popular Netflix documentary, “The Barclays Marathons,” about his crazy, secretive 100- (well, maybe 130-) mile footrace through the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Tennessee — the course offers a cumulative elevation gain of 60,000 feet (equivalent of climbing Everest twice from sea level). To date, just 12 men, of 800 competitors since 1985, have completed The Barclays Marathons. Mystery shrouds its registration process, just a forshadowing of the complexities of the actual event.

“There is no website, and I don’t publish the race date or explain how to enter,” Cantrell told the New York Times. “Anything that makes it more mentally stressful for the runners is good.”

There is a glimpse into the brain behind Monté and Rogers’ quest, titled The Last Annual Vol State Road Race (it’s not the last, this time, but someday it will be — that’s Cantrell’s reasoning behind the tongue-in-cheek name).

By comparison, Cantrell’s 314mile Last Annual Vol State — “on foot, along highways and back roads, from one small town to the next, over hills and across rivers, up mountains and down long valleys, all the while accounting for all of their most basic needs such as food, water and sleep,” as he describes it — it is the gentler endeavor.

“Oh absolutely it is easier [than Barclays],” Monté says.

“By the time you finish ... you have new notions about success and failure.”

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Both Monté and Rogers are experienced ultrarunners who have tackled multiple 100-mile races through hills, extreme weather and mud, but running 314 miles was like nothing previously imagined, they agree.

With each passing year, the Vol State race’s popularity increases, and residents of the towns along the course help out the so-called “screwed” runners, like Rogers and Monté, who do not have a crew helping them. (Entrants assisted by a crew, “crewed” runners, are not allowed to accept any outside help).

“Every year they say more and more people are popping up to help,” Monté says. “They are called ‘road angels.’”

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Still, the super-long-distance runners often are a strange sight, and scent, to observers.

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“We were resting outside a convenience store when a little kid asks his dad, ‘What’s that smell?’ and that gave us a good laugh,” Rogers recalls.

One fellow participant, a woman prone to roadside naps, was called in as a dead body to police, they recall.

“Twice,” Monté adds with a chuckle.

There were no visions, unfortunately, Rogers says, but the experience was transformative nonetheless.

“I had built preconceived ideas and notions on what to expect as I entered this race. I set out with a plan of action on what to do and a specific time in mind. I didn’t even come close,” Rogers says. “But by the time I finished, not only were these assumptions shattered, they were replaced with a new philosophy. By the time you finish, as Lazarus [Cantrell] predicted, you have new notions about success and failure.”

Monté learned his own lessons on the road.

“Vol State taught me that there is

a way to break anything down, make it doable.”

So do they plan to take on the famous, weird and wonderous Barclays Marathon next?

Just to get accepted into that field could take three to five years, Monté guesses, especially now that the movie is out.

“I hope so, because I need the time to prepare,” he says, adding that all the training he does now — such as running circles around his neighborhood park dragging a tire tied around his waist, and regularly registering for 50 and 100-mile trail runs — is in preparation for a future Barclays attempt.

Rogers — who also does the tire-dragging thing, up and down the hills at Norbuck Park — says he would not turn down the opportunity to try if he ever finds out how to enter. (And, no, he won’t simply ask Cantrell, fearing he might lose the man’s trust).

Meanwhile, both plan to run Vol State again next summer.

“Apparently you don’t do this just once. A lot of the people there had done it multiple years,” Rogers says.

Most people would not find this to be fun, they both acknowledge, but they say, for them, it is that and more.

“The lure of this race is there’s a certain subculture of trail running that is pure, do-it-for-thefun type deal and you see a lot of those people at this race,” Monté says. “The oldest finisher was a 75-year-old race veteran … he was clipped by a car a few days into the race but finished anyway,” Rogers adds.

None of it makes much sense when you try to put it into words.

Maybe it’s just knowing that “anything can happen in any given race,” as Monté says, and the longer the race, the broader the scope of possibilities.

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Nov. 6

PRAISE THE LAKE

The fourth-annual Praise the Lake fundraiser includes a brunch, Bloody Mary bar and silent auction. Members of the Booker T. Washington High School choir will perform at the event, held from noon-3 p.m. White Rock Lake Filter Building, 2810 White Rock Road, 214.725.9300, whiterocklakefoundation.org, $100 per person

Nov. 9-Jan.8

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Stroll through the arboretum to admire a dozen festive Victorian gazebos decorated in honor of each of the “The 12 Days of Christmas.” The 25-feet-tall gazebos are on display throughout the holiday season.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, 214.515.6539, dallasarboretum.org, free for members

Nov. 18-20

ART MART

The three-day event showcases work of local artists in a plethora of styles from painting and photography to jewelry and pottery. Founded in 2003, Art Mart benefits the nonprofit Friends of the Bath House Cultural Center.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive, 214.675.6573, dallasculture.org, free

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Nov. 3

HOPS AND HOPE

From 7:30-10 p.m. the nonprofit 100 Women of Lake Highlands hosts a benefit for Feed Lake Highlands, another charity that assists those in need, through which organizers hope to raise enough funds to feed 500 neighborhood families over the holidays. The celebration serves as a membership drive for 100 Women, which periodically pools money for worthy local causes, and an opportunity to see our neighborhood’s newest, and only, brewery.

Oak Highlands Brewery, 10484 Brockwood Road, facebook. com/100womenoflakehighlands, $45 per household

Nov. 5

RISD SPIRIT RUN

High school drill teams and drum lines perform for participants along the 5k course, which begins at the Renaissance Hotel and winds through Galatyn Park trails. Proceeds from the race benefit Richardson ISD education programs.

Renaissance Hotel, 2351 Performance Drive, 469.593.0241, risdspiritrun.com, $10-$35

Nov. 6

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY

Several independent businesses are participating in the Smoke’n Craft’n Fest from 1-6 p.m. Enjoy free food from OneNinety meats, browse craft tents by artists at Makers Connect, and sample beer from local brewers.

Lake Plaza shopping center, E. Northwest Highway and Easton Road, 972.803.8890, makersconnect.org, free

Nov. 18

‘A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’

Charlie Brown, Linus and Snoopy pay a visit to the stage for Dallas Children’s Theater’s rendition of the beloved kids’ movie. The performance is recommended for children ages 5 and older.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman Street, 214.978.0110, dct.org, $23-$30

Nov. 19

HOLIDAY SAFETY TIPS

The Dallas Police Department will offer tips from 2-2:30 p.m. to keep property and belongings safe during the holiday season. The program will be the last in the library’s Neighborhood Safety Program Series.

Audelia Road Library, 10045 Audelia Road, 214.670.1350, dallaslibrary2.org, free

Nov. 27

LIGHT UP THE HIGHLANDS

Kick off the holiday season with a performance by Lake Highlands High School Espree Choir, children’s activities and free hot chocolate from 4-6 p.m. A 20-foot Christmas tree lights up at 5:45 p.m.

Lake Highlands North Recreation Center, 9940 White Rock Trail, lhjwl.org, free

Scoops of pomegranate and red velvet. (Photo by Kathy Tran)

LAKE HIGHLANDS CREAMERY

Before Lake Highlands Creamery found its Audelia Road home, and even before Sean Brockette delivered ice cream doorto-door, the frozen dessert mastermind held food competitions with his neighbor Mike Middleton.

When Middleton concocted homemade ice cream for Brockette to sample one day, they found consensus: It tasted terrible. Brockette recalled how his grandmother made the sweet treat and how he had prepared it himself working at Steve’s Ice Cream in Casa Linda in high school. He decided to give chocolate-peanut-butter ice cream a try. It received rave reviews, eventually becoming a Lake Highlands Creamery mainstay.

Since then, the self-proclaimed icecream nerd has teamed up with Tom Goodale to transform his passion project into a full-time business. After selling products at local events and managing a delivery service, the creamery discovered

its permanent location adjacent to pizza eatery Atomic Pie in the Lakeridge Village Shopping Center.

“We had a lot of trouble finding just the right place in just the right spot,” Brockette says.

He was determined to find a place in the neighborhood, and the 11-year resident of Lake Highlands was lucky to land a shop within walking distance of his own home.

“Lake Highlands presents a lot of opportunities for small business owners than anywhere else in Dallas,” he says. Each ice cream flavor is homemade using only cream, milk, egg yolks and sugar, and the company even owns a pasteurizer that monitors the temperature of the fresh ingredients.

“I’m not trying to be a snob, but I want people to come here and have a completely different experience than anywhere else,” he says.

And that mindset is exactly why the ice cream’s names are as experimental

as their flavors. Take Steve Jobs, for instance, the name of the creamery’s apple sorbet with Nerd candy. Or Sweet ‘Nilla, inspired by the rapper identity Brockette’s cousin coveted in the sixth grade.

“You really can’t screw up ice cream,” he says. —ELISSA CHUDWIN

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FORGOTTEN RECIPE: BACK COUNTRY BARBQ SAUCE

It was 1975 when Back Country BarBQ first started smoking its signature flavors in Dallas, before moving its operation to Upper Greenville 18 years ago. But in all that time, the restaurant has stood by a sauce recipe first developed back when bellbottoms were still in fashion. It’s served on the side, so you can add as much or as little as you like.

“With real barbecue, you don’t have to sauce your products,” restaurant owner Frank Hart told us back in 1998, when we first printed this recipe. “When the meat doesn’t have the flavor already, some people try to disguise it with the sauce.”

Sure you could drive over to Back Country BarBQ at 6940 Greenville Ave. to grab some ribs or

hot links, or you could try making them at home using the longtime barbecue joint’s signature sauce.

BACK COUNTRY BARBQ SAUCE

(Makes approximately 3 ½ cups)

16 ounces Heinz ketchup

12 ounces water

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

½ teaspoon granulated garlic

1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

1 teaspoon mustard (French’s)

2 tablespoon brown sugar

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon liquid smoke

Combine ingredients in a saucepan. While stirring constantly, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer 15-20 minutes. Refrigerate leftovers.

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MEXICAN GRILL

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SMOKED MEATS

One90 Smoked Meats

Offering bbq combo plates, sandwiches, tacos, sides, desserts & a wide variety of locally smoked meats, including Brisket, Bison, Turkey, Chicken, Pork, Salmon, Duck, Lamb & Tenderloins.

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PATISSERIE/BAKERY

Haute Sweets Patisserie

Treat yourself & the ones you love with the finest desserts, French Macarons, cookies, cakes & more. Award-winning chefs bring premium restaurant quality treats right to our neighborhood. Paleo & Gluten-free available.

Mon-Fri: 9:00am-7:00pm Sat: 10:00am-6:00pm

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FOR MANY LAKE HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS, A GLOBAL CRISIS HITS CLOSE TO HOME

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allace Elementary teacher Juna Saw, a Burmese native, moved to a refugee camp at age 8. She lived in the camp for years prior to emigrating to America at 24.

Last spring break Saw decided to visit her homeland, and she asked two teacher friends and Wallace principal Debbie Yarger to come along.

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THE REFUGEES NEXT DOOR

Maybe what they saw would help them understand problems faced by a growing number of refugees in Lake Highlands schools, Saw says.

The women visited the Mae La refugee camp where Saw grew up. The camp is surrounded by gates and barbed wire. About 40,000 people live there; pigs and chickens running wild eventually serve as food.

Most refugees stay in the camp because it’s their only opportunity to obtain an education for their children.

“The trip really opened my eyes to my students’ life experiences before they walk into Wallace,” teacher Ashley Nick says.

“The kids [in the camps] are happy. Their life is very simple. Do they have all the things that we have? Absolutely not. They don’t have electricity. They don’t have running water. They don’t have flushing toilets. They don’t have a lot of materials in the schools. It’s just different,” Yarger says.

Carmen Casamayor-Ryan, who oversees Richardson ISD’s Newcomer Center that helps refugees adapt to new surroundings, says stories like this help personalize the hot-button issues of immigration and refugee resettlement.

“Every day here, you connect with them, and you are in awe,” she says. “I have the filter of good experience every time I hear a negative news story.”

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“I HAVE THE FILTER OF GOOD EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME I HEAR A NEGATIVE NEWS STORY.”

top, educators from Wallace Elementary School in Lake Highlands — teacher Ashley Nick, principal Debbie Yarger, ESL teacher aide Juna Saw and teacher Diane Royer — visited a large refugee camp in Mae La, Thailand, near the Burma/Myanmar border, where Saw grew up. Pictured in the middle is the primary school at Mae La. The children in the bottom photo live at the camp today.

MORE THAN STATS

Refugee resettlement in the United States and Texas, by and large, is unprecedented and contentious.

“We are witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record,” states the United Nations Refugee Agency. The White House plans to accept 110,000 refugees from around the world in fiscal 2017 — that’s 30 percent more than 2016’s 70,000.

Texas from October 2015 to October 2016 resettled more than 7,200 refugees, according to federal records.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has said Dallas will embrace refugees, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott promised to withdraw our state from the United Nations Refugee Resettlement program.

Federal officials have responded that refugees, who undergo stringent security screenings, will continue to resettle in Texas through federal programs.

Maybe you align with the openarms style of Rawlings or side with Abbott’s plan to prevent refuge in our state. Perhaps you fall somewhere in the middle, or just don’t know anymore.

But your status as a Lake Highlands resident means odds are good that the matter is neither obscure nor remote — for us, refugees and asylum seekers have familiar faces and names.

You probably work, study, worship, volunteer alongside or send your children to school with those who have fled Burma, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Ethiopia, Venezuela, El Salvador and other war-, povertyand violence-embroiled countries.

This month, meet some of these refugees, and learn about what brought them to the United States and how people in our neighborhood are helping them chart a new life.

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Forced to flee Afghanistan after working for the U.S. Army

Mohammad Haroon Anwayi grew up in a Talibanterrorized area.

“They used religion only as a cover, but their actions were in no way related to our [Muslim] religion. Their violence has nothing to do with religion.”

He witnessed destruction, killing of civilians and government workers for no reason; he saw women confined to the home and girls denied school.

In 2001, American and Afghan military started working together to make things right, as he saw it, for his countrymen.

In 2008, when he graduated from high school, where he had learned basic English, he wanted to do something important, he says.

He applied for a job as a translator for the U.S. Army. The Army added him to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), a U.S. government unit working in wartorn and politically unstable states. Later, he became a cultural advisor.

“This was never a safe job,” Mohammad says. “It was war. A lot of people, a lot of translators, died.”

Stationed in the South Province, where the Taliban was still powerful, violence steadily increased, he says. His parents, three brothers and four sisters feared for him.

He sympathized but was certain he was taking the righteous path, he says.

“I knew I was on the good side. We are trying to get stuff straight and establish government in the country,” he says. “I was seeing the threat, and I knew only one way to fight it was to establish a rule of law. That is what I was trying, with the team, until the last moment of opportunity.”

Mohammad’s wife, Maghfera, is a wide-eyed, softspoken, frequently smiling and impeccably polite young woman from his hometown. Like his family, she urged him to return to the safer capital. But he knew the PRT was slated to disband in 2014 and he intended to stick with it to the end.

Staying alive that long would prove difficult, he says.

Not only did he see many of his team members — both Afghanis and American soldiers — suffer casualties and death, but each time he traveled to see his wife, he risked life and limb.

“We usually traveled in convoys, the safest, though there was the potential of bombs. You could take a flight, not usually available, or taxi — but in taxis you stood a good chance of being pulled over, dragged from your seat and executed.”

The Taliban, the only terrorist group on his radar at the time, had ways of knowing who worked for the Americans, he says. For one thing, word got around in a small town. Or they could drag you out and examine your hands.

“If your hands were soft and clean, they assumed you worked for the U.S. government, and they would kill you.”

Two years before the PRT shuttered, the American military began the process of applying for refugee status for Mohammad.

He hoped to live in Kabul, and he remained there for a couple of months.

“But it was no life. I can’t go anywhere. Can’t even visit my father’s village.”

He could trust his family and closest friends, he says, but as for everyone else, he didn’t know who approved of his efforts and who saw him as a traitor.

Though he spent seven years working, living and entering combat situations with American troops, and though those very Americans launched his refugee resettlement application, Mohammad says he still underwent strict vetting — “examining your work history, background checks,” he says. “I had to take tests, including a polygraph, just to work for the U.S. in the first place.”

And by this time, the couple also had a child, 2-year

“IF YOUR HANDS WERE SOFT AND CLEAN, THEY ASSUMED YOU WORKED FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND THEY WOULD KILL YOU.”

old Ahmad, whose security was essential.

The family of three resettled through the International Rescue Committee, which has offices in our neighborhood. They were placed in a tiny apartment near Richland College.

Life in America started out depressing, he says, but soon the American soldiers with whom he’d worked in Afghanistan began contacting him — calling, texting and even visiting to see how he was doing.

“With my Army friends coming to visit, it felt good. It reminds you that you were part of a big thing, and that is good.”

And he began working right away — doing what?

“Everything,” he replies with a barely perceptible laugh.

He worked every odd job he could find that matched his skills and wound up working long hours as a mechanic at a body shop. Now, in order to spend more time with his family and to help in-laws moving from Afghanistan to

the United States, he’s working as a pizza deliveryman.

He has moved to a bigger apartment in the Lake Highlands area so he can temporarily accommodate his wife’s brother, Abdul, and Abdul’s wife, Shrifa, and their young child, Masi — that family also is part of the UN Refugee Resettlement program.

“When I came, we had no one. We want to give our family something to come to.”

Maghfera, clad in a colorful veil and a dress over black pants, smiles and nods, popping up from the couch to attend to the baby or to deliver a gorgeous tray of fruits and nuts.

With Mohammad translating, she says she is grateful that her family has security and that her brother is here.

“If it was safe, though, I would be home,” she says.

Mohammad turns so he isn’t facing his wife’s sad eyes, or maybe so she doesn’t see his.

“There doesn’t seem like much of a chance of going back.”

Refuge from lesser-known conflicts

Afghans make up more than 50 percent of the refugees coming to Dallas, according to Anne Marie Weiss-Armush of DFW International, a refugee support network based in our neighborhood. Syrian refugees represent the most recent influx.

Turmoil in Latin countries such as Venezuela also brings asylum seekers to our neighborhood.

A few years ago, Alejandra and Ruben Valbuena were living modestly in Venezuela. Both earned bachelor’s degrees — Ruben was working as a quality assurance engineer at a food-producing factory and his wife wanted to pursue a master’s degree in civil engineering.

After they married, Alejandra says through an interpreter (Yaneth Lopez, a volunteer), the couple planned to have two children. “But now, the situation is different,” she says.

In recent years, an economic crisis and a food and medicine shortage, not to mention suppression of free speech, has made Venezuela a dangerous place to live.

Venezuelans today are given a number and a shopping day — that’s one day every week to 10 days when they are allowed to purchase groceries, medicine and toiletries. But queues at the markets, no matter the day, stretch down streets and wrap around buildings. People begin lining up at 4 a.m. Most shoppers are met with bare shelves by the time they enter the store.

“As Venezuela’s lines have grown longer and more dangerous, they have become not only the stage for everyday life, but a backdrop to death,” the Associated Press recently reported.

Several dozen people have been killed in line during the past 18 months, including a 4-year-old girl caught in gang crossfire.

“An 80-year-old woman was crushed to death when an orderly line of shoppers suddenly turned into a mob of looters — an increasingly common occurrence as Venezuela runs out of just about everything,” the AP reports.

Ruben joined a protest against the government — a decision that changed his life.

“I was seen protesting,” he says through the translator, “and word got back to the factory.”

The first time, his pay was reduced and he was demoted, he says. “We were obligated to support the government.”

The government has taken over formerly workercontrolled factories. As conditions worsened, he feared

for his safety.

“Anyone can go and kill you and justice will never be served,” Ruben says.

The young couple was surviving, and Alejandra was grateful to be part of a tight-knit family with loving parents.

But Ruben, unable to sit quietly as his country suffered, continued to protest.

In a December 2015 report, the Venezuelan Violence Observatory estimated that 27,875 killings occurred that year. Venezuela now rivals El Salvador as the world’s deadliest country, according to a New York Times article.

When Ruben and Alejandra learned they were going to be parents, they decided to seek asylum, even though it meant leaving behind people they love — among them, Alejandra’s father, who lost his job as a university professor due to his denunciation of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.

Alejandra is an olive-skinned beauty with long black hair and striking eyes that water when she talks about her family in Venezuela.

“Mal,” she says when asked how it feels to think about her loved ones still there. “Bad.”

Now she has to do best by Alessia — the 2-yearold hops from one toy to another, giggling and clearly content as her mom sits on a couch at the Pamper Lake Highlands charity, which provides services to women including childcare, supplies for babies and English classes.

Alejandra discovered Pamper Lake Highlands, founded by Lake Highlands resident Caren Bright, as she was scouring the city for affordable English classes.

As soon as Alejandra received a permit to work, Bright gave her a job in the day care.

“She is so beautiful, and we are lucky to have her,” Bright says. “She never misses a day of work.”

Her husband is trying to learn English on his own.

He was cleaning pools for a living, but after breaking his leg while playing soccer (“I love sports,” he says), he works at a check-cashing company.

He says he knows opportunities will increase as he improves his English.

“I don’t want to be a load on this country,” he says. “I feel I want to give back to the country where I will live.”

Ruben says he sold everything they owned to pay someone to help him fill out necessary paperwork to

secure political asylum in the United States.

“I don’t care about all of that. She is the most important thing,” he says, referring to his daughter.

The second child they planned for will have to wait, Alejandra says, and her boss, Caren Bright, cries when she overhears this.

“What a sacrifice you have made,” Bright says. “And an intelligent choice.”

Alejandra is just grateful Alessia doesn’t have to go hungry, as so many in Venezuela do.

“[Here] we have milk, food, diapers,” she says. “And if you work hard, you will have a car, house.”

She adds that the freedom to speak your mind here and hold your own opinions is invaluable.

“You are not forced to vote for this politician with a gun to your head,” she says.

When she first arrived, she says she felt isolated and homesick, but as soon as she realized there were so many

people here in Lake Highlands going through similar or worse situations, as she came to know other women through PLH’s English classes, she “felt happier and more motivated and comfortable.”

She is determined to learn — “I will not be one of those who lives here and does not learn the language,” she says.

An essential thing one must muster when coming to America as a refugee or asylee? “Humility,” Alejandra says definitively.

You might be a doctor, lawyer or engineer where you came from, and a pool man, check-cashing clerk or day care worker in the United States. You might be viewed as unintelligent if you do not speak the language well, and Ruben and Alejandra both say they can live with that, for now.

“We have self-reliance, a marriage at peace, we can sleep at night,” Alejandra says. “We want to show our daughter hard work. There, hard work was not valued and strong opinion was persecuted — so one could not grow. How can you be allowed to grow when they will kill you for thinking or speaking your beliefs, just as they will kill you for a pair of shoes? You cannot grow when you are in constant fear.”

Ruben and Alejandra say they aim to apply the same drive here that earned them honors at their Venezuelan university.

Alejandra Valbuena, middle, and other students learn English from volunteers at Pamper Lake Highlands, a nonprofit benefitting local women and children. She takes adult literacy classes three days a week and recently began working at the charity’s childcare ce nter.

“ANYONE CAN GO AND KILL YOU AND JUSTICE WILL NEVER BE SERVED.”

“Even if it takes five more years,” Alejandra says.

To be eligible for asylum in America, people must have fled their home countries in fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality or politics. Once in the United States, those who apply for asylum may legally stay in the country while their application is evaluated, a process that can take years.

her head and needed a couple of stitches. Ruben also attends a group at Watermark where immigrants, refugees, asylees and others get together to help one another with résumés and offer support.

While they are aware of the negative news and political views in Texas related to refugees and immigrants, Ruben and Alejandra say they have felt mostly kindness since arriving in Dallas last year.

It is during this period of limbo that neighborhood nonprofits and churches offer essential services.

When Ruben broke his leg, for example, he went to the QuestCare Clinic, operated by Watermark Church on Skillman at I-635. He gave them a $10 donation, and the doctors there patched him up. Same thing when Alessia bumped

“People help each other,” Ruben says. Alejandra adds that she wants refugees seeking resettlement here to have a chance, because the ones she has met are the most hardworking and grateful people she knows.

“They might be the next doctor to find a cure. They might be a person to make life better. Chances are important.”

“HOW CAN YOU BE ALLOWED TO GROW WHEN THEY WILL KILL YOU FOR THINKING OR SPEAKING YOUR BELIEFS...”

Page Alejandra and Ruben Valbuena sit with daughter Alessia, 2, at their Lake Highlands apartments

Refugees, a subset of second language learners in the Richardson ISD

Richardson ISD’s Newcomer Center ideally is the first education-related stop for all families who speak a language other than English at home; 74 languages recognized by the Texas Administration Agency are spoken at RISD campuses plus an additional 15 other languages/ dialects, says Sara Fox, compliance coordinator for second language learners in RISD. Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Amharic and Urdu are the five most spoken this school year.

Accommodating second language learners has been a major priority for the district since 2001, when its Newcomer Center opened.

When enrollment papers indicate that a language other than English is spoken at home, an appointment is scheduled at the Newcomer Center. Experts there evaluate the situation, both for educational and counseling needs, which has become essential with the influx of refugee or asylee students — 1,059 so far this year compared to 1,038 in 2015-2016 and 949 in 2014-2015 — who have experienced war or lived their lives in camps.

The newcomer center’s Casamayor-Ryan says it’s important to make second language speakers entering RISD feel welcome.

“That first impression here at the Newcomer Center is so important to letting them know we are helping them. We want them to have cognitive, social and emotional needs met while maintaining dignity, allowing them to feel included.”

The Newcomer Center staff tries to glean as much information as possible about students’ education and experiences so they can pass that information along to teachers and counselors at the campus they will attend, Casamayor-Ryan says.

They might be referred to the RISD clothing closet, where families who have lost their belongings can secure clothes and other necessities for their students.

RISD spokesman Tim Clark says he cannot speak for the refugee resettlement organizations and how they place families, but the fact that Lake Highlands is lined with high-density apartment communities means there is more housing for refugee families. Thus, Lake Highlands schools accommodate a fair share of these students.

Specialists trained to teach second language learners move about the district, Casamayor-Ryan says.

Eva Wallace, who is in charge of translation services

throughout RISD, says it has been a busy year, “especially as word gets out about our services.” The district placed signs at every campus and even at local hospitals to let parents know that interpretation services are available for school-related matters, she says.

“On the first day of school, four Arabic speaking mothers were trying to enroll their children but they were not sure how to proceed,” says Sarah Greenman, PTA president at Skyview Elementary.

Through earlier talks with District 10 City Councilman

Adam McGough, she had met Richland College students who could translate Hindi, Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Spanish. Greenman gave a number to the Skyview principal, who called one of the student translators at 7:30 that morning and, she says, one little girl’s face flashed a smile when she heard a person on the line speaking her language, Arabic.

The little girl was missing a leg, Greenman says.

“The children we sent into class are missing fingers and other parts of their hands. They, like hundreds of thousands of others, lived through the bombing of their home in Syria.”

Greenman is fundraising for an ancillary translation initiative for schools such as Skyview, where 10 to 12 languages are spoken on campus.

Wallace says the district is working with the business arm of Catholic Charities to keep the translators available,

“THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE IS AND WILL CONTINUE INCREASING, AND PUTTING A FACE TO IT, MEETING PEOPLE, CREATES A REFINED SENSE OF EMPATHY AND HELPS A STUDENT GROW.”

and RISD’s communication department is making an effort to get the word out.

With almost 40,000 students and 10,000 second language learners — 10 percent of those refugees — the Newcomer Center and its small staff entrusts the welfare of families and students to individual campuses.

Wallace Elementary, for example, hosts a large population of refugee students from Burma, sometimes by way of Thai refugee camps. Teachers such as Saw and Nick help make the transition easier for students and their families.

Looking back on the trip they took to visit Saw’s former refugee camp home, Nick says it helped her better understand specific needs of the students and families new to America.

“Since our return, we have been able to share our stories, observations, pictures, and video with the staff at Wallace, principals in RISD and at Region 10 training,” Nick says. “We have been able to create an awareness that will hopefully impact educators and students even outside of Wallace.”

And the benefit to Americanborn classmates of being exposed to other cultures and distant-seeming global situations cannot be ignored, Casamayor-Ryan says.

“The movement of people is and will continue increasing, and putting a face to it, meeting people, creates a refined sense of empathy and helps a student grow.”

Casamayor-Ryan’s daughter is friends with a girl whose parents are from Ghana and who speaks Italian.

“Here is this big family who has put extraordinary effort into one child’s education. She is in AVID [a college-track program in RISD high schools] and works hard, values her education — it’s the finest example of a child I’d want sitting next to my own at school.”

Carol Toler contributed to the reporting.

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ROLLING AWAY

STORY BY CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB | PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

White Rock Skate Center owner Chuck Connor says he sold his property — a 20,000 square-foot, 43-year-old building built by his dad sitting on about two acres — to a developer that’s been asking him to sell since about 2009.

“We had been thinking about it over the years,” says Connor, who is known among other things, for his 40-year never-missing-a-day-of-work streak.

There was that one time, when he was 28 and he and his wife, Laura, went on their honeymoon. “But my dad was still here at that time; it was before I took over,” he says.

Connor is something like the Sam Rothstein (a shrewd casino operator portrayed by Robert De Niro in a 1995 movie) of the roller rink,

overseeing the center’s day-to-day operations, sometimes from the floor, often on the security monitors that line the wall of his office. Sure, he would never put a person’s head in a vice, but he has been known to ban cardinal rule breakers for life.

One of the most important lessons he learned from his father: keep the rules the same for everyone.

“And, it doesn’t happen often, maybe one in a million, a kid breaks a rule — steals or fights — and when that happens, they are out.”

His wife, co-owner Laura, chuckles at the De Niro comparison.

Seriously, though, the place has meant everything to Connor and his family. Their daughter, Leslie, grew up at the rink, and worked there while she was a teenager.

“She actually had her first gig here when she was about 4 or 5 years old,” he recalls. “We paid her a dollar to hand out fliers. I still remember her first pair of tiny purple skates.”

A wall outside the offices contains a massive collage of photos snapped over the years. Both Connors point out images and recall names of just about every young person who has ever worked here.

The understanding that they will be gone from there forever soon brings tears — from Laura, definitely, and they even seem to brim in seenit-all Chuck’s eyes; especially when they talk about all the old friends and employees who have contacted them since the Friday in September when the Advocate reported the imminent closing.

It’s off to the races at White Rock Skate.

“My phone blew up that night,” Laura says, speaking the lingo of so many neighborhood high schoolers with whom the couple works closely.

But Laura is ready to spend a weekend night with her husband for once, a New Year’s Eve even.

They plan to hop on their HarleyDavidson or sporty convertible — already acquired — and travel the countryside.

They’ll head to Disney World in Orlando, because their talented Leslie has a fulltime job there now.

As so many neighborhood residents lament the loss of the rink, others are more concerned about what will become of the property and the one-tenantoccupied (at time of publication) shopping strip beside it.

Connor pleads ignorance on those matters.

“I’m not in the loop on that,” he says. He just knows he sold to a guy who offered years ago to purchase the rink.

He means Stuart Jones, who also owns the strip center land.

Advocatemag.com readers might recall that in 2008 Jones’ American Brownfields Corporation requested a zoning change from commercial retail to mixed use on the roughly four acres at the corner of Shoreview and Ferndale. Jones asked to replace the shopping center with an upscale, mid-rise apartment complex plus some 60,000 square feet of retail or office space. The L Streets and Lake Ridge Estates homeowners associations at the time supported the proposed change, and the City Plan Commission passed it unanimously.

As more neighbors became aware of the plan, many voiced concern, but it was too late for that. The Dallas City Council passed rezoning to Planned Development 779 that year. And it allows for everything from multifamily and single-family

residences to ambulatory services, nursing home, schools, alcoholic beverage establishments (that would require a special use permit), other types of restaurants and entertainment facilities.

At the time, after rumors of a high-rise condominium building surfaced, the developer via comment on the Advocate website assured the neighborhood

that the PD includes height restrictions: “All structures must comply with the Residential Proximity Slope. This is a 3:1 slope that protects single-family property from having tall buildings tower over their homes. The PD, as proposed, will restrict the allowable heights to specific areas and restrict the overall height of any structure to 95 feet.”

In 2009 the same developer, now under the name LLC Shoreview Viola, requested, as a “potential buyer” to amend and expand the zoning to include the land that occupies White Rock Skate Center and a neighboring credit union.

At the time of Jones’ 2009 rezoning request, Connor said he had no intention of selling the family business.

Since the Connors decided to do “the hardest thing they have ever done,” according to Laura — sell (for an amount they did not wish to disclose) — redevelopment could finally be on the horizon.

Zach Daniels, pastor at Antioch Church, the last remaining tenant in that 4-acre Shoreview strip center owned by Jones’ LLC, says his church soon is moving north to a space in the Catholic Charities building off the I-635 service road.

The timeline is loose, he says, and his official reason is that the congregation has outgrown the space on Shoreview. He says he knows no more than us about what will happen to the properties. He does know that the members of Antioch are devastated by the news of White Rock Skate’s closure.

“White Rock Skate is near and

dear to everyone born and raised in Lake Highlands,” he says.

At the time of publication, Jones had not returned multiple phone calls or emails; his assistant did tell us he was out of the country.

Several community members, including members of a group that managed to save and designate as a historical site the old Lakewood Theater on the opposite side of White Rock Lake, have inquired about buying the rink in order to save it, but that was not an option, according to Connor.

White Rock Skate closed at 5 p.m. Oct. 16, followed by a private affair for family, current and exemployees and police/security guards who have helped them over the years.

Hundreds from our neighborhood and beyond packed the rink to full capacity last month for one final roll, one closing couple skate, one parting Hokey Pokey and bye-bye balloon pop, a so-long limbo and a farewell fall (or few).

White Rock Skate arcade.

MEMORIES OF WHITE ROCK SKATE

“I had several birthdays there and even landed my first boyfriend there. It was the pinnacle of my sixth-grade year when he asked me to ‘go with him.’ We, of course, had no idea where we were ‘going,’ but it sounded cool and he even held my hand. He was such a gentleman — or scared silly,” Amanda Kelley says.

Love blooms at the roller rink. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

Ramie in the 1980s

Mason, Taylor, Jack and Hayden in 2016

Sophia, Bella and Sofia in 2014

Opposite left: This May, four students at Merriman Park Elementary celebrated their birthdays at White Rock Skate. From left, there’s Mason Busch, 8, Taylor Kellogg, 7, Jack Bowlin, 8, and Hayden Cassidy, 7.

“They got to invite the entire first grade class of Merriman Park and they loved every second of it. It was one of the best parties we have had and the staff was beyond amazing,” says Jenny Kellogg, Taylor’s mom.

“This is so sad my grandkids have gone there every Friday and Saturday night since they were 5 and 6 years old. I use to go also to chaperone them until they was old enough to stay there by themselves. This place, to me, is like a big family,” Isabel Alcantar says.

Opposite bottom right: Ramie Jennings (right) laps the rink as a child in the 1980s at White Rock Skate.

“Honestly, there is not a lot I remember from my childhood. However, I’m pretty certain I could draw you the floor plan of how the skating rink was laid out. I have fond memories of the hokey pokey, hundreds of birthday parties and wishing the cute boys would ask me to a couple’s skate. From a little kid to a young pre-teen, I spent some of my best days at White Rock Skate,” she says.

Opposite top right: Sophia Rodriguiz (left) and Bella Hill, right helped Sofia Fundaro (center) celebrate her ninth birthday at White Rock Skate in 2014.

THE OTHER ROLLER RINK

As many bid farewell to White Rock Skate Center and bask in shared nostalgia, let us roll back the calendar to the 1940s-70s, when another rink ruled in what is now the Lake Highlands area.

At the time, the region around Greenville-Royal was known as Vickery, and the place to be was Deuback Skating Rink, located at 7800 Greenville Ave.

Back in 1939, a young John Deuback, whose parents owned the rink, was one of our city’s top skaters, according to a 1939 Dallas Morning News article. He won a race against Dallas’ champion speed skater, but not the official championship race, held that year at Fair Park.

In 1954 John Deuback and his brother Victor acquired the rink from their parents; John lived with

his family in an upstairs apartment, and Victor lived in a guesthouse next door.

The whole campus burned to the ground in 1956, causing an $80,000 loss to the uninsured business, not to mention serious injuries to John, who crawled

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around the burning second floor searching for his 9-year-old son, John Ronald Deuback.

“After finding the boy, Deuback tossed him outside and into the arms of Victor Deuback, 29, his brother and partner in the skating rink,” reported the Dallas Morning News in August that year. “The skating rink has been a landmark on a 3-acre wooded tract in the Vickery area for 19 years,” the paper reported.

The youngster sustained burns and bruising. The Deuback daughter, Carolyn, 13, spent that night with a friend.

Against the odds, John and his wife managed to rebuild a larger and improved Deuback Skating Rink by 1957, and it remained open into the 1970s. Many Lake Highlands residents recall spending their

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Deuback Skating rink nickel (Photo courtesy of Jim Cox)

youths there.

“It was old and rickety but I loved that place,” notes Dean Ingram on a Lake Highlands nostalgia Facebook group. “I went every Friday night from ages 9-12.” The pickles, purchased with special wooden nickels, were the best, several neighbors say. “I still have my wooden nickel some 40 years later,” says Jim Cox.

“I worked there in the snack bar when I turned 16. Sold lots of those pickles,” notes Susan Henneman.

Teresa McCullough says the Deubacks

“took me all the way to nationals with my speed skating.”

“My former physician, Dr. Franklin Casey, married a Deuback daughter in the 1960s,” notes Bill Wachel. “He’s probably 80 and is still practicing at Presby Dallas. Franklin grew up in Garland and met her at the rink, if I remember correctly. I grew up with skating parties at Deuback’s.”

But the business faced tough times. Flooding always has been problematic in the area. A 1966 article describes two firemen clinging to trees near Deuback Skating Rink after raging creek waters carried off their station wagon and equipment.

In 1971, John Deuback watched

helplessly from his home/business as a woman and her child were swept away in White Rock Creek floodwaters. A young man who attempted to rescue them also drowned in the deluge.

The incident infuriated the rink owner because, he said at the time, he had previously pleaded with the city to provide emergency relief to the flood-prone area.

“Deuback said he suggested in letters and conversations with officials that a 400foot channel be cut to straighten the creek and eliminate a bottleneck downstream from Greenville, which causes backup water,” according to a Dallas Morning News article. “If I had been successful,” he told reporters, “I am confident three people would still be alive.”

The city retorted that his plan was ineffective and that they had a better idea — to widen the roadway and expand the bridge near the rink — which would be carried out sometime around 1975.

John’s daughter Carolyn Deuback in 1963 was crowned homecoming queen at North Texas State University, and she won the Miss Richardson competition in ’64. Her talent? Skating, of course.

—CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

FAIR WEATHER FANS IN POLITICS OR SPORTS, DON’T MAKE THE GAME BIGGER THAN IT IS

The people and parties, as well as the players and teams we cheer for, disappoint us time and again. That’s the nature of being supporters and fans of human beings who engage in human

WORSHIP

ANGLICAN

ALL SAINTS EAST DALLAS / allsaintseastdallas.org

Sunday worship 5:00 pm / Live in God’s Presence. Live Out His Love. Meeting at Central Lutheran Church / 1000 Easton Road

BAPTIST

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

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

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 / nhbc.net / 9626 Church Rd.

Sun: LifeQuest 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am / 214.348.9697

Wed: AWANA and Kids Choir 6:00 pm / Student Ministry 7:00 pm

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

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

Sunday School for all ages 9:00 am / Worship Service 10:30 am

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln.

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 & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary

PRESBYTERIAN

LAKE HIGHLANDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.348.2133

8525 Audelia Road at NW Hwy. / www.lhpres.org

9:00 am Contemporary, 9:55 am Christian Ed., 11:00 am Traditional

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Welcomes you to Worship

8:30 & 11:00 am / Church School 9:35 am / Childcare provided.

UNITY

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path for Spiritual Living

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

Sundays: 9:00 am Early Service, 11:00 am Celebration Service

contests — whether contests of ideas or sport.

The Republican Party is going through an agonizing season right now, searching its soul in light of Donald Trump’s nomination and all the chaos that has attended to it. Many Democrats also lack enthusiasm for their candidate. Whether they are unhappy with Hillary Clinton or with the way she has been caricatured by others, there isn’t much liftoff in her constituency. One will win, the other lose. Some hopes will rise and others fall.

The Texas Rangers had an outstanding season, winning 95 games — the most in the American League — and setting records for come-frombehind and one-run margin victories. It was thrilling, until it wasn’t. The Toronto Blue Jays swept the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs. Our baseball team has given us great effort and entertainment, but in every sport only one eventually wins and all others lose.

Brad Sham is the longtime radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys and sports broadcaster extraordinaire. Brad grew up a Cubs fan, and he has called play-by-play for the Rangers, his adopted team. He recently posted on Facebook a reminder that should add sensible perspective. This is for not only my fellow Rangers and Cubs fans, but all sports fans.

But these teams’ fan’s especially. These teams do not owe us results. For our money and emotional investment, they owe us their best effort. These two teams have already over delivered this year. We should thank them and congratulate them. Be very happy if they win. Be as sad as we wish if they lose. But they’re doing their best against other professionals, as they have since February. Let there be no sniping or acrimony from us. We have struck out no one, we have delivered no hits nor run down one screaming liner in the gap. We have sat and cheered. Thank you Rangers. Thank you Cubs. You are examples and inspirations whatever happens next.

The word “fan” is short for “fanatic,” which the dictionary describes as “a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.” Or sports. I would quibble with the word uncritical; hypercriticism is often the problem. But the larger problem is the degree of devotion and emotion we invest in our parties and teams. We make what is supposed to be functional or fun fundamental.

Politics is important because it has real effect on everyday lives. It shouldn’t be elevated to religious ultimacy or trivialized to banal entertainment. Sport is meant to entertain us. But when our lives rise and fall with our teams’ results, we should check our values to see if they have drifted too far.

Spiritual wisdom warns against putting anything at the center of our lives that is transitory. Only God is eternal.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

BUSINESS BUZZ

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES THE

but its sales have plummeted the past four years. “Until the late ’90s, your choices for what to do in the evening besides read a book weren’t that great,” owner John Tilton says. Now, “people spend hours on the internet instead of reading a book.”

NORTHROCK Lake Highlands apartments at 6808 Skillman were put up for sale by Prescott Realty. The 362-unit multifamily development replaced the buildings that were once TOSCANA APARTMENTS. Because the property is located within the Lake Highlands Public Improvement District, businesses can receive municipal funds for neighborhood improvement.

goods

ADVERTISING SECTION to advertise call 214.560.4203

COMING SOON

Both HOLLYWOOD FEED and TACO DINER are slated to join the retail, restaurant and service businesses coming to LAKE

HIGHLANDS TOWN CENTER . Hollywood Feed, a Tennessee-based pet food store, already has locations in Preston Royal and Lakewood. Taco Diner is part of the M CROWD RESTAURANT GROUP, which also owns MI COCINA and THE MERCURY. “The Shops at Lake Highlands Town Center have been a long time coming,” says Bill Rafkin, managing director of CYPRESS REAL ESTATE ADVISORS. “We’ve gone through some twists and turns over the years, but I think the product that we’ll produce will be well worth it.”

UP FOR SALE

LUCKY DOG

BOOKS sold its White Rock area location, and depending upon the past few weeks’ sales, the shop may permanently shut down. The used bookstore has been a part of the White Rock area for four decades,

OPEN NOW

Polyphonic Spree member Julie Doyle officially opened LOUNGE HERE at 9028 Garland, south of White Rock Lake — it’s a worthwhile jaunt for Lake Highlands hipsters who (not) literally will die for its retro vibe and creative cocktails. Also owned by Polyphonic Spree members is GOOD RECORDS, which seeks to spinoff a boutique record store near HERE called GOOD PAGODA , named for a character in Wes Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums.” It will sell records, gifts and artwork.

ORESTO

THE STORE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

Start a new tradition! TURKEY ON THE TABLE encourages the whole family to express gratitude. 10 meals provided to people in need when you purchase. Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30 10233 E. NW Hwy@Ferndale (next to Gecko’s) 214.553.8850 TheStoreinLH.com

CITY VIEW ANTIQUE MALL

The holidays are just around the corner. Vintage Thanksgiving & Christmas items are arriving daily. 6830 Walling Lane (Skillman/Abrams) 214.752.3071 cityviewantiques.com

WALTON’S GARDEN CENTER

Stop in for gifts and holiday decor, customized cutting boards, candles, wind chimes and more! Visit us for Partner’s card beginning Oct. 28th. Christmas trees available after Thanksgiving. 8652 Garland Rd. 214.321.2387

Hollywood Feed at Lake Highlands Town Center.

(Photo by Carol Toler)

Lucky Dog Books. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

The interior of Lounge Here was inspired by retro cocktail lounges that used to exist on airplanes. (Photo from Facebook)

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Gary Neil Gross

Dallas Allergy and Asthma Center

5499 Glen Lakes Dr, Ste 100 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-691-1330

William Raymond Lumry

Allergy and Asthma Specialists

10001 N Central Expy, Ste 100

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-373-7374

Michael E. Ruff

Dallas Allergy and Asthma

Center

5499 Glen Lakes Dr, Ste 100

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-691-1330

Robert W. Sugerman

Medical City Dallas Hospital

Allergy Partners of North Texas

Bldg B, Ste 332

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-7788

Richard L. Wasserman

Medical City Dallas Hospital

Allergy Partners of North Texas

Bldg B, Ste 332

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-7788

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Martin R. Berk

Cardiology and Interventional Vascular Associates

Greenville Medical Tower, Ste 500

7150 Greenville Ave

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-369-3613

Bruce S. Bowers

Dallas Cardiovascular Specialists

Bldg C, Ste 339

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-8855

Tony S. Das

Cardiology and Interventional

Vascular Associates

Greenville Medical Tower, Ste 500

7150 Greenville Ave

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-369-3613

Eric J. Eichhorn Dallas Cardiovascular Specialists

Bldg C, Ste 339 7777 Forest Ln Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-8855

John Frank Harper Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Cardiology Consultation

Main Bldg, 8th Fl East

8200 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-6458

Khanh Lan Hoang North Texas Heart Center

8440 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 700

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-361-3300

Jodie Hurwitz North Texas Heart Center 8440 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 700

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-361-3300

Alfredo Jimenez North Texas Heart Center

Wadley Tower, Ste 851 3600 Gaston Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-826-6044

Susan Joseph Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease

3410 Worth St, Ste 250

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-6856

Darryl Lindsay Kawalsky North Texas Heart Center

8440 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 700

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-361-3300

Charles Brooks Levin Cardiology and Interventional Vascular Associates

Greenville Medical Tower, Ste 500

7150 Greenville Ave

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-369-3613

Benjamin Levine

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine

7232 Greenville Ave, Ste 339

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-4617

William C. Reardon

HealthCore Physicians Group

Professional Bldg I, Ste 230

8210 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 972-284-7000

J. Edward Rosenthal

Dallas Cardiovascular Specialists

Bldg C, Ste 339 7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-8855

Jack Wolf Spitzberg

Cardiology and Interventional Vascular Associates

Greenville Medical Tower, Ste 500

7150 Greenville Ave

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-369-3613

John Tan

North Texas Heart Center

8440 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 700

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-361-3300

Carlos Velasco

North Texas Heart Center

Wadley Tower, Ste 851

3600 Gaston Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-826-6044

COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY

R. D. Dignan

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Surgical Services

Barnett Tower, Ste 1209 3600 Gaston Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-824-2573

James W. Fleshman, Jr.

North Texas Colon and Rectal Worth Street Tower, Ste 600 3409 Worth St

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 469-800-7600

Sharon Gregorcyk

Texas Colon & Rectal Specialists

Bldg A, Ste 321

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-661-3575

Philip J. Huber, Jr.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

True Surgical Partners

Margot Perot Bldg, Ste 306

8160 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-8060

Warren E. Lichliter

North Texas Colon and Rectal

Worth Street Tower, Ste 600 3409 Worth St

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 469-800-7600

Anthony Macaluso

Texas Colon & Rectal Specialists

Bldg A, Ste 321

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-661-3575

Floyd Clark Odom

Texas Colon & Rectal Specialists

Medical Office Bldg II, Ste 205

8220 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-739-5758

Clifford Simmang

Texas Colon & Rectal Specialists

Bldg A, Ste 321

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-661-3575

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Randall Lee Rosenblatt

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease

3410 Worth St, Ste 250

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-6856

Dan Schuller

Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists of Dallas

Wadley Tower, Ste 651

3600 Gaston Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-3275

DERMATOLOGY

Jennifer Cather

Modern Dermatology

9101 N Central Expy, Ste 160

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-265-1818

Melissa I. Costner

North Dallas Dermatology

Associates

8144 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 1300

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-420-7070

Chris W. Crawford

Dallas Associated

Dermatologists

5924 Royal Ln, Ste 104

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 214-987-3376

James H. Herndon, Jr.

Dermatology Center of Dallas

Presbyterian Bldg 3, Ste 500

8230 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-739-5821

Peter D. Hino

Dermatology Center of Dallas

Presbyterian Bldg 3, Ste 500

8230 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-739-5821

M. Alan Menter

Texas Dermatology Associates

Baylor Medical Pavilion

3900 Junius St, Ste 145

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 972-386-7546

Lynne J. Roberts

8144 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 360

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 469-232-9300

Frank C. Saporito

Dallas Skin Cancer Center 411 N Washington Ave, Ste 1200

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-396-5227

Sarah R. Scott

Dallas Associated Dermatologists

5924 Royal Ln, Ste 104

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 214-987-3376

Laura L. Sears

Dallas Associated

Dermatologists

5924 Royal Ln, Ste 104

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 214-987-3376

Jerald L. Sklar

Dallas Associated

Dermatologists

5924 Royal Ln, Ste 104

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 214-987-3376

Lori D. Stetler

Dallas Center for Dermatology and Anesthetics

8201 Preston Rd, Ste 350

Dallas, TX 75225

Phone: 214-631-7546

Daniel Witheiler Pavilion III, Ste 470 1411 N Beckley Ave

Dallas, TX 75203

Phone: 214-941-7546

ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Steven G. Dorfman

Endocrine Associates of Dallas 10260 N Central Expy, Ste 100 N Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-363-5535

David M. Feinstein

5232 Forest Ln, Ste 170 Dallas, TX 75244

Phone: 214-964-0888

David M. Feinstein

5232 Forest Ln, Ste 170 Dallas, TX 75244

Phone: 214-964-0888

Jonathan D. Leffert North Texas Endocrine 9301 N Central Expy, Ste 570 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-369-5992

Richard A. Sachson Endocrine Associates of Dallas 10260 N Central Expy, Ste 100 N Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-363-5535

GASTROENTEROLOGY

James Steven Burdick Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Advanced Endoscopy Consultants of Texas Worth Street Tower, Ste 600 3409 Worth St Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-8899

John Kent Hamilton

Digestive Health Associates of Texas 411 N Washington Ave, Ste 6000 Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-821-5266

Katherine H. Little

Digestive Health Associates of Texas 712 N Washington Ave, Ste 200 Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-545-3990

Peter Mayer Loeb Texas Digestive Disease Consultants

Professional Bldg 3, Ste 610 8230 Walnut Hill Ln Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-7398

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P. Craig Hobar

Bldg B, Ste 107

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-7300

Patrick Lynn Hodges

Texas Health Presbyterian

Hospital Dallas

North Central Plastic Surgery Management Group

Professional Bldg 2, Ste 206

8220 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-739-5760

David E. Martin

Bldg C, Ste 625 7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-6988

Patrick H. Pownell

7115 Greenville Ave, Ste 220

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-368-3223

Bryan H. Pruitt

8315 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 125 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-363-6000

PSYCHIATRY

Mark J. Blotcky

8226 Douglas Ave, Ste 805

Dallas, TX 75225

Phone: 214-739-1808

Diane Fagelman Birk

12880 Hillcrest Rd, Ste 109 Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-387-4747

Rob (Robert) Garrett

5477 Glen Lakes Dr, Ste 210 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-855-1303

Kevin F. Gray

Dallas VA Medical Center

Mental Health Services

4500 S Lancaster Rd, Ste 232 Dallas, TX 75216

Phone: 214-857-0779

Cindy D. Marshall

Baylor AT&T Memory Center

9101 N Central Expy, Ste 230 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-818-5765

Gerald Anthony Melchiode

8226 Douglas Ave, Ste 805 Dallas, TX 75225

Phone: 214-288-3220

Edgar P. Nace

12700 Hillcrest Rd, Ste 260 Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-716-9678

Leon D. Rosenthal

Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas

5477 Glen Lakes Dr, Ste 100

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-750-7776

Martin H. Schaffer

9400 N Central Expy, Ste 1212

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-373-3031

Larry G. Shadid

8226 Douglas Ave, Ste 805

Dallas, TX 75225

Phone: 214-739-1101

Thomas Michael Sonn

5956 Sherry Ln, Ste 540

Dallas, TX 75225

Phone: 214-696-8941

David L. Tyler

5952 Royal Ln, Ste 170 Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 214-614-9594

PULMONARY MEDICINE

Robert D. Black

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Texas Lung Center

Barnett Tower, Ste 806 3600 Gaston Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-824-8521

Randall Lee Rosenblatt

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease

3410 Worth St, Ste 250 Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-6856

Dan Schuller

Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists of Dallas

Wadley Tower, Ste 651 3600 Gaston Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-3275

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Jerry Lee Barker, Sr.

Texas Oncology

Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas

8196 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 100 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-7394

RADIOLOGY

William I. Dittman

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

Radiology Associates of North Texas

8200 Walnut Hill Ln Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-7770

Paul Harris Ellenbogen

Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center

Professional Bldg 3, Ste 100 8230 Walnut Hill Ln Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-6905

Chet R. Rees

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Texas Interventional Radiology

712 N Washington Ave, Ste 101 Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-827-1600

Frank J. Rivera Dallas Nephrology Associates

Vascular Center

3604 Live Oak St, Ste 300 Dallas, TX 75204

Phone: 214-826-4224

RHEUMATOLOGY

Stanley Bruce Cohen

Rheumatology Associates

8144 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 800 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-540-0700

Kathryn Dao

Arthritis Care and Research Center

9900 N Central Expy, Ste 550 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-373-4321

Sharad Lakhanpal

Rheumatology Associates

8144 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 800 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-540-0700

Alex Limanni

Arthritis Centers of Texas 712 N Washington Ave, Ste 300 Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-823-6503

Dianne Petrone

Arthritis Centers of Texas 712 N Washington Ave, Ste 300

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-823-6503

Scott Jeffrey Zashin

8230 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 614 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-363-2812

SLEEP MEDICINE

Philip M. Becker

Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas

5477 Glen Lakes Dr, Ste 100 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-750-7776

Leon D. Rosenthal

Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas

5477 Glen Lakes Dr, Ste 100 Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-750-7776

SURGERY

Ernest Beecherl

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Annette C. and Harold C.

Simmons Transplant Institute

3410 Worth St, Ste 850

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-2050

Walter Lee Bourland

Texas Breast Specialists

8160 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 113

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-345-7374

Richard Dickerman

Methodist Dallas Medical Center

The Liver Institute

Pavilion III, Ste 268 1411 N Beckley Ave

Dallas, TX 75203

Phone: 214-947-4400

Robert M. Goldstein

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute

3410 Worth St, Ste 850

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-2050

Goran B. Klintmalm

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Annette C. and Harold C.

Simmons Transplant Institute

3410 Worth St, Ste 950

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-1786

B. Ward Lane

Surgical Consultants of Dallas

Bldg A, Ste 214

7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-7860

G. Thomas Shires III

Southwest General Surgical Associates

Professional Bldg 3, Ste 414

8230 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-369-5432

Giuliano Testa

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Annette C. and Harold C.

Simmons Transplant Institute

3410 Worth St, Ste 850

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-820-2050

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Peter Beitsch

Dallas Surgical Group

8140 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 800

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 214-350-6672

Michael Daniel Grant

3900 Junius St, Ste 220

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-826-7300

Warren E. Lichliter

North Texas Colon and Rectal Worth Street Tower, Ste 600 3409 Worth St

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 469-800-7600

G. Thomas Shires III

Southwest General Surgical Associates

Professional Bldg 3, Ste 414

8230 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-369-5432

UROLOGY

James S. Cochran

Urology Clinics of North Texas

Professional Office Bldg 3, Ste 700 8230 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-691-1902

Christopher D. Fetner Bldg A, Ste 234 7777 Forest Ln

Dallas, TX 75230

Phone: 972-566-7772

Joshua K. Fine

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Urology Clinics of North Texas

Barnett Tower, Ste 1002 3600 Gaston Ave

Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-826-6235

Steven M. Frost Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Urology Clinics of North Texas

Barnett Tower, Ste 1205 3600 Gaston Ave Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-826-6021

Pat Fox Fulgham

Urology Clinics of North Texas

Professional Bldg 3, Ste 700 8230 Walnut Hill Ln Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-691-1902

Keith Troy Kadesky

Urology Clinics of North Texas

Professional Bldg 3, Ste 700 8230 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: 214-691-1902

Robert C. Schoenvogel

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Urology Clinics of North Texas

Barnett Tower, Ste 1205 3600 Gaston Ave Dallas, TX 75246

Phone: 214-826-6021

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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,

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER More than 500 adult art classes/ workshops from metal to mosaic! www.creativeartscenter.org

VOICE TEACHER with 40+ years experience. M.M. LSU www.PatriciaIvey.com • trilletta@msn.com • 214-769-8560

EMPLOYMENT

AIRLINE MECHANIC TRAINING Get FAA Certification. No HS Diploma or GED. We Can Help. Approved For Military Benefits. Financial Aid If Qualified. Job Placement Assistance. Aviation Institute Of Maintenance. 866-453-6204

LOVE TO KNIT OR CROCHET? New yarn boutique seeking part-time instructors. Flexible hours. Competitive compensation. Send a short resumé to: instructorsknitshop@gmail.com

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

SERVICES FOR YOU

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

COMPUTER HELP! Viruses, Data Recovery, Upgrades, WiFi Problems, Onsite Tech. 214-533-6216 WebersComputers.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

MCCLELLAND GUN SHOP Clean, Repair, Restore. New/Used Guns. 214-321-0231 McClellandGun.com

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

NEIGHBORHOOD ENERGY EXPERT Helps you earn rewards for free energy, travel points & more. Call Elaine today for a free electric bill review. 214-500-3667 Make the Switch & Save!

LEGAL SERVICES

A WILL? THERE IS A WAY! Estate/Probate matters. maryglennattorney.com 214-802-6768

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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

BOOKKEEPING NEEDS? Customized To Your Needs. Payroll, W-2,1099. C.A.S. Bookkeeping Services. Cindy. cascastle@sbcglobal.net 214-577-7450

LEGAL ISSUES? The Law Office Of Lauren C Medel, PLLC. LaurenMedel.com. 972-773-9306

LICENSED PHYCHOLOGIST Academic, behavioral, ADHD, emotional testing. Children, adolescents, adults. Therapy. Dr. Katherine Pang 214-531-7624 lighthousepsychtesting.com

Don’t let Holiday treats weigh you down

This time of the year there’s temptation with cookies, cakes and candies at every turn, but here are some helpful tips to eat healthy this festive season.

1. Eat before you go to the party.

2. Be careful with beverages, especially alcohol — they can lower inhibitions and cause mindless eating.

3. Manage portion size and eat slowly, so you know when you’re full.

4. Keep up with exercise. Don’t try and lose weight, try and maintain.

5. Remember, everything in moderation. Enjoy the holidays!

PET SERVICES

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

HOUSE CALLS OF DALLAS Personalized Care For Your Pet/ Home. Everything from Traveling/or away for the day. Insured. 214-704-6621.housecallsofdallas.com

BUY/SELL/TRADE

CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! All Makes/Models. 2000-2016. Any Condition. Running Or Not. Top $$$ Paid. Free Towing. We’re Nationwide. Call Now. 1-888-985-1806

RANGERS, STARS & MAVS

Share front-row Texas Rangers, Stars & Mavs seats. Tickets are available in sets of 10 games (sets of 2 or 4 tickets per game available). Participants randomly draw numbers prior to season to determine a draft order fair to everyone. Call 214-560-4212 or rwamre@advocatemag.com

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

CLUTTERBLASTERS.COM

Estate Sales, Moving & DownSizing Sales.

Since 2001. Ph/Txt Donna 972-679-3100

ORGANIZEANDREJUVENATE.COM

Declutter/Files/Feng Shui. 972-816-8004

OVERWHELMED? CALL All Points: “A Solutions Company” AllPointsEstateServices.com • 214-802-2781

LocalWorks.advocatemag.com

WANT TO MAKE MONEY? Richardson Mercantile is looking for dealers who want to join one of the best antique malls in DFW. Need details? Go to richardsonmercantile@gmail.com

AC & HEAT

CLEANING SERVICES

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

CLEAN FREAKS Fall Special 20% Off! DallasCleanFreaks.com Call Today! 214-821-8888

Family Owned & Operated

Serving the Dallas area for over 30 years

We raise

972-274-2157

www.CrestAirAndHeat.com

APPLIANCE REPAIR

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

USED APPLIANCES FOR SALE Washer $125. Dryers $89. 1 yr. Warranty. Repair. 972-329-2202

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

$100 off 1st clean for new weekly/bi-weekly clients. Staff trained by Nationally Certified Cleaning Tech. Chemical-free, Green, or Traditional Cleaning. WindsorMaidServices.com 214-381-MAID (6243)

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

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

TWO SISTERS & A MOP Move in/Out. Reliable/Dependable 20 Yrs Exp. 214-283-9732 twosistersamopmaidservice.com

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

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

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

Tuck Pointing / Crack Repair. Mortar Color Matching. Windows,Doors, Cracks Etc. 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 (36 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

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948

anthonyselectricofdallas.com

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

BRIGHT LIGHT ELECTRIC • 214-553-5333

TECL 31347 Brightening Homes and Businesses

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

EXPERIENCED LICENSED ELECTRICIAN Insd. Steve. TECL#27297 214-718-9648

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. EST. 96 Automatic Gates, Fences/Decks, ambassadorfenceco.com 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

NORTHLAKE FENCE Locally owned and family operated. Celebrating 36 years of service. 214-349-9132 northlakefence.com

EST. 1991 #1

COWBOY

FENCE & IRON CO.

214.692.1991

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

cowboyfenceandiron.com

FLOORING & CARPETING

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

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

FLOORING & CARPETING

HASTINGS STAINED CONCRETE New/Remodel. Stain/Wax Int/Ext. Nick. 214-341-5993. www.hastingsfloors.com

WOOD FLOORING SPECIALISTS

serving DFW since 1999 Install Refinish · Repair Wax Clean 214-543-7404 · dfwwoodfloor.com

Restoration Flooring

469.774.3147

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

EAST

CLEANING Power Wash.

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

JIM HOWELL 214-357-8984 Frameless Shower Enclosures/Custom Mirrors. Free Estimates

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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

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 HOUSE PAINTING

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

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

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

HOUSE PAINTING

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

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

Complete Kitchen And Bath Remodels. Tile, Granite, Marble, Travertine, Slate. Insured. 214-563-5035 www.blake-construction.com

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. dallastileman.com 214-343-4645

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

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

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

Complete Full Service Repairs, Remodeling, Restoration. Name It — We do it. Tommy. Insured. dallas.tkremodelingcontractors.com

TOM HOLT TILE 30 Yrs Experience In Tile, Backsplashes & Floors. Refs. Avail. 214-770-3444

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

A&B LANDSCAPING Degreed Horticulturist. Landscape & Stone Work. 214-534-3816

AYALA’S LANDSCAPING SERVICE

Call the Land Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

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

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

TRACY’S LAWN CARE • 972-329-4190

Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

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

NOVEMBER SPECIAL

$200 OFF 4 man crew/4 hours

Call Mark Wittlich 214-332-3444

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 469-346-1814 - 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

THE PLUMBING MANN LLC

All Plumbing! Since 1978. RMP/Master-14240 Insured. 214-FAST-FIX/ 214-327-8349

WE REFINISH!

• Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

• Cultured Marble

• Kitchen Countertops

214-631-8719

www.allsurfacerefinishing.com

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

#1 WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS Professionals, Experts, Artists. Trim, Remove, Cabling, Bracing/Bolting. Cavity-Fill Stump Grind. Emergencies, Hazards. Insd. Free Est. 972-803-6313. arborwizard.com

A BETTER TREE MAN Trims, Removals, Insd. 12 Yrs Exp. Roberts Tree Service. 214-808-8925

IRISH

POOLS

LEAFCHASERS POOL SERVICE Parts/Service. Chemicals/Repairs. Jonathan. 214-729-3311

REMODELING

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS, LLC

Complete Remodeling, Kitchens, Baths, Additions. Hardie Siding & Replacement Windows. Build On Your Own Lot. Insured. www.blake-construction.com 214-563-5035

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. dallastileman.com 214-343-4645

OBITUARIES

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Jack Lee Brown loved competition from the day he was born to Cora Mae [Sing] and Homer Lee Brown on Jan. 8, 1929 in Fort Worth to his last, Sept. 17, 2016. Whether it was making pocket money off of retirees at Buckner Park in Dallas as a child, making a name for himself as an All-American basketball play-

er at SMU, or playing bridge with the Lake Highlands North Thursday Bridge Club later in life, Brown was constantly challenging himself physically or mentally while building relationships with family and friends. In his high school basketball career, Brown led his team to a state 2A championship in 1946, where he scored 10 of his teams 32 points, earning him an All-State Tournament Team nod. Following his high school career, Brown moved a few miles away to SMU, where he played from 1947-1951 on full scholarship. When he graduated in 1951, he held SMUs career points record with 827. After his tenure at SMU, Brown toured with the Harlem Globetrotters as a member of the opposing college All-American team, then began his final career as a safety consultant for underground

utility companies. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Ann LaVonne Dickard Brown; children Melinda Lindy Kay Brown Kurtz (Jim), Jack Lee Brown, Jr. (Karen), Charles Dickard Brown (Melanie) and Meredith Ann Brown Hill (Brenden); grandchildren Erin Adriane Kurtz (Jamieson), Justin Glen Kurtz, Travis Luke Brown, Melyssa Elizabeth Brown, Nathan Dickard Brown (Sarah), Corbin Anthony Brown (Katherine), Jordan Matthew Brown (Lucy), Lauren Alison Hill and Courtney Ann Hill; great grandchildren Olivia Kay Wrobel, Brayden Owen Kurtz, Barrett David Brown, Ephraim Allen Brown, Jensen Edward Brown and Morgan Rose Brown. Services were held at 10:30am on Friday, September 23, 2016 at East Dallas Christian Church at the corner of Peak and Junius in Dallas.

MAYHEM AT FOREST LANE 7-11

The store has been robbed on multiple occasions, and it even was the site of a gas-pump murder caught on video last February. It is located across the street from an apartment complex with skyrocketing crime rates, as of early 2016, where a man was shot in the face as he walked his dog. On the opposite side sits the banquet hall where 19-year-old Cassandra Subi was killed in crossfire after an altercation led to a shootout. It takes no detective to conclude the 7-11 at Forest Lane and Skillman Street exists in a perilous place, where clerks sometimes put their lives in danger just by coming to work. Further skullduggery occurred in early October, when two men robbed the cashier on duty at gunpoint. The worker was left unharmed, but suspects made off with the register’s cash till. At the time of publication, police were still trying to track them down. They ask anyone with information about the pictured men to call the crimes against persons unit at 214.671.3584 or anonymously at Crimestoppers, 214.373.TIPS. Police formed a 170-officer Northeast Dallas Violent Crime Task Force last March to combat crime in this area.

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