2016 July Lake Highlands

— TONY HAWK Pro skateboarder on the late Lake Highlands resident Jeff Phillips.

In 1945, Ebby Halliday founded her then one-woman, one-office firm based on three principles of service: service to the client, service to the industry and service to the community. As we celebrate over seven decades of service, it’s our privilege to celebrate and honor some of our extraordinary Women in Business in Lake Highlands and East Dallas.

LIVE ON

Lake Highlands legends, like skateboarder Jeff Phillips, are gone, but their legacies last.

IN THIS ISSUE

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BLOOM OF YOUTH

HOW THE DALLAS ARBORETUM AIMS TO ATTRACT GENERATION Y.

20

WAKE AND BACON

THE LONG-AWAITED DREAM CAFE NEAR WHITE ROCK LAKE IS FINALLY OPEN, AND IT’S OFF TO A SIZZLING START.

29

OUR HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COWBOYS

FOUNDED BY THE LATE ‘TEX’ ODDSON, THE SPRAWLING WHITE ROCK AREA PASTURE PRESERVES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD’S PAST.

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ROCK ON

LOCAL CELEBRITY MIKE RHYNER RECALLS ‘SICKENING’ LOSS OF HIS ERSTWHILE CO-HOST JOHN LABELLA, SAYS THE BROADCASTER/ LAKE HIGHLANDS DAD SHAPED RADIO AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. 35

IT’S YOUR BUSINESS

THERE’S MOVEMENT AT LAKE HIGHLANDS TOWN CENTER AND MORE DEVELOPMENT NEWS.

(Photo taken at Guapo Skillz Center by Danny Fulgencio)

ON THE COVER: Photo of Jeff Phillips courtesy of texasstyleskateboarding.com’s Greg Bayer. Quote from professional skateboarder Tony Hawk on his rival, Phillips.

Radio host Mike Rhyner on his onetime co-host. page

Boy Scout Troop 890 in 1974. (Photo from the Troop 890 archives at 890eagles.org.)

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND

BUT WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN ANYMORE?

You would expect a neighborhood to be a friendly place.

Isn’t that how we select our homes, to some extent, because eventually we hope to feel some type of kinship with the people who already live there? We may not know them yet, but the architecture and the lawns and the cars and the landscaping tell the story of future neighbors, people we hope will become our friends over time.

It doesn’t always work out that way, though. Friendship is elusive, and mere proximity isn’t necessarily enough to make what starts as a random connection turn into something more meaningful.

Someone said something interesting to me the other day: “I really don’t like my friends.”

It started me thinking about friends and friendship: Is it possible to have a friend you don’t like? Isn’t “liking” someone kind of elemental to calling them a friend?

Something else got me thinking about friendship, too: A recent study published by the Public Library of Science concluded that only about half of the people most of us call friends would say the same thing about us.

That’s right. If you identify 20 people as friends, only about 10 of them will tell someone else they’re friends with you. And if we knew which half didn’t really like us that much, we probably wouldn’t like them much, either — not exactly a great way to build a stable of friends.

Who is defined as a “friend” and what is defined as “friendship” are admittedly vague concepts, and those

Rick Wamre

concepts change with times and technology. Some of us have hundreds of Facebook friends and LinkedIn connections, but how many of those people can we count on to bail us out of a problem at 3 a.m.?

It all comes down to what we expect out of friendship. Are we satisfied calling people “friends” who know our names but not much else about us? Or do we believe a friend is someone who knows us inside-out, and vice versa?

It’s pretty easy these days, when checking out other peoples’ online accounts, to read the glowing snippets and watch fun-looking photos and videos and see the myriad approving responses from “friends” to convince ourselves that friendship is something everyone else has in abundance even as we struggle to find it.

It would be easier if neighbors or even co-workers were automatically friends, but it doesn’t work that way, either. We all have our lives to live, and for the most part, our priority is not usually someone else.

Perhaps the ultimate lesson in friendship is one I heard recently during an interview with NPR radio host Diane Rehm. She was talking about her late husband, and as a wife and presumably a friend, she seemed to have his need for friendship figured out: “He would rather have had lunch with The New Yorker magazine than any human being. Including me.”

Apparently, her husband identified the one friend he knew he could count on, and he married the one friend who helped him live his life as he wanted.

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UNFORTUNATELY, THE CHURCH CAN OFTEN BE A HARSH JUDGE OF THINGS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT INTERPRETS THE BIBLE IN A LITERAL WAY. IT TAKES A DEAL OF COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT ON SUCH MATTERS, ESPECIALLY AS A CHURCH LEADER.”

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“Very inspirational for [my] 11 year old to see someone with so much giving back.”

Eagle Scout Samuel Hotz

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SCOUTS HONOR

Social responsibility, character and physical fitness — assets sharpened by young men ascending to rank of Eagle Scout, something achieved by about 5 percent of all Boy Scouts. Since 1912, about 2 million have attained it, and more than 500 did so right here in Lake Highlands. Eagle Scouts

who tackle big community service projects, know CPR and other lifesaving skills, and, in general, are the most dedicated, driven, destined-forgreat-things kids the Boy Scouts have to offer — make excellent neighbors.

The number of Eagle Scouts emerging from neighborhood-based Troop 890 is soaring; last spring it presented its 500th Eagle Scout award.

Chartered at Lake Highlands United Methodist Church in 1961, Troop 890, has been meeting each Monday night for 55 years.

Clarke Hammond and his brother Gary were among the earliest members of 890, and Hammond says his father, Grant, was one of the first scoutmasters.

“Some of the best times of our lives were the times we spent as scouts,” he notes in the “stories” section of Troop 890’s new website, 890eagles.org.

“It has been over 50 years since we first joined Troop 890 and it fills me with pride that the children and now grandchildren of my fellow scouts are or have been members of the troop and many of them became Eagles.”

He says the honor goes beyond childhood and adolescence.

“The leadership skills, teamwork and perseverance” gained in the Eagle Scout process “will give you a step up in this world.”

For decades camping has been central to Troop 890 (Photo courtesy of Dick Barr via 890eagles.org)

This troop’s success is selfperpetuating. The members of one generation become leaders of the next, and so on, giving back what has been given to them.

What Scoutmaster Kyle Friedel loves most, he says, is helping young scouts conquer fears, so they later might encourage others to do the same.

“Among my most memorable experiences will always be helping young scouts go over the edge of cliffs and rappel down the side,” Friedel notes. “One of my favorites was young Hunter Gordon, a usually fearless kid who upon approaching the edge, began to panic, then trying to get over the edge he began melting into tears and snot. Once he finally got a few feet down, he looked up and shouted to the others, ‘This is easy,’ then promptly ran back up to do it again, and again.”

All of the members participate in campouts and hiking adventures — including a yearly 50-mile spring break hike for the older boys — as well as volunteerism, such as an annual holiday service project with LHUMC.

Upon reaching the 500 Eagle milestone, the troop created the aforementioned website, 890eagles.org, where members of the community can view photos and videos from the last 55 years and read about projects the scouts are involved in which directly benefit the Lake Highlands community. Visitors to the site also can read memories and stories submitted by former and current scouts, and if you are a past 890 member, submit your own tales.

— CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB FOR MORE INFO, visit 890eagles.org. FOR MORE PHOTOS of Troop 890 over the years, visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com.

Make a Splash this SuMMER!

IN PURSUIT OF MILLENNIALS

THE DALLAS ARBORETUM’S NEWEST CONCERT SERIES ATTEMPTS TO WOO THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS

Attracting millennials to a Dallas venue is akin to coaxing hummingbirds into your yard: It requires intricate planning, and you still have to get lucky.

So when the Dallas Arboretum got lucky with a one-off event last summer, it decided to repeat the formula this summer and hope it works just as well.

“That’s everybody’s challenge in an organization — a younger generation,” says Terry Lendecker, the arboretum’s vice president of advertising and promotions.

The winning formula last July was to invite local musicians and let them perform intimate sets in several spots throughout the gardens. The food trucks, BYO picnics and beverages, and an affordable $7 entry fee on a Friday night didn’t hurt, but the millennial surge likely came from the musicians’ social media promotion of the event, Lendecker says.

Neighborhood musicians Salim Nourallah, John Lefler and Camille Cortinas each have an extensive local following, and it’s safe to assume their following trends young. Lefler and Cortinas will return this summer for what the Arboretum is calling “Garden Gigs,” which take place every Friday night this month.

These mini concerts don’t replace the cover bands who headline the Arboretum’s amphitheater stage in late spring, early summer and fall. Those shows, which pay tribute to such stars as the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson and the Beatles, tend to appeal to a more mature demographic.

The arboretum pictures itself as a venue for all ages

— “womb to tomb,” Lendecker says, “everyone from grandmothers to grandkids.” Its Mommy & Me Mondays and Tiny Tot Tuesdays act as a point of entry for young parents. But young professionals, “they go where the hottest thing is,” Lendecker says. “That’s hard to keep up with, it really is.”

It’s not the only organization in Dallas throwing things at walls to see what sticks. The Dallas Holocaust Museum, for example, offered special millennial admission prices and millennial-only events in June in hopes of educating a younger generation.

Outdoor concerts, which “Dallas does really well,” Lendecker says, are fairly popular with this demographic. The Dallas Zoo hosts summer concerts, as does the Dallas Museum of Art. “Everybody’s doing it,” Lendecker says, but the Arboretum has one strong advantage.

“We’re at the lake,” she says. “That’s hard to compete with.”

— KERI MITCHELL

THE DALLAS ARBORETUM’S GARDEN GIGS TAKE PLACE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IN JULY. ADMISSION IS $10 ($8 FOR MEMBERS) AND INCLUDES PARKING. FIND MORE DETAILS AND THE MUSICIAN LINEUP AT DALLASARBORETUM.ORG.

East Dallas musicians John Lefler and Camille Cortinas perform at last year’s Dallas Arboretum Garden Gigs. (Photos courtesy of the Dallas Arboretum)

PAWS& CLAWS

GOT

ALLAMERICAN DOG

Her beaming smile tells you everything you need to know about little LULU from Lake Highlands. She’s one happy Chihuahua. She can’t stop wagging her tail, and she befriends everyone she meets, her people parents note. She lives for walks around the neighborhood, snuggling up in welcoming laps and belly rubs.

REGISTRATION DEADLINES

TACKLE FOOTBALL: July 29 th (4 th -6 th grade)

TOUCH FOOTBALL TEAM ONLY: August 26 th (4 th -6 th grade)

FLAG FOOTBALL: August 26 th (1 st -3 rd grade)

VOLLEYBALL: August 15 th (3 rd -6 th grade)

BASEBALL: August 15 th (PK-8 th grade)

Office Hours: M-F 10am-3pm

OUT & ABOUT

JULY 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

FAMILY FUN FRIDAYS

It wouldn’t be summer without a trip to the Dallas Arboretum. Each Friday, the arboretum features face painting, a petting zoo, silhouette artist Micki Triggs and music.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum.org, $10-$15

JULY 4

FOURTH OF JULY PARADE

Need plans for Independence Day? No need to worry. The Exchange Club of Lake Highlands is putting on its annual parade at 9 a.m. followed by a carnival for everyone to enjoy. Lake Highlands High School, 9557 Church, lakehighlands4th.com, free

JULY 10

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

Too Hot To Handle gives Dallas runners a challenge to race in either its 5k or 15k. Do you think you have what it takes or is it too hot to handle ?

Norbuck Park at White Rock Lake, runproject.org, $24-$64

JULY 12-31

PLAY TIME

Christmas in July? It would seem that way as the Eisemann Center presents “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Murder!” in living black and white. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive, 972.744.4650, eisemanncenter.com, $22+

JULY 15-31

PARADE OF PLAYHOUSES

Who doesn’t love the giant playhouses at NorthPark? In its 21st year, Dallas CASA has provided many opportunities to see these works of art, which bring awareness to their important work serving children in need.

NorthPark Center, 8687 N. Central, 214.827.8961, dallascasa.org, free

Through July 17

PINKALICIOUS

What happens when a little girl is so obsessed with pink treats that she eats nothing else? She developes a nasty case of Pinktitis. The stage version of the popular children’s book comes to the neighborhood. Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, 214.740.0051, dct.org, $22-$28

JULY 22-JULY 31

EVITA

The seven-time Tony winner is coming to a theater near you. Come enjoy one of Broadway’s most exciting and biggest musicals.

University Theatre, 800 W. Campbell Road, 972.883.2787, utdallas.edu, $15+

Delicious

Dream Cafe’s burgers are all served with leaf lettuce, tomato and red onion. (Photo by Kathy Tran)

DREAM CAFE

With plenty of outdoor seating and a large, open floor plan, it’s clear the owners of the newly opened Dream Cafe on Mockingbird decided to dream big.

The brightly colored diner is upscale without being uptight, making it a perfect place to meet friends for a late, lazy-day breakfast, or lunch when you just need to get out of the office. Expect to find classic dishes with a twist, Lakewood Dream Cafe owner Christine Lott says.

“We’re kind of American eclectic with a healthy flair.”

The Cafe serves breakfast and lunch every day until 3 p.m. and features a dinner menu Tuesday through Saturday.

Lott says some of the house favorites include the Mystic Pasta, a grilled chicken dish dressed up with brie, smoked bacon and pearl onions, then tossed with orecchiette pasta in a garlic cream sauce. The Sonoma squash, a creamy, savory plate delivering a roasted acorn squash stuffed with brown rice, pecans, currants, shallots and goat cheese, is another popular choice with customers. The dish is served with a garden salad with balsamic or cilantro-lime vinaigrette.

Lott also recommends the shrimp sacos. The whole wheat tortillas are packed with crispy fried shrimp, avocado, cabbage slaw and aioli and served with black beans, brown rice and sour cream.

This is the third Dream Cafe — the first two are in Uptown and Addison — and the only one owned by neighbor Lott.

DREAM CAFE

6465 E. Mockingbird, suite 140 972.503.7326

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AMBIENCE: Casual, relaxed PRICE RANGE: $5-$15

HOURS: Sunday-Monday, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

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The Square Meal can feature salmon, chicken or tofu. (Photo by Kathy Tran)

SUMMER SWEETNESS

A classic French dessert that might seem intimidating to make will surprise you with its simplicity. Pâte á choux is the dough that creates the airy and crisp shell that can be filled with your favorite ice cream or custard and garnished with powdered sugar, a decadent chocolate sauce or fresh fruit. Bite size and full of ice cream and fruit, profiteroles will win over the hearts of your guests and keep you cool during the summer heat.

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MEXICAN GRILL

BREAKFAST/LUNCH

Another Broken Egg Cafe

It’s our passion to create exceptional dishes for breakfast, brunch and lunch that are “craveably” delicious with an artisanal flair.

Mon-Sun 7:00 -2:00 pm

1152 N. Bucker Blvd. Suite H100

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Resident Taqueria

Voted Best New Restaurant 2016, CultureMap Dallas

We boast fresh, made-to-order tortillas, slow-braised meats, seasonal & local produce, and a margarita that elevates the concept of Happy Hour.

New! Breakfast Tacos available during business hours.

Open Mon.-Sat. 11am-9pm Family Friendly. Lake Highlands Plaza 9661 Audelia Rd. Suite 112 ResidentTaqueria.com

972.685.5280

MEXICAN GRILL

Enchilada’s

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Readers as Best Date Night in Lake Highlands

Celebrate 4th of July with a Big E Margarita along with Tex Mex favorites

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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.

Hours:

Mon. Closed , Tues.-Sat. 11am-8pm Sun. 11am-5pm

10240 E. Northwest Hwy. one90smokedmeats.com 214.346.3287

La Bodega’s Authentic Latin Cuisine

NOW OPEN! A great dining experience that combines the Caribbean Soul food of Puerto Rico & Cuba with the bold flavors of Argentina, Peru and Panama. Enjoy perfectly charred Churrasco, Vaca Frita Patacon Slider, Corvina a la Criolla & traditional Mofongo.

DINER

Circle Grill

The rain is gone (we hope), and the heat is on! Summer is here and we’ve got the salads and light lunches you want!

Selection of Light Lunches available Monday thru Friday, Chicken or Tuna Salad, Chef, and many more!

Breakfast and Lunch 7 days a week

Dinner Thurs-Sat

3701 N. Buckner Blvd. 214.327.4140 www.facebook.com/CircleGrill www.thecirclegrill.com

RECIPE: PROFITEROLES

MAKES 24

PÂTE Á CHOUX:

1 cup water

1/2 cup butter, unsalted

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

4 eggs

FILLING:

Ice cream flavor of your choice (vanilla bean is recommended)

Fresh strawberries, sliced

DIRECTIONS:

Heat water, butter and salt in a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil.

Once the butter is completely melted, reduce the heat and add the flour. Whisk until the flour and butter mixture form into a paste that pulls away from the sides of the pan.

Take mixture off of the heat and pour dough into a mixer with paddle attachment.

Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes to release the steam from the dough. Slowly add the eggs, one by one, and beat until the dough is smooth and all ingredients are fully combined.

Pipe or scoop dough into 2-inch balls on a baking sheet.

Egg-wash the top of dough for a golden brown finish.

Bake at 425 °F for 10 minutes and then reduce the heat to 375 °F for about 15 minutes or until profiteroles are a light golden brown.

Allow the profiteroles to cool completely before filling.

Cut profiteroles in half and add one scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and fresh cut strawberries.

Garnish with powdered sugar. Serve immediately.

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

STORY BY CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

SKATEBOARDER JEFF PHILLIPS, HORSE WHISPERER TEX

ODDSON AND FM RADIO

ICON JOHN LABELLA — LAKE

HIGHLANDS LEGENDS WHOSE

LEGACIES REFUSE TO DIE

does Superman call when he needs help?’

JEFF PHILLIPS: GONE 20 YEARS, THE TEXAS SKATE KING’S INFLUENCE IS UNDENIABLE

Over the unruly wildflowers and native grasses coloring the crest of Flag Pole Hill towers a thicket of century-old trees; if they could talk, they might tell tales of a boy in a man’s 6-foot-2 frame who loved to scale their trunks, perch in their loftiest limbs and look out across White Rock Lake at the Dallas skyline. They might spill dark secrets about the revered Lake Highlands High School alum — three-time national skateboarding champ, household name, cherished brother and son, animal lover, faithful friend — and why he shot himself in the head on Christmas morning in 1993.

That treehouse on Flag Pole Hill was Jeff’s cherished reprieve from a difficult world, says Jimmy Coleman — Jeff’s friend and erstwhile business partner — the one place he could go to quench his thirst for nature, but it was nondescript, “just a normal tree with some wood planks nailed in up high,” Coleman says.

If it’s still there (Coleman thinks it might be, although it’d be tough to find), rest assured no child can climb its rungs to perilous altitudes, because Jeff was precise regarding their placement — close enough for he and his friends to shinny up, but too far apart for little legs to reach a foothold. That’s the kind of guy he was, says East Dallas skater Woody Sigrist, who grew up skating at Jeff Phillips Skate Park.

“He cared about things like [children’s safety]. I didn’t have pads, couldn’t afford them, so he gave me some from his shop. That’s what I remember about Jeff.”

Coleman says he and Jeff and their buddies would hang out here, about a quartermile into the woods from, and 60-75 feet above, Jeff’s Flag Pole Hill abode, which was funded by cash competition prizes, sponsorships and sales of his Jeff Phillips signature boards, stickers, T-shirts and gear. On sturdy platforms, they drank beer and

Professional skateboarder Jeff Phillips died on Christmas in 1993. (Photo courtesy Greg Bayer and texasstyleskateboarding.com)

‘Who

It’s no secret that Phillips indulged — he once outperformed Tony Hawk, “The Birdman,” skateboarding’s biggest name, while under the influence of hallucinogens, according to lore.

“I don’t remember that specifically but it seems entirely possible,” Hawk says. “If Jeff stayed on his board, he was tough to beat, on or off drugs.”

The White Rock Valley rental was a cozy pale-charcoal bungalow with a carport where Jeff and live-in girlfriend Alison hosted barbecues and cohabitated with several snakes, a monitor lizard named Lurch, a three-horned chameleon, a few geckos, four cats and a freshwater eel. Jeff and Alison regularly attended herpetological society meetings.

Jeff considered buying the place, which also was chock full of models he loved to construct and weapons he collected.

Alison moved out in 1993, but she told Rolling Stone in ’94 that she and Jeff never officially broke up.

Unlike many of the era’s young skate stars, Jeff did not pilfer away his earnings. He invested in his dream, the Jeff Phillips Skate Park, which he bought in 1991.

Business stress along with Alison’s

the era was the most awful time in history to try to earn a living through skateboarding.

“Skate parks were closing, skate companies were going under and vert skating, as Jeff and I were mostly known for, was considered dead,” Hawk says. “I had just started a family as all of this came crashing down, so financial pressure was everpresent.”

Jeff started skateboarding when he was 10. Bill Dempsey, a classmate at Lake Highlands Junior High, remembers his friend as a kindred spirit, a fellow daredevil who loved flying through the air, up and over ramps, hanging at Wizards Skate Park, then located near the DallasRichardson border.

Wizards, by the way, was the worst of the worst parks, according to Dallas’ Guapo Skate Park proprietor Al Coker, who also owned Dallas’ first skate shop at Valley View Mall in the ‘80s. That he could skate the “awful” Wizards is a “testament to how physically talented Jeff was,” Coker deadpans.

This past spring, just before Guapo closed its South Side location (Coker plans to reopen elsewhere soon) many of Jeff’s old friends gathered and reminisced about him.

Charismatic, kind, generous,

men to tears.

Hawk, speaking from California, says he first met Jeff at a competition in Del Mar, Calif., and “liked him a lot because he was clearly having fun and didn’t care about the contest element so much.”

“God, Jeff was smart,” Dempsey recalls. “You had to be to gauge some of the things he attempted.”

A guy once badly injured himself following teenaged Jeff’s lead.

“At Wizard’s there was this snake run, and Jeff gets this idea, instead of going the way its meant to be, why don’t we drop into the end? Well the end is like a crazy straight-up wall that launches you up in mid air, and it’s impossible. Just take my word. Impossible. But he goes, ‘No, I’ve figured it out.’”

An older guy there thought Jeff and Bill were little punks, and after witnessing Jeff pull off this move, he tried it,” Dempsey says. “He left in an ambulance that day. We heard later he’d busted his spleen. We never saw the dude again.”

To further illustrate Jeff’s unique skill, Dempsey pulls forth a black and white photo of himself, on his board, jumping a ramp. (See it on p. 28).

“That’s taken in Lake Highlands by our friend Gina Natho, for photography class. This picture of

Lake Highlands High School alum, the late Jeff Phillips, skates an empty pool in Fort Worth in 1987. (Photo courtesy Greg Bayer and texasstyleskateboarding.com)

me, I am so proud of. You do not understand how many takes it took to catch me looking like this,” he says. “It wasn’t that way for Jeff. Everything he did was right. Every shot perfect, just like another day at the office.”

Though they had drifted apart once the fame began to escalate, Dempsey says he quit skating for 30 years in the mid ‘90s, following Jeff’s death.

“Hard for me to articulate, but I couldn’t look at a skateboard without feeling overwhelmingly sad,” Dempsey says.

“He was all power. He shook the ramp and made it feel like thunder,” Coker recalls. He stops mid-sentence when he sees a guy perform a Phillips 66. “There it is,” Coker says. After building up speed driving back and forth in the half pipe, the skater rides backward to the lip of the bowl where he plants a hand, swings his body upside down, twists all the way around and drops back into the bowl — a difficult maneuver that Jeff invented and few skaters attempt.

Everybody at the park talks about

Texas skaters and their reputation.

From afar, Hawk confirms. “‘F-you, we’re from Texas,’ pretty much sums it up. Jeff was Texan to the core.”

It’s almost impossible to imagine that this guy frequently referred to as a god and legend — who periodically graced the cover of Thrasher magazine, who appeared in dozens of advertisements and whose name alone was worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $70,000 a year by age 19 — was a virtual pariah when he started high school in 1980.

“Being a skater at a Dallas high school then meant being a distinct minority, being vilified by jocks and rednecks, as well as by parents,” wrote Peter Wilkinson in a 1994 article for Rolling Stone. “‘What are you going to do with that toy in class?’ football players asked skaters in the hall at Lake Highlands High School. Reveling in their new private rebellion, they vowed to skate forever.”

Jeff, his dad Charles, mom Hilda and older sister Kathy moved to Dallas after several years living in Asia.

Around the time Jeff began renting his house, his White Rock neighborhood was plagued by a series of driveway robberies, according to Rolling Stone, which cites the crimes as part of the reason Jeff bought a gun, to “keep at home for protection.”

A typical Texan, the article continues, Jeff had an affinity for guns and knives. In the summer before his death, the story goes, his infatuation increased, and he attended 20 gun shows in just a few months.

High school attitudes nonwithstanding, the ‘80s was skateboarding’s big boom. Skate culture flourished around the country and Jeff was a king. “I definitely took inspiration from him,” says Hawk, “and wished I had a style as smooth as his.”

For a while Jeff tried to attend Richland College, to appease his mom, but she told Rolling Stone that school was hopeless. “Skating was his life and he never outgrew it. He got hurt so many times it was ridiculous. Even after major surgery he’d get back

up on that damn board,” she said in 1994.

His cohort Coleman came in to help run his 13,160-square-foot Northwest Dallas skate park. Despite support from friends and fellow pros like Hawk — who calls Jeff’s park “one of the few places I looked forward to skating on the first Birdhouse tours,” — by 1993, in the days leading up to Jeff’s suicide, they were meeting with parties interested in taking over, Coleman says. He thinks the suicide was a bad, split-second decision, which Jeff would have badly regretted.

“We all do these stupid things, especially when we’re drinking or whatever, and he just did the one dumb thing he can never take back.”

“I don’t remember that specifically but it seems entirely possible.

If Jeff stayed on his board, he was tough to beat, on or off drugs.”

–TONY HAWK

Patrons of Guapo Skate Park including Woody Sigrist, top left, and owner Al Coker, remember Jeff Phillips with an annual tribute event that benefits a local suicide and crisis center. (Photos by Danny Fulgencio)

Coleman adds that one of the saddest realizations is that just a year or so later, X Games and extreme sports rose to popularity; it’s

“Who does Superman call when he has issues?”

Jeff and some friends spent the day before Christmas 1993 at

just before Hilda came careening up the driveway.

“Nobody’s been able to get ahold of Jeff ...” Hilda clipped, mid-stride. Walgren tried to hold her, begging her not to go inside, but Hilda barreled past those struggling to restrain her, making a beeline for her son’s body and screaming, “Let me help him!”

Jeff was buried at Restland Memorial, in the Lake Highlands area, but a few years ago, after the site attracted too many visitors — fans piling skateboard wheels and plastic toys upon his grave — Jeff’s family moved him to an undisclosed location, his friends say.

The questions are unending: Why and how and what if? One thing all his friends seem sure of is that Jeff, if still alive, would be right out here with the so-called Old Man Skate Cartel.

“He’d love this,” Dempsey says, looking around Guapo Skate Park — crowded with skaters who are black, brown and white, clean-cut and dreadlocked, aged 8 to 65 — on its bittersweet closing day.

Greenville, according to the Rolling

been treated if he’d grown up today.

“Medicated, maybe he’d still be alive. It’s pure speculation on my part, but I think it could’ve been different,” Coker says. “I was sad. He was a kid I had very fond memories of.”

Hawk says he wishes Jeff had “found a way to stay positive in those dark times. It would be incredible to see him at the ‘legends’ events that have gained so much reverence in recent years.”

Dempsey says he understands how bad it hurts to have something you love become the source of stress. He adds that Jeff was such a hero to all that he might have felt he had nowhere to go with his problems.

house in Lochwood, and he didn’t seem particularly drunk or despondent. He had dinner with his folks and sister, her children and husband. Kathy told Rolling Stone it was basically their happiest-ever Christmas dinner.

But at 2:45 a.m. Jeff went home — reportedly the first time in eight years he did not spend Christmas Eve at his parents’ place.

His neighbor Judy Walgren discovered him on Christmas afternoon, sitting on his bed, slumped over, the .357 Magnum revolver near his body.

Some other neighbors helped break into the house, and they reportedly were all praying together

Most of these same people will gather together again later this summer for the annual Jeff Phillips tribute, which originated in 2011 and has drawn such celebrities as Christian Hosoi and Craig Johnson. Hilda and Kathy, Jeff’s mom and sister, both have attended the event, Coleman notes, a fact that initially shocked him, he says, and tugs at his heartstrings. They participated after 2014, when it became a fundraiser for the Suicide and Crisis Center of North Dallas. Through these get-togethers, as Woody puts it, “We keep his stoke going.”

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THE ODDSONS: NATURAL BEAUTY LIVES ON IN THE HEART OF LAKE HIGHLANDS THANKS TO THEM

Amid bundles of apartments, upscale subdivisions, a busy

Bill Dempsey, childhood friend of Jeff Phillips. (Photo by Gina Natho)

high school and emerging new developments such as the Lake Highlands Town Center lies a pastoral 14-acre remnant of Lake Highlands’ past.

Tinted by the rose-colored lens of time, many Lake Highlands natives associate the land with a childhood paradise.

They recall the green pastures, owned by the Oddson family, teeming with laughing children on recreational trips through fragrant pastures, drawn by horse or tractor.

“They gave rides through the park all the way to Flag Pole Hill,” recalls Harold Timm, a 1964 Lake Highlands graduate. His best buddy was Texas Oddson Jr., better known as “Scooter.”

“Everyone knew who the Oddsons were in those days,” Timm says.

The Oddson family patriarch founded White Rock Stables in ’48.

That was Scooter’s father, also a Texas, or “Tex.”

He was a genuine horse whisperer, the lore goes, who learned his trade from Minnesota cowboys, gravitated to Dallas/Fort Worth at 16, and made his early living training

thoroughbreds at Arlington Downs racetrack in Fort Worth. Later, generations of White Rock area children learned to ride horses under Tex’s tutelage.

No one knows how the son of Norwegian immigrants came to be named Tex, his son told the Dallas Morning News in ‘94. “Texas was his destiny,” he supposed.

His time in Lake Highlands began with a training gig at long-gone stables located where the Moss Creek neighborhood now stands.

“He was a real man of the West. A real icon,” his attorney William P. Davis told the Dallas Morning News in ‘94. He worked miracles with the horses, he said.

“He could get on a troubled horse and the horse’s ears would come up, and the horse knew he’d met his match.”

Oddson had a saying that stuck with his students: “The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.”

The obit mentions that the elder Oddson holds a jumping record, to this day, set on a horse that supposedly was no jumper.

Scooter and his brother Terry had it a bit tougher than the neighborhood kids who came for riding lessons and horse-drawn treks. “Growing up I had a lot of work,” Scooter told the White Rock Weekly in 2010. “My brother and I worked seven days a week when we weren’t in school. We worked with the horses, maintained the barn, the fences and we mowed the grass … and unlike many homes in the White Rock neighborhoods of the day, we did not have air conditioning.”

Still it was a fantastic upbringing, he recalled.

Timm remembers Scooter’s mom, Louise McCamy Oddson, especially fondly.

“Ms. Oddson was a wonderful cook, a wonderful mother to all the kids in the neighborhood,” he says. “They were a real family to everyone. They went out of their way to remembers kids’ birthdays, things like that, would talk to kids having problems, just being like a second family.”

Scooter was a loyal, if polarizing, companion, Timm says. “Yes, you could say he taught me to ride,” he

Texas Oddson Sr., above, was a horse showman in his younger years; son Texas “Scooter” Oddson Jr., right, took over White Rock Stables after his father’s death. (Photos courtesy of Amelita Facchiano)

in the jungle for six weeks before he could escape,” Timm says.

He came home to a marriage and family, but post-war trauma got to him, Timm believes.

Timm doesn’t want to say why, exactly, on record, though he understands it, but in those years, Scooter forgot Timm. Literally, he could not remember his childhood pal, according to Timm.

“I lost my best friend in Vietnam,” says Timm, who is now married to a fellow LHHS alum and living in Clearwater, Fla.

But Scooter ostensibly recovered, and when his father died, he took over operations at the stables,

to his obituary, published in February

swath of natural beauty in a rapidly developing area is often used in commercial photo shoots — Neiman Marcus, Anthropology and Children’s Hospital are among recent companies who have shot ads on the land.

“My intent and purpose,” Facchiano says, “is to keep the property intact and help ensure that the legacy of this family lives on.”

JOHN LABELLA: A BELOVED VOICE WAS SUDDENLY SILENCED

The first time Dallasites missed John LaBella was in early April, 1986, when he left his job as radio DJ at KZEW 98 FM, the Zoo, that hard-rocking station whose logo’s blue wings and gold lettering — once plastered on bumpers and T-shirts aplenty — is forever emblazoned on many a middle-aged mind. “His departure marks the end of an era,” lamented the local press who covered LaBella’s April 2 going-away party. He and Zoo co-host John Rody wore matching pink tuxedos that night — a decade later a similar bit featuring Jeff Daniels and Jim Carey in “Dumb and Dumber” would garner giggles galore. Like many pranks, jokes and ironies of the past couple decades, these guys did it first.

preceded him in death,” according to the obit.

Today, Scooter’s brother Terry, a doctor who lives between Dallas and property in Little Rock, Ark., owns White Rock Stables.

Granddaughter Amelita Facchiano says she’s made it her life’s mission to maintain the acreage in its current form, seeking historical designation if necessary, she says.

Though horse-drawn rides and lessons are no longer part of the program (insurance to do such things these days runs about $150,000 a year, Facchiano says), the stables still board and care for more than 20 horses. The property itself, a rare

In their initial two years at the station “they became the most listened to rock ‘n’ roll morning show in the entire Southwest,” noted a TV reporter in 1982, who gushed about

miniature horses and his 1962 Corvette

Texas Oddson Sr. taught generations of Lake Highlands kids to ride. (Courtesy of Amelita Facchiano)

John LaBella and John Rody perform “surgery” on Mike Rhyner in a 1980s Zoo radio promo.

(Photo courtesy Roy Crane)

their unique brand of “banter and repartee.”

Twenty years later, LaBella had evolved into a permanent auditory fixture in the lives of many, though he spread his wit, wisdom and broadcasting acumen around. There were FM stations KZPS, KRRW, KBFB and, finally, KMEO, Memories 96.7, which he helped launch in 1998.

It was while driving home from his shift there that, at age 52, LaBella’s ubiquitous voice was forever quieted.

A freak accident March 4, 2002 on Interstate 30 left his family, friends and fans devastated. LaBella died instantly when a piece of a forklift fell from a truck into oncoming traffic, striking his car.

Radio personality Mike Rhyner, founder of KTCK The Ticket, played the yuk-monkey role supporting LaBella and Rody at the Zoo.

LaBella’s death sickened him, he says.

“That something like that would happen to him, of all of us, it was nearly impossible to wrap our heads around,” Rhyner says. “He was a sweet, gentle guy. Can’t think of a person who didn’t like him. He held no ill thoughts toward anyone. He was private, he probably did very well financially but you wouldn’t know it he lived in one bedroom on Melody Lane and drove a red Volkswagen. A couple margaritas would have been an indulgence for him.”

The 1980s media called LaBella and Rody “irreverent underdogs” a title that can easily be used to describe the talent at The Ticket, whose cheeky humor is clearly a nod to the old Zoo hosts.

“There is no doubt working with him and Rody had a tremendous influence on what I think of this business. I cannot attempt to explain the impact they had on me and how I looked to [John as an example of] what we all are supposed to do,” Rhyner says. “He

was the consummate professional radio announcer, he did a super job and sounded great doing it.”

Residents of Lake Highlands, the neighborhood where LaBella and his family lived before his death, remember waking up with him.

“He came out of my radio every morning,” notes Scott Johnson.

And others knew him as a fellow parent at White Rock Elementary.

“I used to talk to him while we waited for our daughters to get out of

school for the day,” Susie Logee Dale recalls. “He was so humble, I didn’t know who he was until my husband told me. When I mentioned this to John he said, ‘Yes, I’ve done a little radio work.’ But he was a genuine Dallas phenomenon at one time.”

The inadequately licensed truck operator responsible for LaBella’s death pleaded guilty later that year to criminally negligent homicide, stating publicly that he was “devastated” about the accident.

“I don’t know how to describe it — it’s unbelievable,” he told the Dallas Morning News in December 2002.

Everyone who was anyone in Dallas radio attended LaBella’s funeral, Rhyner says.

“People cast aside their grievances and there were some major grievances, we are talking some extreme, outsized personalities in this business — for that day,” he says. “It was one of the few things that brought everyone together.”

The late John LaBella at the Zoo radio station. (Youtube.com)

HIGHLANDER SCHOOL

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LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

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SPANISH HOUSE

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WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

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EDUCATION

Deputy superintendent Jeannie Stone , who came to RISD last summer from Wylie ISD, was named interim superintendent by the RISD Board of Trustees, following Kay Waggoner ’s recent retirement. Stone has served as acting superintendent since April, and she accepted the interim role at the June 13 board meeting. Board President Kim Caston says she and the other members are “delighted” to have a leader of Stone’s caliber. In a letter to her employees, Waggoner said, “From the bottom of my heart, thank you for the opportunity to work in this outstanding district, with exceptional people, serving incredible kids.”

PEOPLE

Joe Duffield was hired as Lake Highland High School’s new head basketball coach. Previously, Duffield served as head coach for Vista Ridge High School in Central Texas, where in 2015-16, he lead his team to a 31-5 record and was named 25-5A Coach of the Year. Duffield replaces Rob Wylie, who is retiring from RISD. Duffield is familiar to Lake Highlands, though. He was an assistant basketball and football coach from 2007-10. LHHS Athletic Coordinator Lonnie Jordan says “[Duffield] is a dynamic and energetic young coach who does a tremendous job building relationships with kids. Coach Duffield and his family are very excited to be coming home to LH. He considers this his dream job and has exciting plans to turn the Wildcat basketball program into a dominant force.”

LHHS graduate and “Glee” star Mark Salling pleaded not guilty to federal charges in early June. Salling was arrested last year for being in possession of child pornography. The Associated Press wrote that Salling could “be released after he posts $150,000 bail, including $100,000 of his own money to guarantee future court appearances.” Salling will have his internet-controlled devices monitored and approved by federal authorities and will have to wear an ankle monitor.

JULY 2 Rebirth Brass Band

JULY 9 The Landsharks

JULY 16 Limelight

JULY 23 Petty Theft & The Bird Dogs

JULY 30 The O’s

It’s summertime at the Dallas Zoo, and the Safari Nights concert series is back for another wild season. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy live music, beer, and wine on shady Cat Green. And check out Zoo animals while the sun goes down. It’s free with admission.

ARKANSAS CEDAR CABINS

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URBAN THRIFT

Thrift store

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New stuff & sales everyday! We accept ALL donations! You’re welcome to come drop them off or schedule a FREE pick up! We give back to our community!

LAKE HIGHLANDS ACUPUNCTURE

Health & Wellness

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BUSINESS BUZZ

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

HOSPITALS

At the end of May, HCA North Texas purchased Forest Park Medical Center Dallas for $135 million. HCA North Texas, which also owns Medical City Dallas hospital, purchased the Forest Park Medical Center, which closed in 2015, “to meet the needs of our growing North Texas community,” HCA North Texas Division President Erol Akdamar said. With 84 beds, 22 operating suites and 16 ICU rooms, “the addition of this property will add needed capacity and allow us to proactively plan for the continued growth of the exceptional complement of services we provide,” Akmadar says.

Medical City Dallas Hospital continues to grow with the addition of 123 private patient rooms. On June 1, the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center and Joint Restoration Institute opened. By putting all of these elements together in Building E, it “brings our vision of an orthopedic and neurosciences hospital on the campus of Medical City to life,” says Troy Villarreal, president and CEO at Medical City Dallas Hospital. In addition, there is a gym, dining room and more for the patients in Building E.

CELEBRITY HOUSING?

Recently, a fund backed by “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria put money in Turner Impact Capital, a real estate group that invests in affordable housing. That fund recently purchased the Legends on Lake Highlands to offer affordable housing to working families in our neighborhood. The complex, which has 27 buildings and 356 units, is one of two Dallas apartment complexes the fund

purchased recently. The other is in Oak Cliff. According to Tuner, “Nearly half of all renters spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent, and one-quarter of all renters spend more than 50 percent of their income on rent.”

NOW OPEN

After 10 years, Greenville Avenue Pizza Company is finally opening the doors to a second location on the corner of Garland and Peavy roads. In a press release, owners Sammy and Molly Mandell say they were “so fortunate to have this opportunity to expand and share our concept with the community where we grew up.” Open from 11-1 a.m., the restaurant serves pizza, hot sandwiches, wings and garlic knots to the pizza lovers and the late night munchers.

Carlens Luxury Optical is set to open July 1 at the Shops at Park Lane. The high-end eyewear retailer is owned by Stephany Carmona. Learn more at facebook.com/ carlensoptical.

Spinach, ricotta and tomato pizza.

(Photo by Lori Bandi)

IS YOUR ANGER RIGHTEOUS OR SELF-RIGHTEOUS?

THE ANSWER IS IMPORTANT IN OUR CURRENT AGE OF RAGE

WORSHIP

ANGLICAN

ALL SAINTS EAST DALLAS / allsaintseastdallas.org

Sunday worship service at 5:00 pm

Meeting at Central Lutheran Church / 1000 Easton Road

BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Sunday School 9:15am & Worship 10:30am

Pastor Jeff Donnell / www.lbcdallas.com

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

Summer Worship 10:00 am / Childcare provided. All are welcome!

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

Anger seems to be all the rage now.

Political pundits see seething masses behind the presidential campaign success of candidates in both parties. Each in his or her own way taps into frustration with the way people feel the world is organized against them, and/or with the direction of social mores, and/or inequality in economic outcomes — for the middle class especially.

Feelings are rooted in facts that give rise to them. Change is the one constant in life, and the speed of change is hard to keep up with. Information travels in nanoseconds now. We are bombarded by news we don’t need along with news we need, and culling through the one to get to the other is a chore. Stories sensationalize the silly and banal. Long form pieces provoking thought are rare. Sources are increasingly dubious; hence emails are rife that spread half-truths and reinforce a culture of complaint.

Whether the subject is samegender marriage or the right bathroom for transgender persons to use, the question of whether black lives matter enough to shape respectful relationships by or for law enforcement, or equal pay for equal work for women, the social stasis is in flux. This produces, on the one hand, anxiety in those who feel a loss of what they have known as standards they could count on, and, on the other hand, boldness in those who see an opportunity to move from the margins to the center.

The shrinking middle class wants to be heard. Their grievance with the rich goes to their sense that the traditional rungs on the ladder of

George Mason

opportunity have been sawed off. Unions have been broken up; jobs have been offshored for cheap foreign labor. Higher education costs have exploded. At the same time, they believe those beneath them in the socio-economic strata receive benefits denied to them. They feel squeezed in both directions.

The anger is real, but is it good? It can be. Anger can motivate action. It can mobilize people to seek change. It can also do more harm than good.

“Be angry but do not sin,” the Bible says. “Do not let the sun go down on your anger.”

I haven’t made many good decisions in the heat of anger, have you? I regret most of what I said or did in fits of rage. Anger should give us pause before it drives our behavior. It should alert us to what’s wrong, but then enlist our spiritual reason to address how to right the wrong.

Frederick Buechner puts it pithily:

“Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back — in many ways it is a feast fit for a king.

“The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.”

As the summer temperature rises in all sorts of ways, we would do well to cool down with more than lemonade. Raw emotion needs the partnership of considered thought to bring about a beloved community where everyone feels at home and no one lacks hope.

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

Back Row: Barbara Macleod, Juliette Bouchard, Britt Lopez, Dani Hanna, Nancy Garcia, Ashley Cox

Front Row: Amanda Rosander, Sunny Wood, Brooke Pearce, Kathie Truitt, Melissa McGarity, Lori VanMeter, Bess Dickson, Jennifer McClain

GRADUATION BOUND

Justin Yarbrough walks through White Rock Elementary School. Before crossing the big stage at Lake Highlands High School, local grads visited their former elementary schools for Senior Walk. Down halls lined with younger students, the graduates provided high fives and inspiration, with the hopes of motivating the elementary students to stay in school.

CLASSES/TUTORING/ LESSONS

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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PROPERTY TAX PROTEST laurenmedel.com. 972-773-9306 Mobile. SEO Friendly. Maintainable.

WEBSITE? AdvocateWebDesign.com 214.292.2053

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MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

OAKCLIFF-LMT.COM Between Kessler & Stevens Park. Swedish & deep tissue massage. LMT Renee, 214-704-8193.

PET SERVICES

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

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

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, Storage Units. 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

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

(Photo by Greg Dale)

Submit your photo. Email a jpeg to editor@advocatemag.com.

AC & HEAT

WINDOW AC TUNE UP Repair, Cleaning, Etc. Buy/Sell 214-321-5943

Family Owned & Operated

Serving the Dallas area for over 30 years

We raise our kids here, too!

972-274-2157

www.CrestAirAndHeat.com

APPLIANCE REPAIR

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

CLEANING SERVICES

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

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

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

WANTED: HOUSES TO CLEAN Great Prices $$. Family owned business. 15 years exp. Reliable. Excellent Refs. Call Sunny @ 214-724-2555

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

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 Lighting and 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

FLOORING & CARPETING

ALL WALKS OF FLOORS 214-616-7641 Carpet, Wood, Tile Sales/Service Free Estimates

HASTINGS STAINED CONCRETE

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

Restoration Flooring

Serving your Neighborhood Since 1993

Repairing: Refrigerators •Washer/Dryers

• Ice Makers •Stoves • Cooktops • Ovens 214✯823✯2629

CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

Cabinet Refacing, Custom Built-ins and Entertainment/ Computer Centers.

Full Kitchen and Bath Remodels.

For information, contact Jim @ 214-324-7398

Licensed Contractor proudly serving Lakewood/ East Dallas since 1995 squarenailwoodworking.com Visa/MC accptd.

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

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

ALL CONCRETE RESTORATION & Decorative Designs. Staining 214-916-8368

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

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 214.692.1991

25+ Years Experience

469.774.3147

Hardwood Installation · Hand Scraping Sand & Finish · Dustless restorationflooring.net

Willeford

hardwood floors

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

FOUNDATION REPAIR

OPTIMUM FOUNDATION SERVICES

Reliable, cost-effective foundation repair. We are dedicated foundation specialists who bring customized solutions. Free estimates and transferable warranties. Contact us for an easy, no-obligation consultation. 214-500-0351 Info@optimumfoundationservices.com

• Slabs • Pier & Beam

• Mud Jacking • Drainage

• Free Estimates

• Over 20 Years Exp.

972-288-3797

We Answer Our Phones

GARAGE

SERVICES

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

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

COWBOY

FENCE & IRON CO.

EST. 1991 #1 SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

cowboyfenceandiron.com

Northlake Fence and Deck

Locally owned and operated by the Mccaffrey family since1980

214-349-9132

www.northlakefence.com

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

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

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

A R&G HANDYMAN Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Fencing, Roofing, Light Hauling. Ron or Gary 214-622-7488, 469-878-8044

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

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

G & P HANDYMAN Plumbing, AC, Electrical, Painting, Roofing, Fix Appliances. 214-576-6824

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

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

#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

A&B LANDSCAPING Degreed Horticulturist. Landscape & Stone Work. 214-538-9625

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

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

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

JULY SPECIAL

$625 OFF 4 man crew/ALL DAY

Just Trees

Call Mark Wittlich 214-332-3444

Dallas Groundskeeper

1. Change the filter monthly during the cooling season.

2. Install a programmable thermostat.

Small & Odd Jobs

And More! 972-308-6035

HandymanMatters.com/dallas

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

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

• Exterior Painting

• Interior Painting

• Cabinet Makeovers

• Fence Stain

• Fence Repair

www.CertifiedPaintersCo.com 214-500-1021

3. Insulate, insulate, insulate!

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LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

LIGHT IT UP DALLAS

Your lighting specialists. 972-591-8383

Parties, Weddings, Patios, Landscape.

LSI LAWN SPRINKLERS “Making Water Work”

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

• Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

• Cultured Marble

• Kitchen Countertops

ORTIZ LAWNCARE Complete Yard Care. Service by Felipe. Free Est. 214-215-3599

TRACY’S LAWN CARE • 972-329-4190

Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

U R LAWN CARE Maintenance. Landscaping. Your Personal Yard Service by Uwe Reisch uwereisch@yahoo.com 214-886-9202

• locally owned & operated organic landscape company

• Comprehensive services designed to meet your needs

"We treat your lawn as if it were our own." 214.504.6788

DALLASGROUNDSKEEPER.COM

”WE CARE ABOUT YOUR TREES”

On Staff:

• 4 - Certified Arborists

• 1 - Tex- Tech Degreed Ag

• 1 - Tex A&M Degreed Forester

• 3 - Certified Applicators

www.holcombtreeservice.com

214-327-9311

FULLY INSURED Commercial/Residential

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

The dog days of summer are here. Keep your AC blowing all through the hot months:

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

214-328-7371

MetroFlowPlumbing.com

Lic.# M16620

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

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

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

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

RENOVATE DALLAS renovatedallas.com 214-403-7247

Bob McDonald Company, Inc. BUILDERS/REMODELERS

30+ Yrs. in Business • Major Additions Complete Renovations • Kitchens/Baths

214-341-1155

bobmcdonaldco.net

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

Heath Chandler 214.938.8242

www.chandlerdesigng roup.com

ROOFING & GUTTERS

GUARDIAN ROOFING & SOLAR

Roof Repair & Solar Installation. Project Mgr. John Beasley 214-772-7362 guardianroofingandsolar.com

BERT ROOFING INC.

Family owned and operated for over 40 years • Residential/Commercial • Over 30,000 roofs completed • Seven NTRCA “Golden Hammer” Awards • Free Estimates www.bertroofing.com 214.321.9341

Jeff Godsey Roofing

Roof Repair Specialist

• Exterior Repair & Re-Roofing

• Insurance Claims

• Custom Chimney Caps

• Licensed & Fully Insured

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

REAL ESTATE REPORT

SHOOTS ROBBER

Jacolby Tremone McCoy and his buddies allegedly planned to rob a Plano Road business, but they did not bank on the business owner being upstairs and armed. It happened early June 7, about 4:30 a.m. at a business in the 10300 block of Plano Road, when four masked men broke in by prying open the door. But the owner, who was working upstairs, heard the commotion, came down and opened fire on the suspects who he witnessed grabbing cash, according to police. The suspects ran out to a vehicle and hurriedly departed. Some 30 minutes later, an (unmasked) McCoy was dropped off at the doors to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, formerly Doctors Hospital near White Rock Lake. After diagnosing gunshot wounds, hospital personnel called police, who promptly connected the dots. “Evidence collected at the scene, at the hospital, and witness testimony provided detectives with sufficient probable cause to charge Mr. McCoy with the burglary on Plano Road,” police say in a press release, adding that “Mr. McCoy was hospitalized in critical condition. The business owner was not injured.”

CRIME NUMBERS 2

Men arrested and charged with aggravated robbery after a series of driveway robberies.

9:47 p.m.

The time the first two victims were robbed at gunpoint in the 6100 block of Oakcrest. 5

Minutes. The time between the two robberies on May 19. The first woman was robbed at around 10:15 p.m. in the 6800 block of Blackwood. At 10:20 p.m., two more were robbed in the 6200 block of Saratoga.

ONLY IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Mark Cuban, along with son, Jake, read books to a large young audience at Lake Highlands’ Audelia Branch Library and promoted the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club, an initiative aimed at sparking kids’ interest in books. The Preston Hollow resident made headlines recently after offering to run for vice president alongside Hillary Clinton. The presumptive democratic nominee replied on NBC’s Meet The Press that she would consider looking “far and wide” for her running mate. Cuban also donated $1 million to Dallas police in the wake of June’s Orlando massacre. (Photos by Danny Fulgencio)