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This is supposed to be the time when we review what happened last year, evaluate the progress (or lack thereof) we’re making in our lives and come up with a plan to make this upcoming year better.

But does anyone actually do that?

We talk about things we’ll do differently in the new year, resolutions we’re making to lose weight, find a new job, volunteer somewhere, try religion again, be more kind and attentive to others, and on and on.

It isn’t that difficult to identify things we can do better. But it’s trickier to actually do things differently in our lives.

The message of a movie I saw recently was this: If you could see your whole life laid out from start to finish, would you change even a minute of it?

The movie basically taunted New Year’s resolutions — if we knew what was ahead for us in life, would we really change the way life would unfold?

In this movie, the star’s future included having a daughter who would die at a young age of an incurable disease. Armed with the knowledge that her as-yet unborn daughter was going to die anyway, should she still become pregnant?

Her future also included a divorce, followed by a life of what appeared to be lonely solitude. But the soon-to-die daughter, created through her failed marriage, also opened the door to an important breakthrough in linguistics that would make her famous and, since this was a movie, save the world.

Now, all of that is more information and a more tempting conclusion — than we typically have to work with while contemplating our own futures. We’re more likely stuck with less sexy issues: If

I quit the job I hate, how will I pay the rent? If I ditch the spouse I can’t stand, can I actually find anyone I like better who also will like me? If I choose not to believe in God, what if He turns out to be real and isn’t that happy about my decision to blow him off?

Generally, to get from Point A to Point B, something has to take a back seat. Job success involves working harder, and that usually comes at the expense of family and friends. Leaving behind a bad spouse is mentally and often financially wrenching, and it’s easier just to be mildly content as opposed to actually happy.

If we knew our precise future, it might make today’s decisions easier to make. But I wonder if that precise knowledge of the

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future would simply weigh us down with doubts about other decisions we could make and other paths we could take — resulting in the same life-in-quicksand we’re already pretty good at living.

I’m starting to think planning too far ahead is just going to give me a headache, just as making a bunch of resolutions I won’t keep anyway will lead to just another disappointing year.

I don’t think this would make a scintillating movie plot, but maybe it’s just a better idea — or more realistic — to keep our heads down, trudge on and hope we’re faced with the same issues a year from now.

At least that would mean we’re able to put another notch on our belts for surviving, if not actually thriving. And there’s something to be said for surviving.

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“Tomorrow is Forever-The Spy Melodrama” kicks off Pocket Sandwich Theater’s 2017 season. Tag along on an adventure with spies Hardy Flynt and Purity Steele as they attempt to thwart the creators of a mind control device that brainwashes world leaders.

Pocket Sandwich Theater, 5400 E. Mockingbird Lane, 214.821.1860, pocketsandwich.com, $12-$25

JAN. 19-28

DANCE PERFORMANCE

The Danielle Georgiou Dance Group showcases its latest work “War Flower,” which revolves around the themes of time, nature, ritual and human survival. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until Jan. 28.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive, 214.670.8749, dallasculture.org/bathhouseculturecenter, $15

JAN. 6

ACOUSTICS

Singer-songwriter and Pennsylvania native Cliff Eberhardt is Uncle Calvin’s first act of the year. Eberhardt is joined by Americana songwriter Louise Mosrie, who opens the show at 8 p.m.

Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse, 9555 N. Central Expressway, 214.363.0044, unclecalvins.org, $15-$18

JAN. 26

OSCAR CELEBRATION

Celebrate the best movies of the year with plenty of wine at A Night at the Oscars: Films, Wine & Winners. Hosted by journalist Gary Cogill and Hayley Hamilton Cogill, the event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. matches each Oscar-nominated movie with a different type of wine.

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JAN. 26-29

‘MARY POPPINS’

The Lake Highlands High School Fine Arts Department presents “Mary Poppins” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 26-28 and 2 p.m. on Jan. 29. The production also serves as a fundraiser for Promise House, which assists teenagers who are homeless or at-risk.

Lake Highlands High School, 9449 Church Road, lhhstheater.com, $6-$16

JAN. 29

CAREER EXPLORATIONS

Officer Bonita Davis Morgan discusses her experiences with the Dallas Police Department’s Narcotics Division, where she has worked the past 19 years. Learn more about her career and daily challenges during this one-hour talk at 2 p.m.

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STREET SMART

Kids growing up in one high-crime neighborhood are community activists in the making

By CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

hildren from the beleaguered Forest-Audelia area, armed with cameras, are documenting and speaking up about the everyday things that frighten them. If they go about it the correct way, they could make their neighborhood safer, say the adult volunteers who are helping them.

The photo in one boy’s hand, slightly out of focus, displays a crowd loitering in front of double-glass doors. A penciled caption reads: “This shows people not following the law at the general store on Forest Lane. Sometimes I do not feel safe in the neighborhood.” British, the 10-year-old boy who captured the image, points out the alleged rule breakers. “This guy is smoking something,” he says. “This one has a gun, and that is even worse.”

It is too grainy to tell if British is correct regarding the firearm, but the man in question does appear to be gripping an object half-concealed by the front of his loose-fitting jeans. It’s a reasonable supposition; the neighborhood has long been listed among the Dallas Police Department’s high-crime hotspots. (The DPD announced last fall that a newly formed Forest-Audelia task force helped knock the sector from the top 10.)

British and his classmates are not strangers to guns and violence, they say. British is among 10 students who live in The Vineyards Apartments at the intersection of Forest Lane and Audelia Road taking part in a 12-week project called PhotoVoice, which combines photography with social action.

They all are members of Kids-U, an afterschool initiative embedded in several Dallas apartment communities where families and working parents tend to dwell. Lake Highlands is home to seven of 10 Kids-U sites, says Lake Highlands resident Diana Baker, who co-founded the nonprofit in 2002.

Here at The Vineyards, Parkland Hospital’s Injury Prevention Center and Southern Methodist University (including a grant from its Embrey Human Rights program) teamed with Kids-U to document parts of the neighborhood in which the children feel safe, and where they do not.

“When you’re trying to get something

Sixth-grader British, a resident of The Vinyards at Forest and Audelia, discusses his photos, which portray potentially perilous situations.

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The phrase “you get what you pay for” is frustrating to hear, especially when it comes to your home. A remodel or new construction is an important investment for your home and your choices during the process can result in a better return for your money spent. Here are a few thoughts to help you make informed decisions along the way.

Cabinets

Cabinets are typically a big ticket item when remodeling and need consideration. Solid wood cabinets are typically more expensive, very durable and longer product life, fairly inexpensive to repair cosmetic damage. Other options, such as a veneer on plywood or particle board are typically less expensive, can show scratches more easily, can peel or separate from the wood backing over time, and can be costly to repair, and future.

Countertops

With so many different options for countertops, it can be overwhelming to make a choice. The location and use can help you make more informed decisions about a material. Natural stone, while beautiful, can chip on impact, is porous which results in a Synthetic materials can be more durable, and come in a variety of

Tile

The surface of lower quality tile selections can crack and chip, causing frequent and costly repairs. When choosing a tile, look for one labeled as integral color, which means the color is the same throughout, versus surface color. This will help hide any impact and abuse the tile may encounter, and lessen frequency of repairs.

Windows and Doors

Windows and doors are another big ticket item in the remodeling process of your home. is one of the most important considerations because it affects other aspects of your home, such as the temperature and your electricity bill! Pricing depending on the function and material (vinyl, wood, aluminum, etc.).

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fixed where you live, you are advocates,” says Katherine Yoder, a former aide to Gov. Rick Perry who now works as Parkland’s government relations vice president.

“You really worked for the governor?” interrupts a girl. And the children inch their chairs closer to Yoder, who nods and smiles.

“You have a voice,” Yoder tells the kids. “It’s even stronger when you come together with multiple voices, backing an issue, and evidence. Your pictures are evidence, proof.”

Photographers Hillsman Jackson and Jennifer Crenshaw donated time to teach the children how to use cameras to photograph their desired scenes and subjects. After walking the area snapping photos, students wrote about what they saw. A boy, Syncier, shows his photo of a mother and child walking near a deep construction ditch. “The woman and baby had a hard time getting around the holes,” he explains. “Unsafe.”

While one student’s photo shows two ladies jaywalking (“unsafe!”) another depicts a woman crossing at the pronounced crosswalk at Forest Lane Academy. “This is safe,” declares the photographer, Ameer. They write captions so they know what to say, so they don’t

“This guy is smoking something. This one has a gun, and that is even worse.”

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get nervous or ramble, when it comes time to speak to the Dallas City Council, which is what they hope to do in the end.

“First, we would like to get a representative here, so they can practice. We haven’t gotten that far yet, but eventually the goal is to present our work downtown,” says Parkland IPC representative Shelli Stephens-Stidham, who also takes a few minutes to address appropriate use of social media, which can be useful in activism, she says.

Before they can present their work, the kids must pinpoint their cause and desired outcome. SMU outreach coordinator Suzanne Massey is on hand to help them plot problem spots — on a map, green dots mark areas they like, yellow represents areas in which they do not feel safe, and red dots signal student-identified “do not go here at all” areas, Massey explains. This will help prioritize safety issues they might ask the city to tackle.

Now several weeks into the project, the group of Aiken Elementary and Forest Lane Academy students listens as Yoder explains that they should dress and speak respectfully when addressing city officials.

However, she says, “They are people, just like you and your parents. In fact, they work for us, for you, and if they do not respond, your parents — and someday you — can vote against them.”

Volunteers teach students photography and social action through PhotoVoice.

DELICIOUS

By ELISSA CHUDWIN

PHOTO BY KATHY TRAN

Crusted grilled tilapia over quinoa.

DELICIOUS

NAZCA KITCHEN

DID YOU KNOW: Nazca Kitchen owner Craig Collins named the restaurant after the Nazca Lines, which are mysterious geometric shapes etched into the Peruvian desert more than 2,000 years ago.

crafted menu includes dishes based on South and Latin American specialties, and determining which recipes made the cut was slow and deliberate.

“We made every item 17 times, at least twice a week, before we knew we had it,” says Juan Chavez, director of operations.

Areal estate lawyer-turned-restauranteur gets divorced and travels to South America. He becomes so captivated by the culture and cuisine that he decides to open a Latin American restaurant once he returns to the United States, and the business venture becomes a cathartic experience.

While the storyline may be reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, Nazca Kitchen’s inception traces back to Craig Collins’ first trip across the continent. Collins — who also runs longtime barbecue franchise Red Hot & Blue — was impressed with the robust flavor of the food he ate as he traipsed across Brazil, Argentina and Peru.

“I thought, ‘Man, someone could do well if they had a restaurant that put all the best of South America into one concept,’ ” he says.

Nazca Kitchen opened along Walnut Hill Lane on Dec. 21, 2012 — ironically, the last day of the Mayan calendar, when some predicted the world would end. The carefully

Four years later, the restaurant is opening its second location in West Village, and Collins has taken a dozen trips across the continent for research and inspiration. He spent a week in Peru and Chile in December just to master a Peruvian cocktail and to hunt for the “penultimate empanada” recipe, he says.

“We’ll add a couple items, tweak the menu and hopefully have it pay dividends,” he says.

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Collins’ main priority is authenticity, and he goes great lengths to achieve it. Before acai was readily available in the U.S., he flew in 40 pounds from Brazil for Nazca Kitchen’s Acai Bowl, which is served with the pureed berries, homemade granola, strawberries and bananas.

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As determined as Collins is to share a taste of South America with Dallas, his philosophy on hospitality is as southern as it gets.

“I think a lot of restaurants lose track that when you have guests in a restaurant, they’re guests They’re doing us a favor by being in our restaurant.”

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Terilli’s is one of Lower Greenville’s signature restaurants, surviving longer than most on the increasingly hip block. When Jeannie Terilli first opened the business 31 years ago, she wanted to blend her Texas upbringing with her family’s deep Italian roots.

“My recipes are my dad’s recipes,” she told the Advocate in 1998. “I had three brothers, and my mother and father worked. It was my job to have dinner ready when everybody got home. That’s how I got into food.”

Serving up classic Italian with a Texas twist proved a popular practice for the East Dallas eatery. The dish that put her on the map was “Italchos,” and it’s easy to see why — the Italian spin on nachos is like a deconstructed pizza with chips made from dough topped with cheeses, meats and veggies.

Fans of the fusion flavors were briefly devastated in March of 2010 when a four-alarm fire rang out at the Lower Greenville complex that housed Terilli’s. While the restaurant suffered extensive damage, it rose like a Phoenix the following year, this time with a rooftop deck. Today the classic dishes on which the business staked its reputation remain in heavy rotation.

That includes several dishes that feature Terilli’s signature roasted red bell pepper dressing, a creamy and tangy blend that goes with just about everything. You’ll find it on the restaurant’s warm grilled chicken pasta salad, but Terilli says it can also be used as a pasta sauce or as a marinade.

TERILLI’S ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER DRESSING

(makes about 10 cups)

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5 cups mayonnaise

4 cups roasted red peppers

3 tablespoons garlic (minced)

2 tablespoons shallots (minced)

½ cup balsamic vinegar

Juice of two lemons

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon salt

1 tablespoon white pepper

3 tablespoon fresh dill

To roast the red peppers, coat them with olive oil and place on a baking sheet under the broiler until the skin blackens. Cut open and remove seeds and outer layer. Blend all of the ingredients together in a food processor. Refrigerate.

Terilli’s warm grilled chicken pasta salad.

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2016: A look back

The photos you never got to see and the stories we never got to tell

By Emily Charrier

Photography by Danny Fulgencio

We spent 2016 like we spend every year in Lake Highlands: Collecting the stories and photos that paint the picture of what makes this neighborhood great. But our readers only get to see a fraction of what we do; we are limited by how much we can put in print — which is an excellent reason to follow us online at lakehighlands.advocatemag.com, where you will find enriched magazine content and daily community news articles. Here, we’ll share some of the best images you didn’t see in our pages, along with updates about the people and issues we covered. Before you fully start 2017, look back at the wild, wet and often tense year.

2016: A look back

WATER WORLD

AFTER SEVERAL years of drought, 2015 and 2016 both brought plenty of wet weather to satiate the dehydrated water tables. In August, 5.69 inches of precipitation fell, matching the 1914 record as the wettest August on record. It was par for the course, with Texas averaging 75.25 inches per year in 2015-16, the wettest 24-months in the state’s history, according to the National Weather Service. White Rock Lake “crested” 23 times in that two-year period, which means water rose above the 84-foot flood level (about 70 feet is average for the lake). That’s when we captured the spillway overflowing last March.

SKATE ON

IT’S A RARE day when a skating legend like Tony Hawk talks to a neighborhood magazine in Lake Highlands. But that’s the power Jeff Phillips’ name commands. When Hawk heard we wanted to chat about his old skating buddy, the legend from Lake Highlands, he was happy to answer our questions. Phillips blazed ramps as a pioneer in the stillburgeoning sport in the late 1980s, skating with Hawk long before he was a household name. His death by his own hand on Christmas Day in 1993 is a wound that still feels fresh for the friends who grew up alongside Phillips in our neighborhood. They share his love for the skate park, a recreation that has been drying up around the city — a ballroom now sits where Jeff Phillips Skate Park once stood. But Dallas skaters rejoiced at the end of 2016 when Al Coker reopened Guapo Skate Park at 4000 Elm St. after shuttering another location last year, the day the above image was snapped.

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THE RESCUERS

WE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS truly love our four-legged friends, which is why each September the Advocate celebrates pets and the joy they bring to our lives. After seeing the rampant problem of loose dogs in our city, this year we broke from tradition to spotlight some of the potential pets in our neighborhood. While they didn’t have homes, these pooches all were well loved by a network of dedicated volunteers who spend their time and resources improving chances for the most vulnerable creatures in our area. We checked in on our featured pups and found that just one of the four dogs from White Rock Dog Rescue, yellow-lab mix Shasta, found a home. Lolita, Spencer and Cassidy are still looking for the right families, says volunteer Lilia Hollis. Meet them at whiterockdog.org or call 214.507.4016. Over at Dallas DogRRR (Rescue, Rehab, Reform), where volunteers scoop up the saddest cases they can find — most dogs have medical issues and were rescued from local euthanasia lists — our coverage focused on eight dogs being fostered in our neighborhood. We are happy to share that seven of them — Faith Hill, Miriam, Spirit, Shirley, Ace Ventura, Leonard and Gatsby — all found homes. Glory, who was rescued after being hit by a car that left her with scars across her face, was moved to a sister shelter in New York where she awaits her happy ending.

2016: A look back

CRIME IS tragically common in the Forest-Audelia neighborhood. In February, we went on patrol with two night officers in the Northeast Division, to see first hand what crime looks like in our neighborhood. That same month, Forest-Audelia sat at number six on the city’s top 10 “crime hot spots.” The next month, DPD upped its efforts in our neighborhood by deploying both a Crime Response Team and the Violent Crimes Task Force. Those teams, along with regular patrols, cracked down on the Forest-Audelia area, and results have already showed. “As of today, business robberies are down 7 percent and individual robberies are down 25 percent,” says Cristal Retana, assistant to Lake Highlands Councilman Adam McGough. “In March, violent crime at the Forest-Audelia (Targeted Area Action Grid) area was at 32 percent. Today, violent crime for the same area is at 11 percent, which means there was a 19 percent reduction.”

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, we’ve highlighted the refugees we live alongside, many of whom fled horrific violence in their home lives and came here seeking peace. Vickery Meadow, which flanks Lake Highlands and has long been a hub of refugee services, offers even more now with the addition last year of a 15,000-square-foot community center. Built by Northwest Bible Church of Preston Hollow, the center includes computer labs and classrooms as well as a medical clinic operated by Healing Hands Ministry of Lake Highlands. The goal, says Pastor Neil Tomba, is to “improve the lives of the refugee children and adults who live in Vickery Meadow.”

CRIME DROP

2016: A look back

SHOTS HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD

LIFE IN DALLAS stood still July 7, the day a mass shooter targeted police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally downtown. This did not happen in our neighborhood, but every person in the city was touched by the violence as we prayed for the safety of our men and women in blue. In all, 14 officers were shot during the violent night, and five heartbreakingly lost their lives. In the days and weeks following the massacre, Dallas showed its true colors by coming together, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the affected officers and surrounding the force with as much love as we could muster. Here in Lake Highlands, officers drove a road lined with hundreds of American flags on their way to and from the Northeast Division on Northwest Highway. The substation was flooded with flowers, treats and homemade cards. Blue ribbons adorned trees and homes across the neighborhood. And when slain officer Sgt. Michael Smith was laid to rest in our Restland Memorial Park, dozens of residents lined the freeway to honor his processional, pictured here.

WHEN WE BECAME THE NEWS

WHILE WE ALWAYS strive to tell the story without putting ourselves into it, that became impossible in June when our photographer made news across the world for being in the right place at the wrong time. Photo Editor Danny Fulgencio found himself in the thick of the Republican-Democratic divide when he covered President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign visit to Dallas. Fulgencio climbed up onto a bench to get a better vantage point of the raucous crowd. Without warning, he felt a sharp crack to his head as blood trickled into his eyes. A rock, thrown by an unknown person in the crowd, would make him a viral sensation over the next 24 hours. While he was patched up on scene and got right back to shooting, news media feasted on several social media posts that depicted our bloodied photographer. His

Facebook page exploded with interview requests. At an otherwise uneventful rally, this was the gory drama with which most media led its coverage, inspiring many inaccurate, and often hilarious, headlines. But conservative pundit Pat Dollard’s site took the cake by proclaiming, “Typical Anti-Trump Protester Bashes Gay Journalist In The Head With Rock.” We assume they confused the Lake Highlands Advocate with the gay men’s magazine of similar name, while also assuming the sexuality of Fulgencio, causing still unknown damage to his love life (he’s straight and single, ladies).

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resident Patty Pace and Adam Palmer’s love story reads like a romance novel. After a random attack left Palmer’s future in question, Pace stepped in to mend his wounds, both physically and emotionally. And while the two have forged a strong path toward healing Palmer, the financial realities of recovering from a serious head injury haunt the couple’s future. Palmer’s care has been determined by what he can afford, and hearing aids, which cost several thousands dollars, were something he planned to do without. When neighborhood audiologist Dr. James Miller read the story, he was compelled to help. He contacted the Advocate, who connected him with Palmer so the good doctor could arrange free hearing aids to help in Palmer’s recovery.

A LIFE OF MEANING

After a Lake Highlands child dies of a little-known genetic disorder, the neighborhood pushes for ALD screening in newborns

By CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

What happened to Julian Kampfschulte is a tragedy that defies comprehension.

By the time he died on Oct. 6, the 8-year-old was well known among residents of Lake Highlands and beyond.

Until Julian, most of us — including Julian’s parents, Jenna and Kurt, and sisters Quin and Casey — had never heard of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).

Now many are uniting to get the word out about the genetic disorder so other families might be saved from its ravages.

JULIAN’S FIRST-GRADE teacher at White Rock Elementary, Toyia Crisp, says he was one of her brightest students, when he began experiencing “a little bit of trouble” in the classroom.

He seemed to be having difficulty with both his hearing and sight, his mom says.

But they soon learned the problem was his brain, Jenna says, which was failing to

Jenna, Quin and Julian Kampfschulte

transmit messages from his ears and eyes.

When MRI results indicated adrenoleukodystrophy, Julian’s pediatrician advised they stay calm — they needed to be sure. But Jenna immediately began researching the prognosis and, she says, things fell chillingly into place.

ALD, an X chromosome-linked disorder that occurs primarily in boys, progressively damages myelin, which protects the nerves of the brain and spinal cord. Victims gradually lose the capacity to see, hear, eat and walk. Death soon follows.

“There was a lot of denial in there. We knew more or less what was going to happen, but we didn’t know exactly how it would unfold,” Kurt says. “Every case is a little different.”

For three months or so after the diagnosis, though Julian’s hearing was deteriorating, nothing else happened. Julian, his family, classmates and teachers learned sign language, awaited the inevitable, prayed for a miracle.

Toward the end of February, Julian’s vision started to go, Kurt says, “and it went pretty fast, over the course of like three weeks.”

Blinking back tears, Jenna recalls the first time Julian seemed truly anguished. “When he realized he would no longer be able to see to read his books, he cried.”

CRESTFALLEN CLASSMATES

, friends, neighbors and strangers conceived creative attempts to console and support the Kampfschultes. Many helped organize a holiday party complete with bounce slides, Santa and gingerbread houses; volunteer photographers from local nonprofit Fotolanthropy documented the day. Brazos Films produced a short film, “Snuggle Julian,” about Julian’s plight. Julian’s aunt, Katy Dilland, launched an organization by the same name. The images of Julian — his laughter, his tears, his tiny schoolmates gathered around him, guiding him to class, communicating with him by sign language — spread like wildfire and drew TV news reporters to his door.

At the September meeting of the 100 Women of Lake Highlands (200-plus women who pool $100 each quarter to donate to one local cause), several charities in the running for the $22,000 pool

ceremoniously, one by one, withdrew their ballots from consideration, instead requesting that all funds go to Julian.

“This was no small gesture as the amount undoubtedly would make a huge difference for any organization,” 100 Women president Crispin Deneault says.

Those who gave did not care how the family used the money, which they say they divided between vacations, gatherings with loved ones, time off for Julian’s caretakers, hospital and funeral expenses, grief counseling, helping other ALD families and lobbying for ALD prevention.

People paying attention to the Kampfschultes’ journey felt powerless. Because nothing else could be done, we pulled out our wallets.

“We can’t possibly know the depths of their struggle,” Deneault says, “but hope in some small way the gesture gave a wonderful family a moment of peace.”

Two nights before he died, children gathered outside Julian’s window and sang “Amazing Grace,” a deed that Julian could not see or hear, but maybe felt.

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A MONTH AFTER his memorial service, rainbow-colored bows hug tree trunks and street signs throughout the Kampfschultes’ White Rock Valley neighborhood.

When we speak, Jenna says she’s ready for the ribbons’ removal.

“They are sad. But I’m not sure Kurt wants them to come down yet. We have our own ways of dealing.”

On the important things, though, they agreed — like when they both realized and accepted that extreme medical treatment was not an option for their son.

After meeting with specialists in Houston who suggested a bone marrow transplant, they weighed the option and decided on a different course of action.

Both by now were well-read on therapeutic prospects, and they sought the opinion of Westin Miller, a foremost New York doctor specializing in bone marrow transplants and treating ALD. More straightforward about their options, he made clear that a bone marrow transplant would do little to improve Julian’s condition, it couldn’t save him, and it would cost millions.

Jenna and Kurt opted instead to dedicate all the time they had left to enjoying their sensitive, funny, creative and humble son — embracing his too-small yet beautiful life, they say, and showing him how much they love him.

As the old saying goes: Instead of counting the days, they would make the days count.

Accepting others’ generosity on behalf of Julian, the family swam with dolphins in the Hawaiian ocean, courtesy of the Make A Wish Foundation; played with penguins and polar bears, thanks to the Dallas Zoo; caught a show at Medieval Times; traveled to Michigan; snow skied and stuck together.

JENNA AND KURT met fellow parents of terminally ill children. They learned and advocated. Talking to family, Jenna discovered two distant relatives had died from symptoms that resembled ALD, though no one knew what to call it back then.

“It came from my mom’s side of the family ... from me. Women who have the defective gene are carriers,” Jenna explains.

That means Julian’s sisters could carry it too and will be tested before they ever consider having children.

There is no cure for ALD. It can be treated, but only if detected before symptoms appear.

Mandatory testing at birth is the most sensible way to prevent its fatal progression, most experts agree.

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in February 2016 approved the addition of ALD to the list of genetic diseases suggested for newborn screening. In June, The Texas Newborn Screening Advisory Committee — after Jenna and a friend traveled to Austin to share Julian’s experience — unanimously recommended to the Texas Department of State Health Services that ALD testing be added to the state panel.

But Texas still has not secured funding to screen newborns for adrenoleukodystrophy. Lawmakers will have an opportunity to nail down the needed capital in January.

Thousands of people from our area have sent letters to Gov. Greg Abbott, asking him to make sure that, during

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ALD is present in one in 17,000 births. “In Texas, there are diseases they test for that are much more rare than ALD,” Jenna says.

In our state, about 24 children a year are born with the defective gene that leads to ALD. About 10 of those will develop the disease in childhood, like Julian. Most of the remaining males will develop an adult version called AMN,

enough, the bone marrow transplant can work. Kids who proceed that way have led normal lives.”

The action and camaraderie has helped, though Julian’s family frequently feels that life is a waking nightmare.

“Last year we all prayed so hard at the Thanksgiving table that God would heal him, and we had no idea if we would spend the next one with or without him,” Jenna recalls.

Since their brother’s death, Casey, 11, and Quin, 4, have attended bereavement camps and counseling, thanks in part to those donations last year to the “Snuggle Julian” foundation.

Kurt, who works at a fitness center in Lake Highlands, explains that grief is like a weighted vest. You wear it around and start to get used to it.

which also is incurable and debilitating.

Three states, New York, New Jersey and California, already have established procedures and launched newborn screening.

“Texas just needs funding to implement testing. The protocol is there, but the longer it takes, the greater the chance that other boys will die,” Jenna says. “In cases where they catch it early

“But some days you suddenly feel its full weight crushing you, and all you can do is suffer under its heaviness,” Kurt says.

The support of family and neighbor has made it easier to bear.

“Though I don’t always want to be known as the mom who lost her boy,” Jenna adds, “the [notoriety] is the price you pay for all the love you got — that’s something we’d never trade.”

“When he realized he would no longer be able to see to read his books, he cried.”

BIZZ BUZZ

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES STARTING OVER

Gecko Hardware was known for its quirky merchandise and renowned rooster Prince George, and its new owner Sharon Anderson plans to continue its unconventional legacy. Now Rooster Home & Hardware, the store at Northwest Highway and Ferndale is rebranded, and the shelves are restocked.

NEW NEIGHBORHOOD HIGHRISE?

An inferno at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in 2013 caused the death of firefighter Stan Wilson and left behind nine acres of debris, which has plagued surrounding neighborhoods at Abrams near I-635. GBN Financial recently purchased the land, on which it intends to build a high-rise mixed-use residential development, tentatively called Dallas Grand Plaza, if they can gain support from neighborhood landowners and city officials. The developers ideally would

replace the one time three-story, 250-unit condominium complex with a six-floor, 750-unit apartment community including a robust mix of retail, eateries, parks and recreational space. GBN is interested in purchasing adjoining properties in the area, including apartment buildings and businesses along the I-635 access road, a spokesperson said at a public meeting. “There are improvements happening at Skillman and I-635, and we want to be a part of that.” The Skillman corridor, a stretch one exit east of Abrams and I-635, is part of a Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) and is slated for an overhaul. The proposed Dallas Grand Plaza does not fall into a TIF or Public Improvement District, but the developers say they might seek tax incentives in order to further “develop more needed improvements in the Abrams/I-635 area.”

NOT COMING TO LAKE HIGHLANDS

Flying in the face of hopeful rumors, H-E-B-owned Central Market will not open in Lake Highlands anytime soon. Despite buying up six Dallas grocery stores last spring, H-E-B announced plans to open just two new Central Market stores (in Uptown and Preston Hollow). The SunFresh Market at Northwest Highway and Ferndale, which H-E-B bought and closed last summer, is on the market, while Lincoln Property Company acquired another of H-E-B’s recent purchases, the grocery store at Mockingbird and Abrams.

RESTAURANT NEWS

El Pollo Loco is coming to the intersection of Forest Lane and Abrams Road. The California-based fire-grilled chicken chain is one of more than 20 scheduled to open in the metroplex by the end of 2019. Seven Five Patio Bar is scheduled to open in February in the spot Nodding Donkey occupied until this past spring. The college hangout’s menu will be modeled after owner Aaron Morrison’s previous venture, Plano-based bar Lantern St. Grill. Pizza, wings and two dozen beers on tap will be available until 2 a.m.

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PEOPLE

Lake Highlands High School alumnus Jamarice Preston made a name for himself as a student-athlete, breaking a long-held school record on the track and earning silver at the state championship meet, among a number of other accomplishments. That success has carried over into his college career, where he beat the school’s 600-meter race record by .76 seconds. With a time of 1:11:53, he earned the title Western Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.

But Preston isn’t the only Lake Highlands High School graduate whose athleticism is worth noting. Reagan Dunk, who now attends the University of Denver, has been named a semifinalist for the national college soccer Player of the Year, and his team competed for a spot at the Division I men’s national championships.

And yet, another former LHHS student recently had her own 15 seconds of fame, albeit for a completely different reason. Alumnus Brittany Fitz Chapman appeared in the season premiere of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper with Chip and Joanna Gaines.” Brittany and her husband, Andrew, were ecstatic with their new home, especially the fireplace. “It’s the focal point of the room,” she said. “It was something we weren’t expecting, but we love it. We’ve already been through the whole stack of wood seen on the show, and it hasn’t even gotten really cold in Texas yet.”

PLACES

The future of Flag Pole Hill is an ongoing debate, and community members gathered at a master plan community meeting in November to offer their often-impassioned feedback. “Flag Pole Hill is an asset to our Dallas community,” said District 10 City Council member Adam McGough. “The day after I was elected, I went to the park to spend some quiet time in prayer and reflect on the campaign. It is important part of our entire community and city.” Elizabeth

McIlrath and Philip Neely — representing the landscape architecture firm Dunaway — also presented potential improvements, such as restoring the original Works Progress Administration buildings, conserving area nature, improving trails and making the outdated playground accessible to those with disabilities. “The commonality seems to be to keep the park natural and celebrate the rustic natural beauty, like an oasis in this big city,” longtime neighbor Patti Smith said. “If we had destination amenity improvements, it would increase traffic and noise and would disturb the natural beauty. People come here to feel like they are out in the country.”

A new boathouse at White Rock Lake is in the works, and former opponents of the plan finally have given their seal of approval. The 8,300-square-foot structure with a metal roof would cost approximately $350,000 to construct and has received widespread support. “It sounds too good to be true, but it is, more or less, true,” says Michael Jung, the White Rock Neighborhood Association president who is part of both the White Rock Lake Task Force and the Dallas Plan Commission. The previous plan, which many felt was too gaudy, suggested a 9,000-square-foot structure that would cost $4 million.

EDUCATION

Richardson ISD school board member Justin Bono announced he will seek a second term, and he plans to begin campaigning soon for the May 2017 election. Bono, a 2012 graduate of Inside RISD, was elected for a three-year term in 2014 and was named Exchangite of the Year in 2013 by the Lake Highlands Exchange Club. His two daughters attend Moss Haven Elementary. “It has been a great honor to serve as a Trustee for the parents and taxpayers of Richardson ISD the past two and a half years working to give our students, teachers and employees the learning and working environment they deserve,” Bono told the Lake Highlands Advocate via email.

By GEORGE MASON

The crisis of the ‘common good’

What binds us needs to outstrip what divides us

If there is one admonition from St. Paul that I pray will distinguish 2017 from 2016 it is this: “Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4).

We have seen the divisiveness that self-interest alone plays in our society. Whether individualism or group-ism, the spirit of “me and people-like-me” is fraying the fabric of the rich tapestries of our nation and communities.

Demographics now drive decisions as big as a presidential election. We know what left-handed, lesbian, Latina Libertarians care about and how they are likely to affect the vote (probably not much … yet). Pandering to voter power blocs shifts attention from the good of the whole to the benefit of some over against others.

Biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann channels the Hebrew prophets in his diagnosis of our disease and its prescriptive cure: “The great crisis among us is the crisis of ‘the common good,’ the sense of community solidarity that binds all in a common destiny — haves and have-nots, the rich and the poor. We face a crisis about the common good because there are powerful forces at work among us to resist the common good, to violate community solidarity, and to deny a common destiny. Mature people, at their best, are people who are committed to the common good that reaches beyond private interest, transcends sectarian commitments, and offers human solidarity.”

We are told that Donald Trump’s election was partly a reaction to social forces that had diminished the sense of dignity of working-class white people in America. Extending the benefits of marriage to gay citizens felt threatening to the traditional institution of the marriage

between a man and a woman. The Black Lives Matter movement felt threatening to supporters of law enforcement. The presence of undocumented immigrants from Mexico felt threatening to those without college educations, white and black alike.

It goes the other way, too: blue-collar, white Christians were equated with the oppressing class that kept all minority groups from prospering, even though they felt equally as powerless and deprived in an increasingly high-tech workforce that left them behind with stagnant wages and little to hope for.

Instead of seeing this as an opportunity to see themselves in the struggle of others and learn empathy that might lead to the common good, they (name the group) retreated into camps pitted against others by elevating and privileging their own suffering, while ridiculing, denying or ignoring that of their neighbors. The way forward can only be to break out of our packs and form new friendships across dividing lines.

Call it “enlightened self-interest,” if you need the promise of your own well-being to motivate your advocacy of the interest of others. But in the end, there will be no lasting peace and no enduring prosperity that is not broadly shared.

The politics of resentment may win an election, but it will not build a country or bind a community. Only a commitment to the common good can do that.

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.

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

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RICHARDSON 503 N Central Exwy / fumcr.com / 972.235.8385 / Dr. Clayton Oliphint 8:45, 9:45, 11:00 am sanctuary / access modern worship 11:00am

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LAKE POINTE CHURCH – WHITE ROCK CAMPUS Classic Service at 9:30 & Contemporary Service at 11:00 am lakepointe.org / 9150 Garland Road

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

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Early morning, Dec. 7, Dallas Police officers responded to a call for help from Lewisville Police. A chase ensued, resulting in a shootout that left a suspect, 48-year-old Phan Phang, arrested and hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries. Lewisville and Farmers Branch Police were involved in a high-speed car chase with Phang, who fled in a pickup truck, firing his weapon at police officers from both departments after they attempted to thwart his burglary of a suburban restaurant. Dallas Police joined the pursuit nearthe 11300 block of I-635, near Walnut Hill in the Lake Highlands area, where the suspect exited the truck and absconded on foot. Reportedly while hiding along the wall of the Regency Hotel off I-635, Phang opened fire on the twoofficers, one a Dallas patrolman, who caught up to him, according to a report from DPD. The Dallas officer, who was not hit, returned fire, strikingthe suspect, who left in an ambulance, handcuffed and escorted by authorities. Police reportedly recovered cash scattered around the vehicle near the hotel. He was charged with three counts of aggravated assault against a public servant.

CRIME NUMBERS

Time police responded to a disturbance call outside an apartment community at a Walnut Hill near I-635

1716-17

Age of one woman found at the scene who was transported to hospital by ambulance with a bullet wound to the leg

Age range of witnesses; the group of teenagers presumably prearranged a fight, during which someone fired a gun

Suspects were taken into custody, though police interviewed several

Source: Dallas Police Department

OUR CITY

By ANGELA HUNT

Fresh year, fresh blood

And reason to have hope in our city government in 2017

I’m a bit giddy about 2017, and it’s not just a residual effect of my New Year’s Eve bacchanalia that included some very comfortable pajamas, an even more comfortable sofa and a temperate amount of sparkling cider.

No, I’ve got a really good feeling about this year. I don’t want to overstate it, and I don’t want to jinx it, but I feel like this year could be a game-changer for our city.

The last few weeks of 2016 gave us what even the Scroogiest among us would have to admit are a couple of Christmas miracles.

First, the Dallas City Council voted 12-3 to appoint a guy who actually rides DART to the DART Board. It’s unheard of. I mean, who would imagine that someone who rides buses and light rail would be a good candidate to oversee the operation of an agency responsible for buses and light rail?

East Dallas Councilmember Mark Clayton, along with Oak Cliff’s Scott Griggs, nominated Patrick Kennedy to the DART Board, with a strong push from Lakewood representative Philip Kingston. You may remember that I spoke with Kennedy last month about regional transportation issues. He’s a smart, young urban planner who has smart, young urban planning ideas like making our bus system run more efficiently, increasing the frequency of transit to increase ridership, spending less on highways farther and farther from our urban core and working to make our bus/bike/rail network work together as a seamless system.

The DART board doesn’t have any transportation experts, so Kennedy will be a great addition in that respect. And I like that he knows so much about transportation. I really do. But what I really love is that, until recently, Kennedy had given up his car for nearly a decade. He was carless in Dallas, totally dependent on the very public transit system that he will now oversee.

But shouldn’t that be mandatory? Shouldn’t all DART board members have to use public transit for at least half their commutes? That should apply to DART management as well. I am certain we’d see a sea of change in how DART functions if the decision-makers also were riders.

So we’ve got great new blood on the DART Board as we ring in the New Year. Perhaps an even bigger and more surprising change for our city was the Dallas City Council’s selection of a new city manager.

For decades, Dallas has chosen an insider to serve as our city’s top administrative official. In a weak-mayor system like Dallas’, the role of the city manager is incredibly powerful. But every time, the council has voted for our next city

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manager to be someone who has been working within the Dallas city government for years. And, not surprisingly, we don’t get change agents but flag bearers of the status quo. For some reason this comes as a surprise – every time – to the council members supporting the insider. They never understand what went wrong.

But not this time. Nope, this time, the council zigged. They could have zagged, gone the insider route, in fact they were poised to go the insider route but they zigged. They chose an outsider, T.C. Broadnax, most recently the city manager of Tacoma, Wash., and before that, a highly regarded assistant city manager of San Antonio.

Mr. Broadnax is coming in to our city at a time when we’ve got some serious fiscal challenges, not the least of which is the Police/Fire Pension Fund crisis. He may not have all the answers, and in fact, I’m sure that he won’t, but he’ll bring fresh ideas, new insights, and new ways of doing things. He won’t have pledged fidelity to the Dallas Citizens Council, and he won’t be supremely loyal to City Hall’s old guard. Like Kennedy, he’s a much needed breath of fresh air.

It’s going to be a great year.

Angela Hunt is a former Dallas city councilwoman. She writes a monthly opinion column about neighborhood issues. Her opinions are not necessarily those of the Advocate or its management. Send comments and ideas to her ahunt@advocatemag.com.

In a weak-mayor system like Dallas’, the role of the city manager is incredibly powerful.

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