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OPENING REMARKS

By RICK WAMRE

Between the lines

Without fail, every time I see my mom, she apologizes to me.

“I’m so sorry that I didn’t know to put tanning lotion on you kids when you were little,” she says. “I just didn’t know the sun could cause wrinkles and cancer back then. I was so dumb!”

Now, I haven’t had skin cancer yet, although she has faced down a couple of bouts. So I assume she’s talking about the wrinkles she sees sprouting effortlessly on my face.

I like to think I’m aging pretty well and that the wrinkles she apparently can’t avoid seeing aren’t that big of a deal. And to be honest, I doubt my many days in the sun as a kid caused the problem.

I have a feeling they’re of my own doing.

A co-worker has been telling me for years that my constant frowning risked turning my forehead into something akin to a striped crosswalk. I listened, politely of course, but it’s not as if I can control my facial expressions all that much after years of practice perfecting them just so.

But sure enough, she has been proven correct: I have a bit of a creek bed growing deeper and wider up there, and I catch myself in the mirror looking for the bottom from time to time.

I don’t think sun damage and facial expressions alone have caused my mom to be disconsolate, though. I have slackened and tightened my face enough times over the years relatively unprompted, if you consider stress and worries to be unprompted.

It seems easy to say: “Don’t worry about things. They take care of themselves.” And, of course, that is probably the truest statement of them all.

But the “getting there” part of the pro-

cess claims most of my attention and energy, and somehow my face becomes the focus for all of that needless angst.

I’ve wondered how things would be different if I simply dropped everything and everyone (except my lovely wife, of course) and headed to a Greek island, where the natives and tourists alike are as brown as coconuts and seemingly as healthy as can be.

The sun doesn’t seem to be causing alarm there, and their lives seem simple

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and quiet. There may not be a whole lot to do on a remote island in the middle of the ocean, but maybe that is a good problem to have, as opposed to being too involved in too much with too many?

Of course, the skin is always tanner and less wrinkled on the other side of the fence, so I’m probably just envying something not meant to be for me.

Maybe you can see where I’m going with this: Mom, I earned this face, and unless something drastic happens, I’m not done with it. And no matter how it turns out, don’t blame yourself.

I will take care of that on my own.

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Fret not over facial wrinkles, (Mom), for they tell our stories

It’s not as if I can control my facial expressions all that much after years of practice perfecting them just so.

L A UNCH

Out & About

APRIL 1

MAGIC MOMENT

ACME Magic brings a series of wacky stunts only seen in cartoons to life. Portable holes, giant magnets and sticks of dynamite are part of Brett Roberts’ repertoire.

Bookmarks at NorthPark Center, 8687 N. Central Expressway, 214.671.1381, dallaslibrary2.org, free

APRIL 2-JULY 2

PICASSO INSPIRED

Eighty years after Picasso completed “Guernica,” the Meadows Museum showcases prints that inspired the artist’s iconic painting. See for yourself the artifacts made in 1937 to support the government during the Spanish Civil War. Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd., 214.768.2516, meadowsmuseumdallas.org, free

APRIL 6

BOOK CHATTER

Local author Len Bourland talks about her novel “Normal’s Just a Cycle on a Washing Machine.”

The hour-long discussion starts at 6:30 pm. Preston Royal Library, 5626 Royal Lane, 214.670.7128, dallaslibrary2.org, free

APRIL 8

NORTHAVEN HOME TOUR

The inaugural home tour from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. highlights the neighborhood surrounding Kramer Elementary School. Proceeds benefit the improvements to the school. Northaven Road area, northavenhometour.com, $20-$25

APRIL 8

NO TIES ALLOWED

The No Tie Dinner & Dessert raises funds for AIDS Services of Dallas, which provides housing and support to those living with the disease. Frontiers of Flight Museum, 6911 Lemmon Ave., 214.941.0523, notiedinner.org, guests are asked to donate $75 or more

APRIL 29-30

NORTH DALLAS ART TOUR

The 14th annual tour highlights the studios of local jewelers, potters, woodworkers and more. Peruse their work from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Various locations, northdallasart.com, free

APRIL30

Family Fun Color Run

Wear white to this family-friendly 5k at 4 p.m. along Northaven Trail. Participants will run through brightly colored powder and look like technicolor masterpieces by the end of the race.

Northaven Trail at Freda Stern Drive, playtri.com/northaven, $15-$35

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At C. C. Young we are Raising the Bar

6 YEARS IN HELL

From the Holocaust to helping to hang Nazis

By ELISSA CHUDWIN

PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

Jack Repp

Jack Repp watched the hangings of every Nazi he helped convict with the U.S. Secret Service. Before they were hung, Repp took the rope from the executioner’s hands. He never yanked it, but he wanted to make an impression. He wanted his voice to be one of the last they heard.

“You know what that message was?” Repp says. “ ‘I don’t know how you could be out all day long, commit the atrocities you have committed, and then go home, touch your wife or touch your kids and use the words ‘I love you.’ ”

The 93-year-old Preston Hollow resident remembers the details of the tribunals, from the expensive suits the Nazis wore to how they wept during sentencing.

“I didn’t have tears in my eyes,” he says. “They took my parents away, my brothers away. I didn’t cry.”

Repp is grateful his mind never failed him, even in the moments his body was on the verge of collapse. Hitler took his family and his home, Repp says, but he couldn’t take his brain.

“I went through plenty of hell, and I was tickled to death to survive,” he says.

In 1939, the Germans invaded his hometown of Radom, Poland, where Repp lived with his four brothers, his sister and parents. The Germans ordered every Jewish family to move into a ghetto when he was roughly 15 years old.

He returned from school one day to an abandoned house. He never saw his parents and brothers again. It was only when World War II ended that he learned his sister was the only other family member to survive.

In Radom, Repp worked in an ammunition factory and lived in a slave labor camp-turned-concentration camp. He escaped the gas chambers during selection. Standing in line, he told the German officers he already was 18 and could work.

It wasn’t the first time Repp avoided death. He survived unrelenting death marches to camp after camp.

The conditions were dismal. Everyone was dirty and infested with lice. Starving,

he ate potato or apple peels he found in the sewer to survive.

“I never complained I’m hungry,” he says. “You know why? If you’re going to complain, it’s going to help you die.”

Six years had passed before men wearing U.S. Army uniforms and Red Cross trucks arrived at Dachau. It was 1945. Repp was 21 years old and weighed 69 pounds. Toothless, malnourished and infected with typhus, he could barely stand. Finally free, his safety was short-lived. He was living in a displaced-persons camp when the U.S. Secret Service asked him to wear a Nazi uniform and impersonate a German soldier to help bring them to trial.

Repp stepped up to the challenge, risking his life for another four years to bring justice for the millions of lost lives.

“I felt stronger than you can imagine,” he says. “If you live that type of life, you have to be strong.”

Repp felt obligated to assist the Secret Service, much like he believes it’s his responsibility to talk about the Holocaust. He speaks to visitors at the Dallas Holocaust Museum and Center for Education and Tolerance weekly, even though he

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now struggles to walk. Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg even interviewed him for research in 1996.

“As he’s gotten older, this is what he really enjoys doing — telling his story because he feels it’s so important that it needs to be told,” says his longtime companion Sarah Yarrin. “How much of it do you get in a history book? I don’t know. But this is someone who lived it.”

Repp doesn’t hesitate to share the most painful details etched into his memory. His voice has the same intensity as if he’s telling the story for the first time. The Nazis pulled out every tooth in his mouth with a pair of rusty pliers for one gold filling. With no water, he used his own urine to rinse his mouth. Soldiers forced prisoners to set bodies on fire, even when many hadn’t taken their last breath.

The details are gruesome, but they were a harsh reality for Repp. His fearlessness and candid manner of speaking struck Rabbi Dan Lewin, a Preston Hollow writer and adjunct professor at the

“I didn’t have tears in my eyes. They took my parents away, my brothers away. I didn’t cry.”

University of North Texas. He’s devoted his time to writing Repp’s memoir, he says, to preserve the parts of Repp’s life that aren’t encapsulated in a one-hour lecture. Lewin believes the first-person account will have the greatest impact.

“When people speak about the Holocaust, it’s very removed,” Lewin says. “You see terrible pictures and videos and skeletons and bodies and evil faces. You say, ‘Oh, how terrible this is,’ but then you snap back into your life.”

Armed with several questions each week, Lewin sits with Repp in his living room for hours at a time. He plans to complete the memoir by May 1, the day Repp remembers being liberated 72 years ago.

“Lately, talking about all this has brought it all back in his mind,” Yarrin says, adding that she recently caught him tapping a beat on his leg, something he did in the camps to pass time.

Jack Repp and Rabbi Dan Lewin

Surviving the Holocaust shaped the rest of Repp’s life. He knows he’s become different from most.

At his South Dallas department store, which he ran for 44 years, he refused to install separate doors for blacks and whites during the Jim Crow era. If customers didn’t like it, they knew where to exit, Repp says. He never called police when he caught a shoplifter and gave clothes to families who couldn’t afford them at a discounted rate.

“From what I survived, how can I take a person and put a label on them for the rest of his life?”

“How much of it do you get in a history book? I don’t know. But this is someone who lived it.”

DELICIOUS

A made-from-scratch success story

Royal China has kept customers well-fed for 43 years

By ELISSA CHUDWIN

Four generations of customers have made Royal China their go-to restaurant to celebrate birthdays or catch up with old friends.

The eatery has been a neighborhood staple since 1974, when Shu-Chang “Buck” Kao opened its doors at Preston Royal Village. The retired colonel and diplomat recently had immigrated to the US and sought to serve authentic Chinese cuisine, then an uncommon offering in Dallas.

Now Buck’s son and daughter-in-law, George and April, co-own the restaurant. The menu has evolved over the years to include American-Chinese fare and traditional regional dishes. In 2008, the Preston Royal Village establishment underwent a makeover, adding a dumpling bar to the mix.

It didn’t take long for Royal China’s popularity to quadruple, April says.

The Kaos never imagined the eatery would have the legacy it does or that they’d serve four generations of families.

“I didn’t think I would be here still,” April says. “That’s rewarding to see people who went away and come back and still go into our restaurant.”

Royal China transforms into a revolving door of reunions during summer and winter vacations. Out-of-towners return in droves to satisfy their cravings for homemade dumplings and hand-pulled noodles.

It is the epitome of a family business. Two of the couple’s nephews work alongside them. Eventually, they hope their daughter will decide to take over the family tradition. In the meanwhile, the couple continues experimenting with new ideas and treating customers like family, the Kaos one constant the past 43 years.

“You always learn every day, and I am OK with what I do right now,” April says.

ROYAL CHINA

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Price Range: $15-$25

Hours: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. SundayFriday; 4:30-9:30 p.m. SundayThursday; 4:30-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday 6025 Royal Lane, suite 201 214.361.1771

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DID YOU KNOW: April Kao captured the black-and-white images from across the globe that decorate Royal China’s walls.

Opposite page: Crystal shrimp. Above: Dumpling sampler with pork, chicken, shrimp and vegetables.

DIRTY ALLAS

We recycle less than most major cities, and that has to change

BY RACHEL STONE

PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

Chucking recyclable

materials is

easier, too. It’s the status quo.

In the bigger picture, however, failure to recycle will cost the City of Dallas one of its biggest non-tax revenue sources, the McCommas Bluff Landfill. Municipalities all over Texas pay to send their trash to our landfill, which earns $22 million for the city every year. That offsets the $54 million the city spends on trash and bulk/brush disposal annually. At the rate the landfill is filling up, its life could end as soon as 2062. If that happened, the city would have to consider whether to build a new landfill or pay to have our garbage shipped at high cost to a landfill elsewhere.

There’s also the environmental concern: Plastic pollution alone kills as many as 1 million sea birds and 100,000 ocean mammals every year, for example. Take a walk out to any creek in Dallas to see our city’s own overwhelming plastic pollution firsthand.

Plastic is only one part of the picture. Dallas also lacks recycling efforts for food and yard waste, construction materials, glass and more.

Dallas is far behind the curve, even by the standards the city set for itself in 2013. But a brand-new $20-million recycling center and new efforts from city leaders show promise for the future.

FALLING BEHIND

Most homeowners recycle, but apartments and businesses typically do not. About 80 percent of single-family homes in Dallas have blue recycling bins.

And an ordinance went into effect last year that allows small apartment complexes to receive up to 10 blue bins for around $20 a month each, making it easier for tenants to recycle.

The city’s sanitation department also has reached out to small businesses to offer recycling plans.

But the recycling rate in Dallas has not improved since the city passed its “zero-waste plan” in 2013.

At that time, the city had a 20 percent

It’s cheaper to throw it in the landfill.

“diversion rate.” That is the percentage of the city’s waste that doesn’t end up in the landfill. In 2013, City Council set a goal of increasing the diversion rate to 40 percent by 2020. This “zero-waste plan” included a voluntary recycling program for high-use clients like apartments and businesses.

As of March 2017, however, the city’s diversion rate remains stagnant at 20 percent.

“It’s pretty clear that there’s been littleto-no progress,” says Murray Myers of the city’s sanitation department.

Because the rate hasn’t increased, City Council may consider making recycling

mandatory for apartment complexes later this year. About half of Dallas’ population lives in the city’s 2,300 apartment complexes. Only about 30 percent of those offer recycling.

“We’re going to be woefully short by 2019,” City Councilman Philip Kingston says.

The Apartment Association of Greater Dallas hasn’t come up with a plan to increase participation, Kingston says.

In 2013, the message to apartment owners was, “Come up with something you guys can live with, or we’re going to hammer you,” Kingston says. But nothing apparently has changed.

Rinse out containers for milk, yogurt, juice and soap.

Don’t put

this

in your blue bin

Food waste

Styrofoam and plastic utensils

Clothing

Yard clippings

Wires and cables

Garden hoses (Hoses, tubing and electrical wiring can become entangled in machinery and cause plant shutdowns.)

Hazardous materials including aerosol cans, propane tanks and batteries (Even empty, they can explode or start fires.)

Medical waste (The FCC plant collects a 50-gallon drum of “sharps,” hypodermic needles, every week, putting workers at potential risk of blood-borne pathogens.)

There are some larger apartment owners, such as Lincoln Property Co., Camden and Gables Residential, that do a good job with recycling, says Kathy Carlton, director of government affairs for the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas.

Those operators offer recycling dumpsters to residents, and they recycle materials such as old carpeting and padding, Carlton says.

“We don’t believe anything is accomplished by mandating it,” Carlton says. “It needs to be something that people do willingly.”

Offering recycling dumpsters to apartment and office tenants could have zero

Oils

HOW RECYCLING WORKS

The Spanish company FCC built a $20-million recycling facility adjacent to McCommas Bluff, in partnership with the City of Dallas.

The new recycling plant, which opened Jan. 2, comprises 60,000 square feet and has the capacity to process 500 tons a day. It is FCC’s first American plant and its biggest.

Currently, the plant receives about 190 tons of recycling every day from the City of Dallas, and it also has agreements with Garland, Mesquite and University Park. Altogether, the plant currently receives about 225 tons of recycling per day.

Here’s how it works:

Trucks arrive at the plant’s bays carrying 12-13 tons of recycling, which are dumped onto the concrete floor.

An earthmover shovels the materials into a drum feeder equipped with 10-inch metal teeth.

As the drum turns, it “fluffs” the material up onto a conveyor belt, where it’s fed up into the first of the facility’s climate-controlled sorting cabins, which are about 30 feet above the floor.

Inside the first cabin, with the conveyor belt moving about 200 feet per minute, four workers perform an initial sort, pulling out trash, scrap metal and large pieces of colored plastic, such as cat-litter buckets, and send them down the appropriate chutes.

The material then moves to two other cabins, where workers pull cardboard and paper.

As it moves down the line, the material is further sorted. Plastic film and glass are pulled.

Plastics are sorted by their value. The least valuable, plastics 3-7, are kept together. Cartons also are separated.

An optical sorter can recognize the molecular structure of plastic water bottles and then shoot puffs of air to separate them out.

“Natural” plastics such as milk jugs are the most valuable. Those and dyed plastics, such as laundry-detergent bottles, each are separated.

An eddy current can pick off aluminum cans, and a magnet can pull steel cans.

There is still a dizzying amount of hand sorting, with workers separating aluminum, steel and plastic coming down the line all day.

The plant is capable of sorting up to 33 tons of materials in one hour.

Recyclable materials are baled and stacked until trucks haul them off to buyers in the United States. Even though China is one of the biggest buyers of recyclables in the world, FCC is committed to selling to American companies.

cost to building owners if their tenants actually use them. It divides the same amount of waste between garbage and recycling pickups, which should keep costs flat. But requiring apartments to offer recycling without any education could result in empty recycling dumpsters that cost building owners while their trash dumpsters still fill up, Carlton says.

Education has to be a major component of any recycling plan, City Councilwoman Sandy Greyson says.

But the sanitation department’s marketing budget is only $200,000 a year, compared to its payroll budget, which is more like $45 million annually. They have radio spots and print ads, but they can’t afford TV commercials or other big media buys.

Their marketing dollars also go toward the Art for Dumpsters competition in Deep Ellum, now in its second year, in which local artists paint recycling dumpsters as a way to raise awareness. The department has demonstration gardens and other educational opportunities at its headquarters, Eco Park, in southeast Oak Cliff, where schools are invited for field trips.

ELCYCER RECYCLE TIP

can contaminate recycling and should be kept out of blue bins.

The city’s new recycling facility, owned and operated by FCC Environmental Services, has an onsite classroom and recycling plant observation deck that schools will soon be able to visit.

“Kids are the ones who really need to get the message,” says Darrell Clemons, general manager of the Dallas FCC plant.

THE CADILLAC OF BULK-AND-BRUSH PICKUP

Most municipalities would not pick up, say, a refrigerator, a car engine or part of a boat in regularly scheduled bulk trash pick-up.

But Dallas does. There are some who figure that Dallas has the most permissive bulk trash pick-up of any major city in the United States. Even things that bulk trash technically is not supposed to take — parts of fences and construction materials, for example — are collected in the interest of neighborhood cleanliness.

Our bulk trash practices also contribute to our recycling woes. That’s because bulk and brush are picked up together.

“We think we have clean brush, but then there’s a TV mixed in,” Myers says.

Last year, the department picked up about 170,000 tons of bulk and brush, about half of that is brush, and virtually none of it is recycled because of contamination.

If more had been recycled, the city could either sell the resulting mulch and compost or offer it free to Dallas residents, Myers says.

City Council could consider changing the bulk and brush pick-up later this year, and there are a couple of suggestions.

They could keep it virtually the same but push for residents to separate bulk and brush. Or they could pick up bulk and brush on alternative months.

If the bulk/brush problem is solved, the city could increase its diversion rate by up to 10 percent, Myers says.

Electronics: A landfill’s deadliest enemy?

Electronics take up the least amount of space in the 996-acre McCommas Bluff Landfill, yet they are the most detrimental to the environment.

These devices contain hazardous materials such as lead and mercury. When used technology is tossed in the landfill, the toxic chemicals can leak into the soil and seep into the water supply, Myers says.

The city manages four drop-off e-cycling locations to deter residents from

OTHER CITIES: DIVERSION RATE COMPARISON

The lid of a pizza box can be recycled, but the greasy bottom portion should go in the trash

Opposite page, clockwise from top left: An earthmover shuffles a mound of materials that trucks have dumped on the floor of the FCC plant. Recycling materials make their way up a conveyor belt. Workers in one of the plant’s cabins perform the initial sort. Below: Marcos Estrada, left, the city’s waste diversion coordinator, and Darrell Clemons, the FCC plant’s general manager.

WHAT’S IT WORTH?

dumping electronics in the trash or on the curb. Neighbors can leave items ranging from batteries to flat screen TVs at Bachman, Fair Oaks and Oak Cliff transfer stations, as well as McCommas Bluff’s Customer Convenience Recycling Center.

In 2016, the city collected 527,118 pounds of used devices.

ping it off money,” Myers says.

It’s a conundrum for many municipalities, including Dallas, which could pay anywhere between $31,000 to $148,000 a year for e-cycling companies to collect and recycle items. Four months ago, the city contracted with the company URT Solutions after ECS Recycling estimated its services would exceed $100,000.

“It is utilized, but if the cost of the program goes up, we may have to look at transitioning to another program,” Myers says.

food ends up in the garbage. The City of Dallas estimates that 30 percent of all materials in its landfill are compostable material, and it’s working to do something about that.

“Last month, we attended a U.S. Composting Council conference and have returned with a few new ideas that we’ll be working on,” Myers says.

He would love to offer citywide compositing, but it is cost prohibitive and, unlike recycling, doesn’t have much potential to make money, allowing the program to cover its own expenses.

“We’ve evaluated organics recycling at Dallas ISD, sending food waste to the water department’s anaerobic digester and other programs, but we haven’t found a path forward,” Myers says.

The department does encourage residents to compost on their own. The Sanitation Services’ website offers stepby-step instructions for how to build a smell-free compost bucket at home, and the department has planned a series of free daylong workshops to teach residents everything they need to know to start composting (get upcoming workshop dates at dallascityhall.com/departments/ sanitation).

For those who don’t want to get their hands dirty but want to help reduce waste, the North Texas company Recycle Revolution offers composting bins and coordinates pick-ups every week or month, depending on the need. They specifically target apartment complexes and restaurants, where large quantities of organic material end up in the landfill.

—EMILY CHARRIER

Cool to compost:

Kitchen waste (e.g. egg shells, vegetable and fruit scraps)

Leaves

Straw

Wood chips or sawdust (untreated wood only)

Some residents aren’t aware of Dallas’ e-cycling program, Myers says, so the city plans to launch a media campaign this summer. It also is installing secure storage pods at each location to quell residents’ fears about dropping off cellphones and laptops with personal information.

But unpredictable changes in cost may be detrimental to Dallas’ efforts.

Electronic recycling companies struggle to earn a profit because the value of the materials they collect have decreased.

“When a recycler can’t sell materials, then they start to charge whoever is drop-

There are other options, but they’re not as convenient as a drop-off location. The State of Texas now requires manufacturers to take back TVs and computers, so many businesses like Best Buy have their own trade-in programs.

—ELISSA CHUDWIN

A wasteful problem

In a world where one out of every nine people is starving, according to The Hunger Project, it’s distressing to think that here in America 40 percent of our

Yard trimmings

Shredded paper, cardboard or newspaper

Coffee grounds

Never compost:

Meat, including fish and poultry

Dairy products

Grease or oils

Pet feces

Treated wood

Ashes

Glossy paper

PLASTIC FILM, SUCH AS BAGS

Recyclable materials are commodities, so their market values fluctuate, and listed here as the March 2017 rates.

ELCYCER RECYCLE TIP Paper should be dry; it often becomes contaminated in heavy rains.

*Glass

is not biodegradable and should be kept out of the landfill, if possible. FCC does sell the glass it collects, but its market value is so low, and glass weighs so much, that the cost to transport it are about equal to its price, resulting in no profit.

**Plastic

film, such as grocery sacks and bread bags, comes through the facility by the ton and is baled. But it has a market value of zero. FCC has not yet found a viable buyer for plastic bags, but the ones that make it into bales are being kept out of the landfill.

PATROLLING FOR PEACE OF MIND

Preston Hollow’s longtime fixation with private police forces

Story by ELISSA CHUDWIN

Photos by RASY RAN

Once its own municipality, Preston Hollow’s private police force badges are preserved in the city’s Municipal Archives.

efore Preston Hollow became one of Dallas’ most sought-after neighborhoods, it was its own municipality with a strict set of laws. The city barred public dance halls, using loud speakers and purchasing alcohol in the early 1940s.

Enforcing Preston Hollow’s ever-growing regulations was troublesome, however. In 1941, only one officer patrolled the 2-square-mile town at night, leaving it unprotected during the day, according to archived documents. City officials weren’t persuaded to establish a 24-hour police force until a string of burglaries, vehicle thefts and a car hijacking rocked the neighborhood.

But not everyone benefitted from those patrols.

Police protection was offered on a subscription basis. The police department charged homeowners at a rate of $2.50 per month or $250 per year.

“Probably but few of our citizens realize the extent of the need for efficient policing in our area,” town council secretary Herbert C. Otis wrote in an undated letter featured in the book “Preston Hollow” by Eva Potter Morgan.

Seventy-two years after Preston Hollow was annexed into Dallas, the neighborhood’s crime rates are some of the lowest in the city. Police reported just two robberies, four aggravated assaults and 31 burglaries during an 11-month period in 2016. By comparison, East Dallas saw 139 robberies, 109 aggravated assaults and 271 burglaries in the same time span.

The low crime rate hasn’t stopped Preston Hollow residents from seeking additional protection, whether that’s through the Dallas Police Department or a private company.

“It’s one of the few neighborhoods that have engaged in private security for a long time,” Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates says.

Seven neighborhoods benefit from Enhanced Neighborhood Protection (ENP). The Dallas Police Department has offered the voluntary program, which brings in an off-duty officer to patrol the neighborhood, since 1991.

Interested residents pay a fee, which covers the officers’ pay and patrol vehicle maintenance, says Rick Watson, deputy chief of the North Central Division. The

program’s cost depends on the number of homeowners involved, how many hours the officer works per week and his or her hourly wage, which is privately negotiated with the neighborhood or homeowner’s association.

The expense of an ENP wasn’t feasible for the Meadows Neighborhood Association because of its small size, says Kelley Willis, a neighborhood association board member and crime watch committee chair. The neighborhood contracts with a private firm that they pay monthly instead.

“It just depends on the neighborhood, their needs and what they feel they can afford,” Watson says.

Windsor Park launched its ENP earlier this year and now has roughly 150 members. Families with children and seniors make up the neighborhood, says Igor Jekauc, president of the homeowner association’s ENP. Many felt uneasy solely relying on security cameras.

“I think, for them, they’re not used to technology,” he says. “They like to see a person.”

Neighbors who opt to participate pay roughly $400 per household, Jekauc says.

The Hillcrest-Forest neighborhood

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has two programs, the Churchill Way ENP and 5 Star ENP, in addition to 40 hours of security per week from Smith Protective Services.

“It’s all about deterrence. It’s not really about catching people,” says Bruce Wilke, president of the Hillcrest-Forest Neighborhood Association.

The Northaven Park ENP serves more than 300 members in Northaven Park, Royal Hills and Park Forest. When it was established in 2011, residents experienced an average of 10 nonviolent crimes per

month, communications director Donna Denise says. That number has decreased to two crimes per month since ENP was enabled. But peace of mind, more than anything, is the program’s largest benefit, she says.

“It’s one thing to react to crime after it happens, but it’s another thing to be proactive and preventing crime where

burglars, thieves and mischief-makers can cause problems,” Denise says.

The program also gives officers the opportunity to make extra money within the department, Gates says. Dallas police officers’ base salary ranges from $46,870 to $74,172, according to the department’s website. This is significantly lower than other municipalities, such as Austin, which offers $58,681 to officers upon graduation. The disparity in pay

leads some officers to seek additional part-time work.

The ENP program isn’t correlated to employee retention, though, Watson and Mitchell say. Officers who leave Dallas do so because they don’t want to parttime work, not because of opportunities within the department.

The program is beneficial to every neighborhood in Dallas, Mitchell says, regardless of their crime rates.

“We’ve always been low crime, but you can never be too low crime,” Wilke says.

“It just depends on the neighborhood, their needs and what they feel they can afford.”

Preston Hollow’s first private police force dates back to the early 1940s.

WORSHIP

By GEORGE MASON

WORSHIP

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

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

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

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel

10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

LUTHERAN

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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

METHODIST

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

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional

Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 am / Worship, 10:50 am

4105 Junius St. / 214.824.2533 / graceumcdallas.org

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESTON HOLLOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 9800 Preston Road

Services: 8:15 am Chapel, 9:30 and 11:00 am Sanctuary

Senior Pastor Matthew E. Ruffner / www.phpc.org / 214.368.6348

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

How well do you know your neighbors?

I don’t know mine well enough. But neighbors are more than just the people who live on your block. They are people you work with, whose kids go to school with your kids, who share your humanity yet maybe not your ethnic origin or skin color or buying power.

The elections last fall were just more evidence of our isolation from each other. In my own church, a vote last fall on a matter that proved controversial also proved we didn’t know one another as well as we assumed.

What is happening to us and what is the remedy?

When sociologist Robert Putnam wrote the book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community,” he pointed out the loss of social subgroups in the rhythm of our week that once provided sympathy for our neighbor and satisfied our need for belonging. We used to bowl in leagues; now we bowl alone (or only with friends and family). We used to have strong civic organizations like Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Exchange Club, Masons, Shriners, etc. These still exist, but they find it harder to attract new members these days, especially younger ones.

When participation declines in groups that bound us together across demographic lines (yes, I know they once were bastions of segregation but credit efforts over time to change that), the tendency is to fulfill our need for community virtually instead. We spend more time on Facebook than we do face to face.

Facebook knows this and wants to be part of the cure, even as it acknowledges it has contributed to the disease. Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has issued a lengthy manifesto laying out the ways it will seek to promote physical social

encounters. “[L]arge percentages of our population lack a sense of hope for the future. It is possible many of our challenges are at least as much social as they are economic — related to a lack of community and connection to something greater than ourselves. As one pastor told me: ‘People feel unsettled. A lot of what was settling in the past doesn’t exist anymore.’

“Online communities are a bright spot, and we can strengthen existing physical communities by helping people come together online as well as offline. In the same way connecting with friends online strengthens real relationships, develop-

ing this infrastructure will strengthen these communities, as well as enable completely new ones to form.”

I was not the pastor he mentioned, but I might have been. The church sees this unsettling and feels its effects, too. But religious communities continue to be places of belonging that can be a laboratory for community as unity-in-diversity. That is, if we don’t all hunker down only with “people like us.”

Genuine faith leads us toward others, not away from them. If we are moving away from people, it follows that our faith itself is weakening. If you want a vital faith, get engaged in a spiritual community that challenges you to “love your neighbor as yourself.”

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.

Won’t you be my neighbor?

A call to cross streets and other lines that divide us

Genuine faith leads us toward others, not away from them.

Realtors

Recognizing the real estate professionals who promote our neighborhood with the Advocate’s annual Top Realtors in Preston Hollow.

SUSAN BALDWIN

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

CHRISTY BERRY

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

Rosen Berry Real Estate Group

MARK CAIN

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

STEPHEN COLLINS

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

AMY DETWILER

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

VICKI FOSTER

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

BECKY FREY

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

MARLENE JAFFE

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

LORI KIRCHER

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

PATRICIA MASSEY

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

CHRISTINE MCKENNY

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

SANDRA MELMED

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

JENNIFER MILLER

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

DANNA MORGULOFF-HAYDEN

Ebby Halliday Realtors

The Morguloff Team

MINNETTE MURRAY

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Minnette Murray Properties

CINDY O’GORMAN

Ebby Halliday Realtors

The O’Gorman Group

GREG PAPE

Virginia Cook Realtors

JULIE PROVENZANO

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

The Provenzano Group

SHARON REDD

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

KYLE ROVINSKY

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

LORI SPARKS

Virginia Cook Realtors

RYAN STREIFF

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

LINDA VALLALA

Ebby Halliday Realtors

KAY WEEKS

Ebby Halliday Realtors

MICHELLE WOOD

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

BIZ BUZZ

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WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

Culinary masterminds Tracy Rathburn and Lynae Fearing opened Lovers Seafood & Market’s doors in March where Rex’s Fresh Seafood once stood. Sample trendy and classic staples from tuna poke to crab cakes.

Preston Hollow neighbors craving a root beer float ice pop don’t have to drive to Lower Greenville or Casa Linda anymore. Steel City Pops welcomed customers to its third location in Preston Royal Village this March, seven months after the Alabama-based company announced it was expanding to our neighborhood.

EASTFIELD COLLEGE CAMP HARVEY

3737 Motley Dr., Mesquite, 75150 / 972.860.7114

4SummerCamp@dcccd.edu / Ignite your kids imagination by keeping them connected to big ideas through critical-thinking and creative play. Camp Harvey is a series of STEAM-based youth camps where kids experience meaningful learning while also having fun. Camp classes include: Math and reading practice, Improvisation, CSI/Forensics Academy, Debate, Swimming Clinics, Girl Gamers, Star Wars Stop Animation, Minecraft, Nature Appreciation, and more! Registration fee waived through April 15. Discounted registration through May 15. For youth ranging in age from 5-17.

HIGHLANDER SCHOOL

9120 Plano Rd. Dallas / 214.348.3220 / www.highlanderschool.com Founded in 1966, Highlander offers an enriched curriculum in a positive, Christian-based environment. By limiting class size, teachers are able to build a strong educational foundation to ensure confidence in academics, athletics, and the creative and performing arts. Highlander offers a “classic” education which cannot be equaled. Monthly tours offered; call for a reservation.

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Leading to Success. 2720 Hillside Dr., Dallas 75214 / 214.826.2931 / lakehillprep.org

learning, service to others, and leadership grounded in love, humility, and wisdom. Accredited by ISAS, SAES, and the Texas Education Agency.

UT DALLAS CHESS CAMP

800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson 75080 / (972) 883-4899 / utdallas.edu/chess ) 2016 Summer Chess Camp Campers learn while they PLAY. Chess develops reading, math, critical and analytical skills, and builds character and self-esteem. Just don’t tell the kids…they think chess is fun! Join beginner, intermediate or advanced chess classes for ages 7 to 14 on the UT Dallas campus. Morning (9am-noon) or afternoon (1-4pm) sessions are available June 13-17, June 20-24, July 18-22, July 25-29 and extended playing classes. Camp includes t-shirt, chess board and pieces, trophy, certificate, score book, group photo, snacks and drinks. Instructors are from among UT Dallas Chess Team Pan-Am Intercollegiate Champions for 2010-2012!

WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

Fast-casual restaurant Flower Child now is serving mix-and-match bowls and wraps to customers at Inwood Village shopping center. The Fox Restaurant Concepts eatery offers organic, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options.

Preston Hollow’s Elizabeth Lindberg opened Studio 6’s third location in Lakeside Market on Preston Road. The studio offers group exercise classes, a training room and a lifestyle boutique.

COMMUNITY BUILDING

The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge honored Preston Hollow businessman Patrick Esquerré for his work with Kids Vision for Life, an organization that provides vision services to low-income students in public school districts and targeted Title I schools. The founder of la Madeleine French Bakery & Café has helped expand the program, giving more than 415,000 screenings and more than 105,000 pairs of glasses to children in need.

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

SPANISH HOUSE

Four East Dallas Locations / 214.826.4410/ DallasSpanishHouse.com Spanish Immersion Program in East Dallas! Nursery, Preschool, Elementary and Adult Programs available. Our new dual-language elementary campus is now open at 7159 E. Grand Ave. Please visit our website at DallasSpanishHouse. com for more information.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

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

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas/ 214.348.7410 / WhiteRockNorthSchool.com 6 Weeks through 6th Grade. Our accelerated curriculum provides opportunity for intellectual and physical development in a loving and nurturing environment. Character-building and civic responsibility are stressed. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, skating rink, updated playground, and state-of-the-art technology lab. Kids Club on the Corner provides meaningful after-school experiences. Summer Camp offers field trips, swimming, and a balance of indoor and outdoor activities designed around fun-filled themes. Accredited by SACS. Call for a tour of the campus.

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630 / ziondallas. org Toddler care thru 8th Grade. Serving Dallas for over 65 years offering a quality education in a Christ-centered learning environment. Degreed educators minister to the academic, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of students and their families. Before and after school programs, Extended Care, Parents Day Out, athletics, fine arts, integrated technology, Spanish, outdoor education, Accelerated Reader, advanced math placement, and student government. Accredited by National Lutheran School & Texas District Accreditation Commissions and TANS. Contact Principal Jeff Thorman.

Steel City Pops

CLASSES/TUTORING/ LESSONS

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

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

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

EMPLOYMENT

AIRLINE MECHANIC TRAINING Get FAA certified. Approved for military benefits. Financial aid if qualified. Job placement assistance. Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-453-6204

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

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FINANCIAL CONSULTANT Five Rings Financial has part-time opportunities! JR@FiveRingsFinancial.com 214-702-0033 x502

SERVICES FOR YOU

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

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

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

HONORING PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY

Mayor Mike Rawlings paid tribute to Preston Hollow Elementary students at UNICEF’s third annual Childen First: An Evening with UNICEF. The event raised more than $860,000 for the organization.

SERVICES FOR YOU

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

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

LEGAL SERVICES

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

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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

BOOKKEEPING NEEDS? Need help preparing books for CPA? No job too big or small. 22 Yrs. Exp. C.A.S. Bookkeeping Services. Cindy. 214-577-7450 cascastle@sbcglobal.net

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

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PET SERVICES

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

HOUSE CALLS OF DALLAS Personalized Care For Your Pet Or Home. Everything from traveling or away for the day. Insured/ Bonded.214-505-2525.housecallsofdallas.com

BUY/SELL/TRADE

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

RANGERS, STARS & MAVS

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

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

ALL POINTS ESTATE SALES and Property Services. Call Pat 214-802-2781 - AllPointsEstateServices.com

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

REAL ESTATE

NEED A PURCHASE, REFIANCE Or Renovation Home Loan? Call Pat Nagler, PrimeLending Sr. Loan Officer (NMLS: 184376) 214-402-4019 for all your mortgage needs.

AC & HEAT

CONCRETE/ MASONRY/PAVING

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

Tuck Pointing / Crack Repair. Mortar Color Matching. Don 214-704-1722

Family Owned & Operated

Serving the Dallas area for over 30 years

We raise our kids here, too!

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APPLIANCE REPAIR

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

USED APPLIANCES FOR SALE Washer $125. Dryer $89.1 yr. Warranty. Repair. 972-329-2202

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

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

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

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

Serving your Neighborhood Since 1993

Repairing: Refrigerators •Washer/Dryers

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

CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

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

CLEANING SERVICES

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

A WORLD CLASS CLEANING SERVICE

You deserve High Standards and Quality Cleaning. You’ve tried the rest... Now try the Best! WindsorMaidServices.com 214-381-MAID (6243)

AFFORDABLE CLEANING Insd./Bonded. Move

In/Out. Routine Cleaning. Reliable. Dependable. Residential/ Commercial. References. 28+yrs. Delta Cleaning. 972-943-9280.

AMAZON CLEANING

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

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

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR

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

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 . 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

FENCE & IRON CO.

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

BRIGHT LIGHT ELECTRIC • 214-553-5333 TECL 31347 Brightening Homes and Businesses

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 Service. 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

GARAGE SERVICES

IDEAL GARAGE DOORS • 972-757-5016 Install & Repair. 10% off to military/1st responders.

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

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

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

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

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

PRO WINDOW CLEANING prompt, dependable. Matt 214-766-2183

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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

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FLOORING

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

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

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

Restoration Flooring

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469.774.3147

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EXTERIOR

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

HANDY MANNY PAINTING/HOME REPAIR Int./Ext. Manny 214-334-2160

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

HOME REPAIR HANDYMAN Small/Big Jobs + Construction. 30 Yrs. Exp. 214-875-1127

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

972-308-6035

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

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

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT

Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work

Since 1984. Int./Ext. 214-755-2700

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

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

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

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

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

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

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

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TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

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

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

WE REFINISH!

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

• Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

• Cultured Marble

• Kitchen Countertops

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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

TAYLOR MADE IRRIGATION Repairs, service, drains. 30+ years exp. Ll 6295 469-853-2326. John

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

YOUR TREES could look like a

MOVING

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

PEST CONTROL

1. Rake your lawn to wake it up.

2. Re-seed any bare patches — use plenty of water.

3. Apply a layer of mulch around your plants, trees and shrubs — 2-3 inches is plenty.

4. Fertilize growing plants with compost, including those in containers.

5. Get things growing by thoroughly watering new plants. Remember to stay cool and drink plenty of water yourself while out in the sun.

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LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

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

BURRIS TREE SERVICE | 469-939-3344

Expert tree service. | Prune. Stump grind. Plant.

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

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

DALLAS GROUNDSKEEPER Organic Lawn

Maintenance designed to meet your needs. 214-471-5723 dallasgroundskeeper.com

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

LSI LAWN SPRINKLERS “Making Water Work”

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

MAYA TREE SERVICE Tree Trim/Remove. Insd.

CC’s Accepted. 214-924-7058 214-770-2435

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL Keeping the environment, kids, pets in mind. Organic products avail. 972-564-2495

MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 + Tax For General Treatment.

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

PLUMBING

A2Z PLUMBING 214-727-4040

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

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

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521 # M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues. plumberiffic69@gmail.com

Sewers • Drains • Bonded 24 Hours/7 Days *Joe Faz 469-346-1814 - Se Habla Español*

HAYES PLUMBING INC. Repairs. Insured, 214-343-1427 License M13238

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

NTX PLUMBING SPEC. LLLP 214-226-0913

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

THE PLUMBING MANN LLC

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

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The sun is out and spring is here. Time to get your grass that luscious green — the color of envy, or rather, lawn envy. Make your yard stand out this season:

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

REMODELING

O’BRIEN GROUP INC. Remodeling Dallas For Over 17 Years www.ObrienGroupInc.com

You’ve chosen the right neighborhood, now choose the right Realtor.

Preston Hollow has always had a special place in the heart of Dallas. Ours, too. We’ve been living and working here for over four decades–and no one knows this neighborhood quite like we do. If you’re looking for something exceptional here in Preston Hollow, start with an exceptional team of Realtors. Visit virginiacook.com. $525,000