2019 May Lakewood

LAKEWOOD/EAST DALLAS

A COWBOY VS. CANCER

COMEBACK KIDS

MAY 2 0 1 9

A D V O C AT E M A G . C O M

KEEPIN’ IT WHEEL

NEW LISTING

6711 ELLSWORTH | $1,249,000 4 Beds | 3.2 Baths | 2 Car | 4,357 Sq. Ft. Dybvad Phelps Sinnott Group 214-536-8786

7315 CASA LOMA | $1,199,000

4 Beds | 2.1 Baths | 4,289 Sq. Ft. Bernice Edelman - 214-384-7700

6046 LLANO | $699,000 3 Beds | 3.1 Baths | 2 Car | 2,746 Sq. Ft. Peter Loudis - 214-215-4269

6123 SUL ROSS | $649,000 5 Beds | 3.1 Baths | 3 Car | 2,886 Sq. Ft. Lou Nettle - 214-912-4556

4 Beds | 3.1 Baths | 2 Car | 3,607 Sq. Ft. The Hardt Group - 214-502-8666 SALE PENDING

SALE PENDING

5231 GOODWIN | $525,000 3 Beds | 2 Baths | 2 Car | 2,777 Sq. Ft. Jessica Wantz - 713-299-1546

11115 RIDGEMEADOW | $625,000

1411 VILLARS | $499,900 3 Beds | 3.1 Baths | 2 |2,509 Sq. Ft. Cotton Mendenhall - 214-642-7676

2626 LAKEFOREST COURT

$489,000 3 Beds | 2.1 Baths | 2 Car | 2,354 Sq. Ft. Carolyn Black - 214-675-2089

SALE PENDING

6914 VIVIAN | $789,000 Beds | 2.1 Baths | 2,777 Sq. Ft. Paula Wier Scofield - 214-232-0562

9431 NORTHCLIFF | $725,000

3 Beds | 2 Baths | 2 Car | 1,868 Sq. Ft. Denise Lowry - 214-228-1622

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6532 WESTLAKE | $574,999 3 Beds | 2 Baths | 2 Car | 1,876 Sq. Ft. Dybvad Phelps Sinnott Group 214-536-8786

4539 ASHFORD | $565,000 3 Beds | 2 Baths | 2 Car | 2,000 Sq. Ft. Rob Schrickel - 214-801-1795 NEW LISTING

Visit EbbyOpenHouses.com to see every upcoming open house — homes from all brokers, not just those listed by Ebby Halliday. The best part? Click “Refine Search” to narrow the options based on your criteria — price, location, number of beds and baths, you name it.

4302 DEERE | $472,999 2 Beds | 2.1 Baths | 2 Car | 2,130 Sq. Ft. Rob Schrickel - 214-801-1795

501 CORDOVA | $450,000 3 Beds | 2 Baths | 2 LA | 1,428 Sq. Ft. Peter Loudis - 214-215-4269

4040 AVONDALE #303 | $285,000

1903 VIEWCREST | Sold 3 Beds | 2 Baths | 2 Car | 1,377 Sq. Ft. Jorge Goldsmit - 214-245-5357

2 Beds | 2 Baths | 2 Car | 1,262 Sq. Ft. Jessica Wantz - 713-299-1546

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CONTENTS MAY 2019 VOL.26 NO.5

UP FRONT 16 Eli Patterson Cowboy up for a cure 24 Nikola Olic Reimagining Dallas 30 Lou Alpert How CNN saved her daughter from heroin 34 Movie magic East Dallas on the big screen 38 Onewheel A new way to travel 42 SNAP to it Get more for less at the farmers market

FEATURES 50 High school heroes Three seniors who slay 58 A saucy neighbor Bottling Mexican flavors

COVER PHOTO BY DANNY FULGENCIO TABLE OF CONTENTS PHOTO BY NIKOLA OLIC

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All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footages are approximate, but not guaranteed and should be independently verified. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Wishing a

Happy Mother’s Day to all our fellow

East Dallas mothers!

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7123 Coronado Avenue | $1,199,000

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4929 Worth Street | $749,000

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6627 Lakewood Boulevard | $1,750,000

BLAIR HUDSON & NORA CLARK

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6403 Ellsworth Avenue | $710,000

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6012 Tremont Street | $475,000

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6911 Pasadena | 4/4.1/4,219SF | $1,395,000 Updated Tudor in Lakewood Elementary area! Perfect blend of modern living & Old World charm. Close to White Rock Lake, YMCA, & Lakewood CC.

7110 Greenbrook | 4/4.2/5,538 | $2,249,000

6322 Vanderbilt | 3/2.1/2,619SF | $699,900

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& restaurants, Tietze Park, and is an easy commute to downtown.

Available Now: 7110 Greenbrook $2,249,000

431 Blanning $875,000

5123 Creighton $569,000

6702 Kenwood $1,499,000

6331 Lakeshore $799,000

6819 Santa Fe $559,000

6911 Pasadena $1,395,000

6024 Palo Pinto $799,000

2200 Victory #1207 $535,000

6629 Sondra $1,150,000

6428 Bob O Link $750,000

7003 Irongate $525,000

6267 Ellsworth $1,099,000

6322 Vanderbilt $699,900

6520-22 Ravendale $509,000

4060 Beechwood $999,900

5523 Matalee $699,000

6661 Lange Circle $499,900

630 Northlake $979,000

5525 Matalee $699,000

6127 Lakeshore $450,000

8614 Thunderbird $899,500

5622 Matalee $699,000

10615 Old Seagoville $350,00

530 Kirkwood $895,000

5624 Matalee $699,000

445 Hambrick $895,000

6300 Tremont $625,000

All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footages are approximate, but not guaranteed and should be independently veriﬁed. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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Dads on diaper duty

Elissa Chudwin

A lack of changing tables in men’s restrooms may no longer be a viable excuse for dads trying to con their way out of diaper duty. Thanks to the efforts of a Lakewood dad, the Dallas City Council is considering an ordinance that would require changing tables in all bathrooms at new restaurants, stores, theaters and city-owned buildings. Neighbor Chris Fox presented proposed regulations to the Quality of Life Committee, which will send a draft ordinance to the full City Council for consideration.

Donut judge the spelling Jarams Donuts makes artisan donuts. Unless the shop is filling its donuts with the remains of its skilled bakers, the noun “artisan” should be the adjective “artisanal.” We asked readers to spot the error. Here’s what they said: • Artisanal. But also, it’s doughnut!!! — Brandon Dowdy-Ernst • Maybe the point is: You are what you eat? — Jeff Donnell

Good news, bad news The good news is construction on Henderson Avenue is finally underway. The bad news is neighbors will be driving through construction for about a year. The five-phase project from Central to Ross avenues began in late March and is expected to continue until spring 2020. Improvements include road resurfacing, crosswalks, lights and landscaping.

• I would never hold a grammar or punctuation error against a donut that is just doing its job, bless ‘em! — Rita Smith • Artisan aside, what about Jaram’s? The apostrophe must be silent. Lol. — Mike DeGroot

815.274.4340 / echudwin@advocatemag.com Jaime Dunaway

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214.560.4212 / rwamre@advocatemag.com Advocate, © 2019, is published monthly by East Dallas – Lakewood People Inc. Contents of this magazine may not be reproduced. Advertisers and advertising agencies assume liability for the content of all advertisements printed, and therefore assume responsibility for any and all claims against the Advocate. The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any editorial or advertising material. Opinions set forth in the Advocate are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the publisher’s viewpoint. More than 200,000 people read Advocate publications each month. Advertising rates and guidelines are available upon request. Advocate publications are available free of charge throughout our neighborhoods, one copy per reader. Advocate was founded in 1991 by Jeff Siegel, Tom Zielinski and Rick Wamre.

ABOUT THE COVER Photography by Danny Fulgencio. The Kite-Eating Tree from the “Peanuts” comic strip has moved to White Rock Lake. After a long winter without any kites, its greedy branches swallowed a new victim. FOLLOW US: Talk to us: editor@advocatemag.com Newsletter: advocatemag.com/newsletter

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BELLAV I STA

Cooking Up Your Kitchen Dallas local businesses Bella Vista and Jarrell Company are a recipe for success.

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Today’s modern kitchens are different from those of our childhood. No longer is a kitchen an isolated, monochromatic workhorse. These days, open-concept floor plans focus on colorful kitchens as extended family rooms, entertaining and gathering spots, and aesthetically pleasing living room extensions. Whether you’re renovating or building from the ground up, assessing your new kitchen’s usability and enjoyability are important considerations. You’ll also want to keep in mind future resale and what a potential buyer could love about your home. Just ask Morris Wells, one of the owners of local appliance supplier Jarrell Company. Wells says it’s important to think about space, budget and needs-versus-wants when helping neighborhood homeowners select new kitchen appliances.

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Wells says today’s hot kitchen trends include: • Drawer microwaves that save counter/cabinet space and are reachable at anyone’s height • Column refrigerators that can be separate from column freezers, allowing extra space for wish-list items, such as built-in coffee systems • Open-faced hearth ovens that serve as pizza makers and conventional ovens • Ovens with French doors that help conserve space in narrow or galley kitchens The Jarrell Company has served our neighborhood since 1964 with high-quality appliances, plumbing fixtures and decorative hardware. At Jarrell Company, homeowners can work directly

with one of the owners — not a random salesperson. And since they’re local, any issue receives immediate attention, even if it means a quick trip to your home to resolve it.

Bella Vista’s close partnership with Jarrell Company makes the process easier and the final product even more beautiful and functional. A shared dedication to customer service and satisfaction makes Jarrell Company and Bella Vista the perfect team. These two neighborhood partners have worked together to provide trusted solutions from design to completion for many happy homeowners in East Dallas.

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Bella Vista Company’s “we design until you’re happy” approach means that clients’ needs and preferences – from budgetary to space concerns – are always top of mind when designing and building kitchens or homes. And their close partnership with Jarrell Company makes the process easier and the final product even more beautiful and functional, allowing for a turnkey, grief-free experience. “None of the big-box guys can deliver what the owners at Jarrell Company deliver for our projects,” says Bella Vista partner Sara Haley. “Jarrell’s owners are like us: They have a vested interest in every one of our projects. Our goal is to make clients happy and proud of their kitchen.”

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EVENTS

MAY 11-12

STROLL DOWN SWISS

Peek into a romantic Spanish Revival home, an Italianate villa and a prairie foursquare at the annual Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour. Browse local artisans’ wares as you amble down the avenue or travel between tour stops in a horse-drawn carriage. Where: Swiss Avenue Historic District

Cost: $30-$35 Info: sahd.org

5 things to do in Lakewood this May MAY 3-25

MAY 5

MAY 7

MAY 6

The best-laid plans of mice and … Skog are upended in this musical following Jenny and her mice friends as they travel to an island paradise. But a giant has already claimed their newfound home.

Cruise on over to this British and European classic car show. Vehicles 25 years and older will be eligible to win prizes based on popular voting.

Join the Dallas Historical Society for happy hour and “drink” in the history of one of Dallas’ most iconic places, the Granada Theater.

The Island of the Skog

Where: Dallas Children’s

Theater, 5938 Skillman St. Cost: $23-$30 Info: dct.org

Sweet ride

Pour yourself into history

Par-tee

Where: White Rock Lake

3524 Greenville Ave.

Join NFL Hall of Famer Tim Brown and Woodrow football coach Tony Benedetto at a fundraiser golf tournament. Enjoy food, music, a raffle and silent auction at a social party after the tournament.

Park, 600 E. Lawther Drive Cost: Free Info: allbritishcarday.com

Cost: Free Info: dallashistory.org

Where: Tenison Park Golf

Where: Granada Theater,

Course, 3501 Samuell Blvd. Cost: Free for golfers, $20

for spectators Info: woodrowwildcats.org/

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UP FRONT

C OW BOY E L I Meet a 5-year-old who lives to dress like a bronco-riding hero and buck his cancer diagnosis 

Story by JAIME DUNAWAY

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Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

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All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footagers are approximate. Exact dimensions can be obtained by retaining the services of an architect or engineer. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

FIVE-YEAR-OLD ELI PATTERSON loves cowboys. But when he met Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach, he was a little confused. Where were their horses? Where were their hats? Eli has a getup that would put those pretenders to shame. When he’s wearing his faux leather chaps, popgun holster and gold sheriff ’s badge, he struts. And that’s what he’ll do when he walks the runway April 26 as a featured model at the annual Children’s Cancer Fund Gala. At the 31st iteration of the event, Aikman, Staubach and other celebrities will escort 26 pediatric cancer patients modeling fashions handpicked at Dillard’s. The gala is expected to raise more than $1 million for pediatric cancer research. “I’m excited to be a model in the fashion show because I can dress up, usually as a cowboy,” Eli says. “I was in isolation for almost a year, so I’m excited to be around a lot of friends.” Just two weeks shy of his third birthday, doctors diagnosed Eli with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. The news shattered his parents, Annie and Randall Patterson. It had taken the couple a year to get pregnant with Eli. About two months into her term, Annie hemorrhaged, and the pair thought they lost him then. A sonogram showed his heart was still beating, and Eli was born healthy after a full term. Three years later, the Pattersons were fighting for Eli’s life once again. “It just completely devastated us because of all that we had been through just to get to this point,” Randall says. “The heartbreak we felt was one that I don’t know how to describe other than we’d never felt such pain in our lives. “I remember feeling so hopeless. At that point, I understood how people could have a broken heart. I remember thinking the pain was so great and so hurtful, how could you recover from it?” Cancer was the last thing the Pattersons expected for Eli — their alpha male. He drank black coffee and woke up at 6 a.m. to go to construction sites with his dad, owner of Mockingbird Builders. His personality was the epitome of strength. Chemotherapy helped Eli achieve remission, but he had to spend the first year of treatment in isolation at home and at Children’s Medical Center because of complications and infections. For the remainder of his treatment, which will continue until May 2020, Eli will receive chemo at the hospital once a month while taking chemo tablets and steroids at home.

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“I understood how people could have a broken heart.”

Eli endures the chemo like the little man that he is. About halfway through his treatment, he asked nurses to stop using numbing cream when they access his port, a device placed under the skin in the chest to draw blood and give treatments. Every month he takes a big needle in the chest without any pain reliever. No one can deny Eli’s toughness, but cancer has, somewhat, tamed the alpha male, his mother says. “To see him since he’s been diagnosed, there’s such compassion in his life,” Annie says. “When his brothers and sisters fall and get hurt, he’s the first one there asking, ‘How can I help?’ Cancer changes a person and a whole family.” Although Eli had few opportunities to play with other kids, he found a second family in the Children’s staff. At the hospital, Eli gets to be the center of attention, and nurses will bring him toys that he doesn’t have to share with his three younger siblings. Sometimes when he’s bored, he’ll ask to go to the hospital. “In his mind, it’s where he goes to have a little vacation,” Annie says. “He’s a little bit disappointed when we tell him you don’t go to the hospital because you want to see your friends. He doesn’t realize it’s so different than other kids.” The Pattersons’ new normal may consist of isolation, treatments and doctor visits, but as Eli progresses, Annie and Randall have allowed themselves to start dreaming of “someday.” “Death is so close in some ways, and we’ve had to process living and losing a child,” Randall says. “All that changes you. He won’t remember this as he gets older. But it’s like a big storm has come into our life, and now it’s blowing out. We’re left to pick up the pieces. How do you rebuild?” Eli has already felt well enough to attend a Disney on Ice performance and a RoughRiders game. And when he grows up, he’d like to be a builder like his dad, or a policeman, or a guitar player or a cowboy. He’s already walked down at least two of those career paths. Dressed in his cowboy suit, Eli strums his guitar and sings: I should’ve learned to rope and ride Wearin’ my six-shooter Ridin’ my pony on a cattle drive Stealing the young girls’ hearts Singing those campfire songs I should’ve been a cowboy Eli takes credit for the song, but his dad corrects him. Toby Keith taught him that one. WANT TO HELP? To buy a ticket to the Children’s Cancer Fund Gala, sponsor the event or make a donation, visit muradauctions.net/ccf2019.

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7117 Wabash $1,699,500

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5949 Burgandy - $1,799,500

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2928 Southwestern - $1,675,000*

3701 Marquette - $2,799,000 7117 Wabash - $1,739,000

6551 Winton - $1,349,500

Coming Soon

6905 Charade - $1,299,000*

7298 Williamson - $1,399,000

6826 La Vista - $1,150,000

6308 Belmont - $699,000

6447 Velasco - $899,000**

6446 Kenwood - $639,000

2840 Peavy - $725,000

6661 Highgate - TBD

6215 Penrose - $715,000* 4398 Shady Bend - $639,000* 6776 Patrick - $599,000 6446 Anita - $565,000* 6937 Westlake - $575,000* 6962 Dalhart - $525,000 6923 Meadow Lake - $495,000 6916 Sperry - $474,00 3235 Cole #60 - $329,900

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All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footagers are approximate. Exact dimensions can be obtained by retaining the services of an architect or engineer. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

PHOTO SYNTHESIS VISUAL ILLUSIONIST NIKOLA OLIC’S WORK IS ALL ANGLES

Story by JAIME DUNAWAY Portrait by DANNY FULGENCIO Photography by NIKOLA OLIC

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Clockwise: “Broken,” “Bird Mirror,” “Pegasus”

EVEN BORN-AND-RAISED Dallasites may not recognize their city in Nikola Olic’s photographs. The Serbian-born photographer, who lives in East Dallas, travels around the city and across the world juxtaposing skyscrapers and landscapes to create images that look more like optical illusions than photographs. And to prove he hasn’t superimposed the pictures in Photoshop, Olic posts coordinates to the exact location where he pressed the shutter button. Through tightly cropped images that collapse time and space, Olic highlights the

“I like urban spaces and exploring them.”

hidden beauty of buildings that neighbors have driven past a thousand times. “I call it structure photography,” Olic says. “I like urban spaces and exploring them. What does it mean for me to have a photo that represents this building? If you spend time and mindfully stare at a building and really think about what you could do, that’s when these things happen.” Photography is a “labor of love” for Olic, who came to Texas as an exchange student in 1992. He decided to stay in the United States because of the Balkan Wars in his homeland. During the week, he works as a software may 2019 lakewood.advocatemag.com

“Ice Cream”

designer in Uptown. On the weekends, he sets out to capture the most interesting angles, patterns and façades on the buildings around him. Neighbors may recognize downtown landmarks like the Fountain Place building in his work; or perhaps more obscure, the roof of an art deco storage building set against a crisp blue sky in Fair Park.

Sometimes his images are playful, like when he made the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge appear to be playing tennis with the moon. In another instance, a well-placed cloud made a white New York building look like a cigarette emitting a puff of smoke. Other times, he makes a more profound statement by drawing on sociopolitical influences. A small red dot

on a building in Macau is a reminder of nearby communist China, where gambling in the autonomous region would be outlawed. Olic’s travels have also taken him to Miami, Los Angeles and Boston, where he had to explain himself to a few nervous police officers who found him “loitering” and taking photos in various spots outside the Federal Reserve building. His favorite place to visit is New York City, where he spends time shooting each year. After taking thousands of pictures, he returns home to sort, crop and identify ways to perfect his work the following year. Such trips have yielded photos like “United Chrysler Nations,” which shows the Chrysler and United Nations buildings as two halves of the same structure. In reality, they’re about a half mile apart. To comfort anyone who feels a little disoriented looking at his work, sometimes even Olic gets confused. “I flew to Chicago to recreate my photo and take it further,” he says. “Chicago hadn’t moved. The Bean hadn’t moved, but I didn’t get it. I could not figure out my own photo.”

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LAKEWOOD NEIGHBOR LOU ALPERT awoke Dec. 1, 2017, to a CNN video of her visibly pregnant daughter being confronted by a policeman while preparing to shoot heroin in a New Mexico alley. The story was picked up by news outlets worldwide and went viral within hours. The officer, Ryan Holets, was later honored at the State of the Union address for adopting the addict’s daughter, Hope. For CNN, it was another sad story about the opioid crisis in the United States. For Alpert, it was the culmination of a five-year battle coping with the fallout of her daughter’s heroin addiction. It was also the first time she had seen her daughter, Crystal Champ, in five years — other than in mugshots.

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More than a year later, Champ is clean, and Alpert has found healing through writing. Her book, “Surrender: A Love Letter to My Daughter,” will be released April 25 to counsel and encourage those living with the chaos of loving an addict. “The eye-opener was that I was as addicted to Crystal’s addiction as she was to heroin,” Alpert says. “It’s about self-care. How do you not go down the tubes with them?” The book includes nearly three years of text messages that chronicle the highs and lows of Alpert’s relationship with Champ after she started using heroin with her boyfriend in 2013. The pair was living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and started sharing painkillers with a dying friend. They quickly moved to heroin. As Champ sank deeper into her addiction, so did Alpert. She paid Champ’s overdue bills, bought her phones, bailed her out of jail and, on occasion, sent money for drugs so her daughter wouldn’t experience life-threatening withdrawal symptoms without medical help. When Champ went missing for six weeks, Alpert called the morgue. But the most harrowing experience was finding her daughter in a shooting den while on an intervention road trip. The room was dark and dirty with dishes piled high in the sink and a moldy muffin on the kitchen table. Syringes littered the floor. Alpert found Champ lying on a mat. She weighed less than 90 pounds. Needle marks marred her arms. The skin between her fingers and toes was red and swollen from injections. When those veins collapsed, Champ moved to her neck. “Looking at Crystal, so small and broken, I forgot my fear and anger and just fell in love with her again,” Alpert writes. “I wanted to save her.” Champ agreed to a seven-day detox program, followed by a monthslong stint in a rehabilitation facility. But getting help wasn’t easy. Aside from the sheer cost of the programs, Champ had to pay for medications, a tuberculosis test and a medical exam before arriving at the facility. She didn’t have insurance.

When Alpert took her for a medical exam at an urgent care on Mockingbird and Abrams, the nurse asked Champ if she had an eating disorder. Champ looked the woman in the eyes and said, “No, I shoot heroin in my neck.” Alpert took the brutally honest comment as a positive sign. At least her daughter was being truthful about her addiction. But that optimistic outlook wouldn’t last. Champ relapsed multiple times and found herself living in her car. When she wrecked it in a drug-related crash, she lived under a bridge on the streets. It was a long fall for someone who graduated from Dallas Academy, was crowned homecoming queen and earned a college degree. “It was never her plan to be a heroin addict, and it’s not that she didn’t want to get clean,” Alpert says. “But it’s the kind of high that, once you’re addicted, living without it doesn’t seem worthwhile. “She gave up everything for heroin — her family, a bed, shower and food. We thought we could fix Crystal, and I don’t think any of us were listening to her.” In the end, it took CNN and a policeman to save Champ. Alpert is learning to accept that strangers helped her daughter find salvation — a goal the real estate agent had worked toward for years. While Champ is working on her own book, Alpert hopes to share her experiences to help other parents. She’s also launching a blog where she urges family members to avoid isolation and embrace a new reality. The hope is that sharing her story will replace neighbors’ judgment with empathy. “When I first told people Crystal was using heroin, they looked at me like I was the worst person in the world,” Alpert says. “I didn’t make that choice for her. I didn’t put the needle in Crystal’s arm. “As parents, we can only make so many choices. The best we can do is be there for our children when they need us. I have a voice that a lot of parents don’t have. My child lived.”

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STRAIGHT OUT OF EAST DALLAS A STRUGGLING SCREENPLAY WRITER GETS HIS MOJO BACK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS. The young, struggling artist is discovered by a stroke of luck and skyrockets to the top. Or there’s the singer who’s fallen from grace and is reborn after leaving behind a volatile lifestyle. But what about the performer who never makes it? That’s what director Josh Jordan explores in his first feature film, “This World Won’t Break.” The production, which premiered April 11 at the Dallas International Film Festival, follows broke-down, middle-aged Texas troubadour Wes Milligan as he pursues his musical dream. He longs to be remembered as a country legend, but his failings and self-doubt frustrate his career. The storyline was personal for Jordan, an actor at the Ochre House Theater who has also appeared on “Scrubs.” After years as an actor, Jordan turned to writing and direct-

“It looked more poetic coming from him, especially in the snow and in his cowboy hat.”

ing. He produced numerous video shorts like “The Boxer” and “Sam and Gus.” But when he turned 40, he realized his career hadn’t turned out the way he’d hoped. “I got in a funk,” he says. Jordan found consolation in his friend, Houston country singer Greg Schroeder. While the pair filmed a music video in New York, Schroeder echoed Jordan’s sentiments, and they started working together on the film. “He said the exact same thing I was feeling, but it looked more poetic coming from him, especially in the snow and in his cowboy hat,” Jordan says. “Nobody wants to see a movie about a struggling screenplay writer, so I started writing how I felt with him as a vessel.” Schroeder stars as the lead in “This

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The cast films a scene for “This World Won’t Break” in Dallas.

rallied around Jordan by lending props, acting as extras and providing meals for the cast. (The director thinks he’s finally returned everyone’s Crock-Pots.) Neighbors will recognize White Rock Lake, Good Records, Swiss Avenue and Johnny’s Liquor Store in the film. Yet many of the set locations, such as Doug’s Gym in downtown Dallas, are no longer open as new developments sprout throughout the city. Despite such changes, Jordan hopes to make the film timeless with no clothing brands or technology to reveal a specific timeframe. Instead, viewers will see old cars and rotary phones that remind Jordan of growing up in Dallas in the ’90s while his dad worked as a traveling evangelist. “It’s 100 percent set in Dallas,” Jordan says. “If you’re from here, you’ll know in the first 30 seconds where you are. If you’re not from Dallas, there’s no skyline. There’s no Reunion Tower. It’s nostalgic. That’s how we see Dallas.”

you don’t shower for a couple days, we were all sunburnt and smelly. But every day was a blast.” It took the small crew about a year and a half to film, despite numerous mishaps that caused Jordan to doubt if he would ever finish. Shortly after funding fell through, Posey was shot in the face leaving a Deep Ellum brewery in January 2017. Then Jordan tore his ACL stage diving. A few months later, he lost two teeth biting into a frozen Snickersfor bar.comprehensive restorative, cosmetic Go to lakewood.advocatemag.com & family dentistry to see the But the East Dallas community movie trailer.

World Won’t Break,” alongside several neighborhood faces. Matthew Posey, a Hollywood Heights neighbor who has appeared in “The Magnificent Seven” and “No Country for Old Men,” plays the protagonist’s father, and Lakewood musician Tim DeLaughter is cast as a cross-dressing landlord. George Dunham, a sports radio personality for the The Ticket, also has a role. “All my friends are in the movie,” Jordan says. “We became so close. The last day of shooting, we felt like we were all leaving summer camp. When

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ONEWHEEL, ONE LIFE WHY THE LATEST SKATEBOARD IS TAKING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

THE NUMBER OF RIDE-SHARING BIKES and electric scooters has exploded in Dallas, but the transportation of the future has only one wheel. The Onewheel, an electric skateboard with a single wheel in the middle, has gained a cult following since being released in 2013 by California-based Future Motion Inc. With more than 137,000 followers on the company’s national Facebook page, those fans have splintered into regional groups where enthusiasts can connect with other dedicated riders.

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Fuser Rodriguez and other Onewheel riders get ready for a group ride in downtown Dallas. (Photo courtesy of Onewheel Dallas.)

When a rider in Denver boasted on social media about the number of people in his group, attendance at the weekly Dallas ride jumped from about 15 to 25 people, Rodriguez says. And when users in Portland posted their own record, 44 people, the Dallas group showed them that everything is bigger in Texas. More than 60 people showed up for a ride around White Rock Lake. That set a new group record. It’s a feat Rodriguez says other branches have yet to answer. “We were going to show those people how we ride in Texas,” he says. “We have the best group in the nation.” The group started riding on the trails around White Rock Lake, but as it grew to include members from Fort Worth, Texoma and the surrounding suburbs, Rodriguez had to look elsewhere for space to accommodate increasing numbers. Rides now take place at other spots, such as the Katy and Santa Fe trails, as well as places in Plano, McKinney and Los Colinas. In March, the group set a new distance record when members traveled a 111-mile loop that stretched from south Dallas to McKinney. “We try to ride in different places because we don’t want people to get bored,” Rodriguez says. “People who have lived here all their lives are always amazed at the places we go. Dallas has so many beautiful places, but people ride

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in their cars so they don’t get to see them.” To ride the Onewheel, users simply lean forward or backward on the footpads straddling the wheel. It’s a motion familiar to skateboarders, snowboarders and surfers, who were some of the earliest Onewheel riders. But at 35 pounds, the weight of the board prevents users from performing many aerial tricks. The newest Onewheel model, which costs almost $1,800, allows riders to coast for about 15 miles per charge on multiple terrains, including dirt, grass, snow and concrete. Speeds can reach up to 20 mph, and many riders have experienced a swift introduction to the ground. “It’s really easy to ride. Almost too easy,” White Rock resident John Sanborn says. “You can get comfortable with it before you should. As I was approaching 18 mph, I went off the board, scratched my palm and questioned my life decisions. That was day one at mile 2.” The risks do little to dissuade many fervent Onewheel users, who are eager to share their passion with others as they wait for the release of the newest model, expected in 2020. “It’s not a cheap toy, but we let other people use it because we want to keep growing and let other people fall in love,” Rodriguez says. “I have met so many nice people, and they want to share this love, this passion, with whoever is around.” Go to lakewood.advocatemag.com to see the video.

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he White Rock Farmers Market makes eating local a snap with plenty of fresh greens, meats, cheeses and hand-crafted foods. More than 40 vendors serve thousands of neighbors each Saturday at Lake Pointe Church on Garland Road. Providing affordable, highquality produce to low-income families just got easier with a double-dollar incentive program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program users. The “Eating Local is a SNAP” program is an initiative market organizers hope will increase the overall health of the community, encourage more purchases at the market and boost the local economy. Got questions? Here’s everything you need to know. What is a double-dollar matching program? A double-dollar matching program doubles the value that SNAP users spend at the market. If a customer plans to spend $20, the White Rock Farmers Market will match up to an additional $20. “If somebody comes to the market with $20, we’ll give them $40 to spend on fruits and vegetables,” market manager Casey Cutler says. How does it work? SNAP users who want to take advantage of the program should go to the information booth and exchange their cash for tokens, which are used to purchase items at the market. Cashiers will double customers’ tokens. At the end of the day, farmers will exchange their tokens for cash.

What items qualify for the program? Double-dollar incentives can be used only on produce, such as fruits and vegetables, Cutler says. Other SNAP benefits can be applied more broadly to any product that can be taken home and cooked, such as meat, eggs and milk. Who’s paying for this? Funding for the initiative comes from a $60,000 grant from the Moody Foundation in Houston, where the organization has helped launch a similar program. About $10,000 of the grant is earmarked for SNAP benefits. “The Moody Foundation has seen this program and knows that it works,” Cutler says. What about next year? “Eating Local is a SNAP” is essentially a pilot program so market organizers can collect data to show that the program is necessary and successful. A positive result could help secure a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant the following year. The three-year grant, which can range up to $200,000, could help expand the initiative to cities across the state, Cutler says. “We go to all these conventions and curse the skies thinking, ‘Why is Dallas so far behind?’ But we’re slowly catching up,” Cutler says. “Food desert is such a buzzword around here, and this is another solution to the issue we’re facing. Texas

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The White Rock Farmers Market applied for a USDA grant last year, but it was not accepted. Without the grants, Cutler says the market may organize a private fundraiser to ensure the program can operate another year. Is this program anywhere else? Houston, Seattle and Denver have similar double-dollar initiatives, but Cutler says this is one of the few in Dallas. SNAP users can purchase produce at the Dallas Farmers Market and other area markets, but they may not receive double-dollar incentives. The White Rock Farmers Market, which makes about $3,000 in SNAP transactions annually, will donate some of the grant money to partner organizations like International Rescue Committee. The nonprofit connects refugees with community gardens, including one in Vickery Meadow. In the program, refugees learn to grow produce and sell at local markets to earn a living. A partnership with GROW North Texas also provides matching dollars to the organization’s two farm stands that serve clients on the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. The WIC stands opened in April and serve customers twice a month.

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Who benefits from this program? The program is a win-win for farmers and low-income families, Cutler says. Additional funds for SNAP users not only help them purchase more food, it provides food that is higher in nutritional value. “A lot of people on SNAP buy produce from the Dollar Store, and the quality is the worst,” Cutler says. “The value of eating local is so beneficial to health.”

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surrounding neighborhood from the ’60s and ’70s. “If you look at all the photos, it’s just people having a good time and hanging out,” says regional director Russ Neipp. He says everything from the decor, to the staff, to the weekend happy hour is to make Laurel Tavern “the place that all the neighborhood people want to come to eat, drink and have a good time.” The menu is mostly burgers, sandwiches and fries that have been perfected over 14 years at Laurel’s California locations. Patties are

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made from brisket, short rib and chuck ground in-house to give burgers a better taste and quality, Neipp says. Not much is different between the California and Dallas locations except for the queso and table service. Neipp prefers the jalapeño burger, but the fan favorite is the chicken sandwich. The artichoke and brussel sprouts are good for the health conscious, but the garlic Parmesan fries are where it’s at. Customers who stop in on a Friday night might get to sample some free whiskey if they’re lucky. Laurel Tavern invites liquor brands to come a couple times a month so customers can sample drinks they haven’t tried before. However, friendly and knowledgeable bartenders will give recommendations on any night.

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Anna

nna Somodevilla has performed onstage as a laundress, a drama coach and a Victorian-era gossip. In adopting those vastly different roles and personalities, she’s somehow managed to find herself. “I’m more me onstage,” the Lakehill Preparatory senior says. Since transferring to Lakehill four years ago, Anna has blossomed through performing arts. Participation in three plays, two musicals and numerous choir concerts proves her congenital disorder has not limited what she can accomplish. “When you first meet me, I’m very shy,” she says. “I’m weary of what to say and how to act because I can be very weird. But I’ve become more comfortable with myself over the years, friend-wise and as a person. I’m more confident.”

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THE ACTRESS

Anna, 17, was born with the genetic mutation spinal muscular atrophy. The disease robs people of physical strength and causes low bone density and muscle tone. The senior must wear leg braces to walk and use a wheelchair for long distances. Lakehill was a new start for Anna, who was bullied every year at her former school in Grapevine. But the transition wasn’t easy. The coursework was difficult, and advanced classes filled her schedule as a freshman. What kept her sane was her choir class at the end of the day. Music has always been a reprieve from Anna’s troubles, such as bullying and the death of her grandfather. “I was born different than everyone else,” she says. “It was hard to go through life different like that. I was able to put headphones on and escape. If I didn’t know how to say words, I would express myself through music.” A singer since fourth grade, Anna instantly felt comfortable in the tight-knit choir group — even if it was small enough to hear her sing. The alto admits that she has stage fright. But in choir teacher Tracy Herron, Anna found a mentor who saw her potential and pushed her to step into the spotlight. After that, the big

roles kept coming. When auditions for the “Great All American Musical Disaster” rolled around, drama teacher Mark Guerra said there was no need for Anna to try out. He’d already cast her as the sassy and sarcastic drama coach, Winifred Lung. “My role was a lot of fun because it was my first role, and my character was exactly me in real life,” the senior says. “It was a lot of fun to be sassy and sarcastic onstage without getting in trouble for acting that way.” Although Anna doesn’t plan to continue choir or drama in college at Texas Wesleyan, she does plan to pursue another art form — film. With favorite movies that include “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “The Greatest Showman,” Anna hopes to help create the nitty-gritty details of those worlds as a script and continuity supervisor. Script supervisors work to ensure that when different takes and scenes are edited, the finished product doesn’t contain any visual errors. To put it even more plainly, they make sure a film doesn’t land on a BuzzFeed listicle like “26 Obvious Movie Mistakes You Probably Never Noticed.” “I’ve loved movies growing up — action, fantasy, sci-fi. It’s another escape from the world,” she says. “It makes me think I’m not the only one who has a crazy imagination, and I want to be part of that.”

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Tabohra

THE STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICER

abohra Ler inched to the edge of her desk and glanced at another student’s test. She copied her friend’s name at the top of her paper. The second-grader wasn’t intentionally trying to cheat. She couldn’t spell her own name. Since immigrating to the United States from Thailand in 2007, she’d only learned a few English words. “I saw a few people from America once or twice,” says Tabohra, now a senior at Bryan Adams High School. “You were so cool when you knew the word ‘hello.’ I knew that word and my ABC’s. I thought I knew a lot of English back then.” Tabohra was born in the Mae La refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Myanmar. Her parents had fled Myanmar to escape the ruling military junta known as The Generals. Widespread corruption and food shortages had led to protests that the government brutally suppressed. “It was either go back to Myanmar where there’s a war and people could kill you or stay in a place where there’s no opportunity,” Tabohra says. The 18-year-old lived in the refugee camp for seven years. She spent her days going to school, collecting fresh water and jumping rope with her friends. But food rations, a shortage of hygiene products and poor health care made the

camp a tough place to be a kid. When the United States opened immigration to refugees from Myanmar, her parents resettled in Dallas. It was an exciting, but confusing time, Tabohra says. After walking everywhere in the camp, bus rides made her carsick. She’d never before seen a bathtub, nor did she know how to work a toilet. When the family arrived at their apartment, they jumped on the beds, but they didn’t sleep on them. Mattresses were uncomfortable back then. But the greatest adjustment was at school, where Tabohra struggled to read and write. In fourth grade, her teacher decided to hold her back. “I was devastated because I was leaving all the friends I had known since second grade,” she says. “It was embarrassing. I felt like I failed. But it made me work harder.” Tabohra went to school every

day for the next four years, and by eighth grade, she finally felt comfortable in her studies. She joined a host of school clubs, including the volleyball team, which named her team captain. By the end of the year, teachers gave her the Student of the Year award. “It was eye-opening. If you work hard, you get rewarded,” Tabohra says. “I never got those awards. Never. I only got the perfect attendance awards.” The senior would be hard pressed to win the attendance award this year, but only because she’s gone so often for school activities. Her parents, who only attended school through ninth grade, encourage her to be involved and focus on her education. Tabohra was a second-team all-district player for the volleyball team and manager for the swim team. She is also involved in Destination Imagination, National Honor Society, yearbook and student council. As a student council officer, she’ll have the honor of sitting onstage at graduation before attending college at Dallas Baptist University for nursing. Distinguished from her classmates in a white robe, it will be an achievement she promised her cousin she’d reach two years earlier. “We went to a graduation, and I thought, ‘Wow, that could be me,’” Tabohra says. “My cousin said, ‘See those people in white? I want you to be there.’ So I’m proud to be an inspiration to my cousin and my siblings.”

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Zoe

oe Wittrock felt woozy as she climbed the stairs to the second floor of Woodrow Wilson High School. It had been hours since the apple she’d eaten for breakfast. Since then, she’d only allowed herself some water and a couple mints. And she still had to make it through an hourslong workout at the gym after school. Developing an eating disorder had never been part of Zoe’s plan. But since her mom had died of melanoma at the end of her freshman year, she felt like diet — and her schedule — was the only aspect of life she could control. Zoe didn’t give herself time to grieve. The morning after her mom died, she was back at school performing a color guard ceremony with ROTC. She kept her straight-A average in the International Baccalaureate program and threw herself into extracurricular activities like theater and student council. A busy schedule also helped justify skipping meals. She didn’t have time to eat. “It was like, ‘This is who I need to be,’” Zoe says. “I didn’t want to be the girl at school with a dead mom.” The pressure to be perfect led to an anxiety disorder and then to an eating disorder — a mix of anorexia and bulimia. She’d nibble at her plate during family dinners and then vomit in the bathroom, hoping no one would notice. When her aunt saw a pattern, she confronted her niece about her eating habits. Therapy sessions helped Zoe mend, and the Woodrow senior has been in remission for more

THE SURVIVOR

than two years. A friend who also had an eating disorder keeps Zoe accountable. The anxiety is still day-to-day, but she’s learning to cope. “I have an idea of what I want my life to look like, and if it’s not like that, I get upset,” she says. “I realized I need to be OK with different circumstances and not have control of everything. That’s how you let new experiences come in.” Releasing control meant finally facing her mother’s death. Zoe had worked so hard to make her mom proud — not only in school, but around the house. When her mom was admitted to the hospital, Zoe shouldered new responsibilities, such as cooking, cleaning and taking care of her two younger siblings. “I hated visiting the hospital,” Zoe says. “To see your mom hooked up and needing a machine to live is the worst thing ever, especially when you’re young. She’s supposed to be taking care of you.” When she died, relinquishing those duties wasn’t an option for a long time. Zoe didn’t want to walk into the house without her mother’s touch. But as she began to grieve, the 18-year-old rid herself of activities that she had only performed out of duty. A supportive friend group encouraged her to be a teenager — bake brownies, see a movie or go bowling. “My mom would have wanted me to be happy and not stressed out and overexerting myself rather than just being a kid,” Zoe says. “For

such a long time, my perspective was the bigger picture. That separated me from my peers for a while, but by the time senior year rolled around, everyone was on the same page again. We don’t care who everyone is dating. Where is everyone going to university?” Zoe’s schedule is still packed, but that’s not unusual for busy seniors. She works two jobs to pay for tuition at Belhaven University, a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. The teen is on track to receive nearly a full ride through scholarships and financial aid. She also volunteers at numerous organizations like the Woodrow Peace Pantry, Seek the Peace, East Lake Pet Orphanage and Frontier Camp, where she uses her experience to help younger girls who have also lost a parent. “I get to relate to them and support them,” Zoe says. “Birthdays are hard. Holidays are terrible, but you can make new memories and traditions without forgetting the old.”

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MOL L I’S MOME N T This neighbor’s secret sauce started in Lakewood and is now sold in 22 states

Rodrigo Salas‘ Mexican sauce company sells seven products in more than 350 stores across the United States.

WHEN RODRIGO SALAS and his wife moved to Texas from Mexico City, they couldn’t escape questions about their favorite Mexican restaurants in the area. “We said, ‘It’s not what we’re used to eating, so we’ll gladly invite you over and give you what we eat in Mexico City,’” Salas says. “We cooked for them, and they loved it.” Salas’ Mexican sauce business, Molli, was born. The company, founded in 2013, makes cooking and hot sauces that can be used on traditional dishes from different regions in Mexico.

“I asked him if it was spicy. He said ‘no’ but drank four glasses of water.”

Salas, who first sold the sauces at the White Rock Farmers Market, has expanded to retailers, such as Central Market, Whole Foods, Albertsons and Tom Thumb. In 2017, Molli sauces could be purchased in 44 stores in 10 states. By the end of 2018, that number had grown to 355 stores in 22 states. The best-selling Veracruz sauce is a blend of red-ripened tomatoes, Morita chile peppers and green olives that adds a “sweet heat” to just about anything. Although the sauce was inspired by a Veracruz fish dish, it can be used as a slow-cooker, Instant Pot or skillet sauce for any type of meat, Salas says.

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“These sauces make it easier for anyone to cook a meal in under half an hour, even if they don’t know how to cook Mexican food,” he says. Salas cooks with the sauces almost every day, experimenting with new flavors and recipes. Good recipes are included on the bottle or posted on the company’s website, where consumers can access more than 300 recipes featuring his seven sauces. The less successful recipes are left at home, to the dismay of his family. “I experimented with lasagna this week,” he says. “My wife and son said it was horrible, but they still ate it.” Word of Salas’ products spread as he performed cooking demonstrations at local grocery stores and served samples to young professionals, families and a few brave kids.

“This one kid — probably 8 or 9 — said, ‘Give me your spiciest sauce,’” Salas says. “I gave him a small dose, and he started to turn red. I asked him if it was spicy. He said ‘no’ but drank four glasses of water.” The products are marketed to non-Hispanics, but Salas says some Mexicans order the sauces online or buy them to take home while visiting the United States. The company is also exploring frozen food options and meal kit services to appeal to a younger demographic. “Slowly but surely, people are talking about us and looking for our products in the stores,” Salas says. “I was wearing my Molli T-shirt to a concert at the American Airlines Center, and a lady stopped us and said, ‘I love that brand and use it all the time.’ It was fun to hear that. Somebody knows us.”

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The wandering wallaby This marsupial got lost and made our day

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nsane and surreal.” That’s how East Dallas neighbors Casey and Tim Tiernan describe their wallaby adventure. Wallaby, you say? For the one or two of you who haven’t heard, here’s a recap. The Tiernans headed out for their usual morning walk in their Greenland Hills neighborhood and were mere steps into it when they spotted something brown nearby. They assumed it was a dog — until it hopped. “My God,” Tim recalls. “It’s a kangaroo!” Stunned, they followed the animal until losing sight of it. Assuming it had returned to its owner and they would never see it again, the Tiernans began to process the encounter. Tim pulled out his phone, and a quick search convinced them they had seen a wallaby, cousin to the kangaroo. Casey remembers she could do little but shake her head and laugh. But their wallaby adventure was far from over. “As we approached our house, we were shocked to see it standing in our driveway,” she says. Keeping their distance to avoid spooking it, they began to “baby talk.” Their goal was to coax the animal into their backyard to keep it safe. The wallaby eyed them, hopped around a bit and nibbled grass. “By the way it seemed unconcerned, we were absolutely sure that it was someone’s pet.” Tim asked a neighbor to call Dallas Animal Services while he kept an eye on the wandering wallaby. Meanwhile, Casey took to neighborhood megaphones, Lakewood Facebook and Nextdoor. “Posts I never thought I’d write: If you are missing your kangaroo or wallaby, it’s chilling in my driveway. Seems pretty tame and wants in the house. We’re trying to coax

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A wallaby wandered into the backyard of a home in the 5900 block of Vickery Boulevard. (Photo courtesy of Casey Tiernan.)

it into the backyard so it can have a safer place. #lakewoodlife.” Predictably, the cyber floodgates opened, and hundreds of comments poured in. Most expressed shock, while many voiced concern for the poor lost creature and questioned the legality of a wallaby in city limits. It wouldn’t be East Dallas social media without the wisecracks. In a nod to the animal’s native Australia, one comment was simply, “Crikey!” Another labeled the incident “#MarsupialMadness.” A couple others had fun referencing a certain Men At Work song about “the land down under.” Then there was the commenter who summed up quite succinctly the neighborhood’s bewildered state: “I must be drunk.” The wayward wallaby should thank his lucky marsupial stars that he hopped into the Tiernans’ hands. Random folks

began cruising the street. Some even claimed the wallaby, including a couple guys in a white truck. “They stopped and asked, ‘Where’s the roo?’” Tim says. But when Tim asked them for a description, they looked suspicious and merely mumbled, “It’s brown.” Tim didn’t buy it. “I really got worried about someone trying to poach it,” he says. Dallas Animal Services officers soon arrived, along with lots of curious neighbors and reporters with camera crews in tow. Everyone formed a semicircle and herded the wallaby into the backyard. The wallaby managed to elude capture for a while. Tim remembers being impressed with the critter’s ability to avoid the net by bounding 4 feet in the air. The wallaby was eventually caught and calmed down immediately as a smiling officer cradled it. The Tiernans

noticed that when the officer scratched the wallaby’s neck, it closed its eyes, like an appreciative dog or cat. Happy ending: The wallaby spent little time “behind bars” because his owner had seen the hoopla on social media and picked him up right away. The owner wishes to remain unidentified but says he and “Muggsy” live on a ranch in Oklahoma and were in the neighborhood for only a short visit.

“If you are missing your kangaroo or wallaby, it’s chilling in my driveway.”

For the record, yes, it is legal to own a wallaby in Dallas, as long as you have a permit. But should you? Lest you feel inspired to run to the nearest Wallabies R Us to add a marsupial to your household, consider the downsides. They need lots of space, special enclosures and exotic food. Plus, they are not amenable to house training. Even more surprising than finding Muggsy in their yard, the Tiernans were amazed at the media attention. Google “wallaby Dallas,” and you’ll find pages of hits all over the United States and Europe. “Our 15 minutes of fame turned into 30 minutes,” Casey says. Things are returning to normal for the Tiernans and the neighborhood, but it’s a slow process. The Sunday following the incident, Tim was at church at the communion rail when his pastor approached and quietly said, “Mr. Tiernan, a wallaby?” Tim simply replied, “Amen.” The pastor responded, “All God’s creatures. Amen.” PATTI VINSON is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for more than 15 years. She’s written for the Advocate and Real Simple magazine.

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eligion travels a two-way road that moves traffic from earth to heaven and from heaven to earth. Or maybe it’s a staircase, not a road. It’s more like the one Jacob saw in his dream than the one Led Zeppelin sang about. The biblical story of Jacob is known to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. The wily patriarch, who would become the namesake of Israel, lies down for the night with a stone for a pillow, which might explain his fitful sleep. He dreams of a staircase connecting heaven and earth. Angels go up and down this ramp, which probably looks more like a Mesopotamian temple than a ladder. Jacob’s ladders are rope rigs that get you on and off ships in the middle of the ocean. Oddly, the angels go up and down, not down and up. Does that suggest we’ve had it wrong? Are they more at home among us than beyond us? Either way, they are messengers, and in this dream, they bring words of blessing and promise that God will be with Jacob in that land, right where he slept. But was it only there that God would be with him? No. “I am with you and will keep you wherever you go,” God says. Jacob wakes to say, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it!” The story of Jacob’s ladder is biblical, but it becomes Scripture when it becomes a script for us. When we read ourselves into Jacob, we can wake to realize that the Lord is in this place, wherever it may be, and we can come to know it. The English poet, Malcolm Guite, nudges us to wakefulness with this call to prayer in his sonnet, “Singing Bowl.” (The title is like those bowls that sound when you run your finger or a spoon around the rim.)

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“Begin the song exactly where you are/ Remain within the world of which you’re made/ Call nothing common in the earth or air/ Accept it all and let it be for good.” And let it be for good in the sense of all that’s right and in the sense of what abides forever. Then this: “Become an open singing bowl, whose chime/ Is richness rising out of emptiness/ And timelessness resounding into time/ And when the heart is full of quietness/ Begin the song exactly where you are.”

“When we read ourselves into Jacob, we can wake to realize that the Lord is in this place.”

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Faith is active and contemplative. Loving your neighbor is the visible sign of loving the invisible God. Both God and neighbor are present at every moment, but God is the one most easily missed or overlooked. Opening ourselves to the presence of God exactly where we are, and at any moment, puts us on a stairway to heaven. Or to earth. . GEORGE MASON is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, president of Faith Commons and host of the “Good God” podcast. 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.

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WHO CAN I VOTE FOR? Residents can vote for Dallas mayor, Dallas City Council and the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees. The Advocate has followed City Council races in Districts 9 and 14. Here’s a complete list: District 9 • Paula Blackmon • Tamara Brown • Sarah Lamb • Erin Moore District 14 • Philip Kingston • David Blewett • Warren Johnson DO I HAVE TO VOTE IN THE MAIN ELECTION TO VOTE IN A RUNOFF? There is no requirement to have previously voted in the main election to participate in a subsequent runoff.

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By MITA HAVLICK

Our East Dallas estuary If you long for boring conversations, head to the suburbs

y brother-in-law, who lived in a Houston suburb for many years, often lamented that every time he went to a neighborhood gathering, ever yone was either a physician or a petroleum engineer. While he has great respect for doctors and engineers, he felt that conversation was limited to talk about school, health care and oil and gas. He and my sister-in-law are empty nesters and have moved to a high-rise residence in downtown Houston. The community lacks petroleum engineers and doctors with families. With neighbors who are musicians, affluent millennials and professional athletes, he has other problems — like the smell of marijuana when he enters the elevator and parties that last until 3 a.m. on a Monday night. But, on a positive note, he no longer suffers from repetitive, static conversations. We may have our problems in East Dallas — like pothole-ridden roads — but partaking in a boring tête-à-tête is not one of them. East Dallas is an estuary, a social ecosystem where tradition meets funky. We have created our own brand of uniqueness. We traverse between modern and time-honored, grand and granola, posh and modest, gentrification and conservation, and Botox and tattoos. The best part is we can slide between whatever extremes we choose. We can sit with our laptops at Halcyon in heels and heavy makeup or in sweats and a ponytail. None of it matters. But I am guaranteed to run into someone I know when I’ve not washed my hair in three days. Though I’d like to draw the line at wearing a baseball hat backward while

dining at The Grape on a Saturday evening, that dude is part of the fabric of our East Dallas social ecosystem, too.

“We in East Dallas traverse between modern and timehonored, grand and granola, posh and modest, gentrification and conservation, and Botox and tattoos.” I felt the funky vibe when our now16-year-old son started kindergarten at Mockingbird Elementary. The head custodian at the time was Mr. Banks, who just happened to be the brother of “Mr. Cub,” Ernie Banks. For this Chicago transplant and lifelong Cubs fan, I felt like Mr. Banks was my brother and that we had an immediate connection. Looking back, I’m not sure he felt the same. How cool was it that at my first school auction, in addition to the dining gift cards and floral arrangements, there were autographed Ernie Banks memorabilia? I grew up in a small farming community an hour outside Chicago, where my closest brush to greatness was my friend Jill’s dad, who was not only the owner of Shuler’s Drugstore, he was also the town mayor. Many of the moms stayed home, and most of the dads were employed at the nearby Caterpillar plant. There were also bankers and accountants who commuted into the city. One of the earliest exchanges my husband John had with one of our first friends

here in Dallas was at a kinder soccer practice. It went something like this: John: “Hey, so what do you?” Dave: “I’m a comedian.” John: “No, seriously, what do you do?” Dave: “I’m a comedian.” John: “Like, for work? Do you do anything else?” Dave: “I’m a comedian.” Awkward and uncomfortable, for sure. Slow and static? Absolutely not. This East Dallas employment diversity was new and exciting to me — and it still is. A fellow mom opened Fireside Pies on Henderson. Another did voiceovers for commercials, and another started the emergency room social work department at Presbyterian Hospital. Another worked for the Department of Homeland Security. The dads come in a variety pack as well. There was the guy who hosted “Good Morning Texas” and another who became a captain in the Navy Reserves. It turned out that Dave the comedian actually owns and performs in Four Day Weekend, the longest-running improv comedy troupe in the Southwest. Our East Dallas estuary welcomed John, an IT guy, and me, a former IT girl, into the fold. The friendships we’ve made, including engineers and physicians, create conversations at neighborhood soccer games and dinner parties that are the opposite of slow and static. I’d characterize them as quite lively. It’s nothing like living in the suburbs. MITA HAVLICK is a neighborhood activist. Find her commentary regularly in the back pages of our print edition and online at lakewood. advocatemag.com.

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