2016 January Lakewood

ON THE COVER: For a story last March, filmmaker Matthew George waited patiently in the rain while we found the perfect empty field, which proved to be harder than one might think in East Dallas. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

in this issue

Garden of the goods

Months into retirement, urban gardener Elizabeth Dry would feed the whole city if she could.

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What comes around Thievery and eBay play a role in the case of Tim Brown’s missing plaque.

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Music for the masses

A choir, a quartet and a play. These are just a few of the offerings from the new local series, Arts on Abrams.

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It’s easy being green Cusomization at Crisp Salad Co. makes eating healthy a treat.

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Reminiscing

Browse through a year’s worth of photos we never published and stories we never told.

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Good ol’ days

Neighbors remember a time when they could rent swimsuits at Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake.

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BAD BUSINESS

City politicians take their best customers for granted

In business, the holy grail is a new customer: There’s no bad blood from working together for years, only optimism about future profitability. So companies tend to focus on newbies to the detriment of existing customers.

Yet the single, most-profitable asset a company has is a satisfied customer, someone who benefits from the company’s services and is willing to indefinitely buy its products.

That should be the way city government looks at taxpaying citizens: Those of us who live in Dallas are the city’s most profitable customers. We already pay taxes and fees, and many of us have large investments in our homes and businesses. We’re already motivated customers.

So why do the politicians steering city government continue to focus on attracting new people, to the apparent neglect of those of us already here? It’s pretty simple: They know we don’t vote when we get the chance in council elections, and we don’t pay attention to what’s going on the rest of the time.

Street repairs are the most obvious example: It has been nearly a year since we began our most recent annual discussion about the horrible condition of city streets. In a few months, when winter’s damage is done, we’re going to have about the same catastrophic number of potholes we had last year, despite all kinds of promises to start solving the problem. We know city employees are making an effort to repair potholes with the tools they’ve been given; we see them out there every day.

But we also know this is a billion-dollar problem, and we — the city’s best customers — were told by the city manager that we could only afford $20 million or so to fix it.

That’s barely enough to keep up with further street degradation.

So what solution was offered? Let’s put minimal money in this year’s city budget, just enough to tread water with street repairs, and focus on the next bond program in 2017.

But instead of taking a deep breath and funding our street problems completely beginning in 2017, they’re talking about focusing a chunk of the bond program on yet another $250 million in convention center upgrades (new customers), while downplaying the $1 billion in street repairs (existing customers), $200 million in needed repairs to existing arts and cultural affairs venues (existing customers), and for all we know, sneaking millions more into the can’t-be-killed, now-non-meandering Trinity Tollway, which benefits just about everyone except Dallas residents since it’s essentially an expressway to bypass the city.

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It’s not too early to pay attention to what some of our politicians are planning to do with our money. Their continued focus seems to be attracting new customers with various tax abatements for relocating companies, entertaining conventioneers who are often one-and-done visitors, and facilitating the drive-times of suburbanites eager to pass through Dallas on the way from one suburb to another.

Meanwhile, their “best customers” — those of us who are already here — get to suck on the short straw again while our vehicles and bodies take another year’s pounding on crappy city streets.

That’s not the way to keep the most profitable customers happy, and the political guys know it. They just don’t seem to care.

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BUYER MAKES PLAN TO REDEVELOP LONGTIME LAKEWOOD EYESORE FAULKNER TOWER

“I’ve been inside that building. It’s weird and ugly. I can’t imagine it could be remodeled. And adding some parking available to Lakewood Shopping Center would help with other problems. So, whatever they do will be a huge improvement. Let’s not do the Lakewood thing and insist that the owner of the property build a unicorn farm. Can anyone even remember why we insisted that Whole Foods not build a fancy store like at Park Lane?” — Bob Loblaw

“Great, so what it needs is a more crowded densely populated area? Really? And yet we couldn’t manage a small parking garage for Alamo Drafthouse? Used to love living here but Lakewood deserves what it gets. It’s unfortunate how a few ‘neighborhood bigwigs’ make all these decisions for the rest of us. Uptown is encroaching down Ross Avenue, Lower Greenville is coming back, there’s a ridiculous amount of expensive condos and apartments

being built nearby and the only solution anyone can come up with is ‘MORE!’” — Aar

“Bungalow Court is small thinking. Street level retail with 3-4 stories of apartments on top would make the area much more walkable and interesting. It would be great if we could narrow Paulus, too. It’s a speedway right now.”

STATE POLITICIANS SLAM DALLAS CITY COUNCIL AFTER CONTENTIOUS ‘BATHROOM’ VOTE

“Thepointisthisamendmentshouldbe placed before the people of Dallas. It was quite sneaky how they went about it.” — Guest

“This is interesting. Discrimination complaints can be raised by someone who only “identities” as being of the opposite sex. It does not require that the complainant has gone through an operation or has any other identifiable characteristics. This seems like a rather loose definition of those that this is somehow supposed to protect.” — Ribit

LAKEWOOD THEATER TO BE PRESERVED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS A THEATER

“Once again, the owners never really had any other idea except to put in three cafés. But we who would have enjoyed seeing movies there again knew that would be the case but we did try. Owners can do what they want even with the historical designation etc. pretty much. I tried since 1980s to make people aware of how perilous the situation was but it was hard to get people to go to movies there even long before that time. TV, the malls and other places were what finished the downtown movie theaters but again, even now the Majestic downtown is finally having a movie shown on Dec. 20 thanks to the Texas Theatre owners who are financing it. Maybe that will start other sponsors/companies to show more movies at the Majestic.”

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Q&A: Promise of Peace founder Elizabeth Dry

The last time we wrote about Promise of Peace Community Garden, it was causing a ruckus in the neighborhood. In 2013 founder Elizabeth Dry wanted to relocate the garden from a property next door to The Lot on Grand to a new location in the parking lot across the street from White Rock United Methodist Church in Little Forest Hills. But when nearby neighbors found out, they were afraid the garden would disturb the peace in the neighborhood, so they did everything they could to

keep her from putting down roots. They contacted their councilman, signed a petition, stuck “No garden” signs in their front yards, and even threatened to move. Lucky for Dry, there was another parking lot on the opposite side of the church, and the neighbors on that side were eager to accept her leafy offerings. The church also let Promise of Peace use its classrooms, a conference room and an office. That was almost three years ago, so what is Dry up to now?

Elizabeth Dry. (Photo by Rasy Ran)

What is Promise of Peace Community Garden to you?

It’s like a back porch for the community. People come and sit on our picnic tables, sometimes they use the grill, we’ve had birthday parties here, and we do kids camps and cooking classes. We want to do some pickling classes. It’s about education and how to sustain a healthy life. I just want to feed people, and I really want to help decrease diet-related problems, which are a leading cause of death in the United States. The more gardens and cooking classes we have, the more that will change.

How have things been since you relocated in 2013? Any more drama?

We’ve gotten lots of support. The only thing that has kept us going is local support. We’re grassroots, and we don’t have any corporate sponsors. It’s all by the people.

We have three gardens now [under the umbrella of the Promise of Peace nonprofit] that we built and maintain: this one [at White Rock United Methodist Church in Little Forest Hills], one at Agape Methodist Church [near Henderson], and one at Bayles Elementary [in Far East Dallas]. I go there once a week to teach horticulture and cooking classes.

Earlier this year you retired from teaching at Alex Sanger Elementary to focus on the garden. How are you enjoying retirement?

I love it. I lie in bed and drink coffee when it’s 8 o’clock and the bell is ringing. I’m like, “Let’s see, should I just lie in bed for 15 minutes and then work on the computer or not?” I mean, I’m working my butt off, but it’s on my terms. It’s amazing. There are no barriers. I removed all the barriers from in my life.

How so?

When I became an educator I wanted to fix things, to make things better. I’ve always wanted to do that. So I was a principal, I was a director of curriculum. I’ve worked a lot of different places. I think I did make an impact, but since I started the garden I’ve never been happier because I’m able to share something authentic with so many different people. So now instead of being in a classroom all day, I’m out on the streets

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preaching and teaching. I see a lot more and have a lot more human interaction with all kinds of people.

How many people do you feed a month?

I feed kids at school and then people who are just passing by, I give them leafy greens all the time. We feed about 120 kids a week and about 150 adults.

What do you have planned for 2016?

When I retired I went to all the resources in Dallas I had heard about over the years, and I turned over every stone I could think of. I was going a whole lot of different directions, and so what I’m doing now is narrowing it down to maybe like six initiatives.

The Imagine Garden [in Little Forest Hills] is our home base, so we want to continue to connect with the community and serve the community as needs arise and continue to provide a lot of education to children about where food comes from. We want to continue the urban farm at Bayles Elementary. The teachers are all psyched about it, and the children and families. We’re going to build six plots. Then at Agape we want to build a greenhouse and explore the idea of establishing a community café with a small market at the corner of Garrett and Capitol.

Another one of the initiatives we have planned is to cook soup, so you can buy two jars — one for you and then you give one away to someone hungry. Because there are hungry people everywhere, not just in certain parts of town or certain parts of the world. We need to be helping each other.

How do people get involved?

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The first thing is to contact me so I can give them a garden orientation. There are lots of ways to utilize the garden, some of which I don’t even know yet. The garden has so much freedom that they could come to me with an idea. Also, there are plots available in January. We do plot leases from January to January or August to August.

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Giving back the plaque

It was June when Lakewood neighbor Teresa Gibson opened her computer to an email from eBay alerting her to some new items that might pique her interest.

Gibson is writing a book about Lakewood Shopping Center, and she is on Woodrow Wilson High School’s alumni association board, so she is always on the lookout for any items related to Lakewood.

“I’ve found vintage photos, restaurant menus, yearbooks, matchbooks and things like that,” she says. “There’s all kinds of cool stuff out there.”

But that day she noticed something that set off red flags.

One of the suggested items was the Hall of Fame plaque famed football player Tim Brown received from Woodrow.

“And I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, that shouldn’t be on there,’” Gibson recalls.

Brown graduated from Woodrow before going on to play football for Notre Dame, where he became the first wide receiver

Jason Kulas, Tim Brown and Teresa Gibson. (Photo by Todd Overman)

to win the Heisman Trophy in 1987. From there he played for 16 years for the Raiders in Los Angeles and he became one of the greatest wide receivers in the National Football League. He was formally inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame back in August.

In 1989 Woodrow also honored Brown with a spot in the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame and gave him a plaque, which supposedly was kept at his mom’s house in Dallas. So what was it doing on eBay all the way up in New York?

Gibson reached out to other Woodrow alumni, and someone immediately made a call to Brown’s family to find out if Brown was missing his plaque. His sister confirmed the plaque, among the items, had been stolen.

After hearing the story, Jason Kulas, Woodrow class of 1989, placed a high bid of $123 to ensure the plaque would make its way back to Dallas.

For months the alumni association hung onto the plaque, waiting for the perfect opportunity to give it back to Brown.

Finally, when the Pro Football Hall of Fame honored Brown at Woodrow in November, the alumni association jumped at the chance to return Brown’s stolen plaque.

The best part? Brown had no idea until they presented it to him during the ceremony.

“He thought it was lost forever,” Gibson says. “He handed it to his mother, and she was not going to let go of it.”

Brown thanked Gibson and Kulas and posed with the two of them for a photo after the presentation.

To Kulas, it wasn’t just a chance to honor a member of the Woodrow community; it was also a chance to remember the kind of community Woodrow creates.

“I think this is a good example of the Woodrow community and how everyone supports each other,” Kulas explains.

“This obviously involves a celebrity, but I think it’s true in all cases, that people look out for each other. Everybody involved in this would have done the same thing for anyone involved in the Woodrow community, so to me that’s what makes this special.” — Brittany Nunn

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Doug Haney brings talent to East Dallas through the Arts on Abrams series. (Photo by Rasy Ran)

Wilshire welcomes the arts

Doug Haney feels the rhythm wherever he goes, and he wants to share it with others.

As the minister of music at Wilshire Baptist Church, Haney has long considered opening up the church to share his love of the arts, but it didn’t become a reality until this year.

“I thought, ‘Do we need another art series or music series in the Dallas area?’” Haney says.

Haney loves living in a city that’s big enough to attract national artists, he explains, “but then it occurred to me that maybe there’s an opportunity for us to do something that really taps into local musicians.”

He reached out to several artists to find out if anyone was interested in being a part of an ongoing series. They were, and around

the same time more musicians were contacting him looking for a place to play. Soon, the church was booked through July.

All he needed was a catchy name. In October, Arts on Abrams was born.

“It packages a few things we’ve done in the past with several new artists,” says associate pastor Mark Wingfield.

This series is “designed to be community friendly,” Wingfield explains.

“One of the hallmarks of Wilshire’s vision is to be not only a part of the community but to welcome the community into our facilities and programs,” he says. “We really do want to appeal to those who live around us and may go to church somewhere else or nowhere else. We want to share the resources we have for the sake of building community and offering beauty through arts.”

So far the series consists primarily of

musical events, although Haney says he’s “open to conversations” about other artistic endeavors as well.

Coming down the pike, Ken Davis Chorale, a professional-quality choral group with ties to Texas Tech, is scheduled to play on Jan. 16. Then some jazz in February from the Garrett Wingfield Quartet, a quartet made up of University of North Texas students and alumni. In March Wilshire will present two nights of the stage version of “Amadeus,” directed by Nancy Poynter, a beloved retired theater teacher from Lake Highlands High School. A choral presentation in partnership with the Grief and Loss Center of North Texas is planned for April, which focuses on hope for those who are grieving.

Admission for all events is free.

— Brittany Nunn LEARN MORE at wilshirebc.org

EAST DALLAS IS FULL OF CHURCHES — old, new, big, small, traditional and modern. On Sunday mornings the parking lots swarm with neighbors dressed to impress and ready for an hour of worship and teaching, but during the rest of the week many East Dallas churches transform into community gathering places. They become concert venues, art galleries, afterschool programs, coffee shops and urban gardens — whatever the surrounding community needs. Over the next several months, we’ll take a look at some of the programs offered in our neighborhood’s houses of worship.

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The 12 Days of Christmas

Last chance to visit the arboretum’s 12 elaborately decorated Victorian gazebos. Each one is filled costumed characters, whimsical animals and winter scenes based on the Christmas carol.

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JAN. 2-FEB. 13

Hard-boiled

Film Noir detective Dirk Spatula is called out of retirement to help find a space alien on the run. Mix in a host of vixen spies, teleportation, shape shifting, voodoo and a werewolf. Don’t forget to throw popcorn at the stage. Pocket Sandwich Theater, 5400 E. Mockingbird, 214.821.1860, pocketsandwich.com, $12-$25

JAN. 13

Mütter’s marvels

Writer and storyteller Audrey Turner of the Writer’s Garret tells the story of what Beatrice did when her friend Bear disappeared for winter. Afterward, kids can create books to tell their own real-life experiences in this 2 p.m. program. Turner offers the same story and activity, sponsored by Big Thought, at the Lochwood Library at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.

Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth, 214.670.1376, dallaslibary.org, free

JAN. 11

Janeane Garofalo

The dream of the 1990s is alive on Greenville Avenue. Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo brings her standup to the Granada.

Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville, 214.824.9933, granadatheater.com, $30-$36

Plastic surgeon Thomas Dent Mütter revolutionized modern surgery and founded the intriguing Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. A new biography about him, “Dr. Mutter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine,” is the library’s book club selection this month. Meet at 6:30 p.m. Skillman Southwestern Library, 5707 Skillman, 214.670.6078, dallaslibrary.org free

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Madrigals and spirituals

Singers from all over the country come to Dallas to perform in the Ken Davis Chorale. The group brings madrigals and spirituals to Wilshire in a 3 p.m. performance.

Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams, 214.452.3100, wilshirebc. org, free

JAN. 29-FEB. 28

Frog and Toad

This whimsical musical, “A Year with Frog and Toad,” follows two best friends and their quirky egos from hibernation to planting, to swimming, to sledding. Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $15-$28

JAN. 31

Family concert

The Dallas Bach Society presents a free concert, with Brent Wissick and Eric Smith, from 4-6 p.m. St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 5100 Ross, 214.887.6552, cathedralartsdallas.org, free

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More than 50 local and regional artists contributed to this show, from curators Jacque Forsher and Jose Vargas, which studies, celebrates and mourns the great Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

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We are all about local. We like our businesses, our schools and our community to have that authentically local feel that makes us all want to call Lakewood home. And that’s why we head to Sport Clips, owned by East Dallas dad Chris Loper.

That sense of community is what attracted Loper and his family to the neighborhood in the late 1990s, where they quickly entrenched themselves. Loper coached soccer and basketball, became a member of the father’s group at Lakewood Elementary School and helped out at plenty of school fairs and fundraisers. It was that love of community that made him realize he wanted to spend more time here, and less time commuting to his corporate career that required travel and time away from his wife and two daughters.

“I gave it up to have freedom over my schedule,” he says. “It was the best decision.”

Taking a leap of faith, he opened three local SportClips franchises on Knox St., Preston Royal and Lemmon Ave, despite not having any experience in the salon business. The national brand set itself apart in the styling scene by being a place for guy’s guys, complete with big-screen TVs that play nothing but sports.

Over the years, Loper acquired more stores, expanding his franchise business throughout Dallas, Plano and Carrollton.

But this month he’s focusing on the neighborhood he knows and loves best, Lakewood. His newest store opened last month at 6333 Mockingbird in the Mockingbird Commons Shopping Center, and he’s already brimming over with plans for how the new store can help him build the community. Expect to see promotions to benefit local schools and partnerships with the VFW and CarterBlood Care, which has been a staple of Loper’s business practice since he first opened up shop.

“For me, it’s all about giving back here in Lakewood. This is where my family is, this is where I want to invest,” he says. “We live here and we love it here – just like our customers.”

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ADVOCATE’S BEST OF 2014-2015 RECAP

Over the past 16 months, Advocate readers selected the best of Lakewood.

Be sure to visit all of these local spots, and share your pictures with us on social media — we’d love to see you around the neighborhood!

PIZZA WINNER

❏ MY FAMILY’S PIZZA RUNNERS UP

❏ Greenville Avenue Pizza Co.

❏ Pizza Getti

NOMINEES

❏ Cane Rosso

❏ Cigarz Bona Pizza

❏ Lovers Pizza and Pasta

❏ Olivella’s

❏ Scalini’s

BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH

WINNER

❏ GOLDRUSH CAFÉ

RUNNERS UP

❏ John’s Café

❏ Garden Café

NOMINEES

❏ Barbec’s

❏ Café Brazil

❏ Sundown at Granada

❏ The Circle Grill

❏ The Grape

❏ The Oasis Cafe

COFFEE WINNER

❏ UNION COFFEEHOUSE RUNNERS UP

❏ White Rock Coffee

❏ Legal Grounds (now closed)

NOMINEES

❏ Cultivar Coffee

❏ Method

❏ Mudsmith

BURGER

WINNER

❏ LIBERTY BURGER

RUNNERS UP

❏ Chip’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers

❏ Grub Burger Bar

NOMINEES

❏ Burger House

❏ Keller’s Hamburgers

❏ Lakewoods 1st and 10

❏ The Lot

DESSERT

WINNER

❏ SMALLCAKES

CUPCAKERY

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“My dad always cooked,” he explains. “I thought it was so cool. When I should have been watching ‘The Simpsons’ or some other show growing up, I was always watching the Food Network.”

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“We invited friends over every Sunday night for ‘salad nights,’ ” Duhe says. “We did all types of taste testing. We’d say, ‘Let’s see who can build the best Caesar dressing.’ ”

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Each New Year, it is tradition to make resolutions and look for opportunities to set new goals, be inspired, try new things and travel to new places. While most people try to cut food out, I challenge you to invite in a new set of flavors for 2016. Bringing one of my favorite recipes to your table will set the year off on the right note. Pavlova is loved in so many countries, but the debate continues whether it originates from New Zealand or Australia. This light and crisp meringue is garnished with fresh whipped cream, seasonal fruits and flavors and, in my experience, will be loved by all. Here’s to new adventures in baking for 2016!

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1 passion fruit

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2 tablespoon granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Place a sheet of parchment paper on a sheet pan.

Place the eggs whites in the bowl of an

electric mixer with whisk attachment. Beat egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks have formed.

Slowly add in sugar and whisk until egg whites are shiny, about 2 minutes. Remove the bowl from the mixer and gently fold in sifted cornstarch and vinegar until combined.

Pile the meringue onto the parchment paper and smooth it to form a circle, about 8-inches round.

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ON THE FLY

Occasionally ads or stories will be dropped from a publication at the last minute, creating a block of empty space that needs to be filled — and yesterday. Last Feb. 11, we had just such an incident at Advocate and photographer Danny Fulgencio was sent out to scrounge up a photo to fill the void. He went to White Rock Lake and ran into East Dallas neighbor Cliff Hume who was practicing his fly-fishing cast on the lake. Fulgencio asked Hume if he’d caught anything, but Hume just laughed. “If I catch anything it’ll be a miracle,” he replied. “It doesn’t have a hook.”

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BEHIND THE PHOTOS

STORY BY BRITTANY NUNN |

For every story published in the Advocate magazine, photographers shoot dozens of pictures, and reporters scribble sundry side notes. Only a fraction of the work makes it to the page. The idea of all those fascinating tidbits that never see the light of day can be depressing and no one wants to start off the New Year despondent over deleted content.

We give you the cream of the previously unpublished crop.

PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

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COULD THESE BE THE LAST PHOTOS INSIDE LAKEWOOD THEATER AS WE KNOW IT?

It was Dec. 14, 2014 and Advocate had just learned about the owners’ possible plans to gut the interior of the Lakewood Theater and carve it into several retail spaces, so photo editor Danny Fulgencio went to capture the beloved lobby and stage for our news coverage. The management was giving media the silent treatment, so Fulgencio took several photos of the outside of the building, not expecting to be allowed inside. When he saw workers, he introduced himself and said he was hoping to get some shots of the theater interior. “So he just kind of turned me loose inside,” Fulgencio remembers. “I shot as much as I could. There was really no one else in there except some employees. It was kind of an ominous shooting assignment because I felt like I could very well be one of the last people to photograph the interior of the Lakewood Theater as we knew it.”

Read more on the fate of Lakewood Theater on page 52.

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THE KITTEN AND THE IRS

Taxes are so boring they put kittens to sleep. Or at least they put one kitten to sleep — right in the middle of a photo shoot for our March story about a group of Woodrow Wilson High School students who became certified Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents in order to assist neighbors with filing their taxes. When Advocate photographer Danny Fulgencio was at Woodrow, the students happened to be playing with a tiny kitten. When the kitten fell asleep in the crook of Woodrow student Lissete Mendez’ arms, Fulgenio decided to go with it.“Feeling a little mischievous, I was like, ‘Why not incorporate the cat into the photo?’” Fulgencio explains. “I just snuck it in there to see if anyone would pick up on it, and it doesn’t appear that anyone did.” Even Advocate staff didn’t notice the furry Easter egg. During final edits for the magazine, Fulgencio finally asked if anyone at Advocate had noticed a random kitten in one of the photos. “No one had,” he says.

FOLLOW THAT OCTOPUS

If you don’t know about H. G. Cephalopod, the toy octopus who rides around on neighbor Kathryn Poe’s shoulder, you should. In fact, you should friend him on Facebook. Neighbors Kathryn and Stephen Poe, who Advocate columnist Patti Vinson wrote about in March, spend many of their nights and weekends at Renaissance faires and Steampunk events. Kathryn began wearing a toy octopus on her shoulder, similar to how a pirate would wear a parrot. H. G., who’s named for the famous English writer H. G. Wells, quickly became a crowd favorite. “People would come up to see him,” Kathryn says. “Kids would talk to him, and he’d talk to them. People would want to take pictures with him.” She set up a Facebook page for him so his fans can “friend” him on social media, but he also gets good old-fashioned fan mail. “It’s crazy,” Kathryn says. “He gets emails from all around the world.”

SUSPENDED (BY HOOKS) IN SPACE

We met with East Dallas neighbor Allen Falkner to talk about tattoo removal for an August magazine story dedicated to the art of making, and removing, body ink. As we were leaving, Falkner told us it was his first time to be interviewed about tattoo removal, although he’s used to being interviewed.

“I’m normally being interviewed about suspension,” he said off-handedly.

Wait … say what now?

For those who don’t know, suspension practitioners pierce their skin with large metal hooks from which they suspend in midair for anywhere from seconds to hours.

Apparently there’s a bit of a suspension community in Dallas, thanks to Falkner, who is considered “The Father of Modern Suspension” by many due to the decades he’s spent educating people about it.

“The first time I did a suspension, there was not good suspension education out there,” Falkner explains. “There weren’t really groups or networks of people doing suspension at the time, so I started putting them together. I created a website and started traveling and working with people.”

He’s trying to shed light on a largely underground community.

“Everybody’s first question is, ‘Why?’” Falkner says. “It’s not an easy thing to explain in a short amount of time. People tend to understand the performance aspect of it more than the ritual, soul-searching, rights of passage and yada yada. There are a lot of reasons why people are involved in it.”

The biggest misconception is that it’s gruesomely painful. “It’s actually not a terribly painful thing to do,” Falkner insists, but it can be dangerous if it’s not done correctly. It’s more about the endorphin rush, he says. “The mentality is no different than skydiving or riding roller coasters.”

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SHARKS IN A GLASS

For the October cover story about reality TV stars, Advocate photo editor Danny Fulgencio had to figure out a way to communicate “Shark Tank” photographically when shooting Gina Cotroneo. “I was scrambling to find a large pair of shark jaws. I’d reached out to Facebookland and wasn’t having any success,” Fulgencio explains. “My other idea was to have a little fun with it.” His backup idea was to get a small freshwater shark from a pet store and photograph it swimming around inside an oversized brandy glass. He bought a tiny shark from a pet store shortly before the shoot. He then made a mad dash to the studio to photograph Cotroneo, carefully calculating the time he had left before the shark died in the small amount of water. “I was kind of doing the math of how much oxygen was in the water,” he says. “I felt like I was pushing the clock, but I got him back to the pet store without incident.” Unfortunately, in the end, the effort was in vain. We found a pair of giant shark jaws after all.

MAURICE THE FRIENDLY GHOST

Everyone likes a good ghost story, which is probably why our interview with neighbors Mark and Priscilla Rieves for the April magazine eventually turned into swapping spooky stories.

The Rieveses claim a mischievous ghost, whom they affectionately call Maurice, haunts their bungalow in Vickery Place, where strange things began to happen.

It was just little things here and there, like one of them would put something down, but then when they’d look for it a later — sometimes only minutes later — it would be gone. They’d search high and low for it, and then go back to the place where they left it, and it’d be sitting there in plain sight.

“You’d be like, ‘I know I put this knife in this drawer,’ and you’d turn that drawer upside down and it’s not there,” Mark explains, “and then you’d come back to that drawer two or three times looking for it, and suddenly you’d find it right on top of everything and it’s like, ‘There’s no way.’ ”

At first Priscilla thought Mark was messing with her, but he insists he wasn’t — someone or something else was.

They decided it was a ghost, and after doing a little research on the house, they named it Maurice for a man who lived in the house as a child before going on to fight and die in Iwo Jima in 1945. They like to believe it’s a childhood Maurice playing tricks on them.

“He’s a friendly ghost,” Mark says. “He just hides things.”

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DON’T CAST YOUR PEARLS BEFORE FOWL

A pig, a chicken and a three-legged dog.

No, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. It’s some of the creatures we featured in the September issue all about pets. Of those animals, which would you expect to be the biggest diva during a photo shoot?

Nope, it wasn’t Eleanor Pigby, the neighborhood hog who made headlines when she ventured away from the safety of her backyard for a couple days while her humans were on vacation. It was Helga, the chicken who loves to cuddle.

While most of us become a little, well, chicken, when photographers point their cameras at us, Helga just strutted her stuff like she was born for the limelight during her photo shoot.

“At one point I jokingly said, ‘Work it girl, show me what you got,’ and the chicken actually kind of started posing,” Fulgencio says. “She’d strike a pose this way and then that way, and it just kept going. It was really weird.”

Her attitude even surprised her owner, Jessica Allendes. “She was like a star that day,” Allendes remembers. “It’s like she knew she was there to be on camera. I think at one point [Fulgencio] even said, ‘Oh I love her feet,’ and she raised her feet to let him take a picture of them. It was really odd. I mean, she’s always friendly and outgoing, but that was even more than usual.”

Helga let Allendes doll her up with a little neckerchief. She was pretty as a picture until Allendes tried to make her wear a pearl necklace and that ruffled her feathers.

“The chicken wasn’t having it,” Fulgencio remembers with a laugh. But as soon as the necklace went away, Helga started shaking her tail feathers again.

CREEPY TEEPEE

Not at all creepy, actually. Last spring Advocate photographer Danny Fulgencio set out to snap a dozen or so hidden wonders at White Rock Lake. Armed with a shot list provided by the editors, he hiked the dirt paths behind the Old Fish Hatchery, near the lake’s western shore. We promised fascinating scenery — think graffiti-painted benches and photogenic birds — amid towering trees and interlacing trails. Uncovered was something even better than a yellow-bellied sapsucker: a teepee hut “straight out of ‘The Blair Witch Project,’” the photographer mused. An 11-year-old Lake Highlands resident named John David Aler designed and built the structure, we learned later, after the boy’s father spotted its photo in the Advocate. “We were so excited to see it in the magazine,” his dad David says. “For the past few winters, we have built teepee huts in the woods behind the dam. They get washed away and we rebuild the following winter. My son’s imagination lights up as we build these structures. It’s been a truly great experience every time.” When they returned to the area after building the photographed hut, which took two or three full days, they found someone had made use of it. “There was trash, beer cans inside, and that made me a little bit mad,” John David says. His dad adds that they love the idea of someone going inside and finding warmth or comfort, but the litter is disheartening. More than any tangible result, though, they enjoy the time bonding at their favorite place. “White Rock Lake is our home away from home,” David says. While slightly bummed to realize our discovery was not contrived by some ghostly draftsman or a Bigfoot, we relished this impromptu introduction to the architecturally inclined Aler family.

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THE BAND THE ADVOCATE BUILT

In December, we explored the storied studio history on Garland, where legendary musicians have been making albums on and off for decades. It began with lifelong East Dallas resident Jim Billingsley, who launched Diamond Nights Recording Studios in the 1980s, which drew famous faces like Ronnie Wood. Later, local resident Rick Babb took over the space and kept it as a practice venue for the likes of Edie Brickell. Then the studio went quiet for a few years, becoming an insurance office. That was until the early 2000s, when John Painter decided to relocate his Kitchen Studios from Deep Ellum to Garland Road. He didn’t realize the space he selected was once a thriving recording studio until he began remodeling and saw classic signs that music had been made there. While he loved the legacy he has inadvertently taken over, he never knew the former owner, until the Advocate stepped in. Past met present when photo editor Danny Fulgencio positioned Painter and Billingsley together for a portrait in the studio. Like any two musicians are wont to do, they got to talking music. That conversation grew bigger and bigger until a yet-to-be-named band was born, which will feature Billingsley and several other musicians they used to jam with back in the day. Painter will produce, of course, out of his Garland Road studio. We just hope they’ll consider writing us an Advocate theme song. Emily Charrier

Looking ahead, looking back at the Lakewood Theater

An unlikely partnership yields good results for both history, progress

Story by Keri Mitchell | Photos by Danny Fulgencio

When the asbestos dust settles, the Lakewood Theater may be Dallas’ best example yet of the benefits for both developers and preservationists when they join hands on a project.

Craig Kinney and Bill Willingham were not initially enthusiastic about starting down the path of historic designation for the circa 1938 theater they bought in 2007. Defeated submission might be a more apt description of Kinney’s demeanor at the September Landmark Commission meeting, as the crowd of retrophiliacs celebrated victory.

One of those celebrants was Hollywood-Santa Monica neighbor and preservation architect Norman Alston, who managed to slip Kinney a business card before the theater co-owner escaped the revelry at City Hall. Less than two weeks later, Kinney and Willingham hired Alston to help them navigate the landmark process, sending a strong statement that they would do more than simply cooperate with the city — they would extend an olive branch to their “opponents” by letting one of them lead the charge.

The crowd volume had vanished from council chambers last month when Alston made his presentation to the Landmark Commission. It included a strategy that may, to preservationists’ delight, revolutionize the way Dallas treats the interiors of historic structures, and a discovery that will, to the owners’ benefit, allow for the theater’s expansion.

What’s inside does count

The earth-toned mural that wraps the lobby of the Lakewood Theater may not, by itself, warrant preservation. The fresco images depict what appear to be classic Disney cartoons, costumed dancers from exotic lands, even characters recalling Little Black Sambo — o ensive today but a cultural norm when the theater opened in the ’30s.

It’s not the mural’s content but its creator — artist Perry Nichols — that made preservationists take note. Nichols, a 1929 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, was among the legendary “Dallas Nine” artists of the 1930s and early ’40s.

This mural in the Lakewood Theater lobby was painted by Perry Nichols, one of the renowned Dallas Nine artists. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

The Nine and their circle made the “biggest regional, national impact” of any artists in Dallas’ history, says Sam Ratcli e, a Lakewood Trails resident and head of the Bywaters Special Collections at SMU’s Hamon Arts Library. The collection is named for Jerry Bywaters, the most widely known of the Nine. They were young — none older than 30 — when their 1932 exhibit at the Dallas Public Art Gallery in Fair Park garnered attention from the national art community.

Nichols was the youngest, only 20 at the time of the exhibition. He would have been 26 when commissioned to paint the Lakewood Theater murals. Such commissions were common at the time, especially for government buildings. Many of the Nine supported themselves financially through the federal Public Works of Art Project, founded in 1933 as part of the New Deal. Nichols became a prolific mural artist; among his creations are five murals for the erstwhile Sears, Roebuck & Company store on Ross at Greenville and, perhaps most famously, an immense mural in the lobby of Belo Corporation’s Dallas Morning News building.

The possibility of Nichols’ work at the Lakewood Theater being damaged or demolished in the theater’s redevelopment summoned Ratcli e to the September Landmark Commission meeting to argue that the murals should be saved. He referenced the Dallas Nine’s history compiled by his colleague, Lakewood resident Ellen Buie Niewyk.

“It’s a human side to us that we want to preserve our history, see where we came from. We’re standing on their shoulders,” Buie Niewyk says. “I’ve been here for 28 years and it’s just a shame what’s been destroyed.”

Ratcli e and Buie Niewyk didn’t think they had much recourse, however. Dallas’ landmark ordinance is scrupulous in its protection of historic buildings’ exteriors but doesn’t extend that protection indoors.

Except in a few cases, such as several Fair Park buildings, most notably the Hall of State and Museum of Nature and Science, says Mark Doty of the city’s historic preservation o ce. The interior murals of Oak Cli ’s Sunset High School, a WPA project by artist Granville Bruce, also are protected, Doty says. This is due to a little-known provision of the ordinance

protecting interiors that are customarily open and accessible to the public.

So far, however, the provision has been invoked only for government-owned civic buildings. The Lakewood Theater is, and always has been, a private business. It turns out, however, that a theater lobby also qualifies as public space.

“That’s a new thing for preservation here, and we’re kind of the bellwether for that,” Alston says, adding that the Aldredge House on Swiss Avenue may follow suit.

Protecting the murals doesn’t necessarily mean they will be visible in the theater’s future iterations, however. Alston’s proposal outlines exactly how to treat them; for example, no coverings that involve holes drilled into the paintings. Potential tenants also will be made aware of how to treat the art deco statues created by French sculptor José Martin, the staircase handrails by local metal crafters Potter Art, and other notable interior features.

“I told [the owners], ‘You thought you bought a theater. You kind-of bought an art museum,’ ” Alston says.

Nothing inside except the murals are included in official city landmark documents, but the owners will craft a lease agreement that “recognizes the important historic elements” and makes explicit “what you can and can’t do to them if you have to impact these items at all,” Alston says.

Alston, who has become not just the owners’ architect but also their spokes-

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man, lauds their commitment to the “important historic fabric of the theater, including those parts not protected by the landmark ordinance.” He says what he and others perceived as their hostility to preservation “was more because they were afraid of the process, not that they’re not interested in protections.”

Theater’s history enables future expansion

While Kinney and Willingham may not be reluctant preservationists, neither are they altruists. They bought the theater and the adjacent strip of shops to turn a profit. Their fears of the landmark designation process had to do with how it might impact redevelopment options and their resulting bottom line.

Alston guaranteed the owners that he would maximize their opportunities to receive city, state and federal tax credits reserved for historic properties, money they should recoup on their renovation costs.

He did them one better, too, with his analysis of the exterior wall on the south side of the theater. He compared it to the original architectural rendering, recently rediscovered at an auction and now for sale at Curiosities, and realized the wall’s actual finish-out is different than how it was designed.

Perry Nichols, a Woodrow Wilson High School alum, was only 26 when he created the theater mural.

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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.

SOLAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

2617 N. Henderson Ave. / 972.925.3306/ dallasisd.org/solarprep

to advertise call 214.560.4203 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

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 K-5 Dual-Language Elementary School will be opening in August 2016 at 7159 E. Grand Avenue. Please visit our website (DallasSpanishHouse.com) or call 214.826.4410 for a tour.

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

WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

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 58 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.

An exciting new Choice School in Dallas ISD. Accepting student applications Jan. 6-29 for kindergarten, first and second grade in the 2016-2017 school year. The mission at Solar Prep is to prepare girls to become trailblazers in STEAM-related fields and equip them with a depth of knowledge, capacity for leadership, strength of character, and love of self. Solar Prep offers blended learning, project-based learning, tech literacy and coding, engineering, robotics, integrated art, and drama. Enrollment is open to all girls living within the Dallas ISD boundaries, there are no academic entry requirements, and transportation will be provided. Visit www.dallasisd.org/solarprep for more information and to submit an application. Call to advertise call 214.560.4203

“It was pretty clear that they intended to do something there, to build retail up against it at some point,” Alston says.

The Lakewood Theater’s outside wall is a carbon copy of a corresponding wall at the South Dallas Forest Theater, designed by the same architect and built by the same company in 1949, he says. Both were constructed as free-standing theaters. The difference is that retail space eventually was attached to the Forest Theater wall.

“When did the Lakewood Theater open? ’38? Maybe a war got in the way,” Alston speculates.

Intent matters when it comes to preservation, so Alston’s discovery is fantastic news for the owners because it gives them permission to expand the theater using “the concept of reversibility,” he says.

“They could take out some block and plaster from areas that aren’t architecturally significant to make doors for a restaurant that could easily be put back and made invisible if they need to be someday,” he says. “There’s very little we’ll do that couldn’t be undone if someone steps forward and says, ‘We want that theater back.’”

The same applies to the murals, which, if covered for the next tenant, could be uncovered for a future tenant, Alston says.

Landmark commissioners grappled a bit with Alston’s proposal, seemingly because while it preserves the Lakewood Theater structure, it doesn’t guarantee that the structure will remain a theater. Alston told commissioners that the owners aren’t currently talking to any theater tenants. In the end, however, the type of business the theater houses is not under the commission’s purview.

The theater still needs the City Plan Commission and City Council’s votes to become a landmark, and there’s also the problem of parking being tackled by an ad hoc committee of neighbors. It seems, however, the “Save the Lakewood Theater” T-shirts that dominated September’s meeting won’t need to make a comeback — unless Kinney and Willingham want to don them for an ironic photo opp.

THE HISTORY OF THE BATH HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER

It was once the spot for recreation in Dallas.

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It’s 1930 and J. Waddy Tate is a happy man. Elected mayor of Dallas in a run-off the year before, he has witnessed the recent completion of Cotton Bowl stadium, squired President Calvin Coolidge around town during a visit, and reveled in praise for his pet project: the new beach at White Rock Lake. The new beach even has a bathhouse — one that would eventually evolve to become a beloved East Dallas arts venue, the Bath House Cultural Center.

Tate championed the establishment of public recreational facilities at the lake. Created in 1911 as a water source for a rapidly growing but drought-stricken Dallas, White Rock Lake quickly became a natural and popular spot for swimming, picnics, fishing and hunting.

When the city outgrew the lake’s water supply and began to use Lake Dallas (now Lewisville Lake) as a water source, the Dallas City Council wisely transferred the land to the Dallas Park and Recreation Department to maintain as a public park.

Mayor Tate ordered the construction of a bathing beach and the Municipal Bath House, as it was then known, on the east side of the lake. To create the beach (complete with sand), a 520-foot concrete slab was poured and extended 162 feet into the lake. The bathhouse, one of the first art deco-style structures in the Southwest, was designed by the Dallas architectural firm Carsey and Linske. Both beach and bathhouse opened to an enthusiastic public Aug. 9, 1930. In an era when only movie theaters and a few office buildings were air-conditioned, the citizens of Dallas sought respite from the sweltering heat. Hundreds of folks turned out to “take a dip in the cool waters of the reservoir.”

The beautiful and modern bathhouse, built at a cost of $48,100, was “state of the art,” according to Sally Rodriguez, author of the book “White Rock Lake.” “Water, sewer and electrical lines were brought out to this area for the first time,” she says.

Hard to imagine now with its steady stream of cars, runners and cyclists, but the site of the bathhouse was once a good distance out in the country. The city encouraged citizens to take the trolley line to Junius Heights, then catch the bus to the western shore. There they would be “transferred to fast motorboats for the cross-lake jaunt to the bathing beach.”

After paying admission fees — 25 cents for adults, 15 cents for children — folks proceeded to the bathhouse, where they could change clothes and store belongings in lockers. No bathing suit? No problem. Step right up to the bathing suit rental counter. But you might have to wait a few minutes for a dripping suit to be returned by a previous swimmer.

Author and speaker Rose-Mary Rumbley

says, “I remember it well. It was Depression [era] and not everyone could afford a bathing suit, so they rented them.” Rumbley notes that there is a photo of a swimmer in a rented suit in her book, “Dallas Too.”

All that swimming worked up an appetite. The concession stand in the basement of the bath house served burgers, hot dogs and soft drinks and maintained a constant line of customers, not only beachgoers, but also people from neighboring farm houses. With no restaurants or grocery stores for miles, the stand was one of the few food sources for them.

Upstairs, the bathhouse balcony provided a great view. Visitors might spot the Bonnie Barge, popular for afternoon and moonlight

Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

cruises. Music drifted up from the pavilion (no longer there) where Baby Lowry and the Rhythm Sweethearts played. And it was a great spot to watch the “Miss Dallas” beauty pageant down on the beach, an event once judged by none other than Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller. (Google him, kids.)

When it was time to go, most headed to the showers. The water was chlorinated each night by a four-cylinder motorboat that crisscrossed the swimming area, but it was still lake water, so a shower was a wise move.

The beach with its lovely bathhouse continued to be wildly popular until 1953 when another drought hit Dallas. White Rock Lake was needed for drinking water, so the city banned swimming in the lake. By the time the drought was over, Dallas had begun building modern neighborhood swimming pools, such as Tietze Pool, and never reopened the lake for bathing.

The beautiful art deco building that was once the pride of East Dallas sat empty and neglected until 1979, when the City of Dallas began work to restore and renovate the old bathhouse. Christened Bath House Cultural Center, it reopened two years later with a black box theater, three art galleries and the White Rock Lake Museum. Where swimmers once showered, patrons now enjoy events like art shows, theater productions and poetry readings.

J. Waddy Tate likely would be pleased.

Patti Vinson is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for over 15 years. She’s written for the Advocate and Real Simple magazine, and has taught college writing. She is a frequent flyer at Lakewood branch library and enjoys haunting neighborhood estate sales with husband Jonathan and children, Claire and Will. The family often can be found hanging out at White Rock Lake Dog Park with Dexter, a probable JackWeenie.

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In November Grant Guest of Perry Guest Company met with neighbors about plans to raze the seven-story, circa 1967 Faulkner Tower on Gaston and replace it with a mix of retail spaces and residential units. Perry Guest recently purchased and overhauled Lakewood Manor, next door to Faulkner Tower, and they plan to purchase portions along Paulus behind the tower, including a large and mostly vacant parking lot, and replace it with condos or townhouses. However, Perry Guest backed out because of cell phone towers on the roof of Faulkner Tower that have contracts that extend until 2020, Guest says. “It basically encumbers the property,” Guest says of the cell phone towers. “You can’t get rid of them if they have a lease, hence you can’t tear the building down.” But Guest says they’re “not quite done yet with the building. We’re still working on it.” The tower’s owner Jerry Biesel, a longtime Dallas defense attorney who has officed in the building since 1988, isn’t in any rush to sell. He has received a slew of offers from hopeful developers — “Marilyn Monroe couldn’t get more offers than we’ve had,” Biesel says — but he’s waiting for a number he can’t refuse. In 2014 Biesel wanted $4 million-plus for the property, according to Lakewood Heights neighbor Jeff Sheehan, who says it would take another

Faulkner Tower on Gaston

$1.5 million to bring the building up to snuff. “We might end up just holding onto it,” Biesel says. “We’re not in any big rush to do anything with it.”

Carry on, Graham Dodds

Chef Graham Dodds, who left Hibiscus on Henderson in October, opened a new restaurant on Lower Greenville in December. The new restaurant, Wayward Sons, took the space that Kirby’s Woodfire Grill vacated in July. The concept expands on Dodds’ passion for high-quality ingredients, especially the local and seasonal. Dodds is partnering with This & That Concepts by Brandon Hays and Phil Schanbaum of High Fives, So & So’s, The Standard Pour and soon-to-open Whippersnapper. Wayward Sons opens for dinner at 5 p.m. and offers complimentary valet parking.

Canadian French fries

Austin-based pub Haymaker, known for its poutine, sandwiches and beer, plans to open a location at 1520 Greenville, between Ross and Bryan, in a former auto mechanic shop. It could open as soon as February.

Local bookseller, foreign titles

Hollywood Heights resident Will Evans, who founded the nonprofit publishing house Deep Vellum Publishing in 2013, opened a brick-and-mortar bookstore in Deep Ellum recently. Deep Vellum focuses on publishing books by foreign authors. And the shop, at 3000 Commerce, will focus on selling books by foreign authors. “I found out there’s all of this great stuff being written in every language of the world award-winning books, bestsellers — and very little of it gets translated and published in English,” Evans says.

WE’RE IN LAKEWOOD BECAUSE LAKEWOOD IS IN US.

Gardening antiques

The owners of Curiosities in Lakewood are opening a second location at 8920 Garland across from the Dallas Arboretum, and this location has a very specific bent. The new shop, Curious Garden, will focus on selling garden antiques, garden furniture and other custom garden items. “People are always looking for that stuff and we sell it basically as fast as we get it in the other location,” says Jason Cohen, who owns Curiosities with his mother, Terry. Jason’s wife, Barbara, also will run her landscaping design and consulting business, Barbara’s Garden, out of the store. They expect to open as soon as February.

For three decades now, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate agents have not only represented buyers and sellers seeking to deepen their family’s Lakewood roots, but have put down roots here as well.

If you’d like to leave your own legacy in Lakewood, call us today to learn more about our properties of distinction.

Music school

Zounds Sounds School of Music is moving to Garland Road across from the arboretum, but it’s calling itself the East Dallas music collective. Zounds, which was originally in East Dallas on Haskell, is first and foremost a music school, says owner Marc Soloman, but he says the new location is about more than just music education. “It’s a space for people to create, and that’s why we call it the East Dallas music collective is because what we’re trying to do is something a little different,” Soloman points out. They’ll host some small-scale concerts there, but mostly it’s a place to hang out and jam.

The owners of Curiosities are opening a second location on Garland. (Photo by Brittany Nunn)

Zounds Sounds School of Music’s East Dallas music collective on Garland. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

ANGLICAN

ALL SAINTS EAST DALLAS / allsaintseastdallas.org

Sunday worship service at 5:00 pm

Meeting at Central Lutheran Church / 1000 Easton Road

BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

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

Pastor Jeff Donnell / www.lbcdallas.com

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

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

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

CATHOLIC

UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS MINISTRY CONFERENCE / udallas.edu/udmc

Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2016 / Sponsored by Catholic Diocese of Dallas

Sessions on Faith, Scripture, & Ministry / Exhibitors / Music / Mass

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

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

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

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

LUTHERAN

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

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

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule.

214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

METHODIST

LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee

Worship: 8:30 am & 10:50 am Traditional / 10:50 am Contemporary

PRESBYTERIAN

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr.

214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Welcomes you to Worship

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

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN / Skillman & Monticello

Rev. Rob Leischner. / www.standrewsdallas.org

214.821.9989 / Sunday School 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am

UNITY

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path for Spiritual Living

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

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

UNITY ON GREENVILLE / Your soul is welcome here!

3425 Greenville Ave. / 214.826.5683 / www.dallasunity.org

Sunday Service 11:00 am and Book Study 9:30 am

OPPOSABLE THUMBS AND MINDS

We have the option to rise above our animal instincts

Humans and other primates have what are called “opposable thumbs.” The thumbs on our hands allow us to grasp things that would otherwise elude our ability to possess them. By pinching our thumb against our other fingers, we can take hold of something instead of only touching or feeling it.

Humans also have what business professor Roger Martin has called “opposable minds.” We can hold two or more opposing ideas in our mind at the same time. That ability separates us from animals, which operate in a stimulus-response/ red-tooth-and-claw/survival-of-the-fittest mode all the time.

Humans feel but also think. We can stand over against our pain or sense of being threatened and ask what we might do with that instead of only reacting to preserve and protect ourselves.

We can love. We can sacrifice ourselves for others. We can put ourselves in harm’s way on purpose for a higher purpose.

Yet, too often we don’t. We devolve to our animal instincts in our greed (“I’ll get mine even at the expense of yours”), in our nationalism (“My country is exceptional and can be trusted to act righteously against your country”), in our politics (“My view of the world is right and yours is dangerous”), and in our religion (“My faith is better than your faith”).

We could go on and on. And we do. This polarization destroys our communities and our communities of faith. It divides us into camps that should be exposed and opposed. It focuses on how we are unsafe in the presence of difference. But there is no end to it because there is no perfect security in this life.

As we begin a new calendar year and realize the challenges we face together in the world, we need to claim our capacity to hold opposing ideas in our mind in order that we may understand others and not

merely oppose them. We may not be able to convince Islamic terrorists to do what we are asking, but that does not excuse us from ascending to the highest level of our humanity and not descending to their inhumanity. We may not be able to convince an opposing party in our election cycle to think like we do, but we can practice thinking like they do before we dismiss them altogether.

Martin calls this “integrative thinking.” He suggests that only when we grapple in a uniquely human way with opposing

ideas will the possibility of a leap to new thinking take place. This is not a compromise he advocates; it’s a third way that can only emerge from the sympathy that derives from our grasping differences with our opposable minds.

The great faith traditions show us the way. Moses learns that God hears the cries of the weak, and that weak and strong alike should be subject to the same Law and not to the laws of the powerful. Jesus embodies the unity of the seemingly opposing realms of divine and human, and he teaches that loving God and loving neighbor are one thing, not two. The Qur’an teaches that the murder of one human being amounts to the murder of all humanity, and that the saving of one human being is like the saving of all.

As Benjamin Franklin put it, “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”

We can love. We can sacrifice ourselves for others. We can put ourselves in harm’s way on purpose for a higher purpose. Yet, too often we don’t.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and by the neighborhood business people and churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

Nonprofits

The Vickery Meadow Learning Center seeks volunteers to teach English as a second language at its East Dallas location, 629 N. Peak. No teaching experience or foreign language knowledge is necessary. All classes are co-taught, and curriculum and training are provided. Volunteers teach one two-hour class per week, and morning, afternoon and evening sessions are available. Contact Liz Harling at lharling@vmlc.org or 214.265.5057, ext. 102, to sign up for an orientation session.

Bishop Lynch Catholic School donated 7,000 pounds of food to Catholic Charities recently. The school holds a two-week food drive every year, and this year, students, families and staff brought in the biggest haul yet.

The Junior League of Dallas distributed more than $1 million in funding and more than 65,000 volunteer hours for the organization’s 2015-2016 administrative year. During the annual Community Grant Presentation, the League honored 41 non-profit agencies involved in this year’s Community Program.

Education

The Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce honored six outstanding neighborhood publicand private-school teachers. The chamber’s “teacher of the year” winners are Cristela Nash of Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Ashley Roe of Dallas Academy, Elizabeth Schmitt of Lakehill Preparatory School, Rick Lee Harrington of Townview Magnet and Billy Clark of Bishop Lynch. Each of the winners received a $250 gift card, and $100 will be sent to their schools.

Business

Perla Martinez has joined the East Dallas office of RE/MAX DFW Associates. She previously worked marketing her family’s business selling upholstery to restaurants, and she was an assistant in a real estate office. The 33-yearold RE/MAX DFW Associates is the largest RE/ MAX franchise in Texas, with 340 associates and seven offices. The franchise was projected to close on a total of $1.75 billion in sales last year.

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They’ve got heart

For the Love of the Lake celebrated 20 years of volunteerism recently by raising funds to build a playground at Flag Pole Hill. During the “I Heart The Lake” festival, the group also attempted to set a world record by forming the largest heart formed of people wearing red rain ponchos. They needed at least 1,000 to pull it off, and well, they didn’t quite get there. But drone crew took video footage and still shots of the heart formation, and everyone had fun, says executive director Lis Akin.

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CLASSES/TUTORING/ LESSONS

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

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

FARMERS BRANCH AQUATICS CENTER Visit our new natatorium. Begin swim, fitness classes & open swim. fbh2o.com

GET READY, GET SET Get Ahead With Mathnasium. 214-328-MATH (6284) mathnasium.com/dallaslakewood

GUITAR OR PIANO

Your Home. 12 Yrs Exp. Reasonable rates. UNT Music Grad. Larry 469-358-8784

MAKERS CONNECT Craft Classes & Workshops. Led by & for Local Makers. Check Schedule: makersconnect.org/classes

EMPLOYMENT

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

SERVICES FOR YOU

AT ODDS WITH YOUR COMPUTER? Easily Learn Essential Skills. Services include Digital Photo Help. Sharon 214-679-9688 CARGO BICYCLES Custom Built, Hand Crafted. For You/ Business In Oak Cliff. 214-205-4205. oakcliffcargobicycles.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

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

A FREE CONSULTATION Wills/Probate/Guardianships. 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 Organizing Finances? No Job Too Small or Big. Call C.A.S. Bookkeeping Services. Cindy 214-821-6903

KELLY PRESTON Certified personal trainer. In-Home Training. 214-801-7503. FBK: Trainer Kelly P.

FITNESS Call Today For Free Session. 972-382-9925 NexGenFitness.com 10759 Preston Rd. 75230

Challenge Air

The Lakewood Kiwanis participated in the Challenge Air event at the Dallas Executive Airport not long ago. The event helps build confidence and self esteem in special needs kids through aviation. The Kiwanis club participates every year with games and prizes for those waiting to go on a flight. Pictured from left to right: Ron Burch, Cindy Walkup, Joe Kacynski, Jim Walkup and Jim Cuzzo.

MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

UFC GYM WHITE ROCK Workout Blues? Train Different. Power/ endurance/results. 469-729-9900 ufcgym.com/WhiteRock

PET SERVICES

AFFORDABLE HOME PET CARE Pet Sitting, Dog Walks. pawsitivestrolls.com 214-504-5115

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

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

In-Home Professional Care

Customized to maintain your pet’s routine In-Home Pet Visits & Daily Walks “Best of Dallas” D Magazine

Serving the Dallas area since 1994 Bonded & Insured www.societypetsitter.com 214-821-3900

BUY/SELL/TRADE

DONATE YOUR CAR FOR BREAST CANCER Help United Breast Foundation education, prevention, support programs. Fast free pickup. 24 Hour response. Tax deduction. 855-403-0213

FREE RANGE PORK & LAMB from local resident’s farm. Hormone & antibiotic free.Heritage Red Wattle pigs. Stock up now. Laraland Farms 214-384-6136 carlandlara@hotmail.com

SHARE FRONT ROW

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

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

CLUTTERBLASTERS.COM ESTATE SALES

Moving & DownSizing Sales, Storage Units. Organize/De-Clutter Donna 972-679-3100

FEBRUARY DEADLINE JANUARY 6

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APPLIANCE

APPLIANCE REPAIR SPECIALIST

Low Rates, Excellent Service, Senior Discount. MC-Visa. 214-321-4228

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

CLEANING SERVICES

AMAZON CLEANING

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

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

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

WANTED: HOUSES TO CLEAN Windows, too!

Great Prices / Refs. Family owned. 20 yrs. Reliable. Call Sunny 214-724-2555. grimestoppershere.com

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED MAC/PC Great Rates! Keith 214-295-6367

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR

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

CONCRETE/MASONRY/ PAVING

ALL EPOXY COATINGS, CONCRETE Countertops, Stamping, Staining & Designs, Floor Demo and Overlays Landscape Designs Call 214-916-8368

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

Tuck Pointing / Crack Repair. Mortar Color Matching. Windows And Door Cracks Etc. Call Don 214-704-1722

BRICK, BLOCK, Stone, Concrete, Stucco. Gonzalez Masonry. 214-395-1319

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CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

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

CLEANING SERVICES

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

AFFORDABLE CLEANING Insd./Bonded. Move

In/Out. Routine Cleaning. Reliable. Dependable.

Residential/ Commercial. References. 28+yrs.

Delta Cleaning. 972-943-9280.

AFFORDABLE, PROFESSIONAL CLEANING

A Clean You Can Trust

Staff trained by Nationally Certified Cleaning Tech. Chemical-free, Green, or Traditional Cleaning. WindsorMaidServices.com 214-381-MAID (6243)

ALTOGETHER CLEAN

Relax ...We’ll Clean Your House, It Will Be Your Favorite Day! Bonded & Insurance. Free Estimates. 214-929-8413. www. altogetherclean.net

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

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

LAKEWOOD ELECTRICAL Local. Insured. Lic. #227509 Call Rylan 214-434-8735

TEXAS ELECTRICAL • 214-289-0639 Prompt, Honest, Quality. TECL 24668

TH ELECTRIC Reasonable Rates. Licensed & Insured. Ted. E257 214-808-3658

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. Lic/Insd. E795. 214-850-4891

EXTERIOR CLEANING

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

FENCING & DECKS

#1 COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. Est. ‘91. 214-692-1991 www.cowboyfenceandiron.com

4 QUALITY FENCING Call Mike 214-507-9322 Specializing in Wood, New or Repair.

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC.

Automatic Gates, Iron & Cedar Fencing, Decks. Since 1996. MC/V 214-621-3217

FENCING & WOODWORK oldgatefence.com charliehookerswoodwork.com 214-766-6422

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

Decks, Pergolas, Patio Covers. 214-435-9574

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK

New & Repair. Free Estimates. Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975

FLOORING & CARPETING

Restoration Flooring

Hardwood

469.774.3147

FOUNDATION REPAIR

BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

CONCRETE REPAIRS/REPOURS

Demo existing. Stamping and Staining Driveways/Patio/Walkways

Pattern/Color available Free Estimates 972-672-5359 (32 yrs.)

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

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

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

GARAGE

DFW GARAGE PRO Garage Organize/Reorganize. Painting, Shelving, Cabinets, Storage, Disposal. 303-883-9321

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

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

Swimming Pool Remodels • Patios Stone work

• Stamp Concrete

972-727-2727

Deckoart.com

Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com

All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers 214.692.1991

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

COWBOY

FENCE & IRON CO.

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

cowboyfenceandiron.com

FLOORING & CARPETING

ALL WALKS OF FLOORS 214-616-7641

Carpet, Wood, Tile Sales/Service Free Estimates

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

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

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials!

214-343-4645

THE TEXAN FLOORING SERVICES

Wood, Laminate. Remodel Showers, Bathrooms. thetexanflooringservices.com 214-680-0901

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

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

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

A R&G HANDYMAN Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Fencing, Roofing, Light Hauling. Ron or Gary 214-861-7569, 469-878-8044

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

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

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of construction. No job too small 214-327-4606

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232

Your Home Repair Specialists Drywall Doors

Safety Carpentry

& Odd Jobs And More! 972-308-6035 HandymanMatters.com/dallas

INSPECTION

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

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

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

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

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

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

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

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

AYALA’S LANDSCAPING Firewood for Sale! Call the Land Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

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

DALLAS GROUNDSKEEPER Comprehensive services designed to meet your needs. 214-504-6788 dallasgroundskeeper.com

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

1. Change the direction of your ceiling fan.

2. Caulk any gaps in your windows, doors, cracks in walls.

3. Control your thermostat.

PAINTING

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

#1 GET MORE PAY LES Painting. 85% Referrals. Free Est. 214-348-5070

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

ALL TYPES Painting & Repairs. A+ BBB rating. Any size jobs welcome. Call Kenny 214-321-7000

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

MANNY’S HOME PAINTING & REMODEL Int./Ext. Sheetrock. Manny 214-334-2160

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

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

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

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. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

LIGHT IT UP DALLAS

Your lighting specialists. 972-591-8383 Parties, Weddings, Patios, Landscape.

• Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

• Cultured Marble

• Kitchen Countertops

214-631-8719

WE REFINISH! www.allsurfacerefinishing.com

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

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

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

LSI LAWN SPRINKLERS “Making Water Work” Irrigation system Service & Repair. Specializing In Older Copper Systems. LI #13715. 214-283-4673

RED SUN LANDSCAPES • 214-935-9779 RedSunLandscapes.com

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

WALTON’S GARDEN CENTER

Stop in for home decor, candles, indoor plants and more. It’s time to plan for spring. Call us for design, prep, and plantings! 8652 Garland Road 214-321-2387

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 214-794-7566 - Se Habla Español*

ARRIAGA PLUMBING: General Plumbing Since the 80’s. Insured. Lic# M- 20754 214-321-0589, 214-738-7116, CC’s accepted.

HAYES PLUMBING INC. Repairs.

Insured, 214-343-1427 License M13238

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

NTX PLUMBING SPEC. LLLP 214-226-0913

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

SPECK PLUMBING

Over 30 Yrs Exp. Licensed/Insured. 214-732-4769, 214-562-2360

214-328-7371

MetroFlowPlumbing.com

Lic.# M16620

PLUMBING

REMODELING

Bob McDonald Company, Inc. BUILDERS/REMODELERS

30+ Yrs. in Business • Major Additions

Complete Renovations • Kitchens/Baths

214-341-1155

bobmcdonaldco.net

POOLS

ADAIR POOL & SPA SERVICE

1 month free service for new customers. Call for details. 469-358-0665.

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. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

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

RENOVATE DALLAS renovatedallas.com 214-403-7247

ROOFING & GUTTERS

A&B GUTTER 972-530-5699

Clean Out, Repair/Replace. Leaf Guard. Free Estimates. Lifetime Warranty

BERT ROOFING INC.

Family owned and operated for over 40 years

• Residential/Commercial • Over 30,000 roofs completed • Seven NTRCA “Golden Hammer” Awards • Free Estimates www.bertroofing.com

MOM SCARES OFF WOULD-BE CAR BURGLAR

A Lakewood mom’s quick response recently stopped a burglar from breaking into her car while she and her child sat inside.

The victim was feeding her infant child in the backseat of her car in the 2100 block of Kidwell at about 4:30 p.m. Nov. 30 when a man approached and attempted to break into the car using a window-breaker. He seemingly didn’t realize someone was in the vehicle.

“I started yelling at him, and he got into the car and drove away,” the woman, who requested anonymity, posted to the social media site Nextdoor.

The would-be burglar got into an older-model black Ford Mustang and drove away. She called 911 and made a police report, but no arrest had been made as of press time.

—Emily Charrier

631 business robberies, an 18 percent increase

2,787 robberies of people, an 8 percent increase

DIRECT ROAD FROM CITY HALL TO LOONY BIN

You’re not paranoid if everyone is actually trying to get you COMMENT. Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search Last Word to tell us what you think.

Serving on the Dallas City Council will make you a little nuts. You’re probably thinking, “You’ve got to be a little nuts to begin with if want to serve on the Dallas City Council,” and there may be some truth to that. But it doesn’t change the fact that when nice, normal, rational people enter Dallas City Hall, it changes them.

People who once seemed level headed begin raising their voices. Folks who had previously displayed a propensity for playing well with others suddenly can’t seem to get along with anyone. Reasonable men and women who had never before displayed signs of mental illness begin to exhibit paranoid tendencies.

Notably, this psychological malady doesn’t seem to affect those council members that one would generously describe as “go-along-to-getalongers.” No, it’s the ones who keep banging their heads against the wall, fighting the status quo, questioning the power elite — they’re the ones who are hit the hardest by City Hall Anxiety, Paranoia and Tantrum disorder (CHAPT).

Take for example Councilman Scott Griggs. He’s a mild-mannered guy. Studious and quiet. The kind of guy you might find browsing the nonfiction shelves in a bookstore if he weren’t making the daily trek to city

hall. A few months back, he yelled at a city staff member he believed was committing an illegal act — posting a notice for a council meeting when the deadline had passed, then backdating the timestamp and lying about it. I won’t bore you with the details of open records laws, but suffice it to say that the mayor had sneakily called a special meeting about the Trinity Toll Road. I say “sneakily” because the mayor had called a “special meeting” to prevent councilmembers from exercising their right to delay the item.

But it seemed the mayor had missed the open meetings posting deadline, so Griggs loudly demanded that city staff stop what appeared to be an illegal posting. He requested that the city attorney come immediately to witness what was going on and make his own determination.

The city attorney came down, looked around, and, to no one’s surprise, declared nothing was wrong and told everyone to go about their business.

It’s what happened next that should be incredibly troubling to all of us. Instead of conducting a thorough internal investigation on the possible illegal posting of notices, the city tried to charge Griggs with felony coercion of a public official. A conviction would have sent him to prison for up to 10 years, and stripped him of his council seat and law license.

Fortunately, a grand jury declined to charge Griggs with any crime. It was later revealed that city attorney

Warren Ernst had pushed to have Griggs charged — over the objections of the Dallas Police Department and the staff member involved. (Ernst has since resigned.)

I suspect there are some residents who look at City Hall mavericks like Griggs and Philip Kingston and snicker at their paranoid talk of powerful forces that control city hall. These are the same people who can’t imagine that the city manager would cut a secret deal with gas companies to allow drilling in parks, and who cannot fathom that staffers would use taxpayer money to hire investigators to perform “forensic traces” on inquisitive councilmembers.

But here’s a little secret I want to let you in on: Those mavericks aren’t really nutty at all. Their frustration is perfectly reasonable in the face of obfuscation, deception and, yes, conspiracies at city hall. You can’t really understand it unless you’ve been there, but I can attest to the fact that I went onto the city council (relatively) sane and city hall drove me bonkers. I learned the hard way that just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

So the next time a council member loudly demands answers from city management, argues forcefully against questionable city projects, or refuses to go along to get along, please don’t cluck your tongue at his tone of voice or bad manners. Just send him a thank you note and be thankful you’re not the one in the nuthouse.

Angela Hunt is a neighborhood resident and former Dallas City Councilwoman in East Dallas. She writes a monthly opinion column about neighborhood issues. Her opinions are not necessarily those of the Advocate or its management. Send comments and ideas to her at 6301 Gaston, Suite 820, Dallas 75214; FAX to 214.823.8866; or email ahunt@advocatemag.com.

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