2016 October Lakewood

LAKEWOOD/EAST DALLAS

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Make Time for Your Annual Mammogram

3D Mammography is Now Available at The Imaging Center

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For most women, life can get complicated at times. The to-do list never seems to get any shorter. Women today have so many responsibilities that it is easy to put the kids, the husband, the job, even the dog, ahead of your own health. But we need to be at our best and in good health to manage it all. The Imaging Center on Lovers Lane, a department of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – White Rock, makes it easy to fit getting your annual mammogram into your busy life with convenient hours, including early morning, evening and Saturday appointments. You can schedule your mammogram by calling 214.324.6220. Most appointments take 30 minutes or less.

3D Mammography in East Dallas

“3D mammography provides greater sensitivity

when screening for breast abnormalities than 2D mammography,” said David Zorinsky, MD, a breastfellowship-trained radiologist on the medical staff at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – White Rock who specializes in breast imaging. “Studies published in The Journal of the American Medical Association shows that 3D mammography decreases the number of false-positive results, as well as the need for recall testing, which can be very stressful for women.” Unlike traditional mammography, 3D mammography creates multiple breast images in just seconds, allowing providers to examine breast tissue one layer at a time.

3D mammography is especially helpful to women with dense breast tissue because it provides a clearer picture.

The Benefits of 3D Mammography:

• Clearer view through dense breast tissue, and better accuracy in determining size, shape and location of abnormalities in the breast

• Fine details are more visible and are less likely to be hidden by overlapping tissue

• Improved detection of breast abnormalities by 27 to 50 percent

• Decrease in false alarms due to abnormalities in the breast tissue

• Reduction in additional testing

• Fewer repeat images may be needed, reducing the exposure to radiation

Annual mammograms are an important part of a woman’s wellness routine, generally beginning at age 40. Call The Imaging Center on Lovers Lane today to schedule your 3D mammogram at 214.324.6220.

*You do not need a physician referral/order to schedule your annual screening mammogram. Although we accept all major insurance, please note that 3D mammography may not be covered by some insurance plans.

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AN OLD PARK GETS A FACELIFT BUCKNER PARK WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BUT $2 MILLION IN RENOVATIONS COULD MAKE IT LOOK NEW AGAIN.

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JAMMING UP THE COMPETITION

THIS WHITE ROCK HILLS RESIDENT IS THE QUEEN OF THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS COOKING COMPETITIONS.

SUNDAY FUNDAY

EAST DALLAS CHURCH DOUBLES AS A COMMUNITY WORK SPACE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM AFTER A THREE-YEAR DEBATE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO BAN SMOKING IN CITY PARKS.

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LOST MEMORIES

VIOLENT ATTACK LEFT THIS SWISS AVENUE RESIDENT GRASPING AT BROKEN PIECES OF HIS MEMORY, BUT HE FOUND LOVE.

East Dallas is littered with trails that are expanding every year.

(Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

ON THE COVER: White Rock Lake Trail. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio) Special Thanks to Oak Cliff Bicycle Company

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PORCHES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK

THERE’S NO COZIER PLACE TO HANG OUT THAN YOUR OWN FRONT PORCH, RIGHT? ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BUILT AN ENTIRE FESTIVAL ON THAT IDEA.

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NOT MY PROBLEM

WHAT IF TRASHY STREETS REVEAL A SAD TRUTH ABOUT OUR CIVIC VIRTUE?

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld tells a funny story about the unwritten pact between movie theaters and those who attend movies.

Movie theater operators, he says, understand that people who attend movies aren’t going to clean up after themselves. We’ll leave candy wrappers, half-eaten bags of popcorn and sweating soda cups strewn about the theater after a movie.

Why?

According to Seinfield, we do it because we know and the movie theater operators know that’s our deal with each other: They’re “ripping us off” with movie and concession pricing, so when we finish whatever we’re eating or drinking in a theater, we’re going to just “open our hand and let it drop.”

That’s the pact. We’re getting ripped off, so we aren’t going to clean up after ourselves.

It’s a funny story because it’s based on truth. The prices of theater tickets and concessions seem to be skyrocketing, so creating extra work for the low-paid kids cleaning up after us is somehow OK.

I wonder if we’ve let these thoughts trickle into our relationship with Dallas?

Crossing a city street the other day, I noticed two things: People were everywhere, and so was trash.

The trash wasn’t just lying there, either: It was blowing everywhere. Not the cotton-candy-creepy-gooey kind of trash, but plastic grocery bags and recyclable food packaging and empty plastic soda bottles.

As for the people, we were blowing

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everywhere, too — and always away from the trash. No one made any attempt to do anything about the trash, probably because we believe we aren’t the ones who created the problem.

That says something about the “ownership” we take in our “home,” doesn’t it? We’re willing to live with it because we just don’t feel like picking it up.

Maybe that’s our pact with Dallas: We think we’re being stiffed with higher taxes and crappy streets, so if we feel like dropping something when we’re done with it, so be it. It’s the city’s job to keep our home clean, not ours.

It’s great that people are flocking to Dallas these days, great that we’re building apartments and homes and offices to accommodate everyone.

But if our fundamental response to growth is that it’s the city’s job to take care of everything, this story isn’t going to have a happy ending. Too many new people are going to emulate those of us who don’t care enough about the place, and they’ll think that’s the way to act, too.

And not just with trash, but with civic involvement, volunteering and making a difference elsewhere in Dallas.

I could have picked up some of that trash in the street. It wouldn’t have taken much extra time to grab something while walking to my destination; there was a garbage can right along the way.

But I thought to myself: I’m paying plenty of taxes; I’m doing my share. If Dallas is the world-class city everyone keeps saying it is, why do I need to be the one cleaning things up — isn’t that someone else’s job?

Maybe that’s our unwritten pact here.

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SEE YOU ON THE PORCH

NEW FESTIVAL INVITES NEIGHBORS TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER THE OLD FASHIONED WAY

There was once a time when porches were the Facebook of their day, a place where people gathered to say hi, share gossip and socialize. Dallas’ oldest neighborhood is revitalizing this antiquated concept with a modern twist.

Part block party and part home tour, Porchfest is a grassroots event that celebrates local music, food and art, taking place in the Peak’s Addition neighborhood this month.

Elizabeth Nelson, neighborhood resident and event organizer, says the festival was inspired by a similar community gathering in Ithaca, N.Y. It has since moved west.

“We just kind of stumbled onto the concept. It seemed like a different and unique and fun ... way to kind of showcase our neighborhood.”

The idea is pretty simple: Close off three blocks in the neighborhood and invite artists, bands and restaurants to set up shop on front lawns and porches. Guests can roam from house to house, meeting their neighbors and sharing in the festivities.

“That’s what really makes our neighborhood feel like a neighborhood, the front porches,” Nelson says. “It really makes it feel like a small town.”

The Oct. 15 festival will present a different local musician each

Left: Dallas singer/songwriter Seth Falkner.

Above: Porchfest organizer Elizabeth Nelson.

(Photos by Rasy Ran)

hour at different houses around the neighborhood. The festival features artists Mo Robson, Houston Marchman, The Free Loaders, Kathy Mason, Seth Faulkner and Kidd Sisters.

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Nelson hopes the party also becomes a chance to appreciate the beauty of Peak’s Addition. The area features four different architectural styles, from the large country estates built in the late 1800s, to the Victorian homes of the early 20th century. Prairie and craftsman homes became popular in the 1920s and streetcar apartments came to prominence shortly thereafter.

“It gives an absolute different vibe,” resident Kristen Martin says.

Much of the land that Peak’s Addition sits on was part of a settlement founded by Mexican War veteran Jefferson Peak. He purchased more than 200 acres of land, which still carries his name.

Peak, according to Martin, is considered one of the fathers of East Dallas — the way he divided his expansion acreage defined the neighborhood.

“Peak gave sections of their lands for the railroads to come in. They knew it would bring people and work, and they were right, it boomed,” Martin says.

Nelson hopes for her own type of boom, one that will bring people together in the relaxed setting of their own front porches to share in art, food and conversation.

“There’s a big movement back to porch communities. People are moving back to that and realizing how nice it is to have that social option,” she says. “It’s not like the suburbs where you come home, park your car in the garage and shut the door.”

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A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Spend your evening listening to Broadway classics from Stephen Sondheim. The event benefits St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts’ public programs and also includes a silent auction. The evening of music is scheduled for Oct. 7 and will be held at the cathedral at 5100 Ross Ave. You can find more information at cathedralartsdallas.org. Tickets range in price from $70-$1,000.

LONG CITY LIMITS

Get ready to rock on behalf of the J.L. Long Middle School Buc Band. Local musicians will donate their talents for a fundraising concert on Oct. 9 from 3-7 p.m. at the Granada Theater.

The line-up includes local bands Rise Against the Machine, Hard Day’s Night and Ronnie Fauss. Bands will be available after their performances to meet fans and sell merchandise. Food trucks will be onsite. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for DISD students and children under 10, and can be purchased at longcitylimits.org. All proceeds benefit music education programs.

DOG DAY AFTERNOON

The 40th anniversary of Operation Kindness’ Dog Day Afternoon is coming to Flag Pole Hill on Oct. 22. You can bring your furry friends to the event. Operation Kindness, the original and largest no-kill animal shelter in North Texas, created Dog Day Afternoon to recognize dog supporters, adopters and advocates. This year’s event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Flag Pole Hill. The event includes free microchipping for the first 125 dogs. Admission and parking are free.

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OLD PARK, NEW LIFE

THE NEW BUCKNER PARK COULD REOPEN THIS YEAR

It took about 10 years and $2 million, but Old East Dallas neighbors will get the park they want.

When Buckner Park reopens this winter, it will resemble an early city planner’s original vision from 1914.

Work is underway at the park, adjacent to Ignacio Zaragosa Elementary School on Worth Street at Carroll Avenue, and could be finished by December. Renovations to the 7.5-acre park include a new playground, a circular walking path, an improved tennis court, a picnic

pavilion, new trees, a sign and lights made to look like they’re as old as the park. The renovation also adds a pick-up and drop-off lane for the school along with 44 parking spaces; Dallas ISD paid for that portion.

The park, constructed in 1917, has been married to Zaragosa since about 1951. David Crockett Elementary School was across Carroll from the park. And when it closed, DISD traded the Dallas Park and Recreation Department the old school building for 1.8 acres of Buckner Park.

The school never had its own parking lot, and parents drop off students on two-lane Worth Street.

“It’s going to be safer for students at Zaragosa,” says Elizabeth Nelson of the Friends of Buckner Park.

Buckner and Garrett Park on Munger Boulevard at Garrett Avenue were built around the same time and are the oldest in Old East Dallas. Buckner was built for $68,153.40 out of a $500,000 city bond. It had a playground and ornamental lighting, and in 1920, a wading pool was added. It closed in 1997. In the mid-1920s, there were free outdoor movies on the lawn.

Peak’s Suburban Addition neighbors began plotting for renovations to Buckner more than 10 years ago, and they raised the money for a conceptual plan.

When City Councilman Adam Medrano asked neighbor Jesse Moreno to serve on the park board, he agreed on the condition that Medrano would help him complete the park renovations, which were funded in the 2006 bond election.

“It’s a park that has been long overdue, and Old East Dallas doesn’t really have another community park,” Moreno says. “Munger Place is a great park, but it’s really a playground and there’s not really a park for the historic neighborhoods.” —RACHEL STONE

“It’s going to be safer for students at Zaragosa.”

An artist rendering of Buckner Park. (Courtesy of the City of Dallas.)

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Betty McKnight is basically the Michael Phelps of the State Fair of Texas. She has an overflowing box of state fair ribbons at home. (Photos by Danny Fulgencio)

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You do not want to go against Betty McKnight in any cooking competition at the State Fair of Texas. Be it pizza or Spam, she’s a formidable opponent whose flair for unusual flavors is backed up by an overflowing box of blue ribbons.

“Once you get bit by that blue-ribbon bug, you want more,” she laughs.

It was jellies and jams where she shined brightest. From sweet to savory, she has won awards for most of her gooey creations. But it all began with whiskey-orange marmalade.

“My husband just loved it,” she remembers. “We couldn’t find it anywhere. This was before all these specialty food stores. When we did find it, it was obscenely expensive.”

So she whipped up a batch. It proved so popular, on a whim she decided to enter it in the 1998 State Fair of Texas creative arts competition, which includes everything from quilts and paintings to baked goods and chili.

“It was the first time I ever entered anything, and I won the blue ribbon,” the White Rock Hills resident says.

Then, the floodgates opened. She couldn’t stop herself. Sitting in her Jacuzzi, Mai Tai in hand, she let her mind wander and creative concoctions came to her.

“It’s only when you relax that the ideas start flowing,” she says.

And the blue ribbons kept coming, 10 in total for jams and jellies. Judges loved her blends of savory and sweet, like the three-pepper jelly and pineapple-ginger jam. Eventually, it became clear that she was on to something. Her friends and family encouraged her to turn her awardwinning hobby into a business, and Betty’s Blue Ribbon Fare was born.

She used to sell her products at the Dallas Farmers Market, but now the jams are sold online only. It’s a homegrown business that’s all about personal touch. She selects and cuts all the fruit herself, making small

batches of 12 to 14 jars at a time during the summer months.

When canning became her profession, she became ineligible for the amateur-only jam and jelly contest at that annual exposition. But that’s no matter, for there are dozens of cooking competitions at the Fair, many of which McKnight already has won.

In 2006, she received a blue ribbon in the Spam contest with her Spam-stuffed mushrooms wrapped in phyllo dough. Last year, she took top prize in the pizza cook-off for an Oktoberfest pizza with a beer-soaked crust and mustard sauce topped with bratwurst and sauerkraut.

She’s not taking part in this year’s contest, but she says it’s the friends, not the ribbons, that she’ll miss.

“My favorite thing about the Fair is the camaraderie,” she says.

—EMILY CHARRIER

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PAST & PRESENT

LAKEWOOD STATE BANK

Opened in 1941 as the Lakewood State Bank, in 1964 the business at the corner of La Vista and Gaston was rebranded as the Lakewood Bank and Trust Company. The architectural rendering on the left was made around that time, years before it became the Allied Lakewood Bank in 1982. Today, the building looks different but is still used for its original purpose.

Sept. 16-Oct. 23

DR. SEUSS MUSICAL

Dallas Children’s Theater brings some of Dr. Seuss’ most beloved stories to life, including “Cat in the Hat” and “Horton Hears a Who!” This production of “Seussical” is recommended for children ages 5 and older.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman St., 214.978.0110, dct.org, $17-$30

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Oct. 8-9

STUDIO TOUR

Oct. 1

GARDEN TOUR

See some of the most well-tended yards in our neighborhood as the Dallas County Master Gardeners showcase their work. All proceeds benefit the Master Gardeners, who tend school and community gardens, including the ones at Robert E. Lee and Lipscomb elementaries.

Various locations, 214.904.3053, dallascountymastergardeners.org, $15-$20

Oct. 4

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

Spend time with your neighbors and peruse health and safety exhibits at this annual event. Food, music and other activities also will be available.

Tietze Park, 2850 Skillman St., natw.org, free

Oct. 6-22

‘BREADCRUMBS’

WingSpan Theatre Company performs “Breadcrumbs” every Thursday-Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The play follows a fiction writer named Alida and her caretaker, Beth, as they attempt to complete Alida’s autobiography.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive, 214.675.6573, dallasculture.org, $20-$25

OCTOBER

Oct. 22

Discover the most eclectic art studios and artists in neighborhoods near White Rock Lake. The 24th annual Studio Tour will highlight more than 40 creative minds around the lake. White Rock Lake area, whiterockartists.com, free

Oct. 13-15, 20-22

‘FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER’

Becoming a Halloween tradition, White Rock Theater Project presents an original adaptation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” with its ensemble cast of teens and kids. In Frankenstein’s Monster, a young man is driven by blinding ambition pitted against the creation he abandons to its own violent pursuits. The Mix at White Rock United Methodist, 1450 Oldgate Lane, facebook.com/groups/whiterocktheatreproject, $8-10

Oct. 15

CLIFF MAY HOME TOUR

The Casa View Cliff May Home Tour highlights the mid-century architecture of seven restored homes from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Greater Casa View Alliance, an organization that advocates for improvements in the Casa View area. Casa View Oaks, 2663 Millmar Drive, casaviewcliffmay.eventbrite.com, $10-$12

Oct. 22

TRUNK OR TREAT

Mata Montessori School hosts its annual community Halloween event with everything from pumpkin cornhole to a hula hoop contest (for both kids and adults) to a haunted house. Admission is free; food and carnival games priced individually. Mata Montessori School, 7420 La Vista Drive, matamontessori.com, free

READY, SET, RETIRE!

Prepare for retirement with Felicia Erwin-Sanders, a former social security administration supervisor and certified financial planner. Erwin-Sanders will review topics ranging from social security to retirement income to Medicare at 10:30 a.m.

Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth St., 214.670.1376, dallaslibrary2.org, free

Oct. 22

STONEWALL JACKSON CARNIVAL

The annual carnival at Stonewall Jackson Elementary School is coming up. This year’s event will feature a bungee trampoline, hamster balls, rides, a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting and tons of tasty treats.

Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, 5828 E Mockingbird Lane, stonewalljacksonpta.org, 50 cents

Oct. 24

GOLF TOURNAMENT

The Healing Hands Ministries Golf Classic raises funds for the organization’s nonprofit medical clinic. There will be a noon shotgun start. Lakewood Country Club, 1912 Abrams Road, 214.821.1419, healinghandsdallas.org, $165 per player

Oct. 29-30

AIA DALLAS TOUR OF HOMES

See one of Wilshire Heights’ standout properties, a home that “embraces the architectural heritage of the earliest Dallas settlers,” on this two-day tour of some of the most architecturally interesting homes of Dallas. Various locations, 214.742.3242, hometourdallas.com, $10-$100

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5420 Ross Ave. 214.377.7821

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AMBIANCE: Ice cream boutique

PRICE RANGE: $5-$7

HOURS: Noon-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and noon-midnight Friday-Saturday. DID YOU KNOW: You don’t have to get the milky bun. Milk • Cream also sells traditional scoops in bowls and cones.

Milk • Cream specializes in the milky bun, ice cream inside a doughnut, with a choice of cereal toppings. (Photo by Kathy Tran)

The ice cream sandwich in Dallas just took a giant leap forward. Milk • Cream owner Man Ho’s debut in the restaurant business, sells what just might be the perfect redesign of the classic ice cream confection.

The new ice cream boutique at the corner of Ross and Greenville specializes in the milky bun, which is a scoop of ice cream placed inside what is essentially a large doughnut without a hole.

“You get the doughnut, you fill it with a scoop of ice cream and you get a choice of topping. The toppings are mostly dry cereal, which gives an extra crunch. Then it goes into our machine,” Ho says. The machine looks kind of like a waffle iron, but instead of a grid, it has a round indention in the center. The milky bun comes out warm on the outside but cold on the inside. As the ice cream melts, it gets soaked into the flaky pastry.

Sound messy? That’s why they’re served in paper sleeves, Ho says.

“It works because you can put ice cream in anything, right? And it would be good. The key with us is, we warm the doughnuts and when it gets warm it gives it a completely different texture.”

Originating in Australia, the dessert became a favorite in California a few years ago when Ho was living on the West Coast and working in the tech industry. When the Houston native decided to move to Dallas with his girlfriend after nine years in Southern California, he decided to bring the popular treat with him.

Ho opened his shop this summer. So far the shop sells 16 ice cream flavors, including top sellers lavender, sea salt caramel and cheesecake. They also sell a flavor called cookie monster, which is cookies and cream dyed blue. Ho also wants to eventually rotate flavors and bring in seasonal ice cream selections, but he’s not ready to reveal those just yet.

While the business is up and running, the kitchen is still being set up. Right now Ho has to go get the doughnuts and ice cream — which are made from scratch by his friend — off site. Once some new equipment is brought in, both parts of the milky bun dessert equation will be produced in house.

—STEVE DICKERSON

FORGOTTEN RECIPE ST CAFÉ ROCK CAKE

When Hans and Clare Van Loenen blew into the White Rock Lake area from Europe in 1991, they brought with them many culinary sensations that delighted our palettes during their nearly 20 years in business.

It began with Sweet Temptations bakery, which became known for its sumptuous cakes and savory kolaches. It proved so popular, they added on ST Café, serving comfort food with European flair like pecan-crusted chicken and pork

loin with sun-dried apricot sauce.

In 2010, the couple lost their lease at 9090 Skillman, and the bakery and restaurant quietly closed. But the flavors live on in this forgotten recipe, first published in the Advocate in 1998.

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4 egg whites

1 tablespoon cocoa

1 ½ cup sugar (divided use)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees, and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. By hand or mixer, beat egg whites until foamy, add 1 cup of sugar gradually and continue beating until egg whites are very stiff. Sift remaining one-third cup sugar and cocoa together. Fold into the meringue mixture by hand. Spread onto cookie sheet. Bake until puffy, turn off oven and leave overnight.

RUM SYRUP:

1 cup water

2 cups sugar

1 tablespoon rum or to taste

In saucepan, bring water and sugar to a boil. Let boil 3 minutes. Leave until cold, and add rum.

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE:

¾ cup butter

6 ounce semisweet chocolate

6 tablespoons cocoa, sifted

4 egg yolks

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

1 pint cream

In the top of a double boiler or over a hot water bath, melt butter and chocolate. Whisk to blend, then whisk in the cocoa powder. In

a bowl, whisk yolks and powdered sugar until smooth. Pour the butter-chocolate mixture into the bowl and mix well, then gently fold in the whipping cream.

ASSEMBLY:

Use plastic wrap to line a 9-inch sponge tin with sides 2-inches high. Cut sponge horizontally into two pieces. Put

one in the bottom of the tin, and soak with rum syrup. Pour half of chocolate mousse over sponge, and then top with another layer of sponge and remaining rum syrup. Top with remaining mousse, cover and refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, break the meringue chunks and place them on sides and top of cake. Dust with powdered sugar.

ST Café Rock Cake (Photo by Mark Davis)

BLAZING TRAILS

ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO, CITY LEADERS PAVED THE WAY FOR TODAY’S NETWORK OF HIKE AND BIKE PATHS — SO WHERE DOES IT STAND?

STORY / Christina Hughes Babb

PHOTOS / Danny Fulgencio

IN 1969, DALLAS’ TRAIL SYSTEM was an embryonic patchwork of city-owned land scattered around town and imaginarily linked by proposed acquisitions. Park Director L.B. Houston had been “talking up his green belt concept for years,” according to a 1969 Dallas Morning News article, and it was finally “beginning to materialize,” he told reporters. Houston’s dream was “to interconnect park property, to give people who spend most of their time boxed in by steel and concrete an opportunity for long hikes, bicycle and horse trail rides and nature enjoyment.”

“Let’s not be small about this,” Houston urged; he visualized a 40-mile main belt encircling Dallas and, short “spur” paths included, the green belt project could incorporate 60-70 miles of public park.

In 2016, 149 miles of a trail network has taken shape across the whole of Dallas — some of the paths are

smooth and straight, ideal for swift cyclists or longboarders, others are better worn, muddied and pocked from flooding or popular with pokey pedestrians and children.

Sections submerse power lines or busy overpasses where travelers may observe nesting parakeets or artful murals. And 37 supplemental miles are funded and under

development, Dallas Park and Recreation Department staffers say.

Still, city planners face challenges when it comes to joining fragments of trail and funding those connections. The gaps in connectivity “have been bothering” Councilman Adam McGough and like-minded leaders, he says. “This is the season of trying to connect.”

Today’s dream is for some 300 miles to link all reaches of our city, not to mention adjoining trail systems in municipalities such as Richardson and Irving, says Park Department project manager Peter Bratt. Despite some tribulations, no one can accuse today’s trail visionaries of thinking small.

L.B. Houston would have been proud.

The Santa Fe Trail in East Dallas connects with the White Rock Lake Trail currently, and someday will link to the Cottonwood Creek Trail on the north side of I-635, becoming part of the loop.

WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL

Vital to the overall trail system, the oldest and best connected trail in the city, the White Rock Creek Greenbelt Trail (as it originally was called) was the first major trail in Dallas, built in 1982 as mitigation to a sewer line project along the White Rock Creek.

Since we last covered the trail network plan in the March 2009 Advocate, proposed connections have materialized. Now users, once they hit treeshaded White Rock Creek Trail, can traverse more than 35 miles of uninterrupted terrain. White Rock Creek Trail proper’s 7.5 miles link several parks that make up the greenbelt — Olive Shapiro Park, Fair Oaks Tennis Center and Flag Pole Hill, to name a few. Central to the trail is, of course, the all-accommodating and beloved Harry S. Moss Park in the Lake Highlands area. White Rock Creek Trail links, southward, to the 9.2-mile loop that circles White Rock Lake (and White Rock Lake Trail

connects to the Santa Fe Trail, p. 43, that links to Deep Ellum and the planned Loop, p. 47). In the opposite direction, trail users can follow the winding concrete path underneath Greenville Avenue to the Cottonwood Creek Trail, p. 45, which dips under the High Five interchange, extending to Richardson’s trail network. Plans to connect other trails, such as the Lake Highlands Trail to the White Rock Creek Trail, are underway. The stretch is popular with cyclists, due to the uninterrupted flow and commuter potential, though on certain park-side sections that are popular with preoccupied parents, toddlers and tiny tricyclists, caution is advised.

SANTA FE TRAIL

The trail was built in 2000 with funding from the city, county and Texas Department of Transportation, and its pavement overlays the former train tracks that once carried the Santa Fe railroad. It begins just east of Deep Ellum, continues north past Woodrow Wilson High School, through the heart of East Dallas, crosses underneath Grand and eventually connects with the west side of the loop trail around White Rock Lake.

The 12-foot-wide concrete trail is ideal for a bikers looking to cycle their way to downtown Dallas, or a runner who wants to take in the sights and sounds of the neighborhood before making it to White Rock Lake.

SOPAC TRAIL

In addition to connecting with the loop trail around the lake, the Santa Fe also links with a segment of the SoPac Trail, which extends all the way to Cottonwood Trail on the north side of I-635.

The Park Department's Peter Bratt says a plan is in the works to build the White Rock Creek Trail South, which would extend from the Santa Fe Trail south to the Trinity Audubon Center Trail. It is part of an ambitious plan that would link all of the city's major pedestrian arteries that will only be possible if funding is secured (see more on p. 47).

—STEVE DICKERSON

The SoPac Trail eventually will lead users to the existing White Rock Creek Trail and White Rock Lake Trail and then run north along to a location near Trammel and Fisher. Along the way it will connect to Katy Trail and the Dixon Branch Trail by utilizing the old Union Paci fic Railway line. The final vision for the pathway is a 7-mile segment of planned trail running through East Dallas that eventually stops a round Central Expressway. The SoPac Trail corridor primarily passes through residential neighborhoods on its route to the lake. The trail sho uld be complete by the end of next year.

THIS IS NOT THE PRETTIEST FOOTPATH IN DALLAS, BUT THE SANTA FE TRAIL IS ONE OF THE BEST RUNNING AND BIKING PATHS IN THE CITY.

CITY OF DALLAS COMPREHENSIVE TRAIL MAP

WHITE ROCK AREA POINTS OF INTEREST

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Existing Trails

Programmed / Funded Trails

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1. White Rock Creek Trail parking at Harry S. Moss Park

2. Flag Pole Hill Trail connects to Ridgewood Trail

3. Turn off to Santa Fe Trail

4. Cottonwood Creek Trail runs underneath I-635 interchange

5. Newest portion of White Rock Lake Trail begins

WHITE ROCK LAKE TRAIL

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TRAIL CONNECTS AT WEST LAWTHER UNDER NORTHWEST HIGHWAY TO THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL and encircles one of our city’s main attractions, White Rock Lake. Trekkers pass the historic Bath House Cultural Center; the picturesque spillway; the old filter building; a dog park along Mockingbird Lane, which recently received close to $1 million in improvements; picturesque piers; and bridges and enviable multi-million-dollar residences. A stretch of new trail opened on the lake’s east side last summer, after Dallas’ Park and Recreation Board and Dallas City Council in 2014 approved about $1.2 million for the next phase of upgrades. Improvements to the White Rock Lake Trail have steadily occurred over the last decade. The west side, for years now, has offered a wide, smooth lakeside trail that runs parallel to the city street accommodating faster cyclists and motor vehicles. East of the lake, however, nearly all traffic, both wheel and foot, has long utilized the public street which runs along the shoreline, in lieu of a narrow, crumbling path above it. Cars, runners, strollers and cyclists all share space, often creating hairy situations.

The new pedestrian path from the base of the Mockingbird Bridge/Boy Scout Hill to the Bath House Cultural Center, about a mile, stands to quell the chaos. The Dallas Park Department rebuilt the new 12-feet-wide trail over the existing beat-up route as opposed to constructing a new shoreline trail as it did west of the lake. The revamped section has been open for the past year (though many pedestrians don’t seem to have discovered it yet). It offers impeccable views of the water and Dallas skyline and more shade than the road as well as new rest areas with seating at Boy Scout Hill, Big Thicket and the Bath House. Project manager Richard Stauffer adds that minor changes were made to the original plan; a realignment of the trail behind Big Thicket was allowed to spare an owl habitat, for example. Native prairie grasslands also were protected throughout construction, he notes.

Meanwhile, on the west side of the lake, just north of the Santa Fe Trail connection, step off the beaten path and explore a circuit of nature trails at the Old Fish Hatchery, whose entrance you’ll find between the spillway and the pump station.

TRAILS FOR ALL: Longtime Park and Recreation staffer Peter Bratt, who oversees city trail and park planning, says his department wants to ensure that every Dallasite has a park or trail within a half mile of home.

The Flag Pole Hill Trail, once called Katy Trail, Phase IV, connects by way of the SoPac Trail to Ridgewood Trail and the Katy Trail (p. 46). In the other direction, it runs east along Northwest Highway past the Merriman Park/ University Manor neighborhood. In fact, that neighborhood helped come up with the new name, according to its newsletter. “Our desire was to have a name closely associated with White Rock Lake, since we consider our neighborhood as the gateway to White Rock." The hike/bike trail will intersect the White Rock Creek and White Rock Lake trails and extend to the Dallas Police Department substation and the former Muchert Army Reserve Center, which will be the new Dallas Park and Recreation Department headquarters come 2018; the property neighbors Flag Pole Hill.

The Cottonwood Creek Trail connects our neighborhood to northern Dallas; White Rock Creek Trail melds into it near the base of the I-635 interchange. The Cottonwood Trail includes an impressive section marked by long murals and blossoming foliage (and, at times, yes, graffiti) underneath the massive highway. City planners also hope to make connections between Cottonwood and southern Dallas via the planned Loop (p. 47).

RIDGEWOOD TRAIL

THE THREE-PHASE KATY TRAIL EXTENSION , which includes a section of the SoPac Trail, a portion of the Flag Pole Hill Trail and the Ridgewood Trail, is something of a tangled web on the map, but once you hit any part of it, multiple miles of smooth, shaded road exists for your running or rolling pleasure. A few trail tributaries now connect at a slick new Ridgewood trailhead near the Ridgewood Belcher Recreation Center, forming one long path that extends about 8 miles from the American Airlines Center to White Rock Lake. Large segments of these trails already are useable. Ridgewood Trail pedestrian bridges over Abrams Road and Skillman Street went up last November. And a bridge over busy Mockingbird Lane, first conceived in 2005, is finally under construction. Since the planned overpass crosses the Mockingbird Station DART tunnel, “unique design and coordination challenges were faced to translate the visions to reality,” the Park Department’s Peter Bratt says. The Ridgewood Trail is increasingly operational; it runs beneath the Fischer Road bridge just north of Mockingbird Lane to Skillman Street, and connects to the under-construction

Flag Pole Hill Trail (see p. 45). Other swaths, such as the just-under 2-mile stretch of the SoPac Trail from Fisher Road to Lakewood Park at White Rock Lake, remain unfinished (and await construction crews, Bratt says). It makes for a fun, rugged, unpaved dirt-trail hike even now. According to the 2013 SoPac Trail master plan (viewable on advocatemag.com), “the area south of the Mockingbird overpass between Santa Barbara Drive and Fisher Road is a good location for a trail connection to the adjacent communities while still allowing easy pedestrian and cycle access to the corridor.” As for actually connecting to the uber-popular Katy Trail, which runs north/south on the west side of Central Expressway, the Ridgewood Trail offers easy access by way of the neighborhood trail at Glencoe Park — situated south of Mockingbird, east of Central — and by crossing the McCommas Boulevard bridge over Central. SoPac’s master plan also shows future, yet unfunded, extensions through the Vickery Meadow, Fair Oaks and northern Lake Highlands areas, which would connect over Central Expressway to the Northaven Trail (p. 50).

THROUGH THE LOOP

THE CITY OF DALLAS began making comprehensive plans for a citywide trail system about 14 years ago. So far, Dallas has built 149 miles of trails, with another 37 miles currently under development. But total of 300 miles of trails are proposed across the city, but so far much of that is unfunded.

While many are disconnected, there is a plan in the works to create The Loop, a $56-million project that would create one 50-mile loop connecting North Dallas, White Rock Lake, South Dallas, Oak Cliff and West Dallas, spanning all 14 City Council districts. The Loop is the idea of pals Jeff Ellerman, a real estate executive, and oilman Larry Dale, who became frustrated one day while riding bikes on the dead-end Trinity Skyline Trail in Oak Cliff.

“We were saying, ‘This is so frustrating because there’s no trail to get here. Once you’re down here, it’s unbelievable, but it doesn’t go anywhere,’ ” Ellerman recalls. “ ‘The Great Trinity Forest is amazing, but you can’t get to it. Wouldn’t it be great if these trails connected and they were longer?’ ”

With encouragement from Mayor Mike Rawlings and Katy Trail mastermind Philip Henderson, they created a nonprofit, the Circuit Trail Conservancy; about two years ago, they began working with the city’s Park Department and Trinity Watershed Management on a plan to connect the trails.

Now plans for The Loop are complete, and the nonprofit already has raised about $17 million, including $5 million from Dallas County.

The city’s portion is $20 million, and if approved, The Loop could open in the next four years.

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Tapestry oil painting by Debbie Smith in the Gallery

E. Mockingbird @ Abrams Tom Thumb Shopping

PARK TRAILS

IF HITTING UP THE LONG TRAILS around East Dallas isn’t your thing, try taking a stroll along some of the loop trails and walking paths at neighborhood parks. That way you can take in nature without feeling like you’ve left your favorite East Dallas amenities behind.

Lakewood Park

If you’re looking for more of a crosscountry kind of run, Lakewood Park might be for you. It has plenty of sidewalk space as well, but this playground off of Williamson has several well-kept dirt paths for runners who want to feel the earth beneath their feet.

HOW TRAILS ARE FUNDED

THE EXTENSIVE NATURE OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM requires more than one source of funding for trails, connections and other amenities. While implementation relies heavily on municipal bond programs, federal, state and local government grants periodically become available

Tietze Park

In addition to a community pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts, Tietze Park on Skillman also has a concrete path running along its perimeter that is a popular spot for after-work jogs.

Winfrey Point Park

Winfrey Point Park, tucked away on the east side of White Rock Lake, offers a great view of the lake and features plenty of running and biking paths. It’s also not too far away from the White Rock Lake Park loop if you decide there’s time to extend your walk in the park.

—STEVE DICKERSON for trail projects. Friends groups and advocacy partners also are increasingly important when it comes to making the most of the trail network, project manager Peter Bratt says. Bond meetings to determine where city money is used are slated this month, though exact dates have yet to be posted. Bratt says public input will be important.

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WESTERN EXPANSION

IMAGINE BIKING TO ALL OF PRESTON HOLLOW’S EATERIES. Or even riding directly into Irving’s expansive park system. It’s a reality we could see as soon as 2018, if all the bureaucratic wheels involved continue to turn together.

Plans are already underway to add more than 7 miles to the Northaven Trail, which winds through Preston Hollow between Preston Road and Valleydale Drive. That includes a pedestrian bridge over Central, which will connect into both the White Rock Creek and Cottonwood trails.

“We’ve got the funding in place, which is the biggest hurdle,” says Jeff Kitner, president of the Friends of the Northaven Trail.

And bridges don’t come cheap. The 1-mile expansion over Central will cost $14 million, which is being split evenly between the city and Dallas County. Since most of its land has been incorporated into cities, the county is using more of its roadway money on trail projects.

“[The county] said, 'If the city comes up with the money, we’ll match it,' ” says Lee Kleinman, District 11 councilman and longtime trail supporter.

Texas Department of Transportation stepped in to design the bridge, as it does on many projects that involve highways. Kleinman says “there’s an outside shot” the connection could be completed by 2018, creating a lit and paved path from East Dallas west,

versus the current option that takes devoted cyclists down a muddy makeshift trail under Central.

On the west side of Northaven, an $8 million plan is already underway that will stretch the trail from Preston Road to the Walnut Hill/Denton DART station. Also a project of the city and county, the 6.25-mile expansion should be completed by 2018.

The city has considered an even larger expansion that would link Northaven into Elm Fork Trail at the Moneygram Soccer Park, which connects into the Campion Trail in Irving that loops through a variety of scenic parks. But funds for that addition have not yet been secured, making it part of a 300-mile trail dream that has yet to be fully realized. —EMILY

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ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE AND A NEW WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL ENTRANCE?

SHORTLY AFTER ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE announced the construction of a nine-screen movieplex at the former Tom Thumb space at Skillman and Abrams, property owners and developers presented renderings to our city’s Urban Design Peer Review panel depicting a conceived trail entrance at the north end of the shopping center. As it stands, a makeshift entrance to the White Rock Creek Trail, clandestine and made of gravel, exists there, across Abrams from Top Golf. Park project manager Peter Bratt says the idea of increasing trail accessibility at the new development is exciting, though not without challenges. An official trail entrance, for one thing, would need to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the grade from Abrams to the trail is excessively steep. Then there is the matter of

funding. Retail Plaza Inc., not Alamo, owns the center, and agreed to make improvements to accommodate the Alamo, though no commitment to trail improvement funding has been discussed. Also, the project sits outside the Skillman Corridor Tax Increment Financing District and therefore cannot draw public funds for property upgrades unless those lines are redrawn, which can happen. There are ways to do that, says District 10 Councilman Adam McGough. “Make a proposal, just like anything else.” The project, cheered by McGough, District 9’s representative Mark Clayton and residents of the surrounding Lake Highlands and East Dallas neighborhoods, is actually in Jennifer Staubach Gates’ City Council District 13, which covers Vickery Meadow and Preston Hollow.

TRAIL TROUBLES: PUPS, POKÉMON AND MORE

Despite this summer’s rash of latenight Pokémon Go robberies, in which players were targeted for their cellphones, the city’s nearly 150 miles of trails are pretty safe says Park and Recreation Community Program Coordinator Shana Hamilton.

So what’s the biggest issue? It’s not illegal cutting or people planting marijuana along the trail — something she’s heard about but “never had to deal with” — it’s much closer to home.

“The most common problem is dogs not being on a leash or people not picking up after their dogs. Especially during the summer.”

Increased activity during summer months means that a lot of first-time users or out-of-towners hike the trails without knowing all of the rules. Whether you believe them or not, Hamilton says some offenders claim they don’t know there is a city ordinance requiring dogs to be leashed. That, combined with the loose dogs that have become a major issue throughout the city, makes canines the top-priority problem along the pathways.

Beyond that Hamilton says she deals with basic rules and safety. The mobile game Pokémon Go, for example, has been a double-edged sword for the Park Department. While they encourage users to explore parks and trails using the app, it must be done thoughtfully, and never late at night.

“Just knowing the park curfew is important when you’re trying to be safe on the trails,” Hamilton says.

That’s why the department has been including the curfew hours — 11 p.m.5 a.m. — as many places as possible, including social media posts. The department also partners with Dallas police to help enforce the curfew and keep crime on the trail to a minimum. Hamilton says officers regularly patrol some of the trails on bicycle.

—STEVE DICKERSON

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MAKING THE MOST OF WHITE ROCK UNITED METHODIST

Story by Steve Dickerson | Photos by Rasy Ran

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. story is one in an ocasional series looking at some of the programs offered in our neighborhood’s houses of worship.

Stocked with markers and paints, the second floor of White Rock

United Methodist Church, tucked inside Little Forest Hills, is home to a place where children can play and learn how to make art. It can get a little loud, as you might imagine. Just two doors down, Zen Buddhists peacefully practice their faith, tuning out the din of the other activities under the same roof.

“It’s like an incubator,” says

senior pastor Mitchell Boone.

The 31-year-old with a shaggy beard and thick-rimmed glasses who makes “Silicon Valley” jokes might not be what you expect in a pastor at an East Dallas church that recently celebrated its 75th anniversary.

When Boone was named associate pastor a few years ago, the church was at a crossroads.

“There was a lot of anxiety in

Mitchell Boone, the pastor at White Rock United Methodist Church.

this church about where we were headed and what we were up to, and there was even a vote to close,” he recalls.

At the time, the 60,000-squarefoot building was averaging around 120 people at worship services each week, down from its peak of more than 3,000 members in the early 1970s. The dwindling number of parishioners didn’t come close to justifying the vast space, Boone says. The church voted to remain open, but the congregation was ready to change the status quo.

Plenty of churches have their own schools, but letting another organization come in and run a school on their property is unusual to say the least.

“We kind of came out of that saying we’ve got to do something really different if we’re going to be a church that’s involved in the funky neighborhoods of East Dallas,” Boone says. “I think that’s the best thing for churches to do, is to look around their community and ask how can we be in relationship with as many people as possible, not just on Sunday morning.”

The church began making much of its unused space open to the community. It essentially handed over the church basement to the Missional Wisdom Foundation, a nonprofit that teaches churches to repurpose underutilized space and reconnect with their communities, which is guiding the effort. The basement was then repurposed as office space known as The Mix.

“We’ve got 35 members [using the space] and they just run the gamut. I’ve literally got a mobile app developer sitting next to a real estate agent, sitting next to a team

of ballerinas … sitting next to a blogger who writes for the Poynter Institute,” says Daryn DeZengotita of the foundation. “Not one single bit of that did I plan for.”

Ronda VanDyk is one of The Mix’s tenants. The former owner of a yarn shop runs a fiber arts studio out of the church basement.

“There’s a big room I’ve set up with shelves and fibery things and

yarn. We’re starting to teach classes and workshops and we’re using it as a meeting place for community members interested in fiber arts,” VanDyk says.

In addition to those using the basement as office space, the foundation is working to have the church’s kitchen rezoned for commercial use, so that people who want to sell their treats have access

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to a commercial kitchen.

The hodgepodge of tenants have found ways to support each other. Take the Ahadi Initiative, a community of African refugees living in Dallas, who meet in space rented at the church. Members of the group had trouble attaining gainful employment, especially some of the women who were charged with caring for large families,

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The church stepped in to help the women capitalize on their creative talents by forming a sewing collective. They brought in commercial-grade equipment and hired a community manager from the group. “Now they’re commercially viable.”

The basement also houses a recording studio, dance studio and

music studio, to name a few. Plans are growing to build a community garden outside the office space.

The church is still finding new ways to repurpose its expansive building. The Children’s Center school moved to the church earlier this year.

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Opening the church’s space to the community comes with obvious benefits. For one, the rental income takes a lot of pressure off the congregation to help fund the upkeep on the infrastructure. Plus, the added exposure from new groups seems to be paying off. Attendance is up, with around 170 people at worship services each week, and younger families make up about half of the congregation.

“We still have a lot of very traditional elements of church around here. It’s not just a carved out building where we’re doing all this funky stuff. It’s not a bait and switch type of deal,” Boone says. “I think a lot of people think that we have to somehow make church cooler and then more people are going to show up… or you have really great contemporary music and people are going to become engaged. We know here at White Rock that that’s not the path we’re on.”

Opening the church’s doors, however, has transformed the church’s often empty spaces into a bustling hive, almost like a community center.

“For a long time people said this building was the noose around our neck, and we’ve just kind of flipped that on its head,” Boone says. “Now it’s our greatest asset.”

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

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

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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.

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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. Characterbuilding and civic responsibility are stressed. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, skating rink, updated playground, and stateof-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.

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SMOKE SIGNALS

AFTER YEARS OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK, SMOKING BAN TAKES CENTER STAGE

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LLighting up at a city park may soon be illegal. City Council is expected to vote on a citywide smoking ban ordinance this month, the culmination of three years of political negotiations led by two East Dallas Park and Recreation Board members.

For Jesse Moreno, Jr. and Paul Sims, it was a no-brainer: The negative health effects caused by secondhand smoke are counterintuitive to Dallas’ green spaces. Children and animals, especially, shouldn’t be subject to harmful adult choices, they say.

Other park board members, however, thought a ban could potentially hurt businesses, limit economic opportunities and diminish personal freedoms.

“My personal opinion is, I don’t care if people smoke,” Sims says. “I just don’t want them to smoke around children in our parks.”

Dallas parks extend beyond the more well-known neighborhood amenities with playgrounds, pavilions and walking trails. Golf courses, shooting ranges and even the site of the State Fair of Texas also are part of Dallas’ park system.

And those more commercial parks, particularly the Elm Fork Shooting Range, were the sticking points that mired the smoking ban ordinance in a years-long political stalemate.

Moreno believes the economic argument is “bogus.” The city’s

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restaurant smoking ban took effect in 2003, and “restaurants continue to open every day in Dallas.”

“Every other large metropolitan area, not only in the region, but across the United States … is being proactive and pursuing smoking bans,” Moreno says. He points specifically to Houston’s citywide ordinance, which he and Sims mirrored in their original proposal, and notes that Houston has reported zero economic impact.

The pair couldn’t convince their colleagues on the park board, however. Earlier this summer, they reached a compromise — a ban that would include exceptions for cityowned golf courses, shooting ranges and partner sites like Fair Park and the Dallas Arboretum (which, incidentally, already enforces a nonsmoking policy in the gardens).

“I don’t think anyone loved it, but everyone accepted it,” Sims says of the compromise.

Park board members are appointed by City Council, who tend to choose “like-minded people,” says Moreno, the appointee of District 2 Councilman Adam Medrano, who represents parts of Old East Dallas. So it’s fitting that the councilman who appointed Sims, Philip Kingston, whose District 14 includes the M Streets and Lower Greenville, overruled what he calls a “watered down” ordinance.

Kingston has a reputation for eschewing businesses’ complaints in favor of what he believes is best for citizens. He’s one of the councilmen on the city’s Quality of Life Committee, and at August’s meeting, where the park board’s recommendation was under review, Kingston threw out the exemptions with the committee’s unanimous approval.

“I understand the arguments being made, but I just don’t care,” Kingston says, noting his surprise that park board members are “less progressive” than Council. “Doesn’t it come with the job that the park board is there to promote the healthy enjoyment of our outdoors?”

If the ban passes, it will affect around 400 parks and more than 100 miles of trails. Someone found violating the ban could be fined up to $200.

Moreno doesn’t think it will come to that.

“When the smoking ban was proposed for restaurants, people said it was a ‘horrible idea, crazy — how is City Council going to enforce it?’ ”

Moreno says he doesn’t know of a single citation that has been issued to a restaurant guest in the smoking ban’s 13-year history, and “we go to parks for the healthy lifestyle,” so transferring the same expectation to Dallas’ green spaces should be, by comparison, a walk in the park.

IF THE BAN PASSES, IT WILL AFFECT AROUND 400 PARKS AND MORE THAN 100 MILES OF TRAILS.

MOMENTS OF MEMENTO

Adam Palmer’s head injury destroyed many of the memories of his previous life.

Story by Emily Charrier | Photos by Danny Fulgencio

Imagine waking up with no idea where you are or what left your body broken and battered. You’re not even sure who you are — the people around you don’t look familiar. You can’t remember where you grew up, or your mother’s name.

“I knew I was in a hospital, and I knew something bad had happened,” says neighborhood resident Adam Palmer.

“Everything else was just …” he says, pausing. “I don’t know, just not there.”

Palmer’s story of love overcoming violence has the cinematic quality of a real-life “Memento,” the 2000 award-winning movie in which Guy Pearce plays a man with no shortterm memory. Unlike in the movie, however, there’s no “ah ha” moment in Palmer’s story, no sense of accomplishment or finality.

It has been an arduous road, highlighted with small victories.

“I think we’re just so lucky to have each other,” says Patty Pace, Palmer’s girlfriend who nursed him through his ordeal. “Not everyone is lucky enough to find their best friend through something like this.”

Three years ago, Palmer worked for an event planning company, which often brought him to parties at the Aldredge House on Swiss Avenue. When he heard the historic home was looking for a new caretaker, he jumped at the chance to live in the back cottage of the stately property while he trained to become a paramedic.

Palmer was attacked Sept. 11, 2014, as he came home from working a bar mitzvah. The details are fuzzy between Palmer’s memories and police reports. Although Palmer initially had no recollection of the beating, he says his memories came flooding back a few months later, which can happen with recovering brain injuries.

Palmer says he stopped to cash a check, and had a receipt timestamped 9:28 p.m., then headed

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“And then two more guys came up,” he says. “One had a pistol.”

Palmer was beaten extensively with fists, the gun and a piece of firewood. He says he’s confident he would have been killed if the friend he planned to meet hadn’t driven up and caused the attackers to flee.

According to the police report, Palmer was found at 9:45 p.m. clinging to the security bars on the garage door, bleeding from his ears and complaining he couldn’t hear. Emergency services rushed Palmer to Baylor University Medical Center, where a coma was induced while doctors waited for his swollen brain to recede.

To date, police have not caught the men responsible for the crime.

Across town, Palmer’s girlfriend, Patty Pace, was in her Lake Highlands home when the phone rang.

“He just said, ‘Emergency, 911. Adam’s been attacked. Get to the hospital,’ ” she recalls. “I remember thinking I didn’t even know how to contact anyone. I didn’t have numbers for his mom or his dad or his brother.”

The couple had been casually dating for nine months after meeting at a friend’s holiday party. She had only met his mother once.

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When she finally saw Palmer, he was comatose, machines sprouting from his mouth and nose to keep him breathing. “They told us to talk to him, so we did,” she says, remembering long hours in the hospital room with his mother, each holding one of Palmer’s hands. “We were just waiting, waiting, waiting.”

Palmer was confused and scared when he woke up two days later, pulling at the tube in his mouth. He had no idea what happened. He couldn’t remember his 30th birthday party that occurred a week before. He couldn’t remember large chunks of his childhood.

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“My mom, my girlfriend and another friend were there, and I had no idea who they were,” Palmer says. “I had what’s called facial blindness. I couldn’t recognize them.”

Memory loss is one of the most common symptoms associated with severe head injuries, but no two cases are alike. Palmer had fractures on both the right and left sides of his skulls, causing extensive damage to his frontal lobe, which controls both old and new memories. His top vertebra was broken. His ear canal was ruptured, resulting in severe hearing loss and permanent damage to his equilibrium.

“Nothing works right anymore,” Palmer laughs dryly.

After several days at Baylor, Pace brought Palmer home to her family’s Flag Pole Hill home, where she, her mother and grandmother struggled to find a rhythm managing his near-24/7 care.

“[My family was] supportive because they knew I needed to do this,” Pace says. “I would want someone to do the same for me.”

Palmer couldn’t walk, the damage to his inner ear throwing him off balance. He was bedridden for weeks. It was months before he could walk unassisted. Cognitively, he lost his ability to easily retain new information; he now relies on endless Post-Its and reminders in his smartphone to keep track of his daily life.

As with many head injuries, the attack sent Palmer’s moods spiraling. Once described as unflappable, he was now prone to fits of anger and despair.

“It took me two years to get my wits and emotions in check,” he says.

Continued healing in his brain paired with treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder has quieted Palmer’s mind, although he still has trouble with insomnia and anxiety. Pace says she had to get to know him again — this was a new man, one who only vaguely resembled the man she once dated.

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was,” she says. “But he’s an amazing person. We’ve grown a lot. You get to know people in a really intimate way when you’ve seen each other at your most vulnerable.”

Eventually, Pace implored Palmer to obtain professional care, so he began post-brain injury therapies at Parkland Memorial Hospital. It has been a halting experience, interrupted when he didn’t have the funds to pay and reignited when a caring neurologist took pity on Palmer’s situation.

“Everyone at Parkland who hears Adam’s story wants to help him,” Pace says.

Not only did the attack ravage his body and psyche, it devastated his finances. Without medical insurance, he racked up six-figure medical bills at Baylor, with ongoing medical expenses at Parkland. A GoFundMe account raised around $1,300 for his recovery, not nearly enough to keep creditors at bay, although it remains open for donations.

As for the future, Palmer hopes to become a Dallas Police officer, but he can’t pass the physical exam, at least not yet, if ever. He’ll need hearing aids and surgery to fix damage to his left eye that makes it difficult for him to see. The mental recovery from trauma is a slow, parallel battle that will take its own time to heal.

“It’s going to be many more years before I’ll be OK,” he says through tears. “I’ll never be 100 percent.”

Today, the couple struggles to find their new normal in the wake of violence. Pace dreams of a day when they won’t be defined by Palmer’s condition.

“I’m ready for our lives to get back to us and away from all these medical problems,” she says. “We’d like to move forward. We’d like to get married and have a kid one day. But right now it’s one day at a time.”

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Palmer says despite all he has lost, he has gained a partner for life in Pace.

“I couldn’t ask for a better girl,” he says with a smile.

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Dallas Police Chief DAVID O. BROWN will serve his last day with the department on Oct. 22. After 33 years of service, Brown announced his resignation this past month. He did not mention his post-retirement plans but says the officers he led in the city, and their “extraordinary service, will forever be etched in my heart and will serve as a guidepost for me in the next phase of my life.” Brown, whose career began in 1983, gained support from members of both the department and the community while serving as the commander of the northeast division, which includes East Dallas. In July he received nationwide media attention for his leadership after five police officers were killed by a lone gunman downtown. “Their memory will remain with all of us forever,” Brown says.

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Despite support from East Dallas representative DUSTIN MARSHALL, a 13-cent tax ratification hike benefitting Dallas ISD will not be on the ballot this November. Only five trustees voted in favor of the tax when six votes were needed. It would have raised the state’s cap on operational expenditures from $1.04 to $1.17 in Dallas. The $100 million in tax dollars would have included $32 million to expand a program that allows students to earn up to 60 hours of college-level credit while still in high school, which is already in place at seven DISD schools. Another $40 million would have funded the district’s early education initiative to provide prekindergarten for all 3 year olds. The rest of the funds would have benefited the Accelerating Campus Excellence program.

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THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS approved funding grants totaling more than $7 million to nonprofit and government agencies statewide, including EAST DALLAS’ BATH HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER and DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER.

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MAKE THE TREK TO SHOWCASE THEIR TREASURES

The old gentleman removed his glasses and brushed away his tears. He stared at the Navajo rug, a family heirloom with Kit Carson lore attached. An expert had just informed the man that the blanket was a “national treasure,” worth about half-a-million dollars.

Sound familiar? Then chances are, you’re a fan of “Antiques Roadshow,” broadcast every Monday evening on Dallas’ KERA-TV.

It’s moments like this that have created loyal viewers. So when the show made a rare tour stop in the area recently, its first time back since 2008, some East Dallas neighbors jumped at the opportunity to learn more about their own family treasures.

Neighbor Melissa Brewer, who grew up haunting antique stores with her mom, attended an “Antiques Roadshow” tour stop in Corpus Christi a few years ago. Her son, Zach, now an 11-year-old sixthgrader at William B. Travis Academy, was intrigued. The gift of a WWI-era toy airplane and some vintage Army men figures had sparked his inner antique lover. “Zach had been asking me when ‘Antiques Roadshow’ would be in Texas again. When I saw they were coming back to Texas, I entered the raffle for tickets.”

They’re a hot commodity, these tickets. So much so that they are available only by application. Would you believe about 19,000 people applied for the 3,000 pairs of tickets that were doled out for this taping?

Melissa and Zach are fans. “I record all the episodes and watch it when I can,” says Melissa, while her son catches it “a couple of times a month.”

Brian Jackson, resident of Junius Heights, is another fan. “I’ve been watching that show since I was in

high school, 20-plus years, and I record it in case I miss it,” he says. “I’m an estate sale junkie, spending my weekends hunting down art, coins and forgotten tchotchkes.”

Precious tickets in hand, they headed over to Fort Worth for the show at a designated entry time and were greeted with lines, lines and more lines. Undaunted, most attending used the time to chat with others and gawk at their treasures:

oil paintings of cats, Grandpa’s Navy uniform, Kewpie dolls, vintage Grateful Dead posters, pie safes, Super Bowl rings — the list goes on. “We saw a lot of guns and paintings,” remembers Melissa. “And a lot of antique toys including a tin roller coaster.”

First stop was the generalist table. “We met with a person who categorized our items,” Melissa says. “He gave us a ticket for each

Brian Jackson with his 1899 State Fair of Texas votive holder. (Photos by Rasy Ran)

item, which told us which appraisers we would see.”

Each ticket holder was allowed to bring two items — which would ultimately be evaluated and appraised by one of 70 experts in 24 specialties. Melissa and Zach toted an old iron candleholder and an abacus from Japan. Brian’s pyrographic cane stand earned a folk art designation, while his glass votive holder etched with “Dallas Fair 1899” would ultimately wind up at the collectibles table.

Armed with category tickets, they headed to more lines in an adjoining exhibit hall. In the center of the hall was a large, mysterious circular space, concealed by tall screens. Turns out it was the “set,” an inner sanctum of lights, camera and action only a few would enter.

Lining the space inside were tables for the various categories: pottery, sports memorabilia or

toy, where appraisers sat ready to examine items, offer up history and give a value. Days were made, bubbles were burst, and pretty much everything in between.

“It wasn’t really about the value,” says Melissa. “We brought items we weren’t able to find any information about online.”

And they did indeed learn. “The appraiser told us the candleholder was from the late 1700s to early 1800s and thought it was probably made in Massachusetts where it was bought. He said it was a unique design — he hadn’t seen one like it before.” The abacus, it turned out, was from the 1920s. Neither item had a high value, but it was information Melissa and Zach were most interested in anyway.

Brian didn’t strike it rich on his cane stand, a purchase from an estate sale. “I learned that pyrography kits were sold at the turn of the century” with designs preprinted on the wood. “It was worth about $125 and I still love it.”

His 1899 votive holder from what was then known as the Texas State Fair & Dallas Exposition was rare, but not terribly valuable. That’s OK; it was handed down from Brian’s grandmother, so he planned to keep the antique ruby flash glass piece in his family regardless of the value.

None of these East Dallas neighbors were chosen for a televised segment, but they all enjoyed the Antiques Roadshow experience. Brian adds, though, “I wanted to see someone surprised at the worth of their ‘treasure.’ Alas, I could only hear gasps of excitement and mumbling from the central tent.”

Three episodes from the tour stop will be produced and broadcast in the spring. Be on the lookout for familiar faces in the background.

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.

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tion cycle nears conclusion and we are all alternately hopeful and hopeless over the prospective outcome, it might be well to remember that our national life together has held together for more than two centuries in times of woe and weal both. We survive and thrive somehow, because of and despite our politics.

It’s well to remember what politics is and isn’t. American politics is merely about governing our life together in communities large and small by the Constitutional principle “of the people, by the people and for the people.”

Sadly, we continue to have a national conversation about who the “people” are.

This conversation has taken many forms. Slaves and women once could not vote: The former actually counted as three-fifths of a person in one political compromise, and their black descendants only gained legal protections in the Voting Rights Act of 1965; the latter finally gained the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Are the people all the people, or are some people more people than other people? A federal court has ruled that some state voter registration laws, which were claimed to protect against voter fraud that there is no evidence of, were deliberately meant to suppress the voting access of those who would likely vote for the opposing party (read black and Hispanic citizens voting for Democrat candidates). This is a form of saying that some people

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are more American than others. When we group recent legal immigrants with undocumented immigrants and call them all aliens, we are “alienating” them all. We are saying that some of us (whose ancestors may have simply immigrated earlier and from Europe instead of Central America) have a greater purchase on peoplehood than others. When we treat corporations as people and allow elections to be driven by enormous, impersonal economic interests, we have reduced what it means to be people to market definitions.

Jewish and Christian tradition locates our human dignity in our capacity to work, to rest, to name things, to care for creation, to relate to one another intimately, to procreate, to make things, to choose between good and evil and so on. In other words, politics is something but not everything, and each of us is more than a political creature. We are made in God’s image, and God is blessedly inscrutable.

W.H. Auden famously said, “Poetry makes nothing happen.” He meant that to be suitably ambiguous. Poetry decries the use of words only for political purposes. Art loves what is good for goodness sake. We should value people for their own sake as well. The best of life is not subject to manipulation or management. But poetry also makes nothing happen the way God made the world by a word. Nothing became something. Wondrous.

Breathe, read a novel, listen to music, walk your dog, worship, pray, catch a ballgame, wonder aloud, wander about, love your neighbor. Life is more than politics.

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beer that pays homage to the neighborhood, such as Abrams Ale, according to its website.

ART HARVEY and LARRY PICCHIOTTI have nearly a half-century of home brewing knowledge between them. Recently the duo decided to ramp up operations on a new business venture, the Westlake Brewing Company. The friends are currently looking for a spot in the neighborhood so they can sell growlers to thirsty patrons.

WE’RE IN LAKEWOOD BECAUSE LAKEWOOD IS IN US.

Plans for a 275,000-square-foot HIGH POINT CROSSING shopping center have been unveiled at the corner of Northwest Highway and Abrams. Houston-based developer Ainbinder Co. bought the 13-acre site last year. Early designs of the proposed market show a two-level shopping center with room for around 12 storefronts and street-level parking. That corner is the former site of the old Steakley Chevrolet dealership.

After years of debate over the future of the LAKEWOOD THEATER, rest assured the stately tower will be there for generations to come. In September, City Council unanimously voted to give it landmark status, protecting the beloved murals and other historical details.

Councilman Philip Kingston called the building “the soul of East Dallas.” He added that the creative use of commercial space expected at the theater made the project attractive to both preservationists and the property owner.

MANNY’S UPTOWN TEX-MEX will replace REX’S SEAFOOD & CHOP HOUSE, which held the location at Mockingbird and Abrams for only seven months. A timeline for when the new restaurant will open has not been set.

Adding to the craft beer craze that has blanketed East Dallas, WHITE ROCK ALEHOUSE announced it plans to open at 7331 Gaston later this year. The brewery will offer small-batch beer from cities across the United States and craft

Smokehouse and garden tavern

SMOKY ROSE is slated to open at Lakeland Drive and Garland Road where the OASIS GAS STATION once existed. Co-owners are David Cash and Jeffrey Schramm.

NEW ARRIVALS

Local music and entertainment enthusiasts can soon sip cocktails and listen to live music at the newly launched lounge, HERE. Run by musicians Julie Doyle — co-founder, singer and manager of Polyphonic Spree — and former Hagfish drummer Tony Barsotti, Here is slated to open this month at 9028 Garland Road. “It’s not going to have open garage doors and dogs,” Barsotti says. “We both had a little bit of a humble lust for this type of place. We started out wanting a bar with cheese and a piano, and then as we got in it, it just started evolving.”

SAVOR PATISSERIE has brought its colorful macarons to Casa Linda with a new shop at 9440 Garland Road. Proprietor Kelli Watts began her business as a popup shop at the Shops at Park Lane.

Lakewood restaurant-goers seeking big flavors and a multitude of options can check out DIMASSI’S at 5500 Greenville Ave. The eatery offers day-long buffets with a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flair along with catering. This is the Houston-based restaurant chain’s third metroplex location.

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.

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High Point Crossing

(Photo via ainbinder.com)

FOR THE LOVE OF REFUGEES

During a toy drive hosted by DFW International Community Alliance, neighborhood sponsors “adopted” local refugee families, collecting toys to bring to the children in honor of Eid Al Adha, the Festival of the Sacrifice. Here, youngsters from the Vineyard Apartments in Linwood Park enjoy their gifts, part of an effort to make newly relocated families feel welcome.

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Serving your Neighborhood Since 1993

Repairing: Refrigerators •Washer/Dryers • Ice Makers

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SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

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

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

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CONCRETE REPAIRS/REPOURS

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Free Estimates 972-672-5359 (36 yrs.)

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

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214.692.1991

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FLOORING & CARPETING

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

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

HASTINGS STAINED CONCRETE

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

Restoration Flooring

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25+ Years Experience

469.774.3147

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Willeford

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

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

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

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

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

Your Home Repair Specialists

Drywall Doors Senior Safety Carpentry

Small & Odd Jobs

HandymanMatters.com/dallas

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Bonded & Insured. Locally owned & operated.

HOUSE PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work.

Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

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

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

OAK CLIFF PAINT MASTERS Interior & Exterior - Free quote at no obligation 214-650-3981

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

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

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KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

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

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

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TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

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

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

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

#1 WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS

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

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MOVING

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

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PEST CONTROL

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL

Holiday party season is fast approaching!

Keep

1. For laminate or hardwood floors, begin by dry mopping.

2. Follow up with a cleaner designed specifically for hardwoods or laminate.

3. Keep it dry — never wet mop or use products that require water.

4. Carpet lovers, vacuuming is key to preserving the carpet’s cushiness and shape. Remember, quick, routine cleaning saves hours on heavy cleaning, giving you more time to enjoy the holiday season.

Keeping the environment, kids, pets in mind. Organic products avail. 972-564-2495

MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 + Tax For General Treatment.

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

PLUMBING

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Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

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POOLS

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REMODELING

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

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

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

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ROOFING & GUTTERS

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TRUE CRIME

PEEPING TOM

Police are looking for a man who was caught holding his cell phone underneath a dressing room door while someone was undressing Sept. 1 at Target at 6464 E. Northwest Highway.

When police arrived at Target, the man fled toward Abrams in a Ford SUV. Police say the man is an approximately 6-feet tall young white man who weighs 180 pounds and has brown hair.

Armed robberies occurred at Dallas-area Auto Zones, including one at 10418 Garland

Man is being sought by Dallas Police in connection with the crimes

30 Estimaged age of the suspect, whose last armed robbery was conducted July 30.

Source: Dallas Police Department

LET’S NOT REPEAT HISTORY

You never forget your very first published article, even one written so very, very long ago.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I couldn’t have been a day over 41 — a bright-eyed cub reporter just learning the journalistic ropes here at the Advocate, cutting my teeth on a 600-word polemic about the City of Dallas’ search for a new city manager. I recall opining about the importance of the search firm’s meeting not only with business organizations, but neighborhood groups as well, to get a sense of their priorities for a new city manager.

Ah, those were the days.

Because it couldn’t have been just a scant three years ago that Dallas was searching for city manager candidates, could it? I mean, what would it say about our city if the most recent city manager left after less than 36 months? But a search through the Advocate archives reveals that yes, almost exactly three years ago, our city embarked on a hunt for a city manager to succeed Mary Suhm.

I’ll grant you that our futuristic city of 2016 bears little resemblance to the sepia-toned year of 2013 — a much simpler time in Dallas’ history. Despite the gulf of months, there are still lessons to be learned from the previous city manager search, so get out the microfiche and reread a few old articles

for some spookily prescient insights.

They say if you ignore history, you are doomed to repeat it. So what can we learn from our experience in 2013?

Despite protests from some council members, in 2013, the city skimped on funding the city manager search. Short-changing the headhunting firm arguably tilted the search in favor of internal candidates, and the council ended up hiring First Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez to fill Suhm’s shoes. That has largely resulted in the maintenance of the status quo at Dallas City Hall.

Today, at a modest cost of $30,000 (unadjusted, 2016 dollars), we are once again failing to invest enough in our search for the next city manager. I’ve never been one to advocate throwing taxpayer dollars at a problem, but this is one time that we simply cannot pinch pennies, not if we want to conduct a robust national search and find the very best candidates.

Dallas’ city manager is an incredibly powerful figure at City Hall. Recall that we don’t have a strong-mayor form of government, but a council-manager set-up, just like our ancestors in 2013. The city council hires the city manager to serve as our top administrative official, who is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation of our city government as well as organizing departments and proposing the city’s $3 billion annual budget. The city manager’s impact in shaping our city cannot be overstated.

Here are some of the arguments we’ll hear for picking an internal can-

didate: They know their way around Dallas City Hall. They understand the way our city works. They can hit the ground running from day one.

But those are the very same reasons that the council should not hire from within. An insider’s experience at 1500 Marilla makes it impossi-

ble for them to approach the job with fresh eyes. Yes, they know how things are done at Dallas City Hall, but what do they know about best practices in other large cities? What innovations can they bring?

We have an historic opportunity to hire a top administrator who will champion systemic change at Dallas City Hall. Dallas has selected internal candidates for decades. This has, by and large, resulted in a careful maintenance of the status quo.

When things are going well, maintaining the status quo makes all the sense in the world. But today Dallas faces an inordinate number of challenges, from crumbling infrastructure to dangerous loose dogs to chronic homelessness, to name just a few. We must acknowledge that the current way of doing things isn’t working. We need a change agent to right the ship.

We’re living in the future. It’s time for some new blood and new ideas.

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 ahunt@advocatemag.com.

Dallas has selected internal candidates for decades. This has, by and large, resulted in a careful maintenance of the status quo.

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6622 Lakeshore · $845,000 Jarrad Barnes, GULLOTTO+BARNES 214.797.1900

5152 Vickery · $480,000 Marissa Fontanez 214.789.9187

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3208 Sperry · $649,000 Heather Guild, Heather Guild Group 214.563.2385

8539 San Leandro · $1,395,000 Harry Morgan 214.769.3303 & Justin Moore 469.730.4850

9927 Tanglevine · $399,900 Haley Wagstaff, Heather Guild Group 214.563.7586

9006 Mequires Bridge · $524,900 Haley Wagstaff, Heather Guild Group 214.563.7586

6858 Tokalon · $2,299,000 Nancy Johnson 214.674.3840

5946 Mercedes · $799,000 Susan Nelson Wheeler 469.878.8522 & Mysti Stewart 214.213.3537

1631 Loree · $294,000 Amy Malooley 214.773.5570

9253 Raeford · $350,000 Katherene Hough, RHD Group 214.552.6735

7125 Meadow Lake · $1,299,000 Nancy Johnson 214.674.3840

6226 Saratoga · $419,900 Alex Simpson 214.883.1149

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2526 Loving · $1,049,500 Nancy Johnson 214.674.3840

6623 Lake Circle · $1,195,000 The Jackson Team 214.827.2400

6301 Mercedes · $1,095,000 Susan Nelson Wheeler & Wes Wheeler 469.878.8522

6643 Yosemite · $1,145,000 Kim & Taylor Gromatzky 214.802.5025

6722 Santa Maria · $865,000 Amy Malooley 214.773.5570

7334 Rockhurst · $375,000 Nancy Johnson 214.674.3840

8629 Redondo · $549,000 The Jackson Team 214.827.2400

6289 McCommas · $839,000 The Jackson Team 214.827.2400

2531 Winsted · $2,387,000 Nancy Johnson 214.674.3840

6815 Vivian · $425,000 Skylar Champion, Heather Guild Group 214.695.8701