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You Know Judge Vic. Expert Experience. Highest Integrity. Conservative.

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TOUGH, HIGHLY-RATED LAW-AND-ORDER JUDGE.

• One of the highest rated Criminal Court Judges in Dallas County for over 10 years.

• Represented Dallas County before the Legislature in Austin to create an additional Family Violence Court.

• Elected by fellow jurists as Administrative Judge, managed both civil and criminal administrative matters and personnel for all Dallas County courts. 75% of County budget is criminal justice.

STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE. HIGHEST INTEGRITY.

• Lifelong Member of First Baptist Church Dallas

• 100% Pro-Life

• Lifetime Member of the NRA & Dallas Safari Club

• Strongly Supports Traditional Family Values

Hon. Mike Cantrell

Dallas County Commissioner, Dist. 2

“As your County Commissioner for the last 24 years, it has been my pleasure to know and work with Judge Vic Cunningham. His expert experience as a highly-rated criminal court judge is a perfect match to handle the many criminal justice issues that come before the commissioners court. His success in business will serve him well in protecting taxpayer dollars. Republicans must always elect candidates with unquestionable integrity and values. Vic Cunningham is that person and I ask that you join Lorrie and I in voting for Vic Cunningham for County Commissioner in District 2.”

— Hon. Mike Cantrell

Hon. Jim Jackson

Former State Representative

Former Dallas County Commissioner

“I’ve known Vic for many years and know him to be a good person and a dedicated public servant who will make a County Commissioner we can all be proud.”

— Hon. Jim Jackson

Judge Vic and his wife, Donna, have two children, Susan, an Assistant Dallas County District Attorney, and Vic, Jr., a law student at South Texas School of Law. Both were graduates of Texas A&M. Vic’s Mother, Mina, has a long history of leadership and involvement in the Republican Party.

Dr. Robert Jeffress

Senior Pastor, First Baptist Dallas

In a personal letter Dr. Jeffress said:

“I’ve known Vic for over ten years and can attest to his integrity. He is an honorable man who has had a remarkable legal career and is now a successful businessman and active civic leader. Vic and his family are longtime faithful members of my church.”

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Dr. Robert Jeffress

OPENING REMARKS

By RICK WAMRE

True grit

How I found inspiration in unexpected places

Most speakers stride to the stage reeking of authority. They are there, after all, to tell the rest of us something we don’t already know.

So it was odd to see this bearded guy carried onstage, a handler bear-hugging him and carefully setting him down in front of the crowd. It’s not the kind of entry that whips the crowd into a frenzy.

There was a reason for the low-key entrance: The speaker has no arms and no legs.

That’s why 1,500 or so people gathered a few weeks ago at Fellowship Dallas Church on Park Lane and Central Expressway to see Nick Vujicic. It’s not often a guy with no arms and no legs swings through Dallas and wants to talk about it.

Before I continue, try to picture what the rest of us saw that night. Think of that animated Progressive Insurance box on television, the one whose constant talking and weird confidence grates on the other characters in the commercials. The insurance box also has no arms or legs, so it moves deliberately, twisting its box-body back and forth as it struts from one commercial to the next, all the time yammering about its odd sense of self and, of course, insurance.

Nick Vujicic is the insurance box’s live incarnation, born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a disease so rare medical researchers have no idea what causes it. Imagine his parents’ surprise when their son was born 35 years ago looking completely normal from the neck up but missing those key body appendages the rest of us take for granted. He says his mother, shocked by his appearance, refused to even hold him at first.

During his speech, he talked a little about those early days in Australia, when his parents told him over and over again he was a “special” child, when they worked to “mainstream” him in school, and when they tried to convince him

he could live a normal life despite an abnormal body.

Much like the high school kids we feature in this month’s magazine, Vujicic dug himself out of a place he didn’t want to be. Others helped Vujicic and our students along the way, but at the end of the day, it’s their grit and determination that shaped their lives for the better.

As Vujicic shuffled back and forth on the Fellowship stage for an hour, stabilized by two small deformed feet that grew where legs should have been, I couldn’t help but wonder how I would have reacted to life in his position.

Frankly, I saw no scenario in which I wouldn’t have felt sorry for myself. Every day. All of the time.

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Vujicic was in town to talk about Christ, who he credits for making his “Life Without Limits” book and worldwide evangelism crusade possible. It’s hard to argue with the results. The guy is a compelling warrior for Christ; he has a wife and four beautiful kids; he travels the world telling a story that inspires others, and from the looks of it, he couldn’t be happier.

Even without arms or legs, he’s a more fully developed person than most of us. Than me.

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May 12-13 SWISS AVENUE MOTHER’S DAY HOME TOUR

The 45th annual tour will feature eight early 20th century homes and include an art fair, vintage automobiles, children’s area, horse drawn carriage rides, food, drink and entertainment.

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MAY 4-26

‘JUNGALBOOK’

See an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 story of Mowgli, a boy who learns lessons of loyalty and friendship in the jungle with the animals that raised him. Enjoyed by ages 5 and up.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.740.0051, $23-$28

MAY 5

DOG DAYZ OF DALLAS

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with this dog-friendly festival complete with contests, food trucks, scavenger hunts and pet vendors.

Flag Pole Hill, 805 Doran Circle, dallasdoglife.com, free

MAY 6

PEEP THE COOPS

Experience an urban chicken coop tour through North and East Dallas, featuring innovative coops, expert advice and a local market with food, artisans, booths and entertainment for the whole family, benefiting Moss Haven Farm.

Tour begins at Moss Haven Farm, 9202 Moss Farm Lane, apeepatthecoops. org, $10

MAY 7-31

LAKEWOOD ART

See your neighbors’ artistic touch at the 54th annual Lakewood Library

Art Show. Local residents contributed all the pieces for this exhibit, which can be viewed when the library is open.

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

MAY 9 -26

‘THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN’

The play by Eric Coble tells the tale of Alexandra, an elderly artist who is battling her family over where she will spend her remaining years.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, bathhouse. dallasculture.org

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MAY 20

WHITE ROCK EAST GARDEN TOUR & ARTISANS

Enjoy spring blooms during this selfguided tour through neighborhood gardens. Take in work from local artists along the way and visit a plant sale at Alex Sanger Elementary School. Various locations, whiterockgardentour. org, $12-$15

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FLY GUY

He’s vintage Texan, barnstorming our neighborhood in a plane, tilting at windmills and penning novels. Next up? The movie.

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Steve DeWolf’s acrobatic aviation is just a part of what makes him such an interesting neighbor.

When Steve DeWolf isn’t jogging through his Forest Hills neighborhood, he’s probably flying over it in one of his vintage planes.

The civil lawyer, author and wind energy pioneer owns a PT-17 Stearman that was built in 1943 and a T-6 Texan built in 1942. His father was a colonel in the Air Force, and DeWolf attended the United States Naval Academy, intent on flying carrier-based jets. But his vision wasn’t good enough. After graduation, he went to law school and earned a pilot’s license in 1985. After a girlfriend broke up with him in 1991, he says he thought, “F it, I’m just going to spend $80,000 and go buy an old open cockpit biplane.”

That was the Stearman. “I’ve loved it ever since,” he says.

DeWolf says he tries to fly his planes

at least once a week. His home base is the Dallas Executive Airport, formerly Redbird Airport. “My dad said that you have to fly a lot to be safe. I tell my son, Jake, the same thing.”

Why planes from that era? “It goes back to my dad,” DeWolf says. “It’s very pure flying. It’s black or white. You can either fly the numbers or you can’t. Can you fly it in a certain direction, can you keep it stable, can you land well? In law, there’s gray and nuances.”

How does he feel when he’s up there? “Like a million bucks,” he says.

DeWolf has had close calls, including seeing lightning below him while flying over Seguin from the Rio Grande Valley and encountering fog so dense he was forced to fly according to the air traffic controller’s signals. Years ago, in the Stearman, an oil line broke. DeWolf was close to Lancaster and tried to land.

People were saying, “You’re streaming oil.” He landed and had the shakes. “Some tall, thin guy who was in charge of the airport came out and said, ‘Well, I’d let you use the restroom, but I bet you done already used it.’

“Fortunately, I hadn’t.”

DeWolf’s law office on the 14th floor of a North Central Expressway building feels like working in the clouds. He sits at a long, cluttered table in a room surrounded by windows. The office is decorated with framed illustrations of him in court, a photo of him in his plane flying over opening day of the Rangers in 2014, a 1942 Saturday Evening Post cover of his father in uniform and his son’s Lego wind farm project.

Rocks collected from his travels hold down pages of law cases and maps of his wind farm projects. “A rock for everything I have to do,” he says. “I like rocks. Every

DeWolf’s vintage aircraft frequently can be seen above the skies of Dallas.

time I go someplace, I get them.”

In the early 2000s, he was sitting on a beach and penning an editorial for The Dallas Morning News about the need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. He thought about an inlaw in Minnesota who was a progressive farmer researching windmills.

“I thought, ‘Texas… we have a lot of land, we ought to be able to do that.’ I had no idea what I was doing.” He went to TXU Energy and said, “I’d like to build a wind farm.” He asked his wife, Tammy, to give him $25,000 to learn the business. She was OK with it, so he went to West Texas A&M University and studied with the experts. He’s been investing in wind farms ever since.

He also wrote a book. “Dead Stick” is about a Texas civil trial lawyer, “a

gritty street-wise” character investigating the death of his brother in Iraq. The main character is Jake, named after DeWolf’s son, and the book’s cover photo is DeWolf in his plane. “Dead Stick” is published by Stephen F. Austin University Press. A producer in Los Angeles has optioned the book to be a movie, and a writer in New York is working on the screenplay.

DeWolf is at work on a sequel. In addition, he writes “The Moderate Minute” column for the Mount Vernon Optic Herald in Franklin County, where he owns a lake house. He’s also on the board of the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.

In the meantime, son Jake is studying at Oklahoma State University, learning to be a commercial airline pilot.

“Flying is not without dangers, and flying these old planes? It’s more dangerous,” DeWolf says. “But crossing the street is dangerous. I do my best to make sure that the planes are well maintained. Like I told Jake, ‘You don’t fly into bad weather. You try and make good judgments.’ At some point, 10 to 15 years from now, I may say, ‘I think I’ve been flying long enough.’ ”

“Flying is not without dangers, and flying these old planes? It’s more dangerous.”

PHILANTHROPY FOCUS

Our neighborhood loves to give back and support the organizations that make it a special place. We will showcase a local nonprofit each month and explain how it impacts the community.

Story by HANNAH RIDINGS AND WILL MADDOX | Photo by HANNAH RIDINGS

Carl Oatman found a home and a purpose with CitySquare.

Thrift store volunteer Carl Oatman and CitySquare CEO Larry James might not appear to have much in common, but they are both part of a poverty fighting organization that turns traditional methods on their heads.

Oatman never wanted to be a burden, but he felt like one to his alcoholic parents and older sister, who played mother to the other four siblings in their cramped Seagoville home. They lived in the country, and he enjoyed spending time outside, away from all the social entanglements that made living at home difficult.

He left home at 17, didn’t tell his family and set out for Dallas to find a job. He worked at a factory on HVAC units in Mesquite and was named foreman after a few years. But when the factory closed, he had trouble getting another job and ended up living on the streets.

He didn’t tell his family about his troubles, and eventually he lost touch with them. Their lives were hard too. Oatman learned just how tough while reading the newspaper one day. He was horrified to learn that his brother, who was trying to steal from his mother to fund his drug habit, killed her after stabbing her 13 times.

At that point, Oatman says he gave up. He continued to experience homelessness and was arrested for public intoxication several times. Oatman lived on the street for nearly a decade, bouncing from bridge to bridge, unable to find steady work or housing.

Oatman didn’t like being cooped up in a building with too many people, and he resisted some of the group housing that was available.“I slept outside in the rain, sleet and snow,” he says.

But one night, a friend told him about CitySquare. What would eventually become his home was under construction at the time. He went to check it out. He saw a community of small single-family houses, close to the CitySquare Opportunity Center, which provided concierge medical and other services to reach the people living at The Cottages at Hickory Crossing.

“I was happy. It’s something you

can say is yours,” he says. “The decisions are up to you.”

If that is where the story ended, it would be a heart-warming tale of a charity providing a need. But at CitySquare, the relationship between individual and organization is reciprocal. Its model for fighting poverty involves asking what those who receive services can give to the organization. “We are inviting everybody that comes for help to understand that we need help too,” says James, CitySquare CEO and Munger Place neighbor.

City Square began as a food pantry, but over the years it became a poverty-fighting nonprofit with programs that provide housing, job training, food, legal help and arts. Its success is contingent on the community serving the organization and teaching community members how to best address poverty.

James remembers asking a woman who was a customer at the food pantry to help him translate for another group. She did the interview herself, and James asked her to come back the next day. “She came back tomorrow, and almost every tomorrow for nine years,” he says.

Including customers in guiding the nonprofit revolutionized the way he thought about addressing poverty, and the concept became core to CitySquare’s mission. It asks those who are in a posi-

tion to help to see the poor as an asset, not a burden. “People closest to a problem know the most about it,” James says.

James is a pastor by trade. He led several Church of Christ congregations before his time at CitySquare. Faith guides him to action on both a personal and systematic level. For James, it is about an attitude change, not just a willingness to give. “To change poverty in America, we are going to have to change our attitude towards people who experience the problem,” he says. “Faith doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t make the world better.”

Oatman gives back by working in CitySquare’s Urban Thrift store in Old East Dallas. He volunteers a few days a week, but he often comes on his off days to offer more help. In return for his service, he gets meal vouchers and bus passes. “If you are willing to help yourself, they are willing to help you,” he says.

He helps inventory donated items, organize the store and work the loading dock. He says he finds meaning and purpose in his responsibilities. “Even if you don’t have anything, you are helping somebody,” Oatman says. “And it feels great.”

It takes 40 volunteers a day to help CitySquare fight poverty in Dallas, and the nonprofit offers a variety of positions. Learn more at citysquare.org.

CITYSQUARE by the numbers (2017):

40,000 neighbors served

391 family law cases, resulting in $1,105,831 in child support for 422 children

135,937 hours of service via AmeriCorps

2,099,739 pounds of food distributed to 13,805 individuals

1,295 neighbors served by the community clinic

615 housed through housing programs

141 jobs obtained

Left: Carl Oatman at work in Urban Thrift. Top right: CEO Larry James. Bottom right: Sale items at CitySquare’s Urban Thrift Store.

WAX NOSTALGIC

Wendy Millsap crafts personalized candles for your memories

Story

by WILL MADDOX | Photos by BRIAN MASCHINO

Wendy Millsap will always remember the smells wafting through her house during the early days of her candle-making career. She transformed her Peak’s Addition home into a makeshift factory. Hard candle wax arrived at her door in 10-pound slabs. Millsap would liquefy it in a melter, pour the hot wax into pitchers via a spigot, add custom fragrances and pour the scented goodness into candle containers. Lastly, she placed the wick and waited for it to dry. She did the production in the dining room, the labeling and shipping in the living room and the label printing in the office. There wasn’t much room for anything other than candles, but that is what it took to

Wendy Millsap launched Brighten the Occasion from her home in Peak’s Addition.

get her brand off the ground.

Millsap learned how different fragrances affected the wick size and material, and she worked to make sure her candles burned evenly across the surface. “It’s a science,” she says.

Millsap ventured into business by forming the Lakewood Candle Company. At first, she made candles for local home tours. Soon local stores and corporate clients were buying her creations.

In 2011, Millsap left a career that included working in the music industry, yearbook consulting and software implementation to manufacture candles full-time.

Lakewood Candle Company still exists, but it only makes private label candles for larger companies.

Her latest project is Brighten the Occasion, which launched during the holidays last year. Brighten allows patrons to design their own candle labels using pre-made holiday, sympathy, graduation or Mother’s Day templates. They can also personalize the message or upload an image for the label via the online portal.

Custom fragrances have names such as Bonnie and Clyde, which is a leathery favorite, and Grapefruit Black Currant Rose. Occasionally, Millsap receives requests to create a candle fragrance from a client’s favorite perfume.

In April, Brighten sponsored a gala benefitting Minnie’s Food Pantry. She made custom candles for the event’s special guests, including Oprah Winfrey, Joel Osteen and Emmitt Smith.

“It’s fun to get back to the roots and interact with the community,” she says.

Millsap considers the candles to be a long lasting equivalent to flowers. “Smell triggers memory and emotion,” she says. “Whether it is a life event or signature scent of a brand, people remember or associate that moment with the smell.” Brightentheoccasion.com

“It’s fun to get back to the roots and interact with the community.”

HAIR BAND AND BACK AGAIN

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Richard Hatcher was on stage in front of thousands of fans, lighting up the bass guitar in his usual trench coat and long, wavy hair, when a stagehand threw a bucket of water on his head. Hatcher was literally on fire.

Hatcher played bass for McQueen Street, a hard rock hair band at the peak of its fame in the early 1990s. On this night, the pyrotechnic cannon on stage fell over. What was supposed to be a fountain of fire and sparks in the air shot directly at Hatcher’s back.

Lost in the adrenaline of being on stage, Hatcher was unaware of just how hot his performance was. His sequined trench coat and flowing locks saved him from serious injury. Fortunately, he wasn’t wearing flammable hairspray.

“That was when we got rid of our pyro,” Hatcher says.

Over the years, Hatcher’s bands toured with everyone from Alice in Chains to Dave Matthews Band, but

it was his work with McQueen Street that brought him the most acclaim. The band’s music videos appeared on MTV’s “Headbangers Ball.”

Hatcher met his bandmates at Auburn University, where they played covers throughout the southeast with the name KLASS. The band was made up of Derek Welsh on

it was a joke. When the music representative followed up, they knew this was it. They signed onto SBK and renamed the band McQueen Street, the name of the Montgomery, Alabama street where they recorded.

The band began touring with Alice in Chains, Weezer and more. Whatever you would expect to happen on a rock tour probably did, with drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll dominating the schedule in that order, Hatcher says.

“You are young and are given just about everything you want,” he says. “It can get the best of people. I never imagined getting past 30 or 35 years old. It never crossed my mind.”

lead vocals, Hatcher on bass, Michael Powers on guitar and Derek’s brother Chris Welsh on drums. In between Guns N’ Roses and Pink Floyd covers, they would sneak in some of their original songs without telling the audience.

Eventually, record companies took notice. After one performance, a representative from SBK Records approached the band about a deal. At first, band members thought

Fortunately, Hatcher says, he was more of an observer of the antics than a participant. He avoided most of the debilitating drug use that plagued so many bands of that era.

“The high you get on stage, that adrenaline, you can’t get anywhere else,” Hatcher says. “The record label says, ‘Go home and sit for three months.’ And you have to have that rush. You turn to drugs and alcohol searching for what you get on stage.”

“The high you get on stage, that adrenaline, you can’t get anywhere else.”

Left: Richard Hatcher’s steely gaze broke hearts and electrified crowds with his band McQueen Street. Above: Hatcher (far left) and his bandmates from McQueen Street in the early 1990s (photos courtesy of Richard Hatcher).

On the eve of McQueen Street’s second album in the 1990s, a Seattle group called Nirvana came on the scene and changed music forever. Hatcher didn’t think much of grunge at first, but it grew on him. The hard-rocking hair bands quickly began to look outdated.

“We were selling out arenas and then couldn’t sell out a night club overnight.”

The record label tried to get the band to change with the times, but after working so hard on their second album, they resisted, eventually leaving the label and the name McQueen Street with it. “We were pointing the finger at everyone else. I can say now that we blamed the wrong people,” he says. “It was us.”

Despite the heartache of losing McQueen Street, Hatcher forged ahead, forming a band called The Rat Race, an alternative rock band that toured with Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler and Widespread Panic until 2000.

Over the years, Hatcher has stayed busy. He worked on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, where he played one hour a night and then had the run of the ship the rest of the day. He was a successful car salesman, which brought him to Dallas in 2012.

Years later, he is still here.

Hatcher also started a home repair and contracting business. The Highland on the Creek resident is remodeling a house in Casa Linda, which will have a full studio as well as room for his wife’s cake pop business. He hopes the studio will be a place for Dallas musicians to record and collaborate. While at work on an “Alice in Wonderland” musical called “Through the Eyes of Alice,” he is also recording an album with the Dallas band Planet Blue.

Hatcher has found a way to keep playing bass, reinventing himself and making music across several genres. He still has the trademark brown mane that helped make him famous.

“It’s like Samson,” he says. “I have to have my hair.”

JACKSON, THE AUSSIE RESCUE

When Paula Satterfield was looking for a playmate for her Australian Shepherd Neko, she wanted to find a male pup to balance out the canine camaraderie. She found Jackson at an Aussie rescue, but she learned she was adopting no ordinary dog. Jackson had been chained to a tree and abused. His previous owner finally asked animal control to take him away after numerous citations. Because of his past, the dog has a scar on his face and is wary of any kind of boots, but Satterfield couldn’t ask for a better pal. Jackson is an empathy expert. If Neko is sick, he will lie with her. He seems to have a sense of when Satterfield or her partner are feeling down, and he knows just how to comfort his owners. He is still learning to be comfortable around strangers, but neighbors can catch him running alongside Satterfield’s bike near their Vickery Place home. “He’s a big dorky dog, and not smooth,” Satterfield says. Jackson’s toys, such as “Foxy Brown” here, comfort him. Satterfield loves what he has brought to their home. “Even with his ongoing challenges, we couldn’t have been luckier to have him in our home.”

WHEN ABRAMS WAS GREENVILLE

seen at what today is Abrams and Goliad, but was then Greenville Road and Aqueduct Avenue. These days, the area is occupied with Chipotle, a veterinarian, a longvacant bank, a salon and real estate offices. While things might be a bit more manicured these days, Lakewood maintains a communal charm that neighbors appreciate. Robby Sturgeon 214-533-6633 rsturgeon@briggsfreeman.com

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DELICIOUS

Parlez-vous East Dallas?

St. Martin’s Wine Bistro is retro in the best way. White tablecloths and formally set tables await guests. The dim lighting exudes romance. In a restaurant world that is always looking to innovate and find the next big thing, St. Martin’s on Lower Greenville stays true to its roots.

Classical art hangs on the walls. The 100-year-old bar is a massive cherry wood beauty imported in two pieces from France.

St. Martin’s story started when the San Francisco Rose, its former neighbor and one of the last of the fern bars, was opened by Scott Fickling in 1976. Soon after, Fickling and his partners

opened St. Martin’s as a neighborhood wine bistro with classic French fare.

In 1998, Mohsen Heideri took over the restaurant and has run it ever since. Mohsen also owns Arthur’s Prime Seafood and Steaks in Addison. He wanted to uphold the traditional charm of the bistro.

“This is a unique place, nothing has to be changed,” longtime manager John Savarian says.

St. Martin’s, which is open 365 days a year, seems to have found a formula for success over the last 40 years. It is the ultimate special-occasion restaurant, hosting countless rehearsal dinners in

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its private back room. Savarian has witnessed dozens of marriage proposals amongst the dimly lit tables.

The restaurant combines reasonably priced domestic and foreign wine with French classic dishes such as beef bourguignon, steak tartare and lamb chops from chef Alfred Santa, who has been cooking at St. Martin’s for 20 years. The restaurant’s brunch includes eggs Benedict, beef tenderloin and a seafood crêpe.

Quiet conversations around St. Martin’s tables are accompanied by live

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STILL I RISE

These graduating seniors embody poet Maya Angelou’s promise to find a way into a “daybreak that’s wondrously clear.”

BY WILL MADDOX

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Shining a light

Several months ago, Michael Nunez, 18, took his 16-year-old brother Eduardo to the park to teach him how to ride a bicycle. Eduardo, who has a learning disability, struggled to get the hang of it, became frustrated and wanted to give up. Michael encouraged him and he stuck with it. Now Eduardo can ride a bike just fine.

“I am hoping that inside of him, he can say, ‘I wasn’t able to do it, but I can push myself to do things I couldn’t,’ ” Michael says.

The Bryan Adams High School senior has a rare combination of persistence, confidence and genuine empathy for those around him.

Born in California, Michael moved to Texas at age 7. His father worked as a welder and at Subway. Michael endured bullies in elementary school, but he found a group of friends who were encouraging. Soccer became a passion, and in fifth grade, he made the team and went to the finals of the city championship. But his talents would best be discovered off the field.

When he entered Bryan Adams, he discovered technical theater. Teacher Jennifer Malmberg encouraged shy Michael. “Even if you don’t know, we will teach you,” Michael remembers her saying.

By sophomore year, Michael assumed a leadership position, teaching younger students lighting, sound and construction techniques. Rehearsals

and set construction often kept him at school until 7 p.m. or later. By the end of his sophomore year, he was named “crew head.” “It’s like a team captain,” he says.

As a junior, Michael worked his way up to stage manager. “It showed a whole different side of me,” he says. “I thought it was going to be something hard, but I wanted to learn something new no matter how hard it was.”

Michael was voted president of the entire theater company in his senior year and his compassion shines through. “No matter how others treat me, I treat them as nice as I can,” he says. “Maybe they are going through a harder time than I am. Maybe they just need a friendly face.”

During his spare time, Michael works at Subway alongside his father. In addition, he looks out for his brother. Reading, navigating the world and interacting with others don’t come as easily for Eduardo. “I try to help him so that if he is by himself he is able to know how to live a decent life,” he says. “It’s a beautiful thing to see [his progress].”

Michael, who plans to study technical theater in college, won the Dallas ISD superintendent’s scholarship and been accepted into several universities with thousands of dollars in scholarships.

He has extended the emotional bond with his brother and family to his high school theater family. “They are brothers and sisters to me,” he says. “No matter what we do, we are always having fun and taking care of each other.” n

“I wanted to learn something new no matter how hard it was.”

Don’t count her out

The day that Shelli Orona wore her slippers to school was a turning point for the former dropout. This time, nothing — not even the shooting death of her boyfriend — would keep her from finishing high school.

Shelli first dropped out of school during her sophomore year at Woodrow Wilson High School. She had failed eighth grade, was fighting and ended up in court for truancy. She planned to make money and be independent. Instead, she found herself in a factory working long hours for little money.

“I was going to drop out, go to work, stack up money and move out, but it’s really hard,” she says. “Just a waste of time.”

It would be two years before she made her way back to school.

Shelli says she was stressed and “tired of being tired.” She felt she was disappointing everyone and didn’t deserve any help. She realized that the jobs she could get weren’t going to pay for the life she envisioned for herself, a life that included traveling the world. “I needed to come back to school if I wanted to do all that,” she says.

First, she needed to repair family relationships. Her mother suffers from multiple sclerosis, has difficulty getting around and doing things for herself. Her parents divorced when Shelli was 8, leaving her to help care for her mother. The family moved from apartment to apartment, causing stress that led her to some bad decisions.

Last spring, Shelli moved back in with her mother. When she encouraged

Shelli to go back to school, Shelli enrolled at Texans Can Academy, a charter school in East Dallas with a flexible schedule that helps students who struggle in the traditional high school environment.

But getting back to school after two years wasn’t easy. “It was weird, I forgot how to write my name,” she says. “It was good to be back with kids my age, but I forgot how to act in school.”

She showed up at Texans Can one day wearing slippers. Sparks flew between her and student adviser Maraiha Ajala. The school requires closed-toed shoes. “The first thing I noticed was her attitude,” Ajala says.

It was a pivotal moment for Shelli. It would have been easy to go back home and stay out of school, but something

“I didn’t let anything get in my way.”

made her put on shoes and come back.

Ajala was there to make sure Shelli had what she needed to be successful. “Here she came, in uniform. ‘This girl wants to be here,’ ” Ajala thought to herself. She told Shelli, “Let’s bring our 10 down to a two. You just need to come talk to me.”

Shelli says, “I started to feel our connection, and after that I just stayed focused. I didn’t let anything get in my way.”

Ajala mentored Shelli, often calling her to encourage her to keep coming to school. At Texans Can, students come for a morning or afternoon session as they work to complete their first two years of coursework in a classroom before finishing high school via a self-paced curriculum online.

Shelli began to thrive.

She had never passed her state exams on the first try, but she managed to do so every time this year. In November, Shelli’s boyfriend was shot and killed just hours after seeing her and days before she took her state exams. She declines to discuss the tragedy further. Her success in the midst of her grief is a testament to her dedication. “I knew I had to do everything for him,” she says.

Shelli plans to study accounting at the University of Texas at Arlington when she graduates, but she is also interested in the environment and has sold her art at an auction for Texans Can. She looks forward to internships in the healthcare field and with a law firm arranged through her school.

“I want everybody to know that you can do anything, even when it is hard,” Shelli says. “It’s never too late to do good with yourself.” n

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Aye Naing had to work hard to communicate clearly when she was younger. Now, she lights up a room. Her expressive eyes and energetic hands emphasize every point. Her hope for the future is infectious.

Aye is a senior at Bryan Adams High School and Multiple Careers Magnet Center, a school for students with learning differences in East Dallas. The magnet center opened in 1978 as a school for physically disabled children in Dallas ISD. Today, it helps prepare secondary students for life after high school through study clusters such as business technology, construction technology and culinary arts. The school’s clubs and activities allow students to develop leadership skills in ways they may not be able to do at a traditional school.

Aye is in the culinary arts cluster, where she learns knife safety, chopping, measuring, following a recipe and creating a menu. The students operate a restaurant every Thursday for the staff. They create a menu and cook, serve and clean up after lunch. Professional chefs play the role of teacher as they guide the students to bring the eatery to life.

Students attend the magnet center three hours a day and spend the rest of the time at their home schools. Aye makes the most of her time. Last year, she worked at Subway as a part of the school’s internship program.

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Though she is flourishing now, life wasn’t without challenges. Aye’s family is from Burma, and when she was younger she spoke so fast that others had difficulty understanding her. She still speaks quickly, but she has worked hard to make herself understood.

During her freshman year, she acted tough and was often disrespectful to teachers and classmates. Over the years, she matured into the leader she is today. Aye is now on the student council at the magnet center. Principal Lynn Smith says other students watch Aye to see how she handles herself. “She is a rock star,” Smith says.

Though she excels in the kitchen, Aye has many other talents. She writes her own songs and plays guitar, performing in the magnet center’s talent show. At Bryan Adams, she is a mentor for other special-needs students and is a member of the cheerleading squad, which recruited her from a hip-hop class.

Through cheer, she has helped with youth clinics, teaching kids all they need to know to be great cheerleaders. “The first time I was so nervous,” Aye says. The leadership roles are having an impact.

“Now that I am a senior, I know how to be respectful and not talk back,” she says.

After high school, Aye hopes to go to culinary school and own a restaurant, a classy place where people dress up. She wants to design the restaurant and run the front of the house.

She has big dreams for herself, but Aye always has her mind on others and gives advice to younger students. “Who are you looking to?” she asks them, knowing the importance of finding good mentors. She knows students like her will be made fun of by small-minded peers, but she heeds her own advice: “Don’t worry, and don’t listen to them.”

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“Now that I am a senior, I know how to be respectful and not talk back.”

‘Ride like cowboys and pray like saints’

A timeline of St. Matthew’s journey to East Dallas

By WILL MADDOX

ST. MATTHEW’S CATHEDRAL houses history, culture, solemnity and celebration in East Dallas, but the Episcopal Diocese wasn’t always located in our neighborhood. From Prussian priests on horseback to elaborate ceremonies in a towering church, St. Matthew’s is an essential part of the history of Dallas. How did the cathedral end up in our neighborhood? Follow along to find out.

1802

George Rottenstein, St. Matthew’s first priest, was born in Prussia and raised in an unconsolidated Germany after Napoleon’s defeat in Europe. He had three children with his wife, Elizbetha. They were forced to flee to England for political reasons and made it to Texas during the German migration of the 1830s.

1856

Rottenstein was assigned to preach in North Texas. He rode his horse into Dallas, crossing the Trinity on a vessel made of two canoes lashed together. He conducted services for La Reunion, the short-lived socialist utopia commune. During a year with a May snowstorm, a cyclone near Cedar Hill and a solid sheet of ice topping the Trinity, Rottenstein led Dallasites in their first Holy Communion. Though there had been other religious services in the area, Rottenstein became the first resident pastor in Dallas. His first service was held in a vacant building where Dealey Plaza is today. Two boxes formed the altar and reading desk for the four congregants. A little more than a year later, St. Matthews became an official parish of the Episcopal Church.

1859

St. Matthew’s future bishop Alexander Charles Garrett was a fourth-generation priest from Ballymote, Ireland. Missionary work in Canada brought Garrett west after making the seven-month journey around Cape Horn to British Columbia with his wife and two children just before the Civil War.

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1870

The first official church building, which would later become the first cathedral, sat at Elm and Lamar streets. It was sold for $7,500 to help build a larger building after the congregation grew to 127. An attempt to move the original cathedral to the new site ended in collapse, but parts were incorporated into the new cathedral.

1875

Garrett was appointed Bishop over the Diocese of North Texas, and he chose St. Matthew’s to be its cathedral. The Diocese covered 100,000 square miles and had three small churches in Dallas, Cleburne and Paris. Garrett began campaigning for priests, asking seminaries for “clergy who could ride like cowboys, pray like saints, preach like apostles and having food and raiment, be therefore content.”

1876

The second cathedral, at Field and Commerce streets, was built next to a railroad whose noise drowned out the sermons, forcing the church to move again. The building, which was never finished, paid for or consecrated, was sold to a cable car company for $60,000 in 1893.

Though the terrain was rugged, Bishop Garrett loved his adopted land. While fundraising in Philadelphia, a notable church member called Texas “the most God-forsaken country on the face of the Earth,” according to Mary Hutchinson’s book, “Holy Heritage.” But Garrett responded, “It is true my friends that we have some undesirable citizens in Texas, but we are catching them as fast as we can and sending them back to various states of the Union in which they received their early training. My friend need not to be alarmed, all who belong to him will return in due time.”

Late 1870s

Bishop Garrett founded St. Mary’s College for women. The building opened with 76 students, 47 of whom were boarders on the property at Ross and Henderson. The college was eventually home to Claudia Taylor, later known as “Lady Bird” Johnson. It fell into financial trouble and closed in 1930.

1895

The diocese built the third and most majestic of the cathedrals at Canton and Ervay streets. Made of local limestone and oak, it could accommodate 900 people and included a gymnasium, reading rooms and a kitchen. It was one of the largest cathedrals in America at the time.

1920s

Bishop Garrett’s son Henry, who played organ at the cathedral, invented the automatic traffic signal, leading Dallas to be the first city in the nation to control traffic with lights. He also invented the car radio and founded WRR, the second oldest operating radio station in the U.S.

1929

The cathedral relocated to Ross and Henderson in East Dallas, which housed St. Mary’s College at the time. The college was $6 million dollars in debt, and the cathedral assumed the debt during the move. Ross Avenue was then considered “the Fifth Avenue of Dallas.” Unfortunately, the stock market crash and the Great Depression ruined plans for a massive new cathedral in the neighborhood. The Diocese and church have remained there ever since.

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Over the years, the church’s neighborhood has changed from a posh street with mansions to low-income apartments and is now being remade again as high-density luxury apartments creep eastward along Ross. Today, in addition to regular church services, St. Matthew’s continues as a community resource for education and the arts. It houses Mi Escuelita, a nonprofit preschool, the Aberg Center for Literacy, which helps adults learn English and Cathedral Arts, which supports arts in the community.

Source: “Holy Heritage” by Mary Foster Hutchinson

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Walk with a naturalist

Take your family on a free neighborhood hike with these expert guides

Nature-Deficit Disorder. It’s a thing. Though not an official medical diagnosis, the disorder is a phrase coined by nature advocate Richard Louv in his 2005 book, “Last Child in the Woods.” He and others believe our increasing time indoors can make us grumpy, anxious and inattentive. The North Texas Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists is determined to get us outside with its new — and free — discovery walks for all ages.

Texas master naturalists are trained volunteers who undergo 40 hours of field and classroom education, donate 40 hours of time annually and participate in continuing education to maintain certification. These nature lovers are on a mission to educate, serve and reach out to the community about ways to appreciate and conserve natural resources.

Jim Folger and Whitney Wolf, cochairs of Native Prairie Walks, say the expert-led walks are scheduled at parks and prairies all over Dallas County, including many in our neighborhood: White Rock Lake, Bath House Cultural Center, Flagpole Hill and Norbuck Park. Most are about an hour long, on weekends and designed for families and individuals young and old.

One of the walks is “Ecological Wonders of Flag Pole Hill.” Naturalist Becky Rader encourages a closer look at the park’s gilgai, small pools that form in expanding clay soils and provide a microhabitat for a diverse plant community.

On the walk, she identifies prairie grasses and wildflowers native to the area. Not only that, but she highlights signs of the tiny white-footed mice and

bobcats who leave tracks and scat. Rader also points out trees where red-tailed hawks and barred owls roost.

Nearby at Bath House Cultural Center, entomologist John Watts leads a walk called “Inch High Prairie Perspective.” In a field near the center, Watts casts a net for arthropods — butterflies, beetles, hoppers, flies and spiders.

“Most people are surprised at just how many insects are right in front of them that they can’t see or don’t normally pay attention to,” Watts says. “I’ll put the

specimens in a vial and pass it around as I talk about the critter.”

Another walk is “Wildflowers and Pollinators,” led by Sam Kieschnick, urban wildlife biologist at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “We’ll do a leisurely, family-friendly walk around some of the pocket prairie at White Rock Lake close to the Bath House.”

He points out blooming plants, such as skullcap, greenthread and sensitive briar, which he calls an intriguing species. “This plant moves when people

A hiker deep in a forest near White Rock Lake (photo by Alice Nalepka).

touch it,” Kieschnick says. “The leaves fold down.” In addition, he focuses on some of the pollinators. “The bees, beetles, wasps and butterflies visit the plants to sip on some nectar, but they also pollinate the plant.”

An evening hike “What’s Calling from the Lake?” is conducted by master naturalist Barbara Turner. Turner leads an amphibian watch at White Rock Lake’s Sunset Bay. She plays a CD of frog calls to elicit responses from area amphibians, then records the number of species that respond. She then submits the data to Texas Parks and Wildlife, which uses the information to track environmental changes.

“Frogs are the first indicators of water purity,” Turner says. “They live in it, breathe in it, lay eggs in it. Their whole life cycle is in the water.”

Amy “Moonlady” Martin and master naturalist Kristi Kerr Leonard lead another evening encounter called “Full Moon Prairie Hike.” The two hike an original blackland prairie remnant on the high slope in Norbuck Park while discussing the nature of moonlight, moon metaphors, phases and tides and how life developed on Earth because of the moon.

“We’ll take a few breaks to commune with the moon and listen for screech and barred owls,” Martin says. “You can truly listen at night and disappear into the darkness. There’s a oneness with nature that only the night can bring.”

The Texas Master Naturalists also have an event for children ages 3-7. “Where Is Peter Rabbit?” and “Where Is Franklin the Turtle?” are shorter walks at White Rock Lake led by Tiffany Lipsett, executive director of Blackland Prairie Conservatory and Atelier. Each event begins with a song, finger play, story and an animal. Then the group heads out in search of rabbits, three-toed box turtles and red-eared sliders. Registration is required.

“Families don’t need to get on a plane and travel for an adventure to see nature,” Lipsett says. “It’s right here.”

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Patti Vinson is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for over 15 years. She’s written for the Advocate andReal Simple magazine and has taught college writing.

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Fort Worth’s up and coming Taco Heads is opening a second location, on Henderson Avenue where Lekka once stood. Chef Christian Lehrmann, who was most recently the executive chef at the Design District gastropub Wheelhouse, will run the kitchen at Taco Heads. The menu includes appetizer staples such as elotes and guacamole and traditional breakfast tacos with bacon, chorizo, potatoes and veggies. Owner Sarah Castillo’s favorite is the garlic cilantro gulf shrimp, which includes purple pickled slaw, onion, cilantro, lime zest and queso blanco. The selection includes a few vegan options, including the bourbon black bean veggie taco, which includes pumpkin, bell peppers, spinach and pico de gallo. They also serve carnitas and shredded chicken and brisket tacos. Prices range from $3.25-$4.25.

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All the golden rules

Be golden. That’s the call from the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Edward Burns, to all of Dallas in the coming year. Live the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

The Golden Rule is Jesus’ rendition of established rabbinic teaching. The Babylonian Talmud records the story of a contest between two rabbis: the stricter, Shammai, and the more liberal, Hillel. Their two schools of interpretation preceded and overlapped the era of Jesus. “Once there was a gentile who came before Shammai and said to him: ‘Convert me on the condition that you teach me the whole Torah while I stand on one foot.’ Shammai pushed him aside with the measuring stick he was holding.

“The same fellow came before Hillel, and Hillel converted him, saying: ‘That which is despicable to you, do not do to your fellow, this is the whole Torah, and the rest is commentary, go and learn it.’”

As Jesus was himself a Jew, it is uncharitable to suggest that the Jewish obligation to one’s neighbor is only negative, while a more robust Christian view is positive. Sometimes, I painfully consider my own actions and those of my Christian siblings and wish we would at least adopt the “do no harm” aspect of that teaching if we can’t quite get to the “do something good” part.

Islam also features a version of the Golden Rule. The Hadith, which contains stories about and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, says: “None of you have faith until you love for your neighbor what you love for yourself.”

In her book “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life,” historian of religion Karen Armstrong digs into all the world’s

religions to find this common concern. Confucius was asked to summarize his teaching, and he replied that it amounted to treating everybody with respect. Predating the rabbinic Jewish teaching by 500 years, he said: “Do not do to others what you would not like yourself.”

Compassion underlies the Golden Rule. It means literally to feel with or to suffer alongside. The Christian writer, Frederick Buechner, puts it this way: “Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it’s like to live inside somebody else’s skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you, too.”

Bishop Burns is calling Dallas to a neighborliness that grows out of our varied faith traditions and grows toward them at the same time. When Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment, he linked the love of neighbor with the love of God, as if to make them indivisibly one commandment.

Atheists and agnostics, secularists and seekers can also join this call to “be golden” without any pangs of conscientious religious dissent. We all may not pray alike, and some may not pray at all, but we all can want for and work for the well-being of our neighbor.

Being golden brings about the common good.

GEORGE MASON is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, president of Faith Commons and host of the “Good God” podcast. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

WORSHIP BAPTIST

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

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

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Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

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WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

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LUTHERAN

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

A Welcoming and Affirming Church / Pastor Rich Pounds

Sunday School 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am / CentralLutheran.org

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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

METHODIST

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional

Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 am / Worship, 10:50 am 4105 Junius St. / 214.824.2533 / graceumcdallas.org

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

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

Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary

MUNGER PLACE CHURCH

Come and See mungerplace.org

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LAKE POINTE CHURCH – WHITE ROCK CAMPUS

Classic Service at 9:30 & Contemporary Service at 11:00 am lakepointe.org / 9150 Garland Road

PRESBYTERIAN

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Sundays 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday School 9:35am / All Are Welcome

PRESTON HOLLOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 9800 Preston Road 8:15 am Chapel, 9:30 & 11:00 am Sanctuary, 5:00 pm Founder’s Hall Senior Pastor Matthew E. Ruffner / www.phpc.org / 214.368.6348

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN / 3204 Skillman St. Rev. Rob Leischner / www.standrewsdallas.org 214.821.9989 / Sunday School 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am

UNITY

UNITY ON GREENVILLE / Your soul is welcome here! 3425 Greenville Ave. / 214.826.5683 / www.dallasunity.org

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

In every faith, and even among the faithless, we find this measuring stick

AC & HEAT

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED

MAC/PC Great Rates. Keith. 214-295-6367

Powered by INC. Ductwork • HVAC Insulation • Foam Encapsulation Smart House/Thermostat Service & Sales

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

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR

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

EMPLOYMENT

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FOUNDATION REPAIR

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GARAGE SERVICES

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APPLIANCE REPAIR

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

BUY/SELL/TRADE

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

CABINETRY & FURNITURE

CABINETMAKER Design/Build Custom Furniture. Repair, Refinish. 40 yrs. exp. Jim 214-457-3830

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

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

CLASSES/TUTORING/LESSONS

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

CLEANING SERVICES

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

AFFORDABLE CLEANING Insd./Bonded. Move In/Out. Routine Cleaning. Reliable. Dependable. Residential/ Commercial. References. 28+yrs. Delta Cleaning. 972-943-9280.

ALTOGETHER CLEAN

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

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

TWO SISTERS & A MOP MAID SERVICE Reliable Quality Work.Best Rates. 23 Yrs. Exp. 214-283-9732

WANTED: HOUSES TO CLEAN: WINDOWS to Wash: Wkly & Bi Monthly. Great Prices $$. Honest & Reliable. Family owned 15 years. Excellent references. Call Sunny @ 214-724-2555

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

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

CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let a seasoned pro be the interface between you & that pesky Windows computer. Hardware/Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training. $60/hr. 1 hr min. Dan 972-639-6413 / stykidan@sbcglobal.net

CONCRETE/MASONRY/PAVING

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

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

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

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

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

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

R&M Concrete

Concrete • Driveways Retaining Walls Brick & Stone Work Stamped Concrete

214-202-8958

Bonded & InsuredReferences & Free Estimates

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com 50 Yrs. Electrical Exp. Insd. 214-328-1333

BRIGHT LIGHT ELECTRIC • 214-553-5333

TECL 31347 Brightening Homes and Businesses

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

TEXAS ELECTRICAL • 214-289-0639

Prompt, Honest, Quality Service. TECL 24668

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

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

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

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EXTERIOR CLEANING

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

FENCING & DECKS

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC. EST.96 Automatic Gates, Fences/Decks Ambassadorfenceco.com 214-621-3217

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

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

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KIRKWOOD FENCE/AUTOMATIC GATES facebook/kirkwoodfence&deck 214-341-0699

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975

Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com

All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers

WOODMASTER CARPENTRY 214-507-9322 Quality Wood Fences & Decks. New or Repair.

Northlake Fence and Deck

Locally owned and operated by the Mccaffrey family since1980 214-349-9132

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FLOORING & CARPETING

CALL EMPIRE TODAY To Schedule A Free In -Home Estimate On Carpeting & Flooring. 1-800-508-2824

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

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

FENN CONSTRUCTION Manufactored hardwoods. Stone and Tile. Back-splash Specials. 214-343-4645

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

WILLEFORD HARDWOOD FLOORS 214-824-1166 • WillefordHardwoodFloors.com

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

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

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

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

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

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

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, 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

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

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

ONE CALL WEEKEND SERVICES Contractor & Handyman. Remodels, Renovations . Paint, Plumbing, Drywall, Electrical.469-658-9163

WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS

Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232

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HOME SECURITY

SAFES For Guns, Home or Business. We Offer a Large Selection Plus Consultation & In-Home Delivery. Visit Our Showroom. 972-272-9788 thesafecompany.com

HOUSE PAINTING

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

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

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

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

TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work Since 1984. Int./Ext. 214-755-2700

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

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

KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

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

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

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

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS Granite, Quartz, Marble For Kitchen/Bath-Free Est. stoneage.brandee@gmail.com 940-465-6980

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

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LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

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

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

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

DALLAS GROUNDSKEEPER Organic Lawn Maintenance designed to meet your needs. 214-471-5723 dallasgroundskeeper.com

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

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

U R LAWN CARE Maintenance. Landscaping. Your Personal Yard Service by Uwe Reisch uwereisch@yahoo.com 214-886-9202

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MOVING

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PEST CONTROL

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PET SERVICES

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PLUMBING

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ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521

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POOLS

CERULEAN POOL SERVICES Family Owned/ Operated. Weekly maintenance, Chemicals, parts & repairs. CeruleanPro.com 214-557-6996

LEAFCHASERS POOL SERVICE Parts/Service. Chemicals/Repairs. Jonathan. 214-729-3311

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