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6820 CASA LOMA | Sold 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1986 SF Kim Sinnott - DPS - 214-536-8786

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CONTENTS MAY 2020 VOL.27 NO.5

UP FRONT 16 Keith Price Focusing on teens 20 Past Pandemic How Dallas “flattened the curve” in 1918 22 Takeout Treats 4 options when you’re stuck at home

FEATURES 26 Write On Why these neighbors love East Dallas 36 Rafael Martinez A vision like no other 38 So Fly 4 bird photos you’ve got to see

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Fresh for Spring

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607 Newell Avenue | $798,000

5207 Victor Street | $510,000

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We Can’t Stop Talking About…

OHN KRASINSKI. Instead of binge watching “The Office” during

BY THE NUMBERS WHAT WE SPEND ANNUALLY ON HEALTH CARE.

Dallas’ shelter-in-place order, maybe you’ve been busy actually doing something productive to help our community. All those good deeds caught the attention of John Krasinski, who showed some love to East Dallas on his YouTube show, “Some Good News with John Krasinski.” In the second episode, Krasinski gave a shoutout to Furlough Kitchen, which serves a hot meal to anyone who has been furloughed because of the coronavirus. The pop-up restaurant opened at 4318 Eastside Ave. in East Dallas and plans to expand to six other locations.

HEALTH CARE:

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$85 million MEDICAL SERVICES:

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I’m like, ‘Are you serious?’ It’s the last part of senior year. It’s supposed to be fun. I’m not going to get to do all this stuff. That’s messed up. — RAFAEL MARTINEZ, SENIOR AT THE INNOVATION, DESIGN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY ON ROSS AVENUE Read more about Rafael’s inspiring road to graduation in “Senior Moment” on page 36.

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HEALTH AND PERSONAL CARE STORE PURCHASES:

$29.5 million DRUGS:

$13.7 million LAB TESTS AND X-RAYS:

$1.5 million Source: U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics based on ZIP codes 75204, 75206, 75214, 75218, 75223 and 75228. Numbers are derived from 2010 U.S. Census data with projections to be accurate as of Jan. 1, 2017.

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TOP STORIES n The LOT is permanently closing n Amid coronavirus fears, DISD prepares for

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Coming and Going [-] The LOT owner John McBride says

he is permanently closing the eatery and beer garden after seven years in business on Grand Avenue. McBride says the restaurant relied heavily on spring patio season, and as eateries closed because of the coronavirus, it was financially impossible to recover. “But what great times we have had over the last seven years, and we thank East Dallas for their support and love,” McBride says.

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team is facing the face shield shortage with a tech-savvy solution. The RoboCats are putting together an armada of 3D printers to produce as many as 1,000 already-approved face shields a week to donate to the medical field, teacher Dan Garrison says on Facebook.

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statewide amid the coronavirus pandemic. “It has been very, very difficult on all of us,” Beaird says. “Everyone was looking forward to it. It was going to be such a good show.” n An East Dallas neighbor is getting creative n The last location of Highland Park Cafeteria is temporarily

closed because of the coronavirus. Owner JEFF SNOYER saved “America’s cafeteria” from closing in 1995, and he hopes to do it again. “Noah had the ark. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights, and then they opened it to see what was left of the world,” Snoyer says. “That’s the way I look at it. We just have to rock in the waves and see if we can put [the world] back together. It’s going to be different.” n For the first time in more than 60 years, there will be no spring musical at Woodrow Wilson High School. Director JOHN BEAIRD canceled the production of “Mamma Mia!” as schools closed

with family portraits during the coronavirus outbreak. In exchange for a donation to the North Texas Food Bank, photographer JULIA NEWMAN will take pictures of families on their front porches. “The families get to have a nice memory of this very strange time, and it benefits a great cause,” Newman says. “It’s a great chance to have a positive memory of whatever this ends up being.” Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search “postcard” for more stories like these.

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Swiss Avenue neighbor Virginia Savage McAlester died April 9 after a battle with myelofibrosis. She was 76. McAlester grew up in the 1917 Harris-Savage house on Glendale Street and Swiss Avenue. She led the effort to make the neighborhood the city’s first historic district. She later became a founding member of Preservation Dallas and Friends of Fair Park. Her book, “A Field Guide to American Houses,” sold millions of copies and proved a valuable resource for preservation groups, according to the Dallas Morning News obituary. East Dallas neighbors honored her with a no-contact memorial drive past her house and a horn salute at Savage Park.

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eith Price was a businessman for more than 30 years before his company downsized, and

the East Dallas neighbor was let go. The next day, he volunteered at The Stewpot homeless shelter. “They kept giving me jobs to do,” Price says. “Who wants to get up at 6 a.m. and feed people under the bridge? I said, ‘I don’t have anything else to do. I’ll do it.’ I became the go-to volunteer.” Since then, Price has spent 13 years in the compassion industry. After working as the Austin Street Center director for several years, he shifted his focus to working with homeless teens. He created the nonprofit Focus on Teens and partnered with Dallas ISD to serve thousands of homeless youth. The nonprofit provides marginalized students with food, clothing, school supplies, hygiene products, mental health services and more. “I take a holistic approach,” Price says. “This is a long-term strategy of support that will go on until they’re 70 if they need me.”

As a former businessman, did you ever envision working in the compassion industry? For years I was asking God, “Is this all there is for me?” I was a good dad, husband and friend. I was all the things I was supposed to be. Then my job got whacked. For the prior 35 years, God had been training me for this moment. You are where you’re supposed to be. If you’re supposed to be somewhere else, you’ll be somewhere else. You’re just being trained. I never dreamed my vocation and my avocation would be the same thing. Thank you, Robert Frost. I would not have thought of that by myself. What do people not know about caring for the homeless? You’re not going from Point A to Point B in a straight line. You’ve got mental illness, physical infirmity and addiction. In this world, even with kids, it’s never one and done. The old methods of dealing with homelessness are not working. You’ve got to be innovative, and that’s what we do. Where the rubber meets the road is in tiny, little steps. Sweeping municipal programs don’t work because you have to have people who love these people. That’s difficult with a person who punches a clock. How is Focus on Teens different from other charities? Everywhere else, you’d be filling out a mountain of paperwork before they said, “No” in seven years. Everything I do is immediate. If you call me and say, “I’m stuck in my car and living in a Target parking lot,” I’m there in two hours. The food we supply, a lot of thought has gone in to it. If you’re living on a sofa, what are you going to do with pasta and dried beans? You can’t cook it. We give them things they can open and eat immediately. What is a memory that resonates with you? I went to one of my high schools, and the liaison said, “I really need a cane.” I got a

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cane and brought it to her. The following week she said, “I have something for you.” It was a handwritten note that said, “Thank you for the cane. I have sickle cell anemia. I’m homeless and not ready to confine myself to a wheelchair. I’m 18 and trying to finish my education. You’ve changed my life.” That was one of the first things that ever happened to me.

“Love is the answer to everything, and it drives me.”

Tell me about your partnership with Eric Nadel. When I was at Austin Street, the sole benefactor was friends with Eric. Eric called me, and he’s the nicest person. He’s been the chief fundraiser for this charity. Our annual fundraiser is his birthday bash. When you have an auction, Eric is wired in to everybody. He’s got bats, baseballs and jerseys. I was like, “This is my charity.” I knew a lady who has helped me since the beginning. She said, “I never tell anybody this, but my husband is Willie Nelson’s drummer. Maybe Willie will send me a bandana.” She sent bandanas with 10 guitars signed by Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard. Carrying in that guitar was like parting the Red Sea. I was the coolest person in the universe. I had my moment. How do you care for homeless kids during the coronavirus? I have four families who have taken in homeless kids. I ordered them food, and immediately, the order came back canceled. I’m at the mercy of my supplier, and my supplier doesn’t have anything. I wrote to Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. The only way to effectively reach homeless kids is to open every school for food service. It has to be their home school. What are you most proud of? I’m not necessarily proud of anything. I haven’t helped enough kids, and that keeps me up at night. Love is the answer to everything, and it drives me. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

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HISTORY

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Pandemic 1918 How Dallas handled the ‘Spanish flu’

he last time a pandemic put Dallas on lockdown, it was Oct. 10, 1918, and the City’s public health officer downplayed it. Dallas Health Officer A.W. Carnes warned that influenza was coming but said it was “only slightly more severe than common grippe.” The “Spanish flu,” so called because the pandemic spread among men returning from Europe after World War I, killed 50 million people worldwide between 1918 and 1920. At least 9,000 people in Dallas contracted the disease — and 250 died — between Sept. 24 and Nov. 2, 1918, according to influenzaarchive.org, which contains well-researched essays on the 1918 flu epidemic, courtesy of the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine. The essay about Dallas says the health officer resisted shutting down commerce and shamed Dallasites for being unhygienic: “Your failure to clean up might be the cause of your wife or your child becoming infected with this new plague, which is daily claiming a toll of lives. Let us make Dallas the cleanest city in the country as a preventive measure.” Meanwhile, hospitals were overwhelmed with flu patients, who had to be quarantined. There weren’t enough nurses. Nursing students, retired nurses and anyone with medical training were asked to work in the hospitals. An outbreak of whooping cough among babies in South Dallas added to the nursing shortage. Imagine this scene: “At the Buckner Orphans’ Home, 200 of the 500 children and two nurses were sick with influenza. Nine teachers there cared for the ill.” From the Influenza Archive: “Dr. V. P. Armstrong, assistant health officer, believed that Dallas’ epidemic was already far worse than being reported and

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that the only way to bring it to a quick halt was to close all public places immediately. ‘This disease is spread through the breathing apparatus, and the thing to do is to close all of the schools, the moving picture shows, the churches — wherever people congregate, whether it be a dog fight or a prayer meeting.’” On Saturday, Oct. 12, Dallas Mayor Joseph E. Lawther went against the majority of the board of health and ordered the closing of all public and private schools, churches and other public gatherings — two days after closing theaters, playhouses and all other places of public amusement. “I am taking this action not because the situation in our city is alarming,” he told residents, “but as a measure of safety and precaution and because it seems to be the desire of our citizenship.” By that time, there were already more than 1,000 cases of flu in Dallas. The flu was not eliminated during the citywide shutdown, but the number of cases started to decrease. Churches and schools were getting restless, and on Oct. 31, Lawther and Carnes agreed to reopen schools, churches and commerce in time for Catholic and Episcopal churches to observe All Saints Day. On Nov. 2, the downtown theaters

and shops reopened. Cases of the flu continued to decrease, although there was a resurgence in December that killed an additional 80 people. From the Influenza Archive: “It is difficult to ascertain the severity of Dallas’ epidemic. Beginning on Sept. 27, Carnes requested that physicians report influenza cases, but the ensuing ordinance did not become law until Oct. 12, leaving a significant gap for which case reporting was not mandatory. We will never know how many cases slipped through the cracks during this lag. In addition, most health departments devoted significant space to the influenza epidemic in their 1918 annual reports, providing detailed analyses of the timeline of the epidemic and the number of cases each month, or even each week, for some cities. Dallas, however, has nary a word on the epidemic. In fact, health officers were immensely more interested in smallpox, malaria, typhoid fever and impure food and milk than they were with influenza and the destruction it wrought. The only information provided is the total number of lobar pneumonia and influenza deaths for the period between May 1918 and May 1919: 813 in all, equaling a death rate for those diseases of 511 per 100,000.”

PAWS & CLAWS

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Some dogs like to play fetch. Then there’s Bradley. He’s obsessed with it. The miniature schnauzer loves his ball so much that owner Bob Adams has to hide it in the refrigerator to keep his pet from finding it. In fact, the 9-year-old dog can turn anything into a game of chase. “He likes to race me to the front door,” Adams says. “When I go to my mom’s house out in the country, he’ll chase deer into the forest and then come back and be like, ‘Look what I did.’ He makes up games like that.” But Bradley isn’t all play. One day, when he was staying with a neighbor, he started barking and alerted his caregiver to a fire that ignited on a fence across the street. All the attention may have gone to his head. Since Adams adopted him from a friend two years ago, Bradley struts around Lakewood Heights in his mohawk and special outfits. “He walks around like the king of the neighborhood,” Adams says. “Every dog on the street loves him. My neighbors say, ‘My dog barks at every other dog but Bradley.’” Look for Bradley at his favorite neighborhood haunts: MUTTS, Hollywood Feed, White Rock Lake and Tietze Park. —JAIME DUNAWAY GOT A PET YOU WANT US TO FEATURE?

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HELLO DUMPLING Hello Dumpling owner June Chow’s goal was to create the kind of food her mother made at a traditional Chinese-American restaurant in New Jersey. “It really requires a tremendous amount of effort for dumplings you eat in 10 minutes,” she says. “It’s a labor of love.” What to order: Spinach and peanut salad Pork dumplings Braised beef soup noodle Peking noodle with vegetables Hunan rib How it works: Call 469-779-1551 for pickup at 1146 Peavy Road. Use the Caviar app to order delivery. More info: facebook.com/HelloDumpling

LAKEWOOD SMOKEHOUSE Prior to 2016, the Lakewood area was devoid of good barbecue. That’s why Lakewood Smokehouse owners John Hall, John Pantenburg and Mike Mullen chose the area for their restaurant. “For the love of barbecue and the love of the neighborhood,” Hall says. “We thought the area needed it.” What to order: Brisket-loaded queso Jalapeño firecrackers Smokehouse original burger Pulled pork tacos Five-cheese pizza How it works: Order online at lakewoodsmokehouse.com or call 972-677-7906 for curbside pickup at 1901 Abrams Road. Order delivery through Favor and Uber Eats. More info: lakewoodsmokehouse.com

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WHITE ROCK ALEHOUSE & BREWERY White Rock Alehouse owners Greg Nixon and Dave Kirk enlisted the expertise of Blake Morrison, who had previously worked for Cedar Creek Brewery and Whistle Post Brewing, after their first batch of home brew. The alehouse offers 31-ounce, 32-ounce or 64-ounce growlers available for purchase or filled on site. Customers can also buy a comfort food care package for a family in need. What to order: Bratwurst Chicken and pesto flatbread Alehouse burger Frozen whiskey and Coke kit How it works: For pickup, park by the yellow tent at 7331 Gaston Ave. Call 214-989-7570 or text 817-4372862 to place an order. Free delivery is available for ZIP codes 75214 and 75218 for orders over $40. More info: whiterockalehouse.com

MAYA’S MODERN MEDITERRANEAN Russell Birk is the self-described “chief hummus maker” of Maya’s Modern Mediterranean. “Every year I would go to Israel and find a local to take me to his favorite hummus spot,” Birk says. “I traveled all around Israel looking for the best hummus.” Birk is a health buff, and his menu reflects his passion. What to order: Honey chicken kabobs Pan-seared salmon Garlic-roasted eggplant Dessert hummus How it works: Maya’s is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for pickup or delivery. Customers can call 972-707-0646. Pick up at 9540 Garland Road. Order on Uber Eats, Grubhub, Caviar, DoorDash or the eatery’s online ordering platform. More info: mayasmediterranean.com Chocolate hummus with vanilla wafers at Maya’s Modern Mediterranean.

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Every neighborhood has its personality and sense of place, but like all great loves, this one is unique, special and unforgettable. We can point to specific highlights — White Rock Lake, the Arboretum, schools and restaurants — as these letters do. As we face the coronavirus together, it’s a comfort to hear from our community. To live in our neighborhood is to love our neighborhood.

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Dear Lakewood, was blessed to have a wonderful childhood growing up in East Dallas with my parents, two sisters and brother. Our family loved our neighborhood, the many celebrations for school, ball game victories, backyard cookouts and all holidays. We hosted the neighborhood haunted house for Halloween, were Fourth of July participants and seasonally decorated our front door before it became popular. As my dad tended his magnificent roses with classical music playing in the background, people would walk by and want to visit. As a family, we were involved in almost every activity available — scout troops, PTAs, school activities and the Y. It was such a friendly, loving environment where we all knew each other. It has, remarkably, remained the same. I also love the natural beauty of East Dallas and feel fortunate to live with White Rock Lake as my office’s “backyard.” I love seeing people walk, run, ride bikes, sail and just be outside in nature as seen from the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden — my “second home” for nearly 20 years. I also get to see people enjoy the Arboretum, the city’s 66-acre botanic garden. Beautifully designed and rich in programming, the garden attracts more than a million visitors from around the world, as well as those in our own neighborhood who come to walk our paths or take photos, including many quinceañeras, brides and families. There are few gardens in America that have such a setting with so much to enjoy. We have used the phrase “Let nature nurture you” for years, and I am so glad to see it realized every day. What I also love about East Dallas is the generosity of its people — opening their homes, giving to the organizations they love and giving their time to the community. Our garden has flourished because of our amazing volunteers. Last year, we had 4,384 volunteers contribute more than 105,000 hours. Lastly, those of us who work in the garden and those who visit know how lucky our city, especially East Dallas, is to have the Arboretum as their own. We continue to applaud the city leaders who, over 30 years ago, made this possible and have supported its mission ever since. What a wonderful place to live and work.

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Dear Lakewood, hen I walk the gravel pathway to the Celebration Tree Grove to visit my son, it’s like walking into a sacred place — a place of peace, quiet and remembrance. You see, this is the only place on earth acknowledging now and forever that my son Ian existed. My memories of him will die with me, as they will with his mother, family and friends. But that bronze plaque from 2005 will remain long after. After he died on Dec. 16, 2002, an artist friend of his painted some farewells to him on a picnic table at the north end of the lake. What weather didn’t erase, work crews did. Now the farewells are gone, but the plaque in the grove remains. It’s fitting that this remembrance be at White Rock Lake. Ian went there often to escape the pressures of being a teenager. I’m sure he went to the lake for other reasons. It was a big part of his teenage years. So when For the Love of the Lake announced the creation of the Celebration Tree Grove, my wife and I jumped at the chance to have a remembrance plaque cast for Ian. It was among the first added to the stonework, modeled after Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps structures from the 1930s. We contribute to it annually. I often parked at the north end of the lake and walked to the grove. It was a bittersweet walk because, for years after his death, I kept searching for him, almost like I couldn’t believe he was dead. When I left the grove, I would kiss my fingertips and press them against Ian’s plaque and tell him, “I love you.” It was, and still is, my little ritual.

Gordon Hunter For the Love of the Lake volunteer

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Dear East Dallas, s a resident of East Dallas for more than 30 years, I can tell you there are so many things to love about our community. We have White Rock Lake, the Arboretum and the State Fair of Texas. We have diversity, great restaurants and people who rally together to protect the community. We are fiercely proud and independent. But you know I was not going to pass up the opportunity to talk about our public schools. Dallas ISD is the most improved district in the state by almost any metric. Now here we are in the COVID-19 crisis, and I couldn’t be prouder of how our teachers, principals, staff, students and their families are rising to the challenge. It’s not easy to be an educator under any set of circumstances, but it’s harder in a district where the vast majority of children are growing up in poverty and where food insecurity is a concern for so many families. It’s even harder

still now with COVID-19. I drove to five of our East Dallas schools. I saw principals, teachers and staff practicing social distancing in distributing muchneeded food to our students. I also received many reports on the efforts to continue school through remote learning at home and to ensure Wifi access for our students, including generous donations from individuals and businesses. When you ask what I love most about East Dallas, it’s the teachers, principals, staff and the entire East Dallas community who rally around our

students and change lives every day. We come together every day to help grow our future teachers, first responders, nurses, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, tradesmen, scientists and other leaders. I want to say this to all involved in our public schools during the current crisis: Thank you for the compassion you’ve shown to others. We in East Dallas take care of each other.

Dan Micciche District 3 Dallas ISD Board of Trustees member

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Dear Lakewood,

our years ago, I packed up my two cats, left East Dallas in my Prius with the kayak rack on top and moved to North Dallas. Yes, I know. That was a silly, abnegating and irrational mistake. Darlings, let me tell you, not only did I not find my place in North Dallas, I missed living in East Dallas every single day. What was it that I missed, though? Was it the trees? My North Dallas neighborhood had lovely mature trees. Was it the nature? The North Dallas community had tons of nature, even forcing us to be extra vigilant with chicken security. What was it? As I searched my mind for the answer, I kept going back to a Facebook group I’m part of. It’s called Women of Lakewood. I found myself perusing that group, looking for help to identify what I had missed. As I commented here, liked there, maybe even wondered what she did to her hair over that way, it occurred to me that I kept coming back for inspiration because the women in that group are the inspiration. The

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women in that group are the reason I missed my beloved neighborhood. You might be wondering, “What’s so great about a Facebook group full of local women?” I have watched as the women in that group have come together to help each other in times of need, grief and celebration. I have watched as the women have come together to help furnish apartments for refugees. I have watched as the women have come together behind a cause, letting the world know that they are here, they are fighting for what they believe in and they will make the world a better place. One woman made it her goal to help a family who had experienced horrifying tragedy and loss due to gun violence. Ms. Powerhouse went to work on the problems this family faced, and she did it with a large group of women ready to help. There are a thousand smaller kindnesses that are just as profound. I am getting ready to pick up two cloth masks from a lovely group member who made them and wants to give them away to the ladies in the group. She refuses to accept payment for them, and I suspect she set two aside for me because I whined about finding out that I am considered an essential worker. Do you know who they are, these women I describe in heroic terms? They are beautiful, every single one. They are brilliant, every single one. They are present, every single one. They remind me that we are always stronger together.

Liesl McQuillan Women of Lakewood administrator

may 2020

Dear East Dallas, he Bath House Cultural Center has been a gathering spot for East Dallas residents since 1930, first as an operating bathhouse, and then in the ’80s as Dallas’ first cultural center. Fun gatherings, beauty and entertainment have always been a top priority here. Nothing says East Dallas more than enjoying the sunset from the veranda or watching the lake wildlife and Dallas skyline emerge. All of this for free! Not to mention the opportunity to view beautiful art by local artists or take in a theater production. What we love about East Dallas has many layers. First, we love the beauty — as you can experience from the Bath House and White Rock Lake — but also throughout the neighborhoods. We love the generosity of spirit. It is

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truly a community that comes together over and over again. Selfishly, we love how East Dallas continues to support the Bath House. From its support in favor of the much-needed bond monies to the residents who are members of the Friends of the Bath House Cultural Center and the thousands of people who pass through the Bath House each year, we appreciate you East Dallas.

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Dear East Dallas, t was more than 33 years ago that I was working in downtown Dallas, and we were living in Casa View. One day, my wife came downtown to meet me for lunch. I was used to taking the No. 60 bus from our house to downtown for work, and that was how she came to meet me. As soon as she got there, she told me, “We have to go look at this neighborhood I saw out the bus window.” It seems that my morning bus was an express that stayed on Ferguson for much of the trip. Her later bus was a local route and went through neighborhoods I didn’t know existed. That’s how we found Hollywood Heights and have been here ever since. It started as curb appeal but quickly expanded to pretty much all aspects of our lives. I am an architect and discovered many colleagues that I already knew who lived in the neighborhood. My wife is a nurse, and she already worked at Doctors Hospital. She still does. We had two small girls, but we hadn’t even conceived of play groups and babysitting co-ops. Yet they were here, and we were immediately welcomed into them. We all know about the schools, of course, but it’s more than those things. It’s the whole package. It’s a hometown-within-a-city with its restaurants and dive bars and churches and charities and shops and trees — everything. Mostly, however, it’s the people. I have been involved with our neighborhood and our very successful neighborhood association for many years. I have been asked often, “What is the reason for our neighborhood’s success?” I have always responded that it’s because we have far more than our share of crazy people. They are crazy in the best ways: passionate, caring, energetic, kind, creative and relentless. Sometimes I will say or do something, and the revelation will hit me. I will turn to my wife and say, “Geez! Did you hear/see that? That is so East Dallas.” And that makes me happy.

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Dear Lakewood, here are many reasons people love you. Many love you for the towering trees, the country club, the lake, bike trails or the gorgeous historic homes with sprawling lawns. You are convenient to downtown Dallas and have everything anyone would ever want in a neighborhood.

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I love you for the community — the cool parents and awesome kids. I’ve gotten to know these parents and kids by coaching for local schools and churches. I’ve watched these kids go to college and come back home. This community has become my family, friends, business partners and bowling buddies. Lakewood feels like a small town where you see your friends at the store, the lake, church, school, the bowling alley or the 6 Ticket Beer Barn at the State Fair of Texas.

live music in addition to other fun community activities.

My wife, Jennifer, and I moved to Lakewood almost 20 years ago when our son was 1. Whole Foods was a Minyard’s, Mi Cocina was Matt’s, Hollywood Feed was an El Chico, CVS was Ace Hardware and the Lakewood Theater was still a theater. My children attended St. Thomas Aquinas. My son is now a sophomore at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and my daughter is at Bishop Lynch High School.

Please support our community, friends, families and local businesses during this very difficult time. SaveNeighborhoodRestaurants.com is a new website created by volunteers, including Bowlski’s, to help neighborhood restaurants and their staff. We’ll get through this together.

My family and I built Bowlski’s in the historic Lakewood movie theater. We wanted to create an entertainment venue for our community where friends could meet, bring their families and make new friends. We have bowling leagues and offer

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Dear East Dallas, s I sit to write this love letter to the neighborhood, I might not be in my best headspace. These are trying times. Today alone, I nearly found my barefoot, disheveled, T-shirt- and jeans-clad self brought to tears when I discovered that my kids — who had already consumed their lunches that I lovingly prepared for them — had also consumed the two corn dogs that I fixed for myself. I had only been on the phone for 10 darn minutes. It’s like all these people seem to do around here is eat. What happened to me? What happened to us? Just mere weeks ago, as a local real estate broker and appointee to the Dallas Park and Recreation Board, I had a calendar full of meetings. I had an agenda. Heck, I had multiple agendas. Now, these unrecognizable days seem to languidly roll along. Days are now filled with little emotional landmines disguised as corn dogs. As I pondered what I love about East Dallas, I decided that what I love the most is what I feel I’ve lost right now: connection. I knew East Dallasites

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were a connected people, but I had no real appreciation for that until assuming my role on the park board. There’s an ancient Hebrew word “kesher” that describes the concept of connection and linkage, like a knot. Want to see your neighbors keshered? Throw yourself into projects with them involving our parks. That’s where you’ll see passions come alive and the best of the bestknotted and tangled-up connectedness that East Dallas has to offer. Why is that? It’s because places like our parks and trails are veritable sanctuaries for the soul. When a space is a sanctuary, it is prized, and it is cherished. The definition of what it should or shouldn’t be is fought about from all sides with the loudest of voices. Perhaps this is because what speaks to one soul does not necessarily speak to another. Perhaps, when we all come out of this thing on the other side, we’ll remember this truth more clearly. I miss all of that right now. None of it is the same in a virtual world. I miss shaking hands with the Talented and Gifted students working on their spring soil hydration project at Tietze Park. I miss sitting around a dining room table at the home of a Junius Heights neighbor, hashing out park beautification plans. I miss participating in events like “It’s My Park Day” with longtime groups, such as Friends of Exall Park, or walking the grounds at our former Randall Park with fledgling groups like Friends of Willis Winters Park. I miss playing at Lindsley Park after sweltering on a Hollywood Heights curb with my knobby-kneed kids lined up only elbows apart from 30 other knobby-kneed kids, all ready to snag candy from a bunch of middle-aged Easter bunnies parading by. I want to chat with a PID member about art and lights and placement of benches on a

walk up the University Crossing Trail from Glencoe Park. I want to take my son to a meet-up with his buddies at Flagpole Hill and watch them run around like goofballs playing Capture the Flag. As the sun begins to fade, releasing its fairy dust to dance on the sheen of White Rock Lake, I want to invite another little girl nearby to trade bouquets of dandelions with my daughter. This is what I love about East Dallas. This is what I miss. This is what I’m waiting for. This is what we’ll eventually get back. I saw a Facebook post in late March where some East Dallas girls created a message for neighbors as they were social distancing at Tietze Park. The message read, “Fear stops here.” The Facebook post continued by saying, “We’ve got this, one day and 6-feet apart at a time.” You know why we can confidently say that here in our corner of the world? It’s because no matter the physical distance between us, we are still connected by our East Dallas hearts. We might be in the fray right now, but I see a horizon where we will all be knotted right back together. I can’t wait. There are no other people in Dallas I would rather kesher with. Maybe we’ll meet again soon in a park filled with kids and dogs and blissful chaos — all within only inches of one another. Maybe there will be checkered blankets, and we’ll sit on them, and we’ll laugh and tell stories and watch the evening set in — all while eating corn dogs.

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SENIOR MOMENT RAFAEL MARTINEZ SALAZAR FACES A CORONAVIRUS CONUNDRUM: GRADUATING DURING A PANDEMIC JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, Rafael Martinez Salazar was looking forward to the last stretch of senior year. The Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Academy that Rafael attends in Old East Dallas had a lineup of senior activities to celebrate the end of a long and stressful academic journey. Then the coronavirus hit. Dallas ISD schools closed for the year, jeopardizing milestones that have become rights of passage for graduating seniors across the United States. The likelihood that students will get to toss their caps in a commencement ceremony seems to diminish every day.

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“I’m like, ‘Are you serious?’ It’s the last part of senior year,” Rafael says. “It’s supposed to be fun. I’m not going to get to do all this stuff. That’s messed up.” Rafael may feel cheated, but he’s following the rules. He’s staying home and logging in to Google Classroom, where his teachers take attendance and post assignments. He can complete his work in just a few hours. “Distance learning is all right, but I liked it better when it was physical,” Rafael says. “After a while, it gets boring. It’s like, ‘What do I do now?’ I take a walk to take my mind off it.” The next few weeks will be full of uncertainty for seniors as graduation,

summer school and financial aid hang in the balance of factors beyond their control. Whatever happens, Rafael knows he can overcome any obstacle. He’s been doing it all his life. Rafael has had vision problems for as long as he can remember. As a child, he struggled to read the letters during a vision test at school. He met with an eye specialist, and on his 11th birthday, he was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a degenerative disorder that causes progressive vision loss. There is no cure or treatment, but there are resources. During school, Rafael sits at the front of the class, and his teachers provide him with large-print worksheets.

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For online assignments, he uses the accessibility options on his phone and computer to enlarge the font. He manages so well that most people don’t know he has a disability. That doesn’t stop unassuming folks from asking why he holds his phone so close to his face. Sometimes, he just doesn’t feel like explaining. “I just say I don’t have my contacts in,” Rafael says. Rafael has coped with the stigma of being visually impaired since childhood. While other kids tried to tear him down by calling him names, Rafael focused on his strength. “It didn’t kill me,” he says. “It’s like, ‘You’re trying to knock me down because I’m doing something right.’” The senior is in the top 10 percent of his class academically, and last fall, he landed the coveted role of drum major at his home school. The position relies heavily on sight, but using the beat, Rafael memorizes the steps and directs the band when to play. Becoming drum major was a yearslong dream for Rafael, who joined the band in middle school. The first instrument he learned to play was the saxophone. Since then, he’s taught himself to play eight instruments, including the French horn, trumpet, piano and guitar. He sightreads using oversized sheet music, then memorizes the piece until it becomes second nature. “Sometimes you have dreams for your kids, and sometimes they can’t always be realized,” says Christian Haley, Rafael’s instructional support specialist. “He could use his disability as an excuse, but he doesn’t. I know he’s going to advocate for himself and get the help that he needs.” This fall, Rafael plans to attend the historically black university Prairie View A&M on a full-ride scholarship. He wants to play in the “Marching Storm” while majoring in music education and minoring in music production. He’s got his sights set on becoming a band director or a music producer who creates hit radio tracks. “My disability doesn’t mean I can’t do something just as good, if not better,” Rafael says. “My mom would tell me, ‘You’re not supposed to let this stop you. Things don’t just happen for no reason. You’re going to be great one of these days.’”

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From left: Two American avocets; a killdeer; a duck at Sunset Point. Opposite page: A pelican tucks its beak between its wings.

WINGING IT A PHOTOGRAPHER COMBINES HER PASSION FOR BIRDS AND WHITE ROCK LAKE TO CAPTURE FANCIFUL FLIGHTS

WHO NEEDS TO VOYAGE t o a b i r d s a n c t u a r y w h e n you can get your feather fix at White Rock Lake? My favorite spot is Pelican Point on the east coast. I always go there first to see what birds are hanging out. It’s the best place to catch them flying or landing. The type and number of birds vary by time of day and season. I have seen egrets, cormorants, pelicans, ducks, geese, herons, avocets and killdeer. I love the pelicans’ huge wingspan and giant bills. The egrets with their long legs and white feathers are elegant. And the coloring of the wood ducks seems almost unreal.

My camera is a Fuji XT-2 with a Fuji XF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 lens with a 2x extender. I use zoom lenses because they allow a quick change in focal length to capture the action. I like to shoot tight closeups to capture the fine detail of feathers, an interesting beak or webbed foot. I focus on the birds’ eyes just as I would a human subject. I also practice a lot. It is not uncommon for me to shoot 500 to 1,000 images in one afternoon. I am just an amateur birder, learning as I go, but every outing to White Rock Lake only makes me want to return again and again.

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Bird is the word Take a walk and see the White Rock Lake warblers

aybe Bob Marley’s three little birds were right: “Every little thing’s gonna be all right.” It’s a message the world needs to hear. We need wisdom and comfort from nature. Fortunately, we can find it here in our neighborhood. At last count, White Rock Lake is home to 288 bird species. When was the last time you really noticed and appreciated the birds at the lake? Natha Taylor, well known in the Dallas birding community, is here to help. Birds are attracted to water, so it’s not too difficult to spot numerous species at the lake year-round. This season is particularly good for birdwatching because it’s migration time. North Texas is in the Central Flyway, a path between Canada and South America. Think of it as Interstate 35 for birds. Although she’s not an ornithologist, Taylor has “always been one for the outdoors.” Her birding journey began in the 1990s, when she was returning from a trip to California and made a stop at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. “I saw my first rufous hummingbird, and I was hooked,” she says. Since then, she has taken numerous courses from Cornell Lab of Ornithology and completed training to become a certified Master Naturalist. An active member of the North Texas Chapter of Master Naturalists, she has taught birding classes and led field trips at the lake for naturalists-in-training and for the public through the Dallas Public Library. Taylor says all you need to get started is a pair of binoculars and a field guide for identifying birds. Once you arrive at

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White Rock Lake is home to 288 bird species. (Photography by Marilyn Bishkin)

your location, remember the basics: Stop. Be still. Clear your mind. Tune in to your surroundings. Think like a bird. Look at treetops, perches and power lines. Listen. Taylor recommends three locations at the lake for prime viewing. The first area includes the spillway, the trail leading down the hill to the parking lot and the overlook. In the water, you’re likely to see a ring-billed gull or Franklin’s gull. Nearby you’ll find great blue herons and great egrets fishing. American coots, duck-like water birds with white bills, also like this spot. Next, head down the trail to the treed

area. Listen carefully, and you’ll hear the great crested flycatcher. Maybe you’ll spot it in the treetops. A tapping noise will give away the location of red-bellied and down woodpeckers. Their neighbors are probably the Carolina wren or chickadee and Northern mockingbird. Warblers, such as the black and white warbler, hang out here, too. Don’t forget to look for barn swallows, chimney swifts and purple martins, as well as turkey and black vultures, the “cleanup crew” of nature, Taylor says. These birds scavenge for dead animals. The second area for prime viewing

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is around the pump house and over to the bridge crossing the lake and inlet area. “You’ll find a plethora of birds,” Taylor says. Listen for killdeer or the tapping of a Northern flicker, a member of the woodpecker family. Perk your ears for the Eastern phoebe, a flycatcher that says its name. This is also a good spot for song sparrows and brown creepers, birds who glean the bark of trees for insects. Look at perches, and you’ll likely see an American kestrel, a falcon that loves to eat grasshoppers, mice and sometimes other small birds. Of course, you’ll see plenty of monk parakeets, an invasive species that appeared around 1973 and were brought here as part of the pet trade. They have a large nesting area on the west side of the lake across from the pump house.

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“Take note of their enormous nest,” Taylor says. “They are always renovating.” As you pass the parking lot, walk closer to the lake, and you’ll likely see red-winged blackbirds in the reedy area, as well as pied-billed grebe, which dive dramatically into the lake for fish. From the bridge, look for mallards, wood ducks and their ducklings. At Sunset Bay, on the east side of the lake, near Winfrey Point, you’ll see Canada geese and ducks, as well as pelicans, herons, egrets and the belted kingfisher. Year-round residents of the trees are the blue jay, American robin, Northern cardinal and Eastern bluebird. You’ll probably spot the mourning dove and white-winged dove on the ground, foraging for grain and insects. “Birds and birding connect me with nature,” Taylor says. Cornell Lab describes birds as “beacons of hope.” It could be that Bob Marley’s three little birds were wise beyond their years. For more information, visit allaboutbirds.org and birds. cornell.edu. PATTI VINSON is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for more than 20 years. She’s written for the Advocate and Real Simple magazine.

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By GEORGE MASON

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Living spiritually, but virtually As it turns out, virtual community is only virtually communal

mong the most frequently used words during the coronavirus crisis that will linger in our vocabulary is “virtual.” During the last month, Jews celebrated Passover, Christians celebrated Easter and Muslims celebrated Ramadan, which is still going until May 23. We had virtual Seders and sermons and studies. We Zoomed and FaceTimed and Facebook Lived — all virtually. Religious life is spiritual, although sometimes people talk about being spiritual and not religious. We are learning during this time of social distancing that virtual community is only virtually communal. It gestures toward it, but it never completes it. Faith in its fullest form is embodied. Waving at each other on a computer screen or blowing kisses into an iPhone leave us with greater longing for the real thing. It’s something, but it’s something that makes us want the real thing. Notwithstanding the necessary physical separation of this time, there are things worth celebrating. Church has left the building, so to speak. If we have drifted over time into thinking the church and its buildings are the same thing, we are now recovering the sense of peoplehood that makes church, church. I mean that in the same way for Jews and Muslims. Jews require 10 people — a minyan — to form the necessary sanctity for certain public prayers. The Muslim concept of ummah signifies a sense of community that is united by faith rather than nation, geography or culture. Faith leaders have been teaching in times of weal that the true altar of worship, where we bring offerings acceptable to God, is in the world. These altars are found wherever the poor and vulnerable are deprived of full participation in God’s creation. In these times of woe, it’s beautiful to see this truth sinking in. We are witnessing uncommon common efforts to tenderly tend to “the least of these,” as Jesus called his needy brothers and sisters. Thanks-Giving Square has organized a “Serving Up Gratitude” initiative to bring

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meals to first responders in health care, as well as to other essential workers. The Communities Foundation of Texas organized COVID-19 response programs and a North Texas Cares fund to provide grants to nonprofits on the front lines of coronavirus service. My family joined others in a neighborhood drive to collect cans of food in front porch containers for the Wilkinson Center, as its supply from the North Texas Food Bank is depleted because of the extreme need.

Waving at each other on a computer screen or blowing kisses into an iPhone leave us with greater longing for the real thing. It’s something, but it’s something that makes us want the real thing. You can’t simulate or stimulate the spiritual life without risking relationship. We were made in the image and likeness of a God whose nature is love. We are, therefore, our truest selves when we care for one another up close and personal. While observing the required 6 feet of separation nowadays, we are learning more about the 6 degrees of separation between all human beings that prove our universal relatedness. When this scourge passes, my prayer is that these virtual relationships will lead us deeper into real community with one another. 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.

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

Bible Study 9:15 / Worship Services 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500 ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809 Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m. Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185 Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

LUTHERAN EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH /corner of Peak & San Jacinto/English Worship 10:00 am/Sunday School 11:00am-Noon/Spanish Worship 12:15pm/ church.emanueldallas.org CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

A Welcoming and Affirming Church / Rev. K.M. Truhan Live Stream every Sunday at 10:30 am via Facebook FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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METHODIST LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary LAKEWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH/ 2443 Abrams Rd. / 214 823 9623

Sunday Worship Online 10:30am at facebook.com/LUMCDallas Online small group and mission info at mylakewoodchurch.org MUNGER PLACE CHURCH / Come & See

Sunday: Morning Worship: 9:30 & 11:00 am Evening Worship 5:00 pm 5200 Bryan Street / mungerplace.org FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RICHARDSON / 503 N. Central Exwy / fumcr.com/ 972.235.8385/ Dr. Clayton Oliphint / 9:45 am Traditional / 11:00 am Modern

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PRESBYTERIAN ST. MARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH/ 9999 FERGUSON RD. saintmarkchurch.org / Sunday School 9:15am / Worship I0:30am/ 214.321.6437/ Rev. Rick Brooks NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521/ northridgepc.org/ 10:00 am Sunday Worship Streaming On Facebook Church that feels like church - and welcomes like family.

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By MITA HAVLICK

Imagining a postCOVID-19 East Dallas What will our neighborhood look like on the other side of this?

submit this column about three weeks before it’s published. As of writing, I am sheltered in my home because there is a global pandemic. Judge Clay Jenkins instructed me not to leave, and I’m a rule follower. But who knows? By the time this magazine is dropped on your doorstep, we all may have gone back to a new normal with COVID-19 firmly in our rearview mirrors. Maybe churches will have been packed Easter Sunday. Maybe I’ ll have been to a dinner party in April, where we talked about the craziness of the last couple months and how fortunate we are that it passed so quickly. Maybe those summer plans we contemplated canceling are back on the calendar. Or maybe not. From where I’m sitting, firmly sheltered in place, there’s not much likelihood of anything returning to normal anytime soon. My original topic for May was the potential dredging of White Rock Lake, our iconic East Dallas gem. This was one of Paula Blackmon’s signature issues when she ran for City Council District 9 last year. I set up a phone call with Blackmon to get her thoughts and understand the status. By the time we spoke, what was on both our minds was (and probably still is) the health of our community and country because of the COVID-19 pandemic. White Rock Lake only came up as Blackmon described her attempts to

manage the throngs of residents violating social distancing rules that were (and may still be) in place. Blackmon is co-chair of the City of Dallas Ad Hoc Committee on COVID-19 Economic Recovery and Assistance, which means that her job is to co-lead the effort of spending federal stimulus money to help our city recover without creating further inequities. It’s a big effort.

From where I’m sitting, firmly sheltered in place, there’s not much likelihood of anything returning to normal anytime soon.

When I chat with Blackmon, our conversations often veer toward the philosophical. She asked: “The question right now is, ‘What are we going to look like on the other side?’” I, for one, will look a lot different. Between virtual happy hours with friends near and far and constantly snacking because my home office is just off the kitchen, I seem to be drinking and eating my way through COVID-19. Add to the list: I don’t dress up for work, I don’t do

my hair, I no longer wear makeup and I pretty much have given up on my physical appearance. From what I hear, I’m not the only one. Of course, Blackmon and I weren’t talking about what we will literally see when we look in the mirror, but metaphorically. Will we realize that nationwide telecommuting works and makes for a healthier planet? How will our kids fare without live interactions with their peers? What will happen to those who are dealing with depression or isolation and are, perhaps, sheltered with their abusers? Will social distancing continue? Will we forgo the ubiquitous handshake or hug and replace it with elbow-touch greetings or the palms-pressed together “namaste?” Will we give shade to every person who coughs in public? On the positive side, will we slow down and continue the new norms of family dinners, spending more time with our kids and over-tipping those who deliver our meals and groceries? Will we understand how our actions affect more than those immediately around us and place a greater value on the lives of others? Will we experience a cultural shift? The goal of the federal stimulus package is to create jobs, bring people back to employment and reopen businesses. For Blackmon and her ad hoc committee, the focus goes beyond that to ensure our city moves forward after the crisis. Her hope is that as we transition to the other side, we take this as an opportunity to prioritize creating

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connections. Perhaps it’s by employing residents to address infrastructure needs, including networking our sidewalks and enabling Wifi throughout our city so no one lives in an internet desert. The focus is positive outcomes for all. Whether we experience a true cultural shift will depend on the length of our hibernation. If it’s a few weeks, there are folks — perhaps including my own District 14 councilman — who will say this was overblown. But the other side will proclaim our quick recovery was because we took this seriously. There will be more uncertainty in reimagining life the longer this goes on. Being forced to be more insular — except for those who continue to frolic in large groups at White Rock Lake — will create the need for connectivity, including virtual happy hours and so much more. There are many who are predicting what we will look like on the other side. No one knows yet, but it’s a fate in which we have a say. Let’s take this as an opportunity. Editor’s note: After submitting this column, Havlick’s father-in-law died. Four hours after his death, they learned he tested positive for COVID-19. MITA HAVLICK is neighborhood resident and Dallas Education Foundation director. Find her commentary regularly in the back pages of our print edition and online at lakewood. advocatemag.com.

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