2017 June Lakewood

LAKEWOOD/EAST DALLAS

OPENING REMARKS

By RICK WAMRE

What would you do?

Tell us, and reap rewards

Ispend a fair amount of time interviewing potential employees. Luckily, it’s not because we have lots of employee turnover; rather, it’s that we have lots of ideas and opportunities.

Recently, I was interviewing an applicant, this one a writer/editor interested in replacing someone moving back to California. So, out of curiosity, I asked the applicant about a couple of ideas we’ve been kicking around.

I mentioned to her we have a robust and active readership online (about 800,000 monthly), a fact that seems to elude a high percentage of our print-only magazine readers (about 180,000 monthly). I also asked her what she thought about potentially charging our online readers $1 per week to help support the multiple daily stories we write about neighborhood events, crime, development, news and restaurant/retail openings and closings, most of which never appear in our print magazine. What we produce online is like receiving a neighborhood newspaper for free daily; we even send the information out weekly via e-newsletter to more than 34,000 of you (check it out and sign up at advocatemag.com/social).

So, I asked, do you think readers would help us if we asked?

She thought about it for a bit, which I’ve found to be a good sign when considering applicants; people who have an instant answer for every question tend not to be all that interested in teamwork, given that they already seem to know everything.

“Since you have that incredible engagement with your readers,” she asked, “why don’t you ask them what they think?”

I liked the way this woman was thinking.

So I threw out another idea: The cost of producing and delivering each indi-

vidual monthly magazine is now about $2 apiece, and our advertisers support 100 percent of this cost. If readers don’t pick up a magazine, thumb through it and buy products from our advertisers, we’re “dead meat” in a business sense.

So I tried again: What about potentially selling a small advertisement on the cover of our magazines, one that advertisers may be excited to purchase but shouldn’t interfere with the stories we’re telling? Would an ad like this, which would help generate additional income to pay our expenses, be OK with our readers?

As a journalistic purist, this idea seemed to be a bridge too far for her: “I don’t like that one,” she said, “but again, why don’t you ask your readers?”

So that’s exactly what I’m doing this month: Would you please take a couple of minutes to give me your thoughts about these ideas, as well as any others you have to help us improve?

If you will send me an email at rwamre@advocatemag.com with your suggestions, I promise I’ll read and respond to every one of them. Or better yet, visit lakewood.advocatemag. com/survey and complete a 10-minute readership study that is part of our regular circulation audit, enter your ideas in the space provided, and you’ll have a chance to win $500 or one of three sets of $100 restaurant coupons.

As for the applicant? She decided this isn’t the kind of place she wants to work at this point.

That’s OK, though: She has already contributed to our company, even if she never comes to work here.

Rick Wamre is president of Advocate Media. Let him know how we are doing by emailing rwamre@advocatemag.com.

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JUNE 30

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K-9 Search and Rescue visits the library to discuss how the working dogs help recover missing people and pets during natural disasters. The summer learning event begins at 1 p.m.

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

JUNE 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

MUSICAL THURSDAYS

Hear cover bands pay tribute to famous artists from Dave Matthews Band to Fleetwood Mac at an outdoor concert every Thursday at 7 p.m. Performances will be moved indoors to Rosine Hall if Mother Nature is uncooperative.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, 214.515.6615, dallasarboretum.org, $10-$28

JUNE 3, 10, 17, 24

FRESH FINDS

Purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at White Rock Market, open every Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The market also offers specialty foods, arts and crafts.

Lake Pointe Church, 9150 Garland Road, goodlocalmarket.org, free

JUNE 3

GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD

A bright yellow alien named Gustafer Yellowgold returns to the record store to entertain children and adults alike. Songwriter and illustrator Morgan Taylor is the mastermind behind the animated extraterrestrial, slated to perform at noon. Good Records, 1808 Greenville Ave., 214.752.4663, goodrecords.com, free

JUNE 21-JULY 22

‘QUIXOTE’

Shakespeare Dallas commemorates the legacies of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes with their production of the novel “Don Quixote,” set in modern-day West Texas. Performances start at 8:15 p.m.

Samuell Grand Amphitheater, 1500 Tenison Parkway, 214.559.2778, shakespearedallas.org, $7-$15

JUNE 23-JULY 29

‘MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS’

The Zimbabwe-based tale revolves around a villager’s two daughters, who are polar opposites. The production features traditional dancing and African music.

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

JUNE 29-AUG. 19

‘STAR TRIP’

Watch Captain Kurt and Smok as they attempt to stop Darkness from taking over the universe. This satirical performance pokes fun at sci-fi television shows.

Pocket Sandwich Theater, 5400 E. Mockingbird Lane, 214.821.1860, pocketsandwich.com, $10-$25

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LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

Woodrow Wilson graduate Carroll Shelby raced into the record books

By EMILY CHARRIER

Today, he’s lauded as one of the best racecar drivers in history, inducted into both the International MotorSports Hall of Fame and the Automotive Hall of Fame. But back in the 1930s, Carroll Shelby was a Woodrow Wilson High School student who preferred racing his signature Willy’s automobile to sitting in class.

“I got in trouble for driving too fast on a couple of occasions. There was this railroad track I liked to speed over — see how much air I could catch,” he told the Advocate in 2009, three years before he died from complications following a life-long heart condition.

But he packed his 89 years with enough life to ensure his legacy would resonate for generations to come.

Carroll Shelby in his signature overalls after winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959. Legend has it Shelby helped created the tradition of spraying down a winning driver with a bottle of bubbly.

devil attitude and mechanical aptitude earned him a position as a test pilot and flight instructor. There’s a rumor that he used to write love letters and shove them into old leather boots before tossing them out the window as he flew over his fiancé’s farm.

He never slowed down. After WWII, he started racing in the amateur circuit where he quickly stood out from the pack. Although he was stuck with lesser-performing vehicles at the time, his skill in maneuvering the course sent him sailing into first place finishes. He went pro in the mid-1950s when he was snatched up by the race teams run by Aston Martin and Maserati.

He was a beast behind the wheel; nothing kept him off the course.

He drove the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1955 with his broken hand attached to the steering wheel in a specially engineered fiberglass cast. In 1959, he came down with dysentery just a day before he was

Perhaps it’s because life tried to slow him down right out of the gate. He was born with heart valve leakage that required him to spend much of his childhood in bed, until his teen years.

“I had to become a racecar driver to stay ahead of Pop Ashburn [Woodrow’s principal from 1928-56],” he told the crowd when he was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 1989 during its 60th anniversary celebration.

After graduating in 1940, Shelby briefly considered college but Uncle Sam came calling instead. He joined the United States Army Air Corps., where his dare-

set to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France (spoiler alert: He won).

“That was one of my main problems, but at Le Mans you just rise above any discomfort and forget everything else. That’s because when you have a chance to win Le Mans it’s the chance of a lifetime,” Shelby told Motorsport magazine in 2009.

He was Sports Illustrated’s driver of the year in 1956 and 1957, but he took nitroglycerine pills before every race to control the heart condition that plagued him since childhood. He famously even popped the medication while driving in his final race in 1960 at Laguna Seca, when he won the USAC Sports Car Championship.

His years on the track made him a natural designer of racecars, a pursuit he launched as soon as he hung up his drivers gloves. It started with Shelby-American in 1962, where he licensed the AC Cobra, a British sports car he helped design as a driver, and went about modifying the style to fit his specs, which became the Shelby Cobra. It was just one

“There was this railroad track I liked to speed over — see how much air I could catch.”

of many fast cars to come from Shelby’s brain as his name became more and more synonymous with speed via the Shelby Mustang, the Shelby Dodge Charger and the Shelby Dodge Viper.

Neither a heart transplant nor a kidney transplant could slow down Shelby; he kept laser focused on the road in front of him. He sponsored his own NASCAR Spring Cup race team, and was known to spend his time at the track in Las Vegas up until his death.

He made sure his legacy would help other children with life-threatening illnesses via the Carroll Shelby Foundation, which continues to garner support from the annual Chili Cook-Off he started in 1967 at his ranch in Terlingua, an event that still exists today. In 1970, he founded the International Chili Society.

Next to cars, chili (without beans, ever) is Shelby’s other lifelong legacy.

After attending Shelby’s famed chili cook-off, his son-in-law, Larry Lavine, opened the country’s first Chili’s restaurant in 1975 on Greenville Avenue and Meadow Road.

Carroll Shelby in 2009.

WHAT GIVES?

GROWING IN THE GARDEN

Elementary students are enjoying the freedoms of summer, but the school gardens in which they play and learn during the year are in need of attention, especially with the heat. It takes teams of volunteers to keep the Stonewall Garden and Lakewood Outdoor Learning Area (LOLA) thriving when teachers and staff are not on campus. The 2-acre LOLA includes demonstration gardens along with a wildflower area and walking paths. During the school year, the students also tend a series of raised beds filled with vegetables and herbs. Over at Stonewall, the 20,000-square-foot garden also includes wildflowers, vegetables and herbs along with a school chicken coop. Volunteers help with weeding, pruning, watering and other regular maintenance to help the plants survive the summer. To lend at hand at Stonewall Jackson, email stonewall.gardens@yahoo.com. To help out in LOLA at Lakewood Elementary, visit lakewoodelementary.net/volunteer.

FOR THE FUR BABIES

The East Dallas Pet Rescue is solely dedicated to helping homeless animals in our area. Help them out by swinging by one of their adoption events this month (check their Facebook page for event specifics). In addition, the organization is always seeking volunteers to help with events and animal care. Foster homes are also needed to a provide safe and nurturing environment for animals awaiting their forever families. Find out more at eastdallaspetrescue.com.

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OHNDI ON THE PATIO

It’s hard not to fall in love with Ohndi’s soulful sweet eyes or ragamuffin style. She barely shows her age at 13 years old, because her spritely personality has always kept her young. The fur baby of Vickery Place neighbors Myra Crandall and Kruger Markwardt, she came from the SPCA but quickly made East Dallas her home. She’s a regular at dog friendly patios around the neighborhood, particularly Truck Yard, and she’s always a hit with the crowd.

“We get so many compliments on her appearance when we’re out and about,” says Crandall. “Kruger calls her a designer mutt. We think she is a Schnauzer/wire-haired Wheaton mix.”

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THE WHITE ROCK LAKE RIOT OF 1977

This is why we can’t have nice things

By CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

rainy, silent footage indicates that it began as an idyllic afternoon at White Rock Lake. Languid sailboats dot the sparkling water. A lanky guy, chambray sleeves rolled to his elbows, clutches a beer in one hand and floats a football with the other. His shaggy-haired recipient canters — past Frisbee flingers and bicycle pedalers — along the shoreline in threadbare trousers and a muscle T.

More than a hundred vehicles line Lawther Drive and its tributaries (almost certainly resting after a see-and-be-seen cruise around the pond). Standouts such as a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and a 1977 Trans Am, both yellow, undeniably advance the movie-set feel.

It smacks of something from Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused.” But the cast of characters numbers in the thousands.

This landscape represented a typical weekend here in the ‘70s — White Rock Lake was the place to be on a sunny day.

But some say things were never quite the same after March 6, 1977. About 18 minutes of footage from that day is stored on the Texas Archive of the Moving Image website.

A waiflike woman in high-waist bell-bottom jeans crosses the lawn. The breeze flutters her flat golden hair as she turns to observe some off-camera action. A defiant expression transforms her lovely face.

The camera pans to the focus of her ire — a group of uniformed police officers.

The police first arrived to break up fights that had erupted among parkgoers, officers then told The Dallas Morning News.

About the same time, a motorcycle cop gave chase and arrested a man for riding the hood of a moving car.

That was at about 3:25 p.m., and reinforcements were ac-

cumulating. They pulled up in squad cars and some carried shotguns, held high.

“Police said officers arriving to aid the patrolman were greeted with a barrage of rocks, beer bottles and any other handy objects,” according to a March 6, 1977 DMN article reported by Tom Belden and Bill Kenyon.

“By 4 p.m. tactical officers from every part of the city had been called in.”

Before it was over, at least one officer had fired his shotgun into the air (the video has no sound, but shows a puff of gunpowder and the backfire of the weapon); occupants of two Dallas Police helicopters ordered people to disperse as they hovered above the crowd and even landed on the Bath House lawn for about 10 seconds; officers swept the crowd, swinging billyclubs and flashlights as they advanced, injuring many, according to the DMN. Much of the carnage is caught on the video. In a particularly violent incident, an officer drags a thin young man whose arms are secured behind his head as a second officer strikes the detainee’s exposed gut with a club or flashlight.

The day culminated in 49 arrests, countless injuries (to both hippie and cop) and at least three hospitalizations, including that of Sgt. Kenneth Heard, who arrived on the scene as the fracas gained steam and “shot his service revolver into the air in an attempt to break up the crowd,” according to the DMN story. “Dozens of young persons were grabbed by police, wrestled to the ground, handcuffed and lined up in the grass, face down.”

Heard spent that night under observation at Doctors Hospital. All of the injured arrestees were taken to Parkland Memorial. Most were charged with disturbing the peace. Two, Gordon Ricketts, 23, and Roy Fontenot, 20, each received an aggravated assault charge — Ricketts reportedly kicked

a policeman in the groin as his buddy struck the officer in the head with a beer bottle. An 18 year old was identified and charged the following day for striking an officer with his car during the riot (no word on that officer’s injuries).

From his hospital bed, Heard justified the shots he and his men fired into the air during the standoff. “We were surrounded and about to be overrun by a mob. It was the only thing we could have done.”

Based on the reports and video, the crowd had thinned by 5 p.m.

Still, dozens of people remained at the park afterward, we see in the video, and a few go on casually tossing a Frisbee.

David West, who was 14, regularly rode his bike around the lake, always stopping to watch the “hippie” multitudes gathered near the Bath House to toss the football, drink beer and brandish cool cars.

“I was not there that day,” West notes in the Texas Archive forum. “But I was witness to the sudden change afterward. It was really kind of creepy, especially to a

kid just starting to experience his freedom, then suddenly seeing that freedom snuffed out so completely. After the riot, White Rock Lake felt wrong, almost forbidding.”

Dane Myers, 19 at the time, says he was “proud of the crowd’s moxie and balls, standing up against police brutality.”

He and most of his friends distanced from the fray, “but we watched it unfold like watching a movie — from the first cop punching the first hippie. I was a hippie at 19 years old in 1977. I will always be proud of my generation’s understanding of the freedom fought for and given to us from the previous generation.”

Homeowners in the area offered a far less quixotic take on the situation. They had been complaining for months to police and city council members about crowds leaving trash, relieving themselves in private yards, speeding, cursing, blasting music and parking without regard.

“I believe in people having a good time and everything else, but when they get on the street speeding and park cars on lawns and leave them, it becomes a difficult situation,” A.D. McManus, a resident near the Bath House, told the Dallas Morning News a few days after the ruckus. “You tell them to slow down

“Police said officers arriving to aid the patrolman were greeted with a barrage of rocks, beer bottles and any other handy objects.”

and they just give you the finger or yell an obscenity.”

Another lakeside dweller described a young woman abandoning a car for hours in an inconvenient, illegal spot.

“My husband told her she was blocking the driveway, and she just made a gesture. And it certainly wasn’t a ladylike gesture.”

These neighbors told DMN that their grievances to police and Dallas City Hall had “fallen on deaf ears.”

A Letter to the Editor on March 11 complained that councilmen William Cothrum and Richard Smith “wanted to treat the weekend affair as an isolated incident,” and they did not immediately propose new rules.

Barry Secrest, 8 years old at the time, watched the whole thing from his family home on Lake Highlands Drive. He notes that after that day, his “parents and many others petitioned the City of Dallas to put the barricades up on Lawther Drive.”

That was the beginning of the end of the weekly car parade around White Rock Lake.

“They are still up to this day, prevent-

ing further cruising,” Secrest says. Strategically placed one-way stretches and fences thwart driving the full circumference of the lake today.

The weekend after the riot, the Dallas Morning News’ Tom Belden was back at the lake to report on the atmosphere. A photograph shows a crowd of people — young, bare feet, shaggy hair, cutoff jean shorts, some with children — riding

horses, strumming guitar, playing ball or sunning themselves on blankets.

It’s quintessential White Rock again, right? Not quite.

It’s not clear where at White Rock the photo was taken, though it is worth noting that the rowdier crowd and the quieter set generally occupied opposite sides of the lake, longtime neighbors recall. Gina Cammarata, who grew up near White Rock says, “hippies hung out on the east side and the more conservative ones were on the west side,” adding with a grin that, while she wasn’t quite old enough to cruise and booze in ’77, “You know which side I wanted to be on.”

Belden’s March 14, 1977 article, headlined “White Rock park quiet, peaceful” describes a gorgeous spring day, thousands enjoying the weekend, as usual, cars and motorcycles steadily cruising by at five miles per hour.

And, he added after the jump, “out of view of the crowd, 50 Dallas Police tactical officers standing by in case the quiet crowd became a brawling mob as it did a week ago.”

“You tell them to slow down and they just give you the finger or yell an obscenity.”

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WHEN CARS WERE MADE ON EAST GRAND

Ford Motors moved its assembly plant to Old East Dallas in 1925, when it opened at 5100 E. Grand Ave. It was big business at the time, with more than 100 employees building all of the latest models. Each car produced was finished with a “Built in Texas by Texans” sticker, which became the envy of the nation since no other cars were built in Texas at the time. Texans who had moved away begged for a sticker, but only cars produced on East Grand earned that badge. When

WWII broke out, production switched to war vehicles and 94,345 Jeeps and 6,286 military trucks were manufactured at the plant. After 3 million vehicles, it closed in 1970 when it could no longer keep up with modern engineering, taking $17.5 million in payroll dollars out of the city at the time. In the undated photo at left, the plant marks the 2 millionth car coming off the assembly line, a Ford Fairlane 500. Today the site contains commercial buildings.

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DID YOU KNOW: Pie Tap’s starter dough has been nicknamed Romo after the Dallas Cowboys quarterback.

Pie Tap Pizza Workshop + Bar takes pizza so seriously that executive chef John Hrinkevich underwent boot camp to perfect the dough-making process.

Hrinkevich trained with Giovanni Mauro, a Las Vegas-based chef who studied pizza techniques at a culinary school in central Italy. Mauro formulated the pizza crust recipe used by the Henderson Avenue restaurant, and Hrinkevich travelled to Nevada to ensure he had the steps right.

The process is a bit like a science project, because the crust’s quality isn’t guaranteed until it hits the oven. The four-ingredient mixture is added to starter dough and aged for 96 hours before it’s baked.

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The pie’s toppings often are as quirky as the manner in which they’re made. Hrinkevich says the menu was revised a dozen times before they settled on popular staples and a few more adventurous options, like the creamy Eggs Florentine, a brunch pizza topped with sunny side-up eggs and homemade hollandaise sauce.

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ries into the rest of Pie Tap’s menu. The sauces, pasta and mozzarella cheese are made in-house. Restaurant-goers can sit at a counter adjacent to the kitchen and watch the chefs spin salads and pizza doughs alike.

“It’s a very up-front, transparent kitchen,” Hrinkevich says.

The freedom to be creative and longtime relationship with Mauro and Hicks is why Hrinkevich left his longtime career with P.F. Chang’s to join the venture, which opened last year. The three worked together at Romano’s Macaroni Grill in the 1990s.

“The relationship has been there for a long, long time,” he says.

The Workshop Salad includes greens on a bed of salami. (Photo by Kathy Tran)

Raymond’s Bar-B-Que original

Raymond Erwin’s legacy of cooking of salty traditional barbecue with true Texas flair began in 1952, when he took a job under restaurateur Jimmy Underwood, who had establishments all over Dallas.

Erwin spent decades learning the craft of barbecue, from how the make fall-offthe-bone ribs to never-dry turkey to the perfect Southern sides that brought the whole plate together. He spent much of his time at Underwood’s Barbeque, which opened in 1964 at 10920 Garland Road. In 1981 he took over the location and renamed it Raymond’s Bar-B-Q.

It was a no-muss, no-fuss kind of place where food was served on cafeteria trays and sodas cost 85-cents even into the 2000s. The butter-yellow booths and kitschy ‘50s décor made it seem like one of those true road-side restaurants you see in old photos on Texas highways.

He sold the building in 2004, but his namesake business kept on until new owners moved their Monterrey BBQ and Mexican Cuisine into the Garland Road location.

But during his many decades in Casa View, Erwin was known for doing things the same way. He kept his flavors consistent and used the same chili bean recipe since 1957. Here it is, first shared with the Advocate in July 1999, and dusted off just in time for the summer grilling season.

Raymond’s chili beans

2 cups dried kidney beans (Raymond prefers Colorado Mile High Beans)

5 cups water

½ cup chili powder

¼ cup salt

2 tablespoons black pepper

1 teaspoon vegetable shortening

Dash of cayenne pepper (to taste)

Soak beans overnight in the water in a large pot.

Bring beans to a boil and add shortening, waiting until it melts to stir.

Reduce heat to low and cover, cook until beans are soft (about 2 hours).

Add water if necessary to keep beans fully covered.

Add spices, and cook another 5 minutes. For best taste, let beans sit at least 45 minutes to soak in all the flavor.

C A L R E L Y C S L S A I C S

These rides are anything but average

By Emily Charrier and Christina Hughes Babb

Photos by Danny Fulgencio

Some might joke these neighbors have oil instead of blood and a mechanical pump where their hearts ought to be. But really, it’s about a love for an era. These neighbors share a passion for a bygone time when vehicles were made by hand and form often trumped function. They don’t mind the extra effort these cars entail because they’re keeping a little piece of history alive with every nut and bolt they save. It’s worth the time and expense, they say, because it allows them to live another life every time they climb behind the wheel.

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Ricky Estrada is quick to point out he’ll be 17 by the time this article publishes, but he speaks with a passion and maturity well beyond his young years.

“I feel like, with newer cars, there’s no humanity in them. They’re all designed by machines,” he says. “Older cars, they were drawn up in someone’s head. It’s someone’s vision.”

Estrada has always been drawn to vintage things, from clocks to vinyl re-

cords. Aside from a few modern conveniences like a cell charger, his room is reminiscent of what you’d find in a 1970s teenager’s bedroom. So when it came to cars, no one was surprised when the modern mechanisms failed to draw his attention. It was vintage Volkswagons that first caught his fancy.

“It started with the Beetle. Every time I saw one of those spunky little cars, I fell in love,” he gushes. “It was the unique

Ricky Estrada with his 1971 VW Type 3.

shape. That’s always been my personality. It was more these cars are different, and I wanted to be different.”

He was definitely different. He says other students at his Richardson High School weren’t clamoring for the ultimate compact car. But his love of Beetles led to an overall fascination with VWs, from buses (the 1960s split window, not the bay window-style of the 1970s) to the sporty Karmann Ghia. Estrada was 15 when he started scouring the internet for the right Volkswagon for him, something that would stand out. While there were many cars on the market, most were “farm fresh,” as the gearheads say, and needed extensive mechanical work after being left to rot in the elements for decades.

“You have to be patient with these things,” Estrada advises.

Finally, a family friend found the unexpected, but perfect, vehicle right here in our neighborhood. The cherry red 1971 VW Type 3 was just sitting at the corner of Mockingbird and Abrams with a “for sale” sign.

“I thought it was the coolest thing ever,” Estrada says. “Out of all the unusual Volkswagons, this is the most unusual.”

First manufactured in 1961, the Type 3 wasn’t introduced to the United States until 1966. Despite being the first mass-produced car with an electric fuel injector, the vehicle failed to capture an American audience, and production ceased in 1973.

After finding such a rare make in good working order, Estrada was eager to bring Rosie, as he would name the Type 3, home to his parents’ White Rock Lake-area house. That’s when the teen learned the joys and pitfalls of classic car ownership.

“I knew nothing [about repairs],” he says. “There was a lot of YouTube videos and a lot of trial and error.”

Working with his dad and relying heavily on vintage car message boards online, Estrada taught himself to work on the suitcase-style engine of his Type 3. When something broke, he figured out what it was and how to fix it.

“That’s the best thing about vintage cars, they’re never perfect, there’s always

something they need. It’s almost like they have a personality,” he says. “It’s almost like someone you take care of.”

He became obsessed with restoring the car to its original glory, and remains noticeably bothered by modern additions others have made, specifically the inaccurate tailpipe. Although his car was originally a dull brown, Kansas Beige to be specific, he’s much happier with its current color, even if it isn’t factory authentic.

“I like the red a lot more — it pops,” he says.

Estrada wasn’t just in love with his

car, he fell for the whole culture around it. He noticed tons of vintage cars as he cruised around White Rock Lake, and got an idea.

“I thought, ‘What if we got all these people together?’ I want to hear what they have to say,” he remembers.

A simple post on a neighborhood social media page asking other vintage car owners if they wanted to get together was all it took. White Rock Car Club was born. Estrada partnered with area businesses such as Neighbor’s Casual Kitchen and Rooster Hardware to host car shows that include live music, raffles and other activities designed to draw a wide crowd.

The club has allowed him to get to know others who share his passion, although he admits he’s usually the youngest car owner by at least a decade. But that never seems to matter when they’re talking shop.

“Like every car guy, I have a list of cars I’d love to own,” he admits, listing European models like the Tatra T87, Citroën DS and, of course, a Karmann Ghia. He can’t afford those quite yet, so right now, he only has eyes for Rosie.

“I’ve only seen one other Type 3,” he says. “A guy with a Beetle offered to trade me, but that car is too special to me.”

“Every time I saw one of those spunky little cars, I fell in love.”

STREET ART

Everything that surrounds Jaime Sendra is impressive. Colorful blooms and foliage line his long gravel driveway, the pinnacle at which presents a picturesque view of White Rock Lake. A playground worthy of a public park and the remnants (a bouquet of Mylar balloons) of a grandchild’s recent birthday party occupy a sprawling yard.

Warm greetings flow as the 72-yearold briskly makes his way to the gate. He shakes hands and asks a few questions; he responds generously to the ones posed to him. Within a few minutes it is understood that his parents were Mexican, by way of Barcelona, Spain, and that his father founded Bimbo Bakery, now a multinational billion-dollar company. And that Sendra didn’t really want to be in the bakery business. He was an artist, a graphic artist, with a pioneering mindset. He came to America in 1968 to study, met his wife, Peggy (“There were bells in the hills the first time I saw her,” he says, his Spanish accent adding a lyrical

lilt), and moved back to Mexico for a few years before returning to start his own graphics company, which, with ingenuity and hard work and his brother’s partnership, made him financially successful in his own right. His parents’ story would be enough for a movie, he says, but that’s not why we are here.

The tour begins behind the first garage door, with a burgundy 1957 Mini Cooper. It resembles a shiny, big-ticket toy, a movie-set prop. Sendra — a man of above-average stature — looks borderline cartoonish sliding into the driver’s seat. Then he starts the engine, revs it several times, cranks open the sunroof and hol-

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lers over the thunderous reverberation, “See, it sounds good, right?” Turning it off, apologizing for the smell of petrol and exhaust fumes (actually an exhilarating aroma), he says, “And she drives like — oh man! When I take it to the track, my nephews, one has a McLaren, the other has a Lamborghini Diablo and the other has a Ferrari Competizione, and this little car …” He affectionately taps the Cooper’s rooftop for effect. “Beat them all [pause] in the first 3 seconds. I say, ‘one, two, three,’ and then they pass me so fast I cannot even see them, but for another 3 or 4 seconds, in the mirror.” He chuckles and adds, “This car is so tiny but it’s the most fun car ever and, I am old, but I will say, girls love this car. I am driving with my brother and the girls say, ‘Oh what a cute little car!’ ”

Mini is both charming and fierce. In fact, in Ron Howard’s movie “Rush,” about real rival racecar drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, Hunt’s everyday car of choice is a light blue Mini.

Even truer objects of obsession, at least in mainstream culture, are behind door number two, past a backyard tennis court, in the “car garage.”

Entering under a “Classic Car Drive” sign, Sendra explains that he’s a movie buff and therefore, “I like movie cars. The first one is James Bond [a pristine Aston Martin from the Daniel Craig Bond era] and the second is ‘Back to the Future.’ ”

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1985 Robert Zemeckis flick was compelled to revere the magical time machine central to its plot: the DeLorean DMC-12.

For an ‘80s kid, it is surreal — sitting in the leather seat, reaching for the hand strap that pulls shut the gull-winged door, staring at that odometer, which shows 85 as top speed (that’s right: no time/ space-bending 88 mph on the odometer), a regulation that began in 1980. A state

trooper did once clock him cruising at closer to 100, Sendra says.

For Sendra it is a car’s aesthetic design that most draws him. He’s a curator of aerodynamic, clean-lined, functional pieces of art. Other car enthusiasts, like his brother, who was a rally racer when they were kids in Mexico, cares more about the engine, muscle and performance. That’s not to say Sendra has much use for cars without some kick — “Go ahead, start it up,” he says. “Press the gas. Again.”

The Aston Martin roars; its driver is inside the belly of the beast.

“This car is so tiny but it’s the most fun car ever and, I am old, but I will say, girls love this car.”

—CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

Jaime Sendra’s 1957 Mini Cooper has been used for racing.

A WOMAN’S PLACE? BEHIND THE WHEEL

The year 2016 emerged a surge of United Kingdom-based blogs reporting that the number of female vintage car buyers had increased by 40 percent; females were supposed to count for 11 percent of vintage car owners by the end of last year, according to a poll by a classic-car insurer there. Here in the United States, data showed no such increased interest among American women.

Gina Cammarata, owner of a ’57 Chevy Bel Air Sport Coupe, can corroborate, anecdotally, at least, the stats. “I am often the only female at the car show,” she says.

Some men look at her skeptically, “like, OK, what’s she doing here,” she says. On the other hand, she has met some interesting people and made new friends since joining the classic car club and competing in shows.

People love vintage cars for a variety of reasons. You likely won’t ever find Cammarata working under the hood or getting her hands greasy. It is the era’s style and design trends, be it cars or clothing and accessories, that beckon her interest, says Cammarata. She wears her strawberry blonde hair curly, a wide black belt at her waist over a snug sweater and full skirt. And behind the wheel, her Ray Ban Wayfarers over her big brown eyes, she channels the archetypal ‘50s starlet.

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pecially enamored with a challenging, large-scale 1957 Bel Air Sport Coupe. Building together, she acquired her father’s penchant toward patience and attention to detail. As the tiny parts bonded, so did father and child.

They built other models, but this ’57 Chevy, which she painted black, was her favorite. In fact she kept it, even storing it atop the refrigerator for preservation, after her father was gone. It immortalized her dad, in a way.

In 2009, Cammarata was surfing the internet, looking at retro items for sale on eBay, she says. She went to ’57 Chevys, which had recently been on her mind.

She came across a ’57 Black Bel Air for sale. She could hardly believe it, she says,

“It was nearly identical to the model.”

The guy who owned it the preceding 25 years wanted to swap it for a ‘57 Bel Air convertible, she explains.

“All of the numbers matched,” she says, “People who know cars will know what that means. And it had just over 89,000 miles.”

Every piece of the car, except the wheels, is original. She even has the initial 1957 Inspection sticker and, in the glovebox, the owner’s manual: The 1957 Guide to your New Chevrolet. Even the booklet —mid-century orange gingham graphics

gracing its cover — is in strikingly good shape, complete with pages explaining cigarette lighters, ash trays and the electric clock, plus instructions for the breaking-in period, during which “the car should not exceed 60 miles per hour over the first 500 miles.”

“It’s not a fast car,” she says, “but a cruiser.”

Windows down on a spring evening, the Chevy glides along a road near White Rock Lake, and every passerby pauses to check her out. Any who happen to lean in to greet Cammarata would take note of what’s in the backseat — the miniature edition she built with her dad all those years ago.

“All of the numbers matched. People who know cars will know what that means. And it had just over 89,000 miles.”

—CHRISTINA

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SPEEDING DOWN MEMORY LANE

To be clear, Alan Short is a smart man. He comes from intelligent, businesssavvy stock who sent him to receive a fine education at Woodrow Wilson High School. In fact, his father developed real estate throughout the White Rock and Lake Highlands area, including the 7.5-acre center at Plano Road north of I-635. That’s where Short parks — in a captivating queue at which passersby unabashedly gawk — his three mostprized possessions. When he begins to speak in southern drawl about his cars and how much he likes to speed, however, it is impossible to not, for a moment, envision Will Ferrell’s loveable yet idiotic character from the NASCAR comedy “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.”

The comparison elicits a laugh from Short who charitably returns one of the film’s famous lines: “I wanna go fast!”

Speed is the purpose of his recent purchase, a 2010 ZR1 Corvette with a 638 horsepower engine. To quote Car and Driver magazine, “It is loud and fierce and terrifying when you want it to be, and a compliant transport unit when you’re just trying to get your tired body home.”

“I hit 160 in the HOV lane the other night,” Short says of the silver ‘Vette, a 55th birthday gift to himself. “I love to go fast. I’ve managed to keep her off the guardrail so far.”

From here, Short’s character runs fathoms deeper than the fictional speed racer. His fondness for the Corvette has roots in his friendship with his oldest brother, who introduced him by way of a 1996 LT4. The thrill of hitting 155 miles per hour was unforgettable. Years later, when his brother died, he commemorated that ride with a “155” tattoo.

He rolls up one sleeve of his black T-shirt, which he wears atop denim,

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frayed-at-the-knees shorts, to reveal the ink. He dips his head fleetingly — eyes hidden behind dark specs and under the tip of a taupe cowboy hat — then lifts his chin, wearing a big grin.

“She is Lynnette, the sexy sexy Corvette,” he says. “She’ll get you in trouble but you keep going back.”

Short’s trio on display offers a trip through time.

The 1970 Monte Carlo SS 454 is innovating in its attention to both beauty and power. As Hemmings Magazine notes, “muscle car aficionados … rank the Monte Carlo SS high on the short list of personal luxury cars that tout performance at the very core.”

Like most of his cars, the Monte Carlo sort of “found me,” Short says. A friend of a friend was selling, and Short fell fast for the deep-red beauty, which he calls Christine. The Monte Carlo’s injuries,

bumps and bruises always seem to “heal” easily, he says, like the regenerating ’65 Mustang in Stephen King’s novel of the same name.

The most meaningful and striking car in Short’s collection, however, is also the slowest, maxing out at about 60 miles per hour. It is Buttercup, a 1928 Ford Model A, also the oldest and rarest of his collection.

Short’s dad had a fascination with old Fords. When he heard about a family liquidating its recently deceased patriarch’s collection, Short went to check it out. When the adult son (obviously no car guy) tried to start up the ancient coup, the engine would not cooperate. Short confesses he had an idea what the problem was but kept quiet with a lowball offer, which the seller reluctantly accepted. It took Short about 30 minutes to have the prohibition-era gem running.

In the leather backseat today is a photo of Short’s dad behind the wheel — hair gray, eyes twinkling and wearing an earto-ear smile.

“She is Lynnette, the sexy sexy Corvette, She’ll get you in trouble but you keep going back.”

After Woodrow, Alan Short now collects automobiles like his 1970 Monte Carlo (above) and 2010 Corvette (at right).

“We spent a lot of time working on this car together before he died,” Short says.

Of his 11 cars and trucks, Buttercup is the foremost showstopper. For instance, “I had a lady, like 80-something years old, stop me in the parking lot to tell me how when she was a little girl, she and her brother rode across country in a car like this, riding the rumble seat, or as some call it, the ‘mother-in-lawseat.’ ” He yanks at the rear and exposes a miniscule, uncovered chair that could fit two children, albeit uncomfortably.

Another time he exited a restaurant to find a family posing for photos around his car. “They had the little girl standing here,” he says, slapping the fender. “When I came out, they started apologizing and offering to pay me.”

A fussier owner might have suffered a coronary, but Short just laughed. “I like that people get enjoyment from it.” (Though, in general, he doesn’t recommend randomly placing children atop vintage vehicles). The Model A is sturdy and practical, constructed from wood and steel; Ford offered a floorboard hand crank in case of engine trouble and sold a kit that allowed the owner to convert the car into a tractor in a time of need.

“One day I watched this little boy, just 4-5 years old, and he just could not take his eyes off of it. He just stared and stared. He didn’t know what it was, but he knew he was looking at something special,” Short says. “That kid’s a car guy, I thought. It’s in your DNA, you don’t become a car guy, you are a car guy.”

—CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

TRUCKING TALES

Patrick Donlin just wants to tell a good story. And what’s better than a tale that begins with rolling up in a powder-blue 1967 Kaiser Jeep M715 military vehicle?

“One of the greatest ways to tell a story is through a car,” says the Lakewood neighbor.

In addition to running an IT consulting firm, Donlin owns a variety of rental properties and says the five-quarter-ton Jeep is just more entertaining to take to the home improvement store when he’s working on one of his properties.

“It’s a way to take a not-so-fun task and make it more fun. Nobody has ever really seen a Jeep pick-up,” he says, explaining the car was only made for three years as a military transport vehicle in Vietnam. “I get more eyes on me for that than anything else I drive.”

Donlin is also known to drive his 1930 Ford Model A, but mostly just in parades.

It was the one he craved when he first got into cars.

“It had to be the four-door sedan, it had to be black and it had to have the wheels,” he beams. “You want to feel like you’re going back in time with a vintage car. I mean, that’s the whole point.”

The wheels, with their bright white edging, really do make the car pop. Donlin says he was drawn to it out of great reverence for Henry Ford and the business he built, transitioning America from horses to automobiles.

“I love the story of someone who worked so hard to develop themselves, and ultimately changed a country,” he says. “I love the American spirit.”

Donlin didn’t have a lifelong fascination like some gearheads. His is a more recent obsession. Already, he dreams of having a fleet of cars that represent each era of the last century, including a 1970s

Patrick Donlin’s 1930 Ford Model A mostly stays in his glass-front garage (at right), but his 1967 Kaiser Jeep serves as his work truck (above).

“You want to feel like you’re going back in time with a vintage car. I mean, that’s the whole point.”

Trans-Am and a 1950s Chevy Bel-Air (turquoise, of course).

“It’s always something that is very specific to American society,” he says. “I really like being able to tell great stories, and cars help you do that.”

One of his greatest stories was a yearlong effort to surprise his dad with a 1957 Chevy short-bed pick-up truck. “That was the car all the cool kids drove in his day,” Donlin says.

After the inspiration struck, he worked to with a friend to find and fix up the perfect Chevy. They slapped a coat of blue paint on and tricked Donlin’s dad into coming down to Texas from his native New York with no return plane ticket.

“I always book his travel so he didn’t think it was too weird,” Donlin explains.

When he arrived, they revealed the truck, along with plans for a father-son road trip back to upstate New York in the newly spruced-up vehicle.

“It was an exciting moment to share with someone,” he says of the reveal.

The journey home was slow and deliberate, chugging 12 miles per gallon of fuel the entire 1,300-mile trip. Once the truck got to the cold tundra up north, she shut down, causing a wrinkle in the adventure, but never dampening spirits.

“It was great, we went through funny times, we went through very cold times because the truck doesn’t have heat,” Donlin says. “But we always made the best of it.”

He said the experience brought him and his father closer together, one of the things he loves most about automobiles.

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Can a modern image accurately tell an ancient story? That’s a question Jeanine Michna-Bales answers in her 1,400-mile photographic journey to depict the Underground Railroad from Louisiana to the Canadian border.

“I found research that [those on the Underground Railroad] traveled 20

miles per night. So that’s how I shot — 20 miles apart and mostly at night,” says the East Dallas photographer.

All of those images, shot with a long exposure to give them the visual texture of an oil painting, tell a vivid American story. Fifteen years of research and photography culminated in the photo-driven book “Through Darkness to Light: Seeking Freedom on the Underground

Railroad,” released this year by Princeton Architectural Press.

“I feel like this project picked me; I didn’t exactly choose it,” Michna-Bales says.

Growing up in Indiana, she remembers learning about the secretive path to

freedom, used by slaves escaping their chains during the pre-Civil War years.

Just north of the slave-state Kentucky, Indiana was the first free state many entered on their pilgrimage north. Quaker settlers led the state’s anti-slavery move-

ment beginning in 1805 and were known to help men and women who fled slave owners once they crossed the raging Ohio River.

“They called it the River Jordan because it separates the North and South,” Michna-Bales says.

The Ohio River was near the home of freed slave Chapman Harris, Michna-Bales says. He was a reverend and a blacksmith, with a shop right on the banks. He used his heavy tools to signal fleeing slaves when it was safe to cross the water.

Michna-Bales began her photo series much farther south, however, at the scenic Magnolia Plantation on the banks of the Cane River in Derry, La. It’s a National Historic Monument where “slave quarters” still stand that once housed some of the 350 forced laborers who lived on the land when the plantation was a commercial operation.

“It was a venerable city in its day,” Michna-Bales says. “It just spoke to me.”

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“A lot of people call it America’s first civil rights movement,” she says. “Civil rights are being discussed all over the country right now, and [the Underground Railroad], in some ways, is where it all started.”

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Despite a deep-pocketed super PAC that supported challenger Matt Wood, Philip Kingston retained his District 14 seat on Dallas City Council, capturing 55 percent of the vote. (It’s worth mentioning that only 7.8 percent of the city’s registered voters participated in the election.)

A petition is circulating throughout Old East Dallas to narrow the Abrams/ Columbia thoroughfare to a four-lane road with space for bike lanes, parking and sidewalks. Old East Dallas neighbor Nathaniel Barrett posted the petition on Change.org. “The harmful effects of this dangerous and neighborhood unfriendly road areevident in the number of injuries and lackluster growth along this corridor,” Barrett writes.

Fundraisers were launched for two men hurt in the Old East Dallas shooting on May 1, which left one 67-year-old man dead. The shooter, identified as Derick Brown, also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Paramedic William An was hit as he administered aid to the 67-year-old man. The 10-year veteran of Dallas Fire-Rescue was shot in the leg and arm, and nearly lost his life when a bullet pierced his artery. DFR established a PayPal account to assist An, his pregnant wife and 3-year-old son. A second victim, whom police have yet to identify, was shot outside his home. His sister-in-law Michelle Cavillo established a GoFundMe page to assist with his medical expenses.

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800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson 75080 / (972) 883-4899 / utdallas.edu/chess ) 2016

Summer Chess Camp Campers learn while they PLAY. Chess develops reading, math, critical and analytical skills, and builds character and self-esteem. Just don’t tell the kids…they think chess is fun! Join beginner, intermediate or advanced chess classes for ages 7 to 14 on the UT Dallas campus. Morning (9am-noon) or afternoon (1-4pm) sessions are available June 13-17, June 20-24, July 18-22, July 25-29 and extended playing classes. Camp includes t-shirt, chess board and pieces, trophy, certificate, score book, group photo, snacks and drinks. Instructors are from among UT Dallas Chess Team Pan-Am Intercollegiate Champions for 2010-2012!

WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas/ 214.348.7410 / WhiteRockNorthSchool.com

6 Weeks through 6th Grade. Our accelerated curriculum provides opportunity for intellectual and physical development in a loving and nurturing environment. Character-building and civic responsibility are stressed. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, skating rink, updated playground, and state-of-the-art technology lab. Kids Club on the Corner provides meaningful after-school experiences. Summer Camp offers field trips, swimming, and a balance of indoor and outdoor activities designed around fun-filled themes. Accredited by SACS. Call for a tour of the campus.

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630 / ziondallas. org Toddler care thru 8th Grade. Serving Dallas for over 65 years offering a quality education in a Christ-centered learning environment. Degreed educators minister to the academic, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of students and their families. Before and after school programs, Extended Care, Parents Day Out, athletics, fine arts, integrated technology, Spanish, outdoor education, Accelerated Reader, advanced math placement, and student government. Accredited by National Lutheran School & Texas District Accreditation Commissions and TANS. Contact Principal Jeff Thorman.

By GEORGE MASON

Here we are now, entertain us

Shocking. Heartbreaking. This. Believe. Surprising.

These are a few of the common clickbait words used in Internet headlines to lure you into reading. So, it shouldn’t have “surprised” me to “believe” that I would have clicked on “this”: “Survey shocker: music dead last, sermons first, as worship draws.”

The story got my attention, especially because I like empirical reinforcement about how important my sermons are. There, I said it. I wasn’t as happy to read the low esteem for music. My sympathies were roused for worship leaders — ministers, choirs and instrumentalists. Then I realized people who took the survey probably don’t go to my church, so they can’t be blamed. Of course, I figure they all do go to my church about the sermon part.

The Gallup people who did this recent survey found that fully three-quarters of respondents cited sermons that illuminate the scripture and apply it to daily life as the top reason people attend a particular church. This comes in just ahead of spiritual programs for children and youth, and engagement in community outreach. Last on the list was music, whether a good choir or praise band.

But think about what worship would be without music that raises our praises to God. And imagine a church with great preaching and dreadfully poor music. I suspect excellence in one is tied to excellence in the other. And that’s true across the board, whether education or community involvement.

Sometimes surveys like this try too hard. My biggest complaint is how they play into the consumer mentality of why people go to church. We have too much “à la carte religion” today: people picking and choosing according to their tastes

and preferences. Next thing you know, we’ll be installing Facebook-like buttons in the pews with emoji choices of like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry.

If there is a positive aspect of the results of the survey, it may be counter to the point I just made: Maybe people are looking for depth after all. And that’s worth celebrating.

As one survey commentator put it: “Churches feel they need to keep entertaining people in the pews to keep them coming. We’re a culture that likes to be entertained. … It can be a part of our lives but it shouldn’t be what we live for. I think churches are probably responding to modern man’s need to be entertained all the time … It can feel

WORSHIP

ANGLICAN

ALL SAINTS EAST DALLAS / allsaintseastdallas.org

Sunday worship 5:00 pm / Live in God’s Presence. Live Out His Love. Meeting at Central Lutheran Church / 1000 Easton Road

BAPTIST

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

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

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

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

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

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

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

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

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

LUTHERAN

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

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

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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

METHODIST

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

like we’re watching a talent competition instead of answering deep meaningful questions about our God.”

It used to be that we went to the movies to be entertained and to church to wrestle with life’s questions about meaning and purpose. Sometimes now it seems to have switched. Faith communities should remember their reason for being.

Church aims to call us out of a self-centered living and invites us to participate in the story of what God is doing in the world. In other words, it’s about God, not us. Only God is worthy of our worship.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. 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.

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 / Summer Worship 10:00 am Church that feels like church and welcomes like family..

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN / Skillman & Monticello

Rev. Rob Leischner / www.standrewsdallas.org

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

UNITY

UNITY 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

Churches are not exempt from the consumer mentality

Next thing you know, we’ll be installing Facebook-like buttons in the pews with emoji choices of like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry.

BIZ BUZZ

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

PRESERVING EAST DALLAS

Peak’s Addition neighbor Nathaniel Barrett is a CPA by trade, but he moonlights in development. He owns Barrett Urban Development, a boutique firm that focuses on revitalizing buildings rather than demolishing. Barrett has devoted his time to restoring a pair of commercial buildings in Old East Dallas built in 1926 and 1946. The two 3,700-square-foot buildings that were once a pharmacy and hair salon have been divided into five commercial

erties Co. purchased the center in 2011 and has upgraded many of the buildings since then.

Vivian’s Boutique Spa is now open for business at the corner of Greenville and Ross.

FOOD NEWS

If you’re craving something sweet, Edith’s Pâtisserie Boulangerie at Mockingbird Station is serving fresh macarons, croissants and cakes. The European eatery also serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in a dog-friendly, Parisian-inspired environment.

Hello Dumpling is rising from the ashes of Good 2 Go Tacos, which was laid to rest in January. The restaurant at 1146 Peavy Road plans to offer roughly 10 varieties of the Chinese staple. An adjacent tea salon will take the place of Cultivar Coffee.

spaces. Renovations have been time-consuming; he’s replaced the roofs, installed new electrical outlets and repaired the plumbing. But he hopes to have tenants in place shortly, and says a donut shop is interested in one of the locations.

In a last-ditch effort to preserve two East Dallas buildings, Dallas’ Landmark Commission approved requests that could prevent their demise. Both the Elbow Room and Dallas ISD headquarters on Ross Avenue are undergoing the city’s “Landmark Status Process,” although they already have been approved for demolition. “The city needs to make some decisions about whether initiating landmark status offers any protections [for buildings after demolition permits are issued],” says David Preziosi, executive director of Preservation Dallas.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Lakewood Shopping Center has a new owner: Stockdale Investment Group . According to its website, the company is interested “in investing, developing, and managing real estate assets that are well located, but are either underperforming or functionally obsolete.” Lincoln Prop-

Fast-casual Japanese eatery Sumo Shack replaced SMU Boulevard’s Banh Shop, which closed this past January. The restaurant focuses on quirky hot dogs, bao and ramen.

CLOSING TIME

Dallasan Cards and Gifts is closing up shop after at least 53 years around the neighborhood “I’m not closing because I want to but because the face of retail has forever changed,” says Chuck West, a Lake Highlands dad who has owned the shop since 1999, back when it was Dallasan Hallmark. “Millennials and those younger crowds simply don’t buy traditional greeting cards. I can get mad about it, I can stomp my feet, but I can’t do anything to change that.”

Excellence ER of Lakewood has shut its doors after a three-year run in the Skillman-Live Oak Shopping Center. It’s the first standalone emergency room in Lakewood to shutter, although many speculate the business model won’t last longterm because of the high cost to patients. The often unclear pricing has been a widespread complaint, and the Texas Legislature is considering a bill to prevent “surprise bills” at such facilities.

500 Fitzhugh

AC & HEAT

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USED APPLIANCES FOR SALE Washer $125. Dryer $89.1 yr. Warranty. Repair. 972-329-2202

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FINANCIAL CONSULTANT

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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

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RANGERS, STARS & MAVS

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CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

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CLASSES/TUTORING/LESSONS

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

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER

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

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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

AMAZON CLEANING

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AMIRA MAID 972-840-8880

Since ‘98. Insured. amiramaid.com Dependable Service. References

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

FATHER, SON, GRANDSON Window Cleaning. Free Est. Derek. 682-716-9892

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Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED

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

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

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

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

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

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

EXPERIENCED LICENSED ELECTRICIAN Insd. Steve. TECL#27297 214-718-9648

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

FENCING & DECKS

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK

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

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975

Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers

EST. 1991 #1

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214.692.1991

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

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FLOORING & CARPETING

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

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

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Phones Answered 24/7

EMPLOYMENT

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

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

WANT TO MAKE MONEY? Richardson Mercantile is looking for dealers who want to join one of the best antique malls in DFW. Need details? Go to richardsonmercantile@gmail.com

EXTERIOR CLEANING

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

FENCING & DECKS

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

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Specializing in Wood, New or Repair.

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

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

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

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

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

Restoration Flooring

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FOUNDATION REPAIR

• Slabs • Pier & Beam

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• Free Estimates

• Over 20 Years Exp. 972-288-3797

We Answer Our Phones

GARAGE SERVICES

IDEAL GARAGE DOORS • 972-757-5016

Install & Repair. 10% off to military/1st responders.

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

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

JIM HOWELL 214-357-8984 Frameless Shower Enclosures/Custom Mirrors. Free Estimates

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, Glass, Tile, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 25 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

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

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HANDY MANNY PAINTING/HOME REPAIR Int./Ext. Manny 214-334-2160

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

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

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

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

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

Your Home Repair Specialists

HOUSE PAINTING

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

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

TEXAS BEST PAINTING 214-527-4168 Master Painter. High Quality Work. Int/Ext.

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

Swim and heat safety tips.

KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

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LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

PAT TORRES 214-388-1850 Lawn Service & Tree Care 28 Yrs. Complete Landscape Renovation.

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

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

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

#1 WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS

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The heat is coming. That means months in the refreshing waters of a cool swimming pool. Use these tips to stay safe in these sweltering months.

• Swim in areas designated by lifeguards.

• Never leave a child unattended near the water.

• Protect your skin with sunscreen that is at least SPF 15. • Re-apply every hour, especially after being in the water.

• Drink plenty of water, even if you’re not thirsty. Avoid alcohol.

• Make sure there is approved swim equipment close by for emergencies and inexperienced swimmers.

Now jump in and enjoy!

TRACY’S LAWN CARE • 972-329-4190 Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

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

KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

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

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

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TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

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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

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

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

CALL A TREE EXPERT - 469-939-3344

Prune. Stump grind. Plant. Burris Tree Service

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

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

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

MAYA TREE SERVICE Tree Trim/Remove. Insd. CC’s Accepted. 214-924-7058 214-770-2435

YOUR TREES could look like a WORK OF ART, I Guarantee It. Call Mark Wittlich 214-332-3444

JUNE SPECIAL $200 OFF 4 man crew/4 hours

MORTGAGE SERVICES

NEED A PURCHASE, REFIANCE Or Renovation Home Loan? Call Pat Nagler, PrimeLending Sr. Loan Officer (NMLS: 184376) 214-402-4019 for all your mortgage needs.

MOVING

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PEST CONTROL

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL

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

MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 + Tax

For General Treatment.

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

PET SERVICES

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

HOUSE CALLS OF DALLAS Personalized Care

For Your Pet Or Home. Everything from traveling or away for the day. Insured/Bonded.214-505-2525. housecallsofdallas.com

THE PET DIVAS Pet Sitting, Daily Dog Walks, In Home/Overnight Stays.Basic Obedience Training. thepetdivas.com 817-793-2885. Insured

PLUMBING

AC PLUMBING Repairs, Fixtures, Senior Discounts. Gary Campbell. 214-321-5943

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521

# M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues.

HAYES PLUMBING INC. Repairs. Insured, 214-343-1427 License M13238

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

NTX PLUMBING SPEC. LLLP 214-226-0913 Lic. M-40581 Res/Com. Repairs & Leak Location

PLUMBING

THE PLUMBING MANN LLC

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We Solve Your Plumbing Problems

HUNTER PLUMBING 214-324-2733

POOLS

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

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

ACCOUNTING, TAXES

Small Businesses & Individuals. Chris King, CPA 214-824-5313 chriskingcpa.com

BOOKKEEPING NEEDS? Need Help Organizing Finances?No Job Too Small or Big. Call C.A.S. Bookkeeping Services. Cindy 214-577-7450

LICENSED PHYCHOLOGIST Academic, behavioral, ADHD, emotional testing. Children, adolescents, adults. Therapy. Dr. Katherine Pang 214-531-7624 lighthousepsychtesting.com

PARADIGMFAMILYHEALTH.COM Affordable Family Medicine. Healthcare you deserve! 214-810-3553

WORRIED? ANXIOUS? Relaxed, effective professional counseling for anxiety in teens, adults & seniors. dallascounselor.com 214-489-7774

REAL ESTATE

LITTLE FOREST HILLS Single Family Residence for Lease. 2/1 $1,200/mo. No pets. No smoking. Cheryl Heed 214-235-1399

REMODELING

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS, LLC

Complete Remodeling, Kitchens, Baths, Additions. Hardie Siding & Replacement Windows. Build On Your Own Lot. Insured. www.blake-construction.com 214-563-5035

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

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

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

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• Baths

• Floors

ROOFING

Family owned and operated for over 40 years

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Falling is the crown

Political trendsetters are losing their grip on Election Day

Where have Dallas’ kingmakers gone?

While there were many lessons to be gleaned from last month’s Dallas City Council elections — District 14 can’t be bought, debates matter and voters are more engaged than we give them credit for — the one that’s fascinated me the last few weeks is the embarrassing lack of influence of big-name endorsers.

Dallas has historically been a city in which well-connected business people and influential politicians have played outsized roles in determining the outcome of our local elections. Their anointing and decreeing of chosen local leaders has fundamentally shaped and molded our city, for better or worse, rippling through policy decisions, budget priorities and massive civic projects.

For decades, the Dallas Citizens Council has played a central role in selecting our city’s mayor (with a few notable exceptions). The Dallas Morning News editorial board’s endorsement has for years influenced voters. Dallas notables, particularly former mayors and business leaders, have significantly impacted local electoral outcomes.

But something remarkably refreshing happened this May. None of that seemed to matter. The billboards, the endorsements, the sterling name ID of those administering proclamations from on high: It just didn’t seem to make much of a difference to voters. They made up their own minds

District 14 was the most glaring example of what physicists are calling the Kingmaker-Shrug Effect. A well-funded political action committee called For Our Community (ironically funded by rich people who don’t live in the community) did its utmost to unseat the incumbent,

Philip Kingston, and install another candidate of their choosing. Without contribution or spending limits, the PAC spared no expense, blanketing residents’ mailboxes with slick mailers day after day, touting the endorsement of former mayor Ron Kirk, putting up huge billboards with former police chief David Brown. The daily paper got into the act, too, coming out strongly against Kingston in multiple editorials.

But the effect on voters was minimal. In the final tally, Kingston handily defeated the kingmakers’ chosen candidate. Now, you’re thinking, “Sure, it’s East

By ANGELA HUNT

Dallas. Those hippies love sticking it to The Man.” And no doubt there was a good helping of, “If The Establishment says vote for that guy, I’m voting for this guy.”

But it wasn’t just a backlash against the Dallas elite or a fierce pride in sticking it to the powers-that-be that determined the election results. Voters just didn’t seem as interested or impressed with a candidate’s backers as they were with getting to know the candidates themselves. And that’s what ultimately won the race for Kingston.

This phenomenon wasn’t limited to District 14. For Our Community backed five City Council incumbents, yet voters in three of the five races weren’t impressed: the incumbents in Districts 6, 7 and 8 failed to secure a majority of the vote and are headed to run-offs. The Dallas Morning News’ endorsements likewise

failed to tip the scales in several races.

It may be too soon to pronounce the death of kingmakering in Dallas, but it sure looks like its impact has been significantly lessened. Social media has played a large part in democratizing information. Instead of accepting second-hand opinions about candidates, voters can now independently investigate them and draw their own conclusions. There is also a growing skepticism about endorsements — a healthy “trust but verify” philosophy that requires more engagement from voters, but ultimately makes the decision in the voting booth more meaningful and personal.

If there are no more real kingmakers in Dallas, or, at the very least, if Dallas’ kingmakers don’t wield the influence they have enjoyed in past elections, I’m curious to see what our next mayoral election will look like. It’s two years away. Will the Dallas Citizens Council once again anoint their candidate? How will the Dallas electorate respond? What role will For Our Community or some other super PAC play in the next mayoral race?

Or try this existential shirt on for size: What if Dallas kingmakers aren’t really dead at all, it’s just that, now we’re all the kingmakers? The downside is, we wouldn’t have Dallas oligarchs to kick anymore when things went sideways. The upside is, we could finally claim Dallas as our own. Imagine that.

Angela Hunt is a neighborhood resident and former Dallas city councilwoman in East Dallas. She writes a monthly opinion column about neighborhood issues. Her opinions are not necessarily those of the Advocate or its management. Send comments and ideas to her ahunt@advocatemag.com.

Now, you’re thinking, “Sure, it’s East Dallas. Those hippies love sticking it to The Man.”

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