2018 July Lakewood

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CONTENTS

FEATURES

20 GENERATION SHE Solar prep’s innovative model.

31 FEMALE FEROCITY

Five of the neighborhood’s fiercest women.

50 THE KINGSTON YOU MAY NOT KNOW Melissa is a fiery advocate too.

64 WOMEN’S HEALTH HEROES East Dallas’ persistent women.

“We may have to work harder, but we can’t let that stop us.”

Fierce female Mita Havlick’s advice to her daughter. page

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OPENING REMARKS

By LISA KRESL

How to be a fierce female

(ASKING FOR A FRIEND)

Fierce women deserve fierce treatment. Welcome to our all-female issue featuring page after page of inspiring women in our neighborhood.

A common theme in the interviews is advice these women would give to their younger selves: “Trust your instincts,” they said. “Don’t be so afraid.”

It’s the kind of advice you’d give your daughter — and expect her to heed — without listening to the advice yourself.

A Dallas Morning News colleague

I sometimes collapsed under the weight of it all.

My daughter, now a rising senior in college, confidently tells me that her Society of Women Engineers’ advisor recommends not to marry until she’s 30 for the optimum career path.

Life can surprise you.

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gave me this illustration 22 years ago. (Can’t you tell by the large size of the computer?) It was a work-place baby shower gift when I was expecting my first child, a daughter. I look like a confident editor in a male-dominated newsroom clueless about the work-life balancing act I was about to undertake.

I had practiced my daughter’s name while fake-answering the phone to make sure her name would sound like an authoritative CEO someday. But I didn’t anticipate that she would frequently be the last kid at after-school care. Or that I would cry in my mini van after delivering a dinner to a “family in need,” only to find a nanny with a bathed child at the door while my family of three waited at home for me — a mom with no plans on what to feed my own dependents for dinner.

Luckily, I found equality in a home with a beloved husband, a frequent refrain from our featured fierce women.

On the journey to this issue, Roslyn Dawson Thompson, CEO of the Women’s Foundation, handed me the book, “What I Told My Daughter: Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women.”

“As someone who has built a career on developing great storytellers, I believe every woman has an experience that can inspire and enlighten others,” writes editor Nina Tassler.

Here’s some of my favorite advice from the book:

Always be yourself.

Don’t be afraid to try new things.

Know that you can succeed but that you can fail without being a failure.

We become the women we are meant to be.

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State, says it all: “When push comes to shove,” Albright wrote, “family always comes first.”

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My family of three waited at home for me — a mom with no plans on what to feed my own dependents for dinner.

JULY 4

LAKEWOOD PARADE

Lakewood’s 54th annual Fourth of July fun run and parade begin at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., respectively, with classic vehicles, bicycles and candy galore. It wraps up at the tennis courts on Tokalon with refreshments.

Lakewood and Cambria, lakewoodparade.com, free

7 things to do in East Dallas this July

JULY 1-29

‘CAPTAIN BLOOD’

Enjoy this tale with old-fashioned pirates using flintlocks and swords to entertain.

Plus: popcorn.

Pocket Sandwich Theatre, 5400 E. Mockingbird Lane, pocketsandwich. com, 214.821.1860, $10-$12

JULY 1-15

‘THE COMEDY OF ERRORS’

Two pairs of long-lost identical twins find each other in the same city. The play is set on the Isle of Ephesus and populated with 1970s era television characters. Performances are at 8:15 p.m.

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

JULY 4

LITTLE FOREST HILLS PARADE

The 15th annual Little Forest Hills Fourth of July parade offers a slightly funkier option on the east side of the lake. The parade begins at 9 a.m., so bring decorated bicycles, cars and dogs to join in the fun.

Promise of Peace Garden, 1435 San Saba Dr. lfh4thofjulyparade. webstarts.com, free

July 14

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

This event sells itself as the hottest race of the summer, with 15k, 10k and 5k options for all running levels. Races start at 7 a.m. Norbuck Park, 200 N. Buckner Blvd., runproject.org/ toohottohandle, $34$64

JULY 18

‘THE DARK KNIGHT’

Enjoy a screening of this Batman flick at Sundown at Granada as a part of its free Wednesday night movies on the roof. Sundown at Granada, 3520 Greenville Ave., sundownatgranada. com, 214.823.8305, free

JULY 28

SUPERCARS IN DALLAS

Check out some of the most exotic cars along with some Lakewood Smokehouse barbecue. Swag, brews, food and beautiful vehicles all will be part of the event. Lakewood Smokehouse, 1901 Abrams Rd., lakewoodsmokehouse. com, 972.677.7906, free

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WHITE ROCK WARRIORS

These breast cancer survivors are doing battle on and off the water

Story by WILL MADDOX | Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

Dallas United Pink is a dragon boat team comprised of breast cancer survivors.

It’s early on a Saturday morning on the east bank of White Rock Lake. The day is already warming up and so are the breast cancer survivors circled up around their coach. The women are Dallas United Pink, a dragon boat paddle team that trains on White Rock Lake.

Dragon boat racing originated in southern China more than 2,000 years ago, around the same time the Greeks were establishing athletic competitions in Olympia, according to the International Dragon Boat Federation. Since Chinese tradition describes dragons as the rulers of the waters on Earth, the boats hold ceremonial and religious significance in their homeland.

The races consist of up to 20 individuals in each boat. The paddlers sit in nine rows of two while a drummer faces them and keeps the rhythm on a traditional drum. The booming beat tells the paddlers how fast to paddle while another teammate works the tiller at the back of the boat, keeping the vessel on its course.

Dallas United Pink began in 2015 and consists of women who have been treating breast cancer for just a few months and others who have been battling for 20 years. Participants find it a refreshing alternative to the usual support groups or 5k races.

“I tried peer support groups and got tired of talking about the stages,” says Marye Thomas, who has been on the team for a little more than a year. “I am not an outside person, but these women are full of life and accept you where you are.”

In 1996 Dr. Don McKenzie introduced dragon boating as a part of the recovery program after surgery for breast cancer patients. The survivors benefitted from the exercise, which left them happier and healthier while reducing lymphedema, the painful swelling that often accompanies cancer treatment.

Many of the racers compete and train while undergoing treatment, staying healthy and getting their mind off surgery and radiation. Reem Samra joined the team this summer after meeting a paddler at a breast cancer retreat. “We share the experience in a positive manner, and

it’s great to see women that have been through so much. They are warriors.”

Jovin Lim has coached the team for two years and competes in dragon boat races for Dallas United Crew’s Delite team, which is the club’s premier competitive dragon boat squad. He used to paddle with the Singapore military but is still wowed by the women he coaches. “It is my privilege to coach them,” he says. “It helps put perspective on life. What you think are problems are not really problems.”

In July the women will travel to Florence, Italy, to compete in the International Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Festival. The two-time Women’s Division Champions of the DFW Dragon Boat Kite and Lantern Festival will take its crew to paddle with 129 teams from 17 countries in the Arno river. Team members have been training intensely for the festival, eager to do their best. But they haven’t forgotten their deeper goal.

Vicki Jackson, a paddler who became a breast health nurse after her diagnosis, loves being on the water with her team.

“They see there is a life after cancer. There are a lot of great days ahead.”

The paddling exercise helps to heal the mind and body for these survivors.

GIRL POWER

A day in the life at Solar Preparatory, where the next generation of the women’s movement is schooled

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Nowhere are young East Dallas females fiercer than at the Solar Preparatory School for Girls.

The kindergarten through third-grade school on North Henderson plans to add a grade level every year through eighth-grade. The Dallas ISD program aims to have half the students qualify for free lunch, and the other not. The result? Economic and racial diversity that is difficult to come by at most neighborhood schools.

Academics focus on STEAM — science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. The dual language school uses personalized learning to allow students to move at their own pace, emphasizing social and emotional learning to teach students how to deal with conflict and process their emotions. The “Solar Six” values include curiosity, self-awareness, empathy, humility, leadership and grit.

Destination Imagination, Girl Scouts, chess, robotics and track are among Solar’s extra-curriculars. Every girl participates in at least one, thanks to the built-in extended hours.

The school’s colors? Purple and pink.

PAWS & CLAWS

WEINER WOMAN

Bunny Marie is not afraid of standing out. This fashionista may be small, but her look looms large when she strolls through Tietze Park. Neighbor Lisa Marshall attempted to foster the dachshund but ended up making Bunny a permanent part of the family. Older dogs can be difficult to adopt, and Marshall was happy to take in the 9-year-old toothless pup. Bunny has two “dachsiblings” at home. Being the middle child allows her to bond with them. She loves to cuddle with her 17-year-old brother, Copper, and chase bugs and critters with her 7-year-old brother, Rocket. Bunny adores clothes and looks good in them. “She has an Audrey Hepburn sleekness to her,” Marshall says. Bunny has several outfits with something for every occasion. She put away the sweaters this summer for something that will keep her cool. “She is toothless and charming and as funny as she can be.”

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June Chow once referred to the east side of White Rock Lake as a Chinese food desert. Her solution? To launch Hello Dumpling at the happening corner of Garland and Peavy and create the kind of food her mother used to make at home.

Chow wants the East Dallas dumpling den to be a welcoming space for those ready to try what may be an unfamiliar style of Chinese food. Thankfully she has the pedigree to bring the succulent specialty to our neighborhood.

Her mother ran Chow’s, a traditional Chinese-American restaurant in New Jersey, and Chow worked in the restaurant in various roles throughout her teenage years. Her mother made dumplings at home, which was no easy task.

“It really requires a tremendous amount of effort for dumplings you eat in 10 minutes,” she says. “It’s a labor of love.”

Though her mother’s restaurant served mostly rice dishes, Chow wanted to open a dumpling house, which is more common in northern China where the climate is better suited to wheat dumplings, noodles and breads rather than the rice dishes of the south.

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The menu at Hello Dumpling focuses on quality over quantity. In addition to pork, beef, shrimp, chicken and vegetarian dumplings, there are noodle dishes and soups. Fun small dishes include crispy basil chicken bites and zucchini noodle salad. The restaurant also serves rice dumplings for the glutenfree crowd.

Chow sees dumplings dancing through multiple cultures: pierogi, ravioli, tortellini, wontons. “It is a basic way to cook something,” she says. “The universal comfort food.”

Chow moved to Texas from New York when her husband, Tom Gillette, landed a research position at UT Southwestern. Having never lived in the South, she says she cried for six months but eventually found entrepreneurial inspiration. She designed leather coats for plus-size women and worked with her sister designing toys before opening the restaurant. She also helps run a Tex-Mex restaurant called Lucky Lopez Mexican Grill in Beijing with her brother.

Chow prides herself on keeping her dumplings authentic while providing

DID YOU KNOW: Hello Dumpling connected with Burmese refugees through the International Rescue Committee and now employs some of them in the restaurant.

all levels of customer service. During the Advocate’s visit, a customer called and asked Chow in Mandarin to find his Invisalign braces, which had been thrown in the trash when the staff cleared the table. Without hesitating, Chow stuck both of her hands in the garbage and found both the upper and lower retainers.

“The best part of the business is people being really happy about coming here,” she says. “It’s about helping people.”

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I’m not a transaction-based Realtor. That’s not what motivates me. At my core, I am empathetic and passionate; I love relationships. My family motivates me, and I want to help clients find inspiring homes to grow their families.

Home buying and selling is deeply personal for both parties involved. It’s a daunting process, and I like to take that stress away. I like connecting people with beautiful spaces.

I enjoy communicating and getting to know new families and helping them create their own journey. At the end of a real estate process, I take pride in walking away with a new friendship. That’s more important to me than making a sale.

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FIERCE WOMEN

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They’re definitely your dream TED Talk lineup or someone you’d like to sit next to at a cocktail party. These women are boldly transforming their worlds in business, technology, philanthropy, arts, education, medicine, sports and more. Meet some of the interesting women in our neighborhood.

r. Jennifer Lavender knew what she wanted to do when she was still playing with stu ed animals, performing surgery on her toys, foreshadowing her career as a veterinarian. Over the years, she’s worked every job there is in a practice, from shoveling poop in kennels when she was a teenager to owning three locations of Metro Paws today. In her free time, this mother of two spends her weekends in front of hundreds of cheering fans as her alter ego “velVET Lavender,” the captain of the High Seas Hotties roller derby team. The Lakewood native ducks, dips and dodges the other team as she racks up points, but she isn’t afraid of a little contact.

How she got into roller derby: I went to this party, a fundraiser for a Fort Worth Avenue development group with a 70s theme. I dressed up as roller derby skater and wore skates. Someone said they thought I really did that, and I kind of started thinking, “Why don’t I do it?” I had coffee with an experienced roller derby friend, and tryouts were that weekend. I literally took the tags off my gear right before tryouts. I thought I was a good skater until I saw these girls. Before I understood the rules of the game, I was drafted to a team. Her motivation: When my sister passed away in an accident in Italy two years ago, I became very committed, maybe obsessive, with physical fitness. Every single day that we wake up and get out of our beds, we have been given an amazing gift. I feel like part of how I honor her is to never forget that.

Favorite neighborhood moment: I lived across the street from Lakewood Park on Williamson. It is anchored in my memory: Driving down Williamson with the trees that all hang over.

Accomplishment she is most proud of: I am a general practitioner that does orthopedic surgery. It is what I enjoy doing the most. If your dog broke its leg, your vet probably doesn’t do surgery, but I have a special interest in orthopedics and had some unique opportunities early in my career.

Her daily regimen: I am very disciplined. I have a diet and exercise regimen, and I never deviate from that. I have been a vegetarian since I was 14. I just

decided I didn’t want to eat meat. I run, play racquetball and swim laps each week. I go to Pilates 10 times a week. I did two classes this morning before I came to work. Her greatest influence: I hate to admit it, but it’s my mother. She is a very strong woman, and I do think my belief that I can’t fail at anything comes from her. Part of that commitment is that I am also a recovering alcoholic. I have been sober for seven years now. Her experience with gender discrimination: Where I have seen gender bias in my field has been with clients. There are still societal thoughts that the doctor is the man, and at times I had to really prove myself with clients. “Is the doctor going to come in?” they would ask. I changed the design on my shirt so they could see the “Doctor.”

In her spare time: I volunteer with the Spay Neuter Network, and I ended up going to Saipan to spay and neuter 250 animals in five days. We were in an openair pavilion with hot, gusting winds. Individuals brought their animals, and others would drive the streets to bring them in.

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loria Tarpley is the Chair of Dallas’ City Plan Commission and volunteer extraordinaire. She grew up in Mexico City, went to Rice University and practiced commercial litigation before deciding to stay home and raise her children. Her son is a Duke-educated lawyer and her daughter graduated from Harvard and wants to be a writer. Tarpley volunteered for St. Thomas Aquinas and the Forest Hills Neighborhood Association. She served for eight years on the City of Dallas’ Ethics Commission, responding to complaints about city o cials violating the city’s code of ethics. In her role on the Plan Commission, she makes recommendations about the future of Dallas development. All while on the board of trustees at Rice.

Her motivation: Public service in one form or another is important. You do what you can. I have always been interested in what makes society tick. It (City Plan Commission) is intellectually challenging, and I enjoy learning about different parts of the city. I think I have brought a tone of civility, tried very hard to make it an open and welcoming body. Our political institutions can be very intimidating to the average citizen. Folks are often terrified. It is important that they feel welcome and treated with respect. What brings her joy: Sometimes we have folks who come in and speak Spanish. I am completely fluent, so I turn around and talk to them in Spanish. I like the fact that we can do that in a multi-cultural city. I want to make sure everyone feels welcome. Her philosophy: I try to be collaborative. We get further treating people nicely, even if it takes forever. Clearly, we do not agree often, but I am particularly proud of people who vote their conscience. You try very hard to do

your best for your city and for your district. You vote and then you move on. There have not been any personal attacks; I personally won’t allow that. Something surprising: Most people have no idea about the depth of the work that goes into it (Plan Commission). They have no clue how much time commissioners put into things. People think bureaucracy doesn’t care, but the planning commission is a group of people and staff that tries to get it right.

Best advice: My first job in college was a summer job at a law firm in Mexico City. I was talking with my Dad, who was a selfmade businessman and he said, “No matter what they ask you to do, even if it is counting paperclips, do it as well as you can no matter what job you are doing.”

On gender discrimination: I was fortunate in that I was never impacted. Clearly, there was sexism, but a generation of women older than I was had broken through and we are in their debt. At the end of the day, I would work hard, hope for the best that things would work out, and they did. Part of why I have not been impacted by it is that I don’t think of myself as a female lawyer. I don’t gender define and it never occurs to me that anyone is going to discriminate. I don’t know if that has cloaked me in some way, but it never occurred to me to feel lesser in any way or that I needed to modify my behavior.

atrice Ellis-Kirk did what every other Penn graduate does, and worked for a stint in New York City, but when she heard about Dallas being the next financial mecca, she came to visit. She began working for a bank in 1982 and has made the most of her time here ever since. While working at the bank, she began volunteering with the YWCA and the Junior League of Dallas, earning a reputation as a great board member and fundraiser. She now chairs the board of the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Arts District, where she is working to ensure its financial health for the next 25 years. In addition, she has worked with the World Economic Forum, focusing on research about parity in income and opportunity, and is on the board for DFW International Airport. When she isn’t volunteering, she is managing director for RSR Partners, an executive search firm. She met her husband, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, at a charity event.

Her inspiration: My grandmother and great-grandmother believed everyone should give back. My grandmother ran a dry cleaner’s. I saw her wake up at 4 a.m. and come home at midnight. When people didn’t pick up their clothes for a year, we were giving people clothes and packaging certain outfits. Her vision for the arts: How do we ensure that we get our share of the entertainment venues? What can you do to create value, and can we do it for all the segments of the population? We (at the AT&T Performing Arts Center) talk about being a community gathering place, programming outdoor events and making it a place where people feel comfortable. We want to be a place people understand is theirs.

On balancing her ambitions with her husband’s: I never want to clip anyone’s wings, and I never want anyone to clip my wings. I had my dream job, but what he had to contribute at that time (when he was elected mayor) was more important than what I had at the time. It created a different family dynamic, but we figured it out and made it work. We are a team for life, and there were no rules or playbook. I am very proud of him, but in all candor,

that was his life. I figured out how to exist and thrive beside him, in front of him and behind him. We don’t always agree on everything, but people make assumptions that because we are married we agree. What she is proud of: I am proud of my girls, who graduated from Stonewall Jackson Elementary. My oldest graduated from Fordham Law School and the youngest is a professional dancer and graduated from NYU. Never say an East Dallas education can’t get you places. I love them and am very proud of them. Also, to stay married for 30 years and know that you have another 30 years in you is a great feeling. Her most challenging moments: The risk of your husband running for office was hard, because it is rare for families to succeed and be together in politics. Getting into executive search was a risk because all I knew was banking and financing for 22 years. It is a whole career shift. And taking on and chairing an organization (the AT&T Performing Arts Center) that was retiring a significant amount of debt was a risk. You are a part of a change, part of doing something that is going to create a new shift. That is the risk you take and you have to be ok with that.

Our community’s greatest issue: We only have 10 percent of our population engaging. What would it look like for more people to take part? Would some of the gender issues go away? The more people you have vested in something, the closer you get to solutions.

issy Payne spent 39 days in a Nicaraguan jungle, battling bugs, heat and the other competitors on “Survivor: Blood vs. Water.” When her friend who worked in casting for CBS told her they were looking for a mother-daughter duo, she and her daughter sent in a tape. As a star of the 29th season of the show, she pushed through injury, balanced tribal a liations and competed alongside her daughter Baylor. She was even called a “wicked stepmother” in a now-famous speech. Payne would go on to make the final tribal council, placing third overall, leveraging her fame to help others. She took the $75,000 in winnings from the show to form Cheer 4 Your Life, a nonprofit that helps fund youth activities for those who can’t a ord them. In addition, she created “The Invisible 7: A Survivor’s Guide to Awesomeness,” an interactive workbook to help youth develop character traits.

On her “Survivor” strategy: I tried to play the offense and never felt like I was backed into the corner. I was the oldest female, and my wisdom and experience helped me get to the end. What kept coming back to me, with camera crews all around, is that there were hundreds and thousands of young girls that I had taught or might teach who were watching. What did I want to model? What was the message? Strength, humility and to never give up.

Scariest moment: When I was about to shove my hand in the tree and there

was a giant boa constrictor there. The producers are not supposed to talk to you, but they did that time.

A strong leader is: Badass and female.

Why she gives back: You have to be your own cheerleader. No one is going to love you as much as you are going to love yourself. We take these kids and empower them to not give up on themselves (in Cheer 4 Your Life).

Advice for other survivors: Don’t jeopardize your integrity no matter how hard they push you and no matter how hard the game becomes. I shared my dirty laundry about being married and divorced three times. It’s about what I stand for and teach. I have no shame. Her experience with gender discrimination: I have felt it for sure, in a lot of areas. Being a female, it has been hard to prove yourself as strong as a male, especially because of the way our society has formed us. I remember specifically on the show, there was an argument with the oldest gentleman, and all these men were so crass. Running my own business was really hard as a female. I would think, “You wouldn’t speak to a male this way.”

On achieving work-life balance: It has been a sacrifice. I have had to sacrifice my social time and outings for work. I don’t think it is forever, but this is more important.

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ita Havlick was born in India, grew up near Chicago and has lived all over the world. While working in IT, she began volunteering at Stonewall Jackson Elementary where her children attended. Volunteering quickly became advocacy for public education, which she calls “the last opportunity equalizer.” When a Dallas ISD budget shortfall meant that Stonewall’s gardens would not be funded, she saw parents band together to save the garden and was inspired. Havlick went on to advocate for change in campus leadership and ran for Dallas ISD school board in 2016. She lost to the current District 2 trustee Dustin Marshall by just 42 votes but since has been appointed by Superintendent Michael Hinojosa to chair the Dallas ISD Superintendent’s Districtwide Advisory Council. In this role and as director of community outreach for the Emmanuel Community Center, she continues to make an impact.

Her motivation: During the campaign, it became apparent how much people care and really buy into our public schools. Being a parent in DISD is not my qualification, but my motivation. My kids have educational opportunities, but that same opportunity does not exist throughout the district. What can we do?

On losing: It was a life lesson. I really believe I ran my race on the values with which we raise our children: integrity, respect and resilience. It was a learning opportunity, and I don’t feel like I lost.

On her nonprofit of choice: The Emmanuel Community Center is a food pantry where we support 100 working families and 40 to 50 homeless each month. We are serving a point in time need, but we also ask what we can do to systemically improve their lives.

Dispelling misconceptions: I get emails, randomly, about how our schools are terrible. It is so easy to be an armchair quarterback. I wish people would buy into our

public schools and wish all families would try public schools. I hope people don’t discount public schools. I said during my campaign that I wish parents would volunteer at schools where their kids don’t go to have their eyes opened.

Her experience with gender discrimination: As a short woman of color, there were prejudices. I was the only female at my school to graduate with a degree in physics my year. I worked at the Department of Energy and was the only woman in the office. Promotions often went to men, and opportunities were given to those who had been there longer. When I ran for office, questions that were asked of me were not asked of my opponent. I answered them directly. There was very much gender bias, but I refuse to let that stop me or let my daughter feel like it would stop her. We may have to work harder, but we can’t let that stop us.

Best advice: When you give your time for something, it feeds your soul.

Her advice to her younger self: If you are happy in your life today, the path you took was the right one. Perhaps start sooner with all of it, and do something in your life that you want to do. As an immigrant, the focus is always to get a good job and make money. While that is very true, if I could do it over again and if I knew what public policy was at that time, I would go into that. And don’t stress over your kid’s kindergarten.

WOMEN OF LAKEWOOD

How a neighborhood Facebook group came together

By WILL MADDOX

Advocate:

For some, our neighborhood’s Facebook group “Lakewood, Dallas” is a great place for a laugh, to get vacation recommendations or to have a good old-fashioned political fight in the comments section. But last year, several women in the group felt harassed and disrespected by some members. Hundreds of heated Facebook posts later, a new group began. The “Women of Lakewood” Facebook group is an invitation-only community where members connect about business, life and service. Here, four of the new group’s fans posted their comments.

Why did this group form?

Liesl McQuillan: There were stories about a man harassing women, and I heard one too one many stories.

“We are coming together because we are stronger together.”

Annie Smith, Liesl McQuillan, Angela Mook and Amanda Kimbrough have enjoyed the benefits of the new Facebook group.

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Annie Smith: We have a modicum of civility that was lacking on the Lakewood page. On the women’s page, you don’t feel self-conscious about bringing something up when you have very vocal men who don’t take women’s points of view. There is heated discussion that is missing on our group, which we kind of like.

Laura Birdwell-Meyeres: It came about over some drama. Basically a lot of women felt they needed an outlet, so this group was created. It is a women’s network and support group.

Toni Scott: I was in the Lakewood group, but it was becoming negative and stressful. There was a lot of fighting and name-calling. I wanted a benefit and resource as opposed to something that was raising my blood pressure and making me scream. It just became toxic.

What are some benefits of the group?

Annie Smith: It allows ourselves the freedom and forum to communicate. It’s meant to be uplifting and mindful of neighbors.

Toni Scott: I joined the book club, and we read “The Radium Girls.” Then somebody shared a rescue group, and I now have a little foster dog, Jean Claude van Dog. It was one of the things where you need people to pull the trigger, and because members hand-held me through it, I actually did it.

Laura Birdwell-Meyeres: No one gets real catty, and there is a mutual respect. We have womenowned Wednesdays, where we can post women empowerment pictures, and people comment about what kind of business they have. It is a way for us to network and support each other.

Annie Smith: I established a “volunteer connection.” Members pick one event per month that Women of Lakewood volunteers will donate their time to collectively. I co-sponsor a book club for 40 women and formed three separate groups that each meet monthly.

Liesl McQuillan: We are coming together because we are stronger together.

Laura Birdwell-Meyeres: For the St. Bernard’s Catholic School auction, there was an outpouring of support. We received a Gallery Central framing job, The Heights gift card, personal training offers and a wine basket from people in the group.

Annie Smith: Several of us have formed a breakfast club, where we put together some brunches. It has filtered down for anyone who wants to go to brunch, which is fun.

Why will the group endure?

Annie Smith: We set the foundation and hope that people self-moderate.

Laura Birdwell-Meyeres: It is a place where we can converse and not feel like we will get snarked at. It is a place to have a comfortable environment to talk openly.

Annie Smith: As women age, we need to find deeper connections rather than just superficial interaction on social media.

Toni Scott: People help each other. The fact that it is all women means it is less about grandstanding. I hope it stays like that.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

GET TO KNOW MELISSA KINGSTON

is attorney and advocate strives to make a di erence

Story by KERI MITCHELL I Photo by DANNY FULGENCIO

The interview with Melissa Kingston has barely begun when the door to Mudsmith swings open and Philip Kingston walks in.

“Speak of the devil,” she says, then quips, “He stalks me.”

The Lowest Greenville coffee shop is blocks from the couple’s Belmont Addition home. The councilman orders his

drink then bypasses our table en route to the pick-up counter.

“I’m not even here,” he says.

Silence is not common for Philip Kingston or his active social media accounts, where he doesn’t hold back.

Melissa Kingston, on the other hand, keeps a lower profile. She says she avoids Twitter because she sees it as “an insider channel.” Much of her Facebook commentary is both public

and political, but her account blocks followers. She doesn’t avoid the limelight — she is “undoubtedly the most vocal councilperson’s spouse,” she says — but neither does she crave it.

She is not, however, the proverbial strong woman behind a successful man. Melissa is an accomplished attorney and a fierce advocate for Dallas neighborhoods and public schools — advocacy that began well before she was District 14’s first lady. And though she is less visible than her spouse, she is no less active.

Or, as she puts it, “I have my fingers in a lot of pies.”

It’s an appropriate adage for a woman who honed the practice of canning while growing up in Alvarado. Her chutney, pickles and jam have won State Fair of Texas ribbons, and her preserves have rewarded donors to political campaigns she supports. Backing multiple candidates keeps her busy during election seasons, whether she’s hosting fundraisers or posting yard signs.

“I’ve got a pickup [truck], and I am not too proud to put on my tennis shoes and run all over town,” says the lawyer, dressed in a business suit that day.

Her relationship with Philip began in the late ’90s, when they met at Baylor University’s law school in Waco. Philip had been in Washington, D.C., where “he was going to make it,” Melissa says, “and after a year of starving and being freezing cold, he came back.” They married and moved to what is now the Belmont Addition Conservation District, a zoning ordinance that the Kingstons and their neighbors worked to create.

In the early 2000s, residents of the neighborhood’s five streets foresaw the looming teardown trend as property values increased. They wanted to preserve the architecture that had been developed in the early 1900s. Creating the district was a long process, “and at the end of three years, people who didn’t really know each other had become friends,” Melissa says.

Such “common traumatic experiences,” as she calls them, produce the kinds of engaged neighborhoods involved in the Dallas Homeowners League. Melissa is serving her fourth year as president of the league, which educates community leaders on the

ins and outs of City Hall and also advocates on neighborhoods’ behalf.

The league’s history goes back to the ’60s, when East Dallas residents “strapped themselves to the front of a bulldozer and saved these neighborhoods,” Melissa says. “I don’t know if I’m a neighborhood advocate because I moved to East Dallas or if I’ve been a neighborhood advocate at heart all along.”

Championing neighborhoods led her to public education advocacy. Though the Kingstons don’t have children — Melissa says parenthood never really

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Young families now abound in Belmont Addition, where the Kingstons are on their second home in 18 years. Their Prairie-style residence was “painstakingly renovated and restored” by an architect who purchased it from the original family. Then he was offered a job elsewhere.

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No “for sale” sign went up in the yard; he simply “made it known they were selling it, and they were interviewing potential buyers,” she says.

The Kingstons had just poured buckets of money into updating everything in their first Belmont Addition home. But that didn’t stop Melissa, too buried in work to do anything about it, from telling her husband, “Philip, that’s my house. Go get it.”

The home became a frequent social venue for the Kingstons, who love to cook and entertain. The parties tapered off, however, near the end of Angela Hunt’s

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“Angela was looking for someone who could be a successor, who could be a good fit for the ‘Fightin’ 14,’ as we call it,” Melissa says. Hunt and Oak Cliff Councilman Scott Griggs “put the hard sell on Philip.”

Several people thought Melissa might run. At the time, she was representing Lower Greenville neighborhood associations pro bono in negotiations with Walmart over lighting, parking and other quality-of-life issues as the retail giant moved into Whole Foods’ original East Dallas spot on Greenville at Belmont. She later made news when she beat up a would-be carjacker who held a gun to her head, and also when she became embroiled in a lawsuit with Belmont Addition’s “barking dog,” Avi Adelman, who had made Melissa one of his targets.

It was Philip, however, who found the prospect of City Hall more appealing. She, on the other hand, enjoys commercial litigation too much to give it up.

His successful election put a strain on their life, though.

“There’s always something opening, always a meeting,” Melissa says. “It’s way more than I ever imagined.”

Five months after Philip was elected, and 13 years after they married, the Kingstons divorced. It lasted only six months, however.

“The divorce didn’t take,” Melissa says. “Life happens. I think we both probably wish it was a little different, but we can’t change what happened.”

Their status these days? “We are a unified front as Team Kingston,” she says.

Speculation is that Philip will run for mayor eventually. He isn’t denying the rumors and has even told the Advocate he intends to run. When asked if he’s running, his standard response is, “If I decide to, can I count on your support?”

Speculation also is strong that Melissa is behind the @Wylie_H_Dallas Twitter account, which anonymously retweets Dallas political news and commentary.

She denies any association with Wylie H, however, brushing aside the rumor with, “I only have so much time in the day.”

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Meet the volunteers who advocate for children placed in state custody one child at a time

In 2017, two teenagers were forced to live in a Child Protective Services office in Houston because there was nowhere else for them to go. They escaped the offices, and 10 hours later a mini-van struck them as they walked along the side of the road. One of the girls died at the scene. She was 15.

The trauma that those teens faced is all too common. In response to a growing crisis for Texas’ foster care system, many changes have been made to CPS. However, there’s one East Dallas-headquartered organization that focuses solely on the well-being of children when they are placed into state custody and make their way through the system: Dallas’ Court

Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

In 2016, 1,726 children were removed from their homes in Dallas County, resulting in 4,626 total children in foster care or other placements that year. CASA recruits volunteers to follow these children and defend their rights until they reach a safe home. In 2017, CASA advocated

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Patti and Courtney Capshaw

mother-daughter volunteer team for Dallas CASA in East Dallas.

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for 3,100 children, double the amount served annually a decade ago.

CASA provides volunteers with 30 hours of training, support and guidance as family courts assign them a case to follow. Volunteers learn about state custody, child protective services, the court system and how to recognize signs of abuse.

White Rock area mother-daughter team Patti and Courtney Capshaw are just two of the many CASA volunteers working for children. Patti is a retired lawyer, and Courtney finished law school last year before her current job required a temporary break from volunteering with CASA. Both spent their free time visiting the child assigned to them by the family court.

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In addition to visiting the child where the state has placed him or her, the Capshaws took the child on fun outings while asking about his or her living situation. They also spoke with teachers, arranged for medical

care and prepared court reports to help make recommendations about the child’s future placement.

CASA volunteers work with the courts, CPS and the placement family to make sure the child is cared for. “CASA has an opportunity to get to know the child a lot better than CPS,” Courtney says. “We are appreciated because we are bringing a lot of information to the table that they couldn’t get.”

The Capshaws found that the courts take their recommendations seriously. “They respect CASA,” Courtney says. “Our one job is to advocate for the child and we are the only player that is solely focused on the child. Judges understand that and take it into consideration.”

The volunteer job can be equally important, fulfilling and emotional. Sometimes the kids are placed in homes that volunteers consider unsafe, which is especially difficult after spending so much time with a child in such a precarious situation.

Volunteers need to be patient and persistent, with a capacity to navigate the system and the passion to serve needy children, says Dallas CASA Executive Director and President Kath-

“People realize they were born to do this.”

leen LaVelle. “You can’t compare this volunteer opportunity to any other in the immediate impact you can see,” she says. “People realize they were born to do this.”

For the Capshaws, working together on CASA cases helped them persevere through what can be heartbreaking situations. “It is so important for us to be a team,” Patti says. “We can talk about the case to each other and provide emotional support.”

How to help: While Dallas CASA added volunteers in recent years to serve 70 percent of children in the state system in Dallas County, the organization always needs more advocates. Learn more at dallascasa.org.

IN TEXAS, 52 CHILDREN ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES EACH DAY BECAUSE OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

IN 2017, CASA HAD

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29,747 CHILDREN, A

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WONDROUS WOMEN

In the early 1990s, White Rock resident Sharon Flatte was an eager young artist. Accompanied by an inked-up guy (her human portfolio, if you will), she walked into Tigger’s, Dallas’ first mainstream tattoo parlor, and asked Mark “Tigger” Liddell, for a job.

“I don’t hire girls,” the shop owner told her.

None of them knew she would own the place a few years later.

She’d grown up in Amarillo, Texas, with five brothers and few resources. She barely graduated from high school; a counselor figured administrative work was the pretty students’ lot and placed her in secretarial classes. But Flatte possessed talent and smarts beyond shorthand and typing. And she was resourceful.

She hightailed it out of Tigger’s and found Alice’s Asylum, an underground, bare-bones operation.

“It was freestyle, guys tattooing with their shirts off,” she recalls. “There was no air-conditioning, and they were really serious.”

That’s where she met her husband and business partner, Jimmy Flatte. In 1994 they opened Taboo Tattoo, a few doors down from Tigger’s.

They bought Tigger’s next.

“[Liddell] had been living over the shop, and the first thing I did was rent a dumpster and start gutting the place,” Flatte says. She’s since transformed the upstairs into sterile-meets-hip workspaces for her artists. Downstairs imitates an art gallery, one specializing in voluptuous, sword-wielding nudes.

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Over the next few years they acquired shops in Dallas, New Orleans and Oklahoma. Sharon soaked up business acumen from Jimmy and others she admired. But when her husband died, everything changed. “Cancer,” she says. “Jimmy died 12 years ago.”

A dark time ensued.

“We had built everything together,” she says.

Deep Ellum, the effervescent area she so adored, was dying, too. Throughout the once vibrant district, businesses shuttered until almost nothing remained. Flatte’s son Cody Biggs, a celebrated artist in his own right, who had been running one of her shops in Oak Cliff, suffered a serious motorcycle accident and couldn’t work.

An acquaintance from Los Angeles — “a big huge name in the business”— offered to help, came to Texas and told Sharon he’d take care of things while she “recovered.” She says it was “clear from the get-go he just wanted me out of the picture ... His old-school way was not my way, so I fired him.”

He did not take it well. Things

“Women [are] running the show in Deep Ellum.”

heated up until Flatte, donning her favorite thigh-high platforms, says she kicked him so hard he slid across the floor.

Ever pragmatic, she made the strategic decision to streamline, selling every studio except Taboo and Tigger’s.

Art, music, wine

Frank Campagna, the charismatic owner of Kettle Art Gallery rattles off names: “Rebecca [Bogart] at La Reunion, Lauren [Levin] at Urban Paws, Kathleen [Evett] Upper Paw, Giselle [Ruggeberg] at Jade & Clover, Paula Lambert at Mozzarella Cheese Company, Susan Reese of Madison Partners: Women running the show in Deep Ellum.”

With Kettle Art Gallery as her home base, White Rock-area resident Paula Harris founded Discover Deep Ellum and Wine Walks, where tourists buy a local-art enameled wine glass before visiting various venues.

“Jade & Clover took the neighborhood by storm,” Harris says. “People come in the gallery just looking for Giselle’s store.’’ Harris is dropping names where Campagna left off.

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“Whitney,” Clint told us a few years ago, “she’s the one you need to talk to.”

Of her first look at Trees, Whitney recalls, “It was a disaster. Five years’ worth of water damage. You could see sky through the ceiling. There were roaches on the floor. I said, ‘This is awesome’. I think Clint thought I would say, ‘No way,’ but there was just a great vibe.”

The re-opening of Trees in 2011 kicked off a renaissance of Deep Ellum, according to the late Barry Annino, former Deep Ellum Association president. “Once they opened, people got excited and wanted to be around them. They are pioneering the comeback of Deep Ellum.”

Barlow doesn’t see it that way, because so many are working to nurture the venue and the neighborhood.

“We couldn’t be successful if we acted like we knew it all, like we could do it all ourselves,” she says.

Like Tigger’s, the Barlows’ concert halls have preserved the ambience of the past, but all have matured.

Consider Lake Highlands’ Amanda Austin, who, against the odds, made a success of Dallas Comedy House on Main, then fought off developers to keep her space from becoming a barbecue joint.

“We need people around us,” Barlow says, “and we are not afraid to ask for help.”

Amanda Austin (Photo by Sean McGinty).

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Police rescued Nemo the dog from White Rock Lake, in early June when he was spotted about a half mile from shore. The Dallas Police Department rescue team pulled him out of the water and brought him to East Lake Pet Orphanage, according to NBCDFW. But upon arriving to the pet orphanage, they discovered that Nemo has heartworm disease, and he needs $2,000 for treatment. In a Facebook post, East Lake Pet Orphanage is asking for donations to help treat the disease, which can be deadly.

WOODROW WOES

For the third school year in a row, Woodrow Wilson High School will have a new principal after Roxanne Rodriguez-Cheek resigned from her position in June. Rodriguez-Cheek was the principal at Lipscomb Elementary for five years before making the jump to high school, but she will return to the elementary ranks as principal of Aikin Elementary in Richardson ISD next year. The next principal will be the fifth in four years for Woodrow, who has seen a run of short-lived leaders after Kyle Richardson was at the helm for five years. Michael Dang was given the position following Richardson, but resigned after a few weeks for personal reasons. Steven Ewing was the principal for 2016-2017, but departed fro Garland ISD after a year. Rodriguez-Cheek followed Ewing after her tenure at Lipscomb.

FOOD NEWS

Local Traveler is East Dallas’ newest restaurant venture from the part owners of The Lot. Jeff Burrow and Stan

Vlasimsky own the new restaurant on Grand, which can be accessed from the Santa Fe Trial as well. Chef Ross Demers was given carte blanche on the menu, which ranges from pizza and pasta to poached salmon. Chefs will make the pizza dough, noodles and ricotta cheese in house. He highlighted the Mexican-style prawns in aguachile, a great summer dish with influences from the Yucatan. For those who like to imbibe, Local Traveler will carry 40 draft options and 100 wines, with a number of signature cocktails and a bar staff ready to make the classics. A number of creative cocktails will be on the docket. The Galileo is made from herbaceous vodka, Thai basil, black pepper and pineapple. The Zeppelin is champagne with activated charcoal, gin, locally made rose jam and lemon. The restaurant will take reservations for dinner for the next couple weeks as they ramp things up. If you just want to pop in off the trail for a cocktail, you can walk right in. They are only open for dinner right now, but will soon add lunch and weekend brunch service as well. Local Traveler is located at 7522 E. Grand Ave.

Pickletopia is set to arrive late in the summer, according to Dallas CultureMap. Local chef Lee Thielen says the eatery will be pickling much more than just cucumbers. Carrots, okra and sauerkraut also will be part of the menu.

The summer heat is causing restaurants to bite the dust on Lower Greenville, as both Pints and Quarts and Blind Butcher shuttered their doors recently. In a Facebook post, owners announced the end of Bilnd Butcher, though they said Blind Butcher sausage will be available at Goodfriend Package. Just down Greenville, Pints and Quarts also closed. Last summer, the burger shop opened another location in Uptown, and it looks as though they have consolidated their forces on the other side of Central Expressway. The location battled constant Greenville and Ross construction as well as a parking squeeze as the strip behind it on the southwest corner filled with other popular establishments.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

By PATTI VINSON

Pride and persistence

How a group of East Dallas church women and friends organized to improve women’s access to affordable healthcare

It was Jan. 21, 2017, Inauguration Day. Neighbor Trish Major was downtown at the Women’s March, exercising her right to free speech and peaceful assembly, when she received a text from Planned Parenthood, an organization she had supported.

The text asked if she would be willing to organize for women’s health issues. The result? The creation of East Dallas Persistent Women.

“And hope,” Major adds.

Instead of heading home, storing the protest signs in the garage and diving into sheet cake, Major started making phone calls and sending emails to friends, most of whom she knew from her church, Greenland Hills United Methodist. “I wanted to start with a small group of women that I know can listen actively and act communally.”

She ended her email with a positive note: “One thing I have learned from experience is that the more you work for justice, the more hopeful you become.”

Everyone she contacted came to the first meeting. Some brought friends. “I thought maybe a couple would show up just to humor me. But they all showed up,” Major says. “I found out they had all been eating ice cream on their couches since November, wondering what they could do. They were actually grateful for the invitation to become active.”

Major knows activism. Over the years, she was involved in several issues, from nuclear disarmament to the Iraq War. But she had yet to delve into women’s health, and now seemed the right time. “I’m 58. I was 13 when Roe v Wade came to the Supreme Court. I thought this was done, but in the past few years, the clock is being reversed, not only in regards to abortion, but birth control and sex

education. All sorts of ways that women control their bodies and their destinies are being taken away.”

Concerned about the legislature’s cuts to Planned Parenthood — “the folks who really know how to run a healthcare system for poor women” — Major and friends felt the need to act. They named their group East Dallas Persistent Women, “persistent” a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comment about Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s determined objections during confirmation hearings.

sheets, a handy skill for the group’s study.

In addition, the daughter of a group member volunteered her expertise as a research scientist to guide and advise the ambitious project, an important detail given that EDPW knew their study would be taken seriously only if it was unbiased and grounded in statistically reliable survey methods.

Over a period of two months, 12 volunteers called a representative sample of HTW providers across Texas, numbering almost 1,500 in all. They found that many are listed in error. Some are duplicates; some don’t provide the services listed on the HTW website; and some are not women’s health providers at all.

Volunteers ended up, in some cases, reaching anesthesiologists, orthopedic surgeons, dermatologists, oncologists and other specialists. Perhaps the strangest connection they made from the list of providers was “the private line of someone named Louis.”

The group also declared a mission statement: “Organizing locally to protect affordable women’s healthcare in Texas and our nation.”

First step for EDPW was to study up on Planned Parenthood and the state of women’s healthcare in Texas and the nation. Budget cuts had left a gap in services, resulting in the state of Texas eventually creating the Healthy Texas Women program, with a website designed to guide women to healthcare providers who were operating under HTW guidelines.

EDPW decided to find out if the program was being implemented properly across the state. One EDPW was Anice Greiner, former comptroller of a nonprofit and admitted “numbers nerd” who was more than familiar with creating spread-

Each volunteer identified herself only as a woman seeking healthcare and stuck to a script, asking simple questions: Do you accept patients in the HTW program? Could I get a pap smear, breast exam, birth control and STD testing? When is your next available appointment?

These Persistent Women, during their hours of phone calls, took copious notes. They then compiled the data. So just how well was HTW serving healthcare needs of low-income women? “I can’t say I was surprised by the results,” Greiner says. “I was saddened. It was worse than I thought.”

Their study, titled “Healthy Skepticism: The Inadequacy of ‘Healthy Texas Women’ in 2018,” yielded alarming results.

“All sorts of ways that women control their bodies and their destinies are being taken away.”

Their survey of 54 counties in Texas found more than 66 percent of providers listed as HTW providers do not provide care through HTW. As far as providers listed for Dallas County, almost 82 percent do not provide care under the program. In essence, the system renders many women without access to adequate baseline care.

Study in hand, they hit the floor running, visiting their elected officials, Republican and Democratic state representatives and senators. They also visited candidates for office. Responses to the study ran the gamut from, “Thanks, here’s the door” to “Wow, let’s run with this.” Most, seemed interested and concerned, Major says.

News of the study made its way to local radio, television and newspapers. Media coverage eventually reached as far as Houston and Austin. The group continues to work toward a broader, statewide audience and awareness of

the report. “We want to get the word out to everyone. It’s not a local report, it’s a statewide report,” Greiner says.

The work continues for EDPW: writing letters, keeping track of legislation and traveling to Austin on lobby days for Planned Parenthood. This summer is especially busy for the group. “We will be devoting most of our energy this summer to working on the campaigns of more far-sighted and empathetic candidates for state offices,” Major says.

A happy side effect: this group of church friends is showing a younger generation how it’s done. Greiner grins as she recalls a comment from her 16-year-old granddaughter: “What a great role model you are!”

For more information: edpw.org

Patti Vinson is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for more than 15 years. She’s written for the Advocate and Real Simple magazine.

Trish Major and Anice Greiner are working for women’s healthcare (Photo by Kathy Tran).

By GEORGE MASON

The dangers of baptism

Who knew being a Baptist could be dangerous business?

A pastor was conducting a mass baptism service last month in Lake Abaya near a national park in Ethiopia when out of the murky red waters emerged a hungry crocodile. The unevolved creature from the deep snagged the unwitting pastor after he immersed only one of the many supplicants awaiting their turn on the shore. Rescuers were dispatched, but they could recover only the corpse of Pastor Docho Eschete.

I have often counseled people considering baptism to count the cost. We live in a generally benign culture when it comes to religious commitment. I know there are challenging moments when, even in the United States, we are confronted with what seems like a choice between God and Caesar or faith and culture, but by and large our history of religious liberty holds. Which sometimes makes baptism — whether the infant or adult version, whether by sprinkling or dunking — seem more like a rite of passage than a life or death decision. But in truth, baptism is a dangerous spiritual event.

Baptism symbolizes a willingness to die to self and all that implies. It requires the renouncing of a life of safety and accommodation in favor of a life of loving self-sacrifice. We give ourselves over to God and live for others the way Jesus did. Jesus’ life of self-sacrifice led to a cross, but it didn’t end that way. Christians believe he was raised from the dead as a signal to all of us that this way of life will always be vindicated at the last by God. God gets the last word, and the last word is that we last.

While this description of baptism is Christian, Jews also baptize converts (mikvah), and all Muslims require the shahada — a declaration that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is his

prophet. Each in its own way represents a kind of submission to God that is expected to be ultimate.

Baptism in oceans, lakes and rivers is normally an aesthetically rich experience. But whether in a natural habitat or an indoor tub, it’s meant to be a drowning pool of sorts. Even when sprinkling or pouring is the preferred mode, the language of death to self and life to God is part of the liturgy. Baptizands trust that God will be faithful to raise them up now and eternally. Baptism is therefore always

WORSHIP

BAPTIST

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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

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

A Welcoming and Affirming Church / Pastor Rich Pounds

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

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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

METHODIST

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional

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

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

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary

MUNGER PLACE CHURCH / Come & See

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fatal and always hopeful.

The tragedy of this horrific death by crocodile is a vivid reminder of mortality and a cautionary tale. Baptism is an invitation to a life of adventure in faith, not a guarantee of worldly security.

In his children’s book, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” C. S. Lewis records the question of a young girl who asks about the Christ-figure, the lion named Aslan. “Is he quite safe?” she asks. The Beaver replies, “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

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.

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Summer Sundays at 10:00 am and 5:00 pm

Senior Pastor Matthew E. Ruffner / www.phpc.org / 214.368.6348

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN / / 3204 Skillman St. Rev. Rob Leischner / www.standrewsdallas.org

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

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Sunday Service 11:00 am and Metaphysical Bible Study 9:30 am

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

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAXES Small Business/Individual Chris King, CPA 214-824-5313 chriskingcpa.com

C.A.S. BOOKKEEPING SERVICES

Personal/Small Business. Payroll, Accounting, Organizing, Consult. Cindy 214-577-7450

REAL ESTATE

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Plano/Miller Rd. 1,800 sf. Updated. Jerry. 469-233-1806

REAL ESTATE & INT. DESIGN SERVICES contact John Cramer, Realtor w/ FireHouse Real Estate Services 214-212-6865

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

GREEN LOVE HOMES Turnkey Renovations,Kitchens, Baths, Floors, Windows. Free Estimates. greenlovehomes.com 214-864-2444

INTEX CONSTRUCTION Specializing in int/ext. Remodel. 30 Yrs Exp. Steve Graves 214-875-1127

MP ARCHITECTURAL Design & Construction. mattandpaul.com 214-226-1186

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

RENOVATE DALLAS renovatedallas.com 214-403-7247

ROOFING & GUTTERS BERT ROOFING INC.

Family owned and operated for over 40 years

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

www.bertroofing.com 214.321.9341

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Bob McDonald Company, Inc. BUILDERS/REMODELERS

30+ Yrs. in Business • Major Additions Complete Renovations • Kitchens/Baths

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SKYLIGHTS

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For over 10 years, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate has set East Dallas sales records, representing billions of dollars in property for thousands of satisfied clients. Our reputation as the area’s dominant luxury real estate firm is founded on the combined strength of our dynamic team, dedicated to collaboratively cultivating an intimate understanding of Dallas’ premier neighborhoods, with emphasis on quality, character and design.