2020 January Lakewood

LAKEWOOD/EAST DALLAS

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6214 VANDERBILT | SOLD 4 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car | 3,173 Sq. Ft. Carolyn Black - 214-675-2089

5843 PROSPECT | $979,000 4 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 5 Car | 3533 Sq. Ft. Paul Hotchkiss - 214-536-8664

5922 RICHMOND | $799,000 4 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 2 Car | 2,950 Sq. Ft. The Chris Hickman Group 469-569-1106

4144 SHADY BEND | $749,900

5454 MONTICELLO | SOLD

5450 WILLIS | $665,000 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 2,184 Sq. Ft. Jackie Collins - 214-692-0000

4 beds, 3.1 baths, 2 car 2,963 sqft Katherine McCullough - 214-692-0000

3 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Liv | 2 Din | 2 Car 2,864 Sq. Ft. Mary Rinne / Steve Cairns - 214-552-6735

NEW LISTING

3750 COLVIN | $579,900 2 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2 Car | 2,069 Sq. Ft. Rob Schrickel - 214-801-1795

9128 STONE CREEK | $499,000

6330 CRESTMONT | $475,000

2113 ASH GROVE WAY | $445,000

1022 CORDOVA | $409,500 2 Bed | 1 Bath | 2 Liv | 1 Car | 1,289 Sq. Ft. Peter Loudis - 214-215-4269

6361 LANGE CIRCLE | $349,900

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car |2,509 Sq. Ft. Denise Larmeu - 214-336-6687

LAKEWOOD | LAKE HIGHLANDS | 214-826-0316

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Liv | 2 Din | 2 Car 2,869 Sq. Ft. Selzer Stell Group - 214-355-3113

PRESTON CENTER | 214-692-0000

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,752 Sq. Ft. Alison O’Halloran - 214-355-3165

2 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,437 Sq. Ft. The Chris Hickman Group 469-569-1106

EBBY’S LITTLE WHITE HOUSE | 214-210-1500

6520 MERCEDES | $760,000 3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2 Car | 2,311 Sq. Ft. Jessica Wantz - 214-692-0000

6007 GOODWIN | SOLD 3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2 Liv | 2 Din | 2 Car 2,821 Sq. Ft. Mary Rinne - 214-552-6735

NEW LISTING

9952 PARKFORD | $635,000

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 3 Liv | 2 Din | 2 Car 4,168 Sq. Ft. Steve Cairns - 972-740-2517

7522 AZALEA | $535,000 3 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 2 Car | 3,031 Sq. Ft. Rob Schrickel - 214-801-1795

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CONTENTS JANUARY 2020 VOL.27 NO.1

UP FRONT 20 Sam Williamson Walking the walk 24 Mike Crum Life on four wheels 28 Quiz time Can you survive in poverty?

30 Trolley trouble Saving an abandoned streetcar

FEATURES 38 Whatever happened to...?

Revisit stories of 2019 44 Exchange Club How 50 men make a difference

TABLE OF CONTENTS PHOTO BY DANNY FULGENCIO

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COMING AND GOING [–] Steel City Pops closed its

Casa Linda Plaza location Nov. 1 after four years in business.

Company officials say they needed to scale back the number of operating stores to maintain a healthy brand. The only shop that remains in the neighborhood is on Greenville Avenue.

[–] Full Circle Tavern moved to

Lakewood from the Cedars in early 2019 and lasted less than a year at its new location. It closed Nov. 12 at 6341 La Vista Drive.

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last location on Greenville Avenue on Nov. 7. A manager says rent at the Old Town Shopping Center had become too expensive.

[–] The owners of Jack’s Kitchen

TOP STORIES

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY

n Construction on Snooze isn’t looking good in Casa Linda

The White Rock Lake bike patrol unit has a new fleet of bikes and riding gear donated in the memory of longtime neighbor, Tucker Burns. Burns visited the lake every morning to watch the sunrise and feed the ducks. Her family says she never met a stranger, so it was no surprise when she made friends with many of the officers. In early February, Burns died, and her family wanted to honor her memory through the gift.

n 2 of the country’s hottest independent pizza places are in our neighborhood n Un-cool news: Steel City Pops closes Casa Linda location n East Dallas filmmaker’s Peace Corps documentary to air on Thanksgiving n Columbia Avenue in Old East Dallas will shrink from 6 to 4 lanes. Here’s why

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closed the restaurant Nov. 24 because of a lack of business, multiple break-ins and a name infringement lawsuit. [+] WAYA Japanese Izakaya opened at 6334 Gaston Ave. in early November. It will serve signature pork dumplings with a crispy outer layer and a variety of ramen bowls. [+] A White Rock farmers

Cub Scout Ashley Panko raised more than $500 for a Duncanville Boy Scout troop robbed of camping equipment worth thousands of dollars. The third-grader at St. Thomas Aquinas prepared a promotional YouTube video that she circulated among her pack. Over the next few weeks, Panko accepted donations at several events and sold lemonade outside her house. She presented her earnings to the Boy Scouts at a meeting in November.

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market favorite, Naturally Curly Cook, is opening a storefront in Lakewood in early 2020. The brick-and-mortar location, called Leila Bakery and Cafe, will open in January at 6041 Oram St. It will serve pies, pastries, quiche, soups, salads, sandwiches and coffee.

Happy New Year from the Nancy Johnson Group We’re incredibly grateful for our clients that made 2019 a resounding success.

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Nancy Johnson 214.674.3840 nancy.johnson@compass.com

94 Homes Sold in 2019 Now let us help you set your 2020 goals and get the New Year off to a great start by planning your next home search or sale.

All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footagers are approximate. Exact dimensions can be obtained by retaining the services of an architect or engineer. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

LOOK AT LUKA

THE HOT LIST n J.L. Long

defeated O.W. Holmes 8-0 to win the 2019 Middle School City Championship.

The game’s only score came on a 25-yard pass from quarterback Keith Paige to

Mavs superstar Luka Doncic seems to have supernatural abilities on the court. Now he’s got the mural to prove it. In a tribute to his “Wonder Boy” nickname, the mural by House of Pannek shows Doncic with a flowing green superhero cape.

Check it out on the side of St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin at the intersection of Commerce and Crowdus streets. Keep an eye out for Kristaps Porzingis art coming soon.

SEEN & HEARD J.L. Long dual-language teacher Susan Moreno won the prestigious Milken Educator Award at a surprise assembly in which she was presented with a $25,000 prize. In Moreno’s classroom, seventh- and eighthgraders visit Hispanic countries through music, poetry and cuisine without ever leaving Texas. Students build model houses, write short stories, perform original skits and produce videos. In addition to teaching, Moreno writes curriculum for Dallas ISD to help other teachers implement the program in their schools.

WE CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT

receiver Joe Allen.

It was the first city

ZONING CHANGES AT HILLSIDE

championship for

VILLAGE. The zoning application

J.L. Long (9-0) in five years.

filed in early November aims to update the shopping center to

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7 of 15 gold medals.

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Junior Jacob Mendoza had the top divisional and overall score. Bryan Adams will compete in the regional competition this February.

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landscaping to replace a tree buffer that angered neighbors when it was cut down in 2018 at the intersection of Hillside Drive and Winton Street. january 2020

We give to the neighborhood.

6842 Merrilee | 4 bd / 3 ba / 4,360 SF | $1,549,000

6975 Kenwood | 4 bd / 4 ba / 4,642 SF | $1,495,000

Recently Listed: 6975 Kenwood | $1,495,000

6553 Sondra | $829,900

6722 Blue Valley | $1,289,000

5604 Longview | $699,000

6739 Inverness | $949,000

5850 Martel | $535,000

1515 Verano | $875,000

5550 Monticello | $519,000

5239 Bonita | $849,000

7908 Glade Hill | $439,000

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All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footages are approximate, but not guaranteed and should be independently verified. This is not intended to solicit property already listed.

Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

BY THE NUMBERS:

POLICE BEAT

WHAT WE SPEND ON TOBACCO

David Leeson, a Hollywood Santa Monica neighbor who won a Pulitzer Prize as a photographer for the Dallas Morning News, is accused of indecency with a child, according to court records. Police arrested Leeson on the charge on Aug. 23. He was released on $25,000 bond and ordered not to make contact with minors.

Authorities are looking for a woman accused of robbing two East Dallas banks: the Chase Bank at 6310 E. Mockingbird Lane on Nov. 5 and the Comerica Bank at 11155 Garland Road on Nov. 12. She is described as a Latina woman with brown eyes and long brown hair. Officers say she is 30-40 years old and stands between 5 feet, 3 inches and 5 feet, 5 inches.

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU

$7 million ON CIGARETTES

$308,000 ON SMOKING ACCESSORIES

$710,000

Keep that New Year’s resolution at a new fitness center being built in the old Albertsons grocery store at Mockingbird Lane and Abrams Road.

Construction has begun on Texas Family Fitness, located in the southeast corner of the Hillside Village Shopping Center. The 32,000-square-foot gym is scheduled to open in March 2020, district manager Edgar Valdez says. The two-story gym will feature free weights, cardio machines, hydro massage, red light therapy, a turf area and several studios for group classes.

THE WORD Construction on Snooze an A.M. Eatery at the corner of Buckner Boulevard and Garland Road has drawn criticism from neighbors. They say the building is too close to the street and hides the unique architecture of the Casa Linda Plaza.

ON OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS

“Our neighborhood is Spanish Revival architecture. Comply or face neighborhood wrath! Why weren’t we asked before the permits were released?”

— Deborah Gardner Baxter

$1.3 million ON FUNERAL EXPENSES

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

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“I think it looks wonderful and fresh! It’s in the middle of construction, so let’s all encourage these people building businesses and giving jobs to our neighbors.”

— Victoria Clements Garret “I’m all for bringing in new businesses, but why did they have to build something? Lovers Pizza moved out. Broken Egg is vacant across the street. Why not use one of those spaces? That area could have been additional parking that the shopping center desperately needs.”

— Kristy Attaway “Now there will be less visibility on one of Dallas’ most dangerous intersections. Not good.”

— Seth Magill

2019 TRANSACTIONS

$40 MILLION SOLD IN 2019 2019 was a year of new beginnings with Compass, and it was our best year yet thanks to our wonderful clients! If you’re thinking about buying or selling in 2020, the Farris McMahon Group would love to help you find your place in the world.

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All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footages are approximate, but not guaranteed and should be independently verified. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

EVENTS

JAN. 18

CELEBRATE 50 YEARS

Local historian and author Rose-Mary Rumbley will kick off the 50th anniversary celebration of the Lakewood Branch Library at its current location with the talk, “Thoughts of a Lakewood Library Reader.”

Where: Lakewood Branch Library, 6121 Worth St. Cost: Free Info: dallaslibrary.org

5 things to do in East Dallas this January JAN. 3

JAN. 4

JAN. 17

JAN. 25

Celebrate Pocket Sandwich Theatre’s 40th season with an infamous melodrama.

What happens when a detective, a femme fatale, a voodoo queen, an evil pharmaceutical company and zombies meet in 1952 New Orleans? Find out in “Zombie, Dearest!”

From “Space Oddity” to “Under Pressure,” the hits just keep coming in this soulful tribute to enigmatic musician, David Bowie.

Wake up next to a T-Rex at this Perot Museum sleepover for Lakewood Elementary students and their dads.

Where: Granada Theater,

Where: Perot Museum, 2201

3524 Greenville Ave. Cost: $15-$24 Info: granadatheater.com

Cost: $80-$320 Info: foldallas.org

If you were a kid in the ’70 and ’80s, you owe it to yourself to relive the fun of learning English, history, science and math with “Schoolhouse Rock.” Start teaching your kids with hits like “Conjunction Junction” and “Just a Bill.”

Zombie, Dearest

Thin White Duke

Night at the Museum

N. Field St.

Schoolhouse Rock

Where: Dallas Children’s Where: Pocket Sandwich

Theater, 5938 Skillman St.

Theatre, 5400 E. Mockingbird Lane Cost: $10.50-$12.50 Info: pocketsandwich.com

Cost: $23-$30 Info: dct.org

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“We are highly ‘patient-centric’ and provide a range of attention: cosmetic dentistry, same-day crown and bridge work, Invisalign, pain management and complete comprehensive care,” Dr. Santillan says.

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UP FRONT WA L K T HE WA L K

Sam Williamson attempted to walk 100 miles around White Rock Lake to raise awareness and money for first responders

Story by MARISSA ALVARADO | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

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NOT MANY 52-YEAR-OLDS voluntarily agree to walk 100 consecutive miles to raise money for charity, but this mission hit close to home for Sam Williamson.

Days before Williamson attempted the “Walk the Walk 100” to raise $100,000, his home was damaged in the tornado that hit North Dallas on Oct. 20. His windows were broken, and the roof was blown off.

“That’s why I was so committed because within minutes, the first responders were there for a week around our house protecting us,” he says. “I was really reignited and fired up to go do this thing in their support and their honor.”

In the weeks leading up to the event, Williamson says it was important to suppress doubt and continue training.

“I had logged over 500 miles, but my longest one-time walk was only a few weeks before, and it was five and a half hours of just nonstop at 20 miles,” Williamson says. “I thought at that point, ‘I have to do this five more times. What have I got myself into?’”

As a professional actor appearing on episodes of “Walker, Texas Ranger” and providing voiceovers in national and regional commercials for companies like Taco Bell, Wingstop and TXU Energy, he had no previous athletic training.

Williamson started the walk at 5 a.m. Oct. 26, a nasty morning at White Rock Lake with cold winds, mist and rain. After completing a few laps, people started dropping in to keep him company.

One by one, veterans and civilians would pop over the hill and strike conversation.

One man, who had lost both feet in the Army, ran a charity called Rebuilding Warriors to provide service dogs for veterans.

Williamson’s wife, Molly, joined for 30 miles without any prior training.

When night fell, the walk started to get strange. The fog rolled in, and Williamson began seeing things that weren’t there.

“I said, ‘Well that’s funny, the last time

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“If you had made it the next 40, there’s a risk of you being on dialysis the rest of your life.”

we lapped this thing they were having a party here, but they left this big blow-up dinosaur. That’s crazy. I don’t remember seeing that,’” Williamson says. “I just started falling out laughing. I said, ‘I guess this is what sleep deprivation feels like.’”

At that point, Williamson was fatigued, sleep deprived and lacking nutrition. More than 20 hours in, veteran and fellow Bird’s Eye View member Brendan Weimholt joined his walk.

“I stopped for a second to get rehydrated, but I couldn’t keep fluids down, and I kind of passed out,” Williamson says.

Weimholt called paramedics to take Williamson to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis. His muscle proteins had started breaking down, and his kidneys couldn’t process it. His knee had also flared up, and he had contracted a cold and sinus infection.

“If I had kept going the doctor said, ‘You may have made it another lap, but you would have ended up back here,’” Williamson says.

“If you had made it the next 40, there’s a risk of you being on dialysis the rest of your life.”

Williamson completed 60 miles and raised $30,000. A few weeks later, he tried again to finish his mission.

“We all met two weeks later, back at the same place, T&P Hill where I went down, and 30 or 40 people showed up — complete strangers, family and team members,” he says.

They continued to walk around White Rock Lake, bringing Williamson’s total to 70 miles. He plans to add his miles and finish the 100 he committed to.

“My why is truly to show that an average citizen can make a difference,” he says.

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Mike Crum at 4DWN skate park.

FREE SKATE VERT SKATER MIKE CRUM MENTORS YOUTH AT A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PARK MIKE CRUM HAS BEEN SKATEBOARDING ever since he saw Marty McFly kick up his board after hanging on to the back of a moving vehicle in “Back to the Future.”

The scene, choreographed by a young Tony Hawk, inspired a generation of skateboarders like Crum who have gone on to promote the sport and support young skaters.

Crum turned pro at 16 and competed professionally as a vert skater on half-pipe ramps used in competitions like the X Games. From the ramp’s vertical walls, skaters can perform some of the most progressive aerial tricks.

During his career, Crum was ranked one of the top 10 vert skaters in the world and won four vert doubles medals at the X Games. He skated for brands like Hurley and Oakley before retiring in 2007.

“I definitely could make a living off it, but to do that, you have to do it daily and not worry about anything else,” Crum says.

Skateboarding may be a young man’s sport, but Crum still rides at his nonprofit skate park, 4DWN. The donation-based park provides a variety of after-school activities and mentorship programs for at-risk youth.

4DWN also partners with outside organizations for events, such as the DGK Saved by Skateboarding clinic. At the event, pro skaters Boo Johnson and Don Cooley gave 15 skateboards and other goodies to South Dallas youth.

“Skateboarding knows no boundaries,” Crum says. “It knows all walks of life.”

The idea for the skate park arose from the early years of Dallas skateboarding, when legends like Craig Johnson and Jeff Phillips inspired the city’s youth. Crum grew up skating at the Jeff Phillips Skate Park, but when he retired and moved back to Dallas from California, the city no longer had a public skate park.

In 2011, Crum and his partner Rob Cahill started their own private skate park in the Cedars. Called the Underground, it became the first version of 4DWN. In 2016, they moved to the current space at 2633 Ferris St. after becoming a nonprofit.

Crum tried to transfer the old course into the new space, but he says it wasn’t the right fit. With community contributions and donated materials, he and his friends built the new park from scratch.

“I had to fight for it,” Crum says. “I had to really want it and keep it going. I pushed for it to happen.”

Today, the park includes an indoor street course, an outdoor course, a bowl and a mini ramp. Yet 4DWN is more than just a skate park, Crum says. With a boutique shop, community garden, art gallery and outdoor concert stage, the former pro sees the space as a community center where artists, athletes and neighbors can connect.

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“Skateboarding knows no boundaries.”

Clockwise from top: A young skater rocks a frontside 5-0 on the mini ramp; Skaters on the Zumiez course at 4DWN; A broken skateboard.

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Crum’s vision culminated in September when 4DWN hosted the Zumiez Best Foot Forward finals. The competition was designed to support skateboarding at a local and global level by organizing more than 40 regional competitions around the world.

The winners then converged on Dallas to compete in front of 1,200 fans and industry sponsors.

4DWN temporarily closed for six months to build the Zumiez course, which featured art from Dallas muralist and skateboarder, Drigo. Known for his work at the Sweet Tooth Hotel, Drigo used bright colors, gradients, polka dots and the image of an eye to bring the course to life.

Since reopening, people of all ages can be found shredding the colorful ramps or learning the sport from a team of hands-on instructors. At an event in November, skaters from Dallas, Fort Worth and the suburbs met at the park for companionship and competition.

One attendee was 12-year-old Luke Sircely. The Frisco native started skating four years ago after getting a skateboard for Christmas. He’s gone on to win competitions across the United States and earn sponsorships from Super 8 Skateboards and Grom USA. He hopes to become a professional and skate in the Olympics.

“I like the vibe around here, and the ramps are really impressive,” Sircely says. “I like going fast and flying through the air.”

During a mini ramp contest, Sircely didn’t hesitate going head to head against dozens of skaters more than twice his age. As the sun set, skaters could be seen flying through the air, performing tricks that the announcer described as the “backside disaster” or the “Miller flip.” Spectators couldn’t contain their gasps when skaters landed a difficult trick or tumbled to the ground.

The evening of art, music, food and skate contests was exactly what Crum envisioned when he opened 4DWN. “It’s a way of giving back,” Crum says. “I got a lot out of skateboarding and what it did for me. It’s a unique community.” lakewood.advocatemag.com

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S I M U L AT I O N : P O V E RT Y A MOCKINGBIRD COMMUNITY CHURCH PROGRAM IS CHANGING LIVES Story by JAIME DUNAWAY

First of the month payday!

You have a full-time job as an office administrator making $8.75 an hour, or about $1,400 a month. You’re responsible for you and your child. Can you make it through the month?

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Your grandfather who lives out of state just died.

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If you fixed that sink yourself, it’s clogged again. You’re forced to call the plumber.

Two bills are due.

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A MAN SITS ON THE BENCH at the bus stop with his head in his hands as he begins to weep. In the span of two and a half hours, he’s been denied housing, a job and a loan. Down to his last pennies, he doesn’t know what to do.

Then the simulation ends, and the man is back to being a Richardson ISD teacher participating in the Cost of Poverty Experience at Mockingbird Community Church.

The role-playing exercise assigns participants a new identity, occupation and level of education. They are then asked to live a month in those shoes while navigating obstacles that are common in a low-income environment.

The scenarios that ensue are fake,

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Which do you pay?

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but the tears shed are often real.

“You have to help [participants] understand what real people are facing,” says Rebecca Walls, who facilitates the Cost of Poverty Experience, also called COPE. The simulation starts in a large room at Mockingbird Community Church on Ellsworth Avenue. The rooms surrounding the entry have been converted into a school, grocery store, pawnshop, health clinic, bank and more. There, participants face predatory lenders, negligent landlords and discriminatory judges.

“The first few times we did it, every time was so serious,” Walls says. “I could hardly talk when it was over. If I’m a landlord, and people want to pay

partial rent, I have to say, ‘I’m a busy person. I’m not going to be here for you to come by twice in a month.’ Then they get evicted, and I have to change the locks and move their junk to the curb.

“It took me a while to follow the rules — to actually do what is supposed to happen instead of giving people a break all the time.”

COPE started in 2016 as a program of Unite Greater Dallas, a nonprofit that connects church leaders with community groups to meet the needs of the city. The first participants were churchgoers, followed by teachers and administrators.

Walls has led the simulation for educators at more than 10 RISD schools,

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in addition to some in Fort Worth, Carrolton and Farmers Branch. A group of Dallas ISD principals has also completed the experience.

“What I’ve come to understand is that young teachers are reluctant to go into really hard situations because they haven’t been equipped and encouraged to go that route,” Walls says. “If they do go there, they have to develop a layer of protection around their hearts to cope with what they’re

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seeing. We’re chipping away at that protection.”

The goal isn’t for teachers to lower academic expectations for low-income students, but to rekindle empathy that will affect how they make decisions. For example, impoverished students without money for vacation may feel left out by a writing prompt, such as “Where did you travel this summer?” Armed with that knowledge, teachers could choose a more inclusive topic.

Buy tools.

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After staff experience the simulation, Walls hopes community partners will come alongside them to provide supplemental volunteers and resources when the schools fall short.

“When a district says, ‘We wish we could do more, but we don’t have the resources,’ that’s exactly what the community needs to hear,” Walls says.

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UP FRONT

A trolley car from the old Junius Heights line.

CLANG, CLANG, CLANG WENT THE TROLLEY NEIGHBORS ARE TRYING TO BRING HOME OUR BELOVED JUNIUS HEIGHTS STREETCAR

TWO TROLLEY CARS that once transported passengers across Dallas lie rotting in a storage yard, tucked out of sight behind a warehouse. The decomposing hunks accumulate rust as they sit stagnant in harsh weather conditions.

The forgotten artifacts are a cautionary tale for members of the Junius Heights Historic District, who are working to save a piece of neighborhood history by finding a new home for the trolley at the Spaghetti Warehouse.

The eatery permanently closed its Dallas location in October, and the iconic streetcar faces an uncertain future.

The Texas-based Italian restaurant is known for streetcar seating inside warehouses

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DID YOU KNOW? Junius Heights neighbor Mary Carroll credits the trolley for her more than 60year marriage to husband Robert Carroll.

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Founded in 1972, the chain has dwindled to just seven locations in three states.

“Our goal is that the trolley would continue to exist,” says Junius Heights board member Matt Wood. “We don’t want it torn down or cut up.”

The Junius Heights trolley at the Spaghetti Warehouse is a special piece of neighborhood history. In 1906, the streetcar contributed to the development of Junius Heights as people rode it to reach land being settled on the east side of Dallas. Today, Junius Heights has one of the largest collections of historic homes built in the Craftsman, Prairie and Tudor styles.

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Not only was the streetcar a boon for business and real estate development, it provided new ways for people to meet and form relationships. Junius Heights neighbor Mary Carroll credits the trolley for her more than 60-year marriage to husband Robert Carroll.

The couple started dating in the early 1950s after Mary met Robert at a military base in Grand Prairie.

Every Friday for five years, Robert would hitch a ride downtown and take the trolley to Junius Heights to visit Mary. He would catch the last train back on Sunday night and ride back to the base with a friend. The routine worked perfectly until one night when he fell asleep, missed his stop downtown and woke up at the end of the line in Oak Cliff.

“If it hadn’t been for the streetcar, we probably wouldn’t have been together,” Mary says. “There would have been no way for him to see me because we didn’t have cars.”

Every year, the Carrolls and their Junius Heights neighbors celebrated the streetcar and the history of the community with drinks and dinner in the trolley at the Spaghetti Warehouse.

When they heard the restaurant was closing, they tried to return the icon to the neighborhood or relocate it to a new home where it could be preserved.

There was talk of moving it to the Lakewood Shopping Center or a neighborhood pocket park, but those plans never materialized, says Rene Schmidt, president of the Junius Heights Historic District.

“We do want it back in East Dallas because it’s one of our icons,” Schmidt says. “It’s well preserved and in good condition. The woodwork inside is incredible.”

In late October, the trolley sold

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at an auction of Spaghetti Warehouse items for $3,125 to Bidder #23941. Under the terms of the auction, the bidder is responsible for removing the trolley from the restaurant. That will require the partial removal and rebuilding of a brick wall, making the final price much higher.

After assessing the cost, the winning bidder, who was not identified, decided to forego the streetcar’s removal.

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“We do want it back in East Dallas because it’s one of our icons. It’s well preserved and in good condition.

The woodwork inside is incredible.”

DBL Brands, which owns the Spaghetti Warehouse chain, plans to leave the streetcar in the building, project manager Hwan Pak says. The trolley then becomes the responsibility of the property owner, Vereit, which did not respond to numerous requests for comment.

As the streetcar continues to languish in the empty building, Junius Heights Historic District members are still looking to partner with individuals or organizations interested in repurposing the trolley. Collaboration could come in the form of a monetary donation or a public relations campaign, Wood says.

“We’re not in a position to pay for all of it, and we don’t have a final destination for it, but we’re eager to partner with anybody and leverage our status as a neighborhood association,” he says. “They’d have the eternal gratitude of the largest historic district in Texas.”

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“When Brooks and I went away to school, we always found ourselves talking about opening a bar and talking about what the latest restaurant that opened was,” Bradley says.

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Enter Hillside Tavern, starring chef Tate.

“We have one of the best griddled burgers in Dallas,” Brooks says. “He’s got his little chef thing going on for each of the different items.”

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Whatever happened to...?

From an enduring couple and a cancerkicking cowboy to political podcasters and paranormal photography, here’s an update on some of the most intriguing neighborhood stories of 2019.

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A cancer-kicking cowboy THEN: Just two weeks shy of his third birthday, Eli

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Chemotherapy helped Eli achieve remission, but he had to spend the first year of treatment in isolation. When the Advocate featured Eli in April, he felt well enough to attend a RoughRiders game and a Disney on Ice performance. He was also preparing to walk in the annual Children’s Cancer Fund Gala.

NOW: Wearing a plaid shirt, a cowboy hat and American

flag cowboy boots, Eli strutted the runway with country musician Josh Abbott. “He was overwhelmed when Josh gave him his very own six-string guitar,” Eli’s mother Annie Patterson says. “He started crooning his favorite cowboy tunes immediately.” In September, Eli started kindergarten,

and a month later, he was surprised with a birthday outing at the Fort Worth Stockyards rodeo. The Cowboys Who Care Foundation decked him out with gear and let him go backstage to meet the cowboys and their animals. Eli, 6, will continue treatment until May 2020.

Afterward, he wants to take guitar lessons and participate in a rodeo mutton-busting contest. “I have a feeling the rest of us are going to have to hold on to our hats to keep up with this cowboy once treatment ends,” Annie says.

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Together in heart THEN: Paul and Clara Harris had been married for nearly 70 years when the Advocate featured them in the February issue. They met while working at Davy Crockett Elementary and started dating steady in 1950. As the school principal, Paul thought it would be ill advised to date single teachers, but because Clara worked at the school only two days a week, he made an exception. The Harrises married nine months after they started dating. Their 67 years together were filled with good memories of a cross-country road trip in an RV much too small for a family of six, as well as painful ones stemming from the death of their oldest child in a bicycle accident.

NOW: Paul died Aug. 8. He

was 101. He was a fixture of the East Dallas educational community for nearly 20 years, serving as principal at Lakewood Elementary, J.L. Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School. After retiring, he and Clara bought a picture frame shop on Lovers Lane. They lived at CC Young, where Paul joined the “Century Club” in January 2018. He is survived

by Clara, three children, eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

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Unbreakable THEN: Josh Jordan had spent years in the film

industry as an actor and director, but when he turned 40, the East Dallas neighbor realized his career hadn’t turned out the way he had hoped. Jordan turned to writing to express his struggles. The result was his first feature film, “This World Won’t Break,” which follows broke-down, middle-aged Texas troubadour Wes Milligan as he pursues his musical dream.

Jordan and his neighbors worked on the film for years, filming at familiar landmarks, such as White Rock Lake, Good Records, Swiss Avenue and Johnny’s Liquor Store. When the Advocate featured Jordan in April, “This World Won’t Break” was about to make its world premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival.

NOW: “This World Won't Break”

is an award-winning film. At the premiere, it walked away with the Best Narrative Feature Film award.

It’s gone on to win 14 other awards, including Best Cinematography, Best New Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. The film has been selected for 12 festivals around the world, from Plano to Australia. At the end of the festival season, “This World Won’t Break” will be released on Blu-ray and video on demand. As for Jordan, he’s finalizing the script for his second feature film, which will, of course, be shot in Texas.

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Political podcasters THEN: Former political candidates

Lillian Salerno and Kendall Scudder turned Election Day losses into a weekly podcast focused on all things Texas politics. The first season gave listeners a humorous and irreverent behind-the-scenes look at the state’s key figures. In between talking politics with the likes of former state Rep. Harryette Ehrhardt, there was plenty of playful banter and discussions about spirit animals. FYI: Salerno’s is a dove of peace, and Scudder’s is Joe Biden. The podcasters told the Advocate in March that they hoped to give progressive candidates a platform and capitalize on the energy that spread throughout Texas during the 2018 election.

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NOW: Salerno and Scudder finished Season 2, which featured a slew of presidential candidates, including Elizabeth Warren and John Delaney.

The podcast made history as the first in the country to interview Delaney as he ate a sandwich. The pair also embarked on a fact-finding mission to the border and performed a dramatic reading of the Mueller Report. Season 3 will launch in midJanuary. The podcasters expect that as the Democratic primary heats up, presidential contenders and Texas representatives at the state and national level will want to come on the air. “We’ve created a hub for progressive politics,” Scudder says.

“When candidates come to Texas to campaign, they know Pod Bless is a place to talk to voters.”

Paranormal photography THEN: Lakewood is

home to Dallas’ most famous ghost, the Lady of the Lake. The tragic story of the woman who died in White Rock Lake inspired Fitzhugh Avenue neighbor J. René Guerrero to write the novel “White Rock,” which follows protagonist Laura Milton as she grapples with the ability to see spirits. How do you create such a chilling image? Advocate photographer Danny Fulgencio enlisted the help of Lauren Battaglia, who hand modeled the original iPad for an ad. In a Far North Dallas pool, Fulgencio captured Battaglia’s hand protruding from beneath Guerrero’s floating body.

Fulgencio initially tried surrounding Guerrero with pages from his book, but when they kept disintegrating, he opted for flower petals Guerrero had collected from a wedding.

NOW: Guerrero is writing

the second book in the Thin Veil trilogy. Find out what happens next as Milton travels to New Orleans, one of the most haunted cities in America.

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SPOTLIGHT STORIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Exchange Club members Clay Drury and Tim Webster observe a robotics demonstration by students at Zaragoza Elementary.

THE POWER OF 50 HOW MEMBERS OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF EAST DALLAS MEET OUR COMMUNITY’S NEEDS

Story by JAIME DUNAWAY | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

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CATHERINE ROSAS GREW UP in a single-parent household. Her mom worked while going back to school, but the money she earned went toward living expenses — not a college fund.

Without help from the Exchange Club of East Dallas, Rosas never would have been able to attend college.

“Getting out of that situation was the goal,” says Rosas, a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate. “It wasn’t just me and my mom fighting. It was the community fighting. The Exchange Club was a big part of that.”

Since 1948, the group of 50 men has raised money to meet the needs of public school children in East Dallas.

Each year, the club donates books, new coats and “wish list” items to students at Woodrow Wilson, J.L. Long and eight elementary schools.

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“We had a scholarship winner a few years ago who said, ‘You gave me a coat when I was in kindergarten and a scholarship when I was a senior.’”

“We have some high-needs schools, and raising funds from neighbors is hard to do,” Exchange Club treasurer Tim Webster says. “We want to help the disadvantaged schools compete.”

Despite its small membership, the club multiplies its efforts through partnerships with retailers and nonprofits like Essilor Vision Foundation, which trains club members to perform eye exams and put glasses on children who need them.

“I remember asking a little girl if she could see OK,” Webster says. “She said, ‘I can see better now because the teacher moved me to the front of the class.’ Now that little girl can sit anywhere in the room she wants.”

Despite significant fundraising efforts, club members wanted to do more. In 2015, they hatched an idea for a signature event that would allow them to continue current programs while raising money for student scholarships.

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the Texas Rangers, as the keynote speaker. Table sales, raffle sales and two auctions netted more than $100,000 for the community. Since then, the fundraiser has featured Brad Sham, voice of the Dallas Cowboys, and “Blazing Saddles” actor Burton Gilliam, who donated boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali for the auction.

In four years, the signature event has raised more than $420,000.

Members hope that total will continue to grow with former First Lady Laura Bush headlining this year’s event. The education advocate, who wrote the children’s book, “Our Great Big Backyard,” will speak for about an hour.

Rosas, now a junior majoring in environmental geoscience at Texas A&M, will introduce her. Rosas was given the honor after giving a poignant speech at last year’s event. As she recalled the hardships of her childhood and the struggle of commuting 30 minutes each way to attend Woodrow’s International Baccalaureate program, the audience was moved to give $10,000.

“I know without this scholarship, I wouldn’t have been able to go to college at all,” Rosas says. “It’s not about how difficult your situation is.

It’s how you’ve used what you’ve gone through in a positive way.”

The four scholarship recipients, who receive $5,000 annual scholarships over four years, are perhaps the greatest fundraisers, just by sharing their stories.

“We had a scholarship winner a few years ago who said, ‘You gave me a coat when I was in kindergarten and a scholarship when I was a senior,’” Exchange Club president Erik Ward says. “That’s pretty powerful stuff.”

The work the club accomplished sparked interest among several men in the community. Until a year ago, they had to wait for years on a waiting list before they could join. The club’s popularity prompted the president to create eight new associate member positions, but the idea is to keep the group small in case members need to mobilize quickly to meet an urgent need.

Members meet every Wednesday for lunch at the Lakewood Country Club, where they develop plans for upcoming events. In fall 2020, the group hopes to launch its inaugural charity golf tournament, which could add between $30,000 and $50,000 to the budget, Ward says.

Plans are also underway to expand Woodrow Fest — a night of food and drink that raises money for the scholarship fund. For the past five years, the festival has taken place at the Pour

House on Skillman Street. Next year, it will move to a park where neighbors can play games, eat from food trucks and listen to live music outdoors.

“Every member has a giving heart, and everyone who has been inducted in the last two decades has heard, ‘To whom much is given, much is expected’ at their induction ceremony,” Ward says.

“It’s not our motto, and it’s not in our bylaws, but everyone lives by that.”

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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

By PATTI VINSON

Neighbors dive into icy water at the annual Polar Plunge. (Photography by Brian Maschino.)

Icy tradition Take a plunge and support your neighbors

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t started with a dare and evolved into one of East Dallas’ most beloved and quirky fundraisers — a mid-winter plunge into an icy pool at the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge, located just east of the Arboretum.

Pay $10, support a good cause and enjoy bragging rights. Think Polar Bear Club at Coney Island, the bunch who take a dip in the cold Atlantic, and you’ve got the idea.

On Feb. 9, head over to the FOE pool for the annual Hypnotic Donuts Polar Plunge, so named because it was the brainchild of longtime Hypnotic manager Josh Griffin. The popular doughnut shop does not profit. It’s a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association-Dallas & Northeast Texas Chapter.

The local tradition was born one blustery winter’s day eight years ago when

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Griffin was hanging out with buddies at the FOE pool and dared them to jump in.

“It started as a gentleman’s bet,” Griffin says. “The idea was to jump in the pool and swim from the deep end to the shallow end.”

It was cold. Half the crowed cheered, and the other half stared like the participants had lost their minds. Griffin and pals suspected it might work as a fundraiser.

“After seeing the reaction and feeling the adrenaline from the first jump, it just felt natural to include as many people as we could,” he says. “What better way to convince people to do something crazy than to tell them it’s for charity.”

The FOE lodge was an ideal location because it has a long history of helping those in need. Past FOE members include presidents John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Lance Roberts, member and trustee of FOE 3108, the local lodge, says the plunge is a perfect example of the organization’s work.

“It’s proven to be a very popular event,” he says. “We normally see 70-100 participants who pay $10 to jump into our

Olympic-size pool and swim the length.

It’s always lively and entertaining. The crowd is boisterous. Cheering helps those hesitant to jump in.”

Crowds vary year to year, but he says it’s common to have a couple hundred spectators.

So who’s brave enough to jump? Over the years, hardy souls, male and female, have ranged from wee ones as young as 3 to folks in their 80s. Some wear bikinis.

Others opt for bright red long johns.

“I’ve seen costumes, capes and more Speedos than you can imagine,” Griffin says.

Everyone’s reason for jumping is unique. John Ramos has taken the plunge three times, each time to honor his grandfather, one of the original Polar Bears at Coney Island. The chilly water is nothing new to Ramos because he had his first experience at age 16 with the bathers in the Atlantic Ocean.

When Ramos first heard about the local plunge, his grandfather had died, and Ramos decided he would jump in his honor.

“I wear my grandpa’s polar bear swimsuit every time I jump,” he says.

He shares the tradition with his daughter, Joplin. She first jumped two years ago at the age of 5 in memory of her great-grandfather.

“I was definitely nervous at first,” she says. “It was so cold that I wanted to turn back.”

But her dad gave her a ride on his back for the first swim, and she toughed it out with a solo swim the second time.

“I felt proud of myself and cozy because my grandma brought me a onesie pajama,” she says.

Ramos adds, “We’ll jump every single year until Joplin is 16, and then we’ll go to Coney Island to become an official Polar Bear.”

“What better way to convince people to do something crazy than to tell them it’s for charity.”

Marcia Phillips is another neighbor who’s braved the cold water, but her reason was intensely personal and ultimately transformative. When she jumped for the first time last January, her marriage was ending, and she faced a single life with two young boys. She enjoyed the fellowship and support she found at the FOE pool, so she decided to support the event.

“Jumping in terrified me,” she says.

“But it was an opportunity to step outside my comfort zone and show my sons that we can go through scary situations and triumph.”

How was it?

“The cold water made my heart jump and took my breath away, but I’m so glad I did it,” she says.

Phillips has since joined the FOE Ladies Auxiliary and has chaired events benefitting neighborhood causes, such as the Magdalen House and the Peace Pantry at Lipscomb Elementary.

“I’m always amazed every year we pull it off,” Griffin says. “East Dallas does not disappoint.”

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.

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ichard Stinson is dead.

I wanted this New Year’s column to brim with hope for a brighter tomorrow, lifting our spirits after a holiday season of inside sports, such as competitive eating and politics. It’s a splash of cold water in the face instead.

Richard grew up with my kids at Merriman Park Elementary School. I coached him in youth basketball and football. He was always the star, according to him. My son, Rhett, remembers me trying to teach Richard that there’s no I in TEAM. He would reply, “I know, coach, but there is an I in WIN.” Richard and Rhett became friends in that natural way boys do when they share the same class and uniform. They were friends also in that awkward way that comes from not sharing the same background.

Richard took a liking to our family.

He once showed up at our front door looking to play. When he learned Rhett wasn’t home, he invited himself in anyway and spent the afternoon playing with his friend’s little sister, Jillian. He was always the entertainer, but never the host.

One Friday afternoon, we picked up Richard on the corner near the Sunflower Apartments where he lived. He showed up with suitcase in hand. We asked him why he was packed, and he told us he was spending the weekend. OK, then.

Richard came to church with us that Sunday, wearing a fine red velvet suit. He joined us at a Super Bowl party that afternoon. Everyone was glad to add a chair to the table for Richard.

Richard moved away during junior high but returned briefly to Lake Highlands High School. Rhett lost touch with him over the years. The internet was quiet until a chance remembrance led to a Google search. The news was bad. Richard had

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been murdered in his home in Lawton, Oklahoma, on March 3, 2019. It was the same day as Rhett’s son’s second birthday.

The murder is unsolved. An African American young man, who had done time in prison for drugs, was shot in his home.

It would be sadly easy to make judgments about what inspired the murder or about why Richard’s killer is still at large.

This is the world we live in — too much crime, too many unconvicted or wrongly convicted criminals.

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I wonder what more we could have or should have done to be the village Richard needed to live beyond age 34. Being neighbors involves more than living in the same neighborhood.

Rhett wrote a eulogy for Richard and shared it with our family. It read in part: “I hope his friends and family know how much joy he brought me. Because of Richard, I will make sure my two boys grow up with keen awareness and look for opportunities to open their hearts to those who need it most.”

Rest in peace, Richard.

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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OUR CITY

By MITA HAVLICK

The bubble life All is well and good — until you realize it isn’t for your ‘neighbors’ across town

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here’s something about the East Dallas community that lures us into the bubble life.

For me, the primary reason is self-preservation. This side of town provides a social and emotional support system that ironically calms and energizes me at the same time. Much of what I want and need is right outside my door, whether it’s grocery shopping at Kroger, walking and biking around White Rock Lake, picking up the perfect gift at Talulah & HESS, eating at Rapscallion, playing tennis at Samuell Grand — the list is endless and blissful.

When I relay my love for my neighborhood to those outside my bubble, I receive a familiar reply: “I’d love to live in the M-Streets, Lakewood, Lower Greenville area.” It fills me with pride. Except a few months ago, when sitting blindly in my lovely bubble made me feel ashamed.

Late in the evening on Oct. 20, swaths of northwest and northern Dallas, Lake Highlands and all the way to Sachse were devastated by a series of tornadoes. They started near Love Field and bounced eastward, leaving a horrific path of destruction.

Like many around the city, I was watching the Cowboys game while being interrupted by alerts on my phone indicating there was first severe weather, then a tornado watch and finally a tornado warning. It took NBC Channel 5 and its chief meteorologist, Rick Mitchell, an inordinate amount of time to interrupt the game to warn us all, but it was obvious from the sirens that it was serious.

My parents live just north of the Park Cities, and I called and begged them to go into the stairwell of their condo. I hung up the phone and told my kids to get into the closet under the stairs. No one listened to

me or did what I asked. My kids argued that the sirens meant it was a “tornado watch,” that is, conditions ripe for a tornado. My parents simply said, “Oh, we think we’ll be fine.”

My children were clearly wrong about the tornado “watch” versus “warning.”

That’s seriously a huge parenting fail. But it turned out that mom and dad were right.

We were all fine.

“My neighbors are not just in East Dallas. They’re all over this city.”

After confirming that our nephew, who lives in North Dallas, lost power but was otherwise unscathed, I went to bed.

I woke up Monday to my wedding anniversary. I then scanned the morning news on my BBC app and was relieved that no deaths or serious injuries had been reported. Unlike the aftermath of the June 2019 storm, we had power. When I looked outside, there were no downed trees. It appeared that everyone and everything was fine.

I drove that morning to my office at 9400 N. Central Expressway, the Dallas ISD headquarters. I’d started a new job as director of the Dallas Education Foundation only weeks before. I was new enough that I didn’t realize traffic on 75 was excessively heavy, and the lack of activity inside the building was ominous. With almost no interruptions, I was incredibly productive.

It wasn’t until late afternoon, after Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s press

conference, that I understood the extent of the damage.

It turned out that not everyone was fine. There is a good-sized ribbon of our city where lives are forever changed because of nature’s wrath. We have families who lost their homes and kids who lost their schools. My heart hurts every time I speak to teachers and principals or visit Walnut Hill Elementary, which was moved to Tom Field, and Thomas Jefferson, which was moved to Edison. Many are still emotional as they stay strong for their students, their families and our city.

After communicating with a number of friends that Monday night after the storms, it was apparent, anecdotally at least, that I wasn’t the only one who suffered from East Dallas myopia. We heard that there weren’t any deaths or serious injuries and made the assumption that everything was fine.

My East Dallas bubble keeps me sane, but it was a curse that day. I’m annoyed at my ignorance and embarrassed that instead of checking on those in the tornadoes’ path, I posted a Facebook quip about my husband being out of town on our anniversary.

I was reminded that week of the hazards of making assumptions based on limited data points and what results from choosing to be insulated. My East Dallas bubble offers bliss, but I have resolutely burst it and committed to more trips outside my comfort zone. My neighbors are not just in East Dallas. They’re all over this city.

MITA HAVLICK is a neighborhood resident and Dallas Education Foundation director. Find her commentary regularly in the back pages of our print edition and online at lakewood. advocatemag.com.

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