2010 October Lakewood

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Drinking problem

Will the November election make life easier for a city struggling with cumbersome alcohol laws?

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JUST TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE

It doesn’t take much time to empty the trash, or to vote in an election. So why don’t we?

The garbage bin is located in the busiest room in the house, so it collects the most garbage. And without fail, it seems as if every time I slide it out to load something in, it’s overflowing. Sometimes, it’s even overflowing in a way that makes me laugh out loud; there’s no way the person before me could have walked away in good conscience while leaving behind a propped-open garbage lid overflowing with banana peels or empty milk cartons.

The logical thing, when faced with an overflowing garbage bin, is to address the issue: Pull the bag out of the bin, walk about 50 feet (granted, more than half of it outdoors) to the city-provided super-jumbo garbage bin in the backyard, and then load an empty liner in the kitchen bin so the next person isn’t inconvenienced.

The whole process takes less than five minutes. Maybe even less than four minutes. It’s important, it’s the responsible thing to do, and it’s really not that difficult.

Everyone in our house knows it’s important, and everyone knows it needs to be done. But everyone seems to hope that someone else will step up because that’s just the way most of us are. I understand that thought process, because that’s exactly what goes through my mind, too.

I bring this up not because my garbage situation is all that fascinating, but because as we enter another political season, there are some parallels here.

Democracy and voting in this country are no longer the shiny new pennies they must have been 200-plus years ago. With every passing election, fewer of us as a percentage of the voting population take the time to vote. Less than half of us decide most of the elections these days. Often, 10 or 20 percent of us make the call. It takes too much time to do the right thing, so too many of us do nothing at all.

Something that should have changed this trend and sparked interest in elections and candidates is the internet — in a matter of minutes, anyone anywhere can find out everything about any candidate, any ballot issue, any controversy. We can watch words spill out of the candidates’ own mouths on YouTube, on their own sites, on news sites, on our phones.

We can assess their positions, evaluate their intellect, even spar with them online if we (and they) so choose.

But like hauling out the garbage, we generally choose to let someone else do the work. And many of us seem to think we’re getting away with something when we’re too busy to spend a few minutes doing what needs to be done. I keep telling myself that one day when I find

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the garbage bin overflowing, I’m going to set my refuse pile on top of the cover or next to the bin just so that someone else will have to complete the task. But as I stand there contemplating my prospective crime, I just can’t do it. After all, if garbage heaps up and I dodge responsibility, I’m trashing my own home, too.

So I dispose of the garbage, and my four or five minutes right along with it. Leaving the chore for someone else just isn’t the right thing to do.

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Like hauling out the garbage, we generally choose to let someone else do the work. And many of us seem to think we’re getting away with something when we’re too busy to spend a few minutes doing what needs to be done.

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Continuing a Tradition of Protecting America

Given his family’s history of military service – both of his grandfathers served in World War II and his father in the National Guard – it seems Kenneth was destined to honor this calling as well. After his graduation from Mansfield High School, Kenneth enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and in January of 1996 he began his training as a Marine. For more than fourteen years, he has served our country in both the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserves – achieving the rank of Captain, the first in his family to earn a commission.

Priorities That Will Keep Texas Strong

While serving on the front lines in Fallujah and throughout his military service, Kenneth and his wife Michele learned how to make ends meet and to do more with less. Budgeting and fixed priorities helped the Sheets family, and it is exactly what our government should do in these uncertain times. Lower taxes and cutting wasteful spending will help Texas families and small businesses keep more of what they earn. Kenneth also supports efforts that seek to improve the quality of public education in Texas and increase accountability. Additionally, he will give law enforcement the tools they need to protect our neighborhoods from criminal illegal aliens. Kenneth Sheets represents the principled leadership we need for a stronger Texas.

A Family of Faith

Kenneth and Michele were married on August 5, 2000 and are active parishioners of the St. Thomas Aquinas community. Their faith and activities within the church community are extremely important parts of their lives.

Priorities that Matter:

Kenneth Sheets is a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. Use of his military rank, job titles and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Navy or the Department of Defense.

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FACEBOOK FAN PROFILE //KRISTI KAY SINGLETARY, 45, is a single “mother, writer and idea-maker.” She has two children and a cat.

What’s a little known fact about you? I have been a closet singer for years.

What’s your most embarrassing moment? It happened in first grade. I peed on the floor waiting for the teacher to come in the room so I could get permission to go to the bathroom; I didn’t make it. And I was sitting next to my boyfriend.

What would your career be if you could do it all over again without consequences? I would be an actress and study in New York. What’s the one thing you wish you could do but are reasonably sure you never will? I would travel the world like a hippie. What makes you laugh out loud? When I hear good jokes.

What’s your most treasured possession? My Bible.

What’s your strangest or most random Facebook friend connection? The date offers I get. It has become an online dating service, ha. If you could only eat at one neighborhood restaurant for the rest of your life, which would it be? El Fenix.

How would you explain your neighborhood to someone living in, say, Newfoundland? I live in a very wooded area surrounded by little cottages, with trees and a bridge over the streets like a country road. I am surrounded by a wonderful mixture of neighbors. It is a village of artists and we live near the very beautiful White Rock Lake, which has the most amazing view of downtown Dallas.

Whole Foods, Central Market, Kroger, Tom Thumb or somewhere else — where do you grocery shop and why? I shop at Albertsons in Casa Linda. We have made many friends there, like Nora the cashier and Billie our sweet friend who always gives us a cookie in the bakery. I indulge myself

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What item in your closet is most humiliating? My size 4 jeans that I will never have on again.

What do you miss about the you from 10 or 20 years ago? I had no fear of relationships, the dentist, doctors ... these phobias have hit because of mistreatment. Which is sad.

What do you love about the age you’re at now? I love being 45 years old because I have survived 45 years and I have been able to see God’s work in my life. I have history now!

What are some jobs you’ve held in the past? I have been a serial job-hopper. I worked at McDonald’s for my first car, I’ve cashiered at Minyard, clerked at Dillard’s, modeled, worked as a law firm receptionist. I’ve even been a stripper.

What celebrity would you most like to meet for coffee and why? I want to meet Barbra Streisand. She is brilliant and talented and amazing. I love her.

What’s your favorite guilty-pleasure website? Facebook. I always spend over an hour on it. Do you have a favorite quote? “Let go and let God.” Simple but powerful.

“Potentially, the 10 percent who are selected under softened standards could be negatively affected. Is it better to be a good, promising student at a neighborhood school or a student who is struggling to succeed in a magnet school? I think there are arguments to be made on either side of that question. However, I’ve seen firsthand what can happen to kids who are put in a class where they don’t have the skills to compete — it can suck the spirit and confidence right out of them.”

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QUESTION OF THE MONTH

WHAT LOCAL FALL EVENT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING?

Corn dogs and beer!! I can’t wait for the State Fair of Texas! –KENDALL BUTLER

The Dallas Arboretum’s [Great Pumpkin Festival]! One of my favorite pictures is of me and my two grandsons there.

–VERA LAND STENCEL SHELBY

Walk Wag and Run on Oct. 23rd!!

–LISA-KAY PIEROTTI

State Fair of Texas: Fried Frito-chili pie. Feel the burn. –MARKHOLLAND

Pumpkins and fall flowers at the Farmer’s Market. –MARY FISK S. FARR

Fall calls for the State Fair!! Can’t wait.

–SUSAN KUSTELSKILONGLEY

That’s an easy one! It’s a series of events called “Friday night lights”. Nothing better in the fall than high school football! –DARLENE ELLISON

Friends of the Dallas Public Library’s Literary Lions Dinner with author Alexander McCall Smith on Oct. 22!

–DEBORAH BROWN

State Fair of Texas!! Woo hoo. Bring on the fried food and livestock.

–LISA BENSKIN

Belmont Addition Fall Party/Chili CookOff on Nov. 6!

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Four Energy $avers that Pay, Right Away

Making your home more energy efficient can dramatically reduce your energy consumption and your utility bills. But which investments should you make first?

To help you maximize your savings, we polled our experts to find the “lowest hanging fruit”.

Attic Insulation and Ventilation:

The most cost-effective home energy saving investments have one common objective: Reduce the amount of energy your home uses for heating and cooling, which accounts for 50% to 70% of your energy consumption. That begins with proper attic insulation, which helps your home retain heat in the winter and repel heat in the summer. Many of the older homes in our area were built in the 40s and 50s, when insulation standards and materials weren’t what they are today. According to our insulation expert, “Once you add a few inches of blown insulation to these homes, you cut energy consumption by up to 20%. Pair that with low-expansion foam to seal holes around the house, and you can expect dramatic reductions in your energy bills.”

Attic temperatures in the blazing Texas heat can reach 160 degrees.

Ventilating the attic removes excess heat. Our master electrician recommends whirlybird-style attic ventilators, which don’t require electricity. “Proper ventilation supplements the insulation to minimize the heat that penetrates your ceiling.” He adds, “Installing a radiant barrier reflects the sun’s heat away from your home, reducing the temperature in your attic by up to 30 degrees.” With a radiant barrier, you can decrease your bill by up to 25%. Add that to the insulation, and you can save up to 45%.

Tankless Water Heater:

A conventional tank water heater accounts for approximately 2535% of the electricity you use in your home. Old tank heaters operate continually rather than on-demand, and store water at a temperature far higher than what you need for showering or other household uses. First you pay to constantly overheat the water and then you dilute that heat with cold. Tankless water heaters immediately reduce the waste, save you space, and perform at maximum efficiency for years longer than tank heaters.

Energy Star Windows:

Old or outdated windows can lose up to 40% of a home’s cooling in the summer and up to 50% of its heating in the winter. Energy Star windows are designed to reduce the solar heat that comes into your home in the summer months while blocking the heat from escaping during winter months.

Energy Star HVAC Units:

The majority of HVAC systems installed before 1992 are 10 SEER or less. Today’s Energy Star units go up to 19.5 SEER, and can be matched perfectly to your home to reduce your heating and cooling costs by up to 59%.

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Ken Helfman, along with his son Kory Helfman of East Dallas, runs the “Cheers” of menswear: It’s the store where everybody knows your name, Ken says. Visit Ken’s Man’s Shop at Preston Royal Shopping Center on any given afternoon and you’ll find several dapper-looking dudes sitting around — glass of wine or a cup of joe in hand — telling tales, or laughing at the elder Helfman’s jokes. But don’t let the joviality fool you; the Helfmans are hardcore haberdashers. These guys can sell cashmere to Texans in August. They know men’s fashion like Landry knew football. But it is their wholehearted appreciation for people and community, to which they have given back in spades, that makes Ken’s more than just a store.

When did you open Ken’s Man’s Shop?

July 29, 1964. It was a Thursday, and we opened at 9 a.m. in the Ridgewood Shopping Center in Garland, Texas. In 1993 we moved to Preston.

Ken, how’d you get into the men’s clothing biz?

My dad and brother were doctors, but during my time in college I really didn’t discover what I wanted to do. As a teen, I worked for a friend of my mom who taught me the men’s clothing business, and I really loved it. In the 1960s I worked in shoe sales for a store in Casa Linda called Persian ... Peyton’s one day the men’s department salesman asked me to take over during his lunch break. By the time he got back, I’d sold thousands worth of clothes. I wound up becoming a manager, and after that, I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. It really came down to loving people. The business just suited — pardon the play on words — my personality.

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KEN’S GAINED A GOOD REP AND FAST. HOW DID YOU GET SUCH MOMENTUM GOING?

The Dallas Cowboys practiced near the store, in North Lake Highlands off Forest Lane, and Lee Roy Jordon became a customer. Many of the other Cowboys followed. We used to do the Ken’s Big Play Award at Cowboys games, where the player of the game won a suit or sport coat of his choice. That association with the Cowboys ignited a lot of good things.

DID THE COACH SHOP AT KEN’S?

Landry shopped here. Ten years ago, we had a 35th anniversary fundraiser and the Landry family donated one of Tom Landry’s fedoras for the silent auction. It garnered $2,500 of the $100,000 we raised that year.

WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING IN MEN’S FASHION SINCE THE ’60S?

The leisure suit. The polyester double knit and pastel colors had otherwise distinguished men looking like they worked for Baskin Robbins ... there’s a difference between fad and fashion. We never sold them.

KEN STARTED KEN’S, AND KORY, WHO HAS TWO SONS OF HIS OWN, WILL TAKE OVER SOMEDAY. KORY, WILL YOUR BOYS GO INTO THE BUSINESS, TOO?

I started when I was 24 and discovered a passion for it. If they have that passion, I’ll be happy to teach them all I know.

KEN’S SEEMS LIKE MORE THAN JUST A STORE. IT HAS A RICH YET HOMEY FEEL AND PEOPLE SEEM TO WANT TO HANG OUT HERE. WHY?

It’s kind of the Cheers of menswear. People like to come visit, drink coffee. I love the relationships that have been built here in the store.

OTHER THAN THE CLOTHES, THERE ARE SOME COOL THINGS AROUND THE STORE. WHAT’S THE STORY?

My wife, Jerri, and I shop for antiques to sell as special gifts, and you can find them throughout the store.

WHAT ABOUT THAT GIANT CHESS TABLE NEAR THE FRONT DOOR?

That belonged to my father. He was the chess champion of New York State at age 16 he played blindfolded chess! He was so good at it, he probably could have taken it up as a profession rather than becoming a doctor. Every piece in the store has a story behind it.

EVERYYEAR YOU DO MAJOR FUNDRAISERS, BUT YOU’VE GOT A HUGE ONE PLANNED THIS YEAR. TELL US ABOUT YOUR SUPER BOWL RAFFLE AND ITS BENEFICIARIES.

The Scottish Rite Hospital, as many know, is an amazing institution. They have never charged for a surgery. The Bill Hunt Scholarship fund is in memory of Ken’s first employee, a Garland High School student, who was a phenomenal young man. His reputation brought people into Ken’s. People would say, ‘If Bill works here, it must be a good place.’ When he was still a relatively young man, Hunt had a mental breakdown and eventually took his own life. Along with Bill’s family, I announced the scholarship fund at his Garland class’s 20th reunion. That night, Bill’s classmates wrote $5,000 worth of checks. We’ve presented scholarships every year since. This year, we have two tickets to the 2011 Super Bowl — we are selling 1,964 (for the year the store opened) raffle tickets at $200 each. The money will be evenly split between the two charities, and the winner will receive the tickets plus brunch prepared by Dean Fearing, a framed and autographed Troy Aikman jersey and a [Lincoln] Town Car to and from the game. Lee Roy Jordon will draw the winner in early January. We figured this Super Bowl was going to be the biggest sporting event Dallas has ever seen, and I wanted to find a way to make it work for these charities.

—CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

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how ’bout them cowboys?

It’s hard to believe now, but the Dallas Cowboys couldn’t sell out the Cotton Bowl, their original stadium, during their first four seasons. Professional football was not a big deal in 1960, the team’s inaugural season. Of course, the Cowboys would go on to play in more Super Bowl games than any other NFL team, they have a $1.1 billion stadium, and nothing can shake their enviable nickname: America’s Team. A Lakewood neighbor, newspaperman and author Ed Housewright, released a book this past summer that chronicles the team’s 50-year history. The book, “Dallas Cowboys, America’s Team: Celebrating 50 Years of Championship NFL Football”, is Housewright’s fifth, and it is his third book about the Cowboys. “The peg was the 50th anniversary of the team,” Housewright says. “I thought it would be good to capitalize on that, and my publisher agreed.” The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization, is

the publisher. And it’s a photo-driven book containing hundreds of color pictures of Cowboys games and greats from AP photographers. It’s a coffee table book with a foreword from Troy Aikman, and it is organized by era: the Tom Landry era of 1966-88 and the Jerry Jones era since 1989. There are chapters on the greatest and worst moments in Dallas Cowboys history. And then Housewright goes out on a limb and ranks the all-time greatest Cowboys players by position. He knows that picking Roger Staubach over Aikman as the team’s best quarterback will cause some chatter. “I hope that people will find it entertaining and spark some discussion and argument,” he says. “There’s no definitive way to say who’s the best in a position. Statistics vary by era.” The book, which sells for about $27, is available at most major booksellers.

—RACHEL STONE

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paddle pushers

During the evening hours of a torrential rain- and Tornado Warningfilled day, Amy Ebert traverses the White Rock trail, noting that the spot where she normally sets up shop is under water. When you own a kayak rental company at White Rock Lake, business always is at Mother Nature’s mercy. Ebert and business partner Angeline Koh, both White Rock area dwellers, spent months working with the City of Dallas to get a permit to open White Rock Paddle Company. Last August, they began renting kayaks from a tent on the north side of the lake. Their “Kayak Rentals” sign is visible from Mockingbird. In September, the experienced kayakers began offering lessons. Since opening, the women have seen a flood of business. “We’ve set up an online reservation system in order to keep up,” Ebert says. “People around here have been wanting something like this, you can tell.” White Rock Paddle is open every day of the week, except Mondays, which the ladies reserve for relaxing. They’ll also close on the days when it pours, or freezes; those days keep them busy rescheduling reservations. They plan to stay open through October, at least. During the winter months they will play it by ear. Ebert explains that the sit-in kayaks offer more protection from getting wet than the kayaks that you sit on top of, so cold weather kayaking is not out of the question. “If the demand is there, we will stay open.”

FIND WHITE ROCK PADDLE COMPANY online at whiterockpaddle.com

—CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

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sanity saviors

Fifty years ago, a group of moms in the Lochwood neighborhood of East Dallas got together and formed a club of sorts. It was called Save Our Sanity, and it became a network of people willing to support one another in the realm of child rearing. “You really need all the help you can get,” says Renee Nikolai, an officer in the organization now known as the Lochwood Parents Group. The group throws several neighborhood parties each year, including its main event, the August back-to-school party. And it gives parents a chance to swap stories and get to know each other. But their connection is much more than social. Their email group allows anyone to send out S.O.S. messages: “Is anyone heading toward the park tomorrow? My daughter needs a ride home from soccer practice.” Andrea McAnally used the email group last year when her infant ran a high fever. Her husband was out of town for work, and her three older children were sleeping. Her doctor’s office told her to give the baby children’s ibuprofen, but she didn’t have any in the house. “I sent out an email at about 11:30 at night, and I had three responses in 10 minutes,” she said. “And one of my neighbors just brought Motrin to my door.” The group also takes hot meals to new parents or members who are ill. A few years ago, the parents group came together to help Maria Blois. Her house was robbed a few days before Christmas, and her four children’s gifts were stolen. So the group took a collection to buy gift cards for the family, and they took turns babysitting and cooking while Blois shopped for new presents. “It’s just one of those things you can’t believe,” Nikolai says. “But it all worked out.”

—RACHEL STONE

“It’s my two favorite things — painting and art, and then fashion”

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Julie Michel thought she knew something about fashion when she started a clothing line three years ago. But the Lakewood resident, whose fashion is based on her own abstract paintings, had to learn the hard way. Early on, she relied on fashion vendors — pattern makers, graders, cutters, sewers — to guide her through the process of getting her pieces made in Dallas. “I was bringing people baked goods because I didn’t know what I was doing,” she says. Her competitors in the fashion game often have more expertise. But when Julie Michel decides to do something, it happens. Michel has a background in advertising, marketing and event planning, but her personal interests are more creative. She was a singer in a local band called Nod. And about eight years ago, she decided she wanted to be a painter. So she took a continuing education course at SMU, and then studied under Janet Reynolds of Lakewood Arts Academy (now Studio Arts Dallas). Her paintings are big and colorful, and she shows them regularly. Most recently, she had an exhibit at Legal Grounds. About three years ago, she started handpainting skirts with French and Italian love poems, and she decided it would be fun to make a clothing line based on her paintings. She found that creating the simple dresses, skirts and tops wouldn’t be cheap. First, she hires a photographer to take pictures of the painting she wants to use. Then she sends the pictures to fabric printers, who use a process called dye sublimation to print the fabric. Michel then inspects the fabric to make sure the artwork is placed just how she wants it — and that’s all before the actual dressmaking process. “I don’t go out and buy printed fabric from a mill,” she says. “No one else will ever have this fabric.” When the dresses are finished, they retail in the neighborhood of $300 each at boutiques including Pome in Preston Center and the Women’s Museum gift shop in Fair Park. “It’s my two favorite things — painting and art, and then fashion,” she says. “I could eat clothes. It’s my passion, so I’m thrilled to be able to do the two together.”

—RACHEL STONE

TO LEARN MORE More pictures of Michel’s artwork and clothes are at juliemicheldesigns.com.

WHAT GIVES?

Small ways that you can make a big difference for neighborhood nonprofits

THIS MONTH, SWING ... for sobriety at the 18th Annual Maggie’s House Golf Tournament on Friday, Oct. 22 at Sherrill Park Golf Course, 2001 E. Lookout in Richardson. Registration and check-in begins at 11 a.m. Tee time is noon, and the awards banquet and barbecue begin at 4:30 p.m. At $125 a player or $500 for a team, the tournament is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Magdalen House, a non-medical alcohol detox center for women located in the White Rock area. Since the 1980s, Magdalen House has provided a free temporary residence where women could safely sober up and gain the tools necessary to live a life free from addiction. At the small facility, Magdalen House takes in more than 300 women every year. Withdrawing from alcohol is a painful process, board member Julie Harvey says, but after a woman has been at Magdalen House for a few days, “you see the light come on.” For more information about Magdalen House or to register for the tournament, visit magdalenhouse.org or call 214.324.9261.

OR,PAINT YOURLIPSPINK

...throughout October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when TrueBeautyRX, 6224 La Vista, will donate 100 percent of proceeds from the sale of 2Shea Cosmetics Pink Perfection plumping lip gloss to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Ten percent of any other cosmetic purchases will also go toward the cure. Visit komen.org or TrueBeautyRx.com.

KNOW OF WAYS that neighbors can spend time, attend an event, or purchase or donate something to benefit a neighborhood nonprofit? Email your suggestion to launch@advocatemag.com.

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The Lower Greenville building that burned in a four-alarm fire in March is expected to reopen as early as January.

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go ahead, call it a phoenix

The landmark Lower Greenville building that was damaged severely in a fouralarm fire this past March is getting a new life. Business owners expect the building at 2800 Greenville to open with three restaurants before the Super Bowl, Feb. 6. Dodie’s, the Lower Greenville Cajun food spot, has signed a lease for the 3,000-square-foot corner space that was Hurricane Grill before the fire. Plumbing work started in September on the 1931 building, and construction is expected to move rapidly. All three spaces are expected to have roofdecks. “It’s going to be hip, trendy, cool,” Dodie’s owner Chris McGuinness says. “We want to bring some of the business from Henderson back over here to Greenville.” The building, which is in the 2800 block of Greenville, housed Terilli’s, Mick’s, Greenville Bar and Grill and Hurricane Grill. Terilli’s, the romantic Italian joint known for live jazz performances, is the only restaurant returning to its rebuilt space next year. Dodie’s owner Chris McGuinness and partners also have leased the middle space for a new concept. It’s an Asian-fusion restaurant called (rohst). The spelling is based on the phonetic pronunciation of “roast”. The chef owns a Korean restaurant in Dallas. He’s planning a menu that will be “like a Korean Houston’s”, McGuinness says. The original Dodie’s will stay open for at least six months after the new place, Dodie’s Reef, opens. The original Dodie’s opened 20 years ago and became popular especially for its Cajun tamales. Since then, it has expanded to a chain of six restaurants in the Dallas area. The new restaurant, Dodie’s Reef, will serve a similar menu, but more upscale. McGuinness says the new space is one he always coveted — it’s where he originally wanted to put Dodie’s, and he settled for the location at Greenville and Richmond, which turned out to be terrific, he says. “We have a lot of history there. It’s hard to just leave it,” he says. McGuinness expects all three restaurants to open in the same week early next year.

STONE

A VERSION OF THIS POST FIRST APPEARED in a Sept. 10 Lakewood/East Dallas back talk blog post. Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com/blog regularly for updates on this topic and other neighborhood news.

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The newly opened rehabilitative therapy suite provides state-of-the-art treatment and expands Fowler’s services for seniors in our community.

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TALULAH BELLE

Be the BELLE of the Halloween Ball. Fabulous, wearable works of art. These haute Halloween hats are truly “witchy”!! 2011 Abrams Rd.214.821.1927 talulahbelle.com

TRUE SKINCARE BEAUTY BAR

Ultra-rich, anti-aging cream that intensely hydrates skin with clinical levels antioxidants C, E and Hyaluronic Acid. Sold only through physicians ($112). Mention Advocate, receive $20 off. Drop by for a FREE travel size. 6224 La 214.434.1664 truebeautyrx.com

YOGA MART

Yoga mats, bolsters, blocks, jewelry, books, eye bags, men’s and women’s clothing for yoga and pilates and new meditation items.

6039 Oram (at Skillman)

214.534.4469 yogamartusa.com

THE STORE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

wine glasses are individually stunning, making them instant collectibles! Their special twist – a recipe on the bottom of each glass. For all occasions – come see our great selection.

10233 E NW Hwy@Ferndale (near Albertsons) 214.553.8850

Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30 TheStoreinLH.com

Come see our extensive collection of all things Halloween at Brumley’s! 10540 Church Rd. 214.343.4900 brumleygardens.com

BRUMLEY GARDENS

You’ll wish for rain everyday just so you can wear these fabulous, colorful rain bobs in round toe and cowgirl styles. Make a rainy day, a brighter day. Also great for the Garden!!!! 10540 Church Rd. 214.343.4900 brumleygardens.com

SCARDELLO CHEESE

Handcrafted and artisan foods, including 140 cut-to-order cheeses, gourmet accompaniments and wine. Combine several items to create custom gift box! 3511 Oak Lawn 214.219.1300 scardellocheese.com

GREETINGS

Abrams. t-heegifts.com

AVENUE BARKET

cat supplies including raw and dry foods. Dog treats of all kinds. Toys, clothing and accessories. friendly. We love cute little shoppers! 3418 Greenville Ave. 214.823.2275 (bark) avenuebarket.com

DOWNING HILL GARDEN STUDIO

Autumn evenings are upon us. FirelitesTM are back in stock. These ceramic pots come with a stainless steel cylinder to fill with a clean odorless fuel. 3016 Greenville Ave. 214.887.1837 downinghill.com

Foundation’s limited-edition, numbered, individually hand-painted neighborhood For more call 214.292.0486 or go to

10.07.10-10.23.10

TW o oN THE AISLE $17-$20

The Wingspan Theatre Company presents two plays in one that explore revealing tales of the middle-class American family. “Two on the Aisle: The American Dream and The Sand Box” comes from Edward Albee’s early years as an influential playwright. Written in 1959, “The Sand Box” depicts a materialistic, dysfunctional family followed by the story’s resolution in “The American Dream”, which exposes the hollowness of our country’s most accepted ideals. The show previews Oct. 6 and features post-show discussions Oct. 15 and 22. Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. 214.675.6573 or wingspantheatre.com. —EMILY

TOMAN

THROUGH 10.17 STATE

10.01&10.02 ARTS & CRAFTS BAZAAR

FAIR EXHIBIT FREE

The Dallas Historical Society will host a State Fair exhibit, “Remembering Tom Landry: The Personal Collection”. The display features the legendary Cowboys coach’s items such as his trademark fedora hat. The exhibit is free with admission to the fair. 3939 Grand. 214.421.4500 or dallashistory.org.

FREE Lakewood United Methodist Church will host its seventh annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar noon-7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, featuring handcrafted items and a silent auction. 2443 Abrams. 214.823.9623.

10.02 DALLAS ELKS GARAGE SALE

FREE

The Dallas Elks ladies will host a large indoor garage sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the lodge, offering jewelry, house wares, baby goods and accessories from more than 40 families. The event also features a coffee bar, and fried hot dogs and chili. Proceeds benefit Lodge No. 71. 8550 Lullwater.

10.02 DALLAS CLOTHING EXCHANGE

FREE Drop off clean, gently worn clothes and shop for new ones at the fall Dallas Clothing Exchange, noon-6 p.m. Early drop-off is open the week before and the day of the event until 11:30 a.m. First United Lutheran Church, 6202 E. Mockingbird. theclothingexchange.com.

10.07 J.L. LONG RUN $10-$15 J.L. Long Middle School will host its 14th annual onemile fun run and 5k run at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., respectively. The event is the PTA’s primary fundraiser of the year. 6116 Reiger. jllong.com.

10.08-10.31

THE CURSE OF CASTLE MONGREW

$12-$23 In this children’s horror comedy, a young orphan girl moves into her strange uncle’s creepy castle. Dallas Children’s Theater at Rosewood Center, 5938 Skillman. 214.740.0051 or dct.org.

10.09 OCTOBER MARKET FREE The St. Thomas Aquinas Mothers’ Association will host its ninth annual October Market, 10 a.m.6 p.m. at the church’s Lower School Campus. The event features more than 50 vendors selling jewelry, clothing, art and food. A silent auction will benefit St. Vincent de Paul. 6255 E. Mockingbird. octobermarket.com.

10.09

AUTHOR

SERIES FREE

The Friends of the Audelia Road Library present author Sally Rodriguez and her book, “White Rock Lake” at 2 p.m. It chronicles the lake from its inception in the early 1900s to today. The library also will host its first art show. 10045 Audelia Road. For more details, call 214.670.1350.

10.14 A WRITER’S GARDEN $50-$100 The Writer’s Garden Literary Series presents a luncheon 11 a.m.-1 p.m., featuring landscape architect Chip Calloway at the Dallas Arboretum. Proceeds benefit the Women’s Council. 8525 Garland Road. womenscouncildallasarboretum.org.

10.15 IBERAMERICAN CELEBRATION $25

The Orchestra of New Spain will continue its 22nd season with a concert, “The Italian Face of IberAmerican Music”, at 7 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church. 6121 E. Lovers. neworchestraofspain.org.

10.16 WHITE ROCK ‘N ROW 5K $30-$80 The White Rock Boathouse will host its inaugural 5k Regatta, featuring 46 races starting at 8 a.m. at the south end of White Rock Lake. Crew registration ends Oct. 9. 2810 White Rock Road. regattacentral.com.

10.16. LADY OF THE LAKE FALL BENEFIT

$75 For the Love of the Lake and Bath House Cultural Center will host a benefit featuring food, a silent auction and live music by Down Fever at Lakewood Theater at 7 p.m. Buy tickets at Lakewood Professional Bank or Whole Foods Lakewood. For details, visit whiterocklake.org.

10.16 STONEWALL JACKSON FALL CARNIVAL

FREE Stonewall Jackson Elementary will host its annual fall carnival, 1-5 p.m., featuring food, rides, bounce houses, face painting and a Halloween costume contest. 5828 E. Mockingbird. 972.749.7200.

10.16-10.17 WHITE ROCK LAKE ARTISTS’

TOUR FREE The 18th annual White Rock Lake Artists’ Studio Tour features work from 48 neighborhood artists at five venues near the lake, including Artistic Gatherings, Bath House Cultural Center, Creative Arts Center, Studio Arts and White Rock Weaving Center. The self-tour is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. whiterockartists.com.

happeningsLAUNCH

10.22 SANGER STAMPEDE FALL CARNIVAL

FREE Sanger Elementary will have its fall carnival and 1k fun run, 4-8 p.m., featuring children’s activities, a rock climbing wall, food, music, hayrides and other festivities. The fun run starts at 7 p.m. 8410 San Leandro. 972.749.7600.

10.23 WALK, WAG & RUN $5-$35 The Lakewood Service League will host its seventh annual community festival, promoting fitness for families and pets with Halloween-themed entertainment. The event features a 5k and 10k for humans and their furry companions, 8 a.m.-noon at White Rock Lake. Proceeds benefit the YMCA at White Rock, For the Love of the Lake and the Friends of White Rock Lake Dog Park. A kids’ fair will feature bounce houses, a petting zoo, face painting, a pumpkin patch and Halloween contests. For ticket details, visit lakewoodserviceleague.org.

10.23 TASTE OF GREENVILLE AVENUE FREE

More than 30 Greenville Avenue restaurants will offer tastings and samplings, starting at $2 each. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. A stage will feature live music all day. Richmond and Greenville. tasteofgreenvilleavenue.com.

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10.27 PET COSTUME PARTY FREE Dee’s Doggie Den will host its eighth annual Halloween Pet Costume Party, 7:30-9:30 p.m., featuring food, spirits and games like Disco Doggie Dancing. Costumes are required for pets and encouraged for humans. 6444 E. Mockingbird. deesdoggieden.com.

10.29-10.30 GHOST TALES $5 The Dallas Storytelling Guild will gather at 7 p.m. to share ghost stories at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. dallasstorytelling.org.

10.31 SWISS AVENUE HALLOWEEN FREE

On Halloween night, trick-or-treaters will gather along historic Swiss Avenue where residents hand out goodies and display extravagant decorations.

Mark your calendars for the 9th Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Mothers’ Association OCTOBER MARKET

Saturday October 9, 2010 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

St. Thomas Aquinas North Campus (Lower School) 6255 E. Mockingbird Lane (Mockingbird @ Alderson)

The October Market is a one-of-a-kind shopping experience featuring items such as jewelry, home accessories, baby gifts, personalized items, clothing, food and so much more. Admission

www.octobermarket.com

FIFTH QUARTER

W HETHER THE y sco RE d Whether they scored the winning touchdown or got their butts kicked, every team deserves a treat after the big game. Lovers Pizza & Pasta accommodates the winners and losers with its community atmosphere. “We like family together,” owner Benini Zeqiri says. “That’s what people like about us.” That, and the authentic Italian food. The recipes originated from Zeqiri’s uncle who owned a restaurant in Venice some 30 years ago. He moved to New York City, eventually made his way to Dallas and opened Brothers Pizza. Zeqiri tried his hand at the business with the first Lovers Pizza & Pasta location at Lovers and the Tollway — hence the name. The Casa Linda storefront opened in 2005 followed by another at Mockingbird and Abrams. The menu includes homemade salads, pastas, seafood, sandwiches and, of course, gourmet pizza. The white pizza combines freshly made Alfredo sauce with mozzarella cheese, steamed broccoli, red peppers, mushrooms and spinach. But it really comes down to two key ingredients, Zeqiri says. “For pizza, the No. 1 things are cheese and sauce.”

—EMILY TOMAN

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ANOTHER BROKEN EGG $FB

Come enjoy yourselves at Another Broken Egg Cafe, the premier breakfast brunch, and lunch cafe in East Dallas. Crabcakes on homemade crostini bread await, enjoy the finest benedicts in all of Dallas. We recently partnered with the Humane Society to offer all cage free eggs from local Dallas farmers. Come try our new location in the Old Town shopping center. Locally owned and operated by Michael Obrien and Chris Harwood. 1152 N Buckner Blvd (across from Doctors Hospital) 214.954.7182.

ASIAN MINT $$ODFBWB Our Highland Park location, The Mint, offers an array of Asianfused cuisine, specializing in Bangkok style dishes. We feature farm fresh ingredients, beautifully presented, coupled with a chic atmosphere and friendly service. Happy Hour is 5pm-6:30pm Mon.-Fri.

all beers and house wines are $3; $2 off appetizers, soups & salads. 4246 Oak Lawn Ave. 214.219.6469. The Asian Mint, along with its fused and sushi menus, also offers one of the best dessert bars in Dallas. 11617 N. Central Expwy. 214.363.6655. www.themintdallas.com

BACK COUNTRY BBQ $WB Over 30 years of Texas-style BBQ. Family dining – 8 different meats, variety of homemade vegetables. Complete catering & custom cooking. Beer, wine, margaritas. 6940 Greenville Ave. 214.696.6940.

CHUBBY’S $ When looking for a restaurant to have breakfast, lunch or dinner, we all want a place that serves up variety, hearty helpings and even bigger portions of friendliness. The Touris family has developed a recipe that delivers all of the above at a good price. With four locations in the Metroplex, Chubby’s Family Restaurant provides a rustic setting with down home cooking. Catering available. Locations: 11331 E. NW Hwy. 214-348-6065 and 7474 S. Cockrell Hill Rd. 972-298-1270.

TILLMAN’S ROADHOUSE $$ODWB

Tillman’s is a place for really good food, drinks, and music in a fun, casual, come-as-you-are environment. An update on the classic Texas roadhouse with regional menu favorites, familiar tunes and no-one is a stranger hospitality — all energized with a modern take. A combination of both rustic and lush in everything from the menu to the décor make Tillman’s a good-time anytime destination. Bishop Arts District 324 W. 7th St. 214.942.0988. www.tillmansroadhouse.com

Our Hail to the Cheese festival is your chance to sample and save on over five hundred cheeses.

Mingle with cheese makers who share secrets on stuffing, topping, dipping and melting. From sampling stations to pairing advice, Central Market’s Hail to the Cheese will earn your vote in every department.

SPANN RECOVERY RED ($15) CALFORNIA >

Red blends — red wines made with more than one grape often misunderstood in the United States. them as somehow inferior to varietal wines one grape — because they need more than one grape because the quality of the first grape isn’t very good.

In fact, nothing is further from the truth. Some of the world’s greatest wines are red blends, like French Bordeauxs and Rhones and some of the best Napa Valley cabernet sauvignons. And many California wines that say they are varietals may well have more than one grape in them. That’s because federal law allows producers to include up to 25 percent of another grape or grapes without changing the name of the wine or saying so on the label. Which means that your $12 bottle of pinot noir may be only 75 percent pinot, and one-quarter something else (often syrah).

So, as the weather turns cooler, give red blends another look. You’ll be surprised at what you find, as these wines demonstrate. All of these wines are available at Central Market: This wine is made with four grapes, including one that is white. Look for lots of fresh red fruit, low alcohol, and the quality and value that Peirano is known for. Serve this with hamburgers or any other end-of-theseason backyard cookout.

red Bordeaux can cost thousands of bottle, which means value is often in short supply. Fortunately, the Goudichaud (made of merlot and cabernet) offers a good look at how dark and complex red Bordeaux can be. This is a wine for those who like to pair wine with cheese.

Betsy and Peter Spann are former Casa Linda residents who moved to Sonoma to make wine, where they focus on blends. The Recovery Red has six grapes, tastes of red berries. It’s a beef wine, but not especially heavy.

—JEFF

DALLAS

5750 E. LOVERS LANE | 214-234-7000

PLANO 320 COIT ROAD | 469-241-8300

JEFF SIEGEL’S WEEKLY WINEREVIEWS appear every Wednesday on the Advocate Back Talk blog, lakewood.advocatemag.com/blog.

READ MORE ONLINE. Visit our website at lakewood.advocatemag.com to read more on blended wines from the wine guy, and get New Orleans-style red beans recipe.

DINING SPOTLIGHT

HACIENDA ON HENDERSON

Wanna do the Happy Dance?

Come by Mondays for Half-Price

Food from 5pm-10pm. Dine In Only. Open Daily 11am-2am. Late Night Menu. Catering Available. Lunch Menu 11am-3pm.

DIVINE COFFEE SHOP

Under new ownership! Come by and check out our new daily specials. Serving breakfast and lunch daily ‘til 2:00 pm. In October only, mention this ad for a 5¢ coffee with any breakfast.

ANGELO’S SPAGHETTI HOUSE

SUNDAY BRUNCH 11 am - 2:30 pm

$11.95 (Kids Under 10 Free with Adult Purchase)

$5 Bottomless Mimosas. Private Room Catering Free Delivery: 214.823.5050

MEXTOPIA

New to the neighborhood ... Ricardo Avila’s Mextopia! Monday: $5

Margaritas, Tuesday: $2 Taco and Tecate, Lunch Specials M - F from 11am - 3pm. Brunch Sat. & Sun. from 11am - 3pm. Happy Hour M-F 3-7PM and all day Sunday. Easy parking!

MEXICO LINDO

Come to the home of the Taco Truck & open the door to great tasting authentic Mexican food.

HAPPY HOUR

Mon-Thu 3-7pm Mon-Thu 9am-11pm Fri-Sat 9am-3am

KUSH

Mediterranean Restaurant & Hookah Bar

NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH!

Mon-Sun 11am-2:30pm, Dinner 5pm-2am. Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5pm-9pm

LA CALLE DOCE

Since 1981 La Calle Doce has been serving the Dallas area delicious seafood and Tex-Mex made with the freshest ingredients. Enjoy the rich culture of Coastal Mexico through our flavorful cuisine.

SZECHWAN PAVILION

Since 1980, we have offered the finest Chinese food in Dallas. Choose from our gourmet menu or convenient buffet.

does it take to get a drink in this neighborhood?

Navigating through 100 years of complicated laws is the current answer. After November, however, that may change.

Story by Jeff Siegel & Rachel Stone

Timeline of liquor laws in Texas

1843

Republic of Texas passes what may have been the first local-option measure in North America. This means each community in the state can decide its own liquor laws, setting the scene for 167 years of confusion.

1845

TEXAS LAW BANS SALOONS, BUT IS RARELY ENFORCEDAND IS REPEALED IN 1856.

1903

Local option voting takes most of North Texas dry, except for Dallas and Fort Worth.

1887 Prohibition amendment to Texas Constitution fails, and state remains “local option”: A county, city or justice of the peace precinct can vote wet or dry. This means that parts of the same county can have entirely different liquor laws.

1917 DALLAS VOTES DRY.

Illustration by Jynnette Neal

1919

TEXASADDS PROHIBITION AMENDMENTTO STATE CONSTITUTION.

1911 The only proper attitude for “any Christian man and thoughtful citizen,” said Texas Baptists, “was one of ceaseless and truceless hostility against the entire liquor oligarchy, local, county, state, and national, root and branch.”

1920

FEDERALPROHIBITION BEGINS.

how important next month’s wet-dry election is in Dallas’ social and cultural history. It’s not only the biggest wet-dry election in U.S. history since the end of Prohibition, but it’s also a landmark moment in Dallas. Since before Prohibition — for almost 100 years — most of Dallas has been dry in one form or another. It has been as much a part of Dallas as 100-degree days and the Cowboys.

In this, our wet-dry boundaries affected everyone. In dry areas, of course, residents have had to drive across town to buy a bottle of wine or a six-pack and couldn’t even order a drink in a restaurant until 1971. Even today, the private club limitations in dry areas that went into affect in 1971 make it more difficult to order liquor in Oak Cliff and North Dallas than in Lakewood. And even residents in wet areas feel the difference. If you live in a wet part of town that borders a dry area, you witness the Friday night flight to the liquor stores that guard the border.

All of this could change next month. If voters approve the two issues on the ballot, every restaurant in the city, regardless of wet-dry status, will be able to sell beer, wine and spirits without the private club paperwork, and retailers with the appropriate state licenses will be able to sell beer and wine.

In this month’s magazine, we look at the history of Dallas’ wet-dry status, our unique (and often frustrating) liquor laws, the role religion has played in keeping Dallas dry, and what it will mean to our neighborhood if voters approve both issues.

1929

Colliers magazine reports that Dallas, despite Prohibition, is wide open — reporter Owen P. White bought liquor in six places in a twoblock stretch of downtown, and there were more than a hundred others in the city. city

1935 Two years after federal Prohibition is repealed, Texas voters repeal state prohibition. Local option returns; areas that were wet before Prohibition are wet again. In Dallas, only Oak Cliff, with beer sales, is wet.

1940

The town of Preston Hollow (not yet annexed by Dallas) votes dry, 97 to 49.

1944

DALLAS COUNTY VOTES WET, 47,343 TO 23,540.

2010

DALLAS’ WET-DRY ELECTION GOES TO THETEXAS SUPREMECOURT, WHICH WILL DECIDEWHETHER THERE ARE ENOUGH VALID SIGNATURES TO HOLD THE REFERENDUM. IF THERE ARE, IT WILL GO TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.

1956 Oak Cliff votes dry, 17,123 to 15,403, and remains dry after elections in 1957 and 1960 fail to reverse its status.

1971

VOTERS APPROVE LIQUOR BY THE DRINK IN A TEXAS-WIDE REFERENDUM. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEXAS HISTORY, RESTAURANT PATRONS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BUY COCKTAILS.

t’s almost impossible to overstate

1976: Addison votes wet, 242-70 in one of the first successful wet-dry elections in Dallas County since Prohibition. In this, it is the beginning of the end of the dry laws that had dominated Dallas for more than century. Most of the city’s suburbs would follow suit, in some form or another, over the next two decades.

2004:

votes wet for retail beer and wine sales (6,197 to 3,173) and for

alcohol sales 6,759 to 2,595).

How long has liquor been a political debate?

Wet-dry has always beencontroversial in Texas. In 1887, a leading anti-Prohibitionist, R.Q. Mills, accused the media of bias in its reporting of the wet side during the fight over adding a Prohibition amendment to the state constitution: “The Prohibitionists had a monopoly with our reporting,” and he said the media who had criticized his position were guilty of fraud.

Andin1920,prominentDallasphysician Dr. CurticeRosserexchangedletterswithhisfriend William Jennings Bryan, the thrice-failed Democratic presidentialcandidate,aboutthemostimportant issues in the upcoming presidential election. They agreed it would be war profiteering, the ratification of theTreaty of Versailles (that ended World War I) and Prohibition.

Did Dallasites make moonshine?

Stillsandcorn liquorarenotjusthillbilly doings. In 1936, reported a Dallas newspaper, police raided a still in the “North Dallas Negro district” near what is todayColeandLemmon. Theyseized950gallonsof mash, but the still’s operators escaped — even though thenewspaper reportedthat thepolicehad stakedoutthe house for most of the night.

Sort of. Back in ’85, the area surroundingSwissAvenue and the Munger Place Historic District was still a real estate wildwest.Thehouseswere shaping up, but the neighborhood was rough.

Abandoffourteenagers had killed three people at random in East Dallas that spring. A rapist was on the loose. Dallas had the highest crime rate among the nation’s 20 largest cities in 1985, and the city’s crime rate would remain among the worst for years to come.

Much of that was blamed on drugs and alcohol.

In 1987, the Dallas City Council tried to curb alcohol sales in a 13-square-mile area that included Fair Park and South Dallas. A zoning ordinance created to targetthatarea,whichwashometo some 350 package stores and bars at the time, would effectively ban liquor sales within 300 feet of a residence.

InOldEastDallas,seedytaverns encroachedonresidentialneighborhoods, and residents tried to use the sameordinancetodryupthearea boundedbyCentralExpressway, Richard, Live Oak, Glasgow, Peak and theSantaFeRailroad.SouthDallas liquormerchantssuedthecityover theordinancein1990.Theyargued the state’s liquor laws, which the Texas AlcoholicBeverageCommission enforces, supersede local laws.

In1993,theTexasSupremeCourt agreed with the liquor merchants, which put an end to the ordinance and Old East Dallas’ efforts to get dry.

Much of [the crime rate] was blamed on drugs and alcohol.

city try to make all of East Dallas dry at one time?

When neighbors recently created a vision for the future of Garland Road, alcohol sales weren’t part of the equation.

The wet-dry petition arose suddenly and gained steam quickly. So the possibility that legal restrictions on alcohol sales could be lifted wasn’t even on the radar when the Garland Road Vision committee wrapped up its recommendations this past spring.

And it’s unlikely that it will be added to the conversation before the recommendations make it to City Hall this fall.

But many agree that making the Casa Linda area wet could serve it well. “Wetting up” the area could encourage new restaurant business, and it could alleviate the congregation of liquor stores near the White Rock Lake spillway, where our neighborhood changes from dry to wet.

“That has always been a negative in my mind, the line being there at Winsted and Garland Road,” says Gerald Worrall, who serves on the Garland Road Vision committee. “And that area now is the target of potential development activities, especially with the Santa Fe Trail coming in there.”

If voters in November approve alcohol sales at grocery and convenience stores, it could eventually help eliminate that cluster of stores that sell beer and wine, GarlandRoad Vision advocates say.

GloriaTarpley, who served on the GarlandRoad committee until her recent appointment to the City Plan Commission, says the wet-dry election has been somewhat under the radar in her neighborhood, Forest Hills. The city’s budget woes top the minds of most people, she says.

Beer, wine and drinks by the glass already are legal in Casa Linda area restaurants that operate under the private club loophole.

“I’m not sure it’s going to change that much,”Tarpley says. “You can go to Chili’s inCasa Linda and get a margarita.”

But the change could bring new busi-

“I’m looking for a Realtor who loves this neighborhood as much as I do.”

ness to the Casa Linda area because it would eliminate the club-membership model, which forces business owners to run their food and liquor operations as if they were two separate businesses.

Proponents of the wet initiative say club memberships effectively are a $10,000-$20,000 annual tax on business owners whose real estate happens to fall in dry areas.

Under state law, liquor distributors such as BenE. Keith are prohibited from delivering to restaurants in dry areas. So restaurants serving alcohol under the club membership model must purchase and pick up their alcohol from ClassB retail warehouses, which charge about 11 percent more than wholesale distributors, says Matt Spillers, owner of Eno’s restaurant in Oak Cliff’s Bishop Arts District. That adds labor and transportation costs, including vehicles, insurance and fuel. Plus, the Texas Alcoholic BeverageCommission charges extra fees to restaurants operating as private clubs, and private clubs must keep separate books for food and alcohol sales.

Only so much of that added cost can be passed onto consumers. So restaurant owners in dry areas are less likely to profit from alcohol sales than their competitors in wet areas a few miles away.

“I would almost say I would never open another restaurant in a dry area,” says Matt Spillers, who owns Eno’s in Oak Cliff and is a vocal proponent of the change (although this fall he is opening a new Bishop Arts restaurant, Oddfellows, with nine investors).

The change would make it easier for restaurants in Casa Linda to profit and serve customers, says Craig Perry of AmReit, the real estate company that ownsCasa Linda Plaza.

“There’s a potential to attract some stores that we don’t currently have,” Perry says. “We really feel that’s up to the voters, and we’ll see what happens in November.”

“I’m not sure it’s going to change that much. You can go to Chili’s in Casa Linda and get a margarita.”

How

Distributor buys alcohol from the manufacturer (It’s illegal, with one exception for Texas wine, for consumers, retailers or restaurants to buy alcohol from the manufacturer)

What’s

B retailers”?

Texas’Class B system dates to 1971, as a companion to a law allowing restaurants and bars to sell liquor by the drink. Before that, no restaurant in Texas was allowed to sell liquor — even in wet areas (although they could sell beer and wine). Customers brought their booze with them from home, and the restaurant sold them setups — mixers, juices and the like.

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The reason for the law? Retailers who thought liquor by the drink would cost them sales successfully lobbied state legislators, who gave them a monopoly on selling liquor to restaurants, bars and private clubs (restaurants that serve liquor in the state’s dry areas). Retailers said they would lose business because consumers would stop buying liquor at their stores to bring to restaurants. So the legislature agreed to give them the monopoly to make up for the lost sales.

Retailers who sell liquor to restaurants and private clubs are called Class B retailers, after the name of the license they obtain. They include some of the state’s best-known retailers, including Sigel’s and Goody Goody in the Dallas area. Texas is one of three states — Kansas and South Carolina are the others — with four tiers of distribution: manufacturer, distributor, retailer and restaurant.The other 47 just have three — manufacturer, distributor and restaurant.

According to this 1971 state law, every restaurant in Texas, whether it’s in a wet or dry area, must purchase liquor from a Class B retailer. The November election would not change this law; it would simply eliminate private clubs in Dallas and make every restaurant a restaurant, in terms of how it can purchase and sell alcohol.

The difference between private clubs and restaurants is that liquor can be delivered to restaurants in wet areas, whereas private club restaurants in dry areas must travel to a Class B retailer’s warehouse to pick up liquor — Sigel’s is near Harry Hines and Preston, and Goody Goody’s is in Addison, for example. Private clubs must also buy their beer and wine, but not liquor, from ClassB retailers, while restaurants in wet areas can buy beer and wine directly from the distributors. Class B retailers also buy their beer and wine from distributors, which translates to a markup when the retailers sell it to private clubs.

What does this mean for consumers? Typically, but not always, they’ll pay more for alcohol in a private club. The extra tier adds cost to the product, and restaurants usually pass that onto their customers. >>

How do Texans outside of Dallas like their liquor?

Alcohol has never been especially popular with Texans. When Prohibition began in 1919, 199 of the 254 counties were dry; 43 were practically dry, including Dallas County. Even today, according to the Texas AlcoholicBeverageCommission, 29 of the 254 counties are still dry, and only 43 are completely wet.

It could be worse … what if the state owned our liquor stores?

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In 18 states (and one county)intheU.S., thestateownsthe liquorstores.These arecalledcontrol states,andthough therearedifferences in how eachstate defines control (some statesallowprivate retailers to sell wine or beer, for example), the result is that what is for sale is controlled by the state.

ThisisalegacyofProhibition;the political compromise that made repeal possible allowed each state to pass its own liquor laws.

Pennsylvaniahastakencontrolone step further. Currently, grocery stores in Pennsylvania can’t sell wine. Instead, the state liquor authorities have installed wine vending machines, from which the customer can buy wine, similar to buying a soft drink or a candy bar from a vendingmachine.Similar,butwitha couple of exceptions.

The consumer puts his or her driver’slicenseintothemachine,where ageinformationonthebarcodeis processed. The photo on the driver’s license is matched with a video image of the buyer at the kiosk, and a state liquor board employee monitors each transaction to confirm that the video of the buyer matches the driver’s license.

How is it that Dallas County is dry yet parts of Dallas are wet?

VOTES WET, 47,343 TO 23,540.

DALLAS

The basis for Texas’ wet-dry laws is local option, which does what it says: Local voters can decide whether to sell alcohol in their locality. It’s one of the cornerstones of the Texas liquor system, says Lou Bright, former general counsel for theTexas Alcoholic BeverageCommission.

“The priority is that local voters always have the final say, and can’t be forced to change their local preference by someone from outside their locality,” Bright says. “This doesn’t mean that it’s not confusing or can’t be ambiguous, but that’s always the principle.”

How confusing? Consider what happened in 2006, when a group of North Dallas and Lake Highlands residents tried to schedule a wet-dry election for their respective sections of the city. TheTexas Supreme Court ruled that the wet-dry election couldn’t be held because the election was designated for the current Justice of the Peace precinct boundaries, when it should have been designated for the boundaries established in 1877, when the area went dry.

State law defines localities three ways and uses the principle that the larger locality, such as a city, can’t force a smaller locality, such as a JP precinct, to change its behavior:

precincts, but legal and administrative divisions within a county. One JP precinct can be dry, while the one next to it in the same city or county can be wet. Interestingly, Dallas’ wet-dry boundaries don’t follow the current JP lines, but older, less-welldefined JP boundaries.

turned wet in a citywide election unless all of the precinct is within the city. This was one of the issues in the run-up to the November election, when there was some doubt as to whether the JP precinct in Oak Cliff that went dry in 1956 was contained within the city of Dallas. Turns out it was.

When Lubbock voted wet in 2009, the drys claimed that part of the county was dry from previous elections, and that a city-wide election couldn’t affect those areas — which included part of Lubbock. Their argument failed in court.>>

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Interestingly, Dallas’ wet-dry boundaries don’t follow the current Justice of the Peace precinct lines, but older, less-welldefined JP boundaries.

Is most of Dallas still dry for religious reasons?

Religious groups have traditionally taken the lead in fighting wet-dry elections in Texas, and they played a key role 50 years ago when Oak Cliff went dry. But there doesn’t seem to be much organized religious opposition to November’s two wet-dry ballot issues.

Does this mean that neighborhood churches don’t care about the issue any more? Or that Dallas is less religious than it used to be?

No on both counts, several religious leaders say. It’s not so much that alcohol isn’t important; rather, it’s that other issues have become more important, and abstinence isn’t the issue it once was. In addition, Dallas has changed significantly from the smaller, predominantly mainstream Protestant city of the 1960s and 1970s to a million-plus population urban center that includes more Catholics, Jews and non-denominational Protestants — all of whom are less concerned about alcohol.

“We’re just getting to this point later than other cities,” says George Mason, pastor at the moderate Wilshire BaptistChurch. “The city is more diverse, and we have more people who have different attitudes about this subject.”

Also, says Rev. Tim McLemore of SMU, alcohol is no longer the good vs. evil issue that it has traditionally been among the mainline Protestant groups that have been in the forefront of the U.S. temperance movement. Mason says this is even true for some conservative Baptists.

“We have knowledge about the benefits of the limited use of alcohol that we didn’t have 100 years ago,” says McLemore, who notes that the United Methodists have changed their views to allow “judicious use” of alcohol. “So we’re less inclined to take a black and white view.”

Finally, churches have less influence over their members than they did two and three decades ago. Times were, Mason says, if the church said not to drink, believers didn’t drink. These days, that veto power is largely gone.

READ MORE about alcohol laws and religion in Jeff Siegel’s Last Word column on page 80.

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What am I actually voting on?

Dallas voters will decide two issues in November’s wet-dry election:

2. Whether to allow the sale of beer and wine, but not spirits, at retailers throughout the entirecity.Currently,only one-third of Dallas — roughly WhiteRock Lake to Irving and downtown to Walnut Hill — is wet for retail sales.

1. Whether to eliminate the private club regulation for restaurants that sell alcohol in dry areas. The private club rule, in place since 1971, requires restaurants to admit customers into the restaurant’s club so they can buy alcohol. It also requires the restaurant to keep a paper trail of club members.

FOR INFORMATION VISITDALCOELECTIONS.ORG.

Neither issue is dependent on the other. Voters can elect to allow retail sales but keep the private club restrictions, or vice versa.

If the Texas Supreme Court decides there are enough signatures to hold the referendum, the election will be held Nov. 2. Registration to be eligible to vote in the election ends Oct. 4. Early voting runs Oct. 18-29.

A FAIR FAMILY

Sam and Marj Bert (back) and Nick and Vera Bert won a Big Tex Choice Award.

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The World War I veteran’s entrepreneurship at the fair lasted decades, and his legacy has spanned generations.

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Bert’sBurgers and Fries, one of the family’ssevenconcessionstands,is right outside the Cotton Bowl, a few steps from the site of their patriarch’s dynasty, long gone.

“Sno cones were our start, and we expandedlikeeveryoneelse,”says NickBert Sr., 73, the son of Sammy Bert.

Theysoldpeanutsandpopcorn thepopcornboxeswere 5 cents and featured a picture of sister Elena Lowry.

The elder Bert built a wooden rollercoaster,theComet,in1947.All through the middle of the century, the Comet was as much a landmark at the fair as Big Tex.

He also built a roller-skating rink, CottonBowl Skating, and a cafeteria run by his wife, Mary Bert.

“Being Italian, we always had meatballs and spaghetti,” says Sam Bert Jr., 74.

She also served fried chicken, greens and cornbread along with other typical cafeteria fare, and it was the only restaurant at Fair Park.

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After the Dallas cowboys debuted at the cotton bowl in 1960, they often would have their postgame parties in the skating rink.

Nick bertrecallsseeinglegendary quarterback Don Meredith around the park, and once, he saw him carrying buckets of water for players to drink. It was a different NFL then.

And it was a different fair.

bert’sattractionsran year-round, but during the state fair, the family spent all of its time there, even sleeping above the cafeteria, where Sammy bert had his office.

“It was hard to sleep because you

Texas Fried Fritos Pie is the Bert family’s novelty this year.

“Sno cones were our start, and we expanded like everyone else.”

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wouldhear themsweeping allthe bottles and cans off the street,” says Vera Bert, who’s been involved in the fair since she married Nick Bert almost 50 years ago.

“We basically had carte blanche. I could go skating anytime, and if I wanted something to eat, it was right there.” BENEFITS

That was back when sanitation was less than a priority at the fair, and trash would cover the grounds at the end of a day, she says.

NickBert Jr., 47, remembers sitting in mom Vera’s lap while she worked the cash register at one of the family’s concession stands. As kids, he and his siblings and cousins anticipated state fair time the same way some kids look forward to Christmas.

“I couldn’t wait for it. We basically had carte blanche,” he says.

By then, his grandfather had added new amusements — the Flash and the Wild Mouse. And his uncle owned the

merry go round. So they were always free to ride.

“I could go skating anytime, and if I wanted something to eat, it was right there,” he says.

Now he takes leave from his job as a DallasCounty Sheriff’s deputy to work full time at the fair every year.

Hisnephew,17-year-oldZachary Paul, is the fourth generation of Berts at the state fair.

TheyoungerNickBertstillfinds something romantic and fun about the state fair, but it is a grind. For a little more than three weeks, he works from 5:30 or 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. or midnight.

WhentheBigTexChoiceAwards first started in the ’90s, he gave it a go with fried meatballs — a tribute to his grandmother. But that was before someone decided to batter and fry a Twinkie, before fried foods became the starofstatefairpublicity.Andthe fried meatball never took off.

So he gave it a rest for a few years, but in 1999, he came up with fried cheesecake, which is still a hot seller at the fair.

“I think the Frito pie is one of these, too,” he says. “It’s going to take off and stay around awhile.”

And so the legacy continues.

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It’s a much different story for a certain alumnus of Woodrow Wilson High School and many who are like him.

KyleRains of Lakewood graduated fromWoodrowin1976 thebest year, he’ll have you know — but he never really left.

“I have never seen him without a T-shirt or a sweater or something with Woodrow on it,” says Don Autry, class of ’63. “You won’t talk to a bigger fan

than him.”

Rains took theater in high school, which he says pulled him out of his shell, and he had a part in the spring musical his junior and senior years.

He hasn’t missed a spring musical at Woodrow since his older sister had a part in the late ’60s. But that’s not all. He attends football games, basketball, softball, volleyball, tennis matches, swim meets.

He’s there when seniors paint their parking spaces in an annual ritual. He’s at open houses, cheer camp and the homecoming parade.

“We call him ‘Mr. Woodrow’ because he’s the hub of the alumni,” says Kathy Moak, class of ’67. “He knows the families that have gone there and the years they went. He knows where people

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work and how to get a hold of them. He’s a fountainofknowledgeabout that school.”

rains was born and raised in the neighborhood,andhelovesithere. but … why is he such a super fan for a high school where he spent four years?

He doesn’t know.

Maybe it’s timing.

When rains was in school, integration was a big problem for DISD. the schoolsweretoosegregatedracially,accordingtotheDepartmentof Justice. So the district was considering busing at Woodrow.

“Our school was already pretty well integrated, and we didn’t want [busing],” rains says. “We wanted them to leave us alone. We had a good mix.”

rainsandhisclassmatesfought busing, and a legal battle ensued. It would last more than a decade, and rains says no one ever was bused to orfromWoodrow. rainswasthere through it all.

He thinks that’s part of what made him such a diehard for his school.

rains might be at the pinnacle of super-fandom. butmanyWoodrow alumni say their alma mater is super special.

Autry,whonowlivesinLake Highlands,sayshe’sneverused Facebooktolookupformerclassmates. He still knows them all.

“It’s sort of like the high school version of Aggies,” he says. “If you’re an Aggie,andyoumeetanotherAggie, you automatically already have a connection with that person.”

Autry has an aunt who graduated from Woodrow in 1928, the very first class. And he says he’s met Woodrow Wildcats from the 1940s on up through the present, and he can always find

“Even as teenagers, we felt the pride the community had in that school.”

something to talk about.

Ifnothingelse,alumnisay,the unique and stately building is enough for most to feel some nostalgia. It has a historical designation and not a few quirky features.

Onethatismentionedagainand again is the third-floor lunchroom.

Autryandhisclassmatesusedto take the stairs two-by-two to get to the head of the line, he says.

“I’veneverheardof a schoolanywhere that has a lunchroom on the third floor,” he says. “I don’t know why it’s like that, but I’m sure the architects had some reason for doing it.”

Moak, who attended Woodrow in the mid ’60s, says she remembers the cafeteria was segregated by gender. Boys were on one side, and girls were on the other. An imaginary no-man’s land at the water fountains separated them. They could see each other, and even holleracrossoccasionally,butthere was no mixing.

Another special quality is the school’s first name. Colloquially, it is always “Woodrow”,likesomeone’sgoodold dog,andnever“Wilson”oreven “Woodrow Wilson”.

Autry’s aunt, who graduated in 1928, told him they always called it “Woodrow Wilson”,buthethinks“Woodrow” caught on around 1930, when a student published a poem in the annual and referred to the school that way.

Inthemid’60s,theLakewood ShoppingCenter was the “center of the universe” for Woodrow kids, Moak says.

They all hung out at Doc Harrell’s drug store at Gaston and Abrams, and saw movies at the Lakewood Theater. But if you had a car, you could go to Charco’s, thehamburgerdrive-in,atHillside Village Shopping Center, she says.

At school, kids got away with a lot. Therewasnodresscode,nometal detectors. You didn’t have to sign in or out or wear an ID badge. They got intosometrouble,butmostly,they were good.

“Even as teenagers, we felt the pride thecommunityhadinthatschool,” Moak says. “The tradition and pride was just there from the get-go, and it still is. I think anyone who graduates from there feels it.”

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Random , a home and gift boutique that opened five years ago at Inwood Village, is relocating to Hillside Village Shopping Center at Mockingbird and Abrams. The store carries an eclectic selection of goods, including stationery, jewelry, tote bags and funky home accessories, among other “random” stuff.

Another Hillside Village newcomer is T. Hee! Greetings & Gifts 1 , a popular gift shop in Lake Highlands Plaza that is opening its second store between Lady of America Fitness and 1st & 10 Sports Bar. T. Hee! is known for carrying local goods and gifts whenever possible at the current Walnut Hill and Audelia store, and will carry similar inventory — although more of it — at the new, larger location.

Good 2 Go Taco 2 is moving out of the corner of the Green Spot convenience store into its own storefront at Peavy and Garland (1146 Peavy Road, formerly Las Americas Market). The gourmet taqueria became famous for its chef-rolled soft tacos after a recent appearance on the Food Network’s “Best Thing I Ever Ate”. But the restaurant had outgrown the space even before the show aired, co-owners Jeana Johnson and Colleen O’Hare say. Visit Good 2 Go Taco’s Facebook page for updates.

Stoney’s Bottle Bargains has moved again. Owner Stone Savage moved the shop from Lower Greenville to the former Grailey’s wine shop on Oram.

Hotslings Inc. closed it’s doors recently after seven years in the baby sling making business. East Dallas resident Kristen DeRocha started her home-based biz back in 2003 after becoming frustrated with the sizes, fit and fabrics of baby slings as she shopped for her daughter. Opting to create something to meet her needs, she pulled out her sewing machine and made her own at her kitchen table. She got loads of requests from friends and family, and the rest was history. DeRocha started receiving orders hand over fist, and became a major manufacturer and supplier for both boutiques and big-box stores, and even created custom lines for Neiman Marcus and Target. Hotslings became a multi-million dollar corporation and the larg-

est manufacturer of pouch-style carriers in the industry. The company’s success made DeRocha’s a popular Cinderella story in the Dallas fashion scene as well as among many networks of women in business and work-at-

head on over to the Skee-Ball lanes in the back corner.

home moms. But the baby carrier industry took a huge hit early this year when the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a safety warning and investigation into the potential increased risk of infant suffocation associated with sling carriers. “The CPSC warning against slings really sent everything into a tailspin, even though it had nothing to do with our products,” says DeRocha, who is also the bassist and a vocalist for the all-female band Lovie. Lovie debuted a new EP, “Because Of My Mattress”, in May 2010. Check out the Lovie Facebook page for info on upcoming gigs. In her spare time, DeRocha works for Peacock Alley (peacockalley.com), a Dallas-based luxury linens manufacturer, in product development.

Since opening three years ago, business at Barcadia 3 (barcadiadallas.com) has been booming, so much so that owner Brooke Humphries opened a branch in Houston, and recently signed a lease to open a branch in Fort Worth as well. The bar/arcade at 1917 N. Henderson sports 1950s-themed artwork and décor, and old school 25-cent video games around the perimeter of the room, including Donkey Kong, Q*bert, Galaga and Ms. PacMan (waka-waka). There are 24 beers on tap, weekly specials and a menu chock full of killer bar food. If you should need to exercise after indulging in a triple grilled cheese sandwich,

Located nearby, Humphries’ newest nostalgic (ad)venture is Beauty Bar 4 (thebeautybar. com). The 1970s-style hair salon (Beauty) meets watering hole (Bar) concept, which originated on New York’s Lower East Side, is scheduled to open this month at 1924 N. Henderson. Humphries was a frequent patron of the original venue, and is committed to recreating a similar kitschy, beauty parlor theme for the Dallas locale. Dallas is the 11th location for the retro lounge, which includes locations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas. Whether you can get a manicure with your martini (a popular package in New York City) remains to be seen. One thing is certain: Humphries has gone to great lengths to implement an authentic vintage vibe inside and out. Interior renovations include the installation of avocadocolored toilets and linoleum-checked floors.

For those keeping track, the renovated space was vacated by Blue Collar Bar earlier this year, which closed after a year and a half in business. Before that, the space was Z Cafe, a Greek restaurant; and before that, Alforno’s, an Italian restaurant.

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The gourmet taqueria [Good 2 Go Taco] became famous for its chef-rolled soft tacos after a recent appearance on the Food Network’s “Best Thing I Ever Ate”.

Erin Moyer is a local entrepreneur (progenyinc.com) and marketing consultant whose monthly “Live Local” column features the latest scoop on neighborhood businesses. Send Moyer ideas and feedback at livelocal@advocatemag.com.

MARK DAVIS

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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

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SkIllman cHuRcH Of cHRISt / 3014 Skillman St.

Sunday School 9:30 am / Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Grace Café & Bible Study Wed. 6:00 pm / 214.823.2179

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Sunday School 9:30 am / THE TABLE Worship Gathering 9:30 am

Worship 8:30 & 10:50 am / Rev. Deborah Morgan / www.edcc.org

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cHuRcH Of tHe IncaRnatIOn / 3966 Mckinney Ave / 214.521.5101

Sunday: Traditional 7:30, 9:00, 11:15 am and 5:00 pm

Contemporary 9:00, 11:15 am and 6:00 pm / incarnation.org

St. JOHn’S ePIScOPal cHuRcH / 848 Harter Road, 75218

Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Christian Ed. 9:00 am

214.321.6451 / www.stjohnsepiscopal.org

tHe catHedRal cHuRcH Of St. mattHeW / 5100 Ross Ave.

Sunday Traditional: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Adult Education 9:30 am

Hispanic Service 12:30 / 214.823.8134 / www.episcopalcathedral.org

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10:00 am @ Dallas Children’s Theater / Skillman & NW Hwy.

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ZIOn lutHeRan cHuRcH & ScHOOl / 6121 E Lovers Ln.

Sunday: Sunday School 9:15 am, Worship 8:00 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm / 214.363.1639 / www.ziondallas.org

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nORtHPaRk PReSBYteRIan cHuRcH / 214.363.5457 9555 N. Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org

New Pastor: Rev. Brent Barry / 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday Services

nORtHRIdGe PReSBYteRIan cHuRcH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Welcomes you to Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am / Church School 9:30 am / Childcare provided.

St. andReW’S PReSBYteRIan / Skillman & Monticello

Rev. Rob Leischner. / www.standrewsdallas.org

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

tHe end Of tHe WORld

FAITH TA k ES US TO THE EDGE OF LIFE AS WE k NOW IT

“In fourteen-ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Those words still inspire spirits that won’t be stilled.

Alas, though, Columbus Day has lost its cultural cache. It’s gone the way of Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays. We once paused as a nation to remember the explorer who set the stage for Pilgrims and pioneers, who braved the unknown and made a land we could sing about as America the Beautiful.

I know; it’s true: Native Americans were here first, and the land didn’t need our improvements to make it song-worthy. Columbus and those who followed him brought European diseases that infected the hearty hunters and gatherers who weren’t dreaming of new neighbors who would settle their land and kill off their culture. We’re rightly chastened over the brutal and blatant disregard for North America’s indigenous population during those years (and even now).

Children have a way, though, of harshly criticizing their parents before they have their own children with whom to make their own mistakes. Enlightened generations always seem bent on portraying their forebears in a bad light. One hopes we have progressed beyond our bloodthirstiness.

But have we really? I mean, how different is Wall Street greediness from Conquistador goldlustiness? The point of pointing out the sins of our fathers should be that we more clearly see our own bent toward sin and avoid it, rather than judging ourselves morally superior while concealing our own foibles.

Losing a Columbus consciousness deprives us of the adventurism that ignites imagination and incites innovation. People who cultivate a Columbus mindset set out to discover new worlds. They don’t settle for “what is” when “what might be” awaits exploring.

Columbus faith doesn’t reject the received wisdom of the past; it makes it fresh by testing and trying it.

The great Italian dreamer didn’t question that Go d created the world, but he wanted to see what was at its farthest reach. The sea monsters cartographers drew at the edges of the known world didn’t dissuade him. He feared not going there more than he feared going there, because faith made him courageous and curi-

ous instead of safe and sound.

Was Columbus motivated by gold and glory? Maybe so, but godly ambition is seldom undiluted. He was also animated by a faith that wouldn’t settle for settled flat-world thinking. His faith moved him to question and quest.

Faith is a departure port, not a dry dock. Ships are meant to sail the open seas, not remain moored in the harbor. Likewise, when all we do is repeat formulas of faith without ever testing them against the winds of time, we never know whether they will be sails to propel us somewhere thrilling or anchors that

will drag us and hold us back.

To say that the Bible is our authority doesn’t mean we only do what prophets and apostles did in their day; it means we do likewise in our day what is called for by our faith now. We take up the role of prophets and apostles ourselves, drawing upon their courage and candor to bring the ways and means of God to bear in our times.

Prophets interpreted Moses and apostles Jesus. They kept one eye on the past and one on the future, but what was coming to pass was always more to them than what had passed. Faith tilts toward the future. It pushes forward. Fear does the opposite: It grips the past as if salvation is found by going backward. Faith, someone has said, is walking to the edge of all the light you have and taking one more step.

In the spirit of Columbus, faith is sailing to the edge of all the maps that guide you and steering amidships, full-steam ahead. It’s trusting that God is waiting for us in the new world ahead more than in the old world behind.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire baptist church. the Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and by the neighborhood business people and churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

Faith is a departure port, not a dry dock. Ships are meant to sail the open seas, not remain moored in the harbor.

business

RANDOM, a home and gift boutique, has leased a space at the Hillside Village Shopping Center at Mockingbird and Abrams. The store sells jewelry, stationary and knickknacks.

BONNIE RUTH’S café and catering has closed its storefront in the Casa Linda Shopping Center.

LAKEWOOD CLEANING SERVICES recently was launched by Lakewood resident Jay Forrester. The one-man business specializes in small office jobs. No job is too small. No middle men here. Reach him directly at 469.867.7302.

community

JOHNSLATE, local historian and author, will present a program on the history of Dallas parks at 10 a.m. Oct. 4 at the Community Life Center of Casa Linda United Methodist Church, 1800 Barnes Bridge Road. The event is part of the Casa Linda AARP Chapter 3880 meeting. For details, call 214.321.1705.

LALECHELEAGUE will meet at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at Greenland Hills United Methodist Church, 5835 Penrose. The nonprofit organization provides education and support for women who want to breastfeed. For details, call 214.342.2355.

THEWRITER’SGARRET AT PAPERBACKS PLUS, 6115 La Vista, will host several discussion groups this month. The Poetry and Prose Group’s “Vort Ting” includes sessions on Oct. 4, 18, 11 and 25. “The Elements of Screenwriting” runs Mondays through Oct. 18. The 12-week “Elements of Creative Writing” class runs Thursdays through Dec. 16. “Special Topics in Fiction” is Sept. 30, Oct. 14 and 28. “Elements of Poetry” begins Oct. 13. “The Art of Nonfiction” runs Oct. 19-Nov. 30. Visit writersgarret.org. for registration details.

MS. PATTI’S DANCE CLASSES are relocating from the Ridgewood Belcher Recreation Center, where Lake Highlands resident Patti Steinke has held them for the past 30 years, to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 3204 Skillman Street in the Lakewood area. Patti Steinke has resided in Lake Highlands since 1990. For class information please contact mspattisdance.com or call 214.341.1023.

PHI DELTA will meet Monday, Oct. 11 at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 3204 Skillman, at 7 p.m. The month’s lesson is titled “Exercise is Good for the Heart”. The Phi Delta Chapter of ESA offers members leadership training and support geared toward enhancing their philanthropic work. For more information, call Patti Steinke, 214.341.1023.

THELAKEWOOD AREA “Konversational Experts” are forming a new chapter to discuss events affecting neighbors’ lives. For details call Ernest Brandt, 214.361.6294.

education

WOODROWWILSON HIGHSCHOOL met the federal “Adequate Yearly Progress” standard for the first time since 2007. The school previously missed the standard because of low graduation rates, math and reading scores.

THEWOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION has received a grant from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust that will be used to cover participation and licensing fees to the International Baccalaureate Organization. Woodrow has been selected as Dallas ISD’s first International Baccalaureate (IB) school, a program hailed as an outstanding means to promote greater rigor in the classroom, more academic challenges for students of all income levels, and an opportunity to burnish the educational reputation of the neighborhood’s 80-yearold landmark institution. The Dallas-based Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust was created under the will of Christine Sturgis to support charitable organizations in Arkansas and Texas. The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation was created in mid-2009 to support the community in establishing an exemplary public education system in East Dallas, extending from the seven elementary schools through J.L. Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School. For information about the foundation, contact Richard Vitale at 214.209.0334.

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Professional services

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HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE Small businesses, Individuals & Families. Local Agent Lori Huff 214-738-4783

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Fountain For youth

Eduardo Mata Elementary School 5th-grader Karla ramirez hugs Promise of Peace community garden founder Elizabeth Dry. Students from elementary schools including Mata, Lakewood, Lakehill and J.L Long dedicated the Lakewood Star Walk Fountain in front of the Lakewood Theater. The students worked with Promise of Peace to weed, plant and generally spruce up the fountain area under a shley b ull’s supervision. Dry says the ceremony was a “time to honor those who have gone before us to make East Dallas one of the best places to work and live.”

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Pets

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Buy/sell/trade

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THE BURGLARS EVEN STOLE FROZEN MEAT.

LonnieChesney and his wife enjoy helping out at their local YMCA. On the afternoon of Aug. 18, they were once again volunteering.

“We’ve made a lot of friends there,” he says of the center. “We were helping refinish the furniture at the day care center.”

The couple had returned to their LakewoodTrails home that afternoon around 2:30 to retrieve a few things. They were shocked at what they found.

“We entered up the alley, and noticed that the garage door was open. Pulling into the driveway we saw that a hole had been kicked into the door inside the garage,” Chesney says. “I ran inside the house, and all the lights were on. I grabbed my gun, and went in each room thinking I’d find someone.”

Thieves had used bolt cutters to cut the lock to the family’s rear gate and get inside the garage. The crooks got away with quite a bit, including jewelry, cameras, a big–screen television, phones, a rifle, a shotgun, a handgun, watches, a computer and more. The total loss was more than $15,000.

One stolen item was a bit surprising —frozen food.

“My wife said they got mostly meat, hardly any vegetables. So we know they’re not very healthy,” he says with a laugh. “But they did take some ice cream.”

The loss was a real downer, Chesney

8:55 a.m.

NUMBER OF WINE BOTTLESHE TOOK FROM THESHELF,ALONG WITHA PACKAGE OF MEATANDSOME OTHER PRODUCTS, BEFORE WALKING OUT THE SIDE DOOR WITHOUT PAYING

The Victim: Lonnie Chesney

The Crime: Burglary

Date: Wednesday, Aug. 18

Time: Between 1:20 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Location: 6700 block of Mockingbird

says, especially after doing something so nice in the morning to help their community. Fortunately, friends have been there for him and his wife.

“It really is depressing,” he says. “You go from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows. Some friends of ours came over, and they even brought me a television and brought my wife a computer to use.”

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says that if a resident believes someone is still in his home, it is best not to enter the home.

“If you find yourself in this position, call 911 immediately, and back away to a safe area where you can still see the location, but are not in the way of an escape,” he says. “Remain on the phone with the 911 operator and give updates until police arrive. After officers ‘clear’ the location, only then should you enter the location.”

As for food stolen from the kitchen, Jones says this is not the first time he has seen this.

“Anything of value is fair game to a criminal. I am not saying that it is a common occurrence, but I have seen refrigerators emptied and even ‘leftovers’ reheated and eaten before the burglars fled the location.”

—SEAN CHAFFIN

ABOUT THE TIME ON SEPT. 8 WHENA MAN ENTERED CENTRALMARKETATLOVERS AND GREENVILLEAND ROAMEDAROUND SUSPICIOUSLY

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$313

ESTIMATEDCOST OF THEITEMSHE TRIED TO STEAL,ALL OF WHICH WERE RECOVERED BY RESPONDING OFFICERS WHO TOOK THESUSPECT TO JAIL

SOURCE: DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

WE’RE OVER WET ALREADY

If Dallas goes wet next month, none of us should be surprised. The surprise, in fact, will be that a wet vote won’t be that big of a deal.

Time was, and it wasn’t that long ago, that private clubs, beer refrigerators and the other accouterments of Dallas’ mostly dry existence were accepted as completely normal. Summers are hot, the Cowboys are America’s Team, and you can’t buy a six-pack in most of the city. And, to be honest, none of this really seemed to bother anyone.

In fact, when I started reporting this story in the spring, I thought the drys would offer fierce resistance to going wet, the wets would be mostly indifferent, and that the election would be decided by the drys’ enthusiasm. In fact, the drys have apparently been as indifferent as the wets, and this election has generated almost no controversy at all. Which, considering Dallas has been mostly dry for almost 100 years, is hard to believe.

Or is it? I’m struck by something that George Mason, the pastor at Wilshire Baptist, told me when we chatted about the election. Dallas, he said, is not the same city it was two and three decades ago. We’re bigger, we’re more diverse, and we’re less insular, thanks to being bigger and

more diverse. It’s not just that our population has grown by 50 percent since 1980, but that so many of us are from somewhere else. By one estimate, half of us were born elsewhere and moved to Dallas.

Given that, it’s not surprising that so many people don’t see wet-dry the way people in Dallas have always seen it. To the

business community, led by former mayor James Temple. The churches also beat back attempts to make Oak Cliff wet again in 1957 and 1960, winning by even larger margins than in 1956.

Hence the assumption that Dallas is less religious than it used to be. Why else would the wets stand such a good chance of winning?

newcomers, it’s not part of their heritage, like hot summers and the Cowboys. It’s inconvenient, and it can be changed. Religion, and especially the influence that traditional Christian churches have had with their congregations, is always cited as the reason why Dallas is so dry. And, 40 or 50 years ago, that might have been true. Oak Cliff allowed beer and wine sales until 1956, when it voted itself dry.

That election was spearheaded by the neighborhood’s churches, and they delivered almost 53 percent of the vote in the face of serious opposition from the Dallas

Yet that may not be true, either. It’s not so much that Dallas is less religious than it used to be. Rather, it’s religious in a different way. The mainstream Christian churches, like the Baptists and the Methodists, that have traditionally been opposed to alcohol are not only not as adamant about it, several officials told me, but they aren’t as influential with their members as they used to be. They have lost members and influence to the non-denominational Christian mega-churches that have sprung up in the past couple of decades, and where the focus is more on family life — marriage, fidelity, child rearing and the like. In those churches, demon rum isn’t the demon that it used to be.

Something I found amazing: Stephen Reeves of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, which helps communities fight wet-dry elections, said no one from Dallas had contacted his group just two and a half months before the election. In fact, he said, he didn’t even know Dallas was having a wet-dry election.

And, regardless of what happens in the election, that may be the biggest surprise of all.

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