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Shouldn’t we all take time to thank others?

Most of us will never bask in the unrequited glory of a stadium filled with adoring fans. That seems to be a station in life reserved for sports heroes, rock stars, evangelical ministers and the occasional politician.

What must it feel like to havethousands of people cheering uncontrollably because you’re there, because of what you’ve done and because of what you might do?

As part of the crowd for one of these lovefests, I’ve felt my own blood pressure rise simply because of the excitement around me. And I’m just anonymously along for the ride, not even an afterthought in the day’s celebration.

More than anything else, perhaps a crowd’s frenzy serves as validation of the recipient’s life lived well.

Truthfully, and perhaps a little bit secretly, it’s a good feeling when people seem to like us, and it’s even more of a rush when they love us. The power of appreciation is immeasurable in terms of what it does for the recipient. And energetically giving thanks seems to make givers happy, too.

Why is it, then, that most of us slog through each day doing our jobs and living our lives without handing out or receiving meaningful recognition? Or if we are recognized, it’s for a negative rather than a positive? Why is mocking someone online or chewing them out behind their back more common than saying “thank you”?

And what’s the ultimate point of life if, at the end of the journey, we’re unlikely to be feted in a stadium, much less than receive boundless praise from those around us?

This month’s story about neighborhood residents who were part of World War II answers those questions. These are people who, for the most part, didn’t set out to be heroes, didn’t strut around after taking their turn, and didn’t expect to be patted on the back when they came home. Instead, they dug in and did their jobs, perhaps hoping the satisfaction of a job well done would be appreciation enough for the sacrifices they made.

On a global scale, we’ve worn out and, to a certain extent, devalued the moniker “the greatest generation” by essentially c ommercializing this dwindling group of heroes. But their life-changing bravery and sense of

responsibility a generation ago remains a gift the rest of us continue to enjoy every day.

It just so happens we’re entering our country’s annual time of thanksgiving for the good things impacting our lives. These war-veteran neighbors deserve a stadium full of adulation. But failing that, they deserve a pat on the back directly from us. And for that matter, so do our

Why is mocking someone online or chewing them out behind their back more common than saying “thank you”?

families and our teachers and our co-workers and maybe even some of our bosses.

Being appreciated isn’t necessary to live a good life. It isn’t required to be happy. But it sure doesn’t hurt to let people know we’re thankful for them. It’s kind of like creating our own little stadium of support for the relatively anonymous around us who deserve our respect, even though they probably aren’t holding their breath waiting to receive it.

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BLOG SERIES: CIVIC PUNCHING BAG

For two weeks in September, it looked quite possible that Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa would leave the district to take the head job at Clark County schools in Las Vegas, roughly twice the size of DISD. News headlines told us he was resigning, then told us he wasn’t, then he was one of three finalists, then the DISD board, after declining twice to extend his contract past 2012, voted to extend it until 2015, and then Hinojosa was passed over for the Vegas job.

Advocate publisher Rick Wamre followed the back and forth on our Back Talk blog and, amid the hullabaloo, gave two cents of his own — or more like a quarter’s worth. Read post excerpts below, and for the full posts, plus links to much of the news coverage, visit and search: Hinojosa.

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09.19.10 It wasn’t the relentless carping by teachers’ groups that turned Michael Hinojosa into a civic punching bag. It wasn’t the endless stream of Dallas Morning News investigative stories (and blog comments) about this or that DISD shortcoming that destroyed the man’s spirit. It wasn’t the surprise $64 million budget shortfall two years ago that permanently damaged his reputation. It wasn’t even the currently divided school board, which has three or four automatic “no” votes for just about any initiative Hinojosa brings forward. All of that contributed to Hinojosa’s ongoing flirtation with the Las Vegas school system, but none was the final straw.

Instead, it was the oddly timed and ill-fated powergrab by Mayor Tom Leppert to take DISD control away from Hinojosa and the board that ultimately made DISD’s superintendent realize that he had better look after himself because no one who counts in Dallas was going to cover his back. We’ve collectively created a toxic environment that Hinojosa can no longer stand, even for $300,000 a year and even though he’s a Dallas guy through-and-through who likely would have been happy to end his career here had we given him the chance.

A SOLUTION TO DISD’S BIGGEST PROBLEM

09.20.10 There’s something fundamentally wrong with a job description that requires one person to be both a right-brain and a left-brain genius. That person may, indeed, exist. But if that person really is out there, he or she is by definition way too smart to take a job as DISD superintendent.

Talk about a dumb career move: Who in their right mind would want a job that is a guaranteed political minefield, one that will assuredly result in you being

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called a racist and an idiot, even if you’re being paid $300,000 a year? The job expectancy is only around three years, so about the time you’re getting settled and have surrounded yourself with people you can trust, you’ll be shown the door for some perceived failing that will likely damage your future career prospects and might not even involve what you’re best at doing.

That’s the situation we’re in right now with the job description for DISD superintendent. The single person running the district is equally responsible for everything financial and everything academic. And I submit to you, that’s a big, big mistake. We need to break the superintendent’s position into two separate jobs staffed by two separate people. That’s right — we need an academic superintendent and a financial superintendent, and both should be independent of each other and report directly to the school board.

And here’s the other beautiful part of that plan: Suddenly, the school board is responsible for hiring and/or firing the person for each position independently, so we as stakeholders know exactly who to hold accountable for what.

VEGAS BOARD VOTES 6-1 AGAINST HINOJOSA 09.29.10 In a weird way, this whole thing could be a turning point for DISD. The board has now given Hinojosa more than four additional years to run the district. And once he signs the contract, he’ll have his money guaranteed. That puts him in a unique position to take some dramatic action in Dallas to continue turning around the district, and it could make him a motivated man on a mission because he really has nothing to lose. Think D.C.’s Michelle Rhee with a whole lot more guaranteed money.

DISD trustee Edwin Flores, who was part of a panel discussion after a screening of the education documentary “Waiting for Superman”, said something interesting: He predicted that within 10 years, DISD will have one of two structures — either the district will be a veritable multi-pronged collection of public and charter schools, or 130,000 of its 160,000 students will be enrolled in charter schools.

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Hire a Pro or Do It Yourself?

At Bella Vista Company, about 20% of our work now comes from xing DIY debacles. at’s why we believe every weekend warrior should know when to enlist the help of a professional in order to complete projects safely and properly. With these considerations, you’ll be able to make an informed decision for your next project.

Experience

If you have “apprenticed” and helped to complete a similar project, you may be ready to DIY. Similarly, if you have taken courses that have taught you the skills, steps, and techniques involved, you may not need to hire a pro. If you’ve only seen a project being done (especially on TV), keep in mind that professionals can make highly complex work seem unrealistically simple.

Skill Set

We recommend writing down the list of skills your project will require, and the skills that you have developed or learned in past projects or courses. If there’s a small gap, the project may enable you to improve your DIY skills without too much risk. But if the gap is wide, avoid the human tendency to bridge it with con dence. False con dence is the source of the emergency calls we get when projects go awry. If only they could show these calls on HGTV!

Understanding the Steps

If you know the end result, but have trouble putting together a detailed plan of action, hire a pro. If you’re able to research and nd plans, but then nd the instructions unclear or beyond your skill set, it’s also best to call a pro.

Safety and Building Codes

If certain steps in a project seem dangerous or physically beyond your comfort and experience level, don’t take it on yourself. In fact, safety issues are o en under-anticipated. So research and understand the safety risks in every step of the project rst. Familiarize yourself with all the tools and materials you’ll need to use before making the determination to do it yourself. Feel free to call us if you need more information about what your project will involve.

For projects requiring electrical work or plumbing work, professional certi cations are o en legally required to complete the project up to “code”. Not getting professional help can lead to safety risks, insurance penalties, legal sanctions, and failures down the road if you make a mistake. Hire a pro unless you have signi cant training and you’re certain you can handle any consequences should mistakes occur.

Consideration #1: Time

With today’s 50+ hour workweeks, and the obligations most of us have in our scarce free time, buying a little more downtime is a decision you probably won’t regret.

The Handyman Test

Still not sure what call to make? If a handyman service in your area can do the project, a strong do-it-yourselfer probably can too. While we don’t o er handyman services, we can certainly help you understand what steps you should take to make your project a success, big or small.

Why hire a pro for your major remodeling project?

• Pros work in compliance with local building codes and regulations.

• Pros handle the required electrical, plumbing and building permits.

• Pros can finish the job in a fraction of the time it takes to DIY.

• Pros can often purchase materials at a much lower cost than homeowners. offsetting a percentage of the labor cost.

• Pros own the right tools for the job, and know how to use them.

• Your experience, skill set, and knowledge fall short of what your project requires.

• Your night and weekend hours are limited.

• You want the peace of mind that the job is done right.

• You’re concerned with resale value and documentation of renovations.

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They met at a Flock of Seagulls concert and have been friends ever since. They are not alike in every way: S Ar AH Perry is a gardener, urban chicken farmer and mother of three. mAry Norve LL is an “immature gardener compared to Sarah,” she says, and a graphic designer. b ut they work well together. So when Perry set her sights on starting a local farmers market, Norvell said, “I’m in.” A local shop owner let them use his lot, and the women have been bringing local farmers and craftspeople together twice monthly for more than a year now. Though the market is seasonal, it doesn’t stop when the temps drop. In fact, it will run right through the holidays.

How did this market get going?

MN: Bruce Bagelman, the Green Spot owner, and Sarah were discussing the idea; he agreed to let us have it in the parking lot

SP: ...which is a big deal. To let us just come in and take over his parking lot. We were impressed that he wanted to participate. We knew the right mentality was here, that people in this neighborhood support local farmers markets, and that people here would embrace it.

Were you surprised about how quickly it gained popularity?

SP: Partly, especially considering we don’t really advertise and that it is all word of mouth, but like we said, we expected it to be well-received. We’ve been happy with the response. The vendors are happy. There is a community here, and it is nice to see the market being part of that community.

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Sarah Perry and Mary Norvell founded the White Rock Local Market.

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It’s probably been a lot of work. Has It been tougH?

MN: It is not really tough. It is time consuming, and we have a lot of vendors who want to be a part of the market and in some areas, we have to pick and choose. the market is held the second and fouth saturday of every month. the first one of the month is crafts and food, and the second is just food.

wHy mIgHt a vendor be turned away?

SP: we have to strike a balance. there are a lot of bakers and jewelry makers, for example; we can’t have too much of one thing. one thing we are always looking out for, though, is good produce. sometimes the produce is sold out by 10 a.m. eggs, too. so those types of things are a priority when it comes to striking that balance. the farmers need to be local, generally that means within 150 miles of dallas. and all the crafts are handmade.

wHat types of tHIngs do you Have planned for tHe fall season?

MN: we have a pie-baking contest planned for nov. 13, and a big holiday market planned for december (visit whiterocklocalmarket.com for dates).

wHat types of tHIngs can we expect to see at one of tHese bIg markets?

SP: Handmade natural body products, ceramics, knitters, clothing, furniture — tom Q. kelly is a very popular furniture vendor. there’s a guy who sells rain barrels, and a guy who refurbishes and sells old bicycles, to name a few. then of course there is food — dairy, meat, produce, tamales, pasta, preserves and local honey.

Have you learned anytHIng outstandIng so far from your experIence wItH tHe wHIte rock local market?

MN: we have been to visit some of the farmers; we do some visiting during the off-season in January and february. we went out to windy Hill farm, for example, and the animals, the pigs, they live on this beautiful land. those pigs have it made. It is just so cool to see.

SP: I love the feeling of bringing food home to my own family from the market. you get the organic, all-natural food, and it’s a good feeling to bring it all home and to know that your money went directly to the farmers. I also love watching the vendors — a diverse group of people — interact with one another. they give one another products, barter, and help each other out — it’s this great sense of community. that’s my favorite thing.

—chriStiNa hugheS BaBB

get a (clean) grip

Dawn Miefert describes herself as a germ-aphobic/germ-aholic. In other words, she doesn’t like germs, but she also obsesses on them. Her interest in germs gave her the idea for an invention she hopes could be a moneymaker. The invention is PhitGrip, an anti-microbial grip that fits onto free weights. Here’s how she got the idea.“My gym partner and I were working out next to this guy who was noticeably sick,” she says. The guy sneezed into his hands and then went to pick up weights.“The hair on the back of my neck stood up,” says Miefert, who lives in Forest Hills. Workout gloves don’t protect from germs, and besides, they can make your hands sweat, which causes calluses. And gym rats can’t stop between every station to wash their hands. There had to be a solution. It took three years and many prototypes to get right. But Miefert finally came up with a formula that works.PhitGrip is made from liquefied rubber injected with oxygen, so it’s full of tiny bubbles, is thin, and has a suede-

The guy sneezed into his hands and then went to pick up weights.

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like feel. The paint in the logo contains anti-microbial material to keep germs at bay, so users are supposed to rub their hands together periodically to spread the germ-fighting stuff around. Miefert has been using the product for two years, and she swears she hasn’t had a cold since. Users have found the grips are beneficial for more than just weights. People use them on grocery carts, treadmill rails and public transportation handrails. One client bought a pair for his mother’s walker, Miefert says. Miefert owns an advertising agency called Merge Media Group, and she’s using a viral marketing approach for PhitGrip. She employs social media and brand ambassadors to spread the word. PhitGrips retail for $9.99, and so far, Meifert is selling about 20 pairs a day on her website, phitgrip.com. For every pair of PhitGrips sold until the end of the year, the company is donating $1 to the Trevor Project, which focuses on crisis and suicide prevention among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth.

—RACHEL STONE

“I’d never want to consider a life without activity,” says avid runner and biker Gary Derheim. But a hip fracture nearly brought his sport to a screeching halt. At Baylor, Gary was treated with an advanced, new procedure called hip resurfacing. “Before the procedure,” he says, “they spent a lot of time talking to me about options, what was important to me. You need a good hip to ride like I do. The procedure was incredible. I was walking within days. Ultimately, I was able to do a 109-mile bike race, and I didn’t think about my hip once.”

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“My new hip got me back in the race.”

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grab-bag art of the game

Benjamin Hager

Baseball has so many detractors. They say baseball is pointless. It’s a bunch of grown men playing a kids’ game. Mostly, they say it’s boring. So it’s a treat to walk into Grant Smith’s Prairie-style home in Old East Dallas, where the grand old game is central. Smith is an artist whose paintings have places in the homes of baseball bold names like Johnny Damon and Keith Olbermann. Sure, Smith loves baseball he was born a Cubs fan on the North Side of Chicago. And he grew up in Arlington, so he’s a Rangers fan, too. But it goes way deeper than your average fandom. Baseball is this artist’s muse. “All the men in my family are into baseball,” he says. “Baseball is kind of our language.” Smith’s paintings typically portray the lives of baseball’s greatest players, but they’re not necessarily about the game. They often touch on moral dilemmas and the myth of hero. A favorite subject is “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, who was accused of throwing the World Series in 1919 for a promised $20,000 from gamblers. Another is Ty Cobb, who was tortured to the end by perfectionism and his father’s disapproval. One painting is a 6-foot by 7-foot portrait of Babe Ruth’s face, titled “The White Josh Gibson”. A catcher and power hitter in the Negro Leagues from 1930-46, Gibson often was pegged as “the black Babe Ruth”. “A lot of them had really tragic lives — drugs, alcohol, racism, greed, abuse of power,” Smith says. “I try to put myself in the players’ shoes. I’m not judging them. You wonder, ‘Would I make the same mistake in that situation?’” While some baseball nerds memorize stats and clip box scores, Smith pores over biographies. He’s an encyclopedia of baseball scandals, characters and anomalies. He painted Ruth Ann Steinhagen, the woman who stalked and shot Phillies first-baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949, the basis for “The Natural”. He painted Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers allstar who was paralyzed in a car accident at age 36. Recently, he made a portrait of Sandy Koufax for the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in New York. The painting is based on a photo of a smiling Koufax icing his elbow — he had severe arthritis. “It has a frailty theme,” Smith says. Baseball isn’t boring. It’s romantic. It’s dramatic and tragic, warm and fuzzy. For Grant Smith, baseball is a language, and with it, he can express anything in life. —RACHEL STONE

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The second-annual Dallas Festival of Modern Music is in Lakewood this month. Miss the first one? That’s OK.It was a quiet affair. But this year’s festival, “Taste the Music”, aims to find ears in Lakewood and at schools all over the Dallas area. The 10-day festival, whose main stage is Lakewood United Methodist Church, is the brainchild of J.L. Long Middle School band director Jordan Smith and his college buddy, musician Ryan Ross. They started the festival to showcase contemporary classical music and other modern genres, such as experimental rock, jazz and pop. This year, the festival is drawing musicians from all over the country and Texas. It is free and includes daily performances at the church, Steinway Hall, Good Records

and Legal Grounds. They want the performances to feel intimate, inviting and personal. “It’s centered around the audience experience,” Ross says. “It’s more casual. It’s come as you are, bring the kids.” Smith and Ross this year teamed up with Chris Walls, the new band director at Woodrow Wilson High School, who was with them the conducting master’s degree program at Texas Tech University. Walls is leading the festival’s education initiative.

All of the artists at this year’s festival also will perform for students at Woodrow, Long and several other schools in the Dallas area. “A $30 symphony ticket is a stretch for some people, let alone trying to bring the whole family,” Ross says. “But here you have artists who are at the top of their fields spending a day in the schools. That’s a really important part of what we’re doing.” They expect the festival to grow every year, and they’re already getting emails from musicians all over the world who want to perform at next year’s festival. They think Lakewood is the perfect place for it because it’s a walkable neighborhood with lots of good restaurants. So people can hear a concert and then go have dinner in the ‘hood.“Music really fosters community. It’s amazing,” Smith says. “This community deserves a festival like this.”

the Dallas Festival of Modern Music is nov. 5-14, and it’s free. Find a full schedule of concerts online at dallasmodernmusic.org.

—Rachel Stone

“Here you have artists who are at the top of their fields spending a day in the school.”

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On a cold, crisp Thanksgiving Day in 1968, Ulysses “Uly” Vlamides arrived at White Rock Lake for the inaugural, 8-mile Turkey Trot. Outfitted in a turtleneck, slacks and sport coat along with tennis shoes, gloves and a toboggan, the overweight 42-yearold looked at the young, fit runners at the starting line. He felt humiliated then, but eventually left a legacy all his own. Vlamides died in July at age 83, having completed 62 marathons and all 42 Turkey Trots. “Since he died, so many people have called and said, ‘If it wasn’t for Uly, I wouldn’t be running,’ ” says his wife, Mary Vlamides of Bent Tree. The Vlamides family will run in his honor at the 43rd annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot downtown, benefiting neighborhood YMCAs. Uly owned three Majestic Steak Houses, but spent the last 30 years with Ebby Halliday Realtors. Before he started running, Uly Vlamides weighed 250 pounds, smoked, and drank heavily. After reading “Aerobics” by Kenneth Cooper, founder of Cooper Aerobics Center, Vlamides decided to transform his life. So, he ran. “He started stationary running because he was too embarrassed to go outside,” Mary Vlamides says. When he showed up at the first Turkey Trot, he could only run four miles. Mary waited for him at the finish line. All of the runners had passed, but no Uly. She got in her car, drove to him, and rolled down the window. “He said, ‘Tell them not to leave, I’m going to finish.’ He finished dead last. It seemed from then on, that meant more to him than anything.” He lived in the White Rock area, and ran the 9-mile lake loop regularly, sometimes looping twice when he started training for marathons. There’s even a plaque at the lake with his name on it labeled “The Old Boys Club”, which features 70-plus-year-old runners. Eventually, the whole Vlamides family began participating in the run each year, and they made a pact: No one could eat turkey dinner if they didn’t do the Turkey Trot. “Whatever he did, he was obsessive about doing more,” she says. “He traded the bad habits for the good habits. He was quite a guy. I attribute everything to that first Turkey Trot. Nothing could have stopped him. I never stopped running, either.”

—EMILY TOMAN

THE DALLAS YMCA TURKEY TROT begins at 9 a.m. Nov. 25 at City Hall, 1500 Marilla. To register, visit thetrot.org.

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to your neighborhood Sleep Experts, and help needy families keep warm this winter. This month, the store will host its Share the Warmth Blanket Drive to benefit victims of domestic violence. Thousands of blankets, sheets, comforters and towels have been collected for the cause since the annual campaign began six years ago. Items will be delivered to Family Place. You can drop off a blanket at any Sleep Experts location, including the store at Henderson and Central. To learn more, visit sleepexperts.com.

LISTEN TO GREAT MUSIC ... on the Look Deeper Lung Cancer Benefit Concert on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. presented by the National Lung Cancer Partnership. The concert at Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm, features local bands, and tickets cost $15-$20. For details, visit lookdeeperconcert. eventbrite.com.

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it started out as a way to recycle medical equipment. There is no market in the United States for used equipment, and it’s usually destroyed. So Dr. David Vanderpool, a surgeon at Baylor hospital, started a recycling program sending used equipment to the Ukraine, where hospitals are comparatively primitive. Vanderpool and his wife, margie, traveled to the Ukraine to deliver the equipment, and they happened to visit an orphanage there. it was a heart-rending experience. “These children have nothing,” David Vanderpool says. “They were sleeping on mattresses that were so old, they sloped in the middle.” That’s not good for developing spines, so their first mission was to outfit the orphanage with new beds. They included their church, and now members of Skillman Church of Christ have made Korlavka orphanage their pet project. They collect clothes and shoes for the children all year, and they take mission trips to deliver donations and offer Bible lessons. On the fourth Tuesday of each month, a group of ladies — many of whom are in their 90s — gather at the Vanderpool home to have lunch together and work for the orphans. Last month, they packed Christmas boxes. each one contains items that most a merican kids would

hardly notice: pencils, sticky notes, paddle games, shampoo, miniature candy bars, new white socks. For the kids at Korlavka, those are great treasures. David Vanderpool tells a story from their second trip to the Ukraine. One little boy took margie by the hand — they didn’t share a common language, but it was clear he had something to show her. He took her to the dormitory, and pulled the drawer out from under his new bed to show her what was his: a pillow. “He was so proud of that, to have something that belonged to him,” Vanderpool says. Church members also have donated a gym, so the children have an outlet for exercise and play during the long Ukraine winters. They send medicine, including anti-viral drugs for kids with Hi V. and their medical equipment mission continues. But the Christmas boxes, simple as they are, inspire the volunteers.

Lela Faye Tidwell, a Skillman Church of Christ member who has worked on the orphanage project for several years, says the Christmas boxes make her holidays brighter.“ i ’ve had better Christmases since we started,” she says. “Christmas is about children, and it’s better when you have children to think about.” —Rachel Stone

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“Church members also have donated a gym, so the children have an outlet for exercise and play during the long Ukraine winters”

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Gloria Perez is the new deputy chief of the Dallas Police Department’s Northeast Patrol Division, which includes most of our neighborhood. Perez was born in McAllen and raised in San Antonio, but her entire 28-year police career has been in Dallas. Perez entered the police academy the day her husband graduated. And since then, she’s held a variety of jobs. She was a patrol officer, field training officer, lieutenant commander, academy instructor, internal affairs commander, a fingerprint detective with the crime scene unit, a neighborhood police officer and a sergeant with facilities management overseeing construction of the Jack Evans Police Headquarters. “What’s so great about this career and this department is the opportunities you have,” she says. “I like the change and the challenges, and that’s what keeps me going. It keeps me young.” Holding all of those positions and working for many departments and deputy chiefs has given her invaluable perspective, she says. And she’s known most officers in the division for many years. Perez

says she’s worked with chiefs who kept their distance from the ranks, and her division isn’t like that. Anyone from longtime veterans to rookies knows they can approach her with problems and concerns any time. In the new position, she also has more direct contact with the community, which she relishes. One of the division’s top concerns, Perez says, is crime in apartments. “We have more apartment complexes than any other division,” she says. “So you’re talking about having a higher concentration of people.” Apartment dwellers are less likely to be invested in the community because they are more transient than homeowners, she says. And management turnover often is high, which makes building rapport difficult. The division has started a youth flag football team called Positive Attitudes Seeking Success. It has about 17 players so far and cops from the division as coaches. Perez hopes to expand that program and other volunteer efforts in the community as a way to reach out to young people before they choose crime.

—RACHEL STONE

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ART MART

FREE More than 35 artists and vendors will set up shop at the Bath House Cultural Center for the 2010 Winter Art Mart and silent auction. The event features artwork for sale such as paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, mixed media, glass, jewelry and mosaics. It’s not just a sale but also a juried exhibition — the artists are selected by a committee that looks for the most unique items. All proceeds from the sale and auction benefit year-round arts programs at the Bath House.

The event runs 7-9 p.m. Friday, noon-7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. For more details, visit dallasculture.org.

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11.01 MOUSTACHES AND BEER $5 Nothing says “manly” like that. Dallas Moustache, the newly formed chapter of Movember, is kicking off a month-long celebration of facial hair from 6-9 p.m. at J. Black’s Feel Good Lounge, 2409 N. Henderson. Movember is a fundraiser for men’s health in which people start the month clean-shaven and pledge to let their moustaches grow until December. Make a $5 donation at the door to get drink specials. dallasmoustache.com.

11.04 LiPSCOMB SiLENT AUCTiON FREE The Lipscomb Elementary PTA will host a silent auction at 7 p.m. at Times Ten Cellars, 6324 Prospect, including items like weekend getaways, sports memorabilia, event tickets, educational classes, personal services and restaurant gift certificates. Proceeds will help fund shading for the school playground. For details, call 469.713.9812.

11.04-01.08 THE ZOOKEEPER’S JOURNAL $8-$10

Triple J Productions presents a play that explores similarities between humans and animals, dealing with love, conflict and mortality. Performances run Nov. 4-6 and Jan. 6-8 at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. For tickets and details, visit triplejproductions.org.

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11.05-12.4 EARTH & SKY FREE This exhibit features Texas landscape artists Katie Maratta and Andrew Wick, and opens with a reception 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5 at Dahlia Woods Gallery, 600 Cantegral. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday or by appointment. For details, visit dahliawoodsgallery.com.

11.06 LFH FUNKY 4K FREE Little Forest Hills will host its second Funky 4k Fun Run at 4 p.m., starting at Casa Linda Park at Buckner and Alta Mira. A barbecue cook-off will follow with live music. For details, visit lfhfunky4k.com.

11.06-11.07 LAS NUEVAS TAMALERAS $10

The hit comedy from San Antonio follows three contemporary Latinas as they try to make tamales for the first time. Performances run at 6:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak. For details, visit dallasculture.org.

11.06-11.07

DALLAS TOUR OF HOMES $25 The Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects will hold its fourth annual tour of homes 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The citywide tour includes three homes in our neighborhood: 8205 Forest Hills, 4414 Rusk and 1418 Rusk. For details, call 214.742.3242 or visit hometourdallas.com.

11.07 JUNIUS HEIGHTS HOME TOUR $10-$15

The Junius Heights Historic District will host its fourth annual home tour from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., with a simultaneous arts and crafts fair at Lipscomb Elementary, 5801 Worth. Tickets are $10 in advance, or $15 on tour day. For details, visit juniusheights.org/home-tour.

11.11 TAKE A VET TO SCHOOL DAY FREE St. Thomas Aquinas School, 3741 Abrams, will participate in the History Channel’s “Take a Vet to School Day” to strengthen ties among veterans and young people. A reception will be at 2 p.m. in St. Anne’s Hall. For details, visit staschool.org or call 214.823.4645.

11.11 LITERARY SYMPOSIUM $50-$100 The Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden will present another Writer’s Garden Literary Symposium and Luncheon 10 a.m.-2 p.m. featuring authors Rhys Brown (“Her Royal Spyness”), Carolyn Rapp (“Garden Voices”) and Kathy Phillips (“The Pulpwood Queen’s Tiara Wearing Book Sharing Guide to Life”). For details, call 214.797.5966 or visit womenscouncildallasarboretum.org.

11.11 TIM & ERIC $30 Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim will bring their campy, comedic stylings to the Granada Theater, 3624 Greenville. The duo is best known for its Adult Swim show, “Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job!” now in its fifth season. Doors open at 7 p.m. For tickets, visit granadatheater.com.

11.13 HEROINE ADDICTION $5-$10 The allfemale improv comedy troupe Heroine Addiction will perform at 7 p.m. at Ad-Libs Mouth, 2626 Main in Deep Ellum. The group has members from East Dallas. For reservations, call 214.754.7050.

11.18 LED

ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE $35

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience celebrates the band’s legendary drummer, John Bonham, through a multimedia concert at 8 p.m. at the Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 First Avenue. For details, visit dallassummermusicals.org.

11.19-12.23 JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS $14-$25

In this holiday children’s production, a sassy first grader, Junie B., contemplates what kind of secret Santa gift she should get for her arch nemesis Tattletale May. Performances run at the Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman. For showtimes, call the box office at 214.740.0051 or visit dct.org.

11.20 TEXAS MUSEUM OF AUTOMOTIVE

HISTORY $325 The Texas Museum of Automotive History will host its grand opening at 7 p.m. in the Grand Place Building at Fair Park, 1221 Midway Plaza. The black-tie event features Emmy Awardwinning TV personality Scott Murray, a buffet dinner and beverages. For details, visit tmah.org.

11.26-12.23 THE SNOW QUEEN $14$25 Kathy Burks

Theatre of Puppetry

Arts presents Hans Christian Andersen’s story adapted for the puppet stage. In this winter wonderland, the evil Snow Queen casts a spell on a young boy, causing his heart to turn to ice. Performances run at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays, 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman. For details, call the box office at 214.740.0051 or visit dct.org.

A guide to dining & drinking in our neighborhood

Delicious.

TURKEY TIME

Wh En YoU ThInK of a caf ETERI a, gourmet food doesn’t exactly come to mind. But Highland Park Cafeteria has debunked that myth, especially when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner. “Our secret is that fresh, raw ingredients are less expensive than prepared,” owner Jeff Snoyer says. “Any time there’s a tomato scare or an egg scare, we don’t worry because we know exactly where our food comes from.” The cafeteria’s vegetables are grown no more than 50 feet from a dirt road and nowhere near power lines. It only serves what’s in season, and for the holidays, that means baked squash, zucchini muffins and pumpkin bread, all made in-house by cooks who have been interpreting recipes for more than 20 years. For just $7.99, customers can go through the line and stay as long as they like. “You pay $7, and you’re a member,” Snoyer says. And everyone in uniform receives a 50 percent discount. Last year during Thanksgiving week, Highland Park Cafeteria served about 9,000 over a three-day period. Pies stacked high on the counters, and people lined up around the building. “For some families in Dallas, it’s a family tradition,” he says. The cafeteria in Casa Linda Plaza is a Dallas landmark that first opened in 1925 on Knox Street. In 1981 The New York Times called it “America’s Cafeteria”, and neighbors lamented its closing in 1995. “Everyone in the community was just crying about it,” Snoyer says. “I said, ‘Someone’s got to open this.’ I worked in real estate, and had never seen the inside of restaurant kitchen before.” He says the staff’s dedication and attention to detail has kept Highland Park Cafeteria a mainstay for Dallas. “We have a sacred trust to keeping it true to its roots.”

—EMILY TOMAN

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1 Cheese C ake Royale

For a sweet end to Thanksgiving dinner, this dessert haven serves up pumpkin cheesecake for the holidays along with its regular menu, which includes flavor varieties like tres leches, carrot cake, dulce de leche, key lime and Italian cream. gaRland & ocalla

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From a traditional turkey dinner to vegetarian options, Central Market has five gourmet Thanksgiving meals to take home, warm up, and serve to eight people. lovERs & gREEnvIllE 214.234.7000 cEnTRalMaRKET.coM

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3 la G R an Ge Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be grab-and-go. For $45, this Deep Ellum establishment offers a four-course holiday dinner in an intimate setting with live music at 8 p.m. on Nov. 24, the night before Thanksgiving. ElM & cRoWdUs 214.741.2008 lagRangEdallas.coM

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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 Asian-fused 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

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CHARDONNAY ($23) CALIFORNIA>

It’s time for my annual holiday and Thanksgiving wine plea: Drink what you like, and don’t worry about food pairings. The next couple of months are about celebration and appreciating the good fortune that has given us the opportunity to be with family and friends. It’s not about wine geekdom, comparing snob notes, and boring everyone with your visit to Napa and how special it was. If someone at Thanksgiving dinner likes white zinfandel, then let him drink white zinfandel.

This month’s wine suggestions are firmly in that vein. There’s a little bit of something for everyone, and of the wines would make nice gifts for the wine drinker on your holiday list. All are available at Central Market. Don’t be afraid to experiment: This

stunning wine, but a steal at $10. It’s made by the Lurtons, one of France’s premier winemaking families, and it comes from quality Bordeaux fruit. You can’t say that about most rosés. Look for lots of strawberry fruit, but don’t be surprised if it morphs into something with a long, minerally finish.

Winemaker Michael Richmond is a Dallas native who ended up in California 40 years ago and found himself in the wine business. That’s our good fortune. This white wine is more fruit than oak (think lime), and shows just how interesting California chardonnay can be.

Kunde has made solid, dependable years, a family-run winery that has successfully competed with the corporate-ization of the California wine business. It’s an old-fashioned and much appreciated wine: lower alcohol, raspberry fruit and balance.

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JEFFSIEGEL’S WEEKLY WINE REVIEWS 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 ask the wine guy and get this month’s recipe.

Go ahead, take credit for delicious free-range, oven-roasted turkey or whipped organic garnet sweet potatoes. No one needs to know it was from Central Market.

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.

ANGELO’S SPAGHETTI HOUSE

FREE DELIVERY! 214.823.5050

Nightly Specials:

M-F Cheap Carafes & Morte D Pasta W&Th Dinner & Dessert for Two $25 Sunday Brunch Buffet 11 am - 2 pm (Kids under 10 free w/each adult.)

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 November only, mention this ad for a 5¢ coffee with any breakfast.

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

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!

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.

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Home -- whether you enjoy a temporary stay or choose to make your home with Fowler, the supportive community and continuum of care offered on our beautiful campus will give you and your loved ones peace of mind.

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The Jackson Living Center – independent and assisted living apartments with several floor plans and appropriate health care services.

Fowler Christian Apartments – independent and assisted living apartments for seniors with limited incomes.

The Pearl Nordan Care Center – 24 hour long-term and skilled nursing care. In the spring of 2010, Juliette Fowler Homes celebrated the grand opening of our newly remodeled, state-of-the-art therapy wing.

All programs have beauty/barber shops, transportation, three meals a-day served in beautiful dining rooms, activities, and chapel services.

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Located on the shores of White Rock Lake, C.C. Young offers Dallas seniors a constellation of services and opportunities. Construction is on schedule for The Overlook, our newest expansion, and we will open Summer 2011. The Overlook is the latest residential addition to our ever-growing neighborhood. Extraordinary views, private balconies and a variety of dining venues are just the beginning at The Overlook. C. C. Young is where personal growth and development are encouraged and Where the Spirit is Ageless.

When the everyday chores of life interfere with living, it’s time

The Point, Center for Arts and Education, on the campus of C. C. Young is open to everyone aged 55 and better.

The Point is open every day from 6 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., including The Dr. Ken Cooper Fitness Center inside The Point and The Art Gallery.

The Café is open weekdays: 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and weekends: 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Point offers a wide variety of complimentary public events, classes and much more.

Come and visit us today: 214.841.2834 or ccy@ccyoung.org or visit www.ccyoung.org.

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Innovative Therapy Program Uses The Senses To Treat Alzheimer’s

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THEY CHANGED THE WORLD

WE WAIT ALONGSIDE them in the grocery checkout line and hurry past them on the street. They are members of our churches and grandparents to our children, but how often do we pause to ponder the content of their lives?

Lynn Guilloud was a farm boy from North Texas, so poor that when his dad dropped him off for his first semester at Texas A&M University in 1938, he had $68 in his pocket and no place to lay his head.

But he went on to graduate with a mechanical engineering degree in 1942. And he became a company commander in the U.S. Army, leading three platoons onto the beach at Normandy.

At 89, Guilloud lives in the M Streets with his second wife, Mary, whom he married nine years ago.

Guilloud says he hasn’t always been forthcoming with war stories, but now he talks freely and at length about his World War II experiences.

Whenheturnstomemoriesofmen66 years dead, his voice cracks, and he pounds a fist three times, hard, against his thigh. He inhales deeply and pauses for a moment, but he doesn’t cry.

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As teenagers and 20-somethings, they traveled to distant countries, knowing they might die there, and returned to lives forever altered by their experiences. They risked their lives, left jobs, and cast passions and aspirations aside until their missions were fulfilled. Indeed, all who served in World War II — in battle or supporting roles — deserve unyielding gratitude, but as each Veterans Day passes, the time for thanks dwindles. We can still shake their hands and hear their stories, but for how much longer?

According to the U.S.Department of Veterans Affairs, the ranks of World War II vets are shrinking by about 1,200 a day nationwide.

A few of those who have retired in the East Dallas area take time to recall, for those of us who weren’t there, an era that shaped the world. If you run into one of them today, it might be the right time to say

“thank you”.

What it means to be part of The Greatest Generation

“We got on the beach at 9:30, and the seawall had not been blown as planned.”

LYNN GUILLOUD

“This is ancient history to most people,” he says. “Don’t romanticize it. Just tell the facts.”

On the morning of June 6, 1944, Allied Forces totaling some 160,000 men landed on the beach at Normandy. Guilloud was 23 years old, and he was in charge of about 100 of them.

“Allied planes were thick,” he says. “The sky was almost black with them.”

From his boat, a Landing Craft Tank, he could see smoke rising from the beach. Their vehicles had been meticulously waterproofed, and they pulled them off in about four feet of water.

“We got on the beach at 9:30, about three hoursaftertheinitiallanding,andthe seawall had not been blown as planned,” he says.

As it turned out, they had landed one kilometer off course, which caused much confusion. They got enough men together to lift a Jeep and an anti-tank gun over the seawall before they found the blown gap

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farther down the beach.

Guilloud’s engineering company went to work right away putting in a bridge. When it was finished, he flagged down someone he assumed to be a military policeman to tell him the bridge was in, and found it was Theodore Roosevelt, son of the former president.

Once their work was finished, Guilloud’s company retreated to the bivouac area. By that time, they had been mostly without sleep for five days.

“Man, what a mess,” he says.

Vehicles were all over the beach. Everyone was confused. The dead were everywhere.

The company bridged the Douve River to connect the beaches, and more than 6,000 vehicles crossed there.

They followed the infantry through the battle-ruined town of St. Lo.

“It was a terrible sight,” Guilloud says. “The stench was awful. There were dead people, dead animals. Nothing but rubble.”

As part of Gen. Patton’s army, they moved forward, constantly, to put in another bridge.

Once, his company was to build a bridge at a town called Gavisse, and it was raining. The river flooded its banks, so they built the bridge sections in town before assembling them at the river. They got the bridge in, but the rain persisted, and the river kept rising.

As vehicles crossed, the bridge pulled loose, ripping great trees out of the ground. Several men drowned inside their vehicles after the bridge flipped.

This is where Guilloud’s story pauses.

In 1994, he took his whole family to France. In his office, there is a picture of Guilloud and his grandson standing beside that river where, eventually, the bridge held. Gen. Patton himself would cross it the same day it went in.

The rest of the war met Guilloud with freezing cold, hunger and terrifying brushes with death that haunt him to this day, he says.

As our interview winds down, Mary Guilloud enters the office to ask if we’d like some iced tea.

“Did we still win?” she teases her husband.

Her daughters were in Sunday school classes that Lynn Guilloud taught many years before their respective spouses passed away.

Guilloud was an engineer for Ford Motor Co., Frito Lay and Yellow Freight. He recently had a pacemaker installed. And he still has lots of stories to tell.

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BOB LUCAS

Bob Lucas was a B-24 pilot, and he flew 13 bombing missions over Germany in 1943 and ’44.

On the 14th one, he got really lucky.

His target was Friederickson, a town in southern Germany.

“We had to fly across the target twice because another bomber group was right under us,” he says. “So we had to make a wide circle, which made us more vulnerable. I thought we were going to be killed instantly when we made a second run.”

Six planes were shot down over that target, including the one Lucas was flying. The plane lost fuel and hydraulics, so he couldn’t make it back to England.

“Ourorderswere,ifanythingwent wrong, to try to get to Switzerland,” he says.

Switzerland was neutral during the war. If Axis or Allied planes went down there, the pilot and crew would be interned until the end of the war.

So they made a course for Switzerland.

The landing gear was gone, so they were facing a crash landing. They came down in three or four feet of snow, he says, and that’s the lucky part.

“It was like landing on water. We just glided right through,” he says.

If not for the snow, the plane would have broken apart and caught fire from friction when it hit the ground, he says.

The Swiss Army showed up and took them to a town called Davos Platz, and

they stayed in an old hotel there. They were allowed to walk around the town, but they couldn’t leave, and there were guards at both ends of town to make sure they didn’t.

They knew that if they were caught trying to escape, they would be put in prison until the end of the war.

LucashadbeeninSwitzerlandsix months when the Swiss commanding general came in and called a meeting with the interned pilots.

“He said we were somehow going to get past the guards and escape Switzerland becausetheAirForceneededpilots,” Lucas says. “He said, ‘We can’t tell you how, but you’ve got to get out.’ ”

They were given train tickets to Geneva and about $20.

Lucas found some women’s clothing that fit him: a dress, shoes, a big hat and a bag, into which he put his clothes. He blended with the crowd, got past the Swiss guards and made it onto the train to Geneva.

Once he was in Geneva, he had instructions to get into the back of a truck with a covered bed. The truck took him to the home of a wealthy American who lived in Geneva, and about eight men stayed there for several days.

A six-foot-tall chain-link fence with three rows of barbed wire at the top marked the border between Switzerland and France.

TheyreceivedwordthattheFrench guard at a nearby crossing had been paid

off and would let them through. So they set out at midnight on a very black night.

Lucas was walking with “another country boy” and he had a hunch that something might be amiss with the plan.

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They dropped back from the group, “to see if everything was kosher,” Lucas says. “Otherwise, we’re all going to the penitentiary.”

They were about 100 feet back, but the night was so dark, they couldn’t be seen. And they heard a lot of arguing and yelling from the gate.

“We walked down that fence a ways, and we climbed that darn fence,” he says.

They had escaped, and they slept during the day and walked at night toward Lyon.

Eventually, an Army sergeant in a Jeep picked them up and took them to the base at Lyon.

Lucas was given a 30-day pass, and the Army put him up in a hotel in London, where he says he partied every night.

For the rest of the war, he flew supplies missions. But he’ll never forget the day he returned to the United States.

“OneoftheprettiestthingsI’veever seen was the Statue of Liberty and a big American flag,” he says. “I thought, ‘Thank God. Thank God for America.’ ”

Lucas is 90, and he lives in East Dallas. He’s been retired from IBM since 1965. He runs a small real estate business, and he loves a good joke as much as a good cocktail.

“We were somehow going to get past the guards and escape Switzerland because the Air Force needed pilots.”

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ORVILLE ROGERS

Orville Rogers excuses himself from the formal living room with the pretty white sofa his wife bought 60 years ago, and he brings out a model of the B-36.

He says it was the world’s biggest plane when he was flying it. He loves this plane.

WhenRogerswas a littleboygrowingupinTexasand Oklahoma, he prayed to become a pilot. His father had left his mother, older sister and him when he was 6. But he didn’t care.

“When I got in that B-36 outfit, I memorized that plane like nobody’s business.”

ORVILLE ROGERS

He grew up on his mother’s parents’ farminOklahomaduringtheGreat Depression, but he didn’t know there was a depression.

He had a collie and an old horse he rode bareback, and his only dread was picking cotton.

HegraduatedfromtheUniversityof Oklahoma and joined the Army Air Corps, which later became the U.S. Air Force, five weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Flight school was a dream come true, he says, the beginning of a prayer answered.

“Everybody’sgung-hoatthatage,”he says. “I thought I wanted to be in combat.”

He was in B-17 training when the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

“The atom bomb probably saved my life,” he says.

Rogers served as a flight instructor throughout World War II and the Korean War, and he once dropped a dummy bombduring a practicerun,buthe never saw combat.

The B-36 was the “main plane” during the Cold War, when Rogers had an “assigned target” should war break out.

“It could fly higher than any fighter,” he says.

It could stay in the air for 30 hours or longer, and it could fly above 50,000 feet.

“I’m sure the Russians knew that,” he says. “To my dying day, I will think that was the main deterrent of Russia during the Cold War.”

TheB-36had10engines,eighteen 20-millimetercannonsandtechnologies that Rogers explains with gusto.

“When I got in that B-36 outfit, I memorized that plane like nobody’s business,” he says. “I ate that airplane up.”

Rogers is 92. He lives near White Rock Lake,andhestartedrunningwhenhe was 50. He holds United States and world records for his age group in the mile, which he runs in under 10 minutes.

He has 12 grandchildren from his kids, Bill, Rick and Susan. His oldest son, Orville Rogers Jr., was a pilot in the Marines who was killed in Vietnam in 1970.

He flew for Braniff Airlines and retired well before the company failed.

“I didn’t like military life,” he says. “I enjoyed the airline flying more than you can imagine.”

After retirement, he and his wife flew missions to Africa and Asia, providing supplies and transportation for Baptist missionaries.

“God has blessed me,” he says. “And I think it’s because I devoted my life to him.”

HOWARD RIGGS

HOWARD RIGGS

In 1943, when the military was drafting his high school classmates, Howard Riggs joined the U.S. Navy — thankfully, he says, he was allowed to finish his senior year before reporting for active duty. Today, after living 40 years in the White Rock Hills area, he lives with his wife, Glenn Eva Riggs, at C.C. Young retirement community in the White Rock Lake area.

Straight and tall, wearing a neatly pressed polo-style shirt, Riggs walks into the cafeteria and offers a firm handshake. He clutches an antique brown leather-bound photo album. Inside the book are images of smiling 20-somethings in uniform, Chinese children in a shipyard, beautiful beaches, vast Naval ships and striking examples ofAsianarchitecture,includingBejing’s Forbidden City.

In China, Riggs supervised a coal storage plant, and although the warehouse in his area once burned to the ground in an impressive fire, Riggs says destruction and fear were not much a part of his World War

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II experience. Though it interrupted his education and career, Riggs says he was grateful for the opportunity to travel and to learn leadership skills and decorum.

“I did what I had to do,” he says, “worked hard, learned a lot, saw the world, and had fun.”

He was recalled for the Korean War in 1952. By then, he had graduated from college at Washington University, just married Glenn Eva, and was climbing his way up the corporate ladder at Safeway, where he eventually worked 40 years in advertising.

He says, bluntly, about his Korean call to duty: “I didn’t like that, but I just had to do it.” Riggs spent 24 months loading ships in the Philippines before finally returning home.

“When I returned to work, I found I’d been replaced by a guy I’d hired,” he says with benign irritation.

He remained in the reserves, and retired from the Navy as a commander in 1962 — in the ensuing years, he and his wife had two children, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

In October, Riggs traveled to Washington, D.C., courtesy of the Honor Flight program, which allows WWII vets to see the WWII memorial. (Read more about Honor Flight on the next page)

JOURNEY TO remember

More than 300 World War II veterans from Dallas are on a waiting list to take an all-expense paid, overnight tour to Washington, D.C., to see theNationalWWIIMemorial. A local nonprofit was founded on the belief that all of them deserve to see it before it’s too late.

HonorFlightofDallas,basednear Lake Highlands, aims to get as many WWII vets as possible to the monument “their memorial”, organizers emphasize. They offer the opportunity twice a year, in May and October.

Last month, 41 veterans took the trip.

“It is a shame our country waited until a few years ago to build a monument to

the greatest generation,” Honor Flight of Dallas president Rhonda Ensey tells a roomful of vets gathered at C.C. Young Retirement Community near White Rock Lake, days before the flight. “You deserve to see it — this trip is a ‘thank you’ for what you did for this country.”

Thetimetoshowourgratitudeto theseveteransisrunningout,says volunteer Rachel Hedstrom, noting that WWII vets are dying at a rate of more than a thousand a day nationwide.

Honor Flight originally was organized in 2004 in Ohio, and Honor Flight of Dallas began operating in 2008. Ensey has recruited several of her family members to help out. Her sister, Suzanne

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Last month, Honor Flight board members Rhonda Ensey, Donna Sedota and Peggy Marlowe helped send 41 WWII veterans to Washington, D.C.

GentryFlodin,forexample,manages publicity; son Brett Franks and brother Kim Gentry, both medical professionals, are part of the medical team that accompanies veterans on the flight; and sisters Robin and Cindi Gentry also volunteer on the trips.

“I’ve dragged them into it,” Ensey says, “but they all love it as much as I do.”

Ensey says money is the biggest challenge when it comes to getting the veterans to D.C. She and the other volunteers work hard to raise it, sometimes collecting donations outside Walmart. Volunteer Rachel Hedstrom entered the Mrs. Texas International pageant — she’s Mrs. Collin County — just to publicize Honor Flight by using the charity as her pageant platform.

“She’s not a pageant type of person,” Gentry Flodin says. “She did it solely to raise awareness about Honor Flight.”

Hedstromcannotsayenoughabout how much Honor Flight means to her, but she doesn’t have to; she’s wearing her crown, sash and pageant dress at the pre-trip informational meeting where she greets each of the veterans with a warm smile and a handshake.

Volunteers lead the two-day adventure

thatincludes a bustourwithprofessional tour guides through D.C. In addition to the WWII memorial, the travelers visitArlingtonCemetery,theIwoJima Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans and Korean War Veteransmemorials.They also spend an afternoon at Walter Reed Hospital with wounded Iraq war veterans. Tom Gardner, who took the trip in May, recalls meeting the warriors.

“Someweredaysandhoursoutof Afghanistan and Iraq. What an honor and a privilege to meet these troops right off the field of battle,” Gardner writes in a ‘thank you’ letter to Honor Flight. “They were waiting there to meet us WWII veterans, but we were proud, proud, proud to meet them.”

Volunteers pay their own way, and make sure the veterans want for nothing.

“If they need a cup of coffee, we buy it. If they feel like sitting down, we have wheelchairs for them. (“If you get tired,” a member of the medical team tells the participants, “please let us push you. We want to!”) They don’t pay for anything or have anything to worry about,” Ensey says.

WWII vet Ted Walker, a resident at C.C. Young, helped organize the meeting, but says he probably won’t ever see the memorial.

“I’ve been on the list to go the last couple times, but my health won’t let me. Cancer.”

Walker wears a bolo tie with a gold purple heart. He was shot at Guadalcanal, he says. A Navy vet, he enlisted at age 18, and spent six years on the same ship. “It wasn’t all bad — in fact it was wonderful in a lot of ways. Six years with the same guys. You make friends. We had a reunion 30 years ago. We had them every year after that until we all got too old.”

Walker is sad that he can’t go on the Honor Flight trip, but it is satisfying to know that another WWII vet will get to travel in his place, he says.

Gardner called the experience an event he will remember for the rest of his life.

“HonorFlightmade35oldsoldiers feel proud, feel worthy, and feel young again,” he says.

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art from the heart

Lakewood Elementary students create artwork for the Lakewood Home Festival’s live auction

Lakewood Elementary fourth-grade students, from top to bottom: Beau Beckner, Queen Gault and Virginia Addison, show the painted tiles they completed. The tiles will be compiled in to a piece and sold during the Lakewood Home Tour live auction.

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The homes on this year’s Lakewood Home Festival are spectacular as ever.

There’s the original 1930s model home from renowned Dallas architect Clifford Hutsell, a housebackedby a private lake on Lake Circle Drive, and a 1920s mediterranean-style house that overlooks the golf course.

While homeowners are painting bathrooms and planting flowers in preparation, students at Lakewood elementary are preparing in another way.

For the third year in a row, students in each grade level are creating artwork for a live auction at the pre-tour party.

Lakewood elementaryparent bliss Freeman came up with the idea.

“I was talking to some friends who have kidsatSt.Thomas Aquinas,andthe privateschoolshave beendoingauctions like this for a while,” Freeman says. “I said, ‘Ithinkwecouldbe missing out on some free money here.’”

The “ViVa Las Lakewood” party is from 7 p.m.midnight Nov. 12 at the Lakewood Country Club. Tickets are $75 and include admission to the home tour and the Friday night “candlelight tour” preview.

Thefirstyear,the kids’artworkraised$8,000.Lastyear, their pieces sold for between $600 and $5,200 each, for a total of $16,000.

The school spends less than $200 on supplies for each piece.

Freeman volunteers to lead the projects in art teacher Dana Lawson’s classroom each year. She asks the children to create a small work that she compiles into each grade’s greater piece.

Thisyear,parentsgottopicktheir projects.

Fourth-graders are creating a big mosaicmirror.During a lessonin october, Freeman explained the project to students.

They each were given a square of cork and a palette of paint. She showed them someexamplesofabstractart concentric shapes, repeating patterns — and asked them to come up with their own idea to paint on the cork.

“It’simportantthatwedoourbest work,” she told the students. “The better the artwork, the more money we get for our school.”

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She told them how much their project had earned last year — more than $5,000.

“Do we get to keep the money?” one child asked.

Well, sort of.

Since the Lakewood Elementary art auction’s inception, the school has paid for smart boards, books and a climbing wall in the gym, among other extras.

“All this money comes directly back toyouandyourschool,”Freeman tells them.

In a financialenvironmentwhere art programs constantly are at risk of being cut, the auction also serves as a spotlight on the importance of art in education, says Lawson, the school’s only art teacher.

Most students at Lakewood, which is considered one of the best elementary schools in Dallas ISD, go to art class once a week for less than an hour.

“It’s nice to let them get away from the math and writing for a while and let them do something creative,” she says.

When the fourth-graders start their artprojects,theroomturnseerily quiet. No one talks — they are thinking, concentrating, painting.

Thethreemomsvolunteeringgive eachotherstrangelooksthatverge on worry. “It’s so quiet,” one of them mouths to another.

But after a few minutes, they start to chatter.

“Can I borrow some of your blue?” … “I’mmixingmycolors.” “Minehas polka dots.”

Altogether, it takes about 4,500 volunteers to pull off the art projects, pre-party andhometour.Thereareabout710 students at Lakewood, so that means if two parents volunteer for each child, they still get thousands of volunteers from the community.

“Lakewood is very fortunate to have a lot of parent and community involvement,” parent Brook Botsch says.

Once the artwork from all six grades, kindergarten through fifth, is finished, Freeman has a little more than a week to compile them.

The projects are put on display in the auditorium for about a week, starting Oct. 31, so that students can see what they’ve made.

They go up for auction during the “Viva Las Lakewood” party Nov. 12, and bidding is not for the faint of heart.

“Itgetsprettybrutalduringthe live aution, which is exciting to see,” Freeman says.

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Kira Weller, a fourth-grade student at Lakewood Elementary, works on her piece of the project.

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Uke it Up

Ukulele enthusiasts are spreading their love for the instrument through a neighborhood storefront

Noel Tardy took a ukulele lesson during a Hawaiian vacation eight years ago.

And when she returned to Dallas, she had a hard time finding strings, sheet music and other ukulele accoutrements.

“There really wasn’t even much available on the Internet at the time,” she says.

So she became the Ukulele Lady of Dallas, selling instruments

and other uke-related stuff online at ukeladymusic.com. This past summer, she opened a ukulele shop in east Dallas, and she’s already finding ways to give back to the community.

The store is inside Keep U N Stitches, the custom embroidery shop that fellow ukulele enthusiast Gina volpe opened at buckner and Northcliff in 1997.

The shop has a selection of 30 or so ukuleles on display in a

range of prices. A cheapo painted one, such as one might buy in a tourist shop, costs $30. But Tardy says a good instrument that will stay in tune and sound goodcanbehadforabout$70.For someone serious about the instrument, the $200-$300 range is a good place to start.But some handmade ukes in the shop sell for $1,200, and custom orders can cost $3,000-$4,000.

The shop, which Tardy thinks could be the only uke shop in Texas, also sells handmadeguitars,amplifiers,music books, CDs and anything ukulele related.

Tardy and Volpe host an open mike night at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month, and on the second Saturday of every month (Nov. 13 this month), they give free ukulele lessons starting at 10 a.m.

Of all the string instruments, ukulele is one of the easiest to learn, Tardy says. Most people can learn to play at least one song during the first lesson.

“You can play so many genres of music on a ukulele,” Tardy says. “It’s little and it’s portable. You can take it anywhere.”

SheandVolpestarted a nonprofit, Ukes in the Classroom Texas, to help provide music study in North Texas elementary schools. So far, they’ve given 24 ukuleles to two schools, and they provide free instruction for the music teachers.

“Ukuleleisanidealinstrumentto introduce kids to music,” Tardy says.

TardyandVolpemetthroughthe Dallasukulelemeet-upgroup,which regularly meets at the White Rock Sports Bar and other places around Dallas. This ukulele group is bigger than you might suspect. There are some 300 people in the group, and 40 or 50 usually show up at their meetings. Every year, they have a big July Fourth party and ukulele jam session. And in April, volunteers produce the three-day Lone Star Uke Festival.

They’re a quirky group of Hawaiianshirt-wearing strummers, and they don’t takethemselvestooseriously.Next they’replanningtoform a marching band theDallasUkuleleMarching Band. That’s right, D.U.M.B.

—RACHEL STONE

NOEL TARDY GIVES FREE UKULELE LESSONS

starting at 10 a.m. every second Saturday at Keep U N Stitches, 718 N. Buckner Blvd. Otherwise, her rate is $35 an hour. If you buy five lessons, the sixth is free, and she offers discounts for siblings taking lessons together.

FIND MORE INFORMATION at ukeladymusic.com, lonestarukefest.com and ukesintheclassroom.com.

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LIVE LOCAL THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

Did you know that Dallas Plumbing Company, 1 based in our neighborhood, has been around for more than 100 years? In 1903, founder Ward Downs began serving Dallas customers from his horsedrawn wagon. In the early 1900s, Downs helped construct some of the most prominent homes and structures in Texas, including Fair Park and Highland Park Village. During World War II, Dallas Plumbing helped build structures to support the armed services, and after serving in the war, Lt. Fred Downs became the company’s second-generation leader. In 1981, his son, Johnny, became the third-generation family member to manage the business. Today, third and fourth generations of the Downs family own and operate the company. Visit dallasplumbing.com for contact information and a full list of services.

Lakewood residents Mike & Kimberly Wylie recently launched babyphotographers.com, 2 a website listing more than 6,000 professional photographers in 50 states and 14 countries who specialize in baby and children’s photography. Folks in search of a photographer can filter their search by location, get a “snapshot” of each photographer (often including galleries and video), review other parents’ comments on featured photographers, and contact the photographers directly from the website. Kimberly Wylie is an award-winning photographer based in our neighborhood; her work recently was featured on the cover of “Professional Photographer” magazine. She identified the need for such a resource in the industry, and with the help of her husband, Mike, an internet marketing executive, their brainchild became a reality. Babyphotographers.com also offers parents advice for taking their own photos, what to expect or ask of a baby photographer and the best times to schedule sessions (in terms of day and age).

Cobblestone Shoe Repair recently moved to 5340 E. Mockingbird (near Park Cities Storage). Previously located nearby on Southern Methodist University-owned property, the business (which occupied the space for more than 15 years) relocated after receiving word the university has “plans” for the original location. Cobblestone, established more than 100 years ago in south Texas, plans to open a second location in Dallas at Preston and I-635.

If you wind up being one of the first to own an allelectric vehicle, Half Price Books wants your busi-

ness. While you’re inside browsing the store, your car can be outside getting its fill of free electricity from Green Mountain Energy. HalfPrice spent about $10,000 setting up the charging station (the first in North Texas) at its flagship store on Northwest Highway near Central. Half Price will allow free fillups through September 2011, when the program will be re-evaluated by company execs. The charging station can accommodate two cars at a time, but customers shouldn’t expect that to speed up the process too much, as some cars will take hours to receive a full charge. The high-tech charging station can send text messages to drivers about their vehicle’s charging status while they’re inside checking out merchandise or chilling at the café.

Professional Bank, which has a Lakewood office across from Whole Foods on Abrams, recently was sold to Veritex Holdings Inc. Veritex CEO Malcolm Holland joined other former executives of Colonial Bank to look for a neighborhood bank chain to buy and grow. Current Professional Bank CEO James Miller will remain with the company as executive vice president, and Lakewood branch president Mark Smith also will be sticking around. Professional Bank’s new name will be Veritex Community Bank beginning next year.

For months, rumors have been circulating about In-N-Out Burger 3 coming to Dallas. The iconic West-coast burger joint is rumored to have six locations “under contract” in the Dallas-Fort Worth area., and it appears that a Dallas-based real estate company has signed a deal leasing the former Steak ’n Shake restaurant at Caruth Haven and Central to the popular restaurant chain. Bill Hanks of Rosebriar Properties says the spot will be In-N-Out Burger’s inaugural restaurant in Dallas. An opening date hasn’t yet been announced.

IlCane Rosso 4 is going from mobile to mortar by the end of the year. The authentic Neapolitanstyle pizzeria has become a hit among Dallas foodies not only for its gourmet pizzas but also because of its unique business model — a mobile pizzaslinging operation that makes weekly appearances throughout our neighborhood and beyond, including Green Spot on Thursday evenings and Times Ten Cellars on Wednesday evenings Now Il Cane Rosso is opening up a permanent shop at 2612 Commerce in Deep Ellum. Owner Jay Jerrier studied Italian and trained in Italy with pizzaioli (certified master pizza makers) from the Associazone Verace Pizza Napoletana. Jerrier opted to hit the road with his pizza oven at the end of 2008 after doing the math; a mobile biz would be cheaper to start up and allow him the flexibility to research potential permanent locations. The pizzeria’s new digs previously were occupied by a slew of bars over the years, including the Texas Tea House, Gridlock and Blue Cat Blues.

Jerrier also has been tagged to develop the menu

for Brackets, the new sports bar and social club opening in the space that was formerly Trader Vic’s at Hotel Palomar (East Mockingbird at Central Expressway). Its menu includes unique sandwiches, frittatas and other wood-fired dishes with an Italian accent. Bar-esque activities will include table tennis, shuffle board, billiards, darts and Wii. It will also offer a weekend brunch and late night menu. Brackets is expected to open before the end of the year.

For those of you who didn’t get the memo about Trader Vic’s: A burst pipe in January caused extensive damages in the 3-year-old restaurant and led to what was expected to be a temporary closing. After several months of no word and no reopening, Trader Vic’s released a statement that read, in part: “We tried tirelessly to find a way to keep the doors open, but the cost of remodeling was just too high. We will not be reopening Trader Vic’s Dallas.”The Dallas Trader Vic’s originally opened in 1967 in what was then the Dallas Hilton. It closed in spring 1989, but was kept somewhat intact, with much of the original décor still in place. In 2006, the hotel became the Palomar, and Trader Vic’s reopened downstairs.

The Granada Theater just launched an update of its website, granadatheater.com. Visit to check out the lineup and purchase tickets for upcoming shows. Each show listing includes a “goes good with” pairing, which gives potential patrons an idea of each artist’s genre and vibe by comparing it to other, often more well-known bands with a similar sound. The Granada, which has been a music venue since 1977, recently celebrated its sixth year under new ownership. Mike Schoder, former owner of CD World stores, envisioned a better music venue for Dallas, and restored and updated the 65-year-old former movie theater.

St. John’s Episcopal School

business

DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS bought the building formerly occupied by Unleashed Indoor Dog Park, which closed in June. Dallas County Schools plans to use the space for offices, training and technology services.

THEDALLAS ARBORETUMANDDOCTORS HOSPITAL are teaming up to give neighbors a discounted price on Arboretum admission every Thursday through Dec. 31.Guests who live inthezip codes of 75214, 75218 and 75228 qualify for a two-for-one admission price. Visit dallasarboretum.org, and click on the “visits and discounts” tab to find the coupon, then present the couponat the Dallas Arboretum ticket booth along witha valid form of ID that includescurrent address.The discount does not include the parking fee of $7 per car. For more information, call 214.515.6500.

community

CASA LINDA AARP Chapter 3880 will host a program at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 1 in the Community Life Center of Casa Linda United Methodist Church, 1800 Barnes Bridge. Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow will speak. For details, call 214.321.1705.

AARP needs participants for its Tax Aid Volunteer Program, which offers tax counseling and preparation services to middle and lowincome individuals, particularly those over age 60. The program requires volunteers to attend a short school in January followed by an IRS-approved test. The program will run Feb. 1-April 15 at the Lakewood, Southwestern and Oak Lawn libraries. For more details, call 214.821.1529.

LALECHELEAGUE will meet at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at Greenland Hills United Methodist Church, 5835 Penrose. The nonprofit organization provides education and support for women who want to breast-feed. For details, call 214.342.2355.

YWCA METROPOLITAN OF DALLAS, 4144 N. Central, has an urgent need for bilingual volunteers to help deliver free financial education workshops and mammogram screenings Call 214.584.2348 or email lhudson@ywcadallas.org.

people

MARTIN DELABANO, an East Dallas native, received the 2010 Distinguished Texas Artist Award, given to an artist every two years. Delabano has been exhibiting his art for 30 years. He taught at St. John’s Episcopal School for 20 years and Brookhaven College for 18. He also has donated 21 gallons of blood platelets.

BILL O’NEIL, Woodrow Wilson alumnus 1951, has donated about $6 billion to Southern Methodist University over the past three years. He funded both a chair in business journalism at the Meadows School of the Arts and a professorship in markets and freedom, and established the William J. O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom in the Cox School of Business.

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FRIENDLYFACES

The Junior Friends of the Arboretum hosted its first event at the Dallas Arboretum’s Camp House. The group promotes bonds among under-40 professionals with young families. Pictured are co-chairs Angela Choquette and Angela Jones.

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laKeSIde baPtISt / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Pastor jeff Donnell / Worship 10:50 am www.lbc-dallas.org

WIlSHIRe baPtISt / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

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

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

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eaSt dallaS cHRIStIan cHuRcH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

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

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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GRaceHIll cOMMunIty / www.gracehill.cc

10:30 am @ Dallas Children’s Theater / Skillman & NW Hwy.

Awesome Kid’s Ministry / Use Entrance Facing Home Depot

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fIRSt unIted lutHeRan cHuRcH / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln.

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

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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WHIte ROcK cOMMunIty cHuRcH / 9353 Garland Rd /214.320.0043

Sun. Bible Study 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am / Wed. Bible Studies

10:00 am & 7:30 pm / event facilities for rent / whiterockchurch.org

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neW! MunGeR Place cHuRcH / 5200 Bryan St / 214.823.9929

Contemporary Worship. Sundays, 11:00 am.

Additional information and events at mungerplacechurch.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

KnOW WHat yOu belIeve

A ND j UST AS IMPORTANT, KNOW WHAT OTHERS BELIEVE

Graham Nash’s “Teach Your ChildrenWell” became a classic song for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young off their 1970 album “Déjà Vu”. Although he wrote it out of a troubled relationship with his own father, Nash said that once a song hits the vinyl (or today, CDs) it ceases to be just an intensely personal song for the author, and becomes whatever it may mean to those who hear it.

In light of a recently released Pew Forum report about widespread religious illiteracy in our country, we may well apply these lyrics to our spiritual challenge: “Teach your children well/ Teach your children what you believe in/ Make a world that we can live in.”

We live in a world with increasing tension, conflict and violence fueled by overzealous religious ignorance. It’s good and necessary first to know the basic story of your own faith tradition. You wouldn’t think you were a good family member if you couldn’t name your uncles and cousins, and if you had no knowledge of where you ancestors came from or what made them who they were.

Similarly, your faith family is filled with characters that make up the story that is your life. Before you go out on your own, you have to know where you have come from and what your faith is all about.

Elders have a duty to form their faith in the young. The whole idea that we don’t want to prejudice our kids to believe this or that is a smokescreen for our own lack of commitment. We want our kids to learn math, because we think it will be useful in making them successful. Knowing the multiplication tables is not optional education. Why should it be optional to learn the most important facts about faith that can make one a successful human being?

We start at home. Parents must practice their faith and talk about it at home, or kids will pick up on the idea that it’s not important.

Next, church attendance (read here synagogue or mosque as appropriate). Decide once and for all that the family attends services weekly. There is no decision to be made week by week about whether to attend. That decision is already made. Stick to it. Kids will learn something, even by osmosis, if they are simply there.

Make sure you are going to a church that does more than entertain, or promote good feelings, or make beneficial social contacts.

See to it that real education is going on. Your kids need the basic knowledge of the faith that will then guide their life. You can’t do calculus without first doing basic math functions, and you can’t imagine your way to faithful living that resists temptation and works for justice in the world if you don’t know the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule.

And about that Golden Rule: We seem to have forgotten that it’s “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. Lately it seems we operate more on the principle of “Do unto oth-

ers as they do unto you”. Whether we justify our harsh treatment of the current President of the United States on the grounds that others were unfair toward the last one, or we say we’ll be for building a mosque in this country as soon as they build a church in Saudi Arabia, we are losing our spiritual footing.

Today we also need basic knowledge of other religions, in order that we not demonize them out of ignorance and allow fear to rule our relationships with our neighbors. We need to teach our children what we believe in, and we need to teach them what others believe in, too.

We do all of this to be more faithful to our own spiritual convictions, but we also do this in order, as Nash put it, to “make a world that we can live in”.

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.

We want our kids to learn math, because we think it will be useful in making them successful. Why should it be optional to learn the most important facts about faith that can make one a successful human being?

What a KNiGht

The Young Catholic Professionals hosted a get-together at Knights of Columbus, Council 799. The event was fully catered by Vargas Catering of East Dallas, owned by Mike and Eddie Vargas

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Parent volunteers Thom Corr and Mary Valadez man the seventh-grade arts-and-crafts booth at the St. Bernard of Clairvaux Fall Carnival.

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TOP cHEF

Lochwood resident Violet Becker won the State Fair of Texas SPAM Recipe Contest for the second time.

MOvING UP THE RANK s

The Civil Air Patrol South Garland “Lightning” Composite Squadron of the Texas Wing, Group II, promoted five cadets. Michael Campbell was promoted to Cadet Second Lieutenant. Ruth Anderson, Carolina Diaz, Luci Ortega and Carlos Velazquez were promoted to Cadet Airman. The squadron meets every Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at El Divino Salvador Presbyterian Church, 8822 Angora, located behind the AT&T building on Garland Road. For more information, visit gocivilairpatrol.com or call David Anderson at 214.324.5641.

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Mind, Body & sPirit

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Pets

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Buy/sell/trade

DONATE your car, truck, boat to Heritage For The Blind. Free 3 day vacation. Tax deductible. Free towing. All paperwork taken care of. 1-888-962-1498

DONATE YOUR CAR Free Towing. “Cars For Kids” Any Condition. Tax Deductible. Outreach Center. 1-800-597-9411

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SAVVY CONSIGNMENTS Unique Furniture & Accessories. Affordable Pricing. 214-660-8700

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KDR SERVICES Residential and Vacant Property Cleaning. 214-349-0914

MAID 4 YOU Residential. Reasonable Rates. Bonded & Insured. Park Cities/M Street Refs. Joyce. 214-232-9629

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Cleaning To Perfection. Reasonable Rates. Insured/ Bonded. 214-490-6659

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20 Years Exp., Reliable, Great Prices, Excellent Refs., Free Estimates. 214-724-2555

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972-727-2727

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ABBA ELECTRIC Fast Courteous Service. Resd/Com. 10% Off for New Clients. 214-886-2202. TECL#20663

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972-877-4183

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Residential/Commercial. Free Ests. 214-287-3571

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Weekly Service $30 Most Jobs. 214-725-9678

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DAVID’S COMPLETE LAWN CARE And Tree Service. 214-459-7404

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HOLISTIC TREE CARE

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HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

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THE STORM ENDED, BUT A CROOK FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY.

Like many men and women, Bryan Robbins loves to spend time golfing. He has been a golfer for almost two decades, and plays regularly at Keaton and Tennison parks here in Dallas.

On the evening of Sept. 8, storms ripped through the metro area, including a couple of tornados that touched down in Dallas. Robbins had just returned home and raced inside after parking his car. His King Cobra irons and Callaway drivers, valued at $1,500, were still in his trunk.

Unfortunately, amid the crazy weather that day, he forgot to lock the car.

“I usually lock it,” Robbins says. “I guess I was just nervous that day.”

The Victim: Bryan Robbins

The Crime:Burglary of a motor vehicle

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 8

Time: Between 9 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.

Location: 7300 block of Dominique

Robbins parked the car, along with his wife’s car, in front of his home under a streetlight only 50 feet from the house. Unfortunately, that was not enough to prevent a crook from taking advantage.

“Someone just opened the door and popped the trunk,” he says. “Then they got all my golf equipment. They were fairly expensive, to say the least. I also had my gold clubs stolen five years ago.”

His wife’s car also was also broken into, and then the glove box pried open. Fortunately, nothing of value was in her car.

“It’s irritating,” Robbins says of the crime.

Dallas Police Lt. Mackie D. Ham of the Northeast Patrol Division says leaving a car unlocked is a green light for thieves.

“The second big issue is with leaving valuable items inside of the vehicle. This is a big ‘no–no’,” he says. “To help with offense prevention, we must have cooperation from the citizens.Many offenses can be prevented by locking your vehicle, and taking any valuable items out of the vehicle. Many times, a locked vehicle will deter the criminal who is just walking along looking for a crime of opportunity. The best idea is not to leave any valuable items in your vehicle.”

As for retrieving stolen items, Ham notes the following: “We do have a pawn shop unit that makes weekly visits to pawn shops across Dallas, and does research items that were pawned versus items stolen over the past week or so. If a victim finds their stolen clubs at a pawn shop, they should notify officers.” —SEAN

CHAFFIN

BLOCK OF ELLSWORTHANDLAKEWOOD WHEREA BURGLARY ANDATTEMPTED BURGLARY OCCURRED LAST MONTH

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NUMBER TO CALL IF YOU SEEANYTHINGSUSPICIOUS

Yes, vacancies

During the real estate crash 20 years ago, Dallas had a variety of memorable vacant lots. My favorite was the piece of land at Lemmon and Cole, which sat empty for what seemed like a decade.

But that wasn’t the best part.

There was a huge hole on the lot, which had been dug for the foundation, and later had to be filled in because it was causing the property to sink. Talk about the excesses of Dallas real estate development.

This recession, fortunately, has not been quite so bad. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t had memorable vacant lots — or soon-to-be vacant — crop up over the past couple of years:

• Yale at Greenville. The site of the old Shamburger home improvement store is being developed by Prescott Realty, the same company that is doing the spectacularly vacant Lake Highlands Town Center. It was supposed to be mixed use residential, but has sat empty for more than two years.

• The old Steakley Chevrolet site at Northwest Highway and Abrams. The current owners have been trying to sell the corner lot, which is mostly empty, for two and a half years. Or, as one of them said more than a year ago: “We no longer want the property. We would be open to vacating the property completely.”

• The Sam’s Club at Greenville and Park

Lane. It will go vacant next year when the Sam’s at Timbercreek opens. That means a choice piece of real estate — it’s near NorthPark, if nothing else — will sit empty with apparently little hope of a tenant.

• An apartment and retail development at the corner of Grand and Gaston. This has also been sitting idle for some two years, even though developer Zad Roumayo wasn’t worried when he bought the property. He thought lenders would still be willing to finance apartments, which turned out not to be true.

• The failed Signature Pointe development on Lovers near Greenville. This was supposed to be what post-modern, no car, new-style zoning Dallas looked like; instead, it’s about as close as we come to Detroit — busted and boarded up windows, mattresses in the parking lot, potholed streets, overgrown weeds and grass.

• The old Whole Foods on Greenville

Avenue. Who would have thought, more than a year after the new store opened, that the old store would still be empty? Also empty — the retail and office building planned for the Arcadia theater site a couple of blocks away, which doesn’t look like it will be built anytime soon.

There is a certain wry humor in all of this, especially for those of us who keep an eye on developers and their wacky comings and goings. But more importantly, that empty land raises all sorts of questions about what we want our neighborhood to look like once the recession ends and lenders begin to do business again.

What is going to happen to these developments? What we wanted, or thought we wanted, two years ago, may not be what we want now. Will we still need those projects? If the world has truly changed, and consumers have found better things to do than throw money at retailers, what’s the point of all that retail? Is there a better use for the land than more dry cleaners, more fast food restaurants, and more yogurt shops?

Is this an opportunity to do something so completely different that we might not even know, right away, what that different is? Is it a chance to truly reexamine what we want in our neighborhood, without pressure from the city to make Dallas even more business friendly than it already is?

So far, we’ve been lucky enough so that we don’t have any lots that need to be filled in with dirt. Let’s hope that the decisions that we make over the next several years build on that good fortune.

there a better use for the land than more dry cleaners, more fast food restaurants, and more yogurt shops? Is this an opportunity to do something so completely different that we might not even know, right away, what that different is?