2013 November Lakewood

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HOW TO GROW OLD AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT FROM THOSE WHO KNOW FIRST HAND

Remodeling and New Construction Talk...

What to Expect as We Complete the Final Design

Last month, we talked about “What to Expect in Your Architectural Presentation”. This month, we’ll discuss what happens in the final stage of completion… or the homestretch. To review, in the Architectural Presentation, you were presented with several different design plans, and you made your selection. Now we’re ready to complete the final design of that plan.

Preparation of documents for construction and permits

The next step is the finalization and sign-off on all the plans related to construction and permits for your new home or renovation. A good set of construction plans should have all the applicable city codes and ordinances including maximum lot coverage, property setbacks, and building height limits. All elements have to be indicated correctly on all forms. Mistakes are often made by less experienced builders at this stage, leading to disappointment and costly delays.

Your construction plans include your final interior selections with all of the finish-out decisions that you’ve made for flooring, cabinets, fixtures, and lighting. It’s all presented clearly and concisely for your sign-off. Your plans will also include cabinet drawings, tile drawings, the architectural site plan, your existing floor plan, the new floor plan, exterior elevations, the power and lighting plan, the door and window schedule, and the wall sections and details.

Construction contract signing

Once you’ve reviewed all of the construction plans, we’ll have our construction contract signing meeting to finalize the contract now that all of the plans are agreed

upon and set in stone. Everything you want is now documented; all that remains is the completion of your wishes. For that, we bring in your assigned project manager and review the construction plans and interior selection sheet, ensuring a perfect handoff. Your dream for a one-of-a-kind home or project, built to your specifications, is now set in motion.

Want to learn more about creating the perfect remodel or a new home? Email jan@bellavistacompany.com for our design questionnaire. It’s the perfect tool for beginning to assess what you’ll need to create the perfect living spaces in your home. You can even send your filled responses back for our feedback, by phone or email.

For more information on Remodeling or Custom Homes, read our blogs at www.bellavistacompany.com.

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CHARITY CONUNDRUM

An intended gesture of goodwill triggers chaos

There are those who argue that first and foremost, it is our mission and our obligation in life to help others.

There are others who believe not everyone can or should be helped, and there’s no point in enabling those who can’t or won’t help themselves.

I tend to believe the first statement. I tend to live the second.

I bring this up because awhile back, my wife, one of our sons and one of my wife’s co-workers were having lunch at a small fast-food restaurant.

It is hot outside. Really hot. A guy enters the restaurant with a plastic bag slung over his shoulder and a neat, clean T-shirt with the logo of a big Dallas church on the back. He’s not sweating, even though the rest of us are.

Once inside, he stands near the door within earshot of everyone inside and loudly but politely says his wife is outside, and he needs money for food and DART transportation to travel Downtown. He doesn’t say why he is going Downtown, but we are nowhere near Downtown or a DART station.

Generally, I say “sorry” to people asking for money and briskly walk on by. Sometimes, despite my comment, they say “thanks” or “have a good day.” Sometimes they say something else that’s not worth repeating here. It’s just that I’ve heard so many stories — “my car ran out of gas” and “I just got out of jail” — that I don’t believe any of them anymore.

Occasionally, I do give people a couple of bucks if there’s something about them that makes me think maybe, just maybe, they’re telling the truth. After all, who am I to pass judgment anyway? On those rare occasions when I give someone money — and also when I don’t — I feel

badly, primarily for myself.

Anyway, back to our lunch. The guy keeps talking loudly to no one in particular in the half-full restaurant, and people begin shifting uncomfortably, myself included. But the guy persists, standing directly behind me, until the store manager — a smallish woman who has run the place a long time walks up and quietly tells the guy: “We can’t have you in here.”

About this time, my wife suggests we buy him something to eat, since that’s what he said he wanted. So I reach into my wallet, pull out a $10 bill and hand it to the manager.

I had some doubts about “enabling” the guy, but what the heck: He said he was hungry, we were in a restaurant and I had $10.

The manager acts annoyed. She clearly wants the guy gone. She asks what she should do with the money. My wife says to give the guy a “big” sandwich combo, which will just about extinguish the $10, so the guy and the manager walk over to the counter.

Next thing you know, the guy is yelling and swearing loudly at the manager, saying (this is the family friendly version): “Don’t talk to me like that! You can’t say that to me! What’s wrong with you! Get away from me!”

Here’s what the manager said to trigger that outburst: “What kind of sandwich do you want?”

The guy continues yelling as he storms out the door and down the sidewalk. The manager hands me back the $10 bill and shakes her head. My wife looks stunned. My son says we should have jumped to the manager’s defense. My wife’s co-worker doesn’t say anything, nor does anyone else in the restaurant.

As usual, I felt no better about myself for helping, and in fact I felt worse. In this case, trying to help didn’t wind up helping anyone at all. Had I done absolutely nothing, it seems as if everyone would have been better off.

We stood up, tossed our garbage and walked out of the restaurant.

Lunch was over.

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“Wow, finally something happening at this dilapidated location. This ought to be interesting for the area. The high-rise fight still makes one shudder …” —TedBarker on High density (but not high-rise) residences coming to White Rock Lake

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Q&A: George Boyd

George Boyd, 86, caught what he calls “bird photography disease” decades ago at White Rock Lake and has photographed thousands of birds, animals, wildflowers and insects since then. He lives near the lake with his wife, Shirley, and spends most of his spare time going through old photo scrapbooks and digitalizing his pictures.

How did you originally begin photographing White Rock Lake?

We moved into our house here 50 years ago. We never spent much time at the lake except the occasional picnic or something. A family doctor told me I was much too heavy, and I was burning the candle at both ends. He insisted that I do some kind of exercise. He just kind of pulled something out of thin air, he said, ‘Like running.’ So I started driving to the lake, and I had a mile mark, and I’d run and then the next day I’d go back and run two miles and then got up to four. I started running more and more up

at the lake, and when you do crazy things like that, you have to do things to play games with your mind, so I started listening to all the different water birds. I started trying to distinguish what they were and just kind of got interested in them.

In the meantime, Shirley and I went on a trip to Big Bend, and the guy who was our leader, he just knew everything about it. As well as telling everything about the plants and the soil, he was also a birder. He would point out all these different birds, and I realized it was like hunting; it was the same genes that make you want to go hunting

with a gun. For years I would go out hunting, and my main interest was just to see what bird I saw. It wasn’t shooting with a gun, it was mostly just looking, and this kind of just grew into wanting to document what was here. The pictures were kind of like trophies.

My youngest son conned me into buying an A1 Canon with a 50 to 100 zoom lens, and I started trying to take pictures with that. Soon I found I needed something better than that. Like most hobbies, it kind of evolved from there.

On Earth Day at the Bath House Cultural Center, they had a two-week showing of the wildlife at White Rock Lake with my pictures, and the North Texas Master Naturalists had a tent set up next door, and they were taking people on wildflower walks. I went on one of those walks, and a man gave me a list of what had been seen down there. I found you could hunt wildflowers just like you can hunt birds or animals.

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The next year I had the same thing [a picture showing] about the wildflowers at White Rock Lake. And then butterflies and dragonflies, and what I call critters, you know, lizards or turtles or snakes.

Was your interest spurred mostly by wildlife or maybe a dual fascination with photography?

It was the hunter wanting trophies. I’m basically a hunter, only I hunt with a camera. I started out wanting to document all the wildlife at White Rock Lake.

Did you grow up hunting? Where did that come from?

I guess it started when I was a little kid. I don’t remember how old I was when my daddy started taking me out with the shotgun to go rabbit hunting. Of course, that was back when if you shot a rabbit, you ate a rabbit.

And I guess it’s like anything you get involved in where there’s a certain amount of competitive spirit.

So, when was the transition from hunting to photography?

I’d been deer hunting in a blind in Colorado some, but I was mostly just interested in the wildlife. I just really enjoyed seeing the wildlife there. The fact that you could photograph it, and the advantage of hunting with a camera is that there’s no closed season on anything. If you shoot it today and don’t like the picture, you can go back and shoot it again.

Do you remember

around what age that

was?

Well, when I really got into serious birding, I think somewhere around 40. That would have been around the early ‘70s.

In the time you’ve been out at White Rock Lake, have you seen the wildlife change a lot? Were there things that used to be there that aren’t anymore?

Actually there are a lot of things that you see now that weren’t there before. I remember the first time I saw the white pelicans. I was on the dam early one morning, and I looked out there, and I could not believe what I was seeing. There were about 10 or 12 pelicans. I came home and

got Shirley, and we went back out there, and sure enough they were still out there. They’ve been back ever since. Also, now coyotes are more prevalent and bobcats are more prevalent. We’ve gotten mink down there.

How about the monk parakeets?

I was running one evening, and I saw the birds fly over, and I couldn’t identify them, but they were making noise like a parrot would. There was a doctor who walked down there with his dog, and he had a big pair of binoculars. We’d meet almost every morning. I said, ‘Did I see parrots flying over? Am I imagining that?’ He said, ‘Oh no, those are monk parakeets. There’s nine of them and they rest in the super structure at the electrical company.’ So I went down, and sure enough they were building down there by the power plant. The next year there were a few more, and a few more, and they’re all over this part of town now.

Do you have a favorite photograph?

The red fox I guess is one of my favorites. I was down at the old fish hatchery pond,and I wastryingtophotograph some little kinglettes — a type of sparrow — and they were just darting around. I saw something move behind the brush. He came out I guess to get a drink of water in the creek. I had the camera on it, and he stuck his head out, and it was a red fox. I snapped a picture. Of course it was a manual camera, so I shot it, and it advanced the camera, and I pushed the button again, and all I had was just the hole; he was gone that fast.

So all the years you’ve been photographing at White Rock Lake, you never get tired of it?

No, I never do. There’s always something new. Brittany Nunn

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Don’t underestimate Sawyer’s short legs, says his mom, Molly Schindler; there is nothing the 2-year-old beagle mix loves more than a nice, long walk through his Junius Heights neighborhood.

Baffled by new healthcare options? This neighbor has answers.

If you have been trying to figure out how the new health insurance laws are going to affect you, your family or your business, you might be pulling your hair out.

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Plus, the panic is unnecessary because there’s a guy here in the neighborhood who can help with the tangles of information, and misinformation.

East Dallas native Ryan Holloway with Holloway Benefit Concepts understands the nuances of the Affordable Healthcare Act, and he’s here to help.

We know the big brokers are pushing consulting services during this time of confusion to large companies with deep pockets, and who can blame them? But Holloway says there are lots of area businesses, families and individuals that also need guidance, and now.

“Hopefully area business owners aren’t moving forward without first getting educated,” Holloway says. “An uninformed insurance decision can cost a family or

business thousands of dollars a year. Being over-or-under insured can be costly and very frustrating.”

Here are a few things you should know, Holloway says:

If you’re already suitably insured, think early renewal. “If what you currently have is working, renewing before January can buy you another 12 months in today’s market.”

“Don’t be a Healthcare.gov guinea pig. They currently have major website issues,” Holloway says. “Take some time and educate yourself on the available options while the bugs get worked out.” Applications for January can be submitted up until December 15, and open enrollment extends through March.

“Know that regardless of where or how you sign up, your costs will be the same. As of January, pricing is completely based on family or employee demographics.” Find a partner who can walk you through the process and be an ongoing resource.

“I want to be the local resource,” Holloway says. “Helping businesses and residents make educated decisions is my mission”.

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It’s all fun and games

When you think of a toy store, you probably envision row after row of board games or other colorful knick-knacks, such as battery-powered light-up guns, or plush dolls that giggle, sing or try their darndest to teach toddlers how to share. You might think of wonderstruck children, laughing gleefully like they do in Christmastime commercials, or maybe you think of epic toy-store-induced temper tantrums.

We bet you don’t think of an 80-yearold World War II vet, sitting cross-legged on the floor, meticulously preparing dozens of toy soldiers to square off in an imaginary battle.

But that’s exactly the kind of scenario likely to happen at Dallas Vintage Toys in Lakewood, says owner Shaun Neinast. Actually, it did happen.

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“I’ll buy pretty much anything a kid ever played with,” Neinast says.

Neinast was born and raised in Lakewood, and went to neighborhood schools, including graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School. He began collecting and trading vintage toys when he was 13. He later went to Northwood University in Cedar Hill and received two degrees, one in business management and one in business marketing.

After college, he worked for The Man for a while, but he still traded toys on the side. “I was making more money doing that,” he says, “so I knew what to do.”

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“We get all kinds of stuff like that,” Neinast says.

Most of the toys in Dallas Vintage Toys are collectors’ items that range from the ’50s to today — everything from Star Trek and Star Wars to G.I. Joe, Marvel and Gremlins.

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Dallas Vintage Toys isn’t easy to find, seeing as it’s tucked away on the sixth floor of an old bank building at 6220 Gaston with its treasures hidden behind a securely locked door. So if you’d like to make a visit, call ahead for directions from Neinast or his team at 214.827.7060.

The best part is, the only kid you need to bring is your inner one.

—Brittany Nunn

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Positively charmed

The home of Ann and Richard Hazlett at 7169 Greentree, which is part of the Lakewood Home Festival this year, is everything you’d expect from the coolest grandparent house you’ve ever seen, and then some.

You only need to pull into the driveway and sneak a glimpse of the outside of the charming, English-style cottage to know you’re in for a treat. Then the Hazletts turn the antique skeleton key to unlock their massive front door — you’d need a battering ram to bust open this bad boy — and the real treasure hunt begins.

The Hazletts built the home in 1966, but they’ve changed it around a lot since the beginning, they explain.

The vaulted ceiling in the living room makes it seem even bigger than it is. The stone fireplace at the front of the room and the wooden beams that stretch across the ceiling almost give the den a lodge-like feel. The room is cozied by Ann’s exceptional taste in art and decor and Richard’s bookshelf that spans the length of the room.

Everything has a story, including the kiosk out back that, once upon a time, housed Richard’s pet monkeys. Seriously, monkeys. You can’t make this stuff up.

“Squirrel monkeys. This was one of his things,” Ann says with a shrug, as though that explains everything.

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“Theywerebeautiful,exoticSouth Americanmonkeys,”Richardrecalls. “They were orange and black and white, like moving pieces of art.”

Another one of Richard’s “things” is his love for British history and culture, which is evident throughout the Hazletts’ house. He paints portraits of his heroes, including Winston Churchill, whom both the Hazletts adore, and he spends hours upon hours putting together intricate dioramas that depict various historical scenes in vivid detail.

On top of utilizing Richard’s artistic talents, Ann has a few decorating tricks of her own.

Upstairs, she fixed up a now-grown son’s vacant bedroom to look like the inside of a British military tent.

“I gave it to [Richard] for a combination Christmas/birthdaypresent,”Annsays. “It’s supposed to be India in the late 1800s. This was the way the British generals lived in the desert. They had a tent with an oriental rug on the floor and all the good stuff. That’s what this is supposed to be, is a general’s tent.”

Since the house was built, the Hazletts also have turned the playroom into a media room/office, almost completely reworked the kitchen, closed in the back porch, updated the upstairs bedrooms and remodeled many of the bathrooms. But not all at once, of course.

“We’ve had plenty of time to do it,” Ann says.

You can see the Hazletts’ house and five others on the 37th annual Lakewood Home Festival on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Start with the Lakewood Black & White Masquerade Ball at Hotel Palomar on Friday, Nov. 8, starting at 7 p.m., followed by a Candlelight Tour preview of the homes. For more information, visit lecpta.org.

You canpurchaseticketsonlineat lecpta.org.

If you can’t get enough of home tours, join the historic Junius Heights neighborhood foritsseventhannualhometourand neighborhood fair on Nov. 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance tickets can be purchased at Lakewood Whole Foods through Nov. 2, or tickets can be purchased at the tour homes on the day of. For more information visit juniusheights.org. —Brittany Nunn

Soul music

TaKeTiNa. Tah-keh-tee-nah. Go ahead, say it out loud. Rolls off your tongue in a fun, snappy sort of way, doesn’t it? That’s because it’s supposed to, according to neighbor Michael Kenny.

The word “TaKeTiNa” was created specifically for its sound — a string of syllables put together to cause your tongue to hit different parts of your mouth — and it means absolutely nothing. Same with “Ta-Ke,” “GaMa-La,” and “Ga-Ma-La-Ta-Ke.”

Chancesareyou’veneverheardthese words. They’re the words used in a fairly new musical practice, called none other than TaKeTiNa or TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process.

The concept is simple. “Externally, what it looks like is people standing around in a circle, stepping from side to side and singing,” Kenny says. But on a psychological and emotional level, it’s much more complicated than that, he explains. “Someone once told me, ‘It sounds like music, it looks like dance, but it’s a process of transformation,’” Kenny says.

TaKeTiNa is a sort of therapeutic music process. Although it’s recognized and used in other countries, it’s largely unheard of within the professional music-therapy world in the United States, Kenny says. TaKeTiNa was developed by musician and composer ReinhardFlatischlerfromVienna,Austria. Flatischler traveled the globe learning about rhythm, and he created the TaKeTiNa rhythm process in 1970.

Kenny, a certifiedmusicaltherapist, learned about TaKeTiNa 18 years ago while working at Terrell State Hospital. Now he’s trying to convince other musical therapists to lend the practice a legitimate ear.

“It’s a process that’s dependent on the group, but it’s also a deeply personal experience,” Kenny explains. The very nature of TaKeTiNa forces participants to be both relaxed and focused at the same.

“Through this process, it brings about the synchronization of the hemispheres of the brain, connecting internally with the sensory-motor system,” he says.

Michael Kenny: Danny Fulgencio

More importantly, it “reveals the inner process.” It dredges up the inner thought patterns and beliefs people have that subconsciouslyformhowtheyviewthemselves and how they respond to certain situations.

To explainhowTaKeTiNadoesthat, Kenny points to his own experience. Kenny says he grew up in an unstable home with an alcoholic and severely abusive father. Later,hetriedseveraldifferenttypesof “talk therapy.”

“Through that I can tell you exactly why I am the way I am, the roots of it, where it came from. I understand it completely, but that doesn’t necessarily change anything,” he points out.

“When I started the TaKeTiNa training, we did six to eight hours of TaKeTiNa a day, and about a week into it I had a meltdown,” he says.

“I thought something was wrong with me because — and this is how I was feeling

‘I’ve got a freakin’ master’s degree in music, for crying out loud. There’s only three steps and two claps, and I should be able to do this. There must be something wrong with me.’ It was pretty severe.”

Kenny’s thoughts became so consumed with negative self-criticism and self-judgment, he was finally forced to confront it.

“I would hear my inner self talking to me in ways I would never talk to anybody else,” he explains. “I really had to reframe all that and come to terms with it.”

Once he did, everything changed. “It was like something shifted inside of me. I mean, totally changed. What I discovered as I went back to my daily life was that this stuff was gone,” he says.

He’s seen it happen in other people’s lives as well, he says.

“You’re dealing with failure. Built into its design is the concept that everybody fails,” Kenny explains. “Part of the process is: You cannot do it — nobody can do it — by rationally wrangling all this stuff and being in control, consciously doing it all yourself. The way the brain works with the body, it’s just impossible. Everybody fails.

“It’s not if you lose the rhythm, it’s when. All of us will, many times. So the golden opportunity is just looking at what’s happening with you when you lose it. What are you telling yourself? How are you treating yourself?”

—Brittany Nunn FOR MORE INFORMATION or to get involved, visit drumheart.org.

Medical City Children’s Hospital Urgent Care is now open!

Medical City Children’s Hospital Urgent Care is now open at Northwest Highway and Hillcrest in Dallas. Unique among local urgent care centers, we see only pediatric patients and are staffed exclusively by pediatric specialists.

Services include:

§ Strep, u, urine, RSV and mono testing

§ X-rays

§ Lab services (on site and referral)

§ IV uids

§ Fracture care and splinting

§ Laceration repair (stitches, staples and glue)

§ Sports and camp physicals

§ Breathing treatments

§ Urine catheterization

§ Removal of foreign bodies from nose, ears and skin

What gives?

Small ways that you can make a big di erence for nonprofits

Give a little warmth

During the 10th annual Share the Warmth Blanket Drive, Sleep Experts is asking families to drop off new or gently used blankets at any of the retailer’s 45 store locations in the area, including the location near East Dallas at 3007 N. Henderson. Share the Warmth begins Oct. 28 and lasts through Thanksgiving. The drive benefits The Family Place and other area domestic violence shelters. In 10 years of sharing the warmth, Sleep Experts has collected and donated more than 15,000 blankets and comfort items for area shelters. In addition to blankets, you can also donate newandgentlyusedcomforters,sheets, towels and pillows.

Be a voice

Weekdays 4:30 pm to 11:00 pm

Weekends Noon to 8:00 pm

6805 W. Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX 75225 Phone: (855) 875-KIDS

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Dallas CASA, located in East Dallas, is in “desperateneed”ofvolunteeradvocates, says a CASA representative. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, an organization of volunteers who are voices for abused children in court. Specially trained volunteer advocates get to know everyone involvedinthechildren’slives,gathering information and making recommendations to the courts about where each child can live safely and permanently. Check out dallascasa.org to learn more. Go to the “How to Volunteer” page and click on “Become a Volunteer Advocate” to see the dates and times for the information sessions, or call 214.827.8961 for help.

Tour a home

The Lakewood Home Festival, which benefits Lakewood Elementary, J.L. Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School, relies on the help of about 500 volunteers every year. They are still looking for volunteers for this year’s festival, which is from Nov. 8-10. To volunteer, visit lecpta.org/lakewoodhomefestival. Or, benefittheprogramby attending the tour. Last year, the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA raised close to $150,000.

KNOW OF WAYS

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

Out & About

Nov. 8-10

November 2013

Lakewood Home Festival weekend

Join Lakewood Elementary Childhood PTA for the 37th annual Lakewood Home Festival. Start with the Candlelight Tour preview of the home Friday night from 5:30-7 p.m. Then head over to the Lakewood Black & White Masquerade Ball at Hotel Palomar Friday, from 7 p.m. to midnight. Then join the LECPTA for the Weekend Tour of Homes on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shop for items at the market inside Lakewood Elementary School or grab a bite to eat in the Lakewood Elementary cafeteria Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lakewood Elementary, 3000 Hillbrook, lecpta.org, home tour tickets $10-15, candle light tour tickets $20-25, tickets for the masquerade auction party are $100-125 and include entrance to all the listed events

NOV. 3

Junius Heights Home Tour

Join the historic Junius Heights neighborhood for its seventh annual Home Tour and Arts & Craft Fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s tour features several homes from the Junius Heights neighborhood. Advance tickets can be purchased at Lakewood Whole Foods through Nov. 2.

Junius Heights, start at 711 Dumont, juniusheights.org, $10 in advance, $15 at the door

NOV. 3 THROUGH DEC. 15

Art exhibit

St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts hosts the Dallas Love Project, which will involve 50,000 artists and display 10,000 works focused on unconditional love, gathered from various exhibits around Dallas. Each and every work of art was painstakingly brought to life by the hand of a Dallas neighbor.

St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts center, Justus Sundermann Gallery, 5100 Ross, call 214.887.6552 to schedule a visit, free

NOV. 9

Black Tie Ball

Renowned philanthropist and energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens will serve as the honorary chairman of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ 2013 Big Black Tie Ball at the Omni Dallas Hotel. In addition to a cocktail reception, dinner, and silent and live auction, the evening features a performance by Grammy-nominated Trace Adkins.

Omni Dallas Hotel, 555 S. Lamar, bbbstx.org/bigblacktieball, 888.887.2447 individuals $350, couples $500

NOV. 9

Harvest Hustle 5k

Run in the Harvest Hustle Helping the Homeless 5k at Fair Park from 8-11 a.m. There will be appearances from circus clowns Slappy and Monday, performances from Lone Star Circus, music and face painting. Funds benefit the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance. Packet pick-up at Run

On at 5400 Mockingbird from Nov. 5-7, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fair Park Embarcadero Building, 1229 Admiral Nimitz, adult $35-$45, child $18, family package $100, harvesthustle.org

Dia de Los Muertos

Walk through the 27th annual Dia de Los Muertos Exhibition to view the work of more than 60 artists working in both traditional and contemporary styles to celebrate, explore and honor people, things and ideas that have “passed on.” Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, bathhousecultural.com, 214.670.8749, free

Launch EVENTS

NOV. 9 5k

run/walk

BEGINS NOV. 22

’Twas the Night Before Christmas

Enjoy a new take on the most popular Christmas poem ever, “ ’Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Dallas Children’s Theater presents a holiday musical focused on the author, Clement Moore: He has four days to write a feature for the New York Evening Post, but he has writer’s block. For ages 5 and up.

Dallas Children’s Theater, Baker Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $17-$28

The athletic department at Bryan Adams High School hosts “Cougars Running Wild” to help raise funds for athletic equipment. Participants can pick up a packet at Run On Mockingbird 10 a.m.-7 p.m. between Nov. 5-7. Registration for the 5k starts at 8 a.m., and registration for the 1-mile starts at 7:30 a.m. Bryan Adams High School, 2101 Millmar, dallasisd.org/bryanadams, $30 for the 5k, $20 for the 1-mile

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NOV. 23

Art for kids

St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts hosts an Open Art Studio for Young Artists 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Join Art Museum Educator Amy Hofland, the executive director of the Crow Collection of Asian Art, as young artists explore creative and engaging projects through diverse media and techniques. Hofland also will invite fellow artists to teach as guests. The year will culminate with an exhibition of works in the Justus Sundermann Gallery. Supplies included. For ages 5-18.

St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts center, Justus Sundermann Gallery, 5100 Ross, cathedralartsdallas.org, 214.887.6552, free

Holiday Meals

Roasted Turkey

Baked Ham

Mashed Potatoes

Giblet Gravy

Squash Casserole

Zucchini Muffins

Ambrosia or Waldorf Salad

THROUGH NOV. 27

Autumn at the Arboretum

The Dallas Arboretum uses more than 50,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash every year to form its nationally acclaimed storybook pumpkin village, on display through Nov. 27. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland, 214.515.6500, $10-$15, plus $10 for onsite parking and $5 for offsite parking

since 1925

Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Meringue Pie Pecan Pie Rhubarb Pie

… and more home made goodies for your Holiday table!

Traditional Holiday Dinners $49.99 to $154.99 214-324-5000

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Delicious

Cajun food

Onthose days when you’re craving flavor and spice and everything nice, Alligator Café should be at the top of your hit list. As you can probably guess from the name, Alligator Café is a Cajun food restaurant with some seriously N’awlins vibes, and lucky for us, it’s right in the heart of Casa Linda Plaza. On any given weekend, crowds from all over Dallas swarm to the White Rock area so they can sink their chompers into Alligator’s crawfish enchiladas, or the blackened catfish smothered with crawfish étou ée. Founder and owner Ivan Pugh has a theory about that: “I always say, ‘Start with the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.’ It’s all the little things that add up.” We, however, have a theory that Pugh’s impressive return rate might have something to do with his topsecret spice mix. The entire menu is a product of Pugh’s imagination, although he mostly has turned the actual execution over to his cooking sta . However, there’s one thing he’ll never share: “To this day, I still make all my own spices. I don’t trust anyone with my spice recipe. People ask me, ‘Why do you own a restaurant?’ and I say, ‘Because I have the best spice mix in town, and it can’t be duplicated.’” —

ALLIGATOR CAFÉ

Alligator Café

9540 Garland Suite 362

214.821.6900

AMBIANCE:

SIT-DOWN CAJUN FOOD RESTAURANT

PRICE RANGE: $7.95 TO $20.95

HOURS:

TUE-WED: 11 A.M.–9 P.M.

Brittany Nunn

THU: 11 A.M.–10 P.M.

FRI-SAT: 11 A.M.–10:30 P.M.

SUN: 11:30 A.M.–9 P.M.

Blackened catfish smothered with crawfish étouffée: Mark Davis

| MORE RAGIN’ CAJUN |

1 Dodies Restaurant

The original Dodies Cajun Restaurant on Greenville and Richmond is a must-try to anyone seeking authentic Cajun food.

2129 Greenville 214.821.8890 dodiestexas.com

2 Aw/Big Shucks

You don’t need to go to the beach to enjoy a little seaside dive dining. Aw Shucks Oyster Bar and Big Shucks Oyster Bar offer an array of seafood options with a southern-soul twist. Their crawfish and po-boys give even the most Cajun places in East Dallas a run for their money. 8601 Greenville 214.821.9449 awshucksdallas.com

Big Shucks Oyster Bar 6232 Mockingbird 214.887.6353 awshucksdallas.com

3 Cajun Tailgators

There’s something about ordering grub from a food truck that lends itself to Cajun food. If you can catch Cajun Tailgators hanging around East Dallas — The Truck Yard, anyone? — it’s definitely worth it.

214.783.2385 cajuntailgators.com

Dodies: Lori Bandi

Party wine

Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier ($10) Califorina

One of the dilemmas during holiday wine season is trying to decide what to spend. It’s one thing if it’s just immediate family for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, but start adding guests and the wine bill goes up accordingly. And that takes a lot of fun out of the holidays, which should be about enjoyment and not spending money.

Fortunately, there is great wine no matter how much you want to spend:

• Not much money: Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier ($10) is a white blend from California that is one of the best cheap wines in the world, with just a touch of sweetness and lots of white fruit. Planeta La Segreta Rosso ($10) is a red blend from Sicily that’s made for food — a little earthy and with some cherry fruit.

• A little more money, but still not a lot: Spy Valley Riesling ($18) is a New Zealand white that is about as close to a perfect turkey wine as possible — a dry wine with layers of flavor that range from petrol on the nose (a classic riesling characteristic) to citrus and tropical in the front and middle. Bonny Doon’s Clos de Gilroy ($18) is a dark and spicy red blend from California that still has enough red fruit to appeal to everyone.

• Not cheap: Hedges Red Mountain ($25), a Washington state red blend, is one of the best wines I’ve tasted this year, rich and deep and with lots of quality black fruit. Cornerstone Cellars Chardonnay ($35) is an Oregon wine made in more of a California style, rich and oaky with lots of green apple fruit.

—Jeff Siegel

Thanksgiving leftovers

Welcome to our fourth annual Thanksgiving leftovers extravaganza, because the world does not need yet another recipe for the holidays. Instead, let’s clean out that refrigerator:

• Turkey and dressing egg rolls. Who says egg rolls need to be Asian? Combine leftover turkey and dressing in grocery store egg roll wrappers and bake or deep fry according to package directions. Use leftover gravy for the dipping sauce.

• Turkey jambalaya. You can make this with leftover rice, which is even easier. Sauté some onions, celery and bell pepper in a little olive oil until the vegetables are tender. Add chopped garlic and, if you’re feeling adventurous, a finely diced jalapeño, and sauté briefly. Then add sliced smoked sausage and the leftover turkey. Mix carefully, add a couple of cups of cooked rice, mix again, and heat until warmed through.

• Turkey pot pie. The simple way is to buy two frozen pie shells, add a can of cream of mushroom soup along with leftover turkey and whatever other vegetables are in the refrigerator, and bake for 40 minutes in a 400-degree oven. Less simple, but not difficult, is Jacques Pepin’s chicken pot pie (substituting turkey, of course) in “Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.”

Ask the wine guy

What wine goes best with turkey?

—Jeff Siegel

COMING OF AGE

EAST DALLAS' BESTAND BRIGHTEST OVER 70

STORY BY BRIT TA NY NUNN | PHOTOS BY KIM LEESON

Like fine wine, some things get better with age — particularly these neighborhood residents. From farm life to neighborhood activism, you could call them the original hipsters of East Dallas. Today, they continue to make every moment count.

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NANCY COLE

a vivacious 71-year-old artist and marathoner, shares her memories of growing up in East Dallas, her personal thoughts about youth and getting older, and her secrets to staying young on the inside and beautiful on the outside.

How long have you lived in East Dallas?

For about 10 years. Of course, I’ve lived in Dallas all my life. Actually, I spent my early years in East Dallas, and then we moved to Fort Worth for a few years, and then we moved back to Dallas. Then I moved to East Dallas because I have cousins here. I’m an only child, so I’m really close to my cousins. Plus, I wanted to be near White Rock Lake. I have a lot of running friends here.

So when you run, you run at White Rock Lake?

Most of the time. I run several times a week over there.

Why did you begin running?

I had a friend that ran, and every year I went to Arts Fest because I’m an artist, and I saw all these people with T-shirts that said, “Run for the Arts.” I thought,

“I want to do that.” My friend helped me get started, and that was my goal, to do Run for the Arts.

Do you think that keeps you young?

Absolutely, that and teaching. Being around young people all the time keeps you young.

Something about being this age, you realize how beautiful youth is. I look at my students, and I tell my students, “You’re so beautiful. You don’t even realize it, but you are. Youth is just beautiful.”

Aging can also be a beautiful thing, too, don’t you think?

I’ve never really thought about it. In fact, I kind of dreaded it. Forty was so painful for me. Really? Why?

Every 10 years, it’s just like, oh, I’m 50,

and I’m 60… but then 70, was just like, OK, I’m 70 and I’m happy to be 70.

So was there an age that you reached when you felt like you were getting older?

When I felt old? I’m not sure. Maybe I haven’t reached that. I didn’t want to be 40 because that just sounded so old. It seemed like 30 was OK, but 40 was really old.

Do you think it was more other people’s perceptions of what is “old”?

Oh yes.

So then age really is just a number?

I think it is, but when I do a long race, it takes me longer to recover. I’ve started noticing things like that. A few little aches and pains here and there. But I did my best running when I was in my early 50s; that was my fastest. Of course, I didn’t start running until I was 38, but in

my 50s, that was my peak. I started slowing down probably at 60.

Where do you teach?

I teach at DBU [Dallas Baptist University]. I taught high school for a long time, until I retired. After that I went to DBU as an adjunct professor. I loved high school, but I love college, too. I love teaching. I teach sculpture, bronze and design. I’ve always taught art. I have a degree in English as well, but I never wanted to teach it.

And you were on the White Rock Artist Studio Tour. How long have you been involved in that?

For the 10 years that I’ve lived here, and it’s so much fun. I had my studio built right after I moved here. I had all this stu , and it had to go somewhere. I’ve always been involved in art, so I used to always come to the studio tour. I had a lot of friends who were on it.

How have you seen your artistic process change over the years?

I’ve really loosened up a lot. When I first got out of college, I was really serious about my paintings. They were all very realistic. Now I just have fun. Sometimes I just sit out here and laugh when I make something. I just think, “This is so much fun,” and if somebody likes it then great.

When do you think that happened, that you started to loosen up?

I think once I started teaching, being around students who are so uninhibited, I started to loosen up. That’s one of the things that I work with, with my students at DBU. They come in and they’re so nervous. They want everything to be perfect. I tell them to just relax and have fun. I think that’s probably an age thing.

Do you think you create for yourself or for other people more or less as you get older?

Probably more for myself. If it’s not fun, I don’t do it, and I really don’t like for people to ask me to make stu for them. I just like to do what I want to do. When I was younger, I wanted to please other people, and I wanted to convince myself that I could do it. My paintings were very realistic.

Do you have any favorite East Dallas memories?

When I was a little girl, my uncle built

a house in Casa Linda. My cousins and I would climb up on the swing set and wave to the trains. When I looked at this house, I really liked it. We came out in the backyard, my realtor showed it to me, and I said, “Is that the railroad track?” He said, “Yes…” I know he thought, “There goes that sale,” and I said, “I just love the train!” He said, “Oh good.” Because it’s right here. Then me and my cousins were talking one day, and it’s the same train that runs through Casa Linda. So that’s probably why I love that train. My cousins still live in Casa Linda, right across the railroad track.

And my cousin built Big Tex — the original one. We just cried last year. The mayor bought the frame and asked Jack to make it a big cowboy, so he did. He designed it and built it.

And I used to swim at White Rock Lake. That’s something I did a lot, with all my cousins. They stopped letting people swim in it, I think in the late 50s or early 60s.

OK, here are some flashback questions: Do you remember your first job?

My very first job was working at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Camp. My uncle was the manager, so he let me work out there. And then I worked at Titches downtown all through high school. I made 75 cents an hour, and when I graduated high school, I got a raise to $1 an hour.

Did you have a favorite fashion trend?

I don’t know what was my favorite, but I’ve watched everything come back. At the time I thought the hair bob was really cute.

How about phrases?

“Cool” is one that has survived the ages. That’s the first thing I thought of. In high school everything was “cool.” I thought about that the other day. Something happened and I thought, “That is really cool,” and then I thought, “I don’t want to sound like I’m trying to be a teenager at 70,” but then I thought about how things have always been “cool.”

Do you ever find yourself saying things that are out of date?

One time I said something was really “spi y,” and my daughter said, “Mom, don’t say ‘spi y.’ That really dates you.’ “

Do you have any advice?

Stay silly. I have some giggle friends, and we get together and just giggle and giggle. We just never outgrow giggling.

URALEE FARELL

is “a farm girl in the big city,” as her son, Dan Farell, puts it. Despite the fact that she celebrated her 100th birthday in October, she still lives by herself and takes a walk around her neighborhood every day.

How long have you lived in East Dallas?

Uralee Farell: Since 2005. I lived on a farm all my life, until I moved here to be with my family. I was up there on the farm all by myself, and then they [her son and grandchildren] moved me over here. I grew up near Commerce in a little town called Fairlie. I lived there practically all my life. I grew up in a large family. I had four sisters and five brothers, and now they’re all gone except one sister, the youngest one. I was the third oldest, born in 1913.

So you turned 100 in October. What’s your secret?

UF: One day at a time. That’s all you have to do, just hang in there. You just keep on having birthdays and after a while you get old.

Very true. Plus, I bet you ate healthier back then before all the processed food we have today.

UF: Well it was di erent, that’s for sure. I’ve seen changes.

What kinds of changes?

UF: Well, our living was different. I grew up on a 50-acre farm, and we ate more off the land than we did from the grocery store. My mother raised a big garden, and even with her big family that she took care of, she was still able to can fruits and vegetables for the winter. We had an orchard where we grew our own fruit, and we had pigs and chickens and, of course, cows for milk and butter. So we practically raised our own food. Things were so different then.

Did you help around the farm?

UF: Oh yes, when a kid got big enough to hold a hoe, he was big enough to get out and work and help raise food. We had to hoe and we had to pick cotton when the cotton came in, so we were busy most of the time.

What was your favorite job?

UF: Favorite job? I don’t know that I had a favorite. We just did what we had to do.

How about in your spare time, do you remember things you did as a teenager?

UF: I remember very well the first moving picture I ever saw, back in 1929. We went in a group of school kids to Greenville to see the movie. Someone drove us over there. Can you imagine? All we had were still pictures until about 1929 when the first moving pictures came out. Seeing the pictures moving was a big deal. I don’t remember what the picture was, though.

The Great Depression, did that impact your family at all?

UF: Well, we didn’t have any money, but then nobody else did either, so we didn’t know any di erent. We grew our own food, so honestly, we didn’t know any di erent. We got two new dresses every time school started, and that had to last.

When did you get married?

UF: In ‘31. My husband died just a few days before our 67th anniversary. His name was Charlie Farell. He was about eight years older than I.

How’d you meet him?

UF: I was walking to school, and he was driving his sisters to school in a Model A, and he stopped to give me a lift and I was impressed with what a good-looking fellow he was. When I met him I was 14, and then I think I was about 15 when we started finding each other favorites. A date back then wasn’t two at a time; it

was a whole group. On Sunday afternoons a group of the young people from the community would get together and go for a ride or go for a picnic. We never dated oneon-one. I was 18 when we married, and he was about 26. We eloped.

You eloped? Why?

UF: I was 18, and I knew my mama would tell me to wait. We went to Oklahoma and went to the home of a Baptist minister who performed the ceremony, and then we called back and in those days, everybody didn’t have a phone, like now. We called Vincent Carr who was a banker and told him to please let our family know that we weren’t coming home. He let everybody in the community know.

When did you get your first TV?

UF: In the early ’50s.

Dan Farell: I can tell you the very first thing I remember seeing on the television right after we got it. It was Eisenhower’s inauguration. We had the only TV in the community, so the community came to our house.

UF: Do you remember that? We had a whole room full of kids. The whole school came down.

DF: That might’ve been the reason you got the TV because that was coming up. Do you remember your first car?

UF: I remember my dad’s first car. He had a Model T. It was the only car he ever had. Charlie had a Model A, I think. A Model A was a little improvement over the Model T.

DF: You didn’t have to hand-crank it like you did the Model T. Can you imagine having to hand-crank your car before using it?

Did you have a favorite band growing up?

UF: Well, my dad was a fiddler. What are some of the big turning points you faced later on in life?

UF: Hmm …

DF: Moving to Dallas was a big turning point

UF: Yes. I lived in the farm all my life, so it was di erent, but being close to my

family made it worth it. I’m not close with any of my neighbors, except the man across the street, Joe. He makes preserves, and he brings me a jar every time he make some.

DF: That’s probably because she makes him cookies.

UF: He’s a good neighbor.

DF: Her nature is to reach out to people. She walks to the church and to the beauty shop, and she even walks to the grocery store even though we have all cautioned her not to cross the busy street. She says, “Nobody is going to run over an old lady with a walker.”

UF: And they haven’t yet.

Was there ever a point when you started feeling old?

UF: Well, I don’t know when that point came; it’s been such a gradual thing. I don’t feel young. There’s no doubt about it, when you get to 100 you know you’re old. But I’ve been grateful for good health. You’re aware of your limitations.

grew up in East Dallas before marrying her late husband, a musician, and traveling the country. Eventually, the 91-year-old ended up back in East Dallas, where she lives to this day. After retiring from a career in the mental health industry in 1980, Watson began volunteering through the Foster Grandparent Program. Today she volunteers four days a week with Early Head Start in East Dallas.

LAURA L. WATSON

So you grew up in East Dallas, but you haven’t always lived here, right?

I was married to a musician, so we traveled a lot. We lived in New Mexico Santa Fe, Albuquerque. He played in a trio. Of course he played around here, in Dallas, at different clubs, like the Rose Room. He played in so many clubs around here. When I first met him, he was playing with a band out of New Orleans.

When did you meet him?

In 1939 and we married in ’41. His name was Thomas Watson. We were married 54 years. He was in the service, went to Japan during World War II. He passed away in ’97, when he was 85. We didn’t have any children, but we raised our niece, Yvonne.

What did your husband play?

He played piano — classical, jazz, you name it — but he taught all instruments. I still have his piano, too.

Do you remember your first job?

I’m the fourth of seven, and so I didn’t work until …. I don’t think I started working until World War II. I can remember I worked in a factory, a shirt factory. Of course, I went to college, to El Centro downtown until they got East Field built. I got a Bachelor of Science in social work, and then I was the liaison person between the City of Dallas and Terrell State Hospital. I did that for almost 20 years before I retired.

My class was the first to finish from Lincoln [High School] when it was built. We were the first class. It was really fun times. Of course I met my husband, but my parents didn’t want me to get married because they wanted me to go to college. So I asked my father if he would send me, and sure enough he did. I was working and trying to go to college. It was tough. Sometimes I wanted to stop, but my husband told me, “You can do it. You can do it.” So he was very helpful. And I did it, and he was very proud. He was a good husband. I couldn’t have found a better person.

Do you have any favorite East Dallas memories?

Wellthiswaslikethecountryout here, with horses and chickens. I can remember the circus would come into town. That was a big thing for us. And

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then when the fair came, the blacks had one day they could attend; that was fun. You had the carnival, and it was fun. The baseball team. My brothers would play baseball.

What do you remember about the circus?

Being afraid of everything. I was afraid of most everything back then. I was just a scared little kid, and I blame it all on my older sister. She protected me so much.

Did you eventually grow out of that?

Traveling around with my husband all the time, he made me tough. I would have to stay in hotels and motels, and so in that way I got to where I wasn’t afraid.

How about historical events, do you remember the Great Depression?

I wasyoung.Myfatheralwayshad some type of job, so we were never on welfare. His mother was living, and she had a big farm in Texas, and she supplied us with sacks of potatoes, peas and meat, and stuff like that. Then my mother’s mother lived around the corner, and she was very helpful. So my parents had their own welfare.

Obviously World War II was a big part of your life as well. What was it like for your husband to be away fighting?

It was scary. My second brother and my husband were in World War II.

Did Thomas enlist or was he drafted?

Oh no, he didn’t enlist. I didn’t know that he was moving around to keep Uncle Sam from getting him, to avoid the draft, but his family did [know that]. He was working with a band in West Texas, in Midland, and Uncle Sam was after him. So his mother — they all had moved to California — and they wanted him to go out there, but I didn’t want him to go. So he was just going to visit, and that’s where they got him, was in California.

When he went into the service, my mother wanted me to come home to Dallas because my father had died. So I came home, and that’s when I started working.

Another thing I’d love to hear about is your perspective on segregation in Dallas.

I spokeaboutthefairearlier.We had one day because the black people couldn’t go anytime. It was places like the big hotels or the big cafeterias that the black people couldn’t go. Oh, and we

had streetcars instead of buses, and there was the sign up for coloreds and for whites. Coloreds had to sit behind the sign.

Working with young people now as a volunteer at Head Start of Greater Dallas, have you seen any change in the younger generation?

These children, they start out as children of all races, and they didn’t know the di erence. They had to be taught, and that’s the way it was when I was growing up, they had to be taught to not like certain people.

Since you traveled a lot, did you notice any differences between regions?

They said Texas was more prejudice, but there were a lot of places that we went, in the East and West coast, where they were more prejudice than here.

How about some flashback questions: Do you remember your first car?

Wedidn’thave a caruntil’51, a Chevrolet.

How about your favorite band?

I really liked Duke Ellington. That was rhythm and blues.

Did you have any favorite celebrities?

Letmesee...EllaFitzgerald,Sarah Vaughan, movie star Audrey Hepburn, Claudette Colbert.

Do you remember the first time you ever went to the movies?

I believe it was “Imitation of Life.” That was really something because it was on Christmas day. They let us go to the movie on Christmas and because it was a very, very popular movie it ran for two or three weeks. It was downtown at the Majestic Theater. Of course, colored people had to sit up in the balcony, but we got to see it.

Any favorite phrases?

Hm …

Like“cat’spajamas”didyouever say that?

Oh yes! Cat’s pajamas *laughs* How about fashion trends, any favorites?

In the ‘30s, everybody was wearing fishtails. And at one time everybody was wearing short haircuts. I wanted mine cut, and my mother didn’t want me to cut it, but finally she gave in.

Were there any fashion trends you didn’t like?

I remember I didn’t like the … what do they call those big legs? Oh, the bell bottoms. I really didn’t like the bell bottoms, but I had some because everybody else was wearing them.

Have you seen your outlook on life change as you’ve grown older?

I usedtodrawbackfrompeople. I wasn’t as friendly and outgoing. I really don’t know why. Maybe it came with age. And I used to be more critical than I am now. I’m Catholic, so maybe I’m taking my religion more seriously. I don’t make excuses, but I overlook things that people do more than I used to.

ETHAL WISE

What did Dallas look like when you moved here in the mid-’40s?

Oh my, it was entirely different. We had the streetcars, and I came here during the war [WWII], so nobody had cars then. You either walked or rode the streetcar. Then they started the buses. Then they started the electric buses, and they got rid of the streetcars. Plus, most of the things you wanted were in downtown Dallas. The shopping was in Highland Park. Sometime after the war, or during the war, Casa Linda was built. Most people only had one car. Some people didn’t have cars, but we happened to have one because my husband got one as soon as he got out. It was a Ford Coupe.

Earlier, you talk about the “Dallas of yesterday.” What’s a story that you feel like represents that Dallas?

Well, back then, we didn’t have cell phones. My daddy worked for Frisco Railroad. He had a little apartment in

Ardmore, Okla., and after mama died he was lonely. So I was going up, taking the two little ones to visit. I would’ve gone up Northwest Highway, around the circle, to go I-35 North to Ardmore. Daddy calls Whit [short for Whitby, Wise’s late husband] at the office, saying he’s not going to be in Ardmore because the train has come to hook up his apartment to go to Antlers, Okla., which was about 100 miles east. So by the time I got there, he wouldn’t be there. So Whit calls the Dallas police to say, “She’s going to be going around the traffic circle, headed that way. She shouldn’t do that.” So I was headed up towards Denton, and somewhere in there the Texas Highway Patrol pulls me over, and I think, “Oh what’ve I done?” They say the Dallas Police had called them to tell them they must’ve missed me at the traffic circle, that I shouldn’t go to Ardmore; I needed to go to Antlers, Okla. It was just a different

Dallas, a time gone by.

And let me tell you a tale about my firstborn. When I got pregnant with my first child, my father says to me: If it’s a boy, he’d give me $10,000, but for a girl I only got $5,000. In 1949, $10,000 was a lot of money. Of course there’s no sonograms back then, so you didn’t know until the baby came. And, of course, it’s a girl. So Whit takes that $5,000, goes down to Mercantile National Bank. Then, we get a letter from R. L. Thornton saying [my daughter’s] father had been down to open a savings account, and he said he wanted to welcome her to the bank. He said, if she came downtown to give him a call, he’d take her to lunch. So we took her downtown, and we had lunch with R. L. Thornton. It was a different Dallas.

With my fourth child, her doctor, Dr. Strother, called her “Suzy.” I said, “Dr. Strother, is it a Suzy?” He opened his cabinet — this is a doctor now — he

is an 87-year-old who’s been in Dallas since the mid-’40s. She takes time to tell us about her life and about the “Dallas of yesterday.”

opened his cabinet, and there were tick marks on both sides, girls and boys. He says, “She’s in the Suzy section.”

Do you remember your first job?

During World War II I worked at the telephone company, and then I worked at South Western until I married. Then I didn’t work after I was married in ’49. I didn’t work again outside the home until I started working at SMU in ’72. I took care of kids, and I took care of my two sisters who had cancer, and I’ve always done a lot of stuff outside of home. I took a Girl Scouts troop from Brownies all the way through high school. I gave them up when they were 11th graders at Bryan Adams.

What did you do at SMU?

I was assistant registrar at SMU under John Hall, who’s still registrar. When he went up as registrar, he took me up as assistant registrar. I’ve always been thankful for that. I was at SMU for 25 years total.

And when did you get involved with For the Love of the Lake?

Marci Novak started for the Love of the Lake. I wasn’t one of the first, but I started Second Saturday Clean-up probably the second year after they started. I was on the board … how many years? I forgot. Probably eight or 10, at least, at the beginning there. I still enjoyed going to the board meetings, but I decided the younger people who’d come in needed to be on the board.

And

In ’98 I started at the Arboretum volunteering there. I’ve been on the VAB [volunteer advisory board] there several times because you serve two years and then you rotate off the board. I rotated back on in another position, rotated off and rotated back on. I’d say I’ve done that six years, at least, total at different times on the VAB at the Arboretum.

So you do a lot of things in East Dallas. Why is it important for you to be so involved?

Well, I enjoy it. It’s a purpose. It’s a reason to get out. It’s a reason to get up. It’s a reason to go. I just feel like leaving — especially with For the Love of the Lake, when we planted the trees last fall

I feel like I’m leaving a better future for my little great-grandson. Because that is the Dallas of tomorrow.

When Whit died in ’93, my work at SMU was a huge blessing. It was hard, socially, to be alone. But the fact that I was out, that I was working at SMU was a blessing; it really was. My friends from SMU, they were kind of a filler. They gave me a purpose, helped me fill the void. For the Love of the Lake has been the same way, although I’m not as active now.

If you could tell your young self anything, what would it be?

Probably, I’m not sure, but I think to try to understand when people differ from you, to try to go from their point of view to yours.

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Circle of life

How one neighborhood group keeps the trees growing at White Rock Lake

Story by Brittany Nunn

At White Rock Lake, East Lawther hooks around like a long, narrow horseshoe, at the center of which hundreds of saplings dot the field. Dozens of tiny trees surround the stone tables and children’s playground. They don’t look like much beneath the wizened trees that stretch out their arms to shade park-goers below, but someday, when the circle of life brings the old, rugged trees down, the saplings will replace their welcomed services.

At least, that’s the hope, says Rich Enthoven, president of For the Love of the Lake, the organization that planted the trees last January.

“One of the things we want is a good

life cycle of the trees,” he says. “Many of the trees you see were planted in the 1930s when they built the whole place originally, so now those trees are 80 years old, and a lot of them are reaching the end of their life cycle.”

That’s why every winter since 2006 on a day between November and February, hundreds of For the Love of the Lake volunteers, along with city sta , spend a weekend afternoon planting trees. Last January, 400 volunteers planted more than 150 trees in two hours.

This year, on Nov. 9, a group will plant in the open areas of the Big Thicket between the Bath House Cultural Center and Mock-

ingbird. All summer volunteers have been meeting once a month to help prepare the thicket for planting. In November, those same volunteers will help plant a fresh batch of young trees to replace those that have been lost, and will be lost, over the decades.

“The whole process of all those trees that were put in, they’re dying o by the hundreds every year,” explains Tommy Masterson, vice-president of For the Love of the Lake. “So, if we don’t replace hundreds a year, ultimately our grandkids and great-grandkids will have no trees around here.”

The trees we enjoy at White Rock Lake today originally were planted as a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression to put young men to work, Masterson says. “If we don’t replace the trees,” he says, “it’ll go back to cropland, like it was.”

Enthoven agrees: “If you look at old pictures of the lake, it’s a di erent place back then — just very harsh and open.”

Back then, the CCC transplanted trees from the Trinity River area to White Rock Lake. More recently, many of the trees planted in the grove at East Lawther and Poppy came from a tree farm that the Federal Aviation Administration required to be bulldozed because it had become a perfect nesting place for birds too close to the airport.

“We transferred the trees from there, to save the trees, and brought them here,” Masterson says. “We got the trees for free, but we had to pay to have the trees dug and transported and everything.”

Now they get the trees, as much as possible, from the City of Dallas, he says.

After the trees are planted, For the Love of the Lake maintains the trees for two years.

“You can’t just plant a tree,” Enthoven says. “You have to have it irrigated in Texas, so that’s where the funds come in.”

For the Love of the Lake raises thousands of dollars to irrigate the new trees through their Celebration Tree Grove plaques, which people can buy for $1,000, $5,000 or $10,000 to honor, remember or celebrate someone.

Planting and maintaining trees is just

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one of the services For the Love of the Lake provides at White Rock Lake. In fact, the group has a hand in just about everything that goes on at the lake, says executive director Elisabeth “Lis” Akin.

White Rock Lake is the largest urban park in the United States, she says. It’s 1,772 acres, which makes it twice the size of Central Park in New York City, so there’s plenty of work to go around.

One of the most well-known services is Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce-up, during which volunteers pick up trash around the park early in the morning and which they’ve been doing on the second Saturday of each month since April 1996. Originally, the city had a program called Adopt-aShoreline (similar to Adopt-a-Highway) that featured nine groups that came out twice a year to clean up. It simply wasn’t enough to maintain the park, so For the Love of the Lake o ered to take over the Adopt-a-Shoreline program, and eventually expanded it to

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around 43 to 48 groups at di erent times. Over the years, more than 100 groups have volunteered to spruce up White Rock Lake. The signs you see at the lake state who takes care of each section.

For the Love of the Lake also leads the Texas Stream Team, a water-monitoring program. Volunteers have aided in structure renovations, art touch-ups and trail replacements. They’ve raised funds for many updates: dozens of freeze-proof drinking fountains, park benches, picnic tables and 550 covered trash receptacles, to name a few. They work closely with the city and other o cials on big projects such as the White Rock Lake Dog Park and children’s play areas, pitching in with volunteer labor or raising funds when needed.

TO GET INVOLVED with For the Love of the Lake, visit the website at whiterocklake.org.

“You can’t just plant a tree. You have to have it irrigated in Texas, so that’s where the funds come in.”

WHITE ROCK LAKE

“You’re not going to stop it; it’s going to happen. It’s erosion control, not

But with maintenance, as long as it’s cared for, it could last indefinitely.”

— Richard Akin

The erosion of White Rock Lake

The shoreline is wearing away at an alarming pace, and neighbors want to stop it before it’s too late

Story by Brittany Nunn

It’s hard to imagine that a lake can get too much rainfall, but that’s exactly what has happened at White Rock Lake. Lots of rain means softened soil, and in this case softened soil means erosion.

“We had all this nice rain that softened the soil, and then, with all the wave action, that’s the perfect combination for erosion,” says Lis Akin, executive director of For the Love of the Lake.

For the Love of the Lake identified a section of shoreline on the peninsula south of the White Rock Dog Park that has lost 14

“We had all this nice rain that softened the soil, and then, with all the wave action, that’s the perfect combination for erosion.”

feet since 2009.

Walkers, runners and cyclists who use the trail that edges the shoreline of the peninsula between East and West Lawther come within several feet of the erosion, which is rapidly inching its way toward the trail. The precarious drop-o , marked with orange fencing, lost more than three feet from June to August, and it’s only going to

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get worse, says Akin.

“We’re trying to move forward as quickly as possible,” she says. “I’m alarmed by it myself. Nobody knew that it was going to

“Walk along the

and you can actually see where the damage is. You can also see the danger where the orange fencing is.”

lose three feet over the summer — that’s really fast.”

The problem is the peninsula is manmade, says Richard Akin, a member of For the Love of the Lake and the senior engineer for McCommas Blu Landfill. “So, it’s not the most stable material, and the lake’s reclaiming it,” he says.

The entire peninsula along Mockingbird was created as a result of the 1974 dredging, says Sally Rodriguez with the Dallas Park and Recreation Department. The lake has to be periodically “dredged,” Rodriguez explains.

“In very layman’s terms, as the creek flows into the lake, it brings silt and dirt and everything else with it. The lake gets shallower and shallower, and so periodically [the city] has to go in and dredge it all up.”

That means the silt is pulled out of the lake and dumped where the peninsula is now. Following the 1974 dredging, it was several years before the ground was solid enough to walk on, and it probably was never meant for recreational purposes, Rodriguez points out.

All of this contributes to the erosion happening today.

“Walk along the shoreline, and you can actually see where the damage is,” Richard Akin says. “You can also see the danger where the orange fencing is. If a cyclist doesn’t take that turn properly — or I’m thinking more of children — I don’t want to see anybody go o the edge because, for one, some of that debris is exposed there, and it’s not going to be a pleasant landing.”

The city has to decide how to fix the problem. First, the city plans to temporarily re-route the trail so it doesn’t veer so close to the ever-encroaching drop-o .

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Take pictures with Santa Claus, Face Painting, Petting Zoo and many other Family Activities.

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Share the joy of the season by bringing a toy. 3rd annual toy drive hosted by Lakewood Service League to Benefit East Dallas Charities.

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“That buys them time,” Richard Akin says, “but it’s not going to be the end-all solution, because it’ll keep moving in.”

Because the entire peninsula is manmade, he explains, all of it is at risk of eventually eroding away, especially if no e ort is made to control it.

In the end, the city will have to determine how to protect the shoreline.

Chris Maman with EBG Engineering has surveyed the eroding sites, and Tim Abrams with Terracon performed a “geo-technical” soil analysis in September. Another engineer, Chris Robertson with Hayward Baker, will take the results from both entities and work with the city to determine the best solution.

They have several options for how to armor the shoreline: “One of the ways they can do that is concrete walls, which is very expensive, or riprap walls, which are hydrostatically more appealing,” Richard Akin says.

Baker will brainstorm some designs, and then the park department will give them the green or red light.

Armoring the eroding areas of the lake likely will cost about $200,000, Lis Akin says. So fundraising — and lots of it — is in order.

Leong Lim, program manager with engineering and site development in the park department, says the city tried to obtain funding for erosion control in the 2012

bond package, but it didn’t get the go-ahead.

Then the shoreline fell three more feet over the summer.

“We were kind of torn because there’s no funding for this,” Lim explains.

Lucky for the city, For the Love of the Lake is already on it, searching for both funding and volunteer services from community members who are willing to pitch in and help stave o erosion — for a while, at least.

“You’re not going to stop it; it’s going to happen,” Richard Akin says. “It’s erosion control, not prevention. But with maintenance, as long as it’s cared for, it could last indefinitely.”

For the Love of the Lake wants construction to start around the beginning of the year, but as with anything involving politics, there’s a process by which the organization has to abide. Members will have to present all the gathered information to the White Rock Lake task force and the park board, and because it’s a public park, they’ll also have to obtain a permit for the work. Once construction begins, sections will have to be closed to the public.

FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN DONATING to the erosion project, visit whiterocklake.org. Or the mailing address is 381 Casa Linda Plaza, PMB 281, Dallas, TX 75218.

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Dallas Arboretum buying new land for parking

Another piece of land on Garland Road is poised to become a parking facility for the Dallas Arboretum. The Legal Directories Publishing Company, Inc. owns a stretch of land between MidSouth Bank and Sonic on the west side of the road. The property is now a family trust, and the Arboretum has been in talks with the owners for months about purchasing the land, says a source in the family. Those talks recently became a contract, the source says, for a roughly $2.5 million sale with plans to use the property for parking.

Ginger Man Pub coming to Lakewood

Ginger Man Pub is taking over the spot that, up until recently, housed Angelo’s Italian Restaurant for more than 21 years. Management hopes to open in early spring of next year. They don’t know what the design will look like yet, other than they plan to “stick with the Ginger Man tradition,” a spokesperson said. She didn’t know whether or not that would include a patio. Right now they are “in talks” with construction and remodeling companies, and then construction should begin after that.

Lakewood Shopping Center

There are two new tenants on the side of the Lakewood shopping center that faces Abrams: One is Unleashed by Petco, which “provides the same knowledge and know-how offered by Petco in a unique, smaller package,” according to the website. Right next door, the other new tenant is 20/20 Sight.

Residential community coming soon to Emerald Isle

Eight years after developers floated the idea of a 25-story high-rise near the White Rock Lake shoreline, a 2-acre plot of land at 1000 Emerald Isle finally will be converted into a residential community. The tallest structures, however, will be three stories, not 25, and the project will consist of 30 single-family homes rather than 225 luxury condominiums. Austin-based PSW Real Estate recently bought the property, which was listed at $3.3 million, and plans to build 14 detached 2-story “garden homes” and 16 attached 3-story townhomes, says DFW division president Adam Stetson. Stetson says PSW is both developing and building the project.

Construction on Genaro’s moving forward

Things are moving forward for the new Genaro’s location at Abrams-Mockingbird and quickly. Some will recognize owner Genaro Silvia from years past, from Monctezuma’s Cocina & Cantina on McKinney Avenue, as well as Genaro’s Tropical Mexican Restaurant in the Skillman-La Vista shopping center, and Garmos on Henderson. His new restaurant, Genaro’s, is only kind of Mexican. “It’s a lot of Mexican influence, but it’s also a lot of Brazilian, a lot of Yucatan, a lot of Caribbean … we’re taking ideas from Italian, we’re taking ideas from everywhere,” Silva says. His main problem when trying to nail down a concept was just that: He didn’t want to be nailed down. “I wanted a restaurant where I love the dishes that are on the menu,” he explains. “Dallas’ palette has grown so much in the last 20 years, and that’s one reason I want to get back in the business, because I think Dallas is ready for what I want to do.”

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8202 Boedeker Dr., / (214) 368-4047 / clairesdayschool.com At CCDS, we encourage a child’s sense of exploration and discovery in a loving, nurturing, and safe environment. We offer a parent’s day out program with a play-based curriculum fostering socialization, motor skill development, and an introduction to academics for children aged 4mo – 3yrs. Our preschool for children aged 3-5 further develops these skills, along with a more focused approach to pre-math and pre-reading. At CCDS, we have developed our own science, math, and reading enrichment classes to ensure kindergarten preparedness for every child. We make learning fun!

DALLAS ACADEMY

950 Tiffany Way, Dallas 75218 / 214.324.1481 / dallas-academy.com

Founded in 1965, Dallas Academy’s mission is to restore the promise of full academic enrichment to students with learning differences in grades 1-12. A meaningful connection with each student is established to overcome barriers to success. Dallas Academy offers students an effective program and strategies to meet the special educational needs of bright students with learning differences, while including the activities of a larger, more traditional school. Classes are small, with a student-teacher ratio of 6 to 1 where students are encouraged, praised, and guided toward achieving their goals. Diagnostic testing is available to students throughout the community.

GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

11110 Midway Rd, Dallas TX 75229 gsesdallas.org / 214.357.1610 Located on the corner of Midway and Northaven, GSES provides each student the kind of dynamic, vigorous school experience parents should expect in Dallas. GSES is the preeminent Prek-8th grade Dallas school where 98% of our graduates get into their top two high school choices! Inquire and imagine the infinite possibilities! Parent visitations: Middle school, Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 9:15 a.m.; Lower school, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.

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HIGHLANDER SCHOOL

People

•Classic education

•Dedicated to the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual development of children

•3 years through 6th grade

•Half-day and full day Kindergarten options

OBSERVATION

November 6 and January 15

Open House

January 26, 2014

2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Highlander School

9120 Plano Road, Dallas, TX 75238 214-348-3220

www.highlanderschool.com

Since 1966 The Tradition Continues…

9120 Plano Rd. Dallas / 214.348.3220 / www.highlanderschool.com Founded in 1966, Highlander School offers an enriched curriculum in a positive, Christian-based environment. Small class sizes help teachers understand the individual learning styles of each student. Give us a call for more information.

THE KESSLER SCHOOL

Pre K – 6th Grade / 1215 Turner Ave, Dallas TX 75208 / 214-942-2220 / www. thekesserschool.com The Kessler School offers an innovative academic environment that gives students a solid foundation, confidence, and a love of learning. Located just minutes from downtown Dallas; The Kessler School’s mission is to “educate the whole child,” and provides an individualized approach to teaching – meeting the student where their needs are. Students are educated socially through community time, physically through daily PE, academically through a well-rounded curriculum, and spiritually through a fostering of awareness and individual growth.

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Leading to Success. 2720 Hillside Dr., Dallas 75214 / 214.826.2931 / lakehillprep.org Kindergarten through Grade 12 - Lakehill Preparatory School takes the word preparatory in its name very seriously. Throughout a student’s academic career, Lakehill builds an educational program that achieves its goal of enabling graduates to attend the finest, most rigorous universities of choice. Lakehill combines a robust, college-preparatory curriculum with opportunities for personal growth, individual enrichment, and community involvement. From kindergarten through high school, every Lakehill student is encouraged to strive, challenged to succeed, and inspired to excel.

SCOFIELD SCHOOL

3K through Grade 6 / 214.349.6843 / scofieldchristian.org Open House November 14th 6:30pm Since 1961, Scofield has been helping students joyfully reach their academic potential. Our purposeful and challenging curriculum includes a rich blend of classic literature, writing and phonics instruction combined with a comprehensive math and science program. Caring teachers enhance curriculum with hands-on learning and interactive participation. A student-cultivated garden provides additional opportunities for students to “dig in” to their lessons. Come see what makes SCS the school for your child. Scofield Christian School is accredited through the Association of Christian Schools International (A.C.S.I.)

Two East Dallas neighbors, Cliff Simms and Peter Wood, believe Dallas has silently borne the weight of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, in 1963 for long enough. Although neither are Dallas natives, Simms and Wood, who work together for an ideation and brand culture agency called Resident Alien, now consider Dallas their home, and they wanted to “do something for the city and its citizens,” Simms explains. For more than a year, the two have been creating a montage of video and pictures of JFK’s “Unspoken Speech,” as both a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the president’s assassination, as well as an opportunity for Dallas citizens to unite around his words and speak out, in hopes of giving the city a bit of closure. “At the time, there were all kind of horrible things said about Dallas,” Wood says. “We’re not trying to wrap it up and put it away; we’re trying to remind people that we are not personally responsible for this monstrosity.” View the videos at unspokenspeech.org.

Nonprofits

Two East Dallas nonprofits are joining forces to help stop the cycle of incarceration in North Texas. Resolana, a nonprofit serving women in the Dallas County Jail to reduce recidivism, has merged with Volunteers of America Texas, one of the largest social-service nonprofits in the state and a leader in community re-entry programs. The organizations will combine their expertise to reduce recidivism through a full continuum of pre- and post-release services, with a special focus on women and their children.

Education

Brianna Johnson and Abigail Cartwright, both residents of East Dallas and seniors at TAG Magnet High School, were named as National Merit Semifinalists by the College Board in September. Being a National Merit Semifinalist requires that a student score within the top one half of the top 1 percent of students taking the test.

More than 15 historic light fixtures at J. L. Long Middle School, which were built by Potter Art Metal Studios when the school opened in 1933, have been replaced by the Potter family. The lights on the outside of the building were replaced as a part of the last Dallas ISD bond package. The lights in the auditorium were going to be replaced by off-the-shelf lighting, but after some pressure from Long parents, Dallas ISD worked with Richard Potter to replace the 10 pendant lights in the auditorium as well. Potter also replaced several lights in the hallway for $4,000 provided by the Swiss Avenue Home Tour.

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SPANISH HOUSE

5740 Prospect Ave. & 4411 Skillman / 214826-4410 / DallasSpanishHouse.com Spanish House is a Spanish immersion school with two Lakewood locations for children ages 3 months - Kindergarten. We offer half-day and full-day programs, with extended care available from 7:30am - 6:00pm. We also offer after-school and Saturday classes for PK and elementary-aged students, both on- and off-site. Additionally, we have an adult Spanish program for beginning, intermediate and advanced students.

ST. BERNARD’S

1420 Old Gate Ln. Dallas / 214.321.2897 / stbernardccs.org St. Bernard of Clairvaux School has educated children in Forest Hills, Casa Linda and White Rock neighborhoods since 1948. We encourage each student to develop an inquisitive mind, strong moral character and a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. The experienced

teaching staff is dedicated to academic excellence with a challenging curriculum and individual attention. We offer affordable tuition, PK through 8th grade, wireless slate technology, extracurricular activities, and after-school care. Please call to schedule a tour.

ST. CHRISTOPHER’S MONTESSORI SCHOOL

7900 Lovers Ln. / 214.363.9391

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St. Christopher’s Montessori School has been serving families in the DFW area for over a quarter of a century. We are affiliated with the American Montessori Society and our teachers are certified Montessori instructors. Additionally our staff has obtained other complimentary educational degrees and certifications, including having a registered nurse on staff. Our bright and attractive environment, and highly qualified staff, ensures your child will grow and develop in an educationally sound, AMS certified loving program. Now Enrolling.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

848 Harter Rd., Dallas 75218 / 214.328.9131 / stjohnsschool.org

Founded in 1953, St. John’s is an independent, co-educational day school for Pre-K through Grade 8. With a tradition for academic excellence, St. John’s programs include a challenging curriculum in a Christian environment along with instruction in the visual and performing arts, Spanish, German, French, and opportunities for athletics and community service.St. John’s goal for its students is to develop a love for learning, service to others, and leadership grounded in love, humility, and wisdom. Accredited by ISAS, SAES, and the Texas Education Agency

WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas / 214.348.7410 / WhiteRockNorthSchool.com

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

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630 / ziondallas. org Toddler care thru 8th Grade. Serving Dallas for over 58 years offering a quality education in a Christ-centered learning environment. Degreed educators minister to the academic, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of students and their families. Before and after school programs, Extended Care, Parents Day Out, athletics, fine arts, integrated technology, Spanish, outdoor education, Accelerated Reader, advanced math placement, and student government. Accredited by National Lutheran School & Texas District Accreditation Commissions and TANS. Contact Principal Jeff Thorman.

DOUBLE DOWN ON GRATITUDE

Let’s give in thanks for what has been given to us

“Some Folks Feel the Rain, Others Just Get Wet.” That’s the title to a book by someone named James W. Moore. It goes on for 15 chapters with themes that sound like country music songs. “Can You Feel the Joy of Freedom?” and “Can You Feel the Power of Love?” and “Can You Feel the Good Side of Worry?” and “Can You Feel the Sense of What’s Valuable?”

One chapter title brings us to the season now upon us: “Can You Feel the Attitude of Gratitude?”

Thanksgiving is rooted in a spirit nurtured by grace. We all learned about Pilgrims seeking religious liberty in the New World and barely surviving the cold winter and poor crops. We’ve heard about the hospitality of Native Americans and the meager feast of gratitude to God for life in the face of unimaginable threats.

True thanksgiving grows from a sense that we are not alone and we have been given more than we deserve. It doesn’t matter how much or little you have or whether you think you earned it or received it; the key to thankfulness is the sense that you have been gifted by a Giver and know you must return thanks in order to avoid becoming an ingrate.

The ever-quotable G. K. Chesterton said: “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” So in that spirit, let’s double down on gratitude this year. Here are a few lower forms of thought on the subject that may raise our thanks a notch or two.

First, meditate on mercy. An entitlement mentality has immobilized Congress and held up an unflattering mirror to the American character. By entitlement I do not mean Social Security and Medicare

those planned benefits that Americans have paid into all their working lives in order to receive back due security and health care. I mean the meanness that says either “the government owes me this or that” or

“I don’t owe the government this or that.” Chesterton again: “We are all in the same boat, on a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terribly loyalty.” We will never become truly grateful people if we attend only to what we are owed rather than to what already has been done for us.

Second, gratitude and giving go together. The more you practice one, the more the other follows. Many of us will spend time opening the mail or email over this holiday weekend from churches and other non-profit organizations that have learned

BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Worship — 8:30 am Classic & 11:00 am Contemporary

Pastor Jeff Donnell / www.lbcdallas.com

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

All services & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45. Trad. & Blended (Sanctuary), Contemporary (Great Hall), Amigos de Dios (Gym) / 214.860.1500

PRESTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH / “A Church to Call Home”

Sundays: Bible Fellowship (all ages) 9:15 am /Service Time 11:00 am

12123 Hillcrest Road / 214.820.5000 / prestonwood.org

RIDGECREST BAPTIST / 5470 Ellsworth / 214.826.2744

Sun. Life Groups 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am / Wed. Nights 6:00 pm

Pastor Greg Byrd / www.rcbcdallas.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

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

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

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

HIGHLANDS CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Lake Highlands) 9949 McCree Rd. 214-348-2805 / www.highlandschristianchurch.com

Sundays: School 9:45 am / Worship 11:00 am / Rev. Paul Carpenter

ECKANKAR

HU CHANT CLASS / A Love Song to God / expand awareness, experience divine love, bring peace and calm / November 14, 7:15 pm Lakewood Library / 972.820.0530 / meetup.com/Eckankar-Dallas

LUTHERAN

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

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

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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

METHODIST

that this a good time to solicit donations. Say yes. Find excuses to say yes rather than no. Do your due diligence if you wish to see which organizations are most effective or deserving, but in the end give because you are grateful not because someone else needs it.

Finally, attach one new commitment to give yourself beyond a financial contribution. Send a check, but also volunteer once a month in the soup line or mentoring a child or teaching Sunday school. Make a habit of being a grateful giver by giving yourself.

Thanksgiving can usher in a virtuous cycle that can change the world by changing each of us. Grace to gratitude to giving to grace to gratitude to giving …

Thanks be to God.

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

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee

Worship: 8:30 am & 10:50 am Traditional / 10:50 am Contemporary

MUNGER PLACE CHURCH / Expect Great Things.

Worship Sundays, 9:30 and 11:00 am / 5200 Bryan Street 214.823.9929 / www.mungerplacechurch.org

RIDGEWOOD PARK UMC / 6445 E. Lovers Lane / 214.369.9259

Sunday Worship: 9:30 am Traditional and 11:35 am Comtemporary

Sunday School: 10:30 am / Rev. Ann Willet / ridgewoodparkchurch.org

WHITE ROCK UNITED METHODIST / www.wrumc.org

1450 Oldgate Lane / 214.324.3661

Sunday Worship 10:50 am / Rev. George Fisk

PRESBYTERIAN

NORTHPARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.363.5457

9555 N. Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org

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

UNITY

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path For Spiritual Living 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 / 972.233.7106 / UnityDallas.org

Sunday services: 9:00 am & 11:00 am

It doesn’t matter how much or little you have or whether you think you earned it or received it; the key to thankfulness is the sense that you have been gifted by a Giver and know you must return thanks in order to avoid becoming an ingrate.

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.

Senior Living Near White Rock Lake

PRIME LIVING

Wellness for the golden years

Growing older doesn’t mean you have to stop growing, period. Opportunities abound for Dallas-area senior citizens to be involved and active in the community, keeping up with longstanding interests and nurturing new ones along the way.

Those who live within neighborhood retirement centers (or know someone who does) will find there an emphasis on wellness, learning and connections –keeping the mind, body and soul engaged and alive, as it’s described at C.C. Young, a continuing care retirement community.

The C. C. Young campus, located on 20 acres of land near White Rock Lake, consists of eight buildings and offers services that include independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice and home health. Additionally, The Point, Center for Arts and Education provides creative and fitness outlets for both campus residents and seniors from the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area.

“People don’t come to here to retire. They come here to live,” said Russell Crews, C.C. Young president and CEO. “Our 400-plus residents are continuously

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seeking activities, resources and offerings appropriate for them.”

In this vein, C.C. Young last month led a campaign to launch Senior Thursdays, a collaborative partnership of arts, education, fitness, and dining organizations. The goal is to connect seniors to engaging activities while promoting what D-FW has to offer. Organizations involved with the Senior Thursdays campaign show the community that they have offerings specifically designed for seniors.

Partners include Bass Performance Hall, Dallas Arboretum, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas Zoo, Fort Worth Zoo, LOOK Cinemas, Nasher Sculpture Center and The Sixth Floor Museum.

Despite the name, Senior Thursdays features activities each day of the week through multiple websites as well as social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter.

Additionally, C.C. Young will soon introduce an expanded sensory therapy program called “The Spirit is Ageless” (or “Ageless” for short). This experience will include music therapy, aromatherapy, and other sensory stimulation. It is based on a program designed by Joyce Simard, who has been working with dementia patients for more than 35 years and is a specialist in geriatric consulting. Simard will visit the campus in November to train staff members and help set up the program.

C.C. Young is also recognized locally for opening its doors to seniors – those 55 and better – to enjoy an array of community programs, many of which are offered at no cost. Yoga, singing, dancing, movies and more are available to seniors looking for opportunities for recreation and time with friends.

Partnerships within the community are also a theme at Juliette Fowler Communities, a faith-based, notfor-profit organization operating in East Dallas since 1892. Located on 16 acres, Juliette Fowler Communities is home today to approximately 355 adults and offers independent and assisted living apartments, long-term and skilled nursing care and subsidized apartments for the elderly and the mobility-impaired.

Residents enjoy Juliette Fowler Communities’ beautifully landscaped setting, with amenities including a swimming pool, fitness center, barber/beauty shops, chapel, libraries and gazebo. The shops, restaurants and services of nearby Lakewood also are convenient destinations, with regularly scheduled transportation available for shopping and cultural outings.

“We create innovative, stimulating programs based on what residents want,” said Tammy Vines, director of community relations at Juliette Fowler Communities. “The charge is not only to care for others, but to

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provide a life of fulfillment for all we serve.” This approach is echoed in the community’s mission statement: To provide choice, community and connection for those we serve.

Juliette Fowler Communities has had an approved Dallas County Master Gardener Association program since 2003. The current program is known as Inspiring Gardeners through New Interactions, Time and Education, or IGNITE. The goal of the program is to establish gardening classes focused on horticultural, nutritional and environmental stewardship to educate residents of Juliette Fowler Communities. The program includes therapeutic elements fostering personal pride, responsibility for Fowler community gardens and container plantings, as well as providing peer and cross-generational mentoring.

Additionally, volunteer opportunities bring hundreds of individuals to Juliette Fowler Communities annually to provide thousands of hours of volunteer work at the campus and with the residents. Many corporate, church and school groups enjoy volunteering at Fowler because of the wide range of residents’ ages and the many hands-on projects and resident activities available.

At The Forum at Park Lane, the activity program is known as Healthy Generations. An inaugural Park Lane Open putting contest at a 9-hole putting green behind the community proved so popular that it became a regular weekly activity. Since D-FW has so many beautiful courses, residents visit and have lunch at a different course each month.

“The foundation of our programs is based on continually providing opportunities for physical and mental interaction that helps older adults thrive,” said Darrell Baltimore, executive director of The Forum, which is owned and operated by Five Star Quality Care. In independent living, there is morning exercise six days a week, yoga twice a week and Tai Chi twice a week. The Forum also provides exercise opportunities in the health care side of the community that includes assisted living and long-term care.

“We feel there is some truth to the saying ‘use it or lose it’ so in addition to the focus of providing physical exercise and low-impact sessions, we place the same focus on mental exercise opportunities,” Baltimore concluded. Throughout the month, The Forum schedules speakers covering topics such as current events, politics or the arts. The Dallas Library Bookmobile visits monthly and there are resident computers for residents to stay in touch with family members, as well as check their own social media accounts like Facebook.

Ongoing opportunities for residents to monitor

their own health include hearing clinics, weekly blood pressure and weight checks and vision support groups. All useful tools, especially the hearing clinics, which may help an otherwise uncommentedupon struggle come to light.

Research shows that hearing loss is frequently associated with other physical, mental and emotional health conditions, and that people who address their hearing loss often experience better quality of life.

Dr. Debbie Schirico describes hearing loss as an often undiagnosed, invisible handicap, one that can damage relationships and make it harder for seniors to stay mentally sharp. She encourages seniors, their doctors and caregivers to place the same emphasis on addressing hearing loss that they would if the issue were sight or mobility.

“The gift of hearing is too precious to lose, and we are fortunate to have so many advances and options that even patients with just a slight hearing loss can once again enjoy their lives,” said Dr. Schirico, the founder and owner of Total Hearing Care. “Every member of our staff is dedicated to helping every client achieve the highest possible improvement in hearing.”

A past president of the Dallas Association of Hear-

ing Aid Dispensers and a former representative for hearing aid manufacturers, Dr. Schirico is a recognized expert in hearing instrumentation. She understands well that when it comes to something as essential as hearing, one size does not fit all.

The board-certified audiologists of Total Hearing Care treat each client as an individual with specific, unique needs. By listening and understanding the needs of each person, they can find solutions to maximize their hearing.

Dr. Schirico and her team recognize that using hearing instruments can be a challenge, and they are committed to being there to help each person and their families through the learning curve – ensuring that these challenges are met and solved.

Eight out of 10 hearing aid users, in fact, say they’re satisfied with the changes that have occurred in their lives specifically due to their hearing instruments -including positive changes noted in their relationships, social interactions and work lives.

An additional residence for seniors will be coming to Dallas in 2014. The new residence will be operated by the management team behind The Tradition-Prestonwood, a 220-unit independent living property located at 15250 Prestonwood Blvd. between Belt Line and Arapaho. The Tradition-Prestonwood opened the summer of 2010.

When The Tradition-Lovers Lane opens in the summer of 2014 next door to Central Market on East Lovers Lane, its physical beauty will hit you as you walk through the front door. But according to CEO Jonathan Perlman, beauty is just the beginning within this continuum-of-care campus.

“Beyond a beautiful environment – which is key –will be an extraordinary depth of individual care and service in our independent living, assisted living and memory care communities,” said Perlman. “For example, our focus on wellness along with interesting and informative activities will be stressed throughout. Within our assisted living and memory care communities, a cutting-edge technology that will truly be unsurpassed will promote safety and proactive care for our higher-needs residents. And a superlatively trained staff will carry a common thread of graciousness and hospitality throughout each community.”◆

Websites

www.ccyoung.org

www.seniorthursdays.org

www.fowlercommunities.org

www.theforumatparklane.com

www.traditionseniorliving.com

www.totalhearingcare.com

THE FORUM AT PARK LANE FEATURES:

• Elegant, full service retirement living with no buy-in fees

• Assisted Living, Independent Living, Skilled Nursing, Respite Stays, and Rehabilitation

• A staff of long-term caregivers

• Healthcare building with free WiFi

• A beautiful and very convenient Park Cities location

• And much more...

Please join us at The Forum at Park Lane as we celebrate the completion of our $1.5 million renovation with a special GRAND RE-OPENING event. Experience the fresh new look of our community and meet with members of our leadership team while you enjoy live entertainment, hor’doeuvres, tours, gift bags and more! PARK

Innovative teachers

Two teachers at Alex Sanger Elementary received recognition and Innovative Teacher grants from the Junior League of Dallas. Dorothy Boga Green (left) received a $700 grant, and Amanda Fletcher (right) received a $1,886 grant.

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Share prime, front-row Texas Rangers baseball tickets (available in sets of 10 games) during the 2013 & 2014 season. Prices start at $105 per ticket (sets of 2 or 4 tickets per game available). Seats are behind the plate and next to both the firstand third-base dugouts. Other great seats available starting at $60 per ticket. Entire season available except for opening day; participants randomly draw numbers to determine draft order so the selection process is fair for everyone.

E-mail rwamre@advocatemag.com or call 214-560-4212 for more information.

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ESTATE SALES & LIQUIDATION SERVICES

Moving, Retirement, Downsizing. One Piece or a Houseful. David Turner. 214-908-7688. dave2estates@aol.com

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CLEANING SERVICES

AMAZON CLEANING

Top To Bottom Clean. Fabiana.469-951-2948

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ALL WALKS OF FLOORS 214-616-7641

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

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ABRAHAM PAINT SERVICE A Women Owned Business 25 Yrs. Int/Ext. Wall Reprs. Discounts On Whole Interiors and Exteriors 214-682-1541

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

ROMEO’S PAINTING INT/EXT. Drywall, Damage Repair. Prep House To Sell. 214-789-0803

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PLUMBING

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SHE SPED AWAY.

The Victim: Several

The Crime: Theft through scam

Date: Monday, Sept. 16, and others

Time: Mostly during daylight hours

Location: Ellsworth near Glencoe

Park and throughout East Dallas

Darren Dattalo with the Lower Greenville Crime Watch is trying to warn the public: Someone is scamming area residents, with several incidents taking place in the last couple of months.

In one of the first incidents, a resident told Dattalo that she had been walking with her baby in a stroller down Ellsworth near Glencoe Park. A large African-American woman was parked on the side of the road with her hood up and a young child with her. The woman asked

to borrow a phone, saying her car was broken down.

As soon as the resident handed her the phone, the woman jumped in the car and drove off. The car was an older model Toyota Corolla. Fortunately, the thief got away with just the phone and there were no injuries. After sending out information on the crime to residents, Dattalo received word that there also have been other similar crimes in the area.

“Once I sent out the alert, I got several emails from people in the neighborhood. There was a very similar incident involving a similarly described woman just a few days earlier [Sept. 11] near SMU,” he says. “I then heard of another similar incident in the Moss Farm area. Not sure if it’s the same woman, but the description was the same.”

Dattalo says that a few days later, an-

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other incident occurred in the 5300 block of McCommas with the same description of the female suspect, but in a silver Honda Accord. The woman tried the same scam, but the resident knew about it and said no before taking a picture of the license place and sending it to the Lower Greenville Crime Watch. Police report records indicate a similar type of scam also occurred in Oak Cliff at least once.

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says even though many people have a natural instinct to help others, it is always advised to monitor your surroundings and avoid interactions with strangers.

“Although it’s a good practice to be courteous to others, it is discouraged to stop for strangers or let any strangers borrow your property,” Jones says.

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PLASTIC BAG BAN

What’s to debate about?

The city council’s debate about plastic grocery bags isn’t about plastic grocery bags. Nothing downtown is that straightforward. It’s about how the city is run and whether the neighborhoods will be allowed a say in how Dallas works.

How do I know this? Because, years ago, I did an interview with a man for a trade magazine who is part of what Observer columnist Jim Schutze describes as the culture of City Hall: “The staff at City Hall does not work for us, because it does not take its orders from our elected representatives. It takes its orders from the Park Cities.”

brainwashing students about it. In his world view, defined by the Park Cities and the people he knew, recycling was stupid and there was no need for it. Because of this, he had a difficult time conceiving that other people might think differently.

The real reason the bag ban is stuck in limbo like so many other things that a ect the neighborhoods — is that the people who make the decisions here aren’t interested in the neighborhoods. We aren’t in their worldview.

I was interviewing the man about retailing, and midway through the conversation — and I have no idea how this happened — he went off on recycling, a rampage about how useless it was, what a waste of time and money it was, and how the schools were

Hence the odd directions the plasticbag debate has taken. Kroger says it will devastate its business — the same Kroger whose CEO announced his retirement after increasing revenue over the last decade by $45 billion. A grocery trade group says a bag ban will cause death and disease, even though this has not happened in other parts of the world, like London and Paris, where people bring their own bags to the grocery store. Another expert says shoppers will desert Dallas supermarkets for suburban stores that use plastic bags, something for which there isn’t a lot of evidence — is someone going to drive five miles instead of five blocks because of bags? — but sounds good on the evening news.

The real reason so many people who don’t live here are opposed to the ban is that they think it’s dumb. In a way, this is understandable. They aren’t here to see the garbage that plastic bags produce; like the retailer I interviewed, it’s not in their worldview. But that doesn’t mean the problem doesn’t exist. The Morning News reported that plastic bags accounted for 40 percent

of the 70 tons of garbage cleaned up from Dallas rivers and greenbelts by one conservation group.

So when south Dallas councilman Dwaine Caraway pushes for a bag ban because he thinks it’s in the best interest of his neighborhood, because he understands about the 40 percent of 70 tons, the ban goes nowhere. Yes, Caraway can be a flake, and yes, he represents south Dallas, and those are reasons why his ideas usually get short shrift downtown. But the real reason the bag ban is stuck in limbo — like so many other things that affect the neighborhoods is that the people who make the decisions here aren’t interested in the neighborhoods. We aren’t in their worldview.

The question to ask the council members who oppose the ban is not about disease or sales-tax revenues, but about grocery shopping. When’s the last time one of them went to the store? Some of them, I’ll bet, haven’t been in a while, which points to their very limited worldview. The other question to ask? Would their lives be that much more difficult if they had to bring bags with them when they did go to the grocery store?

Because, if the answer is yes, their worldview is even more limited than I thought it was, and it’s not like I expect a lot from the council. The world is full of death and war and starvation, and they’re whining about plastic bags? Your worldview can’t be more limited than that.

Je Siegel, a neighborhood resident, writes a monthly opinion column about neighborhood issues. His opinions are not necessarily those of the Advocate or its management. Send comments and ideas to him at 6301 Gaston, Suite 820, Dallas 75214; fax to 214.823.8866; or email editor@advocatemag.com.