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My heart stopped.

But thanks to Baylor, I never skipped a beat.

“It honestly felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest,” says David Thomasson of the pain he experienced during his heart attack. “I thought heart disease was something that happened to old people.”

After examining him, the cardiovascular team at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas told David he needed quadruple bypass surgery and explained how a pump would take over for his heart during the procedure. “It’s a really amazing machine,” he says.

Today, David is going strong. And he’s extremely grateful both for the care he received and the Heart-Lung machine which saved his life. “I gave it a big hug when I saw it,” he says.

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42 Meet five seniors who beat adversity and rose to the top.

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FEATURES 54 MODERN LIVING Eco friendly dwellings are highlighted this month on the White Rock Home Tour.

62 TOREY’S STORY

Woodrow Wilson High School student Torey Harrah’s struggle with Apert syndrome is the basis for a moving new documentary.

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“What happens if the city schedules a wet-dry election, but state law makes the result moot for part of the city?”

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17 IN THIS CORNER

We have Laurence Cole, the guy who makes sure the fight is fair, and he’s talking about his darkest day on the job.

22 THEN AND WOW!

A neighborhood home undergoes an impressive transformation.

31 QUESTIONING CHRISTIANITY

A film that explores faith and features a White Rock area native premieres at the Lakewood theater this Easter.

32 MONSTROUS MUSICAL

The young talents from Woodrow Wilson High School bring Beauty and the Beast to the stage.

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SOCIAL MEDIA RECLUSE

Facebook and Twitter might hinder us more than they help

When I go into a meeting these days, many of my co-workers — most of the young ones, anyway — do exactly the same thing.

They plop into a chair, pop some food or drink into their mouths, and crack open their laptops.

And so the meeting begins, with one laptop staring at another laptop, and the human behind the laptop relatively obscured from the view of most everyone in the room. And as we discuss whatever we’re there to discuss, emails ding and Tweets fly and Facebook sites are updated, all while we’re talking about what we’re being paid to talk about.

Don’t get me wrong. I have no complaints about my co-workers’ work habits or their output — in fact

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they’re hard at work tweeting and updating for Advocate’s social media (advocatemag.com/newmedia). But as someone who prefers actual face time to electronic face time, it seems as if the world is devolving into a frenzy of social networking.

And although I’m sure this will sound a little crotchety, I don’t know if this is a good thing.

As I read our cover story this month about outstanding high school seniors who have overcome long odds to graduate, I noticed that none of these students mentioned the pivotal role their laptop played in conquering their challenges.

They didn’t talk about how social networking helped them reach their dreams.

They didn’t even wax poetic about how the hours they spent texting monosyllabic responses to friends’ monosyllabic comments were contributing to society.

Instead, they told us stories that in today’s world seem kind of dated, tales that involved rising above obstacles the old-fashioned way — working hard, getting hands dirty (figuratively and literally), receiving help from friends and family, and simply bearing down to reach a goal.

So there’s the rub: Are all of the electronics we carry around really helping

us accomplish the dreams we once had for ourselves?

The truth is that I’m never alone anymore, because my smart phone sees to it that I’m not left to daydream or ponder anything quietly — the phone is too demanding, too insistent, too disruptive.

But how much value is there in the time we spend in constant communication with one another, learning instantaneously who went to lunch where and what so-and-so had to say about such-and-such and then passing that information along immediately to someone else waiting breathlessly to find out who has what to say about all of that?

Yes, we can be in constant touch with just about anyone and everyone.

And yes, there is a definite business and, sometimes, personal value in constant communication.

But on another level, how much does being in constant touch help or hinder achieving our dreams?

These high school kids show us that, even when we’re completely untethered from the electrical outlet, the old-school ways can still make a difference in our lives.

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comments RILED OVER RUBBISH Don’t you think the bigger issue is that we now have to put our trash out front instead of in the alley? (“Last Word: That’s Rubbish” March Advocate). It’s not that big a deal if they go to once a week. Who wants to see a bunch of unsightly trash and trashcans scattered all over the neighborhood? At least it was hidden in the alley.

—PAUL COSCIA, VIA E-MAIL

I just read your “Last Word”, and thought I’d share my Marin County, Calif., experience.

There, too, we had once-a-week pickup. But not only did we have gray and blue bins, just like Dallas, we also had a green one the same size for yard waste. The rule was that if it would fit, it would be picked up. Every Thursday morning I would roll out all three bins (assuming that I had something in all three) and three different automated trucks like in Dallas would come by during the day and pick them up.

The city would haul the garbage to the landfill (drastically smaller loads with garbage only), take the recyclables to the appropriate centers, but also process the yard waste for distribution as mulch in different parts of the county. I don’t know what happens to the once a month bulk pickup in Dallas, which includes both junk as well as yard waste, but I assume since separating the two doesn’t make economic sense the mixture is also taken to our landfill.

But, Marin County went a step further by providing no-cost recycle centers for large quantities of things like cardboard, say from a move, plus once a month drop off at the same centers for toxic waste such as TVs, batteries, leftover paint, etc. I used to see commercial painter’s pickup trucks lined up to drop off all those five- and onegallon partially full cans they’ve collected over the prior month. Have you ever wondered what happens to all those paint cans in Dallas? I’ll just let your imagination work on that one.

—LARRY BAGBY, VIA E-MAIL Editor’s note: Read this month’s “How It Works” article on p. 26 to learn about Dallas drop-off centers for some of the items that can’t be put in a blue bin.

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Once a week garbage pick up is no big deal, but this street front trash pick up idea is just plain tacky. I can just imagine trash pick up day on Gaston Avenue with all traffic slowing to one lane because of the garbage trucks. This is just one more chip whittled away from this once fine city. City hall says 7035 Lakewood Blvd. it is being done to save money. Here’s a $2,995,000 suggestion to save money: Get someone 6907 Lakewoodinfrastructure Blvd. to actually coordinate work $1,750,000 done with bond money. It amazes me that Meadow Lakere-surfacing Avenue we get6726 a long awaited of neigh$1,695,000 borhood streets with one bond program, and within a few the city comes along 4937months Swiss Avenue and rips them$1,295,000 up to re-do the water system for another bond program.

8354 Garland RoadAnd of course when the streets are re-sealed from the $1,195,000 water work, it is shoddy, and once again the 3609 Vintage Place streets are rough, bumpy and ugly. It’s like $1,095,000 hiring a contractor to refurbish your house 7027 puts Westlake Avenue and he first in lovely hardwood floors, $895,000 re-plasters and paints the walls, then rips 7323 Blvd. What a waste it up to put inLakewood new plumbing. of money. Now,$850,000 on top of the awful streets we will have “tacky” trash cans in front of 6908 Lakeshore Avenue $775,000my sentiments to our houses. I emailed Mayor Leppert and also Councilmen Sheffie 823 Monte Vista Drive Kadane and Angela Hunt. The very next day $499,000 I received a call from a very nice man from 6931 Bob o Link Drive the sanitation $449,900 department who referenced my email and asked if he could answer 6615 Sunnyland my concerns.

I told himLane that my concerns $424,900 should be addressed by those to whom the emails822 were sent. Memorial Instead, the Tenison Dr. email screeners at city hall $399,000 just saw garbage pickup and passed the 7105 buckLyre to the sanitation departLane $374,900 ment. This is just typical of the way everything is done at city hall. We are getting 5719 Mercedes Avenue closer and closer to third world politics. $369,500 —MARY DOSTER Saw your article about rubbish. Sit down — I’m going to shock you. My youngest son convinced me to try recycling about two years ago. We ordered and received the big blue container and started filling it up. Well, we tried to fill it up, but never got to the top in any week. What did happen was that our regular garbage can got less and less. Even though the city was picking it up twice a week, we could barely fill a 30-gallon black plastic bag to start with, and now recently

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haven’t filled a 13-gallon bag twice a week.

One holiday week produced a lot of garbage between pick ups, but a call to the sanitation folks got a pick up of the overflowing full can within 24 hours. I am more than willing to take a positive approach with our sanitation folks. They’ve been responsive, and I really do not need twice-a-week pick up. Equally important, they reduced my monthly fees for garbage pick up in this past year. Hooray, promote these people to the city council!

—GENE DAVIS, VIA SAVING FERGUSON It is difficult to put in a few words how much Vikki and the organizations she organized — Claremont Addition Neighborhood Association and Ferguson Road Initiative — have had a positive impact on the White Rock Hills area regarding everything from economic development to safety and schools. [“Take a Walk on Her Streets”, March Advocate.] The work is far from being done. More involvement from a higher percentage of the population in White Rock Hills is needed to continue progress.

Each person needs to ask “Do I just live here, or am I a part of the community?”

Vikki answered that question a long time ago, and Dallas is a better place.

—JOHN, VIA Under Vikki Martin’s leadership, the Ferguson Road Initiative has united a large area of Dallas to combat crime, failing schools and deteriorating housing to help make the White Rock Hills area a place where all of its residents — black, brown and white; affluent, middle-class and poor — can live, work and go to school in a safe, thriving community. Lots of work remains to be done, but the framework to complete the job is in place. FRI provides a marvelous model for community rebuilding and rejuvenation.

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My grandfather, Laurence “Frenchie” Cole, was a prizefighter when boxing was not heavily regulated, and he helped start the Dallas Golden Gloves.

My uncles all fought. My father fought; he went to North Texas on a boxing scholarship in the ’50s. I have two twin cousins who were very good in the ’70s. Another cousin was No. 4 in the world at the 1980 Olympic trials. If you crew up a Cole, you grew up around the sport, and wound up doing it.

So you were a boxer?

No. I got to the point where I enjoyed being around it, but I couldn’t do it.

I wasn’t any good. My coach said I had slow hands and a weak chin. My father [Dickie Cole, who now is head of the Texas boxing commission] was a ring official at the time, and he knew I couldn’t fight, so he said, “I can make you an official.”

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Yes. He taught me all the basic skills, the basic techniques. He worked with me a lot in the gym. Since we’ve worked so many fights together, he taught me to listen and not be so defensive. He’s very critical, but the reason he’s critical is that he always wanted me to get better, and I have a handful of friends who are like that.

WHEN DID YOU START REFEREEING?

I was about 25, and most boxing officials are like 60. I worked a lot of amateur fights for years, and was able to get into some pro fights. Then when my dad retired, it left a void in Texas for a boxing referee to work. And that’s how I’ve gained my experience.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST FIGHTS YOU’VE OFFICIATED?

Shane Mosley and Vernon Flores — that was a rematch, and it was a real big fight in 2002. I was asked to judge the Tyson/ Lennox Lewis fight in Memphis, but I got bumped at the last minute. It hurt at the time, but one of my friends said, because of the exposure, you don’t want it. And the guy who did do it isn’t doing much now. So that was probably for the best. Almost any big fight in Texas, I am on the card somewhere. I work a lot of fights overseas.

LIKE WHERE?

I’ve worked a lot of big fights in Japan.

Denmark. Germany. I travel for the World Boxing Organization.

THIS IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE FIGHT YOU REFEREED [IN MAY 2009 IN DALLAS] WHERE ONE OF THE BOXERS DIED.

I really haven’t said much about that because, honestly, your fear is that you’re going to get sued. It was very surreal. Everything was done right, which was lucky. The kid [24-year-old Benjamin Flores] was in surgery within an hour of me stopping the fight ... and they found he had an aneurism on the interior of his brain. It wasn’t a violent fight. You work fights where you go, “That boy’s not going to be able to tie his shoes tomorrow.” But this was not one of them. I stopped it because most fighters, when they get a lot of pressure, they

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HOW DID YOU GET PAST THAT?

I didn’t work for a couple of months. It was difficult for me. A buddy of mine runs the ER at Presby, and he goes through that everyday. We’d go have a couple of beers and he told me, you know, you did all you could do. I always had a reputation for stopping fights too soon, and then something like that happens.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD BOXING REF?

Empathy. Confidence. You have to understand the rules, and there’s a lot of guys out there who understand the rules, but empathy and compassion and being able to concentrate. You’ve got corners yelling at you; you’ve got fans yelling at you. I’m an emotional, passionate person, and I have a hot temper sometimes.

But when I’m working, I’m cool. I can take my time in the ring. I can do it there where I can’t do it other places in my life.

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YOU HAVE THREE SONS — TWO AT BISHOP LYNCH AND ONE AT ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL. THEY’RE COLE BOYS. ARE THEY BOXERS?

No. I love sports. I still play soccer now.

But to get hit in the head? To get hit in the body? You have to have a lot of tenacity to be good at the sport of boxing. Their will is a lot stronger than just being great athletes. It takes that mental fortitude to be good at it. My kids play hockey. My sixth-grader plays everything and bass guitar. They all skateboard and play Xbox and Wii and all that.

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“And what better way to be a good steward of our environment than to take items one person no longer uses and repurpose them for those who have a greater need.” Also, if you make a donation and book a newpatient cleaning, exam and X-rays in April, you get a free ZOOM! Whitening treatment.

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“It was disturbing to me how much new moving boxes cost, and just the waste.”

So it made sense to reuse new boxes from one client and sell them to others at a reduced rate until the boxes wore out. Then the pair started to notice how many boxes retailers and restaurants throw out. “Lucy said, ‘I wonder if they would save boxes for us,’ and that’s how it started,” Elliott says. Now the life partners are co-owners of TreeHugger Boxes, a service that recycles boxes from businesses and repurposes them as moving boxes, which they sell at a price that undercuts new boxes. Times Ten Cellars in Lakewood was one of the first businesses to start giving them boxes. Now they pick up from restaurants on Lower Greenville and in the West Village, vet clinics, real estate offices and dozens of other businesses in Dallas. The company delivers boxes and will pick them up once they’re unpacked. “We try to work our delivery and pick-up schedule around our other stops so that we’re minimizing our carbon footprint as well,” Elliot says. If customers bring their flattened boxes back to the company’s Ross Avenue storage within 60 days, TreeHugger Boxes buys them back for 15 cents on the dollar. Soon the couple hopes to lease a storefront, but they’re not in a rush to grow. The business, which started two years ago, is turning a profit, and so far, they have no debt. They always wanted to invest in a green business, and now they have their own. “It doesn’t make any sense to be cutting down trees and making pulp to make moving boxes,” Elliot says. “Our goal is to keep these boxes in use and out of the landfills as long as possible.” —RACHEL STONE

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Losing one of two weekly trash pickup days is not the primary source of groans and grouses around our neighborhood concerning the OneDAY Dallas initiative that began in March. Instead, the majority of complaints from neighbors seem to center on the city requiring that 3,000 Dallas residents switch from alley to curbside pickup.

“We are all concerned that the curb appeal of our neighborhood is gone now,” Lakewood resident Cindy Famili says. “Who wants to move into a neighborhood where trash is on 24-hour display? A community dumpster would have been a better idea than this.”

Some residents of the White Rock-area Peninsula neighborhood also have voiced frustration over placing bins on the curb,

“Who wants to move into a neighborhood where trash is on 24-hour display? A community dumpster would have been a better idea than this.” and they appealed to the city to try to find a solution that would allow them to keep trash pickup in the alleys.

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The problem in both the Peninsula and other neighborhoods, Nix says, is that with the large city bins on either side, the alleys aren’t wide enough for a garbage truck to navigate. Nix told Peninsula neighbors that their alley pickup would resume if they would clear out crowded alleys, and create inlets for the trash and recycle bins.

“The Peninsula neighborhood is very, very anxious to find a way to return to the alley, and have done amazing things to get alleys cleared,” Nix says, but adds that two factors are holding up progress: First, not all residents have had time to create the inlets; and second, she also has heard from Peninsula residents who do not want alley pickup resumed. At press time, the sanitation department was compiling a survey to send to all Peninsula residents to ensure that whatever decision is made pleases the majority.

Even if not all Peninsula neighbors comply, Nix says alley service would resume soon for any blocks that have made way for the garbage trucks. “I’m sure we’ll find a way that will make most of the people happy,” she says.

Any neighborhoods with a similar issue should contact the sanitation department to arrange for a drive through of their alleys, Nix says, and when possible, arrangements will be made to resume alley pickup.

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beware of christians It might seem ironic that Michael Allen, a self-described “church kid”, is starring in documentary titled “Beware of Christians”. “I called myself a Christian, went to church, prayed, all that stuff,” Allen says, “but I don’t think I was really exposed much to radical faith until college.” Allen, a Texas A&M senior, and three other college students from Dallas traveled around the world last summer, asking questions of themselves and others, trying to figure out what faith is all about and who (and if) God really is. Allen, who grew up in Lakewood, says initially the project was born out of the young men’s cynicism toward the church. “I appreciate my upbringing, and it’s definitely shaped my worldview, but I also feel that I have a personal worldview that stands alone from my parents’ or my neighborhood’s beliefs,” Allen says. “In college I started to rethink what being a Christian really meant.” The film premieres Easter weekend at the Lakewood Theater, and though Allen believes it has a hopeful message of redemption and renewal, ‘BEWARE OF CHRISTIANS’ “don’t expect a typical Christian film,” he says. “We invite you to struggle WHEN/ Friday, April 2 at 7 and 9:30 p.m.; with us as we ask ourselves, and God, Saturday, April 3 at 2, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

WHERE/ Lakewood Theater, 1825 Abrams some tough questions about what living a Jesus lifestyle really looks like, COST/ $10, $8 for Saturday matinee independent of American middle-class TO BUY TICKETS/ bewareofchristians.com standards, traditions and expectations.”

—CAROL TOLER

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$10-18 It’s one of the longest running shows on Broadway, it’s a hit Disney movie and it’s this year’s Woodrow Wilson High School spring musical. The performance of “Beauty and the Beast” is “very much like a Broadway show this year,” says Lisa Billings, the show’s publicity chairman. In the show, inanimate objects in the Beast’s castle become his servants. So “Lumiere” is a candlestick; “Mrs. Potts”, the maid, is a teapot; and her son, “Chip”, is a teacup. The student cast and crew built the complicated costumes from Styrofoam, chicken wire and other materials. They also built the sets. “It’s almost like animation on stage,” Billings says. “The sets will be very exciting.” By the way, the Disney movie came out in 1991 — a year before most current high school seniors were born. Advance tickets are $10 for general admission and $15 for reserved seating. They are available by calling 214.827.3321 or at woodrowwildcats.org. On the day of the show, ticket prices are $12 and $18. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. except for the April 18 show, which starts at 2:30 p.m. —RACHEL STONE

-1+-0 TIETZE PARK EASTER EGG HUNT FREE The 10:30 a.m.

-1+-0 POETRY NIGHT $5 The Dallas literary group WordSpace presents poets Matt Henriksen and Gayle Bell at 8 p.m.

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hunt features 4,000 eggs, special drawings, a giant slide, bounce house, petting zoo, popcorn and cookies. Hosted by Gracehill Community at Tietze Park, Skillman at Monticello. 972.983.6457 or tamara@gracehill.cc.

-1+-4 ELVIS, GLADYS AND THE COLONEL FREE Nancy Ashley will give a presenta-

tion from two books about Elvis Presley; his mother, Gladys; and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth, 214.670.1376.

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happeningsLAUNCH -1+-5 GARLAND ROAD MEETING FREE Garland Road Vision is a group that wants to plan the future of Garland Road from Interstate 635 to East Grand. The plan will address concerns including zoning and transportation along the corridor. A public meetings on the plan is from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Dallas Arboretum’s Rosine Hall, 8525 Garland Road, garlandroadvision.org.

-1+-5 STONEWALL JACKSON KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP FREE

Meet the Stonewall Jackson Elementary School teachers, visit classrooms, and get information about the next school year while mingling with other parents. For information, contact Helene Honeybone at 214.293.8370, hembone5790@sbcglobal.net.

-1+.- SPRING CLEAN UP FREE For the

Love of the Lake’s second Saturday spruce-up starts at 8 a.m. Meet at the nonprofit’s headquarters at Buckner and Garland, just below Another Broken Egg Café. 214.660.1100 or whiterocklake.org.

-1+.- LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY CARNIVAL $20 The Lakewood Elementary’s

Hawaiian Luau Spring Carnival from 2-6 p.m. includes games, a hula hoop contest, chair swings, a pirate ship ride, a giant fun slide, Burger House food and a silent auction that benefits the school. A $20 wristband buys 10 tickets for concessions and arts and crafts, plus unlimited rides. Lakewood Elementary, 3000 Hillbrook.

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LAUNCHhappenings -1+.- A LICENSE TO CHILL $15-$20 This East Dallas Developmental Center fundraiser features food, drinks, dancing and plenty of casino games and auction items. Swanky attire is welcome, as attendees will be sipping martinis and chilling out to the sounds of the ‘60’s. The casino opens at 7:30 p.m., and includes black jack, roulette, craps and Texas Hold’em, both a $25 buy-in low stakes and $100 buy-in high stakes tournament.

Tickets are $15 through April 5 and $20 afterward. Purchase tickets at eddc.net.

Knights of Columbus Hall, 10110 Shoreview.

214.821.7766 or eddckids@sbcglobal.net.

-1+.. DOG BOWL $10 parking Once a

year, the Cotton Bowl turns into a dog park.

The fourth annual Dog Bowl from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. includes a pet/owner look-alike contest, an

agility course, canine crafts and more. Fair Park, fairpark.org.

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Evening concerts are back at the Dallas Arboretum, with the Cool Thursdays concert series and a new Twilight Tuesdays concert series. April concerts include swing musician Hunter Sullivan (04.13), Beatles tribute band A Hard Night’s Day (04.15), symphony pops with The Steve Bayless Orchestra (04.20) and Celtic rock with The Kildares (04.22).

Individual concert tickets are $16 for adults and $8 for children, with a $2 price increase if tickets are purchased at the ticket booth on concert night. Season pass packages start at $93 for Cool Thursdays, and an additional $35 for Twilight Tuesdays. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. 8525 Garland, 214.515.6518 or dallasarboretum.org.

-1+.4 DALLASKIDSREAD! FREE The

1-6 p.m. event includes celebrity readers, storytelling, puppet shows, arts and crafts, and music. Local and national award-winning authors and illustrators will be on hand for book readings, informal illustration workshops and autographs; a portion of the proceeds from books sold by these guest authors and illustrators will benefit local nonprofit Rainbow Days, Inc. NorthPark Center’s NorthCourt, 214.887.0726 or rdikids.org.

-1+.5 CHICKEN COOP TOUR FREE A Peep at

the Coops urban chicken coop tour includes simple set-ups and creative coops near White Rock Lake. The self-guided tour is from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. A map is available at apeepatthecoops.blogspot.com.

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happeningsLAUNCH -1+// EARTH DAY AT MOCKINGBIRD STATION FREE The station is commemorat-

ing the holiday with the return of its farmers market, which features local growers, organic farmers and community gardens, and takes place from 4-7 p.m. in the outdoor pavilion area between the Angelika Film Center and PURE Dental. Following the farmers market, the Angelika will host a 7:30 p.m. screening of the documentary, “A Chemical Reaction”, which recounts one man’s fight against fertilizers and pesticides. The screening is free, but donations benefit the Texas Discovery Gardens. mockingbirdstation.com.

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Alex Sanger Elementary’s spring carnival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. features a bounce house, slide and rock climbing wall, games, music and food. 1k and 5k fun runs are scheduled for 9 a.m.

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-1+/1 MONEY WISE GARDENING $18

Landscape designer Sheryl Burek of Colorful Impressions teaches this noon class on how to save money by growing a vegetable garden. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland.

214.515.6500 or dallasarboretum.org.

-1+/1*-1+/2 HOLLYWOOD HOME TOUR & PREVIEW $10-$45 The

Hollywood/Santa Monica Neighborhood Association’s 19th annual home tour features five homes. For $45, the Friday night preview from 7:30-11 p.m. includes a peek at the tour homes and a party at the Dallas Arboretum with food, wine from Times Ten Cellars, live music and an auction. The party benefits J.L. Long Middle School and Friends of Santa Fe Trail. For $10, view the homes on Saturday and Sunday between noon and 6 p.m. Home tour tickets are available at Curiosities, 2025 Abrams, or at the Lindsley Park pavilion, 722 Tenison Memorial, on tour days. hsmna.org.

-1+/5 GREEN LIVING FREE Lakehill Preparatory School presents this networking event for people and businesses who want to incorporate green living ideas into their everyday lives. Starting at 8:30 a.m., the event is free to attend, and free for exhibitors. To attend or participate, contact Gigi Ekstrom at 214.826.2931 or gekstrom@ lakehillprep.org. Lakehill’s Alice and Erle Nye Family Environmental Science Center, 2720 Hillside.

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author and historian RoseMary Rumbley will give a talk about Anita Silvey’s “Everything I Need to Know I I Learned from a Children’s Book”. Rumbley also will share her memories of Siddie Joe Johnson, who helped form the children’s department at the Dallas Public Library.

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PAINTING WITH A TWIST Express your inner artist! Instructors lead attendees in creating paintings with a featured piece of art, bring nothing more than your imagination, a bottle of wine or beverage.

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MORE THAN BUNNY FOOD YOU WON’T FIND A STOVE, OVEN OR MICROWAVE inside the kitchen at Bliss Raw Café. Like the name suggests, everything here is raw, which means it’s all made from unprocessed plant foods that haven’t been heated above 115 degrees. We know what you’re thinking: That must mean a lot of salad, and not much else. But Bliss is proof that a little innovation can go a long way. Using dehydrators, steamers and pure culinary genius, the folks here have crafted a menu that actually delivers on health without skimping on flavor. Case in point, the coconut kale enchiladas. Instead of fried tortillas, the tender marinated kale is served inside a wrap made from young coconut meat, sundried tomatoes and spices, so it has that peppery, robust flavor you’re expecting. And instead of cheese, the enchiladas are topped with a cashew blend, which lends just the right creaminess. If you get thirsty, try the hemp horchata or one of the elixirs filled with super foods, like goji berries from Tibet, which Chinese lore contends will keep your skin supple. And go ahead and order that cheesecake — it has no dairy, sugar or artificial sweeteners, yet somehow, it still tastes just like the real deal. Here, you really can pig out sans the remorse. Now that’s true bliss.

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CHUBBY’S $ When looking for a restaurant to have breakfast, lunch or dinner, we all want a place that serves up variety, hearty helpings and even bigger portions of friendliness. The Touris family has developed a recipe that delivers all of the above at a good price.

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Photography shows, book signings and poetry readings make it a favorite with locals, artists and neighborhood groups. 5310 Junius Street, Munger Square Center.

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all energized with a modern take. A combination of both rustic and lush in everything from the menu to the décor make Tillman’s a good-time anytime destination.

Bishop Arts District 324 W. 7th St. 214.942.0988. www.tillmansroadhouse.com

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and Mandarin cuisine. Close to 100 items in this reasonably priced menu and buffet. Wonderful selection of grilled steak, shrimp, crab ragoon, sesame chicken, chow-mein, fried rice, egg roll and desserts. Established 1980. Clean and spacious dining room. 1152 N. Buckner Blvd. 75218.

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Tillman’s is a place for really good food, drinks, and music in a fun, casual, come-as-you-are environment. An update on the classic Texas roadhouse with regional menu favorites, familiar tunes and no-one is a stranger hospitality —

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Good wine is being made right here in the Lone Star State — now there’s something all Texans can raise a glass to.

Regional wine, for years laughed at and looked down on by wine types, is suddenly hip. This winter, a national survey of chefs by the National Restaurant Association identified regional wine and beer as one of the top food trends in the country. Chefs said local wine ranked with locally grown produce, locally sourced meats and seafood, and sustainability at the top of the list of nearly 215 culinary items.

This is huge news, especially for those of us who have championed regional and Texas wine and felt — how shall we say? — ignored. This new respect for local has many reasons, not the least of which is that chefs and restaurants are discovering that local can give them a leg up in an increasingly competitive business environment. But also important is that the quality of regional wine has improved dramatically over the past decade.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Texas, where the improvement in quality has been impressive.

Today, it’s no big deal to find a professional, competently made Texas wine; that wasn’t necessarily true at the turn of the century.

To that end, here are three Texas wines that show how far the business has come and that you almost certainly haven’t heard of.

All are available from the winery: Grape Creek Vineyards Viognier 2008 ($17): Some of the best viognier in the U.S. is made in Texas, and that includes California’s efforts. This is a sophisticated, complex white wine with peach pit and apricot flavors — people who only drink chardonnay should try it.

Landon Winery Tempranillo 2008 ($25): Texas, especially in the high plains, has many similarities of climate and geography with Spain, where tempranillo is the pre-eminent red grape. The Landon, made from West Texas grapes in McKinney, shows the quality of tempranillo that the state can produce.

Haak Winery Madeira Jacquez 2006 ($40): No less an authority than Jancis Robinson, perhaps the world’s second most influential wine critic, has pronounced Haak’s madeira-style dessert wines as world-class. This wine is made with the jacquez, or black Spanish grape, a hybrid popular in Texas and grown on the Gulf Coast for this wine.

—JEFF SIEGEL

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

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If his words are true, then these high school seniors already have achieved more success than many of us will ever realize. Despite the obstacles in their way, they have pressed forward.

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Then, after dark usually, she rides the bus home.

Volunteerism and community service

are priorities for Vargas, 18.

“I’ve been getting help since I was 6 years old,” she says. “So I like helping other people.”

Vargas was born with one leg shorter than the other. Her family came to Texas from Mexico four years ago so that she could receive care at Scottish Rite.

In 2007, she had surgery to elongate

her shorter leg, and the recovery time was about one year. But just as her healing was in the home stretch, her new bone growth broke, and doctors had to start over. In all, she was in the hospital for about two years.

But Vargas wasn’t sitting there feeling sorry for herself; she noticed there were children in the hospital with worse problems.

“At Scottish Rite Hospital, my life totally changed because I realized that there are many problems going on in the world,” she says.

“I never thought I would go to college, but when I went to the hospital and saw all the little children who need help, I decided to study nursing.”

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Cruz, who is in the top 10 percent of her class, has been accepted to seven colleges, and recently chose the University of Texas at Austin. She’ll be the first person in her family to attend college.

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Martinez makes good grades now, but in his freshman and sophomore years at Mesquite Poteet High School, he did the minimum, and sometimes less. He made passing grades to stay eligible during football season, but the rest of the year, he blew off school, regularly making Cs and Ds on his six-week report cards.

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The 17-year -old is a National Honor Society member who has been on the on the “A” honor roll at Woodrow Wilson High School for two years. She took as many summer school classes as possible, and is graduating a year early. In the fall, she’ll attend El Centro College to become a sonogram technician. After that, she wants a nursing degree from Texas Woman’s University.

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Martinez stays up late to finish homework because her only study time is when Angelina is asleep. She doesn’t have time for a social life, and many friendships have faded since her daughter was born.

“When I became a mother, I didn’t really talk to them that much because now I had all this responsibility,” she says.

Martinez wants to have a good job, buy her own house and car, and become self-reliant.

“People criticize me, and they don’t even know me. It makes me feel bad,” she says. “That keeps me motivated. To show people that you can do it is a big thing.”

Next year, her daughter starts preschool, and Martinez is in a rush to finish her own education so that she can focus on her daughter’s.

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modern and eco-friendly homes in our neighborhood, and continues to highlight the Ju-Nel legacy — two homes designed by the late Ju-Nel architects Lyle Rowley and Jack Wilson will be on the 2010 tour, and festivities this year also include a Ju-Nel speaker’s forum and exhibition at the Dallas Center for Architecture. story by RACHELSTONE photos by ROBERTBUNCH

9806 COLDWATER CIRCLE Vicky and Dieter Schweitzer’s home on Coldwater Circle doesn’t have much curb appeal. All that’s visible from the pebbled drive are a carport and a workshop. But beyond the driveway is a little courtyard. And beyond that is the perfectly positioned house that one co-founder of Ju-Nel Homes built on Ash Creek.

Architect Lyle Rowley built the home for himself and his wife in 1957.

Originally it included roughly 2,000 square feet, plus a detached office at the front of the property that is now the workshop. After their children were born, Rowley built a 700-square-foot addition, which is now a family room and guest quarters.

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Architect Lyle Rowley built Vicky and Dieter Schweitzer’s 1957 modern home on Ash Creek.

who lived in the house for 30 years, also designed cedar ceilings throughout and used African birch paneling in the kitchen, but the second owner painted over the paneling. She also replaced the original fireplace surround and made changes to the kitchen.

The Schweitzers, who lived in a little Casa View house at the time, bought the house about two and a half years ago.

It had been on the market about three days when they put a contract on it.

Since then, they have finished out the guest bedroom with a full bath, redesigned two other bathrooms, replaced the outdated roof with sheet metal, refaced the kitchen cabinets, and added other touches here and there.

“Even though we add new stuff, we try to keep it in the style of the ’50s and ’60s,” Dieter says.

Vicky, who has a collection of reproduction 1950s Barbie dolls, calls it her dream house.

“I never thought I’d be living in a house like this,” she says. .

Susan and Charles Thompson’s new home in Little Forest Hills is so air tight that lit candles won’t flicker.

8723 SANTA CLARA Susan and Charles Thompson lived in a 4,600-square-foot Plano house they say was too big for them and their shih tzu, Doudou. They knew they wanted a one-story house that was just the right size for them in a neighborhood where they would want to stay for the rest of their lives.

One day a few years ago, Susan was driving through Little Forest Hills, with its old trees and modest houses. She saw a yard sign that read “Keep Little Forest Hills Funky”.

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“And I said, ‘This is it,’” she recalls.

So she and Charles drove around the neighborhood one Saturday, and they came across a house that green builder Alan Hoffman was constructing. Hoffman wound up building the Thompsons’ three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath energyefficient home that comprises about 2,600 square feet.

Every room in the home opens to a courtyard, which virtually eliminates the need for electric light in daylight hours, unless it’s stormy.

The home’s exterior is made of concrete forms, which are concrete and Styrofoam, and the Thompsons’ electricity bill is about $60 a month.

During the February snowstorm, they lost power for four days. But they have a little wood-burning fireplace that kept their whole house warm. They burned lots of candles, which never flickered because their home is so airtight.

They also have energy-efficient appliances, such as a tankless water heater.

“We loved the idea of having an energy-efficient home because we don’t ever want to move again,” Susan says.

And they love the neighbor hood, where they have lived since November.

“We’ve met more people in the months we’ve lived here than in all our time in Plano,” she says.

A. Alex Arce and Jouko Rytilahti bought their Ju-Nel home at Silverock and Easton before they had seen it in person.

10556 SILVEROCK The White Rock Home Tour has been trying to get this home at the corner of Easton and Silverock a place on the tour for years.

Most East Dallas residents probably have noticed it — the two-story home is bigger than other homes in the neighborhood, most of which are not in the modern style. And at night, it kind of looks like a commercial building.

It’s not — it’s a 1967 Ju-Nel Home that A. Alex Arce and Jouko Rytilahti bought last year.

Before this home, the couple had lived in a modern home in Houston, and before that, a modern townhome in downtown Dallas.

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Rytilahti was in his native Finland and Arce was vacationing in Mexico when the house went on the mar ket. But they knew right away, from looking at the online listing, that they wanted it.

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No major renovations were necessary. They replaced part of the second-story front deck, plus they put in new wood floors and carpeting.

“We just wanted to bring it back to where it should be,” Arce says.

It’s a “friendly house,” he says.

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Asked about herself, the 17-year-old answers in quick yeses and nos, lilting mmhms and matterof-fact head nods.

She’s a hard nut to crack.

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A family friend and neighbor, Blood has known Torey since she was scampering around in princess dresses, and she spent 10 years making a documentary about Torey.

“She has impeccable comic timing and the best sense of humor I’ve ever seen,” Blood says of the Woodrow Wilson High School junior.

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“Torey’s Distraction” is Blood’s movie about Torey and the surgery.

“It shows all the emotional trauma she went through because at 6 years old, she didn’t really know why we were changing her face,” Andrea Harrah says.

The distraction made comforts like sleep and food elusive. Torey became sick while she was in the distraction, and she had to be rushed to the hospital for an emergency tracheotomy.

While it was happening, it was just life, Andrea says, and they dealt with it as it came. But “it’s hard to watch the movie,” she says, because “when you see it on the screen, it’s totally different. I get emotional, and so does Torey because she doesn’t like to see me cry.”

Torey’s mom and dad, Randy, funded the film with Blood and other friends, and they are entering as many film festivals as possible.

The movie took the Audience Choice Award at the Austin Film Festival last year.

“Torey affects everyone she meets,” Blood says. “There’s something magical about her and the way she sees the world.”

When Torey was little, she had a happy, outgoing personality. But as she realized her differences, she withdrew. Now she’s something of a loner, and she likes to stay inside most of the time. There are a lot of places she refuses to go because she dreads how people will react to her looks.

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“It’s a life-changing experience,” Andrea says. “Torey’s gone for three years, and it’s made a huge difference.”

The family lives in a spacious Prairie-style home on Munger that is undergoing renovations. Andrea and Randy bought the house 15 years ago after the family moved from Florida to Dallas so Torey could be treated by Dr. Fearon, and they chose the house because of its huge attic.

“My dream is to finish out the attic and make guest quarters so that craniofacial kids and their families can come and stay with us while they’re in the hospital,” Andrea says.

“Life is hard for these kids. I’m just trying to make it a little easier for them.” —RACHEL STONE

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“People don’t normally get to look behind the door the movie opens,” Blood says.

The movie was as “labor of love” that Blood, a business owner who was a single mother at the time she started filming, worked on in her spare time. In 2004, she decided to stop work on other film projects until she finished “Torey’s Distraction”.

“I had no idea it would be such a long process, but I always came back to it because of the story,” she says. “I could never let it go because I started really understanding their world.”

The film features two other mothers and daughters with Apert syndrome who were also being treated at Dr. Jeffrey Fearon’s Craniofacial Center at Medical City Dallas.

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However, some major problems remain unaddressed.

One of the worst problems we currently face is clear-cutting, or cutting down trees to clear a site for development. This is allowed if replacement trees are planted, or money is deposited into a reforestation fund. Sometimes, however, a developer will come in with bulldozers and chain saws on a Friday afternoon or a Saturday, without city permission. This is the “weekend massacre”, where the damage is done before anyone can stop it. Although the public may be outraged, an occasional small fine or no penalty at all is the usual city response.

That response highlights the problem of

weak enforcement, even when the violation is flagrant. Legal or illegal, the end result of clearcutting is the same — barren land stripped of every tree.

As discussions were taking place on how to effectively address clear-cutting, the city attorney’s office opined that restricting an owner’s right to cut down all his trees amounts to a “taking” of his property rights and could result in legal action against the city. But any property restriction a city puts in place amounts to a taking.

Telling someone that he has to provide setbacks on his property is a taking. Telling him he can’t build a structure as high as the sky or cover the entire lot with his building is a taking. Cities are able to restrict height and lot coverage and impose setbacks because the regulations are contained in zoning and/or building codes that apply to everyone’s proper-

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INSIDE VIEWS ty. Restricting the ability to take down every tree on a lot, applied uniformly, would be the same as the other restrictions — what is lacking in the case of trees is the city’s will to do it.

Speaking of zoning, a developer can go to city hall and request Planned Development District (PDD) zoning, which enables him to entirely circumvent the tree ordinance because its regulations do not apply to Planned Developments. This loophole is not addressed in the ordinance revisions, and Dallas already has more than 700 PDDs. The current ordinance also exempts residential properties of less than two acres from any tree controls. This allows property owners with significant trees to cut them down if they choose, greatly impacting the tree canopy in long-established residential neighborhoods.

There aren’t any provisions to help control the spread of tree diseases by regulating tree trimming practices and practitioners. Tree trimmers can spread tree diseases such as oak wilt by not cleaning their tools between jobs. Oak wilt is caused by beetles that attack red oaks and live oaks during the months of February through June. The beetles enter the tree through open cuts, attracted by the sap. Oak wilt can kill infected trees within weeks, and can devastate entire neighborhoods because the disease can travel from tree to tree through intertwined root systems.

Discussion of revising the tree ordinance started about five years ago as developers began asking for relief from what they felt were provisions that made it more expensive for them to build in the city’s southern sector, where much of the land is treed and hilly. But easing restrictions in an already weak ordinance is not the way to go. What is needed is enacting the proposed improvements and addressing the remaining problems — clear-cutting, tree disease dangers, and ordinance circumventions or exemptions.

Resistance to strengthening the tree preservation ordinance already has begun. Unless Dallas residents make it clear to city hall that they want stronger provisions, we won’t see changes that stop clear-cutting disasters, consistently preserve large old trees instead of replacing them with tiny new trees, and protect Dallas’ green canopy for a more beautiful city with cleaner air.

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LIVE LOCAL THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES The big news in East Dallas has been the four-alarm fire that changed the landscape of Lower Greenville 1 . On March 2 at 5 a.m., a fire started at Terilli’s Italian restaurant and quickly spread through the adjacent attic to the other three tenants in the retail center, Greenville Bar & Grill, Hurricane Grill and Mick’s Bar. All four businesses were destroyed, and an estimated $1.6 million worth of damage was done to the 1930s-era building and its contents. Visit the Back Talk blog at advocatemag.com for updates on this story.

Potbelly 2 is opening a sandwich shop in Old Town Shopping Center (5500 Greenville). It will be the sixth sandwich shop in the stretch of Greenville between Lovers and Caruth Haven, joining a Subway and Baker Bros. on the east side of the street, and a Jersey Mike’s, Quiznos and Schlotzky’s on the west side. But it will be the only one where you can listen to live music while eatin’ your sandwich.

Guerilla Arts, a new art gallery at 1900 N. Haskell, hosted its inaugural show last month. The gallery is the brainchild of upand-coming artist Patrick Short, who spent the past year rehabbing the 5,000-squarefoot warehouse himself. The structure was built in 1900, and had been vacant for five years. Part of Short’s mission for the new studio is to “nurture emerging artists in Texas by providing them with exhibition opportunities, work space and teaching experience.” Short plans to show artists working in graffiti, installation, video and site-specific media, and encourages other artists to propose their own shows for the space. Classes will open up later this spring and summer. Visit guerillaarts.com for information on upcoming shows, or contact Short at guerillaarts@sbcglobal.net.

Urban Acres 3 , the organic food co-op, is opening a storefront next month at the Promise of Peace Garden (promiseofpeace. us), Gaston and Grand. At Urban Acres farm stands, members can pick up organic produce and other food items ordered in advance, or simply shop for goodies

fresh from the farm.

Items include farm-fresh local meats, dairy, produce, local raw honey, raw chocolate and other snacks, wild-caught fish from Alaska, and more.

Membership in the co-op is $62 to join, and $50 for a food share (about a bushel) or $30 for half a food share. Once enrolled, members can pick up their share every other week. Urban Acres, which has three other locations in the Dallas area, works directly with local Texans who farm 100 percent organically.

Visit urbanacres.wordpress.com to see what the hubbub’s about and find more information on joining the co-op.

Our neighborhood recently lost a couple of businesses: Needless Necessities, the oxymoronic furniture and home decor boutique on Henderson, closed after five years in business, and nearby Crush Wine Shop 4 (3205 Knox) lost its lease.

In a newsletter to customers, wine shop owner Jim Larkin said: “Future plans are uncertain, but stay tuned.”

Legacy Antiques (legacyantiques.com) in the Design District is a go-to shop for 18thand 19th-century French, Italian, English, and Continental antiques, including furniture, accessories, lighting and decorative arts. Lakewood residents Victoria and Justin Garett own the shop, and their son, Justin Jr., has run Legacy since it opened 12 years ago. After the success of their retail shop and increasing internet inquiries and sales through their website, daughter Julie Van Dolen launched online web portal Latique 5 (latique.com) to bring antique lovers and antique dealers

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STONEWALL JACKSON ELEMENTARY PTA hosts the Shake Rattle & Roll concert, dinner and silent auction on Saturday, May 1, at Life in Deep Ellum. The concert will feature Marc Solomon of Zounds Sounds and rockabilly band The Reverend Horton Heat, whose bass player, Jimbo Wallace, is a Stonewall Jackson dad. Dinner will be a Mexican buffet by Primo’s. Individual tickets are $50 in advance, a table of 10 for $1,000, and both can be purchased at shakerattleandrollauction.org. All proceeds will benefit educational needs at Stonewall Jackson Elementary.

THE BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL classes of 1959 and ’60 are planning a reunion for Oct. 8-9. They are missing contact information for about 50 graduates. Contact Penny Dearing Lewis at 214.348.0126 with graduate information.

THE 46TH ANNUAL LAKEWOOD ART SHOW starts May 4.

Artists over the age of 18 are invited to submit up to two entries. Submit an entry on May 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth, 214.670.1376.

THE CASA LINDA AARP CHAPTER will meet at the Community Life Center of Casa Linda United Methodist Church, 1800 Barnes, on Monday, April 5 at 10 a.m. This month Don Rainey will speak on early Texas history. For more information, call 214.321.1705.

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BAPTIST GASTON OAKS BAPTIST / Greenville Ave & Royal Lane Sunday Worship 10:45 am / Bible Study 9:30 am www.gastonoaks.org / 214.348.0958 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

CHURCH OF CHRIST SKILLMAN CHURCH OF CHRIST / 3014 Skillman St. Sunday School 9:30 am / Sunday Worship 10:30 am Grace Café & Bible Study Wed. 6:00 pm / 214.823.2179

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

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION / 3966 McKinney Ave / 214.521.5101 Sunday: Traditional 7:30, 9:00, 11:15 am and 5:00 pm Contemporary 9:00, 11:15 am and 6:00 pm / incarnation.org ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH / 848 Harter Road, 75218 Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Christian Ed. 9:00 am 214.321.6451 / www.stjohnsepiscopal.org THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MATTHEW / 5100 Ross Ave. Sunday Traditional: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Adult Education 9:30 am Hispanic Service 12:30 / 214.823.8134 / www.episcopalcathedral.org

INTER-DENOMINATIONAL GRACEHILL COMMUNITY / www.gracehill.cc 10:00 am @ Dallas Children’s Theater / Skillman & NW Hwy. Awesome Kid’s Ministry / Use Entrance Facing Home Depot

LUTHERAN FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule.

214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL / 6121 E Lovers Ln. Sunday: Sunday School 9:15 am, Worship 8:00 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm / 214.363.1639 / www.ziondallas.org

NON-DENOMINATIONAL WHITE ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH / 9353 Garland Rd /214.320.0043 Sun. Bible Study 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am / Wed. Bible Studies 10:00 am & 7:30 pm / event facilities for rent / whiterockchurch.org

PRESBYTERIAN NEW ST. PETER’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.438.0120 Meet at Dallas Children’s Theater – Skillman at NW Hwy Worship: 9:30 am / www.newstpeters.org NORTHPARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.363.5457 9555 N. Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org New Pastor: Rev. Brent Barry / 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday Services 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 CHURCH OF CHRISTIANITY / www.dallasunity.org 11:00 am Sun. Worship & Sunday School; 9:30 am adult class.

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CHEERING FOR CANADA CONFESSIONS OF A SYMPATHETIC PATRIOT Should I be worried about my patriotism?

Watching the Winter Olympics in Vancouver last month, I realized something was happening that caused me pause. I found myself quietly cheering for the home team Canadians in the gold medal hockey game.

There, I said it.

My son understood my sentiment, especially since I wanted Dallas Stars’ star and Canadian Olympian Brendan Morrow to be in good spirits when he resumed playing for the home team.

He will be. The Canadian team won the gold in an overtime thriller against the upstart United States team.

We had our “Miracle on Ice” in the 1980 Lake Placid games against the Russians. We were amateurs; they were professionals in any honest sense of the word. Our kids beat their men. Freedom-loving Americans defeated the Communist Soviets. The Cold War would end before the close of the decade, but the victory at the rink in upstate New York that night might have been the icebreaker.

Now the thaw I feel in my cold competitive heart signals something else. We used to cheer for America against Iron Curtain countries.

Those manly-looking, testosterone-aided East German swimmers chilled our sympathies.

Those biased Romanian figure-skating judges stole medals from our deserving youths. And those Red Chinese were making it clear that if they put their minds to it, they could produce champions as surely as cheap goods.

But I found myself sympathizing with the Russians for their poor achievements at these games. (Still, the Russian skater didn’t outperform the American gold medalist just because he could do a quadruple jump. He was a poor sport.) I was happy for the Belarus aerial skier who won the gold, and for the American who risked a medal by doing his most difficult signature Hurricane aerial maneuver and landed the silver. Good for both of them. I wanted to see China show well in winter games, as they have in summer games. The competition will be better with them as a real threat.

But just to show it’s not about secret socialism in my heart, I was thrilled that little Norway

(only 5 million people) dominated the alpine events in a way fitting for the country that gave us alpine sports. (Okay, so I have Norwegian heritage on my mother’s side, and Norway is a highly socialized democracy.) As for our neighbors to the north, Canada hosted the games and delivered a great showing in the sports that matter most to them. Good for them.

G. K. Chesterton, that witty British journalist of yesteryear, said of patriotism that it’s the right impulse to love most that which you are closest to. He argued that those “cosmopolitans”, who disdain nationalists for being nativists, really love mankind more than men, as some might love motherhood more than their own mothers. There’s a strange coldness, he thought, about those who cannot celebrate their own country in favor of vaguely honoring all countries.

But can you celebrate your own country and still can be happy for those who celebrate their own?

I don’t apologize for loving my own son and daughters more than yours, but that doesn’t excuse me for failing to see yours as valuable to you as mine are to me. They aren’t less than mine because they are yours. And America isn’t better because it is my country than Ghana is if it is yours.

All people of faith are taught some version of the biblical command “thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Somehow that suggests that true patriots learn to love neighboring countries while proudly waving their own flags. National zeal needn’t fly in the face of another’s flag being raised on the highest podium.

We may never learn the words to the Belarus national anthem, but we can know the feeling in the heart of those who sing it — and maybe we can even learn to hum along with them.

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.

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PUPPY LOVE Bobby and Catherine Jones hung out with their dog, Max, at the Unleashed Dog Park Valentine’s Day Bash. The indoor dog park celebrated its one-year anniversary last month.

HIGH HOOPS Curtis Davis, Stephon Smith and DonWayne Mayberry of Woodrow Wilson talk strategy during their playoff game against Sherman.

The Wildcats ended up winning 68-56.

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SWEET SMELL OF SPRING Students from Alex Sanger Elementary recently attended opening day of the Dallas Arboretum’s Dallas Blooms, Fiesta de las Flores, which continues through April 11. Behind the students are Jorge Calderon, Dallas market president of Capital One Bank; John Semyan, Dallas Blooms chairman; and a 12-foot topiary of Ferdinand the Bull.

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A+ CERTIFIED COMPUTER SERVICE Business/Home. Repair, Data & Networks Call a PC Pro: Rusty 214-912-0885 BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR Virus Removal, Data Recovery. Home /Biz. Network Install. All Upgrades & Repairs. PC Instruction, No Trip Fee. 214-348-2566 CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let A Seasoned Pro Be The Interface Between You & That Pesky Computer. Hardware & Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training, $60/hr. 1 Hr. Min. Dan 214-660-3733 Or stykidan@sbcglobal.net

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Chris 214-770-5001 EDMOND’S PAVING Asphalt & Concrete •Driveways •Sidewal s • a ios • e airs 214- 57-3216 • www ed onds avin co FLAGSTONE PATIOS, Retaining Walls, BBQ’s, Veneer, Flower Bed Edging, All Stone work. Chris 214-770-5001 MASONRY Brick/Stone Repairs.

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AMPLE AMPS for home/business. TECL 19031 MHK Electrical Contractors, Inc. 214-675-1375 ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Family Owned/Operated.

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Fritz Electric. 214-718-9648 FRITZ ELECTRIC Lic. Electrician TECL 24978 30 yrs exp. 214-629-0391 HANDY DAN “The Handyman” To Do’s Done Right. handy-dan.com Fans, etc 214-252-1628 LICENSED ELECTRICIAN Res/Commercial 20 yrs exp. Free est. 972-489-1597 Brian MASTER ELECTRICIAN Lic #TECL 55703.

Resd/Comcl. Bonded. Contr Lic# TECL23423.

Trinity Electrical Services. David 214-802-0436

Locally owned and operated since 1980

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FENCING & DECKS #1 COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. Est. ‘91.

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A FATHER, SON & GRANDSON TEAM Wood Fences, Automatic Gates & Decks Call Haven Edwards 214-327-0560 ABSOLUTE TEXAS FENCE New/Repair Wood Fences. 214-732-0139

214-349-9132 FIREPLACE SERVICES CHIMNEY SWEEP Dampers/Brick & Stone Repair. DFW Metro. Don 214-704-1722

FLOORING & CARPETING AUREUS HARDWOOD FLOORS 2010 specials going on now!! 972-207-4262 DALLAS ARDWOODS 214-724- 936 Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape.

Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 25 Yrs. STAINED CONCRETE FLOORS New/Remodel. Staining & Waxing.

Int/Ext. Nick Hastings. 214-341-5993 WORLEY TILE & FLOORING Custom Marble Install. 214-779-3842

SPECIALIZING IN

E AS ELE RI AL • 214-289- 639 Schedule your service call late evenings/weekends with no overtime charges. TECL 24668 TH ELECTRIC Reasonable Rates. Licensed & Insured. Ted. E257 214-808-3658 WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services.

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EAST DALLAS WINDOW CLEANING Free Estimates. Dependable. Derek. 214-827-7661 ENERGYSMARTIMPROVEMENTS.COM Window And Door Replacement. 469-358-8137

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hardwood floors

4 SEASONS HANDYMAN We do it all! Call 469-723-1000

Installation • Refinishing Repair • Cleaning & Waxing Old World Hand Scrape

A NEIGHBORHOOD HANDYMAN Electrical, Plumbing, & Carpentry Call Tim. 214-824-4620, 214-597-4501

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A FATHER, SON & GRANDSON TEAM Expert Window Cleaning. Storm windows our specialty. Haven Edwards 214-327-0560

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EST. 1991

214.692.1991

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

WINDOW SASH & SILL REPAIR Molding and Cabinets. Pete 214-923-5097

STEEL SALVATION Metal Specialist. Welding Repairs, Design, Metal Art, Unique Crosses.

Local Resident Over 40 Yrs. 214-283-4673

Wood Fences &Auto Gates cowboyfenceandiron.com

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214.348.7242 FREE ESTIMATES

ROCK GLASS CO Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 972-907-0944

LONE STAR DECKS Decks, Arbors, Fences, Patio Covers, TREX Decking & Fencing. www.lonestardecks.com 214-357-3975

COWBOY

SINCE 1938

Residential/Commercial | Sales/Service ALL brands of garage doors and openers

OAK CLIFF MIRROR & GLASS custom showers, doors, glass, mirrors. 214-747-3717

LAKE HIGHLANDS FENCE & DECKS Free Est. Unbeatable Price. 214-674-3858.

FENCE & IRON CO.

UNITED GARAGE DOORS All Types Of Garage Doors & Openers. Repair Or Replace. Commercial And Gates. 214-826-8096

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR cus o irrors • shower enclosures s ore ron s • case en s 214-34 -8160

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK New & Repair. Free Estimates.

Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

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GREEN WINDOW OMPAN 214-295-54 5 Specialty In Replacement Windows/Doors

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC. Automatic Gates, All Fences. Decks. Since 1996. 214-621-3217

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A BE ER REE OMPAN • JUS REES Complete tree services including Tree & Landscape Lighting! Call Mark 214-332-3444

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile.

General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582 KIRKPATRICK Home Service 214-729-8334 S illed Car en ry • hi e oc area 28 ears

Residential. Interior. Exterior.

Call today for a FREE estimate

MARK GASKILL All Repairs/Remodels. Int/Ext. Skilled. wWw‘74. 972-333-8884 home/business

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LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

A BETTER TREE MAN Trims, Removals, Insd.

10 rs ober s ree Service 214-808-8 25

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NEED HELP? FAST! Repairs/Remodel. Chris, Rick. 214-693-0678, 214-381-9549

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A&B LANDSCAPING Full Lawn Care, Landscaping, Tree Trimming, Fireplaces & Stonework.

Lic #0283917- Degreed Horticulturist 214-221-4421 - 214-534-3816

NO JOB TOO BIG. NO JOB TOO SMALL. 38 years exp. Ron Payne 214-755-9147

Complete decorating, redesign and organizing services.

ALTON MARTIN LANDSCAPING Spectacular Curbside Appeal! Excellent refs. 214-893-2420

Cheryl Stephens Interiors

Cheryl Stephens, CID 214.351.6676

SERVICE CHIEF Maintenance/Repairs, Honey Do’s, Power Wash. William 214-324-1280 WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS Repair, Paint, Clean, Install. 26 years experience.

Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232 WHITE ROCK HANDYMAN Paint & Remodel References. Mark Reindel 214-321-5280 WINDOW SASH & SILL REPAIR Molding and Cabinets. Pete 214-923-5097

HOUSE PAINTING 1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work.

Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs.

Ron 972-816-5634 or 972-475-3928 #1 GET MORE PAY LES 85% Referrals/Estimates 214-348-5070 A TEXTURE & FINISH SPECIALIST Since 1977. Int/Ext. Kirk’s Works 972-672-4681 A TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Interior & Exterior 972-234-0770 mobile 214-755-2700

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Specializing in Custom Blended Colors and Decorative Applications Italian Plaster Trompe L’oeil Hand Painted Designs Distressed Finishes Color Washes Wood Grains Design & Decor Color Consultation

Amy Christensen 214.693.8556 www.fauxgetaboutit.com

B.J.’S LANDSCAPING Complete Lawn & Garden Maintenance. Seasonal Color/Perennials. Certified.

16 rs es/Co 214-336-4673 BARE ROOTS LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS 214-421-1153. www.barerootsdesigns.com BEACHSCAPE Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping.

Stonework. Seasonal Color and Perennials.

Free Ests. 214-287-3571 BLOUNTS TREE SERVICE Spring Tree Service Special: Receive $25 Off With This Ad. Trimming.

Removals. Mistletoe Ivy Removal. Refs Avail. Free Ests. 44 yrs exp. Insured. Grady 214-275-5727

CASTRO TREE SERVICE Quality Work at Great Rates. Free est. Insured. 214-337-7097

A LADY’S TOUCH WALLPAPERING Texture, Paint & Repair. 27 yrs. exp. Free Est. Call Martha 972-712-2465; 972-832-3396

LILLI DESIGN Residential, Commercial.

C D Cer 10 rs www lilli-desi n co Katie Reynolds 214-370-8221

AYALA’S Landscaping & Tree Service. Call the Land & Tree Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

BUSSEYS LAWN CARE $30 Weekly.

Hedges. Clean ups. 214-725-9678

CIELA DESIGN 832-428-3857 Residential/Commercial Interior Design Services. cieladesign.com ABRAHAM PAINT SERVICE A Women Owned Tiles or Sinks WE •• Tubs, our Ho e or Business 25 rs n / all e rs Discoun s HOME DECORATIONS S ice Cultured Marble On Whole Interiors and Exteriors 214-682-1541 Spring. Home Shopping. Redecorate. Home Stylist.

REFINISH! • Kitchen Countertops Lupe. 214-801-3542 BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality INTERIOR DESIGN / CONSULTING Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768 Carolyn Contreras ASID MANNY’S HOME PAINTING & REPAIR Licensed/Exp. 214-363-0747 Int./Ext. Sheetrock , Manny 214-554-1327 www.allsurfacefinishing.com KIM ARMSTRONG INTERIOR DESIGN RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT www.interiorsbykim.com WHY REPLACE IT? PERMAGLAZE IT! Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513 Licensed/CID/ASID 214-500-0600 VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 972-613-2585

ARTHUR’S SPRINKLER REPAIR Serving E. Dallas for 20 yrs. LI 3449. 214-660-4860

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE Trim, Remove, Stump Grind. Free Est. Insured. 214-823-6463 COMPLETE LANDSCAPE & DESIGN Drainage, Stone Work, Sprinklers, Design.

Free Estimates. 972-898-6197 DALLAS D R SER I ES • 214-349- 914 Lawn Service & Landscape Installation DALLAS TREE SURGEONS Tree Trimming, Removal & Sales. Free Estimates.

972-633-5462 www.dallastreesurgeons.com DAVID’S COMPLETE LAWN CARE And Tree Service. 214-459-7404 EARTHGRAPHICS Landscape Maintenance.

Seniors Discount. Glenna 469-995-1495

MULTI-SURFACE RESTORATION TUBS/TILE/COUNTERTOPS 972.323.8375

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LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES 25% OFF TREE WORK IN APRIL Roberts Tree Svc Insd.10 yrs exp. 214-808-8925 4 SEASONS LAWN & LANDSCAPE Maintenance, Design, Stonework Call Aaron 214-636-0143

GREENSKEEPER Fall Clean Up & Fall Color. Sodding, Fertilization. Lawn Maintenance & Landscape.

Res/Com. 214-546-8846 HOLISTIC TREE CARE A Full-Service Tree Care Company Chuck Ranson, Certified Arborist c.ranson@sbcglobal.net 214-537-2008 HOLMAN IRRIGATION Sprinkler & Valve Repair/ Rebuild Older Systems. Lic. #1742. 214-398-8061 MOW YOUR YARD $27 White Rock Landscaping 214-415-8434

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ORTIZ LAWNCARE Complete Yard Care. Service

by Felipe. Free Est. 214-215-3599

Voted Best Budget Tree Service Aug ‘07 – D Magazine

PARADISE LANDSCAPES www.ParadiseLandscapes.net 214-328-9955

Salas Services

RONS LAWN Organic Solutions.

Not Environmental Pollution. Landscape & Maintenance 972-222-LAWN (5296) SPRINKLERS, LANDSCAPING, Stone Work, Drainage. Installed and Repair.

Call Kevin at 214-535-3352,Lic#7840. www.bigdirrigation.com

Over 20 years experience in

Free Estimates Insured

TAYLOR MADE IRRIGATION Repairs, service, drains. 27 yrs exp. Ll 6295.

Backflow Testing Cell-469-853-2326. John

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WATER-WISE URBAN LANDSCAPES www.TexasXeriscapes.com 469-586-9054 A Better Tree Company

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Repairs – Additions – Overhauls

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521 # M37740 Insured. All your plumbing needs.

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ARRIAGA PLUMBING: Repairs, Remodels, Water Heaters, Stopages. Ins’d.

Lic 20754 214-321-0589 214-738-7116

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS LANDSCAPE DESIGN CUSTOM STONE 22 Yrs. Exp. SPRING SPECIAL 10% Off Installation MAXIMUM DISCOUNT $200

Certified in Back Flow Prevention.

Licensed by State of Texas #2738

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Full Lawn Care Service

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TREE WIZARDS Trim Surgery Removal.

15 Yrs Exp. Insured. Free Est. 214-680-5885

Your Trees Could Look Like a Work of Art, I Guarantee It.

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214-827-7446

LANDSCAPE LIGHTING 972-325-4242

RAINMAKER SPRINKLER REPAIR

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Pond Man Water Gardens •Designed •Installed Drain & Clean

214-769-0324 U R LAWN CARE Maintenance & Landscaping Your personal yard service provided by Uwe Reisch.

214-886-9202

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A2Z PLUMBING 214-727-4040 All Plumbing Repairs. Slab Leak Specialists.

Licensed & Insured. ML# M36843.

JOE FAZ 214-794-7566 Sewers • Drains • Bonded License #1138402 • Available 24 hours / 7 days JUSTIN’S PLUMBING SERVICE For All Your Plumbing Needs. ml#M38121 972-523-1336. www.justinsplumbing.com M&S PLUMBING Quality Work & Prompt Service. Jerry. 214-235-2172. lic.#M-11523 REPAIRS, Fixtures,General Plumbing. Senior Discounts. Campbell Plumbing. 214-321-5943 SHEFFIELD PLUMBING We do it right the 1st time. Repairs, Rmdls. Insd. 214-941-8600 SPECK PLUMBING Licensed & Insured C 214-562-2360 • H 214-660-8378

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Ellen Key most cherished one piece of jewelry among all of the pieces she had owned. This piece had quite a story, a tale of romance with a mix of card playing. Key’s cherished necklace had been passed down to her from her mother. Attached was a diamond, which had originally been on her mother’s engagement ring, and she The Victim: Ellen Key loved the story of how that diamond made The Crime: Burglary its way to her mother.

Date: Sunday, Feb. 28 “My father won it in a poker game way back before World War II,” Key says. “He Time: 5:30 a.m.

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On Feb. 28, Key was spending some time in the country at her East Texas home.

“I have a lake house in East Texas,” she says. “A friend went by [the house] Sunday morning, and he called me and said the door was open, the TVs were gone, and other things were missing.”

A burglar had broken in the back door and ransacked her home, taking thousands of dollars in property, including two flat-panel televisions, an Apple laptop computer and, unfortunately, her mother’s necklace.

This was not the first time she had been burglarized, and now all of her jewelry had been stolen.

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“They got the piece of jewelry that my mother had given me,” she says.

“Last time they got all the other jewelry, and this necklace was all that was left.”

This latest crime has disheartened Key about remaining in the Lakewood area.

“I’ve lived here 30 years,” she notes. “I think I’m going to move. I can’t bear the thought of having to worry about my house getting broken into every time I leave town.”

Lt. Gloria Perez of the Dallas Police Northeast Patrol Division says it is unusual for a burglar to target the same home twice, unless the first burglary was interrupted or somehow not completed.

“However, in the case of these two burglaries, there are significant differences in the method of entry — unknown means versus prying open of rear door — and type of items stolen — silver and jewelry versus electronics. Also, the offenses took place over a year and a half apart. This suggests two different burglars,” she says.

Perez recommends “target hardening” to secure rear doors and yards, such as keeping all doors and windows locked at all times, including smaller entry points such as pet doors. Also, keep all gates secured with a strong lock, and having a vicious-sounding dog or an alarm system can be very helpful deterrents, she says.

“A criminal can still break in, of course, but they have less time to take what they like if a blaring alarm is going off in their ears.”

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LAST WORD

ALL WET?

WhAt’s At stAke in the proposed Wet-drY reFerendum Get ready for a political battle that is going to make the Trinity and hotel votes look like preschool tea parties.

We should know next month whether we’ll vote later this year on two issues: to allow retail wine and beer sales throughout Dallas, and to allow all restaurants to sell alcohol without private club restrictions.

This is truly a historic moment in city history. Most of Dallas has been dry in some form since Prohibition ended in 1933, and a wet vote in November would change its social, cultural and economic fabric. In this, it’s probably the largest wet-dry vote in state history, and is one of the largest in recent U.S. history. And everyone has an opinion, which we’ve already seen on our Back Talk blog.

I’ve even been accused of being a shill for the dry side, which is pretty funny considering that I’m a wine writer in one of my other lives. In fact, I think most dry laws are outdated and should be abolished, and have written this in many places over the past 15 years. But this election, as is usual when it comes to politics in Dallas, is about more than it seems.

Or, as SMU marketing professor Daniel

Howard put it: “This is not just about voting on alcohol sales. This is about revenue generation. When economic times are tough, people tend to look at vices like lotteries and alcohol, and they don’t see the vices. They see the revenue it will bring in.”

Consider the following: • Wet proponents are already talking about how retail beer and wine sales will boost city coffers. Far North Dallas councilman Ron Natinsky, who supports the proposals, says going wet could add $20 million a year to city sales tax revenue — 10 percent of what we currently take in. It’s not so much that this number is difficult to accept, which it is, but that it points to how desperate city leaders are to fix the budget. Dallas is going to allow booze because we’re broke? I never, ever thought I’d hear that one.

• You’ll also hear a lot about how going wet will spur economic growth.

Natinsky, in fact, told me that adding retail sales may lure retail giant Costco to the dry parts of Dallas. It won’t open a store here now, he says, because it can’t sell beer and wine (and Costco is the largest wine retailer in the United States). This begs the question of why Costco hasn’t opened a store in the wet parts of town, but maybe Natinsky knows something I don’t.

• And this is about zoning, which is something not a lot of people will want to talk about. If we go wet, anyone who qualifies for a state-authorized liquor license can open a retail beer and wine store anywhere they want (subject to

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city zoning requirements like distances from schools and churches). This is not necessarily a problem in wet areas like ours, but it presents a host of them in the dry parts of town, and especially south of the Trinity. Southern Dallas residents have been fighting alcohol retailers for decades, and this will not make their job any easier. In addition, any anti-alcohol zoning that the city council adds to protect the no-longerdry-areas will almost certainly be challenged in court. That information, by the way, comes from an attorney who files those sorts of suits.

• Finally, and most importantly, this is about how the city south of the Trinity may lose control of its destiny.

The wet-dry election, if it follows the pattern of most recent municipal elections, will be decided by mostly Anglo and mostly wealthier voters here, in Preston Hollow and in Far North Dallas.

That could raise all sorts of racial issues — something that city leaders have been working not to raise. I’m no fan of Mayor Park Cities, but he has tried make Southern Dallas feel like it’s part of the city. A wet victory could almost immediately undo any success he has had.

Hopefully, those are the issues we’ll talk about during the campaign.

Unfortunately, if past performance is any indication of future performance, we’ll end up with mud-slinging nastiness — and we’ll make a decision not based on what’s best for the city, but what’s best for the mud slingers.

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Jeff 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 e-mail editor@advocatemag.com. advocatemag.com/lakewood APRIL 2010

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