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Are a few fender benders a sign of a jinxed Jetta?

I’m not a person who believes much in luck. Yes, oddball stuff happens that’s hard to explain, and some people just seem to live under a lucky star, if you know what I mean.

But we generally make our own luck, I’ve told my sons, so what happens to us likely isn’t happenstance most of the time.

But that’s talking about luck in life. What about luck in terms of a car? Is it possible to have an unlucky car?

My wife insists my current car is unlucky, and I’m starting to wonder.

My black VW Jetta is a monster at the pump, with its clean diesel engine delivering more than 30 mpg in city driving and topping 45 mpg on the highway.

It rides pretty well for a small car, and its self-identified “leatherette” (aka vinyl) seats repel whatever hits them, so the interior remains showroom-clean, particularly since I force my wife to ditch her ubiquitous soda before entering.

The Jetta also has plenty of trunk room, so if I summoned the energy to tackle some big project, it wouldn’t be the car’s fault when I didn’t finish the job.

So when I wonder about the car’s “luck” factor, I’m talking about its magnetic attraction to the front bumpers of other cars.

Shortly after I bought the car four years ago, while preparing to turn right at a light, I found myself being assisted by the pickup truck behind me. No personal injuries, luckily, but my rear bumper took a beating.

That repair lasted about six months, until I was rear-ended again at another stoplight, also while in the right turn lane.

The car repair people patched the plastic so it once again looked new. And again, luckily, there were no injuries, except for my pride: My wife began suggesting that somehow my driving was responsible for the trouble. I figured she was just circling back on the soda issue.

But still, what about the car and its luck, or lack thereof? Two bumper whacks, along with myriad paint nicks from the doors of negligent neighboring parkers, made me wonder, out loud, whether I should be looking for an alternative.

Before I could do anything, though, my wife and I were returning from San Antonio along a particularly scary two-lane stretch of I-35 north of Waco, where it’s difficult to keep much distance between other cars because of incessant speeding and tailgating.

Sure enough, a few cars ahead I saw an instantaneous collection of rear stop lights amid a cloud of burning rubber as two lanes jammed with vehicles braked suddenly. I pounded the Jetta’s brakes and steered first right and then left in my lane to avoid the car in front of mine.

We came to a stop without incident, followed quickly by a “pow” as the BMW behind us came to a stop.

Once again, my rear bumper was smacked, and this time the body shop won’t be able to repair it.

So is the car unlucky? Or is the car neutral and the bumper lucky, considering I didn’t wind up with actionable whiplash in any of the three accidents?

I guess we’ll find out, since that bumper is headed to the great plastic recycling bin in the sky.

Maybe the Jetta is lucky — it has taken its licks even as everyone involved has walked away without a scratch.

At the end of the day, isn’t that the luckiest thing of all?

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comments and letters Reid Slaughter D.D.S.

Online posts about the GastonGarland-Grand shopping center by Advocate’s Rick Wamre, Jeff Siegel and Keri Mitchell have stirred up much discussion in the past few weeks. Here’s just a small sampling of what you can find. Check out lakewood.advocatemag.com for more.

On Keri Mitchell’s post, “The ‘Frisco on the Lake’ concept for GastonGarland? ‘Better, but not special.’”:

“Frisco on the lake, what a horrid idea! That’s no way to sell the concept to east dallasites. I live here because I hate frisco.” – Me

“It’s inevitable. You replace moldy bread with some luscious cake and someone will say, ‘But I wanted chocolate!’” – OnTheWhip

“This is just new frosting on the moldy bread. I still don’t want moldy bread.”

– Los_Politico

“What happened to freedom and responsibility? Dallas is usually such a bastion of these ideals. Except when it comes to what someone wants to do with property they own or have a stake in. Then, all of a sudden, everyone around them turns in to a socialist. How dare you develop that land the way you want? Why didn’t you ask me first? The neighborhood knows best, you should do what we want, never mind what your studies and research tells you. If any of these people whining about what Lincoln wants to do have a Tea Party sticker on their soccer-mommy-mobile, they should be ashamed.” – Wilson!

Local Home Prices are Rising — and Will Continue

If you’re considering new construction, or a remodeling project, now is the time to secure your costs.

According to Trulia.com, home prices in Dallas rose 3.4% compared to the same period last year. Usually, this would be a modest increase. Coming out of a national housing recession, it’s slightly more impressive, but not shocking. After all, DFW is booming due to state policies that are business-friendly.

In Lakewood and the surrounding areas, we’re right in the epicenter of the growth, with some of the best real estate and prettiest communities in all of Dallas. We’re near the cultural heart of the city, by the finest restaurants, and minutes from sporting venues and museums. We don’t rely on toll roads here, and (in case you haven’t noticed), we avoid the hellish commutes that the suburbanites endure.

Yet, even with the rationale for why our real estate is booming, we’re really startled by the increases we’ve seen in local home prices over the past few months, and even weeks. We’re talking about average sale price jumps of over $10,000 in a matter of weeks –and supply is dwindling. Local experts are predicting home and lot prices will continue to rise for the forseeable future.

David Bush, one of the area’s most experienced realtors, offered his assessment: “The North Texas real estate market has not seen the inventory shortages we are currently experiencing in over a decade; the market is so unbalanced on the supply side that we will inevitably see home prices rise, and in the close in urban markets like Lakewood and East Dallas even more so. With that said if you are considering buying an existing home or building a new one waiting even a short amount of time will cost you every day you wait”.

If you’re considering new construction or a remodeling project and want to keep within a certain budget, it’s also important to keep an eye on material costs. We’re seeing price hikes on everything from paint and drywall to bricks and sod. We’ve been in the business for 18 years, and when these inflationary periods happen, they happen in waves. We believe this is only the beginning.

At times like this, savvy homebuyers secure today’s costs and avoid the risk of prices rising further. If you’ve got new home ownership or a remodeling project on your horizon, talk to us today about your plans and let’s work together to keep your dreams within your budget.

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do best — bring out ideas and let people consider other possibilities. I think that’s what happening here, too, with the suggestions for Lincoln. I know that we have said in just about every post and article that Lincoln owns the property and can do what they want. But just like you have an opinion about what people think, what’s the harm in the rest of us offering up a few ideas for the property? It’s not as if Lincoln is going to be paying any attention anyway.”

– Rick Wamre

On Jeff Siegel’s post, “Why we care about local developments like Gaston-Garand-Grand”:

“I’ll never understand the issue some posters have with people sharing their opinion. We all realize that the executives at Lincoln are not reading this site (and especially the comments) and saying to themselves: ‘Hmmm, that is a great idea. I hadn’t thought of that. I’m going to change my entire plan.’ So what does it hurt for neighbors to weigh in? What does it hurt for people in the community to express

their frustration at having another strip center (which will turn into Far West 2 in a few years)? Yes, we acknowledge that if we really wanted to have some ‘input,’ we would’ve broken open the piggy banks, turned over the couch cushions, and empty the change holders in our vehicles to buy the property ourselves. I, too, would like to see something better than another Casa Linda shopping center (no offense Casa Linda). With that being said, I’ll be relieved to not have to try to navigate drunk Far West patrons on Gaston Road for the next few years. So, Lincoln executives (since I’m sure you’re reading this comment, too), thanks for taking the initiative. If you’d like some input on how to make this property a truly high-end shopping center, there is no shortage of opinions to be found. If you want to make a quick buck and stamp out another strip center, that’s your prerogative, too. In the meantime, I’ll be looking under couch cushions and picking up quarters on the sidewalk, waiting for the eventual downturn of another strip center. ”

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Q&A with Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell:

The Mondells moved to East Dallas in the 70s. Coming from similar backgrounds — Allen’s in reporting and Cynthia’s in public information — they soon began collaborating on projects. Now they’ve been married for 43 years and working together for 35. Decide for yourself whether or not that’s a good thing.

How did y’all come to be in East Dallas?

AM: “I got a job at KERA, so we arrived here in 1973, and I went to work for a program at the time called Newsroom. We came here from Vermont. I was writing the ‘As Yet Unpublished Great American Novel,’ and she was writing the ‘As Yet Unproduced Great American Screenplay,’

but we’re not independently wealthy, so we were running out of money. So we applied around, and we tried different places around the country to get jobs, and wherever we got the job that’s where we would go. So KERA gave me an offer, and we came here, and we liked it. Do you want to pick up from here?”

CM: “We liked the area because it was diversified, and we only had a bicycle, so it was easy to get around.”

AM: “No, the question now is…”

CM: “The question was ‘How did y’all come to be in East Dallas?’”

AM: “Well, we’ve gotten beyond that.”

CM: “Oh, well, I don’t listen to what he says.” *both laugh*

AM: “This goes on all the time. We’ve been married for 43 years, and we’ve been working together for 35 years.”

CM: “And I still don’t listen to what he says. So anyways, we liked the area because it was diversified, and the little shops around here were really cool. Since we couldn’t find our mountains and our vistas, then we wanted a strong community, and that’s why we chose this area.”

When did the two of you start working together?

CM: “We started working together when I raised money for a film named ‘Who Remembers Mama?’ in 1977. I raised money for the film, and KERA was going to give me the matching in-kind services, and one of the matching in-kind services was Allen was going to produce it for KERA.”

AM: “I never thought of myself as an inkind service.” *both laugh*

CM: “You’re an in-kind service. You and the Xerox machine. So, anyways, we really worked well together. I had renovated an office, and then Allen decided it would be good to leave KERA and work with me.”

So what is it like to work with your spouse?

AM: “We both felt like we wanted to make films that somehow could make changes in people’s lives, could make a better society, and we felt like together we would make these films that hopefully would make a difference. We would also

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distribute them, rather than handing it off to a distribution company. So by producing and distributing, we could make sure the films could get to the people and the organizations that could benefit from the subject matter.

“We have similar skills, so it’s not like she’s doing all one thing, and I’m doing all of the other. We both co-write, co-produce and co-direct the films that we do. Cynthia is better at one thing. Because of her background and her personality, she’s much better at marketing and PR than me. See, that’s a pitch to you.”

CM: “I thought you were going to say technology.”

AM: “That too.”

CM: “The technical part, I’m much more astute…”

AM: “More astute. Not much more astute.”

CM: “But in terms of the content, we both have very different eyes in the way we see certain things and the way we interpret. So what makes our collaboration really successful is that there’s no ego involved. It’s just the project that we care about. It’s the importance of the film, and we also respect each other’s opinion. We don’t agree a lot, but we respect each other. When we first started, when we were working on different projects, we thought the project we were working on was the most important thing in our lives, and we would neglect things at home. It’s easier to split those things up when you know the other person is working just as hard as you. There’s an understanding.”

Would you say that’s the key, having a common goal?

CM: “Oh yeah. I’ve seen a lot of people who work together, when one of them gets more credit than the other, that splits up their collaboration.”

AM: “It’s a partnership. And in a partnership, whether it’s in a totally different business or whether it’s a relationship, you have to have respect for each other.”

—Brittany Nunn

Learn more about the Mondells’ Media Projects, Inc. at mediaprojects.org. The couple’s most-recent film, “A Reason to Live” aired on KERA in January.

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At first glance, it sounds like something from a movie or a detective novel, but Anne Sugano isn’t being theatrical when she says she believes she has made the largest Biblical discovery ever. The “Parable Blueprint,” as she calls it, is the lens through which the Bible ought to be read, but isn’t, she says. Her book, “The Parable Blueprint: The Gospels: 153 Fish,” which she published in January and began selling on Amazon in March, lays out her theory in layman’s terms — plus a bit of her own lingo, coding and abbreviations. She’s ambiguous when explaining her theory — after all, she can’t give all her secrets away for free, she says — but essentially, Sugano claims almost the entire Bible, plus many other Biblical texts, are written in a pattern that can be broken down into five parts. She says each part gives deeper understanding of the text when it is read through the pattern rather than through the given chapter and verses that categorize most Bibles today. “This brings a new dimension to understanding the scripture,” Sugano says. “It will answer a lot of questions that scholars have, but more than anything, I think it’s going to bring a lot of personal freedom.” She hopes her outline will allow people who struggle with reading the Bible to appreciate it as a piece of literary art, much like a poem. That was what the blueprint gave her, at least — a new perspective of the scripture after years of grappling with some of its concepts. She began working on the “Parable Project” with her dad eight years ago. Although she has no formal training, after years of poring over Biblical texts, she considers herself something of a textual critic. In her opinion, the Bible wasn’t meant to be read as “black and white, fire and brimstone,” but as a tool to teach people wisdom, and she hopes her book will help others read it that way as well.

—Brittany Nunn

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Jeff and anJa Woodson

5210 Swiss

Built in: 1900’s Remodeled in: 2010 the mission: Kitchen facelift

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Simple lines and calming colors define the 100-year-old, prairie-style home on historic Swiss. When Jeff and Anja Woodson remodeled their kitchen in 2010, they knew they wanted to stay within the same soft contemporary theme as the rest of the house, and East Dallas-based home design experts Bella Vista Company helped them figure out the rest. The first thing the Woodsons did was knock out the bar area, which was taking up too much space. “It was more a storage area than anything, so we took the bar out, and it opened up this whole area,” Anja explains, indicating, with a sweeping motion, the entrance to the kitchen. While they were at it, they removed a chimney in the corner where the refrigerator is now. Ample windows and a custom-made, extra-wide glass door helped give the room an open, airy feel. “It’s really not very big. We didn’t

enlarge it,” Anja points out. But the use of space and colors — soft grays, greens and a hint of purple — seem to lend extra light to the room. Before the remodel, the kitchen floors and countertops were brown granite. “It was pretty. It was a very slick kitchen, but with that and the tiny windows, it was always dark,” she ex-

plains. They replaced the countertops with designer concrete, which was cast in molds on site by Designer Concrete & Supply Inc., so the Woodsons were able to pick the color tone and finish. Many of their appliances — such as the refrigerator and dishwasher — are smartly masked as drawers or cabinets by wooden covers. Once the heavy work

was done, designer Tiffany Fulmer of Cozy Couture Interiors helped the Woodsons apply the finishing touches to the kitchen with Ann Sacks tiles, Sonneman Bubble Light Pendants from Lights Fantastic, and “floating” shelves. For an extra pop of color, Anja says, she loves to add vibrant flowers and books to the shelves.

—Brittany Nunn

Landscape art

Jimmy Turner says everyone thinks his job as senior director of gardens at the Dallas Arboretum is pastoral, peaceful and fun all the time. And it is fun. Gardening is his work and his hobby, but it’s not all flowers and sunshine, he says. The weather in North Texas in the spring is unpredictable. “Wind, tornadoes, hailstorms, freezing rain, snow, flooding, heat,” he says. “These are things that keep me up at night.” Turner has been directing the arboretum’s gardens for 10 years. He designs Dallas Blooms, which opens March 4. He also masterminded the fall pumpkin village, which drew more visitors to the arboretum last year than the spring flowers. The arboretum used to focus on chrysanthemums in the fall, but that didn’t draw big crowds, Turner says. So about five years ago, he decided to focus on West Texas-grown pumpkins. The first year, they ordered about 1,500 pumpkins and built one house, impaling the gourds with stakes to form the house. It lasted barely two weeks because the pumpkins rotted. But since then, Turner and his staff have refined the building process, using fabricated metal bases to support the pumpkins. “We build a whole village now,” Turner says. Last year they ordered 55,000 gourds, semi trucks full. Dallas Blooms still is what the arboretum is famous for worldwide, Turner says, even tulip growers in Holland know about it. Last November, the arboretum’s horticulturists planted 500,000 tulip bulbs. The spring celebration also in-

cludes about 100,000 bedding plants, plus cherry trees, azaleas and flowering shrubs. Turner says he thinks of designing Dallas Blooms as designing a set. Everything has to look wonderful from every angle. “It’s a production,” he says. “It changes on a daily basis.” He plans the color schemes meticulously, even though the results won’t be seen for months afterward. “It’s like painting with invisible paint and then waiting to see what it’s going to look like once it’s visible,” he says. That is something he frets about too, but really, there are no bad color combinations, he says. One year, Southern Living featured Dallas Blooms, and the writer’s favorite color combination was found in a patch of garden planted with extra bulbs. “We mixed them up in a bucket and put them in the ground, and that was their favorite color combination,” Turner says. Turner is a home gardener who first started digging in the dirt as a kid at his parents’ side in East Texas. He says he plants tulips at home, but when asked for tips on planting tulips, he says, “Don’t plant tulips. They’re ethereal. They only last a couple of weeks at most, and they don’t come back. If you want to plant a bulb in the fall, plant daffodils. They’re very hardy, and they will keep coming back long after you’re gone.” Tulips are a lot of work. They don’t do well in our climate, but at Dallas Blooms, they last into May thanks to the rich soil and daily babying they receive from professional horticulturists. “The best thing to do is come here and enjoy them at Dallas Blooms or buy a cut bouquet,” he says.

—Rachel Stone

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Dallas Police Officer Alan Bietendorf says he wasn’t exactly a troublemaker when he was growing up in Lakewood during the ‘60s and ‘70s, but he was still a kid. “Of course, that’s what I laugh about. Back then, not that we were doing illegal stuff, but we were running around and the police were after us,” he recalls with a chuckle, “and here I am a police officer.” Not only is he a police officer, but after more than 30 years with the Dallas Police Department, and he’s made his way back to Lakewood. But this time he’s seeing the neighborhood from a different point of view. Times have changed, he says. “I think crime in general has become so much more prevalent. And violent crimes, growing up, we just didn’t have those kinds of problems. I mean, we weren’t in a utopian society by any means.” But he remembers riding his bike with friends to White Rock Lake and hanging out at parks, particularly the popular Woodrow hangout Woodrow Hill (now T&P Hill). They’d be outside for hours without checking in, and no one would worry about them. “Back then, we didn’t know what gangs were. It was just a group of friends running around, having fun.” Now, he’s afraid ever-rising crime rates are stifling that kind of childhood. Yet Bietendorf believes Lakewood has, in some ways, managed to defy the times and cling to some of those oldfashioned values. “Really, the main problems that we have are property crimes there’s really not a lot of violent crimes.” He attributes Lakewood’s overall success to its family-oriented residents. “It’s still a cool place, to me, even seeing it from where I’m at now,” he says. Bietendorf was hired on with the Dallas Police Academy in 1981 at age 23. Originally, he was assigned to the Northeast Division. After that, he worked the “deployment unit,” doing a lot of search and surveillance in plain clothes. He also worked 13 years in personnel before getting back on the streets in 2010 to do patrolling again. Then, in January 2012, he requested the Lakewood patrol and received it. He says he’s still got a few good years before he retires, and he hopes to spend those years keeping a watchful eye on his childhood neighborhood.

—Brittany Nunn

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Carnivore, converted

Lakewood resident Nancy Addison is the picture of health. Everything about her — from her radiant skin and long, silky hair to her bright, engaging smile —screams health, wellness and positive energy. You would never know that Addison once struggled with health issues including acute anemia, carpal tunnel syndrome, severe headaches and being overweight after the birth of her two children. She also has a family history of heart disease and cancer. But now, she’s a certified health expert who is highly regarded by health professionals and has written a new book, “How to Be a Healthy Vegetarian.” Her book is, essentially, a compilation of everything she’s learned — through trial and error — since she became a devout vegetarian 27 years ago. “I did not know anything when I first started,” she explains. “I just knew that if I continued down the same path as my family, I would probably end up with blood disease and/or cancer.” Addison’s decision to give up meat for greener eating happened after she stumbled across an article in Life magazine that detailed the new wave of corporate farming and the condition of the animals. She was horrified, she says. And that was that; she was a vegetarian. Of course, it wasn’t that easy. Being born and raised in the South made it difficult to write off meat-eating initially. Her friends and family were concerned it would diminish her already wavering health, and what about her children? She began researching how to be a healthy vegetarian. Soon she began feeling better, and her doctors watched in amazement as her health problems slowly faded into nonexistence. Addison insists she’s healthier today in her 50s than she was in college. Lucky for us, she’s not stingy with her findings; she passes them along in her book. “It’s a really great guide to health,” she says. “A lot of people who buy it are not vegetarian, and they use it as a reference book.”

—Brittany Nunn

years, costume chair Vickie Thompson (bottom left) and Susan Schuerger (bottom right) have assisted musical director and theater teacher John Beaird (top) by outfitting Woodrow’s spring musical.

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spring musical, “Anything Goes,” Vines knew the drill. She was chair of Woodrow’s musical committee in 2003 and 2004 when her daughters were in the musical, so she understands how important the production is to the school and the community. Better yet, she knew of the ideal space. The Fowler Community Partner Building on the Fowler Homes property had recently been set up for nonprofits to use. “And Woodrow just so happened to be the first one to call. This space is going to be perfect for them,” she says as she walks through the door of the partner building. Inside, Susan Schuerger and Vickie Thompson are busy prepping the space for the weeks to come. The “musical house,” as they call it, is where all the costumes are made. This year there are only about 80 students (yes, only; there have been hundreds in the past) to dress. The

play takes place on a cruise ship, so each character must have at least three costumes — deckwear, everyday clothes and evening wear — and each outfit must be as unique as the actor wearing it. Thompson, the chair of the costumes committee, is the mastermind behind making that happen. “My understanding is that this year it’s going to be red, white and blue, and it’s all going to be sequins and boas and furs,” she says. It takes a little engineering, a load of sewing and a whole lot of magic to pull hundreds of costumes together every spring, but Thompson has been doing that for at least a dozen years. “We stay for the pay, don’t we, Susan?” quips Thompson. “Oh yeah, every year it costs me more,” Schuerger retorts. But for all the joking, Vines insists they love every part of it, down to the last crazy second: “It’s all fun. It’s the grins on the students’ faces that make us happy.”

For more on “Anything goes,” Woodrow Wilson High School’s Fine Arts Department musical, see the calendar listing on page 35 or visit woodrowwildcats.org, $10 in advance, $12 at the door

—Brittany Nunn

“My understanding is that this year it’s going to be red, white and blue, and it’s all going to be sequins and boas and furs.”

paws & claws

Smile, Savannah!

East Dallas feline Savannah is as sweet as she is pretty, says her mom Whitney Keye Her favorite game is pouncing on imaginary spots on the carpet, over and over again. She also loves to sit in people’s laps and share her love, but on her own time, of course.

What gives?

Small ways that you can make a big difference for nonprofits

Grab your lighter … and watch Jason Castro in concert on April 6 to benefit foster children. The Foster Teens Benefit Concert at Lakewood Theater, by Foster Kids Charity in cooperation with The World Global Women Council, will support the upcoming Dallas Home for Foster Children, a brand new shelter for teens and their siblings. The event costs $25 per ticket if you order online, or $30 at the door. All of the ticket sales and promotional item proceeds will go to Foster Kids Charity shelter. If you want to do more, you can volunteer with talent room/meal set up, security, stage assistance, ushering and others. For more, visit fosterkidscharity.org.

Thank a police officer …

by participating in the White Rock 5k to benefit families of Dallas Police Officers on April 18. The 5K course will wind along the shores of beautiful White Rock Lake. Park at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. If possible, please carpool. Registration begins at 5 p.m. at West Tower of Doctors Hospital at 9330 Poppy Drive, and the race starts at 7 p.m. Online registration is $30 through Sunday, April 7. After that, registration will be $35 though Tuesday, April 16 at midnight. Race day fee is $40. Visit the white5K.com.

Air up your tires…

and take the Tour Dallas Bike Ride on April 6 at 8 a.m. to benefit the Promise House. You and your friends can cycle routes of 8, 20 and 30 miles. The Promise House helps homeless, runaways and at atrisk teens through support and encouragement. Registration begins at Dallas City Hall at 1500 Marilla at 6:30 a.m. Tour day fee is $40. Visit tourdallas.org for more.

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April 2013

April 20-April 21

White Rock Home Tour

The 8th annual White Rock Home Tour will showcase mid-century modern, new modern and sustainable homes. Proceeds from the White Rock Home Tour benefit Hexter Elementary, supporting campus technology and the literacy library. White Rock Lake area, whiterockhometour.org, $15 in advance, $20 during show

April 1

Italian Cellist in concert

Francesco Mastromatteo will perform a solo concert, “Narrating the Cello: Musical Stories of the Low Instruments,” at 6:30 p.m. The program includes works by Benjamin Britten and Gaspar Cassado. A narration of the stories behind the compositions will accompany the musical performance.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 3204 Skillman at Monticello, standrewsdallas.org, 214.821.9989, free

April 4

National Geographic lecture

National Geographic explorer Boyd Matson will speak at the Dallas Arboretum from 7 to 8:30 p.m. His lecture, “The Adventure Begins When Things Go Wrong,” will take you on a virtual trip around the world and share a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to get the in-depth stories from the far corners of the world. A reception for Matson will be held 6-6:45 p.m. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland, dallasarboretum.org, reception $30 or $27 for members, lecture $40 or $36 for members

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‘Anything Goes’

Woodrow Wilson High School’s Fine Arts Department presents this year’s musical, “Anything Goes,” about two unlikely pairs who find love out at sea aboard the S.S. American with the help of singing sailors, exotic disguises and a little blackmail.

Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium, 100 S. Glasgow, woodrowwildcats.org, $10 in advance, $12 at the door

April 6

Tour Dallas bike ride

No need to stress about who’s in the lead with the Tour Dallas bike ride. Grab your friends and your gear and cycle routes of 8, 20 and 30 miles to benefit the Promise House. Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. Routes start at 8 a.m. Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla, tourdallas.org, $40 at the event, $20 for children 12 and younger

April 6

Food Truck Field Day

Stonewall Jackson Elementary is hosting the Food Truck Field Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to benefit the Stonewall Gardens. For $5 you can “roll up and chow down.”

Stonewall Jackson Elementary, 5828 E. Mockingbird, $5

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April 6

Jason Castro concert

See “American Idol” contestant Jason Castro play at the Lakewood Theater for the Fostering Hope Benefit Concert from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Dallas Home for Foster Children, so tickets are tax deductible. Lakewood Theater, 1825 Abrams, fosterkidscharity.org/events, 469.248.2786, $25

Through April 7 Dallas Blooms

During Dallas Blooms, the Dallas Arboretum brims with 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs including tulips, daffodils, Dutch iris and hyacinths, in addition to 100,000 pansies, violas, poppies and thousands of other annuals and perennials. First, more than 100 cherry blossom trees bloom over a 10-day period, and during the second month of the festival, the park’s 6,000 azaleas flourish.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum.org, $9-$20

Through April 7

‘Rumpelstiltskin’

Watch as this Brothers Grimm show comes to life with the puppetry of Kathy Burks & Co. at Dallas Children’s Theater. The play was adapted by B. Wolf for children ages 5 and older.

Studio Theater at Dallas

Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, 214.978.0110, $16-$25

April 12

‘What Makes a Resilient City?’

Tuesday & Thursdays, April 9 - July 4

In recognition of Earth Day, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., nationally known experts, city officials and local civic leaders will take an eye-opening look at how our world is changing and what will make Dallas a resilient city, during a conference presented by the Sustainability Forum of the Dallas Institute’s Center for the City. Dallas City Council Chambers,

1500 Marilla, www.dallasinstitute. org, 214.871.2440, $30 for members, $45 for nonmembers, $10 for member teacher

Through April 14

‘A Wrinkle in Time’

For the 50th anniversary of this sci-fi classic, Dallas Children’s Theater draws in audiences with its top-notch production of an extraterrestrial adventure across space and time. The play was adapted by John Glore for children 8 and older. Baker Theater at Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, 214.978.0110, $16-$25

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Itdoesn’t take more than a second after walking into Mudsmith on Lower Greenville to realize that owner Brooke Humphries, who is also the mastermind behind Acme F&B, Barcadia Bar and Grill and It’ll Do, is doing something very, very right. The first clue is that there is never — and I mean never — a dull moment. At any given time between opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 11 p.m. (after midnight on Fridays and Saturdays), you will find a room cram-packed with an eclectic crowd clogging up table space for various reasons — working, chatting or just hanging around looking hipster. It’s hard to believe the place just opened in January. Mudsmith is marketed as a “craft coffee” venue offering raved-about Four Barrel coffee, but it has another secret weapon — its sandwiches. “I honestly wasn’t expecting the sandwiches to be such a hit,” Humphries says. The sandwiches were “born and raised” at Acme and then implemented into the kitchen at Mudsmith. They’re made fresh daily, usually four or five at a time, and they go fast. After all, how could something like the Thanksgiving Turkey, the Pastrami on Rye or the Jalapeno Meatloaf sandwich not be a big deal?

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What goes better with a sandwich than coffee? The menu isn’t extensive – your choices are ham or turkey – but they know how to throw a sandwich together.

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No conversation about sandwiches in East Dallas is complete without mentioning Garden Café’s Turkey Avocado or Veggie Burger, and the prices aren’t unreasonable. 5310 Junius street

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Alternative blanc

Dry Creek Dry Chenin Blanc ($10)

I recently found a newspaper article about wine from 1977, which noted that wine was so confusing that most people just gave up trying to figure it out and always drank the same thing. Which helps explain the American fascination with chardonnay, which has been the most popular white wine for as long as I have been writing about it.

This is not a knock on chardonnay; it accounts for some of the world’s best wine, and I drink a lot of it myself. But it’s not the only white wine that’s versatile, goes well with food, and is widely available.

The next time you want to drink the same old thing, consider these alternatives:

• Dry Creek Dry Chenin Blanc ($10): If chenin blanc is known in the U.S., it’s as an indifferently made sweet wine. The Dry Creek, on the other hand, is well made and not sweet. Look for lots of white fruit aromas, a little lemon peel fruit, and a sort of slate-like, fruit-pit finish.

• Château Magence Blanc ($9): This French white blend includes semillon, a grape used in Bordeaux to blend in white wines but little used in the U.S. This wine is crisp and lemony, with an interesting, almost salty flavor in the back.

• Yalumba Riesling ($10): Australia hasn’t always been known for massive, manly red wines. It was once famous for riesling, and the Yalumba shows why. Look for pleasant petrol aromas, some lime zest, not much sweetness, and an almost spicy finish.

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Ask the wine guy

I found an old bottle of wine in the house. How can I tell how much it’s worth?

The easy answer is that it’s probably not worth anything. Being old doesn’t make a wine valuable; rather, it needs to be a high-end wine that benefits from aging, and those are rare. Also, it should have been stored properly, away from from heat and light. If it meets those conditions, you can check on a site like wine-searcher.com.

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Lentil soup

—Jeff Siegel

Lentils are the easiest dried beans to use – they usually cook in 30 minutes or less and don’t require soaking before use. You can use any lentil here, but the French du puy lentils are the best and worth the extra cost. Add some Tabasco, and this will pair with the chenin blanc or riesling.

Grocery List

1 cup lentils

6 cups stock or water

1 onion, diced

2 carrots, peeled and diced

1 stalk celery, diced salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Put everything in a soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the lentils are tender, 20 to 30 minutes.

Serves 4, Takes 30-45 minutes

A father’s long-ago gift to his daughters still impresses

A block apart on Gaston Avenue, two houses stand with graceful regality.

Though they don’t mirror each other, there are striking similarities — bold Georgian structures accented by elegant Italian Renaissance trim. House No. 5450 and house No. 5422 have been affectionately called the “Sister Homes” of Junius Heights for decades. Both homes were designed by popular architect Bertram Hill in the early 1920s, but it isn’t their shared design and style that earned them the nickname; it’s their history.

Although some of the details have been lost over the years, the story goes that well-known private banker William Oscar Womack built the houses for his daughters, Pink and Willie. The family moved to Dallas from Farmersville around 1907. Various newspaper clippings from the time show that the sisters were exceptionally social and practically inseparable. Pink Louise married Wade Holsonbake in February 1909. Willie was married to Dr. R. C. Ferguson in June 1910. Even after they were married, it seems Pink and Willie continued to enjoy each other’s company, so it was convenient that they lived only a block apart Pink in 5450 and Willie in 5422.

French windows, like the ones in Italian Renaissance/Georgian style home at 5450 Gaston, are one of historic architect Bertam Hill’s trademarks. Photos by Can Türkyilmaz

Story by Brittany Nun

(Above) The kitchens in the Sister Homes both boast their own styles. In 5422 Gaston, the kitchen is updated and modern, while the 5450 Gaston home (below) clings to historic pieces, like the 1930s red oven and original, although redesigned, sink. Photos by Can Türkyilmaz

William Oscar Womack also owned a home nearby. His house at 5736 Swiss shares the same Italian RenaissanceGeorgian blend that marks his daughters’ homes. Why he built the houses for his daughters is anyone’s guess. He died in 1932, not long after the houses were completed in 1923 and 1925.

The similarities between the homes don’t stop at the outside. The Sister Homes currently are owned by neighbors Glenda and Robert Finnegan at 5422, and Ann Miller and Raymond Smith in 5450. Both couples offered a coveted peek into their beautiful homes.

The arched French windows, which flood the downstairs rooms with sunlight, reek of Bertram Hill’s influence. Historian and neighbor Virginia McAlester (who, by the way, lived in 5736 Swiss as a young girl) claims French windows were one of

think he had really graceful proportions to his rooms. The size and the scale of them feels very good when you’re in them.”

Hill’s “favorite motifs,” as were the open rooms that flow effortlessly from one to another. “I just think he had really graceful proportions to his rooms,” McAlester says. “The size and the scale of them feel very good when you’re in them.”

Both houses also have Hill’s signature sunrooms — tiled with popular, and expensive, Rookwood tile — on the first floor on the northeast side. (Interesting factoid: Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati came out of the American Art Pottery Movement during the Victorian era. The company began in 1880 and defied the trend of failing after a few years by staying in business until 1967.) Both sunrooms are anchored by elaborate Rookwood tile fountains, and Miller and Smith’s house at 5450 also has the original statue, which is signed, dated, and entitled “Boy and Dolphin.” The Finnegans’ home has a newer statue replacing the original. Glenda Finnegan says their sunroom, which was used as a reading room of sorts, has slowly become her office where she bases her real estate business. “It’s got good energy in here,” she says, looking around. “The sun is just so pretty, the way it comes through these

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Both owners kept many of the original doorknobs, some of the original lights and as much of the original wood flooring as possible. Both houses also contain a before-telecommunications device that runs from the kitchen to the upstairs hallway, although it’s not clear how either operates.

There are also elements of the homes that have been tweaked or “sensitively restored” throughout the years.

Glenda Finnegan says 5422 was remodeled by the previous owners, Rick Fowler and Mike Handley, who had to undo some of the previous renovations and redo some others. House 5450 was updated in 2004 under the skillful supervision of historic architect Daron Tapscott.

approach. They have two ovens side-byside — a modern number and a fabulous red oven that can’t be much newer than the house. The sink is original, although it has been updated, and the wood floors were taken from what used to be the sleeping porch upstairs.

“It’s got good energy in here. The sun is just so pretty, the way it comes through these old windows.”

Major renovations transformed the upstairs sleeping porches in both homes, where, pre–air conditioning, people used to open the windows for breezy slumber in the Texas heat. The sleeping porch in the Finnegans’ home has been remade into a giant closet someone could get lost in. Smith and Miller’s home now boasts a roomy bathroom and office.

The Finnegans’ kitchen now features sleek, modern appliances that would make the Cooking Channel jealous, such as a commercial Wolf oven-stove combo and Sub-Zero refrigerator. Smith and Miller’s kitchen has been redone with a different

Smith and Miller’s backyard has seen major overhauls since the old days. When Pink lived there, it looked almost identical to her sister’s backyard, which still features a long brick driveway leading to the garage. The house at 5450 now has a small pool in the shade, a carport and a media room where the garage used to be.

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Dedicated management and patronage has nurtured the balcony Club through 25 capricious years

Story by Brittany Nunn

Photos by Danny Fulgencio

At a godless hour on Sunday morning, thick fog envelops the Balcony Club above Lakewood Theater. At the top of the steps, a small group huddles on the landing, blowing billows of smoke into the cool, damp air as they chat quietly. Even the night seems to have paused and cocked an ear to the muted tones of straight-ahead jazz drifting from the open door of the Balcony Club. Inside, what is left of a previously lively crowd is scattered throughout the narrow room. All is quiet, except for the band, as the remaining audience members warm themselves with half-empty drinks and the company of dear friends, wrapped in the complex, velvety voice of Judy Chamberlain singing Betty Carter’s “In the Still of the Night.”

“Do you love me, as I love you?” she sings. “Are you my life to be, my dream come true? Or will this dream of mine fade out of sight, with the moon growing dim, on the rim of the hill, in the chill still of the night.”

How a jazz club can stay in business for 25 years in Dallas is something of a mystery, but somehow through the ups and downs, owner Tommy Stanco has kept the place alive and turned it into what it is today — a 70-slot-a-month music venue with a mixture of songs dur-

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ing the earlier acts, and always jazz for the last show.

Stanco bought the club in 1991 from its founders, Burke and Jo Barr. At the time, an older gentleman named G. T. Reed played the piano every night until his death at 79. Then pianist and vocalist “Big Al” Dupree replaced him in 1994, and his popularity helped shape the club into a jazz club. Even as Dupree gained national fame, he never forsook the Balcony Club. He considered it his home and played there five nights a week until his death in 2003.

His belief that the club is a process that never stops growing and evolving has allowed the performers the space they need to enjoy t he music and let it be.

Though the Balcony Club’s association with the landmark Lakewood Theater has undoubtedly been a key factor in its success, it also has played a leading role in its near demise. As the theater cycles through ownership, so does the Balcony Club, and each new landlord brings new changes and new challenges to weather. The club also took a hard hit during the cigarette ban, not to mention the economic slump of 2009.

Pianist Arthur Riddles has anchored Sunday nights since 1998, and Stanco, too, is a performer. His shows usually consist of a little bit of everything from classic rock to jazz to country. “I was a classical guitar major in college, but I’ve started learning jazz,” he says. “My greatest skill is versatility.” And his stance on freedom and evolution doesn’t stop with music; it carries over into his management style. His light-handed approach is arguably the No. 1 reason behind the success of the club. His belief that the club is a process that never stops growing and evolving has allowed the performers the space they need to enjoy the music and let it be.

Now, a new voice has stepped onto the stage at the Balcony Club. In July, Chamberlain began singing here every other Saturday after moving to Dallas from Los Angeles, and she brought a breath of fresh air

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Owner Tommy Stanco says he has a hard time picturing himself as the owner, rather than a financially invested super fan.

into the space. Chamberlain, the “woman of 4,000 songs” as she’s been tagged, is a fourth-generation entertainer with an impressive resume.

She started singing in New York, and then, after moving to Connecticut, she stopped performing and opened up an employment agency. In L.A. she combined all her talents as an events coordinator for bands and musicians, as well as a performer, writer, TV personality and radio host.

With the economy gradually picking up pace and a generation of young adults

“This place reeks of his personality. He is the Balcony Club, and he can say that he doesn’t think of himself as the owner all he wants to, but no one else could do what he’s done.”

actively seeking all things retro, the time is ripe for a big voice and big personality to hit the Dallas jazz scene.

Stanco is thrilled to see fresh, young faces darkening the door at the Balcony Club, mixing with the older, loyal following that has been warming the seats for decades. “They come for the music,” Chamberlain insists. For all their other choices, college students and young professionals from across the city are donning little black dresses and puffing on vapor cigarettes in the dimly lit jazz club. “And they’re not rowdy. They just sit and talk and listen to the music,” she says.

The Balcony Club is a musician hangout, explains long-time customer Lee Herrera. “You come here for the music,” he says. “Plus, the place has a lot of history.”

“The Balcony Club is the last place in Lakewood that has been able to maintain that classy feel,” Stanco says.

Although Stanco says he has a hard time picturing himself as the owner, rather than just a financially invested super fan, others know better.

“This place reeks of his personality,” Chamberlain says. “He is the Balcony Club, and he can say that he doesn’t think of himself as the owner all he wants to, but no one else could do what he’s done.”

— Michael Paschall, Owner

In the name of Justice

The memory of a badly abused puppy fuels an animal-safety foundation

In April of 2012, the story of Justice, a four-month-old pit bull that died after allegedly being doused with lighter fluid and lit on fire by a group of young men, shocked and outraged hundreds across the city.

Now, a year later, DFW Rescue Me keeps

the pup’s memory alive and works tirelessly to spread the message that animal abuse will not be tolerated through its program Voices for Justice.

Voices for Justice is an educational program that teaches kids about animal abuse,

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Above: Carol Brewer teaches a group of students how to treat animals. Photo by Lacey Phillips

This pup from DFW Rescue Me helps teach kids to respect animals. Photo by Lacey Phillips

says East Dallas resident Carol Brewer, one of the founders of Voices for Justice and a board member.

Members of the organization go from school to school teaching children how to properly treat their furry friends.

“Our thought process was that we should try to influence them while they’re younger, so as they grow up they have more of an opportunity to influence their peers,” says volunteer coordinator Jennifer Partridge.

The program began almost by accident at Partridge’s school, Pleasant Grove Elementary, last spring.

After Justice died, Partridge’s class at Pleasant Grove hosted a bake sale to raise money for the Justice Fund. During the sale, members of DFW Rescue Me took time to meet the students and talk with them about animal abuse.

“It really kind of spawned the idea that we should be going into schools and organizations with young kids to talk with them

about how to treat their pets with love, care and respect, like members of their family,” explains Brewer.

From there, Brewer approached the Voices for Justice board and received the green light on organizing a group of people to create PowerPoint presentations for youngsters.

Today the organization has reached more than 2,750 students throughout the city and beyond.

At each meet, they teach kids how to treat animals as well as how to recognize signs of abuse – hitting, kicking, throwing things, yelling and neglect. They tell students that if they ever witness abuse they should tell an adult, or, if no adults are present, call 3-1-1, a non-emergency number, for help.

At the end, the students pledge to treat animals with love and respect. The program

“Our thought process was that we should try to influence them while they’re younger, so as they grow up they have more of an opportunity to influence their peers.”

also addresses questions about adopting from a shelter and, with older kids, about spaying and neutering their pets.

The program continues to gain traction as businesses and organizations across the city eagerly jump on board. Voices for Justice hosts events whenever and wherever possible.

They were invited to make an appearance at the grand opening of Green Grocer on lower Greenville and to set up shop at Pet Supplies Plus at Mockingbird and Skillman. They participated in the St. Patrick’s parade and a long list of other events and locations.

On March 1, Voices for Justice hosted its largest event in Dallas, an all-day event at Ascher Silberstein Elementary that reached more than 800 students.

Justice’s story:

On April 4, 2012, DFW Rescue Me president Jim Wagner received a call from Dallas Animal Services (DAS) that a four-monthold pit bull mix needed help.

When he got to DAS, he found that the puppy, which later became known as Justice, had been badly burned, so he rushed the pup to the animal emergency hospital. Justice had third-degree burns covering 70 percent of his body.

Under careful watch of the veterinarians, Justice began to recover. Soon his story reached news organizations and took the Internet by storm, public outrage following closely in its wake.

According to the police report, eyewitnesses claim a group of young men poured charcoal lighter fluid over the pup and sent him up in flames with the flick of a cigarette butt. A woman extinguished the flames with her T-shirt while someone called 9-1-1.

At first, the vets were optimistic, and the city watched in hopeful anticipation of Justice’s recovery, but then, suddenly, Justice took a turn for the worse. His body was unable to fight the infection, and he died.

People continued to pour money into the Justice Fund, which volunteers put toward helping other abused animals. Today, they’ve helped more than 40 “Justice dogs.”

—Brittany Nunn

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begets peace

Words seem to have value for neighborhood artist Karen Blessen, who designed 29 art pieces and a subsequent nonprofit organization around phrases. One word in particular has special value for Blessen: peace.

“Words hold a charge,” she says. “A word is worth an infinite number of pictures.”

On a morning in 2000, a stranger was shot and killed in front of her home in a robbery and attempted carjacking. The violence pierced her life. She wrote her thoughts in a journal for years and in 2003 published an article, “One Bullet,” in the Dallas Morning News about that night and its ripple effect. The man who died, David Michael McNulty, was 26, and the man accused of pulling the trigger, Diomedes Titus McNeal, was 18 at the time.

“The murder changed everything,” Blessen says. “I spent three years interviewing everyone affected by the murder. After three years of listening to people talk about the grief that they felt that never goes away and researching the culture of violence, I wanted to do something.”

For five months in 2005, Blessen immersed herself in words and meditation, creating models of 29 art pieces inspired by

phrases such as “make my hands respect the things you have made” and “I see no imprint of my sins. In a moment, love has burned everything.”

As a result, she created the organization 29 Pieces, which officially became a nonprofit in 2010 and in 2011 merged with Blessen’s other organization, Today Marks the Beginning, co-founded with Barbara Miller, executive director of admissions for Baylor College of Dentistry.

Work is now underway to construct Blessen’s designs in their full sizes, which in some cases are as vast as 60 feet. 29 Pieces is also looking for a location to call home. An architectural rendering depicts a building with space for workshops, performances and, of course, the art.

“They’re intended to be breathtaking in their scale,” Blessen says of the pieces. After all, she says, the organization’s tagline is to effect “monumental change through monumental art.”

Planning began in 2007 for what is now a 29 Pieces program called MasterPEACE, which teaches students peace through art and other curricula.

“Children are born with so much love,”

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she says. “The pain [violence] causes, it does not heal. It’s so deep that I just want to do one little thing to work with children to show them that there are other ways to work in this world.”

MasterPEACE has now collaborated with at least 25 public and private schools and more than 3,000 children from second through 12th grade.

“I may be the face of this organization for whatever reason, but it’s been a huge group of people who’ve gotten us this far,” Blessen says pointing to the financial team, administrative team, artists, teachers and others involved.

Blessen, artists and other volunteers go into schools and hold workshops that focus on specific words, such as “thrive,” “consequences,” “empathy” and “love.” Students participate in discussions and a project that might include making art or role-playing. Blessen says this type of project-based learning involves a student’s hands, heart, mind, spirit and body.

After winning the $5,000 grand prize in last year’s Marigold Ideas for Good contest, Blessen is investing in a pilot project, which runs through mid-February, training teachers and counselors to teach the 14-lesson curriculum on their own. Educators are now leading MasterPEACE workshops in their schools.

“MasterPEACE is a program that is really about empowering kids to see themselves as a peacemaker and as a person that can make a difference in the world,” says Karen Isbell, English teacher at East Dallas’ Maya Angelou High School for pregnant and parenting teens, where the program has been used. “It gave students the feeling that they have permission to be themselves more, and that who they are is a positive thing.”

While the vision is grand — Blessen hopes entire school districts will adopt the program in Dallas, throughout Texas and around the world — its focus remains on students.

“MasterPEACE provides an avenue of discussing what life is really like and the realities of what they’re dealing with, which sometimes includes violence, uncertainty, fear, disempowerment,” Isbell says. “So much of what MasterPEACE is doing is creating a discussion of ‘What can I do?’ and ‘What do I want to do?’ ‘What do I see in the world that is creating violence?’ and ‘What can I do to be a force that counteracts that and creates something different?’ ”

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Quick turnaround

In February, Cafe Lago owner Gabriela Kovacic announced her retirement and the subsequent closing of her White Rock Lake-area restaurant. Kovacic, who has been in the restaurant biz since 1987, says she is tired and ready to spend some time with her family, including a sister who has cancer, and that she has no plans to ever open another restaurant. It didn’t take long for someone to snatch up the available space. Jennifer Rodriguez, an attorney with longtime aspirations to open a wine garden, signed the lease soon after and plans to open Urban Vines Wine Bistro in the 9219 Garland Road venue. As for food, Rodriguez plans to sublease the kitchen to two women who have been running a catering business called Honeysuckle Southern Eats. They wanted to lease the space, Rodriguez says, but she secured it first. The landlord suggested they talk to one another. Rodriguez decided it couldn’t hurt to offer the kitchen to the experienced duo, she says, so they came up with the trial partnership.

Got coffee?

We were supposed to have a Houndstooth Coffee on the corner of Skillman and Oram by now, after custom-framing store Central Gallery was booted out to make room for the coffee shop, but a peek in the windows shows nothing but empty space. Sean Henry, the owner of Austinbased Houndtooth, says the project is on hold while he deals with some unexpected issues. “We hope to have something up and running,” he says, but then adds that he’s a little uncertain about the future of the project. “I’m not very positive about the outcome of this.”

(Almost) snuffed out

Snuffer’s, the 32-year-old chain that was one of the anchors in the revival of the M Streets in the late 1970s and now has seven locations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 4. The good news is that Snuffer’s will stay in business while it restructures its debt, although no one really knows what the business will be like when it comes out of bankruptcy.

Backyard bridge

The LOT, the new casual dining restaurant on Grand, opened its doors on Feb. 25, and “the ball is rolling” on installing a bridge connecting its backyard to the Santa Fe Trail, says owner John McBride.

Make room for Pei Wei

Fat Daddy’s in Casa Linda Plaza has officially closed for good, and Plaza representatives confirmed (albeit on Facebook) that Pei Wei Asian Diner is slotted to take its place.

Kid stuff

The Dallas Arboretum has been knee-deep in preparing for the grand opening of its $56 million children’s science garden, which will occupy eight acres on the north end of the Arboretum near the amphitheater overlooking White Rock Lake. “Nowhere in the world is there anything like this. There are lots of children’s gardens, but we took it so many steps farther,” says Arboretum vice president of education Maria Conroy. The Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden is in its final stages of construction, according to a letter from head of construction John Armstrong. “Much of the children’s garden site is complete,” he says. “Once construction is complete, the Arboretum’s horticultural staff will begin a period of additional horticultural embellishment.” He says 1,150 new trees have been planted in the children’s garden alone. Arboretum officials are hopeful the garden will be complete by May, but too many weather delays could push the date back until June, or possibly as late as September.

Tennis and pocket parks

The former Mrs. Baird’s bakery land on the southwest corner of Mockingbird and Central Expressway is soon to be a tennis complex, and a “pocket park” will be constructed at Airline & Mockingbird, across the street from the Park Cities Plaza strip shopping center that runs on the north side of Mockingbird between Central and Airline. Construction is expected to begin this summer. As for the new sophomore dormitories being built between Mockingbird and the new George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on SMU (formerly Yale) Boulevard, SMU expects that much of the new traffic onsite will be routed away from Mockingbird and onto SMU Boulevard, which should result in additional traffic moving onto Greenville where SMU Boulevard dead-ends into it.

Fresh meat

The vacant spot on Lower Greenville where The Service Bar used to reside will be coming back to life this spring, and Goodfriend

Beer Garden & Burger House owners Josh Yingling and Matt Tobin are the masterminds behind it. Yingling and Tobin are

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partnering with chef Oliver Sitrin, formerly of Village Marquee Grill & Bar, to open The Blind Butcher, which will serve a variety of meats including sausage, pastrami and corned-beef made in-house.

Twin Peaks straight ahead

Twin Peaks plans to open its largest Dallas/ Fort Worth store in Mockingbird Station (Mockingbird and Central Expressway) later this summer. The new restaurant will be located near Trinity Hall, which is just a little west of the Angelika Theater. This restaurant will join the Mockingbird Taproom (more of a neighborhood bar than a sports bar), Cafe Herrera and Smashburger as recent additions to Mockingbird Station’s dining scene, which already included Trinity Hall, Rockfish and Urban Taco, among others. —brittany nunn

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J. L. Long Middle School student Stella DeLaughter traveled to Uganda with the activist group Invisible Children for nine days in February. Stella, the daughter of Polyphonic Spree frontman Tim DeLaughter, visited secondary schools that have been directly affected by the civil war conflict, interacted with students her age who have overcome adversity, collaborated with local musicians and cultural leaders, and learned about the history of the conflict from elders in the community. During her visit, Stella Skyped the Model United Nations group at J.L. Long to give updates on what she learned. The Model United Nations is a districtwide program designed to immerse students in global studies. Each class participates by selecting a country to study during the school year. The program culminates at the end of the year with a conference where students represent their chosen countries in a mock session that replicates a real U.N. assembly. “I think my trip to Uganda will help me spread the word and explain what it’s like to grow up there and live there by actually meeting all these families,” Stella said before she left.

Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake announced Jay Krishnaswamy has been named its new chief executive officer. Krishnaswamy has served as interim CEO at Doctors Hospital since November 2012. In his new position, he will provide overall strategic direction and leadership for the hospital. He started his career in health care as a quality consultant at Kaiser Permanente. Throughout his 10-year tenure at Tenet hospitals, he has served in a number of leadership roles, including associate administrator and chief quality officer at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, California, and most recently as chief operating officer at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital in Houston. Krishnaswamy received his Master of Business Administration degree specializing in health care administration from Cleveland State University and Master of Science degree in health services research from Case Western Reserve University.

politics

Campaigns have begun for the May 11 Dallas City Council elections, which will inevitably bring new blood to City Hall. In District 9, Sheffield Kadane, 68, is running unopposed. Angela Hunt is on the final stretch after serving the maximum of four consecutive terms, and there are seven candidates vying for her spot in District 14: Robert Abtahi, 31, an attorney; David M. Blewett, 47, a mortgage and real estate agent; Kevin M. Curley II, 26, a financial adviser; Philip Kingston, 40, an attorney; Charles Kobdish, 43, a chiropractor; Judith Liimatainen, 60, a former landscape design business owner; and James Rogers, 65, an attorney and CPA.

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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.

Dallas luTheran school

8494 stults rd Dallas / 214.349.8912 /dallaslutheranschool.com PREVIEW DAY on April 4 at 8:30 AM. Come learn more about DLS, a school that serves families and their students from 7th through 12th grade. DLS strives to be a Community of Grace that develops young people to be Christian leaders. A full complement of athletics, drama, music, and clubs allow students to develop outside the classroom as well. Over 97% of our seniors attend the college of their choice. DLS is a one-to-one school where each student and faculty member uses an iPad. Financial aid is available. Contact Betsy Bronkhorst with questions. Enrollment is now open for 2013-14.

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1606 patterson st. Dallas / 214.969.7861 / fbacademy.com All School Open House –April 18th at 9:30am. RSVP to admissions@ firstdallas.org! First Baptist Academy serves students PK-12th grade, and has provided a rigorous academic program and Christcentered environment for 40 years. A platform for education and building a relationship with Jesus starts with the youngest students. During Interim Week, Middle School students attend a spiritual emphasis retreat and participate in mission projects, and Upper School students choose from mission and educational trips, both local and abroad. Competitive sports and fine arts programs allow students to excel athletically and creatively.

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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.

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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.

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5740 prospect ave. Dallas / 214.826.4410 / Dallasspanishhouse.com New location at 4411 Skillman opening in 2013! Spanish House is a Spanish immersion preschool for children ages 2 – 5. We offer half-day and full-day programs with extended day care available from 7:30am – 6:00pm. We offer a traditional preschool curriculum delivered 100% in Spanish. New Kindergarten program to begin August 2013. We also offer after-school and Saturday classes for PK and elementary-aged students, both onand off-site. Additionally, we have an adult Spanish program for beginning, intermediate and advanced students.

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7900 lovers ln. / 214.363.9391 stchristophersmontessori.com 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.

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/ 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

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nurturing environment. Character-building and civic responsibility are stressed. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, skating rink, updated playground, and state-of-the-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.

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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.

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BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

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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

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

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

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

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CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 4711 Westside Drive / 214.526.7291

Sunday Worship 11:00 am ./ Sunday School 9:45am

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E AST 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

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fIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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L AKE HIGHLANDS UmC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

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mUNGER PLACE CHURCH / Expect Great Things.

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

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1450 Oldgate Lane / 214.324.3661

Sunday Worship 10:50 am / Rev. George Fisk

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DWELLING PLACE CHURCH / Being the church in every day life experiences / Sundays at 10:30am / www.dpclife.com

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

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Long Live the king

Richard III and Jesus, juxtaposed

“The king is dead; long live the king.”

Reflection on that statement is timely with Easter just past and an ancient English king’s remains recently recovered.

It’s an odd construction, that phrase. It means that the monarchy lives on even after the monarch dies. Shakespeare’s Hamlet expounds: “The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing.” The king is an office, in other words. A person embodies the office only as long as he lives. When he dies, kinship transfers to the next living occupant of the office. The reign passes from one body to another according to genetic lineage, unless the dynasty is conquered.

Last month the bones of King Richard III were discovered under a public parking lot in the city of Leicester. The infamous, hunchbacked, shortreigning king was killed on the battlefield in 1485. Some monks hurriedly buried him in a grave on the grounds of Greyfriars Priory. It was later paved over, the bones of the king lying in ignominy for more than 500 years until the excavation.

Now members of the Richard III Society plan to resurrect his image and recast the long-vilified monarch as a champion of the common man. Then they will rebury him with honor, in a burial befitting a king.

Christians observe Good Friday as the day to memorialize the brutal death of Jesus. He was crucified with a sign over his head that read, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. (The acronym INRI in Christian iconography stands for that phrase in Latin.) Jesus was then hurriedly buried in an unmarked grave — the location still disputed. His bones were never found, though not for lack of searching.

Christians believe the witness of the early church that Jesus was raised from the

dead to begin his eternal reign as King of kings. The king is dead, long live the king. Sort of.

Comparison between Richard III and Jesus is noteworthy. Jesus’ enemies accused him of claiming to be a worldly king, but he himself replied that his kingdom was not of this world. He meant that his reign over the world was not limited by the span of his life in the world. He himself embodied the reign of God for a time, and now he em-

bodies the timeless reign of God through all who live and serve the truth.

Jesus was undisputedly a champion of the common man. Blessed are the poor, he said. His reputation needs no makeover. Christians furthermore believe that God vindicated Jesus’ rule of love by raising him from the dead to reign forever.

Identifying Jesus with God in this way lies at the heart of Christian differences with others who worship the one God. Jews and Muslims, each in their own way, revere Jesus; they stop short of worshipping him as King of heaven the way Christians do on the basis of his resurrection. Yet all of our faiths look forward to the resurrection of the righteous at the end of days.

Christians believe the End began with the first one raised, and that his reign of peace with justice never ends. And so we come to praise him, not to bury him.

The old refrain is thus Easter-altered: The king is alive, long live the king.

It’s an odd construction, that phrase. It means that the monarchy lives on even after the monarch dies.

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.

Promise of Peace Garden

Promise of Peace founder Elizabeth Dry and Chef Chad Houser hug during the Promise of Peace Garden’s “All You Need Is Love” dinner. Photos by Alison McLean.

Jerod Dame and Billy Miner enjoy the “All You Need Is Love” dinner for the Promise of Peace Garden.

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BULLETIN BOARD

ClassEs/tutoring/ lEssons

MATH TUTORING Elementary through High School Sari Bahl, MS Ed 25+ years exp. 214-357-8680 VOICE TEACHER with 38 years experience. MM, NATS www.PatriciaIvey.com 214-769-8560

ChildCarE

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EmploymEnt

AIRLINE CAREERS Begin Here. Become an Aviation Maintenance Tech. FAA Approved. Training. Financial Aid, if qualified. Housing available. Job placement assistance.

AIM 866-453-6204

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Dallas Blooms

People flocked to the Dallas Arboretum from near and far to enjoy the tulips during the first weekend of Dallas Blooms.

Allie Potts threw a precious smile to the camera while visiting the Dallas Arboretum during the opening weekend of Dallas Blooms.

BBULLETIN

profeSSional ServiceS

ACCOUNTING, TAXES Small Businesses & Individuals. Chris King, CPA 214-824-5313 www.chriskingcpa.com

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No Job Too Small or Big. Call C.A.S. Bookkeeping Services. Cindy 214-821-6903

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Consultation $125 for Advocate Readers

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pet ServiceS

POOP SCOOP PROFESSIONALS Trust The Experts. 214-826-5009

Dallas’ First Doggie Daycare

Featuring “Open Play” Boarding

• 14,000+ sq. ft. Play Area Inside

• 5,000+ sq. ft. Play Area Outside

• 15 Lux Suites w/ Webcams

• Grooming All Breeds

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In-Home Professional Care

Customized to maintain your pet’s routine

In-Home Pet Visits & Daily Walks

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Bonded & Insured www.societypetsitter.com 214-821-3900

Buy/Sell/trade

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E-mail rwamre@advocatemag.com or call 214-560-4212. We have great Rangers seats available, too!

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TV Installation, Computer Repair, Security.

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BRICK, BLOCK, Stone, Concrete, Stucco. Gonzalez Masonry. 214-395-1319

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CONCRETE REPAIRS/REPOURS

Demo existing. Driveways/Patio/Walks

Pattern/Color available

972-672-5359 (32 yrs.)

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Specializing in Wood, New or Repair.

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Hardwood Installation · Hand Scraping Sand & Finish · Dustless

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since 1975

WHITE ROCK FLOORS Hardwoods New/Refurbished Ceramic Tile

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Honest, Quality. TECL 24668 CCs accepted.

TH ELECTRIC Reasonable Rates. Licensed & Insured. Ted. E257 214-808-3658

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New & Repair. Free Estimates. Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

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FirePlaCe serviCes

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

Flooring & CarPeting

ALL WALKS OF FLOORS 214-616-7641

Carpet, Wood, Tile Sales/Service Free Estimates

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape. Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 25 Yrs.

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WORLEY TILE & FLOORING

Custom Marble Install. 214-779-3842

• Slabs • Pier & Beam

• Mud Jacking

garage Doors

ROCKET GARAGE DOOR SERVICE -24/7. Repairs/Installs. 214-533-8670. Coupon On Web. www.RocketDoorService.com

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glass, WinDoWs & Doors

A FATHER, SON & GRANDSON TEAM Expert Window Cleaning. Haven 214-327-0560

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Replacement Windows & Doors Free Estimate 214-274-5864

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR

custom mirrors • shower enclosures store fronts • casements 214-349-8160

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THERASA’S SPECIALTIES Creates Unique Custom Window Treatments: Drapes, Valances, Cornice Boards, Roman Shades & More 972-271-6484 To Schedule Free In Home Estimate.

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HARGRAVE CONSTRUCTION Kitchen, Bath, Doors, Tile & Handyman Services. 214-215-9266

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HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

SANCHEZ HOME REPAIR

Small Remodels & Repairs. Kitchens & Baths, Paint, Sheet Rock. 25 Years Experience. Quality References. 214-553-0588

TW SERVICES Home Repairs and Yard Care. Contact 214-531-1897

WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS

Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232

Your Home Repair Specialists

Drywall Doors

Senior Safety Carpentry Small & Odd Jobs And More! 972-308-6035 HandymanMatters.com/dallas

Bonded & Insured. Locally owned & operated.

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

Painting. 85% Referrals. Free Est. 214-348-5070

A + INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

A1 TOP COAT Professional. Reliable. References. TopCoatOfTexas.com 214-770-2863

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

ALL TYPES Painting & Repairs. A+ BBB rating. Any size jobs welcome. Call Kenny 214-321-7000

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Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

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Complete Painting Interior/Exterior, Stain Etc. Custom Finishes, Custom Texture, Custom Trim www.blake-construction.com

Fully Bonded & Insured. 214-563-5035

House Painting

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT

Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 972-613-2585

WHITE ROCK PAINT & REMODEL

References. Mark Reindel 214-321-5280

BRIAN GREAM

PAINTING & RENOVATIONS LLC

• Interior/Exterior • Drywall

• Rotten Wood • Gutters

lawns, garDens & trees

25% OFF TREE WORK Trim. Dead Tree Removal. Roberts Tree Svc. Insd. 10 yrs exp. 214-808-8925

A BETTER TREE COMPANY • JUST TREES

Complete tree services. Tree & Landscape Lighting! Fence & Deck, install/repair. Mark 214-332-3444

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Quality Tree Trimming & Removal. 214-455-2095

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Call the Land Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

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All General Contracting Needs 214.542.6214

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

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

Trim, Remove, Stump Grind. Free Est. Insured. 214-823-6463

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Free Estimates. 972-832-3396

CUSTOM DRAPERY Window Treatments, Blinds,Shades,Upholstery. Designer Workroom. 15% seniors & New Homeowners. Linda 214-212-8058 dblinda86@msn.com

FURNITURE PAINTING Tired of old Kitchen or Bathroom Cabinets. Let us make them over in a hot new paint treatment. Jamie or Kay 214-773-7221

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ALL SURFACE REFINISHING 214-631-8719. Tub/Tile/Refinishing. allsurfacerefinishing.com

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Resurfacing: Walls, Tub Surrounds, Showers. Glaze or Faux Stone finishes. Affordable Alternative to Replacement! 972-323-8375. PermaGlazeNorthDallas.com

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Complete Kitchen And Bath Remodels

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HANDY DAN “The Handyman” Remodels

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TOM HOLT TILE 30 Yrs Experience In Tile, Backsplashes & Floors. Refs. Avail. 214-770-3444

COLE’S LAWN CARE • 214-327-3923 Quality Service with a Personal Touch.

GREENSKEEPER Spring Clean Up & Color. Sodding, Fertilization. Lawn Maintenance & Landscape. Res/Com. 214-546-8846

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

ORTIZ LAWNCARE Complete Yard Care. Service by Felipe. Free Est. 214-215-3599

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Installations of Fine Gardens, Patios, Paths & more!

RONS LAWN Organic Solutions. Not Environmental Pollution. Landscape & Maintenance 972-222-LAWN (5296)

SPRINKLERS, LANDSCAPING, Stone Work, Drainage. Installed and Repaired. Call Kevin at 214-535-3352,Lic#7840. www.bigdirrigation.com

TAYLOR MADE IRRIGATION Repairs, service, drains. 23 yrs exp. Ll 6295 M-469-853-2326 B-469-726-1381. John

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THE POND MAN Water Gardens

Designed & Installed. Drained & Cleaned. Weekly Service. Jim Tillman 214-769-0324

TRACY’S LAWN CARE • 972-329-4190 Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

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WE’LL GIVE YOU THE YARD You Want. Dynamic Landscaping. 214-763-0492

Salas Services

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL Keeping the environment, kids, pets in mind. Organic products avail. 972-564-2495 McDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 +Tax for General Treatment Average Home, Interior, Exterior & Attached Garage

Quotes for Other Services 214-328-2847

Lakewood Resident

PlumBing

A2Z PLUMBING 214-727-4040

All Plumbing Repairs. Slab Leak Specialists. Licensed & Insured. ML# M36843.

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521 # M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues. plumberiffic69@gmail.com

Sewers • Drains • Bonded 24 Hours/7 Days *Joe Faz 214-794-7566 - Se Habla Español*

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Faucet, Sewer, Sink Repairs. Water/Slab Leaks. Shower Pans. Gas Testing. Remodels, Water Heaters, Stoppages. Insured. Lic 20754 214-321-0589, 214-738-7116

Plumbing

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

Pools

ADAIR POOL & SPA SERVICE

1 month free service for new customers. Call for details. 469-358-0665.

LOCK’S POOL SERVICE - 469-235-2072

Dependable repairs. Pool Electrical TICL #550

MICHAEL’S POOL SERVICE

Maintenance & Repair 214-727-7650

LEAFCHASER’S POOL SERVICE

Parts and Service. Chemicals and Repairs.

Jonathan Mossman FREE ESTIMATES 214-729-3311

Roofing & gutteRs

A&B GUTTER 972-530-5699

Clean Out, Repair/Replace. Leaf Guard. Free Estimates. Lifetime Warranty

Roofing & gutteRs

NATIONWIDE ROOFING,FENCING,GUTTERS

BBB member. 214-882-8719

S&H IMPROVEMENTS 972-231-4273

Hand-nailed Roofing

BERT ROOFING INC.

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Ding Dong, something’s wrong.

It was just a normal afternoon when Mary Barnett went to answer the doorbell at her Casa Linda-area home. She wasn’t expecting a delivery, but there on her porch were several pieces of children’s furniture. The incident was certainly out of the blue and had her wondering what was going on. Barnett contacted the company and learned someone had used her credit card to purchase the items and had them shipped to her address. The company sent her labels to return them, and also warned that the suspects may have tried to intercept them at her home. Barnett also learned there were charges on her card from Netflix. She found the entire scenario a bit unnerving.

“I had only used the card one time that month. I don’t know how it happened,” she says. “How they got my address, I don’t know. It was weird.”

Barnett says that she quickly canceled the card and got a new one, and that the more than $4,000 in illegal charges were removed from her account.

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says that identity theft is the largest crime there is now and that most credit card numbers are obtained by electronic theft, trapping devices, or retail and restaurant employees.

The Victim: Mary Barnett

The Crime: Credit card abuse

Date: Monday, Feb. 4

Time: Several incidents in January and early-February

Location: 1400 block of Bella Vista

“It is recommended to use a credit card instead of debit card,” Jones says. “They are not tied directly to your bank account and can’t wipe you out until you dispute the charge. Bank statements should be looked at every few days online.”

As for shipping items to the cardholder’s address and trying to intercept them, as in this case, it is far more likely that an identity thief will attempt to change the victim’s address or open new accounts with the information they obtain, Jones says.

“If you find yourself the victim of identity theft, immediately contact and cancel all your credit cards and notify your banks of the theft,” Jones says. “They’ll issue new cards and immediately deactivate the current ones. You should also contact all the major credit reporting agencies to put a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. Also, contact the local police department to file a report.”

Sean Chaffin

Who W ill say “no” no W?

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Hunt, the M Streets councilwoman, isn’t running for re-election next month; she has served as many terms as the city charter allows. During her eight years on the council — at a time during which we’ve been lied to by city officials, during which city services have become a shadow of what they once were, and during which most of the rest of the council acted as if nothing was wrong — Hunt said “no.” And said it

saying “no” to every wonderful and marvelous idea they come up with to waste our tax dollars? In this, they always overlook the other stuff, no doubt because it embarrasses them. Hunt was the sanest voice during the Love Field minority contractor debate. She, more than anyone on the council, helped pave the way for Trader Joe’s and the revitalization of lower Greenville, something that always eluded all of the so-called pro-business members of the council.

again. And said it one more time.

This public service will no doubt be lost in a discussion of her record, which the bosses downtown have always viewed with suspicion and distaste. They have always asked: How can someone who purports to be for Dallas always seem to be one of the aginners

Besides, there’s nothing wrong with being an aginner and saying “no.” The council has had a long tradition, perhaps its only one worth preserving, of the one member who insists that the emperor has no clothes, regardless of the political consequences. Annette Strauss did it. So did Larry Duncan and Mitch Rasansky. When it was Hunt’s turn, she did it admirably

It’s not so much that she questioned the accepted wisdom, or even that she fought the foolishness that is the Trinity River boondoggle. It’s that she did it with such grace and intelligence and good will. In a day and age when politicians are best known for not doing anything with grace, intelligence, or good will, Hunt was the consummate professional.

Consider Mayor Park Cities’ very public and very deliberate snub when

he didn’t appoint Hunt to any committee chairs during the Trinity River vote his way of punishing her for saying “no” and daring to stand up to one of her betters. Forget that his action hurt the city by sacrificing Hunt’s knowledge and experience to further his personal political agenda, something that had nothing to do with making this a better place to live. What was most impressive was that Hunt never complained, never whined, never leaked anything to the media to show up Leppert. She just went about her business. Which, unlike most of the rest of the council’s, was trying to save us from ourselves.

That’s because most of us don’t care what the mayor council does, as those lofty 15 and 20 percent voter turnout rates demonstrate. And those that do care, for whatever reason, don’t seem to be bothered that the council often acts, as the Observer columnist Jim Schutze has written, like “plywood ducks.” As I’ve noted before, the parts of Dallas that do vote in council elections and determine who wins wouldn’t tolerate this sort of behavior on the state and federal level. But, somehow, they’re happy to turn a blind eye to the shenanigans at City Hall.

Fortunately, Hunt never turned a blind eye. Whenever something foolish happened, which was way too often, she usually said “no.” The fact that it didn’t stop the council from doing whatever foolish thing it was doing wasn’t her fault. It was ours, because not enough of us listened. And, sadly, now we won’t have Hunt to say “no” for us. Which means the foolishness is just going to get more foolish.

We won’t have Angela Hunt to talk about any more. And the city will be the poorer for it.

It’s not so much that she questioned the accepted wisdom, or even that she fought the foolishness that is the Trinity River boondoggle. It’s that she did it with such grace and intelligence and good will.

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 email editor@advocatemag.com.