2013 June Lakewood

Home $ellers are Remodeling for Quick Profits and a Quick Sale

It’s a seller’s market in Dallas, driven not only by a national rebound in home prices, but by an influx of thousands of new residents each month into our area.

Whether your buyer comes from out of town or out of state, one thing is almost certain. He’s not looking for a project. He wants a home that is move-in ready. Today.

Local realtor David Bush says, “Most homebuyers in our market want homes that are newly-remodeled and in perfect condition. They don’t have the connections or the time to remodel homes and they’re willing to pay a premium for quality homes that offer everything they need, now.”

“What they want are spacious, open floor plans, remodeled kitchens and bathrooms, and drive-up appeal. These aren’t expensive remodels. We work with companies like Bella Vista to help home sellers invest in the remodeling projects that pay off at resale. We could have sold our last client’s home for $200,000 as it was. Instead, we gave them suggestions for updates. For a $30,000 investment in the floor plan, bathrooms and kitchen, that home sold for $279,000.”

It’s not just about gaining extra profit according to Bush. “An updated home with remodels that are proven to work in up markets and down markets can sell up to 75% faster in Dallas today. And the time on market after these updates is

typically two weeks instead of three months. That means less carrying costs and a much easier transition for the sellers, who need the funds to purchase their next home.”

“Some sellers are skeptical about the impact of remodeling on selling time and profits,” says Bush. “They put their home on the market without the updates, and it lingers for months. When they realize they need the updates to sell, they’re caught between the rock of having to cram on the remodels to meet buyers’ needs and the hard place of needing to sell quickly. Now buyers can see how long the home was on the market, and they can see that the price was raised after the work. Those are red flags that keep buyers away. The plan that works is making a house show-ready from Day 1.”

Metroplex seller Marlene Coffman just had wood floors installed as well as remodeling to her kitchen, office, and the front exterior before she listed. “I was able to raise my asking price well beyond the plus-$20,000 cost of the remodels. My first showing resulted in an offer at my price. So did the next. Our contract is pending now well over the asking price, and my house was on the market for just three days.”

Seller Kenna Rosen had similar results, remarking that “Our house wouldn’t have sold as quickly, or for as much without the job that Bella Vista did on remodeling our master suite.” For

4 Proven Before-Sale Remodels

1. Update the Kitchen

2. Open the Floor Plan

3. Update the Bathrooms

4. Create Drive-Up Appeal

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Woodrow golfer Grace Choi snagged first place in the 4-A state golf championship. Photo by Danny Fulgencio

the Comforts of home

They don’t come without toil, good tools and acceptance

We’ve lived a good portion of our lives in our no-particular-style brick and wood house.

When we first saw it, after slogging through lots of others, my wife took one step past the front door, surveyed what little she could see from that vantage point and blurted: “This is the one we have to buy.”

She said that right in front of the Realtor. So much for negotiating.

My parents helped us move in one hot Memorial Day weekend. Everything we owned fit into a couple of cars and a minivan. Everything.

Once we had things organized, two of the house’s six rooms remained empty. The place seemed so large, I wondered why we would ever need to fill it up.

We brought our first son home from the hospital and set him in a bassinet next to our bed. We moved him to the crib we assembled in one of the empty rooms when his younger brother came home 18 months later.

Pretty soon, we didn’t have any empty rooms.

The white and wood-grained refrigerator that greeted us when we bought the house still chills yogurt, juice and frozen dinners, but it now holds court in our office after my wife decided 10 years ago the kitchen needed a redo and the house an add-on. Our new stainless steel appliances aren’t new anymore, but we still use that word to describe them.

The door to the water-heater closet beneath the stairway has an individualist streak. I can open it by firmly pushing down on the knob while leaning slightly against

the frame and quickly pulling outward. My wife can never get the door open, although I’ve never understood why — it almost always works for me the third or fourth time.

There is no cracked grout in the tile floor my dad and I installed one weekend in what was a pretty dicey laundry room at the time. Neither one of us knew how to do tile work. After squishing gray grout between the first couple of tiles, I thought the color looked too faint, so I put some additional grout in one spot and waited. I was wrong. I still see that two-inch double-dark-gray spot in the middle of the room every day when I walk to and from the garage.

everything.

I can say with certainty you need to be slender to shimmy around the crawl space under the floorboards. You can’t even roll over under there. I spent several early weekends crawling through that dirt, waiting to face down a varmint as I rocked back and forth stringing speaker wire where it’s no longer needed. WiFi and Bluetooth probably were invented by someone else who didn’t want to get back into a crawl space.

A door on our kitchen cabinet sticks every morning when I pull it open to retrieve a juice glass. Every morning, I tell myself to pick up a new spacer pad at the hardware store. Every day I forget. And tomorrow morning, that cabinet door is going to stick again.

With the market for single-family homes hotter than a mouth full of Tabasco these days, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to pack up half our stuff, downsize, pocket some cash and see what else is out there.

There will be other options available in terms of houses. It’s hard to imagine any other place as “home,” though.

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After a blog we posted on Advocatemag.com about the Promise of Peace community garden moving from its current location on Grand to a new space across from the White Rock United Methodist Church in Little Forest Hills, neighbors began emailing us arguments both for and against the move. The following are two emails from nearby neighbors who have differing opinions about the garden.

Read the full stoRy on page 50 or visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search Promise of Peace for updates, and tell us what you think.

I also live very close to the parking lot (half a block) that the minister? pastor? of the White Rock United Methodist Church leased to Elizabeth Dry for “Promise of Peace garden.” I am struggling to find any thing good about this. And I am totally astonished and dismayed to come to the conclusion that the reason is actually to prevent the Catholics from parking there.

This is creating a torrent of ill will toward the UMC. No one wins. Sunday I walked around both churches to see for myself what the parking situation is. The Catholic church has overflow parking in all the lots they have. They fill both sides of Oldgate for two and a half blocks and spill out into about half of the north part of the blacktop lot owned by the UMC.

The UMC has all the spaces directly in front of the church filled, some of the spaces on the side and about 25 per cent of the spaces in the back. On a rare occasion when there is a very large funeral or a wedding the blacktop lot is 75 per cent full. The south blacktop lot is almost always completely empty as it was on Sunday. I am now convinced that this is nothing but a vindictive maneuver by your minister to keep the Catholics out.

If the goal was to give the “Promise of Peace garden” low-cost space because it is a commendable endeavor, there is ample room in the back of the church on the east side. The space in the rear of the church building does not threaten the peace and

quiet of the people who live in the adjoining houses. Nor does it jeopardize their property values, which this garden on the black top lot will do. There would still be ample parking there for parishioners. And there is water in the back and electric accessible for the children for whom this garden was created.

This is not a community garden. Dry brings in underprivileged children from somewhere else to expose them to “nature” and to growing things. They have classes, tours, cooking demos, garage sales, fundraisers, brunches, markets, chicken coops, porta potties and assorted other events for the public accompanied by live music. It is more of a business. And she does classes or something in the space directed at helping to prevent school dropouts and underage pregnancies.

Neither she, nor the church, sought any input from anyone who lives in the houses surrounding the lot. It is not just a disgraceful, but truly a mindless uncharitable, un-Christian way to treat your neighbors — us, the residents, and the Catholics who are also the church’s neighbors. The UMC should be leasing the lot to the Catholics and making some money on it or, better yet, just letting them use it. It is clear UMC does not need the parking space but the Catholics do.

Your intervention in this issue is needed and would be welcome. I think if you look into this you will see that this is already threatening to create bad publicity for you in the media and ill will among the neighbors and it will likely get worse not better. I sincerely hope that you will see fit to intervene and point out to the responsible par-

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ties that this is a destructive thing to do the way it stands now. It is a no-win situation. I would be happy to discuss this with you and show you the photos I took. My name is Natalee Morse, and I have lived on Santa Clara for 20 years and plan to stay here. I treasure my peace and quiet. This is a wonderful, quiet neighborhood and we do not want it altered so some woman can do good for underprivileged children. Even worse to prevent the Catholics from using a parking lot. That is simply disgraceful!

—Natalee Morse

I attended a meeting last Thursday the ninth and met the way-cool lady responsible for the Promise of Peace Garden, Elizabeth Dry, who was also in attendance. When she told me about the prospective move to my neighborhood — actually, just down the street from my house — I was elated. I was thrilled. I was excited. I was horrified to learn of the emails Elizabeth has been receiving from neighbors who vehemently do not share my sentiments. As a longtime member of the LFH hood, I think the move of the peace garden would be awesome. I think it represents what I consider to be some of LFH’s greatest qualities — that of acceptance and brotherly love and helping those in need. The Promise of Peace Garden is a blessing to the kids, families and community it serves. As a former teacher, I am totally on board with the educational aspect the garden offers. I have told Elizabeth that I would be happy to volunteer and provide whatever assistance she might need on any given weekend. With the overwhelming urbanization of our Dallas neighborhoods, The Promise of Peace Garden is an oasis. It is a little piece of eco-sanity in an otherwise concrete jungle. I say bring it on. Welcome to Little Forest Hills!

—Nearby neighbor Laura Sutherland

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Q&A: Marilyn Hansen

The old Trinity Lutheran Church property at Gaston and Loving was on the market for many years after it closed in 2006. Developers pitched redevelopment ideas, but they all met with resistance until 2012, when the White Rock YMCA decided to pursue the property and was largely supported by the community. Neighbor Marilyn Hansen was very involved in Trinity Lutheran Church, mostly because of her late husband, Ken Hansen, whose father was the first president of the congregation in Lakewood. The church was a huge part of her life and her children’s lives, she says — but so was the YMCA.

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Before it closed, your family was very involved with Trinity Lutheran Church.

Ken’s father [Nels Hansen] was the president of the congregation when the church was built. The Hansens have been members of the church since its founding in the late teens. I didn’t become a member until I married Ken in the late ’60s. I was married in that church, and all four of my children were baptized in that church.

Is it safe to assume you know a lot about the history of the church, then?

The church was originally in South Dallas, and it was a German-speaking church, and it moved over into East Dallas in the late ’40s. Mr. Hansen was the president of the congregation that built the church. He was the first president of the congregation after it moved from South Dallas to East Dallas. The whole church moved over because the area was changing, and they were all primarily Scandinavian immigrants. They moved over to East Dallas, and most of the people moved over here with the church.

How do you feel when you see the current state of the church building?

It’s sad. Of course, the end of the church was sad.

How so?

To be really honest, that church was never heavily a part of the community because it moved from another community. There were a lot of people from Lakewood, but they were all people who had moved from South Dallas. (But it wasn’t a community church, and it dissolved as a church.) It did not move anyplace else. It dissolved because of a declining membership. I never understood why they wanted to close.

You’ve also been very involved in the YMCA. What do you think about it moving to that space?

I was chairman of the East Dallas board. In fact, the first woman. That was back in the early ’80s. I, of course, am delighted that the Y is going to be there. To drive by and see a church that had children

and an after-school program for children, that my children grew up in and went to youth groups with — to see it abandoned and dirty, it was sad to watch that, and I think it would be wonderful to see the Y come. My children are delighted because they say it will be wonderful to see children there again. All four of my children worked for the East Dallas Y through high school. My oldest son was a full-time employee as a swim coach. It was a major part of our social life.

The old Y [on Worth Street] that I’m talking about was primarily a youth-oriented YMCA, with a pool and a lot of high school activities, youth and government, and an enormous sports program. Then, when it moved over to Gaston, they put in a superb fitness department, which I think has grown enormously, and I think it was needed in East Dallas, so I’m glad that’s going to continue. And I’m glad that the Y is not moving out of East Dallas, because it could have moved anywhere, and I’m really pleased that it’s staying in East Dallas and using the space of Trinity. I think old members of Trinity would be equally pleased.

Do you think it will be sad to see the church torn down?

Of course. It’s always sad to see something torn down that represented a really positive part of your life. And although the end relationship wasn’t positive, it was a positive influence in my children’s life. Certainly in my husband’s life. He was very involved in the church. All of his life, it had been the primary thing that he did. He had been confirmed there, I don’t know how many people in his family were married there, all of his family was buried there. The church had been the most important thing in Ken’s life growing up. He was very upset when it dissolved.

But he would be very happy to see the Y going in there, and even though they will tear down the church, he would be very happy to see children on the grounds. It would actually please him. Since the church left, it was the best solution they could make, to bring children back there.

Interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

“WHEN FLOSSING JUST DOESN’T CUT IT.”

Senior Living Near White Rock Lake

Woodrow golfer takes gold

Woodrow senior Grace Choi sat in a coffee shop on a drizzly Thursday afternoon, chatting excitedly about the 4-A state golf championship game she had won just a couple of weekends prior. A woman and two teens in Woodrow uniforms stopped by and gave her a hug, lightheartedly announcing themselves to be her “biggest fans,” which Choi good-naturedly laughed off. In reality, though, many in East Dallas — certainly those with Woodrow affiliations — have been watching the young woman’s golf swing continue to improve year after year since Choi was a girl. She’s definitely someone who is easy to rally behind: She’s homegrown, having gone through Lakewood Elementary and J.L. Long before arriving at Woodrow; she’s obviously a phenomenal golfer; she’s also an exceptional student, preparing to graduate in June first in her class as an AP Scholar with Distinction and president of the National Honor Society; and on top of all that, she’s warm, engaging and incredibly humble about her accomplishments. “I’m extremely lucky to live in this neighborhood and know people who’ve watched me, even people I don’t know, people who just live

here,” she says. “It’s really special to know, because when I play well, it’s not only for myself; it’s for my neighborhood.” Choi has won regionals twice and played in state tournaments three times. The first year, Choi went to state as a sophomore and placed fifth. The second time, as a junior, she placed third. Since the beginning of her senior year, her coaches joked that they hoped the trend continued and she improved by two again. “The reason she’s so successful is her incredibly hard work,” says Woodrow golf coach Tom Crabb. “I always say I’ve never seen anyone work so hard at a sport as she does at golf.” On April 30, their wish came true when Choi snagged first place by six under 64, finishing eight under 132 on 36 holes. The victory also broke a record for lowest winning score for UIL girls golf for state. Overall, she beat everyone by an impressive 12 strokes. The crowd, including her coaches, went wild, she says. “I think they were more nervous than I was, actually,” she says with a laugh. Choi says she felt good about the day from the very beginning, especially after scoring four birdies in a row on the third through sixth hole. “It was my last time [to play in the state championship], so I figured I might as well have fun, and I just happened to play well,” she says. Choi was heavily recruited by Harvard and planned to go there, but she fell in love with Michigan State University during her first visit. “I just pictured myself fitting in there better, and I met the coaches and players and they were wonderful,” she says. “I felt that I could succeed both as an athlete and a student there.” So in the fall, she’s heading to Michigan on a full-ride golf scholarship to study biomedical engineering. “I feel like I can continue to do well if I work hard,” she says. “I think my future looks bright.”

—Brittany Nunn

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Paint the town

Versatility and artistic fearlessness are two of Lakewood artist Suzy Moritz-Rawdin’s greatest assets. Moritz-Rawdin experiments with many mediums and many subjects, simply painting whatever speaks to her. “I just love all of it,” she says. “I’m not afraid of anything. I think that’s the thing, is that I’m not afraid to try any of it.” Around East Dallas, she’s recognized as the creative brain behind the house paintings for the Junius Heights Home Tour, which are featured in the tour brochure. She also painted the historic Junius Heights streetcar that adorns the cover. When painting a house, “I have to take a picture and get a feel for the outside of the house,” she explains. “Each house has its own personality. You can see the love these people put into their homes.” Her paintings aren’t perfect architectural replicas of the buildings, she says, but rather whimsical, artistic renditions. Moritz-Rawdin also drew 400 original ink drawings that are featured in the guest bedrooms of the new Omni Convention Center Hotel in downtown Dallas. Aside from structural art, she’s known for her pet portraits, which are packed with personality and artistic flair. “My pet portraits, they just speak to me. I have to paint the eyes first because I talk to the pets while I paint,” she says, laughing. Skies also “speak to her,” or maybe that’s just her excuse to travel to beautiful New Mexico once a year to paint the vivid colors and breathtaking southwestern skylines. “I see the world in light and shadows,” she says, and explains that’s a trait she picked up from her mother, who was also an artist. “I can envision something and then draw it. I’ll see something and say, ‘Oh, that’s so paintable.’ ” —Brittany

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Fast and … quite friendly

No one could ever accuse Leslie Porterfield of living life in the slow lane — literally or figuratively. The Lakewood resident holds the impressive title of Fastest Woman in the World on a Motorcycle. She also owns High Five Cycles in Dallas, and she recently became the proud mother of twins. Oh, and she rescues dogs. “If I do something, I do it big,” she says, laughing. She started riding motorcycles at 16 for logical reasons: Everyone told her she couldn’t. By 19, she was racing, and eventually she became determined to go to Bonneville Salt Flats, a densely packed salt pan in Utah, to break a record. “For gearheads, Bonneville is paradise,” she explains. In 2007 she made it to Bonneville, but instead of breaking records, she broke seven ribs in a crash at 110 mph. In 2008 she went back and became the first female member in the Bonneville 200 MPH Club. Then, by going 232 mph at Bonneville, she set the record for Fastest Woman in the World on a Motorcycle (racers must maintain a speed for one mile both ways and the speeds are averaged). Her highest speed was 246 mph. Her most recent achievement was having a beautiful set of boy-girl twins, which has made her a little more cautious in her pursuit for speed. “I always get asked if I plan to go back and go faster, but having twins has definitely changed that,” she says. So for now, she’s sticking to mentoring other young female riders. “Who knows, I may just end up helping out the next person who will break my record,” she says, “but that’s all right. Records are just on loan; they’re made to be broken.” She has also rescued and found homes for more than 50 dogs, and she’s pretty convinced there’s a doggie Craigslist somewhere that leads them to her house or shop. Her own three dogs, including Freeway, her constant companion, are rescues.

—Brittany Nunn

DALLAS CITY COUNCIL & ELECTION RELATED MATTERS

2013-2015 DALLAS CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALLY TAKES OFFICE JUNE 24, 2013

Runoff Election

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Place 5 Rick Callahan Jesse Diaz

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June 3 – June 8 8 AM – 5 PM (Monday through Saturday)

June 9 1 PM – 6 PM (Sunday)

June 10 – June 11 7 AM – 7 PM (Monday and Tuesday)

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June 15 7 AM – 7 PM (Saturday)

The most current list of voting can be found by contacting the City Secretary’s Office at (214) 670-3738 or accessing the City Secretary’s Office website at http://www.ci.dallas. tx.us/cso/electUpcoming. html, as well as contacting the Dallas County Elections Department at (214)819-6300 or accessing their website at http://www.dallascountyvotes.org/.

General and Special Elections May 11, 2013 - Duly Elected

Place 1 - Scott Griggs

Councilmember-Elect

Place 2 - Adam Medrano

Councilmember-Elect

Place 3 - Vonciel Jones Hill

Councilmember-Elect

Place 4 - Dwaine Caraway

Unopposed, Councilmember-Elect

Place 6 - Monica R. Alonzo

Councilmember-Elect

Place 7 - Carolyn R. Davis

Councilmember-Elect

Place 8 - Tennell Atkins

Councilmember-Elect

Place 9 - Sheffie Kadane

Unopposed, Councilmember-Elect

Place 10 - Jerry Allen

Unopposed, Councilmember-Elect

Place 11 - Lee Kleinman

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Place 12 - Sandy Greyson

Unopposed, Councilmember-Elect

Place 13 - Jennifer Staubach Gates

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Sale of Joey Georgusis Park and Elgin B. Robertson Parks

Based upon the statement of returns for the City of Dallas Special Election also held May 11, 2013, Propositions 1 and 2 authorizing

the sale of Joey Georgusis Park and Elgin B. Robertson Park received sufficient votes to allow the sale of these park properties.

Hit the pavement … to help raise funds for Boson Marathon victims. The Second Annual Fair Park 5k Urban Dash begins on Saturday, June 1, starting at 7 p.m. The group’s primary beneficiary is the historical grounds of Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl, but this year it will also include an inspired commitment to honor and raise funds for the Boston Marathon victims. The obstaclecourse run will include balance beams, wall climb, band shell, hurdles, cattle panels, the unique dumpster dive, train tracks, tractor trailer crawl, fountains, tires and junk car areas. For more information, visit fairparkurbandash.com or contact Jason Bradberry at 214.426.3400, jason@fairpark.org. Entry fee is $50.

See a mini masterpiece … to raise funds for East Dallas community schools. Dallas Cityscape, an exhibit built out of toy bricks and building elements, which includes a spectacular re-creation of the Dallas skyline and other landmarks of the city, is available starting June 29, on Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. It’s a great exhibit for children, families and anyone who loves design. It also includes a kid’s construction zone to inspire guests to build their own creations. The exhibit is at the Dallas Galleria, Level 1 across from Grand Lux Café, 13350 Dallas Parkway. See dallascityscape.com for more. Entrance fee is $5 for ages 2 and up.

Pull out your grandma’s cookbook … to benefit the new Promise of Peace garden. POP is hosting the Okra Palooza, a contest on June 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Professional and amateurs alike will face for the best okra recipes. There will be raffle prizes donated by Greenling and Hotel Palomar, and Grammy-nominated Russ Hewitt will play at the event. Funds will go toward the new Promise of Peace garden in Little Forest Hills. The event will be held at The LOT, 7530 E. Grand. For more info, go to promiseofpeace.us, or call 214.240.9220. Tickets are $35.

Out & About

Through June

Concerts at the Arboretum

Every Tuesday and Thursday night, the Dallas Arboretum hosts a different band on the beautiful Martin Rutchik Concert Stage and Lawn. Bring your family and friends and your favorite food and drinks, and enjoy a concert overlooking a beautiful view of White Rock Lake. All summer concerts are from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. Dallas Arboretum, dallasarboretum.org, contact reservations@dallasarboretum.org or 214.515.6615, $15-$17 adult members, $25-$27 adult nonmembers, $10 children ages 3-12, package deals available

Through June 2

‘The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley’

Dallas Children’s Theater brings you its rendition of the book “Flat Stanley.” Stanley Lambchop is just like everyone else, until he makes a wish that, lo and behold, comes true!

Dallas Children’s Theater, Baker Theater, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $16-$27

June 15–AugusT 10

Mayor’s Summer Reading Club

Regular reading throughout the summer vacation keeps academic skills sharp, inspires curiosity, enhances comprehension and vocabulary, and starts a habit for young people to become lifelong readers and learners. In an effort to encourage the whole family to read, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is kicking

off the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club, an eight-week program powered by community participation and featuring weekly incentive prizes. Registration opened May 19. All 29 Dallas Public Library locations as well as the Dallas Public Library’s Bookmobile will participate. dallaslibrary.org, 214.670.1671

June 12–July 19

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

The 2013 Shakespeare in the Park season opens in June with this Shakespeare classic, directed by guest director Sara Romersberger. In the play, Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, are to be married and great celebrations are to be had, but things do not go as planned. With magic, love and hearsay abounding, this story will capture audience attention until the very end. Performance time is 8:15 p.m. for all shows.

Samuell Grand Amphitheatre, shakespearedallas.org for schedule, $10 adults and $7 children and seniors

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The second annual Fair Park 5K Urban Dash hits the pavement on Saturday starting at 7 p.m., with an inspired commitment to honor and raise funds for the Boston Marathon victims, as well as its primary beneficiary, the historical grounds of Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl. The obstacle course run includes balance beams, wall climb, band shell, hurdles, cattle panels, the unique dumpster dive, train tracks, tractor trailer crawl, fountains, tires and junk car areas. Fair Park, fairparkurbandash.com, contact Jason Bradberry: 214.426.3400, jason@fairpark.org, $50

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June 15–August 25

Tietze Pool opens

Enjoy a summer by the pool at Tietze Park, open Thursday through Monday 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tietze Park, 2700 Skillman, 214.670.1380, tietzepark.org

June 18

World’s largest swimming lesson

Join Olympic gold medalists Rowdy Gaines and Janet Evans, along with kids and families at aquatic facilities around the globe, for the world’s largest swimming lesson. For the third straight year, they’re breaking the Guinness world record to spread the word that swimming lessons save lives. Don’t miss the chance to participate in this record-breaking event at 10 a.m. at all Dallas community pools and help prevent drowning, the second leading cause of injury-related death of children ages 1-14.

Dallas community pools, dallasaquatics.org, free

June 20–July 20

‘Pericles’

When Pericles discovers the dreaded answer to Antioch’s riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love and fatherhood. This story moves the audience through resurrection, attempted murder and pirates before reaching a divine revelation. Directed by executive and artistic director Raphael Parry. Performance time is 8:15 p.m. for all shows.

Samuell Grand Amphitheatre, shakespearedallas.org for schedule, $10 adults, $7 children/seniors

June 21 – July 14

Three little pigs

Adapted from the hilariously popular book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. In the play, A. Wolf finally gets to tell his side of the story, and you determine the ending of the play in this jazzy-cool musical that will blow the hair off your chinny chin chin! Hot off its acclaimed national tour. Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.740.0051, $14 – $40

June 29–Sept. 2

Dallas Cityscape

Check out Dallas Cityscape, an exhibit built out of toy bricks and building elements featuring a spectacular re-creation of the Dallas skyline and other landmarks of the city, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

A great exhibit for children, families and anyone who loves design; it was constructed to raise funds for East Dallas community schools. It also includes a kid’s construction zone to inspire guests to build their own creations.

Dallas Galleria, Level 1 across from Grand Lux Café, 13350 Dallas Parkway, dallascityscape.com, $5 for ages 2 and up

June 30

Okra Palooza

Promise of Peace Garden hosts a contest from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. where professional and amateurs alike will face for the best okra recipes. There will be raffle prizes donated by Greenling and Hotel Palomar, and Grammy-nominated Russ Hewitt will play at the event. Funds will go toward the new Promise of Peace garden in Little Forest Hills.

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Eversince The Lot, the new casual dining restaurant on Grand where the old Backyard Beach Bar used to be, opened at the end of February, it’s been turning out hamburgers faster than you can say, “Can I get some ketchup please?” People are — quite literally — eating it up. To managing partner John McBride, this tells him there’s a huge need in East Dallas for a family-friendly restaurant where folks can kick back with a quality burger, chase it with a beer, and watch their youngsters throw sand at each other in the kidscape. If things get really wild, maybe they can even toss a round or two of cornhole. “It’s really turned into a really big family destination spot,” McBride says. The space itself begs for a kick-your-shoes-off kind of time, which is contrasted by the high-quality hamburgers and other menu items. For example, its bestselling appetizers are the Yuca fries and the cayenne fried cauliflower.

“We wanted to create a menu that was more than just a burger place. Even though the burgers are the No. 1 seller, it has a little more of a twist to it. We wanted to offer some healthier options without it being a health-food place.” —Brittany

Nunn

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Think pink

Charles & Charles Rosé ($10) Washington

This month marks the 11th annual Advocate rosé column where we celebrate pink wine that costs $10, pairs with almost any kind of food you can think of, and — despite what the wine snobs say — isn’t sweet or unpleasant to drink.

In this, rosé is pretty much the perfect cheap wine. That it’s not more popular is a function of its color — it’s too often confused with white zinfandel (or white merlot or whatever), so wine drinkers shy away from it because they think it’s sweet. In fact, most rosés are bone-dry and combine the best qualities of red and white wines.

What should you drink? This will get you started:

• Rene Barbier Mediterranean Rosé ($6). Maybe the best cheap rosé on the market, consistent and varietally correct. This version has a little more fruit (strawberry) than usual.

• Goats do Roam Rosé ($10). This South African wine is very nicely done and a fine value, with flavors of strawberry and cranberry. It’s more like a European rosé — crisper and less fruity — than its New World cousins.

• Charles & Charles Rosé ($10). The quintessential New World-style rosé, with lots of fruit (mostly strawberry), as well as style and structure. One of my favorite rosés every year.

Ask the wine guy

Why is rosé pink?

—Jeff Siegel

Rosés are made mostly with red grapes, and they get their color from the skins. The skins are left in the fermenting grape juice just long enough to color the wine and are then removed.

—Jeff Siegel

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With your wine

The ultimate chicken salad

Forget everything you know about chicken salad. This version doesn’t resemble the mayonnaise glop that most of us are familiar with; instead, it’s a summer dinner for four that doesn’t involve any cooking (save for boiling water). It’s also the ultimate rosé dinner.

Grocery List

1 whole roasted chicken, about 3 ½ to 4 lbs (a roasted grocery store chicken is perfect), cut into pieces

16 oz thin noodles, cooked (Asian soup or rice noodles are good, but any long thin noodle works)

4 c shredded lettuce

Assorted raw salad vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, red onions and radishes

Best-quality vinaigrette

Directions

1. Assemble the salad and vegetables in a large bowl and dress lightly with the vinaigrette.

2. Put a serving-size portion of the lettuce mixture on a plate. Top with a serving of noodles and drizzle the noodles with the vinaigrette.

3. Top the noodles and lettuce with a piece of chicken, and drizzle the chicken with the pan juices if you have them. Otherwise, drizzle with the vinaigrette. Serve.

Serves four, takes about 45 minutes

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Forget the latest culinary craze — loyal diners dish about the spots that keep them coming back, and back, and back

It’s a challenge to keep up with the trendy and innovative restaurant landscape in Dallas. Every day, it seems, brings the announcement of a new upscale taco joint or slow-food gastropub or microbrewery.

Amid the blur of media clamoring to cover the city’s latest and greatest foodie hotspots, it’s easy to forget the neighborhood restaurants that have stuck with us over the long haul.

But the regulars don’t forget.

They patronize their favorites week in and week out, sometimes daily. Their allegiance isn’t just about the food. They tend to be loyalists and creatures of habit, in contrast to those of us who have restaurant attention deficit disorder.

The neighborhood eateries with established regulars aren’t typically the ones enjoying Twitter and blogger buzz. If we lost them, however, they would leave gaping holes in the fabric of our community.

While most of us play the restaurant field, we salute the regulars who make sure our neighborhood’s dining staples will be around when we crave them.

terilli’s manager shannon bush hugs longtime customer Joe porter.

Terilli’s 2815 Greenville

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The Blue Goose Cantina 2905 Greenville

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The guy who knows everyone (and everyone knows him)

“They call him the mayor of Greenville,” whispers a waiter at Terilli’s, beckoning toward Joe Porter.

Porter had grabbed a small booth near the bar and was sipping iced tea, since it was still early in the afternoon. (“The sun has to be over the yardarm before I’ll take a drink,” he later explains, quoting the old sailor expression. “I was just raised that way.”)

He’s frequented the restaurant “since Jeannie [Terilli] opened the place” more than 25 years ago, and remembers when her daughter, Amanda, would run downstairs and grab her coat on the way to elementary school. The little girl often gave the Irishman a warm “hello.”

“And when I got older, she never forgot me,” Porter says of Amanda Terilli Ahern, who is now a managing partner. Ahern greets the family’s longtime customer with a hug on this particular day.

The Terilli’s folks call him the mayor of Greenville because their bar is only one of Porter’s haunts.

“Why not be a conservationist?” Porter asks. “Park your car to where you can walk to four or five different bars.”

This is his routine two or three times a week, most often around Lower Greenville, Henderson Avenue or Uptown. Porter lives in Casa Linda and works in the area, so these hotspots are conveniently located when he wraps up business for the day.

“Hey, it’s around-town Joe!” says Blue Goose Cantina manager Jim Jernigan when Porter stops in across the street from Terilli’s.

“Around-town Joe” is another of Porter’s monikers, this one given by Candleroom nightclub owner Tommy DeAlono, Porter says. He’s

also been nicknamed Crocodile Dundee “because I do my walkabout,” he says. Others know him simply as Mr. P.

It seems that everyone knows Porter, and vice versa. He was a regular at The Londoner when it was on Lowest Greenville, before Barry Tate decided to move it to Uptown. “Whenever a space came available, [Tate] said, ‘I’m going to open up,’ ” Porter says. He knew Peter Kinney as The Dubliner’s bartender, before Kinney and Feargal McKinney took over the place and later opened the Old Monk, Idle Rich Pub, Blackfriar Pub and Capitol Pub.

Porter recently spotted Pat Snuffer in the parking lot of the Greenville restaurant and stopped to chat, learning the longtime burger joint would be torn down and rebuilt. He spent time with the late Matt Martinez — “the recipe guy, the front guy, the schmoozer,” he says — while his wife, Estella, ran the business. When Martinez died, Porter says, “Estella never missed a beat.” He also knew the late Bob Peterson, who opened Blue Goose and Aw Shucks (“Everyone called him ‘Dirty Bob,’ ” Porter says. “I just called him ‘Bob.’ ”), and he knows the Blue Goose’s Jernigan as “Elvis,” a nickname from his sideburn days.

“Anytime you hear anybody call him ‘Elvis,’ that’s one of the old crew,” Porter says.

Porter will give any place a try, but the places he visits time and again have a couple of distinct qualities.

Good food is the initial draw, he says, but “I’m not talking about 3-star Michelin. If I like the chicken-fried steak, I like it. If I don’t, I

The bar is Porter’s favorite place to dine, here at Terilli’s and elsewhere, too, because it’s the best place to strike up conversation.

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don’t.” Even if the food is “just OK,” Porter still might sit at the bar, sip a Guinness and talk to people.

“I like to walk in somewhere like ‘Cheers,’ where you know people, they know you. That’s my kind of place,” Porter says. “The stuffy corporate thing, I don’t like.”

He knows when a certain person will be at happy hour at this bar, and someone else will be grabbing a bite at that restaurant, and he moves from place to place accordingly. He knows the bartenders pretty much everywhere.

“Bartenders were the original psychiatrists. The layman’s psychiatrist,” Porter says. “I love hearing the stories.”

He has plenty of old friends, but loves making new ones. “I’m an Irishman,” he says, explaining his ability to strike up a conversation with anyone in his vicinity.

Order like a regular:

“Food is simply a matter of personal taste,” Porter says. But in his opinion, these are the best menu items at Terilli’s and Blue Goose:

Terilli’s: “Tom Landry used to eat here, and there’s a dish called the Tom Landry. It’s very good,” Porter says of the grilled chicken breast with roasted red peppers, Texas goat cheese and ancho chili pepper sauce. He also likes the restaurant’s soups — lobster bisque, cream of jalapeño and minestrone.

Blue Goose Cantina: Porter likes to order the salsa verde enchiladas with extra verde sauce, and charro beans instead of refried. “I believe the Blue Goose has the best verde sauce in town,” Porter says. “I’m trying to get them to tell me [the recipe], but they won’t say.” His other go-to is the beef chile relleno. “It’s made Durango-style because the people who created the dish are from Durango,” he says.

And sometimes, Porter just listens.

“I’ve been in marketing and sales one way or the other for 40 years, and when you are, you become a people watcher — they are the ones who are going to buy your product or not,” Porter says. “What better place to watch people than in bars and restaurants? Because you see them all the way from the business side to the wild side.”

The 68-year-old makes a point to listen to people much younger than him. He has done this for decades, since the heyday of the Gypsy Tea Room and Trees in Deep Ellum. Porter used to make the rounds there, too. Once he was asked by a young guy checking IDs, “Are you lost?”

“It kind of looks like it, doesn’t it?” Porter responded, laughing.

The “old guys” with whom Porter converses wonder why he wastes his time.

“Our generation runs the world right this minute, but in a very short period of time, our generation is not going to run it — theirs is,” Porter says. “So I want to know how they think. I don’t want to be sitting on the couch and saying, ‘I don’t know what the hell is going on with the world.’

“Why would they want to talk to me? I don’t know. But a lot of them do, so I talk to them.”

Over the decades, he has watched as restaurants and bars in Dallas have opened and closed, expanded or moved. He believes he knows the secret to the enduring success of places like Terilli’s and the Blue Goose.

And it’s not the food.

Sure, the food should be good, Porter says. “But say the food is good, you know what the rest of it is? People.

“You can have the right idea, but if you don’t have the right people to put it into effect, it’s not going to work.”

The neighbOrhOOd lOyalisTs

For the last year and a half, Peter and Judy Czarny have spent every Friday night at Daddy Jack’s on Lower Greenville.

It’s their date night, and they have a standing reservation for a booth. The New England chowder house with red-checkered tablecloths and a menu devoted to fresh seafood is cozy and tranquil.

Daddy Jack’s 1916 Greenville 214.826.4910

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“It’s kind of a bit away from the maddening crowd, so to speak, so it’s more comfortable,” Judy Czarny says. “If you go farther up toward where the old Whole Foods used to be, that gets into the rush and bustle, and it’s kind of nice when you go out on Friday to not have to worry about that.”

They discovered the place nearly a decade ago when their now 26-year-old son, Nathan, was a high school senior. The Czarnys don’t eat red meat, so Daddy Jack’s was a perfect find for them, and “we’ve been going ever since,” Judy Czarny says.

“We’ve tried other seafood places around Dallas, and for the price and the quality, you can’t beat Daddy Jack’s,” she says.

Also, Czarny says, “we like to stay in the neighborhood,” and Daddy Jack’s is a true neighborhood restaurant. Owner Cary Ray is “100 percent local. They live in the neighborhood, and they have their business in the neighborhood, and that’s a big plus, in my opinion,” she says.

The Czarnys are on the Wilshire Heights neighborhood board, and Ray donates gift certificates for its annual chili cook-off prizes or

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Ray is there every Friday night when the Czarnys dine. Part of the experience is chatting with him and also with Felissa, one of the waitresses, who takes care of feral cats. “We enjoy talking to her about how all that’s going,” Czarny says.

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The Czarnys generally order one of the specials, such as “sea bass, ahi tuna, halibut — a variety of things like that with a variety of different sauces,” Judy Czarny says. Owner Cary Ray offers only what he can procure fresh, so between the specials and the regular menu (“We’ve probably had everything on it,” she says), they can’t go wrong.

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The rouTine cusTomer

Victor Nichols Jr. used to take his mother to the beauty shop at Buckner and Northcliff. Because Alfonso’s was in the same shopping center, “it was real convenient to take her to the beauty shop then eat with her at Alfonso’s,” Nichols says.

He started dining there 18 years ago, and his mother has since passed away, “but I continue the same schedule,” Nichols says. He’s still at Alfonso’s every Thursday afternoon.

He also eats there on Sundays after attending church Downtown at First United Methodist. Sometimes his sister, who also attends church there, joins him.

“I always have the same waitress,” Nichols says. “Her name is Cynthia, and she’s been there about five years, so of course when I go in twice a week, she knows exactly what I want.”

Nichols is a 66-year-old retired bachelor who worked for the City of Dallas water utilities for 32 years. He eats out nearly every day and has a pretty set routine — the Casa Linda El Fenix for the Wednesday enchilada special, Circle Grill at I-30 and Buckner two or three times a week for breakfast, and the BlackEyed Pea at Town East at least once a week.

“I just figured, you know, being by myself, it’s just easier to go out and eat,” Nichols says.

Just like at Alfonso’s, he sits in the same sections and is served by the same wait staff each time he dines. He learns about their lives — Cynthia has two children, he says, and the husband of his Black-Eyed Pea waitress is a printer at the Dallas Morning News.

The waiters know Nichols, too, and take care of him.

“My waiter at El Fenix, Francisco, is really, really good,” Nichols says. “He’ll do special things for me — give me extra tortillas and chips and let me take them home.”

Cynthia, who prepares a glass of iced tea as soon as Nichols walks into Alfonso’s, gives him similar special treatment.

“She usually gives me garlic rolls to take home,” he says, “and today she put an Italian cream cake in there, so you can’t beat that.”

Order like a regular Nichols is a vegetarian, and he appreciates the good vegetables and fresh salads on Alfonso’s menu. On Sundays, he always asks for his regular — vegetable pizza. “It’s kind of strange to have a vegetable pizza, but it works out real good,” Nichols says. “Cynthia will make me a real big salad, and I can take some of the pizza home.” On Thursdays, he changes it up, usually ordering something like the veggie baked lasagna or the minestrone soup.

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The reTired old men eaTing ouT

Head to Barbec’s any weekday morning between 7 and 8:30 a.m., and you’ll find the Romeo Club sitting in the corner of the main dining room.

Any weekday but Thursday, that is.

“It used to be five days a week, but one of our group began laying out on us because he had to play golf on Thursday,” Dick Atkinson says.

“I got a prescription from my doctor to play golf,” Ed Waters quips, and the other men shake their heads and laugh.

Romeo stands for “retired old men eating out,” they explain. They meet at Barbec’s because most of them live near White Rock Lake, so the diner is conveniently located.

No one can remember when this morning ritual began.

“We’ve been here so long, we’ve told all the jokes we know,” Atkinson says. “We just say, ‘No. 2,’ and everyone laughs.”

It’s been long enough that the restaurant puts out a “reserved” sign for the men each morning, and their waitress, Carrie Skaggs, knows their usual orders.

order like a regular “Coffee is all I have,” Atkinson says. “I still have a wife who fixes breakfast for me.” Jones orders “two pancakes and a strip of bacon — I don’t want to overdo a good thing.” Cole’s usual is oatmeal with raisins. “We’re creatures of habit,” Waters says. “Except me — I change every day.”

“And just like being in church, everyone sits in the same ol’ pew,” Jim K. Brown says.

Brown retired from the United Methodist Church; he pastored both Ridgewood Park and Lake Highlands Methodist churches during his years in ministry.

“And boy, when he retired, he retired. He comes back on Easter and Christmas,” Waters says, ribbing Brown.

“I’d have to say he makes it about 50 percent of the time,” Atkinson says.

“I couldn’t do it 100 percent,” Brown admits. “I never had perfect attendance.”

Atkinson also retired from the United Methodist Church, but still works for White Rock United Methodist overseeing pastoral care and visitations.

Most of the men know each other because they attend the same Sunday school class at the church, located a few blocks from Bar-

bec’s in Little Forest Hills. The exception is Jerry Cole, a Main Street Church of Christ member and also the quietest of the bunch.

Cole used to sit at a table behind the one where he sits now, and after a while, the men encouraged him to move closer and join them.

“Jerry kind of keeps us in line,” Waters says.

“It’s not an easy job,” Cole says.

Boyd Jones joins the bunch around 8 a.m. He’s part of their Sunday school class, too. Another occasional member is their Sunday school teacher, Morris Coleman, a recently retired Eastfield College professor.

“He’s become unreliable now that he’s retired, but he is an honorable mention,” Waters says.

“The other folks who come in here have the benefit of overhearing,” Atkinson says, gesturing toward the customers seated else-

where in the dining room.

“Yes we do!” a woman pipes up.

“We’re often called the think tank of East Dallas,” Waters says.

“But we don’t think much,” Brown says.

“And we don’t think often, either,” Waters says.

When the jokes cease, if they ever do, the discussion revolves around that day’s Dallas Morning News headlines.

“This group is never serious about anything except politics and religion,” Brown says.

“Well, we start the day with a laugh,” Waters says.

“And it goes downhill from there,” Brown says.

Barbec’s

8949 Garland Road

214.321.5597

Left/ Ed Waters, Morris Holman, Ross Williams and Boyd Jones contribute to the lively conversation each weekday morning at Barbec’s. Right/ Jim K. Brown puts in his two cents.

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order like a regular Grayson usually orders oatmeal or a breakfast taco. One of Hofelt’s classic go-to meals is two poached eggs, sliced tomato and avocado, and a toasted English muffin, which she turns into a breakfast sandwich. Most mornings, De Bosier orders two poached eggs, a toasted English muffin, grits and either sausage patties or sausage links. “I’m pretty boring and simple with my palate,” he says. Sometimes, though, he splurges. “Their real strength is in their Mexican-style dishes — huevos rancheros, and their breakfast tacos and morning burritos.”

The forTuiTous friends

Stelly Hofelt remembers exactly when she began eating breakfast at Goldrush Café. It was in 1991, when her husband, Jerry, broke his leg.

Up until then, he would get up every morning and fix his own breakfast before going to work, she says. When he couldn’t, she began cooking for him; after a week of it, she suggested they go out to breakfast on Saturday.

She didn’t realize what she was signing up for.

“Once he retired, my comment was, ‘We are not going to go to the Goldrush every day,’” Hofelt says. “By God if we aren’t here every day.”

They aren’t the only ones. Each morning the main dining room fills up with customers who know each other so well, they talk across the tables and swap seats on occasion.

The room isn’t large, and it was the only dining area before the restaurant expanded into the adjacent space next door, “so when you came for breakfast, you sat with whoever happened to be here,” Hofelt says.

“When this gentleman started coming, he started pushing tables together,” Hofelt says with a gesture toward Ted De Bosier.

De Bosier has traveled extensively, and everywhere he goes, he seeks out a place “that when you walk in, it feels distinct,” he says. When he moved to our neighborhood and discovered the Goldrush, he knew he had found what he was looking for.

“My analogy is, everyone looks for a ‘Cheers’ bar, and this is it in a breakfast place,” De Bosier says. “People don’t know each other, and in half an hour, they’re good friends. It really is fodder for good conversation and camaraderie, and even though there are disagreements about religion and politics, it’s about the friendship.”

“And I don’t sit with people who disagree with me,” Hofelt quips.

The friendships would be unlikely outside the incubator of the Goldrush, they say, but because they are breakfast companions, they now attend each other’s Christmas parties and know each other’s relatives.

In fact, “it’s like my family,” Hofelt says.

And owner George Sanchez is the patriarch.

“This would not be the place it is if it wasn’t for George,” De Bosier says.

They laud him for embracing the motley crew that makes up his clientele, including the patrons with “purple hair and tattoos,” Hofelt says.

Top left/ The main dining room at Goldrush Café is full of regulars each morning. Top right/ Both retirees and tattood hipsters comprise the regular crowd at Goldrush. Above/ Ted De Bosier chips in by pouring coffee.

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“It’s the old people in the morning and the rock crowd at lunch, and George gets along with all of them,” De Bosier says.

Once you order something two or three times, Sanchez will remember it as your regular, they say. They’ve joked with him that he should put “The Regular” on the menu, and list the cost as “market price.”

“You don’t even have to use the menu,” points out Rich Grayson, who’d grabbed a seat next to Hofelt. Even still, Sanchez can keep track of everyone’s preferences and nuances, they say.

Hofelt remembers coming in on one of Sanchez’s days off and complaining about the bad service. Another regular corrected her: “We don’t get bad service when George isn’t here; George spoils us.”

“And I thought, ‘That’s true,’ ” Hofelt says. He then adds, “It’s not that I want to critique the food, but we don’t come here for the food.”

The reasonable cost of meals is a draw, however.

“If you’re going to be a regular, you’re not going to pay $15 for breakfast,” Grayson says.

Sanchez modestly credits his customers for making his restaurant what it is. He’s going on 33 years in business, and says 85 to 90 percent of the clientele are regulars. He has watched customers who were dating marry and have children, and “now their kids come in and

have a usual,” he says.

“If it wasn’t for them, there wouldn’t be a Goldrush,” he says. “They love it here, and I love serving them.”

The conversation around the tables continues well into the morning. Hofelt passes around the creamer pitcher as she sees a need arise, and De Bosier buses dishes as people finish their food. Coffee cups clink in affirmation of a statement or idea. And laughter is prevalent.

“Sometimes there’s so much laughter here in there morning, I wonder if people think that we’re drinking,” Hofelt says.

Jerry Hofelt gives one of his tablemates a farewell hug.

Louie’s reguLars morph from media types to young famiLies and singLes

In the 20-some odd years I’ve been going to Louie’s, Louie Canelakas has reprimanded me for suggesting that deep dish pizza is better than Louie’s signature thin crust; for asking why he doesn’t replace his World War II-era cash register with something more in tune with the 21st century; and — easily the worst trouble I ever got in — offering that maybe Dallas’ restaurant smoking ban was not such a bad idea.

So why do I keep going back?

Probably the same reason that the rest of the Louie’s regulars do — it’s the best place I know to hang out that’s not at my house.

“They treat everyone the same,” says Casa Linda’s Alan Clarke, who has been going to Louie’s pretty much since the restaurant on Henderson near Ross opened in 1987. “If you come in more than once or twice, they make an honest effort to know who you are.

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It’s intangibles like that that make Louie’s Louie’s. And they mix a helluva drink.”

Louie, his brother, Chris, who runs the kitchen, their mother, Alexandra, who keeps an eye on everything, longtime bartender John Hunter and longtime waitress Beth Hoefer would grumble and harrumph if someone said something like that to them in person. And I’ll no doubt be reprimanded yet again after they read this. But Clarke is right — you can get a drink anywhere, as long as you don’t care if the bartender is checking out the girl walking past or worrying about when it’s time to go home or even, believe it or not, not knowing just exactly what it is you ordered or how to make it.

The Canelakes know better than that. That’s why they’re working on their second generation of regulars — the families and neighborhood singles who come for the food. The pizza is best known, but the hamburgers make most of what anyone else in Dallas serves seem like fast food, the Greek salad is just as well done, and the clams casino are the secret no one knows about.

The second generation of regulars replaced the media types who made Louie’s famous in the 1980s and 1990s, when Channel 8’s Dale Hansen would stop by between the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts and reporters from the Times Herald and The Morning News would snipe at each other across the bar. That the Canelakeses have adapted and thrived despite those changes, and that they have turned those changes to their advantage, speaks volumes about why their regulars are their regulars. I don’t even have a cash register at my house.

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Promise of peace From garden to table

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell famously sang in the ’70s. It happens all the time: Trees go down and buildings go up, all in the name of progress. This summer, Elizabeth Dry plans to reverse that trend on a property in East Dallas by covering what’s currently a parking lot and putting up a paradise in its place. She’s asking neighbors to “come aboard the peace train” with her and get their hands dirty building a community garden, but some nearby neighbors aren’t so sure the “peace train” is going to be as peaceful as Dry claims.

Putting down roots

Dry, a teacher at Alex Sanger Elementary with a knack for making things grow, is the founder of Promise for Peace community garden off East Grand. She founded the nonprofit in 2009 as a hopeful solution to some big problems she recognized in students. “I kept seeing the same problems keeping children from being successful, or families from being successful,” she explains. Disconnect, from the planet as well as from the community around them or even other students they didn’t understand, seemed to

be keeping kids from reaching their potential. “They’re in their own little living room, and they bring the world into their house, but they’re not connected to the world right around them,” she says. “I was just frustrated with how children were increasingly becoming lost within our education system.”

That summer, she found the empty lot on Grand and started dreaming. “I just thought, if there was a place that was beautiful, like a sanctuary, where people could gather and see each other for who they really are, while learning to live their best, healthy life, and that includes everyone because we all are going too fast, we’re all not being the best we should be and feeling the most joy we could be.” At the same time, the City of Dallas had a Loving My Community stimulus grant, which Dry applied for and won. In one month, she received funding, signed a lease and developed a nonprofit. “It all just fell into place,” she explains. In November, she hosted the groundbreaking, and several city officials showed up in support. “It was just confirmation that there really is something happening here. Everyone seemed to want it to happen.”

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dents together from surrounding schools, to teach them about nature and let them test out their green thumbs, but over the years, it’s turned into even more than she first dared to hope. In three and a half years, people from 48 schools and 21 countries have visited the garden. Many local organizations and business have reached out to Dry and provided countless resources and volunteers to the grassroots organization. “It has gone so far beyond my vision that I’m pretty convinced something like this could help any community thrive,” she says. “It just draws people together.”

Promise for Peace offers classes for students every Saturday for five weeks in spring, summer and fall during Kids Camp, where they’re taught through trial and error how to plant and care for flowers, food-producing plants and other greenery. People from around the Metroplex find their way to East Dallas for tours or field trips. Promise of Peace partners with local chefs to offer cooking classes where students learn to prepare healthy “from garden to table” meals or snacks.

Room to grow

Dry has a lot on her plate, but she isn’t slowing down anytime soon. In March, Dry said the nonprofit was ready for the “next step” and mentioned she thought a big move was on the horizon. With major developments such as Lincoln Property Co.’s Arboretum Village shopping cen-

ter across the street, The Lot restaurant next door and other restaurants popping up around the property, Dry figured her little plot was about to become a hot commodity — one she wouldn’t be able to afford for long. But she was already a step ahead, searching for a new location where she could put down roots.

Dry pays $800 in rent every month for the property on Grand, so she was hoping to land somewhere cheap or free. That way, any money donated to the organization could go directly toward the program. She started partnering with businesses on smaller projects, such as the children’s garden at The Lot. In April, Promise of Peace partnered with Hotel Palomar and planted a garden at C. C. Young, but, all the while, she had something bigger up her sleeve.

In February, Dry met with Mitchell Boone, the associate pastor of White Rock United Methodist Church. He was interested in starting a community garden in the parking lot across the street from his church in Little Forest Hills. “I didn’t know how to go about starting a community garden,” he says. So he sought Dry’s expert advice.

When he met with Dry, it sparked something unexpected yet welcome on both ends — the possibility of a partnership. White Rock United Methodist had a large space with which to be creative, and POP was looking for a new home base. It seemed like a natural fit, so both left to seek advice from their respective board members.

The idea was a “go” by both parties. So, for a whopping $1 a year, White Rock United Methodist Church plans to lease the parking lot across the street for POP to do with as it will. The WRUMC staff also plans to make other conveniences available to the garden, such as its large

industrial kitchen, office space and bathrooms.

“There’s a lot of passion behind [Promise of Peace], and I think we can learn from them, in how they interact with the community,” Boone says. “I hope to see the garden be a place that makes a difference for people who are hungry in the city, while also teaching children how to take care of the earth.”

Originally, Dry had big plans for the space, which she affectionately calls the Imagine Project. She’s hoping to make the move this summer and be fully up and running by fall. The first step is to ready the lot with mulch and dirt, irrigation and electricity. After that, Dry dreamed of picnics, movie screenings, cooking classes, chicken coops and butterfly gardens; she even hoped to make it handicapped-accessible. “It’s going to be a paradise,” she predicted. But now, things aren’t looking quite as sunny.

Trouble in paradise

During the last days of April, piles of mulch began to be delivered to the parking lot across from the Methodist church. Some of the neighbors were curious, confused and concerned, particularly the neighbors immediately surrounding the lot. Dry put out handmade signs announcing the arrival of the garden, which led some of the neighbors to look up the organization’s website. When they saw pictures and stories about fundraisers, live music and busloads of children,

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some of them became afraid the Promise of Peace garden was going to be anything but peaceful.

The neighbors directly next to the garden at 9038 Santa Clara, Marj Rash and William Logg III, were particularly upset.

“This is being thrust upon us with no concerns as to how it will impact the area,” Rash says in an email. “Increased traffic and noise. I am not looking forward to fundraising concerts 10 feet from my home office or bedroom window.”

Rash’s sentiments, particularly those about noise and traffic, were echoed by a handful of others in the neighborhood as well.

Roxanne King, another nearby neighbor, sent a letter to Dry saying she is “completely against this plan” and has “no intention of being receptive to this at any point.”

“While you feel this is a great addition to our neighborhood, I couldn’t disagree more,” she writes. “Do not even attempt to lie and say it will be a quiet unobtrusive activity. Do not pretend that people will not park in front of our homes for your garden or that you will not have music, sales events, fundraisers and the like all opening up our homes to further intrusion on a regular basis.”

Nearby neighbor Natalee Morse shared a similar perspective.

“This is a wonderful, quiet neighborhood and we do not want it altered so some woman can do good for underprivileged children,” she says.

Many of the upset neighbors expressed feeling helpless about the situation. Rash says she feels it has been “shoved down their throats.”

Some contacted District 9 City Council member Sheffie Kadane, but ultimately there isn’t much, if anything, neighbors can do to stop the garden. According to City Ordinance 28125, community gardens are “permitted by rights in all districts.” Dry just needs to provide the required certificate of occupancy and traffic plan.

Originally, Dry hoped to include the neighbors in site plans for the garden, but after several emails and letters, she canceled the planned meeting. She says that she feels “bullied” by the neighbors and that they aren’t receptive to hearing

about her plans for the property.

But some of the neighbors feel the same way about Dry’s garden.

“I can’t believe they can do this to us,” says Morse at 9021 Santa Clara.

Morse wrote a letter that she taped to doors of surrounding neighbors in which she claimed she was “totally astonished and dismayed to come to the conclusion that the reason [for the garden] is actually to prevent the Catholics from parking there.” (Readers can view the full letter on page 12. For more, go to advocatemag. com)

The Methodist church parking lot has been used by the members of St. Bernard’s Church and St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic School for several years, and Boone insists WRUMC is not building the garden in a petty attempt to spite the Catholic church. He says they have communicated to the Catholic church that their members are welcome to park in the remaining half of the parking lot. “That lot was just the best place for us to put the garden,” he says.

Tommie Balcom, the principal at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic School, says the school is actually excited about the garden because it plans to encourage students to participate in the gardening and cooking classes. “Our school is looking forward to the garden. We’re ready to jump in there and partner with them,” Balcom says.

Dry takes the partnership as a good sign. “The garden has brought the Catholics and the Methodists together already, and it hasn’t even started,” she says.

As for concerns about noise, Dry insists gardening isn’t a loud activity. “It’s not going to be loud. We don’t even allow running in the garden. To me, a garden is a place to go to quietly observe.” Most of the cooking classes will be done inside, and the fundraising will be done off-site, she says. And, because she won’t be paying $800 in rent every month, she won’t need to raise funds as often. She had hoped to host movie screenings, but she says she’s nixing the idea for now.

After hearing about the conflict, many in the community also have expressed their support for the program.

“Please, please bring this garden to Little Forest Hills,” says neighbor Sarah Wandrey. “One of the best things about

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this neighborhood is the number of small children with parents who stay at home full-time or part-time. I plan to homeschool my children for the next few years, and this garden would be a fantastic contribution to their educations.”

Neighbor Lark Duncan, a dietitian, wrote to say he is “a firm believer in the power of prevention, especially when it comes to childhood obesity.”

“Moving to the new location in Little Forest Hills is going to increase our opportunities to better serve East Dallas,” he says. “The new facilities will have a classroom for children’s cooking and gardening classes as well as for adults. Studies have shown, and my personal experience, too, that one of the best ways to get children to eat healthy is to have them involved in every process of the food — from seed to table.”

One mom, Jordan Carter, wrote to say she has seen the positive effects of gardening in her own daughter.

“Ever since my 5-year-old daughter has been attending garden club at her school and the Promise of Peace Garden on Saturdays, I have seen a leap in her awareness about what food she eats and how healthy it is,” Carter says.

If it weren’t for the support, Dry says she might have considered retreat. As it stands, Dry plans to move forward with the garden.

“I have to do what’s best for the greater good. I don’t feel like the small number of people should stop something hundreds of people want,” she says.

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Susan Schuerger was the recipient of the DISD Secondary Community Volunteer of the Year award on April 25 for the many hours she has served Dallas ISD. Schuerger currently serves as chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Community Council, according to her bio from the Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation. She has served as president of the PTA and SBDM committees at Lakewood Elementary, J.L. Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson.

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The Dallas Police Department tops the rest when it comes to social media use. Dallas Police Department is No. 1 on a list of the top 50 social media-friendly police departments in the United States, according to a list compiled by mphprogramslist.com, a free resource for graduate public health, public administration, public policy and health administration programs students. While Twitter, YouTube and Facebook can be big timewasters, they can also be used for good. Police use social media to publicize breaking news manhunts, identify offenders caught on camera, raise awareness about the latest scams and, in rare cases, accept a fugitive’s surrender.

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In April, neighborhood resident and activist Bill Vandivort II organized an appreciation breakfast for police officers from the Northeast Division. Several officers — including Police Chief David Brown, a former northeast commander, and new commander Andrew Acord — attended. The breakfast was to thank the officers who worked tirelessly to track down Cesar Benitez, the guy who stands accused of committing two aggravated sexual assaults, burglary and a third attempted aggravated sexual assault in a neighborhood just north of White Rock Lake. One officer who worked on the case noted that it was the most dramatic work in which he’d ever been involved — the guy was a study in the progression of a sexual predator.

The officer added that the strengthening of the police force and the community as a whole over the past several years made them successful in catching the suspect. “We sleep better at night because this community can sleep better at night,” the officer said. “Fifteen years ago we could not have worked together as a department like this. There was a time when we did not have the mentality, where a weak link could pull down an operation like that. But this time all the links worked together.” Acord, a former narcotics officer who entered the Northeast Division amid of the serial-rape investigation, says he has been impressed not only by the great police work that he has seen, but also by the character of the community. And the amount of appreciation tneighbors have offered, since the takedown of the suspected rapist, has been overwhelming, he says. Civilians in attendance included several key figures who have made contributions to crime reduction in our neighborhood.

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Ever wondered how to get out of a traffic jam on Central Expressway? DART will spend $8.3 million, which it says will save Dallas residents $278 million over the next 10 years on a 511 system that pulls together traffic information from other cities and transportation systems to help drivers figure out where traffic is worst. Right now, the system focuses on Central Expressway checking the 511 website gives drivers a way to plan their transportation route for the day, says DART spokesman Mark Ball. Previously, the local transportation systems worked separately. “This is a new approach by pulling together all of the information and putting it together on one website,” Ball says. Users also can dial 511 on their phone for updates; not surprisingly, Ball says DART recommends using 511 before hitting the road for safety reasons. Drivers, he says, should not text while driving. A soft, unofficial version of the website has been made available for the public’s use.

Inrix, a Seattle-based traffic consultancy, annually ranks the most congested highways in the country. Not surprisingly, LBJ from Valley View west to Kingsley made the 2012 list — the 62nd most congested stretch of highway in the United States, up from 100 last year. Inrix says it takes 33 minutes to cover the 16.7 miles during afternoon rush hour. What is surprising is that that’s not the biggest mess in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I-35W in downtown Fort Worth (35th) and I-820 near Grapevine (54th) are worse; it takes 26 minutes to go 9.5 miles during afternoon rush hour on I-35W. The other thing that’s surprising? We’re far from the most congested. A stretch of I-35 in Austin is at 28 and US 59 in Houston, southwest of downtown, is at 45. The worst road in the U.S. is in New York, of course, on the Cross Bronx Expressway, where it takes 54 minutes to go 11 miles.

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

Wed. Bible Study 5:00 pm./ www.cccdt.org / ALL are welcome

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

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

ECKANKAR

HU CHANT CLASS / A Love Song to God / expand awareness, experience divine love, bring peace and calm / June 13, 7:15 pm

Lakewood Library / 972-820-0530 / meetup.com/Eckankar-Dallas

L UTHERAN

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

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

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

fIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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

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

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

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

mUNGER PLACE CHURCH / Expect Great Things.

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

WHITE RoCK UNITED mETHoDIST / www.wrumc.org

1450 Oldgate Lane / 214.324.3661

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

Magnolia Theater / 3699 McKinney Ave. / 469.438.5405

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KING’S PARISH A SSoCIATE REfoRmED PRESBy TERIAN CHURCH

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Meets at Ridgewood Park Rec Center / 469.600.3303

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

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

NoRTHRIDGE PRESBy TERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Welcomes you to Worship

Summer Worship: May 26 - Aug. 18 / 10:00 am / Childcare provided.

ST. ANDREW ’S PRESBy TERIAN / Skillman & Monticello Rev. Rob Leischner. / www.standrewsdallas.org

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

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UNIT y of DALLAS / A Positive Path For Spiritual Living 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 / 972-233-7106 / UnityDallas.org

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

OccupatiOn vs. vOcatiOn

One keeps you busy, and one is a calling

Career Day at Lakewood Elementary earlier this year brought doctors, engineers, firefighters, businesspeople and at least one Baptist pastor to the school.

Teacher Lisa Harris-Jones invited me to her class. I got to talk about what I do and why I do it to kids who might not otherwise wonder their way into my work.

A week or so later, I received a manila envelope with thank-you notes from the kids. Love that. Many drew pictures to add to their words. Their thanks were sprinkled (not immersed) — one was even glittered — with echoes of what I told them.

Most Career Day speakers came with props from their job. I chose a Bible and clerical stole (even though Baptist pastors don’t usually robe). I got to tell them about the things pastors/priests do. We work for God in and through the church. We marry people, bury people, baptize people and generally help people.

We’re in the people business.

We do a lot of talking — sermons, of course; teaching, too; and counseling with people who are in crisis or looking for spiritual direction. We talk about God mostly. We tell God’s story and how we each of us can find our place in it. The Bible is a meeting place where we can hear from God and from other people who lived a long time ago and who also heard from God about what to do with their lives.

Which leads back to career.

The word vocation comes from the Latin vocare, which means to call. It implies a caller. The caller could be your mother who wants you to do this or that so that she can say her son or daughter does this or that. The caller could be Mammon — the lure of making a lot of money. If it’s a spiritual vocation, the caller will be God.

You can do a job and be occupied with your work. We call that an occupation. But if you have the sense that you are not so much choosing to do a certain kind of work but instead being chosen to do it, then the work that you do is a vocation more than just occupation. To be called feels like

To be called feels like something you can’t not do. You are summoned. You are answering a voice that addresses you personally.

something you can’t not do. You are summoned. You are answering a voice that addresses you personally.

All of us are called to do what we do with the highest ethical standards — to treat others with respect, to put people before profit, to look out for the common good. The voice of vocation points you to what you do even more than how you do it. A vocation is a preoccupation before it’s an occupation. It closes the gap in your soul between who you are and what you do. It’s as much about making a life as making a living.

The call of God may be to ministry in the church or to ministry for the church in the world. God doesn’t only call preachers, while all others are left to figure it out for themselves. The world is full of altars on which to make your offering to God.

Frederick Buechner’s adage is hard to beat: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

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.

ADVISOR Healt H Wellness

Doctor – Patient relationshiPs

We value doctors for their scientific knowledge, but the nature of their work is very up-close and personal. In the mad rush from work to school to soccer to doctor appointment, we can sometimes start to feel disconnected from others around us.

Orthodontist Dr. Michael Ragan says the foundation of his practice is to value each individual patient. “I treat each person like they’re a family friend, so I never question what I’ve done on anybody,” he says. “That’s because I know I’m doing what I would do on my own family and friends.”

Pediatric dentist Dr. Diane Colter expresses a similar

sentiment. “We’re very strong on our office philosophy here,” she says. “Our mission is to set ourselves apart, so that when the patients come in we tailor each appointment to that individual child, as opposed to the overall population. We are strictly a specialty.”

Orthodontist Dr. Greg Greenberg and his associate, Dr. Benito Benitez, focus on family values. By the time they are treating the fourth or fifth sibling in a family, they get to know them all over time, and eventually develop a personal bond.

“A family that straightens together stays together,” says Dr. Greenberg. ■

bridging the generation gap

New technology continues to streamline the once arduous experience of aligning teeth, both for doctors and their patients. Frequently, when parents of teenagers learn how much less onerous braces have become, they find themselves thinking about enhancing their own smiles.

“For me, the relationship is a partnership more than it is a dictatorial ‘doctor-says’relationship,” explains Dr. Patricia Simon of Lakewood Orthodontics. “Especially with my adult patients, it’s a partnership where we’re designing their smile.” For that to happen, the patient has to clearly communicate their goals, and to be clear on what they want to achieve. With that understanding, the doctor can assess whether the goal is realistic. Dr. Simon says, “It may involve me and their dentist, or me and another specialist to achieve that. I’m more or less the quarterback on the team, to hand off to whoever else needs to be involved and coordinate those appointments with that doctor so we all are on the same page.”

Dr. Greg Greenberg and his associate Dr. Benito Benitez have seen families go through the process time and again. “Parents put their kids through treat-

ment first, then they go into treatment,” Dr. Greenberg says. “With the advent of Invisalign, the clear liner, it’s more popular now than it ever has been for parents to enter into treatment.” In fact, it’s hard to imagine anything more streamlined than the clear plastic aligners (Invisalign) that a patient can remove for eating and brushing.

Clear aligners are not the only example of how oldfashioned hardware has become more like software. “The days of taking a plaster model and sending it to the laboratory are gone,” says Dr. Greenberg. “Now we take a digital image we can attach to an e-mail, and it’s sent immediately. There’s no mail time.” In fact, the “goop” once used for impressions is close to becoming obsolete. The digital scan is taken with a wand that does not even touch the teeth. “It’s almost like taking a toothbrush head and waving it over the tooth,” says Dr. Greenberg. “As you wave it, the image begins to form on the screen, and the patient can see it.”

Dr. Michael Ragan has also treated entire families. “We had a family of six kids, and both parents went

Whether you’re considering clear aligners, retainers or today’s braces, Lakewood Orthodontics is the smart choice. Dr. Patricia Simon is a specialist in straightening teeth and aligning your bite. She has three years of education beyond dental school, including a surgical fellowship. So she’s an expert at helping you get a great smile – that feels great, too.

“It doesn’t hurt when she chews any more, and that makes us both very happy.”

— Maria, 38

© 2013 American Association of Orthodontists.

into treatment at the same time,” he says. He’s excited to treat his patients with today’s new digital equipment and 3D x-ray capabilities.

“One big deal for the next generation is not having to use head gear,” Dr. Ragan says. Instead, he uses a new product called the Carrière Distalizer. “It’s small, it’s easy, and it’s a big improvement over head gear. For people that need it, it’s absolutely awesome.” The device, which was developed by a Spanish orthodontist, is not an exterior accessory. It accomplishes the work of head gear much more simply and elegantly, with small brackets that fit inside the mouth. Adults who remember the old head gear are especially impressed when they learn it is no longer needed.

Dr. Ragan’s practice truly spans all generations. His youngest patient is five years old. And the oldest?

“My oldest patient is seventy-eight,” Dr. Ragan says. ■

Sources:

Dentalcare.com (sequential aligners)

Orthoorganizers.com (pdf of Carriere Distalizer Workbook) Bracesorthodontist.com (digital imaging)

If you’re an adult who is considering orthodontics, you are not alone. Today, one in five orthodontic patients is an adult. Many adults prefer the lnvisalign® system which eliminates unsightly metal braces. Awarded to the top 1% of lnvisalign providers nationwide, Dr. Greenberg is an “Elite Preferred Provider” because of his significant level of experience and education with the lnvisalign system.

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Family values are key in dental health

Of course genetics determine the size and shape of teeth, durability of tooth enamel and even the chemistry of saliva. Parents begin parenting as soon as they pass on their genes, but according to the latest research, when it comes to healthy teeth, nurture really does outrank nature.

Researchers found that even when a mother’s attitude toward the dentist visit is positive, a father’s negative display of emotion can carry more weight with a child. Both parents need to understand how important it is to model healthy behavior and a positive attitude toward dental checkups.

Pediatric dentist Diane Colter says this parental influence extends to what parents eat. “In our practice we see a strong connection between, parents, their kids, and what they choose as snacks,” she says. “Even though a lot of parents pick healthy snacks for the kids, if kids actually see their parents eat something different, they will want that snack. Children want to be like their parents, and they want to do the things they see their parents do.”

Studies have also found that when a parent has a cavity, there is an increased likelihood their child will also have a cavity. While genetics may partially contribute to the link, it’s more likely caused by a combination of shared microbes, hygiene habits and family food choices.

Dr. Colter says that in her practice, she takes time to educate parents on issues that are unique to each child. “We tailor each appointment to the individual child, and we want a caring, fun, relaxing environment here, where we can address the issues they came to us for, and touch on some other tips that might improve things at home, if the parents are having a hard time,” she says. “It doesn’t matter if they are a new family coming into the office, or if they’ve been with us for five years or eight years, we welcome them as they come in, and they know their child is our most important focus while they are here.”

The good news is, although families can’t control genetics, everyone can take positive action to fight harmful environmental factors. Minimizing sugary treats, brushing, flossing and even maintaining a positive attitude toward visits to the dentist all contribute to the goal of family health.

“We can reinforce that it helps to make better choices,” says Dr. Colter. “And in the long run, you will need less dental work” ■

Happy Mother’s Day!

Lakewood residents Dauphin Ducayet and her daughter Kirby McDonald visited the 40th Anniversary Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Tour on May 11.

Thrifty

Lakewood residents and Dwell with Dignity Board members Lisa Robison and Kim Turner hosted a VIP preview party for their recent Thrift Studio pop-up shop. E-commerce powerhouse One Kings Lane was title sponsor, and its co-founder, Susan Feldman, was the party’s special guest.

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Recordbreaking

Bryan Adams High School runner Abigail Cartwright placed third in the women’s 1600 mile at UIL 2013 State Meet in Austin May 10 with a time of 4:56, surpassing the old state record. This is the third year in a row that a Bryan Adams runner has stood on the podium at the state championship meet. In the photo, Crystal Salinas (left) and Cartwright (right) at the start line before the race.

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A demolition crew tore down the original Snuffer’s building on Greenville on April 17, but it’ll be back. It’s just going to take a few long, cheddar fry-less months. The building, which has been there since the ’40s, went up in a pile of dust and salt to make way for better things. “The building was just … it needed to be replaced,” says Pat Snuffer. ”We’re going to put up a new Snuffer’s building, which is really nice. We’re still going to maintain some of the architectural elements. You’ll still identify it as a Snuffer’s. It’s just going to be a clean, fresh building.” All this may seem confusing since the last time we saw Snuffer’s in the news it was about its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The catch is that the locations in Plano and on Greenville weren’t included. Snuffer says the bankruptcy shouldn’t add any complications to this project. The new look will be a little more modern, he says, but some of the old, familiar elements will be there, like some of the pictures and decor.

Cane Rosso White Rock opened for business on April 29. Permit delays kept the restaurant from its hoped-for April 1 opening. Cane Rosso didn’t serve its full menu that night, but it did have appetizers, salads, pizzas and desserts. Brunch started Mother’s Day weekend.

An eVgo electric car charging station is the latest addition to the Walgreen’s at Mockingbird and Matilda. It arrived in early May as part of the company’s plan to add charging stations at Walgreen’s, selected Shell and Exxon stations, and even Cracker Barrel. There is also an eVgo station at Peavy and Garland that has been there for several months.

The Dallas Arboretum announced that it plans to open the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden on Saturday, Sept. 21, in

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conjunction with its annual “Autumn at the Arboretum” exhibit. Brian Shivers, Chairman of the Arboretum’s Board of Directors, says the $56 million garden will “change the way children in and around the Metroplex learn about nature and science.” Shivers says, “We want teachers and parents to bring their children and give them a hands-on experience in nature.” Over the next few months, the Arboretum will put the finishing touches on the garden.

The Dream Spa opened its doors nine years ago in May with no clients and a lot of hope. Carolyn Childress, owner and aesthetician, announced this May that The Dream Spa’s new home will be in a private suite at the corner of Gaston and Abrams, in the Wells Fargo Bank building at 6301 Gaston, Suite 225. The location includes a private treatment room and waiting area. Services such as facials, reflexology, waxing, professional makeup application, lash and brow tinting, and lash extensions are available by appointment only, which can be booked online at thedreamspa. com or by calling 214.728.7627. New Dream Spa clients who mention the Advocate will receive 20 percent off the first treatment.

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marks Hawken Acupuncture’s third anniversary of being in Lakewood. 2 Mot Hai Ba, the new Vietnamese restaurant from Good 2 Go Tacos’ Jeana Johnson and Colleen O’Hare, opened April 29, according to its Facebook page. 3 East Dallas neighbor Rance Rudy opened Parasailing the Harbor in April for its first full season on Lake Ray Hubbard. Make reservations by calling 469.273.0900. 4 The highly anticipated snazzy new bridge from the Santa Fe Trail to The Lot is now open to the public, so lace up your sneakers and go check it out.

snuffers on Greenville ave. during demolition

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Sasha Blevins and her fiancé had been out for a walk around White Rock Lake. The wonderful spring weather made for a nice outing, and with recent rain, everything was green. It should have been a perfect day for a young couple planning their August wedding.

The Victim: Sasha Blevins

The Crime: Burglary of a motor vehicle

But as the couple returned to their car, they found an all-too-common scene. Someone had smashed the right front window and made off with Blevins’ purse, which included her bank card, Social Security card, cell phone, and personal papers.

Date: Wednesday, April 17

Time: Between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Location: 700 block of Lawther

“It happened virtually right in front of our eyes, but we didn’t even notice,” says her fiancé (who spoke about the crime, but asked not to be identified).

The couple had noticed a man parking near their car even though the parking lot was almost empty, but they didn’t think he was there for criminal reasons. Looking back, however, they believe he may have been waiting for them to be out of sight just long enough to smash, grab and drive away.

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says the average time for an auto break-in to occur is less than 30 seconds and that it is important to make every effort to make your car look empty so criminals look elsewhere.

“Unfortunately, even normally nice areas, such as White Rock Lake, are subject to crime,” he says. “A criminal will break a $150 window for the quarter that was left in the cup holder. The basic idea is to leave your vehicle looking from the outside the same way it was the day it was first built. If it looks like there is something of value inside, an enterprising criminal will want to steal it.”

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Tea urns and a meat slicer were taken the first time 1

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Source: Dallas Police Department

Sean Chaffin is a freelance writer and author of “Raising the Stakes”, obtainable at raisingthestakesbook.com. If you have been a recent crime victim, email crime@advocatemag.com.

of the new Cane Rosso

Not-so-great e xpectatioNs

As predicted, voters were apathetic and some hacks remained in office, but there were some glimmers of hope

Comment. Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search “voting” here to tell us what you think.

Regular readers know that I am not, by nature, an optimist, especially when it comes to Dallas politics. I’ve been here too long and seen too much foolishness to expect good things to happen. All that those of us who care about good government can do is hope for the best and keep pushing the boulder up the hill.

So why am I so surprisingly optimistic after last month’s City Council elections? After all, there was a lot to be depressed about — the pathetic turnout, the re-election of some of the biggest hacks on the council. But the results were not nearly as depressing as they could have been — and, in fact, offered several glimmers of hope for those of us

about 34 percent of the vote against the better-financed and heavily endorsed Abtahi, who — to put it politely — is not a particularly neighborhood kind of guy. Kingston was endorsed by District 14 incumbent Angela Hunt, and it looks like voters in the M Streets, Lower Greenville and surrounding neighborhoods want to continue Hunt’s good work.

I wouldn’t bet against Kingston in the runoff, though much depends on turnout. Will Kingston be able to get his supporters to vote one more time? How deep is Abtahi’s support? And will those who voted for long-time neighborhood type Jim Rogers, who finished third, vote in the runoff? If so, whom will they vote for?

didate in 2015. Wonder how they feel about that at City Hall?

who want the city to focus on the neighborhoods and not what the Downtown elite tell us is good for us.

In East Dallas’ District 14, Philip Kingston will face Bobby Abtahi in a runoff on June 15. Kingston led the field in the first round of voting, taking

In north Oak Cliff, Scott Griggs beat Delia Jasso, another incumbent, in District 1. It’s not so much that Griggs won, but that he ran a smart campaign and won easily, with almost 61 percent of the vote in a race the Downtown elite wanted him to lose. Why else was he redistricted into a district against the reasonably effective and popular Jasso? Griggs’ victory demonstrates two things: neighborhood voters want truly neighborhood-friendly candidates, and neighborhood-friendly candidates aren’t flaming Marxists. Griggs is an Aggie and an attorney; not a whole lot of Berkeley hippie there.

Griggs’ performance was so impressive, in fact, that he will now be mentioned as a potential mayoral can-

If Kingston beats Abtahi, then the next council will have at least three proneighorhood members — Kingston, Griggs, and North Dallas’ Sandy Greyson. There’s a chance — and I’m trying not to get too giddy about this — that those three, plus newcomer Lee Kleinman (District 11 in North Dallas) and several holdovers I won’t mention so as not to put undue pressure on them could, for some issues, vote as a neighborhood bloc and maybe even win a council vote on something that matters. Kleinman, a former park board president, has said all the right things about sustainable development and spending money for potholes and libraries.

What might those votes entail? First, the 2013-14 budget, and whether city manager Mary Suhm will be held accountable for the continuing deterioration of the city’s infrastructure and services. Deck parks are nice, but what’s the point of them if we don’t fix the roads and make sure the police and fire departments respond in a timely manner to 911 calls?

Second, gas drilling and fracking. This spring’s dustup over the secret deal that Suhm signed to allow fracking on city park land may be the beginning of an effort to allow fracking elsewhere in Dallas, including areas close to where many of us live.

This has already happened in Tarrant County and some Dallas suburbs, and I can’t shake the feeling that it’s headed here too, under the guise of pro-business development.

I

wouldn’t bet against Kingston in the runoff, though much depends on turnout.

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.