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Las manos negras

An art project from neighborhood residents focuses on migrant workers.

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Curating Bywaters

Jerry Bywaters was one of our city’s most prolific and beloved artists.

Gridiron girls

these neighborhood women will compete in the Blondes vs. Brunettes powder-puff football game Aug. 11.

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Slowing speed demons

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Life and death on White Rock should life jackets be required on the lake?

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If you read this column and don’t like it, which one of us is at fault: Me or You?

It could be me, since I came up with the idea, committed my thoughts to written form and then helped put this magazine in front of you.

But it could be you, because you decided to invest your time reading it — I didn’t force it upon you.

Or maybe the fault lies with the editor here at the Advocate who read the column after I turned it in; she must have thought it was OK, because if it wasn’t, she would have prevented it from being published. That way you wouldn’t have had to waste your time reading it.

I received my degree in journalism from Northwestern University; maybe it’s the fault of someone at the school. I took out a student loan to take the writing classes, but if I didn’t learn enough, it’s probably the professors’ fault rather than mine, because I worked pretty hard when I was there. If the professors weren’t good teachers, how could I be expected to learn?

Of course, taking out that loan put a lot of pressure on me; it was hard to concentrate sometimes. Maybe the government and politicians should have made it easier to afford college; it’s not my fault I didn’t have a lot of money.

Speaking of money, my mom and dad could have something to do with this problem, too. When I was growing up, they didn’t encourage me to become a journalist, probably because they didn’t know anyone who made a living writing.

And since they didn’t enthusiastically encourage me to follow my dream, my feelings were hurt, and that put a damper on

my motivation to work hard to be a writer, and if I’m not motivated to do something, it’s hard to do it right.

I mean, I don’t see too many people taking responsibility for their actions anywhere — corporate, government or private individuals. All I see in the media is fingerpointing and shoulder-shrugging and excuse-making, and if everyone else can do things that way, I should be able to do the same thing, too.

But you’re diverting my attention here. Let’s reconsider your involvement again: I worked hard on this column, and although I admit this is a departure from what I usually write, shouldn’t I be allowed to try something new from time to time? And shouldn’t you encourage me to do that by giving me positive feedback, even if you don’t really like what I’ve done?

All i see in the media is finger-pointing and shoulder-shrugging and excuse-making, and if everyone else can do things that way, i should be able to do the same thing, too.

So if it’s not my fault that you don’t like this column, whose responsibility is it to make it better next month?

It could be mine, since I’m the writer, and it’s my job to come up with ideas, but it could be your responsibility to give me another chance even if this column wasn’t what you thought it would be.

Look, all of this has to be someone else’s fault or responsibility, so maybe you should take a good look in the mirror because I can tell you right now, after talking my way through this, I really don’t think any of this is my fault, or my responsibility, and I resent the fact that you’re blaming me

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The future Arboretum Village

That’s what Lincoln Property Co. plans to call its redevelopment of the building on Gaston that houses the YMCA and the Far West nightclub. The real estate company is buying this building along with other properties around the GastonGarland-East Grand intersection. Advocate editor Rachel Stone reported on this announcement and more of Lincoln’s plans at lakewood.advocatemag.com.

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It seems Lincoln Property Co. is in a hurry to redevelop the White Rock YMCA building. The Y today announced plans to move temporarily across Gaston to Lakeview Centre, the two-story retail center where Subway is a ground-floor tenant. The move is expected to take place between mid-October and mid-November.

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The YMCA plans to take the top floor of Lakeview Centre until its new facility is completed on the site of the former Trinity Lutheran Church on Gaston at Loving. That project is still in the planning stages but is expected to be open as early as summer 2014.

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Just drove by the Trinity Lutheran site and spotted John Whiteside posting “sold” on the former “for sale” sign. It’s official: The Y is moving to 7112 Gaston.

July 11

“We’re kind of long on Lakewood.” —Lincoln

THAT’S NOT ALL — read more about of Lincoln Property Co.’s plans at lakewood.advocatemag. com, and turn to page 66 to read Jeff Siegel’s reaction.

Remodeling Talk...

Choosing a Remodeler? Go with Your Gut

When we ask customers about the process for choosing a remodeler, they usually tell us that narrowing down to two or three is easy, but making the final decision can be a challenge.

So how do you make that critical decision when each of your candidates has comparable qualifications and experience? Go with your gut.

You’ll be spending a lot of time working with the people you choose to remodel your home. In fact, some say it’s like a temporary marriage; you get to know and depend on one another. You work together and communicate daily, and the quality of the relationship determines your satisfaction throughout the process, and with the end result.

So ask yourself, “Would I enjoy having a close relationship with these people?”

Your answer depends on your personality preferences. You’ll find every type in our industry, including suit and tie-wearing business types who keep you at arms length, fast-talkers who promise the world from the back of their pickup trucks, and casual, yet professional remodelers that seem to be the general preference in our area.

We pride ourselves on being the latter. We’re your neighbors; we shop at the same stores and eat at the same restaurants. We’re approachable and friendly, reliable and trustworthy. We’re here in Lakewood because we like the people. That’s good for building relationships, and for building a customeroriented business you can feel comfortable choosing when all other factors seem equal.

Lakewood Elementary principal moves to W.T. White

After seven years as principal at Lakewood Elementary, Michelle Thompson has left our neighborhood school to serve as principal of W.T. White High School in Preston Hollow.

"It's always bittersweet," Thompson says. "Lakewood has become a family."

Lakewood's open principal position has been posted but at press time, there was no word on the pool of applicants. Dallas ISD aims to fill the spot before school begins this month. If it doesn't, an interim will be appointed.

Under Thompson's leadership, Lakewood has remained a TEA-rated "exemplary" school. She was there to help dedicate the Lakewood Outdoor Learning Area, an initiative led by parent Ann Willis-Brown and other volunteers who turned a creek into life sciences lab.

Thompson says she's sad to leave Lakewood but knows it will continue to thrive with its strong community organizations such as the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA, the Lakewood Elementary PTA, the Dads Club and the Site-Based Decision Making Committee.

"I'm just one person. There are hundreds of parents and community members who will make sure they carry on. They showed me what a great school should be."

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Louise Woerner Sellers

Louise Woerner Sellers welcomes you with a face open and inviting as a spring-fed pool on a July day. She smiles wide, and you know instantly she’s glad to see you, happy to be here. Sellers turned 100 years old last month, and after she slowly rises out of her chair upon parting, because she couldn’t hear you protest, she step-shuffles behind her cane across the grass-green shag carpet, chosen some 40 years ago, along with solid wood card tables, swag lamps and

sofas, low and long in busy print fabrics, and you can tell this was a party house. Bridge parties, company parties, any excuse for a party, Sellers loved to entertain. You realize then this 100-year-old face represents a joyful life. Sellers, the daughter of Stoneleigh Hotel architect Frank Woerner Sr., designed this house. “I cut my teeth on a T-square and triangle,” she says. Sellers was born July 24, 1912 in St. Paul Hospital and graduated from Woodrow Wilson

High School in 1930. She’s the school’s oldest living graduate and grew up at 911 Clermont in the Hollywood/Santa Monica neighborhood. It was the first house in Dallas to have a swimming pool, Sellers says, and she remembers a meter reader coming to the door because he thought they had a water leak. As a newlywed, she and husband, J.D. Sellers, lived in an adobe house in Balmorhea, Texas while he served as a lieutenant in the Civilian Conservation

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Corps. The couple moved to Casa Linda in 1939. While Louise was pregnant with her second child, Steve Sellers, her husband died of complications from ulcers at St. Paul Hospital. That was in 1941. Louise went to work as a secretary at O.M. Roberts Elementary four months after Steve was born, earning $1,785 a year. She also cut grass and took in sewing to keep her family, including daughter, Celia, in shoes. Then came a succession of progressively higher-paying secretary gigs: GMAC, U.S. Engineers, Burrus Feed Mills, Airmaid Hosiery Co. and finally, in 1950, for J. Hugh Campbell Co., more commonly known as The Flag Store. After Sellers bought the company in 1960, she designed a building for it on Haskell, and The Flag Store is still in business there. The Sellers family owned The Flag Store until last year, when Steve Sellers died. When Sellers was younger, she traveled to the British Isles, China, Japan, Australia, Alaska, Austria, Italy, Germany Russia, Denmark and Sweden. “That’s what I wanted to do,” she says. “I wanted to see the world.” Sellers’ grandchildren, who now parent her 15 great-grandchildren, remember the excitement of her homecomings, when she would open her suitcase right on the living room floor and pass out the treasures she’d brought them back. Sellers enjoyed many hobbies aside from travel, including needlepoint and bridge. She can no longer work in her rose garden, but she never complains. She just smiles and welcomes you to visit. And you see that life is one big party.

What to Look for in Your Pre-Settlement Walk-Through

e nal pre-inspection of your new home is a critical task with two purposes. e rst is to get acquainted with the components of your new home, your warranties, and your responsibilities. e second is to spot any items that need to be addressed to ensure your complete satisfaction. No matter which builder you choose, we suggest these tips to make sure your walk-through achieves both purposes.

1. Learn how to operate systems and appliances. Your builder should instruct you on the proper use of the kitchen appliances, heating and cooling systems, alarm, irrigation, plumbing, and all other systems in your home.

2. Receive warranty booklets and get coverages explained.

Each of the above will come with their own warranty booklets. Because you’ll be spending days unpacking, you won’t have time to read these, so be sure to get a detailed explanation of what is covered, for what length of time, and how to activate your warranties.

3. Find out your responsibilities.

New homes should come with extensive warranties, but coverages vary from builder to builder. Bella Vista is at the top of the scale with a 10-year structural warranty, and 2 years on mechanical systems. We double the industry standard with a 2-year labor warranty. Warranties don’t cover damages due to improper maintenance, so ask about your responsibilities.

4. Use a room-by-room

checklist.

Most professional builders will have a comprehensive checklist of every item in every room. You’ll be walked through and given time to inspect all materials, all surfaces, and anything that may have a defect either functional or cosmetic. Take note of anything that needs to be addressed, and be thorough.

5. Learn about the subdivision or community. Your builder should tell you everything you need to know to acclimate, including information about your HOA and all of the important local contacts.

6. Ask questions!

Every question on your mind is worth asking. It’s common for buyers to feel like they should limit their questions, but we personally enjoy the pre-settlement walk-through most when buyers ask away. If you’re thinking about your next home, ask your first question today. Just call us at (214) 823-0033.

Darin Breedlove, CR, CGR, CGP, CAPS and Lance Tyler

Blondes vs. Brunettes

Blondes vs. Brunettes is an annual powder-puff football fundraiser benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Dallas. This year’s game is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Cotton Bowl. Tickets cost $25 at bvbdallas.org and include an after-party at the Cotton Bowl with pizza and beer. This year’s fundraising goal is $275,000, and 100 percent of donations and ticket sales go directly to the association. Two neighborhood residents are competing in the game, 29-year-old blonde Jenn Thompson, a real estate agent with game sponsor Ebby Halliday, and brunette Tori See, 25, who is in marketing for Multiview Inc. We asked these tough ladies a few questions about the fundraiser.

How did you get involved with Blondes vs. Brunettes?

See: I found out about it a couple of weeks before the 2010 game. My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s when I was 12, and my uncle has early-onset, so I signed up for it the next year.

Thompson: Five years ago, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to play on a philanthropic flag football team. I had played powder-puff at TCU in my soror-

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ity, so I was like, “As long as I can play quarterback.” And that was the first year. I originally played for the sport, and I knew of Alzheimer’s disease, but I didn’t know much about it, or I didn’t think it affected people my age. Once I became involved, I immediately realized that people my age are experiencing Alzheimer’s because they’re caring for their parents who have it. People younger than me, whose parents are younger than mine, are experiencing this. So it blossomed into a greater awareness and passion for the cause.

Who is your favorite brunette/ blonde?

See: Tina Fey.

Thompson: I have to say my golden retriever, Walter.

Who is your favorite football player and why?

See: Troy Polamalu. He uses his fame as a Pittsburgh Steeler to do a lot of good in the Pittsburgh community.

Thompson: Troy Aikman. He is a great leader, a great football player, and he’s a babe. What is your team doing to prepare for the game?

See: Practice every week. Keep an eye on the ball. I don’t want to give away our strategy. But we’re really focused on the game and on fundraising. We won last year, and it really felt great, and we want to do it again.

Thompson: We practice once a week, and we run plays. The coaches are just as involved as the players. They have to raise as much money as the players ($1,000). That’s why it’s a great organization, because we have some playful competition, like, we want to beat the Brun’s, but at the end of the day, we come back to why we’re doing this.

What is the most challenging part of all this?

See: For me personally, it’s playing football. I’m not a major athlete. Luckily, I’m not expected to be great.

Thompson: That I can’t be Brett Favre forever. [laughs] My challenge now is that I’m 29. I’ve had a really good ride as quarterback, and taking myself out of that is hard to think about. I see the younger girls coming in who are like 22, 23, and I remember being there. I just want to squeeze their cheeks. But I’m proud that we’re leaving this legacy. What about redheads?

See: My sister’s a ginger. Anybody who doesn’t fit that dynamic of blonde or brunette gets to kind of pick their team and have fun with it.

Thompson: That’s a very good question because redheads can go either way, but each team definitely has its own personality. So the redhead kind of skews where she fits in the best. It’s not so much about the hair color as it is about personality, for the most part.

—Rachel Stone

Plants on a hard body

Neighborhood resident Donelle Simmons sometimes drives a 1985 Dodge pickup with no air conditioning and a door that occasionally swings open without warning. “It’s a beating,” she says of the truck. But it’s also fun. This Dodge is not just a truck, it’s a farm. Simmons and her mom, Marilyn Simmons, operate DFW Truck Farm, a nonprofit educational service to teach the public, and children especially, about nutrition and growing food. The truck bed contains a miniature garden: a row of chard, spinach, melons, heirloom tomatoes and a little ladybug farm. This past school year, the DFW Truck Farm made 64 trips, visiting schools, fairs and other events in Dallas and all over the surrounding area. The mother-daughter team also runs a for-profit business, Garden Inspirations, teaching private gardening lessons. About a year and a half ago, Donelle was working as an assistant at Sewell Cadillac when she got a call from Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Truck Farm, asking her to create one in Dallas. She decided to quit her job and devote herself fulltime to the family gardening business so that she would have time to operate the truck farm. They started with a grant from Truck Farm to buy their original truck and do some planting. Since then, they’ve moved on to the Dodge, which cost $1,500. They do some fundraising, such as the Truck Farm 5k run this past spring, and they are seeking sponsorships for the farm, but some of the funds to keep it going come out of their own pockets. “To do the farm how we really want to do it would cost about $18,000 a year,” Donelle says. This coming school year, she would like to focus on just one school during the fall term, if she can find a teacher who is interested in gardening, and then move on to a different school in the spring. “I think that will have a bigger impact than visiting a different school every week. If we can get kids to learn about food and where it comes from, then maybe we can overcome some of the food issues we have in our society,” she says. “And it’s fun.”

—Rachel Stone

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Tackling city-related maintenance issues in our neighborhoods

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installing stop signs

With people trying to bypass rush-hour traffic and construction projects, our neighborhood streets can sometimes feel like racetracks. It’s not just an irritant; it’s a safety issue.

q: People are always speeding through our neighborhood. How do we get the city to install stop signs?

A: You can petition for one, but most residential streets don’t qualify.

The chances are slim for getting all-way stop signs installed. The street must not be a thoroughfare (a high-volume street such as Skillman), it cannot be an emergency response route, and it must have at least 300 cars passing through each hour during an eight-hour period, with speeds exceeding 40 miles per hour. That’s why the city has a petitioning process in place. Homeowners and neighborhood associations must obtain signatures from two-thirds of the property owners who are within 900 feet of the proposed location. “It requires a great deal of work,” says Kerry Elder, the city’s transportation planner. “We get calls from all over the city, and most often, it doesn’t warrant a stop sign.” If the request is still denied, neighbors can appeal to the City Plan Commission, which would vote on whether to allow a sign even though it doesn’t meet the criteria. Elder says that road humps are a little easier to obtain than stop signs. To learn more, call 311 or visit dallascityhall.com/services.

—Emily Toman

what gives?

Small ways that you can make a big difference for nonprofits

Have a nice dinner … and help fight hunger in North Texas. Several neighborhood restaurants are participating in the 2012 KRLD Restaurant Week, benefitting the North Texas Food Bank. Enjoy a three-course dinner for $35 per person, and $7 will be donated to the food bank. Restaurants participating from Aug. 13-19 include Hibiscus, 2927 N. Henderson, 214.827.2927, and Central 214, 5680 N. Central, 214.443.9339. The Grape, 2808 Greenville, 214.828.1981, is participating Aug. 13-26. And Woodfire Kirby’s, 3525 Greenville, 214.821.2122, and St. Martin’s Wine Bistro, 3020 Greenville, 214.826.0940, from Aug. 13-Sept. 2. Call the restaurants to make reservations.

Enter to win a custom-built playhouse …

and help an abused or neglected child. The Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark Center, from Aug. 10-19, benefits Dallas Court Appointed Special Advocates. Buy a $5 raffle ticket for a chance to win one of more than 20 playhouses. All proceeds from the raffle help the group recruit, train and supervise volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children in the court system. More information is available at dallascasa.org or by calling 214.827.9603, ext. 272.

Volunteer one day a week and help an adult learn to read. The Aberg Center for Literacy, which operates from St. Matthew’s Cathedral at 5100 Ross, seeks volunteers to teach English, tutor students in reading and writing, and provide childcare. More information is available at abergcenter.org or by calling 214.826.6501.

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

Benjamin Hager

danger on the water

On an otherwise typical sunny Sunday afternoon, a sudden gust swept over White Rock Lake. Paddleboarder Joe Cunningham, 57, along with his 21-year-old son and his wife, couldn’t stay upright. After falling into the lake, the younger man and his mom swam to shore, but Cunningham struggled, witnesses say, for about five minutes before going under. He didn’t resurface until the next morning, when rescue workers pulled his muscular body from the murky water. It wasn’t long before the comments sections of news sites filled with variations of the same question: “Why wasn’t he wearing a life jacket?” By law, only those under age 13 are required to wear a personal floatation device (PFD), but Mariner Sails staffer Mike Stovall, who frequently gives boat demonstrations at White Rock Lake, feels strongly about their use: “You should be wearing them.” There are dangers in any body of water, including White Rock. He says it would be easy even for a strong swimmer to become snagged in an old fishing line — the lake is full of a hundred years’ worth, he says — or to have something unforeseen happen. “People think, ‘I can swim. That’s not going to happen to me.’ ” Some argue that drownings at White Rock are so rare, there’s no need to panic. “I don’t remember any boater, kayaker or rower drowning, ever. So [the Cunningham case is] sad, but there isn’t any need to over-react,” Advocate reader Bob Loblaw notes. Stovall counters that a surge in the popularity of water sports puts more people at risk than ever before. White Rock Paddle Company, which rents watercraft on White Rock Lake, requires customers to wear PFDs. Stovall adds that it’s important, especially for parents of young children, to check that life jackets fit properly. “When someone buys a boat from us, I say there are two things you are going to need with this: a paddle and a life jacket, which I pray you will use.”

—Christina Hughes Babb

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YOGA MART

Slipping during yoga practice? Get a super absorbent, quick drying, lightweight towel. Many styles/colors available. 6039 Oram (at Skillman) 214.534.4469 yogamartusa.com

BRUMLEY GARDENS

Whether by the pool or at the beach, the right accessories are a must! Drop by and see our variety of hats, bags and flip flops that will keep you in style. 10540 Church Road. 214.343.4900 brumleygardens.com Shop Local

THE HOSPITALITY SWEET

Now open in the London Café inside Timothy Oulton at Potter Square. 4500 N. Central Expressway. 214.534.2241 thehospitalitysweet.com

BEL AIR STUDIO & DESIGN

Neon Leather Bucket Bag $265 (other colors available). Stop by for Home Fashion, Gifts, Fashion Accessories. OPEN Tuesday-Friday 12-5 and Saturday 12-4 2802 Greenville Ave. 214.827.7420

PINOT’S PALETTE

Yahoo the kids are back in school! Painting and Brunch, Aug. 27th 9:30 am. Check it out at PinotsPalette.com/Lakewood

DEBUTANTES AND COWBOYS

End of the summer sale through the month of August. All womens and childrens clothing and accessories up to 65% off. 9219 Garland Rd. (at the Reserve at White Rock) dcboutiquetx.com

THE STORE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

Aspen Bay Candles: Chic designs and high fragranced candles…recognized as being the best in the industry.

Featured: Capri Blue Volcano.

Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30. 214.553.8850 10233 E. NW Hwy., #410. TheStoreinLH.com

ONCE UPON A CHILD

JOIN US for back to school tax free weekend: 08/17 thru 08/19! We are buying and selling “gently used” Kids Stuff, including uniforms and accessories! Once Upon A Child - Dallas/Lake Highlands 6300 Skillman St. @ Abrams Dallas, TX 75231 onceuponachildlakehighlands.com

LA MARIPOSA IMPORTS

New shipment of Guatemalan bags and totes! Beautiful enough to be called art, yet sturdy enough to be carried everyday. 2813 N. Henderson Ave. 214.826.0069 lamariposaimports.com

Fire Blight Alert for Bradford Pears

Fire Blight is a bacterial infection that affects Bradford Pears, Red-Tip Photinias, and Indian Hawthorn, and it is rapidly spreading through the Dallas area.

Insects, wind, and water (including irrigation systems) spread Fire Blight. Your tree may be infected if its stems suddenly turn black and stay attached to its branches.

If less than 30% of the canopy is infected, your tree still has a good chance of survival with prompt diagnosis and professional treatment. Call Dallas Tree

T-HEE GREETINGS

Give your school locker a make-over from basic to beautiful with high-fashion locker decorations that make it easy for you to have an amazing locker! Available at both locations. Lakewood and Lake Highlands. 214.747.5800 t-heegifts.com

MINIME

miniME has you ready for back to school. Fabulous school gear including backpacks, lunch boxes and nap mats from the hippest brands around! (p.s. we monogram too). (next door to babybliss) 6719 Snider Plaza shopbabybliss.com 214.346.5401

Out & About

August 2012

Aug. 12

Hottest Half & 10k

At 7:30 a.m., runners face the heat at the Hottest Half & 10k. The average high for this date is 96 degrees, so pack on the sunscreen and join other athletes on the north side of White Rock Lake. Afterward, enjoy a cooling tent, beer, food vendors and more. Awards will be announced at 10:30 a.m.

Norbuck Park, hottesthalf.com, $50–$80

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Chihuly at the Dallas Arboretum

The highly anticipated Chihuly exhibit is now open with dramatic, colorful glass sculptures in more than 15 locations throughout the garden. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings mark “Chihuly Nights,” a rare opportunity to stroll the garden at night and enjoy these illuminated works of art. Artist Dale Chihuly’s spectacular sculptures have been showcased in 97 exhibitions in seven countries in the last decade.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum.org, $9 (child)–$15 (adult); Chihuly Nights $9–$20

AUG. 2

Go Van Gogh: Searching for Faces

Skillman Southwestern Library welcomes children ages 6–12 to look for clues about figures in various works of art. After the art exploration, each participant will create a self-portrait. The class begins at 2:30 p.m.

Skillman Southwestern Library, 5707 Skillman, 214.670.6078, dallaslibrary2.org, free

AUG. 11, 25

White Rock Local Market

From 8 a.m.–1 p.m., join local farmers, artisans and more for a neighborhood market. Aug. 25 will feature farmers, growers and artisan foods, while Aug. 11 is the “everything” market with arts and crafts as well.

Green Spot Market & Fuels, 702 N. Buckner, whiterocklocalmarket.com, free

AUG. 11

Smile Smile album release

Local indie duo Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme blend folk, pop and rock in their band Smile Smile. Hirunrusme’s classical piano background and Hamilton’s guitar combine to create a unique Smile Smile sound. The opening act is Jaret and Erik from Bowling for Soup. Doors open at 7 p.m. Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville, 214.827.5514, granadatheater.com, $16

Aug. 18

Paint your pet

From 7–10 p.m., learn how to create a portrait of your favorite furry friend. Pinot’s Palette has improved the process, so the picture of your pet will be directly on the canvas.

Pinot’s Palette, 6465 E. Mockingbird, 214.827.4668, pinotspalette.com/lakewood, $60

AUG. 13

Kids camp

From 1–5 p.m., Pinot’s Palette encourages customers to drop off their kids for four hours of painting and craft fun while the adults get some backto-school errands run. Participants will paint “Day Dreamer.”

Pinot’s Palette, 6465 E. Mockingbird, 214.827.4668, pinotspalette.com/ lakewood, $60/ $35 painting only

AUG. 19

Sharky Sunday: Life in the Deep Ocean

As part of the “Planet Shark: Predator or Prey” exhibition, the Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park welcomes SeaWorld San Antonio’s Kelly Morales from 1–3 p.m. Adults and children will enjoy shark facts, films and fun. Science building, 1318 S. 2nd, 214.428.5555, natureandscience.org, $13–$18

AUG. 29

Indigo Girls with the DSO

As part of The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s summer concert series, the Indigo Girls will take the stage. This folk rock duo is known for its intricate arrangements and touching songwriting.

Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora, 214.692.0203, dallassymphony.com, $30–$105

AUG. 30

Reckless Kelly

With a cult following, Texas-based Reckless Kelly has stayed on top with its raw, country-rock sound. The King Bucks and Collin Herring will open. Doors open at 7 p.m. Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville, 214.827.5514, granadatheater.com, $15

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Delicious Sushi

Sushi Axiom on Henderson is essentially a package of restaurants, complete with a cozy dining area, a hip bar and lounge, and a Zen-like, air-conditioned patio. And, of course, there’s the sushi, unique to Axiom, bursting with flavor and color. “We want it to be exciting to the eye as well as to the taste buds,” says owner Sam Foos, who previously ran Sushi Samba and Raw Sushi. Executive chef Andy Tran has been working in sushi restaurants since he was 15 years old. “We try to keep the menu for a broad audience,” Tran says. The most popular dishes include the Axiom roll with salmon, crab and avocado wrapped in soy paper, tuna, wasabi cream and spicy mayo. But, whatever you’re in the mood for, just tell Tran, and he can whip up an off-menu item. —Emily

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this greenville Avenue establishment gets pretty packed on Friday and saturday nights, but stop by during the day for the two-for-one sushi lunch special.

3519 greenville

214.824.3474

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3 Teppo Yakitori & Sushi Bar

Besides great sushi, teppo touts its yakitori, a traditional Japanese skewered steak, chicken or veggies.

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it’s so misunderstood

Bogle Riesling 2007 ($10) California

Riesling is, perhaps, the most misunderstood of all the wine varietals. People who don’t like sweet wine dismiss it because it can be sweet, while people who drink sweet wine are often confused by the various ways that riesling is made. Both of which are too bad, because riesling is a refreshing alternative to the white wine that we usually drink — and it’s especially welcome this time of year, a wonderful hot-weather wine that is low in alcohol and pairs with a surprising number of foods (smoked pork loin, anyone?).

Most rieslings, even those that are dry, have some sweetness. But since it occurs naturally, and not as added sugar (or even high-fructose corn syrup), it’s not overwhelming. In fact, in the best rieslings, the sweetness — even in the most sweet — are balanced by the fruitiness and acidity of the wine. One of the biggest and best changes in rieslings over the past several years is new labeling, which identifies the wine by sweetness. This is a far cry from the old days, when consumers had to navigate German wine terms to try and make sense of sweetness.

In this, fine rieslings are made all over the world, including New York and Michigan. These rieslings will get you started: This

New York producer makes top-notch riesling, and it’s not even the best in New York state. Look for candied lemon fruit and a long finish; this is an excellent example of dry riesling.

Bogle is probably California’s best grocery store wine producer, and this wine shows why. It’s varietally correct, with some lime fruit and just enough sweetness to be riesling. Not as crisp as the Dr. Frank, but it doesn’t need to be.

This

Alsatian wine is quite different from most, and should appeal to anyone who likes riesling, feels adventurous and wants to splurge. It features an almost olive-oil aroma and herbal taste.

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What are riesling’s sweetness levels?

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Hummus

This is the ultimate summer food — cheap, nutritious, easy to make, doesn’t heat up the kitchen, and lends itself to infinite variation. Add cilantro, for example, or red pepper or coriander to the mix. Serve as a side dish with roasted peppers and pitas, or as a dip, and it’s perfect with a dry riesling.

DIRECTIONS

GROCERY LIST

2 c drained, canned chickpeas (reserve the liquid)

1/2 c tahini paste

1/4 c extra virgin olive oil, plus oil for garnish

2 cloves garlic, peeled, or to taste

Juice of 1 lemon, plus more as needed

Salt and pepper to taste

1 Tbsp ground cumin or paprika, or to taste, plus a sprinkling for garnish

Chopped fresh parsley leaves for garnish

1. Put the chickpeas, tahini, oil, garlic, and lemon juice in a food processor (or a blender for even smoother hummus), sprinkle with salt and pepper, and begin to process; add chickpea-cooking liquid or water as needed to produce a smooth purée.

2. Taste and adjust seasoning, adding more salt, pepper or lemon juice as needed. Serve, drizzled with some olive oil and sprinkled with a bit of cumin or paprika and some parsley. Adapted from Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything”

Serves four as a side dish, about 15 minutes

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Did you know that tug-of-war, hand tennis and live-pigeon shooting have been Olympic sports? Well, the birdshooting thing was held just once, in 1900. But doesn’t it go to show that what is considered sport is subjective? And sports — even ones with funny names like cornhole or mushball — can be life-enhancing. Whether you’re looking for improved physical fitness, healthy competition, camaraderie or pure silliness, there’s a sport for you. You just might not know it exists.

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ULTIMATE FRISBEE

When you think Frisbee, do you imagine a couple collegeage dudes, all smiles, tossing colorful disks on a windswept beach? Sure, that’s Frisbee. But it ain’t Ultimate Frisbee. The formations look a little like football and the objective is to move the disk into the end zone. There’s a lot of running, passing and jumping and falling, but it is non-contact, at least that’s what the rules dictate. Ultimater Mike Ahern has been playing since 1993 and says he likes not only the athleticism involved, but also the “camaraderie of the Ultimate community.” It’s different from many other team sports in that, in general, individuals sign up for the league and then are drafted onto a team as opposed to a bunch of people forming a team and then joining a league.

“The Ultimate way makes for more of a sense of community because you get to know more people and you’re less likely to develop deep grudges,” Ahern says. “That guy you’re mad at one season may be your teammate in the next.”

The Ultimate Frisbee demographics skew younger, Ahern says, but there is a significant subset of older people playing these days, and that stereotypical Frisbee guy — “the protohippie, let’s say” — is an endangered species. And it’s not just the guys. Maybe one-third of the players are female, Ahern says.

PLAY ULTIMATE // Beginners can find pick-up games Mondays at The Village Apartments on Southwestern or Wednesdays alternating among Norbuck Park, Glencoe Park and Lake Highlands Park. Winter league is popular among Dallas players, though the games are held in Oak Point near Denton County. The leagues are divided into recreational and competitive. Winter league costs about $70 and runs December through March. Ahern is involved in the Irving league. Cost is in the neighborhood of $30 for a season of league play. Learn more at dallasultimate.org.

Bike polo

Ah, the sport of kings. Fancy hats, refreshing cocktails, royals. Well, this ain’t that. Bike polo, a sport whose popularity is growing in Texas, is played on tennis courts. And it’s more like a bunch of punk-rock looking guys and gals in cutoffs, wielding croquet mallets alongside their dirt bikes. Dylan Holt organizes the Dallas Bike Polo League, which meets weekly at Norbuck Park near White Rock Lake. About 10 bike polo loyalists show up every week to compete, joke around and, occasionally, have a minor wreck. Most experienced cyclists can catch onto bike polo quickly, Holt says. “It’s mostly just for fun, but we do take it seriously,” he says.

Play Polo // The Dallas Bike Polo League meets at Norbuck Park on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Visit leagueofbikepolo.com/club/dallasbicycle-polo.

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Assessing the needs of a person during the early stages of Alzheimer’s can be difficult. We’re here to help. Villages of Lake Highlands offers Alzheimer’s Support Groups and family nights where you can learn from other families coping with the effects of memory loss. We also offer several educational programs for family members as well as complimentary sitter service for your loved one while you are here.

KICKBALL

Kick the big red ball. Run the bases without getting tagged. Think baseball, but the bat is your foot. Seriousness ranges from just-out-here-to-meet-people to no-mercyin-it-to-win-it. Far North Dallas-based Dallas Sport and Social offers mostly year-round kickball leagues. A season is typically seven regular-season games plus playoffs, if you’re good enough.

PLAY KICKBALL // Games are held at Glencoe Park near Southern Methodist University or Norbuck Park at Northwest Highway and Buckner. The cost is about $75 per person or $630 for a team. To sign up, visit dallassportsleagues.com.

POLE DANCING

Hold on to a pole, and wrap your body around it, forming different acrobatic positions. It’s not just for exotic dancers. Pole dancing is considered performance art and requires a great deal of strength, flexibility and stamina. In fact, the U.S. Pole Dance Federation hosts a national championship in September. But most people pole dance for exercise.

START POLE DANCING // The Girls Room on Greenville, in addition to poling, offers yoga, zumba, ballet and belly dance classes among others. Most classes are $25, and memberships start at $99 per month. Visit thegirlsroom.com.

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Unicycling

Jonah Hill is training for the Lonestar Ride Fighting AIDS, a 150-mile charity bike ride, and he meets with a group of cyclists every Saturday morning for training rides. The difference here is that Hill intends to do the whole 150 with only one wheel. Hill learned how to ride a unicycle he bought at Richardson Bike Mart a few years ago just to see if he could do it. Anyone who wants to unicycle will fall down. But it wasn’t as hard as he thought. “It’s a great workout for your core muscles,” he says. Instead of doing juggling tricks and joining the circus, Hill is more interested in endurance riding. He and a few other unicyclists meet most Saturday mornings at White Rock Lake. Ride a unicycle // A new unicycle costs about $300. Hill and the unicycle gang meet at 9 a.m. Saturdays at White Rock Dog Park.

LAND PADDLING OR PADDLEBOARDING

Zack Fickey frequently is spotted paddling down White Rock Lake or the Katy Trail.

Paddling down the Katy Trail, you incredulously wonder? Yes, Fickey is an avid advocate of land paddling — which involves a flexible, bouncy type of skateboard called a longboard and a wide-blade paddle called a Kahuna Big Stick — though it admittedly garners some strange looks. “It’s a free-spirited kind of sport, he says, “an innovation for surfer-types in this landlocked city.”

Stand-up water paddling is an option for those in close proximity to White Rock Lake. Both land and water forms offer intense, low-impact core and overall muscle workouts, says Fickey, whose day job entails event planning for Deep Ellum Brewing Company. “Plus, I am barefoot a lot,” he says. “You can do these sports shoeless, and it’s less expensive than cycling.”

PADDLE// Longboards can be purchased at any sporting goods store for about $130. You can get the stick online (kahunacreations.com) for about $100 or at Quicksilver (NorthPark Center) or Sun and Ski Sports (Central Expressway at Royal), to name a few. As for the water paddle boarding equipment, it is easy to rent at the White Rock Paddle Company, located on the Mockingbird-Buckner corner of White Rock Lake, where you can also purchase lessons. Visit whiterockpaddle.com for information.

Orienteering

Were you the kid who loved getting lost in the woods? It didn’t scare you because you could handle any terrain and always found your way out. If so, orienteering is the quintessential sport for grown-up you. Using maps and compasses, participants navigate their way along a cross-country course and compete to finish fastest. It isn’t necessarily kids’ play. It is known to draw some seriously competitive athletes. Take, for example, Peter Snell, once one of the fastest middle-distance runners in the world. Snell and his wife Miki live in the White Rock area and have been heavily involved in the North Texas Orienteering Association for years. “When the athletic career is over, the desire to be good and achieve things doesn’t just go away,” says Peter, who won three Olympic gold medals for his home, New Zealand, in the 1960s.

He and Miki, who also was a competitive runner, found that orienteering is one of few sports in which performance doesn’t drastically deteriorate with age.

“It’s a fascinating sport because you have to be very fit, but you have to use your brain,” Miki says.

Find your way// The NTOA sponsors many events September through May. Every event features a beginners’ clinic that starts at the same time as event registration. Generally, local events cost $7-$10. You’ll spot people of all ages at orienteering events, and there are special programs for Juniors and Scouts. National Orienteering Day is September 29 at Harry Moss Nature Preserve in Lake Highlands. Learn more at ntoa.com.

rOller derby

Skate counterclockwise around a circuit track in two teams of five players. Each team’s designated “jammer” scores points by lapping the opposing team while “blockers” use physical force to stop them. This is the quintessential contact sport for women, so you have to be willing to take an elbow to the jaw every now and then. Besides, in roller derby, bruises are badges of honor. Plus, you get to adopt a clever, tough-sounding name such as Babe Ruthless.

roll // Assassination City Roller Derby league plays at Fair Park Coliseum, and Dallas Derby Devils play at NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills. For details about fall leagues, visit acderby.com or derbydevils.com.

Series

DOG AGILITY/ FLYBALL

Anne Pullen played for the North Texas Women’s Soccer Association until she tore her second ACL and retired. But, there’s another sport that keeps her active — one that involves a 2-year-old Border Collie mix named Booger.

“Keeping up with him is pretty difficult,” Pullen says. “Ideally, you want to be ahead of them.”

She and Booger compete in dog agility, during which owners lead their dogs through obstacle courses as quickly as possible. They are judged on speed and accuracy. When practiced regularly, dog agility is just as intense a workout for the humans as it is for the canines.

“I had a friend who lost 40 pounds. She competed with a Pomeranian, then she switched to a faster dog.”

The sport is dominated by purebreds that go on to compete internationally. Mixed-breeds were only recently allowed to compete, and they cannot advance from the nationals.

“There’s always some satisfaction when we beat [the purebreds],” Pullen says.

RUN YOUR DOG // At Paws for Applause, where Pullen trains, beginner classes start at $70 per month. Visit pawsforapplauseagility.com. Dallas Agility Working Group (DAWG) hosts classes at Southpaw Training Center near Murphy, about 15 miles from Lake Highlands. Visit dawgagility.org. A fourweek introductory flyball course is offered at Top Dog, 1138 Pleasant Valley near Buckingham, about 7 miles outside Lake Highlands, for $95. Visit topdogdallas.com or call 972.494.PETS. See dogs play the agility variation flyball at Flag Pole Hill Sundays at 1:30 p.m. Visit flyballdogs.com/dash to learn about joining.

BADMINTON

Hit the birdie with your racket to your opponent’s side of the court in such a way that he or she cannot return it. The game looks a little like tennis, but the rackets are nimbler and the balls aren’t balls but tiny nets with rubber tips called shuttlecocks or “birdies.” It is an Olympic sport. The Dallas Badminton Club, active year round, is based at Reverchon Recreation Center at 3505 Maple. Founded in 1988, the club regularly hosts tournaments for local and out-of-state players.The badminton Dallas Open is held annually on Labor Day, and a family-oriented tournament benefitting Scottish Rite Hospital and Reverchon’s after school programs is held each December.

PLAY BIRDIE // Open play is 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Reverchon. Training and coaching is offered there Saturdays at 10 a.m. Players must have a City of Dallas recreation center membership, which can be acquired at the front desk. The cost of an annual individual DBC membership is $60. Family memberships are $100, and juniors, without accompanying parents, are $35.

TABLE TENNIS

Hit the hollow ball back and forth across the table with small paddles. Keep the ball in bounds but try to get it past your opponent. It’s like miniature tennis — but don’t call it ping-pong. The King of the Court Table Tennis League takes the fast-paced sport seriously. But the players still know how to have fun. The league, offered by the umbrella group Big D Sports and Entertainment, includes prizes, happy hours and post-game socials.

PLAY TABLE TENNIS // The King of the Court League plays Thursday nights at Heights Recreation Center, 711 W. Arapaho. Registration is $160 per team. The summer league is in session. For details on the fall league, visit bigdfun.com/sports/richardson/table-tennis.

MUSHBALL

Mushball is almost softball, but the ball is even softer, so you don’t need a glove. Don’t expect to hit it out of the park. Because of the mushiness, it takes a herculean swing to make the ball go very far. Dallas YMCA’s fall adult, co-ed mushball season starts next month.

PLAY MUSHBALL // It costs $450 to register a team. Teams play seven regular season games followed by a post-season elimination playoff tournament. The games will be played at a City of Dallas park field, to be determined. To register your team or find one to join, call Dallas YMCA at 214.954.0500.

INDOOR ROCK CLIMBING

Climb to the top of an artificial rock wall, using the climbing holds that jut out from the wall. Try not to look down. We may not have any mountains around Dallas, but you can still experience what it’s like to climb one. Indoor rock climbing engages all your muscle groups and promotes balance. It can get competitive, though. Exposure Rock Climbing in Carrollton oversees Team Texas, a youth climbing team that has won four USA Climbing national championships.

CLIMB // The nearest facility is Dallas Rocks, Forest and Greenville, which offers 14,000 square feet of climbing area. Day passes start at about $12 plus equipment rental. Memberships are about $50-$60 per month with special discounts for police, firemen and EMS. Visit dallasclimbing.com.

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DoDgeball

Getting smacked in the face with a speeding foam ball doesn’t hurt that badly, says Tom Wakefield, commissioner of Dallas Dodgeball.

“We had a lady get hit right in the face, and she just laughed,” he says. “It’s a sport that anyone can play. It’s the most natural sport there is.”

The group hosts co-ed, open-play games every other week (a few minutes outside Lake Highlands near the Dallas Galleria) — including soccer moms and 6-year-old girls — with plans to launch a league later this year.

Wakefield and his son formed the group eight years ago, inspired by the 2004 comedy “Dodgeball.” After watching the movie, they searched the internet for local leagues. They didn’t find any, so they started their own.

“Other people must have been looking for leagues, too, because we had 40 or 50 people sign up in the first week.”

The rules of dodgeball are lengthy, but the objective is simple: Grab a ball, and hurl it at an opposing team member to try and eliminate him or her from the game. Repeat. The last team standing wins.

Most people play recreationally, but there a few serious athletes. Wakefield took his best players to the Toronto Dodgeball Tournament in February 2011 where they placed fifth out of 20 teams from the United States and Canada.

Play dodgeball // Dallas Dodgeball hosts recreational games 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturdays at alternating venues: Sole Roll Indoor Soccer, 4435 McEwen by the Galleria, and the Dunford Recreation Center in Mesquite. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. The Dallas Dodgeball Shootout is an open tournament for ages 17 and up, set for 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 13 at Sole Roll. Registration is $200 per team with a cash prize. For details, visit dallasdodgeball.com.

Cornhole

Get the bag in or near the hole. Players, two per team, take turns throwing beanbags at a hole located at one end of an elevated platform. Though it is one of the few sports that allows you to hold a beer in one hand as you compete, it can get serious.

Play cornhole // You can find a cornhole league any season of the year. Dallas Sport and Social offers a league that plays weekly at Draft Picks, 703 McKinney. The cost is $68.50 for a team and $38.50 for an individual player. For details, visit dallassportsleagues.com/leagues/ cornhole.

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Las Manos Negras

Neighborhood artists highlight wage theft among undocumented workers

Story by RachelStone | Photo by Can Türkyilmaz

Injustice can come in the form of a desperate couple, on their last few gallons of gas, searching for another check-cashing place. One that might somehow hand them their pay instead of the dreaded “insufficient funds” notice indicating their boss stiffed them on a week’s salary.

Old East Dallas residents Scott Gleeson and Dane Larsen say that in the course of researching their current art project, “Las Manos Negras,” they encountered this couple, migrant day laborers whose boss bounced a check to them and other workers on the job, according to the story. Stories like these, of wage theft, undocumented laborers and the system that exploits them, are the basis of “Las Manos Negras,” which received a $4,000 Idea Fund Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Many elements comprise the project,

starting with an oral history. Larsen, who has lived in the Dominican Republic, records interviews with the workers. Another story, for example, is of a gardener who was brutally stabbed in a hate crime while working in DeSoto. The hospital sent him a bill for $10,000.

The interview, on an MP3 player, is placed in a box meant to symbolize a toolbox, which is inside a vintage lunchbox. Other compartments in the toolbox hold documents, such as medical records and pictures from the knife attack, as well as a cast molding of the inside of the worker’s clenched hands so that observers can hold the molds and feel the imprint of the hands that held the hammer.

The Warhol Foundation told Gleeson and Larsen their project perfectly fits the criteria for the grant, which is offered only to Texas artists. The grant supports experimental public artwork that seeks to reach an audi-

Dane Larsen, left, and Scott Gleeson won a $4,000 Idea Fund Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Their public art project deals with day laborers.

ence outside the art and academic worlds.

The intended audience for “Las Manos Negras” is not the gallery-going public. It is for day laborers and migrant workers themselves. The artist team, which also includes Justin Shull of Santa Monica, Calif., wants the project to empower the workers to seek justice.

Wage theft is a problem that is rooted deeply in our economic culture, says Cristina Tzintzun, executive director of Austinbased Workers Defense Project, which is a sponsor of the art project.

“There are industries that have so many layers of subcontractors, and there is a lack of transparency and accountability,” Tzintzun says. “Sometimes we see projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars where workers aren’t paid.”

Workers Defense Project studies show that one in five day laborers in Austin had not been paid for their work at least once in the past five years, Tzintzun says. And there is little legal recourse for wage-theft victims. The Texas Workforce commission can order an employer to pay its workers, but most workers are unwilling to pursue that course because they fear deportation.

Most of the $4,000 from the Idea Fund Grant is going toward paying subjects for their interviews, usually about $80 each, a

fair day’s wages. The artists chose to pay the workers as a symbolic gesture and to lessen exploitation of them, although they don’t reveal the money part until after the interview is over. Art has a history of exploiting marginalized members of society, says Gleeson, who until recently was working on a doctorate in art history at Southern Methodist University. The artists are avoiding exploitation, including photography of any kind.

Besides that, bringing cameras to a day labor site is the quickest way to make men scatter.

“One of the biggest challenges we’ve had is just getting people to talk to us,” Gleeson says. “The fear of speaking out is our biggest obstacle.”

The artists also are raising money for the project through posters, woodcuts based on images and themes from the Mexican Revolution. Paper Arts on Peak is making the prints, which cost $25 each.

The artists don’t see an end to the problem of wage theft among day laborers, and they don’t see an end to their project. They would like to document as many stories as possible, each one costing about $150 and dozens of hours of work.

Gleeson conceived of the project while he was still a graduate student. He had to ask himself: Is it better to research and write about art for an academic audience, or is it better to do artwork and send a message to the public?

He decided on the latter, and he was inspired by day laborers he noticed on Ross Avenue. Larsen is a friend of Gleeson’s wife from their days at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Larsen and his wife lived for a while in Thailand, where they taught English as undocumented workers. He once worked as a gardener in Austin and sometimes hired undocumented workers. So he’s seen both sides of the story firsthand.

“I conceived of the project with Dane in mind,” Gleeson says.

The project is touchy, politically and legally, and it’s antagonistic. Most public art creates a picture of unity. This project shines a light on the separateness of cultures. “Wage theft is a way of implicitly saying, ‘We don’t want you here,’ or at least, ‘We don’t care about your well-being,’ ” Gleeson says.

DAN NEAL

Curating a Texas legend

Neighborhood residents relive moments shared with artist Jerry Bywaters

Story by Matthew Mozek

Lone star legend Jerry Bywaters opens the door to his office, wearing his usual coat and tie along with his checkered, houndstooth hat, reminiscent of the one former University of Alabama head football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant wore on the sidelines in the early 1970s.

Bywaters peeks around the corner and sees two newly-hired Southern Methodist University professors, Sam Ratcliffe and Ellen Buie Niewyk, sorting through his papers, which include correspondence from American artists Thomas Lea, Thomas Hart Benton and Alexandre Hogue, as well as photographs by Tina Modotti, Diego Rivera’s official photographer in the 1920s and 1930s.

“I’m afraid to come in,” Bywaters tells Ratcliffe and Niewyk, who are removing old papers from file folders for deacidification, or treatment, by a conservator.

“Why?” Niewyk says.

“I’m afraid you might deacidify me,” Bywaters says jokingly.

Bywaters, who died in 1989 at the age of 82, produced a significant body of landscape, still-life and portrait paintings, as well as lithographic prints and public murals. The Paris, Texas, native was widely considered one of the greatest interpreters of the Southwest.

More than 20 years after Bywaters’s passing, Ratcliffe and Niewyk — both neighborhood residents — remember the artist as a man with a sense of humor. They also remember him as a generous man willing to give his time and share his thoughts with like-minded individuals interested in the art of the Southwest and Texas.

Ratcliffe is now the head of the Bywaters special collection at SMU’s Meadows Museum, and Niewyk is the collection’s curator. Ratcliffe worked with Bywaters for nearly three years before his passing, and came to know this member of the legendary Dallas

Sam Ratcliffe and Ellen Buie Niewyk knew Jerry Bywaters, and they curated the Jerry Bywaters exhibit, ongoing at the Meadows Museum at SMU. Photo by Amber Plumley

“He influenced me greatly in what I did back in those years. Being a native Texan, he made me look at my own state in a different way.”

Nine artists as something more than a creative mind.

“I got to appreciate him not only as an artist, but as this beloved figure in Dallas and sort of a legend here on campus,” Ratcliffe says.

What’s more, both Ratcliffe and Niewyk laud Bywaters as a mentor.

Niewyk says Bywaters taught young people, like herself, to really look at their environment — the arts, music, theater and architecture.

“He influenced me greatly in what I did back in those years,” Niewyk says. “Being a native Texan, he made me look at my own state in a different way.”

“My dad used to say, ‘Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously.’” Ratcliffe recalls. “And Bywaters was like that.”

THE COLLECTION OF CALLOWAY & JERRY BYWATERS COCHRAN:INHONOR OF A LONESTAR LEGEND

The Meadows Museum has added more than 40 works by Jerry Bywaters to its collections, courtesy of his daughter, Jerry Bywaters Cochran. These works are part of the current Bywaters exhibit, and can be seen at SMU’s Meadows Museum, at 5900 Bishop Blvd., through Aug. 19. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $4 for students and free for museum members. From 5-9 p.m. Thursdays, admission is free.

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Self portrait by Jerry Bywaters

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Chicago-based Green Grocer coming to Lower Greenville

At the end of 2011, we learned that Trader Joe’s would open on Lower Greenville just south of Belmont. Then came the news earlier this year that Walmart would open a neighborhood market right across the street. The latest newcomer is Chicago-based Green Grocer, which is moving into the corner space at 3416 Greenville, right across the street from Gloria’s and Cafe Izmir. The store already has a presence on Facebook and Twitter, and says that it is shooting for a late October opening. Green Grocer has only a single store in Chicago, so the 3,500-square-foot store in Dallas would make two. On its website, Green Grocer describes itself as “an intimate, neighborhood market that features organically grown, locally produced food products and specialty items.” On its Twitter feed, the store is asking Dallasites to email their suggestions for local farms, growers, producers and vendors.

Trader Joe’s won’t open until 2013

That’s the word from Jon Hetzel of Madison Partners, which is bringing the cult retailer to lower Greenville. He says the original opening date, set for the end of this year, was “very ambitious” and that it’s not unusual for a delay like this. Otherwise, he says, all is well with what is scheduled to be the chain’s first store in Dallas.

More business bits

The Tipp to become The Mecca

The 74-year-old restaurant The Mecca is moving to the space at Live Oak and Skillman that formerly housed the Tipperary Inn and Molly Maguire’s. It will open as early as Aug. 17. The Mecca has been serving breakfast all day at its current location on Harry Hines for 44 years.

Fro-Yo and Wi-Fi in Casa Linda

Monster Yogurt has opened in Casa Linda Plaza next to Alligator Café. The store is similar to other yogurt shops, where you fix your own and pay by weight, but it has two major assets: Wi-Fi and an indoor playground. Peninsula neighborhood resident Sarah Nelson says it’s the perfect place to go when you need to keep the little ones busy for 20 minutes while you do some work.

1 LA Fitness will open a location in Old Town Shopping Center at Greenville and Lovers, between Panda Express and Tom Thumb. The gym is taking the place of both the former Borders bookstore,which closed in August 2011, and Wheels in Motion, the former bike shop in the corner. 2 East Dallas resident Mimi Siebert-Bowen has started a bounce house rental company called Ballistic Bounce. She has two bounce houses to start; they are both 14x14 and rent for $120 (this includes, delivery, set up and break down). 3 Mi Cocina Lakewood is now officially open in the former Matt’s space. Features include a new staircase with iron railings and an upstairs cocktail bar. The patio will feature two hidden air conditioning units to blow cool air, circulated by two huge fans.

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city hall

Plans for an apartment development near the White Rock DART station at Northwest Highway and Lawther include the construction of 325 apartment units ranging from 580 to 1,400 square feet each. Originally, the plan called for 350 units. Developers Post Investment Group LLC commissioned a traffic evaluation that states the development offers “excellent accessibility via all major modes of transportation.” The developers are meeting with various neighborhood groups.

community

Dallas Arboretum has unveiled new solar-powered trams and carts. Green Mountain Energy Company and the Dallas Arboretum have six solar-powered trams that some visitors will use to tour the 66 acres of gardens. The funding came from a $65,000 donation from the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club, a voluntary program in which Green Mountain residential customers can make monthly contributions toward solar generation systems for nonprofits.

education

Peak Preparatory ranked among the top 100 high schools in America. U.S. News ranked Peak Preparatory No. 66 nationally, No. 9 among all high schools in Texas and No. 15 among charter schools nationwide.

It’s My Park Day is a one-day event for residents, families, and community groups to pitch in and clean our neighborhood parks 8 a.m.noon Sept. 8. Help beautify our neighborhood parks by removing graffiti, picking up litter, weeding and participating in other activities. To volunteer, call Dallas Park and Recreation at 214.670.8400. Sign up by Aug. 31 at itsmyparkdaydallas.eventbrite.com.

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BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Pastor Jeff Donnell / Worship 10:30 am & 10:31 am www.lbcdallas.com

WILShIrE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

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

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

DIS c IPLES of c hrIST

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

E PIScoPAL

ThE c AThEDrAL church of ST. MATThEW / 5100 Ross Ave.

Sunday Traditional: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Christian Education 9:30 am

Servicio en español: 12:30 / 214.823.8134 / episcopalcathedral.org

Lu ThErAn

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 Ln.

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

ZIon LuThErAn church & SchooL / 6121 E Lovers Ln.

Sunday: Sunday School 9:15 am, Worship 8:00 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm / 214.363.1639 / www.ziondallas.org

MET hoDIST

L AKE hIghLAnDS uMc / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

9:30 – Sunday School / 10:30 – Fellowship Time

10:50 – Traditional & Contemporary Worship

WhITE rocK unITED METhoDIST / www.wrumc.org

1450 Oldgate Lane / 214.324.3661

Sunday Worship 10:50 am / Rev. George Fisk

non -DE noMIn ATIon AL

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

ShorELInE DALLAS church / 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane ShorelineDallas.com / 469.227.0471 / Pastor Earl McClellan

Everyone’s Welcome at 9:15am / Children’s & Youth Ministry

PrESB y TE r IA n

KIng’S PArISh A SSocIATE rEforMED PrESBy TErIAn church kingsparish.com / Rev. David Winburne / Worship at 10:00 am

Meets at Ridgewood Park Rec Center / 469.600.3303

norThPArK PrESBy TErIAn church / 214.363.5457

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 27 - Aug. 19 : 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

unIT y

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

The church and T he STaTe

Do we truly exempt our leaders from any religious test?

“No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” So reads part of Article VI of the Constitution of the United States.

“Any office” includes President of the United States. And yet, we find ourselves in a curious position again in American history with people questioning whether the faith of either candidate for president is Orthodox or orthodox enough to live in the White House.

The nominations of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney uphold the Constitution to the letter. They are on the ballot. They are not disqualified in principle due to the faith they profess. Still, some flout the spirit of the law when they say they cannot vote for someone who holds religious beliefs too divergent from their own.

We have three choices: (1) we can vote only for someone who epitomizes the majority religious views of the country, notwithstanding Article VI; (2) we can vote only for someone whose faith is more civil religion than commitment to a particular religious tradition; or (3) we can accept that the best candidate may be a person of completely different religious convictions from our own but whose vision of America is consistent with ours.

The first settlers in America were Protestant Christians. They dominated the public square for about 300 years. When Al Smith lost the election in 1928 as the first Roman Catholic presidential nominee, many believed he would take orders from the Vatican rather than uphold the Constitution. Catholic John Kennedy had to make clear in 1960 that he held church-state separation inviolable.

Americans say we don’t want a theocracy a country ruled by leaders of an established religion, even Christianity. But if we continually vote as though we do, our votes speak louder than our words. Scholars can’t find the quotation, but the Protestant reformer Martin Luther is said to have said that he would “rather be ruled by a competent Turk [Muslim] than an incompetent Christian.”

Sounds like him.

The second option would be a civil religion that stays away from doctrinal details but requires some faith, thus disqualifying atheists or agnostics from public service. In the days of the Cold War against the specter of godless communism, Dwight D. Eisenhower said: “Our Government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief — and I don’t care what it is!” But Eisenhower was still living in a time when the range of deeply held religious belief did not extend much beyond conventional Christianity. Those who prefer their candidates to be privately religious without letting their religious convictions intrude on public policy have — rightly or wrongly — adopted Ike’s view. Some might prefer a superficial believer who will bless religion generally but not practice it too particularly.

The third option is a thoroughgoing pluralism that allows for people of any faith or no faith to be elected based on their ability to serve all Americans under the Constitution. The framers of Article VI probably could not have imagined a Mormon president on the basis of those words, but that is the logical extension of them. They did soon elect an un-Orthodox Christian in Thomas Jefferson. We have now elected a confessed Christian in Barack Obama, who is doctrinally Orthodox but reads the Bible through the lens of the oppressed rather than the privileged.

No Mormon, Jew, Muslim or atheist has yet to be elected president. Article VI makes it possible, just as it has every other religious variation of candidate since 1787. Whether we ever will depends in part on the candidate’s perceived private character and public fitness. It depends, too, on whether the public really believes that Article VI of the Constitution, which says that no religious test should be applied, still applies.

That will be truly decided in the sanctity of each voter’s heart and in the privacy of every ballot box.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and by the neighborhood business people and churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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Dance And More

Classes Ages 3 & Up www.danceandmoredallas.com

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Leading to Success. 2720 Hillside Dr., Dallas 75214 / 214.826.2931, lakehillprep. org

SPANISH HOUSE

5740 Prospect Ave. Dallas / 214.826.4410 / DallasSpanishHouse.com

www.stbernardccs.org

SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY BALLET DALLAS

1902 Abrams Pkwy., Dallas / 214.821.2066 / schoolofcbd.com

ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX SCHOOL

1420 Old Gate Ln. / 214.321.2897 / stbernardccs.org

ST. CHRISTOPHER’S MONTESSORI SCHOOL

7900 Lovers Ln. / 214.363.9391 stchristophersmontessori.com

SCOFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

3K through Grade 6 / 214.349.6843 / scofieldchristian.org

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

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

Our future leaders

Students from Woodrow Wilson High School attended a three-day leadership camp on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce. Pictured from left to right, back row: Jose Juan Almanza, Luis DeHoyos, Sergio Garza and Michael Angiano; middle row: Daisy Gonzalez, Whitney Gonzalez, Carolina Villanueva and Luis Cano; front row: Bianca Hernandez, Gilsa Zarate and Edna Ortiz.

BBULLETIN BOARD

Classes/TuToring/ lessons

ART: Draw or Paint. All Levels. Lake Highlands N. Rec. Ctr. Jane Cross, 214-534-6829. Linda, 214-808-4919.

ARTISTIC GATHERINGS

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DRUM & PIANO LESSONS Your location. All Ages/All Styles. UNT Grads. Betty & Bill 972-203-1573 • 469-831-7012

LEARN GUITAR OR PIANO Beginner Drums. Fun/Easy. Your Home. UNT Music Grad. Larry 469-358-8784

LOCAL TEACHER WHO TUTORS Algebra 2, Pre Cal, Calculus. Your Home/Mine. Melissa-MS. 817-988-0202

TUTORING All Subjects. Elem-middle School. Algebra 1, Dmath. Your Home. 25 + Yrs. Dr. J. 214-535-6594. vsjams@att.net

TUTORING Reading/Writing. All Grades. Master’s/10 Yrs Exp. Your Home. 214-515-5502. lissastewartjobs@hotmail.com

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ChildCare

LOVING, CHRIST-CENTERED CARE SINCE 1982

Lake Highlands Christian Child Enrichment Center Ages 2 mo.-12 yrs. 9919 McCree. 214-348-1123.

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employmenT

AIRLINE CAREERS Begin Here. Become an Aviation Maintenance Tech. FAA Approved. Training. Financial Aid, if qualified. Housing available. Job placement assistance. AIM 866-453-6204

PART-TIME TEACHER Toddlers–3 years. Park Cities Baptist Mother’s Day Out. Early childhood degree or certification preferred. Shannon McGee 214-860-1520 or skmcgee@pcbc.org

Business opporTuniTies

I’M LOOKING FOR A BILINGUAL BUSINESS PARTNER for expansion of 55-yr.-old start-up co. BJ Ellis 214-226-9875

September

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SIGNS: Nameplates, Badges, Office, Braille. A&G Engraving. 214-324-1992. getasign@att.net agengraving.vpweb.com

professional serviCes

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

BOOKKEEPING NEEDS? Need Help Organizing Finances? No Job Too Small or Big. Call C.A.S Accounting Solutions. Cindy 214-821-6903

HOME ORGANIZING & Senior Moving Plans/Solutions. Refs avail. Donna 860-710-3323 DHJ0807@aol.com. $30 hr.

TRANSLATIONS English, Spanish, & French at affordable rates. LenguaTutoringAndTranslation@yahoo.com or 214-331-7200.

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MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

DEANNA SKUPIEN/AVA PRO Specializing In Cut & Color styleseat.com/deannaskupien 469-644-2554

LYONS FITNESS & STRENGTH 469-744-3214 Personal Training at a Private Studio in East Dallas.

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

TROPICAL FISH & AQUARIUMS Sales & Service. Fresh, Salt, & Pond. TheAquariumBoutique.com 214-660-0537

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CLUTTERBLASTERS.COM Estate / Moving Sales, De-Cluttering, Organizing. 972-679-3100

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

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Three Marilyns, who look a little more like Marvins, were among the creative floats during the Lakewood Fourth of July Parade.

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BO HANDYMAN Kitchens, baths, doors, cabinets, custom carpentry, drywall & painting 214-437-9730

CARPENTER Custom Cabinets, & Trim, Reorganize Closets, Repair Rotten Wood, Set Doors, Kitchen & Baths, Refs. Return Calls By End Of Business Day. Dave. 214-684-4800

G&G DEMOlITION Tear downs, Haul. Interior/Exterior. 214-808-8925

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The burglar bypassed T he securi Ty sys T em.

The Victim: Dave Bintz

The Crime: Burglary

Date: Wednesday, July 13

Time: Between 8:30 a.m. (July 13) and 6 a.m. (July 14)

Location: 6600 block of Westlake

It’s the call nobody wants to receive while on vacation — someone has broken into the house. But it was what Dave Bintz received while he and his family were out of town for what should have been a relaxing vacation. And Bintz had taken precautions: He had a security system, but the burglar found a way around it. Bintz’s window sensors were set to go off if a window was pried open. This crook simply removed a pane of glass and then proceeded to make off with thousands of dollars in jewelry, including some cherished family heirlooms, Bintz’s University of Illinois class ring and several expensive watches. For the Bintzes, it was very depressing to return to their Lakewood home knowing someone had taken advantage of them.

Since the burglary, Bintz has made every effort to prevent a future break-in.

“These guys are sophisticated. All these houses in this area have been hit and all about 6 in the morning,” he says. “We’ve added security motion detectors everywhere and my stepson is house-sitting when we’re not here.”

On the same night, the house next door also was burglarized. Bintz was amazed at some of the items the burglar decided to steal, including items with no value.

“They stole the buttons from my old U.S. Navy uniform,” he says. “They’re not gold, just cheap metal.”

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says Bintz has made a wise decision and that motion sensors are always a good idea to help prevent crime.

“This way, if the burglars are able to enter the home without triggering the alarm, the motion sensors will pick up the movement in the location,” he says. “Most professional burglars watch the location or neighborhood prior to making a move. We emphasize making your home or neighborhood less likely to be targeted by criminals.”

He says it is likely the burglar noticed there was no activity at the house, and that it is good to have neighbors or friends pick up newspapers, take out the trash, and turn lights on from time to time when out of town.

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crime numbers

07.03 $250 2:15 p.m.

Date when a minor reported being robbed on Northcliff, surrendering an iPod and cell phone; the suspect also demanded the victim’s glasses and smashed them on the ground before fleeing

Time of day July 1 when a homeowner caught would-be burglars trying to pry open the window at his home in the 7100 block of Wake Forest

Amount of damage caused when someone swung a sledgehammer through the wall at JC Liquor in the 1700 block of Greenville

Source: Dallas Police Department

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Drive-thru, grocery store, snore

A planned development at Gaston-Garland-Grand could be a mini-Timbercreek

Comment. Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search Lincoln to tell us what you think.

Here’s a column I didn’t think I was going to have to write. Lincoln Property is perhaps the most reputable developer in Dallas, and their projects have included The Village apartments and the Old Town shopping center. That’s why I had such high hopes for the company’s new project at Gaston, Garland and East Grand.

Unfortunately, those of us who expected Lincoln to dazzle us with their vision for the redevelopment of the intersection will not need sunglasses. Lincoln’s plans are as disappointing as they are pedestrian, the kind of 1990s strip center that foresighted developers are trying not to build these days.

Lincoln had a chance to give East Dallas and Lakewood a real estate develop-

the street, they paid for the right to do whatever they wanted, zoning willing. And it’s probably our fault for expecting a real estate developer to do something other than the cheapest, easiest and simplest thing they could do to make money. This is Dallas, after all, where West Village and Mockingbird Station are the exceptions, and monstrosities like Timbercreek — with its traffic congestion, parking snarls and more traffic congestion — are what most developers aspire to.

But we had such high hopes. Lincoln, after all, was not supposed to be most developers. Its Village Apartments, in a town where apartment complexes get flipped more often than coins, is legendary for its stability and for being part of the neighborhood. Its purchase of the Lakewood shopping center last summer seemed to herald new life for this venerable property.

Lincoln’s big plan for the Lakewood shopping center is to move the UPS store to GastonGarland-East Grand and bring in a Freebirds burrito restaurant. Because, of course, there aren’t nearly enough Mexican restaurants in and around that corner. Maybe they can bring in a liquor store, too.

ment to rival West Village and Mockingbird Station. Instead, it looks like they’re going to give us a drive-thru Starbucks as part of a mini-Timbercreek.

This is, of course, the company’s privilege. When Lincoln bought the land that’s home to the White Rock YMCA and the all-but-empty strip center across

Instead, Lincoln’s big plan for the Lakewood center is to move the UPS store to GastonGarland-East Grand and bring in a Freebirds burrito restaurant. Because, of course, there aren’t nearly enough Mexican restaurants in and around that corner. Maybe they can bring in a liquor store, too.

Given this approach, it’s no wonder company officials think the drive-thru Starbucks, which they want to build across from the current YMCA site, is such a good idea. Or that the city should rename Garland Road to Arboretum Boulevard, which is so funny that I don’t even need to think of a joke to go with it.

Lincoln says the anchor tenant at

Gaston-Garland-East Grand will be a grocery store, which by itself is not such a bad thing. But, apparently, that’s all that’s going to be there — no mixed use, no residential, nothing to make the corner any different from the strip centers anywhere else around here.

Which, in case anyone hasn’t noticed, are no longer the future of neighborhood retailing. Build a mini-Timbercreek, with its fast-food pad sites, messed up traffic and rotating tenants, and we stand a decent chance in 10 years of trying to figure out what to do with another failed strip center (as our friends in Lake Highlands can testify). And it’s not like this site hasn’t been a failed strip center before.

This analysis of Lincoln’s proposals is based on what it has told East Dallas neighborhood groups. Robert Dozier, who handles media inquiries for Lincoln about this project, didn’t call me back. But if this is all Lincoln is going to do, there was no reason to.

The only good news about all of this? That none of it is guaranteed. Lincoln may need a zoning change to do the Gaston-Garland-East Grand development, and those who believe our neighborhood deserves more than a miniTimbercreek will probably fight that. In addition, Lincoln is probably going to ask the city for money to help pay for the project, which will entail another fight that could be even messier. At some point, even this city council will get tired of passing out tax dollars to every developer who can afford to build the project without the city’s help.

Those fights, at least, will not disappoint me. They’re exactly the kind of thing I expect from real estate developers.

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.