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LAKEWOOD ADVOCATE VOL.29 NO.6
PROFILE 12 Joaquín Zihuatanejo DINING 26 Urbano Cafe FEATURES 16 Filtering White Rock Lake water 30 Local attorney helps protect kids 36 Favorite fathers
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How an East Dallas upbringing influenced Dallas’ first poet laureate Interview by RENEE UMSTED Photography by SHELBY TAUBER
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WHEN KIDS GO TO A PLAYGROUND in the summer, most of them aren’t thinking about how the metal slide might burn their skin or how the merry-go-round is rusty and structurally compromised. They just play. But when Joaquín Zihuatanejo went to the James B. Bonham Elementary playground with his friends, he considered his group daring for doing something potentially dangerous. From a young age, Zihuatanejo wanted to be a poet. The first time his uncle asked him about his plans, he said he wanted to win a trophy, specifically the World Cup. One season on a soccer team quashed that dream. He remembers his uncle telling him, “Maybe it’ll be books for you, mijo. Maybe it won’t be your feet that get you out of this neighborhood. Maybe it’ll be your mind and your words.” When he was around 8 or 9 years old, Zihuatanejo read to his grandfather at night. He wanted to be out with friends, “causing trouble,” but instead he was at the house at the corner of Henderson and Belmont, reading selections from the Bible — or his grandfather’s favorite, the Norton Anthology of Poetry. To be rebellious, he wouldn’t put effort into his recitations. “Mijo, if you don’t breathe life into it with your voice, how can I breathe life into it with my mind?” his grandfather would ask. He was supposed to attend J.L. Long Middle School but ended up at Alex W. Spence Talented and Gifted Academy on a recommendation from someone at Dallas ISD. Then he attended Woodrow Wilson High School, an “awkward” and “shy” student and contributor to the literary magazine. From there it was off to the University of North Texas; then he taught English to high school students in Denton for seven years. Zihuatanejo then wrote his first book, Barrio Songs. He planned to use a year to go on a speaking tour and host writing workshops, then return to the classroom. But one gig led to another, one year became two, and Zihuatanejo never went back to his teaching job. “Every year on my taxes — at the bottom of the form you write your job title — the last 14 years, I’ve been writing the word ‘poet,’” he says. “And I feel ridiculously lucky to be able to do that.” Eventually Zihuatanejo, who’s 51, discovered slam poetry. He became the national champion and then the world champion. He founded Dallas Youth Poets, an organization that trains and takes local, young poets to the Brave New Voices competition. He authored seven books and most recently, was named Dallas’ first-ever poet laureate. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE IMPORTANCE OF POETRY? I think the world is desperate for poetry now more than it ever has been. I think it’s because of the underlying single, central significance of it. That is this: poetry is one of those very rare and precious things, and every time you experience it, in its truest and most extraordinary form, it connects you to the shared humanity that binds us. WHAT IS YOUR WRITING PROCESS LIKE? I feel very lucky that I find myself in a situation now where I’m
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actually able to give myself a writing schedule. I tend to give myself like four hours in the mornings to write. And I try to do this five days a week. And sometimes I’ll sit and it’s just, it’s generative. And it’s like, I don’t even know where it’s coming from. It’s just all happening so fluidly. And other times I sit in silence for hours, waiting for the words to come. But I usually won’t wait for hours. If it’s not coming within the first half hour, and I’m struggling, I’ll simply read, or I’ll research, thinking about what I’m writing about. Sometimes when you research a particular image, there’s an entire vocabulary associated with that image, filled with extraordinary words that you might not have thought about using in the poem until you did the work. WHAT ARE SOME REASONS WHY YOU WRITE? I think I write because I have to, first and foremost. I go to bed thinking about writing. I wake up anxious to write, to be around words. And I am sure that people feel the same way about auto mechanics or about law or about teaching. I have to write. I think another reason I write is because someone has to check people. Maybe part of my job is to check those who seek to do harm to others. I can’t use my fists; it’s wrong. But I can use my words. I can use the line. I can use the page. TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH SLAM POETRY. The first thing that popped up when I typed in “how do I be a poet in Dallas,” was the Dallas Poetry Slam. And I walked into that place, and I was just blown away with how cool it was. I didn’t think I was cool enough for it. I was a high school English teacher at the time. And it was alive. It was like a beautiful dance, with the audience leaning in and the poet leaning in. It was like nothing I’ve ever seen. It instantly became my thing. I was like, I’m not sure where this is going to take me. But I want to be connected to this in a very real way. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS POET LAUREATE? I want to be one of the few people of Dallas who set foot in every library that we have. But I want to facilitate there. I want to teach a workshop and maybe even offer a reading and a Q&A at every branch, because I think poetry belongs in every community. And then I piggybacked off that with, there are certain schools in Dallas that are, you think of Dallas, you think of that school. For me, Woodrow is one of those schools. I want to visit as many schools as I can to share my story of what it is to go from the barrio boy of East Dallas to world champion and see if I can inspire young people to write as well. I want to create ways for our city to stumble upon poetry, like accidentally run into a poem, be it a sign on a city bus, or maybe something at a park. But I don’t want it to be poems from the cannon; I want it to be poems by poets who live in Dallas. Another initiative that I’m really excited about, and the library’s behind me all the way on this is, poets who live in the city of Dallas, I want to offer them open office hours during my two years — meaning a poet age 8 to 80 can come to the Central Library and sit with me for 30 minutes, 45 minutes or an hour. And we can workshop a poem together.
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KEEP IT CLEAN A short history of the Filter Building Story by RENEE UMSTED | Photography by SHELBY TAUBER
IT WAS APRIL 1914. White Rock Lake was filled with 6 billion gallons of water, and the pump station was providing water to nearby residents. No filtration plant existed at the lake, but the water was treated at a plant in Turtle Creek. In 1915, Dr. W.R. Blaylock wrote a letter to The Dallas Morning News, warning that the lake could become a petri dish for typhoid and other germs if recreational
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activities were allowed there. Water Commissioner A .C. Cason sug ges ted that residents should boil water because it could “ become foul at any time,” even though it was being filtered by the Turtle Creek plant. An analysis in 1916 revealed the White Rock water, which was treated with chlorine, was free of disease-causing bacteria. But the state sanitation engineer,
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V. M . E h l e r s , r e c o m m e n d e d that a filtration plant be constructed by the lake. The lake’s watershed included land inhabited by thousands of people, whom Ehlers described as “renters who cannot be expected to keep their premises i n a s a n i t a r y c o n d i t i o n ,” i n addition to the farms, cemeteries, railroads and highways nearby. By February 1917, the lake water was still considered sterile because of the chlorine, but it had a bad odor. Months later, the City Health Board ruled that the water was “unfit for domestic use.” Three years later, typhoid fever broke out in Dallas, and White Rock Lake water was determined to be one of the causes. The pump station had broken down, and water was introduced into the main supply without being filtered, just treated with chlorine. T h e C i ty a s ke d e n g i n e e r D av i d Mo r e y t o i nve s t i gat e the water supply, and he recommended that aeration, sedimentation, filtration through rapid sand filters and chlorination be implemented. An engineering professor at the University of Texas agreed. S o in 1921, cons truc tion of a filtration plant at White Rock began. Morey undertook the design with help from three engineers. Plans called for a castle-like building made of the same red brick that distinguished the nearby pump station. I t w o u l d h av e a l o w - l i f t pumping station and aerator, a mixing channel, two sedimentation basins, a coagulation basin, 12 rapid filters, a filtered-water reservoir and a wash water tank. Dallas-based Hughes-O’Rourke Construc-
tion Co. built the facility, which cost $381,000. HERE’S HOW THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS DESCRIBED THE FILTRATION PROCESS IN 1923:
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“ T h e ‘ r aw ’ w a t e r i s b r o u g h t into a small concrete tank, where it picks up a specific quantity of hydrated lime and alum, or compound of iron. It is then run into the 6,000,000-gallon sediment basins, where the lime and alum or iron settles, taking the impurities with them. The water is clear at this stage of almost all impurities. From the sediment basin it is run into the filter tanks, where it seeps through layers of sand and
gravel into the pipes that carr y it to the clear-water basin, from which it is forced into the city mains.” White Rock Lake’s status as a water source ended with the completion of Lake Dallas in Denton County in 1930. T he Filter Building wasn’ t torn down, e ven though it wasn’ t being used anymore. Woodrow Wilson students used to sneak into the basement and graffiti it. In 2008, White Rock Boathouse, Inc. renovated the building into an event venue. Source: “From Water Supply to ‘Urban Oasis’: A History of White rock Lake Park, Dallas, Texas’” (2022) by Steven R. Butler
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A LOOK AT RENTAL PRICES The average rent of a studio apartment is $1,498 Story by CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB
NEW DATA SHOWS DALLAS HAS BEEN HIT HARD WITH RENT INCREASES this past year — we’re talking a 42% increase for two-bedroom apartments and a 47% increase for a three bedroom. That said, suburban rentals have shot up even more aggressively, and, when you drill a bit more into the data, some of the neighborhoods covered by the Advocate — Lake Highlands, East Dallas, North Oak Cliff, for example — have quite competitive rent prices. Here are the numbers for Dallas overall:
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The average rent for a unit in the City of Dallas is between $1,498 and $2,328 in 2022. For a studio apartment in Dallas, the average rent is $1,498; onebedroom apartments in Dallas average $1,583; two-bedroom apartments average $2,069 and a three-bedroom unit in Dallas averages $2,328. In Lake Highlands, the average is $1,339, which is up 67% year over year. In East Dallas, the average rent is $1,333, which is a 3% annual increase; Lakewood is $1,250 (if you find a place to rent there);
North Oak Cliff rentals average $1,015, a 2% year over year increase. (With many new apartments under construction, expect that to increase in the coming years.) T h e av e r a g e r e n t i n V i c k e r y Me a d o w, w h i c h f a l l s b e t w e e n Lake Highlands and East Dallas, is $695, affordable, yet that comes with some problems. Public radio station KERA has an ongoing series about tenants’ struggles. Ne i g h b o r i n g c i t i e s ’ r e n t s a r e typically higher than Dallas — rents increased 73% in Richardson and 75% in Addison.
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Natural light pours into the two-story lobby through windows. Decorative walls divide the large common space, where there are tables and a café. Further into the building, there’s a fitness room and activity center. The outdoor courtyards are set up for community garden space and grills. This is the plan for the newest build at Juliette Fowler Communities. Named The Peak at Fowler, it is a $24 million, 144unit, three-story residential structure. It’s about 50% completed, and the first residents are expected to move in by October, says Nicole Gann, the CEO of Juliette Fowler Communities. Since the project was announced, about 200 people have signed up for Fowler’s interest list. The community can’t start accepting applications until 90 days before the first move-in, and applications will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. But not just anyone can live here. The development is
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available only to people age 62 and older who have a low-tomedium income. “The last thing we want is for people living in an affordable product to ever feel like it’s significantly different, so we work really hard to blend the aesthetics across our campus,” Gann says. The Peak is being constructed on the last piece of vacant land on campus. Fowler received $13 million through the low-income housing tax credit program to fund the project, and the organization will need to meet requirements set by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to have tax credits. Residents are eligible to live at The Peak if they make no more than 60% of the area median income (AMI). As of May, 60% AMI is about $40,920 for a one-person household. The Dallas Area Median Income for fiscal year 2022 is $97,400
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for a household of four. A certain number of units will be designated for residents in three income categories: 15 for individuals who make no more than $20,460 (30% AMI); 58 for residents who make more than 30% AMI up to $34,100 (50% AMI); and 71 for those who make more than 50% AMI up to $40,920 (60% AMI). Rents vary based on unit floor plan and income and are determined by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. A person who makes up to 30% AMI would pay about $550 for a one-bedroom. An individual making up to 50% AMI would pay about $910 for a onebedroom, and someone making up to 60% AMI would pay about $1,100. There’s no sliding scale on rent rates. For example, if a person made even $1 more than the 30% AMI threshold, the person would pay the same rent as someone who made $33,099, $1 less than the 50% AMI threshold. None of these are market-rate rents. The average rent of a one-bedroom apartment in Dallas is about $1,583, according to rent.com. “One of the reasons why we got into this space is because we had such a long waitlist to get into our affordable properties, but the income level is so low,” Gann says. The affordable properties she’s referring to are called Fowler Christian Apartments, and the average income for residents is about $13,000, she says. In addition to supplementing Fowler’s supply of housing for low-income seniors, The Peak will be an option for individuals who aren’t eligible to live in places like Fowler Christian Apartments and can’t afford market-rate rents. By 2029, there will be about 14.4 million seniors in the United States who fall in the “middle market” with an income between about $24,000 and $95,000, according to a 2019 study by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, funded by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care. The upper limit, $95,000, may seem like a high income, but medical care and housing can be expensive for seniors. The term “affordable housing” turns some people off, based
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M A M BO I TA L I A N O Popular dishes and BYOB define Urbano Cafe Story by RENEE UMSTED | Photography by KATHY TRAN
W H E N M I TC H K AU F F M A N first toured an Old East Dallas property built in 1926, with burglar bars on the windows, one window air conditioning unit and linoleum flooring, his first thought was, “OK, it’s got a grease trap and a vent hood.” Kauffman, an Ohio native, was searching for a new place for his Urbano Cafe. After working for hotels, including the Four Seasons in Las Colinas, and then for restaurateurs including Patrick Colombo of Sfuzzi and Alberto Lombardi of Taverna, he was ready to open his own place. “I’ve always been around Italian food, and that’s what I kind of know, and I learned from two really good people,” he says. He and his wife, Kristen, opened the first Urbano in Uptown where Celebrity Cafe used to be. The Kauffmans
started out just with lunch, serving paninis, salads and pastas. Later, they added catering and dinner service. When the building was sold, Urbano moved to an old antique store near McKinney and Routh. Eventually, the Uptown rent became too expensive. It was around $2,000 a month when Kauffman launched the restaurant, and by the time he left, it had increased to $10,000. His real estate agent showed him a property near the intersection of Bryan Street and N. Fitzhugh Avenue, next to Jimmy’s Food Store. Because it had a grease trap and vent hood, it didn’t matter that the transom windows were painted shut or that the bathroom was barely large enough to enter. Urbano Cafe had to close during the move, so Kauffman took on some of the renovation work himself. He JUNE 2022
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had relationships with craftsmen such as an electrician and tile installer, and he made deals with them to help complete the project. The restaurant was under construction for the first six months of 2009, and then it opened. Customers weren’t deterred by one AC unit to cool a packed dining room in the summer heat, even though “it was kind of like eating in a sauna,” he says. By the next year, he could afford another. Kauffman took over the space at the opposite end of the building when it became available. They added a second AC unit, new plumbing and cement flooring. With a tenant separating the spaces, the new acqui-
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sition, which was used for additional seating, took the name “two doors down.” Servers had to use the sidewalk to go from room to room. When the middle tenant left, Kauffman took it too, and created an interior hallway connecting the three. The room was called “Urban Goods” because it hosted weekend pop-ups. At night, the rectangular table could seat 14 for dinner, and the back patio attached to it is occasionally used for events like receptions and concerts. Early on at the East Dallas Urbano, there wasn’t a proper place to store wine, so Kauffman allowed a BYOB policy. He still does, though he now curates a wine list, with selections priced just above retail.
“We have a lot of collectors who have wine cellars who come in,” he says. “They may see my list and go, ‘Oh, the next time I come in, I don’t have to bring a bottle of XYZ because look at the price.’” He noticed that when people supply their own wine, they tend to order more food. The original menu at Urbano was developed by Kauffman and a chef, who came up with pastas, steaks, chops and other items. The chef also trained the kitchen staff, and many of them stuck around; the current head of the kitchen started out working in the pantry. Caprese s’mores are a popular appetizer. They come with smoked mozzarella, tomato jam and balsamic syrup be tween slices of toasted crostini. Meat tenderloins and pan-seared scallops with lemon risotto are longtime favorites. L a s t D e c e m b e r, Tw o D o o r s Down opened for breakfast and lunch. Customers can dine in or take to-go coffees, pastries, sandwiches and more. The interior walls are decorated with photographs of musicians such as Roger Boykin, a former Booker T. Washington teacher w h o p l a y e d p i a n o a t Ur b a n o , and famous pianists from New Orleans, where Kauffman lived after college. Outside, there’s a mural by Jonathan Kimbrell with the names of nearby landmarks, neighborhoods and businesses. “With my landlord and myself a n d my w i f e ,” K a u ff m a n s ay s , “we’ve kind of rebuilt it all and t a ke n a g r e at d e a l o f p r i d e i n coming into the neighborhood like that and being a part of rebuilding this par t of Old East Dallas.” Urbano Cafe, 1410 N. Fitzhugh Ave., 214.823.8550, urbanodallas.com Breakfast: 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday Lunch: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday Dinner: 5-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday Brunch: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday
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Lord, have mercy NEIGHBORHOOD ATTORNEY HAS A HEART FOR CHILDREN CAUGHT UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Story by SALLY WAMRE | Portrait by YUVIE STYLES
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hey did the crime,” it has been said, “they do the time.” In this case, “ they” are incarcerated or previously incarcerated women, specifically mothers either expecting a baby or with one or more children. And while the mothers have colored outside the lines enough to warrant imprisonment, their children have not. That’s why neighborhood attorney Douglas Dunn has founded Mercy’s Shore, an in-development Christ-centered venture to help newly released moms, but more importantly, their little ones, so that the children aren’t doomed to their mothers’
often-hopeless fate. Dunn practiced law for 27 years, handling perhaps as many as 1,500 child welfare cases, he says. In some, he represented children as guardian ad litem; in others, mothers whose parental rights were at stake, for either neglect or child abuse. Later, he was appointed truancy court magistrate for one of the Dallas County Truancy Courts, a position he held for five years. After years in the legal business, Dunn says he felt God’s calling to join the staff at Exodus Ministries in our neighborhood as director of development. Exodus Ministries is a non-denominational Christian nonprofit that implements a comprehensive residential discipleship initiative for mothers reuniting with their children. “During my tenure at Exodus Ministries, I developed a deep passion for serving the children of moms who had been incarcerated and were re-entering society, and for the moms themselves,” Dunn says. “Mercy’s Shore is an opportunity to take what I have learned and create a program that will provide children
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with an opportunity to have a life unlike the one their moms have lived.” The project will offer grace and second chances to single moms and children from birth to age 12, he says. “Saying women — moms or not — deserve it (incarceration) is a short-term response, because we all pay for it,” says retired Dallas County Criminal District Court Judge Gracie Lewis. “It makes more sense to put them in a position where they can be productive.” The costs and numbers for this population in Texas: • 13,000 women in state prisons • $22,012 is the annual cost t a x p aye r s f u n d t o h o u s e a single inmate • 81% of women in the state corrections system are mothers • Nearly 60% in a survey responded that they were victims of sexual assault • 82% had histories as domestic violence victims “In Texas, the number of women in jails awaiting trial — totaling around 6,300 — has grown 48% since 2011, compared to an increase of 11% for men over that time period. However, the number of female arrests in Texas has decreased 20% since 2011, suggesting the growth of women in Texas jails is not the result of rising crime.” — Texas Center for Justice and Equity. “I’ve seen parents who make mistakes where they go to jail in their 20s or 30s, or are homeless, but they get it together because someone helped them. They need a support system,” Lewis says. “Having been involved in CPS and the criminal justice systems, I know there is a direct link in absent parents, especially mothers going into the system.” Lewis says moms often want their children back when they are released from incarceration but
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We asked ‘Whose father is the best?’ These families answered. Compiled by RENEE UMSTED
e’s the person who calls when he can’t figure out how to make his phone stop doing that thing, and he’s the person you call when your car is making that weird noise. He’s the person who taught you how to ride a bike, throw a ball, cast a line. He’s always there to lend a hand or a hammer, to offer a word of wisdom, to cheer you on or cheer you up. Whether he’s a parent, grandparent, husband, mentor or friend who became family doesn’t matter. It just matters that he’s there. To all the dads and dad-like figures out there, thank you for what you do. And happy Father’s Day.
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ather fact: The formal celebration of Father’s Day in the United States dates to 1910. Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, generated enough support among churches, business people and government officials to establish a Mother’s-Day equivalent for male parents.
Jack Locklear and the Lakewood dads Nominated by Jack’s daughter, Linda Locklear Middleton Photography courtesy Linda Middleton My parents moved to Lakewood Boulevard in the 1960s. At that time there were, as there are now, so many individual stories of hard working dads stepping up daily for the advancement of their families. I was so fortunate to witness a whole community of men come together in the Lakewood area to build a foundation for this neighborhood’s future education and recreation. Many of them served together on the board of Lakehill School like my dad, Jack Locklear, Dr. Stanley Taylor, Jim Young, Dr. Cox and many others (my memory must research to refresh).
Other dads supported teams and businesses by volunteering labor, time, and money to maintain the unique integrity of Lakewood’s beauty, safety and “home sweet home” spirit. I wonder if they had the original vision of the value of Lakewood or if they considered how their collective action 50+ years ago would become one of the best valued places on the planet to raise a healthy, happy family in 2022. Many thanks to all Lakewood residents who continue to build bright futures and take Lakewood love wherever they go.
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Adam Schaub Nominated by his wife, Robyn Schaub
Above: Adam Schaub and his daughters get inspiration at Warner Bros. Harry Potter studio in London. Right: Schaub’s backyard owl post, complete with flying Hedwig. Photography courtesy of Robyn Schaub.
ather fact: TheThe first statewide Father’s Day was held June 19, but it didn’t become a federal holiday until 1972, with a proclamation signed by thenPresident Richard Nixon.
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Adam is father to two teenage girls (both attend Woodrow, one graduated in May) and three dogs. Everyone on our street (Bryan Parkway) knows him because he walks the dogs at least twice and sometimes three or four times a day. But that’s not what makes him unique. For the past three years at Halloween, Adam has almost single-handedly constructed a life-size Diagon Alley (inspired by the Harry Potter books/ movies) in our backyard. He works for months building all the “shops” and going to yard sales and thrift stores to find the props to bring it all to life. On Halloween, it’s open to the public for one magical night. No charge, even though several have offered to pay. He says he is giving back to the neighborhood that has given so much joy to our family. The exhibit grows every year with new shops and technology added. This year’s addition was a flying owl that hovered back and forth across the whole backyard, making its way to the Owl Post. Some of our friends and neighbors have also joined the fun, helping with setup or dressing in costume to greet kids and adults who come through. You can check out his creation on Instagram at @diagonalleydtx In addition to his Harry Potter obsession, he’s also a standup comedian and has performed at Stomping Ground and Dallas Improv. It’s a major source of teasing from his daughters who are convinced they’re funnier than he is. Oh, and this year, he signed up to help with the Woodrow musical, building sets. It wasn’t until after his first work day that he realized that neither of his children were even in the musical. Yet he still showed up every weekend, sometimes as early as 8am on a Saturday, to build those sets. He’s a great dad and loved by all who know him.
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Neighborhood pride T h i s yea r fest i v i t i es w i l l b e June 4-5
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une is Pride Month, a time of celebration for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ), a time to celebrate the freedom to be themselves. And for some neighbors, it’s a time of special meaning and memories. Pride Month is rooted in the gay rights movement which gained steam in 1969 after NYC’s Stonewall Riots, protesting harassment by authorities. A few years later, Dallas had its first small rally, and yearly celebrations began in 1980. They’ve grown every year since. Lower Greenville neighbor Ed Oakley remembers those early days. If the name rings a bell, it may be because Oakley has served on the Dallas City Council and has been a mayoral candidate. He was approached by Alan Ross, organizer of the Pride parade which made its way down Cedar Springs, Turtle Creek and ended with a rally at Lee Park. A few years ago, the parade and rally/festival were moved to Fair Park, and this year’s festivities will be June 4-5. In the beginning, Oakley helped with crowd control as the parade grew in participants and spectators. “I was always happy to help with the parade,” he says. “It brought the community together with an all-volunteer group in the early days.” After stepping into politics, Oakley found he could do more than set up
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Francis Zalace, right, and one of her children. Photography by Yuvie Styles.
parade barricades. When he was elected in 2001 to the City Council, he worked to get the entire group to sign the parade program, which included Pride information and statements of support from city officials. “The Mayor of Dallas had a letter in the book. And there was a proclamation from the mayor and council,” he says. “If memory serves me I was able to get all council to sign the proclamation but a couple back at that time.” He also persuaded council members to ride in the parade on a float. “I was allowed to then introduce the politicians who participated in the parade,” he says. “We were able to get almost all of the City Council members to ride in the parade from that time on.” Oakley says Dallas has made progress over the years and has “led the country in many ways.” Support organizations such as The Resource Center and AIDS Services are still active today. The City has a LGBTQ task force to address issues, and in 2002, Dallas passed the most progressive nondiscrimination
ordinance in a major city, becoming the model for many other cities. “People from all over the country look to Dallas to see what we are doing to address LGBTQ issues. The progress was slow until LGBTQ people began to be elected to political office. I’m proud to have been a part of that in Dallas history,” he says. Another neighbor who participates in Pride events is Francis Zalace, whose perspective is unique and complicated. Though she doesn’t identify as LGBTQ, she understands being different. “When I first started participating in Pride events, it was as an ally — I felt compelled to show my support,” Zalace says. “I’ve always been a bit more unconventional in my outlook and approach to the world than many of my peers growing up, and I remember how it felt to be judged and sometimes marginalized for it.” She hastens to add, “While I would never attempt to draw direct comparison between my experiences and those within the LGBTQ community, the
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ow do you find the right first words? For so many years, this column has been filled exclusively by G eorge Mason’s insights and wisdom. What is there to say but thank you? For years, G eorge has taken his w o r k o u t s i d e t h e c h u r c h s o t h at even those of us beyond his congregation may come to know something of the holy in our neighborhood. George’s commitment to this column is just one testament to the fact that he has spent his career not only as an exceptional pastor but also as a good neighbor. Neighborliness should not be c o n f u s e d f o r c o m m o n d e c e n c y. Common decency is waving from y o u r f r o n t p o r c h a s y o u t a ke i n your morning paper and smiling at those you pass on the sidewalk as you walk your dog. T hose are respectable things, but those are not neighborly things. Being a good neighbor is much more work than being pleasant to those in your line of sight. It ’s a commitment to asking two questions over and over again. First, “who is my neighbor?” as in “who is living around me? Do I know them?” Second, “ how can I love my neighbor?” or “ how can I live in solidarity with my neighbor?” Being a good neighbor is anything but passive. It’s a commitment to living beyond your own self-interests.
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Good neighbors are keenly aware of how their actions impact their larger neighborhood, so they can’t help but think about their neighbors as they determine how they’ ll vote and what social policies they want to support and how they want to spend their money in the community. B e i n g a go o d n e i g h b o r i s fi r s t about knowing your neighbor and then living in a way that lets your neighbor know they are loved. G ood neighbors wave from the front porch as they collect their morning paper and then go sit at their dining room tables and think about the person they just waved to as they read the paper. They wonder how the news of the day is impacting those around them. Good neighbors want to ensure that the welcoming smiles e xchanged by dogwalkers on the sidewalk are more than common decency. It’s simply the byproduct of a neighborhood filled with good neighbors. And luckily for us, if we need an example, we have G eorge right in our neighborhood who has shown us for years what it means to be a good neighbor. So what is there to say but thank you? B E TSY SW E T E N B U R G i s p a s t o r o f Northridge Presbyterian Church and a regular contributor to the Advocate’s Worship Column. To help support the Worship Column, email sales@advocatemag.com.
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3 BEDROOMS | 2 BATHS | 1,677 SQ. FT. | $579,900
2 BEDROOMS | 2.1 BATHS | 1,762 SQ. FT. | $469,000
6241 Annapolis Lane 4 BEDROOMS | 3 BATHS | 2,098 6241 Annapolis LaneSQ. FT. | PRIVATE SELL Rinne + O’Halloran Group Rinne + O’Halloran Group 214.228.9013 alisonohalloran@daveperrymiller.com 214.228.9013 alisonohalloran@daveperrymiller.com
5204 Rexton Lane 3 BEDROOMS | 2 BATHS | 1,677 SQ. FT. | $579,900 5204 Rexton Lane Beth Haney Beth Haney 817.372.7071 bethhaney@daveperrymiller.com 817.372.7071 bethhaney@daveperrymiller.com
Gromatzky Group Gromatzky 214.802.5025Group gromatzkygroup@daveperrymiller.com 214.802.5025 gromatzkygroup@daveperrymiller.com
5731 Anita Street 3 BEDROOMS | 2.1Street BATHS | 2,149 5731 Anita
SQ. FT. | $899,000
Marti Voorheis Marti Voorheis 214.870.6864 marti@daveperrymiller.com 214.870.6864 marti@daveperrymiller.com
5903 Lindell Avenue #F 2 BEDROOMS | 2.1 BATHS | 1,762 SQ. 5903 Lindell Avenue #FFT. | $469,000 Kaleigh Walker Kaleigh Walker 310.913.8005 kaleigh@daveperrymiller.com 310.913.8005 kaleigh@daveperrymiller.com
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