2018 July Lake Highlands

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“At this point, if they want to act like they know more, I will kindly prove to them they don’t.”

Hannah Hargrove-Roberts, on working in a male-dominated industry.

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OPENING REMARKS

By LISA KRESL

How to be a fierce female

(ASKING FOR A FRIEND)

Fierce women deserve fierce treatment. Welcome to our all-female issue featuring page after page of inspiring women in our neighborhood.

A common theme in the interviews is advice these women would give to their younger selves: “Trust your instincts,” they said. “Don’t be so afraid.”

It’s the kind of advice you’d give your daughter — and expect her to heed — without listening to the advice yourself.

A Dallas Morning News colleague

I sometimes collapsed under the weight of it all.

My daughter, now a rising senior in college, confidently tells me that her Society of Women Engineers’ advisor recommends not to marry until she’s 30 for the optimum career path.

Life can surprise you.

On the journey to this issue, Roslyn Dawson Thompson, CEO of the Women’s Foundation, handed me the book, “What I Told My Daughter: Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women.”

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gave me this illustration 22 years ago. (Can’t you tell by the large size of the computer?) It was a work-place baby shower gift when I was expecting my first child, a daughter. I look like a confident editor in a male-dominated newsroom clueless about the work-life balancing act I was about to undertake.

I had practiced my daughter’s name while fake-answering the phone to make sure her name would sound like an authoritative CEO someday. But I didn’t anticipate that she would frequently be the last kid at after-school care. Or that I would cry in my mini van after delivering a dinner to a “family in need,” only to find a nanny with a bathed child at the door while my family of three waited at home for me — a mom with no plans on what to feed my own dependents for dinner.

Luckily, I found equality in a home with a beloved husband, a frequent refrain from our featured fierce women.

“As someone who has built a career on developing great storytellers, I believe every woman has an experience that can inspire and enlighten others,” writes editor Nina Tassler.

Here’s some of my favorite advice from the book:

Always be yourself.

Don’t be afraid to try new things. Know that you can succeed but that you can fail without being a failure. We become the women we are meant to be.

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State, says it all: “When push comes to shove,” Albright wrote, “family always comes first.”

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My family of three waited at home for me — a mom with no plans on what to feed my own dependents for dinner.

RISING SENIOR

At 80 years old, this Lake Highlands neighbor received her bachelor’s degree

Story by ELISSA CHUDWIN

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LIFELONG LEARNER 12 LAKE HIGHLANDS LEGENDS

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uzanne Stricker’s sib lings were so proud of her college gradua tion that they travelled 7,000 miles to attend the ceremony.

Her brother, sister and brother-inlaw flew from New Zealand, where Stricker was born and raised, to Dallas as a surprise. At 80 years old, Stricker was the oldest University of Texas at Dallas student to graduate this May.

“I was in line with all the other people doing their thing,” she says. “Walking across the stage was a big moment. I could see my family.”

Her bachelor’s degree in visual and performing arts was, in some ways, unexpected. Stricker had devoted about eight years to taking classes as a hobby.

“I took two classes at a time, and it all added up,” she says.

After years of working, Stricker sought a productive way to occupy her newfound free time. She took ad vantage of UT Dallas’ tuition waver, which allows people ages 65 and older to take six credit hours each semester for free.

Stricker — who briefly attended the Westmont College in Santa Barbara in her 20s — became a student once again in 2011. As a longtime piano player, Stricker favored classes that focused on the arts, such as children’s literature. Initially, writing essays proved to be daunting, especially since it wasn’t emphasized when she was in high school.

“Here, you get trained in writing essays,” she says. “It was difficult to get into that.”

The night before her commence ment ceremony, Stricker’s children took her out to pizza, and that’s where she saw her siblings for the first time in several years.

“I had received a congratulations card from my sister,” she says. “I think she mailed it to throw off the scent.”

Despite the excitement of the ceremony and her family visiting, Stricker says she hasn’t processed that she graduated. She’s already re-enrolled at UT Dallas to take more classes, and her family and friends keep asking her when she’ll receive her master’s. In the meanwhile, she’s in the midst of German language classes and keeping up with Jazzercise to stay in shape.

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THE LEADERS BEFORE US

Honoring the women who built Lake Highlands

Story by ELISSA CHUDWIN

THEY HAD CAREERS when many thought the only position a woman should hold was homemaker. They valued education, and they volunteered countless hours to improve the lives of their neighbors. The impact these women have made on Lake Highlands has only become evident with time, even though they aren’t alive to see the work they’ve accomplished.

MARY FRANCES WALNE

Mary Frances Walne was ahead of her time, although she probably didn’t suspect it. She was the only woman who lived in the L Streets to own her own car in the 1960s. At about 56 years old, she started her career as the voice of Herb’s Paint & Body on the radio. “My dad passed away at 58,” says her son, Alan Walne. “She had not been actively involved in the business and wanted to know what else she could do.” Besides reading radio advertisements, Walne served on Wallace Elementary and Lake Highlands Elementary, Lake Highlands Junior High and Lake Highlands High School PTA, as well as the Lake Highlands Women’s League. “She was fun,” Walne says. “She enjoyed having a good time but was a hard worker.”

Walne died in 2008.

MARIETTA ‘MISS RITA’ GREENFIELD

You may remember Marietta Greenfield as “Miss Rita,” Lake Highlands High School’s revered receptionist. Neighborhood natives already know Miss Rita was a local icon of sorts. In 2004, she received the Exchange Club’s Unsung Hero award. The “Voice of Lake Highlands High School” responded to “How are ya?” with “Fit as a fiddle and ready for love.” She was awarded her own parking spot at the high school and kept a list of every family’s football seats. Greenfield was known for her forgiveness and grace, particularly during the “muffin prank” of 2006 in which she ate two marijuana-laced muffins. The incident made national news, and Miss Rita landed in the hospital, but she maintained a sense of humor about the ordeal. Greenfield died in 2013.

SADYE GEE

If Dallas had an official historian, it might’ve been Sadye Gee. Her grandson, Clayton Claridy, remembers how often Gee, a second-generation Dallasite, was consulted about the city’s history. Gee even contributed to “Hamilton Park: A Planned Black Community in Dallas.” When World War II broke out, Gee worked as a senior clerk typist at the Pentagon, yet the majority of her career was spent as an educator at Dunbar and K.B. Polk elementaries. “Education and history was very important to her,” Claridy says. Gee moved to Hamilton Park in 1958, where she served as the first president of the Hamilton Park chapter of National AARP, community historian for the Hamilton Park Civic League and was a member of the Willie B. Johnson Recreation Senior Advisory Council. “She was very loving but a strong disciplinarian,” Claridy says. “She was a mother and grandmother to a lot of young people in the neighborhood.”

Gee died in 2009.

THE LEADERS BEFORE US: LAKE HIGHLANDS WOMEN’S LEAGUE FOUNDERS

Since 1969, the Lake Highlands Women’s League has raised money for college scholarships and local nonprofits. Its first meeting was held in the home of Barbara Hunt, who invited about nine neighborhood women to establish an organization that would support the community without interfering with already established groups. “We had a lot of women who were outstanding, and I thought it was worth a try to get them moving in the same direction,” Hunt says. “I think Lake Highlands has taken its name and identification partially because of the women’s league.” Of its founders, Betsy Dryden, Nell Guest, Jane Hamilton, Peg Koelling and Mary Nell Royer are now deceased. “Those were the women who worked, and they worked hard,” Hunt says.

BILLYE FAYE DILLON M c SPEDDEN

Billye McSpedden was known for her volunteerism, but she could also host a heck of a party. “She was a real asset to Lake Highlands,” says longtime friend Lynn Pitts. “She took part in everything.”

McSpedden not only was the president of the Lake Highlands PTA and Lake Highlands Women’s League, but also volunteered with the Dallas Arboretum, Meals on Wheels and Little People of America. She served two terms on the Dallas Grand Jury and received the Girl Scouts of America Tejas award, says her daughter, Melissa McSpedden. “She was a positive influence,” Pitts says. “She made you want to do things for Lake Highlands.” McSpedden died in 2016.

GO FIGURE

Women in the neighborhood

19,096 WOMEN LIVE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

1,457 ARE AGES 5 AND UNDER

2,418 ARE BETWEEN 35 AND 44 YEARS OLD

571 ARE MORE THAN 85 YEARS OLD

203 ARE VETERANS OF THE U.S. MILITARY

2,355 NEIGHBORHOOD GIRLS ARE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND

1,170 ARE ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOL

Source: U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics based on zip codes 75231, 75238 and 75243. Numbers are derived from 2010 U.S. Census data with projections to be accurate as of Jan. 1, 2017.

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Cosmo’s life didn’t start easy, although he now spends his days in the comfort of owner Fernando Aguirre’s Lake Highlands home. As a pup, the beagle didn’t even have a name. The laboratory dog, with only the number A-370771, was used for a pharmaceutical company’s experimental studies, Aguirre says. Rescuers found five beagles, including 15-pound Cosmo, dumped outside the research facility near Memphis, Tennessee, in 2015. Aguirre adopted the frightened pooch, who’s gotten used to plenty of love and affection since he relocated to Dallas.

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A PLACE OF HER OWN

TLongtime Lake Highlands chef finally launches her own restaurant

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he Lakeridge Village space that once housed Offshore’s Nextdoor could be Lake Highland’s next date-night spot.

Owner and Lake Highlands resident Erin Willis gutted the entire building and re-imagined it as RM 12:20 Bistro. The quaint European-style restaurant, slated to open this fall, is similar to what’s offered in Preston Hollow or Highland Park, Willis says. A bocce ball court gives customers space to linger; the bar features unconventional cocktails. Cell phone use is discouraged, and asking for a kids menu is out of the question.

The dinner menu, which Willis considers rustic French with a Southern flair, rotates four times per year.

“French is just sexier,” she says. “It’s so fun, and people love it. We’re bringing date night back to the neighborhood … It’s the elegance of it, really.”

Willis’ name may sound familiar to longtime Lake Highlands residents. Even though RM 12:20 is her first venture into restaurant ownership, she has extensive experience in the business, including High Hill Farm and the Meadows Museum, where she cooked for King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia at the inauguration of the museum’s new building in 2001. She has

hosted Backyard Dinners at her home and runs a catering business, Dinner is Done.

“It’s very hard work being in the restaurant business, but it’s totally made me who I am today,” she says.

Opening a restaurant seems like the natural progression in Willis’ career, but the decision was impulsive. Willis wanted to expand Dinner is Done but needed additional space. She reached out to CBRE leasing broker Darrell Hernandez, who gave her a tour of the vacant Offshore’s Nextdoor. Instead of focusing on catering, Willis dove into developing a business plan and concocting menu items.

RM 12:20’s vibe is “one step below fine dining,” Willis says, and she’s focused on farmto-table ingredients. Most products are being sourced from East Texas.

“Other than my faith, which is very important to me, the thing that gives me affirmation is people who tell me, ‘This is the best meal I ever had,’” she says.

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HOW SHE GOT HER START: Erin Willis has plenty of experience in the culinary field, but her bachelor’s degree is in English Literature. After she graduated college, she landed a gig in radio but turned it down. By the time she realized she wanted to go to culinary school, she didn’t have the financial resources. So a chef at Patrizio’s in Highland Park offered to teach her, but it wasn’t a glamorous start. “I lived in the basement [of Patrizio’s] for two years,” she says. “All I did was chop tomatoes and onions and make lasagna.”

DID YOU KNOW: Erin Willis named RM 12:20 Bistro after a Bible passage from the book of Romans: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.”

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JULY 4

FOURTH OF JULY PARADE

Families, businesses, nonprofit groups and teams motor all manner of floats and decked-out vehicles, march with banners or dance down Church Road past Lake Highlands High School during the annual Exchange Club of Lake Highlands parade. At the end of the route, the convoy pours into the Lake Highlands North Recreation Center’s lot for an entertainment-packed carnival. The parade is on the move by 9 a.m. The carnival ends at noon.

Lake Highlands North Park, 9229 Church Road, lhexchangeclub.org, free

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THROUGH JULY 8

THE HIGH SEAS

“How I Became a Pirate” is a musical about Jeremy Jacob learning the rules of pirate life and finding places to bury his treasure, even though he misses his family at home.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman St., 214.978.0110, dct. org, $23-$30

THROUGH JULY 31

FAMILY FUN FRIDAYS

It wouldn’t be summer without a trip to the Dallas Arboretum. Each Friday, the arboretum offers face painting, a petting zoo and music.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum.org, $10-$15

JULY 7, 14, 21, 28

EAT YOUR VEGGIES

Purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at White Rock Market, open every Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The market also offers specialty foods, arts and crafts.

Lake Pointe Church, 9150 Garland Road, goodlocalmarket. org, free

JULY 12

VAMPIRE PARTY

Sony Pictures releases “Hotel Transylvania

3: Summer Vacation”

July 13, and the library is celebrating with a costume party from 2:30-3:30 p.m. They’ll also have games and crafts.

Audelia Road Library, 10045 Audelia Road, 214.670.1350, dallaslibrary.com, free

JULY 14

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

Can you take the heat? Prove it at one of White Rock Lake’s most popular running events. There are 5k, 10k and 15k options starting at 7:30 a.m., followed by snacks, live music and beer at Norbuck Park. Norbuck Park, 200 N. Buckner Road, 214.660.1100, runproject.org, $35$65

JULY 18

FOSSIL FUN

Kids can learn about fossils and make their own in this 3-4 p.m. workshop from the Dallas Foundation and the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. SkillmanSouthwestern Library, 5707 Skillman St., 214.670.6078, dallaslibrary.org, free

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Entrepreneurs. Game-changers. Adventurers. Risk-takers. They’re definitely your dream TED Talk lineup or someone you’d like to sit next to at a cocktail party. These women are boldly transforming their worlds in business, technology, philanthropy, arts, education and more. Meet some of the interesting women in our neighborhood.

BY ELISSA CHUDWIN | PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

ina Riley is Hamilton Park’s unofficial manager. Her parents were one of the first homeowners in the neighborhood in 1957, and she’s returned there to care for her childhood home. Besides her 35-year career in finance, Riley is the community liaison and special events organizer for Hamilton Park. She is actively involved with Hamilton Park Preservation Foundation, Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet School and New Mount Zion Baptist Church. As if she wasn’t already busy, she also volunteers with local seniors.

Why she started volunteering:

I started volunteering at Wiley B. Johnson Recreation Center back in 1993. I did that primarily because of my daughter, now 34 years old, Gia. I wanted her to have interaction with community. As she grew up, she went with me to provide resources for the community, host special events and provide outreach to seniors, single moms and those who had been struggling with addiction.

Her motivation:

I attribute what I do to my mom. My mom, Bessie Riley, now deceased, was in the first group of African American cosmetologists for Hamilton Park.

Where the post office is now, there was a Hamilton Park Village filled with African American shop owners. We just had a bunch of entrepreneurs back then. So getting involved and getting out of my comfort zone was one of the things I sought after. You can either be a part of the problem or a part of the solution. I’m the person who looks at how it’s going to impact all of us.

How she helps seniors: When I’m not doing my thing in the community, I’m delivering and serving seniors that can’t get out. They’re homebound or facility bound. I do pamper parties. My daughter is a freelance makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics. We get together and do little things that are going to make them

feel as beautiful as they’ve always been.

If she could, she’d have dinner with:

I have to say Denzel, because I like to be in the presence of intellectual, smooth operators. We have this saying, “Oh man, he’s so Denzel.” Him or Patrick Swayze. Both of them just have the air that “I’m here, I’m in the room, and you need to be thankful I’m in your space.”

She treats everyone like family:

When I introduce someone that I’ve come into contact with — whether it be a partner, a resource, somebody I’m serving — I say, “This is my Auntie Jo,” my aunt from another mother. There’s a strong love there when you create partner-

ships and relationships.

Best advice:

How is it going to benefit all? Are we going to be consistent? Can you sleep at night when you’ve made the decisions you’ve made?

Her goals for her neighborhood:

Our future is making sure Hamilton Park hasn’t been wiped off the face of the earth like other African American communities have been. That’s why we determine our future; we vet the people who need to be vetted. We have a say-so at the table. We will not let our precious Hamilton Park become anything but the best of what we’ve always known it to be. We have an obligation to our elders and ancestors to keep it intact and make sure it’s just as beautiful and competitive as it was intended to be.

How she handles discrimination:

You can’t do anything except for make people understand that you are responsible for how you’re perceived. You are responsible for how you react. You hope that when you are in the midst of adversity, you’re able to let the person see your worth. I look at those as opportunities. A lot of times, even in my day-to-day work, there may be someone from another generation or who was taught differently. At the end of the conversation, there’s respect, because they see me for who I am, not just the color of my skin.

annah Hargrove-Roberts thought she had the rest of her life planned. She’d leave her gig at Auto Zone in East Texas and return to Lake Highlands. She’d marry her longtime boyfriend and hopefully have two children while she transitioned into managing her family’s salvage shop, Orr-Reed Wrecking. Instead, the day after her father, John Hargrove, was murdered in a bar brawl, Hargrove-Roberts took over the business. She was 23. Despite customers’ skepticism, Hargrove-Roberts has spent the past six years managing and revamping Orr-Reed Wrecking. She also volunteers for Meals on Wheels, serves on Bethany Lutheran Church’s Child Development Center board and Richardson ISD’s Ignite camp.

She grew up in the family business: At 3 ½, my parents bought this place. Just like my son, I was here every day. As a little kid, this is what I was going to do. I was going to run the junkyard, and I was going to save things. My dad was the number-A boss, and I was the number-B boss, and everybody must know that.

Growing up in Lake Highlands, you’re surrounded by a lot of doctors’ kids, lawyers’ kids, executives’ kids. My father was the junk man. When I got older, I became ashamed of that. As I grew out of puberty, I realized what my father did was way cooler.

She hires people who need second chances: As a sometimes-recovering alcoholic, my father was very passionate about giving people second, third or one-hundredth chances. I feel the same way. I don’t have the capacity to hire the amount of people he did, but when I do need extra work, the first places I call are the halfway homes. You get burned a lot — heartbreaking stories where you’re just trying to help somebody and addiction takes over. But it’s worth it for the one in 20 you’re able to successfully help.

Misconceptions about the industry: What I do is not great

money. Instead of having a crew of two guys and a machine, I have a crew of six guys. We salvage whatever we can that’s relevant. We don’t make any money from a demolition because all the money we’re being paid goes toward restoring what we save. A big misconception is we’ll pay to pick people’s houses apart. If I had to do that, I would have to sell what we salvage for so expensive. That’s no business model. One thing breaks you even, and the other is how you make your money. How she handles sexism and ageism: Auto Zone was really helpful. I was in East Texas doing a very maledominated job. I had men legitimately come and ask me, “Why aren’t you at home making your man a sandwich?” I had a woman call me a hussy once because I was working in a male-dominated field. When you’re told those things for three years, it becomes very easy just to let it slide off. At this point, if they want to act like they know more, I will kindly prove they don’t. Honestly, it’s more amusing that way. Her favorite neighborhood spots: My three big ones are Rooster Hardware, because small business women have got to support other small business women; Top Drawer Antiques, because they have the coolest stuff and, again, women support other women; and my church, Bethany Lutheran.

achel Roberts-Pickett had just accepted a job in Dallas when she packed up and moved to Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. She spent seven years in Mississippi and Louisiana, where she worked for Hagerty Consulting to redevelop storm-stricken areas. She’s returned to her Texas roots now and is the vice president of strategic operations at Red Leaf Investments.

Her favorite neighborhood spots:

We go to Shady’s all the time. My son is an athlete, so he’s always doing games. It’s the reliable family spot where we can chill after the game, and the food is really good. Bigger than Shady’s is the Audelia Library. My son and I probably go there twice a week. Our library at home is so massive that I just finally decided it didn’t make sense to buy books. They do the best events for kids and continuing education. I just think it’s a gem.

What she’s most proud of professionally:

During Katrina, I would say I’m most proud that 15 or 16 years after the hurricane, I see the fruits of my labor, the work that I did there. You see the revitalization. You see the beach has been basically reconstructed. You see all of these municipal buildings that are back online. Even the basic things like police officers in uniform. Those were part of the process for me when I was writing grants for municipalities and things of that nature. With Red Leaf, this is such a different animal. We had just bought a golf course that neither my boss nor I had any experience in. It was one of those things where it wasn’t as successful as it probably could be and needed to be. Within the first year of being here, we completed a $3-million renovation of the place.

What it’s like switching from the public to the private sector:

I have this entrepreneurial spirit. I just needed the opportunity to go out and pursue it on some level, so definitely no regrets. When you’re working in public sector or you’re working in nonprofit, you always get to see the fruits of your labor. This is more about making money, but you’re also helping build jobs, you’re helping

to grow a company. So those are attributes I don’t dismiss at the end of the day.

Scariest moment in her career: I have gone into things where I didn’t feel like I knew what I was doing. Katrina is a perfect example. You’re given this authority. You walk onto a scene, and you’ve never been given this level of experience. You walk into a situation where it’s a disaster zone. When I show people the pictures I have from Katrina, they say to me, “This looks like when I was in Iraq and a bomb went off.” You are literally driving through that. You don’t have any experience, and you’re like, “I need to figure out a way to make these people whole.”

What leadership qualities she values:

I always want to be the type of leader that people feel comfortable coming to. I always want to be that person that someone doesn’t feel like, “I don’t know what I’m doing here, but I’m nervous to tell my boss that I don’t know.” They can learn from me. I’m holding them accountable, but they are not fearful.

How she handles gender discrimination:

This #MeToo movement has brought up so many moments in your career that you think about and just cringe. I would say I’ve been very fortunate but not unscathed. Probably the biggest place I experienced it would be during my time in New Orleans and Mississippi. You’re working in a male-dominated environment dominated by these hardnose construction types. As far as direct incidences, we had some crazy things. When we first started the project, we were in hotels that didn’t necessarily have security, and we’d get knocks on the door from these drunken construction guys. It was scary sometimes.

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f you viewed a human brain at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, you partially have Jenny King to thank. The public affairs manager was part of a team that opened the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute’s lab to the public as part of Science in the City, a collaborative partnership with the Dallas Morning News, SMU and TalkSTEM. King also has volunteered with several organizations, including Headstart of Greater Dallas and Austin College’s Alumni Board.

How she became so involved:

It was a build-up. My mother was very involved in the Dallas community. I always called her a professional volunteer when I was a kid. She’d be running late to pick me up from ballet or school or wherever because she was coming from some meeting. She was really a role model on how to be engaged in the community. I learned about important issues and how to be involved and how to maybe make a difference. I really believe anytime you volunteer to make a difference you don’t always see the result of it. I do believe everyone’s efforts move us all collectively forward.

Her proudest moment: I was new on the board of Head Start of Greater Dallas. I just loved my time on that board. We went on a joint retreat with our board and with our parent-family council. We all sat mixed up at these tables. There’s this grandmother who was raising her grandson. At another meeting, two years later, she said, “You know that time you went to that retreat? I wasn’t sure I was going to stick with this, but you made me want to stay and be involved in this leadership program.” That made me feel so good because I was just being friendly and chatting with her. That’s why I really believe you make a difference all the time. People just don’t always know it.

What she hopes for Lake Highlands:

Right now, as we get kids into school, we have kids from all around the world who live in Lake Highlands. They don’t speak English. They have a hard time learning. By third grade, you’re reading to learn, versus learning to read. Head Start can really make a difference for families. We serve families who speak English, and we serve families who don’t. If I had a dream for Lake Highlands, it would be to have Head Start or a similar robust early childhood education in our community.

Challenges in her career: Honestly, maintaining balance between work and family is perennial. Someone very wise many years ago told me, “Don’t plan your family around your job. Plan your job around your family. It will work out.” Sometimes it’s harder for things to work out than others. It’s not easy to do that. The prime years to work are also the prime years to have children. I tend to go all in, so stepping back and having a break from work [is hard]. Her work with Science in the City: That kind of outreach hasn’t happened yet, so this is a first for us. We are excited to be celebrating 75 years. For us to partner with the Morning News, SMU and TalkSTEM, to bring science literacy to the public, that’s an honor.

hen Vicky Taylor relocated from Kansas City, Missouri, to Lake Highlands, she noticed that her children’s new elementary school didn’t have as many opportunities as their previous school. So she decided she’d volunteer, and her tireless efforts transformed into a full-time job. Now the Lake Highlands Public Improvement District’s public safety coordinator, Taylor organizes community events and works with apartment owners, police and residents to reduce crime.

Why she started to volunteer:

I moved here about 17 years ago. We were zoned to go to Northlake Elementary School. Coming from Kansas City, Missouri, the volunteer level was totally different. It made me take more of a leadership role and get involved. It started at Northlake, where at one point in time I pretty much worked at the school as an unpaid worker.

How her childhood shaped her:

I’m the youngest of 12. I have nine brothers. I had to tell them what to do. I was the boss growing up.

How she started working for the PID:

My involvement with the PID comes from Kathy Stewart. She used to own Highlands Café — I worked at the restaurant for about 10 years. Kathy sold the restaurant when an opportunity for her became available for this PID. She knew, as a good team worker I am, that she wanted me on her team. Within a year, I ended up coming to work for Kathy because she’s such a great person and role model for me. All the things I was doing in the community that I feel passionate about, I have the opportunity to get paid for.

Her third neighborhood home:

That answer would have to be Lake Highlands High School. This is my fourth child to go through Lake Highlands. It’s pretty much my other home. When I’m there, I have several hats. In August, I was in charge of scheduled pick-up. Also, I’ve been football parent advisor. This was my third time around, my third football player. Yearround is crazy busy. It’s just organizing anything from meals to senior activities to pictures to all-sports awards to the Red and White game. It’s a lot. That’s what I like to do, though.

What makes her proud:

What I’m most proud of, personally, is my family. I have four handsome boys who have all graduated. I have a wonderful husband who has tolerated me giving so much time to the community, and we are still together and love each other. They are why I do this. It’s seeing what I can provide to them, and seeing other kids do not have that. On a business level, I feel like there are so many obstacles for kids in this community and people in general. The fact I can bring something to this community that can better build it, that makes me very proud.

My biggest challenge: I’m an overachiever. You might not believe that. When my name is attached to things, I feel like I have to go above and beyond.

Best advice she’s received:

I think the best advice I’ve received would probably be from my mom, Gladys. She always told me to be myself, be strong, believe in myself and don’t let anything defeat you. I think that brought me into the world I am right now. I totally live by those words. It’s always been: You’re the best. Never think anybody is better than you, and if they do, prove them wrong. That’s what I do.

How she handles gender discrimination:

Truth: I have not. I think it’s because of my personality; it’s because of my tone; it’s because the way I speak. I just don’t think I give the vibe you can talk to me any kind of way. You can look at me crazy, but you can’t say anything. I have a presence when I walk around.

I think people recognize that. As a woman, I just feel like my upbringing has been a plus. I get a lot of respect, and I give respect. I don’t ask for anything I don’t give.

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WONDROUS WOMEN

These White Rock-area pioneers are helping to revolutionize Deep Ellum

Story by CHRISTINA HUGHES

In the early 1990s, White Rock resident Sharon Flatte was an eager young artist. Accompanied by an inked-up guy (her human portfolio, if you will), she walked into Tigger’s, Dallas’ first mainstream tattoo parlor, and asked Mark “Tigger” Liddell, for a job.

“I don’t hire girls,” the shop owner told her.

None of them knew she would own the place a few years later.

She’d grown up in Amarillo, Texas, with five brothers and few resources. She barely graduated from high school; a counselor figured administrative work was the pretty students’ lot and placed her in secretarial classes. But Flatte possessed talent and smarts beyond shorthand and typing. And she was resourceful.

She hightailed it out of Tigger’s and found Alice’s Asylum, an underground, bare-bones operation.

“It was freestyle, guys tattooing with their shirts off,” she recalls. “There was no air-conditioning, and they were really serious.”

That’s where she met her husband and business partner, Jimmy Flatte. In 1994 they opened Taboo Tattoo, a few doors down from Tigger’s.

They bought Tigger’s next.

“[Liddell] had been living over the shop, and the first thing I did was rent a dumpster and start gutting the place,” Flatte says. She’s since transformed the upstairs into sterile-meets-hip workspaces for her artists. Downstairs imitates an art gallery, one specializing in voluptuous, sword-wielding nudes.

Over the next few years they acquired shops in Dallas, New Orleans and Oklahoma. Sharon soaked up business acumen from Jimmy and others she admired. But when her husband died, everything changed.

“Cancer,” she says. “Jimmy died 12 years ago.”

A dark time ensued.

“We had built everything together,” she says.

Deep Ellum, the effervescent area she so adored, was dying, too. Throughout the once vibrant district, businesses shuttered until almost nothing

“I don’t hire girls.”

Sharon Flatte, a White Rock-area homeowner, represents women’s significant roles in Deep Ellum’s revitalization. (Photos by Danny Fulgencio).

remained. Flatte’s son Cody Biggs, a celebrated artist in his own right, who had been running one of her shops in Oak Cliff, suffered a serious motorcycle accident and couldn’t work.

An acquaintance from Los Angeles — “a big huge name in the business”— offered to help, came to Texas and told Sharon he’d take care of things while she “recovered.” She says it was “clear from the get-go he just wanted me out of the picture ... His old-school way was not my way, so I fired him.”

He did not take it well. Things heated up until Flatte, donning her favorite thigh-high platforms, says she kicked him so hard he slid across the floor.

Ever pragmatic, she made the strategic decision to streamline, selling every studio except Taboo and Tigger’s.

Art, music, wine

Frank Campagna, the charismatic owner of Kettle Art Gallery rattles off names: “Rebecca [Bogart] at La Reunion, Lauren [Levin] at Urban Paws, Kathleen [Evett] Upper Paw, Giselle [Ruggeberg] at Jade & Clover, Paula Lambert at Mozzarella Cheese Company,

Susan Reese of Madison Partners: Women running the show in Deep Ellum.” With Kettle Art Gallery as her home base, White Rock-area resident Paula Harris founded Discover Deep Ellum

and Wine Walks, where tourists buy a local-art enameled wine glass before visiting various venues.

“Jade & Clover took the neighborhood by storm,” Harris says.

Whitney Barlow, along with spouse, Clint, revived Trees, Bomb Factory and Canton Hall. (Photo by Benjamin Hager).

“People come in the gallery just looking for Giselle’s store.’’ Harris is dropping names where Campagna left off. Catherine Jacobus at Stonedeck, (Lake Highlands resident) Whitney Barlow who, with husband, Clint, re-opened Trees, The Bomb Factory and Canton Hall.

“Whitney,” Clint told us a few years ago, “she’s the one you need to talk to.”

Of her first look at Trees, Whitney recalls, “It was a disaster. Five years’ worth of water damage. You could see sky through the ceiling. There were roaches on the floor. I said, ‘This is awesome’. I think Clint thought I would say, ‘No way,’ but there was just a great vibe.”

The re-opening of Trees in 2011 kicked off a renaissance of Deep Ellum, according to the late Barry Annino, former Deep Ellum Association president. “Once they opened, people got excited and wanted to be

around them. They are pioneering the comeback of Deep Ellum.”

Barlow doesn’t see it that way, because so many are working to nurture the venue and the neighborhood.

“We couldn’t be successful if we acted like we knew it all, like we could do it all ourselves,” she says.

Like Tigger’s, the Barlows’ concert halls have preserved the ambience of the past, but all have matured.

Consider Lake Highlands’ Amanda Austin, who, against the odds, made a success of Dallas Comedy House on Main, then fought off developers to keep her space from becoming a barbecue joint.

“We need people around us,” Barlow says, “and we are not afraid to ask for help.”

Amanda Austin owns and runs Dallas Comedy House. (Photo by Sean McGinty).

“Women [are] running the show in Deep Ellum.”

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HUSTLER HOLLYWOOD IN LAKE HIGHLANDS?

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THE FORMER PIZZA INN AT THE LBJ service road is getting a makeover, albeit not the kind that neighbors wanted.

The space is being transformed into Hustler Hollywood sex toys and novelty shop, which carries “the best selection of adult toys, erotica, kink and lingerie,” according to the store’s website.

When Hustler Hollywood opened in Oklahoma City in 2014, porn star Ron Jeremy was on hand for the ribbon cutting, owner Larry Flynt made an appearance soon after and titillating billboards near the store trumpeted the store’s arrival.

There’s no word yet on grand opening plans for the newest store in Lake Highlands, but a giant banner announces that the shop is hiring, and applications are being accepted online.

City Councilman Adam McGough said he learned about Hustler Hollywood when community members contacted him about the banner.

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“It is clear from the communications I have received so far that the neighbors living in and around this area are concerned about the potential negative impacts this business could cause to the community,” he told the Advocate. “It is also clear to me, from what I can tell, this business intends to run what would be considered a sexually-oriented business (SOB) based on the definition in our ordinance.”

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Businesses who seek SOB permits need approval from the Dallas Police Department, not the City Plan Commission or Dallas City Council. If the property is 1,000 feet from the nearest school, park, hospital, childcare facility or church and meets other requirements, the permit is typically approved.

As of now, not much can be done to halt the business from opening, but during the June 13 Dallas City Council meeting, an executive session addressed the legality of SOBs.

EDUCATION

In September, Lake Highlands and Richardson voters will decide whether they support a proposed increase in property taxes recommended by Richardson ISD. District administrators suggested bumping the maintenance and operations portion of the tax from $1.04 to $1.17, which raises the total tax rate from $1.39 to $1.52.

“As board members, all of us have advocated in Austin on behalf of our students, teachers and schools to the point of joining in the most recent school finance lawsuit, but our legislators have made it clear that we are on our own,” Trustee Kim Caston says. “We must protect the classroom.”

New revenue from RISD taxpayers is expected to generate $30 million, but the state will recapture $5.9 million of that and send it to other districts.

LOCAL FAME

Daniel Hart isn’t a household name like, let’s say, Owen Wilson or Erykah Badu, but his resume is just as impressive.

Besides a stint with the Polyphonic Spree and a St. Vincent-produced solo album, Hart composed the score for several films, such as “Pete’s Dragon” and “A Ghost Story.” He’s the mastermind behind the music featured in the podcast “S-Town,” which listeners downloaded 10 million times in a mere four days. Now he’s composed the music for essayist extraordinaire David Sedaris’ latest audiobook “Calypso.”

CRIME

Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall, a Lake Highlands resident, has announced a new program aimed at reducing crime from Forest-Audelia to the Five Points area in Vickery Meadow.

Project Safe Neighborhood is a federal partnership involving the U.S. Attorney, Federal Bureau Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, state police and local law enforcement from surrounding areas. It was slated to launch within 30 days of the June 8 announcement.

Federal involvement will lead to mandatory minimum sentences, so perpetrators will be gone from the area for three years or more.

“Our goal is not to lock up the entire community, but the entire community is not committing these crimes,” Hall says. “These individuals who are plaguing our system, who are keeping it an unsafe place for our children to play, for us to work and live, we need to make sure those individuals are away from our neighborhood.”

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DEVELOPMENT

More homes may be under construction in Lake Highlands soon, if Dallas City Council approves David Weekley Homes’ plans this August. The real estate company hopes to build 33 new homes east of Urban Reserve near Stults Road and Forest Lane. The wooded property, to be purchased from Dallas Lutheran School and Urban Reserve developer Diane Cheatham, would contain single-family detached homes on

3,500-square-foot lots. Home prices are expected to be about $500,000-$600,000.

PSW Real Estate has been seeking feedback from neighbors to construct homes at property that Richardson ISD currently owns near White Rock Trail. The developers have yet to reach out to the City of Dallas for the project.

The Lakeridge shopping center redevelopment is underway. Built in the 1960s, the center features local favorites Atomic Pie and Lake Highlands Creamery. Potential tenants include restaurants, fitness boutiques and local services. SHOP Development is overseeing the upgrade, which will include updated architecture and landscaping.

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By GEORGE MASON

The dangers of baptism

Who knew being a Baptist could be dangerous business?

A pastor was conducting a mass baptism service last month in Lake Abaya near a national park in Ethiopia when out of the murky red waters emerged a hungry crocodile. The unevolved creature from the deep snagged the unwitting pastor after he immersed only one of the many supplicants awaiting their turn on the shore. Rescuers were dispatched, but they could recover only the corpse of Pastor Docho Eschete.

I have often counseled people considering baptism to count the cost. We live in a generally benign culture when it comes to religious commitment. I know there are challenging moments when, even in the United States, we are confronted with what seems like a choice between God and Caesar or faith and culture, but by and large our history of religious liberty holds. Which sometimes makes baptism — whether the infant or adult version, whether by sprinkling or dunking — seem more like a rite of passage than a life or death decision. But in truth, baptism is a dangerous spiritual event.

Baptism symbolizes a willingness to die to self and all that implies. It requires the renouncing of a life of safety and accommodation in favor of a life of loving self-sacrifice. We give ourselves over to God and live for others the way Jesus did. Jesus’ life of self-sacrifice led to a cross, but it didn’t end that way. Christians believe he was raised from the dead as a signal to all of us that this way of life will always be vindicated at the last by God. God gets the last word, and the last word is that we last.

While this description of baptism is Christian, Jews also baptize converts (mikvah), and all Muslims require the shahada — a declaration that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is his

prophet. Each in its own way represents a kind of submission to God that is expected to be ultimate.

Baptism in oceans, lakes and rivers is normally an aesthetically rich experience. But whether in a natural habitat or an indoor tub, it’s meant to be a drowning pool of sorts. Even when sprinkling or pouring is the preferred mode, the language of death to self and life to God is part of the liturgy. Baptizands trust that God will be faithful to raise them up now and eternally. Baptism is therefore always

WORSHIP

BAPTIST

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

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ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809

Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

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

BIBLE CHURCHES

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EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

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EPISCOPAL

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH / 9845 McCree Road / 214.348.1345

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LUTHERAN

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fatal and always hopeful.

The tragedy of this horrific death by crocodile is a vivid reminder of mortality and a cautionary tale. Baptism is an invitation to a life of adventure in faith, not a guarantee of worldly security.

In his children’s book, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” C. S. Lewis records the question of a young girl who asks about the Christ-figure, the lion named Aslan. “Is he quite safe?” she asks. The Beaver replies, “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

GEORGE MASON is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, president of Faith Commons and host of the “Good God” podcast. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

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LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary

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PRESBYTERIAN

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A horrific crocodile death reminds the faithful to count the cost

Whether in a natural habitat or an indoor tub, baptism is meant to be a drowning pool of sorts.

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KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

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FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. dallastileman.com 214-343-4645

MELROSE TILE James Sr., Installer, Repairs. 40 Yrs. Exp. MelroseTile.com 214-384-6746

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THE PET DIVAS Pet Sitting, Daily Dog Walks, In Home/Overnight Stays.Basic Obedience Training. thepetdivas.com 817-793-2885. Insured

REMODELING

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ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521 # M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues.

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REAL ESTATE

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