2011 November Lake Highlands

SPECIAL SECTION

ANNUAL HOME

NOVEMBER 11–13, 2011

Six Homes Market Café

The Lakewood Early Childhood PTA is proud to sponsor this year’s Lakewood Home Festival. All proceeds benefi t Lakewood Elementary, J.L . Long Middle School, and Woodrow Wilson High School. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Sponsored by:

GLEN CHRISTY ROBIN NORCROSS JASON THOMAS

“The Christy /Norcross /Thomas Group

ONTHECOVER: Creamy original cheesecake from Cheesecake Love in Lake Highlands. Read the

page 20. Photo by Benjamin Hager

Suggested solution to crime problem

[Lake Highlands] is now overbuilt with apartment houses, which, by all indications, are poorly managed with mostly out-of-town owners. It appears that there is little or no barrier to entry for those with dubious backgrounds to get on the rent rolls at these several apartments on either Forest Lane or Audelia Road. In the several apartments which are on the perimeter of the UT Health Sciences med school in San Antonio, each implements a world-class “best practice” applicant screening protocol, which in my opinion would dissuade one with a sub-rosa background from even filling out an application. —Dormand, in response to “Lake Highlands is home to much of Dallas’ Crime,” on the Back Talk blog, Oct. 9

Go for it?

I want to support this because it’s in the neighborhood. Went with a group on Saturday evening to catch the Ranger game and some football. It was somewhat crowded but not overrun. Took over 20 minutes to get our first beer. We ordered some appetizers and asked about them 45 minutes after ordering. We were told they were really busy and everyone was ordering food … I will remain a regular at 1st and 10 for now until they can figure out a better system. —Raleigh, in response to the “Go 4 It Grill review,” on the Back Talk Blog, Oct.

If it is too crowded and too busy over there, I suggest the Varsity Grill, Good food and service ... same money. In fact I like the food at the Varsity Grill better. —Fred Holland, in response to the “Go 4 It Grill review,” on the Back Talk Blog, Oct. 5

GENETIC BREAST CANCER SCREENING

In battling breast cancer, we take every edge we can get. That’s why the Margot Perot Center and the medical staff at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas are out in front in diagnosis and treatment. We’re the only hospital in DFW with Breast Cancer Risk Assessment (BCRA), an online tool that helps estimate your risk of developing breast cancer. We offer genetic screening and counseling at our Center for Cancer Risk Reduction and Genetics. We’re the first hospital in North Texas offering Breast Tomosynthesis, 3-D imaging that can identify breast cancer in women with dense or fibrocystic breast tissue. Treatments range from advanced surgical techniques and reconstruction to radiation and chemotherapy. We do everything we can to give you an unfair advantage against breast cancer, like the BCRA. Take yours online today.

TexasHealth.org/DallasBreast | 1-877-THR-Well

IS ENOUGH ENOUGH ?

Should we compare our lives, or just live them?

When Apple’s Steve Jobs died last month, the accolades predictably poured in. Jobs was called “visionary,” “brilliant” and a “genius” by those who knew him as well as those who did not. His impact on our lives was debated and discussed, with the general consensus that without Jobs, our lives would be somewhat less than they are today.

Jobs was hailed as someone who truly made a difference in others’ lives, and in his case, he made a difference in so many peoples’ lives that it seemed to validate the idea that his was a life well-lived.

In a way, his life has become a kind of ideal, a measuring stick for the rest of us slogging along life’s pothole-filled highway.

In this same context, our youngest son has been completing college entrance applications, most of which require applicants to answer an essay question or two or three to demonstrate why he should be admitted to the school. What’s unspoken is that our son’s essay, test scores and recommendations will be measured and judged against all comers; some will win the golden key, many more will walk away with something other than what they wanted.

One of the essays our son wrote talked about his interest in “making his mark” in the world, his desire to become wellknown and well-respected for accomplishing something with his life.

As I read his comments, and as I thought about Jobs’ life, I was struck with a deceptively simple thought: How much of a positive impact do we need to have on others so that we are judged to have “made our mark” and lived a worthwhile life?

Clearly, Jobs was a once-in-a-generation talent. His zeal for perfection and his sense of design made him and his products household names throughout the world.

Meanwhile, our son is just getting started in the life-building business. He has desire, tools and personality, but what are the odds that when all is said and done, he — or any of the rest of us, for that matter — will be judged equal to or greater than Steve Jobs? More to the point, how close do we have to come to that ideal — assuming Jobs and his life are ideals — to be judged “successful” when the final bell is rung?

At this point in his life, our son isn’t burdened much by comparisons or equivocations. His life is in front of him, and he has no reason to worry about limitations or road blocks or measuring up to anyone else.

DISTRIBUTION PH/214.560.4203

ADVERTISING PH/214.560.4203

office administrator: JUDY LILES

214.560.4203 / jliles@advocatemag.com

advertising sales director: KRISTY GACONNIER

214.560.4213 / kgaconnier@advocatemag.com

display sales manager: BRIAN BEAVERS

214.560.4201 / bbeavers@advocatemag.com

senior advertising consultant: AMY DURANT 214.560.4205 / adurant@advocatemag.com

advertising consultants

CATHERINE PATE

214.292.0494 / cpate@advocatemag.com

NORA JONES

214.292.0962 / njones@advocatemag.com

PATTI MILLER 214.292.0961 / pmiller@advocatemag.com

JENNIFER THOMAS VOSS

214.635.2122 / jvoss@advocatemag.com

FRANK McCLENDON

214.560.4215 / fmcclendon@advocatemag.com

LIZ BOVARD 972.922.2790 / lbovard@advocatemag.com

classified manager: PRIO BERGER

214.560.4211 / pberger@advocatemag.com

classified consultants

SALLY ACKERMAN 214.560.4202 / sackerman@advocatemag.com

SUSAN CLARK

469.916.7866 / sclark@advocatemag.com

marketing director: MEREDITH MOORE

214.292.0486 / mmoore@advocatemag.com

EDITORIAL PH/ 214.292.2053

publisher: RICK WAMRE

214.560.4212 / rwamre@advocatemag.com

managing editor: CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

214.560.4204 / chughes@advocatemag.com

editors

KERI MITCHELL

214.292.0487 / kmitchell@advocatemag.com

EMILY TOMAN

214.292.2053 / etoman@advocatemag.com

RACHEL STONE

214.292.0490 / rstone@advocatemag.com

web editor: CHRISTY ROBINSON 214.635.2120 / crobinson@advocatemag.com

senior art director: JYNNETTE NEAL

214.560.4206 / jneal@advocatemag.com

The hyper-involved senior citizens we’ve written about in this month’s magazine are at the other end of that life scale — they’ve lived a good portion of their lives, and they’re still active, still involved and still impacting others. Collectively, they’re volunteering at a clip that belies their age and puts many of us to shame.

But there’s still that question nagging at me.

Do they, or do we, need to measure up to Jobs to be deemed “successful” when all is said and done?

It’s an interesting point to consider, when we run out of other things to worry about: In life, how much is enough?

art director: JULIANNE RICE

214.292.0493 / jrice@advocatemag.com

designers: JEANINE MICHNA-BALES, LARRY OLIVER, HANNAH DWORACZYK

contributing editors: JEFF SIEGEL, SALLY WAMRE

contributors: SEAN CHAFFIN, BILL KEFFER, GAYLA KOKEL, GEORGE MASON, BLAIR MONIE, ELLEN RAFF, MEGHAN RINEY photo editor: CAN TÜRKYILMAZ 214.560.4200 / cturkyilmaz@advocatemag.com

photographers: MARK DAVIS, MOLLY DICKSON, BENJAMIN HAGER

interns: ALI LAMB, EVAN WALLIS, JEFFREY MCWHORTER

publications each month. Advertising rates and guidelines are available upon request. Advocate Publications are available free of charge throughout our neighborhoods, one copy per reader.

In a way, Steve Jobs’ life has become a kind of measuring stick for the rest of us slogging along life’s pothole-filled highway.

lakehighlands.advocatemag.com

MOBILE

What are those speckled black and white boxes we keep asking you to scan?

Download a free QR code reader from your smart phone’s app store, then scan these codes throughout the magazine to unlock online extras.

TRY IT OUT: This code takes you to our newsletter sign-up page.

Aging in Place (AIP) and Accessibility Changes for Your Home What you need to know…

During the holiday season, it’s common to experience accessibility and safety challenges in our homes that affect our guests, and even residents. Now is a great time to begin thinking long-term about accommodating the changing needs of the people who live in and visit your home. Creating the right environment requires what’s known as an Aging in Place (AIP) plan.

for AIP Clients

The possibilities for AIP modifications are infinite. An experienced remodeler can assess your particular needs and offer a variety of solutions to accommodate them. Here are some of the most common AIP modifications:

Accessibility

PHOTOS

Fall sports are here!

Advocate photographer Benjamin Hager is stopping in at high schools throughout the season and catching the action. Visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/photos to check them out, and you can even download the pics you like.

TALK BACK

Discussing neighborhoodour just got more interesting.

Now when you comment on blog posts or magazine stories, you can log in with social media, reply to other comments and share images.

facebook.com/LakeHighlandsAdvocate lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/video advocatemag.com/newsletter twitter.com/Advocate_LH

Depending on the health and physical ability of residents and visitors, you may need to widen doorways for more clearance, eliminate steps for wheelchair accessibility and maneuverability, and possibly install a ramp. Vertical lifts, platform lifts, chair lifts and residential elevators can make two-story homes more accessible. Slippery surfaces can be changed to textured, non-slip surfaces that are easier to maintain, and the garage can be renovated for better maneuverability.

Bathrooms and Kitchens

To improve maneuverability in the bathroom, space can be expanded, bath and shower grab bars installed, and specially designed bathing facilities can replace standard units. In the kitchen, the workflow design can be improved, counter top heights may need to be lowered, and cabinetry can be redesigned to make the area more user-friendly. Entry to the kitchen may need to be widened and ramps can replace single steps.

Around the house, contrasting colors can be used to show subtle differentiations in level changes, edges, hot, cold, or danger. The HVAC system can be modernized to make controls easier to use and filters easier to maintain. The electrical system and lighting can be revised to address the new requirements of other AIP renovations around the house.

Who Can Help?

Look for the (CAPS) Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist designation, which indicates specific training in the needs of aging adults and the disabled, AIP modifications, and solutions to common problems. CAPS professionals have training in the strategies for designing and building aesthetically enriching, barrier-free living environments.

We’re especially happy to take your calls early on – to ensure you stay in your home and remain our friend and neighbor for many holiday seasons to come. by: Alan Margulis

Questions about AIP? Call us!

Q&A: John Reeg

Gym rats undoubtedly have seen this fit, no-nonsense 62-year old spotting 20- to 40-somethings in the weight room at the Skillman LA Fitness, where his personal-training appointment book is maxed out. But outside the health club, John Reeg takes a special interest in older clients. For four years, the former Marine and Vietnam veteran has worked as a part-time fitness consultant at neighborhood retirement centers, and about a year ago he started Silver Star Fitness, an in-home personal training program for seniors.

A staunch advocate of exercise for all, Reeg believes regular training is especially important as one ages. He calls exercise “a magic pill” and a source of both physical and mental power.

What did you have in mind when you launched Silver Star Fitness?

Later in my career, I wound up working in sales, which didn’t last long. I decided I wanted to do something else. I tried to start a staffing company for veterans. This was a needed service — at one time I had 500 résumés on my desk — but I soon ran out of money. “This isn’t working,” I told myself. “What am I going to do?” My focus returned to fitness, something that had always been a big part of my life. I realized there was a large Baby Boomer population, many of whom don’t really enjoy the health club scene. I felt there was a niche to fill in helping this age group get into shape.

Why is it important for older adults to exercise?

That’s a question with a big answer, because exercise is like a magic pill. You don’t have to hang out at the gym all day or go to extremes. You just have to find something relatively fun that you will do regularly, and the benefits are so vast. We have known for some time

that exercise makes us stronger, controls weight, improves mobility, digestion, sleep, increases energy, improves the libido and a list of other physical things, but recent studies prove that it also affects mental and emotional health — it decreases anxiety and enhances brain function. Exercise is not about vanity or looks as we age, but quality of life. Dr. Frank Marcola said it well: “Long after you stop worrying about what you look like in a bathing suit, your commitment to regular physical activity will show in your quick wit and mental acuity.”

How do you know so much about this stuff?

I have always been into athletics. In my younger years I was in traditional sports — a little football because I grew up in Indiana. Joined the Marines, where you definitely are required to get in shape, and in college I really became interested in gymnastics — saw these guys flipping around and thought, “That looks like fun.” I was a gymnast at Ball State University in Indiana and later opened a gym and trained gymnasts. I taught physical education in public schools

Trainer John Reeg works with client Glenda Cook, 74, who has lost 20 pounds since she started working out.

Photo by Can Türkyilmaz

for 23 years, too. I have a BS [bachelor of science] in health, physical education and recreation; Cooper Institute certifications in personal training, older-adult fitness, weight loss management and group exercise instruction.

If we can’t find an exercise we enjoy, are we doomed?

No. In fact this is something I always stress to people — exercise is not always fun. But if you want to stay independent and mobile as you get older, incorporate exercise into your daily life, whether you like it or not. If you are lucky, you will find something you have fun doing. If not, the benefits far outweigh the relatively short period of difficulty.

What type of successes have your older clients seen?

There are so many success stories. A woman whom I train at LA Fitness asked me to help her mother-in-law, who, in her 80s, had become sedentary — had been reduced to watching TV all day, unable to stand on her feet for 30 seconds. Today, together, we take 15-minute walks outdoors on a regular basis. I’ve helped a lady who couldn’t lift her arms over her head regain mobility, and I have seen women through pregnancy and getting into shape postpregnancy. I just find great reward in seeing people get strong. It is not hard. I just have to listen to people and their goals, and design the plan that suits them. There is a plan that works for everyone.

So, no excuses?

No. It doesn’t matter if you are at the end-oflife years, whether you are in a wheelchair, or if you haven’t worked out for the last 30 years. Heck, even people who are in a coma benefit from the physical therapists coming in and moving their limbs. There is a level of exercise that is beneficial to anyone and everyone. —Christina

Hughes Babb

Questions and answers have been edited for brevity.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit silverstarfitness.com

VIDEO Watch. John Reeg visits a client and explain the benefits of home fitness.

PAWS & CLAWS

tuckered out

After running around their Lake Highlands neighborhood with people parent JEANNE MARIE BOYNE, BABY and ROCKY are ready for a little R & R.

what gives?

Small ways that you can make a big difference for nonprofits

Get your ’80s back …

… at the third annual Hairballs and Hair Bands Paws in the City benefit, 7–11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Shops at Park Lane. The $35 ticket includes entry plus two drink vouchers. Download some Van Halen, pull on the leg warmers and you’re in the mood for the party to profit pets in need. Featured festivities include a concert, costume contest and drinks. Paws in the City is a Dallas organization that provides foster homes, medical care and adoption for animals. The event is ages for ages 21 and up. Visit hairballsandhairbands.com.

Party for a playground . . .

... at the Playground Project Street Party and Auction Nov. 5. Event organizers, volunteers from the neighborhood, aim to raise money for additional improvements to the Lake Highlands Elementary school playground. Tickets to the party and silent auction are $25 in advance or $30 at the door and include dinner and drinks. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. on Larchcrest, followed by the silent auction at 8:30 p.m. at the school. To purchase tickets and to get more info, email Krisla Cadenhead at kdenhead@swbell.net or M. E. Clary at teamclary@sbcglobal.net.

Or run for fun …

… and to support Dallas Academy, a firstthrough 12th-grade school near White Rock Lake that provides programs for students with special needs while also offering sports and activities enjoyed by students at larger, more traditional schools. Registration begins at 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at the school, 950 Tiffany Way. The 1-mile fun run starts at 8 a.m. and the 5k race starts at 8:45 a.m. Prizes for overall and age group winners will be awarded beginning at 9:45 a.m. Register and learn more at dawgrundallas.com.

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.

W ACKYM’S KITCHEN

Wackym’s Kitchen bakes delicious cookies and treats from original recipes using fresh, natural ingredients like real butter and cane sugar. Perfect for holiday gifting. To order or find a retail location, visit wackymskitchen.com

ONCE UPON A CHILD

GOOD DEALS at Once Upon A Child - Lake Highlands - Dallas. November 25th: Gently used apparel: 30% off: 6-8am; 20% off 8-10am, and 10% off 10am-12pm. 6300 Skillman, #150 onceuponachildlakehighlands.com

BRUMLEY GARDENS

Nothing is better than the smells of Fall and Christmas. We carry Tyler, Niven, Votivo and Swan. Shop local or online.10540 Church Rd. 214.343.4900 brumleygardens.com

T.HEE GREETINGS

A bounty of gifts and Thanksgiving decorations await you at T. Hee Greetings & Gifts.Mockingbird & Abrams and Walnut Hill & Audelia 214.747.5800 t-heegifts.com

CHEESECAKE ROYALE

When authentic family recipes meet fresh, high-quality ingredients, the result is a dessert experience that’s distinctly Royale. 9016 Garland Rd. 214.328.9102CheesecakeRoyale.com

GOD & GODDESS JEWELS

Find the most exquisite crystal and rhinestone beaded braclets. A perfect gift for you, your family and friends. myggjewels.com

NORTH DALLAS ANTIQUE MALL

12,500 sq. ft. of great shopping for antiques, collectibles, vintage, furniture, décor, retro, art, glass, fashion, jewelry, garden and more. 11722 Marsh Lane @ Forest Lane 214.366.2100

BEADS OF SPLENDOR

You choose ... chain, drop, charm & we’ll assemble – the perfect gift from $25. 1900 Abrams Pkwy @ LaVista (LW Shopping Center) 214.824.2777 beadsofsplendor.com

DUTCH ART GALLERY

Our gallery carries traditional art, original oil paintings, limited edition prints, decorative arts, sculptures, home decor, ready-made frames and custom framing. 10233 E. NW Hwy. #420 @ Ferndale 214.348.7350 dutchartusa.com

THE STORE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

Trollbeads: collectible jewelry that you can personalize! Choose the ones that remind you of special people, times, and memories. Great for gifts! 10233 E. NW Hwy. @ Ferndale (near Albertsons) 214.553.8850

Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30 TheStoreinLH.com

BRUMLEY GARDENS

Cool nights, full moon, bright stars and a great fire pot to set the mood. Perfect patio décor. Shop local or online. 10540 Church Rd. 214.343.4900 brumleygardens.com

ADVOCATE ORNAMENT

The Advocate Foundation’s limited-edition, numbered, and individually hand-painted ornament makes the perfect gift for the new home owner or Dallas transplant. 214.292.0486 foundation.advocatemag.com

Alliums, Daffodils, Grape Hyacinth, Spider Lilies, Spanish Bluebells & other plants that return in your garden year after year.

for easymaintenance spring blooms .

Out & About

November 2011

Nov. 6 Granger Smith concert

The Lake Highlands High School Wranglers host their third annual Granger Smith concert Sunday, Nov. 6 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the Lake Highlands Town Center amphitheater. The event includes performances from the Highlandettes, Wranglers, Wrangler Roundup Kids Dance Clinic, LHHS cheerleaders and local band The Rustics before the former Wrangler-turned-country singer takes the stage. Everyone is invited to bring a picnic to the benefit concert, or try something from the gourmet food truck Culinary Improv.

Walnut Hill & Skillman, lhhswranglers.org, $10

NOV. 5

RISD Spirit Run

The 5k event, where the four high schools compete to see which has the most spirit, is held in Galatyn Park from 7-9:30 a.m. Packet pickup is Tuesday-Thursday the week before at the nearest Run On! location; registration is online.

President George Bush Turnpike & Central Expressway, risdspiritrun. com, 496.593.0241, $10-$35

NOV. 9

LHAECPTA Meeting

The Lake Highlands Early Childhood PTA holds its general meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Highlands Christian Church, featuring Carla Chavez of Whole Foods discussing easy holiday recipes.

9949 McCree, lhaecpta.org, free

NOV. 10

Literary symposium and luncheon

The Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents the fifth annual A Writer’s Garden literary symposium and luncheon 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Dallas Arboretum’s Rosine Hall, featuring Dee and D’Andra Simmons.

8525 Garland, womenscouncildallasarboretum.org, $150

THROUGH NOV. 12

Dia de las Muertos exhibition

The Bath House Cultural Center presents an exhibit highlighting the traditional Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead. The show features altar pieces by Latino artists. 521 E. Lawther, 214.670.8749, dallasculture.org, free

Nov. 6

DRC Half Marathon & 5k

The Dallas Running Club celebrates the 35th anniversary of the DRC Half Marathon on Nov. 6 at Norbuck Park. Race day lasts from 6:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., with the half marathon starting at 8 a.m. The course, which circles White Rock Lake and the surrounding Lakewood area, is open for four hours, so walkers and joggers are welcome. Top finishers will receive cash prizes totaling $5,000. 200 N. Buckner, drchalf.com, $25-$85

Nov. 18-Dec. 22

Madeline’s Christmas

TheDallasChildren’sTheaterpresents “Madeline’s Christmas,” an adaptation based on the children’s book by Ludwig Bemelmans. Performances will be held at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts in the Baker Theater. Children older than 5 are encouraged.

5938 Skillman

214.740.0051, dct.org,

$14-$26

NOV. 17

LHAECPTA Shopping Soiree

Lake Highlands Area Early Childhood

PTA presents its Shopping Soiree, where local businesses, service providers and crafty neighbors set up booths at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 9 a.m.1:30 p.m. and later from 6-9 p.m. 10110 Shoreview, lhaecpta.org, free

THROUGH NOV. 23

Autumn at the Arboretum

More than 50,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash are helping to usher in autumn, and a little bit of magic, to the Dallas Arboretum this month. Cinderella’s Pumpkin Village and life-sized carriage embody this year’s theme, “It’s a Fairy Tale World.” From 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, explore these and other highlights, including the Tom Thumb Pumpkin Patch, The Great Pumpkin Search, Cinderella’s Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt and the Hay Bale Maze.

8525 Garland, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum.org, $8-$12

Delicious

Sweet shops

CHEESECAKE LOVE

10230 E. Northwest Highway

214.707.0545

cheesecakelove.com

There’s

PRICE RANGE: $3.50-$35

AMBIANCE: TAKE OUT

HOURS:

11 A.M.-3 P.M. TUES.-FRI; 11 A.M.-2 P.M. SAT; CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY

Toman

cheesecake, and then there’s Cheesecake Love. “People are used to going to the grocery store and buying a manufactured cheesecake,” says JoAnn Sitton, owner of the shop at Easton and Northwest Highway. “People love the product that I sell. Every cake is hand-poured with quality ingredients.” It’s all about the crust, she says, a portion of the cake that is often overlooked. Sitton makes a thicker, crumbly cookie crust instead the thin, spongy graham cracker typically used in store-bought cakes. She launched her small business four years ago and specializes in 2.5-inch, cupcake-sized cheesecakes as well as 10-inch cakes. Other than her shop, Sitton’s cheesecakes also are available locally at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in Hillside Village, Sam’s at Park Lane, and Atomic Pie at Walnut Hill and Audelia. Standout flavors include caramel pecan, creamy original and chocolate, which features four different kinds of chocolate on top of an Oreo crust. “My flavors are not too fancy, so I try to make sure the cake itself is high quality,” Sitton says. She also has special varieties for the holidays, such as pumpkin walnut and Irish cream. —Emily

Left: creamy original cheesecake

Below: chocolate cheesecake

Photos by Mark Davis

1 Casa Linda Bakery

From cookies to Danishes to extravagant wedding and birthday cakes, this neighborhood bakery makes everything from scratch with old family recipes.

10819 Garland, 214.321.0551, casalindabakerydallas.com

2 The Cake Ball Company

Located in the same storefront as Cheesecake Love, these creative treats are almost too cute to eat. Stop by 3-5 p.m. Fridays for happy hour, when cake balls are $1 each.

10230 E. Northwest Highway, 214.559.5788, cakeballs.com

3 Cheesecake Royale

Still got cheesecake on the brain? This Garland Road shop has ties to the family behind Kostas Café, and uses farm fresh eggs and real whipping cream.

9016 Garland, 214.328.9102, cheesecakeroyale.com

The Cake Ball Company. Photo by Benjamin Hager

We get people playing Tennis, not standing in lines!

don’t sweat the holidays

Bonny Doon Ca’ Del Solo albariño (2008) California >

The holiday wine season causes tremendous panic in people — even those who are familiar with wine — about what to serve. The rest of the year, it’s buy a bottle wine at the grocery store and don’t worry about it. During November and December, everyone is afraid that if the wine isn’t right, Thanksgiving or Christmas or whatever will be ruined.

This is silly. Wine is there to complement the holiday, not to star in it. Choose wines that you’re comfortable with, and don’t worry especially about food pairings or impressing others with your selections. Do you like the wine? Will it make dinner more enjoyable? Then that’s the wine to buy.

This month’s suggestions follow that approach, and are more guidelines than specific recommendations:

The 2010 vintage is probably the best in the history of the state, and there are quality wines at every price. The McPherson roussanne ($12), a white from west Texas, is fresh and clean with lemon and lime flavors. Messina Hof’s cabernet franc ($22) is a red wine that is deep and rich, perfect for red meat.

Next month’s column will go into more detail about bubbly; it’s enough to know now that there has been tremendous growth in the quality and quantity of cheap sparkling over the last couple of years. It comes from places as odd as Australia (Emeri, $12) or as well-known as Italy (the various proseccos and astis, like Lamberti, $14). And sparkling wine is not just for celebrations. Much of it pairs with food — use it at brunch or to spiff up a midweek dinner.

5500 Greenville Ave. @ Lovers (in Old Town) 214.368.0170 tombarrettoptical.com

Sign up now for: 10 & Under Tennis Junior Academy Adult Classes & Drills

Samuell Grand Tennis Center 6200 E. Grand Ave., 75223 214-670-1374

www.samuellgrandtennis.com

That is, anything but cabernet sauvignon or chardonnay. The world wine glut has lowered prices everywhere, making it easier than ever to try something different. La Clotiere ($9) is a red wine from the Loire region of France that is light and easy to drink; it practically shouts turkey. Bonny Doon’s Ca’ Del Solo albariño ($18) is a California white made with a Spanish grape that is perfect for seafood.

—Jeff Siegel

JEFF SIEGEL’S WEEKLY WINE REVIEWS appear every Wednesday on lakehighlands.advocatemag.com

Ask the wine guy

Are there rules for pairing with turkey?

More or l ess, an d t h e y usua lly revo l ve aroun d p inot noir — a li g hter red that complements the li g hter f lavor o f turkey and doesn’t get in the way of the rest of Thanks g ivin g dinner. But any li g hter red wine wi ll d o t h e same t h ing, as wi ll most w h ites that aren’t too creamy or too citrusy.

Jeff Siegel

An upscale spa dedicated to your hands

with your wine Thanksgiving leftovers

The world does not need yet another recipe for the holidays, some other way to reinvent something we like the way it is. What we need to do is to figure out a way to use what we didn’t eat at Thanksgiving. So consider these leftover suggestions:

Why not? Buy a prepared pizza crust and top it with leftover turkey, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms and any cheese in the house. You don’t even need to add sauce.

The simple way is to buy two frozen pie shells, add a can of cream of mushroom soup, leftover turkey and whatever other vegetables are in the refrigerator, and bake for 40 minutes in a 400-degree oven. Less simple, but not difficult, is Jacques Pepin’s chicken pot pie (substituting turkey, of course) in “Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.”

You can do a home version of what restaurants charge $10 (or more) for with nothing more than bottled salad dressing, lettuce, cucumbers, bell peppers, carrots and leftover turkey. The adventurous can add a hard-boiled egg. Get a serving platter and arrange the lettuce to cover. Add the turkey and vegetables and arrange in any design you want. Pass the salad dressing.

(from the September 2011 Advocate) The whole thing can be done in minutes.

Visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com and search couscous to find this recipe.

Atomic

Bring your friends, open your favorite bottle of wine and get ready to be inspired by our artist who will guide you step-by-step through a featured painting. At the end of the night, you will leave with your own masterpiece!

Specializing in American and Italian flavors. Choose from our signature pizza, sliders and fries, fresh salads and much more. We are conveniently located in your neighborhood and offer delivery service.

A life worthwhile

70- to 90-somethings share the secrets to eternal (or at least very long lasting) youth

Story by Christina Hughes Babb

Photos by Can Türkyilmaz and Benjamin Hager

American Industrialist Henry Ford once said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”

Ford touched on a secret that many Lake Highlands people have unearthed and embraced. Learning and doing create a motive for living well. These folks, some two decades past retirement age, are not ready to kick back and let the golden years quietly pass.

Norma Ward

Norma the Great

Lake Highlands resident Norma Ward — known simply as “Great” to her 10 greatgrandchildren and one great-great-grandkid — is 92 and still going strong. She’s an avid volunteer with a special interest in autism, which has affected one of her grandchildren, and in the last few years, she has attended parties and dances and cruises and she drives herself to two bridge games a week. It’s enough activity to drain a person half her age.

She won’t tell you this herself, but daughter Lynn says her mother is frequently the high scorer at bridge. In fact, Ward won’t say much about herself and asks, in her intoxicating southern drawl, why anyone would want to write about her. She says she has several “more interesting” friends. Of course, they are all 20-30 years her junior.

Ward moved in with Lynn in 2004 — she came to visit and never left, she says. Because she is a member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, an international service and cultur-

al organization, Ward has friends no matter where she lives.

When you move, they will let the local branch know you are coming, Ward says.

Not that she has any trouble making friends. Her first day in Lake Highlands, she dropped in on Ann Levy (whom we “should really be writing about”, Ward says) at Lake Highlands United Methodist Church.

“She had such a youthful attitude for a person of her maturity,” says Levy, who plays cards with Ward a couple times a week. She fits right in with the the 70- and 80-year-olds in the group, Levy says, and “she is a wonderful bridge player.”

Ward has shared stories and knowledge with Beta Sigma Phi members — she gave a well-received presentation on women’s suffrage, Lynn says.

“When my mother was born, women did not have the right to vote.”

She also told the organization about her trip to England during the time of Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ wedding.

“Every shop in town had wedding flowers in the windows, and we got to see her dress on display as well as the wedding gifts. I remember that a class of kindergarten students gave them a kitchen timer.”

Her daughter, Sue, who died of cancer at a relatively young age, was with her on that trip. It remains one of Ward’s happiest memories — she chokes up a little when talking about it.

Ward has spent a lifetime helping others, always volunteering with the Red Cross or United Way, but it was the things she did that no one knew about that make her so special, Lynn says. She recalls grade school, when Ward worked in the school office. There was a girl in the third grade whose parents were farmers, and she had no shoes and lice in her

ColorStar has four sources of nitrogen, with different characteristics to give your plant the nutrients it needs when it needs them. The addition of Bone and Blood Meal along with essential micronutrients in this fertilizer blend increases bloom production, insures plant health, and maximizes plant growth for up to four months.

Offer expires Dec 31st, 2011.

hair. Ward brought her home, picked the lice from her hair, made her food and took care of her.

“That was normal — she just naturally helped anyone without a second thought,” Lynn says.

Ward says she gets that from her own mother, “the most generous and kind woman you would ever meet.”

Ward has survived breast cancer and a heart attack — though she maintains that she doesn’t believe she had a heart attack — but her doctors say she is fit and doesn’t need to return for another two years.

When Lynn was a child, Ward’s mother lived with the family.

“She told me that, when she got old, not to ever let her live with me, that it was too hard,” Lynn says with a laugh.

Ward’s greatest gift to the world, she insists, is Lynn and her other three children. That contribution and its significance was evident at Ward’s 90th birthday party. Relatives and friends came in from as far as Maryland and California and booked four different hotels.

“It was a good birthday party,” Ward says. “People always ask me when I am going to have another party.”

“It was a good birthday party. People always ask me when I am going to have another party.”

GEARED TO WIN

Call today to discuss your

Solving the world’s problems, over lunch

At 79, John Adams could comfortably retire from Adams Paint Center, the store at Northwest Highway and Abrams he (and before him, his father) has owned and operated for decades, but he’s having too much fun. He arrives at the shop about 7:30 each morning. He works for a few hours framing art and photography, which is a significant part of the paint store’s business, but by 10:30 a.m., he usually has prepared lunch/ brunch for 4-8 people — maybe sandwiches, soup, meatloaf or chicken. Unfailingly, a small crowd will gather at about noon to break bread in the back room.

“You see — they are not just my customers. They are my friends,” Adams says.

Leah Ekmark, whose artist-husband Fred is Adams’ longtime framing customer, says the lunchtime gatherings are remarkable. “You will find a variety of people gathered

around his weathered table — cops, judges and other city officials, a retired horse jockey all the way down to your ordinary contractors. It’s a colorful crew.”

Among the attendees the days we visited was retired letter carrier Dick Barber, pro golfer Rives McBee, and Judge Ken Blackington from Mesquite. Conversation is as varied as the company but, Barber says, “This table has solved many of the world’s problems.”

An interesting, ever-changing and lowstress workload and stimulating friendships give Adams a reason to “get going each morning,” but he didn’t arrive at his golden years without having lived well all along.

Adams left high school to become a Marine, and he trained pilots during WWII. He has owned six Harley Davidson motorcycles. He has two Yamaha motorcycles now and recounts an accident in which he survived sliding along Northwest Highway after a car forced him to lose control of the bike.

John Adams

John Adams cooks lunch every day at his store, Adams Paint Center, where he holds court with longtime friends.

“I got a ticket for failure to control my vehicle,” he says, “but I had a buddy on the force who helped take care of that.”

Adams and his wife did a stint on their farm in Nevada, Texas, raising racehorses, and they enjoyed some success, especially with one thoroughbred named Red Sun, a horse that Adams says “nearly paid for the farm.” There was also Ice Cool, Adams Aries, Lord Thomas (named for Adams’ dad), Come Rain or Shine, and Beau Bidder. His greatest contribution to society, in his opinion, is his involvement with Scottish Rite Masonry.

“Masonry takes a good man and makes him better. That’s how it was explained to me,” Adams says.

“When I was a young man living in Vickery — I was pretty mean back then — there were these few men who were very nice and polite and one day I asked them, ‘Why are you so nice?’ and they said, ‘We are Masons,’ and I said, ‘How do I become one?’ and they said, ‘You just did.’ After that, I got nicer.”

The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, which has treated more than 200,000 children free of charge since its inception in the 1920s, is one of the organization’s “pet projects,” Adams says.

Aside from the time on the ranch, Adams has spent his life in Dallas. He learned to swim in a lake where the Village Apartments are now located. He remembers the WWII POW camp at White Rock Lake and the skeleton recovered during the lake’s 1953 dredging. He’ll tell tales on acquaintances, including district attorneys, judges and mayors (“Henry Wade and Jack Evans were honest men,” Adams says. “I can’t say that for many of them”). He’ll regale his tablemates with stories about well-known friends, including Keller’s burgers’ Jack Keller and Campisi’s Egyptian Restaurant’s Joe Campisi — “he was the number one guy,” Adams says of Campisi. Without specificity, and with a raised brow and a wink, Adams notes the well-circulated rumors of Campisi’s mafia ties.

Adams, despite recent heart problems, still plays golf regularly (did we mention he was a good golfer? “Wasn’t anyone who could out-drive me back in the day,” Adams says). In fact, the day after we met Adams, he played in a charity tournament. He says he’s having a little trouble getting around, but that the event benefits impaired and in-need kids — his soft spot.

92-year-old miracle

Anyone who has ever said, “I am too old for that” needs to meet Bernice Press, a 92-year-old miracle. An encounter with Press is a wake-up call after which one can’t help but realize that before him or her lies a vast amount of possibility.

I am greeted in the lobby of C.C. Young’s Asbury building by an upright, smiling woman with a firm handshake and a strong voice.

“Hi, I’m Bernice,” she says.

Her cropped hair is pure white. An aura of color surrounds her — perhaps it’s the crisp blue blouse, matching watch and earrings, or the hint of rose on her lips and cheeks, or maybe it’s something less tangible. At a brisk pace, Press leads me to her first-floor apartment. She says she’s Bernice Press, but the Bernice Press I came to meet is 92 years old. Can this really be Bernice Press?

The coffee table scrapbook filled with honors, magazine articles and photos from a past life as a WWII-era nurse and an entrepreneur who, with her husband, started the country’s first laundromat prove she is who she claims to be.

What’s her secret? For one, each morning she stretches, showers, exercises and dresses for success.

“Every day, I am prepared for a date,” she says. Dry wit drives much of her dialogue.

She stays active during most mornings, doing various volunteer activities, and after lunch she relaxes and plays video games on her bejeweled iPhone.

“I’ve always been a curious person. Always wanted to do more, learn more, keep busy,” she says. Also, her mother lived to be 103, so maybe it’s in the genes, she adds.

When she was in her late 70s and had recently moved into C.C. Young (where her mother also lived), she began putting together new resident welcome bags for patients entering the health center.

She knew firsthand that being in the hospital was “the pits,” and the gifts seemed to lift spirits.

Shortly after this, the center opened a new wing and the number of patients jumped from 10 to 26. It is typical, she says, that a job she has taken on becomes bigger than expected. Good thing she doesn’t let

large tasks deter her. These days, the staff at C.C. Young helps out with the welcome bags. When she decided to recognize war veterans living at C.C. Young, it also turned into a big job. Every November, you’ll find Press lining the hallway with photographs and stories of the more than 100 veterans (and counting) who are her neighbors.

The other residents call Press “Mrs. C.C. Young,” staffer Cameron Hernholm says. “Bernice has more energy and volunteers more hours of service than a teenage Boy Scout. She’s a miracle who seems to have found the fountain of youth.”

Because there is so much to do, Press says age 75 is the perfect age to move to a retirement community.

“Don’t wait until you’re old,” she says.

Since she arrived, Hernholm says Press founded the first support group for adult children of aging parents. She also

facilitates the Alzheimer support group; she was on C.C. Young’s national championship Wii Bowling team; she traveled last year to Washington, D.C., as the one female among a group of WWII vets; she is the C.C. Young Auxilliary Club’s vice president. Off campus, she volunteers at the Dallas Bethlehem Center, a non-profit that helps South Dallas children.

In the 1930s, Press received a music scholarship and played the baritone during college. Her mom encouraged nursing school.

It’s no surprise that Press spent her early years as a nurse, loved for her bedside manner.

“Touching, listening, talking,” she says, is as important as the medical treatment. One of her patients, Leonard Press, married her. He was an entrepreneur, and in the 1940s, the pair opened up Leonard’s Self Serve Laundry Mat, the first of its kind, in Los Angeles. Years later, they also owned a country and western bar in East Texas, The Hitching Post.

Along the way, they adopted a Bolivian child, Carol, who recently celebrated her 60th birthday.

Carol is to thank for her mother’s aforementioned bling. “She goes to the shops along Harry Hines and buys earrings and watches,” Press says.

She opens a drawer containing dozens of colorful wristwatches. “I have one for every outfit.”

Bernice Press

Margaret Butler

The Trigger show

Margaret Butler pulls aside a makeshift closet door in her classroom at St. John’s Episcopal School, revealing clothing racks stuffed with costumes.

When students walk into Mrs. Butler’s room, they could be entering an interpretation of mountains in Iraq or a Shakespearean set. Every day is different in Mrs. Butler’s class. She teaches literature to sixth graders, and the novels they read always have to do with social studies. Costumes, puppets, funny hats, re-enactments and skits are the norm. The desks are never in the same formation from one day to the next.

Butler is 72, and she gained the nickname “Trigger” in 1952 during a summer at Camp Longhorn in Burnet, Texas, where she tacked a picture of Roy Rogers’ horse near her bunk. The name kept following her until she ultimately embraced it. It fits, too. It’s cute, inviting and totally unintimidating. Kids are at ease around her, even, and especially, sixth-graders.

Trigger pulls one of them into the inter-

view, a blue-eyed boy with brown hair and freckles named Carter Elliot.

“All the teachers here are completely amazing,” he says, after shaking hands. “It’s really fun being a sixth-grader.”

Wait. What? It’s really fun being a sixthgrader? It’s fun when, as a sixth-grader, a kid walks into the classroom to find plastic building blocks in his way. He must traverse them while water splashes him and recorded gunfire plays from a boom box. For a moment, he is on a 10-inch-wide ledge on the side of the Zagros Mountains, risking life for freedom.

It’s just like what happens in the novel the class is reading, Kiss the Dust, about girls in 1980s Iran and Iraq.

All the world’s a stage, and Butler’s classroom is no exception. She also teaches speech, where eighth-graders learn how to groom and prepare for interviews and public speaking. It readies them for private high school admissions processes, which often involve interviews. When it’s time for speech, Butler’s classroom becomes an office with a receptionist, where students must check in and wait for their interviews.

On one wall of Butler’s classroom is a collage of faces, pictures of every single student she has had during the past 21 years at St. John’s. She remembers all of their names, and she keeps in touch with many of them.

“I want that spirit, a part of them, to stay right here,” she says. “We’re still connected.”

Butler’s children and grandchildren live in Alabama. Every spring, she asks herself whether this is the year she should retire. So far, the answer hasn’t changed.

“As long as I have gifts to offer, I would like to do that,” she says.

The SECRET to aging well

It’s exercise, says Olympic runner, researcher Dr. Peter Snell

Story by Christina Hughes Babb

Movies have been made and books have been written about the first runner, in 1954, to break the 4-minute mile. Peter Snell wasn’t the first, but in the 1960s, the New Zealander ran a sub 4-minute mile at least 15 times; the best set a world record at 3 minutes 54 seconds. During that era, he also won five Olympic gold medals and broke multiple other middle-distance running world records.

Today he is Dr. Snell, 76, a renowned expert in exercise, physiology and aging, and the director of the Human Performance Center at the UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He has authored or co-authored 60 published papers on exercise-related research, and written a book

called “Use it or Lose it: Be Fit. Live Well,” in which he shares well-researched secrets to successful aging.

He is still learning amazing things about the capabilities of the human body.

Peter Snell and his wife, Miki, live on a shady road north of White Rock Lake. The Olympian is tall with thick gray hair. He speaks softly with New Zealand brogue. He thanks us for giving Miki time to get cleaned up.

“She’s been working on the deck all morning,” he explains.

Miki Snell, a petite, pastel-clad blonde who practically glows with energy, offers a tour of the house. Sun spills into an open atrium and shines

ABOVE Peter Snell won five Olympic Gold medals in the 1960s. BELOW Today he rides his bike to work daily, often accompanied by his wife, Miki Snell.

on a shelf of trophies, medals, plaques, framed newspaper clippings and photos.

The room opens to the deck that stretches out across a densely wooded backyard and a running creek. From the outside the home looked modest, like other houses on the street, but upon closer inspection, it’s rather incredible. The house is kind of like its owners.

The Snells like working in the yard, gardening, riding bicycles and golfing. They are world-class competitors in the sport of orienteering, which requires both physical and navigation skills (and fitting into sleek orienteering outfits that make them look like a superhero duo).

They understand that physicality and mental sharpness is fleeting, but they seem to have discovered the secret to getting the most out of their bodies and minds. “Consistency,” Peter Snell says. “You don’t have to kill yourself, but you must stay active. Put it on the calendar.

“You can’t age well without exercise,” he says.

Snell quit running competitively at age 29, but after a stint in sales, advertising and endorsing products, he still felt drawn to athletics. He didn’t want to participate professionally in sports anymore, but he longed to learn more about human physiology and the ways athletic sport and health interrelate.

At 34, he moved to the United States and enrolled at University of California Davis as a freshman. He notes that in the United States, it was reasonable for a man to start an education and a new career later in life, whereas had he stayed in New Zealand, he probably would have been expected to settle down, maybe do a little coaching. He could have enjoyed a nice retirement in New Zealand simply resting on his laurels. It was, after all, the country that made both a stamp and a bronze statue in his honor and named him “Athlete of the 20th Century.”

But this was a man who thrived on intensity. At 34, the guy made famous for his strong finish had barely started his race.

He paid for medical school mostly from game show winnings.

“I didn’t have much money, but I was invited to be on ABC Superstars, a show that was popular in the 1970s — you competed against other professional athletes but never in your own sport. I crashed on my way to winning first place in the bicycle race, but I still won enough to stay in school.”

In his Olympic-training days, Snell had unquestioningly followed the instruction of his coach, the famous Arthur Lydiard, and as a result, became his country’s greatest runner. While in medical school, he says, he actually

Brian Feagins, M.D.

Ginger Isom-Batz, M.D.

Dan B. French, M.D.Lisa Zambrano, RN, ANP-C

10501 North Central Expressway Suite 200 Dallas, TX 75231 Located on the West side of Hwy. 75 between Royal Ln. & Meadow Rd.

began to understand his coach’s methods — tons of endurance training built up certain muscle fibers and stamina that allowed him to finish stronger than any other runner of the era. And he acquired an understanding of exercise’s role in maintaining stamina, strength and good health for the long haul, wisdom that would shape his future.

He learned that exercise is an effective intervention for metabolic, hormonal and heart

problems and that it helped kids recovering from leukemia as well as HIV-positive patients, and, most importantly, Peter Snell says, it improves the overall quality of life.

Through regular exercise, we preserve muscle mass, explains Dr. Snell. “It is that loss of muscle mass that makes us frail as we age.” And regular exercise doesn’t just protect the body, he says, but also boosts brainpower.

“We have long felt that exercise is neuro-

health RESOURCES

COMPREHENSIVE DENTISTRY

ASHLY R. COTHERN, DDS, PA www.drcothern.com

Dr. Cothern is one of a small distinguished percentage of dentists who have invested in postgraduate training at one of the world’s premiere continuing education institutes, The Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education. We care about you as a unique individual and examine you in a way that together we can understand every aspect of your oral health. In our office we love what we do. NOW THAT IS SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT!

9669 N.Central Expwy., Ste. 220 Dallas, TX 75231 214.696.9966

BACK PAIN SPECIALIST

DR. YARON LOHR medicalchiropracticclinic.com

80% OF AMERICANS SUFFER FROM BACK PAIN. Meet Yaron Lohr, D.C. – new to the neighborhood and able to help with a variety of your back ailments. The Posture Perfect multidisciplinary practice includes medical care, pain management, diagnostic testing, chiropractic care, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation. Services range from massage therapy, weight loss and personal training to minimally invasive surgeries. Call and mention this ad to set up your FREE health evaluation!

Posture Perfect Health Center

5550 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 150, Dallas, TX 75240 972.792.0204

protective, improving memory and mood. Today imaging is allowing those theories to be proved,” Snell says. “There are even studies showing that women who exercise have less incidence of breast cancer, that exercise protects tumor-suppressing genes.

“Exercise does a whole lot of stuff drugs do, without the side effects.”

Miki and Peter Snell’s mutual athletic interests brought them together. Miki was also a runner, one of the first women to run in and win Dallas’ Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. She learned that Coach Arthur Lydiard and Peter Snell would be leading a workshop. “I knew who [Peter] was. All of us runners did. I was very excited to meet him.” At the time, she was in her 30s, he in his 40s, and they hit it off right away.

Peter needed a dinner date, Miki accepted and, two years later, they married.

Eventually, they grew bored with running — it’s predictable and tough to improve after reaching a certain age, they say — but they have remained passionate throughout the years about exercise, which Peter Snell calls “the fountain of youth.”

Each day Peter Snell rides his bike to work from his home near Northwest Highway and Abrams to work at UT Southwestern

COSMETIC AND FAMILY DENTISTRY

DENA T. ROBINSON, DDS, FAGD www.drdenarobinson.com

Four Steps to a Terrific Dental Experience

1. Call and ask us about sedation dentistry options

2. Come to your appointment in our comfortable office setting

3. Take a nap

4. Awake to a beautiful, healthy smile

Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry 8940 Garland Rd., Ste. 200, Dallas, TX 75218 214.321.6441

OPTOMETRIST

DR. CLINT MEYER www.dallaseyeworks.com

Flex Spending! Make sure you get some cool sunwear, new glasses, or more contact lenses. Schedule an appointment for an examination if needed.

At Dallas Eyeworks we have a large selection of frames and the latest in spectacle lens and contact lens technology. Call today!

Dallas Eyeworks 9225 Garland Rd., Ste. 2120, Dallas, TX 75218 214.660.9830

Miki and Peter Snell are world-class competitiors in the growing sport of orienteering.

The Snells talk about competition, Peter’s Olympic past and his work in the field of aging. Visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/video, or scan this code to watch it on your mobile.

in downtown Dallas. Miki often accompanies him halfway before returning home on her bike. They are part of a golf league at Top Golf in Lake Highlands, and they are competitive, even (perhaps especially) against one another, in the lesser-known sport of orienteering. It combines cross-country racing and topography tests in which a map and compass are used to find specific points on a landscape. Contestants compete to be first to pass through each point.

Peter, also a champion in his orienteering age division, likes the sport because it is one of the few at which one can improve as he or she gets older. Miki’s goal usually is to beat her husband, she says with a grin. But she is totally serious.

“I beat him a lot,” she says. “People say, ‘How can you beat him?’ But it’s about reading the map as much as it is physical ability.”

Miki Snell, a former professional dancer and Braniff flight attendant, has won several national orienteering titles in the last 20 years. Staying fit, in the long run, is about finding something that is fun, she says. For her, fun is trouncing others — younger orienteerers, fellow Top Golf leaguers and her husband, who is sitting quietly, smiling at his wife (they are obviously kindred spirits). “Competition is fun,” she says, “makes you feel like a kid.”

Peter Snell gets up and heads toward the kitchen, returning with a little gadget. “That reminds me,” he says. “I forgot to put on my pedometer today.”

They like to see who walks the most steps on a given day.

A competitive spirit can drive daily exercise, Peter says. If you don’t have a driven spouse like Miki to challenge you, compete with yourself, he says. “Keep a log. Challenge yourself to reach a goal.” As incentive for noncompetitive types, he suggests planning a skiing or hiking trip and then train for that. “I am often asked what is the best exercise, and the answer is: the exercise that you enjoy and will do.”

The newest religion on the block

Bahá’ís come in peace to worship in our neighborhood

Story by Ashley Hudson | Photos by Jeffrey McWhorter

Mark Gilman was born in Istanbul. His father, who was in the U.S. Army, often was assigned to embassy duty, so Gilman lived in several different places, including Cairo, Egypt; Copenhapen, Denmark; and Taipei, Taiwan; as well as different parts of the United States.

“That experience exposed me to people of lots of different backgrounds,” Gilman says.

During his late teenage years, Gilman says he began to understand that the human race was “one family.”

“It just seemed intuitive to me,” he says. “I can remember even in first grade [when] integration of schools happened on the army bases. I had African American friends. I had Asian friends. I had friends of Hispanic descent, and so forth.”

Though he was raised a Baptist, these diverse experiences led Gilman to embrace the Bahá’í faith.

“I just felt that if there was a God — and I felt that there was, who created all of us — he wasn’t playing Three-card Monte with the truth,” Gilman says. “It seemed to me that either no religion was true, or all of them were true and all of them reflected an authentic revelation from God.”

Gilman currently is the secretary of the spiritual assembly of the Bahá’ís of Dallas. In summer 2007, the Bahá’ís of Dallas moved into a former Lake Highlands church on Plano between Wanut Hill and Northwest

Highway. They bought the building from the Church of South India, which had purchased it from Northminster Presbyterian. In 1997, Northminister and two other Presbyterian churches in Dallas came together to create the Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church located on Audelia and Northwest Highway.

Gilman says the Bahá’í community had outgrown its small facility on Northwest Highway near Inwood.

“We were looking for a larger property that was priced well. This property met all of the criteria that we were looking for,” Gilman says.

Gilman says the building was a “fixer upper” with a lot of problems when the community first moved in. Though the building still requires some work, he says, it seems to be a good location for the community.

“It’s really sweet to have the creek right here and mature trees and all the great things about East Dallas,” he says.

The main reason the Bahá’ís of Dallas outgrew their former building was because of believers coming from Iran seeking religious asylum, Gilman

says. Bahá’ís cannot attend university in Iran, he says, and are forbidden in several professions.

“They’ve even been imprisoned arbitrarily,” Gilman says. “Many of the Bahá’ís there have had their property and businesses seized and have been subject to intense pressure and harassment virtually since the origins of the Bahá’í faith in 1844.”

Gilman says that approximately 440 adult Bahá’í believers are in Dallas. On the global level, there are 5 million Bahá’ís. The predominance of Iranians makes the Bahá’ís of Dallas unique from most other Bahá’í communities around the country, Gilman says. The community also includes whites, Hispanics, Ethiopians and a family from the Congo.

“If you come to a Bahá’í gathering here, you’re likely to hear prayers in Arabic and Per-

Mark Gilman is the secretary of the assembly of the Baha’i Faith of Dallas.

Harriet Gilman silently prays during a morning devotion time at the Bahai Center of Dallas.

What do Bahá’ís believe?

The Bahá’ís believe in a loving creative God who is the power behind the creation, and that he is unknowable. Every 500 or 1,000 years, they believe he raises up a “divine educator.” Through this “unique soul,” they believe people can see all the attributes of God. Bahá’ís believe the prophet founders of the world’s great revealed religions — Jesus Christ, Buddha, Muhammad, and several others — are included among the unique souls. They believe the last one sent from God was Bahá’u’lláh, a Persian nobleman who lived in the mid-19th century and is the faith’s founder.

“We feel there’s one religion, not multiple religions — the ancient religion of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future,” Mark Gilman says. “Each of these dispensations or revelations that we know as the world’s great revealed religious systems represent an unfolding chapter; each one’s like a chapter in a single book.” Visit bahaisofdallas.org for more information.

—ASHLEY HUDSON

sian and Amharic, which is the Ethiopian language, and French and Spanish and in English,” he says.

Gilman says the Bahá’ís believe it is important to be involved in their surrounding neighborhoods, and the Bahá’í center is often rented out as a meeting space. Michael Thomas, president of the Highland Meadows Neighborhood Association, says his association has held a number of events at the Bahá’í center. Thomas says his neighborhood doesn’t have a singular meeting space, so the center has been a “great host” for Highland Meadows events.

“They always want to be a good partner to our neighborhood and work with us,” Thomas says.

Gilman says the community has a good relationship with its neighbors despite the fact that many Lake Highlands residents are Christians.

“We’ve just basically been greeted very warmly since we first acquired this property,” he says. “I love Lake Highlands. I love East Dallas.”

NOVEMBER 4−6, 2011

PREVIEW NIGHT: NOVEMBER 3

BUSINESS BUZZ

The lowdown on what’s up with neighborhood businesses

Send

New places to park and please your palate

The Bicycle Café will open along the White Rock Trail, perhaps this month, the owner says. Located next to Dallas Bike Works, the café menu will feature breakfast food, healthy salads and wraps and beer, and there will be plenty of places to park or store your two wheels. On Oct. 5, the neighborhood’s newest restaurant and bar — Go 4 It Sports Grill at Northwest Highway and Plano Road — opened its doors, a few months behind the original schedule, to a packed house. The bar and grill will stay open until 2 a.m., seven nights a week, and will serve American, Cajun and New Mexican fare.

Just south of Lake Highlands sits the burgeoning HillsideVillage, where Olivella’s and NeoPizza owner Charlie Green recently announced he will open a third restaurant in the former Pizzeria Venti spot. Green says he expects the newest Olivella’s to open in January 2012.

JOIN US.

of opening her own gift shop, and recently she and her cousin, Kristi Randle from Nacogdoches, decided to go for it. Their focus is vintage gift items and antiques, and the name Maidee’s seemed to fit perfectly, Barfoot says — “it sounded like a little old-timey boutique in a small town somewhere.” They decided that “if Mima would like it, then we can carry it,” she says, “upscale-type products that a small-town Southern girl could appreciate and afford.” The cousins had planned to open a storefront in Lake Highlands, but at the beginning of the summer, their investment fell through. So for now, the storefront has morphed into craft shows and an online boutique, maidees.com.

On November 12th, we will walk with thousands that wish to end Alzheimer’s disease forever. Join

Near White Rock Lake, at the corner of Peavy and Garland roads, White Rock area-based restaurateur Matt Tobin recently opened Goodfriend, a beer garden and burger house. The menu includes 10 signature burgers, each paired with a draft beer, plus a reuben and other artisan sandwiches.

Re:vive founder launches online boutique

Renee Barfoot is the Lake Highlands resident behind the Re:viveFoundation Advocate featured her last year when Re:vive teamed up with some Moss Haven mothers and daughters to help neighborhood families in need. And now, she’s one half of the new venture Maidee’s. Maidee Shirah is the name of Barfoot’s late great-grandmother, whom she called “Mima” (Meemaw). “She was from south Georgia, a sweet Southern lady who loved antique stuff and always had a brooch or what she called ‘ear bobs’ on,” Barfoot says. Barfoot always dreamed

Lucky Ducky remodels old car wash

“I even installed a camera in the pits so people can watch the oil drain out — The PitCam.”

Lucky Ducky Lube Center and Car

owner Marshall

Wash

Hays

Lake Highlands residents Marshall and Joy Hays have purchased and remodeled the old self-serve car wash at Royal and Audelia, behind Lake Highlands Automotive. More recently, they snatched up the quick lube next door and renamed the whole operation Lucky Ducky Lube Center and Car Wash. Marshall Hays jokes that they are “expanding [their] empire,” and says some of the quick lube’s new features will reflect his geeky nature. “Joy and I have refinished the interior waiting room and bathroom, making it livable and ready for business,” he says. “Because I’m a tech geek I have also installed webcams in the bays so that customers can watch their cars being worked on. I even installed a camera in the pits so people can watch the oil drain out — The PitCam.”

C omplete F amily P ractice

* Physicals

* Paps/Prostate Exams

* Routine Adolescent & Adult Vaccinations

* High Blood Pressure Management

ViewPoint Bank to fill vacant WaMu

Office hours: M-F 8am-5pm Closed 12-1 for lunch

Closed weekends

Creative Water Gardens

One

GET IN CONTACT

Dallas Bike Works

4875 WEST LAWTHER

214.343.BIKE

—Christina Hughes Babb

ViewPoint Bank Lake Highlands will open the first weekend of December, bank spokeswoman Mary Rische says. ViewPoint is locally based and currently has 25 locations in the metro area. Bank executives have said that ViewPoint prides itself on being involved in its communities, and would “work on getting plugged into the community.” That promise came to fruition before the branch opens its doors — ViewPoint was one of the sponsors of the first Lake Highlands Oktoberfest.

2125

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9:00-5:00

DALLASBIKEWORKS.COM

Go 4 It Sports Grill

4502 N. PLANO

Olivella’s (coming soon)

6465MOCKINGBIRD

OLIVELLAS.COM

Goodfriend

1154PEAVY

Lucky Ducky

10710AUDELIA

214.553.9460

LUCKYDUCKYLUBECENTER.COM

ViewPoint Bank (coming soon)

9625AUDELIA

VIEWPOINTBANK.COM

more business buzz every week on

LAKEHIGHLANDS.ADVOCATEMAG.COM

BAPTIST

FOREST MEADOW / 9150 Church Rd. / Welcoming the mosaic of cultures living in our neighborhoods / www.fmbcdallas.org

Worship 10:50 / Bible Study 9:30 / Tim Ahlen, Pastor / 214.341.9555

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Pastor Jeff Donnell / Worship 10:30 am & 10:31 am www.lbc-dallas.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

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

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

BIBLE CHURCHES

NORTH HIGHLANDS BIBLE CHURCH / www.nhbc.net

Sunday: Lifequest (all ages) 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am

Wed: Student Ministry 7:00 pm / 9626 Church Road / 214.348.9697

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

EAST 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

EPISCOPAL

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION / 8787 Greenville Ave.

Sunday School 9:00 am / Worship 8:00 & 10:15 am 214.340.4196 / more at www.ascensiondallas.org

LUTHERAN

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

METHODIST

LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

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

10:50 – Traditional & Contemporary Worship

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LAKE HIGHLANDS CHURCH / 9919 McCree

Sun. Classes 9:30 am, Assembly 11:00 am / 214.348.0460

Home groups meet on weeknights. / lakehighlandschurch.org

PRESBYTERIAN

LAKE HIGHLANDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.348.2133

8525 Audelia Road at NW Hwy. / www.lhpres.org

Christian Ed. 9:55 am, 9:00 am Contemporary, 11:00 am Traditional

NORTHPARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.363.5457

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

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

SAINTS BE PRAISED

The month of November starts for Christians with the celebration of All Saints Day (Nov. 1). We celebrate saints because their lives pointed beyond themselves to God, and because in them, we see what more is possible for us, too.

Saints are heroes of faith. They didn’t set out to be heroes; they set out to be faithful — to live faithfully, to keep faith with God and fellow human beings. We look up to them, in a way, but our gaze never stays fixed on them when we do. Saints are constitutionally shy. They perpetually deflect attention toward God, and at the same time, they reflect our human capability back on us.

The British journalist, novelist, biographer, literary critic and pithy Christian apologist G. K. Chesterton put his finger on this elusive quality: “Alone of all superiors, the saint does not depress the human dignity of others. He is not conscious of his superiority to them; but only more conscious of his inferiority than they are.” In other words, humility is their chief virtue.

Christian attitudes toward saints range between two extremes: those who make too much of them, and those who make too little. Those who make too much of them make them solid when they should be translucent. They pray to them instead of through them. They see the saints as marvels in the world instead of seeing the marvels of the world through the saints.

John the Baptist was a saint, not because he lived in the dangerous wilderness instead of the safety of the city, not because he wore itchy camel’s hair garments to remind him of spiritual discipline, or because he ate locusts and honey for God knows what reason. He was a saint because he was a finger man: He pointed away from himself and toward Christ. “He must increase, and I must decrease,” he said. “Here comes one of whom I am not worthy

to unlash his sandals.” “He should baptize me, not I him.”

There’s a famous painting on the altar in the Isenheim, Germany, church by Matthew Gruenewald in which John is standing below and beside Jesus on the cross. John cuts a frail figure, but with his bony finger he points to the one who most deserves our attention. This is what saints are really good for: They are like signposts that beg us to look at them only long enough to know better where we should be looking and what direction we should be going.

Some make too little of saints. My brethren, Baptists, are among those who insist that every Christian is a saint. In the matter of saints, we are democrats with no elected leaders. Since we are all saved by grace and all equal at the foot of the cross, we make no distinction among saints.

And yet even Baptists look up to some more than others as examples to emulate. A grandmother who loved us unconditionally and never missed a Sunday at church. A pastor who showed up at every important moment of joy and sadness in a family’s life. A missionary who gave up her life of privilege to share the good news with the people of China, then gave up her life doing it. We don’t call them saints, exactly, because we don’t set aside days for them or put their names or images on charms, but they serve the purpose nonetheless of helping us see God in the world and see how we might be better ourselves.

Saints know their place — a little lower than the angels, a little higher than the animals. They don’t aspire to be God, only godlike. And they care for all creation the way St. Francis did when he preached even to the birds about their salvation.

Frederick Buechner put it beautifully: “In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.”

advocatemag.com/newsletter

Some don’t honor them enough, and some give them too much glory

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.

4141 Spring Valley Road Addison, TX 75001 / 972-628-5910 / www.greenhill.org

3821 University Blvd. Dallas / 214.525.6500 / www.hppds.org

One of the breathtaking views of White Rock Lake from the top of The Overlook

Located on the shores of White Rock Lake, C. C. Young offers Dallas seniors a constellation of services and opportunities. Construction is complete on The Overlook, our newest expansion, and it is NOW OPEN. Come see the latest residential addition to our ever-growing neighborhood and understand why it is retirement living at its finest. Extraordinary views, private balconies and a variety of dining venues are just the beginning at The Overlook. C. C. Young is where personal growth and development are encouraged and Where the Spirit is Ageless.

50+ IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

living primeliving

HAPPY & HEALTHY A BALANCED LIFE AFTER 50

Health can be a confusing concept, and for those who are over 50, the definition of a healthy lifestyle has changed many times. With everything from low-carb diets to extreme workouts polluting the message of total well being, the pathway to true health has been muddied.

Today’s definition of health, and in particular senior health, is a strata of interconnected parts. These include physical health, mental health, spiritual health and preparedness for the years to come. The key is balance, and the result not only feels good, but offers peace of mind

According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Di-

gestive and Kidney Diseases, healthy eating and physical activity in seniors can lower the risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer and other chronic diseases. The NIDDK suggests an eating plan that includes high-fiber foods such as whole-grain breads, vegetables and fruits, lean meats and three daily servings of vitamin D-fortified low-fat/fat-free milk, yogurt or cheese. Also, it is important to avoid skipping meals, which may cause the metabolism to slow. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging, a woman with more than 50 years of age needs 1,600-2,200 calories based on her daily activity level. For a man of the same age, the calorie range is 2,000-2,800.

A healthy eating plan alone does not lead to optimum health; a fitness reg imen is also needed “Unfortunately, by the time women reach their 50s and beyond, many women start to accept the ‘negative effects’ of ag ing as facts of life,” says LOA Fitness for Women general manager Danielle Overree, RD, LD, CPT “They tend to believe it is just simply something they cannot control What they have to remember is that you are never too old to receive the benefits of physical activity Studies have shown that regular exercise by middle-aged and elderly people can set back the clock 2040 years compared to those who do little or no exercise, no matter when they start ”

ing, jogg ing, tennis and climbing stairs are also recommended to help build and maintain bone mass However Terry Gemas, M.D. of Lakewood Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, P A cautions that there can be too much of a good thing.

THE POWER OF YOGA

The practice of Yoga can be beneficial to the body, the mind and the spirit. Its health benefits have turned countless couch potatoes into believers. According to Mayo Clinic, Yoga helps reduce stress by guiding the mind away from daily stressors and to its calm, precise movements. The physical benefits include strength, balance, flexibility and range of motion, lessening the chance of injury. Some believe that Yoga is able to help with chronic health conditions such as cancer, depression and insomnia by reducing fatigue and delivering uplifting properties. Lastly, Yoga is a great way to dive into physical activity and lose unwanted pounds.

Along with the ability to help maintain weight and improve health, physical activity has been known to improve mental health by reducing anxiety and depression. The National Institute on Ag ing recommends a multi-layered approach to fitness: endurance, strength, balance and flexibility The endurance — or aerobic — activity helps reduce the r isk of coronary heart disease and stroke and keeps joints moving, which reduces arthr itic pain. Strength training can reduce the need for a cane and helps increase independence Balance training, such as Tai Chi, can greatly reduce the r isk of a fall or injury, while flexibility exercises help prevent stiffness

moving, which reduces arthr reduce the need for a cane an Balance training, such as Tai C of a fall injury, while flexibi ness

it comes to bone

“When it comes to bone health, there are many studies that have shown when we perform strength-training exercises, our bones grow stronger and denser,” says Overree “In a study by Dr Everett L Smith, director of the Biogerontology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, he compared bone loss among women in their 80s. For the women who did seated exercises for 30 minutes three times a week for three years, the bone mineral actually increased by 2 29 percent, whereas in a similar group of inactive women, bone loss averaged 3 28 percent ” Weight-bear ing activities like walk-

“Running and the quick, back-and-forth movements in tennis hurt the knees,” says Dr Gemas “The solution isn ’t quitting these beloved activities altogether; the key is balance Cross training is very important You need to build strength around the knees in order to absorb the shock of your activities ” Dr Gemas suggests lunges and wall squats as strength-building exercises. “You don’t have to belong to a gym,” says Gemas “Just walk a hill That’s a great way to build strength around the knee ”

0, exerc se can curb “The enopausal women are hot ntal fo s Jane Nokleberg, M D , N i need to h includesgettingmam

For women over the age of 50, exercise can help curb some of the unpleasant results of hormonal changes “The concerns I see most from post-menopausal women are hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, mental fogg mage changes and decreased libido,” says Jane Nokleberg, M D , a physician at Walnut Hill Ob/GYN “Senior women need to be very proactive in prevention This includes getting mam-

You are never too old to receive benefits from physical activity and exercise.

Fowler Homes

Independent & Assisted Living Apartments

Full Continuum of Care

oin Fowler residents who enjoy all the comforts of home -- without the worry -- thanks to our full continuum of care campus. Independent seniors appreciate the supportive apartment community. Assisted living residents enjoy apartment life with the added help as needed in addition to all their meals, housekeeping and special activities to enrich their lives.

owler’s state-of-the-art therapy suite includes a kitchen, bath and bedroom. Also, its rehabilitative outdoor garden and multi-terrain walkways contributes a unique therapy environment while helping residents regain skills that help them return to a better quality of life.

Only 5 minutes from Baylor Hospital.

ome -- whether you enjoy a temporary stay or choose to make your home with Fowler, the supportive community and continuum of care offered on our beautiful campus will give you and your loved ones peace of mind.

LAKEWOOD ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE

Nilpesh M. Patel, MD Terry K. Gemas, MD

A Whole New World of Care

· Hand, Wrist and Elbow Surgery Experts

Call Now for an Appointment 469.341.LOSM (5676)

1130 Beachview St., Ste # 100 Dallas, TX 75218 Around the corner from Doctors Hospital lakewoodorthoandsportsmed.com

Finding solutions for the changing circumstances of an older adult just got easier. INTRODUCING...

GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT

A new program with real answers from the experts on aging at The Senior Source

Looking for solutions to ensure the highest quality of life for an elderly parent or family member? Our new fee-based for older adults and their caregivers.

Call us today at 214.823.5700 for a complete list of services or an initial consultation at no cost. To learn more, visit TheSeniorSource.org

mograms, bone density tests and colonoscopies. Eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly and getting adequate rest all lead to a healthier, happy lifestyle.”

Another common physical concern after the age of 50 is hearing loss. “Left untreated, hearing loss can lead to dementia, depression, anxiety and a reduced quality of life,” says Total Hearing Care owner Debbie Schirico, MCD CCC-A. Schirico notes that people often don’t think much of not being able to hear as well as they used to, especially in situations with background noise, but that the body should be able to go beyond that. “If you don’t seek help early, your hearing loss can begin to affect your relationships because communication is affected,” says Schirico. “If you suspect you are having hearing problems, have a hearing test performed and get a prescription; the sooner you have it corrected, the less of an adjustment it will be.”

Seniors must also stay vigilant when it comes to dental health. “We now know that oral health directly affects overall heath,” says Rosa C. Lopez, D.D.S. of Rosa Lopez Family Dentistry. “The mouth is the window to all systems.” Seeing a dentist regularly is of the utmost importance in one’s 40s and 50s. Brushing twice a day, flossing once a day, and eating a diet that’s low in sugar and carbs (linked sugars) is vital to keeping your bacteria count low. “There are two things people must start doing, and the earlier the better,” says Lopez. “Use an electric toothbrush (it removes more plaque), and drink fluoridated water. Too often, people only drink bottled water, but they are missing all of the benefits of fluoridated tap water.”

ridated water. Too often, people on are all of the benefits

When it comes to balanced mental health, the journey can mean different paths for different people, but there is some common ground. “All of the statistics point to volunteerism as a good practice for mental and physical health,” says Diane Maguire, director of the RSVP volunteer program at The

When it comes to balanced men mean different paths for different ground. All of the statis as practice aneMaguire,directoroftheRSVP

Senior Source. “The spiritual aspects of giving of yourself can be very beneficial.” The RSVP program at The Senior Source, a Dallasbased nonprofit for aging services, matches seniors with volunteer opportunities at 200 area nonprofits including the American Red Cross and Ronald McDonald House Charities. “Our seniors come together as strangers and end up forming support groups of friends,” says Maguire.

According to Ann McKinley, vice president of marketing for Presbyterian Village North senior living community, maintaining a sense of purpose is vital to mental wellness at 50 and beyond. “Our residents thrive on being plugged into the community,” says McKinley. “You shouldn’t have to change who you are just because you have moved into a senior living community. If you were a C.E.O., we help you find ways to use those skills, ensuring a sense of purpose. Our goal is to keep residents as independent as possible and to empower them to live their lives to the fullest.”

Fulfilling one’s sense of purpose well into the later years is a viable option nowadays with the many opportunities and activities offered at local senior living communities. Everything from iPAD and line dancing classes to newsletter staffs and volunteer opportunities show that growing old doesn’t have to mean hanging up your hat. But when is the proper

Peace of mind is a gift you give to yourself. And to your children.

You want to live life your way. That’s the beauty of Presbyterian Village North. With a full continuum of services, you can enjoy the independence of your own home within our beautiful 63-acre community. You’re free to pursue your interests, take part in a wide variety of activities and get involved in a vibrant community of friends, knowing that enriched care is available when and if you need it. Your needs may change, but your neighborhood doesn’t have to. Visit us at PresbyterianVillageNorth.org or call us at 214.355.9015 to learn more.

8600 Skyline Drive, Dallas 75243 214.355.9015

www.PresbyterianVillageNorth.org

Craig and Ruth Millis Presbyterian Village North Residents

DR. TERRY GEMAS’ RECIPE FOR JOINT HEALTH

All of the statistics point to volunteerism as a good practice for mental and physical health.

time to start exploring these future living arrangements? The sooner, the better.

“Come early, don’t wait until you perceive you need it,” says McKinley. Janelle Parsons of Parsons House Preston Hollow retirement community adds, “Start the conversation early. Communicate with your children and all parties involved, and make sure everyone is aware of what you want. If you wait, you don’t get to choose. Of course, home is the best option, but it may not be practical.”

To C.C. Young sales and marketing director Kevin Maloney, choosing a senior living community is all about the individual. “The right community for each individual is a very personal choice,” says Maloney. “I often hear residents say that they just felt as if this was going to be their home.”

Maloney also points out the benefits of moving to a continuing-care campus. “The benefit of the continuum campus is familiarity with staff and residents. Also, couples who are in different stages of their lives (i.e. independent living v. assisted living) are able to live in the same community and each get what he or she needs.”

When exploring communities, it is important to know what to ask. “Make sure to understand the full array of services that will be made available to you,” says Judy McCombs, marketing manager for Juliette Fowler Homes. “Have a meal with the residents and get a feeling for who lives there. You want to see a progressive level of activities offered and a responsive activities director. They should keep you stimulated and interested.”

When the Boomer generation starts moving in, will the piped-in music from Glen Miller soon be replaced with that of Jimi Hendrix? McCombs explains, “The level of expectations is different for every generation. You have to look forward to what each generation is going to want: barber shop, amenities, off-campus activities, food, entertainment, etc. The Boomers expect to be much healthier for much longer,” says McCombs.

By adopting a well-balanced diet and fitness routine, maintaining a sense of purpose and staying focused on the future, today’s seniors are able to make their next 50 years the best yet.

Hampton B. Richards, M.D. Jane E. Nokleberg, M.D. James K. Richards, M.D. Jeffrey M. Thurston, M.D. David M. Bookout, M.D. Julie M. Hagood, M.D. John D. Bertrand, M.D.

fountain OF YOUTH

OPTIONS FOR MAINTAINING A YOUTHFUL LOOK

The wisdom that comes with age brings forth beauty of character … unfortunately, it also brings with it some wrinkles.Today’s skin care is wrought with non-invasive procedures that tighten the skin, remove age spots and leave you looking as young as you feel.

As skin ages, it begins to lose its elastin and collagen and, therefore, its “bounce back” quality. Shea Boothe-Wood, CEO and founder of True Beauty RX and self-proclaimed “personal trainer

of skin”, says the trick is using skin creams that stimulate these lacking proteins.“The more antioxidants the better,” says BootheWood.“You need vitamins C and E during the daytime and vitamin A at night.Vitamin A (retinol) causes skin turnover, revealing younger-looking skin. If a retinol is too harsh for your skin, try an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA or glycolic acid).”

Boothe-Wood suggests pairing antioxidant-laden, home skin care with in-clinic treatments like microdermabrasions, which

slough away the surface layer of the skin, and chemical peels, which use a chemical solution to remove the damaged, outer layers of skin. The microdermabrasion should be performed about every 4-6 weeks, and one chemical peel is equal to approximately 4-5 microdermabrasions. These treatments can also lessen the appearance of age spots.

But forget about the pores. One myth Boothe-Wood would like to debunk: “You can change pore size” … False! As you age, your pores start looking bigger because the fibers in the skin start breaking down, but the pores are not actually getting larger.You can affect the appearance of pore size by exfoliating to make skin look tighter.

DID YOU KNOW?

“40 percent of people who are 20-40 years old have tattoos, and there is a demand for tattoo removal. The Pixel Fractional Skin Resurfacing laser works on these, but takes an average of 10 treatments.”

—Lynne J. Roberts, M.D.

“SkinMedica’s TNS Essential Serum ($250, 1 oz.) is the new Rolls-Royce of skin care. Until now, its powerful properties have only been used to help grow new skin cells for burn victims.“

—Shea Boothe-Wood, True Beauty RX

“The number of men looking to reverse the clock is increasing. The working world is competitive, and men and women who want to stay in it longer are looking for ways to appear younger.”

Lynne J. Roberts, M.D.

Internationally Known Laser Surgeon

—Lynne J. Roberts, M.D.

“Each person is an individual with unique skin care needs,” says Boothe-Wood. “I like to consult and educate each client before customizing a skin care regime that suits him or her. Invest in your skin; it’s what people remember.”

For those who want a quick fix, there is an array of fillers and lasers that do the trick. “The most popular treatments right now for patients over 50 are Botox, fillers like Juvéderm and Restylane, and Pixel Fractional Skin Resurfacing,” says local cosmetic dermatologist Lynne J. Roberts, M.D. “Lines — crow’s feet, frown lines, brow lines, etc. — are caused by muscle movement. If you keep the muscles relaxed with Botox every three months, they will stay soft. And the longer you do Botox, the longer the results last between treatments.”

What about those unattractive vertical lip lines or “smoker lines”? Surprisingly, Dr. Roberts says that more than half of her patients with vertical lip lines have never smoked.“Those lines are caused by any sucking motion, not just smoking,” says Roberts. “Straws are actually the worst, and water bottles can cause them too. We can reduce their appearance with fillers.” Fillers like Juvéderm and Restylane can also be used on “laugh lines”; each treatment lasts for one year or longer. If used around the mouth, one treatment usually lasts about four months.

Another popular — and highly effective — option for wrinkles is Pixel Fractional Skin Resurfacing. Unlike traditional laser resurfacing where the top layers of the skin are removed in a solid treatment, fractional resurfacing shoots a pattern of dots.This results in a shorter downtime: redness for only two days and no swelling, as opposed to redness for 2-3 months with traditional resurfacing. This can be used on the face, neck, chest and hands and takes 4-5 treatments for best results.

Dr. Roberts offers a fullyequipped IN-OFFICE LASER SUITE , with all lasers on site, where she performs laser surgery daily. In addition to laser surgery for adults and children, she also specializes in COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY, including skin rejuvenation, Botox, and “fillers”.

PIXEL FRACTIONALRESURFACING provides firming of the skin and improves skin texture and tone, sun damage, wrinkles and acne scars with minimal downtime.

We are excited to introduce our new HIGH SPEED LIGHTSHEER DUET LASER HAIR REMOVAL SYSTEM! This advanced technology with a new vacuum assisted, high speed handpiece eliminates the need for topical anesthetics and provides improved comfort, treatment speed and effectiveness. Treatment times for large areas such as legs, back or chest are reduced up to 75%. It is now possible to treat several different areas of the body in one session.

Lynne

J. Roberts, M.D.

8144 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 360

Dallas, TX 75231

ONE FOR THE MONEY

A primer on financial planning

Entering retirement and planning for your financial future can be a daunting task. With the uncertainties that lie ahead, it’s easy to be unsure of the right moves to make. But the process doesn’t have to be complicated. With a checklist of “must-do” items and the guidance of a finance professional, you can play out your retirement dreams without worrying about the future.

It is important to first note that financial planning, whether during or before retirement, is not stagnant. “Financial planning is a process, not a product,” says Stephen J. Cross, AIF®, CRPC®, president and LPL registered principal of Cross Financial Strategies, LLC. “It’s more important to establish a ‘framework’ toward the ongoing financial planning and monitoring process than simply looking for someone to spend a few hours with you only to supply a nice, wire-bound financial plan that is static in nature.That is, it’s not monitored, reviewed and updated as time goes on. More people think of and expect

the latter than the former when approaching financial planning. That’s a big mistake, in my opinion.”

Once you have chosen a financial advisor and are committed to monitoring your portfolio, develop a budget. “You’re going to be moving to a fixed and less variable income soon, so figure out what you really need versus what you really want during retirement,” says Cross. “A general rule is for the typical retiree to be able to pull four to five percent out of their investment assets over the long run without depleting their entire nest egg. So, if a retiree desires a $50,000 per year retirement income goal and has approximately $20,000 of Social Security income to count on, this retiree will need approximately $30,000 of extra income per year to fill this gap. Therefore, his or her portfolio assets at retirement should be around $600,000-$750,000. Of course, you can always withdraw more than 4-5 percent, but then your chance of success goes down as well.”

Edward Jones financial advisor Anson Sobers notes, “If you think a senior living community is in your future, have a financial advisor do a financial assessment. The biggest threat to the senior portfolio is lack of planning for long-term care.” Sobers adds that though people don’t like discussing the possibility of long-term care, the odds are high that it will be needed.

Aside from one’s financial portfolio, there are legal matters that need to be managed before and throughout retirement. Attorney Byron L. Woolley of Woolley Wilson LLP, whose practice includes probate law, suggests that retirees make sure their estate plans are exactly as they want them. “Many people forget to revisit their estate plans when someone has passed away and inheritance is received,” says Woolley. “Make sure to review and update your will, especially in cases where executors have passed away. I always suggest my clients appoint an executor and a backup.”

Other important directives that need to be in order at this time are the HIPAA release, which determines to whom your health information can be released; the Directive to Physicians, which allows you to instruct your physician not to use artificial methods to extend the natural process of dying; Financial Power of Attorney, which appoints someone in charge of your finances if you become incapacitated; and a Medical Power of Attorney, which designates a person to make healthcare decisions on your behalf, should you be unable to do so.

“The biggest threat

the senior portfolio is

planning for longterm care.”

Meet the author

Young Courtney Roberts , author of “Uh-oh Cat,” and Carol Brickell , author of “Cinco the Clinic Cat,” both appeared in the July 2011 Advocate and got to meet each other at a recent book signing at My Office in Lake Highlands.

See you in court

BBULLETIN BOARD

CLASSES/TUTORING/ LESSONS

ADHD TEST PREP & TUTORING Very Patient & Dedicated, 1 on 1 Personalized, Results-Based Tutoring for Students w/ ADD/ADHD, & other Learning Empowerments! Incl SAT, ACT, PSAT, school exams, and creative organization & study techniques. Outstanding References. Yale ‘93. Anthony 214-484-4488

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

ARTISTIC GATHERINGS

Art Classes For All Ages. Casa Linda Plaza. 214-821-8383. www.artisticgatherings.com

JEWELRY MAKING CLASSES 214-824-2777 www.beadsofsplendor.com

Lakewood Shopping center: 1900 Abrams Pkwy @ La Vista

LEARN GUITAR OR PIANO Professional musician. Fun/Easy. Your Home. UNT Grad. Larry 469-358-8784

STUDIO OF SARAH STROUT Piano/Guitar/Voice Lessons. Lakewood. 469-426-6811 sclouise1976@gmail.com

UKULELE LESSONS Instruments, Workshops. www.UkeLadyMusic.com 214-924-0408

VIOLIN/VIOLA Instruction & Sales. Lakewood Area. Please Visit. www.andredis.com. 214-729-2177

VOICE TEACHER with 38 years experience. MM, NATS www.PatriciaIvey.com 214-769-8560

CHILDCARE

LOVING, CHRIST-CENTERED CARE SINCE 1982 Lake Highlands Christian Child Enrichment Center Ages 2 mo.-12 yrs. 9919 McCree. 214-348-1123.

EMPLOYMENT

AIRLINES are hiring. Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified. Housing available. Aviation Institute of Maintenance. 866-453-6204

SERVICES FOR YOU

AT ODDS WITH YOUR COMPUTER? Easily Learn Essential Skills. Services include Digital Photo Help. Sharon 214-679-9688

CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let A Seasoned Pro Be The Interface Between You & That Pesky Computer. Hardware & Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training. $60/hr. 1 hr min. Dan 214-660-3733 or stykidan@sbcglobal.net

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

SERVICES FOR YOU

custom holiday cards

e-cards

address labels & stamps gift stickers

The Lake Highlands High School homecoming queen Sarah Penny (middle) and her court Rachel Lander (left) and Brittany Myers (right) were crowned in a pre-game ceremony. David Werther snapped the photo.

SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO. Email a jpeg to editor@advocatemag.com.

Go Wildcats

Lake Highlands High School faced off with Samuell High School during the District 9-5A opener in September.

TO SEE MORE SPORTS PHOTOS, visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/photos.

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

TO ADVERTISE CALL 214.560.4203

BULLETIN BOARD B

MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

EMPOWER YOUR HEALTH! Boost your immune system for the Holidays. Vitality & Wellness Coach, BJ Ellis 214-226-9875

SILVER STAR FITNESS Specialty In Senior Fitness. Moneyback Guarantee. www.silverstarfitness.com John 972-800-8031

WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE Earn Ca$h For Losing Pounds. www.larrybrownweightloss.com 877-340-3046

ESTATE/PROBATE MATTERS Because every family needs a

HOME ORGANIZING And Help With Senior Moving Plans/ Solutions. Donna 860-710-3323 DHJ0807@aol.com. $30 hr.

STEVESWINESHOP.COM

HAND-CRAFTED ARTISAN WINES Call today for in-home wine tastings. We offer personalized Wine Labels & Gifts 214-998-1217

Website Design Flash Demos

Graphic Design RibbitMultimedia .com 214.560.4207

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

BUY/SELL/TRADE

STAY CONNECTED ALL MONTH

advocatemag.com/newsletter

Sign up for our neighborhood e-newsletters and get the neighborhood dish all month long

Photo by Benjamin Hager.

DALLASAC.COM TACLB34855E AC & Radiant Barrier 214-360-9547

FOR QUALITY, QUALIFIED SERVICE CALL 214-350-0800 ABS AC & Heat TACLA28514E

LAKEWOOD HEAT & AIR Servicing Dallas 20+ years. 214-682-3822 TACLA28061E

S & E A/C & HEATING 50% off Service Fee w/ Repair. Res & Comm. 10% Off Repairs w/ purchase of Maintenance Agreement. BBB Approved. CCs accepted. TACLA00029466E 214-912-7900

214 -299-9069

Service - Repair - Replacement

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS, LLC

Complete Remodeling, Kitchens, Baths, Additions. Hardie Siding & Replacement Windows. Radiant Barrier, Insulation. Bonded & Insured. www.blake-construction.com 214-563-5035

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

DREAM CONSTRUCTION Home Remodeling

Interior/Exterior. www.DCHCRM.net 469-360-0152

ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS Beautiful TV wall units. New/redo. Install TV/electronics. Custom finishes, cabinets & fine furniture 972-962-4847

ERIC CANTU CONSTRUCTION

Affordable Remodeling. Kitchens, Baths, Additions, Cabinetry & more. 972-754-9988 EricCantu.com

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

HANDY DAN “The Handyman” To Do’s Done Right! www.handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

214-350-0800

214.526.8533

972-216-1961

TACL-B01349OE www.SherrellAir.com

APPLIANCE REPAIR

APPLIANCE REPAIR SPECIALIST Repair, Sales. 214-321-4228

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898 Serving

KEN’S RESIDENTIAL REMODELING 214-886-8927. kenscontracting.com

KITCHEN AND BATHROOM SPECIALISTS

JCI Remodeling: From Simple Updates to Full Remodeling Services. Competitive Pricing! JCIRemodeling.com 972-948-5361

MODERN, PREFAB SPACES Need more space for home office, guest house, pool-side cabana? Modernurbanretreats.com 214-931-9273.

MODERNIZE Your Home W/ A Crestview Door. martinekmodern.com 214-750-9000

PREVIEW CONSTRUCTION INC. HardiPlank 50 Yr. Cement Siding, Energy Star Windows. Kitchens-Baths-Additions & More. 214-348-3836. See Photo Gallery at: www.previewconstruction.com

RODZ HOME IMPROVEMENT All Home Repairs, Add-Ons, Rehabs. 214-952-8963

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING Cabinet Refacing, Built-ins, Entertainment/ Computer Centers. Jim. 214-324-7398 www.squarenailwoodworking.com

TK COMPLETE REMODELING Carpentry, Doors, Paint. Window Clean 972-533-2872

A K S

CARPENTRY & REMODELING

KITCHENAND BATH SPECIALISTS WHOLE HOUSE RENOVATION

IN-HOUSE DESIGN & PLANNING LICENSED & INSURED 214.341.1448

WWW.OBRIENGROUPINC COM

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR

Virus Removal, Data Recovery. Home /Biz. Network Install. All Upgrades & Repairs. PC Instruction, No Trip Fee. 214-348-2566

COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED

Hardware/Software. Network. 20 yrs exp. Great rates! Keith 214-295-6367

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

FLOORING & CARPETING

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

‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 CONSUMERS CHOICE AWARDS

Making

Granite Countertops, All Types of Flooring and Showers. Family Owned and Operated.

CLEANING SERVICES

A CLEANING SERVICES

ooms Ki ov s

VISA, MASTER CARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS redoguys.com 214 / 803. 4774

mcprofessionalcleaning.com 469-951-2948

CINDY’S HOUSE CLEANING 15 yrs exp. Resd/Com. Refs. Dependable. 214-490-0133

CLEAN FREAKS Since 2005. Free Estimates. DallasCleanFreaks.com Call Today! 214-821-8888

MAID 4 YOU Bonded & Insured. Park Cities/M Street Refs. Call Us First. Voted Best By Our Customers. Joyce. 214-232-9629

MESS MASTERS Earth friendly housecleaning. 469-235-7272. www.messmasters.com Since ‘91

SUNSHINE HOUSE CLEANING

Cleaning To Perfection. Reasonable Rates. Insured/ Bonded. 214-490-6659

THE MAIDS Angie’s List Service Award! Discounts at www.maids.com Free Quotes. 972-278-2551

WANTED: HOUSES TO CLEAN

20 yrs. exp., Reliable, Great Prices, Excellent Refs., Free Estimates. No Crews. Sunny 214-724-2555

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let A Seasoned Pro Be The Interface Between You & That Pesky Computer. Hardware & Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training, $60/hr. 1 Hr. Min. Dan 214-660-3733 Or stykidan@sbcglobal.net

CONCRETE/ MASONRY/PAVING

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

CONCRETE, Driveway Specialist Repairs, Replacement, Removal, References. Reasonable. Chris 214-770-5001

EDMONDSPAVING.COM Asphalt & Concrete Driveway-Sidewalk-Patio-Repair 214-957-3216

FLAGSTONE PATIOS, Retaining Walls, BBQ’s, Veneer, Flower Bed Edging, All Stone work. Chris 214-770-5001

MASONRY Brick/Stone Repairs. Don 214-704-1722

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com Family Owned/Operated. Insd. 214-328-1333

DALLAS ELECTRICIAN- SINCE 1975 214-340-0770 EL 00957 kirkwoodelectric.net

EXPERIENCED LICENSED ELECTRICIAN Free est. Insd.Steve TECL#27297 214-718-9648

LENTZ SERVICES Your whole-home lighting/ electrical resource. Lic/Insd. 972-241-0622

MASTER ELECTRICIAN Lic #TECL 55703. Resd/Comcl. Bonded. Contr Lic# TECL23423. Trinity Electrical Services. David 214-802-0436

Prompt, Quality Services. Days, Evenings & Weekends. 34 Yrs Exp. TECL 24668

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

972-665-8399

dallaselectricalexperts.com

Phones Answered 24/7

FENCING & DECKS

#1 COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. Est. ‘91. 214-692-1991 www.cowboyfenceandiron.com

4 QUALITY FENCING

Specializing in Wood, New or Repair. Free Estimates. Call Mike 214-507-9322.

A FATHER, SON & GRANDSON TEAM Fences, Gates, Decks. Haven 214-327-0560

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC.

Automatic Gates, Iron & Cedar Fencing, Decks. Since 1996. MC/V 214-621-3217

ARTDECK-O.COM 20 Year Warranty! Decks, Fences, Pergolas 214-435-9574

CREATIVE METAL SOLUTIONS LLC

Automatic Gates, Fence, Stairs, Stair/Balcony Railings, Wine Cellar Gates. 214-325-4985

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK

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

LONE STAR DECKS Decks, Arbors, Fences, Patio Covers, TREX Decking & Fencing. www.lonestardecks.com 214-357-3975

STEEL SALVATION Metal Fabrication. Welding Repairs, Design, Metal Art, Unique Crosses. Local Resident Over 40 Yrs. 214-283-4673

EST. 1991 #1

COWBOY

FENCE & IRON CO

214.692.1991

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

cowboyfenceandiron.com

STAINED & SCORED CONCRETE FLOORS New/Remodel. Res/Com. Int/Ext. Refin. 15 Yrs. TheConcreteStudio.com 214-320-2018

STAINED CONCRETE FLOORS New/Remodel. Staining & Waxing. Int/Ext. Nick Hastings. 214-349-3273

SUPER QUALITY WOOD FLOORS Jim Crittendon, 214-821-6593

WORLEY TILE & FLOORING Custom Marble Install. 214-779-3842 wrfloors@sbcglobal.net

Residential Commercial Make-readys Windows Carpet Construction Remodel Cleans

$35.00 Off – 1st Full Detail Clean Complimentary quotes!

214.750.4888 19 years in business!

lecleandallas.com

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. Lic/Insd. E795. 214-850-4891

FIREPLACE SERVICES

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

GARAGE

TECL20502

GLASS, WINDOWS &

DOORS

A FATHER, SON & GRANDSON TEAM

Expert Window Cleaning. Haven 214-327-0560

EAST DALLAS WINDOW CLEANING Power

Wash. Free Est. Dependable. Derek. 214-827-7661

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR

LANDMARK ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Windows/Doors.

ROCK GLASS CO

HANDYMAN SERVICES

WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS

HOUSE PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING

INTERIOR DESIGN

CUSTOM DRAPES, Flowers. 25 yrs. Linda 214-212-8058 dblinda86@msn.com

HAND CARVED STONE

INTERIOR DESIGN / CONSULTING

Licensed/Exp. 214-363-0747

LILLI DESIGN

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

25% OFF TREE WORK

FIBERGLASS REPLACEMENT WINDOWS

Fiberglass Replacement Windows

8x Stronger than Vinyl Looks and Feels like Wood Installed Exclusively by Amazing Siding & Windows

Also Featuring James Hardie Siding with COLORPLUS® Technology

214.277.8222

InfinityWindows.com

premium quality custom

shower doors & enclosures

214-530-5483

showerdoordallas.com

HANDYMAN SERVICES

A HELPING HAND

ALL JOBS BIG/SMALL

ALL STAR HOME CARE

BO HANDYMAN

HANDY DAN “The Handyman” To Do’s Done

HANDYMAN MATTERS

Your home repair specialist

HANDYMAN SPECIALIST

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE

R&G HANDYMAN

#1 GET MORE PAY LES

A + INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

ABRAHAM PAINT SERVICE

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE

CERTAPRO PAINTERS

PHILLIPS PAINTING

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT

TOP COAT

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL

WHITE ROCK PAINT & REMODEL Painting · Remodeling

www.amistadcsc.com 214-870-3939

ROB’S HOME STAGING.COM 214-507-5688

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

A KITCHEN & BATH

BATHTUB, COUNTERTOP & TILE

A&B LANDSCAPING

214-534-3816

ALL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS REPAIRED

ALTON MARTIN LANDSCAPING

Curbside Appeal! Excellent refs. 214-760-0825

AYALA’S LANDSCAPING SERVICE

BLOUNTS TREE SERVICE Fall

CASTRO TREE SERVICE

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

NAT-90143-1

BRIAN GREAM

PAINTING & RENOVATIONS LLC

PayPal ®

214.542.6214

WWW.BGRONTHEWEB.COM BRIANGREAM@YAHOO.COM

INSULATION/ RADIANT BARRIER

LANDMARK ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Energy Costs through the roof? We can help.

call today...972.379.9530

Best Quality. Best Prices.

FENN CONSTRUCTION Any Tile Anywhere. www.dallastileman.com 214-343-4645

HANDY DAN

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

TOM HOLT TILE

GREENSKEEPER

HOLISTIC TREE CARE

c.ranson@sbcglobal.net

214-537-2008

Natural Stone & Quartz Silestone / Caesarstone 20 Years Experience 214 293 9323 bjones2517@gmail.com

GRANITE COUNTERTOPS KITCHEN & BATH

PROFESSIONAL FABRICATION & INSTALLATION

214.358.8595

SOLIDSF.COM

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

PARADISELANDSCAPES.NET

RONS LAWN

Not Environmental Pollution. Landscape SPRINKLERS, LANDSCAPING, www.bigdirrigation.com

TAYLOR MADE IRRIGATION

THE POND MAN

WE REFINISH!

214-631-8719

www.allsurfacerefinishing.com

TREE WIZARDS

U R LAWN CARE

for Other Services 214-328-2847

Lakewood Resident

PLUMBING

# M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues. 24 Hours/7 Days. plumberiffic@yahoo.com

*Joe Faz 214-794-7566 - Se Habla Español*

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

JUSTIN’S PLUMBING SERVICE For All Your Plumbing Needs. ml#M38121 972-523-1336. www.justinsplumbing.com

M&S PLUMBING Quality Work & Prompt Service. Jerry. 214-235-2172. lic.#M-11523

REPAIRS, Fixtures, General Plumbing. Senior Discounts. Campbell Plumbing. 214-321-5943

SPECK PLUMBING Licensed & Insured

PLUMBING

Slab Leak Specialists – inquire about reroute instead of jackhammering All Plumbing Repairs Licensed/Insured 214-727-4040

ML-M36843

POOLS

ADAIR POOL & SPA SERVICE

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

MICHAEL’S POOL SERVICE Maintenance & Repair 214-727-7650

LEAFCHASER’S POOL SERVICE

Parts and Service. Chemicals and Repairs. Jonathan Mossman FREE ESTIMATES 214-729-3311

REPAIR

NAWCC #64444. House calls gladly made. Jim.

ROOFING

A+

Re-Roofing/Repairs/Green Options. Free Estimates. www.guarantyroof.com

Master Plumber. M-17697

ADVOCATE PUBLISHING does not pre-screen, recommend or investigate the advertisements and/or Advertisers published in our magazines. As a result, Advocate Publishing is not responsible for your dealings with any Advertiser. Please ask each Advertiser that you contact to show you the necessary licenses and/or permits required to perform the work you are requesting. Advocate Publishing takes comments and/ or complaints about Advertisers seriously, and we do not publish advertisements that we know are inaccurate, misleading and/or do not live up to the standards set by our publications. If you have a legitimate complaint or positive comment about an Advertiser, please contact us at 214-560-4203. Advocate Publishing recommends that you ask for and check references from each Advertiser that you contact, and we recommend that you obtain a written statement of work to be completed, and the price to be charged, prior to approving any work or providing an Advertiser with any deposit for work to be completed.

Tax Tip

SOMEONE GRABBED THE LITTLE BOY AND FIREMAN.

Thomas White likes his Highland Meadows neighborhood and takes pains to keep his yard and landscaping looking nice.

To decorate his yard, White had two interesting small statues in his flowerbeds. The pieces had become attention-getters among visitors and neighbors alike.

“I had a little boy and his dog sitting on a bench, and I had a little fireman with a helmet with everything on,” he says.

The fireman held a water hose and sprayed into the flowerbed. The statues weren’t worth much — White says they cost less than $200 — but he was disap-

The Victim: Thomas White

The Crime: Theft

Date: Thursday, Sept. 15

Time: Between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Location: 8700 block of Capri

pointed to see them go.

“They had been there about two or three years. People would come by and ask me about them,” he says. “Whoever it was, they just yanked them out and left.”

|

6301 Gaston Avenue, Suite 800 214-821-0829

COMPUTER

The idea that someone would steal something like this was quite disappointing to the homeowner.

“It bothered me because you can’t find these things everywhere,” he says. “It’s disappointing because everyone enjoyed them. I’ll just have to get another one next spring.”

Unfortunately, police say, these kinds of thefts are not uncommon. And with metal prices recently on the rise, that would include furniture and other items left in a resident’s yard.

“This could be something someone may use in their ownyard or to sell,” says Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Dallas Police Northeast Patrol Division. “Metals are always targets for thieves.

“Thefts in generalusually happen in a short amount of time. Residents should always be on the lookout daily for suspicious activity. The more eyes looking out for one another will help decrease that type of theft from occurring. We always stress good, active neighborhood watchgroups as a wonderful way in helping us deter and catch thieves.”

CRIME NUMBERS |

The Forest-Audelia area’s ranking among the 27 crime hotspots in Dallas identified in an interactive map produced by the Dallas Morning News, drawing parallels among the number of payday loan shops, Dallas Housing Authority projects and old apartments 10

The ranking of the Greenville-LBJ area

Skillman-Royal’s rank on the list

SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

Sean Chaffin is a freelance writer and editor of pokertraditions.com. If you have been a recent crime victim, email crime@advocatemag.com.

W-2 Dependent care benefits. Check with your HR department for a better tax break thru payroll if your company offers it.

AWAY WE GO

Top 10 reasons to trek to the last LHHS season game

COMMENT. Share your favorite LHHS sports memory this season online: lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/LHHS.

Even if you don’t have kids in high school, even if you don’t like football, even if you aren’t from Texas, go see Lake Highlands vs. Richardson at Eagle-Mustang Stadium on Nov. 4. Top 10 reasons, counting down:

10. Fun — for all ages! How often do you see all generations together? Even at church we’re sorted by age groups. We choose different movies and TV shows. Our schedules always seem to conflict. But on Nov. 4, no matter what your age, kick off happens at 7 p.m.

9. Fun — minus the heartbreak! If you graduated from high school at least five years ago, you will be immune to the emotional drama. The heartbreakers are there, but they are not your problem. You will spot them, if you’re any kind of people-watcher. (OK, some people watch the game, but that is only one of the rings at this circus.) Because …

8. High school kids are really cute. They were invented to look good in uniforms (or is it the other way around?) They do things their parents can no

longer do, and frankly, don’t want to do. They run, they slam, they leap, they fly in the air — and that is only the cheerleaders. They hit the ground in splits (the drill team, and sometimes the football players!) The band kids have practiced their instruments for months now. But you? Just relax and enjoy the show.

7. November weather. Here in Dallas, we get only a few opportunities to wear our sweaters and jackets, especially the red and white ones (Lake Highlands colors). Be advised, if you wear purple, you will be officially rooting for Richardson.

6. Cross-town togetherness. On Nov.

4, not only will you see Lake Highlands families, but also lots of magnet students from Lake Highlands who attend RHS (including my son, currently in his second year with the Golden Eagle Band. Yes, I get to wear purple.) Last game of season plus lots of local kids on field equals lots of people you already know, and others who are your neighbors.

5. Food, before and during the game. On your way to RHS you can visit some of the Richardson joints, or better yet, arrive at the school a little early for the tailgate fundraiser. Also, November is hot chocolate season. Of course, hot chocolate is always appropriate on its own, but connoisseurs often pair it with stadium food such as popcorn or nachos.

4. Food, after the game, because your last bite was hours ago. You can share a basket of shrimp at Big Shucks

— conveniently close to RHS at Coit and Belt Line — or sample the fare at the newest In-n-Out at Coit and 635, which will be on the way as you return to Lake Highlands. (You’re curious, right?)

3. Excellent value. The most expensive ticket costs $8. You can hardly find a movie for that price, especially on a Friday night. At the football game, literally hundreds of people will entertain you live.

2. The bands. Lake Highlands will perform first, and Richardson second. Besides seeing their competition marching shows (which are great), don’t you wonder what organized noise, in any culture, could possibly be more thrilling than a marching cadence played by drums alone? None, I imagine, since people throughout history have been known to march straight into battle following drums.

1. Heart and soul. No matter who wins, at the end of the game the opposing teams shake hands, both sides having given their best effort. They stand and face their bands, and sing their alma maters. Without their helmets, they look vulnerable, emotional and lovable. They look like kids.

At this writing, although Lake Highlands ranks higher in the state, the teams are evenly matched in wins and losses. Last year, LH won at home. Can they do it in Richardson?

I hope you read this before Nov. 4, but if you miss the LHHS vs. RHS match this year, I’ll see you next year. I’ll be following the band.

Some people watch the game, but that is only one of the rings at this circus.

Ellen Raff, a neighborhood resident, writes a bi-monthly opinion column about neighborhood issues. Her opinions are not necessarily those of the Advocate or its management. Send comments and ideas to her at 6301 Gaston, Suite 820, Dallas 75214; FAX to 214.823.8866; or email editor@advocatemag.com.