2013 November Lake Highlands

plus! MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Meet the 94-year-old once presumed dead at the hands of Lee Harvey Oswald

WONDER YEARS

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GROW OLD FROM THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW

The other Officer Tippit

When Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK and J.D. Tippit, many, even Oswald’s killer Jack Ruby, thought Officer G.M. “Tip” Tippit was the victim. Fifty years later, Tippit explains how the situation impacted his life.

“Later [Jack] Ruby stated that he did not know J.D. Tippit but that his reference was to G.M. Tippit, a member of the special services bureau...” FROM THE WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION PAGE

CHARITY CONUNDRUM

An intended gesture of goodwill triggers chaos

There are those who argue that first and foremost, it is our mission and our obligation in life to help others.

There are others who believe not everyone can or should be helped, and there’s no point in enabling those who can’t or won’t help themselves.

I tend to believe the first statement. I tend to live the second.

I bring this up because awhile back, my wife, one of our sons and one of my wife’s co-workers were having lunch at a small fast-food restaurant.

It is hot outside. Really hot. A guy enters the restaurant with a plastic bag slung over his shoulder and a neat, clean T-shirt with the logo of a big Dallas church on the back. He’s not sweating, even though the rest of us are.

Once inside, he stands near the door within earshot of everyone inside and loudly but politely says his wife is outside, and he needs money for food and DART transportation to travel Downtown. He doesn’t say why he is going Downtown, but we are nowhere near Downtown or a DART station.

Generally, I say “sorry” to people asking for money and briskly walk on by. Sometimes, despite my comment, they say “thanks” or “have a good day.” Sometimes they say something else that’s not worth repeating here. It’s just that I’ve heard so many stories — “my car ran out of gas” and “I just got out of jail” — that I don’t believe any of them anymore.

Occasionally, I do give people a couple of bucks if there’s something about them that makes me think maybe, just maybe, they’re telling the truth. After all, who am I to pass judgment anyway? On those rare occasions when I give someone money — and also when I don’t — I feel

badly, primarily for myself.

Anyway, back to our lunch. The guy keeps talking loudly to no one in particular in the half-full restaurant, and people begin shifting uncomfortably, myself included. But the guy persists, standing directly behind me, until the store manager — a smallish woman who has run the place a long time walks up and quietly tells the guy: “We can’t have you in here.”

About this time, my wife suggests we buy him something to eat, since that’s what he said he wanted. So I reach into my wallet, pull out a $10 bill and hand it to the manager.

I had some doubts about “enabling” the guy, but what the heck: He said he was hungry, we were in a restaurant and I had $10.

The manager acts annoyed. She clearly wants the guy gone. She asks what she should do with the money. My wife says to give the guy a “big” sandwich combo, which will just about extinguish the $10, so the guy and the manager walk over to the counter.

Next thing you know, the guy is yelling and swearing loudly at the manager, saying (this is the family friendly version): “Don’t talk to me like that! You can’t say that to me! What’s wrong with you! Get away from me!”

Here’s what the manager said to trigger that outburst: “What kind of sandwich do you want?”

The guy continues yelling as he storms out the door and down the sidewalk. The manager hands me back the $10 bill and shakes her head. My wife looks stunned. My son says we should have jumped to the manager’s defense. My wife’s co-worker doesn’t say anything, nor does anyone else in the restaurant.

As usual, I felt no better about myself for helping, and in fact I felt worse. In this case, trying to help didn’t wind up helping anyone at all. Had I done absolutely nothing, it seems as if everyone would have been better off.

We stood up, tossed our garbage and walked out of the restaurant.

Lunch was over.

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“The story and comments about Hawk are indeed spot-on My visits to his shop were always a positive experience; great repair work and hearing his common sense philosophy on everything He will be missed.” — Ernie K on Lake Highlands loses Village Shoe’s beloved ‘Hawk’

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“Totally love all the vintage photos! Once an LH Wildcat, always a LH Wildcat!” — LHwrestling on Photos: Lake Highlands Class of 1983 preps for reunion

“Urban Thrift recently donated 135 items for the Richardson ISD Clothes Closet. I was very impressed and feel we are very lucky to have such a business owner in our neighborhood!” —Tracey Holman on Shop, donate local: Good things in store for Lake Highlands’ businesses

“I love Pie Five — easiest place to get a quick vegan pizza made to order. Having them closer to home will be dangerous to my waistline.” —marciferous on Pie Five coming to Greenville Avenue

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Meet Tip, the other Officer Tippit

Dallas Police Officer G.M. “Tip” Tippit, a Lake Highlands resident, was off duty on Nov. 22, 1963. As tragic events the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and police officer J.D. Tippit by Lee Harvey Oswald — unfolded, many, even Oswald’s eventual killer Jack Ruby, erroneously assumed G.M. was the slain Officer Tippit. With the rest of the world, Tip was devastated by the killings. “He was an ol’ country boy, like myself,” Tip says of J.D. But in days and years to come, J.D. Tippit’s slaying would uniquely impact Tip’s life.

Early aftermath

“I was working in the garage when I heard that Kennedy had been shot,” Tip recalls. “I just turned my garage radio on and listened.”

As news of the president’s and later J.D. Tippit’s death was broadcast around the nation, reporters looking for an angle began calling Tip’s home; they mistook him for his fallen associate with the same last name.

“The phone rang for three days solid after Tippit was killed,” Tip recalls. Tip also knew Jack Ruby, the nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald — at the time Oswald was in police custody

and was suspected of killing both the president and Officer Tippit.

Ruby, too, based on official documents, mistook Tip for J.D.

In the Warren Commission Report, the investigation into Kennedy’s assassination, Tip is mentioned on page 262:

“Early Friday afternoon, Nov. 22, Ruby remarked how he knew Tippit, the officer who had been shot by Oswald. Later Ruby stated that he did not know J.D. Tippit but that his reference was to G.M. Tippit, a member of the special services bureau of the Dallas Police Department who had visited Ruby establishments during the course of his official duties.”

Written off, then reunited

Tip grew up on a farm with his grandparents — was raised on a horse, he says and had herded cattle since he was 9 years old.

He attended Royce City High and moved in with his mother and stepfather, whom he loved immensely.

“He treated me like I belonged to him,” Tip recalls.

Even 70 years later, talking about his stepdad causes Tip’s voice to crack.

The Navy sent Tip to engineering school, where he focused on the internal combustion engine used in World War II ships, and then all over the Pacific. As-

Tip Tippit: Danny Fulgencio

signed to a Landing Ship Medium (LSM) 312, he remembers making practice runs onto the beaches of the Philippines before facing real battle. After surviving combat, he worked on “just about every ship built by Brown Shipbuilding,” a major ship supplier during WWII.

Tip’s Navy crew gathered for annual reunions, but it wasn’t until 2000 that Tip attended one. His World War II comrades thought he was dead, Tip says, so he never was invited. “I had to search them out,” Tip says.

Armed with 21st century technology, he finally did.

“When they found out I was alive, when they saw me, they just bawled. Some who hadn’t been to a reunion in years came just to see me.”

Career as a police officer

Tip didn’t join the police force until he was 30 and decided he needed a career with a future. He patrolled until 1955, he says, after which he became a detective and spent 16 years as a narcotics officer.

He recounts a drug bust during which he shouldered down a front door, slid across the floor of an apartment, and landed at the feet of a waitress he and his partner knew from a local diner. “She was buck naked.” It turned out to be a big case, he notes seriously once his laughter subsides.

His final charge with the Dallas Police involved overseeing the helicopter division. A licensed pilot, he did fly sometimes, he says, but he primarily managed the new police helicopter fleet. “I was in charge of buying our first Bell Helicopter,” he says.

Being 94

“B-12! N-33!” Tip announces. At the Whiterock Court retirement community, where Tip lives today, he continues to command attention. He is in charge of calling the numbers during the thriceweekly Bingo tournaments, and after dinner, a certain magic happens when Tip pulls his rusty M. Hohner harmonica from his pocket.

“It’s 80 years old,” he says. “Old and beat-up like me,” he quips before lifting it to his lips to play “When the Saints Go

Remodeling & New Construction Talk...

What to Expect as We Complete the Final Design

Last month, we talked about “What to Expect in Your Architectural Presentation” This month, we’ll discuss what happens in the final stage of completion… or the homestretch. To review, in the Architectural Presentation, you were presented with several different design plans, and you made your selection. Now we’re ready to complete the final design of that plan.

Preparation of documents for construction and permits

The next step is the finalization and sign-off on all the plans related to construction and permits for your new home or renovation. A good set of construction plans should have all the applicable city codes and ordinances including maximum lot coverage, property setbacks, and building height limits. All elements have to be indicated correctly on all forms. Mistakes are often made by less experienced builders at this stage, leading to disappointment and costly delays.

At Bella Vista Company, we have decades of experience in building in our area, and know exactly what needs to be done, how, and when. When you’re excited about seeing your dreams take shape, we believe we owe it to you not to risk a setback.

Your construction plans include your interior selections with all of the finish-out decisions that you’ve made for flooring, cabinets, fixtures, and lighting. It’s all presented clearly and concisely for your sign-off. Your plans will also include cabinet drawings, tile drawings, the architectural site

plan, your existing floor plan, the new floor plan, exterior elevations, the power and lighting plan, the door and window schedule, and the wall sections and details.

Construction contract signing Once you’ve reviewed all of the construction plans, we’ll have our construction contract signing meeting to finalize the contract now that all of the plans are agreed upon and set in stone. Everything you want is now documented; all that remains is the completion of your wishes. For that, we bring in your assigned project manager and review the construction plans and interior selection sheet, ensuring a perfect handoff. Your dream for a one-of-akind home or project, built to your specifications, is now set in motion.

Want to learn more about creating the perfect remodel or a new home? Email jan@bellavistacompany.com for our design questionnaire. It’s the perfect tool for beginning to assess what you’ll need to create the perfect living spaces in your home. You can even send your filled responses back for our feedback, by phone or email.

For more information on Remodeling or Custom Homes, read our blogs at www.bellavistacompany.com.

HELPING LAKE HIGHLANDS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING SINCE 1947.

Marching In.” Nightly, he attracts a singalong audience, says Libba Byrne, who works at the residences.

“It is fun and I enjoy it, and people seem to enjoy my playing,” Tip says.

Sometimes he feels down, he admits. “But then I grab myself and shake myself out of it,” he says.

Life, even as a nonagenarian, can be an adventure.

“At Christmas we take a little trip around White Rock Lake to look at the lights. It is something to see.”

This Christmas Day will be his 95th birthday.

Last year, Tip attended the dedication of a memorial marker honoring J.D. Tippit.

Tip sat beside his friend Jim Leavelle, the homicide detective who was escorting Oswald when Jack Ruby shot him.

Sure, he says, he longs for some of the people and things now gone. He sometimes wishes things had gone differently or that he could renew severed relationships. But the way you feel, he says, “It is in your head. I am going to make the most of being alive.”

–Christina Hughes Babb

“WHEN FLOSSING JUST DOESN’T CUT IT.”

Tip Tippit as a Dallas police officer

‘I woof you’

Lake Highlands resident Christy French describes her canine Callie as a “sassy German Shepherd mix” whom she rescued via East Lake Veterinary Hospital in 2003. “When she is not helping with housework by taking the laundry out of the dirty hamper,” says French, “she is prancing her chunky body in the window for everyone to see.”

Baffled by new healthcare options? This neighbor has answers.

If you have been trying to figure out how the new health insurance laws are going to affect you, your family or your business, you might be pulling your hair out.

We’re pretty sure cosmetic hair replacement is not covered on any plan, so stop.

Plus, the panic is unnecessary because there’s a guy here in the neighborhood who can help with the tangles of information, and misinformation.

East Dallas native Ryan Holloway with Holloway Benefit Concepts understands the nuances of the Affordable Healthcare Act, and he’s here to help.

We know the big brokers are pushing consulting services during this time of confusion to large companies with deep pockets, and who can blame them? But Holloway says there are lots of area businesses, families and individuals that also need guidance, and now.

“Hopefully area business owners aren’t moving forward without first getting educated,” Holloway says. “An uninformed insurance decision can cost a family or

business thousands of dollars a year. Being over-or-under insured can be costly and very frustrating.”

Here are a few things you should know, Holloway says:

If you’re already suitably insured, think early renewal. “If what you currently have is working, renewing before January can buy you another 12 months in today’s market.”

“Don’t be a Healthcare.gov guinea pig. They currently have major website issues,” Holloway says. “Take some time and educate yourself on the available options while the bugs get worked out.” Applications for January can be submitted up until December 15, and open enrollment extends through March.

“Know that regardless of where or how you sign up, your costs will be the same. As of January, pricing is completely based on family or employee demographics.” Find a partner who can walk you through the process and be an ongoing resource.

“I want to be the local resource,” Holloway says. “Helping businesses and residents make educated decisions is my mission”.

Ryan and Sara Holloway with their dogs (Left to right: Clyde, Bonnie, Lulu. Back row: Spencer & Ally)

Out & About

November 2013

Through Nov 16

Dia de Los Muertos

Walk through the 27th annual Dia de Los Muertos exhibition to view the works of more than 60 artists working in both traditional and contemporary styles to celebrate, explore and honor people, things and ideas that have “passed on.” Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, bathhousecultural.com, 214.670.8749, free

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NOV. 2

Parktoberfest

The Shops at Park Lane hosts Parktoberfest from 4-7 p.m. The event includes live music from Rhythm & Beards, Whole Foods samples and a pet costume contest. There also will be an opportunity to adopt pets from Paws in the City.

Shops at Park Lane, Park Lane and Central, parklanedallas.com, free entry

NOV. 9

RISD Spirit Run

Run like the wind while drum lines and jazz bands from four high schools perform Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Afterward, vote for the most spirited high school and see which school wins the coveted Spirit Trophy. Proceeds benefit Richardson ISD education programs.

Galatyn Park, 2351 Performance, 469.593.0241, risdspiritrun.com, $25

NOV. 21

Shopping Soiree

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The LHAECPTA (Lake Highlands Area Early Childhood PTA) shopping event of the season happens at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. More than 25 vendors peddle goodies such as apparel, jewelry, gifts, cards, and soaps and lotions, many of which are made and sold by Lake Highlands residents.

Knights of Columbus, 10110 Shoreview, 214.348.3931, lhaecpta.org, free

NOV. 21-23

Chi Omega Christmas Market

Get into the spirit of gift-giving at the Chi Omega Christmas market, held from 1-9 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds benefit numerous local organizations, including Community Partners of Dallas, Foundation for the Education of Young Women, Healing Hands Ministries of Lake Highlands, Just Say YES, Crisis Center of North Texas and Chi Omega collegiate scholarships. Centennial Hall at Fair Park, 3929 Grand, 214.890.1999, chiomegaxmas.org, $15 at the door, $12 in advance

Through Nov. 27 Autumn at the Arboretum

The Dallas Arboretum uses more than 50,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash every year to form its nationally acclaimed storybook pumpkin village, which is on display through Nov. 27.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, 214.515.6500, $10-$15, plus $10 for onsite parking and $5 for offsite parking

Begins Nov 22

’Twas the Night Before Christmas

Enjoy a new take on the most popular Christmas poem ever. Dallas Children’s Theater presents a holiday musical focused on the author, Clement Moore: He has four days to write a feature for the “New York Evening Post,” but he has writer’s block. For ages 5 and up. Dallas Children’s Theater, Baker Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $17-$28

NOV. 30- DEC. 24

Spend local and win

Save some cash, win amazing prizes, and support local businesses including Brumley Gardens, Lucky Dog Books, The Store in Lake Highlands and Nueva Casita restaurant. Print a map of participating retailers at shoplocaldfw.com, then make purchases at five businesses on the map to receive prizes and raffle goodies. For additional information, contact Brad Schweig at 972.239.3716, shoplocaldfw.com

Buying or selling a home can be a timeconsuming process. Enlisting the help of a real estate professional frees up your time to concentrate on other things. So if you or someone you know is considering buying, selling or investing in property, call me. I’ll put my resources to work for you, so you can kick back and relax!

Delicious

Cajun food

Onthose days when you’re craving flavor and spice and everything nice, Alligator Café should be at the top of your hit list. As you can probably guess from the name, Alligator Café is a Cajun food restaurant with some seriously N’awlins vibes, and lucky for us, it’s right in the heart of Casa Linda Plaza. On any given weekend, crowds from all over Dallas swarm to the White Rock area so they can sink their chompers into Alligator’s crawfish enchiladas, or the blackened catfish smothered with crawfish étouffée. Founder and owner Ivan Pugh has a theory about that: “I always say, ‘Start with the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.’ It’s all the little things that add up.” We, however, have a theory that Pugh’s impressive return rate might have something to do with his topsecret spice mix. The entire menu is a product of Pugh’s imagination, although he mostly has turned the actual execution over to his cooking staff. However, there’s one thing he’ll never share: “To this day, I still make all my own spices. I don’t trust anyone with my spice recipe. People ask me, ‘Why do you own a restaurant?’ and I say, ‘Because I have the best spice mix in town, and it can’t be duplicated.’” Brittany

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HOURS:

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Blackened catfish smothered with crawfish étouffée: Mark Davis

1 Offshores Nextdoor

This is the way to eat your veggies — fried asparagus. The seared tuna on a bed of greens is a delicious option too. Grilled salmon as well as just about anything you see on that “specials” board is gunna be good. We GUAR-UN-TEE!

9660 Audelia

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2 The Boiling Crab

Did you know mo manje is Creole for “I’m hungry”? (At least that’s what Google says). And when you are, these folks will feed you piles upon piles of spicy boiled crab legs, crawfish (in season) potatoes and corn ‘til you cain’t eat no more. Get crackin’.

10560 Walnut Street

972.272.7086

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3 Shuck N’ Jive

Head to this dive-y and reliable seafood joint whenever you have a hankering for oysters, crab claws, shrimp Creole, fried pickles — that sort of thing — late at night. They serve until 2 a.m.

5315 Greenville

214.369.9471

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Holiday Meals

Zucchini Muffins

Ambrosia or Waldorf Salad

Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Meringue Pie Pecan Pie Rhubarb Pie

Party wine

Pine Ridge Chenin

Blanc-Viognier ($10) Califorina

One of the dilemmas during holiday wine season is trying to decide what to spend. It’s one thing if it’s just immediate family for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, but start adding guests and the wine bill goes up accordingly. And that takes a lot of fun out of the holidays, which should be about enjoyment and not spending money. Fortunately, there is great wine no matter how much you want to spend:

• Not much money: Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier ($10) is a white blend from California that is one of the best cheap wines in the world, with just a touch of sweetness and lots of white fruit. Planeta La Segreta Rosso ($10) is a red blend from Sicily that’s made for food — a little earthy and with some cherry fruit.

• A little more money, but still not a lot: Spy Valley Riesling ($18) is a New Zealand white that is about as close to a perfect turkey wine as possible — a dry wine with layers of flavor that range from petrol on the nose (a classic riesling characteristic) to citrus and tropical in the front and middle.

Bonny Doon’s Clos de Gilroy ($18) is a dark and spicy red blend from California that still has enough red fruit to appeal to everyone.

• Not cheap: Hedges Red Mountain ($25), a Washington state red blend, is one of the best wines I’ve tasted this year, rich and deep and with lots of quality black fruit. Cornerstone Cellars Chardonnay ($35) is an Oregon wine made in more of a California style, rich and oaky with lots of green apple fruit.

—Jeff Siegel

Thanksgiving leftovers

Welcome to our fourth annual Thanksgiving leftovers extravaganza, because the world does not need yet another recipe for the holidays. Instead, let’s clean out that refrigerator:

• Turkey and dressing egg rolls. Who says egg rolls need to be Asian? Combine leftover turkey and dressing in grocery store egg roll wrappers and bake or deep fry according to package directions. Use leftover gravy for the dipping sauce.

• Turkey jambalaya. You can make this with leftover rice, which is even easier. Sauté some onions, celery and bell pepper in a little olive oil until the vegetables are tender. Add chopped garlic and, if you’re feeling adventurous, a finely diced jalapeño, and sauté briefly. Then add sliced smoked sausage and the leftover turkey. Mix carefully, add a couple of cups of cooked rice, mix again, and heat until warmed through.

• Turkey pot pie. The simple way is to buy two frozen pie shells, add a can of cream of mushroom soup along with 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.”

Ask the wine guy

What wine goes best with turkey?

The traditional answer is pinot noir, but any light red will work. This is also a good time to serve sweet whites.

ASK THE WINE GUY taste@advocatemag.com

—Jeff Siegel

Walton’s garden Center

shop Walton’s garden Center to create a festive home and garden for the holidays. great decorations and gifts for the indoors and out! visit us for Partners Card. 8652 garland rd. 214.321.2387

dUtCh art gallery

5th annual Juried art show. Meet the artists at opening reception on nov. 2 from 11am to 6pm. Food, wine & music. artwork displayed thru. Jan. 11. 10233 e. nW hwy. #420 @ Ferndale 214.348.7350 dutchartgallery.net

the store in lake highlands

delightful thanksgiving decorations and gifts for your home, friends, family and you!

Come see our wonderful selections! 10233 e nW hwy @ Ferndale (near albertsons) 214.553.8850 Mon-sat 9:30-5:30 thestoreinlh.com

t.hee greetings

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Perfect hostess and teacher gift! hand poured, nicely scented candles by Carolina Candle exclusively at t. hee. available at both t. hee greetings locations. lakewood and lake highlands. 214.747.5800 t-heegifts.com

T-shirts,BeautifullydesignedartprintsbySozadesigns.EastDallasOriginal cards,giftsandmore.

Beautifully designed art prints by Sozadesigns. East Dallas Original T-shirts, cards, gifts and more. Log on to: sozadesigns.com/store or etsy.com/shop/sozadesigns Or stop by our studios. Call 214-287-6499 for appointment.

soza designs

beautifully designed art prints by sozadesigns. east dallas original t-shirts, cards, gifts and more. log on to: sozadesigns.com/store or etsy.com/shop/sozadesigns. or stop by our studios. Call 214-287-6499 for appointment.

yoga Mart

Meditation bench, prayer beads, shawl, zafu, yantra and other meditation supplies are available everyday.yoga Mart 6039 oram (at skillman) 214.534.4469 yogamartusa.com

geCko hardWare

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Keep moving

COMING OF AGE

STORY BY CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB | PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

Our neighborhood octogenarians, nonagenarians and centenarians tell us, in so many words, to stop the fretting. The golden years can be sweet, they say, with the right mindset and practices. It is the “fourth quarter” of life, one 80-something tells us. As in a football game, he explains, the final phase, if played with heart, can be the most meaningful, the time to give one’s best effort, a time to shine.

“I don’t want to die,” Ruth Allen says in a moment of frankness. Rather than spend much time bothered by the idea, the 88-year-old prefers to fill her life with music, sports and adventures and occupy her mind with thoughts of grandchildren, friends and her golf swing.

Ruth golfs, plays table tennis, bowls in a league, dances, travels and socializes seemingly nonstop. Yesterday she played doubles in table tennis for the first time. “It requires some fast moving, fast thinking,” she says. That she is a couple of years short of 90 hasn’t decelerated her activity much. “I had to go down a size in bowling ball because I am not as strong as I used to be,” she says. “I don’t travel much anymore, but mostly because flying is such a hassle nowadays.”

In an upstairs room of her Lake Highlands

duplex hangs a map, pins marking the places she has visited — England, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Morocco, Rome (the Vatican), Rio De Janeiro, Bahamas, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Indonesia, Thailand, Tokyo, Mexico, Canada, Hawaii.

The early years

As a kid in the 1930s, she was inclined toward physical pursuits such as baseball, Tarzan-esque tree climbing, snowball fights and dare-deviling with cousins who llived

on her Cleveland, Ohio street. “Riding a sled hooked to the back of someone’s car very dangerous,” she says, head shaking. In the 1940s she hung at nickelodeons, and danced to the likes of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey. “My Catholic high school was all girls, so we danced with each other.” She adored athletics, but balks at what the girls at St. Joseph’s wore to gym class: bloomers.

Dreamily she recalls the nearby Poor Clares convent at whose chapel she always stopped to pray. A rental house beside

Most adults have felt it. Alarm over a gray hair, a mystery ache or a milestone birthday and its larger reminder — old age is coming for us.

Ruth's made for an interesting parade of neighbors. She remembers a man shooting himself (not fatally) to avoid World War II. She married a boy from her neighborhood and they moved to Dallas, where Ruth held various jobs: secretary at the American Heart Association; jeweler's assistant at the Apparel Mart (where she fine-tuned her fab fashion sense); purveyor of Climax, a pink putty wallpaper cleaner; and Dallas Arboretum gift shop volunteer, to name a few. She learned to belly dance in Morocco and still dances, prefers Jazzercise. It helps her maintain good posture, she figures. “I saw my mother bending over as she aged, and I promised not to let that happen to me.”

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Laugh a lot

Ruth lives in a duplex about a mile from White Rock Lake. It is decorated for Halloween in September; she’s just getting started, she says. “I love Halloween and

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dressing up in costume.” A stack of old photos reveals Ruth as Donald Duck, a happy clown, a scarecrow, one half of a pair of dice and a tooth-deprived caveman. At her previous and larger Lake Highlands home, she was famous for theme parties. Her favorite show is “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Most of the other stuff, especially those daytime soaps, is unwatchable, she says. Her blonde grandsons, whose photos are scattered about, are resistant to the type of games Ruth likes. They prefer video and computer technology but rediscover on each visit that checkers and card games can be fun.

Getting old

Never feared it until she was about 80, she says. At 40? 50? 60? No. Stayed too busy to think about it. The attitude seems to have worked for Ruth; if she claimed to be 70, no one would doubt it.

But life reminds you. Her husband died in 2005 right after their 50th wedding anniversary. Losing people — parents, spouses, friends — is hard. Still, she lives in the now rather than the then or when.

The emeritus program at Richland Community College is a source of fitness, adventure and friendship, she says. The group goes sightseeing, exercises and takes an annual overnight trip.

“We went to Fossil Rim one year, and when this giraffe stuck his nose in my ear, I ended up in a gal’s lap. We became friends after that!”

When she broke her wrist years ago, the perpetually cheerful Ruth sank into rare depression. “I was so miserable, trying to do things like write with my left hand. After that, I vowed I would never allow myself to feel that way again. If I got hurt, I would relax and let myself heal.” The next spring she suddenly had to undergo triple bypass surgery. “I sat in the yard and read.” In three months she was back in Jazzercise class. Her health is good, overall. She credits physical momentum, gratitude, nature and daily oatmeal with flaxseed.

“I sit in my backyard — I love that backyard — and talk to God all the time,” says Ruth, a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church. “He’s been good to me."

JOHN AND JEANNE

John and Jeanne Gould’s home welcomes visitors with its trim lawn (which John, 88, maintains himself) and expansive front window permitting copious amounts of morning light to flood the sitting room. White-haired with wide eyes and knowing smiles, they laugh frequently and make the 80s look lovely. Partners on a storied journey, they have war tales, both literal and figurative, yet project peace. On the Treyvon Martin case, mortality and more, they generously impart insight.

Making yourself useful ...

In 1996, John started the crime watch group. There were 12 volunteers at the time, and Jeanne was its first lady. These days the Lake Highlands North Volunteers in Patrol boasts 50-plus members and low crime rates. It’s a good way to meet your neighbors, the Goulds say. “I patrol with a woman who is a Catholic. I am a Methodist,” Jeanne says. “It makes for interesting conversation.” Dialogue keeps the mind sharp, John agrees. “Religion, politics, sports — we talk about it all.”

On the Treyvon Martin case

Regarding the recent case in which a Floridian neighborhood watch member confronted and killed a teenager, John says, “Zimmerman did three things our members know not to do: He went out by himself. He carried a gun. He confronted someone. We do not even get

out of the car. If we see something, we only phone it in to police.”

Keep doing

Twice a week, they swim or work out at the gym. After retiring, John learned to repair pianos. They use the instrument-repair pay for fun things — “mad money,” Jeanne calls it. They volunteer a ton: Jeanne styles hair at the beauty shop at C.C.Young, and with her church group she knits prayer shawls for the hospitalized. John presided over the Audelia Road Library Friends. Both serve the poor through First United Methodist church’s Crossroads Community Services charity. John plays the trumpet, which he practices routinely. “You have to keep your lips in shape for this, so you have to play a little every day,” he says. Jeanne says, with a sly grin, that the practice keeps her husband’s kisser in shape. John’s band is called The Think

Band. “We don’t use music; we just have it in our heads, think about it. We know all the same numbers from the ’40s and ’50s. ‘Sweet Georgia Brown.’ ‘Bill Bailey.’ ‘Up a Lazy River.’ ” They don’t play much anymore, but for years they played “retirements, 90th birthday or 50th anniversary parties, that kind of thing,” John says. They earned some $60,000 and gave it all to charity. They booked a gig at Presbyterian North on New Year’s Eve. When they play the oldies at retirement homes, even Alzheimer’s patients sing along. The guitarist sometimes throws in an old western tune such as “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” and it never fails to light up a room, John says. Jeanne’s part? “I clap.”

Back when John and Jeanne have known each other all their lives, it seems. In the 1940s they attended the Methodist

church in Long Island, N.Y., where John was a soloist and choir member. Music is in his blood: His mother played piano at the silent movies. Jeanne’s older brother and John were buddies. She says she always had a crush on John. “I joined the choir even though I couldn’t sing as well as him.” Before John perceived his admirer, he finished high school (1943), joined the Marines and shipped off to Truk, a South Pacific island group. Jeanne recalls air raid drills, officers on street corners, lights-out in the evenings, no sliced bread, but fortunately no lost loved ones (lucky for Jeanne, she knew not enough about the future to fret over John’s well-being during the war). John returned unharmed, as did Jeanne’s brother, who bet her two bucks she couldn’t score a date with John. He lost. John quickly was smitten. “I liked her laugh,” John recalls. When he finally popped the question, Jeanne told him the engagement would have

to wait. “She told me she had a date to go to the circus with Gordon, this other fella she was seeing at the time, and that she couldn’t miss that!” Jeanne explains that going to the circus was a big deal. The tickets were expensive. You had to ride the train into New York City. She couldn’t just leave Gordon in a lurch like that. “So after the circus, I had to propose to John,” Jeanne says. The story still cracks them up.

Both went to college, and they had two kids (then four grandsons). Jeanne worked 40 years as a dental hygienist — one of a few jobs for women in the ’50s and ’60s — and John wound up holding several different posts with the American Heart Association, which eventually brought them to Dallas in 1975.

Lake Highlands then and now ...

“Really, the neighborhood hasn’t changed that much since we moved in,” John says. “Our neighbors are all young-

er, which is, of course, great,” Jeanne counters.

Where to find new friends

John says every time they moved to a new city, they headed straight for the local Methodist church, where they quickly made friends and volunteered. John jokingly laments the repeated recruitment to lead youth groups everywhere they went. First United Methodist's feeding and clothing of Dallas families in need, through its Crossroads Community Service ministry, is the big story, he adds.

Shining on

John plays “Taps” at the funerals of veterans. And these days they attend a lot of funerals. “At our age, you realize time is running out, but as someone once explained it, we are in the fourth quarter, and like a quarterback in the fourth quarter, it’s the time to really make your life count.”

modeling stint. They wore trimmed ringlets and berry-colored lipstick, and their uniforms were silky, with buttons, collars and belts.

Beyond sport

Basketball offered an opportunity to both play the game she loved and experience competition and camaraderie that accompanies serious sport — something relatively few women in the 1940s enjoyed, she notes. Her involvement with the Hornets also launched young Frances on geographical and cultural adventures.

FRANCES

While America’s young men were off fighting World War II, women’s sports, especially basketball, were booming. A November 1943 Dallas Morning News article announced the formation of a new girls’ league comprising four teams. Lake Highlands resident Frances Martin played forward for the season’s undefeated champs, the Dallas Hornets.

Highlights

Frances, a brunette beauty, grew up in Blue Ridge, Texas, where her dad was the mayor. She started playing basketball in high school and in ’42 pounced on an opportunity to try out for the Hornets. Her best memory is of scoring from cen-

ter court for the win. “There were two seconds left and coach told me ‘shoot!’ I did — underhanded. It went in.” Though they were serious athletes, the female basketball players of the era were glamorous. Most of them stood 5’8” or 5’9” — the ideal height, too, for Frances’ post-season

“In ’43 we visited Mexico City for a tournament,” she says. The Hornets played the Politas and Piñas of Mexico. Before leaving Dallas, the Mexican Consul hosted a dinner for the Hornets and told Frances and her nine teammates that they were “pioneers in this new movement of friendship among peoples,” according to a Morning News article published in 1943. “In Mexico we met the Mexican president and had dinner at the home of the president of the university in Mexico City,” Frances reminisces. “I was escorted to dinner by a matador from Spain!”

Marriage and work

In 1946 Frances married Frank, an Army man who later worked in the carpet business. “He was as sweet as can be,” Frances says. In ’54, she went to work for a stockbroker. The workplace was very

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different then — you wore hose, gloves, hats every day to work. Never pants. You worked on manual typewriters and calculators. Everybody smoked at their desks. Frances doubtlessly ruled the roost at Rauscher Pierce Securities for 40 years. (She giggles but doesn’t disagree with the notion that the executive secretary, especially one who’s been around for decades, is the brain of a business.) She retired in 1992.

Loss and gratitude …

In 1996, after 50 years of marriage, Frank died. In fact, now that she is in her late 80s, most of her friends are gone, she says. “You miss them so much. You just have to be grateful that you had them as long as you did.” She still loves sports. “Exercise, even if you can’t get around so easily, is the key to staying healthy and alert,” she shares. She also plays Bingo regularly, which gets her up and down the stairs each day at the Whiterock Court retirement home. She loves watching the Rangers, Mavs, Cowboys and “Dancing With the Stars” on television. She eats a bunch of fruit and vegetables and just a little meat. And she makes new friends. “I recently lost my best friend, Mary. But you have to keep rebuilding. Making new friends,” Frances says. Based on the laughter and chatting at the night’s Bingo session, it’s more than idle advice. “You have to accept and be grateful, never give up and stay happy.”

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The Heinrichs 97 and 102 years old, respectively still embrace each day together. Sure, Carl will say things such as, “She’s been around this long. I might as well keep her!” But the words are spoken through a grin and evoke one from Wilma. Carl can’t hear as well as he would like, and he uses a walker to get around, but he moves surprisingly swiftly up and down the long corridor between his apartment and the retirement community’s dining and recreation rooms; his mind and spirit are fit. A lush garden, flowers in various stages of bloom, is visible through the apartment’s sliding back door; Wilma maintains it herself. “She’s got a green thumb,” says Daisy Thomas, the Heinrichs’ nursing assistant.

When Carl met Wilma …

Both worked for the bakery conglomerate Taggart in Missouri. In 1939 a group of young staffers, Carl and Wilma among them, was transferred to Dallas. One day, 25-year-old Wilma, a secretary to the chairman of the board, gazed, alongside a co-worker, out the window. When a sharply dressed Carl strode by, Wilma joked, “There goes God’s gift to women.” One of the bosses overheard and asked Wilma, “What did you say?” Wilma repeated herself, and word got back to Carl that she might be interested. He asked her to a party on a Friday but canceled at the last minute. He asked her out again. Wilma accepted and canceled a day before the date. To even the score, no doubt. Two weeks later, they went out to dinner at a nice place. They married in ’41.

Marriage and family

Wilma gave birth just days before Carl shipped off to World War II. The baby, Mike, was premature, weighed just over four pounds. About having to leave them, Carl only says, “It didn’t feel good.” Wilma says she never doubted Carl would come home. She adds that Mike grew healthy and strong. “He’s 6’2 and 250 pounds now,” she says with a laugh.

Carl is an incredibly patient man, his wife says. “He taught me how to drive a car. When my own father tried to teach

my mother how to drive, they were back in five minutes. He couldn’t handle it." Carl always has been relaxed. That’s why he was good at golf, too. “I have always been calm,” Carl agrees. “I am an optimist. Optimism and exercise is the key to a long, healthy life,” he says. His family, all farmers, was like Carl in that way. “They were good to me,” says Wilma, whose own father was killed when she was just a girl.

In 72 years of marriage, they say, they never fought. “We always gave each other space,” Wilma says. “We did what we wanted to do. Sometimes together. Sometimes with our own friends. In retirement we traveled together a lot — Hawaii, Alaska, New Mexico, the Caribbean — and that helped.” A cruise-ship photo of the two, middle-aged and radiant, hangs over the television.

‘Open the gates’

Wilma’s hair is angelic white and styled neatly atop her head. “When I was young

my mother worried so much about my hair,” she says. “Now I get more compliments on it!” Three afternoons a week, they play Bingo together. Daisy Thomas helps Carl, because he has a hard time hearing the caller. Wilma is alert enough to keep track of her own and her neighbors’ Bingo cards. She wins. “Bingo!” she pro-

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Dallas police and SWAT occupied Lake Highlands streets and properties and blocked residents in or out of their homes for more than six hours

The emergency call came in at about 10 a.m. on a weekday morning last month. A man and woman had struggled over a gun, police quickly ascertained. The man, who reportedly

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SWAT members take the suspect into custody (note the apparent wound on the suspect’s head, where the victim told police she struck him): James Coreas

was still armed, had locked himself inside a home on Moss Farm Lane. A neighbor who offered safety to the woman, an apparent victim of domestic violence, told the Advocate about her experience. The witness, a well-known member of the Lake Highlands community, asked not to be named because of the event’s violent nature.

"I was in my house and my friend was in the yard when she heard screaming. A woman was yelling for help, that ‘he was trying to kill her.’ We immediately got on the phone with 9-1-1 and the neighborhood patrol officer (NPO), respectively. Still on the phone, I stepped out and saw her. She was screaming at the top of her lungs and running. Then she fell face-down in the street, and a gun dropped from her hand. At her house, in the garage, I saw her husband. He saw us see him and the garage door dropped, not before their little dog ran. It bolted out the garage and down the street. We hollered at her to come in. She grabbed the gun and came in through our garage, and we had her drop the gun on our garage floor. The police arrived — first the NPO then the 9-1-1 responders. They talked to her. She described a struggle with the gun and hitting him with it. We stayed there a while, closed the blinds, as police took her statement. When she told them about more weapons, including an automatic weapon, inside the house, more police, SWAT, began arriving. At one point we left to a safe house, but were allowed to return home before the whole thing ended.

"In the late afternoon we heard a large blast. It shook the whole house. They had used some sort of explosive to blow the garage open. There were two blasts.

"They arrested him without further incident. Within moments of the arrest, they

The victim’s Shi Tzu, Tucker, fled the house and ran from neighbors who tried to help him; he later was returned: James Coreas

were gone, and the neighborhood is eerily quiet tonight.

"The couple had been married for maybe 15 years. They often threw backyard parties and seemed social, happy, based on what I have seen. I had never met him, but I knew her casually. The victim and the suspect have two children and a dog, a Shi Tzu named Tucker [who later was found by neighbor Rita Wilson]."

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Long-ago pipe dreams now an enduring neighborhood company

Lake Highlands-based Dallas Plumbing Company celebrates 110 years in business this year. And the same family has owned it all these years. “Dallas Plumbing is a company with humble beginnings, a rich history, and an exciting future,” says John Downs, president and a third-generation owner. “Only a small fraction of businesses from any industry achieves milestones such as 50, 75 or 100 years. The fact that we have thrived across two centuries fills all of us with tremendous pride.” Owners note that the company helped with the construction of Dallas landmarks such as the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff and Highland Park Village. They have since been called upon to help construct the inner workings of all sorts of high-profile businesses, from Harvey Hotels to the DFW International Airport and more.

Residences ready to rent

The Lake Highlands Town Center's Haven Lake Highlands, which will include 200 multi-family units and also 7,450 square feet of (yet unannounced) retail on the ground floor, began leasing last month. The office opened Oct. 21. Already proving to be a generous neighbor, Haven Lake Highlands was the official sponsor of the main musical act, The Old 97's, at last month’s Lake Highlands Oktoberfest.

Diabetes researchers seek subjects

Lake Highlands-based Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine is looking for men with Type 2 diabetes to participate in a research study to gauge the effects of body temperature and exercise on high blood glucose levels in Type 2 diabetic men. The ideal candidate is 18-55 years old, male and cannot be on insulin therapy. IEEM is associated with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Compensa-

tion for participants is $25 per hour. If you are (or know someone who is) eligible and would like to participate, contact Eric Rivas at 214.345.6502 or email IEEMThermoregulation@texashealth.org.

Local businesses team up for success

A group of Lake Highlands business owners are forming a Lake Highlands Chamber of Commerce. The group’s initial aim will be identifying and addressing the most pressing issues for Lake Highlands’ small businesses. Those wishing to join can contact Ted Hill at 214.221.1660 or tedh@lifeben. com. For updates, visit the group’s Facebook page at LH Chamber of Commerce.

Art gallery launches big, beautiful , Texan show

The Dutch Art Gallery’s No Where But Texas show begins Nov. 2 and showcases 80 juried artists and 150 works. An opening reception from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. will feature artist meet-and-greets, drawings, food from Tony’s and live music by Dallas Symphony Orchestra Violinist, Andrzej Kapica. The Dutch Art Gallery, located in Lake Highlands for almost 50 years, features 9,000 square feet of art and sculpture-filled showroom space.

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3K through Grade 6 / 214.349.6843 / scofieldchristian.org Open House November 14th 6:30pm Since 1961, Scofield has been helping students joyfully reach their academic potential. Our purposeful and challenging curriculum includes a rich blend of classic literature, writing and phonics instruction combined with a comprehensive math and science program. Caring teachers enhance curriculum with hands-on learning and interactive participation. A student-cultivated garden provides additional opportunities for students to “dig in” to their lessons. Come see what makes SCS the school for your child. Scofield Christian School is accredited through the Association of Christian Schools International (A.C.S.I.)

City

Recently, the city’s transportation committee had its first look at the final Complete Streets manual The plan won’t make it to the city council until January or February because committee members are still looking it over, but it would serve as a guiding force to making roadways friendlier to pedestrians and cyclists.

Community

Multiple charities and faith-based groups from around the neighborhood joined to provide for apartment residents who need a boost at the Community of Hope Healthy Lifestyles event in October. The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, The New Room (from Lake Highlands United Methodist), Lake Highlands Public Improvement District and many more volunteers were a part of this effort.

Lake Highlands Junior Women’s League members collected an SUV-full of school supplies for students at Northlake Elementary. Grateful teachers accepted binders, pencils, Kleenex, hand sanitizer, glue and more, and they said the goodies would make a big difference in getting students off to a great start.

People

Donna Gerard, a Latin teacher at Providence School in Preston Hollow and a Lake Highlands resident, won the prestigious American Classic League’s Merita Award for her “sustained and distinguished service to the Classics profession.”

Lake Highlands resident and businessman B. H. Hawkins, “Hawk” to his friends, died last month. The 74 year old owned Village Shoes in Hillside Village. Known as a gregarious man and a superior craftsman, Hawk left behind wife Annis, sons Linothus Bernard Williams and Zach Kissentaner and a community of people who cared for him. “He was a great man who never met a stranger, and he was greatly loved by this community,” says Mary Barnes, whose son, Beau, was a classmate of one of Hawk's sons. “Many, many times he delivered my repaired shoes to my home.”

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SPANISH HOUSE

5740 Prospect Ave. & 4411 Skillman / 214826-4410 / DallasSpanishHouse.com Spanish House is a Spanish immersion school with two Lakewood locations for children ages 3 months - Kindergarten. We offer half-day and full-day programs, with extended care available from 7:30am - 6:00pm. We also offer after-school and Saturday classes for PK and elementary-aged students, both on- and off-site. Additionally, we have an adult Spanish program for beginning, intermediate and advanced students.

ST. BERNARD’S

1420 Old Gate Ln. Dallas / 214.321.2897 / stbernardccs.org St. Bernard of Clairvaux School has educated children in Forest Hills, Casa Linda and White Rock neighborhoods since 1948. We encourage each student to develop an inquisitive mind, strong moral character and a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. The experienced

teaching staff is dedicated to academic excellence with a challenging curriculum and individual attention. We offer affordable tuition, PK through 8th grade, wireless slate technology, extracurricular activities, and after-school care. Please call to schedule a tour.

ST. CHRISTOPHER’S MONTESSORI SCHOOL

7900 Lovers Ln. / 214.363.9391 stchristophersmontessori.com

St. Christopher’s Montessori School has been serving families in the DFW area for over a quarter of a century. We are affiliated with the American Montessori Society and our teachers are certified Montessori instructors. Additionally our staff has obtained other complimentary educational degrees and certifications, including having a registered nurse on staff. Our bright and attractive environment, and highly qualified staff, ensures your child will grow and develop in an educationally sound, AMS certified loving program. Now Enrolling.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

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

Founded in 1953, St. John’s is an independent, co-educational day school for Pre-K through Grade 8. With a tradition for academic excellence, St. John’s programs include a challenging curriculum in a Christian environment along with instruction in the visual and performing arts, Spanish, German, French, and opportunities for athletics and community service.St. John’s goal for its students is to develop a love for learning, service to others, and leadership grounded in love, humility, and wisdom. Accredited by ISAS, SAES, and the Texas Education Agency

WHITE

ROCK NORTH

SCHOOL

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas / 214.348.7410 / WhiteRockNorthSchool.com

6 Weeks through 6th Grade. Our accelerated curriculum provides opportunity for intellectual and physical development in a loving and nurturing environment. Character-building and civic responsibility are stressed. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, skating rink, updated playground, and state-ofthe-art technology lab. Kids Club on the Corner provides meaningful after-school experiences. Summer Camp offers field trips, swimming, and a balance of indoor and outdoor activities designed around fun-filled themes. Accredited by SACS. Call for a tour of the campus.

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630 / ziondallas. org Toddler care thru 8th Grade. Serving Dallas for over 58 years offering a quality education in a Christ-centered learning environment. Degreed educators minister to the academic, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of students and their families. Before and after school programs, Extended Care, Parents Day Out, athletics, fine arts, integrated technology, Spanish, outdoor education, Accelerated Reader, advanced math placement, and student government. Accredited by National Lutheran School & Texas District Accreditation Commissions and TANS. Contact Principal Jeff Thorman.

DOUBLE DOWN ON GRATITUDE

Let’s give in thanks for what has been given to us

“Some Folks Feel the Rain, Others Just Get Wet.” That’s the title to a book by someone named James W. Moore. It goes on for 15 chapters with themes that sound like country music songs. “Can You Feel the Joy of Freedom?” and “Can You Feel the Power of Love?” and “Can You Feel the Good Side of Worry?” and “Can You Feel the Sense of What’s Valuable?”

One chapter title brings us to the season now upon us: “Can You Feel the Attitude of Gratitude?”

Thanksgiving is rooted in a spirit nurtured by grace. We all learned about Pilgrims seeking religious liberty in the New World and barely surviving the cold winter and poor crops. We’ve heard about the hospitality of Native Americans and the meager feast of gratitude to God for life in the face of unimaginable threats.

True thanksgiving grows from a sense that we are not alone and we have been given more than we deserve. It doesn’t matter how much or little you have or whether you think you earned it or received it; the key to thankfulness is the sense that you have been gifted by a Giver and know you must return thanks in order to avoid becoming an ingrate.

The ever-quotable G. K. Chesterton said: “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” So in that spirit, let’s double down on gratitude this year. Here are a few lower forms of thought on the subject that may raise our thanks a notch or two.

First, meditate on mercy. An entitlement mentality has immobilized Congress and held up an unflattering mirror to the American character. By entitlement I do not mean Social Security and Medicare

those planned benefits that Americans have paid into all their working lives in order to receive back due security and health care. I mean the meanness that says either “the government owes me this or that” or

“I don’t owe the government this or that.” Chesterton again: “We are all in the same boat, on a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terribly loyalty.” We will never become truly grateful people if we attend only to what we are owed rather than to what already has been done for us.

Second, gratitude and giving go together. The more you practice one, the more the other follows. Many of us will spend time opening the mail or email over this holiday weekend from churches and other non-profit organizations that have learned

BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Worship — 8:30 am Classic & 11:00 am Contemporary

Pastor Jeff Donnell / www.lbcdallas.com

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

All services & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45. Trad. & Blended (Sanctuary), Contemporary (Great Hall), Amigos de Dios (Gym) / 214.860.1500

PRESTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH / “A Church to Call Home”

Sundays: Bible Fellowship (all ages) 9:15 am /Service Time 11:00 am

12123 Hillcrest Road / 214.820.5000 / prestonwood.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 / 9626 Church Rd.

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

Student Ministry: Wednesday & Sunday 7:00 pm / 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

HIGHLANDS CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Lake Highlands) 9949 McCree Rd. 214-348-2805 / www.highlandschristianchurch.com

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

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

METHODIST

that this a good time to solicit donations. Say yes. Find excuses to say yes rather than no. Do your due diligence if you wish to see which organizations are most effective or deserving, but in the end give because you are grateful not because someone else needs it.

Finally, attach one new commitment to give yourself beyond a financial contribution. Send a check, but also volunteer once a month in the soup line or mentoring a child or teaching Sunday school. Make a habit of being a grateful giver by giving yourself.

Thanksgiving can usher in a virtuous cycle that can change the world by changing each of us. Grace to gratitude to giving to grace to gratitude to giving Thanks be to God.

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

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee Worship: 8:30 am & 10:50 am Traditional / 10:50 am Contemporary WHITE ROCK UNITED METHODIST / www.wrumc.org

1450 Oldgate Lane / 214.324.3661

Sunday Worship 10:50 am / Rev. George Fisk

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LAKE HIGHLANDS CHURCH / 9919 McCree / 214.348.0460

Sundays: Classes 9:30, Coffee 10:25, Assembly 10:45

Home groups meet on weeknights. / lakehighlandschurch.org

PRESBYTERIAN

LAKE HIGHLANDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.348.2133

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

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

UNITY

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path For Spiritual Living

6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 / 972.233.7106 / UnityDallas.org

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

It doesn’t matter how much or little you have or whether you think you earned it or received it; the key to thankfulness is the sense that you have been gifted by a Giver and know you must return thanks in order to avoid becoming an ingrate.

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.

Senior Living Near White Rock Lake

PRIME LIVING

Wellness for the golden years

Growing older doesn’t mean you have to stop growing, period. Opportunities abound for Dallas-area senior citizens to be involved and active in the community, keeping up with longstanding interests and nurturing new ones along the way.

Those who live within neighborhood retirement centers (or know someone who does) will find there an emphasis on wellness, learning and connections – keeping the mind, body and soul engaged and alive, as it’s described at C.C. Young, a continuing care retirement community.

The C. C. Young campus, located on 20 acres of land near White Rock Lake, consists of eight buildings and offers services that include independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice and home health. Additionally, The Point, Center for Arts and Ed-

ucation provides creative and fitness outlets for both campus residents and seniors from the greater DallasFort Worth area.

“People don’t come to here to retire. They come here to live,” said Russell Crews, C.C. Young president and CEO. “Our 400-plus residents are continuously seeking activities, resources and offerings appropriate for them.”

In this vein, C.C. Young last month led a campaign to launch Senior Thursdays, a collaborative partnership of arts, education, fitness, and dining organizations. The goal is to connect seniors to engaging activities while promoting what D-FW has to offer. Organizations involved with the Senior Thursdays campaign show the community that they have offerings specifically designed for seniors.

Partners include Bass Performance Hall, Dallas Arboretum, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas Zoo, Fort Worth Zoo, LOOK Cinemas, Nasher Sculpture Center and The Sixth Floor Museum.

Despite the name, Senior Thursdays features activities each day of the week through multiple websites as well as social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter.

Additionally, C.C. Young will soon introduce an expanded sensory therapy program called “The Spirit is Ageless” (or “Ageless” for short). This experience will include music therapy, aromatherapy, and other sensory stimulation. It is based on a program designed by Joyce Simard, who has been working with dementia patients for more than 35 years and is a specialist in geriatric consulting. Simard will visit the campus in November to train staff members and help set up the program.

C.C. Young is also recognized locally for opening its doors to seniors – those 55 and better – to enjoy an array of community programs, many of which are offered at no cost. Yoga, singing, dancing, movies and more are available to seniors looking for opportunities for recreation and time with friends.

Partnerships within the community are also a theme at Juliette Fowler Communities, a faith-based, not-forprofit organization operating in East Dallas since 1892. Located on 16 acres, Fowler is home today to approximately 355 adults and offers independent and assisted living apartments, long-term and skilled nursing care and subsidized apartments for the elderly and the mobility-impaired.

Residents enjoy Fowler’s beautifully landscaped setting, with amenities including a swimming pool, fitness center, barber/beauty shops, chapel, libraries and gazebo. The shops, restaurants and services of nearby Lakewood also are convenient destinations, with regularly scheduled transportation available for shopping and cultural outings.

“We create innovative, stimulating programs based on what residents want,” said Tammy Vines, director of community relations at Juliette Fowler Communities. “The charge is not only to care for others, but to provide a life of fulfillment for all we serve.” This approach is echoed in the community’s mission statement: To provide choice, community and connection for those we serve.

Juliette Fowler Communities has had an approved Dallas County Master Gardener Association program since 2003. The current program is known as Inspiring Gardeners through New Interactions, Time and Education, or IGNITE. The goal of the program is to

establish gardening classes focused on horticultural, nutritional and environmental stewardship to educate residents of Juliette Fowler Communities. The program includes therapeutic elements fostering personal pride, responsibility for Fowler community gardens and container plantings, as well as providing peer and cross-generational mentoring.

Additionally, volunteer opportunities bring hundreds of individuals to Juliette Fowler Communities annually to provide thousands of hours of volunteer work at the campus and with the residents. Many corporate, church and school groups enjoy volunteering at Fowler because of the wide range of residents’ ages and the many hands-on projects and resident activities available.

At The Forum at Park Lane, the activity program is known as Healthy Generations. An inaugural Park Lane Open putting contest at a 9-hole putting green behind the community proved so popular that it became a regular weekly activity. Since D-FW has so many beautiful courses, residents visit and have lunch at a different course each month.

“The foundation of our programs is based on continually providing opportunities for physical and mental interaction that helps older adults thrive,” said Darrell Baltimore, executive director of The Forum, which is owned and operated by Five Star Quality Care. In independent living, there is morning exercise six days a week, yoga twice a week and Tai Chi twice a week. The Forum also provides exercise opportunities in the health care side of the community that includes assisted living and long-term care.

“We feel there is some truth to the saying ‘use it or lose it’ so in addition to the focus of providing physical exercise and low-impact sessions, we place the same focus on mental exercise opportunities,” Baltimore concluded. Throughout the month, The Forum schedules speakers covering topics such as current events, politics or the arts. The Dallas Library Bookmobile visits monthly and there are resident computers for residents to stay in touch with family members, as well as check their own social media accounts like Facebook.

Ongoing opportunities for residents to monitor their own health include hearing clinics, weekly blood pressure and weight checks and vision support groups. All useful tools, especially the hearing clinics, which may help an otherwise uncommented-upon struggle come to light.

Dr. Debbie Schirico describes hearing loss as an often undiagnosed, invisible handicap, one that can damage relationships and make it harder for seniors to stay mentally sharp. She encourages seniors, their

Please join us at The Forum at Park Lane as we celebrate the completion of our $1.5 million renovation with a special GRAND RE-OPENING event. Experience the fresh new look of our community and meet with members of our leadership team while you enjoy live entertainment, hor’doeuvres, tours, gift bags and more!

THE FORUM AT PARK LANE FEATURES:

• Elegant, full service retirement living with no buy-in fees

• Assisted Living, Independent Living, Skilled Nursing, Respite Stays, and Rehabilitation

• A staff of long-term caregivers

• Healthcare building with free WiFi

• A beautiful and very convenient Park Cities location

• And much more...

Our audiologists want to give you the opportunity to try amplification for 30 days. We’ll include:

• FREE Hearing Screening

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Lakewood: 214-827-1900

4130 Abrams Rd.

@ Mockingbird (SE Corner)

Richardson/Plano: 972-380-0222

7615 Campbell Rd.

@ Coit (NW Corner)

doctors and caregivers to place the same emphasis on addressing hearing loss that they would if the issue were sight or mobility.

“The gift of hearing is too precious to lose, and we are fortunate to have so many advances and options that even patients with just a slight hearing loss can once again enjoy their lives,” said Dr. Schirico, the founder and owner of Total Hearing Care. “Every member of our staff is dedicated to helping every client achieve the highest possible improvement in hearing.”

A past president of the Dallas Association of Hearing Aid Dispensers and a former representative for hearing aid manufacturers, Dr. Schirico is a recognized expert in hearing instrumentation. She understands well that when it comes to something as essential as hearing, one size does not fit all.

Health and Wellness Advisor includes advice from local health care professionals. Feature your practice and be quoted in the story when you reserve your space by December 27.

The board-certified audiologists of Total Hearing Care treat each client as an individual with specific, unique needs. By listening and understanding the needs of each person, they can find solutions to maximize their hearing.

Dr. Schirico and her team recognize that using hearing instruments can be a challenge, and they are committed to being there to help each person and their families through the learning curve – ensuring that these challenges are met and solved.◆

Websites

www.ccyoung.org

www.seniorthursdays.org

www.fowlercommunities.org

www.theforumatparklane.com

www.totalhearingcare.com

We’ll

Winning!

Fans cheer a 55-21 Lake Highlands High School win over Berkner at Wildcat-Ram Stadium.

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Leaving for Las Vegas

Lake Highlands residents Kathy Adams and Lisa Sides announced that the Lake Highlands Women’s League would take a much-needed vacation in Las Vegas. The Women’s League has distributed more than $1.1 million in college scholarships and has served the community for 44 years. Its primary fundraiser, the Holiday in the Highlands home tour, is Dec 6.

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

BRICK, STONEWORK,FLAGSTONE PATIOS Mortar Repair. Call George 214-498-2128

CONCRETE, Driveway Specialist Repairs, Replacement, Removal, References. Reasonable.

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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

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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 Great Rates! Keith 214-295-6367

Swimming Pool Remodels Patios Stone work • Stamp Concrete 972-727-2727

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ELECTRICAL SERVICES

4 U ELECTRICAL SERVICE, LLC We will be there 4 U. 972-877-4183

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

Family Owned/Operated. Insd. 214-328-1333

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

LAKEWOOD ELECTRICAL Local. Insured. Lic. #227509 Call Rylan 214-434-8735

MORIN ELECTRIC New/Remodel.Com/Res. Panel Changes/Full Services. All Phases. All Service Work. 469-230-7438. TECL2293

TEXAS ELECTRICAL • 214-289-0639 Honest, Quality. TECL 24668 CCs accepted.

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

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

LIC#17141

PC ELECTRIC 214.533.5949 call.text.email thepcelectric.com

EXTERIOR CLEANING

BLOUNTS HAULING/TRASH SERVICE blountsjunkremovaldfw.com 214-275-5727

FENCING & DECKS

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

4 QUALITY FENCING Call Mike 214-507-9322

Specializing in Wood, New or Repair.

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

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM Decks,Doors, Carpentry, Remodeling 214-435-9574

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK

New & Repair. Free Estimates.

Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975

Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com

All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers

FENCE & IRON CO.

214.692.1991

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

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FIREPLACE SERVICES

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

FLOORING & CARPETING

ALL WALKS OF FLOORS 214-616-7641

Carpet, Wood, Tile Sales/Service Free Estimates

BEAR FOOT HARDWOODS 214-734-8851

Complete Hardwood Flooring Services

DALLAS CARPET OUTLET Carpet/Wood/Tile. dallascarpetoutlet.com 214-342-1100

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

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

HASTINGS STAINED CONCRETE New/ Remodel. Stain/Wax Int/Ext. Nick. 214-341-5993. www.hastingsfloors.com

N-HANCE WOOD RENEWAL. No Dust. No Mess. No Odor. nhance.com. 214-321-3012.

WILLEFORD HARDWOOD FLOORS 214-824-1166 • WillefordHardwoodFloors.com

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FOUNDATION REPAIR

• Slabs • Pier & Beam

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• Free Estimates

• Over 20 Years Exp. 972-288-3797

We Answer Our Phones

GARAGE DOORS

ROCKET GARAGE DOOR SERVICE -24/7. Repairs/Installs. 214-533-8670. Coupon On Web. www.RocketDoorService.com

UNITED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES Res/Com. Locally Owned.214-826-8096

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

A FATHER, SON & GRANDSON TEAM Expert Window Cleaning. Haven 214-327-0560

CLEARWINDOWSANDDOORS.COM

Replacement Windows & Doors Free Estimate 214-274-5864

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR custom mirrors • shower enclosures store fronts • casements 214-349-8160

ROCK GLASS CO Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 214-837-7829

HANDYMAN SERVICES

#1 AT BIG JOBS. NO JOB TOO SMALL. 40+ years exp. Ron Payne 214-755-9147

A R&G HANDYMAN Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Fencing, Roofing, Light Hauling. Ron or Gary 214-861-7569, 469-878-8044

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, Glass, Tile, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 25 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

BO HANDYMAN Specializing In Historic Home Renovations & Pro Remodels. Custom Carpentry, Doors, Kitchens, Baths & more. 214-437-9730

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

HANDYMAN SPECIALIST Residential/ Commercial. Large, small jobs, repair list, renovations. Refs. 214-489-0635

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of construction. No job too small 214-327-4606

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

HOLIDAY DECORATING

Holiday Lighting Installation

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Installation, removal, and materials provided.

Call Jake Geary for quote: 972-591-8383

HOUSE PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work. Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634 or 972-475-3928

#1 GET MORE PAY LES

Painting. 85% Referrals. Free Est. 214-348-5070

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

A1 TOP COAT Professional. Reliable. References. TopCoatOfTexas.com 214-770-2863

ABRAHAM PAINT SERVICE A Women Owned Business 25 Yrs. Int/Ext. Wall Reprs. Discounts On Whole Interiors and Exteriors 214-682-1541

ALL TYPES Painting & Repairs. A+ BBB rating. Any size jobs welcome. Call Kenny 214-321-7000

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality

Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS, LLC

Complete Painting Interior/Exterior, Stain Etc. Custom Finishes, Custom Texture, Custom Trim www.blake-construction.com

Fully Bonded & Insured. 214-563-5035

MANNY’S HOME PAINTING & REPAIR

Int./Ext. Sheetrock. Manny 214-334-2160

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

ROMEO’S PAINTING INT/EXT. Drywall, Damage Repair. Prep House To Sell. 214-789-0803

TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work

Since 1984. INT/EXT 214-755-2700

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 469-774-7111

HOUSE PAINTING

Exterior & Interior Painting Professionals

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KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

BATHTUB, COUNTERTOP & TILE Resurfacing: Walls, Tub Surrounds, Showers. Glaze or Faux Stone finishes. Affordable Alternative to Replacement! 972-323-8375. PermaGlazeNorthDallas.com

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

Complete Kitchen And Bath Remodels Tile, Granite, Marble, Travertine, Slate Bonded And Insured. 214-563-5035 www.blake-construction.com

FENN CONSTRUCTION Any Tile Anywhere. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

HANDY DAN “The Handyman” Remodels Done Right. handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

MELROSE TILE James Estrello Sr.-installer,40 Yrs. Exp. MelroseTile.com 214-384-6746

TOM HOLT TILE 30 Yrs Experience In Tile, Backsplashes & Floors. Refs. Avail. 214-770-3444 WE

• Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

• Cultured Marble

• Kitchen Countertops

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

A BETTER TREE COMPANY • JUST TREES Complete tree services. Tree & Landscape Lighting! Mark 214-332-3444

A&B LANDSCAPING Full Landscape & Lawn Care Services. Degreed Horticulturist. 214-534-3816

AYALA’S LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE Call the Land Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

25+ Years Experience

469.774.3147

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WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS

Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232

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Drywall Doors Senior Safety Carpentry Small & Odd Jobs And More! 972-308-6035 HandymanMatters.com/dallas

WHITE ROCK PAINTING

References. Mark Reindel 214-321-5280

BRIAN GREAM

PAINTING

BLOUNTS TREE SERVICE Summer Special 20% Off Tree Work. 45 yrs exp. Insured. 214-275-5727

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

Trim, Remove, Stump Grind. Free Est. Insured. 214-823-6463

COLE’S LAWN CARE • 214-327-3923

Quality Service with a Personal Touch.

COVINGTON’S NURSERY & LANDSCAPE CO.

5518 Pres. George Bush Hwy. Rowlett 972-475-5888 covingtonnursery.com

TO ADVERTISE 214.560.4203

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

FOREVERLAWNTEXAS.COM George Berre. Quality Synthetic Grass, Free Est. 214-263-0828

GREENSKEEPER Fall Clean Up & Color. Sodding, Fertilization. Lawn Maintenance & Landscape. Res/Com. 214-546-8846

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

Sprinkler & Valve Repair/ Rebuild Older Systems. Lic. #1742. 214-398-8061

PARADISELANDSCAPES.NET 214-328-9955

Installations of Fine Gardens, Patios, Paths & more!

RONS LAWN Organic Solutions. Not Environmental Pollution. Landscape & Maintenance 972-222-LAWN (5296)

SERIOUSLY METICULOUS Verdant Grounds. 214-763-0492

TAYLOR MADE IRRIGATION Repairs, service, drains. 30+ years exp. Ll 6295 M-469-853-2326. John

THE POND MAN Water Gardens

Designed & Installed. Drained & Cleaned. Weekly Service. Jim Tillman 214-769-0324

TRACY’S LAWN CARE • 972-329-4190

Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

U R LAWN CARE Maintenance. Landscaping. Your Personal Yard Service by Uwe Reisch uwereisch@yahoo.com 214-886-9202

WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS Professionals, Experts, Artists. Trim, Rmv, Cable Repair, Cavity-Fill Stump Grind. Emergency Hazards. Insd. Free Est. 972-803-6313

MOVING

ALL-TEX MOVERS Free Estimates. 11Yr. BBB Member. www.all-texmovers.com 214-869-6566

PEST CONTROL

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL

Keeping the environment, kids, pets in mind. Organic products avail. 972-564-2495

McDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 +Tax for General Treatment

Average Home, Interior, Exterior & Attached Garage

Quotes for Other Services 214-328-2847

Lakewood Resident

PLUMBING

A2Z PLUMBING 214-727-4040

All Plumbing Repairs. Slab Leak Specialists. Licensed & Insured. ML# M36843.

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521 # M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues. plumberiffic69@gmail.com

Sewers • Drains • Bonded 24 Hours/7 Days *Joe Faz 214-794-7566 - Se Habla Español*

ARRIAGA PLUMBING: Faucet, Sewer, Sink Repairs. Water Leaks. Water Heaters, Gas Testing. Remodels, Shower Pans, Stoppages. Insured. Lic 20754. Since the 80’s 214-321-0589, 214-738-7116,CC’s Accptd

HAYES PLUMBING INC. Repairs. Insured, 214-343-1427 License M13238

JUSTIN’S PLUMBING SERVICE

For All Your Plumbing Needs. ml#M24406 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

Over 30 Yrs Exp. Licensed/Insured. 214-732-4769, 214-562-2360

POOLS

ADAIR POOL & SPA SERVICE

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

DFWPOOLCHEMICAL.COM Never Pay Retail

Again. Chemicals, Parts, Motors, Etc.

LOCK’S POOL SERVICE - 469-235-2072 40 years experience. Pool Electrical TICL #550

MICHAEL’S POOL SERVICE

Maintenance & Repair 214-727-7650

ROOFING & GUTTERS

A&B GUTTER 972-530-5699

BERT ROOFING INC.

OPTOMETRIST

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SOMEONE JACKED THE GENERATORS.

Brenda Barnhart runs a small business — selling concessions and fried pies at area carnivals and other similar events. It is a challenge for a small-business owner to make a profit and unexpected major expenditures can really hurt the bottom line.

The Victim: Brenda Barnhart

The Crime: Theft

Date: Saturday, Sept. 21

Time: Between 4:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.

Location: 10200 block of Northwest Highway

Unfortunately, Barnhart felt this personally while selling at a function. While she was gone for just a short time from her concessions booth, someone made off with her Honda electric generators.

Her mother, Joy Barnhart, spoke with the Advocate on behalf of her daughter about the crime and says it definitely has set back her small business a bit. They were holding out hope that the generators might be found by the police.

“She needs all the help she can get right now because they had to buy two new generators after this,” she said.

$2.2 MILLION $1 MILLION

“The generators are certainly expensive. The entire ordeal has been frustrating.”

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says to always secure expensive items, even if they are in public places. A little extra precaution can always help prevent theft.

“When having equipment that is valuable such as a generator, make sure you always have someone near it at all times,” he says. “If you must leave the property, it is good to lock the property up in a safe place or with a good thick chain with a good lock that would make it difficult for anyone to cut.”

Amount of bail originally set for Brian Cloninger, the 45-year-old man accused of, without known cause, shooting a child in the face while he was playing outside his Royal Lane and Abrams Road apartment

Amount of Cloninger’s bail after a judge ordered it reduced

Number of weeks Cloninger’s alleged victim spent in the hospital, recovering from his injuries

SOURCE Dallas Police Department 99

Maximum number of years Cloninger could spend in prison if convicted of the crime with which he is charged, first-degree felony injury to a child

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

ETHNICITY AND EDUCATION

Comment. Visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com and search Conversations About Race to tell us what you think.

So, I opened this email invitation to the first session of Dallas’ four-part series called “Conversations About Race.” The initiative is co-chaired by Dallas City Councilman Dwaine Caraway, Mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas County Commissioner Elba Garcia.

Why did I go? Maybe because I live in this highly diverse neighborhood, Lake Highlands. And maybe I was still troubled by our latest cultural Rorschach on race, the Zimmerman trial.

For some reason I expected a wellmannered presentation that would give attendees philosophical nuggets to ponder. But activists saw it differently. Before entering the Dallas City Performance Hall downtown, attendees walked past demonstrators who educated us about the death of Santos Rodriguez, a Latino teen shot by a Dallas policeman 40 years ago.

The event was well-attended (about 300 people), and the crowd was diverse with whites in the minority. In his opening remarks, Caraway mentioned that anyone who became disruptive would be escorted out. (That seemed a bit harsh.) Just before the planned program, Caraway introduced our own District 10 councilman, Jerry Allen. I was surprised, but why? So often, Allen and I seem to blaze the same trail.

The topic was media’s role in por-

traying race. Six panelists from local media did their best to respond, despite frequent outbursts from the audience, which included protestors affiliated with the group outside (they had their say and were escorted out); various shouts from the audience either asking questions or answering them; and one man attempting to divert the conversation to the virtues of showing ID before voting.

Ultimately, Rawlings delivered the planned apology for the death of Santos Rodriguez. Once the applause died down, he set the stage for future sessions. Rawlings said we need to “move from a calcification of classification, to recognizing the differences within our differences … I’ll tell you one thing I’ve learned as mayor: It is an unbelievable spectrum, going from weird colors to bright colors, you name it.”

Afterward, I wandered outside and paused to watch the demonstrators basking in the afterglow of the mayor’s apology. The last thing I expected was that someone might speak to me.

“Let me ask you something.”

She was an African-American woman with gray hair. “Why’d you come?” she said.

I was speechless. I had come because race relations today seem hopelessly mired in complication and mistrust, and I wish we could find a way out of our “calcification,” to use the mayor’s word. I can write that now, but I was tonguetied at the time.

“I’m trying to put myself in your place,” the lady, Barbara Record, said to me. “I’m thinking, I’m white, everything’s good for me, why would I come out here on a Saturday?”

“I don’t feel like everything is OK,” I said. I stumbled through some words about how our schools in Richardson ISD are integrated, but it didn’t seem to be enough. I learned she was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School. She and I eventually parted ways with smiles on our faces.

A few days later, I called Jerry Allen to ask him why he was involved with the series.

“I was there to support Dwaine Caraway in this endeavor,” Allen said. “He and I have a lot of respect for each other.”

From reading the paper, you’d never know our council members ever work together on anything. But Rawlings had made that exact point about the media’s reporting of race-related issues. Too often, media thrive on conflict.

“Are we perfect? No,” Allen said of District 10. “Are we doing our best and getting better? I think so.”

Allen believes that talk will only take us so far. Real progress comes from action. He said he sees positive action daily in our local schools and after-school programs.

“For me, it’s simple,” he said. “It all comes down to the second greatest commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.”

The next session is planned for Saturday, Dec. 7 at City Hall council chambers. A session especially for youth is set for Dec. 21 at Dallas Performance Hall.

“Young people think about things differently,” Rawlings noted at the presentation. “And if we believe in diversity, we’ve got to have young people in the conversation.”

‘I’m white, everything’s good for me, why would I come out here on a Saturday?’

Ellen Raff, a neighborhood resident, writes a 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.