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WHAT YOU’RE MISSING

Shady’s Burger Joint coming to old T-Hee’s spot Syrian refugees will settle in Lake Highlands area

Thieves hit newly resettled refugees in the Lake Highlands area: ‘We lost everything,’ says father of three

Survey results: RISD bond and crowded schools

Lake Highlands Town Center targeted for new apartment project

THE DIALOGUE

SURVEY RESULTS FOR THE RISD BOND AND OVER-CROWDING ISSUE

“Pleasemakesureeveryoneisaware that a multipurpose indoor facility at each high school is up for discussion. Many LH’ers are like me in that they want their kids to compete on level with the best schools in DFW. We want top notch athletic facilities on the bond.” — LHWildcat

MORE APARTMENTS PLANNED AT THE TOWN CENTER?

“Lake Highlands needs more apartments just as much as the Sahara needs more sand or General Custer needed more Indians. That said, I am all in favor of mixed-use rail station facilities that are done with the quality of planning and execution that has been executed at Mockingbird Station. What the City of Dallas has failed to do, and is absolutely essential, is to find and emulate the best practice regulations that will insure that multi-family complexes, both currently in place and proposed, have sinking funds and protocols to insure that the entire complex is well maintained and safe for occupancy.” — Dormand

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Thanks for the memories

A collection of our favorite photos from 2015 and the stories behind them.

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Crime solutions

Fixing Lake Highlands’ problems will take work, but this should be a good year.

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Gorgeous at 50

The Dutch Art Gallery announces an event-filled 2016.

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Good, clean food

It’s easier than ever to find wholesome and delicious food in our neighborhood.

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In business

Openings,expansions and other White Rock area biz news.

David Park, Lake Highlands High School graduate and filmmaker, posed

while attending a horror convention near Dallas. He had just two minutes to spare, so the photographer grabbed one of the women peddling vodka to event goers, who added texture to the image. Park was featured in the September 2015 issue. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

ON THE COVER: Cliff Hume practices his cast from a White Rock Lake pier, without a hook. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

BAD BUSINESS

City politicians take their best customers for granted

In business, the holy grail is a new customer: There’s no bad blood from working together for years, only optimism about future profitability. So companies tend to focus on newbies to the detriment of existing customers.

Yet the single, most-profitable asset a company has is a satisfied customer, someone who benefits from the company’s services and is willing to indefinitely buy its products.

That should be the way city government looks at taxpaying citizens: Those of us who live in Dallas are the city’s most profitable customers. We already pay taxes and fees, and many of us have large investments in our homes and businesses. We’re already motivated customers.

So why do the politicians steering city government continue to focus on attracting new people, to the apparent neglect of those of us already here? It’s pretty simple: They know we don’t vote when we get the chance in council elections, and we don’t pay attention to what’s going on the rest of the time.

Street repairs are the most obvious example: It has been nearly a year since we began our most recent annual discussion about the horrible condition of city streets. In a few months, when winter’s damage is done, we’re going to have about the same catastrophic number of potholes we had last year, despite all kinds of promises to start solving the problem. We know city employees are making an effort to repair potholes with the tools they’ve been given; we see them out there every day.

But we also know this is a billion-dollar problem, and we — the city’s best customers — were told by the city manager that we could only afford $20 million or so to fix it.

That’s barely enough to keep up with further street degradation.

So what solution was offered? Let’s put minimal money in this year’s city budget, just enough to tread water with street repairs, and focus on the next bond program in 2017.

But instead of taking a deep breath and funding our street problems completely beginning in 2017, they’re talking about focusing a chunk of the bond program on yet another $250 million in convention center upgrades (new customers), while downplaying the $1 billion in street repairs (existing customers), $200 million in needed repairs to existing arts and cultural affairs venues (existing customers), and for all we know, sneaking millions more into the can’t-be-killed, now-non-meandering Trinity Tollway, which benefits just about everyone except Dallas residents since it’s essentially an expressway to bypass the city.

So why do the politicians steering city government continue to focus on attracting new people, to the apparent neglect of those of us already here?

It’s not too early to pay attention to what some of our politicians are planning to do with our money. Their continued focus seems to be attracting new customers with various tax abatements for relocating companies, entertaining conventioneers who are often one-and-done visitors, and facilitating the drive-times of suburbanites eager to pass through Dallas on the way from one suburb to another.

Meanwhile, their “best customers” those of us who are already here — get to suck on the short straw again while our vehicles and bodies take another year’s pounding on crappy city streets.

That’s not the way to keep the most profitable customers happy, and the political guys know it. They just don’t seem to care.

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At home on a recent Saturday night, Murray Morgan heard the pop of gunshots. He counted 20. The next day he quipped to neighbors that the shooter must have terrible aim, since no murders were reported. Morgan lives in Woodbridge, a pretty enclave abutting the Forest-Audelia area, a sector that appears annually on the Dallas Police Department’s list of high-crime hotspots. Woodbridge residents are

In Lake Highlands, what most needs fixing?

Lake Highlands is poised for big improvements — I-635 road improvements should be done by 2021, new developments along Northwest Hwy., Walnut Hill and Central, and the changes coming to Vickery Meadows, to name a few. We’ve got to provide a method for citizens to have a say in what is planned for their area. That’s what LHAIA is all about. But, you also have to address the crime problem.

Talk about crime, and what LHAIA is doing that hasn’t been tried.

accustomed to the sounds that accompany violence gunfire, search helicopters, sirens. Despite his outward levity, Morgan takes Lake Highlands’ crime problems seriously. Last year he became the president of the Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association (LHAIA), and he is working hard with other neighborhood dwellers and activists to improve the quality of life for all Lake Highlands residents.

To get to the root of the crime problems, I had to look at the multifamily communities — for the most part, crime is embedded within those apartments and seldom spills into the surrounding areas. Over the span of the last 20 years we’ve thrown more police at it and code compliance and more city resources, and all of that hasn’t fixed much. The crime is mostly within the apartments; the solution must come from within the apartments. Crime is currently down due to good police work, but also because more landlords are running background checks, job verifications, and credit reports to help keep criminals out in the first place. Part of

the answer is continuing those efforts. As for what is new, we are making changes at the LHAIA, reorganizing, forming alliances.

Forming alliances?

With so much to do, trying to paint with a broad brush wasn’t going to take care of the details. LHAIA’s alliances can be likened to focus groups. The backbone and strength of Lake Highlands has always been its neighborhood associations. Our Neighborhood and Homeowner Association Alliance will be led by [former city council candidate] Paul Reyes. One of the things he will do is work on the redevelopment of shopping and

Murray Morgan at the Forest-Audelia intersection. (Photo by Rasy Ran)

retail centers. He is experienced, through his job at Associa [homeowner association services], at working with developers, on behalf of residents, to do what is best for the neighborhood. Then we have the Multifamily Community Alliance, which officially launches in January, but a lot of research has been done beforehand. Diana Baker will head it up. She is the chief operating officer of Kids-U, a nonprofit that works in apartment after-school programs. She knows apartment managers, she deals with them, and with the problems of the youth. She knows a lot of parents. It’s perfect. We are going to try to pull the apartments together, encourage them to appoint one or two representatives to attend meetings.

What a lot of people don’t know is that apartment communities, like the Indigo, already hold meetings and they are well attended. There will be 150-200 people at a meeting. You know why? Because they care about the same thing we do. Staying safe. Protecting their property. Once we get rolling, we plan for the alliances to collaborate and foster true improvement. That’s the key word in Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association. Improvement.

Are the landlords available and responsive, and do you even know who they all are?

The problem with the apartment owners is constant turnover. Every five years or so, new owners take over and you start over. That’s why you need a multifamily alliance like the one LHAIA will have. Diana [Baker] works with multifamilies every day, and has a good idea of the changes taking place. There’s good landlords, and there’s slumlords. We’ll start by organizing the growing number of good landlords, then bring pressure on the slumlords.

Are these new positions within the LHAIA filled by volunteers?

Yes. We currently have eleven of the best visionaries and doers in the Lake Highlands area on the management team. LHAIA is constantly looking for qualified volunteers. Experience matters. Finding the right people is time consuming, but helps produce long term results. We’re still building. I can see paid positions in our future.

Homeowners often blame problems — from crime to lower test scores — on “the apartments.” Has your opinion about area apartments changed since you started working with them?

I used to say the same thing. My opinion on the apartment residents changed totally once I got involved. The apartment residents, the vast majority of them, are very good, hardworking people. My guess is that the apartments are 97 percent lawabiding people and 3 percent criminal — the problem is, 3 percent of 30,000 is 900 people. The single family neighborhoods are worried about the crime threat down the street; tenants worry about the real crime next door. We want to form unity between homeowner associations in single family and multifamily communities, and start treating apartment residents like part of the community and not outsiders. As for the schools, that is going to be a big part of what we are doing. We know we need to get the parents involved in children’s education. We’ve talked with the parent teacher associations — what we are looking at now is the PTAs having meetings at apartment complexes or arranging with Richardson ISD or DART to provide transportation to the meetings.

Seems the police are on board with what you are doing, is that right?

The Northeast Police commander is a strong proponent of community building. He sees there are many ways to approach crime — police can’t arrest their way out of this. In November, the police launched a series of community events in the ForestAudelia area, for example. I went and stayed a while. You saw lots of people, lots of kids, families. People from apartments and people who own homes — I’d like to see more of that. I’d like to see it happen four or five times over a summer.

But, overall, Lake Highlands is not all about crime. It’s about people. It’s about opportunity.

—Christina Hughes Babb

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The 12 Days of Christmas

Last chance to visit the arboretum’s 12 elaborately decorated Victorian gazebos. Each one is filled with costumed characters, whimsical animals and winter scenes based on the Christmas carol. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, dallasarboretum.org, $10-$15

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JAN. 2

Dragons and hurricanes

Master puppeteer Sandy Shrout tells a fairy tale, “How the Dragon Got its Fire,” which explores mythology and severe Texas weather. Find out what happens when some pirates encounter an unexpected hurricane in this 3 p.m. story time.

Forest Green Library, 9015 Forest, 214.670.1335, dallaslibrary.org, free

JAN. 13

Mütter’s marvels

Plastic surgeon Thomas Dent Mütter revolutionized modern surgery and founded the intriguing Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. A new biography about him, “Dr. Mutter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine,” is the library’s book club selection this month. Meet at 6:30 p.m. Skillman Southwestern Library, 5707 Skillman, 214.670.6078, dallaslibrary.org free

JAN. 22

Grace Pettis

This Alabama-based folk singer/ songwriter returns to Dallas for an 8 p.m. show.

Uncle Calvin’s Coffee Shop, 9555 N. Central Exwy., 214.363.0044, unclecalvins.org, $15-$18

JAN. 29-FEB. 28

Frog and Toad

This whimsical musical, “A Year with Frog and Toad,” follows two best friends and their quirky egos from hibernation to planting, to swimming, to sledding.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $15-$28

JAN. 31

Too Cold to Hold Half Marathon

One month into your run-more, runfaster New Year’s resolution, test your skills. Race 13.1 miles along the newly paved trails of White Rock Lake’s west shores. Not quite there? 10k and 5k options are available too. Finishers receive medals, T-shirts and additional SWAG. Gun time is 8 a.m. Register online to avoid potential event sell-out. Norbuck Park, 170 N. Buckner, runproject.org/toocoldtohold, $40$89 (group discounts available)

Through Jan. 30 Frida

More than 50 local and regional artists contributed to this show, from curators Jacque Forsher and Jose Vargas, which studies, celebrates and mourns the great Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, 214.670.8749, bathhousecultural.com, free

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“My dad always cooked,” he explains. “I thought it was so cool. When I should have been watching ‘The Simpsons’ or some other show growing up, I was always watching the Food Network.”

Those hours in front of the tube eventually paid off. In late 2013, Duhe and his friend, John Zimmerman, opened the first location of their restaurant, Crisp Salad Company, on Lower Greenville. They had a lot of fun curating the menu.

“We invited friends over every Sunday night for ‘salad nights,’ ” Duhe says. “We did all types of taste testing. We’d say, ‘Let’s see who can build the best Caesar dressing.’ ”

Crisp has a core of 10 salads, including the street taco, curry Waldorf and NY steakhouse. Customization is also an option for visitors, but a rather daunting one — the restaurant offers six varieties of lettuce, 10 proteins and more than 20 dressings. If you’re on the go, have your salad converted into a wrap or flatbread. Complete the meal with a cup of soup and a miniature cupcake, because why not?

And here’s the best part — you don’t have to drive to East Dallas to get your fix. Crisp opened a second location in The Shops at Park Lane earlier this year. No pressure to abandon your favorite burger joint, though.

“We don’t expect you to eat healthy 24/7,” Duhe says. “But when you are looking to, we are here for you.”

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—Elizabeth Barbee

Superfood salad with grilled shrimp, quinoa, apple, corn, black beans and lemon vinaigrette. (Photo by Rasy Ran)

Nature’s Plate

If a wholesome, clean and effortlessly delicious diet is your New Year’s resolution, this new take-out bistro is your destination. Plant-based dishes, including tofu scramble tacos and chickpea jalfrezi, do not disappoint.

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Sweet Tomatoes

Do not fear the buffet — the salad bar at this Old Town eatery offers an alwaysfresh selection of greens, olives, slaws, soups, potatoes, proteins and, of course, red ripe tomatoes.

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Cedars Mediterranean

Fresh hummus, lamb, falafel, pita bread and other Mediterranean staples complement a fresh assortment of healthy grilled and chilled vegetables.

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DASHING DACHSHUND

PHOTO BY RASY RAN

It was a sweltering summer morning at Flag Pole Hill when we documented the No Big Woof Flyball team for our annual September animalthemed issue. Flyball competitors typically are graceful, bounding, quick breeds — whippets, Australian shepherds and bull terriers. Then there is Bandit, a diminutive dachshund-mix. When it is Bandit’s turn, no one would blame a spectator for giggling. His legs are 2-feet long, if that. He’s adorable, all right, but can he clear the obstacles with those teensy pins? Bandit isn’t laughing. Not only does he race with startling speed and laser focus, he also creates an advantage for the whole squad, because in competition hurdles are lowered to accommodate a team’s shortest member. “I did not expect him to be so fast,” says photographer Rasy Ran, who lay supine and sweat-soaked in the prickly grass to meet Bandit at his level. Bandit put all of our preconceived notions about shorties in check and ran away with our hearts.

BEHIND THE PHOTOS

STORY BY CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

For every story published in the Advocate magazine, photographers shoot dozens of pictures, and reporters scribble sundry side notes. Only a fraction of the work makes it to the page. The idea of all those fascinating tidbits that never see the light of day can be depressing — and no one wants to start off the New Year despondent over deleted content.

Hence, we give you the cream of the previously unpublished crop.

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PHOTO BY DANNY FULGENCIO

John Logan’s story is a real-life, localized version of the movie “Awakenings” (based on a nonfiction book by Oliver Sacks) featured in the January 2015 Advocate. Having suffered Parkinson’s for several years, Logan, his wife, children and grandchildren were at wit’s end and willing to do anything to regain some semblance of John’s previous vigorous, joy-filled self. Shortly after undergoing a relatively new treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation, the former airplane pilot, felt — for a brief, shining moment — fantastic. There were frustrating setbacks, but Logan still treasured the improvements, which ebbed and flowed, and afforded him more quality time with his grandkids. Photographer Danny Fulgencio says Logan’s interaction with the children must have trigged a memory from a seventh-grade English class: “My teacher had us look at this black-and-white photo of a little boy and an elderly gentleman. The man was seated on stairs, looking calm, worn and in tack-sharp focus. Half the little boy’s face filled the frame and he was so close to the lens as to be out of focus. She gave us a lesson in critical thinking

— the photo could be interpreted as showing the tested quietude of age juxtaposed with the rambunctious curiosity of youth. It was the first time I can recall understanding that a photograph could mean more than the literal interpretation of a scene.” Without even intending to, Fulgencio replicated the formation and depth in this image of John Logan and his grandson, Nash — only later did he recognize the similarities. One year after the photo shoot, the Logan family is doing “fairly well,” John’s wife Cindy says. “He has enjoyed activities which he had stopped: fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, bowling, hitting golf balls, and shooting hoops. He and (son) Kevin and Nash even have gone to shoot skeet a few times,” she reports. John also started attending regular sessions at Dallas Voice Project; the local nonprofit helps Parkinson’s patients strengthen their vocal chords, which often are weakened by the disease. Cindy adds that Deep Brain Stimulation is not for the faint of heart and the results are not perfect, “but we certainly are better off than we were prior to the surgery.”

REMEMBERING KATRINA

PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

CBS 11 newsman Steve Pickett played a key role in our August 2015 feature about Hurricane Katrina survivors who fled to the Lake Highlands area after the storm, published on the 10-year anniversary of the disaster. Pickett traveled to Louisiana to cover Hurricane Katrina and ultimately became a part of an historic event. While photographing Pickett at his Lake Highlands home, we learned he also is an accomplished photographer — the black-andwhite portraits in the background are his. He and his wife, Rachel Roberts-Pickett collect New Orleans-inspired art, also displayed on Pickett’s wall. He shared his portfolio, which included themes from cityscapes and nature photography to celebrity portraits and artistic nudes.

Photographed for the same package was Lake Highlands native Farrah Gafford, whose life was upended by Katrina. The flood shut down the PH.D program she attended at Tulane University, delaying her graduation until 2008. She continued to research Katrina as it related to urban sociology, race and ethnicity, and she was a valuable source in our story about Katrina survivors. She taught sociology at Xavier University of Louisiana until 2014, when she gave birth to daughter Bailey Zuri Cambrice. Then she moved to Houston, where we photographed her, only because our photographer happened to be traveling through South Texas while we were working on the story (being a hyper-local publication, we enjoy zero travel budget).

CREEPY TEEPEE HUT

PHOTO BY DANNY FULGENCIO

Not at all creepy, it turns out. Last spring, Advocate photographer Danny Fulgencio set out to snap a dozen or so hidden wonders at White Rock Lake. Armed with a shot list provided by the editors, he hiked the dirt paths behind the Old Fish Hatchery, near the lake’s western shore. We promised fascinating scenery — think graffiti-painted benches and photogenic birds — amid towering trees and interlacing trails. Uncovered was something even better than a yellow-bellied sapsucker: a teepee hut, “straight out of ‘The Blair Witch Project,’” the photographer mused. An 11-year-old Lake Highlands resident named John David Aler designed and built the structure, we learned later, after the boy’s father spotted its photo in the Advocate. “We were so excited to see it in the magazine,” his dad David says. “For the past few winters, we have built teepee huts in the woods behind the dam. They get washed away and we rebuild the following winter. My son’s imagination lights up as we build these structures. It’s been a truly great experience every time.” When they returned to area after building the photographed hut, which took two or three full days, they found someone had made use of it. “There was trash, beer cans, inside, and that made me a little bit mad,” John David says. His dad adds that they love the idea of someone going inside and finding warmth or comfort, but the litter is disheartening. More than any tangible result, though, they enjoy the time bonding at their favorite place, they agree. “White Rock Lake is our home away from home,” David says. While slightly bummed to realize our discovery was not contrived by some ghostly draftsman or a Bigfoot, we relished this impromptu introduction to the architecturally inclined Aler family.

STRIKING EXPOSURE

PHOTO BY DANNY FULGENCIO

Inside a tidily kept Hamilton Park home resides a cute young couple, their precious new baby girl, two cuddly canines and about 60 snakes. We arrived last fall to photograph and interview Klayton Mai (a plumber for the family business by day) about his moonlighting gigs as a snake breeder and mixed martial arts fighter. Inside the so-called “snake room,” Mai pulled open a plastic drawer, revealing four tangled hatchlings. The other cubes, stacked in columns and rows, contained one adult ball python apiece. Working in a reptile room can be intimidating, but Mai’s calming, confident presence and patient genetic-engineering-101 lessons made it feel more like a well-controlled laboratory. Safe. His wife Hannah actually made the serpent-populated space feel homey and inviting. Seven months pregnant at the time, she showed us her favorite snake as well as her pet gecko, which she keeps in its own plastic habitat amid the pythons. Her love notes to Klayton, scrawled on Post It notes, lined one wall. As we talked and photographed, the smaller snakes curled in Klayton’s hands, and he draped the big ones around his neck. Most were cooperative models. But one particularly animated, hissing python remained in her box. Seemingly agitated, probably hungry, she raised her head as our photographer leaned in, until they were nerve-wrackingly lens-to-nose. “I can provoke it,” Mai offered. “I can make it strike, if that would make the photo cooler.” (That won’t be necessary, we insisted.) The photo came out cool as the other side of the pillow, no provocation necessary. Hannah gave birth to a baby girl in October. “We had our little nugget Camille Lane Mai Oct. 9,” Hannah beams. She also mentions that Klayton won a televised fight last November and remains 8-1 in his class.

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We first planned to spotlight Lake Highlands resident Sarah Greenman in our annual home design issue (April 2015) due to her proliferation as a blogger on a popular home décor website. But her family was so interesting that the story evolved into a feature about them, Sarah’s art and her youngest son, Charlie, whose birth and life story is astounding. We fell right in love with Charlie and his witty big brother Walker. Charlie has epilepsy, craniosyntosis and cerebral palsy, but parents Sarah and Jack say their little boy has been a catalyst for a million good things. He’s an astonishing child, Sarah says, “and we do not need to fix him.” Our photoshoot fell on an icy day in February. Charlie had been suffering a cold but seemed excited to have visitors. We hunted the Greenman home deliberating

where to set the family photo, settling on the living room, which contained some of Sarah’s canvasses — printouts of Charlie’s damaged brain inspired her paintings. It took time to stage the lights, though, and Charlie fell fast asleep on his dad’s chest. We decided to not wake him. Instead, in whispers, we instructed Sarah and Walker to squeeze in close to Charlie and Jack. Armed with camera, our shutterbug mounted a borrowed stepladder, something the selfsufficient Greenmans had handy. Sleepy Charlie prompted the perfect shot. This academic year, Sarah serves as the PTA president at Skyview Elementary, where Walker is a student. Last summer, the friends and neighbors pulled together to raise money to help the Greenmans to purchase a handicap-equipped van.

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Good as new

Bringing donated medical equipment back to life is one way to reduce suffering and spending

Story by Christina Hughes Babb | Photos by Danny Fulgencio

Recovering from hip surgery, a patient occupies a bed in a Parkland Hospital room. He is healthy enough to go home but doesn’t have access to the expensive special equipment — a wheelchair and a tub transfer bench — he needs to function on his own. So he remains hospitalized, at a cost of $2,000 per day, a bill footed in large part by Dallas taxpayers.

Another, diagnosed with inoperable stage-4 breast cancer, wants nothing more than to spend her last days at home with those who love her. But unless she can install a hospital bed in her room at home, her physician cannot release her.

As a doctor and chief of utilization management at Parkland, Dallas County’s public hospital, Stan Pomarantz saw cases like this daily. He recalls one patient who

underwent an amputation and needed a mobility device in order to be medically cleared.

“He wound up laying there for a week, taking up a bed in an overcrowded hospital, when he could have gone home if we could get him this item he needed.”

In that situation, the patient’s caseworker came to Pomarantz at a loss. He racked his brain for answers as he pulled into his driveway that night.

“I got home, bone-tired after this long day, I pull into the garage and there’s a wheelchair. It had been my mother’s. I’d forgotten it was there,” he says.

It was the solution he’d been seeking.

He approached the hospital board of directors with the idea of refurbishing discarded Durable Medical Equipment, what’s called DME in the business, for hospitals

and patients in need.

“We went around the [boardroom] table — turned out every hospital executive sitting there said they had some piece of medical equipment, from wheelchairs to crutches, at home gathering dust.”

That was the genesis of DME Exchange of Dallas. Pomarantz says some 25,000 to 50,000 people a year in Dallas suffer because they cannot afford DME.

DME Exchange is the only organization in Texas responding in a significant way to this problem.

“There are informal collections and distributions of equipment at local nonprofits and churches, but the Department of State Health Services has safety and cleanliness requirements, and no other [nearby] organization meets those,” he says.

The operation started out small, functioning three days a week out of an East Dallas warehouse. Pomarantz, a few volunteers, including longtime Lake Highlands resident Jim Waldorf, and a staffer named Rigo Rodriguez, who is licensed to repair and inspect DME, managed everything at first.

To deliver equipment, they used a handicap-equipped van that belonged to

Waldorf’s wheelchair-bound late father (it remains the organization’s only vehicle).

Certain equipment, such as hospital beds, must be delivered and set up by qualified technicians, thus the van is essential.

“When I read about what DME Exchange of Dallas was doing, I had to get involved. It was personal,” says Waldorf, a staunch DME Exchange advocate who recently retired from its board.

Due in part to his own beloved father’s impaired mobility, and because he cared for his terminally ill spouse, Miriam, before her recent death, Waldorf understands how essential DME is to quality of life.

“If the person has the right equipment, it amounts to a level of human dignity,” he

explains. “And it is a great relief for the caregiver.”

A group of faith-based outreaches called Dallas Area Interfaith (Temple Emanu-El, St. Rita Catholic Church and Temple Shalom), after researching and uncovering Dallas’ drastic need for DME, funneled resources toward DME Exchange Dallas, which opened as a nonprofit in 2012.

The financial assistance provided by Dallas Area Interfaith helped launch the program, the founders say.

Thanks to DAI and other early supporters, DME Exchange was able to hire an experienced executive director, Lake Highlands resident Betty Hersey, who is the backbone of the operation today.

Executive director Betty Hersey of Lake Highlands and founder Stan Pomarantz at the DME Exchange in East Dallas.

Hersey, who is trim and energetic, despite exhibiting a limp and using a cane, leads a brisk warehouse tour. She broke a bone last summer while playing with her grandchildren.

“I guess I am a walking advertisement for DME,” she quips.

She takes several phone calls in between showing various rooms of the 2,400 squarefoot DME Exchange facility.

There is the back area, a concrete garage where new equipment comes in. It includes a wall of tools that specialists use to repair, adjust and inspect donations. Next is the receiving room, where gloved volunteers armed with Microban Antimicrobial sanitizer disinfect equipment. Every piece of gear, every stage of refurbishment and each transaction is meticulously recorded in a database, partly in preparation for a twiceyearly state inspection. There are two clean rooms filled with hundreds of fully refurbished and sanitized items including walkers, crutches, canes and chairs, ready to be dispersed to clients who meet the criteria.

That is, they must show a doctor’s prescription, poverty at 200 percent below the national level, and a gap in insurance coverage or no insurance, Hersey says.

Like Waldorf, Hersey has been the caregiver for a loved one with special needs. Her adult daughter, Jenny, a 1998 graduate of Lake Highlands High School, has Down Syndrome. Lately Jenny has been refusing

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to speak, Hersey says, a frustrating development. But Jenny loves dining out, so Hersey forces Jenny to order the food she wants when they go to a restaurant. Jenny, who really wants to eat, reluctantly communicates.

It’s this sort of anecdote that offers insight into Hersey’s tough, pragmatic style of supportiveness and kindness.

She is straightforward about the DME’s needs: “We need more space, at least 5,000 square feet. Right now we are renting a storage unit across the street. If we had more space we could help more people,” she says. “We need more volunteers — people who like to fix things, who are good with their hands, they can help in the warehouse, and people who can clean the equipment.”

They need a new vehicle, too. Waldorf’s van is in the shop. Repairs will take a day or two. Until it’s done, they cannot deliver or set up equipment.

They need hospital mattresses, wheelchairs and other medical equipment. And money, she says. They really need money.

DME Exchange makes a positive environmental impact, too, she points out.

“Recycling equipment reduces waste from discarded items that would go into landfills, and it saves resources used to manufacture new equipment.”

DME Exchange has been recognized by WFAA TV station’s Project Green, which fi-

nancially rewards environmentally responsible nonprofits.

“We are small, but we are doing big work,” Hersey says, noting that they have served 1,247 individuals and provided 1,868 pieces of durable medical equipment to patients since opening three years ago.

“The hospital and social workers and the people we help are so grateful for what we do for them,” Hersey says.

Before rushing off to a DME Exchange fundraising event, she shares a letter from a recent customer:

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” it reads. “The donation of medical equipment to me has made my life and my transition from the hospital an amazing journey. I did not know how I could manage – but y’all made it possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!”

HOW TO HELP:

Donate tax-deductible, durable medical equipment including wheelchairs, walkers, canes, bedside equipment and crutches Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. to 12015 Shiloh, Suite 130 (near Northwest Highway). For pickups of larger items such as mattresses or scooters, schedule pickup by calling 214.997.3639.

Donate cash through dfwdmeexchange.org or mail a check to DME Exchange of Dallas at P.O. Box 25575, Dallas, TX, 75225-5575.

Volunteer. Schedule volunteer training by calling 214.997.3639.

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9120 Plano Rd. Dallas / 214.348.3220 / www.highlanderschool.com Founded in 1966, Highlander offers an enriched curriculum in a positive, Christian-based environment. By limiting class size, teachers are able to build a strong educational foundation to ensure confidence in academics, athletics, and the creative and performing arts. Highlander offers a “classic” education which cannot be equaled. Monthly tours offered; call for a reservation.

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Lake Highlands High School graduate Reece Morrison will play football for the University of Oklahoma next season. Reece was officially to walk on as a punter, and he will begin classes and workouts with the team this month. Reece, who was a punter for the Wildcats, delayed college after he was not recruited by a Division I team his senior year. He’s spent the past six months attending football camps, including Chris Sailer’s national camp in Los Angeles, where he gained the attention of recruiters from OU and other universities.

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Thirty-three Lake Highlands High School students have excelled in the National Math and Science Initiative’s Advanced Placement program. The program launched in 2007 to transform math and science education; the Texas Instruments Foundation provided a $1.4-million grant to the Richardson school district to expand the AP program throughout the district. The students attend intensive study programs and receive $100 for each AP test they pass. In addition to the cash awards, students who pass AP exams save money by earning college credit and are more likely to complete their college education.

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Blackland Prairie Conservatory & Atelier, a new elementary school, is set to open in time for the 2016-17 academic year at 9949 McCree in Lake Highlands. The institution initially will serve kindergarteners ages 4-61/2 -years old, and founders aim to add a grade each year. Enrollment is expected to begin next month. More information is available at bpca.info@gmail.com or on the school’s Facebook page.

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Pre K – 6th Grade / 1215 Turner Ave, Dallas TX 75208 / 214-942-2220 / www. thekesserschool.com The Kessler School offers an innovative academic environment that gives students a solid foundation, confidence, and a love of learning. Located just minutes from downtown Dallas; The Kessler School’s mission is to “educate the whole child,” and provides an individualized approach to teaching – meeting the student where their needs are. Students are educated socially through community time, physically through daily PE, academically through a wellrounded curriculum, and spiritually through a fostering of awareness and individual growth.

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

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

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• 3 years through 6th grade

• Half-day and full-day Kindergarten options

Highlander School

9120 Plano Road, Dallas, TX 75238 214-348-3220

Kindergarten through Grade 12 - Lakehill Preparatory School takes the word preparatory in its name very seriously. Throughout a student’s academic career, Lakehill builds an educational program that achieves its goal of enabling graduates to attend the finest, most rigorous universities of choice. Lakehill combines a robust, college-preparatory curriculum with opportunities for personal growth, individual enrichment, and community involvement. From kindergarten through high school, every Lakehill student is encouraged to strive, challenged to succeed, and inspired to excel.

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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

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Prospective Family Open House

Meet our Principal and learn about our circular curriculum & how we tether our Outdoor Learning Center to the classroom!

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-of-the-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.

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Young girls become trailblazers and leaders in the classroom and beyond.

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Girls actively explore real-world problems and challenges.

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Focus on strength of character, emotional health, and empowerment of young girls.

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2617 N. Henderson Ave. / 972.925.3306/ dallasisd.org/solarprep An exciting new Choice School in Dallas ISD. Accepting student applications Jan. 6-29 for kindergarten, first and second grade in the 2016-2017 school year. The mission at Solar Prep is to prepare girls to become trailblazers in STEAM-related fields and equip them with a depth of knowledge, capacity for leadership, strength of character, and love of self. Solar Prep offers blended learning, project-based learning, tech literacy and coding, engineering, robotics, integrated art, and drama. Enrollment is open to all girls living within the Dallas ISD boundaries, there are no academic entry requirements, and transportation will be provided. Visit www.dallasisd.org/solarprep for more information and to submit an application. Call to advertise call 214.560.4203

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ANGLICAN

ALL SAINTS EAST DALLAS / allsaintseastdallas.org

Sunday worship service at 5:00 pm

Meeting at Central Lutheran Church / 1000 Easton Road

BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Sunday School 9:15am & Worship 10:30am

Pastor Jeff Donnell / www.lbcdallas.com

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

Worship & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500

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 / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.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

METHODIST

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

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

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Welcomes you to Worship

8:30 & 11:00 am / Church School 9:35 am / Childcare provided.

UNITY

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path for Spiritual Living

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

Sundays: 9:00 am Early Service, 11:00 am Celebration Service

OPPOSABLE THUMBS AND MINDS

We have the option to rise above our animal instincts

Humans and other primates have what are called “opposable thumbs.” The thumbs on our hands allow us to grasp things that would otherwise elude our ability to possess them. By pinching our thumb against our other fingers, we can take hold of something instead of only touching or feeling it.

Humans also have what business professor Roger Martin has called “opposable minds.” We can hold two or more opposing ideas in our mind at the same time. That ability separates us from animals, which operate in a stimulus-response/ red-tooth-and-claw/survival-of-the-fittest mode all the time.

Humans feel but also think. We can stand over against our pain or sense of being threatened and ask what we might do with that instead of only reacting to preserve and protect ourselves.

We can love. We can sacrifice ourselves for others. We can put ourselves in harm’s way on purpose for a higher purpose.

Yet, too often we don’t. We devolve to our animal instincts in our greed (“I’ll get mine even at the expense of yours”), in our nationalism (“My country is exceptional and can be trusted to act righteously against your country”), in our politics (“My view of the world is right and yours is dangerous”), and in our religion (“My faith is better than your faith”).

We could go on and on. And we do. This polarization destroys our communities and our communities of faith. It divides us into camps that should be exposed and opposed. It focuses on how we are unsafe in the presence of difference. But there is no end to it because there is no perfect security in this life.

As we begin a new calendar year and realize the challenges we face together in the world, we need to claim our capacity to hold opposing ideas in our mind in order that we may understand others and not

merely oppose them. We may not be able to convince Islamic terrorists to do what we are asking, but that does not excuse us from ascending to the highest level of our humanity and not descending to their inhumanity. We may not be able to convince an opposing party in our election cycle to think like we do, but we can practice thinking like they do before we dismiss them altogether.

Martin calls this “integrative thinking.” He suggests that only when we grapple in a uniquely human way with opposing

ideas will the possibility of a leap to new thinking take place. This is not a compromise he advocates; it’s a third way that can only emerge from the sympathy that derives from our grasping differences with our opposable minds.

The great faith traditions show us the way. Moses learns that God hears the cries of the weak, and that weak and strong alike should be subject to the same Law and not to the laws of the powerful. Jesus embodies the unity of the seemingly opposing realms of divine and human, and he teaches that loving God and loving neighbor are one thing, not two. The Qur’an teaches that the murder of one human being amounts to the murder of all humanity, and that the saving of one human being is like the saving of all.

As Benjamin Franklin put it, “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”

We can love. We can sacrifice ourselves for others. We can put ourselves in harm’s way on purpose for a higher purpose. Yet, too often we don’t.

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.

BUSINESS BUZZ

The lowdown on what’s up with neighborhood businesses

Burgers and more

Shady’s Burger Joint could open as soon as March in the former T-Hee Greetings space at Walnut Hill and Audelia. The owners opened the first Shady’s near Canyon Creek Country Club in Richardson three years ago. The menu includes burgers, sandwiches, tacos and salads, plus local beer on tap.

Entrepreneurial parents

Amelia and Arik Cardenas of Lake Highlands ran a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015 to launch their holiday book, “The Spirit Post” and its companion toy, a fluffy messenger owl who delivers notes to Santa Claus. The Cardenas say they wanted to offer a positive alternative to the popular “Elf on a Shelf” book and doll. Backers pledged almost $15,000 to get the project off the ground, and sales began just after Thanksgiving on Amazon.com. At production time, the couple said they aimed to sell the first 1,000 packages over the holiday season at about $40 each.

Gardening antiques

The owners of Curiosities in Lakewood are opening a second location at 8920 Garland across from the Dallas Arboretum, and this location has a very specific bent. The new shop, Curious Garden, will focus on selling garden antiques, garden furniture and other custom garden items, says Jason Cohen, who owns Curiosities with his

mother, Terry. Jason’s wife, Barbara, will also run her landscaping design and consulting business, Barbara’s Garden, out of the store. They expect to open as soon as next month.

Music school

A new business called Zounds also appeared recently near White Rock Lake across from the arboretum. The sign on the building at 8922 Garland reads “Zounds presents East Dallas music collective,” and its Facebook page describes Zounds as “a collaborative of performers, composers, educators and producers who come together to bring a rhythm and harmony to our community.”

Not your typical mall food

The owners of Smoke and Bolsa opened their newest restaurant, The Theodore, at NorthPark Center. Tim Byres, Chris Jeffers and Chris Zielke and their company, Turn the Tables Hospitality, took the space between Nordstrom and Macy’s for their new concept, inspired by macho U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. They pulled bartender Kyle Hilla from Bolsa, and he created a menu of cocktails named after national parks. The food menu offers updated takes on classic American food. It also has an inhouse bakery to provide fresh-baked bread to the restaurant as well as breakfast pastries for NorthPark shoppers.

New friends

More than 150 children new to the United States, including kids who recently arrived in Lake Highlands from Syria as well as little ones from Afghanistan and Iraq, met Santa Claus for the first time. Santa’s visits to various apartments in the Lake Highlands and northeast Dallas area were organized by three groups: DFW International, Spanish House and the APCA Asian American Resource Group.

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ART: Draw/Paint. Adults All Levels. Lake Highlands N. Rec. Ctr. Days: Mon & Wed. Students bring supplies. Nights: 1xt month workshop, supplies furnished. Jane Cross. 214-534-6829,

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER More than 500 adult art classes/ workshops from metal to mosaic! www.creativeartscenter.org

FARMERS BRANCH AQUATICS CENTER Visit our new natatorium. Begin swim, fitness classes & open swim. fbh2o.com

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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.

SUBMIT

(Photo by Rasy Ran)

MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

UFC GYM WHITE ROCK Workout Blues? Train Different. Power/ endurance/results. 469-729-9900 ufcgym.com/WhiteRock

PET SERVICES

AFFORDABLE HOME PET CARE Pet Sitting, Dog Walks. pawsitivestrolls.com 214-504-5115

DOGGIE DEN DALLAS Daycare, Boarding, Grooming, Training. 6444 E. Mockingbird Ln. 214-823-1441 DoggieDenDallas.com

POOP SCOOP PROFESSIONALS Trust The Experts. 214-826-5009. germaine_free@yahoo.com

In-Home Professional Care Customized to maintain your pet’s routine

Pet Visits & Daily Walks

of Dallas” D Magazine Serving the Dallas area since 1994 Bonded & Insured

Meat might

Alice Laussade straddles a smoker at Meat Fight 2015. Laussade started the barbecue competition several years ago in her Lake Highlands backyard as a way to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The event has grown every year and now is so popular that the $95 admission tickets sell out in minutes. This year’s event at Trinity Groves raised about $150,000. (Photo by Jeff Amador.)

BUY/SELL/TRADE

DONATE YOUR CAR FOR BREAST CANCER Help United Breast Foundation education, prevention, support programs. Fast free pickup. 24 Hour response. Tax deduction. 855-403-0213

FREE RANGE PORK & LAMB from local resident’s farm. Hormone & antibiotic free.Heritage Red Wattle pigs. Stock up now. Laraland Farms 214-384-6136 carlandlara@hotmail.com

SHARE FRONT ROW

Texas Rangers, Stars & Mavs seats. Tickets are available in sets of 10 games (sets of 2 or 4 tickets per game available). Participants randomly draw numbers prior to season to determine a draft order fair to everyone. Call 214-560-4212 or rwamre@advocatemag.com

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

CLUTTERBLASTERS.COM ESTATE SALES

Moving & DownSizing Sales, Storage Units. Organize/De-Clutter Donna 972-679-3100

AC & HEAT

CLEANING SERVICES

AMAZON CLEANING

Top To Bottom Clean. Fabiana.469-951-2948

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

Family Owned & Operated

972-274-2157

www.CrestAirAndHeat.com

TACLB29169E

972-216-1961

TACL-B01349OE www.SherrellAir.com

APPLIANCE REPAIR

APPLIANCE REPAIR SPECIALIST

Low Rates, Excellent Service, Senior Discount. MC-Visa. 214-321-4228

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898 Serving your Neighborhood Since 1993

214✯823✯2629

CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

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

CLEANING SERVICES

A MAID FOR YOU Bonded/Insured.Park Cities/ M Streets Refs. Call Us First. Joyce 214-232-9629

AFFORDABLE CLEANING Insd./Bonded. Move

In/Out. Routine Cleaning. Reliable. Dependable.

Residential/ Commercial. References. 28+yrs.

Delta Cleaning. 972-943-9280.

AFFORDABLE, PROFESSIONAL CLEANING

A Clean You Can Trust Staff trained by Nationally Certified Cleaning Tech. Chemical-free, Green, or Traditional Cleaning. WindsorMaidServices.com 214-381-MAID (6243)

ALTOGETHER CLEAN

Relax ...We’ll Clean Your House, It Will Be Your Favorite Day! Bonded & Insurance. Free Estimates. 214-929-8413. www. altogetherclean.net

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

WANTED: HOUSES TO CLEAN Windows, too! Great Prices / Refs. Family owned. 20 yrs. Reliable. Call Sunny 214-724-2555. grimestoppershere.com

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED MAC/PC Great Rates! Keith 214-295-6367

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR

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

CONCRETE/MASONRY/ PAVING

ALL EPOXY COATINGS, CONCRETE Countertops, Stamping, Staining & Designs, Floor Demo and Overlays Landscape Designs Call 214-916-8368

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

Tuck Pointing / Crack Repair. Mortar Color Matching. Windows And Door Cracks Etc. Call Don 214-704-1722

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

BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

CONCRETE REPAIRS/REPOURS

Demo existing. Stamping and Staining Driveways/Patio/Walkways

Pattern/Color available

Free Estimates

972-672-5359 (32 yrs.)

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

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

50 Yrs. Electrical Exp. Insd. 214-328-1333

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

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

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

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

EXTERIOR CLEANING

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

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.

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC.

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

FENCING & WOODWORK oldgatefence.com charliehookerswoodwork.com 214-766-6422

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

Decks, Pergolas, Patio Covers. 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

FLOORING & CARPETING

Restoration Flooring

Hardwood Installation · Hand Scraping Sand & Finish · Dustless

469.774.3147

Willeford

FOUNDATION REPAIR

•

GARAGE SERVICES

DFW GARAGE PRO Garage Organize/Reorganize. Painting, Shelving, Cabinets, Storage, Disposal. 303-883-9321

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

Swimming Pool Remodels • Patios Stone work • Stamp Concrete

972-727-2727

Deckoart.com

EST. 1991 #1

COWBOY

All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers 214.692.1991

FENCE & IRON CO.

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

cowboyfenceandiron.com

FLOORING & CARPETING

ALL WALKS OF FLOORS 214-616-7641

Carpet, Wood, Tile Sales/Service Free Estimates

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape. Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 30 Yrs.

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials!

214-343-4645

THE TEXAN FLOORING SERVICES

Wood, Laminate. Remodel Showers, Bathrooms. thetexanflooringservices.com 214-680-0901

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

EAST DALLAS WINDOW CLEANING Power Wash. Free Est. Dependable. Derek. 214-360-0120

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR frameless shower enclosures • store fronts replacement windows • mirrors 214-349-8160

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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. ToDo’s Done Right. handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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

WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232

Your Home Repair Specialists

Drywall Doors

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

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

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

Granite, Marble, Tile, Kitchen/Bath Remodels. 972-276-9943.stoneage.dennis@verizon.net

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

Complete Full Service Repairs, Remodeling, Restoration. Name It — We do it. Tommy. Insured. dallas.tkremodelingcontractors.com

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

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

AYALA’S LANDSCAPING Firewood for Sale! Call the Land Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

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

DALLAS GROUNDSKEEPER Comprehensive services designed to meet your needs. 214-504-6788 dallasgroundskeeper.com

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

More! 972-308-6035 HandymanMatters.com/dallas

Tip: Winterize your home

your home.

1. Change the direction of your ceiling fan.

2. Caulk any gaps in your windows, doors, cracks in walls.

3. Control your thermostat.

PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work.

Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634

#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

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

MANNY’S HOME PAINTING & REMODEL Int./Ext. Sheetrock. Manny 214-334-2160

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

TOP COAT 30 yrs. exp. Reliable, Quality Repair/Remodel Phil @ 214-770-2863

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

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

Complete Kitchen And Bath Remodels. Tile, Granite, Marble, Travertine, Slate. Insured. 214-563-5035

www.blake-construction.com

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

LIGHT IT UP DALLAS

Your lighting specialists. 972-591-8383

Parties, Weddings, Patios, Landscape.

LSI LAWN SPRINKLERS “Making Water Work”

• Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

• Cultured Marble

• Kitchen Countertops

214-631-8719

WE REFINISH! www.allsurfacerefinishing.com

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

#1 WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS Professionals, Experts, Artists. Trim, Remove, Cabling, Bracing/Bolting. Cavity-Fill Stump Grind. Emergencies, Hazards. Insd. Free Est. 972-803-6313. arborwizard.com

A BETTER TREE MAN Trims, Removals, Insd. 12 Yrs Exp. Roberts Tree Service. 214-808-8925

Irrigation system Service & Repair. Specializing In Older Copper Systems. LI #13715. 214-283-4673

RED SUN LANDSCAPES • 214-935-9779

RedSunLandscapes.com

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

WALTON’S GARDEN CENTER

Stop in for home decor, candles, indoor plants and more. It’s time to plan for spring. Call us for design, prep, and plantings! 8652 Garland Road 214-321-2387

PLUMBING

A2Z PLUMBING 214-727-4040

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

AC PLUMBING Repairs, Fixtures, Senior Discounts. Gary Campbell. 214-321-5943

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: General Plumbing Since the 80’s. Insured. Lic# M- 20754 214-321-0589, 214-738-7116, CC’s accepted.

HAYES PLUMBING INC. Repairs.

Insured, 214-343-1427 License M13238

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

NTX PLUMBING SPEC. LLLP 214-226-0913

Lic. M-40581 Res/Com. Repairs & Leak Location

SPECK PLUMBING

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

214-328-7371

MetroFlowPlumbing.com

Lic.# M16620

PLUMBING

REMODELING

Bob McDonald Company, Inc. BUILDERS/REMODELERS

30+ Yrs. in Business • Major Additions

Complete Renovations • Kitchens/Baths

214-341-1155

bobmcdonaldco.net

POOLS

ADAIR POOL & SPA SERVICE

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

REMODELING

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS, LLC

Complete Remodeling, Kitchens, Baths, Additions. Hardie Siding & Replacement Windows. Build On Your Own Lot. Insured. www.blake-construction.com 214-563-5035

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

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. www.dallastileman.com Back Splash Specials! 214-343-4645

O’BRIEN GROUP INC. Remodeling Dallas For Over 17 Years www.ObrienGroupInc.com 214-341-1448

RENOVATE DALLAS renovatedallas.com 214-403-7247

ROOFING & GUTTERS

A&B GUTTER 972-530-5699

Clean Out, Repair/Replace. Leaf Guard. Free Estimates. Lifetime Warranty

BERT ROOFING INC.

Family owned and operated for over 40 years

• Residential/Commercial • Over 30,000 roofs completed • Seven NTRCA “Golden Hammer” Awards • Free Estimates

www.bertroofing.com 214.321.9341

Jeff

LAKE HIGHLANDS

ADVOCATE’S BEST OF 2014-2015 RECAP

Over the past 16 months, Advocate readers selected the best of Lake Highlands. Be sure to visit all of these local spots, and share your pictures with us on social media — we’d love to see you around the neighborhood!

PIZZA

WINNER

❏ PRIMO BROTHERS PIZZA AND PASTA

RUNNERS UP

❏ Atomic Pie

❏ Tony’s Pizza

NOMINEES

❏ Alfonso’s

❏ Grimaldi’s Pizzeria

❏ Picasso’s Pizza

❏ Roma’s Pizza

BREAKFAST/BRUNCH

WINNER

❏ JJ’S CAFÉ

RUNNERS UP

❏ Crossroads Diner

(moving locations in 2016)

❏ Another Broken Egg

NOMINEES

❏ Chubby’s

❏ Nazca Kitchen

❏ Ozona

BURGER

WINNER

❏ VARSITY GRILL

RUNNERS UP

❏ Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House

❏ Jakes

NOMINEES

❏ Go 4 It Sports Grill

❏ JG’s Hamburgers

❏ Keller’s Hamburgers

COFFEE

WINNER

❏ CAFÉ SILVA

RUNNERS UP

❏ White Rock Coffee

❏ Seattle’s Best

NOMINEES

❏ Henk’s European Deli

DESSERT

WINNER

❏ UNREFINED BAKERY

RUNNERS UP

❏ Highland Park Cafeteria

NOMINEES

❏ Casa Linda Bakery

❏ Nothing Bundt Cakes

❏ Society Bakery

GIFT SHOP

WINNER

❏ CITY VIEW ANTIQUE MALL

RUNNERS UP

❏ The Store in Lake Highlands

❏ Makers Connect

NOMINEES

❏ Brumley Gardens

❏ Ra Ra’s Closet

❏ T-Hee Greetings and Gifts

PATIO

WINNER

❏ MI COCINA

RUNNERS UP

❏ Neighbors Casual Kitchen

❏ Lake House Bar & Grill

NOMINEES

❏ Bar Louie

❏ 20 Feet Seafood Joint

❏ Offshore’s Nextdoor

TACOS

WINNER

❏ TAQUERIA LATINA

RUNNERS UP

❏ Rusty Taco

❏ Green Spot

NOMINEES

❏ Taqueria Los Altos de Jalisco

❏ El Rincon De Villa

DATE NIGHT

WINNER

❏ ENCHILADAS

RUNNERS UP

❏ Mariano’s

❏ Top Golf

NOMINEES

❏ Central Market

❏ Bowl and Barrel

❏ Nazca Kitchen

❏ Dave and Busters

PET SERVICE

WINNER

❏ DEE’S DOGGIE DEN

RUNNERS UP

❏ Unleashed by Petco

❏ The Fish Gallery

NOMINEES

❏ Happy Tails Doggie Daycare

❏ East Lake Cat Care Center

BAR

WINNER

❏ GOODFRIEND BEER

GARDEN AND BURGER HOUSE

RUNNERS UP

❏ Go 4 It Sports Grill

❏ The Royal Pour

NOMINEES

❏ Sherlock’s Pub & Grill

❏ O’ Riley’s

❏ One Nostalgia Tavern

HOME & GARDEN

WINNER

❏ CITY VIEW ANTIQUE MALL

RUNNERS UP

❏ Gecko Hardware

❏ Brumley Gardens

NOMINEES

❏ Walton’s

❏ Rohdes Nursery

PLACE FOR KIDS

WINNER

❏ WHITE ROCK SKATE CENTER

RUNNERS UP

❏ Audelia Road Library

❏ Lake Highlands Rec Center

NOMINEES

❏ Dallas Arboretum

❏ Dallas Children’s Theater

❏ White Rock Lake

❏ FOE Pool

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Stay tuned for the next Advocate Best Of contests coming May 2016!

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$545,000 | 3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2,702 Sq.Ft.

JANE PHILLIPS | 972.733.8080 | jane.phillips@alliebeth.com

WHITE ROCK NORTH 9833 VISTADALE DRIVE

$485,000 | 4 Bed | 3 Bath | 2,795 Sq.Ft.

MARSUE WILLIAMS | 214.762.2108 | marsue.williams@alliebeth.com

HIGHLANDS WEST 9025 MAGUIRES BRIDGE DRIVE

$410,000 | 3 Bed | 3 Bath | 2,735 Sq.Ft.

SADA MILLICAN | 214.264.3513 | sada.millican@alliebeth.com

HIGHLANDS WEST 9149 DRUMCLIFFE LANE

$399,900 | 3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2,702 Sq.Ft.

SHELBY JAMES | 214.533.7650 | shelby.james@alliebeth.com

MOSS MEADOWS 8043 MOSS MEADOWS DRIVE $349,900 | 4 Bed | 2 Bath | 2,039 Sq.Ft.

SHELBY JAMES | 214.533.7650 | shelby.james@alliebeth.com

L STREETS 10208 LONGMEADOW DRIVE $342,500 | 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2,235 Sq.Ft.

LIZ CHALFANT | 469.767.7077 | liz.chalfant@alliebeth.com

LAKE

$339,000 | 4 Bed | 2 Bath | 2,584 Sq.Ft.

SUSAN BLACKBURN | 214.912.2455 | susan.blackburn@alliebeth.com

L STREETS 9647 LYNBROOK DRIVE $250,000 | 3 Bed | 1.1 Bath | 1,302 Sq.Ft.

TRACY LEWIS | 469.449.9984 | tracy.lewis@alliebeth.com 214.521.7355 | alliebeth.com

HIGHLANDS ESTATES 10204 MAPLERIDGE DRIVE

STREETS 8620 FENCHURCH ROAD