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Design star

Dona Rosene recently was awarded Best of Houzz 2013 by houzz.com, a popular interactive remodeling and design website that boasts about 11 million monthly users. This is the second year in a row that houzz.com has honored Dona Rosene Interiors, which Rosene operates out of her Lake Highlands home. She says the site is invaluable to her work and that she recommends anyone interested in home improvement or decorating check out the Houzz site.

More convenience

Following the November razing of a longstanding do-it-yourself carwash, a new Kroger convenience store and fueling station is up and running. The new station is located at the southeast corner of Northwest Highway and Lake Highlands Drive (Plano Road to the north), cattycorner from the Northwest Highway Kroger store.

Market watch

Fans of the White Rock Local Market will be happy to know a second location, with different hours of operation, will open nearby this spring. The original, a twice-a-month pop-up market in front of The Green Spot on North Buckner, is wildly popular with Lake Highlands’ and East Dallas’ healthy and environmentally conscious shoppers, so it’s no surprise that co-founder and Old Lake Highlands resident Sarah Perry set her sights on more. The second market will open first and third Saturdays of the month at Lakeside Baptist Church on Garland Road beginning March 9. The Buckner market is second and fourth Saturdays.

Area improvement

A volunteer committee working on improvements to the Skillman-LBJ area met with neighborhood residents at a January meeting. Key committee member Tip Housewright gave a presentation on the current state of the intersection and the committee’s goals: safety, beautification and economic viability. The biggest proposed change will be

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DonaRoseneInteriors an attempt to improve the traffic flow for the surface streets, especially Skillman and Audelia, and reduce confusion for drivers. Once that is accomplished, the committee hopes the area can become a place where people will want to go, rather than a place they want to avoid, he said. Once the input from this meeting has been compiled, Advocate writer Ellen Raff reports, the committee plans a follow-up public meeting, tentatively scheduled for April. A recommendation may reach the City Plan Commission in late 2013 or early 2014.

Tree trauma

Oncor’s director of customer operations, Charles Elk, faced a group of angry neighborhood residents in February after the electricity company cut down trees in and around Arbor Park in Lake Highlands. The trees, at least 30, according to Advocate writer Carol Toler, were removed or trimmed to ensure there would be no disruption in service due to ice, wind or other bad weather. “The purpose, at all costs, is to preserve these lines,” Elk told the crowd. “The lines cost thousands of dollars.” The group wondered aloud whether Oncor had the right to remove trees along the park/easement boundary line, but Dallas Park Board member Robin Norcross, map in hand, confirmed that the felled trees did lie within Oncor’s transmission right-of-way.

White Rock Local Market 702N. BUCKNER BLVD 9150GARLAND

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Boca Chica 8160 PARK LANE BOCACHICADALLAS.COM

20 Feet Seafood Joint 1160 PEAVY ROAD 972.707.7442

Hope’s Clothing and Consignment 9440GARLAND 214.421.0912

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Animal Allies of Texas 972.967.2266

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Lakehill Summer Camps

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DALLAS LUTHERAN SCHOOL

8494 Stults Rd Dallas / 214.349.8912 /dallaslutheranschool.com

SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY BALLET DALLAS

5400 E. Mockingbird Ln. Dallas / 214.821.2066 / schoolofcbd.com

WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas / 214.348.7410 / WhiteRockNorthSchool. com

FIRST BAPTIST ACADEMY

1606 Patterson St. Dallas / 214.969.7861 / fbacademy.com

SPANISH HOUSE

5740 Prospect Ave. Dallas / 214.826.4410 / DallasSpanishHouse.com

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630/ ziondallas. org

THE HIGHLANDER SCHOOL

9120 Plano Rd. Dallas / 214.348.3220 / www.highlanderschool.com

ST. CHRISTOPHER’S MONTESSORI SCHOOL

7900 Lovers Ln. / 214.363.9391 stchristophersmontessori.com

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

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

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

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

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