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CONTENTS JANUARY 2021 VOL.28 NO.1

UP FRONT 6 Click worthy Digital diversions 10 COVID wedding The Shultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14 Dining Casa Verona 16 Looking back Crime in 2020

FEATURES 18 Persevering Local businesses keep doors open 24 Inclusivity Educating special needs learners

Top Drawer Antiques & Mid Mod Shop offers mid-century modern decor. Read about the business on page 20. Photography by Gabriel Cano

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New Year, New House needs. Right Team, Wrighthouse. We hope you had a safe, memorable and fulfilling holiday season. In 2021, our homes will continue to serve many purposes - school, office, gym, restaurant. In a time where home is more essential than ever, it takes the right expert standing by your side to ensure that you get exactly what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for in your real estate transaction. 214.693.1686

As always, know that The WrightHouse Group of Compass Real Estate is here to help you find your place in Lake Highlands.

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HE WILDCATS at Lake Highlands High School had a storybook undefeated season heading into the playoffs in December. But South Grand Prairie ended the Wildcats’ hopes for a state championship, winning 38-14. Lake Highlands fans

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NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT EARNEST GRIFFITH knows just about everyone who walks into

Back Country BBQ. For the past 45 years, Griffith has not only served smoked brisket, ribs and pork, but he has made his mark on the Lake Highlands community. The neighborhood is showing its appreciation for Griffith in light of a recent prostate cancer diagnosis with no cure. Griffith was approaching retirement, but with treatment costs building, he plans to keep working until he is no longer able. “I’ve been at work my whole life,” he says. “I’ve been working since I was 16 years old. I’ve never been out of a job no longer than one month.” Those wishing to support Griffith can donate at gofundme.com/f/earnest-help-for-earnest Read more by searching “Earnest” at lakehighlands. advocatemag.com.

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Art is not being produced on stage right now, so we have to keep it alive in people’s hearts and heads

THE WORD Jim and Linda Shultz installed a “Letters to Santa” mailbox in their yard in 2018. The couple replies to every child, generates a letter on Santa stationery and signs the letter in red. Jim then hand delivers each one with a hand-drawn stamp and a return address from the North Pole.

We have lived across the street for 19 years. My 17- and 14-yearolds have grown up looking out the windows at their lights nightly during the holiday season, and we have planned our Thanksgiving celebrations around their lighting event. —Kathleen Wylie Elliott

So fun! —Dana Sanders

—AMANDA DALTON, OWNER OF AMANDA DALTON SCHOOL OF DANCE Read more about how the dance school pushed through the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 on page 22.

We haven’t lived in Texas for five years, but we all still talk about this house! —Pamela Flory Louvier

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Education updates

COMING AND GOING

n The Texas Education Agency will not issue A-F

Northwest Hwy. reopened after an SUV

school accountability ratings this year because of

crashed through their front window on Nov. 17.

ongoing disruptions caused by the coronavirus. However, students must still take the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness exam. Officials say the STAAR test is necessary for teachers and

[+] Haute Sweets Patisserie at 10230 E.

[+] Ronnie’s Catfish & More held a grand opening in December at 10729 Audelia Rd., Ste. 113. The fast food restaurant serves

parents to understand what students have learned

a selection of catfish, fillets, tails and

amid the pandemic.

sandwiches.

n RISD is advocating for its educators to be

[+] Jolly Jolly Bakery opened in November at

prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine. Superintendent

9241 Skillman St. and offers Nigerian snacks

Jeannie Stone said the district signed a letter that

and a variety of breads baked fresh daily.

asks for teachers and staff who work with students to be considered essential workers and gain priority to receive the vaccine when it becomes available. n After receiving guidance from Dallas County, RISD

is implementing optional quarantine guidelines for students and staff who are exposed to a positive COVID-19 case at school, but not experiencing any symptoms, after the CDC published optional guidelines in December. The district’s new optional guidelines include a shortened quarantine period for students and staff who are exposed but feeling fine. Search “RISD” at lakehighlands.advocatemag.com to read more.

Top Stories n How lighted Christmas trees began popping up

all over Lake Highlands n Lake Highlands woman arrested for abandoning

newborn n Campbell Timmons works to become one of the

nation’s first female Eagle Scouts n 11 Lake Highlands volleyball players receive 7-6A

All-District honors n Undefeated Wildcats claim district trophy

Visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com to read more.

Good news of the day After collecting over $1,400 in donations from the neighborhood, the Dallas Police Department’s Northeast Division delivered snacks, drinks and gift cards to local nurses helping COVID-19 patients. Officer Bervin Smith kicked off the initiative after seeing extensive news coverage of the long hours nurses have been working. On Dec. 11, the division delivered items to Medical City and Texas Health Presbyterian hospitals and the local jail. Smith said the division is looking to continue this support for COVID nurses and extend supplies to other nearby hospitals in the future. Search “DPD Northeast” at lakehighlands.advocatemag.com to read more.

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FIGURING OUT

Happily Ever After NEWLYWEDS RECOUNT HOW THEY STARTED LIVES TOGETHER DURING A PANDEMIC

etting married during a pandemic showed newlyweds Darci and Darren Shultz what really mattered. “In 25 years, it doesn’t matter what our reception or wedding looked like, it matters that we got to get married,” Darci says. The Lake Highlands couple were married on their pastor’s porch March 23 — just before Dallas County instituted a shelter-in-place order — surrounded by 10 socially-distanced attendees. Months of planning for an April 5 event were undone in three days, Darren says.

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“We were able to get married and start our lives together. That’s what was really important.”

Opposite: Darci and Darren Shultz were were married on Northwest Bible Church Senior Pastor Neil Tomba’s porch. Above: Mother of the bride Nancy Arrington carries the flower girl.

Similar to their nuptials, Darci and Darren’s first few months as a married couple were far from ordinary due to the pandemic. They spent their wedding night at a Dallas hotel. “We planned a longer stay, but everything basically shut down [because of COVID] at that point,” Darren says. Darci and Darren’s planned honeymoon to an adults-only resort in Destin, Florida, is on hold until travel restrictions are lifted. But the two say they have made the most of “pseudo honeymoons” through small trips to San Antonio and Fort Worth.

As the pandemic keeps the social security office and court doors closed, Darci and Darren are still waiting on their official marriage certificate. Legally, Darci’s last name is still not Shultz, she says. “You can’t just go up there and make it happen,” Darren says. “We have to go through a few more hoops to make it happen. It takes a little bit longer.” Even with the delay of name changes and certificates, Darren says they are grateful to still be staying afloat as the pandemic causes stress for many families across the country. “In the grand scheme of things,

we’re really blessed that we’re both still working,” he says. Amid the COVID chaos, the newlyweds were able to purchase their first home off Forest Lane in mid-May. Sheltering in place in their new home brought the family of three even closer, Darci says, since work and soccer practice were not in the way. “It was kind of nice just to have two weeks of just him, our daughter Claire and I at the house,” she says. “It was kind of forced family time.” Darci works three days a week as a new mom and baby nurse at Baylor University Medical Center. Darren

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has been able to work from home as a software engineer, which he says has “been a blessing.” Darci and Darren had planned a belated wedding celebration in September, but decided to cancel since a number of family and friends live outside Dallas, work in the medical field or have medical complications. A celebration has become less likely as the couple’s one-year anniversary approaches in a matter of months. “It’s something that’s passing, and at this point, I don’t even know if it’s on hold. The timing of it is kind of gone,” Darren says. However, the newlyweds have enjoyed mini-celebrations with family members that have been able to travel and visit. “Eventually we’ll get around to everyone we have on our list,” Darren says. While the plans here and there have fallen through, Darci says all has made her grateful for the new life she has with Darren. “As much as you’re kind of disappointed that you didn’t have the big wedding and reception that you had hoped for originally, we were able to get married and start our lives together,” Darci says. “That’s what was really important.” Darci and Darren will soon welcome a new chapter to their marriage. The couple is expecting their first child between them in July, Darci says. For couples with upcoming COVID weddings of their own, Darci suggests focusing on the five most important elements of the wedding, such as ensuring attendance of specific family members. “When other minor details fall apart, it’s not as disappointing,” she says. Boiling Darci and Darren’s wedding down to what was important to them was “almost a relief,” Darren says. “For months we were like, ‘Where are we going to have our wedding?’ ‘How many people are we going to be able to have?’” he says. “Don’t be so tied to expectations.” Top: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the wedding was planned for April 5. Right: Darci and Darren’s daughter, Claire, served as the flower girl. Plant icons by Alex Muravev from thenounproject.com.

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DINING FOOD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

The Spaghetti Frutti Di Mare pasta dish comes with an assortment of sauteed seafood, garlic and in-house tomato sauce.

THE PERFECT COMBINATION LONGTIME EUROPEAN CHEF PERFECTS GREEK AND ITALIAN CUISINE PAIRING FOR CASA VERONA A GREEK AND ITALIAN CUISINE COMBO paired with an elegant, yet family-friendly atmosphere is Casa Verona’s recipe for success, owner Hani Nadra says. But the restaurant is rooted by its complementary and famous fares perfected in Europe by chef Wael Sarhan over more than two decades. Nadra and Sarhan were eager to bring these dishes to the United States. “We fell in love with the idea,” Nadra says. “We thought it would be a great thing to bring here to Dallas.” Casa Verona opened in The Hill Shopping Center in 2019. Nadra says the space was an opportunity after a renovation, which resulted in an inviting

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courtyard that the restaurant now fills with live music every Wednesday night. Guests can choose from a menu chock-full of Greek and Italian appetizers, entrees, pastas, pizzas and desserts. Many of Casa Verona’s ingredients are locally sourced, Nadra says. “We work with three or four vendors and we try to pick the best of what each vendor has,” he says. Pizza dough, sauces, dips, bolognese and the tiramisu dessert are all made in-house. The baklava, a rich and sweet Mediterranean pastry, is made from scratch from a family recipe. Many start with the Feta Alforno, which is also known as a “Verona Favorite.” The appetizer is served with baked feta

cheese with fresh tomato and bell pepper, topped with melted mozzarella and served with house-made bread. A customer favorite when it comes to pizzas is the Spicy Porko. It comes with Canadian bacon, crispy bacon, pepperoni, white mushroom, corn, garlic, chili flakes, shredded mozzarella and house pizza sauce. “Very unique to us,” he says. “It’s sort of a meat lovers pizza with a twist.” The restaurant also comes with a full bar and a slew of red and white wines. Popular house cocktails include Italian and Greek martinis and the Saronno Margarita, which comes with an Italian spin, Nadra says. Casa Verona fortunately built up enough of a following in the neighborhood before the pandemic. “It’s been really tough because it hit us about four months after we opened,” Nadra says. “We were just getting to be known. One day we’re busy, one day we’re slow.” While the restaurant’s first year had its ups and downs, Nadra says the neighborhood has come out to support the business nonetheless. “We have a good connection with our customers,” he says. “We have a lot of repeat customers that came in and enjoyed it the first time and keep coming back.” Casa Verona, 9840 N. Central Expressway, Suite 300, 972.707.0331, thehilldallas.com/stores/casa-verona

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shelter-in-place order in March, north and south Lake Highlands experienced significant decreases in violent crimes, they said. Vickery Meadow also experienced these dropoffs in violent, as well as nonviolent crimes. But the area saw a “huge jump” in auto-related crimes, such as stealing car parts, vehicle burglary and vehicle theft, says Stacey Roth, Vickery Midtown public safety coordinator. In these three sections of the neighborhood, crime played out with slight differences over the remaining nine months of 2020.

NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME IN 2020 HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AFFECTED CRIME LAST YEAR

rom the initial lockdown to varying phases of reopening, the pandemic coincided with fluxes in neighborhood crime last year, according to public improvement district officials. Beginning with Dallas County’s

NORTH LAKE HIGHLANDS Drug and gun violence made up most of the crimes in the northern part of the neighborhood before March, says Chuck Laughlin, North Lake Highlands PID director. A dip in mostly violent crimes came in March and lasted through part of May. “Crime had started to increase again a little bit as things started opening back up,” Laughlin says. Business burglary made up a lot of this resurgence, he says, along with other crimes of opportunity, such as car break-ins. “It’s a speculation that with people losing their jobs because of COVID, they’re looking at opportunities,” Laughlin says. “People are looking for ways to get by. A lot of them are carrying more money because they’re having to take jobs where they’re getting paid in cash.” North Lake Highlands saw a dip in crimes in the summer months, Laughlin says, but then a spike came again in August. He says the PID was gearing up for violent crimes to rise in September as it had the year before. “I don’t know if it was due to the pandemic, but we didn’t see that come about this year,” Laughlin says.

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TYPES OF CRIME OVER TIME – DALLAS, TX 2020 FINANCIAL CRIME

VIOLENT CRIME

PERSONAL CRIME (NONVIOLENT)

PROPERTY CRIME

OTHER

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Property crimes peaked in Dallas on Nov. 14, a 98% increase since March 14.

The Dallas Police Department launched the Starlight Program in September. Going into October, Laughlin says there was a decrease in more than 30 incidents compared to crime in September. “We’re really monitoring to see what the longer term effects of that is,” he says. SOUTH LAKE HIGHLANDS Property crimes, car burglaries, auto theft, general theft and occasional robberies and assaults made up most of South Lake Highlands’ issues pre-COVID, says Vicky Taylor, South Lake Highlands PID executive director. Burglaries and auto theft remained the most prevalent offenses south of I-635 during the pandemic, Taylor says. But overall crime fell in the area during COVID. “Violent crimes seemed to be the most scarce,” Taylor says. She thinks the drop in crime is due to more people staying at home. “There were less people out doing crime, there was less potential,” she says.

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Violent crimes peaked in Dallas on Nov. 7, a nearly 126% increase since March 7.

“Kids were more in the house with their parents and couldn’t get out and do as many things.” To keep crime at bay in South Lake Highlands, the PID kept in contact with its partners in the community, including local business and apartment owners, property managers and the apartment community. “All these groups working together, crime has reduced a lot,” she says. “It wasn’t horrible prior to the pandemic, and it just kind of stayed steady.” VICKERY MEADOW Going into November, Vickery Meadow was on track to have either a slight decrease or around the same amount of crime compared to years prior, says Roth, the area’s public safety coordinator. “I was a little surprised,” she says. “I thought crime would have been on the increase.” Residential burglaries saw a decrease in the remainder of 2020. But this explains the area’s trend of higher auto-related

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Graph from HiGeorge Source: Dallas Police Department

crimes during COVID. About 50 % of Vickery Meadow’s crime reports was vehicle-related. “Residential burglaries are down because people are home during the day,” Roth says. “Vehicle burglaries are up because people are home during the day.” Roth says she was surprised other crime trends did not bubble to the surface during the pandemic. “I thought we would see more of an increase in family violence or domesticrelated issues,” she says. Family violence in Vickery Meadow has remained the same during COVID, she says. The area’s overall crime rate decrease during COVID marks a steady decline in offenses, especially homicides, over the last few years. “People have spoken to me about the history of the area; they said it would not be unusual for you to have 20 murders in a year in this area,” she says. “In the past two years, we had one year with absolutely none. This year we’ve had two. The crime situation is really getting much, much better.”

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the tough get going HOW THESE LAKE HIGHLANDS BUSINESSES SURVIVED 2020 Story by ELIZABETH UCLÉS Photography by GABRIEL CANO

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These three Lake Highlands businesses, each with completely different offerings, found a way to make it through 2020. Here’s how they did it 

Primo Brothers Pizza New York-style pizzeria Primo Brothers Pizza had to get creative to keep doors open in the neighborhood as they had been since 1982. Just before COVID, owner Brent Linsteadt says the restaurant rolled out a system to facilitate mobile, online, contactless and curbside orders through a Primo Brothers app. He said over 800 customers were using the app by the time the pandemic set in. “There’s just too many restaurants closed down because they just weren’t ready,” Linsteadt says. “They didn’t have a plan or they couldn’t adapt.” This to-go system was pivotal as Primo Brothers started to lose significant dine-in business. Texas Instruments, which is headquartered less than two miles from the restaurant, used to flood Primo Brothers daily for lunch, Linsteadt says. But when the company began working from home, the restaurant lost between four and five thousands dollars a week. Linsteadt says the restaurant began opening on days they were normally closed to make up for lost revenue. Opening on Sundays from 4:30-8:30 p.m. brought in $1,100-$1,200. Primo Brothers never closed its doors. Linsteadt says he kept labor and utility costs down by opening later, when orders were higher. The neighborhood stepped in to support the restaurant when sales were on the decline, Linsteadt says. Just as Primo Brothers had sponsored Lake Highlands High School for past Wrangler Nights, the Wildcats offered to sponsor Primo Brothers instead and let the restaurant keep all sales. “That was really good support from the community,” he says.

Dine-in picked up in the fall, but the restaurant was sparse with a small capacity and spaced out tables to accommodate social distancing. The occasional customer complained about waiting for a seat when the restaurant was at capacity. Linsteadt would give them the option to order take out instead. “I would just be plain to them and say ‘You know what, I’m not going to apologize for being busy,’” he says. Two burglaries last year added insult to injury to the struggle of the pandemic. Each break-in cost the restaurant $800-$1,000 to replace broken glass and whatever was taken, Linsteadt says. After the second burglary took place in August, Linsteadt alerted the community with photos of the perpetrator via a Primo Brothers Facebook post. “It seemed like the sales actually picked up after that,” he says. Linsteadt has plans to expand with a second, 1,000-square-foot Primo Brothers restaurant that was expected to open in mid-December in Sasche. “In times like this, it’s not time to go hide in the corner, it’s time to get aggressive,” he says. “Otherwise, you won’t survive.”

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Top Drawer Antiques & Mid Mod Shop Top Drawer Antiques & Mid Mod Shop specializes in midcentury modern furniture and decor, which are common accents for Lake Highlands homes of the same style. The family-owned business used a two-month closure to redecorate and rearrange the shop to offer customers a new experience when doors opened again, says co-owner Jerimy Spencer. But they did this with the lights off to save money as the business had no income for nearly two months. Spencer feared for the future of the business. Top Drawer Antiques & Mid Mod Shop provides for two households, he says, and it is the only income he and his wife have. Adding to the financial burden, some of the antique mall’s vendors endured their own personal setbacks and could no longer afford to help with rent. “Some of them had been literally

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here since we opened, so that was like losing family members almost,” he says. Spencer looked into assistance for small businesses and for his family. “I tried to apply for food stamps, not knowing what’s going to happen,” he says. “I wanted to have every bit of cash money that I had.” But they didn’t get help from either. “That kind of stung a little bit,” Spencer says. “But obviously we also know that there’s people worse off than us, so we just kind of took it to the chin and rolled with it.” The antique mall held two online auctions in the summer. Once the business reopened, Spencer says they found success through offering personal shopping appointments, which is still available for customers not comfortable with a crowd. Foot traffic started to pick up

and almost felt like it was back to normal, he says. But once school returned, more customers retreated back home for virtual learning. Spencer and his wife had to reduce store hours to help their 8-year-old daughter with virtual schooling. With the support of the neighborhood, Spencer says the antique mall is back to holding auctions once a month. “At the end of the day, we’re still here,” he says. “We’re healthy, we’re happy, we’re fed. As hard as it’s been, we’re blessed.” Even as the pandemic persists, Spencer says he is optimistic about the future. “We’re glad we were able to make it,” Spencer said. “We know it’s not over yet. We’re still struggling, but I think if we’ve made it this far, there’s nothing we can’t do if we fight for it.”

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Amanda Dalton School of Dance Students from the Amanda Dalton School of Dance were gearing up for their May recital when the pandemic struck during Spring Break. They were set to perform classical ballet, jazz, tap, musical theater and hip-hop at Bishop Lynch High School. The school on Buckner Boulevard offers instruction to children 3-18. Dalton made the decision to temporarily close her studio and suspend costs to her clientele. As many lost their jobs and spent more time at home, Dalton wanted to spread cheer into the neighborhood. While the studio was closed, she created free ballet and jazz instruction videos for children 18 months to eight years old on her YouTube channel with over 140 subscribers. Dalton described the videos as “Pee Wee Herman delivers ballet.” The first video garnered over a million hits. The next four videos she put out racked in over 1,600 views. She says the goal of the videos was to help give parents back some time during a stressful period. “A lot of small businesses say ‘get out there and support us,’” Dalton says. “I felt like the neighborhood had already been supporting me for 14 years. It was now my turn to turn around and support them.” Dalton is working to keep dance alive in the neighborhood during dark times. “Art is not being produced onstage right now so we have to keep it alive in people’s

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hearts and heads,” she says. “I feel like I have a calling, and it’s been hard financially, but it’s been the right thing for me.” Even though the dance school’s doors remained shut for six months with no income, Dalton says she decided to not apply for small business assistance. “I have been smart with my business and my money,” she says. “I am a person that feels like you should not take what you don’t need.” The studio reopened in September and has been holding in-person classes at a smaller capacity, Dalton says. All children and instructors are required to wear masks in the building — including 3-year-old dancers. “I’ve lost a lot of clients because they’ve said to me ‘Amanda, it’s not law,’” she says. “And I said ‘I understand, but it’s my law.’”

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Adults are not allowed in the space to keep crowds low, instructors get their temperature taken and everything is sanitized. If an instructor tests positive for the virus, they can only return after receiving two negative COVID-19 tests. Dalton says she is taking each day one at a time as the future with the pandemic remains unpredictable. “As long as I have a little bit of business and a little bit of movement, I think we’ll be okay,” she says. The pandemic reignited Dalton’s passion for teaching dance in the community, she says. “COVID has changed me as a person,” Dalton says. “It’s brought me back to what my true heart is.”

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‘INCLUSION WORKS’ FAMILIES OF KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SHARE THE BENEFITS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL last year, first grader Alora Huebner told her mother, Kristin Milota, she wanted to meet the school’s new principal. Alora had completed kindergarten and was ready for first grade at White Rock Elementary after attending preschool at the Ashford Rise School of Dallas, which nurtures students with special needs. She’d been one of Rise’s “traditional learners” – about 30% of the total student population – who attend with their special needs siblings. When office staff brought Becky Stevens out to meet the child, the 6-year-old didn’t flinch. “My name is Alora, and I want to talk to you about inclusion,” she declared boldly. “There are kids here with special needs, and I see them off to the sides at the playground and at lunch. I want you to know that my sister, Jackie, is coming here in two years, and I want her to be a part.” Principal Stevens, Alora’s mother recalls, was thoroughly charmed. “Well now, that is the best advocate I have ever met in my life.” Two weeks later, Stevens arranged a meeting with Alora, where the pair developed a Friendship Plan to match traditional learner buddies with special needs children in the building. COVID-19 interrupted implementation, but the duo’s Friendship Plan is ready to go.

“Alora is serious, and she will be back,” says Huebner. Many family members of Rise students agree with Alora about the importance of inclusion in the process of education. Integrating students with special needs

“There will be hard stages, but isn’t that the case with any kid?” and their traditional learning counterparts benefits all kids, they say, and enhances the community at large. “Typical learners benefit by learning empathy, patience and kindness,” says Lauren Schnepf, mother of 7-year-old Caleb with Down syndrome and 2-year-old Aiden. “They learn to embrace everyone who is different. We’ve seen this first-hand with Aiden already. She is always cheering on and encouraging her classmates.” Non-typical learners begin to “model peer behavior, push themselves a little harder, foster friendships and gain independence. Bottom line is inclusion works and is key to raising well-rounded, decent little humans Story by CAROL TOLER

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in this very scary world,” she says. Nurturing children with Down syndrome (DS), autism and other special needs can be physically and emotionally challenging for parents – with frequent doctor visits and additional attention needed. Maddie Meyer, who turned 6 this month, was born with bilateral congenital cataracts, which required surgery at one month old. Like many kids with DS, she was born with small holes in her heart requiring routine monitoring by pediatric cardiologists. Despite the obvious learning delays, slower growth curves and weak muscle tone which impair her progress, parents Kevin and Tiffany say the opportunity to raise a child with DS is a special gift. “Maddie has unmatched joy not seen in a typical child,” says Kevin. “She has no preconceived biases or hostilities, and she brings out the best in anyone she’s around with her infectious smile. She has given us a glimpse into the universe that we never would have known without her being our child – a reminder that there’s more to life than getting caught up in the little things that we fixate ourselves upon.” Karolyne Young, almost 5, also attends Rise with her little sister, Kennedy. Mom, Odila, navigates Karolyne’s doctor and therapy visits for a heart defect, a feeding

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aversion and other issues. The challenges, she says, have opened her eyes to a new perspective and brought her family daily joy. “She has one of the sassiest and best personalities of anyone I’ve ever met, which has us constantly laughing,” says Young. “She has taught us to be thankful for the small things and celebrate them in a big way. We know how hard she has to work to reach milestones that otherwise come pretty naturally to typical kids.” “Caleb has a light about him that is inspiring,” agrees Schnepf. “He works so hard to reach milestones and goals, and when he does you can see the confidence radiate from him. He has such enthusiasm for the little things in life, and it’s so refreshing to be able to just step back with him and appreciate things that we would normally not think twice about. He has definitely changed our perspective on what matters in life.” Besides training children with special needs to interact with traditional learners in the classroom, Rise prepares them for the rules and routines they’ll be expected to follow. “By the time they finish Rise,” says Milota, “most kids have years of physical therapy, speech therapy, musical therapy and occupational therapy. They’ve all done circle time. They all know how to walk down the hallway with their hands behind their backs. They all know the discipline of the classroom. Intellectually, they just function differently. Rise is a head start for kids with intellectual disabilities. These kids need a springboard into the general population and into the public school system.” “My goal for Jackie is to have a happy life, to play a functional role in society,” continues Milota. “Part of that is to be included in things like school, because if she’s always off with differentlyabled peers, she won’t know how to exist in society and get a job and function in the world and have real relationships. That’s what I want for her. I don’t think she’s going to Harvard, but I don’t think she’s going to live in my basement. We’ve got to get them somewhere in between.” Milota says she’s seen an increase in the number of special needs children living in Lake Highlands, and she hopes that will lead to improved services and greater understanding by the community. “This whole area, whether it’s White Rock, Moss Haven, Merriman Park or other areas of Lake Highlands, has had an influx of Rise graduates with intellectual disabilities,” she says. “ The studies have been out there for some time now that show that students do better in integrated classrooms – everybody does better, even the typical kids. They do better on academic scores and in empathy and friendship. Now we just have to put that into play. Because there’s still resistance. What we’d love as parents is to see these kids put into the general classroom and then pulled out into speech and other break out session to get their needs met. They’re all used to being around typical kids. They have brothers and sisters. They can learn, they can play, they can eat just like typical kids.” While we were talking, Jackie ran around the house in a floorlength princess gown, playing with toys and willing her iPad to charge faster. She’s overflowing with a great love of music and dance. Patience – not so much. “Jackie is about 50% verbal, and she signs as well as she speaks, so for the most part she gets her message across. But

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sometimes we’ll be driving down the street and she’ll just bust into song – full lyrics of 80s rock,” laughs Milota. “She knows every word of Steve Perry’s ‘Oh Sherrie.’ We had no idea she’d ever heard it. I just laugh my head off.” Parents of traditional learners can make an enormous impact

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he band strikes up the tune every New Year’s Eve as glasses clink and streamers fly. “Auld Lang Syne,” we sing, usually not knowing what it means or why we sing it. I’m not sure knowing what it means would make us want to sing it this year. Based on a poem by the Scottish bard Robert Burns, auld lang syne translates as “old times since,” “old times gone” or, more loosely, “for old times’ sake.” It begins with a rhetorical question: “Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?” The poem waxes nostalgic about things friends have shared, such as running in the hills, picking flowers, paddling boats and imbibing a pint together. The newness that adding a number to the year promises shouldn’t eclipse the memory of the good things behind us. All good and fair in principle, yet 2020! This past year of coronavirus has affected every personal relationship, every social engagement and every business, entertainment, education and government enterprise. Yes, there have been benefits. Families have had more time around the dinner table together, couples have tasted sweeter intimacy and people have taken a sweeping inventory of their lives to see what should stay and what should go. But the downsides linger. We start with the obvious: more than 125,000 infections and 1,250 lives lost to the virus in Dallas County alone. The medical community is overstressed, especially frontline nurses and doctors treating COVID-19 in hospitals. Loneliness is pervasive among singles and the elderly living alone or in assisted living facilities. Jobs have disappeared as businesses fail or flail. School-age children have missed a year of optimal learning. Religious

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Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

E P I S C O PA L ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH / stjd.org

Worship: Sat 5:30 pm, Sun 8 & 10:30 am / Christian Ed Sunday Morning & Weekdays, see calendar on website / 214.321.6451 / 848 Harter Rd.

LUTHERAN CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

So, good riddance to the year past. But the other reason not to sing “Auld Lang Syne” this New Year’s Eve is that the coronavirus that began in 2019 and became a scourge in 2020 will be with us well into the new year. Vaccines are on the way, but the chances of getting back to normal any time in 2021 are remote. We can pray for progress, but it will take more than two shots to cure what ails us. We need to (re)build trust in this new year—trust in civil servants, elected officials, public health experts, media sources and people who voted differently from us. Let’s look for unlikely allies instead of unsuspecting enemies. We’ve got work to do to restore community. The last stanza of “Auld Lang Syne” is worth recalling, along with the chorus: “And there’s a hand my trusty friend! And give me a hand o’ thine! … We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.” OK, let’s sing that. GEORGE MASON is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, president of Faith Commons and host of the “Good God” podcast. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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