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Neighbor’s knocking saves family in overnight fire

A fire heavily damaged a Lake Highlands home, but the family inside was rousted from sleep and saved by their next-door neighbor. The three adults inside the home were unharmed, but the woman next door was treated for smoke inhalation. “She saved us,” says homeowner Scott Mayers, who was sleeping inside his house in the 9400 block of Meadowknoll Drive near Abrams and Forest. “I never heard a thing until she came knocking.” The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Lake Highlands student helps save woman from

suicide attempt

Drew Harman

was fishing with friends at about 2:30 p.m. Aug. 7 when he saw a woman jump off the Interstate 30 bridge into Lake Ray Hubbard. “She looked like she couldn’t swim, so we turned around, and she [was] face down in the water not moving,” Harman says. He jumped into the water to help her, but the woman fought back and started hitting him, telling him to let her die. A passing boater saw the altercation and came to assist. Harman asked the woman for her name, but she would only respond, “It doesn’t matter.” Police came to the boat ramp and helped calm the woman down and take her to safety.

Cornyn, Barr announce $700,000 grant for Project Safe Neighborhoods

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Attorney General William Barr held a roundtable discussion at the North Lake Highlands Youth Boxing Gym on Aug. 21. The discussion included City Councilmembers Adam McGough and Jennifer Staubach Gates, along with FBI Agent Matthew DeSarno, ATF Agent Jeffrey Boshek and DEA Agent Clyde Shelley Jr. Barr announced a $700,000 grant for Project Safe Neighborhood, with $119,000 going to DPD. Police staffing is of the utmost concern, Barr says.

Dallas Police Chief back to duty

Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall returned to duty Aug. 26. Hall was on leave for a major surgery and will be limited in her external activities and public appearances. “She will use this time to re-acclimate to the many projects and initiatives currently underway in the department,” says City Manager T.C. Broadnax in a statement.

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Bella Vista Company recognizes the stress that money management can cause a homeowner and has safeguards in place to successfully navigate the financial part of home building or remodeling. “It’s important to hire a company that you can trust to handle the day-to-day financials and that has the accounting staff needed to distribute all of the costs accurately,” says Bella Vista Partner Sara Haley.

Picking a solid, experienced contractor such as Bella Vista Company is a great start, but most homeowners still have questions about the whole process in general. It’s not uncommon for a homeowner to ask: When do I make a payment? Will work be done on time? Can someone take the money and run without completing the job? How can I financially safeguard myself? Am I able to finance all or part of the construction project?

Money. It’s the big “gulp” issue when it comes to remodeling or building a new home. How do you ensure the job is done right while also making sure your hard-earned money isn’t spent poorly or out-and-out stolen by a contractor?

Lochspring Drive Remodel: Our design process maximizes the spaces you love.

Lochspring Drive Remodel: From the foundation to the finishes, City Bank inspects the progress.

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“These concerns are why we have a tried-and-true process, and we stick to that process on every job,” says Haley.

Bella Vista Company often partners with City Bank Vice President and Mortgage Consultant Patti Hawkins on remodeling and new build projects that involve construction, refinance, home-equity, renovation-plus and purchase-plus loans.

“While there are quite a few moving pieces to the construction and renovation loans, I’ll take the customer step by step through the entire process. Projects are pricey and time consuming. Having an experienced lending partner can certainly assist in getting the project off the ground with the least amount of fuss,” says Hawkins.

Customers are pleasantly surprised to learn that City Bank reviews each draw payment request. “We want to make certain the work completed on site matches the amount of payment the contractor is requesting. It is in the customer’s best interest, as well as the bank’s, to manage the draw process correctly.”

City Bank and Hawkins send a property inspector to a job site each time a contractor requests payment — often 10-15 times during a job — to ensure funds are paid to the contractor to support work that has been completed and approved by the inspector. On their internal team, Bella Vista employs professionals to review invoices and handle payables.

“Mismanaging your money is a valid concern for homeowners,” Haley says. “Avoiding that is the reason to use Bella Vista, so that we’re dealing with the tradesmen, subcontractors, vendors and suppliers instead of you. City Bank and Hawkins actively monitor that each draw payment is appropriate and timely.”

Bella Vista operates on a “fixed-price contract” basis, Haley says, to simplify the financial piece for all parties. “We provide our clients with a fixed cost before we ever swing a hammer. Our clients have the benefit of knowing the number up front, and if there’s any disagreement with a supplier along the way, Bella Vista handles it.”

Bella Vista Company’s long-standing relationship with the lenders at City Bank makes the process run more smoothly for everyone. “We know Bella Vista, and Bella Vista knows City Bank. Together, each project will be efficiently managed and homeowners will have a local team working together,” says Hawkins.

Need help figuring out the financing needed to complete your renovation or new-build venture? Contact City Bank’s Patti Hawkins, NMLS# 414006, at Patti-Hawkins.com or 469.964.0707, or visit Bella Vista Company’s website at BellaVistaCompany.com.

“It’s important to hire a company that you can trust to handle the day-to-day financials and that has the accounting staff needed to distribute all of the costs accurately. ”

Sara Haley Partner

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Lochspring Drive Remodel: After

“Bella Vista Company’s long-standing relationship with the lenders at City Bank makes the process run more smoothly for everyone. We know Bella Vista, and Bella Vista knows City Bank. Together, each project will be efficiently managed and homeowners will have a local team working together.”

Patti Hawkins City Bank Vice President and Mortgage Consultant

From new build to remodel, the team at Bella Vista Company is here to guide your way. We start by designing until you’re happy, and then we use our expertise to oversee the build every step of the way. Our talented team of builders and craftsmen work until every stick, brick and sink is just right.

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THE ROUNDUP

PIECE OF THE PAST

SHAKEY’S PIZZA PARLOR

Shakey’s Pizza Parlor was a hot destination in the 1970s, and the Dallas area had seven, including one at Northwest Highway. In 1980, owner Andy Stasio sold his franchises and switched to C hurch’s Chicken.

COMING AND GOING

[+] COMING

The national franchise Dog Haus Biergar ten has plans to expand from its sole Richardson location into Lake Highlands and Arlington. The Lake Highlands branch is expected to open in the Town Center late this year. Dog Haus serves hot dogs such as Chili The Kid (topped with American cheese, chili, crispy onions and chipotle aioli) and Sooo Cali (topped with arugula, avocado, tomato, crispy onions and spicy basil aioli).

[+] COMING

THE WORD

Neighborhood hero Curtis Jenkins receives generous gift.... Here’s what our neighbors think:

“Of all the stupid crap I read on a daily this is a breath of fresh air. He deserved this. When you put good into the atmosphere, you get your blessing. Won’t always come in the form of a car but it will come back. Job well done Curtis!”

- Dudley Bartholomew Winkler

“Kindness begets kindness! So happy for this sweet, wonderful man!”

- Shanan Myers Richard

“What an AWESOME show of appreciation.”

- Chris Bartee

Vector Brewing, created by neighbors Craig and Veronica Bradley, is coming to Lakeridge Center. The brewery will sell beers ranging from IPAs to lagers, saisons, sours and dark beers. Along with these beer basics, Vector will serve beer cocktails like the bro-mosa, sparkling wine mixed with beer and juice. The brewery will also serve food and is expected to open next year.

[–] GOING

Captain D’s on Retail Road has closed. Captain D’s is an American chain of fast casual seafood restaurants specializing in seafood. The first one opened in Donelson, Tennessee, on August 15, 1969. Despite having great reviews on Yelp, the location was closed after less than a year of being open.

$6,276,000

THE BUZZ

WHO IS RUNNING FOR RISD SCHOOL BOARD?

Seven candidates have filed to run in three races for Richardson ISD school board, but you’ll only cast your ballot for one name this November. That’s because all three places up for grabs are in RISD’s newly created single member districts. The Nov. 5 election will be the first since former trustee David Tyson settled his lawsuit alleging Voting Rights Act violations and the parties agreed to a new 5-2 system, with 5 single member districts and 2 trustees elected at-large. See page 44 for details.

DISTRICT 2: Eron Linn

Vanessa Pacheco

DISTRICT 4: Taler Jefferson

Regina Harris

Patricia Price Hicks

Sakennia Reed

DISTRICT 5: Karen Clardy

$ 597,000 CAKES AND

$ 2,808,000 BREAD, BISCUITS AND ROLLS

WE CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT

$1,567,000 COOKIES AND CRACKERS

$ 506,000 FROZEN AND REFRIGERATED BAKERY PRODUCTS

$2,334,000 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS

Watch out for your kids and pets! Bobcats and coyotes are prowling the neighborhood. A few neighbors have reported seeing a bobcat in their backyards. Brett Johnson, City of Dallas Urban Biologist, gave an informative presentation at the Audelia Road Library on Sept. 11 about bobcats and coyotes in Dallas. Coyotes and bobcats are adapting to living in the city, and Brett dispelled myths, presented facts and shared ways to co-e xist.

GETTING THE GRADE

DISTRICT

RICHARDSON ISD:

HIGH SCHOOLS

LAKE HIGHLANDS

HIGH SCHOOL : BERKNER HIGH

SCHOOL : PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL :

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

APOLLO JUNIOR

HIGH : WESTWOOD

JUNIOR HIGH : LIBERTY JUNIOR

HIGH :

PARKHILL JUNIOR HIGH : RICHARDSON NORTH JUNIOR HIGH : RICHARDSON WEST JUNION HIGH :

Texas Education Agency started grading Texas schools on an A-F scale in 2018. The grades are intended to formance, based on standardized test scores and other factors such as graduation ating are student achievement, school progress and “closing the gaps.”

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READ ABOUT THE IMAGINARY BAKER, A NEIGHBOR WHO BAKES ANCIENT-GRAIN BREADS IN HIS LAKE HIGHLANDS HOME (PAGE 28)

YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL FEELINGS ABOUT BREAD. I DO.”

OCT. 27

BE OUR GUEST

The Dallas Children’s Theater presents the classic Disney fairytale, “Beauty and the Beast.” Catch the last performance of this tale as old as time.

Where: Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman St. Cost: $15-$40 Info: dct.org

5 things to do in Lake Highlands this October

OCT. 1

The Great Pumpkin

Kick off October with a visit to the Arboretum’s Pumpkin Village. The display includes houses made from more than 90,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash.

Where: Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road

Cost: Free with $15 admissions ticket Info: dallasarboretum.org

OCT. 6

Sundays this fall

Enjoy the cooler weather hanging out on a blanket in the park with your neighbors. Sundays in the Park is free and features family friendly music and entertainment at various neighborhood parks. The Oct. 13 event is from 5-7 p.m. at Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center, 12225 Willowdell Dr.

Where: Lake Highlands Town Center, 7160 Skillman St.

Cost: Free

More info: facebook.com/ LHSundaysinthePark

OCT. 12

Red River Rivalry

If you couldn’t snag a ticket to the Texas-Oklahoma football game, you can still yell “Hook ’em Horns” or “Boomer Sooner” in style at the Granada Theater. Watch the game on giant screens with concert-quality sound.

Where: Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave.

Cost: $11 Info: granadatheater.com

OCT. 17-20

Wicked fairy godmother

Get into the spirit of spooky season with these screenings of “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” the PG-rated Disney film starring Angelina Jolie. Screenings are at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Where: Alamo Drafthouse

Cost: $12

More info: drafhouse.com

UP FRONT

NO MATTER THE COST

Mac Boles helped open the New Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum as the principal videographer and told the stories of survivors for generations to come 

Interview by MARISSA ALVARADO | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

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Mac Boles was born in Presbyterian Hospital on Walnut Hill Lane and grew up on White Rock Trail riding bikes and going to block parties with the neighbors. He went to White Rock Elementary and Lake Highlands Junior High and graduated from Lake Highlands High School in 2010 with the “best senior class ever.” If it had something to do with Lake Highlands, the Boles family was always somehow involved. Boles sang a cappella and captained the varsity tennis team his senior year. He earned his Eagle Scout in Troop 890 and completed his Eagle project doing a facelift of the signage in front of the high school. He went to Sunday School at Lake Highlands United Methodist Church and went to “big church” at Lake Highlands Baptist Church. Now he’s taken his talents to work for the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.

How were you involved in the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum?

My colleague Chris Kelley is the founder and namesake of our firm, TKG Communications LLC [The Kelley Group]. We have had the honor of representing the museum as a PR firm for 12 years, with myself being the principal videographer for the past five. Opening this museum has been the honor of a lifetime, and The Kelley Group is so lucky to be a part of an amazing collaboration of professionals who are passionate about teaching the history of the Holocaust and the importance of standing up for human rights. Ever since the groundbreaking in 2017, my job has been to capture the construction and installation process through photographs and video. Some of this footage is already being shown on the big screen in Cinemark Theaters before movies, and some of it will be used for upcoming projects like our annual Hope for Humanity Dinner. The best part of the job is getting a sneak peek of the brand-new exhibition before anybody else does. The technology and artistry they put into this museum is truly impressive. I also do a fair amount of writing for the museum that finds its way to the general public, much of it focused on highlighting the unique educational and interactive features we offer to visitors and student tour groups.

What has been the most impactful experience?

I remember my first time sitting behind the camera recording Holocaust survivor Paul Kessler tell his story of hiding from Nazis in a makeshift hole in the ground. Seeing him brought to tears while reading a letter from a student who had heard Paul tell his story is a moment I’ll never forget. I learned that day that cameramen cry, too; they just make sure the microphone doesn’t pick them up. Seeing a student’s life transformed by a survivor’s tes-

timony is one of those powerful confirmations that the work being done at the museum is vital to the health of our community. We won’t always have these survivors with us, which is why I savor every moment I get to spend with them.

What is an “upstander?”

An upstander is someone who stands up for others no matter the cost. When something’s wrong, you can count on an upstander to make it right. One of the goals of the museum is to teach visitors that anyone can be an upstander and that everyone must be an upstander if we hope to live in a world where all people are treated with dignity and respect. You can always count on an upstander to stand up in the face of injustice, inequality or unfairness. It’s just that sometimes that upstander has to be you.

Can you explain the storytelling and technology behind “Dimensions in Testimony”?

Last year, the USC Shoah Foundation sent a video crew out to Dallas to interview Max Glauben, one of our beloved local survivors, for the new museum’s “Dimensions in Testimony” theater. They set up green screens and cameras all around Max to capture every possible angle, and over the course of a week, they asked him over a thousand questions about his life before, during and after the Holocaust. One of only two such theaters in the world, the theater allows museum visitors to interact with holographic images of survivors as if they were having a one-on-one conversation. Max will be the featured survivor, which means students will get to meet a real survivor for generations to come.

What is the importance of this museum in today’s political climate?

Divisions run deep in this country. Sometimes

“I learned that day that cameramen cry, too; they just make sure the microphone doesn’t pick them up.”

these divisions can foster healthy dialogue, but as we’ve seen with the rise of the internet and social media, more often these divisions can turn into outright hostility. One of the best, most understated programs hosted at the museum is the “Civil Discourse Series,” presented by the Meadows Foundation, which brings together people of differing viewpoints to discuss the divisive topics of our day with decency, respect and lowered voices. You can drop a topic like the death penalty into a Facebook thread and watch the sharks attack each other, or you can come to a civil discourse panel at the museum and see two or three informed experts with varying points of view speak to each other like human beings. I’ll always choose the latter, and that’s just one of the programs the museum uses to foster respectful dialogue between Americans who disagree.

How does this relate to Dallas/North Texas?

The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is the fulfillment of a dream over 40 years in the making. Local Holocaust Survivors first met in 1977 to discuss an institution that would tell the tragic story of the Holocaust to generations of visitors to ensure it would never happen again. Because of their tremendous efforts, the first museum opened in 1984 in the basement of the Jewish Community Center. Unfortunately, genocide has happened again, and it’s still going on today. The shocking reality is that genocide can happen anywhere, and our state and our nation are no exceptions to the rule. We’ve learned that it takes vigilance and a commitment to educate the public about the very real consequences when average citizens don’t stand up to hatred and prejudice. This museum has faithfully served as the ethical heartbeat of North Texas for decades, and with this new facility, we’re hoping to make upstander behavior its lifeblood.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

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WHEN HE VISITS his old stomping grounds in Lake Highlands every summer, Marcus Coleman sees all the familiar, friendly sites — the houses of his longtime friends’ parents, the old high school, Wildcat-Ram Stadium.

But what he doesn’t spot are the dreams of his standout NFL career. That’s because, despite his undeniable football acumen, Coleman had his eyes set more on the Olympics.

“I had aspirations, and I truly believe I could’ve made it,” Coleman says. “But with the way football was tugging at me, it was just too hard to put the time in on the track.”

Truly talented are those faced with the dilemma of which paved, prosperous path to travel to athletic stardom. Though he set Lake Highlands High School records, won the prestigious Texas Relays and, as a senior in 1991, was one of the nation’s top eight track stars in the triple jump, football had bigger, better plans for Coleman.

“I really loved track, and I still wonder what I could have done had I put everything

Story by RICHIE WHITT

into it,” Coleman says. “But I think everything turned out OK. Football was a good choice for me.”

Here’s validation: A scholarship to Texas Tech. An 11-year career in the NFL in which he played for three teams, including the Dallas Cowboys. More than $30 million in contracts. And, these days, a job coaching the game he hopes to ride back into the big time.

“I’d love to coach at the college level, even the NFL,” he says. “I didn’t want to be a coach immediately because, honestly, I saw all the long hours my coaches put in. But I tried some radio after I retired, and this and that. The football spark came back. I had a heart-to-heart with myself and realized football was my itch that I had to scratch. I love it. I want to do it at the highest level possible. That’s my goal, to get outdoors again.”

Which means, of course, for now the 46-year-old Coleman is instead indoors, as the head coach of the Tucson Sugar Skulls.

Before Coleman could blossom into a coveted head coach, he had to excel as a player. That commenced at Lake Highlands High School, where Coleman was an all-district defensive back that led the Wildcats into the playoffs three consecutive years, only to lose a couple of heart-breaking games to annual powerhouse David W. Carter High School.

“We were really good,” Coleman remembers. “Losing to Carter in the playoffs was no shame.”

At Tech, he was the first to play the now-esteemed “Raider” position – a combination linebacker/safety given the freedom to line up wherever he pleased and saddled with a sole objective of following the football. Coleman started 36 consecutive games, returned four interceptions for touchdowns, blocked three kicks and wound up in the Red Raiders’ Hall of Fame.

His size (6-foot-2, 210 pounds) and athleticism attracted NFL scouts, and Coleman was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round in 1996. Under cantankerous coach Bill Parcells, he sniffed the Super Bowl in 1998 before losing the AFC Championship Game to the Denver Broncos. After six years in New York, he signed as a free agent with the Houston Texans and played another four seasons. In 2006, he caught back up with Parcells with the Cowboys, but played only three games before being

HOW FOOTBALL PLAYED MARCUS COLEMAN THEN LED TO HIS REINVENTION

Photography by Mike Mattina/Tucson Sugar Skulls

released and eventually retiring.

Asked which NFL team of the three remains his favorite, Coleman says he preferred a different version of football altogether. “Chelsea was always my team,” he says of the soccer team in England’s famed Premier League. “When I was young I’d watch their games on tape delay, and I just loved them. I kicked the [soccer] ball around a little bit, but nothing organized. Again, it was football that took all my time.”

His career in coaching began in 2016 with the Tri-Cities Fever, an indoor team based in Kennewick, Washington. The next two seasons he was the defensive coordinator for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Indoor Football League, which covers eight states in the Midwest and West. His success in Des Moines — the team won the IFL championship in 2018 — led him to Tucson. As a rookie head coach this year he led the expansion Sugar Skulls to the playoffs.

At Lake Highlands, Coleman played for legendary coach Mike Zoffuto, a disciplined, decorated military man who earned two Purple Stars and a Bronze Star for his bravery and heroism. At Tech, he played for Spike Dykes, one of the most laid-back, colloquial coaches in the history of college football. And in New York, he was subjected to the wrath of Parcells, whose venom often camouflaged any semblance of compliment.

So, what kind of coach is Coleman? “I’m like half-Spike, half-Parcells,” he says. “I’m not a yeller and a cusser like Bill, but I don’t just sit back and tell old tales and jokes like Spike. Add in some of that attention to detail from Coach Z, and there you have it. With this generation of kids, as a coach you must adapt and evolve. What works with one player won’t work for another. I need to draw on all my coaches. I’ve been lucky. I can’t forget my roots. That’s the place that made me who am I today.”

“I had a heart-to-heart with myself and realized football was my itch that I had to scratch. I love it. I want to do it at the highest level possible.”

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Founder Tom Dynan has a restaurant background and his business partner, Scott Piland, has experience in private equity and real estate finance.

“We were mutual friends before this and kind of got together,” Dynan says. “It was a match made in heaven because we have very complementary skill sets and not a lot of overlap.”

Together they created Unleavened Fresh Kitchen, a fast-casual restaurant with an

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emphasis on healthy foods.

“We were looking for a place that was approachable — where people could come and eat multiple times a week without eating the same thing,” Dynan says.

Unleavened started as wraps and salads, but now features all-day breakfasts and protein bowls to keep up with customers’ needs.

“Fresh is our pillar. It’s our compass,” Dynan says. “As we grow and we grow our menu, people are asking for different things, so we stick to fresh. If it’s fresh, we’re going to go with it.”

Current favorites include the lemon pesto

Story by MARISSA ALVARADO | Photography by KATHY TRAN

Unleavened has recently added warm bowls to the menu, the lemon pesto bowl with salmon filet is pictured above.

bowl with portobello, zucchini, tomato, sautéed spinach, crimson lentils and arugula with a salmon filet on top.

“It is by far the most popular warm bowl,” Dynan says. “My kid eats it all the time. She’s a 6-year-old and that’s her favorite thing.”

The menu also features the southwestern salad with grilled fajita steak, sautéed peppers, hominy, pico de gallo, avocado mash and salsa. The Dagwood — a loaded breakfast wrap with peppered bacon, egg, potato, arugula and shaved cheddar — has been on the menu since day one.

Unleavened listens to the requests of customers, including Cannabidiol (CBD) products. The restaurant now sells CBD kombucha from a local vendor and Vibes, a CBD tea and lemonade.

“If you come in and it’s here, people have a much higher level of comfort to try it,” he says.

The most popular aspect of Unleavened is the fact that kids eat free after 4 p.m.

The kids’ menu is designed to be wholesome and nutritious. The Liberty and Delaney are named after Dynan’s daughters, and the Ruth and Wynne are named after Piland’s kids.

“We don’t have any kid named Chicken Little, but we’ll see, maybe a dog,” Dynan says about the chicken tenders on the menu. “We’re not going to put our name on it unless we feel really strong about it.”

DID YOU KNOW?

Unleavened sells smoothies with the option to add collagen, protein or extra greens.

Left, the Dagwood breakfast wrap loaded with pepperwood bacon, egg, potato, arugula and shaved cheddar. Right, Cocoa Cold Brew, Kale-Yeah and Strawberry Banana smoothies.

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LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS

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Breaking bread

YOU THINK YOU LOVE BREAD.

MICHAEL BELL LOVES BREAD.

Michael Bell’s bread has magic powers.

At least, that’s what neighbor Gail Klaveness says about the Imaginary Baker’s bread.

Klaveness has ordered bread from Bell’s bakery every week since he started.

“It’s lowered my cholesterol,” Klaveness says.

“If you go into a grocery store and look for bread, you’ll see a lot of things that are labeled as bread on the shelves,” Bell says. “But they’re not what I would call bread.”

What makes Bell’s bread magical?

It could be the turkey red mill, a “heritage grain” that Bell uses for all of his bread.

“It’s a grain that was grown 5,000 years ago and ever since,” Bell says. “I think it has superior flavor, and it has not been genetically manipulated in any way.”

He drives 24 hours straight to Kansas and back to retrieve it from a friend who has been growing Turkey Red for about 20 years.

Once Bell brings the mill back, he uses a “slow fermentation” process to create the dough. He needs a few days’ notice to bake his bread.

“I make a sourdough that matures overnight, and that long fermentation develops flavors that you just won’t ever find in an industrial bread.”

Bell then turns on his Belgian Rofco oven, which takes two hours to properly heat up, but it does a “beautiful” job and creates a moist center for the bread.

The Imaginary Bakery’s tagline is, “Bread as you have imagined it,” and Bell aims to exceed expectations of what bread should taste like.

Bell credits his IT background for his love of quality and attention to detail.

“The connection between IT people and baking is strong. Most people would not anticipate that,” Bell says. “There’s something about the skills and the interests that you have to have that attract you to bread.”

Bell’s true passion is bread, but he also creates cookies, brownies and cakes to satisfy his customers’ sweet tooth.

“You may not have any special feelings about bread,” he says. “I do.”

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Freshly Becky

HOW A NEIGHBOR’S SOCIAL WORK CAREER LED TO HER STYLING BUSINESS

What do social work and plant styling have in common?

Neighbor Becky Sulton says they coincide for her new business, Freshly Becky, plant consultation and interior plant styling.

“When I worked in psychiatric hospitals, you would talk to the client, and you would find out about their lifestyle and what they were missing, what they needed, what they wanted, and then you would help them get that,” Sulton says. “It’s kind of the same thing when I go in and do a plant consultation for someone.”

Sultan fell in love with houseplants because they clean the air and reduce stress. They can make any room feel more like home, and it’s rewarding to see them thrive from your care, she says.

When she began hosting open houses to sell her potted plants, customers would often say, “Oh I love plants, but I always kill them,” so began her consultation career.

Find her plants in local stores such as The Store in Lake Highlands and White Rock Soap Gallery.

On the trendiness of plants: Plants are becoming more and more popular, coming back into style, and there’s so many different varieties out there and it just brings something that’s missing into your house.

Why she loves Lake Highlands: The community is just so great and supporting of local businesses. They would rather buy something that would help you, as a mom, as a woman, as a business owner than going to a big box store.

How she balances running a small business and raising two kids, Cooper, 5, and Graham, 3: My kids have grown up with the plants in the house and plants around. They are always with me planting and helping me put rocks in the pots.

The time a client asked her to come over to repot a plant: When I get over there, I realize it’s about a 10-foot-tall tree. The picture was very misleading. I had to somehow get it out of her house, and it was a circus. Her three kids, she and I were all trying to get the tree out of the house so that I could replant it.

Check out her instagram @FreshlyBecky to see her latest projects.

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THE STORE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS’ OWNER SURVIVED RADICAL CHANGES IN RETAIL

heryl Calvin has a 17-year-old baby, The Store in Lake Highlands, a jewelry, clothing and gift shop. Her two kids were in elementary school when the boutique opened, and they grew up in the store, learning responsibility by working weekends there throughout high school. While the retail business changed rapidly over the years, with two-day shipping and shopping apps, Calvin kept it going through the power of community spirit and good customer service.

Her advice for other small-business owners: You will make no money for three to five years and it’s like a newborn, you will be there all the time, and then as it grows you can do other things.

She keeps in touch with customers through social media and weekly emails: I will never be able to truly compete with you being able to order something and it being at your home

instantaneously. How I am different is that you can come in and touch and feel and you get free gift-wrapping, and customer service that you don’t get online.

On running a small-business while undergoing breast-cancer surgeries in 2017: My girls totally took care of my store while I was going through that. The longest I’ve ever been gone from my store was after I had my double mastectomy, I was truly gone for two weeks and didn’t do anything.

Why you should check yourself: I’m a huge supporter of self-examination because that’s how I found mine. Mammograms are great, but women need to be aware of their body.

How small businesses matter: Small businesses pay local taxes and support the neighborhood in a way that online stores can’t. They’re the base of your community. Who pays to have their name on kids’ T-shirts? Who does that? Not Amazon.

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STORIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

WHEN IT COMES TO COLLECTIONS, THIS NEIGHBOR CAN’T STOP HIMSELF FROM PUTTING A CORK IN IT

JAMES ZALAZNIK IS CORKSCREW CRAZY.

The neighbor’s love for corkscrews stems from his parents, Nancy Phillips and David Zalaznik. On a trip to Paris, the couple stumbled upon a small shop, where they purchased a pair of corkscrews. This sparked a passion that they would pass along to their son, who started collecting and selling the devices in 2002 at the age of 13. Together, the family has more than 1,500 corkscrews.

Employed at his family’s CPA firm, Zalaznik is a consummate collector. His family’s homes and offices are lined with numerous displays, each with elaborate assortments of corkscrews from vintage to modern. Zalaznik’s passion for corkscrews runs deeper than merely collecting them. His near-encyclopedic knowledge of the mechanisms of different varieties of corkscrews

has cemented him as one of the foremost experts on corkscrew collections and has allowed him to speak at collectors’ conferences and seminars.

Zalaznik’s corkscre w collection features oddities, including figural corkscrews concealed in ornate statuettes to corkscrews once owned by American diplomats and Nazi War criminals. A steel German corkscrew is hardy and utilitarian by design. A French or Italian corkscrew is ornate and functionally complex. Many of these corkscrews date back to the earliest corkscrew patent in England in the late 1700s.

This collec tor discovers something new about corkscrews daily. The advent of the internet has transported the market from antique shops and books to eBay listings and blogs. Finding one’s niche has never been easier.

Story by MAXIMILLIAN CHOW-GILLETTE | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

James Zalaznik started selling and collecting corkscrews at the age of 13. He now owns more than 1,500 with his family.

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The corkscrew was invented before the cork. The design stems from that of a “gun worm,” used to remove unspent rounds from muskets.

What is your preferred corkscrew mechanism?

For personal use, we use a brass Vintner bar mount corkscrew. We’ve had it for over 20 years, and it’s opened thousands of bottles. It takes virtually no effort and can open a bottle in a matter of seconds. Mechanisms can vary significantly, and I’m sure that’s one aspect that draws in many collectors, but for me the mechanism is usually an afterthought. I usually collect based on rarity and then figure out the mechanism afterward. Some mechanisms are so complex and interesting that I have had to reference books to figure out how the corkscrew works.

What would you say to someone who wishes to begin collecting corkscrews? Go for it. It’s a fun and interesting hobby that never gets old. The website auc tion.collectorcorkscrews. com hosts a few high-end ($100 minimum) corkscrew auctions a year. It’s a great resource to review past sales. There are vintage corkscrews which have sold for north of $30,000, but there’s no shortage of common corkscrews under $25 that can be found on eBay. There are several dozen books published on antique corkscrews and more being published every year. I recommend “ The Ultimate Corkscrew Book,” which provides a broad idea of what’s out there. I would also recommend the book “World-Class Corkscrews,” which features some of the world’s rarest corkscrews; your mind will be blown. Finally, I would recommend that you join the largest corkscrew collectors club (corkscrewclub.org). Membership is only $25 and you get access to hundreds of documents as well as the ability to talk and trade with hundreds of collectors around the world.

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How do you think the corkscrew collecting scene will change in coming years?

The majority of serious collectors are older professionals who have acquired impressive collections over the years. I imagine that many of these collectors will eventually decide to liquidate or downsize their collections. There will be several opportunities to acquire rare pieces that may have been in someone’s collection for more than 40 years. Membership in clubs has also been increasing annually and the largest corkscrew museum in the world just opened last year, so it’s an exciting time to be a corkscrew collector.

What is the one thing you would like to tell others about your passion?

People are always amazed when they see our collection for the first time. They often tell me that they didn’t know that there were so many different kinds. The largest collection in the world has more than 30,000 different examples. I still find corkscrews that I’ve never seen before, so it never gets old.

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A NEW ERA OF EQUITY

Richardson ISD trustees adopted an equity policy last spring. What does it mean for neighborhood schools?

Story by KERI MITCHELL

“WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?”

The question was asked to a room full of 200-plus Richardson ISD high school students. Every ninththrough 12th-grader present had opted to participate in this equity summit. It was a big event for Angie Lee, who had only recently been named the school district’s director of equity, diversity and inclusion.

A white teenage boy stood to answer the question.

“I want people to know that I go home and deal with a dysfunctional family every day. I come to school just as burdened as other kids. Don’t look at me and make the assumption that I have it all together because I don’t.”

Next, a black girl rose to her feet.

“People look at me and assume I’m poor,” she said. “My parents make six figures. I travel. I’ve been excluded from a conversation about trips to Paris, and I want to say, ‘I went to Spain this summer.’”

These kinds of exchanges — raw, uncomfortable, difficult — are music to Lee’s ears.

“Those kids blew us away that day,” she reflects months later, sitting at her desk.

The department of equity, diversity and inclusion that Lee oversees is new to RISD. Such a focus is becoming more common in school districts and cities across America — the result of centuries of racism, gender discrimination and religious persecution in this country that have yet to be reconciled and unraveled.

And as in so many other school districts, RISD’s

initiative sprung out of a pivotal event.

Doctored images with racist innuendo began circulating on social media in late September 2017, leading up to a football game between RISD rivals J.J. Pearce and Richardson.

In one, the Pearce logo obstructed the face of a slave driver beating a slave, whose face bore an RHS logo. In another were side by side photos of the late Michael Brown, shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson, their foreheads stamped with RHS (Brown) and Pearce (Wilson). Perhaps the most incendiary was an image of Ku Klux Klan members standing before a burning cross — the RHS logo engulfed in flames, and the J.J. Pearce logo flanking the men in white hoods.

It didn’t take long for every local television station and news outlet to broadcast the viral images. USA Today even picked up the story.

“This was quite a big deal, obviously,” Superintendent Jeannie Stone told the seven-member board of trustees at a meeting three weeks later. She counted 11 meetings since the images emerged, and “the topic of racism did surface in every single one of the conversations.”

Board members listened to Pearce principal Mike Evans tell them about conversations with his students in AVID, a program intended for those who might be the first in their families to attend college or need extra support to be college-ready. Though smart and motivated, these students, many of whom are minorities, told Evans they “just didn’t feel included” at Pearce. They were different and stood out, or were conversely “invisible” in Advanced Placement classes. At pep rallies, the pinnacle of school spirit, “that doesn’t look like me on the floor,” one student shared.

Pep rallies were a focus for then-Lake Highlands principal Joshua Delich, too, who had added more groups to the line-up as an “opportunity to showcase the diversity we have,” he told the board. Lake Highlands High School

Richardson ISD board of trustees from the 2018 school year when officials ran at large.

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is roughly one-third white, one-third Hispanic and one-third black, but that doesn’t mean classrooms are integrated.

“Why do we have one set of kids sitting here and one set of kids sitting here — and you have this beautiful room of diversity?” Delich would ask teachers.

Stone conveyed her plan to pursue an equity policy to create “a safe inclusive culture where racism would not be in any way, shape or form ignored, and certainly not accepted.” A new department of equity, diversity and inclusion would spearhead the effort, and a new position would be created to oversee it.

“There’s no blueprint” for the job that Lee stepped into roughly six months after that board conversation, she says. A 20-year RISD veteran, Lee spent two stints at Forest Meadow Junior High in Lake Highlands, one as an English teacher and one as a master teacher.

Race is not explicitly named in her or her department’s titles, and that’s because “we’re not just talking black, white, Hispanic,” Lee says. “We’re also talking about

gender, religion.”

She gives the example of paired elective courses, in which students sign up to take two “complementary” courses in consecutive semesters, such as a culinary class in the fall and fashion design in the spring.

“You might have boys who would like to take culinary but may not be interested in fashion design,” Lee says.

Another example is animation one semester paired with manufacturing and construction the next, “but why is that?” Lee asks. “We have girls who are interested in animation but they may not be interested in manufacturing.

“Why are we still sending these messages about gender roles? It’s not intentional, always,” she says, but as unintended consequences emerge, it’s now her job to address those inequities.

“You start with teachers,” Lee says of equity work, because they interact with students every day. As soon as she was named to the position, administrators and teachers started reaching out.

“It’s almost like they’ve been waiting for someone to talk to about things they have seen,” she says.

Lee says she’s encouraged by the ones who tell her, “I don’t get it. I don’t understand.”

“I’ve had people who come and sit and say, ‘Here’s my block: I’m white. I grew up poor and often hungry, so why does the world feel like I have white privilege?’ I don’t see that as combative and anti-equity,” she says.

Lee told that teacher what she tells so many: “It’s not that we’re saying what you believe is wrong, but how does what you believe impact the job you’ve been called to do? We know you’re here because you love kids, so is this value or this belief blocking you in some way?”

One of her first major successes is that the equity policy, which the board unanimously approved this past May, requires a portion of all teachers’ annual professional development to focus on equity training. The policy reflects a year of work by Lee and the newly formed equity council, composed of staff, students and community members.

The policy will “chip away at issues in the community to make it

better,” says Vicki Taylor, a longtime Lake Highlands parent who serves on the council.

A new black history course is being taught at Berkner High School this year, thanks to students at the equity summit a year and a half ago asking: “Why haven’t we learned this in school?”

One girl told Lee, “I actually took world history thinking that I would get black history or African history at some point, and it turned out to be two days, and I was so disappointed. I asked my teacher, ‘Why did we just spend two days? Why are we moving on?’”

The new course is so popular that two sections filled up last spring. Richardson ISD plans to launch a Mexican American history course in 2021.

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This November, Richardson ISD voters will elect the second African American trustee to the board, representing District 4, and may elect a Hispanic woman to the board, representing District 2.

Several Lake Highlands principals have reached out to Lee saying there is so much student interest in magnet schools, yet many families don’t have access to transportation to attend events like the magnet showcase.

“They feel it’s not a level playing field. They didn’t get the information firsthand,” Lee says. “If we really spend some time working through it, these are things we can figure out. These are things that do not have to block access.”

Expanded curriculum and increased transportation are just two examples of how the new equity policy will “drive a rewriting of some of the processes RISD has in place,” Lee says.

“We’re always going back to the question: Is this inequity negatively impacting student achievement? Otherwise we’re going to find inequities everywhere, and we know that we can’t tackle everything,” Lee told the board before they greenlit her policy. “It really is as simple as one bite of the elephant at a time to address that question.”

For more information and to read about how equity is defined, go to lakehighlands. advocatemag.com.

In District 2, located around Berkner High School, incumbent Eron Linn will face challenger Vanessa Pacheco in the race. Linn, a federal relations manager for DART, was elec ted in 2015. He has three young children who attend Yale Elementary. Pacheco, vice president of a private investment company, has two children enrolled at Berkner.

District 4 is the new “opportunity zone” created to encourage minority participation on the board. Four African American women who live in Hamilton Park have filed in the race.

Taler Jefferson grew up in Hamilton Park and now teaches at Dallas ISD’s Hillcrest High School. She is founder and executive director of the Salome Foundation. Regina Harris is a webcast production manager active in RISD’s Council of PTAs. Her son attends Richardson High School. Patricia Price Hicks led the 2017 effort to have Hamilton Park officially declared a historic community with a marker installed by the Texas Historical Commission. She retired from teaching at Cedar Hill and Dallas ISDs. Sakennia Reed teaches at DISD’s Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy.

Patterson resigned from the board in August, citing her family’s move outside of RISD boundaries, which makes her ineligible to serve. Her last event as a trustee was the Hamilton Park Schoolwide Reunion, where she took a photo with three of the District 4 candidates.

“As I leave the RISD board of trustees, I’m excited for the future,” Patterson noted in the photo’s caption. “These three amazing ladies are all running for my place.” — CAROL TOLER and KERI MITCHELL

“There’s no blueprint”

“These three amazing ladies are all running for my place.”

Former Trustee Katie Patterson with District 4 candidates Pat Hicks, Taler Jefferson and Regina Harris at the Hamilton Park School Reunion. (Photo courtesy of Katie Patterson)

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Faith first

How the religious community can truly help the homeless

“Let the faith community pick up the slack.” That’s the mantra of some who see social services as a function of charity rather than taxes.

The Dallas City Council recently debated this issue while discussing the city manager’s proposed budget. To strengthen the public safety portion of the budget — increases for police and fire departments — he proposed a third-cent tax increase that would mean about $8 per year on a home valued at $300,000.

Because market values have risen sharply in recent years, some council members fought the increase, seeking instead to hold the tax rate steady and reduce the social services portion of the budget as an offset.

The city manager revised his proposal, and the tax rate remained the same. Social services kept much of their funding.

that will save tax money in the long run.

For instance, the cost of one homeless person in Dallas is about $35,000 per year. That includes recurring costs like calls to police, shelter stays, jail time, emergency room visits and drug and alcohol treatment. We can save about $22,000 per chronically homeless person per year by directing them to permanent supportive housing units.

This “housing first” strategy gives them a safe place to live in a community with support and accountability.

Part of the budget is dedicated to shifting toward that cost-saving strategy. Cutting that portion of the budget ends up costing more, not less.

But maybe the faith community could pick up that cost. Consider this: Dallas had 4,538 homeless persons at one point this year. Is it realistic to ask congregations of all faiths to make a dent in homelessness to reduce the cost to taxpayers?

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Public safety is crucial to thriving communities. Having a sound public safety sector is good for everyone. It also takes up 60 percent of the budget.

The social services sector is significantly smaller by comparison. It addresses inequities in our city that are the inevitable product of a market-driven economy — disparities that imperil the quality of life for senior citizens, the disabled, the homeless and the poorest among us.

Dallas’ investments in social services are not mere taxpayer-funded charity. They are strategic attempts to provide opportunity for growth where the market has failed and to make wise expenditures

If we asked the faith community to move 200 homeless persons into supportive housing next year, churches would need to raise an additional $2.5 million in tithes and offerings at a time when charitable giving is down everywhere — due, in part, to income tax reform. That doesn’t account for medical, dental and mental health care, assistance for refugees and countless other services that make our city welcoming and well.

Religion provides a moral conscience to our communities. It does not replace the duty of every neighbor helping every neighbor flourish. The faith community will do its part, but we need the City of Dallas to join us in making the city whole.

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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COMPUTERS &

ELECTRONICS

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CONCRETE/MASONRY/PAVING

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

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ELECTRICAL SERVICES

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

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. Lic/Insd.TECL-34002 214-850-4891

EXTERIOR CLEANING

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FENCING & DECKS

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GARAGE SERVICES

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EC0NOMY GLASS & MIRROR Mirror, Shower, Windows Repair. 24 Hr. Emergency. 214-875-1127

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

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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

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

TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work Since 1984. Int./Ext. 214-755-2700

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

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FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. dallastileman.com 214-343-4645

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

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TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

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PEST CONTROL

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REMODELING

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

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PLUMBING

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POOLS

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REMODELING

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INTEX CONSTRUCTION Specializing in int/ext. Remodel. 30 Yrs Exp. Steve Graves 214-875-1127

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