2020 April Lake Highlands

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GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY

n The Rosewood Foundation and Healing Hands Ministries announced the opening of the new Rosewood Foundation Vision Clinic at Healing Hands Ministries. The clinic, which is for the uninsured and underserved, is staffed by full-time bilingual optometrists who provide vision services for a nominal fee based on family income.

n The Lake Highlands Family YMCA hosted a groundbreaking celebration on March 3 to kick off a year-long renovation and expansion project. More than 15,000 square feet will be added, with larger group exercise rooms, an expanded wellness center, a new cycle room and more seating and congregation areas. The final phase will involve construction of a sloped-entry outdoor pool.

n 100 Women of Lake Highlands kicked off its fifth year of giving by presenting a check for $29,000 to the Warren Center. The grant puts the organization over the $500,000 mark for total contributions within the community.

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COMING AND GOING

[-] PICASSO’S PIZZA closed after 30 years in Lake Highlands. Two signs posted in front windows shared conflicting messages. One, on Picasso’s letterhead, read, “Closed for company event.” Another, signed by Crestview Real Estate, referenced the commercial landlord’s right to change the locks when a tenant has defaulted upon the lease.

[+] OAK’D HANDCRAFTED BBQ opens this spring in the Old Town Shopping Center on Greenville Avenue and promises fancy barbecue that’s locally sourced, handcrafted and seasoned just right.

DINING NEWS

The Dallas mayor announced March 16 that all bars, lounges, taverns, nightclubs, gyms, theaters and amusement halls are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus. Dining in at restaurants is prohibited, but eateries can stay open for drivethru, delivery or takeout. District 10 officials created a webpage to catalog restaurants offering carryout at imaginedallas.com.

Additionally. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a waiver that allows restaurants and bars to deliver alcoholic beverages along with food purchases. The waiver allows businesses with mixed drink permits to deliver beer, wine and mixed drinks alongside food orders. Neighborhood establishments have had to adjust, including Oak Highlands Brewery, which is offering beer to go 12 to 7p.m. weekdays and 12 to 6 p.m. on the weekends.

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- DALAS VAN SYCKLE

is fighting the City of Dallas because of his front-yard American flag featuring President Donald Trump and the statement, “Keep America First.” The City doesn’t allow political signs to be more than 8 feet above the ground. City officials have sent him three warnings and a citation since January.

My argument is it’s not a political sign. It’s a sign that supports my country and my president.

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NETFLIX FIX

Lake Highlands has had its share of famous alumni, here are eight shows and movies which are currently on Netflix and star our notable alum:

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a Leonardo DiCaprio movie about a scammer being chased by the FBI. It features LHHS alumna Amy Acker.

PERSON OF INTEREST, is a crime drama about a former CIA officer and a reclusive billionaire who work to prevent violent crimes in NYC using a mass surveillance computer system designed to prevent terrorist attacks featuring Acker as well.

NARCOS: MEXICO is a Netflix original about the drug cartel in Mexico in the ’80s. This show features LHHS alum Scoot McNairy. McNairy also stars in an AMC TV show HALT AND CATCH FIRE, Netlifx original GODLESS and an Australian drama THE ROVER. To see a much younger McNairy, watch SLEEPOVER to see his cameo as a DJ.

WHEN THEY SEE US, is a Netflix original about five teens from Harlem who are falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story, LHHS alum Blake DeLong plays Detective Nugent. DeLong also stars in the new movie, A QUIET PLACE PART II. The film’s release date was delayed due to the cornavirus.

ELECTION NEWS

Here’s who filed to run for the RISD Board of Trustees election: Eric Eager, at-large Place 6 Bridgett Hudson, atlarge Place 6 Debbie Rentería, District 3

THE WORD

Is it time to tear down and rebuild Lake Highlands Junior High School?

“It looks fine the way it is. Why spend and waste money by rebuilding the campus? I don’t understand.”

Michael Mitchell

“Yes. Replace on new ground, and over time convert the older building into something useful; save monthly maintenance costs with solar energy, which can create a surplus of energy to be sold back to RISD’s other buildings; use environmentally friendly utilities, structure and landscape plans; recycle/reuse water. Use technology to make it easier for remote learning should it be needed.”

Syl Fernandez

“Yes. Our kids deserve a learning environment they can be proud of. It is very outdated compared to so many other schools in Texas.”

Bethany Wittenburg

SUPER SENIORS

n The Happy Hookers are a group of two dozen crafters at CC Young who turn plastic bags into cushy mats for refugees and the homeless. It takes 600 plastic bags and 50 hours of labor to complete one mat, which is about the size of a sleeping bag. The group, which meets every Monday, has donated 160 mats to recipients at Catholic Charities of Dallas, the Salvation Army, The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center and more.

n Coila Stevens (above) danced for the first 30 years of her life. Now, at the age of 92, she spends her time at Presbyterian Village North taking dance classes. At 2:45 p.m. on Thursdays you can catch her at the “advanced” line dancing class, where she stays until 3:15 p.m. to help beginners. She stands in the back so that when the line dancing calls for a turn, she’s visible for others to observe and follow.

WE CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT

GROCERY STORE TORTILLAS. We asked readers, “Does Central Market have the best grocery tortillas?” This question quickly turned into a marketplace of responses from readers. Many agreed. “No doubt! The best,” Melanie Lipscomb wrote. Shawn Moore said Central Market has the best butter, Southwest and hatch tortillas. A few disagreed. “Pshaw. Super Mercado in Lakewood does,” Brian Johnson wrote. Wendy McDuffie touted El Rio Grande tortillas. Which are your favorites? Reach out to us on social media

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TOP STORIES

n HOAX: Coronavirus scare at Lookout Apartments result of faker pretending to be resident victim

n Wildcat alum CLEVE

WHITENER killed in Abilene plane crash

n TEENAGER CHARGED with murder of 3-month-old baby she was babysitting

n Peek in at THE HUB, future heartbeat of Lake Highlands High

n COACH KELLY BAKER begins new fight to save 2-year-old son Hudson

n The Forest Meadow Junior High School eighth grade girls’ basketball team is undefeated for a second year in a row. The girls won a tense championship game against Westwood Junior High School with a final score of 34 to 33.

n The STARS Teacher Recognition Award acknowledges and encourages innovation and creativity in the classroom. Since 1977, the Excellence in Education Foundation has presented the award to more than 300 teachers in RISD. Each recipient receives $1,000. This year’s recipients include Erin Kane, LHHS theater director; Tamesia Chatman, Merriman Park Elementary third grade math and science teacher; Stephanie Bowling, Northlake Elementary third grade teacher; Andrew Harden, Forest Lane Academy P.E. teacher; Tina Cruickshank, Forest Lane Academy Pre-K teacher; Helen Arceneaux, Liberty Junior High School science teacher; Karen Monroe, Westwood Junior High School social studies teacher; Kim Terry, MST sixth grade math teacher; and Erica Walden, Greenwood Hills special education teacher.

NOTABLE ALUM

Lake Highlands High School 1978 graduate Dr. Philip Huang is director of Dallas County’s Health and Human Services. You may have seen him giving helpful information when Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins gives an official coronavirus update. Last month, Jenkins declared a local state of disaster for public health emergency. “The goal of social distancing,” explained Dr. Huang, “is to protect those populations at increased risk, and the strong recommendation is that those at increased risk not gather in groups of 10 or more.”

PIECE OF THE PAST

KIRBY’S PIG STAND

The first Kirby’s Pig Stand opened in West Oak Cliff in 1921. The little barbecue stand with carhop service was an immediate hit because drivers were “too lazy” to get out of their cars. Pig Stand was so successful that by 1924, there were nine other stands in Dallas. The company also expanded to San Antonio, Houston, Beaumont and six other states. The last remaining Pig Stand in Dallas, at Northwest Highway and Abrams, closed in 1985.

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Story by MARISSA ALVARADO | Photography courtesy of A WELL DRESSED HOME

CLASSIC MEETS TRENDY

Tips from an in-theknow neighbor

EMILY HEWETTT, an interior designer with more than 15 years of experience, is passionate about transforming passé spaces into refined, family-functional sanctuaries. She is known for creating timeless plans while incorporating the latest trends. Hewett, who launched A Well Dressed Home in 2010, is a mom and wife. She’s been married to Chris for 10 years, and they have 7-year-old twins, Beckham and Stella.

Here are her design tips:

• Scale is important. Make sure your furniture, rugs and artwork are appropriately sized.

• Utilize your ceiling to do something unexpected, including investing in light fixtures.

• Classic is always in style. For example, white kitchens.

• Invest in fabrics. Be sure your spaces are livable and family friendly.

• Don’t be afraid to make a statement with bold paint.

• Splurge on a piece you love, and it will live with you forever.

• Make windows look bigger by hanging your drapes to the ceiling.

• Mix your metals. Not everything has to match.

These designs by A Well Dressed Home show a few of Hewett’s tips; classic is always in style, mix metals and utilize ceilings.

THE STREAMING IN THE REYES FAMILY home has nothing to do with music or TV but a man-made creek that runs through the backyard.

The house on Meadowknoll is Claire and Paul Reyes’s fourth home in Lake Highlands.

“You do not find this very often in Dallas,” Claire says about the creek that runs behind their fenced yard. The family also enjoys the property’s man-made creek, which was built by the home’s previous owners, Bill and Rita Denton.

“They obviously took great pride and they built this awesome addition, a tiny guest house in the back,” Claire says. Originally a playhouse, the guest home now features a full kitchen, bathroom and laundry. “It has character,” she says.

In addition, the Dentons created a sunroom, where the Reyes have placed their Peloton bike, so they can work out while enjoying the outdoor scenery.

The man-made creek took about two months and $32,000 to build. “My wife has a degree in horticulture, so we put in all kinds of plants and trees over the years,” Bill says. The Reyes now enjoy hens and chicks succulents, spearmint, miniature Japanese fringe, gardenias, dogwood trees, willow trees and hawthorns.

The Dentons also built a secret garden, complete with hot tub, sequestered behind a curved wall in the front yard. Pass through a flagstone patio and French doors to the master bedroom.

“We just love all the outdoor spaces,” Claire says. “This neighborhood is so friendly.”

“You do not find this very often in Dallas.”

An aerial view of the Town Creek home shows the tiny home, man-made creek and secret garden with hot tub.

Clockwise from top: The secret garden and hot tub connects to the master bedroom; the backdoor creek sits outside of a sunroom where the Reyes enjoy working out; a side porch where the family’s pet pig enjoys relaxing.

THE WONDERFUL WOODIES

FRED CHRISTEN WAS FED UP. Members of his church kept asking congregants for money to replace “broken” tables and chairs just because they had damaged legs. So Christen took matters into his own hands — literally. The handyman started a woodshop where he and other congregants repaired the church’s broken furniture, free of charge.

Decades later, Christen hasn’t outgrown his frugal, do-ityourself approach to helping others. The 89-year-old leads

a group of woodworkers, known as the Woodies, who assist residents and administrators with building projects at CC Young Senior Living.

“I’m very stingy,” Christen says. “I didn’t want to shell out $5 to repair things. We felt we could repair things there, and we felt the same way when we moved to CC Young. We primarily help people that have a leg broken. Hopefully on a table and not on themselves.”

Fred Christen works in the Woodies’ workshop at CC Young.

Story by JAIME DUNAWAY | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

When Christen moved to CC Young in 2011, residents stored their tools in a garage because there wasn’t room for a woodshop. Woodworkers petitioned President and CEO Russell Crews for an area of their own, and in spring 2014, he found space in an unused laundry room.

Christen shared his woodworking knowledge and formed the Woodies, which has grown to 13 members, including four women. Men perform the shop work, and women execute the painting, staining and finishing — if they don’t want to run the power tools.

The group is open to novice and experienced woodworkers who must complete a training course before they can join. It helps to have instructors like Fred Banes, who taught shop class at South Garland High School. During his seven-year tenure, he taught students to make cabinets, rolltop desks and other furniture — all without severing any fingers.

“We had some hooligans who would glue the devices together,” Banes says. “I tried to get those guys transferred to art class as soon as I found out about it.”

Not long after the Woodies formed, staff members began requesting items for the various buildings on campus. The Woodies made a rolling garden planter, a coat rack, a communion table and mail cubbies for every apartment building.

Although part of the group’s mission is to provide building maintenance, its first priority is to assist CC Young residents by fixing broken furniture or completing custom orders. One of the most unique projects involved building a chair with a moveable arm to help an amputee put on his pants. By putting the pant leg on the arm, the resident could pull it over his stump without having to sit on the floor.

The Woodies never charge for their services, but they do ask recipients to make a donation to the woodshop or the benevolence fund, which serves as a safety net for residents who outlive their savings. The fund is also boosted by sales from Woodies products at the CC Young gift shop and outside retailers, such as Davis Street Mercantile near Bishop Arts and Pinto Ranch at NorthPark Center.

Shoppers will find handmade products with Texas flair. Some of the

most popular items include state-shaped side tables, cutting boards and paper towel holders. For those with less fervent state pride, there are two-tiered pistachio bowls, handheld prayer crosses and tables made out of tree trunks.

“When I get going on too much outside retail, I have to watch myself,” says Mindy Hail, director of development at CC Young. “We love the money for the benevolence fund, but then it becomes a job, and they’ve already had their careers. This is for fun.”

Woodworkers toil in their small shop in the center of campus. Large power tools are mounted on wheels so the Woodies can maneuver them around the space. Smaller tools hang on the walls, while nuts and bolts sit in containers on metal shelves. Every surface is covered with leftover wood and a thick coating of sawdust.

The Woodies spend up to 200 hours each month in the shop, making products primarily from reclaimed wood. The lumber

is salvaged from construction sites or collected after storms down trees and large limbs in the neighborhood. The Woodies also scored mahogany tabletops when CC Young decided to replace the tables in one of the cafeterias.

Similarly, most tools are donated, creating an excess of supplies that is sold or donated to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Skillman Street. The overflow of materials in the cramped quarters has prompted CC Young to open a new woodshop in 2020. With more space, the Woodies hope to recruit additional members and expand their operations.

“We’ve had several go-rounds to figure out how to make each thing that we’ve made,” Christen says. “I’ve often made something that I felt needed to be turned over to the rest of the guys to make it better and faster. That’s really gratifying to be able to work in a group like that instead of working alone.”

The Woodies have grown to 13 members who make a variety of Texas-shaped products.

“That’s really gratifying to be able to work in a group like that instead of working alone.”

GO GO TO BO BO CHINA

BO BO CHINA HAS BEEN SERVING CLASSIC CHINESE SINCE 1977

ARE YOU A BO BO KID? Bo Bo China has been a neighborhood establishment since 1977 and neighbors have grown up eating the restaurant’s fried rice and noodles.

The building housed a hamburger joint in 1972, but the restaurant closed. Ben Phoo Lee bought it and created one of the first neighborhood Chinese restaurants.

“We’ve had people coming in saying they grew up eating here,” manager Bruce Lee says. “We had a couple come in and say they had their first date here. Now they’re grandparents.”

Ben Phoo Lee’s daughters attended

Bo Bo China

10630 New Church Road

Hours:

Tuesday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4:30 p.m.-8:45 p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Sunday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. bobochinadallastx.com

Lake Highlands High School, and Lee says customers come in, ask about them and share stories about growing up.

A new management company bought the restaurant last year, but the original owner’s nephew Scott Tzou has been the chef since he came to the U.S.

“He’s been cooking for 20 years, so the taste never changes,” Lee says.

Bo Bo China recently hosted a small group of Lake Highlands High alumni who gathered for a mini 20-year reunion.

“It’s a great neighborhood. It’s amazing to see people come in and tell their stories,”

Story by MARISSA ALVARADO | Photography by KATHY TRAN

Bo Bo China’s orange chicken has been cooked by the same chef for the past 20 years, so the flavor never changes.

he says.

The restaurant’s families originally come from Beijing, China, and the country inspires the menu. Savor Mongolian beef, orange or sesame chicken and Ming’s Chicken. The Bo Bo Combination Fried Rice, Lo Mein and Shrimp are also popular items.

One customer favorite is the Sizzling Rice Soup, which features chicken broth blended with shrimp, chicken, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and golden rice crust.

Appetizers include beef eggrolls, vegetable spring rolls and pot stickers, described as Chinese fried “raviolis” or dumplings. The restaurant serves daily lunch specials from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and offers takeout.

DID YOU KNOW?

Bo Bo China is offering carryout and curbside pickup during business hours; online ordering is available. They are also a part of delivery services like Favor, DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats.

Above: The Mongolian beef. Below: Sizzing Rice Soup.

“It’s amazing to see people come in and tell their stories”

A glass countertop reveals several artifacts and collectible items.

RUSTIC REDUX

HOW A MASTER GARDENER WITH A PENCHANT FOR COLLECTIBLES TRANSFORMED A FARMHOUSE

Story by JAIME DUNAWAY

Interior photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

Garden photography by SUZY RENZ

Owner Suzy Renz has hundreds of plants in flowerbeds outside her home near White Rock Lake.

WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE HOME at 154 Bon Aire Drive on the northeast side of White Rock Lake, a decorating wall opposite the entrance blocks your view of the interior. It’s an unusual concept, considering open spaces have been the dominant architectural trend in residential design for decades.

But the wall is there for a reason.

When you walk around, you’ll see a terraced oasis bordered by lush woods through large, red doors. It’s the “ah-ha” moment owner Suzy Renz was hoping for when she and her husband remodeled the 3,400-square-foot home three years ago.

“I didn’t know what it was going to be,” she says. “I just knew it could be changed.”

The industrial, eclectic farmhouse is perched atop two creek valleys and shielded by an old grove of trees. Renz — a Master Gardener since 2002 — set about transforming the 1-acre property

DID YOU KNOW?

The garden won Best in Show at the 25th annual Dallas Water Utilities Water Wise Garden Tour.

into a modern, eco-friendly garden that works with nature, not against it.

Instead of grass, which requires consistent watering and mowing, she opted for a backyard covered in decomposed granite, like the kind found in nature. The steep landscape is divided into two levels with stone switchbacks that protect the hill from excessive erosion.

A fire pit is on the bottom level, and on the top, a

A fire pit sits on the bottom terrace in the backyard.

waterfall cascades into a swimming pool that looks more like a pond. To the left of the pool sits a multicolored garden shed. Push on the old, rusty rake that serves as a door handle and enter the space filled with gardening tools, bags of soil and antique birdhouses.

“I didn’t grow up in a gardening family, but I had pride of ownership and wanted to make it pretty,” Renz says. “I realized I had a real love for plants.”

The animals love them too. The couple has seen all types of wildlife — from coyotes and bobcats to birds, raccoons and possums. A queen bee found the pollinator paradise and established her colony in a nearby tree. On cool summer evenings, the homeowners can hear frogs while they watch TV in their screened-in porch.

“We’re surrounded by all this nature, and it’s so serene,” Renz says. “It really feels like we’re living in a treehouse.”

Renz is a self-proclaimed “plantaholic.” The 400-foot flowerbed in front of the house contains hundreds of plants, including green shrubs for yearround interest and

that fill her garden with colorful blooms all spring, summer and fall.

The home’s interior is just as colorful as its exterior.

One of the most striking features is the “ruler wall,” which is covered in brightly colored measuring sticks that once served as advertisements for railroads, banks, businesses and more. Renz’s collection features 188 yardsticks from Texas, Kansas and Nebraska that she laid out and organized on the floor before securing to her wall. Extras became trim in the upstairs bathroom.

“We like color,” Renz says. “We’re colorful people. We don’t want a generic house because we’re not generic people. I don’t want a brand new build because that’s not me.”

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“We’re colorful people. We don’t want a generic house because we’re not generic people.”

The one-bedroom, twoand-a-half bath home mixes modern, industrial and farmhouse styles to evoke an appreciation for the past. The couple eschews cookie-cutter pieces and opts for fixtures and furnishings plucked from flea markets, vintage shops and antique shows.

The top of the dining room table was once the floor of an 18-wheeler. The light fixture above it was from a chicken coop. A lamp made from a wallpaper spool sits on an end table in the living room. A 1940s-era factory mold hangs above the fireplace. A green box on a metal stand in their bedroom served as the post office for a Kansas town in the 1880s. The knobs on the kitchen cabinets are garden hose faucets.

“We’re collectors,” Renz says. “I like things with a story, even if I don’t know it. I like to know that it had a previous a life.”

The couple’s maximalist philosophy doesn’t stop with the décor. A mix of reclaimed wooden beams, shiplap paneling and corrugated metal lines the walls, vying for the eye’s attention against the patterned floors and colorful doors. Even the washroom in the garage is covered from floor to ceiling in bottle caps.

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FOREST TRAIL FUNK

WIDE OPEN SPACES, SKY LIGHTS AND ART ON A SECLUDED STREET

Story by LISA KRESL / Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

he downside of having your dream house featured on the 2019 White Rock Home Tour was hearing the comments: “That’s not my taste” and “I wouldn’t have done that.”

But Samantha and Bryan Bailey built and decorated their 4,139-square-foot dream home on Forest Trail in 2017, and it suits their particular passions. The couple chose the lot because it is secluded and quiet with lots of trees. Neighbors across the street keep horses.

“My personal style includes mixes of modern, mid-century modern and a few antique design elements,” says Samantha, who is an interior designer for New Leaf Custom Homes. “I like to create spaces that are eclectic, unique, funky and classic all at the same time.”

The ceilings are high, and sunshine enters the home through large windows and skylights. The focal point in the foyer is art by Fidencio Duran, the Texas artist who created many of the murals in the

Austin–Bergstrom International Airport.

The kitchen, which is in the front of the house, has a walk-around pantry that is obsessively organized with bins. The living room sports animal print throw rugs. It took 11 men to carry and set up the steel and wood staircase, which was made in Mexico.

The downstairs features a ladies’ lounge decorated with a bright pink rug. The couple found that when they entertained, they needed his and hers spaces. “The guys are loud, so we girls come in here to watch TV, have drinks and watch Netflix,” she says.

Art by Sunny Sliger of The Color Condition fills the home, including the piece above the fireplace. Sliger and Samantha met while walking their dogs and have been friends since 2010. Samantha framed some of Sliger’s cards, including one that reads “fragile” for

Samantha’s 30th birthday and another for the Baileys’ engagement party. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return,” it says.

Samantha has strong opinions about her four and a half bathrooms. One has geometric wallpaper from Graham & Brown with a mitered edge walnut countertop, a 6-foot by 6-foot shower and a giant mirror. The master bathroom is larger than most.

“Our architect kept trying to squeeze the bathroom tighter,” she says. “He said, ‘You don’t actually need this much space.’ And we said, ‘No, we want it to feel open.’ We fought him for it.”

Mara Ara marble decorates the

shower walls. Samantha chose a vanity with a single trough sink and two faucets to maximize counter space.

The master bedroom features floating nightstands and an 8-foot antique mirror from her grandmother. One of the five bedrooms is an exercise room. Another is a mother-in-law suite with an antique mirror, mini-fridge and coffeemaker. There’s also a game room with vaulted ceilings and a pool in the backyard.

When not entertaining, the Baileys enjoy walking their dogs, Georgia and Bama, on Eagle Trail among the peacocks.

TOP 2019 Re ltors

The Advocate’s annual special section recognizing the neighborhood’s Top Realtors

TOP 15

AMY TIMMERMAN

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BETH ARNOLD

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JASON THOMAS

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ROBIN MOSS NORCROSS

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GLEN CHRISTY

Local Resident Realty

DENTON AGUAM

Keller Williams Realty

EMILY ALFANO

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

RENEE BARFOOT

The Associates Realty

CATHERINE BLEVENS

JENNIFER FRIEDMAN

ACKERMAN

Compass Real Estate

JIMMY RADO

David Weekley Homes

ELIZABETH SELZER

Ebby Halliday, Realtors

ALAN HAMILTON

Paragon Realtors

MIKE CASSELL

Compass Real Estate

KAM GILL

JIMMY BROWNLEE

K.Hovnanian Homes

DFW

SUE STULLER

Compass Real Estate

DAISY LOPEZ

Move Up America

PAUL CARPER

Paragon Realtors

WENDY LUCAS

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

Ebby Halliday, Realtors

SVETLANA GRUJIC

Compass Real Estate

LAURI ANN HANSON

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

PAM HENDERSON

CAT MCCARTHY PEDIGO

All Homes Texas

DON NEILSON

Keller Williams Urban Dallas

SEAN PARSONS

RE/MAX DFW Associates

PAIGE POUPART

Compass Real Estate

JOHN PRELL

Creekview Realty

ALYSSA RAMSEY

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

BRITT RHODES

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International

MCKENZIE SCHIMMING

Halo Group Realty

DOUG SELZER

Ebby Halliday, Realtors

WARREN SIBLEY

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

JEREMY SIMMONS

RE/MAX DFW Associates

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International

LOUISE BOLL

Keller Williams Dallas Midtown

TONY BRACCIALE

Compass Real Estate

SUSAN BRADLEY

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

PATTY BROOKS

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

STEVEN CAIRNS

Ebby Halliday, Realtors

MELANIE CAPLE

Caple & Company

JENNY CAPRITTA

RE/MAX DFW Associates

KEVIN CASKEY

Halo Group Realty

BRIANNA CASTILLO

RE/MAX DFW Associates

MARGARET CERCHIONE

Keller Williams Realty

CHRIS DILLARD

Redfin

CYNDIE GAWAIN

Extraordinary Real Estate

Redfin Corporation

PEGGY HILL

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

TRAVIS HORTON

Twigg Realty

SCOTT JACKSON

Compass Real Estate

SHELBY JAMES

Shelby James Dallas

APRIL KEETON COPE

Coldwell Banker Residential

JENNY KELLOGG

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

SANTINA KORNAJCIK

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

ROBERT KUCHARSKI

David Griffin & Company Realtors

MANDY MAHONEY

Compass Real Estate

MARK MANLEY

Keller Williams Urban Dallas

BLAKE MARABLE

David Cleveland Properties

MELANIE MARTIN

The Associates Realty

KATHY SLAUGHTER

RE/MAX DFW Associates

ROSS SPENCER

Compass Real Estate

JAN STELL

Ebby Halliday, Realtors

BRANDON STEWART

David Griffin & Company Realtors

PHILLIP TILGER

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

HALEY WAGSTAFF

Compass Real Estate

KATE WALTERS

Compass Real Estate

JOHN WEBER

Compass Real Estate

DONALD WRIGHT

Compass Real Estate

The Top Realtor list was compiled from data retrieved from the North Texas Real Estate Information System (NTREIS) reported volume for 2019 residential sales in Area 18 as of Jan. 4, 2020. Find out more about the list at LakeHighlands.advocatemag.com/TopRealtors.

LIVING BEAUTIFULLY IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

SHELLS, ROCKS, GLASS

THIS MODERN, EARTHY HOME IS THE LOWE FAMILY’S ‘MEANT TO BE’ HOUSE

Story by MARISSA ALVARADO | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

Bosch. A vintage pig cookie jar which belonged to Lowe’s mother sits on the modern kitchen’s countertop.

Lowe and her daughters, Mallory and Macy, have a family tradition of collecting vintage items and shopping at local thrift shops, estate sales and flea markets.

“Mostly everything in this house is either from an estate sale or a flea market,” she says. The backyard features a bench covered in plants and succulents. Lowe bought the bench from an estate sale client who was thrilled that someone wanted her childhood bench, which had held her record player.

The family garage houses Molly’s ’79 Volkswagen Super Beetle and husband Matt’s ’61 Ford Thunderbird. Both were birthday gifts to one another.

“We love the old cars and we drive them,” Lowe says. “A lot of people with old cars keep them in the garage, but you’ll usually see us tooling around on the weekends. All the kids just love it. They grew up washing cars, hanging

FLORAL DESIGN CLASSES

LAKE HIGHLANDS FLOWERS

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We are now accepting reservations for our Floral Design Parties which will be held in our New Flower Design Center. Call 214-340-9950 to learn more about our flower design events!

FULL CIRCLE BAKERY

100% of proceeds go back into Texas non-profits

214.695.4808 fullcircletexas.com

Supporting local businesses and local non-profits gives us a sense of pride in our cookies, knowing not only do they taste good, they ultimately serve organizations providing crucial community services for those in need. We’ll bake to that!

CITY VIEW ANTIQUE MALL

One of Dallas’ oldest antique malls

Spring & Easter items arriving daily, including great finds for the Garden! SAVE THE DATE! It’s time for our Spring Flea Market and Sale! The Sale starts on Wed. April 22nd. On Sat. April 25th the Flea Market will begin at 9am rain or shine! There will be 100 vendors inside and out.

6830 Walling Ln. (off Skillman/Abrams)

214.752.3071 cityviewantiques.com

THE STORE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS

Clothing boutique and gift shop

HELLO SPRING!

Find something new at The Store in Lake Highlands. THML makes these super cute tops and the leather crossbody bag is Hobo. Show your creative side with earrings from Leigh Breunig Designs and Accessory Jane. Check us out online — thestoreinlh.com, on Facebook — @thestoreinlh.com or on Instagram — @thestoreinlh.

Mon. – Sat. 9:30 – 5:30

2019

9850 Walnut Hill Lane, Ste. 226 (at Audelia Rd) 214-553-8850

thestoreinlh.com

LAKE HIGHLANDS ACUPUNCTURE

Now offering evening and weekend appointments! Contact Tracy Lynn Tucker L.Ac., MAOM for an appointment. Tracy treats chronic pain, gynecological issues, allergies, anxiety and depression, insomnia, chemo side effects, and much more!

10252 E. Northwest Highway 214.267.8636 lakehighlandsacupuncture.com

DAN “THE COMPUTER GUY” Computer Repair

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stykidan@sbcglobal.net

Don’t panic! Let a seasoned pro be the interface between you & that pesky windows computer. Hardware & software installation, troubleshooting, training, $60/hour — one hour minimum.

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out and honking the horn on that T-Bird over and over.”

The U-shaped home in Town Creek fit every criterion 10 years ago when the Lowe family looked at the house. Their Realtor had been friends with the previous owners, who decided at the last minute that they weren’t moving.

“We were really picky,” Lowe says. “Thank God our Realtor was so nice. He must have shown us 40 houses over the course of three years. I kept comparing everything to this house. I really wanted this house.”

After two years, the original owners called the Lowes and said they were moving to Florida. “We walked in on a Thursday and did the paperwork on a Friday. It was a meant-to-be house.”

“I wanted everything to look like a rock garden because I’m a rock collector.”

Molly Lowe uses a bench, which was an estate sale find, for her succulent collection.

By GEORGE MASON

Hugging no more

Social distancing impacts religion most of all. But distance isn’t infinite.

Being a hugging pastor, the social distancing discipline we are engaged in nowadays because of the coronavirus is hard for me.

If you ask most people what ministers and religious communities have to offer people, “believing” comes first to mind. Believing in God and in themselves.

But believing is as social as it is personal. Belonging and believing go together, so much so that sociologists of religion argue over which comes first. Belonging is winning, by the way.

It’s more plausible to believe we are loved and accepted by God when we are loved and accepted by spiritual communities that gather around God’s name. That’s what makes practices of inclusion so healing and those of exclusion so painful. Isolation doesn’t just hamper our social life. It dampens our spiritual life.

Nonetheless, churches, synagogues and mosques all over Dallas are doing exactly what they should in the face of this hyper-contagious virus — keeping a safe distance from and avoiding intimate contact with fellow believers and neighbors. It’s against our sacred nature, but it’s consistent with our sacred duty.

My son-in-law, who is a pastor, said this to his congregation: “Social distancing is like chemotherapy for this pandemic. It’s the toxin to contain the disease. This is not ideal. But these are not ideal times. This is a time we will be giving up something big for something good.”

During the Ebola crisis in 2014, our church was in the middle of the maelstrom. The dear man who died of the terrible virus came to the United States from Liberia to marry his old flame. Louise Troh lost her fiancé, who was also the father of her 19-year-old son. She was, and is, a member of our church.

Ebola is deadly but hard to transmit. The coronavirus is caught as easily as the flu. The coronavirus kills at a rate only slightly

higher than the seasonal flu, and it is primarily deadly to those with compromised immune systems.

I say often that fear moves us away from people, while love moves us toward them. That is still true, but in this rare instance, moving toward them lovingly includes moving away from them temporarily.

Then, like now, our city is anxious. Now, like then, our elected officials and health experts have done their jobs with prudence and grace. They have kept us informed and used their powers to protect the virus from spreading, which sometimes means protecting us from ourselves.

WORSHIP

BAPTIST

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

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

ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809

Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

BIBLE CHURCHES

NORTH HIGHLANDS BIBLE CHURCH / nhbc.net / 9626 Church Rd.

214.348.9697 / Sun: LifeQuest 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am /

Sun: Youth 6-8 pm/Wed: AWANA 6-8 pm

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel

10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

EPISCOPAL

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

A Welcoming and Affirming Church / Rev. K.M. Truhan

Sunday School 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am / CentralLutheran.org

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

METHODIST

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RICHARDSON

503 N Central Exwy / fumcr.com / 972.235.8385 / Dr. Clayton Oliphint

Easter Services 7:30, 8:30, 9:45/11:00 am Traditional & Modern

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

Most faith leaders have shown we can believe in God and science at the same time. Truth is truth, wherever it is found.

Thanks to technology, which we often bemoan as a threat to spirituality, we are able to worship and stay in touch virtually. We are missing the hugs, maybe me most of all. But God willing — inshallah, as our Muslim friends say — we will make up for it soon, and our appreciation for social intimacy will be the greater.

Until then, we will love our neighbors creatively, but cautiously.

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.

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee

Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LAKE POINTE CHURCH – WHITE ROCK CAMPUS

Classic Service at 9:30 & Contemporary Service at 11:00 am lakepointe.org / 9150 Garland Road

PRESBYTERIAN

LAKE HIGHLANDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 214.348.2133 8525 Audelia Road at NW Hwy. / www.lhpres.org

9:00 am Contemporary, 9:55 am Christian Ed., 11:00 am Traditional

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Sunday Worship 10:00 am Church that feels like church and welcomes like family.

Fear moves us away from people, while love moves us toward them.

“You Love your neighborhood but you need more space for a growing family. A second story addition may be the answer.”

Bob McDonald Company has been improving properties in Lake Highlands, Lakewood, Casa Linda and beyond for over thirty years.

Thanks for being a good neighbor.

The Advocate has been part of our neighborhoods for nearly 30 years. Lots of our 500,000+ loyal readers run small businesses facing crippling financial issues now. Every day, in print and online, we help build the businesses of small retailers, home service providers, medical and senior care facilities, restaurants, real estate professionals — people who live and work right here in our neighborhood. Most of our regular advertisers are small, family-owned businesses who are seriously impacted financially by this situation.

As a small business ourselves, we know where they’re coming from, and we want to do our part to support them.

So we’ve offered free online advertising during this crisis for these locally-owned neighborhood businesses on a firstcome, first-served basis. Visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/show-your-neighborhood-love where you’ll learn about and help our neighbors. Please check out this special section, visit these businesses when they are open, and order from them online or through pickup or drive-thru as much as you can.

Businesses like these are what make our neighborhoods great places to live and work. It’s time to support these neighborhood owners and employees now when they need us.

When all of this is over, we want these business standing strong.

When all of this is over, the Advocate will be standing strong, too.

Rick Wamre President Advocate Media

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Air Conditioning

Roofing + Insulation

Commercial + Residential Sales + Service

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TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

BUY/SELL/TRADE

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CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

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

CLEANING SERVICES

ALTOGETHER CLEAN

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

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

WANTED: HOUSES TO CLEAN, Organize, De-clutter, or Pack. Sunny 214-724-2555

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

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

AT ODDS WITH YOUR COMPUTER? Easily Learn Essential Skills. Services include Digital Photo Help. Sharon 214-679-9688

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR

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

CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let a seasoned pro be the interface between you & that pesky Windows computer. Hardware/Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training. $60/hr. 1 hr min. Dan 972-639-6413 / stykidan@sbcglobal.net

CONCRETE/MASONRY/PAVING

ADVANCE STONE ART CREATIONS

Decorative Concrete Overlays. 214-705-5954

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

BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS

Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

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

Chris 214-770-5001

CONCRETE, RETAINING WALLS 25 yrs exp. T&M Construction, Inc. 214-328-6401

EDMONDSPAVING.COM Asphalt & Concrete Driveway-Sidewalk-Patio-Repair 214-957-3216

FLAGSTONE PATIOS, Retaining Walls, BBQ’s, Veneer, Flower Bed Edging, All Stone work. Chris 214-770-5001

DJ. MUSIC SERVICES

D.J MAGNUM FOR YOUR NEXT Company Event, Reunion, Function. We Offer All Styles Of Music From 1920-2020. Wyatt 972-241-3588

NEED AN ELECTRICIAN? Look here for local professionals.

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

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

BRIGHT LIGHT ELECTRIC • 214-553-5333

TECL 31347 Brightening Homes and Businesses

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

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

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

FENCING & DECKS

4 QUALITY FENCING • 214-507-9322 Specializing in Wood. YourWoodmaster.com

AMBASSADOR FENCE CO.

Automatic Gates, Fences/Decks, Pergolas, Patio Covers, Arbors. AmbassadorFenceCo.com 214-621-3217

FENCING, ARBORS, DECKS oldgatefence.com

214-766-6422

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

Decks, Pergolas, Patio Covers. 214-435-9574

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975

Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com

All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers

FLOORING & CARPETING

CALL EMPIRE TODAY To Schedule A Free In -Home Estimate On Carpeting & Flooring. 1-800-508-2824

HASTINGS STAINED 214-341-5993

Hardwoods- Install/Refinish/Stain. Stained & Sealed Concrete. hastingsfloors.com

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

FOUNDATION REPAIR

• Slabs • Pier & Beam

• Mud Jacking • Drainage

• Free Estimates

• Over 20 Years Exp. 972-288-3797

We

GARAGE SERVICES

UNITED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES Res/Com. Locally Owned. 214-251-5428

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

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

PRO WINDOW CLEANING prompt, dependable. Matt 214-766-2183

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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

DANHANDY.NET Repairs Done Right For A Fair Price. References 214-991-5692

HANDY DAN The Handyman. ToDo’s Done Right. handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

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

HANDYMAN WANTS your Painting,Repairs, To Do Lists. Bob. 214-288-4232. Free Est. 25+yrs exp.

HOME REPAIR Small/Big Jobs. Int/Ext. Sheetrock, Windows, Kitchen, Bathroom 33 yrs exp. 214-875-1127

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

ONE CALL WEEKEND SERVICES

Contractor & Handyman. Remodels, Renovations . Paint, Plumbing, Drywall, Electrical. 469-658-9163

SHORTY THE HANDYMAN Remodel/Plumbing/ Painting/ HVAC repair/install 214.576.6824

HANDYMAN SERVICES

HANDYMAN WANTS your Painting,Repairs,To Do Lists. Bob. 214-288-4232. Free Est. 25+yrs exp.

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

HOUSE PAINTING

972-6-PAINT-1 Int/Ext Paint & Drywall. A+ Quality. Call Kirk Evans 972-672-4681.

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Professional Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

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

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

D & D TILE SERVICE

Residential/Commercial. 30 Yrs Exp. 214-724-3408 Rodriguez_tile@att.net

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

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

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS Granite, Quartz, Marble For Kitchen/Bath-Free Est. jennifer@gmail.com 214-412-6979

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

Complete Full Service Repairs, Kitchen & Bath/Remodeling, Restoration. Name It- We Do It. dallas.tkremodelingcontractors.com

• Tubs, Tiles or Sinks

• Cultured Marble

• Kitchen Countertops

214-631-8719

WE REFINISH! www.allsurfacerefinishing.com

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

#1 WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS

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

A BETTER TREE MAN Trims, Removals, Insd. 18

Yrs Exp. Roberts Tree Service. 214-808-8925

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

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

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

HELP WANTED Cole's Lawn Care 214-327-3923

Experience & Transportation Required

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

MAYA TREE SERVICE Tree Trim/Remove. Lawn Maintenance. Resd/ Commcl.Insd. CC’s Accptd. mayatreeservice.com

214-924-7058 214-770-2435

MONSTER TREE SERVICE DALLAS

Certified Arborists, Fully Insured 469.983.1060

NEW LEAF TREE, LLC

Honest, Modern, Safety Minded.

214-850-1528

PAT TORRES 214-388-1850 Lawn Service & Tree Care. 28 Yrs. Complete Landscape

Renovation. New Fence Install & Brick Repair. Concrete Removal and Gutter Cleaning.

RED SUN LANDSCAPES • 214-935-9779 RedSunLandscapes.com

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

WALTON’S GARDEN CENTER

Stop in for home decor, candles, house plants, succulents and more. It’s time to plan for spring. Call us for design, prep and plantings!

8652 Garland Road 214-321-2387

”WE CARE ABOUT YOUR TREES”

On Staff:

4 - Certified Arborists

1 - Tex- Tech Degreed Ag

1 - Tex A&M Degreed Forester

PEST CONTROL

MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 + Tax For General Treatment.

Average Home-Interior/Exterior & Attached Garage. Quotes For Other Services.

214-328-2847. Lakewood Resident

NATURE KING PEST MANAGEMENT, INC

Squirrels, Rats, Racoon, etc. removal. Best Rates. Since 1994. Same Day Service Available. Rated 5.0 Star on Google. 214-827-0090 natureking.com

PET SERVICES

WINSTON ABBEY PETS Loving Care for Your Fur Babies, Dog Walking, Pet Sitting, etc. Insured & Bonded, winstonabbey.com, 214-808-8993

NEED A PLUMBER?

Look here for local professionals.

PLUMBING

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

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521 # M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues.

STAGGS PLUMBING Water Heaters, Sewer Backups, Water Leaks. All Plumbing Repairs. 972-379-4000

THE PLUMBING MANN LLC

Women Owned, Family Operated For all Your Plumbing Needs RMP/Master-14240 Insured. Veterans And Senior discount. 214-327-8349

POOLS

CERULEAN POOL SERVICES Family Owned/ Operated. Weekly maintenance, Chemicals, parts & repairs. CeruleanPro.com 214-557-6996

LEAFCHASERS POOL SERVICE Parts/Service. Chemicals/Repairs. Jonathan. 214-729-3311

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

C.A.S. BOOKKEEPING SERVICES

Personal/Small Business. Payroll, Accounting, Organizing, Consult. Cindy 214-577-7450

REMODELING

WHERE CAN I FIND LOCAL ...?

REMODELING

INTEX CONSTRUCTION Specialty in Ext/Int. Bath/ Kitchen/Windows, Steve.33yrs exp. 214-875-1127

MP ARCHITECTURAL Design & Construction. mattandpaul.com 214-226-1186

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

SERVICES FOR YOU

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Bob McDonald Company, Inc. BUILDERS/REMODELERS

30+ Yrs. in Business • Major Additions Complete Renovations • Kitchens/Baths

214-341-1155 bobmcdonaldco.net

ROOFING & GUTTERS

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