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City extends deadline over concerns on homeless housing

After a raucous meeting Aug. 7 when Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam McGough complained of being intentionally kept out of the loop, and Lake Highlands residents accused city housing officials of purposely withholding notice to homeowners to avoid opposition, the Office for Homeless Solutions extended the deadline for real estate developers to submit proposals. Notice of the extension from Aug. 14 to Sept. 19 was posted on the city’s procurement website.

RISD teacher in child exploitation probe dies

Rob Temple, an art and AVID teacher at J.J. Pearce High School, took his own life on Aug. 6. He’d been called in for questioning by Dallas police, regarding accusations of child exploitation. The Dallas Police Child Exploitation unit became involved after learning Temple had an inappropriate relationship with a student at a different school. They request that anyone with information about Temple’s case or knowledge of additional victims call police at 214.671.4215.

Apartment set on fire

An apartment fire destroyed 24 units and displaced multiple families Aug. 10. Dallas Fire Rescue responded to the four-alarm fire around 1 a.m. at the Vineyard at Forest Edge near Forest and Audelia. A security guard was treated for minor injuries sustained while alerting people about the fire, but no one had major injuries. The mother of a 7-year-old boy told investigators her son started the fire while playing with a lighter inside a closet, WFAA reported.

Bath House Cultural Center renovation

On Aug. 5, the Landmark Commission for the City of Dallas approved site improvements at Bath House Cultural Center next to White Rock Lake. The renovations include a new patio, walkways, planters and the removal of two trees.

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Patti Hawkins

“By the time homeowners visit with us,” says Bella Vista Company Partner Sara Haley, “most clients have already ‘shopped’ for a new home and discovered moving would be a lot more expensive than they imagined. Usually, we can renovate someone’s existing home—exactly the way they want it—for less than it would cost to move, and they can stay in the home that they love.”

Many people don’t realize the wide variety of lending options readily available to help finance the home of their dreams. Bella Vista Company and the home finance professionals at City Bank are happy to walk you through these options. Bella Vista has partnered with Patti Hawkins, a Vice President and Mortgage Consultant at City Bank Mortgage in Dallas, for many years.

Throughout her career, Hawkins has facilitated approval of close to 1,000 renovation and new construction home loans in our neighborhood. “She knows our market inside and out,” says Sara Haley. “Before the project gets started, Bella Vista will connect the client with me,” Hawkins says. “Often, the clients have ideas from TV shows, friends and magazines, they just don’t know much about how to finance their project.”

“I’ll give as much time as needed during the initial meeting talking through the client’s budget and ideas. Once they explain their financial goals, I’ll find a solution for their renovation or construction loan with comfortable terms and payment. Many people worry they’re going to be stuck with a peculiar loan their friends warned them about,” Hawkins says. “They’re concerned they’ll have a second lien with a very high payment, or they won’t have enough money to do what they really want with their home. But, in most instances, that’s not the case.”

Many homeowners don’t realize that when planning a home renovation, they don’t need to rely on the value of their existing home to determine how much can be borrowed. Instead, Hawkins says City Bank uses the “future value” of the renovated home as a basis for the new loan amount, providing a more accurate picture of what their remodeled home will be worth.

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SEPT. 21

OKTOBERFEST

Oak Highlands Brewery’s fifth annual Oktoberfest hosts a beer fun run at 11 a.m. to help burn a couple calories before indulging in German food and beer. Enjoy German music and a good cause because 10% of all sales will go to a local breast cancer charity. 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.

5 things to do in Lake Highlands this September

Sept. 7

Bull luv’it

Bull-luv-able Paws & Chi Wawas Rescue hosts an adoption event for bully breeds and chihuahuas. Spend your day with some happy dogs that want you to take them home.

When: Noon-3 p.m.

Where: Hollywood Feed, 7150 Skillman Street, Suite 100

Cost: Free

Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30

Body, breath, mind

An all-levels yoga class for anyone seeking to relieve acute or chronic stress or address postural imbalance. No previous yoga experience necessary.

When: 6-7:15 p.m.

Where: Lake Highlands Recreation Center, 9940 White Rock Trail

Cost: First class free, $8 after

Sept. 10

Plant-based cooking class

Learn how to make delicious sauces and important staples for your next meal-prep. Demos include quinoa, nacho cheese and ranch dressing. The event is BYOB, and each attendee leaves with a copy of the recipes.

When: 6-8 p.m.

Where: Nature’s Plate, 10233 E. Northwest Highway, Ste 432 Cost: $65

Sept. 14 Cars and coffee

Formerly known as the LH Car Show, this is the second Cars and Coffee event. See the area’s finest cars, ranging from exotics to classics.

When: 10 a.m.- noon

Where: Wildcat-Ram Stadium, 9449 Church Road

Cost: Free

UP FRONT

THE WHITE ROCK DOG RESCUER

Lilia Hollis uses her business skills to save dogs

Interview by JAIME DUNAWAY | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

Lilia Hollis never set out to run a rescue. In fact, she thought she was allergic to dogs growing up. But shortly after Hollis and her husband, Clay, bought a house on White Rock Lake, they found stray dogs in the nearby park. One day, Hollis discovered a shih tzu puppy with mange and staph infections in both eyes. She suspects that the night before — when a howling basset hound woke the couple at 3 a.m. — that the hound was trying to lead them to his sick friend. They adopted both dogs and spent thousands of dollars nursing the shih tzu back to health. That was nearly 20 years ago. Today, through their nonprofit, White Rock Dog Rescue, the couple places up to 250 dogs a year in permanent homes and provides low-cost vet care, training and fostering to stray animals.

Were you always an animal lover?

I didn’t think I was an animal lover. I grew up thinking I was allergic to dogs. I met my husband, and he’s a huge animal lover. He came with two big black labs. At first I was afraid, but I progressed from there.

Did you ever think you’d run a rescue?

I have a full-time job as an electrical engineer. I have a master’s in statistics and engineering. If someone said, “You’re going to run a dog rescue,” I would have said, “You’re out of your mind.” What really did it, I was a member of a women’s group and asked a neighbor to go to a happy hour to recruit. We drove by Flagpole Hill, and we saw some puppies in the field. I said, “A litter has been dumped. Let’s see how many we can find.” She said, “We’re going to miss the happy hour.” There were coyotes out there. She went on, and I found four of the puppies. What resonated that day is everyone will say they’re an animal lover, but will you get dirty? Will you miss a happy hour? Will you not go on vacation? I’m OK with that.

Are you tempted to keep all the dogs?

My personal dog, Schnickers, was left tied up to the Fair Oaks Tennis Center. I took him to adoption events. After one, I went upstairs, and I thought I closed the crate. The dog jumped on the bed. He ran up to me, threw himself on his back and kissed me on the chin. That was the moment I knew he was going to stay with me. There’s another dog I kind of cry about all the time. I sent her to New York, and I follow her on Instagram. If I have one too many glasses of wine, I cry, “Aww this dog.” She’s living the life up there.

What do people not know about running a rescue?

Everyone thinks Lakewood is an affluent part of town, but there are pockets where people are living below poverty and need help when their animal gets sick. Right now, there’s a woman who lost her house, so we have a longterm foster who’s watching her dog for three months. We also get hit up with requests like, “My parents died. Can you take their 13-yearold dog?” I wish people would consider their animals in their end-of-life plans. Why can’t their kids take their dog for a couple years? People say, “I don’t have time. I already have one dog.” But they can take their house.

Has this work taken its toll?

The rescue is almost a full-time job. My husband is a sailor, and every year we’d go somewhere different. We haven’t done that since 2005 because who’s going to watch the dogs? The need is always there.

How have you seen the rescue grow?

We do a ton of community outreach now. It’s about marketing. If the dogs aren’t being walked or being shown, they don’t get adopted. We’ve had a puppy kissing booth. We’ve started doing puppy pens at some of the local elementary schools. We inject values while they’re young. Dog fighting is bad. Don’t buy a dog, adopt. The more variety of events we have, the more people come.

How do you raise money?

Our budget is between $80,000 and $100,000. You have to run [the rescue] like a business. If you can’t fundraise or find a good foster network, you will fail. You get in the mentality that you have to save everybody, but you

“Everyone will say they’re an animal lover, but will you get dirty? Will you miss a happy hour? Will you not go on vacation?”

can’t do that. We hit Facebook and Instagram hard. We do restaurant nights. We collect aluminum. There are several places to drop off aluminum like Studio 6 and Craft Beer Cellar. Some high school boys who need service hours crush it and package it. We take up to 800 pounds to be recycled. That’s a couple hundred dollars. Every time I eat dinner at a local place, I talk with the owner. “How can you help?” My tennis team is a big fundraiser. It didn’t start that way, but you go to happy hour, show them a dog and it’s like, “Oh, here you go. Take my money.”

How can neighbors help?

Come to events and walk dogs. We really need social media help. We need to find more appropriate venues for dogs for our restaurant nights and events. It has to be busy and family oriented. We need fosters in this area. If the dog isn’t close, it’s not getting to an event, and it’s not getting adopted. I have to pay for Meetup. It’d be nice to find a sponsor for that.

What’s the most rewarding part?

When the dogs get into homes. Some have come from awful circumstances. There’s a song “The Look of Love.”

When you see a dog look at people, and they look back, you know.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

For more information about White Rock Dog Rescue, contact adoptions@whiterockdog.org or 214.507.4016.

END OF AN ERA

WALNE FAMILY SELLS HERB’S TO CALIBER COLLISION

ALAN WALNE POINTS to the life-sized photo of his father, Herb, at his Humble Oil Filling station at the southwest corner of Northwest Highway and Easton Road.

“That’s where it all started,” he says. “I’m the little towhead with no shirt and no shoes, and that’s my brother, Andy. Dad is polishing the vehicle.”

And here is where it all ends. The Walnes sold Herb’s Paint & Body to Lewisville-based Caliber Collision this summer after 63 years as a family-owned business.

Herb’s started in 1956 with a service station, a twobay garage and a car wash, and over the years, it grew to eight locations.

“Dad chose that site because it had room for a garage. Then he built the 10-bay garage shortly after that,” Walne says. “Besides the car wash, he later built the collision-repair and body shop.”

Herb Walne opened his first stand-alone body shop at LBJ and Garland Road in 1968.

Alan Walne opened the Richardson store at Arapaho Road and Central Expressway after he graduated from

Texas Tech with a degree in finance.

“I didn’t really plan to,” he says. “But I didn’t have anything else I was hot to do.”

Herb Walne died of lung cancer in 1986. Alan’s son, Robert Walne, joined the company when he graduated from Baylor in 2004. Shops in Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen and a drop-off location near Love Field were soon added.

“We had a lot of really good years, and Robert’s done a great job expanding this thing,” Alan says.

While the demand is there, it’s difficult to find enough skilled employees to fill all of the jobs, says Robert Walne, who is now Caliber’s national director of standard of quality.

“In high schools, the trades aren’t being pushed,” he says. “There used to be a time when things like plumbing and electrical trade skills were offered, but today it’s all about college readiness. Many of our techs don’t go to college. They go into the workforce.”

Alan Walne says he’s proud that the company has

Story by CAROL TOLER

Alan and Robert Walne reflect on 63 years of Herb’s Paint and Body. (Photo by Carol Toler)

given to community causes over the years, including more than $700,000 to the Down Syndrome Guild through their charity golf tournament.

Herb’s gave to countless Lake Highlands causes; most recently the Northlake Elementary outdoor learning center and the Lake Highlands Elementary walking path.

Alan’s wife, Joan, has served as president of the Lake Highlands Women’s League and president of the Dallas Park Board. Alan led the Exchange Club and served on the Dallas City Council, to name a few of the power couple’s leadership roles. Robert Walne is currently on the Exchange Club board and his wife, Stephani, serves with his sister, Sarah Hefton, in the women’s league. The Walnes also fund an Exchange Club scholarship named for Frances and Herb Walne.

Caliber, a $3.5-billion company, has 1,100 locations in 38 states, and their giving focus is national.

“They’re active with groups that rebuild vehicles and give them to folks, and they support the military, retraining veterans to get jobs in our industry,” Alan Walne says.

The Walnes retained ownership of the land where Herb’s shops sit, and their existing management company, Bottom Line, shifted its focus to real estate.

Breaking the news to longtime employees was emotional, Alan says, but most will keep their jobs under Caliber.

“It’s been an honor to be in the community all these years,” Alan says.

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“We had a lot of really good years, and Robert’s done a great job expanding this thing.”

GET FUNKY

HOW TWO LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH GRADS TURNED THEIR HOBBY INTO A BUSINESS

Story by MARISSA ALVARADO | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

Funky Picnic Brewery and Café prides itself on serving beer that honors classic techniques while also experimenting with new styles and flavors.

IN A DETACHED GARAGE, a group of four friends get to brewing. Using portable fans in the summer to stay cool and try to retain heat in winter, they work through any condition.

The brewing process can take up to eight hours, so guests come in and out of the carport. Playing games, bringing an occasional dog and more recently, a baby, the group keeps brewing.

Teaching techniques and testing out new beers, award-winning recipes and a new brewery come out of this garage.

Collin Zreet and Jenni Hanley were born and raised in Lake Highlands and recently gave birth to their business, Funky Picnic, in Fort Worth.

The two Lake Highlands alumni started brewing together through a mutual friend and fellow Funky Picnic owner, Samantha Glenn.

Zreet met Glenn through ultimate Frisbee, and Hanley met her through a kickball team.

Hanley and her husband, John Koch, a fourth co-owner, opened up their Fort

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Worth garage to the team. Under the name “Panther Street,” the group began entering local brewing competitions.

After winning the 2014 Brew Riot competition, Panther Street’s brewing quickly escalated as they entered more competitions and started to gain a presence in the homebrew scene.

“Once you start scaling up, and the more technical your system gets, the more money you start throwing at it,” Hanley says. “We kind of did that pretty quickly.”

In the following years, their team won competitions at Riverside Shootout and Iron Mash.

“It was just a combination of entering all of these competitions and finishing really well and thinking, ‘Oh, maybe we can actually build a business plan around this,’” Zreet says.

They opened Funky Picnic Brewery and Café in the South Main District of Fort Worth in June.

Why Fort Worth?

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They’re members of the Cap and Hare Homebrew Club, which has bred several breweries.

“The overall craft beer community is very helpful with each other,” Zreet says. “Even though they’re technically competitors, they’re still willing to help us out.”

The name Funky Picnic is a nod to Fort Worth’s nickname, “Funky Town,” but also to their “outside-the-box” beers.

“The picnic angle, we’ve always really loved being outdoors, whether it’s camping, hiking, ultimate Frisbee, kickball, what have you,” Hanley says. “We really wanted to celebrate that.”

While many breweries are in converted warehouse spaces or outdoor venues, the Funky Picnic is a restaurant-style space. It’s kid-friendly and has air conditioning.

Along with working a full-time job and being a co-owner of the brewery, Zreet also became a certified cicerone, the beer equivalent of a sommelier.

“Beer is part science, part art. You just have to know all the science behind it to be able to hit your numbers and have that repeatability,” Zreet says. “But then also you need the art component to know that the flavors go well together and come up with unique and interesting combinations.”

The co-owners current favorite Funky Picnic beers:

Hanley: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, a fruity Belgian saison brewed with prickly pear fruit, agave nectar and pink peppercorns.

Zreet: Funny Accent, an ESB with notes of plum, fruit and caramel.

“Beer is part science, part art.”

Collin Zreet and Jenni Hanley turned their love for beer and the outdoors into a business plan, opening up the Funky Picnic in the South Main District of Fort Worth. Check out a behind the scenes clip of the Funky Picnic at lakehighlands.advocatemag.com.

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MEET SHEILA TUME

SHE WANTS TO BE A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER, AND SHE IS LEADING THE WILDCAT BAND

CLASSES BEGAN AUG. 15 at Lake Highlands High School, but the Wildcat Marching Band didn’t wait for that. They’ve been rehearsing in the heat preparing for halftime shows and readying for prestigious competitions around the region. Leading the group is Sheila Tume, head drum major for 2019-20. Tume isn’t sure where she’ll go to college next year, but that’s about the only thing she’s uncertain about. She plans to become a human rights lawyer and is eyeing several renowned research universities where she can double major in political science and theology.

When did you first realize you loved music?

In elementary school, band was the big thing. Once everyone hits the sixth grade, they get the option of choosing band or orchestra, and in my case, I was pretty much sold on signing up for band after hearing the junior high kids play “Crunch Time” and “Still Fly.” I’d always liked music, but I believe I fell in love with the euphonium once I hit eighth grade. It had been my third year of playing the euphonium and being in band, but only because my band director, Ms.

Tinsley, would not let me quit. After listening to professional euphoniumists like David Childs and Demondrae Thurman, I started paying attention to the really small details that made music so much more than a couple of notes and rhythms plastered onto five black lines.

Do you enjoy your new post as drum major?

Conducting makes me feel as if I am connecting with the band on a level that cannot be described. It’s a mixture of all the hard work, the intensity of the sound, and the look on every single performer’s face that gets me so engaged in the performance.

What is your style of leadership? What leaders do you admire?

I am a sucker for what I love to call “nonverbal affirmations” because it instills ideas of self-worth and acceptance. Having a strong footing in my self-worth stems from the works of women like Maya Angelou and Ava Duvernay. These two women have used their talents to highlight societal issues that are often neglected, and they have underscored a lot

Story by CAROL TOLER

Sheila Tume conducts the LHHS marching band on the field. (Photo by Carolyn Sullivan)

of values, such as integrity and resilience, in their pieces of art. I also look up to my band directors, Mr. [Levi] Chavis, Mr. [Aaron] Singleton, Ms. [Sarah] Jones, and my former band director, Mr. [James] Rees. They’ve engendered a community of young-adult leaders, and they’ve continued to give us students the leeway to personalize the organization that we’re in.

Some people say band kids stick together. Is it true? Do you consider that a criticism, or is that one of the benefits of being a member? There is this general understanding within our school that we are always together. I mean, if allowed, we sit next to each other in our classes, and we even have a designated table in the student center. Some people don’t understand why band kids are always together, but this introduces the idea of perspective. Those who are not in our band don’t know the hours that we put into rehearsals and the time that we spend with each other. From an outsider’s perspective, the bond that we have may come off as strange, but I try not to take it as criticism. As for my experience in the band, the group has served as a home base, as my support group, and I have made some of my closest friends in the organization. I couldn’t be more grateful to be part of something that is way bigger than myself.

“I started paying attention to the really small details that made music so much more than a couple of notes and rhythms plastered onto five black lines.”

The band begins practice at 7 a.m. most days during the school year, and you’ve already started practicing during the hot summer. How tough is it to rehearse when you know other kids are off having fun?

Before summer band began, I was in Dallas for maybe a total of two weeks. I attended several Presbyterian youth workshops and conferences, and I even went on a mission trip. My first two years were hard, but for the past two years, I don’t even think about what other kids are doing because I’m having so much fun, myself.

The LHHS band is diverse in many ways. How does that shape the group?

Seeing a more diverse pool of kids is a pure representation of not only our school, but a world that is outside a lot of what we know and are used to. I believe that we’ve done an excellent job of accentuating values of respect and togetherness while filtering through all of our differences with music. If you surveyed our more than 200 members, we would all agree that there are very apparent cultural differences that exist within the organization. However, I have never thought of that diversity as being a challenge. If anything it’s a gift, and as young adults, we are so lucky to learn how to coexist in a safe space

and create something beautiful in the meantime.

Besides football halftimes, what competitions and other performances are you most excited about?

The Wylie Marching Invitational has always been my favorite competition, and I’m super pumped that we’re going this year. We’re also competing at the USBands marching contest on

Oct. 26. This is a new competition, so I’m not so sure what to expect, but I’ve always had a kick out of new things, and I know that our band is ready to level up and take on a more difficult challenge.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. Read the full story online at lakehighlands.advocatemag.com.

(Photos by Carol Toler)

HUMMUS HAVEN

HOW A HEALTH BUFF BROUGHT HEALTHY FOOD TO CASA LINDA

RUSSELL BIRK is the self-described “chief hummus maker” of Maya’s Modern Mediterranean. He left his cushy corporate job to become a restaurateur. As a health buff and a frequent visitor of Israel, he was puzzled why Israeli food hadn’t hit it big in America. Birk set out to do what Zoe’s did for Greek food — make Mediterranean food accessible and give neighbors a healthy option to feed their families.

What is the difference between Greek and Israeli food? It may look similar, but there are small variances in flavors and ingredients. Birk likens it to mole in Mexico — every region has its own take.

“The hummus is the best example,” Birk

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says. “In Greece, the hummus is all about the garlic and lemon juice. In Israel, the hummus is all about tahini and olive oil.”

The hero dish of Maya’s is the hummus. Birk spent 15 years traveling around Israel researching what makes the perfect hummus.

“Every year I would go to Israel, and I would find a local to take me to their favorite hummus spot,” Birk says. “I traveled all around Israel looking for the best hummus.”

To recreate the dish in Dallas, Birk tastetested 14 different olive oils. He ships tahini from Philadelphia — the only place in the country he could find the best quality.

Birk is meticulous about food, opting for a

Maya’s Modern Mediterranean brings Israeli eats to Casa Linda.

Story by CHRISTIAN WELCH | Photography by KATHY TRAN

small menu of perfected recipes. He refuses to serve anything that isn’t up to his standard. People often tell him he needs tabbouleh, a staple in Israel. Birk’s response? “We’re not good at it yet. If we ever get good at it, we’ll put it on the menu.” After eight recipes, Birk still hasn’t found one he feels proud to serve.

Birk wants the recipes to be accessible and enjoyed by the whole family. Maya’s is a family oriented restaurant. Birk named the restaurant after his 5-year-old daughter. His “Big-O’s hummus” is named after his son, Oren. Birk’s girlfriend helped him curate his recipes, trading date night for recipe testing.

He had two rules when he picked his Casa Linda location. It couldn’t be more than 10 minutes from his kids, and he wanted to bring healthy food to a part of the neighborhood that often gets overlooked.

“This area is so grossly underserved,” Birk says. “When I look at the lineup of restaurants over here, where do you go to eat healthy? I think Goodfriend is great. I think Hello Dumpling is awesome. There’s just not enough of that quality.”

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Just keep swimming

GOLDENDOODLE PATROLS THE POOL, WATCHES TV AND BEFRIENDS A FROG

When guests come to swim at Brandi Knott’s backyard pool, they are required to pass a swim test. Guests must swim the length of the pool, jump off the diving

board and, finally, go down the slide.

This test reassures Cooper, Knott’s goldendoodle, that no one needs saving. Because he will in fact, attempt to save any human or animal who tries to swim in the pool.

“He won't relax until they do it,” Knott says.

Patrolling and making sure everyone is safe, Cooper spends most of his time in the pool. Since he was 8 weeks old, Knott says he’s been fascinated by

“I have pictures of him 10 weeks old floating in the pool,”

Cooper typically swims with Knott’s 8-year-old son, Carter, and follows him around constantly, ensuring that he keeps from the harms or depths of the pool.

Just like any pool-goer, Cooper also enjoys laying out on lawn chairs and sun bathing.

“He’s very independent,” Knott says.

When Cooper isn’t swimming or laying out by the pool, he spends his leisure time watching TV with the Knott family.

“It's funny I've never seen a dog watch TV,” Knott says.

“If any animal comes on TV he attacks at full speed. Barking, running up, jumping down, you can't even watch ‘Secret Life of

Pets,’ he goes nuts.”

While Cooper is protective of humans, he also protects any foster dogs that come through the Knott household.

“We've had three foster dogs this summer and he takes them under his wing right off the bat,” Knott says. “He's always friendly to them and we go to the dog park and he watches them to make sure nobody messes with them.”

It comes as no surprise that Cooper’s sociable nature has resulted in a friendship with a backyard frog the family calls “Fred the fat toad.” He even brings Fred into the house on occasion

Lost in Lake Highlands

MILLIE THE DACHSHUND FOUND AFTER FIVE DAYS

When the Miller family lost their dachshund Millie, a friend advised them to ask St. Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of lost things, to intervene.

They did. But they also put up 250 flyers, blanketing a radius around their home on Kingsley Creek Circle. They visited every veterinarian’s office in their Zip code. They contacted Home Again, the company that micro-chipped the dog. And they spread the word on NextDoor.

Millie slipped out at 1 a.m. while Ryan Miller was loading some things into his SUV in the garage, and no one realized it until the next day.

That was a Wednesday.

On Saturday, a guy saw one of their flyers on Merriman Parkway and called.

“He said, ‘I know that dog, and I know where she is,’” recalls Nancy Miller, Ryan’s mom.

A night-shift worker had picked her up and taken her to his apartment. Since he worked nights and spoke only Spanish, the man who found her had kept Millie, but he hadn’t made an effort to find her owners.

The guy who saw the flyer led Nancy Miller and her husband, Don, to his neighbor’s apartment the next day,

They pulled up to the apartment at Fair Oaks Crossing, more than a mile from home, and saw that the patio door was slightly ajar.

Nancy Miller called to Millie.

“There’s no doubt,” she says. “We know her bark.”

Millie came out on the second-story patio.

Don Miller went home to get a ladder, but Nancy Miller stayed.

“I wasn’t about to take my eyes off of her,” she says.

The resident had woken up by the time they had the ladder.

The guy who found the flyer, whose name happens to be Anthony, and the guy who found Millie were speaking in Spanish.

“I was crying. Anthony’s girlfriend was crying,” she says. “Anthony was crying.”

It turns out the guy who found Millie saw her on the side of the road, so he stopped and called to her, and she ran under his truck. He hadn’t had time to bring her to a vet to check for a microchip.

“He was so kind to her,” Nancy Miller says. “She was well fed.

Ready to rumble

SPUNKY 18- POUND CAT GIVEN A CHANCE

When Marissa Shirley first met Murray, she left the room with scratches on her arms but a desire to take a chance on the 18-pound cat.

Murray was adopted out twice and returned for bullying other cats, Shirley and her husband, Drew, learned.

Shirley says she was skeptical, but massive Murray and his strong personality intrigued her. The couple brought the cat home just

knew he was staying for good.

Murray loves being the center of attention, greeting guests at the front door and waking Shirley up at 4

“He's very much a cat, wanting affection on his own terms, but he can also be very doglike,” she says.

Murray became the star of the party at a baby shower Marissa Shirley hosted last summer. He rolled around on the floor next to the bride-to-be, playing with ribbons and paper

“Once he got a bit tired of that, he started making rounds through the 20 or so guests, demanding that they pet him,”

Murray also loves napping in his favorite chair, sitting on the kitchen counter and lying by the sliding glass door, watching squirrels, birds and the occasional feral cat run

Shirley says Murray can be cranky, but his personality rules. “He’s hard to resist,” she says.

Waiting out the storm

HOW A 1-POUND KITTEN SURVIVED A THUNDERSTORM AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC

One rainy night on Whitehurst Drive, Kim

Pierce saw a tiny ball of fur. Cars were passing over the fur ball, and Pierce knew she had to do something. Not sure what the fur ball was or if it was even alive, she quickly made a U-turn to ensure cars couldn’t hurt it. Stepping out of her car and stopping oncoming traffic, Pierce rescued a 1-pound kitten.

After returning home, she turned her guest bathroom into a safe space for the shivering and damp kitten. Although he was only supposed to be a guest, Luigi soon became a part of the household.

Barely 5 weeks old, he couldn’t eat cat food and didn’t like milk bottles from the store. Pierce and her partner, Alfonso Cevola, had to syringe feed Luigi a mixture of kitten milk and wet food for six weeks.

“[Alfonso] just fell in love, he was the one who was up doing the 4:30 a.m. feedings,” Pierce says. “He's

been a part of our family ever since.”

Pierce works with the feral cat group at Southern Methodist University, feeding and taking care of campus cats.

The couple’s two older cats, “welcomed him in the way that cats can welcome another cat into the fold,” Pierce says. They took turns “mothering” Luigi, cuddling, grooming or playing with the kitten.

While Luigi has grown, he still maintains a small, boxy shape. “I'm convinced he's part dwarf,” Pierce says. Along with his boxy body and head shape, he runs like a rabbit with both back feet moving in unison, a characteristic of dwarf cats.

Despite his size, Luigi is self-possessed and confident in his domain. He doesn’t walk; he prances. When he’s not eating, he’s capturing his toys and sneaking them off as if they were real prey.

In the morning, he enjoys sitting in Cevola’s lap making biscuits, or he curls up with his big sisters.

“He just won our hearts,” Pierce says.

LUIGI PHOTOS: ALFONSO CEVOLA

GIVING THANKS TO FIRST RESPONDERS

BOX 4 FIRE BUFFS AID FIREFIGHTERS AT DISASTER SCENES

INSIDE LAKE HIGHLANDS FIREHOUSE 28, beside the fire engine and behind the ambulance, sits a heavy box truck labeled “Emergency Disaster Services.” The red-and-white truck is kept sparkling clean inside and out by members of the Box 4 Fire Buff Association, whose volunteers are on call 24/7 to roll out to aid and comfort firefighters.

Stepping into the truck is like stepping into a 7-Eleven. Water bottles and Gatorade are kept inside coolers with sliding glass doors. Granola bars, Little Debbie snack cakes, packets of peanuts and other treats line the shelves, and bags of ice are at the ready. Industrial coffee makers and microwaves are belted down for taking bumps at high speeds. The most appreciated amenity, an indoor bathroom, stays cool in summer and warm in winter.

When a fire broke out back in the old days, firefighters would “put a box on it,” assigning a box, or geographic area, to determine which department would handle the call. Dallas businessman and philanthropist Julius Schepps loved to ride on fire trucks as a youngster and was named honorary Dallas fire chief in 1924. When the group formed in 1963, it was named after Box 4, the box number for Schepps’ home and business Downtown.

The group has about 30 members, who listen for calls via home radios or through digital apps. Mark Duval, president of the nonprofit, works in his day job as an operations and safety

manager for a trucking company and has been active with the group for 16 years.

“Some people see us out at the scene and think we’re the fire department. Some people see the truck and think we’re the Salvation Army,” Duval says. “The Salvation Army purchased our truck, and we finished it out. We can service any county in North Central Texas experiencing a disaster, and we support any public agency that calls.”

The group goes on 100 runs a year, mostly major fires. Their newest partnership is with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department.

Mike Hoskins, retired after 32 years with the Dallas Police Department and 15 years with Dallas Fire Rescue, has been a member volunteer for almost 10 years.

“It’s a passion for the folks who do it,” Hoskins says. The firefighters themselves raise as much as $20,000 a year to fund Box 4.

Recruiting volunteers, they say, isn’t difficult. Finding folks to stick with it is harder.

“It’s a yearlong process to become a member,” Duval says. “When people ask to join, we ask that they come to at least 10 runs. They have to pass an extensive background check because we’re so close to law enforcement officers and firefighters. We have to vet our members really well, and we explain that they’ll see things, at times, that they won’t be able to talk about.”

Story by CAROL TOLER

Box 4 Fire Buffs Mark Duval and Mike Hoskins with their rehab truck. (Photo by Carol Toler)

Hoskins’ decades as a first responder give him a unique appreciation for the work of the volunteers.

“I’ve been on both sides of this. I know how important this job is to the firefighters on the scene. I’ve been out there in the cold, and I’ve been out there in the heat. When you come out of a hot fire and you’re dripping with sweat and you see this truck, you know they’re there for you. They’re going to give you cold towels to put around your neck and something to drink and a place to sit and relax and recuperate.”

Hoskins’ wife, Karen, serves with the Box 4 Fire Buffs, too.

“Karen’s dad was a Dallas firefighter. My dad was a Dallas police officer. My grandfather was a Dallas firefighter. We’ve been raised in this. It’s what we do,” Hoskins says. “We’ll get a call at 1 in the morning and might not get home until 5. Then she goes home and takes a shower and goes to work. Luckily, she works for Comerica Bank, and they encourage her volunteer hours.”

The task is grueling – so why do they volunteer?

“I went to Jesuit (College Prep),” Duval says, “and our motto was: We’re Building a Man for Others. I always did volunteer work, but that didn’t always speak to me. I found this group online, and I know it was what I really wanted to do. I came to my first fire, and I’ve been hooked ever since. For me, it’s being a servant to all these firefighters because they’re putting it on the line for me every day.”

Duval and his wife, Jennifer, live near Skyview Elementary, but they previously lived a stone’s throw from Station 28.

“I could hear the speakers whenever they had a run,” he says. “Those first few years when the sirens went off, I had a huge adrenaline surge. Now, I have a mile to drive to the station, so I work to calm down so I don’t get in a wreck.”

Taking care of the ones saving lives and property is rewarding, they say.

“We know the firefighters appreciate us because they tell us every day. It’s a rewarding experience. Every time they come to the window to get a drink or snack they say, ‘Man, we sure appreciate you being here,’” Hoskins says.

Says Duval, “Every one of them could lose their life today trying to protect me. This is something minor I can do to tell them ‘thank you.’”

Donate to the Box 4 Fire Buffs at box4.org or at Station 28 at 8701 Greenville Ave.

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WORSHIP

By GEORGE MASON

Animal magnetism

Lessons from Simba and Mufasa

The new movie, “The Lion King,” is an achievement in animation, but the appeal is more than technological wonder. The story is perennial truth that catches us off guard because we think we are merely being entertained by animated animals.

Throughout this edition of the Advocate, you will read about our devotion to our pets. The link between the animal and human kingdoms in our everyday lives produces a wholesome benefit to both. Companionship, mutual affection and simple pleasure are just a few things we cherish.

When a movie featuring talking animals in the wild draws us in, we are apt to consider the meaning of reality in a way classroom courses in philosophy, theology and political science can’t elicit.

Biblical motifs abound in “The Lion King.” The young prince, Simba, is presented by the baboon priest in a dedication ceremony familiar to any religious tradition. Simba later stands in the water and hears the voice of his father in the heavens speaking words of blessing to him, just like Jesus did at his own baptism in the Jordan River. We should understand this as more than a messianic message. It’s a universal affirmation of divine love and human duty.

How should we use power? The contrast between Simba’s father, Mufasa, and his uncle, Scar, reveals two understandings of leadership. Scar views the world as ripe for the taking, and the consequence is a despoiling of nature that threatens the whole ecology. Mufasa sees his rule as a matter of protecting the delicate balance of creation and creatures. He exercises power to protect others, not to benefit himself. Compassion and love are the virtues that bring harmony and peace to the kingdom.

The temptation to defy authority to prove oneself is the lesson of the Garden of Eden that Simba re-enacts, along with every one of us, as he sets off in defiance of his father’s instruction about the shadowy place ruled by ravenous hyenas. He

quickly learns that true freedom is found in obedience to what is good, not in the lure of doing whatever one pleases.

Is life a straight line of red tooth and claw, eat or be eaten, and then you die? Or is there a circle of life in which ancestors and progeny continue to interact in ways that perpetuate honor beyond time? “Hakuna matata” — no worries — makes a lovely song, but living only for the moment leaves one with nothing noble to live and die for.

In the end, loving one’s neighbor is a

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.

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

Wed: AWANA and Kids Choir 6:00 pm / Student Ministry 6:00 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 / Pastor Rich Pounds

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 8:45, 9:45, 11:00 am traditional / 11:00 am modern

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

strategy for those who love and for those who are loved. It applies to caring for our pets, the people who live next door and those coming across our southern border. What’s at stake is everything.

Genuine love requires courage and the bravery to face your fears in defense of others. It’s sacrifice more than sentiment. But sacrificial love is the deepest revelation of reality. The cost is great, either way.

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 / Worship 10:00 am Church that feels like church and welcomes like family.

“When a movie featuring talking animals in the wild draws us in, we are apt to consider the meaning of reality in a way classroom courses in philosophy, theology and political science can’t elicit. ”