2023 October Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate

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LIVE AROUND THE LAKE

Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) story is one of movement. It began on Aug. 13, 1983, when more than 100,000 voters in 14 cities and Dallas County cast ballots in favor of regional transportation. The agency’s vision of transporting North Texans efficiently, safely, and costeffectively became a reality after that vote.

DART had a vision for connecting more than just people and places, it wanted to serve as a vehicle to opportunity, progress, and growth. This new transformative transportation would inspire rebirth everywhere it went. From its first bus routes in the 1980s to the construction of the Silver Line today, DART continues to innovate as it adds new chapters to its story.

DART’s Board members, executive staff, riders, and others wanted to see the full potential of a multimodal transit system by ‘building out,’ a mindset that allowed DART to achieve the longest light-rail system in North America at 93 miles.

Since March 2020, a perfect storm of pandemicimposed challenges and infrastructure development delays created a once in a generation opportunity to take DART into a new era. DART’s new leadership pulled together to address challenges and focus on strengthening its rider-centric culture, to fulfill the promise made to city leaders, riders, and the community. As DART continues its journey, it will make safety, security, cleanliness, and reliability a top priority – now part of the agency’s operational DNA and allowing the agency to move forward and find opportunities to surprise and delight its riders.

“DART already had a strong foundation when I joined the organization two years ago,” said President & Chief Executive Officer Nadine S. Lee. “Even so, as a leading transportation provider in North Texas, we will never stop evolving.”

DART is currently investing more than $110 million for a cleaner, safer, and more reliable rider experience. The goal is to provide service that exceeds expectations and to operate a world-class system, powered by world-class employees. Recognized by Forbes as a top employer for four years in a row, DART employs more than 3,700 North Texans, and the organization continues to aggressively add talented, diverse, and passionate people to its workforce.

payment card that makes it easy for customers to ride and save money while doing so. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) bestowed its prestigious Innovation Award to DART in honor of GoPass, the first ticket-purchasing app to integrate multiple regional transit agencies and different forms of transportation onto a single platform. The app boasts two million downloads to date. In 2023, DART also introduced a new GoPass Tap card retail network that greatly expands the number of locations where riders can purchase and reload the fare card.

Perhaps nowhere can DART’s far-reaching impact be seen more clearly than in its transit-oriented development efforts, which embody the phrase, “Where public transportation goes, community grows.” With more than $16 billion in existing, planned, or projected development, DART continues to collaborate with its 13 service area cities to create fantastic spaces that are a draw for economic and social activities.

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Meanwhile, the organization’s Multimodal Modernization Program will replace aging vehicles, systems, and facilities giving DART a complete makeover in the coming years. DART’s Mobility+ effort is guiding agency improvements for the next decade, while the Silver Line Regional Rail project will span from DFW International Airport to Shiloh Road in Plano.

DART anticipates the line will be operational by late 2025 or early 2026.

In addition, the agency continues to innovate with GoPass, its industry-leading application that modernized the rider experience as a reloadable transit

“As an agency, we have a responsibility to ensure we are meeting the mobility needs of the community,” said Lee. “I am proud of how far we have come as an agency and will continue to work hard to meet the needs of today’s, as well as tomorrow’s, riders.”

Over the next 40 years, DART will embark on new initiatives to elevate service quality and provide seamless journeys for riders to maximize the social and economic potential of the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

Lovers Lane DART station celebrates that past with a lighthearted, romantic motif featuring art by Jim Branstetter intermingled with the poetry of Robert Trammell. The manhole cover on the southbound platform is an easyto-overlook touch of whimsy – a query that attempts to answer the age-old question, “She loves me, she loves me not.”

Photography by Lauren Allen.

“Where public transportation goes, community grows.”

As we look forward to the future of DART, let’s celebrate 40 years of milestones and memories made possible by our riders, employees, and community partners across all our service cities. Fort y Proud. Fort y Forward. Learn

OUR FARMERS MARKETS

Meet the people behind fresh produce and local goods

Story by MELODY DOCKERY | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

Autumn waves goodbye and good riddance to one of the hottest summers on record, and I can hardly contain my exuberance. Cooler temperatures and changing color in the trees entice neighbors back outdoors, walking and waving in celebration of a new season. The Dallas Arboretum and White Rock Lake draw many to East Dallas every October, but there’s nothing quite like our neighborhood farmers market to experience all the feel-good fall nostalgia.

I like to get up early and hit the White Rock Farmers Market when booths open at 8 a.m. to grab a cup of Fair Park coffee or just-squeezed juice. If I can’t decide between a cheddar, sausage and jalapeño kolache or a freshly baked pumpkin muffin, maybe I’ll just get both. I’ll need the extra fuel to fully embrace everything the market has to offer. Spending a morning wandering the aisles of goods is my idea of happy, and the fun is exponentially increased when I bring the dog and the children.

Artisans showcase hand crafted cheeses, uniquely designed jewelry and organic soaps. Creative talent and culinary inspiration abounds. Endorphins flood my system; it’s the best kind of sensory explosion.

We can all get behind sustainably sourced products, and eating locally is a great way to support our local farmers and economy. Who doesn’t feel good about reducing our carbon footprint? Eating seasonally and creating economic opportunity is a clear win-win.

But the real magic of our farmers market may be the connection it fosters. A gathering place for neighbors and a platform

for creatives, every vendor you meet has a special story. Each one is an entrepreneur who started with a dream they couldn’t deny and the tenacity to follow it through.

Take a minute to get to know your vendors. You’ll fall in love with the infectiously enthusiastic McBride team at Froot Kaves. They’re all about strong family spirit. Another inspirational vendor to check out is Brent Barry who, alongside his wife Susan, started out as a city slicker with a dream. Barry took the leap into ranching and farming five years ago, and remains committed to regenerative agricultural practices.

In an increasingly impersonal and automated culture, it is gratifying to interact directly with the artist who handcrafted a one-of-a-kind piece, to buy the flowers directly from the grower and to meet the farmer who grew the vegetables your family will enjoy at the dinner table.

Market goers experience an average of 17 social interactions while at the Farmers Market, Good Local Markets Executive Director Isabella Chamberlain says. Those interactions work to increase community connections, and Chamberlain promises an abundant October market with beautiful produce and a variety of handcrafted items and art, perfect for holiday gifts. The White Rock market is open every Saturday and the Lakewood location is open seasonally on Sundays.

For an extensive list of vendors refer to goodlocalmarkets. org. The White Rock location is located at 1450 Old Gate Lane, and the Lakewood location is at 6434 E. Mockingbird Lane.

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SHELL SHACK OFFERS DELIGHTFULLY MESSY SEAFOOD PLATTERS PLUS LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT

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Photography by KATHY TRAN

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The restaurant is known for its customizable seafood boils and variety of crab, offering the popular Dungeness and King crab along with Bairdi crab from the Bering Sea and Opilio crab from the North Pacific.

The first Shell Shack opened on McKinney Avenue in Uptown in 2013. Five years later, the resturant relocated to Henderson Avenue.

The company still considers the Henderson store the “first” in Dallas, even though it moved.

Now, Shell Shack has six locations in North Texas.

One of the bestsellers at all Shell Shack locations is called the VIP. The VIP includes two snow crab clusters, one pound of boiled shrimp, corn, three potatoes and three sausages. A personal favorite of Michael Colatarci, the director of marketing at Shell Shack, is the MVP, a combo boil that he created. The MVP includes one cluster of snow crab, 1 ⁄ 2 pound of boiled shrimp, corn, three potatoes and three sausages.

Shell Shack also offers daily specials including $9 shrimp baskets, crawfish, catfish and boiled shrimp specials. Customers can enjoy discounted cocktails at Shacky Hour 3-7 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Shell Shack offers catering, private events inside of the restaurant and Truck & Trailer rentals. Truck & Trailer catering includes a trailer with a deck of oil pots that are used to cook the seafood boils. The trailers

It’s OK to wear a bib — no matter what age you are — and get your hands a little dirty at Shell Shack.

The MVP combo was created by Michael Colatarci and includes both crab legs and shrimp.

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are also used for catering. Customers can enjoy food from the Truck & Trailer Saturdays at Oak Highlands Brewery. Colatarci encourages customers to come inside, ask about local residency discounts and enjoy the ambience.

“I think that the experience of cracking the crab legs, eating the crawfish and making a mess at the table is what makes Shell Shack so special,” Colatarci says. “It’s the atmosphere. You know, we want you to get messy.”

Right: The fresh gulf oysters are served on the half shell with horseradish and homemade cocktail sauce.

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LADIES OF THE LAKE

The ghosts of White Rock Lake

Story by PATTI VINSON

Neighbors, always be watching when the moon is full and the water is flat. You might very well see the Lady of the Lake, having clawed her way up to the surface from her watery grave at the bottom of White Rock Lake. In fact, you might see more than one Lady.

Or maybe it’s a group of female athletes from the neighborhood who love to paddleboard in costume and mess with our heads. They’re at it again this year.

These dozen or so women, among them rowers, basketball players, and roller derby girls, call themselves The Floatilla. They decided, in the pandemic-induced boredom that was 2020, to stir up some mischief come Halloween time that year and every year since, on one perfect autumn night when the waters of the lake are calm. Wearing long white dresses and veils, and illuminated by artful lighting, they float eerily and mostly silently on the lake together. One could call it spooky performance art.

The paddleboards create the effect of ghosts floating on water, and the ladies have been known to erupt into ghoulish howls and cackles during the hour or so that they are conjuring the Lady.

If you’re new to the area, here’s the story of the Lady of the Lake. Legend has it that a couple back in the 1940s was driving around White Rock Lake when they spotted a young

Photography by ALLISON SLOMOWITZ

woman in a sopping wet, long dress on the side of the road. She asks for a ride home – various versions have her dropped off in Oak Cliff or in East Dallas, on Gaston or maybe in Forest Hills.

They arrive at the address only to find nothing but a puddle of water where the woman was sitting. Baffled, the couple speak with the owner of the house they were directed to, a man who says his daughter drowned at the lake years ago.

“We pay homage to her,” professional rowing coach Nan Miller says.

The idea was cooked up one night as the group hung out on boards in the middle of Lake Ray Hubbard.

“We were talking about how fun but kind of creepy it is to be on the water after sundown,” says Miller. “I mean, you just never know when that Lady of the Lake is going to come out of nowhere and scare the bejeezus out of you.”

Miller wove the tale of the Lady, both creeping out and inspiring her group to start planning their performance at White Rock Lake.

“We shared the vision right off the bat,” she says. “Because we’re all craycray.”

Floatilla member Cathy Ranspot remembers the night well. She says she immediately hopped on her phone to look up the lunar calendar and was delighted with what she found.

“I saw that it was a full moon on Halloween which fell on a Saturday,” Ranspot says. “That sealed the deal! The full moon was key.”

“From the tale,” Miller says. “A modern-day take on the Lady of the Lake was born - a more reliable way to walk on water, LEDs for uplighting, blonde wigs and white dresses.”

“We’re all a bunch of kids at heart. We love costumes, adventure, and, honestly, being a little silly,” Ranspot says.

But it took some doing to achieve just the right look. For their first outing, Miller decided to try the creative route and made a dress out of white trash bags.

“It moved in the breeze nicely but between my dress and my life jacket, I couldn’t see the board under me, my feet, or the water,” Miller says.

After that dicey experience, she decided to go with the white dresses other Ladies were finding on Amazon.

Group member Donna Castle talks about how Ladies completed the ghostly look.

“All of us have gotten really creative with the lights. We adorn our paddleboards with battery-powered LED lights strategically placed around our boards and under our dresses to give us that special eerie glow.” says Castle. “Some ladies even use neon rope lights on their paddleboards. We also

wear veils and wigs with small string lights woven through our hair. A lot of the fun is seeing how creative our group gets with their outfits, hair, and makeup.”

Their first time out in 2020, they discovered there was a learning curve.

“It was so fun,” Ranspot says. “But it was tricky” standing on the board while wearing a long dress and veil.

She adds several in the group are rowers and have a heightened sense of safety on the water.

Interested in witnessing this spookiness? Keep your eyes peeled for a mention of the date, time, and launch site on Facebook pages for Lakewood, Old Lake Highlands, and Peninsula neighborhoods. But be aware it might be a last-minute announcement.

“We shoot for Halloween,” Miller says. “But I can’t stress enough the Ladies of the Lake serve at the whim of Mother Nature.”

Calm waters are crucial.

And who knows? Maybe this performance art will inspire the actual Lake of the Lady to make an appearance.

“Last year I kept feeling pockets of really cold air on the water surface when I was paddling,” Miller recalls. “The water is typically warmer than the air temperature in October, so it made no sense. I think it was the spirits of White Rock Lake trying to claw their way to the top.”

HOW

Story by JEHADU ABSHIRO

Photography by JENNIFER MCNEIL

how do you make a mid-century modern Californian-style home with Asian influences fit on a street full of traditional ranch houses?

How do you make a 4,800 square-feet multi-level home seem inconspicuous when the average home on that same street

has a footprint of less than 2,000 square-feet?

It needs an angled roof to bring the scale down. It needs to be built further back on the lot. The highest point of the house needs to be in the middle.

“We wanted the house to feel that it fit into the neighborhood,”

Eddie Maestri says.

The custom home built for a family of three near the Ridgewood Hills neighborhood is being featured on the 17th Annual AIA Dallas Tour of Homes. Maestri, owner of Maestri Studio, guided the project from the blueprints to the lighting fixtures.

Above: The dining room is in a jutted alcove with a one-story roofline. Right: The half bath on the first floor features the herringbone flooring found in the dining room and contrasting black hardware.

Or in his words, “everything attached to the house.”

A nod to mid-century modern, the house utilizes lighter woods with contrasting black hardware. The slated wooden walls, often seen in Japanese architecture, create warmth and texture.

The three bedroom and 3 1/2

bath house’s first floor has an open-concept kitchen, a master suite with an adjacent home office and dining space accented by herringbone flooring.

“We wanted to have a couple of areas that felt different but with a continuity of the woods just to make it feel a bit more special and more of a design element,” Maestri says.

A piece of artwork brought back from a trip to China is highlighted in a niche, tucked into the end of an elongated hallway. The second story’s glass floor serves as a see-through ceiling in the hallway.

“We try to make each space very, very meaningful,” he says.

Multiple courtyards bump out from the house creating indoor outdoor spaces, which makes the home ideal for entertaining. There’s a tight porch that features a double-sided gas fireplace. Light filters through the large windows. The bathroom has a bathtub in front of a window that overlooks the outdoor shower.

“Just little ins and outs here and there for them to enjoy,” Maestri says.

Above: The master suite has an adjoining outdoor space. Top right: The outdoor dining space featuring the two-sided fireplace. Bottom right: A jade stone creates a spa-like experience in the master bathroom.

Everything from the bottom up

Meet Bryan Adams High School’s new principal Sarah Foster-Arbaiza

Story by ALYSSA HIGH | Photography by KATHY TRAN

Substitute teacher. Teacher’s assistant. Teacher. Campus instructional specialist. Curriculum and assessment writer. Workplace learning coordinator. Assistant Principal. Lead assistant principal.

Sarah Foster-Arbaiza has held many titles in education. Now she’s the new principal at Bryan Adams High School.

She started her career in education as a substitute teacher in Corpus Christi at a school designated “improvement required,” meaning the majority of the school’s staff would have to reapply for their jobs. After substituting in an algebra class for a year, Foster-Arbaiza was approached by the principal and offered a teacher’s assistant position.

Foster-Arbaiza worked as a teacher’s assistant for two years before returning to Dallas, where she was born and her dad still lived.

“I didn’t have a job, so I just walked into the DISD building and was like ‘I was a TA for the last two years

in Corpus Christi ISD. I’m great with kids. And I’m really looking to make a difference here in Dallas ISD,’ ” Foster-Arbaiza says. “They gave me a list of schools that were hiring, and I just drove to every single one of those schools with my resume.”

Eventually, Foster-Arbaiza was hired as a teacher’s assistant at Anne Frank Elementary while she got her bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at Dallas. When one of her professors opened Ann Richards Middle School in Pleasant Grove, she was hired for her

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first official teaching job.

Foster-Arbaiza didn’t stop there. She worked toward her master’s degree and spent her summers writing curriculum and school year teaching at Richards Middle School.

“I really got a good taste and opportunity for writing curriculum and using curriculum as a way to create equitable space for kids,” Foster-Arbaiza says. “The number one factor in front of any kid is a great teacher, but the number two factor is a great curriculum. And I knew I could write a great curriculum and create assessments for kids to really evaluate where they are and where they need to go and how to get them there.”

Foster-Arbaiza moved on to Pinkston High School, where she worked as an instructional specialist before helping establish Pinkston’s pilot rollout of the

“I’ve been able to see these amazing things that administrators do behind the scenes every single day for kids.

Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program as a Workplace Learning Coordinator.

“I’m so thankful to have been a part of that pilot program because it taught me so much about the kids being collegeand career- or military-ready and really going beyond secondary school and making sure that kids are ready for life outside,” Foster-Arbaiza says. “I’ve been able to see these amazing things that administrators do behind the scenes every single day for kids.”

Foster-Arbaiza didn’t stop climbing. She went back to school to earn her principal certification and started as an assistant principal at Bryan Adams.

Bryan Adams is the first comprehensive high school in DISD to be an AVID National Demonstration campus, had the number one English 1 and English 2 teams for two years, had a distinguished assistant principal and Assistant Principal of the Year.

“I couldn’t be more grateful for this school, this community and these kids,” Foster-Arbaiza says. “I’ve never seen a community rally and come together behind so many traditions and values. At Bryan Adams, we say we’re tenacious, collaborative and reflective. And we really are.”

Looking toward her first year as principal, Foster-Arbaiza aims to ensure that 100% of students graduate college, career or military ready (CCMR). The Texas Education Agency reports that 88% graduated CCMR in 2022.

“We consistently perform right behind Woodrow, so my goal is to beat Woodrow,” Foster-Arbaiza says. “It’s not just about kids going to college or about them getting a job. It’s about them being able to get a workable, liveable wage when they graduate or to be able to graduate with a set of skills that will allow them to be successful.”

The Mothership

“LIZ JORDAN, FOUNDER OF THMTHRSHP GALLERY, IS TAKING ART GALLERIES TO A NEW LEVEL

Story by LILLIAN JUAREZ

otherhood. It’s exhausting, chaotic, tender, fulfilling and humorous, at times, but it’s also a beautiful experience.

Motherhood is work, but it can also be a work of art.

Liz Jordan started thMTHRshp Gallery as a space to feature works by women, mothers, LGBTQ individuals and other minority and disabled artists.

In addition to representing marginalized artists, thMTHRshp breaks from gallery norms by paying them a commission that supports not only the artists’ living costs, but the the living costs of their families.

“I don’t know of another gallery that’s really focusing on representing moms,” Jordan says.

mJordan had her first child in 2018. Just as she was learning to tackle the terrible twos, the COVID-19 shut downs began. Learning to be a parent in the midst of a global pandemic was a dark time, but art was her escape.

It was also an escape for Sarah Barnett, who Jordan met at a local park. The two became friends, and their relationship grew as their daughters played on the playground.

Their shared passion for art was a complete coincidence.

Eventually, Barnett showed Jordan a new aspect of the art world called “motherhood art,” which showcases the stages, emotions and power that comes with being a mother.

It was an inspiring and pivotal moment for Jordan, who started thMTHRshp in 2022. Barnett is now a featured artist at the gallery.

Each featured work at thMTHRshp depicts a different layer of motherhood, such as the lighthearted or funny moments captured by Madeline Donna. Some of the works are more sensitive or dark, to reflect the dayto-day struggles.

“(Mothers) can get so much from just looking at a piece of art and [knowing] this person understands me, this person sees me and what I’m going through day to day, and I feel validated,” Jordan says.

Currently, thMTHRshp is a pop-up art exhibit, but Jordan intends to open a permanent location in the next two to three years. Jordan hopes the permanent location will bring a new community of art lovers together, not just mothers.

“I think that when mothers thrive, children thrive, and it expands into society as

Photography Courtesy by Liz Jordan.

a whole,” Jordan says.

Similar to the pop-up exhibits, the future gallery will include workshops in a variety of mediums such as yoga, abstract painting, photography, mix-media pet portraits and floral design.

The workshops can accommodate new parents and people with disabilities. Jordan plans to include onsite childcare, so parents can enjoy the artwork at their own pace.

Jordan entered the art world when she studied art history in undergraduate school at the University of Louisville. She became engrossed in the vibrant atmosphere she discovered there. While working at nonprofit Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, and she met Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft gallery director David McGuire. He offered her a job at the gallery in early 2000.

In 2012, she founded Girls with Guts, which later became an inspiration for her art gallery.

“Everything that I’ve done professionally is always kind of reflective of who I am personally,” Jordan says.

Being an artist comes with many challenges. The pay isn’t glamorous, the work can take hours if not days. For many female-identifying artists and racial/ethnic minorities, it can be even more challenging to have equal opportunities for commission.

The Burns Halperin Report, which explores representation in U.S. museums and the international art market, found that between 2008 and 2020, 11% of acquisitions at U.S. museums were of work by female-identifying artists and 2.2% were Black artists. In worldwide auction sales, 3.3% of art sold was created by women.

But through thMTHRshp, Jordan hopes to break some of the barriers that traditionally exist in the art world.

“We’re all a part of a greater family,” she says. “It’s that idea of unity and everybody really feeling like they have a place, and they belong, and they can contribute.”

Data-driven deeds

Meet District 2 Trustee Sarah Weinberg

Story by ALYSSA HIGH | Photo by LO KUEKMEIER

Education is a pathway to economic mobility. Or that’s what Sarah Weinberg, DISD District 2 Trustee’s father used to say. Coming from a family with 12 kids, Weinberg’s father saw education as what lifted him out of poverty, and emphasized the importance of it to his six kids.

“Education was part and parcel to my family growing up,” Weinberg says. Her dad was a first-generation college student and he served in the army for 20 years.

Weinberg studied accounting and business before working in invest management while raising her children.

“After my third child, I stepped back and started volunteering my time in schools,” Weinberg says. “That re-sparked the interest of education that had been sort of dormant.”

Weinberg volunteered in the Pinkston Sr. High School feeder pattern in partnership with a Southern Methodist University program that focused on literacy.

“It’s so important [to know] the basic fundamental foundation of learning literacy and numeracy and I just wanted to know how I could help,” Weinberg says. “I got deeply involved in understanding what the barriers were and how to bridge the resource gaps to improve student outcomes.”

After volunteering in the district and at United to Learn, na education-based nonprofit, and working with Leadership DISD, Weinberg was inspired by policies that the board implemented to improve student outcomes, like investment in early childhood, college readiness and career pathways.

When former District 2 Trustee Dustin Marshall decided not to run again, Weinberg decided to run for his seat. She aims to use her experience as a CPA and CFA to guide her fiscal decisions and utilize a data-driven approach to driving policy for DISD.

The DISD Board of Trustees establishes policy, allocates finances and evaluates school performances for almost 150,000 students, 10,000 teachers and 14,000 staff members. Weinberg serves our neighborhood, including Woodrow Wilson High School and the schools in its feeder pattern.

“There’s a sense of urgency in that every day that ticks by is an opportunity in education to have a great day, to improve an outcome, to make a difference, to move towards some goal,” Weinberg says. “It feels urgent to me and it felt urgent when Dustin wasn’t going to run that we have someone who felt that way.”

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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

By PATTI VINSON

Animals among us

For 20 years, the DFW Wildlife Hotline has educated neighbors about critters

"Where can I get more possums?"

This was the unlikely question posed to Prudi Koeninger, founder of the DFW Wildlife Hotline, now in its 20th year. It was as gratifying as it was unexpected, unequivocal evidence that the hotline was doing its job: educating the public about wildlife and how to coexist with the critters living among us.

Read on for a happy ending to the opossum question. But first, a bit of background on the hotline.

With our neighborhood's fortunate proximity to lovely White Rock Lake, chances are good that you or someone you know has called DFW Wildlife Hotline about an injured bird, a rowdy raccoon or an orphaned squirrel. You have Koeninger to thank for the help this valuable service provides.

Before establishing the hotline, she had been a wildlife rehabber specializing in raccoons for several years, work she stumbled into after her police officer husband brought home baby raccoons he removed during a call. At the time, no system existed to deal with mammals in need. More often than not, animal services were called and often ended up euthanizing wildlife.

"Conflicts with wildlife were increasing due to urban sprawl, and we had a population that had no experience with wildlife," Koeninger explains.

She saw a need and took action, first finding a service to provide the phone system for a hotline. Then she identified a volunteer base by partnering with North Texas Master Naturalists. She gained the support of rehabilitators in the DFW area,

collected resources and trained volunteers to provide solutions to callers.

In its first year, 2003, the hotline answered 300 calls. It now averages 12,000-15,000 each year, and it's still covered by volunteers. Most calls are from this area, but they have received distressed queries from other parts of Texas and even other states.

"The volunteers get excited when they help someone outside of Texas," Koeninger says. "It gives them joy to know how far their volunteer time can reach and have influence."

When a volunteer picks up the phone, they never know what to expect. "My cat brought me a baby rabbit, squirrel, bird, etc. I found an animal. What do I do to help it? I have a coyote in my neighborhood. I have an animal in my attic. I have an injured animal. Where can I take it? Will you come trap and remove this animal?" Koeninger lists these as common concerns. "Fifty-five percent of our calls are bird related, with 30% being rabbit, squirrel and opossum."

One of the goals of the hotline is to educate the caller and create a tolerance and understanding of how to share our spaces. The caller asking for more opossums?

Koeninger says this was one of her most memorable and heartwarming calls. She remembers the woman was "hysterical" about finding an opossum in her backyard and demanding that they come immediately and kill it.

"I started explaining that the opossum was not a public health threat. They do not get rabies. They will not attack you. You would have to put your hand next to their mouth to be bitten. Yes, they will show you those pearly whites. However, if you did not retreat, their body would release an enzyme that makes them go into a coma state, which is where you get 'playing possum.' They are not going to chase you," she patiently informed the woman.

"Then I started telling her that they are immune to venomous snakes and will seek, kill and eat snakes. They eat rats and mice, roaches, grasshoppers, etc. Before the call was over, she was asking me where she could get more opossums,” Koeninger says. “Would I bring her another one?"

Another memorable call involved not a

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East Dallas, as you would expect, makes good use of the hotline, which receives calls from our neighborhood every day. If you've called the hotline, you might have spoken with volunteer Julie Cassidy, who lives near the lake and specializes in opossum and squirrel rehab. She estimates she's taken in well over 1,500 animals in the dozen or so years she's been involved in rehabbing and answering hotline calls.

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Cassidy says most of the calls she's handled involve birds and rabbits, situations that are often resolved with a bit of education instead of rescue.

But she's dealt with her fair share of oddball calls, including one from a man who claimed to have a lemur on his back fence. During the call, the man's wife saw a post on social media that a neighbor's lemur was missing. Mystery solved, though animal control became involved to verify just how this person came to be in possession of a lemur.

Cassidy loves helping folks with animal concerns and admires those who care enough to call.

"I totally enjoy answering the flurry of calls we receive and guiding people on what to do. The majority are compassionate, caring people that want to do the right thing for wildlife,” Cassidy says. She adds that she encourages animal lovers to consider volunteering for the hotline.

Got a wildlife conflict or concern? Call the hotline at 972.234.9453 for a personal consultation. Or visit dfwwildlife.org. They can also be found on Facebook and Instagram

Photo courtesy of Julie Cassidy.

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