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LAKEWOOD/EAST DALLAS ADVOCATE VOL.29 NO.7

PROFILE 12 Junior League President Christa Sanford DINING 36 DeLeon Provisions’ growing business plan FEATURES 16 The Lakewood muralist who’s painted it all 24 Flowers for East Dallas 42 Fierce females COLUMNS 60 White Rock Lake photographer 66 Worship: Women in leadership

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CHRISTA AT EASE Meet Junior League of Dallas’ Centennial president › Story by JEHADU ABSHIRO Photography by JESSICA TURNER

hrista Sanford is a Dallasite, through and through. She loves being at home in our neighborhood with her kids Jackson, Cason and Landry. But if she’s going to leave the house, it’s going to be for a trip to the Arboretum or NorthPark. She loves the cheese fries and ranch at Snuffer’s, ideally at the original Greenville Avenue location. Her youngest is named for beloved Tom Landry, who coached her father Guy Brown III, Super Bowl XII champion and a Dallas Cowboys linebacker for five seasons. Landry was very much part of her life growing up — he was there at her First Baptist Academy graduation. After attending Rice University to study electrical engineering, she went to Southern Methodist Univeristy’s Dedman School of Law. She passed both the State Bar and the Patent and Trademark Bar. Sanford knew she wanted to be a patent attorney by the time she was 12. She loved watching The Cosby Show. “I wanted to be just like Claire Huxtable, like she was a lawyer,” she says. “And my mom said, ‘Well, fine, you can be a lawyer, but you’re good at math and science, you need to be patent law.’ ” In 2004, she started at Baker Botts, an international law firm with more than 700 attorneys. In 2006, she joined the Junior League of Dallas so she could have a volunteer outlet. While most associates bill as many hours as possible to reach partner level as quickly as possible, she scaled down her hours for several years after her second child. It took nine years to make partner in January 2014. A partner at the firm, she’s the deputy chair of the Intellectual Property department and serves on the executive committee. Her career at the firm and the career in Junior League have mirrored each other. She has served as the new member chair, worked on research and underwriting, and during this past centennial year, she was the organization’s first Black president.

WHERE DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’VE MADE THE MOST IMPACT? That’s a hard question. I’m hopeful that I’m making an impact in everything. I will say that if I just take a snapshot, this year serving as president for the League during its centennial year has been truly impactful on, I think, the League as an organization, on the city and then also me personally. Not just the fact that it’s been a milestone year but the fact that I am the first African-American volunteer to serve in this role. It sends a message to the community about what we stand for and where we are moving as an organization. It sent a message to our volunteers that, regardless of who you are, what your background is, you can also make a huge impact in this organization on our community.

IS THERE A LEGAL CASE YOU’VE WORKED ON THAT WAS IMPACTFUL ON YOU? When you work with these small companies, they come up with this idea, and you help them put their idea into words and follow this patent application. They’re just starting out. They don’t necessarily have a ton of revenue. The product hasn’t really launched yet, but you’re able to create an asset for them. That is so fun because of the excitement they have when they find out the patent office is going to grant them this patent.

IS THERE A CASE THAT INCREASED YOUR CONFIDENCE? I had an opportunity to participate in a hearing. I remember this, because I was not expecting to participate in the hearing. And the partner, as we were on a plane, said: “Hey, I want you to do this argument.” And I hadn’t told anyone yet, but I was pregnant at the time with my third child, I was incredibly sick. And I was like: “OK, I guess I’ll do it” since I prepared that entire night. We had been in the hearing for six hours. And I get up and nail the argument. It was a very fulfilling moment. I was still an associate at the firm. That really gave me a lot of confidence. That was one time where I was like: “OK, maybe I can do this. I can figure this out.”

WHAT’S IT LIKE SEEING DALLAS CHANGE? Just even looking back at the past 18 years since I’ve started practice, it’s been incredible to see the change. It’s nice to see how Dallas is growing — how we are bringing in more people from just different parts of the country and really expanding. You know, Dallas is special. I like seeing how other people are seeing how special Dallas is.

WHAT’S A PIECE OF ADVICE YOU GIVE YOUR CHILDREN? I tell them consistently to work hard. I tell people sometimes that “I’m not always the smartest person in the room, but I’ve worked the hardest.” And that is one thing that I tell them always to do. And two is to smile and be kind to others. Because this is such a small world, you just do not know how you may encounter someone else.

WHAT IS A PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’D GIVE SOMEONE STARTING A LEGAL CAREER? Be open to learning. You need to learn so many different things and learn it from different people. Because when you absorb all the different types of ways to practice, that makes you better. Soak it all up.

WHY IS PHILANTHROPY IMPORTANT TO DALLAS? When Dallasites find a need and we get behind it, we are going to make a difference. It’s ingrained in who we are as a city. And not just allow something to be status quo. JULY 2022

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PA I N T I N G T H E TOW N Meet one of the city’s most prolific muralists Story by JEHADU ABSHIRO Photography by YUVIE STYLES

T H E L A K E WO O D M U R A L AT G ASTO N A N D ABRAMS. PSYCHEDELIC STAIRS AT MOCKINGBIRD STATION. A CITYSCAPE AT SHOPS AT PARK LANE. DEEP ELLUM’S FIRE STATION NO. 3. There’s a good chance you’ve seen one of 33-year-old Mariel Pohlman’s murals. Bright doodles, detailed sunsets, colorful Southwestern pastoral, funky pets — there’s a certain joy to her work. She’s become one of the most prolific muralists in the city, painting everything from private homes to corporate offices to crosswalks. “I’ve lived in Dallas for a while now. I’ve gotten to know all these different neighborhoods and then to be able to kind of put my mark on these public places and have so many people just be able to stumble upon it,” she says. “That’s been really cool.” She spent her childhood on a cattle ranch in Portales, a small town on the edge of eastern New Mexico. Her mother’s family had lived there for several generations. Pohlman’s father, an accountant by trade, left Houston to help run her grandfather’s hardware store. “That was really a great place to grow up and spend a lot of time out in nature,” she says. Then Walmart moved into town, and the hardware store closed. Pohlman’s father went back to his career as an accountant, and the family moved to Dallas for a job when Pohlman was 11 years old. She studied accounting in college. Her father had done it, and she had the mind for it. “I was trying to pick a major in college that was practical and that I knew I’d be able to get a job. That’s really why I picked it,” she says. She worked as an auditor and then technology consultant for three years. But people often told her she didn’t seem like an accountant. “As I got into that career path, I just didn’t really see a future that I was very interested in,” she says. JULY 2022

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So she quit. “It was just a very personal decision. So I knew that I couldn’t really wait for someone to give me permission,” she says. “I just needed to do it for myself.” With a one-way ticket to Hong Kong and no plan, Pohlman spent the next year abroad. There were four months in southeast Asia. Somewhere in Vietnam, she bought a sketchbook. She’d only ever taken one art class. “That was really the turning point in me having a purpose for the traveling and way to process all of my experiences being solo,” she says. By the time she worked her way to Amsterdam, she had a book full of sketches. The scans of her illustrations became the base of her new website. She was going to be an illustrator. “I basically just made business cards and made a website and then came back. And I just started telling people that I was starting a business,” she says. “I really didn’t have much of a plan other than just having confidence

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in myself.” She did a presentation about her artwork at Common Desk, where she had worked out of for the last bit of her 9-to-5 job. The coworking space asked her to paint a mural on the side of Ross Avenue’s Fiction Coffee, owned by Common Desk. She finished the Christmas mural with “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” in 2017. People started flocking to the coffee shop for photos. The Dallas Morning News wrote about her art. She’s repainted the side of Fiction Coffee several times since then. “It was a little bit challenging because every project, I was figuring things out for the first time, and I would get an opportunity and say yes, and then, you know, have to come up with a plan,” she says. There was a lot of worrying the first year or two while she transitioned into art as a career. Was she going to be able to support herself ? Would the projects dry up? “ When the pandemic started, I

think that was one of the scariest times because I just thought everything was going to come to a stop, and I had lots of projects get canceled,” she says. Her client list has since grown to include Lyft, Heineken, Walmart and Frost Bank. She’s completed about 50 murals in the last four years, painting six hours a day. The challenge has changed from managing finances to being able to manage her time and health. She’s connected with other local artists for collabration and support. And she’s carved out time to travel. “It was about three and a half years that I was just working so hard that I was almost scared to step away,” she says. She spent this past January in Argentina, working on her Spanish. And there’s a trip planned for Colombia in the summer. “It’s been great to get back into traveling,” she says. “It’s really one of my main sources of inspiration.”

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ON A SUNLIT AFTERNOON IN MAY, Tyler Station’s shop doors are open, allowing passersby a glimpse at proprietors peddling books, vintage threads, organic dog food and other wares or services. A m o n g t h e m , C o r r i e Po c t a , co-founder of the all-women artist cooperative Trade Oak Cliff, is preparing for maternity leave. Working on the store’s studio side, she shifts gears (artist to salesperson) when shoppers arrive. Business hours are fluid. The store is open Thursdays through Sundays — and whenever else an artist is in — but that could change when the baby comes.Pocta sells her own creations — ceramic mugs and vases and leather works — and those made by her co-tenants, including business partner contemporary artist Brooke Chaney, a Lake Highlands High School

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graduate whose brand name is Made By Mom. Pocta and Chaney are both former Dallas school teachers aiming to strike the right balance of artist and entrepreneur. They clicked a few years back at an education workshop upon discovering they both had meticulous minds and lofty ambitions, Pocta says. “Though we’re artists, we were both nerdy, with achiever brains,” she says. “The way that both of our minds work is that we create a lot while also being analytical and pragmatic.” Chaney says this led to a “mutual respect” and friendship. When Pocta quit teaching in 2020, she inspired Chaney to do the same. In order to make art a full-time pursuit, they rented space inside the converted factory adjacent to Tyler Vernon Rail Station — now home to several

small retailers, brewers, bakers and hairdressers — and launched Trade. The founders say it took patience and discernment to find others operating at a similar level, but now Trade has a steady team in place — it includes artists Molly Sydnor, Niki Dionne, Charli Miranda and Cat Rigdon. Co-artists pay a share of the rent and work shifts in the shop in return for personal work and exhibition space. They keep 100% of their sales. “We have a crew that’s planning to stay for a while, people that are looking to expand their product,” Pocta says. “The opportunity to showcase means an opportunity to grow.” Trade Oak Cliff at Tyler Station is part studio, part store and part pottery or painting classroom. Chaney and Pocta say teaching is still an important component of their mission.

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“Giving people an opportunity to be creative and engage with things and understand the process hopefully gives them an appreciation for more sustainable items,” Pocta says. “Maybe they are going to buy a special piece of art because they now have an appreciation. Maybe they want to buy less, buy local, want things in their life to be a little bit more meaningful.” The chance for artists to sell directly to consumers also is a driving force behind Trade, the women say. That not only keeps prices down but also allows creators to connect with the shoppers purchasing their products. Trade takes this artist-consumer pipeline concept beyond its membership with local markets, where other merchants who do not have storefronts also can sell directly. “For us, it takes six people sharing rent for our space,” Pocta says. “A lot of people don’t have that physical brick and mortar spot, so the markets are a part of

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making that happen for more people.” Chaney — whose vibrant geometric paintings, handmade apparel and person-sized fabric flowers (commissioned for immersive art shows like Sweet Tooth Hotel) lend blasts of color to the little shop — says she loves the sense of community that results from the way Trade operates. “A big part of it for me is creating genuine and authentic friendships, not just customers, and the cross pollination that we get at markets or just by hanging out here at the space,” Chaney says. “We have so many people that will just drop by, just saying ‘hi.’” She says visitors don’t need to purchase something or take classes. Sometimes Trade is just a spot for like-minded folks to share ideas or meet their neighbors. “I will talk you under the table,” Chaney quips. Trade’s business model is unique. As the women break new ground they hope

to share what they’ve learned with others. There’s a need in the art world, Pocta says. She wants more artists to use the co-op structure. “We are paving a way and would love to spread knowledge,” she says. It is something they plan to do more formally in the future, but for now they invite anyone to drop by and talk shop. That goes for all local business owners, Chaney adds. She has done office design work for women launching companies and thinks sharing what they’ve learned about paperwork, permits and taxes, for example, can help first-time business owners overcome that fear of the unknown. “It’s just been exciting to see how many women are actually out there, starting their own businesses, running their own businesses,” Chaney says. “Just having that community and camaraderie between us is empowering, and I am just excited to see how many of us are out there.”

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BECKY FREY REAL ESTATE GROUP Becky Frey says the beauty of her team is that they understand full-time working moms who juggle family and jobs — her team does the same thing, too. “This team represents unique market resources, different age and networking groups,” she says. The Becky Frey Real Estate Group annually tops $200 million in sales, with most properties recently selling quickly offmarket. “It’s a domino effect: people don’t want to sell without a place to go. We put the pieces tougher,” Frey says. In addition to her first-love — real estate — SMU alumna Frey is an avid runner, enjoys fly fishing in Argentina and spends time in Crested Butte, Colorado. Don’t go it alone: Let the Becky Frey Real Estate Group leverage your next move. Becky.frey@compass.com. 214-536-4727. 5960 Berkshire Lane, Suite 700. The Becky Frey Real Estate Group (alphabetical): Becky Frey, Elizabeth Conroy, Georgia Gunter, Hunter Hale, Natalie Hatchett, Mike Hopwood, Lauren Laughry

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hen she was younger, Jodi McShan thought she wouldn’t ever come back to run McShan Florist, Inc., an East Dallas institution since 1948. Growing up, she spent almost every day before and after school helping at the florist shop on Garland Road. She learned the full range of skills needed to work there — tying bows, making boxes, processing flowers, selling and designing among them. Her favorite task was making basket gardens. Popular in the late 1980s, these gifts had a variety of small green or blooming plants, plus a scene with people or animals. Eventually she realized the craziness around holidays and mile-

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stone occasions is just business, and “it’s not so bad.” She majored in psychology and Spanish at Vanderbilt University and then received a JD from the University of San Diego and LLM from the University of London. Part of the deal was that she had to work for someone else before coming back to the florist shop. So she worked at a firm for a couple years before starting her own family law firm and hiring two associates to help handle the case load. “Sleep is ver y overrated,” she says. Wanting to be around familiar faces, she returned to McShan Florist, the third generation of her family to manage the company. “It’s family,” she says. “Everyone here, they rely on each other.” Most

employees work at McShan Florist for decades, so some of the people there during McShan’s childhood are just now retiring. In a typical day, she responds to a constant barrage of emails and phone calls. Since she also does the shop’s purchasing, she has to know about upcoming events. Over the years, McShan Florist has handl ed countl ess notable events in Dallas. In its early years, it did landscaping for the newly built Casa View homes, for around $12 per home. Lee McShan, the founder, became a member and president of the Dallas ISD Board of Education, and there’s an elementary school named after him in Lake Highlands. The company has provided flowers for every presidential visit to

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NANCY JOHNSON Strong women have strength of conviction. Those are words neighborhood Realtor Nancy Johnson lives and works by. Being consistently the top local realtor, she knows what she’s talking about. “I counsel clients about financial plans and what is best for their family. I don’t always tell clients what they want to hear, but I always tell them what they need to hear. And sometimes that means sitting tight,” she says. “Especially in this crazy market, whether they hire me or not, I guide clients to make the wisest, timeliest decisions possible.” When experience matters, Nancy Johnson is there for you. 214.674.3840 nancy.johnsongroup@ compass.com nancyjohnsongroup.com @nancyjohnsongroup

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Dallas since the 1950s. It also won the contract for the Fete de Fleurs at Neiman Marc us. A fe w years ago, McShan Florist did the wedding flowers for TV’s Married at First Sight. Earlier this year, it was the florist for the Junior League of Dallas’ centennial gala. Everyday arrangements and gifts — get well, happy birthday, congratulations — are the bulk of the store’s business. It can accommodate all kinds of styles to satisfy a range of customers’ desires, but it’s known for traditional pieces with a contemporary flair. Holidays such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are so busy, the shop has to stop taking orders. But holidays aren’t as profitable because the cost of goods increases. The shop also handles weddings — ever ything from a few bouquets to a complete package with decorated archways and e n o u g h f l o r a l a r r a n ge ments to fill a venue. McShan’s father, Bruce McShan, implemented a computer system for the store in the mid-1990s, and that transformed the sales side, reducing the need for a bunch of people to take orders over the phone. It also streamlined the delivery process, helping drivers take the most efficient routes. Decades ago, customers didn’t stop by grocery stores to pick up flowers on their way home; now they do. In response, McShan has seen an

Jodi McShan is a third-generation business owner who also founded a law firm.

uptick in orders for events and special occasions, as well as surprise and business deliveries. The business has added warehouses over time and now employs around 65 people. McShan Florist has as many loyal customers as it does employees. One lesson McShan learned growing up in the shop was the importance of understanding how people’s history — their experiences and past decisions — can affect their current situations. “Growing up with such a diverse group of people, you find interesting things about everybody, whether it’s where they

grew up, their family background, how they approach different problems or issues,” she says. “And it really helps understand how a variety of people think and how they would process information. It’s not necessarily how I would.” Right before the pandemic, a family brought in two homecoming mums McShan Florist made for the grandmother and her daughter, wanting the shop to create a third for the granddaughter. “The customer is right,” McShan says. “And it’s making sure that the customer is happy and doing whatever you can to achieve that.”

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KATE WALTERS Kate Walters has seen it all in residential real estate. And now, she finally sees more encouraging days ahead for buyer, with COVID’s whiplash market effect appearing to taper off. “Born and raised here, I’ve developed longstanding and genuine relationships with top Lakewood Realtors, which is critical for clients to get premium results. Growing up, my dad said, ‘Work hard and be kind; the rest will take care of itself.’” Walters’ annual Top Realtor honors prove he was correct. Kate enjoys traveling with family, is active in the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA and fundraises for The Magdalen House, helping women with sobriety and recovery. Use neighborhood connections to your advantage and call Kate Walters today for your real estate needs. 214-293-0506 kate.walters@compass.com

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FARRIS MCMAHON GROUP Lauren Valek Farris and Kelley Theriot McMahon grew up in Lakewood, down the street from each other. Today, they’re business partners and best friends, each extensions of the other’s family. In today’s hot realty market, these two get clients to the transaction finish line. “It’s not always about price,” they say. “We know how to craft a contract.” Farris and McMahon think out-of-the box, making clients’ offers stand out to overwhelmed sellers. “Lakewood is our business. In today’s climate, it’s critical to work with agents like us; we leverage positive working relationships with other agents in our neighborhood to get the job done.” Lauren Valek Farris 469-867-1734 Lauren.Farris@compass.com @farrismcmahongroup

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Patrice Lane became principal of Geneva Heights Elementary School in the middle of a campus reconstruction project. Geneva Heights students will begin the upcoming school year at the former Jill Stone Elementary while their new campus is under construction. When the school opens, it will have upgraded play areas, outdoor learning spaces and gardens, while maintaining the original 1931 building. The total budget for the redesign is about $31 million, paid for with 2020 bond funds. “I have learned that they are invested in this, they put time, they put resources into making

the school a place for their children,” Lane says. She had previously been an assistant principal at Anne Frank Elementary School in Far North Dallas, where she had a hand in everything from cafeteria operations to transportation to bilingual education. “The fact that I came prepared for the job in one sense has really helped give me time to say, ‘OK, this is something new. I’ve never gone through bond with this community,’” she says. Lane, who’s originally from Arlington, was inspired by many great teachers growing up and her mother, who had a

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JORDAN ROSEN Jordan Rosen appreciates Dallas’ growth and convenience. “Each neighborhood has its own personality, be it location, walkability, schools, local amenities – it’s fun finding the right match for my clients,” she says. As a Realtor married to a Realtor, Rosen works 365 days a year and thrives on it. That’s why referrals pour in. “People say, ‘Don’t call Jordan until you’re ready; next thing you know, you’ll be making a move!’ I don’t drag things out.” Rosen expects her individual sales to hit over $100 million this year. “I have a solid Realtor network and excel at finding off-market properties. I don’t sit on the sidelines and wait for something to open up.” Ready to make your move? Call Jordan now and get it done. 214-444-4813. Jordan.rosen@compass.com. Sponsored Content

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degree in education, to pursue a similar career. She received a degree from Alabama State University in elementary education. She had a short career in commercial aviation after graduation. “Once that was over, then my heart led back to the school to what I loved about being an educator, and that is overall, just the school environment, teaching and learning,” she says. “That’s my thing.” She took a job at Dallas ISD, teaching sixth grade at John W. Runyon in Pleasant Grove. That’s where she was introduced to what was then the ESL program. After that, she taught at Frank Guzick Elementary School. Lane had to become certified to teach in Texas, and afterward, she pursued a master’s degree at SMU. With that, she earned a bilingual certification. “It was a challenge, but it was a challenge that I needed. I enjoyed the learning process. I had some great professors at SMU that really made sure we understood second-language acquisition and that we understood basic teaching principles, understand-

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ing our community and the needs and the diversity,” she says. Her education sparked an interest in programming and its application, and that led to six years training and developing teachers and administrators on second-language acquisition, state and federal requirements and how classroom learning affects local communities. She visited campuses to instruct and support teachers and spoke at conferences. Lane earned her principal certification because she wanted to work closely with staff members at the campus level. For a year, she studied under a principal, learning administrative roles. After that, she became a campus coach and an assistant principal at Anne Frank Elementary. When she first came on as principal at Geneva Heights, Lane says she was nervous. But the parents, students and staff were welcoming and friendly. The new school was about half the size of Anne Frank, and Lane had to adjust her way of thinking about systems, such as the way carpool functions.

“Being a servant leader, equity is a huge thing for me. And just being able to get and give feedback is huge to me as well,” she says. “And understanding that my role is to serve the community to provide the best environment to ultimately have an increase in academic achievement — that’s the No. 1 thing.” As principal, Lane starts her day at Geneva Heights around 7:15 a.m. She walks around the building, checks in with staff and heads to the front of the building to greet parents and students. In the highly anticipated morning announcements, she gives shoutouts to classes or groups of students who are showing excellence, whether it be academic or in another area. She blocks out time to spend in classrooms and has regular meetings with district leadership, the PTA president and others. “I’m really happy to be here, to be able to serve this community because I see what they want,” she says. “I see what they really want for their school, and I’m just happy to be a part of that group.”

LAUREN LEVI BAKER Years ago, Lauren Levi Baker wanted a change from her career as a major retail buyer. She asked herself: “What do I excel at? “I understand how to interpret what customers want, the creative and design elements, pricing strategies, margins. Property versus apparel uses the same skillset. I crunch numbers, evaluate property elements, and ensure a home’s qualitative and quantitative aspects fit.” New mom to baby Teddy, Lauren says her realty differentiator is that sales volume isn’t what motivates her. “I’m as enthusiastic selling an entry level home as a multi-million-dollar one. I pride myself not on the most massive transaction but helping clients make thoughtful decisions.” Let Lauren Levi Baker combine your sought-after new home amenities with smart price points. Call 817-944-2413 today. TREC Information About Brokerage Services Lauren Levi Baker, REALTOR 5960 Berkshire Lane, Suite 700 Dallas, TX 75225 m: 817.944.2413 Lauren.baker@compass.com

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BUO N A FO RC H E T TA DeLeon Provisions pivots from catering to a food park Story by LUCY ERSPAMER Photography by KATHY TRAN

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Teri De Leon, left, is the executive chef of DeLeon Provisions. Kam De Leon, right, handles the public-facing aspects of the business.

TERI AND KAM DE LEON FITTINGLY MET IN FOOD SERVICE. They both were waitresses at Chili’s in the Love Field airport 22 years ago. “We were babies waiting tables together and always kind of said that we should someday open a restaurant,” Kam says. While their first date was rocky, their reluctant second date proved much more successful — and they’ve been together ever since. It was 17 years before they felt it was the right time to start their own venture. They spent a year in New York while Teri attended the Culinary Institute of America, the top culinary school in the U.S. In a full-circle moment, Teri then spent many years at Chili’s, developing menu options worldwide, while Kam was a professor at Texas Woman’s University. “There was this perfect moment a

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few years ago where we were like, OK, now’s the time,” Kam says. DeLeon Provisions, a catering company, launched in 2019 to serve East Dallas. “Catering gave us an opportunity to create our own hours,” Teri says. “When you’re a restaurant, you’re set to when people want you. How do we build the dream that we want to have and make the rules for how we want to live our life?” When DeLeon Provisions opened, most of its business was delivering meals to families. “As women and as mothers, there’s a need for helping people feed their families, and there’s a need to help people plan their parties,” Kam says. “The majority of our client base is women.” When the pandemic struck, they made the decision to double down on the meal delivery aspect of their

business. They developed the hugely popular “local box,” a grazing box that features products from various East Dallas food businesses. Now that people are gathering again, they have paused their meal delivery service and now focus on catering parties and events. A large pull of their business is their grazing boards. “Charcuterie boards are great because you can serve everyone’s dietary needs with one dish right there,” Kam explains. She even offers a course to show people how to assemble their own boards. Teri and Kam work together to run DeLeon Provisions. Teri manages everything food related — from creating menu items to managing the kitchen and staff. Kam handles everything public facing — networking, social media and client development. “It works perfectly because neither

one of us wants to do or is capable of really doing the other person’s job,” Teri says. Now, Teri and Kam are announcing their newest project. They purchased the old Keller’s location on Samuell Boulevard and will be developing it into what they have described as a “food park.” “We like the term ‘food park’ because we want it to be family friendly. We want our client base of family to continue,” Kam says. The vision for the property is to tear down one of the buildings and create an outdoor venue where large groups can gather and local food businesses can do pop-ups. “If we can provide a space that’s large, kids can still run around, parents can sit and talk on a Friday night after a football game, and there’s other small businesses here providing food — food trucks, food trailers, pop-ups — it makes it easier for all the East Dallas families. This area needs a place where large families and groups can gather,” Teri says. The space will include a full bar and a stage for live music and other events. Teri and Kam have always been dedicated to supporting and highlighting East Dallas businesses, and this new venture is no different. “I don’t think I have ever used the word ‘competition,’” Kam says. DeLeon Provisions will continue operations as usual. One of the buildings will be converted into a private commercial kitchen for the business, as they have outgrown shared commercial spaces. Ideally, they will be ready to begin hosting groups in the fall. Teri and Kam are already looking forward to what their next project will be. “We’re dreamers,” Kam says. “We truly wake up every morning, like, ‘Let’s go build this empire.’”

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L AW A N D O R D E R Booker T.’s mock trial team placed fifth in the nation Story by RENEE UMSTED | Photo courtesy of KATHY GAMEROS

The mock trial team from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts placed 11th at last year’s national competition. It was the first time the school had made an appearance there since 2010. This year, the team finished fifth out of 46. Co-captain and Lakewood neighbor Zoë Gameros, who was on last year’s team, says the previous experience prepared them for a virtual format and showed how other top teams would perform. “It made a huge difference because we weren’t going into a new arena,” she says. Having been on the debate team in middle school, she auditioned for mock trial at Booker T. but didn’t make it. When she was accepted to the team sophomore year, Gameros learned the differences between debate and mock trial. A successful debater knows the facts about the issue at hand. But mock trial, she says, is more of a performance, with actors portraying witnesses. Gameros, a daughter of two lawyers, chose Booker T. for its theatrical opportunities and plans to study film at the University of Texas at Austin next year. “I started as a lawyer, and I remember thinking that it was going to be impossible to remember all the rule numbers,” she says. “And then eventually, you start catching on to everything and it becomes a bit easier.” Gameros says being in mock trial has made her a better public speaker and improved her confidence. “We’re just writing a lot of persuasive outlines and drafts and things like that,” she says. “So it translates to my skills in the classroom when it comes to writing for English, and also thinking on my feet because a lot of mock trial is improvised in the moment.” Mock trial teams start out the year with a set of case ma-

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terials, including information about characters. It’s up to the students to parse through the information and assign roles. Lawyers interview witnesses on the stand through direct and cross examination, and they have to know the rules of evidence. At Booker T., there’s no mock trial class, so the team practices outside of school — two days a week before winter break and three to five days a week after the new year. This year’s team included six people and a timekeeper. Five of them are Lakewood residents: Gameros and her sister, Isabel; Claire Taylor; Jude Segrest, and Maxine Louthan. The other co-captain is Abby Chapman, and the time keeper is Erin Mansour. Abigail Matthews of FrancisMatthews LLC was the attorney adviser. The competition was virtual this year. Gameros says she would have preferred it to be in person, but with her teammates used to acting for a camera, they were at an advantage over other schools. They watched the awards ceremony at Chapman’s house. When the announcer called the sixth place team, Booker T.’s attorney adviser said she didn’t think the team would place. But then they heard, “Fifth place: Texas,” and the room erupted with screams. “The rounds were really, really hard this year because all of the teams at nationals are amazing,” Gameros says. “I’m so proud of every single person on the team.” MAXINE LOUTHAN

My favorite part about being on the mock trial team was getting to use my knowledge in the courtroom. After many hours of prepping, seeing what we had prepared and our hard work come to life was what made the experience special to me. Mock trial is a team sport and requires multiple individuals to come together and believe that each person will come through with their importance to the case. Watching my peers and feeling satisfied with my own work was very special. Mock trial gave me a place where I felt fully confident in my abilities. The biggest lesson I learned from mock trial this year was that you’re always capable of much more than you expect. Nationals was one of the biggest learning experiences of my life. I was a double attorney and my co-counsel were both seniors, making me the only freshman in the trial, so I had no room for mistakes. During the one month we had to prepare I was anxious, this was the most responsibility I had ever been given. After placing fifth in the country it made me realize how much I was capable of.

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Five of the top 10 students graduating from SMU’s Dedman School of Law in 1976 were women. BARBARA LYNN was No. 1, and another was No. 2. Yet when it came time to apply for jobs, the women weren’t getting offers. Instead, they were getting asked the same questions. How are you going to work a regular job and have dinner on the table for your husband? Are you going to have children? They formed the Association of Women Law Students, and Lynn was president. “We knew that the way to vindicate a right was to make a claim under the law,” she says. “So that’s what we did.” The women, represented by a young law professor at SMU, sued several firms in Dallas, with one case going to trial. They were hesitant to introduce themselves to the legal community through participation as plaintiffs in litigation, but they had to stand up to the discrimination. Lynn, who’s owned a property near White Rock Lake for decades, ended up the first female associate hired at Carrington Coleman and later became the firm’s first female partner. As a kid, Lynn thought she wanted to be a firefighter because she “had a really good fire hat.” But she changed her mind and joined debate at her Miami high school. Then she attended the University of Virginia, which was the northernmost school she could find that was affordable. She didn’t know she would be among the first class of female students to be accepted to the university. The “very good, favorable” ratio of men to women was about 22-to-1. Many male students didn’t see it that way, so they engaged in a practice called “rolling down the road,” visiting — usually by hitchhiking — all-women schools to find dates. But some men stuck around the university. This included Michael Lynn, who would marry Barbara. The two went to the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society together, with her attending as a

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guest because the organization’s bylaws prohibited women from being admitted. That changed when Michael called a special meeting when a bunch of the board members left for Mardi Gras festivities, and the remaining members voted to allow women to join. “I wasn’t really an activist,” she says. “I just sort of became that because my personal opportunities were limited by my gender.” A judge’s position opened in 1993, a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. “I had good experience, and I thought I would be good at that, and it would be a service to my country,” she says. “So I applied for it. And I didn’t get it, but I went through the process.” She kept working at Carrington Coleman. Years later, Lynn received a call from former U.S. Rep. Martin Frost, who said there was a vacancy, and that then-President Bill Clinton would appoint either her or no one. She decided to apply after two weeks of considerations and calls from Frost, almost daily. When the Senate announced the appointments, Lynn was in Kansas for a mediation and flipped on C-SPAN. Her assigned number wasn’t called. Minutes later, her phone rang; it was the White House, asking what wrong Lynn had done. But there was nothing. She was confirmed about a week later, and she took the oath of office in February 2000. For Lynn, the hardest part of being a lawyer was that even with her skills and expertise, she didn’t win every case. As a judge, sentencing is the most difficult task. “Sentencing is really hard because there’s so many things that you have to consider and look at the whole of it. I think that story of what that’s like is really something that people don’t know,” she says. “And I think people are surprised when they meet me that I’m sort of a regular person. I don’t really take myself all that seriously.”

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Until an injury limited her activities a few months percussionist in the band. They married in Denton as ago, ROSE-MARY RUMBLEY, 90 this year, was giving soon as they graduated, in 1953, and had two children: two or three speeches daily. Jill and Phil. She presented talks each afternoon at all sorts of Rumbley earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral gatherings: book clubs, country clubs, anywhere degrees from UNT. seeking an entertaining speaker. Over the years, she “They love me there,” she says. estimates she’s given thousands of speeches. One of her classmates was Tom Hughes, who became It’s a habit she took up in retirement, after a career producer of Dallas Summer Musicals. He was her in the arts and education. connection to the local performing arts organization, Much of the content of Rumbley’s messages comes which allowed her to act any time there was a role of from her knowledge of our city. Her grandfather “a person like me”: Mayor Shinn’s wife in The Music opened West End Bakery, the first bakery in Dallas. Man, Yente in Fiddler on the Roof. She says no play Her mother, who is her favorite; it’s was born in 1894, “whatever I’m in at told her stories that time.” about growing She also up Downtown, appeared in the seeing the first 1973 film Paper automobile come Moon. to the city and its Rumbley had first fire station. several jobs in Rumbley says education. She the history was taught speech and “dramatic” and theater at Bishop recorded it in eight Dunne 1960books such as The 65; that’s where Unauthorized she was when History of Dallas, Kennedy was shot. published in 1991. From 1957-77, She lived for she was at Dallas decades in the Baptist University. M Streets, in a The school named home her father a room after her built in 1927. One in 2010, and it of her neighbors houses a book was J.D. Tippit, a collection she police officer shot donated. and killed by Lee After her Harvey Oswald. teaching career, On Saturdays, she became the Rumbley and other single-adult Rose-Mary Rumbley and her daughter, Jill Rumbley Beam. kids spent hours director at First Photo courtesy of Jill Beam. at the Arcadia on Baptist Church. Greenville Avenue, watching features, cartoons and “Then I retired because I had too many speeches to The Three Stooges. give,” she says. “I hated to see it burn,” she says. “That was a great She says she’s never feared public speaking but is part of East Dallas.” constantly concerned about pleasing her audience. She attended Robert E. Lee Elementary School, When the pandemic canceled in-person events, which is now Geneva Heights, Alex W. Spence Middle Rumbley hated virtual speeches because she couldn’t School and North Dallas High School. The high school gauge the audience’s reactions. asked her to emcee its 100-year celebration in October. A lifetime in Dallas has shown her that people make After graduation, she studied theater and speech the city unique. at University of North Texas, where she met her “There’s a special aura around Dallas,” she says. “It’s husband, Jack Rumbley, backstage at a show; he was a just a special place.”

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Through mission work, longtime East Dallas resident NORMA MATTHEWS has taught in three countries across three continents. These opportunities came in part through marriage to Bill Matthews, whom she met during their high school senior year. Eighteen years old and a new driver, she and her family had just moved from Glassboro, New Jersey, to a 20-acre property in Marfa, Texas. “The girls all hated me because the boys started paying attention to my accent and spending their time making fun of me and trying to copy me and telling me Texas stories,” she says. Bill sat behind her in English class. His mother was the teacher, and his father the principal. “He was really my only competition

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in that class because I had made good grades,” she says. When Norma graduated, her family couldn’t afford college because her father had used most of their money to start a motel. She worked for a year for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she met farmers and ranchers. A member of one of the ranching families was a physical education teacher at Baylor University. She told Norma that she was too smart not to go to college and arranged for her to start at the Waco institution in 1951, with a Baptist minister loaning her the money to enroll. While they were in college, Bill would hitchhike to Waco from TCU to visit Norma; they married in 1954. Bill was ordained as a minister. The two became missionaries and moved to a

suburb of Manila in the Philippines. They had four daughters. Norma, who earned a degree in education, taught English as a second language and was an organ instructor at the Methodist deaconess school, while Bill worked at a radio station. In the Philippines, the Matthewses became interested in working with the United Nations, which was helping rebuild the country after World War II. They moved to Austin after four years, and Bill and Norma received their master’s degrees, taking turns typing their theses on a portable typewriter. Then the church sent the family to France to learn French so they would be prepared for a three-year assignment in the South Pacific. Bill would be working on a communication project in Fiji, while Norma would teach.

When University Park United Methodist Church asked Bill to be a pastor, they moved back to Dallas. They lived in a house on Walnut Hill Lane for two years, and Norma taught for Dallas ISD. Then they moved to San Antonio; he worked at the Methodist Mission Home, and she taught first grade. After four years, they returned to Dallas. Norma taught at the nowclosed Davy Crockett Elementary School and then Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary. She also became more involved with the United Nations and Vivian Castleberry’s Peacemakers Inc. They lived on Yosemite Lane near Mockingbird until 2016, when they moved to Juliette Fowler Communities. While packing up their belongings, Norma had the idea to illustrate the history of the Dallas Chapter of the United Nations Association. The two had been president of the organization at different times, so they had 17 boxes of documents. Norma’s initial thought was to write a 50-page handout. “It grew and grew and grew,” she says. “And we finally decided to just go ahead and try to make a book out of it.” The 471-page publication, Hope Over Fear: Bridges Toward a Better World, highlights the tension between pro- and anti-UN sentiments, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s. The couple donated 600 copies to libraries at Dallas County schools. Bill and Norma received the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award last year from the United Nations Association. “I think that’s been one of our great strengths, that we have been able to stick together all these years because we are interested in the same things,” Norma says. “We like music. We like sports. He wants to trade cars a lot more than I do.”

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MARTHA HEIMBERG has spent years working to preserve historic East Dallas neighborhoods. It started after she moved to Swiss Avenue decades ago, when the mansions were much more affordable, and became one of the founders of the Historic Preservation League, which is now known as Preservation Dallas. “We were urban pioneers,” says Heimberg, who’s on the board of Friends of Aldredge House. “We met at Dorothy Savage’s big table and started working to collect information about the historic aspects of Swiss Avenue and Bryan Parkway.” Now 81, she lives in Junius Heights with her husband, Ron. The blueprints of the home, built in the first decade of the 1900s, were created by Frank Lloyd Wright. Though preservation is one of her passion projects, she dedicated most of her career to teaching English. In her early 20s, she moved to Dallas from Austin and took a job at the Oil and Gas Journal. “I could always write, from the time I was in high school,” the Lewisville native says. The job was downtown, and she started taking night classes there, having completed a semester at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. One course on Shakespeare was taught by SMU professor Laurence Perrine, the author of Sound and Sense; any first-year composition student has probably seen it. Perrine, who became Heimberg’s friend, told her how to apply for a student loan to attend SMU. Perrine’s class fostered in Heimberg a deep appreciation for poetry, and the Romantic and American poets became her favorites; her dog Robert was named for Robert Frost. She earned degrees in English

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and comparative literature, all the while getting married, having two children and teaching — first on a part-time basis at Dallas College Richland Campus, and then full-time at Northwood University, with students right out of high school. “I had to really work. I was the show,” she says. “You have to set your hair on fire every day hoping you can wake up a sophomore.” Heimberg also started and taught at a co-op preschool at a Dallas church. Though she retired from full-time teaching five years ago, she started teaching at Aspire six years ago. Formerly known as LIFT, it offers low-cost classes covering everything from GED preparation to workforce training to early-childhood education. Within the past year, she also began volunteering at Literacy Achieves. Over the years, she had a variety of non-teaching jobs. Before she came to Dallas, she was a secretary for Boy Scouts of America in Austin. After moving back to North Texas, she did public relations for DART and while there, she implemented the Poetry in Motion program to get poetry published in the trains. She also helped establish the Dallas Theater Critics Forum and 40 years ago, she became a theater critic; her pieces have been published in D magazine, Dallas Weekly, Theater Jones and more. “I love theater because it takes you somewhere else,” she says. In her free time, Heimberg enjoys creating art, hiking and being in nature, whether it’s the Santa Fe Trestle Trail or her family’s peanut farm in Calvin, Oklahoma, which she visited every summer during childhood. “You get outside of this city, or you can just get down on the floodplain,” she says. “And you can see we’re on a prairie. We’re on a Blackland prairie with pink flowers and a city growing out of it.”

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Casey Cutler dreamed of being a trainer at SeaWorld. That was long before she was running two neighborhood farmers markets and living in McKinney with her family, 200 chickens and two each of goats, mini horses, bunnies and Pyrenees dogs.

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then, as a young adult, that she finally changed her mind. She decided SeaWorld’s practices were animal abuse, became a vegetarian and pursued a degree in environmental studies. After graduation, she joined the Peace Corps. Convincing the organization to

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extend her two-year stint to three, she worked in Paraguay as an environmental volunteer. While there, she became fluent in Spanish and Guaraní, and among her projects were developing a recycling program at a school, setting up a soup kitchen at a community center and teaching classes. A volunteer coordinator job at the Trinity River Audubon Center brought Cutler to Dallas in 2013. She also worked part-time as a bartender at Libertine on Greenville Avenue and through that role, she was recruited to bartend at the annual potluck for Good Local Markets. “The food was incredible. They were all farmers, so they grew the stuff they were bringing in a dish. And they were just so fun to make drinks for, so I knew I wanted to be part of the community immediately,” she says. “And I asked, ‘How do I get in with this group of people? They’re so cool.’” She began volunteering on Sundays at Good Local Markets, which was housed at Half Price Books at the time. Usual responsibilities included staffing the info booth, helping set up and take down tents, and talking with customers. After about three years at the Audubon Center, she moved to Seattle because “it was just time.” Within a month, she was hired as the operations manager for the Seattle Farmers Market Association. A call from Sarah Perry, who founded Good Local Markets, came just in time, about six months after Cutler moved to the Pacific Northwest. It was winter, and Perry was offering Cutler an opportunity to take over the Dallas market. “It’s really fun to visit, that’s for sure. But to live there — I was missing my sun,” she says. Cutler became executive director in 2017 and covers the same tasks she had as a volunteer, plus more. “They say you never work a day in your life when you love your job, but that is the biggest lie ever,” she says. “You work extra hard when you love your job, and you work all the time when you love your job, and it’s all-encompassing and all-consuming when you love your job.” Cutler is responsible for setting up and

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Casey Cutler greets Good Local Markets customers by name each weekend.

taking down markets each weekend. She ensures there’s electricity and manages marketing, grant writing and food-access programs, like SNAP. She visits every farm and ranch that sells at Good Local Markets to make sure they’re growing or raising their own food, and to remind herself who she’s working for, she says. The White Rock Farmers Market has a capacity of 38 vendors, including farmers and artisans, and Lakewood can hold up to 35. Most of the 15 farms are woman-owned, Cutler says, and all of them have to be located within 150 miles of Dallas. “I think the appeal of why people come to our market is because they know we’re local only,” she says. “White Rock has been

around for 14 years, so some of our customers have been coming for that long and have relationships with their farmers.” Cutler says most of what she buys for her family — her husband, 2-year-old and 9-year old — comes from the markets. When she used to live in East Dallas, she would feel embarrassed if she ever saw customers while she was shopping at the Lakewood Whole Foods Market. “I swear I buy everything at the market. I just have to get pasta,” she would say. During her time as executive director, Cutler has made a handful of changes to Good Local. One of the first acts was firing her future husband, who then became a volunteer. She instituted a program of

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F U L L C I RC L E Lakewood Service League celebrates 40 years with a project at the park where it all started Story by RENEE UMSTED | Photography by SHELBY TAUBER

A GROUP OF NEIGHBORHOOD WOMEN got together 40 years ago to fix up Lakewood Park. This year, the Lakewood Service League (LSL) will unveil a new playground there. Surging demand after the pandemic magnified the need for new equipment. But it’s harder to design a playground than it may seem, says Kathryn Busch, the outgoing league president. “Playground design is way more advanced and there’s way more to it than I ever realized. So that was fascinating, to learn why you do certain things and how that helps build different types of skills — either motor skills or confidence, social skills, all the negotiating that goes on on a playground and how we can help facilitate that,” says Busch, who’s lived in Lakewood since 2005. After six years living in the neighborhood, she still didn’t feel connected. In the past, she’d been involved with the Junior League of Dallas and missed the organized aspect of it. She saw a sign advertising the

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LSL, and when she showed up to a new member meeting, she saw some familiar faces. One part of the LSL she appreciated was that members are asked to choose several organizations to serve. It introduced her to places such as Jubilee Park, Our Friends Place, Child Care Group and others she wouldn’t have known about otherwise. Some volunteer activities Busch has participated in include helping out at Juliette Fowler Communities and its Ebby House program, and facilitating the Halloween carnival at Jubilee Park. The league has also provided her an opportunity to make friends with East Dallas women. “I think it’s a different kind of friendship, maybe a stronger friendship even, when you meet through volunteering and serving others,” she says. “So you at least know you have that common goal in mind.” The LSL has about 60 active members, representing a range of ages and life stages. “I’ve just found everybody obviously has

a servant’s heart but also some fascinating story of travel or family or interesting talents that helps keep us moving forward,” Busch says. Volunteers focus support on about 15 organizations each year. Since 2021, they’ve provided 200 pumpkins for the Jubilee Park Halloween Festival; filled 47 cub packs for Lipscomb Elementary students and 85 bags of food for peace pantries at local Dallas ISD schools; wrapped 700 e-readers and toys at Christmas and stuffed hundreds of Easter eggs for Child Care Group, and much more. Kristen McKercher, an 11-year Lakewood resident, joined the LSL in 2017 and took the lead as president in June. She used to work in Irving and volunteered there, so after she moved to Lakewood and had kids, she began looking for opportunities closer to home. McKercher learned about the LSL through Facebook, and she liked the idea of focusing on East Dallas. The first major responsibility she’ll take

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Those are the 200M medley relay times that qualified Woodrow Wilson High School swimmers Lesley Hudspet, Campbell Chase, Phoebe Johnson and Aileen Moseley for the 2022 state swimming final. Chase, a t h en- so p h o m o re a nd vars i ty swi m ca p ta i n, researched competing teams’ times. She then calculated the perfect splits for Woodrow’s relay swimmers to qualify for the UIL state meet. “I knew that it was going to be tight for our relay team to make state,” Chase says. “But I know my teammates super well. I know what we can do.” The team placed 16th at state in the consolidation final, topping their original qualifying time at 1:54:33 at February 2022 UIL State meet finals. “It’s been an awesome, incredible experience that I’ve gotten to be a part of, especially because our relay team qualified. They’re such amazing g i r l s. I t wa s aweso m e to h ave t h e m t h e re a t state,” Chase says. At this year’s UIL state championship, Chase defended her first-place breaststroke title in the 200-meter individual medley (IM). In 2021, as a freshman, she beat senior and Texas A&M signee Joelle Reddin for the gold medal by 51 seconds. Chase placed second in the 100-yard freestyle, an improvement from her 2021 third-place win. “My win at state this year was pretty memorable because, well, I felt good in the water. I didn’t do my best time, but it’s OK,” she says. “I was close enough.”

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Her best time to date is 1:57:62 in the 200-meter IM at Junior Nationals, where she jumped from fourth place to second place in the last 50 yards, placing second in the nation. To put that in perspective, the gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics won with a time of 2:10:77 in the same event. Also a club swimmer for City of Richardson, Chase trains three hours a day during peak swimming season. “I started swimming because, well, my mom was a swimmer,” Chase says. “She put me in summer league when I was 6, and then I just fell in love with the sport.” Her mom, a competitive swimmer at University of Texas at Austin, swam breaststroke. “She was my role model and my icon in swimming,” she says.

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eighborhood social media: It’s a mixed bag, much of it seeking recommendations for everything from plumbers to tacos, plus plenty of snark about sketchy types in alleyways and Those Darn Kids driving golf carts down Abrams. But wade through it all, and you’ll be rewarded with often breathtaking photos of White Rock Lake, courtesy of neighbor Nancy Ellis, who seems to have found her niche. It’s a true lemonade-out-of-lemons story. At the beginning of the pandemic, Ellis was furloughed from her work as an interior designer. With time on her hands, she decided early one March morning to head out to the lake at sunrise. “I only had my iPhone with me, but

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it was magic the moment I arrived at the lake and watched the sun come up. I couldn’t stop taking pictures that morning,” she says. Ellis says she always loved photography and was influenced by her dad, who was a photo hobbyist. In college, she took a few photography classes and found she loved the artistic expression. She had taken pictures of travels, pets and children throughout the years, but somehow didn’t think to shoot at the lake during 30 years of living nearby. But shelter-in-place orders forced Ellis to slow down. “I was suddenly seeing, because I wasn’t working and had so much free time to do what I loved,” she says. “I began taking my Canon 35mm

with me and photographing people, rowers, kayakers, wildlife, sunrises and sunsets. The wildflowers were prolific that spring. “I was flabbergasted that I was just now discovering all of this, five minutes from home. I felt like I had missed out on so much over the years. I had no schedule to keep, no place to be, so I felt free to follow my passion, get up early and go to the lake.” Her first photo, which she posted on social media, was shot next to the Filter Building, where Ellis stumbled upon a field of wildflowers. “I came across a gorgeous patch of red poppies. It looked like a Monet meadow,” she says. “I’d never seen anything like that at the lake. It was stunning!”

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And so began Ellis’ routine of almost daily visits to the lake, camera in hand, then posting the photos several times weekly on Lakewood Facebook and other sites. Over time, she has received hundreds of positive comments, especially during the first year of the pandemic. “People were happy to see these beautiful things with all the pain and suffering going on around us,” Ellis says. “Politics were terrible, and seeing these nature photos was like a breath of fresh air, I think.” Some days she shot at sunrise, some days at sunset, some days both. “I started out with my sunrise jaunts shooting at the rowing

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ecently I met with a class of sixth-graders who were spending a month inter viewing different religious leaders. I was the Christian representative. The thoughtful questions began with broad inquisitions: What do Christians believe? What if someone doesn’t believe the same things as you? Do you know people of other faiths? Then a curious soul raised her hand and asked, “ What does a pastor even do when church isn’t happening?” And then came the bold statement from the back of t h e ro om, “ I d i d n’ t kn ow girls could be pastors.” I was so grateful for his honesty because I’ve learned that it ’s a s e n t i m e n t t h a t ’s u s u a l l y p r e s ent when it comes to women in leadership even if it remains unspoken. That statement could’ve been made had they been interviewing lawyers, doctors, scientists, you name it. “I didn’t know girls could be _______.” His comment was the beginning of a rich conversation and I got to share that in the Christian tradition, the leadership of women is nothing new. The Bible is filled with stories of fierce females. In fact, the very best news for us Christians came through w o m e n . T h e E a s t e r s t o r y, t h e central story of the Christian faith, only happens with the testimony of women. Jesus appears first to women after he’s raised

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from the dead. It is the women who run to share the good news of the resurrection with the disciples. And, the best part about the women ushering in the news of Easter is that it wasn’ t a plot twist in Jesus’ ministr y. It was simply a continuation of what he’d done throughout his whole ministry, because Jesus went out of his way to empower women and to lift up their testimonies. T he Bible gives plenty of examples of believing women, following their lead and breaking boundaries of gender roles. What if we followed the example set on that first Easter long ago and looked to the women in our midst? As you read of the fierce females in our neighborhood, what good news is being revealed to our community through them? What changes are being ushered in because of their leadership? And how are we elevating their voices? If we follow that example, then I trust it won’t be too much longer before our children know a world where the leadership and testimony of women is trusted because it ’s commonplace. After all, it’s nothing new. Fierce females have always been in the picture. BETSY SWETENBURG is pastor of N o r t h r i d g e P re s by t e r i a n C h u rc h and a regular contributor to the Advocate’s Worship Column. To help support the Worship Column, email sales@advocatemag.com.

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