2016 March Oak Cliff

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CORSICANA • DALLAS • ENNIS • WAXAHACHIE

ON THE COVER: A punching bag in a boxing gym inside a southeast Oak Cliff garage. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

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WHAT YOU’RE MISSING

Two accused of sex trafficking at Oak Cliff home

Monthly farmers market starts in the neighborhood

Oak Cliff is the birthplace of 7-Eleven

Woman killed by gunfire at Patio Bar

Funding plan for Interstate 35 deck park receives preliminary approval

THE DIALOGUE

SHOULD DALLAS DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA?

“The ticket is a citation to appear. It’s not like a parking ticket. You’d still have to face a judge and get the same penalty as ever. This is only about keeping the cops from having to take people to the jail and spend time processing. Legalize it, and watch crime rates plummet.” Montemalone

GUMBALL THIEF HITS WYNNEWOOD LAUNDROMAT

“Wow, there must’ve been $4.75 in change in that machine. Well done, gumball thief.” — Lakewoodhobo

ZOLI’S NY PIZZA TO CLOSE FOR GOOD

“The cute signs really did nothing for me. They might as well post ‘Your type ain’t welcome here.’ Come to think of it, they did post that once or twice.”

Bob Dobbins

“This is not a surprise. The building has been sold to the ‘developers’ and it will be demolished. Another victim of the previous property owners, like us.”

Andrea Jennings

This

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where

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Radiation oncologist Dr. Michael Folkert and other members of our genitourinary cancer team are treating select prostate cancer patients with a technique that delivers a more potent dose of radiation in fewer treatments. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, SABR for short, is a technology that was pioneered at UT Southwestern and is now being adopted worldwide. It’s another example of the specialized care available at UT Southwestern—where scientific research, advanced technology, and leading-edge treatments come together to bring new hope to cancer patients.

To learn more, contact: Radiation Oncology at 214-645-8525 or visit utswmedicine.org/radonc

WE’RE IN OAK CLIFF BECAUSE OAK CLIFF IS IN US.

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FULL THROTTLE

For a long time now, we’ve been told that the younger generation reads less, leading those of us no longer part of the “younger generation” to long for the good old days when things were done right. (Hint: If you are reading this, I’m probably talking about both of us.)

There is some truth to that, particularly if you are one of those people who believe change is generally not good and that reading something in print is more valuable than reading something another way.

I honestly don’t know my answer to that thought any more. I still love print publications, and luckily for our business model, a lot of you still do, too. But everything you find here in print — our stories and the advertisers who make all of this possible also is available online at our website (advocatemag.com) in the same format as this magazine, as well as in other formats geared for mobile readership, too.

Those of us with the Advocate also spend an inordinate amount of time writing daily neighborhood news updates, most of which never appear in our print magazine: Instead, you have to visit advocatemag. com to find those tidbits every day, or subscribe to our Facebook or Twitter feeds, or sign up for our regular e-newsletters (advocatemag.com/social).

I bring all of this up today because one advantage of the Internet is the ease with which both damning and inspirational material can be found. Just the other day, I was looking at my LinkedIn feed (we’re on LinkedIn, too!), and I came across this quote from fellow Dallasite Mark Cuban: “Work like there is someone working 24

hours a day to take it all away from you.”

Cuban is right: Every day, no matter what we do or where we work, there is someone probably a lot of someones — who see our life and/or job as better than theirs and wouldn’t mind sliding into our shoes.

It’s a slippery time to be alive, because the plethora of information and opinion make it difficult to simply be happy; constantly looking behind us worrying about someone catching up isn’t exactly restful.

Self-styled entrepreneur Peter Voogd seems to see things the same way: “These days, the only security you have is the confidence in yourself and your ability to make things happen.”

He’s right, isn’t he? If we can’t be happy with ourselves, we’re probably not looking at a fun life.

And then there’s this bit of wisdom from Yogi Bhajan, credited with introducing a certain type of yoga to the U.S.: “If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time, cease to react at all.”

I know a lot of people who are easily cowed into feeling badly about themselves simply because someone else acts negatively toward them. A lot of what happens to us in life doesn’t have anything to do with us; we just happen to be in a spot where someone else’s life is unfolding in a good or bad way.

Young or old, we can’t lose sight of our own path because of it.

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The long follow

Chris Howell documented an Oak Cliff boxing gym for 14 years, and he’s not finished yet

Filmmaker Chris Howell thought he was just taking a break from the tedious editing process on his film “Old Man” when he decided to go shoot the Dallas Golden Gloves one evening in 2002.

There he met Greg Hatley of Oak Cliff Boxing Club, and he saw Hatley’s son, Greg Hatley Jr., win a fight.

It was love at first sight.

The younger Greg Hatley said, “Oh, you’ve gotta see my brother fight,” Howell recalls. At 16, Charles Hatley was fighting with his hands behind his back, stunting on opponents and knocking them out.

A protagonist was born.

Howell, who lives in Lakewood, has spent the past 14 years filming the long-follow documentary “Sweet Science.”

Even though a final cut of the movie was released at the Dallas International Film Festival in 2010, the story is not over.

Charles Hatley, now 30, last year won the World Boxing Council super welterweight world title, defeating Anthony Mundine in Melbourne. Howell, who has never stopped filming the Hatleys, now is raising funds to re-edit the film or possibly produce a sequel.

Many times over the years, Howell thought the story was finished.

After the Dallas Golden Gloves in 2002, he followed the Oak Cliff Boxing Club crew to the Texas Golden Gloves, where he thought the story would end. But then the Hatley brothers mowed through their competition and made it to nationals in Las Vegas.

“Then we were in deep,” Howell says.

He thought the film was done in 2004 when the Hatleys lost at the Olympic Trials.

But then in December, 2004, Dominic Littleton, an Olympic hopeful and former foster kid from South Oak Cliff, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He left no note, and it’s still unclear whether his death was accidental. He had been like family to the Hatleys.

The loss broke everyone’s hearts, and the story continued.

By 2008, Howell and crew had 650 hours of footage for “Sweet Science.” East Dallasbased Post Asylum paid for the edit and editor Brian Hockenberry reduced it to about two and a half hours.

They held focus groups of friends who

Chris Howell poses inside his private gym. His “Sweet Science” documentary follows the boxing Hatley family. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

critiqued it. The Dallas Independent Film Festival board watched it several times and gave notes.

The editing process alone took two and a half years.

Meanwhile, Howell was still filming. He maxed out credit cards to fund his own travel costs for the film. Although he already was a professional filmmaker with a respectable dossier of short films, he took a job as a cable puller because it had flexible hours. His wife, Anne, is a teacher at Mt. Auburn Elementary School and her salary kept them afloat.

Boxing drew Howell because he’d always been a fan of the sport. His father was as well. Howell had long wanted to make a film about Johnny Tapia, a champ from his hometown, Albuquerque, N.M. (Someone else made that documentary, “Tapia,” in 2013.)

After immersing himself in the sport for 14 years, he says he is less of a fan. Head injuries are “the elephant in the room that nobody talks about.”

Now, to see a kid who is great, a kid who has a promising boxing career ahead of him, can be gut-wrenching.

“The majority of these guys, they don’t get injured,” he says. “It’s just that the guys who do, they’re severely injured.”

That’s not to say he doesn’t believe in boxing as a way for impoverished kids from rough backgrounds to find a way up.

Boxing teaches fortitude, toughness and discipline. It changes lives.

“In a life that’s out of control, it’s something that they can control,” Howell says. “Inside the ring, it’s one against one. I think they find a measure of control.”

After his victory in Australia, Charles Hatley now is in line for Floyd Mayweather’s belt. During a welcome home party recently, Howell says the champ came up and asked, in his typical humble fashion, about Howell’s 2-year-old daughter, Evie, and his wife, who is expecting their first son in May.

Even though Howell’s feelings about boxing have changed over the years, he says he’ll always be Charles Hatley’s No. 1 fan.

“Those guys are my family now … I love those guys,” he says. “And I sure do miss Dominic.” —Rachel Stone

Out & About

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March 2016

March

7

Celebrate Trinity

The All Out Trinity Festival in West Dallas kicks off at 8 a.m. with 5k and 10k levee runs. Also on the agenda is the 10:30 a.m. Gravelthon bike ride, the 1 p.m. yoga class on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and the 3:30 p.m. 2-mile mass dog walk. Take a break at 11 a.m. to shop an outdoor market, replete with food trucks. Continental Bridge Park, Singleton at Beckley, allouttrinity.com, check the website for a full list of events and fees

THROUGH APRIL 15

Tax assistance

Tax returns can be tricky. Get help from AARP Tax-Aide and the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Make sure to bring your W-2, a photo I.D., last year’s tax return and Social Security cards for all dependents. Hey, it might not be fun, but it’s useful. North Oak Cliff Library, 302 W. Tenth, 214.670.7555, dallaslibrary.org, free

MARCH 6

Afternoon tea

Not ready to see “Downtown Abbey” go? Maybe a spot of tea will help. In honor of the show’s series finale, the Turner House will host a three-course afternoon tea service, preceded by a champagne and canapé reception at 4 p.m. Enjoy popular music from the early 20th century, performed live. And don’t worry — you’ll be home in time for the farewell season premiere at 8 p.m. Turner House, 401 N. Rosemont, 214.946.1670, turnerhouse.org, $750 per table of eight

THROUGH MARCH 6

One-act play festival

Only about 22 percent of all plays produced in the United States are written by women, according to a 2015 Dramatist Guild/Lilly Awards survey. When Theresa Coleman Wash of TeCo Theatrical Productions saw that, she decided to produce “Down for the Count,” a one-act play festival featuring six plays by female writers.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center, 215 S. Tyler, 214.948.0716, tecotheater.org,

$18-$25

MARCH 12

Party like Gatsby

Let Drew Nugent and the Matt Tolentino Band transport you to the Roaring Twenties. The performance begins at 6 p.m. Dancing is strongly encouraged. After all, this is the pre-party for the annual Jazz Age Sunday Social, scheduled to take place at noon the next day at 1515 S. Harwood Place.

The Kesseler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $20-$28

MARCH 13

Jazz jam

It’s the second Sunday of the month, which means Labyrinth Walk Coffee House, inside Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, will host a jazz jam. So what if you’re not a musician? The event is BYOB, so show up at 5 p.m. with a bottle of bubbly and get ready to jitterbug.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, 3839 W. Kiest, 214.337.2429, labyrinthwalkcoffeehouse.com, free

MARCH 19-20

River of fundament

Filmmakers Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler drew their inspiration from Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel “Ancient Evenings,” which explores the subject of reincarnation, among other things. Originally envisioned as an opera, this project took five years to film. Screenings start at 2 p.m. and run until 8 p.m. Thankfully, there will be two intermissions per showing.

The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson, 214.948.1546, thetexastheatre.com, $20

Buffet Dinner, Horse Racing, Live & Silent Auctions

Please visit www.kesslerderby.com for ticket purchasing, event information, and sponsorship opportunities.

March 17

Elayne Boosler

Elayne Boosler rose to fame in 1985 when “Party of One,” the comedy special she starred in and personally financed, debuted on Showtime. Her act tends to center around her favorite subjects: politics, animal rights and baseball. Catch her live at 8 p.m.

The Kesseler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $22-$34

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Delicious

Julien

Eelsen grew up on crepes.

They made them at home. They bought them from street vendors.

That’s the way it is in Paris.

“I probably ate a crepe three or four times a week,” he says.

Eelsen opened Whisk Crepes at Sylvan Thirty in October, and it is his first restaurant venture. In fact, he has little previous experience in the restaurant business, although he has lots of experience in business.

Eelsen came to the United States in 2008 for his business-consulting job, which previously had taken him to Nigeria and Peru. He moved to Miami a couple of years ago for a logistics job, but he missed Dallas.

“The people here are very nice, very curious. It’s very easy to make friends here,” he says. “Miami, of course, is beautiful and the beach is right there. It’s a nice place to visit.”

His brother owns a hotel and restaurant in Normandy, and Eelsen always wanted to own a restaurant too. He had a few ideas — a café, a quiche restaurant. He settled on crepes because they can be breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert. There is no shortage of options.

And Whisk does a lot.

The regular menu includes build-your-own savory or sweet crepes, plus specialties including one with goat cheese, arugula, honey and walnuts. Even more adventurous: Smoked salmon, cream, lemon, fish roe, potato chips and chervil. The sweet specialties include one with granola, bananas, Greek yogurt, maple syrup, whipped cream and coconut. It’s basically breakfast in a crepe.

“We’ve done a brisket barbecue crepe,” Eelsen says. “We’ve done wild deer. So it’s been very interesting.”

—Rachel Stone

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A crepe with granola, blueberries, raspberries, Greek yogurt, maple syrup, whipped cream and toasted coconut. (Photo by Kathy Tran)

CRUNCHING UP GAME DAY

Whether you are keeping cozy watching your favorite team or burning calories on the field, it is always best to choose high-energy snacks that will keep you on your toes. Popcorn is not only easy to make, it’s one of the most popular snacks for kids and adults alike. It can be pepped up with natural ingredients full of protein and a touch of sweet. Sliced almonds, pumpkin seeds, coconut and honey are just a few ingredients that will give you a game day boost.

Granola popcorn

INGREDIENTS:

8 cups popcorn

1 cup sliced almonds

1 cup pumpkin seeds

1 cup dried cranberries

1 cup shredded coconut

DIRECTIONS:

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup coconut oil, melted

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Measure 8 cups of popped popcorn in a large bowl and add almonds, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries and shredded coconut.

In a small bowl, whisk together honey, brown sugar and coconut oil and then stir it into popcorn mixture.

Fully coat popcorn mixture and spread onto the lined baking sheet.

Bake popcorn for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes to keep coating it in the honey. Remove popcorn from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.

Sprinkle granola popcorn with chocolate chips and gently toss to combine.

Kristen Massad writes a monthly column about sweets and baked goods. The professional pastry chef graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York City and owned Tart Bakery on Lovers Lane for eight years. She blogs about food and lifestyles at inkfoods.com.

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BoutLife

At Vivero Boxing Gym, fighting changes lives

Story by RACHEL STONE — Photos by CANDICE CHASE

British journalist Pierce Egan dubbed boxing “the sweet science of bruising” in the early 1800s. It’s a brutal sport that requires the strategy of a chess master, the strength of a dancer and the quickness of a sprinter.

Success in the sport, for a very few, could mean millions of dollars and worldwide celebrity. Or it could mean a few concussions, a respectable win-loss record and a following of dedicated local fans. Chasing the dream takes extreme discipline and toughness, but the ones in the chase say the pain is worth it.

Opposite page: A 6-year-old Vergil Ortiz Jr. watches a sparring match from between the ropes at Vivero Boxing Gym. Left: Now 17, Ortiz has thousands of gym hours under his belt and is expected to turn pro. Above: Vergil Ortiz Sr., left, and Hector Beltran Sr. give the younger Ortiz pointers during one of his bouts at the Dallas Golden Gloves in January.

Gene Vivero, right, poses with Figo Ramirez, 13, who won a title at the Dallas Golden Gloves in January. Vivero, 67, started the gym about 23 years ago and recently recieved nonprofit status.

A black-and-white photo shows then-6year-old Vergil Ortiz Jr. leaning against the ring and intensely watching a sparring match. The title of the photo is “Ropes Scholar.”

Ortiz, now a Grand Prairie High School senior, started boxing at age 5, training six days a week at Vivero Boxing Gym.

Birthdays, Christmas, holidays, it doesn’t matter. Ortiz is in the gym two or three hours a day. Now 17, that’s been his routine for 12 years.

After clocking out from his warehouse job, Ortiz’s dad picks him up with a beep of the horn and makes the drive to Oak Cliff. He does it every day because he thinks Vivero gym is the best for his son.

“It matters who your kid’s coach is,” the elder Ortiz says. “You could have the fastest racecar in the world, but if you don’t have the best pit crew, and you don’t have the best driver, it doesn’t matter.”

Ortiz’s dad has put valuables in hock, frequently gone without lunch and made many other sacrifices for his son’s boxing career. He’s declined promotions at work in order to ensure predictable hours that allow the gym schedule.

The son runs cross-country on the varsity team since distance running is part of a boxer’s training anyway, but otherwise he sits out of extra curricular activities.

They don’t go to church on Sundays; they go to the gym.

Boxing is their priority.

Vergil Ortiz Sr.’s eldest son was born when he was 17. He had to start working fulltime, and his mother helped all she could, often working two jobs, to raise young Vergil.

The boxer, who won the national silver gloves three times and a gold medal in the Junior Olympics, fought his last amateur bouts at the Dallas Golden Gloves recently.

He is expected to go pro, and he has bigname suitors, including Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and former boxing champion brothers Joel and Jose Antonio Díaz, now highly regarded trainers.

When the Ortizes travel to out-of-state tournaments, they find a following in boxing fans, former pros and trainers. One Californiabased trainer, Robert Garcia, outfitted Ortiz in top-of-the-line gear valued around $1,000.

Ortiz is a well-rounded boxer who can fight well at close range, and he can knock out his opponents quickly. Plus, he has that something special, a spark that trainers have been

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able to see since he was a kid.

Ortiz is a good student, ranked 47th out of more than 600 students in his senior class. He is nicknamed “Clark Kent” because of the glasses he wears to read during downtime at tournaments. If and when he does go pro, he also will go to college, he says.

His dad acknowledges that his son hasn’t had a normal childhood. But he’ll never be asking “what if,” he says.

“I know this took part of his childhood away. It did,” he says. “Nobody brings their kids here for fun, really. If you’re going to do it, you have to do it all the way.”

Having fun

When Hector Beltran Sr. entered the ring for his first professional fight in 2009, he did a flip over the ropes.

Trainer Gene Vivero wanted to kill him.

“He said, ‘You could’ve broken both your ankles!’ ” Beltran recalls.

Beltran, known as “Handsome Hector,” was such a heavy hitter that he quickly knocked out his opponent. His pro career ended a little more than a year later, with a 12-1 record and one draw.

Retired professional boxer Hector Beltran Sr. trains his son Hector, 10, at Vivero Boxing Gym. The elder Beltran grew up in Elmwood and started training there at age 12.

Beltran grew up in the neighborhood and started working out at Vivero’s gym when he was 12.

“I was walking home from my friend’s house one day, and I just noticed it and I thought it looked cool,” he says.

Beltran is the class clown of the gym.

Vivero often had to tell him, “Stop goofing around, Hector.” And, “Stop flirting with the girls, Hector.”

Vivero offered Beltran and his brother, Ulises, a way to be involved in organized sports. Their family is supportive, but they never had much money.

At Vivero, there is a membership fee, but no one has to pay if they can’t afford it. No one who wants to train is turned away.

Vivero, a 67-year-old trainer and former boxer, started the gym 23 years ago because he just likes the sport. He bought the building on Balboa Drive, a former auto mechanic shop, and built a ring.

He is now retired, but for years he operated the gym six days a week after his job running a line crew for TXU.

The gym has never made him any money. The fees he receives often are just enough (and sometimes not quite enough) to keep the electricity on and pay property taxes.

When the Beltran brothers were kids, Vivero paid for their gloves and protective gear. It’s not unusual for Vivero or his brother, Dennis, to give athletes rides and help them buy equipment.

“I’m forever indebted to them and grateful,” Beltran says.

About two years ago, the gym received official nonprofit status.

The Beltran brothers both found the discipline to finish high school, go to college and find jobs in the professional world. For fun, they train young boxers at Vivero.

Now a second generation, Hector Beltran’s 8-year-old son, Hector Jr., is training at Vivero. He wants to be just like his dad.

Over the years, Vivero has trained a few pros, two Olympians and a world champion, Quincy Taylor. But he really does it for the kids. Boxing gives them discipline and self esteem. It teaches them that when life knocks you down, you’ve got to get back up, Vivero says.

“I get a kick out of doing this stuff,” he says. “Everything else is just gravy.”

ON JEFFERSON BLVD.

Bishop Pawn

How a welterweight made a career out of carats

Story by Rachel Stone | Photos by Danny Fulgencio

Pat Bishop was a 19-year-old professional boxer with a wage-earning job at Dallas upstart Pizza Inn in 1966 when he decided to buy a pawnshop.

Bishop’s dad had been a partner in a pawnshop on East Grand and made a little money, so he helped his son buy a business in the 100 block of West Jefferson. They paid $10,250 for the old Adkins Jewelry & Loan.

“It had such a bad reputation, especially then,” Bishop says of the pawn business in general.

So he says he set out to run an honest business.

The original Bishop Pawn was in a storefront just 17 feet wide and about 70 feet deep. He eventually expanded to three

buildings on West Jefferson, which now occupies most of the block. At one time there were eight Bishop Pawn stores in the Dallas area. Now 69, Bishop has sold most of those stores, but he kept one in Mesquite and he still comes to work on Jefferson every day.

Over his first decade in the pawn business, Bishop learned that electronics quickly become outdated. Firearms are complicated to buy and sell. But jewelry retains its value and takes up little space.

In 1975, Bishop went into the fine jewelry business. He hired jewelers to fabricate new pieces out of the old gold and gems the pawnshop bought.

“If you have an idea, we will make it,” he says.

Manufacturing luxury jewelry is where

Bishop really found his pace.

He took a Gemological Institute of America course by mail and attended classes in the Gem and Jewelry District of New York City to learn how to grade and appraise diamonds.

“He’s the guru when it comes to that stuff,” says his son, Ty Bishop, who works at the shop on Jefferson.

One 50-foot-long wall of Bishop’s office is dedicated to photos from Bishop’s life. Some are of family and others are from his boxing career. But many more are of Bishop with celebrities: Dallas Cowboys great Ed “Too Tall” Jones, “Dallas” actor Patrick Duffy and President George W. Bush among them.

Some are jewelry clients. But Bishop has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous of

Pat Bishop stands at the counter of Bishop Pawn. In 50-plus years in the pawn business, Bishop has become an expert in fine jewelry.

Dallas since his Golden Gloves days.

While still a student at Hillcrest High School, Bishop told his father he wanted to try boxing.

“He said, ‘OK, if you wait until you’re 16, I will take you to a boxing gym,’” Bishop recalls.

That’s how he started training as a boxer at Jimmy’s Gym in Downtown Dallas.

The following year, he won the welterweight division of the Dallas Golden Gloves tournament. He then won the state title and traveled to Louisville, Ky. for the national tournament, where he lost to the future welterweight champion of the world. He went on to fight about 20 bouts as a pro. If you’re ever in the men’s room at Campisi’s on Mockingbird Lane, look for the poster from one of Bishop’s fights at the Sportatorium.

Aside from his boxing celebrity, Bishop also had a sister, Nannette Farlow, who worked in the TV and film business in Los Angeles. She was a location manager for “Dallas” and other TV shows and movies in the ’80s and ’90s.

That’s how Bishop Pawn wound up as a filming location on the TV movie “Dallas: J.R. Returns.” More recently, it also was a location for the new “Dallas,” which aired from 2012-14.

A few years ago, a reality TV producer came to Bishop looking for a family to fea-

ture on a show about pawnshops, but it didn’t work out.

“They said we weren’t crazy enough,” Pat Bishop says.

Early on in his pawnshop career, Bishop says, he wanted to make a good reputation for himself and the pawn business in general.

He began working with the Dallas Police Department in the early ’70s, and was one of the first pawnshop owners in Dallas to open all of his records to them. Thieves typically are easy to spot in the pawn business, Bishop says. All it takes is asking the seller a little about the item.

Once in the ’70s, someone brought in an electric typewriter. Across the front, it was labeled, “Property of the Dallas Independent School District.”

“I said, ‘Which school did you steal this from?’” The thief quickly walked out, Bishop says.

Even though he’s old enough and comfortable enough to retire, Bishop says he couldn’t imagine it. He likes appraising jewelry, meeting customers and the unpredictable aspects of life in a pawnshop.

“I just follow the golden rule of treat people how you want to be treated,” he says. “Treat them with respect, and they will respect you.”

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Leading to Success. 2720 Hillside Dr., Dallas 75214 / 214.826.2931 / lakehillprep.org Kindergarten through Grade 12 - Lakehill Preparatory School takes the word preparatory in its name very seriously. Throughout a student’s academic career, Lakehill builds an educational program that achieves its goal of enabling graduates to attend the finest, most rigorous universities of choice. Lakehill combines a robust, college-preparatory curriculum with opportunities for personal growth, individual enrichment, and community involvement. From kindergarten through high school, every Lakehill student is encouraged to strive, challenged to succeed, and inspired to excel.

BISHOP DUNNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Contact: Charleen Doan at 214.339.6561 ext. 4020 or admission@bdcs.org

A co-educational, college preparatory school serving students in grades 6-12. We provide a strong faith and valuebased education with high academic standards, encouraging all students to achieve their full potential. Our curriculum emphasizes individualized attention, and is constantly at the forefront of technology integration through the use of laptops, ebooks, and our Online Education Program. Additionally, we provide a full range of extracurricular activities ranging from athletics, to the arts, to clubs and service organizations.

ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

4019 S. Hampton Rd. Dallas 75224/ 214.331.5139 / www.saintspride.com

At St. Elizabeth of Hungary, our fundamental task is the education of the whole child -- combining learning with faith, Catholic doctrines and moral teachings. We introduce all PK3-8th Grade students to the integrated ways of STEM. This approach to education is designed to revolutionize the teaching of subject areas such as mathematics and science by incorporating technology and engineering into regular curriculum. Over the past 10 years, 95% of St. Elizabeth 8th graders were accepted to their first choice high school. Join us for an informational school tour and see for yourself how easy it is to become a Saint! Call 214.331.5139 for information.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 848 Harter Rd., Dallas 75218 / 214.328.9131 / stjohnsschool.org

Founded in 1953, St. John’s is an independent, co-educational day school for Pre-K through Grade 8. With a tradition for academic excellence, St. John’s programs include a challenging curriculum in a Christian environment along with instruction in the visual and performing arts, Spanish, German, French, and opportunities for athletics and community service.St. John’s goal for its students is to develop a love for learning, service to others, and leadership grounded in love, humility, and wisdom. Accredited by ISAS, SAES, and the Texas Education Agency.

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BUSINESS BUZZ

The lowdown on neighborhood businesses

Awards Ceremony

The Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce handed out its annual awards recently. Red Pegasus Games and Comics won Business of the Year, and Oak Fit won New Business of the Year. A few local councilmembers also received honors from the chamber. Councilman Scott Griggs was named Community Advocate of the Year, Councilwoman Monica Alonzo won Public Servant of the Year, and the Chairman’s Award went to Councilman Casey Thomas.

Farmers market

The Oak Cliff Lions Club held the first of its planned monthly farmers markets in February. Vendors set up shop in the parking lot in front of Cliff Temple Baptist Church from 8 a.m.-noon. Expect yummies from Casa Masa tamales and Jake ‘n’ Bake cookies, among many others. Booths at the market cost $45. Merchants must supply their own tables and tents. To book a space, contact John McCall with the Lions Club at john@attorneymccall.com.

Rave reviews

Dallas Reading and Language Services received a 2015 Patient’s Choice Award from Opencare.com recently. Opencare took into account voluntary client surveys but also mined social media sites to see what patients were saying about the speech-therapy clinic on the web. The clinic opened its doors on West Jefferson in 2005 and has been taking a “whole child” approach to speech therapy ever since, says officer manager Stephen Betzen.

Repeat offender

Dallas police say the same robber has hit Village Jewelry and Loan on Fort Worth Avenue every other month since September. The man forces employees at gunpoint to open the safe. All of the robberies occurred between noon and 4 p.m. Victims describe the man as between 25-30 years old, 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9 tall and 150-180 pounds. Anyone with information about the offender should call Crime Stoppers at 214.373.8477.

Recent developments

The Dallas City Council’s economic development committee approved the proposal to grant Alamo Manhattan $11.25 million in reimbursements for a Bishop Arts District project that includes multistory apartments, shops and a streetcar stop. Construction could start this coming August, and if so, it could be completed by April 2018. The proposal’s fate was determined by City Council on Feb. 24. Results were not available at time of press. Check oakcliff.advocatemag.com for updates.

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BAPTIST

CLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH / 125 Sunset Ave. / 214.942.8601

Serving Oak Cliff since 1899 / CliffTemple.org / English and Spanish

9:30 am Sunday School / 10:45 am & 5:00 pm Sunday Worship

GRACE TEMPLE BAPTIST MULTI-CULTURAL CHURCH

Sunday Worship: English Service 9:30 am / Spanish Service 11:00 am

831 W. Tenth St. / 214.948.7587 / gracetempledallas.org

CATHOLIC

UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS MINISTRY CONFERENCE / udallas.edu/udmc

Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2016 / Sponsored by Catholic Diocese of Dallas

Sessions on Faith, Scripture, & Ministry / Exhibitors / Music / Mass

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

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

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

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

OAK CLIFF CHRISTIAN CHURCH / Celebrating 125 Years

Fellowship 9:30 am / Sunday School 9:45 am / Worship 11:00 am

660 S. Zang / occch.org / 214.376.4375

METHODIST

TYLER STREET CHURCH Traditional Worship - 9:30 am / tsumc.org /

Tyler Street En Vivo - 9:30 am / tylerstreetenvivo.org / 214.946.8106 /

Tyler Street Live - 11:30 am / tylerstreetlive.org / 927 W. 10th Street

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional

Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 am / Worship, 10:50 am

4105 Junius St. / 214.824.2533 / graceumcdallas.org

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

KESSLER COMMUNITY CHURCH / 2100 Leander Dr. at Hampton Rd.

“Your Hometown Church Near the Heart of the City.”

10:30 am Contemporary Service / kesslercommunitychurch.com

PRESBYTERIAN

OAK CLIFF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6000 S. Hampton Road

Sunday Worship at 9:30 am & 11:05 am 214.339.2211 / www.ocpres.com

EASTER ENIGMA

Gaining everything by giving all

One of my favorite memories of our daughter, Emily, happened when she was 2 years old at an Easter egg hunt. As much as we tried to help her gather as many as she could, Emily just couldn’t get the hang of moving on to the next egg when there was a perfectly good piece of candy to be eaten in the one she just snatched up. She kept trying to sit down and simply eat what she had.

When all the eggs were picked up, we momentarily couldn’t find Emily. Where had she gone? We quickly found her around the side of the house, hiding in the bushes with her basket in her lap. Her face was covered in chocolate as she tried to eat as much as she could before being discovered.

On March 27, Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. But I’m struck by how odd and upside-down our Easter celebrations tend to be — chocolate bunnies, marshmallow Peeps, colorful baskets, new spring clothes. It’s a palatable and pastel-colored remembrance of some very weighty moments in the life of Christ, including betrayal, torture, an agonizing crucifixion and a final breath. Contrast that with the dazzling, light-filled, stone-rolledaway transformation a few days later and you’ll wonder how we ever got to Peter Cottontail.

We may dumb it down because we can’t bear the brilliance of it. We can’t imagine the agony. We can’t conjure an approximate image of life returning, eyes opening, the quickening of muscle and bones and blood. So we stick to a shallow, albeit fun and delicious, spring celebration.

The Bible doesn’t say how the disciple Peter died, but the lore surrounding Peter’s death is revealing. The story commonly is told as follows: Many years after Jesus’

crucifixion, Peter was in Rome. His arrest for preaching about Jesus’ death and resurrection was imminent, so arrangements were made for him to escape. It seemed the right thing to do. All the Christian community said that it was time to flee. As Peter left the city alone and incognito, he encountered a startling sight. Jesus was going the other way, back into the city.

We can’t conjure an approximate image of life returning, eyes opening, the quickening of muscle and bones and blood. So we stick to a shallow, albeit fun and delicious, spring celebration.

“Where are you going?” Peter asked.

“To be crucified,” Jesus said.

“Are you going to be crucified again?” Peter asked.

“Yes, Peter, I am going to be crucified again.”

Peter turned around and made his way back into the city, knowing it was the right course of action. It would not end well. He was arrested, as expected, and as they prepared to execute him by crucifixion, he made one final, strange request. He didn’t feel worthy to be crucified right side up, as Jesus was, and instead asked to be crucified upside-down.

The appropriate way to remember his death and resurrection is to live as he lived, sharing in his suffering as well as his transformation. What his followers discover is that the two are actually one. When we serve others, we find ourselves. When we die, we live.

It’s upside-down, right?

Brent McDougal is pastor of Cliff Temple Baptist Church. The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and by the neighborhood business people and churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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

BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

CONCRETE REPAIRS/REPOURS

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

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANNA’S ELECTRIC Your Oak Cliff Electrician Since 1978. tecl25513. 214-943-4890

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

FENCING & DECKS

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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HOUSE PAINTING

MANNY’S HOME PAINTING & REMODEL

Int./Ext. Sheetrock. Manny 214-334-2160

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

KITCHEN/BATH/ TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

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Your lighting specialists. 972-591-8383 Parties, Weddings, Patios, Landscape.

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MURDER AT THE PATIO BAR

Tragedy struck the Patio Bar, located near Sunset and Llewellyn, around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 23. According to police reports, a fight broke out inside then moved to the parking lot. There, a man retrieved a gun from his late-‘90s green, four-door sedan, which witnesses say was possibly a Chevrolet Impala. He fired shots at a crowd of people, killing 29-yearold Ashley Wilson, who reportedly had not been involved in the brawl. This isn’t the first violent crime to occur at Patio Bar, also known as La Costena. In 2014, a 24-year-old woman was shot in the face and body, a 26-year-old man was shot in the leg and a 29-year-old man was shot in the stomach and knee on the premises, according to media reports. Patio Bar also has a history of liquor law violations. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission canceled the nightclub’s liquor license this past summer and then police charged the club with selling alcohol without a permit; since then the club has been operating as a BYOB establishment. The Jan. 23 shooter, who police describe as a Latino male, approximately 25 to 30 years old, is still at large as of press time. If you have any information about the offense, call the Dallas police homicide unit at 214.671.3661. — Elizabeth Barbee

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on Jan. 7, a man in a bright green shirt walks into Spincycle and heads straight for the gumball machine.

people in the surveillance video, released by police on Jan. 27, appear to care as the man carries the gumball machine out of the laundromat. They probably assumed he had permission to take it. He did not. The suspect has not been identified as of press time. If you have any information about the theft, call detective Monica Avila at 214.670.0550

SOURCE Dallas Police Department

A YOUNG SELENA IN OAK CLIFF

Old cable access videos captured the girl who became a superstar

The first time Gilbert and Rosemary Cortez met Selena, she was in her tour bus parked outside of a club where Selena y los Dinos were to play that night in Grand Prairie.

Gilbert approached the Tejano star’s dad, Abraham Quintanilla, and asked whether his daughter would appear on his cable access show, “Tiempo Live.”

Quintanilla agreed and later that day, Selena, her mom Marcella, and sister Suzette, met the Cortezes at the Cube Cable studio in the Wynnewood Shopping Center.

The Cortezes became fans of Tejano, a Texas-born genre of Mexican music, in the ’70s. They began hosting their own Tejano music show on cable access in the early ’80s, and they ran a magazine, Tejano Connection, until the late ’90s. For years, their mini media empire was the best source and sometimes the only source, for news on the Tejano music scene in Dallas.

They’d heard Selena sing in San Antonio, the heart of Tejano music.

“The first time I heard her sing, I knew she would be big,” Gilbert says.

On the VHS recording of Selena’s “Tiempo Live” performance from 1985, she has short curly hair and chubby cheeks. She’s wearing an oversized mustard-yellow sweatshirt and tight acid-washed jeans.

Because her band was back at the club doing sound check, she lip-synced a song, “Oh Mama.”

When Selena returned to Dallas for a performance in July 1987, Abraham Quintanilla allowed Gilbert to film a video for her song “Tu No Sabes.”

They shot it in a familiar Oak Cliff park.

“There used to be a sign that said ‘Martin Weiss Park,’ and I made sure we had a shot of her walking past

that sign because I wanted everyone to know she was in Oak Cliff,” Gilbert says.

In the video, teenage Selena walks around the park looking heart broken, and she lip-syncs to the song, which Gilbert was playing on a boom box while filming on a camcorder. All things considered, it’s not bad.

Selena’s father/manager allowed it because the “Tejano Live” TV show was a way to reach a wide audience before these days of YouTube.

“Hey, it was like we were the Mexican MTV, right?” Gilbert says to Rosemary.

Gilbert and Rosemary brought Selena to the State Fair of Texas that year,

her first time performing there, as part of the Texas Sesquicentennial. The festival had 12 bands the first year and the Fair gave them a small budget. Most of it went to the Quintanillas, who were paid $1,500 for the performance.

Selena and the band performed their set at the Fair Park amphitheater, wearing matching gold-lamé jumpsuits. They performed their own Tejano songs along with Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love” and Janet Jackson’s “What Have You Done for Me Lately.” Even over a 30-year-old analog tape, her voice is a knockout punch.

Selena returned to the Fair every year until 1994.

“She was always very sweet,” Rosemary says.

The Cortezes’ son Steven, who was about 10 years younger than Selena, had a huge crush on the singer. On a Polaroid snapshot of herself with Steven and his brother Aaron, Selena wrote, “Stay cuddly!”

Gilbert, who is a conga player, stuck with the TV show and magazine because he was passionate about the music.

It wasn’t easy. He and Rosemary sold ads, took pictures, wrote stories, laid out pages and delivered the free magazines to clubs and restaurants throughout the

Dallas/Fort Worth area. At one time, they even bought their own printing press and published out of their garage.

They produced an awards show, the Tejano Connection Music Awards, at the Bronco Bowl for several years. Selena attended at least once, alongside other Tejano music stars like Shelly Lares, Jay Perez and Ramón Ayala.

Now the Cortezes live in a neat little house in Grand Prairie. Rosemary is an accountant and Gilbert still plays the conga. Tejano music reached its peak in the late ’90s, they say, but it’s still around today.

For many years, Rosemary collected magazines and other Selena memorabilia and she keeps it all back in a closet somewhere. Memories of a sweet girl, a superstar she once knew.

Opposite page: Selena performs at the State Fair of Texas in 1994. After her death, that photo, by Gilbert Cortez, appeared on the cover of “Tejano Connection.” Above: Selena poses with the Cortezes after her first performance at the State Fair of Texas in 1985. (Photos courtesy of Rosemary Cortez)