2016 September Oak Cliff

The Pet Issue

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These neighbors make saving dogs their mission.

(Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

AND TYLER WAS THE

OF OAK

GREATEST CIVIC LEADERS.

ON THE COVER: Jake is one of the dogs available for adoption from Angie's Friends (see page 23). (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

Celebrate the grand opening of the Blue Line extension to South Oak Cliff!

Celebrate the grand opening of the Blue Line extension to South Oak Cliff!

DART Community Fun Day

Saturday, October 22, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Camp Wisdom Station

Join us at this fun, informative event where you can learn about health, safety, education and career resources!

Customer Appreciation Day

Monday, October 24, 4 – 9 a.m.

Camp Wisdom Station & UNT Dallas Station

Celebrate the first day of service with refreshments from DART. It’s our way of saying thanks to you, our riders!

UNTD Community Event

Saturday, October 29, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

UNT Dallas Station

Join the UNT Dallas community for a fun-filled celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony!

The Blue Line to UNT Dallas opens on Monday, October 24.

WORTH SAVING

KNOWING WHAT TO KEEP MIGHT BE A MOM SUPERPOWER

Those “hoarder” shows on television are something, aren’t they?

The lifestyle is both fascinating and frightening: What people save, and why they save it, sometimes stretches the boundaries of sanity.

I bring this up because I just returned from a trip to my childhood home, a Minnesota farm where my parents lived for 57 years. The time had come to move them to a place that doesn’t require maintenance and snow-shoveling, a place with a single closet as opposed to four huge farm storage buildings. It was time to go through a half-century of “treasures” one final time.

Somewhere along the line, Mom made a conscious but frequently questioned decision: She decided to save everything — gloves and caps we wore at age 10 during our 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily cattle-feeding shifts. Ancient snowmobile suits. Dusty rain boots. All hanging on the same hooks we last hung them on 30 or 40 or 50 years ago.

And the closets in our bedrooms — I kid you not when I tell you that I could model my entire 10th grade wardrobe right now. Mom saved everything, “just in case.”

Mom always talked reverentially about “the grainery,” a farm building ostensibly built to hold oats and wheat between harvest and sale. Every time she mentioned the grainery, my sisters and I cringed: The building had become little more than a dusty, rodent-scented black hole, a place where Mom kept her most precious things in boxes and bags.

Trips to visit us in Texas always involved the interstate transfer of goods from the grainery. My first typewriter from college turned up. My report card from second grade. The first Polaroid camera I received for

Christmas, along with the first tiny black-and-white instant photos that popped out of it.

“Why keep all of this stuff?” we asked Mom over the years.

Even Dad joined in the chorus: “Mother, no one wants any of that stuff.”

So it was on my last trip up the grainery’s wood steps, Mom unable to supervise due to back woes. And on a final search-or-forever-destroy mission, I scrounged through her treasures.

There was my original G.I. Joe, lovingly packed in a re-sealable freezer bag and wearing the brightly colored and definitely not Army-issued pajamas my mom sewed for him. There was an old yellow Tonka truck I played with daily as a kid. There were boxes of green plastic soldiers that many times over helped me protect the United States from foreign incursion.

I laughed out loud at what she had saved. I remembered every one of those things — each took me back to when the only thing on my “to do” list was to have fun.

And it was at that point I realized something that eluded me all of these years: I imagine every trip to the grainery reminded Mom of those long-ago days, too, back when her hair was dark, her skin was smooth and the days ahead seemed endless.

It took me until this last trip to our farm, sadly sifting through 57 years of tangible memories, to realize the singular difference between Mom and the TV hoarders.

She saved that stuff not for herself but for us. It was her way of making sure we remembered where we came from and who we are.

Thanks for not listening to us all of those years, Mom.

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BARTOO ON ‘OAK CLIFF DIVIDED OVER I-35 DECK PARK’

“IT REALLY WILL ONLY START RUNNING AT 9:30 A.M.? NOT OF MUCH USE TO COMMUTERS.”

—DENISE RAPPMUND ON ‘STREETCAR SERVICE RAMPS UP’

“IT’S NEAR ME, BUT LUCKILY I’M IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, SO I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EIGHT-STORY BUILDINGS IN THE VACANT LOT ON MY BLOCK.”

—JOE FLORES ON ‘COULD EIGHT-STORY APARTMENTS BE COMING TO BECKLEY?’

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RETURNING HOME

SUNSET’S NEW PRINCIPAL IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE SCHOOL

Sunset High School begins this academic year with a new principal, Claudia Vega. Vega is an alumna of Sunset; she came up through Oak Cliff schools, attending Leila P. Cowart Elementary School and L.V. Stockard Middle School, graduating from Sunset in 1997. She also began her teaching career at Sunset, serving as the journalism, newspaper and yearbook instructor for several years. Vega has taught at Adamson High School and Rusk Middle School in the Dallas Independent School District as well as an elementary school in Carrolton/Farmers Branch. She’s returning to Sunset after a stint as principal of Mata Elementary School in East Dallas, where she established DISD’s first school of choice, a Montessori. Both of her parents served as DISD teachers, and her dad once taught at Sunset as well. She has two graduate degrees and is the author of two children’s books, “Do You Know the Cucuy?” and “It’s Bedtime, Cucuy,” from The University of Houston’s Arte Publico.

The bronze bison sculpture at Sunset High School. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE A STUDENT AT SUNSET WHEN YOU WERE HERE?

I have very fond memories. My dad was adamant that I get involved in different activities, so he took me to meet the journalism teacher my freshman year. I was newspaper editor, on the yearbook staff, and it really was a wonderful learning experience for me. I was also involved in Bisonettes [drill team] and student council.

SO YOU GOT YOUR START IN JOURNALISM?

Yes, at the time the City of Dallas had an internship program for college-bound seniors. I did an internship at WFAA, and it was a wonderful opportunity because I got to work with some of the best journalists in this market.

LIKE WHO?

John McCaa, Gloria Campos, Brett Shipp … I was Brett Shipp’s intern, which is funny because he was always

going after DISD. I did a lot of open records requests for him; I remember that very well. It opened a lot of doors for me. I studied journalism at the University of North Texas, and I continued to work as a production assistant at WFAA while I was an undergraduate student at UNT.

THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

My parents were both teachers, and growing up, I swore I would never be a teacher. I was working at Channel 8 after college, and my former principal at Sunset was Oscar Rodriguez. He was an area superintendent, and he said, “Claudia, it’s time for you to come back to the community.” So [at age 21] I came to Sunset to be the journalism teacher. It gave me an opportunity to do journalism and some teaching.

That was a fun experience. I was able to teach alongside some of the teachers who had taught me, and I had a lot of great mentors here.

WHY DID YOU LEAVE EVENTUALLY?

I left the district to work for the City of Dallas in the cultural affairs department of the city manager’s office when they were opening the Latino Cultural Center. That was fun, and it was another opportunity to meet new people and learn different skill sets. But then those strings were tugging on the heart to get back to the community.

ONE OF YOUR GRADUATE DEGREES IS IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. WHY DID YOU SWITCH TO THAT FOCUS?

I taught sophomores who didn’t know the difference between a noun and a verb. I was seeing gaps. So I thought, let me have an opportunity to try teaching at a lower grade level. I was able to really get an understanding of how important the early years are.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR SUNSET?

We want to enhance college and career readiness. We currently have endorsements in arts and humanities, business and industry, multidisciplinary studies, public services and STEM. The pathways we offer include dual language, finance, criminal justice and biomedical. Our goal is to continue to build upon our AP offerings and increase dual-credit opportunities. The collegiate academies that are coming in throughout the district allow students to graduate with an associate degree before they’ve even finished high school in some cases, and it’s free to them. Sunset hopes to be part of the second collegiate academy cohort, so this year we’ll be making sure we have everything we need to meet that longterm goal.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

We’re working closely with students to ensure they are ready and able to take college level coursework. We are also working with our teachers to help them in becoming credentialed with the community college so that our students can access college-level coursework on campus.

Sunset High School's new principal, Claudia Vega, who is an alumna of the school.

(Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

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WHAT ELSE?

We’re looking for partnerships in the neighborhood. We want to build some public awareness of what Sunset offers and what our students are capable of. Who are our kids, and how are they leading in the community? We have wonderful students who are doing great things; we just need to get that story out there. We’ve got to toot our own horn a little, and we’ve got to become better at doing that.

HOW CAN WE ATTRACT MORE MIDDLECLASS FAMILIES TO CHOOSE SUNSET?

It’s really dependent on the neighborhoods and what they’re looking for. [Families are] looking for alternative options. What’s imperative, and what our duty is as educators and public servants, is to engage in a dialogue with the community. What are they looking for, and what do they want? As the instructional leaders and principals, we can align that with what the district has to offer.

THERE ARE SOME MATA PARENTS WHO THINK YOU SHOULD BE DISD SUPERINTENDENT. WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER THAT?

I’ll say this: I plan on being here. I want to work with this group of students. One of the best things is when you get to see a class go from their freshman year to their senior year, and I think the kids deserve that.

WHEN WE ANNOUNCED ON OUR WEBSITE THAT A SUNSET ALUMNA WOULD BE PRINCIPAL, THE RESPONSE FROM OUR READERS WAS INCREDIBLE. I don’t know if people realize just how common that is for Oak Cliff schools. The principal of Greiner attended that school, the Stockard principal … all over DISD, you will find administrators and teachers who are products of DISD, and I think that says a lot about what the district is providing. It speaks volumes about what DISD is about.

OUT & ABOUT

Sept. 8

NICK CAVE

The concert film “One More Time with Feeling” premieres at 8 p.m. and will be the first chance to hear the new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album “Skeleton Tree.”

The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., 214.948.1546, thetexastheatre.com

Sept. 10

ROCK THE CLIFF

Bison Giving Back is a nonprofit that raises money to give scholarships to seniors graduating from Oak Cliff schools. Its big fundraiser is a 5k that starts at Lake Cliff Park at 10 a.m.

Lake Cliff Park, 1200 Zang Blvd., rockthecliff.com, $10-$35

Sept. 13

WILD TALK

Twelve Hills Nature Center brings Bret Johnson, urban wildlife biologist for the City of Dallas, for a 7 p.m. talk about coexisting with urban wildlife, including coyotes and foxes. Arrive at 6:30 to register.

Dallas Methodist Medical Center’s Weiss Auditorium, 1441 N. Beckley Ave., free

Sept. 15-24

FLAMENCO

Get ready to rumba with the Oak Cliff Flamenco Festival, which includes workshops, food, performances, art and film. It culminates in a concert at the Kessler Theater Saturday, Sept. 24. Various locations, flamencoforever.org, free-$35

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 15-24

PLAY PRIDE

The third-annual LGBTQ one-act play festival offers short performances by six authors. Audience members vote for their favorites each night, and on closing nights the votes are tallied; the winner gets $500.

Bishop Arts Theater Center, 215 S. Tyler St., 214.948.0716, tecotheater.org, $18

Sept. 16

WEEN

Awesome Sound, a tribute to Ween, is among the free shows offered this month. The Foundry, 2303 Pittman, 214.749.1112, cs-tf.com, free

Sept. 17-18

RISING STARS

Get to know the “rising stars” of the Dallas art world from the 1920s and today, as part of Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts’ 90th anniversary (see page 34). The event features an exhibit curated by local galleries and showcases young Dallas talent from the 1920s and now. A fundraiser and gallery talk is from 7-9 p.m. Saturday; the admission price also buys a membership to the fine arts society. The show is free and open to the public from 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Turner House, 401 N. Rosemont, 214.946.1670, turnerhouse.org, $85

Sept. 18

LERA LYNN

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Lera Lynn brings her post-Americana sound for an 8 p.m. show

The Kessler, 1230 W. Davis St., 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $18

Delicious

JED’S GRILL

Few existing businesses would benefit from the plan to turn Tyler and Polk into two-way streets more than Jed’s Grill. The mother/son team of Estela Gallegos and Johnathan Korens, now operating the restaurant on Jefferson at Polk, heartily support the change.

Since Polk is a one-way street, entering the restaurant’s parking lot requires circling the block for anyone coming west on Jefferson. Unless you know the neighborhood, it’s confusing. The owners also think the one-way street hurts their restaurant’s visibility.

“It’s the most frustrating thing as a business owner,” Korens says.

A string of restaurants have opened and closed there in the past 10 years, but

the new operators are all in. Korens, an artist and musician, and Gallegos, who worked for many years as a restaurant manager, have given themselves over to the dream of owning a successful family restaurant. They don’t cut corners. Brisket is wrapped in bacon and cooked 12 hours. They make their own barbecue sauce from the drippings. They make ranchero sauce, their own hummus and sweet-and-sour mix, among many other accoutrements.

Burgers are their most popular dinner item, and they have a range of luscious choices, including the Oak Cliff burger, topped with cheddar cheese, brisket, an onion ring and a deep-fried jalapeño, served on a brioche bun. There’s also

grilled cheese, sandwiches and salads, as well as 12 vegetarian items. The breakfast/brunch menu includes tres leches French toast, omelets and waffles. On Sundays, they offer 99-cent mimosas all day, and it’s happy hour all day Saturdays. — RACHEL STONE

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Huevos rancheros. (Photo by Kathy Tran)

City of Dallas Water Utilities, City of Dallas Park & Recreation, and the Dallas County Master Gardeners are teaming up to demonstrate the beauty of WaterWise landscaping and EarthKind™ gardening with the 22nd annual Water-Wise Landscape Tour.

This year’s tour is highlighting residential landscapes in east Dallas, as well as several school demonstration gardens in southern Dallas.

The first 500 visitors at the tour headquarters will receive a free hose-end spray nozzle. For more information and to download a map for the self-guided tour and a schedule of landscaping-related talks, visit SaveDallasWater.com or call the Water Conservation Hotline at 214-670-3155

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LUNCHBOX SEASON IS BACK

Summers are made up of late nights, no routine and a lot of tiresome fun, and it is not always easy getting back into the school routine.

For me, the early mornings are the hardest part. Getting everyone up, dressed, fed a nutritious breakfast, lunches packed and out the door on time can be a challenge.

As important as breakfast is for ourselves and our kids, so is the lunch we pack to fuel the rest of their day. The lunch box routine does not have to be intimidating or stressful when you have an organized refrigerator of simple and healthy options.

In my family, we love a classic sandwich, but I always like to change it up so lunches don’t look the same every day.

Here’s some easy-to-make crowd pleasers to get your school year started on the right note with plenty of big flavor.

RESCUE ME

MEET OAK CLIFF’S ADOPTABLE DOGS AND THE HEROES WHO HELP THEM

STORY RACHEL STONE PHOTOS DANNY FULGENCIO

Jax is one of the dogs available for adoption at Elmwood-based No Bully Left Behind.

DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES HAS IMPROVED ITS EUTHANASIA

RATE — about 52 percent of animals the city sheltered in 2014-15 were adopted out, marking the first time in recent history that more animals were adopted than killed. But few city departments have been scrutinized more than DAS. Over the past few years, it has struggled with slashed budgets, an employee who faced a felony indictment after a cat was left to die inside a wall, dead dogs dumped on remote South Dallas roads and overwhelming numbers of stray and loose dogs, especially in southern Dallas. The privately funded Big Fix for Big D campaign offered free spay and neuter services for years, but that hasn’t been enough to improve our canine crisis.

It’s often considered a problem for the southern sector, easily ignored by those on our side of Dallas. But the crisis came barreling into the public eye when 52-yearold Antoinette Brown was mauled by a pack of dogs while walking in her South Dallas neighborhood May 2. She died from her injuries about a week later.

Dallas Animal Services received funding recently for a volunteer program, but it’s possible the city department won’t receive a budget increase this year.

Oak Cliff residents have a way of finding fixes to citywide problems when officials can’t seem to figure them out, says Chris Watts, who owns Petropolitan and is City

George is among the dogs availabe at No Bully Left Behind.

“It’s really important for everyone’s voice to be heard,” he says. “If people have creative solutions, things they’ve seen in other cities that have impacted the wellbeing of people and ani-

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mals, don’t sit on it. Bring it to us.”

In the meantime, some neighbors continue their daily grind of finding homes, educating their neighbors and otherwise working to keep dogs off the euthanasia list and out of harm’s way. These are a few of their stories.

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“IF PEOPLE HAVE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, THINGS THEY’VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, DON’T SIT ON IT. BRING IT TO US.”

Councilman Scott Griggs’ appointee to the city’s animal advisory committee.

Ziva is a formerly chained yard dog that Angie Manriquez rescued from West Dallas. The dog's puppies were adopted, but Ziva still needs a home.

Angie's Friends has been fostering this cuddle bug, Baby, for about two years.

ANGIE’S FRIENDS RESCUES CHAINED AND FREE-ROAMING DOGS IN WEST DALLAS

Angie Manriquez started helping chained-up and roaming dogs in her West Dallas neighborhood in 1999.

Sometimes she would bring food and water to neglected yard dogs. Or she would earn the trust of a scared and unwanted Chihuahua.

and helps with veterinarian bills.

“She gets onto people about how they’re treating their animals,” says Amanda Struse, a volunteer with Angie’s Friends, the nonprofit that formed to support Manriquez’s efforts.

Angie’s Friends volunteers foster dogs and shuttle them to adoption events every weekend. They have a foster network of about 15 families.

Most of the animals Manriquez helps are pit bulls or Chihuahuas, both difficult breeds to place, and they’re usually adult dogs, which also are more difficult to place in homes.

Angie’s Friends is not a big operation. It has adopted out about 30 dogs so far this year, but there are foster dogs that have been in the program for years.

One is Baby, a formerly chained yard dog, who has been looking or a forever home for two years. Even though she lived her first five years at the end of a chain, she is sweet and cuddly, although she hates cats.

Now she manages nine feral cat colonies, feeds six flocks of chickens and helps as many stray and neglected animals as she can.

It’s not just about animals; it’s about people. A big part of Manriquez’s mission is encouraging people to improve their animals’ living conditions. She donates food

Ziva was another chained dog that wasn’t spayed and had puppies. Her owner told Manriquez she could take the puppies, and he’d planned to take the mother dog down to the Trinity River to “set her free.” The puppies were easy to adopt out, Struse says, but Ziva’s been harder to place, even though she’s affectionate and plays with other dogs once she warms up to them.

Manriquez is now 75, and she recently underwent triple bypass surgery. But she’ll soon be out there working on behalf of dogs once again.

Jake is among the dogs Angie's Friends fosters.

Two teachers, both with long blond hair and trendy foot tattoos, living 10 miles apart, found each other on “bully” breed rescue websites.

Jennifer Harrell Vines and Julie Fennell met and began working together last summer, pulling pit bulls and bulldogs off of euthanasia lists and finding them foster homes. They quickly formed a nonprofit.

No Bully Left Behind recently rented a building in Elmwood to keep their kennels, where they can house about 20 dogs.

“This is the most euthanized breed in America,” Vines says.

The rescue recently helped a family down the street, whose dog had 10 puppies. No Bully Left Behind took the puppies, which were all adopted, and had the mother dog spayed.

But they also accept dogs from outside of Dallas. They pull dogs from shel-

ters in Miami because of a ban on bully breeds there. It’s illegal in Miami-Dade County to own or keep American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers or “any other dog that substantially conforms to any of these breeds' characteristics.”

“We catch a lot of heat for that,” Vines says. “But we’re not going to ignore a need. We’re going to do what we can.”

They also accept dogs from the Corsicana city shelter, which has an unofficial policy against adopting pits back into their city, Vines says.

One of them is Jax, a brindle pit bull who was found being attacked by four other dogs. They took 2-year-old Bart from the Irving shelter, and it will take a special person to adopt him, Fennell says. His two front legs are shorter than his back legs. But he’s a sweet little cutie, she says.

The nonprofit needs fosters for longterm placement, but they also need volunteers who can foster for a weekend or one week. They can also use help with dogs who just need attention during the day. Volunteers also are needed to help at the new shelter on Ferndale to walk and play with the dogs. Fill out an application at nobullyleftbehind.com.

“These dogs have been through so much. They’ve been abused or on the streets, and then they’ve been in shelters, which is not a friendly environment,” Vine says. “They just want safety and security and a home.”

Adoptable dog Bart recieves some love from No Bully Left Behind co-founder Julie Fennell.

LIVING HISTORY

JEFFERSON AT TYLER WAS THE CENTER OF THE OAK CLIFF UNIVERSE

STORY BY RACHEL STONE

The Bishop Arts District Conservation District protects old buildings in those few blocks from demolition, but Jefferson Boulevard enjoys no such sweeping protection.

When the boulevard was rezoned in 2014, it allowed buildings that mix apartments, offices and shops as high as 15 stories. If a developer should buy up a few buildings in a row on Jefferson, regardless of the

structures’ age or importance, they could tear them down and build high-rise apartments with retail at street level, for example.

On the whole boulevard, only three historic buildings are protected from demolition by city ordinance. Sunset High School and the Oak Cliff Methodist Church at Marsalis are two of them.

The other is a one-story

building on the southwest corner of Jefferson and Tyler, which now houses a quinceañera shop.

This was Mallory Drug Store, built in 1912.

For several years during the streetcar era, Mallory was the vortex of our neighborhood. It was built on one of the city’s busiest streetcar lines, and it was a transfer point for the Interurban line that ran to Fort Worth.

Top: The intersection of Jefferson Boulevard at Tyler Street in 1929. (Photo courtesy of the Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library) Above: How the intersection looks today.

(Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

It later became a Clarence Saunders grocery store, one of several in our neighborhood at the time.

The building became a Dallas historic landmark in the 1970s, when it housed B&B Bicycles, because it was a prime architectural example of retail built specifically to serve a streetcar.

But there’s an argument to be made for preserving the entire corner of Jefferson at Tyler.

Oak Cliff’s original downtown, which included a city hall, fire station, movie theater, homes and retail buildings is all but gone. Most of it was torn down in the mid 1950s to make way for Interstate 35.

Jefferson at Tyler, however, is one of very few intersections to retain its original character, nearly unblemished.

Across the street from Mallory, at 901 W. Jefferson, is a two-story building that also was built as a pharmacy. It changed hands several times, but it was a Rexall in a 1929 photo. These were the days when a drugstore was more than a pharmacy; it was a place to get lunch, send mail and obtain certain government services, including vehicle registration.

The second story of the old Rexall building more recently has been converted to artists’ lofts and an apartment. The building is owned by an Oak Cliff resident with an interest in preservation. And the Mallory building is owner occupied. The opposite corner belongs to the wedding and quinceañera shop Lizcano, which also is owner occupied.

DOES YOUR DOG HAVE ITCHY SKIN OR A SENSITIVE TUMMY?

WHAT IS THE BEST PET FOOD YOU HAVE IN THE STORE?

We don’t have a best food, however we can share with you the best way to feed your pet. First, go for an all-natural diet made of high quality meats, fruits and vegetables. If it has any grains, make sure it’s whole-grains. Second, it’s best to rotate your pet’s protein intake with assorted raw, dehydrated and canned foods — just like you, your pet craves variety. Finally, make sure the transition to an all-natural diet is gradual so as not to upset your baby’s belly.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FOODS DESIGNED FOR SENSITIVE SKIN OR STOMACH, AND IS MY PET ALLERGIC TO ITS FOOD?

There can be a lot of reasons your pet has sensitivities on the skin or in the tummy. Most skin issues are related to environmental factors like grasses and other allergens. We often tell people to take off their clothes and go lie down in the yard for an hour, and see how they feel.

But the building that now houses Tienda Choris, at 835 W. Jefferson on the northeast corner, is owned by a local family company that holds a lot of coin laundries, check-cashing places and convenience stores. The 102-yearold retail strip is fully occupied with a tattoo shop, a couple of restaurants and a small grocery. But the current zoning would allow an apartment building as high as 15 stories there.

The new Oak Cliff streetcar rolled into Bishop Arts at the end of August, and there are many who are rallying for it to be further extended to Jefferson, just like the old days.

By the time it gets there, years in the future, an unprotected Jefferson Boulevard could look very different than it does today.

Giving the pet a quick wipe down with a wet towel will often remove the allergens that cause skin irritation. When it comes to food allergies, it is possible but unlikely because less than allergies. Generally the dogs prone to such allergies have a genetic predisposition, such as an unbalanced immune system. Purebreds seem to have the highest incidence of food

However, an all-natural rotational diet will support the immune system and help your pet.

WHAT IS AN ALL-NATURAL DIET?

Simply put, it’s just real food. They are free of chemical preservatives, by-products, dyes and any other synthetic ingredients. Some take it one step further with diets free from any corn, wheat or soy. And since grains don’t provide pets with much nutritional value, some argue grain-free diets are the way to go. Come in for a free consultation!

The experts at Green Pet Supply hear it all, but these are the most common questions asked by animal-lovers when visiting the shop at 315 N. Bishop Ave.

BUSINESS BUZZ

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

REAL ESTATE

The Bishop Arts District keeps expanding. A developer has big plans for the Dallas County Schools complex at the northeast corner of Zang Boulevard at Davis Street.

North Carolina-based Crescent Communities is planning 305 apartments as well as townhomes, restaurants, shops and a 15,000-square-foot public plaza.

take up all but one lot on the block.

The McDonald sisters and their real estate broker, Ben Beaird of HFF, declined to comment. But the zoning, approved in 2010, allows for extremely dense building.

The apartments at Sylvan Thirty , the mixed-use development that opened about a year and a half ago, are for sale. Jones Lang Lasalle listed the property, which has 201 apartments, a pool and a fitness center. The retail portion of the property is not for sale, and there are no immediate plans to sell it.

Sylvan Thirty was one of the first developers to build high-end apartments in West Dallas, where a couple thousand apartment units have since been built or are under construction, with many more planned.

RETAIL

The property is zoned for buildings as high as eight stories, but Crescent is planning to build six stories on Zang at Davis, scaling back to five, four and three-anda-half stories moving north along Zang, where there will be two-story walkup apartments made to look like townhomes with stoops.

Part of the property, just east of Beckley Avenue, could be developed in the future, possibly as a grocery store.

Four-story apartment buildings with 100-percent lot coverage could takeover the block of Eighth Street between Llewellyn and Adams avenues if a developer buys it.

The block of neatly kept mid1900s apartment buildings just west of the Bishop Arts Conservation District is for sale.

The properties, owned by sisters Ninette and Marguerite McDonald,

Lula B’s, the antique mall that originally opened in Dallas 24 years ago, is now open in Oak Cliff.

The store relocated from Deep Ellum, where it had been since 2010. Previously, Lula B’s had been on Lower Greenville for about 18 years. There also is a second Lula B’s location in the Design District.

Lula B’s Oak Cliff is on Fort Worth Avenue between Hampton Road and Interstate 30.

An Ohio-based women’s boutique, Vernacular, is the first clothing shop to open at Sylvan Thirty. Husbandand-wife owners Chelsea Cabot and Kris Konieczko have three shops in Ohio. After making many buying trips to the Dallas Market Center, they began to feel at home in the Design District and West Dallas. Vernacular is expected to open in the fall.

RESTAURANTS

Tillman’s Roadhouse has new owners.

The restaurant’s predecessor, Tillman’s Corner, opened in the Bishop Arts District in 1992, before “Bishop Arts” was a brand — early reviews described its location as “in a shopping center on West Seventh Street.”

The restaurant was the dream of Ricky Tillman, who died of cancer in 1997. His wife, Sara Tillman, carried on with Tillman’s Corner for about 10 more years until partnering with event planner Todd Fiscus to launch Tillman’s Roadhouse in 2007.

The new owners are brothers Jeffrey Kollinger and Ross Kollinger of Carrollton-based Spice of Life Catering and Innovative Hospitality Group. They hired chef Michael Morabito and plan to renovate the space and create a new menu.

A new cheese shop opened in August on West Davis Street at Edgefield Avenue. Cheese & Chutney, a startup from husbandand-wife business partners Jeff and Chitra Foster, opened in the Tudor revival shopping center that also houses The Book Doctor. The shop offers an “evolving array of artisan cheese, charcuterie and, as its name suggests, chutneys and other accompaniments,” according to a media release from the Fosters.

Crescent Communities' planned development on the northeast corner of Zang at Davis

Cheese and Chutney

Success Starts Here.

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.

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 aca-

demic 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.

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

3815 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas 214-526-5113, htcsdallas.org For more than 100 years, Holy Trinity Catholic School, has been committed to the religious, intellectual, emotional, social and physical growth of each student. This commitment is carried out in a nurturing atmosphere with an emphasis on social awareness, service to others, and religious faith in the Catholic tradition.

The Immaculate Heart Program at Holy Trinity School was initiated to fully realize our school’s mission of developing the whole child by meeting the needs of one of the most underserved and underperforming groups in catholic schools, children with dyslexia.

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.

A STEM campus, in conjunction with Notre Dame University

DYING OF LONELINESS?

I recently was asked to lead a memorial reflection for two members of The Well Community, a ministry housed within our church that serves people with severe mental illness. It’s not uncommon to learn of Well members passing away and for the group to grieve the loss of friends.

WORSHIP

BAPTIST

CLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH / 125 Sunset Ave. / 214.942.8601

Serving Oak Cliff since 1898 / CliffTemple.org / English and Spanish

9 am Contemporary Worship / 10 am Sunday School / 11 am Traditional

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

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

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

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

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.com0

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

PROMISE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST/ www.promiseucc.org

Worship: 10:30 am Sundays / 214-623-8400 / 2527 W. Colorado Blvd.

An Open and Affirming Church where everyone is welcome!

But the circumstances of these two deaths broke my heart.

They both died alone.

We don’t know many details, but the person who I’ll call Jim was found dead behind a local laundromat where he periodically lived. Jim had been sick for a while. Due to his mental health and complications from homelessness, he was tough to help. When he took his last breath, no one was there to hold his hand or share his pain.

The other person, who I’ll call Peggy, died in an abandoned house in South Dallas. Peggy struggled with addiction, but that evening was remembered as one who served and brightened the lives of others with her smile. She had burnt out many of her family relationships, a sad but regular characteristic of those who suffer with severe mental illness.

I listened to the Buddhist teacher Thich Naht Hahn talk about how hard it is to communicate within our families. Why can’t we share with one another our true feelings, put to rest old grudges, and forgive past wrongs? Given how much we struggle to talk to one another, it’s easy to understand why governments and people groups find themselves embroiled in constant conflict. The unyielding noise within our

minds — fears, anxieties, incorrect perceptions — leads to great suffering.

For those with severe mental illness, the inability to communicate can be compounded by intense anxiety and a daily struggle to manage one’s inner monologue. It can lead to isolation and heightened feelings of worthlessness, the conviction that one does not deserve or cannot experience love.

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the greatest poverty,” said Mother Teresa. “The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty — it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.”

Strangely enough, what I felt that evening at The Well was what Jim and Peggy seemed to lack: true connection, the healing found in community. I felt love and gratefulness for the people in my life. I felt a deep sadness for those who are isolated and hungered for a more expansive understanding and practice in north Oak Cliff of what it means to be “community,” so that others won’t die alone.

Maybe you share that same hunger, too.

the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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

LUNCH AND LOVE

Volunteers from Kiest Park area neighborhood associations and the office of state Sen. Royce West served lunch to the Dallas Police Department’s Southwest Division recently. Raising Cane’s on South Hampton at Wheatland, Cretia’s and Emporium Pies donated food and desserts. From left

to right: F. Ortiz Jr., Jeanne Matthews and Eula Matthews.

CLASSES/TUTORING/ LESSONS

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER More than 500 adult art classes/ workshops from metal to mosaic! www.creativeartscenter.org

MATH Shouldn’t Get In The Way Of Anyone’s Dreams. I Tutor Algebra To Calculus. Test Anxiety & ADHD Are My Specialties. Jonathan. 626-643-6700 holisiticmathtutoring.com

EMPLOYMENT

AIRLINE MECHANIC TRAINING Get FAA Certification. No HS Diploma or GED. We Can Help. Approved For Military Benefits. Financial Aid If Qualified. Job Placement Assistance. Aviation Institute Of Maintenance. 866-453-6204

SERVICES FOR YOU

GLORIA’S FLOWERS The Finest Flowers for Any Occasion 214-339-9273 gloriasflowersdallas.com 3101 Davis St.

LEGAL SERVICES

A FREE CONSULTATION Wills/Probate/Guardianships. MaryGlennAttorney.com 214-802-6768

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

LEGAL ISSUES? The Law Office Of Lauren C Medel, PLLC. LaurenMedel.com. 972-773-9306

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AdvocateWebDesign.com 214.292.2053

MIND, BODY & SPIRIT

LAURA LOCKWOOD,CERTIFIED HYPNOTHERAPIST 214-232-5752. Hypnosis/Past Life Regression OAKCLIFF-LMT.COM Between Kessler & Stevens Park. Swedish & deep tissue massage. LMT Renee, 214-704-8193.

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PET SERVICES

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CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! All Makes/Models. 2000-2016. Any Condition. Running Or Not. Top $$$ Paid. Free Towing. We’re Nationwide. Call Now. 1-888-985-1806

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RANGERS, STARS & MAVS

Share front-row Texas Rangers, Stars & Mavs seats. Tickets are available in sets of 10 games (sets of 2 or 4 tickets per game available). Participants randomly draw numbers prior to season to determine a draft order fair to everyone. Call 214-560-4212 or rwamre@advocatemag.com

(Photo by Danny Fulgencio) Submit your photo. Email a jpeg to editor@advocatemag.com.

AC & HEAT

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

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

BRIGHT LIGHT ELECTRIC • 214-553-5333

Family Owned & Operated

Serving the Dallas area for over 30 years

TECL 31347 Lighting and Electrical Services

TH ELECTRIC Reasonable Rates. Licensed & Insured. Ted. E257 214-808-3658

GARAGE SERVICES

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS 972-521-6567. install, Repair, Service, Sales.

UNITED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES Res/Com. Locally Owned.214-826-8096

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

EAST DALLAS WINDOW CLEANING Power Wash. Free Est. Dependable. Derek. 214-360-0120

HOUSE PAINTING

MANNY’S HOME PAINTING & REMODEL Int./Ext. Sheetrock. Manny 214-334-2160

OAK CLIFF PAINT MASTERS Interior & Exterior - Free quote at no obligation 214-650-3981

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

KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/ GROUT

972-274-2157

www.CrestAirAndHeat.com

We raise our kids here, too! TACLB29169E

APPLIANCE REPAIR

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

CABINETRY & FURNITURE

JD’S TREE SERVICE Mantels, Headboards, Kitchen Islands, Dining tables. Made from Local Trees. www.jdtreeservice.com 214-946-7138

CLEANING SERVICES

AFFORDABLE, PROFESSIONAL CLEANING

$100 off 1st clean for new weekly/bi-weekly clients. Staff trained by Nationally Certified Cleaning Tech. Chemical-free, Green, or Traditional Cleaning. WindsorMaidServices.com 214-381-MAID (6243)

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

CLEAN FREAKS Since 2005. Free Estimates. DallasCleanFreaks.com Call Today! 214-821-8888

TWO SISTERS & A MOP Move in/Out. Reliable/Dependable 20 Yrs Exp. 214-283-9732 twosistersamopmaidservice.com

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

CONCRETE/MASONRY/ PAVING

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

Demo existing. Stamping and Staining

Driveways/Patio/Walkways

Pattern/Color available Free Estimates 972-672-5359 (36 yrs.)

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

EXTERIOR CLEANING

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

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

Landscaping not only adds beauty to your property, it can also help deter criminals

How to use plants as protection:

1. Go for prickly — thorny shrubs like rose bushes can ward off burglars.

2. Prune hedges and trim back trees to keep prowlers from lurking or gaining access to second-story windows.

3.Light it up — your property will visually please, and it eliminates hiding spots.

FENCING & DECKS

#1 COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. Est. ‘91. 214-692-1991 www.cowboyfenceandiron.com

4 QUALITY FENCING Call Mike 214-507-9322 Specializing in Wood, New or Repair. FENCING & WOODWORK oldgatefence.com charliehookerswoodwork.com 214-766-6422

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

HANDYMAN SERVICES

A R&G HANDYMAN Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Fencing, Roofing, Light Hauling. Ron or Gary 214-622-7488, 469-878-8044

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

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

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

www.blake-construction.com

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

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS Granite, Marble, Tile, Kitchen/Bath Remodels. 972-276-9943.stoneage.dennis@verizon.net

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

Complete Full Service Repairs, Remodeling, Restoration. Name It — We do it. Tommy. Insured. dallas.tkremodelingcontractors.com

WE

LAWNS,

A BETTER TREE MAN Trims, Removals, Insd. 12 Yrs Exp. Roberts Tree Service. 214-808-8925

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

EST. 1991 #1

COWBOY

FENCE & IRON CO.

Decks, Pergolas, Patio Covers. 214-435-9574 214.692.1991

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

cowboyfenceandiron.com

FLOORING & CARPETING

Willeford

hardwood floors

Superior Quality: Installation

• Refinishing Repair

• Cleaning & Waxing Old World Hand Scrape 214-824-1166

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

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

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

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

Your Home Repair Specialists Drywall

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

IRISH RAIN SPRINKLER SYSTEMS TXL#2738 Repair, Stonework & Drains 214-827-7446

LSI LAWN SPRINKLERS “Making Water Work” Irrigation system Service & Repair. Specializing In Older Copper Systems. LI #13715. 214-283-4673

U R LAWN CARE Maintenance. Landscaping. Oak Cliff resident for over 15 years. uwereisch@yahoo.com 214-886-9202

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

JD’s Tree Service

Locally harvested wood!

PLUMBING

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521

# M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues. plumberiffic69@gmail.com

Sewers • Drains • Bonded 24 Hours/7 Days

RESPONSIBLE TREE CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Firewood/Cooking Wood Full service trimming & planting of native trees. 214.946.7138

MOVING

AM MOVING COMPANY Specialty Moving & Delivery.469-278-2304 ammovingcompany.com

PEST CONTROL

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL

Keeping the environment, kids, pets in mind. Organic products avail. 972-564-2495

MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 + Tax

For General Treatment.

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

214-328-2847. Lakewood Resident

PLUMBING

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

*Joe Faz 469-346-1814 - Se Habla Español*

ARRIAGA PLUMBING: General Plumbing

Since the 80’s. Insured. Lic# M- 20754 214-321-0589, 214-738-7116, CC’s accepted.

M&S PLUMBING Quality Work & Prompt Service. Jerry. 214-235-2172. lic.#M-11523

NTX PLUMBING SPEC. LLLP 214-226-0913

Lic. M-40581 Res/Com. Repairs & Leak Location

THE PLUMBING MANN LLC

All Plumbing! Since 1978.

RMP/Master-14240 Insured. 214-FAST-FIX/ 214-327-8349

214-328-7371

MetroFlowPlumbing.com

Lic.# M16620

POOLS

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

REMODELING

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS, LLC

Complete Remodeling, Kitchens, Baths, Additions. Hardie Siding & Replacement Windows. Build On Your Own Lot. Insured. www.blake-construction.com 214-563-5035

BO HANDYMAN Specializing In Historic Home

Renovations & Pro Remodels. Custom Carpentry, Doors, Kitchens, Baths & more. 214-437-9730

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

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

RENOVATE DALLAS

renovatedallas.com 214-403-7247

Bob McDonald Company, Inc. BUILDERS/REMODELERS

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

214-341-1155 bobmcdonaldco.net

ROOFING & GUTTERS

BERT ROOFING INC.

Family owned and operated for over 40 years • Residential/Commercial • Over 30,000 roofs completed • Seven NTRCA “Golden Hammer” Awards • Free Estimates www.bertroofing.com

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THE WOMAN WHO RAN OAK CLIFF

TURNER HOUSE NAMESAKE SERVED DALLAS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS

Oak Cliffers have a way of making change in the City of Dallas. Mrs. E.P. Turner, born Adella Kelsey in 1856, originated that sentiment.

She worked more than 50 years serving Dallas, advocating for the rights of juvenile delinquents, for better schools and improved city parks and services. She was a suffragist, a preservationist and a supporter of the arts who willed her home to the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.

She and her husband, a railroad ticket office manager, lived in Dallas for several years before moving to the new township across the river. Mr. Turner was one of the first aldermen for the City of Oak Cliff before it was incorporated into Dallas. They lived on Ewing Avenue at Ninth Street, an intersection that no longer exists, near the original Oak Cliff downtown.

“At that time, there was no plan of garbage removal, and tin cans were an eyesore, while alleys were most unattractive,” she said in a 1927 interview. She organized the Ladies Improvement League of Oak Cliff in 1899 with the goal of beautifying the neighborhood, bettering sanitation and creating a kindergarten.

When Andrew Carnegie donated $25,000 to construct the original North Oak Cliff Library building in 1911, Mrs. Turner and her league quickly raised $5,000 for books, furniture and equipment.

But her civic involvement exceeded the boundaries of Oak Cliff.

She joined the Dallas Federation of Women’s Clubs, becoming president in 1902. Under her leadership, the club began “agitating for a juvenile court,” and they worked three sessions of the Texas Legislature to pass bills requiring cities to move children out of adult jails and into “detention homes.”

She also co-founded the Dallas

Woman’s Forum and was its first president.

In 1908, she and Mrs. P.P. Tucker became the first women to serve on the Dallas County school board. Their work included improving school lunches and advocating for cleaner infrastructure.

She formed the Woman’s Good Citizen Association, which became the League of Women Voters of Dallas.

There was hardly a piece of civic life she didn’t touch, serving on boards and committees locally and statewide, too numerous to list.

Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts

The great Texas impressionist Frank Reaugh and 19 others founded the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts in 1926.

One of the 19, of course, was Mrs.

E.P. Turner. And, of course, she was its first president.

The club, which had about 600 members by 1930, held exhibitions for local artists, often purchasing artists’ work as a top prize. Because of that practice, the club now owns several paintings by members of the famed Dallas Nine and students of Reaugh.

But it wasn’t just about art in the early days. The club also planted the rose gardens at Lake Cliff Park — almost 2,000 bushes — and gave away another 2,000 rose bushes to Oak Cliff neighbors for planting in their own gardens.

It hosted literature and history discussions, flower shows and music recitals.

The club originally met at El Sibil, Reaugh’s home and studio near Lake Cliff Park.

Later it would meet in members’

A portrait of Mrs. E.P. Turner hangs in Turner House. The Oak Clif Sciety of Fine Arts commissioned it from Martha E. Simpkins in 1931. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

homes, including the Turners’ house at 324 S. Marsalis. It was described as a two-story white colonial with “an endless list of flowers and shrubs” on its park-like grounds.

When Mrs. Turner died in 1938, her sons donated that house to the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts. Club members then raised $4,000 in one year for renovations.

They turned the second floor of the house into two revenue-generating apartments. On the ground floor, they built an auditorium that could seat 400 for plays and concerts.

The State of Texas bought the old Turner house and demolished it for the construction of Interstate 35 in 1957. With the proceeds from that sale, the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts bought a new clubhouse in Winnetka Heights.

Turner House

J.P. Blake, one of the original developers of Winnetka Heights, built the mansion on Rosemont Avenue at Eighth Street in 1912 at a cost of $55,000.

The Blakes held lavish lawn parties and musical events there but sold the house in 1918, according to the club’s extensive research of the property.

A judge owned it for a while and then a lawyer bought it in 1923. The lawyer turned it into a boarding house sometime during the Great Depression.

occupied it in the late 1940s and made a number of changes. They removed the original porch floor tile and the living room fireplace and installed parquet over the original hardwood floors, to name a few.

When the club acquired the house in 1957, they named it the E.P. Turner Clubhouse.

The name honored Mrs. Turner’s husband, who had worked 26 years for the railroad and done his civic duty as well.

But Mrs. Turner was at the heart of the club, and in 2002, the members renamed it Turner House in her honor.

By the 1930s, Turner was the “dean of Dallas clubwomen,” a beloved character in Dallas life.

She was named honorary lifetime president of the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts. In 1932, a coalition of Oak Cliff clubs passed a resolution that honored her as “an outstanding civic leader who is loved, honored and respected by every man, woman and child in our community, who has shown her ability and willingness to take the leadership in every worthwhile project.”

Current Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts members continue raising funds to keep up the 104-year-old house; it’s also an event venue that can be rented for weddings and parties. The club begins celebrating its 90th anniversary this month with its fourth-annual Rising Star exhibit and fundraiser [see page 13]. —RACHEL STONE

The Oak Cliff Lutheran Church

Turner House is over 100 years old, and the 90-year-old Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts bought it in 1957.

(Photo by Danny Fulgencio)