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Home price snapshot
The most affordable homes have increased in value faster than those in higher price ranges across the United States over the past 10 years, according to an analysis from Zillow. In the Dallas area, the lowest home-price tier has an average cost of $194,484, up 9.5% in February 2021 from the previous year. In the middle tier, the average home now costs $278,295, up 8.9% from last year. And in the top tier, the average cost of $445,949 is up 8.6%.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE EXHIBIT
Kessler Park United Methodist Church mounted “Say Their Names Memorial,” a tribute to Americans who have died “because of the systemic racism that is imbedded in our nation’s systems of government and policing.” The exhibit contains 215 images of people who’ve been killed because of racism throughout United States history. It’s on display at the entrance to the church’s sanctuary at 1215 Turner Ave., through the end of May.
Learn more at kpumc.org/saytheirnames.
Hey, we know him!
MSNBC junkies who’ve followed the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin know civil rights attorney David Henderson. Henderson is a partner in Ellwanger Law Equal Rights Attorneys, whose office is in the Oak Cliff Bank Tower. He’s appeared as an expert throughout the court case of the officer accused of killing George Floyd on May 25, 2020. The former prosecutor appeared on MSNBC in June 2020, reacting to suspects being indicted in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was murdered while jogging in rural Georgia. Since then, he’s become a regular commenter for the network on legal topics around senseless violence against Black people in America.
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Playground dedication
SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD groups came together to sponsor a playground at Stevens Park Elementary that was dedicated recently to the memory of Rob Ruhlin, a young attorney who died in 2014. The playground, for children in the school’s lower grades, replaces an outdated one that was not suitable for kindergartensecond-grade students. It was funded by Dash for the Beads, Allstate Foundation, Heritage Oak Cliff, Dallas ISD, Chad West, Stevens Park Village and Stevens Park Estates.
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EDUCATION NEWS
FAITH FAMILY ACADEMY’S
FOUNDATION exceeded its annual fundraising goal with more than $150,000 raised during its scholarship campaign. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded more than $200,000 in academic scholarships to graduating seniors and alumni and provided financial support for outdoor education, graduation ceremonies and improvements to campus facilities.
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EMY will close at the end of this school year after 49 years in business. The school cited declining enrollment, necessary building repairs and loss of revenue from canceled fundraising events as reasons for the closure. The pre-K-through-12 school had several high-achieving sports teams over the years. In 1994, for example, the boys’ basketball team won the state championship with then-sophomore Kenyon Martin, who went on to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft and have a 15-year career in the league.
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most out-of-school suspension sentences with terms at “reset centers,” staffed by highly trained teachers, counselors and mentalhealth clinicians, in hopes of finding the root causes of behavioral problems. In the 2019-20 school year, 51.66% of out-of-school suspensions were given to African American students, and 43.97% were given to Hispanic students. The district’s population is almost 70% Hispanic and 24% Black. White students make up less than 6%.
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Q&A
Q:Who decides my property tax value, and what if I disagree?
A: Dallascad.org identifies who sits on the Dallas Central Appraisal District’s Review Board (ARB) and the board’s procedures related to property tax appeals. Deadlines are listed under the “Protest Process” link — don’t miss them! This year, there will be two rounds of values — April or May 15. The April recipients have until May 17 to return their protest to the government; for business personal property, the deadline is midnight June 10. The review board won’t accept protest filings by email or fax, and if you don’t file your protest on time, your recourse is slim. Once the board makes a decision, you’ll be notified in writing; if you don’t agree with the decision, you can file a petition with the district court within 60 days of receiving written notice from the ARB.
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CRIME NEWS
DALLAS POLICE MADE AN ARREST in a horrific animal-abuse case in which a man was caught on surveillance video beating and torturing puppies to death in a remote area of southeast Dallas. The cameras are there because of the Dowdy Ferry Animal Commission, whose founders include lifelong Oak Cliff resident Jeremy Boss.
A FORMER DALLAS POLICE OFFICER charged with capital murder walked free recently after Judge Audrey Faye Moorhead ordered him released for lack of probable cause. Bryan Riser was accused of hiring three men to kill Liza Saenz and Albert Douglas, who were shot in separate incidents near the Santa Fe Trestle Trail in 2017. The case won’t go before a grand jury at this time. The case is still being investigated.
A 21-YEAR-OLD MIGUEL DELEON is accused of killing his cousin, who was the passenger in his vehicle, while shooting at people in another car. Deleon initially told police that three people in another car shot at their vehicle at close range. Deleon also pulled his cousin’s body out of his truck and left him on the side of the road, the affidavit states. Deleon, who was in jail with bail set at $500,000, is also awaiting trial on an aggravated assault charge related to a shooting in February 2019.
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coming & going
[+] An upscale French-Indian restaurant and accompanying champagne-and-cocktail lounge open in the Bishop Arts District recently. Âme and the Elephant Bar took the space formerly occupied by Hattie’s. The owners are mother-daughter duo Afifa and Sabrina Nayeb, whose company also owns two restaurants in the Dallas Farmers Market, 8 Cloves and Juice Babe.
[-] Victor Hugo’s restaurant and bar will close May 30 after seven years in business on Beckley Avenue between Zang and Colorado. “It’s been a great honor taking care of our regulars and Oak Cliff neighbors, but the time has come for me to transition my business closer to home in Richardson,” owner Victor Hugo says. “As many are aware, the pandemic took a heavy toll on the restaurant industry, and our family-owned business held on as long as we could.”
By AMANDA STEED
Inner observances
Using the Enneagram as a tool for growth
The Enneagram has become quite popular in the past five years, with its nine basic personality types. What makes the Enneagram different is that a person’s dominant type is completely determined by their motivation, not their behavior. All of our personality characteristics don’t necessarily determine our Enneagram type because it always goes back to the why of our choices. This makes it an incredible tool for observing ourselves and bringing awareness to our behavior.
The question I’m asked most often is, “I know my type, now what do I do with it?” That is such a good question because simply knowing your type does not actually bring any change. There are essential ways that learning our Enneagram type opens us up to growth and transformation if we are ready.
INVITING CURIOSITY
When was the last time you really stopped and wondered why you do what you do? Or why your partner, friend or co-worker does what they do? The practice of becoming more curious about ourselves and others opens us up and expands our perspectives in the best way possible. Condemnation or criticism has a difficult time standing next to curiosity. They aren’t very compatible. When we invite curiosity into our day-to-day lives, we automatically communicate to our minds that we are going to be less critical.
NONJUDGMENTAL OBSERVATION
For most of us, practicing curiosity can make us aware of tendencies that we don’t love to see. We may realize that we are serving others in order to get something in return. Or maybe we think we are being vulnerable in our relationship when what we are really doing is using transparency as
a shield so that we never have to be vulnerable. Whatever tendency floats to the top, the practice of the Enneagram encourages us to participate in nonjudgmental observation – noticing these tendencies and bringing it back to curiosity. This is an incredibly helpful tool to sharpen on a regular basis. The less judgment we hold for ourselves, the less judgment we will have toward the people we love and the environments we operate in. When judgment takes up less space, then we can fill that space with something more joyful, less heavy and more inviting.
PRACTICING COMPASSION Compassion in this context is a feeling of deep empathy, understanding where someone is coming from and bringing your consciousness near to the pain or difficulty that others are experiencing. Learning about why we do what we do, getting curious about it and then suspending judgment opens an opportunity to practice compassion. Practicing compassion improves our relationships across the board and creates space for connection and understanding. Every relationship in our lives – from the one we have with ourselves, to the relationship with the person bagging (or delivering) our groceries – is made richer and more connected when we bring a compassionate perspective to the table.
The Enneagram has been used in many ways by many people over the years, but my biggest desire as a therapist is to witness people use it as a tool to completely transform the way they see the world and their relationships.
AMANDA STEED is a therapist, Enneagram teacher and coach who lives in Oak Cliff. To learn more about working with her in a therapy or coaching setting visit www.amandasteed.com.
