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Neighborhood crime

What about trust?

While the board of the Northaven Park Neighborhood Association met May 10 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd on Midway, someone stole the third-row seats of a board member’s SUV. In April, two cars were burglarized. The neighborhood association advises that you lock vehicles and not leave tempting items inside your cars.

Jesuit endowments

Jesuit College Preparatory School announced two endowments honoring students who died this year. The memorial endowment for Guy Delaney celebrates the 16-year-old student, who was killed in a car crash in March. Delaney played on the soccer team while maintaining straight A’s. The sophomore class is trying to raise $50,000 by June 15. The memorial endowment for Conner Edward Maxwell Sims, who died in October at age 17, honors the student who Jesuit says “exemplified the power to transform lives through friendship” and “always had a joke handy.” Gifts may be made to: Jesuit Dallas, 12345 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 75244. Contact Maureen Nawalaniec at mnawalaniec@jesuitcp.org.

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Central Congregational Church’s #guncontrolnow display

Houston artist Michelle O’Michael’s yellow work, “Trust,” can be seen at the center of The Plaza at Preston Center. You also can find her art at El Centro Community College and Baylor Scott and White hospital. The sculpture stands at 39 feet tall. Each piece of the threepart sculpture represents the synergy of Preston Center’s daily interactions — vendors, clients and trust, she says. The piece is O’Michael’s seventh public installation in the city. Advocate,

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EVERYBODY LOVES ROGER STAUBACH

America’s favorite Cowboy talks family, football

Interview by ELISSA CHUDWIN / Photo by DANNY FULGENCIO

Before Roger Staubach was a household name or “Hail Mary” was part of our everyday vernacular, the football great was a teen attending Catholic school in Cincinnati. He’s transformed into a Dallasite since being drafted from the U.S. Naval Academy to the Cowboys in 1964. Staubach now lives in Preston Hollow and works as executive chairman of commercial property firm JLL Americas.

What’s your favorite thing to do with your grandchildren?

I enjoy going to their sporting events. My wife is fantastic about having the kids come over and having sleepover nights with them. Like on Valentine’s Day, we’ll have them all over. We’re fortunate they all live in Dallas, so we get to go to their games. They like coming over to the house, so they can take advantage of us. We’re a little more generous. You don’t want your kids to have a piece of cake and a cookie all the time. But when the grandkids come over, all they have to do is ask, and it’s automatic. In other words, you spoil them more than you do your children.

What’s the biggest difference between being a parent and being a grandparent?

Being a parent, you have responsibilities every single day watching your kids grow up and being available to them. It’s more of a direct relation. Grandkids — you love them, but they’re also with your children. They’re not living with you, but you still go to their games, and they’re part of your family. You’re able to have breathing room in between.

Why did you choose the U.S. Navy?

I was invited to visit the Naval Academy through a football coach. He really was after me because I was a high school quarterback. When I visited the Naval Academy, I really liked the atmosphere. I liked that I could get a really great education and play sports. If he hadn’t recruited me, I probably would not have done it on my own. I had some other scholarship offers, but I felt that was the right place for me. The academy just clicked.

If you hadn’t joined the Naval Academy, how different would your life have been?

I don’t know if I would’ve been in Vietnam or not. Who knows what I would’ve done in college — if I still would’ve wanted to go into the military. I think we were still drafted back then, so I would’ve gone if I was drafted. But I would’ve gone through college. Coming out of the Naval Academy, I volunteered to go to Vietnam.

What did the Navy teach you the most?

There are just a lot of things about leadership, teamwork, making sure you care about someone other than yourself. In the military, you have a lot of responsibility to others. The academy taught me a lot about hard work.

Did you ever imagine “Hail Mary” would be used as often as it is and in the context it is?

When I said it after the game, it was an AP writer that picked it up. If he didn’t do that, it probably wouldn’t have. Back in those days, if you threw a pass at the end of the game it was an alley-oop or the bomb. So, they asked, “What were you thinking about when you threw the ball?” I said, “I just closed my eyes and threw a Hail Mary.” There was a wishand-a-prayer mentality to it. I used the term “Hail Mary,” because I was a Catholic kid from Cincinnati. I’m kind of proud of it. Now it’s used for everything.

What has been the greatest victory and hardest loss when you look back on your football career? My first victory over the Army and my first Super Bowl victory were highlights as far as winning big games. We beat Army twice, and we lost the third time, so that was a tough loss. Losing the Super Bowl to the Steelers was a tough loss.

Do you have any regrets in football?

I don’t have any regrets, but I got hurt now and then. That’s part of the game. I was fortunate I got to be on a good Navy team and had the chance to play for the Cowboys. We had our moments, both with the Navy and with Dallas. We had some good years. In the Navy, we had a great year in ’63.

Early in your NFL career, Tom Landry chose between you and Craig Morton for quarterback. Do you think about how your career could’ve been different?

Your life can swing so many different ways. But no matter what you do, you’re going to figure out how to deal with the situation. If Don Meredith hadn’t retired, my life

“I used the term 'Hail Mary’ because I was a Catholic kid from Cincinnati.”

would’ve been different. I would’ve been the thirdteam quarterback. Of course Craig was really a good quarterback, but he had a few injuries. We competed in ’71. If they had won the Super Bowl, ironically, against Baltimore, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the chance to play. Who knows if they would’ve turned out differently. They might’ve traded me, and we would’ve won 10 Super Bowls somewhere. I’m just kidding. I do feel fortunate to come play with coach Landry, the Cowboys and the great players here. I was also fortunate to go to the Naval Academy at a time when we had some really good football teams. You take twists and turns in the real estate business, too. If I had not been with Mr. Miller at the Henry S. Miller Company, I might’ve not stayed in real estate, either.

With serious brain injuries becoming prevalent, how has the NFL changed?

The concussions I had through the years, they were called “dingers.” Today, they’re concussions. They’re very concerned about that. Your brain has to heal, so they keep you out today. They might keep you out two to three weeks, so that’s good. Back in the old days, if you felt OK the next day, then you were out there. They’re doing better things with equipment, keeping players off the field. It’s still something everyone has to deal with. It’s not just NFL. It’s soccer. It’s lacrosse. You can get hurt playing basketball. They’re now making sure you’re fully recovered before they’ll let you play again.

Being in Preston Hollow for so long, is there any property you wish you had bought?

Golly, I was with the Henry S. Miller company in 1970. I had some interest in the land at Preston and 121. We turned it back; we didn’t keep it. I didn’t have the money for a lot of property at the time, back in the old times. Buying property in Dallas, Texas, and Preston Hollow would’ve been a homerun. We’re fortunate with the lot we have. We’ve been there almost 10 years now. Preston Hollow is a pretty great place.

What’s been the biggest change in the neighborhood? There hasn’t been a great change in our neighborhood. There haven’t been any teardowns. It’s a great street because there are big trees, and there hasn’t been a lot of traffic. In our little area, it’s almost all the same.

BOZ SCAGGS

ST. MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS

His legacy

William Royce “Boz” Scaggs is a singer and guitarist. His hits are “Lowdown” and “Lido Shuffle,” and his most recent album is “A Fool to Care.” Scaggs, received a scholarship to attend St. Mark’s. He graduated in 1962. Classmate Mal Buckner gave him the nickname “Bosley,” later shortened to “Boz.”

Three things to know

1 Scaggs grew up in Plano, then a small farming community, and he told Rolling Stone in 1972 that attending St. Mark’s was influential. “A lot of Southwestern bankers and oil people, various rich folks, sent their kids to St. Mark’s … I’d never really seen anything of the cosmopolitan life or big-city action before, so Dallas came as quite a jolt and flash at that point.”

2 He met musician Steve Miller at St. Mark’s, according to Rolling Stone. “That was maybe the most important thing that’d happened to me until then. Steve’d had various bands since he was 12, and he and I became good friends. I bought a guitar when I was 16, and started tryin’ to learn a few licks. Then Steve got kicked out of St. Mark’s in the middle of his senior year for his ‘negative attitude.' ”

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One of Scaggs’ former teachers remembers him as a good student who struggled with math, according to a 1981 D Magazine story. He was a cheerleader during his junior and senior years, vice president of his junior class, co-captain of the soccer team, an officer in the athletes’ lettermen club and a member of the track team. — LISA KRESL

TOUT DE SWEET

A TEAM OF HOCKADAY STUDENTS DISHES ON SUMMER’S TOP TREATS

By ELIANA GOODMAN / Photos by KATHY TRAN

WHOOPIE-PIE! Summer is finally here, and Preston Hollow is rolling in the dough. From cake and cookies to pops, the search for “insta-worthy” items is on. My sugar-hungry friends, family and I sampled, slurped and savored some of our neighborhood’s finest. Here’s the scoop.

SusieCakes

6100 Luther Lane

Backstory: Founded by Susan Marich, SusieCakes originated in California and uses recipes inspired from Marich’s two grandmothers, without mixes, artificial preservatives or trans fats. The store, which opened in Dallas in April 2016, is decorated in white with pops of turquoise blue. The staff is kind and flexible; our order was picked up 30 minutes earlier than planned with no problem.

Love: Those who don’t like overbearingly sweet desserts should opt for a slice of carrot cake. Those with sweeter palates should go for the whoopie pie, cream sandwiched between two little cookies.

Like: The classic chocolate cupcake is moist and rich, and the lemon bar is all the right kinds of tart and tangy.

Skip: The marble cake and chocolate chip cookies are average compared to other items.

Insider tip: Do not refrigerate items that you take home. They will last longer at room temperature.

Price: About $3.50 each.

Steel City Pops

6025 Royal Lane, suite 105

Backstory: The stores originated from Jim Watkins and his family near Birmingham, Alabama. Each location is decorated with both the skyline of the local city and the skyline of Birmingham. Steel City Pops now has more than 20 locations.

Love: Savor the coffee popsicle, dipped in a creamy dark chocolate coating, and the cookies-and-cream popsicle, which my brother says is the best cookie to cream ratio he’s ever had.

Like: Try the lavender lemonade popsicle, even though the lavender flavor is potent.

Skip: The dairy-free banana popsicle leaves a weird aftertaste.

Insider tip: The store features a monthly special, which is not on the menu. May spotlighted the white chocolate wedding cake pop, which is an amaretto cream popsicle, dipped in white chocolate, drizzled with raspberry and dredged in almond slices.

Price: $3.49-$4.49.

Sprinkles

8413 Preston Center Plaza

Backstory: This store launched the cupcake trend. The Dallas location opened in 2007, and Sprinkles added an ice cream parlor in 2013. The cupcake ATM allows anyone to serve themselves — especially since there’s still frequently a line to get into the store.

Love: Order the sprinkles sundae, a scoop of ice cream sandwiched within a cupcake of your choice. Don’t miss the peanut butter cupcake with a scoop of cookie dough ice cream.

Like: The chocolate cupcake is creamy on the inside, has a rich flavor and contains the right amount of icing.

Skip: While the cinnamon sugar cupcake has a piquant pop and the sprinkle cupcake is adorably adorned with rainbow sprinkles, they are a little dry.

Insider tip: Join the rewards program. It’s free and saves you money.

Price $3.95-$7.52.

The Dough Dough

5915 Forest Lane, suite 320

Backstory: Eating raw cookie dough at home may cause salmonella poisoning, but this new store sells dough that is safe to eat. Owner Gina Ginsburg lives nearby. The Dough Dough offers more than 15 flavors of cookie dough, including Birthday Party, the Chocolate Grizzly and the Unicorn. Gluten free and petfriendly options are available. But beware, the line can sometimes consist of dozens of people.

Love: Chocolate chip is a yummy classic.

Like: If you’re in the mood for chocolate, try the brownie batter.

Skip: The Junkyard, which is packed with pretzels, M&Ms and chocolate chips, tastes slightly dry.

Insider tip: The dough is so rich that it’s best to split a cup with a friend.

Price: $4 for a single scoop.

Eliana Goodman will be a junior at Hockaday in the fall. She and a team of taste-testers contributed to this report.

Savor the coffee popsicle, dipped in a creamy dark chocolate coating.

GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL SCHOOL is catapulting its eighth graders into the future.

The pre-K through eighth-grade school is known for its creativity, having recently attracted national headlines for its program matching third-grade students learning cursive with pen pals at Presbyterian Village North senior living communities. Another initiative, “Classrooms of the Earth,” has kids hiking more than 50 miles, traveling more than 5,000 miles, canoeing 10 miles and rafting 11 miles.

A recent activity, the catapult and trebuchet project, involves physics and engineering. A catapult works because energy can be converted from one type to another and transferred from one object to another, according to a Scientific American story.

Goggle-clad kids in blue oxford tops and khaki bottoms prepare to do battle. Teacher Chris Jackson gives them a “Tool Time” handout, advising them to check with a teacher before construction.

Power drills are involved.

After circulating through stations to learn about time management, drills, hardware

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(where to grip a hammer), saws and innovation, the kids are ready to go live with their catapult experiments.

Katharine Bales is the eighth-grader documenting the event for the school newspaper. She observes that the devices are made of wood, PVC pipes, lacrosse nets and more.

Safety glasses are required.

Did we mention that power drills are involved?

Mr. Jackson is standing by. Calmly.

Will students be able to use their catapults or trebuchets to send a tennis ball over a wall of boxes to collapse an arrangement of Hula Hoops?

The sun shines. The students are nestled in an architecturally pleasing courtyard. Teachers encircle them, calling out supportive cheers.

The Spanish teacher yells, “Bueno!” The tennis ball flies. Boxes and Hula Hoops fall. Look out, Ursuline, Jesuit and ESD. Here they come. — LISA

Goggle-clad kids in blue oxford tops and khaki bottoms prepare to do battle.

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KNOW A NEIGHBOR

YVONNE CRUM

PRESTON HOLLOW’S YVONNE CRUM has chaired galas, teas and luncheons to raise money for charities, but her favorite cause is the Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas. In March, she hosted her 12th Fashion Stars for a Cause Gala, benefitting the center. She also was a flight attendant for Braniff and American Airlines for 46 years. But what many see on the

outside — an elegant woman impeccably turned out — disguises a childhood and life that would have devastated most. When Crum was 14, her mother left her without a word after promising to take her shopping for a prom dress after school. Married to her husband, Mayo, for 50 years, she is the mother of two sons, one of whom died in a car accident.

BETTER

Interview by LISA KRESL / Photo by DANNY FULGENCIO

Her husband has Parkinson’s disease and is in a long-term care facility. Crum, a breast cancer survivor, visits him every afternoon. Her trademark lapis necklace with a giant “Y,” which she wears every day, was given to her by her husband on their first anniversary.

How did you get involved with the Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas?

I did an event for the Mental Health Association, and Margie Wright, who’s the executive director of the Suicide and Crisis Center, was on the board. She asked if I’d be interested in doing something for the center. I said yes. I told her it’s hard to do an event for suicide. Could I make it about fashion? She said I could do anything I wanted. Each year, I pick a group of women to help raise money and change the stigma of suicide. At the beginning, Stanley Korshak was our clothing sponsor and we called the group Fresh Faces of Fashion. I didn’t have a problem with Stanley those first few years, but his representatives wanted all the women to be 5’11, 109 pounds at the most and blonde with no diversity. We did the event for two or three years, and then they decided they wanted to go another way because I kept arguing with them about the lack of diversity.

How much money have you raised for the center?

Almost $3 million.

Did you lose someone in your family to suicide?

I did not lose my son Paul to suicide. He died in a car wreck Jan. 19, 1997. My life changed forever. I just couldn’t come to grips that there’s a child who had done nothing wrong in his life, and all he’s doing is coming home from the new Texas Motor Speedway. He had called me and asked what we were having for dinner. I said, “chicken fried steak.” And he said, “I’m coming home,” and then he didn’t come. The person who saw the wreck said a car changed lanes and didn’t speed up enough. Paul swerved, hit a concrete bridge and flipped over. If you had ever told me I would have been alive on Jan. 20th, I wouldn’t have believed it. We have another son, Michael, and he’s wonderful and has an 11-year-old. At least I have closure with my son because I know what happened, but with suicide so many young kids don’t leave a note. It made us love life every day because you just never know.

What signs of suicide should loved ones look for?

Parents should listen. If your kid says, “I just want to kill myself” — even just offhand — you should pay attention. Once they say it more than one or two times, you’d better start watching them. It’s heartbreaking that that’s the only avenue they feel they have.

DID YOU KNOW?

Bistro 31 created a drink named the “Fashion Stars Cocktail.” During the month of March, the restaurant sold the drink for $12 and donated $3,500 to the Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas.

Interview edited for clarity and brevity.

Tell me about your career as a flight attendant.

I loved it. I’d still be flying today, but I got breast cancer. I found a lump and it was Stage 3. I had had a mammogram the year before. I had to have a double mastectomy. I didn’t know my family’s history. You know, my mother left when I was 14.

Who raised you?

I came home from school one day and my mother was gone. Everything was gone except for my clothes and my bed. She was a drunk. I’ve not heard a word from her since. I went next door to tell my neighbors. They called social welfare and I went to live in foster homes. For the longest time, I would sit and I just knew she wasn’t coming back. But I never felt like I missed anything. I didn’t have anything to prove. I didn’t have to live up to anything. I got to make my own way. It made me strong. There was always a teacher who took an interest in me. I never caused anybody any trouble.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

Keep your word and always do exactly what you say you’ll do. One of my teachers told me that.

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment?

Getting people to use the word “suicide.” Twelve years ago, people in Dallas weren’t even saying the word. I’m most proud that I’ve helped make it acceptable to talk about.

The Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas, 214.824.7020, is open 24 hours a day.

“I didn’t have to live up to anything. I got to make my own way. It made me strong.”

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LIVING BEAUTIFULLY IN PRESTON HOLLOW

EMPTY NESTERS’ EMPIRE

New to the neighborhood, a couple makes friends on the home tour

BY LISA KRESL PHOTOS BY DANNY FULGENCIO

Mary Ann Johnson decided to feature her 2,800-square-foot Baxtershire Drive home on the Northaven Home Tour because she wanted to meet her neighbors.

Recently retired from Texas Instruments’ human resources department, Mary Ann and her husband, Ray, a pediatrician, bought the house 11 months ago, downsizing from a 3,800-square-foot home.

“We love this,” she says. “It does feel like home. We live in all of the spaces here. When you downsize, you feel like you have the right amount of space. It’s a private neighborhood, though, so getting to know people takes a little bit, but I’m willing to do that work.”

The home showcases the couple’s eclectic interests. The décor has an Asian influence, reflecting Mary Ann’s frequent travels in China, but it doesn’t dominate. Figures of the Terracotta Army, funerary art purchased in Xi’an, China, in 2003, are the focal of the entryway and attracted a lot of attention and curiosity on the tour.

Diane Lewis Designs, who remodels and designs houses in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow and Lakewood, was her designer and contractor. The bedrooms and bathrooms were remodeled by the previous owners.

Mary Ann hates to admit it, but she redid the newly remodeled kitchen. The Johnsons love to cook. Mary Ann wanted to open the space, and they added a giant marble island for food preparation.

In addition, Mary Ann removed the slate floors, replaced the windows, added a floating wall and convert-

ed the third bedroom into a closet, outfitted by IKEA. She also replaced many of the halogen lights, which she found to be hot and expensive.

Mary Ann likes the amount of living space. In addition to the living and dining rooms, there is a library decorated with her husband’s guitars. There wasn’t enough closet space to store the instruments, including a dulcimer that Ray made in medical school, so she hung them on the walls instead. She says she finds that he plays more frequently as a result.

A bottom shelf in the library holds books and toys for granddaughter, Emily.

Ray’s daughters live in Dallas, and Mary Ann’s son just graduated from the University of Texas and gets married next month.

Family dinners take place a couple of Sundays a month

“Getting to know people takes a little bit, but I’m willing to do that work.”

Figures from the Terracotta Army distinguish the home.

with as many as 14 attending, typically seated at an altar used as a bench around the dining room table.

Beaudry Gallery on Dragon Street reframed family photos. Custom glasswork by Caryln Ray Designs is another of Mary Ann’s finds.

Future projects include adding a water feature in the backyard by the pool and planting a vegetable garden.

Ray is an avid golfer who sings in the Munger Place United Methodist Church choir and Mary Ann takes glassblowing classes at Carlyn’s Studio in the Design District.

During the home tour, Mary Ann found herself staying to meet people. In particular, she was thankful to the home tour organizers and volunteers.

“I hadn’t intended to stay the whole time,” she says. “But people would introduce themselves, and that was the whole point of doing the tour.

“I think a couple will lead to dinner, and we’ll do that invite first,” she says.

“Even if I just have names and faces, I might recognize someone when I walk the dog or vice versa, and that’s good.”

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WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNLEASHED WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING THESE PUPS A PARK

STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK during puppy yoga on the Northaven Trail.

The 13-pound Catahoula hound was running across the field when she captured the attention of yoga teacher Meredith Powell, vice president of events for the Friends of Northaven Trail. Powell, who lives near Hillcrest and Royal, always wanted a Catahoula hound. The Operation Kindness

adoption was a match. Now 62 pounds, Stella likes to snuggle, play with her toys and run. But the nearest dog parks are on Keller Springs or near White Rock Lake. Sometimes, Powell takes Stella to Hillcrest High School to play.

“Once you have a dog, you wonder, ‘Why don’t we have a dog park in the area?’ ” Powell says. She started asking questions and found the vacant lot at Preston and Nuestra.

By LISA KRESL Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

STORIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The lot has asphalt parking and a field of overgrown grass and weeds. A “City of Dallas Property: No Trespassing” sign is nailed to a tree. The lot was purchased as the future site of a library, but the funding for the library has yet to come through.

Powell says she is working with the City of Dallas, the Dallas Parks Foundation, the Trust for Public Land and the Better Block Foundation to transform the land into a green-space for dogs and families. They are asking for $300,000 in private donations to fund the park. This would pay for fencing, landscaping, water stations, irrigation, benches, waste disposal stations, parking and more.

What she envisions with glee — dogs slobbering, digging, rolling, sniffing, and owners getting to know one another — is exactly what some neighbors fear: noise, dog poop, home devaluation.

One objector, Neil Fisher of Melshire Estates, lives on Brookstown Drive with two fences separating him and his family from the park.

“I’m not dog averse,” he says. “My wife and I both like dogs. We have a 7-year-old daughter and a 50-pound boxer that is looking at me while we are talking. It’s absolutely nothing against dogs. We lived in Uptown prior to living here. We are quite familiar with what it’s like to live on top of a dog park.”

Fisher says it’s one of the reasons he wanted to move to his new home. “It’s not a park,” he says. “It’s a social gathering place. My experience is that it’s 6 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday, and there’s people out there yelling at their dogs and at each other. Dogs were barking at 9:30 on a Tuesday night when I’m trying to put my daughter to bed. It’s very different from a park.”

Powell calls it a case of “NIMBY” — “not in my back yard.” A community meeting was scheduled at the Walnut Hill Recreation Center, May 21, at 6:30 p.m., after this magazine went to press.

City Council woman Jennifer Staubach Gates says the land was purchased through the 2006 bond program for the future of the library. The construction costs for the library haven’t been funded. She says the dog park proposal is community-driven, as a temporary use.

“I have heard much concern from Melshire neighbors regarding the dog park use and that’s why we’ve scheduled the community meeting. You have my assurance this won’t happen without a chance for them to provide feedback.”

In the meantime, supporters scheduled a “pop-up” dog park June 2 at the location to get feedback. Powell says the city has an initial design that’s subject to change. She understands they must raise private funds to make the dog park happen. She envisions naming rights and sponsorships. The current goal is to raise $5,000 by June 2. At press time, she had raised $1,500.

“I was talking to this gentleman who brings his dog to the same place I bring my dog, on Airline over at Hillcrest High School, and I told him about the dog park, and he was so supportive that he walked to his car, got two $100 bills and brought them back to me to put in the dog park fund.”

Powell describes a big dog park and a small dog park. She’s willing to sell naming rights. Otherwise, her pick for the park’s name is “Stella’s Place.”

This map shows the proposed layout for the dog park. Organizers would like feedback from neighbors before finalizing the plan.

“We are quite familiar with what it’s like to live on top of a dog park.”

Meredith Powell (above with a leashed Stella) wants a dog park.

TIGHT SQUEEZE

STORIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Whether you’re driving a Ford F-150 Platinum or a MINI Cooper, an inch matters when it comes to the size of your parking space. Where in Preston Hollow is parking the most spacious? Where are you likely to scratch your ride? We measured.

BY LISA KRESL

Ford F-150 Platinum

6' 8" - 7' 2" in width

SPOTS IN THE SAME LOTS

TOM THUMB

Near the store entrance: 7' 10"

Far from the store entrance: 8' 02"

CENTRAL MARKET

8' 6"

Space marked compact: 7 ' 8"

PRESTON CENTER

PARKING GARAGE

Fir st floor: 8' 10"

Second floor: 8' 7"

A RECENT SURVEY SHOWS THE WIDTH OF PARKING SPACES VARIES WIDELY.

NARROWEST SPOT:

McDonald’s: 7' 3"

MIDDLE OF THE LOT:

Ne ar Fish City Grill: 8' 4"

Ruggeri’s: 8' 8"

Near Celebrity Café & Bakery: 8' 11"

WIDEST SPOTS:

Near Princi Italia: 9' 3"

Near Buda Juice: 9' 2"

Arepa: 9'

Park Plaza Salon: 9' Taco Joint: 9'

GIVE AN INCH, SCRAPE A MILE.

We’re at the northeast corner of Preston-Royal Village when security guard Randy Winchester speeds up in his golf cart and asks about the measuring tape.

“This is private property,” he announces. We exchange phone numbers so he can report the incident to his manager.

Nothing nefarious is happening. The measuring tape is being used to document the width of the parking spaces in the lot. The size of the space at Preston-Royal Village? Eight feet, 8 inches, measured from the middle of one yellow stripe to the next. This is the best practice when it comes to measuring, according to David Cossum, director of Sustainable Development & Construction for the City of Dallas. He says that 7 and a half foot stalls may constitute no more than 35 percent of the required parking spaces for any use. In Dallas, the width of a parking space should be at least 8 feet, 5 inches, for a regular space, and 7 feet, 5 inches, for a compact space.

But when you drive a Ford F-150 Platinum (6 feet, 8 inches, to 7 feet, 2 inches, in width), a Yukon Denali (6 feet, 9 inches wide), a Range Rover (6 feet, 6 inches wide) or even a Lexus 470 (6 feet 2 inches wide), as so many of us neighbors know, size matters.

Dan Hennessey of Big Red Dog Engineering says the field is not regulated, but 9 feet, 8 inches, is typical and 8 feet is narrow and not best practice. “Anything below that,“ he says, “and you won’t be able to open your door.”

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THE LITTLE SCHOOL THAT COULDN’T

IS A MAGNET SCHOOL ENOUGH TO CHANGE A NEIGHBORHOOD’S OPINION OF DISD?

By ELISSA CHUDWIN Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

It didn’t matter that Sudie L. Williams Elementary’s test scores improved or that its deaf education program attracted suburban students. It didn’t matter that an army of neighborhood volunteers — the majority without schoolage children — coordinated fundraisers and raved about its charismatic principal, Michael Jackson.

Sudie Williams’ progress hadn’t reversed its low enrollment. At least, not in the school’s current iteration.

The Dallas ISD school, tucked between affluent Pomona Road homes and Bluffview Park, ends its 66-year run as a neighborhood public school in June. It reopens this fall as Sudie L. Williams Talented and Gifted (TAG) Academy, a magnet school for high-achieving children in grades 4-8. Students who didn’t test into the magnet were rezoned to K.B. Polk Elementary, a school 1.5 miles away that also houses a TAG program for fourth- and fifth-graders.

Sudie Williams wasn’t performing poorly, says DISD Trustee Dustin Marshall, who represents Preston Hollow, but it wasn’t well-known among many homeowner families.

“We haven’t done enough as a district to educate homeowners nearby about all the great things going on at the school,” he says.

About 850 neighborhood children zoned to the public school attend private schools such as The Lamplighter School and St. Monica Catholic School, according to DISD data compiled in 2016. Sudie Williams’ enrollment was a fraction of that number — roughly 205 students were enrolled during the 2017-18 school year. The school lost 28 percent of its total population this past year when 60 students who lived at the nearby Gates of Bluffview apartments were

forced to move elsewhere after the apartments were razed.

The apartments’ gentrification was the catalyst for the school’s conversion, says Dorie Cranshaw, a Briarwood neighbor who has volunteered at Sudie Williams.

“It’s like a mobile. Move one thing, and everything else moves around it,” Cranshaw says.

In December Dallas ISD announced that Sudie Williams was one of three schools citywide that would be converted to a magnet school. The decision upset volunteers and parents alike, so much so that nearly 200 people crammed into Sudie’s auditorium to protest the abrupt decision during a community meeting.

“I don’t want to be dishonest or dismissive,” said Stephanie Elizalde, DISD Chief of School Leadership, during the December meeting. “[Our decision] was based on the data. We talked to our principals. We did not go the community.”

DISD’s decision wasn’t as sudden as it seemed to the community. Sudie Williams is representative of a larger problem looming over the district: Affluent white families are opting out of public school, and DISD has yet to figure out the formula to coax them back.

Sudie Williams has been at half-capacity since the 1990s. Even before then, in 1981, DISD considered closing the school as part of a revamped desegregation plan, according to Dallas Morning News archives.

Melissa Johnson served as PTA president when her children attended the school between 1991 and 2004. Enrollment then was between 210 to 250 students, but a number of students still lived in homes in the Bluffview and Shorecrest neighborhoods, Johnson says. There also was more diversity

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among the student population than its current demographic — 94 percent Hispanic, 3 percent black, and 1 percent white, with more than 90 percent identifying as having a low socioeconomic status.

Magnet schools, DISD’s most successful solution to desegregation in the 1970s and ’80s, is part of its strategy to lure homeowners back to the district. Located in Uptown, William B. Travis Talented and Gifted Academy has a waiting list of more than 200 students. With Sudie Williams’ capacity at 50 percent, the decision to convert Sudie to a TAG school was pragmatic, according to Elizalde.

“The surrounding community really wanted us to look at a choice school,” Elizalde says. “The challenge here is I don’t have a market feasibility study that tells me what would lure people to that school right now. Not having that information means I would have to wait a year to close it out and operate it inefficiently without meeting the needs of Travis’ [wait list].”

Several Bluffview parents even told DISD they would move their children from St. Monica to Sudie Williams if it was a magnet school. Martha Schwalm is one of the Bluffview residents whose interest piqued after the meeting.

Her eldest children have attended private elementary schools and public high schools. Schwalm says she knows at least seven children from neighborhood families who are transferring from private schools to the magnet.

Elizalde is hopeful for the school’s future but did not expect the backlash she received from the surrounding community.

Jonathan Maples, who attended the December meeting, is still angry at the district. Growing up, he attended a medley of private and public schools, including Sudie Williams and K.B. Polk. His children also attended K.B. Polk, and he’s remained an advocate for the school. Maples is fearful that the district’s decision to rezone Sudie students to K.B. Polk promotes segregation between affluent, white families and poorer, minority families. He’d prefer to expand K.B. Polk’s fourth- and fifthgrade TAG program, the oldest in the district, to include sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

“If I had something that was working for more than 40 years, I’d enhance it instead of starting something new 10 blocks down the road,” he says.

But Sudie doesn’t have room for all of the students who attend Polk, Elizalde says.

“I knew the lens was going to be, ‘Oh, you put the fourth through eighth in the affluent neighborhood,’ ” she says. “First and foremost, we’re wanting to meet the needs of students. Do we want to attract other students? Absolutely. It’s not either-or. It’s both-and.”

The district says 192 students have signed up to attend the revamped Sudie Williams TAG school. When Travis opened in 2000, 350 students enrolled. Eighteen years later, 507 students now attend the Uptown magnet.

Cranshaw, though, doesn’t believe high enrollment at Sudie will determine if DISD made a good decision. Whether both K.B. Polk and Sudie Williams improve is the proof, she says.

STUDENTS APPLIED TO THE TRAVIS TAG MAGNET THIS SPRING 30

STUDENTS APPLIED TO THE K.B. POLK TAG MAGNET THIS SPRING

STUDENTS LIVING IN THE SUDIE WILLIAMS ZONE WILL ATTEND THE NEW SUDIE WILLIAMS TAG MAGNET

Source: Dallas ISD

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WORSHIP

BAPTIST

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Bible Study 9:15 / Worship Services 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500

ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809

Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESTON HOLLOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 9800 Preston Road

Summer Sundays at 10:00 am and 5:00 pm

Senior Pastor Matthew E. Ruffner / www.phpc.org / 214.368.6348

You’ve chosen the right neighborhood, now choose the right Realtor.

Preston Hollow has always had a special place in the heart of Dallas. Ours, too. We’ve been living and working here for over four decades–and no one knows this neighborhood quite like we do. If you’re looking for something exceptional here in Preston Hollow, start with an exceptional team of Realtors. Visit virginiacook.com.

3712 Wentwood Drive

$3,075,000 Timeless floorplan with open concept that exudes character & quality! Gleaming wood floors, white marble baths and updated hardware.

Simone Jeanes 214.616.9559

3148 Brookhollow Dr.

$1,999,000 Impeccably maintained and landscaped, park-like estate! Custom built in 2006, the house sits on a verdant 2.6 acre lot and backs to a creek.

Cathy Guasque 214.793.5183

10842 Camellia Drive

$1,749,000 Freshly renovated chef’s kitchen! Two separate studies! Beautiful master bedroom! Remote iron gate! Customized garage! Cocotos / Scott 214.682.5754

7060 Brookshire Drive

$1,299,900 Updated Mid-century modern beautiful one story home on over half acre lot! The kitchen is a cooks dream with high end appliances.

Stephanie Davenport 817.269.7470

$1,275,000 Quality, Custom traditional Ranch style home on over .5 acre located in the heart of Preston Hollow with guest quarters.

Maureen Gehan Frieze 214.929.1166

12 Cheltenham Way

$1,050,000 Elegance & desirable floorplan in the gated Downs of Hillcrest! 4 bedrooms, paneled study, granite kitchen, and gorgeous yard with pool!

Lori Sparks 214.680.6432

6131 Joyce Way

$970,000 One story Ranch home in the heart of Preston Hollow welcomes you with vaulted ceilings and a large eat in Kitchen with Viking appliances.

Maureen Frieze 214.929.1166

$875,000 Feels like new! Gorgeous 1-story home extensively renovated with flexible floor plan. 10’ barrel vaulted ceiling entry, wood floors & Dream Kitchen!

Soozie Bul 214.673.6259

$775,000 Full remodel with current style! Elegant light design with gorgeous wood floors, clean modern kitchen and large backyard on .3 acre lot!

Simone Jeanes 214.616.9559

Soozie Bul 214.673.6259

Lori Sparks 214.680.6432

Kimberly Cocotos 214.682.5754

Maureen Frieze 214.929.1166

Don Thomas 214.641.7001

Cathy Guasque 214.793.5183

Simone Jeanes 214.616.9559

Kristen Scott 214.202.2660