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COMMUNITY NEWS ‘1969’ celebrates contemporary art

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

Greenville Avenue plans 40th parade

By Christine Finnegan christine@finneganpr.com Forty shades of green will envelop the city of Dallas on Saturday, March 16 at 11 a.m. as the Dallas Mavs St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival presented by the Dallas Mavericks will celebrate and commemorate four decades of fanfare and revelry. The Greenville Avenue Area Business Association (GAABA) is rising up to the 40-year road with the wind firmly at its collective back with its time-honored Dallas tradition for thousands to enjoy the largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the Southwest. In tribute of festooning Greenville Avenue for 40 years, this year’s procession will feature the first Parade president/founder Tom Stephenson (1979-1987) who will be joined by every parade president who has served: GAABA Founder, John Ahern (1988-1990) represented by his daughter Amanda Ahern Terilli, Valerie Barrett (1991-1997), Jorge Levy (1998-2013) and Kevin Vela (current president).

“Since 1979 Greenville Avenue has radiated pageantry against the backdrop of food, spirits and community, and in its 40th year,

we are elated that Mayor Rawlings will be our Grand Marshal,” said Kevin Vela, Board Chairman of the GAABA. “Mayor Rawlings has been our city’s stalwart since he took office, and he is the ideal person to lead our parade down Greenville Avenue and into the next 40 years.”

“This is my first year participating with the Dallas Mavericks and I am thrilled to be a part of this proud, long-established event that brings our city together,” said Cynthia Marshall, Dallas Mavericks CEO. “As presenting sponsor, the Dallas Mavericks will have an indelible parade presence with the Mavs Express bus, Mavs Dancers, Mascots and ManiAACs. The Mavs Corner will be located at the CVS corner of Lovers Lane and Greenville Avenue, and will showcase food trucks, exhibitors and much more.”

Featured event spaces (all areas are open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) include The Exhibitor Zone at 5111 Greenville Ave. (Office Depot/CVS) featuring food trucks, exhibitor booths, sponsor exhibits, family friendly activities and VIP Tailgate Area; Brew Fest located in the Office Depot parking lot and the third

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Bivins Gallery, a contemporary art space located at 300 Crescent Court Circle, is taking audiences back in time with the exhibition “1969: Get Back to Where You Once Belonged,” a show that embraces all things from this iconic year in world history. An opening reception will take place on Friday, March 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. featuring a live performance by California-based rocker Stevie Starlight. – Karen Bivins

Get a slice of STEAM on Pi Day

Greenville Avenue Area Business Association

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is this year's Grand Marshal. annual Comerica Bank Family Zone equipped with bleacher seating and events for the entire family located at Lovers Lane and Greenville Avenue.

New this year are Additional Exhibitor Zone at 5521 Greenville Ave. that will highlight the Fellowship Zone (Sponsored

by Lakewood Fellowship Church) and the first BuzzBallz Party with a private VIP Tailgate area; the CW33 (KDAF) parade live broadcast from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., from Old Town Shopping Center; and a concert featuring tribute bands, playing hits from the last four decades, taking place from noon to 7 p.m.

off the Matilda Bridge and Mockingbird Lane.

The parade route starts on Greenville Avenue at Blackwell Street, with street closures scheduled to start at 9 a.m. for north and southbound lanes of Greenville Avenue and ends at SMU Boulevard at North Central Expressway. Alternative routes around the parade-impacted area include Loop 12, Mockingbird Lane and Park Lane with access to Skillman Street. Parade-goers are encouraged to ride share or ride DART, as parking is extremely limited. Parade route recommended DART stations include Mockingbird Station, Lovers Lane Station and Park Lane Station.

ENTREPRENEUR

Television reality show provided spark for mechanic

The third annual Pi Day Math Festival will celebrate the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM).

Teachers, students and families from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area are invited to participate.

The event will take place on Thursday, March 14 ATTPAC between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Sammons Park, 2403 Flora St. KERA’s Sam Baker will moderate a special panel. To RSVP for the free event, go to attpac.org. – Neil Foote

Ramen bar coming to Victory Park JINYA Ramen Bar at 625 High Market Road, Suite 185 is opening the doors its newest location in Victory Park in March.

The new location will serve as “Ramen-preneur” and founder Tomo Takahashi’s first JINYA RAMEN JINYA restaurant in the DallasFort Worth area. Since its inception nearly a decade ago, JINYA has established itself as a go-to spot for authentic ramen and Japanese small plates. – Macy Bales

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“Garage Rehab” helped renovate Knapp Auto Repair on E. Northwest Highway.

By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com Sometimes, even the best auto repair shops need a little expert service of their own.

Robert Knapp grew up locally in the automobile business. His father owned Mustang Auto in University Park and was partners in a facility at Abrams

Road and Richmond Street. The family had a NAPA Auto Parts and his grandfather, father and uncle had a Gulf station, both in Mesquite.

“I have sort of been in this business my whole life,” said Knapp, 54. “We do everything here but body work. We do brakes, mufflers, engines, transmissions and rear ends.”

Despite owning Knapp Auto

Repair, formerly Quick Stop Auto Repair, at 6606 E. Northwest Highway for more than 30 years and building a reputation for quality mechanical work, the building had begun showing its age.

That’s where the team from “Garage Rehab” on the Discovery Channel came in.

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

‘If you have a milk crate for a coffee table …’

By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com Is it just me? Doesn’t it seem odd that comedian Jeff Foxworthy has his own furniture collection?

He has been doing redneck jokes for decades, and now he has his own furniture collection? La-ZBoys and milk crates? … Also, why do people in TV commercials have to dance like they are on the Broadway stage when they go to a rental furniture store? … It was great to see Bob Sambol back at the helm of Bob’s Steak & Chop House where it all began on Lemmon Avenue at Wycliff Avenue.

Things seem right with the Dallas restaurant scene again … Because of the installation of a radio tower on top of The Independent, Austin now claims to have the tallest residential building in the western U.S. and the tallest west of the Mississippi River. AWS Communications completed the

installation, which will provide first responders with their own dedicated, reliable, crystal-clear radio communications anywhere within the structure … The statistics are in. According to the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. the top selling cookies are (from fifth to first) Dosi-dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich, Girl Scout S’mores, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs, Carmel deLites/ Samoas and of course, everyone’s favorite, Thin Mints.

Try them frozen. With two of the top five cookies peanut-based, so much for every child being diagnosed with peanut allergies lately … Some David Mullen more fun lists.

Livability.com has released its annual list ranking the best small to mid-size cities to live, work and visit. No city on the list has a median home price greater than $250,000.

This year’s top 10 cities are Boise, Idaho; Raleigh, N.C., Madison, Wis.; Iowa City, Iowa; Rochester, Minn.; Columbia, Mo.; Sioux

Falls, S,D.; Pittsburgh, Penn.; Lincoln, Neb. And Greenville, S.C. Nary a city in Texas made the top 10 … Looking for a place to vacation this summer? MIR Corporation is offering a trip to explore the remote corners of Russia, including Yukutia, billed as a “rugged northern frontier know for mammoths and diamonds.” The 14-day tour will run from Tuesday, Aug. 6 through Monday, Aug. 19 and will set you back a minimum of $7,695 per person, double occupancy. More information at mircorp.com. Maybe you run into Vladimir Putin … With wedding season upon us, couples will spending an average of over $33,000 on their wedding and the industry will grow to $81 billion in revenue according to a report from WalletHub. Want to stay local?

Dallas rates 38th in wedding chapels and churches per capita, 70th in event planners per capita, 19th in bridal shops per capita, 18th in flower shops, 25th in venues and event spaces, 81st in musicians and DJs and 64th in videographers and photographers. No statistics on the number of divorce lawyers in Dallas per capita ... Somehow I missed this. Last month marked the 60th anniversary of “The Day the Music Died.” On February 3,

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1959, a chartered aircraft leaving Mason City, Iowa crashed just minutes after takeoff, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Holly was just 22 years old at the time of his death. Singer and songwriter Don McLean recalled the day with his hit “American Pie,” which was released in 1971 and spent four weeks at No. 1 in 1972. In 2001, thirty years later, the Recording Industry Association of America named it the fifth greatest song of the 20th century ... If you have sleep issues like I do, you are not alone. It’s estimated that 50-70 million U.S. adults have some type of sleeping disorder. Now a report

OPINION

The Good Word

By Joe Ruzicka

By The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata

Pass on the passwords

more difficult. We humans are not good at coming up with random combinations of letters and numbers numerous times If you are like me, you may have way and then trying to remember them. If too many websites and too many accounts you are like me, you click the “Forgot My where a username and password are rePassword” link often. quired. From access to the important stuff So what can you do to help fix your like your email, bank accounts and health password blues? Get professional help. information to the mundane recipe of the For starters, you can use a password day websites, everything requires a usermanager like Last Pass or Dashlane. name and password.

Password managers automatically fill in I’ve got news for the internet. I can your information, create and store unique no longer keep up with every website and passwords for your accounts and then entheir associated password requirements. crypt personal data and notes to prevent For one thing, password requirements tampering. They act as digital gatekeepers have become way too complicated. No and are a one-stop manager where you longer can you use something simple and keep your passwords using a single source. practical like “password123.” Evidently, An alternative to passwords, typithat is way too easy for hackers to steal cally seen with mobile devices, is using your information. A good password must your fingerprint. Almost all smartphones satisfy multiple levels of authencan take a digital image of your tication and randomness. fingerprint and store it. When According to the very a user tries to log on with their appropriately titled website fingerprint, the stored image is HowtoGeek.com, good passcompared to the current image words should contain at least being supplied. Proper replica12 characters. Among those 12 tion allows entry into the accharacters, a person should use count. Facial and retina recognia combination of letters, numtion is the same concept, except bers and special characters with Joe Ruzicka the computer or smartphone uses a variety of lower and uppera stored image of your face or case letters to create their secret retina. code. Any word on its own is a bad choice In the future, we may begin to use (see my example using “password” above). “persona-based authentication.” This conAnd don’t think you are clever by using an cept relies on a combination of geographobvious substitution like zero for “O” in a ical information and how you behave. For password such as “C00kie.” According to example, a person’s normal location couthose geeks who know how to hack, that is pled with how they hold their smartphone just too easy to break. and even their eye blinking pattern can Once you have devised your minihelp verify identity. mum 12 special character password, which At some point, we will just plant a probably looks like a cussing session becomputer chip in our brain and blink tween Sarge and Private Beatle from the like in “I Dream of Jeannie.” But by that famous comic strip “Beatle Bailey,” don’t time, sadly, no one will know who Larry worry about trying to remember it for Hagman and Barbara Eden were. long. Passwords can expire in a very short Joe Ruzicka is a retired Naval Aviator and time.

F-14 Tomcat RIO. He lives in Lakewood and This makes the password issue even yearns for the days of Nolan Ryan fastballs. joe.c.ruzicka@gmail.com

K AT Y TR AIL WEEKLY'S

CRIME WATCH March 1 – 3:47 p.m.

1400 Block, Bennett Ave. (75206) Murder: An unknown suspect shot and killed the victim.

March 1 – 7:09 p.m.

1500 Block, Jackson St. (75201) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s bicycle.

March 1 – 8:53 p.m.

3600 Block, Cedar Springs Rd. (75219) Burglary of a Habitation: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s residence and stole property.

March 2 – 3:49 p.m.

3100 Block, Thomas Ave. (75204) Unauthorized Use of a Motor

Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.

window of the complainant’s vehicle and stole a purse.

March 2 – 4:35 p.m.

4100 Block, Hawthorne Ave. (75219) Burglary of a Habitation: The suspect entered the complainant’s residence with the intent to steal property.

March 4 – 4:51 p.m.

3200 Block, McKinney Ave. (75204) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s bicycle.

March 3 – 12:42 p.m.

2500 Block, Bennett Ave. (75206) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s wheels of his vehicle.

March 3 – 11:13 p.m.

3000 Block, Routh St. (75201) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: Two suspects assaulted the complainant and stole property.

March 4 – 9:13 a.m.

3300 Block, Knox St. (75205) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect broke the

March 4 – 6:09 p.m.

10700 Block, Preston Rd. (75230) Assault: An unknown suspect threatened to punch the complainant in the face.

March 4 – 6:30 p.m.

3200 Block, Carlisle St. (75204) Burglary of a Habitation: The suspect entered the complainant’s open garage and stole property.

March 4 – 7:56 p.m.

1400 Block, Hi Line Dr. (75207) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect broke into the complainant’s vehicle and stole property.

says what you eat or don’t eat may impact how you sleep, and it could even be linked to your family.

Many studies provide evidence of how nutrition influences sleep quality and also plays a role in disorders such as sleep apnea, snoring and insomnia. Some doctors say the connection goes even further, perhaps back one or two generations in a family tree. Suggestions to remedy the problem includes avoiding inflammatory foods as sugar, dairy products and gluten; loading up on Omega 3s found in fish, nuts, seeds, beans, spinach and Brussels sprouts and consider foods rich in vitamin B9 and vitamin B12. Good night and sweet dreams.

You are worthy of transformation

Rector, Saint Michael and All Angels Over the past few weeks, I’ve been exploring how we can be transformed by goodness in our lives. Transformation is a gift, one that we often experience accidentally. Some people call that kind of experience a blessing. Calling the gift of transformation a blessing is just fine, but I like to think of it as more of a two-way street. Yes, we can be blessed with an opportunity, but we also need to be open to receiving the gift. We can resist goodness in the world if we choose, but I’m certainly glad many (perhaps most) choose to give and receive.

A few years ago, a man named Jonathan Palant wanted to help homeless members of the Dallas community, and so he used his talent as a musician to start the Dallas Street Choir. Each week on Wednesday mornings, Jonathan met in downtown Dallas with homeless adults to sing together. Very soon, Jonathan realized that this group of singers was something special and so he applied and was invited to bring the choir to sing at Carnegie Hall. And a summer ago, he and the choir made it to the Carnegie Hall stage.

Obviously, this story got a decent amount of media coverage, but it was when Jonathan appeared in an interview for the “Today Show” that the story caught my attention. In the interview, Hoda Kotb asked Jonathan to tell the story of the choir, an inspiring story of diversity and love, where people who had every reason to feel hopeless found hope in the kindness of a stranger. And although the story was beautiful, Kotb couldn’t help but ask the question I bet many people wanted to ask: Is the Dallas Street Choir good enough to sing at Carnegie Hall?

You knew someone would ask, right?

It’s never quite good enough for people to simply show love and to be kind — there’s always someone waiting in the wings to make a judgment. I think we all know how it feels to try to do our best, perhaps to even act selflessly with love, only to be smacked in the face with the judgment and fear of the world. Yet, God tells us time and again: do not be afraid. Do not

be afraid of pain or judgment, of even rejection, because behind any bad things the world may throw at us, rests the divine, present, never-failing love of God, a Rev. Dr. Girata love for each one of us.

When Kotb asked Palant, “Is the Dallas Street Choir good enough to sing at Carnegie Hall?” Palant drew in a deep breath, and I imagine he was disappointed in the question. “They’re pretty good,” he said. Then Kotb pushed again, “Yes, but are they Carnegie Hall good?” Palant paused and then said, “They may not be Carnegie Hall good, but they’re Carnegie Hall worthy.”

Worth is a sticky subject. Countless people over the years have told me that they feel unworthy, that they don’t deserve love or kindness. Have you ever felt that way? I think our world makes it far too easy for us to believe that we aren’t worthy, but we are. Every time I hear someone say they aren’t worthy, I want to jump up and hug them and shake them and try to help them know just how much they are loved.

There is goodness all around. People like Palant and so many others have found their purpose, their vocation, in empowering and loving others. We are all worth that love, and we all know someone in our lives who needs to know their own worth. Each of us — even you — will have the opportunity today, tomorrow and beyond, to make sure someone knows that they are worthy of the kindness and love that we do not understand. I hope that you are ready to seize the moment to be courageous and to show someone else what they’re worth. And when you do, you will be reminded of that truth for you, too.

The Rev. Dr. Chris Girata was called to be the eighth Rector of Saint Michael and All Angels in Dallas and started his ministry at Saint Michael on Aug. 15, 2016. Chris is a native of Florida, a classically trained musician and an amateur cook. He and his wife, Nicole, have three children.

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MULL IT OVER

Going, going and soon gone

By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com This marks the final season of Major League Baseball at Globe Life Park, previously known as Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Ameriquest Field in Arlington and The Ballpark in Arlington. Through the decades, after opening on April 11, 1994 at the cost of $191 million, the stadium has been home to a few memorable moments, but for the most part will be rather forgettable.

The first regular season game was a 4-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, played in front of a crowd estimated to be more than 48,000 fans. The game was delayed by rain, which is ironic, since the stadium suffered from a rather dubious distinction. It was just too hot to sit in the left field upper deck for day baseball, and even during night games that temperature could be well over 100 degrees. The intense heat is often blamed on the Rangers not being able to attract AllStar players, especially pitchers.

With the help of a diving catch from fan favorite Rusty Greer, left handed starter Kenny Rogers pitched the first perfect game in Texas Rangers history there on July 28, 1994 against the California Angels. It was home to the first regular season interleague game in MLB history on June 12, 1997, when the Rangers played the San Francisco Giants. But that game is most remembered for the horrific traffic jams surrounding the park, forcing most fans to arrive as late as the fourth inning and miss the pregame ceremonies.

The stadium, designed by David M. Schwarz Architectural Services of Washington, D.C., did have some distinctive elements.

The outside was made of brick. In dead center field, Globe Life Park. a large green expanse known as Greene’s Hill (after former Arlington mayor Richard Greene), proved to be an excellent backdrop for hitters. Above center field was a four-story office building that always seemed a bit out of place.

It was home to some great hitters like Ivan Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez, Adrián Beltré, Michael Young and Josh Hamilton.

Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro also starred there, but their careers were tainted by performance enhancing drug use.

The park hosted the 1995 MLB AllStar Game in front of 50,920 won by the National League 3-2. The unique feature of the game was that American League pitchers held National League batters to just three base hits, but all three were home runs.

Sarcastically referred to as “No Flags over Texas” because of the proximity to the theme park next door and the lack of championships, the first postseason games were played at the park in 2010. The Rangers beat the New York Yankees in six games to make their first ever World Series. In arguably the most exciting game played at the park, on October 22, 2010, the Rangers beat the Yankees 6–1 when now Yankee Rodriguez made the final out.

Then The Ballpark in Arlington, it hosted games 3, 4 and 5 of the 2010 World Series against the San Francisco Giants and games 3, 4 and 5 of the 2011 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Rangers would lose both series’ and “No Flags over Texas” remains in place today.

Scenes from the 2002 Disney movie “The Rookie” starring Dennis Quaid were shot there. It was the story of journeyman pitcher Jim Morris, who made his MLB debut in September, 1999 in Arlington as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

On July 7, 2011, firefighter Shannon Stone from Brownwood, attending a game with son Cooper, reached over the left field wall to grab a baseball tossed to him by Hamilton. Initially conscious, he would die on the way to the hospital. A tarp was added between the left field wall and the seating area. A bronze statue of the Shannon and Cooper was unveiled at the stadium entrance in 2012.

Is the stadium iconic? No. There were parts of the right field corner that could not be seen from home plate.

The double-decker right field seats seemed out of place, more of a testament to old Tigers Stadium in Detroit. In fact, retro MLB elements were all throughout the ballpark. But the concourse level was comfortable and could serve as an area for fans when the weather got inclement.

The Texas Rangers will open a new retractable roof ballpark next to the current stadium, called Globe Life Field, in time for the 2020 season. It will have a technology-advanced synthetic turf field designed to withstand the Texas heat when the roof is open. Being built for $1.1 billion, the new park will have approximately 40,000 seats.

Globe Life Park will remain open as home to other events than baseball. Paul McCartney and Bill Joel will have concerts there. The XFL will play games there next year. But for the most part, the park will go down as a quirky stadium with few fond memories.

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AUTOMOBILITY

Toyota Corolla sedan: The trunk show

The 2020 Toyota Corolla on the streets of Savannah, Ga.

By David Boldt djboldt@sbcglobal.net Can we all agree, regardless of our zip code or political leanings, that we’re living in what can accurately be described as a cacophony? And that, on your way to work or running errands, you just might want a respite from that harshness and dissonance when located behind a steering wheel? If so, Toyota has a few ideas, the newest of which is its 2020 Corolla sedan. With 4-doors and conventional trunk, call it Toyota’s 2020 4-Sight.

It’s been 10 months since we previewed the then all-new 2019 Corolla hatchback, built atop Toyota’s adaptable TNGA platform and boasting an equally allnew 2.0-liter power train.

Despite a 50+ year reputation for supplying its global audience with relatively benign behavior, this new Corolla brought to the showroom a genuine personality, along with a what’s-not-tolike value.

The good news continues with the launch of the 2020 Corolla 4-door sedan.

Despite it still wearing a ‘compact’ descriptive, this newest Corolla rides on a 106-inch wheel base. And while that’s dimensionally identical to its predecessor, tracks have widened and the Corolla’s front overhang has been slightly reduced.

The end result is a compact

sedan that feels grown up in all the right ways, without deadening your senses.

In redesigning the sheet metal, there remains much of what made the Corolla, well … a Corolla. The design is, as Toyota puts it, “lower and leaner, tauter and tighter.” This doesn’t project the lithe feel you’ll see on Audi’s A3 or, for that matter, doesn’t even look as athletic as Volkswagen’s new Jetta.

But the sheet metal is in keeping with Toyota’s current language, albeit a more conservative take than you’ll see in the newest Camry.

Inside, the trim level determines appointments, and if opting for XSE (sporty) or XLE (luxury), know you’ll be well taken care of. The dashboard is informative and supplemented by an eight-inch touch screen on all trims except the base ‘L’ level; those in the cheap seats will make do with but seven inches. And the ease of use is accented by some comfortable accents – the plastics don’t look too plastic, and in up-market trims seats are covered in Toyota’s leather-like SofTex, rather than cloth. In keeping with its of-this-century mantra, color schemes include some two-tone accents, giving an almost Macy’s feel to your Kohl’s budget.

Under the hood, the ‘L’ offerings bring 1.8 liters and 139 horsepower to the table, while the 2.0 liter ‘S’

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models offer 2.0 liters and 169 horsepower, making the 2.0 liter more competitive with the competitive set.

Somewhat amazingly (for the times – and Toyota) you can get a manual transmission in select variants of the Corolla but can’t get one in Toyota’s all-new Supra … go figure that. And the 2.0 liter four is both all-new and roughly five percent more efficient than the 1.8, delivering a 40 Highway EPA estimate vs. the 1.8’s 38.

There’s also a new Corolla hybrid, which is the first time that drivetrain has been offered in the U.S. The hybrid Corolla will replace the aging Prius C, and given all that’s new in the Corolla platform, that’s a reasonable exchange. As you’d guess, the EPA judges the hybrid to deliver economy on the far side of 50.

In Savannah, Ga., despite driving on an area track, we were kept to school zone speeds. And that’s fine – this isn’t the Toyota you’d take to track days. But if looking for competent, comfortable transportation at a price point of between $20,000 and $25,000, the Corolla is suddenly compelling, which beats-the-heck out of merely competent.

David Boldt brings years of experience in automotive retail sales and public relations to his automotive reporting. More can be found at txGarage.com.

Uncle barky's bites

‘Whiskey Cavalier’ has bad name, but good plot lines

By Ed Bark unclebarky@verizon.net ABC clearly is very high on “Whiskey Cavalier,” even if Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t during his chainsaw massacre of the show’s very title during the network’s “upfront” presentation to advertisers last May. “It took a while, but we finally came up with a title worse than ‘Cougar Town’...

Should we cancel it now?”

Kimmel wondered.

But you can’t judge a book by its cover. And in this case, the same goes for a TV series. So after a big promotional push and a post-Oscars “sneak preview,” here comes an amusing, easily digested spy caper series from, among others, the executive producer of – “Cougar Town.” That would be the accomplished Bill Lawrence, whose credits also include two long-distant runners, “Scrubs” and “Spin City.” “Whiskey Cavalier” is now housed on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. If needed, you can catch up with the first two episodes via ABC On Demand.

Starring Scott Foley (fresh from ABC’s long-running “Scandal”) and Lauren Cohan (recently departed from AMC’s “The Walking Dead” after a contract dispute), “Whiskey Cavalier’s”

international derring-do is almost beside the point. But stick around for the banter, a wealth of well-choreographed action scenes and some picturesque international locales. And to repeat – never mind the missions. Unlike NBC’s new and deadly serious “The Enemy Within,” you likely won’t find these spies a chore or headache to watch.

Foley plays emotionally vulnerable FBI agent Will Chase (code name Whiskey Cavalier), who’s first seen in Paris, sobbing to a pop tune that reminds him of his emotionally wrenching betrayal by a girlfriend named Gigi.

But a new “target” is quickly in play, which means that Will soon gets to be in a Chase scene.

A toxin that “could wipe out half of Europe” must be delivered out of the wrong hands.

The target is wisecracking Edgar Standish (Tyler James Williams all grown up from UPN’s “Everybody Hates Chris”), who’s destined to become a series regular by the end of the first hour. It turns out that Will and hard-edged CIA agent Frankie “I don’t do emotional attachments”

Trowbridge (Cohan) are both intent on collaring Standish.

He has the upper hand, but then she does. Before he does. There’s ample gunplay to go along with the one-upmanship, plus a couple of somewhat grisly extractions – of a bullet via use of a long, sharp knife and a tooth with a pair of pliers. But your stomach will survive.

A subsequent episode, subtitled “The Czech List,” finds the team fully formed.

Besides Will, Frankie (code name Fiery Tribune) and Standish, it’s composed of FBI profiler Susan Sampson (Ana Ortiz), CIA agent Jai Datta (Vir Das) and FBI agent Ray Prince (Josh Hopkins), who’s also been Will’s best friend until a betrayal most foul on the personal front.

The one-liners are plentiful, Ed Bark well-delivered and for the most part do their jobs.

As when Will tells Frankie, “I’m sorry. I couldn’t hear you over the wall of mistrust you’ve built around yourself.”

Or when Frankie tells Will, “I don’t know every assassin. I liked her hair, though.”

Besides Paris, the

international locales include Prague, Vienna, Nuremberg and Moscow. Whatever the actual extent of on-location filming, none of these venues looks like a pedestrian back lot.

Foley, Cohan and the supporting cast members need not unduly worry whether their adventures are all that plausible. What matters is whether this show is fun to watch regardless.

Which it is. “You better give me a cute scar,” Cohan’s Frankie twits Foley’s Will before he plays doctor near the end of Episode 1.

“Whiskey Cavalier” as a whole comes much closer to leaving its own little beauty mark.

••• As noted in last week’s edition, esteemed WFAA-TV anchor John McCaa signed off on March 1 at the end of the station’s 10 p.m. newscast.

And although WFAA didn’t win the February “sweeps” ratings during McCaa’s last month on the air, he at least went out a big winner in Friday night’s Nielsens.

WFAA drew 246,026 total viewers in routing second place CBS11 (112,469), the station that won the February sweeps in this

ABC

Lauren Cohan and Scott Foley from “Whiskey Cavalier.” measurement.

And among 25-to-54year-olds (the main advertiser target audience for news programming), McCaa’s farewell had 68,724 viewers, again more than doubling the total of the second-place finisher, NBC5 (31,499). Fox4 won the February sweeps in

this age range.

McCaa spent 35 years at WFAA. His successor is Chris Lawrence, who began a new era on March 4.

Ed Bark, who runs the TV website unclebarky. com, is a past member of the national Peabody awards board.

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Dallas Contemporary – The museum will present a drop-in tour led by a Dallas Contemporary educator or curator featuring the artwork of Texas artist Margarita Cabrera. 1 p.m. FREE!

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NorthPark Center – Visitors can celebrate the Sugarfina x Barbie collaboration with a candy bar featuring candies from the collection, sips and light bites, custom sketches and a live Q&A with female entrepreneur Brittany Cobb from Flea Style. One hundred percent of proceeds from the Barbie collection will benefit Step Up, a local nonprofit that empowers the next generation of girls. 2 p.m. FREE! with registration.

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Gas Monkey Live! – Buckethead is a virtuoso guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who performs within many genres of music. He will be in Dallas in support of his latest album “Bucketheadland.” 8 p.m. $25-$600.

March 9

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The Theatre at Grand Prairie – The 15th annual Dallas Blues Festival will feature performances by Sir Charles Jones, Shirley Brown, Calvin Richardson, Pokey Bear, TK Soul, Theodis Ealey and Tucka. 8 p.m. $52-$99.

March 10

6770 Abrams Road Dallas, 75231 214-453-6301

Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands – Cat Video Fest is a compilation reel of the latest, best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos and classic internet powerhouses. Cat Video Fest raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations and shelters to best serve cats in the area. 4 p.m. $8.

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Trinity Hall – Take the opportunity to mingle with top recruiters and your creative peers to share ideas, find new opportunities and learn about the biggest trends in the industry at CreativeConnects, which is open to all professionals working in the creative marketing, communications, PR, digital and video spaces. Enjoy appetizers, a cash bar and the chance to win an Amazon Echo Dot raffle prize. 5:30 to 8 p.m. FREE! Register at The BOSS Group website.

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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

Have a ball at this hotel restaurant

By Dotty Griffith dotty.griffith@yahoo.com Skip. Hop. And jump into the Scout brunch for weekend fun and frivolity.

Scout is the restaurant game room in the renovated Statler Hotel and Residences downtown. You can bowl, play ping pong on pro quality tables, shoot pool. Even rock some foosball before, during and after you attack the buffet that offers chicken and waffles, breakfast tacos, omelets and eggs to order.

You better believe there are day-drinking options, including mix-your-own Bloody Mary and Mimosa stations. According to the menu, you can get “campfire drunk” with an assortment of craft cocktails served “for the lone wolf”

or “the entire pack.” That translates to a single cocktail or a pitcherful for the gang.

Let’s focus (while we still can) on the food for a minute. There’s plenty from which to choose. If the big kids are taking their little kids (not just their inner children), there’s a kid’s brunch station. And all ages will love the Bananas Foster station. Yes, flaming bananas made to order and poured over ice cream.

If you prefer an ice cream sundae, that’s an option as well, with chocolate sauce.

You could probably get creative and ask the chef to build a banana split.

What is referred to as “the healthy option,” the salad station, offers an assortment of cheeses and fruits. There’s a big bowl

Scout at the statler

Chicken and waffles at Scout.

of assorted salad greens Originally opening as the as well. If your will power Statler Hilton in 1956, the doesn’t weaken on the hotel was a destination weekend, you can settle for for stars and celebrities. A yogurt and granola. downtown place to see and But this is weekend be seen. brunch. So, let’s check out After falling on hard what we really want, starttimes, The Statler reopened ing with fried chicken and in October 2017 as a bouwaffles. You can pile batter tique hotel and residences. fried chicken tenders on Scout is one of the six bar chocolate or regular waffles. and restaurant venues in Or go for the waffles with the hotel. strawberries and whipped Scout, as well as cream. Drizzle with some the Statler Ballroom, warm syrup. has regular live music.

And you may customize Internationally acclaimed breakfast tacos with chickBritish pop star Rita Ora is en, brisket and scrambled booked on Saturday, March eggs on flour or 30 in the Ballroom. corn tortillas.

Ora holds the reAdd red or green cord for the most salsa as well as Top 10 singles for traditional gara female artist in nishes of minced the UK. Her most onion and popular album, cilantro.

“Phoenix,” has genThe omelet erated 1.5 billion Dotty Griffith streams worldwide station offers a myriad of vegand three platinum etable fillings, including singles. Scout offers a linemushrooms, onion, spinach up of bands, tribute acts and bell peppers; also, sauand DJs. For a list of perforsage, ham and cheese. The mances, scout the website. chef cooks for you while you Drawing on nationwatch and wait — not too al parks and elements of long. He’s a pro who hancamping to create an atmodles the omelet pan with sphere that goes with the dexterity and precision. If name, Scout’s plaid, forest you’d rather go simple with green wallpaper, wood furbacon and eggs, that’s fine. niture and textured, earth He’ll fry or scramble for tone fabrics harkens the you. ’60s and ’70s.

Oh yeah, there’s a carvYou can have a ball — ing station with brisket bowling, ping pong, pool — and roast chicken breast. at Scout.

Enjoy sliced or as sliders on mini-buns.

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FAIR PARK

North Texas Irish Festival is back as family friendly event

By Suzanne Gentry Flodin suzanne@thegentryagency.com The North Texas Irish Festival is back with another year of amazing music, dance and cultural talent to celebrate the rich tradition of Irish and Celtic culture. This year’s event is Friday, March 8 to Sunday, March 10 in Dallas’ own Fair Park. Tens of thousands of people will come from across Texas and other parts of the country to visit one of the largest Irish festivals in the U.S., a family friendly event that features live music, dancing, storytelling, chef demonstrations and more on 13 stages throughout Fair Park. Attendees will also enjoy horse shows, sheepherding demonstrations, beer and whiskey tasting, genealogy research opportunities, shopping, animal rescue groups, child friendly entertainment and free arts and crafts for the kids.

New for this year is another opportunity to kick up your heels, this time at the first-ever North Texas Irish Festival Fun Run, to take place Saturday, March 9. This family friendly fun run is perfect for runners or walkers of any age or ability and for dogs! All registered participants will receive a T-shirt, a “bottle opener” medal, one ticket to the North Texas Irish Festival and two beers after the run if you are of legal drinking age. This nontimed 5K fun run will benefit Friends of Fair Park and the Southwest Celtic Music Association.

Unique as the largest cultural celebration in DFW and one of the largest Irish festivals in the U.S., the North Texas Irish Festival is produced annually by almost 1,000 volunteers, some of whom have volunteered for decades, often alongside generations of their families.

This is the festival’s 37th year.

Music, dancing, whiskey tastings, blacksmithing demonstrations, horse displays, Celtic storytelling,

animal rescue groups, Shepherd’s pie, Irish stew, dozens of activities for kids and child friendly entertainment and chef demonstrations are all found at this family friendly festival that includes 13 stages of entertainment.

Music. The heart and soul of the North Texas Irish Festival is the music, which goes on all weekend long and features musicians and bands from around the world.

National headlining performers are: Eileen Ivers; Socks in the Frying Pan; Open the Door for Three; Brian McNeil; The Wee Heavies; Shared Madness; The Piper Jones Band and The Here and Now. Featured regional performers include: 5 Second Rule; Behan; Beyond the Pale; CLEGHORN; Don Gabbert; Irish Rogues; Jigsaw; LessMore & Too Much Time; Michael William Harrison; North Texas Caledonian Pipes & Drums; Plunk Murray; Reel Treble; Sarah Copus; Seamus Stout; Skeleton McKee; Slugger’s Rule; Sombati; String Theory; The Jig Is Up!; The Rogues; The Skelkie Girls; Therese Honey; Threadneedle St.; Tullamore and Vintage Wildflowers.

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Scout out this classic dish

Scout at The Statler

Eggs Benedict.

By Dotty Griffith dotty.griffith@yahoo.com Eggs Benedict is the classic brunch dish. It requires Hollandaise sauce, a pale yellow, silky emulsion of melted butter and egg yolks. This recipe from Scout at The Statler was provided by Jared Little.

SCOUT AT THE STATLER EGGS BENEDICT 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter 1 English muffin, split and spread with additional butter on cut surfaces 2 egg yolks 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce 1 tablespoon vinegar plus 1 tablespoon salt 2 eggs Smoked paprika Heat oven to 350 F. Place a 4-quart saucepan with 3 quarts of water over high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Place a small pot half-filled with water or bottom of double boiler with water to fill line over medium high heat. When water boils, reduce heat to simmer.

In a microwave safe container such as a bowl or 1 cup measure, microwave butter on high until melted. Set aside to cool almost to room temperature.

Place muffin half buttered side up on lined baking sheet.

Place 2 egg yolks into a medium metal bowl or top of double boiler. If using a metal bowl, make sure it is large enough to set on top of a small pot half-full of simmering water. Add lemon juice and whisk until yolks are silky and pale yellow in color.

Pouring in a slow stream, whisk in 1/4 (1 ounce) of the melted butter. Make sure butter is not too hot or it will scramble the eggs.

Set the bowl or top of double boiler with butter and egg yolks over, not touching, simmering water. Whisking constantly, slowly stream the remaining butter into the egg yolks. If the mixture becomes too stiff to whisk, stir in water by the half teaspoon until sauce is creamy.

Remove pot or double boiler from heat and place on towel or heat resistant surface. Whisk in salt and Tabasco and reserve the Hollandaise sauce.

Place English muffin in oven until warm and flakey, 3 to 5 minutes, then transfer to a warm plate.

Add vinegar and salt to the large pot of boiling water.

Reduce heat to simmer. Carefully lower an egg into the simmering water. Using a slotted spoon, slowly make circles around the egg. Stir around the egg and cook for 4 minutes for a soft-poached egg. Using slotted spoon, carefully remove egg from water, allowing water to drain away.

Place egg on English muffin half. Repeat to poach the other egg and place poached egg on remaining English muffin half.

Spoon Hollandaise over poached eggs. Sprinkle with smoked paprika.

Makes 1 serving.

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Hammer and Nails

Time to play outdoors

By Stephan Sardone stephan@sardoneconstruction.com

CANDY'S DIRT

This home, located at 3926 Potomac Ave., is listed for $6 million.

By Candy Evans candace@candysdirt.com Two famous architects, decades apart, have created an idyllic reinvented Colonial Revival home that oozes charm from every corner.

Originally built by Hal Thomson in 1921, 3926 Potomac Ave. in Highland Park is one of the most beautiful homes I’ve ever seen.

As the go-to architect of the era, Hal Thomson built many significant homes in Dallas. He was a master of every style, from Spanish Eclectic and Italianate to, of course, Colonial Revival. Of all the Thomson designs I’ve had the pleasure to write about, this is my favorite. It is such a classic fairytale of a home that it appears purpose-built for a movie.

If you look up the location used for the original “Father of the Bride,” it shares a lot of the same romantic ambiance and incredible detailing.

As the years pass, any historic home needs a refresh. Sometimes the respect for original architecture takes a back seat when owners have specific needs. When the current owner purchased this idyllic reinvented Colonial Revival, there was a singular focus on not just bringing it back to its former glory days, but also on renovating it into a family home that children would love.

Enter J. Wilson Fuqua, one of the leading architects in Dallas.

Fuqua was particularly suited to this project. He has always been inspired by the early 20th

century homes of the Park Cities and Preston Hollow. As his website beautifully states: “A fundamental tenant of the architects in the Fuqua team is honoring and enhancing the architecture of our tradition. As always, the challenge — and excitement — comes from restoring spaces to original glory while offering the comforts of livability today.”

“The challenge with a house like this is there is an existing stylistic template, and so you have to work within that, and it helps you focus on the right way to do things,” Fuqua said.

An interesting feature of the home is the fireplace in the kitchen.

“All of these old houses had chimneys that typically went to the basement,” Fuqua said. “We took advantage of it and opened it up to the kitchen. Cathy Kincaid did the interior design on this project and found an antique fireplace in New York that fit beautifully into the space.”

Kincaid is one of those designers who understand how to create a style that seems to have always existed in a home. She takes a traditional approach that is comfortably elegant and completely fresh. In other words, you can have a home where both kids and dogs can jump on the furniture, and it’s all still going to look fabulous.

One of the most stunning and unexpected new features of this idyllic reinvented Colonial Revival is not just one, but two skylights.

“The original entry stair hall was a bit moody and dark,” Fuqua said. “The ceiling was at a normal height, and we had another six or seven feet to the roof level, so we could raise it and create a skylight.

We built it like an old-fashioned

skylight you would have found in an early 1900s building.”

What’s particularly unique is the elevator cab was built with a skylight. What? Why? “So the skylight on the roof comes down into the skylight of the cab,” Fuqua said. Brilliant! An added benefit is when the elevator opens into the basement wine cellar that light comes straight down and out through the elevator’s glass door.

This idyllic reinvented Colonial Revival is now 5,949 square feet with five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a powder bath. Remember that’s just the house. The property has a garage apartment and a pool.

The backyard has cisterns underneath it to collect water to reuse in the sprinkler system.

But, my very favorite thing on this property is the playhouse. Yes, there is an absolutely perfect miniature version of the home complete with slate roof and a working fireplace! Forget the kids, I’d claim it as a she-shed. I’m certain there is space for a wine fridge!

This idyllic reinvented Colonial Revival has absolutely everything you could want, classic style, modern livability and film-worthy looks.

If you purchase this stunner, don’t be surprised if a location scout comes knocking at your door.

Compass Real Estate listing agent Michelle Wood has this beauty listed for $6 million. You won’t find anything like this in Dallas. It’s an extraordinary home.

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The weather is finally becoming conducive to go outside. Spring showers may still appear, but it appears that the cold waves have passed. You can uncover your flowers and tender vegetation. If you shut down the sprinkler system, time to fire it back up and adjust or replace sprinkler heads.

Feed the lawn. Pull the weeds.

Plant seasonal flowers. And turn your backyard into a playground for the kids to enjoy.

Planning is the key. No matter what age of your children, a backyard playground becomes a neighborhood destination. So even if your children are a bit older, prepare for some younger cousins or neighborhood rug rats to invade the back of the house as school winds down and the days get longer.

In the spirit of safety, take the necessary precautions. It is highly recommended that a playground area is built in a dedicated space that is clear in all directions from fences, trees and bushes. Hasn’t every kid at some point had an encounter with a rose or thistle bush? Make sure that the play area is clear of a backyard shed. It is easier to move equipment than a shed.

Make sure that all backyard equipment is age appropriate.

Chances are that kids will begin to lose interest when they reach double-digits in age. But you may consider some equipment for older kids and some for younger kids.

You can always replace equipment at a relatively low cost.

Either way, make sure that you have a clear line of sight from the house to the play area. Make any ladders short. We have mentioned previously the number of ladder accidents that take place in the U.S. every year. It is not just adult injuries. Kids fall, too.

Most neighborhood hardware stores or home improvement centers have all you need to build a fun area. If you are using wood,

make sure it is strong, smooth and safe for children. A report recommends using a Stephan Sardone fresh, pressure-treated lumber that was infused with organic insecticides and fungicides, making it kid-friendly.

If you are using a kit, take your time and get some help from a neighbor, relative or friend. You want to build it once and do it the right way. And if a swing, either stationary or mounted from a tree, is in the plans, make sure that there is a clear area in front and behind the swing to avoid unforeseen injuries.

If your kids are younger, install bucket swing seats on swings.

They will keep small children in place. Consider seat straps. And make sure that slides are short.

Create fun spaces for little kids to crawl through. Avoid large climbing gyms until the kids are older.

And don’t have the playground space dominate the backyard. You still need areas for entertaining, and you want to give children plenty of area to frolic.

And as always, the first step is to make sure that the kids are wearing plenty of sunscreen before they go out and play, and plan areas that are limited in direct exposure to the sun.

Finally, if the kids are older, now is a good time to build a tree house. And no matter their ages, you should have a dedicated wet room area. Kids of all ages get dirty and muddy.

A fun play area will get the kids outside in the spring and summer, get them off of the couch and keep them away from the video console. You may even have some fun as well.

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“We always have had the mentality that we try to work with the customer,” Knapp said. “Money is an object for everybody. So we don’t try to do the big box store thing where we do a package deal and try to oversell. We do what’s needed, give you a schedule, and make sure that your car is safe, dependable and going to last you longer. We were fortunate that Richard Rawlings contacted us.”

Rawlings and his team look for automotive businesses that may be in a bit of disrepair and give them a fresh new look. Now in year two, “Garage Rehab” is an hour-long television program that features a before and after look and takes viewers through the process.

A Dallas-resident, Rawlings created the reality television show “Fast N' Loud” on Discovery Channel before moving into “Garage Rehab.” But he might be best known locally as owner of the Gas Monkey Garage, the Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and the Gas Monkey Live! music venue in Dallas.

“We [Rawlings and I] have a mutual friend that suggested that we get on the show. So we shot a video and submitted it. They came and shut us down for two weeks back in June,” Knapp said. “We shot for about three days, and then they moved the program up and said we literally had to be out in one day.”

Knapp was not allowed back on the premises until the work was completed, and actually faced the harsh reality that some things weren’t working right. “As I told them [the ‘Garage Rehab’ team], you didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know, you just opened my eyes to what I wasn’t doing.”

After a couple of weeks, Knapp returned to a spiffy shop and with a changed attitude. “They actually redid the whole place. New equipment. New paint job. A new look. We used to be a two mechanic shop and now we are a four mechanic shop.”

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Collaboration can surely ease the way for some. There are those who must address current issues entirely on their own. The stars may seem rather fickle at times, allowing success for some, but not according to any seemingly comprehensible pattern. Luck is a factor this week!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You can approach something in your signature way this week, but you must also consider someone else’s methods as you address some new elements. (March 6-March 20) – You may be wondering why things have to be so acrimonious at this time. Rather than think, why not do? You can be instrumental in easing tensions.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) A certain creative endeavor is

more important to you this week than at any other time so far this year; you can make a great deal of headway. (April 5-April 19) – Someone may be trying to stand in your way, but you are unusually quick to react and can maneuver around any obstacle that appears before you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You are afraid to put things in plain terms, as others may react in a fashion that slows your momentum. It’s a risk you have to take! (May 6-May 20) – The gravitational pull you feel from someone outside of your immediate circle will change how you do certain things this week.

You’re ready to give someone a chance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You may find yourself dealing with people this week who are not interested in putting their differences aside. Don’t let this get you down! (June 7-June 20) – An old friend or loved one has some advice for you that will serve you in good stead as you prepare for a journey you’ve been reluctant to take.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) You’re eager to see what a friend is up to, as you haven’t been in touch for a while. This week, his or her activities likely mirror your own. (July 8-July 22) – The quicker you swing into action the better, as you don’t want to

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Knapp provides services like a shuttle, discounted rental cars and a secure night drop-box for after hours. Knapp Auto Repair is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon and closed on Sunday.

“We work really hard at customer service,” Knapp said.

“Sometimes that might mean you don’t make anything on the job. But Lakewood, and all of East Dallas really, is such a great community. If you do a good job, then one person tells a friend and then they tell a friend. [And the new look] has made us more appealing to the soccer moms because it looks better. Really, the old look was just tired. But since the show, it really rejuvenated me.”

Not only did the new look serve as an inspiration to do more at his shop, Knapp has gotten even more active in the community. He is going to start offering free informational classes for women. He is incorporating a new pricing system through social media. As a tribute to Rawlings’ father and Knapp’s late mother, he had his first annual benefit for Alzheimer’s in February. And he has introduced a new logo designed by area artist William “Bubba” Flint with the tagline, “We can fix anything but a Broken Heart!”

“I should have been doing these things 10 years ago,” Knapp said. “But because of the show, it gave me a breath of new life.”

Your Stars this Week The coming week is likely to require that most individuals absorb quickly something that they have not, in the past, had reason to learn. This is a necessity; progress depends upon the broadening of general knowledge that will enable an individual to address situations that until now might have been unanticipated or avoided. Those who already know what needs to be done can enjoy a week marked by a steady pace and continual if gradual progress.

Those who have some studying to do must begin immediately, so that they can begin to make strides as the week comes to a close.

44. Fiesta decor 46. Omelet extra 48. Connive 51. Rich pastry 53. One not re-elected (2 wds.)

58. Thai neighbor 59. Urchin 61. She, objectively 62. Write down 63. That guy 65. Foul callers 67. Winning 69. Chuckle gleefully 71. Tiny insect 72. Terrible smells 74. Realty offering 75. Went through rock 76. Aspect 77. Job 79. Ate sumptuously 80. Bribe, informally 81. Bringer of bad luck 82. Clinked glasses 83. Tennis instructors 84. Bickered 87. More distant 88. Exhausted through overwork (2 wds.)

92. Looks as if 93. Almost grown?

94. Bon Jovi of rock 95. Facts 96. Flapjack chain 97. Bestows 98. Pawn takers 100. Camp Swampy dog 101. Gave dinner 102. “Forgets” a letter 103. Female rabbit 104. Family nickname 106. CSA monogram 107. Most substantial 109. Dry runs

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give the competition any time to figure out what advantage you have.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) You’ll be happy to be able to tend to the same old things this week, as you don’t yet feel ready to take on a certain new responsibility.

(Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You may find yourself missing the way things used to be done, even as you forge ahead and adopt new strategies and tactics. Someone has his or her eye on you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) You can share some highly specialized knowledge today, or you can keep it to yourself. The former path has greater potential right now. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) – What others are doing needn’t affect you right now, even though it will prove interesting to you on an intellectual level. Don’t become distracted!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You may be utterly bored with the way things are panning out; this week something happens to change your attitude dramatically! (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – You’re trying to solve a mystery that puzzles those around you as well as yourself. Why not accept help?

Another set of eyes can do you some good!

SCOPRIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You don’t want to look back at

12. Whimper 13. Gem 14. Survey course 15. Cook’s smidgen 16. Peoria’s st.

17. There you are!

18. Cuzco locale 19. In want 21. “Maria —” 30. Movies 32. Punjab princess 34. Stick together 37. High card 41. Ostrich cousin 43. Jacques’ pal 44. Implored 45. Warned 47. Affix 48. Eat soup impolitely 49. Tiny part 50. Some are false 52. Converse 54. Was in a play 55. Gelatin form 56. Girl from Baja 57. Windy day fliers 60. Garden flower 62. Team list 64. Distribute 66. Vail feature (2 wds.)

68. Years on end 69. Doesn’t go with 70. Rush 71. Symphony bigwig 73. Farm enclosures 75. Whisk 76. Air-mass boundary 78. Not Dem. or Rep. 79. Strong points 80. Watchdog’s warning 82. Evening-gown

fabric 83. Spiky hairstyles 84. — — by magic 85. Adjust the length 86. Rock shop curiosity 87. Tracks down 88. Opposite of cheer 89. Shocking 90. Absolute 91. Oar pin 93. Pate de — gras 94. Grey or McCrea 97. Doctor’s office 98. Reddish-brown horse 99. Police noises 102. LAX info 103. Absorbed 105. Thickened, as pudding 108. Livy’s hello 109. Tidal wave 110. Saki grain 111. Cop’s contact 113. Winery feature 116. Sewing-kit items 118. Audience 119. — salts 120. City in India 121. Pun feedback 123. Cutting 124. Confused handto-hand fight 126. Give 128. Rock ‘n’ roll classic 129. Get more out of 130. Rubbernecker 132. Copied 135. Sense organs 138. Natural resource 140. Upper limit 142. Pitcher’s stat 144. Ebenezer’s cry

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what you’ve done before and realize that you were better off; instead, focus on what you must do tomorrow. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – You may find yourself in the grip of something that you simply cannot shake off. Is this physical or emotional? Or both? You may want some expert advice.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Take care that you don’t respond to unfavorable circumstances by hiding yourself away and avoiding trouble. Address it! (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You must take better care of yourself this week, as the pressures you face are likely to mount. You may be running very close to your “red line”!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You can operate more efficiently this week provided you accept certain responsibilities while avoiding certain clear obstacles.

(Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – Someone makes an offer that is very difficult to refuse. Your know-how will be on display, and others will be drawn to you as a result.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You must be sure that the news you get this week is up-to-date.

Your attention must be on what lies ahead, not what’s behind you. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You’re tired of the same old things affecting you in the same old ways.

You can make one or two dramatic changes that send you in a new direction.

● Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

● The numbers within the heavily 3-10-19

outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

● Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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Travel

Dig deeper to find local culture

By Michael Wald wald.world@yahoo.com When I travel, I like to see the top tourist sites, but only so I can relate to what others going to the same destination are seeing. What really intrigues me is getting below the surface to interact with the local people and learn about their unique problems and points of view. Few travelers do that and are really missing out, in my opinion.

That is why I frequently stay in a MICHAEL WALD home of locals when I travel. Home School children attend a lesson in India. stays aren’t the only way to learn young woman, a period ends their sentence the local culture. If you are willing (the title of the movie), and they are forced to strike up a conversation with locals, you’ll into subservient lives of poverty. learn a lot.

Enter an enterprising Indian (Google Still, speaking with a local can be hard, especially if you are dealing with a foreign lan- Arunachalam Muruganantham) who developed a cheap way to manufacture feminine guage. The language difference creates a barpads. Women learn how to manufacture and rier, but not an insurmountable one. Willing sell them, raising consciousness of the comparticipants manage to communicate with munities in business acumen as well as mensign language. struation. Keeping women in school creates With technology today, you can use a educated women able to raise their families translator on a smartphone to help a converout of poverty. Who said education and poversation along. Of course, the problem is that ty aren’t correlated? smartphone translators usually only work in I’m not saying you have to be so active as a Wi-Fi zone. And even in the U.S., in many to develop a solution to a societal problem like places, it’s hard to get a connection. this, but you wouldn’t even know it existed if I point to the Academy Award winning you simply looked at monuments. You need documentary film this year, “Period. End of to get to know a local well enough to begin to Sentence,” as an illustration of the type of discuss difficult subjects. Rarely does a tourist sub-surface cultural knowledge that you can do that, leaving with an incorrect impression get by pushing past the tourist monuments of life in the places they visit. and in lieu thereof have a conversation with a Another example of this occurred when I local. visited Puerto Rico. On the beach I saw a local This movie focuses on the taboo of menman running. I stopped to ask an innocuous struation in India, an English-speaking counquestion and ended up speaking with him try (language is not a barrier). In rural culture for an hour! Turns out he was educated as a of India, men don’t know what menstruation lawyer but had started a marijuana business is, and it is taboo for a woman to speak about when Puerto Rico legalized it. I learned so it. Adolescent women must figure out how to much about Puerto Rico in that hour. deal with this natural phenomenon on their My suggestion: try to seek out opportuown, using rags, often dangerously unclean nities to talk with a local. You can see them rags (as clean water isn’t normally available), wherever you go. Insights you gain by doing and venturing out at night when no one is this will change you forever. around to dispose of rags in an empty field as Michael Wald is a travel specialist with there also isn’t trash disposal. special expertise in Panama adventure travFor society, the problem is that when a el. He blogs about travel and other musings woman starts to menstruate, she often leaves school, as the schools lack bathrooms or other at www.UntraveledPlaces.com. Follow him @UntraveledPlace and see where he is off to facilities to accommodate periods. Instead of next. learning how to read and write, for a typical

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AWARE Women’s Support Group Meeting Belmont Village Senior Living

UNICEF Gala $1.15 Million Raised Ritz Carlton

Brooke Burke

Sharon Ballew, Aron Tron, Nancy Sanders

Jan Miller Rich, Brooke Burke, UUSA President Caryl M. Stern, Moll Anderson

Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities visits Dallas DIHC Campus and home of Nancy Cain Marcus

Raphael McIntyre, Larry Ferguson, Brian Diggs

Jon Parrish Peede, Gail Thomas, Nancy Cain Marcus, Dr. J. Larry Allums

Symphony of Chefs Benefit for KidLinks Sixty-Five Hundred

Amy Pratt and Sara Brozy, Diana Crawford

Fashion Group International Rising Star Awards and Fashion Show Dallas Market Center

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Clayton and Ellen Kershaw, Brad Paisley, Kimberly Williams Paisley

Mike and Vinette Montgomery, Jenny and Tim Dove, Amy Pratt, Kaa and James Wicklund

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Our Favorite Restaur ants Indian Masala Wok 6106 Luther Ln. 469-232-9390 Black Friar

Irish Pub

2621 McKinney, Ste A 214-953-0599 Renfield’s Corner 2603-A Routh St. 214-397-0300 Trinity Hall Irish Pub 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln. 214-887-3600 Italian & Pizza California Pizza Kitchen 8411 Preston Rd. 214-750-7067 CiboDivino Marketplace & Cafe 1868 Sylvan Ave. 214-653-2426 Dough 11909 Preston, #1444 972-788-4600 Holy Ravioli 4446 W. Lovers Ln. 214-696-3993 I Fratelli 2815 Allen St., #124. 214-720-0070 Italia Express 111 Continental, #300 214-748-2700 4000 Cedar Springs 214-521-3300 Joe’s Pizza, Pasta & Subs 4343 W. NW Hwy, #347 214-272-9007 Lover’s Pizza Pasta & Grill 5605 W. Lovers Ln. 214-353-0509 Mimi’s Pizzeria 6807 W. N.W. Hwy. 972-215-7290 My Family’s Pizza 10720 Preston Rd,#1014 214-363-6122 Olivella’s 3406 McFarlin Blvd. 214-528-7070 Penne Pomodoro

Mediterranean Baboush 3636 McKinney, #160 214-559-0707 Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill 3001 Knox St., #110 214-528-1800 Zoe’s Kitchen 6025 Royal Ln., #104 469-341-0123

4502 McKinney Ave. 214-302-2500 Digg’s Taco Shop 6309 Hillcrest Ave. 214-520-0155 E Bar Tex Mex 1901 N. Haskell, #120.

214-824-3227 El Fenix 5622 Lemmon Ave. 214-521-5166 6811 W. NW Hwy. 214-363-5279 Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 4740 W. Mockingbird 214-352-8226 Manny’s Uptown Tex-Mex 3521 Oak Grove Ave. 214-252-1616 Mario’s Mexican & Salvadorian Rest.

5404 Lemmon Ave. 214-599-9744 Mattito’s – Centrum 3102 Oak Lawn Ave. 214-526-8181 Meso Maya 11909 Preston, #1426 469-726-4390 Mi Camino Restaurante 3830 W. N.W. Hwy. 214-888-0055 Ojeda’s Mexican Restaurant 4617 Maple Ave. 214-528-8383 Qdoba Mexican Grill 5600 W. Lovers Ln. 214-352-2277 Rafa’s Café Mexicano 5617 W. Lovers Ln. 214-357-2080 Taco Diner 3699 McKinney, #307 214-521-3669 Torchy’s Tacos 5921 Forest Ln. 972-720-9200 Urban Taco 3411 McKinney Ave. 214-922-7080

Mexican & Tex-Mex Bandito’s Tex-Mex Cantina 6615 Snider Plaza 214-750-6100 Campuzano Mexican Food 2618 Oak Lawn 214-526-0100 Chipotle Mexican Grill 2705 McKinney Ave. 214-871-3100

Middle Eastern Food From Galilee 6710 Snider Plaza 214-750-0330 Moroccan Souk 3011 Gulden Ln, #114 469-458-2233

6815 Snider Plaza 214-373-9911 11661 Preston Rd, #143 214-368-3100 Rocco’s Uptown Pizza & Pasta 2717 Howell St. 214-871-9207 Sal’s Pizza Rest.

2525 Wycliff 214-522-1828 Taverna Pizzeria 3312 Knox St. 214-520-9933 Tomato Pie 11661 Preston Rd. 214-750-8743 Villa-O Rest.

4514 Travis, #132 214-707-3848

Latin American Gloria’s 3223 Lemmon Ave. 214-303-1166 Zaguan Latin Cafe 2604 Oak Lawn Ave. 214-219-8393 Meals To Go – Catering The Festive Kitchen – Snider Plaza 3404 Rosedale Ave. 214-520-6888 Short Stop – Food To Go 6025 Royal Ln., #101 214-265-8828 6918 Snider Plaza 214-360-0311

This is half of Our Favorite Restaurants.

See the full list at our website: KatyTrailWeekly.com

Natural–Gluten-Free –Organic Company Cafe 3136 Routh St. 214-468-8721 Kozy 4483 McKinney Ave. 214-219-5044 Southpaw’s Organic Cafe 3227 McKinney Ave. 214-754-0100 6009 Berkshire Ln. 214-987-0351 New American City Café 5757 W. Lovers Ln. 214-351-3367 Luck 3011 Gulden Ln, #112 469-250-0679 Natalie’s Restaurant 5940 Royal Ln. 214-739-0362 NHS Bar & Grill 10720 Preston Rd. 214-368-1101 Seafood Amberjax Fish Market Grille 3011 Gulden Ln., #107 469-513-9088 Dive-Dallas Coastal Cuisine 3404 Rankin St. 214-891-1700 Half Shells Oyster Bar & Grill 6617 Snider Plaza 214-691-8164 Hook, Line & Sinker 3103 Lemmon Ave. 214-965-0707 Lovers Seafood and Market 5200 W. Lovers Ln. 214-351-6363 Rockfish Seafood Grill 5331 E. Mockingbird 214-823-8444 11661 Preston Rd, #153 214-363-7722 Shell Shack Uptown 2916 McKinney Ave. 877-434-1411 St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin 2730 Commerce St. 214-698-1511

Spanish Café Madrid 4501 Travis St. 214-528-1731 Sports Bar & Restaurant Christie’s Sports Bar & Grill 2811 McKinney, #22 214-954-1511 Liquid Zoo Sports Bar & Grille 3851 Cedar Springs 214-221-3004 Milo Butterfingers 5645 SMU Blvd.

214-368-9212 Steaks Dee Lincoln Steak & Burger Bar 2626 Howell St. 214-754-4949 Dunston’s Steak House 5423 W. Lovers Ln. 214-352-8320 Thai Best Thai 5959 Royal Ln., #540

214-373-8113 CrushCraft Thai Street Eats 2800 Routh St., #150 972-677-7038 Malai Kitchen – Thai & Vietnamese 3699 McKinney, #319 972-591-3387 Naga Thai Kitchen & Bar 665 High Market St. 214-953-0023 Sabaidee Lao & Thai Street Food 5200 Lemmon, #100.

214-520-6868 Saucy’s Thai Pho 5944 Royal Ln. 214-378-8424 Turkish Café Istanbul 5450 W. Lovers, #222 214-902-0919 Vertskebap 7949 Walnut Hill Ln. 469-726-2855 Cosmic Cafe

Vegetarian

2912 Oak Lawn

214-521-6157

Vietnamese Miss Chi 6030 Luther Ln, #130 214-692-1000 Pho Crimson 3000 Blackburn, #140c 469-547-5443 Pho Envy Vietnamese Bistro 8611 Hillcrest, #190 214-987-1468 Wine Bar Dream Cafe 2800 Routh St., #170.

214-954-0486 Two Corks & a Bottle – Quadrangle 2800 Routh St., #140 214-871-9463 Yogurt, Smoothies & Juices The Gem 5915 Forest Ln, #360 214-792-9928 I Heart Yogurt 5450 W. Lovers, #143 6305 Hillcrest Ave. Nekter Juice Bar 6712 Snider Plaza 469-418-4029 Smoothie Factory 2817 Howell, #210 214-954-0900 Smoothie King 6061 Forest Ln. 972-404-1852 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 4560 W. Mockingbird 214-351-7037

movie trailer

‘Captain Marvel’ less than marvelous

By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood For the first time in what seems like forever, Marvel Studios has whiffed. Okay, maybe not a whiff, but “Captain Marvel” is the movie equivalent of a lazy fly ball. It’s a movie from a studio that knows failure isn’t possible and as long as it’s passable, fans aren’t going to revolt. Make no mistake, this movie will earn millions upon millions of dollars, but it cannot even approach the excellence of “Black Panther.”

It’s a shame as this is Marvel’s first superhero movie loaded with girl power (literally) and sadly, some of the blame falls on Brie Larson’s turn as Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Vers, a.k.a.

Captain Marvel. She looks the part and when she thrown a punch, you’ll buy into it. There’s just no personality in the role and it’s all Neo with no Diana Prince.

The script and direction from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck doesn’t do anyone any favors either. It’s not easy crafting an origin story that doesn’t bog down and bore a core audience that’s seen about 1,000 of them.

So instead, Boden and Fleck thrown in the standard comic book movie MacGuffin, but with a twist.

See, Carol has amnesia and cannot remember anything but the last six years of her life. That life seems to have exclusively involved military training at the behest of an alien race called the Kree who are in the midst of a giant space war with another alien race called the Skrulls. All Carol really knows is that she somehow shares DNA with the Kree, can fire lasers from her hands, and isn’t allowed to smirk

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Brie Larson stars in "Captain Marvel." at the behest of her commander, Yon-Rogg (Jude Law).

By the time that Carol crashes into Earth, “Captain Marvel” is a confusing head scratcher. But look! There’s a Blockbuster Video and a pay phone! It’s 1991! We also know we are in the distant past when Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) shows up sans eye patch.

At this point, “Captain Marvel” picks up some steam as Carol and Fury investigate a conspiracy involving the Air Force, aliens, and a precious kitty cat named Goose that nearly steals the entire movie from everyone.

But, not even that adorable cat can rob Ben Mendelsohn of that feat. He plays a Skrull named Talos who happens to speak with Mendelsohn’s natural Australian accent to hilarious perfection.

The action is decent, but doesn’t have an iconic moment like Wonder Woman on a WWII battlefield or Thor delivering beatdowns to “The Immigrant Song.” Instead, a frivolous song choice distracts from what should

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delight audiences with continuous performances on the dance stage in Fair Park’s historic Tower Building. New for this year are beautiful presentations from another well-loved cultural group, Ballet Folklorico Mexicano Ollimpaxqui, that will wow the crowd with their beautiful celebration of Mexican folk dance. In addition, there will be dance workshops throughout the weekend, and everyone is encouraged to get into the spirit of Ireland at Saturday night’s Dance “Céilí,” a traditional Irish party that is open for everyone to attend. Don’t miss Teatro Dallas, the premier Latin theater group in North Texas, that will also be on-hand to chat with fans and entertain in the Tower Building.

Cultural. The North Texas Irish Festival brings together a wide variety of exhibitors, workshops and demonstrations. Urchin Street will offer a special place where kids can find entertainment, education, play and fun, including crafts, music, dance, storytelling, magic and mystery. Storytellers – or “Shanachie” – will perform traditional Irish stories in the way that the Irish learned of their history for hundreds of years.

Love animals? The North Texas Irish Festival hosts animal rescue groups where you can find your new best friend, or, if you already have one, bring your pet into the festival to enjoy it with you for a $1 donation. Equestrian shows,

have been Carol’s realization as a superhero. Sure, some people may like it, but it’s a bubble gum pop song when at this point in the movie, Carol is a bonafide punk rock superstar and the movie desperately needed to show that.

The good news is that Marvel seems to know what they are doing and make no mistake, there will be a sequel to “Captain Marvel.” Larson is already going to show up in the comic book movie to end all comic book movies, “Avengers: End Game,” so perhaps they can fine tune her character more there. This feels very much like the first “Thor” (or second one for that matter) when the tone and characterization just seemed a little off.

Larson can only work with what she is given and she does fit the part, but she plays the least interesting character in a movie about her character. Needless to say, that’s not good. She does get to go full hero in the end, but by that time, “Captain Marvel” is out of gas and can best be described in one word: underwhelming.

blacksmithing, sheepherding and other demonstrations will be performed in various areas of Fair Park.

Hours, admission and location. Gates open on Friday, March 8 at 6 p.m. Hours are 6 to 11 p.m. on Friday; 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9; and 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 10. North Texas Irish Festival Fun Run is Saturday, March 9, 8 to 11 a.m. Packet pick up is at 7 a.m. at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Fun run registration is available online at tinyurl.com/ycb3pwex.

Admission is FREE on Friday from 6 to 7 p.m.; $10 after. A one-day ticket is $20 on Saturday and $15 on Sunday at the gate, while a two-day ticket is $25 and a weekend pass is $30.

Discount tickets are available at area Tom Thumb and Albertsons stores. Children 11 and under are free when accompanied by an adult family member. Seniors over 65 or current military members (with valid military ID) receive $5 off all gate prices. Dogs are allowed in on a short leash with a $1 requested donation to animal rescue groups supported by the festival. Leprechauns (in full ceremonial dress and carrying pots of gold) are free.

Parking is available in and around Fair Park, or attendees can take the DART (take the Green Line to the front entrance of Fair Park and the North Texas Irish Festival). Detailed directions and parking tips are available at ntif.org.

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