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Communit y News

West End building progressing

The Phantom’s ‘Love Never Dies’ opens at DSM

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On July 24, Crescent Real Estate LLC marked the topping out of The Luminary in the West End Historic District. The Luminary encompasses a total of 104,979 square feet with each floor having 27,237 square feet. Corgan leased back the existing 57,731-square-foot, three-story building at 401 N. Houston St. and leased an additional 23,268 square feet of the new office building adjacent to Corgan’s office. – Becky Mayad

Kids eat for free at El Fenix JOAN MARCUS

"Love Never Dies" runs through Sunday, Aug. 5 at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

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EL FENIX

Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 1, kids will eat free with the purchase of an adult entrée through Sunday, Aug. 19 as part of a back-to-school special at El Fenix. This includes any entrée from the Kids Menu, served with a drink, or a dish from the Kids Fit Menu, healthy menu options created by DFW kids, served with apple juice and a side of cinnamon oranges, steamed veggies or sweet nachos. – Brooke Johnston

DMA names new curator Dr. Agustín Arteaga, The Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), announced the establishment of a new endowed curatorial position. Dr. Heather Ecker (right) has been appointed as the DMA’s first Marguerite S. Hoffman and Thomas W. Lentz curator of Islamic and Medieval Art, bringing nearly two decades of diverse curatorial, teaching and institutional experiences to the role. Dr. Ecker will begin at the DMA on Monday, July 30. – Jill Bernstein

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“Phantom” score being the masterpiece it is, will his “Love Never Dies” live up to all that?

“Love Never Dies” made its North Texas premiere in Dallas on July 24 and will run through Sunday, Aug. 5 at the Music Hall at Fair Park, and in Fort Worth’s Bass Performance Hall Tuesday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 12, with both productions brought by Broadway Across America.

The story takes place in 1907, 10 years after the Phantom disappeared MUSICAL cont'd on page 9

WEATHER

Clearing up the cause of Saharan dust clouds

By Mose Buchele KUT News

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In 1992, the Music Hall at Fair Park exploded with the music of the night when Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” (“Phantom”) took the stage at Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM). In 1995, the show made another appearance at DSM and a mere five years later it thrilled DSM patrons again. The vast majority of each production’s performances were sell-outs. North Texans couldn’t get enough of the man in

the mask who lived under the Paris Opera House. DSM welcomed the award-winning show back for Dallas and North Texas audiences for four additional productions between 2000 and 2010.

For “Phantom” purists, those who have seen the show multiple times, it’s hard to imagine anything as moving as the original. The story, its characters, the vocals, costumes, the tad bit of bizarre humor and the disturbing aura throughout the show seem impossible to duplicate. But with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s original

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You’ve probably noticed it’s been a hazy summer in Dallas and Texas. And you may have heard that's because of massive clouds of dust blown across the ocean from Africa. That fact alone inspires awe.

But it turns out there is much more to these dust clouds than the distance they travel.

Around 6,000 years ago, North Africa was a wetter place. Lakes covered much of what is now the Sahara Desert, and in them lived microscopic creatures called "diatoms." When the lakes dried, the remnants of those creatures remained. The diatoms became “this whitish powdery chalky stuff ” on the desert floor, said Charlie Zender, who studies atmospheric physics at the University of California, Irvine.

Zender said that “chalky stuff ” is rich in minerals

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A layer of Saharan dust in the sky. and so small that it’s really good at traveling on the wind. In the Sahara, there’s plenty of wind, so every summer storms kick thousands of tons of the dust into the atmosphere. Once

in the air, the long-deceased diatoms and everything else begins heading west toward the Americas on a wind pattern called a “tropical wave.”

“You can think of it as a cake layer between

about one and three miles above the [earth’s] surface.

So, it’s in a two-mile-thick layer as it travels across the ocean,” said Jason Dunion, a WEATHER cont'd on page 9

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

Your dog can get you a date

By David Mullen

with dogs, even those emotional / psychiatric People waited in line support and overnight at the new Chick fully-trained fil-A near Dallas Love Field. service aniIt was the companies’ 100th mals.

As of area restaurant. The first David Mullen July 1, to travel 100 patrons that camped with an emotional support and out will receive a gift card loaded with 52 meals on them. psychiatric service animal in the cabin, you must contact Wait until customers find out that the cards are only good for the Special Assistance Desk with all required documentause on Sunday. Just kidding. tion at least 48 hours before That would be like the old bar your flight ... Not interested in sign that reads “Free beer tomorrow.” … Speaking of Chick talking to the person next to you sitting in 11B. Me either. fil-A, I can do without the Since 1993, Cirrus Healthcare campy, “too cool for school” has offered EarPlanes, which breakfast sandwich television “relieves ear discomfort, clogads, especially when they run ging and popping with the on Sunday mornings. That is exclusive CeramX™ filter that called advertising to empty regulates air pressure naturally shelves, when prompted to act while in-flight.” Seems to me and unable to find the product that they could work well at a … The times are changing on major airlines, fueled by public Sarah Huckabee Sanders press conference, as well … Here is issues that were never newsanother way that your dog can worthy years ago. Southwest provide support. On Saturday, Airlines will no longer hand July 28, Mutts Canine Cantina out peanuts on their flight, for at 2889 Cityplace West Blvd. fear of peanut allergies affecting passengers. And American in Uptown Dallas is hooking up with the dating app Airlines is putting serious Bumble for a meet-up that’s limits on passengers traveling

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for the dogs. From 6 to 9 p.m., guests entering the park can receive a custom dog bandana based on the type of Bumble connection the dog owner is looking to make. For example, a yellow bandana means Bumble Dating, a pink Bandana represents Bumble Bizz and blue bandana symbolizes Bumble BFF. The event is being pegged as a perfect ice breaker. The event is free with an RSVP at prekindle. com. For more information, visit muttscantina.com … The popularity of Lyft and Uber is cutting into the revenue of valet parkers at William "Bubba" Flint — Special Contributor restaurants. It is estimated that valet income is down as to a road not reminiscent of shooting at Santa Fe High much as 40 percent on weekancient Greece … According School left 10 dead and 13 ends … I am not sure what is to a survey, when it comes to injured, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is worse: the record heat or the recreation, a wide range of intaking steps to tighten security mindless chatter between the anchor desk and the meteorol- door and outdoor leisure activ- in the southeast Texas school district, part of an effort to ities, various levels of exercise ogists on local television news “harden” schools as targets by and contributions to a city’s programs. Anchors always overall well-being, Irving is the using metal detectors. Patrick plead for the weather people has said that he’ll donate “up to lighten-up on us. It is a tired worst city in America. Dallas to 10” metal detectors to the is 47th … I love the old line bit … Pothole of the week: the Santa Fe Independent School “slamming the barn door after road work crews seem to be District, and a private metal the horses got away.” More as slow as turtles as they try to detector company has also than two month after a deadly return Turtle Creek Boulevard

LOVE ON THE TRAIL

LIFE ON THE TRAIL

By Donna Arp Weitzman

By Dr. Beth Leermakers

Back to the basics of friendship

such a drag. The commute to work, grocery shopping, bill paying, weddonnajarp@gmail.com dings, baby showers, work itself, All relationships start health insurance, retirement plans, differently; some start out as obligatory family visits, the list friends, while others become goes on. If you aren’t careful, these romantic almost immediately. will consume you. Life will become At some point, though, there about the mundane routine of “getcomes a time when friendship ting things done.” How about you levels in a relationship are at prioritize letting loose? Don’t do their highest. This is a great Donna Arp Weitzman chicken and veggies at home again. part of any relationship: the Do the dive bar down the street friendship. It’s when you can with a live band. Take a walk to some food be your most raw, vulnerable and trusting — trucks, drop an ice cream cone on the ground, aside from physical intimacy or attraction. take an Uber to brunch or try something new It takes a deep connection with someone together. Be spontaneous (without jumping to really be friends with them, genuinely. In out of a plane... unless that’s your thing). my opinion, every relationship requires it.

Along those same lines: laugh. Let yourWithout it, things aren’t exactly sustainable. selves laugh and experience the less serious At the end of the day, physical connection parts of life. If you look for them, you will find may dwindle slightly. What remains? Your them. Find a show to watch together, one that emotional connection, your best friendship. really brings you together, or even a book.

So, when you’ve been together for a long Have discussions about it. Disagree, agree, time and that friendship fades, how do you just communicate. There are times when you get it back? First, be honest with yourself. might recall something that your partner Relationships are hard. Period. When the doesn’t. Share it. It’ll refresh their memory friendship fades after a while, so do other and impress them, while also making them parts of the relationship. You have to be inten- realize that you do cherish times with them tional and put in the effort to make it work, to — even times as simple as that one moment get back to the core of who you are together of a memory. It meant something; it means and as individuals. something.

Try to identify the things you used to Lastly, reminisce deeply. Often, when a do in your relationship that felt right. Did relationship is struggling to get back to the you used to express how you felt about them basics of friendship, you’ll hear it described more? Maybe your partner loves movies and as, “Our relationship feels flat,” or “There’s no you used to really value that about them. Have spark left,” or “Our relationship feels empty.” you said that lately? The same applies to other Even couples who are on the brink of divorce interests. Really believing in someone and will think back on memories and smile. valuing the things they love and are interSo, when things feel “empty” or “disconested in is attractive. Sometimes, it’s delightnected,” reconnect by remembering. Get back fully shocking. After a while of no words of to your foundation because it’s still there. I affirmation or feeling like they’re interested promise, your feelings of friendship and closein you, it can be a nice change to hear some ness will come back. You just have to try and praise or curiosity. “You used to really love try together. westerns. It’s been a while since you’ve talkA former mayor and businesswoman, ed about them. What do you still like about Donna Arp Weitzman was a later-dater before them?” Take interest. Value them. Show your marrying Herb Weitzman in 2012. She is the friend why you ever got along in the first author of Cinderella has Cellulite and Sex and place. the Siren, both best selling books available on Have fun again. Being an adult can be Amazon.

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CRIME WATCH July 20 – 10:58 a.m.

2600 Block, Routh St. (75201) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle by force and stole property.

July 20 – 1:31 p.m.

100 Block, Turtle Creek Blvd. (75207) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect walked into an office and stole money from an open safe.

July 20 – 5:04 p.m.

5500 Block, Maple Ave. (75235) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.

July 20 – 10:35 p.m.

2700 Block, Main St. (75226) Criminal Mischief: The suspect jumped on the complainant’s vehicle, causing damage.

July 21 – 6:03 p.m.

4300 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75219) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle, causing damage, and stole property.

July 21 – 9:35 p.m.

6500 Block, Prosper St. (75209) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: An unknown suspect used handgun to steal the complainant’s property.

July 22 – 1:05 p.m.

1000 Block, N. Fitzhugh Ave. (75204) Burglary of a Habitation: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s residence and stole property.

July 22 – 10:16 p.m.

2300 Block, Leonard St. (75201) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s gold chain.

July 23 – 7:15 a.m.

2700 Block, McKinney Ave. (75204) Aggravated Robbery of a Business:

The suspect stole property by force from the complainant at the business, causing injury.

July 23 – 11:11 a.m.

3800 Block, Cedar Springs Rd. (75219) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s motor scooter.

agreed to donate metal detectors to the district ... And from the “Now I have heard everything” department: a company is selling “Wine Condoms,”and apparently more that $1 million worth have been sold. The item fits over a wine bottle’s neck to prevent unfortunate leakage. The company claims it is “the ultimate protection for one’s Pinot.” Their line, not mine.

Avoid making assumptions about others

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My friend Mary was considering adopting a dog for her daughter Sarah, who’ll be returning to college in a month and can’t take a dog with her. Sarah is missing the family dog, which recently moved across the country with her older sister, so she’s been looking at adoptable dogs online. Mary was considering getting a dog for Sarah so that both girls would have the same perks. In reality, Sarah is gone nine months of the year, so it wouldn’t really be “her” dog. Mary is allergic to dogs, and she and her husband have a busy travel schedule that makes caring for a dog challenging.

When I suggested that Mary choose a dog that she loves and can handle, because it would really be her and her husband’s dog, she reiterated that the dog would be Sarah’s. She wanted Sarah to choose, as long as Mary was able to walk the dog. When we asked Sarah if she really wanted a dog, she immediately listed the reasons it doesn’t make sense for her to have a dog right now. She is allergic to dogs, she isn’t allowed to have a dog at college and she doesn’t know where she’ll wind up for grad school.

Furthermore, she’ll be very busy in grad school and won’t have much time to devote to a canine companion. Sarah said she thought her parents really wanted a dog. “Oh no, we don’t!” agreed both parents.

Erroneous assumptions could’ve led to this family adopting a dog that no one really wanted. Resentment

would have person to tell us been a likethe dog we’d sent ly outcome to be spayed was to that pregnant and the scenario. surgery was being When canceled, I realized we know how inaccurate my someone assumption was. well, and People don’t always even someDr. Beth Leermakers complete their job times when efficiently. I should we don’t, have left the corwe sometimes assume we rect contact information know what the other person with the (different) person wants. Making assumptions who checked me in when I can be a shortcut that aldropped off the dog. When lows us to take action with- I made the appointment, out having a conversation I should have asked when that may bring up uncomI would be able to pick-up fortable feelings or hard the dog. Most vet clinics truths. Mary and her family expect you to pick up the are truly missing their dog, dog the same day after perhaps more than they’re surgery, so I assumed that missing the older daughter. would be the case. When I Finding a new dog is more dropped her off, they told comfortable than facing me pick up was the next that loss and regret. Yet morning. Fortunately, the the erroneous assumptions meet and greet I’d schedmight have led to taking on uled that morning didn’t a long-term commitment conf lict with the narrow that neither party truly pick-up window, but it welcomed. could’ve been a problem.

Making assumptions The receptionist didn’t tell about colleagues can create me when pick up time was, stress at work. Assuming so I should have asked. a co-worker has certain That’s the bottom line knowledge or skills can lead in avoiding assumptions. to frustration and wasted When in doubt, ask. Ask time, if not worse, when a whether the other person task is completed incorrect- really wants a dog or just ly and needs to be re-done. thinks you do. Ask whether We may not want to insult your colleague understands someone by explaining how the work assignment and to perform a basic task or has the tools to complete showing someone how to it correctly. Ask for and do it right, but failing to do provide more details when so can be disastrous. scheduling appointments.

I often assume that By asking more questions, other people will do what you can avoid making an they’re “supposed to do” “ass” out of “u” and “me.” at their job. When I gave Dr. Beth Leermakers is the rescue group’s contact a clinical psychologist who information to a vet clinspecializes in stress manageic receptionist, I assumed ment and well-being semithat the information would nars, retreats and coaching. be added to their records.

Contact her at 214-923-3766 Later, when the clinic staff or bethleerwork@gmail. failed to contact the correct com.

OUR MISSION

July 23 – 12:12 p.m.

2600 Block, Cole Ave. (75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: The suspect shattered the complainant’s vehicle window, entered and stole property.

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July 23 – 6:48 p.m.

10700 Block, Pagewood Dr. (75230) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole packages from the complainant’s porch.

Editor in Chief

David Mullen

July 24 – 12:51 a.m.

4500 Block, San Jacinto St. (75204) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: Two unknown suspects pointed a gun at the complainant and demanded property.

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MULL IT OVER

Baseball returns to iconic Dallas venue

By David Mullen

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Automobility

Ford Fusion is worth a look

david@katytrailweekly.com Professional baseball is returning to Dallas, and the man behind the Southwest League of Professional Baseball thinks it will be a big hit.

Mark Schuster, president and CEO of Ventura Sports Group, has the vision of rapidly growing a league of six independent teams, one in Joplin, Mo and five in Texas including putting a team in a completely renovated Reverchon Park baseball field in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas.

Joplin (Miners), Waco (BlueCats) and Royce City (Millers) are already on board, with two more teams joining soon. “I am excited about all of our cities,” Schuster said, “but I'm super excited about how special this [Dallas] could be.”

Apparently, so do people in Dallas. A contest to name the Dallas franchise has already garnered more than 2,000 email responses.

Baseball in Dallas dates back to the 1870s. The new Southwest League will play a 112 game schedule in spring 2019, with 56 home and 56 road games, and then a four-team playoff.

Waco and Royce City will have new baseball parks.

Reverchon Park will expand to 2,000 box seats and approximately 2,000 additional seats that include grass areas. The park will have a video scoreboard and an artificial turf field. Most game tickets will be $8 to $15.

A New Jersey native, “I ended up going to North Carolina to Elon University to play baseball,” Schuster, 52, said. “During my junior year, it became obvious

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Mark Schuster presents a new stadium in Waco, Texas. that I was not going to follow my passion for baseball on the field. I was a good player, but I just wasn’t that kind of player. But I knew I wanted to stay around baseball.” He continued his education and received a degree in sports marketing.

Just after the movie “Bull Durham” was released, Schuster became food and beverage director for the Durham Bulls minor league franchise. “I got to learn the business from a great organization,” Schuster said. “I was a guy with a college degree that was making hotdogs and lugging beer kegs. But I wanted to learn it from the ground up.”

Soon after, Schuster became general manager of the Cleveland Indians class-A affiliate Burlington Indians in Burlington, N.C. and then became vice president and general manager of the Minnesota Twins class-A affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla. where he would serve for three years. He also ran spring training for the Twins. “It’s a very transient business,” Schuster said. “You’ve got to go to a lot of places in the sports business to get to where you want to get to.”

In September 1996, Schuster was recruited

to become vice president and general manager of the Charleston (S.C.) RiverDogs, a Class-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays that included actor Bill Murray and Mike Veeck (son of baseball Hall of Famer Bill Veeck) on the management team. He also had stints with the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres and the Portland Timbers professional soccer team.

“I decided I was going to build a company owning and operating minor league ball clubs on the independent side,” Schuster said.

Today, minor league teams are either affiliated, where major league teams own player contracts, or independent, where the team owns the franchise itself and owns the player contracts. “I like the independent model,” Schuster said, “because it allows us to do more than just baseball. We could do concerts, festivals and events. Treat it [the venue] not just as a baseball stadium.”

In September 2007, Schuster built the $20 million state-of-the-art stadium in Grand Prairie where he owned the Grand Prairie AirHogs minor league team until 2010. When faced with the daunting task of building new stadiums in other markets and rebuilding Reverchon Park, he said “we built Grand Prairie in seven months.”

Schuster’s experience in ballpark construction and management has led him to this conclusion. “People don’t go to games like they used to and sit in their seat like they did 20 years ago.

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Rendering of the new Reverchon Park baseball facility.

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The 2019 Ford Fusion.

By David Boldt

djboldt@sbcglobal.net Near the end of April, Ford execs announced a plan to reduce their model mix to but two cars — at least as we currently define ‘cars.’ The Mustang — Ford’s perennial provider of vehicular Viagra — will remain, as will a new, passive/aggressive variant of the Focus hatchback.

Apparently gone by the end of 2019 are the Fiesta, Fusion, Taurus and C-Max. Since Ford’s Taurus hasn’t — over at least the last decade — moved the sales needle, and the C-Max hybrid never found its market momentum, their demise doesn’t surprise. But the Fiesta — especially the Fiesta ST — is an engaging 4-door hatch, while Ford’s Fusion has the makings of a world class sedan, if only Ford would continue to make it.

Our test Fusion, in platinum trim with available all-wheel drive, was left for us at LAX. With plans to hang around Los Angeles through the July 4 holiday, I wanted a car large enough for five adults, yet small enough to park in front of our daughter’s North Hollywood home. A midsize sedan seemed about right. And with news of the Fusion’s scheduled cancellation, I wanted to see what we’ll be missing.

At the curb, the Ford 4-door continues to look good. Finished in a blue metallic and with what Ford

dubs a ‘Medium Soft Ceramic’ leather interior, the David Boldt Fusion’s appearance was almost in keeping with its $40K window sticker. But then, this Platinum trim is Lincoln-esque in its execution, and the optional all-wheel drive is a $2K bump over the standard FWD platform. It’s also one way to differentiate the Fusion from Accords, Camrys and Altimas, currently available only in front wheel drive.

Subjectively, we’ve always thought the Fusion’s 4-door beltline a bit too high and its 4-door greenhouse a tad too constricted.

But the car’s sheet metal has worn well. And given that the design is mature, it doesn’t suffer the excesses (and we don’t suffer those excesses) seen on current Accords, Camrys and Civics.

Inside, interior materials demonstrate few signs of cost-cutting. Front seats were both heated and cooled, and with LA’s temps firmly in the 90s, the cooled seat was an attractive idea.

The seats were also comfortably supportive with adjustability that made it easy to feel ‘right’ behind the wheel.

Behind that wheel we were again reminded how well-balanced a ‘good’ sport sedan can feel, especially when the suspension is

planted, the center of gravity is low, and the total mass is this side of 4,000 pounds.

With 245 horsepower from its turbocharged 2.0 liter four, driven through all four wheels via a 6-speed automatic, acceleration is responsive while any and all highway speeds are relaxed.

And while the Fusion Sport offers the 2.7 liter EcoBoost V6, we’re thinking that might be excessive — the turbo four has a rightness to its lightness we like a lot.

While there was no rain during our visit, the Fusion’s all-wheel drive supplies a balance the front-wheel drive Fusion is hard-pressed to emulate. And AWD is more than just about snowfall; we like it in the wet, and we certainly like it when you find yourself in gravel or on asphalt’s marbles.

With pricing startling in the low $20s and around $3K in incentives on a moderately equipped Titanium trim, you can buy the base Fusion for around $300 per month (with 20 percent down), or consider leasing the Titanium trim for around $300 per month.

In any guise the Fusion offers substantial bang for the buck. Drive this, drive Ford’s comparable — we’ll guess — Edge crossover, and then do the math. But do it while Ford still provides the comparison.

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

the shape of things

Adding challenge to at-home workouts

By Stefanie Tapke

stefanietapke@gmail.com Exercise equipment is convenient, and to some of us, maybe even essential for working out. Sometimes, however, we find ourselves without access to equipment, and we are left with only our own body to utilize as a tool

when it comes time to work out.

Historically, some have argued that bodyweight exercises alone are not enough to earn a chiseled physique like that of a regular weightlifter, but this could not be further from the truth. The truth is body weight exercises are not for the meek. At-home workouts using bodyweight alone can be an extremely

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Contact us at info@katytrailweekly.com with your Community Calendar Event.

July 28

3333 Turtle Creek Blvd.

Dallas, 75219 214-521-2003

Arlington Hall at Oak Lawn Park – John Slate, City of Dallas archivist, is presenting “The Evolution of Cedar Springs, Oak Lawn and Turtle Creek Neighborhoods.” Conservancy arborist members and above receive two complimentary tickets. Visit bit.ly/jsi2018 to purchase tickets. 9:30 to 11 a.m. $10.

July 28

2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway Dallas, 75201 347-850-7609

Klyde Warren Park – KurioCity Games presents MetroDemic, a team game where players explore the Dallas Arts District on foot using a map that is updated in real time on their mobile phone. Participants will have 90 minutes to save as many lives as they can. 10 a.m. $35.

July 28

1515 Young St. Dallas,75201 214-670-1608

Dallas Public Library – The second annual Nature Expo, a gathering of community organizations and others interested in facets of the natural world, will be held. There will be informational tables, exhibits of live animals and more. 1 p.m. FREE!

July 28

300 W. Las Colinas Blvd.

Irving, 75039 972-810-1499

The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Popular comedian Bill Burr is appearing in two shows. He grew up in Boston and gained notoriety for his recurring role on the second season of “Chappelle’s Show.” 7 and 10 p.m. $49.50.

Now through July 29

2351 Performance Drive Richardson, 75082 972-744-4650

Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts – Brad Zimmerman brings his hit New York comedy to Texas this season in his highly praised autobiographical comedy, “My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy.” Showtimes are Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. $45-$65.

July 29

3511 Oak Lawn Ave. Dallas, 75219 214-219-1300

Scardello – Guests can enjoy a tasting of four beers paired with four cheeses. This is a come-and-go event. 3 to 5 p.m. $10.

July 31

10720 Preston Road, #1009B Dallas, 75230 214-484-4289

Interabang Books – Dallas native Leonard Volk will talk about his career as a photographer and author, and discuss his book everyday: photographs by Leonard Volk. 7 to 9 p.m. FREE!

WALLACE THE BRAVE

Picture of the Week Bullion at 400 S. Record St. has introduced a summer cocktail menu developed by Bullion beverage director and sommelier Andrew Schawel and lead bartender Bryan Nelson.

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Charity

Sp tlight

Wilkinson Center: Pathways Out of Poverty

Food pantries, job training, and education for people seeking self-sufficiency.

By Sally Blanton

sallyblanton455@gmail.com Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.

QW hat is your mission or highest purpose?

A The mission of Wilkinson Center is to trans-

form the lives of Dallas families by providing pathways to self-sufficiency with dignity and respect. Wilkinson Center began as a small food pantry at Munger Place Church in East Dallas.

Q H ow did your career path lead you to this

position?

My background was 30 years of experience in large and small nonprofit projects, as well as working as the president of a family business.

A

QW hy are you passionate about helping this

charity?

My passion is to help hard-working people get the education and training they need to earn a living that will provide stability and prosperity for their families.

A

QW hat is difficult about your job?

A Not having the money, time and people to help everyone who needs it.

QW hat is rewarding about your job?

A The courage and perseverance I see in our clients and students every day.

Q A bout how many people are served each year?

A About 10,000 come through our doors each year. We serve 2,800 families in our Food Pantry and 1,400 students in our Adult Education Programs.

QW hat percentage of every dollar raised goes to client/direct services?

Seventy-nine percent.

A

QW hat are your critical needs now, besides money donations?

A Supportive services such as childcare and

transportation to enable clients to work and students to attend classes. Employer partners to train and hire GED and English Language students.

QW hat upcoming fundraisers are on the calendar?

A The Spirit of Taos, hosted by the Friends of

Wilkinson Center, will be held at Scout at the Statler on Saturday, Sept. 29.

QW hat is your facility like?

A We have our Food Pantry on North Buckner Boulevard that is like a little neighborhood grocery store and our nine Adult Education sites vary by location from a college campus to a decommissioned elementary school, to libraries and a workforce center.

QW hat sort of volunteer jobs are available?

A The Food Pantry depends on volunteers

to help clients “shop” and keep our shelves stocked. We rely on Food Champions to lead food drives to supply the Pantry. We use volunteers to tutor and mentor Adult Students and to teach financial education. Church, business and school groups have drives so we can distribute backpacks, shoes, holiday food and toys.

QW hat is the most memorable

A

thing that has happened since you began?

Our Adult Education Program has grown from 350 students to 1,400.

Anne Reeder, executive director, answered this week’s questions.

by Will Henry

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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

Another poké restaurant pops up

By Dotty Griffith

dotty.griffith@yahoo.com

bowls are mosaics.

With a corresponding nod to design, a changing array of work by local artists decorates the walls, displayed on a monthly rotation. Local artists are encouraged to submit samples for display to art@pokeo. com. The minimalist white interior is a blank canvas for any medium. Angular tables and chairs in blonde wood and white are utilitarian and make the restaurant a small gallery with lots of natural light. Orchids on the tables lend vertical eye candy.

As to the menu, select a bowl by name or create your own. Signature

Hawaiian-style poké restaurants proliferate Uptown and around. Like Starbucks and 7-Elevens, they’re popping up everywhere.

Unlike the aforementioned brand names, these restaurants, serving bits of raw fish, vegetables and rice in bowls, aren’t giant chains. Yet. Virtually all aspire to franchise and spread like kudzu, Starbucks and 7-Elevens.

Right now, the main thing that differentiates poké here from poké there is location.

Menus are remarkably similar. Fast casual, order at the counter service, is the norm. If you get the yen for poké while in the Mockingbird Station area, you are in luck. Poké O recently opened on the ground floor, just below the Angelika Film Center.

Like most poké eateries, Poké is all the rage at Poké O. Poké O offers take-out. For bowls include salmon with eating in, most of the tables Mediterranean-inspired are high tops for communal add-ins and flavor profile. dining. Beer and sake are The Tex-Mex Shrimp Bowl options here. Live music is includes roasted corn and a promised. That could make spicy Sriracha-based sauce. the linger factor go way up.

The Spicy Ponzu Tuna Poké O stresses its arBowl leans Asian with edatistic aesthetic. The bowls mame and brown rice. The are artfully composed and Wasavo Coco Yellowtail presented, even more than combo got my serious attenthose of some competitors. tion with the silky, spicySwirls of Asian radish draw to-cool taste of the dressing the eye to the bowl. Addmade with wasabi and cocoin ingredients are placed nut milk. I’m a fan. in wedges for you to mix.

The Poké O Tofu Before you toss, Poké O Bowl relies on an Asian

vinaigrette for its flavor and punch.

Fact is, however, you can mix or match so many ways. You can add on additional ingredients such as crab, avocado, fish eggs and seaweed.

Of course, all the Asian accents relate to the Hawaiian origins of poké.

It’s a raw fish salad, sometimes an appetizer or a main course, that has become the Millennial chef ’s salad. It can be carb free by substituting quinoa or riced cauliflower for the rice in the bowl. It’s raw, full of veggies and packs a protein wallop, especially if edamame or tofu is added in. I expect 7-Elevens to be selling poké bowls soon. If they already are, please advise.

With so many poké restaurants trying to catch the wave, it’s hard to know how many can make it all the way to the beach, paddle out, ride again and again.

Poké O POKE O aspires to be more than just a place to pick up Hawaiian fish salad.

Owners are planning more locations in the U.S. and Chile “We’re artists, we’re chefs, we’re all involved in the world of beauty,” said Adnan Reguieg, one of the restaurant’s three co-founders. Poké O is betting that the artsy atmosphere will give them the advantage.

POKÉ O 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane Dallas, 75206 214-964-0801 poke-o.com

UPTOWN GIRL

Staying hot in the hottest of heat

By Ryann Gordon

ryannbgordon@yahoo.com The sun is out and shining, and the temperature is rising. It’s warm — no, it’s hot. Temperatures are breaking heat records all over the world, and here in Texas, just a walk to your car could set the day off to a sweaty start. The drops start beading on your forehead from the second you walk out the door, wetting your hair, flattening it and curling it in all the wrong places. Your face is shining, not in the good way, and your skin is darkening, burning from the sun. You can almost feel the wrinkles forming 10 years down the road as more and more freckles pop up on your shoulders.

You can only go so long looking like a sun kissed goddess with rays in her hair before you’re going to get burned, literally. Looking flawless in the heat can be hard, especially when you can feel the flaws dripping down your spine. Wet-n-wild sounds great and all, but smeared mascara and winddried pool hair isn’t how you pictured your summer look.

But with a little preparation and a few essentials on hand, you can conquer the summer heat and stay beautiful and protected through the rest of this wet, hot Dallas summer.

Tame the fro. Let the temperature decide whether you should wear your hair down or not, then use some frizz control and leavein conditioner and keep a

ponytail nearby in case the humidity kicks in. Rather than dealing with the fro, go for braids that’ll stay put and off your shoulders all day long. Opt for one, simple Ryann braid, funky, double braids, intricate French braids that connect to one or random, mini braids dotted throughout your hair, and feel the chill run through you as the breeze hits your neck.

Another great essential to have on hand for when your hair begins to fall is something to simply cover it up. Keep a small, floppy hat or head wrap on you and throw it on when things take a turn for the worst. Make sure to go with something lightweight like straw, so you still have some ventilation.

Makeup check. The best way to keep your makeup on point through the heat is to utilize your “less is more” mindset, so take advantage of that and assert your natural beauty with confidence.

Find the areas of your face where you dominate, whether it’s your eyebrows, lips, eyes, cheekbones, etc. and play up your strong suits.

As far as your weak suits go, there’s concealer for that.

Use a moisturizer with SPF then cover up the bags under your eyes and any other imperfections with concealer and let your skin breathe for a minute — or all day. There is nothing more annoying than wiping the sweat off

your forehead just to find a wet, brown stain on your shirt. So save yourself the breakout and use a light, mineral bronzer instead of Gordon foundation, brush a subtle blush over your cheekbones and dot some highlighter on the cheeks and nose.

Prim and protect.

Sunscreen is easy to forget, especially when you already have a tan, but even easier to regret the day after. Try to use sunscreen on your face every day (many cosmetic brands carry oil-free makeup and moisturizer with SPF in it), invest in a lip balm with SPF and have a bottle of higher-SPF sunscreen prepared for days outside.

Luckily for us, our eye protection is perhaps the most fashionable and classic summer staple of all.

Whether you’re rocking a trendy, retro look with vintage shades or clean, new Ray Bans, don’t forget your glasses’ most important function — to block your eyes from the sun. You can also do this with accessories like hats and scarves.

Make sure you readily use insect repellent as well to protect yourself from potentially harmful bugs and mosquitos. For a less-greasy alternative, make your own homemade insect repellent of citronella, cloves, tea tree or another essential oil, Witch Hazel and vegetable oil.

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recipe of the week

Bowl dressed to thrill

DOTTY GRIFFITH

The Wasavo Coco Yellowtail combo with coconut wasabi ginger lime.

By Dotty Griffith

of personal sauce faves.

It gets its When it comes to kick from poké, the dressing makes wasabi, the the bowl, imparting fiery green distinctive flavor to meld Japanese the disparate ingredients horseradish into a coherent dish.

Dotty Griffith paste, that is Many of these traditional potions may also be used with sushi. as sauces for dipping or as the Adjust the heat with more or pour-over for a protein, such less wasabi. as grilled fish or chicken.

This recipe is my Coconut Wasabi interpretation of the delicious Ginger Lime Dressing flavors of Poke O Wasavo Coco dressing. Whether 2/3 cup unsweetened using it on a homemade poké coconut milk 2 teaspoons cornstarch bowl or over greens, grilled 3 to 5 teaspoons wasabi or shrimp or stir-fried pork, to taste this smoothly spicy sauce 3 teaspoons fresh grated will go to the top of your list dotty.griffith@yahoo.com

ginger 1 to 2 teaspoons lime juice or to taste In a small saucepan over low heat, stir together the coconut milk and cornstarch.

Cook and stir, uncovered, over low heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Set pan off heat to cool.

In a small mixing bowl, combine wasabi paste, grated ginger, and 1 to 2 teaspoons lime juice. Stir in thickened coconut milk mixture and cool, covered, in refrigerator.

Serve as salad dressing or sauce.

Makes 2/3 cup.

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By Candy Evans

candace@candysdirt.com We continue our Vacation Home report this week from one of the most active second home communities only 45 minutes from Dallas, a home on the Candace Evans range that gives you everything but the work! As you know, we cover real estate every day at CandysDirt.com, but did you know about our vacation home blog, SecondShelters.com?

Most second home shoppers build vacation home dreams on one or two activities — the beach, the lake or the hills. But buyers at the 505 Ranch Club are getting three or more activities to fill the lazy days of weekends and turn every day into an experience. The private, exclusive enclave on Cedar Creek Lake, one of the largest lakes in the state, sits on one and a half miles of sparkling shoreline. There is water, there are 505 acres (hence the name) of dense woods to explore on foot, skeet shooting, target practice, trail rides, mountain biking, and unlike most vacation home communities, each home is set far apart from its neighbor, as if you were living in the middle of the woods.

The 505 Ranch Club also offers one of the top equestrian centers in North Texas, with ample paddocks and corrals, all available to owners at their whim but no upkeep. The shared ownership ranch concept marries the carefree freedom and fun of the ranch experience. But it almost completely eliminates the back-breaking hard work!

Still, the best part may be just pure geographical luck: when you buy your vacation home at the 505 Ranch Club, your no-maintenance ranch is only a 45-minute drive from Preston Center. Fifty-six private, waterfront home sites meander along the lake, dotting a 505-acre shared ranch. (Insiders say the total house population may only top 40 or less, as buyers snap up more acreage per purchase.)

And if you are not familiar with the shared ownership ranch concept, well get ready. City Slickers, you’ve met your nirvana. Enjoy the attributes of living on a ranch with zero work.

Realtor Suzanne Warner of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury has sold many homes to vacation home buyers on Cedar Creek Lake as well as local ranches. She says 505 Ranch Club buyers are looking for more than just a place to go on the weekend and vacations.

“They don’t want to just have a lake house, or a ranch, they want to have the lifestyle,” Warner said. “And the 505 offers you both the fun of living on the lake with a full ranch at your disposal.” And now, a new offering for the future is a private polo and equestrian facility that will provide homeowners with exciting events, membership programs, riding lessons, polo lessons, and boarding and stabling opportunities.

In recent vacation home surveys from the National Association of Realtors, buyers say the ideal vacation home is located within a two hour drive of their primary residence.

“The drive to the 505 Ranch Club is not a stressful drive at all,” Warner said. “In fact, it’s downright peaceful. It’s just enough time to make a few calls and wrap up the hustle.”

Because of the close proximity, homeowners tend to enjoy their lake homes at the 505 Ranch Club more often. Owners find their “second” home to be more year-round, so much that some end up living in their vacation home permanently, reverse commuting for work or working from home. It is not uncommon for homeowners to gather the family into the 505 Ranch Club for a holiday stay, since DFW is only an hour away.

“That’s closer than almost any other lake community I know of,” Warner said. “We all love Colorado but it takes one, sometimes two plane trips to reach the destination.”

Once there, homeowners have their pick of amenities. Put those phones away — children will not be glued to their phones or devices, there is too much to do. There is movement, activity, romping in the fresh outdoors. Check out a board game at the owner’s lodge, ride at the equestrian center, hop on the ATV course or head to the skeet range or stocked fishing ponds.

A full-time director of homeowners’ services and staff is on hand to make sure homeowners and their families are never bored or burdened with home maintenance while they are supposed to be having fun.

“It can be a true lock and leave,” Warner said. “You never have to change a bed, do the sheets, clean the house — we can even have your kitchen stocked, counters wiped, and your boats gassed and serviced.”

Having a party? Try celebrating special events at your lake house with special friends. The club offers full catering services

Coldwell Banker Global Luxury

This lake house, located at 447 Sun Valley, is part of the 505 Ranch Club at Cedar Creek Lake. from event-planning to clean-up. And the community hosts quarterly events, including pop-up dinners with local chefs (the most recent one was by Chef David Anthony Temple, also known as Chef DAT), helicopter rides over the property, and skeet shooting events using Firebird clays, and high-end equestrian entertainment.

“For families, kid-wise, the Ranch Club is really ageless — your kids can grow up here, create wonderful memories,” she said. “There’s everything from bounce houses on the Fourth of July to ATV riding for the older kids.”

The age range of buyers is from young professional millennials to retirees and empty nesters. Warner recently sold a home to a doctor and his wife with a two-year-old, so the age range is varied.

Lots can range from one to four acres, depending on homeowner's preference. Land pricing starts at $325,000 and are mostly priced according to linear waterfrontage.

“We will never be a dense community,” Warner said. “We’re projecting that there will probably only be about 35 homes, and we’re already close to 80 percent sold.”

The entire development is the brainchild of Eastern Partners, who are responsible for luxury communities all over the country — from a condo project on the banks of Lake Travis to the Villas at Cortina in Telluride, Colo. The 505 Ranch Club concept was to be able to have a ranch, lake and equestrian atmosphere all in one.

Warner said each home built is crafted so painstakingly, you will never see cookie cutter. “We only do one spec home at a time,” she said. The current spec home, located at 447 Sun Valley, is on the market and is definitely a showstopper.

Designed by Jerry Coleman, the 4,863-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath home sits on 1.32 heavily treed acres of waterfront property, guaranteeing lakefront views.

Coleman’s experience in building luxury homes has resulted in a clean-lined, rustic ranch and lake house.

The home is built for entertaining, and with only the best finishes and top appliances. The open kitchen offers a Bertazzoni cooktop, wine fridge, a Bosch refrigerator and quartz countertops.

Oak floors traverse the common areas, with carpet in the bedrooms. Slate flooring, quartz countertops and tile finish out the master bathroom, and the upstairs bathrooms feature Macabus counters and stone flooring.

The home boasts the finest quality of finishes including hardwood flooring, heavy beams, natural stones and quality

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millwork,” Warner said. Throughout the home, reclaimed beams accent tall ceilings, and a Isokern wood-burning fireplace will provide the perfect spot for winter lake living, too.

Outside, there is more space for entertaining, including wide patios and a screened porch overlooking the lake, plus a space ready for you to grill up a steak or two, since the gas tap has already been installed.

The 505 Ranch Club at Cedar Creek Lake will host an open house at its newest home Sunday, July 29, from 1 to 5 p.m. This is one part of Texas you simply HAVE to see… get those suitcases ready!

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HISTORY ON THE TRAIL

On July 2, Willard R. Baker passed away peacefully in his sleep in Dallas.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 27 at Sparkman-Hillcrest at 3 p.m. The name may not mean much to the thousands of youngsters in the real estate business today, but it should be remembered. Here is the short version of Willard’s story.

Willard was born Sept.

10, 1930 in Reece, Texas (between Frankston and Jacksonville on Highway 175). His parents survived the Great Depression by cultivating a small farm.

Willard worked odd jobs growing up and entered the University of Texas in Austin, where he finished one year, then, with the Korean War in full swing, he joined the U.S. Air Force. Eventually, he entered cadet training and f light school to become a pilot. That war ended before Willard received his

wings, so his service was completed during the Cold War, including f lying F-86 fighters and a reconnaissance plane in Alaska, doing secret work I cannot discuss. Yours truly had a parallel career at the same time f lying jet bombers.

Willard and I both completed our active duty in 1958 and remained in the reserve for several more years.

In 1958, Willard married Martha West of Houston, a Braniff f light attendant, and entered SMU where he completed his education, including SMU Law School, using the GI Bill. While in school, he worked at Fox & Jacobs, learning all about planning, executing and managing real estate projects.

At SMU, he was very impressed by a guest lecturer, Trammell Crow, who later became Willard’s partner in Baker-Jones-Crow. This new company soon developed multi-family and mixed use projects in Tyler,

Longview, Shreveport, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Denver and Oklahoma City.

After a split with Jones, The Baker-Crow Company became a new partnership, with Willard using his excellent long-term vision to develop large master planned communities.

He became close friends with Joe Stalcup, Trammell Crow’s lead council, who became Wayne Swearingen Willard’s long-time advisor. As president of Willard Baker with his wings.

Baker-Crow Company, the market and rents and Willard oversaw more property values began a than 20 partnerships from free-fall. This period was 1965 to 1977 in Texas, known within Trammell Oklahoma, Arkansas, Crow’s empire as “The Big Louisiana and Colorado.

Squeeze.” It became necThese included apartment essary for Willard to split development, conversions with Crow, although they to condos, townhouse remained friends through development and land the rest of their careers. development.

For a while, Willard In 1974, before the tax struggled with liquidity laws were changed, the commercial real estate industry had grossly overbuilt History cont'd on page 9

Your Stars this Week

by Stella Wilder

The coming week is likely to require of most individuals a far greater diligence than usual when it comes to cleaning up, one after another. What this means is that one must be responsible not only for his or her messes but also for those left by others. There is likely to be far more to tend to this week than any one person can handle alone; the need for cooperation is paramount. Some may wonder why the urgency, and what value cleanliness really has in the grand scheme of things — but one will surely have a clear answer when his or her plans cannot pan out because of what someone else may have left in the way.

It may seem quite easy for some to say they are not going to pitch in, but that’s not likely to be a viable option as long as they are in the game at all. One must "pay to play" this week, and everyone is part of the team, whether literally or figuratively. It can feel good to do what must be done!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) It may be your turn to be the hero this week; you know what waits to be done — and you know how to do it better perhaps than anyone else. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You may be thinking too far ahead at this time and overlooking an immediate matter that must be confronted before anything else.

Get a second opinion!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) You must stick to the plan this

week in order to keep from playing mind games with yourself.

Don’t imagine there’s more to do than there is! (Sept. 8-Sept.

22) – It’s a good week to focus on the more mundane requirements of each and every day. Tackling these issues adds up, and you will have accomplished much!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You may not have as many choices as some others this week, but that can work in your favor. The path you must take is straight and narrow. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – Your alliances may be shifting slightly at this time. Concentrate on key options with friends, but don’t let others know ahead of time what choices you will make.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You can do much to ease rising tensions at home. Start by focusing on the things that everyone around you can see and acknowledge. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – You may be wishing that you had never started something that’s become far more difficult than expected — but it’s too late to go back now.

Keep moving forward!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) You can turn a long wait into a productive period. Use the time you’ve been given to make a plan and sort out a domestic problem.

(Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You needn’t follow anyone else’s template as you do something new and challenging this week. You can find an

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Off the mark

Baker was a great gentleman developer

By Wayne Swearingen

15. Petal-like leaves 16. Ride at anchor (2 wds.)

17. Perrier alternative 18. Rhone tributary 19. Fishtails 21. Got closer (2 wds.)

30. Pulsate 31. Large hawk 34. MCCXII/III 36. You don’t —!

38. Sheik colleague 39. Rancid 40. Show in the summer 42. Garnish 44. Baba au — 45. Modicum 46. Young quadruped 48. Metal-making giant 50. Distinct periods 52. — mater 53. Grassy tract 54. Parthenon goddess 55. Not lukewarm 58. Penn and O’Casey 60. Tie 62. Pad location 65. Hosts’ pleas 67. Gator kin 70. Eurcountry 71. — -relief 72. Oops! (hyph.)

74. Engages in a joust 76. Mesopotamia, once 79. Laird 81. Veld stalkers 83. Band instrument 85. Steam comes from it 86. Dendrite’s place 87. Swedish actress

effective way of getting it done.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You’ve been repeating patterns that are not healthy for you or anyone else around you, but this week you can change things for the better. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – Thinking that you’ve been left alone to deal with a difficult situation isn’t an accurate assessment; you’re overlooking several options.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You may not be thrilled with the way things progress this week, but if you buckle down, you can get past this brief period of discontent. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – Now is not the time to think in terms of permanence; you must deal with things in a more immediate, short-term manner in order to keep moving forward.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) A friend agrees to help you out, but this mustn’t be taken as a sign that you can let down at all; indeed, you must increase your overall output! (March 6-March 20) – Going from here to there and back again takes up more time and energy than you had anticipated; you must rely on others to do what you cannot.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) You can turn an otherwise rather tedious job into something fun and rewarding this week if you

Copyright 2018 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. know how to tap into a group dynamic at home. (April 5-April 19) – You may have to set certain things aside this week in order to assist an ally who has more to do than he or she was counting on.

You can share the load!

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) A friend is willing to shadow you this week to ensure that you don’t leave anything in your wake that could slow others down. (May 6-May 20) – A cancellation actually works to your advantage this week, despite the initial disappointment you are likely to feel.

You’re able to address many key issues.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You may fear that you’re asking too much of those who are loyal to you — but that’s not the case.

They are more than willing to help! (June 7-June 20) – You may not be able to tell what’s bothering you until you have talked through all possible issues. Even then, something still doesn’t feel quite right.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) You can be someone else’s champion this week and fight the good fight when he or she has run out of steam. This is sure to benefit you as well. (July 8-July 22) – Doing things the way you know how to do them is all that can be asked of you; those who ask anything more don’t know you as well as they think they do.

● 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 7-29-18

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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ACROSS

44. Jazzy refrain 47. Sudden thought 49. Long past 51. Cosmonaut’s lab 52. Rani’s servant 56. Animal foot 57. Perfume bottles 59. Cat or cow ender 61. Full 63. MsHagen of films 64. More upscale 66. Antony the Roman 68. Harley competitor 69. Beach near Los Angeles 73. Facetious tribute 75. Mumbai attire 77. Heron or egret 78. Team cheers 80. Ear bone 82. Microsoft product 84. Toronto’s prov.

85. Calf protector 89. Bug out 91. Haul off (2 wds.)

94. Mouse alert 95. Perforation 97. Lost a lap 99. Jetty 100. Brass instruments 103. Yacht wood 105. Meddle 107. June and May 111. Aftershock 113. Psyche’s suitor 115. Mixes it up?

117. Villain’s laugh 118. Sailors’ lure 120. Singer — Hendryx 122. Cuts 124. Winter festival 125. RR drivers 126. 1860s initials 128. Cheerful tune

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movie trailer

Cruise on a mission in ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’

By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood

In “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” Tom Cruise hangs from a helicopter, leaps from one London rooftop to the next and goes full throttle on a motorcycle around the Arc de Triomphe. Please keep in mind it’s all being done by a 56-year-old human being who carries this entire movie franchise on his shoulders. The insurance coverage alone for Cruise has to account for a huge chunk of this action flick’s budget.

Every penny is perfectly spent. Returning director/writer Christopher McQuarrie has not only crafted one of the slickest, most thrilling action movies in years, he’s written an intelligent script with more backstory into Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and several

subtle homages to the previous “M:I” films. “Fallout” should relieve the stink of “The Mummy” from Cruise’s resume and firmly re-establish him as Earth’s favorite movie star.

“Fallout” brings back the majority of the cast from the previous three or four films. Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Monaghan, Rebecca Ferguson, and, of course, Ving Rhames (he’s appeared in the entire series) all return and it allows for a sense of continuity while still operating in a singular, contained story.

However, the smartest move that McQuarrie’s script makes is the return of Sean Harris’ terrorist bad guy, Solomon Lane. The villains in this series have been fairly one note evil dudes destined to lose to Ethan Hunt. Harris’s Lane is the perfect foil for Ethan and

Paramount Pictures

Tom Cruise stars in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout.” he’s so twisted and creepy that it’s a definite possibility his dastardly plans may actually succeed.

Those plans involve a shadowy terrorist group’s attempt to acquire three nuclear warheads. After a spectacular mission failure, Ethan, Luther and Benji are required by the director of the CIA (Angela Bassett) to bring August Walker (Henry Cavill) along in their efforts to recover the warheads first.

Since this is a “Mission: Impossible” flick, there are approximately one dozen plot twists and a massive moment that could possibly be telegraphed if you had a moment to catch your breath. The action is nonstop and shot so perfectly by cinematographer Rob Hardy that it’s nearly impossible to realize where everything is

heading until it smacks you in the face.

The showstopper happens fairly early on when Ethan executes a high altitude, low opening parachute jump from an airplane.

Make no mistake, that is not CGI. That is, in fact, Tom Cruise leaping from an airplane at approximately 25,000 feet.

Overall, “Fallout” definitely benefits from the lack of CGI and dependence on practical effects. It allows the camera to stay on Cruise without quick edits or camerawork designed to obscure his face. When Ethan leaps from a building, recovers and limps off, it’s believable and one of the many reasons

this movie keeps your heart racing.

There’s little doubt that Cruise is fully committed to this role and franchise.

You can point at countless times when stars phone it in while playing the same role over and over, but that can’t even be argued in this case. At some point, it may be okay to acknowledge his age in the role ... but not if the franchise continues to pump out fantastic entries like “Fallout.”

Simply put, “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” is perhaps the action movie of the year and establishes the franchise as the most clever, original and thrilling one currently in production.

Uncle barky's bites

Frightening ‘Castle Rock’ shows up on Hulu

By Ed Bark

unclebarky@verizon.net Screen adaptations of Stephen King’s work long ago entered the realm of countless.

Ah, but Hulu’s “Castle Rock” turns out to be a frightmare apart from the likes of “Carrie,” “The Shining,” “It,” “Cujo,” “Under the Dome,” “Pet Sematary,” “Christine,” “Bag of Bones,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Salem’s Lot” to name just a few.

As the opening credits note, “Castle Rock” is “based on characters and settings” created by Stephen King, which means that its story revisits some of his old haunts without otherwise borrowing from one of his previous novels or short stories. It’s instead taking pages from FX’s “Fargo” series, which was inspired by the classic Joel and Ethan Coen film but told all-new stories populated by original characters.

The brothers gave executive producer Noah Hawley their blessing and otherwise pretty much stayed away. King similarly is taking a mostly hands-off approach with “Castle Rock” after giving the go-ahead.

A production team headed by J. J. Abrams (“Lost,” “Alias” and several “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” feature films) also

hopes to replicate the “Fargo” motif of new tales and casts each season. Hulu’s first go-around with “Castle Rock” will have 10 episodes, and the initial three were made available for streaming on July 25. TV critics were allowed to pre-screen a fourth episode as well. Based on what I’ve seen, this seems to be another pretty terrific handoff, with Abrams and the writers leaving a number of King-related “Easter eggs” hiding in plain sight while also ratcheting up the atmospheric tension.

The small burg of Castle Rock, Maine has been terrorized by Cujo the rabid dog among other things. Hulu also makes King’s famed Shawshank State Prison a focal point. It’s where a hollow-eyed, pale as milk young man known as “The Kid” (Bill Skarsgård) is discovered caged in an abandoned basement wing. Who put him there and why? Well, let’s just say that warden Dale Lacy (Terry O’Quinn) seemingly has the answers, but isn’t going to divulge them in the present tense — as you’ll see soon enough. Lacy then steps in as a narrator, dropping dollops of cryptic intel about what’s infesting Castle Rock.

Meanwhile, Henry Deaver (André Holland), adopted African-American son of white parents, has f led to Houston and is specializing in representing death row inmates. As an 11-year-old, he had disappeared for 11 days in 1991 during the height of an unforgiving Castle Rock winter. Town sheriff Alan Pangborn (Scott Glenn in present day) had been out searching for reasons of his own when the presumed dead young Henry suddenly materialized. The kid then was suspected of foul play in the death of his minister father.

A grown Henry reluctantly returns to Castle

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Rock after “The Kid,” who’s otherwise been mostly mute, speaks his name to young prison guard Dennis Zalewski (Noel Fisher). Henry’s mother, Ruth (Sissy Spacek of “Carrie” movie fame), is now aff licted with dementia and living with Pangborn, who also was a character in King’s “Needful Things” and “The Dark Half.” Retired from law enforcement, he looks dried up but retains a dry wit. One of the simple, but highly pleasurable moments of “Castle Rock” comes in Episode 2, when Pangborn orders an over-priced beer at a hoity toity hotel bar while trying to warn the new prison warden (Ann Cusack) about her mysterious, newly discovered inmate.

“Let’s try the six dollar Coors,” he says sardonically.

Henry’s childhood friend, Molly Strand (Melanie Lynskey), also re-materializes as a realtor/developer with a drug addiction. Her straitlaced sister so far is played only peripherally by Allison Tolman, who broke through in a big way as Molly Solverson in Season One of “Fargo.”

Spacek’s Ruth Deaver is more consequential but also almost an afterthought until Episode 4, when she works herself into a snarl via a take-notice scene with her son. “This is my home. I’ll leave it in a box,” she declares. “Don’t you try to take me to Texas. Don’t you dare.”

Holland is solid in the lead role of the

adult Henry, who’s played by Caleel Harris in those scene-setting earlier scenes. But it’s Glenn who’s stealing the show with his slow-to-burn Ed Bark disposition and tohell-and-back mug.

Here’s a guy who’s seen things and then very likely covered them up. But what? And why? Skarsgård (Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the feature film version of “It”), stays completely and convincingly in character as the drama’s perhaps demon-seeded death merchant.

“Castle Rock” looks to be one of the best King things in years, even though the man himself serves primarily as a road map and blueprint. It’s nothing against him — because without him there’d be no foundation. But damned if FX didn’t turn “Fargo” into a series that rose to the level of the movie and arguably surpassed it.

And now here comes Hulu with a fighting chance to do the same over several seasons to come. Please, though, don’t send in the clowns. At least not this first time.

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

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Our Favorite Restaur ants Indian Masala Wok 6106 Luther Ln. 469-232-9390 Irish Pub

Black Friar 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 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 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 Mexican & Tex-Mex Bandito’s Tex-Mex Cantina 6615 Snider Plaza 214-750-6100 Campuzano Mexican Food 2618 Oak Lawn 214-526-0100

Musical cont'd from page 1 from the Paris Opera House. He has started a new life in New York amidst Coney Island freak shows, but he continues to long for his greatest, lost love, Christine Daaé. Meanwhile, talented Christine has become one of the world’s finest sopranos.

The shadowy Phantom manipulates a plot to lure back his love, Christine. Christine’s marriage to Raoul isn’t going well. When she gets an invitation to perform at a renowned opera house in New York, she is beyond thrilled. She, Raoul and their son, Gustave, travel to Manhattan, where Christine finds herself back in the grips of the Phantom.

In the role of the Phantom, Bronson Morris Murphy sets out to reignite his love for Christine, who is played by Meghan Picerno. Sean Thompson captures the role of Raoul Vicomte de Chagny, and Madame Giry is played by Karen Mason.

According to producers, “Andrew Lloyd Webber said he knew about five minutes into WEATHER cont'd from page 1 research meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.

On the way, Zender said, the dust cloud drops minerals to the earth, fertilizing the ocean. It also stops hurricanes from forming, Dunion said. “The dry air, the very strong winds and the warming that we get in these dust outbreaks … all act to suppress the hurricane activity.”

They stop storms from forming on land, too.

Since storms are the main thing that helps cool Texas in the summer, the dust’s presence adds to MULL cont'd from page 3 They want to mingle, stand up, drink and talk to their friends.

You cannot operate a multipurpose venue with minor league baseball and not have beer and wine. It is the lifeblood of the organization. When you go to a ball park, you want to have a hot dog, some popcorn, and have a beer or a soft drink.”

Even though the park will have eight private suites, Schuster is very high on the

Chipotle Mexican Grill 2705 McKinney Ave. 214-871-3100 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 Middle Eastern Food From Galilee 6710 Snider Plaza 214-750-0330 Moroccan

until completion of his first post Crow project in Carrollton at Marsh Lane and Trinity Mills, where he planned and developed single family lots and sold them to Centennial Homes. In 1977, he created Willard R. Baker Development Company and in 1996, Intermark, Inc. The list of successful projects is too long to list here, but one interesting transaction bears note.

During the recovery of liquidity in the early 2000s, Baker’s Point on Lake Grapevine had been deeded over to Cullen Frost Bank, and later sold.

The new owner contacted Willard Baker and asked him to find a buyer. After all those years

Souk 3011 Gulden Ln, #114 469-458-2233

St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin 2730 Commerce St. 214-698-1511

Vertskebap 7949 Walnut Hill Ln. 469-726-2855

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

Spanish Café Madrid 4501 Travis St. 214-528-1731

Vegetarian Cosmic Cafe 2912 Oak Lawn 214-521-6157

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

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

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

Steaks Dee Lincoln Steak & Burger Bar 2626 Howell St. 214-754-4949 Dunston’s Steak House 5423 W. Lovers Ln. 214-352-8320

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

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

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

seeing its first run-through that he and the new production team had achieved something special.

Lloyd Webber said, ‘I have the great joy of being able to say that I think this production is probably the finest one I could ever, ever hope for.’”

The new tour director is Simon Phillips, who directed “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — The Musical.” There are new set and costume designs by Gabriela Tylesova. New choreography is by 2011 Astaire Award-winner Graeme Murphy.

Nick Schlieper is the lighting designer and sound design is by Mick Potter.

The book is by Ben Elton and based on The Phantom of Manhattan. Music is by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater and additional lyrics by Charles Hart. Orchestrations are by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Cullen.

Tickets for the Dallas engagement of “Love Never Dies” can be purchased at dallassummermusicals.org or by phone at 1-800-745-3000. They are also available in person at the Music Hall at Fair Park Box Office, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the intense heat. “In the net, this dust helps cool the planet a bit, just a little, but every bit of cooling we can get to offset global warming gasses is helpful,” Zender said. More Saharan dust clouds are expected in the Dallas area this summer.

Perhaps the most important role the dust plays happens when it’s not heading to Texas, but in the winter when it visits South America. That’s when the nutrient-rich remains of those long-dead microorganisms fertilize the Amazon rainforest, Zender said. “Great Mother Africa still sort of feeds its former child South America with nutrients from the African desert,” he says.

ambiance that Reverchon delivers. “We don’t think Reverchon should cater to a big corporate market,” Schuster said.

“Reverchon should be about people coming down the trail on their bike or walking there or taking an Uber. It should be an experience for the family.”

Teams will be made up of 22 players and two on an injured reserve list. Clubs will operate under a salary cap.

“Getting the players is one of the easiest parts. It is very

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counter intuitive. Major League Baseball drafts 30 rounds of guys every year. Let’s say they sign 60 percent of those guys.

There are really good players that may be released out of spring training or during the season. The market will be f looded with great players. We will be known as the league of second chances.”

It is fitting that Schuster is giving baseball in Dallas and Reverchon Park a second chance.

SOLUTION TO THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE

since he had passed his Texas Broker’s exam in the early ’60s as an SMU law student, Willard finally used his broker’s license and made the sale of Baker’s Point. It is now known as The Gaylord Texan.

There are several names that have been brought up as potential members of our North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors Hall of Fame, who never received the honor. Willard R. Baker is certainly one of those and has my vote today. Happy f light, Captain.

Wayne Swearingen, CRE, is a principal at Barclay Commercial Group and lives adjacent to Katy Trail. Contact him at wswearingen@barclaycom.com.

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SCENE AROUND TOWN

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Summer Pool Party “One Hot Night” Hotel Za Za

Grecia Garza, Brittany Wood, Brooke Novy, Elizabeth Ward Creel, Meredith Ashworth

Andrew Afifian, Ted Smith

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Les Femme du Monde Announcement Party Home of Penny Reid and Tom Nolan

Woman of the Year Sandra Chapman and Don Chapman

Gala Co-Chair Mari Epperson, Penny Reid, President Venise Stuart, Gala Co-Chair Melissa Lewis

Unlocking Leadership Dallas Women’s Foundation Home of Ashlee and Chris Kleinert

Roslyn Thompson, Ellinore Baker, Betty Suellentrop, Betty Regard, Ashlee Kleinert

“A Passion for Gardens” Arboretum’s Women’s Council Home of Barbara Hunt Crow

President Linda Spina, Dorothea Meltzer, Honorary Chair Barbara Hunt Crow, Event Chair Michelle Mew

Sharla Bush, Terry Irby

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Sergio’s is a full service neighborhood jewelry store.

The birthstone for July is Ruby.

"The gleaming Ruby should adorn, All those who in July are born, For thus they'll be exempt and free, From lover's doubts and anxiety."

We appraise jewelry and coins. Custom designing is our specialty. We use CAD software and 3-D wax printing.

We replace batteries and repair watches.

All jewelry repair is done on site.

While-you-wait repair service is available.

We also re-string pearls and beads.

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Range Café among best Make recycling a priority

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Dessert display case at the Range Café in Albuquerque.

By Michael Wald

wald.world@yahoo.com Albuquerque’s Range Café stands out among many mediocre choices in Albuquerque for exciting destinations for food and drink. I visited the location at Wyoming and Montgomery, which sits on an unimpressive shopping center pad in an otherwise unnoticeable section of town, only to learn they have opened four newer locations in town, and still have the original restaurant in nearby Bernalillo that opened in 1992. Even though you wouldn’t know it is there, folks who do know beat a path to this wonderful place.

What makes it so good? I took a look to find out.

As you enter, there is invariably a line waiting.

You sit in front of the bakery cases while your mouth waters thinking about getting some after your meal. There is also counter seating, which was full when I visited. When we were called back to our table, around the corner, you could see the space is actually quite small and includes an actual bar that is not in any way separate from the eating area. If you want a late night dessert or just a coffee, don’t wait for a table. Head right for the bar. It was nearly empty even though the wait out front took a little while.

Let’s start at the beginning… the coffee here was superb! I don’t think I have had better anywhere. What’s the secret? Well, an article on the top of the dessert display told the story, although it wasn’t positioned to be able to be easily seen, covered by a menu holder. I made a certain effort to read it. Turns

out the coffee here is a story in itself.

It comes from a Colombian coffee farm, Villa Myriam, that started in the 1960s. The sons of the owners of the farm relocated to Albuquerque and now the beans that are hand-picked in Colombia are roasted in Albuquerque and distributed locally.

This Colombian coffee is what has made Colombia famous for coffee, and is now available at Range Café.

Sitting in front of the dessert display I couldn’t help but notice the fresh baked black-and-white cookies being offered. These are rarely found outside New York City where they are iconic.

Reports are these cookies at the Range Café are as good as in New York!

The menu is classic American diner with a heavy influence of New Mexico.

That means there is an abundant amount of spicy green and red chilies used in the cooking, as well as other Southwestern favorites. They aren’t keeping secrets … they sell a cookbook of their dishes so you can try your favorite recipes at home.

When inside the restaurant, notice the art pieces around the walls. Many of the pieces are for sale. They are all interesting, and you might want to acquire one as a souvenir of your time here.

Even the minutest details are important here. The furniture is designed especially for the

restaurant by a famous furniture maker.

The Range Café is a favorite of Bill Clinton. He visited the original location both during his presidency and during his wife’s campaign. Barack Obama visited during his campaign. It’s the type of down-home restaurant with which politicians like to associate.

In addition to politicians, many celebrities have eaten here. The tradition is for them to sign a plate.

Legend has it that Cameron Diaz refused, and the staff didn’t ask Serena Williams in time before she left. The menu lists a lot of other lore surrounding the Range Café.

For a fun time with good food, check out the Range Café next time you’re in Albuquerque. If they recognize you, by all means, sign a plate!

Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise in Panama adventure travel. He blogs about travel and other musings at www.

UntraveledPlaces.com. Follow him @UntraveledPlace and see where he is off to next.

DOWNTOWN

Adolphus cinema series continues Consider it a poolside “dive-in” movie.

The Pool Adolphus on the seventh floor of The Adolphus at 1321 Commerce St. continues its “Summer Cinema Series” on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 8:30 p.m. with the 1988 Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture “Working Girl” directed by Mike Nichols,

the film stars Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver.

The event series will feature a different cult-classic film from various decades, each Wednesday night on the property’s seventh floor pool deck, an urban oasis in the middle of Downtown Dallas. In addition to the pool’s menu

of light summer-inspired bites, concession-style snacks will also be available for purchase.

The series is free of charge and open to the public, every Wednesday night through September.

Age restrictions will vary based on movie rating.

Valet parking will also be available.

– Macy Bales

THE ADOLPHUS

compost pile as well. Just be careful, as that stuff can make a mess. Your neighbors will not appreciate your former memos or bank statements blowing across their lawns.

Party items. When hosting a party, disposable paper plates (which you can also use for compost, although they take several weeks to break down) and plastic cups should be separated at the disposal point.

Make sure guests don’t throw them in one trash heap. Same process applies to beer and soda cans and plastic or glass bottles.

This can be a good project for the kids.

They collect the cans and can add to their piggy bank when they are sold back to a recycling center. Even better than a piggy

With the kids at home for the summer, now is a good time to teach the values of recycling.

It is reported that the average person in the U.S. generates four and onehalf pounds of waste every day. That is a staggering number, and a big reason why recycling is so important. Some communities have curb-side recycling. Some don’t, especially if you are in an apartment or condominium.

Garbage primarily goes to landfills, which create greenhouse gas emissions.

But it is estimated that 90 percent of all items going to a landfill could be recycled.

Recycling can save resources like energy and water, and it is just plain good for our earth.

Plus, recycling can save money if your sanitation department charges based on the volume of garbage you throw away Many libraries and post offices collect batteries for recycling. monthly.

But first, you bank, they can make and your family should know what is recyclable and what is not. Also, some recycling colorful coin banks out of 20 ounce or one liter centers will take some items and not take others. Go to earth911.com and find a cen- plastic bottles.

Printer ink carter near you, and contact them to see what tridges.

Never throw items they will accept. Some specialize in them in the trash. electronics, others may accept Styrofoam.

Always recycle at a There are also some private recycling cenbusiness supply store. ters that charge a small fee and allow unStephan Sardone Often you will receive limited drop-offs. It is good to do a little a discount on the reresearch first.

Before you start dividing up your items placement cartridge.

Old TVs, light bulbs and batteries. for recycling, consider donating items to Did you know that Best Buy will recycle a local charity, school, library or church. your TVs free of charge if you drop them Some may have recycling bins onsite, and off and for a flat fee if they pick them up? they can benefit financially when pick-ups Most home improvement centers will acare made. Books can be recycled, but may cept burned out bulbs. Many libraries and be of more value if put back into circulapost offices collect household batteries for tion by selling them or giving them away. recycling.

All of these items contain toxins Here are some common items that that create pollution in landfills. oftentimes get thrown in the garbage and Cardboard.

Don’t just think big boxes. should actually be recycled.

Remember shoe boxes, cereal boxes, pizza Direct mail, catalogues and greeting boxes, snack cracker boxes and any other cards. Keep a bin near your mailbox or type of similar packaging can be recycled. area where you pay bills. Envelops can be For once, think inside the box. recycled, even those with plastic windows.

Recycling around the house should be Now might be the perfect time to consider a family affair. After all, it is in the best going to paperless bill paying. interest of your children to have a safe, Shredded paper. Almost every curbhealthy environment for decades to come. side recycling program will accept shredSardone Design-Build-Remodel is locally ded paper, but put it in a separate bag so owned and operated.

Sardone, his wife and recyclers will know that it is ready for two daughters are Lake Highlands residents. processing. The paper can be added to a

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