2017 July Preston Hollow

ON THE COVER: E.M. Kahn & Co., located at the intersection of Elm, Main and Lamar streets, in 1920. Many Jewish immigrants owned businesses Downtown and in South Dallas before relocating to Preston Hollow in the 1950s. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DALLAS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OPENING REMARKS

By RICK WAMRE

Death by 1,000 bites

If the constant computation of our culinary choices doesn’t kill us first

Ifirst learned about killer foods on the Fourth of July in our backyard as I sweated over a sun-soaked grill cooking hot dogs and hamburgers for hungry party guests.

“You know that charring on the hot dogs causes cancer, right?” asked a helpful attendee, smiling as he twisted his verbal knife.

“No, I didn’t know that,” I said, parsing my words as carefully as James Comey, just in case some of the guests were recording my response for their class-action lawsuit.

He yammered on, explaining in detail about how a chemical reaction during the grilling process somehow turned a normal hot dog into a deadly tube of poison. Or something like that.

I have to be honest here: My consumption of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers diminished decisively as I pondered whether any hot dog (even an all-beef one hand-fed in its formative years by Nolan Ryan) was worth expediting my personal expiration date.

Eventually, I concluded that if eating an occasional charred hot dog was going to shorten my life by 15 minutes, I would accept that penalty.

And over time, that decision has led me to pull out my calculator any time I consider consuming one of the many foods on the “death” list.

Diet soda, for example: A new study determined it accelerates dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. I learned this only after consuming literal tanker-trucks full of Diet Dr Pepper over the years, so what to do? Was I so far gone already that continuing to slurp diet drinks was inconsequential to my future? Or like quitting smoking, would my body attempt to heal itself if I gave it better hydration?

One or two diet sodas a week, I fig-

ured, probably wouldn’t cause much more damage.

Burgers: I don’t eat that many, anymore, and if the meat stays away from the grill, maybe each patty only knocks 10 minutes from my life. Adding cheese, though — that’s another 10-minute subtraction, since my doctor says I’m one of those people who absorbs cholesterol from the atmosphere.

Same with cheesecake and key-lime pie — who knew each slice bursting with cholesterol and calories is probably costing me 30 minutes of life?

I started eating quinoa before I knew how to pronounce it because I heard it was good for us; I’m hoping every helping adds 10 minutes to my life.

I mentally weigh the pluses and minuses of substituting tater tots for french fries (minus 15 minutes) at every opportunity, and I’ve concluded that skinny fries are less deadly than the fat ones (skinny fries have less surface area to absorb grease) but that tater tots are probably 10 minutes more deadly still because their tasty protective batter seems even more absorbent.

Add in some milk (five minutes of fat), orange juice (10 minutes of brain shrinkage), red meat (20-30 minutes less life, depending on the cut), as well as the occasional salad (20 minutes to the good), fruit (I can’t decide if the sugar negatively outweighs the antioxidants) and the occasional alcoholic beverage (five minutes of good blood-thinning versus 10 minutes of worthless calories).

Time for a tally, I guess: One hotdog (-10), two beers (-10), a double-order of tater tots (-50 minutes) and some cheesecake (-30), and a meal I can consume in about 20 minutes may be shortening my life by 100 minutes.

Multiply that by 52, assuming I only step out of line once a week, and it turns out I’m only hastening my demise by about four days a year.

By my calculations, I can live with that.

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JULY 22

MOON DAY

Come celebrate the biggest space expo in the entire state at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. The featured speaker is Janet Kavandi, a veteran of three spaceflights.

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JULY 3

RANGER DANGER

The Dallas Park Rangers discuss how to best care for our parks and prepare for the Fourth of July.

Preston Royal Library, 5626 Royal Lane, 214.670.7128, dallaslibrary.org, free

JULY 4

FOURTH OF JULY PARADE

The annual Fourth of July parade starts at 10 a.m and winds down Midbury Drive. Kramer Elementary, 7131 Midbury Drive, hillcrestforest.org, free

JULY 5

SNAKE ENCOUNTERS

Daryl Sprout explores the world of snakes with magic, storytelling and comedy at 11 a.m. Bookmarks at Northpark Center, 8687 N. Central Expressway, 214.671.1381, dallaslibrary.org, free

JULY 28

THE PURPLE HULLS Identical twins and East Texas natives

Katy Lou and Penny Lea Clark will perform their unique harmonies with a variety of stringed instruments.

Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House, 9555 N. Central Expressway, 214.363.0044, unclecalvins.org, $15-$18

JULY 29

SUPERHERO STORYTIME

Stories about superheroes in every day situations are read for story time at 11 a.m. Dress as your favorite.

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JULY 30

VAN GOGH WORKSHOP

Paint your very own Van Gogh masterpiece with artist Melanie M. Brannan and a glass of wine from 2-4 p.m. North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Road, 214.363.5316, nhg.com, $65

ALONGSIDE ANNE FRANK

Neighborhood Holocaust survivor shares memories from the concentration camps

Story by ELISSA CHUDWIN | Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

Irma Freudenreich never believed she would die in Auschwitz or Bergen-Belsen.

“I had guts,” she says. “I had more guts than anybody.”

At 100 years, Freudenreich is the oldest Holocaust survivor living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Preston Hollow resident is proud that she has remained healthy since she contracted typhus in a concentration camp 72 years ago, although arthritis has limited her ability to walk.

Born in 1917, Freudenreich was raised in Lobsens, Germany, the youngest of six children. Her father didn’t take the threat of the rising Nazi regime seriously at first, even though his children were banned from school because of their faith.

“When Hitler came to power, my father was the first one to get to the concentration camp,” she says. “In the synagogue, he was the top man … They took off the cross from the Magen David, put his head through and marched him to the concentration camp.”

Freudenreich never saw her father walk through their hometown, humiliated. Her parents instructed her to run away with her siblings Ruth and Ernst, to hide

Irma Freudenreich, a Preston Hollow neighbor and Dallas’ oldest Holocaust survivor.

Nazis boarding into first class. If she was caught riding the train, she’d likely be killed. She waited until the soldiers boarded before she snuck into the last cabin.

“We went about 30 or 40 miles away from home. I jumped out of the train to keep myself alive,” she says, explaining that she worried the Nazis would search the train. “I would like to know if anybody else would have done that.”

She hid in a barn before walking the long journey to her hometown. Her family had already vacated her childhood home. A neighbor told her to empty the silver and other family valulables into the suitcase, and she snuck onto another train back to Lodz.

The contents of that suitcase saved her brother’s life. She used the silver to bribe Russians officials and smuggle Ernst out of Germany.

It wouldn’t be the only time Freudenreich put her siblings’ safety before her own. She met a man named Izy in Lodz, who proposed marriage despite their dire situation in a war-torn land. He discovered a safe place where the Jewish couple could hide underground until the conflict ended.

She refused to leave the ghetto without Ruth.

“I said, ‘No. I’m not married. When the war’s over and you find me, we’ll get married.’ I stayed with my sister. It was the last words from my mother: ‘Girls, keep together.’ I never forgot it.”

The Nazis eventually set their sights on liquidating the ghetto, forcing its occupants into cattle cars headed to Auschwitz. With barely any room to stand and no water, Freudenreich didn’t have enough room to cough on the arduous journey.

When they arrived at the concentration camp, they were divided into groups based on gender and age. Their heads were shaved and clothes were stripped. Completely bald, they couldn’t recognize one another anymore.

But the two sisters found a way to survive their months in Auschwitz. The barracks were crowded and filthy, so they slept outside in the cold until people inside died, making room for the others. Starvation became a familiar feeling.

“We finally got some soup,” she says. “But what they put in the soup — something, I don’t know what it was — none of the women menstruated for four to five years.”

סאלאד

Dallas’ forgotten Jewish neighborhood

The city’s Jews abandoned South Dallas for Preston Hollow. Why?

Story

by

ELISSA CHUDWIN

Photos courtesy of THE DALLAS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Pieces of Jewish history are planted throughout Preston Hollow.

Three of our neighborhood’s synagogues were established before the 20th century, when Dallas grew from a trading post to a boom town. At 142 years old, Temple Emanu-El is the oldest congregation in the state. The faith has long been honored on Northaven Road, home to the Jewish Community Center of Dallas since the 1960s.

Members of Congregation Shearith Israel in 1919.

Above: A family poses in front of their South Dallas home in 1923.

Left: Members of Hadassah Buds at City Park in 1934.

Our neighborhood may house many of Dallas’ Jewish schools and houses of worship, but the hub of Jewish life wasn’t always in North Dallas. German-Jewish immigrants seeking wealth as merchants settled south of downtown as early as 1858, before Preston Hollow was marked on a map.

Names like Sanger, Harris and Kramer were key players in the city’s development and shaped local history.

In the 1920s, Dallas’ most prominent Jewish community was in South Dallas. The neighborhood thrived until the late 1950s when these families moved north. Businesses shuttered, Jewish organizations relocated and the close-knit community slowly unraveled.

SOLIDARITY IN SOUTH DALLAS

The South Dallas where former Preston Hollow resident Harold Kleinman grew up doesn’t exist anymore. A bus doesn’t wind down the street to take kids to Hebrew school downtown. Neighbors don’t file into Tiferet Israel, Congregation Shearith Israel or Temple Emanu-El for services. Customers don’t scan the aisles of Reisberg’s Grocery or shop at Blatt’s bakery and delicatessen on Forest Avenue.

Before it was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the 2-mile road was one of the South’s largest Jewish settlements, writes Rose G. Biderman, who chronicles the faith’s history in Dallas

in the book “They Came to Stay.”

Forest Avenue separated wealthy and middle-class families, says Kleinman, whose son represents Preston Hollow as the District 11 councilman. Wealthy families owned mansions on Park Row and South Boulevard.

“South of Forest were nice neighborhoods, but not wealthy neighborhoods,” he says.

Kleinman’s parents bought a house on Peabody Avenue, a block south of Forest. His parents were Eastern European im-

migrants who ran a general store on Elm Street, where Club Dada is now.

Surrounded by Jewish neighbors and friends, Kleinman didn’t realize that anti-Semitism lingered throughout the city during 1930s, he says. Only a decade earlier, the Ku Klux Klan controlled City Hall and the police department, and even was celebrated at the State Fair of Texas in 1923.

But nothing seemed out of the ordinary to Kleinman, minus the rocks that occasionally pelted the side of the bus

Top: Temple Emanu-El’s South Boulevard location in 1917. Bottom: Members of Tiferet Israel at a congregational dinner in the 1940s.

on the way to Hebrew school.

“I didn’t feel like an ‘other’ or understand that there were others,” he says.

Tensions between German and Eastern European Jews were more obvious to Kleinman. Immigrants escaping anti-Semitic discrimination in countries like Russia poured into the neighborhood, says Debra Polsky, executive director of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society. They clung to Orthodox traditions, spoke little English and didn’t have much money in their pockets. The German community already assimilated to American culture and practiced reformed Judaism.

“The reform community felt a sense of responsibility, but at the same time, it’s not the people they wanted to socialize with,” Polsky says.

FLEEING NORTH

When World War II ended, Dallas’ population skyrocketed, and a housing shortage changed the face of the city. Soldiers returning from World War II sought affordable housing, and the suburbs began to blossom.

“Moving north, at that point, meant doing better,” Polsky says. “Soldiers coming home who wanted to start families realized they could get so much more for their money.”

Historically black neighborhoods were razed for factories and stores, Polsky says.

Above: Tiferet Israel’s groundbreaking ceremony at Grand Avenue and Edgewood Street in 1937. Left: Wolf Reisberg’s grocery store.

With nowhere else to go, they migrated to South Dallas without many welcoming neighbors.

Dynamite bombings and arson were common for black homeowners in the 1940s and ‘50, writes Jim Schutze in the book “The Accommodation.”

As black families continued to move in, white families packed up and moved out. The white flight that occurred in major cities like Boston and Chicago also changed the dynamics of Dallas.

“I don’t want to criticize what people did. That’s what happened,” says Kleinman, whose family moved to West Texas during the Great Depression. “There was white flight from Dallas, and the Jews were part of it. I’m upset by that. I’ve always thought segregation was terrible, and self-segregation is terrible, and forced segregation is even worse.”

The construction of Julius Schepps Freeway through the center of the neighborhood added a sense of urgency, Polsky says.

Kosher delis and Jewish businesses disappeared from South Dallas. Shopkeepers either retired or reopened their businesses along Lovers Lane, Pres-

ton Road or Preston Royal, Biderman writes. In the late 1950s, the city’s three prominent synagogues followed their congregations to Preston Hollow.

At that point, the synagogues were a gathering point in the community, where people planned their futures together, says Tina Israel, whose father was president of Tiferet Israel for 11 years.

“Some of the cultural places followed the population, because that’s where the business was,” Kleinman says.

The mass migration did not go unnoticed by the rest of Preston Hollow, although families experienced less discrimination than in the 1920s. Jewish and Christian families lived on the same streets, and their children attended school together.

Steve Kenny moved to a house on Brookshire Lane in the mid-1960s. The subdivision was predominately Jewish, he remembers, so it was common to see hosts of families walking to nearby synagogues on weekends.

“Some schools had nicknames from other schools,” he says. “They called Franklin ‘little Israel’ and Hillcrest

‘Hebrew High,’ because there was just so many Jewish kids who went to both schools.”

Israel was a student at Hillcrest in 1960. When Jewish holidays rolled around, the halls of the school seemed nearly vacant. Instead, teens spent the day with their families at the synagogue.

By the 1960s, the Jewish Community Center of Dallas was stationed on Northaven Road, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas followed suit in the 1970s. Jewish schools, such as Akiba Academy, welcomed students for the first time.

“There was a boom in Jewish activity,” Kleinman says. “It became a very active community.”

As South Dallas evolved and buildings were demolished, South Dallas’ Jewish roots disappeared entirely. Tiferet Israel’s former location on Grand Avenue is the only remnant still standing.

“It was a wonderful place to live before the war,” Karen Jacobs told the Dallas Morning News in 1980. “A lot of good neighbors were always around

It was like the East Coast, and I’m sorry it’s gone.”

Friedman’s Drug Store at Grand Avenue and Harwood Street in the 1950s.

PRESTON ROAD’S PIONEERS

Story by ELISSA CHUDWIN

Before Valley View Mall grew out of a cotton field, the Preston Road property belonged to the ByrdPierce family for five generations.

The expansive farm disappeared in the 1960s, but North Dallas’ Marjorie Pierce Beard was determined to preserve her family’s history. In the late 1980s, she researched and wrote “Growing Up on Preston Road: A Family Portrait.” The 120-page book was distributed to her expansive family.

“Through the years, it was swept under the rug,” says Marla Bush, a member of the Pierce family. “Nobody knows what was on that property long ago.”

Their ancestors, James and Mary Byrd, were among Dallas’ earliest pioneers. In 1844, the Tennessee natives trekked to what was then Nagadoches County, enticed by the prospect of owning their own piece of the city.

People were hesitant to live in Texas, still a wild and often unlawful land, after it won its independence from Mexico. Dallas wasn’t a city yet, and the area’s only occupants were Native Americans. “An Act Granting Land to Emigrants” was an incentive for people to relocate to the republic. A man could homestead 640 acres if his family settled in Texas before July 1, 1844.

The couple built their new home near White Rock Creek. James, a member of Dallas’ first Methodist Society, was a cotton farmer and raised horses, Pierce Beard writes. He and Mary raised eight children together.

The family acquired another 1,960 acres after their parents’ death. When James and Mary’s granddaughter, Martha Elizabeth Byrd, married Andrew Pierce, a family feud erupted, and her father banned her from the property.

After the couple began having children, her father forgave her and gave them 90 acres of his land, according to a 1965 Dallas Times Herald article. They moved into a house that stayed in the Pierce family for a century.

The family maintained the acreage until Andrew Pierce died.

Her great-grandmother, Martha, sold pieces of the cotton farm to make ends meet, Bush says.

The McCutchin family purchased some of the property and sold it to Trammel Crow, who constructed Valley View Mall. When Sears offered them money for the remaining land, the family moved off Preston Road for the first time in decades.

Alecia Milliken’s father, Ray Pierce, was the final generation that grew up on Preston Road before it became a retail destination. She didn’t listen to her father’s ramblings about the family when she was young, she says, so the book is giving her a glimpse of what she ignored. She’s also reconnected with family members, like Bush, through posting about her family history on Facebook.

“People just go crazy over this stuff when you’re a native, native Texan.”

Members of the Byrd and Pierce families. (Photos courtesy of Marla Bush)

vive, Capref needed to attract businesses that weren’t offered in nearby places like Preston Hollow Village.

Austin-based building supply store TreeHouse was the first company to take a chance on the under-developed site.

“It was a disaster,” says CEO Jason Ballard. “There were few to no open businesses. There were a lot of old abandoned buildings. The parking lot was in bad shape.”

The property’s shortcomings made it the right spot for the store’s second location.

“It was sort of intentional and goes back to the mission of the company The idea for a home, or for a development, or a city is that when TreeHouse comes to town, things get better,” Ballard says. “We sort of picked the derelict intersection on purpose.”

Founded in 2011, TreeHouse markets an unconventional approach to home improvement. It strives to sell eco-friendly, sustainable products, in addition to offering installation services and parklike spaces to hang out.

The success of its Austin store surprised even Ballard. In four years, the company’s revenue increased 300 percent, he says.

TreeHouse’s neighborhood location already attracted nationwide media attention as the first energy-positive retail store in the United States. It runs en-

tirely on a Tesla battery backed by solar power, so it actually adds power back into the grid.

The company’s dedication to preserving the environment is a component of The Hill’s transformation, but it’s not Minnis’ focus.

“You have to lead with experience-based retail, activity-driven retail,” he says.

Restaurants like Hat Creek Burger and Tacodeli have announced plans to open at the development. Both started in Austin, like TreeHouse.

The Hill’s overhaul won’t be complete until summer 2018, but TreeHouse opened to shoppers last month. In the meantime, Capref is determined to erase the center’s former reputation — and the now-demolished Condoms To Go sign — from the public’s memory.

“If we get the right mix of retail and restaurant, health and fitness, spa and beauty, it will become the center point. It’s so well located.”

“The idea for a home, or for a development, or a city is that when TreeHouse comes to town, things get better.”

TreeHouse launched in Austin and sells sustainable home and garden supplies.

students at Dallas ISD magnet schools live outside of the district

Pulling back the curtain on serial cheating at Dallas magnet schools

By KERI MITCHELL

o one likes a cheater. But as it turns out, Dallas ISD has tolerated them for years.

Families of students who cheat their way into the district’s top magnet schools have been excused and even encouraged in some cases.

Over the past few months, magnets have been under the magnifying glass as Advocate reporting and trustee questions have pressed administrators for numbers on who is getting in and how. At issue is whether Parkies and suburbanites are taking spots that should be given to students who live within DISD boundaries.

When administrators took a closer look, a pattern emerged of families applying with a DISD address and moving within the school year, coupled with a “lax” approach to the board policy that requires DISD to check magnet students’ residency from year to year. One trustee spoke anecdotally about a welcome session where new parents were told, “If you move, we don’t want to know about it.”

Principled principals make a point to check a student’s address when they see a utility bill with scant activity or notice a similar suspicion. Notarized affidavits of residency, however, which are designed for homeless students who find shelter with extended family or friends, were considered legal documents and couldn’t be questioned.

A discovery that affidavits were be-

ing abused at popular and overcrowded neighborhood schools, such as Woodrow Wilson High School, led us to ask the district for numbers and copies of affidavits at several DISD schools, including magnets. The district couldn’t provide them, however — at least without us forking over more than $23,000 — because DISD doesn’t track affidavits or keep them on file from year to year.

All of this adds up to gaping loopholes that savvy parents have been able to worm their way through. Most of the incoming students are rich and white, DISD admin-

of them attend seven magnet schools where qualified in-district students are waiting to be admitted: Townview Science and Engineering, Townview Talented and Gifted, Harry Stone Montessori, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, Dealey Montessori and Travis Talented and Gifted

istrators say, and infuse diversity into a district that is overwhelmingly poor and minority. Some trustees welcome the outsiders in the name of enrollment and financial growth; others want to ensure that Dallas students have first dibs.

We want to know what you think. Read the full series at prestonhollow. advocatemag.com/magnetcheaters, then give us — and DISD — your feedback.

total DISD students are on waitlists to attend these seven magnets

out-of-district students at these popular magnets are the children of DISD employees

*These numbers may be inaccurately low, as Dallas ISD admits it has been “lax” in checking magnet students’ residency from year to year, as board policy requires, and anecdotal evidence points to some families using falsified affidavits or uninhabited apartments as proof of residency.

Principled principals make a point to check a student’s address when they see a utility bill with scant activity or notice a similar suspicion.

Dustin Marshall has won the runoff for Dallas ISD’s District 2 school board seat, which covers Preston Hollow and parts of East Dallas. Marshall, who took over for Mike Morath in a special election last year when Morath was appointed head of the Texas Education Agency, lost the first round to his opponent Lori Kirkpatrick. In the runoff, Marshall reversed course and beat the Lakewood mother almost two-to-one. He will now serve a full three-year term on the school board.

The North Dallas Chamber of Commerce’s new chief executive officer and president is Ken S. Malcolmson , a longtime healthcare executive and volunteer. Malcolmson was the CEO of Afferent Provider Solutions, which specializes in insurance and wealth management for healthcare professionals. He has served on the board of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce and Momentous Institute, among several other Dallas-based organizations.

PRESTON HOLLOW POLITICS

Ken S. Malcolmson

Dustin Marshall

By GEORGE MASON

The freedom of religion

Religion is supposed to be a cure to what ails us. So, why does it too often seem to make us sicker instead?

The world is beset with divisions — national and international, local and global, human and natural, male and female, young and old, straight and gay, black and white, conservative and progressive, rich and poor, white-collar and blue-collar, urban and rural, ad infinitum. Even those binaries don’t tell the whole story because there are splinters as well as splits between them all. Added to these is brokenness within each of us: sins committed against us that mar our sense of self, and sins we commit against ourselves that rob us of our potential. We can fail to reach high enough and we can fail to be grounded enough.

Politics, social science and therapy can contribute to the healing. Religion brings God into the fray. Or better, God comes into the fray and religion names the divine direction where hope and healing are found.

The word religion comes from the Latin combination of re- and ligere: to bind or fasten or tie again. Like ligaments that hold our bones and organs in place, religion — when it functions rightly — is the tissue that knits us back together when we are broken. It makes the invisible visible, mending us inside and out.

When religion becomes too authoritarian and conformist or, on the other side, when it becomes too permissive and individualist, it deepens the problem by layering it with a spiritual dimension. God is then on the side of the oppressor or the oppression.

Religion is unifying and healing when it leads us on the path of liberation that includes both freedom from external masters and freedom of internal

self-mastery. Grace and self-discipline are spiritual friends.

God delivered the children of Israel from slavery to the Pharaoh in Egypt. The same God delivered the Law of Moses to those freed slaves in order to teach a new way to live in the world. Jesus lived and died and was raised, so that we might know “the truth that sets us free” and then live “the life that really is life.”

The common answers to our problems as a society tend to emphasize one side of freedom at the expense of the other. Our best religious leaders call us to both: by fixing both the social structures and personal struggles that thwart the full participation of all in the community. They will address inequities of education

WORSHIP

BAPTIST

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

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

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

LUTHERAN

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

METHODIST

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RICHARDSON 503 N Central Exwy / fumcr.com / 972.235.8385 / Dr. Clayton Oliphint 8:45, 9:45, 11:00 am sanctuary / access modern worship 11:00am

and economics and political participation, and the destructive habits of mind and heart that tear us apart within.

When you are tempted to join the band of those in the church house or the statehouse or the courthouse who invoke the name of God with their agenda, ask yourself whether their message creates more unity or division, more healing or sickness. Religion touches on all areas of life, but only when it calls us all to what is good and true and beautiful can it refasten the ties that bind.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 am / Worship, 10:50 am 4105 Junius St. / 214.824.2533 / graceumcdallas.org

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESTON HOLLOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 9800 Preston Road

Refreshing Faith Summer Sundays: Grow 9:00 am, Worship 10:00 am

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

Only at its extremes does religion oppress us

Like ligaments that hold our bones and organs in place, religion — when it functions rightly — is the tissue that knits us back together when we are broken.

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CLASSES/TUTORING/LESSONS

MUSIC TEACHER Lessons in voice, piano, guitar, bass & uke. Master’s degree SMU. North Dallas area. dalerdan@gmail.com 214-535-3895

VOICE TEACHER with 40+ years experience. M.M. LSU • www.PatriciaIvey.com trilletta@msn.com • 214-769-8560

Family Owned & Operated

Serving the Dallas area for over 30 years

We raise our kids here, too!

214-330-5500

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APPLIANCE REPAIR

JESSE’S A/C & APPLIANCE SERVICE

TACLB13304C All Makes/Models. 214-660-8898

USED APPLIANCES FOR SALE Washer $125. Dryer $89.1 yr. Warranty. Repair. 972-329-2202

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FINANCIAL CONSULTANT

Five Rings Financial has part-time opportunities! JR@FiveRingsFinancial.com 214-991-8386

BUY/SELL/TRADE

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

COMCAST HI-SPEED INTERNET $29.99/mo (for 12 mos.) No term agreement. Fast downloads. Plus ask about TV (140 Channels) Internet bundle for $79.99/mo (for 12 mos.) 1-844-714-4451

RANGERS, STARS & MAVS

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

CABINETRY & FURNITURE

SQUARE NAIL WOODWORKING

Cabinet Refacing, Built-ins, Entertainment/ Computer Centers. Jim. 214-324-7398 www.squarenailwoodworking.com

CLASSES/TUTORING/LESSONS

ART: Draw/Paint. Adults All Levels. Lake Highlands N. Rec. Ctr. Days: Mon & Wed. Students bring supplies. Nights: 1xt month workshop, supplies furnished. Jane Cross. 214-534-6829,

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER

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

DYSLEXIA THERAPIST/CALT/TEACHER

Individual or Group Tutoring for Reading. Grades K-12. References. Lindsay 214-566-4622

CLEANING SERVICES

A MAID FOR YOU Bonded/Insured.Park Cities/ M Streets Refs. Call Us First. Joyce 214-232-9629

A WORLD CLASS CLEANING SERVICE

You deserve High Standards and Quality Cleaning. You’ve tried the rest... Now try the Best! WindsorMaidServices.com 214-381-MAID (6243)

AFFORDABLE CLEANING Insd./Bonded. Move In/Out. Routine Cleaning. Reliable. Dependable. Residential/ Commercial. References. 28+yrs. Delta Cleaning. 972-943-9280.

ALTOGETHER CLEAN

Relax ...We’ll Clean Your House, It Will Be Your Favorite Day! Bonded & Insurance. Free Estimates. 214-929-8413. www. altogetherclean.net

AMIRA MAID 972-840-8880

Since ‘98. Insured. amiramaid.com Dependable Service. References

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

FATHER, SON, GRANDSON Window Cleaning. Free Est. Derek. 682-716-9892

WINDOW MAN WINDOW CLEANING.COM

Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS

ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED MAC/PC Great Rates. Keith. 214-295-6367

AT ODDS WITH YOUR COMPUTER? Easily Learn Essential Skills. Services include Digital Photo Help. Sharon 214-679-9688

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR Virus Removal, Data Recovery. Home/Biz Network Install. All Upgrades & Repairs. PC Instruction. No Trip Fee. 214-348-2566

CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let a seasoned pro be the interface between you & that pesky Windows computer. Hardware/Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training. $60/hr. 1 hr min. Dan 972-639-6413 / stykidan@sbcglobal.net

CONCRETE/MASONRY/PAVING

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

Tuck Pointing / Crack Repair. Mortar Color Matching. Don 214-704-1722

BRICK, BLOCK, Stone, Concrete, Stucco. Gonzalez Masonry. 214-395-1319

BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS

Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

CONCRETE, Driveway Specialist Repairs, Replacement, Removal, References. Reasonable.

Chris 214-770-5001

CONCRETE/MASONRY/PAVING

EDMONDSPAVING.COM Asphalt & Concrete Driveway-Sidewalk-Patio-Repair 214-957-3216

FLAGSTONE PATIOS, Retaining Walls, BBQ’s, Veneer, Flower Bed Edging, All Stone work. Chris 214-770-5001

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

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

BRIGHT LIGHT ELECTRIC • 214-553-5333

TECL 31347 Brightening Homes and Businesses

EXPERIENCED LICENSED ELECTRICIAN Insd. Steve. TECL#27297 214-718-9648

LAKEWOOD ELECTRICAL Local. Insured. Lic. #227509 Call Rylan 214-434-8735

TEXAS ELECTRICAL • 214-289-0639

Prompt, Honest, Quality Service. TECL 24668

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

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. Lic/Insd. E795. 214-850-4891

FENCING & DECKS

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC. EST.96 Automatic Gates, Fences/Decks Ambassadorfenceco.com 214-621-3217

FENCING & WOODWORK oldgatefence.com 214-766-6422

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

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

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK New & Repair. Free Estimates. Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975

Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com

All Wood Decks, Arbors & Patio Covers

EST. 1991 #1

COWBOY

FENCE & IRON CO.

214.692.1991

SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

cowboyfenceandiron.com

Northlake Fence and Deck

Locally owned and operated by the Mccaffrey family since1980 214-349-9132

www.northlakefence.com

CONSUMERS CHOICE AWARDS

Making Homes

2007-2016

972-926-7007

EMPLOYMENT

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ESTATE/GARAGE SALES

WANT TO MAKE MONEY? Richardson Mercantile is looking for dealers who want to join one of the best antique malls in DFW. Need details? Go to richardsonmercantile@gmail.com

EXTERIOR CLEANING

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

FENCING & DECKS

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

4 QUALITY FENCING • 214-507-9322

Specializing in Wood, New or Repair.

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FLOORING & CARPETING

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape. Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 30 Yrs.

FENN CONSTRUCTION Manufactored hardwoods. Stone and Tile. Back-splash Specials. 214-343-4645

HASTINGS STAINED CONCRETE

New/Remodel. Stain/Wax Int/Ext. Nick. 214-341-5993. www.hastingsfloors.com

WILLEFORD HARDWOOD FLOORS 214-824-1166 • WillefordHardwoodFloors.com

Restoration Flooring

25+ Years Experience

469.774.3147

Hardwood Installation · Hand Scraping Sand & Finish · Dustless restorationflooring.net

FOUNDATION REPAIR

• Slabs • Pier & Beam

• Mud Jacking • Drainage

• Free Estimates

• Over 20 Years Exp. 972-288-3797

We Answer Our Phones

GARAGE SERVICES

IDEAL GARAGE DOORS • 972-757-5016

Install & Repair. 10% off to military/1st responders.

ROCKET GARAGE DOOR SERVICE - 24/7. Repairs/Installs. 214-533-8670. Coupon On Web. www.RocketDoor.com

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

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

JIM HOWELL 214-357-8984 Frameless Shower Enclosures/Custom Mirrors. Free Estimates

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR

frameless shower enclosures • store fronts replacement windows • mirrors 214-349-8160

PRO WINDOW CLEANING prompt, dependable. Matt 214-766-2183

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, Glass, Tile, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 25 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

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

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

HANDY MANNY PAINTING/HOME REPAIR Int./Ext. Manny 214-334-2160

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

HOME REPAIR HANDYMAN Small/Big Jobs + Construction. 30 Yrs. Exp. 214-875-1127

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

HONEST, SKILLED General Repairs/

WANTED: ODD

Allen’s Handyman

Your Home Repair Specialists Drywall Doors Senior Safety Carpentry

972-308-6035 HandymanMatters.com/dallas

HOUSE PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work. Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Professional Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

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

TEXAS BEST PAINTING 214-527-4168 Master Painter. High Quality Work. Int/Ext.

TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work

Since 1984. Int./Ext. 214-755-2700

TOP COAT 30 yrs. exp. Reliable, Quality Repair/Remodel Phil @ 214-770-2863

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 469-774-7111

KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

LAWNS,

GARDENS & TREES

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

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

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

MAYA TREE SERVICE Tree Trim/Remove. Insd. CC’s Accepted. 214-924-7058 214-770-2435

PAT TORRES 214-388-1850 Lawn Service & Tree Care 28 Yrs. Complete Landscape Renovation.

RED SUN LANDSCAPES • 214-935-9779

RedSunLandscapes.com

TAYLOR MADE IRRIGATION Repairs, service, drains. 30+ years exp. Ll 6295 469-853-2326. John

TRACY’S LAWN CARE • 972-329-4190

Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

U R LAWN CARE Maintenance. Landscaping. Your Personal Yard Service by Uwe Reisch uwereisch@yahoo.com 214-886-9202

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KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

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

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

MELROSE TILE James Sr., Installer, Repairs. 40 Yrs. Exp. MelroseTile.com 214-384-6746

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

Granite, Quartz, Marble For Kitchen/Bath-Free Est.. stoneage.brandee@gmail.com 940-465-6980

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

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

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

#1 WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS

Professionals, Experts, Artists. Trim, Remove, Cabling, Bracing/Bolting. Cavity-Fill Stump Grind. Emergencies, Hazards. Insd. Free Est. 972-803-6313. arborwizard.com

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

CALL A TREE EXPERT - 469-939-3344

Prune. Stump grind. Plant. Burris Tree Service

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

Trim, Remove, Stump Grind. Free Est. Insured. 214-823-6463

DALLAS GROUNDSKEEPER Organic Lawn Maintenance designed to meet your needs. 214-471-5723 dallasgroundskeeper.com

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Call Mark Wittlich 214-332-3444