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In thIs Issue

DECEmbER/2010 volume 9 number 12_PH

18 Home Cooking Preston Hollow residents share cherished family recipes and the stories behind them.

PhoTo by CAn TüRkyilmAz

FEATURES 10 gUiTAR PiCkin’

A local musician talks about growing up in one of Dallas’ most notable guitar shops.

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A neighborhood tea shop is catching a buzz with its newest chocolate.

26 An UnlikEly bonD

A reverend and a rabbi embrace rather than proselytize each other.

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Holiday traditions stink Mine did, but at least it’s mine

One of our family’s longstanding holiday traditions involved a food called lutefisk. It made its one and only annual appearance at the holiday meal — the bigger the family gathering, the larger the pot of lutefisk.

It was our first scent of the holidays, because when we entered the host home, the overwhelming aroma of lutefisk literally seeped through the door.

I’m told that lutefisk is a Scandinavian “delicacy”. But what legitimate delicacy is soaked in lye, gives off a stench reminiscent of rancid meat, jiggles on the plate in the manner of a glob of greasy gelatin, and tastes like something I would never eat except under threat of death?

As far as I know, virtually every relative of mine, young and old, felt the same way about lutefisk — literally no one ate it. But there it was every holiday — in a boiling, hideously large pot right next to the turkey and ham.

Lutefisk was some now unremembered family member’s holiday tradition. And more than 40 years after it first entered my holiday consciousness, lutefisk remains there today as a “tradition” — a tradition for all the wrong reasons, but still something I think about every holiday.

That kind of defies common sense, doesn’t it? A food I can’t stand is the most memorable holiday tradition of my youth, a memory that lingers fondly even today?

Of course, our family had other holiday traditions, too.

For example, my mom has a photographic memory for her holiday decorating layout, from precisely where the plastic Santa hangs on the wall to exactly where the intricate (for a thirdgrader) Crayon-colored holiday artwork is aligned on the kitchen cabinets. Even today, I can close my eyes, and tell you whether the Santa peeking from the wreath will be mounted to the left or right of Rudolph and his fellow reindeer.

Moving to current day, we always top our tree with a very juvenile rendition of an angel made from an overturned Dixie cup, rendered meaningful not because of its artistic value but because it was stapled and glued and penciled by one of our very own former juveniles. Same with a string of paper ornaments festooned with shimmering glitter and bearing the smiling face of another former juvenile, who also happens to be a favorite of ours.

And after the presents are opened and the

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recycling disposed, my wife creates the most majestic breakfast of the year, serving up a holiday-decorated table lined with over-frosted cinnamon rolls and milk and orange juice and fresh-baked butter biscuits and the pièce de résistance: a medley of scrambled eggs, cheese, sour cream, butter and spices so full of calories and fat that it would spin the heads of those people on TV’s “Biggest Loser”.

By way of continued quirky family tradition, I’ve never seen my wife more than nibble at the feast she spends hours creating, just as her mother did for her. And even though none of those foods are my favorites, it’s a holiday tradition of the highest family magnitude anyway.

This brings me to the neighborhood recipes offered up in our cover story this month; all are something of traditions to the people who originated them, and the story suggests they might become holiday traditions for your family or mine somewhere down the road.

But as it turns out, the odds of specifically setting out to create a tradition and having that well-crafted and laboriously planned idea actually become a lingering family memory are pretty slim.

Because that’s the way holidays go. We endlessly scheme to create traditions, and we cleverly channel our efforts into building them.

But most of the time, what people remember is the lutefisk.

Fondly, though.

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Like most of us, professional burglars wake up bright and early every morning, and head off to work. Later that afternoon, they take a lunch break. But that’s long after they’ve ransacked your house and pawned your valuables.

Residents were able to hear all the secrets of a “career burglar” during a recent crime watch meeting in the Dallas Police North Central Division patrol area. Organized by crime watch expert Ed Fox and led by Sr. Cpl. D.J. Beaty, the PowerPoint presentation covered it all — the point of entry, the tools, the prime times and even the role delivery drivers play in the perfect crime — straight from an experienced burglar who is now serving a life sentence.

He agreed to a video interview with Dallas Police, who have presented it at neighborhood meetings.

“James” is a 40-year-old grungy white man who has spent one-third of this life in prison.

He is responsible for more than 850 burglaries since age 21, averaging to about four burglaries a day, six days a week. Here is just some of what he revealed: Ild Wjg\aVgh l]d `cdl l]Vi i]ZnÉgZ Yd^c\ can be in and out of a house within six minutes. ?VbZh ldg`ZY dcan WZilZZc i]Z ]djgh d[ 8 and 11 a.m., immediately paying a visit to his “fence”, a person who aids the burglar in selling/distributing the property. Your valuables most likely are sold and gone before you even get home from work to report it. =Z Vabdhi ValVnh ZciZgZY i]gdj\] i]Z [gdci or back door, using a pry bar tool designed to rip the trim off the door and collapse the sheet rock with little effort. According to North Central police, most burglars in our area gain access through open garage doors. ?VbZh dlZh V adi d[ ]^h hjXXZhh[ja Xg^bZh id i]Z JEH YZa^kZgn \jn# ÆI]Zn Yd ^i Vaa [dg ndj!Ç he says in the interview. He simply followed the truck and waited for the driver to knock on

doors, discover no one was home, and leave the package at the doorstep along with a bright yellow sticker. “You’ll never look at the UPS guy the same again,” Beaty said.

But neighbors can take James’ advice: I]Z Cd# & YZiZggZci/ >chiVaa V gZa^VWaZ ]dbZ VaVgb hnhiZb! dg Vi aZVhi V h^\c! ^c i]Z [gdci nVgY# I]Z Cd# 2 deterrent: Get a dog, preferably one that barks at strangers. @ZZe Vaa Wa^cYh VcY XjgiV^ch XadhZY! ZheZX^Vaan at night. If a burglar sees a flat screen on the wall inside the house, you can bet he’ll be back to get it.

6cY! eZg]Veh i]Z bdhi ^bedgiVci i]^c\/ @cdl your neighbors. Burglars usually flee when they’ve been spotted by someone nearby who’ll likely XVaa i]Z eda^XZ# @cdl ndjg cZ^\]WdghÉ hX]ZYjaZh! notice when a car is parked in the driveway that shouldn’t be there.

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Neighborhood residents can’t miss Charley’s Guitar Shop, a staple in the Dallas guitar scene since 1976. For more than 30 years, the last 14 at the Royal and Grissom site, Charley Wirz and his successors have been repairing guitars, teaching classes and providing customer service to vintage guitar enthusiasts from throughout the world. Wirz knew that “vintage” pieces were useable, not just junk. Two years after opening the shop, he had an idea: a show just for vintage guitars based on other collectible shows he had attended. The show became an annual event that continued after Charley’s death in 1985; it’s now known as The Dallas International Guitar Festival, one of the largest guitar shows in the United States. We spoke with STEVEN COOPER, a part-time salesman at Charley’s and lead guitarist for alt country/ Americana band Black Top Gypsy.

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What makes the shop unique?

Charley was a former schoolteacher and bartender, and opened his shop in 1976 as a spot for musicians to go and “be”. He wanted his shop to be a home away from home for all musicians — particularly traveling musicians. The shop is a place where guitarists and vintage buyers can sit and talk about life and music, whether they are making a relaxing stop while they are on the road or are waiting for a repair. We also have strings, picks and amplifiers for sale — pretty much anything a guitar player might need or want to buy.

GOT A LAUNCH-WORTHy IDEA? Let us know about it: Call editor Emily Toman at 214.292.2053 or email launch@advocatemag.com.

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Steven cooper

We [Cooper’s band] get all of our stuff from Charley’s; they’re really good about fixing our broken amps or busted strings on the spot. The shop is pretty family-friendly, too. I grew up here. I’ve gotten the chance to meet a lot of great people from all over the world.

WhaT Was IT lIke groWIng up In The shop?

Well, I started hanging out at the shop when I was 12, and after a while, they decided to put me to work. I loved playing guitars, and being in the shop gave me the opportunity to be around and learn from a lot of powerful male influences. I have sisters, and the guys in the shop are like the brothers that I didn’t have. They kept me straight going. They’d cut me down if I got a little bit too big for myself.

any CelebrITIes Come Through?

Charley had a very strong relationship with [the late blues guitarist] stevie ray Vaughan. he actually fixed most of Vaughan’s guitars when it was needed, and stevie thanked him by naming the white stratocaster that Charley made for him out of spare parts “Charley”. a lot of our customers are Vaughan fans making the pilgrimage to all the old haunts. John mayer has come in to hang out before, and so has billie Joe armstrong of green Day. members of bluegrass band favorite Cadillac sky have come in a couple of times, as well as local blues legend lance lopez.

any one CelebrITy affeCT you mosT?

[Country music singer-songwriter] ray Wiley hubbard. We see him a lot when he’s off tour. he’s helped me out with songwriting for the band — he keeps an eye out for younger musicians.

any aDVICe on ChoosIng a guITar?

be sure to go into the shop and play something. feel the instrument in your hands and really listen to the different sounds and tones that the instruments make. That’s how you find the right instrument for you. —ELizabETh MiLLEr

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Lakewood Early Childhood PTA would like to thank these wonderful companies and individuals for making the 34th Annual Lakewood Home Festival a huge success!

Advocate magazine ▪ Tom Thumb ▪ Comerica Bank ▪ EMC2 ▪ Quatre ▪ RBMM Briggs Freeman Real Estate Brokerage ▪ Keller Williams, Dallas City Center neighborsgo ▪ Times Ten Cellars ▪ David Bush Realtors ▪ One Arts Plaza/Art Cart Republic Title – Lakewood ▪ BB&T Bank ▪ Paige Whiteside Group, Ebby Halliday Gia Marshello, Coldwell Banker Previews International ▪ Roses & More Bella Vista Company Design ▪ Build ▪ Remodel ▪ Cozy Couture Interiors by Tiffany Fulmer Nancy Wilson, Coldwell Banker Previews International ▪ T Shop ▪ Martin Laurence – Auctioneer Unique One ▪ Decorative Painted Finishes ▪ The Corner Market ▪ Downing Hill bows and arrows ▪ Botanical Art Design ▪ MORE design+build ▪ Blow Salon Ebby Lakewood ▪ English Heritage Homes of Texas, Inc. ▪ Wilson Heating and Air Nancy Johnson, Sr. VP Ellen Terry Realtors ▪ Paper Place ▪ Dahlia Woods babybliss & miniME ▪ John Haynesworth Photography ▪ Professional Bank Local Blinds and Shutters ▪ The Gillespie Law Firm, PLLC ▪ Lure Salon Dallas Bankruptcy Lawyers ▪ Reginald Johnson, State Farm Insurance ▪ Urban Crust Dubose Law Firm, PLLC ▪ Meredith Kallaher Designs ▪ W by Worth ▪ DJ Jennifer Miller Law Office of Edward W. Sampson ▪ WOW VIP Events ▪ Affordable Uniforms The Barley House & Brian Street Tavern ▪ Kindred Spirits ▪ Suzi Neely Photography Centennial Fine Wines & Spirits ▪ Fuzzy’s Tacos ▪ The Grubes with The Ticket Sport Clips at Knox ▪ Sandy Calhoun with Kensington ▪ Cheesecake Love Elkman Family ▪ White Rock Coffee ▪ Penne Pomodoro ▪ Lakewood Candle Society Bakery ▪ D’Lish ▪ Paciugo Lakewood ▪ Sweet Marcel ▪ Katie Fagelman Candlelight Tour sponsored by English Heritage Homes of Texas, Inc.

And the gracious homeowners, home captains, market vendors, café vendors, auction donors, volunteer coordinators, and the hundreds of volunteers who made this event possible!

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THROUGH 12.24 CHRISTMAS AT NORTHPARK FREE You can’t escape it — at

some point during the holidays, you’ll end up at the mall. And you’ll be doing a lot more than shopping. Everyone knows the NorthPark Santa is the “real” Santa, and he’ll be in his village in Macy’s Court to visit and take pictures with children through Dec. 24. NorthPark Center’s holiday events also include: more than 100 orchestral, choral and dance groups from across North Texas performing near Nordstrom and Macy’s and in the Dillard’s Court on Wednesdays Dec. 1-16; story time with Santa; Scrooge Puppet Theatre in EastCourt near Dillard’s; SPCA weekend adoption center; the Holiday Wish Fountain benefiting the North Texas Food Bank; the Salvation Army Angel Tree through Dec. 13; and the pecan reindeer and candy Santa Claus display in Neiman Marcus Court. There also are events like Camp Gingerbread for children ages 4 and older Dec. 4-5, and the Treats of Christmas holiday bake sale Dec. 18. For a detailed schedule, visit northparkcenter.com. —EMILY TOMAN 12.04 CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP $45 North Haven Gardens will host a program, Christmas Yule Logs and Woodland Ornaments, showing how recycled tree stumps can become crafty Yule logs, and pinecones can turn into holiday ornaments.

Shannon Driscoll with Oil and Cotton Creative Exchange will lead the workshop, which runs 12:303:30 p.m., 7700 Northaven. For more details, call 214.363.5316 or visit nhg.com.

12.04-12.05 J YOUTHEATRE ALADDIN $10-$16 The Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven, will present Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Zale Auditorium. For tickets, call 214.739.2737 or visit jccdallas.org.

12.04-12.19 GINGERBREAD DREAMS $60 The Kids Cooking Company will host a class Saturdays and Sundays at its store, 6025 Royal.

Children can decorate their own gingerbread house and make chocolate sandwich cookies with peppermint cream filling along with Snow White hot chocolate. For times and other details, visit kidscookingcompany.com.

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12.04 SLAID CLEAVES $15-$18 For the first time in 13 years, folk singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves will perform at Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse, located at Northpark Presbyterian Church, 9555 N. Central. For details, visit unclecalvins.org.

12.05 SHALOM SESAME FREE The Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven, will offer a viewing of “Shalom Sesame.” Set in Israel, the “Sesame Street” film teaches children about Chanukah. For details, call 214.739.2737 or visit jccdallas.org.

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Delicious.

A guide to dining & drinking in our neighborhood

COCO CRAVING The RusTIC, dusTy bROwN TIles may not look like much,

but they happen to be the most popular chocolates The Cultured Cup has ever carried. “People buy one, and come back and buy 30,” co-owner Kyle Stewart says. “We could fill the case up, and it’s gone. A woman came in, and I thought she was going to cry because we didn’t have them.” The Chocolate Caramel Turtles from Nib Chocolates have a dark chocolate shell, lightly dusted with coco powder. A whole Texas pecan is tucked inside, surrounded by fleur de sel caramel. “It really has a nice balance,” Stewart says. “It’s just the right amount of everything.” And it pairs well with the Christmas Spice tea for the holidays. Several gift packages are available, starting at $13.50. The Cultured Cup began in Addison 15 years ago and has spent the past five in the Plaza at Preston Center.

In 2009, Stewart became the first certified Tea Specialist in Texas, learning about different tea rituals all over the world.

He has made it his life’s mission to educate people about tea’s benefits. “I didn’t want it to be a nose-in-the-air kind of thing,” he says. “It’s a communal beverage. It’s the perfect beverage for the culture we’ve created.” —EmIly TomAN The CulTuRed Cup pResTON & NORThwesT hIGhwAy 972.960.1521 TheCulTuRedCup.COm Pictured: Chocolate Caramel Turtles

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1 PaPer & ChoColate As the name suggests, this Inwood Village nook specializes in two of life’s simple commodities — paper and chocolate. Half stationery shop, half chocolate shop, the store carries gourmet chocolates and gift assortments. lOVeRs & INwOOd 214.357.2737 pApeRANdChOCOlATe.COm

2 Neuhaus This Preston Royal café started as a gourmet Belgian chocolate shop, and still offers its latest decadent desserts at the restaurant, plus plenty of candy in the back. pResTON & ROyAl 214.739.4600 NeuhAusCAfe.COm

3 Noka ChoColate Located in NorthPark Center, this shop has received national attention for its goal to return chocolate to its purest and finest state. pARk & CeNTRAl expResswAy 214.295.4560 NOkAChOCOlATe.COm

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This holiday, make Foodie spirits bright. From fresh meats and seafood to justbaked breads and pastries, Central Market is your season’s feastings headquarters.

View the Holiday Guide at centralmarket.com or pick up a copy at your store.

Call it what you will: Champagne, sparkling wine, bubbly, Cava or Prosecco. But whatever you call it, this is the time of year when the wine with all the fizzy stuff gets the most attention.

In one respect, this is too bad, because sparkling wine deserves to be enjoyed year-round. It’s much more than something to pour on New Year’s Eve. As I learned early in my wine-writing career, sparkling wine pairs with almost any kind of food, oysters to chocolate-covered strawberries to chicken-fried steak.

But even if this is the only time of year you drink sparkling wine, there’s plenty to go around. So take a chance. Try something different. The recession, though it has slowed sales of the expensive, high-end stuff, has been quite helpful for bubbly that costs $20 and less. And there is some excellent wine at those prices. All are available at Central Market.

One other note: Only sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France can legally be called Champagne, thanks to trade agreements the European Union has signed with most of the rest of the world. The rest of the non-Italian world calls its bubbly “sparkling wine”; the Italians have Prosecco and Asti.

Here’s an overview of what you’ll find this holiday season: DQG OHVV This is the stronghold of the Spanish and their Cava, which usually offers the most value. But I’ve always been impressed by an $8 French wine called Carousel, which has lots of chardonnay fruit and good acidity.

WR A Washington state wine, Domaine Ste. Michelle, provides quality, though it’s a bit soft. Also look for the cremants — French sparkling wines from the regions of Alsace, Burgundy and the Loire. Only the Burgundian wines are made with the traditional Champagne groups, but each is interesting and well worth a sip.

DQG XS This is where you’ll find most California sparklers, as well as Champagne. I’m a huge fan of Gloria Ferrer ($20), Iron Horse ($38) and the French Duval-Leory ($44), which is reasonably priced as Champagne goes.

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Who knows how many versions of this recipe are floating around, but my mom has always done something special with these. And as hard as I have tried over the years, I have never been able to make them as well as she does. And yes, they go very nicely with sparkling wine.

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Serves 6-8, takes about 90 minutes 1/4 c butter 1 c graham cracker crumbs 1 c shredded coconut 1 6-oz pkg butterscotch chips 1 6-oz pkg semisweet chocolate chips 1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk 1 c chopped nuts

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and melt the butter in a 9x2-inch pan.

Spread the graham cracker crumbs evenly over the bottom of the pan.

Press down gently.

- Sprinkle the coconut evenly over the graham crackers. Then spread the chocolate chips over the coconut, the butterscotch chips over the chocolate and the nuts over the butterscotch chips. Pour the milk evenly over all.

- Bake 30 minutes or until the graham crackers are browned but not burned.

Let cool in pan, and serve.

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DO ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME Neighborhood food experts share their most special recipes and secrets for whipping them up right STORY BY: GARY DOWELL PHOTOS BY: BENJAMIN HAGER & CAN TÜRKYILMAZ

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It’s not the brIsk aIr, the carefully wrapped gifts or the warm hugs from family that make the holidays so special. nope — it’s the food. and behind every treasured recipe is a story, usually one involving family, friends and traditions. those who understand the value of great recipes — comforting creations made familiar after years of reunions, weddings and weekend trips — hold the secret to genuine holiday happiness. several Preston hollow neighbors who possess such cherished recipes are sharing the stories behind their favorite recipes this month. their recipes — already passed from generation to generation — could become new holiday traditions for your family this year.

Noel Cookies from sandy Watson

In a 1952 issue of Better Homes and Gardens, Watson’s mother found a recipe that became her childhood favorite and, eventually, something of a family tradition. “after my mom passed away last Mother’s Day, I wrote Better Homes to let them know how this recipe she introduced to our family has made a lasting memory down to her granddaughter. It

was with pleasure that this past Christmas I had the privilege to make the noel Cookies for her with love, wonderful conversation and a lovely glass of red wine.” It’s no Weight Watchers recipe, Watson adds, but one in which to utterly indulge. “thank you, Mom, for the memories,” she says, “for the wonderful baking smells and for the bite of a noel Cookie with a glass of milk.”

iNgredieNts: a 6 c all-purpose sifted flour a 1 lb Crisco (21/2 c) a 1 Tbsp salt a 1/2 c powdered sugar a 1 Tbsp orange juice a 1 tsp vanilla a 3/4 c chopped walnuts

- Mix basic recipe (flour, salt - Blend well. and Crisco) until pieces are - Mold into 1-inch balls. Place about the size of peas. on ungreased cookie sheet - Store in a covered container 1 inch apart. Bake at 375 if you wish (it will keep for degrees for 12-15 minutes. weeks without refrigeration). - Roll in sifted powdered sugar - Stir 2 cups of basic recipe while hot from oven. a with powdered sugar, orange juice, vanilla and walnuts. pres tonhollow.advocatemag.com DECEMBER 2010

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Buccioloni from Severin Doebele

For Brian Doebele of Sparkman Club Estates, a Buccioloni recipe passed down through generations has an everlasting connection to an unlikely object — a rocking chair.

In the late-1800s, Brian’s great-great-grandfather emigrated from Germany and developed about 10-15 homes in the French Quarter in New Orleans, La. When relatives visited his home on Dauphine Street, Doebele’s great-grandmother, Severin, served the dish, made with pasta, rolled meat and vegetables.

When Brian was born in 1975, his grandmother Theola Doebele noticed a story about a recipe contest in the Beaumont Enterprise. The grand prize was a rocking chair, which she had to have for her first grandchild. Although she had never made Buccioloni before, Grandma Theola wrote down the recipe from memory, prepared it and entered it in the contest. Sure enough, she won first place and got her rocking chair, in which all the Doebele babies have been rocked, including Brian’s children. tomato Sauce: a 1 c cooking oil a 1 c celery, chopped fine a 1 c onion, chopped fine a 1/2 c green pepper, chopped fine a 2 3-oz cans tomato paste a 2 Tbsp sugar a 2 No. 2 cans whole tomatoes a 2 6-oz cans tomato sauce a 3 c water a 3 Tbsp garlic, chopped fine a 3 bay leaves a salt and pepper to taste a 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning

Buccioloni: a 3 large round steaks cut 1/4-inch

thick a salt and pepper a 1 Tbsp finely chopped garlic a 1 c Italian seasoned bread

crumbs a 2 onions sliced very thin a 3 tomatoes sliced very thin a 4 hard-boiled eggs sliced very

thin a 1/2 lb cooked ham sliced in very

thin strips a 6-8 anchovies a 1 c grated Parmesan cheese a 1 c cooking oil

- Trim bone, and remove excess fat from round steaks. Place on a large cutting board slightly overlapping the meat and patching the holes together. This will form a piece of meat about 14-by-20 inches. Salt and pepper lightly and pound meat with meat mallet. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over the surface of the meat.

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- Use large kettle or Dutch oven.

Heat 1/2 cup oil. Sauté chopped greens. Remove. Add remaining 1/2 cup oil. Slowly brown tomato paste until deep brown color develops. Add sugar and mix well. Add water. Blend. Add mashed tomatoes and tomato sauce while stirring constantly.

Add garlic, bay leaves, salt and pepper, Italian seasoning and sautéed greens. Allow sauce to simmer while preparing meat.

of onions, tomatoes, eggs, ham and anchovies. Sprinkle with garlic and Parmesan cheese.

This preparation is now rolled into a tight roll. This must be handled in one operation and secured with skewers and tied tightly with cord to hold stuffing inside meat. Brown the roll in cooking oil in a large skillet. Turn carefully to brown on all sides and seal the meat. When brown, place in the simmering tomato sauce and cook uncovered for three hours, simmering very slowly.

Remove Buccioloni from sauce. Let stand for 20 minutes while cooking spaghetti.

Spaghetti: a 1 lb spaghetti

- Prepare as package directions indicate. Drain well.

- To serve, remove cord and skewers from meat. Place spaghetti on large platter. Top with sauce and Buccioloni. a

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JUBILEE JUMBLES from Janet Scholl

Like many of us, Janet inherited her love of cooking from her mother and her grandmothers. “I remember Grandma and Grandpa’s house being the place to go on Saturday nights for a serious game of 42,” she says, reminiscing. “Grandma would make peanut patties, chocolate peanuts, fudge served with crackers, her famous banana ice cream, or some other tasty treat.”

Later, when Janet’s parents would host Bible studies for local college students, her mother would always prepare one of the delicious desserts she learned to make from her own mother, including this holiday favorite.

COOKIES: ½ c soft shortening 1 c brown sugar (packed) ½ c white sugar 2 eggs 1 c undiluted Carnation evaporated milk 1 tsp vanilla 2¾ c sifted Gold Medal enriched flour ½ tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 c chopped walnuts

BURNT BUTTER GLAZE: 2 Tbsp butter 2 c powdered sugar ¼ c evaporated milk

- Sift the flour, salt and baking soda together.

- Thoroughly mix shortening, sugars and eggs.

- Stir in evaporated milk, vanilla and sifted mixture.

- Blend in the walnuts.

- Chill for one hour.

- Drop rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on a greased baking sheet.

- Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

GLAZE: - Heat the butter until golden brown.

- Beat in powdered sugar and evaporated milk.

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- Frost cookies with glaze, and garnish with walnut halves. Makes about four dozen.

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Grandmother VirGinia’s ChoColate Pie from Susan Lee Sherman

It’s a dang-good dessert that’s so simple a sixth-grader can make it. Sherman’s recipe for chocolate meringue pie has been handed down in the family through five generations. “My grandmother always made this pie for all family gatherings: Thanksgiving, Christmas and for my mother’s birthday. It was her favorite,” Sherman says. Her son, Thomas, once made it for a sixth-grade class project. “My son called his great-grandmother, and asked her for a recipe that had been in our family for a long time,” she explains. “My son made the pie with very little help from me, and took it to school the next day. He was very proud to bring the pie to school because this has been in our family for almost 100 years.”

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a 4 eggs

a 4 egg whites

a 1/2 c shortening

a 12/3 c sugar

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a 4 Tbsp water

a 4 heaping Tbsp flour

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- Separate egg whites from yolks.

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- Heat in a saucepan on stove until thick.

- Remove from stovetop, and add vanilla.

- Cook crust, and pour cooled chocolate into pie shell.

- Fill a glass bowl with ice water, and put your beaters in the bowl.

- Once the beaters are cold, empty the ice water, add the above ingredients, and beat until stiff. Once mixture is stiff, add four rounded Tbsp sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla, beat this in, and then spread on top of pie.

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You know the famous quote from George Bernard Shaw about England and America being two countries separated by a common language?

It’s that way with Jews and Christians, who are divided by a common person: Jesus, says the Rev. George Mason, senior pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church on Abrams near Mockingbird.

“He is a Jew, and he was a Jew, and we both claim him in one sense, but we claim him in different senses,” Mason says.

“Everything about our differences probably comes about from our understanding of who Jesus is.”

In a nutshell, Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and Jews generally do not. The resulting disagreements between mother and daughter religion are “the topic of at least a semester course,” says Rabbi David Stern, senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El on Hillcrest near Northwest Highway, who points out differing views on everything from earthly life versus afterlife to sin and salvation to monotheism and divine embodiment.

In addition to being plentiful, the differences often can be hurtful, such as some Christians’ belief that Jews will spend eternity in hell.

So how did Stern and Mason — a Jewish rabbi and a Baptist preacher — come to be such good friends?

Well, for one thing, they don’t try to proselytize each other.

“It is not at all Rev. Mason’s goal or my own to convert the other, but rather to add to the understanding of the other,” Stern says.

To say that it would be God’s will for Mason to come to believe as Stern does, or vice versa, “would be an arrogant position to take,” Mason says. “All faith is provisional. It’s always open to learning more and understanding more, so we should always hold our faith with great conviction but with open minds and hearts, too.

“The ultimate goal is that God converts each of us in whatever way necessary,” Mason says, adding that he expects there would be “far more people who will think I’m wrong for not trying to convert him to my position” than people who fault Stern for the reverse.

As for eternal destinies, “neither one of us wants to make the claim for God about the eternal destination of someone else,” Mason says. “We simply make our own confession, and call people to live in light of that confession.

“God does the sorting out in the end.” the sheep and goats that “just as you A Jewish sermon on a both did it to one of the least of these who are gospel text members of my family, you did it to me.”

The subject of sorting happened to be the topic of Stern’s sermon on an autumn evening when he took the pulpit at Wilshire Baptist — a strange scenario for a Jewish rabbi, but stranger still was his chosen text for the evening’s service: the New Testament gospel of Matthew.

The particular story, from Matthew 25:31-46, is about sheep and goats, the former being the “good guys” in this parable. That’s because of the way the sheep treated the “least of these” — the hungry, the stranger, the naked, the sick and the imprisoned.

Jesus, who is telling this story, informs

The reward for the sheep’s compassionate acts is eternal life; for the goats, the consequence of apathy is eternal punishment.

Stern began his sermon by addressing the uncharacteristic audience before him — members of his own Temple Emanu-El congregation mingled with members of Wilshire Baptist Church, who were hosting this gathering. On its face, it was a peculiar combination, Jews and Baptists gathered under one steepled roof. But as Stern reminded them in his introduction, this was not their first time to meet.

In fact, the two groups had grown somewhat accustomed to each other.

“It’s a little subversive. How? Because it’s ordinary,” Stern said. “Too often, we apply

the label ‘interfaith’ to high-profile ecumenical one-shot deals. Too often, we settle for the superfluous and symbolic when it comes to interfacing with each other.”

In contrast, he said, Wilshire Baptist and Temple Emanu-El “return again and again to the circles of sharing.”

However, not everything about the gathering was commonplace.

“What isn’t ordinary at all is for a rabbi to preach on the book of Matthew,” Stern said with a smile. “I approach my task tonight with some degree of trepidation. I’m grateful for the Q&A period when you all and my good friend George can set me straight.”

Mason’s flock had arranged for the gathering to culminate in a potluck, the Protestant tradition of a covered dish smorgasbord. The church’s community hall overflowed with Jews and Baptists sipping unsweetened tea and eating forkfuls of potato casserole and chocolate layered dessert, while the two religious leaders positioned themselves in the middle of the crowd, ready for questions from the audience.

One of the first that needed answering was how Stern wound up speaking on Jesus’ story in Matthew 25.

“The reason for the selection of the passage is that your pastor has an alarmingly and annoyingly good memory,” Stern ribbed Mason.

During one of their many prior conversations, Stern says he had let slip his admiration for that particular text. “You know,” he had told Mason, “if there’s one passage in the New Testament that speaks to me, it’s the ‘least of these’.”

Preaching from the New Testament, however, wasn’t the most challenging part of the service for Stern. The biggest obstacle, as it turned out, was a New Testament verse engraved on Wilshire’s wooden pulpit, which begins: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ …”

Stern confided to his friend before the Q&A session that he had spent the evening trying to push his notes over the engraving. When this was shared with the entire room, it exploded into laughter.

“So there you have it,” Mason says, “this is what happens in real interfaith dialogue.”

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In Wilshire Baptist Church’s community hall after the combined service, audience members had the opportunity to quiz Mason and Stern on various aspects of their differing faiths, and the two clergy responded off the cuff. Here are excerpts from the Q&A:

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A: “In conventional Jewish reading, there are only a few late and scattered notions of afterlife in the Hebrew Bible,” Stern says. The consequences of sin in Hebrew texts are more “earthly — agricultural, military, having to do with safety and security of family ... Covenant relationship for us is so much about this earthly realm.” However, he points out, the Jewish notion of afterlife has been around 2,000 years, and “we could probably stand to emphasize it a little more.”

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“It’s not as if we sort of met on the racquetball court,” Stern says, now away from the limelight and relaxing with Mason in his Temple Emanu-El office.

The two men each found their way to Dallas in 1989 — Mason as Wilshire Baptist Church’s senior pastor and Stern as one of Temple Emanu-El’s assistant rabbis, later becoming associate rabbi and then, in 1996, senior rabbi. They are comparatively young leaders (Mason is 54, Stern, 49) of prominent congregations — Wilshire Baptist, with 3,000-plus members, is one of the largest in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and Temple Emanu-El’s 2,800 families makes it the largest reform synagogue in the Southwest.

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joined an interfaith group that met monthly for breakfast, and through it he formed relationships with Temple Emanu-El leaders. Mason and Stern also began receiving invitations to interfaith panels at high school auditoriums or community colleges.

As they got to know each other, something just clicked.

“We get along because we get along,” Stern says. “I think that there is so much more conversation among diverse clergy than congregants expect.”

It’s not a traditional friendship, Mason says, in that “it’s not like we have dinner together every Friday night.”

“We wish we did,” Stern interjects, but what’s more important is that “we know we’re there for each other.”

Days like this, then, in which they have a few minutes to catch up face-to-face, are rare — even if a reporter and photographer are present for most of the meeting.

What makes this occasion even more unlikely is that it takes place during one of the busiest times of the year for each clergyman. It is Holy Wednesday for Mason, with Palm Sunday behind him and Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter quickly approaching, while Stern celebrated the beginning of Passover the night prior with

his congregation in a three-hour Seder.

“How did we get you here during Holy Week?” Stern asks Mason, inquiring as to whether Mason has his sermon prepared for Sunday.

“It’s the same story every year, David,” Mason retorts good-naturedly about the Christian holiday celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. He then asks about his friend’s Passover Seder.

“Did Elijah show up?” The question refers to the Passover tradition of setting out a cup of wine and opening the door for the prophet Elijah.

“No evidence as of yet — the world is still broken,” Stern says.

“Oh, it surely is, isn’t it?” Mason agrees.

Getting comfortable with discomfort “When you listen to and see someone else’s practice, it’s like holding up a mirror to your own,” Mason says. “You see the richness of someone else’s and the poverty of your own, and sometimes you see the richness of your own and the poverty of another.”

The two men’s forthright discussions about their differing views are “some of the richest I’ve ever had,” Stern says.

Their greatest satisfaction, however, is not in the dialogues that take place within their respective offices, but in the way their friendship has impacted their two congregations.

“If I wanted a success photo of these years of dialogue, it would not be George and me under the lights on the stage at Brookhaven,” Stern says, referring to the interfaith panels in which he and Mason have participated.

“It would be that night at Wilshire with people climbing over each other and mushed together.”

Such a relationship between a Jewish synagogue and a Baptist church has been more than a decade in the making. In the late ’90s, Temple Emanu-El began inviting Wilshire folk as honored guests to its annual interfaith shabbat services. Mason participated in the Torah discussion, and the Baptists were invited to sing in the Jewish choir — blue robes mixed with white robes.

Mason, in turn, has invited Stern to lead classes and lectures at Wilshire, and most recently worked with Stern to arrange the combined service at Wilshire.

These days, they’re focusing on such congregation-to-congregation gatherings, and doing “less of the dog and pony, intentionally,” Stern says, referring to formal inter-

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THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS To listen to Rabbi David Stern’s sermon on Matthew 25, visit and search: Matthew 25.

Other portions of the service — including the prayers and a call to worship read by the Rev. Tiffany Wright of Wilshire Baptist Church and Rabbi Debra J. Robbins of Temple Emanu-El (who are also good friends) — also are available for listening.

After the joint service at Wilshire, Stern and the Rev. George Mason spent some time discussing the sermon and text. Here are excerpts from their discussion: Stern: There’s always a risk in interfaith dialogue to cherry pick and, in doing that, disrupt the integrity of the whole. ... As a Jew, [I chose to] tread lightly on final judgment and sheep and goats ... The magnet for me was the set of criteria [rather than the end result].

Mason: The passage is intended to be read by the covenantal community who should be doing the reading ... It’s written to people who are already themselves insiders ... As you read the New Testament, the harshest judgment is always reserved for those who consider themselves insiders [the “included” are first, then the “excluded”] ... The assumption is we’re already here; now will your life reflect this, or will you miss this by your own choosing?

Stern: The sorting felt too tidy for me. What kept jumping out at me was the past tense: Everyone’s already in, and you have to sort of screw up to be out. What about the kind of existential, sometimes we have sheep days and sometimes we have goat days? How do we hear this as an ongoing challenge instead of a summary challenge?

Mason: If you look on a hillside grazing, can you tell the difference between the sheep and the goats? The shepherd knows the sheep from the goats; the sheep may not know, and the goats may not know. We are not to spend our time deciding who are God’s children, but being God’s children, and leave the sorting up to God. ... What does it mean to believe in Jesus but not to do what he says for the least of these? Do you really believe and not care for your neighbor? Clearly Jesus is saying, “No.”

faith programs. Usually in such contexts, “the focus will tend to be what you agree upon,” Stern says. “We’ve moved through and past that. I believe that the depth of our dialogue is the result of the depth of our relationship.”

And though their congregants may not feel confident enough to engage in the same kind of in-depth conversations, Mason says, “they are always happy to see it modeled for them, and that makes it easier for them somehow.”

Wilshire members probably feel more comfortable attending a bar or bat mitzvah, for example, or after attending a number of interfaith Shabbat services at Temple, feel welcome to visit on their own. Some Temple members worship at Wilshire on occasion, and one in particular meets Mason in the narthex almost weekly with a “clarifying question,” Mason says.

“A Jew from Temple Emanu-El would not worry that if they came to a Good Friday service at Wilshire, I would be blaming the Jews for killing Christ,” Mason says. “We would not take the easy road with that. We would wrestle with it and include ourselves in the complicity.”

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either, and Mason and Stern are kings of the one-liner.

When Temple members visited Wilshire, Mason announced that “we will, because this is a Baptist church, take an offering later in the service,” which garnered a few laughs, but not as many as his smirking confession that “we considered an altar call, too.”

Afterward, during the discussion in the community hall, Mason was momentarily sidetracked by a conversation that reminded him of a movie he wanted to see, and he suggested Stern accompany him.

“I’ll like it better than the last one we saw together,” Stern said pointedly. Mason thought for a second, then smiled and told the two congregations: “That would be ‘The Passion of the Christ’.”

Such witty candor is no doubt what encouraged Wilshire and Temple members to pose such questions during the potluck dialogue as: “Most of my knowledge of Jewish faith comes from the TV show ‘South Park’. In what ways might daily life be different for Baptists and Jews?” Or, “Jesus was born a Jew, so when did he become a Christian?”

Where it gets trickier for Wilshire and Temple congregants is when their leaders

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begin to express jealousy.

“When we start talking about what we envy in the other’s tradition, then you start to see people fidget in their seats a little bit,” Stern says. “You tend to want to see your religious leaders in the ramparts saying, ‘Go team!’ ” Some congregants have asked if Mason and Stern couldn’t just abandon the dialogues and return to solely sermons.

“I took it as a huge sign of success because they’re starting to make people uncomfortable,” Stern says.

The theological abyss Just as Mason may be criticized more than Stern for his failure to proselytize his friend, he also takes more heat for his interfaith efforts.

“Reform congregations expect reform rabbis to do this kind of stuff,” Stern says.

“But when George shows up somewhere, he’s a Baptist minister, and for that reason he always has to wear a bit more of a flak jacket than I do.”

It benefits Mason that his Baptist brethren are not of the Southern ilk but of a self-professed progressive strain that broke away about the time the senior pastor took the pulpit at Wilshire. Plus, Mason has a

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“And I would have no idea what they were talking about,” Mason says. “I had much more experience knowing what it was also like to feel like ‘the other’, and I do think that makes a difference. I don’t know who I would be if I had grown up in Dallas.”

New York also had a strong Jewish cultural footprint, and Mason had Jewish friends living across the street. It gave Mason a different perspective than most of the Christian community, he says, many of whom assume that engaging in dialogue with a Jewish rabbi means conversation will be polite and placatory with watered-down convictions, rather than seriously addressing differences.

In his own experience, Mason says, “that’s simply not been true.” He and Stern disagree, sometimes emphatically.

But their disagreements take place in the context of a friendship.

“The relationship with David and I, we have no ulterior motive, [as in] if we could just get each other to do x or y then we will have succeeded,” Mason says. “Love doesn’t have ulterior motives. It simply gives itself out of a desire for well-being, and that’s the difference, I think.”

Finding such a relationship consists of “feeling your way through to the right partner where it’s someone you can learn from,” Stern says.

That’s why his friendship with Mason “doesn’t strike me as unlikely at all. I don’t want to dismiss it as common, either,” Stern says, but “all sorts of things make it make sense.”

There is one strong belief difference, however, that threatens to drive a wedge between them.

“We do come apart over the fact that I was a Mets fan,” Mason says.

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KIM wArGo will serve as the new headmistress at The Hockaday School — the eighth person to hold the position since the school was founded nearly 100 years ago. Wargo replaces Jeanne Whitman, who announced plans to retire after the 201011 school year.

volunteers YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas urgently needs bilingual volunteers to help deliver free financial education workshops and mammogram screenings in Dallas County. Training is provided. Call 214.584.2348 or email lhudson@ywcadallas.org.

COrreCTiOn In the photo caption titled “Bearing It” in the November issue’s Scene & Heard section, Jackson Bowes’ name was misspelled.

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BaPtISt 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

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HOw TO APPROACH A HOLIDAy THAT BOTH DRAwS AnD DEPRESSES US? breath from the Christmas party they just came from, going through the motions in a Eve services. An anonymous poet wrote that once-a-year ritual?”

The assumption was that Christmas Eve people come in such numbers to catch “a whiff of incense” (even though we Presbyterians don’t must be terribly frustrating for preachers, who all the while resent the fact that the Sunday use much of the stuff) and a “hint of hope”.

On Christmas Eve we find our way past the after Christmas, after all the falderal, will inevifrenzy of the season with its shopping, cook- tably be one of the lowest attendance Sundays ing, entertaining and decorating, to the glow of of the year.

Frankly, I have never felt that way, because candlelight and the warmth of carols, to meet an appointment with God. All too aware of the complexities and troubles of the real world, The assumption was that with its wars and rumors of war, and all the bad Christmas Eve must be terribly news in the papers, we come to catch glimpses of a world that is even more real — a world lit frustrating for preachers, up by a light that came into the darkness.

A few years ago the New York Times carried who all the while resent the an editorial titled “Hope For the Seasonally fact that the Sunday after Challenged”. It described well what it means to be “seasonally challenged”: coping with the Christmas, after all the way Madison Avenue portrays Christmas as a perfect little world in which everybody in the falderal, will inevitably be family loves each other and says so; where one of the lowest attendance everyone is still happily married, and obedient children lovingly gather around dear old Sundays of the year. Frankly, I Dad to hear Christmas stories on Christmas Eve. Christmas carols sing of perfect white have never felt that way.

Christmases, where everybody gets exactly what they want for Christmas. There are no I believe I see something else happening here.

For one thing, whatever the reason people fears lurking in the dark corners, and everycome out in such numbers on Christmas Eve, body’s expectations are met. they come.

For me, it is still heart-warming to The seasonally challenged are those who see people jostling for places in church instead know that their lives are not like that, and they of a sporting event or a rock concert. are all too aware of the chasm between the For another thing, I cannot but believe that real and the ideal. The seasonally challenged we come not merely out of habit or convenread all the magazine articles on seasonal tion, but because of something deep within depression, and they know exactly what they us that leads us to make an appointment with are describing.

God. There is something about Christmas that Can you see why Christmas Eve is one of the brings out the deepest yearnings of our hearts: greatest challenges preachers face? perhaps a whiff of incense and a hint of hope.

Another article in the New York Times interviewed preachers all over the country about Blair Monie is senior pastor of the Preston Hollow Christmas Eve. The tone of the questions was Presbyterian Church (phpc.org). The Worship secinteresting — something like, “Don’t you find tion is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate it difficult? All those people you never see Publishing and the churches listed on these pages.

For information about helping support the Worship any other time, trooping in with liquor on their

eaSt dallaS cHRIStIan cHuRcH / 629 n. Peak Street / 214.824.8185 By the time you are reading this column, I’ll Sunday School 9:30 am / THE TABLE worship Gathering 9:30 am be preparing for my church’s annual Christmas worship 8:30 & 10:50 am / Rev. Deborah Morgan / www.edcc.org

ePIScOPal cHuRcH Of tHe IncaRnatIOn / 3966 McKinney Ave / 214.521.5101 Sunday: Traditional 7:30, 9:00, 11:15 am and 5:30 pm Contemporary 9:00, 11:15 am and 5:30 pm / incarnation.org

lutHeRan ZIOn lutHeRan cHuRcH & ScHOOl / 6121 E Lovers Ln. Sunday: Sunday School 9:15 am, worship 8:00 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm / 214.363.1639 / www.ziondallas.org

metHOdISt lake HIgHlandS umc / 9015 Plano Rd. (at McCree) 214.348.6600 / www.lhumc.com / Sun. School 9:45 am Sun. worship 8:30 & 11:00 Traditional / 11:00 Contemporary

PReSByteRIan nORtHPaRk PReSByteRIan cHuRcH / 214.363.5457 9555 n. Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org Pastor: Rev. Brent Barry / 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday Services

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LOOKING FORWARD At the Jewish Community Center’s annual Senior Expo, neighbors learned how to protect themselves from scams in a session with Dave Lieber, investigative columnist for the Fort Worth StarTelegram. From left: Clint Risner, Heather Cordova, Lieber and Anna Angorina.

SOUL SISTERS W.T. White High School teachers Ramona Ford, Hillary Rinella and Mr. Rachmad Tjachyadi dressed up and performed a surprise act as The Supremes during the fine arts department’s Open Mic Night, which highlights student performances.

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GO PINK The Medical City Hospital staff recognized Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink, displaying a Memory Wall that honors loved ones who have lost their battles with breast cancer, and offering a resource fair to help educate other women.

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THE CAR REMAINED — MINUS THE WHEELS AND RIMS.

Steve Pillman and his wife have been doing some kitchen renovation. New countertops seemed like a nice addition, and maybe some new paint on the walls. It might be costly, but the project would add a fresh look to their home.

Unfortunately, the Pillmans’ work would offer a burglar an opportunity to victimize the family, and add a bit of frustration to their renovation plans.

Because of the remodeling, Pillman says, “we had some stuff in the garage, so we couldn’t pull the cars in the garage.”

As his family slept, someone shattered a window in his SUV, and then proceeded to steal the tires and rims. Pittman awoke the next morning to find the car up on jacks in his rear driveway. The tires and rims were missing.

“It made me feel like I wish I had woken up,” Pillman says. “We usually don’t get that type of crime over here.”

Pillman says his car has been broken into before at his home, but that was five years ago, and he was quite surprised that it happened this time.

Replacing the wheels and rims cost $6,400, and while he had insurance, it will still cost him some money — as well as time and effort.

The Victim: Steve Pittman Dallas Police Sgt. Gordon Hager of the The Crime: Burglary of a motor vehicle North Central Patrol Division says this kind of crime is fairly common, with Date: Tuesday, Oct. 19 criminals seeking out high-end SUVs Time: 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. and cars.

Location: 6900 block of Wildglen “It’s a crime that does occur pretty often,” he says. “We see it occasionally, and it kind of comes and goes. They will tend to come in and sweep the area, and then be gone for a while.”

Hager says these types of criminals are very fast at removing the tires and rims from a vehicle, and usually leave the car up on jacks or stacked pieces of wood.

“It doesn’t take them very long; they’re very quick,” he says. “If you have a garage, park the car in it if at all possible.”

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DATE WHEN AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT APPROACHED A WOMAN AS SHE WAS SITTING IN HER VEHICLE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MARSH AND FOREST. HE HELD A PISTOL TO HER HEAD, STATING, “GIVE ME THE DEPOSIT.”

VALUE OF THE ITEMS THE SUSPECT TOOK FROM THE WOMAN, INCLUDING CASH, CHECKS AND A COACH PURSE AND WALLET

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5946 Park Lane $845,000 Partially updated traditional w/ a contemporary flair on just under an acre in prestigious estate area of Old Preston Hollow. Renovated kitchen, wood floors throughout, and updated paint colors. Backyard oasis for entertaining w/oversized pool & spa, ’80 cabana & terraced patio areas. Separate quarters are attached.

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4407 Walnut Hill Lane $899,999 Stunning 1 ½ story English tudor. Exquisite features!

Fabulous gourmet kitchen. Elegant master downstairs overlooking back yard! Decorative iron staircase!

Oversized gameroom w/wet bar! Very special home!

5/4.1/3LA, Approx 4,558 sq ft Linda Claycomb 214.755.6542/Sterling Deason 214.415.6392

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7216 Helsem Bend $850,000 Incredible, one-of-a-kind property that offers carefree lifestyle of zero lot line combined w/ beautifully landscaped grounds to give impression of estate!

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6411 Tulip Lane $460,000 Capturing the charm of Preston Hollow while offering the crisper look of today’s taste, this 3/2.1/2LA/2CAR has large open rooms, hardwoods, terrazzo, 2 wbfp & lots of windows offering views of deck & treed yard!

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6924 Orchid Lane $419,000 Lovingly maintained, 1-owner custom home! Huge rms with a great open f-plan! Lots of natural light & views of the gorgeous yard! Lg BR #4 is split & could be study or game room. 2010 roof! Exemplary Kramer Elem!

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