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COMMUNIT Y NEWS

Northaven Home Tour opens The second annual Northaven Home Tour, presented by the Kramer Elementary PTA, is Saturday, April 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 7131 Midbury Road near Northaven Road. A special address is at 9:30 a.m.

NORTHAVEN HOME TOUR in the Kramer Auditorium.

Tickets are $25 and the tours are self-guided. Every dollar spent benefits Kramer students through the Kramer PTA. Go to northavenhometour.com/details for tickets and a listing of properties.

— Pete Peabody

Run to benefit the Trail Registration is now open for the 20th anniversary of the Katy 5K, benefiting the Friends of the Katy Trail on Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. Participants can receive a $10 discount by registering at katytraildallas.org/5k by Monday, April 16. The event sells out every year with 5,000 runners and walkers.

Registrants receive a chip timer, T-shirt, entrance to the Katy Picnic after the race, all food and non-alcoholic drinks and two Michelob Ultras. — Friends of the Katy Trail

Job opportunity for vets Interstate Batteries is looking to hire additional veterans as part of its work force. The company has a long history of employing veterans with more than 50 on staff and is interviewing on Friday, April 13, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Interstate Batteries Corporate Headquarters on 12770 Merit Drive, Suite 1000 in the Cowboys Conference Room.

Guests can learn about job openings and breakfast will be STARS AND STRIPES provided. — Dana Rubin

London is calling The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture is taking members to London for tours of the Tate Modern, British Museum, Serpentine Gallery and Churchill’s Bunker, tea at the Savoy, Shakespeare at the Globe Theater, plays at the National Theater and The Old Vic and excursions to Bath and Stonehenge. Trip is $4,000 from Saturday, Sept. 1 through Saturday, Sept.

8 and includes airfare, accommodations and theater tickets. Contact scarson@dallasinstitute. org or call 214-981-8810.

DALLAS INSTITUTE — Sharon Carson

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INSIDE

Notes from the Editor Bubba Flint The Shape of Things Love on the Trail Mull It Over Automobility Uptown Girl Community Calendar Charity Spotlight Dotty Griffith Recipe of the Week

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LOCAL TRAVEL

Near Katy Trail, it’s a MADI, MADI, MADI World

By Michael Wald

framed space or spilling over it. Many MADI pieces are meant to be touched and moved, or they have motors that Walk along the Katy Trail and move them. All are fascinating to see, if you’ll pass right behind one of you like modern art.

Dallas’ most unique museums, a The pieces are bright, colorful true gem of a place if you like your and irreverent. Children are especialart modern. On Carlisle Street, just ly drawn to this art, but they must be north of where it breaks off onto careful not to touch the delicate pieces.

Allen Street, you’ll find the Museum Signs in the exhibit provide direction in of Geometric and MADI Art. this regard.

The museum shares space with One of the most unusual pieces of MICHAEL WALD a law firm on the ground and secart in the exhibit is a piece of fine wire ond floors of an office building. The A work of MADI art from Heather Marcus. with the natural strength of a thread. It law firm’s owner and his wife started would collapse onto itself but for counit with their own collection of MADI art in 2003, and the collecterweight metal pieces attached to it, none of which touch each tion has grown ever since, with many pieces on loan and a speother, which cause the string to stand erect. You can imagine the cial exhibit space with changing collections. math required to conceive and construct many of these artworks.

This museum is the only museum in the world focusing on Occasionally at the Dallas Museum of Art you will see a MADI art, which I was told does not include human figures or piece that qualifies as MADI art. Crowds are drawn to see it. landscapes and is all geometrical. Some of the art in the museum Here at the Geometric Museum you have many of these pieces is not technically MADI, but it is all geometrical. The MADI art one after another, a cacophony of art calling for attention. In fact, movement was begun in Argentina in 1946 by artist Carmelo MADI art is said to “convey a sense of joie de vivre” as it reaches Arden Quin and is defined by having Movimiento (Movement), beyond customary boundaries and media. While hard to deAbstracción (Abstraction), Dimensión (Dimension) and Invento scribe in words or even in a photograph (because movement is (Invention), thus MADI. It is characterized by not being framed MADI cont'd on page 9 into a regular space, but rather usually coming out of the typical wald.world@yahoo.com

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

From cornfields to corporate field, man has things brewing

By David Mullen

david@katytrailweekly.com From the comfort of his downtown Dallas condominium, Brandon Muhl brews high quality, craft beer.

In his native Iowa.

Less than three years ago, Muhl built a team of professional brewers in his family-owned bottling plant in Oskaloosa, Iowa, a town of slightly more than 11,000 residents. Less than two years ago, the first NoCoast Beer Company brew went to market.

“I have a Wall Street background in health care,” Muhl said. “And we continue to run a fund that’s health care based. In 2012, I left the Wall Street fund to set up the other [current] fund, and I set up management

buyout of a Midwest non-alcoholic bottling and distributing company called Mahaska. That company was founded in 1886.”

It was the family business, having six generations of blood lines, and Muhl’s father approached him about designing an exit strategy.

Mahaska remains a major bottler for large beverage companies like Pepsi and Dr Pepper.

Born and raised in southern Iowa, Muhl is a “seventh generation Mahaskan.” He hit on the red hot craft brew market, although in theory the category has been around for centuries.

In the Midwest, there are pretty much two options for distribution: mainly Miller/ Coors and Budweiser.

“For years, Mahaska had looked for inroads into the

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CEO Brandon Muhl and the award-winning Trend Bucker Stout. alcoholic beverage industry,” said Muhl, a graduate of the University of Michigan. He learned the bottling and distribution business from doing odd jobs around the plant,

and got a quick education in retail sales when he became a produce manager at a Hy-Vee supermarket.

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THEATER

Dallas actor/playwright breaks ‘Bread’ at WaterTower

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com

“I’m very proud to be from Dallas, Texas,” said playwright, stage and screen actor Regina Taylor, whose name is wellknown in her hometown. The playwright will bring “Bread” to the table in Dallas for its world premiere. The story, set in her home neighborhood of South Oak Cliff, will run Friday, April 13 through Sunday, May 6 at WaterTower Theatre at 15650 Addison Road in Addison.

Taylor, recipient of a 2017 Edgerton New Play Award for “Bread,” set the stage for the story while sharing some of her own pertinent experience with this example. “When Dallas was very segregated,” Taylor said, “people who lived south of the Trinity River were black. I was familiar with that culture. I didn’t get to know white people. To go to SMU, I took a bus to the station where I had to transfer to a different bus to SMU and

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Elliot Marvin Sims as Jr. Baker in Regina Taylor’s “Bread.”

Highland Park.”

At SMU, Taylor had her first friendships with white people and met many who would remain lifelong friends.

“SMU was like an island of integration,” she said. “It was also where I discovered acting.”

Taylor regards “Bread” as relevant

in many ways. It’s more than noteworthy and current in today’s volatile social climate. She would like to see dinners in communities where neighbors sit around a table and discuss the themes of the play. So far, one such event was hosted at SMU and another in South Oak Cliff.

The University of North Texas at Dallas incorporated “Bread” into several curricula including communications and juvenile justice.

Asked about her background in Dallas, Taylor said, “I’m thankful for the support and encouragement I received from the faculty at L.G. Pinkston High School. They encouraged my interest in journalism, which I went on to study at SMU.” It was while she was an SMU student that she had her earliest professional roles in two made-for-television films, “Nurse” in the 1980s and 1981’s “Crisis at BREAD cont'd on page 6

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

By David Mullen

Have we lost our cool?

Lion Theater in New York City from Thursday, April 12 through Saturday, April 28. “Throughout my career,” I was a nine-year-old, Kreskin said, “with over 3 attending a predominant1/2 million miles in airline ly black elementary school flights, performing for presin Oakland, when the yard teacher Mrs. Johnson David Mullen idents, kings and the elite, to have the opportunity to touched me on the shoulder perform for New York audiences on in the afternoon and said it was time an extended basis are one of the great to go home. Although I lived nearby, I honors and privileges of my career.” loved school and didn’t want to leave.

Of course, I am sure that he predicted I was playing with my black friend Arthur Clark and my Native American that it was going to happen … Pothole of the week: Buckner Boulevard is friend Kelly Rutherford. We were buckling in the White Rock Lake throwing the baseball around, saying area. Some holes are wider than Bill that we were the “Swingin’ A’s,” the team that had just moved to town from Buckner’s legs in the 1986 World Series. And I don’t mean to bark, but Kansas City that year. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated minutes branches of Live Oak Avenue need some serious pruning as well ... I was earlier, and the yard teacher was told watching an old “The Jack Benny to get all white kids off the streets for fear that there would be repercussions. Program” the other day, and Nat King King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Cole was the special guest. He was so cool. There was lots of cool back Nothing happened to me, but 50 years then, with Cole and Frank Sinatra and later, it was an experience I can never Dean Martin and James Dean and forget … No April Fools pranks were others. It got me to thinking. Do we pulled on me this year, unless you count watching the Texas Rangers play have much cool these days? George Clooney is cool. Justin Timberlake … Our friend the “Amazing Kreskin” chimes in that he is going to Broadway, and Samuel L. Jackson are cool. But I don’t think that cool is as prevalent as appearing in “Kreskin LIVE” at the david@katytrailweekly.com

it once was … This should come as no surprise. DART will begin permit parking beginning Monday, May 7 at the downtown Rowlett station.

Customers must live in Rowlett, display a permit and they will be afforded close-in parking privileges. This is very commonplace in areas with heavy use of public transportation ...

This is the year, maybe the decade, of women, but there are still inequities. They outnumber men in most states. But women make up nearly two-thirds of all minimum-wage workers in the U.S., according to a study from WalletHub. Their political representation also suffers, as women make up 51 percent of the U.S. population but only 22 percent of the Senate and 19.3 percent of the House of Representatives. Texas ranks 42nd of the 50 states and Washington D.C. for a woman’s economic and social well-being. Minnesota is number one.

Louisiana is 51st … President Donald J. Trump continues to push for arming school teachers after the Parkland, Fla. shooting, but I think that is crazy.

Americans seem on the fence. A CBS News poll revealed that 50 percent of Americans are opposed to arming teachers, while 44 percent are in favor

THE SHAPE OF THINGS

Becoming a real runner

By Stefanie Tapke

in my life and the experience was not fun, but with my last one being years ago, I was determined to show myAs my feet struck the pavement self how far I had come. of the Katy Trail, I felt a splintering In line with my track record for pain shoot from my heels to my hip procrastination, I waited until the flexors, a pain so sharp it was as if last two and a half months before my legs would give out from berace day to really put effort into my neath me at any moment. Not even a training. The process was as grueling mile into what was supposed to be a as you would imagine, considering Stefanie Tapke my goal pace was two minutes fastsix-mile training run, I was ready to give up. I was also starting to queser than my previous time. I went tion my logic regarding this decision to sign up through a mental and physical transformation, for a half marathon. My throat and chest had finding then losing, and finding again, the motightened to the point of breathlessness, and “I tivation to run 13.1 miles in under two hours. A can’t do this” played like a broken record in my nine-minute mile may sound slow to some, but head, but I kept running, one foot in front of this was near lightning speed for me. I felt the the other. heavy burden of that goal every time I walked This was my experience every time my feet out the door for a run. hit the ground during half marathon training. It I stuck with it, though, through (literal) was far from the mental image I had created of blood, sweat and tears. I battled my anxiety what it meant to be “a runner.” My expectations, and the “never good enough” self-talk, and over molded by a world where running half maratime I realized being a runner didn’t mean what thons is as trendy as wearing mom jeans, were I thought it did. Being a runner wasn’t about high. It was hard to avoid wanting my running times, it wasn’t about the way I looked when journey to look like that of the blissful runners I ran, and it wasn’t about how many miles I I see on social media. You know, the ones postlogged. Being a runner was about setting goals ing pictures of themselves mid-effortless-stride for myself and hitting the pavement, even on my with their make up done. In retrospect, I wasn’t worst days, to achieve them. lusting after their level of physical fitness, but Fast forward to Dec. 10, and I was basking more so their thin frames, their cool Instagram in the glory of my sub-two-hour half marathon. pictures and their experience with the ever-illu- I learned a lot of things from my half marathon sive runner’s high. Unfortunately, my running training, but above all, I learned that, I too, am reality was far from theirs. a runner.

It all started 10 months ago when I decided to click “confirm” on the BMW Dallas Half Stefanie Tapke is a fitness crazed millennial Marathon. Without much consideration, I had exercising and eating her way through Dallas. paid $100 to put myself through months of You can find her enjoying a good sweat or indulgtorture. I had only run one other half marathon ing in a bowl of queso somewhere around town.

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CRIME WATCH March 29 – 4:03 a.m.

4900 Block, Mission Ave. (75206) Criminal Mischief: An unknown suspect attempted to steal the complainant’s computer.

March 29 – 11:33 a.m.

4400 Block, Travis St. (75205) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s unlocked vehicle and stole property.

March 29 – 11:58 a.m.

2200 Block, N. Stemmons Freeway (75207) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.

March 30 – 9:02 a.m.

7500 Block, Morton St. (75209) Burglary of a Habitation: An

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unknown suspect damaged lock, entered the complainant’s residence and stole property.

March 30 – 2:55 p.m.

2400 Block, N. Henderson Ave. (75206) Theft from Person: An unknown suspect attempted to grab the complainant’s purse.

March 30 – 7:13 p.m.

3000 Block, Knox St. (75205) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole display cellphones.

March 31 – 12:28 a.m.

2800 Block, Reagan St. (75219) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s property at gunpoint.

March 31 – 8:46 a.m.

5000 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75209) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect threw a rock through the glass door, entered

and stole property.

March 31 – 8:49 a.m.

800 Block, Allen St. (75204) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.

April 1 – 9:24 a.m.

2500 Block, McKinney Ave. (75201) Theft of Property: The suspect stole the complainant’s phone and wallet.

April 1 – 1:43 p.m.

3000 Block, Blackburn St. (75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect damaged the complainant’s vehicle window, entered and stole property.

April 1 – 10:20 p.m.

4400 Block, N. Central Expressway (75206) Aggravated Robbery of a Business: The suspect stole money from the complainant at gunpoint.

WILLIAM "BUBBA" FLINT — SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

of the plan. Based on the teachers I had during my flight through public schools, I cannot think of one that I would trust with a firearm except for my eighth grade wood shop teacher, mean old Mr. Linder, who used to make a paddle that read “HCUO” (OUCH backwards) so that it would well up on your backside and boys in the locker room would know that you got on the bad side of mean old Mr. Linder … I can’t believe that San Francisco was rated the hardest working city in America. They obviously

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LOVE ON THE TRAIL

Spring date ideas for love in bloom

By Donna Arp Weitzman

restaurants. Whether it’s rooftop or street level, a large patio where we can sip our iced tea and eat a fresh Caesar salad is like heaven.

Ah, spring is in the air, and so is love.

Of course, in peak summer heat it can be Now is the time to get ourselves back outside a bit much, but in spring, it’s perfect. I like and in the sunshine. Apart this one in particular for a first from the bit of rain we’ve had, date; it gives you a space to talk, the weather has been glorious while not leaving you in complete and had me thinking about the silence, where the conversational perfect springtime date ideas. I pressure gets to be too much. thought I’d share those with you Lastly, don’t feel like you this week. have to be outside constantly. EnWhen I think of spring joy the outdoors without forcing romance, I think of flowers, yourself outside all day by taking strolling outdoors and refresha drive through rural Texas. This ing food. There are a lot of date Donna Arp Weitzman gives you a great opportunity to ideas in which you can incorporeally talk to one another, get to rate all of the above. One of my know each other and enjoy the favorites is the Dallas Farmers Market. Not many bluebonnets along the way. only can you take a stroll and be around naWhether you’re going to the drive-in, a ture’s best produce and fun novelty shops, but movie in the park or any of the above, these you can take a break for a bite in one of the ideas are all meant to create a lighthearted, Farmers Market eateries. While you’re there, carefree date, which (to be honest) is hard to buy some ingredients to cook together later to come by sometimes. So, go put yourself out keep the date going. there — literally!

Nearby, there’s the well-known Dallas So here are the best outdoor date ideas plant shop, Ruibal’s, where you can find the this spring: Dallas Farmers Market, then go best Texas plants and flowers. I love this date home and cook together; yoga in the park idea because nature makes people happy, and together — it's free and freeING — gives you you can even buy a small plant as a memento a good view of your date, too; Ruibal's Plants of the date. (Cactus if the date is going poorly, — let him buy you flowers or a nice plant; and a fern if it holds up strong, ha!)

Arboretum; Texas Tulips; Outdoor patio If your date is active and you are too, go restaurants; Picnics in the park (like Klyde on a Yoga in the Park or Yoga on the Bridge Warren, where there's food trucks all around) date. They have classes for free at parks all and bluebonnet drives to rural Texas. over Dallas, including Klyde Warren. First, yoga doesn’t have to be strenuous; it’s about A former mayor and businesswoman, movement that’s right for you. Second, exerDonna Arp Weitzman was a later-dater before cise releases endorphins, which might put you marrying Herb Weitzman in 2012. She is the both in an even healthier mindset toward the author of Cinderella has Cellulite and Sex and date and each other. Third, you get to impress the Siren, both best selling books available on your date and also be playful if you aren’t exAmazon. actly “yogis.” As a plus, if you’re at a park with food trucks, such as Klyde Warren, you’ve got the “lunch” or “dinner” part of your date covered. After a date like this, it’s easy to feel more confident, productive and free.

The Dallas Arboretum is another way to be in nature without being out in the Texas wilderness. There are romantic spots for photos, water fountains where you can sit and talk, and shady trees under which to picnic.

Sometimes, the Arboretum will even have live music or events going on to set the perfect date scene. Along the same lines, the Texas Tulips fields are open in Pilot Point, Texas.

For just a small entry fee, you can enjoy the smell and visual appeal of walking through large tulip fields. What’s more romantic than that?

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MULL IT OVER

AUTOMOBILITY

By David Mullen

By David Boldt

Watching the Texas Rangers is no bargain

david@katytrailweekly.com You paid $80 for a second deck seat on the third base side after you just dropped $20 to park your car. A program is a bargain at $5. Want to try a few of the new items on the Texas Rangers concessions menu this year?

How about the $10 “The Dilly Dog?” It is a hollowed-out Fort Worth's Best Maid pickle stuffed with a jumbo hot dog, deep fried and served on a stick. I guess it is the perfect food if you are in a pickle.

Then there is “The Triple B.” It is a bun full of bacon, brisket and bologna smothered in barbecue sauce. Doesn’t that make it a “The Quintuple B?” It will cost you $18.

Still hungry? Try the Lay's Home Plate Chicken Sandwich, which is a giant chicken breast incrusted with Lay’s potato chips and, of course, deep fried. It is served on an oversized bun with lettuce, tomato and spicy mayo and even more potato chips. At $27.50, it may be the most expensive chicken sandwich in America. It certainly is the most expensive chicken sandwich in Arlington.

Throw in a couple of beers or sodas and a day at the ballpark can easily approach more than $150 per person. A family of four or more had better have a good credit rating.

Your tickets, parking, concession and merchandise sales, combined with revenue from broadcast media, in-stadium signage and other sources go to funding a payroll, controlled by Rangers GM Jon Daniels, of more than $127 million. That is for a team not expected to win 80 games this year, and a franchise building a new $1.1 billion stadium so it will be better positioned to compete in the Major Leagues.

To paraphrase the late Robert Palmer, “They’re so bad, there’s no telling where the money went.”

Daniels must be accustomed to paying full retail price.

Let’s break down the Rangers payroll, based on MLB Players Association numbers as compiled

by USA Today, beginning with starting pitching.

Lefthander Cole Hamels pitched in 24 games last season and won 11 with a 4.20 ERA. Joining the team in 2015, Hamels has never pitched a shutout as a Ranger. He will be paid $22.5 million this season. Equated to this year’s salary, that is an average of more than $2 million per win.

One-time All-Star Matt Moore, who was acquired in the off-season from the San Francisco Giants, has a 51-48 career record. He will make $9.25 million this season. No-time All-Star and converted reliever Mike Minor, who has a career 44-42 record and missed all of 2015 and 16 due to

LONE STAR BALL

Shin-Soo Choo will make $20 million this season. a shoulder injury, signed a free agent contract for $8.3 million per season. Martín Pérez, who had Tommy John surgery in 2014 and elbow surgery in 2017 because he lost a bull fight on his ranch in Venezuela this off-season, started the season on the disabled list. He will make $6 million this season.

Throw in $4 million free agent acquisition Doug Fister, on his sixth major league team with a career record of 82-85, and the Rangers five starting pitchers will earn more than $50 million this season. That’s a lot of two-foot long ballpark “Broomsticks.”

Second baseman Rougned Odor, who had the worst on-base percentage in baseball last year, will earn more than $3.3 million this season. The man beside him, shortstop Elvis Andrus, will earn more than $15.3 million in 2018. Future Hall of Famer Adrián Beltré, who turns 39 on Saturday, April 7, will make $18 million. He seems to be the only player on the roster worth it.

And then there is Shin-Soo Choo. Like so many Rangers, he is a player without a position or steady spot in the batting order. In his four-plus seasons in Texas, the sometimes outfielder, sometimes DH has hit .260 with 64 home runs and 216 RBIs. That’s an average of 16 homers and 54 RBIs per season. Choo, who will go down as “Daniel’s Folly,” will make $20 million per season.

Because they have yet to become arbitration-eligible, top performers like outfielder Nomar Mazara and power hitting first baseman Joey Gallo will make a relatively paltry $560,000 this season.

At least the Rangers got now-retired first baseman Prince Fielder’s $24 million annual salary off of the books.

The old adage is “you get what you pay for.”

That sign does not hang in the Texas Rangers front office. This team will cause you plenty of heartburn this season — while empting your wallet — even if you don’t sample the new ballpark fare.

Mazda’s MX-5 Miata: Culture Club

spritely Lotus Elan, a tiny two-door built throughout most of the 1960s. If djboldt@sbcglobal.net parked side-by-side the Miata is much For the last quarter-century, no au- bigger than the Elan, but then, the tomaker has remained as firmly comLotus was built for postwar Brits still mitted to one model and — recovering from postwar ramost notably — one basic tioning. The Miata was built footprint as has Mazda in for Americans, and while the its design, construction car may not have been fast, and marketing of its MX-5 the American diet was; the Miata. Designed in the lateMazda had to be bigger. ’80s as a Japanese answer to For the fourth genera waning British category, ation, Mazda took a clean the Miata was exactly what David Boldt sheet approach, one that is American enthusiasts had less derivative and — with an been wanting since, well, Origami-like fold in conjuncWorld War II. With a chassis capable of tion with the occasional organic curve defying physics, a willing power plant — far more original. We like the overand an intentional balance between the all design, from nose to tail, but the performance you want and the respon- wheel wells overreach the wheel/tire siveness you need, the initial Miata was combo, while earlier models came with an over-the-window-sticker hit from what seemed like a more aggressive the moment it was announced. And stance. And given its smaller dimenin the ensuing 28 years Mazda hasn’t sions, getting in and out seems more of deviated from that formula. a chore, but then, our age (rather than In fact, with the introduction of the newness of the Miata) may have the fourth generation, Mazda has remore to do with accessibility. turned — to a surprising degree — to Mention of accessibility brings the Miata’s roots. While the third-genus to affordability. While the Miata’s eration ‘NC’ certainly wasn’t fat, the Sport trim starts at but $26K, our ND architecture benefits from a nip Club edition (with — notably — stanhere and tuck there dimensionally, dard limited slip) is closer to $30,000. while dropping some 200 pounds. So, And when you add the Brembo brakes, while horsepower coming from its 2.0 17-inch forged alloy wheels from BBS liter four isn’t up, the Miata’s powerand leather-trimmed Recaros, you’ve to-weight ratio is. And with but 155 added $4,500 to the bottom line. The horsepower from those two liters, every end result, with destination and a bit helps. little of this-and-that, is $35K for what On any number of levels, howevhas historically been an affordable er, the Miata transcends power. With roadster. steering that’s immediate, a gearbox Were we on the Mazda product well connected to the gears and the team, we’d offer a Sport-level trim with needs of the engine, and braking — our absolutely none of the nanny adds we Club trim was equipped with optional found on our Club version, and absoBrembos — that recalls a carrier landlutely nothing on the steering wheel ing, the Miata is not only a close exten- except three spokes and the mandatory sion of your feet, hands and eyes; it’s airbag. We’d also toss the dash-mountessentially an extension of your will. ed infotainment screen in exchange for And it’s good will. a traditional stereo head unit, but add While the dynamic is a continulimited slip differential, a sport (i.e., um of what Mazda enthusiasts — both more aggressively tuned) suspension men and women, btw — have enjoyed and lowered — by maybe an inch — over the last 25, the sheet metal is a ride height. Keep the price comfortdeparture. As originally drawn in ably under $30K and watch Miata sales 1990, and subsequently redrawn and/ double. or refined in the second and third genA couple of years ago, we had a erations, the Miata was inspired by the third generation Miata for an extended loan of three fun-filled months.

If anyone from Mazda needs some break-in miles added to a press car, please regard me as a handraiser. Even with little hair, the newest Miata is hair-raising fun.

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Mazda's MX-5 Miata.

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

UPTOWN GIRL

Dallas drinkers meet the Bondi diet

By Ryann Gordon

ryannbgordon@yahoo.com There’s a new trend in town and it’s raising some eyebrows among some of us more weary folk.

Although drinking on the weekends and (while some more than others) occasionally through the week has Ryann been a public and well-understood cultural pastime for the young adults of Dallas, it’s begun to trickle into arenas perhaps not quite suited for inebriation.

Last weekend, there were a less than surprising number of alcohol-related events in DFW. This should come as no surprise to the average D-town millennial, as our city often takes pride in its variety of food and drink festivals. Last Saturday, downtown Dallas was home to the Big Texas Beer Fest, BBQ, Burger and Breweries Tour, Fine Spirits Festival and a Wine Tasting, Pizza, Chocolate and Live Music Tour among others.

The latter of the bunch was a group of events I chose not to mention in last week’s article. The events I speak of included, as assumed, a flowing surplus of alcoholic drinks, accompanied by something worthy of some serious eyebrow raising: exercise. Yoga, in particular.

Although the idea of doing yoga with a tall glass of vino in one hand comes off as rather appealing at first glance, there are a number of risks that working out under the influence places on the constituent. This goes for all areas of physical activity. I mean, imagine lifting weights at the gym after a string of vodka shots.

That could put more than just you at risk, but also those around, were you to drop a weight or break a machine while attempting something your sober body might not.

Going back to the events that prompted this rant, yoga alone is warned to be a dicey

activity as it is. It comes with a lot of risks, which is why yoga instructors often remind their class participants to not push themselves too far and to watch their body closely and feel for anything that doesn’t seem right.

I know that here in Dallas we take pride in our drinking abilities Gordon and often celebrate alcohol in more than overt manners, but have we taken it too far? Do we really need to clink glasses over every recreational activity?

We omit any activity void of the promise of inebriation; we pop bottles of champagne while we shop pop-up markets and wander through art shows; we cheers Bloody Marys while we plan our Katy Trail biking sessions and spill glasses of wine on our yoga mats while inverting into downward dog. Then, what do we do after?

Drive home?

This column regularly visits the idea of drinking, as it’s a celebrated pastime for the young adults of Dallas. There is an open acceptance of public drinking in our city, but there is also a line that must be drawn. Working out and drinking — this is the line I speak of.

Let’s aim to channel a more balanced way of living. We don’t have to have a drink in all activities that we partake in. There is a concept in Australia known as the Bondi Paradox. It draws attention to an unusual way of living preeminent in Sydney’s Bondi Beach area. There is an unconcealed level of drinking and drugs celebrated in this area amongst millennials, where young folks are known to pass out drunk on the beach and wake up to seaside yoga and a juice cleanse void of daytime drinking.

Rather than focusing solely on the drinks we celebrate widely, let’s go back to the balance that will allow us to participate in the activities we love for a long while. Drowning our bodies in toxins will only slow our roll sooner, so let’s keep the party going as long as possible.

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2520 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-880-0202

Moody Performance Hall — The Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s “Encore!” presents a world premiere from Japanese choreographer Takehiro Ueyama. “In the Sea of Heaven” was created as an ode to the victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami and the recent 2017 hurricanes. It’s a powerful work featuring Encore! dancers exploring a variety of global cultural aesthetics.

7:30 p.m. $35.

April 7

2403 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-880-0202

Annette Strauss Square — Family Gateway will host its first family fundraiser, DAY to PLAY. Highlights will include music

by DJ Souljah and Maya Delgado, bounce houses, slides, kids’ disco, robo-surfing, Rock Band, gaming truck, hamster ball races, giant sandbox, Maestri Studio architecture and construction zone, giant Jenga, giant Connect 4 and chess, sidewalk chalk mural drawing, storytime and face painting. 1 to 4 p.m. $50 for a family pass of four.

April 7

1515 Young St. Dallas, 75201 214-670-1400

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library — Since 2015, the Dallas Festival of Ideas has aimed at shaping the city of the future by igniting, uniting, and energizing the people of Dallas through the power of ideas. The theme of the 2018 Festival is “The Connected City,” through which we hope to spark ideas that will help all parts of the city become connected: physically and digitally, economically, educationally, medically, and culturally. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. FREE!

April 8

1717 N. Harwood St. Dallas, 75201 214-922-1200

Dallas Museum of Art — Haunted by the Southwest landscape of his youth, Francisco Cantú joins the US Border Patrol, where he bears witness to drug routes, smuggling corridors, and people enduring blistering sun and frigid nights. His book The Line Becomes a River makes urgent and personal the violence our border wreaks on both sides of the line. 1:30 p.m. $10-$25.

April 9

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Kalita Humphreys Theater — What if repairing a broken relationship was as easy as taking a pill? For one couple, a new drug that allows them to experience exactly what the other is feeling could be their miracle cure. "Empathitrax" is a portrait of a relationship that dares to test the limits of intimacy. Runs through April 28. 7:30 p.m. $25.

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2301 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-880-0202

Meyerson Symphony Center — Newly commissioned performance “Eyes As Bright As Diamonds” explores the dark glamour of American life, its history of transformation and reinvention. Sarah Jaffe unites with squads of performers from the Dallas area to create a sense of pageantry, celebration and tension. 5:45 p.m. FREE!

April 12

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Klyde Warren Park — The Nissan Nightlife Concert Series is back! Come on out to Klyde Warren Park, right in the heart of Dallas, and enjoy performances by some of the hottest artists. This week’s is country-rock band LANCO. 7-10 p.m. FREE!

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4/6 SORRY CHARLIE DAY

Charity

Sp tlight COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS

Helping CPS workers transform "chaos to calm" for abused and neglected children in their darkest hours.

By Sally Blanton

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

Friday, April 13 at the Hilton Anatole.

QW hat is your facility like?

A We are grateful to be part of the Meadows Foundation’s Wilson Historic District near Baylor Hospital. We have a huge storage area for all of the new clothing and more we give to the kids, plus a beautiful area called the Rainbow Room that looks like a store, but everything is free.

All of the items we give to the children are new because our founders decided 29 years ago “abused and neglected children do not deserve abused and neglected clothing.”

QW hat is your mission or highest purpose?

A The mission of Community Partners of

Dallas is to ensure safety, restore dignity, and inspire hope for the abused and neglected children served by Dallas County Child Protective Services. It was founded by women, including Emy Lou Baldridge, Mimi Huey and Laura Bush.

Q H ow did your career path lead you to this Q S uppose this nonprofit received a $20,000 position? What were some prior jobs you held?

I worked in Washington D.C. for the Reagan and Bush Administrations, working in sales for a jewelry company and more — but I was always a volunteer, mostly through the Junior League of Dallas. One day I decided that I wanted to have a job that made me feel the same way my volunteer work did — fulfilled and grateful — so I quit my sales job and got one working in the development office at the Dallas Symphony.

A

QW hat is rewarding about your job?

A I know that what we are doing will help a child for the rest of his/her life.

Q A bout how many people are served each year?

A Twenty-thousand.

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

A We would love to have ongoing volunteers during our normal business hours. With 12 staff members serving 20,000 children a year, we need all the help we can get!

QW hat upcoming fundraisers are on the calendar?

A The Chick Lit Luncheon is coming up on

donation today … where would it immediately be put to good use?

One of our biggest needs is for car seats and beds for children.

A

QW hat are some goals, and what does the future hold for your charity?

A We are working now on new programming to assist CPS caseworkers even more. Stay tuned for the excitement to come!

QW hat is the most memorable thing that has happened since you began?

A One year we had 77 unfilled wishes re-

turned by one of our large donors. A few days later a donor, who we’d never met before and have never been able to find again, delivered 77 bicycles to our toy drive at Peacock Alley.

Paige McDaniel, president and CEO, answered this week’s questions.

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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

Complex offers complex options

By Dotty Griffith

dotty.griffith@yahoo.com

cocktails and bottle service with a second-story balcony bar overlooking the plaza.

Marketplace Bars in the Texas Lottery Plaza, two outdoor bars with giant video screens for sports and live video feeds from various performance

There’s a giant party in the works near Las Colinas. Known as Big Beat Dallas (BBD), it is adjacent to the massive Toyota Music Factory Dotty Griffith that aims to transform Irving into a place where people want to go. stages.

BBD is the brainchild of During a recent media tour Billy Bob Barnett, the same guy prior to last weekend’s grand who developed the urban honky opening, we got a taste and a tonk concept, Billy Bob’s Texas glimpse of all that is going on at in Fort Worth.

BBD. Before our walk-around, Here is BBD in a 90,000we tried the lunch menu at Texas square-foot nutshell with two Jam House, the 24-hour venue outdoor stages, six places to eat serving food whenever spirits and drink and live entertainment move guests from bar to table. in all venues, inside and out.

Surprise of the day: Chopped Better get a room when you go.

Chicken Liver Bruschetta. Not Under the direction of execlike anything made by any Meeutive chef Roberto Madrid, the maw I ever knew; the starter dining destinations include: was sophisticated and delicious.

Texas Jam House, an ode Smooth but with more tooth to home cooking for breakfast, than mousse, chopped chicken lunch, dinner and late night. liver spread on garlic toast with Bar Manzanilla, Baja coastal spicy pecans and drizzles of taqueria and tequila bar. balsamic made a great nosh for Highway 61 South, Texas sharing. Loved it! barbecue and blues.

Fried oysters with a crispy Texas C-Bar, fine dining, cornmeal batter and tartar sauce big wine list, global Scotch menu exceeded expectations as well. and cigar lounge.

Very nicely done. And there was Martini Ranch, craft another lovely touch, a bloody

BIG BEAT DALLAS

Plate of ribs; chicken livers at Texas Jam.

Mary served in a Mason jar came with a Shiner Bock back, just in case you were at risk for a dip in your BAC (blood alcohol content).

There are, of course, burgers and BLTs and breakfast dishes are available anytime. Find the heart of the menu in the main courses ranging from chicken fried steak to chicken and dumplings to shrimp-and-grits to meatloaf to barbecued ribs.

The chicken fried steak is non-traditional in that the cut is ribeye and there’s no thick, crisp crust. Lightly dredged in f lour, the beef is pan-fried medium rare. Yes, there’s cream gravy, so settle down.

A slab of ribs, cooked at the adjacent Highway 61 smokehouse, was big, smoky and meat fell from the bones.

Desserts are mammoth.

Plan to share. A 5-layer wedge of German chocolate cake comes with a steak knife, so you can cut it into individual servings.

Inside Texas Jam, is an homage to Texas Hill Country ranch woman and cook Wynona Winters of C-Bar Ranch.

Decorations include real longhorns. Cast iron long horns.

Saddle bar stools. Horse shoe coat racks. Lots of Hill Country rock and weathered wood.

There’s a whole lot of Texas going on at Big Beat. Texas Jam is a good place to start or end your visit.

DOTTY GRIFFITH

TEXAS JAM AT BIG BEAT DALLAS 340 W. Las Colinas Blvd.

Irving, 75039 469-209-6684 bigbeatdallas. com

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Roll out the chicken fried steak

By Dotty Griffith

dotty.griffith@yahoo.com On the plate, the version served at Texas Jam, part of Big Beat Dallas, doesn’t look or eat like a typical chicken fried steak. Instead of a thick crust, this rendition goes with a simple dredge of flour as for smothered steak.

The cut of meat called for is a boneless steak from the “ribeye roll,” a boneless, skinless roast from the lip or tail of the ribeye muscle, much more tender than traditional round steak. At the supermarket, look for a relatively thin ribeye (no more than 3/4inch) and trim excess fat from the edges. The recipe calls for a big piece of meat. It would be easy to halve a ribeye and make this a “serves 2” recipe.

TEXAS JAM WYNONA’S CHICKEN FRIED STEAK WITH GRAVY 1 (8- to 10-ounce) boneless ribeye, trimmed of most fat 1/2 tablespoon seasoned salt 1/2 tablespoon black pepper

4 tablespoons all-purpose flour plus additional as needed 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 cups whole milk Kosher salt Coarsely ground black pepper Season ribeye on both sides with seasoned salt and pepper.

Place a thin layer of flour in a shallow plate or pie pan. Press steak into flour to coat all sides.

Shake off any excess.

Over medium high heat in a heavy 10-inch skillet, heat oil until shimmering.

When oil is hot, carefully slide meat into pan, cooking about 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Interior temp will be medium to medium rare. Keep warm while making gravy.

Reduce heat to low. Using a whisk, stir in 4 tablespoons flour until bubbly and smooth.

Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Cook 3 to 5 minutes until thickened. Season to taste with kosher salt and pepper.

Makes 1 real big or 2 average servings.

BIG BEAT DALLAS

Chicken fried steak with gravy.

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candace@candysdirt.com Dallas gets some big bragging rights today as the first internationally certified Passive House in Texas is on the market. If you don’t know what that is, listen up and prepare to be Candace Evans impressed with this tale of two men’s vision to bring a new building standard to the state.

The Northwest Dallas house at 3846 Lively Circle is 3,230 square-feet on two stories. For the past several weeks, the air conditioning as been at 71 degrees and the heat at 69 degrees. Lights were burning bright, appliances were buzzing, and people were walking in and out as the property was prepared for sale.

During all this activity, the house’s electricity usage has averaged $1 a day, about 90 percent less energy than a comparable structure built using standard techniques, says builder Connor Fagin, who with his father Kyle Fagin, owns Fagin Partners.

“The Passive House originated in Germany and results in ultra-low energy usage,” Connor said. “We’ve got 14-inch thick [exterior] walls, an 18-inch thick roof, and even when we have a sharp temperature change outside, it takes about 24 hours for the heating or cooling system to have to turn on inside.”

Built as a spec home, this Passive House uses leading-edge materials and “green” technology to create a comfortable, beautiful dwelling.

“This is a high-quality, well-made house — but it’s just a house if you don’t know anything more than that,” said listing agent Vicki White with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty. “But then you find out it’s the best of the best in Texas, something one-of-a kind, and it [creates] a whole different level of appreciation.”

Low energy bills are just one of the benefits of a Passive House. It also offers extremely high air quality, thanks to the structure being almost completely air-tight and having two systems to deal with air, each with its own ductwork.

“The typical home has one system to heat, cool, recirculate, filter and de-humidify air,” Connor said. “No single system is designed to do this well.”

This house instead has one system for heating and cooling and a second for air quality management. The latter pulls in fresh air, pre-heats or pre-cools it, puts it through a MERV 13 filter to remove impurities and pumps it into the house. An intelligent energy recovery ventilator works through the return vents to take in stale air and exhaust it outside.

Other features include high-performance doors and windows, as well as a water harvesting system that holds 2,500 gallons of rainwater. In the yard, three miles of buried tubing create an irrigation soaker system that does not lose water to evaporation. There’s no roll off, which accounts for about 35 percent waste with traditional watering. Since there are no watering restrictions in Dallas for those using harvested water, a lush lawn is a real possibility, even in August.

Smart House technology makes almost everything controlled from a smartphone or tablet and the house is pre-wired for solar panels.

The inspiration for building a Passive House started with Kyle Fagin.

“We were already building more efficient homes and a friend gave me an article about Passive Houses — I thought, I want to try to do that,” Kyle said. “You can build a comfortable, healthy house, with really good air quality, low utility bills and it’s better for the environment.”

They used Ryall Sheridan Architects in New York City, a firm that is Passive House certified. There aren’t many options in Texas because, while this is the standard BREAD cont'd from page 1 Central High.” Dallas’ Woodrow Wilson High School was used for the exterior of Central High School.

In CBS’ film, starring Joanne Woodward and Charles Durning, Taylor appeared as a member of the “Little Rock Nine,” a group of African-American students who fought to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Dallas’ beloved Irma P. Hall was also in the film.

Taylor portrayed a drug-addicted mother of a promising young female student in the 1989 film “Lean on Me.” She became a household name for her role as Lilly Harper on the early 1990s TV series “I’ll Fly Away.”

In a groundbreaking role, Taylor played Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet” on Broadway. She was the first black woman to perform the part.

Taylor shared that she loves reading. “You’re able to immerse yourself. I love acting and writing books.

Through the arts we can see the world and learn empathy for another culture, race, gender outside of our own time. That’s the beauty of the arts, in both writing and acting,” she added.

Taylor spoke highly of the good quality education she received at Pinkston High School. The writer/ actor also appreciates the exposure her mother gave her to the arts throughout her life. “My mother was a teacher and a lover of the performing and visual arts. The two of us visited museums,

BRIGGS FREEMAN SOTHEBY'S

This 3,230-square-foot home at 3846 Lively Circle is listed for $1.145 million. for building in Europe, it’s new here.

“I think what Connor and I hope is that more people will know about Passive Houses, what they are, that they’re available, and they can have one, too,” Kyle said.

Kyle and Connor are so passionate about Passive Houses, they’re already at work on number two at 4231 Shorecrest Road, near Midway Road and Walnut Hill Lane. The Shorecrest house will be 2,000 square feet larger than this one, which has three bedrooms, three full bathrooms, one half bath and an office.

Energy consumption by American houses creates a huge carbon footprint, in the top three with food production and transportation. The energy efficiency of a Passive House reduces its ecological footprint tremendously.

“This is one thing we can do that will make a huge impact on the environment,” Kyle said. “To build it, we had to do things quite a bit differently, use new materials — it’s been a learning curve, but we exceeded our own expectations.”

In terms of demand for a Passive House, listing agent Vicki White says she’s seen a lot of interest in the home’s features, overall look and design, particularly when she points out the remarkable measures the builders undertook to create a house that could get international certification.

“They went above and beyond in terms of quality and and integrity,” White said, noting a particular interest in the high air quality. “We have had so much interest.”

This particular house is in the luxury category, listing today for $1.145 million. But passive technology and design can certainly be used in houses in the $300,000 to $400,000 range, Kyle said. “In the right situation, if a developer bought a bigger piece of land to subdivide, you might be able to get the price down to that range,” he said, noting that the additional cost for the passive designation was about 10 percent over the cost of building a similar, non-passive house.

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HAMMER AND NAILS

Toilets chic in today’s bathroom

By Stephan Sardone

stephan@sardoneconstruction.com For years, remodeling the kitchen was the first in-home project considered. From new appliances to repurposing cabinets to creating an island paradise in the middle of the room, dollars were invested in the kitchen as it morphed into an entertainment center as well. Most real estate experts will tell you that a well-appointed kitchen adds a great deal of value to a home.

Today, bathrooms are becoming the new kitchen. Not for entertaining, but it may be the most overused and under-looked room in the house. While a complete redesign or building a walk-in shower are major remodeling projects, replacing the bathroom commode is an easy and now, a popular project. It can save you money on your water bill, and you don’t have to be flush with cash to do it.

According to a study from the National Kitchen and Bath Association, 64 percent of all respondents said that new low-flow toilets were trending. And they are now as stylish and more functional than ever.

Talking about toilets used to be taboo.

TV network executives never wanted people to know they existed. It was Norman Lear’s brilliant comedy “All in the Family” that first acknowledged the toilet’s presence, as Archie Bunker headed up the stairs and minutes later the audience heard a loud

flush.

Today’s toilets are quiet, save water and are easy to clean and sleek. Consider a toilet that is branded “WaterSense,” which is the EPA’s version of Energy Star.

In a recent interview for REMODLING magazine, American Standard vice president of marketing Kevin McJoynt pointed out that “Everyone likes clean bathrooms, of course, [and] clean has become a driver in toilet design.”

Replacing an existing toilet is a pretty easy job because the water and waste pipes already exist. Moving a toilet to a new position is best served by a plumbing professional.

Don’t remove the toilet bowl without considering the immediate consequences.

Where are you going to put it after you have removed it? Set out old towels or newspapers so that you will have a place to set the old toilet. After that, a trip to the curb for trash pickup or to the dumps (no pun intended) will be necessary for proper disposal.

Turn off the water supply to the toilet.

Then flush the toilet several times to remove excess water. You may need a small bucket and ladle to scoop out any water left over.

Dislodge the toilet by removing the caps with a screwdriver and unscrew the nuts with a wrench. Use a utility knife to score the putty between the bowl and the floor. Rock the toilet from side-to-side to free up the bowl. Take a putty knife to remove

ARIES (March 21-April 4) You will want to resist the temptation to argue with someone you know is wrong. Your involvement cannot possibly help the situation. (April 5-April 19) — You will want to work against any perceived inequality this week, and your efforts can surely be effective — especially when it comes to ethical issues.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You cannot avoid your critics this week, so instead of combating everything you hear, try to learn something instead. (May 6-May

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) Your confidence is on the rise, even as you face situations that do not directly favor you. You can expect the odds to shift dramatically. (June 7-June 20) — You can feed on what others give you, or you can provide yourself with what you need.

The latter approach can yield greater, more lasting results.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) You are tempted to journey into new territory this week, but you must remember what happened to others who succumbed to such temptation. (July 8-July 22) — You may have trouble differentiating between good and bad this week. A friend is able to help you avoid making any seriously poor decisions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) You are feeling a stronger connection to those who share your aspirations. This week, you can work together even when you are far apart. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) — Though you don't usually acknowledge the role of luck in your daily affairs, this week you cannot claim that everything is the result of your own skill and daring.

77 Hot-tub material 78 Indigo plants 79 Seldom seen 80 Former frosh 81 WWII sub (hyph.)

82 Cosmetic buy 83 Sizable handbags 84 Trot and canter 86 Enjoy the rink 87 Slugger Hank — 88 Cry of dismay 90 Blast furnace fuels 91 Torrid, et al.

94 Bard’s archvillain 95 Hawk 96 Weighs, as evidence 97 Elev.

99 Flapjack mix 100 Spring fragrance 101 Opposite of applaud 103 Big burger 105 A, B or C 106 Browning works 108 Memory glitches 109 In abundance 110 Ho Chi Minh City, formerly 111 Quack 112 Pop up 113 Backpackers’ gear 114 — salts 115 “20,000 Leagues” author 117 Schnoz-related 118 “What’s in — —?”

119 Walkie-talkie OK 120 Use, as force 123 Slightly tainted 125 Ticklish Muppet 129 Receive 130 Lassie’s refusal 132 Draw a bead on 133 Ms. Hagen of films

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20) — You have a long way to go this week, but at least you know it. Making a good strong start will surely benefit you, but be prepared to stop along the way.

9 Kind of system 10 Sales agents 11 Drinks 12 At anchor 13 Bohemian 14 Gangster’s gun 15 Bluesy — James 16 Went fishing 17 After-hours joint 18 Journalist — St. Johns 19 Connection (hyph.)

20 Sea eagles 28 Ship abroad 32 Role for Silverheels 36 Martini garnish 40 Chi. clock setting 42 Vane dir.

43 Sawyer or Keaton 44 Dogmas 45 Off-the-wall 46 Lummoxes 47 Bubbles 48 Like a wolf’s howl 49 Andes ruminant 50 Came to the suet 51 Darts about 52 Brown birds 54 Conjecture 55 Fast-moving snake 56 Ringlet 58 Insurance giant 59 McClure and Flutie 62 Asian royalty 63 Hero sandwich 64 Picket-line crosser 65 7UP rival 67 The thick of things 68 Fair 69 Fixed gaze 71 “Can you — —?”

73 Takes a powder 76 Promontory

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the old gasket, and stuff the drainpipe with a rag so there is no smell and to prevent sewer gas escaping.

Wax gaskets are much improved from the old days, as they fit securely on the bowl itself. Make sure that the tapered side is facing the floor. No putty is necessary. Set the toilet in place and press down. Tighten the washers and nuts onto the bolts, but use care. You don’t want to crack the porcelain of your new toilet. Place the caps over the bolts.

Now all that is left is setting the new tank into place. Take a level and make sure that the bowl is true. Insert the tank bolts and gently lower the tank into place. Attach and it should fit ideally.

Put the new lid in place. Do not seal it.

Connect to water supply, tighten the compression nut and then open the shut-off valve.

Carefully caulk around the base of the bowl. Smooth out with your finger, and wipe off any excess with the rag you earlier remembered to removed from the drainpipe.

Turn on the water and admire your work.

Whether you do it yourself or hire a trained professional, replacing your toilet is easy and cost-effective. As water bills tend to increase in the summer, the time is right to change out your commode. So take action.

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YOUR STARS THIS WEEK The coming week is likely to require a great deal more self-reflection from nearly everyone, combined with a willingness to assume a supporting role when engaged in work activities.

While this may not be easy for some to accept, the truth is that these requirements are closely related; those who are able to see themselves most clearly and who are able to hand the reins to someone else will find that what they learn can help them avoid just such situations in the future.

The big lesson? Second place this week can ensure first place next week — and long into the future.

Despite the presence of numerous signs, signals and warnings, not everyone will see them — and even some who see them will not interpret them correctly.

This can prove the No. 1 threat to success this week.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) That which you most want may be the most difficult to acquire this week — but that certainly doesn't mean you shouldn't make the effort! (Sept. 8-Sept.

22) — You will be feeling pressure from all sides this week.

Don't lose sight of two key things: what you want, and what you can do to get it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You are in need of a little more affection than usual this week, and you know just where you can get it. You may not even have to ask! (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) — Someone close to you is aware of what you're going through — or what you are about to go through. It's time to acknowledge his or her lasting importance to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You will want to use whatever time you have at your disposal this week to do something that others have been telling you not to do. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) — You've been taking credit for something that you know full well is not all your doing. This week, you can make things right by acknowledging another.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) You'll want to focus on safety this week, as you and those around you journey into dangerous territory. Many hazards may

Copyright 2018 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. be invisible. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) — You are likely to be headed in a new direction as the week comes to a close — but you won't know it at first. Routine affairs take on new meaning for you.

CAPICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) Time wasted this week cannot be reclaimed — nor can you do anything to catch up if you find yourself falling behind. Don't let it happen! (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — Your ability to see through another's repeated deceptions can serve you quite well this week. Others are pulled into your orbit.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20—Feb. 3) You can put the many lessons you learn this week to almost immediate good use. Others watch what you do and are inspired to emulate you. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — You will find someone who cannot be resisted this week; his or her "magnetic pull" is simply too strong! This can lead to something you've long wanted.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) It's not all bad news this week, especially where loved ones are concerned. Indeed, you can find a silver lining in almost every cloud. (March 6-March 20) — Listen carefully to the opinions of others this week, but don't make adjustments just because you're told to do so! You must heed your own instincts as well.

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MOVIE TRAILER

Bochco fought for quality TV drama

‘A Quiet Place’ is scarily entertaining

By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood

“A Quiet Place" may be one of the best movies about the ups and downs of parenting ever. Of course, the ups include living to see another day and the downs involve a potential ghastly death. This thriller/horror film is a giant metaphor designed to prey on every nerve in the body and it mainly does so with something as simple as silence. It is also a triumph of direction by John Krasinski, who co-stars with his actual wife, Emily Blunt.

It really cannot be stressed just how silent “A Quiet Place” truly is. There are long stretches of this briskly paced, 95-minute thriller without dialogue or music of any kind. The quiet is only interrupted by things like chirping birds, the hum of lights and the screeches of … well … something that all living humans want to avoid.

“A Quiet Place” focuses on a family of five, the Abbotts. We meet them in 2020 on “Day 89” in an empty small town surrounded by forest. The family (played by Blunt, Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe and Cade Woodward) tippy toe (literally) through a pharmacy, scavenging for drugs for their ailing son, Marcus (Jupe).

We quickly learn that silence is more than golden after Regan (Simmonds), who is also deaf, narrowly keeps a toy from crashing to the floor after being dropped by her younger brother, Beau (Woodward).

After an extremely tragic and shocking event, we move to “Day 472” and parents Evelyn (Blunt) and Lee (Krasinski) are holed up with their kiddos on a secluded farm.

Due to Regan being deaf, the entire family can communicate with sign language and this has probably helped saved their lives to this point. Evelyn and Lee are simultaneously educating their kid’s minds while teaching them survivalist skills in a world where sound will literally get you killed.

There are several secrets that haven’t

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been revealed in “A Quiet Place” and they are best learned when seeing it for the first time. Each development raises the stakes for the Abbott family and takes the tension to insanely high levels for a PG-13 film. Marco Beltrami’s score is sparsely, yet smartly, used to raise your pulse even higher.

The screenplay, originally written by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, was rumored to initially only have one line of dialogue in it until Krasinski’s once over. He didn’t add much more speaking, perhaps one scene in particular that won’t leave a dry eye in the theater. For a terrifying, nerve-wracking experience, “A Quiet Place” is loaded with heart and it moves this movie from good to great.

Krasinski’s skills behind the camera are evident, but this is also his best on-screen work ever. He could elicit laughs just with a look on “The Office” and he uses the same skills here, albeit conveying completely different emotions.

If Krasinski’s take on the screenplay beefed up Blunt’s role, it’s difficult to blame him. It’s become old hat, but once again, Blunt is fantastic. There is one sequence that puts Blunt through the wringer and her reactions only make an already scary situation that much scarier.

The child actors, particularly Simmonds, are also very good. Simmonds, who is actually deaf, has the meatiest role as her typical teenager problems are elevated due to the dystopian world around her.

If all of this seems a bit vague, it’s purposeful. “A Quiet Place” not only deserves to be seen, it deserves to be seen without being spoiled. It is the kind of movie that leaves you exhausted at the end, but happy to have suffered through it. The bittersweet ending is so perfect that standing and applauding when the credits hit is forgivable.

Also, the effects? Outstanding. You’ll know them when you see them. If you can uncover your eyes, of course.

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John Krasinski stars in "A Quiet Place," a movie so good that it's scary.

BEER cont'd from page 1 “We revisited the industry in 2015,” Muhl said, “having conversations with Ballast Point [a small brewery based in San Diego recently acquired by Constellation Brands] about becoming their beer distributor. They said that ‘the alcohol market is new to you. How do we know that you won’t be here today and gone tomorrow?’ I said, ‘We are serious about it. What will make you more comfortable about it?’ And they said ‘If you had your own brands, we would know that you aren’t going anywhere.’”

It was actually that challenge from the Ballast Point people that provided the inspiration to Muhl and team to create their own brands. NoCoast Beers were born.

“I called it earnest money,” Muhl said. “On the non-alcoholic side, we were already vertically integrated in bottling and distribution. What we needed to establish was an alcoholic manufacturing and distribution system.

But it all started with conversations.”

Despite being in its relative infancy, NoCoast is making a name for itself. They entered their Trend Bucker Dry Stout, Low Brow Brown Ale and Hooper's Rye Barrel Aged Porter in the 2018 Best of Craft Beer Awards competing against 2,000 entries from breweries of all sizes throughout the U.S. and the world.

NoCoast brands are available in 16 oz. cans, 1/6 barrel kegs and 1/2 barrel kegs. The packaging is very modern, almost psychedelic, and other flavors include Yoga Poser Pale Ale, Make Waves Amber Ale, Agricultured Rye Porter and Gluten Full American Blonde Ale. All three won medals — the only Iowa brewer to be honored — with the Trend Bucker Stout winning gold in the Export Stout category. At seven percent alcohol MADI cont'd from page 1 so important), seeing this exhibit brings a smile to all.

The museum provides workshops, a discussion series and docent-led tours. On the day I visited, I had to ring the bell to be let in. I was told this is for security because the space is shared with a law firm. Visitors are monitoried to restrict them to the museum area.

The museum is open everyday, but hours are limited on Sunday.

There are many Texas artists in the MADI movement whose works are scattered around the exhibit.

Be sure to ask a docent to point them out.

A current special exhibit is of works from two African MADI artists, one from Kenya and one from Nigeria. Their works are more geometric than strictly

By Ed Bark

unclebarky@verizon.net Steven Bochco occasionally would give an inch, but only if you first gave him a mile.

Perhaps that’s a stretch, but here’s a guy who gave a damn — about both the potential of broadcast television and his own legacy as a pathfinder whose “Hill Street Blues” and “NYPD Blues” in particular explored brave new worlds in adult drama.

Bochco died Sunday of leukemia, one of the few fights he couldn’t win in the end. His “Hill Street Blues” arrived on NBC in times when the Peacock network ranked dead last in the ratings among the then three major broadcast networks.

Its low-rent programming included the likes of “BJ and the Bear,” “Sheriff Lobo,” “Speak Up America,” “Games People Play” and the “Marie” variety hour.

In league with the Grant Tinker/Mary Tyler Moore founded MTM Enterprises, Bochco barged in with an ensemble cop drama unlike any seen before. NBC was first in line — and used “Hill Street” as its leadoff hitter — at the 1980 network TV summer “press tour” in Los Angeles, which also marked my first such trip out West as a rookie critic. In some ways it’s been all downhill since then. “Hill Street” had that kind of impact with its menagerie of sharply drawn, seriously flawed characters and its direct approach to issues of race, police brutality and sexual politics.

TV critics gladly became incessant and insistent cheerleaders for “Hill Street,” which didn’t premiere until Jan. 15, 1981 due to an actors’ strike. The ratings were lousy at first, but NBC faced vilification if it dared cancel the only high-quality series on its entire schedule. At an NBC press event the following summer, Bochco and the “Hill Street” cast profusely thanked critics for saving their show. “Hill Street” then went on to win an armload of Emmys — seven all told — for its first season.

Bochco’s other signature shows were “L.A. Law,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” “NYPD Blue” and to a certain degree, “Murder One.” But none of his series was more controversial than “NYPD Blue,” which he saw as a necessary effort to embolden advertiser-supported broadcast TV in times when unfettered premium cable network dramas were using whatever language and visuals they pleased.

Premiering in September 1993 on ABC, “NYPD Blue” initially ran into a buzz saw of boycotting stations, including one in a Top Ten market, Dallas’ own WFAA-TV (Channel 8). The show’s use of partial nudity and dicey language rendered it “soft-core porn” in the eyes of some.

The Rev. Donald Wildmon’s American Family Association bought newspaper ads urging viewers to both reject “NYPD Blue” and demand that ABC cancel it.

WFAA refused to air “NYPD Blue” for its entire first two seasons — inviting ridicule as “Chapel Eight” and prompting Bochco to jab, “C’mon, you guys, get with it. Snap out of it, chuckleheads.”

by volume, it is an exceptionally smooth dark beer with hints of pale malt, chocolate malt and roasted barley.

The head brewer of the NoCoast Beer product line is Chuck "Heisenberg" Crabtree. Possessing a BS in Biology, Crabtree has held senior research positions for Texas Tech University and Iowa BioDevelopment and leads the scientific approach to brewing. Most of the beer’s distribution is focused in Iowa, Dallas and Austin, with plans to open up the Nebraska market soon.

The 6,000-square-foot Iowa brewery is dedicated to producing the highest quality products and relies on leading edge technologies to guarantee consistency and “true to style” specifications. One sip of the Take a Chill Pilsner, where the water used is recreated to contain the same characteristics found in the water of Pilsen, Czech Republic, and you will be convinced that science can merge with satisfaction.

Muhl and his company have also built out a cooperative services platform that services other breweries and wineries not only in the Midwest but also as far away as New York and Texas, supporting third parties with distribution services, raw material procurement including small batch, less-than-truckload cans, logistics and mobile canning services.

Texas became the second market for Muhl and NoCoast Beers, after first rolling out in Iowa. Muhl moved here knowing no one but felt it was the right place to live. “Very attractive economics here. Very attractive airport. Great weather. Great quality of life.

Nice people. I felt like I already fit in here, because the Midwestern culture is not that far of a jump from the Southern culture.” It also helps that the craft beer market exploding here, and NoCoast Beers are getting in at the right time.

MADI, but they are beautiful to see. Future exhibits are planned which include artists from Venezuela, India and Italy. Thus, the museum brings a world art movement to Dallas. The museum is supported by donations and currently seeks to become self-sustaining. No admission is charged, but support is welcome.

Seeing this beautiful collection right in our neighborhood and knowing that this museum is the only one of its kind in the world, should give all of us pride. If you like modern art, don’t miss this gem.

Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise in Panama adventure travel. He blogs about travel and other musings at untroddenla.com. Follow him @Adventourist and see where he is off to next.

“NYPD Blue,” Bochco’s longest-running series with 12 seasons, won just one Emmy as TV best drama series but four trophies for Dennis Franz as terminally troubled detective Andy Sipowicz.

During a 2005 set visit commemorating “NYPD Blue’s” final season, Bochco said the broadcast networks had scaled back on “adult content” in the aftermath of Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the preceding year’s Super Bowl.

“I don’t think today we could launch or sell “NYPD Blue” in the form it launched 12 years ago,” he contended. “I mean, we’ve fought with ABC broadcast standards in the past year over things that we hadn’t fought about for 10-plus years.”

Bochco had his share of flops, too, some of them rather spectacular. His singing/dancing “Cop Rock,” which premiered in fall 1990 when “L.A. Law” and “Doogie Howser” also were on the air, got played off after just a half-season. The animated “Capitol Critters” and the base level sitcom “Public Morals” also got quick hooks.

He also could be churlish at times, most notably when “Public Morals” drew the worst reviews of his career in 1996.

“The overwhelming majority of those folks are dopes,” Bochco said in reference to TV critics who had been championing him for years. In this particular case, he lost a fight with ABC to use a five-letter vulgarism for vagina in the show’s first episode. Many critics already had branded “Public Morals” unfunny, unlikable, infantile and well beneath the high standards Bochco previously had set.

Bochco’s last series, “Murder in the First,” ran from 2014-2016 on TNT. By that time he was both ailing and a lion in winter who had roared mightily for a quarter-century. “Hill Street Blues” helped to pave the way for Bochco’s future successes and for many thoroughly adult, Emmy caliber dramas to follow, including NBC’s “St. Elsewhere,” HBO’s “The Sopranos,” FX’s “The Shield,” and AMC’s “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad.” He had reached a comfort level by the time of “NYPD Blue’s” second season, telling TV critics, “I’m very much where I want to be with it. I don’t want to say, ‘Oh gee, now I want to add 15 new words to the TV glossary and I want to push for even more explicit nudity.’ No, that’s not what it’s about. It’s just nice to be able to access a more colorful range of language, because it makes this show grittier and more real. The occasional nudity is on an as-needed basis.”

Bochco was never more needed than in the 1980s. He steered broadcast network television into previously uncharted territory — and then fought hard to keep it from retreating. It took a singular and single-minded individual to do that.

And Steven Bochco never shirked from the task.

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

Park Cities Home Tour is April 14 The Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Home Tour is Saturday, April 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 2018 Historic Home Tour features architecturally and historically significant homes of the Park Cities including 3925 Potomac Ave., 3928 University Blvd. (bottom right), 3504 Hanover St. (top right), 4516 North Versailles Ave. and 3712 Maplewood Ave. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door on day of event. Advance tickets for the Home Tour are available at Tom Thumb stores in Snider Plaza, Preston Center, Greenville Avenue and Lovers Lane, Inwood Road at University Boulevard and in Lincoln

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