Four artists and 20 volunteers have teamed to make the bathrooms at White Rock Lake cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing, says Marci Novak, who helped organize the beautification project.
Murals of fish, birds and sunsets and joggers have been painted on six pairs of bathrooms around the lake.
The murals are a way to fight bathroom graffiti, says Novak, who founded the nonprofit group For the Love of the Lake.
The mural designers were artists Joseph Korngut, Judith Garrett, Cheryl Schultz and Pamela Nelson. Jerry Hazelip and Texas Paint and Wallpaper donated the paint and supplies for the project.
Neighbors will gather June 8 for a “Tour de Bath” to see the new murals.
The tour will begin after an 11 a.m. ceremony during which City Councilwoman Mary Poss will hang a proclamation by Mayor Ron Kirk, which has been mounted on a bronzed plaque, at Tee Pee Hill on West Lawther. The proclamation declares Dec. 3 for the Love of White Rock Lake Day.
Poss will then conduct a ribbon-cutting for the transformed bathrooms.
Prior to these events, there will be a Shoreline Spruce-up from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Participants should register by 8 a.m. at the Bath House Cultural Center, off Buckner at Northcliff. Adopt-A-Shoreline volunteer groups, For the Love of the Lake, and the City’s Park and Recreation Department host these on-going clean-up projects the second Saturday of each month.
Touchstone Residential, 6130 Greenville, has adopted the lake’s north shoreline, visible from Mockingbird Lane, as part of the spruce-up campaign.
For information on spruce-ups, call 622-7283.
Wyatt’s Cafeteria Closes after 54 Years in Lakewood
Last month, Wyatt’s Cafeteria at 1905 Abrams said good-bye to Lakewood.
Wyatt’s closed its doors permanently May 14 after 54 years of serving our neighborhood. Wyatt’s has been in Lakewood since 1942 and at the Abrams location since 1986.
The closest Wyatt’s locations to our neighborhood are now at Forest and Marsh lanes and at NorthPark Center.
Wyatt’s management would not discuss specifics of the Lakewood closing or the financial situation of the cafeteria, but says all employees have been given the opportunity to transfer to other locations.
“It was a business decision we made for the company,” says Jennifer Maloney of Wyatt’s corporate office.
Fiesta Opens Store on Old Sears Site
A 49,000-square-foot Fiesta Mart opened last month on 5344 Ross and Greenville, after nine months of construction on the old Sears building site.
There are 34 Fiesta Marts in Texas, with the company’s home base in Houston.
This is the third Fiesta store in Dallas, and it will be open daily from 7 a.m. to midnight.
The grocery store is known for its extensive selection of international foods and for the festive mood in the stores, which feature musical entertainment such as mariachi bands, says Store Manager David Weinerth.
“We cater to ethnic tastes and the demographic areas that we serve,” Weinerth says.
News & Notes:
CARONA AND HALSTEAD FACE OFF: State Rep. John Carona and former City Councilwoman Donna Halstead of Lake Highlands face each other in a run-off election June 1 to fill the seat of State Sen. John Leedom, who resigned from the 16th Senatorial District. The District includes large parts of Lakewood and East Dallas, all of Lake Highlands, East Richardson, Preston Hollow, Mesquite and most of Garland. These two received the most votes of the four candidates who ran for the seat in a special election held May 4.
NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALES CHANGES LOCATIONS: Northridge Presbyterian Church will no longer be the site for the Lakewood Neighborhood Wide Garage Sale, as it was reported in the May Advocate. Instead, the sale will be held at 6969 Lakewood. The sale is sponsored by the Lakewood Homeowners Association May 31-June 1 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. both days. For information, call Susan Falvo at 720-1883.
WOODROW GRAD WALKS ON STILTS: Woodrow Wilson High School graduate Brantley Aufill played a circus stiltwalker in the “Bartered Bride” operat at Ithaca College in New York, where he is an acting major. Aufill alos is a founding member of his college’s improvisational group Studio 2.
Another Woodrow graduate and Ithaca acting major, Tony Mayes, played the father in the college’s production of “Blood Wedding”, a fiery love story and rural tragedy. Mayes also received the 1995-96 Jane Woods Werly Endowed Scholarship.
MAYOR VISITS ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Neighborhood residents Mayor Ron Kirk, Richard Clements Realtors and Henry Tatum of the Dallas Morning News editorial board are the guest panelists for the Old East Dallas Renaissance Coalition’s next membership event, an ice cream social and forum July 1 from 7-8 p.m. The forum topic is “Building Pride in Old East Dallas.” Location will be announced later. For information, call Pam Stephenson, event chairwoman, at 871-0783.
MARY POSS VISITS WITH LAKEWOOD HOMEOWNERS: City Councilwoman Mary Poss of District 9 speaks to the Lakewood Homeowners Association June 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lakewood Country Club, Gaston and Abrams. Call Susan Falvo at 720-1883.
MAGAZINE HIRES NEIGHBORHOOD GRAPHIC ARTIST: Neighborhood resident Kay Allen Bird has been named art director of Dallas Family Magazine. Bird has worked in the Dallas area for more than 10 years after a stint in New York City as a freelance graphic artist with such publications as Cosmopolitan Magazine. Her most recent job was assistant art director for D Magazine.
WORKSHOP GIVES CURES FOR HEADACHES: Dr. Brad Pennington presents the free workshop “Headaches; The Causes and Cures” June 8 from 11 a.m.-noon at Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth. Seating is limited. Call 827-1999 to register.
ATTORNEY DARRELL JORDAN SPEAKS TO CHAMBER: Darrell Jordan, partner of Hughes & Luce LLP, will speak to the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce about doming the Cotton Bowl at a breakfast meeting June 25 at the Dallas Arboretum’s DeGolyer House. Jordan, who has more than 25 years experience in civil litigation, previously served as an assistant city attorney in Dallas and as a prosecutor for District Attorney Henry Wade. For reservations, call the chamber at 321-6446.
FIVE CHURCHES TEAM TO OFFER BIBLE SCHOOL: Five Presbyterian churches – including Colonial, El Divino Salvador and St. Andrew’s – have teamed to offer vacation Bible school June 10-14 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. with dinner served each night and performances by Covenant players, a Christian drama troupe. For information, call 328-2625, 821-9989 or 348-2133.
