The mayoral and City Council candidates for districts east of Central Expressway will attend a March 24 Lakewood Country Club breakfast forum hosted by the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
Each candidate will have an opportunity to respond to questions pertaining to our neighborhood, such as: What is your position on the bond election items, including Fair Park funding, White Rock Lake dredging and maintenance, and public library computerization? What is your view on the channelization of Dixon Branch Creek? Discuss your view on the restriction of benefits to City employees.
Everyone is welcome to attend the breakfast, which costs $10 and will be at the Lakewood Country Club. Breakfast will be served at 7 a.m., and the forum begins at 7:30 a.m.
Also, the Lake Highlands Republican Women’s Club and 27 Lake Highlands neighborhood associations are hosting a mayoral candidate forum March 22 at 7 p.m. in the Lake Highlands High School Student Center, 9449 Church.
Henry Tatum, editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News, will be moderator. There is no admission charge for the event.
Sanitation Crews Pick Up Grass Clippings
Between March 15 and April 15, sanitation crews will pick up bagged grass clippings marked with a special tag. The tags are $1.50 each and are available at all City recreation centers beginning March 10.
Grass clippings should be placed at regular garbage collection sites. If your garbage collection is Monday/Thursday, grass collection is March 15-21 and March 29-April 4. If your collection is Tuesday/Friday, grass pick up is March 22-28 and April 5-11.
Bags will be collected one time during each of these periods. Grass clippings not in a bag will not be collected.
Neighborhood Volunteers Honored
Several neighborhood residents have been nominated for the 1995 Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Awards, presented by the Volunteer Center of Dallas County. They will be honored at a luncheon April 11 at the Hyatt Regency of Dallas.
Individual tickets are $35, and tables can be purchased ranging from $500 to $10,000 to support the volunteer center. All reservations are due by April 7.
Neighborhood nominees are Jan Barton, Catherine Burkhard, Lydia Chandler, Jeannette E. Consor, Mary Kay Garrett, Scott Gordon, Steve Halbach, Nina Lambeth, Kathleen Leos, Sharon Martin, Betty McFarland, Janice Moore, Jan Murphy, Connie Romero, Jo Anne Spears and Mary Vullo.
Also nominated were the peer counselors at the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind, Schepps Dairy and Blue Dragon Explorer Post.
For information, call Julie Clapp at 826-6767, ext. 242.
Calendar
March 4-19 – Art by children of the Lakewood Arts Academy is displayed at Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth. A reception will be held at 2 p.m. March 4.
March 8 – Pat Halberstadt reviews “The Story of the Titanic” at the Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth, at 1:30 p.m. Call 670-1376.
March 9 – Preservation Dallas luncheon with speaker John Kaliski on “Everyday Preservation and Neighborhood Conservation: at 11:45 a.m. at the Adolphus, 1321 Commerce. Costs $35. Call 821-3290.
March 11 – Whole Foods on Lower Greenville will have samples of non-alcoholic beer and a variety of green foods to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
March 12 – Greenville Whole Foods has a booth at the vegetarian food festival, starting at 3 p.m. at Club Dada, 2720 Elm Street in Deep Ellum. Proceeds benefit KNON community radio.
March 18-19 – Mother Nature Garden Center, 2001 Skillman, presents The Herbaceous Border with presentations from horticulturist Jimmy Turner and Patrick Butterworth. Call 823-9421.
March 25 – The Deep Ellum Association hosts its third annual “Walk on Walls” art festival, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. More than 40 artists will paint permanent murals on the sidewalks of Main, Commerce and Elm streets. Call 748-4332.
March 25 – Bill Mallonee performs at the Downstairs Cafe, Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams, at 7:30 p.m. for $5. Call 824-4531.
Through March 25 – Kitchen Dog Theater presents Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love” at McKinney Avenue Contemporary, 3120 McKinney. Call 521-DOGS.
Through April 2 – The Dallas Children’s Theater presents “The Rememberer” at the Crescent Theater, 2215 Cedar Springs. Call 978-0110.
Through April 23 – The Dallas Children’s Theater presents “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” at El Centro College Theater on the corner of Main and Market streets Downtown. Call 978-0110.
Through April 22 – Contemporary Culture Inc. exhibits “Photographic Book Arts in the United States” at 5501 Columbia. Call 823-8955.
News & Notes
ARBORETUM GOES TO OZ: From March 4-April 9, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland on White Rock Lake, presents the “Garden of Oz.” Visitors can follow the yellow brick road from Auntie Em’s farm house and tornado at the main entrance to the Emerald City, passing along the way ivy-made characters of Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion. Children’s activities are planned each weekend from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. For information, call 327-8263.
TAX HELP: American Association of Retired Persons volunteers are answering tax questions, providing appropriate forms and helping people fill out tax returns at the Lakewood Library. Three to four volunteers are at the library on Mondays from noon-4 p.m. through April 10. For information, call the library, 6121 Worth, at 670-1376.
TOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STUDIOS: Artists from the White Rock Lake area open their home studios up to the public March 25 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. as part of the third annual East Dallas Art Studio Tour sponsored by the Creative Arts Center, 2360 Laughlin at Ferguson.
Ten studios are participating in the free tour, and a map is available at the arts center. Artists represent a variety of crafts, including painting, pottery, cartooning, glass work and sculpting. The artists will show their studios, demonstrate how they do their work and have pieces for sale.
For information, call the arts center at 320-1275.
CELEBRATING LINDSLEY PARK: On March 4 at 1 p.m., the Hollywood/Santa Monica Neighborhood Association celebrates the completion of the initial phase of Lindsley Park’s renovation. The Park, located at Tenison Memorial Road at Lindsley, reopened after Christmas with sidewalks and new swings, benches and picnic tables, completing phase one of the renovation project.
The renovations cost $116,500. About 250 residents contributed $12,000. The neighborhood association raised an additional $7,500.
LEARNING ADVENTURES: The Greater Lakewood Shepherd Center starts its spring Adventures in Learning program for seniors March 31 with classes in foreign languages, exercise, the constitution and its amendments, and current events.
Classes are held at the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 3204 Skillman, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. From 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., classes will also be held in bridge and the fine arts, including drama and creative writing. The program lasts through May 26 and costs $15 for as many classes as you want to take. For information, call the center at 823-2583.
REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE ELECTS BOARD: The Old East Dallas Renaissance Coalition recently elected its 1995 board of directors. The organization works to revitalize Old East Dallas with committees focused on housing and code enforcement, zoning and anticrime efforts.
The directors include Mary Jane Beaman; Jack Biggs; Jo Blount; Sgt. Allan Brown, anticrime; Betty Brown; Steve Clicque, treasurer; Sue Dorsey, secretary; Carey Dowl; Marsha Drebelbis, newsletter publisher; Dusty Eagen, community projects; Linda Ender; Laura Escalante-Brown; Marian Gibson; Keith Jackson; Sgt. Jim Little; Tom Moore, president and zoning committee; Jay Newman; Dominic Nohe; Edward Retta; Brenda Sanders; Eric Stetenfeld, housing and code enforcement; Helen Swint, vice president; Sonny Tittle, housing and code enforcement; and John Tomaso.
Coalition membership is $5 per individual or $25 per organization. For information, call 824-8373.
VEGETARIAN FAIR: Kalachandji’s Restaurant, 5430 Gurley, will host a Holistic Health Fair and dinner, coordinated by the Texas Vegetarian Society, for The Great American Meat-Out March 18 from 5:30-9 p.m. Films will be shown about vegetarianism. Admission to the fair is $7.95, and children under 13 years are half price. The cost includes dinner. For information, call 821-1048.
RECYCLING GURU: Neighborhood resident Mariana Schurba was recognized as Eastfield College’s 1994-95 Innovator of the Year for organizing a college-wide recycling program implemented in November to coincide with Texas Recycling Day. Schurba, Eastfield’s facilities services management coordinator, was judged on six criteria – quality, efficiency, cost effectiveness, replication, creativity and timeliness.
TRASH BASH: The Lakewood Homeowners Association joins the Uptown Dallas Exchange Club for a “Trash Bash” March 18 at 8:30 a.m. to clean up two miles along the west side of White Rock Lake. Participants should meet at Teepee Hill and are asked to bring rakes and wading shoes. Call Ellen or Albin Tarry at 828-0241 for information.
The East Dallas Chamber of Commerce will host a White Rock Lake clean-up March 7 at 4:30 p.m. Meet at Garland and East Lawther. Call 321-6446 for information.
EHRHARDT OPENS OFFICE: State Rep. Harryette Ehrhardt, District 107, recently opened her district office at 6301 Gaston, Suite 730. The office provides people with a place to express their concerns about state government, Ehrhardt says.
