Doctors Hospital Facelift Nearly Complete
The 35-year-old Doctors Hospital, 9440 Poppy Drive, has nearly completed the expansion and renovation of its medical campus.
The $40 million project includes a new medical office tower, a parking garage, an outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation center, more room for cardiac treatment, and an expanded open-heart surgery suite.
All driveways approaching the hospital campus are again accessible, and the remodeled first-floor lobby is open.
One of the hospital’s two intensive care units has been remodeled and re-equipped, and the second unit is expected to be complete in September.
A new Community Conference Center, which is available to non-profit organizations, is being used for community education lectures.
Other renovations to be completed by the end of the summer include a remodeled postpartum maternity floor, a refurbished labor and delivery area, and a new labor/delivery/recovery suite for maternity patients.
By the end of May, the hospital’s Imaging Center should be complete, doubling the size of the existing radiology center and adding a women’s center for mammography to the hospital.
Lakewood Chamber Hosts Annual Bingo Party/Auction
The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a bingo party, silent auction and buffet dinner April 14 at the Lakewood Country Club, 6430 Gaston. Dinner begins at 6 p.m., followed by bingo at 7:30 p.m.
The auction will take place throughout the evening. Prizes will include a trip, savings bonds, goodie baskets, and gift certificates.
Cost is $25 per person for the evening. The price includes three bingo cards, good for all 12 games, plus three cards for a final blackout game. Call 821-1491 for reservations.
News & Notes
FARMERS MARKET OPENS: Our neighborhood Farmers Market at the intersection of Bryan and Burlew streets opens for business April 8 with a dedication and ribbon cutting at 1:30 p.m. in conjunction with the Inner City Life! Festival.
A neighborhood clean-up will precede the dedication, and hot dogs and drinks will be served on the vacant lot at Peak and Bryan streets. Bryan Street will be closed to traffic from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. between Peak and Carroll Avenue.
Donations are being sought for the Farmers Market. Call Bob Booker of D/FW Roofing-Repair Service at 530-7663 for information.
WHOLE FOODS AWARDS CITIZENSHIP: Whole Foods Market, 2218 Greenville, will award its first Citizenship of the Month Award in April for children 17 years old and younger.
Customers nominate youths from the neighborhood for their volunteerism, good deeds and/or academic achievements. Store employees then vote on the nominees.
Award winners receive a $25 gift certificate for Whole Foods or a Whole Foods tote bag filled with $25 worth of products, says Stacy Nicholson, in-store programs coordinator.
The nomination box is at the north entrance of the store by the café. For information, call 824-1744.
WOODROW REUNION SCHEDULED: Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1965 celebrates its 30-year anniversary June 16-17. Jack Teter, Don Ridgway and Ron Green are heading the reunion committee. Send information about Class of ’65 members to Teter at WW Reunion, 6337 Oram, Dallas 75214.
The reunion will feature a golf tournament June 16. A picnic and a dinner/dance is scheduled June 17 at Lakewood Country Club, 6430 Gaston.
YWCA BENEFIT AUCTION: The YWCA fundraising auction is scheduled April 22 from 7-9 p.m. in the Central YWCA Gym, 4621 Ross. The event benefits the aquatic program for mentally and physically disabled people.
To donate items, volunteer, or to find out about the aquatic program, call Ches Millican at 827-5600. Admission to the auction is $2.
CELEBRATING SAFETY: The Northeast Operations Division of the Dallas Police Department hosts a Safety Fair May 6 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Northeast substation, 9915 E. Northwest Highway at Audelia. McGruff the crime dog will be attending, and displays will include a police helicopter, the mobile storefront, police motorcycles, squad cars, a fire truck and an ambulance. Lunch will be available. Call 670-4762 for information.
GOLF TOURNAMENT: Dallas Can! Academy, a school for at-risk youth, needs golfers for a noon shotgun tournament May 22 to benefit the school’s scholarship fund. The tournament will be held at Lakewood Country Club, 6430 Gaston, and will feature Timm Matthews, sports anchor for television station KTVT-11. Entry fee is $250 per player, which includes tee prizes, green fees and cart, lunch and a buffet dinner. To register, call 529-2422.
EASTER AT THE ARBORETUM: More than 25,000 candy-filled eggs will be hidden in the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden’s lawns April 16. Arboretum officials estimate 7,000 children will take part in what they call Dallas’ biggest Easter egg hunt.
The hunt begins at 1:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny and the Tom Thumb mascot will pose to pictures with children.
Admission to the Arboretum, located at 8525 Garland Road on White Rock Lake, is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for children ages 6-12. Admission is free for members and children under 6 years of age. The egg hunts are included in the admission cost. Parking is $2. Call 327-8263 for information.
LEARNING TO ADAPT WITHOUT VISION: The Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind offers adaptive living classes for people losing their vision on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. There is no fee, but donations are accepted. Call Kerry at 821-2375 for information.
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT HONORED: Doris Fair has received the 1995 Woodrow B. Seals Laity Award, given by the Lay Advisory Board of Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology. The award recognizes people who serve Christ and the community.
Fair is the board president of the Wilkinson Center, an organization that provides emergency aid to low-income families in East Dallas. Shannon Cooper, Wilkinson’s executive director, nominated Fair for the award.
Fair has been a member of the Lakewood United Methodist Church since 1952 and currently serves on the administrative council and as treasurer of United Methodist Women.
DESIGNERS RAISE MONEY FOR FAIR PARK: The American Society of Interior Designers presented Craig Holcomb, the executive director of Friends of Fair Park, with a check for $5,000 last month for the Fair Park Information Line, which receives more than 20,000 calls a year.
CAJUNFEST COMES TO NEIGHBORHOOD: Kracker Seafood, 318 Medallion Center, hosts its 10th annual CajunFest April 22-23 with Cajun music, crawfish races and a crawfish-eating contest. The restaurant brings in Louisiana chefs to cook Cajun-style food. For information, call 696-0102.
Calendar
April 6 – Grammy-nominated recording artist Michael Feinstein performs a benefit concert for the Vogel Alcove at the Meyerson Symphony Center at 8:15 p.m. Call 520-ARTS.
April 11 – A senior citizen health fair at Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call 670-1376.
April 18 – Ashley Forbes leads story-time at 10 a.m. at Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth. Call 670-1376 to register.
April 20-27 – USA Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with a week of independent films at AMC Glen Lakes Theaters, 9450 N. Central at Walnut Hill. For schedule, call 821-NEWS.
April 22 – Whole Foods Market, 2218 Greenville, celebrates the 25th anniversary of Earth Day with activities for the public.
April 24 – The East Dallas Chamber of Commerce board meets at 4 p.m. at Doctors Hospital in the new west wing, 9440 Poppy Drive.
April 27 – Lakewood Library Friends reception for neighborhood writers, 6121 Worth, 6:30-8 p.m. Call 670-1376.
April 30 – The Texas Baroque Ensemble free Easterfest concert of early Mexico and Peru music at the Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe, 2215 Ross, at 5:30 p.m.
Through April 8 – Actors’ Theatre of Dallas presents “The Trip to Bountiful” at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. Call 760-2773.
Through April 21 – The Dallas Visual Art Center, 2917 Swiss, presents the wire sculptures of Augie N’Kele.
Through April 30 – The 31st annual Lakewood Art Show, featuring work by neighborhood residents, is displayed at the Lakewood Library, 6121 Worth.
May 13 – Dallas Water Utilities third annual Pumphouse 5K and open house to celebrate National Drinking Water Week at White Rock Pump Station, 2900 White Rock Road, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Call 670-5938 for race information.
Through May 13 – “Stage Door Charley” opens the Dallas Summer Musical’s 55th season at Fair Park’s Music Hall. Call 691-7200.
