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In This IssueHoroscopes pg. 9Puzzles and Games pg. 4, 10Community Calendar pg. 7Restaurant Directory pg. 4The Mall pg. 11 Cinema Therapy pg. 6Public Domain Story pg. 3
WHITE ROCK LAKE WEEKLY
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Vol. 1, No. 26 • Neighborhood News & Views • Community Calendar • Amusements for All Ages • www.whiterocklakeweekly.com
December 11-17, 2009
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COMMUNITY NEWS
The White Rock Local Market in East Dallas caps a successful 2009 farmers market season on Saturday, December 12th, with an expanded holiday shopping theme in conjunction with Lake Highlands Village Shopping Center’s annual Green Christmas at the Lake. The market will feature local arts and crafts vendors, as well as artisan foods, locally grown produce, breads, natural meats and dairy products. Entertain-ment will include local musi-cians and dancers, a bounce house, face painting and free pictures with Santa Claus.
White Rock Local Market will be donating a portion of the proceeds from the Decem-ber White Rock Local Market to the Dallas Morning News Charities benefiting numerous charities in the community. Lake Highlands Village shop-ping center will be donating a portion of the proceeds from the Green Christmas at the Lake to the Family Gateway Center for homeless families with children.
At the White Rock Local Market and Green Christmas at the Lake, patrons will have a chance to do all holiday shop-ping without ever stepping into a retail store.
The market will feature jewelry, vintage bikes, an-tiques, furniture, clothing,
candles and art, along with Dallas Etsy artists that special-ize in hip, handmade items.
At WRLM’s final market of the 2009 season, local farmers plan to offer fresh greens, broc-coli, mushrooms, and more, while area meat producers and dairies will be bringing cheese and yogurt along with grass-fed lamb, beef, chicken and pork.
The upcoming market’s lineup also includes vendors selling spices, Texas olive oil, locally roasted and blended coffee, artisan breads and pas-tries, vegan baked goods, local honey, pasta and preserves. Market hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. About the White Rock Local Market
White Rock Local Market, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the link between Dallas residents and local farmers, food producers and artisans. The market is located next to the Green Spot Market & Fuels - a gas station that sells biodiesel and healthy foods. White Rock Local Market is at 702 N. Buckner Blvd, at the corner of North-cliff Dr. in Dallas, one block from White Rock Lake and adjacent to the Lake Highlands Village Shopping Center. For more information, please call 214-797-4989 or visit www.whiterocklocalmarket.com.
Local Market celebrates seasonHanukah celebrations rich with traditionsBy Shari Stern
On Saturday December 12th, The Celebration Tree Grove in White Rock Lake Park will host it’s inaugural holiday tree lighting and deco-ration event. The City of Dallas has gifted four palm cypress trees, and For the Love of the Lake has provided a 15 foot red cedar which will be lighted and decorated. All who love the Celebration Tree Grove are encouraged to place a special ornament on the tree and share some Christmas Cheer. For a truly timeless gift idea, you may purchase a bronze plaque to commemorate “that special person or group” in a very unique way. The First An-nual Celebration Tree Grove holiday decoration event will take place on Sat. Dec. 12th at the Grove (Poppy Dr. and East Lawther Dr.) . Tree planting will commence at 11:00 a.m., followed by the decoration and lighting event at noon. Every-one welcome. For the Love of the Lake and the Celebration Tree Grove wish “Happy Holi-days” to all.
Mustang Stampede leads the way to Fair Park Holiday celebration
Photo by Nancy Black
Members of the J. J. Pierce Mustang Stampede entertained the huge crowd gathered for the MetroPCS Fair Park Holiday. The free event featured bouncy houses, live music and arts & crafts.
Photo by Nancy BlackTexas Worm Ranch owner Heather Rinaldi displays her workers.
Holiday tree event first ever for non profit group
Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake (DHWRL) gathered monetary donations to feed 50 families in need for Thanksgiv-ing.
During four weeks, the hospital raised more than $5,000 from employee dona-tions and a partnership with the Dallas Police Department. With donations highly exceed-ing their goals, DHWRL was able to serve 190 families for the holiday, more than tripling their original goal.
The donation was a part of the hospital’s unique year-long campaign in honor of its 50th anniversary to thank the com-munity by donating wish list items in quantities of ’50’ to local community organizations.
Pictured from left to right: Libby Carillo-Logan, Bonnie Ruth’s Café, Sgt. Keitric Jones, Dallas PD, Shannon Collier, DHWRL, DPD Deputy Chief Thomas Lawrence, Marc Valerin, DPD NE Volunteer Board Chairman and Mel Cyrak, DPD NE Volunteer Board Vice-Chair. Front row: Martha Trimpe, DPD volunteer, Julie Martin, DHWRL. Photo courtesy of Doctors Hospital.
Doctors Hospital serves up holiday spirit with Dallas Police
Photo courtesy of www.runtherock.comThe Dallas White Rock Marathon weekend will take place December 11-13 around our own White Rock Lake. Twenty thousand runners are expected to gather for five races, including the Marathon, Half Marathon, 5-Person Relay, SMU Cox Corporate Relay Challenge, and the Mayor’s 5K. The Half Marathon and Relay races are currently sold out, but endurance runners can still sign up for the 26.2-mile trek (beginning and ending at Victory Park) through White Rock Lake, Turtle Creek, Highland Park, Lakewood, and the Historical District of Swiss Avenue. If you’re not much for run-ning, there will be live bands performing at various locations along the courses and opportunities to volunteer. For more information, or to register, visit www.runtherock.com. Happy trails!
The First LightFriday evening, December
11, 2009, at sundown, Jew-ish families all over the world will gather to welcome in the first night of Hanukah, which falls this year on the Shabbat, or Sabbath (sundown Friday through sundown Saturday every week). They will light the Shamas, the candle used to light the other candles in the Menorah, sometimes called a Chanukakiah, the sacred nine-stem candelabra. Then they will light one candle for the first night, or first light, fol-lowed by an additional candle each subsequent night for eight nights.
Starting on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar (which is November-December on the Gregorian calendar), Hanukah is observed for eight nights and eight days to com-memorate the rededication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Jews’ 168 B.C.E. vic-tory over the Hellenist Syrians.
The Traditional Hanukah Meal
A typical Hanukah dinner includes a succulent brisket or roasted chicken with onions, carrots and potatoes, served with traditional Latkes, pan-fried potato pancakes, served with applesauce and sour cream. Yum.
The HistoryAntiochus, the Greek King
of Syria, outlawed Jewish rituals and ordered the Jews to worship Greek gods. Greek soldiers seized the Jews’ holy Temple and dedicated it to the worship of Zeus.
Greek officers and soldiers ordered the villagers to bow to an idol and eat the flesh of a pig, both forbidden to Jews. Mattathias, a Jewish High Priest, refused and became outraged, so he, his five sons and the other villagers then
attacked and killed the sol-diers. Mattathias’ family went into hiding with many other Jews who wanted to fight the Greeks.
Judah Maccabee, one of Mattathias’ sons, and his soldiers went to the holy Temple, and were saddened by the damage, including to the golden menorah. They cleaned, repaired and rededicated the Temple. For the celebration,
the Maccabees looked every-where for oil, and only found a small flask that contained only enough oil to light the menorah for one day. Miraculously, the oil lasted for eight days. This gave them enough time to ob-tain new oil to keep the meno-rah lit. Today, Jews celebrate Hanukkah for eight days by lighting candles in a menorah every night, thus commemorat-ing the eight-day miracle. In
Hebrew, the word “Hanukah” means “dedication.”
Spinning the DreidelFor children, Hanukah is
generally the favorite of the holidays, as it’s when they rake in a grand present every night for eight nights. If they are lucky enough to have grand-parents, aunts and uncles, they often can multiply that number of gifts several times over. So, instead of receiving a mountain of gifts on Christmas morning like their non-Jewish friends, they open packages every night for eight nights. All things being equal, that’s usually a pretty fair trade.
Another tradition kids en-joy is playing with the dreidel, a four-sided top with a Hebrew letter on each side. The letters have numeric values that add up to winning scores.
Winners are rewarded with Hanukah gelt, chocolate coins wrapped in gold tin, a few of
which are contained in a gold mesh bag. The gelt represents a time when, instead of toys and other kinds of gifts, children received money in the form of change for the holiday.
Enjoy, good Yom Tov, and have a healthy, safe and yummy holiday! Happy Ha-nukah from your neighbors at White Rock Lake Weekly.
Information provided by www.history.com.
White Rock Marathon ready to run the RockC. C. Young President Ken Durand, Mrs. Margo Perot and Mrs. Nancy Ann Hunt at the recent Body, Mind and Spirit Lecture, “Parkinson’s 7 Alzheimer’s: What Can You Do to Beat the Game?”
The Point, Center for Arts & Education at C. C. Young, Texas Health Presbyterian Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Robert S. Folsom family recently co-sponsored “What can YOU Do to Beat Memory & Cognitive Disease?,” part of an on-going complimentary lecture series Body, Mind & Spirit.
The lecture featured prac-tical ways to beat Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s including early identification, lifestyle changes, and early treatments, and was held on the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas campus in the Fogelson Forum Auditorium.
The next lecture, “The New Texas Challenge: Popula-tion Change and The Future of Texas”, is set for February 17, 2010 and will feature Steve Murdock, Ph.D.
All lectures in the Body, Mind and Spirit Series are complimentary, open to the public and geared to a lay audi-ence.
Limited seating is avail-able. For more information or to reserve a seat, please call 214-841-2834 or e-mail [email protected].
Lecture series brings new light to difficult issue
I humbly relinquish my editorial space this week so we can bring you, “Yes, Virginia, There is a San-ta Claus.” It is kind of hard to top Virginia’s letter and Mr. Church’s response. All I can do is clap my hands three times and say, “I believe, I believe, I believe.”
I am amazed daily by the goodwill of the White Rock Lake community who bring the natural beauty and art of our area to life. Thank you for all you do. And happy holidays!
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White Rock Lake “Crime Watch”
Issue 26December 3 – 7:15 a.m.U-Haul7015 Ferguson Rd. (75228)Theft: An unknown took a tow dolly from the location without permission. The value of the stolen property is estimated at more than $1600.
December 3 – 8:40 a.m.2700 Block, Buckner Blvd. (75228)Criminal Trespass: A known suspect forced open a vacant apartment door and stayed without consent from the apartment owner. The suspect was apprehended by police at the apartment.
December 3 – 8:37 p.m.Walgreens6505 Abrams Rd. (75231)Robbery: An unknown suspect entered the location, approached a store employee, and demanded money from the cash register. The suspect had his hands in his pockets, and was believed to have a gun. The employee complied with the demands and the suspect fled the location on foot with $300 in cash.
December 3 – 8:42 p.m.Check N to Cash9310 E. RL Thornton Fwy. (75228)Aggravated Robbery: An unknown suspect entered the business, pointed a gun at a store employee, and demanded money. The suspect got away with more than $5000 in cash from the store, as well as the cell phone of the store employee at the register.
December 4 – 7:17 p.m.Subway2596 Gus Thomasson Rd. (75228)Aggravated Robbery: An unknown suspect entered the location, displayed a gun, and demanded money. The suspect fled the scene with more than $300 in cash before police arrived.
December 5 – 5:00 p.m.Ace Cash Express6526 Skillman St. (75231)Forgery: A known suspect attempted to cash what is believed to be a forged money order. The investigation is still ongoing.
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The root of the word “healing” has the same deriva-tion as the word “whole”. Healing and maintaining health both require the harmoni-ous func-tion of the mind, body and spirit. When the harmoni-ous function of the organism is disturbed, the person responds by developing symptoms of disease. What are these symp-toms if not our attempt to fight off a threat? A person with a cold may develop a runny nose, swollen lymph nodes and fever. The function of a runny nose is to shed the cold virus from the nasal mucosa; the swollen lymph nodes are help-ing the body to recognize and
Neighborhood doctor uses homeopathy to healDr. Alex Bekker, MD fight the virus, and the fever
raises the temperature killing viruses and bacteria, and acti-vates the immune system.
It is very important to note that each person responds dif-ferently to having a cold or to any disease for that matter. For some, colds are truly a 24-hour affair while for others every cold settles in the chest for weeks of illness. What deter-mines this reaction to illness is the susceptibility of the person. In these cases we commonly speak of a weakened immune system because of stress. Stress may have been present for a long time as is the case in depression or malnutrition or more recent as in anxiety as-sociated with taking exams in
college students.Therefore, when we look
at illness we must examine both the outer causes of disease and the susceptibility of the person to getting sick. In fact, in every epidemic of influenza, in a classroom of children some will get sick and others will not, even though most will be exposed to the virus – children hardly ever cover their mouth! How we actually treat ill people depends on our understanding of “disease.”
There are two basic ap-proaches to the treatment of disease. The first approach uses crude, synthetic drugs to treat the diagnosis of disease. The second approach involves
see HEALS on page 9
Wilkinson Center, a Dallas nonprofit agency that benefits low-income families, provides Christmas gifts to local families each year who participate in their various programs. This year they are hoping to make the magic of Christmas happen for nearly 600 children through Wilkinson Center’s “Adopt-a-family” program. However, they are short on donations of presents for the children this year and asking the general public for a chance to share the spirit of Christmas with others. The donations help almost 200 families celebrate the holidays by providing Christmas gifts for their children.
Participating families are Wilkinson Center food pantry clients, children in the CLIMB (Changing Lives, Improving Minds and Bodies) after-school programs and those who were members of Wilkinson Center’s
“Sharing and Giving” program. “Sharing and Giving” is a cooperative effort where clients are afforded the opportunity to join in giving to others through community service projects throughout the year. As a result of sharing in the responsibil-ity of community projects, Wilkinson Center, along with its donors, provides gifts to the participants during the Holiday season with the “Adopt-a-fam-ily” program.
“Our “Sharing and Giv-ing” program is a wonderful way for our clients to help themselves. There are numer-ous volunteer activities during the year they can participate in to help others, which qualifies them to receive presents for their children at Christmas,” said Brian Burton, executive director. “It offers them a way to receive with dignity.”
The “Adopt-a-family”
program is made possible with donations from churches, companies and individuals. Wilkinson Center has not received as many donations as they have in past years and is not able to distribute gifts to all the families who have registered for the program. The gifts will be given to families December 17 and 18. In order to fulfill a little Christmas joy for their nearly 600 children registered to receive presents, White Rock Lake Weekly readers are encouraged to call Margertree Holmes at 214-821-6380, x 201 to learn how to help. Those wishing to contrib-ute can choose an individual child to shop for or donate cash for Wilkinson Center to purchase the gifts. Donations must be received by December 14th. The center is located at 3312 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, TX 75228.
Lack of donations calls for fast action from White Rock Lake Weekly readers to help Wilkinson Center meet goals
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not compre-hensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generos-ity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which child-hood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
By Francis P. Church
First published in The New York Sun on
September 21, 1897
We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faith-ful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
Dear Editor— I am 8-years-old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’Hanlon115 W. Ninety-Fifth St.
Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? No-body sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will con-tinue to make glad the heart of childhood.
• • • •Francis P. Church was
the son of a Baptist minister, a correspondent during the Civil War and was working as an editorial writer for The New York Sun when a letter from 8-year old Virginia O’Hanlon ended up on his desk. He knew he had to confront the issue – “Is there a Santa Claus” – and write the truth in his response. His moving words touched the readers of that day and every Christmas since. It has become the most often re-printed edito-rial ever written.
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Quote for the Week
When the character of a man is not clear
to you, look at his friends.
– Japanese Proverb
Behind the Mike
I have had the privilege of doing play-by-play for football and baseball at a high school level over the years, both from the press box and on radio in Lexington, SC and St. Cloud, Florida. I currently broadcast Pop Warner football at Harmony, Florida.
When my children were grow-ing up, I had the privilege of coach-ing on a Pop Warner level. Occasionally, someone will come up to me at church or in a restaurant and say “Hi Coach.” I know I am speaking to one of the kids with whom I used to work. For anyone who has ever coached youngsters, that is the kindest title anyone could call you. It is a show of respect to accord you the title, despite not having done it for years.
Coaches are a special breed of people. They spend more time with children than the parents of those kids. It is quite understandable that they would bond with them as I did with my own coach and men-tor, the late J. W. Ingram. A love-hate relationship evolves as kids try to please their coach with good playmaking and victories.
My youngest son, Chris-topher, was an All-Conference center and a pretty decent athlete. His older twin brothers, Cory and Jason, were (as they say in the movie Rudy) five-foot-nothing and a hundred-nothing.
By Michael Aun info@[email protected]
The sweet title of “Coach” lasts a lifetimeIn four years at St. Cloud
High School, they never missed a football practice. In four years, they never started and about the only time they ever got into a game was when the Bulldogs were well ahead or well behind. In four years, no matter what level on which they played, their teams never lost to archrival Osceola in nearby Kissimmee.
They never missed a practice, a game or a class in school, receiving perfect at-tendance honors. Did they ever want to quit? If they did, they never shared that with their parents. Were they hurt by their lack of playing time? If they were, they never told us or their coaches. They simply showed up as if they were starting every play on both sides of the ball. I always admired that in my sons.
Recently I came across a letter that was written to them by their high school football coach, John Wallauer, who is now retired. Here is the letter.
Dear Cory and Jason,I will address this letter
to both of you because, as you well know, in four years I could never tell you apart anyway. I hope you never took this personally. During my 25 years coaching career, I have worked with at least six pairs of twins and I could not tell them apart either.
From time to time, I sit down at the end of the year to write a letter such as this one to some of the young men who have been a part of my pro-gram. This is the only letter I have written this year.
I want to thank you for all that you have done for St.
Cloud High School and my football program. What did Cory and Jason do for the St. Cloud High football program? Did you set records? Catch touchdown passes? No. You contributed something more important. You gave our pro-gram “character.”
Your courage, work ethic, honesty and integrity set an example for others to follow. There were times when you could have given up and quit, but you did not. You simply accepted the challenge and worked harder.
This letter is about “re-spect.” Respect is what you have worked so hard to earn and so rightfully deserve. As the years pass and the memo-ries fade, as they have over the past 25 years, I know I will remember at least two things: the win in the “Spurs” (St. Cloud’s only win in 50 years in that stadium) and the “Aun-sters!”
In closing, I would like to share one last thought with you. Do not ever forget that your success is the result of the love and guidance given you by your parents.
Young people are the prod-uct of their environment and your environment, no doubt, was a special one.
I know they are proud of you; I hope you are as proud of them.
Best of luck always Cory and Jason. I hope your life is filled with happiness and suc-cess.
Sincerely, Coach John Wallauer
P.S.- Please do not be offended when we meet and I ask, “Which one are you?”
PERSONAL FINANCEFinancial resolutions you can live withBy Jason Alderman
At this time of year, many people pause to reflect on what they’d like to change about their lives going forward – lose a few pounds, take a class, spend more time with the kids. Often, these goals revolve around personal finances.
But if you’ve been bat-tered by economic forces beyond your con-trol (as many have recently), it may be tough to craft financial resolutions ambitious enough to have a real impact on your situation – especially if you fear that unforeseen obstacles may later force you to scale them back or even lose ground.
That’s why I urge taking baby steps – setting small, meaningful objectives that provide a sense of accomplish-ment and that you can ramp up when your situation improves. Here are a few examples:
Scale back expenses. If you can’t make a big dent in your monthly costs, like refinancing your mortgage or
selling an unneeded vehicle to eliminate a car payment, look for lots of little dents that can add up:
• Save $10 a week by hav-ing one less fast food meal and to-go coffee; or rent a DVD instead of going out to the movies – that might save about $500 a year.
• Lower the thermostat in the winter by 1 degree and save 3 to 5 percent on your utility bill – saving $5 a month equals $60 a year.
• Drive slower. Each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph costs about $0.24 per gallon of gas. Properly inflate your tires, keep the engine tuned and cut out aggressive driving habits and you’ll save even bigger bucks.
• Shop around for better home and car insurance rates, and consider raising low de-ductibles. (Just make sure your coverage has kept pace with inflation.)
• Balance your checkbook. Even though many banks have recently lowered fees for bounced checks and overdrafts, one a month at $25 a pop adds up to $300 a year.
Build an emergency fund. Financial experts usually recommend stowing three to six months’ expenses in an
emergency fund. That’s a good long-term goal, but if it’s not currently realistic, don’t simply give up without trying – stash some of the cash you’re sav-ing above, a few dollars each month. You won’t miss it and might just be saved from hav-ing to take out an expensive short-term loan to cover emer-gency car repairs or an overdue electric bill.
Get organized. Even if you can’t afford to pay off all bills in full each month, at least know where you stand regarding due dates, minimum payments due and credit limits so you don’t inadvertently rack up higher interest rates or dam-age your credit score. If you’re a chronic procrastinator, set up automatic bill payment with your bank – it’ll save on post-age as well.
Stick to your budget. If you don’t have a budget, make this the year you create one. Numerous online tools are available to help. For example, Practical Money Skills for Life, (www.practicalmoneyskills.com/budgeting), features budgeting worksheets and cal-culators, guidelines for living within your means, budgeting recommendations for back-to-school, holiday spending, travel, and much more.
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Part 6STAVE FOUR.
THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
THE Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.
It was shrouded in a deep black gar-ment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. He knew no more, for the Spirit neither spoke nor moved.
“I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come? Ghost of the Future! I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you com-pany, and do it with a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me?”
It gave him no reply. The hand was pointed straight before them.
“Lead on! Lead on! The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. Lead on, Spirit!”
They scarcely seemed to enter the city; for the city rather seemed to spring up about them. But there they were in the heart of it; on ‘Change, amongst the merchants.
The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk.
“No,” said a great fat man with a mon-strous chin, “I don’t know much about it either way. I only know he’s dead.”
“When did he die?” inquired another.“Last night, I believe.”“Why, what was the matter with him? I
thought he’d never die.”“God knows,” said the first, with a yawn.“What has he done with his money?”
asked a red-faced gentleman.“I haven’t heard,” said the man with the
large chin. “Company, perhaps. He hasn’t left it to me. That’s all I know. By, by!”
Scrooge was at first inclined to be sur-prised that the Spirit should attach importance to conversation apparently so trivial; but feeling assured that it must have some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was likely to be. It could scarcely be supposed to have any bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was Past, and this Ghost’s province was the Future.
He looked about in that very place for his own image; but another man stood in his ac-customed corner, and though the clock pointed to his usual time of day for being there, he saw no likeness of himself among the multi-tudes that poured in through the Porch. It gave him little surprise, however; for he had been revolving in his mind a change of life, and he thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions carried out in this.
They left this busy scene, and went into an obscure part of the town, to a low shop
A Christmas CarolBy Charles Dickens
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with original illustrations by John Leech
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Last week, after months of deliberation, President Obama announced his intention to surge troops into Afghanistan. In his much-anticipated speech to Cadets at the U.S. Mili-tary Academy at West Point, President Obama announced that he will deploy 30,000 ad-ditional U.S. service members to join coalition forces already engaged in Operation Endur-ing Freedom. In going against the wishes of many in his own party, the President made a courageous decision, recogniz-ing the critical importance of preventing al Qaeda and its allies from reestablishing their footholds in the region. I stand ready and willing to support this President as long as he seeks a course for success in Afghanistan. However, I was troubled by the President’s an-nouncement that he will begin withdrawing our troops in July of 2011. I, like many Texans, question the logic behind announcing this timeline and oppose sending such mixed messages about U.S. intentions in Afghanistan. I strongly feel that sharing our playbook with our enemies in this way will only embolden them. I will continue to support our troops and encourage the President to measure success in Afghanistan using ground conditions, rather than a calendar.
Since I last wrote you, there have been several impor-tant developments in the effort to overhaul our nation’s health care system. After spending
six weeks drafting his bill behind closed-doors, Majority Leader Reid gave Americans and members of the Senate just three days to examine the 2,074 page, $2.5 trillion bill before pushing the first vote on a Saturday evening. Narrowly passing on a strict party line vote, the Reid bill is now be-ing debated on the floor of the Senate where Republicans are fighting to preserve Medi-care, beat back tax increases and ensure your premiums don’t go up as a result of this legislation. As it stands, the Reid bill would take Medi-care Advantage benefits away from seniors, saddle middle class Americans with $2,100 in increased premiums a year, and penalize small businesses if they fail to comply with new job-killing mandates in what is still a fragile economy.
I remain vehemently opposed to the Reid Health Care Bill now on the floor, but firmly believe that reforming our current system is vital to our nation’s future and must be addressed. In an effort to keep Texans informed and engaged as this important debate moves forward here in Washington, I have delivered a copy of the full bill to the Austin Central Library where it can be ac-cessed by the public, in addi-tion to providing it online on my Web site.
As always, my favorite part of writing you is telling you about my recent travels around the state. Just before the
Thanksgiving holiday I joined Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, local business leaders, and volunteers at the Capital Area Food Bank in Austin to as-semble meals for those in need in the community. I want to challenge all Texans to include volunteering their time and support for charitable causes as a part of their preparations for this Holiday season.
I recently visited South Texas where I met with Val-ley-area veterans in McAllen. I updated them on the status of my push for a new, state-of-the-art VA Hospital in South Texas. Veterans there currently have to drive hundreds of miles for access to inpatient health care. Earlier this year, I intro-duced S. 699, the Far South Texas Veterans Medical Center Act of 2009, to help close this gap by authorizing construc-tion of a full VA hospital in the Valley. I subsequently sought the support of President Obama in a letter to him in October, requesting his leadership in the effort to bring a full-scale VA hospital to Far South Texas, and I remain intent on advanc-ing this important bill through the Senate on behalf of our Valley veterans.
Also on my trip Sen. David Vitter, R-La. and I visited the Federal Courthouse
see CORNYN on page 10
Just in time for the Holidays, the Taste Of White Rock (TOWR) Dinner Club will be starting its fourth year with sales beginning Decem-ber 11th. The TOWR is a buy one, get one free dinner club at twelve locally owned neighbor-hood restaurants that are sup-porting White Rock Lake Park.
The books cost ten dollars and are valid from January 2, 2010 until October 31, 2010. Very few restrictions apply. Proceeds from the sale of the books benefit the non-profits at the lake as well as the neigh-borhood groups that sell the books. With the drastic budget cuts by the City of Dallas, it is more important than ever to fund improvements at White Rock Lake with private money. This program is but one source
to help the lake.Participating restaurants
for 2010 are Terilli’s Italian Restaurant, Highland Park
Cafeteria, Lakewood Tavern, Bonnie Ruth’s (Casa Linda), Bangkok City (Greenville), Barbec’s, Angelo’s Italian Grill, White Rock Sports Bar & Grill, Trinity Hall Irish Pub, Mexico Lindo, Sol’s Nieto Mexican Grill and Another Broken Egg.
The books make great holiday gifts and may be purchased from the Albertson’s at Casa Linda, Albertson’s on
Mockingbird, Albertson’s at Northwest Highway and Easton and at the Green Spot Market on Buckner and Northcliff.
In the past the beneficia-ries have been For The Love Of The Lake, the White Rock Lake Foundation, the White Rock Lake Volunteers In Pa-trol, the White Rock Lake Dog Park, the Friends of the Bath House Cultural Center, and the White Rock Lake Conservancy.
The TOWR is sponsored by the Peninsula Neighborhood Association, an all-volunteer organization. It consists of the homes between Buckner Blvd. and the lake.
The dinner club books make great Holiday gifts for family and friends. And it helps make White Rock Lake a better place for all of us.
American – HomestyleBarbec’s 8949GarlandRd.............214-321-5597
Chili’s –CasaLinda 246CasaLindaPlaza.....214-321-9485
Chubby’s Rest. 11331E.NWHwy............214-348-6065
Circle Grill Along-timeEastDallasfavoritefordelicious“homecooking.”Open:Sun-Wed:6a.m.–4p.m.Thu–Sat:6a.m.–9p.m. 3701N.BucknerBlvd......214-327-4140The Dixie House–Lakewood 6400GastonAve.............214-826-2412
Donna’s Kitchen JustGoodHomeCooking!Realdown-homecountryatmosphereandfriendlyservice.Breakfast,LunchandDinner. 3600GusThomasson......972-613-3651
Gold Rush Cafe 1913SkillmanSt..............214-823-6923
Greenville Ave. Bar & Grill
2821GreenvilleAve.........214-821-2128
Metro Diner 3309GastonAve.............214-828-2190
Bakery • Donuts • Ice CreamBenny’s Bagels 1901SkillmanatLaVista214-887-8385Black Forest Bakery 5811BlackwellSt.............214-987-9090Casa Linda Bakery 10819GarlandRd............214-321-0551Einstein Bros. Bagels 6333E.MockingbirdLn....214-824-3330Krispy Kreme 7410GreenvilleAve.........214-750-5118Natsumi Gelato & Frozen Yogurt 2323N.Henderson,#109214-823-1707Panera Bread–acrossfromT.E.Mall 18641LBJFwy.................214-613-3300Pokey O’s Cookies & Ice Cream 3034E.MockingbirdLn...214-987-1200Shipley’s Donuts 10332FergusonRd.........214-319-8003Society Bakery 3426-BGreenvilleAve......214-827-1411
Bar-B-QBack Country BBQ 6940GreenvilleAve.........214-696-6940Baker’s Ribs 4844GreenvilleAve.........214-373-0082Dickey’s 9004GarlandRd.............214-321-7018
Dickey’s
3700GusThomasson.....972-686-6822
Red, Hot & Blue 9810N.CentralExwy......214-368-7427Smokey John’s BBQ & Home Cooking 3909Gaston.....................214-515-0787
BistroThe Grape 2808GreenvilleAve.........214-828-1981
Breakfast & LunchAnother Broken Egg Cafe –CasaLinda 1152N.BucknerBlvd......214-954-7183
Dallas Diner & Donuts 10515E.NWHwy............214-628-6232Divine Coffee Shop 10233E.NWHwy.,#434.214-221-4659
Dot’s Cafe
10870PlanoRd...............214-827-4610
Garden Cafe
5310JuniusSt.................214-887-8330
John’s Cafe
1733GreenvilleAve..........214-874-0800
Rosi’s Ferguson Cafe 9888Ferguson,#219........214-320-9143
Burgers & SandwichesBurger House 6248E.MockingbirdLn...214-828-2732
Coach’s Burgers
9310ForestLn.,#362.....214-342-2622
Dairy-Ette 9785FergusonRd...........214-327-9983
DJ’s Burgers and Beer
100%pureAngusChuckburgers&anewexpandedmenuateconomy-friendlyprices.Atmosphereisfun,casualandlaid-back.
3766SamuellBlvd...............214-388-7191
Fat Daddy’s Burger House 9540GarlandRd.,#383...214-324-1800
Jake’s Hamburgers
6606SkillmanatAbrams.214-349-1422
Keller’s Hamburgers 10226GarlandRd...........214-319-6060
Lakewood’s 1st & 10
6465E.MockingbirdLn...214-826-0110
Lenny’s Sub Shop 4201GastonAve.............214-826-1502
Philly Connection 6334GastonAve.............214-828-9070
CafeteriaHighland Park Cafeteria Homemade,FreshandHealthy!EnjoytheoriginalrecipesthatkeepusaDallasfavoritesince1925.DailySpecials.Cateringfor20–200guests.Twoprivatediningroomsforyourmeetings&parties.Servingeveryday:11am–8pm9540 Garland Rd., #300 ..... 214-324-5000
CajunThe Alligator Cafe 4416LiveOak.................214-821-6900The Hurricane Grill 2831GreenvilleAve.........214-827-2112Offshore’s Nextdoor Cajun Grill 9600AudeliaRd.#305......214-503-1012
ChineseChina Bowl 11555-AJupiterRd..........214-367-8888
Formosa Express
5405JimMillerRd...........214-275-4314
Happy Wok 5323GreenvilleAve.........214-369-1661
Hong Kong 9055GarlandRd.............214-328-2320
Jade Garden
4800BryanSt..................214-821-0675
Rice Bowl Express 11419GarlandRd...........214-328-8880
Skillman Wok
9780LBJFwy.,#104.......214-553-5454
Szechuan Pavillion 1152N.Buckner,#128....214-321-7599
Uncle Wok 8440AbramsatRoyal.....214-343-6670
Wok and Snow Pea–Lakewood 2007AbramsPkwy..........214-824-4354
Coffee & SpecialtiesBorders Books, Music, Cafe 5500Greenville,#100......214-739-1166
Paciugo 2113AbramsRd..............214-828-8777
Starbucks 8520AbramsRd..............214-342-6998
Starbucks–BaylorMed.Ctrarea
4025GastonnrHaskell....214-824-3675
Starbucks –CasaLinda 9440GarlandRd.,#112...214-328-3401
Starbucks –HillsideVlg. 6333E.MockingbirdLn...214-823-7006
Starbucks –Lakewood 6312LaVistaDr..............214-823-5758
Starbucks–nearOldTown
6123Greenville...............214-360-0288
White Rock Coffee 10105E.NWHwy............214-341-4774
DelicatessenBaker Bros. American Deli 5500Greenville,#1102....214-696-6030Jason’s Deli –MockingbirdSta. 5400E.Mockingbird........214-821-7021Parkit-Market 4724GreenvilleAve.........214-363-4907
EclecticA & D Buffalo’s Rest. 10455N.Central,#16B....214-234-0449AllGood Cafe 2934MainSt....................214-742-5362Bonnie Ruth’s Café & Catering 1152N.Buckner,#126....214-324-3474
Café Brazil –DeepEllum 2815ElmSt.....................214-747-2730
Café Brazil –LowerGreenville 2900GreenvilleAve........214-841-0900
Café Brazil –Central 6420N.CentralExwy.......214-691-7791
Café Lago 9211GarlandRd.............214-320-0726
Char Bar
2026GreenvilleAve.........214-826-8800
Eddie’s Sports Bar & Grill-Garland
142E.CentervilleRd.......972-271-5890
Highlands Cafe
9661AudeliaRd.,#105...214-349-2233
Lone Star Café & Club 11277E.NWHwy,#124..214-341-3538
The Porch Restaurant
2912N.Henderson..........214-828-2916
Souper Salad –CasaLinda 9440Garland,#A-234.....214-327-9266
S T Café & Bakery 9090Skillman..................214-503-6007Stan’s Blue Note Club 2908GreenvilleAve.........214-827-1977The Pour House 1919Skillman..................214-824-1170Two Sisters 2633GastonAve..............214-823-3075Vickery Park 2810N.Henderson..........214-827-1432White Rock Sports Bar 718N.BucknerBlvd........214-321-6979
EthiopianKereje Rest. 7015GreenvilleAve.........214-234-0779
Hot DogsEddie’s Chicago Hot Dogs 5844AbramsnrNWHwy.214-692-5844
IndianTaj Mahal 10455N.Central,#120....214-692-0535
Italian & PizzaAlfonso’s Italian Rest. 718N.Buckner,#222......214-327-7777
Angelo’s Italian Grill 6341LaVistaDr..............214-823-5566
Cigarz Bona Pizza
7238GastonAve..............214-319-0055
Divino’s Pizza, Pasta and Calzones 4201GastonAve.,#104...214-828-1772
I Fratelli Pizza 6109Greenville,A-1........214-891-0600
Lover’s Pizza & Pasta Grill 9440GarlandRd.,#162...214-321-2223
Mama Mia! Italian Rest. 2935ElmSt.....................214-744-6262
Napoli’s Italian Rest.
3600GusThomasson......972-613-8300
Penne Pomodoro
1924AbramsRd..............214-826-6075
Picasso’s Pizza & Grill
7215SkillmanatW.Hill....214-553-8100
Pietro’s
5722RichmondAve.........214-824-9403
Pizza Getti
AnEastDallastradition…alocalfavoriteforPizzasince1968.You’llalsoenjoyourdeliciousspaghetti,specialsandwichesandsaladbar.Open:Tue–Sat:11am–9pm.Lunchbuffet:Tue–Fri:11am–2pm.
3302 N. Buckner, #108 ....... 214-320-2195
Prego Pasta House InItalian,“prego”means“welcome.”FromtheBarracofamilytoyou.EnjoythefinestItalianfoodfromtreasuredfamilyrecipespreparedwithRose’s“magictouch.”
Sun:Noon-11pm;Mon-Th:11am-11pm;
Fri:11am-Midnight;Sat:5pm-Midnight
4930 Greenville Ave. ........... 214-363-9204
Primo Brothers’ Pizza
9310ForestLn.................214-341-4414
Roma’s Pizza & Rest.
7402Greenville,#202......214-373-0500
Sali’s Pizza & Pasta 10021GarlandRd............214-321-2700
Scalini’s Pizza & Pasta 2021AbramsRd..............214-821-8088
Slice Pizzeria
2010-AGreenvilleAve......214-821-7437
Terilli’s
2815GreenvilleAve.........214-827-3933
Tony’s Pizza & Pasta 10233E.NWHwy.,#504214-503-0388
Urbino Pizza e Pasta 2323N.Henderson,#102214-821-0044Urbano Cafe 1410N.Fitzhugh..............214-823-8550Zini’s Pizza 4001CedarSprings.........214-599-2600
Zini’s Pizzeria –DeepEllum 2639-CElmSt.................214-571-9299
Latin AmericanGloria’s
3715GreenvilleAve.........214-874-0088 Meals to Go
Boston Market – Casa Linda 9403GarlandRd.............214-328-9844
Boston Market – Hillside Village
6333E.MockingbirdLn...214-887-9341
Boston Market – Skillman/Royal
8670Skillman....................214-349-6571
Eat The World
8530AbramsRd,#600....214-340-3663
MexicanBlue Goose Cantina
2905GreenvilleAve.........214-823-8339
Café San Miguel
1907N.Henderson..........214-821-8088
Cantina Laredo–Lakewood
2031AbramsRd..............214-821-5785
Desperado’s Mexican Rest. 4818GreenvilleAve.........214-363-1850
El Fenix 255CasaLindaPlaza......214-327-6173
El Fenix
9090SkillmanatAudelia..214-349-3815
Enchilada’s
7050GreenvilleAve.........214-363-8969
Good To Go Taco
702N.Buckner................214-319-7768
Hacienda on Henderson
2326N.Henderson..........214-821-0044
Hernandez Mex. Rest. 11414GarlandRd............214-324-0022
La Calle Doce 1925Skillman..................214-824-9900La Parrillada 7260GastonAve.............214-327-5513
La Villana 10349FergusonRd.........214-660-0350
Los Rancheros Mexican Cafe 2240GusThomasson......214-328-2111
Matt’s Rancho Martinez 6332LaVistaDr..............214-823-5517
Mexicali Restaurant
11277E.NWHwy,#148..214-341-9405
Mi Pueblito–CasaView 2222GusThomasson......214-328-9282
Mi Pueblito Taqueria
11555JupiterRd..............214-321-1665
Mr. Piquin Rest. 10118GarlandRd............214-660-7713
Nueva Casita 5807BlackwellSt.............214-750-5441
Pepe & Mito’s Mexican Café
2911ElmSt......................214-741-1901
Pepper’s Cafe
3600GusThomasson......972-682-4582
Quesa-D-Ya’s
2820GreenvilleAve.........214-823-3927
Restaurant Monterey 11255GarlandRd............214-321-2278
Restaurante Mexico Lindo 7515EastGrandAve.......214-319-9776
Sol’s Nieto Mexican Grill 6434E.MockingbirdLn...214-826-5564Taqueria Los Altos de Jalisco 6012Abrams,#102..........214-361-6769Tortilleria Sol 9888FergusonatOates..214-660-4414Victor’s Cafe 132N.PeakatElm..........214-823-1485Zuzu’s Mexican Food 4140AbramsRd..............214-828-2231
Middle EasternAli Baba Café –LowerGreenville 1901AbramsRd..............214-823-8235Café Izmir 3707GreenvilleAve.........214-826-7788
Misc.Smoothie Factory –CasaLinda 9440GarlandRd.,#108...214-660-2199
Smoothie Factory –OldTownarea 6105GreenvilleAve.........214-365-9655
PubsDubliner Irish Pub
2818GreenvilleAve.........214-818-0911
Fox & Hound – Skillman /LBJ
10051WhitehurstDr.........214-340-4300
SeafoodBig Shucks Oyster Bar 6232E.MockingbirdLn...214-887-6353
Fish City Grill
2323N.Henderson,#109214-826-3474
Shuck ‘n’ Jive 5315GreenvilleAve.........214-369-9471
SushiAvocado California
10455N.Central.............214-361-0433
ThaiBangkok City 4503GreenvilleAve.........214-691-8233Ginger Thai –HillsideVlg. 6434E.Mockingbird.........214-887-6175Thai 2 Go 9191ForestLn.................972-235-3038
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DECEMBER 11-17, 2009PAGE 4 WHITE ROCK LAKE WEEKLY
ACROSS1. Give the slip6. Litterbug10. Daytime dramas15. Bath flooring20. Raw rubber21. Debussy music22. Cay23. Throw for — —24. Upriver spawner25. Educator — Montessori26. Bell tower27. Sudden gust of wind28. Silly things30. Tumblers’ gear32. Mended33. Shade providers35. Bad or good sign36. Type of lock39. Ginza money40. Hear a case41. Molecular biology topic42. Important mineral46. Pride47. Candied item48. Became frayed51. Clan leader53. Lauper’s “— Bop”54. Talked on and on56. Icicle site57. Hang — — (turn)59. “The King”61. Famous62. Walked back and forth63. Fragment64. Huge animals65. What spies do67. Type of shark68. Custard ingredient69. Baby buggy
72. Prior to yr. 173. Sleep76. Sorta (3 wds.)80. Actor — Kilmer81. Mine output82. Reaction to fireworks83. Quartet member85. Engine stat86. Latin dance (hyph.)88. Thesaurus entry92. Chomped93. Sedgwick of the screen94. Poet’s contraction95. Hits the buffet96. Blushing99. Not impressed102. Gigi’s friend103. Computer graphics104. Orange flower108. Peddles109. Playing area for base-ball or football110. Large movie ape111. Pineapple source112. The Mustangs113. Pine for115. Clues116. Torme or Gibson117. Econ. indicator118. CD- — (PC acces-sories)120. Single121. Feel grateful123. Cowpoke’s sweetie124. Leap in a tutu125. “Typical Male” singer127. Divas’ offerings129. Solution for dry eyes131. Major highways135. Attractive (hyph.)
140. Depart141. Cor-porate concern142. Nimble143. Inns-bruck locale144. Car-penter or Blixen145. Holiday song146. Equip again147. Trom-bone adjunct148.
Basalt or gneiss149. Glossy150. Clapton or Sevareid151. Ollie of slapstickDOWN1. Ms. Lanchester2. Gentle creature3. All-purpose trucks4. Fool5. Left over6. The — Island Ferry7. Like the tabloids8. Fat cat’s victim9. Lion or tiger10. Close relative11. Fish hawk12. False name13. Beauty parlor special14. Hurry! (3 wds.)15. Pool or coffee —16. Urbana eleven17. Savings’ partner18. To be, to Brutus19. Former JFK arrivals21. Grammy-winning rapper29. Forest nymph31. Sharif of the movies34. Road map no.36. Safecracker37. Culture dish goo38. Hoop’s place41. Flaky43. Invitation addendum44. Pittsburgh river45. Gangbuster Eliot —47. Big Foot cousin48. Baylor University site49. Microwaves50. VIP’s carpet
51. “Bad, Bad — Brown”52. Condescends55. Liniment56. Atelier items57. Ho-hum feeling58. Summer-camp site60. Links org.62. Bigger than elite64. Stickups66. On the train67. Subatomic particles69. Garden hose plastic70. Bleachers shout71. Huntsville loc.74. Jeered75. On the wane77. Like some smiles78. Aries mo.79. Vocalist — Sumac81. Inferior84. Intends87. Monk’s hood89. Gulf nation90. Hammer’s target91. The real —93. Be cognizant of97. Howard and Perlman98. Outback mineral99. Soyuz launcher100. Fictional captain101. Grad102. Yorkshire river103. Likable prez?105. Leaf through106. Ice cream purchase107. Exclamation of surprise109. Hotheads111. Sun, in combos114. Practically forever115. Big green parrot116. Polo stick119. Mr. Spielberg121. Mount Hood site122. Discreetly123. Irish tongue124. “Dr. — and Mr. Hyde”126. Curie daughter127. Video-game pioneer128. Trap129. Literary genre (hyph.)130. Untrue (2 wds.)131. Sorts132. Uncluttered133. Poi plant134. Rani’s servant136. Disney CEO Bob —137. Tall flower138. Bump or knot139. Secluded hollow
White Rock Lake Weekly proudly congratulates our
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Three Dallas Lutheran School Varsity Cheerleaders (from left to right) Kim Henrickson, Hayden Hardesty, and Olivia Estes, participated with the Varsity Spirit Squad in the 2009 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Participants came from all over the US and were selected from cheerleading camps and dance squads.
Lakehill’s Varsity Boys’ Basketball team put forth a strong team effort on Decem-ber 1, defeating Dallas Acad-emy 60-46. Although Lakehill was down by one at the half, they pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring Dallas Academy 15 to 5. Lakehill was led by Joseph Nall with 29 points and John Godbey with a
double-double --18 points and 12 rebounds.
In an extremely physical game, the Warriors matched the aggressiveness of their op-ponents while maintaining their composure. Lakehill’s defense went head on with Dallas Academy’s 6’7” center - one of the best the team will face this year.
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, SPORTS AND SPIRIT!
The Lady Warriors with special team member Kathryn Mahan.Photos courtesy of Lakehill Preparatory School
John Godbey, earlier in the season.
The Lady Warriors wrapped up their second straight victory at home with a 62-16 win against Dallas Acad-emy in non-district play.
It was a solid team effort with 11 of the 13 mem-bers of the team scoring points.
Point leaders were Sarah Baker with 16 and Amanda Boles with 12. Jacy Franklin, Kara Gamboa, and Alexis Franklin each contributed 6 points toward the victory.
Coach Cayme ex-plained, “We had team and individual goals going
Lakehill defeats Dallas Academy 60-46 into the game and I thought we did a great job of meeting a lot of those goals. I was very pleased with how they per-formed coming out of Thanks-giving Break. I think we’ve started December off on a great foot.”
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Bruce Parrott celebrates a narrow 215 vote win over incumbent Leigh Ann Ellis in the Dallas ISD School Board District 3 run-off at an election night victory party at Chubby’s Family Restaurant. Pictured are (left to right) Bruce’s wife Lois, Chubby’s Executive Chef and Owner John Touris, and a member of one of Bruce’s supporting organizations.
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Precious fills need to expose damaged families
sadistic master-slave arrange-ment. Precious has already had one child by her father and her caseworker, Mrs. Weiss (Mariah Carey), is appropriate-ly disappointed and disgusted that she is pregnant again.
Precious is sent to an alter-native school where she begins to blossom under the tutelage of Ms. Rain (Paula Patton). She is required to write in her jour-nal everyday and her teacher not only reads her writings but also answers back. She begins to build self-esteem and a more positive sense of self. Her mother is verbally abusive and shows no sign of remorse (one of the signs of psychopathy). This kind of abuse cuts across all social and racial lines. Will the movies Precious and The Blind Side finally wake people up to this reality? These mov-ies challenge us to end child abuse in our time.
Mo’Nique, who plays Precious’ mother, does an admirable job of capturing the sadistic soul of this duplicitous, conniving and ever-disap-
The movie Precious will mean so much to so many people. It is the story of a young African-American girl who struggles with self-esteem due to her weight, a verbally abusive mother and an absent father. The actress, Gabourey Sidibe, was excellent in her portrayal of the wounded and lost inner city teen named Pre-cious. Except for a few slow minutes, Precious is riveting throughout.
To those of you who were verbally abused as children, sexually molested as teenagers, or taunted in school, this movie will speak to your hearts and give you hope for the future. Still the movie is a gritty, sometimes difficult-to-watch, foray into the seedy side of life for an inner city girl who is be-ing parented by a mother who is stewing viciously in her own maladjusted juices. The mother (Mo’Nique) forces Precious to eat more food as a way of keeping her overweight and unattractive so boys will not want to rescue her from this
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pointed ‘mommie dearest.’ She captures the essence of mean-spirited, egopathic parenting with a controlled yet passionate acting style. The mother admits that she allowed her boyfriend to molest Precious when she was 3-years-old. Blaming the child for “stealing my boy-friend” is the epitome of infan-tile egocentrism. As atrocious as this abuse is we must not forget that the mother undoubt-edly experienced several of the eight types of mistreatment herself: trauma, rejection, abuse, unloving/unkind words, neglect, indulgence, or loss (trauncil).
You may ask, “How can a grown woman be jealous of a 3-year-old?” The ever-power-ful plaintive cry, “Who is going to love me?” is asked by the 3-year-old little girl, which still lives inside the grown mother. It is this “wounded inner child” who was feeling the jealousy.
Precious is not a heart-warming movie but it does fill
a desperately needed niche for honest exposes. Am I thrilled that good people and social agencies are stepping up to counteract the damage of poor parenting? Yes. But I am also very sad that child abuse at this level continues unabated today just as it did for thousands of years. Precious will make you want to change that.
Rated PG for violence and sex.
Cedric Wood, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist in the White Rock Lake Area. He can be reached at 7424 Greenville Ave., #104, Dallas, TX 75231, (214) 394-4040, [email protected], www.Cedricwood.net, http://drceds.blog.com.
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Recipe and Story of the WeekSeason’s greetings, one and all! With this most festive
season upon us, I relish in the delights of true holiday tradi-tion. The piney scent of the Christmas tree permeates the entire house. An ethereal cloud of myhrr incense wafts heavily by, as I slowly sip on a crystal goblet of equally heavy eggnog. Vi-sions of sugarplum fairies are surely close at hand.
But first, we make cookies! These little, rum-filled, edible jewels are really delicious and so much fun to make. Betty says to keep my thumbs to myself!
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Cookies: 3/4 cup butter – softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla 1½ cups flour 2 slightly beaten egg whites 1½ cups finely chopped walnutsPreheat oven to 375 degrees.In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar and nutmeg until
fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and blend in the egg yolks and vanilla. Stir in the flour. Cover and chill this dough for 1 hour or until dough is pliable.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in the egg whites, then in the chopped walnuts, coating well. Place balls 1-inch apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Press your thumb into the center of each cookie to make an indentation. Bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack before filling.
Rum Filling: 1/4 cup butter – softened 1 cup sifted powdered sugar 1 teaspoon rum 1 to 2 teaspoons milk Freshly ground nutmegIn a small mixing bowl, blend together the butter and
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Spots fill Music Hall stage for ageless taleBy Shari Stern
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With larger-than-life-size adults maneuvering the stage in elevated footwear, child-size puppies doing puppy things, and four-legged Dalmatians romping about, The 101 Dalmations Musical fills the stage at the Music Hall at Fair Park with warm memories and child-like wonder, as the audience experiences the clas-sic story from a dog’s point of view.
Puppies are portrayed by children, dressed only in Dalmatian-spotted clothing, but not full costumes. Their hands, feet, faces and heads are untouched – not in make-up or paws. It’s left up to their acting skill, creativity and our imaginations to accept them
as pups. And their ‘yaps’ are especially convincing! Frankly, their songs and dances are exceptional, and steal the show in my opinion. The puppies’ production number, Break Out, is a polished, professional, and sing-on-the-drive-home-wor-thy performance. Be a Little Bit Braver by the Dalmatian family is also take-notice, and happily reprised during the 2nd act in time for an after-show drive-time solo.
Especially amusing are tiny puppets crossing the stage in the distant background – thieves afoot with flashlights searching for freed captive pups, and Cruella’s car chasing after her dognappers’ truck.
Rachel York would even be a bigger-than-life Cruella De Vil without her uplifting
footwear. Her voice is power-ful and right on for this show, her movements huge and animated, her wardrobe spec-tacular – a feast for the eyes – and her sociopathic desire for puppy fur believable.
Trained in their earlier years at Garland Civic The-
atre’s Children on Stage, two local actresses are touring with the production. Catia Ojeda as Missus is cute, sweet and lov-able. She’s believable as a lov-ing Mama dog frantic over her lost babies. Catia’s parents are
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AleksandrSolzhenit-syn,b.1918
RitaMoreno,b.1931BrendaLee,b.1944
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mas Carol.”1918–“Ripley’s Believe It or Not”columnbegan.
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Alex Sanger Elementary School 8410 San Leandro Dallas 75218 214-328-6643 Dec. 12 - Winter Art Fair featuring blown glass, hand-made goods, and a silent auction all help fund education.
Temerlin Advertising Institute 6101 Bishop Blvd Dallas 75205 on SMU Campus 214-768-3090 Dec. 15 – Fall 2009 Exhibition at the Owen Arts Center of creative advertising showcasing work from broadcast, print, outdoor, and digital media students. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., FREE!
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South Dallas Cultural Center 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave Dallas 75210 214-939-ARTS Dec. 17 – An Evening of Spoken Word with Fort Worth National Poetry Slam champ Michael Guinn hosting the open mic. Every 3rd Thursday from 7-9 p.m., donations appreciated.
Echo Theatre of the Bath House Cultural Center 512 E. Lawther Dallas 75218 214-670-8749 Dec. 11-12 – Staged Reading Series of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie read by Ronnie Claire Edwards, well known television actress and author. Dec 11 and 12 at 8 p.m., donations appreciated.
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ARTIST ON THE SCENEAncient Japanese technique inspires designer
It is said that jewelry is a form of joy expressed between material and man. If this is so, then no one expresses it bet-ter than local artisan-jeweler, Russ Sharek. Fusing alchemy and artistry, by using a 1300-year-old Japanese sculpture technique of metalworking and lost-wax casting called Mitsuro, Sharek is forging a reputation of unparalleled craftsmanship.
The dynamic and organic process requires intense focus and the utmost delicate touch to small pieces of material ma-nipulated and warmed by the hands. Once at body tempera-ture the mass is then stretched, pulled, and twisted forming natural line patterns called hikime.
These extremely fine overlapping “ribbons” can not be duplicated with any other kind of molding process and risk being ruined with just the
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slightest over-handling. Each piece is truly unique in creation due to signature variables such as humidity, temperature and even the body chemis-try of the artist.
The final pieces display precious stones nestled in the rebellious curves of knotted and twisted ribbon forms. Sharek’s specialty may be fine jewelry however, it’s certainly not his limit. The studio also has an impres-sive portfolio of graphic
design, visual and sculp-tural arts.
“I’m very excited about the new 2D pieces,” Sharek said. “After 18 years of being known as a fine jeweler, it’s a fun challenge to stretch my creative muscles in new ways. So far, I’m pleased to report that the response has been very positive.” To view his gallery log
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Our four legged kids are no exception. I recently read an article that predicted that 52 % of pet owners plan to buy their animals a holiday gift – up from 43 % last year. (Frankly, knowing my friends – that percentage seemed a little low) Even though our jobless rate is high and our economy is shaky, people will still make sure that the family pets receive their share of presents under the tree. This is definite-ly the Christmas Spirit and one that I thoroughly enjoy through my own philosophy of “giv-ing” during this season – both for my two legged friends as well as four legged ones.
Shopping for our pets is fun! It almost becomes a game of who will find the most unique gifts for our pets and our pet loving friends. Holi-day theme toys are popular, as well as all styles and flavors of festive rawhide treats – candy canes, gremlins, kitty kats, and other assorted creatures. And, we can dress them up in all sorts of Holiday attire - Santa suits, Mrs. Claus dresses and reindeer antlers and tails. Brightly lit and sparkling jingle bell collars are no exception – along with their match-ing leads. For many of these pet shopping sprees, price is normally not the biggest decid-ing factor. Since pets become our children – it’s not unusual to place as much value on the uniqueness of our pets’ special gifts - rather than the cost.
It is proven that “giv-
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ing” during the holiday season (as well as other times of the year) is healthy. The Act of Giving releases en-dorphins in our brain making us feel good, which is a positive thing. The saddest part of this holiday gift purchasing, and giving, for our pets lies in the fact that for the millions of dollars spent on our pets’ gifts, there are thousands of homeless pets waiting patiently in our local shelters who will receive no toys this Christmas and most likely will end up with their unlucky fate of euthanization.
All around the country, foreclosures and other financial crises have forced people to surrender their pets. Everyday shelter managers across the US are being forced to make the
painful decision of which hope-ful candidates get more time (waiting patiently for their new home), and which ones (their time limit having expired) be-come the next statistic. These creatures did nothing wrong – except being unplanned and born; and through breeders
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Get involved in creative groups. Ro-mance may be likely if you travel. Your honesty will not only win you points but also respect. You will be encour-aged to get involved in a moneymaking venture.
Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.
TAURUS(Apr. 21- May 21)
You should try to elaborate on an idea you have regarding a product or service for the home. Take care of any dealings with government agencies. You may make someone else look bad. Assist a relative or good friend by setting of a budget for them.
Your lucky day this week will be Monday.
GEMINI(May 22-June 21)
Any contributions you make to orga-nizations will enhance your reputation and bring you offers. You can make personal changes that will enhance your reputation and give you greater self confidence. Travel and communi-cations will not run as smoothly as you had hoped. Don’t jump into invest-ments too quickly.
Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.
CANCER(June 22-July 22)
You don’t owe anyone an explanation. Do your own thing, you need time to yourself. Try not to allow your partner to lead you astray or upset your routine. Don’t be too eager to spend what’s left over; more unexpected expenses are evident. Look for professional guidance if it will help unite the family.
Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.
LEO(July 23-Aug 22)
Don’t let someone you work with put words in your mouth. Don’t let others try to create unwarranted guilt if you can’t meet their demands. Someone you care about may let you down or criticize your methods. Travel and entertaining conversation will be infor-mative and uplifting.
Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.
VIRGO(Aug. 23 -Sept. 23)
You need activity. Have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart. You can ask for favors but don’t take them for granted. You can make it up to them later.
Your lucky day this week will be Sunday.
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Don’t get involved in other people’s problems. Major job changes or op-portunities to get ahead professionally are apparent. Your attitude is changing rapidly and your plate is overloaded. Don’t even bother trying to get their approval on the things you want to do.
Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.
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Visitors may drop by unexpectedly, resulting in tension with your lover. Although it does look promising, be careful not to overextend yourself or you will lose in the long run. Make sure that new mates live up to your high standards. Listen and formulate your course of action. You will be indecisive.Your lucky day this week will be Friday.
SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 23 -Dec. 21)
Think of starting a new business or emotional partnership. Do something together and you’ll be surprised how sweet a deal you can make. Don’t let someone talk you into parting with your cash unless you can truly see the benefits of doing so. Hard work will bring rewards.Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.
CAPRICORN(Dec 22.- Jan. 20)
Get involved in the activities of children. They will teach you far more than you expect. You’re in a high cycle for romance. Use discrimination and play hard to get. Your ability to deal with others will help you in getting the support you need.
Your lucky day this week will be Monday.
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Don’t play on your partner’s emo-tions. Don’t let friends or relatives make you feel guilty if you’re not able to attend one of their affairs. Put your emotional energy into passion not anxiety Uncertainty regarding your direction is likely.
Your lucky day this week will be Friday.
PISCES(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)
Hassles with your boss are sure to erupt if you speak your mind. It’s a good time for long awaited relation-ships to begin. Don’t press your luck with your loved ones. You may have a problem with coworkers if you try to tell them what to do.
Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.
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What is homeopathy?Homeopathy, which has
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Homeopathy does not recognize disease diagnosis as separate from the patient. We treat the whole person and not any particular symptoms. When the person is cured there
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elicited when the medication is given to healthy volunteers.
The rules, which govern the practice of homeopathy, have withstood the test of two hundred years of clinical practice. Since its beginning, homeopathy has based its practice on the interconnected-ness of mind, body, and spirit. When the patient is cured of a rash, for example, he or she will find that every other aspect of health has improved - sleep, immunity, emotions, energy and overall well-being.
The law of similars is a principle of healing, which states that any medicinal substance that produces certain characteristic symptoms in the healthy will cure similar char-acteristic symptoms in the ill. A simple example of this law is the use of the homeopathic
preparation of the common onion (Allium cepa) to relieve acutely the symptoms of sea-sonal allergy especially if the symptoms of the allergy are re-ported as “burning” teary eyes, and “burning” runny nose that is worse in the evening and in a warm room. Many professional chefs know that the best way to relieve the pain of burning their hands is to run them under very warm water. Ritalin, which is a methamphetamine derivative (street name: “speed”), used in regular medicine to relax hyperactive children is an unin-tended homeopathic use of this drug. Of course, in homeopathy we would never use the crude form of this drug for treatment.
Homeopathic medicines are specially prepared natural animal, vegetable or mineral substances that stimulate the person’s vitality to overcome disease.
Homeopathic pharmacies produce these medicines, which are FDA regulated over the counter substances. Homeo-pathic medicines are prepared in such small doses that no toxic effect is produced as long as they are used properly.
In summary, homeopathy is a truly holistic therapy. It has been shown to be very effec-tive in many diseases. Its safety record is unparalleled in the history of medicine. We hope that more people will learn about the benefits of improving their health with homeopathy.
I talk to dogs. First, be-cause they don’t talk back, and second, because they don’t go around telling everyone what I said. And they look up at me with such love and attention. I know they understand every-thing and they agree with me. Take this newest addition to the family, for instance. Inky is a black Pekingese about a year old. He only has one eye, hav-ing lost the other one in battle. My vet tells me Pekes are very bad about that because of the architecture of the eye socket. He also has severe allergy problems.
A lady called me and asked me to take him, saying he had appeared in her yard a few days before and she could not find anyone in the neigh-borhood who knew anything about him. Of course I need another dog about like I need a pair of $300 running shoes (I have artificial knees), so I tried to talk my way out of it. I said, “Ma’am, I am currently feeding twenty-seven dogs! I really don’t have room for another one. Try putting an ad in the paper. Who knows, maybe you’ll get lucky and find a home for the little guy in a day or two.” She agreed to that so I wished her “Good luck!” and hung up the phone. That should have been the end of it, but it wasn’t. A week later she called again and this time she was in tears. She had not found a home for the dog and her husband said he was taking it to the shelter. Well, I knew what the outcome would be, so
I told her to drop the dog off at my veterinarian’s office and I would call him and get all the necessary work done.
When I picked Inky up at the vet’s office, I learned he had some very severe allergies and would have to take medi-cine regularly. I began to un-derstand why he was dumped in the first place. I paid the bill, put a leash on him and picked him up (A habit I should never have started) and we headed for my Jeep. I put him up in the front passenger seat and was about to start the engine when I heard someone ask,
“What’s YOUR name?” I looked around and saw no one. Again, I hear, “What’s your name?” I looked at this little one-eyed, black ‘Peke’ sitting next to me. Staring at me intently, he said, “For the third time, WHAT’S YOUR NAME?”
I stuttered for a moment, not able to find my voice.
By John McCloskey
Inky and JohnChapter 1
Finally, I said “Uh, John – yes, that’s it, John.” My mouth was still open.
He said, “I’m Inky, and I’m glad to meet you!” I sat there, still trying to cope with what I had just heard when he spoke again. “Are we going home or what?” I started the engine and backed out of the parking lot. On the way home, Inky explained he had been able to talk since he was a pup. “I have to be very careful about who finds out, though, because someone might take advantage of me.”
I said, “I certainly under-stood that.” When we pulled up in the driveway at home, I looked at him and said, “Let me handle my wife, OK? We’ll have to ease into this with her.” Little did I realize as we walked up to the house that my life had just changed forever.
Since then, Inky and I
see INKY on page 10
Dr. Jane W. and Gabriel Ojeda. After graduating from Ursuline Academy in Dallas, Catia at-tended the University of North Texas before moving to New York and completing her BFA
SPOTS cont’d frompage 6
a female Clarissa’s age and height.
Last week, Clarissa suffered a small set back by gaining one pound over the Thanksgiving week. After her appointment, she scheduled a session for the Infrared Sauna Oleng offers. The Infrared Sauna is different than typical heat saunas in that it heats with infrared heaters versus hot air or steam.
The heat is then directly absorbed into the skin allow-ing more calories to be burned at a quicker rate. One 30-minute session in the Infrared Sauna burns 500-800 calories; equivalent to running two to three miles. When Clarissa left Oleng, she felt invigorated by the Infrared Sauna session, renewed her fat loss goals, and was on target to make progress for her following appointment.
This week, Clarissa anx-iously stepped on the InBody 520 and couldn’t wait to see what the results would look
like. When the report was generated, it was hard not to notice the ear-to-ear smiles on Clarissa and Carla’s faces. Clarissa had lost three pounds, of which 2.6 pounds were pure fat loss.
Her BMI and body fat percentage were lowered to 24.8 and 34.2% respectively. After consulting with Carla this week, together they came up with a game plan to stay on track. Carla focused her time with Clarissa on two key items: portion sizes and goal setting.
Because Carla likes to have fun with her clients while educating them, she greeted Clarissa with a fun quiz on portion sizes. She wanted to see what Clarissa’s thoughts were on certain food items and their full serving sizes.
After going over the quiz together, Carla gave Clarissa a handout that discussed emo-tional eating, something that hadn’t been brought up before. Clarissa found it interesting
that emotional eating is not just about eating when you are de-pressed or excited. She learned how to listen to her body when she is full, to make time to relax and savor her meals, to avoid becoming ravenous, and that it is okay to leave food on her plate and her children’s plates (something she is sure that other moms are guilty of as well).
Carla asked Clarissa to write specific short-term goals for the week to help her achieve her long-term goals. Writing down goals is much more powerful than simply stating them. For Clarissa, her goals for this week are: to consistently write in her food journal and to make time for at least one hour of exercise in addition to walking, no matter what. Clarissa immediately scheduled a yoga session at Dragon Fire Yoga.
Follow us next week as we continue on Clarissa’s fat loss journey.
degree in acting at Marymount Manhattan College.
Kristen Beth Williams plays Mrs. Dearly, the dogs’ person. Kristen Beth attended Mesquite schools and gradu-ated from the University of Oklahoma before going to New York.
To join the cast in Dallas, Kristen Beth left the long-run-ning Pump Boys and Dinettes. Kristen Beth’s father, James Williams, is a frequent actor in Garland Summer Musicals.
For more information visit www.dallassummermusicals.org.
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where iron, old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal were bought. A gray-haired ras-cal, of great age, sat smoking his pipe.
Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, just as a woman with a heavy bundle slunk into the shop. But she had scarcely entered, when another woman, simi-larly laden, came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded black. After a short period of blank astonishment, in which the old man with the pipe had joined them, they all three burst into a laugh.
“Let the charwoman alone to be the first!” cried she who had entered first. “Let the laundress alone to be the second; and let the undertaker’s man alone to be the third. Look here, old Joe, here’s a chance! If we haven’t all three met here without meaning it!”
“You couldn’t have met in a better place. You were made free of it long ago, you know; and the other two ain’t strangers. What have you got to sell? What have you got to sell?”
“Half a minute’s patience, Joe, and you shall see.”
“What odds then! What odds, Mrs. Dilbel?” said the woman. “Every person has a right to take care of themselves. He always did! Who’s the worse for the loss of a few things like these? Not a dead man, I suppose.”
Mrs. Dilber, whose manner was remark-able for general propitiation, said, “No, indeed, ma’am.”
“If he wanted to keep ‘em after he was dead, a wicked old screw, why wasn’t he natu-ral in his lifetime? If he had been, he’d have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself.”
“It’s the truest word that ever was spoke, it’s a judgment on him.”
“I wish it was a little heavier judgment, and it should have been, you may depend upon it, if I could have laid my hands on any-thing else. Open that bundle, old Joe, and let me know the value of it. Speak out plain. I’m not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it.”
Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of opening the bundle, and dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stuff.
“What do you call this? Bed-curtains!”“Ah! Bed-curtains! Don’t drop that oil
upon the blankets, now.”“His blankets?”“Whose else’s do you think? He isn’t
likely to take cold without ‘em. I dare say. Ah! You may look through that shirt till your eyes ache; but you won’t find a hole in it, nor a threadbare place. It’s the best he had, and a fine one too. They’d have wasted it by dress-ing him up in it, if it hadn’t been for me.”
Scrooge listened to this dialogue in hor-ror.
“Spirit! I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life tends that way, now. Merciful Heaven, what is this!”
The scene had changed, and now he almost touched a bare, uncurtained bed. A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon this bed; and on it, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this plundered unknown man.
“Spirit, let me see some tenderness con-nected with a death, or this dark chamber, Spirit, will be forever present to me.”
The Ghost conducted him to poor Bob Cratchit’s house, -- the dwelling he had visited before, -- and found the mother and the chil-dren seated round the fire.
Quiet. Very quiet. The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner, and sat looking up at Peter, who had a book before him. The mother and her daughters were engaged in needle-work. But surely they were very quiet!
“‘And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them.’”
Where had Scrooge heard those words? He had not dreamed them. The boy must have read them out as he and the Spirit crossed the threshold. Why did he not go on?
The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up to her face.
“The color hurts my eyes,” she said.
The color? Ah, poor Tiny Tim!“They’re better now again. It makes them
weak by candle-light; and I wouldn’t show weak eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. It must be near his time.”
“Past it rather,” Peter answered, shutting up his book. “But I think he has walked a little slower than he used, these few last evenings, mother.”
“I have known him walk with -- I have known him walk with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, very fast indeed.”
“And so have I,” cried Peter. “Often.”“And so have I,” exclaimed another. So
had all.“But he was very light to carry, and his
father loved him so, that it was no trouble, -- no trouble. And there is your father at the door!”
She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. His tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should help him to it most. Then the two young Cratchits got upon his knees and laid, each child, a little cheek against his face, as if they said, “Don’t mind it, father. Don’t be grieved!”
Bob was very cheerful with them, and spoke pleasantly to all the family. He looked at the work upon the table, and praised the industry and speed of Mrs. Cratchit and the girls. They would be done long before Sun-day, he said.
“Sunday! You went to-day, then, Robert?”“Yes, my dear,” returned Bob. “I wish
you could have gone. It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. But you’ll see it often. I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. My little, little child! My little child!”
He broke down all at once. He couldn’t help it. If he could have helped it, he and his child would have been farther apart, perhaps, than they were.
“Spectre,” said Scrooge, “something in-forms me that our parting moment is at hand. I know it, but I know not how. Tell me what man that was, with the covered face, whom we saw lying dead?”
The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him to a dismal, wretched, ruinous churchyard.
The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One.
“Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point, answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it stood.
“Men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead. But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me!”
The Spirit was immovable as ever.Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he
went; and, following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, – EBENEZER SCROOGE.
“Am I that man who lay upon the bed? No, Spirit! O no, no! Spirit! hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope? Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me by an altered life.”
For the first time the kind hand faltered.“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and
try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. O, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”
Holding up his hands in one last prayer to have his fate reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom’s hood and dress. It shrunk, col-lapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost.
Yes, and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!
Concludes next week with Part 7
SCROOGE cont’d frompage 3
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in McAllen to join Immigra-tion and Customs Enforce-ment (ICE) officials and other federal law enforcement for a briefing on illegal wire transfers taking place along the border region. The issue of illegal wire transfers is another avenue drug cartels are utiliz-ing for human smuggling and drug trafficking, and local law enforcement were able to pro-vide us with vital information to take back to Washington as I begin to develop legislation to combat this growing epidemic.
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or well intentioned folks who had to own a purebred puppy or kitten only to be faced with hard times, thus discard-ing their four legged friend. During this trying economic period, the majority of the local shelters are full, meaning that they are forced to turn away animals being surrendered. It’s not surprising that there is not much potential for those big black-brown dogs or those older grey or orange tabby cats filling our shelters and wait-ing day after day, hoping for a new home and a chance to live. Many shelters have had to shorten their time period; after a certain number of adoption days, these animals end up on the “urgent list,” which means that their days are drastically numbered.
So, this year, when you have that urge to “give” and to experience that tingly euphoric feeling from buying special toys, beds, and outfits for your own pet, think of the thousands of pets sitting in our local shelters waiting patiently for a home of their own.
At this particular time and season, not everyone may be in a position to give an animal a home, but just about everyone is able to give an animal a few more days. This can be accom-plished by donating the money allocated for your pets’ Christ-mas toys to a local shelter. Take this money and buy some time (even a few more days) for one, two or more little homeless guys (and gals) who are waiting patiently in their cages. Just a small donation will help cover the cost of food for the holidays, a spay/neuter – all of which will help and hopefully, lead to a new home and life. Your own pet will never know the difference from an expensive new toy from a homemade inexpensive one. Even a slightly used tennis ball or squeaky toy will make your pet smile and you will definite-ly make a difference in another pet’s life. Better yet, forget the toys to purchase. Pick up a few old tennis balls around your local tennis courts and spend time with your dog at the dog park or in the country playing catch. Take him for a walk or run. Dogs would much rather have your companionship rather than a store bought toy to play with by himself. Try growing some catnip for your kitty or put some marbles in a toilet paper roll – for her to chase and delight in. Cats also love feathers which, to them, is almost as good as stalking and capturing a live bird.
Then, take that budgeted toy pet allowance and deliver it to your closest shelter. Believe me, they all need it this year and this holiday season!
Just think of how impor-tant our own pets are and how they enrich each of our lives? Won’t you feel good knowing that your contribution saved a homeless pet’s life by allow-ing them more time, leading to their adoption, therefore en-riching two lives: a two legged one in need of a new friend and a four legged one anxious to make a difference in the life of their new friend and parent.
This, to me, is a priceless gift of love – and of Christmas.
YAPPY cont’d frompage 8
have become pretty good pals. He follows me every-where and insists on being the first to greet me in the morn-ings. He is with me every step as I shower and then dress.
All the while, I have been carrying on a casual conver-sation with him. Like this morning, as I’m putting on my jeans and I note they are a little difficult to zip up. “You know,
INKY cont’d frompage 9
Inky, I haven’t worn these jeans for a few days. I think they get smaller when I don’t wear them.”
From the floor I hear, “Yeah, right.” I tried not to notice this obvious slam.
“Well, I have been trying to lose weight, but it is going to take a lot of determina-tion. What do you think about Yoga?”
Again, from the floor, “Yoga? What’s that?”
“That’s where you stand
on your head and meditate. It’s supposed to give you inner strength.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea. The weight might crush your skull.”
I looked down at that sleek, trim, no fat on him any-where body, staring up at me with his one eye and I thought, I’ve created a smart-aleck!
“Watch out, boy, or you may find yourself living with some guy who has a Rottwei-ler.”
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Birthdays, Bridal, Engagements and Anniversaries
Porter Akahi Barrus Ware was born in Dallas, TX on Monday, December 15th, 2008,at 11:39 a.m. He weighed 6 lbs 8.9 oz and was 19 3/4 inches long. Porter was bornto proud and loving parents Leona Imiola Barrus and Brandon Jamaal Ware. He is thefirst grand baby on both sides and his grandparents love to spoil him. Porter’s lovinggrandparents are Andy and Penny Barrus and Johnnie and Shirley Ware. This baby boyhas one aunt and four uncles and he is the first nephew for all of them. Porter is such a happy boy. He loves to play Where’s Porter?, Peek-a-boo, and Pattycake. Porter got his first tooth when he was 6 months old and now at one year he haseight teeth. Porter’s favorite food is ham, pineapple, and rice. Porter’s first word wasMaMa, but Dada was close behind. Porter started walking on his own just a few weeksbefore his first birthday. He loves to smile, but he also likes to make a funny face wherehe scrunches his nose, puckers his lips, and then breathes heavily through his nose. InPorter’s first year of his life he has traveled to Arkansas, visited the Dallas Arboretum,rode the Dart rail, and went to the State Fair of Texas. Porter brings joy to everyone he comes in contact with. He brightens your day.We are so thankful to have Porter in our lives. Happy 1st Birthday, baby boy! We love you!
Porter
Arboretum honors distinguished advisorsThe Board of Distin-
guished Advisors for the Dallas Arboretum met on December 1st at the home of Faye Briggs. From left to right: Elizabeth Dodd, VP of Development, Dallas Arboretum; Shirley McIntyre, BDA Member; Ce-cile Bonte, Capital Campaign Chair; Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden, Dallas Ar-boretum; Carol Poston – BDA Member.