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LUCKY USWhether we deserve it or not

The thing about Thanksgiving is that most of us have so much to be thankful for, that we aren’t thankful.

I know that sounds impossible, ungrate-ful even, but it’s not unusual. Think about it: The better off we are, the more likely we are to take what we have for granted rather than consider it a gift or a blessing.

We have it. We deserve it. What else is there to say?

Maybe that’s why holidays such as Thanksgiving and birthdays and Christmas and Valentine’s Day come around once a year — they’re here to poke us in the ribs about how lucky we are to have what we have, whatever that may be.

That “memory jogging” isn’t just trig-gered by holidays. Sometimes, life causes its own reset, often at the most unexpected time and in the most unexpected way.

Nine years ago, shortly after a peace-ful holiday season, I visited a doctor for a checkup. Nothing was wrong, nor was any-thing expected to be wrong.

A blood test showed elevated levels of a marker that generally means one thing: cancer. Since I had successfully been treat-ed for testicular cancer 15 years earlier, that was a mental connect-the-dot moment for me and the doctor — maybe my cancer was back?

More tests ensued, along with more vis-its to specialists. Even as I made the trek from one medical professional to another and from one machine to the next, my mind wandered. Why hadn’t I signed up for life insurance when I had the chance? Why couldn’t the doctors figure out the problem? And the ever-present, why is this

happening to me?It took a few weeks of handwringing

before a verdict was in: The doctor who seemed to know the most said I probably had brain cancer, and I needed to start che-mo right away to keep it from spreading.

I shuddered. Literally. The body blow came from nowhere.

My mind disengaged, and I thought sor-rowfully about the chemicals that would soon be seeping into my body, trampling healthy cells while looking for cancer. I felt sorry for myself, not because I deserved better but because I didn’t think I deserved this.

Luckily, my wife remained level-headed, even as I didn’t. She questioned the doc-tors more thoroughly than I could, and she figured out the guy was guessing — there was no proof of cancer, just a strong suspi-cion based on a single blood test that kept coming back irregularly.

So at her insistence, I didn’t start chemo or any other treatment. Instead, we found a renowned testicular cancer doctor in In-diana (the guy cured Lance Armstrong) who suggested that maybe all I had was an irregular blood test that didn’t mean any-thing at all.

It turns out he was right. After nine months of mental terror, with monthly blood tests to chart progress, right before Thanksgiving I found out that there was not — and never had been — anything physi-cally wrong with me.

It was all just a huge, horrifying misun-derstanding.

So when I need a reminder about how good I have it these days, and after all this I inexplicably need that reminder almost daily, I don’t have to wait for a holiday to remind me.

I just focus on that bullet I dodged, a bullet that was never even fired, and my heart automatically skips a beat again. And again. And again.

Rick Wamre is publisher of Advocate Publishing. Let him know how we are doing by writing to 6301 Gaston, Suite 820, Dallas 75214; fax to 214.823.8866; or email [email protected].

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Delicious: Pumpkin tastes and treats<< 1 Afghan GrillOwner Matt Pikar opened his authentic restaurant four years ago. Patrons can dine on a sautéed pumpkin dish called Kadu Buranee that is served up with garlic yogurt and meat sauce for $6.25. Pikar describes the restaurant as a mix of Middle Eastern with Afghan and Per-sian flavors. Occasionally you can listen to guitar or see tango dancers.17370 Preston Road 972.818.0300 afghangrilltx.com

2 Liberty BurgerHungry for your own personal pie? The restaurant carries 4-inch pumpkin pies that serve up to two people or just one if you’re a “hungry person,” the man-ager says. They also have a delicious pumpkin milkshake made with one-third of the personal pie and vanilla custard. 5181 Keller Springs Road972.239.2100givemelibertyburger.com

3 Café BrazilThe famous pumpkin pancakes are topped with a sprinkle of powdered sugar and some cinnamon butter. Order holiday blend coffee and settle in to use the restaurant’s free wi-fi. 4930 Beltline Road, Suite 100972.386.7966cafebrazil.com

4 Grand Lux CaféThe seasonal pumpkin cheesecake comes from the café’s sister company, The Cheesecake Factory, and is served on a plate of caramel. Described as tast-ing like a “really creamy pumpkin pie,” this cheesecake is topped with whipped cream and pecans. It’s available through December. 13420 N. Dallas Parkway972.385.3114grandluxcafe.com

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City spends $250,000 on Valley View, surrounding area

As part of the effort to redevelop Valley View Center and the 430 acres between it and the Galleria, city council approved a proposal to give $250,000 of public-private part-nership money to the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

The city defined the study area from Preston to the Dallas North Tollway and Alpha to LBJ. Beck Ventures, a local and family-owned developer, bought Valley View Center in April 2012 with plans to make it into a “pedestrian-friendly, walkable urban village” called Dal-las Midtown.

Of the 430 acres the North Dallas chamber will study, Valley View mall makes up 25 percent of the area, Scott Beck of Beck Ventures says. He says though Beck is only one of the property owners, it is the area’s largest contingent landowner.

The City of Dallas Strategic Engagement Plan and forwardDal-las! Comprehensive Plan identifies the 430 acres as a key growth area. Next, the North Dallas chamber will select a lead design, planning or architecture firm for the area.

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1 Lychee martini ($7.50) Smirnoff citrus vodka, lychee juice and cranberry juice garnished with fresh lychee and mango

2 Crab and avocado roll ($8.95) Real crabmeat, avocado and cilantro wrapped with crispy rice paper and served with an avocado sauce

3 Tom kha noodle soup ($10.95-$12.95 depending on whether it is ordered with vegetable and tofu, chicken, shrimp or seafood) Thin rice noodles, mushrooms, tomatoes and cilantro in a sweet and spicy coconut lemongrass soup

4 Beef chilies and basil ($12.95) Sliced steak, fresh chilies, asparagus, broccoli and bell peppers stir-fried with Thai basil sauce and a side of jasmine rice

5 Mango and sweet sticky rice ($5.95) Fresh mango slices form a heart shape around a warm serving of coconut milk rice

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Thai Spice may vary its spice level from one to five to suit its patrons’ palates,

but owner Nick Emsumang doesn’t stray from his roots for anything else. The res-taurant opened this past January after Em-sumang’s parents, who still live in Thailand, bought it for him to manage. He orders all his ingredients from Thailand, where he and the two chefs who prepare the food are from. He emphasizes that “spice” in the res-taurant’s name doesn’t mean heat; it’s the flavors and herbs such as lemongrass, basil, galangal and coconut milk. Flavors range from sweet to spicy, and include healthy items such as fresh steamed vegetables and rice noodles. “Everything is healthy,” Em-sumang says. “Not like those restaurants with all things fried.” —Monica S. Nagy

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Have a cup of cheerAnne Amie Cuvée A Amrita ($15) Oregon

A lot of wine writers don’t like writing about holi-day wine. They think it’s beneath them, too pedestrian for a writer who should be above all of that. That is just plain wrong-headed; the holidays are the best wine time of the year, when even people who don’t drink wine figure it’s OK to have a glass or two. And, perhaps, if they enjoy that glass or two, they’ll drink wine more often.Here are a few ideas for wine for this holiday season:• Red: Ridge Three Valleys ($20) is a spicy, almost sophisticated zinfandel from one of the best producers in California and is a great turkey wine. Rene Barbier Mediterranean Red ($5) is a simple but well-made Spanish wine that delivers more than $5 worth of value.• White wine: Anne Amie Cuvée A Amrita ($15) is an Oregon blend with 10 grapes that delivers the quality I expect from Anne Amie, fresh and lively with a hint of sweetness, and is another turkey possibility. Domaine Guillaman ($10) is from the Gascon region of France,

and resembles sauvignon blanc more than most of the other $10 Gascon wines that I enjoy, but it is still well worth drinking.

• Sparkling wine: I’ll have more on this next month, but if you want some bubbly for Thanksgiving, almost any Spanish cava will do. They’re inexpensive — between $7 and $15 — and are food-friendly and very easy to drink. Cristalino and Segura Viudas are longtime favorites, but this is a category where you can buy something you don’t know and will be fine. —Jeff Siegel

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Ask the wine guyQ. Are there wine pairing rules for Thanksgiving?A. Dozens, but you can safely ignore them. Serve what you like, keeping in mind what your guests like. The idea is to have fun, and not to intimidate anyone. —Jeff Siegel

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Q&A: Gina GottlichSommelier Gina Gottlich is the better half of chef Scott Gottlich. The husband and wife duo run two restaurants together, The Second Floor Bistro & Bar in Far North Dallas, and Bijoux. Gina Gottlich had a lot on her palate as a judge in New York’s third annual starchefs.com Somm Slam this past month, while simultaneously launching the new private dining room, Privé, inside The Second Floor. At the Slam, 12 sommelier competitors’ skills were tested with the final two presenting a dish and wine pairing for the judges to vote for the most successful pairing — some-thing Gottlich does on an everyday basis.

Can you tell us a bit about your experience at the New York event? Everyone there in the same room at the same event was electric. I was responsible for judging 12 sommeliers and their food and wine pairing abilities. From cheeses to octopus salad to lamb tartar, each dish was creatively prepared by a top chef in the nation, and each sommelier had to rush and pick a wine to go with each item. We started out with 60 wines and by the end, there were only about 15 left, so the competition became much more difficult as each day progressed.

Was it hard for you to judge other sommeliers? It was actually quite easy. The pairings spoke for themselves. I feel that one of my strong points as a sommelier is the ability to pair food with wine, so I found it was simple to judge the pairings, which let me have a ton of fun just relaxing and judging.

Did you bring back any ideas for pairings to apply toward Privé?I am very inspired to do some more “out of the ordinary” wine pairings for Privé. What types of “out of the ordinary” pairings?An ordinary wine pairing is something well known like red wine with meat. I’m inspired to break out of the box and try a white wine where a red would go, or vice versa. More of a unique line. A wine that is less recognized.

What inspired you and your husband to open Privé?We had a need for private dining to com-plement the outstanding food, service and beverage that The Second Floor pro-vides.

Do you have any advice for those who will entertain guests as the holidays approach? Any food/wine pairing mishaps to try to avoid?I would advise them to always taste the wine before you serve it with a specific dish. You never know if a wine will go with something unless you taste it first. So buy a few different wines, taste them with the food, pick the one that goes best and then serve the other wines for your reception or use them as an “after din-ner” wine. Any season-specific wines readers should try?Wines from Georgia — Georgia the coun-try not the state! They are delicious. Es-pecially the 2011 Vinoterra Rkatsiteli. It is off-the-charts good and retails for about $20. What’s next for you? I am bringing the Somm Slam home with me and am doing an educational demon-stration on food and wine pairings. Some things I am showcasing from my own cel-lar and some things that I learned in NYC. It is going to be at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Privé for $40 per person and includes six wines and three small plates.

FOR THOSE INTERESTED in making a private reservation at Privé, call 972.450.2978.

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Distilled friendshipFar North Dallas resident Evan Batt and his friends came together last year and decided after years of working in the alcoholic bever-age industry, it was time they came up with their own product. The quartet set out to tap into the Texas vodka and rum categories. As co-owner of JEM Beverage Company, Batt and his friends — Master Distiller Mi-chael Pfeiffer, John Straits, and marketing and branding guru Ben Jenkins — created Southern Son Vodka, Western Son Vodka and Stingray Spiced Rum, and are working on a whiskey. The men work out of their Car-rollton distillery where they bottle, label and do all the administration work themselves to sell their product to independent stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Arkan-sas. Their 10-times-distilled vodka product is made with 100 percent American yellow corn and reverse osmosis-purified water, Batt says. The JEM guys also saw an op-portunity to create an affordable, flavorful spiced rum using sugar cane, cinnamon, vanilla and almond. Batt says it’s important for people to know what’s in their product as he often wondered what was in others’ rum. “We’ve got wine backgrounds, so we think if you’re talking about what you’re tasting, then it’s better.” The buddies work day and night on production, sales and administra-tive work. “Any bottle you see, I’ve prob-ably put the label on it, and Mike corked it,” Batt says. The entrepreneurs also wanted to help others and chose the Peter Burks Unsung Hero Fund to do so. The charity is “near and dear” to Batt because he attend-ed Texas A&M University with Burks, who was later killed in combat in Iraq. Burks was also a Trinity Christian Academy graduate. The charity sends care packages to troops overseas and has sent more than 10 tons to date. The men donate 50 cents for every case sold. Bottles can be found in indepen-dent stores, Spec’s, Goody Goody and Total Wine & More locations throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi. Check out their website at westernsonvodka.com. —Monica S. Nagy

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North Dallas businesses go to court over LBJ Express ProjectBusiness owners are going to court demanding Texas stop construction of the LBJ Express Project because they say the Texas Department of Transportation didn’t prepare impact assessments of its takings. Lead plaintiff Lamar Advantage Outdoor Co. owns five billboards on I-35 east that are affected by highway construction, the company says. Plaintiff Ralston Outdoor Advertising owns four nearby billboards. There are six addi-tional plaintiffs involved in the case. In July 2011 attorneys asked TxDOT for a copy of Taking Impact Assessments (TIA) for the project, and said TxDOT officials said they didn’t have them after a month passed. The plaintiffs are arguing that TIAs are required by law before governmental agencies can implement projects. Plaintiffs say in May 2012 TxDOT said they didn’t need to prepare a TIA. Nevertheless, the plaintiffs want the project declared as invalid and work stopped.

Long-term LBJ changes The entrance ramp from Hillcrest Road to the eastbound LBJ Freeway will be closed through November until the new entrance ramp is done. The LBJ Express Project will switch traffic to the eastbound frontage road between Hillcrest Road and Park Central Drive. Montfort Drive’s eastbound entrance ramp will be permanently closed, and drivers will have to enter the highway via the Preston Road entrance ramp. Lasting about two years,

the westbound exit ramp to Webb Chapel Road will be combined with Marsh Lane, and drivers will have to use that exit ramp to get to Webb Chapel Road.

New urgent care facility in Preston Royal Shopping CenterCityDoc Urgent Care’s third location at the Preston Royal Shopping Center is expected to open in December. The urgent care center’s two other facilities provide medical care for Preston Hollow and other neighborhoods’ patients, but with the new 5,064-square-foot Preston Royal location, their reach will be expanded to North Dallas residents. Services include evaluation and treatment of fractures, sprains and strains, asthma, immunizations, physicals, travel medicine, X-ray, flu and more. CityDoc competed against several other urgent care providers for the Preston Royal space.

More business bits 1 Coffee House Café was named “Best New Restaurant” in Dallas Observer’s Best of Dallas 2012. To celebrate, the owner offered all members of its mailing list and friends free house wine. 2 The Skin Specialists of Addison marked their recent expansion to Addison with a ribbon cutting ceremony, a gourmet chocolate tasting and $100 gift certificates. 3 The first Kabbalah Centre Bookstore opens its first Texas location at Preston Valley Shopping Center.

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A fitting nonprofitLocated on Security Row in Richardson is a place where everyone from preschoolers to teenagers can shop for the latest fashions — for free. The place, Clothes Clos-et, is sponsored by Richardson ISD and the RISD Coun-cil of PTAs. At school, teachers, counselors or nurses refer students to the closet if they notice they are with-out sufficient clothes. Parents are not allowed to enter the back room, filled with shoes, pants, shirts, jackets, dresses, toiletries and the like, so that adolescents feel free to choose attire according to their own taste. “We try to let the child have a shopping experience,” says Gail McAda, second chairwoman for the organization. Each student receives one pair of brand new shoes, a coat, a hooded sweater, six pairs of socks and under-wear, eight shirts, four shorts and four pairs of pants. The clothing sizes range from 4-year-old to triple extra large. “A lot of kids are wearing hand-me-down shoes that are too small for them,” McAda says. When they step into correctly fitting shoes, they think they are ac-tually not the right size, she says. Clothes Closet has four dressing rooms, each with fuzzy, bright-colored carpeting and big mirrors. Volunteers run the entire ef-fort, and sort and hang clothes on Mondays to prepare for Tuesday’s arrival of children. PTA members buy new clothes and make donations, and anyone else in-terested in helping can drop off clothes between 9:30-11 a.m. on Mondays. Richardson High School students donate new socks and underwear to be eligible to par-ticipate in their homecoming parade. McAda says the closet also does a prom dress boutique in the spring so that girls have the opportunity to get dolled up. Let-ters from appreciative children and teenage girls are taped to a closet door in one of the rooms. McAda beams when she speaks of one girl writing to tell her what great taste she has and how she made her night. “Some kids are so sweet and grateful,” she says. “We just give them big hugs.” —Monica S. Nagy

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Artful LivingJoin artists at the Craft Guild show and sale to tour the studio and buy jewelry, glass or clay pieces. The opening reception begins at 6 p.m. Nov. 1. The sale continues 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 2-3, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 4.The Craft Guild of Dallas, 5100 Belt Line Ste. 400, 972.490.0303, craftguildofdallas.com, free

NOV. 4

Presidents performanceThe Richardson Community Band presents “Hail to the Chief” at 2 p.m. to honor U.S. presidents just before Election Day. The band will perform President Garfield’s inauguration march.

Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance, richardsoncommunityband.org, $5-$7

NOV. 9

Silent auctionSample food and drinks, listen to music, network and shop for gifts at the silent auction at Celebrate! held by the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce.

Addison Conference Centre, 15650 Addison, 469.587.0420, metrocrestchamber.com, $30

NOV. 10

Kent Wallis paintingsDrop by between 1-5 p.m. to browse Kent Wallis’s collection of paintings, which have aspects of both impressionism and romantic realism.

Southwest Gallery, 4500 Sigma, 972.960.8935, swgallery.com, free

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Art glass favoritesFind one-of-a-kind pieces from Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass’s top 50 favorite artists between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The exhibit is part of a celebration of the business’s 22nd anniversary.Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, 5100 Beltline Ste. 820, 972.239.7957, kittrellriffkind.com, free

Nov. 10

RISD Spirit Run 5kAt four “spirit stops” along the way, high schools will greet you with drum lines, jazz bands, cheerleaders and more. The spirited run kicks off at 8:30 a.m. Proceeds will be split between all Richardson ISD schools. Register online or race day.Galatyn Park, 2351 Performance, 496.593.0241, risdspiritrun.com, $10-$35

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‘The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales’

Cinderella rejects Rumpelstiltskin, Goldilocks meets the Three Elephants and Jack keeps running into other bedtime story characters and the Stinky Cheese Man. The Griffin Theatre Company production at 2:30 p.m. is sure to be unlike any other fairytale play.

Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance, 972.744.4650, eisemanncenter.com, $12-$22

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‘It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’

Based on the beloved Frank Capra movie, this performance, fashioned like a 1949 radio broadcast, features five actors portraying more than 50 characters. For those not familiar with the story, main character George Bailey gets a glimpse into what the world would look like without him.

Addison Conference and Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison, 972.450.6241, watertowertheatre.org, $30-$40

NOV. 29

English conversation classImprove your English or invite a friend to sharpen his or her language skills at 6:30 p.m. Call to register.

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Three months into working as a “stewardess” for American Airlines, Far North Dallas resident Merry Schenck was approached by a man with a sword in his cane.

It was 1955, and Schenck — slim and dressed in a navy suit and hat — stood before the man. He claimed to have just been released from an asylum before he slid the sword out of his cane and whispered that another passenger said he was going to “kill him.”

“It was just me and the two pilots,” Schenck says. “I talked him into moving to the back of the plane and sitting on a jump seat.” She then stood between the two men to protect them from each other.

“I was scared to death,” she recalls. “It’s frightening because you are respon-sible for a lot of people. It gives you a sense of superiority.”

Story by Monica S. Nagy | Photos by Danny Fulgencio and Can Turkyilmaz

Remembering a unique era in air travel, when it

was all glitz, glamour and questionable practices

in the airsomething special


Sandy Phelps started flying in 1976.

Merry Schenk first flew for American Airlines in 1955.

Braniff workers wore fashion-forward uniforms compared to the

more traditional attire worn by American Airlines attendants.

Flying in the 1950s and ’60s was all lux-ury, style and class. Pilots greeted pristinely dressed passengers as they boarded. Beautiful hostesses donned fashion-forward uniforms, served up cocktails and chef-prepared lunch-es, and when one of them delivered the seat belt instructions, people actually listened.

Back then, women in their late teens and 20s clamored for a flight attendant job, typi-cally available to about one in a hundred ap-plicants. Many of the successful ones still live in Dallas because it was the headquarters of Southwest, Braniff and American.

Schenck says each flight attendant had to pass rigorous training and show herself to be attractive, funny and sociable. A lot of people were afraid of flying at the time, so the atten-dants’ job was to make passengers laugh and relax, she says.

When Sandy Phelps started with Ameri-can Airlines in 1976, she endured what she calls “flight attendant boot camp.”

“The training was horrible — you had to be

meticulous every day,” she says. “High heels, hose and 12-hour days for weeks.”

Phelps says her training started with 72 women and ended with about 27. When she was hired, it was unwritten law that flight attendants also had to have college degrees. (She earned a bachelor’s degree in interior de-sign from Oklahoma State in 1971).

Retired Braniff pilot and Far North Dallas resident Don Maynard still has his late wife’s flight attendant training manual (when they married, she had to quit).

“I think it might have been a little tougher than they thought it was going to be,” he says, holding up the thick-ish typewritten booklet. “Though you should have seen our [pilot’s] manual!”

American was more conservative in dress than Braniff, Phelps says. Braniff hostesses wore conservative suit dresses until the mid-’60s when Italian designer Emilio Pucci came along and transformed the attire into fash-ion-forward mini dresses and high-heeled

boots. She and her fellow flight attendants wore their reds, whites and blues — check-ered pants and scarves with plain white dress shirts and blazers. In 1980, Phelps says Amer-ican Airlines let her use her design skills in Chicago to try out new fabrics and ultimately went with wrinkle- and stain-resistant oxford cloth.

As a young woman, Schenck worked at an architecture firm during the day and took classes at the University of Houston at night. Her father lived in Los Angeles with his wife, a designer, and Schenck wanted dearly to visit him. She got her wings so she could fly to see her dad. At the time, Braniff didn’t fly to Cali-fornia, so she went with American.

As she was still a student, Schenck was tickled with the types of intelligent people she met and things she learned, such as when a passenger introduced her to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The pay wasn’t much, but attendants were reimbursed for their meals if they didn’t eat and “all you had to do is find a man to take you out to dinner.”

Schenck retired from American in ’67 because at 32, she was “too old” to continue working. Airlines had strict regulations for their flight attendants: They had to be be-tween 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 6 inches, couldn’t weigh more than 135 pounds, and had to retire by the age of 32 or take a ground job.

“They put you on leave until you lost the weight or cut your hair and put on red nail polish,” Schenck says of the strict all-glamour policy.

At the time, there were plenty of practices that wouldn’t fly today, Maynard recalls. He describes the pre-flight weighing-in ritual for the hostesses (what Braniff called its flight at-tendants): “Before a flight, they got on a scale. And they got pinched. Sometimes, if they weighed too much, they were sent home.”

Some women were able to get around the height requirement, such as Shirlee Mae Ad-ams (later married to Henry Fonda), who was “too tall” to fly, but was double jointed at the knees and would push her knees back when-ever she was measured, Schenck says.

Celebrities were part of the job’s glamour, since they were among the few who could afford to fly. Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart and Jack Benny were a few of the famous people Schenck met in the sky. She laughs when speaking about how Benny brought his vio-lin and his own egg salad sandwich on board with him.

One night on a DC-7 aircraft, a woman in first class drank too much champagne and


Braniff pilot Don Maynard married a Braniff hostess.

Because hostesses were required to be single, she

resigned.

A 1960s-era marketing campaign

meant bright colors for Braniff.

Phelps is writing a book about her 30-year air experience.

lost her false teeth. Schenck says she and a fellow flight attendant had to scatter about looking for them and try to simultaneously hold in laughter. Henry Mancini happened to be on the same flight and became tickled by the ladies’ adventure. He made up an im-promptu song about the whole debacle just for the flight.

“He was doubled up laughing as much as we were,” Schenck says, pointing out how “ex-clusive” it was to fly at the time.

But everything changed when the airlines added jet planes to their fleets and people started crowding onto planes, she says.

Schenck married at 38 and eventually earned a master’s degree from SMU. She ended up working in commercial interior de-sign and now is a docent at SMU’s Meadows Museum.

Phelps is now writing a book called “Where has all the glamour gone?” about her

passengers “remained pretty calm.” These days, Phelps reflects on moments

the airline lifestyle afforded her — being able to see the Rock of Gibraltar, the Sistine Chapel and Ireland’s “40 shades of green.”

“I really did enjoy it — I had my free-dom,” Phelps says. “You had to have gypsy blood to do it.”

30-year experience as a flight attendant and the current state of American Airlines. The loss of luxury started with deregulation in the late ’70s, Maynard says.

“Fare wars led to pay cuts and cuts all over,” he says.

In her last years of flight, Phelps enjoyed observing politicians and rock stars look like “normal people” until they whipped out their make-up kits 15 minutes before landing and transformed into the stars we know. She was even on the flight bringing former Dallas pastor Walker Railey back to be tried for allegedly murdering his wife.

Railey wasn’t her strangest encounter, though. It was actually with a cart, when the DC-10 plane she was on started drop-ping so fast she was pinned to the ceiling, and the tray flew up and knocked five teeth out of her mouth. The paramedics had to take the attendants off that flight and the

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communityThe Valley View area was recognized by anti-crime group Safer Dallas Better Dallas and the Dallas Police Department for its 19 percent reduction in property crime from 2010 to 2011 — the greatest reduction of all

North Central crime watch groups. Sid Miller of the Valley View Volunteers in Patrol (VIP) accepted the certificate on behalf of neighbors, the Valley View Home Owners Association and the rest of the Valley View VIP. The great reduction in crime is due in part to the VIP’s 22 patrollers and their roughly 826 hours of patrol time last calendar year, according to Miller. He also attributes it to the 70 English- and Span-ish-language signs placed around the area that state the neighborhood is monitored. VIP, the “unarmed and non-confrontational” group, drives around and reports open garage doors, open backyard gates, personal property left in the yard and other things that might make it easier to commit crimes. Valley View is made up of 1,184 homes, two apartment complexes, four hotels, four churches and several busi-nesses, according to Miller. This is the area’s first year to be awarded the certificate.

educationBrandon Galvan, Trinity Christian Academy senior, was recognized by a national program for being a Hispanic/Latino student with one of the highest PSAT scores in the country. Galvan was recognized by CollegeBoard’s National Hispanic Recognition Program. After he took the PSAT his junior year, his score placed him in the top 2 percent of all Hispanic and Latino students. The program’s goal is to identify outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school stu-dents and help them connect with colleges and universities.

The Richardson Council of PTAs has a general council board meeting scheduled for 9:15-11 a.m. Nov. 1 at Lake Highlands High School, 9449 Church. Refreshments will be available at 9 a.m. The council also hosts a used book fair luncheon Nov. 29 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the pro-fessional development center, 701 W. Belt Line.

Patricia Hazen Hofeditz of Richardson High School is one of Humanities Texas’ 13 recipients for the 2012 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award. Hofeditz, English department chairwoman and literature teacher, was chosen out of 350 teachers who were nominated for their outstanding contributions to teaching, curriculum development and extracurricular programs. The award comes with $5,000 cash and $500 toward instructional materials for Richardson High School.

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November has always been, for me, a

month for a particular sense of gratitude.

This is partially because Thanksgiving

comes in November — that one holiday

that has been left mostly untouched by

commercialism (with the possible excep-

tion of the turkey industry).

For the most part, however,

Thanksgiving is still a quiet holiday,

untouched by sectarian or political divi-

sions, for simple thankfulness transcends

the dark lines we draw to separate us.

To the grateful, there is no “us” and

“them,” only one humanity that, in our

best moments, realizes that so much in

life is not of our own making. We stand on

the shoulders of others and benefit from

their hard work and loyalty to great ideas

and ideals.

This truth comes through in

Deuteronomy 6, which says that we drink

at cisterns we did not hew and drink from

wells we did not dig. One paraphrase is:

“We build on foundations we did not

lay/ We warm ourselves at fires we did

not light/ We sit in the shade of trees we

did not plant/ We drink from wells we did

not dig/ We profit from persons we did

not know.”

In other words, no generation should

ever think of itself as self-sufficient.

Whatever we accomplish in life, whatever

we build, we build on the foundations laid

by others. If we fail to recognize this, we

harbor the illusion of self-sufficiency.

If every generation thinks only of

itself, we will never make progress. When

Israel was ready to enter the Promised

Land, they were reminded that they did

not build the cities, plant the vineyards,

dig the wells or manufacture the goods.

They would experience the blessings

of the promise, but to be blessed can

easily become hypnotic, and we easily

forget the gifts or the givers of the past.

A friend of mine who serves as pas-

tor of a church in New York City tells of

a question and answer time in a church

capital funds campaign for the nursery

and preschool program of the church.

One of the sincere questions asked was,

“Why should we give to this project when

our children will have graduated from

the nursery by the time the project is

finished?”

In other words, “What’s in it for me?”

The truth of the matter is that as long

as we labor only for ourselves, we leave

no gifts for those who come after us.

November is a good time to consider

another way of life — gratefully leaving

something for others, investing in a

future beyond ourselves, and express-

ing our deep gratitude for those who

did the same for us.

Part of the nature of gratitude is that

it cannot be commanded — it can only

be encouraged. Gratitude that is com-

manded is not really gratitude. Gratitude

comes from a willingly grateful heart.

So this month I only encourage you

to consider a grateful attitude. After all,

it’s the good soil in which you may sow

a little something that will grow into

something more. Not because you have

to, but because you get to. Not reluc-

tantly, but with a measure of gratitude

that may begin to multiply, until one

day it fills you full.

WE DIDN’T BUILD ITGratitude recognizes what came before us

The truth of the matter is that as long as we labor only for ourselves, we leave no gifts for those who come after us.

Blair Monie is senior pastor of Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church (phpc.org). The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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Two cool cats in this parkValley View resident Sid Miller, center, at It’s My Park Day’s

ceremony Oct. 6 where District 11 Councilwoman Linda Koop,

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NOTES fromCITY HALLTHIS MONTH …

BOTH EYES ON GROUP HOMESCOMMENT. To join the conversation and share your opinions, visit farnorthdallas.advocatemag.com and search Notes from City Hall.

Who lives in these group homes?People who are aged, disabled or have mental illnesses live in these facili-ties in neighborhoods throughout the city. There are more than 300 group homes in Dallas with approximately 2,500 people residing in them. District 12 has 22 group homes, making us eighth out of the 14 districts in terms of num-bers of these homes. Group homes are allowed by federal law, and neighbor-hoods cannot prohibit them. What are some of the biggest problems with the operation of these homes? Some of the worst problems have to do with bad management and poor liv-ing conditions — too many occupants crowded into the bedrooms, inadequate bathroom facilities, poor quality food, not receiving necessary medications, abuse, and theft of money and belong-ings. Some owners/managers require the residents to turn over their Social Se-curity or disability checks and in return give residents just $10 or $15 a week to live on. Poorly managed homes result in frequent calls to the police from con-cerned neighbors who see some group home residents loitering in the neighbor-

hood or wandering the streets appearing to be incoherent or on drugs. Neighbors begin to worry about a decline in qual-ity of life and property values, especially if there are several group homes in one neighborhood. How does the new ordinance address these problems?Standards and regulations in the new ordinance address construction, sanitary conditions, and resident health and safe-ty. There are requirements that specify, for example, that there must be interior doors, ceilings that are at least 7 feet high, one window that can be opened in each room, and one bed with a clean pil-low, two sheets, and a blanket for each resident. Criminal background checks will be required for staff in the group homes. Owners/operators must report resident injuries, incidents, and unusual accidents, abuse, neglect and exploita-tion. They have to receive annual train-ing and keep detailed records if they manage residents’ funds. How will the city ensure that group home owners/operators are complying with the new ordinance?The new ordinance enables the city to issue permits and inspect the homes to see if they are in compliance and, if they are not, fines and sanctions can be assessed. Inspectors will check to see if health and safety requirements are being met and if the owner has posted the license, the most recent inspection

report and a sign detailing how to file a complaint. The permit can be suspended or revoked if violations aren’t resolved in a timely manner. While the permit is suspended, the owner can’t accept new residents. The city can file a civil lawsuit against the owner/operator. What are some of the limitations to the city’s ordinance? The ordinance relies on owners/opera-tors to self-report on injuries, allegations of abuse, management of residents’ fi-nances, etc. The city can’t verify incidents without police or EMS reports. Condi-tions can change daily inside the homes, and continuous compliance until the next inspection can’t be assured. In-spectors can’t enter the homes without permission and have to obtain a search warrant if denied entry. That gives the owner/operator time to hide violations before the warrant is served. But, the or-dinance requires the owner/operator to allow entry to city staff for inspections, and the permit can be suspended for fail-ure to do so. What is the cost of implementing this ordinance?The city’s recently adopted 2012/2013 budget allocates $600,000. That amount funds one assistant city attorney, three inspectors, three caseworkers and one manager who will all work exclusively on group homes. Projected revenues of $150,000 per year would come from annual permit fees of $500 from group homeowners.

Sandy Greyson is serving her fifth term as the District 12 council member, representing areas north of Arapaho. She has lived in Far North Dallas for more than 30 years.

LASTWord

Each month, the Advocate talks with District 12 council member Sandy Greyson about issues being discussed Downtown and how they affect Far North Dallas.

In 2009 Texas House Bill 216 allowed cities to regulate group homes not licensed by the state in order to address issues concerning health and living conditions for the occupants of these homes. The City of Dallas tightened its regulations in an ordinance that went into effect last month. We talk with District 12 Councilwoman Sandy Greyson about the new ordinance.

FIRST AMENDMENT BE DAMNED.Gary Akright takes part in the political process. He is an ardent supporter of

presidential candidate Mitt Romney and volunteered to do some local campaign work. In his front yard were some “Romney for President” campaign signs. There were several others throughout his Prestonwood-area neighborhood. It appears someone was out to stop Akright and his fellow Republicans from practicing free-dom of speech.

“We were out of town and my neigh-bor called me to let me know what hap-pened,” Akright says. “They took his sign, my sign, and another neighbor’s sign. They hit the whole neighborhood.”

Akright said it was a completely point-less crime and that a neighbor’s security

camera caught the suspect on film. He is hoping police are able to catch the thief.Despite the theft, Akright has not been deterred from the political process. His

Romney signs are right back in the front yard and his support remains undeterred.Dallas Police Lt. Richard Dwyer of the North Central Patrol Division says the

video from the neighbor’s property was reviewed by a detective and the owner, according to investigators. Unfortunately, the footage is not high enough quality to identify the person taking the signs. Also, political yard signs usually are owned by the candidate, who, in effect, loan them to the homeowner.

The Victim: Gary AkrightThe Crime: TheftDate: Sunday, Sept. 30Time: MidnightLocation: 6500 block of Barkwood

Sean Chaffin is a freelance writer and author of “Raising the Stakes”, obtainable at raisingthestakesbook.com. If you have been a recent crime victim, email [email protected].

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Block of Beltline where the driver of a white vehicle with a black bumper struck the driver-side door of a

man’s truck on Oct. 8. The collision caused $750 dollars worth of damage.

Date when someone gave a Taco Bell employee a $20 counterfeit bill to pay for his food at about 7 p.m. The

employee at 13670 Preston was scrutinizing the bill when the suspect fled the scene.

Dollar amount of car damage and stolen property after some-one broke the rear right vent window of a Honda between 5-11 p.m. Oct. 4. The vehicle was parked at 13656 Maham

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