Lake Highlands People (Newspaper) - March 11, 2005, Dallas, Texas WEEKEND Old throw benefit concert NEIGHBORS Phenom Tim Barrus discusses his young music career 3 A SPORTS I FRIDAY MARCH 1 1 3 MAILED FROM ZIP CODE 75219 MIXED ADC 752 SOUTHWEST 2627 E YANDELL DR EL PASO TX 79903 ONE QUARTER Church Finds Peace in New Sanctuary Project may be ready in time for Easter By Bruce Special Contributor As work on a new lion dollar sanctuary at Lake Highlands United Methodist Church nears completion the congregation has made peace with the changes The building for which planning began several years ago caused dissension among some members of the congregation The Rev Dr John Thornton said the completely redesigned architecture of the new structure was just too much change for some members to appreciate Some folks left the church he said But most are still here and ready to move on David Funderburgh a member of the churchs building committee down played the rift among the congregation Yes we had issues to resolve before we could move forward he said I like to believe we have moved forward I think it See PEACE on Page v STAFF PHOTO JEREMY CHESNUTT TRIO Madeline Gholston Christina Swanzy and Danielle Harmon donated their hair to Locks of Love Gills Donate Locks of Love Lake Highlands friends share hair with young cancer patients By JD Sparks Staff Writer Good things come in threes Three friends gave three gifts almost three weeks apart Each of the Lake Highlands girls donated to a nonprofit organization that makes hairpieces for children lost their hair due to a medical condition Christina Swanzy 15 had trimmed her hair only twice hi her life On the third time she had more than a foot of hair lopped off The teen had a mane that stretched down to her lower back In the morning it took her 30 minutes to dry it with a blower Most days she didnt bother It was too much work I was tired of my hair but I really love it how she said grinning behind her new bob I have no regret She heard about the philanthrop ic organization Locks of Love from her aunt who had donated hair Christina said not only was she was inspired by her See HAIR on Page Activists Fight to Fix Apartments Residents say change to dirty homes is evident but slow By JD Sparks r McWright may only be 16 but she knows that her living situation has gone terribly wrong She and her mother 42 yearold Thelma McWright and her two nephews live at the Northwest Terrace Apartments at Northwest Highway and Drive in Lake Highlands The roughly com plex is plagued by blight broken windows and busted doors graffiti trash and a high crime rate The property was put on alert by the L Streets Neighborhood Association change or shut down Property owners and man agement are working with the neighborhood association to turn around the nuisance complex but neighborhood and apartment residents say progress is slow This isnt right at all said holding her face in her hand For one the dishwasher has MAD AS HELL Halvorson and Michelle Smith of the L Streets Neighborhood Association are determined to improve the blighted apartment complex been broken for months The seals around many windows are water seeps in when it rains Mold coats the window sills and clogs the bathroom where a pipe busted behind the wall The pipe was repaired but not before the tile and grout was destroyed by standing water No matter where you look cockroaches skitter over the doors and walls The family has tried to bomb the lower floor apartment but say the bugs crawl back from the upstairs unit through the vents They shouldnt get if they dont fix things said Northwest Terrace is owned by the Winston Capital Corporation in the Park Cities The com pany purchased the property managed by Monarch Properties Inc When gunshots shattered the quiet of nearby Larchwood Drive the L Streets Neighborhood Association had enough We got to thinking about the crime in the neighbor hood said Michelle Smith who heads up the neighbor hood crime watch group About 50 percent was occur ring within the bounds of the complex Each month an average of 15 crimes are reported at the apartment complex said Senior Cpl Ron Carpenter of the Dallas Police Department We dont want our tax dol lars to go to something thats association president Halvorson said Weve had enough Were mad I moved here nine years ago and it wasnt like She said she was concerned that the nuisance apartment See BLIGHT on Page Dallas Arboretum Displays Annual Rite of Spring Thousands of flowers brighten up exhibit along White Rock Despite a long winter though it might not seem like one to the first redbuds are finally blooming In Dallas spring comes a good month ahead of what Chaucer as Aprill with his shoures soote sweet and nowhere is that more evident than on the eastern shore of White Rock Lake In the 66 acres of the world famous Dallas Arboretum over Children 312 Admission is free for mem early March brings Dallas Blooms for time 400000 bulbs the 20000 azalea bush es the 80000 pansies and vio las and the thousands of other annuals and perennials but whos counting take the dull tones of winter off the local map This years theme Proud as a Peacock features two topiaries in the Jonsson Color Garden Each topiary will be covered with 300 green English ivy plants and crowned with a plume of pam pas grass The peacock tails 2100 square feet will tje filled with upwards of 9000 flowers and plants agera tum dusty miller viola and cineraria The Arboretum is open daily from 9 am until 5 pm Admission is for adults for seniors 65 and older and for children 312 Admission is free for Arboretum members and children 2 and under On site parking is For schedules and activities see Glenn Arbery COURTESY PHOTOS WHOS COUNTING Numbering the hundreds of thousands of plants is the only way to summarize the abundance of flowers during Dates Booms at the Dates Arboretum but ifs the color that realy counts READER POLL Its now March Hive you kept any of your New Years resolutions Do local TV news too violent and negative