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Become a Master Gardner
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WE NEED OAK CLIFF RESIDENTS TO ENROLL IN DALLAS COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS SCHOOL FOR 2013
 
Hopefully many of you have noticed the work that Friends of Oak Cliff Parks have been doing in cooperation with the Dallas County Master Gardeners in Lake Cliff, Kidd Springs, Oak Cliff Founders’ and Kiest Memorial Garden. 

OOCCL members know better than anyone that there are some truly wrong ideas circulating in Dallas about Oak Cliff.  Oak Cliff members of the Master Gardeners want to increase the number of Oak Cliff residents who are Master Gardeners in an attempt to show others from other parts of Dallas that Oak Cliff is a good place to live, work and play. 

There are many potential future projects here in Oak Cliff similar to the 2008 restoration of the historic 1930s WPA Rose Gardens at Lake Cliff and the recently completed reconstruction of the 1934 WPA Rose Garden at Kiest Memorial Garden to complement the soon to be reconstructed WPA Pergola. What we are doing in Oak Cliff is historic restoration which needs more community support and participation and that is why I am appealing to the membership of the League.
 
Dallas County Master Gardeners have a training school every year.  This year the school begins on July 29 and goes until October 28. That is a Monday class from 8:30 to 4 PM with a break for lunch.  The classes are taught by A&M professors or local experts and are about soil, turf, trees, native plants, water conservation, composting, chemical usage and vegetable and flower gardening. Many of the classes are held in the County Agents Office at Marsh and Walnut Hill. 
The classes are interesting and very informative.  The fee is $ 205 for the classes and includes the text book which is the Texas Master Gardener Handbook.  There are 84 hours of class which are filled with useful information by excellent speakers.  Once all the classwork is finished, the students become Interns and must volunteer in approved projects for 72 hours during the following 12 months to become Certified Master Gardeners. 
Please take time to look at the Dallas County Master Gardener web site at www.dallascountymastergardeners.org or call 214-904-3053 for more complete information.  The applications must be submitted by May 28.  I hope that some of you will come join us.
                         
Barbara Barbee, DCMGA Class 2008
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Rhonda's Rocks
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The Jefferson Median Beautification Project, a creative vision of Van Johnson, is still alive and kicking! It's mission is helping transform the Jefferson median into a thing of beauty, with shade trees, walking trails, and a rich urban forest in the heart of Oak Cliff.

The group's endeavors with "The Restoration" phase were successful when Pomykal's Tree Farm of Red Oak donated a combination of 14 red oak and live oak trees to the effort. Residents from Kessler Plaza, Ravinia Heights, North Cliff, and other surrounding communities planted and agreed to water and care for the trees.

In February, The Old Oak Cliff Conservation League voted to donate monies given by Commissioner Elba Garcia to fund the next stage of the project which includes the strategic placement of 1/2 ton boulders for protection of the trees and for future landscaping project development. The Median group must now obtain a private business/real estate license from the City of Dallas to move forward. City Council member Delia Jasso has agreed to address the large fee attached to obtaining this license and our grassroots group now has much work to do for insurance payments, non-profit organization status, and completion of lengthy paperwork.

The group welcomes any help from concerned citizens
in pushing this project forward.

Years from now the barren ground will be filled with trees, boulders, and native plants
- and it will look wonderful year round for all of Oak Cliff -

 
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Dangerous Dogs
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altInformation is based on conversation between Kiest Part Community Group (KPCG) President, Judy Brooks, and Dallas Animal Services (DAS) Manager, Jody Jones on 19 Feb 2013.
 
The area in and around Kiest Park has been "posted" as a "hot spot" by DAS! The boundaries include Illinois Ave. (North), Kiest Blvd. (South), Hampton Rd. (West) and S. Polk St. (East).  
 
Several serious incidents with three stray "pit bull" mixed-breed dogs occurred around the Kiest Park area neighborhood in February,  Resulting actions were placement of two traps, one in the 2900 block of E. Perryton (just north of Saner) and one in Kiest Park on the Rugged Drive side.
 
Last word was that two pit bull mixes were trapped. One was a tan one, possibly one of the 3 that had attacked cars. Another brindle colored one was caught in the other of the 2 traps. However, the brindle mix was not part of the original pack of 3 that were causing so much trouble. DAS was responsible for checking the traps and getting the 2 that were caught. DAS is scheduled to "patrol" the Kiest Park area quite often due to the "hot spot"  designation. 
  
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The "311" Intake dispatches animal issues/violations to DAS, which are completely separate from other "311" calls in general. 
 
 
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