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CEDAR HILL TODAY
Thursday, June 16, 2005 • Cedar Hill Today • Page 3
Today photo by RANDY COZBY
O.J. Jones won an award from the Cedar Hill Association for the Cultural Arts.
Art
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sionate hobby, but as therapy
(for his autism), Amy said.
“He uses it as a way to get
away from the things that
sometimes frustrate him,” she
said. “Some days it (his work)
could be for four hours and
other days it could for six. And
some days he doesn’t do it at
all, it just depends. But if he’s
doing a project he'll work all
day until I make him stop and
make him go to bed.”
Often times, it's an order she
finds D.J. not obeying.
“Sometimes at nighttime I’ll
go check on him to make sure
he’s asleep, and he’s in the clos-
et with the light on doing origa-
mi,” Amy said laughing.
“Because he knows he’s sup-
posed to be in the bed, he’ll go
hide in the closet. At that point,
I would have to take it away
from him.”
And when she’s not doing
that, D.J.’s always involved in
origami in some way
whether lie’s at a restaurant
using napte0&_io make birds
and flowen&for the waitresses
and hostess, oiyjust whenever
he gets the urge.
“He makes things for every-
body, all of the time. I jnst have
origami all around the house,”
Amy said. “The really cool
thing is l tried it, and it’s not
easy. But lie can actually walk
around the house while talking
to me, and without even look-
ing at a book, he could make
something. It’s like his fingers
take over, and does the work."
Those fingers can create just
about anything too, from
insects, fish, birds and pen-
guins to Christmas ornaments.
D.J. also can do flowers, but-
terllies, grasshoppers, dino-
saurs, frogs, rabbits, chickens
and whales - and the list goes
on.
“I think it's unique that he
enjoys it so much because he
didn’t look at it as a talent at
first. It was just fun and some-
thing he enjoys doing,” Amy
said. “ I his is something he cSn
do on Ins own that not too many
people can do. When he found
out that people were impressed
with what he can do, that made
him feel good."
It’s a good enough feeling
that D.J. doesn't ever want to go
away, Amy said.
“I see him always using
origami as something to do,
and something he can do to go
into his own little world,” she
said. “I just don't think he
would ever stop doing origa-
mi"
Hollywood, here he comes.
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Pantry
be honest with you. If I owned
my own business, I would
seriously consider hiring them
for employment.”
The Henry House volun-
teers reacted with boisterous
applause and cheering.
Sims also recognized
board members Deeds,
Immediate Past President
Doris Childress, Harvey,
Secretary Judy Kramer, Vice-
President John Duffey,
Treasurer Marie Harris and
President-Elect Cherry
Goodson.
Members of the pantry’s
advisory board, Sheila Hood,
Joyce Kirkland, Caroline
McKee, Mike Deeds, Van
Lazaroff, Fred Garza and
Alan Sims were also honored.
Sims singled out Kirkland
for extra praise.
“I’ve got a special, special
lady who works for me who
never writes her time down
says she didn’t know she was
supposed to — and is worth
$3,000 to help us pay our
electric bills,” Sims said,
referring to Kirkland.
Sims also introduced a new
paid employee, Rashidah
Smallwood, and thanked
Restoration Community
Church for donating money
monthly toward her pay.
“It’s jtist wonderful to go
out and open the mail box
every day,” Sims said. “Van
(Lazaroff) keeps telling me,
‘Don’t act surprised, because
God will do it.’ But we could-
n’t be here without all of these
wonderful donations.”
The food pantry also paid
special tribute to volunteer
Jimmy Lambert, the
“Thursday Cereal Man.”
“If you put cereal on the
wrong shelf, you’ll hear from
him,” Sims said. “We just
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wanted to let him know how
much we love him.”
With that, Lambert
received the first-ever Cedar
Hill Food Pantry “Sharing the
Bread” hat.
More special awards were
given to Judy Kramer,
Childress and Duffey.
“This person does not give
up at all,” Harvey said of
Duffey. “He has all the expert
knowledge and legal knowl-
edge that we need to keep
going. He has taken care to
make sure we don’t get in
trouble with the state or with
the sheriff.”
Duffey also opened the
event with a few remarks and
offered to give a wishbone to
“anyone who has a crisis
strong enough to warrant it.”
“Come see me. I’ve give it
to you, and your wish will
come true,” he said.
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Presented by the Chancel Choir, Handbells and Orchestra of
First United Methodist Church, Cedar Hill
Sunday, June 26th at 7 PM
in the new sanctuary, 127 Roberts St. (at BeltLine), Cedar Hill
open to the public • no charge • followed by a pie auction
First in our^liteier Concert Series
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Gooch, Robin. Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 61, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 2005, newspaper, June 16, 2005; Duncanville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623387/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.