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UTA’s North Texas Genome Center assists in COVID-19 testing

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he University of Texas at Arlington is leveraging the expertise and resources of its

North Texas Genome Center (NTGC) to bolster UTA’s on-campus COVID-19 testing capabilities.

Certified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), the NTGC has established on-site COVID-19 test processing to help provide for the safe repopulation of the UTA campus and to assist local public health agencies.

“After becoming CLIA-certified in January, we were poised to begin human genome sequencing for medical purposes,” says Jon Weidanz, UTA associate vice president for research and director of the NTGC. “Then COVID hit, and we jumped into Jon Weidanz

action to be able to serve our community.”

The NTGC launched in 2018 as a collaborative venture between universities, health care organizations, and corporate partners

Over three months, the NTGC established a pop-up operation

to establish a center of excellence for genomics and high-

for COVID-19 rapid testing with the potential to analyze at

throughput sequencing. Through the Texas Genomics Core

least 500 samples per day at full capacity. In accordance with

Alliance formed with Texas A&M University, as well as a new

University protocol, UTA Health Services identifies students who

partnership formed with the Bioinformatics Core Facility at

need testing and administers the tests free of charge, regardless

UT Southwestern, the NTGC offers high-speed and low-cost

of whether they have insurance.

library preparation, sequencing, and bioinformatic services.

The NTGC has also conducted pilot testing in coordination with

Looking to the future, Weidanz says he hopes the COVID-19

Tarrant County Public Health.

testing equipment could be repurposed to support the

“This is a realization of our ultimate goal of making the North

community in the face of future health crises or virus outbreaks.

Texas Genome Center a true resource for the state of Texas and beyond,” Dr. Weidanz says.

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CONTENTS September 2020 • Volume 7 • Issue 9

HIGHLIGHTS 24 LIVING LIFE WELL (STILL) Check out these programs and perks crafted just for seniors.

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DEPARTMENTS Starting Line 10 • This ‘n Data 12 Around Town 20 • Scene 22 Style 44 • Bulletin Board 48 National Medal of Honor Museum 50 Keen Cuisine 52 • Speaking of Sports 54 Itinerary 56 • Finish Line 58

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24 Jim Maibach’s green corvette ... Here’s how he spent four years making his dream car perfect – and 35 years enjoying it.

28 It’s fall, y’all ... Photographers Bob Brennan, Richard Greene and Ashley Greene help us celebrate the arrival of autumn in this photo essay focusing on what is a lot of people’s favorite season.

30 Celebrating Cinderella (at last) ... This month, we preview the pandemicdelayed 60th annual Cinderella Ball and see why the donations solicited this year are especially important to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County.

32 At the forefront ... The Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce has helped local businesses stay informed and engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of the highlights of what the organization is doing.

36 Home SWEET! Home ... This month’s featured dwelling is a classic “Before” and “After” project. You’ll love the “After.”

38 Their stories ... Here’s a chance to get to know – or get to know better – some of the region’s business leaders.

42 Riding to the rescue ... ShareFest-Texas is rallying local businesses and

ON THE COVER This portrait of a juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk, adapted from a photograph taken by Richard Greene, helps us celebrate the arrival of autumn.

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he comely young man that greeted me at Target the other morning not only made that day for me – he was promptly moved to the top of my list of essential workers who deserve a raise. Well ... he would have been inserted in the No. 1 spot if I actually compiled such a roster.

“I’m sorry, sir,” the bespectacled fellow said. “The store isn’t open to the general public during the first hour. We reserve this time for our customers who are 65 years old or older.” It should be noted that, as he turned me away, I was still veritably wheezing from having blown out 64 candles at a recently completed virtual birthday party witnessed by a collection of younger Youngbloods via the magic of a Zoom conference.

For the record, our smoke detector did NOT go off Yale during the soirée, though I suspect at least a few of Youngblood the virtual attendees entertained such a notion as I inhaled deeply in preparation of eliminating the Editor tremendous glow emanating from my Brady Bunch box on their computer screens.

Upon the aforementioned Targeted spurning, I promptly smiled under my face covering, reversed course and returned to my car, sporting a pep in my step that was not present during the walk from the automobile only moments prior. Then I actually wondered if I should return at once to suggest to the whippersnapper that he probably should conclude his work shift by ambling about 100 feet down the aisle to the store’s optical department. He clearly needed new glasses.

You see: I have been asked if I want the “senior discount” since long before Target Guy told me I wasn’t qualified. The first time the query came up, I was offended. I was 52 at the time. (It occurred on Nov. 8, 2008. It happened at Schlotzsky’s. I told you I was offended.)

The trend has continued pretty much since. My reaction to the trend, however, evolved quickly. Given that the Little Mrs. and I enjoy dining out, and given that a three-to-fivepercent discount every time we enjoy dining out adds up to a not-insignificant annual savings, I concluded that there might be some gold in them there silver hairs.

So ...

Now I grin through 12 teeth sporting or affected by prosthetic devices and bear the thought that my looking old has some benefit. For one, just noted, I’m not left as light in the wallet as are most of the people in line behind me. Also, I just helped those of you playing “Old People Bingo” fill in “comely,” “veritable wheezing,” “whippersnapper,” “Little Mrs. and I” and “light in the wallet” on your cards.

And, of course, I now can speak with authority as I heartily suggest you check out our Senior Living story beginning on page 34. It reveals all manner of glorious benefits offered to local seniors by local entities, and, if you or one of yours are painting your years in a golden hue, you would be well served to check it out.

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WE’RE PROUD TO BE YOUR TRUSTED, HEALTHCARE HOME.

Methodist Mansfield Medical Center has been setting the gold standard as Mansfield’s preferred healthcare home. Over the years, we have been recognized by numerous organizations for our commitment to quality, safety, innovations, and excellence.

We’re proud to share some of the ways that Methodist Mansfield has been recognized — both locally and nationally: • CMS Five-Star Quality Rating • Grade A for outstanding safety and quality • Magnet® designated for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center • Level III Trauma Center • Voted Best Hospital, Emergency Department, and Maternity Ward.* But we’re most proud to continue to improve and save lives in our communities. After all, it’s why so many trust Methodist.

To find a physician, visit MethodistHealthSystem.org/Mansfield. *Living Magazine, Arlington Today, and Focus Daily News Reader’s Choice Survey Texas law prohibits hospitals from practicing medicine. The physicians on the Methodist Health System medical staff are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, Methodist Health System, or any of its affiliated hospitals. Methodist Health System complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

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RAISE YOUR HAND if you drove a 1954 4-door Pontiac Chieftain, the first model of automobile built at Arlington’s GM Assembly Plant. Keep that hand up if you also owned any of these classic cars, each produced right here in The American Photo: davidsclassiccars.com Dream City in 1954: Buick Roadmaster, Buick Special, Buick Super, Oldsmobile 88, Oldsmobile 98 or Pontiac Starchief.

Ayden Trammell’s new single, ‘Water and Salt,’ is winning over listeners

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rlington Martin grad Ayden Trammell might be wondering how his current year in college will follow the pandemic’s lead, but there’s one thing about which he can be certain: His music career is clearly heading in the right direction.

Over the past couple of years, the 19-year-old Tarrant County College student has released three singles and an EP on Spotify, where that collection and his latest song, “Water and Salt,” are generating 8,000-plus streams monthly.

“The support I’ve received is really comforting knowing that there are people who are Photo: youtube.com able to feel what I’m putting out,” Trammell told FW Weekly recently. “I never planned on doing much with this in the first place, and now there’s people who want me to.”

Trammell and his backing band, The Forty Stories, which features his Martin classmate, drummer Nathan Walters, have been performing around North Texas since 2019. And even though some of those shows (like the one pictured here) were part of their Social Distancing Concert Series, the exposure on Spotify has put the Arlington singer/songwriter on the musical map. Trammell says The Forty Stories will record their own album soon.

The very busy life of Taylor Cole

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riends who grew up in Arlington with Taylor Cole will likely remember the Lamar graduate as a talented athlete (she was a Junior Olympics volleyball player) who eventually would experience successful careers in both modeling and acting.

Today, she continues to flourish in that latter endeavor. Over the past decade and a half she has become both a prolific character actor (appearing in television series such as “CSI,” “CSI-Miami,” “Cold Case,” “Melrose Place,” “NCIS,” “Two and a Half Men” Photo: imdb.com and “Hawaii Five-0”), and a recurring character, as Fiona in the television series “Salvation” and as Sofya in “The Originals.” On the big screen, she won the Best Breakout Performance award at the Summer Slam Film Festival for her role in “Dumbbells,” and since 2016, she has become a Hallmark Channel movie staple, appearing in multiple films.

To top it off, in June she married longtime beau Cameron Larson.

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MANSFIELD TABS SMOLINSKI AS NEW CITY MANAGER

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he Mansfield City Council last month voted unanimously to appoint Interim City Manager Joe Smolinski as the new City Manager.

Smolinski, who had previously served as a Deputy City Manager over development services, has been with the City of Mansfield for 19 years. He was the Director of Utility Operations prior to becoming a part of the city’s management team.

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ongtime Arlington resident Patricia Lux has written a book, “Travel Easy, Travel Light,” which features tips based on her 35-plus-year career as a flight attendant, as well as ideas that can lead to stress-free trips from hither to yon.

Lux’s background as a traveler actually spans several realms. “After college I backpacked through Europe for three months. That was traveling light and cheap,” she says. “I cannot help with the cheap part today, but I have a significant amount of traveling light advice.”

She says she has observed or made just about every travel mistake possible. “This book is intended to save one’s sanity when traveling,” she notes. “If I can do Europe, six countries in seven days, spend a week in Ireland with only a small carry-on, travel standby with two children to just about anywhere, I am more than Patricia Lux qualified to pass on knowledge learned from my mistakes and successes. As a flight attendant we always traveled efficiently and light.”

Although Lux is now retired, she still misses being a flight attendant and is always thinking about the next trip to take, fully intending to pack wisely. She lives in Arlington with her husband Matt and has two grown children “who are well trained travelers.”

Chapter headings in “Travel Easy, Travel Light” include: “Trip Analysis ... Analyze and Evaluate”; “Wardrobe Choices ... What to Pick and what to Pitch”; “Packing Efficiently ... Maximizing Space”; “Kid’s Stuff ... Keeping Little Travelers Happy”; “Be Prepared for Anything”; “Health, Safety and Common Sense” and “Miscellaneous Tips ... Odds and Ends”. The Appendix features a list of websites for stores that sell travel-friendly products, and Lux has also included several checklists to help with packing and wardrobe selection, day-to-day activities while on the trip and a proposed list of how to keep all information needed for the trip.

The book is available at amazon.com and at barnesandnoble.com.

PITCHING A VERY WORTHY CAUSE

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he Kluber Family Foundation, established

by Texas Rangers pitcher Corey Kluber and his wife Amanda, will host the inaugural 2020 Curveball for a Cause Celebrity Gala at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the Live!

by Lowe’s hotel.

Proceeds will support the foundation’s community outreach programs: Kluber’s Kids and Kluber’s Korner.

Curveball for a Cause will have the option for fans to participate in person or virtually. “While fundraisers may look different these days,” Corey says, “the need to help families with seriously ill and chronically ill children is just as urgent. Families are struggling, and we are here to help bridge the gap.”

Single tickets are available at $400 each. A “Stay at Home” ticket is $250. For more: coreykluber.org.

1. RJ Construction, which last month was honored as an Arlington Today Readers’ Choice All Star, recently was named one of the Top 100 Roofers in the country by Roofing Contractor magazine. For more about the company: rj-construction.com.

2. The U.S. Census Bureau will conduct its non-response follow up in Tarrant County and the North Texas region through Sept. 30. Census workers will present an ID badge with their name, photograph, a Department of Commerce watermark and an expiration date. For more: 2020census.org.

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3. Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington and Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital were honored by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for their advanced care of heart attack and stroke patients. The former earned a Mission: Lifeline (STEMI) award (Gold Plus award level) and a Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure award (Gold Plus and Target Heart Failure Honor Roll award levels).

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital earned a Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure award (Gold Plus and Target Heart Failure Honor Roll award levels and Gold Plus and Target Stroke Elite Honor Roll award levels).

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Krista Gerlich was recently hired as the new women’s basketball coach at Texas Tech after being the winningest coach in the history of the University of Texas at Arlington’s women’s program.

This month’s featured pet belongs to Mildred Kibby, who notes that her feisty cat is routinely on patrol, “curious about the other new ‘critter in the house.”

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exas Tech hired the University of Texas at Arlington’s Krista Gerlich, a former star for the Lady Raiders, as its new women’s basketball coach last month.

Gerlich, who was the most successful women’s basketball coach in school history with 121 wins, replaced Marlene Stollings, who was fired on Aug. 6 after a USA Today report and subsequent stories that ran in newspapers and on television alleged a culture of abuse in the Tech program.

As a player, Gerlich (then Krista Kirkland) played point guard on the 1993 Texas Tech team that won a national championship. Gerlich graduated from Tech as the all-time assist leader in school history and is now third. She was named to the all-time All-Southwest Conference team and was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 2003. She later became an assistant for Marsha Sharp, who was at the helm when Tech won the title.

Gerlich is 289-147 in 14 years as a head coach at UTA and West Texas A&M. She came to Arlington in 2013 and went 4-25 in her first year, but was 45-19 in the past two seasons. At West Texas A&M, her teams won three consecutive Lone Star Conference championships from 2008 to 2010.

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Celebrating Kindness Choo’s Cotton Candy Grape, Strawberry/Apple Jelly Gallo, Wild Willie Berry and Wak’s Passion Peach are just some of the new limited-edition jams handmade by Texas Rangers players to benefit local seniors facing hunger.

The jams are available on WakWayFarmsPantry.store with a matching buy-one gift-one going to the Home-Delivered Meals program at Meals On Wheels.

Participating Rangers included Willie Calhoun, Joey Gallo, Shin Soo Choo, Nick Solak and Jose Trevino.

CORRECTION In the August issue, Arlington Today inadvertently ran the wrong picture with the profile for Tom’s Plumbing. The photograph featured some current employees of Jim Williams Plumbing. We regret the error.

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Here’s Vivian Nguyen and one of the designs from her Dyenosaur Apparel line.

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ivian Nguyen is 15 but sounds far north of 25. Claims to be a sophomore at Martin High School, though that’s hard to fathom, too. Conversing with her is a little like having a back-and-forth with a living, breathing thesaurus. We chatted for 40 minutes and I spent 20 Googling half of what she said.

OK, I exaggerate. But just a tad.

Nguyen is the creator and chief executive officer of her own clothing line, Dyenosaur Apparel, a collection of cool-looking tie dyes, which in itself is something of a revelation, since you’d figure when it comes to tie-dye anything we’ve been there and done that. I mean, you can pick those things up at Walmart for, what, 79 cents? Nguyen has managed to do something a little different, which is handcraft and personalize everything from shirts and socks to scrunchies. She’s sold hundreds of tie-dye items around the country and Kenneth has a fan base of over Perkins l,300 Instagram followers garnering some 100,000 views a week.

What’s more, this whole business thing of hers (visit viviannguyxn.wixsite.com/website) isn’t something she contemplated for months on end – it just sort of happened, the last-minute result of wanting to raise money for her National Junior Honor Society while at Young Junior High. She made and sold scrunchies to classmates and then their parents and then the friends of the parents, and suddenly she had a corporation.

Nguyen, whose dad is an engineer, is now part of Martin’s fabulous STEM wing, with sights on doing something in biomedical sciences when she, uh, grows up, and all a sudden this tie-dye thing slaps her across the head – or, more precisely, touches her heart. The monetary benefits of Dyenosaur Apparel are beside the point.

When talking about her little empire she preaches female entrepreneur empowerment and creativity and diversity and

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inclusivity, and wanting to use her newfound skill and celebrity, if you want to call it that (and you can, really) to promote such things. Last month, Nguyen participated in the GenZ Girl Con, a global women’s empowerment conference, speaking on a business panel, alongside other pint-sized rising stars such as Kriti Sarav, who addressed teen financial literacy; Taylor Wang, who runs a non-profit uplifting young, diverse artists through events and education; and Maysoon Hussein, the Saudi Arabian teen whose organization gathers students from around the world to pontificate on world issues.

For her part, Nguyen speaks candidly about how her own nagging fear of failure once hindered her pre-apparel success.

Now she pushes to be that muse to help others.

“If I had seen others my age take initiative and become successful,” Nguyen says, “I would have been more eager to venture into this. It’s like a ripple effect. By achieving my own goals, I can encourage others to reach for theirs.”

One uptick to the pandemic is how it gave Nguyen time to collaborate with the business community, getting advice on everything from web designers to marketing and advertising. She also reaches out to fellow high school artists and illustrators for collaboration, bringing more GenZ voices under the tent.

“We’re adamant about youth and empowering youth, so each design has been hand painted and drawn,” she says. “We want to dedicate our platform to support other young creators. We all have unique and different stories.”

So her tie-dye items express those stories, and perhaps there lies her line’s success, platform or no platform. Where exactly Dyenosaur Apparel goes from here is a good question. Nguyen’s passions are numerable, and she certainly doesn’t want to get bogged down. She’s crazy busy as a part of the Vietnamese Student Association, the Key Club and those rigorous STEM classes, so “time management is key.” She already envisions, “Nights I’ll be staying up late” getting school work/company/ extracurricular stuff done, but lately she discovered the revelation of the old school “To Do List.”

“Staying close to my planner is a daily ritual,” she says, laughing.

By the way, Nguyen claims to be turning 16 this fall.

Don’t believe it for a minute.

Kenneth Perkins has been a contributing writer for Arlington Today since it debuted. He is a freelance writer, editor and photographer.

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en years after the 1953 debut of the Corvette, Chevrolet introduced an all-new model of the iconic American Sports Car ushering in the era of the Sting Ray. By 1965 the Second Generation (now there are eight) of the Corvette had evolved into a futuristic fastback body with a sweeping front end design that delivered an unmistakable message that really needed no words to describe it.

When you saw it, you realized you had encountered a classic for the ages.

That was exactly Jim Maibach’s reaction, and he knew it was The One he wanted for his own. In 1985 he found it and began a fouryear labor of love in making it perfect.

His summary: “It was all about muscle in the mid ‘60s, and I’m a lover of that era car. Most warm-blooded Americans are!”

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The first thing for Jim to do was to bring the car’s color back to what it was when it left the St. Louis assembly plant. It had been painted a popular red but was supposed to be Glen Green to correctly match its VIN designation.

But that was just the beginning of a full restoration. “I didn’t know what I was getting myself into, but four and a half years later, we finally finished it,” Jim says.

Jim’s car came with the fuel-injected base 327-cubic-inch V-8 engine, hydraulic valve lifters, the Carter four-barrel carburetor and new knock-off wheels. The side exhaust system made the look even more aggressive.

But, he wanted a little more.

He added a special upgraded cam shaft, “for the rat-a-tat-tat to produce 375 HP – an expansion from the original engine – that I

Inside, outside and certainly under the hood, Maibach’s classic car is an automobile collector’s dream vehicle.

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couldn’t resist when restoring the car. The rear end is a 4:11 ratio so quick off the line and around town, up and down South Cooper Street. On the highway it’s not so good at those high revolutions, but still quick when hitting the gas.”

Inside the comfort of the saddle leather seats you encounter a telescoping steering wheel and gauges on the instrument panel influenced by aircraft design. Disk brakes were standard – another first for the ever-surfacing innovations that characterize the car’s storied history.

The end result was an entirely correct convertible that accounted for two-thirds of the 23,562 Corvettes built in 1965.

Obviously, Jim has a significant investment in his car that he’s going to keep. “I call it my ‘Rolling CD’ because it gets more valuable every year.”

At its inception that year, GM engineers had become fascinated with mid- and rear-engine designs for the sports car. While that idea didn’t get resolved then, it remained rumored and speculated for the next 55 years.

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Finally, it became a reality with the introduction of the 2020 Corvette – the very latest version of the sports car synonymous with American exceptionalism in the entire automobile world.

In that way, Jim’s car can be traced to the origins of the midengine configuration that ultimately hit the road this year.

As much as Jim enjoys his prized beauty, it’s hard to imagine when he has time to drive it very much. As the president and owner of Peyco Southwest Realty, Inc. with projects throughout Arlington, he’s a very active businessman.

Coupled with an impressive record as a volunteer in multiple community service, local government and business organizations, he has to find time to pull the car out of his garage. As the chairmanelect of the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the challenge gets even more demanding.

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fter a five-month hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the much-anticipated 60th Annual Cinderella Charity Ball will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 at Esports Stadium Arlington.

The Cinderella Ball is Arlington’s oldest continuing social charitable event, raising money that benefits the Arlington programs of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County.

Beginning earlier this year, 20 local high school girls – the candidates for the title of Miss Cinderella 2020 (pictured to the left) – solicited donations, the total of which will be revealed at the Ball. Last year, Miss Cinderella candidates raised $556,087.19 for the clubs, as Anna Leigh Hoffman raised the largest total, $211,902.71, to become the 2019 Miss Cinderella.

Cinderella Ball is hosted and managed by the Ladies Auxiliary of Arlington. It has raised nearly $11 million since its inception six decades ago.

This year’s donations take on special significance, given how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the region. Since March, says BGCGTC President and CEO Daphne Barlow, the organization has been pitted against uncertainty for the future. But armed with a passion to ensure the success of youth regardless of the present situation, the BGCGTC immediately pivoted and sprang into action and began meeting the basic needs of children and families through daily dinner distribution and provision of learning kits and activities.

“The organization has led the way among school-age providers by convening child care resources and organizations to effectively coordinate throughout the pandemic, adapting as major needs arise,” Barlow says. “Over the summer and into the fall, BGCGTC has been effectively meeting the needs that are expected to grow and persist beyond the immediacy of the spring COVID-19 crisis.”

With schools closed, many children were left without basic food, as parents were forced to stay home to care for their

kids without receiving income. Parents were pushed to find means to feed their children throughout the day, a need that was previously met elsewhere. BGCGTC stepped in to offer a solution to a growing community problem of food insecurity. As of Aug. 1, more than 145,590 meals were served throughout the county. Twenty-six large food bank distributions have occurred at the Club during the summer, totaling 254,263 pounds being distributed.

“As the crisis continued, and BGCGTC opened curbside meal distribution in the neighborhoods who needed the most support, it became glaringly apparent that many families who have not previously needed to rely on the Club before turned to BGCGTC for support as the economic effect of the pandemic impacted many families in the community,” Barlow says. “As a result, BGCGTC acted quickly to expand its summer services to include mobile meal distribution and on-site programming.” To date, 48,279 mobile meals have been delivered to 24 unique locations.

As the school year began, concern arose regarding the academic impact virtual schooling may have on children, especially those in low-income communities. Lower-income students are significantly less likely to have access to highquality remote learning resources, or to a conducive learning environment at home. Inhibiting factors include a quiet space with minimal distractions, devices the students do not need to share, high-speed Internet, adequate technology and parental academic supervision or support. “Youth from the target areas need positive guidance from caring, adult role models,” Barlow says. “These children desperately need accountability and support to defy the odds stacked against them.”

To that end, BGCGTC initiated a virtual Club model that offers accessible, high-quality programming that youth can access from the safety of their homes. These high-quality academic and healthy lifestyle resources are communicated to kids and families directly and via the organization’s website, bgcgtc.org, supplementing the learning distance opportunities provided by school districts.

“In-person support is being offered to help students who need the most support during the virtual learning experience,” Barlow says. “With the start of school in Arlington ISD, the BGCGTC opened four in-person learning centers, including ones at Main Branch and East Branch in Arlington. These learning centers are key to helping students who need the support most stay on track. With reliable WIFI, assistance from training adults and meals each day, the program is supplemented with social and emotional programs and physical activity to help keep the mind, body and soul developing as healthy as possible.”

While taking the aforementioned measures, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County continues to adapt and respond to the emerging needs of thousands of young people and families it serves, Barlow says. “Even as priorities have changed quickly, the organization remains agile and is providing the most relevant solutions so youth who need them most have the resources they need to become responsible citizens,” she says. “Since 1926, this has been the hallmark of the Club’s mission. And that remains unchanged.”

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e’re all living in tumultuous times. Our lives have been up-ended from the everyday normal. We know we’re going to make it through; we know that our future will be brighter on the other side on this pandemic.

In this unprecedented moment, the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce has been a resource to our business community.

Small businesses are the backbone of America, representing 99.9 percent of all U.S. businesses Mark your (SBA, 2019) and 47.5% of U.S. employees (SBA, 2018). From the beginning of the shutdown in Arlington, the Chamber brought in experts from our government and various organization to provide context and instructions on applying for federal loans to keep businesses open.

The Chamber created a task force, in partnership with the City of Arlington, bringing in community business leaders to discuss the best way to support small businesses as we reopen. Also, thanks to a generous donation from Tarrant County, the Chamber and City distributed more than 100,000 masks to local small businesses.

A Facebook Live webinar series with more than 65 hours of content and 50,000 views bloomed out of this pandemic. Beginning on Friday, March 20, with our Small Business Administration District Director, Herb Austin, discussing Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), the Business Leaders Series Online has now featured our Governor, both 32

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U.S. Senators, both U.S. Congressmen, our State Comptroller, two of our State Senators and many more. It has allowed the business community in Arlington to connect with our elected officials and have an open dialogue, and it was open to anyone not just those that are members of the Chamber.

However, it’s what you do behind closed doors – what’s not broadcast to the masses – that makes the biggest difference. The Chamber’s staffed called each of calendar! their 1,200 members to personally check in, ask how they are doing and see what they needed.

Any Chamber member that could not pay their dues was given an extra 90 days. They continued with all their networking events virtually, allowing members to connect and share with one another during this time. Although we cannot gather in person, we still feel a sense of belonging, support in this community. Through the Chamber’s virtual meetings, business leaders can encourage each other, build strategic partnerships to keep their businesses moving forward and persevere together.

The Greater Arlington Chamber’s motto is something they live and work by every day – Together, We Succeed. Together is how were going to through this, and the Chamber is here for you, for our businesses, to champion economic and community prosperity.

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What is a good recipe for transforming a property? Add the perfect location to good bones and mix in some imagination. This home is near Joe Pool Lake, and at the beginning of this project it was quite dated, feeling dark and very closed in. Thankfully, these homeowners saw the diamond in the rough and weren’t afraid to take on the challenge of this project size.

They partnered with Mansfield Custom Homes to take down walls, add new cabinetry, lighting, plumbing fixtures, hardware and paint. One of the main features of this home is the glass staircase and glass walls that open up the views and the feel of the space. They added style and elegance that really sets this home apart from others.

We all love a good transformation story.

That is evidenced by the popularity of the home makeover shows. Although the reallife stories usually take a little longer, may cost a little more and might have some frustrating moments, there is no denying that this project was worth overcoming the challenges.

We went through a season in this country where it seemed as if we were quick to throw out or bulldoze anything that didn’t work for us. I believe we are seeing a resurgence in putting in the extra effort to re-purpose and remodel to add to things of value.

If you are ready to transform your home, please contact Hayden Dalley and the Mansfield Custom Homes team via email at hayden@mchtexas.com or call 682-208-1576.

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Valerie Landry: Why I cherish The Sanford House

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“THROUGHOUT MY TIME with The Sanford House, I have learned and grown in ways I never thought I would or could. I hope to someday show my daughters what can happen if you’re willing to work hard and stay close with the people you love most dearly.”

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he Sanford House has been a labor of love for multiple generations of my family. It started with my grandparents as they were looking for the next step in their careers as they neared retirement. They lived on-property and managed the guests and the beginnings of our event business.

I remember coming to stay with them when my sisters and I were little. What started as Easter egg hunts and picking up pecans grew to cleaning rooms, pulling weeds, and ironing the linens. When I finally graduated to working the front desk, I thought that would be the culmination of my career with The Sanford House. My mom and dad worked with various managers over a period of time until, eventually, I happened to be nearing college graduation. The Sanford House was at a time of transition, and my family offered something priceless – the opportunity to come home and work in the family business.

Through various seasons of life, I have worked with my grandparents, my parents, and my sisters. There have been tough times when we were scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas and resources, and there have been times that our progress has grown by leaps and bounds. Throughout my time with The Sanford House, I have learned and grown in ways I never thought I would or could. I hope to someday show my daughters what can happen if you’re willing to work hard and stay close with the people you love most dearly.

From my grandparents’ inception of the business, to my parents, who have been the constant backbone of our progress, to me, the curator of our future, I wouldn’t trade a day of it.

I invite you to come see the expansion of Restaurant506, which now includes outdoor dining available on our patio.

Come visit our team at the Spa and Salon or treat yourself to a staycation to escape from the craziness of the world right now. Our family welcomes you to come relax, rejuvenate, and prepare for a more wonderful tomorrow to come.

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Sam Mahrouq gives back to his alma mater

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any local people know MEI Group Chairman and CEO Sam Mahrouq as an entrepreneur and global businessman. Sam’s portfolio includes 11 car dealerships, a prominent Dollar Rent-a-Car franchise, MEI Auto Finance, a real estate investment group and his new project, “I find it fascinating that nearly 54 percent of all businesses in iKON Technologies, a vertical expansion of his business products our metro area have fewer than 500 employees,” he says. “At the and services in the automotive industry. same time, we boast the third-highest concentration of Fortune In addition to that collective commercial success, an equally 500 countries in the U.S.” important trait that defines Sam is his philanthropic interest in By taking an altruistic lead, Sam says, he not only can put into higher learning, in particular his benevolence toward his alma action tangible projects that ultimately can benefit the community, mater, the University of Texas at Arlington. he hopes his efforts will serve as a model for those who join him Thanks to his generous donation, the UTA College of Business in the local commercial arena upon graduation. celebrated the completion and official unveiling of the Sam “I enjoy encouraging entrepreneurship when I have Mahrouq Financial Markets Lab in September 2019. Mahrouq’s opportunities to talk with students in their classrooms or at donation covered costs associated with the lab’s construction, special symposiums,” he says. “I want them to always look to the terminals, technology and furniture, and provides scholarships for future.” the “Student Managed Investment Fund.”

For all his successes, he counts his college experience Upon completion of the lab, UTA Senior Associate Dean Dr. near the top of his Greg Frazier noted that accomplishments. “employing the latest “I ENJOY encouraging entrepreneurship when I “UTA provided me and most widely used with an understanding of financial technology gives have opportunities to talk with students .” what makes a business our students the same successful: proven advantage as the top elite approaches, solid planning, management guidelines, and onuniversities in the country.” going assessments of profits and losses,” he says. “Soon after I And that, says Sam, was the point – not only of the specific graduated, I formed Mahrouq Enterprises International, rolled up donation, but of his support of the university’s business my sleeves and identified those business niches where I believed department, in general.

I could be successful. In my conversations with students, I “There is no doubt in my mind,” he says, “that our North Texas emphasize hard work and integrity.” economy reaps tremendous benefits from the unique academic In addition to being a benefactor, Sam is a board member of and experimental programs that the College of Business is UTA’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Innovation. The always enhancing.” center supports students, scholars, and researchers who are He says his heart for entrepreneurship has inspired a quest to striving to innovate, commercialize new technologies and pioneer help others – notably aspiring businesspeople cutting their teeth new companies that will impact the North Texas and global at the same university that helped prepare him. And, as he notes, economies for decades to come. there is no better time to invest in the future commercial well For more: MEI Group, 1161 Corporate Dr. N., 817-469-6008. being of his community than the present. arlingtontoday.com • September 2020 • ARLINGTON TODAY

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Lively & Associates: This boutique law firm gets BIG results Daniel Aguilar, John R. Lively, David F. Farris and John R. Lively Jr.

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The team of attorneys at Lively & Associates has served the he law firm of Lively & Associates, PLLC, is a boutique community and surrounding areas for more than five decades. As business and litigation firm located in Fort Worth. The firm’s a small firm that has established deep ties to the community, Lively primary areas of practice include business law, business & Associates is uniquely positioned to provide personalized legal litigation, civil appellate law, creditor rights, estate planning and counsel throughout North Texas. probate, oil and gas, real estate and alternative dispute resolution.

“The strengths of the firm lie in the skill and experience The firm’s attorneys – John R. Lively; John R. Lively, Jr.; Daniel provided to our clients by our team of dedicated attorneys,” Aguilar and David F. Farris – are licensed to practice in all courts Lively says. “Rarely found in a firm of this size, the attorneys in Texas at both the state and federal levels and the United States and support staff possess the Supreme Court. Lively & technological capabilities and Associates (301 Commerce resources of a large law firm St., Suite 2900) is committed “RARELY FOUND in a firm of this while retaining the personal to providing its clients with size, the attorneys and support staff attention of a small firm. With prompt, efficient and effective possess the technical capabilities over 80 years of combined legal counsel while striving experience in the courtroom, for the highest quality of and resources of a large firm while we have a vast knowledge of representation in order to retaining the personal attention of a the judicial process as well as obtain the best possible Alternative Dispute Resolution.” results. small firm.”

Lively and his father specialize Founded in 2008, Lively in business law to protect clients & Associates focuses on its who have family businesses both big and small. That family clients, keeping them informed and involved throughout the legal dynamic, along with the attorneys’ years of experience, help set process. the firm apart. “Working together with my father,” he says, “has “Legal strategies are developed to fit the client’s specific needs, allowed us to truly understand the personal side, as well as the goals and objectives,” says John R. Lively, Jr. “We possess a broad daily operations of these businesses.” knowledge of business that allows us to identify and seize upon For more: LivelyLLP.com. critical issues specific to a wide range of business practices.”

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Jim Williams Plumbing is all about the community

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im Williams has been providing plumbing services in Arlington since 1987, but it’s his time with the company he founded in 2018 where he has been able to answer a calling.

“After 30 years, I started noticing a change in all of our local trades,” he says. “Prices were going up, and service was going down. Other companies were making mistakes, and I was fixing them. We decided it was time to make a change and take care of those in our community.”

In January of 2018, he gained his Master and Responsible Master Plumber license, and Jim Williams Plumbing, LLC officially began servicing the neighbors in and around the Arlington, Mansfield and Grand Prairie area.

“We pride ourselves with high-quality service at a reasonable price,” he says. “We started with myself and a truck and have grown to four plumbers and three trucks in less than three years. Our employees are licensed family and close friends that have grown up in the industry, as well.”

As part of his commitment to his community, Williams and his team support local charities, attend career days at elementary schools and sponsor many children through library book fairs so that they and their siblings will have plenty to read over the summers. “We have stuffed the cargo trailer with bicycles, we play BINGO with Seniors, and we’ve even gone as far as to support a local individual who is working towards the New York City Marathon supporting the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health,” Jim says.

Williams’ team is composed of hard-working family men who are topnotch Plumbers and great members of their community. “My wife, Anna Williams, runs the office side of things as Co-Owner of JWP and managed to win 2018 Realtor of the Year while helping me make the biggest change in my life,” Jim says. “She’s also done amazing things through her volunteer-ism at the Arlington Board of Realtors as a Director and volunteering on various committees. She’s always planning some kind of party to raise money for something at the board and donating to various charities throughout Tarrant County.”

Jim Williams Plumbing starting off with a BANG, winning the 2018 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worthy and 2018 and 2019 Nextdoor Neighborhood Favorite awards and earning All Star status from the readers of Arlington Today each of the past two years. “At the end of it all, I’ve been here all my life and love this great city of Arlington and will continue to serve here for many years to come,” Williams says.

y name is Georgie Zang, and I will be the first to tell you that I’m as surprised as anyone as to where I am today. What started out as a quest to find a suitable home for a family member, has led me to opportunities most could only dream about. It’s exciting and humbling all at the same time as I feel extremely blessed to be doing what I am right now.

My husband and I have been married over 27 years. We are part of a very large family, all of which call Arlington home. We have two amazing daughters, and we’re excited to say that this fall is the first time we aren’t paying college tuition in over seven years!

Our oldest, Lauren, graduated from SMU Law School in May, and our younger daughter Andie is getting her Doctorate and PHD from UT Dallas and just received a scholarship for the remainder of her education.

Back in 2018, I made a big career change. I went from owning a telecom consulting company, to full-time real estate. Since 2007, I had managed our personal real estate investments, but it wasn’t until this last couple of years that real estate has become my primary focus.

Being a part of the Main 7 team has given me tremendous experience and exposure. It has been remarkable to see it all come together. I’ve had the blessing of working with one of the top architects and developers in the city, Mojy Haddad. Mojy has become a mentor to me in more ways than one, and I will always be grateful for all he’s done to put me in the position I’m in.

I enjoy looking at the possibilities of real estate, looking at an old building and seeing what it could become. I love coordinating efforts that can help our city improve housing options for all our citizens. Seeing the possibilities and being bold about making them happen, I think that’s a strength I have, and one that has allowed me to work with some of the best in this business.

In March, I had the opportunity to collaborate with Jamie Adams.

We were introduced through a mutual friend, Jim Ross, who saw the potential in this partnership even before Jamie or I did – and what a partnership it has become! Jamie and I have started Zang/Adams Real Estate Advisors, allowing us to focus on service and solutions for our clients in strategic ways. We believe that taking care of our people, staying service minded above all, and seeing our clients as “family” is what sets our organization apart.

Of course, those that know me also know that I’m passionate about making our city the best it can be. I believe that if there’s an Arlington business that can do the work, then they should get the jobs. When people drive by our projects, I want them to think “that’s my project” because they contributed in some way to making it happen. I want people to be proud of what we’re creating, I want our city to be strong from the inside out. It’s this fundamental passion that fuels the ideas that swirl in my head, and I am just very blessed that I’m surrounded by people who get excited about the vision. I am truly living my dream job!

For more: thezanggroup.com. arlingtontoday.com • September 2020 • ARLINGTON TODAY

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• LOCAL HEROES John Thielman founded ShareFestTexas, which is helping provide bicycles to help people get to and from work.

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n a quintessential definition of the term “Pay It Forward,” Arlington’s John Thielman founded the non-profit organization ShareFest-Texas, which brings organizations and people together to help those in need in the greater Arlington area. During this unprecedented time, Sharefest has launched a project to put bikes in the hands of people who need transportation to go to work.

“ShareFest-Texas exists to creatively collaborate with young leaders, community service organizations and business partners to align our strengths and transform the Arlington community needs into meaningful, completed projects,” Thielman explains.

“SFT’s mission is to grow youth leaders who can lead in any situation – who have confidence, feel empowered, and have the raw skills to take an idea and transform it into a completed project. Youth leaders need more than classroom experience; they need actual projects to develop these skills.”

One of the many projects ShareFest does is picking up donatable items and bringing them to Arlington Urban Ministries and Mission Arlington. In the process, ShareFest volunteers routinely receive donations of used bicycles. Thielman recalls that shortly after Trek Bicycles of Arlington opened, he asked the staff there to collaborate. ShareFest would collect the used bikes through donation, and Trek would refurbish them, making them almost like new. After the bikes were refurbished, ShareFest and Trek Bicycle donated them to Arlington Urban Ministries and Mission Arlington, hoping specifically to help people have a means of transportation to go to and from work.

Thielman says this has become a larger effort during the Covid-19 crisis. And he is especially proud of many of his neighbors who have collaborated on the project.

“As I live in Viridian, a vast majority of the bikes originate from the neighborhood,” he says. “Additionally, as the popularity of biking has grown during this crisis, Arlington riders have been taking their used bikes to the store and buying new ones. The used bikes are re-furbed with SFT paying the cost, and those bikes are taken to Arlington Urban Ministries and ultimately to the clients. Trek has delivered the bikes to AUM free of charge as the volume continues to grow. Bottom line, it’s a great example of collaboration among the Viridian community, three Chamber members and charity organizations to fulfill a largely invisible need that makes ShareFest-Texas rallies local businesses and charity Arlington a better community.” organizations to provide bikes for people in need If you would like to get involved or have a bicycle to donate, email johnthielman@ aol.com. To find more information about ShareFest-Texas, visit sharefest-texas.org.

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Lena Pope promoting local dining to support its cause L

ena Pope, the Tarrant County beneficiary of DFW Restaurant Week for the past 22 years, is urging local residents to support Tarrant County restaurants that are participating in 2020 DFW Restaurant Week, taking place through Sept. 6, with optional extension through Sept. 27.

Doing so will not only support local restaurateurs and chefs in dire need of business, but also help improve the behavioral and mental health of the hundreds of local children and families served by Lena Pope. With more than restaurant506 $2.2 million raised since 1998, DFW Restaurant Week is one of Lena Pope’s largest annual fundraisers.

“As restaurants are suffering 50 percent drops in sales and fighting daily to continue operations due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important now than ever before to dine-in or get take-out from the 19 Tarrant County restaurants participating in this year’s DFW Restaurant Week,” says Ashley Elgin, Ph.D., chief executive officer at Lena Pope. “We are so thankful they’ve chosen to participate and give back during this cataclysmic time where every penny counts, so we’re calling on you – Tarrant County – to do your part, too.”

This year’s participating restaurants will offer both dine-in and take-out options, including three-course prix fixe dinners for either $39 or $49, and two-course lunches for just $19. For each meal purchased at Tarrant County participating restaurants, 10 percent will be donated back to Lena Pope.

Arlington restaurants participating in the project include: • Mercury Chop House Arlington (2221 E. Lamar Blvd.), mercurychophouse.com • Restaurant506 at the Sanford House (506 N. Center St.), thesanfordhouse.com • The Melting Pot (4000 Five Points Drive), meltingpot.com.

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ne of the tenets of the Rotary Club of Arlington is that Rotarians are people of action, and last month, the organization “walked the talk” by supporting COVID-19-related needs in our community.

Hoping to raise a modest $25,000 to restock local food pantries and provide medical supplies to local hospitals, local Rotarians and a global partner in Australia put out the Last month, the Rotary Club of Arlington presented this grant to the Tarrant Area call to club Food Bank.

Photo: Southern Flair Photography members and friends. In just 10 days, they had raised $161,000.

Later, another $25,000 grant was approved, bringing total grant money for the project to $186,000.

Texas Health Resources Hospitals received $63,679 to purchase needed supplies. Funds will be used to purchase personal protective equipment, testing kits, thermometers, hazmat suits, and other consumable medial goods.

The Tarrant Area Food Bank received nearly $78,000 to help replenish much-needed food staples. All agencies have had at least a 50% increase in demand for food since the COVID-19 outbreak. Rotarian Peter Scott says other hospitals and food pantries west of the Metroplex will receive funding, as well.

The endeavor was inspired and managed by the Rotary Club of Arlington in cooperation with the Rotary District 5790 Foundation Grant Committee led

by Arlington Rotarian Scott Hendricks. Funds for the project came from Rotarians in local District 5790 and from around the world.

“Australia was our Global Partner in this grant,” Scott says, “and the Rotary International Foundation made a significant financial contribution to this effort, nearly doubling the dollars put to work here in our communities.”

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ommunities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day is set for Sept. 17. Giving Day is an 18-hour online giving event designed to empower every person to give back to their community by supporting local nonprofits and causes they care about in one easy-to-use platform.

The event helps build awareness and support for nonprofits like nothing else. In 2019, $50 million was raised through 102,000 donors benefiting 3,000 local nonprofits, bringing the 11-year total to more than $290 million for our community.

North Texas Giving Day is the largest community-wide giving event in the nation.

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reen Oaks Education and Support Inc. has partnered with Arlington Baptist University to launch Green Oaks Life Prep, an inclusive higher education program for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The program opened last month on the campus of Arlington Baptist University. Life Prep is a three-year program where students will develop personalized independence, receive specific vocational training leading to employment, grow in faith, and become contributing members of an inclusive society.

Independent Living Year 1: Directed teaching and supervision of all independent living skills Year 2: Minimizing support with direct supervision Year 3: Individual apartments for two students with a complete kitchen. Close proximity for support, if needed.

Employment Years 1 and 2: Intensive hands-on training in the area of study (Culinary Arts/Hospitality or Horticulture) chosen during their first semester Year 3: Hands-on internship in the community leading to gainful employment For more: greenoaksinc.org/programs/green-oaks-life-prep.cfm.

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y “thinking outside the cutting board,” the founder of the new Charcuterie Chick has crafted a catering service that features food trays that are customized for your special occasion – whatever that occasion might be.

“Each platter is artfully designed to maximize the flavor combinations of every item on it, and sampling all combinations is exciting and so delicious,” says company owner Stephanie Springer. “They aren’t just for parties. You don’t have to buy the tray from me. Many customers have used my pairings on their own trays so that they can pull the tray out of the fridge and graze at their leisure. I have a talent for finding fresh and local items from local stores and optimizing seasonal trends. I also offer Vegetarian, Vegan, and Keto ideas.”

Charcuterie Chick offers an array of delicious options that include Petite Platters, Popular Platters and Gorgeous Grand Platters, ranging in price from $30 to $150. Platters feature varieties of meats, cheeses, breads and crackers, and sweets (each with accompaniments) and can feed groups from as small as two people to large gatherings.

“Personalized Platters are welcome,” Springer says. “I pride myself on finding the ideal combinations to create a hit at your next soirée.”

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• NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM

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knew few soldiers who were not athletic. Combat is an athletic event. Not surprisingly, many were great athletes.

The relationship between the fields of athletic competition and the battlefield were well defined by Medal of Honor Recipient Douglas MacArthur: “On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.”

The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington will highlight some of these athletes who were Medal of Honor recipients, and how their athletic skills helped them to excel on the fields of combat. Texas is a state that realizes the seeds of sports are valuable to our youth. And it is a state that excels on the fields of friendly strife.

Much of who MacArthur was to become was formed as a student athlete at Texas Military Academy in San Antonio, where he was the best tennis player in the city, the quarterback on General the football team and Patrick shortstop on the baseball Brady team, not to mention his unparalleled academic accomplishments. (It is interesting to note that had Douglas been a wild west gunfighter, he would have ranked up there with Wild Bill Hickok. MacArthur killed seven men in gunfights.)

Possibly, the greatest athlete among all MOH recipients was Andrew J. “Jack” Lummus from Ennis. He was the only recipient who played both professional football and baseball.

He graduated from Baylor University where he was regarded as the greatest center fielder who ever played for that school. He also excelled at football and went on to play for the New York Giants. Today he is in the Ring of Honor at Giants Stadium.

On Nov. 9, 1941, in what has to be one of the most interesting football games ever played, Jack was on the field against

Andrew J. “Jack” Lummus stopped his professional football career to serve his country in World War II. Photo: tshaonline.org

Maurice “Footsie” Britt, and the great Byron “Whizzer” White of the Detroit Lions. Jack and Footsie would earn the MOH, and White would become a great justice on our Supreme Court.

A month later Pearl Harbor was attacked and all three ended their professional football careers and volunteered to serve their country.

Jack was in the first wave to land on Iwo Jima where his skills as an athlete and leader developed in sports were spectacular.

Here’s a summary of his MOH citation, the actions of an extraordinary athlete and leader: … After fighting for 2 days and nights, he was knocked to the ground when an enemy grenade exploded close by, he quickly located, attacked, and destroyed the occupied emplacement. Instantly taken under fire by the garrison of a supporting pillbox, he fell under the impact of a second enemy grenade but, courageously disregarding painful shoulder wounds, staunchly continued his heroic 1-man assault and charged the second pillbox, annihilating all the occupants. Held up again by a devastating barrage, he again moved into the open, rushed a third heavily fortified installation and killed the defending troops. Determined to crush all resistance, he personally attacked foxholes and spider traps with his carbine and systematically reduced the fanatic opposition until, stepping on a land mine, both legs were blown off and he sustained fatal wounds.

At the aid station, his last recorded words were, ”Well, doc, the New York Giants lost a mighty good end today.”

Future editions will continue to tell the stories of great legacies to be spotlighted in the NMHM.

General Patrick Brady earned the Medal of Honor for actions in Vietnam, where he flew over 2,500 combat missions and rescued more than 5,000 wounded men, women, children, enemy as well as friendly.

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• SPEAKING OF SPORTS Here’s the term that aptly describes how the Fox Sports Southwest team is bringing broadcasts to you this year.

THIS YEAR IS LIKE NONE I’VE EXPERIENCED

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ome of the most memorable moments of my career include gazing up at the night sky in Pasadena, Calif., as burnt orange and white confetti drifted to the field at the Rose Bowl, covering it like a blanket of snow. Also standing on the same field after the Cowboys won Super Bowl XXVII, watching as the playing surface became a mix of surprise, joy and chaos. Then there’s the relief and pure elation that filled Globe Life Park on Oct. 22, 2010 – that’s the night the Rangers beat the Yankees to qualify for their first ever World Series.

On each of those nights and so many others, I saw the tears, smelled the sweat and felt the joy of the players who had accomplished so much. On each of those nights and so many others, I paused to appreciate the blessing of a career that allows me to be this close to the action. On each of those nights and so many others, I conducted John “walk off” interviews with Rhadigan players and coaches.

Now fast forward to 2020. (If we had audio on this story this is where you would hear a phonograph needle scratching to a halt on a record, or you would hear brakes locking up and screeching to a crash.) Everything is different this year. Including the walk-off interview. When the Rangers beat the Diamondbacks in the finale of their first-ever home stand at Globe Life Field, I did the walk-off interview with Todd Frazier. Actually, I was sitting in the press box as he was walking off the field. Actually, I have never met Todd in person.

Actually, he is a great interview and concluded our chat with the phrase that has become a favorite among our broadcast crew, “awright, nice to meet you, let’s go.”

That was almost as weird as the walk-off I did with Joey Gallo when he had a home run and three RBIs in a 9-5 victory in San Francisco. Since they were on the road, the only way to conduct this walk-off was via Zoom. Joey was great, I think I asked the right questions, but it was so

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strange. Like everything else in 2020, I guess.

You want strange? We announce the Rangers road games from Globe Life Field. We almost feel like Ronald Reagan. Early in his career he was a baseball announcer and called the action from a radio studio after reading the accounts of the game on a news wire service.

Dave Raymond and C.J. Nitkowski have done a great job calling the games as they watch them on TV in the broadcast booth at Globe Life Field.

And if the announcers are in a strange new world, you should see our technical staff. Our directors, producers, videotape operators and camera people have had to reinvent themselves. This pandemic has given us so many new concepts, like shelter in place, contact tracing and social distancing. Here is another one: world feed. On a normal game there are at least two feeds leaving the stadium. One is the “home show;” the other goes to the visiting broadcast and we call it the “vis show.” Sometimes there are national broadcasts, too, and foreign language shows. There can be as many as four or five feeds of the game on any given night.

Now there is one! The world feed – we produce it with our announcers. Oakland or Houston or Seattle take the same feed and use their announcers.

So if the Rangers are on the road and you hear us talking at length about Elvis and you wonder why you aren’t seeing Elvis it is because the world feed is focusing on something else. When the team is on the road we do not get to call for our own replays, rather we must talk about the replays the world feed shows.

I have been so proud of the way our crew has adjusted to this drastic change and feel like we have not shortchanged the viewer much at all. Still, I can’t wait until we start traveling with the team again so we can bring you all of the shots and stories that we want to tell. In the meantime, we fight through this year just like everyone else. Because we have no choice we continue to look 2020 in the eye and say, “Awright, nice to meet you, let’s go.”

Sports columnist John Rhadigan is an anchor for the Fox Sports Southwest television network.

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Virtual W.A.T.E.R. Festival A VIRTUAL W.A.T.E.R. (Water Awareness Through Education & Recreation) Festival will be hosted at 10 a.m. on Sept 12 by River Legacy Park. The free event will celebrate the wonderful resource of water with a variety of virtual experiences, crafts and demonstrations. You can watch this festival on River Legacy’s Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo sites through Sept. 30.

Participants can enjoy content for all ages from River Legacy Foundation and other organizations, such as Texas Parks and Wildlife, The City of Arlington and The City of Arlington Water Utilities, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, Arlington Public Library, Trinity River Authority, and more. Families can pick up free festival kits with more activities and items, such as craft supplies, coloring books and water exploration equipment. Kits can be picked up Thursday, Friday, or Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 12. Kits can be picked up at the Nature Center, located at 703 N.W. Green Oaks Blvd. They are available while supplies last.

The festival will also feature a virtual drawing. To enter, take a photo of yourself on, in, or near some form of water and enter the drawing by sharing it on Facebook by tagging @riverlegacyparks and use the hashtag #WaterFestival2020. The contest begins on Sept. 12.

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This free event, called “On the Road Again” and streamed by Levitt Pavilion Arlington, will celebrate Downtown Arlington’s revitalization. With Mayor Williams as co-host, you’ll be treated to a format that focuses on the people in the Downtown Arlington neighborhood.

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• FINISH LINE

ANOTHER VIRTUAL CONNECTION TO RANGERS BASEBALL

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or all of us Rangers fans longing for a return to the ballpark while sitting in front of the TV broadcasts instead of looking for ourselves among the DoppleRanger cutouts in the stands, the ball club has provided another way to make the virtual connection.

Among the many experiences of actually being inside the new Globe Life Field, a trip to the concession stands to get some ballpark food would likely be high on the list for almost everyone. So, the Rangers have introduced a way to achieve that result by bringing some of the favorite selections directly to your home and make shut-in viewing a little more like the real thing.

It’s called “Field to Table,” and you can find all the selections and details of how it works at Rangers.TryHungry.com.

There you will discover how to bring an essential part of the ballpark experience right to your front door with zero contact required. Each order also includes a Globe Richard Life Field door mat and Greene souvenir stein. It’s available to all of Arlington, and the food will arrive in temperature-controlled packages with reheating instructions.

It gets to you an hour before the first pitch, but you will need to place your order 24 hours in advance. So, plan ahead.

Here’s how the Rangers describe the time for delivery: “Your Delivery Captain will call or text you in the morning of your order and again 20-60 minutes prior to arrival. You confirm that you will be there to receive your order and that someone is present to receive it, we do not leave food at the door unless instructed to do so by you by phone, text or in the order notes.”

Okay, so what’s to choose from? There are four packs of the most popular selections usually found at the ballpark. The Grand Slam Pizza & Wings includes two 10-inch “build your own” pizzas where you choose up to three toppings, 12 jumbo wings with ranch dressing, celery, and carrots, two Cracker Jacks (of

course), peanuts, and three Coca-Cola beverages.

Or, you may like the Ballpark Triple Play that comes with three Nolan Ryan Beef Patties, buns, American cheese, lettuce, red onions, tomatoes and pickles, three Nolan Ryan Hot Dogs with buns, relish, mustard and ketchup, a Ranger Nachos with queso dip, beef chili, jalapeños and tortilla chips, two Cracker Jacks, peanuts and three Coca-Cola beverages.

The third selection is the Rangers Smoke House that includes three in-house, 14-hour Smoked Nolan Ryan Brisket Sandwiches, buns, barbecue sauce, and sweet pickles, a Nolan Ryan cheese and jalapeño sausage with bun, sautéed pepper and onions, a Rattle Snake sausage, four smoked chicken wings with barbecue sauce, a southern mustard potato salad, cilantro creamy cole slaw, two packs of kettle chips and three Coca-Cola Beverages.

Then there’s the Rangers Fiesta that comes with three Carne Asada Burritos with sour cream, salsa roja and crema, three Mucho Adobo Chicken Tinga Tacos with soft tortillas, salsa verde and cilantro, a Ranger Nachos with queso dip, beef chili, jalapeños and tortilla chips, two Mexican Street Corn with queso fresco, tajin pepper, crema, and valentina sauce, two cracker jacks, peanuts and three Coca-Cola beverages.

All of the above packs serve up to three and the cost is $80, or about $27 each – about what you would pay for this much food at most restaurants – only the Rangers bring it all to your doorstep.

If you would rather order Ala Carte, you can choose from a legendary Boomstick, turkey legs, two hot dogs, two old world bratwurst, the sausage sampler, candy bar with souvenir helmets, the famous large pretzel, mini-French pastries, a souvenir popcorn bucket, cookies and brownies box or southern peach cobbler or berry tia maria peach cobbler.

The cost of these selections ranges from $10 to $16 bucks, except for the enormous Boomstick that sells for $30.

There are plenty of Rangers games left to go in this shortened season, and this is another way to recover as much of the coveted experience of Rangers fandom in these odd days of virtual engagement.

Richard Greene served as Arlington’s mayor from 1987-1997 and currently teaches in UT-Arlington’s graduate program of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs.

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