Wilmer Public Works Director recognized in Dallas County Commissioners Court

WILMER, TX – Public Works Director Wayne McCurley was recognized last month at the Dallas County Commissioners Court by Commissioner John Wiley Price for his outstanding service working alongside others in the area on the Dallas County Inland Port.

McCurley was awarded a 2022 Special Projects Award, Dallas County Inland Port with a nod toward his efforts. He was recognized by Commissioners Court for “being a faithful valued partner in the County's endeavor to take utility coordination to the next level. We look forward to many more years of working with Mr. McCurley and the City of Wilmer.”

McCurley played an intricate part in several key Inland Port projects recently including Sunrise Road, Fulghum Road and operating the Pinto Road Pump Station in District 3.

The Public Works Director has been with the City of Wilmer for approximately three (3) years. “It is a great honor to be recognized for the special projects award for Dallas County Inland Port for 2022,” expressed Wayne McCurley, Public Works Director. “It couldn’t have happened without the outstanding and dedicated team members within the City of Wilmer. It an honor to work for this community and ceive heart diseases as inevitable and just a matter of ageing.

“One may ask, why would I make an effort to change something that is going to be inev- stroke can be deadly and disabling,” he said. “We know that there are things that you can do to live and you can live to the beat of your own life.” itable? And we know for a fact that that's not the case,” Daniels said.

Incremental things such as managing stress, moving more, working with a health professional to understand your risk and to control high blood pressure and to manage cardiovascular disease risk can go a long way, he said.

While exercising is shown to be clinically beneficial, he continued, taking a 10-minute walk everyday and taking moments to practice healthy eating and active living contributes to improvements in one's heart health.

Booker Daniels is the CDC representative for the Live to the Beat campaign, which is led by CDC Foundation and the Million Hearts initiative and pushes people to take steps to prevent heart disease and stroke.

“It's not a coincidence that the first word in our campaign is live because we don't want people to continue to call attention to what people already know, that heart disease and

Daniels stressed that while not everyone has the same choices, everyone has choices and there is a way one can improve their cardiovascular health if they make smart choices. Finding those choices that make sense for individual lifestyles and circumstances is important and the campaign can help with that.

The campaign provides Black and African American audiences, ages 34 to 55, with information, tools, tips and resources that normalize and promote taking heart healthy steps during the course of the life cycle, he said.

“Blacks are dying at greater risk and having earlier events earlier in life, and the consequences of those events are more profound,” Daniels said. “So we're seeing increases in morbidity and in many instances, mortality.” strive to improve the beautiful City of Wilmer.

Live to the Beat is an effort to “get upstream of some of those forces and factors” to create model images, messages and activities backed up by data and science, he said.

“Under Wayne McCurley’s leadership, the department always strives to offer our residents quality service and with that aim in mind the department continually maintains the city’s parks, streets, sewer system, water system and stormwater maintenance," said Mayor Sheila Petta. “It is with great pride we congratulate Wayne McCurley for his strong commitment to the City of Wilmer and the Inland Port.”