Fort Worth Weekly // April 26 - May 2, 2023

FEATURE

Parents are trapped in family court hell across the country but especially in Tarrant County.

BY EDWARD BROWN

The 2-foot Boomstick Burger is just one of a few new delicacies awaiting at Globe Life Field.

BY OZZIE GARZA

STUFF

If the Cowboys do one thing well, it’s draft, and the big day is almost upon us.

BY PATRICK HIGGINS

MUSIC

Punk-flavored Big Heaven returns with a new EP and a New Wave groove.

BY JUAN R. GOVEA

HEARSAY

Son of Stan, Sam Anderson, Simone Nicole, and more will play a benefit show Sunday at Lola’s.

BY PATRICK HIGGINS

The exhibition is organized by the The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Kimbell Art Museum.

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Courting Fatherhood

Minutes after I handed off my teenager to his stepfather near Cincinnati, I received an email from my attorney. Be at the Tarrant County Family Law Center tomorrow morning, he wrote. One layover later and after finding my car dinged up by a recent hailstorm, I prepared to rebut a motion filed by the attorney for my boy’s mother, my ex-wife, to remove jurisdiction over his case from Tarrant County, meaning no court will have the authority to enforce my visits with him.

The next day reminded me how lavish the Tarrant County Family Law Center is. Nationally, the $50 billion-plus family court system generates more revenue through attorney fees, fines, and sanctions than every other legal system (criminal, civil, probate) in this country combined. Children are the most precious commodity the courts can hold for ransom, and judges and attorneys know it.

BY EDWARD BROWN

While Tarrant County’s criminal courts’ benches are harder than a Southern Baptist church pew, the family court chairs are plush. The velvety seats at 200 E. Weatherford St. are purposeful: They lull parents into the false belief that if they are loving and caring, then their rights won’t be unceremoniously stripped because opposing counsel floated the judge’s campaign.

As horrible and financially crippling as my personal experience has been in that legal arena, Texas family code has enforced every minute I spend with my teenager A. (from my past marriage) and young daughter R. (from an ex-girlfriend). Every first, third, and fifth weekend, I pick up my 5-year-old girl from pre-kindergarten, and every such Friday, she bolts toward me exclaiming, “Daddy, I missed you. I love you so much.”

A. lives in Ohio with his mother and stepfather and is an aspiring composer. Last month and at the request of my ex-wife’s attorney, 231st District Judge Jesse Nevarez re-

linquished jurisdiction over A.’s case. There was no hearing where I could fight that legal severing. Any rights that I had under the 231st are now possibly unenforceable. I was left with the very real possibility of not seeing my son in the near future without enforceable visits.

“The court,” Nevarez wrote, “further finds that [A. does not] have a significant connection with the State of Texas, and substantial evidence is no longer available in the State of Texas concerning the child’s care, protection, training, and personal relationships.”

Despite the court’s “findings,” Tarrant County remains home to A.’s father, a.k.a. me, and half-sister, his paternal grandparents, great grandparents, great uncle and aunt, and first cousin once removed. Our family, in addition to my yearly trips to Ohio, has exercised every court-ordered visit by A.

In an email, my ex-wife said she will always do everything she can to protect A.’s health, safety, and well-being.

My case is not unique, and several parents have reached out with even more egregious accounts of questionable and possibly unethical rulings by Nevarez.

Understanding how this country arrived at a system that allows judges, attorneys, and even family counselors to barter and trade children like cattle has been my journalistic focus for the past year. It’s a murky and complicated legal institution and one that is increasingly under scrutiny here and across the country.

As part of my reunification with my daughter, I have been participating in the county’s “step-up” program, in which you can gradually earn court-ordered time with your child or children. I spent the first and third Saturday afternoons of every month at the Tarrant County Family Center through-

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Even seemingly endless entanglement in Tarrant County’s family courts can’t detract from this author’s favorite job — being a dad.

out 2021. Every two weeks, before and after my one-hour visitation with R., I listened to the stories of the mothers and fathers who also saw their children in that cold and sterile environment, not because they were part of any step-up program but rather due to their financial inability to engage in the family court process that charges $300 an hour and up.

You do not have to travel to war-torn countries to witness the levels of abject suffering I have seen at our family law center. Hearing a wailing and inconsolable mother having her young child torn from her when her hour was up — simply because she cannot afford an attorney — remains one of the many memories that drives me to publish details of the inner workings of our court system.

My first-hand experience with family courts and several recent articles on that system made me the county’s go-to reporter for family court horror stories. One former Tarrant County resident, Rev. Sokhty Doeung, had such a horrific experience at the 231st that he was forced to flee to East Texas with his son for fear of retaliation by Nevarez.

Doeung shared copies of court documents that detail Nevarez’s actions that allegedly defrauded Doeung of $4 million between 2019 and 2021 and left the 87-year-old homeless.

Doeung escaped the Khmer Rouge genocide only to be deprived of his constitutional rights to due process and freedom from unlawful seizures by Nevarez, said Steven Mey, Doeung’s son.

Doeung accrued modest savings after more than two years of ministry in Texas. After noticing significant portions of his retirement had disappeared, Doeung suspected his wife of mishandling his finances and filed for divorce through the 231st as a means of preserving his remaining assets. Based on common practice, Texas courts typically split assets between former spouses evenly.

Nevarez heard testimony from Doeung’s wife without his presence, Mey alleges, before signing an order that placed the 231st in possession of the reverend’s home.

“In late 2019, my father woke up to slews of text messages, phone calls, and business cards on his front door from real estate investors and bankruptcy attorneys offering to help keep his home safe” from Nevarez’ court-ordered foreclosure, Mey said.

Nevarez did not return my requests for comment on this or any other matter.

The district judge’s order, Mey alleges, was never scheduled by the 231st’s court coordinator nor made public, meaning Doeung had no means of knowing he was in jeopardy of losing his life savings, which ultimately went entirely to his ex-wife. Court records show Nevarez signed the final divorce decree on Feb. 11, 2021 — the same frigid morning of the deadly 133-car pileup near downtown Fort Worth — and added language threatening to fine Doeung if he appealed the decision.

Mey said he and his elderly father fled

to East Texas following Nevarez’s threat to allow “any sheriff or constable to enter” Doeung’s home using force.

Following Nevarez’s order, Mey said his father’s blood pressure spiked dangerously.

“I took him to the emergency room to reduce his stroke or heart attack-like symptoms,” Mey said. “While in the hospital, we heard that law enforcement was looking for my father, so we never returned.”

In January, our magazine published the story of Brendon Jones, an alleged victim of a false bench warrant issued by then-criminal judge and current district attorney Phil Sorrells (“Targeted by the State?” Jan. 11) for alleged non-appearance in court even as Jones filed a notarized notice of appearance that same morning at the same court building.

Jones’ entanglement in the criminal justice system, based on court records, started in 2021 at the 231st when he was ordered to court to answer for allegations that he was abusing his stepdaughter, an allegation that to this day has never been substantiated by any court. After repeated attempted raids by local law enforcement, Jones sent his wife and stepdaughter into hiding, which led a visiting judge at the 231st to jail Jones for two weeks until he disclosed his family’s hiding location.

“This is clearly extortion taking place in the name of justice,” Jones said.

Fifteen days into his detainment at Tarrant County Jail, Jones was brought by sheriff’s deputies before Nevarez.

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R. often depicts herself (right) with her big brother in drawings, here shown within a heart.

Courtesy R.

“He proceeded to release me from contempt but retroactively charged me with resisting arrest for the arrest that took place in his court just 15 days prior,” Jones said, adding that he vehemently denies resisting arrest 15 days earlier. “After posting bail for the criminal charge, I return to my home to

tion told me about a several-year ordeal in the 231st during which seemingly endless court hearings have drained hundreds of thousands of dollars from the source along with their mental well-being. The alleged victim of 231st vexatious litigation shared a 2018 court order in which Nevarez recused himself from the divorce case of a prominent family law attorney due to the judge and lawyer’s close friendship, yet court records show the close friend of Nevarez regularly litigates cases in the 231st. Those brazen conflicts of interest are rarely made public.

ging up its already backlogged active case docket and should be dismissed,” the source recently wrote in a 231st court filing.

Judges have the authority to end seemingly endless cycles of litigation, but their campaigns are floated by the very law firms that engage in those seemingly endless filings. Recently elected Tarrant County Family Court Judge Beth Poulos, for example, went so far as to thank her family law benefactors publicly on her campaign website (PoulosforJudge.com).

Those first-hand accounts of judicial

in Texas, where family court judges rarely face public scrutiny for misconduct.

As one local family court reform advocate, Brooks McKenzie said he “spent hundreds of thousands of dollars that could have been used for my child’s education and college so that these attorneys could send their children to private schools.”

Judges have ruled with impunity in Tarrant County for decades, but the recent impeachment of an El Paso DA has shown that even the most powerful of public officials can be toppled, and court reform advocates see that case as a blueprint for removing crooked family court judges.

Last December, El Paso District Attorney Yvonne Rosales tendered her resignation letter one day before a district judge was to rule on whether Rosales would be suspended pending her jury trial. The DA faced allegations of incompetence and witness intimidation. The Texas Tribune found her office had thrown out nearly 1,000 criminal cases due to missed legal filing deadlines.

Defense attorney Omar Carmona filed a petition for Rosales’ removal, Judge Tryon D. Lewis assented to hear the case, and El Paso County attorney Jo Anne Bernal agreed to prosecute Rosales — a former family law attorney — before she stepped down.

Nueces County DA Mark Gonzalez faces a similar petition for alleged incompetency, official misconduct, and failure to give bond. Based on the petition filed by private continued on page 7

Even the most banal of sightings become grist for dry-humored chats between the

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citizen Colby Wiltse, Gonzalez has allegedly “mishandled and mismanaged murder cases, motions to revoke, criminal dismissal rates, and intentionally nullified duly enacted laws of his oath of office.”

Scofflaw judges have historically enjoyed immunity from criminal prosecution, not based on any statute or state amendment but rather on the historical refusal of district attorneys to take up such cases. Court reform advocates see one path forward as publicly calling on DAs to prosecute judges who commit criminal acts. If the top county prosecutor refuses, that DA can now be removed from office. The recent and unprecedented indictment of former president Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has further removed doubt that any public official, black-robed or otherwise, is above the law.

This year saw another first in the Lone Star State — the formation of a nonprofit dedicated to court reform and holding crooked judges accountable for their actions. Jennifer Lundy founded Texans for Judicial Accountability after recently experiencing judicial retaliation. Although she is choosing to not name the judge who allegedly retaliated against her, based on her public account, a Parker County judge took issue with Lundy observing his family court hearings and called Lundy’s boss at the time, threatening to make sure Lundy “never works in Parker County again.” The judge’s verbal threats were relayed to Lundy by her employer soon after.

Lundy, a former court reporter and staffer for state representatives and senators, has a multi-pronged approach to addressing judicial misconduct in the Lone Star State. Top among her priorities that will require legislative action in the coming years are placing cameras in all state courtrooms, expanding the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that disciplines judges, and allowing victims of judicial misconduct to sue reprimanded judges.

Courtroom cameras could capture inappropriate verbal exchanges between attorneys and judges or, say, a nonoccurrence like the March 30 evidentiary hearing tied to my case. Several local victims of judicial misconduct are organizing a fundraiser for the nonprofit on Saturday, May 13, at 2000 Beach St. The 6 p.m. event will feature several yet-to-be-determined speakers before Lundy makes the keynote address.

Nevarez and many family court judges fail to understand that our children live full and imaginative lives. R.’s memories of her brother are not the purview of the lazy assumption of the 231st District Court, and no court order supersedes the rights of children to know both their parents. As YouTuber Eric Carroll reminds Dad Talk Today viewers daily, our children are not for sale. Carroll recently told me attorneys will always find a way to profiteer off our parental rights as long as perjury goes unpunished.

Soon after Nevarez removed A.’s case from the 231st, I filed a motion for findings of facts in his decision, a filing that calls into question the judge’s actions while forcing the 231st to retain authority of A.’s court-or-

dered visits for several more weeks. During a recent trip to Ohio for a weekend visit, A.’s mother denied me access to my son when she did not deliver him to the airport for the scheduled child exchange.

Fighting Nevarez’s decision to boot A.’s case has undoubtedly complicated access to my son. Tarrant County judges are notoriously vindictive and retaliatory. I am fortunate that A. will be 18 in two years and free of the 231st’s self-serving machinations.

Tarrant County is bereft of family court judges who understand the consequences of their rulings — judicial decisions that are arguably more consequential to society than civil and criminal edicts. Allowing one parent to alienate a child from either parent can

poison and damage those families for generations.

We are called on as parents to make the best decisions, not only for our children but for our children’s children and future generations. Every legal filing I make, new credit card I open to cover court costs, and investigation into the self-serving family court system is done with my children and future grandchildren in mind. If Lundy and the growing swell of reform-minded parents are successful, one day our county will put the rights of our sons and daughters over the self-interests of law firms and self-interested judges.

A., R., and all of our children deserve as much. l

My teenage son and I bond through music and also by quipping about everyday life. Walking in downtown Cincinnati in March, we happened by Kroger’s corporate headquarters. As we passed the 20-plus-story shimmering tower topped with the company’s logo, I drolly stated, “That’s a big grocery store.”

I know, right? my son replied.

“Can you imagine having to pick up eggs from the top floor?” he casually asked as we strolled by.

I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR ART AND THE DIGITAL SCREEN

February 12–April 30

Examining the screen’s vast impact on art from 1969 to the present, this exhibition includes the work of fifty artists in a broad range of media including paintings, sculpture, video games, digital art, augmented reality, and video. These artists demonstrate the screen as a powerful and valuable artistic and social tool.

STUFF

Cowboys 2023 Draft-stravaganza

Our intrepid beat writer provides the road map for the team to fill its holes.

BY PATRICK HIGGINS

Absolutely loathing their favorite team’s front office is the great unifying tenet of Cowboys fandom. Whether you’re young enough to hate Dak Prescott because he’s not Tony Romo or old enough to hate Tony Romo because he wasn’t Troy Aikman, ire toward owner/GM Jerry Jones and his merry band of nepotistic hillbillies is the tie that binds us. Like having opposable thumbs, an upright posture, and runaway credit card debt, it’s what makes us human. Two and a half decades of mediocrity can do that.

Still, the Jones clan (had to squash the temptation to spell that word with a “k” considering Jerruh’s recently resurfaced yearbook photo) does one thing well, very well, in fact, and that is drafting. Since the promotion of Will McClay to Director of Player Personnel 10 years ago and Jones’ increasing deference to that man’s expertise, Dallas has hit triple 7s on the annual player selection extravaganza time and again. Among just the players picked over the last decade, the Cowboys have earned a staggering 40 Pro Bowl nods. By comparison, in that same span, the Oakland/Vegas Raiders have had only eight. Add on top of this Dallas’ gaudy 12 All-Pro selections over this same McClay-run era, and Jerry, flying boldly in the face of indignation from the Cowboys faithful, sits right near the top of the league’s best GMs on draft day. Beginning Thursday night on ESPN, the Cowboys’ war room will get busy trying to select even more future Pro Bowlers. Coverage starts at 7 p.m.

One factor that has helped Dallas hit on so many players is McClay’s ability to protect himself from drafting for need very often. He’s shown a keen ability to acquire solid standin players on the cheap in free agency, allowing him on most occasions to embrace the sacred rule of good drafting: take the best player available, regardless of position of need. Often, the Cowboys’ needs coincide with said “best player,” but a broken clock yadda yadda.

This year, Jerry via McClay managed to shore up a thinning defensive secondary and the stagnant offense by flipping inexpensive compensation picks for Pro Bowl talents Stephon Gilmore and Brandin Cooks. He added Chuma Edoga and Ronald Jones to fill the departures of guard Connor McGovern and running back Ezekiel Elliott, respectively. These moves along with the retention of nose tackle Johnathan Hankins and safety Jayron Kearse ensure the team can field a full roster if required to tomorrow. Make no mistake, however, that despite these contingencies, the Cowboys still have plenty of positions they’d like to upgrade and/or bolster with depth.

Due to aging veterans or potentially expensive imminent free agents like Trevon Diggs and Micah Parsons, the most “pressing” position groups that should be at the top of Dallas’ shopping list are cornerback, linebacker, running back, and the interior of both the offensive and defensive lines. Hell, there’s really no position they absolutely couldn’t use, save starting quarterback, though a developmental signal caller might be wise.

This year’s draft class is thin on elite-level talent but does stretch in just about all the positions the Cowboys will be looking for. It’s Day 2 prospects, especially, that will provide the best value among this year’s rookies-to-be. The following is a full seven-round aspirational mock, and I believe it manages to check off all the exigencies. I used Pro Football Focus’ mock simulator, and though I disagree with some of their rankings, the app is as detailed and user-friendly as it gets.

Round 1, Pick 26: Michael Mayer, tight end, Notre Dame

Since age finally started catching up to future hall-of-famer Jason Witten, the Cowboys have been chasing production at the tight end position and have never quite found it. In an era of freak athlete seam-stretchers a la Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews, Dallas still prefers an older model TE. In this scheme, blocking is as important as pass catching. If head coach and new play caller Mike McCarthy is to be believed, there will be a renewed focus on running the ball in his offense. An inline masher who also has soft hands and is a total mismatch against tiny slot corners and slow-footed linebackers is a dream at the position. Mayer is a popular pick to the Cowboys among the mock draft intelligentsia. I’d do a backflip up to the podium to turn in the card. It could be argued that outside of running back Bijon Robinson, who will likely be long gone by the Cowboys’ turn, there isn’t a single player that could help impact Dak and the offense more than Mayer.

Round 2, Pick 61 (via Chicago): Tyrique Stevenson, cornerback, Miami Rounds 2 and 3 are where this draft is best stocked. I’m always a proponent of trading down when you pick late in rounds as the Cowboys do this year. Unless there is a player you just can’t pass on, I’m listening for the phone to ring for any teams looking to jump up and offer multiple bites of the proverbial draft apple in return. In this instance, Chicago is on the line, offering Pick 103, the first pick in the fourth, to move back just three spots. Another pick just outside of the Top 100? I am so in. Stevenson has all the length and feistiness that DC Dan Quinn covets and can be an asset across from Diggs (if not his replacement) in future years. Stevenson would likely have been Dallas’ pick at 58 anyway.

Round 3, Pick 90: Chandler Zavala, guard, North Carolina State Edoga was a smart pickup in the offseason, but nobody really wants him starting. Zavala is many scouts’ third best guard in this class. At 6-foot-5 and 325, Zavala is a Ron Leary starter kit but bigger. And just as mean. By pairing him with left tackle Tyler Smith, Dallas will have one of the most brutal left sides of the offensive line in football. Allowing pressures on fewer than 1% of his snaps in 2022 will be a welcome stat for Prescott, who saw far too many bull rushers penetrate up the middle in recent years.

Round 4, Pick 103 (via Chicago): Kendre Miller, running back, TCU Jerry finally let go of his golden baby this offseason. Though Elliott no doubt regressed over the last couple of years, he still amassed the second most rushing yards since he came into the league in 2016. Just 100 yards behind Derrick Henry. Breakout runner from last year Tony Pollard will start in the Dallas

backfield next season as he plays on the franchise tag. However, TP has never carried a full three-down load, and there are questions as to whether he can. Miller is a well-rounded back who averaged a whopping 6.9 yards per carry last season. He is familiar to area fans as he helped lead the rest of the Cinderella Horned Frogs to the National Championship game. He will be well positioned to take over for Pollard as Dallas’ new bell cow next season. A great snag with Chicago’s pick.

Round 4, Pick 129: Marte Mapu, safety, Sacramento State Though he played safety in college, Mapu projects as a linebacker in the NFL. With Parsons, who is mostly at edge, an injury prone Leighton Vander Esch, a disappointing Jabril Cox, and a still largely unknown Damone Clark, there’s plenty of room in the LB room. One of the best predictors of Cowboys draft picks is if they were a Top-30 visit for the team. Unlike Stevenson and Miller, Mapu was a surprising small school invite. His tape shows why. He’s a physical tackler but has a fluidity of movement that will make him a special teams ace right from the start. He has the potential to take over the middle of the linebacking compliment in the future.

Round 5, Pick 169: Jerrod Clark, defensive tackle, Coastal Carolina

It’s no secret that McClay prefers big-time programs to smaller schools, but a beefy nose tackle is an area of need. Clark at this point in the draft is a decent value. At 6-foot-4 334, he’s a little light in the ass for a traditional nose, but DC Quinn should be able to help him improve his balance and his base a little better. A third-team All-Sunbelt selection last year shows upside. If it’s there, DQ will force it out of him.

Round 6, Pick 212, Jalen Moreno-Cropper, wide receiver, Fresno State

“Dak-friendly” is a near-must descriptor for anyone wanting to see the field in this offense. As a late-round flier, JMC is a crisp route runner who often achieves big-window separation. His shiftiness out of the slot or the backfield on jet sweeps should be an upgrade over the uninspiring Kavontae Turpin experiment from a year ago. JMC even shows a little return ability.

Round 7, Pick 244, Cameron Brown, cornerback, Ohio State

With Anthony Brown and Jourdan Lewis both in contract years, not to mention both recovering from season-ending injuries, another dart at defensive back is worth throwing. He has the size that DQ likes at DB and the flexibility to play man or zone. The downside is that he is verily eaten up with the injury bug. Every year of his collegiate career ended prematurely due to being hurt. If he could stay healthy, the kid’s got upside. l

Cue the creepy John Carpenter score. Standout Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer could be Dallas’ first round pick.

Courtesy ProFootballNetwork.com

A trade back nets another pick just outside the Top 100, allowing the Cowboys to fill another hole.

Courtesy PFF.com

SCREEN

Jersey Girl

A kid lit classic hits the big screen. Hang on to your training bra.

BY KRISTIAN LIN

This film version of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret comes to us at a time, doesn’t it? We have certain politicians — and I’m not naming any names — who are trying to ban books that make narrow-minded old puritans uncomfortable. Judy Blume’s book about a preteen girl has a long history of being censored by people who think girls are icky, which is undoubtedly one reason it has taken more than 50 years for a movie version to reach us. Good news: If they ban the book in your school library, the film is a worthy adaptation that most people will find amusing.

Because I never was a 12-year-old girl, I only caught up with the book recently — what can I say? My primary-school teacher read me Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing and Superfudge but not this book. If you share my predicament, I suppose a plot summary will be necessary. In 1970, 11-year-old Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson) returns home from summer camp to find that her dad (Benny Safdie)

has received a promotion and their family is moving from New York City to the suburbs of New Jersey, where she’ll have a green lawn and her mother (Rachel McAdams) won’t have to work teaching art classes anymore, which is what Mom thinks she wants. Though her interfaith parents have vowed not to raise Margaret in any religion, she prays to God anyway for guidance with her new neighborhood, new friends, and her first menstruation, which a health film at school promises her is coming.

Writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig previously helmed the sorely underappreciated The Edge of Seventeen , and she tones down her foul-mouthed wit to PG-

13 levels here without losing too much sharpness. Her handling of Margaret and her friends’ reaction to seeing her dad’s copy of Playboy is smashingly funny, and she adds material to the script that gives her actors more comic business. Fortson (maybe you saw her play a country music star’s daughter in Forever Your Girl or as Ant-Man’s daughter in the first two of those movies) does a dance routine after stuffing her training bra with rolled-up socks. Kathy Bates pilfers scenes as Margaret’s cool Jewish grandma, describing life alone in the Big Apple: “I read somewhere that having no loved ones around makes your life expectancy drop drastically, but, you know, I’ve had a good run.”

The subplot about Margaret’s mom overextending herself by volunteering for too many social committees doesn’t really pull its weight, but Craig does nail the hypocrisy among Margaret’s new circle of friends, as the alpha girl (Elle Graham) brags about growing her breasts early — the bikini top she often wears says otherwise — while slut-shaming the tall girl in their class (Isol Young) whose boobs actually have come in. Then, too, when Mom’s parents (Gary Houston and Mia Dillon) visit her a decade after disowning her for marrying a Jewish man, the evening goes south in an all-too-believable way that shows Margaret the downside of religion.

In a vacuum, I might say that this film adaptation is too tame and that I wish it had taken a few more chances. I don’t live in a vacuum, though. I live in a place where a certain ex-president — again, not naming names — freaks out about a woman’s periods and millions of people still vote for him. I live in a place where one of our major political parties — I’m still not naming names — forces women to give birth even when they’ve been raped or doing so will jeopardize their lives. I live in a place where the material in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is still subversive more than a half century after the book first saw print. That’s more than a bit sad and shameful, but it’s also what makes this film’s honesty and forthrightness about girls’ and women’s bodies so welcome in our multiplexes. l

Rachel McAdams, Benny Safdie, and Abby Ryder Fortson are a close-knit family in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Dana Hawley

Are You There God?

It’s Me, Margaret

Starring Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams. Written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, based on Judy Blume’s book. Rated PG-13.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES:

The Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an amendment to Air Quality Permit Number 43655, which would authorize modification to a Powder Coating Facility located at 710 106th Street, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas 76011. This application was processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. Additional information concerning this application is contained in the public notice section of this newspaper.

LIVING LOCAL

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Upcoming Blood Drives

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Here are some blood drive locations for the coming weeks. Register to attend at CarterBloodCare.org.

College of Health Care Professions

Tuesday, May 2 (9am-2pm, 4pm-8pm)

Location: 4248 N Freeway, Fort Worth.

Chick-fil-A Saginaw

Saturday, May 6 (9am-1pm)

Location: 4500 W Bailey Boswell Rd, Fort Worth.

Ventana Amenities Center

Monday, May 8 (12pm-5:30pm)

Location: 10327 Trail Ridge Dr, Fort Worth.

Cash America

Tuesday, May 9 (8:30am-1:30pm)

Location: 1600 West 7th St, Fort Worth.

Premier High School

Wednesday, May 10 (9am-2pm)

Location: 6411 Camp Bowie Blvd #B, Fort Worth, 817-731-2028 x114.

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Sunday, May 14 (9am-12:30pm)

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8 Great Upcoming Food and Booze Events in North Texas

1.) The private “sustainability lifestyle” club The Garden of Eden (7325 Mansfield Cardinal Rd, Kennedale, 817-330-4118) offers a variety of classes for members. For example, on Sundays thru Jun 25, there is a Fermentation Class from 3pm to 5pm. Learn the basics of fermentation and — depending on the day and which ingredients are abundant — make a kombucha, vinegar, or kimchi. You will also learn about the background of the process and the health benefits of fermented foods in this hands-on class. “Seasonal produce that may be blemished, bruised, soft, or otherwise slightly past its prime will be made into something incredibly delicious, nutritious, economical, and sustainable.” This class is offered to members for a $33 donation. For membership details, visit IntotheGardenofEden.com.

2.) The second annual Cowtown Burger Showdown is noon-5pm Sat at River Ranch Stockyards (500 NE 23rd St, Fort Worth, 817-624-1111). A portion of the proceeds benefits Rivertree Academy, a Texas-based nonprofit school with the goal of creating “agents of change in their communities by teaching them to learn, love, work, and lead well.” Adult general admission tickets are $29 and include access to all the events and vendors as well as meeting the chefs, plus three tasting tickets, endless fries, and the beer and whiskey tasting (21+). Tickets are $15-69 on Eventbrite.com.

3.) Blackland Distillery (2616 Weisenberger St, Fort Worth, 682-268-5333), the distillery and tasting room in the Foundry District, is officially launching a new flagship bourbon. Bottles of Prairie Gold Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey will be available for presale exclusively in the tasting room for $100 starting Thu, May 4, before hitting liquor store shelves shortly after. Prairie Gold joins Blackland’s diverse product portfolio of gin, rye whiskey, and other bourbons, including the fan-favorite Texas Pecan Brown Sug-

ar Bourbon. Blackland Distillery is open 4pm-11pm Tue-Thu, 4pm-midnight Fri, and 2pm-midnight Sat. For more info, visit BlacklandFW.com.

4.) On Fri, May 5, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth, 817-738-9215) and in-house restaurant Cafe Modern present First Friday at the Modern. Gallery admission is always free on Fridays, but 5pm-8pm this evening, you can also enjoy drink specials, complimentary light bites, and live music by the First Friday House Band in the museum’s Grand Lobby. For a complimentary 20-minute docent-led tour, be there by 6:30pm.

5.) The folks at Binion’s Ice House (205 N West St, Arlington, 817-617-2088) are joining the ranks of bars, breweries, and eateries hosting farmers’ markets. On the first Friday of every month, including Fri, May 5, Binion’s welcomes the Arlington Foodie’s Market from 5pm to 9pm, featuring 40 or more artisan vendors. Learn more at ArlingtonFoodies.com.

6.) For those who can’t make it to Churchill Downs on Sat, May 6, for Derby Day, head to the Ritz-Carlton (2121 McKinney Av, Dallas, 214-922-0200) to watch as award-winning horses compete for the trophy at a festive Kentucky Derby Viewing Party instead. You are invited to celebrate “the greatest two minutes in sports” with special menus at the hotel’s Fearing’s Restaurant and Rattlesnake Bar, featuring Maker’s Mark cocktails and traditional mint juleps, live music (including a “Call to the Post” trumpeter), raffles for rare bottles of Maker’s Mark bourbon, livestreaming of the pre-race happenings, call to the post, the race, and more. Dress in your “Derby Day Dapper” best for a chance to win the Best Dressed and Best Ladies’ Hat contests. There is no cost to attend.

7.) Mother’s Day will be here soon. Crazy, right? Families with young kids — Dads, I’m talking to you — can get ahead of the holiday by booking the Mommy & Me Sugar Cookie Decorating Class as a gift for Mom. The class is on Sun, May 7, from 3pm to 4pm for beginners who have an interest in royal icing. Cookies, icing, sprinkles, and a take-home tray are provided. As a homebased bakery, host Aly’s Sweet Spot (@alyssweetspot) has reserved the Community Room at Waterside (3720 Convair Dr, Ste 416, Fort Worth) for this event. Tickets are $70 on Eventbrite.com.

8.) The Strassen Beerfest DFW will be taking up double the space this year by occupying both Texas Rangers Plaza and the CBD Kratom Backyard area at Texas Live (1650 E Randol Mill Rd, Arlington, 817-852-6688) on Sat, May 13, at 2pm. Along with 30 or more North Texas brewers, there will be cigars, food stations, drinking games with prizes, live music, and more. “Bring your pups, as this event is dog-friendly and will benefit local canine charities.” Tickets start at $25 on AXS.com.

Who will win the Cowtown Burger Showdown this year? Find out on Saturday.

By Jennifer Bovee

EATS & drinks

Ballpark Food

The 2-foot Boomstick Burger is just one of a few new delicacies awaiting at Globe Life Field.

STORY AND PHOTOS

BY OZZIE GARZA

While bandwagoners aren’t good for any team, they do make the concessioners pretty happy. As the Texas Rangers continue plowing through the competition, now’s as good a time as any to hit Globe Life Field and, while basking in that crisp 72-degree air, enjoy the ballpark food.

For the Rangers’ pre-Opening Day media event focused on the fare, I was able to be a food critic for a day. I was not disappointed. Here are some of the highlights.

The media event was hosted by the Rangers’ food service and retail partner, Delaware North.

“We are continuously evaluating our operations and customer insights to understand how we can add even more variety — including with local partners — and bring new levels of convenience for fans at Globe Life Field,” said Casey Rapp, Delaware North’s general manager at the ballpark. “There is a lot to be excited about the upcoming Rangers season.”

In addition, the convenience-oriented food service outlet Express Grill (near Sec-

A new take on the iconic 2-foot-long hot dog, The Boomstick Burger features a 2-foot Nolan Ryan Beef patty topped with Texas Chili Company Chili, Rico’s nacho cheese and jalapenos, and crisp onion rings, much like the original Boomstick, and it’s served on a fresh-baked brioche bun. It can feed up to four and is available at Section 132 for $34.99.

tions 108 and 124) is now open at Globe Life Field, offering popular ballpark foods like hot dogs, cheeseburgers, nachos, and corny dogs along with an assortment of beverages.

Returning this year is Arlington Eats, which debuted last year and is located near Section 101. It features Arlington-based restaurants Ell B’s Restaurant, Prince Lebanese Grill, and Sugar Bee Sweets Bakery, along with newcomers The Tin Cup and Cartel Taco Bar, on a rotating basis.

Hurtado Barbecue, which was part of Arlington Eats last year, is now the official barbecue partner of Globe Life Field with a standalone location at Section 141.

Also, convenience giant 7-Eleven will serve a variety of Slurpees near Sections 101 and 205 along with its Big Bite Pizza at Sections 133 and 214.

The media event was definitely a tasty experience, and this stand-in food critic gives the new menu high marks. Do yourself and family a favor and treat them to some great and innovative delicacies at Globe Life Field this year. As they say, it always tastes better at the ballpark. l

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A pillowy soft Bavaria-style sourdough pretzel dipped in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos cheese and then coated in crushed Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Pretzel is available at Sections 3, 12, 121, 208, and 233 for $8.99.

The PLT is a vegan twist on a classic sandwich with a balsamic-glazed grilled portobello topped with bibb lettuce and sliced tomato. Served on fresh baked vegan bread with vegan mayo. Available at Section 101 for $14.99.

For the Pizza Dawwg, a Texas Chili Company All-Angus Beef hot dog is topped with marinara, mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni and then baked to bubbly golden perfection. It can be purchased at Sections 3, 133, and 214 for $11.99.

Fresh, sweet corn on the cob split into finger lickin’ “ribs” tossed with spicy lime crema and coated with Cotija cheese and tajin spice, the corn ribs can be purchased in Sections 3, 11, and 230 for $9.99.

Generous pieces of house-smoked Nolan Ryan Beef Brisket hand-rolled between layers of buttery croissant dough and baked until golden, the brisket croissant is topped with a Sweet Baby Ray’s donut-style glaze and is available at Sections 3, 123, and 230 for $9.99.

MUSIC

Near Big Heaven

With a new EP and newish, New Wave sound, the Fort Worth quintet hopes to take the next step.

BY JUAN R. GOVEA

Though they may be a scrappy punk band at heart, Big Heaven is embracing some New Wave elements.

“We are going into a slightly different direction, but [New Wave] is still in the ethos,” said bassist Peter Marsh.

Being scrappy and punk is required for underground acts specializing in the kind of noncommercial, smart music that Big Heaven produces. The brainchild of frontwoman

Amanda Hand (vocals, keys) is stretching its sound in response to new inspirations and a new configuration. After several years as a trio, Big Heaven is now a quintet with

Stephanie Benjamin on percussion and backup vocals, Sam Dobbin on drums, and Kevin Wellendorf on guitar. The five have

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Even with a big show coming up this weekend, Big Heaven is still writing. Courtesy the artist

been performing together since post-lockdown, and they’re celebrating their union with a new EP, Void of Form, and the single “Creature.”

The band members are ecstatic with the EP and single and said the songs are like a love letter to Big Heaven’s past.

“I hope we get more of a presence with our sound with the EP and single,” Hand said.

With the tunes, Big Heaven serves up dark subject matter beneath a shiny veneer.

“I think the songs can be interpreted in different ways, with upbeat songs that are melancholic,” Wellendorf said. “The songs have a different feel to them, and lots of the

lyrics are sad. None of the songs are happy but sound fun.”

Wellendorf engineered most of the record at his home studio in Fort Worth and at The Cove in Arlington. He also mastered the EP. The entire process took about two months.

“It was a lot of fun to make and pretty easy,” Wellendorf said. “It sounds different on the streaming services. It doesn’t sound bad or anything, but it sounds different listening to it on something like a phone or computer.”

Even with a big show coming up this weekend, Big Heaven is still writing. The band is content to continue releasing music in bits, believing an album would not attract the attention it deserves in today’s streaming-happy listening/purchasing environment.

There are no tours planned, but they’re not out of the question, the band said. Family duties come first for Hand and company.

When the Big Heaven folks do play, they’re hoping for as many ears and eyes as possible. Same goes for the EP.

“I really want to give the people who’ve been listening to us since the beginning a gift and something they can listen to that’s fresh and interesting,” Hand said. l

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Abney Benefit Sunday at Lola’s

In America, we have some strange priorities. The fact that half (or more) of society has been successfully conditioned to willingly rank corporate profit over the welfare of our fellow citizens is an oligarchical brainwash that not even Marx would have believed possible. Due to the disproportionate expense and lack of social safety nets, the majority of people living in this country are one medical emergency away from financial disaster. This is doubly true for self-employed musicians, for whom insurance likely isn’t an option. Thankfully, where government fails, community often moves in to fill the gaps. In the music community, the movement is always bigger for some reason. Benefit shows have been a way for the scene to rally around one another for decades.

On Sunday at Lola’s, some of the area’s best singer-songwriters are answering the call to help one of their own. Son of Stan, Mallorie Morgan, Sam Anderson (Quaker City Night Hawks), Jacob Furr, Hannah Owens, Daniel Markham, and more will gather in support of John Calvin Abney. A fellow singer-songwriter, producer, session player, and side man, Abney requires surgery on a tear in his vocal cords. He’s been unable to sing since December, a particular challenge given his

profession. The funds raised at the show will help him with medical bills and expenses while he recovers.

Abney, a normally private person, said he feels a little awkward that so much attention is being paid to him, but he appreciates the gesture.

“As someone who has tended toward handling things on his own most of his life, this has been a moment of joy and softness to know a group of people cares about you enough to make sure you can afford a surgery or just check up on you in general,” he said.

Though he calls Tulsa home, Abney has more ties to the Fort Worth music scene than many local musicians. The benefit’s roster consists of just a handful of the many local artists he has worked with or alongside.

Abney, Dallas singer-songwriter Daniel Markham said, is “without a doubt one of the most talented musicians I know. We’ve done two tours together, and they were both a really great time. He’s the kind of guy that walks into a place and everyone already knows him or loves him. A great energy to be around, for sure”

Sunday’s event was coordinated by Jessi England, who was inspired to offer help after working with Abney on her upcoming debut album.

“He’s a writer’s writer,” she said, “He’s an insanely talented multi-instrumentalist and undeniably charming. It felt like Christmas morning when John agreed to come play on my record.”

When learning of his situation, England said it was an easy call to put something together for him.

“I think it’s only natural when you spend as much time together as we musicians and artists do in this scene that there is a sense of responsibility to one another that develops,” she said. “Out of camaraderie, respect, love — of sharing gigs and stages and rounds

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PERMIT NUMBER: 43655

APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. The Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company, 710 106th Street, Arlington, TX 76011-5305, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an amendment to Air Quality Permit Number 43655, which would authorize modification to a Powder Coating Facility located at 710 106th Street, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas 76011. This application was processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. This application was submitted to the TCEQ on November 29, 2022. The existing facility will emit the following contaminants: exempt solvents and particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.

The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit which, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the permit because it meets all rules and regulations. The permit application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the City of Arlington - City Hall, 101 West. Abrams Street, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas.

PUBLIC COMMENT/PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting about this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comment or to ask questions about the application. The TCEQ will hold a public meeting if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. You may submit additional written public comments within 30 days of the date of newspaper publication of this notice in the manner set forth in the AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION paragraph below.

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material or significant public comments. Because no timely hearing requests have been received, after preparing the response to comments, the executive director may then issue final approval of the application. The response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or is on a mailing list for this application, and will be posted electronically to the Commissioners’ Integrated Database (CID).

INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. When they become available, the executive director’s response to comments and the final decision on this application will be accessible through the Commission’s Web site at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the above link, enter the permit number for this application which is provided at the top of this notice. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.061388,32.753611&level=13.

MAILING LIST. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to obtain additional information on this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 18006874040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from The Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Kurtis Rhudy, Sr Environmental Project Manager at (214) 341-5055.

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