Fort Worth Weekly // June 19-25, 2024

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Lily White

Even with city approval, a right-wing event at the Botanic

By Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune

Lucky 77s

Since the Luka-led Mavs surprised everyone this year, next season can only be harder.

By Patrick Higgins

Injera? Call Smoke’N Ash

This Arlington ’cue joint in a new spot unites Texas and Ethiopia deliciously.

By Emmy Smith

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Deepen Sorrow Gateway Church distances itself

from disgraced former pastor Robert Morris.

BY AMELIA WHEELER

On Friday, religious watchdog blog The Wartburg Watch posted a story that shocked the nation’s evangelical community. The epicenter? Tarrant County.

As of this week, 100,000 local churchgoers found out that their lead pastor, Robert Morris of Gateway Church, confessed to sexually abusing a child repeatedly over a period of more than four years.

Or, rather, their former lead pastor.

On Tuesday morning, Gateway Church called an all-hands meeting for their more than 900 staff members to announce that as of June 18, they had accepted Morris’ resignation from the Southlake megachurch that is also the parent church of Mercy Culture on the North Side. North Texas is home to the nation’s highest concentration of evangelical Christians — making up 38% of all North Texas religious groups — and until now, Morris could boast that he was pastor to approximately 1.2% of all North Texans through Gateway’s nine campuses across the region.

It’s not the first time that Morris’ victim, Cindy Clemishire, now in her 50s, has come forward about the abuse that began when she was 12 years old. Morris, then a 21-year-old traveling evangelist and young father, was a regular visitor in her parents’ small-town Oklahoma home. In 1982, the pastor and former spiritual advisor to disgraced former president Donald Trump allegedly initiated a years-long pattern of sexually abusing Cindy, beginning on the night of her 12th Christmas. Morris, his wife, and their 9-month-old son Joshua were staying as guests in her family home over the holiday.

As reported by The Wartburg Watch, Morris allegedly continued to sexually abuse Clemishire until 1987, both in her Oklahoma home and his home in North Texas, over four and a half years (during which time Morris’ wife Debbie had given birth to their second son, James). After Morris attempted to initiate intercourse with Cindy in his car, she finally confided in a friend about the abuse. Her friend counseled her to tell her parents, who in turn reported Morris to

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his head pastor at Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie.

What happened next was an all-too familiar coverup of Biblical proportions.

As The Wartburg Watch says, Cindy’s father “demanded that Morris get out of ministry” or he would report the abuse to authorities. Shady Grove’s elders were informed, and Morris was supposedly removed from his position with the ministry of televangelist James Robison for a period of two years before returning to pastorship in 1989. According to Texas law, any adult who suspects child abuse is required to report their suspicions to law enforcement or the Department of Family Services. Neither were contacted.

With his reputation unmarred by legal proceedings, Morris went on to found

Gateway Church in Southlake in 2000. The congregation grew rapidly with a recognizable blend of inspirational messages and a popular music ministry. Now, it is the largest church in the United States and one of the largest and fastest-growing megachurches in the world.

As an adult, Cindy told The Wartburg Watch and WFAA News that she had spent a decade in counseling due to the sexual abuse she endured as a child. In 2005, she filed a civil lawsuit against Morris for $50,000 to cover counseling fees. The pastor’s attorney counter-offered $25,000 if she would sign an NDA, implying Cindy was culpable in the situation for being “flirtatious.” She was 12 years old at the time.

After The Wartburg Watch published Cindy’s story on Friday, Robert Morris’

leadership team at Gateway sent an internal memo to church staffers with a prepared statement from the church elders and Pastor Morris. In the memo, Morris (in the kind of passive PR-language that would make even the most morally bankrupt celebrities and politicians proud) confesses to “being involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady” which “was brought to light” in March 1987. He says he was asked to “step out of” ministry to go through counseling and “freedom ministry” (a church-based program addressing extramarital affairs, pedophilia, same-sex attraction, and trans identity equally, even offering exorcisms).

“I looked for girls that did not have a good relationship with their father,” the megachurch pastor told Gateway members in a 2014 sermon. “I learned to spot that. I looked for girls that were insecure.”

In his message, he admitted to “multiple, multiple affairs.” The candor with which he has spoken of the incident led many to interpret his statements as referring to an extramarital adult relationship early in his marriage to Debbie. His further elaboration that “the appetites that were created in me [that] … God never intended to be created” may be up for reinterpretation in light of these new revelations.

Since founding Gateway in 2000, Robert Morris has amassed a personal net worth estimated at $117 million dollars and established himself as a leading figure in the American evangelical movement, serving on Trump’s evangelical advisory board. This isn’t the first time the celebrated pastor has come under legal scrutiny. The Texas Tribune and ProPublica have previously investigated him for endorsing political candidates from the pulpit in violation of IRS law. He is active in North Texas politics, urging parishioners to vote for church member candidates such as far-right Colleyville Mayor Bobbie Lindamood (who himself confessed to drunkenly fondling his stepsister) and Grapevine-Colleyville school board member Kelly Nakamura.

When Morris returned to ministry in 1989 following his reportedly two-year “restoration process,” he claims to have had “the full blessing of the elders and [Clemishire’s] father.”

Cindy Clemishire unequivocally denies her father supported Morris’ return, telling NBC News that he’d said to Morris, “You’re just lucky I didn’t kill you.”

Clemishire aptly observed, “He wouldn’t be allowed to work in the nursery at his church if he had disclosed the truth.”

Morris’ shocking reveal comes during the same week local megachurch pastor Tony Evans of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship stepped down “due to sin.”

Under Texas Penal Code, members of the clergy are liable for charges of sexual assault if they use their position as a “spiritual adviser” to cause someone under their care to “submit or participate” in acts defined as sexual abuse, regardless of the victim’s age.

Despite stating to Gateway Church elders that he was absent from church ministry between 1987 and 1989, Morris contextualized the same absence in his 2005 book From Dream to Destiny as “the Lord [having] orchestrated the circumstances for me to step out of ministry” and that after only one month in a secular-sector job, he went back to the ministry, albeit with a demotion — quite a different timeline than what his statement on June 14 reported.

A statement from current Gateway leadership released Tue., June 18, reads, “Regretfully, prior to Friday, June 14, the elders did not have all the facts of the inappropriate relationship between Morris and the victim, including her age at the time and the length of the abuse. The elders’ prior understanding was that Morris’ extramarital relationship, which he had discussed many times throughout his ministry, was with ‘a young lady’ and not abuse of a 12-year-old child. Even though it occurred many years before Gateway was established, as leaders of the church, we regret that we did not have the information that we now do.”

North Texas is home to the nation’s highest concentration of evangelical Christians, and until now, Morris could boast that he was

to approximately 1.2% of all North Texans through Gateway’s nine campuses across the region.

What might have become a story of redemption had Robert Morris turned himself in for felonious sexual abuse against a child is instead a “gut-wrenching” — in Clemishire’s words to WFAA — example of Christian leaders conspiring to prioritize their ministry over the safety of a child. l

A researcher and community organizer, lifelong Fort Worthian Amelia Wheeler examines the social influence of fundamentalism on culture and politics.

This column reflects the opinions and fact-gathering of the author(s) and only the

author(s) and not the Fort Worth Weekly To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly. com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.

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‘Woke Attacks’

Only a few speakers have pulled out of a conference at the Botanic Garden featuring prominent racists and blessed by the City of Fort Worth.

BY ROBERT DOWNEN, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Multiple speakers and a venue pulled out of a prominent Texas activist group’s July conference after we revealed its plans to amplify white nationalist figures and rhetoric.

Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, a project funded by two right-wing Texas billionaires, conference organizers said there is a “war on white America” and urged attendees to embrace once-fringe ideologies such as Christian Nationalism and Great Replacement Theory, a conspiracy alleging an intentional, often Jewish-driven effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Last week, we reported that the conference lineup featured Paul Gottfried, a

True Texas Project is a key part of a powerful political network that West Texas oil tycoons Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have used to push their hardline opposition to immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, and public education on the state GOP and Legislature.

far-right author who mentored neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, plus several other figures with ties to antisemites and extremists. Since then, at least three of the 12 listed speakers have said they will no longer partake in the event, two of whom said they were unaware of the themes and lineup when agreeing to participate.

“I was unaware of the racialist themes of the conference and language of the other sessions related to it until the past couple of days,” said Todd Bensman, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. “I categorically reject [Great] Replacement Theory and never write or speak about it. I’m not interested in any of that stuff.”

Prominent GOP donor and former state Sen. Don Huffines, who was listed as a speaker, condemned the conference, saying it is a “dumb and inaccurate way to promote the Republican agenda” and that he was “never given a lineup of speakers or topics.”

The Texas Public Policy Foundation recently confirmed that Ammon Blair, a senior fellow who focuses on immigration, had also pulled out of the event.

The conference prompted a wave of condemnations this week. On X, Travis County GOP Chair Matt Mackowiak posted,

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“Every good and [decent] and honorable person associated with this event should back out. Right now. This moment.”

The convention invitation said the twoday event would be held at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. In a statement saying the event would not be held there, the garden added that it “rejects all forms of hate speech, discrimination, or bigotry,” but after a lawyer for True Texas Project went to the City of Fort Worth, which owns the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, city officials ordered the garden to reinstate the event and reverse its cancellation.

“WE WON!!!” posted True Texas Project founder Julie McCarty.

Botanic Garden CEO Patrick Newman has not replied to a request for comment.

McCarty previously blamed the backlash on “woke attacks” by the Tribune to “silence TTP and prevent us from advancing the grassroots movement across Texas.”

McCarty and True Texas Project have not responded to repeated requests for comment about the event since Friday.

True Texas Project is a key part of a powerful political network that West Texas oil tycoons Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have used to push their hardline opposition to immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, and public education on the state GOP and Legislature. Dunn and Wilks are by far the biggest donors to the Republican Party of Texas and have used their influence to purge the party of more moderate lawmakers and survive a high-profile scandal last year over racists and antisemites employed by groups funded by the two.

Formerly known as the NE Tarrant Tea Party, True Texas Project was crucial in the rise of Texas’ ultraconservative movement throughout the 2010s. It rebranded after McCarty posted that she sympathized with the gunman who murdered 23 Hispanic people at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 — one of many mass shooters motivated by a belief in Great Replacement Theory.

“I don’t condone the actions, but I certainly understand where they came from,” she wrote.

Her husband Fred McCarty, who is also a True Texas Project leader, responded, “You’re not going to demographically replace a once proud, strong people without getting blowback.”

Those comments have not prevented the group from maintaining close relationships with prominent Republican elected officials, including Attorney General Ken Paxton, former Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi, and a slate of current and presumptive lawmakers primarily funded by Dunn and Wilks.

In November, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said, “I know that the True Texas Project gets things done, and I need each and every one of you to continue to fight for the conservative principles we all stand for.”

The upcoming conference includes multiple sessions that extremism experts said were concerning because they advanced once-fringe claims about a “war on white America” or a Democratic effort to “rid the earth of the white race.”

The description for a session on “Multiculturalism & The War on White America” reads, “It’s absolutely vital we remember that when they say ‘white supremacy’ or ‘white nationalism’ or whatever the most recent scare phrase is, they literally just mean your heritage and historical way of life. It’s a culture war, simple as that. Stop apologizing. Stop backing down. Start fighting back.”

The agenda for the event also claims that “forced multiculturalism” and immigration are part of a global plot that has undermined American Christianity and that xenophobia is “an imaginary social pathology” and a term that has been used to discourage “love of one’s own people.” It also features a session that seeks to downplay the antisemitism and racism at the core of Great Replacement Theory. l

Kayla Guo and Juan Salinas II contributed to this story.

A version of this story originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.

(detail), 1913, oil on canvas. Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The John R. Van Derlip Fund.

1528–31, wool, silk, gold, and silver thread. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples

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Road Not Taken

The Mavs exceeded expectations this year — and maybe the next few years, too.

BY PATRICK HIGGINS

Hello, darkness, my old friend. It’s nice to bask in the lightless confines of your icy embrace once again. Sports is a mean business, man, and I am feeling it now. Though the outcome seemed inevitable, the Mavericks succumbed to a gentleman’s sweep, falling 4-1 to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, affording the latter a league-record 18th NBA championship, and I’m deep in a hole about it.

“Why so butthurt?” you may ask. “It was a great year! The Mavs made it further than anyone thought they would. The window is wide open for them to actually close the deal next year. Or the year after.”

All those things are true, but they are little solace. Whenever it is that your team’s chance at ultimate glory ends, whether it’s mathematical elimination during the regular season or in the midst of a deep playoff run, it’s still a kick in the ’ol coin purse when it’s all over. The moment that wide-eyed “What if?” becomes an undeniable “No, sorry” always sucks. So, give me a moment to sit with it a bit. The sunny optimism for the future just isn’t enough to overcome the full weight of a lost opportunity.

absorb that year’s loss to the Heat in the finals, with the idea that superstar Dirk Nowitzki was young and surely they’d be in contention year after year. They could win multiple ’ships with the core of that team that won 67 games, yet it was five long years and a markedly different roster before the Mavs were finally able to claw back to the finals and win the franchise’s only championship.

Don’t get me wrong. I have no frustration at this year’s Mavs for becoming gentlemen losers. I can be proud of the effort they gave against a *choking on the words* “team of destiny” in Boston while also having my soft little sports heart broken that they climbed all the way up the mountain and had to turn back just shy of the summit, despite of what anyone thought of their presence on the mountain in the first place. Had the Rangers’ out-ofnowhere championship run last fall ended instead with Arizona’s Corbin Carroll hoisting the Commissioner’s Trophy in lieu of Texas’ Cory Seager, I would have wanted to fistfight my drywall or weep openly in the shower, regardless of how surprising the Rangers’ appearance in the World Series was.

Sports grief is a continuum, with many variables influencing the depth of the pain, such as how long it’s been since the team’s last championship (if ever) and what were the expectations going into the season and so on. The general, low-level, baseline misery that exists for fans of perennially terrible teams like the New York Jets or the Charlotte Hornets is not the same as the soul-crushing heartbreak that’s plagued the faithful of the Buffalo Bills or the Edmonton Oilers (or the Dallas Stars at the hands of those same Edmontonians) over the last few years. There is something about getting close that seems to hurt so much

more than never being in the hunt. Just ask these juggernaut Celtics. They went to seven of the last eight Eastern Conference Finals with a trip to the NBA Finals mixed in there before finally getting over the hump. Surely, that’s fed the tension built up in their league-worst douchey fanbase. That’s why if the Cowboys ever make it to another NFC Championship game, they’d better go ahead and win the goddamn Super Bowl the same year, or there’s no telling how far I’d fall.

A long run is no guarantee of continued success. You need look no further than the 2006 Mavericks. It was easy enough to

The Mavs are a good team. Good enough to have beaten Boston even. They had the two best players heading into the series in their backcourt of Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving, along with a killer tandem of centers in Derek Lively II and Daniel Gafford and some contributing depth scorers in PJ Washington and Derek Jones Jr. Yet the Celts were able to put a hex on Kyrie in Boston that he could not shake off with a thousand sage smudge sticks. Dallas’ centers were completely neutralized, and the depth shooting went colder than darkness’ familiar icy embrace.

The future looks bright, but it’s obviously not invincible. Not only does Boston look poised to appear in seven of the next eight Eastern Conference Finals, but all of the teams Dallas beat on their way to represent the West all look like their respective windows are just as open. There are no easy paths for the Mavericks to get back to where they came. While I can’t fault them for not exceeding their already exceeded expectations, it was a helluva year. It was also a helluva missed opportunity. Who knows how long it could be before they make it back this far again. l

Close but not close enough. Dallas’ dynamic backcourt duo embrace as they fall in Game 5 to the NBA Champion Boston Celtics.

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NIGHT &DAY

In honor of Juneteenth, Zona 7 Gallery (404 Houston St, Fort Worth, @ MandlaSenzanje) presents No Church in the Wild Wed-Sun noon-8pm thru Sun, Jul 21. A solo show by Mandla Senjanje, it’s specifically designed to amplify the voices of the African-American community. The painter invites viewers to critically examine the power structures that shape our existence and to reflect on the roles of faith, community, and family in the ongoing struggle for justice.

At 8:30pm tonight thru Sunday, Ballet Concerto presents its 42nd annual Summer Dance Concert at The Shops at Clearfork (5188 Monahans Av, Fort Worth, 817-985-3773). Along with Carmen by Luis Montero, the company will perform Ebb and Flow by Elise Lavallee, Western Sweet by Michael Vernon, and more. Admission is free, but reserved seating is available starting at $75 at BalletConcerto.com.

The Dallas Arts District (2001 Flora St, 214-7446642) invites you to its Pride Block Party 6pm-midnight. Three museums — the Crow Museum of Asian Art (2010 Flora St, 214-979-6430), Dallas Museum of Art (1717 N Harwood St, 214-922-1200), and Nasher Sculpture Center (2001 Flora St, 214-242-5100) — have partnered to create a free family-friendly event with Pride-centric activities, artwork, a community mural, gourmet food options, museum tours, and special programming. For more, visit Facebook.com/ DallasArtsDistrict.

In September 2010, several publicized suicides of LGBTQ youth reminded educator Sharon Herrera of the pain she had experienced earlier in life, and they decided to build a community in Tarrant County where all children are safe. With peer and community support, LGBTQ S.A.V.E.S. (Students, Allies, Volunteers, Educators Support) was born.

Among the many special events the group hosts, one of the most popular is the annual Youth Pride Picnic. Intended for LBGTQ people 24 and younger, it’s a free picnic lunch with family (or chosen family). This year’s picnic is at Trinity Park (2401 University Dr, Fort Worth, LGBTQSaves. org) from 10am to 2pm. Register via Eventbrite.com.

If you haven’t visited the Arlington Museum of Art in their new home in the Entertainment District in Arlington (1200 Ballpark Way, Arlington, 817-275-4600), now would be a great time. The museum is open 1pm-5pm Sun and 10am-5pm Tue-Sat. However, if you want to catch Pompeii: The Immortal City, a multimedia experience showcasing Rome before, during, and right after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., you’ll have to drop by today.

As it’s National Take Back the Lunch Break Day, this is the perfect time to try Gustos Burger Bar + More (1229 7th Av, Fort Worth, 682-2506926), which is now not only officially open on Mondays but also serving lunch every day of the week. As one of our food writers pointed out in a recent review, you’re here for the smash burgers. “Served small, medium, as a shareable large, or as sliders, the burgers feature tender, succulent, juicy, lightly crisped meat, with enough salt, pepper, and a touch of magic to stand out.” For

the full review, find “Go for the Gustos” at FWWeekly.com.

If you were an alt/punk kid in the ’90s, you may need to stay up past your bedtime tonight. Blink-182 is in town playing Dickies Arena (1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817-402-9000). Tickets start at $18.20 on Ticketmaster.com, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Living the Dream Foundation, a nonprofit for critically ill music fans that brings to life to their concert dreams — like meet-and-greets, backstage passes, onstage experiences, and more. Learn more at LTDFoundation.org.

In her solo show of paintings and small sculptures, Layla Luna employs motifs, palettes, and text inspired by the deserts of Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas. Up now thru Jul 13, Talisman at Artspace 111 (111 Hampton St, Fort Worth, 817-692-3228) also features clay amulets and trinkets of Southwest creatures. “Sacred souvenirs,” as Luna calls them, “have an ability to hold the magic of an experience and later serve as reminders of the lessons we learned during the journey.” Luna will give an artist’s talk at the gallery 5:30pm-7:30pm. There is no cost to attend.

By Jennifer Bovee

Mandla Senjanje’s solo show No Church in the Wild is up now at Zona 7 Gallery.

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All the Feelings

The Inside Out sequel has more complex emotions, for good and bad.

BY KRISTIAN LIN

I was going to start this review with an accounting of the ways in which Inside Out 2 fails to reach the lofty heights of the original movie and perhaps a musing on where Pixar might go from here. These issues are certainly worth exploring, but I found the newer animated film giving me a few horrible moments of recognition about the workings of my own mind (which is not so very different from that of a teenage girl’s). Any movie that can do that has achieved something considerable.

The movie picks up with Riley Anderson (voiced by Kensington Tallman) now 13 years old and considerably taller. The puberty that brought on the growth spurt also brings a host of new emotions to the inside of her mind, led by Anxiety (voiced by Maya Hawke). Riley has a great game in the district hockey championship, including an are-you-kidding-me?! drop pass to assist on the winning goal which earns her an invite to a three-day skills camp with a bunch of high-school players who might be her teammates next year. With the pressure on Riley, Anxiety leads a coup against Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler) and the other four core emotions, literally bottling them up so that their girl can fit in and impress the right people.

Even with Hawke missing some of the comic potential in this role, Anxiety is probably the best thing about this sequel, partly because she is never a pure villain. Not only does she help Riley navigate a tricky social

encounter on the first day of camp, but she also spurs Riley to work in some extra ice time to raise her game.

Still, when Anxiety drafts an army of storyboard artists to imagine everything that could possibly go wrong for Riley at camp, it gave me a chill, because that’s how my mind works. Then, too, the movie climaxes with Anxiety inducing a panic attack as Riley sits in the penalty box during the camp’s final scrimmage. I’ve never been assessed a 2-minute roughing minor for possibly injuring my best friend, but I do know all too well how panic attacks unfold.

The movie has it down beautifully.

However, my professional side forces me to note that the jokes here don’t land as consistently as they did in the first movie (like the gum commercial jingle that briefly reappears here), nor is anything here as piercing as the opening of Inside Out, which never fails to reduce me to tears. The animation does delve into other drawing styles to funny effect when the original five emotions run into other characters in the style of paper cutouts, a 2D Saturday morning cartoon, and Japanese anime.

Despite these and a lovely visual of the glowing cords that make up Riley’s sense of self, the landscape of Riley’s mind isn’t as inventive here and the visual conceptions of Envy and Ennui (voiced by Ayo Edebiri and Adèle Exarchopoulos, respectively) are more memorable than anything that those characters do. The original movie is about Joy realizing that she can’t control everything in Riley’s mind, and maybe the most disappointing thing in the sequel is that she has to learn that lesson all over again. Locked in a power struggle with another emotion who’s angling for the same sort of control, Joy appears no wiser for her experiences. That’s just dull drama.

But let’s keep things in perspective. They aren’t as bad as all that. When Pixar recently announced its plan to release more sequels, animation fans unsurprisingly reacted with despair, yet last year’s Elemental was an original film, and I’ll easily take Inside Out 2 over that movie. This latest sequel from the studio has become the first bona fide hit of the summer season, and we’ve seen crowds turn out for worse animated movies. This one at least gives them some real achievements to feed their minds. l

May 12 – August 25, 2024

Surprisingly, Anxiety sometimes helps Riley in Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2

Voices by Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke. Directed by Kelsey Mann. Written by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein. Rated PG.

EATS & drinks

Awazing

Now in new digs, Smoke’N Ash still slings Tex-Ethiopian barbecue delights and more.

Smoke’N Ash BBQ, 5904 S Cooper St, Arlington. 817-987-7715. Noon-6pm Sun, 11am-8pm Tue-Sat.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY EMMY SMITH

When Smoke’N Ash Tex-Ethiopian Smokehouse first came on the Arlington scene in 2020, its remarkable concept of combining Ethiopian flavors and spices with traditional Central Texas barbecue techniques quickly drew a crowd. Texas Monthly wrote a beaming article about them within the year, and even The New York Times soon came calling to name them one of the 50 best restaurants in the country.

All of this is commemorated in the form of framed newspaper clippings on the wall of Smoke’N Ash’s newish location (5904 S Cooper St, Arlington, 817-987-7715). Upon entering the much larger, breezier space, I looked for a framed Weekly review but came up empty. It turns out that while we’ve interviewed husband-and-wife owners Fasicka and Patrick Hicks for various food stories, we’ve never properly reviewed Smoke’N Ash. So, allow me to remedy that.

While there was nothing wrong with the original location of the ’cue fusion joint, it was apparent that this was more than a lateral move. Located in a strip mall on a bustling section of Cooper Street, the new space has ample parking and seating and a large full bar that was serving margaritas on special when my family and I arrived. Along with the framed clips, traditional Ethiopian décor adorns the walls, and during our visit, ’80s pop provided the soundtrack for the montage of happy diners devouring their meals.

You order at the counter here, and the woman behind the cash register was patient and helpful as our group tried to narrow down our selections from the large menu.

To see what Smoke’N Ash is all about, as my husband and I discovered on a previous visit, it’s best to sample the customizable Tex-Ethiopian Jumbo Platter.

Being able to create your own sampler platter helps get your less adventurous dining companions on board with TexEthiopian food. The main draw of the platter is decidedly the unique barbecue-infused Ethiopian dishes: tibs (bite-sized pieces of meat) made with fall-off-the-bone

pork rib; doro wat amped up with smoked chicken; succulent fall-apart brisket covered in an addicting awaze spice glaze. All this plus four sides of your choice, all to be sopped up with the spongy bread/plate/ utensil hybrid known as injera. The side choices are where you can please everyone. Those who want to stick close to home can opt for traditional fried okra or potato salad, while braver folks can dive into the mac ’n’ cheese with berbere (a traditional African spice that’s like curry

powder with a touch of baking spice). Or go full Ethiopian with the various stewed cabbages, lentils, and beans, all of which cut marvelously through the fatty richness of the meat. I should note that although the word “spice” is thrown around a lot, Ethiopian food is big on warm, flavorful seasoning but not much actual heat.

Aside from the sampler, there are plenty of other Tex-Ethiopian menu items, like the bozena shiro (slow-simmered chickpeas continued on page 19

The Jumbo Platter is a smorgasbord of Tex-Ethiopian goodness.

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and cubes of smoked beef) or fifir (also with smoked beef but also boiled egg and various spices). You can also order regular-old barbecue fare without all the added Ethiopian touches, like brisket, ribs, and sausage, just as you can have traditional Ethiopian dishes with none of the barbecued meat.

In fact, this may not be the first thing to come to mind when you think of a barbecue

restaurant, but Smoke’N Ash excels at providing options for alternative diets. The traditional injera bread used to sop up all those delicious curries and sauces is made from a naturally gluten-free flour called teff Vegan items, of which there are plenty, are clearly marked on the menu as well, like the Smoked Dubba Wat (a pumpkin stew) and most of the Ethiopian-style sides. You can even order an all-vegan sampler plate.

Admittedly, the Jumbo Platter is not something you’d want to share with co-workers or first dates. While you can ask

for utensils, traditionally these platters are eaten by scooping up the various meats and stews with the injera and popping the whole thing directly into your mouth. It’s messy. It’s interactive. We would not have said no to a moist towelette.

Although Fort Worth, now the 12th-largest city in the country, did you hear?, should really be able to sustain its own Ethiopian restaurant (R.I.P., Samson’s), we should consider ourselves lucky to have such an establishment just a short drive down I-20. Grab your Wet-Naps and go

experience this truly unique dining concept with something to please everyone, from your vegan niece to your gluten-free aunt to your barbecue-loving grandpa. Maybe next time I visit, this review will be framed on the wall with all the other accolades. l

Looks like there’s room for this review on the bottom left of Smoke’N Ash’s accolade wall. Traditional Ethiopian stewed veggies cut marvelously through the richness of Smoke’N Ash’s expertly smoked meats.

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Electric Cowboy

G.W. Childs’ genreblending new album covers the Spectrum.

BY JUAN R. GOVEA

After arriving fully formed on the scene in 2021 with the electro-country track “Tarrant County,” G.W. Childs signed with COP International (Stabbing Westward, Chiasm), the German label run by producer John Fryer (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins). “International” certainly suits the 50-yearold Fort Worth father of two young boys the title track to Childs’ 2023 album You Don’t Know landed in the Top 10 in German radio’s Deutsch Alternative Chart.

“As someone who’s been performing electronic music for many years, I’m used to it,” Childs said about his overseas attention. “Germany and Europe, in my experience, have always been more attracted to electronic music. They even play it in the gas stations and grocery stores. Because it’s more indie, underground, it’s harder over here to find places that will book you and a platform that will spin your music. There’s such an emphasis on country, folk, and singer-songwriter guitarists, it’s easy to get lost in the background.”

Before releasing Spectrum, Childs also put out several singles and EPs plus the 2023 album. In keeping with everything that the term “spectrum” implies, Childs’ new 10-track offering is indeed kaleidoscopic.

“When I sing,” he said, “I come off with a drawl, and it comes off as country with whatever I do in some form. I’ve described the album as The Eagles meets Kraftwerk with a Beck and Beastie Boys influence.”

The songs are titled after the colors of the rainbow along with “Gold” and “Silver.” They also speak directly to Childs’ synesthesia, the ability to see sounds as color. Sonically, Spectrum features hints of breakbeat and house music, kind of like what you’d hear at a goth dance club, Childs said.

As an international artist, Childs has been doing the press rounds. He’s spoken with a few publications and podcasts across the U.K. and even some in the states, like Modsnap radio out of Hawaii.

“It’s wonderful to get to explain the idea behind Spectrum and to talk about the nuances and stories that evolved through its creation,” Childs said. “Because my sons did play such a huge role in it, I hope talking about it gives other parents ideas for co-creation with their kids, because it’s magical to experience them when they are being a partner in creation rather than a witness.”

Despite his international profile, Childs hasn’t been all Spectrum all the time. Along with parenting George and Phoenix and working with the Recording Connection in Los Angeles, a school for which he’s written several curricula about electronic music, he’s also been looking local. Having worked with country singer-songwriter Joe Savage and awesome electro duo Starbass Laboratories, Childs wants to dive deeper into the Fort Worth/North Texas scene.

“I think once [electronic music] is received, it would open up some very cool

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Basically, he’s dying to rock his keytar onstage everywhere.

“I am enjoying and looking forward to more adventures in fatherhood,” he said. “I find a lot of joy with my sons. I am looking forward to playing live, locally and abroad. I’m looking forward to more recording, more writing, and putting out albums. I’ve got a lot of songs written at this point that I’m excited to share. I’m looking forward to finishing the music videos for Spectrum. I’m looking forward to teaching more.” l

Childs: “There’s such an emphasis on country, folk, and singer-songwriter guitarists, it’s easy [for electronic artists] to get lost in the background.”

Childs: “Because my sons did play such a huge role in [Spectrum], I hope talking about it gives other parents ideas for co-creation with their kids.”

Childs: “I’ve described the album as The Eagles meets Kraftwerk with a Beck and Beastie Boys influence.”

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Texas Commission on environmenTal QualiTy

NOTICE OF DRAFT FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT

DRAFT PERMIT NO.: O1640

Application and Draft Permit. GE On Wing Support, Inc., Bldg 7W, B-wing Ground Floor Dubai Airport Freezone PO Box 11549, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal and revision of Federal Operating Permit (herein referred to as Permit) No. O1640, Application No. 36019, to authorize operation of the GE On Wing Support, an Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 15225 FAA Blvd in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76155-2223. 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 the application. You can find an electronic map of the facility at: https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/ LocationMapper/?marker=-97.036666,32.83&level=13. This application was received by the TCEQ on November 20, 2023.

The purpose of a federal operating permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollution control by clearly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code § 122.10 (30 TAC § 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the conditions under which the area must operate. The permit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and has made a preliminary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executive director recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, statement of basis, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Central Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, First Floor, Austin, Texas 78753; the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951; and the Mary Lib Saleh Euless Public Library, 201 N Ector Dr, Euless, Texas 76039-3543, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The draft permit and statement of basis are available at the TCEQ Website:

www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/tvnotice

At the TCEQ central and regional offices, relevant supporting materials for the draft permit, as well as the New Source Review permits which have been incorporated by reference, may be reviewed and copied. Any person with difficulties obtaining these materials due to travel constraints may contact the TCEQ central office file room at (512)-239-2900.

Public Comment/Notice and Comment Hearing. Any person may submit written comments on the draft permit. Comments relating to the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of the permit conditions may result in changes to the draft permit.

A person who may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the permitted area may request a notice and comment hearing. The purpose of the notice and comment hearing is to provide an additional opportunity to submit comments on the draft permit. The permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whether the permit provides for compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 122 (examples may include that the permit does not contain all applicable requirements or the public notice procedures were not satisfied). The TCEQ may grant a notice and comment hearing on the application if a written hearing request is received within 30 days after publication of the newspaper notice. The hearing request must include the basis for the request, including a description of how the person may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the application area. The request should also specify the conditions of the draft permit that are inappropriate or specify how the preliminary decision to issue or deny the permit is inappropriate. All reasonably ascertainable issues must be raised and all reasonably available arguments must be submitted by the end of the public comment period. If a notice and comment hearing is granted, all individuals that submitted written comments or a hearing request will receive written notice of the hearing. This notice will identify the date, time, and location for the hearing.

Written public comments and/or requests for a notice and comment hearing should be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 787113087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ and be received within 30 days after the date of newspaper publication of this notice. 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.

A notice of proposed final action that includes a response to comments and identification of any changes to the draft permit will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments, a hearing request, or requested to be on the mailing list for this application. This mailing will also provide instructions for public petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request that the EPA object to the issuance of the proposed permit. After receiving a petition, the EPA may only object to the issuance of a permit which is not in compliance with the applicable requirements or the requirements of 30 TAC Chapter 122.

Mailing List. In addition to submitting public comments, a person may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address above. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Chief Clerk for this application.

Information. For additional information about this permit application or the permitting process, please contact the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Education Program, MC-108, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained for GE On Wing Support, Inc. by calling Ms. Katie Denzik at (817) 235-6044.

Notice Issuance Date: May 31, 2024

Texas Commission on environmenTal QualiTy

CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN PERMIT AND NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION

Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants Proposed Registration No. 52464L026

Application. Martin Marietta Texas Ready-Mix, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an Air Quality Standard Permit, Registration No. 52464L026, which would authorize construction of a concrete batch plant located at the Northwest corner of the South Freeway & West Rendon Crowley Road, Burleson, Tarrant County, Texas 76082. This application is being 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 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=-97.3245,32.58423&level=13. The proposed facility will emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including (but not limited to) aggregate, cement, road dust, and particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.

This application was submitted to the TCEQ on May 15, 2024. The executive director has completed the administrative and technical reviews of the application and determined that the application meets all of the requirements of a standard permit authorized by 30 TAC § 116.611, which would establish the conditions under which the plant must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the registration because it meets all applicable rules. The application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and standard permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and at Burleson Public Library, 248 SW Johnson Avenue, in Burleson, Tarrant County, Texas 76028. 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. Visit www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cbp to review the standard permit.

Public Comment/Public Meeting. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting. See Contacts section. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments or meeting requests is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to consider in the permit process.

The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held 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. If a public meeting is held, the deadline to submit public comments is extended to the end of the public meeting.

Contested Case Hearing. You may request a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 30 days from this notice, the executive director may approve the application.

A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. To request a hearing, a person must actually reside in a permanent residence within 440 yards of the proposed plant. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and registration number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must be identified. You may submit your proposed adjustments to the application which would satisfy your concerns. See Contacts section.

TCEQ 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. The executive director’s decision on the application, and any response to comments, will be mailed to all persons on the mailing list. If no timely contested case hearing requests are received, or if all hearing requests are withdrawn, the executive director may issue final approval of the application. If all timely hearing requests are not withdrawn, the executive director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and requests to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.

Mailing List. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive additional information on this specific application. See Contacts section.

Information Available Online. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database (CID) at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the link, enter the registration number at the top of this notice.

Contacts. 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 787113087. 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 application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from Martin Marietta Texas Ready-Mix, LLC, 1503 LBJ Fwy Ste 400, Dallas, TX 752346007 or by calling Mr. Jesse Martindale, Sr. Environmental Engineer at (972) 647-3742.

Notice Issuance Date: June 11, 2024

NOTICE OF DRAFT FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT DRAFT PERMIT NO.: O4496

Application and Draft Permit. U.S. Venture, Inc., 425 Better Way, Appleton, WI 54915-6192, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an initial issuance of Federal Operating Permit (herein referred to as Permit) No. O4496, Application No. 35631, to authorize operation of the U.S. Energy Fort Worth South Terminal, a Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 2525 Brennan Ave in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76106-8408. 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 the application. You can find an electronic map of the facility at: https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.327222,32.788055&level=13 This application was received by the TCEQ on September 25, 2023.

The purpose of a federal operating permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollution control by clearly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code § 122.10 (30 TAC § 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the conditions under which the area must operate. The permit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and has made a preliminary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executive director recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, statement of basis, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Central Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, First Floor, Austin, Texas 78753; the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Dr, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951; and the Diamond Hill/Jarvis Library, 1300 N.E. 35th Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76106, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The draft permit and statement of basis are available at the TCEQ Website:

www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/tvnotice

At the TCEQ central and regional offices, relevant supporting materials for the draft permit, as well as the New Source Review permits which have been incorporated by reference, may be reviewed and copied. Any person with difficulties obtaining these materials due to travel constraints may contact the TCEQ central office file room at (512) 239-2900.

Public Comment/Notice and Comment Hearing. Any person may submit written comments on the draft permit. Comments relating to the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of the permit conditions may result in changes to the draft permit.

A person who may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the permitted area may request a notice and comment hearing. The purpose of the notice and comment hearing is to provide an additional opportunity to submit comments on the draft permit. The permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whether the permit provides for compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 122 (examples may include that the permit does not contain all applicable requirements or the public notice procedures were not satisfied). The TCEQ may grant a notice and comment hearing on the application if a written hearing request is received within 30 days after publication of the newspaper notice. The hearing request must include the basis for the request, including a description of how the person may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the application area. The request should also specify the conditions of the draft permit that are inappropriate or specify how the preliminary decision to issue or deny the permit is inappropriate. All reasonably ascertainable issues must be raised, and all reasonably available arguments must be submitted by the end of the public comment period. If a notice and comment hearing is granted, all individuals that submitted written comments or a hearing request will receive written notice of the hearing. This notice will identify the date, time, and location for the hearing.

Written public comments and/or requests for a notice and comment hearing should be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 787113087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ and be received within 30 days after the date of newspaper publication of this notice. 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.

A notice of proposed final action that includes a response to comments and identification of any changes to the draft permit will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments, a hearing request, or requested to be on the mailing list for this application. This mailing will also provide instructions for public petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request that the EPA object to the issuance of the proposed permit. After receiving a petition, the EPA may only object to the issuance of a permit which is not in compliance with the applicable requirements or the requirements of 30 TAC Chapter 122.

Mailing List. In addition to submitting public comments, a person may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address above. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Chief Clerk for this application.

Information. For additional information about this permit application or the permitting process, please contact the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Education Program, MC-108, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained for U.S. Venture, Inc. by calling Mr. Don Johnston at (920) 735-8228.

Date: May 23, 2024

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