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NEWS Spreading misinformation about the election and the BLM protests hits the judge’s race. BY S TAT I C

NEWS As Dallas ISD forces masks, Fort Worth’s school district only “recommends” them. BY BRIAN LOPEZ

MUSIC Matthew McNeal may have lost more than 100 tour dates, but he put together an album in the downtime. BY JUAN R. GOVEA

HEARSAY Soul’d Out Mondays, Rock ’n Roll Rummage Sale, and more are happening this week. BY ANTHONY MARIANI

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I spent part of this past Juneteenth watching Netflix’s High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, and it felt appropriate to the new national holiday. If you watch a lot of TV shows about food, you’ve probably noticed that they feature mostly white people. It’s hard finding anybody of color on these shows, and the brownface scandal at Bon Appétit tells you just how racist the seemingly apolitical world of food media can be. Whether they’ve made a conscious effort to counteract this or not, Netflix has been a fount of information about Black food history. In his show Ugly Delicious, Chef David Chang interviewed African-American studies professor Psyche Williams-Forson about why America is the only country where there’s a stigma attached to fried chicken. On the delightful kids’ show Waffles + Mochi, food historian Michael Twitty told the puppet protagonists about how his ancestors were slaves who worked the rice fields in the South and helped establish the crop on the continent. In High on the Hog, writer Stephen Satterfield looks to expand our received notions of what African-American soul food is. The first of the show’s four episodes has Satterfield going to Benin with Jessica B. Harris, whose similarly titled book is the basis of the program. She describes how she worked as the travel editor for Essence magazine in the 1970s and, in traveling through West Africa, found connections between their food and the food she knew back home in the South. The present-day country of Benin was once center of a much larger kingdom called Dahomey, which was a hub of the slave trade with the Americas.

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The cooks there keep the traditions of tell! In the third episode, he talks about African foods with mashed yam (Harris Thomas Downing, the 19th-century son finally sorts out the confusion between of Virginia slaves who went from selling yams and sweet potatoes) and the red oysters from a sidewalk cart in Manhattan palm oil familiar to us from jambalaya to building his own tavern on Wall Street. While he was serving the city’s power and Charleston red rice. At the same time, the Chill N’ Grill elite on white tablecloths underneath a Restaurant in the city of Cotonou pushes crystal chandelier, he and his son were hiding runaway slaves in the cuisine in new their storage rooms. directions, with FrenchHigh on the Hog: How The episode also trained Chef Sedjro African American traces the histories of Ahouansou turning the Cuisine Transformed George Washington’s traditional piron (cassava America Starring Stephen Satterfield. and Thomas Jefferson’s paste and pork juice) Based on Jessica B. Harris’ personal chefs, both into a dessert sushi with book. Rated TV-14. enslaved men who pineapple and coconut. produced renowned Were you surprised that there were haute cuisine restaurants in this dishes for their masters and their corner of Africa? I’m ashamed to say I was. illustrious guests. James Hemings Maybe the most astounding sight in the — whose sister Sally bore Jefferson’s whole series is Satterfield’s visit to Ganvie, children — used techniques he had a massive floating village and market learned from French chefs while on the coast, where Satterfield samples a accompanying Jefferson to France peanut dessert called councada and says it to eventually win his freedom, and Satterfield stands in the kitchen at reminds him of Baby Ruth bars. Satterfield may not be the most Monticello with food historian Leni vibrant host, but what stories he has to Peterson and descendants of Hemings to

make the same macaroni and cheese dish that James once made there. (They cook the noodles in a mixture of milk and water, then bake them with butter and cheddar in a Dutch oven placed directly on the fire, with glowing hot coals piled on top of the lid.) The episode concludes with a feast of Philadelphia dishes such as Bellevue broth and pepper pot stew that will cure you of any notions that African-American food only means Southern food. The final episode looks at the role of Black people in Texas barbecue, which I daresay Texan ’cue heads will know more about than the general audience to whom the show is pitched. It’s a pity High on the Hog runs only four episodes, because I feel that there are more stories to tell on this subject. (How about Edmond Albion, the 19th-century slave boy on Réunion Island who figured out how to pollinate vanilla orchids by hand and never saw any profit from birthing a billion-dollar industry?) When a show is this informative and surprising, we want seconds. l

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See a free screening of I Carry You with Me Sun at the Grand Berry Theater.

BRIT, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (1700 University Thursday Dr, Fort Worth, 817- 3324441), is hosting a water conservation seminar presented by Fort Worth Water. From 6pm to 9pm, attend It’s Hot Outside: Made for the Shade in person or virtually at Facebook.com/BRITorg. This free seminar taught by local and regional experts will cover conservation programs, gardening and landscaping tips, and watering requirements, plus — most importantly — saving money on your water bill.

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Friday the 13th events weren’t uncommon at tattoo shops before the Friday pandemic, and now from noon to midnight, Ink817 Tattoo Co. (204 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 682204-0696) is hosting its first since the lockdown. With four piercers available, the piercing specials are $13 for basics and $33 for advanced. As for tattoos, the event special is 50% off. Eight artists will be on hand offering $120-400 tattoos for $60-200. The shop is not taking appointments. This event is strictly first-come-first-served. For the list of artists, visit Facebook.com/ Ink817.

From 10am to 5pm, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Saturday (1600 Gendy St, Fort Worth, 817-255-9300) will demonstrate some new experiential technologies at Infinity Festival inside the museum’s Innovation Studio. Learn about nextgeneration holograms, virtual reality, and immersive environments. The Fort Worth ISD STEAM Van will also visit the museum and will be parked in the circle drive. This event is included in the regular museum admission price, which is $12-16 at the door.

The Grand Berry Theater (2712 Weisenberger Sunday St, Fort Worth, @ TheGrandBerryTheaterFTW) is offering a free screening of the critically acclaimed film I Carry You with Me (Te Llevo Conmigo) at 3pm. This decades-spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher, whose lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels the couple to embark on a treacherous journey to New York City with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow. Sponsored by MPACT DFW (514 Pennsylvania Av, Fort Worth, 817-7095960), a nonprofit social group for young gay/bi men of color, this event will also include free popcorn and drinks plus access to immigration resources and more.

Are you looking for a career change? Schneider National Inc. — the Monday transportation giant with several facilities in North Texas — hosts a truck driving recruitment event from noon to 2pm at Sleep Inn & Suites (6050 Old Denton Rd, Fort Worth, 817-232-9999). Along with experienced truck drivers and recent driving school graduates, Schneider wants to answer questions for those just starting on their CDL journey. This event is free to attend, but pre-registration is advised. To RSVP, visit SchneiderJobs. com.

In celebration of its 43rd season, which begins on Thu, Oct 7, Stage West Tuesday (821 Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-784-9378) is offering buy-oneget-one-free tickets thru 5pm. Both tickets must be to the same show. This season’s productions include JQA, Scrooge in Rouge, Church & State, On the Exhale, Witch, Into the Breeches, and Between Riverside & Crazy. To take advantage of the offer, use code BOGO21 when calling the box office or visiting StageWest.org.

Today is National Fajita Day, and as such, we Wednesday suggest you try Dos Molina’s Mexican Restaurant (404 NW 25th St, Fort Worth, 817-626-9394), our Best Of 2019 Critic’s Choice winner for Best Bargain Tex-Mex. Several of our newsroom staffers eat at this restaurant regularly and refer to it as “The Trough” because of its ample portions. Even the weekday lunch special is huge despite being less than $7. The guacamole tostadas are a favorite, along with the fajitas. The service is always fast and friendly. We also suggest that you start making your grub choices for Best Of 2021, as the ballot is now live. Hint, hint.

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As a former student of Texas public schools, much of what I remember from Texas history class boils down to this: General López de Santa Anna, of Mexico, was evil incarnate — my old friends and I still marvel at how much this was hammered into our heads — and the Texas Revolution was a fight for liberty against the tyrannical Mexican government. The Battle of the Alamo, where Texian fighters held out for 13 days and then were slaughtered by Mexican forces, has long been a central part of that story. Every Texan has been told to “remember the Alamo.” It doesn’t look like that will change any time soon. In June, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill creating “The 1836 Project,” designed to “promote patriotic education” about the year Texas seceded from Mexico. In other words, the law will create a committee to ensure that educational materials centering “Texas values” are provided at state landmarks and encouraged in schools. This comes on the heels of the “critical race theory” bill that has passed through the legislature, which would restrict how teachers can discuss current events and teach history. The American Historical Association has described the bill as “whitewashing American history,” stating: “Its apparent purposes are to intimidate teachers and stifle independent inquiry and critical thought among students.” Nevertheless, a new book co-authored by three Texas writers, Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford, urges us to reconsider the Alamo, a symbol we’ve been taught to fiercely and uncritically remember. The authors are aware that their book sounds like a desecration. Starting with the cover of Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of An American Myth, out on a major publishing house, the authors lean into associations of defacement with the title scrawled in what looks like red spray paint across an image of the old mission. Written for popular audiences, the book challenges what the authors refer to as the “Heroic Anglo Narrative.” The

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traditional telling, which Texas public schools are still required to teach, glorifies the nearly 200 men who came to fight in an insurrection against Mexico in 1836. The devastation at the Alamo turned those men into martyrs leaving behind the prevailing story that they died for liberty and justice. Yet the authors of Forget the Alamo argue that the entire Texas Revolt — “which wasn’t really a revolt at all” — had more to do with protecting slavery from Mexico’s abolitionist government. As the authors explain it, and as Chicano writers, activists, and communities have long agreed, the events that occurred at the Alamo have been mythologized and used to demonize Mexicans in Texas history and obscure the role of slavery. Taking a comprehensive look at how the mythos of the Alamo has been molded, Burrough, Tomlinson, and Stanford paint a picture of American slaveholders’ racism as it made its way into Texas. In their stories of these early days, they peel back the facade of the holy trinity of Alamo figures: Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis, and Davy Crockett. All three died at the Alamo, and their surnames are memorialized on schools, streets, buildings, and even entire counties. The authors are completely unafraid to describe Bowie as a “murderer, slaver, and con man,” Travis as “a pompous, racist agitator,” and Crockett as a “self-promoting old fool.” In the nearly 200 years that followed the battle, we learn about the mechanics of how false histories were reinforced by patriotic white scholars and zealous legislators, including the “Second Battle of the Alamo,” when a Tejana schoolteacher fought to preserve a significant area of the compound. Ultimately, she was silenced by the moneyed white elite in San Antonio who sought to transform it into a flashy park instead, and the authors suggest that this moment “represented the victory of mythmaking over historical accuracy.” Well into the 20th century, it was rare that critical studies of the Alamo were taken seriously, although Latinx writers in the 1920s and Chicano activists in the 1960s wrote their own accounts of Tejano

Letter to the Editor: E-Editions

First, I am an old guy, and most of the things I use are obsolete. My telephone is a landline at home. My cell phone, whose purpose is to call for help, does not text, record, or video. My computer sits on top of my desk, and it does not Zoom, Skype, Facebook, or any of the other stuff that I don’t even know about. I can send or receive an email, which saves me $0.50 postage. I drink my coffee every morning and read the Star-Telegram (oops, not on Saturdays). That is, if it was delivered. Steve Coffman wants me to crank up the old desktop and look at his e-edition. Back in the day, when delivery was missed, I could call the Star-Telegram, and a few hours later, a copy appeared at my door. By that time,

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my coffee was cold, but life is hard. Mr. Coffman stopped that corrective service, probably because profit ranks ahead of customer service. Now when I call in on a missed delivery, I am told that it will be added to the next day’s delivery. (Don’t hold your breath for that to happen.) I must acknowledge that I am not in the target audience for the Star-Telegram. We are few and become “more fewer” with every Star-Telegram obituary. I may live to see the day when only the e-edition is available. When that time comes, I will pick up the Fort Worth Weekly on the way back from getting my Dos Equis XX at Tom Thumb. Then I will read the Weekly carefully and S-L-O-W-L-Y. Please, for my benefit, don’t bother starting a Fort Worth Weekly e-edition. Ron Slate Fort Worth Editor’s response: Thanks for your letter, Ron, and while we enjoy the benefits of a robust online and social presence, we will not be getting rid of our printed product or forcing you to pay to read us online anytime soon.

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leads to a slightly more moderated tone, and despite their robust critiques, the authors seem conflicted about how strongly to indict Texas history overall. There’s still so much more to unravel about early Texas, especially for Native Americans, whose histories they rarely delve into. The story of the Alamo before 1800 — it was built in 1718 by Spanish missionaries to convert indigenous people to Christianity — is reduced to about a page. If Forget the Alamo becomes a definitive text of revisionist Texas history, there’s a serious question of whether non-white writers, activists, and scholars will ever get their due. There’s also a question of whether the truth they’ve voiced for generations will prevail: When will it finally be normal within Texas history scholarship to call the whole foundation rotten? Still, the book provides strong, provocative critiques of U.S. imperialism and colonialism. The writers make clear that even before Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, U.S. presidents and Washington insiders were invested in — and had a hand in — destabilizing the region in the hopes of eventually annexing Texas. Forget the Alamo also turns to LBJ, who once said, “Hell, Vietnam is just like the Alamo” and suggests that the patriotic, pioneering myth of the Alamo has been used to buttress justifications for war across the globe and to the present. The myth of the Alamo, as we know it, is a lie. It’s been a part of the lie students have learned in school and animates the lies peddled by legislation like the 1836 Project and the critical race theory bill, but if you want to truly remember the past, you first have to forget it.

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history. Starting in the middle of the century, Hollywood further cemented the profoundly conservative folklore through mass entertainment. In 1948, Walt Disney, fed up with left-leaning labor unions, made a television series on Davy Crockett to encourage “traditional” American values like patriotism, courage, self-sufficiency, and individual liberty, the authors write. John Wayne, a rabid anti-communist, had similar motivations behind his vision for the film The Alamo in 1960. Meant to draw parallels with the Soviet Union, Wayne’s characterization of Santa Anna was intended to portray “a bloodthirsty dictator trying to crush good men fighting for selfdetermination.” Burrough, Tomlinson, and Stanford are all white male writers, which raises questions. Will this book be afforded the attention and legitimacy that related works by non-white authors haven’t been? Probably, but it shouldn’t. The authors are transparent about the fact that they are far from the first to present an alternative to the “Heroic Anglo Narrative” and cite Latinx scholarship and perspectives throughout. “We trace its roots to the oral traditions of the Mexican American community, elements of which have long viewed the Alamo as a symbol of Anglo oppression,” they write early on. They dedicate multiple sections to the Mexican American experience of the Alamo myth, highlighting how widespread it is in the Latino community to experience shame and harassment within their school classrooms for being associated with the “bloody dictator” Santa Anna and being “the bad guys.” The book is aimed at white readers and toward people who haven’t heard these alternative tellings before, which

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I started playing SimCity in the early days of the lockdown. I did it out of sheer, soul-crushing boredom and quickly became addicted to the high of unlocking achievements and acquiring new items to use in the game. I totally understand the appeal of dropping into a fantasy world and shooting the place to hell, but I’ve found it more rewarding building a world to my own specifications. (I put the Oslo Opera House in my virtual city, something I’m inordinately proud of.) Free Guy is a movie that understands why people play both types of games and pits those two mindsets against each other, with brilliantly funny results. Ryan Reynolds plays Guy, a nonplayer character — NPC in the argot of video-game enthusiasts — in a Grand Theft Auto-like shoot-em-up game called Free City. A teller at a bank that is hit by armed robbers several times per day, Guy exists only to comply with the thieves’ commands and occasionally be shot and killed. This has no impact on his cheerful demeanor, nor do the murders and explosions he sees on the street every time he goes out. However, the avatar of a player calling herself MolotovGirl (Jodie Comer) inspires him to deviate

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from his programming and accidentally somehow taken control of a character not kill the next bank robber. Guy takes the meant to be played, two of the developer’s man’s sunglasses and sees what the players programmers (Joe Keery and Utkarsh see: weapons statistics, inventories, and Ambudkar) have their game alter egos pull the locations of health packs. Growing a their guns on Guy and say, “We’re gonna consciousness, Guy starts leveling up in kill you. Then keep killing you. Then find the game by foiling crimes and stealing out who you are and ban you for life.” (Guy players’ weapons. He becomes a hero responds, “The order of those threats is among real-world gamers, and the evil really confusing.”) MolotovGirl’s real-life gaming mogul behind Free City (Taika player Millie (also played by Comer), a Waititi) determines to wipe him out before coder whose work was stolen and used in Free City, realizes that she has achieved a launching Free City 2. Many others before have wondered programming Holy Grail by unwittingly creating an AI that has what the inner lives of video game characters learned to think for itself. might be like — WreckMillie also has opinions Free Guy Starring Ryan Reynolds and It Ralph beat this movie on the male trolls she’s Jodie Comer. Directed by encountered in the game to that particular spot. Shawn Levy. Written by Matt Free Guy distinguishes and in the industry, and I Lieberman and Zak Penn. itself by being attuned to wish the movie had let her Rated PG-13. air more of them. When gaming culture, as reallife YouTube and Twitch it comes to why people gamers, Hollywood devote so many hours to celebrities, and the dearly departed playing or creating games, this film is way Alex Trebek make cameo appearances smarter than Ready Player One. That makes it easy to overlook the to comment on Guy’s sudden burst of agency. Thinking that a hacker has fact that neither of the romantic plots —

one in the game, one IRL — quite works. The parallels between game characters and movie characters seem to elude the filmmakers, and Guy’s spearheading of a revolt by Free City’s NPCs should have led to more. Still the actors bring a ton of energy to this, as Waititi nails the part of a T-shirt-wearing Burning Manattending corporate tyrant and Comer has great fun switching between the blonde, timid, American-accented Millie and the brunette, impossibly cool, British-accented MolotovGirl. In the role of a person so square that he’s kinda hip, Reynolds finds a new way to play a decent, upstanding man without making him boring. Guy’s ultimate objective is to reach a paradise hidden within Free City, a violence-free open-world game that Millie created. Sounds like a better place, even for those of us who don’t play video games. If Hollywood made fewer movie adaptations of video games and more movies like this that are about those games and the people who play them, maybe our real-life world would be better. l

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Resistance is growing to Gov. Greg Abbott’s May executive order that Texas schools can’t require masks. An advocacy group is suing to block the order, and three of the state’s biggest districts want to mandate masks anyway.

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When Tarrant County narrowly went for President Joe Biden last November, Texas’ thirdlargest county appeared to have finely dusted its boots of a self-imploding Republican party that has become untethered to reality. More than half of Republicans cling to the false belief that The Former Guy (TFG) is the “true” president and that voter fraud led to Biden’s landslide victory, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll. A reliance on lies and conspiracy theories recently cost the GOP the presidency and two critical Georgia U.S. Senate seats, and a recent poll, commissioned by Axiom Strategies, shows that at least one county judge candidate sees luring in misinformed or willfully ignorant voters as his best chance for upsetting the presumed Republican nominee, former Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price. The poll and press release came from the campaign team of Tim O’Hare, former Tarrant GOP chair, who announced his candidacy for county judge in May. There is nothing technically judicial about the role, the position that heads our county’s governing body of five elected commissioners. “Judge” is basically just a name. Judge Glen Whitley recently announced his intention to not seek reelection, possibly as preparation to run for the vacated seat of Sen. Ted Cruz, who is widely expected to seek this country’s top elected position in 2024. (Oh, dear. As loathsome as he is, it will be painful to watch him endure insults to his wife and

father again.) Soon after Whitley’s announcement, Price, who publicly made a big to-do about her desire to spend more time with her grandchildren after her mayoral tenure ended, stated her intention to snag the seat. “A new survey released today shows Betsy Price’s record won’t hold up under scrutiny of Tarrant County voters,” a recent press release from O’Hare’s campaign read. O’Hare is at least the second local conservative this year to hire Axiom Strategies, the political consulting company founded by Jeff Roe, himself the former senior strategist for Cruz’s failed 2016 presidential campaign. Earlier this year, former city councilmember Brian Byrd hired Axiom for his disastrous mayoral bid that transformed him from a largely respectable councilmember in the eyes of many to a full-on right-wing asshat (“Mayor Candidate Uses Images of French Riots to Promote ‘Strong Public Safety’ in Fort Worth,” April 2). The false and misleading flyers mailed by Byrd’s campaign, which pandered to racist fearmongering over the supposed dangers of last year’s largely peaceful Black-led protests against police violence, led to a campaign implosion that landed Byrd with a paltry 14.7% of May’s general election votes. The Axiom press release included questions that polling company Remington Research Group used to query 500 likely 2022 Republican Primary Election voters. “Betsy Price believes there is systemic racism in Fort Worth and supports anti-police protestors,” one prompting poll question read. “In the midst of the destructive riots that were sweeping across the nation, Betsy met with protestors and told a reporter ‘I don’t want them to lose their enthusiasm now.’ ”

school districts, said Hank Bostwick, volunteer center coordinator and lawyer. Abbott’s order, issued when coronavirus cases were on the decline, limits school officials’ ability to respond to the pandemic, Bostwick said, which, at the moment, is in the

middle of what some health experts are calling a third wave. With the delta variant being more infectious, cases are on the rise and more children are being sent to hospitals. Abbott stated earlier this month that

Just over 70% of potential voters polled said they were “less likely” to vote for Price after “learning” the Remington Research Group’s misinformation. Not so much a racist dog whistle as it is a racist bullhorn, O’Hare’s poll reads like a listicle of false assumptions that are rooted in a perverse desire to return to the days when Black men and women were segregated or enslaved. Black-led protests are necessarily violent, right? The Weekly covered them last year. They were tense but never violent. Unlike, say, an attempt to overthrow the democratically elected federal government in January. It defies comprehension for O’Hare and his ilk to understand that there is a young and emboldened generation who will no longer tolerate the systemic injustices that allowed a white police officer to asphyxiate a Black man in public as his fellow officers looked on. Most local BLM-aligned protesters would not say that Price supported them, but she did show humanity at a time when the country was standing up to police violence and other forms of inhumanity that have afflicted Black Americans since 1619. “Equally damaging, when informed that Betsy Price mandated the closure of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and urged churches to close their doors but allowed abortion providers to keep their doors open, 70% of Tarrant County Republicans were less likely to vote for Betsy Price,” another false and misleading poll question read. The Axiom poll concludes that Price’s current lead will evaporate when voters learn about her prior record. O’Hare’s misinformation campaign includes a quote from him. Here’s the shortened version: Betsy Price is

a radical leftist, and I’m a true conservative/ conspiracy-theorist/gun-nut/racist. The Remington Research Group poll results are an unsettling glimpse into a very real segment of our community, one that, based on their documented polling, places abortion restrictions and facemask paranoia over the lives and livelihoods of often marginalized Black and brown communities. As Tarrant County’s good ol’ boy club quibbles over who will take this or that seat, the heart and soul of the county is moving on. Fort Worth voters recently elected diverse and youngish city councilmembers, who, by all appearances and for the first time in recent memory, are working in the interest of all Fort Worthians. Mayor Mattie Parker, a Republican, has used her office to call for a trial date to be set for Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman, as she played video games with her nephew inside the home she shared with her mother. The November 2022 elections will decide two commissioner seats (including that of the county judge), Tarrant County’s district attorney, and a slew of state and federal elected positions. Next year’s election offers Tarrant County voters the chance to choose leaders who reflect the county’s diverse communities and to reject the small-minded views of 500 likely Republican Primary Election voters.

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As of Aug. 8, there are 2.7 million confirmed cases in 254 counties. The average number of cases reported over the past seven days shows how the situation has changed over time by de-emphasizing daily swings. The number of new cases reported drops on weekends, when labs are less likely to report new data to the state.

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Along with Dallas ISD, Fort Worth’s school district will require masks in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott. A nonprofit group and 12 Dallas parents have also gone to court to prevent the governor’s anti-mask order.

When Fort Worth ISD goes back to school Monday, masks will be required. The school board switched from recommending them to mandating them after pediatric hospitalizations in North Texas set a record high Tuesday and after receiving a letter from 120 Cook Children’s physicians worried about maskless students. At the most recent school board meeting, there were about 20 speakers, all in favor of a mask mandate. Fort Worth will join the Dallas and Austin school districts in requiring masks. Houston ISD Superintendent Millard House II has said he also wants to issue a mandate, and a school board meeting for Texas’ biggest district to discuss the idea is scheduled for this week. The Southern Center for Child Advocacy, a nonprofit education group, filed a lawsuit Sunday night in Travis County against Abbott and his executive order prohibiting school districts, governmental bodies, or any public or private entity that is receiving or will receive public funds from requiring masks. In the absence of a statewide mask mandate, the group seeks to give the power to enforce mask wearing back to local

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he was past the point of issuing government mandates to slow the spread of COVID-19, even as the delta variant has sent cases and hospitalizations skyrocketing across the nation. Instead, he said it is time for personal responsibility, which he emphasized when he removed the statewide mask mandate earlier this year. “Going forward, in Texas, there will not be any government-imposed shutdowns or mask mandates,” he said. “Everyone already knows what to do.” Texas State Teachers Association President Ovidia Molina said in a statement that she urges other school districts to join Fort Worth, Dallas, and Austin in

requiring masks and also called for Abbott to rescind his executive order. “We agree with Dallas Superintendent Michael Hinojosa that it is within a school district’s discretion to take steps to ensure the health and safety of its students and employees,” Molina said. The lawsuit claims that Abbott is overeaching his authority and that his emergency powers should be used to take proactive steps and “not to advance an anti-mask political agenda that has no discernible basis in the data regarding the COVID-19 contagion rate.” Bostwick said believes Abbott’s order is “purely political gamesmanship and has nothing to do with the health and safety of Texas children or their teachers.” The lawsuit highlights that people

of color are still lagging behind in vaccination rates and getting these families back in schools without proper protection makes them vulnerable to an increased rate of infection. “The threat to the health and safety of Texas public school students and teachers is imminent and real,” the lawsuit states. The group also claims that the governor is in violation of Texas education code because children with disabilities “are entitled to learn and interact with their non-disabled or typical peers in a safe and healthy educational environment.” Abbott’s order not allowing masks means some of these students may be unable to attend school in person if masking is not required, the lawsuit claims. But as the school year begins, some

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schools are openly defying the governor’s order. “Governor Abbott’s order does not limit the district’s rights as an employer and educational institution to establish reasonable and necessary safety rules for its staff and students,” Dallas ISD said in a statement. “Dallas ISD remains committed to the safety of our students and staff.” A spokesperson for the governor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. House, the Houston superintendent, said last week that he expects pushback on his attempt to impose a mask mandate but that “if we have an opportunity to save one life, it’s what we should be doing.” Under Abbott’s order, entities that defy the governor are subject to a $1,000 fine, but it is unclear how this would apply to school districts. In addition to mandating masks, the Fort Worth school district will also conduct contact tracing and require teachers and students to quarantine for 10 days after encountering someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19. Last month, the governor said parents should decide whether their children should mask up and offered no guidance on kids too young to be vaccinated. The ongoing concern over safely returning to classrooms spurred more than 100 Austin ISD families to form Safe Schools for All to advocate for local control. Member Mike Siegel, an Austin ISD parent of two kids under 12, said the group wants to encourage the Austin school board to take strong action the way Dallas ISD did earlier this week, but at the same time, they want to show support to the board members in fear of state sanctions. To combat a potential legal battle or fines, Siegel said districts across the state need to form a coalition and fight back together. “When people run for school board, they don’t think of themselves as preparing to go to war with the governor,” Siegel said, “so right now, I just want to give a lot of support to our school board trustees.” Lana Hansen, mother of two Austin ISD students under 12, said she cannot wrap her head around why Abbott would take away school official’s power to protect their communities. “We all know that what’s best for Austin isn’t best for Fredericksburg or Lubbock or Houston,” Hansen said. “That’s why we have our own elected officials.” Concern over COVID-19 has flared over the past months as the delta variant has taken hold, and last Thursday, the TEA announced its guidance, which drew pushback from many parents and advocacy groups. The TEA said Texas school districts will not be required to conduct contact tracing this year if a student contracts COVID-19, but the agency did allow for remote learning for up to 20 days for students who are sick with COVID-19 or have been exposed to it. If more time is needed, schools can apply for waivers. Longer-term remote learning has largely been defunded after it was offered at the start of the pandemic, and efforts to allocate funding for it have so far failed in the legislature this year. l

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Get ready for a close encounter of the chilepepper kind as Central Market celebrates its 26th Annual Hatch Chile Festival with a sci-fi-inspired light show in the sky above L.G. Pinkston High School (2200 Dennison St, Dallas, 972-502-2700). With the meteor that passed over North Texas last month and two trips to space this summer, all eyes have been on the sky recently. Central Market wants to keep it that way by offering this fun element of summer entertainment for all to enjoy as we celebrate the world’s most sought-after pepper. More than 125 drones will be used to form a synchronized light show that

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will span 400 feet and be visible from two to three miles. The first cosmic drone performance starts at 9:30pm followed by a second show at 10:15 pm. The first light show will last eight to 10 minutes and will be live-streamed on Central Market’s event page at Facebook.com/CentralMarket-23298700957. This year, the popularity of Hatch has even spread to space. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station starting growing Hatch chile peppers back in July and they’re expected to be ready to

eat in a few months. No need to wait for the space harvest because Hatch peppers have already arrived in all stores and have immersed themselves in hundreds of Hatch-filled favorites. Witness the invasion of the world (and outer space) by the most flavorful peppers now through August 24. A division of H-E-B, Central Market opened its doors in 1994 and now has ten store locations across North Texas. A bountiful produce department with unmatched quality and variety, an 80-

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Slice, which is larger than most places’ personal pan pizzas. The whole pies come in sizes ranging from 18 to a whopping 30 inches in diameter, the latter requiring two pizza peels to extract from the oven. The restaurant’s one dessert option is a cinnamon roll that’s the size of a cake. I think I got Type 2 diabetes just from looking at that thing. The restaurant started as a hole-inthe-wall club in Deep Ellum 10 years ago, and shortly before the lockdown, it was acquired by a large firm that greatly expanded that location’s interior, presumably so that people could fit both their pizzas and themselves inside. Last month, Serious Pizza opened a Fort Worth location on West 7th to packed crowds. (Fortunately, there are tables out back if you don’t want to be indoors right now.) The gimmick aside, these pies are good enough to make a big dent in our pizza scene. My Huge Slice came out with a perfect crust, crispy on the bottom but thin enough

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to fold the slice in half like an East Coast native, although folding a slice this big might be a logistical challenge, especially if you have small hands. I customized my slice, and the shaved ribeye steak that I asked for proved to be a preferable and luxurious alternative pizza topping to the ground beef that most pizzerias offer. The bad news was that the cheese on my custom slice was raw in some spots. That’s a downer, although I saw that the mozzarella on neighboring tables’ slices was properly melted, so I’m willing to believe that I simply drew a bad one. Heaven knows it must be difficult to evenly bake anything that huge. I had no problems with raw cheese on my specialty Philly pie, which aims to imitate the taste of Philly cheese steaks in pizza form. The Philly comes with Alfredo sauce instead of tomato, and while I don’t usually seek out white pizza, this one struck the right balance by going heavy on the roasted peppers and onions to mitigate the richness of that sauce and that shaved ribeye. The soft drinks available at the soda fountain are house mixes, which is normally a point in a restaurant’s favor. However, the diet cola I drank was pretty vile. I would recommend ordering from the refrigerator case, which contains bottled sodas as well as beer. (Better yet, order takeout and drink your own carbonated beverage of choice.) The remodeling of the Deep Ellum place was supposedly because the original location lacked character, but the only distinctive touch in the decor of Fort Worth’s pizzeria is a chalk mural of Heath Ledger as the Joker asking, “Why so serious?” Anyway, while this place might not be for pizza gourmets, it’s close to ideal if you have a large party either going out or gathered at home. One of those 30” suckers can be tailored to order with all the customary toppings and will feed a hungry crowd. Even the gourmets won’t complain about what’s on offer. l

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Now thru Sun, Sep 5, it’s DFW Restaurant Week, which has been extended to a whole month for 2021. Participating restaurants — including 23 in Tarrant County — offer three-course prix fixe dinners for either $39 or $49, with 20% of proceeds benefiting Fort Worth-based children’s nonprofit Lena Pope. Select restaurants are also offering two-course lunches for $19. Here are eight choices, including two in Fort Worth. 1.) The first course at The Classic Café at Roanoke (504 N Oak St, Roanoke, 817430-8185) is cream of tomato and garden basil soup, roasted garlic Caesar salad with romaine and house-made croutons, or a classic salad with organic screens, apples, spiced walnuts, and blue cheese crumbles tossed in a sherry balsamic vinaigrette. Course 2 entrees include pan-seared breast

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of duck with garden rosemary and cherry sauce, Asian-marinated salmon with a soy glaze, or pork jägerschnitzel with a bacon mushroom gravy. Entrées are served with braised red cabbage, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, or steamed green beans. Course 3 choices are a blueberry buttermilk pie, vanilla bean crème brûlée, or Texas sheet cake with Beth Marie’s vanilla ice cream. For info about bonus appetizers and drink specials, visit TheClassicCafe.com. 2.) At Del Frisco’s Grille (1200 E Southlake Blvd, Southlake, 817-410-3777), starter choices include the Grille salad with cherry tomatoes, carrots, butcher-cut bacon, garlic croutons, and vinaigrette dressing; a Caesar salad with parmesan, garlic

croutons, and anchovy-garlic dressing; or the chef ’s signature seasonal soup. Entrees include your choice of a USDA Prime steak (10 oz), lemon dill salmon, or roasted chicken with caper chimichurri. For dessert, choose between Nutella bread pudding with vanilla bean ice cream and caramel sauce; caramel pot de creme with Maldon salted caramel, butterscotch, and whipped cream; or a peanut butter bar with peanut butter mousse, graham cracker crust, and Callebaut fudge sauce. For additional starter add-ons, beverages, and entree enhancement options, visit DelFriscosGrille.com. 3.) The folks at Fire Oak Grill (114 Austin Av, Weatherford, 817-598-0400) are offering a four-course meal instead of three. For the first course, choose the soup du jour or the Fire Oak Grill salad. The second course is pork belly burnt ends with peach barbecue sauce, bacon and parmesan croquet with garlic aioli, and grilled okra with lemon oil and herbs. The choices for the third course include butterpoached salmon with arugula-lemon pesto pasta, charred tomatoes, squash, zucchini, Marcona almonds, and preserved Lemon Lomo Saltado with aji sauce; Peruvian steak and fries; or Cajun roasted bone-in chicken quarter with dirty rice, sausage, and crawfish tails, okra, and Cajun aioli. For dessert, have your choice of upsidedown peach cake; blueberry-lemon

6.) From Wed, Aug 18, thru Sat, Aug 28, during dinner is when Restaurant506 at The Sanford House (506 N Center St, Arlington, 817-801-5541) will serve its DFW Restaurant Week offerings. Firstcourse options include chicken poblano chowder with roasted poblano cream, shredded chicken, corn, and chive oil; blackened ahi tuna with mangos and a soy glaze; or baby greens and strawberry salad with feta cheese and candied pecans. Entrees include panko-crusted pork Milanese with Yukon mashed potatoes,

8.) Along with the dinner selections below, Next Bistro (5003 Colleyville Blvd, Colleyville, 682-325-4046) also offers a lunch menu for DFW Restaurant Week. For the first course at dinner, have your choice of burnt pork belly bites with a bourbon glaze served with honey mustard, fig, and sriracha; a watermelon salad with feta cheese, cucumbers, red onion, fresh mint, arugula lettuce, and champagne vinaigrette; or Next’s soup of the day. Dinner entree choices include sous-vide duck a l’orange; slow-braised lamb osso bucco; New Zealand free-range chargrilled lamb chops with mint jalapeno jelly sauce; flatiron Angus steak; or the fresh fish of the day. For dessert, there will be a featured souffle. To see the lunch options, visit NextBistroTX.com. For a complete list of participating restaurants, visit DFWRestaurantWeek.com.

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5.) With the three-course meals, Mac’s on Main (909 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-2516227) also offers some $8 appetizer addons, including Korean mandu beef and vegetable dumplings, smoked trout dip, ahi tuna poke, and avocado pea shoots. For the first course, have your choice of Mac’s house salad with mixed greens, blue cheese crumbles, and house vinaigrette; the summer salad with locally sourced watermelon, field greens, spiced pecans, goat cheese, balsamic reduction, and champagne vinaigrette; or seafood filé gumbo. Second-course choices include slow-roasted prime rib (12 oz) with baked potato, basil mash, or brown quinoa rice; a charbroiled Oscar filet topped with lump crabmeat and béarnaise, served on a bed of asparagus with baked potato or steak fries; a New York strip with baked potato or steak fries; grilled sea bass topped with citrus beurre blanc and served with grilled seasonal vegetables; or a blackened snapper with crawfish etouffée served over a bed of white rice. For dessert, choices include Haute Sweets patisserie chocolate flourless cake; apple galette with Henry’s cinnamon ice cream; or key lime pie. For more info, visit MacSteak.com.

7.) For one of the best deals of DFW Restaurant week, head to Wicked Butcher (513 Main St, Fort Worth, 817-601-4621). First-course choices include hamachi crudo with Thai chile and orange ponzu; steak tartare with chili oil, parmesan cheese, green onions, capers, and Yukon gold potato chips; chilled pea soup with curry crab and Granny Smith apples; marinated beet salad with herbed goat cheese, chive oil, and toasted cashews; or Wicked Eggs with parm tuile, paprika, quinoa, and pickled red onion. Second-course options include ginger miso white soy swordfish with basmati rice, cashews, and curry nage; a Berkshire pork chop with apple compote and a five-onion mélange; wasabi furikakecrusted ahi tuna with porcinis, basmati stir fry, and wasabi sauce; herb asparagus risotto with Parmigiano Reggiano, vegetable broth, herb puree, and cress; or surf and turf with grilled shrimp, Pommes puree, herb butter, and asparagus spears. For the third course, choose a Wicked Sundae with caramel corn, brownie chunk, chocolate ice cream, pecans, caramel, whipped cream, and cherries; a chocolate tart with dark ganache and hazelnut crust; black cherry cheesecake with a cornflake crumble; or a cheese board with three cheeses, fig jam, and pecan praline. For wine pairings, visit WickedButcher.com.

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4.) At Fixture Kitchen & Social Lounge (401 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth, 817708-2663), the first-course choices are a wedge salad with house-made buttermilk dressing, hickory bacon, grape tomatoes, green onions, and cheddar cheese or a steak eggroll with thinly shaved ribeye, Asian slaw, and honey-soy mayo. Secondcourse selections are a grilled chicken adobo with slow-cooked chicken breast, chipotle adobo sauce, sautéed julienned vegetables, and rice; a pan-seared salmon with braised farro sautéed with kale, tomato, asparagus, sweet peppers, white wine, and pickled red onions; or a filet mignon (8 oz) with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, green peppercorn demi-glace, and grilled asparagus. For dessert, have your choice of chocolate mousse chiffon cake topped with chocolate ganache and pearls or salted caramel bread pudding. For wine pairings and more info, visit FixtureFW.com.

lemon asparagus, and shallot cream sauce; pan-seared rainbow trout with parmesan polenta, crisp haricot vert, and bloodorange Beurre blanc; or brown butter and thyme chicken breast with mushroom risotto, roasted baby carrots, and thyme jus. For dessert, have your choice of banana fosters crème brulee with caramelized bananas and whipped crème; apple pie a la mode with house-made vanilla ice cream; or a raspberry cream tart with vanilla bean curd and fresh raspberries. For more info, visit TheSandfordHouse.com.

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along the way. We honed our skills on how to not just play music but ask ourselves, ‘How does the industry work?’ Like, ‘How do you become a manager?’ ‘How do you do PR?’ Everyday it’s tough work, and there hasn’t been a day where we weren’t pouring ourselves into it.” It was only a few years ago when McNeal and Black launched their label, Matte Black Sound. Along for the Ride will be the label’s third release. The duo wrapped up production on the album in February after a year of no touring with Black as the engineer. McNeal and Black drove to Philadelphia to mix some of the material with Ted Young, who had worked with them before and also with Andrew W.K., Kurt Vile, and a little British band called the Rolling Stones. Along for the Ride was mastered by Jessica Thompson, a Grammy-nominated mastering and restoration engineer and an educator in San Francisco. “We decided early on to try to turn COVID into an opportunity the best we could using resources that we have here,” McNeal said. “Canceling shows gave us free time to turn a devastating negative into something positive with Matte Black Sound, and I’m happy to say we did that. Last year, Matte Black Sound had our best year. We had the most reach, we were able to put out the most material, [and] we were able to help the most people. That’s what it’s all about, sharing emotions and living life together, though we missed out on seeing people while traveling. We tried to rally our community in Fort Worth and tried to figure out how to help one another and use our skills for the greater good.” McNeal and Black are set to resume

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bring in for our music, but with COVID, we decided to do it all ourselves, recording and producing.” Up until the album’s release in December, the duo will be dropping singles at a good clip. The first one, “Texas Heat,” came out last week. “I wanted to blur the lines between literal and figurative,” McNeal said. “I wrote ‘Texas Heat’ from a perspective of a sense of freedom that excites you and makes you feel alive and taking that risk of dropping everything and allowing oneself to chase after that sense of freedom. That’s kind of the theme of ‘Texas Heat.’ ” Before the pandemic, McNeal and Black spent every year playing more than 100 shows coast to coast independently since 2017, always representing Fort

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already immense talent pool.” In addition to one guest artist per week, Soul’d Out Mondays will also feature a house band and an open soul jam. Is there a little part of me that fears this is a Dallas takeover? Maybe, but maybe it will also move some local artists to find new inspiration in sounds that aren’t only garage or only rap or only punk. Tickets at Prekindle.

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There’s not enough soul in this scene. There aren’t enough women. There’s not enough pop. There aren’t enough progressive singer-songwriters. But there’s really not enough soul. Other than Leon Bridges and Abraham Alexander, where my soul singers at? *crickets* At least not on local stages. Which may be part of the reason Tulips FTW (112 St. Louis Av, 817-367-9798) is launching a whole new themed night to fill that void. For the first Soul’d Out Mondays (Aug 16), the Near Southside venue will welcome Dallas artist Geno Young. The weekly jam session will be curated by Gino “LockJohnson” Iglehart, whose similar LockJohnson’s Playground in Deep Ellum brings acts from DFW and beyond to explore soul, jazz, blues, and folk. “I’m excited to expand the LockJohnson’s Playground brand to Fort Worth, where so many notable artists have

Worth while on the road, McNeal said. The people and places along the journey always find a way into his mostly narrative songs, he said. “I’ve been completely dedicated to the music world since I was 15-yearsold playing music once a week and never stopped,” McNeal said. “Andre and I just love music.” The 28-year-old East Texas native was playing music and making home demos while earning a business marketing degree from UTA. His first time on the tour bus was when he was 20. “Andre and I just hit the road and started booking shows everywhere,” McNeal said, “and we said this was the life we want to lead with nobody facilitating it for us, and we just started doing it all

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… Saturday at MASS (1002 S Main St, 682-707-7774) is shaping up to be a rowdy, rollicking-ass night. Fat Possum’s Country Westerns headline a bill that also includes Fort Worth cats Eric Osbourne and Same Brain. Tickets at Prekindle.

And after Saturday’s show …

… roll your bottom out of bed Sunday at noon and roll on over to Lola’s Trailer Park (2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100) for the monthly Rock ’n’ Roll Rummage Sale until 6pm. More than 40 vendors of art, vintage, music, collectibles, oddities, jewelry, hand-crafted items, and more will

be part of Fort Worth’s longest-running outdoor market showcasing North Texas artists, creators, artisans, and collectors. Live music and food trucks will round out this free family- and pet-friendly event. Parking is available on 5th, Foch St, 6th St, and Lola’s parking lot. — Anthony Mariani Contact HearSay at Anthony@FWWeekly.com.

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McNeal: “We decided early on to try to turn COVID into an opportunity the best we could using resources that we have here.”

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touring in 2022 all while helping production personnel at large venues under the auspices of the duo’s Roadrunner Production Services. Dickies Arena, House of Blues, and Toyota Music Factory are just some of Roadrunner’s clients. McNeal said he’s been on the production side of live entertainment since age 17. “I went from working at a peach orchard to doing John Mayer’s dry cleaning,” the singer-songwriter said. “Since so many shows are coming back, we said let’s focus on doing some regional stuff for the fall and stay in DFW … and get a good base before leaving the state for six months.” McNeal’s backing band — Black on drums with bassist Aaron McClellan, guitarist Joey McClellan, and Andrew Roethlisberger on keys — hit the stage most recently in July at Tulips FTW on the Near Southside. It had been almost a year since they had played together live. The experience, McNeal said, was “beautiful.” The next single, “The Spark,” comes out on Aug. 20, and it’s the B-side to “Texas Heat,” which in its limited run has already sold out. McNeal and Black thought their previous record, the one that came out right before lockdown, Good Grief, was a “sure thing,” McNeal said. “But to have that completely shut down due to COVID, I think that really made us reevaluate our typical method, and we said let’s try something different this time, so for this album, it makes sense to make it episodic “It’s not a concept album by any means,” he continued. “All the songs tell a more or less linear story, and ‘Texas Heat’ tees up the whole situation almost like the way film and television roll out, where there’s weekly episodes. We wanted to play on that and have a new entry to the story every three weeks.” l

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DALLAS Trees Dallas 2709 Elm St, 214-741-1122 TreesDallas.com WED 8/11: Deicide. FRI 8/13: Weedeater. SAT 8/14: Lucki.

FORT WORTH Lola’s Trailerpark 2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100 LolasFW.com SAT 8/14: Casey Hess (day), Charlie Bassham & The Allstar Band (night). SUN 8/15: Rock N Roll Rummage Sale.

ARLINGTON Arlington Music Hall 224 N Center, 817-226-4400 ArlingtonMusicHall.net THU 8/12: The Lettermen. FRI 8/13: Jim Curry (John Denver Tribute). SAT 8/14: The Best of Motown, Bee Gees Gold Tribute & More.

BURLESON Oscar’s Bar & Grill 1581 SW Wilshire, 817-447-7232 OscarsBurleson.com

Main at Southside 1002 S Main St, 682-707-7774 MASSFW.com SAT 8/14: Country Westerns, Eric Osbourne, Same Brain.

The Post at River East 2925 Race St, 817-945-8890 ThePostAtRiverEast.com FRI 8/13: Nathan Hamilton. SAT 8/14: Sam Morrow.

Rail Club Live 3101 Joyce Dr, 817-386-4309 RailClubLive.com FRI 8/13: FOM, Towerhigh, Midnight Murder Show, Cutthroat Conspiracy. SAT 8/14: Cutthroat Conspiracy, Malconstruct, Iron Jaw, SOG, Prophecy.

The Ridglea 6025 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-738-9500 TheRidglea.com SAT 8/14: Solfshifter, White House, DJ Cruz.

Scat Jazz Lounge 111 W 4th St, 817-870-9100 ScatLounge.com THU 8/12: Pete Clagett. FRI 8/13: Quamon Fowler. SAT 8/14: Alex Blair.

Tulips FTW 112 St Louis Av, 817-367-9798 TulipsFTW.com WED 8/11: Lo-Fi Beats to Study to. THU 8/12: The Cush, Hot Knife. FRI 8/13: Lost Dog Street Band. SAT 8/14: The Polarity. SUN 8/15: Tune-Yards w/Salami Rose Joe Louis.

HALTOM CITY The Haltom Theater 5601 E Belknap St, 817-677-8243 HaltomTheater.com FRI 8/13: Friday the 13th Massacre w/Tyler Berry. SAT 8/14: Gored In The Heart of Texas Fest. SUN 8/15: Tops Off Variety Shhh-Oh.

IRVING Texas Lottery Plaza @ Toyota Music Factory THURSDAYS: Danni & Kris Residency each Thu from 8pm to 10pm thru September. Free outdoor show. Lawn chairs and blankets are allowed.

MANSFIELD Fat Daddy’s 781 W Debbie Ln, 817-453-0188 FatDaddysLive.com THU 8/12: Keith Mitchell Band. FRI 8/13: Def Leggend w/Rokken (Def Leppard & Dokken Tributes). SAT 8/14: Rebel Yell (Billy Idol Tribute) w/Mentl Health.

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FRI 8/13: In Halen (Van Halen Tribute) w/Missi St Thomas. SAT 8/14: Desperado (Eagles Tribute).

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Reinhausen Manufacturing, a world leader the Electrical Power Engineering industry has an opening for Environmental Health and Safety Manager. This is a remote position with a home base near Charlotte, NC and near Fort Worth TX . Travel is required at least 50% of the time.The EHS Services Manager must ensure a safe working environment in each service facility and client work sites located primarily throughout the US though some are located in Canada, Mexico and Europe. Summary/Objective: The EHS Services Manager will create, implement and administer the EHS program for the Reinhausen Manufacturing (RM) Service Group. This includes but not limited to worksite safety, client safety collaboration, training, policy creation, Emergency Action Plans (EAP), Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) industry, client and RM compliance. The objective of the EHS Manager is to ensure RM Service provides a safe and healthy work environment.

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While other home and garden shows have graced us with their presence in the spring and fall, there’s a new show in town this weekend. The producers, Show Technologies, believe top-name celebrities, engaging educational seminars, and high-quality exhibits will make the inaugural Fort Worth Fall Home & Garden Show stand out from the rest. More than 200 exhibitors and experts will bring the latest home, garden, and lifestyle ideas to the Will Rogers Memorial Center (3401 W Lancaster Av, Fort Worth, 817-392-7469) Fri-Sun. Vendors include professional builders, contractors, energy companies, gardeners, landscapers, remodelers, and roofers. Shopping opportunities include ideas for bedding, kitchen and bath, outdoor living, windows, and yard art, plus gourmet treats for pets and items for kids. Speaking of kids, yours will undoubtedly enjoy the live

Must be legally authorization to work in the United States. Reinhausen provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Reinhausen complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Reinhausen expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Reinhausen’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. Reinhausen has a very competitive total rewards package including a generous 410k plan, PTO, a PPO medical plan with a generous Health Savings Account, Health Reimbursement Account, Dental, Vision and Life.

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demonstrations of Texas birds of prey by the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center (1625 Brockdale Park Rd, Allen, 469-9649696). There will also be activities and interactive crafts throughout the building this weekend. From educational seminars led by home and garden experts to local companies and contractors showcasing traditional and trending products and techniques, attendees may find inspiration, solutions, and exclusive deals for home improvement and outdoor projects. Featured guests include “Dirt Doctor” Howard Garrett, who will speak about landscaping, organic gardening, pest control, and yard restoration, and the Tarrant County Master Gardener Association will be on hand to advise on caring for local soil and the best plants to grow in our area. The Fort Worth Fall Home & Garden Show takes place 2pm-6pm Fri, 10am-6pm Sat, and 11am-5pm Sun. Admission is free — no tickets or preregistration needed — but you will need $10 cash to park. For more information, visit ShowTechnology.com.

This employee is required to regularly use hands, fingers, operate controls such as computer equipment and is required to communicate clearly with all employees and must be Proficient and current on FirstAid, External Defibrillator (AED), Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), OSHA 30, OSHA 10 hour Electrical OSHA Safety Leadership The Electrical Transmission and Distribution (ET&D) Partnership Safety Leadership in Action (SLIA) Electric Transmission and Distribution (ET&D) Partnership 20-Hour Training or able to complete the above mentioned training within 6 months or by date determined by the SOM.

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Essential Functions: · Inspects the Service facilities to identify safety, health, and environmental risks. · Develops and implements inspection policies and procedures, and a schedule of inspections. · Develops health and safety policy and procedures for all areas of the Service Group. · Prepares and schedules training to cover EAP, workplace safety, and other relevant topics. · Monitors compliance with safety procedures and drafts inspection reports to document inspection findings. · Ensures all training and compliance material are immediately available for reference at all RM Service facilities. · Maintains records of discharge of or employee exposure to hazardous waste and/or pollutants, as required. · Visits client locations prior to service technician(s) and during project implementation. · Meet with all Clients Head of Safety or Safety person(s) responsible for safety. · Collaborate with the Fleet Manager to ensure all RM service employees are trained to meet RM, Industry and client requirements. · Must be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all safety and health matters including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) · Keep current on OSHA, Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Labor (DOL), and Center for Disease Control (CDC) compliance changes and advise the Service Management Group accordingly. · Ensures all training and compliance material are immediately available for reference at all RM Service facilities. · Be the focal point for internal and external ISO audits and ISO Safety implementation. · Establish rapport with all internal and external customers including but not limited to OSHA, DOL, DOT and Building Inspectors and be the focal point for all OSHA visits and/or audits. * Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Fort Worth Fall Home & Garden Show’s Inaugural Flight

A new show is landing at Will Rogers. (See what we did there?)

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 Seminary South Library, 501 E Bolt St, Fort Worth, Texas 76110-6310, 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 78711-3087, 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 Molson Coors USA LLC by calling Mr. Brad Greer at (817) 551-3362. Notice Issuance Date: July 15, 202

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