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THE NEW NORMAL A groundbreaking initiative puts Fort Worth artists back to work and encouraging community healing during the pandemic.

BY EDWARD BROWN

FEATURE METROPOLIS A day in the life of a highly ambulatory Is it a good thing unemployed writer living in the trashrestaurants are burning, violent-dog-owning countryside. open now?

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BY ANTHONY MARIANI

LAST CALL Support Our Fort lets you gift frontline healthcare workers.

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EATS Food pantries are feeling the pandemic pinch.

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This all would be easier to, um, stomach if Texas wasn’t so bad at testing and contact tracing.

On Monday, when Gov. Greg Abbott announced that some formerly nonessential businesses could reopen in phases, the Lone Star State ranked near the bottom in the number of COVID-19 tests performed per capita. And some policymakers believe Texas needs to increase the number of healthcare workers performing contact tracing — about 800 of them now, according to the Texas Department of State

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All eyes will soon be on Fort Worth. From June 8 to 14, the Colonial Country Club will host the world’s first major sporting event since forever. Or at least since spring break.

And this is if –– and it’s a weighty “if ” –– new coronavirus cases do not spike, a concern considering that Gov. Greg Abbott recently reopened restaurants and other formerly nonessential businesses with some restrictions.

Even if you hate golf –– the way the players never dirty their precious khakis, the way the courses soak up all of that delicious water that Third World countries could use, the way your beer gets all hot in your bag –– you will have to fight the urge to tune into the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge, a mighty fine reintroduction to high-level sportsball. And for viewers all over the globe, it might be their introduction to the Fort.

A lot of questions need to be answered first. Before Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price can say Word 1, more data need to be acquired. That’s one thing. Another is time. Civic and business leaders need more time to know the extent of the pandemic locally. Though live spectators will not be permitted, pulling off a major production like a PGA tourney requires hundreds of people. Will they all be tested?

Will they all be self-quarantining weeks beforehand? Will the players be traveling by private plane? Will they be wearing masks while swinging clubs? (That’s a strong “maybe.”)

After almost a week of daily case counts in the 100s, Tarrant County reported a decrease in new COVID-19 cases Monday. Seventy-two new cases and no deaths add up to 2,019 total cases, 289 recoveries, and 53 deaths. The data suggest a flattening of the curve and that social distancing is working. Still, Texas is next to dead last in the country in the amount of testing performed per capita. This is worrisome to not only us laypeople but also the good folks behind the golf tourney.

Bonnell: “We will have to wait and see how each phase of opening goes very carefully at this point. The last thing anyone wants to see is a large spike in cases.”

who may have the virus but don’t manifest any symptoms can walk around feeling fine during that time span. And maybe they’re just the kind of people to start their hacking fit as soon as they sit down next to you at a newly reopened burger joint.

Abbott’s orders also provide a public checklist for health protocols when visiting an eatery. Chief among them is Stay the When the PGA Tour announced its revised schedule recently, the group emphasized the importance of abundant testing, some of which does not appear readily available –– especially for nonpoor pro athletes who may not be ill.

“We’re spending a lot of time right now learning about testing,” Tyler Dennis, the PGA Tour’s chief of operations, told the Golf Channel. “I want to be perfectly clear that first and foremost, the situation at the moment with testing is that it’s most critical across the healthcare world and in our communities, and so at this juncture, we are merely evaluating it.”

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan told GOLF.com that “widespread, large-scale testing across our country” is vital, along with the “need to test players, caddies, and other constituents before we return.”

Organizers are also a little worried about the lack of revenue that comes with staging a major sporting event without fans. Michael Tothe, director of the Charles Schwab Challenge, sees an upside.

“Financially speaking in the broader

spectrum, it’s better to have a tournament without fans,” he told the Golf Channel.

“Charles Schwab gets the media exposure from TV. That’s a big piece of it. In the greater good, absolutely having it without fans is more important. For us to be first up, the first event back in sports, in golf, it’s very important.”

The PGA Tour is also considering changing gameplay to adhere to socialdistancing guidelines. Players may be required to putt with the flag in the hole, play without bunker rakes, and *gasp* retrieve their own clubs from their bags!

Golf journalist Sean Zak said the biggest challenge facing the Colonial remains testing, “making sure 100% of the people involved are virus-free. Not 90% ... . Not even 98% of people tested. 100%.”

The situation, Price told GOLF.com, is “obviously very fluid, and we’ll be keeping a close watch on it, but I’m very optimistic we can pull this off.”

We are, too. Go, golf!

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As you pile into restaurants this weekend, please remember that Texas is near the bottom in testing per capita.

hell away from other customers.

At his news conference Monday, Abbott said the previous shelter-in-place order “has done its job to slow the growth of COVID-19” — erroneously. While the data indicate that the spread of the virus has slowed in Texas and here in Tarrant County, there’s no telling if we have reached our peak. It all comes back to that lack of testing.

The Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) fully supports Abbott’s phased plan. In a recent press release, the TRA said it “applauds Gov. Abbott for outlining a clear, science-based approach for Texas to accomplish what must be our two priorities — protecting public health and preventing economic collapse.”

In addition to saying that nearly 700,000 jobs and $4.2 billion in revenue have been lost since the lockdown began, the TRA claims that restaurant owners, operators, and employees “can no longer afford to choose between their health or their paycheck,” which sounds an awful lot like, “Die for shareholders and the economy, worker bees!” but I could be misreading it.

Jon Bonnell plans to move forward with care. The owner of four awardwinning local establishments, including Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine and Waters Restaurant, told me, “We will have to wait and see how each phase of opening goes very carefully at this point. The last thing anyone wants to see is a large spike in cases. We will be very cautious and proceed

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Health Services — by as much as possibly 50%. Whether or not the data add up, or don’t, probably depends on your income level and political allegiances.

Now I’m as desperate as anyone else for the economy to fire up again. The mom-and-pop Weekly depends on other small businesses for us to be able to offer readers our unique? biased? “fake”? random? takes on local news and the arts. I just would feel better if I knew the person next to me at the burger joint who just coughed wasn’t trying to kill me.

Superseding local orders, Texas retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, these things called “malls,” museums, and libraries will be the first to open Friday. Policing themselves, they will operate at 25% capacity. Abbott did not say anything about bars except to note that they — along with barbershops, gyms, and hair salons — could be open “on or no later than mid-May.” This will be news to the guy from The Basement Bar, who started a viral inferno last week when he announced that he would open his otherwise lovable Stockyards dive on May 1 despite restrictions (“Basement Bar Doubles Down on Opening May 1 Amid Pandemic,” April 22).

The distinct lack of testing isn’t the only problem. There also hasn’t been enough contact tracing, in which health providers track down people who have come in contact with a confirmed case and determine if they need to self-quarantine or head to the ER. Since COVID-19 has an incubation period of 14 days, many people

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slowly with our openings, creating as safe an environment as we can for our customers and employees.”

B&B Butchers & Restaurant is eager to open its doors back up.

“If the curve hasn’t flattened nationally, it doesn’t mean the individual states should not start opening up,” said Emily Hanley, spokesperson for Berg Hospitality Group, B&B’s owners. “If ... it is safe for our guests and employees, we will absolutely open. However, we will be sure to follow all of the recommended procedures to ensure the continued safety of our staff and guests.”

Hanley said that Berg raised more than $100,000 for more than 400 of its laid-off hourly employees in Fort Worth and Houston.

“Once we reopen,” she continued, “if someone doesn’t feel comfortable coming back to work, they won’t be forced to work.”

What they will be forced to do is look for a new job. The Texas Workforce Commission has just said that if an employee chooses not to return to work, he becomes ineligible for unemployment benefits, which is huge because some employees have been making more unemployed than they did while on the clock.

Kent & Co. Wines said it is going to take a stand.

“First of all, we have kept all [10] of our employees on,” a spokesperson said.

“We are going to take everything with caution. We have already talked about what happens when the doors open, what our seating would look like and how we would be utilizing our outside area. ... We are just here to support our community. We want to make sure that when we open that we will be 150% safe, not just for our employees but for our community.”

One of my favorite spots out where I live in North Fort Worth, Noodles @ Boba Tea House, will continue offering curbside pickup and delivery but will not let customers gather inside.

“We apologize if this inconveniences any of our guests, but we feel this is the safest option for us in the long run!” the humble Vietnamese eatery recently posted. “We hope you will consider dining with us soon!!!”

There is the notion that the Donald J. Trump administration wants people to go back to work, not to be able to put food on their family, as Dubya notoriously said, but to save the federal government from having to bail out states crippled financially by the pandemic. Senate Majority Leader and Trump lapdog Mitch McConnell has said that they can simply go bankrupt. That’s because it’s been mostly blue states that have been inordinately affected by COVID-19.

Can’t win a presidential reelection campaign by trotting out a decent candidate? Just let the other side die of a horrible illness.

This is not a good reason for states to reopen nonessential businesses now. What may be worse than self-distancing for a few more weeks will be self-distancing in July and August because we reopened too soon and, as a result, new cases of COVID-19 surged. Just something to chew on. l Nadya Zamora contributed two interviews to this story.

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The Corona Diaries A hunkered-down writer describes life in the slow lane.

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ockdown Day 21, Tuesday, April 14 –– My chaotic lockdown is just beginning to relax a bit.

Being laid off from my job at the Fort Worth Weekly after almost 20 years, filing for unemployment, searching for jobs, switching insurance, and other tasks have been all-consuming for the past three weeks. Then, today, Weekly Editor Anthony Mariani emails me well wishes and offers a writing assignment. He and other department heads are still being paid (kinda) to keep the newspaper alive until the pandemic passes, at which point laid-off employees might be re-hired. I want the paper to survive, and I want to be re-hired, so I’ve been volunteering to contribute free content when I can. I’ve submitted a couple of articles already, but Mariani would like more.

“Any interest in keeping a daily journal of what life is like for you now, recently unemployed and under lockdown?” he said. “You can take ambient pictures that emphasize what you’re feeling.”

My first thought is to decline. I reveal too much of myself in navel-gazing writing assignments. “Write like nobody will ever read you” is sound advice for spurring deep self-analysis and soul-searching, but those confessions stay on the internet forever.

I prefer writing about other people’s triumphs and tribulations.

Mariani ends his email by saying, “I know you would do a great job.”

Well. If you put it that way ...

“I’ll give it a whirl,” I reply.

With my recent flurry of activity slowed to a blissful crawl, I’m not sure where to begin. I live alone, and the only dialogues around here occur between my ears. I rise and repeat a Groundhog Day existence of long walks followed by puttering around the yard, garage, and house before cooking and eating lunch.

I play my guitar, write, surf the internet, and make phone calls in the afternoon.

Preparing a healthy dinner is the evening highlight, followed by TV time before finally making my way to bed around midnight.

I’m a simple man. I don’t ask for much.

All I want to do is go on my morning walks

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through my country neighborhood and not be attacked by vicious dogs.

I first met this massive pitbull I call Circus Face on March 7, a couple of weeks before COVID-19 would shut down society.

At the time, I didn’t know I would soon become one of the 26 million Americans currently seeking unemployment benefits.

My morning walk is a ritual –– a seven-days-a-week-in-rain-shine-snow-orpitbulls kind of habit. That day’s walk had been glorious. About 50 degrees with light winds. My legs felt strong. I journeyed far and began exploring an unfamiliar road that snaked past small ranches, each with a personalized front gate. Cactus gardens, big brown rocks, and rusted wagon wheels dominated. Large wrought-iron archways above gates spelled out sprightly names such as Happy Hills or Smith Land. Small pastures contained livestock, and horses and cows stared as I sauntered past and bid them good day.

I despise going to a gym but find it easy to climb out of bed each morning and walk for miles when surrounded by pastoral splendor. One problem: Folks out here are terrible about keeping track of their ornery-ass dogs.

I live on a couple of acres west of Fort Worth in unincorporated Parker County.

Most of the people living around me own larger properties, and many of them raise horses, cows, goats, sheep, and alpacas.

Three-strand barbed-wire fencing does a decent job of keeping livestock corralled but fails miserably at deterring cranky canines. These dogs patrol their domains with inordinate amounts of zeal. While I admire their work ethic, I question their analytical thinking.

Note to big, dumb country-ass dogs: Not every person walking past your property wants to strangle an alpaca.

Some of us pass by merely for exercise and relaxation. Your lack of logic, quickness to judge, and aggressive manner of complaint mean avid walkers such as myself must stare into your jaws of death on occasion, and that sucks.

For a long time, I carried rocks in my pockets during walks. If a big, mean dog came close, I faced him head on, acted

Sunday mornings spent burning trash and pondering life and death is my version of church.

tough, talked loud, and said, “Let’s go, motherfucker!” I’d stride toward him while throwing rocks. Dogs turned and ran every time … almost.

One day, my tough-guy routine and pebbles tossed with limited velocity failed to impress a Doberman. He moved closer, snapping his teeth, becoming bolder with each lunge. I spotted several large rocks nearby and moved that way slowly while yelling at the dog to stay back. Finally, I bent down in a flash, picked up a miniboulder, and heaved it. The dog jumped backward. I grabbed another huge rock and lifted it over my head. The dog took off.

Afterward, I was so angry/scared that I hustled home, turned on my computer, and ordered a pocket-sized can of mace for $10.

I’d been carrying that canister for a couple years without using it until March 7.

Circus Face was especially threatening, sprinting at me with teeth bared, his big paws scattering dust as he tore across the pasture. His cold, unblinking shark-eyes

were fixed like Satanic lasers on their target: me.

The dog had made it across the pasture and was sailing at 30 mph underneath the bottom strand of barbed-wire fencing. He barely slowed down. His barking grew more pronounced with each stride in my direction. His noisy charge had provided me ample time to dig into my right front pocket and fish out my secret weapon. I yanked away the little piece of duct tape I’d been using to prevent the trigger from being engaged accidentally while in my pocket.

I faced my attacker and planted my feet. Circus Face came to a sliding stop within three feet of me and made a couple of quick lunges at my legs. I knew my tough-guy routine would be useless and spoke softly and tried to be friendly. The entire time, I was aiming the mace can at his ugly mug. My finger cradled the trigger, but I hesitated to pull. Instead, I backed away and asked the dog not to come closer.

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Circus Face looked as if he were about to lunge again. My finger clinched, and a stream of clear liquid flew out of the can with a slight arch and hit Circus Face on the forehead. I lowered my aim, and the stream hit him right between the eyes. The dog froze. Without letting go of the trigger, I aimed even lowers, moving the stream to his nose.

The mace drenched him good.

The howling shriek of agony I expected to hear didn’t happen. Circus Face was startled but hardly incapacitated. He shook his head, trotted back to his side of the fence, turned, squatted, and stared at me in stony silence. Maybe my mace had lost its power from sitting too long or I’d bought an off brand that wasn’t powerful enough. I expected more of a punch.

The next morning, my mission is clear. I seek no trouble from man nor beast, but I’ll be damned if a dog will determine my path in life. If I let every country dog on every road push me around, there will be no place left to walk.

I stretch my legs in anticipation of my 5-mile round-trip trek to confront Circus Face. Déjà vu strikes as I lace up my sneakers. I flash back to sitting on a hard bench in the locker room at Arlington High School, tying my cleats before a football game, psyching myself up to go smash into opposing players with reckless, fierce, angry abandon. Physically, I had been skinny and a little slow but was dogged and tough and played firststring defensive back despite my slight stature.

That warrior remains alive within me, although I summon the spirit far less often these days.

A mile into my walk toward Circus Face, I realize I’d forgotten to grab the can of mace.

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rocks are scattered on the side of the road about a half-mile from the dog. I choose a couple of twopounders –– small enough to carry awhile and hurl with some degree of accuracy but large enough to hurt like hell if they hit their target.

I reach the familiar blind curve and begin walking noisily, scraping my shoes in the gravel to let the beast know I was coming. I see Circus Face lying on his stomach near a pickup truck in a driveway. The dog stands, stiffens his back, and begins barking. Instead of sprinting full speed like before, he trots toward me with a slight swagger.

He stops at the fence and barks.

I make nice.

“Truce,” I say from across the road. “What do you say? Live and let live?”

My eyes stay on the dog as I walk except for an occasional glance ahead to make sure I don’t bump into a mailbox or cactus garden.

Circus Face follows on his side of the fence, quiet but wired, acting like he is having difficulty restraining himself from bolting in my direction.

As we reach the end of his property line, I say, “Alrighty then. Have a good day, my friend!”

That’s when he makes his move. He darts underneath the barbed-wire in an instant and is halfway across the road when I rear back my right arm to launch Missile One. Cocking my arm catches the dog’s attention, and he hesitates.

I give that rock my best Nolan Ryan fastball, and the mini-boulder bounces off the pavement at the dog’s feet and ricochets off his chest. Circus Face turns in a frantic manner to run away, but his paws, in cartoon fashion, rotate in a circular blur without catching traction. I transfer the second rock from my left hand to my right and launch Missile

better things to do than pat a pasture poodle. Cows are cool but wary of humans, and I don’t blame them. They’re being fed for slaughter, and everyone knows it, including them.

Horses, goats, and dogs are far more social creatures.

I wasn’t seeking friends –– human or animal –– when I moved to the country. I sought solitude. My walks are designed to clear my lungs, burn calories, increase my metabolism, boost the old heart muscle, and keep my body and mind cranking a while longer. Aerobic exercises are not as effective when stopping every 10 minutes to scratch a horse’s ear, but I can’t help myself. I like animals.

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Lockdown Day 24, Friday, April 17 –– I don’t feel as eager as usual to climb out of bed and go for a long walk this morning.

On days like this, I remember all my animal friends and worry they will miss me if I skip a day.

I have several different routes and have named them all. The OG Trail is the straight, flat dead-end road that I first

began traipsing when I was much fatter and easily winded from a 40-year nicotine habit. I walk the OG every morning, a mile in each direction, which takes 35 or 40 minutes. On days I have more time, I add one of my other routes. The Quiet Trail is hilly and winding, stretches 3 miles, and takes about 45 minutes. Noisy Lane is beautiful and hilly but is host to several bark-happy dogs that disrupt my thoughts.

It’s about a 4-mile trek and takes an hour.

Circus Face Circle is my longest route at five miles.

Not every animal along my routes is friendly, but many look forward to my visits. Alpacas aren’t interested in being patted by strangers, which is fine. I have

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Lockdown Day 22, Wednesday, April 15 –– Tax Day. The deadline for filing was extended to July because of COVID-19’s pandemonium, but I file today anyway. My $495 tax refund will be deposited directly into my dwindling checking account soon.

I’m still awaiting my first unemployment check, even though I was approved three weeks earlier.

My last paycheck was March 20, almost a month ago. I can’t stop working now. I have bills to pay and 10 more years of mortgage payments to make.

I haven’t been without a job since I was a teenager. It’s a strange feeling to not go to work every morning. I’ve been rising to the workday bell for four decades without complaint and still have plenty of good labor left in me.

I examine bank records, bills, and budgets to determine how much time might pass before I will be shuffling along a railroad track while carrying my belongings inside a bandanna at the end of a broom handle.

Since my layoff, I’ve spent no money on anything except my house payment, utility bills, food, and gasoline. Everything else seems superfluous.

In 2017, I quit smoking cigarettes, so I’m saving a small fortune there. However, I began chewing Trident gum and still enjoy several sticks a day. I’m almost out of gum. I haven’t decided whether that’s a luxury I can afford, even at $1.50 a pack.

My pants are fitting loose in the legs.

I’ve lost what little butt I had. For most of my life, I’ve eaten lunches at restaurants seven days a week. Mostly at Mexican restaurants with loads of chips and salsa, tortillas, butter, and fattening entrees.

Now, my lunch consists of bananas and Ranch Style Beans with freshly cut onions and tomatoes.

I recall learning a long time ago that my butt lacked a desired roundness that appealed to the opposite gender. This was in seventh grade. I was standing in the hallway talking to a girl whose locker was near mine.

“Your friend Kevin has a cute butt,” she said.

“Cute butt?” I said. “What do you mean?”

“His butt looks nice,” she said.

“Is that what girls look at?” I said.

I figured girls would like a guy’s face, hair, and biceps but hadn’t considered the

butt. This prompted my next question.

“Do I have a nice butt?” I asked.

She laughed and said, “You don’t have a butt.”

“Oh.” At 13, my ass was flat. At 60, it’s damn near concave.

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Two. Miraculously, it skips through his legs without hitting muscle or bone. The pitbull, though, had decided to live to fight another day. He crosses the fence onto his property, turns, plops down, and fixed his shark eyes on me again.

Our war isn’t over.

“Alright, motherfucker,” I say. “We’ll see you next time.”

I glance over my shoulder every 10 seconds until I’m around a bend and out of sight.

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Dale’s fence, hanging near the entrance gate in plain view –– a white metal sign with black letters saying, “DO NOT FEED US!” Next to a cartoonish drawing of a horse, an orange carrot is stamped out by one of those red Ghostbusters marks.

I’m the only person who walks this road and interacts with this horse.

Obviously, the sign is meant for me. I feel falsely accused. Hey, Mister Property Owner, don’t be petty just because your horse likes me better than you. Here I am bonding with beast and nature in hillbilly heaven and you’re harshing my zencicle with your accusatory signage.

“Don’t worry,” I say to Clyde Dale.

“Our love can’t be denied.”

I make up names and call out to them as I pass.

“Good morning, Sixty-Six,” I say to a goat on the OG Trail who enjoys pushing his head against my outstretched hand.

This alpha billy is tough and won’t allow his goat buddies to come near me.

He’s jealous and greedy. That’s why I call him Sixty-Six. He’s one six away from being Satan.

I keep walking and see two more friends, a couple of horses who graze side by side every day despite having plenty of room to spread out.

“Hey, Little Joe!” I say. “How are you, Big Hoss?”

Neither lifts his head or acknowledges my greeting. They keep eating grass and pondering important horse things.

Just for grins, I check to see if they’re paying attention: “Hey, Little Hoss!

How’re you, Big Joe?” They pretend not to notice my mixup. They’re kind of snooty, too, now that I think about it.

Friendlier horses are nearby. A Clydesdale strolls across a pasture and waits for me near the fence. I call him Clyde Dale. I’ve never fed any horses sugar cubes, apples, or anything other than the occasional handful of grass, which isn’t a big deal since the horses have plenty of grass on their sides of the fence already. I don’t buy my friendships.

Animals appreciate my friendly hellos and willingness to stop, hang out, scratch their favorite spots, and talk in a manner that makes us both feel good.

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Lockdown Day 27, Monday, April 20 –– I’m walking the OG Trail near Clyde Dale’s place and notice the property owner –– a woman with big hair –– driving down the long driveway toward the gate in a white SUV. She is opening the gate as I walk past, and normally I would wave or say hello.

Since she hung that tacky sign, however, I ignore her and walk by without a word.

Instead of feeling justified and good, I feel kind of small.

Lockdown Day 28, Tuesday, April 21 –– I receive good news and bad today. I’m a badnews-first kind of guy, so here goes. The job I was counting on, my Plan B ace in the hole, notified me that I wasn’t selected for an interview. The rejection gnaws at my confidence, but I will keep searching for Plan D, E, F, and however many other letters of the alphabet are required until I find a job that pays the bills.

The good news is my first two unemployment checks have been directdeposited into my checking account, along with my $495 tax return. I’m flush with greenbacks but don’t plan on celebrating.

I’m a locked-down teetotaler who lives alone and mostly talks to goats and horses.

Lockdown Day 30, Thursday, April 23 –– So far, my journal hasn’t been exactly action-packed. Finally, I have real drama to report. My refrigerator is void of blueberries. Understanding my dependence on blueberries is akin to examining your own reliance upon oxygen. The last food items I stuff in my piehole every night are dry pancakes with fresh blueberries. No butter. No syrup.

Just lots of blueberries. Every night. I plow through the berries like a grizzly bear awakened from hibernation. Running out of blueberries is a Code Red emergency.

I drive to the closest grocery store.

The blueberry shelf is empty. I hit two more stores without luck. Where’d all the blueberries go?

Years in the future, some youngster will ask me, “What was it like to survive the coronavirus pandemic lockdown?”

And I’ll say, “I ran out of fresh blueberries.

It was hell.”

I buy a bag of frozen blueberries, but they’re a poor substitute. Mushy, unnaturally sweet, and gross. I want plump, nutritious berries out of the produce section, not the freezer.

Lockdown Day 31, Friday, April 24 –– I rise early, hustle the OG Trail, and then call the grocery story to ask if they have received a shipment of blueberries. A voice recording says the grocery store staffers are so busy they can’t verify inventories over the phone anymore. I make the 12mile drive and am thrilled to find shelves stacked high with my beloved berries. I resist the temptation to hoard. I buy about four days’ worth. Berries don’t last much longer than that.

Lockdown Day 32, Saturday, April 25 –– I’m walking the OG Trail and see the white SUV coming down the driveway toward the gate at Clyde Dale’s place. As I walk past, I give the woman a wave and smile.

I have forgiven her for the rude signage.

I see her face through the windshield, and she smiles broadly and waves with enthusiasm. I feel good about preserving my friendship with the woman whom I never actually met or spoken with.

Lockdown Day 33, Sunday, April 26 –– Burning trash is legal where I live, and I enjoy doing it on Sunday mornings. When I was a kid, Sunday mornings meant rising early, dressing up, and going to church.

I disliked church and complained about going. My parents told me I could make my own choice when I turned 14.

At 14, I stopped attending church and never went back. I felt twinges of guilt on Sunday mornings when my mom, dad, and brothers would prepare to leave without me.

“You sure you won’t go with us?” my mom would say, poking her head through my bedroom door.

“Not today,” I’d say, lying in bed and ready to have the house to myself.

I didn’t dislike religion. I hated waking up early and having to wear illfitting clothes and sit on hard pews for what seemed like hours listening to some preacher yak while the best part of the day was slowly dying outside.

Sunday mornings are the perfect time to be outside burning trash. My church consists of rising early, throwing on old jeans, building a fire in a rusted 55-gallon barrel, enticing the flames up high, then plopping a bag of trash on top and watching it burn. The only thing else needed is a shovel for poking embers and a mind to contemplate the universe.

Today, I’m burning and poking and pondering death. The idea of Heaven and Hell as actual places never made sense to me, even as a kid squirming on a hard pew.

I wonder if Heaven and Hell are merely experiences that someone has when dying.

Live a bad life, and you’ll go through hell internally before you die. Live a good life,

This sign irked me, but not my friend Clyde Dale.

and you’ll experience peace before dying.

Then? Nothing.

Stephen Hawking compared our brains at death to computers that break down.

“There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers,” he said. “That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”

Saying it like that sounds cold but far more reasonable than thinking I will be jamming on “Purple Haze” with Jimi Hendrix while sitting on a cloud after I die.

Ask people what they fear most about death, and most will say they are afraid to miss out on the things they love –– watching their kids grow up, drinking coffee with a good friend, watching the Dallas Cowboys win another Super Bowl, seeing the sun set over the ocean.

When we’re dead, however, we won’t miss anything.

So, if death is pointless to worry about, life is beautiful and wide open for living!

Lockdown Day 34, Monday, April 27 –– I realize I still haven’t had my final showdown with the pitbull. After walking OG Trail, I head west for the long haul to Circus Face Circle. Once again, I forgot to grab my can of mace. Then, when I was walking down the road where the large rocks are lying, I was deep in thought about something and forgot to grab a couple of mini-boulders. The blind curve reminds me that Circus Face is right around the corner, and I realize I have no mace or big rocks for defense.

Oh, well. No turning back now. I keep walking. l

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Since farmers’ markets supply us with fresh fruits and vegetables, they are Sunday indeed #essential. If you feel like getting out in the literal sense, grab a mask and head to the Watauga Farmers Market from 10am to 2pm today.

Or next Sunday. OK, any Sunday. Farmers’ markets are a go, including this one at 7600 Denton Hwy, Watauga. You can also preorder some items online and pick them up at the market via FourSeasonsMarkets. com/GrabNGo. Facebook.com

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NIGHT&DAY Kimbell from Home will still be going strong through lockdown.

Anytime after 12:30pm, local artist Taylor Rodrigues will “guide Wednesday you in pouring paint and pints.” Tickets to the Art & Craft Beer Virtual Event include an 8-by-10inch canvas, acrylic painting supplies, and either two 16-oz beers in whichever variety you choose or a bottle of prosecco.

Purchase tickets through Eventbrite, then pick up your painting kit and drinks from Panther Island Brewing between 12:30pm and 7:30pm today at 501 N Main St. Call 817-882-8121.

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“Got it at Goodwill.”

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right now and seeking employment, revamp your resume. At 10am, Goodwill is offering a Virtual Resume Workshop.

To participate in this free webinar, visit GoodwillFortWorth.org/DCA and fill out the registration form.

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Hunkered down much like we Weeklyfolk, our friends at 95.9 The Ranch Friday are hosting a series of Facebook Takeovers. At 8pm, Jake Flint and his full band will serve up a livestream performance from Classen Recording Studio in Oklahoma City. Join the fun at Facebook.com/959TheRanch.

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Though its annual May the 4th Be with You event has been canceled this year due Monday to the pandemic, Holocron Toy Store is still open for business and can make all your Mandalorian dreams come true. Beyond the collectibles related to a shop specializing in Star Wars, Holocron also has books, puzzles, and Lego sets to entertain and educate during lockdown in this part of the galaxy. Order online at HolocronToyStore.com and either have items shipped or pick them up curbside on Mon, Wed, or Fri-Sun at 3613 W Vickery Blvd, Ste 105. Call 817-489-5600.

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Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent announcement, Fort Worth’s big museums Tuesday will remain closed –– physically. The Kimbell Art Museum, for one, will continue to offer livestreaming events and virtual tours via its from-home campaign. It’s fun for all ages. Check out the Kimbell every Tuesday at 11am for a theatrical Kimbell from Home Storytime, hosted by educator Alli Rogers Ancheen.

For more info or to drop by Tuesday, visit Facebook.com/KimbellArt.

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North Texas Giving Tuesday Now Many nonprofits here in North Texas are suffering from the dramatic impact of the pandemic. They all need our help now. With the cancellation of fundraising events, an increase in demand for critical services, and the loss of volunteers, charitable organizations are in dire straits. The most impactful way to support these great organizations at this time is by giving financially, but other ways to help include donating medical and cleaning supplies to community clinics and/or shelf-stable food. Homeless shelters and food pantries are desperate for food donations due to increased demand. You can also participate in “virtual volunteer opportunities” at select nonprofits.

From 6am to midnight on Tue, May 5, North Texas Giving Tuesday Now will be rallying for donations.

However, consider giving early as the program is open now through May 4. Choose from more than 3,000 nonprofits in 20 North Texas counties.

Visit NorthTexasGivingDay.org/ NonProfits for more.

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After nearly a year and a half of melting faces across North Texas, Uh Oh Jiminy came to a crossroads. Life events and opportunities led three of the five band members to leave and go explore new projects. In March 2019, the ’90s-rocking band played what was believed to be its last show. However, frontman Jeremy Butler and bassist Jerry Sandoval felt there was more music to be made and there were more relationships to be built. After months of searching for new band replacement members, guitarist Parker Barrus and drummer Caleb Hodges linked up with Butler and Sandoval, and a new era began.

Uh Oh Jiminy is set to release its debut EP on Friday via most digital platforms, including Bandcamp. The self-titled work follows two singles that the band released in 2018. They’re identifiable by the cool cover art of a Sasquatch wielding an electric guitar.

Formed with the intent to bring

HearSay Bandcamp Waives Fees Friday Apparently, it takes a global pandemic for people to buy music.

Or maybe it’s just a sale. (Everyone loves a good, strong sale, amirite.)

Either way, Bandcamp is doing right by its artists. On Friday from midnight to midnight, the digital retail platform is waiving its share of revenue on all sales.

This is the second time Bandcamp will not take a cut off the top. The first was on March 20, when more than $4.3 million was generated and promptly deposited into Bandcamp artists’ grubby mitts. It was the platform’s biggest sales day ever.

Users bought roughly 800,000 items. In a statement, Bandcamp execs said, “That’s more than 15 times our normal Friday, and at the peak, fans were buying 11 items per second.”

Cameron Smith remembers a solid increase that day.

“Yeah, we definitely saw a bump in Bandcamp sales last time they waived their fees,” said the co-owner of the popular Dreamy Life Records label and retailer and successful singer-songwriter.

“We’ll definitely promote their waiver again this Friday. I am a big fan of the Bandcamp platform. Glad to hear they are making it a regular thing.”

Indeed, they are. Bandcamp will waive its fees on the first Friday of every month through July. The chief inspiration is that Bandcamp understands that all artists are losing out on a large chunk of their income: touring. Touring is no mas. The waiver is an effort to help them make up that loss.

Why music lovers aren’t buying new tunes all the time remains a mystery, especially as we are all hunkering down, when new-to-you music –– maybe newto-you local music –– could be the perfect antidote to craving the warm, snuggly, dank, fusty arms of Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush,

bands such as Matchbox 20, Blue October, Jimmy Eat World … .”

Recorded and mixed at AudioStyles in Dripping Springs by Taylor Tatsch (Polydogs, Cut Throat Finches, Vodeo), who also contributed piano/keys and other instruments, and mastered by Todd Pipes (Deep Blue Something, Cat Power, Drowning Pool), along with cover art by Sam Tarron and additional song development from Daniel Conkovich and Tommy Cauble, the release more than stands out as a combined effort.

Uh Oh Jiminy has played large and small local venues, including MASS, The Ridglea Room, and Arlington’s Division Brewing. The guys appreciate their fanbase and those who support the local scene.

“Typically, we get 20 to 30 people at shows,” Sandoval said. “We are very happy about that. We are pretty realistic about getting people out.”

Led freaking Zeppelin, and all of that other baby boomer bullshit I’ve become addicted to since lockdown began. I’ve seen all good people turn their heads each day so unsatisfied, I’m on my way to Bandcamp Friday. You should be, too.

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Ronnie Heart, Nice Major, Summer Dean, and Jakob Robertson are the new featured artists on Amplify817.org, a locals-only streaming service produced by the Fort Worth Library. They join Jack Barksdale, Lou CharLe$, Rachel Gollay, and Taylor Pace as part of the collection that’s available for free.

Which does not mean the artists are not getting paid. Amplify 817 offers them an “upfront” payment to feature their music for three years. Anyone can listen, but only library cardholders can download any of the featured music to their personal devices. The four latest tracks were recorded at Niles City Sound, the Near Southside studio where Leon Bridges’ first

Uh Oh Jiminy recently put out a stellar live-in-the-studio video for “Out of Time” with the help from Nashville, Tennessee’s Pink House Sessions, a recording studio that focuses on inspiring moments between musicians and filmmakers, and producer Daniel Smith, who enlisted the help of the multimedia company Alexander Productions. Search for the band’s YouTube page for more.

The EP’s tracks share a noticeable and constant sound, such as opener “Blackeyed and Bullet Proof,” which begins with a deep bass solo followed by reverberating guitar riffs and heavy, paced drums, setting the stage for the rest of the EP. Fort Worth emo/punk singer-songwriter Ryker Hall helped with the track’s lyrics. Each song clocks in at about three minutes in length, sharing the EP’s common theme of striving through heartache and despair with wholehearted intent. l two albums were made. The tracks were sponsored by Visit Fort Worth (the city’s visitor’s bureau) and the music association Hear Fort Worth with help from the Fort Worth Public Library Foundation.

“Local music adds to the culture and vitality of our city,” said Tom Martens, Visit Fort Worth’s creative director who works with Hear Fort Worth, in a statement. “We want to cultivate more of that. Music is also important to our local economy, with a historical economic impact of $742 million per year and supporting 7,311 jobs.”

Amplify 817 is seeking a handful of “Fort Worth music experts” interested in serving on a jury whose members will review submissions this summer from artists wanting to be included on the playlist. Hey, having written about Fort Worth music weekly for nearly 20 years, I may know someone. –– Anthony Mariani Contact HearSay at hearsay@fwweekly.com.

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people together and capture life’s defining moments, the group started in 2017.

Daniel Stinson, though he is pursuing other options, remained involved. As the group’s founding vocalist and lyricist, he continued as Uh Oh Jiminy’s primary songwriter while stepping back from attending rehearsals and playing live shows.

The group reached out to fellow musicians and old contacts who seemed to be a fit for the band to remerge and continue playing live shows, but after a lot of stops and starts, the group found other means of recruiting new members.

“We did take the route of posting on different Facebook pages that are related to the local scene,” Sandoval said. “We had to post, like, two or three times, but finally we got [Barrus], and he ended up being our guitarist.”

Building on the momentum of their hard-knocks story while aiming to capture the ears –– and hearts –– of rockers of different preferences and backgrounds, Uh Oh Jiminy has produced a sturdy collection of five tracks. With a driving indie-rock vibe, the energetic cross-generational tunes speak to and capture events and complexities in ways that not only inspire the body to move but attempt to heal the soul as well. “Blackeyed and Bullet Proof,” “Don’t Look Down, “Find You Shining,” “Out Of Time,” and “Wildfire Night” convey personal feelings that musically lift spirits, totaling a well put-together release from the group’s members past and present.

“The vision and goals of the band haven’t wavered from its original trajectory: making good music, bringing friends together, and serving and promoting the local music scene,” Sandoval said. “A lot of fans connect us to late ’90s/early ’00s alt-pop-rock with strands of similarities to

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Derek Allan’s Texas BBQ 1116 8th Ave, FWTX, 817-238-3840 www.DerekAllansBBQ.com We will be open this Friday at 25%! You can also still do Grab-NGo by Walk Up, Call In (817-2383840) or Text Orders (972-8966624). PreOrder also available online at www.derekallansbbq. com/preorder. We’re really grateful for the support you give us during this time.

Sounds APRIL 30 Knice 2 Know Band Jazz Concert 7:30pm Benefit for NMWHM JimAustinOnline.com

MAY 3 Prophecy Band Live @ 4:00pm Facebook.com/ Prophecy.Texas

MAY 1 Mean Motorscooter Facebook.com/ MASSFW

MAY 3 FREE Hula Lessons Live @ 5:00pm Facebook.com/ GraceHulaDance

MAY 2 Clay Clark 7:00pm TODAYCHASER 8:30pm FISK 10:00pm Facebook.com/ MaverickSports/Grill MAY 2 The Unlikely Candidates Facebook.com/ MASSFW

Enchiladas Ole 2418 Forest Park, FWTX, 817-984-1360 Facebook.com/EnchiladasOle/ To order, you can currently call or order online, then pick up your to-go order for Brunch or Lunch from 9am to 3pm. Starting this Friday, May 1 dine-in will be available. Seating is limited.

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Galligaskins Subs 5817 Camp Bowie Blvd, FWTX, 817-377-0196 www.EatGalligaskins.com Along with Take-Out and Delivery through Favor, UberEats, Caviar, GrubHub and DoorDash, Galligaskins will be back open this Friday, May 1st at 25% occupancy for Dine-In.

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Jakes Burgers and Beer 515 Main St, FWTX, 817-332-5253 www.JakesBurgersAndBeer.com We’re ready! While Jake’s still have Curbside and Delivery available at all 8 DFW locations, they will be back open for DineIn business this Friday with normal hours, breakfast as well!

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Ol’ South Pancake House 1509 S University Drive, FWTX, 817-336-0311 www.OLSPH.com Call for take-out orders or visit the website for delivery orders.

“We are planning on opening Friday morning.” –Rex.

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The Sanford House 506 N Center, ARL-TX, 817-861-2129 www.TheSanfordHouse.com “We will be open starting with dinner service on the 1st.” –Valerie. Call 817-861-2129 for a reservation. More information at www.TheSanfordHouse.com/ Restaurant506.’

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River Oaks Café 4837 River Oaks Blvd, River Oaks TX, 817-625-7337 Facebook.com/RiverOksCafe “We will be opening Monday at 25%.” –Buck.

Shaw’s Patio Bar & Grill 1051 W. Magnolia Ave, FWTX, 817-926-2116 www.ShawsBurgers.com “Shaw’s will continue Curbside & Delivery options. We will NOT open our Dining Room this Fri-

day. However, if someone purchases To-Go Food and chooses to sit on our patio or would like to purchase Food and sit at the Bar to order a drink…we will be happy to accommodate them.

We will follow the guidelines set forth observing the 25% occupancy BUT we are not open and seating diners in the restaurant at this time.” –Ann. Shaw’s offers Counter Pick-up, Curbside Pickup and Delivery thru Favor, Grub Hub, Door Dash & Caviar. Gift Certificates and Family Catering options are available as well.

Tacos Oasis 623 E Enon, Everman TX, 817470-2137 www.TacosOasis.com Tacos Oasis is taking advantage of the 25% occupancy! We are still doing pickup order and online ordering services as well.

We’re doing free churros for moms on Mother’s Day! Open Monday to Thursday 10am9pm, Friday 10am-10pm, Saturday 11am-10pm and Sunday is 11am-9pm.

SHOPPING OPTIONS Arlington Camera 544 W Randol Mill, Arlington, TX, 817-261-8131 www.ArlingtonCamera.com We are offering curbside / no contact pick up beginning this Friday 4/24 at 10:00 AM. This includes our amazing inventory of new and used photo gear, our full service digital photo lab and our complete rental department. Please remember to prepay your purchase by calling 817-261-8131 or by emailing support@arlingtoncamera.com.

Backwoods 441 Carroll, FWTX, 817-332-2423 www.backwoods.com Shop with us online for orders shipped directly to your home or phone in an order for no contact curbside pick-up available Monday-Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. Whether you are hiking, fly fishing, or just spending some time at the park, we are here to help those in Fort Worth better enjoy their time outdoors.

Bloom Hemp Market 1411 West Magnolia, FWTX, 682-707-9229 Facebook.com/BloomHempMarket “We just got our new supply of safety kits in. Consisting of pair of gloves mask and hand sanitizer in a resealable pouch for $5 These can be kept in your car. Your house purse or anywhere. The occasion may arise.

Thanks so much for your support. Y’all stay safe. And practice social distancing.” – George, Bloom Hemp Market.

CBD Take Out www.CBDTakeOut.com “In response to the current pan-

bulletin board demic, Texas based CBDTakeOut is offering all products on its site at wholesale prices, plus profits on full-priced purchases are being donated to local charities, Furlough Kitchen and Get Shift Done. Help yourself feel better while helping others.”

The Shops at Clearfork 5188 Monahans Ave, FWTX, 817-985-3773 www.Clearfork1848.com We are committed to doing whatever is needed to safeguard the health of our shoppers, our employees and our tenants. To find out what we’re doing, visit https://bddy.me/2TLREiR online. For more info about our Retailers such as Amerisleep, Bachendorf’s, Burberry, Climate, Double R Brand, Evereve, Hemline, Johnny Was, Kate Spade, Kendra Scott, Louis Vuitton, Luke’s Locker, Neiman Marcus, Q Clothier, RIMOWA, Rye 51, Stanley Eisenman’s Fine Shoes, Tiffany’s, Tommy Bahama, Tory Burch, TUMI Store, and more, visit our website or follow us on Facebook.

Silver Leaf Cigar Lounge 426 Commerce St, FWTX, 817-887-9535 www.SilverLeafCigarLounge.com Silver Leaf is here to help our community through this crisis by providing extremely discounted cigar prices. For the time being, we will still be providing some of the world’s best cigars, for curbside pickup only. Give us a call at 817-887-9535, to place an order. For updates, follow us on Facebook.

SERVICES HOME REPAIR Painting & Lawn Care TEXT: 817-987-7689 Available for small to medium household and lawn projects on the weekends. Trustworthy and affordable. Text info about your project to 817-987-7689.

Masters of Disasters Decontamination Services, 682-291-4629 Facebook.com/MastersOfDi sastersEnvironmental We sterilize homes, cars, and have plenty of HS-100 Hand Sanitizer for sale and in stock.

You can now order our Masters of Disasters hand sanitizer on our Square Site. FREE DELIVERY within Tarrant County! For more about our services, visit https://MastersOfDisastersDecon.com

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Feeding Fort Worth’s homebound public school students and swelling unemployed ranks requires the cooperative efforts of dozens of nonprofits and faith-based groups that are strained and overextended.

We reached out to two of the largest groups that are addressing the ongoing hunger crisis, Tarrant Area Food Bank and Fort Worth school district, to see how they are managing the surge in demand.

Tarrant Area Food Bank Unprecedented layoffs are sending families to Tarrant County food pantries in record numbers. Julie Butner, Tarrant Area Food Bank CEO, said sleeping hasn’t been easy these last few weeks. Butner and her staff are putting in overtime as they work to innovate new programs that aim to meet the growing needs of food pantry lines.

Demand for food donations has swollen by 50% in portions of the 13 counties that TAFB serves, Butner said.

Butner’s nonprofit is looking for a second distribution center that can stock food supplies to help service the 330 pantries that TAFB serves on a regular basis, and she is hiring staff to help feed a growing unemployed population that is seeking free meals.

“We are looking at an 18- to 24-month trajectory before we to return to normal after COVID-19 is handled,” she said, referring to a surge in demand which is estimated to add $1.4 billion in expenses for food banks across the United States.

“Our peak demand will hit around midMay, and then we have to come down the other side of it. Until the economy recovers, this is the new norm for food banking.”

Large grocery store distribution centers have stepped up to fill the void left by hoarders in local stores, Butner added.

Panicked buying has led to shortages of staples like rice that would normally be donated to TAFB. To help offset the unexpected costs, Butner is asking the public to help if they can by donating via Tafb.org.

Thousands of elderly Tarrant County residents are being hit particularly hard.

Many seniors fear they will contract COVID-19 if they leave their homes.

TAFB is partnering with Catholic Charities Fort Worth, United Way of Tarrant County’s Area Agency on Aging, Tarrant County, and Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County to address that problem through a new program called COVID-19 SNP. Individuals age 60 and older who do not have enough food to eat during the COVID-19 outbreak are eligible for supplemental food through this program.

Catholic Charities will deliver the weekly meals, which include a 10-pound bag of canned goods and produce provided

by TAFB and five frozen meals (per person) that are provided by Meals on Wheels. Client referrals and inquiries can be made at Mealsonwheels.org or by calling 817-336-0912.

To ensure there are adequate resources for the project, TAFB is repurposing its Community Kitchen to assemble 2,000 meals a week.

Is Butner worried that demand will

outstrip Tarrant County’s supply of food donations anytime soon?

Food shortages have “already happened at El Paso food banks,” she said. “It depends on what part of the country you are in. The long-standing relationships that we have built in this city have come into play when we pick up the phone and say, ‘We need help.’ ” Fort Worth school district The closure of Fort Worth school district’s campuses left 82,000 children without access to free or reduced meals. The school district, with the help of its food service vendor, SODEXO Magic, began offering meals to go at select campuses. Meal distributions of six meals will be given Mondays and Thursdays to reduce contact between school staff and the public. The program originally ran Mondays through Fridays.

The school district is partnering with TAFB to address food shortages for the families of students as well. Four mobile pantry sites will provide 5-pound boxes of nonperishable food to families on select days. The school district encourages parents to follow them on Facebook (Fort Worth ISD) or to download their mobile app for details and updates.

“The meals distributed in partnership with the Tarrant Area Food Bank were for all members of a family, adults included,” said school district spokesperson Clint Bond. “We are doing what we can to make sure that all children under 18 years of age, not just FWISD children, are fed, and students, families, and employees stay as safe as possible in the food distribution process.” l

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When they started Support Our Fort, BJ and Amber Caldwell had no idea their seemingly modest concept would turn into a movement.

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Who knew that something as simple as a coffee drop-off to local healthcare workers could make such a colossal impact on morale?

BJ and Amber Caldwell sure didn’t — at least not when they first envisioned Support Our Fort (SOF). These 10-year owners of Anchor Marketing and Design on the Near Southside had no idea what was in store when they took a seemingly modest concept and inadvertently turned it into a movement.

Initially, SOF was meant to boost local businesses through the purchases of gift cards, which Anchor would then give away.

Once Amber designed a representative logo and the Caldwells began to diffuse their plans, SOF took on a life of its own.

Texts from friends showing interest in wearing shirts with the logo came pouring in, and everything clicked when one day, BJ and Amber witnessed firsthand the physical and emotional exhaustion local nurses were experiencing.

“That’s when we realized that this could be a much larger campaign,” BJ said.

The Caldwells were Johnnys-on-thespot, anticipating the huge hit many places in their own backyards would endure

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goods to various healthcare facilities.

“We have our ear to the ground thanks to relationships that we have with many of the chefs in town,” BJ added. “Those guys all have such a unique and supportive relationship with each other. It’s not just looking out for No. 1 right now. It’s looking out for Fort Worth.”

If you need another reason to love SOF, the Caldwells also created a website feature called “What’s FORT Dinner?” The tool essentially acts as a matchmaking app, generating names of Funkytown eateries and drinkeries — yes, booze, too! — based on the meal or food type you select. If you’re as indecisive as I am, the randomizer at Supportourfort.com/whats-fort-dinner is the answer to your woes.

While BJ and Amber would like Support Our Fort to eventually evolve into a nonprofit that serves people beyond the healthcare community, they’re still working out the details. You can bolster the cause by donating online or purchasing their “Fort Worth Goods for Good” merchandise at Supportourfort.com.

So if you catch a glimpse of a convoy in teal shirts and with bandannas over their faces, don’t be alarmed. They’re not bandits raring to rob you. They’re the uncaped crusaders of Support Our Fort, dishin’ out a dose o’ that good ol’ fashion love of neighbor. After all, as the mural in the Westbend parking garage reads, “Love brings together you and me.” — Christina Berger

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because of COVID-19 and its ensuing closures. In fact, the couple built and launched the SOF website in mid-March, before shelter in place was even mandated.

The best part? One-hundred-percent of the proceeds garnered through the website are directly injected back into the community. In just under six weeks, Support Our Fort has raised more than $8,000.

Soon after the website went live, the initiative outgrew its britches. BJ and Amber realized they needed more help, so they mobilized their already-engaged group of friends who were donating and buying the shirts online. The Caldwells attribute this community effort as the reason SOF has seen such success thus far.

Support Our Fort has transformed into a Favor service of sorts — in which volunteers support struggling businesses and, simultaneously, hospital workers and first responders by delivering goods from those businesses to the people protecting us on the front lines of this pandemic. SOF has even delivered Pizza Bar None and Roots Coffee to the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Harris Methodist Hospital.

“We see it as a way to foster the development of new local business as well as provide assistance for those who may be struggling,” Amber explained.

Currently, the Caldwells sustain their efforts through personal outreach — and if that doesn’t neatly sum up our city’s small town feel, I’m not sure what does. Acting as a conduit, these creative entrepreneurs identify restaurants’ best-selling bulk offerings and coordinate delivery of said

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A new grant-based initiative is paying local artists to respond to COVID-19 with new works.

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Like many artists, Jay Wilkinson’s first reaction to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was a feeling of uncertainty and helplessness. Painters, sculptors, and other artists are typically the vanguard of cultural and societal change. In the face of the deadly outbreak, the photorealist painter and Fort Worth native packed his car, left his New York City studio, and returned to Fort Worth to wait it out.

“Many of us [in the artist community] are feeling like we don’t have control,” he said. “I know I’m out of work, and a lot of artists are, too. Pretty much every friend I know has lost someone they know in New York City. You feel powerless” in a situation like this.

To support unemployed and underemployed professional artists, a new grant-based initiative is giving Fort Worth artists the opportunity to receive $2,000 to $5,000 grants by creating new works

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that speak to what the “community is experiencing” during the pandemic.

In many ways, the aim of The New Normal is to empower artists to play an active role in the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The venture has serious financial backing, including support from local philanthropists Sasha and Edward P. Bass, the Alice L.

Walton Foundation, the Donny Wiley Memorial Fund, North Texas Community Foundation, and Kit and Charlie Moncrief.

Fort Works Art gallery owner Lauren Childs developed the idea with the help of Sasha, who came to Childs with an offer of $50,000 for seed money to support local artists. The initial funds came from the Fine Line Group, the new property

“For us, we hope our artists can heal a little bit and help us understand and process what’s in our heads.”

management firm owned by Ed and Sasha Bass that oversees Sundance Square.

“Sasha also wanted artists to make works about COVID-19” as part of the grant initiative, Childs recalled.

After researching online artist grant programs, Childs realized that many of them required onerous paperwork submissions that often included bank statements and tax returns. Larger grant programs were being inundated with applications from around the country, she said.

The gallery owner decided that working artists in Fort Worth needed a locally focused grant program that offered a substantial payout. Childs estimated that there are 75 to 100 professional artists living in Fort Worth proper.

Once the grant program was hashed out, Sasha was able to secure an additional $50,000 in funds from local foundations and fellow philanthropists. The first of several rolling deadlines is in two weeks, Childs said. Soon after, an eight-person panel that includes notable museum directors will choose the first recipients.

Wilkinson said the grant program is well-conceived to serve the local artist community.

“With a lot of grant programs, there can be issues that come up,” he said. “The money can get eaten up by people who are better at applying for these kinds of things, or the program doesn’t really work for the community. I think the new grant program is great. The budget is real and honest and produced by the founders of our city.

These are community leaders actually reaching out and helping.”

The recently launched program is already attracting national attention.

“Denver, Bentonville, and Brooklyn are all looking at this program,” Childs said. “For us, we hope our artists can heal a little bit and help us understand and process what’s in our heads.”

If the pandemic wanes by this fall, Childs said she hopes to host a show of works that were funded through the grant program.

Wilkinson said Fort Worth’s art scene will undoubtedly reflect the current crisis in the months and years to follow. He has scrapped many of his own projects to make creative space for new artistic expressions of COVID-19.

I think the way artists interact with people is “changing,” he said. “Kind of like ‘The New Normal,’ things are going to be different. Nothing is over. It’s just new.” l Applications can be submitted at Newnormalfw.com.

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PROPOSED PERMIT NUMBER: 159900 APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Synagro of Texas-CDR, Inc., 435 Williams Ct Ste 100, Baltimore, MD 21220-2888, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for issuance of Proposed Air Quality Permit Number 159900, which would authorize construction of a Biosolids Management Facility. The facility will be located from the intersection of Northwest Green Oaks Boulevard, and Greenbelt Road, go west for 0.3 miles and then north for 0.9 miles on Greenbelt Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76118. This application was processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. This application was submitted to the TCEQ on January 28, 2020. The proposed facility will emit the following contaminants: ammonia, carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants, hydrogen sulfide, metals, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less, lead and sulfur dioxide.

The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit which, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the permit because it meets all rules and regulations.

The permit application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and at the Arlington City Hall, 101 W Abrams Street, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Dr, Fort Worth, Texas.

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

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INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. When they become available, the executive director’s response to comments and the final decision on this application will be accessible through the Commission’s Web site at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the above link, enter the permit number for this application which is provided at the top of this notice. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index. html?lat=32.791666&lng=-97.141111&zoom=13&type=r.

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AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087.

Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from Synagro of Texas-CDR, Inc. at the address stated above or by calling Mr. John Goodwin, Senior VP Engineering at (443) 489-9069.

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• Manages any project subcontractor relationships. Initiates purchases orders and approves vendor invoices, and coordinates payments with Accounts Payable • Prepares invoice requests for issuance by Accounts Receivable • Prepares project closeout and Performance Incentive Reports • Other tasks as assigned by Supervisor • Must be able to travel up to 95% domestically. Travel may vary depending on location of clients and which home office is assigned upon hiring. * Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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