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August 2018 P.O. Box 123204 Fort Worth, TX 76121
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Year 5th Edition www.bomberheights.org
Bomber Heights
Neighborhood Association
General Membership Meeting
Monday, August 20, 2018
7:00pm
Agape Baptist Church
3900 Southwest Blvd
Choir Room
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Speaker
Katie Reisor
Development Coordinator
Trinity Habitat for Humanity
Subject: "Preserve a Home" and
"Cowtown Brush Up"
Hello Bomber Heights!
Welcome to the month of August 2018, Bomber Heights!
Reminder: School starts August 20!
Hopefully, this month will not bring too many triple digit days, but weather is one thing that is hard to predict. Some fun facts for August: Birthstones: Peridot and Sardonyx Zodiac: Leo and Virgo Flower: Gladiolus and Poppy Historical Fact: Aug 1, 1876, Colorado, known as the Centennial state, is admitted into the Union Did you know? August is Audio Appreciation Month, Black Busi-
ness Month, National Eye Exam Month, Goat Cheese Month,
Peach Month, and Water Quality Month!
So grateful and thankful for the awarding of our grant to improve
our park! Thanks to all who worked to make this happen.
Our membership is growing, thanks to diligent recruiting efforts
by our present members.
We also held a Food Donation Drive for the Tarrant Area Food
Bank, and we made a significant impact.
I am making myself available for Spanish translation. Feel free to
call me, but if I don't answer please leave a voicemail message so
that I may get back to you.
Not sure who our speaker is for this month but we are working on
it.
Hope to see you at this month's meeting on Monday, August 20, at
Agape Baptist Church's choir room. Meet and Greet at 6:30 and
the meeting begins at 7:00. See you there!
Stay cool, stay safe! We may not be able to control the heat but
there are measures we can take to work around it!
~ John Barcenas
President of Bomber Heights Neighborhood Association
Please send your nominations for Yard of the Month to: [email protected]
From the
“Green
Thumb”
Guy...
Yard of the Month
W ow everybody, just in case you haven’t noticed, it’s miserable outside! Of course
I’m being a little snarky but who wouldn’t be af-ter the weather we’ve been experiencing during the last several weeks of a typical north Texas summer. I happened to notice recently that there are several songs by various artists that include the lyrics, or are titled, “Hold On”. That’s what I want to say to everyone when it comes to our fried landscapes! Sycamores, Silver Maples, Cot-tonwoods, and Bradford Pears are covering our yards with their discarded foliage. The trees are losing water faster than the roots can provide it. Old reliable plant friends such as Nandina, Haw-thorne, Ligustrum, Holly, and yes, even the mighty Oak are looking a little rough. The top side of their leaves are brown, yet the underside is still relatively normal looking. That’s a typical sign of sunscorch. It’s not time to panic! Leaf drop is a natural self-defense to help the plant get through these tough times. Don’t be tempted to drown the poor plants with more and more and more water….this may just lead to root problems down the road. Having said that though, it cer-tainly is a good idea to step up the watering of your landscape just to make sure that your shrubs, flowers, lawn, and trees get the much needed H2O that is so vital. One of these days it will rain and next season your plants will return to their happy, healthy selves!
~ Steve McCoy
U sually while searching for the yard of the month I drive all around the neighbor-
hood. For August, I only had to go next door! My neighbor’s beautiful lawn is what anchors the entire landscape. Two Texas Ash trees provide ample shade (although not too much for the grass to grow) and graceful planters with Boston Ferns welcome visitors to the front door. A beautiful 3-tier fountain adds elegance, sound, and water for the birds. Rose Creek Abelias just coming into bloom and decorative mulch around the founda-tion are the perfect way to help soften the square lines of the house. Congratulations to my next door neighbor and thank you for doing your part in making Bomber Heights an even more beauti-ful neighborhood!
~ Steve McCoy
Today I learned that a wildfire can get so large and so hot it can form a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, make
lighting, and even create its own weather system. The rain that falls from the pyrocumulonimbus cloud
can sometimes put out the same fire that created the cloud initially.
B HNA joined the City of Fort Worth’s canned food drive for the Tarrant Area Food Bank and helped feed the hungry. In just a few days,
we donated 265 lbs of food and raised $50 in cash. Thank you to our block captains, volun-teers and donors inside and outside of the neighborhood who gave to this worthy cause. According to the TAFB, $10 feeds 50 families. Thanks to everyone’s combined ef-forts, we were able help the Food Bank feed hundreds of persons who might not otherwise have a meal at a time when most needed. Your kind contributions have made a difference! If you were unable to give and still would like to donate, you may do so at Tarrant Area Food Bank. Please let me know of any ideas you may have on other ways we can be of service to the com-munity. We always want to help! If you want to get involved in any capacity, feel free to give me a call at 817-731-2228. ~ Jarrod Roecker
BHNA Volunteer Coordinator
Today I learned that after the filming of the movie, “Rush Hour 2”, the prop money was so accurate movie extras
tried to pass it off as real on the Strip. The Secret Service then had to confiscate $100 Million worth of prop money
and accused the prop money manufacturer - Independent Studio Services - of counterfeiting.
FROM JARROD’S DESK
….. BHNA Steps Up For Food Bank
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& Current Events Find Your Perfect Pet During Clear The Shelters
C lear The Shelters is an adoption event like no other. It’s a one-day national pet adoption initiative with all fees waived. Last year, the Fort Worth community helped find homes for 300 pets at the shelter — a record-setting number of adoptions in one day. On Aug. 18, the Fort Worth Animal Shelter is teaming up with NBC5, Telemundo23, and more than 60 North Texas shelters and animal shelters across the nation to find loving and forever homes for pets in need. The Fort Worth Shelter is currently the tem-porary home for nearly 600 pets. “The summer months are notoriously the time when we have the most intakes,” said Tim Morton, assistant director of Code Compliance, Fort Worth Animal Care & Control. “But this year has been a huge challenge for us with a higher than normal number of animals entering the shelter. We’re confident our community will come out and support this great adoption event.” It will be a family party at the shelter’s main campus, with nearly 20 organizations offering complimentary services and sam-ples to pet owners as they look for their perfect new pet. The event will feature Ko-na Ice, Hollywood Feed, Urgent Animals
Fort Worth, Carnival Catering, face paint-ing for children, dog grooming and training from PetSmart and the Fort Worth Police Department’s Batman. The shelter’s main campus now features more than 10 outdoor play areas and a pri-vate “meet and greet” area. It’s important to have the entire family in attendance, especially kids, so everyone is contributing to the conversation about which dog or cat will be the best for the family. And don’t forget your current fami-ly dog. Shelter staff encourages “meet and greets” between new pet siblings. Adoptions will take place at three locations from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Saturday
• The main campus at 4900 Martin St.
• PetSmart Adoption Center, I-20 at Hu-len Street.
• PetSmart Adoption Center, I-35W at Heritage Trace. Parkway.
Pets from the Fort Worth Animal Shelter
are spayed or neutered, micro-chipped and vaccinated.
Gear Up to End Hunger Ride
S tart training for Mayor Betsy Price’s Gear Up to End Hunger challenge bike ride on Oct. 6 at Rockwood Park. Riders who finish the course within 15 percent of the mayor’s time will earn bragging rights and a high-performance jersey. Proceeds from the race benefit the Tarrant Area Food Bank. The 100K begins at Rockwood Park and loops up to the Texas Motor Speedway before heading back to the park. After the ride, celebrate with free food, beverages and kids’ activi-ties. Mayor Price is serving as lead rider and honorary chair of the ride. Like so many Fort Worth residents, she can’t stand the thought of any child or family going hungry. “Let’s ride to help families not just survive, but thrive,” Price said.
Citizens on Patrol History On October 15, 1991, 105 persons repre-senting eleven neighborhoods attended a twelve-hour training session at the Fort Worth Police Academy. The training was conducted for three hours per night over a four-night period covering legal liabilities, patrol procedures, communi-cations, and the penal code. No one anticipated how successful the Citizens on Patrol Program would be. The program has been credited with being a primary factor in decreases in Part I Crimes especially those of theft, burglary, and auto theft. It also has served as a catalyst in strengthening neighborhoods, and remains in an ex-pansion mode. Advanced training has been instituted at the Field Operations Divisions and the department has an annual recognition luncheon for all COPS members and their families. Finally, they have provid-ed general support services to the neigh-bors in the area to which they are as-signed, ranging from trash pick-ups to encouragement of persons to move into their area.
Today Now, with over 730 members, the Citi-zens on Patrol Program is making a pos-itive impact on Fort Worth's quality of life. Members help to deter crime by patrolling in their cars, on bicycles, and on foot patrol. In 2013, Citizens on Patrol members helped to start the Code Blue at the School Program. Volunteers would help keep our Fort Worth elementary schools safe by patrolling around the outside of campuses. BHNA is encouraging volunteers to join Citizens on Patrol! If you are interested in joining a Citizen on Patrol group, please call the Coordinator: Gerald Huck - (817) 3924706 [email protected] West Division, 3525 Marquita Street, Ft. Worth, TX 76116 Please contact your patrol division coordinator to enroll in the next session.
& Current Events
Today I learned that on Christmas eve in 1969, Willie Nelson got a phone call that his house outside Nashville TN had caught on fire.
Willie came home and rushed into the fire. He managed to save his guitar Trigger and one pound of weed.
Watch Willie Nelson Tell the Story of His Legendary Guitar, Trigger
Neighborhood Crime Statistics Link
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Letter from the Editor August 4, 2018 For more than 20 years, the City of Fort Worth has held an employee food drive benefiting the Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB), and in re-cent years, city employees have col-lected between $75,000 and $100,000 worth of food and dona-tions each year. Despite their contributions, the de-mand on the TAFB — which is the primary source of donated food for hunger-relief charities and a feeding program in 12 North Texas counties — has only increased. Last year, more than 47,000 households that include children, seniors, single par-ents, the chronically-ill, disabled, unemployed or laid-off workers, the working poor, victims of abuse, and the homeless — many of whom could be a neighbor, co-worker or even a family member — received assistance from the food bank. This year, the city once again en-couraged participation from neigh-borhoods. The Municipal Court spearheaded the effort, which began July 2 and ran through July 31. As in years past, a competition was held to determine which neighbor-hood could collect the most food and donations. Donations and drop-off
sites were coordinated through city departments and participating neigh-borhoods. BHNA discussed joining the drive early in July, but several volunteers were unable to participate at the time due to work and travel constraints and so we did not enter until the last weekend of July. Six people stepped forward as Block Captains: John Barcenas, Ashlee Felker, Tere-sa Pearson, Steve McCoy, Ashley Kane (and husband Brad Kane,) and Mary Stevens. Trader Joe's donated 900 empty grocery bags to our drive. The City donated 80 flyers and one of our volunteers printed out another hundred. On Thursday afternoon, July 26, a volunteer attached the flyers to bags and counted out enough bags to cov-er all houses on a designated block. That evening the block captains picked up their bundles and braved the hundred degree heat, placing the bags on the porches of each of their neighbors. The flyer instructed resi-dents to donate by placing canned goods in the bags and putting the bags back on their porches on Satur-day morning for a volunteer to re-trieve. Saturday morning, Jarrod Roecker and his three Super Hero teenagers, Allison, Andrew and Alex, picked up the bags of grocer-ies, and BHNA delivered them to the drop off station downtown, on
July 31, the last day of the drive. A total of 265 pounds of canned food were collected in a single day and we were told that even though we only participated one weekend out of the entire month, our donations exceeded many of the City's own departments. That's remarkable but not surprising to this editor. Our neighborhood has always been will-ing to step up when called to help. It is part of our great history of service. BHNA is looking for volunteers to serve in all capacities, as well as many more Block Captains to help us in the future when we tackle an-other service project. Block Cap-tains are vital to our growth and our continued ability to serve our Bomb-er Heights neighborhood. Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Jarrod Roecker, at 817-731-2228 if you would like to volunteer or if you're simply curious and interested in learning more. Volunteering is a rewarding and challenging way to give back to our community and make a difference in the lives of oth-ers. Thank you for your service to Bomber Heights. Sincerely, BHNA Newsletter Editor
& Current Events
The Purpose of Bomber Heights Neighborhood Association To encourage the active involvement of residents by promoting, enhancing, and solidifying the quality of life in our Bomber
Heights community, through social, educational and charitable endeavors.
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Neighborhood
Contacts
Luella Merrett Elementary School 7325 Kermit Fort Worth, TX 76116 Principal Karelyn Roberts Phone: 817-815-6600 Email: [email protected] PTA President Suzy Fisher Email: [email protected]
BHNA Executive Committee President John Barcenas
Vice President Teresa Pearson
Secretary Steve McCoy
Treasurer Ashlee Felker
Volunteer Coordinator Jarrod Roecker
Park Improvement Committee
Chair Mary Stevens
[email protected] Co-Chair Jarrod Roecker
Communications Committee
Chair Teresa Pearson
[email protected] Lloyd Tunstill
Ashlee Felker
Mary Stevens
Jarrod Roecker
Newsletter
Mary Stevens
City of
Fort Worth
Contacts
Mayor
Betsy Price Mayor's Office 200 Texas St. Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Telephone: 817-392-6118 Fax: 817-392-2409 Scheduler: Beth Ellis District 3 City Councilman
Dr. Brian Byrd District 3 Office 200 Texas St. Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Telephone: 817-392-8803 Fax: 817-392-6187 Email: [email protected]
District Director Michael Crain [email protected] Neighborhood Police Officer Marion K Collinsworth 817-851-9627 [email protected] Code Compliance Officer
Jerrie Ann Gonzalez-Varga 817-994-8422 817-392-8589 [email protected]
Nearest Police Facility: West Patrol Division 3525 MARQUITA DR. City Hall
817-392-2255 Call for all essential city services, follow voice prompts
U.S. Senators Sen. John Cornyn Phone: 972-239-1310 202-224-2934 Sen. Ted Cruz Phone: 214-599-8749 202-224-5922 U.S. Representative
Kay Granger
202-224-3121 Texas State Senator
Sen. Jane Nelson
Texas State Senate District 12 Capitol Office: CAP 1E.5 Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0112 Capitol Address: P.O. Box 12068, Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711 District Address: 1225 S. Main St., Suite 100 Grapevine TX 76051 Phone: (817) 424-3446 State District Offices Texas State Representative
Rep. Craig Goldman
Texas State House District 97-- Capitol Office: EXT E2.606 Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0608 Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 District Address: 4521 South Hulen Street, Suite 208 Fort Worth TX 76109 Phone: (817) 920-5912
Federal & State
Government Contacts
Board of Education Member Christene Chadwick Moss
2nd Vice President - District 3
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 817-944-8033
Texas State Board of Educa-tion Member
Patricia Hardy
Texas State SBOE District 11
1109 Roaring Springs Road Fort Worth, TX 76114 (817) 732-1786 [email protected]
District Address: 1225 S. Main St., Suite 100
Grapevine TX 76051
Phone: (817) 424-3446
State District Offices
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You can join your Bomber Heights Neighborhood Association by attending a general meeting.
General membership meetings fall on the 3rd Monday of every month and are held at Agape
Baptist Church, 3900 Southwest Blvd, in the Choir Room.
If you are unable to attend a meeting, please click on the appropriate link below, print the form
and fill it out. Make check payable to Bomber Heights NA. Mail the completed form and your
check or money order to BHNA, P.O. Box 123204, Fort Worth, TX 76121-3204.
Thanks for your support!
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