Santa Claus Came to Town for the River Oaks Christmas Tree Lighting

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Around the Town With Jo Ann Dennis and Melody Dennis Santa Claus Came to Town for the River Oaks Christmas Tree Lighting

If you had any doubts about Santa showing up for Christmas this year, you can put them to rest. Santa and his escort from the River Oaks Fire Department made a lot of kids happy as he was delivered to the River Oaks Community Center last Friday night to listen to all the kids’ gift wishes. The River Oaks Community Center hosted Santa and anyone from the community who wanted to open the Christmas season with food, games, family activities, Christmas music and lots of friends. River Oaks, get ready! The Christmas season is finally here, and Santa is ready and busily working on everyone's wish list. From what I saw at the community center Friday night, it looks as if River Oaks is going to have a very merry Christmas! See you next week! (photos continued on page 8) Santa was escorted to the Santa is in Town Celebration by the River Oaks Fire Department.

Santa made sure the River Oaks Christmas tree, River Oaks Center pictured right, was aglow at the celebration. Monthly Food Bank Day Moved to Dec. 8

The Tarrant County Food Bank comes to River Oaks Center monthly to distribute food. The date for the December delivery has been moved to Friday, Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. Individuals receiving food bank food must meet the following requirements: • age 60 years or older or disabled • attend one or more activities at least two times a month at the River Oaks Center The activities are as follows: • Low Impact Exercise Class - Mon., Wed. and Fri., 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. • Sewing Group - Mon., between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. • Game Days - Mon., Wed. and Fri., 11 a.m. • Senior Meal - Wed., noon Pictured right, Castleberry ISD Counselor Jason Martinez and his wife Abigail hold their son, Henry, dur- • Karaoke Night - Wed., 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ing a visit with Santa Clause at the River Oaks Community Center. • Thursday Nite Live - Thurs., 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PAGE 2, December 7, 2017 Suburban Newspapers, Inc. Hometown Hero Hotline Offers Free Legal Advice

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Residents who have witnessed a crime, seen or heard suspicious behavior or Fort Worth Police Officer and River Oaks resident Maria Orand was promoted talk, but are afraid to reach out in fear of “being involved”, in fear of retaliation or to Corporal/Detective on Tuesday, Nov. 28 in a ceremony at the Fort Worth Police having to appear in court, can contact Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County. Academy. Her family and friends attended the event. Crime Stoppers is 100 percent anonymous and confidential, and gives citizens the safety and freedom to make their community a better place to live. For more information, visit Crime Stoppers website at www.469tips.com or call 817-469-8477. We publish birth announcements, engagements, obituaries, words of appreciation, “yeas” and “nays” and letters to the editor. *** Contact us for rates! [email protected] or submit online at www.suburban-newspapers.com/announcements.html

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Package Theft Protection Tips by Aaron Hall, City of White Settlement Communications Manager

It’s the holiday season, which means a big increase • Video camera technology is more affordable than in the number of packages that most people will be ever and can monitor your packages as well as capture having delivered to their homes. Unfortunately, this footage of anyone who approaches your home. means an increase in packages being stolen off of • Check for delivery options that allow you to cus- porches, as well. This type of theft is something that tomize delivery times or to add in instructions about we should all consider when making online holiday where on your property to deliver the package. purchases, and while it is everyone’s hope that nobody Sadly, package theft is more widespread than ever. has to deal with this during the holidays, below are If you do find yourself a victim of it, you can contact some suggestions on ways to reduce your risk of hav- the company you purchased the product from or the ing your packages stolen. delivery company. Often you will end up needing to • Have your packages sent to your place of work speak to both companies. Also be sure to contact the instead of your home. police department to inform them of the theft. • Have packages sent to a friend or family member Many residents love the small town feel of White who is usually at home. Settlement, [and Benbrook, River Oaks, and other • Utilize apps or delivery options that inform you nearby suburbs] so as neighbors we can also band when a package has been delivered, and have someone together and help watch each other’s homes. If you see you trust pick up the package from your porch for safe- any suspicious activity on your neighbor’s property, keeping. especially in the minutes following a delivery vehicle, • If using Amazon.com, utilize the new “Amazon be sure to notify the police. Together, through vigilance Locker” feature that allows you to pick up the pack- and caution, hopefully we can all have a safe and theft- ages from a nearby location instead of having them free holiday season. delivered directly to your home.

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Accepting Gifted and meal for all others. Participants must have a reserva- tion to eat lunch, and Monday at 2 p.m. is the deadline Talented Student to sign up for the Wednesday lunch. Game tables are available for favorite games to be Nominations played. Seniors are invited to bring friends and enjoy the day. Nominations for the Castleberry ISD Gifted and Bingo Every Wednesday Talented (GT) Program will be accepted beginning December 4 through December 15. Parents who have Everyone is welcome each Wednesday from 12:30 a student currently enrolled in kindergarten or first to 1:30 p.m. to play Bingo. Participants should bring grade, and who feel their child may benefit from serv- any kind of canned good, a cleaning item, paper tow- ices provided through the Gifted and Talented The River Oaks Center hosts a regular schedule of els, etc. Homemade or store-bought cakes, cookies, Program, may nominate their child by completing a community events. etc. can be donated for prizes. Instead of bringing parent nomination packet. Nomination packets are Thursday Nite Live items, participants may pay $1 for each Bingo card to available online on the district’s Gifted and Talented The River Oaks Center has shows every Thursday play, which will be used to purchase different types of page and in the main office of your child’s school. night at 6 p.m. Sometimes there is a live band, canned Bingo prizes. From time to time, businesses will be Eligibility is determined by several factors: teacher donating various prizes. music or skits. observations, samples of student work, and age appro- General Information priate assessments administered to all nominated stu- Sewing Group The River Oaks Center, 5300 Blackstone Drive, is dents in Spring 2018. If you have any free time on Monday mornings, open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and For more information, parents should visit the consider coming to the River Oaks Center to join in the Friday. For more information, call the River Oaks Castleberry ISD Gifted and Talented webpage sewing group. Several ladies meet each Monday morn- Center at 817-732-5885 during business hours. (http://www.castleberryisd.net/departments/tli/advanc ing at the River Oaks Center to sew clothing for girls edacademics/gt/) or contact their campus counselor. at the Castleberry elementary schools who are in need. All nomination packets must be returned to the stu- A lot of clothing is made, but they also need help cut- dent’s campus by Friday, December 15. Notice of Public Sale ting out the material - no experience needed. You can come whatever hours fit your schedule as we are usu- Of property to satisfy a landlord's lien, Pursuant to Chapter ally there from 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. or whenever 59,Texas Property Code. Sale to be held online at CISD School Board you need to leave. www.selfstorageauction.com beginning December 15, Exercise Class 2017 at 8:00 a.m. and will conclude December 28,2017 Meets Dec. 11 at 5:00 p.m. Cleanup deposit is required. Seller reserves Low impact exercise class is held on Mondays, the right to withdraw the property at any time before the The next meeting of the Castleberry ISD Board of Wednesdays and Fridays. The cost is $5 per month. sale. Sale to highest cash bidder, subject to additional Education is Monday, Dec. 11 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Most of the exercise is done while sitting in a chair. terms noted on website. Facility address: 8460 Boat Club in the Gary S. Jones Administration Building, located Senior Lunch Every Wednesday Rd, Fort Worth, Texas 76179. at 5228 Ohio Garden, Fort Worth, TX 76114. Seniors are invited each Wednesday at noon for Property includes the contents of spaces of the following tenants - Tammy Frazier: Computer, entertainment center Meetings are open to the public, and all interested lunch and to visit with their neighbors. There is a sug- parties are encouraged to attend. An agenda can be , TV, clothing, mattress, and general household goods. gested donation of $2 for each meal for persons over Garry Hardin - bed frame and mattress, washer and dryer, found on the district’s website at 60 years of age and their spouses; the price is $6 per recliner, dressers and general household goods. http://castleberryisd.net.

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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVER OAKS, TEXAS: * * SAVINGS CLAUSE

All rights and remedies of the City of River Oaks, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all 1-LP:ULJKW)UHHZD\ violations of the provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of River Oaks, Texas or any other (DVWVLGHRI1RUWKEHWZHHQ&OLIIRUGDQG:KLWH6HWWOHPHQW5GDWWKHHQGRI ordinances affecting public nuisances which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in WKH*HQH7KRPSVRQ $VVRFLDWH6WULS&HQWHUQH[WWR&DQGOHZRRG6XLWHV court or not, under such ordinances same shall not be affected by this Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.

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Any person, firm, or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, or refuses to comply with WHITE SETTLEMENT HISTORICAL MUSEUM or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) or the maximum amount allowed by law for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

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8320 Hanon Dr. – 817-246-9719 The City Secretary is directed to publish in the official newspaper of the City, the caption, penalty clause, savings clause, publication clause, and effective date clause of this ordinance one time as authorized by Chapter 5, Section 5.02(c) of the Charter of the City of River Oaks. Open: Tues. - Sat. – 10 AM - 3 PM Closed: EFFECTIVE DATE Sunday & Monday This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained.

PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 28th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2017. www.wsmuseum.com MAYOR HERMAN EARWOOD ATTEST: MARVIN C. GREGORY III, CITY SECRETARY FREE ADMISSION - GROUPS WELCOME PAGE 8, December 7, 2017 Suburban Newspapers, Inc.

Around the Town (continued from page 1)

Hayden Baggett rides a mechanical bull at the at the River Oaks Community Center.

River Oaks Water Department Administrative Pam Obidien welcomes guests to the Santa Is in Assistant Zenia Bailey and her husband David wait in Town Celebration. line with their grandson Zander to talk with Santa Clause at the River Oaks Community Center.

Candice Main and her daughter Mackenzie Ramos are all smiles as they wait for Santa to light the City of River Oaks Building Inspector Steve Part of the entertainment at the Santa Is in Town Christmas tree at the River Oaks Community Center. Sanders and his wife Barbara attend the Santa Is in Celebration at the River Oaks Community Center was Town Celebration at the Community Center. a local girls dance ensemble.

Friends, Ray Terrill, Sandi Celisniak, and Linda Baker show their Christmas spirit as they wear Christmas lights during the River Oaks Santa is in Gay Stewart stays busy as she hands out bags of Town Celebration. Santa takes pictures and gift requests from hot, buttery popcorn at the Santa Is in Town Amanda Arnett and her daughter Charlotte. Celebration. (photos continued on page 9) Suburban Newspapers, Inc. December 7, 2017, PAGE 9

Around the Town (continued from page 8)

Lucy Nunez got her face painted by Evette Valdivia while Evelyn Valdivia Three-year-old Mariah Scott tried out the bull ride. looked on.

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The Westworth Village Police Department is host- ing Santa Day on Saturday, Dec. 16. Children and families can enjoy free treats, holiday activities, and photos with Santa. Santa will make his debut via Fort Worth fire engine escorted by the Westworth Village Police Department at 9:30 a.m. Children can meet Santa at the City Hall Community Room, 311 Burton Hill Rd., from 10 a.m. to noon.

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Eventually, the family settled in the Bastrop area, and Brazos River overflowed its banks, causing many peo- the two brothers both attended the Bastrop Military ple to flee for their lives. Sayers stepped forward Institute. immediately to make sure state authorities helped When the Civil War erupted, he and his brother those in danger and later helped those rebuild. In 1900, both enlisted in the Confederate army. As it turned out, Galveston was devastated by the deadliest hurricane in Sayers would become one of the last Civil War veterans American History when more than 6,000 people died. to serve as Texas governor. He served in the 5th Texas Sayers immediately dispatched food, medicine, and Cavalry and was noted for his bravery in actions in state personnel to the devastated city to help survivors New Mexico and Louisiana. The war put his life in in the face of impending starvation, disease and riots. danger often, but he pressed on in the face of steadily Impressed with his response to these disasters and advancing Union armies. He was twice wounded in management of the state, voters re-elected Sayers in combat and rose to the rank of major before the 1900. Confederate surrender in 1865. He advocated a number of reforms as governor, After returning to Bastrop, Sayers decided not to most concentrating on anti-trust laws. He worked to live a life of bitterness and regret but instead chose to ban railroad rebates to preferred customers, insisting give back to the community and build a future. Though customers be treated equally. Labor unions were Sayers never attended college himself, he nevertheless exempted from anti-trust laws as they had become tar- Joseph Draper Sayers was the 22nd Governor of continued his own education and worked to bring gets of many early anti-trust lawsuits. He also worked Texas from 1899 to 1903. opportunities to others. He opened a school in Bastrop to expand education funding. and began studying law at night. Within a year, he The famed Spindletop well was completed near Adversity, it is said, is the truest test of character. gained admission to the state bar and began practicing Beaumont in 1901. The gusher well produced upward When times are flush and problems scarce, few will law. of a million barrels of oil in its first two weeks. This have to find a way to rise to the occasion when the In 1872, Sayers was elected to the state senate and was the first successful oil well in the state, and the oil occasion has risen for them. steadily moved up the political ladder. He would go on boom it ushered in quickly transformed the economy Governor Joseph Sayers was a man who faced to serve as chairman of the State Democratic of the state, making Texas a major center for energy. many crises in his life and faced even greater crises as Committee, and in 1878, he was elected lieutenant gov- In 1903, with his second term at an end, Sayers governor, as the state weathered a number of natural ernor. He was elected to the first of seven terms in quietly stepped down and resumed his law practice in disasters. Even in the face of disaster, Sayers found Congress in 1884, eventually rising to chair the House Bastrop. He remained committed to serving the public ways to pave a path forward for Texas. Appropriations Committee for the 1893-1894 term, one in his later years. He served on the board of regents for Joseph Draper Sayers was born in Granada, in of the most coveted and respected positions in the University of Texas as well as a number of other northern Mississippi, in 1841. It was a family of farm- Congress. In 1898, he was elected as the state’s twen- state boards. He met the many challenges of his times, ers, as most families were at that time. Tragedy befell ty-second governor. helping the state overcome deadly disasters and brin- the family while he was still young. His mother died in In the spring of 1899, Texas faced major flooding ing the state into a new age. Sayers died quietly in 1851; and as a result, his distraught father moved him as spring rains relentlessly soaked the state. The 1929. and his younger brother to Texas to start over.

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