Special Edition Commissioner Gary Fickes Tarrant County - Precinct 3 September 2019 www.TarrantCounty.com Volume 12, Issue 4 Start your day with the WBAP Morning Show at Empowering Seniors! LIVE BROADCAST from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Hal Jay and others from WBAP, along with Troy Dungan, Scott Murray and members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Alumni from the ’70s! Presenting Sponsor Professional Health Screenings Blood Glucose, Hearing, Eyes and more! Informative Workshops Ask the Doctor/Provider Panel Back by popular demand... Over 150 Exhibitors Fun Art Classes Panel Cooking Demonstration Carnival Games Sweet Treat Cake Walk Totes and Treats Same location... CAMPUS FREE Food WEST Entertainment, BINGO, 205 N. Industrial Blvd. ● Bedford, Texas Door Prizes and more! Register to attend at www.EmpoweringSeniors.com or call 817-581-3600 September 2019 Northeast Newsletter Volume 12, Issue 4 | Page 2 We’ll see you Friday! COFFEE WITH THE COMMISSIONER annual walks this Friday, September 13th, 2019 It’s time for "The Greatest month in more than 600 Show on Earth" at the 11th 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. communities nationwide. Annual Empowering Seniors The Walk to End Alzhei- Start your day with us! Health and Lifestyle Expo to mer's is the world’s be held on Friday, October largest event to raise Northeast Courthouse 4th at CrossCity Church awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, Commissioner’s Office Campus West in Bedford. support, and research. This inspiring event 645 Grapevine Hwy., Ste. 200 Start your day with the calls on participants of all ages and abilities Hurst, Texas 76054 WBAP Morning Show Team to join the fight against the disease! Register broadcasting live from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 to attend at act.alz.org. a.m. at Empowering Seniors with personal appearances by Hal Jay, Brian Estridge, and Tarrant County is concluding our fiscal Brad Barton from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. year and is looking forward to the new Also joining us is Troy Dungan, Iconic budget year beginning in October. I remain Weatherman and Care N’ Care member; committed to maintaining a conservative Legendary Sportscaster, Scott Murray; and budget and tax rate, which is why I voted the Dallas Cowboy Alumni Cheerleaders against the proposed FY 2020 Tarrant from the ‘70s! Enjoy your day at this free County budget and tax rate during event with professional health screenings, Commissioner’s Court on September 10th. informative workshops, and the “Ask the Doctor” panel, FREE food, over 150 My staff and I remain committed to exhibitors, carnival games, entertainment, serving the needs and honoring the values BINGO, door prizes and more! For further of our constituents in Northeast Tarrant information and to register, please visit County, and as always, please contact or www.EmpoweringSeniors.com. meet with me if you have any questions, concerns, or for further information Just a reminder that the next Election Day regarding our county and how we serve you. in Tarrant County will be November 5th. More details will be posted at a later date Included in this newsletter is information via Tarrant County Elections. Now is a about the City of Watauga Mayor Arthur good time to register to vote or update your Miner, exciting updates from Tarrant address if you would like to participate in County Elections, happenings and services this election. You may find more infor- offered by the City of Bedford, North mation on the upcoming election, register Texas Giving Day, transportation updates, to vote, and update your voter registration senior updates and much more. Coffee information at www.tarrantcounty.com/ with the Commissioner will be this Friday, elections. September 13th at 7:30 a.m. in my office at Empowering Seniors …………….... 1 the Northeast Courthouse. Join us for coffee I invite you to join me for the 2019 Walk and good conversation! Commissioner’s Corner …………... 2 to End Alzheimer’s - Northeast Tarrant that Mayor Arthur Miner ….................... 3 will be held the morning of October 12th at Tarrant County Elections ……...….. 3 Church of the Cross in Grapevine. The Alzheimer's Association is holding their Empowering Seniors Continued ….. 4 Care-N-Care ………………………. 5 CrossCity Church ……………….… 6 Walk To End Alzheimer’s ………... 6 Question: Things you might not have known about Sam Houston... Northeast Tarrant County Cities - The City of Bedford …….……….. 7 North Texas Giving Day…..…….… 8 (Answer on page 5) Fort Worth Heart Walk …….……... 8 Senior News ………………………. 9 Transportation Updates …………… 10 The Quote of the Month - “When Texans start talkin’ huntin’ or fishin’, strap on your waders, ´cause it’s gonna Calendar of Events ………………... 11 get deep in a hurry.” Contact Information ………………. 11 — Jim Gramon September 2019 Northeast Northeast NewsletterNewsletter Volume 12, Issue 4 | Page 3 Mayor company, Operations Manager in structural was sworn in this past May. Mayor Miner Arthur Miner steel and finishing out his 2nd career as said, “I have an excellent City Council Plant Manager with a national recycling and an outstanding City Manager, and I company. look forward to great things for the City On the home front, Art immediately of Watauga.” Art also serves as the immersed himself into the community President of the Economic Development coaching baseball for four years with Corporation. City of NAYA, girls basketball with Upward and Watauga girls volleyball with the YMCA. Within a On a more personal note - few years, Art began his venture into local Mayor Art Miner and his family, wife city service. Mayor Hector Garcia appoint- What do you do for fun? Playing golf and shooting pool Sharon and children Jarrel and Amanda, ed Art to his first city board, the Parks and moved to Watauga in 1996 after retiring Recreation Advisory Board in 1998. Want- Favorite Movie? “Vanishing Point” (the with 25 years of service with the U.S. ing to be more involved, Art was appointed original 1971 version) Navy. They relocated to Watauga from to the Parks Development Corporation two Favorite Restaurant? Wienerschnitzel Patuxent River Maryland where he was a years later where he has served as the presi- Favorite vacation spot? dent for 12 of those years. Art also served Program Manager for Naval Air Systems Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Texas Command. Having two small children, on the Veterans Advisory Board. Capp the outstanding school districts serving the Smith Park, the Hector F. Garcia Recreation Last book read? Sidney Sheldon “Rage of Angels” community was the driving factor in Center and the Veterans Memorial are but a choosing Watauga for their home. With few of the major accomplishments during People would be surprised to know… his background in production manage- his tenure. I have 2 Bischon Frise dogs who control ment, Art found employment with various After many years of urging from friends most of my life. My grandchildren control the rest. companies in the Metroplex starting as a and others, Art decided to throw his hat into Production Assistant with an electronics the political arena and run for mayor and Tarrant County Elections These are exciting days in the Elections Vote Centers program the day after we Administration Department of Tarrant purchased the voting machines. If the SOS County, with new things coming your way. approves our application, you will be able Some changes we started rolling out last to vote at any location in the county on year, and as more are put in place, you will election day. hopefully see they all feed into each other. We started by adding electronic poll books to our check-in process; by doing this, we eliminated a bottleneck in the check-in process. So far, your feedback has been positive. Last month we took the next step and bought new voting machines. Starting this November, you will vote in a Hybrid system: you will first come up to a convenient, and more accessible. But touchscreen to make your choices, and ultimately, we need you to cast your when you are done, the machine will print ballot to make it all worth it. Mark your out your choices on your ballot. You will calendars, Early Voting starts October 21 then be able to review your ballot before and Election Day is November 5. you go to a separate machine, a scanner, to insert it and have it counted and deposited in the ballot box. From now on, every voter www.TarrantCounty.com in Tarrant County will have a paper trail I highly encourage you to visit our and will vote the same way, whether it’s website and to find us on Facebook during Early Voting or on Election Day. (@TarrantCountyElections) and Twitter Our last change is yet to be approved by (@tarrantelection). We are working Article courtesy of Heider Garcia, the Secretary of State. We applied for the very hard to make voting easier, more Tarrant County Elections Administrator September 2019 NortheastNortheast Newsletter Newsletter Volume 12, Issue 4 | Page 4 Enjoy a cup of coffee and... Start your day with the Presenting WBAP Morning Show Sponsor at Empowering Seniors! LIVE BROADCAST from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Sponsor/Exhibitor Booths Ask the Doctor/Provider Work- Visit over 150 sponsor and shops provide attendees the exhibitor booths to get infor- opportunity to write down any mation on a wide range of question they may have. The programs including health questions are provided to the screenings and area assistance doctors for discussion during the programs for seniors. Be sure to specific workshop. get your passport stamped at Our panels of physicians and ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FUN? providers specialize in areas of specific sponsor booths for a Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology, chance to win a door prize! Carnival Games Family Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Sweet Treat Cake Walk and many more… 3 Sessions: 9:30 Professional Health Screenings Popcorn a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 12:30 p.m.