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NEWS In a system that utterly lacks accountability, yet another Tarrant County judge faces a slap on the wrist for being racist.

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LAST CALL Refinery 714 rises above the cocktailing competition at the Kimpton Harper downtown.

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For whatever reason, people are seeking ink in record numbers now.

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STUFF Has early season success made the Cowboys believe they’re better than they really are?

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MUSIC Uncle Toasty wants you to pop off the couch and get back to watching live bands.

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Getting ink is on the rise locally and nationally for a variety of reasons, including stimulus packages and lockdown fatigue.

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Reelection Lost For unspoken but perhaps implied reasons, DA Sharen Wilson won’t seek another term.

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For whatever reason, people are seeking ink in record numbers now.

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hether because of pockets deepened slightly by stimulus checks, pentup existential angst, or boredom, people are getting more ink these days, according to several local shop owners and national data.

“Everything’s so uncertain right now,” said Beth Barrington, owner of Lucky Horseshoe Tattoo. “People have a different mindset right now.”

Part of that mindset seems to be seizing the day through the eternal medium of tattoo ink. Barrington said she has seen “steadily increasing” business at Lucky Horseshoe, the N. Main Street shop she co-owns with husband Thomas Barrington.

“It’s definitely been busier,” Angie Griffin said.

Griffin had just finished adorning a cop’s thigh with a pink frosted donut on

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a Tuesday afternoon. She and shopmate Nate Barron agreed that over the past year, they have had more appointments than usual, a welcome change after the uncertainty that came with recent lockdowns.

National data back up the anecdotes.

At the end of July, the global business research from IBIS World put out a report on the tattoo industry in the United States. By the firm’s estimates, the $1.4 billion industry is set to grow 23.2% in 2021.

“It’s happening even with the lesserknown artists,” said Josh Gonzalez, owner of Ink817 Tattoo Co. on Camp Bowie Boulevard on a busy Saturday. “A common theme I hear from people is they felt stifled during quarantine. A common theme seems to be wanting to grasp life … . People feel like, ‘Screw sitting at home.

I’m getting a tattoo!’”

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Talia Guerrero documents the sparrow she just completed on Samantha Cottle of North Richland Hills while Ashley Seemann of Fort Worth watches. Guerrero has worked as an independent tattoo artist for around a year, she said.

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A case of piercings sits in the front of Lucky Horseshoe Tattoo. Co-owner Beth Barrington said she also has seen a recent increase in demand for piercings.

Artists and clients gather outside of Lucky Horseshoe Tattoo. The Fort Worth shop has experienced a surge in business.

Eddy Herrera wipes off the tattoo he just finished on Kyle Gurley of White Settlement.

Gurley asked for a deer head to honor his grandparents’ ranch that he visited often growing up. The piece accompanies other pieces on what will become an entire sleeve dedicated to members of his family. Herrera has spent five years in the industry. Over this past year, he saw an increase in demand for ink. “Especially after stimulus [check] season,” he said. “People had money to burn.”

Tomi Fowler tattoos Lorene Salas at Sleepy Hollow. Fowler described herself as a “black sheep” who came to tattooing after working in demanding graphic design jobs for years.

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A few doors down, Kyle Gurley was also honoring his family through artwork.

Eddy Herrera had just finished up a small buck’s head on Gurley’s upper arm. Gurley said the piece referenced his grandfather’s ranch he visited while growing up.

Herrera began tattooing about six years ago. What brought him to the business?

“Not wanting to work for the man anymore,” he said with a laugh.

Tattoo artists are usually independent contractors, basically running their own small business out of a shop. Lucky Horseshoe’s Barrington said she thinks this has made tattoo shops immune to the staffing issues ravaging other industries and has contributed to growth.

“But with our business, you never know,” she said. “Tomorrow’s another day, so we gotta take it while we can.” l

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Sleepy Hollow Tattoos, on Bledsoe Street, is filled with artwork.

Jeramy Kitchens, owner of Sleepy Hollow Tattoos, works on a cover-up piece for longtime client Ronni Riley. “This is what happened when I let someone else touch me,” Riley said of the disastrous first tattoo. She visits Kitchens almost exclusively for her ink. Kitchens said he thinks business has returned to normal now but said his shop did see a huge uptick in business after the end of the spring 2020 lockdown. “I think it’s one of those things — when you can’t have something, you want it,” he said. “When the shops opened back up, we could barely get everyone tattooed.”

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That night, Brenda Tufino and Shannon Johnson were waiting in the lobby for some fresh ink.

Both are heavily tatted, but this was the new couple’s first time to get one together.

“Now that the shops are open again, I’ve been trying to get some more,” Tufino said.

Tattoo shops and artists faced months of uncertainty during the pandemic.

During the initial lockdown of spring 2020, shops had to close down entirely. And they stayed that way for about two months.

Some artists used the time to kick back. Barron said it was his “first paid vacation in 20 years,” as he was able to secure unemployment while out of work.

Not everyone had that option.

A few chairs down at Lucky Horseshoe, Gil Gonzales was working on a Nordicinspired piece for client Jeff Mahan.

“I kept tattooing,” Gonzales said. “It was just do or die.”

He worked at a San Antonio shop at the time. He said he had a few close calls but ultimately faced no legal repercussions for staying in the chair during the lockdown.

For tat-lover Nichol Mathison, tattoo shops felt like a safe space to be during the pandemic, given the sanitation measures artists take year-round.

“It’s sterile, it’s safe,” she said. “I know I find comfort in that.”

Mathison had come with friend Ronni Riley to sit in Jeramy Kitchens’ chair at the acclaimed Sleepy Hollow Tattoos on Bledsoe Street.

Mathison showed off two recent pieces from the shop owner: a depiction of a mother and child and a realistic koala, both memorials to the infant she lost earlier this year.

“I needed a way to heal and to honor my son,” she said. “I feel like these tattoos help me heal. I can look down and feel proud and smile.”

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Lorene Salas reacts after artist Tomi Fowler lays out what her new and first tattoo will look like. Salas asked Fowler for a bouquet of asters, her birth month flower.

“Oh!” Lorene Salas said in surprise as Tomi Fowler pressed the tattoo needle into her skin.

Salas was receiving her first tattoo, a bouquet of asters to commemorate her birth month.

Salas said it did not hurt as much as she thought it would. She was watched by older sister Leslianne Garcia, who has received many tattoos from Fowler.

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Gordi Redmon works on a big biomechanical piece on Seth Haynes of Las Colinas on a Saturday night at Ink817 Tattoo Co. Redmon had already put over two and a half hours into the piece.

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Gil Gonzales inks a Nordic-inspired “leaf man” onto Jeff Mahan’s leg. Mahan was getting a prison tattoo of a “kind of evil clown” covered up. Gonzales has worked out of Lucky Horseshoe Tattoo for four months but has worked as a tattoo artist for 20-plus years. He was based out of San Antonio until recently. Gonzales said he worked throughout the pandemic, even during lockdowns, out of necessity.

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The funding of cultural activities is the main focus of Friday’s Women’s Policy Forum Symposium.

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Arts and culture have long been a driving force for local tourism. This weekend alone will see the return of in-person events as the Lone Star Film Festival makes its annual appearance, and the second annual Fort Worth River and Blues Festival will bring roots music to Panther Island Pavilion. Both events generate tourists and economic activity for the city of Fort Worth.

Over the past decade, arts and culture have produced $6.1 billion in economic activity for Texas. That’s according to a new report by Texas Cultural Trust, a nonprofit that advocates for arts-centered learning in public schools and arts groups across the state.

On Friday, the nonprofit’s executive director, Heidi Marquez Smith, will make her case for funding the arts at the Women’s Policy Forum 2021 Emerging Issues Symposium at Casa Mañana.

“I will be talking specifically about the impact of the arts,” she said in a phone interview. “Many of us take it for granted.

When we get into our cars, we listen to music, and it’s free. When we walk into a restaurant, there is art on the walls. I will talk about the numbers. That helps policymakers make decisions.”

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If one thread ties together most government malfeasance stories that we’ve published, it’s the utter lack of accountability that public officials face after betraying the public trust. A pending ruling of an investigation by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (CJC) recently caught our attention because, time and time again, we’ve seen powerful public officials skirt accountability.

In the past couple of years alone, Tarrant County’s tax assessor-collector tried to bypass vendor hiring guidelines as a favor to a law firm that donates to her cam-

When giving examples of why cultural events and institutions matter to a city’s economic health, Smith often reminds folks about Boeing’s 2002 decision to snub Dallas when choosing a new headquarters that went to Chicago. The wife of Boeing’s CEO famously found Dallas to be devoid of a robust arts community — something that wouldn’t be true today but may have been fair to say at the time.

“They did not see enough culture in Dallas at the time,” Smith said. “Being in a place that offered cultural opportunities [often means better access to] better public education. Those cities can better attract and retain employees. That was something they recognized that was important for their success.”

Beyond being an economic driver of the local economy and a reliable means of attracting new businesses, arts institutions — art galleries, museums, concert halls, and festivals — bring visitors who then return home to tell their friends what a fun place a city like, say, Fort Worth is.

Statewide, 37% of nonresident travelers engage in arts events, Smith said, meaning that cultural institutions and events are easily the biggest factor tourists consider before hopping on a plane or going for an extended road trip.

At a time when 47 million Americans are dealing with a mental health illness, according to Mental Health America, Smith said public funding for the arts is needed more than ever. Rural schools in Texas, she said, have 70% fewer arts-related courses than urban schools.

Students who attend a cultural event every few months have a 32% lower risk of developing depression, the recent report found.

“When our words fail us, we can draw a picture,” Smith said. “It is very therapeutic to be in the arts. It’s a way to express ourselves. It reinforces kindness, sharing,

paigns, and a retired deputy police chief was allowed to quietly retire after being investigated for sexual harassment.

All of this brings us to Danny Rodgers. The chief judge who oversees Fort Worth’s nine municipal courts was the target of a human resources complaint in 2019. Judge Ann Y. Collins, who works under him, alleged that Rodgers, a white man, discriminated against her, a Black woman, based on her gender, age, and race and that he retaliated against her when she reported his behavior. Included in the complaint, which is nearly 100 pages long, are numerous emails documenting the events. Rodgers, the complaint alleges, would tell Collins how his family used to own a plantation and enslaved Black men and women. His tone, Collins claims, was

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and empathy. Those are some of the ways that it is important.”

Even with quantifiable benefits for the general public and students, state funding for arts groups lags below what many other states are willing to invest, Smith said. Local elected officials who have been strong advocates of arts funding at the state level include State Sen. Jane Nelson and State Rep. Charlie Geren, she added.

The City of Fort Worth has budgeted $1,786,370 for arts support in 2022, said Wesley Gentle, director of advancement for the Arts Council of Fort Worth, the

“condescending, intimidating, demeaning, and degrading.”

Rodgers allegedly also placed a mousepad with a picture of a plantation on Collins’ bench, one part of the complaint read. Collins alleges that Rodgers stole numerous documents from her personal cabinet as another form of retaliation.

In an email, Nathan Gregory with the city’s human resources department said that an investigation was conducted following Collins’ complaint.

“The findings were submitted to mayor and council at the time,” Gregory said. “Appropriate action was taken, and the issue was resolved.”

The spokesperson did not clarify what actions were taken, but Rodgers still comfortably heads the city’s municipal

nonprofit tasked with providing a range of grants for local nonprofit arts groups. The Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Rose Marine Theater, and public art are just some of the benefactors whose funding is managed by the council.

Gentle provided a report by Americans for the Arts, a national arts advocacy nonprofit, that found charitable giving for the arts had dropped 7.5% since the beginning of the pandemic.

“Over the past three years, total funding from the city has been reduced by over $134,000, partially in response to the city tightening their budget to brace against economic challenges from the pandemic,” Gentle said. “The arts council is greatly appreciative of our many partnerships and financial supporters, including the City of Fort Worth, who help us promote Fort Worth’s remarkable arts community and continue making the arts more accessible to all Fort Worth residents.”

Smith said Fort Worth has a reputation for having a robust and world-class array of museums, concert halls, and festivals. Sustaining those institutions and events requires public tax dollars and individual donors who understand that patronizing the arts doesn’t require endowments or large bequests.

“You don’t have to give monumental amounts to be a philanthropist,” she said.

“It could be something as simple as buying a ticket or donating $20 for a membership program.”

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courts. Around 10 months after Collins filed the complaint, Isaiah X. Smith, a reform-minded Austin activist, wrote a letter to the CJC requesting an investigation into Judge Rodgers’ actions.

In an email, Smith told us that a CJC staffer said the two-year investigation was nearly concluded.

In his original letter to CJC, Smith said that he became interested in the issue due to his belief that the courts should be free from discrimination.

Before he could file his state-level complaint against Rodgers, Smith had to obtain a copy of Collins’ complaint. The city Secretary’s Office, which fulfills requests filed under the Texas Public Information Act, worked against the interests of the public, and Smith, by attempting

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The pending results of a CJC investigation into a Fort Worth judge and the recent actions of two Tarrant County judges follow extensive reporting by our publication on the increasing partisanship of the local know-it-alls behind our benches.

Perhaps the most egregious recent attack on blind justice comes to us from the tony environs of Southlake. That’s where two Tarrant County judges, Republicans Josh Burgess and Susan McCoy, recently ruled favorably for the plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit against the Carroll school district. That lawsuit is backed by a political action committee that has close ties to high-rollin’ financial supporters of Burgess and McCoy (“Buying Judicial Influence?” Sep 1). If you think hiring the right lawyer can buy you influence in the courtroom, imagine what buying off a judge, or judges, can do.

Public faith in our local judiciary may be at an all-time low as locals are becoming increasingly aware of documented racism and cronyism at the city and county levels. A majority of roughly 100,000 Tarrant County voters recently decided to snub the local district attorney’s request for $160 million in bond monies that would have gone toward new facilities and equipment for county prosecutors. Maybe that’s us saying, “Enough is enough.”

City and county judges would not be able to skirt accountability without a system in place that shields all public officials from being held responsible for unethical and criminal actions that would leave ordinary citizens facing lawsuits or jail time. If the allegations against Rodgers are upheld by the CJC, he may face what amounts to a slap on the wrist, but he could be revealed to be a racist bully whose actions have led to two investigations (and counting).

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to block his simple request — a problem that our reporters too frequently run into.

On July 2, 2019, the State Attorney General’s Office ruled that city staff were compelled to release the letters to Smith.

We reached out to CJC for comment on the pending investigation results but did not hear back by press time.

The CJC sounds scary but really isn’t. All it can do in non-criminal cases is sanction judges via a private or public reprimand, a.k.a. a private slap on the wrist or a public slap on the wrist. If Judge Rodgers is sanctioned, he’ll be in good company. CJC’s website lists three recently sanctioned judges — two of them are from Tarrant County.

One is Judge George Gallagher of our 396th Judicial District Court, who was recently publicly admonished for activating a stun cuff on a defendant’s ankle three times during a trial in 2016.

“On appeal, the El Paso Court of Appeals overturned [the defendant’s] conviction and ordered a new trial, finding Judge Gallagher did not order the activation of the stun cuff for legitimate security purposes,” the CJC ruling found.

CJC documents state that Judge Gallagher was investigated by the United States Department of Justice for criminal civil rights violations related to the stun cuff usage. Criminal charges were not filed against him.

The other sanctioned judge from our backyard, Judge Patricia Bennett of Tarrant’s 360th Judicial District Court, was publicly admonished for making overtly racist comments on social media. “#FakeMexican,” the white judge posted about then-candidate for U.S. Senate Beto O’Rourke in 2018. She followed that comment with another racist post about State Rep. Jason Villalba, who lost that year in the state primaries.

“I’m sure [Villalba] will find a job,” Bennett subsequently posted on Facebook. “There are lots of local opportunities in both the hotel and food service industry.”

CJC ordered Bennett to take two hours of instruction with a mentor and two hours of education in racial sensitivity. A formal apology to Villalba and the

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A setback at the polls and a possibly unethical decision may be what forced DA Sharen Wilson not to seek reelection.

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Today, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson announced that she will not seek reelection in 2022. The unexpected news from the six-year incumbent comes after a huge setback at the polls and the suggestion of politically partisan backdoor dealings that are not illegal but potentially unethical.

It’s one thing for school board members and parents to play politics, but it’s a whole other something entirely when someone entrusted to be nonpartisan becomes involved, and that’s exactly what

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Wilson did when she secured unprecedented indictments against two Southlake school board members. Todd Carlton and Michelle Moore had been long targeted by right-wing donors to Wilson’s past campaign and to conservative local judges (“Rising Partisanship,” Oct 13).

Multiple Southlake parents told us that the indictments for alleged violations of the Texas Opens Meetings Act (a Class B misdemeanor) amount to blackmail. A close friend of Moore’s told us that the DA was pressuring Moore to step down from the school board. Fueling the political infighting in Southlake is paranoia over Critical Race Theory (CRT), a lens through which history is taught in universities and graduate schools but that is not taught in any elementary school or high school in the nation, including in Southlake’s largely white, mostly affluent Carroll school district. Republican politicians across the country have turned CRT into a cultural boogeyman to scare white parents. According to the GOP, white students may feel bad and even sad learning about slavery and other racial injustices like the kind that are still inflicted by white people on people of color today.

Fabricating cultural problems is the Republicans’ winning strategy to distract potential voters from the party’s one and only mission: slashing taxes on the uberwealthy.

Moore and Carlton were not buying into any right-wing conspiracy theories,

and the criminal charges served the interest of wealthy donors and racist parents who wanted to discredit the school board for simply trying to address Southlake’s racist recent past. Try as they might, these rich whites cannot erase from the internet the videos of white Southlake high school students chanting the n-word in public.

“When I first ran for the position, I pledged to serve you by being transparent, accessible, and ethical while following and upholding the letter of the law,” Wilson said in a public statement. “I committed to modernizing the office by reorganizing its resources and creating new specialized units to meet the changes in our society.

Today, I feel confident that our mission has been achieved.”

If Wilson hoped that the indictments would gain her political favors in Southlake, the subsequent fallout has only served to embarrass her administration. A podcast by NBC News brought national attention to the overtly racist culture that persists in Southlake, and a series of investigative stories by our news magazine connected campaign contributions with possible political favors by two Tarrant County judges and the district attorney’s office.

Leading up to Nov. 2’s county bond election, the local DA once again tried to use a politically motivated indictment for nefarious reasons. This time, Wilson sought a grand jury investigation into dealings by the Tarrant Regional Water

District (TRWD) (“Red Flags,” Oct 20).

The water district that manages flood control and drinking water was an easy target. Like other Tarrant old boy clubs that include our DA, TRWD had a history of rampant nepotism and cronyism. That move yet again backfired as voters recently snubbed a $160 million bond proposal that Wilson had put forward for a new building, new equipment, and upgrades to existing facilities.

Numerous former employees and prosecutors told us that the workplace environment under Wilson’s tenure has become toxic. Employees are expected to step in line or be summarily fired. Wilson took decisive steps to protect the elderly from fraud and to prosecute domestic abuse charges during her time in office, but the Carroll school board indictments and TRWD investigations have all but eliminated any appearance of impartiality on the part of the DA’s office. Possibly Wilson’s greatest contribution to her department will be her decision to not seek reelection, which may allow Tarrant County to have the type of reform-minded DA that other large Texas counties enjoy.

This column reflects the opinions of the editorial board and not necessarily the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly.com. Submissions will be edited for factuality and clarity.

Escape Room

Amphibian Productions’ new play is about the architecture of fear.

When P.T. Barnum opened his museum in Lower Manhattan, he noticed that people were staying inside too long for his liking, so he posted signs that said, “This Way to the Egress.” Museumgoers who didn’t know that “egress” means “exit” went through a door and found themselves on the sidewalk, having to pay to go back in. (He was a slippery character, that Barnum.) Titling your stage play Egress is a risky ploy, inviting your audience to take a good, hard look at the theater’s exit signs. Melissa Crespo and Sarah Saltwick’s play, which is being put on by Amphibian Productions, is engaging enough to keep you from walking out early, though I can’t say I’m compelled to come back.

The play begins with the main character (Jessica Vera) informing you that she is you, a New York architect who has taken a job teaching a college course in New Jersey. Like Jesse Eisenberg’s character in Zombieland, you’re obsessed with exits.

Your specialty is placing exits in rooms and buildings, imagining how to efficiently move people out of places in emergencies.

It comes out that your ex-boyfriend back in the city is accused of a serious crime. Your testimony could potentially put him away, which is probably why he’s sending you flowers and trying to call you. You’re having trouble sleeping and considering buying a gun, for which I can’t really blame you.

The show’s second-person perspective is an attempt to bring home the fears of a woman who’s on the run, but the play doesn’t work on that visceral level because that ex never seems like a threat because he’s never actually near the main character.

Having the same actor (Garret Storms) portray that ex and all the men in the main character’s life is a wasted opportunity to show her fear extending to men who are not out to do her harm. The climactic nightmare sequence is a gambit that falls flat as well. A good production of Frederick Knott’s play Wait Until Dark, trashy and gimmicky as it is, does much better at capturing the terror of a woman being stalked by bad men.

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Her classroom lectures talk about structures Storms and Sky Williams portray all the with a plethora of doors (the Winchester men and women, respectively, in the main Mystery House in San Jose) and historical character’s life, and Storms is particularly events that hinged on where the exits were (the good at switching between that malevolent Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, the UT clock tower ex, a knucklehead student, a potential date, shooting). She’s relegated to a windowless and a friendly, casually sexist Facebook gun office that other characters compare to a prison salesman (even if he doesn’t sound like a New cell, and I couldn’t help but be reminded of Hampshirite). Vera, too, does well with the the windowless dorm designed by a billionaire play’s overtly emotional stretches. There are some good ideas in Egress, just not enough to dilettante for UC-Santa Barbara.

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Though he was here only three years, the charismatic Northeastern aura of Hall of Fame head coach Bill Parcells left a lasting impression on the Dallas Cowboys franchise. Several nuggets of his unparalleled football wisdom, humorous anecdotes, and cringeworthy, culturally insensitive idioms delivered in his patented Sopranos-cast-member accent still linger in the Cowboys milieu. One such is his cautionary advice about a successful team buying into their own hype. “Don’t eat the cheese” was his warning.

After coming up just a missed field goal shy of defeating the defending Super Bowl champs in Week 1 and then rattling off six straight wins, the most recent on the road with a backup quarterback, this year’s Dallas Cowboys have certainly been served a heaping helping of swag-scented gruyere.

With countless media plaudits and fans’

expectations souring, it was likely only a matter of time before the players began to nibble a bit at that hunk of Havarti.

However, given the 30-16 stomping (that really should have been 30-0) at the hands of the Denver Broncos on Sunday, it appears the ’Boys just might have gorged themselves on the cheddar to the point of choking.

In front of a raucous, massive Denver home crowd magically transported into AT&T Stadium, Dallas played one of their worst games in recent memory. Suddenly the toast-of-the-NFL 2021 Cowboys looked like they time-traveled into the quantum realm and came back with the horrendous 2020 defense and the lackluster 2017 offense. The Broncos, by riding the dynamic duo of running backs Melvin Gordon and Javonte Williams, rolled over Big D’s D to the tune of 190 yards on the ground while simultaneously giving the usually forgettable QB Teddy Bridgewater a highlight reel for his agent to use to work over GM John Elway for a nice, fat extension.

On the other side of the ball, heretofore MVP candidate Dak Prescott had easily

the worst game of his career since the 39-7 debacle against the Eagles during his sophomore campaign. If he had been pulled when he should have been, somewhere in the mid-fourth quarter, Dak would have ended the game completely shut out on the scoreboard, posting a paltry 6/19 for 79 yards and an interception. Those are some Ben DiNucci numbers right there, hoss.

Though it isn’t like he had any help.

Dallas could never get the running game going, and on the rare occasion Dak hit his open receivers, they dropped the ball.

Amari Cooper had his first drop of the season in 54 passes aimed his way. Missing left tackle Tyron Smith, the coaching staff decided to move two players to replace him. La’el Collins, who rode the bench last week coming off a five-game suspension, resumed his role at right tackle, forcing a slide of Terence Steele from the right side, where he’d played fairly admirably for the last six games, over to Smith’s side of the field. The result was as ugly as the O-line has looked all year. Prescott was under duress all game, and there were no running lanes for Ezekiel Elliott or Tony Pollard

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Riding a six-game winning streak, the surging silver and blue are brought back down to Earth in a classic trap game.

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to break through. Three-and-out was the chorus all afternoon.

It truly is remarkable how in some games everything just seems to go wrong. And I mean everything. As the Cowboys tried to crawl back into the game after the half, at the time only down 16-0, the defense managed a three-and-out and then blocked the Denver punt, but due to a quirky rule, the Broncos managed to recover the loose ball and were awarded a fresh set of downs. (I still don’t understand why this rule exists.) All the life then went out of the Cowboys. That is until Dallas’ final two drives, when Prescott, fresh off a calf strain (not to mention the seasonending broken ankle on the same leg from a year ago), inexplicably took on further risk of injury and remained in the game. He took advantage of Denver’s soft win-in-the-bag coverage for a pair of garbage-time TDs, even scrambling and then being tackled hard for a useless two-point conversion.

Dallas was never going to go 16-1 on the year, and because this is the NFL, it was almost a certainty that the ’Boys would lose one that, on paper, they probably shouldn’t have, but the Denver game was a beatdown no one could have foreseen. It’s likely future opponents will look to copy the blueprint laid out by Denver HC Vic Fangio, and if they have equal success in following it, it could spell trouble. The larger sample size, however, suggests this game will be an outlier and the dominant Dallas offense should find its footing again, helping keep an increasingly suspect defense off the field, and then Dallas continues on its merry way to the postseason.

It could be that this type of loss is just what the team needed, a wake-up call to remind them you can’t just mark a W on the schedule and that the games still need to be played. It can be a hard lesson to learn when the world is shouting about how great you are. Let’s just hope that the players spit out the cheese and taste some humble pie instead. l

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Clifford, everyone’s favorite big red dog, now has a live-action Thursday movie that just opened in theaters everywhere and is also available for streaming on the Paramount+ platform. Locally, Clifford the Big Red Dog can be seen at Movie Tavern West 7th (2872 Crockett St, 682-5003-8101) and AMC Palace 9 (220 E 3rd St, 817-3360431), just to name two. For more info, visit CliffordMovie.com.

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Through January 30 Milton Avery is the artist’s first American museum retrospective since the early 1980s and surveys the full career of this master colorist, with some 70 works spanning the 1910s to the 1960s.

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Dallas’ original beer festival is back. Today and Sat, The Big Texas Friday Beer Fest is happening at the Fair Park Automobile Building (1010 1st Av, Dallas, 214-670-8400), featuring more than 500 beer selections from 110plus breweries. Tickets are $37-60 at BigTexasBeerFest.com. (Note: As this event traditionally sells out in advance, there will be no tickets at the door.)

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Etsy Dallas Jingle Bash, North Texas’ wildly popular handmade Saturday shopping event, is 10am5pm at Gilley’s (1135 Botham Jean Blvd, Dallas, @EtsyDallas). This year, more than 70 artisans, designers, and makers will be on hand selling their wares, plus attendees can enjoy food trucks, crafts projects, photobooths, and an appearance

by Santa. Admission is free, but Gilley’s does charge for parking.

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On Sat at 12:30pm or 7:30pm or today at 1:30pm, head to Dickies Sunday Arena (1911 Montgomery St, 817-402-9000) for Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live. “Families and fans of all ages will experience the thrill of watching the famous Hot Wheels monster truck toys

come to life in a full-size, kid-focused, immersive Hot Wheels experience.”

Tickets start at $30 at Ticketmaster.com.

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From 1:30pm to 4pm, take a Dallas Sightseeing Walking Tour from West Monday End Historic District to Klyde Warren Park (2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, 214-716-4500) — where there are food trucks to enjoy — and see all the sights between. The meet-up point is the JFK Memorial Plaza (646 Main St, 214-377-1076). Parking is available below the memorial. Tickets are $30 at BestDFWTours.com. (Note: JFK Jr. sightings are not guaranteed.)

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As part of its 2021-2022 Broadway at the Bass season, Bass Performance Tuesday Hall (525 Commerce St, 817-212-4280) presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS with the original score, costume, and scene design but with all-new sound and choreography.

Nightly performances will be at 7:30pm thru Sat with matinee shows at 1:30pm on Sat and Sun, plus a final performance at 6:30pm Sun. Tickets start at $44 at BassHall.com/Cats.

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At 6:30pm at Lava Cantina (5805 Grandscape Blvd, The Colony, 214Wednesday 618-6893), watch a screening of American Pie with Bowling for Soup’s Jaret Reddick, who is the host of the podcast Jaret Goes to the Movies. Actor/ singer Thomas Ian Nicholas, who plays Kevin in the American Pie franchise, will also be in attendance and will perform an acoustic set after the movie. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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October 17, 2021–February 6, 2022 This exhibition is organized by Tate Britain in association with the Kimbell Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Fort Worth Tourism Public Improvement District.

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One building that became available was Farmers and Mechanics. Originally constructed in 1921, the Art Deco gem was once the tallest building downtown at 24 stories. This architectural triumph didn’t sit empty for long.

A 2016 report from Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. observed a strong need for new hotels downtown as there was a consistent occupancy rate of approximately 70%, faring much higher than other cities in the state. Since the study, downtown has

seen the construction of Aloft, AC Hotel, and The Sinclair, among others. And the Kimpton hotel brand would soon have its footprint downtown thanks to Memphisbased developer and commercial real estate operators Development Services Group.

After a multi-year renovation of Farmers and Mechanics, Kimpton Harper began welcoming guests in early June.

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The drinks here are as unique as the space. Usual suspects like a Boulevardier and Sazerac make an appearance on Refinery 714’s short yet potent list, but on a recent visit, the house creations stood out.

The pink-tinted Juanita’s Revenge (tequila, grenadine, and triple sec) was such a nice sipper, we pitied the fool who must have brought such hurt to poor Juanita. An oxymoron in a glass if there ever was one.

Based on name alone, one would expect The Martinez to be another tequilaladen drink, but gin is the main sauce here, accompanied by sweet vermouth, Luxardo, and bitters for a surprisingly distinguished beverage. Another gin cocktail, Laid Back, builds upon the main ingredient’s floral notes with the sweetness of honey syrup, tartness of grapefruit juice, then a couple dashes of absinthe for a hint of botanicals.

Refinery 714’s current list of seasonal drinks includes a bourbon and maple syrup-laced Autumn Hot Toddy, a cold brew featuring local distillery Blackland Rye and their pecan bourbon, and a pumpkin spice drink (because why not?) with dark rum.

With the days shortening, this is a prime location to experience early sunsets and late-night buzzes. Perhaps one evening you’ll find a jazz band scattering notes or maybe a DJ weaving loungy vibes. Have a seat at the marbled bar or melt into one of the couches. Either way, Refinery 714 is a befitting perch for defying gravity. l

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Are you ready for Thanksgiving? Me neither. For more information on Thanksgiving dining choices, see our Big Ticket column next week. In the meanwhile, here are eight ideas to check out.

1.) Tamales aren’t just for Christmas in Texas. For many families, they’ve become a Thanksgiving tradition, too. Cantina Laredo locations in Addison (4546 Beltline Rd, 972-458-0962) and Frisco (125 Legacy Dr, Ste 102, 214-618-9860) offer house-made beef and chicken tamales to-go for the occasion. Preorders for the tamales ($16.95 a dozen) begin Monday, and they can be picked up through Wed, Nov 24. Or if you’re headed out of town for Thanksgiving, you can enjoy a taste of modern Tex-Mex while waiting at Love Field (across from Gate 6) or DFW Airport (in Terminals B and D).

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2.) Dickey’s Barbecue Pit (various locations) offers a Holiday Feast that includes ham, turkey, and the works. For $115, you can order a Complete Feast that feeds 10-12 that you just heat and serve.

Choices include peppercorn-garlic prime rib, spiral-cut ham, smoked turkey, Cajun fried turkey, or prime rib, plus cornbread dressing, gravy, baked potato casserole, green beans with bacon, and 12 rolls. To order or read about more options, visit Dickeys.com.

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3.) The Fort Worth Club (306 W 7th St, 817-336-7211) has begun taking reservations from members for its Thanksgiving Brunch featuring a buffet

by Chef Prefontaine. Seating times for Thu, Nov 25, are every half hour from 10:30am to 1pm in the historical 12thfloor ballrooms. For inquiries about memberships and reservations, email Reservations@FortWorthClub.com.

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6.) Hurtado Barbecue (205 E Front St, 682-323-5141) is now taking preorders for Thanksgiving at HurtadoBBQ.com.

Selections include whole briskets, hams, turkeys, pans of various sides, and more.

Food items will be served chilled on Wed, Nov 24 (the day before Thanksgiving only), and include reheating instructions.

7.) The Thanksgiving menu has been announced for Lucile’s: A Stateside Bistro (4700 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817738-4761), and it includes carved roasted turkey, apple sausage dressing, homemade giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, candied yams, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. This $200 family package feeds 4-6 people. No substitutions are allowed. Order by Fri, Nov 19, for pickup on Wed, Nov 24, from 5pm to 8pm.

4.) With tamales being a traditional food around the holidays, you might be on the hunt for a local tamale maker. Check out the booth by Hot Tamalez (469 N Grants Ln, White Settlement, 817-4958987) at Cowtown Farmers Market (3821 Southwest Blvd, 682-999-7097) 8am-noon Sat. Hot Tamalez offers beef, black bean with corn, cheese with jalapeno, chicken, and traditional pork tamales.

8.) Panther City BBQ (225 E Pennsylvania Av, 682-499-5618) is also going the online ordering route via PantherCityBBQ.com for Thanksgiving this year, with pickups on Wed, Nov 24, from 2pm to 4pm.

Panther City is also open for lunch that day from 11am to 2pm, so regular menu items will also be available on a first-comefirst-served basis. Thanksgiving menu items include a whole brisket for $150, a ham for $65, a turkey breast for $50, or a rack of ribs for $40, plus you can get a halfpan of brisket elote for $35.

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Mean Motor Scooter drummer Jeffery Chase Friedman is fronting a new band.

It’s called Uncle Toasty, and, at least for its

debut show at MASS Friday, it includes three-fourths of the aforementioned other band. Friedman wants you to see his new band, and he wants you to have a good time. That might sound like an overly simplistic thesis, but it’s in the service of a greater purpose: Friedman wants to get people excited about watching bands again.

“Nowadays, people would rather sit at home, y’know, instead of going to a rock show,” he said, “and that kills me.”

Hoodied and beanied against the fall chill, Friedman posted up at a patio table at a Near Southside watering hole and along with Uncle Toasty co-founder and drummer Michael Surdel explained what he wanted to do with his new project, sort of vision-boarding what he’d like to see happen with the scene moving forward and how Uncle Toasty fits in it. In both cases, his ideas are predicated on loud amps and large crowds.

To those ends, Uncle Toasty does not reinvent the wheel — no one can

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“Experimental,” Surdel added. “We haven’t really restricted ourselves to one thing.”

For the sake of contrast, Friedman described Mean Motor Scooter’s sound and Kidd’s songwriting in that band in terms of mid-2000s garage punks like Jay Reatard and Ty Segall, which is not where he started with Uncle Toasty’s songs.

“I wanted to take a very different approach,” Friedman said. “I think [Mike and I] were very much into the grunge thing. Tad, Skin Yard … I think Tad is a great songwriter, and Jack Endino’s guitar work in Skin Yard was crazy.”

Friedman mentions the Fastbacks as an influence, as well as the frenetic, distorted shredding found in the Jesus

Lizard and Scratch Acid, but in the context of the breakneck, rickety-statefair-roller-coaster rush of “Butcher,” one might deduce that Uncle Toasty’s grunge influence might be more from the partycentric legends spun from the late-’80s/ early-’90s heyday of Seattle’s music scene than the era’s signature, chunky, detuned riffage. Either way, who cares? Though he himself does not drink, future partycentric legends are what Friedman wants Uncle Toasty to be a part of.

“We want to play with fun bands,” he said. “We want to be friends with fun bands. It’s important that people have fun” with live music, and having fun for the sake of having fun informs Friedman’s lyrics. “The stuff that I’m writing about … one song is about the Phoenix Lights.

I wrote [another] about a crocodile. … I want people to have a good time. It’s gonna be loud, but like I said, it’s a rock show.” l

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deny that high decibels and a crowd large enough and ready and willing to absorb them make for a great experience — but it certainly slaps on the right tires for the job.

Besides Surdel, who used to play drums in the short-lived rock band Bad Blonde, Friedman, who sings and plays guitar in Uncle Toasty, reached out to his MMS bandmate Sammy Kidd to join them.

“Sammy and I have always played music together, since like sixth grade,” Friedman said.

And for their first show, MMS bassist Joe Tacke will add more guitar crunch to Friedman’s and Kidd’s guitar attack, with Dustin Schneider filling in on bass.

“But this might be Joe’s first and last performance with us,” Friedman said.

“Three guitars might be a little much.”

Even if Tacke never plays with Uncle

Toasty after Friday night, his influence on the band’s sound is pervasive, as is Mean Motor Scooter’s keyboardist Rebecca Elizabeth, both of whom played on Uncle Toasty’s current single, “The Butcher of Burundi.” And given that Friedman is writing with Kidd, the Mean Motor Scooter DNA is expressed in a lot of Uncle Toasty’s sonic phenotypes. “Butcher” bears the punky tempo and bratty sort of guitar leads found in MMS’ later material, with Friedman’s vocals slathered in Scooteresque reverb and Elizabeth’s keyboard pads and fills floating around like a whippet high. When Friedman drops his songwriting influences, though, he hints that Uncle Toasty’s other songs reach into murkier, more sludgy depths.

“We came up with a splatter-brained kind of idea, something that was punk rock, something that was rock ’n’ roll, very much influenced by stoner rock and doom,” Friedman said.

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About six years ago, I was in St. Louis to play the last show of a two-week tour with my old band, and it would’ve been your typical burned-out, ready-to-bedone-with-this, why-did-we-do-this-tripanyway? kind of last show of a tour if not for sharing the bill with some friends from home, in this case Telegraph Canyon.

I remember going on a walk around the block to rip a pre-show bowl and returning to the green room, and there was Bobby Zanzucchi sitting amid the piles of Telegraph’s gear cases. Bobby had recently joined TC on keys, and he had held that role in Pablo and the Hemphill 7 for a while before that, but actually I knew Bobby from the early 2000s, when he had this band that seemed to be the only non-jazz combo I ever saw at the old Black Dog Tavern. I hadn’t seen him in a long time, and the first thing I said was, “What’s up with Sleepy Atlantis?”

Sleepy Atlantis was Zanzucchi’s band that played at the Black Dog way back when, 2003 to be precise, in which he sang and played guitar with an assembly of some Denton-based string players, Pablo and the Hemphill 7’s drummer, keyboardist, and guitarist (Damien Lewis, Justin Pate, and Steffin Ratliff, respectively), and multi-instrumentalist Rick Nelson. Sleepy Atlantis’ sound was sort of proto-dream pop enlivened with lush orchestral textures like ELO, and they took this show on the road with various lineups and configurations.

Around the same time, however, Nelson

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got a gig playing cello or some such with the Polyphonic Spree, and the more involved he became with that circus, the less inclined he was to play with Zanzucchi and his rotating bandmates.

Sleepy Atlantis fizzled out, but Zanzucchi still played those songs in his head, even as joined bands like Telegraph, Pablo, and Son of Stan.

It took nearly two decades, but Zanzucchi revived his project this year, working out new arrangements for his old songs with drummer Austin Green (The Cush, Son of Stan, Telegraph Canyon) and a string trio composed of violinists Olivia Bruce and Channing Hooper and cellist Kourtney Newton. The group convened at Electric Barryland in Justin to track one of Zanzucchi’s old songs with producer-engineer Jordan Richardson, appropriately titled “You from Before.”

Where its former incarnation bore the acoustic hallmarks of its singersongwriter origins, the new song has been remade as synth-forward mid-tempo pop, sort of like Death Cab mixed with the Rentals and imbued with a satisfying melancholic urgency.

Zanzucchi put the single up on digital platforms near the end of last month, and he said he plans to track more for a full-length as his time permits — in the 17 years since Sleepy Atlantis was last a band, he got married and had a family, and he and his wife own and operate a small business related to the medical field. But the band did play a show at the Twilite Lounge in September, so it stands to reason that there are indeed holes in his schedule to flesh out more songs.

Good thing, because this song is pretty great. — Steve Steward

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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR QUALITY STANDARD PERMIT REGISTRATION RENEWAL AIR QUALITY REGISTRATION NO. 100152 APPLICATION Northwest Pipe Company, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Registration No. 100152, for an Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants, which would authorize continued operation of a Concrete Batch Plant located at 351 Longhorn Road, Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas 76179. 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=32.846666&lng=-97.366111&zoom=13&type=r. The existing facility is authorized to emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including (but not limited to) aggregate, cement, road dust, and particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.

This application was submitted to the TCEQ on October 4, 2021. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the John Ed Keeter Public Library, 355 West McLeroy Boulevard, Saginaw, 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 in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ. The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. Information in the application indicates that this permit renewal would not result in an increase in allowable emissions and would not result in the emission of an air contaminant not previously emitted. The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

PUBLIC COMMENT You may submit public comments, or a request for a contested case hearing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments is 15 days after the final newspaper notice is published.

After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to consider in the permit process.

After the technical review is complete the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. If only comments are received, the response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application, will then be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or who is on the mailing list for this application, unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING You may request a contested case hearing. The applicant or the executive director may also request that the application be directly referred to a contested case hearing after technical review of the application. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 15 days from this notice, the executive director may act on the application. If no hearing request is received within this 15‑day period, no further opportunity for hearing will be provided. According to the Texas Clean Air Act § 382.056(o) a contested case hearing may only be granted if the applicant’s compliance history is in the lowest classification under applicable compliance history requirements and if the hearing request is based on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Further, the Commission may only grant a hearing on those issues submitted during the public comment period and not withdrawn.

A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hear‑ ing. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing within 15 days following this notice to the Office of the Chief Clerk, at the address below.

Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to consider in this proceeding.

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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.

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Reinhausen Manufacturing, a world leader in the Electrical Power Engineering Industry has an opening for Product Support Engineer based out of Humboldt, TN. Applicant must be willing to relocate to the area. Some travel is required. This is a Regular full-time position.

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Position Summary: To ensure the required portfolio and process expertise in the Global Sales Teams regarding product service, with focus on the products manufactured in RM US and to ensure quality of technical troubleshooting for products in the Global Sales Teams

APPLICATION Ardent Mills, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 99403, which would authorize continued operation of the Flour Mill located at 401 East Industrial Avenue, Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas 76131. 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=32.850833&lng=-97.357222&zoom=13&type=r. The existing facility and/or related facilities are authorized to emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.

· Follow up on (order fulfillment) service related KPIs and define necessary measures together with OP manager and leaders · Provide support for the annual GOP International meeting · Escalate delivery times / manufacturing slots as needed in cooperation with OP manager and leaders · Introduction of new products / services (SOD1 >>> SOD2) · Collecting / evaluating requirements of the market in close cooperation with the Business Units · Qualification of Area Sales Managers based on T-Profile matrix · Supporting special projects and clarification of requirements in ETO (Engineer to Order) projects · Supporting sales targets and daily business if necessary (backup) · Support Sales team regarding customer and operator advise about technical inquiries relating to MR products. · Collaborate with the Order Processing Product (OPP) team on any technical configuration issues to ensure all service orders are completed correctly in a timely manner. · Analyze customer complaints (Yes We Care) and any Global Incident in a timely manner to ensure the Complaint Management team can provide quality support to address the complaints. · Providing technical support to the OPP team and assist any department within MR global organization to solve any technical issue. · Regular attendance at Humboldt facility. · Must be able to travel Internationally to Germany to receive updated training and domestically for training or to support service technicians.

Reinhausen provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Reinhausen complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training and Reinhausen expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment.

Reinhausen complies with an extensive Substance Abuse Policy and the Substance Abuse Policies of our clients. Extensive background investigations will be conducted for certain clients.

Reinhausen has a very competitive total rewards package including a generous 410k plan, PTO, a PPO medical plan with a generous Health Savings Account, Health Reimbursement Account, Dental, Vision and Life.

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This application was submitted to the TCEQ on October 11, 2021. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the John Ed Keeter Public Library, 355 West McLeroy Boulevard, Saginaw, 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 in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ. The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. In addition to the renewal, this permitting action includes the incorporation of permits by rule and standard permits related to this permit. The reasons for any changes or incorporations, to the extent they are included in the renewed permit, may include the enhancement of operational control at the plant or enforceability of the permit. The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

PUBLIC COMMENT You may submit public comments, or a request for a contested case hearing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments is 15 days after newspaper notice is published. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to address in the permit process.

After the technical review is complete the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. If only comments are received, the response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application, will then be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or who is on the mailing list for this application, unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING You may request a contested case hearing. The applicant or the executive director may also request that the application be directly referred to a contested case hearing after technical review of the application. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 15 days from this notice, the executive director may act on the application. If no hearing request is received within this 15 day period, no further opportunity for hearing will be provided. According to the Texas Clean Air Act § 382.056(o) a contested case hearing may only be granted if the applicant’s compliance history is in the lowest classification under applicable compliance history requirements and if the hearing request is based on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Further, the Commission may only grant a hearing on those issues submitted during the public comment period and not withdrawn.

A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing within 15 days following this notice to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

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MAILING LIST In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk for this application.

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 Ardent Mills, LLC, 401 East Industrial Avenue, Saginaw, Texas 76131-2710 or by calling Mr. Jon Cozad, Regional Plant Manager, at (817) 847-3419.

Notice Issuance Date: October 13, 2021

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