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  Steve Young 11:24 AM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

  In Memory and Honor of a most wonderful Lady-A woman of distinction 

  

  There wasn’t a day we didn’t talk multiple times; most of every weekend was spent together, & we went on some great trips. She could fix anything, Charles Stokley & I often said, if you can’t figure out how to do it, call Donna. She took wonderful care of her mom, loved all her family, & she took good care of me through some illness, surgeries, & a few injuries, and a super #70 birthday celebration! Donna loved playing bridge, bunco & she was so thankful for her wonderful neighbors. Loved her dogs, & her immaculately kept yard.

  But I felt the highest & best way to honor her was through God’s Word, & I hope you will see Donna’s attributes, as I do, in these verses I picked out.

  Proverbs 31:10, Who can find a virtuous woman. A woman with strength, valiant, strong, and courageous, efficient, and I submit, demonstrates the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22,23… For her worth is far above rubies or precious stones.

  V. 13 She willingly works with her hands. Donna was one of the hardest-working people I’ve ever known. Her comment many times during the week to me was..are you going to sell something today? Laziness was not part of her spirit!

  V. 16 She considers a field-“I added investment properties”-and buys them, & from the fruit of her profits she plants a vineyard. In the Word of God, the harvest time was a period of hard work and great rejoicing. The enjoyment of the “vineyard” was a blessing of God: When we understand the vineyard and what it symbolizes in God’s Word, we can see it even more in Donna’s life.

  V. 17 She girds & clothes herself with strength, and she strengthens her arms. Donna was one of the strongest people I’ve known, and that was in spirit, soul, & mind.

  V. 20 She extends her hand to the poor, yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy. Just a few-Mission Arl. Various Church outreach programs, and many other individuals whom Donna helped. Key word-GENEROUS

  V. 25 Strength, honor, glory, and dignity are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come. I submit that even though Donna lived and exhibited this here on earth, her fullness of rejoicing came when she was ushered into the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus!

  V. 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, & on her tongue is the law of kindness or, “strength,” “steadfastness,” and “love.”

  V. 27 She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. David Stout said about Donna regarding how she was never idle, she’s my hero!

  V. 30 Charm is deceitful, & beauty passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

  V. 31 Give her the fruit of her hands & let her own works praise her in the gates.

  

  Donna prayed, of course, for her family, but also for her many friends, that you all would come to know Jesus as your Lord and savior & that you would come to have a “personal relationship” with Jesus. I hope that you do!

  I was always glad Donna and Cara got to know each other before Cara passed away, but now I know they have eternity to know each other. I miss them so much & I look forward to seeing them both again. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

  

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    Jody Kautz 12:04 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

    Steve, I shared this on our Connect the Dots. I wish there was more I could say or do to help you through this difficult time. I pray for you – for healing, peace and comfort. I have been where you are and I understand the hole this leaves in your heart. Trust God, Steve, he’s got this.

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      Steve Young 12:08 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

      Thank you so much. Been through this with all my family, Cara being the last, but this one has been very hard in many different ways. As you mentioned, you sure have been there and we must fill any and all holes in oour heart with Jesus, the living and abiding Word of God!

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      Steve Young 12:10 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

      Took me a little to find the picture of us with the Rigby’s in Coloradr but found! One of my favorite pics!

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  Steve Young 8:47 AM on February 12, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

  Looking Forward to Seeing This… 

  UTA exhibit displays Bob Schieffer’s photos from time as ‘Our Man in Viet Nam’.

  by McKinnon Rice, Fort Worth Report
  February 11, 2026

  In a black-and-white photograph, a young man wears a steel pot helmet with looped string tucked into a band wrapped around the shell. He gazes past the camera with a grin on his face.

  The year is 1966. The young man is Cpl. Joe Beaver Jr., United States Marine Corps. He is about 19 or 20 years old and fighting a war in Vietnam.

  The photograph was taken by Bob Schieffer, then a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. One of the first Texan journalists to do boots-on-the-ground reporting in Vietnam, Schieffer’s mission was to find, interview and photograph locals fighting in the war.

  

  That picture, along with other photos, paintings and letters, is on display at University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections in an exhibition of Schieffer’s work titled “Our Man in Viet Nam.”

  The exhibit has a special significance to the community and to a journalist who went on to have a storied career that included anchoring a national television news show and moderating presidential debates.

  “I covered a lot of stories, but I never felt the way I did — I never got the response that I got — when I would ask kids, ‘Hi. I’m Bob Schieffer from the Star-Telegram, and your mother asked me to find out how you’re doing.’” Schieffer said at an opening dinner Saturday night. “I remember kids, they would absolutely break into sobbing tears.”

  

  The collection began when Schieffer reached out to university archivist Sarah Pezzoni. 

  He wanted to know if the UTA library, which holds the Star-Telegram’s entire photo collection, had the negatives of the photographs he took in Vietnam. 

  The library didn’t, but the two started talking. Schieffer ended up donating letters, notebooks, prints and negatives he’d held on to all those years.

  

  “From there, Bob proposed an exhibit of his photographs, naturally, and at this point, I was kind of pinching myself on a regular basis,” Pezzoni said. “I could not have been more excited by this idea.”

  Schieffer proposed that he paint portraits of a few of the men as a gift to their families. Those paintings are included in the exhibit, hung side by side with the men’s photographs.

  In the center of the wall, a painting by Schieffer uses brushstrokes of black, white and shades of gray to form an oil paint facsimile of the photo he took of Beaver. 

  During the planning of the exhibition, Pezzoni reached out to Beaver’s wife, Dee, and shared some of the photographs, including the one of a grinning young man with string in his helmet.

  “Is this you?” Dee asked him. 

  It was. Beaver had never seen the photograph before.

  

  Beaver, who was wounded three times in Vietnam, joined his family during Saturday night’s events. He shared a detail from nearly 60 years earlier.

  He recalled that the string tucked into his helmet was used to rig booby traps from hand grenades.

  “I hadn’t ever noticed it, until tonight,” Beaver said. “It brings back memories.”

  For those too young to remember Vietnam or who learned about it through textbooks and films, the exhibit offers a more personal look into history and the people who lived it, said John Wang, dean of UTA Libraries.

  

  Instead of focusing on politics or a national perspective, it focuses on individuals, he said.

  “This is not about dogma,” Wang told attendees. “It is about humanity.”

  Schieffer hopes visitors to the exhibit will understand the sacrifice made by those portrayed. Knowing them changed him and made him proud to know them, he said. 

  His time in Vietnam was also the beginning of a philosophy he would carry with him in how he approached journalism, and one he insisted be reflected in the exhibit.

  It’s not about him — it’s about them.

  If you go

  What: “Our Man in Viet Nam” exhibit

  When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through April 4

  Location: University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections, Central Library, 6th floor

  Admission: Free. Parking at the nearest garage, the Maverick Parking Garage, is $4 per hour.

  McKinnon Rice is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at mckinnon.rice@fortworthreport.org. 

  The Fort Worth Report partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage.

  At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.

  This article first appeared on Fort Worth Report and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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  Steve Young 12:30 PM on February 6, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

  Just Listed for Sale in Shorewood Hills 

  

  See More at: 6314 Brookgate Dr

  To get prequalified for this home, call April Smith at (210) 412-0142 or email april.smith@nafinc.com

  

   
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  Steve Young 8:00 AM on February 2, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

  Brazos Chamber Orchestra Winter Concerts-February 2026 

  The BCO Winter Concert Series Schedule Below:

  Monday, February 16 @ 7:30 pm – Field Street Baptist Church, Cleburne, Texas

  

  Sunday, February 22 @ 7:30 pm – The Center @ Pathway Church, Burleson, Texas

  

  Monday, February 23 @ 7:30 pm – Granbury First United Methodist Church, Granbury 

  

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  Steve Young 3:54 PM on December 2, 2025 Permalink | Reply  

  BCO Christmas Concert Series Begins Next Week! 

  Monday, December 8th @ 7:30 PM The Brazos Chamber Orchestra, along with the Field Street Baptist Choir, will perform Agnus Dei by Michael W. Smith and David Hamilton at the Field Street Baptist Church.
  Sunday, December 14th @ 7:30 PM

  The Brazos Chamber Orchestra, along with the Pathway Sanctuary Choir, will perform Agnus Dei by Michael W. Smith and David Hamilton at the Center @ Pathway Church in Burleson.

  Monday, December 15 @ 7:30 PM The Brazos Chamber Orchestra, along with the Brazos Chorus, will perform Agnus Dei by Michael W. Smith and David Hamilton at the Granbury First United Methodist Church.

  These BCO Christmas concerts will be filled with songs of worship and praise! Come out and enjoy a Christmas celebration together.

  Attached below are posters for all three venues. Please share via email with friends and family. Free Admission. Donations are appreciated.

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  Steve Young 9:32 AM on November 19, 2025 Permalink | Reply  

  Free parking in downtown Fort Worth garages… 

  This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here. 

  Free parking in downtown Fort Worth garages will be in your rearview mirror next year 

  by Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report
  November 18, 2025

  If you celebrate into the wee hours of the new year, you might want to check where you parked or 2026 could begin with an expensive surprise. 

  The last free night and weekend garage parking in downtown Fort Worth disappears as the ball drops on Dec. 31, at least if you don’t have a proper receipt. 

  The downtown Fort Worth tax district that provided free night and weekend parking at two downtown garages is ending the program.

  Some credited free parking at the City Center Garage, 400 Jones St., and the 777 Main parking garage, 601 Commerce St., with revitalizing the area. Many now worry about how ending it will impact businesses. 

  Andy Taft, president of Downtown Fort Worth Inc., the partnership that administers the tax district, said the group plans to work with businesses to develop a validation program that helps patrons — particularly those visiting restaurants, venues for the arts and retailers — with parking. 

  The 2,562 on-street parking spaces will remain free on weekends and after 6 p.m. on weekdays, Taft said. 

  Reata Restaurant president Mike Micallef worries that the end of the parking program could have a negative impact on downtown. Micallef notes, however, that his business and others at The Tower offer validation in that building’s garage, so it won’t be a big issue for them. 

  “But I hate to see it for downtown because, for shoppers or visitors, there are other developments that have well-designed parking plans that are free and just easier to navigate,” he said. “They can easily go somewhere else besides downtown.”

  The downtown tax district has provided some form of free evening and weekend parking since 1999. Before that, Sundance Square offered a similar program to attract visitors to the then-fledgling 35-block area of downtown. 

  Those efforts helped downtown become a destination for locals and visitors alike. 

  “I feel like it was a big part of making this area what it is,” he said. “I hate to see anything that makes it more difficult for people to find us.” 

  If you go …

  To find a parking spot downtown or at other areas of town, check out the aptly named Fort Worth Parking site. 

  Patrons of restaurants and retailers in Sundance Square can receive free 2.5-hour parking with validation at their garages at 345 W. 3rd St. and 201 W. 6th St. 

  Owners of the garages leaving the program did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday. 

  When Sundance Square left the free weekend and night parking program in June 2024, officials there cited increased demand for parking in their garages by Sundance tenants, employees and guests. Sundance Square went to a validation system for patrons of businesses there.

  Officials with Fort Worth’s economic development department, which administers the tax districts, said they had no comment at this time. 

  According to the city of Fort Worth, the downtown taxing district paid $143,000 for space in the City Center garage and $327,500 for the 777 Main garage in fiscal year 2024. Other funds related to the program were $5,000 for marketing and $40,000 for parking garage insurance. 

  The tax district funds come from incremental tax dollars paid over a base year’s collections. The district then uses those funds to provide improvements and amenities, such as the free parking, tourism and convention business support, and assistance with public infrastructure projects in the downtown area. 

   Email Bob Francis, business editor for the Fort Worth Report, at bob.francis@fortworthreport.org.

  At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.

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  Steve Young 2:37 PM on October 3, 2025 Permalink | Reply  

  Cook Children’s News… 

  This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here. 

  Cook Children’s to build $42 million parking garage

  by Ismael M. Belkoura, Fort Worth Report
  October 2, 2025

  Cook Children’s Health Care System is set to break ground early next year on the next phase of its expansion.

  The hospital system is opening a new $42.9 million parking garage on the west side of the Medical District campus.

  Eline deBruijn Wiggins, communications manager for the hospital system, said the Cook Children’s West Garage will be 309,000 square feet and will accommodate 504 vehicles to better “support our patients and their families and make parking easily accessible.”

  “We are committed to being there for every child and look forward to opening our additional expansions,” she said.

  The project, filed on a state licensing regulation website Sept. 26, will serve the future West Tower, a new 760,000-square-foot medical tower.

  The parking garage will be on the corner of 8th and Terrell avenues. Project filings also mention a data center and a dock located in the basement. Construction start date is listed as April 1, 2026.

  Cook Children’s West Garage is only a part of the medical system’s growth plan. Within the West Tower is a planned expansion and redesign of the pediatric intensive care unit. The Cook Children’s Heart Center will also see a redesign alongside additional capacity for operating rooms and imaging services.

  Both projects are part of the 10-year master plan, which aims to expand Cook Children’s Health Care System’s Fort Worth campus.

  This expansion comes at a time when the Medical District is seeing significant growth, with JPS Health Network, UT Southwestern, Baylor Scott & White Health, Medical City Fort Worth and Texas Health Resources orchestrating expansions or renovations.

  Ismael M. Belkoura is the health reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at ismael.belkoura@fortworthreport.org. 

  At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.

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  Steve Young 11:39 AM on October 2, 2025 Permalink | Reply  

  Woodhaven developer gets green light on preliminary plans… 

  This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here. 

  Woodhaven developer gets green light on preliminary plans for former country club

  by Scott Nishimura, Fort Worth Report
  October 1, 2025

  The owner of Woodhaven Country Club and golf course won city approval Wednesday for a preliminary plan to create mixed-use development at the east Fort Worth site.

  After another contentious debate, members of the City Plan Commission voted 6-2 to find the proposed redevelopment posed “no material adverse effect” on single-family property values and 7-1 to approve two related zoning waivers and its plat — a preliminary plan laying out dimensions and locations of parcels, streets and other features.

  In order to allow a replat of a golf course, state law requires a city to find the plan will have “no material adverse effect” on existing single-family property values.

  Nearby resident Erika Graham said a group of opponents wants to take the matter to court. Graham, whose house backs up to one of the fairways, said plans to extend Country Club Lane through Woodhaven to Randol Mill Road would hurt her property, meaning she’d then likely need to sell her home at a discount.

  “We’re going to talk to attorneys and move for an injunction,” she said, questioning whether the city intended to give opponents a fair hearing.

  “The fix is in,” she said.

  The city’s preliminary plat approval frees Crescendo to market parcels of land on the property to other developers. Crescendo owner Will Northern has said he will likely build out infrastructure such as streets, sidewalks and the like before selling parcels to developers who’d then build out a mix of uses, ranging from multi and single-family to retail and other commercial. Opponents have zeroed in on the planned multi-family part of Northern’s plan, saying more multi-family will continue to hurt Woodhaven, which has a number of aging apartment complexes.

  The City Plan Commission has the final say on a preliminary plat. But once Crescendo sells parcels, those developers then must seek approval of their site plans from the Fort Worth Zoning Commission and Fort Worth City Council — giving opponents more opportunity to weigh in.

  The hearing was the third since August as the commissioners urged nearby homeowners and Northern to reach a consensus. The commission’s work is usually routine with little controversy. 

  The Fort Worth Zoning Commission earlier this year approved various land uses for the Woodhaven project. Opponents focused on planned multi-family in the development. Northern has said “cottage”-style uses are the most likely multi-family to develop on the property.

  Several speakers spoke against the plans. Former Fort Worth council member Becky Haskin said Northern’s plan would “dismember” the neighborhood.

  Northern stressed to commissioners again that bringing new life to the empty golf course would buoy property values in Woodhaven, which hasn’t seen new development in decades.

  The area’s growth “comes with tremendous demand,” which typically increases values, he told commissioners.

  The company, at the city’s request, had an economic analysis done that looked at the redevelopment of two Texas golf courses. Single-family property values rose around those projects, according to the study at the September city plan meeting.

  Crescendo also hired Jeremy Stone of Stone Hospitality and Real Estate to perform an assessment.

  In his testimony to the commission, Stone summarized that typical causes of materially adverse effects — such as heavy manufacturing, wastewater treatment, hazardous material storage, energy production, power lines and wind farms — were not present in this case.

  He echoed that values typically increase as a result of developments like the one being proposed.

  Several speakers spoke for approval of the preliminary plat, saying Woodhaven needs the investment.

  Commissioner CJ Johnson, representing City Council District 5, where the club property is, made both motions Wednesday. The dissenting votes on the finding of no material adverse effect were Commissioner John Reed and Vice Chair Jim Tidwell. Reed was the lone no vote on the motion to approve the waivers and preliminary plat.

  Tidwell led the meeting after Chairman Don Boren recused himself at the commission’s previous meeting Sept. 17 due to his presidency of the East Fort Worth Business Association, which previously endorsed Northern’s plans. Boren was not present at Wednesday’s meeting.

  Crescendo purchased the property for $8.5 million at a foreclosure auction in May 2024 after Woodhaven Country Club LLC defaulted on a $12 million loan.

  Doug Wilhelm is a member of the Fort Worth Report’s Documenters crew.

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  Steve Young 7:40 AM on September 30, 2025 Permalink | Reply  

  New Japanese restaurant to open… 

  This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here. https://fortworthreport.org/2025/09/24/new-japanese-restaurant-to-open-in-viridian-shopping-center/

  New Japanese restaurant to open in Viridian shopping center

  by Lance Murray, Arlington Report
  September 24, 2025

  A new Japanese restaurant and bar is on its way to the Viridian neighborhood in north Arlington that will feature sushi, sashimi and a host of other Japanese cuisine favorites.

  The Nyomi Sushi & Bloom – Japanese Grill and Kitchen is expected to open by the end of the year in the Legacy at Viridian shopping center at 4060 N. Collins, owner Sandeep Shahi said.

  Shahi said that he’s working on the plans for the 2,400-square-foot restaurant with a patio.

  “We’re going to have sushi that’s going to be the main focus. And we’re going to have noodles and chicken side items,” Shahi said. “We’re going to have the nigiri and sashimi that’s going to be from the sushi menu.” Shahi said. Nigiri is a type of sushi that consists of a thin slice of raw fish placed on a small ball of sushi rice.

  Shahi said that Nyomi will combine traditional sushi craftsmanship with an extensive Japanese kitchen concept.

  It will feature artfully prepared sushi, sashimi, izakaya-style hot plates, bento boxes and seasonal chef’s specials. The bar will offer handcrafted cocktails, curated sake and premium wines, he said.

  Shahi and his wife, Nisha Ghalan, have lived in the Viridian neighborhood for two years and said the family-run operation will have seating for 76 and will fill a niche in the north Arlington area.

  “In that area, we don’t have a Japanese restaurant,” Shahi said. “And the problem is, we don’t have a fine dining or upscale vibey type of restaurant, especially (on) the Japanese side, where people could go and enjoy the vibe.”

  Shahi said that the restaurant’s ambience is important.

  “The ambience, not just the food, but the ambience overall, there’s not so many out there in that area,” Shahi said. “We don’t have a Japanese restaurant out there, so we want to make sure that we cater our family with the Japanese way, and then also with the ambience.”

  Shahi said he wants to establish a cherry blossom theme in the restaurant.

  “We’re going to have little trees popping out in the restaurant from the bar, so they could enjoy that Japanese cherry bloom type of environment,” he said.

  Shahi said that Nyomi is expected to open for dinner service first, followed by weekend brunch and lunch offerings in later phases.

  Shahi said that he expects physical work to begin on the restaurant next month.

  Lance Murray is a freelance contributor covering business for the Arlington Report.

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