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July 21, 1999 • page 3
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Mavat, spokesman for the Fort Worth Water
Department, said.
However, temperature changes, exces-
sive rainfalls and flooding can add to these
problems throughout the year.
In recent years, the Wedgewood area of
Fort Worth has been hit hardest with water
that both smells bad and tastes unusual.
“The Tarrant Regional Water District
and the Water Department continually study
the best way to remove these tastes and
odors and treat the water,” Mavat said.
Fort Worth uses surface water from six
lakes: Lake Worth, Lake Bridgeport, Eagle
Mountain Lake, Benbrook Lake, Richland-
Every $1 donated provides resources that enable
the food bank to distribute almost $20 worth of food,
Soderbergh said.
Each month, food from the food bank helps feed
36,000 households and provides food for more than
220,000 prepared meals at the sites of member agen-
cies. The food bank serves agencies in Tarrant,
Bosque, Cooke, Denton, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood,
Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell and Wise
red, hot and moist then he may
have heat exhaustion. Get him to a
cool place to rehydrate,” Glenn
said.
“If their skin is red, hot and
dry, then it may be the result of a
heat stroke. That is an emergency
situation. Take them to the hospi-
tal.”
they encouraged employees to vol-
unteer but without giving time
off,” Roberts said.
Many places need volunteers
every day, and especially in the
summer, because most families are
on vacation, or they cannot help be-
cause the kids are out of school,
Lucia McCoy, executive director of
Metroport Meals on Wheels, said.
Brooks said that last month
American Airlines held a world
wide global sales conference in
Fort Worth, and company officials
wanted the group to participate in
a service activity. The group of
people went to work cleaning
parks and doing different commu-
nity activities.
Le Ann Roberts, instructor of
speech at South Campus, said
many companies look favorably on
a potential employee having vol-
unteered in the past, and having
volunteer activities on a resume
shows the potential employer the
person is willing to learn and ex-
perience a new opportunity.
“Now there are a lot of com-
panies that give compensation time
and concessions to their employ-
ees when they volunteer. Before
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ic contaminants, such as salts and metals;
pesticides and herbicides; organic chemical
contaminants from industrial processes and
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nants.
For more information about water qual-
ity or concerns, call 572-3154, to request a
guest speaker, call 817-8244, for inquiries
about policy decisions or public participar
tion, call 871-8253, or e-mail the Watqr
Department a question at: WPE@ci.fort-
worth.tx.us.
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The Fort Worth Water Department re-
cently released its 1999 Drinking Water
Quality Report in which it explained the
safety of drinking water and the sources and
content of the water.
“Providing safe and reliable drinking
water is the highest priority for the Water
Department,” according to the report.
Water can be safe to drink and bathe in,
yet still have an unpleasant taste and odor,
caused by microscopic organisms such as
algae. The taste and odor problems occur
mainly during the hot summer months, Sam
Anyone interested in donating food or
money to the food bank, contact Olivia
at (817) 332-9177.
8749 Bedford-Euless Rd
Hurst-820 at 183
817-284-3638
Principal Office
6200 Airport Fwy.
Ft. Worth, TX 76117
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County need extra help throughout
the year and during holiday sea-
sons.
For more information regard-
ing volunteer activities contact the
Volunteer Center of Tarrant
County (817) 810-9111, or the
City of Fort Worth Parks and
Community Services(8 17)871-
5778.
Chambers Reservoir and Cedar Creek
Reservoir, to provide drinking water to the
residents.
“The City of Fort Worth owns Lake
Worth and monitors its water quality. The
other five lakes are owned and/or operated
by Tarrant Regional Water District,” Mavat
said.
The Water Department monitors the
raw water for atrazine, a weed killer used
by farmers, and adds powder activated car-
bon (PAC) to the treatment process when
atrazine is detected. PAC has been shown
McCoy said that although a
lot of places do not require back-
ground checks and drug testing,
many volunteer organizations do
require applicants to give their dri-
ver’s license number and social se-
curity number when they are going
to be dealing with children or th,e
elderly.
Some places check references
if a person is going to be spending
a length of time in the home of a
senior.
“Even though they are not a
paid employee of Tarrant County,
they represent Fort Worth Parks
and Community Services. I.give a
personal orientation, explaining
that they need to be prepared for
random drug and alcohol screen-
ing,” Brooks, said.
• Many places in Tarrant
Tarrant Area Food Bank
Open to receive donated goods
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Editor's note: At press time, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, Jr. was not confirmed dead.
As night falls once again on the dark waters
of the Atlantic, all hope is lost for America’s
“Prince,” John-John. Martha’s Vineyard is a
somber sight once more, as another tragedy un-
folds in the midst of America’s “Royal Family.”
Some wonder if the family is cursed; others
declare it is just a bad streak of luck.
From the murder of his father, JFK, here in
Dallas almost 30 years ago to his own plane lost
at sea now for three days, this family is in our
hearts once again.
From flunking the bar exam twice to becom-
ing the Publisher of George (’’Not just politics
anymore”), JFK, Jr.’s life seemed to be great.
Married to his astonishing wife Carolyn just two
years ago, their life together seemed to be that of
a modern fairy tale.
A close friend of JFK, Jr. said JFK was
thinking of running for a senate seat in New York
until Hillary Clinton stepped in.
Could John, Jr. have followed in his father’s
political footsteps? Instead of sending a man to
the moon this Kennedy could have sent a woman
to Mars. As his father once said, “We are enter-
ing a new generation of leaders.”
Good-bye, John John. We salute you.
— Seiley Morrison
tween 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.,”
Barbara Glenn, NE Campus nurse
said.
Aside from the commonly
known dangers, such as skin can-
cer and sunburns, prolonged expo-
sure to the sun’s heat can result in
other medical problems.
“If a person’s skin becomes
4 4/ think it (Tarrant County) is very generous
both with resources and people who want to volun-
teer.”
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. Children left withoutfood over summer break
by Dwayne Stoltzfus
reporter
More children in north central Texas go to bed
hungry during the summer than at any other time of
the year, Bo Soderbergh, executive director of the
food bank, said.
During this time kids are not in school, so they
do not have access to schools’ free and reduced-cost
breakfast and lunch programs, Soderbergh said.
The Tarrant Area Food Bank wants to help these
children who too often have no choice but to live with
vary limited amounts of food.
To help out with this problem, the food bank is
urging the community to join its Summer Hunger
Busters campaign.
Community groups, churches, businesses, profes-
sional associations, civic clubs and others are invited
to hold food drives during the spring.
“I want to urge Tarrant County residents to join the
Summer Hunger Busters program,” Soderbergh said.
The fo'od bank distributes one million pounds of
food a month to more than 250 charities feeding the
hungry in 13 different countries, Soderbergh said.
“The majority of those receiving food aid are
children (45 percent) and then the elderly (27 per-
cent),” he said.
The number one indicator of poverty in America
is not the color of one’s skin but rather their age,
Wayne Zatopek, assistant professor of sociology on
NE Campus, said
“Single parent families, headed by a female, are
the most likely to need some type of assistance,” he
said.
Anyone who is interested in donating to Summer
Hunger Busters can do so by giving food or money to
the food bank.
booths, with many of those having on site
construction of their merchandise to allow
visitors to witness how the item they pur-
chased was created.
Visitors will be able to find the origin
of their family name, find out how dolls
and wine are made, have their palms read. '
On the first day of the festival, senior
citizens can purchase a discounted ticket
for $4, half the price of general admis-
sion.
Music and storytelling will be fea-
tured on 10 stages throughout the park.
On the final day of the festival, all
kids 12 and under accompanied by an
adult will be allowed in free.
Festival hours Thursday and Friday,
Aug. 5-6, are 5-11 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 7,
noon-11 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 8, noon-
9 p.m. Regular admission is $8 for adults
13 years and over; $2 for children six-12;
and children under five get in free.
For more information contact Patty
Burrus at (210) 458-2244 or visit the fes-
tival’s web site at www.texan-
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volunteerism.
Residents of Tarrant County
have carried the torch of volun-
teerism, several volunteer coordi-
nators agree.
“I think it (Tarrant County) is
very generous both with resources
and people who want to volun-
teer,” Ann Davis, director of
Volunteer Center of Tarrant
County, said.
Many people have their own
reasons for volunteering, including
giving back to to the community,
making new friends qnd having ex-
posure to a diverse culture.
Others are interested in build-
ing a resume, learning a new skill,
easing loneliness, or breaking
down stereotypes, Davis said.
Cindy Brooks, volunteer coor-
dinator for the city of Fort Worth
Parks and Community Services,
said, “I think that people volunteer
to feel needed, to gain leadership
skills and to learn more about peo-
ple. It is also a great way to make
new friends and it’s fun.”
There is not one stereotypical
type of person who volunteers for
an organization. Volunteers range
from families, senior citizens, to
college students.
Some companies have group
volunteer activities that certain
branches of the company get togeth-
er on a certain day and help clean
up the community, Brooks said.
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by Carlos Raigosa
ne news editor
Advance tickets are now on sale for
the 28th annual Texas Folklife Festival
Thursday, Aug. 5, to Sunday, Aug. 8, on
the Hemis Fair Park grounds in San
Antonio.
The festival will be presented by the
University of Texas Institute of Texan
Cultures in San Antonio. It will celebrate
more than 40 cultural groups by display-
ing several different foods, and stories
from each culture and allowing visitors to
dance to the music of various cultures.
More than 10,000 members of some
40 ethnic and cultural groups will partici-
pate this year. This year’s participants hail
from over 60 counties across Texas.
Visitors will have the opportunity to
win a variety of prizes by filling an
“Ozarka Passport to Texas Treasures”
booklet with event stickers. Details con-
cerning this will be available at any of the
free Ozarka water stations on the festival
grounds.
Several craft vendors will set up
Fort Worth Water Department releases Drinking Water Report
“We have four treatment plants where
we filter the water,” he said. “What hap-
pened last year [the deaths of three people
because of contaminated water] was a rare
occurrence. I don’t believe it is anything to
worry about this year.”
In order to ensure that tap water is safe
to drink, the Environment Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission
(TNRCC) established regulations that limit
the amount of contaminants in the water.
The report lists contaminants that may
to be effective in removing atrazine, the re- be in untreated water as microbial contami-
port said. nants, such as viruses and bacteria; inorgan-
Volunteerism abounds in U.S
counties.
The Tarrant Area Food Bank is open to receive
donated goods from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Food donated by an individual or collected by a
group should be put into a boxes that will be easy for
a person to lift, Soderbergh said.
The food bank would like nonperishable foods,
such as cereals, canned meats, canned fruit, canned
vegetables, dehydrated soups, dried beans, dry milk,
boxed instant foods, pasta, peanut butter and rice.
If anyone is interested in donating food or money
items to the food bank, contact Olivia at (817) 332-
9177.
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