Merry Christmas!

From neighbor to neighbor...may you and your family enjoy a peaceful and safe holiday season.

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ONA Christmas Tea

Dear Oakhurst Ladies:

Please see your invitation below for our upcoming ONA Christmas tea!

Please plan to join us on December 8th, share a cup of tea and Christmas goodies, and visit with longtime and new Oakhurst neighbors!

For more details, click on the image above or see our Current Events page.

Happy Thanksgiving!

ONA wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday with family and friends!

This Weekend: Tour Historic Race Street

See what's happening on Race Street this weekend!  Click on the image below and/or check it out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RiversideArtsDistrict.  We hope to see you there!

 

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown!

There is new energy percolating in the Amon Carter-Riverside High School drama program in the form of drama teacher Clyde Berry.

He wrote to tell us about the drama program's upcoming production, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown! You can see the play in the school's historic auditorium at 3301 Yucca Avenue on the following dates:

Thursday, November 29, 7pm
Friday, November 30, 7pm
Saturday, December 1, 3pm (matinee) and 7pm

All seats are just $5.00 at the door. Cast info is available here.

Berry writes, "The show is about the famous comic strip characters created by Charles Schulz. It includes Charlie and Sally Brown, Lucy and Linus Van Pelt, Schroeder, and Snoopy. It follows a year/day in the life of Charlie Brown.

This will be a very basic production, but has been entered into the Betty Buckley Awards out of Casa Manana, and the Dallas Summer Musical's High School Musical Theatre Competition. We are the only FWISD school entered into the DSM competition, and one of the only two FWISD schools entered into the Buckley awards (Southwest High School is the other). These competitions have scholarships awarded to students and bring a level of prestige to participating schools.

In the Spring, we will be producing the Regional Premiere of Steel Magnolias in Spanish. We will also have a week of performances in English. We will be partnering with Texas Weslyan and DVA productions on this show."

Hope to see you at the show!

Reminder: Vote this Tuesday!

Election Day is this Tuesday, November 6!  Oakhurst is in Precinct #4124, and our polling location is Calvary Christian Cathedral on Oakhurst Scenic Drive.  Polls are open from 7am-7pm.

Upcoming Event: Race Street Restriping Community Meeting

The City of Fort Worth invites you to a public meeting to discuss restriping Race Street between Sylvania Avenue and Belknap Street.

Restriping includes on-street parking, crosswalks, and bike lanes. As a stakeholder in the community, please join us to discuss the restriping project!

Race Street Restriping Community Meeting
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 6:00pm
Riverside Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
3101 Race Street

Fellowship Hall entrance on Race Street just west of Holden Street; church parking located west of church on Chandler Street.

For more information, click here.

Happy Halloween!

ONA wishes everyone a fun and safe holiday!

Volunteers Still Needed: Halloween in the Park!

What will make the ONA Halloween in the Park a success this Saturday?  You will!

We still need volunteers!!!  It is easy and fun.  You and a friend can man a game booth, or you can meet a new friend while working at one.  Help hand out refreshments, judge the costume contest...we can have a place for everyone who wants to help!

Don't have time to volunteer?  You can help with a donation!  We still need candy for game booths, small can drinks and juice boxes.

Contact Glenda at 817.975.4653 or ghartsell@charter.net for details.

Volunteers are not paid—because they are priceless!

ONA Halloween in the Park
Saturday, October 27th, 3pm
Oakhurst Park
Costume contest for children and dogs starts at 3:30pm
Games, Crafts, Hot dogs and more!

Reminder: ONA Meeting This Thursday!

ONA Fall General Membership Meeting
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7pm
Calvary Christian Academy, 1401 Oakhurst Scenic Drive

Topics for the evening will be Making Yucca Avenue More Neighborhood-Friendly and Your Two Cents on the Upcoming City Bond Issue.

Featured speakers will include Alonzo Linan, Assistant Director of the City’s Transportation and Public Works Department for Traffic Engineering, and Joe Komisarz, the City’s Assistant Director for Budget and Research of the Capital Projects Team.

After the meeting, ONA will host the Fall Social—bring your favorite goodies to share. ONA provides the drinks—it’s a great way to meet your neighbors!  Mark your calendar to attend.

For more info, see our Current Events page.

Upcoming Event Reminder: Halloween in the Park

ONA Halloween in the Park
Saturday, October 27, 3pm
Oakhurst Park

Games, craft, hot dogs, and more...costume contest for all ages and dogs!

Volunteers needed to work games, help with crafts, judge the contest and serve refreshments. Donations are requested: individual wrapped candy, hot dogs, buns, napkins, plates, juice boxes, can sodas, and bottled water. Volunteers and donations make this event a success!

Call Glenda at 817.795.4653 or email ghartsell@charter.net.

ONA's New Website Now Online!

Our current Oakhurst Neighborhood Association website, www.oakhurstfw.org, has served as a helpful resource for information about the neighborhood for a number of years. In an effort to continually improve our service to the neighborhood and community, and to create a more interactive experience for our members, we are putting together a new site here on Blogger. We'll keep the existing site online through this transition, but please subscribe to this new site for updates!

25th Anniversary of the Oakhurst Citizens on Patrol Police and Firefighters Appreciation Dinner

The 25th anniversary of the Oakhurst Citizens on Patrol Police and Firefighters Appreciation Dinner on Thursday, October 4, 2012. The event was held at Springdale Baptist Church. Oakhurst residents prepared a home-cooked meal to honor the police officers and firefighters who serve the neighborhood. Pictured here are Phyllis Anglin, event chair, and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price at the event. Also attending the event was Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead, along with many police officers and firefighters. Thank you to all of our hard-working volunteers that have made this event a continued success!

 

ONA Wins Neighborhoods USA Gold Award for Neighborhood Newsletter

Oakhurst Neighborhood Association earned another award from NUSA, this time for its long-running monthly newletter, the Oak Leaflet, now in publication for over 30 years. Thank you to the hard-working volunteers that continue to make the newsletter possible!