Fort Worth Weekly Classifieds // May 6-12, 2026

May 6-12, 2026

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Daniel Tiger Mom

There I sat at a full table at a busy restaurant, where no one was speaking a language I knew. There was a turntable of foreign foods in the center, each more daunting than the last. My legs were shaking. I was getting the parent test. I’d met his parents before, but I hadn’t been tested. See, my partner is a first-generation Asian American His parents are Taiwanese and Cantonese and came to the United States via Canada. And this was my authentic-Asian food challenge.

My relationship is beautiful. Growing out of a mutual love for locals, it has blossomed into a lifetime love that’s silly but sincere, full of adventure and appreciation for each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

At times, we could not be more the same. At others, we could not be more different.

As I looked at the chicken feet on the table, I made a reference to his father about my mother eating Southern foods, which included critters, but we both realized that was far removed from any experience I had known.

An experience I do know is that knowledge is power, so I have challenged myself to lean into the moments when we seem completely at odds and ask simply: Why? See, the cultures our parents instilled

in us couldn’t be any more different. Ultimately, we are products of our environments.

His mother was from Taiwan. She stayed at home and was adamant about him participating in extracurricular activities and finishing homework. Violin, piano, Asian school. Church. One might dare say Carson was raised by a Tiger Mom. Structure and traditional Asian values were taught and expected. They were living one flavor of the American dream.

My family is a different flavor. My parents had gone from lower to middle class. My mother was a school teacher, and while education was important, it was always fun. Today, I try to instill that in my daughter through reading and even wholesome TV like Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, which is based off the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood of my childhood.

And now we are creating a modern-day version of the American dream. A truly blended family. My daughter Latina, myself a Texan, and my partner Asian. In this space, I try to find a harmonious balance between the two childhoods we both experienced into what I like to call “Daniel Tiger Mom.” — Jennifer Zooki Sturges

Jennifer Zooki Sturges is a feminist activist and musician producing festivals and playing shows across North Texas.

This column reflects the opinions and fact-gathering of the author(s) and only the author(s) and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly.com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.

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Unleash The Beast

From May 7 to 17, the PBR World Finals 2026 will bring festivities and an epic World Title Race to Fort Worth

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Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World Finals is bull riding’s crown jewel: the best athletes on the baddest bulls making the biggest money. Following a grueling regular season, PBR World Finals welcomes the tour’s most dedicated and proven bull riders to the Lone Star State for eight epic days of man-vs-beast showdowns with one shared goal: being named a PBR World Champion.

With PBR offering a historic, tour-record $3.3 million purse in earnings, the sport’s crown jewel serves as the richest season-ending event in the organization’s history, featuring a $1 million bonus for the World Champion and $500,000 payout to the event winner.

The world’s top-ranked bull riders and bovine athletes are set to invade North Texas as Fort Worth hosts the PBR World Finals 2026: Unleash

The Beast. This two-week celebration of Western sports runs from May 7 to May 17, featuring two separate four-day weekends of competition.

The action will begin at the historic Cowtown Coliseum (121 E Exchange Av, Fort Worth, 817-625-1025), with the first four nights of

action taking place Thu, May 7 to Sun, May 10 in the heart of the Fort Worth Stockyards.

When the second weekend of electricity rolls around, riders, bulls, and fans alike will shift gears to Dickies Arena (1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817-402-9000) from Thu, May 14 to Sun, May 17, where the 2026 PBR World Champion will be crowned.

This season’s gold buckle race approaches North Texas as one of the most ferocious battles in PBR history, with 15 different riders set to enter Cowtown Coliseum within 585 UTB points of tour leader No. 1 John Crimber, who, alongside No. 2 Brady Fielder, paced the pack with a tour-high 28 qualified rides this season. Fielder trails Crimber

by 169.5 points. During an insanely competitive season in which 11 different riders earned an event title throughout the regular season landscape, 40 of the 45 qualifiers have a mathematical chance of winning the world title.

Fans can also enjoy non-stop programming, including the Ariat 3K/5K Boot Trot, Bill Pickett Rodeo activations, Cowboy Church, the Mini Bulls, the PBR World Finals Charity Golf Tournament, and UBF Midnight Bullfights, plus live music and entertainment, drone shows, and more. For a complete schedule of programming, visit PBRWorldFinals.com/schedule.

Limited tickets remain available for the 2026 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast. In partnership with the Fort Worth Weekly, readers can use code “FWWEEKLY” to save up to 25% on select tickets at PBRWorldFinals.com, AXS.com, Ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-732-1727.

STUFF

The Case for Mo’ Robo

An elite scorer and Asian American who could be a modern face for the famously nondiverse

NHL, Jason Robertson is a … Star.

BY PATRICK HIGGINS

It’s been little more than a week since the Dallas Stars were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs 4-2 by the Minnesota Wild. The series loss represents Dallas’ earliest playoff exit in four years. Managing to pile up 10 goals with the extra man through the six games, Dallas attempted to ride their goliath power play from the regular season into postseason success. However, they were completely dominated at even strength against their former hometown’s club, being outscored 17-5 in the series when matched man to man, and that was their undoing. With last season’s superstar trade deadline acquisition Mikko Rantanen mostly quiet, and some shaky goaltending by Jake Oettinger, there’s plenty of blame to go around for the Stars’ unceremoniously abbreviated promising season. Yet little of it should lay at forward Jason Robertson’s skates. Four of the five goals Dallas did manage

to score at even strength came off the stick of the star left winger. Logging five goals and eight points over the series’ six games with little help from his teammates, Robertson appeared to continue his electric 2026 regular season campaign into the playoffs and was one of the few bright spots against Minnesota.

This season is the last in Robertson’s current deal. He enters the offseason as a restricted free agent, and he’s certainly made the most of this contract year. “Robo” certainly had a career year, leading the team with 96 points (45 goals, 51 assists), though that performance is not an outlier. In his seven seasons in Dallas, the Filipino American has been one of the best forwards in the NHL, ranking in the Top 10 in most scoring categories. His total this year makes it his fourth consecutive season with 80 or more points. That’s a run matched only by the organization’s brightest Star, the legendary Mike Modano, in the franchise’s history. In 2021-2022, Robertson tallied 79 points, just one point shy of making 2026 the fifth straight year. The 26-year-old also boasted a seven-game goal-scoring streak, a feat not even Modano pulled off, and represents the longest such streak since the North Stars relocated to Dallas. Robertson’s offensive consistency has already vaulted him to 14th in scoring in franchise history in his short career.

Far from just a one-sided player, No. 21 regularly logs minutes against opponents’ top lines, displaying strong two-way prowess and steadily ranking among the club’s top in plus/minus. This season’s +22 was bested only by blue-line stalwart Essa Lindell.

Robertson’s consistent elite performance continues to highlight the controversial snub by Team USA in this year’s Winter Olympics. Despite leading all American-born players with 48 points, and ranking second in goal scoring, Robertson was a confounding noninvite. Many believe his ethnicity as an Asian American could have played a role in being denied the chance to play for his country. His mother, Mercedes Robertson, immigrated to the United States from Manila when she was 3 years old. It was alleged that he was left off the national team because he supposedly didn’t meet the threshold of the blue-eyed, square-jawed image of Captain America or that he was too much of a finesse player and doesn’t have the trench-warfare, along-the-boards grit that USA hockey is known for. Whatever the reason, when considering a possible extension for Robertson, the Stars would do well not to make the same mistake.

In fact, it would be easy to argue that there might be no better player than Robertson to represent the United States. His multiethnic background encapsulates one of America’s most defining values: diversity. Nowhere else on Earth is there a population as multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural. Robertson’s Asian heritage doesn’t contradict the definition of Americanism. It defines it.

While the NHL is certainly an international league, the players who make it up are overwhelming monoethnic. See also: white. There are currently only a handful of ethnically Asian players in the league. In addition to Robertson, other notable players of Asian decent are the Montreal Canadiens’ Nick Suzuki and the Utah Mammoth’s Kailer Yamamoto, who are both Japanese, and New Jersey Devils’ Jonas Siegenthaler, who is Swiss-Thai. Jason Robertson’s younger brother, Nicholas, plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and former teammate Matt Dumba, now a Pittsburgh Penguin, shares the Robertsons’ Filipino heritage. Historically, there have been only 40 or so players of Asian decent in the entire 100-year history of the NHL. Or roughly 0.4% of the 9,000 current and former players. The National Hockey League has been plagued by charges of subconscious

racism for decades. Robertson as a face for the league helps curtail some of those accusations. He has the best chance at reaching the same bar for Asian-decedent hockey players that was set by Hall of Famer Paul Kariya 20 years ago.

Not only does Robo make a great representative for the country and the league, but as a Dallas Star, he’s an ideal rep for the state. Texas has the third-largest Asian-American population in the United States, and the community is the fastest growing ethnic group in the Lone Star State. Roberston has been very vocal about how seriously he takes his role as a representative for the AsianAmerican community and the meaningfulness of his presence as a step toward diversity in a sport so egregiuosly devoid of it. While Dallas has a reputation for being the NHL’s version of the Finnish National Team (four of the team’s biggest stars hail from the Scandinavian country), the Stars would be wise to lean into Robertson as the best marketing vehicle for the sport of hockey in Texas. He represents the face of what a modern league should aspire to. Lord knows, at worst, they still need his even-strength goal scoring. Lock him up. l

CLASSIFIEDS

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Notice of Draft Federal Operating Permit

Draft Permit No.: O4244

Application and Draft Permit. Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC, 12555 Clark Rd, Rosemount, MN 550684226, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of Federal Operating Permit (herein referred to as Permit) No. O4244, Application No. 39534, to authorize operation of the Fort Worth Terminal, a Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 12550 Trinity Blvd in Euless, Tarrant County, Texas 76040-7030. 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 the application. You can find an electronic map of the facility at: https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=97.093055,32.815833&level=13. This application was received by TCEQ on December 15, 2025.

The purpose of a federal operating permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollution control by clearly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code § 122.10 (30 TAC § 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the conditions under which the area must operate. The permit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and has made a preliminary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executive director recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, statement of basis, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Region 4, 2309 Gravel Dr, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The draft permit and statement of basis are available at the TCEQ Website: www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ tvnotice. The application, including any updates, is available electronically at the following webpage: https://www. tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/airpermit-applications-notices. This information may also be accessed electronically at TCEQ Central Office, Office of Chief Clerk, Building F, First Floor, Austin Texas and TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office. Relevant supporting materials for the draft permit, including the New Source Review permits which have been incorporated by reference, may also be accessed electronically at these locations.

Public Comment/Notice and Comment Hearing. Any person may submit written comments on the draft permit. Comments relating to the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of the permit conditions may result in changes to the draft permit.

A person who may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the permitted area may request a notice and comment hearing. The purpose of the notice and comment hearing is to provide an additional opportunity to submit comments on the draft permit. The permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whether the permit provides for compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 122 (examples may include that the permit does not contain all applicable requirements or the public notice procedures were not satisfied). TCEQ may grant a notice and comment hearing on the application if a written hearing request is received within 30 days after publication of the newspaper notice. The hearing request must include the basis for the request, including a description of how the person may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the application area. The request should also specify the conditions of the draft permit that are inappropriate or specify how the preliminary decision to issue or deny the permit is inappropriate. All reasonably ascertainable issues must be raised, and all reasonably available arguments must be submitted by the end of the public comment period. If a notice and comment hearing is granted, all individuals that submitted written comments or a hearing request will receive written notice of the hearing. This notice will identify the date, time, and location for the hearing.

Written public comments and/or requests for a notice and comment hearing should be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ and be received within 30 days after the date of newspaper publication of this notice. 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.

A notice of proposed final action that includes a response to comments and identification of any changes to the draft permit will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments, a hearing request, or requested to be on the mailing list for this application. This mailing will also provide instructions for public petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request that the EPA object to the issuance of the proposed permit. After receiving a petition, the EPA may only object to the issuance of a permit which is not in compliance with the applicable requirements or the requirements of 30 TAC Chapter 122.

Mailing List. In addition to submitting public comments, a person 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 above. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Chief Clerk for this application.

Information. For more information about the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. You can also view our website for public participation opportunities at www.tceq. texas.gov/goto/participation.

Further information may also be obtained for Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC by calling Ms. Holli Vanoverbeke at (651) 438-5669.

Notice Issuance Date: April 10, 2026

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PUBLIC NOTICE

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