UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM
Because none of the candidates for our District 7 City Council seat received the 51% majority of votes required for election, a runoff election between the two top vote getters, Leonard Firestone and Zeb Pent, is scheduled for Saturday June 5. The stakes couldn’t be higher for Arlington Heights. Please make an extra effort to vote this go round.
Want to get a better feel for these two candidates? A virtual Zoom forum between Firestone and Pent is scheduled for:
WEDNESDAY MAY 26 @ 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by our Crestwood Association neighbors, the forum is open to any interested party. Live presentations by the two candidates with Q&A will be moderated by Crestwood Association President Janine Lund. Advance registration is required.
Click here to register or go to crestwoodfw.org for details and registration. Questions? cnafw.treasurer@gmail.com
Early Voting hours are:
Monday May 24 – 8 am to 5 pm
Tuesday May 25 – 8 am to 5 pm
Wednesday May 26 – 8 am to 5 pm
Thursday May 27 – 8 am to 5 pm
Friday May 28 – 7 am to 7 pm
Saturday May 29 – 7 am to 7 pm
Sunday May 30 – 11 am to 4 pm
Monday May 31 – closed due to Memorial Day
Tuesday June 1 – 7 am to 7 pm
Saturday June 5 – VOTING DAY 7 am to 7 pm
Mayoral candidates are Mattie Parker and Deborah Peoples. District 7 City Council candidates are Leonard Firestone and Zeb Pent.
If you’re over 65, disabled, or will be out of town on election day, you have until May 25 to request a ballot by mail, a.k.a. absentee ballot. All requests for ballots by mail must be renewed annually; when you register for the ballot by mail you can opt for absentee ballots for all elections within the year, or for just a single election.
Call Tarrant County Elections at 817-831-8683 to find out if you’ve already registered, or to request a ballot by mail. For more info, go to votebymail@tarrantcounty.com.
Historically, Arlington Heights has low voter turnout. Let’s turn the tide!
MAY YARD OF THE MONTH
The enormous vitex tree towering over the landscape at 3858 Lafayette Avenue
will begin to unfurl its purple blossoms at the end of May.
One of the deciding factors for Nicole and Alan Hawkins to buy the house at 3858 Lafayette Avenue was the huge vitex tree that stretches out across most of the front yard. It’s easily one of the largest vitex in the area. Despite the big plus of the specimen vitex, it created too much shade for most plants underneath it to survive, including grass. Nicole, who owns her own small landscape design company, covered the parkway with a bed of decomposed granite and planted Mexican feather grass and bluebonnets. The Hawkins’ bluebonnet bloom this year was especially robust.
In April, the parkway was exploding with a thick wall of bluebonnets. Photo by Nicole Hawkins
Nicole was so pleased with the look and low maintenance of the decomposed granite in the parkway, she extended it to the rest of the front yard. The result: less watering and no more mowing, with only a few occasional weeds to deal with. Nicole keeps those under control with a spritz of horticultural vinegar and orange oil. To provide year-round color, the rest of the yard is filled with perennials, such as low profile Drift roses, oakleaf hydrangea, sea green junipers, yaupon holly, and red yuccas.
For being selected as the May Yard of the Month, the Hawkins received a complimentary annual membership to AHNA and a $25 gift certificate to Archie’s Gardenland. To nominate a yard, even your own, please send the address to president@arlingtonheightsna.com.