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!L-LEADERSHIP
Hope you all enjoyed Our Town Hall series
' the cold snap earlier in. really had good attendance
January.-.for those who got
for the fourteenth
to stay home that was so straight year: If is a good
' special and rare in Texas. opportunity for our citizens
Looks like we will have an to come and talk one-on-
interesting year weather- one with council members
' wise in our area. "4 and staff members. We do
Wintertime is such an "
" e appreciate all who came
interesting time to walk
' out especially when the
our Trail System.There's weather was cold and wet.
so much to see that is not Mayor Saleh The Texas Legislature
.visible with the abundant Euless is in session now,and we 1
' flora later on. You can now
—��.— encourage you to keep
walk the Trails from Bobup with the proposed
' Eden Park to the Villages of legislation and how it
Bear Creek Park. There is will affect you and"your
a walking map on the back city. There are a lot of
' side of the,winter edition-of transportation issues that
Euless Today magazine. really need support this
If you are not up to time,along with health "
' walking the Trails,try insurance and education
exercising at the Midway issues.
Recreation Center. The The Euless representatives
' Center has just been are Representative Todd
renovated with a new Smith,Senator Jane Nelson,
walking path and other'
amenities. Senator Kim Brimer-and.
Senator Chris Harris. The
The new Lowe's Home Legislature meets from
Impr vement store on
January until May every
' Made Road is now open. other year. Get to know
It has a great garden your representatives and let
' department along with them know how you feel on
appliances and just about certain issues:
everything to keep your f,
' house and garden in order. Enjoy each day!
The Shops at Vineyard Mary Lib Saleh,
Village is coming along at a Mayor of Euless
' rapid pace. The new Chili's - --
restaurant is open,others
will be soon coming,and
' the center is filling up fast.
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Candidateslmay file for a piale on
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ttie May 12 .council and schol r.,
board ballots'through-March 12. ' 1
i Colleyville .' '. '. ' . -,!- .. I
Mayet.David Kelly 4)::;:: ,:I<: .:' :'
i Place.l:'Carol Wollin :. :. .:. -:
,i Place 2: Tony Licata:(i)-: -;.. .,',:.
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Place 1: Tim Stinneford ., ;. : ,':.
Place 3: Linda Martin (i) . ,,. : ,,,.
Place 6: Perry Bynum . ', r.' .:>.,:
Dr. Warren Wilso~ -.' '. . -., -. v~~;~.L~" ~~~~e~' :, I ; . !.. :: ,:'
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Grapevine . , a, ,' ,, . -- .i: :', , 1. . . . . .. j
Place 3: Mike Lease:, ~:r, .;. ., ;
. . Tracy.Wilkinso",. ,. ; ., ,,, . ' . , Place:4: Darlene Freed.(@ _;
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Mayor: Bill,~anfiord'(i) :?.'':, ' ,.,'~.:.
.Place 1: Jim Sutton (i) '. :- - '
Place.2: Chris Holcomb; (i). ; . ';- ,:
.< . . . Haslet . '. ".< :- . .; . .. . ,
Place 2: Lynnda ~.~MCCO~ (i).:. :
Place 4: Harold~ Williams,(.i)>;:. . :
, , ,. - . .. Hurst i :.;l.'i . - .., : ., ,.-. . .
Place 1: Charles~~wea~e"~en;(i) i.,:
Place 2:'Larry E..Kitchens (i) , , , , '
Place 6:. Henry E. Wilson (i) ' . .
Kefler , . .
Mayor: JulieTandy (i) ' . ~
Place 1: Steven Trine (i) - .:% . -.
'North Richland Hills . ,
Place 1: John Lewis (it . ; :
Place 3: Suzy Compton (i) . ,
Place 5: David Whitson (i) . '
Place 7: Tim Welch (i)
Richland Hllls
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Place 3: Phil Heinze (i) .
Place 5: Michael Sloan..(i).
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�EAHMON FRANK CHAMBERS 11933-2007 Leahmon Frank Chambers
: Services
Visitation will be from 2 to r-
edford couneu
Y p.m.Sunday at Lucas Funer-
al
uneral Home,1321 Precinct Line
e}'�'lh nr yy1,�y1 Road,Hurst.The funeral will
jjjh e r man
beat 10:30 a.m.Monday at
Harwood Terrace Baptist
Church,3420 Brown Trail inPrincVie' Bedford.Burial will be at
e- CHAMBERS Cedar Hill Cemetery in
Abilene: Fri
By JESSICADELE6N ■A major I .
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
player in Bed-
BEDFORD -City Councilman Leahmon . ford politics, community almost every day.
tied
hambers, a longtime institution in Bedford, he was known "He was always drivingBEDFORD — Leahmon Friday. .
He likely died of congestive heart failure, for his efforts- around, talking to people," Frank Chambers, 74, a re-
s daughter Rene Mikeska said. to control Story said."He was probably tired facility maintenance
the most active[of the coun- employee of American Air-
Mr.Chambers,74,served on the Bedford Ci- spending and cil in to attending' lines, passed away Friday, Feb. 16,
Council starting in 1993, being re-elected cut taxes. 2007,in Arlington.
most recently,to a third term,in 2004. functions. He didn't want to Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Monday at
"He wanted things to be better around him," miss a banquet or an awards Harwood Terrace Baptist Church.Buri-
Ceremony." al:Leahmon will be laid to rest next to
ikeska said of how he got into politics. "He Mikeska said, "He his wife,Pat,'at 10 a.m.Tuesday in Ce
idn't like the way things were going, and he couldn't stand not being bu- dar Hill Cemetery, Abilene. visitation:
didn't like certain facets in his neighborhood. The family will receive friends from 2 to
_ sy,not being around friends." 5 p.m.Sunday at Lucas Funeral Home,.
He decided to do.something His daughter said,"I know Mr. Chambers faced 1321 Precinct Line Rd.,Hurst,with ad-
' about it." he made lots of people mad health problems throughout dftional visitation s to 6 p.m,Monday at
1vlr. Chambers grew up in sometimes.But he stuck with, his life.He had several heart the Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542
' Abilene and received an as- attacks and triple and qua- Hickory St.,Abilene.
what he thought'was right. P 4 Leahmon Frank Chambers was a
sociate's degree in 1967 from Mr. Chambers' seat is u dru le b asses.
Ranger junior College. He P P � member of the.Hurst Amateur Radio
g J g for election in May.A special! He did not attend Tues- Club, a past master of.Estelle Lodge
worked in facilities mainte election will not be needed'- day's City Council meeting. #582 A.F.&A.M.and a current member
nance — air conditioning, because the vacancy oc Mr. Chambers was in the of Hurst Masonic Lodge. Leahmon
heating, plumbing and more curred within 90 days of the; hospital several times in the served the city of Bedford as a city
— for 28 ears at American councilman from 1993 through 1997
Y scheduled municipal elec-i .past year,and Story often vis- and againfrom 20044hrough 2007.He
Airlines. tion. - ited him. also served on several boards and com-
He was a major player in He also served on Bed "Of course,he would crit- missions throughout the 19705 and
Bedford politics,best-known ford's Zoning Board of 'Ad- icize me over some of'my 1980s.
for his efforts to control ustment, Park Board and -votes," Story said, adding Survivors: Daughters, Rene Mi-
1 keska and her husband, Malcolm,Mi-
pending and cut taxes. His Planning and Zoning Com- that Mr.Chambers also com- ehele Ward and her husband, Greg,
election in 2004 made him mission. plimented him. "He never and Charisse Stapp and her husband,
the deciding vote in the Mr.Chambers belonged to held a grudge." , Tony Mathis; grandchildren, Jeremy
adoption of a property tax the Mid-Cities Optimist Mr. Chambers' wife, Pat and Jenni Mikeska,Shane and Lindsay
' freeze for seniors.In 2005,he died in 1995. He Mikeska, Desiree Mikeska, Collier
Club, Hurst Masonic Lodge Chambers, Ward and Landry Ward; and great-
was one of three council and Hurst Amateur Radio was also preceded in death. grandchildren,Keaton,Gavin and Gra-
members to vote against a 27 Club. by the couple's son,Leahmon cyn Mikeska.
percent tax rate increase, Mayor Jim Story said Mr. Ray,in 1960. Lucas Funeral Home
' which passed. That increase Chambers was out in the Besides Mikeska,he is sur- Hurst,817-284-7271
led to a divisive,voter-initiat- vived by daughters Michele View and sign guestbook at
ed property tax rollback. Ward and Charisse Stapp; www.star-telegram.com/obituaries
"He served the constitu- and numerous grandchildren
' ents of Bedford very well," and great-grandchildren.
said Dorothy McWhorter,
who helped work for Cham- This report includes material
bers' 2004 victory as,part of from the Star-Telegram archives.
' the Bedford Citizens for Re- Jessica neLedn,817-685-3932
sponsive Government politi- jdeleon@star-telegram.com
cal action committee. "He
' was a man of principle."
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. Fe~in~~~i~r!~si~;~o~~usion Hdmeland Security -grant "Technology has ;;it & "There need& be:& .,;. .. . ,_- ... i .:.i., ,md , mlscp~,~c.at~on in' ., money. ' remedied that, for the most:;.:.,- ..., ; :. . .. . ,> ... ...
the .ey<i;t"8f 'g:lGg&&ale di- . Federal officials are rec- . part, clear co-unica- : .Illl~iIltel'i)~etati~Il, Il0 . .
saster:, fe+iring, re,ver.al de- , o.mending. but not requir- tions ' are: the priority," one looking code; : . ., -part~e,nts..~~d:~d;rk iGiether, irig, that police begin using. Keithley said. . . - . . , . .. - . , , +,..
:.federal,~fficial$~~encpuag-: plain language in their day- The problem with.'codes and nosecond-guesG.
-ink pol~~~,:;j&$~m~nt's to to-day internal communiea- is that theyvary from juris- i, ing.;:. - . .-e .. - .. . . .. ..' , . ...;
drop &&iei, in favor of plain:. tions as well. diction .to, jurisdiction and.; , ,, .. " . .. . ..
E.i fish.-,;~-::: ;;.> .:, =. ' ,
r - >5 ,: "We believe that it is im- ,across the country. . , -~rian&s, coordinatbr,
'- portant {to' practice' every , Some example; are trivi-, 1 ; . ,'. National Incident Mimy agencies in the area . ..
are co'mplying, including day the ;terminology and al, but others could cost 1 , Management System Hurst, which will begin piocedures that will be used lives. A . '~O-U" means. .. . .
changing to plain in the in emergency incidentrand "weather information" ' in , A wil~coie change . '.--
next few weeks. . . ,
disasters," , said Ashley North Richland. Hills, but 1. . : Some igkneies sciois the
'1tls go&g to be a gradual . Small, a.FedkrdEmergency "oficer down" in many juhation ,have the Management - Agency risdictions. : .. . thing," police spokesman Sgt. . . 7. switch, but police in the area craig Teawe d.lt.s kind spokes~oman in washing- The use of codes harper- - especially inNorth6Ast
of like training old dogs. ton.: - '
, , sisted for two reascinsfhab- '1 Tarrant County, 'where the
got-,officers. here who ''There needs to be'. no it, and the desiie to keep I small cities have mutual-aid have been talking in the same misinterpretation, no one communications , secure agreementi - are embrac-
looking up codes and no 1 from criminals who could ' ing it. ,, . . codes for 25 years. It's going
to take a while for second-guessing," said Bri- be listening to a scanner: Irving, Haltom City and
As part of its 'disaster pre- I an Ellis, a coordinator for "If you listen foi a while , Grapevine have offCially
the federal the National Incident Man- YOU , can, figure them: out ' ked plain language for agement System. - . government requires local , . anyway," Southlake police 'some .the. hlington has
agencies to us'e plain lan- spokeswoman Zt:':'Rhondai 'been using! it , .the guage instead of "lo" &d "sig- ~eiic from another era Moore 'iaid. ."It's more h- ~$0~. Euless also hade the
nal'' codes during events in- Codes were devised to portant to know what each switch about 20 yeanago,
volving multiple jurisdict'ions save time on the radio when other are '.talking about, A Assistant .police ChiefrHar-
as a condition of receiving channels were scarce, said breakdown in comrnunica- land Westmoreland &.. . Fred Keithley. an emergen- tion would cause much' . "When we fen? m it,. cy preparedness coordina- more of a security hazard there wasn't a whole lot of tor with the North Central than people listening to a t& about interoperability Texas Council of Govern- scanner." , like there is today," he said.
ments.
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: -."~i~n'h16".'h~~~~ a sexual . 'because'thdy "ary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Here-are zorie':'. lice made the switch t~ plain,
o.:.$siault to poli=e,h S.outhl&e, e~amples of codes. some of which have already been dropped. ;.?;' talk in August because of
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. . :but in Hurstiiit means a 'dog , j.. -- ,
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Lqry*Irving said., .: .;-..:-'~ . Thk;.code~:'f$0;12'':t:means .b Sexual assault in Fort Worth, E Drive-by shqoting in.NoGh . , ,
"No one-is.&o%d aiid I can Hurst, Keller and North Rich- Richland Hil!s :. .r - .. , ... , A comkunication :from
talk freelyn 'in Hurst, but in , , land Hills ' . . . . Meet ambula"te'.i";,Kurii abbdd 'i.,"! North Richland Hills ais-
seve~al'oth~.Tarr&t County, Burglar'alarm in Southlake ' Foit W~rth-~ " ".-."...'";-. '""" "1 ',patch that used to. sound like
cities it'me+.;th<:.=ict opdL
@osit&.$'~~e~.Subjec't;;is near
and I can7$ t& freel$! .,' '.
, ilD Found property in~eller,. . , _:,. "10-3 .the Signal; 2"..is now
': ,"' Sl Criminal. mischief. in Southlake . "~&i~~~d,.th~' major:acci-
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I "w; went to it because it
was easier. It gets tough try-
ing to remember 60 or 70
different signal codes. So '
when they started recom-
mending that we change
things, we were already
there."
Keller police switched to
plain talk last month be-
cause the' department is
merging -communication
operations with South-
lake's, Keller Lt. Brenda Slo-
vak said.
Others, such as 'south-
lake, still have some codes,
but they aren't used much.
"We use a few codes for
simple things that everyone
understands, but plain talk
is really the best way to go,"
Moore said. "So much of our
stuff is interagency anyway.
X lot of us don't have the re-
sources to handle a major
incident by ourselves. We
all help each other out, and
we've learned how to talk to
each other." - -' -; :.
In Fort Worth, officers
are trained in federal proto-
cols but still use many
codes, police spokesman Lt.
Dean Sullivan said. - 1
"We definitely have inte-
roperability; that's not an is-
sue," Sullivan said.- "Our
computer dispatch system
is based on signal codes, so I
don't see us going away
from it completely any time
soon. But, if you listen to our
radio chatter, there's a lor of
plain talk anyway because
it's easier." '
Mark Agee, 817685-382
rmagee@star-telegramcorn -.
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lamnt: R&&o$$ i,.' ;-,The pam bil,.i&i-'Gately p news mnference at 11 am. today at
.., . . .:+ . -. .. . . . . . -,,.. +:' spond to and assist the lead agency thdColleyvllle Justice Center. Bed-
will have officers . .,., . from ::: :. , child abdl&i,n =: , - , . ford, Colleyvllle, Euless, Grapevine,
, 12;~ejonal.~~~artments~:', Grapevhe'police Sgt. Bob hiur-, , Haltom City, Hw$ Keller, North
- . . -., ' ,,. ' . - !:: phy +id he llwes the idea The de- Richland Hills, Richland HiUs, Ro-
~i . B~ON ...%. PORMBY .... . partmeit sp0kkman saidchild ab- anoke,Southlake and Watauga po-
, . , . S,MWriter .. , , .?. , , . : " . ' duction& require about 10 to 15 lice departments are participating
. . .bfo.ruiby@dallasne"J.cbp #,.. .., , .' ;, . .. , . . L .: -:, f ',,.~., Officen -ediakly focusing Sole- in the rkgiondresponse team.
. klve'i! i+-t.heast : ',, sf'" .- ly on: th5tt'ee; som&hg not al- The model for the.CART pro-
Cbunty police departments are ~a~'.'~~''for~~~suburb& . ,. . depart- gram w& created 'in Florida aRer
". banding together to fohrmth& fist :.:- ," - .; the highly publicized rape and
Child Abduction Response Team %is is what give the s&aller',murdei 6f 'll-year-old Carlie Bru-
%'in the Dallas-Fort Worth area The,.:7agenci&.the ability;? dothat," Sgt. .:. cia, whose kidnapping was caught
'team be composed ofone offi-?j::~urphy said.;,[.t;:,:~~~~~~~~{~.:
2.
' on acaryash security camera As of
:.: cer hm each department who hai :.?;.: The police' chiefs fibm the 12 '' 2006,12 children have been recov- ;- specialized child abduction, &e -, lP;articipiting: departmentsar ered in the ,..,. 14 tim& . Florida's CART
program h& been Avated. ,
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According.to the National Dis-
trict Attorneys Association, more
than 3%,000 children are abduct-
ed annually. More than 350,000 of
those children are taken by a par-
ent
Sgt. Murphy said he believes
teaming officers with experience in
chiid abduction cases will give the
lead agency a much-needed boost
in assistance.
You need huge manpower right
now and you need experienced in-
vestigators," he said, "In my opin-
ion it will really help with the im-
mediate investig+ons." .t
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Small police forces . .I make j bold
move to fight child abductions
0 nce again, Tarrant Conn- Abduction Response Team effort there's never a need to mobilize
ty is in the crime-fighting is that it affords smaller cities with the team. But the reality is that we
vanguard. - limited funds, equipment and ex- both know it probably won't be
Lest we forget, the nationwide petise a means to systematiqally , too long before the CART mem-
hnber- Alert is rooted in the pool their resources. , I bers are called to due.
county's second-largest city, Ar- . They can move swifly de- * 'I'd like to .think it won't be
lington. I cisively in .a focused,' rjodcerted needed anytime soon, but it's go-
And front-running Fort ( way., , *,.* ing to happen in one of these 12
Worth was the first city in Texas to That's Gritid because when a cities," sgt. Murphy said.
create a Crime Control and Pre- child is abducted, small police de- But ifyou live in northeast Tar-
vention District that dedicates a partmentsusu~yfindfiemselve~ :rant County, YOU haye to be
special half-cent sales tax to. pay scrambling to get enough trained pleased to see CoUwlle, Bed-
for crime initiatives. investigators on the case. I' ford, Euless, Haltom City, Hurst,
Now, a dozen northeast Tar- "1tPs impossible," said s&. Keller, North Richland Hills,
rant County police departments ~urph~, a 35-year veteran who Richland Hills, Roanoke, South-
are flexing their muscles by join- worked in Houston and Ohio be- lake, Watauga and Grapevine get-
ing forces to combat child abduc- fore coming to Grapevine 15 years ting out front on this issue.
tions.- _- d- ago. 'You cannot do it Y~U just . I hope law enforcement %en-
Bfiant, I mustsay. , don't have the manpower cies in Dallas County and across
They're not the first in the required. The onslaught is tre- : the state are paying serious atten-
country p create a Child Abduc- mendous." & tion.
:tion Response Team, but they've ' And then when the tips an$.
,
More than that, I strondy
taken the lead in North Texas, if Ieads start coming in, he said, an they' follow
not the whole state. , already difficult job gets' 'that, ty's _- lead. .-_ L,. -.-- ----- -.---
To the best of my knowledge, , much tougher. 'You better have a It's a textbook example ' qf
i- - _ - - _-
I. this is the fir~ in fie me," said well-oiled machine to handle all smart, sophisticated policing. :
Sgt. Bob Murphy of fie Grape- that when it starts, or youlregoing
vine Police Department, p& of tog@ buried." . , -
the 12-memberteam. : .(" Lt. Dean Sullivan, a Fort
Worth police spokesman, said The initial program was
launched two years ago in no+ that while Fort Worth is not a part
da, about a year ll-year-old of the new CART project, the de-
'girl Carlie Bmcia was raped and partment stands ready to help in
murdered in a case that shocked any way that it can. He, too, said
the nation. it's smart for smaller departments
Carlie's kidnapping in 2004 to figure out ways they can share
was captured on a mash secu- limited expertise and manpower.
nty system, which enabled law , If the departments combined ,
, enforcement agencies to quickly - Cy pull together 10 to 15 officers
nab her abductor. ?aned in child abduction cases,
The genius in the new Child ' he said, that would put them on
par with bigger cities. mat's
about the size dour Child Abduc-
tion Response Team anyway," he
said.
. As I told Sgt. Murphy, I hope