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Home My WebLink About2007-03-09 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / �!� MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY GRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED 31q I0 -? DATE OF ARTICLE 3 l5' l NEWSPAPER FWST ' 3q NORTHEAST CLICK p ZM ! d 4M1 �'trvr fid' i. rY 2 u� Charles Swearengen,Mary Frazior,Gary Green,Leon Hogg and Gwen Swearengen Chamber's Business 2 Business Expo held at mall Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce chose North East Mall as the location for its 2007 ' Business 2 Business Expo. SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/MIKE LEWIS 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE LOFL hIA YOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWA Y(2) BOYETT BRO FVN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIM.4L CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 3 19/07 DATE OFARTICLE 31'- /' NEWSPAPER FwsT ,. LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS Euless gets pizza and games center ' America's Incredible Pizza Co., a restaurant and family entertainment cen- ter, plans to open its first North Texas location in Euless on April 5, accord- ing to a company spokes- woman. The 60,000-square-foot center is taking shape at the former Burlington Coat Factory building at the southwest corner of Airport Freeway and In- dustrial Boulevard. It will have bowling, bumper cars, video and redemption games, and go-karts, said Erica Kou- ros, spokeswoman for FEC Holdings, the company's largest franchisee. The entertainment cen- ter also has a buffet that DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 3 /q o 7 DATE OF ARTICLE 3 �C� O 7 NEWSPAPER FWST ■ He' fatally shot a you - "There Was Someone ng The hostility reached a woman during a fight outside climax April 26,2005,atAMF else in the bowling a bowling alley in 2005. Showplace Lanes in Euless. alley with a gun that By DOMINGO RAMIREZ jR. ^ „ After Nguyen,Phiengchay ni ht." ' STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Christy Souvanna .and g - _ FORT WORTH—Kham heth Blenda. "Lily" Southida ex- —defense attorney "Khampi"Bounkhoun fatally shot ' changed angry words, Lex Johnston a young woman in the head in Nguyen and her friend Kim ' 2005 to impress a friend during a Bui fQllowed Souvanna and "There was someone else fight at a bowling y parking Southida In the SHOWPLACE LANES g g alle arkin into the bowling al- °'lot,prosecutors said. parking lot, ley with a ' • Today, the and the gun that P 20-year-old Els four began night,,, ' Parking.y headed to prisfighting.As Johnston ' ` on for life. Nguyen ., said in his • .� . ot r A Tarrant fought with closing ar- el County jury of ; Souvanna, gument.,' l six women and Bounk NGUYEN "Christy's SOUTHIDA ' • six men took houn ran boyfriend r e e less than two BOUNKHOUN up and shot Nguyen in the was there. hours Monday head, according to testimo- He had afternoon to sentence Bounkhoun ny.He fired four more times, even ' foJu- r the death of Vy"Julie"Nguyen derupolice wondingBald in the shoul- Hems ev eral sentenee of Fort Worth, a 21-year-old Tar- During closing arguments' weeks be- rant County College student, as Monday morning, -prosecu- fore the she lay pinned to the ground by' for Tiffany Burks told jurors fight at the another woman. Earlier in the day,jurors delib- that Bounkhoun had told oth- bowlingal- SOUVANNA ers that he killed Nguyen to ley. And it erated about 45 minutes before SAY y ' finding Bounkhoun guilty of mut- help his friend Lily. was.Julie who was"fighting "He killed Julie over a Christy that night der in Nguyen's slaying. Bounk- girl,"Burks told jurors."How Souvanna and Southida houn never testified during his sad is it that you take a gun have been charged with mur- ' three-day trial. and you put it to the forehead der.Their trials are pending. It got off to a rocky start.Before of someone to settle an is- They were arrested a few the first witness took the stand Wednesday, state Distract judge sue?„ hours after Nguyen was ' Everett Young declared a mistrial Lex Johnston of Fort killed. Bounkhoun was ar- Worth,. Bounkhoun's attor- rested several days later in afters juror talked about the case and lied to prosecutors and de- ney,told the jury that prose- North Carolina. , fense attorneys when he said he cutors witnesses do hot have Domingo Ramirez Jr.,817-685-382$- did i7685-382$-did not know Bounkhoun.The ju- credible backgrounds, ramirez@Star-telegram.com ' ror was fined$500 and sentenced to three days in jail.A second jury was selected that day. ' Prosecutors called witnesses who described a feud among Nguyen and two other young ' women. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE 1 OF 1 MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKARUE RIDGWA Y(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIIV LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 3/9 /07 DATE OFARTICLE 3 14 /07 NE FVSPAPER F WST CANDIDATE FILINGS Candidates have until Mon- day to file for a place on the May 12 municipal and school board ballots. Below is a list of filings ' reported to the Star-Telegram. An incumbent seeking re-elec- tion is indicated by (i). MUNICIPALITIES Bedkrd Municipal judge: Tim Murphy (i) Place 3: Lori Nail (i) Place 5: Charles A. Do- verspike, Todd Burgart, Roy W. Turner Colleyvllle Mayor: David Kelly (i) Place 1: Carol Wollin Place 2: Tony Licata (i) Euless Place 1: Tim Stinneford, Carl ' Tyson (i) Place 3: Linda Mart~n (i) Place 6: Perry Bynum, War- ren Wllson, Veva Lou Massey Flower Mound Place 3: Tim Trotter (i) Place 5: Jeff Tasker (I) Grapevine Place 3: Mike Lease, Tracy Wilkinson. Mark J. Born. Rob Place 1: John Lewis (i) Place 3: Suzy Compton (i) Place 5: David Whitson (i) Place 7: Tim Welch (i) Rlchland Hllls Place 1: Jeffrey Ritter (i), Shelly Jaymes Place 3: Phil Heinze (i) Place 5:!Michael Sloan (i) Roanoke Mayor: Carl "Scooter" Gie- risch Jr. (i) Ward 1: Kevin Stillwell (i) Ward 2: Kirby Smith (i) Ward 3: Frank Temple (i) Southlake Place 3: John Terrell (i) Place 4: Gregory Jones (i) . Place 5: Virginia Muzyka (i) Trophy Club tdayor: Nick sanders (i) Two at-large seats: Greg Lamont (i), Jim Moss, Roger Williams (i), Kathleen Wllson Watauqa Mayor: Harry Jeffries (i) Place 3: Mike Steele (i) Place 4: Pete Beierschmitt (i) Westlake Five at-large seats: Peter Steger, Larry Corson (i), Don Redding (i), Bob Timmerman (i), Michael Eaton. Rick Rennhack Undersander Place 4: Darlene Freed (i) SCHOOL DISTRICTS . Haltom Clty , ~1lEdville Mayor: Bill Lanford (i) ,. z Plaie 6: Ralph Kunkel (i) Place 1: Jim Sutton (i) : Plate 7: David Pokluda (i) Place 2: Chris Holcomb (I), ~ar6ll Bob Watkins Place 6: John R. Thane Place 7: Diane Bransom (i), Place 7: Sherri Williams (i) Sam Souimanlphanh Grapevine-Colleyvllle Haslet Place 3: Nancy M. Coplen (i) Mayor: Gary Hulsey Place 4: Lisa Hall (i) , Place 2: Lynnda ,I. ~ctoy (i) Hurst-Euless-Bedford Place 4: Harold Williams (i) Place 3: Jim Schooler (i) Hurst Place 4: Ellen Jones (i) Place 1: Charles Swearengen Place 5: Faye Beaulieu (i) (i) Keller Place 2: Larry E. Kitchens (i) Placel: Joseph Sandoval, Place 6: Henry E. Wilson (i) Jason Wylie Keller Place 3: Cindy Lotton (i) , Mayor: ~ulie Tandy (i) Place 5: Gerry Knowles Place 1: Steven Trine (i) Northwest Place 5: Mitch Holmes (i) place 3: Daryl Laney (i) . North Rlchland Hllls Place 4: Jeannette Leong (i) 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: I 1 PAGE OF MA YOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGFVA Y(2) BO YETT BRO CVN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMALCNTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED 3/17 DATEOFARTICLE 3/g/D7 NECVSPAPER FCVST NORTHEAST & AREA BRIEFS The TI% Merchants will perform EULESS - The Tea Mer- chants, a Celtic trio, will usher in St. Patrick's Day with a free con- cert at 7 p.m. Monday at the Euless Public Library, 201 N. Ector Road. The band, made up of Charlie Buckley on fiddle, Rob Forkner on bodhran and Charlie Branch on bouzouki, will perform at the show sponsored by ART- SNET and the city of Euless. 817-283-3406. , - Joy Donovan DISTRIBUTED TO: / i PAGE OF MA YOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKA MIE RIDG WAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDOlVALD COLLINS BARKER GE TCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED 3 /4 107 DATE OF ARTICLE 3/8/67 NEWSPAPER DMN COMMUNITY CALENDAR I/ Sunday in the community meeting room at Stacy's Furniture, 1900 S. Main St. In Gra~evine. Fort Worth astrologer ~dsie Patterson will speak about "Signs . of the Times: Eris and Pluto." Visit www.asntx.com. CELTIC MUSIC: The Euless Public Library and ARTSNET present The Tea Merchants at 7 p.m. Monday at the Euless Library, 201 N. Ector Drive. This Celtic trio plays spirited Irish and Celtic music. Call 817-685-1679 or visit www.euleis.org. . . ....- -.- . , ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY: The Euless i Parks and Community Services ,,, Departmentfeatures a St. Patrick's Day; Party with Beatlegras. The bluegrass Beatles tribute band will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 17 at Texas Star Golf Course, 1400 Texas Star Parkway. Admission is free. Call 817-685-1666 or visit www.euless.org. BOOKSALE: The Friends of the Euless Library will host a book sale March 23 to 25 at the Euless Public Library, 201 N. Ector Drive. Book prices range from 10 cents to $2. A "sneak peek" admission of $5 will be charged on Friday. Hours are 3 to 6 p.m. March 23,lO a.m. to 5 P.m. March 24 and 1 to 3 p.m. March25. Call 817-685-1679. All proceeds benefit; the Euless Public Library. . ' -I . .,