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IIN MY OPINION
i
NORTHEAST TARRANT GETS A LINK
TO ARLINGTON AND GHOSTS
A new development will technically annex the unoccupied 450 ject could change that.
be in Arlington,but it will have more acres is to wrap up one of the And finally, where will Vi-
in common with the nearby final elements necessary for ridian residents shop or dine?
I
Northeast suburbs. the Viridian development Probably not in Arlington.It'll
planned by Huffines Com- be easier to access Grapevine
There's a reason that the sprawling sub- munities of Dallas. Mills or North East Mall. Or
urban cities and school districts of east- This is no small thing, in- an Airport Freeway restau-
ern Tarrant County have a distinct divi- eluding a mixed-use town rant. ,
sion with little interaction: The Trinity center and 6,000 single-fami- Arlington annexation or
River and a 2-to 3-mile-wide flood plain ly and multifamily units, all not, the area has a stronger
separate the communities,mostly giant constructed around small historical connection to
I Arlington to the south and the hodge- lakes and ponds. Think bass Northeast cities.
bodge of Hurst-Euless-Bedford and fishing and paddle boats. Bird's Fort, for example,
other cities to the north. Maybe even a new Trinity was founded by Maj. Jona-
' But that split won't last much longer. Railway Express stop for Ar- than Bird, namesake of the
Arlington's northern turf,you see,in- lington will be necessary, Birdville school district.
eludes 1,900 acres north of the Trinity,.a which would put the devel- ,The missing gold?An 1856
sandy,gravel-mine-pocked bottomland opment into something Army mule train leaving
I that is by far the largest undeveloped vaguely resembling New Ur- Bird's Fort was attacked by In-
piece of a swiftly building-out Ayling- banism.And it would release dians. As they fled soldiers,
ton. the city, technically, from its they made off with 10 bars of
This includes 450 acres of the city's long-standing status as the stolen gold believed to have
I n r �r49 .. most populous city inAmeri- been hidden nearby. The
` ca without mass transit.
* '��,,,��� "dt �,� � gold was never recovered.
'�q 4 ` � The impact of the devel- The ghosts? According to
Iopment will likelybe eater s Bird's writings, no less than
T' on Northeast Tarrant Cour
� � € County five pioneers are buried near
5 41448 �.' w { , , than on Arlington itself. the fort in unmarked graves,
1 �. How so? which should make excava-
' \ - First there's this. None of tions interesting.
O.K. CARTER the 1,900 acres rests within One of those graves is that
okc@star-telegram.com Arlington school boundaries. of Hamp Rattan, killed in an
k All of it is in the H-E-B dis- 1842 Indian attack.
' extraterritorial area, for which the first trict.And 6,000 new residenc- When the fort was aban-
public hearing on annexation is sched es aimed at the upper middle doned, Rattan's faithful dog,
ujed June 26. class translates to 1,500 to Watch, would not leave his
I
The to-be-annexed area includes the 2,000 new students. That's master's grave. The baying
site'pf circa-1840 Bird's Fort,the first at-
tempted Anglo settlement in the region. equivalent to a new high heard in the bottoms is, sto
school. And a bunch of new rytellers say, the ghost of
It's also an area replete with rumors school property taxes. Watch on moonlight hunting
' of lost stolen gold and a ghost. This is also not one of expeditions with his equally
But more on those later. those way-in-the-future ghostly master.
The reason Arlington plans to finally deals. The Huffines people OK,it's a stretch.
have indicated they may start But even fancy new devel-
' moving dirt this fall. opment should come with its
One of the primary high- own urban legends.
ways serving the area is Texas
10, where businesses are not O.K.CARTER'S COLUMN APPEARS
exactly prospering. The pro- SUNDAYS,TUESDAYS AND
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INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER Hair product stolen
Wanted: Burglar A
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EULESS — Police are her hair conditioner,, ac '1,- ..::;!.4,.:-.,4:,"4,','£ •
looking for a,burglar who' cording to a police report ' " hLn'
had unmanageable hair. The woman lives in the �' x� .
That's because someone 'apartment with her 8-year '�?i 3r `�0"aSt.
slipped'into an.apartment old child, but the child did ,.t, ' ti z
in the 900 block ofW'estAsh not take the bottle, the re- 4 �
Lane on Monday and took a pori states. > 3
bottle of hair conditioner ' The woman walked into
from a bathroon :' . her living room and discov
ent
Investigators believe the ered that $10 was missingA the 9 burglarbroke into afl a S Lane i
g inthe9dOblockofWestAshLanein
burglar entered through an from her purse, according Euless on Monday and took money
unlocked window near a to police reports.' and a bottle of hair conditioner.
front door. Did the burglar need }- sii„*Eil,,„,ti,
A 25-year-old woman .shampoo too? 04.'. ;; ,
told police that she walked :
into her bathroom and no- DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., p =4 .,n
ticed that her shower radio `s»-685-3822 . r - t; ` R - ' -
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TRANSACTIONS
Arlington 5.Restaurant lease Mo
1.Relocation Western Center Plaza speedway Flomrer
Cooper Park Professional MK Teriyaki Sushi Roll has altiartceM1Aound
wisE:.0UN7Y AFIp.Qf[ x tfNT.Qn!cgy TY
Offices,3600 S.Cooper St., leased 3,000 square feet for a •-W4N-rCouNTY E°;'- �"` DALLAS •
Suite 100 fine sushi and Asian cuisine Grapevine zs `
Dr.Rakesh Saini is moving from restaurant at the northwest • ew
his Matlock Road office to the. corner of Western Center • �? -` s qa 1 F
1,380-square-foot medical Boulevard and Interstate 35W. ; ,k 21'i x , a �"• " :,:k .
office at Cooper Park Profes- The restaurant will serve sushi, „�� .,, a 4 2 Iiil:itt K
sional Offices. sashimi and a full menu of 1�, 41,..'''' � � �`: •SI® �P
turil
Broker:Bill Jordan of Moss cooked items and vegetarian ro q 24 10 x» w
Jordan&Associates handled dishes. �s1 . :',41.A.,10 (ruing a
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the transaction. Brokers:Aaron Florez and ¢�0x *&CD £ ; '""`` • • ia E
$ Ruben Reynoso,vice presidents s '3�A000:44:". Ty.A Arlingtn° aroma 1 `
Bedford at Integrity Commercial Realty, """. 1 �� �U
2.Lease represented the landlord. . 20- '®;41tm.11.1.17',!j2° • s-.Chimney Creek,405C Bed- i, -�, �1�� as f
ford Road • - Grand Prairie 3 .l ze 67
Thrivent Financial for Luther- 6.Office and warehouse p "., O
ans,an insurance and financial- space fx , ^E �
services company,has,leased Great Southwest Industrial •STAR-TELEGRAM
829 square feet of office space. District
Ramsey Family L.P.No.2 is the Robert for Repairs,a home and 26 and William•D.Tate Ave. Rental Holdings,•a portfolio
landlord. office remodeling company,has Pacific Commercial,a Bedford owned by Chicago-based equity
Broker:Cody Payne of Dunn leased 3;974 square feet at the office developer,has started firm Prospect Partners,has
Commercial was listing broker. Woodlands Business Center in building two medical office acquired American Sling Co.,a
' the north part of the industrial buildings at Grapevine Medical lifting-equipment company that
Euless _ park.The company will use the Center.A 3;048-square-foot ' serves the construction,drilling
3.Lease - building for offices and ware- building at 811 Ira E.Woods - and manufacturing industries.
1601 Airport Freeway housing. • Ave.is for Dr.Michael McCoy of This is the fourth acquisition
TheAttorneyStore.com has • Brokers:Jim Ferris of Brad- ' Premier Pediatrics.The 3,562- for Rental Holdings in the past
leased 10,000 square feet.The ford Co.represented the land- square-foot building at 819 Ira year.Jim Fletcher;former own-
building still has 10,000 square lord.Chuck Precopia of ART E.Woods Ave.is a new location er of American Sling,will re-
feet vacant. Properties represented the - for 20/20 Vision Clinic,to be 'main with the company as a
Brokers: Kyle Jacobs and tenant. called Grapevine Eye Clinic,for consultant. Larry Oster will
Russ Webb of Stream Realty physicians Mike Grace and continue as general manager.
Partners represented the land- 7.New building Jerry Latham..Derek DeGuire,a •
lord. 3375 High Prairie Road Bedford developer,bought the Mansfield
Fort Worth-based Innovative land from the Weitzman Group 11.Land sale
Fort Worth Developers has started a.6,200- of Dallas. DeGuire plans to build 207 Sentry Drive
4.Sinclair Building square-foot building for Arnold more medical offices there. Two tracts,2.65 acres and 2.94
512 Main St. Transportation Services.The acres,have been bought by
The accounting and consulting new building will include a Hurst , Bar-B-K Ltd.in Mansfield.The
firm Sanford,Baumeister& drivers'lounge,training class- 9.Office lease land was sold by Hoffman
Frazier has leased 13,000 room,recruiting office and Wells Fargo Tower,8701 Holdings,also in Mansfield.
square feet in the historic safety division.The$700,000 Bedford-Euless Road -Hoffman Holdings also recently
Sinclair Building downtown.The building is slated for comple- Lawyer Shelley Cooper has bought a 25,000-square-foot
firm will occupy the top two tion in January.Ashley Hair of leased 922 square feet for ' manufacturing building at 202
floors and most of the 14th IDI is the project manager,and offices.The landlord is 77 . Sentry Drive from Collins In- _
floor starting this summer.The Casey Harrell is the superin Arnold Llc. dustries.
building is 99 percent leased. tendent. ' Broker:Cody Payne of Dunn Brokers:Walter Floyd,Ryan
The building is owned by Sin- Commercial was the listing Wood and John King of NAI
clair Building Partners. Grapevine broker. Huff Partners represented
Broker:Ken Jaffe,with Swear- 8.Office buildings Hoffman Holdings.Aaron Stal-
ingen Realty Group,handled the Grapevine Medical Center, 10.Acquisition berger of Patterson&Associ-
transaction. southwest corner of Texas 1149 W.Hurst Blvd. ates represented Bar-B-K.
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LETTERS
Backing Massey
Veva Lou Massey has lived in
Euless for 48 yearsand has
served on the City Council and
various other city boards. She
has the experience and exper-
tise to work with other officials
to make Euless a city of which
we can all be.proud.
Remember to vote June 16
and return Veva Lou Massey to
office.Your vote counts.
—Nita and Leland Smith,
Euless
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OUT AND ABOUT
HOSPITAL'S PARTY INCLUDES A LOT OF
HELLOS AND GOODBYES
ii' , Gala welcomes Harris ,; say simultaneous hellos and Commissioner Gary Fickes of
Methodist H.E.B. chief,bids i r goodbyes were community Southlake.
; farewell to outgoing leader. ( , members and hospital physi- The Bedford hospital's new
cians, employees and volun- boss comes from Harris Meth-
A string quartet . . . not they teers. Among those in the odist Erath County Hospital,
w e z.
' ; usual sight at a hospital, but T throng was Euless Mayor Ma- where sheh
; that's what greeted visitors at t,,,,--:, � � ' ad served as presi-
. ryLib Saleh,who was proudly dent since spring 2004. As a
' the reception welcoming -A, ._"', , _ . _. _ wearing a shoe for the first University of Oklahoma Soon-
; Debbie Paganelli, the new JOY DONOVAN time on the foot she broke this er, I'll try to overlook the fact
president of Harris Methodist )donovan@startelegram.com spring. Also there were wom- that her bachelor's degree in
H.E.B. Hospital, and bidding en's advisory board member biology is from that Austin
' > adieu to Kirk King, the man come her on this,her first offi- Elsie Gunter of Colleyville; university that favors burnt or-
she replaces. cial day as chief administrator hospital board member Garry ange.She holds a master's de-
Yes, classical music, crudi- at the Bedford hospital.She re- Hamilton of Bedford;Jimmy gree in healthcare administra-
tes,chicken skewers,cake and places Kirk,the president who Payton of Euless, who chairs tion from Texas Woman's Uni-
a lot of well-wishers filled the stayed at the hospital's helm the Texas Health Resources versity and is a diplomate with
ir ` hospital's cancer-center atri- for less than two years before board;Carol Cage and Peggy the American College of
urn last week for the party.To- becoming president of Arling- Firestone of Southlake, im- Healthcare Executives.
day the trumpets{metaphori- ton Memorial Hospital. mediate past co-chairs of the
tally, not literally) will wel- Invited to the reception to hospital gala; and county
Reception honors
new president
A reception in the Edwards
Cancer Center atrium wel
corned Debbie Paganelli as the
new president of Harris Meth-
odist H.E.B.Hospital.
_ SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM'
MIKE LEWIS
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Kirk King and Debbie Paganelli
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IN MY OPINION
NORTHEAST T • D A GETS A LINK,
TO A 1 INGTON -.AINID GHOSTS
Anew development will technically annex the unoccupied 450 ject could change that. ,
.
be in Arlington,but it will have more acres is to wrap up one of the And finally, where will.Vi;
in common with the nearby final elements necessary for ridian residents shop°r dine.
melopment Probably not MArlington.It'll
Northeast suburbs. II the ;Viridian' dev
. planned by Huffines Corn- be easier to access Grapevine
There's a reason that the sprawling sub- ,rnunities of Dallas. Mills or North East Mall. Or
urban cities and school districts of east- This is no small thing,in- an'Airport Freeway restati-
la' ern Tarrant County have a distinct divi- eluding a mixed-use town rant, . .,
sion with little interaction: The Trinity center and 6,000 single-fa.rni- . Arlington annexation or
. „
River and a 2-io 3-mile-wide flood plain ly and multifamily units, all not, the area has a stronger
separate the communities,mostly giant constructed around small historical connection to
I MI
ilingt011 to the south and the hodge- lakes and ponds. Think bass Northeast cities.
podge of Hurst-Euless-Bedford and fishing and paddle boats, - Bird's Fort, for example,
Other cities to the north. '. lylaybe even a new Trinity was founded by Maj. Jona-
, ' But that split won't last much longer. Railway Express stop for Ar- than Bird, namesake of the
1
'Arlington's northern turf,you see,in- lington will be necessary, Birdville school district,
eludes 1,900 acres north of the Trinity,e ,which would put the devel- „The missing gold?An 1856
Sandy,gravel-Mine-pocked bottomland opment into something Army mule train leaving
rim that is by far the largest undeveloped vaguely resembling New Ur- Bird's Fortwas attacked byln-
piece of a swiftly building-out Ailing- banisrn.And it would release dians. As they fled soldiers,
ton. ., the city, technically, from its they made off with 10 bars of
' This includes 450 acres of the city's long-standing status as the stolen gold believed to have
most populous city in Arneri- been hidden nearby. The'
without 1 . -t Id
ea mass ransi . go was never recovered.
The impact of the devel- The ghosts? According to
pm, f );,,,,T4i7,11„,,,,," opm_en,t will likely be greater Bird's writings, no less than
j,,,,apot,''''''iw,,., ;. . on Northeast Tarrant County five pioneers are buried near
,,,,,pro, 4,
'V tv, 3,::. , than on Arlington itself, the fort in unmarked graves,
How so? which should make excava-
,,, First there's this. None of dons intereting.
I
O.K. CARTER
the 1,900 acres rests within ' One of those graves is.that..
okc@star-teregramzom
Arlington school boundaries, of Hamp Rattan,killed in an
'
,,the first, All of it is in the H-E-B dis- 1842 Indian attack,
extraterritorial area, for which
trict.And 6,000 newresidenc- When the fort was ahem.-
public hearing on annexation is sched- es aimed at the upper middle doned, Rattan's faithful dog,
tiled June 26.
class translates to 1,500 to Watch, would not leave his
.
The to-be-annexed area includes the 2,000 new students. That's master's grave, The baying
site'of circa-1840 Bird's Fort,the first at- equivalent to a new high heard in the bottoms is, sto-
temted Anglo settlement in the region. school. And a bunch of new rytellers say,' the ghost of
P
It's also an area replete with rumors school property taxes, Watch on moonlight hunting
.
,A of lost stolen gold and a ghost. This Is also not one of expeditions with his equally
But more on those later. those way-in-the-future ghostly master.
The reason Arlington plans to finally deals. The Huffines people OK,it's a stretch.
have indicated they may start . But even fancy new devel-
moving dirt this fall. optrient should come with its
One of the primary high- own urban legends.
ways serving the area is Texas
10, where businesses are not o.K.CARTER'S COLUMN APPEARS
exactly prospering. The pro- SUNDAYS,TUESDAYS AND
THURSDAYS.B17-548-5428.
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City conservation efforts
Most cities in Tarrant County have seasonal restrictions on water use,about half of which are mandatory.
For most residents,that means watering lawns or landscaping is prohibited during the hottest parts of the
day,from 10 am.to 6 p.m.
Hour
City Water source Restrictions restrictions
Bedford Trinity River Authority Sea'onal/voluntary 10 am.-6 p.m.
Colleyville Trinity River Authority Seasonal/mandatory. 10 am.-6 p.m.
Euless Trinity River Authority Seasonal/voluntary 10 am.-6 p.m.
Fort Worth Tarrant Regional Water District Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m.
Grapevine Trinity River Authority Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m.
Haltom City Fort Worth Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m. '
Haslet Fort Worth ' Seasonal Not available
Hurst Fort Worth Seasonal/voluntary 10 am.-6 p.m.
Keller Fort Worth Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m.
North Richland Hills Fort Worth/Trinity River Authority Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m.
Richland Hills Fort Worth Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m.
Saginaw Fort Worth Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m.
Southlake Fort Worth Seasonal/mandatory 10 an.-6 p.m.
Trophy Club Fort Worth/wells Seasonal/mandatory 10 am.-6 p.m.
Watauga Fort Worth Seasonal/mandatory. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Westlake Fort Worth None
pegged to drought conditions. Conservation enforcement
In a Stage 1 drought,expected -Although the Tarrant Regional Water District says its restrictions are
to occur about once every four mandatory,it has little power to enforce them.Here is what the
years,watering and other out- district can do to make its customer cities conserve water:
door water use would be lim- •On the first violation,it can issue a written warning.
ited.By Stage 3—which could •After a second violation,the district may publish the contact
happen once every 167 years, name and phone numbers for any city or agency in the local media,
based on expected population and may require violators to provide,within 90 days,steps they
levels by 2020 - residents have taken to get into compliance.
would be limited to watering •If these efforts fail,the district may ask the Texas Commission on
only two hours a day by hand Environmental Quality to initiate formal enforcement action.
and would be unable to build
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swimming pools or refill exist-
ing pools or spas. ' - Although the district can trict could ask the Texas Corn-
The Tarrant County area establish tougher conserva- mission on Environmental
would have reached Stage 3 if tion measures,it has little real Quality to enforce the restric-
the drought had continued .`power to enforce them. tions.
until.January. Under the proposal, a city
Jack Stevens, secretary of or water district that does not Education efforts
the water board,said he thinks take appropriate steps to cut Vic Henderson, water board
the proposed plan, under de- back on consumption could president, along with board
velopment for more than a initially be cited for a violation members Jim Lane, Marty
year,is long overdue. by the district in a letter.If that Leonard and Stevens, have
"I think it is an absolute per- doesn't work,the water district been hesitant to take on en-
fect first step, and I wish we could publish an ad in the forcement beyond possibly
had had something like it earli-i newspaper, perhaps embar- making cities .that use too
er," Stevens said. "It just takes rassing it into compliance. much water pay a higher price.
time." If those efforts fail, the dis- - Instead,they prefer empha-
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Every drop counts
The drought plan proposed by the Tarrant Regional Water District
would set new triggers for water-use restrictions.Now,drought •"
restrictions kick in when the water district's reserves drop to 50
percent of its storage capacity.The new plan calls for restrictions
when reserves drop to 75 percent.If circumstances warrant,the
district can set higher goals for greater water-use reduction. ,
Stage 1 drought Stage 2 drought
These controls would These controls would kick in on top of
kick in when the raw the Stage 1 restrictions when the raw,
water supply drops below water supply drops below 60 percent
75 percent of capacity, capacity,with a goal of reducing use
with a goal of reducing by 10 percent. '
use by 5 percent. •Landscape watering limited:to once
•No washing of paved a week,including at golf courses and
areas such as driveways, municipal parks. -J
sidewalks,parking lots or •No use of water for dust control, '
tennis courts. except for the public health.
•No hosing down of ■Operation of ornamental fountains,
buildings or other struc- and ponds restricted except to sup-
tures for anything be- port aquatic life.
sides a fire. ■Delayed planting of landscaping
•No watering with encouraged.
sprinklers or irrigation
systems between 10 am. Stage 3 drought
and 6 p.m. These controls would kick in on top of
•Landscape watering Stages 1 and 2 restrictions when the.•
limited to twice a week, raw water supply drops below 45
except by soaker hoses, percent capacity,with a goal of reduc
hand-held hoses or drip ing use by 20 percent. •
irrigation,including at city ■ Restrict residential landscape water-:a
parks and golf courses. ing except foundations and trees to
■No washing vehicles two hours on any day with a soaker or;' l
and other equipment hand-held hose. • , • '
except by bucket or ■No planting of landscaping.
hoses with quick shutoff •No washing vehicles,including at --
valves.Commercial car-` commercial carwashes,except as ' :
washes would be exempt necessary for health or public safety -
•Draining and refilling reasons. •
swimming pools less ■No building pools or draining,refill- 17'
frequently encouraged. ing or filling existing pools. o
Source Tarrant Regional Water District
sizing education, and the wa- conservation will take publiet
ter district has just launched education, starting at the'
an aggressive advertising cam- grade-school level,to be effec-
paign that includes billboards five,he said.
and cable television spots as "There is just so much gov
part of a $490,000 public out- ernment can do to make peo-
reach this year. ple responsible,"Lane said. ,
Lane, a former Fort Worth Staff writers Sally Claunch,Elizabeth
City Council member, com- Campbell,Jessica DeLe6n,Martha Deller,
pared it to what the city went Matt Frazier,Brett Hoffman,John Kirsch,
through when it started man- Mike Lee,Patrick McGee,Adrian Nettled
datory recycling. No.matter and Bill Teeter contributed to this report.
what the city did,some people
simply didn't comply. Water MAX B.BAKER,817-390-7714 v-.a