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By RICK ROSEN
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Now that Christmas is over,it's time
to get rid of that fresh-cut tree before it TRY RECYCLING:A noble end for
becomes a firehazard(ifithasn't that noble fir \ �,
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You could'lep.m.,ave it at the curb for the On Jan. from 9 a.m.to 1 �
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trash collectors to take to the landfill.Or live Christmas trees to Midway Park,300 • '.
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you could recycle it instead.And you Midway Drive.Residents can bring a bag
might receive a gift:free mulch made to fill with mulch,and there will be a . '
from the trees you and your neighbors tree-mulching demonstration.Residents . •-.1-40N,..
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I recycle. dont have to wait until Jan.12 to recycle e lay:
Not all area cities give their residents trees.They can bring them to the park s t '�'n.,
a choice about recycling;they collect any time through Jan.12.For -. A .4 r
trees at the curb and cart them off to the .'" '.. -,-,\*,-,
' information,call817-685-1&50 s. .�� �-a .
landfill. 4,0. 3:Z
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Christmas-tree recycling,or collect the ,. "V
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trees curbside to recycle. .i 4,' < `4:1�
And a few of these cities,after • '
chipping and shredding the trees,return • ` ` •
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Remember to remove all tinsel,
' decorations,nails,tree stands a.,tc.,from -.T....
the trees before collection,ding a shovel
and containers for the mulch.And
because the mulch is fon each city's
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residents only,it is aOood idea to bring
proof of residency.,..
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SPORTS I HIGH SCHOOL
second time around
The Dec. 22 Class 5A Division I state championship victory
by the 7kinityTrojans of Euless was a masterpiece of funda-
mental football and true grit, a grind-it-out running game
and a defense that would not yield.
It is no small tribute to coach Steve Lineweaver and this
team to say that, in a keenly calculated way, they did what
they had to da to bring home their second championship
trophy in three years.
' The Trojans' 15-1 season showed that s&ne grit all the
way. The school that made the "Haka" dance a symbol of its
pride and determination has a right to be proud of this
achievement. That pride is shared by the communities that
surround the school.
Congratulations to the Trojans, their coaches and their
school for a job well done.
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RIC WILLIAMSON I APPRECLATION
Out in front, talung the heat
"Headstrong but always "He was a dominant figure in oper, build and collect tolls
' cordial," Williamson stuck transportation, and he trav- on Texas 121 north of Grape-
to his beliefs despite eled all over the state. He vine.
opposition, doing what he didn't delegate that responsi- "In the long run, he came
thought he had to do. bility. He was comfortable around to our way of think-
making statements he felt he ing," Trevino said. "He un-
had to make. He didn't back derstood what the region
By GORDON DICKSON down at all. He didn't get all wanted, and he backed the
gdickson@star-telegram.com . red-faced.~ region On it."
Ric Williamson was remem-
bered by North Texas col- Firm convictions Selfless visionary
leagues Sunday as a cool cus- Williamson strongly believed Michael Morris, transporta-
tomer under pressure. that injecting competition tion director for the North
He didn't seem to mind and market forces into the Central Texas Council of
being the frontman for the state's highway system Governments, said William-
state's plans to relieve gri- would drive down the cost of son "had a strong comrnit-
dock by building toll roads building and maintaining ment to his principles and
-and the target ofmany an- roads. He spoke in big-pic- absolutely no tolerance for
ti-toll-road groups, includ- ture terms, often shocking folks who were operating in a
ing one that created www.fi- listeners with long-term pre- self-serving mode."
rericwil1iamson.com. dictions. He was fond of say- "I think transportation is
Williamson often brushed ing that in fewer than 50 in good hands because of his
aside questions about years, the Dallas-Fort Worth leadership. You'll see divi-
whether his health or his ma- and San Antonio areas would dends over the next 50 years
ny critics would force him to form a single megaregion because of his efforts."
step down as transportation and that it was his genera- Williamson embraced his
chairman. tion's responsibility to plan role as a lightning rod, be-
He logged tens of thou- properly for that explosive lieving that the state would
sands of miles traveling the growth. be in better shape long-term
state in his GMC Jimmy, at- He vehemently defended if today's residents frankly
tending the Transportation Depart- discussed the economids of
transporta- ment's attempts to lease bansportation. - -
tion-related roads to private companies, "I don't think it bothered
meetings many of them foreign- him at all," Morris said.
large and owned, saying he wanted in- "Leaders who fully compre-
small. vestors -not taxpayers -to hend their responsibilities,
"He was assume the financial risk of especially a person with
headstrong paying back debt issued on these strong principles, they
but always toll roads. don't get shy when things get
cordial," said Oscar Treirino, But Williamson also re- hot. When there's controver-
North Richland Hills Mayor luctantly compromised this sy, I think it almost recorn'-
and chairman of the Region- year when he went along rnits them."
al Transportation Council, with the RTC's desire to have
which conducts long-term the North Texas Tollway Au-
planning for the Metroplex. thority, not a private devel- GORDON DICKSON,~I~~~~-~~I~
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served with Mr.Williamson during his career ® To sign a guestbook for Ric
in the Legislature from 1985 until 1998,said, Williamson, go to
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have fond memories of the time we served in
exas the Legislature together." over the pace of the toll road building pla!
State Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, who
®n Political beginnings lanleads theSenateTransportation and Ho Mr.Williamson,who in the private sector op d Security Committee, said in Janu
erated a natural gas production company, that Mr.Williamson's abrasive style was un-
was a conservative Democrat in 1984 when dermining his effectiveness.
transport he first won a seat in the Texas House,repre- Mr. Williamson, Carona was quoted
senting a largely rural district west of Fort saying, "has worn out his welcome in ma�
Worth anchored by Weatherford.He arrived communities across the state. I think it
• at the House just before his 33rd birthday as would be in the best interests of the state
Texas was reeling from a slump in the oil in- he step aside."
15SURS dustry that strained the budget. Carona and Mr. Williamson would la
Along with other conservative Democrats mend fences,and in a statement the senator
and many of the then-outnumbered Repub- praised his one-time adversary.
Ric Williamson was a chief crusader for licans,Mr.Williamson pushed for steep cuts "In over 20 years of service to Texas,d
the Trans Texas Corridor,a proposed in state spending in an effort to hold the line ing a time of conflict and sweeping than ,
system of free and toll roads. on new taxes. Ric Williamson exemplified courage, corn-
During that period he befriended Perry, mitment and dedication,"Carona said."
By JOHN MORITZ jmoritz@star-telegram.com another rookie lawmaker with similar West abilityto see far into the future,coupled
AUSTIN — Ric Williamson, one of Gov. Rick Texas roots and conservative Democratic his command of process and the here-an -
Perry's closest friends and advisers and his leanings. Both would become Republicans now, ensure his place in our history books
point man at the Texas Department of Trans as their careers advanced. when the story of 21st century Texas is tol
portation, died early Sunday Perry was elected agriculture commis- In a column published in July, Tex '
of an apparent heart attack. ., sioner in 1990 and lieutenant governor eight Monthly's Paul Burka described the blunt-
He was 55. i`� ; years later. In December 2000,he ascended spoken Mr. Williamson as "the most hat
Mr. Williamson, a seven- Y s� F� to the Governor's Mansion as George W person in Texas,public enemy No.1 to a
term state lawmaker from Bush prepared to become president. • lion or more people,"having tried in vain
Weatherford, had had two 1 Within a few months of taking office,Per- put the brakes on the frenzied dash to build
heart attacks since being ap a^ ry named Mr.Williamson to the transporta- privately run tollways.
pointed to oversee one of the Williamson tion commission and made him chairman in But Burka, whose career covering Te
state's largest bureaucracies January 2004. politics dates back more than 30 years, al
during a period of intense Williamson did described Mr.Williamson as a visionary who
controversy and this year ex- what he Ambitious plan possessed"the most inventive mind that
Leading the commission, Mr. Williamson passed through the Legislature" in mod
pressed concern that a third thought was
one might prove fatal.Still,his right and took became one of the chief crusaders for Perry's history
death at a hospital near his the heat for it. ambitious Trans Texas Corridor,a system of In the same column,Mr.Williamson told
home in Weatherford sent 58 toll and free roads intended to ease urban Burka that the strain of being in the Tr
shock waves through the Cap- congestion. portatiori Department hot seat was takin
itol communities that had been largely dor- The plan's toll roads plan generated the toll.
maw during the holiday season. most controversy, with critics denouncing "Since I've started this,"he said,"I've h
"Anita and I are heartbroken at this sudden the state's contract with a Spanish company .two heart attacks,and I'm trying to avoid
loss of a confidant, trusted advisor and close to build and operate the roads. Critics also third one,which the doctors tell me will
personal friend of ours for more than 20 years," . said the plan would involve massive taking of fatal."
Perry said in a statement. "Ric's passion to private land. Funeral arrangements were pending S
serve his beloved State of Texas was un- During the 2007 legislative session, Mr. day. Survivors inzlude wife Mary'
matched and his determination to help our Williamson often butted heads with some daughters Melissa, Katherine and Sara;
state meets its future challenges was unparal- lawmakers who had expressed reservations two grandchildren.
leled.
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"He will be missed beyond words."
House Speaker Tom Craddick, who had
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ITRANSPORTATION I NORTH TEXAS.
All aboard
d make sure those thinking caps p are on
IThings have to change in North,Texas,and especially in a
Tarrant County,if we don't want to spend much of our wig • 'I
waking lives stuck in traffic. -, �- it '�` -r el,,, \ ' •
By B.GLEN WHITLEY ing those census figures to ex r @4<
Special to the Star-Telegram '
pand its metropolitan plan- "'` 4 > •i ''',
First,I want to wish everyone ning area and expects popula- 4 , ' 4. ;, _"
Iin Tarrant County and North tion in the 12 core Metroplex "8 , = 4,',:-.. "7
Texas a safe, happy and counties to increase by 50 per- ' v
healthy New Year. cent or more by 2030.
As we welcome in 2008,and This tremendous growth ' ' . t '; ' ~$
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' the hope and promise that this will only intensify our trans-
new year.brings,, one issue portation crisis.We can expect , g �` • r.-- :Y s«-"�
should be of particular inter- more crowded roads, more L — ,.,r . ' a .i
est and importance to all who time sitting `-
pin traffic and m z �• s � § E� ;' - � �;nµ
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live and work in the Metro- creased frustration in our abil- `!_4 ;
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local transportation. place. It is essential that we t',. ,v o �' `
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Since I became an elected plan and act now to resolve Traffic at the Chapel Hill Shopping Center at Hulen Street and Inter-
county official more than a de- this problem. state 30 in Fort Worth on Dec.21. STAR-TELEGRAM/RODGER MALLISON'
cade ago,improving transpor- Even so, state and federal
tation has been a personal pri- dollars to pay for transporta- travel by public transportation the council of governments'
I ority,and for good reason. tion projects in Texas are dry- on Grapevine Highway, Davis Regional Transportation
If we don't find better and ing up.If North Texas is to con- Boulevard and Interstate 35W, Council is considering ways to
more streamlined ways totinue to prosper, we must and no way to travel in an east- use revenue from managed
Itravel quickly and efficiently think innovatively to find west direction across Loop lanes to provide private-sector
across North Texas,we risk di- funding solutions. Fortunate- 820,Texas 114 and Farm Road buses for areas outside the
minishing our quality of life ly, we have begun to do just 1709. We could certainly use reach of the Fort Worth Trans-
and the economic vitality of that. less traffic on those roads. To portation Authority, the T, to
Iour region. Congested roads Consider the Texas 121 toll the west, the Summerfields relieve congestion and im-
and inadequate public trans- road program that makes neighborhood would like prove air quality.
portation result in the loss of about$3.1 billion available for more than one bus a day for its Trains don't have it any bet-
valuable time with family and local transportation projects. community. - ter than cars. A stone's throw
Ifriends, excessive burdens on While other parts of the state Arlington plans to start bus southeast of downtown Fort
business and industry,and the face severe cutbacks in trans- service to and from downtown Worth, trains regularly get
degredation of public health portation funding, our toll Fort Worth in the spring and backed up at the busiest at-
by worsening air quality. roads are creating a revenue appears to be supportive of grade rail intersection in our
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Figuring,out what trans- source to relieve congestion. the proposed rail transit initia- nation.The Tower 55 crossing
portation improvements But that is only a start. We five through the city. adds to our air pollution bur-
should be made, when and need to aggressively consider In southwest Fort Worth den and harms national.corn-
where to make them,and how passenger rail options, rapid- along Hulen Street, Bryant Ir- metce. Transportation'` offi-
' to pay for them is no easy mat- bus programs, additional vin Road and increasingly on cials with the council of goy-
ter. high-occupancy vehicle and U.S.377,traffic can really back ernments are working on a so-
According to the North toll lanes, park-and-ride lots up. The Southwest Parkway lution.
ICentral Texas Council of Gov- and sustainable development will alleviate some congestion We can only resolve our
ernments, our region is grow- project's that require less travel in that area, but what about transportation problems
ing so quickly that it is now to accommodate daily life. I-35W when it becomes a through a combination of
ranked fourth for urban pop- Things have to change in parking lot as it passes down- measures that include .new
Iulations after New York, Los North Texas,and especially in town Fort Worth?Or the often- freeways, toll roads, car pools
Angeles and Chicago by the Tarrant County. congested parts of Texas 183 and additional mass transit
U.S. Census Burepu. The Currently,in Northeast Tar- and Loop 820that includes significant 'in-
`,, council of governmei is is us- rant County there is no way to Thinking t,utside the box, creases in bus and rail service.
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Ready? Bird count set Feb. 15-1W
The flap of wings.A distinctive chirp. I
Watch and record.
The 11th annual Great Backyard Bird Count will be Feb.
15-18 nationwide,and bird-watchers in North Texas can join '
in.
The event is sponsored by the National Audobon Society
and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
The annual event encourages bird watchers of all ages to
count birds and report them online.Their contributions help
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create a real-time snapshot of the distribution of birds across
North America. a
All levels of bird-watchers can participate,from beginners...
eginners' I
to seasoned experts.
Here's how to participate:
•Plan to count birds for at least 15 minutes during the four
days.
■Count birds at as many places and on as many days as you"
wish,but keep a separate list of counts for each day and loca-
tion.
•Count the greatest number of individual birds of each spe t
cies seen together at any one time,and write that number Win`
down.
•Enter the results on the GBBC Web site,www.bird- '' ':
source.org/gbbc/
During the 2007 event,81,003 checklists were submitted
from across the country. °j'
Bird-watchers recorded 613 species and 11,082,387 indi- }` I vidual birds,according to the Web site.Texas observers re-
corded 1,127,453 birds in 333 species. i
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OBITUARIES
Shane Kelley Sullivan
Cole Brown is a retired
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Euless Fire Department
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employee.
KELLER—Shane Kelley Sullivan,
33, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1,
2008,at a Dallas hospital.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m.
Saturday at Lucas Funeral Home,137
E.Hill St.,Keller.
MEMORIALS:The family respect-
fully requests that memorials be
sent in Shane's name to First Finan-
cial Bank, Shane Sullivan, Box 998,
Stephenville,Texas 76401-0098.
Shane was a loving son, brother
and grandson who will be missed by
all.He will forever live in our hearts.
The family expresses a vbry special
thanks to the Parkland Hospital Burn
ICU.
Shane was preceded in death by
his father,Lou Kelley Sullivan.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Brenda
Brown and husband, Cole; brother,
Jeffrey Parks Sullivan;grandparents,
Bob and Barbara Griffith and Robert
and Judy Sullivan;aunt,Becky Potter
Lynes and husband, Kelsy; cousins,
Jordan, Hayden and Bryson Potter; I
and many extended family members
and friends.
Lucas Funeral Home
Keller,817-753-6800
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