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Home My WebLink About2008-01-11 Euless ArticlesDISTRIB CITED TO: PAGE / OF 1 bl,,dYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIIV~ IVICK~IVIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROf-Y,'V YOL~IVG hIcDOI1;ALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADhIIN LIBRARY REF AIVIIV~AL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED //I/ / 0 9 DATE OFARTICLE //d? / 09 NEWSPAPER FWT . .. -- . . . . INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER. : . ' . " -. . ,.--- , ,-.-,-*- ;-*,-;" - .. : I . . . ,<.; ;:, -' "". ,.. , ....., , . - . . +'7i..,.. . .:_ . . . : .;.., . :. : . ._ . . 1 ' _ . . . .... ... .- ,~ ;, . . . . .. '2. -- . ~. . . , ..l . .. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE 1 OF 1 -- .MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRlM MCUlLIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOL'h.'G McDOlVALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY AD!PIliV LIBRARY REF AIYIILIAL CNTR DA TE DlSTlus UTED I// / / L) B DATE OFARTICLE // 9 /& f NE WSP.4 PER FWST NORTHEAST DAYBOOK - E&SS CiwCouncil work session, 4,p.m., reghlar meeting, 7 p.m., Euless City Hall, 201 N. Ector Drive. Thmouncil will consider a site plan for a hotel at the southwest corkr of West Airport Freeway. and Vine Street. 1: ,, 0nlihe: www.c~.euless.tx.us ' . . DISTKIB UTED TO: / OF / PAGE k1A YOR Cf TY CNCL CITY A TT,VY CNil.1 iZICK4 iZlIE RIDG WA Y(2) BOYETT BROtVN WUl'I'G MDOiV,4LD COLLIh'S C.Bz;IRKER GETCHELL LIBR~IRYADI~II/V LIBR4RYREF AfVl~51ALC;VTR D,4 TE DISTRIBUTED DATE OFARTICLE ' /q / 0 ,VEWSPAPER F WST r ATHLETICS . - ;: . .. - \. .. -..> :, -. '. % ~~~~ity':~i~h; School ,celebrate football championship _, . ., . . with tommunityevent #,. .. .. . ;,'.L,! ..--,. ,,,,,, , . .L-$ ,..+ !.+ >.., f .; . . 1 , .: .. .. > .- 4 MARK A~&>"i;$~~~:~!,?~2"'~- , . , '; , ,I &ampions~pfrail~, ~ , , ' . . , .i. ; -- .rmagee@star.telegram;~~&~:.:~~~cj: :'< ;%. '( ,-, . - . " . . ~ 57 ; ,>,. ~ $,*,,, \2, . , .,.,,;>.:;!.:'. .. .. . . When: 7 p.m. Thursday -: .,. . , , . . : . :. It's be& .&qst,&ree we& since the:;kinity Where: Trinity High School. gymnasium, 500 Trojan football .te& won its;ie&n$'state . .N. Industrial Blvd., Euless . , ,r, . . .. . . . , ~ ... <. . ::. . . , . ... . championship in three years, but the student . . . . . . , . // . . body is still pumped up. . , ,. . -: ..,.,:. , -- . team performs before ..games.- Memorabilia - . "Everyone is stiU excited, still wearing their and videos of the championship game will be championship T-shirts," interini Principal available for purchase; . , : . . Linda Reeves said. IWelre.still getting phone, , The Dec. 22 "championship was so close to calls of congratulations." ,' . . . . . ' . . Christmas that we haven't had time to cele- On Thursday night there will finallybe an brate it," said organizer Staci Smith, secretary , outlet : for. ,all that excitement, .,The, team's of the booster club. "School is just getting back booster club is hosting a Community Celebra-' going, and we want tqmake sure we take a mo- tion at 7 p.m. in the gym. ment to acknowledge what ,an-.accomplish- The rally, which is beiqg held instead of a mentthis was. ?ho in three years is abigdeal." . . parade, will include pedorinances by the band online: ww.trinitytrojanfootball.c~ .' . .:. . , .: . . . . . and drill team. The te&"will also teach fans . . .,' , 4, ' , the haka, a Polynesian tribal dance that: the ~~~~~~~~.sr7-68~-3s2r,, . : -, -. inL , . :- DISTRIB G'TED TO: i 1 PAGE OF hI.4YOR CITYCIVCL CITYATTNY CRIlkf MCK4MIE RIDGCVAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDOIVALD COLLIIVS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADhfIN LIBltiR Y REF ANI&IAL CIVTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED 1 // / Id s( DATEOFARTICLE //q /08 NE WSPA PER F WST AREA BRIEFS. , Dog park may open by April 1 EULESS Construction on the dog park could start within two weeks; and the park could open by April 1. At its Tuesday . .. meeting, the City Council approved a nearly $90,000 con- struction contract with Hardscape Construction Specialties of North Richland Hills. The 3-acre park, at the Villages of , Bear Creek Park on Bear Creek Parkway, would be divided, with one section for dogs lighter than 40 pounds and the , other for dogs heavier than 40 pounds. - Jessica Ddedn DISTKIBCITED TO: PAGE / OF / itl.4 YOR CITY C'VCL CITY A TTFY CMIV ICICK-IIWE RlDGU'A Y(2) BO YETT BRO Whr YOL:I\'G ItlcDOh!JLD COLLIIVS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRJR Y AD.&lIN LIBRARY REF AIVIA~AL C1'VTR DA TE DISTRlB LrTED J' D.4TEOFARTlCLE //q/~f MWSpApER FWST EULESS Use of home'/,- draws protest. of neighbors . . r: .. Some in north Euless are upset that, recovering substance abusers are ;--* housed in their neighborhood. ,, , . . . By JESSICA DELE~N' jdeleon@fmr-tele&;.com EULESS -Some residents in.north Euless are angry that a house in theifneighbor- hood has become home torecovering sub: stance abusers. Four people protestedat the City Coun- cil meeting Tuesday; 13 residents attended ?. hi themeeting. . -. ., . . ,.. .. .. .. ' . "We don't wqnt'to live next 'ddoi~to that," homeowner Cindy Haqunons sqd before the meeting. "I just can't .believe they can come in here aid run a boarding house in single-family neighborhood." At the meeting, residents said they were concerned abo,ut the safetyof 'heir chil- dren and their property values. Homes in the area are worth about $150,000, acco'rd-. ing to Tarrant Appraisal Distrjct records. Hmmons said she and other neighbors noticed several cars at the house on Oak Timber Drive last weekend. Resi: dent Grady Cummings went to the house-Saturday, and the person who answered the door said it was a halfway house for alcoholics, he said. The clients pay$125 to $150 aweek to live there, Cummings said he was told. . . . At a council work session, Euless City. ~ana~er Gary McKamie said the house is leased to Primary Purpose Homes and contracts with private insurance chiers. The organization's homes help adults return to mainstream soci- ety. McKamie said the home may violatecity ordinances. The five-bedroom home would need a specific-use permit to rent rooms, and the city has,no building,permits on file, McKamie said. . , %o people live at the home, which opened Thursday, McKamie said. There were plans to house 10 residents, he said. - -, -. , Mary Grayson, director of ~alif~rha-based Primary Pur- pose Homes, said her organization provides substance-free king for men or,womenwho. have completed . . residential', a. , . .,. . ,, substance abuse treatment proms; 1' -;i;. . - .i ..- , "We don't have thu,gs and criminals," she'iaid: ...';":' . .' j: She said the residents, work,*and theycan't hpve fe1o&: ..~. . sexual offenses or violent crimgs on theii records.! :1:?::' : ;.-:( : She said some homes,hou$eup to 12 people. The~uless home is equipped for,.at.least five people, Grayson Said,. She ..' : :.-, ' ,... ...',.- .f-..;. . 2) would not say whether, they pay rent. : 1: L: , , , , , , ,, , -.,,, The house was sold in Novembe~ and, isvalued',.at $177,300, according to the Tarrant Apprgsal Distiiict;..:. :.::I,; The ownersare listed as Sam and Beverly Kroll, he galls- also bought a duplex on West .HudginnIS~eet in,Grapeihe,$ >. , ,~ . . ruly. It is valued at $200,6!lO. .- . , ::; r!: .-'>(j i;.:~!' ''.'?'; . , ': ''. '-' lg . f ..,.. ' . .. . .:. ,, online: www.euless.~rg, ~w.pr~marypurposeh~~es.co~, . . ' .'. .. tr ..?. . . .. . , -,. . , .. .. . ., . . I .. .. JESSICA DELE~N, 817485-3932 ' I .__dL. -C- ' DISTRIBUTED TO: P,4 GE / OF / MAYOR CITYCNCL C~TYATTIVY CRIIVI MCX-IME RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROkVN YOLl:VC McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBR4RYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIhfiL CNTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED / DATEOFARTICLE NEWSPAPER FWST , . "-? :; ,";, ;...k.,i.:,'f ..: >v, C; : ,. <:, >,,?. ; :. ' EULESS .,* . \I , ." . .. .>-I. *,.a .-.. i. ,, *:, .,... , ... 7.. *> - j,Ci; ,- b1c3~-or-~- 1 . . ., - A again& a Euless ha'll$>y houh could run ' + , '.' afoul of federal anti-discrimination~aw. Z~~,+., .-s - - :. *. . ,.I **;i < .I% . r-. a, ' i.i ' The Euless residents who are protestini th: locition of d halfway house for alcoholics in theii neighborhood .., sliould.;, . . , get a lawyer - right away. .err % : ". I They're running dangerously close to violating fed&- ' - law. Alcoholism is a disability, and the federal Fair Housing' Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in all. .,I '_* housing transactions. ' - ,,, , - #?I> t Four Euless residents raised protests at Tuesday's-City-.- Council meeting against the operators of a home on Oak," Timber Drive. City Manager Gary McKarriie said tMKouse :',? is run by California-based Primary Purpose ~0rne.s and,; contracts with private inshce carriers. The orggnization ;: airnsto help adults return to mainstream society after they have completed residential substance abuse programs, . ,.,I ,- McKapie said city ordinances would,require t$af,therr home have a specific-use perniit to rent roonis, aiid cityfie- .: cords shob no such permit on file: Still, the city might havea '" - 1 hard time denying such a permit for the hhe. I ' The U.S. Justice Department says on its web site thit its, Civil Rights Division, which is charged with enforcing-ae: Fair Housing Act, has focused on "insuring that zoning and other regulations concerning land use are not employed to hinder the residential choices 6f these individuals; includ-; . , ing hnecessarilyrestricting communal, or conbegate,?&- - r idential arrangements, such'as group homes." . ' 1. , In 1996, six Fort Worth residents learned the h&d $a$ about the hazards of violating the act. A federal judge or- dered them to pay more than $65,000 for illegally trying to. block a group home for the, mentally retarded in-their Ridg . .-. marneighborhood. "'-I , , (, , a % --+, - ,- .--- The figure included punitive damages, attorney's fees , and expenses, and compensation for their former-neigh- bors who had sought to open the home. :. I Mary Grayson, director of Primary Purpose HO~CS, told ' reporter Jessica DeLeon that residents of the organization's homes have jobs and can't have felonies, sexual offenses or . violent crimes on their records. The Euless residents should pay attention to those key words, because it is likely that Grayson chose them carefully Translation: These people , - are protected by theFair Housing Act. McKamiels point may indeed hold sway: Euless bans business establishments in residential neighborhoods. But the Fair Housing Act provides needed protection against discrimination, and lawyers can make strong arguments as to how far those protections extend. Both the city and the protesting residents shohd tread ' this ground carefully, and onlywith competent legal advice. -" - DISTRIBUTED TO: PA CE - hIA YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIIVI MCKAI~~IE RIDCWA Y(2) BOYETT BROJKV I'OLIIVC ,+fcDON,-l LD COL LfNS C. BARKER CETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF A;VlAfAL CIVTR DA TE DfSTRIB UTED /////'Y DATEOFARTICLE ///D/o~ NEWSPAPER DiVf1Y COMMUNITY CALENDAR TOWN HALL MEETINGS: The city of Euless will have a town hall meeting at 7 tonlght and Jan. 24 In the council chambers at Clty Hall, 201 N Ector Driue. Representatives from all clty departments will take questlons. comments or suggestions For informat~on. call 817:685-1563. REGISTRATION PARTY: The M~dway Recreation Center will have a reglstratlon party from 10 a m. to noon Saturday at the center, 300 Mldway Drlve West In Euless. Euless residents can use the facllltles for free Personal tralners and varlous program Instructors will be available for questlons and demonstrat~ons. Call 817-685-1666 for ~nformatlon. -- -- . - CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING: The city of Euless will have ~ts 19th annual Chrlstmas tree recycling from 9 a m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Mldway Park, 300 Mldway Drlve West Resldents may bring thew own bag to fill wlth mulch for thew gardens or flowers. Limlt one bag per person Resldents may dlspose of llve Chrlstmas trees only (with no ornaments or Ilghts) at the designated area of Mldway Park through Saturday On Saturday, the city will host a tree mulchlng demonstratlon and will glve awayp bags of mulch and tree saplings. Hot dogs and drlnks will be ava~lable for free to anyone who partlclpaies!n the recycling event.Call817-685-1650. -- DISTRIBUTED TO: PA GE -- ICIAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRliM MCKAh4lE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YO LilYG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY AD!CIIN LIBRARY REF .4NI1VIAL CA'TR DA TE DISTRlB UTED / / DATE OFARTICLE ;//I /08 NEWSPAPER FWST < -. cele,~aatp:liifS :p L . .I renovations' ' . I a . ' : 1-7 By JESSICA DELE~N ' ' ' ? jdeleon~star-tele$ram.com ' ' . . EULESS - The city-owned Midway Recreation Center has gotten a new look. 9. ,w.' . . 'Renovations ark expected- to be finished by' Sahday's registration !party, Residents can iiork ~)ut for frf?e andi if they want, join the center.:,! The b~ildin~aowfei'tures a rubberized-.' floor -;instead of tile; ' fiberglass-type paneling in pIace of wallpaper; energy- efficient window '' panes in- stead of gl%s bloc$~w@p"ws; 'and new wall paneling m the racquktball courts. : ~21 , Outside, crews replaced the deteriorating ceramic de hith porcel&. Tkie lai? projects -, a new roof and more energy- efficienf$arlinp-lot lib - '' a T&"aofik 'sw8;f , . -' TI^^&&$ -i%bibh fiekc@ in 'C-ar z-r . . n,*agn:;.+ 2 ~ove!mber;q&,@gsi g8~but $290,000;i'iid"'K~1e Mulc~d&s, the city's fleet and facility op- erations administrator. ' JESSICA DELE~N, 817-605-3992 ' ? .ah >fit-* <l?; -IJ 4 '~idwa~ decrea& Center. - . , <, Registration party ' - 10 a.m. to noon Saturday Midway Recreatioh Center, 300 W. Midway Drive," Euless ' 81 7-685-1 666 , Includes basketball and rac- quetball courts, a fitness ceriter and an indoor walkindogging track. The center hosts martial arts, sviirnrning, dance and + sports classes. Memberships begin at $5 a year. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF____II MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY ('RIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR I DATE DISTRIBUTED Ili i /0 DATE OF ARTICLE I/// /DS) NEWSPAPER FWST I EULESS I .. .. fi At community pep rally, Trinity really R s r brings its state championship home 1 t � x� � g P� P I . .'7; : ) ,air star-Telegram Online exclusive ` EULESS—The Trinity High School Tro ® To see video from the event, �,,,;. ;; � '- jans, the 2007 Class 5A Division I state /®\ to wwwstar-telegram.co _P , ' 5, 1 football champions, celebrated their e C. •,victory with a community pep rally nounced the payment of$2,500 so t ' Thursday at the school gymnasium. all members of the team could rec e ( rpt The event featured performances by championship rings. The money is r i` the band and drill teams,and communi- work they will do for nonprofits. , ' A 4'''i r E.A A ty members learned the haka,a Polyne- Some players could not afford to y sian tribal dance that the team performs the rings,which cost$220 to $400. e Kacy Duren,4,left,asks Robert Griffin,a Trinity defensive line- before games. goal was to earn$10,000.Players rai d man,for his autograph. STAR-TELEGRAM/LAURIE L WARD" Benenati Law P.C. in Bedford an- the rest by doing community jobs. • I I I 1 I I I I I I