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Home My WebLink About2008-01-25 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE J ��4 , MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY MCKAMIE RIDGW.4Y(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l /a S l U DATE OF ARTICLE I/19 1 NEWSPAPER FWST 1 TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Precinct 3 commissioner is in intensive care at hospital IStar-Telegram the future. She said her husband is In an e-mail, state Rep. Vicki Precinct 3 Tarrant County Commis- in the intensive care unit of the hos- Truitt, R-Keller, said Fickes was } sioner Gary Fickes is in a Dallas hos- pital,which she declined to identify "awake and alert and feeling better." . 4 X I pital for an undisclosed health prob- Fickes' precinct administrator, Fickes,58,has filed to run in the Gary Fickes has lem,family and colleagues said Fri- Carolyn Sims, said Fickes entered March 4 Republican primary for an- filed for the day. the hospital Wednesday. Precinct 2 other term representing Place 3, March 4 prima- , Fickes'wife,Cathey,said the fam- Commissioner Marti VanRaven- which covers Northeast Tarrant ry to represent ily is requesting privacy and will pro- . swaay said Fickes was there for an County. Place 3 again. vide information about his illness in "ongoing medical conditions" —John Kirsch and Aman Batheja 1 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / iC1AYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIhI IWCXJII~IE RIDGbVAY(2) BOYETT BRObViV YOUNG :I.lcDOiVALD COLLINS C. BPIRKER GETCHELL LIBRAR Y ADIWIIV LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CIVTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED DATEOFARTICLE /I/ NEbvsp~pER DlCfiV REGIONAL ROUNDUP Santeria priest lm key battle in court A Santeria priest who sued Eu- less for the right to sacritice goats in his home lost a key round in court Thursday when a judge ruled that one of the laws he sued under doesn't apply. Jose Merced filedthe federal discrimination lawsuit in December 2006 after city officials told him he couldn't kill goats for a ceremony. Followers ofthe African: Caribbean religion consider animal sacrifice as essential to Santeria as Communion is to Catholics. Mr. Merced argued that the ritual was protected under the federal Reli- gious Land Use and Institutional- ized Persons Act, which says gov- ernments must show a compelliig public interest before enforcing laws that could interfere with reli- gious practices. But U.S. District Judge John McBryde ruledthatthe city's slaughtering ban regulated only conduct, not the use of land. A trial is set for March on the other claims. Michael Grabell DISTRIBC'TED TO: / P4 GE I OF___ ,bL-IYOR CITYC,WCL ClTYATTjVY CRI!VI IVICK-I.WIE RIDGlVAY(2) BOYETT BRO1V.V YOC'!VG I~IcDOIVA L D COLL1,VS C. BARKER GETCHEL L LIBR-I R Y A D,MIAV LIBRARY REF ,4!VIL\IZ4 L CtVTR '//?)- 1~' D,A,TEOFARTICLE D,-I TE DISTRlB WED NE WSP,4 PER FWST restaurant has been inundat- City-mn restaurant gets ed dings with and requests parties to but host doesn't wed- have the space for large events. better, but still in the red Therestaurant canaccom- modate 70 people inside and Arlington, which expects Ventana Grille es are reasonable." up to 150 jji& ~e patio. It Ventana Grille to turn a Tierra Verde Golf Club c~~~~~~~~~~ Sheri Ca- wodd cost an estimated $3 profit by nut year, plans 7005 Golf Club Drive, Ar- pehart, who represents a banquet to expand its patio. lington southwest Arlington, agreed. that could up 350 Restaurant hours: 6:30 "I don't thinkit's unreason- people, expand the kitchen BY SUSAN ScHRocK a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, 6:30 able to expect that the first and add 'a- sschrock@star-telegram corn am. to 9 p.m. Monday two or three years is not going das said. ARLINGTON - Although through Thursday, and 6:30 to be as profitable long term The to businesshas beenirnproving, a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and as we expect it to be." she a 12?000-square-foot the city-mn Ventana Grille at Saturday said. not ding to say covered patio later this Year. Tierra Verde Golf Club lost Menu: Includes tapas and right now that this is not Sandas is also working with $140,000 in its first year and is Mediterranean and Spanish- working." an interior designer to reduce projected to lose $70,000 to influenced dishes such as sandas said eqects the echo effect caused by the $80,000 this year, city officials paella that the restaurant will be- 20-foot ceilings. Cu~tOn~ers said. Average prices: breakfast, come profitable as the land about the The city expects the res- $5; lunch, $7; dinner, $12 around the golf course is de- acOusticS~ she said. taurant to turn a profit by Good to know: Reserva- veloped. The Arlington City 2009 and is considering ways tions are typically nor need- Council set tough dedgn City took charge in 'OS to increase visibility and at- ed except for spec~al in 2006 for the The city took over food sales tract more customers to the events. Reservations are largely undeveloped Tierra from a concessi~naire in2005 remote location in far south- being taken for Valentine's Verde area in an effort to at- and renovated the west Arlington, Golf Director Day, where diners can tract high+,alue homes that last year to create a restaurant Evonne Sandas said. Ventana expect a specially prepared would bolster property tax Old Worldtheme'The Grille opened in October five-course meal. Executive rolls. restaurant, whose name 2006 at Tierra Verde, off U.S. Chef Luigi Cinelli also plans ~d~~~ opened a restau- means window in --. Spanish, 287 and Eden Road. to unveil his new White rant, Raven's Grille, at the Tex- has large windows that allow "We've done well, but not Chocolate Star Golf Course in 1997, diners to look out over the as well as we would like to "The first couple years, like greens. have done," said Sandas, who raspberry restaurant, we were The restaurant's Party on oversees the restaurant with late breaking even," said the Patio, which features live executive chef Luigi Cinelli. truffle. Hartsell, the restau- music on the fourth Friday of "It was by no means a failure. Information: 81 7-548- "We every month, continues to be We've got a lot of room for 5047, www.arlingtongolf popular, CineUi said. Ventana growth." .corn also offers "Nine and Wine," a Any profit or loss from the package in which golfers can restaurant affects a city fund center, typ- taste wine after playing nine designated for parks and rec- or makes a holes. It recently began offer- reation facilities improve- ing a Sunday brunch with ments, such as buying fitness mosphere. dishes such as omelets and equipment, Park Director "We can't continue to sus- Expansion plans gingerbread pancakes. Prices Pete Jamieson said. The res- tain losses," Cluck said. Arlington is offering more start at $7.50 for brunch en- taurant's financial well-being "It's kind of out there by it- menu items and special trees. does not directly affect the ci- self and people don't think events atventana Grille andis Cinelli is adding dishes tyS general fund. about it, but they should. It's a considering adding meeting with broader appeal to the Mayor Robert Cluck said real treat," Cluck said, adding spaces and a reception hd to menu. The tenderloin is still he is bothered by the restau- that he enjoys the baked tuna bring in more revenue. the most popular entree, rant's Tinancial troub1es"but and the roast Eeef. "The pric- Sandas and Cinai saidthe dong with paella and the lav- ender crkme b~lCe made with fresh herbs from the res- taurant's garden. "We are now a full-service golf club. This gives us an op- portunity to attract a different clientele," Sandas said. DISTHIBC~TED TO: / PAGE / OF___ iU4YOR CITYCXCL CITYATT!VY CRIlll MCR4:lllE R(13GFK4Y(2) BOYETT BROCVN YOULVG itlcDOiVALD COLLIIVS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADiCIlN LIBR-IH Y REF AiVIiZIAL CNTR 04 TE DISTRIBUTED DATE OFARTICLE ! 2 3 / 0 ' IVE FVSPA PER FWST With the Cowboys derailed fiom the play- offs, we figured everyone might be in need of a little alternative excitement. Then it came to us: If there's one thing our readers are only slightly less passionate about than the Cowboys, it's pie. And, hey, today just happens to be Na- tional Pie Day (not to be confused with Pi Day, which is March 14). Perfect. We decided to stage the Super Bowl of Tarrant County Pies. THE PASSIONATE PUTE Game on Choosingthe contestants was easy. When great pies are discussed hereabouts, two h~ SUPER BOWL restaurants are most frequently men- tioned: Paris Coffee Shop, in Fort Worth's hospital district, and the Dixie House OF 'IES, THESE Cafe, with outposts on Behap, East Lan- STALWARTS caster and Hulen in Fort Worth and in EJ- less (where all the pies are made) and Sag- / ----- DUKE IT OUT haw. To arrive at a winner, we wanted to test pies that you can get at the restaurants ev- It's Paris Coffee Shop vs. Dixie House ery day they're open (which knocked out Cafe in the battle for our tastebuds. Paris Coffee Shop's legendary lemon me- ringue, sold only on Fridays). The three daily pies both restaurants have in com- mon turned out to be coconut meringue, chocolate meringue and apple. So we bought one of each fiom both restaurants, gathered four pie-passionate judges and a stack of napkins and sat down to rate the pies. The judges rated each pie on a scale of one to five; then we totaled the scores for each restaurant. ; ' No upset here By no means were the results definitive. Though tasters slightly preferred Paris Coffee Shop's apple pie and chocolate meringue pie to their counterparts from Dixie House, Dixie House emerged as the overall winner by a mere 3.5-point mar- gin, scoring 40 points to Paris' 36.5. It was Dixie House's classic coconut meringue pie - bursting with coconut flavor, loaded with chewy shreds of coco- nut and crowned with a high, swirly, browned meringue - that put Dixie House over the top. Hands down, this was Qur favorite pie of the bunch, earning a perfect score of 20 points, double the Paris coconut me- ringue's total score of 10. Judging each type of pie head to head was interesting. Both restaurants turn out flaky, crisp piecrust to be proud of, though we gave Dix- ie House a slight edge in the apple and coconut pies; the oozy filling in the Dixie House's chocolate meringue had made the bottom crust a little soggy. We weren't thrilled with ei- ther restaurant's chocolate meringue pie, because of a dearth of deep chocolate fla- vor in the fillings. Paris Coffee Shop's version scored a 10.5 and Dixie House's a total of 8. (We'd recommend hitting Carshon's Deli on a Wednes- day or Saturday for your choc- olate-meringue fix.) With the apple pies, we agreed that the best pie would be a hybrid: Paris Coffee Shop's filling of tart, firm ap- ples in the crust from Dixie House (thou@ -- ye were split over the intensely sweet icing glazing the top crust of the , Dixie House pie). The apple- -' pie scores: Paris Coffee Shop, 1% Dixie House, 12. _ _ _ ' Get in the game We know the question of whether Paris Coffee Shop or Dixie House Cafe makes the ' best pies in Tarrant County is a partisan one, so we'd like to get your opinion, too. To vote in our online pie poll, go to www.star-telegram.com. And we'd like to hear about other Tarrant County restau- rants besides these two where --. - - - - -- . -- great pies can be had: $6~ have another favorite die source, send an e-mail to Zd- bertson@star-telegrarn.com, with "pie" in the subject ]in& Meanwhile, do your patri- otic duty by .eating some pie today . . AMY CULBERTSON IS THE STAR-TELEGRAM FOOD EDITOR, 817-390-7421. IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / ' MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I/ C /0 ' DATE OF ARTICLE 1/I�' a// ? /0&" NEWSPAPER/. _ , A�ab ./11 FROM THE LOCAL Tarant County has issued welding operations during communications in disaster I a burn ban effective until . periods of burn bans. situations. Amateur Radio , April 14 to limit the hazards Be aware that discarding; Euless has participated in caused by carelessness in of cigarettes or other bum- numerous local events such ' - =40'4_ the community during pen- ing or heated materials in a as Arbor Daze where mem- ods of high fire hazard. manner that could cause a bers have assisted in locating To stay in compliance with fire is prohibited. Cigarettes lost children or filling other this ban, please observe the should be disposed of prop- communication needs. I - following rules: erly to prevent fires. A license to operate amateur .1 Do not operate outdoor Grass and trees outdoors are radio is easy to obtain.It can -::1 - cookingappliances other very dry and fire can spread be obtained throw h classes I than el ctri , gas, or char- very quickly to homes or sponsored by,various radio Mayor Saleh coal grills. businesses. clubs or it can be obtained Euless When using a grill,it should Thank you for your compli- ance through self-study. It does I „, ,, be moved at least five feet with this burn ban For NOT require Morse code. SS away from any type a corn- more information, please The Amateur Radio Euless bustible surface or over veg- call 817-685-1600. club can assist you in study- ' etation unless the vegetation Looking for a new hobby ing for your license and has is adequately watered down that can be applied to either members who can admin- prior to the cooking opera- - personal enjoyment or pub- ister the examination when I tion and a charged water ,.lic service? Curious about you are ready. hose is within 15' i amateur radio or already Amateur Radio Euless meets Do not use grills, cooking tlicensed to operate? Come on the second Wednesday us at Amateur Ra- I pits, outdoor fireplaces, fire andjoinof each month at 7 p.m. in g rings or anything that uses Ra- dio Euless(ARE). the Emergency Operations an open flame and could re- Amateur radio, also known Center at the Euless Police I lease sparks or embers. as "ham radio" operators Department. Whether you Do not perform any outdoor use their hobby for personal are already a licensed op- burning. enjoyment in communicat- erator looking for a local I ing with people across town club or someone just inter- The use of grills at city park facilities is prohibited. or around the world. Other ested in becoming involved Do not perform any cutting operators use their hobby to in the hobby,please join us. ' orwelding outside of spe- cific assist Emergency Manage- To attend a club meeting or guidelines as may be ment programs for commu- for additional information, imposed by the fife marshal. nication situations such as you can contact Joe Kraft A special permit'pprogram severe storm reporting. Op- with the Euless Office of I is in effect for cutting and erators around the country Emergency Management have provided emergency at jkraft@ci.euless.tx.us or 817-685-3144. 1 I I DlSTRIB UTED TO: I PAGE OF / MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CR11tl MCIDI,QlIE RIDGrVAY(2) BOYETT BROIKV YOUNG blcDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBMR Y REF ANIMAL ChrTR <-. A DA TE DISTRIBUTED ~ime to Examples include soup The City is divided into The only fee is a monthly cans, pet food cans, and Recycle! zones and depending on 10- fee per unit that each mul- tuna fish cans. Please place cation, service is provided tifamily complex pays to the top inside the can and once a week on Tuesdays, the City whether or not it Recyclable Materials squeeze the open end of the Thursdays, or Fridays. participates in the program. The City recommends can closed. Place the bags andlor Participating multi-fam- labels be removed and Aluminum Cans bundles at Your curb ily complexes may have a containers be rinsed of food An example is a soda can. 790 A.M. on Your speci- slotted container for paper and drink before placing please note that aluminum fied pick-up day. goods and cardboard, and a in recycling containers. ,foil and pie plates a~e. not Crushing plastics contain- acceptable. has a BLUE container "booted for glass , J ers and cans saves space Cormgated cardboard BAG program for and plastic bottles, and alu- recycling plastic containers, minum, steel and tin cans. and money, but broken Boxes must be broken glass bottles, and cans (alu- when a recycling container glass is not recyclable. down and flattened into minum, steel, and tin). Blue is full, property manage- Paper Products pieces no largerthan 2 fix recycling bags are made of merit calls Communiv - Newspapers, flattened box 4 ft. If there are several a special plastic that is also Waste Disposal at 8 17-795- catalogs, Junk pieces, please tie together recyclable. They are avail- magazines, phone books, into a bundle. Bundles must able for purchase at Home 9300 to exchange out an and office paper can either weigh less than 50 empty container. There is Depot, Euless grocery be put into PAPER sacks, B,, board stores, and Target. no charge for the exchange. or tied in bundles weighing ~i~ht~~i~ht containers Back to Top Multi-family residents 50 pounds or less. Paper such as cereal boxes, tissue Multi-Family Complex can dispose of Hazardous bags are availab1e at check- boxes and other packages Recycling Program Household Materials at the out in most grocery stores. should be broken down, Euless residents who live City's spring or fall collec- the Paper products flattened and placed into in multi-family complexes tions or at the Environmen- be recycled in the PAPER paper sacks or tied into that participate in the recy- tal Collection Center (ECC) BAGS and/or bundles at bundles with your other cling program, can recycle on 6400 Bridge Street in the curb next to any blue paper items. qgJe,rj~\g,i~,$Iuding: Paper Fort Worth. The City is recycling bags by 7 a.m. on Back to T~~ goods, codgated card- assessed a fee for each your scheduled day. Single Family Curb Side board, and glass, plastic participating but Plastic Bottles Program bottles, and metal cans in there is no drop-off fee, but Numbers 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 Euless single-family receptacles on the complex Proof of Euless residency (on the bottom of plastics, recycling program pro- property site. ' is required. (Current utility there is a triangle with the vides once a week curbside - bill is preferred.) number inside). Number pickup service. Residents 6 is not accepted at this receive initial service/bill- time. Please flatten bottles Ing intbmation from the and plastic containers to Water Office @ 8 17-685- conserve space. 147 1, in the Euless Munici- Unbroken Glass Bottles and pal Complex at 201 N. EC- Jars tor Drive. Senior Citizens Clear, brown, green bottles (65 & over) may request a and Jars only. Blue is not discounted rate at the Water recyclable. Office. SteelITin Food and Drink Cans ' DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l ' MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 11, 5-101 DATE OFARTICLE I//B /j g /o 8 NEWSPAPER ' 4 CS + pt s S tbf the tetioth JESSE 1 1 yN Animal:Dog •Breed: Shar Pei [Mix] ' •Sex:Male •Age:Adult •Size:Medium Euless Animal Services 1517 Westpark Way ' Euless,TX 76040 (817)685-1594 I 1 I / DISTRIBUTED TO: PACE OF 1kL4 YUR CITY CiVCL CITY A TTNY CRIM MCK~ICIIE RlDG R'4 Y(2) BOYETT BROtViY YOL;IVC iCIL.DU;V,-I LD COLLILVS C. Bi4 RKER CE TCHELL LIBRARY ,-I DiCIIlV LIBR-IR Y REF AIVI:\IA L CIVTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED 0'4 TE U F A R TI CL E NEFVSP.4 PER FWT Euless councilman won't run again EULESS - Euless City Councilman Charlie Miller, whose term is up in May, announced thar he will not run for re-election at Tuesday's council meeting. Mifler, a council member since 1993, was one of three counciimen who in 2006 voted'against the city budget ankl employee benefits in hopes of leveraging a lower tax rate, angering city employees and residents. Miller later apologized for the vote and then voted for the benefits package during the second reading. One of the other two qouncilmen, Carl ' Tyson, was defeated last year. The other councilman, Glenn Porterfield, is up for election next year. Miller serves as president of the Sourhwesr Assurance Group. - Jessica DeLedn