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Home My WebLink About2008-05-23 Euless ArticlesD1STRIBL:TED TO: iVL-1 YOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTIVY CR1II.I MCKAiVIIE RlDGFVAY(2) DECK BROthV YO L:;LG ~VICDOIVAL D COLLIiVS C. B.I RKER GETCHELL LIBRI R Y ADMlA" LIBRI R Y REF ,I,Vl1t1,4L CgTR DA TE DlSTRfBLf TED D.4TEOPARTfCLE 5//7l0K AEWsPaPER FwT I In low-income areas, meals will be served over breal. Nationwide, more than 1.9 million children ate meals every day through the Summer Food Service program. By MARK AGEE mageestar-telegram.com When school ends, regular ac- cess to hot meals doesn't have to for children who need them. Area school districts will be offering free breakfasts hd lunches at schools in low-in- come areas during the sum- mer break through the federal Summer Food Service pro- gram- What are the rules? Free meals are available to 'anyone age 18 and younger. No registration is required, and children do not need proof of income, age or resi- dency. Where can I go? a The Arlington school district will operate 51 summer food sites beginning June 16, said Jackie Anderson, the district's food services director. Most will be at elementary and rnid- dle schools offering summer classes, she said. Twelve will be at community sites, includ- ing recreation centers and a Boys and Girls Club.' Parents can call local schools to find the nearest site, Anderson said. Officials will also distribute fliers with loca- tions and hours of operation. a Most Fort Worth district ele- mentaj schools will partici- pate, 'but the dates and times for each have not been decid- ed, a spokeswoman for nutri- tion services said. Most pro- grams will start June 10, she said. m The Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district has four surn- mer lunch sites this year: Bel- laire Elementary in Hurst, and Midway Park Elementary, Midway Reseation Cegter and Oakwood Terrace Ele- mentary in Euless. The service will be offered weekdays from June 5 to Aug. 1. Bellaire and Oakwood Ter- race will serve lunch 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Midway Park Ele- mentary 11 to 11:30 a.m.; and Midway Recreation Center noon to 12:30 p.m. The Grapevine-Colleyville district's Timberline Elemen- tary School will serve free breakfast from 8:15 to 9 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 9 to July 18. It's the second year that the district has participated. Last year, it served 11,000 meals and expects about a 15 per- cent increase this year, district spokeswoman Megan Over- 'man said. a The Birdville school district also operates a summer food program, but details were not available Friday. it 84' IBUTED TO: PAGE OF YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWA Y(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD CO C. BARKER GETC //LLINS HELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR I DATE DISTRIBUTED 5 ( c)3 I C8 DATE OF ARTICLE S-1/ 7 /v S1 NEWSPAPER FWST I k; � .`; " "' with incomes at or below 185 I k i 1'. } �;, g , ''�" �` percent of the federal poverty `� * level. ,,.� i- � ..; --- ■Schools are reimbursed a I' a �° few dollars for every meal they I yea K serve. � "` i lAt ■Last year, an average of : 1,926,437 children nationwide t p " °a ' ate meals through the pro- k� ,`', c o - gram each day in July,accord- � s i ing to the U.S.Agriculture De- partment's office of Food and 1. a � � I �, �„� �9 �� ; �� , e Nutrition Service. 4 �. ■An average of 83,966 chil -fes � ,,� g �,' �` dren took part in the program : -- �.. , ', daily in Texas, according to Alexander Ferretiz,4,is helped with his tray by his mother,Maria Gal- USDA data. I van,at Cannon Elementary last year. S-T ARCHIVES/STEWART F.HOUSE ■The USDA reimbursed schools a total of$250 million ■To find a Summer Food Pro- •Summer Food Service pro- for the program. gram location near you, go to gram "open sites," which re- _ online:www.fns.usda.gov I wwwsiimmerfood.org. quire no enrollment, operate wwwsummerfood.org in areas where at least half the The numbers children come from families MARK AGEE,817-685-3821 1 I I I I I I I I DISTRIB UTED TO: PAGE / / OF- MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CWM MC~AIWE RIDGWA Y(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG IVZCDON,~ L D COL LIlVS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRA R Y ADMIN LIBR4 R Y REF ANIMAL CiVTR DATE DISTRlSCrTED S/J~/O~ DATEOFARTICLE<> -//P/O~ NEWSPAPER FWST INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER Bed goes out door with boarder Star-Telegram EULESS - Is a thief losing sleep over this one? A 50-year-old woman re- ported Wednesday that when a tenant moved out af- ter failing to pay rent, he took a bed, complete with pillows and a frame, from her home in the 400 block of Milam Drive. The woman told police that she had agreed to rent the man a room and had bought the bed for $680 for his comfort. - The woman e-mailed the former tenant about the bed Bedroom set stolen I A renter left a Euless home this month andtooka bedroom set valued at $680. STAR-TELEGRAM and he told her that he had lice report. while before it's put to rest. sold it, according to the po- The case could take a - Domingo Ramirez Jr. DISTRIBUTED TO: 1u1 YOR CITY CiYCL CITY ATTiVY CRIhI I%ICKAIL~IE RIDG W,4 Y(2) DECK BRO WIY YOL!IVC McD0:VA LD C0LLI;VS C. BARKER CETCHELL LIBRARY ADiVIIiV LIBR-I RY REF A~VIILL~L CIVTR 5/d3/0Y DATEOFARTICLE 5 DATE DISTRIB LiTED - - / I / NEWSPAPER FWST INSIDE PUBLIC SAFETY It's time to buckle up and be counted Ever wonder where all closest to them until they get a Seat belt la'ws those statistics about seat belt use come from? By KATE GORMAN kgorman@s~ar-telegram.com. At intersections across the state, they'll be watching. They want to know whether you're using your seat belt, but they're not police - they're re- searchers. They're helping determine how well the annual Click it or Ticket campaign, which starts Monday, is working. When they're done, they can tell you whether pickup passengers or car drivers are more likely to buckle up. They'll know, too, whether Austinites or Arlingtonians are more likely to strap in. But there's nothing especially fan- cy about how they figure it out. Trained observers from the Texas Transportation Institute stand by the road at six inter- sections in 10 of the state's largest cities and watch the cars roll by. Specifically, they watch vehicles in the lane d .- sample of 200, said Katie Wo- mack, a TTI research scientist and project director for the oc- cupant-restraint surveys, which are funded by the state Transportation Department. "I try to pick people that would enjoy that type of work, but I'm not saying that it's en- joyable for everybody all the time," Womack said. Sometimes it's hard to see who's belted into a vehicle if it's speedingor has tinted win- dows, so the researchers skip it and count the next one. She said the sampling takes about an hour per intersection. The researchers conduct surveys before, during and af- ter the enforcement period, which ends June 1. Womack said it's important to go to the same - intersections 'at the same time during each survey. That means counting motor- ists come rain or shine. "We pretty much do the survey no matter what," she said. "We're looking at the real world, so we have to look at Primary enforcement law% allow police to pull someone oversolely for not using a seat belt. In 2007, about 87 percent of motorists in -states with primary-enforcement laws used seat belts'compared with about 73 percent in stateswithout such laws. '1 Source: NHTSA's Natlonal Center for Star~stlcs and Analys~s STAR-TELEGRAM/TIM BEDISON what happens in the real ers ahd passengers were buck- world. We can't go out only in ling up before the campaign. ideal conditions." Afterward, that number Last year, the survey found reached 91.2 percent. that 90 percent of Texas driv- This year, the observers will PAGE 2 OF DISTRIB D'TED TO: 11.1.4 YOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTIVY CRIiVI MCIC1:VIlE RIDGWA Y(2) DECK BROCVN YOL'XG McDOiVALD COLLliVS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADiVIIN LlBRlRYREF AIVIIV~:~LC/VTR D,4 TE DISTRlB L'TED -/I g lo E 5 /d -3 10 8 DATE OFARTICLE 5 IVE WSPA PER FWST Campaign participants Area law enforcement agencies participating in the Click it or Ticket campaign Monday through June 1 include Arlington, Euless, Fort Worth, Irving. Mansfield, North Richland Hills and Watauga, accord- ing to local and state officials. . I' . Seat belt law Requirements: State law requires drivers and front-seat passen- gers to wear seat belts and requires that thildren under 17 in the front or back seat wear a seat belt or be in a child safety seat, said Mark Cross, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Transporta- tion. Fines: Depending on the violation, tickets can range from $25 to $200, Cross said. i;- also count at night - the news release. street lamps let them see - The message'will also be because law enforcement aimed at pickup drivers and agencies are ' emphasizing passengers, who are less likely round-the-clock enforce- to buckle up than their coun- ment. terparts in cars, Transporta- The Euless Police Depart- tion Department spokesman ment willi~amongar.&a agen- Mark Cross said. Pickups are cies checking that motorists about twice as likely to roll ov- are strapped in. er in a crash than cars, he said. "Research shows us that "People tend to think the there is a problem with drivers bigger the ,vehicle, the safer ,and passengers not buckling they are," Cross said. "But up at night - when the risk of that's not reality."- a fatal crash is greatest," Sgt. David Cort-Brassey said in a KATE CORMAN. si7-68sr3szi DISTRIB CITED TO: i a PACE OF MA YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTfiY CRIM MCK,4MIE RIDCWA Y(2) DECK BROW%' YOCrNC McDON.4LD COLLfiVS C. BARKER CETCHELL LIBRARY ADiV1I:V LIBRARY REF AP.M,IL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 5/' 1°" DATE or ARTICLE .S/JO/~~ NEwspApEfiiTcedePc::/- +h-\es . cc.4 Mayor touts city at convention LAS VEGAS - Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover's attendance at RECon: The Global Real Estate Convention could be likened to the elimination of the middle man. Real estate developers here say cutting through the outer layers of a mayor's communication sphere - in other words, lots of paperwork and City Hall staffers - usually takes time. But at the largest retail real estate gathering in the world, brokers can walk straight up to the man who bills his hometown as "The Next Great City of the South" to see what's for sale and what's to gain. Pankaj Mahajan, a broker with Illinois-based Rockford Group, recently bought some vacant land in Shreveport. He chatted Monday with Glover at the Louisiana Economic Development booth, one of thousands in the 3.2 million-square-foot Las Vegas Convention Center. "It would've taken me a couple of hours or a couple of days to talk to him about it," Mahajan said. Mahajan and the mayor talked about north Shreveport, but the broker was hesitant to reveal the exact location of his property. However, he was encouraged by the conversation. "A lot of retailers are asking for incentives in a downward market like we're in today," he said. Posters at the Louisiana booth show state incentives in excess of $15 million for 500,000-square-feet developments. There are many asterisks, explaining not all government-backed stimuli will apply to every deal. This is Glover's first trip to the convention, which will draw an estimated 50,000 attendees. But he and his crew, which includes assistant Rick Seaton and economic development staffer Brady Blade Jr., got a chance to talk with a Texas mayor who is a veteran at International Council on Shopping Centers conventions, by comparison. Mary Lib Saleh, in her sixth term as mayor of the Metroplex city of Euless, Texas, has been to most of the conventions in the last five years. She couldn't attend last year because of a medical issue and hopes that did not hurt her city of about 50,000. "If you're the top elected leader, you have more of an opportunity to talk to the big businesses," Saleh said, adding Euless recently landed a 200-acre shopping and residential area. "You just can't beat the networking," said Saleh, who also is the mother of Pam Atchinson, Shreveport Regional Arts Council director. Andrea Lober Rockovich, chief financial officer of JJ Gumber Co., which owns the Shreve City shopping center, also caught up with Glover. She didn't offer specific businesses, but she said her IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF c2 MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN tYOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 5 l d 3 I V DATE OF ARTICLE Iao 1 ° NEWSPAPER h - • •- f-1 - I � d , H a '� 4 L', # I1. A . . I i v I A P''.-4-`4y` F Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover(left)and Euless,Texas, Mayor I Mary Lib Saleh share a laugh as they chat about the importance of elected officials attending the International Council of Shopping Centers convention in Las Vegas. (Adam Causey/The Times) IPittsburgh, Pa., company wants to add more businesses to complement its Super Wal-Mart anchor. IRockovich and Glover both describe last year's Wal-Mart opening as a "revitalization" of the Shreveport-Barksdale Highway location. The mayor credits previous administrations'trips to ICSC conventions with nabbing business for that corridor as well as along Youree Drive. I "We're very excited with the growth in Shreveport and the activity we see in the area," Rockovich said. IBut not all time spent in Vegas will be with out-of-town prospects. "We also want to support ongoing efforts on the part of those folks from this area who are in the business of doing that already,"Glover said. I On that note, the mayor spent some time Monday with Roger DeKay, a Realtor with Sealy & Dickson's Shreveport office. The company has commercial listings on Texas and Line avenues and IViking Drive in Bossier City. I I DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / i1.1.4YOR CITYCNCL CITYATT,YY CRIiCI IMCKAICIIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROFKV YOLr1VG ll.IcDO~VALD COLLIiVS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY AD!).II/V , LIBRARY REF ALVII).L4L CNTR log NEWSPAPER DATEDISTRIBUTED 5 Id3 DATEOFARTICLE 5 FCYST A heap of bad news for American, fliers Impact of cuts The cutbacks in American Airlines' fleet are unlikely to have much of an impact on the cities and other entities that receive tax money from the airline's planes at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, officials said. Three local government entities get tax money on 663 planes at D/FW, according to the Tarrant Appraisal District. Last year, Grapevine collect- ed $572,750 in plane taxes, which made up 1.1 percent of the city's budget. The ~ra~evine-~olle~ville school district collected $2,038,200, which made up 1.4 percent of district's ' budget, and Tarrant County collected $1,005,318, or about 0.23 percent of the county's budget. The city of Euless, meanwhile, receives about $5.3 million in net revenues a year from property within the airport, which includes the car- rental facility and other land. But Finance Director Vicki Rodriquez could not speculate on the impact of the proposed actions by American Airlines. The majority of the money is used for capital projects. - Patrick McGee and Jessica DeLe6n I' DISTRIBUTED TO: / PAGE 1 OF MA YOR CITY CIVCL CITY .-I TTNY GRIM MCK4hIIE RIDG WA Y(2) DECK BROWN YOL!iliC McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBR.4RYADiI.IIV LIBR4RYREF A:VIM,4LCNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED </d.3/dg DATEOF,JRTICLE S/Y~~/OX NEWSPAPER FWST H-E-B SCHOOLS District considers seeking bond vote- A development in north Arlington =odd lead to the need for more schools. ,-, By TERRY WEBSTER twebsterpstar-teIegrarn.com Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district voters will likely be asked to consider a bond issue for the first time in more than a decade to ease overcrowding and accommodate a planned development that could incluae 5,000 new houses. The school board has ordered stu*s for building and roofing needs, along with aade- Proposed Viridian housing development hunireds of students to the'~urst-~uless-Bedford Ghool district over the next few years. Source: H-E-B school d~stnct STAR-TELEGRAM mographic study to help predict student enrollment growth. :The decision on whether or when to call a bond election hinges on the results of those studies. " H-E-B's enrollment has increased more than 4 percent in sixyears. And hundreds of new students are expected in com- ing years when houses are built in the Viridian development in far north Arlington, which falls within H-E-B's boundaries. Officials expect that one new elementary school will be needed to serve children whb will live in the planned neigh- borhood. A new junior high will eventually be needed, too. The district's last b~nd election was in 1997, when voters approved $171.24 million for renovations of buildings, new -technology and construction of a teaching center. - Enrollment H-E-B has grown 'from 19,540students in "the 2001 -02 school year 'to 20,392 for 2007-08, an increase of about 4.3 percent. -. In March, trustees 'voted to change atten- ' dance boundaries to 'help even out enroll-. ment in elementary and junior high schools, but --it may not be enough. "All of the schools in -Euless are full," Super- - intendent Gene Buinger ' said. Studying needs This week, the school board approved studies relating to the district's build- ings. Information will be gathered by walk- ing through evew campus site and build- ing, atcording to a proposal from HKS architects in Dallas. Questionnaires will be given to depart- ment heads, principals and maintenance department heads, and information gathered about each building will be placed into a spreadsheet By category and priority. The report is expected to be complet- ed by August. MCT Moisture Control Technologies of Duncanville will conduct a roofing study. Viridian project The Arlington City Council unanimously approved zoning for the development Tuesday. The 2,000-acre project is north of the Trinity River and east of Farm Road 157 (Collins Streetllndustrial Boulevard). Plans call for about 1,100 acres of wetland and green space with lakes, parks and trails. The planned community would also include a town center with loft apartments over offices and shops, villagelike neighborhoods and homes priced at more than $1 million.. About 100 homes are expected to be built by 2010, and about - ~~ 300 homes by 201 1, said phillip huffines, co-owner. of Huffines ~ommunitie; in Dallas, the project developer. "It's an exciting project, and we're just looking forward to working with the development in a great partnership," school board Trustee Faye Beaulieu said. TERRY WEBSTER, 817-685-3819