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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-05-15 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE r/"1, ,,. M4 YOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOLVG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR c —DATE DISTRIBUTED J /f 'S / Q DATE OF ARTICLE /9 C NEWSPAPER Betty Beseda, resident of Irving for over sixty years, died on May 8, 2009. Betty was born October 22, 1915 in Penelope, Texas to f Gabriel and Annie Snapka. She was retired from the Wild Bnar Farm location of Fidelity Union Life Insurance t - - Company and was an avid cook and gardener. Preceded : ?in death by her husband of seventy-two years, William Henry Beseda. Survivors include her daughter Helen , .x , ayton and husband Jimmy Pof Euless; grandchildren ancy Payton of Trophy Club; Jimmy Payton, Jr. and his wife Chris of Flower Mound; great grandchildren Justin, Matthew, Natalie, Callye and Cole; sisters Annie Sustala of Round Rock; Eleanor Uptmor of West; Frances Krenek-Walker of Chico, CA; Josephine Darilek of Seymour and many nieces nephews. Mass of the Christian burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, May 11, 2009 at Holy Family of Nazareth Church with Reverend MSGR Jerome Duesman, celebrant. Interment will take place at Calvary Hill Cemetery in Dallas. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 5-7 P.M., with a rosary starting at 7:00 P.M. The family requests memorial donations be made to Holy Family Catholic Church 2320 Cheyenne in Irving, 75062. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWA DECK BROWN _ YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBR4RY�ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I 1 S I O I DATE OF ARTICLE 1 -/ / 09 NEWSPAPER#6ct COMMENTARY Voting early and often in Euless By RICK CASEY Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle If I were going to engage in voter fraud, I would go do it in Euless, Texas. Not because the security there is laxer than it is here, but because I'd like to vote early and often for Republican state Rep. Todd Smith. This guy is my hero. First, he has spent an extraordinary amount of time and energy this legislative session trying to craft a voter ID bill designed to actually discourage fraud, not just discourage voting. To do so, he has stood up to the anger of some Democratic groups who are afraid it will inevitably keep some poor and some elderly people from voting, and the anger of his own party's more rabid members who can't document any actual in-person voter fraud but are sure that it's rampant among the miscreants who vote Democrat. But taking on the political life-or-death issue of voter !D wasn't enough for Smith. He also managed to persuade his colleagues from both parties to vote 131-12 in favor of a bill that will almost certainly be demagogued as being soft on pedophiles. Smith's bill would allow certain sex offenders to either be exempted from state's sex offender list or be placed on it for only a limited time. Under current law, all sex offenders are placed on the list for life. Those on the list, which is available on the Internet, not only suffer public humiliation. They cannot hold certain jobs by law, and are often excluded from other jobs. They can be prohibited by cities from living near schools or other places children gather. Smith's bill covers only persons who had consensual sex with children who are at least 13 years old and younger than 17, the effective age of consent in Texas. It also applies only in cases in which the age difference is less than four years. This means that the law would cover relatively few cases. That's because a "Romeo and Juliet" provision in current law makes it a defense to having sex with a minor if the age difference is less than three years. Still, it is a good initial step. it is the first recognition among our tough-on-crime legislators that they have gone overboard on the sex offender front. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ? OF cR MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR G DATE DISTRIBUTED J/S I/ O , DATE OF ARTICLE 3 /9 / 0 I NEWSPAPER/gaslen ekt ,1;,le The logic of the bill is powerful. Sex offender lists exist to protect us and our children from predators. But not all sex offenders are predators. Some are simply humans in the heat of hormonal storms who do something they shouldn't. Punishing them is often the right thing to do. Defining those as predators who are not is not only unjust, it is stupid. That point was made by Houston Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, where Smith's bill has already been sent. Whitmire said the bill will receive a prompt hearing and will probably pass. "Part of the problem is that if we load up the sex offender registry with people who aren't predators, it becomes useless," Whitmire said. Whitmire would like to see the offender list pared further. He said he has heard many stories of lives needlessly wrecked. "I was talking at a high school one time and a girl was crying," he said. "She said she and her baby were in a foster home while her husband was in prison." They had engaged in sex before getting married. He wanted to support the baby, Whitmire said. A Chronicle story last year told of a man in his early 40s with a master's degree who was on the registry because he had sex with a 16-year-old 10 years earlier. They were now married with three children, but his ability to support them was limited because he is considered a predator. Judges should have the ability to remove from the list those who have proven they are not predators. This law won't allow that, but it may eventually pave the way. rick.casey@chron.coin f DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTYY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG MYIcDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN. LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR 7 DATE DISTRIBUTED 5 // 3 1 O / DATE OF ARTICLE 5/10 / 0c/ NEWSPAPER FWST OBITUARIES 1.1 Maxine Sustaire R • 1 e w -) S Mai " ," y. i BEDFORD—Maxine Sustaire,81, — a loving mother,"Neana"and friend, passed away Friday,May 8,2009,at a local hospital.- FUNERAL 11 a.m.Monday in Lu- — cas Funeral Home Chapel,1321 Pre- cinct Line Road,Hurst.The Rev.Bob Neely,senior adult minister at First Baptist Church Euless,will officiate. Interment: Following a committal — service,Maxine will be laid to rest be- side her husband,Williard"Blackie" Sustaire,in Bluebonnet Hills Memo- rial Park. Visitation:The family will receive friends 3 to 5 p.m.Sunday at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst. ` Maxine was born Oct.22,1927,in White Flat to Vernon and Mary George White.She dedicated her life to taking care of her family.She will be missed so much: Maxine was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and a brother,Bert Garrett. SURVIVORS: Sons, Danny Sus- taire and his wife, Pamala, and Le- land Sustaire and his wife, Norma; daughter, Teresa Alexander and her — husband, Jay; grandchildren, Ste- phanie VanBrocklin and her husband, Jarrod,Daniel Evan Sustaire,Melissa Ann Lindsey,Lyndsai Nicole Sustaire, — Courtney Sustaire, Chris Britt, Ash- ley Potak and her husband, Daniel, Sean Alexander and Cody Alexander; five great-grandchildren; one great- great-grandchild;and one sister. — Lucas Funeral Home Hurst,817-284-7271 - ' View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries — DISTRIB L'TED TO: PACE / OF —M4YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOL'.�G McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY AD MIIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR 5// —DATE DISTRIBUTED , DATE OF ARTICLE � � �g 3 / C / 0 7 NEWSPAPER FWST _ OBI'T'UARIES' Linda Marie Free HURST Linda Marie Free, 62, passed away Thursday May 7,2009. SERVICE(private)will be held at the family home. SURVIVORS Husband, ' John Free; daughters, Louise Trimm and Lisa Roberts,all of Hurst four grand- children. Mount Olivet Funeral Home 2301 N.Sylvania Ave.,817-831-0511 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTN}' CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGW4F DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 3 //,SJI / l DATE OF ARTICLE ! / a / NEWSPAPER DMN — HouseOKs mandatory driver's ed for young adults — Robert T. Garrett/Reporter — First-time applicants for a driver's license who are between 18 and 24 would have to pass a six-hour driver education course under a bill the House tentatively approved today. Currently, Texans under 18 must take more than 40 hours of driver's _ ed and behind the wheel instruction before seeking their license. First-time applicants who are 18 or older, though, need only pass a written test and a 10- to 15-minute driving test, both given by DPS. — The bill by Rep. Todd Smith, R-Euless, advanced on the local and consent calendar. A week ago, Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, — stopped a companion measure in the Senate, calling it "too much government." Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, the bill's author, told the Austin American-Statesman that highway fatalities among 18 to 24 year olds exceed those among 16 and 17 year olds. "We're trying to make the — roads safer for everyone," Wentworth said. um -» till I tl ', tt ~ 111 i DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF — MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN • YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR —DATE DISTRIBUTED S- ) 13 / DC --/iqiC)/ DATE OF ARTICLE s NEWSPAPER FWST \bp e % , EDITORIALS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION Common-sense revision Bill would add reasonableness to state's effect,also could petition to be taken off the get-tough laws. registry Smith filed the bill because constituents The Texas Legislature is on its way to adding a told him about problems that a criminal con shade more reasonableness to its get-tough viction stemming from consensual sex can cre _ laws on sex offender registration. ate in getting into college and finding jobs,the HB 3148 by Rep. Todd Smith, R-Euless, Star-Telegram's Dave Montgomery reported. would slightly broaden the registration exemp- The bill, which won House approval last tion for those convicted of consensual sex with week on a 131-12 vote (and needs to get mov- a minor. ing in the Senate),wouldn't change any other Texas actually created a path several years part of the penalty for sex with a minor. Nor ago for some juvenile offenders to avoid the would it put Texas on the cutting edge of a na- branding that comes with being on the public- tonal debate that flared two years ago as a — ly accessible registry Georgia man challenged his 10-year prison That was necessary when it became clear sentence for having oral sex with a 15-year-old that listing foolish or irresponsible teens along girl when he was 17: with adult criminals and real predators doesn't The Georgia Supreme Court freed him after serve the public interest. three years. And Georgia and several other Since 2001, judges have had discretion to states changed their treatment of cases involv- grant an exemption from registration in cases ing teen sex between partners with an age gap. _ involving teens with an age difference of 4 Underage sex might be immoral,impulsive years or less.The offender has to be younger and ill-advised. And in Texas it still can be a than 19 and the victim at least 13.And the vic- crime. But as the HB 3148 bill analysis points tim's youth has to be what made the action a out,"the purpose of sex offender registration is crime. to protect children from child molesters." Smith's bill would drop the upper age limit, Requiring the state to monitor and super though the age difference could not be more vise offenders who aren't dangerous wastes re than 4 years. sources and distracts law enforcement from — Offenders convicted under those circum- protecting children as the law intended. stances before Sept.1,when the law would take — LOCAL OPTIONS House should pass road-and-rail bill Finally,a committee of the Texas House has ap- the state is unable or unwilling to fund. proved a version of a local-option transporta- The Senate's version of the bill is better,but ton funding bill that the Senate debated and the House version would accomplish what adopted a month ago.The bill would give resi- must be done. The House should quickly ap- dents of Dallas-Fort Worth and other Texas prove it. In the end, voters in each county metropolitan areas a way to pay for badly would decide what projects they want and how needed road and commuter rail projects that much they will pay. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTVY CRIM MCK4MIE RIDGW4Y DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARRRER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN' LIBRARY REF ANINL4L CNTR — DATE DISTRIBUTED 5 / / S l O 1 D.9 TE OF ARTICLE �� // S /D cl NEWSPAPER FWST Masala Masala in Euless keeps the fresh, perfectly spiced Indian dishes coming MIN By TERESA GUBBINS long before dinner rush— they and barley, had Ian -almost slightly hot red sauce.`Accordin Special to the star-Telegram`` eagerly swapped out a dessert of spooky complexity with a cars to Lalani,it's a traditional break Buffets are often a concession for sweetened vermicelli with but- mellike sweetness that came fast item_ he serves on weekends, restaurants - a lunchtime lure ter,honey and almonds, despite from hours of slow-cooking.(La- as well as fried eggs with toma- to get customers back for dinner. the perfectly good condition of lam compares it to refried toes and onions. ' –" But Roger Lalani and his family the previous tray. beans.) It made a nice combina Customers also can order veteran restaurateurs who have Their buffet is also riser tion with bhindi masala, spicy dishes off a menu,some ofwhich. owned Indian restaurants in the friendly,with small cards posted okra mixed with tomatoes and do not appear on the buffet,such area since 1993, have created a over each item with its name and onions. as the Indian classic,chicken tik worthy buffet line in Euless with `,ingredients. Chicken biryani was a spicy, ka masala, and a whole grille( some of the best Indian food in One- of their most popular sophisticated take on chicken- chicken for $11.99.Alcohol poi- the area. dishes is chicken makhani, also and-rice casserole, but instead icy is BYOB, and although the_ They typically offer more than known as Indian butter chicken, of the gloppy mushroom-soup restaurant_ is tidy, the atmo- 20 dishes,not just from India but with chunks of. white-meat sauce we've grown up on, this sphere is nothing fancy, with also Pakistan and Bangladesh, chicken in a creamy golden-or- had a clean,sharp flavor.It was a couple of flat-screens adding with varying levels of heat — ange sauce. Masala's sauce was pleasure coming across the oc- background noise. — making Masala Masala not just a impeccably smooth and creamy, casional cardamom pod, moist- The Lalanis moved here frorr bargain-hunter's delight ($7.99 with an underlying simmer of ened and fattened from having Chicago and opened their first on weekdays, $8.99 on week-. heat.This is what Masala Masala been stirred into the rice. Lalani place, the highly rated Chandni nights and weekends)but a seri- does so well fine-tuning the switched to using boneless Chowk, in Carrollton in 1993— ous foodie find. dosage of spices while highlight_ chicken after noting that cus- then sold it after seven years an( One factor that makes their ing the ingredients themselves, tomers were intimidated by concentrated on catering.When buffet excel is their diligent re- -then turning the heat up or chicken on the bone. Roger spotted this location, a plenishment of items. One re- down. Chole masala, a vegetarian former CiCi's Pizza,-he decidec cent Saturday afternoon when a - Haleem, a Pakistani dish option, had chickpeas plus a to give the restaurant business a solo diner came in at 4,.p.m..,— made from beans,shredded beef whole gallery of spices in a thin, run once again. . Masala Masala410 (I" 0 liii — 415 N.Main St,Euless 817-267-2800 Hours:11 a.m.to 9 ? — p.m.daily 0 - Cuisine:Indian , 0111011" Signature dish: _ iliaLChicken makhani aipplo lt Entree cost:$8-$12 etic Essentials:Majo credit cards,smoke- - — <, ilik free,wheelchair- accessible Viii, Good to know:In addition to the buffet, — you can also order dishes from an a la carte menu.Alcohol policy BYOB — Recommended for: Spicy food fans who love a bargain — DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCK41LIIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD. COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 5// --/Z)5DATE OF ARTICLE 5//5-/0 �S/o 9 NEWSPAPER MID NOM Officials identify man who died Thursday in Euless motorcycle wreck BY MITCH MITCHELL AND BILL MILLER mmitchell@star-telegram.com,wmiller@star-telegram.com EULESS—Officials have released the name of the man who died late Thursday in a motorcycle wreck near Related Content the south side of DFW Airport. 200 Bear Creek Pkwy Euless TX Scott Furby,41,of Euless was identified by the Tarrant F County medical examiners office. The wreck happened at about 10 p.m.in the 200 block Bi s'r,a; of Bear Creek Parkway,officials said. iranct:Pak - Furby,riding northbound,lost control while trying to negotiate a curve and struck a tree,said Lt.John - Williams, Euless police spokesman. Speed may have been a factor,Williams said. r ' The medical examiners office reported that Furby died ; `l at the scene. :Wet*ghd The area is northwest of the intersection of Texas 360 and Texas 183,also called the Airport Freeway,which is at the southwest side of the airport. Map data 02009 Tele Atlas-Terms of Use a a a a