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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-04-10 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF ,VIAYOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTNY SUTTER MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS W. RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED / 11011 c2 DATE OFARTICLE c499 if/ NEWSPAPER‘ COVL Eats Beat Eats Beat: Don't put all your brunch eggs in one basket By Bud Kennedy The Raven's Grille at the Texas Star Golf Course in Euless serves special holiday dinners, including an Easter with special guest "E. Bunny." It's a good place to meet relatives or friends from Dallas; $17.95, 1400 Texas Star Parkway, Euless, 817-685-1843, texasstargolf.com/RavensGrille.htm. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY SUTTER MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT McDONALD COLLINS W. RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF HARJSEL& DATE DISTRIBUTED q / 10 II DATE OF ARTICLE 3 J a?q NEWSPAPER FWST March 29, 2012 Hancock, Thombs win business support in Lege races;TAB picks Romney North Richland Hills Republicans Kelly Hancock and Lady Theresa Thombs won important endorsements Thursday when the Texas Association of Business' political action committee announced its recommendations for the May 29 Republican Party primary. The groups' Business and Commerce Political Action Commitee(BACPAC) endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. In the Texas Senate,state Rep. Hancock was chosen for the open District 9 seat over Euless state Rep. Todd Smith. The winner will succeed retiring state Sen.Chris Harris of Arlington. Thombs, a remodeling contractor and real estate agent,won TAB's endorsement for Hancock's old seat, where she faces former GOP county Chairwoman Stephanie Klick, North Richland Hills City Councilman Ken Sapp and former Mayor Charles Scoma. In contentious Texas Senate District 10, TAB endorsed state Rep. Mark Shelton of Fort Worth for the Republican nomination against Derek Cooper.The winner will face incumbent Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat. TAB's other local endorsements went to incumbents: U.S. Reps.Joe Barton, Kay Granger and Kenny Marchant; state Sen.Jane Nelson;and state Reps. Myra Crownover,Jim Keffer, Phil King, Barbara Nash, Rob Orr,Tan Parker, Diane Patrick,Vicki Truitt and Bill Zedler. TAB has yet to endorse a candidate in several races, including the Congressional District 25 contest matching 11 opponents including Cleburne Mayor Justin Hewlett,former Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams and Parker County Republican Roger Williams. Statewide, TAB endorsed Lt.Gov. and U.S. Senate hopeful David Dewhurst in an 8-candidate field. To fill Railroad Commission seats, the BACPAC recommended Warren Chisum and incumbent appointee Chairman Barry Smitherman.The group also endorsed House Speaker Joe Straus for re-election to his San Antonio House seat. The entire list is at TAB BACPAC endorsements. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAIGE / OF I i L 1 YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY SUTTER i1JCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT McDONALD COLLINS W. RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED 141 10 l 12 DATE OF ARTICLE s.7 /sg0 //Q NEWSPAPER FWST Cheers&Jeers Posted Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 Cheers:To veterinarian Darryl Kussmaul, Lois and the entire staff at Harwood Road Animal Hospital in Euless. Your concern and kindness when our 18-year-old cat passed away will always be remembered. -- Ruth E. Dunlop, Euless DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF---" Iii YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY SUTTER MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS W RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED 411 I° 1 2* DATE OF ARTICLE &// // NEWSPAPER,e /7 Dallas area tornadoes: Worst outbreak since 2000 By Steve Lallore, Dallas V\leather Examiner At least half a dozen large tornadoes scraped through several Metroplex counties on April 3, including Dallas and Tarrant. It's the worst tornado outbreak in the Metroplex since the Fort Worth tornado of March 2000. The tornadoes began forming south of Fort Worth around 1 p.m. and moved steadily northeast at about 35mph. Radar images indicated a classic "hook" echo on several of these Supercell thunderstorms over both Dallas and Tarrant County between 1 and 3 p.m. The Tarrant County tornado tracked from extreme southern Fort Worth around Everman northeastward to Kennedale, Arlington and Euless. Huge hail to baseball size was reported in Euless. Hundreds of buildings along this tornado's path suffered effects ranging from minor damage to complete destruction. The first Dallas County tornado formed near Lancaster where it damaged some 300 homes at about the same time as the Everman tornado. It then tracked east of downtown Dallas and passed right over the Mesquite rodeo arena before weakening and moving further northward toward Garland. Advertisement More tornadoes formed in a second wave around 3:30 p.m. and at least two of them struck Kaufman County with dozen of structures sustaining DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE c;"? OF 3 MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY SUTTER MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR IkDONALD COLLINS W. RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARY AD1 IN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATEDISTRIBUTED 41 /10 / i .: DATE OF ARTICLE gm f.a ,VEWSPAPERk X044 felteiC heavy damage in the Royce City area. Forney, in northwestern Kaufman County had over 70 homes sustaining damage and about two dozen of these "severely" damaged. Tornadoes were also reported in Hunt and Delta Counties further east. The Tarrant County storm passed directly over DFW airport where 110 aircraft suffered varying degrees of hail damage according to the DFW airport spokesman David Magana as quoted by WFAA-TV. The airplane losses alone could run to the tens of millions; it's too early to say until they are all inspected. All told, at least half a dozen tornadoes touched down in north Texas on April 3, 2012. Damage from the tornadoes is extensive, and the devastation is consistent with winds of at least 120mph. The tornadoes will be rated at least EF2 if not EF3 based on the damage video seen on local and national broadcasts the evening of the storms. EF2 tornadoes have winds of 11 to 135 mph while the EF3 classification is given to tornadoes in the 136 to 165 mph wind range. Most permanent structures will lose their roofs in an EF2 while entire buildings are severely damaged or destroyed in an EF3. Both damage types were seen in the DFW tornadoes of April 3. There have been recent outbreaks with more tornadoes across north Texas, but this event is likely to produce the greatest dollar amount of damage in the Metroplex since the large Fort Worth tornado of March 2000. Human casualties stand at 12 injuries, some severe. There have been no deaths reported. Damage will likely be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The Red Cross is reporting 650 homes were damaged across the Dallas- Fort Worth area with hundreds of business and industrial buildings also damaged or destroyed. These figures will likely change as damages assessments continue Wednesday. The National Weather Service will conduct damage surveys on April 4 and the results will be posted in this column as they become available. More damage reports: Arlington: 100 homes damaged in vicinity of Martin High School Coppell: Widespread hail up to baseball size Dallas: 50 semis damaged at Snider Trucking Dallas: Severe damage to 50 homes. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE 3 OF 3 N.I YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY SUTTER ttICKAi%/!E BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR ,tIcDONALD COLLINS /W. RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIV LIBK-1 RY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED II�! DATE OF ARTICLE /3 �loq NEWSPAPER"Ka"!met', ea • Forney: Crosby Elementary heavily damaged. More than 70 homes suffer moderate to severe damage. Greenville: Large tornado near the city; at least one home destroyed Kennedale: Several injuries from storm Lancaster: 12 homes destroyed, 300 damaged, most all buildings lost their roofs at the least Information used in this report was gathered from the National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center, KDFW-TV, WFAA-TV and the Associated Press. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY SUTTER MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT McDONALD COLLINS W. RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED 911011,2 DATE OF ARTICLE 14 I LI I/ NEWSPAPER FWST Officials ask Northeast Tarrant cities to reduce water consumption Posted Wednesday, Apr. 04, 2012 Staff report The Trinity River Authority is asking residents of Bedford, Colleyville, Euless, Grapevine and North Richland Hills to voluntarily reduce water consumption Wednesday evening as a precaution to offset the effects of a power outage at TRAs Tarrant County Water Supply Project. "TRA's request is related solely to the quantity of water available to the cities' storage tanks," according to a news release. The authority expects that power will be restored within a few hours. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY SUTTER i ICKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT McDONALD COLLINSW. `I W. RHODES GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN / LIBRARY REF HARTSELL "7 DATE DISTRIBUTED I©! I DATE OF ARTICLE NEWSPAPER FWST Euless to consider building water park and indoor pool Posted Monday,Apr.09,2012 BY TERRY EVANS tevans@star-teleg ram.corn EULESS—An indoor pool and outdoor water park could come to town soon. The City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on whether to authorize City Manager Gary McKamie to find a company to design and build the facilities at the Euless Family Life Center,spokeswoman Betsy Deck said. If the project is approved,Euless could soon join several Northeast Tarrant County neighbors that have built aquatic centers,from elaborate indoor water parks like the one opening Saturday in North Richland Hills to simple outdoor splash pads like the one being built in Haltom City's newest park. McKamie and Parks Director Ray McDonald toured area aquatic centers looking for features to present to the council,Deck said. The idea is to put an indoor pool at the 300 W.Midway Drive facility that will"accommodate senior therapeutic needs and give our citizens a pool they can use year-round,"McDonald said. He hopes to start work this year on the 1-to 1.5-acre complex and finish it sometime in 2013. The indoor pool may feature garage-type doors that can be raised partway for an open-air effect that reduces the chlorine smell typical of indoor pools, Deck said. In addition to the indoor pool, McDonald said,the complex would include outdoor lap pools and"some type of current channel and the typical outdoor aquatic facility with interactive play features,maybe a lazy river component,splash areas for smaller kids and a zero-depth- entry pool." According to tonight's agenda,the 2012 budget provides funding for the design.The cost has not been determined. The council meets at 7 p.m. in City Hall,201 N.Ector Drive. Terry Evans,817-390-7620