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Child Safety Seat Check
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10 a . m . - 2 p . m . iT'Z Euless Parking Lot 1201 W . Airport Freeway Carseat
Inspection The Child Safety Seat Task Force will be setting up a check point in Euless. This free test that will ensure
your child safety seat is installed correctly and securely in your car.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that as many as 80 percent of all car seats are improperly
installed . Many Euless Police officers are certified in the Child Safety Seat restraint system and will provide free
checks throughout the year by appointment.
Please call (817) 685- 1686 to make an appointment.
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Museum dedicated to Euless history opens Saturday
Posted Monday , Sep . 03 , 2012
BY TERRY EVANS
tevans@star-telegram . com
EULESS -- Mayor Mary Lib Saleh will tell you that her town " truly is a neighborhood , and it' s filled with
volunteers . "
So when the 35 - member Euless Historical Preservation Committee told her that , if given the space , they
would organize hundreds of donated artifacts into a viable museum , she got out of their way .
" It started when we got the Fuller House , " Saleh said , referring to the town ' s first brick home , moved in
1995 to Heritage Park . " They cleaned it up , and people started giving things from their homes , their
parents ' homes and furnished it in nothing flat . Then they kept giving and giving until there was so much
stuff you couldn ' t move around in there . "
Moving most of the artifacts from the Fuller House into its next-door neighbor , the Ruth Millican Center at
201 Cullum Drive , was the only viable solution . The center is home to the new Euless Heritage Museum ,
which opens Saturday .
Refreshments will be served , and tours will be conducted through the museum and the trio of buildings
next door at Heritage Park -- the Fuller House , the 1850s -era Himes Log House and the McCormick Barn ,
built of lumber salvaged from the World War I training base Camp Bowie .
Special exhibits in the museum include a back porch attached to a room designed to look like a 1930s -
era kitchen , complete with period appliances . Nearby is a mid -20th -century schoolroom and a space
dedicated to military memorabilia .
In the larger display area are artifacts from as far back as the 1880s . Euless traces its pre - incorporation
heritage back to Bird ' s Fort and a settlement that sprang up about the mid - 19th century .
" There ' s a Flexi -flyer sled that was brought to Texas from Maryland , " she said . "We asked for an old red
wagon , and four of them turned up the next day . The love that' s gone into putting this museum together is
unbelievable . "
Terry Evans , 817 - 390 - 7620
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SBV Communities Purchases 2nd Multi
Family Property in a Week with
Acquisition of Bear Creek Apartments in
Dallas
Kansas City - based SBV Communities , the multi - family
real estate division of Spectrum Business Ventures ,
Inc . enters Dallas with its purchase of Bear Creek
Apartments .
P ublished Monday, Sep . 10 , 2012
KANSAS CITY , Mo . , Sept . 10 , 2012 - - / PRNewswire/ - - SBV Communities today announced
its purchase of 211 - unit Bear Creek Apartments in Euless , Texas . The acquisition is the
second purchase this week for the owner and operator of multi - family apartment complexes
and marks the continued expansion of its portfolio . SBV Communities executed the purchase
and sale agreement on July 8th and closed the transaction on September 6th , adding a 14t"
market to its portfolio . This purchase was facilitated by Auction . com , the online real estate
platform which has handled more than 300 Commercial REO transactions since 2011 .
D allas/ Ft . Worth , the 4th largest market in the country , is home to the global headquarters of
20 Fortune 500 companies . Bear Creek ' s location in Euless Texas - centrally located between
D allas and Ft . Worth - is an ideal housing community for a vast and expanding workforce .
Its proximity to Dallas/ Ft . Worth International Airport strengthens its economic position as a
natural employment base for companies serving the airline industry , such as LSG Sky Chefs ,
Inc , and others .
" Dallas is the most important city in the fastest growing state in the country . There
is little mystery as to why it attracts so much investment interest . Acquiring well -
positioned assets in a growth market clearly supports our investment directive of
adding properties with long -term value and growth potential to our portfolio . " -
Chris Thomson, Director of Multi- Family Acquisitions
About SBV Communities SBV Communities was formed in 2009 to acquire and manage
multi - family real estate properties . The company builds long - term value for investors by
focusing on lender- owned , B & C properties with strong value - add potential . SBV
Communities ' portfolio includes assets in fourteen markets .
About Spectrum Business Ventures , Inc . Founded in 2002 , Spectrum Business Ventures ,
Inc . is a private investment firm based in Kansas City , Missouri providing family offices , high
net worth and institutional investors unique , complex and compelling business opportunities
to build long - term value at low risk . The company owns and operates entities in the United
States , Central America and Europe with a total enterprise value of more than $ 1 billion .