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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-06-24 Euless ArticlesLocal News Euless officers searching for man who stole police SUV Posted on June 11, 2014 at 11:37 AM EULESS -- Police in Euless are looking for a man who escaped arrest by stealing a police officer's SUV. While officers tried to arrest Raymond Fisk, 34, early Wednesday morning, he struggled and ran away, taking off in a 2012 Chevrolet SUV owned by the Euless Police Department. He was last seen driving east on the State Highway 183 service road near Ector Drive. Police said around 5:30 a.m. the SUV was found. Officers are still looking for Fisk. He is described as a white man who is 6'3" and weighs about 200 pounds. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jean shorts and a white shirt. Police say he is armed and dangerous. If you have any information you are asked to call (817) 685-1526. The makeover at Texas Star Golf Course has begun Posted Monday, Jun. 16, 2014 BY TERRY EVANS tevans@star-telegram.com Machines started chewing the bent grass off Texas Star’s greens Monday, the first day of a four-month revitalization that will keep the Euless golf course closed until Oct. 1. “Yesterday we were slammed,” said Glenda Hartsell, general manager of the city- owned course. “Everyone wanted to play with their fathers on Father’s Day, or they wanted to play the course on the last day it would be open.” The $372,000 project will not only resurface all greens with the ultra-dwarf Bermuda called Mini Verde but will also replace the dirt that has passed for sand in 80 bunkers with crushed white quartz. Several tee boxes will be leveled and extended on the 275- acre golf course, and the No. 16 water hazard will be reworked to bring out its natural beauty and bring it more into play. Texas Star, just off of Texas 10, is generally considered one of the top municipal courses in the state. “By next week, we should be able to put the tarps down and fumigate with methyl bromide, killing off the nematodes and the weeds so we start fresh amending the soil,” Hartsell said. “Hopefully, by the end of June, the soil will be ready to go. Our goal is to have all the greens planted by July 11, so they’ll be ready for play on Oct. 1, when we open.” The grounds crew are optimistic about the grow-in, Hartsell said. “It will be a long project, but the end result will be great and people will appreciate,” she said. People also will appreciate the course’s new wheels, Hartsell promised. Whether Yamaha, E-Z Go or Club Car wins the contract for 80 new golf carts, Hartsell said each cart in the fleet will be equipped with aGPS device that shows each hole in its entirety and gives yardage based on where the cart stops. They will also allow the staff to track each cart so players can be reached quickly in emergencies, and they have instant messaging so guests can be warned in case of inclement weather. Guests don’t have to wait until October to enjoy Texas Star’s off-course amenities. The ranges and putting greens haven’t closed, so clinics, lessons and such events as golf equipment manufacturer demonstrations will be held. Raven’s Grille and the 7,000-square-foot Texas Star Conference Centre remain open. Also, free concerts are scheduled June 19, Aug. 21 and Sept. 13 in the 4,000-square- foot outdoor pavilion. Terry Evans, 817-390-7620 Man accused of stealing Euless patrol car arrested Posted Monday, Jun. 16, 2014 BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. ramirez@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH — A man who bragged about stealing a Euless patrol car and getting away from authorities last week was arrested Monday in Fort Worth after a brief foot pursuit, police said. Through tips and the investigation, Euless police learned that Raymond Fisk, 34, was at a hotel in the 3800 block of Tanacross Drive in Fort Worth Monday morning. At about 11 a.m. Monday, Fisk and two other people were seen loading luggage into a vehicle in the hotel parking lot, Euless police said Monday. When he saw officers approach him, Fisk ran from the scene, but he was arrested a short time later. The other two people were also taken into custody on related and unrelated charges. Fisk was in the Euless City Jail Monday. Before he was arrested, a caller told a Euless dispatcher that he overheard Fisk bragging that he was wanted for stealing the patrol unit. Euless patrol officers had tried to arrest Fisk early Wednesday on a drug charge. Fisk struggled with officers, ran away from them, got inside the white 2012 Euless patrol sports utility vehicle and drove off, police Capt. Gary Landers said in a news release. He was last seen driving on a service road of Texas 183 near Ector Drive in Euless, police said. Officers searching Northeast Tarrant County and east Fort Worth found the patrol unit about 5:15 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity and American boulevards in Fort Worth. Fisk was considered armed and dangerous. He has a criminal history in Tarrant County. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2004 for an aggravated robbery in Fort Worth, according to Tarrant County criminal court records, and was sentenced to four years in 2000 for robbery and theft of a vehicle in Fort Worth. Fisk has a June 24 hearing on three charges — assault on a public servant, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a controlled substance — out of Arlington, records show. Domingo Ramirez Jr., 817-390-7763 Twitter: @mingoramirezjr Redi-Mix Announces Certification for Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Concrete in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Redi-Mix Announces Certification for Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Concrete in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex U.S. Concrete Continues Its Commitment to Environmental Protection EULESS, Texas, June 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Redi-Mix, LLC, a business unit of U.S. Concrete, Inc. (Nasdaq:USCR), today announced that it was awarded certification from NSF International for its Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Concrete in the Dallas/Fort Worth Market. The EPD and a life cycle assessment were independently verified under the product category rules designated by Carbon Leadership Forum. An EPD is a standardized (ISO 14025/TR) label designed to communicate the environmental impact of a product in a scientifically sound, streamlined and comparable format. EPDs include information on the environmental impact of the product, throughout its lifecycle. Often compared to a nutritional label, EPDs provide the facts and transparency needed for customers to make informed buying decisions as they relate to such characteristics as global warming potential, ozone depletion and water use. "The need for transparency and clear environmental data is increasingly being added to the information requested by building owners and developers in our markets," said Redi-Mix, Inc. Regional Vice President Niel Poulsen. "We are pleased to respond to these market demands with certified EPDs. By providing our design team partners with clear, comparable data on the environmental impact of our products, not only do they have information they can trust, but they are empowered to make sound decisions when implementing carbon reduction strategies for the planned projects." About U.S. Concrete U.S. Concrete services the construction industry in several major markets in the United States through its two business segments: ready-mixed concrete and aggregate products. The company has 103 fixed and nine portable ready-mixed concrete plants and eight producing aggregates facilities. During 2013, U.S. Concrete produced approximately 5.2 million cubic yards of ready-mixed concrete and approximately 3.6 million tons of aggregates. For more information on U.S. Concrete, visit www.us-concrete.com. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on management's belief, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any obligation to update these statements and cautions you not to rely unduly on them. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding: the stability of the business; ready-mix backlog; ability to maintain our cost structure; ability to maximize liquidity, monitor fixed costs, manage variable costs, control capital spending and monitor working capital usage; and the adequacy of current liquidity. Although U.S. Concrete believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among other matters: general and regional economic conditions; the level of activity in the construction industry; the ability of U.S. Concrete to complete acquisitions and to effectively integrate the operations of acquired companies; development of adequate management infrastructure; departure of key personnel; access to labor; union disruption; competitive factors; government regulations; exposure to environmental and other liabilities; the cyclical and seasonal nature of U.S. Concrete's business; adverse weather conditions; the availability and pricing of raw materials; the availability of refinancing alternatives; and general risks related to the industry and markets in which U.S. Concrete operates. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those expected. These risks, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in U.S. Concrete's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including U.S. Concrete's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. CONTACT: Company Contacts: Andrew Pinkerton Marketing Communications, U.S. Concrete apinkerton@us-concrete.com O: 817-835-2621 M: 214-724-9664 Lennar Corp. buys Euless tract for new project Submitted art Lennar plans to build 60 homes on its latest acquisition, with expectations to break ground in early 2015. Candace Carlisle Miami-based national builder Lennar Corp. has bought a tract of land within the Bear Creek Riverwalk development in Euless for a new residential, apartment and commercial development near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Last year, Lennar bought 55 acres of land within the project to build 200 homes. This latest purchase at State Highway 183 and State Highway 360 in Euless is the builder's third land deal within Bear Creek Riverwalk. Lennar plans to build 60 homes on its latest acquisition, with expectations to break ground in early 2015. Terms of the land sale were undisclosed. Andrew Prine of Stratford Group LLC and Tim Coltart of Realty Capital Management LLC worked on the deal. "We are very pleased with the positive response to our Dominion at Bear Creek Development, and we are happy to expand our commitment to this community," said Greg Urech, Lennar's vice president of land and acquisitions. The site is expected to include commercial development after homebuilders finish development on those home tracts. The Bear Creek Riverwalk development has been evolving over the past several years. Candace covers commercial and residential real estate and sports business. Cheers & Jeers Posted Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 hCheers: To the young Euless police officer who helped push my vehicle into a parking lot off Texas 10 in the night June 11. I know he had more important calls to answer, and I appreciate his patience and kindness. — Olivia Wedel, Euless iJeers: To an inhumane person who took my brother’s dog off the back porch. They dropped him at the pound claiming they “found” him. He had lost hearing and sight in one eye. He had to be put to sleep shortly after. He was terrorized his last few days. — Landon Terry, Mansfield hCheers: To these wonderful nurses at JPS Health Network Outpatient Surgery: Val, Shannon, Raul, Amy and Lethia. They were so friendly and helpful during outpatient surgery to have my tonsils removed. They made me feel like I was the only patient there. You made a painful surgery not so bad! — Lynette Elkins, Arlington Eats Beat: One more new Chop House, just to further confuse us Posted Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 BY BUD KENNEDY bud@star-telegram.com The “other” Chop House Burger is coming to Fort Worth. The “CHB” Chop House, known in Dallas and Euless for burgers with black summer truffle sauce and dangerously addictive fries, will open in City Place Center, the former Tandy tower near Sundance Square. Be warned: Chop House Burger is nothing like the other restaurant with a similar name, chef Kenny Mills’ Chop House Burgers in Arlington and Mansfield. Chop House Burger is like a scaled-back Hopdoddy or Twisted Root in some ways, serving carefully crafted, grinder-fresh, hormone-free burgers. The downside: They’re small. A $10 bill doesn’t buy much more burger-and-fries than a $5 at In- N-Out. But Euless diners have taken quickly to Chop House, particularly the Wine Country honey mustard-goat cheese burger; a Green Burger with falafel, hummus and tzatziki; the Ellis County-raised fried chicken sandwich or the sage-cranberry turkey burger. Watch for Chop House Burger at 100 Throckmorton St., or try the Euless location at 2720 Texas 121; 817-358-2747,chophouseburger.com. (It’s probably not too soon to repeat: This is not related to our DFW Burger Battle-finalist Chop House Burgers (with an “s”) in Arlington and Mansfield, chophouseburgers.com.) New ranch hands Wildcatter Ranch, known for the scenic drive and country atmosphere between Possum Kingdom Lake and Graham, has switched its steakhouse for a cafe. The Dinner Bell at Wildcatter Ranch opened this week, a spinoff of the home-cooking Dinner Bell Cafe in Graham. The prices are cheaper, the food more casual, but the ranch-house setting remains the same. The Dinner Bell will offer its familiar breakfasts, salads, plate lunches and home-cooking favorites, and add steaks and specials such as pork tenderloin with green chile-hominy. Suggestion: Go on a Saturday for a late breakfast or midafternoon lunch. The Dinner Bell at Wildcatter is open for dinner Tuesdays through Fridays, all day Saturdays and for brunch until 2 p.m. Sundays. Wildcatter is an 80-mile drive from Fort Worth at 6062 S. Texas 16, Graham; 940-549- 3555, wildcatterranch.com. (It may have been affected by the new Chisholm Trail Parkway, which made Rough Creek Lodge’s fine-dining setting near Glen Rose a much shorter drive.) Ready for his close-up Chef Tim Love’s new TV show will premiere July 8 with a New York sendoff. Love will be serving for six hours at a pop-up Mexican restaurant in West Village, he said this week. His new Restaurant Startup (formerly Restaurant Kickstart) launches that night on CNBC Prime. He co-stars with culinary adventurer Joe Bastianich. Love said this week to watch for some NBC promo appearances, maybe even something including former Manhattan Lonesome Dovecustomer Jimmy Fallon. Restaurant Startup will air 9 p.m. Tuesdays on CNBC. cnbc.com. Bud Kennedy's column appears Wednesdays in Life & Arts and Fridays in DFW.com. 817-390- 7538 Twitter: @EatsBeat Facebook: Bud Kennedy's Eats Beat Get alerts at RebelMouse.com/eats Lennar buys more land for homes in Bear Creek Riverwalk in Euless Posted Sunday, Jun. 22, 2014 BY SANDRA BAKER sabaker@star-telegram.com The national home builder Lennar Corp. has bought 13 more acres in the Bear Creek Riverwalk development in Euless. Last year, Lennar bought 55 acres in Bear Creek Riverwalk, at the northwest corner of Airport Freeway and Texas 360. Lennar is building 200 homes there and calling the development Dominion at Bear Creek. The company said it will build about 60 homes on the newly acquired land. Construction won’t begin until 2015, the company said. “We are very pleased with the positive response to our Dominion at Bear Creek Development, and we are happy to expand our commitment to this community,” Greg Urech, Lennar’s vice president of land and acquisitions, said in a statement. Lennar bought the land from Stratford Land, which started Bear Creek Riverwalk, a residential and commercial development, in 2011 when it bought 194 acres from a California group that had owned the land since 1993. Stratford said it will begin the commercial development when more homes are built. About 70 acres are set aside for commercial development of shops and restaurants. When completed, Riverwalk will have about 480 single-family homes, 250 town homes and about 500 apartments. Andrew Prine of Stratford Group and Tim Coltart of Realty Capital Management brokered the latest deal. Lennar is based in Miami. Houston-area firm buys industrial land Frontier Logistics in La Porte has acquired 31.3 acres in the Railhead Industrial Park in north Fort Worth, deed records show. The land is at 4900 N. Railhead Road, 4955 Iron Crossing Drive and 601 NE Loop 820. The land was sold by Zephyr Rail Industrial, a partnership of USAA Real Estate Co. in San Antonio. The company did not respond to requests for comment on plans for the property. Frontier Logistics has 10 facilities, six in the greater Houston area and in Laredo, Longview and Port Lavaca, plus North Charleston, S.C. USAA Real Estate is a subsidiary of USAA, a financial services company for military families. It created Zephyr Rail Industrial in 2004 and bought about 220 acres. Railhead is a 633-acre industrial park at Northeast Loop 820 and Blue Mound Road. Fort Worth apartments sold The Lodge, a 136-unit apartment community at 6500 Oakland Hills Drive in Fort Worth, has been sold to New York-based Iliad Properties. William Migneault sold the complex. Terms were not disclosed. Iliad Properties said it will make interior and exterior improvements. Iliad has seven properties in Tarrant County and expects an acquisition in the Woodhaven area of Fort Worth this year. Chris Deuillet of CBRE negotiated the sale. Transactions 1101 Ave. G, Arlington Capital Partners LLC bought a 60,546-square-foot building on 2.5 acres from the W.W. Henry Co. Mark Graybill, Tom Walrich and Reed Parker of Lee & Associates represented the seller. Nathan Lawrence of CBRE represented the buyer. 315 Winscott Road, Benbrook Mike Jones bought a 3.7-acre tract with a small office and two storage buildings from the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dawn Gazaway-Potthoff of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT represented the buyer. 6483 Southwest Blvd., Benbrook Fit Body Boot Camp has leased space in Mont Del Plaza and will open in July. Dawn Gazaway- Potthoff of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT represented the tenant. Eric Vickers of Colonial Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord. 100 Throckmorton St., Fort Worth Dallas-based DRG Concepts has leased 5,000 square feet in One City Place for a Wild Salsa restaurant. Dennis Leibovitz of the Retail Connection represented the tenant. Spire Realty is the landlord. 7415 Whitehall St., Richland Hills ADW Corp. has leased 2,000 square feet of office/warehouse space. Dawn Gazaway-Potthoff of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT represented the tenant. Matt Carthey of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, ZRE Richland Hills LLC. Sandra Baker, 817-390-7727 Twitter: @SandraBakerFWST