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Home My WebLink About2010-08-13 Euless Articles it , DISTRIBI TED TO: PAGE (d — MAYOR CITY CVCL CITY ATTNY CRLM :MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT - A .McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADIMIN LIBRARY REF H,9RTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED /` ll DATE OF ARTICLE F/ ..?//0 NEWSPAPER FWST L., e ew-g? Ara ., : di4 ,.., ., v �.: .''-', f !'Y� � il1E ,s ..... L ANNIVERSARIES L ,,,,,,..„,, r : iN° 4. yF � ,`z F t° : 5., , 1 7::: ...„,,,,.7:::::..... ..,€,... — Gafford i Rosemary and Leroy Gafford recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on August 5,2010. L Rosie, the former Rosemary Thornhill from Dallas, is retired from the City of Euless where she was City Secretary. She is a skilled bridge player with a Bronze Life Master ranking and still actively plays in tournaments.A Buckner alumni and a graduate L of the University of Texas,Roy is also a retired Colonel in the US Army Reserves.He was in the oil and water treatment business for 35 years.Roy plays golf weekly and is an avid online chess player.Together they love to travel,taking trips several times a year. They have three daughters, Becky Journey, Sandy Vecchio, Nancy Gafford and one son,Larry Gafford,who all reside in the DPW area. They also have three grandchildren and one great- grandchild. L L L k L i DISTRIBUTED TO: P.1 GE .114YOR CITYCN'CL CITYATTNY CRIM AICAAMIE BROU"N YOUNG ANIMAL CNT , 's tIcDON,iLD COLLhVS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBR9RYcAD,yiI1V LIBRARY REF HARTSELL L DATE OFARTICLE �J NEWSPAPER FWST DATE DISTRIBUTED Tarrant of millions in stu ulus cash I Federal funds O GOP im Texas got$14.3 billion in Other recipients include ' 100 projects criticized contracts,grants and loans, the Amon Carter Museum senators question the need to The McCain/Coburn 2QQ on new „ second only to California, of American Art, $16,435; spend$454, report citing 100 Stimulus which drew$23.4 billion in Theatre Arlington, `. lights at a Euless ball field. Projects that Give Taxpay- stimulus aid. More than $16,434; and the Fort By Anna M.Ttns1 ers the Blues"came out last 100 grants and more than Worth Symphony {arches- ; '� week,n4ning the top pro- $50,000. ' atinsley@star-telegram.com two dozen contracts, went tra Association, Jetts that some leaders be- to Tarrant County, records At the Arlington theater, W Thousands of North Texans call it the Crown jewel of Adult lieve aren't the best choice show. for instance, the money l Softball. for stimulus funds. But because of the large helped keep the commmtu- At No. 99 was Softball elation here, Texas y theater afloat during But to former Republican pop tt , presidential nominee john World, a project expected ranks 48th in stimulus dol- tough economic times, to be finished within a year lars per person — with an when management had al McCain, spending $454,200 in and save or create 2.8 jobs. average of$985 per person ready cut the number of federal stimulus funds to re- Other Texas projects paid staffers from seven to place lighting at Softball World, listed in the report include — behind only Virginia, four, c a city park in Euless,is a prime researching the public's with $872 per person and "This grant saved our example of how the govern- impression of the stimulus; Nebraska, with $943 per butts,' said Todd Hart, ment is wasting taxpayer dal- helping fund the 2009 In- person, according to executive producer of the Lars. ternatianal Accordion Fes- McClatchy,calculations. theater. "Without it, we ' r "Playing in the glow of stim- tival in San Antonio; and wouldn't have closed our alas funded lights—now that's studying the weather onillct Locodoors, but we probably CJties, .schools, muse- something completely new," Venus at San Antonio's would have had to cut some according to a "Summertime Southwest Research Insti- un gad schools are among - educational Blues" report written Sens. the Tarrant County entities programs P by Lute. and outreach - which we "Torrential,misdirected that received federal stimu certainly didn't want to do. McCain,R-Ariz., and Tom Co- lus help in the past year. burn, R-Okla. "One would government spending is Tarrant County Itself re- •� People $16,000 , not the way to (create isn't a lot of money, but ), think that the teams using the _ ceived more than$3.5 mil= fields should just pay higher jobsaccording to the re- hon to reduce crime, im- when you are a company as r fees for the lit renovations port. "Generating record- small as*oiv'� $16,000 is T breaking national debt iso services in cases of ham„ instead of the American tax- violence against women, „ payer,most of whom will never not an investment in our Thin helped us through p ay ohildren's and grandchil- reduce diesel emissions and a very difficult time that see Euless, Texas, no matter more. And cities through- dren,s future and will not would have been even how bright the new lights are:' out the county pulled in lead to any long-term re- harder for us:' But many who live in the millions of dollars to help covery.„ This comes as At the museum, the Northeast Tarrant County city ever thousands of projects na- every from re- grant money helped pay t said that more than 100,000 ducing crime to starting tionwide have drawn fund- salaries of two conservators people use or visit the city park Ing from the national stim- "green”infrastructure pro- whose positions normally jects. Funding also covers l each year and that the lighting ulus program. were funded by an endow- Is a proper use of stimulus Since last year, nearly vation, preserving law en- ment. "When the stock funds. $220 billion has gone to market dropped nearly 50 forcement jobs and com- "This is ridiculous" said stimulus projects nation- bating the flow of drugs percent,the endowment — Richard Hopkins, ' who' wide through nearly like thousands of endow- 40,000 from Mexico. la outfield with the Dia- 40,000 contracts more meats across the country— P plays ' Some funds in Fort mond Softball Club at the than 170,000 grants and Worth for instance will be was 'underwater,' and ark about three nights a more than 1,300 loans,ac- there were no earnings p rt cording to recove ov, a used for a greenhouse gas from the endowment to week. A lot of people go to g rY 8 inventory, parking lot the park to play or watch, website set up by the gov- fighting,a pilot project us- fund their salaries andben- and this is a need. ernment to show where efits, said Tracy Greene, a stimulus funds are going. ing solar hot water at city museums spokeswoman. 3 The lights are definitely g g facilities,even a traffic sig- p antiquated, they are more nal project to help predict Groups that help chit- than 25 years old.This will the flow of traffic and auto- chil- dren also benefited from help make them energy-ef- matically adjust signal tim- millions of stimulus dollars ficient;'he said."It's unfair ing.� "This allows us to do nationwide. that they singled out the some pilot projects around one park in Euless:' the city," said Sam Steele, sustainability administra- l DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ` OF J11 YOR CITY CAUL CITYATTNY CRI,M .11CKA,MIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CYT ' .WDO1tiALD COLLLYS J C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYAD.MIN LIBRARYREF H.ARTSELL DATEDIS TRIBC'TED � / 13 11 U DA TE OF ARTICLE l 1 NE•lfSP,APER FWST ' The Boys and Girls Education and research money also went toward ,This is a step in the di- Clubs of Greater Fort Worth Local schools and re- scholarships for disadvan- rection of being able to help received more than search efforts received mil- taged students. Much of our customers . . . reduce ' $42,000 to maintain jobs lions of dollars. the funding allowed expan- their consumption;' he and ensure that mentoring More than $88 million ded research into various said. programs continue;the Le- went to the Fort Worthstaff writers Eva-Marie Ayala na Pope Home received topica, said Glenn Dillon, ' $25,225 to help provide sped school district to help edu- vice president for research and Darren Barbee contributed$25education and services cate children with disabili- at the health science center. to this report. cial disabled children; and ries and special needs, re- "Clearly it has helped move:' place aging kitchen equip those projects forward;' he Anna M.Tinsley,S17-390-7610 the Texas Boys Choir was ment, support early child- said. given $153,766 for public hood education, update Texas Christian Univer- education programs and to technology, make sure sity received nearly$1 mil- help disabled children. homeless children have lion to help with research At the Lena Pope Home, equal access to education, involving phosphoric acids the money was used last avoid deep job cuts and and give financial aid to year for tutoring and spe- even buy two dozen hybrid students. And the Univer- cialized reading instruction buses."This came at a crit- sity of 'Texas at Arlington ' for special-education stu- ical time,' said Trac Mar- landed more than$30 mil- dents at the Chapel Hill y shall,executive director for hon to help with research Academy Charter School— ants and development. on topics such as fibrotic gr something that without the "Our state funding is tissue and new ways to per- grant,"it's very unlikely we continually being reduced form delicate surgeries, as would have been able to do and we have been in budget well as promoting energy at all,,, said Todd Landry, shortfalls. The impact to conservation,: providing executive director of the the students would have scholarships for disadvan- ' children's agency. been bigger" without the taged students and funding an And at the Texas Boys gra federal work study pro- Choir, the stimulus money In Arlington, the school grans, helped pay for tutors for district also picked up more Separate from the ' youth who needed extra than$60 million for similar grants,dozens of contracts help, provide stipends to efforts, including early were issued to local compa- teachers and purchase childhood education,help- nies, ranging from the computers, said Dollie Ble- ing'children with disabili- $56,900 job for Cardinal vins,executive director. "It ties, ensuring homeless Roofing to restore a roof on` was truly a gift for us and children have equal access a federal courthouse to we put it to good use,' she to education and replacing more than $5 million for ' said. aging kitchen equipment. Bell Helicopter Textron to Local charities also drew The University of North move forward with tilt-ro- tens of thousands of grant Texas Health Science Cen- tar test rig development dollars, ter in Fort Worth received and delivery. ' The Tarrant Area Food more than $5 million in Locally, Lockheed Mar- Bank landed more than grants to help with research tin Missiles and Fire Con- $100,000 to help with the touching on diabetes, Par- trol in Grand Prairie re- emergency food assistance kinson's,Alzheimer's, even ceived a $3.5 million con- program costs;the Presby- alternatives to estrogen re- tract to develop the Inte- terian Night Shelter of Tar- placement therapy in grated Smart-BEAR power rant County picked up menopausal women. Grant ,system for the Air Force. $31,000; and the Salvation That contract essentially Army in Fort Worth re- requires those workers to ceived more than find ways to integrate re- $140,000. newable energy resources ' into the power grid of the Basic Expeditionary Air- field Resources base, said Craig Uanbebber,a spokes- ' man for Lockheed. i DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF� MAYOR CITY CYCL CITYATFVY CRIM MCAAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CVT McDONALD COLLIAS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBR4RYADMIN LIBRARYREF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED DATE OF ARTICLE ' C) / O NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST CLICK 500 pounds of cat- 1 = fish.Even if catfish is your fave,you likely don't want that much of it.But for ju- nior anglers, the Wilshire Park Pond at 315 Sierra Drive in Euless will be, stocked with 500 pounds of catfish. Prizes will go to various age groups and categories,and parents can ' fish after the children's competition. It's set for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. 817-685-1429. '