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ARLINGTON
' Road closure
Pipeline Rd.
Road Trinity Blvd.
be closed
beginning
Calloway Cemetery Rd,
Mosier Palley Rd.
} 157
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STAR-TELEGRAM/DAVESEYMOUR
Mosier Valley Road
to close for month
Beginning Mond4y,Mosier
Valley Road at Farm Road 157 in
north Arlington will be closed
' for about a month
Traffic to the Arlington land-
fill must enter and exit Mosier
Valley Road from the south
entrance at Farm Road 157.
The Texas Department of
Transportation is widening
Farm Road 1S7 from two lanes
to six lanes between the Arling-
ton city limits and Texas 10.
For more information about
the project,call solid>waste
manager Allen Jones at(817)
459-790S or Michael Peters,
Texas Department of Trans-
portation information officer,at
(817)370-6846. I :.
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Euless mayor,
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For 10 years, Mary Lib Saleh and
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her husband, Ray, have served as
mayor and first gentleman of Euless. Now
they face their biggest test.
Euless Mayor Mary Lib Saleh and her hus- lave story filled with fun and answered"yes."He asked her to
band,Ray,didn't want an extravagant party last accomplishment.She is a won- go steady.She thought he asked
year for their 50th wedding anniversary.They got derful mayor,and he is a terrific her to marry him.
one anyway.Their five children saw to that. fust gentleman of Euless.She is The next day,when Ray didn't
Of course,the party was at vibrant and outgoing and funny come by for a visit,she began
the Conference Centre at Texas and smart.He is solid and quiet crying.She told her mother,"If
Star in Euless,the crown jeweland steady and supportive. somebody proposes,they ought
of Saleh's successful decade as They met in 1951 at Patuxent to came over the next morning:'
} the city's mayor.More than 200 giver Naval Air Station in Mary- Her father said,"Well,let's I
+ people attended,and each table land,where he tested airplanes.
She was the daughter of a naval just find out.I'll go over and ask
had seven live goldfish.The him:'
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goldfish represented the familycommander and worked as a So her father went to Ray's
` —Mary Lib,Ray and their five house and asked "We had a lit-
Navy mathematician.
Dave b f children. The first time they saw each tle mix-up.Did you propose or
\0(UHI1AST 13GA'r When the party ended,theother,she was an her knees not?"
mayor decided that the fish scrubbing a floor,at her moth- A startled Ray quickly shifted
should be let go in a nearby creek as an anniversary er's insistence.Her mother gears,answering,"No,I pro-
gift of freedom.But a Texas Star waitress shouted, looked at Ray,whom she didn't posed."
"Wait,I've got a new aquarium"So the mayor told know,and bellowed,"Why don't After their marriage,Ray
everyone to dump the fish in a giant bucket. you help Mary Lib scrub the continued to work as an aircraft
"Honey,"the mayor said,"the fish are infloors?"So he did tester for an airplane manufac-
there."And everyone ran out the door laughing '°She was gorgeous,"Ray turfing company.They moved to
before the waitress could figure out there were remembersin the bucket. .Mary Lib was so Texas in 1964 when his company
abohs
Tbe marriage o Mary Lib and Ray is a Euless pretty that she won a beauty had problemtransferred s'f findingtheright
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Mary Lib thought Ray,a place to live.Previously,they
World War U veteran who always lived amid plenty of hills
fought under Gen.George S.
Patton Jr.in Germany,was dash-
ing."He was a gentleman,and
he knew how to take someone
:Y out for dinner and the theater
and haw to enjoy things like
that;'she says.
At a New Year's party in 1952,
;j Ray asked her a question and
Mary Lib misunderstood and
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t` Mary Lib Saleh
and her husband,
Ray,have under-
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changes in their
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moved to a nurs-
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' and trees.They couldn't fmd warm grandmotherly touch to a couldn't walk anymore. Their house is two miles
that in Fort Worth,Dallas or City Hall that seemed to thrive Ray's health deteriorated so away,and Ray comes home on
Arlington with such a loving but tough badly that he could only eat weekends.Mary Lib visits the
' Somebody asked,"Have you person atop city government. through a stomach tube.He nursing home at least once a
tried Euless" She ran for mayor in 1993 and needed around-the-clock nurs- day."I never heard of Euless, has served ever since. ing care. Mary Lib says,"I may not do
Mary Lib answered. In recent years,she has been In the hardest decision of as many social things as I did
They drove down Pipeline. plagued with health problems. their lives,Mary Lib and Ray before.It's not as much fun if
Road,and a new subdivision Rumors abounded that she decided that he needed to move you don't have a partner.But if
caught Mary Lib's eye."Stop!" would retire.First,there was a into Parkwood Healthcare Com- it's for the city,I will go and do
she yelled at Ray,who was dri- bout with breast cancer in 1999. munity,a Bedford nursing home. it."
ving.They found a new four- Then she was diagnosed with He has lived there since Novem- With tears falling,she contin-
bedroom ranch,perfect for their lung cancer in 2001,and part of ber. ued,"I don't like living alone,
five children and for Mary Lib's a lung was removed.Now she is Never for a moment did especially when you've had a
hobby of Japanese flower gar- dealing with serious eye prob- Mary Lib and Ray talk about her house full of children.Now,to
' dening.The Salehs have lived in lems. resigning from government.She have an empty house,it's still
the house for 39 years and,of Still,she ran again in 2002 so is 72 and he is 77,old enough for awfully lonesome.It's just not
course,there is a beautiful she could preside over the city's most folks to retire to a life of the same.
Japanese garden outside. proud 50-year anniversary."I gardening and cruises and visits "I always left City Hall after
' In 1989,Ray retired from the wanted to do it right, she says. from the grandchildren. night meetings and called Ray
airplane company after a long But after her re-election, Not in this family. and said,'I'm coming home:He
and successful career.That Ray's health began to fail.He "We truly believe that once always turned on the outside
same year,Mary Lib ran for City was diagnosed with Parkinson's you make a commitment,you lights and stood on the driveway
Council and won on her first try. disease and that began slowing ought to fulfill the commit- waiting for me.I don't have that
She turned out to be a natural him down.In November,when ment,"the mayor says. anymore:'
politician,brimming with ener- he was taking out the trash for a Ray says,"She enjoys it.I Dave Lieber's column appears Sundays,
gy and humor.She brought a neighbor,he fell,breaking his enjoy it.I think she's doing a Tuesdays and Fridays.
hi and damaging his knee.He good job." --7
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RAISING FUNDS FOR AIRPORT FREEWAY EXPANSION
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517 STA,R-TELEGRAM'/TIM B�DISON
Mee"offer chmm
to SUPport,oppoSe to]IS The meetings:
m 6:30 p.m. July 14,
Motorists who want to Grapevine City Council cham-
voice their opinions about the ber,200 S.Main St.
possibility of freeway lanes m 1:30 p.m. July 15, Dallas
being converted to toll lanes City Hall Ll auditoriun-4 1500
!in Tarrant County are encour- Marilla St.
f a series
aged to attend any o m 6:30 p.m. July 15, Fort
of meetings this summer. Worth Southwest Regional
Future freeway plans,buses Library,4001 Library Lane.
and rail, air quality and dan m 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Grand
gerous railroad crossings will Prairie City Hall, 317 College
also be discussed. The meet St.
ings are sponsored by the In 1:30 p.m. Aug. 12, North
Richland Hills City Hall, 7301
North Central Texas Council
of Governments, a planning NZ Loop 820.
group that oversees trans- m 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12, Dallas
portation funding for 16 coun- Comnlissioners Court,411 Elm St.
ties.
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Wife cites insulin realetion
In fatal Grapevine wreek
' Police continue
to investigate a
three-vehicle wreck that
killed three people, includ-
ing a 4-year-old girl.
By BEN TWSLEY
' STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
The wife of a driver who '^ J.HEMEL B.NEMEI
caused a two-car collision that ed.Brittany and Brown died at
' killed three people Sunday in the scene. Police initially
Grapevine said she believes reported that Hemel died at
that her diabetic husband was a the scene, too,but rescue per-
suffering from an insulin reac- sonnei briefly revived him,
' tion at the time. police said.
"I feel he took too much , Three people in the Mit-
insulin before he left the x subishi Galant were treated at
house, and it took a long time Baylor Medical Center in
' to take effect," said Sara Dee SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/JORDAN INGE Grapevine and released.
Hemel of Euless."He becomes Debris litters the roadway Mon- Police are reconstructing
disorientec-when his blood day along southbound Texas the accident, which remained
' sugar becomes low" 360 in Grapevine where a colli- under investigation Monday
Grapevine police said it sion late Sunday killed two night,Hallmark said.
may take weeks to get medical motorists and one driver's Police initially reported that
reports that could determine 4-year-old daughter. His wife Hemel did not*have his head-
what caused Williamames says that her diabetic husband
j lights on. But Monday, police
Hemel to drive his jeep Chero- may have had an adverse insulin referenced conflicting witness
kee northbound in a south- reaction. accounts on whether the lights
bound lane of Texas 360. were on,Hallmark said.
' "We won't know if diabetes ver,Amos Brown,54,of Irving. Sara Hemel said her hus-
actually played a role for at A third vehicle, a 2000 Mit- band had taken his daughter
least a few days. The medical subishi Galant,then struck the on an errand when the acci-
examiner's office is doing Honda Accord from the rear. dent happened
' blood alcohol tests, but we The jeep Cherokee came to "Brittany loved her daddy
Have no indication that alcohol rest on its passenger-side. very much and wanted to go
played a role," said Grapevine The accident occurred with him to Wal-Mart to pick up
police Cpl.Larry Hallmark. about a half-mile south of the popcorn because we were
' Hemel's Cherokee collided Texas 1211360 merge. watching a movie as a family,"
with a 2003 Honda Accord in Hemel, 27, died shortly she said. "We were going to
the 2800 block of Texas 360 after midnight at Harris watch TheFlincessBtideagain:,
about 9 p.m. Sunday, killing Methodist Fort Worth hospi- ---
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him, his 4-year-old daughter, h' titinsteyC�star-tetegram.com
Brittany, and the Accord dri- ical Examiner's Office report-
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Blockbuster employee
� is robbed at bank s
A robber sprayed a Block- was described as a black male
buster Video employee in the about 6 feet tall,weighing 150 }
face with Mace or pepper to 170 pounds and in his late { '
spray Monday morning and teens or early 20s,Bedford
stole a company bank deposit Deputy Police Chief Les .eVAN
bag,the second such robbery Hawkins said.
in Bedford during the past "We are working them as
monthpolice said. separate cases,but both cases
A male employee who are similar,and the victim's E
works at a Euless Blockbuster descriptions are real close," Police describe the robber of two y
video store was robbed at 9:27 Hawkins said. Blockbuster stores as a black
i male about 6 feet tall, weighing
a.m.while he was parked in a Anyone with information
commercial drive-through about the robberies isurged to 150 to 170 pounds in his late
lane at First National Bank call the Bedford Police Depart- teens or early 20s.
Mid-Cities in the 4200 block ment at(817)952-2127 or Tar-
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' of Airport Freeway,Bedford rant County Crimestoppers at
Detective Sgt.Jerry Buford (817)469-TIPS,Buford said. f
said. —Mark Thompson
A man approached the dri-
ver on foot,sprayed him,
struck him and fled in a car
with the checks and cash that
were in the bank bag,Buford
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said.
A similar robbery occurred
June 9 in a parking lot in the
2200 block of Airport Freeway s
in Bedford.A female employee
of a Bedford Blockbuster store
was sprayed,and the robber
escaped with a bank deposit
bag.
In both cases,the robber
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Will Tarrant County grun over`
By TODD SMITH , Collecting toils The price of bread is up. Milk's
SPECIAL TO.THE STAR-TELEGRAM on Airport Free- up. Rent is up.The cost of roads for
When a large contingent of Hurst- way would be an unfair burden on rural drivers will, however, continue
Euless-Bedford leaders recently trav- urban residents. to drop.
eled to Austin to talk about the vital is like a U.S. postage stamp: Its price Urban drivers already help pay
expansion of Airport Freeway, the for rural drivers roads. Because
Texas Transportation Commission must as inbe raised simply to maintain its urban areas have more drivers per
had a clear response: If you want to Purchasg power. lane mile, the cost per person for
expedite this project, you should The gas tax was last raised in 1991 adequate roads is much less than in
convert your existing freeway into a and has lost much of its purchasing rural areas. More people create
toll road. power.It is a user fee:The more you greater efficiencies.
The expansion of Airport Free- use our roads, the more gas you use Because rural drivers could not
way is at the top of the priority list and the more you pay. afford the full cost of their roads,the
for H-E-B. It is Tarrant County's The state's political leadership has gas tax provides an appropriate sub-
busiest road, with more traffic per historically and understandably pre sidy by requiring urban drivers to
lane than the LBJ Freeway(Interstate ferred campaign slogans like "no pay as much as rural drivers.
635) in Dallas, and that burden is new taxes" over "let me explain the But a policy that requires that the
growing daily realities of the gas tax." new revenue into our state system
Some local leaders, rightly frus- Great politics,but poor policy. come from toll roads on certain
' trated by delays in the projec*, have Our roads are clogged. Our pollu- already-paid-for freeways in the
expressed support for tolls if that is tion is thickening. The system is inner core of urban counties turns a
what it takes to end congestion. But underfunded. rational subsidy into a completely
H-E-B should not have to choose The practical effect of the Trans- irrational sanction against some j
' between suffering in congestion and portation Commission's suggestion urban drivers.
bearing a disproportionate share of is that the new money coming into ,And the proposed burden is not
the state's transportation costs. the state system will be generated by even fairly distributed within the
My constituents face this particu- those who drive in the four or so urban' counties. The state is provid-
larly unfair choice only because of most congested urban areas (Dallas, ing Southlake, Trophy Club and
the state's ongoing failure to fulfill its Fort Worth, Houston and San Anto- Roanoke with a new, expanded
fiscal responsibility mo), while the 78 percent of Texans Texas 114—with no tolls on the new
' Our state has historically paid for who live elsewhere continue to pay lanes,much less existing lanes.
increasing transportation costs with what they paid 12 years ago—unless H-E-B residents deserve what
periodic increases in the gas tax, they have a more fuel-efficient vehi- those cities got: a nice, sufficient
now 20 cents per gallon.The gas tax cle,in which case they pay less. state freeway paid for with state
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funds.
il. False but politically convenient '
arguments have been made for why
we should not increase the gas tax:
a The gas tax is an inefficient way '
to raise transportation dollars
because 25 percent is dedicated to
public education and because the
Legislature pays for other things like
the Department of Public Safety out
of the fund
The Texas Constitution could eas-
J ily be amended to dedicate a future
increase in the gas tax solely to
transportation.
The state will guarantee that 95
percent of every local dollar raised
by a toll road would go into the local
_ project.
It is a state roadl It should be paid
for with state money.
Tax increases are bad for the
economy.
The government serves some
vital functions.Providing good roads
is one of them. Ending gridlock will
help our economy,not hurt it.
x Finally, this for H-E-B residents:
Grab your wallets, because "no new
staxes" political pledges are about to
cost you money. '
State Rep.Todd Smith of Euless represents District 92,
including most of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford area,
in the Texas House.
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