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RECREATION
' SOFTBALL LL IN"O €LD
General manager Rick Lyle is
' offering a cash incentive for teams
affiliated with the United States
Specialty Sports Association.This
weekend,Softball World is hosting
' the first of three Texas 3-step tour-
naments for co-ed and men's C,D,
E league teams.
Tournaments are also sched-
uled for the end of May and June.
About 36 teams in each league will
Participate and earn points in each
' tournament. The top three teams
earning the most points in all four
divisions will earn $1,000, $800
and $600. Lyle said teams would
' receive that money when theyplay
in their respective USSSA state
tournaments,Aug.1-3.Teams can
apply the money toward traveling
to the national tournaments in
October. For more information,
call 817-267-7867.
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The rest of
the `best' food around
Star Time readers have spo- Worth.
ken. Fred's is a multi-phase '
I have concluded, however, Cultural District cafe, patio and
that the"Best of Tarrant"bat- beer joint. By day,it serves
lot missed a few categories. great chicken-fried steaks and '
I'm sure it was strictly by Fred burgers. By night,it's a
oversight that these"bests" hangout with occasional spe-
were left off the list: cials.
.■Best Tex-Mex Restaurant ■Best City Block— The '
Where the Tortillas and Chips 1500 block of North Main
Taste Fresh From the Factory Street, Fort Worth, home to El
— That's Cardona Foods Asadero's pristine green chick- '
Tortilla Factory Cafe& en enchiladas, beautiful La
Bakery,850 Meacham Blvd. in Playa Maya, Los Alamos'
far north Fort Worth. breakfasts, Cafe Zamba's and
Cardona is open daily for Costa Azul's specials. '
Lunch and weekends for break- ■Best Cafe That I
fast, serving in a converted Promised to Never Tell About
factory space.At$5 and $6, —I can print the name: ,
it's the best bargain along Blue Aguilera's Cafe, north Fort
Mound Road. Worth,for homemade enchila-
■Best Steak in a da lunches on Fridays only. But
Steakhouse That Looks Like I swore to friends that I would '
IYs Fixin'To Fall Down— not print the address.
Rib-eye with garlic and pepper ■Best All-You-Can-Eat
at the M&M Steak House, Barbecue Out by the Airport '
1106 N.W. 28th St., north Fort That's Next Door to a
Worth. Trucking Company— None
The M & M is known for other than North Main BBQ,
huge T-bones and sirloins, for 406 N. Main St., Euless. '
Patsy Cline on the jukebox and This is no beer joint.This is
for its dive ambience. a barbecue buffet,serving an
Guaranteed to scare tourists all-you-can-eat feast for$12 '
from up north. aii day Fridays and Saturdays
ff°U-1 bowl of Chili in a and at lunch on Sundays.
Deli— Absolutely Carshon's ■Best Place To Get a$3
Deli, 3133 Cleburne Road, near Burrito That Tastes Like a$7 ,
West Berry Street in south Fort Burrito— Definitely
Worth. Fernandez Cafe,4220 W.
For 75 years,Carshon's has Vickery Blvd., near Hulen '
been serving huge pastrami Street in west Fort Worth,for
reubens and also a great bowl its cilantro chicken burrito.
of chili — not to mention the ■Best Place To Get a$7
perfect chocolate pie. Burrito— Who is stupid ,
■Best Chicken-Fried enough to pay$7 for a burrito?
Steak in a Cafe That Nobody Bud Kennedy's Eats Beat appears
Can Find— The platter Fridays in Star Time and alternate ,
served at lunchtime at Fred's Wednesdays in Food.
(BIT)390-7538
Cafe, 915 Currie St., Fort budk@star-telegram.com
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C pies abound ,
for
For more festival information,
4 major weekend events see Guide,Section T.
offer alts, performers,
kids' activities and food within a 20-to 30-minute drive of f �
one another," said Robb Wasie-
' By MARICE RICHTER lewski,president of the Arts Coun-
StaffwriteT cil of NorthEast Tarrant County.
Everything from fine art to fun- "From an arts standpoint,it is im-
nel cakes and kids' crafts to big- pressive to see so much going on in' Ftp Zoog/scall photo name acts will be part of the me- our own backyard."
nagerie of activities this weekend Celebrity entertainment will be Ivy Distler,5,of Fort Worth browsed for prints at Southlake's
as spring festivals reach full bloom in abundance this year as South- Art in the Square festival last year.The festival returns this
' from Denton to Fort Worth and lake's 4-year-old festival has add- weekend,along with events in Euless,Denton and Fort Worth.
across northeast Tarrant County. ed a headliner act to its usual fare
Festival enthusiasts may face of mostly local acts, food booths, of the festival is free, but tickets, tling to Euless city officials, who
some tough choices between Eu- children's activities,and a fine art priced from $50 to$100,are be- long ago staked a claim to the last
' less'Arbor Daze, Southlake's Art show and sale. ing sold for the Jewel concert. weekend in April for an event fea-
in the Square,the Main Street Fort Jewel, a folk-rock singer and The addition of a big-name act turing a lot of celebrity entertain-
Worth Arts Festival and Denton's songwriter,will perform a benefit at the Southlake festival—and the ment.
Arts&Jazz Festival. concert at 9 p.m. Saturday at competition from Fort Worth's
' "You've got all this going on Southlake Town Square.The rest arts festival — are a little unset-
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tainment stage this year and has setup for the concert,they will buy
lined up acts ranging from popu- tickets,"Ms.Messing said."All the '
The Main Street Fort Worth lar children's entertainer Roger money is going for a good cause."
Arts Festival,one of the largest of Day to Ballet Folklorico of Dallas. Best Buy,the main sponsor of
its kind in the Southwest, usually lthe S Art in the Square, arranged for
is held a week earlier in April but ri e qUare Jewel to perform.The concert Neill '
was pushed back because of East- Southlake's three-day Art in be at 9 p.m.Saturday in a tent in a
er,officials said. the Square will feature the works fenced off area behind the Crate&
"I'm kind of disappointed that of about 120 local and national Barrel store.
there are so many festivals this artists as well as food booths,chil- This year, proceeds from the '
weekend," Eaid Joe Hennig, city dren's crafts and entertainment. event will be shared by 19 local
manager of Euless. "The Main The event—a joint venture of charities,including the arts coun-
Street festival in Fort Worth poses the Southlake Women's Club, cil, Call-A-Ride Southlake,
stiff competition. Southlake Town Square and the Friends of the Southlake Library, '
"But I'm sure well hold our city of Southlake — attracted Metroport Meals on Wheels,
own and do fine,"he said. about 60,000 visitors and raised GRACE, the Carroll Education
Although the festivals have more than $100,000 for local Foundation and the Battered
similarities —they all feature en- charities last year. Women's Center. '
tertainment, food and children's With the addition of a headlin-
activities—they also have enough er concert, this year's event has FW,Denton events
differences to help discerning fes- been expected to attract even The 18th annual Main Street
tivalgoers decide where to go.The greater attendance and raise a lot Fort Worth Arts Festival kicked off '
Fort Worth and Southlake festi- more money,officials said. Thursday and continues through
vals focus on visual arts,while the But the 2,000 seats for the Sunday,featuring 300 performers
Euless event showcases an eclectic Jewel concert still had not sold and about 200 exhibitors in a ju-
mix of musical entertainment and out this week. Tickets are being ried art show. The festival in '
Denton's festival is a hybrid of jazz sold through Ticketmaster and downtown Fort Worth attracted
music performances and visual will be available at the gate,if any more than 430,000 visitors last
arts. are left. year.Admission is free. '
Arbor Daze "A lot of people don't realize The 23rd annual Denton Arts
that you have to buy tickets for the &Jazz Festival,which usually at-
The 15-year-old Arbor Daze concert," said Terri Messing, tracts a crowd of about 120,000,
Festival is a three-day family-ori- chairwoman of Art in the Square. will feature a juried art show with '
ented event that features carnival Northeast Tarrant County resi- more than 130 exhibitors as well
rides, plant sales and tree give- dents aren't reluctant to shell out as hundreds of performers, in-
aways on a site near State High- $75 to attend charity fashion eluding headliners Branford Mar-
way 360 and State Highway 183. shows or participate in charity salis, Double 'IYouble and Brave t
Alcohol is prohibited. golf tournaments, so they should Combo.Admission is free.
Average attendance for the last embrace an event like this, she
few years has been between said. E-mail mrichter@dallasnews.com
225,000 and 250,000,organizers "We hope once people see the or call 817-410-9602,exL 4962. ,
said.
Admission to the city-run
event is free,but there is a$5 fee
for parking. Tickets are required ,
for the concerts and are being giv-
en away free in advance from
sponsoring radio stations KLUV,
KVIL and KOAI and at Euless city
facilities,including City Hall.
Concert tickets may be pur-
chased at the festival for$5 each.
Carnival rides and concessions
cost extra.
This year's concert lineup in-
c4
pop singer Rick Spring-
field, the Beach Boys, Martha & ,
the Vandellas,Starship,Little Riv-
er:Band and Boney James.
�:The Northeast Arts Council is ,
spdnsoring the children's enter-
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' Euless'Arbor Daze Festival features rides,plant sales and tree giveaways.This year's concert
lineup includes Rick Springfield,the Beach Boys,Martha&the Vandellas and Starship.
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Re-elect Massey '
The Euless City Council election
provides a beneficial situation in
Place 6 because voters have an ,
opportunity to assess several candi-
dates and choose.A contested elec-
tion presents a far greater service
to voters than an unopposed race. '
Considering all the factors
the performance of the incumbent,
knowledge of issues, experience
and capacity to provide outstand-
ing community leadership —
Euless would be best served by
returning council member Veva ,
Lou Massey to office.
Edward Denari, Euless
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By BEN TINSLEY "It's aonce-a-year treat,"said Carmack said,that cloudy and
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Smith'79. rain weather dampened the
1 — ;Leon Peterson of Suudilakc Y 1
Coco Easterwood paints por- also helped himself to festival turnout at last year's Arbor
traits of imaginary wild-haired food. Daze.
women with voluptuous bodies "Tasty,"the 79-year-old`said, "It's been the best Arbor munching on a turkey leg,and big,beautiful eyes. Daze this year as fir as weather
There's her painting of a Some curious moments and crowds are concerned,"he
young,beautiful,vulnerable girl said•
sitting in her room with a far- Rr Festivals con- At the Southlake event,
1 away look on her face.Or � t i n u e through whose headliner was Grammy-
another in which two faceless today in Denton, Euless, nominee jewel,artists said they
society girls mindlessly chat Fort Worth and Southlake. were doing well given the slow
1 away at a party. economy.
The Houston resident also ■Maps and event schedules for "There was a lot of interest
paints men,but they tend to be area festivals. 4B today,although it came in
square-headed.1 waves,"said Easterwood,who Easterwood—who
describes her work as the inter- arose at the Main St.festival as attends at least 15 shows a year.
those gnawing on smoked She said she attracts people to
nal made tangible—was one of turkey legs browsed through her art who may not buy any-
more than 100 artists showcas- brochures and dripped grease thing immediately but come
1 ing their work Saturday during at the Fort Worth Vegetarian back laten
the fifth annual Art in the Society's booth. J.R.Nash of Dennison,
Square in Southlake Town At Arbor Daze,which cele- whose wife,Betty,paints in oils,
1 Square.A daytime crowd of brates trees,visitors helped said the market for art sales has
15,000 to 20,000 people attend- themselves to corny dogs and been difficult.
ed the event Saturday. chewy pretzels,as well as to "Yesterday we did good.We
At least as many attended free plants.Organizers handed sold four paintings,"he said on
1 Euless'Lyth annual Arbor Daze, out live oak,red oak and pecan Saturday."It has been slow
which offers carnival rides,arts seedlings. today,but people have been by
and crafts,food and music.The About 7,000 were given away and looked.With the economy
one thing not in abundance was Saturday,and 3,000 were the way it is,.we're pleased with
' parking space at the two major expected to be distributed Sun- what we managed to sell."
festivals in Northeast Tarrant day. Staff writer Paul Bourgeois
County. A Ferris wheel loomed high contributed to this report.
Crowds also turned out at at Arbor Daze.In the back- Ben Tinsley,(817)685-3821
' the Main St.Fort Worth Arts ground,the booming sound btinsley@star-telegram.com
Festival.There was more wood checks for the night's concert
this year:wooden vases,wood- by Rick Springfield could be
1 en boxes,wooden lampshades. heard.At least 30,000 people
Most in attendance appeared were expected to attend the
to enjoy the sunny day—tem- concert.
peratures climbed to 80 degrees Euless Police Chief Leonard
1 —the family-friendly atmos-- Carmack said the turnout was
phere and the festival food. exceptionally good,given that it
Claudia Smith of Southlake was competing for attention
said she was a big fan of the Art with the Southlake and Fort
' in-the Square's Tatei•Swirls,sort Worth festivals and the 23rd
ofa combination of potato annual Denton Arts&jazz Fes-
chips and french fries. tival.
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Astrid Fuentes,an 11-year-old dancer with the Ballet Folklorico of Dallas,performs Saturday at Arbor Daze in Euless,where 7,000 trees were
given away.
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EULESS — Five children ,V
were taken to Harris 4e
1 Methodist H.E.B. hospital -
Monday evening after the
minivan they were riding in
flipped over during a collision
1 with a pickup In the 3100 block BedfordSTAR TELEGRAM/IAN McVEA
p aramedics tend to a child who was a passenger in a mini-
of Pipeline Road. van that flipped over. The accident happened Monday evening at
None of the children Raider Drive and Pipeline Road in Euless.
1 appeared to have life-threaten-
ing injuries, Euless police Sgt. west on Pipeline,was making a
Ron Williamson said. Most of left turn onto southbound
the children, ranging in age Raider Drive when it collided
1 from U months to 6 years, had with-the pickup, which was
scrapes. eastbound on Pipeline.
Neither of the truck's pas- The van flipped into Raider
1 sengers was injured. Names Drive, tying up traffic on that
and hometowns of those street for about 40 minutes.
involved were not disclosed Police are investigating the
Monday. accident, including whether
1The accident occurred just the children were restrained
after 5 p.m. at the intersection when the accident occurred.
of Pipeline Road and Raider Police could not find a car seat
Drive. The minivan, headed in the van,Williamson said.
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Spending down in Northeast elections
�L Candidates for His opponent, incumbent Ma '
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STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER mayor have spent John Murphy,received$1,035 in contri-
Candidates are spending less this as much as $30,000 in some butions,all of them$50 or less. '
year to campaign for municipal offices communities, but not this year. In Southlake,the two candidates for
throughout Northeast Tarrant County, 0 Turnout is brisk in early voting for mayor haven't come close to matching .
although incumbents still tend to have Fort Worth city elections 9B -the last mayor's race in 2000, when '
an advantage over thea clnallcnge>s. --- ----- — Rick Stacy and Debra Edmondson had
The elections are Saturday,and ear- Hun has said he would not take con- each collected and spent more than
ly voting continues today in most tributiohs or spend any money, $20,000 by this point in the campaign. '
communities. . according to financial documents filed This year, Andy Wambsganss has
Bedford mayoral candidate Rick Friday.
raised $4,560 from contributors "I won't owe anybody— no man Ted Baze. Flower Mound '
and has loaned $15,000 of his ;PACs,no factions.I will answer
own money to his campaign.He ;onlyto the citizens,"he said."It's resident Sharon d and $2 gave
has spent$8,919 p,really good feeling,it really is. $1,000 to Wy also and ed$ to
"• Flower Mound,.�ontribu- Torley.Torley also received$500
His opponent, Doug Stand- Z: c contributions from Kathleen ,
ley, has raised $1,170 and has tmns are much lower than in last
s nt$2, . 'year's mayoral race, in which Davis of Addison and Derek
368
Torley of Corona del Mar,Calif:
'�In Colleyville,which has seen one candidate received more In Grapevine and Euless,the
its share of expensive races, the than$30,000.However,the cam- incumbents were significantly '
Candidates have spent an aver- paign finance forms again out- outspending their opponents.
Age of about $2,500 for signs, lined the fissure between Voters Sharron Spencer,running for
advertisements and mailers. United to Preserve Flower Place 2 on the Grapevine coup- ,
Some of them have also used Mound and its splinter group, cil, spent$1,816, compared with
personalized pencils, gum and We're Voters United,Too. newcomer Jason Elms,.who
dints to promote their cam- Both groups gave notice to at spent$493.
paigns. Most of the money has least two of the six candidates C. Shane Wilbanks, the '
come from their own pockets, vying for political office that ,incumbent in Place 1,spent$981.
friends and home developers. they had spent money support- His challenger,John Kutch,filed
The Texas Association of ing their campaigns, financial a modified report, meaning he
l�ealtors PAC gave Place 1 candi- documents show pledged to spend no more than '
date Dave.Dudziak $750 and Voters United to Preserve $500. Mayor William D. Tate,
mayoral candidate Richard Flower Mound supported who does not have an opponent,
Newton$1,500. incumbent Stephani Spruill in also filed a modified report '
Mayoral candidate Joe Place 1,Tin Trotter for Place 3, In Euless, incumbent Coun-
Hocutt said he is pleased with and Sydney Bentz for Place 5. cilwoman Veva Lou Massey
Kesidents' willingness to con- Place 3 candidate Chris Tor- spent $2,122.20 and gathered
tribute.to his campaign. ley and incumbent place 5 can- $875 in contributions,including ,
Place 4 candidate Jon Ayers didate Sara Wingard received a$250 donation from Council-
has spent about $6,500 of his support from We're Voters Unit- man Charlie Miller and his wife,
Qwn money. ed,Too. Rose.
"I haven't taken a dime from Place 1 candidate Bill Carr Massey's opponent, Greg '
a soul—don't want any;'.Ayers was not financially supported by. Black,speq$948.90.He collect-
said. "I wanted to end up being either group. ed no political contributions.
as independent as possible. Contributions to candidates In Haltom City, three candi-
Nobody can say I owe anybody." ranged from less than $10 to ,
.; Mayoral candidate Mike Tay- $L000
for said he doesn't solicit money, Notable contributions'
but will accept certain contribu- include$500 to Spruill and Trot-
tions.
rot-tions ter.from Place 4 Councilwoman
Cindy Travis and$350 to Spruill
from outgoing Place 3 Council-
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' dates are pooling their
resources against the incum-
bent City Council members.
' Jim Sutton,Evan Jackson and
Diane Bransom, who are run-
ning for places 1,2 and 7 respec-
tively, divided among them-
selves the $1,000 cost of cam-
paign signs that list all three
candidates'names.
"We ,have shared some
' expenses to keep the costs
down,"Bransom said,candidate
for Place 7. `And we have indi-
vidual signs of our own." ,
They are still being outspent
by Place 2 incumbent Tracy
Henderson, who has spent
$1,382, and Place 7 incumbent
Dewey Markum,who has spent
$1,580.
Place 1 incumbent Phil Jen-
nings has agreed to spend less
than$500,as has the other Place
1 candidate,Eddy Kimbrough
Mayor Calvin White raised
about $2,000 and spent about
$1,500 in his campaign against
former mayor Nancy Watkins,
' who raised about $3,550 and
spent about$1,%0.
In Watauga, all five city
council candidates have decid-
ed not to raise any money,
according to campaign finance
statements.
If the candidates spend more
' than $500 during the election
cycle,they're required to submit
a report. But City Secretary
' Nancy Meadows said she has
seen only one such report in the
past 10 years.
"They don't normally spend
' $500,"she said
Staff writers Kelly Me harrt
Men Schroeder,Chris Neely,Jennifer
Radcliffe and Brenda Edwards wn-
' tnbuted to this reports
Mike lee,(817)685-3858
mikelee@star-telegram.com
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Math mistakes are com- surprise that his forms may '
Candidates mon, state officials say. Area contain mistakes.
school boards and city coun- His opponent, Diane Bran-
cils are responsible for over- som, said Markum should '
forms show seeing their budgets, but they have known better.
hire finance directors to help "They are terribly incom-
navigate the spending plans. plete," Bransom said. "Since
ffizzy
Haltom City mayoral can- lie's an incumbent ... he
math didate Nancy Watkins, a for- should know how to fill out
mer mayor, blamed a lack of the form."
Candidates in a sleep and a crazy campaign Incumbent Tracy Hender-
few cities and one season for her math problem. son came under similar fire '
school district had trouble Watkins mistakenly listed her from his Haltom City Place 2
following instructions on their contributions as $2,586.39 opponent Evan Jackson. On
campaign finance forms. instead of$1,275 on a form for one of his forms, Henderson ,
totaled up his expenditures of
By ELLEN SCHROEDER the period covering April 4 to $96.81 for stakes and nails at
STAR-TELEGRAIASTAFF WRITER April 25. She corrected the The Home Depot and a $50
City Council and school report on Tuesday, bringing filing fee as$0. '
board candidates face the daunt- her total contributions to "That makes me concerned
ing task of poring over multimil- $2,225 since Feb.20. about how he'd handle any
lion-dollar budgets. But a few But she also did not list a budget issues," Jackson said.
candidates, including some total of$950 in contributions "Budgets involve a lot of '
incumbents, had trouble under- on the cover page of one details ... and these forms
standing their campaign finance report, although she itemized aren't near as detailed as the
reports. the contributions on another budget." '
Lack of sleep, the complexity page- Henderson said he made a
of the forms and a few "senior How about a senior mistake.
moments" prompted some of moment?" said Watkins, who "I must have messed up on
has been juggling a campaign political ex '
those seeking office to file p expenditures on that
reports that don't add up. with her work schedule. "It first page. It's obvious I'm not
In Haltom City, two incum- Wasn't like I was trying to trying to hide something if I
bents left some questionable hide anything.We're all loony put it on the other page," he
blanks and filled in a few mys- at this point." said. '
terious zeros on their reports. Dewey Markum, the In Keller, Lake listed a sin-
A former Haltom City mayor incumbent running for Place 7 gle pledge of$1,282.36 as the
corrected her fuzzy math on in Haltom City, did not note total for contributions of$50
an expense of about$150 fora ,
Tuesday. or less. He itemized the con-
newspaper advertisement.
Two political newcomers in "The reason that's not tribution elsewhere.It was,he
Keller also filled out their shown is because I hadn't said,an honest mistake.
forms wrong. paid for it yet;'he said. ' And Keller Place 4 candi- '
"The language of the form Markum also left blanks for date Tom Feret listed $830 in
is just confusing," said Russell total expenditures and contri- expenditures, but failed to
Lake, a candidate for Place 3 butions on the cover sheet of itemize them elsewhere on ,
on the Keller City Council. his report filed April 25, the form as required. Feret's
In most cases, candidates although he itemized a $100 Fife and campaign manager,
in competitive elections are contribution and $1,580.96 in Barbara Arnold-Feret, said it
required by state law to fill expenditures on other pages. was an oversight. ,
out campaign finance reports And on a report filed Apr' "If it was supposed to be
30 days and eight days before 3,he itemized$188.11in ex - itemized, he didn't realize it,"
the election. The law is ditures on one page but ed she said.
designed to let residents $0 in total expenditures on She said the bulk of the '
know how candidates are another page. He expressed expenses, $740.66, went to
spending their money and campaign signs.The rest went
who is contributing to their for wooden stakes,tools and a
campaigns. post office box. '
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Minor math mistakes are disclosed,"Moss said.
common,said Bill Moss,assis- In Euless, candidates are
' tant general counsel for Texas given written instructions for
Ethics Commission.The com- filling out forms. But the city
mission gets concerned when secretary is not responsible
candidates do not disclose all for making sure that forms are
of their expenses and contri- properly filled out.
butions. "We are merely the recipi-
The commission investi- ents for filing," Euless City
' gates violations in response to Secretary Susan Crim said.
sworn complaints. Violators Grapevine municipal can-
can be fined up to $5,000, but didates appear to have no
most are fined$500 to$1,000, trouble maneuvering through
' he said. Incorrect forms leave the government maze, City
questions in people's minds, Secretary Linda Huff said.
he said. But after fielding some
"It's not clear to the public less-than-bright questions,the
' what actually happened. The city realized that another
seriousness of it depends on group needed a little help
whether everything has been with the election process —
the news media. Grapevine
now provides reporters with a
packet of election trivia, such
as dates and deadlines, voting
' days and required forms.
As for political leaders,
Watkins, the Haltom City
mayoral candidate, said atten-
tion to detail should improve
by the time elected officials
study the city budget.
"Normally, we have a little 4
more sleep,"she said.
Staff writers Ellen E Morrison and
Chris Neely contributed to this
report
' Ellen Schroeder,(817)685-3815
eschroeder@star-telegram.com
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Weekend crowds keep 4 events
hopping with arts, music '
By MARICE RICHTER As a result the festival that attendance against Fort Worth The asking price on her ori
Staff Writer bi-
The weekend's spring weath- typically draws a crowd of and two other festivals says some- nal paintings at the festival ranged
er and abundance of musical 400,000 to 450,000 ended up thing." from$1,000 to$18,000.
treats were too tempting for Ed- competing with the other events. All the area events offered free "It's been a great weekend for
dyMathews. Euless City Manager Joe admission.The entertainment al- me,"she said.While sitting in her
So instead of trying to choose Hennig was concerned that the so was free,except for the concert booth during the three-day festi-
from among four weekend festi- Fort Worth festival would draw by folk-rock singer Jewel on Satur- val,she produced four new paint- ,
vals,the Colleyville resident took crowds away from Arbor Daze, day night in Southlake.Tickets for Ings."They all sold,"she said.
in as many as possible,making it which generally attracts 225,000 the benefit concert were $50 to Artwork also sold well during
to three before running out of to 250,000 people. $100. the four-day festival in Fort Worth, ,
time. But the Euless festival might Jewel faced competition from organizers said.
"It's been great.I've really en- have exceeded that expected at- Saturday headliners Starship,Lit- "People were purchasing," Mr.
joyed myself,"Mr.Mathews said tendance— and even prompted tle River Band and Rick Spring- Riceelli said."Some of our artists
Sunday,lounging near the main complaints. field in Euless and the Robert Cray told us they did $50,000 in sales '
stage in Southlake Town Square "It's too crowded,"said Janis Band in Fort Worth. this weekend.
and soaking up the sun and the Cozzens, an Arbor Daze regular The only disappointment in the "We may still be in a recession,
sounds of Emerald City Band at who went to see the rock bands weekend was attendance at the but you couldn't tell it here," he
Art in the Square. Saturday night."I've never seen it Jewel concert,which failed to sell said. '
Mr. Mathews finished the like this before.I may'leave early all 2,000 seats,organizers said.
weekend in Southlake after because I can't see anything." "We had a good crowd and we E-mail mricliter@dallasnews.com
spending Friday evening at the The crowds caused some traf- did make money for our charities," or call 817-41079602,ext.4962.
Main St.Fort Worth Arts Festival fic jams,but the three-day event said Terri Messing,chairwoman of '
and Saturday at Arbor Daze in came offwithout any major prob- Art in the Square.The event will
Euless.The only festival he didn't lems,largely because of the fami- benefit 19 area nonprofit organi-
hit was Denton's Arts&Jazz Fes- ly atmosphere and a ban on alco- zations. '
tival. hol,Mr.Hennig said. "We would have liked to have
Mr. Mathews apparently "We're developing a good rep- done better,but this was the first
wasn't the only one making the utation," Mr. Hennig said. "The year for us to try something like
rounds. fact that we can draw such large this,"Ms.Messing said.
Festival organizers, who ad- The Southlake, Denton and
mitted to being a little jittery Fort Worth festivals featured fine
about all the competition,discov- art exhibitions along with enter-
ered they had nothing to worry tainment,food and drinks. '
about. "I've done very well this year,"
The four events were well at- said Jo Jennings, an Irving gold-
tended and concession sales were smith who displayed her work at
the Southlake festival.
strong,organizers said. "It gets better and better every ,
"The weather was good and year.
the war is over and I think people Southlake artist Olivia Bennett
were ready to get out and enjoy sold several original paintings, ,
themselves,"said Nick Riccelli,a dozens of$500 prints and nearly
spokesman for the Fort Worth 50 copies of her book,A Life in
festival.`People seemed.to let the Full Bloom.
stress of the last two months just Olivia, 13, is a seventh-grader '
wash away." at Dawson Middle School and a
Of the attendance,he said,"I cancer survivor. A professional
think we were close to a record artist for more than two years,she
year." has appeared on Oprah Winfrey's '
The event ,normally takes television show and has met Presi-
pla.ce the third weekend in April, dent Bush.
but it was delayed a week because
of Easter. ,
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' Ronald Ambrose
' FORT WORTH—Ronald
Ambrose, 66, a retiree of
Lockheed with more than 20
years of service, died Sun-
day,April 27,2003,at his home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at
Lucas Funeral Home, 1321 Precinct
Line Road, Hurst. Burial: Smithfield
' Cemetery. Visitation: Noon to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at the funeral home; the
family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m.
Ronald had been a member of
Handley Lodge#1140 since Nov. 30,
1967, and was a member of the Fort
Worth Scottish Rite, a Shriner and
past president of the Shrine Carvettes.
Survivors: Loving wife of 44
years, Raydeane Ambrose; children,
Ronald L. Ambrose Jr. and his wife,
Jackie,of Saginaw, Pamela L. Micha-
lik of Fort Worth and Debbie Schu-
mann of Euless; son-in-law, George
' Schumann of Euless; brother, Earl
Ambrose and his wife,Joyce,of North
Richland Hills;and four grandchildren.
Lucas Funeral Home
' Hurst,(817)284-7271
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NEWS BRIEFS
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EUI,F.SS
Trinity students will be
honored at reception
The city and the Euless Library '
Foundation will host its 50th an-
niversary reception honoring
Trinity High School students who
participated in"Hometown USA" '
and poster contest winners at 2
p.m. Sunday in the Euless Public
Library meeting room,201 N.Ec- ,
for Drive.A memorial publication
will be presented by Mayor Mary
Lib Saleh.
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