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NETWORKING
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What a dive
Firefighters are taught to
use their heads when moving
through burning buildings but
not to test the floors.For that,
they use a hand tool.
Why?Just ask the Euless
firefighter who Batallion Chief
Gary Thompson said tripped
and fell helmet-first into a
room during a recent training
session.
"He was like a turtle on his
back,"Thompson said.It took
trainers about five minutes to
untangle the firefighter,whom
' Thompson declined to identi-
fy but who undoubtedly took
his share of heat afterward.
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H-E-B chamber ®n®r s .
service aannual gal
By ANDREA JAxES The chamber of Texas Pageant, and for Pro- has also participated in local
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
commerce honors moting the area at the Interna- educational efforts, the cham-
IRVING — Businesses that community leaders at its tional Council of Shopping ber said.The owner is Dr.Rob '
overcame obstacles, people annual banquet. Centers'annual trade show. Vasquez.
who lead the Hurst-Euless- The Small Business of the Harris Methodist H.E.B.
Bedford Chamber of Com- ties Committee and Career Year Award was given to Cen- hospital in Bedford was named
.merce, and business leaders Connections, a program for tury Small Business Solutions the Large Business of the Year.
;who regularly give their time ninth-graders. in Euless. The chamber said The hospital was cited for
and money to the community The Gertrude Tarpley the company met, and over- sponsoring more.than 100
were honored Saturday night Memorial Spirit Award was, came, a challenge in 2001 community events as well as
at the chamber's awards gala at for the first time, given to two when owner John Lambert making several upgrades to the
the Sheraton Grand Hotel in chamber members. - Ellie was diagnosed with cancer. medical services it offers.
ung- Schweyer of Mercantile Bank Although clients had the For this year's Officer of the
Paul Rowntree of Col- and David Medina of Forest option to transfer to another Year Award, the chamber was
leyville-received the Clyde Ridge Funeral Home were cit- company, none did, the cita- looking for someone who had
_Mooney Award, the chamber's ed for their enthusiasmand tion said. shown innovation in fulfilling
highest honor, for leading commitment to the chamber. Vasquez Family Chiroprac- chamber responsibilities and
_many chamber efforts. His Hurst Mayor Bill Souder tic of Bedford received the been supportive of chamber
activities included serving as received the chamber's Com- Medium-Sized Business of the programs. The award was giv-
,chairman of the board and of munity Service Award for his Year Award. The company, en to Mike Moore of Texas
the H-E-B Education Founda- work with numerous commu- which has treated its cus- Insurance Group,who has par-
' cion, and serving with Facili- nity events, including the Miss tomers like family for years, ticipated in membership lun-
cheons, the golf classic,served tion days, prospect contact
on the audit committee and days and ribbon-cutting days.
worked on the business expo, Rich Haas of ACN Energy
the chamber said. received the Paul Battreal
Bob Kohsmann of Col- Memorial Award, recognizing
leyville was named the Direc- the ambassador of the year,for
for of the Year. A longtime attending numerous ribbon
chamber member, Kohsmann cuttings,contacting new mem-
is co-chairman of•the capital bers and making member
campaign for the chamber's appreciation deliveries.
proposed building and has Dave Steinhauer of Digi-
traveled to Austin to speak in Press Printing in Bedford
favor of the expansion of Air- received the Red Coat of the
port Freeway. Year Award for bringing in
Bill Hurlbut of Bedford, the most new chamber mem-
who owns Hurlbut Insurance, bers.
was the chamber's Member of Outgoing Chairman Charles
the Year. He has been chair- Powell of Hurst was also hon-
man of the ambassador's com- ored. Larry Darlage of South-
mittee, helped set up for the lake is the incoming chairman.
golf tournament, and been Andrea Jares,(817)685-3851
involved in member apprecia- ajares@star-telegram.com
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1 THIS WEEK'S POLICE SCANNER
1 INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER
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Candy taken from c oncesslon stand.
By BEN TINSLEY The concession stand also
i STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER had a small refrigerator from Candy theft io
A burglar with a sweet tooth which various soft drinks had
stole a large amount of candy been taken,Kockos said 1 E��QSSg\Va Monday from a Euless cones- Authorities found some of the W rftba l
sion stand,police said. stolen candy and drinks on top o t
An officer responding to an of toilet seats and handicap rail- a E
alarm about 4 p.m. found evi- Ings in a locked men's restroom
1 dence that a large varie of can- nearby, S.Pipeline Rd.
variety,of y,police said.
dy was missing from a stand at An estimated $68 in candy O
the Parks at Texas Star, 1500 S. ' and drinks was recovered,
Pipeline Road, Euless police Lt. although police were unable to The Parks at
' Steve Kockos said. specify Thursday the .total Texas star A large
"The front door to the con--- amount of stolen goods. amount of
candy was
cession stand was slightly open:' Euless police do not have Maopeeolk
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he said..'And inside the door on any suspects in the crime,
1 the floor,Avere-empty boxes of which is classified as burglary20
candief cherry sour punch of a, building, a state jail --
straws,3I'ayd'ay candy bars, felony.
1 Reese's Pieces, Snickers, But- k^ ,
Ben Tinsley,(817)685-3821 STAR-TELEGRAM
terfmgers and M&M's." btinsley@star-telegram.com
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PROFILE
E official mapped shuttle debris
David Allen walked miles ,
x using global positioning
satellite equipment to assist in the
search for Columbia wreckage.
;F = By ELLENA F.MORRISON
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
3"f A chilly 28-degree morning,complete with
sleet and rain, greeted David Allen in Febru-
ary when he joined others in locating and
mapping debris from the Columbia space
shuttle.
"It wasn't a fun job — it was miserable out '
there — but it was a rewarding job," said
STAR-TELEGRAM/IAN MCVEA Allen, the geographic information systems
David Allen is shown with the global positioning manager for Euless.
satellite equipment he used to locate and map He took $9,000 worth of Euless' global
debris from the space shuttle Columbia.
positioning satellite equipment to Nacogdoches "We were not able to process the data fast
County for four days after the space shuttle Colum- enough We needed more help,"said Nacogdoches '
bia broke apart over North Texas.Answering a call County Sheriff Tom Kerss,one of the people who
for help from county officials and Stephen R Austin oversaw the mapping."That's where these types of
State University Allen joined dozens of other vol- volunteers came in. Everyone went above and
unteers in walking an area roughly 87 miles long beyond the normal call of duty."There was a.sense of stamina and drive that
and 13 miles wide,plotting on his hand-held cow- seemed to be fueled by the emotional.aspects of
puter each shuttle remnant he found.Officials later the shuttle crash,"he said."All of these things really
followed Allen's coordinates to collect the debris. '
"I knew the importance of the job was more impor- helped keep your drive up and allowed us to go for-
ward-with this despite the long hours, despite the
tant than my being cold in the woods,' said Allen, adverse conditions:'
41. "That was my chance to help out and make a Allen's 15 years with the city helped prepare him
difference:'
Allen mapped pieces of insulation the smaller for the shuttle challenge. He is responsible for all '
than a thumbnail,metal struts several feet long and
other wreckage during almost 12-hour workdays.
Global positioning satellite equipment,resembling '
a hand-held electronic game but with more but-
tons,was used to pinpoint an object's latitude and
longitude within a foot, Allen said. "You would '
walk 10 or 15 yards and find something,"he said.
Allen was recently honored for his work at a
Euless City Council meeting, and the Columbia
Accident Investigation Board sent him a certificate ,
recognizing his assistance.
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COLUMBIA ACCICENT
INVESTIGATION BOARD
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
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' The Columbia Accident Investigation Board rec-
ognized David Allen for his efforts.
David Allen
Age:41
Occupation:geographic information systems
manager for Euless
Experience:15 years with Euless;four days
trudging through a forest in East Texas
city mapping projects,including updating maps to
show the locations of new streets and waterlines
and sewer lines. He also creates special maps for
police and firefighters and maps that show the
location of every public tree and every manhole in
' the city.
"He gets phone calls daily from people wanting
to know details about the GIS[geographic informa-
tion systems] field," said Danny McLane, Euless
information systems manager and Allen's supervi-
sor."If David is called on,he would certainly drop
what he was doing and pitch in."
' Allen, who teaches a class in geographic infor-
mation systems at Tarrant County College South-
east Campus, said helping with the Columbia
investigation was a way to put his skills to their
' best use—something he was happy to do.
"For once, I fit into that one place where they
needed help,"he said."It was my duty."
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It's a matter
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of moving
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people
1 What was clear from the meeting
is or on whether this city or that city is 1
A seamless the difficulty the editorial boards.
ards.the task proposed a founding member or a latecomer.
by
transit system Just over 50 people signed the That's not the business. The busi-
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won't emerge if the focus is on actual pledge card. Some of them ness is movement of people — from
trains, buses or who gets to run edited southeast Dallas to Granbury, for
them, or on city seniority in agen- so that they could sign it in example, if that's where the jobs are
Cies. good conscience — striking out, for and where the living arrangements
instance, the word "unified" in "uni- are.Or Cleburne to Plano.Or Denton
Four decades ago,Theodore Levitt fled public transit agency" and sub- to Arlington. Or downtown Fort
wrote an article for the Harvard Busi- whether
"regional," or questioning Worth to downtown Dallas. '
ness Review that has assumed the whether the newspapers' proposal And, unfortunately, the money to
level of gospel among marketing peo- for a single authority is the best t
sructure. pay for that may have to come from
ple. the increased economic activity that
"The railroads," he wrote, "col- No one at this point knows what
the best structure is, although it will
lapsed because they thought they turn out to be the one that is politi- results and not from the transit fees
were in the railroad business, when alone.
really they were in the transportation cally achievable — and that will you might argue that transit does
business." They were "railroad-ori- come only after many meetings, a not catch on with the public because.
ented instead of transportation-ori- great deal of study,some stress,some people aren't interested in riding
ented; they were product-oriented hurt feelings and some anger. trains and buses.
instead of customer-oriented." Former Fort Worth Mayor Ken- But they are interested in getting
That comment has relevance in where the want to o at an afford-
North Texas'transit scene. issues on the'local level and as a able price in a predictable amount of .r
On Aug. 15, at the invitation of the .member of the National Conference' time and with the least hassle possi-
Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morn- of Mayors, suggested at the Aug. 15 ble.
ing News,elected and appointed offi meeting that it was time to step up to Build that system, and they will
cials gathered in Irving to consider 30,000 feet and look at the situation. use it.
regional transit. From that altitude, you can't see
Specifically, the papers' editorial city and country boundaries. This
boards had suggested that they sign a will be important as the region
pledge supporting a single regional moves toward a solution of its transit
transit agency and agree to try to be
ready to,present proposed legislation issues. 1
before the 2005 Texas Legislature Some cities have put much money
meets. into this and have equity in,for exam-
Estimates vary, but there were ple, Dallas Area Rapid Transit or the
probably 500 or more people in the Fort Worth Transportation Authority. '
room. Newcomer cities might want in, but
Of that number,125 responded in there will be resentment from those
some way — pledging in writing to who footed the initial bill.
collaborate with the newspapers, for- The issue is similar to Levitt's I mally declaring their support or ask- marketing analogy.
ing to join transit-related committees A seamless transit system can't
of the Regional Transportation Coutt-' happen if the only focus is on trains 1
cil or some combination of all of and buses and who gets to run them,
those options.(Earlier reports put the
number at more than 200, but dupli-
cations were discovered later.) ,
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GETTING ON BOARD
Participants in the Star-Telegram and Dallas Here's a list of people who either signed a
Morning News regional transit summit could indi- pledge card, said they could be listed as a sup-
' cate their support or interest in a number of porter of at least the concept, signed up for
ways. working committees for the Regional Transporta-
tion Council or some combination of those
1 options.
Thanks to them for their interest in this impor-
tant issue.
Abed Abukar, project manager, Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Chad Adams,
1 judge; Ellis County; Terri A.G. Adkisson, board member, Dallas Area Rapid
Transit; Greg Anderson, program specialist, city of Lewisville; Mike Ander-
son,mayor, Mesquite; Kenneth Barr,former mayor, Fort Worth; Gyna
Bivens-Mathis, chair, governing board, Fort Worth Transportation
Authority; Betty Brown, member, Texas House of Representa-
tives; Lynn C.Brown, vice president/corporate communications,
Greyhound Lines, Inc., Dallas; Euline Brock, mayor, -Denton;
Mark A. Burroughs, mayor pro tem, Denton; Scott Cannon ;
Eduardo Canas, board member, Fort Worth Transportation program vice president, League of Women Voters, Fort
Authority; Mike Cantrell.,.commissioner, Dallas County; Dave Worth; Linda Harper-Brown, member, Texas House of Repre-
Carter, Parsons Transportation Group, Dallas; James C. Cline sentatives; Adlene Harrison, former chairman of the board,
1 Jr.,director,traffic and transportation, city of Irving;Jason A. Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Harbi Hassan, Association of Unit-
Crawford, associate research engineer, Texas Transportation ed Taxicab Operators, Irving; Tim Hayden, mayor pro tem,
Institute, Arlington; Larry Cunningham, city manager, North Carrollton; Kris Heckmann,office of Gov.Rick Perry; Rebecca
Richland Hills; Josiah Daniel, aide, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Heflin, RBC Dain Rauscher, Dallas; John L. Heiman Jr., City
Johnson; David Davis, traffic engineer, city of Farmers Branch; Council, Mesquite; Rich Hendler, City Council, Colleyville;
David E.Dorman, mayor, Melissa; Lyle H.Dresher, city manager, Michael Hurtt, mayor, DeSoto; Parker Scott Hutchins, pro-
Keller; Carl Edlund, director/air division, Environmental Protec- gram manager, PBS&J; Dallas; Kathy Ingle, former chairman of
tion Agency, Region 6, Dallas;Jeffrey P. Fegan, executive direc- the board, Dallas Area Rapid Transit;Joe Jenkins, mayor,Waxa-
1 tor, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport., Gary Fickes, president, Identitec hachie; Eddie Bernice Johnson, member, U.S. House of Repre-
Inc., Southlake; Lois Finkelman, City Council, Dallas; Stanton sentatives; Frank Johnson, aide, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice
Foerster, deputy mayor pro tem, Rowlett;Jon Fortune, a9sis- Johnson; Rita Johnston, public and government affairs
tant city manager, Denton; Martin Frost, member, U.S. House specialist, AAA Texas, Dallas; Edie,Jones,, League 1 of of Representatives; Glenn Gadbois, director of transporta- Women Voters, Fort Worth; Michael S. Jones, Bedford; Pete Kamp, City
tion programs, Just Transportation Alliances, Texas Citizen Council, Denton; Tim Keleher, vice president, Fort Worth Chamber of Com-
Fund, Austin; Rudy M. Garcia, LopezGarcia Group, Dallas; merce; Rex G. Kemp, general manager of scheduling, Greyhound Lines Inc
Helen Giddings, member, Texas House of Representatives;
1 Stephanie Gonterman, business manager, Greyhound Lines,
Inc., Dallas; David L. Green, City Council, Duncanville; Richard
Greene, regional administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 6, Dallas; Sandy Greyson, City Council, Dallas;
1 Bob E.Griggs, member,Texas House of Representatives; Gary
Gwyn, assistant city manager, Irving;Tom Hammons, manag-
er/transportation division, city of Carrollton; Linda Hanratty,
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Dallas; Linda Koop, board member, Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Peter J. Le
Cody, Texas Rail Advocates; Charles V. Lee, Texas Senior Advocacy Coali-
tion, Rowlett; Lorraine P. Levine, board member, League of Women Voters,
Arlington; John H. Lewis, City Council, North Richland Hills;
Lori Lively, LopezGarcia Group, Dallas; Matthew Marchant,
City Council; Carrollton; Kenneth A. Mayfield, commissioner, '
Dallas County; Michael D. McAnelly, Carter & Burgess Inc.,
Dallas.; Steve McCullough, city manager, Irving; Perry R.
McNeill, City Council, Denton; Virginia Meier, member, Iry-
ing Citizens Advisory Committee; John R. Mike, Trans Core ,
LP, Dallas; Becky Miller, City Council, Carrollton; Laura
Miller, mayor, Dallas; Cletis Millsap,judge, Hopkins County;
Genie B. Mitchell, member, Irving Citizens Advisory Com-
mittee; Woody Mitchell,director of economic development, '.
city of Keller; Cesar Molina, Jr., director of transportation,
Carrollton; Mike Moncrief, mayor, Fort Worth; Bob Mont-
gomery, City Council, Denton; Liz Moucka, editor, Texas Con-
tractor magazine; James E. O'Connor, senior traffic engineer,
city of Irving;James O'Neal, mayor pro tem, Lancaster; Kenneth
L. Pelham, mayor, Anna; Harry N. Persaud, planning director,
The Colony; Jayne Peters, mayor pro tem, Coppell; Dan S.
Petty, president, North Texas Commission; Joe Philipp, City
Council, Irving; George Purefoy, city manager, Frisco; Jim-
my F. Pyeatt, City Council, Duncanville; Ali Rabiee, project
manager, Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Josh Randall, Dean
International Inc., Dallas; Erin "Rusty" Rayfield, vice presi-
dent,League of Women Voters,Arlington;Glenn Repp, may-
or, Duncanville; Elvira Reyna, member, Texas House of Rep-
resentatives; Mark Riley,judge, Parker County; Manuel Rosas,
Paragon Project Resources Inc., Dallas; Dick.Ruddell, president
and executive director, Fort Worth Transportation Authority;
Bruce Russell, Carter & Burgess, Dallas; Thom Ridnour, Trizec
Properties, Dallas; Jim Sampson, STV Inc., Dallas; Chales Sco-
ma, former mayor,North Richland'Hills;Alan E.Sims,city man-
ager, Cedar Hill; Sam C. Smith, City Council, Irving; David
Southern, mayor, Granbury;Jim Sparks,.director of transporta-
tion services, city of'Grand Prairie; Tom Spencer, member,
executive committee, Denton County Transporfation Authority; '
James A. Spriggs, president, Greater Irving-Las Colinas Cham-
ber of Commerce;'Carol Strain-Burk, City Council, Lancaster;
Jack Thomson, City Council, Denton;Joe Tillotson, mayor, Lan-
taster; Joe Torres, A Meeting of Minds, Dallas; Oscar Trevino, '
mayor, North Richland Hills; Vicki Truitt, member, Texas House
of Representatives; Marsha Tunnell, City Council, Coppell;Terry
Waldrum, deputy mayor pro tem, Irving; David G. Watrous, City
Council, Highland Village; David F.Vedral,member, Best South- '
west Partnership, Cedar Hill; Phil Waigand, community plan-
ner, Metro Empowerment, Arlington; R. Scott Wheeler, may-
or, Addison; B. Glen Whitley, commissioner,Tarrant County,
and chairman, Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas
Council of Governments; Ric Williamson, Texas Transportation Commission- '
er; Steve Wolens, member, Texas House of Representatives;A.Scott Young,
assistant city manager, Frisco
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Law
eases Robert said Friday that
they neeedd to to start gathering'
signatures soon if they want to
take the full 60 days.
"If they're going to do it for
Note law, which went into effect vate consultant to find what February, they need to be
Sept. 1, election backers have Haltom City voters think knocking on my door,"he said.
60 days to gather petitions, about alcohol sales. Parten wotsl'd be responsi-
instead of the 30 days permit- Harper said his group has ble for validating the petitions
ted before. been in contact with Tim before the Tairrant County'
i--ve— s
Also, fewer signatures are Reeves, president of Beverage -Commissioners Court would
required. Before Monday, Elections Specialists of Texas, call elections.
backers needed signatures a Dallas company that con- Harper said it may be more
from 35 percent of registered ducts voter surveys and gath- feasible to ptt alcohol Issues
Residents voters in a city.In North Rich- ers signatures for local-option on the ballot in May, during
g .
are finding land Hills., that was about elections. municipal elections.
it easier to push for local 11,000 sig, atures. Like other proponents, Although the amount of
elections on wine sales. The new law says that Madar said his effort is aimed additional sales tax money[
By JOHN KIRSCH backers must gather signa- less at allowing wine sales that wine sales would gener-
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER tures from 35 percent of regis- than at giving voters in North ate.is relativelysmall—Euless
Interest in wine sales con- tered voters in a city who vot- Richland Hills the chance to City Manager Joe Hennig said
tinues to grow in Northeast ed in the last governor's elec- decide the issue for them- it would add about $50,000 to
Tarrant County as backers tion. In North Richland Hills, selves. the $5 million in sales tax rev-
take advantage of changes in that translates to about 5,000 Bedford resident Phil enue his city receives annually
state law that make local- signatures. Freedman is engaged in a sim- — proponents believe that
option elections easier to call. North Richland Hills City ilar effort. He has met with wine sales would prompt peo-
North Richland Hills is the- Manager Larry Cunningham Bedford officials to discuss an .ple to buy other taxable food
latest city to jump on the said Wednesday that he has election and hopes to meet items, boosting overall eco-
bandwagon, joining Bedford, met with resident Mike Madar with other supporters to begin nomic growth. �
Euless and Hurst. In Haltom to discuss the possibility of a planning for a possible elec- Initial plans had called for
City,.a group of residents is local-option election. tion. the cities to have a joint elec-
deciding whether to work for Madar, an Americarl Air- Freedman said he does not tion. But Bedford City Manag-
an election to allow the sale of lutes pilot who is active in his believe that his position as er Chuck Barnett said it'
beer and wine for consump- homeowners' association, said .chairman of the city Parks and appears more likely that each
tion off-premises and alcohol he became interested after Recreation Board constitutes a city would have its own.
sales in restaurants. learning that people in other conflict of interest because, In 1999, a petition drive to,
If voters backed such a Northeast Tarrant communi- like other board members, he legalize wine sales in Hurst
measure, residents could buyties were looking into local- serves on a voluntary, unpaid failed, and Cost Plus World
a bottle of wine at a super- option elections. basis. Market pulled out of The
market or a convenience store He said he plans to contin- State law bars city officials ' Shops at North East Mall as a,
and take it home. Some ue researching the feasibility from advocating for passage of result. Simon Property Group,
Northeast Tarrant cities in North Richland Hills. off-premises wine sales, the developer of the strip
already allow such sales. The situation is similar in Efforts to hold elections must shopping center, had donated
Stores are permitted to sell Haltom City, said David Harp- be initiated by residents'who $214,000 toward the effort for
beer in Bedford, Euless, Hurst er, an alternate member of the are not on a city's payroll. a wine election.
and North Richland Hills but city Zoning Board of Adjust- Backers have said that they Watauga voters approved
not in Haltom City. ment. are aiming for elections in wine sales in stores in May. IN
the changes in the He is part of a group con- February. Tarrant County John Kirsch(817)685-3805
sidering whether to hire a pri- Elections Administrator jkirsch@star-teiegram.com
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EULESS
Council approves slight
reduction in tax rate
A slightly lower property
tax rate was unanimously and
quickly adopted Tuesday by
the City Council.
The tax rate fell to 49.5
' cents per$100 of assessed
property value from 49.7
cents.The new rate supports
the city's$22.8 million budget
approved Aug.26.By increas-
ing the budget 2.7 percent
from$22.2 million,no pro-
grams were added or cut.
"It's a bargain for the citi-
zens of Euless,"City Manager
Joe Hennig said.
' The fiscal year will begin
Oct.1.
What it means to you
With a property tax rate of
49.5 cents per$100 of assessed
property value,the tax bill for
' the owner of an average-priced
house with no exemptions
wouldbe$586,up from$551 a
year ago.The average value of,
a house in Euless is$118,437,
compared with$110,820 a year
ago.
—Ellena F.Morrisopi
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GRAPEVINE
Bapfist
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furniture, no equipment and no ,
Statewide organization will therennelnoth n we were formed,
ut of
establish headquarters near 36o Theuit"e c church
befoworre
a Mesquite church before moving
to its currently leased space in a
By DEBRA DENNIS Grapevine, the group will have Las Colinas office building.
Staff Writer ample room, a state-of-the-art Now,the rapidly growing orga-
The Southern Baptists of Texas media center and even a prayer nization is embarking on its big-
Convention has come a long way garden. gest venture — construction of a
since its founding in 1998.It had Dr.Jim Richards,executive di- $3 million, 30,000-square-foot
no headquarters, met in hotels rector,can recall the group's mod- building at the intersection of '
and relied on a local church for of- est beginnings five years ago. 'State Highway 360 and Euless-
fice space. "My cellphone was the official
But with its upcoming move to telephone," he said. "We had no
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An artist's rendering shows the planned Southern
Baptists of Texas Convention headquarters in Grapevine.
What:Headquarters of the Southern Dallas/Fort Worth International '
Baptists of Texas Convention,a Airport in Grapevine
group with 1,354 affiliated churches Size:30,000 square feet
including First Baptist of Euless, Cost:$3 million I '
Fellowship Church in Grapevine and Features:The two-story building will
First Baptist of Colleyville. include an archive room,media
Where:State Highway 360 at center and prayer garden.
Euless-Grapevine Road,west of Opening:Expected in April ,
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and very welcoming," said Dr.
Richards."It's a nicely treed area" • � �,
Grapevine Load. The facility, ex- The convention which vizi•-: "
perted to open in April,will be the support ministry for churches w a
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roup's headquarters. founded following its split from m
"We are doubling our space, Baptist General Convention of
' s nd it's space that's especially de- Texas. The more conservative Glade
signed for our needs," said Gary Southern Baptists of Texas Con- t staffgraphic
Ledbetter, the convention's com- vention has seen its number of af- iated with the new group. _
' munications director. filiated churches increase from The headquarters will be a re-
Although construction is just 120 to 1,354,officials said. source center providing informa-
beginning,the new building is a1- "I think these churches have al- tion about topics including'Sun-
ready paid in full, officials said. ways been conservative,and since day school,prayer ministries and
' The group received funding from they have a choice they choose the ethics.The group will keep its in-
its churches. more conservative organization," house staff of about 25 workers.
"We will have a media library said Dr.Barry Hankins,an associ- "Whatever local churches do,
room,an archive area—things we ate professor of history and we seek to assist them," said Dr.
don't have now,"said Dr.Richards. church-state studies at Baylor Richards. "God just blessed us
'"The archives are in a filing cabinet University. with so many people who came
somewhere.We have things stuck Churches can align with one, along to support us."Several sites
' here and there." both,or neither organization,offi- were considered before the orga
The two-story colonial brick cials said.The number of churches nization picked Grapevine.
building will sit on about 3 acres, solely affiliated with, Southern "Since we serve the entire state,
said Joe Davis,the organization's Baptists of Texas Convention is being close to the airport was afac-
chief financial officer. A dining 1,026.There are 328 churches of tor," said Dr. Richards. "We do
room is planned, and a large filiated w lh both organizations. quite a bit of traveling. We do
wooded area behind the building First Baptist of Euless,Fellow- ;hands-on ministry"
will feature a prayer garden. ship Church in Grapevine and
' "It will bevery accommodating First Baptist.of Colleyville are affil-
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Moya G. Riley '
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EULESS—Lloyd G. Riley, 55, a
loving husband, father and papa,
died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, in
Euless.
Graveside service: noon p.m. '
Friday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial
Park, 5725 Colleyville Blvd. Visita-
tion: 6 to B p.m. Thursday at the
funeral home.
He was preceded in death by his ,
father,Leonard H.Riley.
Survivors: Wife of 17 years,
Debra Riley; sons, Joe Riley and
wife, Lisa, and Joshua Riley; grand-
children, Raven Riley, Clover Riley
and Sayer Riley; mother, Mildred '
Riley; brother, Leo Riley and wife,
Alice; Ad numerous nieces,
nephews, brother-in-laws and sister-'' '
in-laws.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville,(817)498-5894
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1 RTC fun
1
ds
1 could help
1 widen road
TheCMRegional Council members informally"
Transportation encouraged Michael Morris,
1 Council plans to offer transportation director for the
$22 million to speed up council of governments, to send
the widening of Airport the letter,which will also offer to
Freeway. spend$50 million to help pay for
1 a toll tunnel underneath the main
By GORDON DICKSON lanes of Interstate 635 in Dallas. 9
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Both the Airport Freeway and
1 ARLING'T'ON—The Region I-635 projects were left off the
al Transportation Council is will-,' state's highway priority list,
ing to ante up some of its own known as the 2004 Unified
money to widen Airport Freeway. : Transportation Program. The.
1 The council plans to send a deadline to send letters recom-
letter to the Texas Transportation' mending changes is Oct 1.
Commission offering to con- The Regional Transportation
tribute $22 million to speed up;' Council's contribution would be
1 the project. The money would' just a fraction of the overall costs,
come from a$250 million account but it could serve as a local match"
that the council.set up last year for additional state and federal
1 for regionally significant roads funds. The state could also bor- i
that the state can't afford to bUdy row money to pay for the pro-,
on its own. jects, to be repaid with toll pro„
"We.think it's time to take! 'ceeds. ,
1 some money and make a commit-, Some transportation council
ment there," said Dan Rocha,; members were concerned that
principal transportation planner, focusing the state's attention on
for the North Central Texas' Airport Freeway and I-635 could
1 Council of Governments. ' force other highway projects onto
The letter will be sent even, the back burner. Among them:
though the transportation council ' Texas 360 in Arlington,Loop 12 in.
lacked a quorum at its Thursday- Dallas County and Interstate 35W
1 meeting and couldn't formally'' in Fort Worth
vote on it.At least 20 of the coup-,. -ONLINE:Regional Transportation
cil's 39 members must be present;-4' Council:www.nctcog.org/trans
1 for a quorum,but only 19 made it-4
to the discussion because of the_
heavy afternoon rain.
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By CHRIS NEELY + Heavy rains were the most at D/FW since '
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER should move out February, when ice storms
A-drenching late-summer of the area sometime forced American, American
rainstorm stalled over North today, National Weather Eagle and Delta to ground about
Texas on Thursday, causing Service forecasters say., 700 flights.
scattered power outages, flood- The storm was a sign that
ing streets and forcing the delay, 'flights, although Wagner said autumn is on its way to the
diversion and cancellation of the airline was attempting to Metroplex,but it was a bit more
hundreds of flights at bring those flights into D/FW. intense than usual for Septem-
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.' By Thursday evening,airport
American Airlines canceled officials also reported five can-
320 of its 671 departing flights cellations and 15 diversions by A sport utility vehicle makes a '
on Thursday, American Delta Air Lines, with more splash on Thursday at the inter-
spokesman Tim Wagner said. expected. section of Westpark Way and
The airline also diverted 37 of its Thursday's cancellations Pipeline Road in Euless. '
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"We just got a lot of rain in a short "I'm car-less," he explained. "My
amount of time," said Sean Hughes,a wife is at the hotel takings nap."
spokesman with the North Richland The weather service is calling for
Hills Fire Department. "Our streets rain to continue this morning and
just couldn't handle that much rain." gradually taper off,Shoemaker said.
' ber cold fronts, said meteorologist Lightning also struck a home in "By midday we should be just
Dan Shoemaker of the National north Arlington shortly after 1 p.m., about finished with it,"he said.
Weather Services Fort Worth forecast according to Arlington police dis- Today's high is expected to be 80
office. patch supervisor Jimmy Pitstick. No degrees with an 80 percent chance of
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The conditions were just right for injuries were reported. rain. Another cool front should dry
a lot of rain,"he said."We've got a ton TXU Energy officials reported things out by Saturday and Sunday,
of tropical moisture and a very slow- scattered storm-related outages, pri- when weather service forecasts call
moving system. You combine those marily in northeast Fort Worth.There for partly cloudy skies with highs in
' two things.and it just continues to were no reports of downed lines,but the low to mid 80s.
rain-" extra crews were called in Thursday Staff writers Mark Agee,Terry Lee Goodrich,
Thursday's downpour turned afternoon to respond to the outages, Bryon Okada and Domingo Ramirez Jr.con-
streets into fast-moving streams which were caused by lightning and tributed to this report.
throughout Tarrant County. Police heavy rains,a TXU spokesman said. ONLINE.National Weather Service Fort Worth office,
closed several flooded roadways in The rain also made for sparse wwwsrh-noaa.gov/fwd
Arlington, Fort Worth, Keller, North attendance at Grapevine's GrapeFest. National Weather Service hot line,(817)429-2631.
t Richland Hills, Colleyville, Southlake By late afternoon, festival officials For American Airlines flight information,go to
and other area communities. had given vendors permission to www.aa.com or call reservations at(800)433-7300.
For Delta flight information,go to www.delta.com or
Lightning hit two apartment com-, leave without,penalty of violating call(800)Z35-1999.TXU Energy customers can
plexes in Euless, but no fires or their contracts. Only a few stayed, report outages at(800)233-2133.
' injuries were reported, Euless fire among them Glenn Neal of Willow Chris Neely,(8R)685 3806
officials said Park,:who sells steel garden art. r cneely@star-telegram.com