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Heart of thematter
Once saved, Terry speaks out on AEDs 3x
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BY BOB FRANCIS the video is Terry. r �z
Terry, re resident for exter-
nal
Fort Worth Business Press regional vice P Y g
nal affairs for SBC, is a 20-year volunteer
ary Terry always cries when he for the American Heart Association. One c ,
watches the video of an automated of his pet projects has been the installation .
external defibrillator (AED) res- of automated external defibrillators
cue at the Austin Airport just eight months (AEDs) in public places.
after installation of the devices. In the video, frantic airport workers Gary Terry, of SBC, survived a heart attack
Little wonder. The man being saved in because of the defibrillators for which he I
scramble to save his life after he had col- That was Terry's condition that day, "One minute, and 10 percent of your
lapsed just inside a passenger screening as he drove to the airport. Checking in chances for survival are gone. Two
area. "I always cry when I watch it or his rental car, Terry headed to his minutes, and 20 percent of your
talk about it,"Terry said. departure gate. It was when he walked chances are gone. Three minutes, and
Terry began volunteering for the through the passenger screening station 30 percent of your chances of survival
AHA 20 years ago because of a history !hat it happened. are gone, and so on.You can see why it
of heart disease in his family. Having With no warning, he suddenly col- is .so important to have AEDs avail-
played football throughout high school lapsed, pitching forward to the ground,
and college, Terry was stunned whenslamming his right eye into the luggage able,"Terry said.
he had his first heart attack in his for- conveyor belt on the way down. It is an Terry was fortunate. One of th
ties. But the worst — and in many event Terry only recalls because he can newly installed AEDs was only 18 feet
ways the best - was yet to come. watch the videotape. away. An airport policeman, Ando
Terry's story begins March 1, 2001, "By the time I hit the ground I was McKinney, started cardiopulmonar
after a reception in Austin for the unconscious," Terry said. Terry had resuscitation (CPR) on Terry, while
recently adjourned Texas Legislature. collapsed because of a ventricular fib- another worker got the AED
Heading back to the Austin rillation (VF). VF is .an abnormal, Commercially available, user-friend)
International Airport, he reminded chaotic heart rhythm that prevents the AEDs are different than the ones use
himself that the airport recently had heart from pumping blood. It is respon- by trained medical personnel. These
installed AEDs after a successful lob- sible for about 80 to 90 percent of all AEDs evaluate a sudden cardiac arres�
.bying effort by the American Heart sudden cardiac arrests. victim's heart rhythm, determine i
Association, led, in part, by Terry. The quickest — and most effective shock is needed and deliver an electric
That was the only thought he gave to — way to revive someone who suffers shock through the ,
the machines because he felt fine.Terry from VF is cardiac defibrillation, an chest wall to the
had had two heart attacks several years emergency procedure that delivers an heart. If the
earlier. "I thought 1 was fine. There electric shock to the heart with a defib- shock is efsto '
were no symptoms and I knew the rillator. But a victim must be defibril- the abnormal
it will stop
signs," he said.A large man,Terry said lated quickly to stop VF and allow a the
he had plenty of energy though he normal heart rhythm to resume. Every heart rhythm,
admitted he was burning the candle at minute that passes decreases the likeli- allowing the ,
both ends. "And I'd burn it in the mid- hood that the victim will be saved, heart's normal
dle if I could," he said. Following his according to the AHA. rhythm to
earlier heart attacks, he had dropped resume. '
some weight and began eating a more
healthy diet. However, it was not long
until he had slipped back to eating an ,
unhealthy diet, not exercising and gain-
ing weight.
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GENE BUINGER ^
Group to recognize superintendent's devotion Age:58
to youth club with lifetime achievement award Occupation:superintendent,Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district
Family:wife,Mary Kay;daughter,Ann;son,Doug
1 Education:bachelor's degree in history,Fort Hays State College in Hays,
Kansas,1968;master's degree in educational administration,University of
School chief receives
Missouri at Kansas City,1973;doctorate in education administration,
Oklahoma State University,1984
rase Scouts honor Associations:Boy Scouts of America;H-E-B Rotary;H-E-B Chamber of
'� � Commerce
By BRANDON FORMBY the Boy Scouts. and other organizations,"he said.
Staff Writer Dr.Buinger's dedication to the Although Boy Scouts works
Gene Buinger, 58, credits his organization began during his
youth in Kansas City,Kan. with different school dis-
years as a Boy.Scout with laying Y �' many 3
the foundation for his character. "I think it has so many positive tricts and their administrators,Dr.
"It was a positive experience," aspects,so I was flattered to be se- Buinger stands out, Mr. Hueske
he said. "It taught me leadership lected,"Dr.Buinger said. said.
' skills. It put me with a positiveIn the third grade,Dr.Buinger "The introduction to Scouting
peer group." joined the Cub Scouts and later through the school system is so
The Scouts' Roadrunner Dis- belonged to a church Boy Scout important to the success of the
trict, which serves Hurst, Euless troop. program," he said. "Many school
' and Bedford, credits Dr. Buinger "I enjoyed the camping part of districts across the country have
with a lot,too. Scouting because I grew up in the been less than supportive.Dr.Bu-
"He has just been a wonderful city,"he said."This was an oppor- inger has just literally opened the
supporter of Scouting, not just tunity to have outdoor experienc- door to Scouting in this district."
' now but throughout his life,"said es." That openness speaks a lot
Joel Hueske, a former Roadrun- At 13,he and a group of Scouts about Dr.Buinger's strength as an
did community service to receive educator,Ms.Follett said.
their God and Country badge. "I think he looks at the whole
ner District "We went to Goodwill Indus-
g chairman. tries at a time when special-needs child,"she said."He wants to see
x The group youngsters weren't in public the students in that district have a
will present Dr. schools like they are today," Dr. well-rounded education."
Buinger, super- The award will be presented
intendent for Buinger said. "This was our first during a dinner and reception at
the H-E-B experience working alongside spe- 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pat
school district, tial-needs individuals." May Center,1849B Central Drive.
GeneBuingei with a lifetime Dr.Buinger said it was impor- Area restaurants and H-E-B culi-
' achievement tant for children to have expert- nary arts students will .prepare
award Wednesday. ences provided by groups like the dinner.The event will feature live
"He's always been helpful in Scouts. and silent auctions and music by
trying to get programs started for "I believe part of the purpose of local Boy Scouts.Tickets cost$20.
the youth in H-E-B,"said Gale Fol- education is character develop- Call 817-624-5527.
lett, senior district executive for ment,and that's a fundamental fo- i
cus of Scouting and Campfire Girls E-mail bformby@dallasnews.com
or call 817-865-4970
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Terry also was
lucky because the
airport police-
man, McKinney,
was trained in
CPR. While "One minute, and 10 percent of
' AEDs are a key to saving someone your chances for survival are
with sudden cardiac arrest, CPR can
gone. Two minutes, and 20 per-
double a victim's chance of survival if '
it is used until an_AED is ready to cent of your chances are gone.
' deliver a shock, according lb the AHA. Three minutes, and 30 percent
The AED at the Austin Airport also
i of your chances of survival are
was equipped with an audiotape to .. i"
gone, and so on. You can see
record rescues. On the videotape, why it is so important to have
which was taped from a security mom- �'' AEDs available:'
tor, you can hear the rescuers saying,
'
No pulse. No pulse. Move aside I'm
going to shock him," s0rneone says. —Gary Terry
They shock Terry once and again '
' someone says, "No pulse. No pulse"
They shock him again. Finally some-
one says, "I think he's gone.No pulse" torn off as they treat-
But they don't stop. Finally, after four ed him. In the pock-
minutes and 19 seconds, Terry's heart I et, she found one of
starts to beat again. It took 18 minutes W,cam��—_ `�"�0 his business cards.
to get a full rhythm so he could be �'` When the hospital
' transported to the hospital.
AantYzrx�Paas got hold of Anne,
Terry's ordeal was far from over. ss�"°shoK they told her not
And his wife's was just be innin "-g.
to rush, that Terry
' Anne Terry was in their east Texas might not make it
home when her husband's heart and that he
would not know
stopped. She knew his schedule and _ = 1tr� `
_
expected him to call either before heher anyway. She
�
left Austin or when he returned to rushed out of
the house
Dallas. Unfortunately, in transporting " wearing the
' Terry to Breckenridge Hospital in sweatpants and
Austin, his wallet and briefcase were T-shirt she had
locked up at the Austin Airport. He was slept in, got in her truck and drove to
' booked into the hospital as Austin. "Fortunately, I had other
"Unknown." clothes in the car. But I didn't think.
Anne Terry waited and waited and When I found out where he was, I
then began calling friends and co- headed to Austin," she said.
workers hoping to find her missing Twice, she stopped, pulling over to
husband. The next morning, more than the side of the road because she had a
12 hours after his heart at stopped, a feeling that Terry had died. She was
social worker at the hospital went right.Two times that day, his heart had
through Terry's shirt, which had been stopped again. "It was the strangest
experience I've ever had. I stopped
' twice and both times, I don't know
what it was, a peacefulness or some-
thing came over me and told me to go
' on," she said.
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When she arrived at the hospital, the In making his presentation Terre
nurses prepared her for the worst. "No shows the videotape of the event that
one was sure what shape he was in saved — and changed — his life. It
because he hadn't communicated to makes an impact, as many who have '
them," she said. She entered his room seen it will attest. "The tape shows that
and said, "Do you know who I am if you dedicate yourself to helping oth-
baby?" Terry blinked his eyes two or ers, you will eventually save yourself," ,
three times. It was the most response said Van Johnson, a Fort Worth emer-
they had seen from him. "They were gency medical technician, who viewed
shocked. That's all there is to it. the videotape. And it's easy to use. '
Shocked," said Anne Terry. During one of his speaking engage-
When he could finally speak again merits on behalf of the AHA, Terre
days later,Terry asked his wife and the taught a 10-year-old boy how to oper-
ate the machine. ,
hospital to call the reporters. He want- Terry knows that it was not just the
ed to tell the world that the very AEDs AED that saved his life. "I have four
he had fought to install had saved his granddaughters and when one of them '
life. came to see me in the hospital, one of
Terry was the fifth person to be them said, 'Paw-paw, don't die. You
saved by the device at the airport in just have so much more to teach me.' I ,
eight months. He has been telling that made up my mind right then and there
story ever since. I was going to make it he said. He
A few weeks ago, he told the story was not only going to make it. He was
again to members of the Building going to make a difference. ,
Operators and Managers Association of With an internal defibrillator
Fort Worth. "Managers responsible for installed, Terry went home shortly
places where masses of people gather thereafter. Since then, he has talked to '
need to teach CPR to their employees many groups telling his story, raising
and get AEDs in place," he said. The funds for the AHA. He worked with
AHA has spent $1.3 million develop- State Sen. Jane Nelson to get Good '
ing easy-to-use AEDs, with some of Samaritan laws passed so that no one
those funds going to the University of using the machines and CPR properly
North Texas Health Science Center in will face lawsuits in Texas.
Fort Worth. Terry regularly spouts statistics ,
The AHA Texas Affiliate recently about cardiovascular disease to tell oth-
awarded $238,099 in matching grants ers how important it is to work with the
to help suburban communities place AHA. "Cardiovascular disease is the ,
221 automated devices in their first- top killer of adults in the U.S., respon-
responder vehicles.The Tarrant County sible for about 960,000 deaths annual-
Sheriff's Department, for instance, ly. It claims more lives than the next ,
received a $10,075 toward the purchase seven leading causes of death com-
of 10 AEDs. bind," he said.
Statistics like that are effective, but '
Terry knows his story has more impact.
"I was saved for a reason. I am on a
mission from God.That's the truth,"he
said. '
Contact Francis at rfrancis@bizpress.net.
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Fallingrices a boon to of erst but notfor courses
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' BY SARAH McCLELLAN said.
Fort Worth Business Press Woodhaven is also finding it necessary
to reduce initiation rates to attract mem-
' olfers in the Metroplex have been bers. The rate used to be $2,000, is now
playing their game a lot cheaper $1,000,and is sometimes on special for as
lately, but at the expense of the low as$500.
' courses they play,said Sam Maraffi,PGA Regular weekday and weekend rates
professional and pro shop superintendent were discounted an average of$4.30 per
for the city of Fort Worth. round on five city of Fort Worth courses
"So many courses have been built in until Oct. 1.The discount includes the golf
' the past 10 years that the number of cours- cart,which usually costs$11 per person.
es has outstripped the demand," Maraffi Neil Schmidt,the general manager and
said. "More discounting is done today head pro at Iron Horse Golf Course in
than there ever has been to my knowledge. North Richland Hills, said rates have
' Discounting is great for the customer,but dropped $3 to $5 per round this year, but
it kills everybody's business." when compared to 2000,they've slid$5 to
Between 1989 and 2001, Maraffi said, $10. .He also said revenues have
' the number of public and municipal cours- decreased significantly.
es grew from 47 to 85.However,the num- "If a new course opens and gets thirty
ber of players in the area has not increased thousand rounds in a year, those rounds
at the same rate,which causes the average have to come from somewhere," Schmidt
' number of rounds per golf course to said.
decrease. Municipal courses have lost Adena Wallace, head pro at the Texas
29,000 rounds this year alone, according Star Golf Course in Eu I ess,.sai 'ifie Bourse
to Maraffi. _ as lost up to our t ousand rounds per
This results in newer or private courses year the last few years, so it began dis-
lowering their prices and drawing cus- counting Summer and Winter rates last
tomers from municipal courses. year.
' Shaun Poe, head pro at.Woodhaven "Everyone [in the golf industry] has
Country Club in east Fort Worth, said the had to cut budgets," Wallace said. "We
club runs specials to accommodate friends have had to make some jobs more part-
and co-workers of members who want to time and seasonal"
' play the course. The problem is causing Woodhaven
"It's hard to convince them to drop$50 and the city courses to cut costs in mainte-
when they can go down the road to a pub- nance,supplies and labor.
' lic course and play for around $30," Poe "We want to maintain a level of service
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for the members, but without the same city is also trying to lure new players with '
revenue coming in, it's hard not to cut a junior golf program and growth of game
expenses," Poe said. "It's difficult not to instruction programs that package instruc-
allow anything to suffer." tion and play on the course. '
Schmidt said the industry has become "This is important because it gets new
increasingly competitive, and Iron Horse players into the game and is not as intimi-
is competing by improving conditions and dating as going to a course and being con-
service without changing the price. "Even fronted by a game they're unfamiliar ,
if green fees are next to nothing, if the with," Maraffi said. "We've got to com-
service and course aren't good,they won't pete."
be back,"he said. The owners of one new course,Crown ,
Maraffi said municipal courses have Valley Country Club in Parker County,
had to reduce full-time staff by one-third, filed for bankruptcy protection in August,
but has not considered closing any of the less than one year after opening.
courses because they still make money or None of these problems has affected ,
break even. If a city course closed, how- Colonial Country Club, however.
ever,it would be turned into parkland. Assistant golf pro Donovan Solis said the
Wallace said she has had to shop club is protected by the popularity of the
around more for services and budget bet- PGA tour event it hosts, and by being the ,
ter in order to keep the services and the only rated club in Texas in the Golf Digest
Texas Star course up to par. paneling system.
"The bottom line is being smarter with . "And Annika coming this year didn't ,
_your money,"she said. hurt any,"Solis said
Maraffi said the municipal golf system Director of sales and marketing at
is trying to remedy the decreasing rev- Cowboy's Golf Course in Grapevine,Jane
enues by using more advertising and Richards, said the slowdown has not '
offering discount cards. affected Cowboy's,either.
"We've developed a marketing plan "We're one of the few clubs that has
that will bring us new players," Maraffi not succumbed to rate cutting," Richards.
said."It's incumbent upon not only us,but said. "We have something that's very ,
the industry, to develop new programs to unique and caters to corporate customers
entice new players and old players to play because it's a great place to entertain
more" clients and employees.That helps us back '
One new perk is the Fort Worth Golf up our pricing."
Tour Card, which gives a free round if the
holder plays every city course once. The Contact McClellan at snicclellan@bizpress.net. '
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' TALK OF
THE TOWNS
Tuesday
Helpful tips:An osteoporosis
seminar for Euless seniors
' hosted by the city's Parks and
Community Services
Department will be at 10 am.,
Simmons Senior Center,508
Simmons Drive.Free.
Reservations are required.
Call 817-685-1670.
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INSIDE CRIME FIGHTING
Cities eontinue enorts i
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to thwart domesti" e Violenee i
By MARK THOMPSON people harming them in jail, arrest, and if they witness a victims know that there ai
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
police can and often do arrest violation of a protective order, safe places where they can g
Family violence is defined those suspects, area officers they must make an arrest,"said she said.
by a Euless police Web site as said. Leticia Martinez, chief of the Family violence is not limi
"intentional use or threat of Most police agencies in district attorney's office fami- ed to large cities.
physical force by a member of Texas and the nation have ly-violence unit. This year, the Keller Poll
a family or household against adopted must-arrest policies The county's 30 municipali- Department investigated 75
another member of the family when there is direct evidence ties file about 250 domestic family violence e t
or household." in domestic violence cases, a violence cases a month, and . r p 0 rJ
through September, and th
Police take those cases seri- Tarrant County district attor- most involve injuries,Martinez number of reports will prob -
ously because they often ney's office specialist said. siLid. bly top last year's 95 cases,
involve injuries. And battered "At least 75 percent of the If victims drop charges in police Lt. Tommy Williamn
women are increasingly will- time, the victims do not want Tarrant County,they must par- said. That was up from 75 ca,0
ing to file reports. to pursue charges. If they ticipate in workshops at one of es in 2001,he said.
Although many victims [police officers]witness family two county women's shelters, Irving Police Department
remain reluctant to put the violence,they have to make an she said. Those sessions let investigated 2,532 domestil
Where to turn for help When Keller officers inves-
0 Arlington Women's Shelter tigate suspected family vio-
(24 hours),(817)460-5566 lence, they usually file cases,
0 Women's Haven Shelter Williams said. And often
(24 hours), (817)535-6464 domestic violence cases have a
higher clearance rate than 3
many other types that police
violence cases last year and officers investigate, Hoenig
pursued 1,896 cases through said. 3
September, said Sgt. Gerald "We usually know who the
Hoenig, director of the family- suspects are. We just have to
violence unit. look for them,"he said.
"I think it's pretty safe to ONLINE:www.ci.euless.tx.us/dept/
say that for every case that's police/resources.htm
reported, there are many that Mark Thompson,(817)685-3859
are not,"Hoenig said. markthompson@star-telegram.com
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By ELLEN SCHROEDER The Texas Veterinary Med- The rabies vaccine is the
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STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER ical Association opposed the only one the state requires
and CRISTINA RODRIGUEZ change, saying that about half because the disease can be
SPECIAL TO THESTARTELEGRAM the dogs in the state never transmitted to humans.
Residents of Richland Hills and receive rabies vaccinations. Other vaccines are up to
' most other area communities have Hurst veterinarian Lecreca pet owners and their veteri-
good news for their pets:They now Taliaferro still recommends narians.
need rabies shots only once every vaccinating pets every year so From January through June,
three years instead of every year. that owners do not forget. 16 dogs and 14 cats were
' Communities across greater "Rabies is on the incline in reported with rabies in Texas,
Northeast Tarrant County have this area of the state,"she said. the department said.Last year,
changed their ordinances to comply "I would rather err on the cau- 15 dogs and 24 cats were
with a ruling in February by the tion' side." reported with rabies.Texas Board of Health. Hurst and Euless opted Barbara Richardson of Bed-
against lifting the annual ford, who owns five dogs,
Last week, Richland Hills rabies shot requirement this expressed concern that some
' became the latest community to year. pet owners will neglect to take
adopt the change. Flower Mound Vaccination records and their pets to the veterinarian
'did so two weeks ago, and Grape- dates are difficult enough to every year for annual check-
vine and Southlake amended their keep track of without increas- ups because of the new three-
ordinances last month. ing the amount of time year rule.
They join Fort Worth and five between visits, said Ron "I like it better because it's
other greater Northeast Tarrant Young, Euless public works cheaper,' she said. But when
County communities. director. people were required to go for
In Richland Hills, puppies and "People forget; they lose rabies vaccinations every year,
kittens must be vaccinated before records," Young said. "Our at least the animal was getting
4 months of age and again one year to the vet every year
later.But thereafter,the animals will Rabies vaccines Staff writers Jessica DeLe6n,Mike Lee,
' The Texas Board of Health Kelly Melhart,Ellena F.Morrison and
need shots only every three Josh Shaffer contributed to this report.
yew, recommends that domestic
"The vaccine given to:ani-. dogs and cats be vaccinated
' mals has always been a three- against rabies:
year vaccine," said Barbara •Before four months of age.
Childress, Richland Hills •One year after the initial
vaccination.
police chief and animal con- ■Every three years
trol director. "The vaccine has thereafter.
not changed, just the require-
ment to do it every three [Animal Shelter Advisor
years:' Pet owners still may
have their animals vaccinated Board]felt like we have a good
more frequently,she said. record of having no rabies cas-
A small percentage of ani- es, and they felt it was best to
mals are adversely affected by keep it at one year."
receiving three-year vaccines Haltom City, Roanoke and
every year, but the state Watauga also have an annual
Health Department is primari- requirement.
' ly concerned with protecting Until February, Texas was
people, said veterinarian Jane one of five states that required
Mahlow, the department's annual rabies vaccinations,
director of the zoonosis con- according to the state Health
' trol division. Department.
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Eeonom 's one
for the books
Libraries seeing greater
volume during downturn
By CHRIS NEELY them must cut hours, staff and '
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER purchases of books, videos and
Library officials across Tar- other inventory. Still, library offi-
rant County say the economic cials are trying to expand some ,
slump of the past couple of years programs to meet local needs,
has brought more people than with a nod to Tarrant County's
ever to their doors. unemployment rate having
They attribute the jump to climbed past 7 percent this year. '
residents using library resources More employment listings,books
to look for work and fewer peo- on resume preparation and study
ple buying books,magazines and aids for professional tests are ,
videotapes. being offered.
"When parents can't afford to "In a library, you can come
take their kids to the movies or and teach yourself to be a real
Six Flags or Hurricane Harbor, estate agent or to run software '
they're looking for low-cost alter- packages," said JoAnn Rogers,
natives," said Cary Siegfried, director of the Euless Public
Arlington's assistant director of Library. "We're all a lot more
libraries. involved in re-careering than we '
The demand on libraries used to be."
comes at a time when many of
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ing recently and said his family gets at local libraries has meant er of the Summerglen branch.
doesn't buy books anymore, that something had to give. "I believe we're closer to 60,000
' they don't rent movies.His wife Public libraries in Texas at this point.So in order to not
takes the kids to the library,and receive only about 5 percent of be just busting at the seams,we
that's how they cut back," their funding from the state, are constantly weeding materi-
There's also been a focus on Watling said. and even that money took a hit als to make way for new
free entertainment. Bedford Keith Estes of Euless said he during the Legislature's regular things:'
and Euless libraries have more has contributed to the crowds session,when several programs Faced with tighter budgets
bestsellers and books on com- at Bedford's library recently by were scaled back. Most library and increased traffic, librarians
pact disc. In Arlington and checking out items that in the funding comes from local have become creative about the
Grapevine, the focus has been past he might have bought. sources. services they offer.
on increasing Internet access. `There have been a couple In communities such as Bed- "Librarians are phenomenal
In Hurst, there are more family of times that I came here to ford, Haltom City and Keller, at stretching a buck,but I think
' programs and performances. look for a book before I went to library officials had to reduce they've done about as much as
Judging by the numbers, the the bookstore,"he said. their hours last year. In Arling- they can do,"said Meraz,of the
changes appear to have been Booksellers say the econom- ton, branches that had been state library association."There
popular. is pinch has resulted in more open six days a week were are hard choices to be made
' In Hurst, library use in Sep- browsing and fewer sales. reduced to five in April. and, unfortunately, the people
tember was up 14 percent over "For a while,we had a lot of 'A lot of libraries are faced who are losing are the library
September 2002. people coming in to use our with really horrible choices: users who need the facilities
Circulation in north Fort books and to study,"said Tama- having to cut hours, having to most."
' Worth's Summerglen Branch ra Kell, manager of the Barnes close branches, having to forgo Staff writer Jessica DeLe6n
Library was 50 percent higher & Noble bookstore in their materials budget," said contributed to this story.
this September than last. Grapevine. "The economy Gloria Meraz,spokeswoman for ONLINE:Arlington Public Library,
And even though Bedford's slumped for everyone for a the Texas Library Association. www.pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us
library cut its hours for almost while,especially right after 9-11, Several library officials — Barnes&Noble,www.barnesandnoble.com
half the year,library visits were but I really see it coming back." including those in Arlington, Bedford Public Library,lib.bedford.tx.us
up almost 6 percent, Internet The demand on libraries is Bedford,Fort Worth's Summer- Fort Worth Public library Summerglen
' use increased almost 12 per- being seen across the state and glen branch, Hurst, Haltom Branch,
cent, and more than 14 percent the country. Circulation at 18 City,Keller and North Richland www.fortworthlibrary.org/sumglen.htm
more library cards were issued public libraries in large cities Hills — say their libraries are Haltom City Public library,
this year, according to Marleen nationwide shot up 8.3 percent too small for the populations' www.haltomcitytx.com/library
Watling,Bedford's library man- in March 2001, the start of the they serve.Planned expansions, Hurst Public Library,
ager. In September 2002, the last recession, compared with though, have in many cases www.ci.hurst.tx.rrs/lib/index.htm
library had more than 23,000 January 1997,according to a sur- been put off indefinitely until Keller Public Library,www.kellerlib.org
registered users; by this Sep- vey by the University of Illinois the economy improves. North Richland Hills Public Library,
' tember, there were more than Library Research Center on "When they built this library www.library.nrhtx.com
26,000. behalf of the American Library three years ago, they expected Texas library Association,www.txla.org
"We had a gentleman who Association. it to hold about 55,000 items," Chris Neely,(8M 685-3806
' came to the City Council meet- In some cases, tighter bud- said Barbara G. Grisell, manag- cneeiy@star-telegram.com
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TO ALL INTERESTED APPLICATION AND j
INTENT TO OBTAIN public interest in the
� AN EXISTING application or if re-,
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APPLICATION CITGO After the final dead-
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Com any has a lied ments following any
CITGO Products Pipeline Company has applied to the to the Texas pCom- public meeting or
mission on Eviron- notice and comment I mental Quality hearingg, the execu-
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) (TCEQ) for issuance ti ve director will
of an Existing Facility consider the com-
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ptoP al
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ppreviously grandfa- public comments. If
ther emissions comments are re-
operation of previously grandfathered emissions sources sources at the Ar- ceived,the response
lington Pipeline to comments, along
Breakout Station.The with the executive
at the Arlington Pipeline Breakout Station. The Station station is located ap- director's action on
proximately two miles the application, will
south of State High- be mailed to every- ,
is located approximately two miles south of state way 183 on FM Road one who submitted
157, Euless, Tarrant comments or is on
Highway 183 on FM Road 157 Euless Tarrant County, 1 'y, TExas. The a mailing list for this
Euless, t Iacilit "will emit the application.
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application is contained in the public notice section of construction or an affected by the
increase in emissions. emissions of air
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submitted to the site may request a
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2003.The application hearing. The TCEQ
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Tand copying at the and comment hear-
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Tarrant Count Tex- tice. The purpose of ,
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compliance file,if any hearing is to provide
exists,is available for an opportunity to
Pallas/Fort
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Dallas/Fort Worth re- the draft permit. If a
gional office of the notice and comment
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Matt Blevins named Executive Director of the
Buxton Company's CommunitylD Division
"Im excited about this opportu- A native of Danville,Ky.,Blevins
' nity with Buxton," said Blevins. received a B.A. in Economics from
"More and more cities are adding Centre College in Danville, Ky.,
retail recruitment to help drive! and an M.A. in Applied Economics
their economic development pro- from the University of Cincinnati.
' grams.Buxton is at the forefront of Since 1994, Buxton has been ad-
providing detailed,accurate data to vising retail chains on where to lo-
help these cities identify the best cate new stores based on extensive
retailers for their areas." psychographics research that accu-
CommunitylD was launched na- rately analyzes individual lifestyle,
tionally in December 2002.To date, behavior patterns and buying pat-
40 communities throughout the terns.Buxton now provides studies
United States use Buxtons Com- that enable communities to recruit
munitylD product. CommunitylD retailers more effectively.Commu-
is a state-of-the-art research prod- nitylD clients include the cities of
uct designed specifically for use in Shoreline,Wash.,Fort Worth,Dal-
' community economic development las,Denton and Euless,Texas;and
programs, providing cities with Ardmore and Muskogee, Okla.
clear, precise and meaningful di- Among Buxtons CustomerlD cli-
rection to effectively market their ents are Pier 1 Imports, The Con-
' MATT BLEVINS communities to retailers and res- tainer Store, Bass Pro Shops and
taurateurs. 7-Eleven.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- Matt
' Blevins has been named Executive
Director of the Buxton Companys
CommunitylD division.In his new
position, Blevins will work with
municipalities throughout the Mid
Atlantic region to assist them in
expanding their retail sector.
Blevins will be based in Louisville,
' Ky.,serving communities through-
out Pennsylvania,Tennessee,West
Virginia,Virginia,North Carolina,
' South Carolina, as well as Ken-
tucky.
"Matt is one of the key people in-
strumental in the technical devel-
opment of our CommunitylD
product,"said David Rambie,presi-
dent of Buxton Con munitylD di-
vision."Who better to help describe
' and promote our product than
Matt,who helped develop it? Were
delighted to have him in this impor-
tant new leadershipeadership ca-
pacity."
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How to calculate
your property taxes
One of the least popular rites of fall is upon us:the mailing of property tax bills. ,
Homeowners in the region are now receiving their bills,which must be paid by
Jan.31.Most homeowners pay their taxes along with their mortgage payments. '
To help you better understand your taxes,News2Use is providing information about how
to calculate your tax bill.
Example: $150,000 home in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Fort Worth school district
with homeowner over 65 years of age. ,
Find the value of your home: $150,000
Find your taxing entities: County Tarrant
City Fort Worth ,
School district Fort Worth
Special N/A
�,'Caxabte`value . '
Home value $150,000
minus homestead exemption(state mandated) -$15,000
135,000 '
Home value(minus state homestead) $135,000 '
minus local homestead exemptions -$30,000
(if any from all entities) (20%of$150,000
for Fort Worth) '
r $105,000
minus secondary local exemption $105,000
(either 65 or older or disabled) $40,000(for city)
$65,000
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County .646
City .865
Sch6ddistrict n 1.65
$3:161 per$100 valuation
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Exemptions Deadlines
' Under Texas law,school districts must offer Property taxes are due Jan.31.Most
homestead exemptions of$15,000 for all homeowners pay their taxes along with their
homeowners.For example,if your home is valued mortgage payments.
' at$100,000,you only pay school taxes on$85,000. Highest tax rates for cities
Some school districts and cities offer local- in five-county region,per$100 valuation
option exemptions for up to 20 percent of the
home's value(not less than$5,000),which can Forest Hill(Tarrant) 97Q�
' be added to the state-mandated exemptions. Everman(Tarrant) .884'
If you are 65 or older or are disabled,you Pelican Bay(Tarrant) .875
qualify for additional exemptions.Check with Fort Worth(Tarrant) .865
' your appraisal district to find out what exemptions River Oaks(Tarrant) .782-
are available to you. Benbrook(Tarrant) .762-
There are four exemptions for disabled veterans Venus(Johnson) .755
and for the surviving spouse or child of a disabled
' veteran or a member of the armed forces who Alvarado(Johnson) .750
was killed on active duty.The amount of the Kennedale(Tarrant) .732
exemption ranges from$5,000 to$12,000 and Grandview(Johnson) .724
' depends on the severity of the disability.
Lowest tax rates for cities
Worth noting... in five county region,per$100 valuation
■If you own more than one house,you can' gartonville(Denton) .178 M only get the exemption on your primary residence. Double Oak(Denton) .220 111111111■You can get exemption application forms
from the appraisal district of your county. Clark(Denton) .250 111111110
■After you receive an over-65 homestead Dalworthington
' exemption,your taxes can be frozen,which means Gardens(Tarrant) .267
they cannot increase as long as you own and live Edgecliff Village(Tarrant) .287M
li in that home.Under a new constitutional Northlake(Denton) .295
amendment,cities,counties and junior college Lakeside(Tarrant) .298
districts are now permitted to freeze property Lake Worth(Tarrant) .314
taxes for senior citizens and people with
disabilities,but only a handful of cities in the Lipan(Hood) .330
region have decided to adopt such an ordinance. I Haslet(Tarrant) .345
How to reach ...
■Denton Central Appraisal District:(940)349-3800
ONLINE:www.dentoncad.com
■Denton County Tax Assessor-Collector:(940)349-3500
ONLINE:www.tax.dentoncounty.com
' ■Hood County Appraisal District:(817) 573-2471
ONLINE:www.co.hood.tx.us/appraisaidistrict.htm
■Johnson County Central Appraisal District:(817)645-3986
ONLINE:www.johnsoncad.com
■Johnson County Tax Assessor-Collector:(817)556-6100(main number in Cleburne);
(817)295-6641(Burleson office)
ONLINE:www.johnsoncountytaxoffice.org
■Parker County Appraisal District:(817)596-0077
' ONLINE:parkercad.org
■Tarrant Appraisal District:(817)284-0024
ONLINE:www.tad.org
■Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector:(817)884-1100
ONLINE:www.tarrantcounty.com/taxweb
' STAR-TELEGRAM/RESEARCH:KELLY MELHART,LEE WILLIAMS,GRAPHIC:DAMIKO MORRIS
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Taxing Tax rate Local Local Local
entity per$100 homestead over-65 disabled '
valuation exemption exemption exemption
County .272 $50,000 $10,000
County College .139 $50,000 $3,000
Hospital District .235 $50,000 $10,000 '
Total .646
Arlington .648 20 percent $65,000 $60,000
Azle .691 $15,000 '
Bedford .389 $50,000
Benbrook .762 1 percent $30,000 $5,000
Blue Mound .544 $12,000
Colleyville .3474 $65,000 $65,000
Crowley .674
Dal.Gardens .267 $35,000 $35,000
Edgecliff Village .287
Euless .495 20 percent $35,000
Everman .884 $35,000 $35,000 '
Forest Hill .97 $40,000
Fort Worth .865 20 percent $40,000 $40,000
Grapevine .366 20 percent $60,000 $10,000
Haltom City .52 10 percent $50,000 $40,000 '
Haslet .345 20 percent $50,000
Hurst .499 20 percent $35,000 $35,000
>- Keller .438 1 percent $40,000 $10,000
z Kennedale .732 $50,000 $50,000 ,
c Lake Worth .314 $10,000
Lakeside .298 $25,000 $25,000
F Mansfield .71 $50,000 $10,000
Z North Richland Hills .57 15 percent $36,000 $36,000 '
Pantego .40 20 percent $50,000 $10,000
a Pelican Bay .875 $9,000
Richland Hills .428 $20,000
River Oaks .782 $15,000
Saginaw .54 $40,000 $30,000
Sansom Park .49 1 percent $15,000 $15,000
Southlake .462 $75,000 $75,000
Watauga .581 $40,000 ,
Westover Hills .52
Westworth Village .50 20 percent $50,000 $30,000
White Settlement .618 20 percent $37,000 $10,000
School districts
Arlington 1.73
Azle 1.60
Birdville 1.61
Carroll 1.90 $35,000 '
Castleberry 1.68
Crowley 1.76 10 percent
Eagle Mtn/Saginaw 1.60 $3,000 $3,000
Everman 1.59 13.17 percent
Fort Worth 1.65
Grapevine-Colleyville 1.70 $29,600
H-E-B 1.66 1 percent $5,000 $5,000
Keller 1.67 $10,000
Kennedale 1.61 $25,000 $25,000
Lake Worth 1.68 $50,000 $50,000
Mansfield 1.68
White Settlement 1.60 $20,000
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County .2471
' Argyle .392 1 percent $16,000 $16,000
Bartonville .178 $50,000 $50,000
Clark .25
Double Oak .22 $40,000'
' Flower Mound .449 $60,000 $10,000
Justin .429 $5,000
Marshall Creek .50 $10,000 $10,000
c) Northlake .295 $10,000
Roanoke .375 20 percent $10,000 $4,500
c Trophy Club .43 $35,000
School districts
W Argyle 1.82
' c Denton 1.86
Lewisville 1.77
Northwest 1.83
Special districts
' Trophy Club MUD 1 .28 $25,000
Trophy Club MUD 2 .339 $25,000
>. County .36 $15,000
z Granbury .44 $20,000 $10,000
Lipan .33
o Tolar .46 $10,000 $10,000
cJ School district
c Granbury 1.70 $10,000 $10,000
o Lipan 1.75 $10,000 $10,000
= Tolar 1.81 $10,000 $10,000
County .464 1 percent
' Alvarado .75 $15,000 $15,000
Burleson .598 $22,500
Cleburne .711 1 percent $6,000
Godley .609 $10,000
' Grandview .724 $5,000
Joshua .52 $25,000
Keene .687 $15,000 $15,000
Rio Vista .489
Venus .755 $10,000 $10,000
School districts
z Alvarado 1.71
Burleson 1.75 $25,000 $25,000
' cj Cleburne 1.68 $7,000
z Godley 1.61
UO Grandview 1.57
z Joshua 1.74
= Keene 1.74
Rio Vista 1.65
Venus 1.55
Hill College
Alvarado .416
Cleburne .485
Godley .36
Grandview .411
' Joshua .402
Keene .452
Rio Vista .384
Venus .392
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County .247 $10,000 $10,000
Hospital .166 $10,000
Weatherford College .129 $10,000
Roads .094 $3,000
Emergency services .05
Total .686
Aledo .365 .,
Millsap .538
Springtown .613 $10,000 $10,000
u Weatherford .34 $25,000 $25,000
= Willow Park .12 $10,000
Y School districts
a Aledo 1.72
a Brock 1.66
Garner 1.61
Millsap 1.71
Peaster 1.75
Pooville 1.60
Springtown 1.64
Weatherford 1.70
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