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For 183,
to can't
ayit all rssion" No formal revenue study hasp "That's the first impression,"
_
said Texas Ttansportation Com- been completed on the LBJ toll
mission Chairman John Johnson. tunnels, but state transportation FREBUILDING UWAY 183
' Fees would not be a We need to sit down and find out leaders say tolls probably will hel
how to move it along." raise hundreds of millions of dol- The Texas Department of
panacea for rebuilding l Toll lanes along Highway 183 Jars in bonds that should help the Transportation has plans to widen
highway, study finds would raise a maximum$8.8 mil- LBJ Project get built faster. State Highway 183 with possible toll
' lion a year after paying for their But toll revenue also could help or managed lanes.A study shows
TONY]EiARTZEL toll lanes could generate about$94
B
y operation and upkeep, according with the state's growing road million in construction bonds.
Transportation Writer to the study.The net revenue fig-
Toll lanes or managed lanes maintenance�needs, Mr.Johnson
g ure does not include any payment las area's road money goes toward asE
said.About 52 percent of the Dal-
alone will not ease much of the re- for the toll lanes' construction "''
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gion's growing need for-highway costs. `ita
6-35
construction money,according to Under one scenario, the $8.8 highway upkeep.
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a preliminary North Texas Tollwa If we can get some ofthefund-
p ary Y million would leverage $94 mil- ing back,plus taking care of main- `i2 t
Authority study released Wedns- lion in construction bonds that tenance,we're ahead of the game," i83
da• would be aid back over 35 ears. F s2o DAU
Y P Y Mr.Johnson said.
The study examined the bene- w�R�H ao
And wherever toll revenue is
fits of adding up to three revers- Toll revenue would raise about 6 used fres up state money for oth- ` '"
ible-direction toll lanes on one of percent of Highway 183's entire the � area —20
� er local protects,said Bill Hale, —Construction
North Texas' most congested $1.5 billion reconstruction cost, Dallas district engineer for the
roads—State Highway 183 from according to the study. Texas Department of Transporta-
SOURCE:North Texas Tollway Authority
Dallas to Fort Worth.It found that "This is not going to be a pana- tion. Staff gmphi
toll lanes would net about $94 cea,"said tollway authority board "It's a snowball effect," Mr.
million in construction bonds,or member Paul Wageman."It's not Hale said. "And tolls can stay in Dallas to Fort Worth would cos
about one-fourth of the lanes'esti- going to be a gold rush." the area and allow us to do more of $6.75.
' mated $362 million construction Tollway authority Executive khat we need" The higher toll was include(
cost. Director Jerry Hiebert agreed: because it kept traffic moving at 6.
In an era of dwindling revenue, "Clearly, in this case there The report,which used a con- mph Mr.Hiebert said.It could b
struction start date of 2009 and a
state officials have touted man- needs to be significant investment completion date of 2012,includes lowered if planners found that
aged lanes as a way to raise high- by other entities to make this pro- some assumptions that could cheaper toll could raise mor
way construction revenue and ject feasible as a standalone pro- change and lower the toll lanes' money and let traffic move quick
speed up construction schedules. ject." construction cost and how much IY
The relatively low amount that Managed lanesare becoming a revenue could be raised. Although tolls won't pay forth
' could be raised on Highway 183 popular alternative for state high- The managed lanes, which entire Highway 183 project, tol
might not allow for the project to way planners.Construction is un- would switch directions depend- way officials said the money can t
be built quicker than originally der way on the Katy Freeway in ing onthetimeay,wouused in certain cases. The Bus
planned,which is one ofthe selling Houston, Texas' first managed- lude 18 paiof entrances and x- Turnpike, for example, was bui
points for managed lanes. lane project that features toll lanes its.That number could be lowered in part with state funds and wit
to save money.
in the middle of a highway. bonds paid back by toll revenue.
Texas Department ofT anspor- The report assumes that tolls "I don't think any of us will ret
tation officials also hope to add a would be charged at es cents per too much into one study,"he sai
' pair of three-lane toll tunnels un- mile,rather than the 10 cents per "'this information will be broug
der LBJ Freeway, which could mile on existing toll roads. If the forward into a regional dialogue.
raise to $47 million a year in higher rate were adopted, a 27-
toll revenue. mile,peak hour toll road trip from mail thartzet@dallasnews.com
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SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/CHUCK KENNEDY
First lady Laura Bush arrives in Portland, Maine, where she commended local officials on restoration
efforts that have transformed the city's downtown area. '
Laura Welch Bush
Born:Nov.4,1946,in Midland Gardens Branch,1973-74.Librarian at Dawson Ele- '
Parents:Harold Welch,a homebuilder,and Jenna mentary School in Austin,1974-1977.
Welch,a homemaker and a bookkeeper in her hus- Family:Married George W.Bush on Nov.5,1977.
band's business.No brothers or sisters. Twin daughters Jenna and Barbara,22,are in col-
Education:Bachelor's degree in education,South- lege.They were named after their grandmothers.
ern Methodist University,1968.Master's aegree in Local ties:Staff includes press secretary Gordon
library science,University of Texas at Austin,1973. Johndroe,29,the son of a Fort Worth lawyer and
Professional:Teacher at Longfellow Elementary grandson of a former Fort Worth city attorney;and
School in Dallas,1968-69.Teacher at John F. personal assistant Lindsey Lineweaver,24,the
Kennedy Elementary School in Houston,1969-72. daughter of Steve Lineweaver,head football coach
Worked at the Houston Public Library,Kashmere at Trinity High School in Euless.
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NETWORKING
' Taking a breather
Someone recently stole an
oxygen tank,an oxygen
regula-tor and several oxygen masks
The owner of a Euless gas from a paramedic's truck in
station said that,contrary to Euless.No,,A ord on who the
city officials'assurances that thief was,but there's no way
business would not be affected, they're going to catch him if it
die expansion of Main Street comes to a foot chase.
recently shut him down for
two days."Everything has a On the road again
snowball effect on merchants," Work has begun on the Texas
he said.He's right,at least Department of Transportation's
about the snowball part.just new offices,at Euless Boulevard
' ask the business owners along and Westpark Way.Transporta-
what remains of Rufe Snow tion Department officials said
Drive in North Richland Hills they needed to move in part
and Watauga,many of whom because,like so many longtime
' don't stand a snowball's chance residents,their old place was
of still being open when that deemed to be in the way of
expansjon is finished. progress.IPst anyone contem-
plate starting a petition to let
them stay,though,the progress
in question is the proposed
expansion of Texas 360,a
' Transportation Department
project.
Hair today...
The expansion of Farm
Road 157 is almost complete.
By the end of the year,the for-
mer two-lane country road
will triple in siie.Some niay
recall that the expansion is
located where,in 2001,the
' Dallas Cowboys briefly con-
sidered building a new stadi-
um.Those plans changed,
though,possibly because--
' what with his,ahem,unusual
hairstyle—one resurfacnYg
was plenty for owner Jerry
Jones to deal with.
Staff writers Darren Barbee,
Jessica DeLeon,Gordon Dic' -on,
Andrea Jares and Mike Lee con-
tributed to this column.
' Chris Neety,(817)685-3806
cneeh*siar-telegram.com
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Admiration of eas
_
to book on Bird's Fort
Don Tipps first heard1 A retired Birdville ,
about Bird's Fort in 1959 when ® school district
he began his 37-year career as teacher says his book is the
an art first he knows of solely
teacher and about the fort.
counselor in
the Birdville and he became so fascinated
school dis- t'� ;g; that he gathered"mountains" ,
trio. of research on it,he said,
For years, which culminated in his new
he thought — book: The Story of Bird's '
the old fort pat Nimrno l ddle Fort,Birthplace of the Metro-
had been in NORTHEAST plex.
the unincor- PEOPLE Although the fort has been
porated area mentioned by writers and '
of Birdville,now Haltom City, historians, as far as I know,
a
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STAR-TELEGRAM/RICKY MOON ,
Author Don Tipps stands about 300 yards north of the site of Bird's Fort in Euless,the first pioneer sets
tlement in North Texas.Tipps recently released his new book, The Story of Bird's Fort Birthplace of thg
Metroplex
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this is the first book specifi-
cally about Bird's Fort,"he "Civilization moved
' said. beyond them to Fort Worth
The Republic of Texas and Dallas,and there is no
authorized Maj.Jonathan recognition for the pioneers
who'
Bird to take a group of Texas Cher settled and suffered
Rangers into Indian territory there, and that is sad,"he
in 1841 to build a fort.The said.
first pioneer settlement in During his research,Tipps
North Texas was built five met Jim Eggleston,who lives
' miles east of Birdville and in Arlington near the site of
became a gathering place for Bird's Fort and is a grandson
Texas leaders and for 10 Indi- of James Beeman,one of the
' an tribes.There,they signed soldiers with Bird when he
the Bird's Fort Treaty,which settled Bird's Fort.
allowed pioneers to home- "In 1842 James Beeman's
stead in safety. daughter Margaret married
'
The fort was at the south John Neely Bryan,Dallas pio-
end of Euless Street on the neer;'he said.
edge of the Trinity River next When the fort began to
'
said.
o Arlington,but you no disband in 1842,families did-
onger can get there,"Tipps n't receive the land that they
"The gate used to be were promised,so"Bird's
open,and I've been there Fort settlers scattered,and
' many times.I was excited to some of them moved to this
walk amongst those trees in area and named it Birdville,"
the same footprints as Sam Tipps said."I've always
Houston,Edward Tarrant and appreciated what the unsung
' George Terrell." heroes have done to get us
Tipps recalled seeing a where we are."
monument at the location of The book cost$$7.50 and
Bird's Fort,"but I think some
developers moved it,"he said. can be ordered at(817)281-
"It was built in the crescent. 3277
of what is now Calloway Lake
because of the advantage of
' defense from the Indians."
Tipps,who with his wife,
Doris,also a retired Birdville
' teacher,has two children and
three grandchildren,all of
North Richland Hills,loves
studying about early settlers,'
especially those at Bird's Fort.
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=EE A Euless man spends his Thanks-
giving and Christmas frying turkeys
�- and selling them to loyal customers.
By ELLEN SCHROEDER
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
EULESS—Randy Byers never bothered
Min
t eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day—until he '
a_ i started rubbing Cajun spices on the birds and
AR cooking them in pots of hot peanut oil.
Now he fries about 85 birds on Thanksgiv-
' ing and another 85 on Christmas. ,
3 "The first year I had it,I took one bite of it
113 and said,`This is delicious,'"said Byers,55.
"One of the main reasons I never liked baked '
:may turkey was it's so dry.But fried turkey is so
moist—just moist like the devil:'
- Byers'home-based turkey-frying business
STAR-TELEGRAM/MA..GRAY began as a hobby 15 years ago,when he fried '
After marinating for two days, the turkeys are birds for family and friends.Four years later,
stuck on specially designed skewers and he began selling fried birds on the side while
plunged into 350-degree oil for 50 minutes or working as the Euless public works director,
so,depending on weight. ,
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overseeing streets and water �� $ -
and sewer systems.
Byers,a Euless native, �-
' retired from his City Hall job
last year after 31 years but con '*'
tinued R&T Specialty Cooking
—named for him and his wife, <
Terry.
"He makes the most fantasCD
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tic things happen to turkey," x
said Dennis Johnson,president +►
' of Atlas Utility in Haltom City, '17
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a baked-turkey hater and a �u ..aii
Byers customer for 10 years.
"It's flavored entirely different
1 y �
from the way Mom used to
make."
People stream by Byers'
' house on Thanksgiving Day to
pick up their birds,which he
cooks in two large vats in his M
shady back yard.Sometimes, STAR TELEGRAMM.L GRAY
he delivers the turkeys himself. The turkeys are lifted from the hot grease and hung on bars so their inside temperature can be mea-
"It's not something you do sured.Byers sells 170 birds a year at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
like cooking pork chops,"he tele has grown by word-of- he sells 9,000 pounds of fried stray quills and feathers,then
said."It's dangerous:'If care mouth. turkey legs. cuts off their Happy neck
' isn't taken,frying a turkey He has cooked turkeys for "When we run out at night, pieces.
could cause a fire or grease football star Deion Sanders, people are just fightin'mad," He rubs them down with a
burns• and some of his turkeys have he said. fine coat of vegetable oil and
' Byers,a former Euless fire- been flown to South Carolina Byers buys his turkeys from covers them with a spice
fighter and police officer, and Tonga.People line up for wholesalers in Dallas and Fort ordered from Louisiana.After
learned the trade by watching 200 yards at the annual Arbor Worth.To prepare them,he adding a little garlic,he puts
his dad.Since then,his clien- Daze festival in Euless,where washes the fat off,pulls out the birds in plastic bags and
marinates them in a refrigerat-
ed truck for a couple of days.
For hours Thanksgiving
@r Randy Byers, 55 Placing orders
' w Occupation:Retired public To order a fried turkey,call
works director;owner of R&T Randy Byers at(817)545-2111 at
Specialty Cooking least three days in advance.
Experience:Thirty-one years Twenty-pound turkeys cost$55,
working for Euless,including 12 pound turkeys$35.
stints as a police officer,fire-
fighter and fire chief;about 15
ears turkeys
Y Y 9let them down."
Ken Cummins,president of
Day,he lifts and lowers 20- H Bank Texas in Grapevine,
µu
pound turkeys from the vats of has eaten Byers'fried turkeys
f� oil—"ridiculously backbreak-
for Thanksgiving and Christ-
0 Ing work"—so he can serve mas for 10 years.
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them hot to clients. "It's right out of the fryer.
"Every year I ask myself, By the time you get home and
STAR TELEGRAMM.L.GRAY `Why do you do this?'I enjoy Slice it,the steam is coming
One by one,the turkeys are lowered into Randy Byers'custom-weld- it,and I have people that out of it;'he said
ed stainless steel fryers.Fifteen birds can be cooked at a time. depend on me.I don't want to Cummins is buying two
fried turkeys this Thanksgiv-
Ellen Schroeder,(MT)685-3815 ing,just to make sure he has
eschroeder@star-telegram.com leftovers.
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By JOHN KIRSCH
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Senior citizens planning to ».
move to North Texas may want to
take a close look at the cities of `
Roanoke and Trophy Club. STAR-TELEGRAM/RICKY MOON
The two cities are the first in Senior citizens work on art projects Wednesday morning in the Bedford-Hurst Senior Center. '
the area to cap city property taxes-
for residents 61 and older. The
freeze,as it is widely known,.is in
addition to property tax exemp-
tions for those older than 65
already in place in Roanoke, Tro-
phy Club and other Texas cities. :•
With older residents mobiliz- ,
'ing.elsewhere in the area,Trophy . _
Club and Roanoke may not be
alone for long in granting the
freeze. �
Backers say it would give cash-
strapped seniors a break.The law
gives cities and counties the
option of enacting the freeze but
does not require them to.
Opponents say seniors should - r
pay their fair share of city and 4 ti
county property taxes because s '
they use governmei,services,just
like other residents. Allowing the `
freeze would shift the property STAR-TELEGRAM/RICKY MOON ,
tax burden to younger residents,- Millie Clark concentrates on some
they say, china projects Wednesday morning
Nearly 100 residents, most of at the Bedford-Hurst Senior Center.
them older people, crowded into '
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'he Bedford City Council A sign of the heightened The Legislature backed Per-
chambers recently to watch as political awareness of older ry's proposal and, in Septem- $enior tax breaks
residents is on view at the ber, Texas voters gave cities Cities with property e council wrestled with a Bedford-Hurst Senior Center. and counties the option of P pertytaxexemptions
oposal to enact a freeze in and senior property tax caps for
tre
city of 48,300. A framed copy of the constitu- freezing property taxes for residents older than 65:
After hours of testimony tional amendment permitting senior citizens and the dis-
the freeze is posted on a bul- abled. School districts are Trophy Club $35.000(exemption)
(otedom residents, the council letin board in the lobbv. already required by state law Roanoke $10,000(exemption)
4-3 to approve the first Sue Fiaccone,78,of Euless, to freeze property taxes for Cities with property tax exemptions
ading of the ordinance one of 10 older residents in a homestead owners 65 and old- and no senior tax cap for residents
enacting the cap. If approved ceramics class at the center er. School districts must also older than 65:
n the second reading, the recently, said seniors need grant $10,000 property tax Arlington $60,000
hange would mean that city breaks like the freeze and exemptions to seniors. Azle $15,000
roperty taxes would•not property tax exemptions. Local city officials have said Bedford $50,000
increase for homestead own- "Social Security gives you a the proposal puts them in a
Ers over 65 once the cap goes Benbrook $30,000
nto effect in 2005. ! no-win position.If they decide Blue Mound $12,000
Haltom City is also consid- ! not to enact a freeze, citizens Collewille
fas
ing Dalworthington Gardens -$35,000
. The council can-take up petitions to force $65,000
the changee freeze Crowley $40,000
approved the first readingan election. And if th a freeze ordinance but has N does go into effect, local gov-
delayed final action until Janu- ernments stand to lose tax rev- Euless $35,000
enue. Everman $35,000
Iry. Westlake approved a £ A legislative study found Forest Hill $40,000
reeze in October, but the �. "" " that cities would lose nearly Fort Worth $40,000
ction was symbolic because f `
the town of 207 has no proper- $10 million statewide in the Grapevine $60,000
first year of the freeze and Haltom City $50,000
tax �3 counties would lose $5.6 �nil-
Elsewhere around the Haslet $50,000
[Myetroplex, Tarrant County lion.
Hurst $35,000
Commissioner Glen Whitley
d the Commissioners Court Not all local cities are rush- Keller, $40,000
ing to enact freezes. North Kennedale $50,000
s planning to discuss the issue Richland Hills Mayor Oscar Lakeside $25,000
m a workshop. Collin County .. Trevino said he wants to defer
commissioners enacted a STAR-TELEGRAM/RICKY MOON Lake Worth $1D,000
action until after an expected �
lsenior tax freeze in late Octo- Evelyn Troy works on her art special legislative session on Mansfield $50,000
ber. project Wednesday morning at North Richland Hills S36,000
the senior citizens center.Some
All of that is no surprise to taxes and school finance in the Pantego $50,000
'Bob Stewart, 71, of Bedford, a older residents are mobilizing spring. Pelican Bay $9,000
leader in the fight for a freeze to back a plan that would cap John Kirsch(817)685-3805
property taxes those older than ikirsch@star-telegram.com Richland Hills $River Oaks $1551 ,000
there. .000
He said officials are recog- 65 pay. Saginaw $40,000
'nizing the political clout of Sansom Park $15,000
seniors,who he said deserve a raise, and then the health care
break after paying steadily ris- just takes it.all away,"she said. Southlake $75,000
ing property taxes for years. But others are not sure that Watauga $40,000
' "It's only fair that they not older residents need the addi- Westworth Village $50,000
continue to increase the tax on tional help.Suzanne Stensonof White Settlement $37,000
their homesteads. All they're Bedford said the freeze would Tarrant County $50,000
trying to do is remain in their unfairly shift the tax burden to Flower Mound $70,000
homes,"Stewart said. younger taxpayers. Irving $30,000
"It's just not the right thing
to do,"she said. 'Westlake has no property tax.The Board
Gov. Rick Perry unveiled of Aldermen has approved a senior tax
' the senior tax freeze proposal cap in the event a property tax is enacted.
in a re-election campaign stop The city does not have a property tax
exemption for those over 65.
at Southlake Town Hall in •Information provided bycit"Twant
August 2002. and Denton county appraisal distrkts.
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WHAT'S NEW
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11-E-B Chamber of Commei c e
Construction is well under way on the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chaulb,
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of Commerce office at Bedford Road and Martin Drive in Bedford.
4 DeGuire Properties of Bedford is building the 3,302-square-foot pro
jest,which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next ye�
The project is the first office development in the 16-lot Sunnyerest
Office Park.
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Manufacturer:Fine Line hub to make the finished base.
Production How long it takes:Fine Line
2221 Regal Parkway, Euless takes about a week to produce
(817)267-6750 500 bases.
www.finelineproduction.com How much it costs:Price
' How it's made:A strip of 18- varies by size. ..
gauge coil steel is cut and How it's sold:Fine Line makes
formed into a D shape to make components and parts on Ion-
a table leg.Four legs are robot- tract for other manufacturers.
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house the maintenance office, p Medical Associates will
'Ivo State facilities Department leased the Boat
now at Texas 360 and move into bigger office
Harwood Road,and the en Club Road location,and the
being consolidated �_ Texas 360 location will o TriStar Construction of
neering department,now at Lewisville is building a ,
The Texas Department of away when the road is g
Transportation plans to one Boat Club Road.Eighty- widened. 6,200-square-foot medical
6consolidate its north Fort one workers will oversee e The maintenance office, ofI"icdfor Northeast Tarrant
construction projects valued Medical Associates.
Worth engineering depart- responsible for the fleet north
tat$163 million. It will be just south of the
went and Euless maintenance of Interstate 30 and east of 1
facility into one location at Interstate 35,is one of four Medical Associates'current
Euless Boulevard and Transportation Department office,469 Westpark Way.
Westpark Way. facilities in Tarrant County. The new location will give
The$2.6 million,25,460- The engineering department the doctors more space,said '
square-foot location is expect- handles 1,645 lane miles of Leo WehkarnP,owner of
ed to be completed by'next Tarrant County road design TriStar Construction.
fall,said Michael Peters, north of Interstate 30. - Andrea Jares
Transportation Department —Andrea fares
spokesman.Harrison Quality
Construction of Carrollton is
the contractor.
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Family cal.dealership"
SG.ill Strong Ul Tt-11-t;ltlt.
W h.-n.Bobby Baildarge:;"
celebrated the grand opening
' of his Audi showroom in
Fuless last week,he was the
second generation of his fami-
ly to own a dealership.And it
showed that even in this day of
mega-dealerships,both pub-
licly and privately owned,fam-
ily ties still hold in the car
business.
For example,Arlington
dealer Randy HUey's recent
' acquisition of Mazda of Hurst
from the Freeman Auto Group
gives son Jason more room to
zoom.And third-generation
dealer Reese Hillard celebrat-
ed the opening of his Saturn
location in west Fort Worth on
Nov G.
Lee Chapman,-president of
the New Car Dealers of
Tarrant County,said that
' although family ownership of
dealerships"is definitely
shrinking,it's not dead yet."
In no particular order,Kent,
' Churchill,Durant,Chase,
Williams,Huggins,Grubbs,
Moritz,Jones and Manuel are
just some of the family names
' locally that cross generations.
Somebody check their
blood.'niere must be 5W-30
oil in their veins.
Got a tip.CONTACT.-
Barry Shlachter at(817)390-7718
bshlactte.-@star-telegram.com
Maria Perotin at(817)685-3808
+ myerotin@star-telegram.com
' Jim Fuquay at(817)548-5534
ltuquay@star-telegram.com
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Ex-Bedford leader well
take helm of arts
council
By ELLENA F.MORRISON working for the arts council in Council from 1998 to 2001. '
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER two weeks. Newell's skills will be put
A former Bedford city The council, chartered in to good use as the arts council
councilwoman has been 1975, works with 18 Northeast continues to shift focus to
named president of the Arts Tarrant arts and entertain- fund raising and promotion of '
Council of NorthEast Tarrant ment groups, including the" other arts groups instead of
County. North Central Civic Ballet and presenting or co-presenting
Karin Newell, who has a Taps 'N Tunes, that serve programs, said Priscilla
strong fund- about 400,000 people. Many Michalk, vice president of ,
raising buck- council grants also go to area board development.
ground, will schools. "In light of the fact that the
replace for-
The president's responsibil- arts council is changing its
mer President ities include developing the mission,someone who is good '
Robb Wasie- $500,000 annual budget, rais- at making great buildings from
lewski, who ing funds and daily operations. tiny little blocks is a great
left this The position pays about plus," Michalk said. "Also,
month after NEWELL $50,000 a year,officials said. there is no learning curve. '
working with Newell, of Bedford, previ- Northeast Tarrant County is
the council for two years. ously worked at several banks, her back yard."
Newell is leaving her sales including Frost National and Twelve finalists were con- '
position with Administaff, an Compass Bank. She has also sidered for the position,
Irving company that provides worked for the March of Michalk said.
payroll, benefits and human Dimes in Fort Worth, manag- ONLINE-mm.artsnetc.org
resources services to small ing fund-raising events. She Ellena F.Mordson,(817)685-3888 ,
companies. She is to begin served on the Bedford City emorrison@star-telegram.com
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Famil
1turkeyarm roosy rue
' By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. There are no signs Deacon; and his grandparents
STAR-TELEGRAM,STAFF WRITER today that the farm William D. and Edna Deacon, were
EULESS—An asphalt parking lot existed in Euless, but memories instrumental in establishing the
covers a pasture where turkeys once remain. Deacon poultry business and B&D
trotted. A SuperTarget sprawls in Mills.
place of buildings that once housed Heritage Avenue. But memories "That will always be a Deacon
' newly hatched poults. Inside, frozen remain of what was once one of the home place for me," Deacon said.
turkeys are sold where live ones biggest turkey farms in Texas. "My dad was born there."
once gobbled near Heritage Avenue. William Floyd Deacon Jr. of Col- The poultry business started dur-
No evidence.lingers of the Dea- leyville has those memories. His ing the early 1900s, and the turkey
'll ' con turkey farm at Glade Road and father, Floyd Deacon;_his uncle Earl
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farms were added during the
1960s. so
The 21-acre turkey farm at
Heritage Avenue and Glade rf wF 1
Road was one of about 10 the
�sy
family owned. < ��
Eggs hatched in Grapevine
and the day-old poults were 3r
moved to the three buildings in �� , ' a
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Euless.
At the height of production,
the operation was hatching STAR-TELEGRAM ARCH IVES/UN IVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
about 900,000 turkeys annually. Floyd Deacon used to raise turkeys on a 21-acre farm in Euless,one
Last year,an estimated 5 million of about 10 his family owned.At the height of production,the fami-
ly's operation was hatching about 900,000 turkeys annually.
turkeys were raised in Texas, •
according to Texas Turkey Fed- ing too large. Turkey farm
eration statistics. At first, the family raised y
"A majority of the turkeys bronze turkeys, which have Colleyville Grapevine '
raised in Texas are processed darker feathers. They switched
into such meats as turkey ham," to white turkeys because of the
said James Grimm, executive higher demand for that particu- as o6 of
Glade�G•"
vice president of the Texas lar breed and meat, family
the state's
Poultry Federation,which over- members said. largest J
sees the state group."The birds The Euless turkey farmin the late
ro '
you will see on the dinner table closed in 1971, shortly after 1960S.
,
Thanksgiving will probably be William D. and Edna Deacon .
coming from out of state." died. '" "
The out-of-state birds,which Floyd Deacon talked about Mid Cities Blvd.
mostly range from 8 to 12 missing the farm in an 1982 Cummings T '
pounds, fit consumers' Star-Telegram interview. `
Map peA area
demands; Texas turkeys are "You know what I miss the Bedford
raised to between 35 and 40 most?" he asked. Those cock- Fon (�
pounds,Grimm said. eyed birds making that gobbling 121' 3n Worth Q '
Most turkey farms are now sound. It brings back some Harwood Rd. _
in central Texas near Waco. memories:' Ra
The young turkeys were kept Eighty-five-year-Old Bill Van- STAR-TELEGRAM/TIM BEDISON
in "dark houses" at the Euless Deventer of Grapevine, a for- The SuperTarget and a 74,000- ,
farm to control light, tempera- mer salesman and service tech- square-foot retail site were built
ture and weather conditions. nician for the Deacons, has his on the land.
"If the bird got too hot or too own memories of the turkey "Back then, the Metroplex
cold, it would stress them," farm. hadn't grown like it is Today,"
Deacon said. "The more stress "When they let the birds out VanDeventer said. "I would
on the bird, and the more of the houses, there were just never had thought about those
chances for diseases.' thousands out there on the type of businesses on that old
The turkeys stayed in the range,"VanDeventer said. turkey farm:'
dark houses for six to eight The Euless farm was sold for Domingo Ramirez Jr.,(817)685-3822
weeks to keep them from grow- an undisclosed amount in 2000. ramirez@star-telegram.com
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ew law
propipts
' from council and mayoral elections May 15.
Trophy Club plans an alcohol election in
alcohol February
In North Richland Hills, voters would
decide whether to allow off-
premises wine sales. In Hal- `
'
elections
tom City, backers want to
allow off-premises wine and
beer sales as well as mixed "
drinks in restaurants.
® Several communities in Supporters of the changes
Northeast Tarrant County say they are needed to pro-
have expressed an interest in mote economic development. -r
holding alcohol elections.Trophy "We're going to be left in
Club residents will vote on the the dust if everybody else is
issue in February. doing it and we're not," said
Mike Madar, who is spear-
By JOHN KIRSCH heading a private effort for
STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER relaxed alcohol laws in North 1
WATAUGA — Kim Nguyen says Richland Hills. "It becomes a
her food store on Rufe Snow Drive survival issue:' i
has been selling 30 bottles of wine a Surveys in Haltom City and r�"
day since Watauga began allowing North Richland Hills have
off-premises wine sales. shown strong support for eas- Wine bottles line the shelves at
"A lot of people like it because ing alcohol laws, said Tim Jamie's Food Store on Rufe
they don't have to go all the way to Reeves, a Dallas consultant Snow Drive in Watauga. In May,
Fort Worth," said Nguyen, the working with pro-election the city approved off-premises
co-owner of Jamie's Food Store. groups in those cities. wine sales.
Changes in state law have made it Sixty-five percent I of those
easier to call alcohol elections, and surveyed in North Richland
several communities in Northeast Hills favored allowing supermarkets to sell
Tarrant County are considering hav- wine,Reeves said.
ing votes to make wine, beer and Two-thirds of those surveyed in Haltom
' mixed drinks more widely available. City said they would support the sale of beer
Watauga voters approved off-' and wine in stores and the sale of mixed drinks
premises wine sales in May, and in restaurants.
' North Richland Hills and Haltom But there are detractors.
City want to have alcohol elections in Richard Carr of Watauga worked unsuccess-
conjunction with regular city elec- fully against the change in that city and says he
tions in May. Haltom City residents
started collecting names on a peti-
tion this week
Bedford, Euless and Hurst have
expressed interest in alcohol elec-
tions,but backers may wait until Sep-
tember to keep the issue separate
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Moez Benneji and Kim Nguyen, co-owners of Jamie's Food Store in Watauga, stock a cooler with wine.
The store has been selling wine for about a month, following the city's approval of off-premises wine '
sales.A change in state law makes it easier for communities to call alcohol elections,and has spurred an
interest in the issue in greater Northeast Tarrant County.
plans to fight the efforts in North Richland The law allows petition ,
Hills and Haltom City. organizers 60 days to gather
Carr, who has taught at South Birdville Ele- .signatures rather than 30.
mentary School in Haltom City for 13 years, Also, petitions -w need a '
said it would be wrong to make alcohol more number of signat :zs equal to
available when young people are encouraged to 35 percent of voters in the last
avoid it. gubernatorial election rather
"My students would be adversely affected. than 35 percent of all regis- ,
by having more alcohol around them,"he said. tered voters.
"They already have their own The state gained federal
issues that they have to deal clearance for the !aw in Octo-
with, and more alcohol would ber. ,
not be of benefit to their Previous alcohol elections
lives." have prompted heavy spending.In 1999,a peti-
Carr said he plans to create tion-drive to legalize wine sales in Hurst failed,
a Web site that will offer criti- and Cost Plus World Market pulled out of The
cism of the alcohol election r Shops at North East Mall as a result. Simon
'efforts. Property Group, the developer of the strip
Supporters are taking shopping center, had donated $214,000 toward
advantage of a new state law the effort for a wine election.. ,
that makes It easier to put John Kirsch,(817)685-3805
alcohol issues on the ballot. jkirsch@star-telegram.com
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All bets were
on Euless for
casino fun
' Taking a break from the
Would have thought you books and spending Saturday
were in Las Vegas.Slot night with the library support-
machines,playing cards,buf- ers were Euless Mayor Mary
fet,adult beverages.But good Lib Saleh and foundation Pres- 1
golly,we were in Euless at a ident Lynn Adams,plus Cindy R
library fund-raiser. Bollom,Diane Porterfield,
In case anyone's hanging on _Sybil and Lloyd Baldwin, AV'
to the notion that library peo- LuAnn Portugal,Euless;Carol i
ple keep their noses in books and Jack McCabe,Bedford; :1,
and never socialize,I can and Rebecca Barksdale,
' indeed verify that is not true. Arlington.
The Euless Public Library After the gambling and
patrons must do their fair silent auction,Garry Hamil- Robert McMillon and Sonia McMillon
share of reading fine literature, ton,Hurst,ran the live auction
but they also have their, that featured artwork,a minia-
hnun n,let's say party side. ture greyhound puppy and
Many who showed up for other fun packages such as a
the annual casino night Satur- spa vacation.And just as win-
day,sponsored by the Euless ning at the slots would be a
Library Foundation,were shocker,Boyce and Bill Byers
repeat customers.Chair- were surprised to receive an
woman Diane Porterfield saw award for their longtime sup-
no reason to mess with what port,of the Euless Library
has become a Euless tradition. Foundatiop.
They come when the doors
' open,they eat and then they
jump to the gaming tables.No ;
ssshhhhh-ing this night,
because the library supporters
' were getting serious about
their date with Lady Luck.
Black and gold balloons _z
decorated the Texas Star Con- - x
Terence Center in Euless,giv-
ing it a little bit of that Las
Vegas flash.A buffet of chick-
'
en skewers,miniature sand- �. Boyce wiches and brownies fortified '' Byers,
;� ^=� Diane
the prospective gamblers Porter
before the real action started. field and
Mary Lib
Saleh
Casino night
A casino night,sponsored by the library foundation,at the
' Texas Star Conference Center benefited the Euless Public
Library. PHOTOS BY MIKE LEWIS
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While they shop,
you can nosh
This is a great weekend for shopping—if you like '
chaos.
But this is a better weekend for dining out—while
everybody else is at the mall. I
The weekend after Thanksgiving is a good time to hit
the restaurants that are usually crowded.
North Main BBQ,the help-yourself barbecue buffet in
Euless, usually has a line spilling out the door and down
Main Street toward the Airport Freeway.
This is a perfect weekend to beat the crowd at North
Main.The buffet is$12. It's open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday I
and Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m,.Sunday,at 406 N. Main
St.
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NORTHEAST
AFTER H
,1(i', DOOM n
Parade Saturday
' EULESS—The 10th annual Slice of Hams
Christmas Parade of Lights is
scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Satur- EULESS—Music and com-
day. edy will combine when the
The parade starts along group The Holiday Hams
Midway Drive between Bear appears at 7 p.m. Monday at
Creek Parkway and Farm Road the Euless Public Library.
157 and ends at Trinity High The singing act, long a fea-
School. After the parade, win- ture of Six Flags' Holiday in
ning entries will be honored, the Park events, will perform
and Santa Claus will be avail- holiday tunes,some traditional
' able for visits at the Midway and others with a unique twist.
Recreation Center, 300 W. Audience participation could
Midway Drive. Call (817) 685- be a part of the program,too.
1666. Call(817)283-3406.
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Police sad young woman Is
suspect in two armed robberies
By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. The woman, who "The last time I've seen '
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER dressed in black
She wears black Jnco shorts, was seen driving a anything like this was in
shorts with white Converse maroon car. the 1980s.Then it was a
tennis shoes.
She's short with dark hair dancer who led men to
that falls to her-shoulders. about 20 to 22 years old was an apartment where her
And, area police say, she's armed with a handgun. '
on one of the most unusual "As a rule, women two friends would jump
crime sprees in recent histo- involved in crimes tend to them and steal their
ry—armed holdups. be in less violent offenses,"
The young woman said Bedford police Lt. Biff money.But we haven't
robbed an International Schuessler. He pointed out had anything like this in
House of Pancakes in Euless that the last woman robber
early Tuesday of an undis- hit the city about six years a very long time."
closed amount of money ago. —Euless police Lt.Steve Kockos '
before driving away in a Typically, women are
maroon car. more likely to be arrested
Police believe she's the for shoplifting, stolen about 2:45 a.m. Sunday after '
same woman who robbed a checks, forgery or identity she ate,Bedford police said.
Waffle House in Bedford thefts,police said. `Yeah, I'm surprised it
early Sunday morning. In the Euless case, the was a woman," said Jason
"The last time I've seen woman brandished a hand- Allen, one of the managers '
anything like this was in the gun after asking for change at Waffle House in Bedford.
1980s," said Euless police Lt. about 4 a.m. Tuesday at the He wasn't on duty when the
Steve Kockos. "Then it was a IHOP, 2309 W. Airport Free- robber hit Sunday morning.
dancer who led men to an way,Kockos said. "You don't see that every ,
apartment where her two "[The employee] handed day,"he said.
friends would jump them over the money," Kockos Witnesses have described
and steal their money. But said. "The suspect walked the woman as about 5-feet,I-
we haven't had anything like out and confronted another inch to 5-feet, 5-inches tall '
this in a very long time." employee who was standing and weighing about 120 to
Police noted that it is outside. She told the 130 pounds. She was wearing
uncommon for a woman to employee to go back inside." black shorts in both holdups. ,
be a suspect in a robbery. That employee told police She was wearing a black
In Texas, police arrested that he noticed the woman Gothic T-shirt in the Euless
713 women on suspicion of had a handful of money, holdup and a black jacket in
robbery last year compared police said. the Bedford robbery. '
with 5,311 men, according to Witnesses said that the Anyone with information
Texas Department of Public woman jumped into a about the holdups should
Safety figures. maroon car — possibly a call Bedford police at(817)
But, authorities say, what Pontiac Grand Am or Grand 952-2418 or Euless police at '
makes these Northeast Tar- Prix—and drove away. (817) 685-1542.
rant County cases even Police believe that the
more remarkable is that the same woman robbed the Domingo Ramirez Jr.,(817)685-3822
woman who is described as Waffle House in Bedford ramirez@star-teiegram.com '
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Euless woman robbed of car, purse in garage
By DOMINGO R.AMIREZ JR. No serious injuries were garage when a man ran up
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER reported In the car jacking behind her.
EULESS — A carjacker that occurred about 9:50 p.m. "The victim was just turn-
waiting near an apartment in the 2100 block of Bear ing off the car when the sus-
garage knocked down a Creek Parkway. pect came running up,"
young woman late Monday The 20-year-old Euless Euless police Lt. Steve Kock-
as she stepped out of a car woman told police that she os said Tuesday.
and took the vehicle and a had just parked her Authorities had not locat-+
purse,police said. boyfriend's 1995 Lexus in the ed the car as of late Tuesday.
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Police release drawing TARRANT
of woman in robberies
Police released a composite Briefs
drawing Wednesday of a woman '
who held up a restaurant at gun- car,Euless police said.
point Tuesday morning. 111vestigators say the woman
Police think the woman was may have also robbed a Waffle
also involved in House in Bedford about 2.45 an
an armed rob Sunday after she ate.
bery Sunday In that holdup,a woman took
morning at a an undisclosed amount of mon
-
Waffle House ey after she handed an employee
Bedford. a note demanding cash,Bedford
The com- police said.
- posite drawing Anyone with information
SUSPECT was made from about the holdups should call ,
witnesses' Bedford police at(817)952-2418
descriptions of the woman,who or Euless police at(817)685-1542.
had a handgun during the —Domingo Ramirez Jr.
holdup Tuesday at the Interna-
tional House of Pancakes,2309
W.Airport Freeway.
The robbery occurred about
4 am after the woman asked for
change from an employee.
After taking the money,the
woman drove away in a maroon '
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CASINO NIGHT 2003
Thanks to our SPONSORS
Harris Methodist HEB & Star-Telegram
Thanks also to the following companies and individuals for their
' contribution to the 4th Annual Casino Night:
Aaron Brothers Framing/Adriane Weinstein/Alex Horton&Associates/Al's Hamburgers
' AMC Theatres/American Airlines Federal Credit Union/Animal America,Inc./Anonymous
Arena Athletics/Auto Lube Center Q/Baillargeon Audi/Bed,Bath&Beyond/Bice's Florist
Bicycle's,Inc./Bill and Boyce Byers/Bill Pasteur Real Estate/Bill&Marcy Ridgway/Bull's BBQ
Cantina Laredo/Charlie Miller T/A Southwest Assurance Group/City of Euless Parks&Community Services
Cooper Golf Park/Coors Distributing Co./Curtis and Barbara Brown/Curves for Women
Dallas Children's Theater/Dallas Zoo/Danna Colca,State Farm Insurance/David Keens
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House/Delaney Vineyards-Jerry Delaney/DFW People
Dr.Pepper Star Center Euless/Dr.Robert E.Tafel,D.D.S./Euless Gold&Silver/Euless Wok
Euless Wrecker Service/Feragne Photography,Inc./Fiesta Foods/First National Bank Mid-Cities
Fort Worth Zoo/Frances Allen/Ft Worth Museum of Science&History /Ft Worth Omni Theatre
Ginger's-The Balloon Lady/Glenn and Diane Porterfield/Glenn D.Walker/Grapevine Opry House
' Grubbs Infiniti/Harris-HEB Fitness Center/Harvest Super Markets/Harwood Road Animal Hospital
Heard Natural Science Museum&Wildlife Sanctuary/Holly's Hallmark/In the Wind/Jackie Weathers
Jan and Joe Hennig/Jeff Greer Landscape/Jimmy&Helen Payton/JoAnn Rogers
' John Rumley,Ben E.Keith Foods/Joy Baldwin/Judy King&Associates/Karan Jasper
Karaoke Resources/Kelly Dunn-Photographer/Kent McCarty Photography
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suspects in nine North Texas
Quizno's in The Colony and a holdups since Nov.11.The woman is
Waffle House in Bedford, both a suspect in four of those holdups
on Sunday.The woman fled the this week.
A woman who has robbed Euless holdup in a maroon car.
four businesses this week In those robberies, she was Nov.11 Kinko's,Grapevine
may be linked to a man who also has com- wearing a black, zipped-up 2.Nov.13-Dunkin'Donuts,Carrollton
mitted robberies in the area, police say. }jacket bearing the word flip in 3.Nov.14-Busy B's Bakery,Grapevine '
red lettering,Murphy said. 4.Nov.25:Pizza Hut,Frisco
By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. What appeared to be the 5.Nov.25-Forever Floral,Frisco
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER same jacket was worn by a 6.Nov.30-Waffle House,Bedford
GRAPEVINE — An armed man and gunman Nov. 11 during a 7.Nov.30-Quizno's,The Colony
woman surfaced as suspects Thursday in nine holdup at Kinko's, 2305 E. 8.Dec.2-IHOP,Euless
North Texas holdups since Nov.U. Grapevine Mills Circle in g.Dec.3-Kinko's,Grapevine
The woman is suspected in four robberies Grapevine.
committed this week, and the man is a sus- Investigators believe that he STAR-TELEGRAM/TIM BEDISON
pect in five previous robberies, authorities also was responsible for a Nov
said. 13 heist at a Dunkin'Donuts in investigator Don Stott. "I sus-
They committed the robberies separately, Carrollton and a Nov 14 rob- pect that they are local resi- '
but investigators have linked the two. bery at Busy B's Bakery in dents':'
"We believe she was wearing the same Grapevine. Witnesses described the
black, zipped-up jacket that he was wearing In that holdup, the robber woman as about 5 feet, 1 inch
during his robberies," said Grapevine police drove away in a maroon Ford to 5 feet,5 inches tall,weighing
Sgt. Bob Murphy. "And we think she drove Taurus parked a short distance 120 to 150 pounds. She was
away in a maroon car that he used." from the bakery. A small per- wearing black shorts in the
The most recent robbery was Wednesday son was slumped over in the Euless and Bedford holdups.
night, when the woman — believed to be in passenger side of the car. She is white, with shoulder-
her late teens or early 20s — took an undis- "We believe she may have length dark hair.
closed amount of money from a Kinko's on been the one in the car at that The gumnan is described as
Texas 114 in Grapevine. time,"Murphy said. white, in his late teens or early
On Thursday, police released photographs The man is also suspected 20s, weighing about 170
of tJ e woman taken from a surveillance cam- of robbing a Pizza Hut and a pounds with brown hair and
era at Kinko's in hopes that residents would floral shop, both in Frisco, eyes. He has a large, green tat-
be able to identify her. within minutes of each other too with wings on the back of '
"We've had a few tips and leads that we've Nov 25. his neck.
checked out,but nothing has turned up," said "They seem to be just going Domingo Ramirez Jr.,(817)685-3822
Bedford police Lt.Biff Schuessler. down the highway,"said Euless ramirez@star-telegram.com
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