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.1L4YOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG NICKAMIE RIDGIVAY(2) BOYETT
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`Anytime we have roadwork,there are upset residents because it is an unlulown.
When we finish the roadway,everybody is completely pleased."—Grapevine Public Works Director Jerry Hodge
Plan -®r Grapevine road outl
Glade Road By ELLENA F.MORRISON Some Grape- dent Gary Jones. Residents just
widening STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER vine residents want Grapevine officials to listen
A project GRAPEVINE—Hostility toward are concerned that expanding to their concerns,he said.
expanding a$5.8 million Glade Road expansion Glade Road may bring problems `And they have as much as they
Glade Road project cooled to a simmer after with safety, lighting, traffic can., but not as much as I would
from two Grapevine officials outlined plans and other issues. like,"he said.
lanes to four with about 40 residents last week. Scheduled to begin in sprung
lanes, with a Problems with safety, lighting, the meeting Thursday seemed sat- 2005, the project will expand the
median, is traffic and other issues could arise isfied that Grapevine officials are two-lane road to four lanes, with a
scheduled to because of the road expansion,said trying to provide solutions. median, from Champagne Boule-
begin in residents with homes near the busy "At this point, we are going to vard to Texas 360.The work,needed
spring 2005. thoroughfare.But most residents at have to wait," said Grapevine resi- 3
because of an expected increase Euless and Grapevine resi- �"
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in traffic, should take a little dents shot questions at a
more than,a year to complete, Grapevine city officials after
city officials said.The cost is be- seeing a short project presen-
ing split equally between the tation last week. Questions
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cities of Euless and Grapevine. about speed-limit enforce-
"Anytime we have road- ment, what happens if con- W
work,there are upset residents struction damages a fence and
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because it is an unknown,"said why the project is .needed
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Hodge. "When we finish the "It's an unnecessary.,pro- x, - t '
roadway, everybody is com- ject," said Grapevine resident
pletely pleased." Chris Leuty. Little new con-
With large trees, flowers struction is expected for the '
and other vegetation planned area,he said. VEA
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STAR-TELEGRAM/IAN for the street,as well as 5-foot- "If they need an east-west A stretch of Glade Road from Champagne Boulevard to Texas N Mc is
wide sidewalks, Glade Road traffic corridor,they have Mid-
should be beautiful, said Pat Cities[Boulevard],"Leuty said. to be widened to accommodate an expected increase in traffic.Some
McClanahan. More public meetings are area residents have concerns about the expansion.
"But we don't care if there planned, possibly for Septem- A
are going to be pansies in the ber or October,Hodge said.
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spring," she said. "With chit- ,we want to do what is 121 `. � irjtij11K.
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dren walking back and forth,I right by the citizens," Hodge I
don't think it's safe,"especially told the crowd gathered ,in y
with the expected increase in Grapevine Elementary ,
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traffic. School's gymnasium. "That is
The road's sidewalks now all we want to do."
are about 4 feet wide in most Ellena F.Morrison,(817)685-3888
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AIA)OR CIT1'C0L''VCIL CITI'ATTORNEI' CRIA1 HENNIG MCtiAMIE RIDGIVAY(2) BOYETT
YOUNG MCDOA ILD COLLINS 11ILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIAIAL CNTR
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Euless a
reveals
the
By BEN TINSLEY' Euless self-insures its 368 mentation," he said. "If we and ELLENA F.MORRISON full-time city employees and don't, we might be searching
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITERS their dependents. Employees for a needle in a haystack, and
EULESS—A 16-year Euless submit medical bills to the city that takes a long time."
city employee was fired after for reimbursement. But city officials said they
' an internal audit found money Insurance is one of the don't expect the theft to affect
missing — possibly hundreds largest city funds.Costs hit$2.8 city employees.
of thousands of dollars—from million in 2003,including bene- "It is a significant amount of
' a medical insurance fund,offi- fit payments and administrative money, but a very small per-
cials said Tuesday. costs.This year's expenses will centage of the whole fund,"
Euless police and the Tar- probably reach the same mark, McKamie said.
rant County district attorney's said Loretta Getchell,the city's Established in 2002, the in-
office of fiscal and adminis- ternal audit
office are investigating discrep- program investi-
ancies that stretch back nearly trative services. gates city departments on an
a decade and were exposed last David Lobingier, a prosecu- ongoing basis and was focused
week,officials said.The female for with the economic crimes on the human resources/insur-
' - unit of the district attorney's of- ance fund this time.
A city employee is fice,said the amount stolen will .Before the latest discovery,
terminated after probably range in the "hun- no major problems were un-
the internal audit uncovers dreds of thousands," although covered,city officials said.Still,
a review
long-term theft of insurance authorities won't be sure until es the city's controls
money – perhaps hundreds the investigation is finished. and processes is under way,
of thousands of dollars. 'At this point, we are going "WeeMcKamie wsaid
' to review a lot of documents believe that controls we
ng
and spreadsheets and canceled
employee, whose name is not had implemented beginning
being released city officials, checks and things of that sort", Oct. 1 for fiscal year 2004
managed the citys Health In- would have prevented this,"he
'
surance Fund. he said. "It's going to bean ex-
tensive investigation." said. "But we continue to re-
She was fired Saturday. g view our controls and process-
"We are shocked," Deputy The inquiry may be compli-
p ty es to ensure there are not oth-
cated by the long time frame
City Manager Gary McKamie ers»
said Tuesday."This is...a trust- for the thefts, w said.the inves- In 2000,an external audit of
' was unsure how long the inves-
ed employee. We are devastat- tigation will take. the insurance department was
completed by Weaver and Tid-
ed." "It depends on how fast this well, an accounting firm with Only one employee is be- all falls together.Sometimes we offices in Fort Worth and Dal-
charges
to be involved.Criminal get lucky and get all the dOCU-
charges have not been filed. las, but did not uncover thetheft, city officials said. Offi-
' City officials may try to recoup cials at the auditing fain could -
the unspecified amount, de- g
pending on the results of a po- not be reached for comment
lice investigation. late Tuesday.
"It will take some time to Ben Tinsley,(817)685-3821
' put the paper trail together," btinsley@star-telegram.com
Euless Police Chief Leonard Ellena F.Morrison,(817)685-3888
Carmack said. emorrison@star-telegram.com
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MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITY,4TTORATY CRIM HENNIG MCbAMIE RIDGRAY(2) BOYETT
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orker
had
was fired as a result of the investigation.
Euless police and the 'Iarrant County '
district attorney's office are looking into
® discrepancies stretching back for nine
years in the city's Health Insurance Fund. '
ast Money was charged with embezzlement
criminal -Ev%- in Garfield County,Okla.,in July 1982,and
she served three years of probation after
being given a suspended sentence,accord-
By
ccordBy ELLENA F.MORRISON A Euless employ- ing to the Oklahoma Department of Cor-
and BEN TINSLEY ee with a criminal rection' online database. Specifics about
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITERS background had joined the that crime were not available Wednesday.
EULESS — A human re- city staff before background "I am speechless," Hennig said after '
sources employee who was checks were mandatory for hearing about Money's past for the first
fired after city officials found at all employees. time Wednesday.
least $200,000 missing from a No one answered the door at her Euless ,
city fund had completed proba- talked to her,but she acquired home Wednesday. Her husband, George
tion for embezzlement in 1985 an attorney and we are having Money,said during a telephone-call that his
— three years before being to work through the attorney," wife of 26 years is deferring all questions to
hired in Euless. he said."Right now,we are still their attorney, Craig M. Crockett of Fort '
Tammy Money, 45, has not patching things together. It's Worth. Crockett did not return repeated
been charged in the Euless still very early in the investiga- telephone calls Wednesday.
theft,but Euless police Lt.Steve tion:' The exact amount missing in Euless is
Eskew said authorities are try- Euless City Manager Joe unknown, but city officials said investiga- '
ing to interview her. Hennig confirmed that Money tors believe that at least$200,000 was taken:
"Our investigator initially
Because mandatory background checks "You don't look at eve t '
were not implemented for all city employ- said Caves,who has conducted Euless au,-until the 1990s,the city did not learn of dits for six years. "Though audit proce- '
Money's criminal past until now.She start- dures are geared to detect fraud, fraud
ed working in Euless on Jan.25,1988. could still occur"
Loretta Getchell, director of fiscal and Within the past 10 years, background
administrative services, said Money is checks have become common in cities,said '
cheerful and outgoing. Frank Sturzl, executive director of the
"She has been a friend that many people Texas Municipal League. But he said they
have trusted and confided in.," Getchell were not common in the 1980s.
said. "She was certainly well-liked,' no "It wasn't always easy or legal to get ,
doubt about iv, background information,"he said.
Euless self-insures its 368 full.-tune city Money most recently worked as a hu-
employees and their dependents.Employ- man resources risk administrator,earning a ,
ees submit medical bills to the city for re- little more than$70,000 annually.Accord-
unbursement.If an employee paid the en- ing to her resume, from January 1978 to
tire medical bill,the city would issue that May 1979, she worked at Boy's Market in
employee a check,city officials said. Enid,Okla.,as a grocery checker. ,
Both internal and external audits of the Her resume does not account for em-
insurance department missed the theft, ployrnent between 1980 and 1983,but con-
partly because the paper trail left few clues tinues in January 1983, when Money
and not every transaction was checked,city worked as a.theory and math checker for ,
officials said. an undisclosed tax return office. Her,re-
"There is nothing there to give any in- sume and name were obtained by the Star-
dication of anything other than a bona Telegram under an Open Records Act re-
fide process and bona fide claim,"Hennig quest. '
said.
Ellena F.Morrison,(817)685-3888
Audit partner Kerry.Caves with Weaver emorrison@star-telegram.com
and Tidewell, which audited the depart-
mTinsley,ent in 2000,also uncovered nothing. 3821
btinsley@sta(817)685 r-telegram.com '
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North Hills eoulcl
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beeome mall
other city officials today. deal-makers. Pitstick said he
' By ANDREA JARESThe Chinese proposal is the understood that there are sev-
STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER latest of several plans to revive eral options on the table for the—
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS A the mall since three investment mall•
group of investors from China wants to groups bought it in 1999.Other The Asian mall would be a
'turn the near-empty North Hills Mall plans failed because of lack of vast departure from the plans
into an Asian shopping center. -financing. of recent years,which have fo-
The group of Shanghai-area manu- The Chinese investors could cused on making the mall a re-
facturers also is looking for 2 million decide within 30 days whether gional entertainment draw,
' square feet of warehouse space and a to go forward, including with tenants such as a movie
building for wholesale merchandise, whether to lease or buy the theater,an ice rink;restaurants
said Jack Lawrence,president and chief mall,Lawrence said. and retailers.
executive of Arlington-based Bluebon- Representatives at North The mall has been losing
' net Investment and Development Corp. Hills Mall had 1 no comment tenants since the widening of
The group said it would spend as about the group's plans. Loop 820 and the subsequent
Michael Kest, the California expansion of neighboring
Chinese investors are also real estate investor who owns North East Mall in Hurst.
MU-1711a i seeking warehouse and the mall, was not available for Mervyn's remains North Hills'
other retail space in Tarrant County. comment. sole anchor after Stripling &
The North Richland Hills Cox left in 2000 and Foley's
'huch as$150 million on renovations to mayor and economic develop- moved to North East Mall in
e mall, where merchants could sell ment director said that-they 2002.
clothing,furniture,decor and other im- have not formally discuss"ed tie It is unclear whether the
orts, said Lawrence, who has worked
Asian mall. �`, Asian World Trade Center,as it
With the investors for about a year. "They contacted usA61d" is would be called, would incor-
Three of the group's 10 members vis- they wanted to come,;to the porate any of the leases that
ited several Tarrant County sites this area,that they wanted to make were signed and contingent on
eek and are meeting with North Rich- an investment in the United the mall's remodeling.
d Hills Mayor Oscar Trevino and States,"Trevino said. Lawrence said the investors
John Pitstick, economic de- have talked about starting the
velopment director for North renovations this fall and com-
' Richland Hills,talked with rep- pleting them as early as next
resentatives from Kest's invest- spring.
ment company at this week's Karl Komatsu, president of
International Council of Shop- Komatsu Architecture in Fort
' ping Centers convention in Las Worth,said he has talked to the
Vegas,a large gathering of retail Chinese investors about re-
designing the mall.
Komatsu said he has not yet
drawn plans. But he said in-
vestors told him the mall could
accommodate as many as 800
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manufacturers and have an
elaborate interior reminiscent
of Asian villages.
The Asian mall would prob-
ably incorporate a large foun-
tain with synchronized lights.A
giant ball in the middle of the
fountain would project images
of Asian culture,Lawrence said.
The mall also could include a
Chinese museum, an IMAX
theater and an amphitheater ME
where Chinese acrobats would
perform.
The group is considering the
former Kmart building at 701 S.
Industrial Blvd. in Euless as a
site for the wholesale market,
Lawrence said. The market
would be similar to the Sam
Moon import stores in theDal-
las area but would have a more
extensive array of items beyond
handbags and jewelry,
Lawrence said.
_)�— Bill Ridgway, Euless eco-
nomic development director,
said he has talked to the "ap-
propriate people"at the Las Ve-
gas conference about the possi-
bility of using the site for such a
purpose.
Lawrence has made six trips
to China in the past year to tout
the possibilities for North Hills
Mall and is expected to meet in
China with some 200 Chinese
manufacturers on June 8. The
mall is marketing in China
through an office there.
Andrea Jares,(817)685-3851
ajares@star-telegram.com
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' MEMORIAL
DAY CLOSINGS
' Bedford:City offices and the li-
brary will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will not be affected.
Colleyville:City offices and the
library will be closed.Trash will be
picked up on Tuesday.
Euless:City offices and the lF
' brary will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will not be affected.
Flower Mound:Town offices
and the library will be closed.The
' library also will be closed Friday for
staff training.No trash collection
on Monday and other pickups will
be delayed one day until June 5.
' Grapevine:City offices and the
library closed Monday.Monday's
trash pick up will move to Tuesday,
Tuesday's to Wednesday and
' Wednesday's bulk and brush ser-
vice will take place June 5.
Haltom City:City offices and
the library will be closed.Trash col-
lection will not be affected.
Haslet:City offices will be
closed.Trash collection will not be
affected.
' Hurst:City offices and the lF
brary will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will not be affected.
Keller.City offices and the li-
brary will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will not be affected.
North Richland Hills:City of-
fices and the library will be closed.
' Trash collection will not be affect-
ed.
Richland Hills:City offices and
library will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will not be affected.
. Roanoke:City offices and the lF
brary will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will resume Thursday.
Southlake:City offices and the
library will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will not be affected.
Trophy Club:Town offices will
be closed.Trash collection will re-
sume Thursday.
Watauga:City offices and the li-
brary will be closed.Trash collec-
tion will not be affected.
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Little did I know when I -
attended what I thought would {
be a nice little garden party that
I would pick up a new cause. T
Not avoiding the draft or � '
burning bras—that's all been
done.But,yes,it was just last Diane Porterfield,Barkat Ali and Frances Allen x '
week when I arrived at Frances
and Pete Allen's beautiful Euless Library Foundation u:
Montclair Parc home in Col- The Euless Library Foundation promoted its art
le e that I would be inspired �r4» +
Y p project at a reception held in the Colleyville home of �
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to pick up the torch,so to Frances and Pete Allen.
speak,for a new cause I wish to PHOTOS BY MIKE LEWIS
promote.The Euless Library
Foundation has big,big plans Mary Ann Goetz and George Goetz
for its library that are verys =
exciting,and some of the four-
dation members had all the
details at this party.The Euless
Public Library,always a hub of
activity,will be the site fora .
new art installation,"Blooms of
Enlightenment,"and I think we
u
should all get worked up about
x,
seeing this project through.
The glasswork art is being `
u '
created by University of Texas
art professor David Keens,who
literally does pick up a big '
torch to form multicolored "'~�•
glass blooms,leaves and vines. Ellen Davis and Barbara Brown Julie Neal,Torn Stover and Karan Jasper
When it's completed after the
summer break—because the
heat is just too much even for
dedicated artists—the work,
which will weigh in at a rather
hefty 2 tons,will be installed
vertically in the library's south
window.Keens has studied
how sunlight hits the glass
throughout the day so that the
colored blooms will be placed
in just the right spot.
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' Now,doesn't that sound They all nibbled from tables
cool?A busy library with of hors d'oeuvres—such as
books,videos,CDs and unique, mushroom cheesecake,glazed
' impressive art,too.And for all smoked duck,grilled shrimp,
+you commuters,this artwork and lemon verbena and lime
will be seen from Texas 183, chicken—but the focal points
' adding a bright spot to your of the tables were giant glass
daily drive. blooms that the prof brought
The Allens,longtime sup- for a rather elegant"show and
porters of the library,readied tell."
' their media room to screen a None of this loveliness
video of the art project's comes cheap.The foundation
process for anyone ready to see has raised about half of the
it. $125,000 cost,so they're looking
' Professor Keens has studied for patrons.For those of you
this art in Italy and now pre- who think it's important to
sides over the only accredited make Northeast Tarrant Coun-
glass-blowing school in the ty even more beautiful than it
' state.The video showed him already is, send your tax-
and his students truly in the hot deductible donation to the
seat,blowing these"rondelles," Euless Library Foundation,201
' as the giant blooms are called, N.Ector Drive,Euless,TX
in a complicated process that 76039.
I'd much rather watch than Joy Donovan's column appears
participate in. on Mondays and Fridays.
"This evening is a celebra- She can be reached at(817)685-3842.
' tion,an introduction to our
supporters for what our latest
project is,"foundation Presi-
dent Lynn Adams,Euless,told
one of several groups who
viewed the video.
The"celebration social,"as
' Euless library supporter Diane
Porterfield referred to the par-
ty,was definitely a fun night,
' with cooperative weather for
an outdoor soiree.Circulating
through the media room,the
home and the patio were Mary
' Linn and Larry Darlage,South-
lake;and Barkat Ali,Sybil Bald-
win,Laura Satterfield,Barbara
Brown and Sue Stover,all of
' Euless.
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ARTSNET
ARTSNEf seeks volunteers for a variety of
projects and events throughout the year,such
as office work,trade shows,deliveries,
festivals and Summer Arts College for kids.
ARTSNEf,at 2819 R.D.Hurt Parkway in
Bedford Boys Ranch,works with 15 cities and wri
six school districts.Call 817-283-3406 or
visit the council's Web site at
www.aftnetc.org.
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