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Texas Star flags
' raise eyebrows
If she had a dollar for every e-
mail or comment she received
about the flags on the greens,Tex-
as Star head pro Adena Wallace
could have already retired.
Since the golf course opened in
' 1997,the flags are a replica of the
Texas flag.But there is a noticeable
difference. On the Texas flag,the
white stripe is on top and the red
' stripe mon bottom. On the Texas
Star flags,the red stripe is on top
and the white on the bottom.
"Since I've been here, I think
' I've averaged about 10 e-mails a
month from people who told us
the flags were wrong," Wallace
' said.Actually,we have a lot of re-
spect for the flag,and we wanted
to keep with the historic theme of
our course and create that flag,"
' Wallace, who is from Kansas
and played at Kansas State, said
she's impressed by how much
' Texans pay attention to those
types of details. She's worked at'I
the golf course since its inception
and became the head pro two
' years ago.
E-mail klgnnquist@dallasnews.com
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Susan Masure
PROFILE Age:49 ,
Occupation:Owner of In the
Wind, a Euless flag company
DFF a ni n e
r xs:, Experience:29 years in a
� family that operates businesses '
Education: Utica (Michigan)
� High School graduate,1973
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Family:Three sons
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s for
eysupport our family," Masure
said. "It just came to me that
STAR-TELEGRAM/M.L.GRAY flags could do that. I came up
fl,q (Y firm Susan Masure owns and operates In the with about 30 different names '
Wind, a Euless flag company that pro- for the business and 'In the
duces 200 to 300 flags a week and re- Wind'was a perfect fit"
pairs flags and flagpoles. Before long, the family-op- '
® A Bedford woman erated flag company branched
isn't raising any white out to include company ban-
flags at her business. Masure said. "It probably took ners and signs, and then flag
me four to five hours for just and flagpole repairs. '
By DOMINGO RAM=JR, one. Now I could do it in 15 Masure's son Chad Masure
STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER minutes." hadn't expected to be one of
EULESS — Susan Masure knows Her work habits didn't hurt, his mother's six employees.
that her business is blowingm the either. The business outgrew '
� "I was out of the business
gid, the Masure family's Watauga for about three years," said
She wants it that way. home,a Bedford residence and Chad Masure, 30, who heads
Masure is owner of In the Win a a Euless warehouse.Even now, '
� flagpole repair and installation.
flag company that is nowhere near the Euless location in the old "But I'm here now"
tattered or faded after 13 years., Dairy Queen at 1610 W.Euless This time of year, Susan
This Fourth of July weekend, Blvd.is bursting at the seams. Masure is thankful for her son
when.she expects "She was service-oriented and her other employees.Gen- '
sales to increase back then and.she's still that erally,flag sales increase about
by about 25 per- way," said Margaret Taylor, a 25 percent in the weeks leading
cent,is proof property supervisor with up to the Fourth of July.
Chances are Horn-Barlow Cos. in Dallas, a Also,"I think 9-11 and Presi- '
good that many property management compa- dent Reagan's death moved
American flags, ny. The company was one of people to buy flags,"she said.
corporate banners Masure's first customers,back The prices range from$1 for
and apartment-complex flags seen in in 1991. some of the smaller ones to al- '
area neighborhoods,around the state Before In the Wind,Masure most $2,000 for the 30-by 60-
and in nearby states are the work of and her family had some busi- foot American flags.
Masure's company. ness experience.They owned a
Typically, Masure and her ,
Not bad for a self-taught flag maker. carpet-cleaning company, a employees sew 200 to 300
"The first few flags were difficult," maid service and a carpet- flags per week.
cleaning supply business. But she doesn't have them
"We decided I wanted to get fluttering at her Bedford house. '
into a business that would be "The home association
around for a while.I also pretty doesn't allow flagpoles," she
much wanted a business to said. "But on Memorial Day
and the Fourth of July, I still .'
run out to the yard and deco-
rate it with flags. I just don't
leave them out for very long." '
ONLINE:www.inthewindflags.com
Domingo Ramirez Jr.,(817)685-3822
ramirez@star-telegram.com
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"We decided I wanted toet into nto a business that
' would be around for a while.I also pretty much
wanted a business to support our family.It just
came to me that flags could do that"
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Susan Masure and son Chad examine a torn 30-foot-by-60-foot
American flag that a client sent in for repairs.
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Intriguing balloon raises man
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more questions than ans Ters
The date of 2-7-03 is writ-
landed behind a
The object, which ten beside the figure who has-
short,
as
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short,curly hair and Wears
Euless shop, appears to fitted sport shorts with a
have an Australian connec- stripe down the sides.
tion. The finders want help Since most of the strange .
finding out whether it is real names are written in cursive, ; d ,
or a hoax. it's difficult to determine the
There may be something exact spelling to try to do re- :
portentous about the title of earch online,Taylor said.
the Euless flag store owned "If it's a prank by someone,
they went to great lengths to
by Bedford resident Susan create an elaborate scheme.If tS'14tb11\t!
Masure• it actually did come from
A green balloon inscribed Australia,we would like to
with two find its owners,"she said.
simple draw-
Other
Other employees helping
ings,lots of with information include
possible Donna Winslager of Hurst
family and Billy White of Irving.
names and
dated Feb.7, Written on with a black ;
x 2003,recent- marker,the balloon,which is
1 landed at about 9 inches in diameter,
Pat WIf11tf1011115 le y the back of has words like"sisters"and
NORTHEAST "brothers"above columns of \
Masure's til PEOPLE what looks like three familyshop in Eu-
I'll
titles:"Julcuhansia,Tuita-
less. mala"and"Tukuhausia." `"
"The name of the business These head some of the fol-
is`In the Wind,'and here
comes this balloon in the lowing names: He,Lotu,
Moala Fatuani,Ati,Alicsa,
wind,"Masure said."We Ofakikolige,Puleanga,Vaha,
thought it was ironic.' Palavo Leka,Tanie Ju'i
Found by Masure's son '
Llisapel,Vaisima„and Ma to
Chad,the balloon might pos- Fahi”
sibly have blown over from Names possibly beginning COURTESY
Australia,said employee
HOT
Ryan Taylor,who lives in with a capital"S,'which looks Susan Masure, left,owner of In the Wind flag store in Euless,andem,
Keller."We picked it up and like a figure 8,are"Srone, Sii, ployee Donna Winslager hold a mysterious balloon that recently was
saw a bunch of names written Sama,Sione"and"Sudi." found behind the store by Masure's son Chad. Besides many family
on it.No big deal,but then There also are more familiar names inscribed on it, the balloon also has the date "2-07-03" am
we saw a figure drawn on it names such as"Virginia, "Australia"
with Australia'written across Jeana,Baby"and"John."
his chest,"Masure said. "If anyone can come up
"The names on the balloon with this family,it would be
seem to be arranged in sort of interesting making the Ion-
a family tree kind of manner nection,"Susan Masure said.
with batches of names writ- "We can send them a U.S.
ten together and`sisters'or flag."
other terms beside them." OK,computer wizards:If
You solve the mysterious
source of this green balloon,
please call this columnist.
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iAceolacles forNortheast �,rr�n
' By TERRY LEE GOODRICH D Magazine says
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Southlake's Town Suburb rankings
Northeast Tarrant County Square is "architecturally D Magazine rated 53 suburbs in its July issue.Here are the top
'suburbs are superb. interesting" and praises 10, including three Northeast Tarrant County cities, as well as
Several of them,anyway. Grapevine for its "real other Tarrant cities' rankings.
In the July issue of D Maga- French bakery."
zine, which ranks Dallas sub- 1. University Park Ratings of other cities
bs every other year, five of ing" Town Square. And 2. Highland Park 14. Keller
CeIntioned
10 Northeast Tarrant cities Grapevine impressed D in part 4. Parker3. 15.Trophy Club
had scooted up the because it has "a real French 33 Grapevine
list of 53'burbs. 5.Colleyville 33.Hurst
bakery (with real French peo- 6. Murphy 34. Mansfield
kSouthlake bumped up a slot ple running it)," McMullan 7. Highland Village 35. Bedford
from fourth to third—since wrote. Nevertheless, it slipped 8.Flower Mound 36. Euless
002,bested only by University from No.7 to 18 because educa- 9. Coppell 37.Roanoke
Park and Highland Park in Dal- tion and taxes ranked better 10. Sunnyvale 44.Grand Prairie
tas County. Colleyville vaulted two years ago,she said. 47.Arlington
o fifth place from 10th,Flower Grapevine Assistant City Rankings are based on 16 categories,among them population density,violent crimes
Rumbelow per 1,000 residents,mean SAT scores,students passing TAKS,average home value
Mound to eighth place from Manager Bruno
and parkland acres per 1,000 residents.
t , and Trophy Club to 15th took it in stride. SOURCE:o Magazine
om 20th. "We have a historic down- STAR-TELEGRAM/DEWUAN X.DAVIS
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The rankings,which D Mag- town, low taxes, good schools, «
azine has compiled for about a good parks and neighbor- We have a h1StOr1C "We have$6 million n park
ecade, are based on 16 Gate- hoods," he said. "People who improvements under w s fishing�ories,including average home live here love it" P h downtown,low taxes, tion,and we'll have new fishing
alues, crime rates, parks and Regarding Southlake's rise, good schools,good ponds and tons of tennis
numbers of students passing "I don't know if it's all that parks and neighbor- courts," he said. eNot to be
he Te
MIKxas Assessment of overwhelming to get from cocky, but we have a low tax
p edge and Skills,D Maga- fourth to third,but anything in hoods.People who live rate and crime rate. That's
zine writer Dawn McMullan the top five is exciting," city here love it." great"
said. Economic Development Direc- Elsewhere in Tarrant Coun-
-Bruno Rumbelow,Grapevine ty, Mansfield moved up from
Although some big-city folks too Greg Last said.
assistant city manager No.35 to
'.-lave"a disdain for the suburbs, Keller, unrated in 2002, from
34, Grand Prairie
some of them are really unique placed 14th. Hurst ascended dipped from No. 39 to No. 44
ittle places with a lot of from 38th to 33rd, while Bed- Roanoke plunged from 15th and Arlington moved from No.
47.
harm,"she said. ford dropped from No. 33 to to 37th, but there's a great day 44 ONLINE:
:wwo. .d
he article lauded South- No. 35 and Euless from No. 30 coming, City Manager Jimmy E: wmagazine.com
lake's "architecturally interest- to No.36. Stathatos said. Terry Lee Goodrich,(817)685-3812
tgoodrich@star-telegram.com
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Tuesday council
meeting canceled '
The Euless City Council can-
celed its regular meeting sched-
uled for Tuesday.because of a lack '
of a quorum.The council will meet
again July 27 at City Hall,201 N.
Ector Drive.