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Home My WebLink About2004-09-24 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD pCOLLI/NS IFILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYANR /DMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CT DATE DISTRIBUTED / 1oZ`]"' /0 4 DATE OFARTICLE y/�cQ `D� NEWSPAPER After year on DFW Air ort Board.... Glenn. Porterfield of Euless finds 1_i some things leasansurprising'`'pleasantly by Bill Leader Glenn Porterfield, who represented the City of Euless on the DFW Airport Board for one year,stepped down at the last meeting (Thursday, September 2). Max Wells,chairman of the DFW Airport Board,and Jeffrey P.Fegan,DFW's CEO presented Porterfield with a Resolution expressing their appreciation of his work. Porterfield is mayor pro tem derived from airport property with member of the DFW Airport Board, of Euless and spent many years in the two owner cities on a one third was a strong proponent of the idea the banking industry.He was vice basis.The cities of Dallas and Fort that the host cities should share in ' president of the Republic Bank of �- the revenue with , � .�� ' Dallas, president " � the two owner cit- of — Dallas and _of the First Na- ' �� _ tional Bank of � � � � �� Fort Worth. Atk Euless (1980 to � r � �r board meetings, �s Ms.: . Culbreath 1987). He retired, a ¢ � but then returned would ' point out that �� F the DFW Airport to the industry af- ter accepting the Board picks up the job as president of entire tab for the the Western DFW Department � rY of Public Safety. American Na- All the DFW Air- , tional Bank of Bedford. He re- port Board employ- tired from this po- ees are paid from sition in 2002. revenues collected ' The Texas f at the airport — Legislature, sev- parking, rents, eral years back, GLENN PORTERFIELD (left) is honored for his work on the landing fees,etc. ' agreed with the DFW Airport Board.Also pictured(left to right)Max Wells, DFW The 17,500= Airport Board chairman; and Jeffrey P. Fegan, CEO of DFW acre DFW Airport DFW Airport Board that the host i International Airport. (Photo by Bill Leader) is situated within ' cities — Euless, the city limits of Grapevine,Irvin and Co four cities – Gra P g ppell— Worth own DFW Airport. Euless, Grapevine, Irving and should share some of the revenues Betty Culbreath, a former Coppell. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE___LOF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RID6WAY(2) BOYETT YO UNG McDONALD COLLINS lW ILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN /�iLIBRAR Y REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIB UTED / / DATE OF ARTICLE /� -7 /y T NEWSPAPER DMN COMMUNITY CALENDAR, ■The Euless Parks and Community,Services Department will have its Villages of Bear: Creek Music Series at 7:30.p.m. Saturday.Country artist Max Stalling with 'Houston Marchman will perform.Tickets are $8 in advance at the Midway Recreation Center,300 W.Midway in Euless;or$10 the day of the show.For information,call 81.7-685-1666 or visit www.euiess.org. ■Euless Is accepting applications'for board and commission volunteers. Time and frequency of meetings vary, depending on the Position.The positions include:the Civil Service Commission; Economic Development Advisory Board,' Histodcai Preservation Committee and H-E-B' Teen Court.Applications are at- www.euless.org,or call the city secretary's office at 817-685-1434.Applications must be retumedby Sept,24 ■St.John the Baptist Greek Orthodox -Church,303 Cullum Drive in Euless,will rw have its 13th annual Mid-Cities Greek Food Festival Sept.24-26.The'event will feature Greekfood,:folk dancers,crafts and dancing.For information,visit www.stjohn.tx.goarch - .org or call 817283 2291. dw ri 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE _/ OF / MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITY ATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT (YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS IVILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN /L/I-BRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIB UTED -/ / � �) DATE OF ARTICLE 9 /�� /1 7� NEWSPAPER FWST r THIS WEEK'S POLICE SCANNER 1 Y� 1 INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER _ Car burglar rips off bowling eqwp m, . ere 1 3'rAR-TELEGRAM _ Bowling alley theft ' EULESS—A burglar threw a strike at a F car window and took more than $500 �`� worth of bowling equipment—including �z three balls, a pair of bowling shoes and a bowling bag. a ' 121 The burglary occurred between 6:45 I03 and 7:47 p.m. Sept. 12 as the owner of the x 1996 Mazda—a 68-year-old Irving man— _ waPvee o i area was inside Showplace Lanes in the 1900 ' block of Airport Freeway.The man appar- _ Westpark ently works at the bowling center. M Tort 7 � An off-duty officer patrolling the park- e 'W°`tk ' ing lot discovered the burglarized car and STAR-TELEGRAM contacted its owner,the police report says. No other spare items were taken. After inspecting his car, the Irving man Police had made no arrest in the casew found that two Storm bowling balls and one And there were no reports of a burglar Track ball valued at$400 were stolen. pinning his bowling dreams on a pair of In addition,a pair of Linds bowling shoes shoes. valued at $85 was taken, along with a $75 bowling bag,police said. 1 —Domingo Ramis Jr. i i DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE C� OF� MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WII LHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DA TE DISTRIBUTED v DA TE OF ARTICLE ZZ Zy NEWSPAPER FWST The site has more than ' 4,000 jobs posted in its sys- Local aviation workers tem,but most are on the East The number of local workers in the air transportation sector has or West coasts, Lahey said., declined since 2000. Only 150 job postings,are for bet. Dec Dei'. Rec. ,full positions in Texas,he said. 2000 2001: 2002 20;03 2001 The state's air transporta Texas 78,300 70,900 69,600 65,600 66;300 tion industry has steadily Fort Worth - 38,100 '33,900 32,700 302130 30,40p shed jobs since 9-11. Texas Arlington MSA lost 12,700 jobs in the air SOURCE:Texas Workforce commission transportation sector as of the end of last year. About 7,900 psychology. She began taking hire more people,I think that of those jobs were in the Fort classes full time after she lost will mitigate some of the loss- Worth-Arlington area. her job. es," said Rakesh Shankar; an Limous Walker; a rapid Eventually, she said, she economist at Economy.com. response manager at Tarrant wants to go into private coun- American Airlines said last County's Workforce Solu- seling so she and her husband, month that it is adding 70 tions, said his agency will who works as a gate agent for daily flights to its D/FW oper- hold informational sessions Delta, do not have to rely on ations. But it is unlikely that this week to outline options the uncertain airline industry. the Fort Worth carrier will for affected Delta employees. "The airline industry is hire any new workers because Workforce Solutions will also constantly in flux.I would.like it has thousands of furloughed hold a job fair for displaced to have a little more stability workers waiting to return to workers,set for January. in a profession," Stevens- flight duty. "The job skills, in many Growden said."Plus,we don't No other airlines have cases; can be used in another want to put all of our eggs in announced expansion plans at industry," Walker said. "For one basket." local airports. Southwest example,customer service for Her husband has more spokeswoman Melanie Jones airlines can be customer ser- than 20 years with Delta, so said the Dallas-based carrier is vice at another company." the couple are not overly con- "not in a hiring mode" and is Many airline workers used cerned that he will lose his job filling most vacant positions that idea to hedge their bets when the airline reduces its from within the company. after job cuts at American D/FW schedule.But Stevens- Pizzelanti, who spent 16 Airlines accelerated last year. Growden hopes her move into years as a pilot,does not have Euless resident Gina a new profession will make it any plans to return to the avi- Stevens-Growden decided to easier for their family to deal ation industry because his pet go back to,school when she with the ups and downs of the cremation business has taken was furloughed Sept. 1 from airline industry. off. her flight attendant job at Some experts say Delta's "I do miss flying,of course, Champion Air,a Minneapolis- flight cutbacks at D/FW will because you're always a pilot based charter airline.Stevens- prompt other airlines to enter in your heart,"Pizzelanti said. Growden, who also flew pre- the local market, providing "But I have to look at being viously for Southwest Airlines new opportunities for laid-off able to support my family,and and ASA, had been attending airline workers in North I find my new business very classes part time at the Uni- Texas, rewarding." versity of Texas at Arlington 'As other airlines increase utoward a bachelor's degree in their flights from D/FW and aahes@star, elegram.com5 g aahles@star-telegram.com 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE a OF� MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT tYOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRAA}RY/ADMGIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED a D� DATE OF ARTICLE NEWSPAPER FWST ' sum to settle the yearlong dis- pute. ' Before building in South- - 14fake, Gateway must request a specific-use permit. John Baen, a real estate professor at the University of ' North Texas, suggested that the city and church work' together to develop the area, ' create attractive landscaping and lure businesses. Mayor Andy Wambsganss said the city will deal with the ' consequences,no matter who buys the property. 114 is extremely valuable property,and we hate to see it ' .come off the tax rolls," he said."But we don't have con- trol over who buys property and who doesn't." ' Councilwoman Carolyn Morris said a purchase this large will significantly affect Southlake, which has about 25,000 residents. "It will be felt financially and as far as economic devel- opment," she said. . . ; s .`,+ The church's congregation ' has grown dramatically in the last 4/years,Grubbs said. It ' started with about 60 mem- bers and now. has nearly 6,000. By 2020, church offi- cials expect it to grow to 30,000 members. The church will begin drawing up plans early next ' ' year, Grubbs said. The cam-4 pus could open by 2007 or 2008. "We're lookingforward to ' serving this community," he said. "We hope to.win over anybody who is concerned about the project." Sarah Bahari,(817)685-3863 sbahari@star-tele,-ram.com DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS IVILHITE GETCHELL LIBRAR Y ADQMIN LIBRARY REF ANIAIAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 1 C� f DATE OF ARTICLE -/ NEWSPAPER DMN CON�MUNITY CALENDAR ■Euless is accepting applications for board and commission volunteers. Time and frequency of meetings vary, depending on the position.The positions include:the Civil Service Commission, Economic Development Advisory Board, Historical Preservation Committee and H-E-B Teen Court.Applications are at www.euiess.org,or call the city secretary's office at 817-685.1434.Applications must be returned by Friday. ■St.John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church,303 Cullum Drive in Euless,will have its 13th annual Mid-Cities Greek Food Festival Friday to Sept.26.The event will feature Greek food,folk dancers,crafts and dancing.For information,visit . www.stjohn.tx.goarch.org or call 817 283 2291. 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGEOF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADgMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DA TE DISTRIB UTED_ c? DATEOFARTICLE / / NEWSPAPER FWST ' in Euless. of Nebraska.So when par- "In Nebraska,this.is like ents Jaime-and Barry their„pro team,”said Rex Rubeck watch Husker foot- ' Lathen,a Nebraskan who ball,they are also on the lives in Crowley. "All the loy-. lookout for their daughter's alty pours into Nebraska' "I love you signal.. football.?, Lim_ones who live s in Last week,an upbeat south Fort Worth ' ,said his group grew somber after an family bleeds Husker red. upset by Southern Mississip- This year's "can't-miss pi:Husker fans came decked game".is against Oklahoma. ' out in red shirts,pants and The prospect of that event hats. fires some up.Still,talk of They sported Husker. the matchup is relatively watches and perused.a table polite.among Nebraskans,a ' that enticed them with group praised by the nation- Husker paraphernalia.One . ;_al media for its manners. proud Husker brought a So the sight of Brad Cav ' photo album. nar's crimson-red Oklahoma "My daughter is Lil'Red," ;Sooners T shirt didn't stir 11heHusker mascot,said trouble.Cavnar,a Southlake' Jaime Rubeck of Bedford. insurance agent,came to ' The album chronicles a watch Nebraska football true Lone Star Husker in with_11is Husker buddy Sean action.Jodi Rubeck,a 2002 Cerone,a Southlake dentist. L.D..Bell High School gradu- They are a lesson in mul ' ate,is now at the University tipartisan football. "He's taking me to the Texas-OU game because he ' needs someone to hold his hand if Texas wins;'jokes Cerone. Cavnar's retort:"He's a _ ' Sooner wannabe." A few seconds later, Cav- nar added:"P.S.I'm also try- ing to start a Sooner Club of ' Southlake."Is Southlake ready to be known as"Little Norman,Oklahoma"? ' Diane'Smith,(817)685-3801 ' dianesmith@star-telegrtim.cotn DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE O? OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGN'AY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR C ' DATE DISTRIBUTED //� DATE OFARTICLE /��/� NEWSPAPER FRST "Now we know what they need Immigrant communities often -1 and how we can improve the< fear that police will deport them issues they have to-deal with Bilingual if they report a crime:Some come every single day;", said Daniela employees from countries where law Segura, a neighborhood patrol;` enforcement is corrupt, and the ' officer in east Fort Worth. ' Bilingual personnel in some community may be unsure, the North Texas police depart- , Segura said he has noticed ments: ' role that police officers playin more people reporting crime from E,Irvino-38'employees cer- the United States. the community in the past year, tified in Spanish The Rev. David Martinez, a since the department has become 0 Bedford,two officers cer member of Hispanos Unidos in more accessible. tified in Spanish Fort Worth and a community Arlington conducts an annual V,Fort Worth,95 officers leader through the Fort Worth Vietnamese;Citizen Police Acade- speak fluent Spanish church El Buen.Samaritano, said Euless,one officer fluent my and a semiannual Spanish Cit police need to work in more than in Vietnamese izen Police Academy The Arling ff Keller,at least four offi- one language.Texas is more than ton Police Academy offers 40 cers fluent in Spanish 32 percent Hispanic,according to hours of Spanish training for offs the 2000 Census. ' cers. In Irving, Sgt. Jonathon "It's very important for people Timpf took Spanish classes on the has 38 certified employees fluent to"tell their stories....Some think city's tab at the University of in Spanish. Twenty-one of them the police are like immigration Texas at Arlington and then tray- are officers in a city that is more and they want to'put them away, eled'to Mexico.to sharpen his than 31 percent Hispanic, said' and that's not true,"he said."The skills. David Tull; department Police Department deals with Timpf is now a certified trans- spokesman. issues of safety for the communi- lator, along with 21 other officers ty. Our community is changing, in the Irving Police Department. Breaking through so the police need to have more The city also has interpreters who Finding a bilingual neighbor or than one language. 1 keep taking speak Urdu, Arabic, Hindi and calling a translator to issue a cita- people to the department; they Bengali, languages that have tion or investigate a car accident need to understand what the become more important in the can solve the immediate problem, 'police role is." United States since 9-11. but a language barrier hampers ; In all three cities, as well as in police departments in building Leila Fddel,(817)685-3806 Bedford,officers receive incentive relationships with immigrant-1 lfadel@star-telegram.com pay of$40 to$110 more a month if communities that are suspi4 is ' they can speak a second language. of law enforcement, The Irving Police Department experts said. t DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MChAMIE RIDGWAY(1) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED a /D — DATE OF ARTICLE/2?/ 1 U¢ NEWSPAPER FWST ' RETAIL orthsMal..I. s tu-1-tan s told to ele out ■Sho.p owners have been Mall management and the "When everybody is out of ating costs while the owners rold that the move is,for owner, California investor here,this place is history,"said hammer out a new direction enovations. Michael Kest, did not return Jim Scoggins of Artisan Glass for theproperty. phone calls Monday. Works, which has been leas- The all ha _long adver- By-ANDREA jARES The mall has lost tenants in in month-to-month at the tised that it would one day srnx-z�cx�srn�wxi�c�eR - g recent years as several devel- mall for a year. "Who knows become an entertainment cen- NORTH ; RICHLA'ND opment plans have been tout- what they're going to do?" ter with an ice rink and a movie HILLS=`North Hills Mall ten- ed but never materialized,and Some tenants and others in theater.Today,most of the mall is have been told to leave by competitors such as the near- the community have speculat- is vacant,with Mervyn's as the fold t 15, a move management by North East Mall have taken ed that part of the reason the only anchor and a couple of them is for renovations. away business. mall is closing is to cut oper- dozen small tenants.. whether it's here or some decline in the number of peo- _ Limited Brands, the Ohio. affected.by the mall owner's where`else, we will be going ple who.frequent that mall, so company that owns The Lim- announcement. on,"Blair said.. it's not a large impact to our 1ped,Victoria's Secret and Vic- Dee Ann Blair, a founder of Critter Connection, a city adoptien,"he said. ria 's Secret Beauty,said the the Artisan`Center Theater at adoption site that iso en y the mall said the community eve of P Jack Lawrence,who heads a are closing their stores by the y ry her weekend,will,look group of Chinese investors end of the month and will give theater.plans to stay until the for.other places to show its who have been eyeing the mall tte ployees the option to relo- ; end of the year and is negotiat- animals, said Tommy Miller, as a possible site for an Asian to other store's. ing to stay longer. supervisor for the humane shopping center, had no com- Mervyn's owns its site at "We've got a whole season division. ment'Monday about North orth,Hills. Mall..It isn't Planned: for next year, so There has been a steady Hills'announcement. North Richland Hills Mayor also said the mall manage- The mall may have trouble`, itar Trevino said the city has ment's announcement could finding a buyer because of'ie J no talks with the mall be a sign that a deal is close. legal fight over ownership-- leadership about construction The city has earmarked $1 between Kest and Hurst devel-,t 'ther plans. million in its 2004-05 budget for oper Burk Collins.The suit has` I_f they were going to road and other infrastructure put a mark on the title that wilt ' lodel, you'd think they'd improvements to the North make it difficult for anyone to,, already have plans in place,-but Hills Mall area if needed,Trevi- finance the property until the t y haven't submitted any no said.The economic develop- matter is resolved,Col P sIps to us as far as what they ment incentive package once lins said,. t to do," Trevino said. He approved for the mall expired. Andrea Jares,(817)685-3851 P ajares@a star-telegram.cam I' DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENATIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD cCOLLIAS WI LHITE GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED / /�T l�T DATE OF ARTICLE ABWSPAPER DMN ;-Euless eleets new assistant city manager ' Loretta Getchell was recently named assistant city manager of Euless.Ms.Getchell has ' served as _.finance director for, the city since 1997. She received abachelor's in business ' administra- tion from the University`of. North Alabama and is also a .certified public accountant and a certified government finance officer,She will su- pervise departments including ' finance,human resources and information services. , 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD(�COLLII/NS WIILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMING1'LLIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIB UTED 7 �7 `P�`1" DATE OF ARTICLE /moi`� /U`�' NEWSPAPER FWST 31ra i Mid-Cities Greek events celebr +,ate Cltl Food Fe f .. on stival 11 a.m.to 2 p.m:and 5 to 10 . p.m.today;11 a.m.to 10 p.m;;Sat- ' ■ Fun, food and;crafts moon,",and.Keller's Wild W,rids, of.All Asian,America:Chamber urda and11_a.m.to 4°p m.:Sun revolve around Greek,.East- West'Fest, a•salute to3'the'Old' of Commerce and an event orga- day at St John the baptist Greek: ern and Wild West.theMes. West. ; nizer. They are-reunited when Orthodox Church,303 Cullum Dr,� At the Greek celebration; the wife,shines bright moonlight cul"ess.Admission is free Call`: By TERRY LEE GOODRICH festgoers-can watch a vad -' on her husband in mid-autumn. (817)545-9644 or visit " srnxTEcanhlsrnFFwxrrER about Greece and visit a "vii Asian ewe www.stjohn.tx.goarch.org j hy.wl be for sale, Schedule The 'recent Olympics• in, lage",;set.tip to,,display.Greek; as well as moon cakes =.fl Greece have piqued;interest in embroidery and traditional cos pastries with;coconut; fruit, Today ^ '. ' Greek culture including food, tumes,McKinnon said. . nuts, egg yolks and,lotus seeds,., and da ce aand,a music duo say organizers ofthis,weekends. , ,, Greek clothing,.books,.jewel-; Wang said, ` free Mid-Cities.Greek,FOod FeS g 8 p.m.:Church tour p z.;.. ry and religious ious icons,will,be „Groups taking.part will rep- 7.3q p.m.and 9 p.m. Tradi-_. tival. T sold.A:childrensZenterwillfea=- resent Chinese,.Vietna-mese;, tionalGreek dance show ' Planners.expect abig turnout' lure face alritn Saturday of hungry folks at the:l3th annu , house P g� a bounce, Japanese,Korean;Thai,Filipino, a,cake walk and jewelry,, -"Pakistani,..;Indian, �Laotian,.- 12:30 p.m.;2 p.m.,`d`p n 6 al event, today through Sunday; mfg; ,., Indonesian, Malaysian, Sin a p.m.and 8:30 p m 1'taditionai` '. i at�St. John the Ba test Greek g Greek Banter's. J P, Festgoers can, give Greek 'porean,Nepalese;,Hawaiian, 1 P.m.,4 m ' Orthodox Church m Euless,co- dancing a try,,Jas well as watch, T'ongan�and Tibeta%culture = Church tours' a�d chairman Allan McKinnon said. trained.dancers , * . At'Ke1ler's festival,!,i ock Sunday., c 4 V.. G ;_ The event will feature,Greek In Haltom City, the fou,-;th, gunfighters will.bif#le;.-cowboy :: 12,:30 p m.;.and 2 p,n..Dancers ' folk dancing, church tours and annual,Mo is billed as an poets will i'eclte and.•children 1 p.m..Church tours. homemade gyros, baklava., East meets West;celebration. It will ride in a`stickhorse'rodeo at . mousaka, stuffed grape leaves, will feature flute music, fan Bear creek Park. Greek beer and wine., dances,hula dances and,a roast r ` Other activities will include test; and a street dance, said; Two other Northeast Tarrant ed 1 for anizers said a dog parade,with some'caiunes Amie Gantt of_the city's parks festivals„will celebrate traditions p _g Chinese legend says. that, expected to sport western.weat, ;and-recreation department. this weekend. Fun seekers cangoddess,gave a,tyrant an elixir;. the Lil' Buckeroo Bicycle, -- j also check out Moon Fest mesal for eternal ilfett.butt the', , Wagon and Strollez I~afade, a, ,y Kettle corn,bratwuxsti�`tur, ' tom City,an Asian tribute.to,the, wife drank ix,and flew to the' crafts show;a class c'.car show;a' legs,hamburgers+nacho, sem' ' legendary "woman m,L.the,: moon;said Judi-Wang,founder,; .,watermelon-seed spits-mg con-4 cotton candy aniifrozen°cusa#d izr111 besold., ,�. - ' Terry Lee Goodric#,-(81,' r tg00drich@a slur telegt$. 1 t: DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ! OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBR(�ARYADMIN /LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 9 DATE OF ARTICLE 7 /°2 l�T NEWSPAPER DMN v DO s T d i I ��Musie makers �� ` ,,r Sergio Espmosa�Will conduct'` the University of Texas at Arlington Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 Saturday at thefVillages of } ' BearCreekAlnphitheater, , ' 1951 Bear Creek Parkway f ;Euless,.,Free Call:. '817 685-1666 , .;J }t r....1.... .. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCRAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIM CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED Q DATE OFARTICLE oZ -.3D NEWSPAPE Sr es= ' E Pre- Arlin ton devel-oner hasg lane for Chinese r etalicenters1i rlington - developer Jack Lawrence has tapped a burgeon- ing urgeon ing Chinese market and expects to NO real open a $100-million, Asian-themed x lifestylecenter in the Mid-Cities area with- k neals in 18 months. In addition, a $10-million outlet center could be open by spring if a ''"" i group of Chinese"investors decides to buy YJeri Petersen the vacant 105,000-square-f6ot Kmart Staff Writer store at SH 10 and FM- in Euless. about$60 million u1 sales thestyehr., } ' Lawrence, president' of Bluebonnet Tire urger.lifesty°le than woft8 be the Investment Corp., said he alsoplans to prototype for 10.suchcenters m theUtuted help Chinese investors o n severalmanu- Pe States :and Canada "Besides shcips and facturing facilities in the area within the authentic Asian restaurants,;Lawrence said next two years. - plans include nightly entertamme`nt, danc "Just about everything we buy today ing fountains and a museum.witli , sian has a label, `Made in China,"' Lawrence artifacts. If he can find an exisng mall to;. ' said:"I decided to, go to China,and I found -remodel, the'-project.could be teddy by J out the Chinese are interested in investing,. next fall.-'He wouldn't specify possible and,.my'company is trying to help them locadons,`but said he is looking at`two or ' find a vehicle to do`that" ` `three options in the central Metro- area. Last week, Lawrence led a group of about 20,investois; mosVof them in,the' lighting industry, -on a-,tour of,,sites in northeast Tarrant County. He.led a similar tour in May and said he has more groups coming. ' 'These folks gave me a verbal commit-* ment yesterday; they want me to come,to China and put together their. .fitiancial package and start working on :visas:,. Lawrence said. The outlet mall would.setl all Asian products, although it will not be geared to ' the Asian population,.Lawrence said. Merchandise would include jewelry and accessories, handbags, home decor and other items. Lawrence said it could bring DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OFA MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(1) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED DATE OF ARTICLE 9 /a�'3d/y NEWSPAPER FWST Vo-f, Tim-e-1 R ., y gP' K9xrf�l4M+t�lliiap''. L .rt. 4F16 s�tt��7 k;cul UTA Symphony Villeges o1Bear C[eeak Amphithei*,:1951 Bea�:treek Pai ay rY std Euless Free Nrfortmng Peter and Nre Wolf t K 7:30pm Sat Mid=Cit is`Greek Foo-11Ees mPSt�'JoFn�lie Baptist.Greek Orthodox Church Eines?:Free.,:= j81 )540-5699.The aniusl even tfeatyresa -wee end of Greek food„musiVep n� andf tbltureBarri=2pm&540prii n Iia bpm' Satfllam-4pm Sun. wwvytstjohntx, odrch.org + t