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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-01-07 Euless Articles F1 E DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE /O MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIB UTED� 1_10 DATE OF ARTICLE Z a / SJ / NEWSPAPER FWST y 1 C Ch'6ers 4 ' Cheers:To the Euless Fire Department for the fabulous job that its firefighters did on my Dec.5 house fire.They made every effort to save my personal belongings,using ' tarps to shield large items and hand-carrying out my family photographs.We appreciate you more than we can-express. I Steve Bell and family,Euless I s I I t i i 1 S Y I 4 f yt C 5 i f 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE_LOF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(Z) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN L/I/BRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 11-7 I O 5 DATE OF ARTICLE /� /n7" NEWSPAPER FWST Luxury Linensin-,Euie' ss ; t,� s �° S r))p} E " ......;.. Wim... ....4r.:,,. .....:. -:.....� : Business continues as usual at all other Burlington Coat Factory*Luxury Linens locations. :i EVERYTHING IS PRICED TO GO - IN A HURRY! SHEETS • COMFORTERS • TOWELS • BATN ACCESSORIES • SHOWER CURTAINS TABLECLOTHS • NAPKINS • PLACEMATS • CRYSTAL • LAMPS • GIFTWARE DECORATIVE PILLOWS • HOUSEWARES • DINNERWARE • DRINKWARE • RUGS FRAMED ART • PHOTO FRAMES • CANDLES & MUCH MORE All sales final.No rainchecks.Markdowns to be taken at the register. wn accevl myor credo cards 0®MFIEM - Closing Sale at this location ONLY: 4 Euless SuperStore Euless Town Centre (817)545-4495 y Open Monday through Sunday affiliated wltFr Budington Industries. 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ,YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l l 7 / d J DATE OF ARTICLE �� / -7 / NEWSPAPER FWST ' UPDATE I NEIGHBORHOOD FEUD � Ani,mosity • lingers after flagdispute ■A homeowner who fought to the cause,continues to struggle for precautionagainst people who ' fly an American flag says she neighborhood harmony. don't maintain their flags. - still encounters backlash. Martin raised the flag issue All homeowners association after the July Fourth holiday,when board members resigned after res- By ELLENA F.MORRISON she was told to remove her Amer- idents circulated a petition STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER ican flag because of a deed restric- requesting their removal. A new EULESS — American flags fly tion. After an onslaught of criti- five-member board is in place and freely now in the Heritage Place cism, the Heritage Place board of plans to present general policies at ' subdivision, but Euless resident directors in August lifted the a meeting in January. Linda Martin, who championed restriction, reportedly enacted as _ Tim Young, board president, ' said the meeting will be "a very ,': '• before and after most holi- open process"covering basic rules s�fficers and Euless police days. She-said she doesn't' such as mowing guidelines and ,have visited her home about put it out more because she ' paint colors. Flying American or0,.times since June because does not want to annoy her .b -complaints about barking, neighbors. Texas flags will be protected "she said. Other residents "It should have never been under the association's policies, Young said. ;don t have nearly that many a battle to fight, said Martin, ' Neighborhood animosity still complaints against them, who at one point retained an exists,Martin said.Anirraa].:bntrol �a°lice said. attorney. ,.Martin has two beagles, "What we have done is let ' 4bby and Tara, but she says people know that HOAs .the complaints are not valid [homeowners associations] because the dogs often attend are not supposed to be run 'doggy day care. like a prison." feel like a drug dealer, John Ross of Ross Property-�the.police are at my home so Management,which manages Much," said Martin, adding the subdivision off Texas 10, that an obscenity was said, "It was an interesting ' scratched on her car this procedure, one I don't want summer. to go through again. Martin said Euless police "Certain owners have r 'told her residents can file learned they simply cannot ' Linda Martin complaints anonymously, so force an issue that is not pop- of Euless was ;little can be done to stop ular within a community." told to take 4 ,what she labels harassment. down her Martin displays her E11enaMorrison (817)685-3888 ' American F. .American flag a few days emorrison@star-tetegram.com flag because of a deed restriction. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF / MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DIS TRIB UTED 7 5 DATE OF ARTICLE /. /Z q NEWSPAPER FWST Vada Marie Ferris 5 , � a ,r EULESS —Vada Marie Ferris, 81, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,became our Christmas angel on Saturday, Dec. 25,2004. Graveside service: Noon Thursday in the Calloway Cemetery in Euless. Visitation: Her family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m.Wednes- day at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst. Chaplain Mitzi Ellington will officiate. Vada, known to most as"Grand- mother,"was the first city secretary of Euless, serving from 1963 to 1974, Sunday school teacher at the First Methodist Church of Euless, first den mother for the Cub Scouts, j and Woman of the Year 1974 and *1975. Vada was an executive sec- retary for the H.E.B. school district and recipient of many outstanding achievement awards.Vada enjoyed most of all raising her children, nature, the Dallas Cowboys and was a best friend to all animals.She was preceded in death by Reese Tate, Mary Page, Ray Ross Ferris, Jeffrey Ray Ferris -and Jessie L. Gobin. Survivors:Sons,G.Ross Ferris and James Ferris; daughter, Can- dice R.Reaves;sister,Mable Simp- son; grandchildren, Mary Karssen, Sean Reaves, Cherry Amato, James Dean Ferris and Jason Smith; great-grandchildren, Tori Amato, Troy Amato, Natalie Smith, Matthew Smith and Ashley Camille Karssen;extended family members, Helen and Glenn Gleghorn, Joe Cannon, Linda Aldridge, Steve .Simpson, Scotty Ashley; and numerous others. Lucas Funeral Home Hurst,(817)284-7271 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ` OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCK4MIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED j 0 S' DATE OF ARTICLE /y NEWSPAPER FWST ' C.E. "Cub" Bear M f Ay�q. FLOWER MOUND—C.E. "Cub" Bear, 81, owner of a local jewelry business, died Sunday, Dec. 26, ' 2004. Funeral: 1 p.m. Thursday at Lucas Memorial Chapel, 1321 Precinct Line Rd., Hurst. Burial: ' Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: May be made to Meals on Wheels or Joel Osteen Min- istries, P.O. Box 4271, Houston, TX 77210 "Cub"was a real estate broker for 10 years in the Hurst area with "Cub Bear Realty."He retired as a superin- tendent after 30 years with General Motors. For 25 years"Cub"had been the owner of Euless Gold and Silver in Euless. – — ' He was preceded in death by his daughter,Jodie Leigh Bear; and par- ents, Alfred Bear and Mable Klye Bear. Survivors:Wife,Jana Taft Bear of Flower Mound;sons and daughter-in- law,Mark and Rox Ann Bear of Arling- ton,Devin Bear of Flower Mound and Richard Hopkins of Fort Worth; ' daughters, Fana Bear Ghaleb of Fort Worth and Melanie Bear of North Richland Hills; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson;and numerous broth- ers, sisters, nieces, nephews and other family members. Lucas Funeral Home Hurst,(817)284-7271 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF Ty MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN 'L/IBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED -7 / d � DATE OFARTICLE �o��� / T NEWSPAPER DMN Wilting Christmas trees leave mulch to be desired 3 Euless:NOW that holiday SHOW Drop off trees for recy- cling through Jan. 15 at Midway is over, take your Park, 300 W. Midway Drive. boughs t0 be recycled Mulch from the trees will be given, to residents from 9 am.to 1 P.M. By KATHY A.GOOLSBY Staff Writer Jan.15.Bring your own bag;limit Nothing says,"fire hazard"like one bag per person.Call 817-685- a real Christmas tree on New 1650. Year's Eve,so it's probably time to take down the tannenbaum. But what do you do with it once it's out of the house? Check out our list for informa- tion on how to properly dispose of holiday trees in your city.And re- member to remove lights, orna- ments and stands before dropping. off trees for recycling. CS TMUTED TO: PAGE I OFYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR LIEDISTRIBUTED /() DATE OF ARTICLE /o� I3 0 NEWSPAPER FWST 1 DWI : Alcohol-related 1 deaths on the deefine' 1 By the numbers DWI arrests over the last two 1 years for some Tarrant Coun- y cities. ■Arlington:1,370 in 2003; I 1,119 in 2004 as of Dec.4. 1 n Bedford:267 in 2003;212 in 2004 as of Dec.22. a Euless:323 in 2003;323 in, 20.04 to date: 1 mm Fort Worth:2,269 in 2003 1,790 in 2004 at-the end of November. mm Grapevine:374 in 2003;' 1 304 in 2004 at the end of November. a Keller:284 in 2003;364 in 2004 as of Nov.30. , 0 North Richland Hills:467 in 1 2003;492 in 2004 as of Dec. 20.._ mm Southlake:28 in 2003;52 in 2004 as of Dec.28. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 k DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE�_LOF I I MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED U / 4 DATE OF ARTICLE /� / Q � NEWSPAPER FWST Cheers &.--.-J ers Cheers:To Cpl W.S.Axton of the Euless Police-Department for his kind and gen- , offer to change the flat.tire on my automobile.He didn't know that I had a serious back injury.I had just composed a song,Lullaby to Baby Jesus,which was performed at St.Michael's Church.Do you think there was a connection? - - George Primo,Irving t I . ' �3 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT DUNG McDONALD l COLLINS IWILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN tt//LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED `I /(] 5 DATE OF ARTICLE /o? /3 1 /0 7 NEWSPAPER FWST DWI : Alcohol-related 1 . deaths on the decline 1 • By the numbers 1 DWI arrests over the last two years for some Tarrant Cohn- ty cities. 0 Arlington:1,370 in 2003; 1 1,119 in 2004 as of Dec.4. N Bedford:267 in 2003;212 in 2004 as of Dec.22. i Euless:323 in 2003;323 in 2004 to date. 1 n Fort Worth:2,269 in 2003; 1,790 in 2004 at the end of November. ■Grapevine:374 in 2003; 1 304 in 2004 at the end of November. m Keller:284 in 2003;364 in _ 2004 as of Nov.30. 1is North Richland Hills:467 in 2003;492 in 2004 as of Dec. 20. Southlake:28 in 2003;52 1 in 2004 as of Dec.28. 1 1 1 1 1 1 i DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGEOF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED -7 S� DATE OFARTICLE /Q J NEWSPAPER FWST Chenurts & Jeers Cheers:To Cpl.W.S.Axton of the Euless Police-Department for his kind and gen- .erous offer to change the flat.tire on my automobile.He didn't know that I had a serious back injury.I had just composed a song,Lullaby to Baby Jesus,which was performed at St.Michael's Church.Do you think there was a connection? George Primo,Irving 191STRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF I MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT rUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED -7 C S DATE OFARTICLE �a `-� NEWSPAPER DMN EULESS ' Town hall meetings set for Thursday and Feb.3 Euless will have town hall meetings at 7 p.m. Thursday and Feb.3 at Euless City Hall,201 N. Ector. Residents can address the City Council and department di- rectors who oversee Euless'opera- tions. In 1994, Town Hall meetings were implemented to introduce ' community-based policing to resi- dents and for the city to receive DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DA TE DISTRIB UTED_ I l I DATE OF ARTICLE d / �� NEWSPAPER FWST RELIEF EFFORTS .Area church raises� inone � y, o ers prayers By TERRY WEBSTER Hughes,whose family lives in ® to exceed 140,000 from the sTnxtEcxnMSTna wiuTEx earthquake and tsunami that Indonesia. Some of them have EULESS—Members of the lost their parents. Now they HOW to help affected countries along the Lighthouse Indonesian don't even have food or shel Donations may be sent to Indian Ocean. An estimated Church in Euless offered ter." the Lighthouse Indonesian 80, 000 victims were from prayers, food and donations Hughes is still awaiting Church,209 N.Industrial Indonesia, according to The Saturday for family and friends word on a cousin who lived in Blvd.,Euless,TX 76021. Associated Press. in their homeland, which was one of the hardest-hit areas. E-mail:PastorEddy@ Some local church mem- devastated by the Dec. 26 Inside the church, tables lndonesianChurch.com hers are still trying to fathom tsunami. were lined with homemade the loss. Churchmembers related Indonesian dishes that were for children to place spare "I've lost a lot of sleep,"said stories of relatives and friends being sold to help raise money. change. Lely White, who is active in who were stranded on Among them were lychee pud Many church members are the local Indonesian commu- rooftops or who have gone for ding featuring a native fruit native Indonesians,said Susan nity."It's been really hard." days without eating. and bacang, rice and meat Wiriadinata, whose husband, "What is going to happen to wrapped in bamboo leaves. Eddy,is pastor of the church. Terry Webster,(817)E85-3819 the children? said Henny A collection box was set up The death toll is expected twebster@star-tetegram.com .r s SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/RICHARD W.RODRIGUEZ Lanny Ornelas,Jimmy Bannert and Sylvia Sundoro sing at the Light- douse Indonesian Church on Saturday in remembrance of tsunami victims. .+ i .r FISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF � t -MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT kOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADM/IN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR A TE DISTRIB UTED J I —7 / 0 !) DATEOFARTICLE l/"�/ NEWSPAPER DMN CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING ' Euless:Drop off trees for recy- cling through Jan. 15 at Midway Park,-300 W. Midway Drive. ' Mulch from the trees will be given to residents from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Jan.15.Bring your own bag;limit one bag per person.Call 817-685- 1650. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF `°` MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR3 DATE DISTRIBUTED 11-7 �D S DATE OF ARTICLE / 3 /U NEWSPAPER FWST TARRVff • sness The investors,represented by SHLACHTER, PEROTIN, Tom Purvis of Continental Real FUQUAY & CO. Estate,also get a tenant for 2Q,000 square feet of the.building. Vaeant . Pegple familiar with the sale said that the building is to be used for a corporate office and that the, ^!' buyers have worked with the city /tJlX ���lart J lllliiii 1 before. SCM Real Estate has marketed • :. the property since January.Walker 7 (��(`1 said the sale took aggressive mar- 1 sold keting and thinking of creative The former Kmart building at uses for the building besides the Texas 10 and Industrial Boule- call center that many saw it as. SCM marketed the building to yard in Euless is off the market churches,recreational-vehicle after waiting nine lonely years.. sellers,schools and retailers. So when a Fort Worth invest- "We went outside the box to ment group-bought-1 e building nontraditional users,and we got I-Dec.21,the news was about as lucky in finding a user that was welcome to the real estate broker willing to own rather than lease," and city officials as the words he told reporter Andrea jares. "blue-light special"are to bargain The property was difficult to .. hunters. had been sitting for so long. lease to the sma-6r businesses because the building is so large, Some of that's elbow grease,and he said. some of that is luck in timing," City officials agreed with Walk- said Gary Walker,president of er that it will be good to see the SCM Real Estate Services of building being used. Arlington,who negotiated the I Right now,the building is as sale for the seller,LSF II Indus- empty as it was when it closed in trial Co. August 1995.But the building's The selling price was not dis- appearance was upgraded in 2001 closed,but the asking price was when Lazarus Property f $4.2 million.For the property at p �'Corp.�' Dallas pumped$1 million into a Texas 10 and Industrial Boule- new facade,a new roof and other vard. improvements to bring it back to "It was a vacant corner on a life. major intersection for a long The new owners have not time,,"said Gary McKamie, applied for permits to move into Euless deputy city manager."We the building.Walker said con have confidence in the new own- struction is likely to take place ers,too." early this year. 3 3 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE/OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD jCOLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 1/ 7 / U S DATE OFARTICLE / /� / 0S; NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST AFTER HOURS ' Learn to draw EULESS—Artist Ted Rose,director of fine arts at,. ' Covenant Christian Acade-- .' my in Colleyville,will demonstrate the use of neg- ative space beginning at 7 , ' p.m.Monday at the Euless , Public Library,201 N.Ector,', , Drive. Rose,who holds a master,,- ' of fine arts degree from the. = University of Tennessee and a master of education from Edinboro University ' in Pennsylvania,will pre- sent a 90-minute demon- stration,which is open to ' the public.Rose wrote the ,, high school text Discover- ing Drawing. T The program is spon- sored by the city of Euless, Trinity Arts Guild and ARTSNET.Call (817)284- 1422. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE/OF I MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGi'VAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED ' � ' /U J DATE OF ARTICLE � l O NEWSPAPER FWST � V b 3S 5 E L R3L ;s xs , r � R 1� .y_ Will 1" �y k, YFxe 651 y i�u H� STAR•TELEGRAM/JEN FRIEDBERG Swing shift Cooper's Golf Park employee Charlie Greer of Colleyville takes advantage of the lack of patrons during the recent wet weather to hit a few balls Tuesday afternoon in Euless. FISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 11-7 O 5 DATE OFARTICLE l �'�S NEWSPAPER FWST FUCK BITES luouiat your chickens at Pet6s tTHE GRUB:Fried chicken in every possi- THE HITS:Pete's manages to bring out e shape and size—including gizzards and distinctive flavors in different chicken pieces, livers."More"equals burgers,fried fish and even though everything comes out deep-fried. jggies. Chicken tenders($4.99 combo platter)were THE STORY:Pete's Chicken-N-More is a lightly breaded,like the"golden"tenders peat winner of"Best Fried Chicken"polls in familiar at other local fast-food restaurants. Corpus Christi, They begged for a dash of the chipotle pepper where the fast- sauce,in bottles on every table. Pete's Chicken- food chicken A"chicken-fried chicken"breast fillet($5.95 N'MOre restaurants are a platter)was breaded with more seasoning, 20-year legend for matching the fresh,peppery cream gravy.The 2600 W.Euless Blvd. chicken,steak fm- same seasoning probably comes on the chick- (Texas 10) gers and double en-fried steak and steak fingers. Euless cheeseburgers. Listen:Pete's is not Babe's.Pete's serves (817)354-7383 Pete's came very typical fast food. north two months But the selection is vast,and Pete's is one of - ago,opening a only a few restaurants that serve both burgers location on Texas 10 near Bell Helicopter. and chicken,including livers and gizzards. -- Just look for the dancing chicken. THE MISSES:A burger($2.69)was the THE FOOD:The menu says it all— size of Corpus Christi's legendary Whataburg- hicken Only,""Chicken-N-Fries,""Chicken- er,but it needed more flavor.Go for the double N-Sides,""Chicken-N-Biscuit,""Tenders or cheeseburger($4.45). &eakfmgers,.."Wings—Gizzards—Livers," THE SETTING:Counter-service fast-food "Nuggets:' restaurant with comfortable seating. This is an old-time fast-food chicken stand Large dancing chicken helps direct cus dressed up in a new look,with chicken-fried tourers through the construction mess on Beaks and burgers added.Pete's even serves a Texas 10. 2 wvegetables that aren't fried or grilled: TIE DETAILS:Open 11 am.-10 p.m seven ' green beans with bacon bits,corn,and maca- days.No beer or liquor;no smoking. roni and cheese. —Bud Kennedy *%k JAI � i r; I ILAa� STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEY CHINN This fast-food chicken stand serves up a combo meal of crispy ' chicken and sides. Side choices include corn-on-the-cob,green beans with bits of bacon,macaroni and cheese,and more.