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Home My WebLink About2005-01-21 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED , C7 DATE OF ARTICLE // 7 /1) NEWSPAPER DMN ' TREE RECYCLING ' Euless:Drop off trees through Jan. 15 at Midway Park, 300 W. Midway Drive.Ca11817=685-1650. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OF� MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCAAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED a /D S DATE OF ARTICLE // 7 NEWSPAPER DMN NEWS BRIEFS EULESS Midway Rec Center plans Jan.15 open house The Midway Recreation Center is hosting an open house from 9 to 11 a.m.Jan.15.The center is at 300 W.Midway Drive. Residents can try out classes such as aerobics and tae kwon do from instructors for free at the open house. For information,call 817-685-1666. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT FOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED a � l DATE OF ARTICLE S NEWSPAPER FWST ' INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER 1 Woma.n 'stews over thief s take ' STAR-TUEGRAM Stew heist EULESS — Pepper pot stew fanatics, beware. A burglar targeted the dish a few days " 360 ' ago,and he could be out for more. A 27-year-old woman reported Jan l that someone had entered her apartment and d stolen a bag of pepper pot stew from her 3 �1 D/FW refrigerator. Mancea Euless Airport The bag was among 10 items taken in the '°"' p burglary,according to the police report.The E.Ash burglar apparently picked open the front door Fort N lock and entered the apartment in the 2000 '"°" B block of Texas 360,the police report says. STAR-TELEGRAM The burglar took about$5,700 worth of items from the apartment,including a flat- unlocked,the report says. screen television, a DVD, purses, several There was no evidence to indicate whether duffel bags and clothing. the burglar tasted the stew before leaving the The victim called police when she apartment,according to the report. ' arrived home and found the front door -Domingo Ramirez Jr. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l I MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED a / O 5 DATE OF ARTICLE Cy > NEWSPAPER FWST Gmon and take a wee ride x a . P a ff Bryan ' Villareal,16, of Hialeah,Fla., . f " tries out a pocket bike Y r Tuesday on Y Pecos Drive in Euless. I� Villareal,who Was visiting hx, relatives over the holidays,is used to larger minibikes but x; spoke well.of M. his latest ride. "It's a beginner's i x�3 bike, he said. f Y �� A T hey'rea z. good little piece of STAR-TELEGRAM/M.L.GRAY motorcycle." IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE r OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED U DATE OF ARTICLE U SJ NEWSPAPER FWST 1 TEXAS DELEGATION 1 7-lawmakersgetBy RECIoco �mlttees s'rnx�LEcxnMWASHINGTON BUREAU Rep. Michael Burgess, R- ■ Rep. Louie Gohmert, R; Flower Mound, is moving to Tyler: Judiciary, Resources# WASHINGTON — The `, the. Energy and Commerce Small B 1 seven freshman lawmakers ` P. ,Commusiness.ittee. ■Rep.Ted Poe,R-Humble: from Texas got their commit- � "By being a member of International Relations, tee assignments Friday, and this committee, I hope to Transportation and Infraw' 1 for Rep. Kenny Marchant, R- Fennel the federal dollars structure, Small Business. , Coppell, that into the district that we ■Rep.Michael McCaul,R-z,, means a busy deserve in order to ease traf Austin: Homeland Security, year ahead fic congestion," said Science, International Rela- 1 with seats on Marchant, who also pledged tions., three commit- support for Dallas/Fort ■ Mike Conaway, R-Mid- tees. u ., Worith Airport and its land, Armed Services, Agri- "Th is an employees. culture,Budget. 1 e x c e l l e n t The House Republican House Democrats, mean- opportunity to MARCHANT Steering Committee,which is while, also made committees serve on three controlled by Speaker Den- assignments for freshmen 1 committees that have a nis Hastert of, Illinois, two of whom are Texans.The tremendous impact on the announced the freshman Democratic Steering Com-`, daily lives for people of commitee assignments Fri- mittee announced that Re ' North Texas,"Marchant said. day. g p' Y � Henry Cuellar of Laredo will" 1 He will join the Education The panel had already serve on the Agriculture and Workforce Committee determine committee chair- Committee and that Rep. AE and the Government Reform men an� nonfreshman Green of Houston will be on Committee.His third assign- assignment. the Financial Services Com- 1 ment is the Transportation The rest of the Texas GOP mittee. y and Infrastructure Commit- freshmen al d the commit- tee, which otherwise would tees to which they are be losing a Texan because ne assi d: Maria Recio,(202)383-6103 1 g mrecio@krwashington.com 1 1 i 1 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFj MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLIN/S WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR �- DA TE DISTRIBUTED f /� / DATE OFARTICLE 11q los- NEWSPAPER FWST WHAT'S NEW r� ,..aaaee C •nom(� "� >4 , ra 4rs' cr' i>Y STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEY CHINN Fort Worth-based Acme Brick is remodeling the former Furr's cafeteria at 801 W.Airport Freeway in Euless for use as office space.The company,which plans to consolidate two regional offices from Fort Worth and Dallas at the site,expects workers to move in this spring.The building will mostly house sales and administration offices,as well as a large showroom. tIS TRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF / MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT rOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I / / C� DATE OFARTICLE ��lD �L� S NEWSPAPER FWST WORK FACES ' ACKERMAN Promotions ' J.T.Ackerman has been pro- moted to manager of human resources and billing for the city of Euless. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANI CR NT , DATE DISTRIBUTED �� l 0 S DATE OFARTICLE 1110-16105 NEWSPAPE , G& �L (tS/r'It'St !'is Abandoned K-Mart off the market A year after launching a search trig- ' gered by the withdrawal of bankrupt K- Mart Stores Inc., SCM Real .Estate Services has found a buyer for the dis- count retailer's former store at 701 S. ' Industrial in Euless. SCM isn't saying who bought the property from LSF H, an institutional ' investor with offices in Dallas. But the brokers have renamed the .105,000- square-foot former K-Mart a call-center ' project. ' # K-Mart left the site in 2000 as pat of a regional exit that left many of its Metroplex big boxes shuttered. Gayle Trim,of SCM,said the compa- ny tapped its tenant database and launched a national search for a variety of P<...' users, including boat dealers, RV dealers and call-center operations. LSF bought the property and convert- ed it to office/flex space and recently , launched negotiations with a local limited partnership with plans to convert the property at the corner of State Highway ' 157 and State Highway 10 into a multi- tenant facility. Gary Walker of SCM represented the ' buyer, which has leased 20,000 square feet of the property. Besides retiring one of the symbols of K-Mart's loss in the battle with Wal-Mart ' Stores Inc., Trim said the deal's signifi- cance is that it "went very smoothly. There weren't any hitches" ' DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF� MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT rUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I / 0S' DATE OF ARTICLE �3/OS NEWSPAPER FWST ' NEIGHBORHOOD STAR-TELEGRAM/IAN MCVEA r i s' n, }v Doyle Brown of Euless says he had his house painted purple with pink polka dots and neon-yellow trim to protest city code enforcement.The city has no ordinances on exterior house colors. By ELLENA F.MORMSON code-enforcement officials STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRTTER have warned Brown of three EULESS—Protests come ordinance violations in the in all shapes, sizes and col- past four years. ors. But Euless resident "Enough is enough," said St Doyle Brown prefers plum. Brown,who,at the first sign house Sunday, Brown's son of good weather,,plans to painted the front of the paint the side of his housrotee p a light purple — on Aransas Drive in the accented with two sizes of same colors."What they had A EuleSS resident palntS hot-pink polka dots and before didn't look as bad as neon-yellow trim — as a they thought it did." his house in bright colors cvisual ode egrum le about city Brown,45,moved into the DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE O� OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l J DATE OF ARTICLE r/ 3 /D S NEWSPAPER FWST erned by a homeowners house in 1966. In 2001, the association or any other self-employed mechanic lost community rules about exte- r� a City Council bid to former rior color. Councilman Bob Edwards. The color of the neighbor- The violations were for hood's houses spans a wide miscellaneous items in the — although mostly pastel — yard in 2000; the outside of palette, with shades of gray, the house being in general army green, tan and even disrepair in 2002; and illegal light yellow and mint. A outside storage in 2004. house a few blocks away After he received the 2004 proudly displays pink walls citation, Brown added a pri- with dark pink trim. r , vacy fence and removed But none rivals Brown's some items,including a tiller, dots. ° from the front yard.Officials "It's an embarrassment to R dropped the complaint, and the neighborhood. It's asi- no fines have been assessed. nine," said Bill Mullen, who 1 "We spent 11 months lives down the street from working with him to try to Brown. "It doesn't blend in y�s:n s; .- resolve a pretty straightfor- with the neighborhood." l` #t*x ward,illegal, outside storage Others shrug off the wild i �3 issue,"said Mike Collins,city colors. planning and development "It doesn't bother me if it " M Y director. "We just want to doesn't bother him,"said Pat work with him as we would Stover, whose house on the any other resident." same street boasts a mild Brown's wife said the city paint job: white with a pale STAR-TELEGRAM/IAN MCVEA is'being a bit of a bully. blue trim and two small Doyle Brown's house on Aransas Drive in Euless stands out in the "The whole issue is that I ducks on the mailbox. "He neighborhood of mostly pastel homes. pay the bills,'I pay the taxes owns the house, He can do and I pay for the upkeep," whatever he wants." Audrey Brown said. She cre- Brown said he intends to ated the spray-painted polka live with the paint job,which dots by tracing a plate and a he admits is not attractive,as plastic lid onto a piece of -long as it takes to make his cardboard as templates. Her point. He might even paint son, Chad,and some friends his new privacy fence hunter did the painting. orange. "The city doesn't have the "I find it funny.Little kids right 'to tell me what my think Barney lives here,"said house has to look like," she Brown, adding that he likes said."It's my home,good,bad living in Euless overall. "It's or indifferent." an eye-catcher,and that's the No violations are out- intent." standing.No city ordinances regulate house color,and the Ellena F.Mor-icon,(817)685-3888 (neighborhood is not gov- emorrison istar-telegram.com DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF� MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT UNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANINIAL CNTR 10 DATE DISTRIBUTED d S DATE OFARTICLE / NEWSPAPER DMN COMMUNrrY CALENDAR ' ■The Euless Parks and Community Services Department will host a dodgeball tournament Saturday at Midway Recreation Center, 300 W.Midway Drive.Registration is$35 a team. Team members must be 16 years old or older and ' must consist of six players,with up to eight listed on the roster.Registration deadline is 2 p.m.Thursday, a1 Midway Recreation Center.Game times will be posted Friday.To register,or for information,call Mark Long at 817.685-3100. F<� s�ii .2 FS,u � � 3 dS FILE 2004/Staff photo A dodgeball tournament will be Saturday at Midway Recreation Center,300 W.Midway Drive in Euless. Registration is$35 a team.The deadline is 2 p.m.Thursday. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF, MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l( / S DATE OFARTICLE (/ CJ SJ NEWSPAPER FWST OBITUARIES' 71 Peggy DeZarn - y � S Z Q x t L yy "p ' EULESS-Peggy DeZarn,56,a teacher, passed away Sunday, Jan. 16,2005,in Burleson. Funeral:2 p.m.Thursday at First Baptist Church of Euless, the Rev. Charles Thornton officiating. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.Vis- itation:6 to 8 p.m.Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society. Survivors:Father,Hubert Green; mother, Dollie Green; sister, Cnda Goo and husband, Donald Goo; brothers,Ray Green and wife,Paula, , and Don Green and wife, Shara; niece, Leslie Goo; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home Colleyville,(817)498-5894 View and sign guestbook at www.star- telegram.com/obituaries r FISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / 'MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT rUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRA/RYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l/07 / 5 DATE OF ARTICLE // NEWSPAPER FWST AREA& STATE BRIEFS i r 1 STARTELEGRAM/ALISON WOODWORTH A 4-year-old girl is airlifted to a hospital Wednesday after she fell from a third-floor window at an apart- ment in the 1100 block of Sotogrande Boulevard in Euless. 4-year-old hurt in fall from 3rd-floor window EULESS-A 4-year-old girl fell from the third-floor window of an apartment in the 1100 block ' of Sotogrande Boulevard about 11:45,a.m.Wednesday but wasn't seriously injured,police said. She was taken to the hospital by helicopter ambulance,said Sgt.7roy Remington,a Euless police spokesman.Her injuries were not life-threatening.Police believe the fall was an accident, Remington said. -Leila Fadel 1