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Home My WebLink About2005-02-11 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF -MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIA1 HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT �OUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED /� /d DATE OF ARTICLE_ /� /� S NEWSPAPER DMN COMMUNRTY CALENDAR ' ■The Euless Community Garage Sale will be from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m.Feb.12 at Midway Rec- reation Center,300 W.Midway.Call-817.685.1666 for information. ' ■Applications are being accepted from vendors interested in displaying merchan- dise at Euless' 17th annual Arbor Daze Festival I' from April 22 to 24.More than 250,000 visitors are ' expected to attend this year,making Arbor Daze the largest Arbor Day celebration in the nation.Vendors should contact Lloyd Marlowe at 817.665.1429 or visit www.arbordaze.org. e t 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 a ( OS DATE OF ARTICLE /7 /D NEWSPAPER DMN VALE LINE'S Y DA ' ACTIVATES MISS ' The Euless Valentine's Day Family Sock Hop dance takes place from 7 to 9:30 p.m.Feb. ' 11 at Midway Recreation Center,300 W.Mid- way Drive.A DJ will play tunes that include "The Twist" and "The Hokey Pokey." Snacks will be served. ' Tickets are $2 per couple or$5 per family and can be purchased at the recreation center. Guests will receive carnations and Hershey's, Kisses. Special prizes will be awarded for the most outrageously dressed couple. A silent auction will also beheld for tsunami.' disaster relief.Call 817-685-1666 for informa- tion. ' Raven's Grille,the 19th hole at Texas Star Golf Course,will have a romantic evening for golf lovers Feb.12 and 14.The menu includes bacon-wrapped fillets,lobster,tail and South- ' west crab-stuffed shrimp. Call 817-685-1843 for reservations: 11STRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT DUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / /�'� DATE OF ARTICLE A /'S NEWSPAPER FWST 'ELECTIONS Candidate ' ing lbegins ,Monday ' STAR-TELEGRAM Haslet The following Northeast 2-year terms Watauga Tarrant County city council ' Mayor:Francis S.Leong 3-year terms and school board seats are up Place 2:Bobby Brown Mayor:Harry Jeffries ' for election May Z The cur- FPlace 4:Ron Wooten Sr. Place 1:Ernie Koontz rent office holder and the Place 2:Richard Helmick length of the term are identi- Hurst fied belovt 2-year terms Westlake ' Filing opens Monday-at Place 1:Charles 2-year terms city halls and school district Swearen en At large:Fred Held administrative offices and Place 2:Larry Kitchens At large:Don Redding ' continues through March 7. Place G:Henry.Wilson At'large:Larry Sparrow Contact your city or_ school district for more infor- Keller Birdville school board mation. 2-year-terms 3-year terms ' Mayor:Julie Tandy Place 1:Kelly Hancock Bedford Place 1:Steve Trine Place 2:Dolores Webb . 3-year terms Place 5:Mitch Holmes Place 4:Pam Conley Carroll school board Place G:Alicia McGlinchey North Richland Hills 3-year terms 2-year terms Place 1:Darla Reed Colleyville Place 1:John H.Lewis Place 2:Dale Crane 2-year terms Place 3:Suzy Compton Place 3:Steve Lakin Mayor:Joe Hocutt Place 1:Mark Skinner Place 5:David Whitson Grapevine-Colleyville Place 2:Elaine Dolan Place 7:Tim Welch school board 3-year terms Euless Richland Hills Place 5:Jesse Rodriguez 3-year terms 2-year terms Place G:John Eubanks Mayor:Mary Lib Saleh Place 1:Jim McKnight Place 7:Freda Ward Place 2:Leon Hogg Place 3:Phil Heinze Place 4:Charlie Miller Place 5:Steven Couch Hurst-Euless-Bedford school board Flower Mound Roanoke 3-year terms 2-year terms 2-year terms Place G:Tommy Taylor Place 1:Joel Lindsey Mayor:Randy Corn Place 7:Ron May Place 3:Tim Trotter Ward One:Bryan T.Baas Place 5:Sydney Bentz Ward Two:Carl Ervin Keller school board "Scooter"Gierisch Jr. 3-year terms Grapevine Ward Three:Frank Temple Place 4:Richard Walker 3-year terms Place 5:Debbie Welch Place 5:Ted Ware Southlake Place G:Roy Stewart 3-year terms Northwest school board Place 1:Laura K.Hill 3-year terms Haltom City Place G:Carolyn Morris Place 5:Davis Palmer 2-year terms Place G:Lynn Gamron Mayor:Calvin White Trophy Club Place 7:Stephanie Trietsch Place 1:Jim Sutton 2-year terms Place 2:Chris Holcomb Mayor:Scott Smith Place 7:Diane Bransom At large:Scott Spence At large:Roger Williams DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE _LOF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR , DATE DISTRIBUTED DATE OFARTICLE l /o S NEWSPAPER FWST Festival applications ' The organizers of the Arbor Daze Festival in Euless have begun accepting appli- cations from artisans,busi- nesses and other vendors interested in displaying their ' wares at the annual event. More than 250,000 visitors are expected at the festival, which will be held April 22-24. ' For applications or more information,call(817)685- 1429 or visit www.euless.org/arbordaze. , Andrea fares(817)685-3851 ajares@star-telegram.com FISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT IYOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l �� l�S DATE OFARTICLE a /� NEWSPAPER— FWST Douglas James McGrady BEDFORD — Douglas James McGrady, 60, passed away Sunday,Feb.6,2005. Funeral:10 a.m.Thursday at St. Michael Catholic Church in Bed- ford. Burial: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Ridge Funeral Home in Hurst. Memorials:in lieu of flowers,please make donations to the Douglas McGrady BESA memorial scholarship fund at First National Bank, Mid-Cities, 4009 Airport Freeway in Bedford. Douglas was bom Sept.9, 1944,in Crowell to the late Robert L. McGrady and Cleva W. Bryant McGrady. He served his country during the Vietnam War in the U.S.Army. Douglas devoted his life to soccer. He was a 15-year member of the Bed- ford-Euless Soccer Association.He had served as BESA president for the past six years. He was assistant coach and team manager for his son's soccer team. He was responsible for the soccer por- tion of the Games of Texas in the Mid- Cities. He was also a member of the Decatur 4X4 off-road racing club. He won the grand prize for his float in the Euless Parade of Lights.He was volun- teer of the month for December for the Euless Parks and Recreation Depart- ment. Douglass was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Bobby Dur- wood McGrady. Survivors: Wife, Yolanda; sons, Nathan Douglass McGrady and Nolan Robert McGrady; brothers, Fred McGrady and Marshall McGrady; sis- ters,Susie Batey and Betty Reich;and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and extended family members. Forest Ridge Funeral Home Hurst,(817)285-7777 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries r DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE_OF�, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DA TE DISTRIB UTED I o S DATE OFARTICLE -� /CI /0 S NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST TARRANT &AREA BRIEFS Man stabbed during attack,police say EULESS—A man with three. stab wounds ran to a Bedford gasoline station for help Tuesday morning after he was attacked by three men at his Euless apart- ment complex,police said. The man,whom police did not identify,was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in-Fort Worth.His condition was unavailable,but his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening,Euless police Lt. Steve Eskew said. The stabbing occurred shortly before noon near Fuller-Wiser Road in Euless.The;man told police that he was taking his ,garbage out when he was - ,attacked. .r a w MIA .i .r FISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT rUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DA TE DISTRIB UTED_ �D 1) DATEOFARTICLE v7 D S NEFPSPAPER FWST CRIME Wallet was lost, and susp e et was found By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. Joseph Fahnbulleh,22,of Arlington Jan. 29 at Quik Serve, 801 Industrial STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF VnUTER was charged Wednesday with robbery. -Blvd. EULESS — A robbery suspect He remained in the Euless City Jail in A clerk told police that a man gave thought he had made a clean getaway. lieu of$30,000 bail. him$5 for cigarettes. But he left his wallet on the store "Once we had the wallet,we called When the cash drawer was opened, counter. him to say it had been turned into our the robber sprayed the clerk with pep- And a few days later, he walked lost and found," Euless police Detec- per spray and grabbed about $200, ' into the Euless police station to pick it tive Marco Valladares said."We don't police said. up after a detective called'and told really have one." The bandit fled,but his wallet was him someone had found it. The holdup occurred about R p.m. left behind. 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF� MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCK,4MIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /� /� DATE OF ARTICLE c�/ S NEWSPAPER FWST NORTIEAST& AREA BRIEFS Tribute lunch planned for Iwo Jima survivors - EULESS—.The Tarrant County detachment of the Marine Corps ' League will host a tribute brunch for survivgrs of the U.S.attack-on Iw6 Jima'at 10:30 a,.m:Saturday,at the Texas Star Conference Center, ' 1400 Texas Star Parkway in Euless. Feb.19 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Iwo Jima inva- sion,one of the costliest battles fought in the Pacific in World War II.More than 6,800 were killed and 17,000 were wounded in the ' monthlong campaign. For information,call Al McCluney(817)282-5410. FISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ,`/ OF� MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT rUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l S DATE OF ARTICLE /I /D NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST CANDIDATE FILINGS STAR TELEGRAM North Richland Hills The following candidates two-year terms have filed to run in the May 7 Place 1:John H.Lewis,i elections for seats on city coun- Place 3:Suzy Compton,i cils and school boards in North- Place 5:David Whitson,i east Tarrant County.Incumbents Place 7:Tim Welch,i are designated with an"i." Filing continues through Richland Hills March 7 at city halls and school two-year terms district administrative offices.Fil- Place 1:Pedro Neaves ing for Birdville school district place 3: Phil Heinze,i 1 seats starts Monday because dis- place 5: Mike Sloan,John trict offices are closed this week Starnes for a break. Contact your city or school Roanoke district for more information. two-year terms CITIES Ward 1:Cheryl Lynn Earn Shaw;Matthew Allen Cloud Bedford Mayor:Carl Ervin Gierisch Jr. three-year terms $outhlake Place 4:Pam Conley,i three-year terms Place 4:Charles Orean Place 1:Laura K.Hill,i Place 6:Alicia McGlinchey,i Place 6: Carolyn Morris,i ' Euless Trophy Club - three-year terms two-year terms Mayor:Mary Lib Saleh,i Mayor:Scott Smith,i ' Place 2:Leon Hogg Grapevine SCHOOL DISTRICTS three-year terms Place 5:Ted Ware Carroll Place 6:Roy Stewart three-year terms Haltom City Place 3:Steve Lakin + two-year terms Grapevine-Colleyville Place 1:Jim Sutton,i three-year terms Haslet Place 5:Jesse Rodriguez,i two-year terms Place 6:Vince Rosen Mayor: Francis S.Leong,i Place 7:Freda Ward,i Hurst Hurst-Euless-Bedford two-year terms three-year terms Place 1: Charles Swearen Place 6:Ron May,i gen,i place 7:Tommy Taylor,i Place 2:Larry Kitchens,i Keller school district Place 6:Henry Wilson,i place 5: Jarrett Harvey Keller Armstrong two-year terms No Mayor:Julie Tandy,i three-year terms Place 1:Steve Trine,i place 5:Lynn Gamron,i Place 5: Mitch Holmes,i