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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-01-13 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF _MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORIVEY CRLv HENNIG MCXALVIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT (OUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADIYIIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ATEDISTRIBUTED 3 / C—}(-r DATE OF ARTICLE f/ -7 NEWSPAPER FWST ' M OBITUARIES ' Constance Scott Matthew ttax 3� EULESS—Constance Scott Mat- thew,84,a retired New York Civil Ser- vice worker, went to be with the Lord ' Wednesday,Jan.4,2006. Funeral:11 a.m.Tuesday at Sunset Baptist Church,2715 Northridge Drive, Bedford. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Me- morial Park.Visitation:7.to 9 p.m.Mon- day at the funeral home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please make donations to a charity of your choice. Constance"Connie"Matthew lived a wonderful life and will be missed by all who knew her.The family would like to express its sincere gratitude for all your support and prayers during this difficult time. Constance was preceded in death by her son,Xavier Terry, and her hus- band,Ernest Matthew. Survivors: Brothers, Carroll Scott and wife, Luz, Wilson Scott and wife, Norva;nephews,Carroll and wife,Lynn, Ronald and wife, Dorothy, Kevin and wife,Nadine,Michael and wife,Cristina; nieces, Barbara, Shawneequa, Carol, Connie and husband, Ronnie; step- children, Milton, Diane and Brenda; several grandchildren; many great- nieces and great-nephews;and a host of friends and other relatives. Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home Colleyville,(817)498-5894 ' View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE /—OF IYIAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAIVIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBR,4RYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED , / 3 / DATE OFARTICLE 117 © 4 NEWSPAPER FWST M OBITUARIES Millard Robert 'Bobby" McFarland AUSTIN—Millard Robert"Bobby' McFarland,35,passed away Saturday, Jan.7,2006,in Austin,after a short ill- ness. Mass of Christian Burial: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church,Arlington,with the Rev.Jim Gi- gliotti and the Rev.Philip Johnson,cele- brants.Vistation-rosary:7 p.m.Monday at Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church.- Memorials: may be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society,c/o Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church,1200 S.Davis Drive,Arlington 76013. Bobby was born and raised in Ar- lington.He had lived in Austin the past 10 years,where he was a senior docu- ment reproduction specialist for the Tex- as Legislative Council. Bobby enjoyed and loved his work. Survivors:Parents,Bob and Jane McFarland of Arlington; sisters, Terry and husband, Ron BeVelle of Poolville and Sandy and husband,Tom Worth of Arlington; paternal grandmother, Mildred Clower;maternal grandmother, Helen Highfill. Bobby will also be missed by three nieces and one neph- ew. Wade Family Funeral Home Arlington,(817)274-9233 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries r TRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF I MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIiV HENNIG MCKANIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 1YODATEDISTRIBUTED UNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYAD�YIIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE OFARTICLE I/� I `� NEWSPAPER FWST EULESS I ACCIDENT Four injured, 2 seriously, in one v ' ehlcle wreck ' STAR-TELEGRAM their 20s. EULESS—A man and woman were taken by Witnesses told police that the vehicle was helicopter ambulance to hospitals after they going south on Texas 121 about 8:30 p.m.when it were seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident went out of control,plunged down an embank- Friday night on Texasl21,a Euless police official ment and overturned before stopping in the said Friday. Farm Road 157 underpass,Foran said. The vehicle's driver and a woman seated be- The man and woman in the back seat were side him received minor injuries and also were thrown from the vehicle,Foran said. ' taken to hospitals,police Sgt.Joe Foran said. Police are not sure what caused the accident. The names, ages and residences of the four Traffic was diverte4,Pff the freeway and onto victims were not available Friday. the frontage road for several hours. Foran said the passengers appeared to be in —John Kirsch DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKANIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG NIcDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED DATE OF ARTICLE �� 5 p NEWSPAPER FWST EDUCATION SUCCESSES Retiree ca itanzes on his interest in p , ears, Ali ■There are many ways to make yesterday's cars com- fortable for today's drivers. z By TODD L.DAVISY ` STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER' edr:xH. 4 EULESS—Retirement 3' ' meant that Danny Walker . could fill his days with his longtime interests So in 1997,Walker bought a x Mid-Cities Mustang,the shop where he was a customer for x many years and where he now hangs out with friends and works on restoring classic cars all day. f �� "This is a hobby business," he said. r Walker,60,calls it that z because of the customers' q � feelings about their cars.Most Of them invest more time and money in their classic cars than a new car would require k a "These people care about x q k fi their cars,"he said. - Walker has always been STAR-TELEGRAM/JOYCE MARSHALL one of those people.No mat- Danny Walker, owner of Mid-Cities Mustang in Euless, with a restored 1969 Mustang Mach I and, in the ter what his business was background, a 1966 Mustang fastback that is being restored. Walker bought the business in 1997."It's from finance to health club important to keep the past on the road,"he says. ownership-he always main- his employees have also re-, including keyless entry and tained a passion for cars that stored Thunderbirds and 2005 Mustang engines. he jokingly says started at other Ford models.In adfii- Charles Perry,a Dallas Auto@St birth.He was always a Ford tion to restoration,Walker bartender,is one of those Of•111g man(his first car was a'64 performs the kind of mainte- customers who wants to drive Top CIBSSIC-Car updates: Galaxy),which made him the nance and repairs that allow his classic every day.He had a perfect candidate to run the these classics to be everyday '65 Mustang in high school KDisc brakes. shop,which restores Fords cars. and decided to buy a'66 Mus- Air conditioning. "It' CD players. exclusively. s important to keep the tan 16 ears ago.Because Power windows and door When Mid-Cities Mustang past on the road,"he said. Walker's six employees share locks. became available,Walker There are many ways to his love for Mustangs,Perry SOURCE:Danny Walker decided to turn his interest make yesterday's cars com- had them repair his car from into a profession.Since he fortable for today's drivers. engine to air conditioner. was already familiar with Putting CD players or power "They're the only ones that car. business ownership,he began windows into a classic Mus- touch my car,"Perry said. "I like to see it look how it running it without skipping a tang used to be unheard-of, Customers are loyal to looked on-the showroom beat. but people are more interest Walker because of his perfec- floor,"he'said. Walker mainly restores ed in driving their cars than tionist attitude,he said.The Mustangs—which costs showing them,Walker said. thing he likes most about his Todd L.Davis,(317)685-3811 roughly$50,000,but he and Now people request additions job is completing the restored + tdavis@star-teiegranuom DISTRIBUTED T0: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CR1M HENNIG MCKAAIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT �OUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBR,,RYADjYIIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIB UTED DATE OF ARTICLE /�� �U r NEWSPAPER FWST THIS WEEK'S POLICE SCANNER ' INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER i Wanted: Thief with a taste for steak STAR-TELEGRAM Thief takes a package of meat ' EULESS—For at least one would-be shopper,the Z steaks were high. So he took them. ' A man took a package of steaks Jana 7 from Albertson E.Harwood Rd. ' in the 1100 block of North Main Street. • � fir.-....� . . • But it wasn't easy. First,the man almost didn't make it out of the grocery store with his f- steaks,which were'valued at (I over$10. According to police re- f E.Denton Dr., y ports,as he tried to leave the - thppea- store,he walked into an " area automatic door that didn't w °' open.He was trying to leave through the entrance instead M� idway�r 20 1 j Of the exit. STAR-TELEGRAWPAULA TREVINO About that time,an em- ployee saw a large bulge found a door that would where he disappeared from ' under the man's shirt.The open,according to reports. view employee tried to grab the The man then ran to a By now,the steaks are man,but he had finally nearby apartment complex, probably well-done., Domingo Ramirez Jr. 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRLYI HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRIRYADIVIN LIBRARYREF ANLVAL CNTR DATE DISTRIB UTED DATE OF ARTICLE I/ 5 CF NEWSPAPER FWST Private toll-road projects in Texas Airport Freeway(Texas 183) Mesquite. and Northeast Loop 820 Bidders:Dragados-Zachry Project:Building 27 miles of Partnership;Macquarie 635 median toll lanes from Inter- Partnership;Cintra;Dallas state 35W to Texas 161 east of Mobility Bank. Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. Value:$3.5 billion Bidders:Managed Lanes LP/ Kiewit Sons;Trinity River Trans- San Antonio portation Partners(Zachry; Project:Building toll lanes on— Washington Group and Granite); Loop 1604 in Bexar County. Cintra;Trinity River Construc- Bidders:Zachry American tors(Fluor&Parsons Trans and Cintra;Macquarie 1604 portation Group).A winner Partnership could be picked this year. Value:$1.4 billion Value:$2 billion Trans-Texas Corridor Texas 121 (TTC-35) ri11 Project:Finishing a planned Project:Building a toll road state highway and building and from Dallas-Fort Worth to San operating it as a toll road from Antonio.The environmental " Lewisville to McKinney. , process is ongoing,and a 10,- Bidders: 0-Bidders:Skanska BOT;Mac- mile-wide corridor is expected quarie Infrastructure Group; to be defined by February. Cintra;Pioneer Heritage Part- Selected builder:Cintra-Zachry ners Value:$7.2 billion Value:$1.5 billion rf Trans Texas Corridor Texas 161/Texas 360 (Interstate 69) Project:Building a toll road Project:Building a 650-mile from Airport Freeway in Irving toll road from the Mexico bor- to Interstate 20-in Grand Prairie der to the Houston area and with connections to Texas 360 Northeast Texas. and U.S.287. 1 Bidders:Still being sought Bidder:AECOM submitted an Value:$12 billion to$15 billion unsolicited bid;the state is awaiting other offers. Statewide Integration Value:$500 million Project:Raytheon has pro- posed being responsible for LBJ Freeway ensuring that technology on toll Project:Building elevated roads works. toll lanes from Luna Road in Value:To be determined Farmers Branch to U.S.,80 in SOURCE:Texas Transportation Department DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAM E RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 11)ATEDISTRIBUTED YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE OF ARTICLE l/�S U NEWSPAPER_ FWST ,TRANSPORTATION ore nln p o r Iva e o wads ■Private money may solve lead to neglect of existingTolls are now needed be ' America's chronic highway- roads and that private compa- cause past elected leaders we- funding shortage, but at nies will get carte blanche to ren't honest with America what price for commuters? raise tolls. about the cost of building and Some motorists won't be maintaining roads, said Ric ' BSy GORDON SDICKSON able to afford the tolls.The out- Williamson of Weatherford, of-pocket costs will likely be chairman of the Texas Trans- Since 2004, private compa- much higher than on Texas toll portation Commission.A half- nies have pledged about $35 roads built in.the past 50 years century of denial has created a billion to build and operate toll by government-backed agen- highway.system no longer ade- roads across Texas and the cies, which have traditionally quate for moving people and United States, a Star-Telegram kept tolls artificially low be- goods where they need to go review of proposals shows. cause of political pressure. and a tax base that can't fix it That's more than the$34 bil- "The Lexuses and Lincolns he said. lion in federal highway aid that will be getting on the toll roads, "Baby, it's slow -roads, no Congress disbursed nation- and everybody else will be get- roads or toll roads," William- wide last year. ting on the side roads," said son said."Public servants who The value of the projects, Lourdes Galvan,who is district don't warn their constituents many,of which are still being director for the League of Unit- of that aren't doing them jus- negotiated, astonishes even ed Latin American Citizens in tice." ' those who support toll roads. San Antonio and who opposes Williamson also said toll The proposals include the tolls statewide. Trans-Texas Corridor toll road from Dallas-Fort Worth to San quick cash for governments Antonio and toll express lanes Investors view toll roads as on Northeast Loop 820 and a low-risk place to park their Airport Freeway. cash long-term—almost like a At least 17 states are pursu- public utility. ' ing privatization of highways at Private investment in roads s some level,a compilation of re- ' P� is common in Europe. So far, ports by the Federal Highway much of the private money for ' Administration and the Rea- U.S.roads has come from Euro- son Foundation shows. Sup pean and Australian compa- porters say this may be the be- nies with access to large pen- ginning of a trend that forever sion and insurance accounts, ' changes how America pays for looking for a place to invest I , ' roads. R F money for 50 to 100 years,said "The y potential may be lir Tom P. Rousakis, vice presi- ` - ' ited onl b the number of road dent of municipal finance for projects worth building," said Goldman Sachs&Co. R �g Robert Poole, founder of the : �' x ... Efforts to build private U.S. ' " Los Angeles-based Reason ' g toll roads began percolating ' Foundation, which supports few years ago, When state and STAR-TELEGRAM/PAUL MOSEL6 privatization. "There's several federal laws started to change The Meadow Lakes Drive overpass in North Richland Hills would be the trillion dollars available world- as transportation officials site of a tollbooth under a proposal for express toll lanes along North- wide." looked for funding alternatives east Loop 820 and Airport Freeway. ' Drivers who crave a more to the gasoline tax. efficient highway system and Thirty-eight cents per gal- are willing and able to pay to Ion of every gasoline purchase get out of traffic congestion in Texas goes toward state and ' may welcome a national patch- federal gas taxes. The taxes work of toll roads run like a ,yield about $4.4 billion a year business. But critics say that for Texas, not enough to keep ' the focus on toll roads could up with statewide transporta- tion demands. DISTRIBUTED TO: PACE�OF�J_ AIAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAA11E RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIAIAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED DATE OFARTICLE 111'61 " NEWSPAPER FWST roads could generate.much of build a toll road, toll express Instead of 10 cents a mile; the money needed to build a lanes and truck-only lanes in tolls would be.20.or 30 cents, North Texas regional rail sys- the Atlanta area. perhaps$1 in some areas to re- tem so it wouldn't be necessary In the Washington, D.C., . duce traffic during peak hours, to ask.the Legislature for a ref- area, negotiations are under according to several university erendum on a half-cent-per- way to build private express studies and the World Bank. dollar sales tax. toll lanes on the Beltway and Even at 25 cents a mile, a one Two projects got the atten- -other freeways leading into way trip on toll lanes from In- tion of transportation planners suburban Virginia and Mary- `terstate 35W and Loop 820 in nationwide: land.Virginia is also consider- north Fort Worth to Dallas/ ■The Trans Texas Corri ing leasing the Dulles Toll Fort Worth Airport would cost dor: In December 2004, a Road. about$3.75. .Spanish/U.S. consortium was In Houston,consultants re- The higher tolls are just one hired to create the $6 billion cently told Harris County offi- hot button. - -=--- cials that they might get$7 bil-.'� There's also the issue of toll road to relieve gridlock on lion or more if they privately confidentiality.When a state is Interstate 35 between Mexico leased their toll road system deciding which consortium to and Oklahoma. Madrid-based and let.a private company keep hire'for a project,much of the Cintra and San Antonio-based the tolls. selection process is secret. Zachry Construction are the What could derail the mo- Companies are encouraged to lead partners. Cintra-Zachry mentum of the move toward share trade secrets. agreed not only to build the privatization? Losing bidders can be paid road at no direct cost to taxpay- Political pressure comes for their "intellectual proper- ers but also to pay a$1.2 billion from elected officials who ty" concession fee that the state don't like the prospect of re- And then there are noncom- can use as it wishes on other quiring residents to pay higher Pete clauses. transportation needs. Cintra- and more frequent tolls to es- Private bidders often ask for Zachry will collect tolls for 50 cape congestion, said Peter clauses in their contracts to en- .years. . Samuel, founder of the online sure that a state doesn't build 0 The Chicago Skyway: newsletter TOLLROADSnews, new roads that hurt business f Chicago needed money for based in Maryland. on toll roads for the duration of variousro rams and in late But in the end,Samuel said, P g the contract. 2004 offered to lease the Sky- states may.not be able to resist Critics say private toll roads way, a 7.8-mile elevated toll the big;dollars. would discourage improve- road. Another consortium led ments to surrounding roads. by Cintra stepped up and, of- Costs and controversy In the Metroplex, planners fered$1.8 billion to collect tolls Most private toll.roads will can expect to continue build- and maintain the road for 99 likely be completely electron- - _ _ _ _ _._ . _ mg freeways identified in their years. ONLINE EXCLUSIVE plans through 2025, but any- The Texas and Illinois situa thing after that could be A video of the Airport Freeway tions differ but could both re- blocked by noncompete Claus- ' traffic prompting calls for toll sult in a big payday for govern- lanes,wwwstar-telegrem.com = es, said Amadeo Saenz, Texas '` ments willing to cede control Department of Transportation of their roads. is assistant executive director for Now state agencies nation- Instead of paying at toll pla- engineering operations. wide are lining up their own zas, motorists will affix tran- Or,as Rousakis,of Goldman projects.In states such as Dela- sponders such as TollTags to Sachs, put it while briefing ware,Indiana and New Jersey, their cars and pay with a credit North Texas leaders about pri- there is talk of leasing existing card or prepaid account with- vatization: "The more power toll roads to the private sector out stopping. you give to the concession- to raise cash. Or,for a higher toll,they can aires, the greater value you're Indiana is also pressing drive without a transponder; going to get out of the road." ahead with-plans to build the their license plate would be This report includes material rest of its portion of Interstate photographed and the car's from the Federal Highway 69,which would stretch south- registered owner mailed a bill,` Administration, ward through East Texas to the as is done now on a toll road in the Reason Foundation, Mexican border, as a private Toronto. wire services and other newspapers. toll road. The Texas Depart- Gordon Dickson,(817)685-3816 ment of Transportation is put- gdickson@star-teiegram.com ting out a call for privatization of its portion of the road,too. Georgia officials are negoti- atine with Drivate investors to