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Home My WebLink About2006-02-03 Euless Articles ' DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE F� MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRl:til HENNIG MCKA1ti11E RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT c�pr ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADrV11N LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIB UTED � ! DATE OF ARTICLE l/� g / NEWSPAPER FWST Wilma Huffman ' EULESS—Wilma Huffman,73,a homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006,in Euless. Funeral:2 p.m.Sunday at the Ste- phenville Funeral Home Chapel Burial• Lingleville East End Cemetery. Vigitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Stephenville Funeral Home. Survivors: Husband, Fred Huff- man of Euless;sons,Monty Huffman of Euless, Steve Huffman of Lingleville; sisters,Nina Teuton and Barbara Caw- ley,both of Lockney;four grandchildren; ' and one great-grandchild. 'Stephenville Funeral Home Stephenville,(254)965-3161 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE � OFA IVIAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CR!M HENNIG MCKAA11E RIDGWAY(Z) BOYETT YOUNG NIcDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBR4RYADIVIIN LIBRARYREF ANIAIAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED �� 0 DATE OF ARTICLE � NEWSPAPER FWST PROFILE , Euless man never stops, ving "He's a great guy, ' ■The former real estate agent's volunteering has been the kind who would recognized by the president. k Jerry give the shirt off his ��.�.Rback for you and ask ' By TERRY WEBSTER ."' Goad far nothing in return," STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER `x Age:75 i Landers said. - err R."Goad u Residence:Has Goad is vice presi EULESS Jerry J' lived in Euless for ' just doesn't so dent of the alumni i p more than 30 years. The 75- ear'old Euless real association,which Y } Occupation:Real raises money to help estate agent flies airplanes,has estate.agent with Police l E he Euless oce played tennis for more than 50 Century 21 Mike t ' years and reads to elementary Bowman in Euless Department buy school children for at least an I since 1990.He also equipment and pro_ hour every week in the Hurst- worked as a store. vide training.The Euless-Bedford district. manager for J.C. association also pa "About half of my time is ' Penney from 1958 trols shopping malls "spent volunteering," to 1990. and neighborhoods. said Goad, Education:Earned who retired in 1990 as a store He has used his master's and bache position as a real manager for J.C.Penney. way lor's degrees in ' STAR-TELEGRAM/STEWART F HOUSE estate agent t0 help During his 2002 State of the business administra- g p Union1.address,President Bush Along with helping children and hur tion from Hardin families displaced by ricane victims, Jerry "J.R." Goad` Simmons University I Hurricanes Katrina ' asked people to dedicate at in Abilene.: and Rita find govern-, 'least 4,000 hours or two ears works with the Citizens Police Acad- g y Family:Kay,wife of ment-subsidized. of their lives to volunteer work. emy Alumni Association. 53 years;two chil dren;and three housing at a low cost. Goad responded,and the Since 1990,he has ' White House recently reco grandchildren. g- � also helped find cor- nized him for his efforts. More about Goad: porate sponsors for He has a commer- cial service to others, pilot's license.A the H-E-B Adopt-A= you demonstrate the outstand- member of the 1950 School program,and ing character of America and Texas Junior Davis he serves on the H help strengthen our country," Cup tennis team, E-B Education Foun- Bush wrote in a letter to Goad.' Goad was inducted dation board of direc- ' The honor also included a pres- in the Athletic Hall tors.In 2001,he was ident's volunteer service,award of fame at Hardin- named Tarrant Coun- Simmons.University pin,a certificate of achievement and a letter in Abilene in 1996. ty Man of the Year by from the President's Council on Service and He was also a radio the Star-Telegram. `Civic Participation. operator for the Air ; "He's very energetic and enthusiastic,ani The Euless Police Department nominated Force during the he's always willing to make cold calls,"said Goad for the award based on his volunteer Korean War. Mary Martin Frazior,president and CEO of work with the Citizens Police Academy the H-E-B Chamber of Commerce."He's just Alumni Association. very friendly.He's the type of person who Euless police Sgt. can talk to you about anything." Gary Landers called Goad,who has a commercial pilot's li- Goad a"good country cense,used to fly to his hometown of Sweet- boy"who will"yank water to visit relatives.These days,he flies you off the floor when light aircraft at least one hour a month just he shakes your hand." for fun. On weekends,Goad often plays tennis at the Bedford Boys Ranch Park and Activity Center. But his volunteer groups make sure he never strays too far. "We don't want anyone stealing him away," Landers said. Terry Webster,(817)685-3819 twebster@star-telegram.com 3 � °.�;*'�a�� •: i#'�, ,rs. 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It will take up "With those anchors, it's opment to date,the Shops at for the Texas 121 and Glade one of two empty corners at definitely going to have a pret- Vineyard Village,will sit on Road intersection,the area the intersection. _ ty good regional draw," Ian the southeast corner of the could start to draw lots of If all the plans for the inter-.Pierce,corporate communica- Texas 121 and Glade.Road shopping dollars. section move forward, the tions director for the Weitz intersection. Texas 121 and Glade Road area man Group of Dallas, a state-. i By ELLENA FORTNER could . become a powerful wide commercial real estate The project will bring STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER some big numbers with it: shopping district, retail offs- business, said of the_Shops at . ■A 51-acre site EULESS - The city's larg= cials predict. Vineyard Village. ■$2 million in projected est commercial development Heritage Town Crossing, And Euless can partially annual sales tax revenues to date could generate roughly which includes-a Target and thank Grapevine :and other ■400,000 square feet of $2 million annually in sales tax other stores,totaling 247,000 communities to the north,said retail space Dan Brown,Dallas-Fort WortDallah revenues and help transform square feet sits across Texas region director for Wort- ■300_,000 square feet al Y Marketplace, based MetroStud which pro- the Texas 121-Glade Road in- 121 at the northwest corner. q-- tersection into a major con- The Vineyard Market lace, read leased. Y' Y tender for local shopping dol- which has a Hobby Lobby and vides demographic informa- The so-called power cen lars,city officials said. 137;000 square feet of space, tion for residential and com- ter will be anchored by a A Lowe's home improve- lies in Grapevine on the north- mercial developers. .r 'Lowe's home improvement ment center will anchor the 51- east corner. In the past decade, growth center and will include such acre Shops at Vineyard Village In the southwest corner, in Southlake, Colleyville and businesses as Office Depot, being developed by Burk Col- formerly known as the Har- especially at the nearby inter- PetSmart and others. Con- lins & Co. of Hurst. Almost rington property, a 135-acre section of Texas 121 and Wil--+ struction could begin in two 300,000 square feet in the tract will become a mixed-use Liam D.Tate Avenue"has been months. 400,000-square-foot " center district with retail,offices and" phenomenal," Brown said. At "This is the largest devel has already been leased. housing. Kent Donahue of the same time, vacant land in opment that has come Office Depot,PetSmart,LA Quadrille Financial in Dallas the Texas 121 corridor has" .throughour city"ever," Eu- Fitness,an unnamed bank,Ta- owns the land. The project grown more scarce,he said. less City Manager Joe Hen co Cabana, Starbucks Coffee, could bring in 800,000 square "The retail is certainly not nig said. _ Mattress Giant are among the feet of retail, office and hous- being driven off of futuic j New Metall Center businesses planned for the in- ing. No site plans have been growth," Brown said. "It's be- tersection's southeast corner. announced, but they are ex- ing driven off what's occurring n. map lin „ Construction could begin petted soon. in Grapevine, north Colley in two months and is planned When completed, the ville and Southlake." root 114 to take about a year. Shops at Vineyard Village will " Mf0 U� ' "This is the largest develop- bring retail space at the inter- ment that has come through section to 784,000 square feet. xfort our city ever," Euless City When the southwest corner is zb Manager Joe Hennig said. "It developed,the area around the Glade Rd. 360 culminates years of planning intersection could eventually to develop that area." offer nearly 1.6 million square The Shops at Vineyard Vil- feet of shopping, office and iill lage is considered a power residential pace. " 121 center, meaning it is smaller In comparison, North East than a mall but larger than a Mall in Hurst—not counting Bedford Euless strip center or a neighborhood the Shops at North East Mall 183 ........... .. 8 STAR-TELE GRAMMEWUAN X.DAVIS DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF A14YOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIA1 HENNIG MCXA311 E RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYAD:VIIN /LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 1-310� DATE OFARTICLE Y NEWSPAPER FWST ' THE WATCHDOG Homeownersget 'all In tl�e House � 0 A Euless legislator is in the mid- ONLINE W . dle of a fight between home build- To read ers and consumer groups. previous stories or to ' contact Dave A local legislator who was"simply Lieber,go to asking a question"is now at the cen- www.star- ter of a red-hot state battle over telegram.com homeowner rights. and click on State Rep.Todd Smith,R-Euless, columnists. , Dave says he had heard enough complaints Liebef about a new state agency that is sup- posed to help homeowners who have problems with builders.So,he wrote a letter in August to Texas Comptrol- ler Carole Keeton Strayhorn,asking ' her to look into the operations of the Texas Residential Construction Com- mission. ' Strayhorn is running for governor as an independent this year against Gov Rick Perry,who signed the bill creating the agency.She jumped at Smith's offer. Meanwhile,a state House leader questioned Strayhorn's right to con- duct a detailed study of the agency. Last week,Strayhorn issued a._ ` DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE —? OF A11AYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKANIIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG NIcDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADIVIIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED ( 3 DATE OF ARTICLE --� /2 /O 4 NEWSPAPER FiYST - '` ";r has emerged in recent blisterin report.She disclosed that g P years as a maverick Here are some of Texas Comptroller most of the initial 102 homeowners Republican.He ini- Carole Keeton Strayhorn's recommenda- surveyed by her office say their build- tially supported then- tions to improve the Texas Residential ers did not make required repairs even House Speaker Pete . Construction Commission: after their complaints about defects A> Laney,a Democrat, ■ The TRCC should be allowed to take were confirmed as part of a new re- enforcement action against builders who when Laney was trying fail to fix confirmed defects. quired state inspection and resolution to hold onto his job in a Homeowners should not have to pay a process. SMITH anticipation of a Re- registration fee when they file a com In a news conference,Strayhorn publican takeover of plaint. blasted the TRCC,as a"builder protec the House. ■ The TRCC Web site should include an tion agency. Now Smith is taking on one of the effective search engine so consumers can Builder lobbyists,while protesting most powerful state financial interests. research a builder's background. - that her harsh language doesn't match But powerful interests are not limited a Cities should require that every builder. the tenor of her.office's more sedate ' to the homebuilding industry:"I am seeking abuilding permit be registered report,say they will work with Smith regularly concerned about theowers with the TRCC.Unregistered builders rr P should not be allowed to build. and others to examine the validity of of a variety of special-interest groups to 0 Appointments to the TRCC board Strayhorn's recommendations. pass legislation that is not good public should"have demonstrated a continued Under a Texas law that was enacted policy,and this is another situation interest in consumer protection." in 2003,anyone who buys a new home where that'may have occurred." is covered by a state-mandated limited In August,he asked Strayhorn to warranty created by the TRCC.Home make"an independent assessment"of Swinford says he wasn't trying kill buyers also have to follow the commis- the TRCC. the report,but to establish whether the ..� sion's rules for resolving disputes with He didn't anticipate that his request comptroller has the power to monitor builders. would cause a ruckus,but in retrospect, an agency that he believes should be Smith says he plans to introduce a he says,.it's easy to understand why it overseen by lawmakers."I agree with bill in the 2007 Legislature to fix prob- did. Todd,"he said."A legislator should be lems with the TRCC. Until the release of Strayhorn's re- able to get information." "If we're going to spend taxpayer port,-there was lots of grousing about Strayhorn's cover letter to Smith, money on this purpose,then we have the TRCC by consumer groups,but no attached to her office's report,cited got to create an agency that actually official state study of the new agency. TRCC's lack of"authority to hold build- helps homeowners that have valid com- A rare public criticism came in May, ers accountable for shoddy building plaints to resolve their conflicts,"he as first reported in The Watchdog col- practices." said. umn,when state Sen.Robert Duncan, A majority of homeowners surveyed, The rap by consumer groups against. R-Lubbock,who introduced the bill in the report stated,are"disappointed and the TRCC is that it was created by the 2003 that created the commission,ex- angry"with the process.Her letter powerful homebuilding industry as a pressed serious regrets. suggested that members of the commis- way to block homebuyers from initially Duncan called the TRCC an agency sion board should not have"ties to the suing builders in court.Critics say that operated"by the builder,for the build- construction industry." the new commission is top-heavy with er."He questioned the agency's in-. TRCC Executive Director A.Duane builder interests,and some of those dependence from the building industry Waddill released a statement that he builders are major contributors to the and had this to add:"The people that accepted the report as a tool to help the campaigns of Pery and state lawmak are being regulated by the act are the TRCC do its job better. ers. consumers,to a certain degree,as op- Jay Dyer of the Texas Association of 1 Builders say the commission is sup- posed to the builders." Builders say his lobbying group looked posed to be fair to everyone,and any Initially,Strayhorn's study attracted forward to working with Smith as the problems are mere growing pains as the little attention.Then Rep.David Swin- legislator crafts solutions to any per- agency works out kinks. ford,R-Dumas,chairman of the House ceived problems. In Smith,however,consumer ad- Committee onState Affairs,wrote to Bob Bennett,Executive Officer of the , vocate groups have found an unexpect- Attorney General Greg Abbott asking if Greater Fort Worth Builders Associa- ed ally. the comptroller had authority to probe tion,said,"It's going to take a little time Janet Ahmad,president of the San the TRCC. to work the process out....We want to Antonio-based HomeOwners for Better Asked about this attempt to scuttle work with the consumers,but we want Building,says she is overjoyed that Strayhorn,Smith said:"The idea that an to be fair to the builders,too." Smith got involved and that the comp individual member of the Legislature troller's report confirmed that the has to go through authorized channels TRCC is a"bureaucratic mess." to obtain information that he or she Dave Lieberays a dogF column appears u S Smith,who began his legislative may need to get to the bottom of a situ- 817)685-383 ays. career in 1996 as a quiet back-bencher, ation is asinine,you know?" watchdog@star-telegrancom Y ' DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF / ' MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CR1M HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED �/� �� DATE OF ARTICLE /") NEWSPAPER DMN ' COMMUNITY CALENDAR; FAMILY DISCO DANCE:The dance will _ be from 6:30 to 9 p.m.Feb.10 at the Midway Recreation Center,300 W. Midway Drive in Euless.Radio Disney personality Jay Jensen will emcee the ' event,whicb will include games and a. dance contest for the dad who moves the most like John Travolta.An arts and crafts room will be set up for ' children to make.valentine's Day cards.Tickets are available for$5 at. ,::the center.Children 2 and under are `free:For information,call . 817_-685-1666'or visit www.euless.org. i