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Euless, Texas, brothers work together in Iraq
Submitted by:2nd Marine Division
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�. Story by Sgt.Jerad W.Alexander
m; CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (Jan. 23, 2006)--A Marine is never alone
' 4Pbecause around them at all times are fellow Marines taking care of
y' them, watching their back and making sure they get home. Every
" Marine is a brother or sister to another Marine.
In the case of Lance Cpl.'s Michael and Brian Huber of Euless,
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Texas, not only are they brothers through the Marine Corps, they are
' brothers in life.
g` "It's nice to have family here,"said Brian. "it makes the deployment
easier."
h Both Marines are reservists with the 14th Marine Regiment. Michael,
21, is a ballistic meteorological specialist and Brian, 24, is a heavy
equipment operator. Currently, the brothers are attached to 3rd
' Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment's Motor Transport Section.
Coming to Iraq was something both Marines wanted to do, so they
' - decided to do it together, according to Brian, who is a pre-law student
" 3 at the Tarrant Community College.
As far as their family is concerned, Brian stated, "It's hard on them,
' ". r ' � but the kind of figured we'd do it. It also makes it easier on them at
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the same time because they know we'll take care of each other."
' Back home, Brian's wife, Kathlee, recently gave birth to a baby girl.
"it was tough on her, me being gone for the whole pregnancy period," he said.
' According to Michael, however, both his girlfriend and Brian's wife have become very close friends and help each other
out.
' Working with motor transportation, they both go out on convoys, but don't ride in the same vehicle.
"The toughest part is the worrying,"said Brian.
' "It can get tough when you know he's out on a convoy then a (medical evacuation helicopter) goes out,"said Michael.
' Back aboard Camp Al Qa'im, they run into quirky little identity problems.
"People don't believe we're brothers,"said Michael. "They say stuff like 'you can't have a brother with you in Iraq.'Well,
here we are."
' According to Brian, some people can't tell them apart.
"The other Marines have taken to calling us 'Big Huber' and 'Little Huber,"' he said.
They're not entirely alike, however.
,I can't sleep next to this guy,"said Brian. "He snores."
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North Hills Hospital honored physician Charles Rush,who helped found the
hospital 45 years ago,for his 50'years,of service as medical director of the
Fort Worth Rodeo.He received the hospital's lifetime achievement award at
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TRANSPORTATION
Portioll of
360 opeIls I
Euless todAV
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Commuting is about to be- I1mM
come easier on Texas 360
' near Dallas-Fort Worth Air- M
port,just in time for this eve-
ning's rush hour. 4
The northbound main
' lanes of the highway will
open by 5 p.m. today in Eu-
less, from Mid-Cities Boule-
vard to Airport Freeway.The
southbound lanes will open
by the end of the week.
The northern part of Tex- $
t as 360 has taken 15 years to
complete. Now that it's fin-
ished, Grapevine and Euless
officials hope to lure new STAR-TELEGRAM/LAURIE L.WARD
' businesses to their cities' Looking south, work crews on
highway frontage roads. northbound Texas 360 near the
STAFF WRITER GORDON Texas 183 interchange finish up
DICKSON REPORTS their work.
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Work en In ®n exas 360
through
360 construction 0 Nearly 15 years after the Once the orange barrels to lure new businesses to their
frontage roads opened,the have been cleared,it will signal highway frontage. Several
26 long-awaited main lanes are the end of a two-year,$39 mil- plans for a shopping mall and
DI�W finally built. lion project to open a new free- other developments have fiz-
Alrp°rt way corridor in Euless and zled since 1991,when the Texas
By GORDON DICKSON Grapevine. 360 frontage roads opened.
scheduled to be' sTnx-�EL>c>uz�sTni i Vaur>R For commuters, it will be a "We have several corners
After watching workers new way to get around Dallas/ there with development op-
$ build the Texas 360 main lanes Fort Worth Airport instead of portunities," Ridgway said.,"I
1n '' for two years,motorists finally cutting through vast, crowded would assume they would be �+
get to use them. airport property. service and retail.
Eales The northbound main lanes A less nail-biting experi- Already a popular route,
183
of Texas 360 from Mid-Cities ence,whether you're traveling Texas 360 is likely to become
Mapes ' Boulevard to Airport Freeway from Arlington to Argyle, or much busier after the main_
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in Euless will be open today : Colleyville to Cedar Hill. lanes open. Through traffic
Ft360 , just in time for afternoon rush "It's going to be easier ac- will no longer stop at intersec- A
tp : a hour,no later than 5 p.m.,Texas cess for people to get in and out tions with Harwood Road and
BDepartment of Transportation of Euless," said Bill Ridgway, Mid-Cities Boulevard.
officials said. the city's economic develop- Improvements include
STAR•TELEGRAM/DEWUAN X.DAVIS The southbound lanes will ment director. three main lanes in each direc-
open by the end of the week. Euless and Grapevine hope tion from Airport Freeway to „
Mid-Cities Boulevard,and two A ribbon-cutting will be
main lanes in each direction held Feb.16,during which offi.-
from Mid-Cities to Texas 114/ cials from the Transportation
121 in Grapevine. Department, Euless, Grape-
mi
After the opening, Texas vine and other area agencies
360 will have about 23 miles of will celebrate perseverance.
divided freeway from Grape- However, the lead contrac-
vine to Mansfield. tor,Archer-Western of Arling- ..
And it may be just in time ton,isn't going to wait that long
'for a traffic boom. The road to open the road,state officials
carried about 68,000 vehicles said.As soon as the landscap-
per day in 2004, the most re- ing and lane striping are com- "'
cent count available,compared plete, motorists will be wel-
with 55,000 vehicles in 2001. comed aboard,agency spokes-
By 2025,about 121,600 vehi- man Michael Peters said.
cles per day are expected, ac- "If it's ready to open, we'll
cording to the North Central open it to traffic,"he said."We
Texas Council of Govern- won't leave it closed."
ments. That would be similar
to traffic-today on Interstate Gordon Dickson,(817)685-3816
35W near Meacham Airport. gdickson@star-tetegram.com
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Big band concert
' EULESS—With a big band
approach to Valentine's Day,singer
Ken Nelson will present a free
concert at 7 p.m.Monday at Euless
Public Library,201 N.Ector Dr.
' Nelson,who specializes in Frank
Sinatra-style crooning,will feature
the song Strange Kisses,a song
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released in honor what would have been Sinatra's 90th birthday.The_
program also will include selec-
tions from Nelson's recordings,
Let's Swing...A-Ding-Ding and
' S'More S'wingi
The free concert is a part of
ARTS NET' asterWorks series.
Call(817)2 -3406.
' —Joy Donovan
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More lanes opened
to drivers on 360 '
Additional lanes of State High-
way 360'opened Tuesday,making
it easier for traffic to move north '
and south through the heart of the
Dallas-Fort Worth area. The
northbound lanes between State
Highway 183 and Mid-Cities Bou- '
levard opened about 3 p.m.Toes-
day.The southbound lanes in the
same area are expected to open
this week With the opening of the '
northbound lanes, drivers can
take Highway 360 from south of
Interstate 20 in Arlington to State
Highway 121/State Highway 114
in Grapevine.'The section of main
lanes between Mid-Cities and
Highways 121 and 114 was com-
pleted last summer. The entire
project cost about$39 million.
Marice Richter
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Final link of 360'
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' 183 and the junction of State High-
Project's completion ways 121 and 114 began about two
means no more stops yearsago.
' p The first phase was construction
from Arlington to 121 of new lanes between Mid-Cities
Boulevard and Highways 121/114.
By MARICE RICHTER Constriction of that four-lane sec-
staffwriter tion ended in June, about four
' Driving on State Highway 360 months ahead of schedule.
between Euless and Grapevine will Highway 360 was opened in
no longer mean dodging construc-. this area of northeast Tarrant
tion zones or waiting at traffic sig- Countyin the early 1990s,when the
nals. Transportation Department built
After 15 ears this major y � thor- frontage roads. Funding was not
Qnghfare becomes a fiill-fledged available at that time to build the
*way when the final stretch of main lanes. "
southbound lanes opens to traffic. The frontage roads forged a new
'That is expected to occur this after- route for the growing,area, but
inion,officials said. many drivers chose other routes be-
Three new northbound lanes cause of the frequent signal lights,
l e_fween Mid-Cities Boulevard and officials said.
$tateHighway 183 in Euless "We expect a lot more traffic on
$en:lTuesday afternoon. Three 360 once all the main lanes are
thbound lanes in the same open,"Mr.Brown said.As many as
area are due to open this afternoon. 68,000 vehicles traveled on the
" "It will finally be possible to , frontage roads each day,according
dive from Interstate 20 in Arling-' to a 2004 traffic count,the most re-
' ton all the way to State Highway cent available.
t2i in Grapevine without stop- One of the newest safety mea-
pwkg,"said Ralph Brown,area engi- sures—a pre-stretched cable wire
er for the north Tarrant County fence—was installed in the medi-
bft'ice of the Texas Department of an. The fence is an alternative to
71hinsportation. concrete barriers used on most area
_'Construction of four entrance freeways.
Ad exit ramps will continue for a "We think this new safety fea-
y months,officials said. ture will do a world of good,"Mr.
s
"�"We have temporary ramps for Brown said.The wire cables are de-
trltffic to use in the meantime,"said signed-to prevent vehicles from
' bike Looney, project engineer for crossing the median. Such cables
Transportation Department. recently were installed along a sec-
e wanted to get those main lanes tion of Interstate 20 near Weather-
o en;and we can work around that." ford,Mr.Brown said.
}. The$39 million project to build
t'he lanes between State Highway E-mailmrichter@dallasnews.com
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VALENTINE'S DAY FAMILY DISCO
DANCE:The dance will be from 6:30 to
9 p.m.Friday at the Midway
:Recreation Center,300 W.Midway
Drive in Euless.Radio Disney
personality Jay Jensen will emcee the
event,which 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 get in
free.Each child will receive either a
free carnation or chocolate kisses.
Light refreshments will be senled.For
'.information,call 817-685-1666 or visit
www.euless.org.
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