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EULESS
' Learn about Japanese
flower arrangKng
' The Euless Public Library will
host a program on Ikebana, the
art of Japanese flower arranging,
at 10 a.m.Thursday.Mary Lib Sa-
' leh of the Ohara School and Bev-
erly Harden of the Sogetsu School
will present the demonstrations.
The program is a joint meeting of
' the Dallas and Fort Worth chap-
ters of Ikebana International.The
library is at 201 N. Ector Drive.
Call 1-817-685-1679.
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THIS WEEKS POLICE SCANNER
As
INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER
Burger thief: Bound for patty wagon.
STAR-TELEGRAM ees went to the deli in the• pened on Super Bowl Sun-
EULESS-Maybe it 3200 block of West Euless day,but police had no in-
was the McDonald's Ham- Boulevard. formation on whether the
burglar. The case of patties was case was connected to the
Someone took a case of taken from a frozen-storage game.
hamburger patties from area,reports show. Employees also discov-
Philly Steak Deli on Feb.5 The dollar value of the ered that about$120 was
and left the buns. patties was not on any re- taken from a cash register,
According to police re- ports,but local butchers according to reports.
ports,a door was found estimated the cost at$20.
slightly open when employ- The burglary also hap- —Domingo Ramirez Jr.
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iMay 13 elections Mayor:Jody Smith Place 6:David Farmer
The seats that are up for elec Place 2:Paul Stone Place 7:Bob Apetz
tion May 13,the term of office Place 4:Laurie Long North Richland Hills
and the incumbents who occu- Grapevine Two-year terms
Three year terms Mayor:Oscar Trevino
Bedford them: Mayor:William D.Tate Place 2:Jo Cox
Three--yyear terms Place 1:C.Shane Wilbanks Place 4:JoAnn Johnson
ThrPlace 2:Sharron Spencer Place 6:Nancy Bielik
Mayor:Jim Story
Place 1:Jim Griffin Grapevine-Colleyville school Northwest school board
board
Place 2:Roy Savage Three-year terms
Birdville' school board Three-year terms Place 1:Debbie Thomas
Three-year terms Place 1:Charlie Warner Place 2:Danny Simpson Place 3:Sherry Dunn Place 2:Vicki Thomas Richland Hills Place 4:Wanda Strong Haltom City Two-year terms
Place 5:Mary Spencer Two-year terms . Mayor:Nelda Stroder
Place 3:Bill Lanford Place 2:Kenney Davis
The district is also having a Place,4:Dale Clark
Place 4:Donald Acker
Place 1 special election on May Place 5:Richard Hutchison Roanoke
13 for a two-year unexpired Place 6:Kim Reese
term.The seat was vacated b Two-year terms
y Haslet Ward 1:Brian Darby
Kelly Hancock,who resigned to Two-year terms Ward 2:Holly Gray-McPherson
seek the District 91 seat in the Place 1:Frank LaG
state House. rassa Ward 3:Steve Heath
state Hone Place 3:Kathy Hopper Southlake
CoffTwo-year terms Place 5:Pat Richey Three-year terms
' Place 3:Rich Hendler Hurst Mayor:Andy Wambsganss
Place 4:Jop Ayers Two-year terms Place 2:Keith Shankland
Three-year terms Place 3:Mayor Richard Ward Trophy Club
Place 5:Tom Hart Place 4:Anna Holzer At-large,two-year terms
' Place 6:New spot Place 5:Bill McLendon Susan Edstrom Beverly Foley Pam
Carroll school board Place 7:Nancy Welton Cates.
Three-year terms Hurst-Euless-Bedford school Vacancy for one-year unexpired
Place 4:Deborah Frazier district term of Scott Spence,who has
Place 5:Erin Shoupp Three-year terms resigned from council
Place 6:Rob Glover(Election is Place 1:Kay Miller Watauga
for remainingPlace 2:Jeff Burnett Two-year terms --
year of term for Keller
this seat.) Place 6:Lee Griffin
' Euless Two-year terms Place 7:Jerry Adams
Three-year terms Place 2:Jim Badalamenti Westlake
Place 5:Glenn Porterfield Place 3:Russell Lake At-large,two-year terms
Place 5:Veva Lou Massey Place 4:Sheryl Roberts Mayor:Scott Bradley
Flower Mound Keller school board Alderman:Buddy Brown
' Two-year terms Three-year terms Bill Frey
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BRAKE TIME
Celebrate 'the a ansion
of Texas 360 .�
in ess
■You'll want to honk for this party. express thanks that about two decades
of effort to get the road built have final-
ly paid off.The speeches begin at 9:30
What better way to celebrate the a.m.
opening of a new freeway than to block Most commuters; who have been
traffic for a ribbon-cutting ceremony? able to use the main lanes since a soft
Actually, state and local officials opening last week, shouldn't be de
aren't going to quite'layed.As for Euless-area drivers trying a
that extreme to ob- to get from Harwood Road to a free-
serve the long- way on-ramp,well,you'll probably be
awaited completion detoured around the party to Midway
of the Texas 360 Road.Use the frontage roads one more
main lanes in Euless. time,for old time's sake.
But they do plan Be sure to give the dignitaries a
to close the Har- friendly tap of the horn as you pass by.
GOTd011 wood Road overpass Top reasons to celebrate the Texas
from 8 a.m. to noon 360 expansion:
Dickson Thursday to cele- ■No more counting airplanes from
brate the new corri- nearby D/FW Airport to pass time at
dor in Euless and Grapevine=and to red lights.
Now
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Hhnff: Elections are
place set to take M13
Northlake
1 n Mayor(special election to
finish final year of term):
Candidates Fred Tasker
Candidates who have filed B Place 2:Bo Roberts
1 for the May 13 ballot in North Richland Hills
greater Northeast Tarrant Mayor:Oscar Trevino(i)
County.The(i)denotes 2 Place 4:Tim Barth
incumbents. Richland Hills
1 Mayor:David Ragan and
Municipalities Nelda Stroder(i)
Bedford School districts
Mayor Scho
Jim Griffin and Scholle
Jeff Cason
Jim Story Place 2B Place 1(two-year un-
Place 2:Roy Savage(i) expired term):David Averitt
Colleyville and Bill Weaver
Place 3:Rich Hendler(i) B Place 3:Sherry Dunn(i)
B Place 5:Tom Hart(i) IE Place 4:Wanda F.Strong
Place 6:Mike Taylor 0)
Euless in Place 5:Richard Davis
B Place 5:Glenn Porterfield and Mary Spencer(i)
1 (i) Carroll
B Place 6:Veva Lou Massey Place 4:Deborah Frazier
(i) (i)
Haltom City w.Place 6(one-year un-
M. 4:Dale Clark(i) expired term):Rob Glover(i)
E Place 5:Richard Hutchi- Grapevine-Colleyville
son(i) Place 1:Charlie Warner(i)
Haslet Hurst-Euless-Bedford
B Place 1:Frank LaGrassa(i) Place 1:Kay Miller(i)
1 i Place 3:Kathy Hopper(i) Place 2:Jeff Burnett(i) {'
Place 5:Pat Richey(i)
Keller
1 B Place 2:Jim Badalamenti
(i)
N Place 4:Sheryl M.Roberts
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THE SHOPS AT VINEYARD VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
mess council
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By ELLENA FORTNE been addressed to
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER dents'satisfaction.
STAR-TELEGRAM as 121. Almost 300,000 The city's largest proposed Developer Burk Collins told
After more than a year of square feet in the 400,000- commercial development the council and residents that
negotiations, Euless offs- square-foot center has a1= sailed past the City Council de- he and others put a lot of effort
spite a few concerns about into making sure the project
cials approved the city's ready been leased.
largest commercial devel- Included in the project noise and light pollution. does not disturb neighbors.He
A total of 10 permit and site- credited the city staff with
opment—a coup that is ex- are several drive-through plan requests for the Shops at holding him to a high develop-
pected to bring in$2 million and stand-alone restau- Vineyard Village received ment standard.
a year in sales tax revenue rants. unanimous council approval "They would draw a line
and give residents through- "We are really going to Tuesday. I and say, `You have to come to
out Northeast Tarrant satisfy appetites along 121,1' A Lowe's home improve- this line,"' Collins said Tues-
County anew shopping des- joked Mayor Mary Lib Si-' ment center will anchor the 51- day after the vote. The Euless
tination. leh.
acre Shops at Vineyard Village, staff"is the toughest we have
A Lowe's home improve- "We are going to get hun-
being developed by Burk Col- come up against.
ment center will anchor gry in a minute."
The Shops at Vineyard Vit - lins & Co. of Hurst. Almost Office Depot,PetSmart,LA
lage at Glade Road and Tex- 300,000 square feet in the Fitness,an unnamed bank,Ta-
400,000-square-foot center co Cabana, Starbucks Coffee
have been leased. and Mattress Giant are among
"It's the first of a lot of great the businesses planned for the
things happening in Euless," southeast corner of the Glade
said Bill Ridgway, the city's Road/Texas 121 intersection.
economic development direc- The development is expected
tor. to generate$2 million annually
A few residents from neigh- in sales tax revenue, city Offi-
borhoods near the develop- cials said.
ment asked questions about When completed,the Shops'
landscaping, noise and light- at Vineyard Village will bring
ing.Project officials pointed to retail space at the intersection
the addition of a retention to 784,000 square feet. When
pond to control runoff, park- the southwest corner is Bevel-
ing-lot lights that will be oped, the area around the in-
turned down at night and the tersectibn could have nearly
addition of up to 70 trees. 1.6 million square feet of shop-
"But 3-inch trees are going ping, office and residential
to take a long time to replace space.
what they take out," said John The council approved sev-
Hiser,who lives behind the de- eral drive-through and stand-
velopment. alone restaurants for Vineyard
By the end of the meeting, Village. `
most concerns.seem to have "We are really going to satis
fy appetites along 121," joked
Mayor Mary Lib Saleh."We are
going to get hungry." '
Construction could begin in
two months and is expected to
take about a year.
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ICE DANCING
6.
The ice-
dancin
Ukrainian
ice f rt` 3 team trains
with coach
RinatFark-
sessions a hit in Tarrant Countynov
of Perm,
Russia,a
former
ice-dancing
champion
' who works
full time at
the Star-
Center
teaching
internation-
al compet-
itors and
s locals.
le
By NOOR ELASHI
SPECIAL TO THE STAR TELEGRAM
Ice dancing doesn't start until Friday at
the Torino Games,but visitors to the Dr
y Pepper StarCenter in Euless have enjoyed
. an extended sneak preview of the event.
Julia Golovina and Oleg Voiko,who will
represent Ukraine in ice dancing in Turin,
Italy,moved to Northeast Tarrant County
* filo w about three years ago to train and have
spent six to seven hours a day on the ice of
the StarCenter since then.
Their training sessions have been a
popular attraction for skaters of all ages
who take ice hockey and figure skating
' classes there.
"We have a warm atmosphere where
skaters are always welcoming and ac-
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Ice dancers Julia Golovina and Oleg Voiko practice sir,to seven hours a day at the Dr Pepper StarCenter in
Euless.They moved to Northeast Tarrant County about three years ago to train.
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17th at the European Champi-
onships.
"I was very proud of them,"
Farkhoutdinov said.
There,Golovina and Voiko ified for the Olympics by Golovina,who lives in 3
knowledging them,"said finished 21st. winning the silver medal at Colleyville,and Voiko,who
Darlene Cain,the StarCenter They are hoping for a bet- the Ukrainian Nationals in lives in Euless,left for Turin
skating programs manager. ter finish this year after train- December,and they competed on Saturday.They will com-
Of the 24 ice-dancing ing with coach Rinat Fark- last month at the European. pete in compulsory dance on
teams that will compete in houtdinov of Perm,Russia,a Championships in France. Friday,original dance on Sun-
Turin during the next week, former ice-dancing champion The trip to France tested day and free dance on Mon-
Golovina,23,and Voiko,25, who works full time at the their mental toughness when day.
are the only pair that trained StarCenter teaching interna- their luggage—including They concede that they are
in Texas. tional competitors as well as their skates—was lost. a long shot to win a medal in
Golovina,who grew up in local children and adults. They had arrived in France this year's Olympic games,
Moscow,and Voiko,of Khar- Golovina and Voiko say two days early so they could but their long-term goal is to
kov,Ukraine,previously com- their confidence has grown practice,but their skates did be among the top three ice-
peted against each other.In after years of skating together. not arrive until 11 p.m.the dancing couples in the 2010
the summer of 1999,Golovina Voiko said he now knows night before the competition. Winter Olympics.
got a phone call from Voiko exactly where his partner is While other couples practiced Farkhoutdinov said he and
asking her to be his new part- . on the ice even without seeing their routines on the ice,Go- his skaters are confident but
ner. her. lovina and Voiko rehearsed on nervous as the competition
"After one practice togeth- Their daily workout— a tile floor. approaches.
er,we decided to be a team," filled with enthusiastic facial "We decided if our skates "We're nervous from the
Golovina said. expressions,short steps and came right before the compe- crowds and out of excitement
They competed for lively spins looks a lot like tition,we would still com- and the fact that the whole
Ukraine ia 2002 at the Salt ballroom dancing on ice. pete,"Golovina'said. world will be watching,"he
Lake City Olympics. Golovina and Voiko qual- In the end,they finished said.
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' N[MARET BERRIGAN BAILLARGEON
Helped build award-winning
g
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with
By JOE SIMNACHER -
president of the Prestoncrest Re-
staff writer publican Women's Club.
_Margaret Berrigan Baillargeon She also served on the Commis-
wed her nurturing touch to build a sion on the Status of Women in the
quality teputation for the Richard-
1970s. She served as the group's
son Ford dealership she owned chairwoman and represented con-
with her husband. servative views.She was among the
She was also active with educa- commission members who issued a
tional, civic and church groups xminority report to the majority
from the Catholic Foundation.to opinion on the status of women in
the Republican Party. Dallas.
' Mrs. Baillargeon,;66, died_Fri "She represented the more tra-
day of cancer at her Plano home. �` ditional approach and gave the role
'Services were Monday in Dal- Ford,from 1981 to 2000. of a person who wanted to stay
las,and burial was in Hillcrest Me- During that time the dealership home some dignity,"her husband.
' morial Park. received Ford Motor Co.'s highest said.
-Mrs.Baillargeon led the family award for customer service five Mrs.Baillargeon ran unsuccess-
dealership to numerous national times.The reputation for service at fullyfor Dallas City Council in 1981.
awards from Ford Motor Co.,said the dealership helped it excel at In addition to her husband,
' her husband, Bob Baillargeon of . sales,her husband said. Mrs.Baillargeon is survived by two
Plano., Born and raised in Williams- daughters,Dee Ann Baillargeon of
She didn't have to know the port, Pa.,Mrs. Baillargeon moved Austin andAimee Baillargeon Grif-
technical aspect of how to repair a to Texas with her husband in the fiths of Dallas;a son,Bobby Baillar-
car,but she knew how to commu- early 1960s so he could play minor- geon of Colleyville;three brothers,
nicate with the technicians," Mr. league baseball. Andy Berrigan of Punta Gorda,
Baillargeon said. Mr..' Baillargeon was general Fla., Tom Berrigan of Burbank,... •Mrs. Baillargeon brought an- manager for Rodger Meier Cadillac Calif:,and Richard Berrigan of Wil
other dimension to the service bay before becoming a Ford dealer. liamsport; four sisters, Mary
and the mechanics working there, Mrs.Baillargeon was active out- Dawes,Anna Steinbacher and Ei-
her husband said. side the dealership as well. She leen Reid,all of Williamsport,and
' She gave them a lot of direction served on the boards of directors of Kate Berrigan of Camp Hill, Pa.;
and leadership in terms of how to the Catholic Foundation and the her mother,Marguerite Berrigan of
be better people,"he said."She al- Greater Dallas Community of Williamsport; and 10 grandchil-
ways said,You're not just replacing Churches. She was a trustee for dren.
a water pump, .you're helping John Paul II High School in Plano Memorials may be made to the
someone take their kids to school.'" and president of the women's club Catholic Pro-Life Committee,P.O.
-;Mrs.Baillargeon handled most at St.Rita.Catholic Community in Box 59852,Dallas,Texas 75229,or
of the parts and service operation Dallas.. the Visiting Nurse Association of
' and customer service aspects of the Mrs.Baillargeon was a delegate Texas,1440 W.Mockingbird Lane,
dealership,her husband said.The to every Republican precinct,coun- Suite 500,Dallas,Texas 75247.
couple owned North Central Ford, ty and state convention from 1976
1m 7wn for a time as Baillargeon to 20b4:.She had also served as E-mailjshnnacher@daRasnms.com
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NORTHEAST TARRANT
COMMUNITY CALENDAR .
FREE GOLF CLASSES:The Sports
Medicine Institute at Harris Methodist
H-E-B Hospital will offer free golf
education classes to northeast Tarrant
County residents twice a week from 6
to 7:30 p.m.Tuesday to March 2,at
Texas Star Golf Course,1400 Texas
Star Parkway in Euless.For informa-
tion,call 817-355-8155 or e-mail
robsandmann@texashealth.org.
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TARRANT COUNTY ARRANGING FLOWERS:The Euless
Public Library will host a program on
ikebana,the art of Japanese flower
1 arranging,at 10 a.m.Mary
Lib Saleh of the Ohara
School and Beverly Harden
1 of the Sogetsu School will
present the
demonstrations.The
program is a joint meeting
1 of the Dallas and Fort
Worth chapters of Ikebana
International.The library is
at 201 N.Ector Drive.Call
1 817-685-1679.
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FANS' INSIDER If you watch,you'll see two
men lie flat on their backs and Visiting EUI@SS
Wo men Elisra Adam Euless moved
race down an icy track.Butmen, here from Tennessee around
not on separate sleds.That 1870 and later bought the land
sled?
means one sledder lies on a around which our city grew.
Eu-
one ►Jlelll � sled and the second lies on, The city was named for Eu-
Ol
well,the other sledder. less even though every time
Not that there's anything he ordered something by
Nothanks wrong with that.It's just that telephone,the customer ser-
it's uncomfortable to watch. vice representative would say,
■ If you want to skip today's Although the man in the "Euless?That's an unusual
top posit...um,the man name.How do you spell that?"
column,that's fine with me. situated farthest from the ice
is the driver,both sledders: , David Thomas,(817)390-7760
EULESS—So,how about dthomas@star-telegram.com
this weather? steer by reacting to the move-
ments they feel each other
Seen any good movies
make as they speed down the
lately,or read any books you
particularly track at$0 mph.
liked? The U.S.doubles lugers are
What do one of America's best-kept
ou think secrets—and can we blame
about our them for keeping it that way?
Y. =. The U.S.had never won a 1
for?ign pol luge medal—singles or dou-
t icy. bles—until 1998 when"we"
Let's see. won silver and bronze.Then
Only o in 2002,"we"made it back-to-
])a�'ld words tto go. back(or is it back-to-front for
around t
�lOITIaS' As the say luge?)silver-and bronze-
Olympic medal finishes.
Media Center-Euless Branch, Something else not com-
the only thing more uncom monly known about doubles
fortable than watching dou- luge is that sledders can be of
either gender.Although
bles luge is writing about Olympic teams have always
c ..
doubles a consisted of two males,it is
So you can probably imag-
ine the expression on my face possible to have a man and a
when I answered Line 1 of the woman sliding double in a
Media Center phone and my single sled.
boss said it had been request- Imagine this conversation:
ed that I write about the ori- Husband:I'm going to
gin of doubles luge. fulfill my Olympic dream by
"I'm not Casey Kasem,"I becoming a doubles luger.
balked."I don't take requests." wife:Isn't that where one
But I do take orders from man lies on top of another on
management,so here is my a sled?
answer for how doubles luge Husband:Yeah.But I
began:I do not know
want to become the first man
I wish I had a longer an- to race in the Olympics with a
swer,especially because"I do woman. Over my dead body. �
not know"is only four words. (Pause.)
I do know that doubles , Husband:Do you think
luge's Olympic debut came in you could still help steer the
1964,which was back before sled if you're dead?
the strict fraternity hazing Whew,I am so glad we're
laws we have today,so per-
haps there's a connection.
Anyway,luge's run at the
Torino Games in Turin ends
today with doubles competi-
tion.
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' FANS' INSIDER Judges now can use replays Visiting Euless
to make the best judgments 9
Like rodeo, possible.I'm not certain about Texas Star Golf Course,a
this,but I thought I saw one beautifully designed and chat=
judge stare into a replay mon- lenging course,has received
skaters can itor,lean back and confidently the"4-star"rating from Golf
declare,"Polamalu intercept- Digest magazine and the"two
ed that pass." sleeves of balls"rating from
Spur +O 9 0 (If you'll forgive me for )$-handicappers.
(� interrupting,I would like to David Thomas,(80390-7760
clarify for anyone who saw dthomas@scar-te►egram.com
me earlier this week purchas-
■Figure skating's scoring ing sequins at the Hobby Lob-
system is taking the sport to by near the Olympic Media
new highs. Center-Euless Branch:The
sequins were for The Little
EULESS—This new fig- Insiderette's Valentine's Day
ure-skating scoring system is school party.I was not buying.
t taking some getting used to. them to make my own figure-
No longer can I walk skating outfit.)
around saying,in my deepest The new system also al-
voice,"Five lows skaters to earn more
' point seven; points for difficult jumps later
five point in their programs,and be-
six,five cause there is no maximum
point seven score,the system is supposed
' to be more accommodating to
Now it's comebacks than Astros closer
f more like, Brad Lidge during last year's
§ "Thirty- . playoffs.
' �aVld seven point That makes the ongoing
ThoMaS three five, men's competition even more
forty-one curious.According to all dis-
t point seven patches from the Torino
nine,total seventy-nine point Games in Turin,Russia's Ev-
one four." geni Plushenko basically
Just doesn't sound the clinched the gold medal with
same,does it? Tuesday's short program.
Things sure have changed American Johnny Weir—
following the Great Figure whose short program prompt-
Skating Controversy of Salt ed judges to ask for replays to
' Lake City. confirm that the glove on his`
Out is the old,familiar right hand did indeed repre-
6.0-point system that awarded sent a beak on a swan before
' points based on secret hand- awarding him enough points
shake agreements. for second place—said
In is a system in which Plushenko would have to fall
points are cumulative,there is three times in today'slong
no perfect score and each program for anyone else to
skater is judged on each ele- have a shot at the gold medal.
ment based on difficulty and Plushenko earned 90.66
execution. points—the highest mark
' With this system,objectiv- awarded for a short program
ity is minimized and judges' under the new system.
scores are posted anonymous- That total signaled a new
ly in order to eliminate the day in Olympic figure skating.
' cheating that has plagued the To be honest,I never thought
sport.Is it working?I don't it'd be during my lifetime that
know.But at least if there is we'd see a figure-skating
cheating,we won't know score that even the best of
' who's doing so. bull riders would envy.
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FANS' INSIDER But to finally see a record Visiting EUI@SS
set,I would sit through even
snow T an hour of watching skiers not Euless was the proposed
No S11V V V blow their nose,we can only site for softball in Dallas
surmise,for aerodynamic 2012's unsuccessful attempt to
reasons. be the U.S.bid for the 2012
job: SBX Then,as further bad luck Olympics.Softball will not be.
would have it,the SBX pre- part of the 2012 Games in
sentation showed onlyqual- London,but it's not our fault.
ifying.Instead of the tourna- David somas,(817)3907760
doesroek
mint bracket-style,four-man dthomas@star-telegram.com
races in which any racer could
■Don't expect this new see an Olympic dream
sport of snowboardcross to knocked off course at any
crash out of the Olympics. It moment,early risers were
lives up to the hype. treated to 36 competitors
racing one by one through 700
EULESS-Snowboard- meters of-turns and jumps in
cross received its share of order to decide which four
hype for its Olympic debut.So wouldn't qualify for the Feb
the first chance to see the ruary Madness bracket.
new sport At least Mario Fuchs of
prompted a 5 Austria,the first competitor,
a.m.wakeup did record the fastest SBX run
call Thurs- ever.(For trivia hounds:
day at the 1:24.82).Mario wound up
Olympic qualifying 26th,so his record
Media Cen- didn't hold up for long. .n
ter-Euless But the solo qualifying
.,
Branch. . runs successfully whet the
David I was appetite for NBC's prime
-
JlOM S curious time airing of the four-man w
about this races.So,half a day of hockey
combination and curling appetizers later,
of snowboarding,short-track the main course arrived. .r
speedskating,roller derby and It was worth the wait.
stock-car racing.("NASCAR With bumping,jostling for
on snow,"NBC calls it,and position and crashes,snow-
I'm sure that has nothing to boardcross is the Winter ,
do with NBC airing the Day- Olympics'hottest event.
tona 500 this weekend.) Canada's Drew Neilson,the
I also was drawn to the fastest qualifier—the pole-
opportunity to finally see an sitter,if you will didn't
Olympic record being set. make it out of the first round
Torino hasn't offered much because of a crash.One semi-
in the way of record-setting final heat included a double
performances.But Thursday disqualification after a wreck.
guaranteed a record. And,if the chance for NBC
Based on everything I had to say"NASCAR"without
heard about this rough-and- appearing overly self-indul- .r
tumble sport,I wondered if gent wasn't enough,American
any of the competitors would Seth Wescott won the sport's
actually complete the course first gold medal.
to set a record time. Better yet and unlike ad
As luck would have it,the NASCAR,nobody complained
first hour of early-morning about bump-drafting despite
programming on USA fea- all of the crashes,contro-
tured women's cross country versies and shattered dreams.
skiing.They didn't get around Those are all expected in
to"SBX"until 6 a.m. SBX. VM
Or,as I'm sure we'll be
soon saying,"That's snow-
boardcrossin'."