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' FANS'INSIDER The Italians managedfive VISItl119 EUI@SS
shots total.They had no shots
Canadain the third period,fitting for The Fuller House,Euless'
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�6 a matchup in which they had first brick house,has been
' no shot. preserved as a museum and
not sweet a Park in
relocated to Heritage
llItaly trying to develop g
women's hockey and earned South Euless.The home.was
its way into the Olympic tour- built in 1932 by the family of
1 to the hosts nament only by hosting these Homer and Edith Fuller.
Games.Coach Markus Sparer David Phomas,(817)390-7Z0.
had small goals for his team: dthomas@scar-retegra-com
' ■Italy's women's hockey Enjoy the opportunity,score a goal,dont get anyone hurt
team didn't have a shot and don't hurt anyone from
against Canada. Especially Canada.
' in the third period. At least no one from
Canada got hurt.Three Italian
EULESS—My new favor- players went down in the first
ite female non-U.S.Olympic 12 minutes,by which point
' athlete is Debora Montanari. Canada led 5-0 and Caroline
She's the starting goalie on Ouellette had already had
Italy's women's hockey team, more than five minutes to
and the only reflect on her hat trick.
' person with The goal of an Italian goal,
a worse job of course,went unfulfilled.As
during these for whether Sparer's players
Games is the enjoyed"the opportunity"
' r cleaning afforded by a 16-0 loss,well,
person at the the Italian fans sure seemed
Olympic to enjoy the game.
Media Cen- They loudly cheered every
' David ter-Euless good play their team made.
ThOIllaS Branch. Needless to say,there won't
Italy be many Italians battling a
' made its hoarse voice today when they
Olympic women's hockey tell their friends about wit=
debut Saturday with a record- nessing Italian hockey history.
setting 16-0 loss to defending No team had lost by more
' gold medalist Canada. than 13 goals in a women's
The Italians won the open Olympic hockey game.But
ing faceoff.The remaining 59 now that line in the record
' minutes and 59 seconds of book belongs to Italy.(Who's
play belonged to Canada. coaching Canada,anyway—
Poor Debby was in goal for Steve Spurrier?)
the first two periods,but . Officially,13 of Canada's 16
' don't blame her for the loss. goals came with the teams at
Without her performance, even strength,although you
Canada would have easily could argue the teams were
reached 20 goals. never at even strength.
' Consider that Montanari As I watched,I couldn't
allowed nine goals and still help but wonder what hotshot
managed to stop 81 percent of lawyer-turned-championship
the shots she faced.The coach Gordon Bombay would
' Canadians threw shots at her do if court-ordered to take
at a Kobe-like rate,taking 26 over the Italian team.
in the first period and 21 in After much thought,I don't
the second. know what the Ducks'mighty
' While Montanari was coach could do.But I bet he'd
basically standing on her head keep Debora Montanari
in goal,her teammates were around.
' doing good just to stand on
their skates.
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FANS` INSIDER I can't blame her.Every- Well,here's what hap- '
body's talking curling. pened.,USA Network
CurSolir
Gls
imagine the hand wring- switched over to hockey and
ing that occurred Friday the Curl Girls,without Ameri '
morning at the NBC Family of ca's support,lost a heart-
deserv
T^� Network's Mission Control. breaker in If ends.
G The Curl Girls—the U.S. Not to dwell on past mis
women's curling team heavily takes,but remember it was ,
-promoted because of its cam- NBC that only 36 years ago
more time era-friendly,girls-next-door switched off a Jets-Raiders
members and silver medal- game in favor of Heidi.
from last year's World Cham- Come on,curlingfans.Let
■Curling or hockey? If you ionshi s—faced Olympic-
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had to make that call,which sized p essure.With a 1-4 Your voices be heard!
would you have chosen? record,they needed to defeat Visiting Euless 11
Russia or their bonspiel Ready to get away from the
EULESS—I've been hear- would practically be finished.
ing voices all week. And then the Americans, television and participate in
Not just any voices,mind trailing7-4 in the 10th and some ?of your own winter
you,butspecific voices. games?Euless offers 16 parks
Curling final end,delivered the big- for recreation,and this week-
gest comeback since Seth end there's a chance that they
voices. Wescott won gold in snow- could even have some ice.
When I'm. boardcross.
On deadline David Thomas,(817)390-7760
U.S.Skip Cassie Johnson dthomas@star-telegram.com log
and trying to delivered three,points to force a;
finish a col extra ends.It was a live story
' umn... so dramatic it didn't need J
"HURRY!.
b Jimmy Roberts to tell,it. . i
3 HURRY! ' But at the same time,the
Haid HURRY!" U.S.women's hockey team—
Thomas When I'm another group of smiling faces
wondering if I the NBC Family of Networks +'+
I'm the only loves-was warming up for its
American who hasn't joined semifinal against Sweden.
Bode at joinbode.com... What would you show:
"YEP!YEP!YEP!YEP! Curl Girls or hockey?
YEP!YEP!YEP!YEP!" That decision would be,
When I learn that Johnny easy for prime-time program-
"It's Not Just A Glove,It's ming:Spend all day talking
Also A Beak"Weir missed the about the Curl Girls'courage
bus before Thursday's figure under pressure and the hock=
skating and 1 start to write, ey team's bid for gold without
"Bet that's not the first bus revealing the results,then
young Johnny has ever show both between ratings-
missed,"the voices jump in to I friendly blocks of figure skat
save me with... ing.
"WHOA!LET IT GO!" Now you see the problem ++
And when I hear a crashing with live programming at the
noise from the living room... Olympics—sometimes a
"CLEAN!CLEAN!CLEAN! network's must-see teams
CLE-E-A-A-N-N-N-N!!!" must be seen at the same,
OK,that last one is Mrs. time.
Insider after tripping over
newspapers accumulating
inside the Olympic Media
Center-Euless Branch.But she
borrowed that line from curl-
ing.
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FANS' INSIDER Jennifer Rodriguez, Visiting Euless
speedskating:When she With a population of about
"first met her husband,speed 900,000,Turin is the largest
D"
1 1 skater KC Boutiette,she
199mg up "gross." city to host a Winter Olym-
thought he was
f Melissa Gregory and pics.
the rest Denis Petukhov,ice danc- Closer to home,Euless had
of
ing:Husband-wife team col- I an estimated population of
lects hats from their travels. 50,750 on Jan.1,according to
the stories Jason Smith,snow- the North Central Texas
boardcross: Collects belt I Council of Governments.
■It's true that everyone has buckles. Euless has grown by more
Y Derek Parra,speed-
than 4,000 residents since
a story. But not all of them 2000 to become the largest
skating:Is an admitted crier.
can be told on TV. Aaron Parchem,pairs city in H-E-B.
skating:Once bowled a 248 David Thomas,(817)390-7760
EULESS—You can crunch and says his mantra is"bacon dchomai@Scar-telegram com
the numbers:more than 200 makes it better."
U.S.athletes,17 nights of Michelle Gorgone,par-
prime-time programming and, allel giant slalom:Tried out
unfortunately for NBC,only for American Idol by singing
one Jimmy Chain of Fools.
Roberts._ Caroline Lalive,Alpine
That skiing.Introduced herself to
h i
means a lot President Clinton as"Helga
of great the Warrior."
stories are Lindsey Jacobellis,
_' going un-
.......... snowboardcross:Despite
told. her unlucky break that cost
K Here at her a gold medal,answers to
David F the Olympic the nickname"Lucky."
' Thomas Media Cen- Shaun White, halfpipe:
ter-Euless Enjoys"dancing to the indige-
Branch,we
' don't have two big leather nous sounds of whales mat
seats for Jimmy and Bob Cos- Katie Uhlaender,skele-
tas,but we do have a comfort- ton:Once had a broken ankle
able sofa and a love seat. that wasn't diagnosed by a
' More important,we have a doctor until a year later.
little bit of space to help tell Jay Hakkinen, biathlon:
some of the stories buried Has sat next to Kevin Bacon
' deeper within the athletes' and David Hyde Pierce on
official biographies than Cos- airplanes.
tas is in his leather chair. Kaylin Richardson,
(Watch Costas push himself Alpine skiing:Must pack
' up to shake hands with nail clippers when she travels.
interview subjects.) Todd Lodwick,Nordic
Eric Bernotas,skeleton: Combined:To get down to
Discovered his sport when he 140 pounds,gave up Hot Ta-
took a wrong turn on a road males,Peppermint Patties and
trip with his girlfriend and Skittles.
wound up at a skeleton dem- Tasha Nelson,Alpine
Joey C
onskiing:As a child,was
Joey Cheek, speedskat-,
ing:Builds potato guns, thrown 30 feet into the air by including one that can shoot a a tornado and broke a leg
when she landed.
Sarah
potato h yards. Back to you in the studio,
Konrad,biathlon: Bob.
Has a Ph.D.in glaciology,the
study of glaciers.
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FANS' INSIDER Even if East Germany still '
existed,with today's strict Visiting Euless
drug-testing policies,we The hot topic in the Media
Rivalries wouldn't derive as much satis- ''Center cafeteria Monday dealt
faction from beating East - with the new covering over-
'German
ver
'German women's teams that the nearby.water tower.Early
arenow no longer look eerily similar speculation is that the tower
to their men's teams. will be repainted to say"EU-
It looked for a while last LESS:Home of the Olympic
civil wars week as though the United Media Center-Euless Branch."
States and Canada were devel- David Thomas,(817)390-7760
oping a healthy rivalry in dthomas@star-telegram.com
■The Games have taken on women's hockey when some
a whole new look without of our players chirped a bit
our old enemies. about Canada running up the
score on weak opponents.
EULESS-The ruckus The hoped-for,settle-it-on-
from downstairs in the Olym- the-ice matchup never materi-
pic Media Center-Euless alized,however,because the
Branch made me think Chad Canadians completely ducked
Hedrick and Shani Davis had us by refusing to lose their
arrived for interviews. semifinal game and play us
Fora for the bronze medal.
couple of National rivalries for na-
reasons, tional pride have been re-
then,I was placed by individual rivalries
disappointed for individual pride.Perhaps
to learn that it's our U.S.-slanted media
1;< the noise coverage,but these new ri-
' was the Lit- valries always seem to involve
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tie Insiders, Americans.In fact,most seem
Dated out of school to involve only Americans.
for Presi- With no Soviets or East
OIDa.S dents Day, Germans to turn to,our ath-
arguing over letes are turning on each oth
who would open the micro- er.
wave once the hot chocolate 'There.were words ex-
was ready. changed by Americans Todd
I can only assume they Lodwick and Carl Van.Loan
have been watching too much that received minimal atten-
of Hedrick and Davis.When tion because they compete in
Hedrick and Davis are an- Nordic Combined.
swering questions about each The biggest spat,of course,
other,I wish NBC would warn involves speedskaters Hedrick
kids,"Do not do this at and Davis.Hedrick ques-
home." tioned whether Davis is even
Not to sound like an old- his teammate after Davis
timer yearning for years gone skipped the team pursuit to
by,but I remember the good focus on his 1,000-meter race.
old days when rivals were You have probably heard
countries,not teammates. that Hedrick and Davis meet
The United States and the. today in the 1,500.Both really
Soviet Union come to mind. want to beat the other,and
But the hated"CCCP"uni- I'm sure NBC will remind us
forms are long gone. of that all day. +
And I remember feeling Then Wednesday,we'll
that good had prevailed when- find out who won in the big-
ever we defeated one of the gest rivalry of these Games:
old East German teams.But NBC or American Idol.
East Germany also is no more
and,at least locally,the face of
all German sports is a smiling
Dirk Nowitzki.
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FANS' INSIDER LThe cross-country skiing Visiting Euless
part,however,makes for a bad Ukraine ice dancers JuliaSpOl t�+},S combination for us. Golovina and Oleg Voiko,whSome
Biathlon requires compet- train at Dr Pepper StarCenter
itors to ski for extended peri- in Euless,won't be bringing
hl Uer� ods of time,then with pulse back medals.But there are
l� e y racing and breathing acceler recent gold-medal winners
ated,shoot at small,station- from Euless:the Trinity Tro-
Lm�n_,(�rnpj�l'(ac�y� ary targets,none of which ' jans football team won the
—American ul e ll�an later apologizes for what the
shooter had to go through. UIL Class SA Division I state Nordic combined and bi- (There's my Dick Cheney championship in December.
David Thomas,(817)390-7760
athlon aren't medal-winning
joke.) dthomas@star-re(egram.com
combinations for the United Now,if they ever change
States. biathlon rules to allow com-
petitors to sit in trees for ex-
EULESS—The Nordic tended periods of time then
combined portion of the Tori- set aside the Thermos to
no Games in Turin closed shoot at big targets that wan-
Tuesday.Nine medals.None der into range,we're dancing
for the United States. on the medals podium.
The bi- Then there's Nordic com-
athlon com- bined,a combination of ski
petition has jumping and cross-country
awarded 21 skiing.Did you know that,
medals. combined,the U.S.has won
None for us. two medals in ski jumping
Tand cross country?
.,Three events
remain,and Again,not playing to
I'm going Americans'strengths.Nor-
David out on a dicTrack,yes,but Nordic
lboMaS history- combined,no.
supported But you can help.
limb and You probably know the
predicting the U.S.medal U.S.had won only one ice
count won't change. dancing medal before Tanith
The two disciplines have Belbin and Ben Agosto earned
awarded almost 250 medals in silver Tuesday.
Olympic history,.and we own Belbin,a native of Canada
none of them. who has lived here eight
The funny thing is,I can't years,didn't become a U.S.
recall any phone calls to the citizen—and,thus,eligible to
Olympic Media Center-Euless help us end our ice dancing
Branch decrying our lack of drought—until Dec.31
success.But then again,our thanks to a fast-moving Con-
Nordic combined,and biath- gress(did I just type that?)
Ion teams haven't declared that paved a quicker road to
themselves"Best in the citizenship for her and other
' World,"so perhaps we're immigrants"of extraordinary
more forgiving with them. ability."
Or does America care? So,if you have any relatives
Let's start with biathlon,a or friends from other coun-
combination of cross-country tries who are Nordic combi-
skiing and rifle-shooting. neders or biathletes of ex-
Obviously,rifle-shooting traordinary ability,write your
isn't a problem for us. Congressman.
(I'll pause 10 seconds to It may take an act of Con-
allow you to insert your own gress to win our first medal in
Dick Cheney joke,since ev- Nordic combined or biathlon_,
erybody has one.) but,hey,we can do that.
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FANS' INSIDER I know hockey is Canada's
sport.I'm'not talking about Tisiting Euless
some hostile takeover,or even A power outage around
2 nations trying to put our stamp on lunch time Wednesday at the
, their Olympic team.(Please Olympic Media Center-Euless
overlook the fact that we have Branch provided a rare oppor ..Y
hellaelous 24 of the 30 teams in the NHL, tunity to get out and explore
legislated four-on-four over- Euless'ballyhooed North
times,eliminated ties and Main Street.I ventured into
hockey club ' started showing hockey on Big Joe's Pizza,Pasta&Subs,
the bull riders'favorite cable' where I enjoyed a taste of
network.) Italy with a slice of Italian
This is a selfless,neigh- sausage pizza and(fitting,
■Hey,Canada: For 2010, borly attempt to reach out and considering today's column)a
united we could stand on the help Canada win gold. slice of Canadian bacon.
medals podium. Just like in Salt Lake City. David Thomas,(817)390-7760
EULESS—I have this
When Canadians Jamie Sale dthomas@star-telegrancom
idea .and David Pelletier got
that I don't think will go over robbed of gold in pairs figure V
too well with our friends skating,we were Canada's
the northh.. biggest ally in righting the
No,not
Oklahomans. wrong.
Canadians. As soon as we confirmed
I watched and double-confirmed that
the U.S. rallying to the Canadian cause
men's hock Would not cost us a medal,we
. ey team lose offered the international in-
4-3 Wednes fluence of the Today show to
DaVjd day too Fin- help the Canadians receive
'j'gp land the unprecedented duplicate gold
medals.
uarterfi- ;
q
quayThen I So I think we should offer
our assistance once more.
watched Canada lose 2-0 a
Russia.No medals for North What,exactly,could Amer-
America. ica offer Canada in hockey?
That's when I got this idea: I think that was what my
We should combine with friend was wondering when
he said, pdon't want any of
Canada to form a Unified;
your old players."
mens hockey team! i
I don't expect immediate I think he underrates U.S.
acceptance from up north, hockey.Surely.we have a cou-
because I bounced it off a pie of players who could con-
Canadian friend of mine.He's tribute on a fourth line.Or a
not onboard.Yet. video technician or team den-
tist Canada could use.
But he also refuses to agree ,1
with me(yet)that Canada's I believe we would make a i
greatest contribution to the great combination.
U.S.is Alan Thicke,so—as I Kind of like that old
think they still say up in Buf-
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
falo,which is near Canada— commercial where one person
my friend says,"Hey,you got chocolate
s not exactly the
biggest toe in the crease,if in my peanut butter!"And the
second person replies,"Well,
you know what I mean. you got peanut butter on my
Tobe honest,I don t see chocolate!"
why Canada wouldn't go for 'Then a voice says,"Two
this. great tastes that taste great
together."
That's what the United
States and Canada could be—
two great nations that play
great together.
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FANS' INSIDER If Insider:Mayor,you're the Insider: you dont have
Big Enchilada of Euless,then?`
Mayor:I guess. one,it's not passe.To the city
ayor ,
Mefflain
Insider:So,Msaymanager:If you can get one of
that I—hypothetically speak- the mayor's keys to the city,do
ing,of course-get pulled you think we could go to Home
over doing 31 in a 30?Is it Depot and make a copy for me?
EWessjust your name that I drop into the City Manager:Let me try
' conversation? v .;m to sneak hers out of her office,
c����1l' Mayor:No,you need lylie and we'll go make a copy.
( 7111 for It police chief's name 'Ax David Thomas,(817)390-7760
K31 (Note:Yes,this interview i5 dthomas@star-telegram com
■The Olympic media aren't real)
Insider:How do you two
the only people in Euless think Hurst and Bedford would
' with a sense of,humon respond if we started putting
the"E"in"H-E-B"first and
EULESS—Finally,a re- said"E-B-H"or"E-H-B?"
ward for two weeks of keep Mayor:I don't think it has
' ing up with the competitions', the right melody to it.
on the In- City Manager:I think we
ternet then could make it the right melody.
tuning in to Mayor:How about"Eu-
NBC to
Eu-
NBC;to less-H-B?"
watch what Insider:The theme of these
had already,. Olympics is"Passion Lives
' happened. Here."When the Olympics
Euless come to Euless,what do you
Mayor Mary think we'll be saying lives here?
Da�ld. Lib Saleh and City Manager:"Mayor
' TMpMM ; City Manager, Saleh Lives Here."
''Joe Henmg Insider:How long have
hosted a you been city manager?
meet-and-greet Thursday at the City Manager:Seven
' Texas Star Conference Centre years.
for all of the working media Insider:With answers like
members of the Olympic Media that,you're trying for seven
Center-Euless Branch more,aren't you?
' The city's leadership broke Mayor:You are absolutely
away from the pack of report- right.But I think we would
ers for this exclusive interview say we've got the best citizens
' The Fans'Insider:This is of anybody anywhere.We
for all of the government welcome you with open arms.
teachers who are reading this (Note:I was hoping one of
to their classes—what is a them would say,"Michael
' city manager's job description? Young Lives Here.")
City Manager:Make sure Insider:Do either of you
we keep the mayor happy, have a key to the city?
Insider:And,Mayor,how City Manager:The mayor
' would you describe the city does.She is in charge of the
manager's job description? keys and proclamations for
Mayor:To keep me happy, the city of Euless.
Along with the City Council. Insider:I've always want-
Insider-I'm with the city. ed a key to a city.What do I
manager and the mayor. have to do to get one?
Which one of you is the Big Mayor:We give proclama-
' Enchilada of Euless? tions and certificates of ap-
City Manager:The mayor preciation and that type of
is.The mayor is elected.I'm thing rather than keys to the
appointed.That means they city,because they're heavy
' can fire me. and bulky.We stopped-that
years ago.It's kind of passe to
give a key to the city.
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State Rep.Todd Smith,R-Euiess,is building a larger space for his
Bedford law office at 16b8 Airport Freeway.His firm will take 4,100 �.
square feet,and the rest will be available for lease,said Nancy Smith,
the leasing contact.The building will be finished in June,she said.
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On a roll with four- th outlet 1
THE BACK STORY: alongside instead of marga
This homegrown home- Dixie HORS@ Cafe rine. '
cooking empire has slowly THE MISSES:We want-
expanded throughout Tarrant 2051 Airport Freeway
County,with owners Theresa Euless ed a piece of the frosted
(817)354-5900 deep-dish apple pie,but
and Dale Simon opening someone else got the last one ,
their fourth outlet,this time just as we were ordering.
in Euless,late last year.Origi- toes,plate-sized cinnamon (Teach us to wait till nearly 8
nally the only one of the four rolls,or the plethora of pies. on a Friday to eat here.)Our
to be open for three meals a THE HITS:We liked the second choice,a chocolate-
day,six days a week,the Eu- ` chicken-fried steak,a tender pecan pie,was OK,but a
less cafe has since scaled > slab of beef with a thick, little too sweet for our tastes.
back dinner service to Friday crunchy crust under a dollop . THE SERVICE:Fast and
and Saturday nights only but of peppery gravy,but we no-nonsense,but pleasant. .
serves breakfast and lunch loved the dense meatloaf, That kitchen must be an
Monday through Saturday. spicy and not puffed up with efficient assembly line;our
THE FOOD:The Dixie filler as the dish so often is. dinners arrived in less than
House motto,"home of the Chunky homemade mashed five minutes.
big buns,"would quickly be potatoes,flat Italian-style TETE PRICES:Plates
applied to my house if we green beans with a sheen of include one meat,two veg-
allowed ourselves to eat here fat,creamy macaroni and gies and a roll,and cost$6.75
too often.The menu lists cheese,and nuggets of fried at lunch and$7.75 at dinner.
nods to the health-conscious, okra were all solid,homey THE DETAILS:Open
such as salads,tilapia and a renditions,but we totally 6:30 a.m.2 p.m.Monday-
special Atkins plate($6.75) understand why the giant Thursday;6:30 a.m.-9 p.m.
featuring hamburger steak, dinner rolls get star billing. Friday-and Saturday.Major •+�+
grilled chicken breast or They were terrific—yeasty, credit cards accepted;
grilled pork chops.But we soft and fragrant,what your smoke-free;wheelchair-
find it hard to resist more grandmother makes if you're accessible,
traditional items here,such lucky enough to have a - -Patricia Rodriguez, -�
as chicken-fried chicken grandma who bakes like this. special to the star-Telegram
breast,buttery mashed pota- If only real butter came
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Dixie House lands in Euless with the usual favorite comfort-food
dishes,including chicken-fried steak with broccoli,twice-baked
' potatoes,homemade yeast rolls,banana split pie and iced tea.