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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-04-28 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF 'YOUNG MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED DATE OFARTICLE NEWSPAPER FKST Did YOU kDOW that 30*10%o., Of MEB'S poI I S I I perience t-voesur, ................... ......................................... ... ........ ............................... .................... ... .......... ...... ............ ....... 1.�,.......... We want todos- omething about it! www.healthyneweuless.org.-, Special Thanks to our HighStepp in' Sponsors! M&E SS Star-Telegram j HARmMrniomsT C UP,Ry PRINTING DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7 /�U / DATE OF ARTICLE Q cP NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST BRIEFS Little anglers invited to free fishing event EULESS-Euless youngsters who want to reel in a big one-or a small one-will have a chance, from.9 a.m.to.noon April 29 at a free fishing tournament. , j The city of Euless and Texas Junior Anglers will stock the pond at Wilshire Park,315 Sierra Drive,with 500 pounds of catfish for the event. Fishing equipment will be provided for those who need it. Prizes will be given in various age groups and categories. Parents may fish after the competition.Call(817)685-1666 for more information. -Terry Lee Goodrich 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF ` CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ,MAYOR YOUNG McDONALD �COLLINS WIL/HITE GETCHELL LIBlRARYADMI/N LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7 / �J l 7` DATE OF ARTICLE / / / e NEWSPAPER FWST ' Jacqueline Robertson Weathers EULESS—Jacqueline Robertson Weathers,66,one of God's angels on earth,went to be with God on Wednes- day,April 19,2006,after a long and cou- rageous battle with cancer. Funeral:12:30 p.m.Monday at First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, 800 W.Fifth St.Committal service:3:30 p.m. in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visita- tion:4 to 6 p.m.Sunday at Biggers Fu- neral Home. Memorials: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite #250, Dallas, Texas 75244,(888)888-3317. Jackie was born in Knightdale,N.C., on Oct. 23, 1939, to W.L. "Jack" and Thelma Ginn Robertson. She had re- sided in Texas for the last 35 years,but North Carolina, her family and many friends remained in her heart. Ms.Weathers, an artist,writer and public speaker,was a member of many ' organizations,including the DFW Writ- ers Group, Euless Library Foundation, Downtown Singles and New Horizons Church Group. She was preceded in death by her parents,Thelma and Wiley Robertson, and a brother,Wiley Robertson III. Survivors:Daughters,Kim Green- wood and husband, David, of Euless, ' Beverly Weathers of Euless and Kristi Belote and husband, David,of Austin; sisters, Mary Spencer and husband, Connie; of Richmond, Va., Thelma Medlin of Garner,N.C.,and Ann Stegall ' and husband, Paul, of Wake Forest, N.C.; grandchildren, Nicole Babb and Christa and Meagan Greenwood; great-granddaughter,Kylee,due July 4, ' 2006;and a large and loving circle of ex- tended family and friends. Biggers Funeral Home 6100 Azle Ave.,(817)237-3341 View and sign guestbook at ' www.star-telegram.com/obituaries DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFA MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT , YOUNG McDONALD /COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYAD,M/IN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /a 7 v NEWSPAPER FWST Runjaningon , battery power Interstate Batteries Now that the company wants,to quadruple the num- has refined its store model,it ber of its All Battery Cen plans to expand rapidly.In ter stores across the country. October,the company called Company leaders have also on prospective franchisees to set their sights on becoming open stores in 400 areas the the national leader in the company identified as prime. battery retail market. markets.Most of those mar- The Dallas-based compa- kets are in the Southeast, ny has received about800 Elam said. inquiries from prospective -The company is also. franchisees interested in looking to make its stores filling the approximately 400 more inviting,Sepulveda new stores they are planning said.It plans to remodel' in the coming years,said stores in Euless and Des Mickey Elam,company vice Moines,Iowa,in June.It will president.The company has add hardwood floors and 33 franchisees with 561oca- update battery displays,Elam tions in 24 states and Puerto " . said. Rico. Sepulveda said he believes "In a$50 billion fragment- that the battery market will ed market,you want to grow grow 8,percent a year,in part as fast as possible,"Elam because people have more said. deyices that use battery pow- The company has two er. locations in Tarrant County The average household and plans four others,Elam has about 20 devices that use said. batteries,he said. In 1999,Interstate Batter- —Andrea fares ies,which has been known for its auto batteries for 53 years,started developing stores that stock a wide range of batteries.The stores bill themselves as a place where customers can find any battery.And if it's not in stock,it can be ordered or built. As a nationally known brand,the company wants to bridge the gap between gen- eral retailers who stock alka- line batteries and manufac- turers who sell highly spe- cialized batteries for specific uses, said Carlos Sepulve- da,president and CEO. .r 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ,MAYOR YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN /LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED DATEOFARTICLE Y NEWSPAPER FWST tCONTEST Treesinspire' es vers � forArbor-Day ■Youngsters write poetry gan 17 years ago and attracted come play and keep cool in its ' about trees for a contest to thousands to the city last shade," he said. "At the end it celebrate Arbor Day on Fri- spring.The city announced last said something like, `Someday day. year that it would no longer when I have my own children, hold the festival because of ris- I'll put them on my knee and ' By TERRY LEE GOODRICH ing costs and financial risks. tell them about that special STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF wRITER At Wilshire Elementary tree.'" EULESS — Fourth-graders, School on Monday, Beck an- City staffers, Hurst-Euless- are getting poetic about eating swered youngsters'.questions, Bedford school district offi- peanut butter-and-jelly sand- including how tall and how old cials and Euless Mayor Mary wiches under trees and about trees can get. One California Lib Saleh judged 24 poems.The the insects that fly among the redwood is believed to be more mayor will announce the win- branches..And they are hoping than 2,000 years old, he said, ner Thursday during a visit to than when they are parents, and some have grown more the student's school. their own kids will enjoy trees, than 300 feet tall. Ray McDonald,the city's di- too. Beck also made plenty of rector of parks and community ' It's all part of the city's Poe- tree jokes., services, said the youngsters TREE contest in honor of Ar- "What do you tell a tree took the poetry writing seri- bor Day, which is Friday. The that's too close to your house. ously. winning poem about trees will he asked."You tell it to leaf.'" Wilshire fourth-grader Joi ' be engraved on a plaque and And what should you tell a Siler,9,of Bedford said her fam- placed beside a sapling in a na- cow that gets too close to your fly has five trees in the front ture preserve at McCormick house? yard and 10 in the back. ' Park,city staffers said. This time the;kids were Her classmate Tariq Bell, 9, This week,municipal horti- ready. of Euless said the poem his culturist Jimmy Beck and other "M00000ve," they :cho- class wrote was "a classic, be staffers are visiting six Eu- rused. - ' less elementary schools to give Kidding aside,"trees are the cause not just one person made free trees to about 500 fourth- caretakers of the earth — and it up but we shared ideas and fi- graders and tell them about the people are the caretakers of nally got it right. It was about. environmental benefits of trees,"Beck said. how trees give us fresh air and ' trees.The cityis concentrating Beck food." � g praised the fourth- on community events such as graders'poems,noting that one He said he plans to give his this in lieu of its huge Arbor was`kind of fear-jerking.It was oak sapling to his grandmother."She has three or four trees, Daze festival,a music and envi- about a favorite tree and how it and t}unk"she'd enjoy:ong ronmental celebration that be- seemed to be inviting a child to ' more,as long as the dog doesr �-. eat it up,"Tariq said. ' Terry Lee Goodrich,(877)08 3872 ' tgoo4rich@star-te1egram.c9_m 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE C JF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 1 / 1 DATE OF ARTICLE Z c�S I" NEWSPAPER FWST � Euless students. get a Hving lesson on how trees shape their. world ......... 10 Ulm * E h + r �r S+" t i y H.. Fourth-grader Jauntell Davis holdsf Elk" fj t� €b a live oak sapling that she received Monday from the city of Euless in honor of Arbor Day, `. r which is this Friday. At right,Euless 1 *, horticulturalist Jim- H i my Beck tells fourth-graders at I �" Wilshire Elementary i School how trees } affect the environ- ment. nviron ment.Afterward,all the students got a free tree sapling a F w.. P : rrN kk MC`/!Ek ,DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF / 'MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /a DATE OFARTICLE / �� lP NEWSPAPER FWST IEULESS Residents speak out against road 'Jeet r ' By TERRY LEE GOODRICH said the changes will not aid Because the it STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITERem was not on levard, Harwood Road, Main the traffic flow and will instead the agenda,by state law coun- Street, Pipeline Roxd and EULE - SS A handful of Eu pose hazards to people's back ctl members could not respond Westpark Way. . less residents told the.City yards and pedestrians on side- to the comments,Mayor Mary ONLINE:www.ci.eu1ess.tx.us Council on Tuesday that they walks. Land on the south side Lib Saleh said. wwwcigrapevine.mus fear that a$5.2 million Grape- of Glade Road is in Euless and But Deputy City Manager Terry Lee Goodrich.(817)6853812 vine-Euless project to widen a on the north side in Grapevine. Gary McKamie told those with tgoodrich@star-telegram.com mile of Glade Road will result "The sidewalks will be right concerns that the road will be in traffic hazards, noise and up against fences and property "much safer than it is right tree destruction. lines of homes that back up to now" ; This month, Grapevine the road," he said. "This will Officials with Grapevine awarded a contract for the pro- cause a very dangerous street and Euless have answered ject to JLB Contracting of Fort where pedestrians, including questions and heard com- Worth.The company will wid- many schoolchildren,walk." ments at neighborhood meet- enihe road to four lanes from Resident Mary Littlepage ings,but some of the residents 'Champagne Boulevard to Tex- told council members that said they were unaware of the as 360.The project,which will sound and safety barriers will proposed widening until re- take about a year,will include be inadequate. cently. turn lanes,and street Residents voiced their con- The Glade Road project is ,medians, lights in the median. ' cern during the public com- thelast in a 10-year street im- Steve Symonds,who lives in -ment portion at the end of the provement effort that included the 700 block of Glade Road, meeting. Farm Road 157,Mid-Cities Bou- ' DISTRIBUTED T0: PAGE r OF _J MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG MCDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRA�R/YADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED y�� r' DATE OFARTICLE NEWSPAPER DMN `I was being told there was no hope,butt knew deep down there's always hope." -� Mary Beth Reddell Surrounded ho e ceremony after dark,the small y P Northeast Tarrant: cai dle4ighted sacks will spell ouf"hope" in the stands, the IF YOU GO teams compete to raise Cancer survlvorS one word that means every- money for the American unite for Walk thing to a cancer survivor. The 2006 Relay For Cancer Society.The evening After extensive surgery to Life-Northeast Tarrant will feature a luminaria By LYNDA STRINGER remove the cancer that had County will be from 6 p.m. ceremony,skits and musical special Contributor spread beyond her colon and Friday to 6 a.m.Saturday at entertainment.For Mary Beth Reddell knows more than a dozen chemother- Trinity High School in Euless information about the Relay what it's like to be told you are apy treatments, Ms. Reddell to raise money for cancer For Life,to join the survivor going to die. She also knows was told there was nothing research and support celebration or find out how what it's like to hold onto hope, more that could be done. But programs.Relay teams of to form a relay team,contact keep fighting and receive a sec- another doctor gave her a eight to 15 members will take Kristin Bates at 817-689- ond chance at life. glimmer ofhope. turns walking or running laps 3795 or Nanette Rix at The 43-year-old cancer He said when the tumor around the school's track, nanetterix@texashealth.org, survivor shares an emotional shrinks rather than if. I keeping at least one or go online to www.acs bond with her friend and grabbed onto that, she said. I member on the track events.org/tx/relay/nett. American Airlines colleague was being told there was no throughout the night.The Kim Giese,who has beat can- hope, but I knew deep down cer not once,but three times, there's always hope." surviving Hodgkin's lympho- In August, she underwent ma,oral cancer and lung can- surgery at UT Southwestern Lynda Stringer is a North cer. Medical Center at Dallas to re- Richland Hills freelance writ Today the two women are move two large tumors in her er. the driving force behind AA's liver. Angels, teams made up of "I'm cancer-free today. I American Airlines employees just got chills saying that,"Ms. who will run in the American Reddell said."Everything hap- Cancer Society's Northeast pens for a reason, and I know Tarrant County Relay For Life God had prepared me for this." on Friday at Trinity High The two friends said that School's track in Euless. without a strong faith and sup- The first AA's Angels team port from family and friends, was organized last year by Ms. they might have given up. Reddell of Grapevine, her "I'm a miracle.Kim's a mir- friend Julie Szumski of Grape- acle," Ms. Reddell said. "I vine and Ms. Giese of Dallas. think of how bad I was and Since then, their grass-roots where I am today.A year ago,I efforts to raise awareness of was deathly ill, and today, I early-detection screenings just have a short haircut." among co-workers has paid "We. were blessed with off. Forty AA's Angels Relay great doctors and friends and For Life teams will compete in support,and we want to make this week's event.The goal for sure other people have the the Northeast Tarrant County event is to raise$100,000. same thing,"Ms.Giese said. A survivors lap will kick off. the relay around the track that will be lined with luminaries in honor of survivors and in memory of those who lost the battle with cancer.In a special DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE -_"� OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADNIIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED `7 /� /�'�' DATE OF ARTICLE NEWSPAPER DMN ON �3 y S 1 �1w as�l x �t!' � � � I k 01k 1 C 4 1 �1 NATHAN HUNSINGER/Staff Photographer Mary Beth Reddell rallies her American Airlines colleagues to participate in the Relay For Life on Friday and Saturday in Euless.Organizers are worldng to raise$100,000. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OF / MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS / WILHITE GETCHELL LIBR�AfRYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED "7`�/�gle6 DATE OF ARTICLE 'Ila /0� NEWSPAPER FWST Joe Domian ARLINGTON —Joe Domian, 55, passed away Monday,April 24,2006. Euless Police Funeral:1 p.m.Thursday at St.Vin- Department cent de Paul Catholic Church inArling- .ton. Burial:Oak Grove Memorial Gar- le Employee dens in Irving. Joe was born June'15,1950. Survivors: Wife, Betty Domian; mother,Maria Sanchez;daughter,Kal lie Marie Domian;sisters,Catalina Fal will - las and Iva Eggleston;and niece,Paula Fallas. Arlington Funeral Nome 1221 E.Division St.,(817)548-1791 rrwl Owl rr o rill rril t rri (DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ,MAYOR YOUNG McDONALD �C/O'LLINtS� WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR I DATEDISTRIBUTED l d ®� DATE OFARTICLE 7 / r/ o 4 NEWSPAPER FWST FUNDRAISER Relay for Life to aid cancer research ' ■Northeast Tarrant resi- "We've got a few that will cause people are going to need . dents will walk from 6 p.m. run,but most of us will walk," to eat,we're keeping the restau- today till 6 a.m.Saturday at Rix said. rant open all night, too. That ' a fundraiser to fight cancer. She said about 200 cancer sweet tea will keep you going." survivors in the Northeast Tar- Grapevine High School se- By TERRY LEE GOODRICH rant relay will eat barbecue at 6 nior Kristin Bates,18,president sTnxesxnM STAFF wRrrEx p.m.today,then lead the Survi- of team development and re- I f you go ' EULESS—More than 2,500 .vors'Lap to kick off the walk/ cruitment for the second con- IN American Cancer Society Northeast Tarrant County resi- run. secutive year, said 102 teams Relay for Life in Northeast dents will lose a little sleep this After an invocation, they have already signed up to walk, Tarrant County weekend to fight a devastating will be escorted around the up from 64 last year. In 2005, IN Trinity High School disease. track by Trinity High School the :Northeast Tarrant relay E 500 N.Industrial Blvd. They will take part in the drummers. Rix said a praise brought in $92,000 of Tarrant 0 6 P.m.today to 6 a.m. 2006 American Cancer Society band from Martin United County's„ from 5:30 to 9 p.m.today $743,000 total.. Saturday.Registration will be Relay for Life in Northeast Tar- Methodist Church will per- I got involved with this be- 11 No cost,but donations may rant County.The event,part of form,and an inspirational vid-` cause when I was in second be made a national drive to 'raise money eo of cancer survivors and grade,my grandmother died of M(817)685-4960 or for cancer research and aware= their families will be shown. colon cancer when she was on- (817)685-4969 ' ness, will be at Trinity High Glow-in-the-dark sticks will ly 56," Bates said. "And last E www.acsevents.orO/tx/relay/ School's quarter-mile track light the way for relay teams of year, my grandfather died of nett from 6 p.m. today until 6 a.m. `eight to 15 people who will take lung cancer." Saturday. turns circling the track.' Organizers said partici The.national goal is to raise Among those. doing laps pants don't have to be on a and at Lake Worth High School,4210 Boat Club Road in $317 million.Northeast Tarrant will be Virginia Lynch,manag- m and may register on-site. tea has already exceeded its er of the Chicken Express res- A bounce house and face Lane Worth. ' $100,000 goal with$125,000 in taurant in Bedford, across In- painting will be offered for chit- Terry Lee Goodricn,(817)685-3812 pledges to contribute to Tar- dustrial Boulevard from the dren. Volunteers have offered tgoodr«h@star-tetegram.com rant County's $810,000 goal, high school. to give haircuts and manicures event chairwoman Nanette Rix "I'm going to be there all in hopes of receiving donations, ' said.The theme for this year's night long," said Lynch,whose Rix said.The event will include event is Lights!Camera!Relay! mother died of breast cancer. poker and bingo tournaments. Simultaneous relays will take "There will be 11 of us there Simultaneous relays will be place in Fort Worth and Lake from Chicken Express, and at Farrington Field, 1501 Uni- ' Worth,organizers said. we've got$1,100 so far.And be- Versity Drive in Fort Worth, DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFA MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / DATE OF ARTICLE /'� lG(� NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST TARRANT & AREA BRIEFS Carrollton man killed in motorcycle crash EULESS-A Carrollton man was killed early Thursday when the motorcycle he was riding crashed in south Euless,police •said.Mark¢randon,55,died of blunt-force trauma about 2:30 a.m.,police said.Officers found his body in a ditch on the shoul- der of the 1500 block of South Pipeline,Road. —Melissa Sanchez .r r ori .rs .r .r rr .r r1 v IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OF CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ,MAYOR YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS WILHITE GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED ( `� �P DATE OF ARTICLE 4 NEWSPAPER FWST IVI 'NORTHEAST CLICK $ f t& John Dawson,Bets Bo ett and Jessica Y Y Campbell School administrator meeting speaker Gene Buinger,superintendent of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district,. spoke,at the H-E-B Chamber of Commerce's April luncheon,which took i place at First United Methodist Church of Hurst: f.. . SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/MIKE LEWIS is Conner Patterson,Alysia St.Clair,Barak St.Clair,Mindy Patterson and Carolyn Patterson ' Egg hunt scrambles up fun- - — -- An egg hunt,a bounce house and games were part of the fun at the Euless Easter Egg Scramble at the parks at Texas Star.