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1 CONGRATULATIONS
' Student places first in
congressional art contest
' Kaylee Goyer, a senior at Col-
leyville Heritage High School,
placed first in the national Artistic
Discovery Congressional Art
' Competition for the 24th District
of. Texas. Congressman Kenny
Marchant invited high school art
students in the district to enter the
' contest,which is held in each con-
gressional,district.
Kaylee's artwork will be dis-
played in the Cannon Tunnel on
' = Capitol Hill in Washington for the
next year. Her piece, "Guardian,"
depicts a statue of an angel hold-
ing a cross. She created her piece
' using a wooden board covered in
white polymer paint and black In-
dian ink. She then scratched
through the ink to uncover the
' white clay underneath.Kaylee and
her parents, Dana and Doug of
Euless, will attend a ribbon-cut-
ting ceremony in Washington in
June.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
D6G DAZE 2006:The Euless Animal
*shelter will host Dog Daze 2006 from
9
A.m.to 1 p.m.Saturday at the shelter,
07 Westpark Way.Gayla Mass,a
'etgrinarian,will administer
oactinations for rabies,DHLP,kennel '
cough and corona.Heartworm testing
y :.
Arkllyme vaccinations will be
available.Professional groomers will
offer summer shaves for small and '
large dogs.All proceeds from the
shaves benefit the Injured Animal
Fund.Free refreshments will be
served.For information,call the .
shelter at 817-685-1594.
FAMILY FUN BIKE RIDE AND PICNIC.
The event will be from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m.
Saturday at Bob Eden Park,901 W. '
Mid-Cities Blvd.in Euless.Families can
bring their bicycles to participate in
the three-mile bike ride through three
Euless parks.Riders will travel at their
own pace,so participants of all ages
can join.Alex Horton,chair of the
Euless TRAILS committee,will lead the
ride through the Nature Preserve at
McCorfnick Park.Families can pack a
picnic and hang out after the bike ride,
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for a show about science with
Professor Brainius.for information,
call 817-685-1666.
OUT OF SCHOOL BASH:Vocal Trash,a .r11
music group that plays everything-
possible from trash cans to kitchen
sinks,will have a free concert from 2 to
5 p.m.May 25 at the Midway I
Recreation Center,300 W.Midway in
Euless.The pool will be.open.The
event will also include bounce houses,
face painters and strolling magicians. WWI
For information;call 817-685-1666.
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Go & Do , Calendar
SATURDAY
FAMILY FUN BIKE RIDE AND PICNIC:The
event will be from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m.at Bob
Eden Park,901 W.Mid-Cities Blvd.in -.
Euless.Families can bring their bicycles
to participate in the three-mile ride
through three Euless parks.Riders will
travel at their own pace,so
Participants of all ages can
join.Call 817-685-1666.'
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By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
EULESS Posters asking
yn
for information on Kristen `
Charbonneau began fading
weeks ago.
It has been ,nine months- „ r.
since the exotic dancer van-
ished, enough time for some Kristen Charbonneau's parents,
one to have seen her, enough Monica and David, and her sib
time for answers about her lings, left to right, Alicia, Joey
and Brandon, still wait for news W"
disappearance from Baby �___. of Kristen,in framed photo,miss-
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D-olls Topless in far east Fort 'neau's lifestyle — that of an exotic Ing for months.
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Worth. danj�ersince age 19.She's also battled � Difficult lifeBut there aren't any. a cocaine addiction. Born in Shreveport,Kristen Char-
David Charbonneau,continue
Her parents,.Monica and Her relatives say that Euless inves-
tigators waited days looking bonneau, the oldest of four.children,
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their '-relentless search for into the case and that detectives have grew p in Irvin Den-
ton
attended
their 24-year-old daughter, not interviewed everyone involved. ton Ryan High School in Denton be
who vanished under such bi- "It's that people looked at her as fore dropping out and getting a GED a
only a stripper, and no one cares," short time later:
parents
circumstances that her
can reel them off as if 'Charbonneau, Kristen's Against her parents'wishes,Char
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it
it happened yesterday. - bonneau bean dancing at Baby Dolls
18-year-old sister. But she was the g
Such as no one seeing what sweetest person 'you would ever using the name Devon. She held the
meet." job for five years. x
happened to her after a cus- Euless police, however, say that "I didn't talk to Kristen about her
tomer walked her to the club work,as she knew how I felt about it,three investigators were on the case
door.Or a taxi arriving at the g e
club to take her home and . in,the beginning and that the depart_ and encouraged and often pleaded
Charbonneau never getting ment had the Texas Rangers and Fort with her to stop working there,"Mon-
Worth police look over the case to see ica Charbonneau said. "When she
inside.Or how,just days after
she vanished, her boyfriend what they might have missed. first started working there;she hid it
Authorities also contacted the FBI from us, knowing how we would-
told
ould-told Charbonneau's family to which told them that the case did not feel."
pick up her belongings from fall under its jurisdiction. One of Kristen Charbonneau's •
the Euless house. the couple It remains the only missing person first customers was Mike Robert Mar-
shared. casein the files of the Euless police. couiller, 41, then an American Air-
"She's my daughter,"David, «We've done everything in our lines pilot.
Charbonneau said."I want her power to find her," Euless Assistant' Marcouiller was a regular who
found." Police Chief Harland Westmoreland quickly became fascinated by the new
. Her parents believe -that: said.
dancer,her sister said.
Euless police feel no urgency "He.was much older....They were
because of Kristen Charbon- total opposites,"Alicia Charbonneau
said."But he would give her all kinds
of money, so she stayed around. At
first,it was all about staying with him
because of the money."
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eiicia Charbonneau said her sister "She"even told us that if anything No one s known to have seen or
ntually fell in love with Marcouill- happened to her, we would need to talked to Charbonneau since that sun-
er,an Air Force Reserve major,mov-., look
at Mike," David Charbonneau ny summer afternoon.
in into his .Euless home two years said. "It's unlike her to go this long with-
a In a recent brief interview with the out contactirig her brother and sister,
roblems soon followed_accord- Star-Telegram, Marcouiller said that which she was extremely close to,"
ing to Tarrant County criminal court he loved Kristen. Skiles said. "We have no paper trail
Icords, Kristen Charbonneau was "She had problems," Marcouiller because she had always paid with
rested by Euless police in 2001 on said."But I planned to marry her.,, ' cash.She didn't have a bank account,
spicion of driving while intoxicat- a cellphone or credit cards."
ed. She was sentenced to 20 days in No clues During the weeks after her disap-
[ A Tarrant County grand jury de- Police, Kristen's friends and her pearance,investigators fanned out to
nedto indict her on a drug posses- ` relatives gave this account of the dis- Dallas-Fort Worth topless bars,inter-
sion charge in 2002 after she was' appearance: viewing dancers and employees for
10 ed in Grand Prairie. On'Wednesday,Aug.10 Charbon- clues.
Officers responded to a call from peau arrived at the Euless home she If a dancer or employee was ar-
arcouiller in July 2003 concerning shared with Marcouiller:Marcouiller rested in the area,we would be down
Charbonneau taking his car. A few there to the jail and ask if they knew.
ys later,she returned,accordingto generally worked in Wichita Fails yt g "Skiles said. new
during the week and returned on the anything about her,
lice reports. just were not getting much informa-
Two months later, officers re- Weekend.That day,Alicia was staying tion.".
sponded to a report of a woman who at the hiome. One lead was that Charbonneau
peared to be walking a street drunk. Charbonneau cooked beef tips and
rice for dinner,watched 50 First Dates N k
as Charbonneau,who was slightly j with Alicia and fell asleep on a couch.
ured when her elbow hit the rear- {I k
view mirror of a Euless patrol car as it Her sister fell asleep on another
led up beside her.
couch �k
In June 2004,she was again arrest- Alicia Charbonneau awoke about
e on suspicion of DWI,.this time in 11 a.m. Aug, ll to:find that her sister
dford. had already gone to work.
That month,. Marcouiller sum- At Baby Dolls, Charbonneau
quickly began drinking,according to
ned police on another domestic "
,.call, according to Euless police re- Police reports. y
rts. Marcouiller found Charbon- She was on medication for a bipo-
au with another man in the house lar disorder,"Euless police Detective COURTESY OF CHARBONNEAUS
d wanted officers to remove the Chuck Skiles said."She was instruct- Kristen Charbonneau, then 19, with
man. ed not to drink,but she was doing it brother Brandon Charbonneau,then 3,in
anyway. AA times, she stumbled and 2002.Born in Shreveport,Kristen Char-
In December 2004; police re- fell down." bonneau, the oldest of four children,
nded to a call from Marcouiller's Baby Dolls officials called her a grew up in Irving.
home after-Charbonneau was ac- cab about 3:41 m.to take her home,a
cused of assaulting a man at a cone- p' had gone to Las Vegas.
qWnce store who she thought was trip of about five miles. "We sent out information to Las
cking her out too closely.She then A customer helped her to the door, Vegas police, but we have not heard
drove away.Someone took down the and another dancer carried her bag, anything," Euless police Sgt. Troy
liwnse number of the car she was according to police reports. A cab Remingtonsaid.
driver told police he arrived and wait-
ving,and police tracked it to Mar- Meanwhile, Charbonneau's rela-
iller's home. ed five minutes but never saw anyone tives launched their own extensive
No arrests were made in the calls come out of the club.A flater, however, the search, tracking down telephone
few n�iinutes
Marcouiller's home, and there numbers of Charbonneau's friends
e no reports of domestic violence. customer who had helped her to the and co-workers, posting fliers and
tin
June, Charbonneau was sen- door saw her in the parking lot—the even searching the wooded area
tenced to 40 days in jail for the 2004` last time she was seen,police said. around Baby Dolls.
INVI charge in Bedford,according to Marcouiller was at work in Wich- "Baby Dolls didn't want the bad
rt lice said.records. That was just two ita Falls the afternoon of Aug.ll,po- publicity,so they took down our fliers
nths before she vanished. as soon as we put.them up,"said Da-
Her parents said their daughter Police considered the customer vid Charbonneau.
who helped Charbonneau to the door
Marcouiller constantly argued in and later said he saw her in the ark- Baby Dolls officials could not be
days before she disappeared. P reached for commdnt.
Alicia Charbonneau said Mar- ing lot as "a person of interest," but Marcouiller said he started his
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ller was jealous. they have nc)evidence of a crime.No own investigation,hiring a private in-
one has been arrested. vestigator to search for his girlfriend
and helping the Charbonneaus.
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But -as time has passed, the rela-_
tionship between Marcouiller and the ` 'We keep hoping'
Charbonneaus has,become strained, In time,Alicia Charbonneau went "$
the two sides saying very little to each to Marcouiller's home in Euless, col-
other in the past few weeks. lecting her sister's clothes and a pet r`
The. Charbonneaui believe that ferret, Squeaky, but leaving Buster,
Marcouiller knows what happened to Kristen's Yorkshire terrier puppy.
Kristen, noting that he wanted:Kris- The Charbonneaus have'"kept �1e,
tens thing „ Squeaky,waiting for a chance to give
s out of his home within � � ,R \
w him back to their daughter.
L But there has been no word from
R 3 her. ..
How to help _ €.: "She could still be alive," West
Kristen Charbonneau was last seen moreland said. "We keep hoping,be-
Aug.11 at Baby Dolls Topless bar in fat cause anything is possible."
east Fort Worth. For the Charbonneaus,the waiting "a
11 Charbonneau,24,is white,5 feet 3is painful.
inches tall and has brown eyes and Y "She was cautious of most people,
brown hair.She weighed 112 pounds ' and since she had been working at the
when she disappeared. club a while,she knew better than to
Anyone with information should leave with a customer," her mother
call Euless police at(817)685-1538. �
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n� said.
"It is very likely someone followed
Missing dancer _ her out the door and forced her into a
car.We just want to know",
Pipeline Rd. Domingo Ramirez Jr.,(817)685-3822
COURTESY OF MONICA CHARBONNEAU ramirez a@star-telegram.com
<r Peeks 157 e" Kristen Charbonneau,24 was last seen,
by a customer,in the parking lot of a far
east Fort Worth topless bar where she
Trinity Blvd. worked. ..i
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days of her disappearance.But Mar-
couiller said that:wasn't true.
"They called asking what was I go- •
ing to do with her stuff,"Marcouiller
said,noting that he got the telephone dig
call several weeks after she disap-
peared."And I just told them,`I guess
you could come get it,'" he said. "I
never ordered them to my house to •�+
get the stuff."
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PROFILE
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For 30 ears Euless woman
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has had a rp
ecl e for success
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■Verna Kight is the boss, but she always "Tose are all my recipes So she reopened,but she
1 wears a white apron, ready to wash dishes back there,"Kight says,point-, was the namesake this time.,
or cook. She is known for her warmth and ung to the kitchen. In 2000,she moved her cafer
Kight has managed to keep down the street to 607 W.
hospitality. her traditional diner a main- Euless Blvd.and plans to staty
1 By MELISSA SAman stay in Euless despite tfie in busixiess until she can't
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER changing economy and the keep up physically.
EULESS—Verna Kight blushed and Regular customers such as
g growth of the fast-food in-
wiped away tears as people lavished her with dustry.She starts her day Charlie and Faye DeMarque .
hugs and flowers—she's used to being the around 5 a.m.and serves come from Granbury to in-
one attending to everyone else's needs. breakfast and lunch to the dulge in the smothered pork
The 65-year-old quickly brushed up stray "working man,"she says.But chops and cheeseburgers.
1 locks.from her upsweep hairdo and posed for she wouldn't want to do any- Kight knows the,first name
a picture,seemingly puzzled about all the thing else. of almost everyone,acvho walks
hubbub. - "This is all I know,"she through her door and can
Thursday morning was
said."This is all I have ever usually remember what he or
known."
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special for Kight,when she orders.For three decades,
As a child,Kight was a she has also catered meals for
�. surprise her and celebrate As
brat,"she said..Her cityemployees at City Coun-
her 30 years in business. father was shipped to bases cil and Planning and Zoning
around the world,and al- Commission meetings„
Guests,including three though she was born iri the `
generations of a family of g Deputy City Managv Gary
loyal customers,filed in Midwest,she lived all over the McKamie has known Kight
KIGHT and thanked her for the U.S.,including California and since she worked for his fa-
years that Verna's Cafe Oklahoma.
has satisfied their hankerings for down Kight attended high school ther as a waitress at the Mid-
home cooking. in Tokyo,where she learned way.Verna's chicken-fried
" .
"just
enough Japanese to get' steak and chocolate pie make
Verna is speechless,"Euless City Secre-
ItarY Susan Crim said after sheby_ and Bill Rid- his mouth water.
After marrying H.L.May- "She has stuck to the ba-
geway,director of economic hew in Tokyo at age 15,Kight sics,"McKamie said."She
development,presented Kight - - serves the same thing today
with a certificate of accom- moved back to the States with that she did 30 years ago,and
plishment."Can you all be ;him in 1957.The two lived in that's just Verna.She doesn't
lieve that Verna is speech- San Antonio and Arlington change much with the times.
less?" before settling in Euless in What you see is what you
Kight beamed and noted 1959• get."
that her-81-year-old mother, Kight immediately took up
who couldn't make the trip a job at the Midway Coffee
from her home in Bowie, House,a restaurant she would
would be"so proud." buy 17 years later.
Friends and customers say In 1991,after divorcing
Kight is known for her ' Mayhew,Kight decided to
(warmth and hospitality.And retire.But nine months of
even though she is the boss, boredom began to wear on
she always wears a white her.
lrapron,readyto wash dishes or "You can only clean the
cook.Patrons say the food is house so much,and you caii'
unforgettable and the pies are only watch so much TV,"she
usually gone by noon. reasoned.
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Bill Ridgeway,Euless'director of economic development,hugs Verna
Kight, who was recognized Thursday for 30 years of business. The
guests included three generations of a family of loyal customers.
Verna Dight
Went to high school in
Tokyo
Has three children
Has been a restaurant
owner for 30 years
What she has learned:"You
can't make it in this world
without good people.I don't,
know what I would do without
.I-CORRECTIONS
Euless Mayor Mary Lib
aleh presented Verna's
afe owner Verna Kight
with a certificate of
0ccomplishment last week-
?for being in business 30
years.Saleh was incorrectly
,:;identified in an article
(about Kight that ran in
tSunday's edition.
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' EULESS
Church,:,will defflcate W46 rical marker . ,
First United Methodist The church began with Council reschedules ` spouses,the suggested' lona-
Church of Euless will cele- about 50 worshippers in 1876.1_ . The Euless City Council, tion is$2'each.
brate its 130 ears of service The met at Grange Hall
y y g ,a which usually meets on the Reservations are required
with the dedication of a Texas building where other denom second and fourth Tuesdays "by noon the day before.Those
'historical marker at 2:30 p.m. inations also met.The church of each month,has resched- wanting to take part must fill
May 21 on _
. y moved to a separate building uled its regular May 23 meet out forms.
the church in 1891 on the site of the pre- ing,for May 30. The lunch program is of-
grounds sent church at 106 N.Main Because several council fered by Senior Citizen Ser-
The free St.,-church officials said. ;members will be attending vices of Greater Tarrant
program and2,-.,,,', Membership is now 1,340. the International Council County,a nonprofit organi-
reception , ;', "The'Texas historical ;_ , 'of Shopping Centers Con- zation that provides services
will be open marker program helps bring Terence in Las Vegas,there to more than 30 Tarrant
to the public., " :attention to community trea would not be enough for a County senior centers.
The speakers,,.' sures and the importance of quorum,city officials said. Lunches will be served at
will include Terry hee their preservation,"said Lar- 11:30 a.m,at the center,508
iWeldon Goodrich ry Oaks,executive director Lunch offered Simmons Drive.
Cannon,a of the Texas Historical The Simmons Senior _To obtain a form or make a
professor Commission,which awards Center will offer lunches reservation,`call(817)685-
emeritus of history at Tem- the markers. Tuesdays and Thursdays be 1670.
'ple College in Temple whose, The history-for the marker ginning June L.
ancestors moved from Ten- was written by Cannon and For those younger than 60, Terry Lee Goodrich covers Euless.
nessee to Euless and'wor longtime church,member the cost will be$5.For those: (817)6s5-3s,2
shipped at the church. Norma Lively. ages 60 and older and their tgoodrich@star-telegram.com
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Toughest Public Golf Courses in the D/FW Metroplex, Part 1
Ranked by USGA slope rating
Golf Course
Address
Phone USGA Slope Par/Difference Yardage/Course General Manager/
Fax Rating/USGABetween Course Designer/Greens Golf Pro/Year
Rank i Web site Course Rating
atin Rating and Par Green Fees O ned Amenities
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1 38 72 pulling greens and separate chipping with
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(817)738-8402 74 2 Bent grass DND practice sand area,bar stocked
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(817)738-6498 2002
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3401 Clubgale Dr.
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8951 ek Run Rd.
Fort CrW= 137 72 7,304 Jason HeilsUmMt Home a The Jim McLean Golf Center rat
s
3 76120 75 3 E49-$59 Steven D.Plumer DND WaterChase,driving range,practice course,
(817)861-4653 Champions Bermuda 2000 short game area,and golf fitness center
(677)661-9176 res
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600 Promontory Dr. 6,953
Keller 136 72 ones
Richard M.Wright Golf shop,dining,event and meeting rooms,
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(817)498-1414 73 1 Jr
(817)498-1014 Bent grass 1999 range,chipping greens and putting greens
www.skycreekranch.com sea
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1400 Texas Star Pkwy. Glenda
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g 76040 71
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www.TexasSlarGolf.com
tiara
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10650 Hwy.377 So. 7 117
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(817)249-8361
www.whitestonegolf.com
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700 S.Burleson Blvd.
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8 133 71 Driving range,putting and chipping greens,pro
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(817)447.4ggq 74 3 Bent grass DND shop,grill and restaurant
(81 7)447-4466
www.hidden—tifigoltcourse.com
Grapevine Golf Course
3800 Fairway Dr. 6,900 Jim Smith
Grapevine 132 72 Byron Nei f) Joe Sid
9 76051 73 1 $23-$27 Fin err McCloskey/Russell Newly renovated course now with 27 holes
(817)410-3377 TifEagle Bermuda Pulley
(817)410-3377 1979
ci.grapevine.N.us
Riverside Golf Club
3000 Riverside Pkwy. _
Grad Prairie 7,025 Ric Tolley
9 75050 �32 2 $44-$83 Roger Packs d Rocky Papachek Complete practice facttry,pro shop,banquet
(817)640-7800 Bent grass 1984 facilities and footl service
(617)633.3323
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Southern Oaks Golf Club
13765 Southern Oaks Dr.
Burleson 7,302 Michael Park
9 76028 132 71 $27-$8o Ma k Brooks Stack Bowers Driving range,restaurant,banquet and meeting
(817)426-2400 75 4 Td dwart Bermuda k Bo facilities
(817)426-2444
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15801 Championship Pkwy.
Fort Worts 7,005 Rocky Pa achek
1 2 76177 711 72 DND Jayy Mornsh ON
Dining renge,putting and chipping greens
(817)497-2582 Tif dwarf 2000
(817)463-2030
www.DorarTesoro.com
Beer Creek Golf Club(West Course)
3500 Bear Creek Court Andrew Gaudet
DFW Airport 130 72 6,690 general manager
75261 $27-$70 Ted Robinson Fully stocked pro shop,Hackers Grill antl social
3 (972)615-6800 73 1 Bermuda Steve
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(972)453-6410
www.bearcreek-golf.com
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4000 W.Windsor Dr.
Flower Mound7,000 Pam Marshall Academy of Golf at Bndlewood(golf
13 22 $45 -$60 D.A.We,ring Mike McCabe nst action)extens ve junior program,pra
75028 130 ctice
(972)355-4800 Bent grass 1997 facility,dining
(972)691-3152
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1680 Randers Dr.
Carrollton 6.795 Mike Brantley
130 72 Goll Academy,clinics,GPS carts,grill,
1 3 (972) 73 1 $15-$59 George Williams DND catering,pavilion,multi-purpose events area
(972)395-0786 DND 1999
DND
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' By PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE in Hickory Creek.
Denton Record-Chronicle
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LEWISVILLE—With the do-
thought to have,,
nation of an old barn from Hicko- been built by
ry Creek, probably built by freed freed slaves It is
slaves of Lewisville's historic Fox �f being recon-
family,a reconstructed homestead
structed
at Lewisville Lake Environmental elle Lake.
Learning Area is nearly complete. �
a� Environmelntol
Hickory Creek residents Jon Learning Area.
and Linda Fulfer followed the log JON FULFER/special Contributor
building as house movers lifted it
' from its old location in Hickory since last summer,said he had just and Texas A&M..
Creek last week to its new location. begun thinking about a barn for Corps engineer Tim McAlisIt
The log building's new home is the area when the donation was said he was surprised ety
along one ofthe hiking trails at the proposed.The barn,which is built quickly the homestead project;has
learning area behind Lewisville of post oak trees and probably was come together. Workers moved
Lake dam.It will stand in a small first used to store corn,is in good the 1850s-era cabin from the
clearing alongside a cabin,smoke- condition,he said. Chinn's Chapel area in July"iihil
house,dugout and demonstration I'll go back and get the original brought the smokehouse frorh'f e
garden. rock foundation it sat on and put it Ray Roberts area last fall. ' ''.R.
The Fulfers stepped in after back exactly and then let the build- Mr.Marquis restored the cabin
Randy Wahl, a real estate agent ing down,"Mr.Marquis said,add- during the summer and added:a
' and Hickory Creek council mem- ing that he does archaeological replica of a dugout,-because'typi-
ber, asked for their help. He dis- documentation as he works on tally that would be the first struc-
covered the 10-by-10-foot log restorations and sends the records ture early settlers would build:He
building underneath a tin barn to the state archives in Austin, said the smokehouse was-iii-`r6-
built around it.He was selling the "That way if anyone wants to markably good condition, liut it
property to Tamara and Conan know more about it,they can look will take a month or two to restol e
Schantz, and the barn had to be it up,"Mr.Marquis said. the barn.
moved or razed. The Lewisville Lake Environ- Ken Steigman, director of the
' "I was the first to say it was a mental Learning Area had its learning area, said that vhih•the
corn bin,"Mr.Fulfer said,adding grand reopening May 6. About reopening,there are plenty of op-
that he and his wife told restora- 1,000 people came to kayak or portunities for community yolun-
' tion expert Bill Marquis about the walk guided nature trails and see teers and people who want to learn
old barn. Mr. Marquis said the 'the homestead, special exhibits cultural and natural heritage.,-
barn probably was built between and a resident herd of bison.The People are invited to volunteer
1850 and 1860 and would fit in learning area is a partnership of not only with the homestead,but
' with the other homestead build- the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, with the restoration of the.prairie
ings at the learning area. the University of North Texas,Tex- and research projects.
Mr.Marquis,who has worked .as Woman's University,the Lewis-
on the homestead's reconstruction ville Independent School District E-mail pheinkel-wolfe@dentpnrciC(?
Bill Marquis is the man who restored the Himes Log House
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Mi*neralvalues, new homes
b.00stingsax base
in appraisals.The actual number
Early figures show 2006 PRELIMINARY TAX ROLLS is expected to be much higher,
even after successful protests are
county s rolls up 8.5%- Here are the net taxable property values in Tarrant County and selected factored.
7 cities and school districts in the county.Figures are rounded.
Uull�ng fuels'growth. 2006 preliminary 2005 certified "It wasn't a surprise,"Mr.Bos-
well said."We knew there was tre-
By JEFF MOSIER Taxing entity taxable value taxablevalue %change mendous growth."
Staff writer Arlington $17.05 billion $16.26billion 4.9% But-he said that comes with'a
The value of Tarrant Coun s Arlington ISD $19.66 billion $18.65 billion 5.4%
� greater cost for police,fire,streets .r
mineral" rights"is expected to`- Grapevine $5.5 billion' $5.43 billion 1.91 and other services for residents of
roughly double for the second con- Colleyville $3.1 billion, $2.87bi`Ilion 8.3% those 10,000 new homes.
secutive year thanks to the gas- Grapevine s "It's not all upside,"he said. .
drillingboom in the Barnett Shale. Coileyville ISD $9.28 billion $8.93 billion 4.0%
„s The largest growth in Tarrant
Those estimated drilling fig- Haltom City $1.5 billion $1.46 billion 3.6% County was the nearly 42 percent
ures and record new home con- North Richland Hills $3.53 billion $3.32 billion 6.3% posted by Wentworth Village,
struction helped boost the coun- Birdville ISD $6.87 billion $6.52 billion 5.3% which encompasses about 2
ty's overall tax base by 81/2 percent, Hurst square miles near Ridgmar Mall:
accordingto preliminary Tarrant $2.27 billion., $2.15 billion 5.4%
P ars Euless $2.42 billion $2.3 billion 5.0% "It doesn't take a lot to show a
Appraisal District figures released big percentage increase because of
Monday.That increase is expected 13edford $2.94 billion $2.84 billion 3.4%
Y �P `� our small tax base,"administrative
to dropb afew percentage points HEB ISD $8.1 billion $7.68 billion 5.5%
Y P g P coordinator Gary Robinson said.
this.summer as roe owners Fort Worth $33.95 billion $3016 billion 12.6%
property He said the addition of,a Wal-
challenge appraisals.-. Fort Worth ISD $22.55 billion $20.40 billion 10.5%
g PP Mart Supercenter and Sam's Club
The mineral value in Tarrant Kennedale $395.1 million $364.1 million, 8.5% and a new subdivision have led to
County is estimated to jump from Kennedale ISD $873.7 million' $809.4 million 7.9% huge growth in the city's tax base.
$768 million to $1.4 billion. The ►teller, $3.22 billion $2.91 billion 10.8% Meanwhile, the increase in
number of active wells in the coun- Keller ISD $8.55 billion $7.56 billion 13.2% property values in-many parts of
ty increased from 594 to about Mansfield $3,48 billion $3.12 billion 11.5% northeast Tarrant County has
850,though those figures are still Mansfield ISD $7.02 billion $6.19 billion 13.5% slowed to a crawl. Richland Hills
being gathered. Southlake $4.31 billion $3.96 billion 9.0 recorded the lowest growth,at 1.5
The good news, however, Carroll ISD $4.36 billion $4.02 billion 8.5/ Percent and Grapevine was sec-
comes with a note of caution. Tarrant County $105 o and lowest,at 1.9 percent.
We always remind the city and .4 billion $97.t6 billion s.5ia
school districts that are getting SOURCE:Tarrant Appraisal District Mr. Marshall said Grapevine
g g has suffered because oflower busi-
some of this mineral value that we MINERAL RIGHTS ness property values at Dallas/
don't know how long before they Fort Worth International Airport.
start dropping off,"said John Mar- Numbers of gas wells Value of He said the pullout of most Delta
shall,the county's chief appraiser. in Tarrant county mineral rights
PP Air Lines flights and decisions by
The mineral value accounts for 2005 594 $766 million other airlines to stick with older }
a little more than 1 percent of the 2006 850(estimated) $1.4 bilIion.(estimated) planes rather than buy new ones
$105.4 billion of the county's total SOURCE:Tarrant Appraisal District
tY has hurt the city's tax base.
property value, but some smaller Fred Werner,Grapevine's man- t
cities, such as Haslet, have seen aging director offinancial services,
large increases in recent years al- southwest and North Fort Worth were in Fort Worth. New con- said he was glad to see at least a
most entirely because of gas dril- continues to fuel much of the struction accounted for about 40 small increase,but he didn't want
ling. Mr. Marshall said much of property value growth. The city's percent of the increase in values to comment further until the certi-
that higher value would disappear 12.6 percent increase in its tax countywide,and most of that was fied numbers are released in July.
when those wells are tapped out. base outpaced some of Tarrant residential: "It's nice to get a ballpark num-
Countywide, other trends are County's fast-growing suburbs. Fort Worth City Manager ber,but it's too early to be overly
continuing predictably, Mr. Mar- A record 17,200 new homes Charles Boswell said that while analytical,"he said.
shall said. were built in Tarrant County last preparing the upcoming budget,
New home construction in year, and nearly 10,000 of those he projected a 5 percent increase E-mailjmosier@dallasnews.com
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GROWTH -
prope ,
vad
ues rise. :
8.5 percent',
STAR TELEGRAM
The boom is on.
Property values-surged 8.5 percent in
' Tarrant County this year, pushed by
new home and business construction
and sharp growth in northwest Tarrant
County,according to preliminary valua-
tions released Monday by the Tarrant
Appraisal District.
Wentworth Village posted the high-
est gains at 41.7 per-
cent, and some WHAT DO
small towns saw YOU THINK?
property values in- Post a comment.
crease 30 percent or on this report at'
more. Fort Worth www•star-
posted 12.6 percent telegram.com.
gains.
' No city or school district in the coun-
ty had a decline in appraised property
values,but some older areas lagged be-
hind the countywide increase..Richland
' Hills had,the smallest increase, at 1.5
percent,and Arlington,Euless,Bedford,
Grapevine and Haltom City posted
' gains of 5 percent or less.
"What's really driving the economy
is new single-family construction,"said
John Marshall, the district's chief ap-
praiser.
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Preliminary Tarrant County property values
Taxing Previous Current Percentage
authority net taxable* net taxable* change
Arlington $16.3 billion $17 billion 4.9%`
Arlington ISD $18.7 billion $19.7 billion 5.4%
Azle $500 million $575.6,million 15,2%
Azle ISD $1.5 billion $1.7 billion 15.3%
Bedford $2.8 billion $2:9 billion 3.4%
Benbrook $1.1 billion $1.2 billion 7.1%
Birdville ISD $6.5 billion $6.9 billion 5.3%
Blue Mound $66.9 million $73.2 million 9.4%
Carroll ISD $4 billion $4.3 billion 8.5%
Castleberry ISD $426 million $464 million 8.9%
Colleyviile $2.9 billion $3.1 billion 8.3%
Crowley $468 million $540 million 15.4%
Crowley ISD $3:6 billion $4 billion 11:1%
Dalworthington Gardens $259.4 million $275 million 6.0%
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD $4 billion $4.8 billion 18.0%
,Edgecliff Village $149.3 million $157 million 5.2%
Euless $2.3 billion $2.5 billion 5.0%
Everman $131.4 million $149.2 million 13.6%
Everman ISD $761.8 million $836.5 million 9.8%
Forest Hill $349 million $367 million 5.2%
Fort Worth $30.2 billion $34 billion 12.6%
Fort Worth ISD $20.4 billion $22.6 billion 10.5%
Grapevine $5.4 billion S5.5 billion 1.9%`
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD $8.9 billion $9.3 billion 4.0%
Haltom City S1.4 billion $1.5 billion 3.6%
Haslet $371.6 million $410.1 million 10.4%
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD $7.7 billion $8.1 billion 5.5%
Hurst $2.2 billion $2.3 billion 5.4%
Keller $2.9 billion $3.2 billion "10.80/0'
Keller ISD $7.6 billion $8.6 billion 13.2%
Kennedale $364J million $395.1 million 8.5%
Kennedale ISD $809.4 million $873.7 million 7.9%
Lakeside $67.7 million $89.4 million 31.9%
Lake Worth $287.3 million $374.4 million 30.3%
Lake Worth ISD $524.8 million $642.4 million 22.4%
Mansfield $3.1 billion $3.5 billion 11.5%
Mansfield ISD $6.2 billion $7 billion 13:5%'
North Richland Hills $3.3 billion $3.5 billion 6.3%
Pantego $223.9 million $241:1 million 7.7%
Pelican Bay $24.2 million $25.7 million 6.2%
Richland Hills $409.3 million $415.4 million 1.5%°
River Oaks $204.1 million $218.3 million 7.0%
Saginaw $924.8 million $1 billion 8.5%
Sansom Park $87.1 million $98.3 million 12.8%
Southlake $4 billion $4.3 billion 9.0%,
Watauga $995.9 million $1 billion 2.0%
Westover Hills $312:3 million $337 million 7.9%
Westworth Village $59 million $83.6 million 41.7%
White Settlement $484.3 million $531.7 million 9.81/0
White Settlement ISD $1 billion $1.2 billion 14.9%
Tarrant County $97.2 billion $105.4 billion 85% .r
*Taxable value rounded -
SOURCE:Tarrant Appraisal District
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Corridor posts double-digit inereases, but
slows elsewhere in Northeastgrowth Tarrant
6.
By ADRIENNE NETTLES Protesting
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Valuations increase 9
New construction prompt- Keller school district and the cities of Keller and Haslet had the largest property
ed double-digit increases in increases in net taxable value in Northeast Tarrant County.Below are their
taxable property values in the precentage increases in taxable property values over the last five years. values
I Alliance Corridor, but growth 25°i° •? �Nr"` ■Protest deadline:May
r;
has slowed in most other parts N ---•;�=-=�. `.0 Haslet � 31
of Northeast Tarrant County, 20 _ . _.."-` M Keller ■Protests must be sub-
V Keller ISD M mitted in writing to the
according to preliminary 2005 ism Tarrant Appraisal Review
figures released Monday by Board and must identify
the Tarrant Appraisal District. 10 the property owner and
The Keller school district the subject property.
and the cities of Keller and 5 ■A form,printed on the
Haslet posted the largest gains ° = o back of appraisal notices,
in Northeast Tarrant — 13.2 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 is available but not re
percent, 10.8 percent and 10.4 SOURCE:Tarrant Appraisal District E Ted.
The mailing address for
percent,reSpectively. STAR-TELEGRAM/JIM ATHERTON the Tarrant Appraisal
J6 About 2,800 new homes are - - - ---- — Review Board is P.O.Box
being added every year in the17 000 185519,Fort Worth,TX
Keller district.Stores and busi- 76181-0519.The Tarrant
nesses are following the influx Houses built in Tarrant County in Appraisal District is at
of people, said Jeff Baker, dis- 2005 2500 Handley-Ederville
trict demographer. Countywide property val- 41.7%�0 Road in Fort Worth.
■Appraisal questions,
"In the last decade, our dis- ues also got a boost from the oil Westworth Village's valuation call(817)284-3925.Ex-
trict has seen primarily roof- and gas boom,with the taxable increase,largest in the county emption questions,call
L tops," he said. "We're finally value of gas wells nearly dou- 1.5% (817)284-4063.
getting some retail and com- bling from 2005,from$768 mil- Richland Hills'valuation increase, SOURCE:Tarrant Appraisal District
mercial development along In- lion to $1.4 billion. But gas smallest in the county
terstate 35 in our school dis- wells accounted for only about ■Preliminary Tarrant
trict boundary." 1 percent of the county's$105.4 praisals.Cities and school dis County property values.
Real estate development billion tax base,records show tricts use the numbers to set6B
and gas drilling are driving The values may change be- their property tax rates.
Haslet's increase, Mayor Pro cause property owners have Staff writer Mike Lee contributed to this
Tem Kathy Hopper said. until May 31 to protest their ap- report.
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■ Eleven area libraries have this' summer-,--11-
selected Isaac's Storm,about the The book weaves three ele- at the Barnes & Noble book-
Galveston hurricane,for the One ments: the development of a ;store in North Richland Hills.
Book One Community summer hurricane; the history of the Events kick off June 3 with a
U.S. Weather Service, now, reading by storyteller C.J.Critt
reading program. called the National Weatherat Barnes&Noble.
Service; and the controversiaN, Other activities include a
By JESSICA DeLEbN role of Galveston meteorolo- viewing of the History Chan-
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRnER gist'Isaac Cline. nel movie,an online forum and
Northeast Tarrant County librari a display at the Hurst Public Li-
From Clines notes,it is not
ans want residents to be swept up in clear whether he knew the ex- brary from the Galveston ...
the story of the near-destruction of r County Historical Museum.
Galveston in 1900 and the man who tent of-the- hurricane, said The program will wrap up,
was at the center of the storm. Connie Barnes, adult-services July 20 at Colleyville Center
.,,
Eleven area libraries have select- : - -• - _ __librarian for the Watauga Pub- with a discussion by hurricane._
lic Library.
ed Isaac's Storm: A Mang a Time, - 'Sophisticated meteorologi- expert Lew Fincher, who will
K
and the Deadliest Hurricane in s- give a historical overview. a
tory by Erik Larson as part of the `cal equipment didn't exist at "I think it's a neat concept
One Book One Communitypro- the time. -�
P that everybody would be read ;
ram.In June and July,libraries will The weather bureau meteo-
g J y rologists had thought the hur- • ing and talking about and inter-
host
nter
host discussion groups about the ricane would make landfall in ested in one book," said Jams
book and hold related programs on Roberson, director of- the •.
nonfiction writingand emergency Louisiana or Florida.
g y Cline later reported that he Grapevine Public Library."We
preparedness. realized the,hurricane was hope it will be very,successfgd
One Book,which is promot heading toward Galveston and hope to do it in the future." .r
ed by the American Library As- when he was`walking and ob-
sociation,was inspired by sim- serving the weather. He also ONLINE:wwwnetarrantreads.com
ilar programs in communities claimed that he went from Jessica DeLe6n.(817)685-3932
nationwide, including Arling house to house, warning•,resi- )deleon@star-telegram.com
ton,Fort Worth and Mansfield. - --
"To me,it was something.,. dents. There's some • doubt
that promotes literacy, pro- about his story", according to
motes countywide reading," the book. +
said Terri Bonow, the adult- Each library will have nu-
services manager for the Hurst merous copies of the book in
Public Library,who spearhead- several formats, including,au-
ed the project. diobooks. Oki
The program has been a One Book received a$3,000
year in the making. The hard- grant frona,the Texas State Li-
est part, Bonow said,'.was brary and Archives Commis-
choosing the book.The North- sion to buy materials.
east Tarrant librarians picked The program has already
Isaac's `Storm, published in started with a fundraiser.
1999, because the topic would Library donors .will. get .r
foster discussion and ideas af- vouchers that can be redeemed,
ter Hurricanes Katrina and Ri-
te last year.
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R Isaac's Storm preview,with C.J.Critt,7:30-8:30 p.m.,June 3,
Barnes&Noble,North Richland Hills
0 Emergency preparedness,7 p.m.,June 15,Haltom City Public
Library
0 The General Died Wearing a Tutu:Ways to Make Nonfiction More
Engaging,with Scott R.Lucado,7 p.m.,June 15,North Richland Hills
Public Library
■Writing and marketing nonfiction workshop,1-3 p.m.,June 17, i
Grapevine Public Library
•Emergency preparedness,7 p.m.,June 22,Euless Public Library
' ■Showing of the History Channel feature Isaac's Storm,2 p.m.,
June 24,Hurst Public Library
i Book discussion,6:30 p.m.,June 27,Keller Public Library
■Book discussion,7 p.m.,June 29,Hurst Public Library S`
'
Ili Showing
of'th e History Channel feature Isaac's Storm,7 p.m.,
June 29,Grapevine Public Library
0 Book discussion,noon,July 6,Keller Public Library
11 Book discussion,7 p.m.,July 6,Haltom City Public Library
' R The What of Weather,1:30 p.m.,July 12,Bedford Boys Ranch
n Preparing for the Worst—.Disaster,6:30 p.m.,July 13,Bedford 2
Public Library
N Book discussion,July 13,6:30 p.m.,Watauga Public Library,and 7.,-
' p.m.,Euless and Grapevine public libraries "
2 The Great Storm of 1900,presented by Linda Wright,7 p.m.,July
13,Hurst Public Library
■Isaac's Storm:A case of tropical terrorism from the past,with l
hurricane historian Lew Fincher,7-8 p.m.,July 20,Colleyville Center>'