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Gift store leases
space in E.iless
4EULESS—Trenditions,
a Western-style gift and
specialty store,has leased 5,132.
square feet of warehouse and
office space at 3227 W.Euless
Blvd.,Suite 800. 1
Jim Kelley,vice president
at Integrity Commercial
Realty in Southlake,repre-
sented the tenant.,
—Andrea Jares
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Starlight shows final production
A matinee performance of The Legend of Pocahontas brought down the
final curtain at Euless'Starlight Performing Arts Theater on June 25.
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NORTHEAST AFTER HOURS
' Acoustic concert
EULESS-Guitarist and singer:;
,Verlon Thompson will perform a-
concert,the final presentation at
Starlight Performing Arts Theater,.
at 2 p.m.Sunday:.
Opening for Thompson's acous-
tic concert at the theater,201 S. `
Ector Drive,will be Euless musician
Michael Brown.
Tickets cost$15;$10 for seniors
' and students.817-508-9101. ' '
Compiied by Joy Donovan
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Tasteftfl event Others are David Medina;
Hurst, entertainment; Susan
Potter, Colleyville, tickets;
feeds coffers
Anna Riehm,Fort Worth,
arts
and Brenda
of CA,.C't s groups Whitley,Hurst,VIP coordi-
nator.
Jodi Sanders considers "Taste,"as those in the
the number 7 lucky,so she's anon'refer to it,benefits
happy that she's chairwoman ARTSNET,the arts council
of the seventh annual Taste of serving 16 area communities.
Northeast. The nonprofit organization J
The event is set for 5:30-9 offers,to name two examples,
p.m.Aug.3,again this year at Public concerts all year long
and a summer arts camp for
North East Mall.The hour-
upon-hour eat-a-thon,as al- children.
ways,will offer food sam- To help with its fundraising...:
efforts,the Taste of
plings from area restaurants. Northeast
"I like that 7 is a lucky committee will post.a"big
number,"she said earlier this� board"with items such as
week."It's going to be fab-
ulous." vacation travel and jewelry on
One of the fabulous parts is which to bid.Then,for added`
that the number fabulous
pas parts i excitement,there'll be a raffle .r
ing restaurants approaching fora$1,000 shopping spree.
is
40,and Jodi expects it to This will be timed with the
climb closer to 50.On the tax-free weekend;now,
menu will be Italian food, wouldn't that be convenient?
Tex-Mex,barbecue,continen- With the theme"Tour de
tal fare,chocolate,frozen Taste,"the event will feature
custard,wine,beer,soft strolling entertainment this .r
drinks and more.All this year.So,while waiting in line
within the confines of an for your food,you might be
air-conditioned mall.What's serenaded by soprano Leslie
not to like? Detrick or saxophonist Da- "`
. Now last year was the first vid Carr Jr.Maybe a balloon
time this button-buster was artist will entertain you,a stilt
held at North East Mall,and walker could thrill you ora
the people in charge will ad- ballerina could mesmerize
mit rather freely that opting you.
for one check-in point last i Something this fun,you'll
time was a bit of a problem. Iwant to be a part of.Here's .r
OK,truth.It was a major bot- ` the deal:tickets are$25 in
tleneck.Live and learn,I al- advance or$30 the night of
ways say.This year's commit- the party.Check www art
tee will have check-in lines in snetc.org.And if buying a
four areas of the Hurst mall. ticket isn't enough,volunteers `
All the better to feed you are still needed.Call Judy
with,my dear. Atwood at 817-858-9531 to
The committee,slaving volunteer,or call LeAnn
away this summer, includes Brown at 817-849-8282 to
LeAnn Brown,Trophy Club, sign up your restaurant._.
restaurants;Mike Collins, Joy Donovan's column appears on
Euless, operations; Connie Mondays and Fridays.She can be reached
Nichols,Colleyville,registra-
at 817-685-3842.
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tion;Cindy Crisler,North
Richland Hills, big board;
Judy Atwood and co-chair
Lee Koch,both of Colley-
ville,volunteers.
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' D/FW RETAIL DEVELOPMENT
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In Dallas/Fort Worth Airport officials; „ment. "It represents something very
consider a plan to build a shopping new,to the airport." addition to the land they're
center on 125 acres to generate =;'The retail center would be east of In built on.
ternational Parkway,north of Texas 183, John Terrell, vice president
more revenue. y of commercial development at`
west of Valley View Lane,and south of D/FW, said after the meetin
By DAVID WETHE Rental Car Drive. International Park- g
STHR-=GRAM STAFF WRITER way is the main north-south road that Ahat he's had talks with several
LD/FW AIRPORT — Hungry for runs through the airport. I `top developers"and other re-
ore money that can be generated In addition to the 125 acres of retail, tailers,all of whom said they're
aside from airlines, Dallas/Fort Worth the airport is also eyeing an additional very interested in the project.
OlAirport is looking to break new ground 30,000 square feet of restaurant space But he's not signed up any-
ong airports by putting alarge-scale `just"to the north of Rental Car Drive one,and that would likely be a
M�retail development on its sprawling, along International Parkway. year and a half to two years
18,OQ0 acres. The development, which is still be- away..
Thursday,airport executives pitched _. The 125-acre retail piece
ing studied and has not re- "` would consist of several big-
Lan idea to board members for a 600-acre ceived final board approval, box tenants,the likes of which
mixed-use development that would in would be the first of its kind often include Target,Wal-Mart
elude aretail tract of 125 acres, and "because most airports don't and PetSmart at other shop
700,000 to 800,000 square feet of space. have the amount of unused ping centers.
The development would sit at the air- land that D/FW has. The center would also in-
port's southern tip and be called Pass- D/FW's size is second in the elude smaller stores,which of--
port Park• country, trailing only Denver ten include Ross,Ulta and Ann
Over the past year, D/FW has been International Airport's 34,000 Taylor Loft.
trying to boost the retail offerings in its acres. Airport officials envision'a
five passenger terminals, with several That airport is also looking retail environment dominated
f its executives likening it to a mall. , to do a similar retail develop- by tall trees, similar to what's
L,And for many years, the airport has ment outside its terminals,but found in The Woodlands,just
been carving up some of its land for it would only be about 17 acres, north of Houston.
arge warehouse leases. said Steve Snyder, an airport The shopping center would
But this would be the first time that spokesman in Denver. 'have some land set aside for a,
About a year ago,We took a Development rights in the light-rail connection ,some-
Denver project are being con- time in future, Terrell said.
ew approach,and we decided tracted out to a private devel- However,he added that could
L-what can we d0 to further oper.That was awarded earlier be way down the road,because
this year to Denver-based the airport itself would first
develop nonairline revenues CMCB Development. .have to get connected to the
t —John Terrell,D/FW Airport's vice D/FW officials .are still DART light-rail system,which
president of commercial development looking at whether they should is planned for around 2012 or
also contract out the project to 2015.
(/FW or any airport has taken on this a private developer or possibly' The shopping center would
azge of a retail project outside of a ter- partner with someone and pos- likely have an upscale feel sim-
al,airport officials said. sibly share in more of the reve- ilar to many seen in suburban
"This is something very different for nue that comes from being a communities such as South
Fs"said Ken Buchanan,D/FW's execu- part owner in the buildings,in lake or Flower Mound, Bu-
v,e vice president of revenue manage- chanan said.
It would mostly target near-
by residents and some of the
5,000 employees who work at
the airport daily.
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However, the restaurant less it has to charge the airlines
plaza, which would include that use it.Airport officials ar-
anywhere from five to seven, gue that that could lead to low
upscale restaurants, is defi- er airfares overall.
nitely aimed at travelers, Ter- Board members generally
rell said. Iliked the retail idea but also
He has visions of putting out urged cauti on.
electronic signs that drivers .'I think`we need to be sure
could see from far away that in- we look carefully before we
dicate whether there are any', step, especially if you look at
seats available,at each of the where those possible wells are Retail development
restaurants or whether the. going to be,"Fort Worth Mayor
time starved traveler should Mike Moncrief said."Obvious- DALLAS[
ly that's not going to be as big a ' Q + ART
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move on to catch his flight. deal to someone who's got a
Terrell said he's also looking at warehouse as it is to someone d H c
trying to install TV monitors
who has a restaurant or more �
that would display up-to-the- e
pedestrian traffic." �� 5 Dtat,
minute flight times. Developing retail on the
But opening a retail devel south side of the airport is a '
opment would possibly be two challenging proposition be
to three years away,he said.It cause the location is relatively 4
would take at least a year to far removed from one impor- 'A,
plan it. tant retail ingredient—homes
This is all being done now where shoppers live,said Bob x
for several reasons. The air-' Ginsburg,vice president in CB ""°'"
port is in the midst of planning Richard Ellis'Dallas office.
the future use of about 7,000 The center would'also need rbnh �® a I83 x
acres outside the area where it to rely on shoppers from out-
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side the area, not lust airport
cause it wants to be ready for patrons, he said. At least.the '
when the drilling of gas wells north side of the airport is clos-
starts within the next year or er to dense apartment com-
Also,the airport has taken a
so -plexes and more housing, hestronge '
_said=___.__
*interest in generating
revenue outside the turbulent It may need a so-called des-
airline industry,Terrell said. tination retailer such as Ikea or. '
"The airport traditionally Cabela's,he said:
has not had the need to go out "When you talk about large
and look for a lot of nonairline foriiiat retailing,you need a lot
revenues,"he said."And about of shoppers," Ginsburg said.
a year ago, we took a new ap- "I'm not a person who would tog
proach, and we decided what be very optimistic about a big-
can we do to further develop box development [there] — lip
nonairline revenues across the unless it is a destination."
airport.
" Staff writer Andrea Jares
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The more the airport gener- contributed to this report.
ates in nonairline revenue,the David Wethe,817-6E5-3803
dwethe@star-telegram.com
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tMANDATORY MEASURE
hUess residents
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must e onserve water
' By TERRY LEE GOODRICH Tips for
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EULESS The city has. Water.conservation
' authorized mandatory water. The city offers these suggestions
conservation measures ef- for saving water:
fective July 15 through Sept. ■Reduce watering to once every
30. five days. ,
Landscape watering will ■If it rains an inch or more,wait
' not be allowed from 10 a.m. at least five days to water.
■Mulch trees and plants to retain
to,6 p.m.except for watering moisture.
by hand or with soaker hoses, ■Monitor irrigation systems for
Euless officials said. broken sprinkler heads.Also,be
The measures are neces aware that a iot of water is lost to
sary because of dry condi evaporation with sprinklers that
tions and low levels in water- spray fine mists.
' supply lakes operated by the 0 When installing a new lawn or
Tarrant Regional Water Dis landscaping,consider using native
plants and grasses that require
trict,city officials said. little watering.
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DRY CONDITIONS
Euless is' .under 90-day burn ban
sTAxexnns tached water hose should be within 15�feet.
EULESS—Euless has enacted a 90-day : ■Do not use grills, cooking pits, out-
burn ban because of extremely dry condi door fireplaces or other devices with an
tions,city officials said: open flame that could release sparks.
The ban went into effect June 27. ■Do not do any outdoor burning.
To stay in compliance,city officials say: ■Do not use grills at city parks. -
■Do not use outdoor cooking appli- . ■Do not cut or weld unless following
ances other than electric,gas or charcoal, guidelines of a fire marshal.A special per-
grills. mit program is in effect for cutting and
■When using a grill,move it at least 5 welding during burn bans. -_
feet from any combustible surface and do Call 817-685-1600 for more informa-
not use over vegetation unless vegetation tion. b. ;
is tWi ughly watered.A functioning,at- —Terry-lee Goodrich
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Aseel Abusaad,6,of Irving,right,grins at her mom,Lina,and little brother Omar,3,after she slipped during her very first lesson at Dr
Pepper StarCenter in Euless on Monday.At top,Claire Shugart,6,of Arlington tries to keep her balance.
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Edward Caram
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BURLESON—Edward Caram,82,
died Sunday, July 9, 2006, at a local
hospital.
Graveside service: 9:30 a.m.
Thursday in Laurel Land Memorial
Park,Fort Worth.Visitation:6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at Crosier-Pearson-May-
field Funeral Home in Burleson/Fort
Worth.
Edward served during World War II
at Randolph Field in San Antonio. In
1956,he opened a chain of convenient
grocery stores named Wag-A-Sac.He '
became the first president of the Fort
Worth Convenience Store Association.
He later retired and changed careers,
building homes and retail shopping '
centers as Ecco Inc.
Survivors: Son, Ronald Edward
Caram;granddaughters,Allison R.and
Meredith L.Caram and Rachel E.Hart;
and three great-grandchildren. '
Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield
12301 S.Freeway,817-568-8836
View and sign guestbook at
www.star-telegram.com/obituaries
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Cooly Sullivan,13,of North Richland Hills tries a trick on a concrete barrier next to a gas station on
Industrial Boulevard in Euless on Tuesday.He said Euless has more places to skate than his hometown.
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AREA BRIEFS
EU,LESS
Theater to hold`going
out dbusiness'sale
The Starlight Performing Arts
Theatre and School is closing its
doors.The school is having a"go-
ing out of business" sale from 9
a.m,to noon Friday and Saturday,
and from 1 to 4 p.m.Sunday at the
school, 201 S. Ector Drive in Eu-
less. Accessories, clothing, cos-
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BY TERRY LEE GOODRICH ■2 P.M. Friday: Euless.Fire
STAR-TELEGRAM'
Department p presentationby
EULESS—The Euless Pub- Fire Marshal Paul Smith, in-
lic Library, founded in 1945, is cluding a look at a firetruck..
marking the 10th anniversary ■2 p.m. Saturday: Family
inits present building with movie Dumbo, '
special events this week and ■2 p.m. Sunday: "Connect-
next—everything from family ing With Dur Past: The How
movies to a dance performance and Where of Family History,"
' to =a''presentation about the a presentation by the Mid-Cit-
Galveston Hurricane of 1900. ies Genealogy Society. t
Here's a look at the lineup of ■7 p.m. Monday: Polyne-
free events at the library,201 N. sian Dance Group.
' Eetor Drive. ■Tuesday: Costumed char-
0 2 p.m.today:Euless police acters hand out prizes and pop
officer James Gordon will corn throughout the day.
speak to youngsters about the ■10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 19:
role of police. Display of edible books pre-
0 7 p.m. today: `Before Ka- pared by the library staff,with
trina...Galveston!"a presenta- judging at 4 p.m.
tion`about the Galveston Hur- ■11 a.m.July 20:Visit by ani-
' xicane of 1900'by weather his- mals and staff from the Fort
torian Stasi Blazyk of Galves- Worth Zoo.
ton, author of A Century of ■5 p.m.July 21:Drawing for
' Galveston Weather. A discus- prize basket with a'copy of the
sion of the book Isaac's Storm movie Dumbo, books; stuffed
by Erik Larson will follow animals and cotton candy.
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CONGRATULATIONS
Euless grabs top honors
in City Livability Awards
The city of Euless and Mayor
Mary Lib Saleh were recently
awarded first place in the 2006
City Livability Awards Program at
the Conference of Mayors'Annual
Luncheon. The program, which
honors mayors for superior lead-
ership in creating and establishing
programs that improve the quality
of life in cities, is sponsored by
Waste Management Inc. and the
U.S. Conference of Mayors. The
winning cities were picked from r
250 applicants based on mayoral
leadership, creativity and innova-
tion, and broad impact on the
quality of life for residents.
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111111-The family of Kevin Ray Omas Police sayKevin Ra Omas
Y , WHAT DO YOU THINK.
is seeking unspecified damages who was high on drugs, was Post a comment on this report at "
' .from Taser International,six shocked with `a Taser after he, wwwstar-telegram.com
�+ Euless officers and the city. charged at a sergeant.
But the suit asserts that officers wrongful death at least twice in
By MELISSA SANCHEZ have aptyattern of using"excessive Tarrant Counsince 2004, is ac-
' srnx r EcxnM STAFF wxiR force," and cites an incident in cused of deceptively marketing
EULESS—Rhonda Short's son which Euless officers used a Taser the weapon, which delivers a
died last year after being shot- on a in in diabetic shock in Feb- 50,000-volt charge, as nonlethal.
' three times with a Taser gun by ruary.
Euless police. On Wednesday — The suit names the weapon
the anniversary of his death—she maker Taser International,six Eu- Kevin Omas died July 12, 2005, two
filed a -wrongful-death lawsuit less officers and the city as defen- days after Euless police used,a Taser
against the people she believes are dants. . on him while he was high on drugs.•hlis„
responsible. Taser International, sued for mother has sued for wrongful death.
Euless Sgt.,Joe Foran is ac-
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$n cused of using excessive force,� � WJE
while the other officers are ac-
cused of failing to render aid
and thus depriving Omas of
life and liberty. The depart-
ment is accused of authorizing
x4,ti the use of a Taser in an unrea-
sonable manner.
e malicious -
All are accused of "inten-
tional, licious and grossly
negligent"conduct.
4 ` The family is seeking un-
specified damages for funeral
STAR TELEGRAM/lAUR1E L WARD expenses, pain and suffering,
lost wages for Omas'daughter,
' Kaydance,and attorney's fees.
Euless Assistant Police
Chief Harland Westmoreland
declined to comment
Wednesday afternoon be-'
cause of the pending litiga-
tion.
' A Taser representative,
however,said that the weapon
prevents numerous injuries
and saves lives every day at
more than 9,100 law enforce-
ment agencies worldwide,in-
cluding more than 420 in Tex-
as.
"There have been thou-
sands of documented cases in
which multiple applications
from the Taser system were
' not only appropriate but were
absolutely critical to a safe
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outcome of the situation,"said into a coma and died two days " questions why he:was taken to
Steve Tuttle, a spokesman later. John Peter Smith Hospital in
with Taser International in Internal investigations Fort Worth rather than a clos-
Scottsdale,Ariz. concluded that police. and er hospital.
Tuttle said the company is paramedics took appropriate Autopsy reports say that
22-0 in wrongful-death and .actions,officials have said.Af- cuts and bruises were found
product-liability cases iri re- ter the initial investigation, all over Omas' body and ex-
cent years. police said delays occurred at tremities. Dr. Lloyd White,
Short said her son was the the scene because they were who performed the autopsy,
proud father of then 2-month- given a vague address and be- has said that it was difficult to
old Kaydance.To support her cause it took time to identify tell the cause of death but that
and her mother,Ashley Soud- which drugs Omas took so it could have been a mixture of
er, the Grapevine teen they could be counteracted. things that night. He did not
dropped out of school his se- ; Initial police reports indi- rule out the'Taser..
nior year to work full time as a cated that Omas may have tak- On Wednesday,Short took
delivery driver for a salon sup- en a"drug cocktail"-that eve- the day off to visit her son's
ply distributor in Euless.Dur-' ning,but the only illegal sub grave. It has been a bitter-
ing that time, he also earned stance in his system was Ec sweetyear—her granddaugh-
his GED:Omas moved in with stasy, according to the ter's first Christmas and East-
Souder er, but also the first birthday
her pregnancy so he coulldd
Souder in the last months "We don't execute people and New Year without her
help her and take care of the in this country for using son."It has been sad and hap-
baby. drugs, the family's lawyer, py all at the same time,"Short'
"Our family has a big empty Doug Perrin,said."That is ex said. "I know I have to make
space where Kevin was," said actly what they did,and that's this right,and I know I have to
his grandmother Sue Short. )ust wrong. stay strong until it.is."
"We feel the pain of his ab- Rhonda Short says police Staff writer Domingo Ramirez Jr.
made a series of mistakes that
sence every day." contributed to this report,which.
On July 10, 2005, Omas' night, starting with the im- includes material from the
brother Jared Omas called po- properuseatrol oars areer.All u- star-Telegram archives.less ..
lice anonymously at about 5 Melissa Sdrichez,817-685-3888
a.m. to request an ambulance with surveillance cameras, msanchez@scar-telegraMC0M_
really but none of them was running
for someone acting
that night,police have said.
high or drunk at Lakewood Police audiotapes recorded. .r
Elementary School.Police re- an officer's request for Foran
ports show that Foran and of- and a Taser.Two minutes after
facers Patrick Bush,Hung Ho, Foran arrived, Omas received
Kurt Davis, Edgar Hurtado his first Taser shock.
and Rafael Suarez responded "You have got,five police
and found a 250-pound 17- officers there for 10 to 15 min-
year-old standing in his boxer
shorts and socks yelling"I am utes, and he never charged at.
God!" any of them, Short said. How.
Officers reported that after es the one with the Taser.
convenient that he only charg-
Omas repeatedly stood up
when they ordered him to stay After being shocked with
the Taser and then handcuffed
on the ground,he attacked Fo-
on the ground, Short says, '
ran, who fired a Taser three ,
times.before he and four offs- as
life was slipping away
as the minutes ticked by. She
cers could hold Omas down says paramedics waited 45
and place handcuffs on him.
An ambulance arrived minutes as Omas lay face-
about 20 minutes after police down in his own vomit.before
were dispatched and was entaking him to the hospital and
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route to the hospital 45 min- "You have got.five police officers there for 10 to 15
Utes after arrival, records minutes,and he never charged at any of them.How ,
show. According to hospital "
records,Omas'body tempera- ' convenient that he only charges the one with the
ture was extremely high and Taser." ,
paramedics had administered
Halidol to him. Omas slipped —Rhonda Short,who says that Euless police used excessive
force by shocking her son with a Taser
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seeking damages including lost wages for her,granddaughter Kay-
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