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Home My WebLink About2006-11-17 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLIN—S7 BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / I �' DATE OFARTICLE / /S �" NEWSPAPER FWST ' BIZ BUZZ New pizza venue ' America's Incredible Piz- za Company,a buffet and family entertainment venue, is opening at the former Burlington Coat Factory spot at Texas 183 and Industrial Boulevard.The restaurant combines a giant buffet with go-kart track,arca4e;and miniature golf DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7�U DATE OFARTICLE / U NEWSPAPER FWST In a reversal offortune, { Birdville would be on top1 Original Tarrant County TE STAR TELEGRAM ', What if the election had courthouse site , come out differently 150 years North ago when Fort Worth took the o Richland : , Tarrant County seat away d �s . Hills from Birdville? m ' The site of the Birdville Broadway courthouse,near the present- Broadway day Birdville school district , Walker k t offices in Haltom City,would ► • r a now be the seat of govern- gas ment. E e Barlxook< * . PatkEil, ' The top 10 things that ca ' b would be different: 10.The West would begin areaformer ' about 4 miles farther north; community ofW �.. ` 3 leaving the East even more confused about where the South begins. unn • i , 9.The Birdville Star-Tele- STAR-TELEGRAM/Tio BEDISON gram would make more ap- propriate cage-lining. , 8.Birdville residents 2.We'd lose the name Fort' £; would grumble as they were Worth,a decidedly more mas- „ flown into Dallas/Birdville culine and intimidating name, i Airport and still were only that has long deterred the + • greeted with"Welcome to invading hordes from Dallas. X. Yeah,we see you,Dallas. Dallas." ' 7.Tourists could collect 1.New rule:All steaks in ` wS7 h R f Birdville required to taste like' r 00�'.NER eggs during the chicken drive q t x,�f fi at the Stockyards. chicken. y .," K: � `�y 211,111. . 6.Cops in Birdville A historical marker tells of the site that was once the county seat."Ob- couldn't be any more embar- What others say: viously the county courthouse would still be in'Birdville on a bluff over- rassing. ■"Obviously the county = looking the Wiley G Thomas Coliseum,' historian Weldon Cannon says. S.One of America's fattest courthouse would still be in 1' r cities would have a food in the Birdville on a bluff overlook- Coliseum. verlook ing the Wiley G.Thomas title. Coliseum.Try to imagine a 4.Without the cautionary example of some whiskey- downtown Fort Worth with , ■"The Bass brothers ■"I think if Birdville had stealing Fort Worth bandits the skyscrapers in Haltom k1would be living in Birdville. remained the county seat,it rigging an election,the politi- City today."—Weldon CanThe Bass Performance Hall would be much like Fort , cal discourse wouldn't be as non,historian and former would be in Birdville,and so . Worth is today.The same dignified and polite as it is teacher in the Birdville school., would the Tarrant County ;_ people would have worked is r today. district Convention Center.There very hard to make a home f, 3.No one would chase ■"Euless was a,thriving would just be a marker down- The cattle industry would city because the county seat grackles from Birdville. ty ty town saying the area used to . have led the way for devel- They'd be the city mascot. was.so close.Once it moved, be an old fort."—Don Tipps, opment and industry."— Euless kind of dried up on the author and historian Betty Porter,president of the vines.It took years to build Birdville Historical Society. r, the city up again."—Euless —Adrienne Nettles Mayor Mary Lib Saleh and Mark Agee;• DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE�l_OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 111P-7106, DATE OFARTICLEI 9' D NEWSPAPER FWST TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL Program-aims .to raise girls., self-confidence 1 Fff-iing ,the One of a series of stories h g, Melissa Gib The other girls rallied around about life this year at Trinity ;. , a ,. x 3, r son,left,and her,supported her and helped High School.' Ilse Gonzalez her. groom a dog -The outing was sophomore By KATHERINE CROMER at the Euless Celia Massey's first trip to the �f, BROCK 's x Animal Shel- animal shelter with the GAP STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER a ter as Liena t ter as sena club.In fact,the GAP club is EULESS — The movie ? '" the first club she has ever Mean Girls wasn't far'off the i ' �' top left,and joined: l Mai Wilson ;, mark,say members of Trin This is awesome, she - ity High School's GAP club watch.The said:"Everyone's pretty much GAP club As the club members works with friendly to everybody." walked dogs for the Euless r, animals at Unfortunately,the dogs Animal Shelter on a recent �k a the shelter that night weren't as nice to Monday night,they helpedo every other each other as thegirls were. ` each other,welcomed new week. One collie mix,named Shiloh, members and included girls was injured when he was 1 who otherwise might feel nipped by another dog. like outsiders. The GAP members did The movie about the hor ¢ _ krwhat they do best.They ral- . ' rors young ladies can put �' lied. g r The girls pulled out their their"friends"throu h in high school can feel pretty a{ t cellphones,calling veterinari accurate,Melissa Gibson,a p ans,trying to fmd one to do- ,., a: Trinity senior and president nate emergency care to Shi- of the Girls Aware_n_ess_Pro- loh.When that failed,Vela from eating disorders and Sophomore Kristen Wil- and Gibson wrapped him in a grain,said as she groomed a date rape to dressing appro< liams knelt on the ground, blanket and took him to Har-ni terrier mix.And she would priately. hugging a blue heeler she wood Oaks Animal Clinic' like to put stop to it. . They also are.dedicated called Baby. Bedford. ` in s a "There's a lot of girls that "The GAP club' lace don't have confidence in volunteers at the Euless Ani- p To cover the$500 emer- mal Shelter,where they walk You can talk to other girls gency fee,and theprojected themselves, Gibson said: dos everyy about your problems,"she "And we all know how girls hold fundraisers and bake a said. You can talk to anybody $1,500 veterinarian bill,the can be. sales to benefit animals at the about anything,and no-one is Gam'members agreed it was The.GAP club began four shelter. allowed to judge you. time to hold anotherfundrais- ' years ago when English and After school on a recent At the beginning of the er. reading teacher Steffenie year,Williams said,she stru - The girls'reaction—work- Monday about 20 GAP mem- gled with some' her classes. ig. Vela hada conversation Y g ,n together to find a solution about girls with her daugh- bers went to the shelter and and help Shiloh—was a tes- ter,who was in her 20s. played with the dogs outside. we reel like Sisters.If tament to their participation e. ,"She thoughtSophomores Amanda Rich- .it would be SOI11e0IIe IIeeCIS in the GAP club,Vela said. mond and Aria Fillin im were "With a good idea to get girls to g With this club,I hope they plug in,"Vela said."It's im- dragged behind two dogs something,Were there recognize the importance of 1 running to get outside.Rich- portant for kids to belong to for each other." having girlfriends,"Vela said, something. mond was walking Luke,a "and that they make a differ- Now with about 60'mem- Rhodesian ridgeback,and —Amanda Richmond,Trinity en, in the world." bers the GAP club meets at Fillingim had hold of Dia- High School sophomore ' mond,a pit bull terrier mix. - Katherine Cromer Brock 8i7-685-M13 lunch every Thursday.The kcromer@star-telegram com girls talk about their lives "We're all like sisters," and struggles.They-have Richmond said of the club speakers on topics ranging members."If someone needs something,we're there for each other." DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE q OF� MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG Mc•DONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED C DATE OF ARTICLE / /G� NEWSPAPER FWST Sophomore ox Kristen Williams ;. plays with a blue heeler . mix named Baby during. . a GAP Club volunteer visit to the Euless Ani- mal Shelter. a � STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEYrCHINN i DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE r'' OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /'l �" DATE OFARTICLE 7`' NEWSPAPER FWST EULESS _ 1 Employees arrested . in Braums robbery. By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. ' STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER EULESS — Three employ- ees of an ice cream shop're a mained in jail Wednesday afterN. ' they were arrested on suspi cion of robbing ,the business Monday morning and beating 1 the manager with a hammer. HENDERSON JONES One of the employees left a door unlocked Monday morn- er was taken ing at Braum's Ice Cream & to a hospital Dairy Store, allowing another with non-life- employee to enter the busi- threatening ness, assault the manager and *� ► injuries, po rob the business of an undis- lice said. His closed amount of money, po condition was lice said. - unavailable Police identified the sus- BEATTY Wednesday. pects as Lance L. Henderson, ..The 26, of Arlington; LeVar D. clerk's story was inconsistent," Jones,25,of Euless;and Marvin said Euless police'Lt. Wayne D.Beatty Jr.,20,of Euless. Pavlik."Through the investiga- ' The men were in Euless City tion, we determined that the fail on suspicion of aggravated clerk and the suspect had'been robbery with bail set at$25,000 working together on the rob- each. bery. We also found out that The holdup occurred about there was a third employee 6:30 a.m. Monday at the busi- who knew about the robbery." ness in the 300 block of North The men were arrested Main Street. Tuesday,police said. Initially,the manager and a Beatty is accused of beating clerk told police that a robber the manager with the hammer, slipped into the store while the Jones is accused of leaving the y� ' clerk was taking out the trash. door unlocked,and Henderson The robber, whose face was is accused of driving the get-,. covered, raced into the store away car. and beat the manager with a Armed with search war- hammer,they said.The manag- rants, investigators found an undisclosed amount of what they believe to be the stolen money at various locations,po- lice said. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE LOF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LI/BRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /•�V 0 6 DATE OF ARTICLE !/ 0! NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST AFTER HOURS Family musical EULESS—The family musical 3 School House Rock Live,Jr.will be presented this weekend at the Ruth Millican Center,201 Cullum Aft Drive. Showtimes for the production, based on a TV cartoon,are 8 p.m. Friday,2 and 8 p.m.Saturday and go 2 p.m.Sunday.Tickets are$10 for adults and$8 for students and seniors:817-685-1666 or www.eu- less.org/pacs.' DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED ( / / / 7 /t P DATE OFARTICLE_ I I /11 /(? (-- NEWSPAPER FWST nVe Che,. s & jeull a Cheers:To Euless Mayor Mary Lib ' Saleh.The roots of two pine trees on either side of my driveway were breaking apart the street and driveway.I wrote the mayor a letter about the situation;within a week,workers were correcting the problem. Richard Landon,Euless t DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / 0 lO DATE OFARTICLE I /0�- NEWSPAPER Fii'ST . T � 1 jF a� y k j {Sid { r { r Fez v ,� {b; a•. Kiiii. >d ArborDaze Money Collect Euless Citizens Police Academy .year of operation, the members have dedicated themselves to Alumni Association make Euless and the Mid-Cities a better place to live,"wrote Eu- The E}iless Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association less resident David Mishkin in supporting Leah and Byron Be- works to"enhance the city of Euless, truly partnering with the noit's nomination of this group as Club of the Year. city of Euless for this worthy goal. The group's activities are varied.Members assist with Amber "As vice president of the group,which just celebrated its 11th' Alert situations and co-sponsor,the annual police recognition dinner.Fundraising has allowed this organization to purchase bi- DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGEc� OF C� MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l l� 6DATE OFARTICLE I / l NEWSPAPER FWST Wycles for the patrol unit,to buy exercise equipment so officers an maintain physical fitness and to donate$25,000 toward the ronze Statue of a police officer holding a child that now sits out'- side the police and courtsbuilding. �� fry Y I� l;Y • L T' • i ,v t ti t A�qi AV -f At N. . F 0 i i' Zns AC$� Gt P ECPAAA at Bass Pro r The association also works with in& liduals within the city in several areas.For example,$CPAAA has held two classes for the Community Emergency Response Team,.graduating 60 mem- bers. The association has tracked more than 16,000 volunteer hours since 2002, with individual members receiving national awards for volunteerism. These efforts not only help the city in many ways,they're also ' appreciated by the city's professional police force. "This organization,has donated time and money selflessly to- the city of Euless saving Euless tens of thousands of dollars,"said P.Gordon,a corporal with the Euless Police Department DISTRIBUTED TO: PA GEL OF A MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l l 7 / DATE OF ARTICLE "? NEWSPAPER FWST PROFILE His love of plants is deeply rooted in Euless � ■The city's horticulture and forestry foreman preserves history through trees and is enthusiastic about sharing his knowledge. He raises plants for city L.D.Bell High School in Hurst By TERRY LEE GOODRICH in 1978,and took a job in 1979 STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER. Jandsca p.ing,treats diseased with the city's mowing and EULESS-Jimmy Beck likes to sones and travels to schools to gardening crew mix historywith horticulture in educate youngsters about � g g trees'role in the environment. "But I really wanted to do, his favorite city:Euless. h His latest accomplishment more,"he said. Beck,Euless'municipal fore- r has been his work on the pre- So he went to night school man of horticulture and forestry, `serve,which opened this year. and earned an associate del feels a twinge of pride when he The grove has 31 historic trees gree in horticulture in 1994 views the Elvis Presley sweet gum t from arrant County College near Fuller-Wiser Road and T �' e g in the Preserve atMcCormick N Mid-Cities Boulevard. Northwest Campus. Park. Under his direction since �+ The plant was grown from a Beck and other city staffers P g then,city staffers have raised, seed at the King's beloved Grace- ..Forked with Washington, planted and given away more . land. D.C.-based American Forests Beck is leased,too,with the on the Famous and Historic than 150,000 trees.The tree P Tree Program to create the giveaway at the city's annual Ben Milam bald cypress,an off- Arbor Daze festival earned shoot of the tree where a Mexican grove. "That was a long time com- the 2004=05 Best Environ-' sniper hid when he gunned down ing,"Beck said."We kept mental Program award from Texas patriot Ben Milam during the Texas Festivals&Events the siege of San Antonio in-De- transplanting those trees in g - different pots.'Then they be- Association. cember 1835. came mobile,and we took For City Council meetings, And then there's local history. them to schools and to our Beck lines the chamber with Beck nourished and transplanted a annual Arbor Daze festival plants from the greenhouses, post oak that grew near the home before Ray McDonald found showcasing a different kind at and cotton gin of Elisha Adam the perfect spot." 1 11 each sesgion:He writes a bit Euless,for whom the city is 1. McDonald is the director about the plant's origin and named. of parks and community ser- care,which Mayor Mary Lib Beck has worked for Euless for vices. Saleh reads aloud before each 27 years,beginning with the mow- Beck's passion for plants meeting. ing and gardening crew and rising began when he was a boy and That tradition began in to a position in which he overseesenjoyed his grandmother's 2003 when City Hall reopened the city's two greenhouses. after a renovation. yard in Fort Worth.. r T Jimmy Beck "She had a sugarplum tree "He brought in some has worked for with little yellow plums—the Plants,and I said, Oh,Jimmy. the cit for 27 That looks great,'"Saleh said. w Y sweetest you ever tasted— �F' years and over : and a vegetable garden,"he It became a tradition.I just rt sees its two said. read what's written because .r l� greenhouses. A native of Roswell,N.M., he'd be too embarrassed to 4 ,; He says his love Beck grew up in Hurst and read it himself.He's such a of horticulture Euless.He graduated from neat guy,so obliging." stems from the g Beck is"sure knowledge- time time he spent as a boy in his grandmother's yard.She had a rrr sugarplum tree V and a vegetable t, garden. .w+ 4: STAR-TELEGRAM/PAUL MOSELEY DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ;� OF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN /LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l C DATE OF ARTICLE /�� / C NEWSPAPER FWST Jimmy Beck Residence:Fort Worth Age:47 1 � Occupation:Foreman of horticulture and forestry for N "' ... Euless Education:Associate degree *k xv in horticulture Family:Wife,Sondra Beck, and son,Tyler Beck h M ` able,"McDonald said."He's ' done a neat job of preserving Someday,Beck said, heritagey through `. STAR TELEGRAM/PAUL MOSELEY like n design and instll a The Euless lumberyard fig tree,from left,the Alamo red o"I'd ak and the President Carter slash pine. botanical garden in Euless. g Beck takes Dallas and Fort Worth have *� k��! '- �� 7� 4 them,and I'd like for the resi- �,.. ; ��it �� w�� t��, " . special pride in the Elvis dents of a city our size to havee ' R Presley sweet one,too." gum in the At home,he said,his back ' Preserve of € N yard is his oasis.And his wife � ; k McCormick of 25 years,paralegal Sondra ' Park.It was - - -- ' Beck,"just tells me what to . grown from a plant.I'll plant some dahlias seed at Graceland.The next spring." grove has 31 Beck said he has a sideline historic trees —Beck's Artistic Landscapes '_ " near Fuller- -working as a landscape Wiser Road and ' designer,consultant and in Mid-Cities Boulevard. staller with the help of his son,Tyler Beck,18. ' r ' "I can't stand still for very long,so when I retire,I'll C V devote myself more to that," e, Beck said. 0 1 In his rare spare-time,he + . plays the drums. ' "'I've been playing the r r drums for 31 years,"he said. }~ ' "I'd like to throw together a row h Led Zeppelin tribute band." y Terry Lee Goodrich,817-685-3812 w ti tgoodrich@star-telegram.com � STAR-TELEGRAM/PAUL MOSELEY i 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFA MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS eBARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED // // —7 F �' DATE OFARTICLE // 113 /6-'(7 NEWSPAPER FWST Out AND ABOUT NORTHEAST CLICK. ° .r _ IMtl .. >7♦ .r >Y Jay Donovan Star-Spangled Kristen Baidy,Taylor Wiginton,Shay Girard Byron Kelley and Lashonda Rogers and Meredith Richardson group bows hove for rlow party "Starry,Starry Night,"the p theme for the fourth annual North Texas Special Needs Assistance Partners gala,left * s me feeling the star treatment Before you jump to visions of red carpets and velvet " ropes,let me set the stage for Susan Schwindt,Suzy Speight,Jamie Boatwright Eric Girard and Alicia Mueller the flashes of sparkle I saw all and Tracey Chamberlain night long.Blue stars,project- ed onto the walls,circled the ballroom of Westlake's Marri= ott Solana.The centerpieces, sitting,atop table linens the ; color of a midnight sky,con- sisted of metallic stars cascad- ing from tall crystal vases. Even the chocolate truffle ` resting at each plate was stamped with star shapes. The menu didn't escape the star theme either.After the Caesar salad,asparagus and chicken marsala came the Marlene Turner,Norma Hopkins Priscilla Hamilton,Bob Hamilton cheesecake,garnished with a and Ledara Strahan and Rita Goodner thin chocolate star. Shay Girard of Southlake Stars turn out for gala chaired the event,along with "Starry,Starry Night"was the a galaxy of committee mem- theme for North Texas Special Needs r ; bers.Proceeds from the event Assistance Partners'annual gala.The will su ort readin King Creole Band provided entertain- PP g projects, ment. social programs,self-defense t y a classes and rental subsidies ' SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/BRIAN VENEZIA for more than 100 Northeast b Tarrant County clients. Jan Hennig,Claire Hennig and Brandon Hennig DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE __OF� MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYKEF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l /G, DATE OFARTICLE I �3 / NEWSPAPER FWST 1 Last week's benefit drew Master of ceremonies Bob close to 300,even though HamIton,president of those 300 didn't all look like Northeast Tarrant Chamber ' they were attending the same of Commerce,added a little party.Some were in black-tie; 'extra drama in taking his others in slacks and a sweater. sweet time calling out the The variety didn't seem to numbers.Special Needs As- bother anyone.In fact,one sistance Partners client Kate party guest just shrugged it Downey of Euless is my new off. best friend.She pulled the "It's just like going to Bass ' number—my number,the Hall,"she said."People just one I paid for out of my Diet wear whatever they want." Coke funds—and I'll be hap- Among those attending py to show you my new dia were Jamie and Ron Boat- mond necklace donated by ' Wright,group President Luxor Jewelers. Rita Goodner,chairman of Kate,who seemed as excit-. the board Matt Speight and ed as I was,told me,"Dia- his wife,Suzy,all of Colley monds are a girl's best friend, ville; Ronna and David you know"She just might be Stenger, Roanoke; Guy right. BeRiveau, Grapevine; Lucy Joy Donovan's column appears on Welsh,Lewisville;and Bed- Mondays and Fridays She can be reached ford Mayor Jim Story and his a`817-6s5-3842. wife,Bonnie. One thing about this crowd ' is that they know how to have . a good time.Once dinner, speechmaking and the auc- tion-were complete,these people hit the dance floor, boogying enthusiastically to the sounds of King Creole. The party was the same night of several big college football games,which were being televised.Consequently, ' quite a few party attendees annexed the hotel's bar area to take advantage of the big screen TV there.Seating in view of the TV was at a pre- mium. I was thanking my lucky ' stars that my University of Oklahoma Sooners claimed victory over the Texas A&M Aggies,making me very per- son.Just as the game ended,it was time for the raffle draw- ing. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDG1,VAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR , DATE DISTRIBUTED // 7 I DATE OFARTICLE / 1-3 0(_ NEWSPAPER FWST CEREMONY ' EWes' s- e veter s i Tuesday By JESSICA DeLEbN STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER EULESS — The city will honor veterans: Tuesday by showing off its red,white,blue and green. The City Council meeting will begin with a ceremony honoring the military and includ- ing a twist. Against a background of red, white and blue bunting, the presentation will feature the posting of the colors by American Legion Hurst-Euless-Bedford Post 379,a recounting of the history of Veterans Day,a poetry read- ing and a prayer. The dais will be adorned with Boston ferns and live oaks,and each pot will have a small American flag. -The bonus:Attendees will be able to take __ , home a tree for free. Suzanne Hendrickson,recreation manag-- er,said honoring veterans is important. "It's really a small token of appreciation of "" what they have done for us,"she said."A cer- emony is really easy to plan compared to what the veterans have done for our country." r Jessica DeLe6n,817-685-3932 jdeleon@star-telegram.com If you go City Council meet ing,7 p.m.Tues- day,City Hall,201, N.Ector Drive, - Euless. r