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RECREATION CENTER OPEN HOU4�:
' The Midway Recreation Center will 4r,
t d'ye an open house from 9 a.m to
noon-46i;Oatthe center,300 Midway;";
Drive in Euless.Attendees can enjoy a8-,j
free day of fitness.Instructors will
answer questions and teach free
.15-minute-classes.,Tarrant County
Public Health will offer an interactive.
' "Move and Groove"class along with
public health screenings.
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For firefghters, Border,Bowl a friendly riyalry
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By JESSICA DELEON Bedford. All three shifts in Bedford are full of Border
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women. (Actually, Bedford has only one fe--
It's a battle between"the women" and"the male firefighter.) BOWS
old'guys." Not so, countered Bedford firefighter/para- N2p.m.Sunday,
At-least,that's how,some of the participants medic Michael Barnhart. Pennington Field;'
view-the sixth annual.Bordet Bowl, in which "We let them win because we're scared the at the corner of
firefighters from Bedford and Euless will face old guys will hurt themselves." Airport Freeway mom
one another Sunday in a flag football game: . Truth be told,both departments often work and Central Drive
Euless has won four of the five "previous together'during mutual aid calls, and some in Bedford.. I
matches, whomping their opponents by dou- times train together. And the purpose of the ■Admission is anew,unwrapped
ble-digit spreads. game is to,jcollect toys that will be donated to toy,which will be
Now it's tine for some trash talk. Cook Chil ren's Medical Center in Fort Worth. donated to Cook
Euless ,firefighter Jeff Hayden, who play's "It's all r fun,and it's all for the kids,"Barn- Children's Med.-
quarterback,
ed-quarterback,said Bedford hasn't won much be- hart said ical Center.
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Bedford, _
Mess ffre departments go home sore
after a game to gather toys for Cook patients
By MARK AGEE They were down 42-0 at , Or as Bedford,-Lt. Torin ton Field in Bedford.
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER halftime, and Euless-firefight- johinson put.it, "I. guess we fi- But the total that matters
ers cruised to a 63-22 victory in nally found,something the Bu wasn't on the scoreboard;_it's
BEDFORD — .It's a good' ry
thing that most of the players"i the sixth annual flag football, less Fire Department is good`",:the number of-toys collected
in Sunday's Border Bowl knew , game. Euless has won five of at," '1 for patients at Cook Children's
' first aid, because the Bedford the six matchups. There was a lot of good-nab Medical Center in Fort Worth.
. Fire Department's team took a b tured trash talk duringthe$un� They hadn't been counted yet
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`I think we're switching to
real beating. ny afternoon game at Penning= but were stacked near the gate
softball next year,". said Bed- of the stadium.
ford quarterback Lee Shiflet,a "
Trinity High School' star in the We have a huge pile," said
early 1990s."Maybe arm tyres- Euless Mayor Pro Tem Linda
Martin,who is also an alumna
tlinQ.Somethine." _c.t-_: ..__-C:-- A—A
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emy."It's looking really good." ,
Four members of the CFA
Aumni.Association, acting as
cheerleaders, donned fire-
fighter :boots, jackets and
shorts with"Go EFD"written
on the seats.
Bedford scored its first
touchdown with 14 minutes
left in the game,as Euless gave
its administrators some play- '
ing time:Johnson;who caught
that.touchdown,wanted it not-
ed
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ed ,that he "burned" Euless
Chief Lee Koontz for 'that
score.
Shiflet caught the final
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touchdown of the game with 30
seconds left..It appeared his
flag was taken at the 1-yard- `F .
Tine. But when Euless' players
began to argue, the official
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Jerrie Keller cheers on Euless
firefighters,as they and the Bed-
ford department play the sixth
annual Border Bowl on Sunday.
pointed at the scoreboard and
signaled touchdown again.
Johnson said the real pain
comes not from the loss, but
from climbing into a fire en-
gine the next day.
"It takes about 10 days tore-
cover,"he said. .
Mark Agee,8I7--685-3821
rmagc'e@star-telegram.com
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GARBAGE About 95 of 220 workers represented by Powell said the strike was apparently
the union were not at work, according to , not over wages and benefits, because
• __ an Allied-Waste official.He said the com- those subjects have not yet been discuss-
' pany is bringing in employees from other ed.Union officials are upset, he said,be-
Strike.
e-
Texas operations to help meet its obliga-. cause the company has sought to stop de-
tions. ducting union dues from employees'pay-
"We've got trucks out on the road pick- checks.
ing up trash right now,"Tim Powell,gen- The Teamsters union has represented
eral manager of Allied Waste's Fort Worth workers at Allied's Fort Worth division,
delays division, said late Monday afternoon. formerly Trinity Waste, since 1998. The
"We've got an obligation to our customers, union has filed an unfair labor practice
and we're going to live up to that obliga- complaint with the National Labor Rela-
1 e tion." -.
A union official declined to comment,
referring questions to local President
Wesley Jenkins,who did not return a-tele-
• phone call from the Star-Telegram. Trash collection
iek In a news release, the union said, "Al- Area cities served by Allied Waste:Azle,
lied Waste,through its actions,has made it Bedford,Benbrook,Blue Mound,Edgecliff
P P crystal clear that they do not want an Village,Euless,Grapevine„Haslet,Hurst,
agreement ... forcing the union mem- Keller,Lakeside,Marshall Creek,Newark,
■Allied Waste officials said bers onto the street.” North Richland Hills;Pelican Bay,Richland
' they are bringing in workers . In Grapevine,garbage in two neighbor Hills,River Oaks,Roanoke,Saginaw,Sanc-
hoods in the northern art of the city was tuary,Southlake,Trophy Club,Watauga,
from other Texas operations#o p �' Westover Hills,Wentworth Village
meet its garbage collecting, not picked u Monday as scheduled,City Trash collection could be delayed in
' obligations. Manager Bruno Rumbelow said. some communities.Residents and bust
"There is some slight impact today," nesses are urged to:
By BOB COX Rumbelow said Monday."Starting tomor N Check with city Web sites or call Allied
STAR-T.EGRAM STAFF wRr= row the impact with residential is going to Waste at 800-333-7301.
Some neighborhoods in Tar- be minimal." ■Use garbage disposals for solid food
' rant County had no-trash collec- I But trash collection at some business- waste as much as possible to cut down on
tion Monday after about 100 Allied es,such as restaurants,may be missed or garbage volume.
Waste employees did not show upI late,he said. _ ers with lids to reduce the smell and keep
' for work. 1 ■Double-bag trash and store it in contain-
— --"The bigger question, as I ",understand-- animals out..
Teamsters Union Local 767 said
it,is whether they are going to get to all of SOURCE:City press releases
it called a strike after Allied Waste, the Dumpsters,"Rumbelow said.
' which serves about 25 area towns In Southlake, which has Tuesday and tions Board, according to the news,re-
and cities,and the union could not Friday collections, the city has been as- ` lease,but did not detail allegations against
agree on a new labor contract.The sured that and garbage will be picked up. the company.
old contract expired Dec.10. "It may be delayed,"spokeswoman Pi- Allied,based in Phoenix,is the second-
Trash containers in some parts lar Schank said. "It could be a couple of largest non-hazardous solid waste man-
' of Grapevine and North Richland hours or as much as a day." agement company in the US.,with annual
Hills remained on the curb Mon- In.Benbrook, City Manager Cary Con- revenues of more than $5 billion. The
day night. Those neighborhoods klin said he's concerned that drivers won't company's Web site says it serves about 10
should'be taken care of today,city know the routes when the trash is picked million residential, commercial and in-
officials said. up Wednesday. dustrial customers in 110 'major markets in
Officials in cities with trash col- "I don't know what kind of effect this 37 states and Puerto Rico.
' lection scheduled for today said will have on us," he said Monday after- The company also has major divisions
they expect few problems. noon."We're hoping for the best,but ex in Plano,Dallas and the Houston area,
pecting a little less." Staff writers Elizabeth Campbell,Jessica DeLe6n,
Powell said the company was surprised John K-irschl Bill Teeter and Adrienne Nettles
' by the strike.The two sides had been bar-. contributed to this report.
gaining since Nov 6 and met Friday, he Bob Cox,817-390-7723
said,and Allied was prepared to continue rcox@star-telegram.com _.
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Hoping to deliver their presents in time for Christmas,people line up at the post office on North Ector
Drive in Euless on Tuesday to make their last-second holiday drop-offs.
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ALLIED WASTE
Aoqwek` seenend t -
o trash collectors strike
4T company has sent Teamsters But Powell said he expects ,
union officials a certified letter to have full staffing by today, 1
asking them to resume negotiations: using workers from other op- Affected
��`" #� erations in Texas. About 95
- in early January _
percent of all residential col municipalities
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By ADRIENNE NETTLES lection are expected to be M Area communities served
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
made today., by Allied Waste:Azle,Bedford
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A strike that has disrupted trash col- Trash that was scheduled to Benbrook,Blue Mound,Edge-
lection throughout southern Denton. be collected Tuesday is expect- cliff Village,Euless,Grapevine,and Tarrant counties isnot likely to end ed to be picked up Today in Eu- Haslet,Hurst,Keller,Lakeside;
soon,said Wesley Jenkins,president of less,Hurst and Richland Hills, Marshall Creek,Newark,North
. . Richland Hills,Pelican.Bay,
Teamsters Local 767, which represents officials said. Richland Hills,River Oaks,
' the"workers a `We are very concerned Roanoke,Saginaw,Sanctuary,
Some residents in Euless,Hurst and with the situation at hand and Southlake,Trophy Club,Wa-
Richland Hills did not have their trash, ask that residents please bepa- tauga,Westover Hills,West-
collected by Allied Waste on their tient and tolerant during this worth Village.
' Tuesday collection day, officials -time," 0 Trash collection could be
time,"Euless City Manager Joe delayed in some communities.::..
And some neighborhoods in Grapevine Henning,said in a statement. Residents and businesses are
and North Richland Hills that expected Grapevine expectstrash asked to check city Web sites
service Monday had to wait_until Tues- collection to be caught up by or call Allied Waste at 800--
' day for trash collection. Thursday, city Environmental 333-7301.
Jenkins said it is unfortunate that the Manager Nathan Loftice said. ■Use garbage disposals for
Bedford Deputy City Man- solid food waste as much as
timing of the strike is so close to Christ-' ager Steve Johnson said his city Possible to reduce garbage
' masa. had received no complaints. volume.
"We all have relatives that live in,, n Double-bag trash and store
The city's trash is picked up on
these cities,"he said. `We just want to' Mondays and Thursdays. educe the smelit in containers l and keep
get things cleaned up." _ , '.`I think the 've done a good.
' Teamsters Local'767 announced the y g animals out.
strike Monday after negotiations failed lob,"he said: SOURCES!Allied waste,municipalities
Jenkins dismissed.a com- j
with Allied on a new labor contract. ment by Allied management
' The previous agreement expired Dec. that the strike is over the com meet at any time."
10.Issues under dispute include how to pany's attempt to stop deduct- Staff writers Bill Teeter,John Kirsch
4andle worker injuries and ing union dues from pay- and Jessica DeLeon contributed to
employee grievances.' checks: this report.
Workers' annual salaries The union is fine with cur, Adrienne Nettles,817-685-3820
range from$35,000 to$65,000, rent language in the contract anettles@star-tetegram.com
depending on the type of truck regarding dues,he said.
they,drive, said Tim Powell, Jenkins said the union has
general manager of Allied about five or six issues it would
Waste's Fort Worth division. liketo address in a new con-
; On Monday, Allied sent tract, including seniority,
' union officials a certified letter worker injuries and dispute
asking them to pick Jan.3,9 or resolutions. He said the union
10 to resume negotiations, in is prepared to resume negotia-
hopes of ending the strike, tions,but he was not confident
' Powell said.A striker returned of a quick resolution. "
to work Tuesday,leaving 94 of "We are ready to go today,"
the 220 workers represented he said."We can meet out in a
by Local 767 still on strike. tent or hotel.
' ' "These things take a long We're.willing and able to
time,"Powell said."I can't pre-
dict what will happen the next
time we meet,but we're ready
to get the ball rolling."
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RECREATION CENTER OPEN HOUSE
The Midway Recreation Center will .
have an open house from,9 a.m.to.
hoon_Jan.6 at the center,300 Midway
Drive in Euless.Attendees can enjoy a
free day of fitness.Instructors will
answer questions and teach free
15-minute classes.Tarrant County
Public Health will offer an Interactive
"Move and Groove class along with
public health screenings. _
CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING:Euless
will have its 18th annual Christmas tree-
recycling event from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m.
Jan.13 at Midway Park,300 Midway
Drive;The event will include a tree
mulching demonstration,and bags of
mulch and tree saplings will be,give'w
away to the public.Free hot dogs and,.
.drinks will be served to anyone who
participates in the recycling event.T4.
city uses the mulch to maintain City
parks and medians.Residents may
bring their own bag to fill with mulch
for their„gardens or flowers,Limit one
bag per'person,Residents may
dispose of live Christmas trees only.
(with no ornaments or llghts)at the
designated area of Midway Park
between Tuesday and Jan.13.For
information,call 817-685-1650.
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EDITORIALS
LABOR
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' ■Patience is a good thing, but,peo- pickup schedules back to normal in
pie have a right to expect their gar- : short order. Zi
bage to be-picked'up on time. Patienpe is a virtue,but contracts
' are contracts.People in these cities
There's never`a good time for a' have a right to expect'their garbage to
garbage haulers strike.The holiday be picked up on schedule,and city. '
season is an especially bad time to. officials must demand it.
have overfilled trash containers wait- Grapevine City Manager Bruno
' ing at the curb for days on end Rumbelow put a lighter touch on the
But that's the situation for 25 cities issue:"We take this very seriously,"
in Tarrant and southern Denton coun- he said."There are two things you
' ties that have contracts with Allied don't mess'with in city government:
Waste. ° dogs and garbage pickup."
With 94 of its.220 Fort Worth-' Reports this week.have showed no
headquartered workers walking off signs of a quick end to the strike.-
the
trike..the job,the company has been pulling Allied sent officials of Teamsters
in replacements.Still,residential Local 767 a letter asking.them to pick
pickups have been as much as two Jan.3,9 or 10 as the date to resume `
days late in some cities.The cities talks aimed at working out an agree-
served by Allied include Bedford; ment.The company's previous agree-
Grapevine,Keller,North Richland ment with the union expired_Dec.10.`
Hills and Southlake. r That's a matter to be settled be- ,
' So far,residents and officials of twee Allied and the union.Mean-
those.communities have been patient while,the company has a job to do;�'
with the delays.Company officials' and city officials must make sure that
have promised that its replacement it gets done—on schedule,right
and non-striking workers will bring away. -
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CHRISTMAS CLOSINGS-:
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City offices will be closed Monday
and Tuesday.The public library will
tie
and.
Sunday through Tuesday.
Monday's trash pickup-will be
Tuesday.-:
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Joseph Mata of North Richland Hills waits for an Allied Waste crew to pick up the 50 trash bags piled on his curb Thursday.
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By ADRIENNE NETTLES ■Communities served by Allied Waste
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issues in dispute between Teamsters
Local 767 and the com an
Allied
As Allied Waste workers entered P, Y•4B
whether the fourth day of a strike, some city
leaders Thursday began questioning "We know there are other provid--
' the company's reliabil'i : ' ''" .'
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V V�She Can i�eep Euless and Southlake officials commitment," Euless City Manager
1 noted that their contracts with the Joe Hennig said."We hope they will,
its contractual trash collection company come up be able to.At some point there comes
' for renewal this spring after resi- the time where we have to say enough
cOmmltmentS dents in both cities complained is enough. We haven't reached that
about the lack of service this week.
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point yet. Hurst signed a five-year r •` '
contract with Allied in 2003, ' sai "With th the rain and ever
Teamsters Local 767 any
thing,things get a little messy..._
nounced the strike Monday, so the contract doesn't come They did get the trash first.;
forcing Allied to scramble to iup for another couple of years. thing this morning," he.said-`
hire temporary workers from A "Obviously,the strike situ- Thursday.
its operations elsewhere in I ation is probably going to be To keep things from getting
Texas and in other states to as- on a lot of peoples minds
messy again,Price said he will.,,.
sist with cleaning up trash in ',;when,they go out for bids and
more than 25 area communi- services,"Assistant City Man- wait until after Christmas to =
ties. The union.'s previous ager Jeff Jones said. put his trash out again
contract expired Dec.10. "It's certainly something to "If they are striking, I fig
Throughout Thursday,res- consider." ure the time they.,would.be,,',;,
idents and city workers con- North Richland Hills;' most likely to strike is Christ-
tinued to report missed trash `spokeswoman Mary Edwards` mas Day,"he;said.
collections,including in'Azle, -- - -
Benbrook, Euless,Hurst,Kel- said the city continued to re- Staff writers John Kirsch,Jessica
ler and Lakeview.
ceive complaints Thursday. DeLeon,Bill Teeter and Matt ;,
With Christmas approach- North Richland Hills, con- Frazier contributed to this report: 1
tract with Allied ends Jan: 31, Adrienne Nettles,817-685-3 20
ing,residents and city leaders 2008, and the city plans to anettles@star-telegram.com
are concerned about more -- - --
trash piling start preparing for bids in the
p g u p`in their coin- 3
spring,Edwards wrote in an e-
munities. mail.
Tim Powell, general man- "We do expect Allied to ful
ager. of Allied's Fort Worth di- fill their contract with the city
vision, said the company is and,get back to a reasonable
ready to ,tackle the busiest and-acceptable level of.ser
trash days of the year: He vice in very short,order," she
called the strike a surprise.to wrote.
Allied, formerly "_ Trinity
Waste. Communities must under
"Any time you have notice stand the strike caught Allied
of-something,_ you're much off.guard,Powell said. About
_ 100 ;:workers -remained on
more prepared," he said. strike Thursday,,he said:`
"We're in good shape from a --- —
staffing standpoint. We're "We didn't think they
brin in in more trucks and would strike before Christ-
people-bringing from our other loca- mas because we were still ne-
tions." gotiating," he said. "Compa
But rainy weather this nies face-adversities all the
week has delayed trash collec- time,but it's how "you respond
tion, and some. temporary to it that counts;We've been
drivers aren't familiar with :-responding to it."ry
routes,Powell said. I I But that's little comfort to
City leaders are watching people like boug Price of
and hoping that Allied can live Azle, who put his garbage at,
UP to its agreements. the curb for the usual collec-
Hennig .said Euless offs- tion on Monday:`
cials will be monitoring trash It was still there Wednes
collection over the Christmas day,he said.
and New Year's holidays.The "I saw that they picked up
city's five-year contract`with other garbage in the neighbor-
Allied expires in March 2008: hood, amd I thought they just .
Southlake's contract with missed our little,section," he
Allied expires in April:
"Earlier in the year we were
having pick-up problems with
them in several neighbor-
hoods," Southlake spokes-
woman Pilar Schank said.
"There were some real issues
there."
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TRASH COLLECTION
Area communities served by Allied WastR:Azle,Bedford,Benbrook,Blue Mound,Edgecliff Village,
Euless,Grapevine,Haslet,Hurst,Keller,Lak side,Marshall Creek,Newark,North Richland Hills,Pelican
' Bay,Richland Hills,River Oaks,Roanoke;S ginaw,Sanctuary Southlake,Trophy Club,Wata ,West-
over Hills,Westworth Village. uga
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`Trash collection couid be delayed in some ommunities.Residentsd businesses are asked to cheek
city Web sites or call Allied Waste at 800- 3-7301: ?
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POINTS OF CONTENTION
' TEAMSTERS LOCAL 767's COMPLAINTS:
R Allied Waste is trying to decertify the union,meaning it wants the union disbanded.
Mt Allied is not bargaining in good faith and is stalling meeting with the union.Union officials say Allied
sent its chief negotiator,Jim Lattimore,a division manager at Allied,
this year. ,on vacation to avoid a meeting
R Allied has proposed changing all 23 articles in the contract without detailing the changes.T66'union
wants seniority issues addressed,a ban against firing employees for injuries,and an agreement that '
grievances be handled by a local multi-employee committee rather than an arbitrator.
R Allied walked out of a meeting.with the union Dec.15,never returning to the table to resume negotia-
tions.The current agreement expired Dec.10.
R-Allied has hired an anti-union law firm,Arizona-based Steptoe&Johnson,to draft contract propos-
als.
SOURCE:Wesley Jenkins,president of Teamsters Local 767
ALLIED WASTE'S RESPONSE: #
N The company has offered three additional meeting dates on'Jan.3,9 and 10 to meet with union
officials.The union has yet to respond.
■Decertification is an issue between employees an.±:►tip union,Allied was notified a week ago.by the
National Labor Relations Board that some employees have slauested a union decertification.vote
R Steptoe&Johnson has not attended bargaining sessions L,attimore and Tim Powell,;geneFalmanag,
er of Allied'sFort Worth division,are representing the company In the talks. 's
R At a Dec.15 meeting the Union and Allied conducted a ceucus"•and union officials went Into a sep
' crate room to review Alhed's proposed contract changes the'caucus was supposed to end at 1:30 am
Boundfficials at that tithe,'Allied officials assumedhe uhiorwasn' ,
SOURCE:Allied WasteM1r
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