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Home My WebLink About2007-02-02 Euless Articles 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN //LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /I a IO 7 DATE OFARTICLE /�s �I�� O 7 NEWSPAPER FROM THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP .r; saplings will be given away, = food outside. Outside lights as well as free hot dogs and are a big help too. E S� drinks. This is a good way We look forward to another -; to help the environment --ood d have many Greetings from the Once again,the city will be gyear an city of Euless! We hope hosting Town Hall meetings Plans for special events and all of you had a wonderful services for our citizens.And, q k y in January. The dates are we do plan to have another relaxing happy holiday Thursday,January 11,2007, P ' Mayor Sale season and are now ready toand Thursday, January Arbor Daze this year...not the Euless resume all your activities. 25, 2007, in the council kind we have had in the past but a much smaller hometown chambers at City Hall. This ' A really good place to is a good time to meet the event for our families. begin is with" the police various city department encourage you to check and/or fire academies: Both ouutt our website(www.euless. heads and zouncil members. org) and our cable channel ' academies start new classes There is always an open 16 for up-to-date news of, in January. You will learn so question and answer period. city events. I wish you all much about the departments We encourage you to-visit a wonderful, healthy and ' and alsothe city and what our city parks and use the happy New Year. we do for protection of our walking trails. On cold ' citizens: For information -days the library is a favorite call the Fire . Department at 817-685-1600 place to meet. The library and the has :purchased some really Police Department.at 817- interesting'new books you ' 685-1563. can view on the "New Books" display. Please You may, have noticed come and read our library ' advertisements for newsletter listing all the transportation meetings wonderful events in our in your community. There library. is a lot going on with As always we have dogs transportation issues today, and cats that are living in our and a good way to understand animal shelter and would .all the issues is to attend the really love to have a home. ' public meetings. It seems You can call and ask what is years before construction available at 817.685.1592. begins, but citizens have ' We frequently get calls ' their input before anything about wild animals invading gets ' staged, not after personal properties. Most construction begins. calls are about bobcats, ' raccoons, coyotes, skunks The city of Euless will and others. You can call host another Christmas tree the animal shelter for traps, ' shredding and mulching but remember the outside demonstration at Midway is their home, too. Please Park on Saturday, January bring your pets inside at ' 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. night and do not leave open Bags of mulch and tree DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF A MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED l ' DATE OF ARTICLE l 7 NEWSPAPER FWST EULESS ' City to court to seek 1 demolition date for complex lex � By JESSICA DeLEON ished.Its owners said that the Dickey Apartments STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER order violated due process and I I 1 EULESS — The city of Eu- that the city was discriminat- -�-___ 1B3 Euless less filed suit this week in state ing against the tenants because District Court to enforce a many of them had poor credit 10 ulessBiv. 1,, ' judgment ordering the demoli- as well as criminal back- p�exander ln.` tion of the Dickey Apartments. grounds. i Ii. 1 i How did this begin? Eu-' The city prevailed in state less ordered the complex de- and federal court. Now offi- I� ! molished in 2003 because the cials are seeking an official or.- apartments are in an area• der for a demolition date. zoned as single-family residen- Overton died in 2005. I, tial.The city annexed the com- What has become of the - -- �� • plex in 1971 and designated it as buildings? Tenants were "Mappeq .l nonconforming because it did forced to move out of the 45- area not'meet zoning regulations. year-old complex in 2003.The For Cities can ask for a noncon- 36-unit property on Dickey ,, worth forming property to be closed Drive, south of Texas 10, re- I "8 or demolished after the owner mains vacant. Representatives recoups his investment. The of the apartments'owner could sraR•n LecRnMmM seoisoN ' city contends that the owner, not be reached for comment. Gary McKamie said. "We're Steve Overton, had recouped What's next? The city anxiously awaiting an out- his$349,049 cost. awaits a date in court. come. What happened next? "We obviously have no way This report includes material from ' Dickey Apartments sued Eu- of knowing when it makes its the Star Telegram archives. less in 2003 after the city or- way to the state District dered the buildings demol Court," Deputy Ci Manager Jessicalo @star-DeLe6r,817-685-3932 m.co P Y �' g ideleon@star-telegram.com ' .ri j r rill r1� ralY 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 I DATE OFARTICLE �/a g NEWSPAPER FWST THIS WEEKS POLICE SCANNER INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER 4 towels, ashtray taken from Motel 6 ' By DOMINGO RAMIREZ M But Bodett won't be los- STAR-TELEGRAMThief took towels STAFF WRITER ing sleep over the Euless EULESS—For at least theft.' �encea one customer,Tom Bodett. A police report states that n probably won't be leaving a 28-year-old Watauga man Fort, the light on. who had been registered to, wort �. A thief took two cotton the room from which the ' towels,two hand towels`and items were stolen was ques- ' M'dwayDr. an ashtray from a Motel 6 in tioned by police officers in the 100 block of Airport the motel's parking lot. Freeway on Monday._ Patrol officers inter- ' A police report did not viewed the man after notic have the dollar loss in the. ing that he had been sitting Airport Fw. 183 theft. in his vehicle in the parking Bodett,the longtime lot for a long time. e�,a• ' spokesman for Motel C,uses In his vehicle were the 6��esS N his trademark promise that missing'towels and ashtray, 4• 8 "We'll leave the light on for reports state. STAR-TELEGRAM ' you"to entice customers to Domingo Ramirez Jr.,817-685-3822 the economy motels. ramirez@scar-cetegram.com DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l/ OF A MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED o2 1-210-7-7 DATE OF ARTICLE °�l S lb-7 IS 5 U e NEWSPAPER S )6 C,G Bc MSNBC.com BeliefWatch: Animal Slaughter By Lisa Miller ' Newsweek Feb. 5, 2007 issue - The ancient Jews did it. So did the Romans and the Aztecs. Sacrificing an animal to ' please or placate God or the gods has been commonplace for many thousands of years. Still, it's a little bit shocking when we see the practice in our own backyards. Last spring a Texan named Jose Merced, who also happens to be a Santeria priest, was at home preparing to , kill a chicken as part of a religious ritual when the cops came to the door. According to a complaint filed in federal district court last month, the cops told Merced he couldn't sacrifice the chicken without permission from the city of Euless, a suburb near the Dallas airport; city officials, according to the complaint, later denied ' him a permit. Merced is suing the city for violating his First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, saying that blood sacrifice is essential to his religious expression. "There is ... no substitute for the spiritual energy contained in blood," he says in an affidavit. "Without animal sacrifice as taught to us through tradition, Santeria as a set of beliefs and meaningful practices would cease to exist." Last week the city of Euless filed a ' motion to dismiss the case. Santeria receives the bulk of the attention given to this issue—including from the Supreme Court, which in 1993 allowed a group of Floridians to continue their sacrifices—but many other Americans ritually slaughter animals as well. The Hmong, of whom there are an estimated 280,000 in this country, traditionally kill a .r1 chicken, a pig and a cow as part of a funeral rite: the chicken soul leads the deceased back to his ancestors, the pig is the soul's companion and the cow is "like an umbrella," protection for the journey, explains Txong Pao Lee, executive director of the Hmong Cultural Center, in St. Paul, Minn. Today these killings usually take place in a slaughterhouse with a shaman present, but not always. Muslims around the world make an animal sacrifice on Eid ul-Adha, the holiday marking the end of hajj; most American Muslims pay for an animal to be sacrificed abroad, but a few do it here, on farms. Because of ancient kosher laws, even Jews are sensitive to cases like that of Jose Merced. Rabbi Moshe Elefant, who oversees the rules of kashrut for the Orthodox Union, explains that while Jews have not been permitted to sacrifice animals since the destruction of the Temple, kosher animals are killed the same way today as they were back then. Colonel Sanders, it seems, is the innovator. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF ` MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS/ BARKER GETCHELL' LIBRARYADMINLIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED a l a l U DATE OF ARTICLE 113 C)(/6 -7 NEWSPAPER FWST RAIDER DRIVE Body found at Euless apartment complex STARTELEGRAM EULESS — A body of a ' 19-year-old man was found at an apartment complex Monday night by a relative, police said. ' The discovery was made about 8:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Raider Drive, just ' north of Euless Boulevard. The relative told police that he found the body lying on a bed in the 19-year-old ' man's apartment. The relative attempted medical aid but was unsuc cessful,police,said. ' The relative told police that the 19-year-old became ill after getting off work at noon Monday. ' The man told the relative he was going to bed,police said. ' —Domingo Ramirez jr. 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF I MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY GRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED C 1 a l1 /3 0 0 DATE OF ARTICLE / NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST -AREA BRIEFS-' ,.k v: Fire destroys vacant house, damages 2 EULESS—Fire destroyed a house and damaged two others , Sunday night,officials said.No one was injured in the blaze at 10 p.m.in the 700 block of Commerce Street,Fire Marshal ' Pa}�I Smith said.The residents of the destroyed house were staying elsewhere while it was being remodeled.A neighbor. ' was awakened by the light of the fire,and the house was consumed with flames when firefighters arrived,Smith said. ' "It's one of the rare fires where' flames were through the roof before anyone noticed it,"he said.The estimated damage to ' the destroyed house was $120,000,Smith said.No esti- mate was available for the neighboring houses,each dam- ' aged by heat and smoke.The cause is under investigation. —Mark Agee DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGEOF MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DA TE DISTRIBUTED o7 I a /y DATE OFARTICLE 3 y `, 7 NEWSPAPER FWST 'TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL Quick saved stadent's e EULESS--Manuel"Manny" hd Jeff.Morris, Garcia knew something was , Euless Fire Department ' wrong that NovemberiA division chief, afternoon as he finished °t center,pre running his two-mile drill ' 4 cents awards f r sN! I during fifth-period soccer to student x� � practice at Trinity High trainer Jessica School. Ferris,left; :` athletic trainer ' My whole body starts itching Mike Pruitt, and swelling up in hives," second from left;and soc- recalls Garcia, a Trinity cer coach senior. "I can't breathe really r Tracy Duren, ,good." right,for their wy, And then he remembered-- roles in saving - ? the life of the"crispito." l 4 ,' Manny Garcia, Garcia had had a similar second from crisis last year with a Hot right. - ' Pocket. His allergy to yeast,when combined with soccer training, can lead to anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening allergic reaction, he said. But there were people nearby who knew what to do. 'A student trainer and the faculty members who helped save Garcia's life that day were given a Life Saving Award by the Euless Fire Department during a presentation at the school Monday. "Allergic reactions can be very life-threatening, and it became very serious,"said Jeff Morris, Euless Fire Department division chief. "There were some individuals that stepped in and made the right decisions." Garcia has been allergic to yeast since he was 8. He watches what he eats, but 1ometimes, like at lunchtime on Nov. 27, his desire for tasty food gets the better of him. 1he cafeteria's crispitos,which are like large,flour-tortilla taquitos,were too tempting. Jetate one and felt fine for the rest of the afternoon. nil the run. Then things started shutting down. "After the two miles, I started feeling it,"Garcia said. Garcia came off the field and told soccer coach Tracy Duren that he wasn't feeling well. tDuren had seen Garcia look like this before, after the Hot Pocket incident when Garcia ad an allergic reaction during a soccer game after eating the microwaveable sandwich. he coach started to panic. "Where's your EpiPen?"he said. The device auto-injects epinephrine, an emergency Ieatment for a severe allergic reaction. But Garcia had forgotten it. ssica Ferris,a student trainer, heard what was going on, remembered that there was an EpiPen in the training room and ran to get it. Mike"Doc" Pruitt, the school's athletic Ffiner, dialed 911. arcia was getting worse. "I started not being able to see very good,"he says. He heard the voices of Pruitt and Duren. "They kept talking to me,"he says. "I remember them trying to keep me awake." He passed out anyway. ohen Ferris returned with the EpiPen, she gave it to Pruitt,who had been trained but ver had used it. He jammed the device into Garcia's thigh. Garcia's breathing improved immediately. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE C7 OFA MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN/ LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED DATE OF ARTICLE j 3 1 NEWSPAPER FWST "It's unbelievable how quick that thing works," Pruitt said. He gave most of the life-saving credit to Ferris: "She knew what to go get and where it was and went to go get it. I just stuck him." f 6 w STAR-TELEGRAM/M.L.GRAY Manny Garcia talks with student trainer' ' Jessica Ferris. Ferris knew whereo. find the treatment Garcia needed. The ambulance arrived within minutes. ' "We saw Manny in the coach's arms,"firefighter paramedic Brad Smith said. "They pretty much saved his life." i 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRAIRYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED a l a lO 7 DATE OF ARTICLE //3J /D -7 NEWSPAPER FWST ' EULESS i 'l Councilman name ■Michael Brown's council "I just think it's a tremen- Assistant Police Chief Bob seat is expected to be filled dous opportunity,"said Brown, Freeman served as interim po- Michael Brown during the May 12 election. 51."It's a great community.It's lice chief. Age:51 ' a great department." On Tuesday,Brown said his Education:Graduated from By JESSICA DeLEON City Manager Joe Hennig goal as police chief is to reach STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Trinity High School, described Brown as a perfect out to the community and im- associate's degree in law EULESS — City Council- fit for the city because he prove service.' enforcement from Tarrant man Michael Brown has re- knows the employees and He said his council experi- County Junior College;bathe-. signed to take a new job for the structure. ence will give him a different lor's degree in applied arts city:police chief. "On top of that, he's just a perspective as chief. Saleh and science from the Universi-, Brown, quality, quality person," Hen- agreed. ty of North Texas,1999;mas- who has nig said. "I think, oftentimes, staff ter peace officer certification, been chief of Mayor Mary Lib Saleh said members don't realize the dif- 1997. police for the Brown also does well with the ficult decisions council mem- Experience:Chief of police, UNT Health Science Center ,University of, public and will provide insight bers have to make,"Saleh said. 2003-07;Euless City Council, North Texas from hisyears of law enforce- "Mike has had the opportunity 2006-07;Euless Police De- Health Sci- ment experience. to see both sides of it, which partment,1977-2002;Richland. ence. Center . Brown succeeds Leonard will make him a better police Hills Police Department,1974- in Fort Carmack,who retired last year.. chief." 1975. ' BROWN Worth since Carmack announced his resig- Brown's Place 6 council seat Family:Wife,Anicia;children, 2003,gave up nation in March and left will be filled May 12,in an elec- Clint,Aja and Leland. his council seat Friday and was around August. tion held in conjunction with appointed police chief Tues Brown said he told city offi- the regular City Council elec- will also be up for.election. day. cials late last summer that he tion. Candidates for those two seats He was a Euless police offi- was interested in the job. Whoever is elected to the can begin filing Feb.12. cer for 25 years before retiring Hennig said staff didn't start seat will serve the remaining Candidate filing for the ' in 2002.Brown grew up in Eu- searching for a replacement two years of Brown's term. Place 6 seat begins Feb.14. less and graduated from Trin until autumn, after the budget Two other council seats Jessica DeLeon,817-685-3932 ity High School in 1973. process was finished. with regular three-year terms jdeleon@star-telegram.com DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OFA MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DA TE DISTRIBUTED ( a O -7 DATE OF ARTICLE l l 7 NEWSPAPER FWST Sue Millican ' Her husband, Ernest Millican, was on the City Council from 1953 - 1961 and served as Mayor from 1957-1961 . FORT WORTH—Sue Millican,84, passed away Monday,Jan.29,2007,at ' a local hospital. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday in Lucas Funeral Home Chapel, 1321 Precinct Line Road, Hurst, with the Rev. Gary ' Turner officiating. Burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Lucas Funeral Home. The bearers of Sue's casket will be Brent Viken,Hunter Viken,Travis Booh- er,Roy Hodo, Brent Millican, Kirk Flip- po,Payne Viken and Tate Viken. Sue was a lifetime member of the PTA. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church of Euless and a Sunday school teacher for many years.A few of the things Sue enjoyed included crafts,ceramics,traveling and her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvie Cartwright and Lillie Flippo Cartwright. Survivors: Husband of 60 years, Ernest Millican; daughter, Diana and husband, Travis Booher; daughter, Beckie and husband, Steve Sheley; grandchildren,Tammy Viken and hus- band, Brent, Suzanne Booher, Sarah Booher,Travis Booher and Lori Booher; great-grandchildren, Hunter, Payne and Tate Viken;and many friends and family. Lucas Funeral Home Hurst,817-284-7271 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l l DATE OF ARTICLE c 2 l` l NEWSPAPER FFi'ST Robert "Pete"Allen 3 Y: ' COLLEYVILLE — Robert "Pete" Allen, 58,owner of Super Value Phar- macy in Euless,died peacefully with his wife and daughter at his side Wednes- day morning,Jan.31,2007,after a long and courageous two-year battle with colon cancer. Funeral: 3 p.m. Saturday in the cemetery pavilion at Parker Memorial Cemetery in Grapevine, located on Hwy 121,north of Hall-Johnson Road. Memorials: Mr. Allen's family re- quests that no flowers be sent.Consid- eration of contributions for cancer re- search,a pharmacy scholarship or to a charity of choice in memory of Pete is suggested. Robert St.John Allen was born Feb. 24,1948,in Brenham,the son of James Young and Frances St. John Allen. Called"Pete"by his father,he graduat- ed from Del Valley High School before ' attending the University of Texas at Austin,where he received his degree in pharmacology in 1969. Pete married Waltraud "Frances" ' Wirth in 1975.The couple called Tarrant County their home.in 1978,Pete estab- lished his pharmacy in Euless;the cou- ple had their only child,Katherine,that same year. ' He was a kind,gentle man who de- voted his life to his family,pharmacy and patients. Pete was greatly blessed by the Lord because of his respect for his word and his generous nature to those in need.His warm smile and caring atti- tude toward all will be greatly missed. Survivors: Wife of 31 years, Wal- traud "Frances" Wirth Allen of Colley- , ville;daughter,Katherine Allen of Bed- ford; brothers, Jim Allen and his wife, Nancy,of Fort Worth,and Charlie Allen and his wife, Amy, of Cedar Hill; and ' their families. Robertson Mueller Harper Funerals&Cremations 1500 Eighth Ave.,817-924-4233 View and sign guestbook at ' www.star-telegram.com/obituaries DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF l MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED l l 7 DATE OF ARTICLE l� / NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST & AREA-BRIEFS Woman slightly. burned in blaze EULESS-A woman was slightly burned early Thursday as she escaped her home ' during a fire that caused heavy damage,a fire official said.The 42-year-old home- owner was treated at the ' scene,authorities said.The blaze was reported about 12:30 a.m.in the 1100 block of Saratoga Drive.The fire start- ' ed in a front room,police said. The homeowner told fire officials that she had left a lit candle in the room during the night.According to reports, , she was awakened by the fire. Damage was estimated at $175,000. -Domingo Ramirez Jr. ' DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED O� U DATE OFARTICLE °�l a l NEWSPAPER FWST F D r +.., F y . r H + FAREWELL ING. , - R e. •r £ } Euless firefighter Honor Guard members Brad Shupac,left,and ' David Cooper stand over the casket of Bedford Battalion Chief Mark Johnson outside the First Baptist Church of Euless on t Thursday.Area firefighters gathered to bid a traditional fire- ' r u-w. --Re 'i t- ,� y:.c: • fighter's farewell to Johnson,left,who died from cancer Sunday. " His dress hat,held by a funeral home staff member,at top,was placed on his casket before it was taken into the church. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OF / MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCIG4MIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR 1 DATE DISTRIBUTED /'� / DATE OF ARTICLE o2 / l NEWSPAPER FWST y 'Ib ., ¢3 i A - SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/EMILY HU6HE$ The seafood platter at Pierre's Mardi Gras Cafe is piled with fried shrimp,oysters;catfish,and onion rings or fries. = _ 1115 flavor- Tiny cafe satisfies the soul like a supper in the French Quarter By PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ with care here:Our son's hamburger 1 ST"-TELEGRAM STAEE WRITER Pierre"s Mardi Gras ($3.99)was a hand-formed,juicy Pierre's Mardi Gras Cafe in Eu- _ f patty,served with freshly made, less is nothing remarkable to look at. Cafe crisp fries and a soft drink.Just Formerly a sandwich shop,it is tiny:_, 3260,W.Euless Blvd.,No.7 about our only quibble came with (five booths,three tables)and cozy, Euless the nicely done fried oyster and= with bright overhead lights and 817-283-4999 shrimp platter($10.50);the salad colorful Mardi Gras masks and New $"SS. alongside was limp iceberg and a. Cajun' slice of tomato,more of a sandwich Orleans posters on the walls,obvi- Details:11 a.m.7 p.m.Monday-Thurs- ously put together on a budget of data it:11a. 8.-7P. p Friday;11 y-Ta.m5 garnish than an actual salad. next to nothing. p.m.Saturday.Major cards;no smok After all that,we didn't have , But they don't skimp on the food. ing;BYOB;wheelchair-accessible room for the bread pudding or a Owner Roosevelt Pierre,an accoun- slice of house-made cake;but settled. tant who relocated to Texas from for a homemade praline($1.25); New Orleans after Hurricane Katri- dressed with mayo,pickle,lettuce grainy,sugary,buttery and pecan- na and opened this place in the fall, and tomato. studded,just,the way we remember has brought a taste of his hometown We also liked the dirty rice(side;- ahem tasting in the French Quarter. with him.His namesake cafe serves $2.50),moist but not greasy,perhaps That New Orleans flavor should up fresh,hearty,carefully prepared a bit heavy on the salt,with bits of come.as no surprise;Pierre says versions of Louisiana classics,and chicken liver mixed in.Oh,and the about 20 of his New Orleans family pretty much everything we tried on red beans and rice,($5.50)a thick,'_'- members settled in Texas after Ka- his small menu was good. melange of beans and smoked sau- trina,and a fair number,including Actually,we tried pretty much sage,perfect when spiked with some his wife,son,nephews and even his everything:From the list of nine of the Louisiana hot sauce helpfully mom,work at his place,giving it a po'boys,we looked twice at the roast left on the table.And,of course,the warm,homey atmosphere.You'll beef($599)and the fried oyster gumbo,($6 for the small,$9 for the feel welcome here-and after en- ($6.50)but ended up glad we picked large),which was artfully done,with joying their food,we hope the Pierre the shrimp(6-inch,$6.50).It fea- big chunks of smoked sausage,dark- family feels welcome enough in tured 7 or 8 crisply fried shrimp meat chicken and shrimp,all stewed Texas to stay a good long while. spilling from a buttered-and-grid- in a properly dark roux. Patricia Rodriguez,817-390-7756; dled hunk of French bread,simply Even the kids'meals are treated' prodriguez@star-tetegram.com 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE r OF / MAYOR CITYCOUNCIL CITYATTORNEY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRA^R�YADM`IN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED / C) DATE OFARTICLE �` / o�/ U 7 NEWSPAPER FWST 1Lis 1 9 . 1 1 / 1 . . 11 1 1 1 . ' ' By HEATHER SVOKOS I STAR TELEGRAM STAFF-sATJ TR y. f� hof y� t So you feel like watching the ' Super Bowl, but no one you know is throwing a fabulous party. Or maybe you're not even a raging sports fan, but ` you want to do something fes- tive — it's America, and Super `. ' Bowl Sunday is pretty much a national holiday. What's a body to do? GATORS BAYOU,EULESS Everyone knows the sports 2155 W.Airport Freeway,Euless bars will be-showing the game.` What's different:It's a Cajun-themed place,so there are But what about some uncon- ' likely to be a few depressed Saints fans lingering. Ideal for:Bummed-out saints fans. ventional places? We offer you Team-themed grub:No Super Bowl-themed eats or drinks, a Super Bowl sampler platter of but they will have Maverick martinis($6.50)and drink spe- places that might be a bit off cials.Happy hour drink prices until 7 p.m.($2 well drinks;$2 domestic pints on beer;$3.75 for domestic 25-ounce beers; the beaten path but will still shot specials every score).Also,25-cent wings($3 a dozen). offer a Super experience: Also:Among several prizes,the big one is a 51-inch HDTV and recliner that Gators will raffle off to benefit Buckner's ' Children's Home in Mesquite. TV:A dozen 60-inch TVs;eight 43-inch plasma TVs against one wall. Opens:11 a.m. ' Phone:817-858-9707 Emily Burk,left,cheered the Chicago,Bears on to victory over the New-Orleans.:Saints in the INFC Championship ' Game at Gators Bayou on Jan.21: START•TELEGRAWRON JENKINS