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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-04-13 Euless Articles 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGEjOF YAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCK4MIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN OUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 1 1 1-31D -7 DATE OFARTICLE 3 l f ( c-) NEWSPAPER FWST IOLICE SEARCHES ' ffraffiSt' o Searches ata ' showAgency The number of consent searches per 100 stops of each group. Angios Blacks Hispanics Agency average Arlington Police Department 1.2 • • • Bedford Police Department 0.3 0.1 02 02 1S a '1 iesB enhron oliceeepart meet 3t 0.Burleson Police Department 1.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 Cotleyvifte Police Department 0.7 3.5 2.2 r3.7 D/FW Airport 0.3 0.1 By NATHANIEL0.4 0.2 JONES Dalworthin to I STARTELEGRAMSTAFF WRITER g n Gardens Police Department 0.3 0.4 0.2 p;3 ARLINGTON - Black and Hispanic Euless Police Department 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.2 motorists who were stopped by police in Forest Hili Police;Department 6.2 67 29 57 Pantego and Colleyville in 2005 were Fort Worth Police Department 1.0 21 17 14 twice as likely as Anglo motorists to be Grapevine Policea3epartment 1.2 1.3 1.9 13 searched with consent,according to a ra- Haltom City Police Department 4.3 4.2 3.0 3.8 cial profiling analysis released this week. Hurst Police Department'' 1.t 0.9 0.8 1.0 ' Black motorists in Fort Worth were al- Keller.Police Department 15 12 15 1.4 so twice as likely as whites to be searched Kennedae PoliceDepartment 0.1 OA 0.0 0, by police without probable cause,accord- Mansfield Police Department 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.8 ing to the Texas Criminal Justice Coali- North Richland Hills Police Department 0.4 0.3 04 0.4 ' tion,an Austin-based nonprofit that sur- Northlake Police Department 4.8 4.5 3.1 4.4 veyed racial disparity in traffic stops PAntego Pollce Department 2,8 8.0 7.5 4 0 among 221 Texas police jurisdictions.The River Oaks Police Department coalition surveyed 24 police departments Saginaw Police Department 5.9 6.3 5.1 5.6 ' in Tarrant Cour that issued at least 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 �'- Tarrant County Sheriff's Department 4.5 4.1 2.1 4.0 3,000 citations. Watauga;Department of Public Safet Statewide, 72 percent of agencies re- Y 2.0 2.7 1.2 1.9 ported searching blacks more often than Westlake Department of Public Safety 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 ' whites,and 56 percent report- ■The Texas disparity reflects the Police "The number of Cauca- ed searching Hispanics more ' Criminal Jus- Department's crime-fighting sians searched clearly out- often than Anglos. tice Coalition, initiative of saturating high- number the whole minority ' Texas' racial profiling law crime areas with officers. " requires law 'enforcement an Austin- group, Hutchins said. "That q These numbers are based alone shows there's no racial agencies to create a report an- based nonprof- g P on deployment into the com- profiling." ' nuall on the race of people it, releases its . » Y p p muniry, Kneblick said. "We In Arlington, Bedford, Eu- they stop and search and sub- annual report regularly hear that residents less, Keller, Mansfield and mit it to their local governing on the racial want police presence." North Richland Hills,the per- and bodies. ethnic Some agencies. say inter- centages of searches were ' We think it's important disparity in preting the information is dif- about equal among each that law enforcement and traffic stops ficult because the data is in- group. community leaders under- among Texas complete and does not con- Arlington police began stand what's in the report," police juris- sider the race and ethnicity of collecting data before it was ' said MollTotman, a senior the driving population. required b the state,Lt.Blake policy analyst with the Texas dictions. Colleyville police spokes- Miller said Criminal Justice Coalition. man Bill Hutchins said raw "One of our goals is to try "They can use this data to numbers tell a different story, and make sure our depart- make an informed policy or Of the 38 motorists who gave ment mirrors the community changes in the way they pro- officers permission to search so that we can better serve th$ tect the public." their vehicles in 2005,25 were community," Miller said. ' Fort Worth Deputy Police white, seven were black and "The coalitions numbers Chief Pat Kneblick said the six were Hispanic, Hutchins show'we're are doing a goop said. job of doing that." DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE , . MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED "�t I /3 l 0 -� DATE OF ARTICLE l'� r NEWSPAPER FWST EASTER EGG EVENTS, Euless , Easter Egg Scramble,10 a.m., noon April 7,soccer fields at the Parks at Texas Star,1501 S.Pipeline Road.Games,a bounce house and I an egg hunt.Free.817-685-1666. t t DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l AYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED q / 13 I 0 7 DATE OFARTICLE q/,5-/07 NEWSPAPER FWST t NORTHEAST AREA BRIEFS Motorcyclist dies in wreck with truck ' EULESS-A 24-year-old Watauga man died early Wednesday when his motorcycle, which was reportedly going 100 ' mph,clipped the back of a trac- tor-trailer on eastbound Texas 183 in south Euless,police said. Jacob Browning was pronounced ' dead at the scene after the 12:40 a.m.wreck in the 400 block of West Airport Freeway, according to the Tarrant County ' medical examiner.Browning was wearing a helmet but was thrown from the motorcycle after strik- ing the back of the fuel tanker truck,police spokesman Lt.` ' Wayne Pavlik said.As police were investigating,a motorist plowed into an unoccupied Eu- less police patrol car parked at the scene,Pavlik said.The patrol cruiser was totaled,he said.No officers were hurt in the crash, but the driver was arrested for driving while intoxicated,Pavlik said. -Bill Miller 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED / I J -7 DATE OF ARTICL n bD NEWSPAPER Liv es An expanded program brings preventive care to g the Tongan community. __ T You've ear o Fiji,Guam and Taiwan, The program teaches Tongans how but what about their neighbor,Tonga? lifestyle changes,taking their medications Approximately 4,000 Tongans reside within and preventive medical care can transform the service area of Harris Methodist H•E•B their health. It also attempts to head Hospital.Recently the Tongan community off other health hazards by promoting observed an alarming trend:Many of their blood pressure readings,prostate cancer neighbors,friends and family members were screenings,cholesterol and glucose being rushed to the Emergency Department screenings,and free mammograms and for conditions that could have been avoided flu shots. with preventive care. "We want to encourage the community To help provide primary health care to the to seek preventive care,"says Beverley Tongan community,Harris Methodist H•E•B Anderson,M.S.,director of the Harris Hospital partners with UT Southwestern Fitness Center,Cardiac Rehab and Medical Center to bring a physician assistant Community Health and Benefits at Harris to the Tongan United Methodist Church Methodist H•E•B Hospital."The program every Wednesday. specifically targets the Tongan community's "The Tongan culture traditionally believed most wide-spread health concerns:obesity, that early death and disease were inevitable diabetes and high blood pressure." and were not proactive in seeking preventive For more information on the Tongan care.As a result,Tongans with preventable program at Harris Methodist H•E•B Hospital, r conditions have frequently ended up in the call 1-888-4-HARRIS(1-888-447-7747). emergency room,"explains Newt Galusha, M.D.,internal medicine physician on the medical staff at Harris Methodist H•E•B Hospital."This program seeks to improve the health and enrich the lives of the Tongan community." .r rll ,DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE/OF / =MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD ,C�/OLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED / l/3 /6 7 DATE OFARTICLE 1-1/(? /y –7 NEWSPAPER FWST R iao I ual Estate-' ' Staples signs lease at Glade Park texas 35W '� Motor 35` EULESS—Staples x:114 Speedway ' 10 has signed a lease to Mound go into Glade Park shopping Alliance center planned at the south- WISE COUNTY Airport,..,.' DENT N COUNTY' ' west corner of Glade Road r . = _ TAWit T COUNTY f DALLAS G,IUNTY and Texas 121 in Euless. 1:0 , 4 The store is slated to open Grapevine�o in 2008,according to the com- B7 35E pany. Overall,the 185-acre devel- opment would have 800,000 3` 377 2s D/FW e n5 square feet of shopping,with , 287 21 Airport ' 90 acres of housing,according to initial plans from the devel- 99 I oper,Dallas-based Donahue - D 121 •� 183 '': ... Development.So far,prelim- „ o ' inary plans for the site have ' T Irvin been sent to the city's plan- ning and zoning commission, r, F, a3 Fort according to the city. Worth ao —Andrea Jares ' 0 820 SPCA30 Arlington iso Pizza-and-games 580 r Pia e restaurant planned 20 ;,`. 20 20 O 0 D EULESS—America's O Incredible Pizza Co. 377 plans to open its giant pizza- 9 ` � and-games restaurant Thurs- day. hurs- dy 35W e 5 © s� a . 287 287 .. ' The site is the former Bur- lington Coat Factory,at the 0 southwest corner of Farm Road 157 and Airport Fteeway. -STAR-TELEGRAM ' —Andrea Jares DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE _ZOF l MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD L �COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7�I � DATE OF ARTICLE D NEWSPAPER DMN COMMUNITM CALENDAR EASTER EGG SCRAMBLE:The city of Euless has rescheduled its Easter Egg Scramble.The Nighttime Easter Egg Scramble didn't take place on March 31 due to weather and safety reasons. The event will now take place from 10 a.m.to noon'Saturday on the soccer ; fields at the Parks at Texas Star,15PI S." Pipeline Road.The free event will inc144e prizes and candy from local businesses;bounce houses,Easter mes and free treats.Call 817.685-1666. r 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF jMAYOCITYCNCL CITYATTNY GRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN R YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 411131(? 7 DATE OF ARTICLE y/ -77 NEWSPAPER DMA' , 1 NZ i ' 1 Euless I ncre d ble Pizza p 1 isopen A 12th � o ' 1 �omeand � o e�ien�� Foo d Fun &Dolly Ed"bhuftew Go Karts. Bumper Cars. Mini-Bowling. Mini-Golf. Video Games. Pizza Buffet. Pasta, Salad & Desert Bar. 1 't r Ri „t a 1 ■ Y e0 0 s e � 1 D a 1201 W. Airport 121 w ddb 817-283-3700 1W oilAir ortF (183) � IncrediblePizza.com/Euless 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCK4MIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / DATEOFARTICLE /11 e7 NEWSPAPER FWST AREA BRIEF Police investigate death of teenager EULESS—Police are investi- gating the death of a 16-year-old Colleyville Heritage High School student who was found dead at home Friday morning.A letter sent home by the-school's princi- pal said the death may have been caused by drugs.Taylor Marks died abut 10:30 a.m.,Friday in the 500 block of Essex Place in Eu- less,according to the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.' The official cause of death is pending toxicology tests.Euless police declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation. Marks'family also declined to comment.A letter from Colley- ville olley ville Heritage,Principal Becky Prentice said crisis counselors are available."Taylor's parents ask that we learn from the trage dy of Taylor's passing and we low encourage any student currently struggling with drug involvement to contact the school counsel- ors, Prentice wrote.Visitation is 2 p.m.today at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home,5725 Colleyville t Blvd.,Colleyville.The funeral is at 3 p.m. -Mark Agee rr� LISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF AYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY GRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN OUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR rDATE DISTRIBUTED l l lO 7 DATE OFARTICLE T_ —� NEWSPAPER FWST r r r NORTHEAST AFTER HOURS i Amelia Bedelia'for families- EULESS-The antics of a ' madcap housekeeper will fill the stage at 7 p.m.Monday when Storybook Theatre brings Amelia Bedelia to the Euless Public Li- brary,201 N.Ector Road: The free family show is de- signed for children to interact with performers Lynn Draper and Linda Goldfarb.817-283-3406. -Compiled by Joy Donovan 1 r i r r 1 1 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE_LOF!�K MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 1q11,310 -7 DATE OF ARTICLE �� " NEWSPAPER FWST X Y � r r STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEY CHINN Joe Hennig began working for Euless in 1992 and became city manager in 1999.Officials credit him with raising the city's profile and helping it grow. He will retire Oct.1. EULESS 1 mann er ealls it quits ta er a produeti-ve ■Colleagues credit Joe Hennig with ma- Accomplishments include improving ny of the city's improvements in the past streets, landing businesses along Texas 121 eight years. and a deal for car rental sales tax revenues at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. By JESSICA DeLEON "Joe has set a wonderful pace,"Mayor Ma- STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER ry Lib Saleh said."For years and years,Euless EULESS = City Manager Joe Hennig an- was a nothing city." nounced that he will retire Oct. 1, after a Hennig,59,said he's enjoyed the time,but nearly nine-year tenure that helped Euless he needs to rest and wants to spend time with become a city that gets noticed, officials his family. Said. More on EULESS on 11B r 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE 1Z OF 02— AYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN I OUNG McDONALD COL INS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED "/ /3/o - DATE OF ARTICLE / -"�� / NEWSPAPER FWST ' "My friends tell me there's "But I would attribute that 7 7 c�r manager c�n c� Q�+ no way you can not do any -to the efforts of our City Coun- POp fla City-111a lage ..thing," he said. "I'm going to ' cil,"he said,adding that he and try for a while." ,6aleh made a good team. Hennig began working for Grapevine Mayor William 11the city 15 years ago as director Tate, who'has known HennigwiR be gone Oct. of development services. He for 15 years,said Euless has had ' had worked for TXU for 23 little controversy during Hen- years. nig's tenure. One of his first victories as "He is a very talented and city manager came in 1999,' gifted individual," Tate said.when he brokered a deal with '-'He has a wonderful personal- Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and ity. He's been a great asset to its owner cities, Dallas and the city of Euless." Joe Hennig Fort Worth,that has resulted in North Richland Hills Mayor Occupation:Euless City ' millions of dollars in tax reve- Oscar Trevino said he also Manager nue over the years from a car holped the Northeast Tarrant Age:59 rental center. The center was ;,County region as a whole. Education:Bachelor's degree built in the Euless portion of 1 in business administration ' the airport. "He kind of set the;bench- from Texas Tech University "His very biggest accom- mark for the rest of the cities to Experience:Spent 23 years as plishment to me is.passing the meet and achieve,"he said. customer working I servicer TXU,bcoordina or ' Trevino said he had a calm- peace pipe with the D/FW air- for Texas Power and Light in port,"Saieh said. calm- ing effect on when issues came Sherman and reaching the He also oversaw improve- up,but he could also stir it up position of director of market- ments`to the city's water and on some issues, such as the ing_and customer•service for sewer systems and streets, in- proposed widening of Airport TXU in Dallas;began working P g rP cluding Main Street and Pipe-. Freeway. in Euless in 1992 as director of Hennig said the Oct. 1 de- development services.He also line Road. was assistant city manager And lite oversaw the man- Parture date leaves time for a ' fulltransition y and deputy city manager agement of the Texas Star Ath- , e�peciall dur- before becoming city manag- ing the budget process. er in 1999. letic Complex and the con- struction of the new police and Saleh said she doesn't ex- Family:Wife;Jan;children, courts building on Texas 10 in pect the search for a new city Shay GirarO and Brandon ' g 2002.Revitalizing Texas 10 re- manager to begin until the new Hennig;grandchildren,Carlie,Claire,Clint,Isabella,Jack and mains a major city goal. City Council is sworn in after Ava The city has also seen many the May 12 elections. SOURCE:city of Euless ' businesses open along Texas Jessica DeLeBn,817485-3932 121. Heritage Town Crossing jdeleon@star-telegram.com has Target and Chick-Fil-A. The Shops at Vineyard Village, ' most of which is still under 1 construction, has a Lowe's as " its anchor. yE a Hennig said that the city has.,. � "much more on the horizon." "It's not a dream anymore," he said."It's happening." ' He said he would be leaving r M F the city in a strong financial , position. 3 y k '` rte. "We have the funds to do a �+ ' things we need to do,"he said. �e And while he never thought of the city as"Useless"as oth- ers saw it, he said the overall ' image has improved over the STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEY CHINN last several years. "Joe has set a wonderful pace,"Mayor Mary Lib Saleh said of the long- , time city manager."For years and years,Euless was a nothing city." DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFA MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR t DATE DISTRIBUTED "7 �� /D DATE OF ARTICLE 3 NEWSPAPER FWST OUT AND ABOUT , ra�rrr';: { Joy Donovan Writin'cowboy.Award- winning author Elmer Kel- ton,a writer of Western sto- ries,will make an appearance' tWs month at a fundraiser for fte Euless Library Founda- ' Ltpn.Members of the founda- tron,responsible for much of the amazing art placed in the ' Euless library,have scheduled ''An Evening with Elmer Kel- ton"for April 21 at the library, 201 N.Ector Drive. The Texas native has writ- fen numerous books,but he's kicked up so many awards Lat I don't know when he ' fund the time to write.Win- per of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Associa- tion,Kelton has received hon- orary doctorates from Hardin- 8immons University and Tex- as Tech University.His novels include The Good Old Boys, which was made into a TV finovie in 1995 starring Tommy Lee Jones. - His evening with Euless library supporters, chaired by Laura Satterfield,will begin with a barbecue dinner at 5 p.m.and musician Michael frown entertaining at 6 p.m. The author's part of the eve- ning will begin at 6:30 p.m. ..+ and will include a book sign- Ing.Tickets are$35 per person if purchased by Sunday or$40 after that.Call 817-540-0123. .r