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Home My WebLink About2007-05-25 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: { PAGE l OF c� MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRLLI HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGIVAY(2) BOYETT BROJVN YOUNG MCDON,ALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DA TE D IS TRIB U TED Ian 7 DATEOFARTICLEJ1Y"�010 7 NEbiSPAPER 1 ll5j,- fe S_S f SF S 5 12 May 14-20,2007 fort Worth Business Press -P -- - REAL ESTATE - GOLF DEVELOPMENT Toughest Public Golf Courses in Tarrant County Ranked by USGA slope rating Golf Course Address Phone Par/Difference Between Fax USGA Slope Rating/USGA Course Rating and Par Yardage General Manager Rank Web site Course Rating Green Fees Course Designer Golf Pro Hawks Creek Golf Club Greens Year Opened Amenities 6520 White Settlement Road Westworth Village 76114 138 72 6,847 Alison WiseBentgrass greens,driving range, 817-738-8402 74 2 John Colligan Bo Armendarez extensive putting greens and separate 817-738-8498 $60 Bentgrass, 2002 chipping with practice sand area,pro hawkscreek.com shop and full bar and grill The Golf Club at Fossil Creek 3401 Clubgate Drive Fort Worth 2 76137 137 72 6,865 Jeremy Coon Driving range,putting and chipping 817-847-1900 74 2 Arnold Palmer Garrett Peek greens,GPS carts,pro shop,junior 817-847-8126 $23-$65 TifEagle 1987 clinics,catering,weddings and thegolfclubatfossilcreek.com receptions The Links at WaterChase 8951 Creek Run Road Fort Worth 2 76120 137 72 7,304 Jason Heitschmidt Home of The Jim McLean Golf Center at 817-861-4653 75 3 Steven D.Plumer DND WaterChase,driving range,practice 817-861-9176 $54-$69 Champions Bermuda 2000 course,short game area and golf fitness linksatwaterchase.com _ _ center Sky Creek Ranch Golf Club 600 Promontory Drive Keller 4 76248 136 72 6,953 Richard M.Wright Golf shop,dining,event and meeting 817-498-1414 73 1 Robert Trent Jones Jr. Richard M.Wright rooms,men's and women's locker 817-498-1014 $79 Bentgrass 1999 rooms,driving range,chipping greens skycreekranch.com and putting greens Texas Star 1400 Texas Star Parkway Euless 5 6,936 76040 135 71 Glenda Hartsell-Shelton Golf shop,full practice facility and locker 817-685-7888 74. 3 Keith Foster Adena Wallace rooms;full-service Raven's Grille; 817-685-1842 $37$77 G-2 Bentgrass• =1997 texasstargolf.com conference center and pavilion Whitestone Golf Club 10650 Hwy.377 S. Benbrook j 76126 135 72 7,117 Dee Thomas Practice facilities,tournament pavilion, ' 817-249-9996 74 2 Jeff Brauer/Jay Morrish DND GPS system on carts,clubhouse and f(!1 817-249-8361 - DND TifEagle Bermuda 2000 pro shop whitestonegolf.com DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ;� OF MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYAD,MIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAAL/ I CNTRD DATE DISTRIBUTED l C, DA TE OF ARTICLE S /l`�/ - �U r/G-7NEWSPAPER r, W •,.! DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR . DATEDISTRIBUTED /a s/y DATE OF ARTICLE 51/5- (Q 115/0 7 NEWSPAPER FROM THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP ' I of the next class, please Our Texas Star Golf call the Fire Department. at Course ism prime condition 817-685-1600 or.the Police and the weather couldn't be Department at 817-685-1563 better for golf.The staff there for information on the next has many activities planned class. for all ages this summer The Euless Today from golf camps to lessons to magazine is available for tournaments. all at the library, city hall If you enjoy golf but do ' and recreation centers. It not play,it's just as much.fun lists all the recreational and to take in the beauty of the ' Mayor Saleh library activities for May; course and watch the golfers Euless June and July. There are at the eighteenth hole from lots of activities for all ages the porch of Raven's Grille. ' both inside our facilities and You can dine on the porch outside in the parks. You while watching the golfers. may also view it online at And, don't forget the ' May not only brings www.euiess.org/eulesstoday. Raven's Grille at the Texas flowers, it also brings fun We are continuing our Star Conference Centre is outdoor events for the entire 'Healthy New' You','program open for breakfast. lunch and family. ' Brunch with many ideas to keep you dinner. The`S�upday Euless has some really - -� , in shape. Our walking� trails is a special greatand'special. great camps throughout go from the Bob Eden Park brunch menus are planned the summer. Register .,your (FM 157) to the Villages of for both Mother's Day and children at the Midway Bear Creek Park (SH 360). Father's Day. Make your Recreation Center in The wide trails are well kept reservations now,they fill up ' May. The Euless Police and many citizens bike ride fast. Department also provides a along the trails as well. Enjoy all that Euless has short camp session in June. Euless has many beautiful to offer and keep healthy. ' Find out more about it by parks with all kinds of Until nexttime... calling 817-685-1685. activities. The Parks at Texas We welcome our latest Star. is .filled with ball games ' graduates from the Citizen all. summer and also has Fire Academy and the batting cages and walking ' Citizen Police Academy. trails.You can also keep cool Our graduates become some next door at the Dr Pepper of our very best volunteers StarCenter with two Olympic ' and are such a supporting sized ice skating rinks. arm for our firefighters and police officers. If you are ' interested in being a part DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF "?A MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCK9MIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED � / "? s `/C)_7 DATE OFARTICLE 5 /Jy//y -7 NEWSPAPER FWST AREA WATER PARKS AND SWIMMING POOLS CostHours Hours ' 11 ,s� � u ■$1 for residents at both facil- Through June 8 ■Today:noon-8 p.m. � � � ` ities;for nonresidents,$4 at g C � ■10:30 a.m.-6m.daily ■Monday-Thursday:10 a.m.-6 Central and$5 at Chisholm P' y Starting June 9 p.m. N � ■Free for children 12 months ■Saturdays 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. June and July ' and younger and seniors 65 and _ older. ■Sunday-Friday:10:30 a.m.-7 ■Monday-Thursday,Saturday: p.m. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Aug.20 to Aug.26 ■Friday: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Hours ■10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. ■Sunday:noon-8 p.m. ' Mapped area ', : ■Monday-Friday:noon-8 p.m. — August 13— ' ■Saturday: 10 a.m. 6 p.m. N ■Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 ■Sunday: 1-6 p.m. �-� -e 26 a p.m. ■Sunday:noon-6 p.m. North: Arlington ■Aug. 1-3: 10 a.m.8 p.m. E Richland,., September 7 Hills _ oo ■Sept.1 and 3: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. ' £ Lamar Blvd. °� x¢�� m • ■Sept.2:'noon-6 p.m. 9c.2 26 x �s ajtG • 30f 183 i t s `" • /�' Mapped ea Fort Worth °�xas Hurst t� � iN."' ; � �� •• ag$ MapjtOd'ife7'� 820 Fora On sa STAR-TELEGRAM ��-- - NRH2O Family '' STAR-TELEGRAM F m - Water z • ¢ a _ Six Flags Address:9001 Boulevard 26, R TELGRA� Hurricane Harbor North Richland Hills STAM ' Address: 1800 E."Lamar Blvd., Phone number:817-427-6500 Arlington Opens:May 19 Central Aquatics Phone number:817-640-8900 What's new:The Accelerator,a Center and Opens:Saturday three-story speed slide in which ' What's new:n/a participants can race one anoth- Chisholm Attractions:Thrill rides,in- er on mats down a 200-foot long Aquatics Center eluding the Atlantic Panic,a slide slide.Shaded seating is being Address:Central Aquatics with two twisting flumes,and-the added for guests,including open- , Center,701 Mary Drive; Geronimo,a horizontal slide that air cabanas for rent. Chisholm Aquatics Center,3300 Plunges six stories.Family rides Attractions:Green Extreme, Chisholm include the Lazy River and the world's largest uphill water coast- Norwood Drive Aquatics Park) Boogie Beach. er;Frogstein's Splashatory,larg- t Phone number:Central,817- Online:www.sixflags.com/hurri- est water playground in Texas; Phone n Chisholm,Central, 88- caneHarborTexas/index.aspx three body slides;two two-rider 788- tube slides;wave pool;endless ' Opens:Friday Cost river;children's activity area. Season pass:$69.99 Online:www.nrh2o.com What's new:Pavilion rentals for General admission nonresidents,picnic tables and ■ Cost ■Under public lockers for rent. U ' Attractions:Children's la Under 48":$24.99 ■48"and taller:$19.99 play ■Age 2 and younger:Free ■Under 48 $15.99 structures,slides,large activity ■Disabled guests:$24.99 ■Age 2 and younger:Free pools,lap lanes. Parking:$15 ■Season pass:$69.99 ' Online:www.ci.hurst.tx.us/ Group rates available.Tickets Departments/Recreation/Aquat- and season passes can be bought ics.htm online. 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE C'� OF _MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY GRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN OUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED s l�� / DATE OF ARTICLE :5/C20 /0 NEWSPAPER FWST Bedford Keller Pkwy. Daily guest passes: Cost:$1.50,with seasonasses Harwoo > v dRti. : r P ■Youth(ages 3-15):$7 resident, available ! Bear Creek Pkwy. $9 nonresident Phone number:817-410-3470 ' ■Adult(ages 16-61):$8 resi- Online:www.ci.grapevine.tx.us, �., 3 °A dent,$10 nonresident click on"Parks and Recreation" " L ■Senior(ages 62 and older):$7 in the dropdown box,then ' r resident,$9 nonresident "Aquatics" � � Z r ■Family:$17(residents only) ■Groups of 15 or more:$7 per The Grapevine-Colleyville Swim person Center is also open to theP ublic on weekdays.817-251-5351 or Hours www.gcisd-kl2.org/athietics/ May 2S to Aug. STA2N .. y g• swimctr_main.htm. -TELEGRA srnR TELEGR4M ■Monday-Friday:noon-8 p.m. ■Saturday: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Keller ` Bedford Splash ■Sunday: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Number of pools: 1 Address:2801 Forest Ridge The Keller' Pointe Memorial Day(May 28)and Cost:$2 to$4 Drive,Bedford Labor Day(Sept.3) Phone number:817-744-1350 Phone number:817-952-2380 Noon-8 p.m. _ Online:campus.kellerisd.net/ Opens:Friday Address:405 Rufe Snow Drive Keller , Aug.27-Sept.3 swim What's new: n/a Phone Number:817-743-4FUN 0 Monday-Thursday:Outdoor ' Attractions:Tot pool,lazy river, (4386) pool closed Roanoke play structure,zero entry,Turbo Opens:Indoor pool is open N Monday-Friday:3:30-8 p.m. Number of pools: 1 Bowl Slide,cabana rentals,pavil- year-round;outdoor pool opens Saturday: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Cost:Free to$6,with season ion rentals,private after-hours ■' Friday. Sunday: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. passes available rentals,family slide. What's new: Birthday party Phone number:817-491-0454 lash.com ; Online:www.bedfordsplash.com packages available. Online:www.roanoketexas.com,. Cost Attractions:An outdoor pool click on"City Departments,"then has two-story slides and an Neighborhood "Parks and Recreation,"and ; ■Child (ages 3-17):$4 resident, "Community Pool" interactive water playground.An OOIS $5 nonresident indoor pool features a 150-foot poking to relax and skip all the Southlake ■Adult:$5 resident,$6.50 non translucent water slide,fitness ' resident lanes and a hot tub. hoopla at the water parks?Here's Number of pools: 1 ■Ages 2 and younger:Free Online:www.thekellerpointe- what else cities have to offer. Cost:Free to$3.50,with season Residents must provide proof of com passes available residency. . Bedford Phone number:817-949-8200 Cost Number of pools: 1 (open in Online:www.cisdaquatics.com Hours Members: Free(yearly passes July) ■Monday,Wednesday-Saturday: range from$209 to$710) Cost:$1 Trophy Club ' noon-7 p.m. Phone number:817-952-2323 Number of pools: 1 ■Tuesday:noon-9 p.m. Online:www.ci.bedford.tx.us/ Cost:Free to$4,with season ■Sunday:noon-6 p.m. Departments/parks—recreation/ passes available. aquatics.htm Phone number:817-491-0500 ' Online:www.ci.trophyclub.tx.us/ Euless parks_rec/pool.asp Number of pools:4 Cost:$1 Other communities ' Phone number:817-685-1649 Colleyville,Flower Mound,Hal- Online:www.ci.euless.tx.us/pacs/ tom City,Richland Hills and pools.htm Watauga have no pools. Hurst and North Richland Hills have ' Grapevine only water parks. Number of pools:2 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE J OFA MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED /6? VC -7 DATE OF ARTICLE / l l� NEWSPAPER FWST ONTHE JOB Honors Petela Afungia,Jennifer ' Burt,Jessica Campbell, Penny Cypert,Lesli Guajar- do,Mike Harris,Wendy ' Hartnett,Kurt Kasson,Mi- chelle Lazo,Malaiko Marion, Connie Ogden,Rafael Otoya, Pat Paprocki,Norma Sall- ' nas, Linda von der Heide and Billie Yahne have graduated' from the H-E-B Chamber of Commerce\Leadership-Class. ' 1 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF YOR CITYCNCL CITYATINY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ,MA YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED J aS 7 DATE OFARTICLE Seo? l / NEWSPAPER FWST ' HURST - New ordinance City The ordinance contains What's affected? ' red to some exceptions. Vehicles Cars,trucks,buses,motorcy- *can be parked on an existing cles,motor homes,'campers, gravel driveway as long as it trailers,truck tractors,road etas an approved border, or tractors,semitrailers,pole tenforce ar �tliey can be parked on un- trailers,boats and mobile }Saved surfaces beside or be- homes. hand the house as long as What's prohibited? • tiey are screened- by a 6- The vehicles can no longer be arlanggot-tall fence. parked on unpaved surfaces at are parks his three the front and the side of the _ lj6ats in the back yard be- house. ' Opponents say the city Is ;.Mind a 4-foot fence and What's allowed? PP Y ty ed by the University of North ,cps a 22-foot travel trailer ■The vehicles can be parked infringing on their rights; Texas, 80 percent of re- ;401is side yard.He also has a on existing gravel driveways as officials say many sponding residents said the ,4ecreational vehicle parked long as they have a border, ' support the ordinance, city should prohibit vehicles PP �;Y�i his driveway. He said he such as a concrete curbing, from being parked in front ;,Wins to put up a wooden interlocking brick pavers,steel BY JESSICA DeLE6N jdeleon@star-telegram.com yards on unimproved sur- faces. screening fence, at a cost of edging,or other nonwood or HURST—City officials see a nonplastic borders approved by, new ordinance that bans The city's Neighborhood :�"Homeowners Linda and the city's building official. and Community Advisory ,arl Ford said it will cost ■The vehicles can be parked parking on unpaved surfac- Committee made it a top -4 ,000 to lay asphalt or con- on unpaved surfaces,in a side es as a way to beautify the ci- priority and discussed the 'trete for the trailer they keep or the backyard if they're ' tr• issue for about two years. [beside their house. screened by a 6-foot-high But many owners of rec- Committee member 'Both the Fords and the fence or wall.The fence can be reational vehicles, such as Robin Marriott said that if :Robertsons believe thaf the made of brick,decorative ' John Robertson,76,say they there's one car parked out on :ordinance, which was mason wood,vinyl or other oppose the ordinance on a lawn, neighbors will start masonry, y and:wo about .passed last year, is a back- permanent material. principle worry parking their cars out in ,door way of regulating recre- What's the fine? the cost of compliance. front,too. -�tional vehicles. Violators can be fined u to ' "I think what they're do- "We had to look out for p in is infringing on our per- " In 2004, the city tried to $500 a day for each violation. sonal rights," gaid Roert- d Property values, she ,ban recreational. vehicles, What do neighboring cities son,who also owns boats. -boats and similar vehicles do? One; resident said his ;from blocking sidewalks, ■Bedford says vehicles cannot ' Hurst officials say that . neighbor parked six to eight :but the proposals were post- be parked on the front or side many residents support the cars in his front yard each oned indefinitely after RV rd unless they're on an all- ordinance, which officials night;according to the min- P y will start enforcing, next .owners flocked to City weather surface or screened by ' g utes of one City Council `"Council meetings in protest. a 6-foot fence. week. meeting last year. But Mayor Richard Ward ■Euless requires all vehicles to Ina 2005 survey conduct- ;said the city wasn't trying to be parked on paved surfaces :regulate recreational vehi- unless they are screened by a ' (les. fence or landscape buffer and "We discussed the recre- parked in the side or rear `ational-vehicle issue proba- yards;or the home has a one- •bly a year and a half ago,"he car garage or no garage and ' .said. was built before July 1977. "We decided at that point ■North Richland Hills says a we weren't going to do any- vehicle can be parked in the ' thing about that." yard as long it is either on a 'This article includes material from the paved concrete or asphalt Star-Telegram archives. surface no less than 9 feet by 18 feet or screened by a 6- JESSICA DELE6N,817-685-3932 foot-tall solid fence. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF I, MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DA TE DISTRIBUTED � I a / O DATE OFARTICLE .�4� /y NEWSPAPER FIVST 2005 SLAYING ' Woman-1-1.'. ly receives 5- probationri4� By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR - Prosecutors said ' ramirez@star-telegram.com Bounkhoun shot Ngu' - qn EULESS -A`woman wags in the head to impress' sentenced to two years' Souvanna and Blenda"Li- probation Monday for ly"Southida,21,who were : ' pinning another won}an rivals of Nguyen's ,In on the ground'outside,a Bounkhoun's murder trial, bowling witnesses describedafei�d alley as a between Nguyen and the ' t � 9 i man other women. walked. Hostilities reached a UP and- climax April 26, 2005,.at fatally ; the AMF Showplace Lanes r ' shot the in Euless. Souvanna trapped After Nguyen, Souvan womanna and Southida ex- ' Phiengchay "Christy" : changedangry words in- ` Souvanna, 21, pleaded side, Nguyen and her guilty Monday in aFart friend Kim Bui followed Worth courtroom to as- Souvanna and Southida, ' sault/bodily injury in the into the parking lot, and' April 2005 death of Vy"Jiz-rt the four began fighting*- lie'Nguyen,a 21-year-old* As Nguyen fought with Tarrant County College Souvanna, Bounkhoun ' student. ; ran up and shot Nguyeri in Souvanna had been E ` the head,according to tes- charged with murder; she` timony.He fired four more was sentenced to proba-; times and hit the fleeing ' don with deferred adjudi-i Bui in the shoulder,police cation. said. Deferred adjudication,, Southida also was means the charge will.be charged with murder,but , dropped from her crimi-' her attorney,Lesa Bamplin nal record if she completes i of Fort Worth, said Mon- terms of the probation. day that she was working ' Her arrest will remain 6n", out details for a plea agree her record.Prosecutor Ttf- ment to a lesser charge.' fany Burks could not be r reached Monday for com- DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.,. ' ment. 817-685-3822 A Tarrant County fury in March found Khani- pheth "Khampi" Bounk- houn,21,guilty of murder in Nguyen's death and sentenced him,to life'In , prison. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ! OF .MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN OUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 5 a l L DATE OF ARTICLE /a 3/0 -7 NEWSPAPER FWST ARLINGTON ' City approves annexation plan By SUSAN SCHROCK posed master-planned com- sschrock@star-telegram.com munity around the historic ' ARLINGTON The City Bird's Fort.The Viridian de- Council voted unanimously velopment, proposed by T iesdayto begin the steps to Huffines Communities of ' annex nearly 450 acres just Dallas, would include 6,000 north of the city limits. . single-family and multifam- Annexation would allow ily units and a mixed-use the city to impose its design town center. The land to-be ' standards on the undevel- annexed lies just north ofthe oped land, which is expect- proposed development and ed to become part of a pro- east of Farm Road 157. 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF� MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCK4MIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATEDISTRIBUTED 5 / ( � 7 DATE OFARTICLE S r �'` 7 NEWSPAPER FWST GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Trustees OK drillunsi , There will be no drilling Drilling agreement rigs set up on district The district is leasing the minerals under 441 acres to Chesa property. peake Energy.That includes every building in the district.But, ' right now,Chesapeake can reach only about 250 acres,which By KATHERINE CROMER will include drilling under the following sites: BROOK ; ■Administration comple/Mustang-Panther Stadium kcromer@star-telegram.com ■Colleyville Heritage High School GRAPEVINE — The Grape- ■Grapevine High School/Cross Timbers Middle School ' vine-Colleyville school dis- ■Bear Creek Elementary School` trict has agreed to lease its ■Cannon Elementary School mineral. rights for drilling ■Glenhope Elementary School ' and stands to make just un ■Grapevine Elementary School k der.$2 million from the deal. SOURCE:Grapevine-Coueyyme school district Chesapeake Energy was the only oil and gas company Chesapeake. contacted the district. that submitted a bid. "That's what we were af- . Trustees met with Chew- Trustees approved the ter," said Hank Johnson, peake in a January workshop; lease 6-0. Trustee Lisa Hall Grapevine-Colleyville's chief to learn more and to-make it ' abstained, saying she and financial officer. clear that there would be ria her husband have business Johnson advised trustees drilling on school district' dealings with Chesapeake. against spending the money property. on recurring costs, such as The 5,000-square-mile ' The terms salaries or classroom pro- Barnett Shale is about a mile The lease agreement is being grams.The district could in- and a half below the surface reviewed by lawyers for the vest the money in a trust or more than a dozen counties, district and Chesapeake, escrow account, then spend including Tarrant. ' Under the deal, Chesa- the annual interest on an Vertical drilling began in peake will lease 441 acres item,such as teachers'health the natural gas-rich shale in from the district for $4,473 insurance,he said. 1982. ' per acre. The lease does not "We've just sold the natu- But in 2004; technology, include surface rights. Dril- ral resources that the-district opened the door for horizon ling will have to take place off has,"Johnson said. "Let's see tal drilling in which the drill,:_ district property and run how many people we can im- goes straight down for more ' horizontally underground to pact." ` than a mile,then turns hori reach the natural gas of the The 13,900-student dis-_ zontally,to reach the gas Barnett Shale. trict has projected expendi- more than a mile away. The district will also re- tures next year of about$140 Grapevine-Colleyville ' is ' ceive a 25 percent royalty million. following in the path of Fort from any gas found. Worth,Arlington, Mansfield, The initial term of the Background Birdville and other local lease is three years. Grapevine-Colleyville began school districts that have tak ' looking into selling its miner- en advantage of similar leas- The money al rights before the ,winter es. The district stands to make break,when Cimmaron Field $1.97 million in a one-time Services, an energy broker KATHERINE CROMER BROCK, ' per-acre payment from working with Chesapeake, 817-e8s-3813 IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCAAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN// LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATEDISTRIBUTED —�� / DATE OFARTICLE — 7" � _Q 7 NEWSPAPER DMN NoRTHEAST TAmw CO Ag C� TEXAS STAR'S ANNIVERSARY:The ' 'k Texas Star Golf course will celebrate its 10th anniversary from 6:30 p.m.to midnight Satbrday.There will be a free ' concert open to the public with concessions.Randy Brown will perform a blend of country swing and Texas ballads at 7 p.m.followed by Tommy �Alverson at 8:30 p.m.The golf course is "I at 1400 Texas Star Parkway in Euless. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFA MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR ' DATE DISTRIBUTED -02 S - 0 7 DATE OF ARTICLE � '�Jr-� � NEWSPAPER FWST I T !, LETTERS As a city employee, 1,was appalled by Councilman Carl , 'I)rson's insistence on hijacking_ our hard-earned benefits, for his own selfish gains.That isnt ' the leadership that our city de- serves. I support Tim Stinneford and Perry Bynum's vision to Runoff in Euless ' revitalize the areas that need.it It's time for new thinking at most. Tom and Perry will be Euless City Hall. Two City accountable and responsible Council races in the May 12 leaders who will work with the elections ended up iri a runoff. ' council to govern with a fiscal- I'strongly urge my neighbors ly conservative approach that_ in Euless to vote June 16 for will grow our city. Tim Stirmeford and Perry By- The right choice for Euless num. ' is the leadership of Stinneford Euless needs representa- and Bynum and not those who- tives who identify more with look out for their own selfish -the residents than with devel- ' ambitions. Vote Tim Stinne opers who want to make a ford and Perry Bynum. profit. —Ashlea Hill,Euless INothing is wrong with at- tracting businesses and new , developments, but the em- phasis should.be on whether such growth wouldbenefit the city and residents. ' Euless needs City Council representatives who are think- ing of what's best for average folks, not just what's good for ' their developer friends. Vote- June 16 for Perry Bynum and Tim Stinneford. ' —Annette Briggs,Euless DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ,MAYOR YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED �5 - Z — DATE OFARTICLE _ -z 5 i 17 NEWSPAPER FWST T=TlmA s: WL4 JACKPOT Name of Lotto Winn � er The Euless convenience Instant gratification ' store that sold the ticket The lump sum—about$5.3 still a m s to and the winner who picked_ million after taxes—is less V j �/ all six numbers beat the money than taking the full •J .J ' odds:1 in 25 million. amount in payments over 25 years. By MELISSA vaRGas The lump sum option is msanchez@star-telegram.com the most popular among " EULESS—1,3, 13, 14,22 and winners, Vasquez said. But a ' 52. winners choose based on L The Texas Lotto ticket bear- their personal circumstanc- €TH E w t N N tN ing those numbers was Pur- es. "A young person might chased Mother's Day. It could consider the annuity be- e,,61,44rve..aa-�n�s be a mixture of birth and anni- cause they'll get a fixed Iro ff versary dates or ages.Maybe it amount of money,"she said: C)RT was the luck of the draw.And "But if you are 65 years old, The winning lottery ticket was maybe it was for a group of you want the money now bought at a Euless store. friends who are now closer because of your age and SPECIAL TO THE S-T/BRIAN LAWDERMILK thanever. The real mystery is things you want to do right who bought the winning ticket now" worth$12 million at the Ector The jackpot is the third Drive One Shop Store for sold in Euless since 1992.In Wednesday's drawing. June 1994,the winning$15.7 Lotto officials received a million ticket was purchased phone call Thursdaymorning at a Stop and Go, and six from a person who claimed to months later another per- have the winning ticket and son purchased a$5.2 million was headed to Austin. winner at a 7-Eleven. "That person is trying to get here and is seeking legal ad- ' vice," Texas Lottery Commis- , Sion spokeswoman Leticia Vasquez said. ' The winner opted when the ticket was purchased to take a lump-sum payment of Lottery: Winner chose $7,067,548.80 before taxes, Lottery: ' Vasquez said. The number ment at once pa to take.' payment sequence beat at least J 1,795,064 other tickets. The odds of picking all six correct numbers were 1 in 25,827,165. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE a, OFA MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LI'B7RARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED S – DATE OFARTICLE J C,2-5 �� / NEWSPAPER FWST Who is it? Store owner Amirali Chara- niyia has a sign congratulat- ing the winner 11on the win- dow of his store and a sign outside proclaiming that the tick- et was pur- How it works " s chased ■A prize of$1 million or ' Charaniyia there. If the more must be officially store passes claimed at the Lottery a standard safety and code Commission in Austin. Unclaimed money ' inspection, Charaniyia will Lesser amounts can be Not allac ots are collect- get a 1 percent cut—about claimed online,at local ed,Vasquers said.About$31 $120,000,Vasquez said. claim centers,by mail or at million worth of winnings "We are going to put our a Texas Lottery retailer. not claimed within the 180- winnings back into our busi- ■Winners must claim their day deadline of the Lotto ness and use it to buy anoth- prizes within 180 days of maw were in the commis- er convenience store," he the drawing unless they are sion's unclaimed funds as of said. eligible military personnel. April 30. ' Charaniyia said he sus- ■Only one claimant is Eve two given years, $10 mil- pects that a group of people allowed per ticket.Winners lion is given to the University pooled their money to buy must claim as an individual, of Texas Medical Branch in the ticket.Co-workers,hop- a trust,a partnership,a Galveston,and the rest goes ing for better odds, often corporation or any other to the Texas Legislature's legal entity.usually groups eneral revenue fund. band together to buy several of players form a part- g ' tickets. nership,trust or other legal Online:www.texaslotto.org Eight General Motors entity to claim the prize. 11811 employees in Arlington won n When a ticket is bought, MELISSA VARGAS,e»-ars-3> a Lotto Texas jackpot in the purchasers decide 2004,Charaniyia said. whether they want their For the past year or so, 10 winnings in a lump sum at co-workers have put in$50 a a lesser dollar amount or month to buy$500 worth of the full jackpot paid over tickets from his store on 101 25 years. S.Ector Drive,he said. Source:Texas Lottery commission "Since the ticket was pur- chased two weeks ago,it had ' to have been for multiple draws," Charaniyia said. "They're the only ones that bought multiple draws." ' I'I