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Home My WebLink About2007-07-06 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF 1 MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7 /...(e /0 -7 DATE OF ARTICLE £ /�b /d NEWSPAPER FWST IPOLLUTION Fort Worth council waives water cleanup in 3 districts. I Landowners won't have to theroundwater in the target- companies - B.E Goodrich, g g pMayor_ Pro Tern Kathleen clean up about 100 acres of ed areas is contaminated with Sun Coast Resources and Di- Hicks voted against one of the I contaminated groundwater. trichloromethane, or TCE, a rect Fuels — said there's no districts,saying she thought it potentially cancer-causing danger to the neighborhoods was too close to a neighbor- By MIKE LEE solvent. and said the contaminated hood and private school. mikelee@star-telegram.com "The groundwater is not water will quickly dissipate The Texas Commission on I FORT WORTH—Despite resi- going to be contained," said once it reaches a nearby pond. Environmental Quality must dents' fears that the Trinity Chester Wiley, a Euless resi- "The solution to pollution still approve the three dis- River could be tainted by con- dent who lives within a half- is dilution," said Steven tricts,which would bring to 12 I taminated groundwater, the mile of the site. "If we're going George, an environmental the number of districts in Fort City Council approved three to err, we should err on the consultant for Goodrich. Worth. special environmental dis- side of caution." The council approved two tricts for contaminated land in Representatives of three of f the districts unanimously. MIKE LEE,817-390-7539 I far east Fort Worth. The special districts, known as municipal setting designations, would cover I about 100 acres near the inter- section of Farm Road 157 and Calloway Cemetery Road, near the Fort Worth-Euless I border. The districts will restrict the use of groundwater in the I area, allowing property own- ers to.sidestep requirements that the water be cleaned to drinkable standards. The dis- t tricts are designed to speed re- development of polluted areas as long as they don't pose a risk to a drinking-water source. IEnvironmental officials say ' 1 I 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF /I MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7/ le 10-7 DATE OF ARTICLE 6. /2 3 /6 7 NEWSPAPER FWST EULESS Fire destroys apartment block, up to 45 displaced By MELISSA VARGAS 4-alarm apartment fire msanchez@star-telegram EULESS — Dozens of resi- avec' dents sat in a cloud of smoke �J1.d-cities8lvd. pro• watching for more than two aat 1 hours Friday as a four-alarm j3n =o fire destroyed an apartment 1.6 Et1LESS building. x ' Firefighters responded to a call just after 8 p.m.at the Bear ` E.Harwood Rd. • Creek Villas Apartments, 500 E.Harwood Road. MidwayOr. ° � g 1 Smoke was coming out of 0 2 the roof of a 16-unit,two-story z building,but firefighters had a Inc hard time finding the source of the fire, investigator Vernon10 d' Gilmore said. Firefighters H a from at least seven depart- ments battled the blaze,which Sixteen units at the Bear Creek 1 was extinguished about 10:15 Villas complex were destroyed. p.m. One Euless firefighter STAR-TELEGRAM suffered minor injuries and she said. another was treated for heat One Meadowview Drive exhaustion. As many as 45 home was evacuated because people were displaced by the burning embers were blowing fire,Anita Foster, a Red Cross onto the building, resident spokeswoman, said. Late Fri- Stacie Montgomery said. Ja- day,volunteers were trying to son Raupp, another resident, find placesto house the com- said onlookers could hear the plex's residents and hoped to floors crumbling and windows have, them settled by dawn, bursting as the fire raged. 1 1 i 1 1 3 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN IYOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7 / (e l DATE OF ARTICLE U' /0? 3 /0 7 NEWSPAPER FWST I LOTTO TEXAS 1 North Texas group takes lottery jackpot. IThe winners have a variety , ployees at AT&T when an- Aurora Hobbes of Ce- of spending plans,from other member of the lotto dar Hill was probably the I saving for retirement to living debt-free. group sent out an e-mail most fortunate winner of saying the office pool had all. struck the jackpot. She had been begging By MELISSA VARGAS "I was like,'Wait.I'm in to be allowed to join the IA msanchez@star-telegram.com that pool "he said."I Wasroup for the past 16 newlywed, a soldier sta- shocked." months,but the members boned in Iraq and a man The Ector Drive One didn't want the group to weeks from retirement were Stop Shop,where the tick- get too big,she said. I among 25 North Texas resi- et was purchased, is eligi- About a week before dents who won the lottery ble to receive a bonus of the Mega Millions lottery, jackpot from a ticket sold on $120,000. two people dropped out Mother's Day in Euless, offi- The popularity of pool- and she got to join. I cials announced Friday. ing money to buy more She plans to use the The$12 million Lotto Texas tickets has always been money to pay her bills,in- jackpot winners, many of strong, especially among vest and live her life debt: 1 them employees at AT&T in Ir- Lotto Texas players, An- free, she told lottery o - 111 ffi ving,chose the lump sum op- thony J. Sadberry, execu- cials. tion and will split$5.3 million five director of the Texas Sawyer, 28, was mar- after taxes. tottery Commission, said tied in August and plans to I "They just approved our in a news release. ticj take his wife on a second ket and announced us as Honeymoon, buy a new The winners -car and start a family, winners,"said Damon Sawyer 1 hee winners range from.- said. he I III of Watauga,who said he re- their late 20s to retirement t "We're going to keep ceived a check for $196,000. "We are all super stoked." age,Sawyer said. playing,"he added Friday. For nearly two years, a Bethurel Griffin of Ar- "We've got our 10-play for I group of employees—which Iington is in Iraq; he has tonight's Mega Millions started as a core group of four kept up with the lottery and tomorrow's lotto." —put in$20 each and divided pool in the year he has Qnline:www.texaslotto.org been away, the money between buying Sawyer said. I Lotto Texas and Mega Millions Next week, Griffin will MELISSA VARGAS,817-685-3888 tickets,officials said. come home to his chunk The four members of the of the winnings. core group each chose 25 sets One winner who chose I of numbers—for a total of 100 n sets — that the entire group to remaianonymous wasrecently found to have played each week.On May 23, brain cancer and will use one of those sets—1-3-13-14- •the money for medical I 22-52—hit the jackpot. and family expenses. The day after Mother's Day, ,, John Tomlinson told Sawyer was training some em- lottery officials that he will use his share to save for re- ' fiirement. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF 1... MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN I YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN/ IN/ LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7� le /L 7 DATE OF ARTICLE r! / `// 7 NEWSPAPER FWST Garage sales Rules differ among area cities and towns. I Number of Permit Permit Time limit City sales allowed needed cost for sales Number of signs allowed Where to get permits More information Bedford Four ayear Yes $10 Threedays Five CityHall 817-952-2112 I Colleyville No limit No n/a Threedays One for single-family homes n/a 817-503-1032 Euless Two ayear Yes $5 Three days Four city-issued signs City Hall 817-685-1630 Flower Mound Two ayear No n/a Threedays No limit n/a 972-874-6340 I Fort Worth Two ayear Yes None Threedays One CityHall 817-392-2222 Grapevine No limit No n/a n/a No limit n/a 817-410-3165 Haltom City Four ayear Yes $5 Three days One City Hall 817-222-7700 Haslet No limit No n/a n/a No limit n/a 817-439-5931 I Hurst Once every six months No n/a Three days No limit n/a 817-788-7088 Keller Two ayear No n/a Threedays One n/a 817-743-4110 N.Richland Hills Once every six months Yes $6 Two days No limit City Hall 817-427-6300 Richland Hills Fourayear Yes $3 Threedays Five CityHall 817-299-1870 il Roanoke Once every six months Yes $5 Three days No limit City Hall 817-491-2411 Southlake Two ayear No n/a Three days Four n/a 817-748-8400 Watauga Fourayear Yes $5 Threedays Five CityHall 817-514-5839 Westlake No limit No n/a n/a One n/a 817-490-5726 Notes:Permits for Fort Worth can also be obtained online or by calling 817-392-2222 Notes:Trophy Club allows only two community garage sales Source Cities STAR-TELEGRAM DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE 1 OF l MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL I LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED "7 I ' D DATE OF ARTICLE I a / 0-7 NEWSPAPER FWST IJLESS After ire building IS ®t SSS iirty people were displaced w ,, 4-alarm apartment fire t had shelter by Saturday. 't *} : • Mapped ILEMELISSA VARGAS ., h� qt s6r 21 esBWd area, nchez@star-telegram.com e SS—A four alarm fire that ," } �� ' , , Wq' t z P r st , engulfed a building at the Bear 2 k. � v ek Villa Apartments on Friday ri*: �° ",p� a total loss, of at least i- _ � Res , 00,000,0 � ffici els said rSaturday. .8.: �[ ; e A fence was placed around the �� o �gding Saturday because it is in , � ° 1 T. .# ,. 0 ;.4F "r ger of collapsing.. ", . =° wy � � P g. , 3 a � . k P " � � , � "The structural engineer won't 1 F ,, �s�'' ;E,4;Ma x , itint r � ��-�'x€rfF?, f �, i� t � • �. �� rr 'was s��O �;�. . n let us inside because it's too �I xF Y gerous," fire investigator Ver 5 }'' �' n06 n Gilmore said. "They will end ,..� ,, ,4. _ � up bulldozing this building." Fire investigator Vernon Gilmore and firefighter Ken Kelly get an'aerial view of to r Thirty people were displaced the damage at Bear Creek Villa Apartments.The Fire Department was putting t had shelter Saturdayand out hot spots and investigating the start of the fire.STAR-TELEGRAM/RALPH by p $R g RAM/RALPH LAUER istance from the Chisholm A building at the Bear Creek Villa Trail Chapter of the American Red g3 .. Firefighter Ken complex was destroyed. 1ss,officials said. Kelly helps roll up ' Sister apartment complexes • hoses Saturday. STAR-TELEGRAM and a local mosque also gave resi- The Red Cross they text messaged Gilmore to dents places to stay, apartment '.... ,. '. ' helped displaced . make sure their colleagues were • >�ager Renee Jones said. q„ . . n; families purchase OK,Gilmore said. "We are a really tight co ti- D, „ 4, . . groceries,shoes Jones said investigators still nity,and the helpwe have gotten tg �' "Many � : ,: ,, ., and new clothing, had not officially ruled on the i Oust amazing," she said. spokeswoman Anita cause of the blaze,which engulfed ese people only have what kl..,, 45;• •-- Cross said. one of the four buildings on the walked out wearing." ` u „,14k1.;.4.4-t., '- ilproperty at 500 E.Harwood Road. Jones said a newlywed couple Preliminary reports suggested 1' all of their wedding belong- ,'`"'*,,.;_ - _w,,� .{,may that the fire started in the attic,of- s and their car keys in the fire. ficials said. e Red Cross helped families injuries and another was treated had sent four of its firefighters to a "We have had grease fires and purchase groceries, shoes and for heat exhaustion during the memorial Friday for firefighters small stuff like that before,but clothing, ,spokeswoman fire, which was extinguished .killed in a blaze in South Carolina. nothing like this,”she said. air Cross said. about 10:15 p.m. When they heard two of their own ' One firefighter suffered minor Gilmore said the department were injured in the Euless blaze, MELISSA VARGAS,817-685-3888 I ' 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF /j MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR 3 DATE DISTRIBUTED / (P167 DATE OF ARTICLE /� S /o 7 NEWSPAPER FWST 3 EULESS City may limitwatering 3 By JESSICA DELEON City Council meeting expansion,so city officials are jdeleon@star-telegram.com ■7 p.m.Tuesday looking at ways to save money Euless residents will be pro- •Euless City Hall,201 N. even though the drought has hibited from watering out- Ector Drive been declared over and reser- doors from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ■817-685-1434 voirs are nearly full. 3 year-round,-if the City Council "One way we can do that is approves mandatory water re- gone through the last two to reduce our water demand," strictions Tuesday. years pointed out the need to he said. Euless'current policy is vo- conserve our water," Public If passed, the restrictions luntary and seasonal. Works Director Ron Young will take effect immediately. If the measure is approved, said. The TRA is Euless'primary Euless' rules will be in line Young also noted that the source of water. with those of Arlington and Trinity River Authority water Online:www.ci.euless.tx.us other area cities. treatment plant that serves "The drought that we've Euless is undergoing a costly JESSICA DELE6N,817-685-3932 w I mid 'i I irk I mei 0111 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CN TR DATE DISTRIBUTED I 62 I D 7 DATE OF ARTICLE 6 /02 7 / v 7 NEWSPAPER FWST IUPDATE I EULESS 111 Council OKsIliw Kh ,,iial ,,,, --,,-:, 7,-„,,,,,s,,,7.-,i.s.:::,,,,z,,....',11:.:- apartment �g I demolition a: � k a .,,is: „.:i 1 -i-,...z By JESSICA DeLE�N .1 jdeleon@star-telegram.com :14:4'''''**-- ;-:*.:'''''''''''''' s 't" .s.,,,,,0-',T',, EULESS — Dickey Apart ! ' I menu,the complexat the cen- `� .. '` m„ I ter of a decades-long dispute with the city,is set for demoli- Demolition on the vacant Dickey Apartments in Euless could be tion. finished by August. STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEY CHINN The City Council voted I V Tuesday to award contracts for city$282,000 in civil damages Dickey Apartments asbestos treatment and demo- and $7,090 in attorney fees. lition, which could be corn- The city hasn't collected that 6 Euless `' plete by August.' moneyyet.The asbestos treat- ' The 36-unit complex, on men t and demolition cost 1D Euless Blvd. Dickey Drive south of Texas more than $107,000.--The 10, has been vacant since council set aside $175,000 = btea"�Ert. I AS 2003. from the general fund for the The city has been pursuing project. 3 • demolition of the complex Other action: since 2003. The land, which ■The council approved an or- Maudar . I was annexed from FortWorth dinance that would prohibit Fon in the early 1970s,is zoned sin- residents from watering out- .�h �, gle-family side from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 3n ary, the city sued in state Dis- year-round. ° I trict Court to enforce a;tate. •This was also the first meet ment ordering the demolition. ing for new City Council mem- Tenants were forced out of the In May, the court authorized hers Perry Bynum and Tim building in 2003. the city to proceed and put a Stinneford, who were elected STAR-TELEGRAM/TIMSEOIsoN I lien on the property for demo- in the June runoff. lition expenses. V The court also awarded the JESSICA DELE6N,817-685-3932 I I I I I I DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7 / 62 I07 DATE OF ARTICLE 47 /d /1)7 NEWSPAPER_` -01) r The Shops at Vineyard Village Acquires More Tenants Staples, PetSmart, Marshall's Anchor Euless, TX Retail Center Next spring several tenants--Ross Dress for Less, Marshall's, Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Staples, PetSmart, Shoe Pavilion, Party City, Dollar Tree and Famous Footwear--will move into The Shops at Vineyard Village. The 450,000-square-foot power center at the southeast corner of West _ Glade Road and SH 121 in Euless, TX, is on 46 acres. These tenants will join tenant-owned LA Fitness and Lowe's Home Improvement locations, - already on-site. Ross Dress for Less leased 30,187 square feet and was represented by Jim Tapp of The Tapp Co. Marshall' s leased 28,000 square feet. Robert Aycock of Princeton Partners represented Marmaxx Operating Corp. in the negotiation. Bed, Bath and Beyond leased 28,000 square feet and was represented by Steve Lieberman of The Retail Connection. Jennifer Frank of The Woodmont Co. represented Staples in its 20,388-square-foot lease. PetSmart leased 29,087 square feet and was represented by Warren Creason of Creason Commercial Realty and Craig Wielansky of L3 Corp. out of St. Louis, MO. Shoe Pavilion leased 20,000 square feet and was represented by Darrell Hernandez of United Commercial Realty. Party City leased 14,000 square feet. Larry Leon and Jonathan Cooper of Venture Commercial represented the tenant. Dollar Tree (Dollar Tree Stores Inc.) leased 10,000 square feet and was represented by Jim Weir, formerly of The Woodmont Company. Famous Footwear (Brown Group Retail, Inc.) leased 7,000 square feet and was represented by David Fazio of The Retail Connection in the negotiation. John Zikos of Venture Commercial and David Hardesty of Hardesty Realty Group represented the owner Burk Collins & Co. in all transactions. IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN IYOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED -7 / (Q I D 7 DATE OF ARTICLE 1-3 d /o 7 NEWSPAPER FWST I CELEBRATION Providential showers Euless The first donation came from an anonymous donor—not a member, — whowent to B apti'sts church one Sunday in late February 2005 when his golf I game was rained out, Shep- pard said.The man came back later that day with a $25,000 J check for the church. 1 debt earl Theoriginalloanfor$6mil- y •lion financed a 3,500-seat au- ditorium and the church's pre- Each 5-foot-tall,600-pound school building. stone in a church garden . , The 103-year-old church,at 1000 W Airport Freeway, also represents a million-dollar maintained its annual operat- donation to clear debt. ing budget of more than $6 By TERRY LEE GOODRICH million during its payoff drive, tgoodrich@star-telegram.com church leaders said. EULESS - Members of First "Hundreds of people were I Baptist Church Euless are say- devoted to seeing our church ing hallelujah about paying off have a strong foundation for a$6.5 million debt in only 28 future ministry, and God just I months. put it all together," Meador The 9,000-member congre- said. gation will mark its debt-free With each million dollars status at a 10 a.m.service Sun- donated, a 5-foot-tall, 600 day overseen by the Rev.John. pound stone was erected in a Meador,senior pastor. church garden. A seventh A representative from stone engraved with"The Mir- Chase National Bank,which in acle:Debt Paid in Full"will be I 2004 restructured a 15-year presented Sunday. loan,will help the church cele- brate getting out of debt early TERRY LEE GOODRICH,817-685-3812 I by burning the property note, church officials said. g ., "We had a multitude of ;- , s 1,4:47,--,-,,,,,2- 7, building programs in the late I 1990s and early 200(1 that left • us with a lot of debt not paid ` k n off as timely as it should have '. F 4 been, and we had unbeliev ,,£ ', - able interest rate payments,' 'z'` 4Z x� said Scott Sheppard, ' the ,,' ' ' '` church's communications di- Each stone represents$1 million rector. "But the bank stepped repaid. A seventh will be added I in to help us with a restructur Sunday. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH EULESS ing, and people stepped in to help pay it off." I I IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF f MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN IYOUNG McDONALD COLLINS(� C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I I W 1 U I DATE OF ARTICLE 7 / / l0 -7 NEWSPAPER FWST ' INSIDE THE POLICE SCANNER familyI NotYourical outing Star-Telegram , Family affair I EULESS—The theft appears to have been a family affair. Investigators believe that two men and a woman ac oak I companied by•two toddlers took almost $60 worth of pans, food and razors Mon I day from Albertsons in the :' ' 1100 block of North Main 7 r Euless Mappedarea Street. D r z An employee told police ;,N .d I that the group, including 2- } '° F+arnood Rd ;_ and 3-year-old girls, was in , ;� the self-checkout line about ' '' '- • 4:30 p.m.and asked a cashier, Two men and a woman with two toddlers stole almost$60 worth I to void several times. of pans,food and razors Monday from a Euless grocery store.. _ They, included a Mlrro STAR-TELEGRAM. saucepan and frying •pan, them at the bottom of the grabbed a pack of Gillette ra- ' _ bacon, Kellogg's Cereal,;': cart and started zors and bottles of,Coke - Straws,Velveeta cheese and walking out without paying, probably to clean up their Jack links Beef Jerky,accord- police said. act and wash down the sto- ing to police reports. And. the thieves didn't len food. I Instead of handing back stop there. , . the items, the family placed . On the way out, they —Domingo Rami rez Jr. IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ( OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS__ C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED --? I l� I d 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /�)D NEWSPAPER FWST , ; , :r ,,.. t .: 1 A i4 b,ch c.r Frances Allen, Sandy Mosser, I , Boyce Byers, f andKacL Bess € v<°t. :.� and Leila Khoury It I �. s , I s.s1 . ; vc'.b. + ] 6 .. a+4 k t x i $ '''''''1 :..4t'A'''"- r.,,,i'515,-.''''k'\,4,,,,,... ____ , i,,,,..., R ` _ Diane Porterfield, iii I .� "` : . 4a," . Sandra CrowleyLustfiel, Norann d ,. ,Q ],'1 z:" �� ^.._ and Mary Ann Goetz Library board convenes 11 The board of directors for the Euless Library Foundation met recently at the Euless Public Library. SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/MIKE LEWIS I I I I I I I DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF I MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD 7 COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / (0 l ° 7 DATE OF ARTICLE 7 /S /v 7 NEWSPAPER FWST NW 'Ga , -r\-` 4,11.:% y �;`�w4 t4 yt a ,vst+1, s 'iu'','y,r rdt r ' • • y ��h *' _ °f 7n"` ids a!-• ?y�,r,, Sgt. Dustin Williams of Euless recently came across an Iraqi boy,center,wearing a Euless Parks&Com- munity Services T-shirt.' COURTESY.OF JOHN WILLIAMS Familiar name in odd place On his second tour in Iraq,Army Staff Sgt.Dustin Williams of Euless thought he had seen it all. Nth so. A few days ago,he was part of an operation to rout out insurgents who were hiding in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.As he was going door-to-door,he saw a child wearing a Euless Parks&Community Services T-shirt,said his fa- ther,Euless police Lt.John Williams. The boy didn't speak English,so Dustin Wil- liams has no idea how the boy got the T-shirt. "He said he almost dropped his teeth,"John Williams wrote in an e-mail."Odd that a soldier 9,000 miles away from home runs on to something like that" —Melissa Vargas 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE 7 OF I ' MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 7 I `{' J ° 7 DATE OF ARTICLE 7 I S I o 7 NEWSPAPER FWST I IN MY OPINION COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN DOWN 1 SLOWING_ TO SPEED THINGS UP INorth Richland Hills Mayor al transit happens without the nored. Oscar Trevino expects to regional council's endorse- "If transportation planning make progress in his term ment. moves slow, the Legislature I as chairman of the Regional "The process of getting moves even slower," Trevino Transportation Council th•mgs done inregional trans- said. If you want something portation is miserably slow, done in one session,you have like watching grass grow," the to introduce it an earlier ses- I ' North Richland Hills Mayor Oscar Trevino is only 30 days thrice elected North Richland sion.Basically,all we're asking Hills mayor jokes.It helps that is that the Legislature allow into his role as chairman of the he's also a civil engineer and voters here to make that call." I Regional Transportation Council, but he's already dis- highway construction expert. Without the tax, Trevino It's already obvious that Tre- sees no way to fund regional covered that leading the coun- vino's style is to speed up by rail, which is why one of the cil resembles herding whales: slowing down, giving council top two priorities of his coun- ' It takes a while, and some members plenty of time to get cil term will be to organize a whales always wander off in their say.His first meeting ran more focused and determined new directions. almost four hours. It's a hy- legislative lobbying effort two Last month's vote to recom- pothesis that long meetings years from now to get lawmak- ' mend a builder and operator equal faster projects. ers to allow a vote on a tax. of a future Texas 121 toll road, "Letting members have The other priority? When for example,was 27-10 in favor their say and having open civil he hands over his gavel to a of the North Texas TollwayAu- discussions may result in new chairman in 11 months, I thority, with some of the 10 meetings going a little long," Trevino would love it if the toll voicing adamant opposition. Trevino concedes. "But when way authority had resolved not Regional transportation issues everybody can present posi- only the 121 issue,but had also rarely achieve consensus be- tions and have them openly established firm timetables for I cause interests and needs are debated, even members that toll road projects, including a k� g 4, ;,,i z.$ don't get things 100 percent . v , widening of Texas 360 in 0 their way will know that we . ,4„,� I southeast Tarrant (Arlington/ I hashed it out and gave them a � � ;4 S A Mansfield),Texas 171 in north fair shake." :,�� .` Fort Worth and' north Tarrant �� Trevino knows that at the A fi` {" "" same time,the clock is tickingCounty, and the_ Southwest .. LL Parkway.He'd also like the toll- ' 'g' "1':'-1: on transportation issues and . " <Y± speeding up projects is crucial. way authority to pick up the O.K. CARTER A recent census study re Wace xy otens on and the Dallas I okc@Star-teegram.com vealed that the percentage of Trinity Parkway project. people commuting to work in "It's also obvious that [the so varied. a vehicle by themselves actual Texas Department of Trans- The council, part of the ly increased by" 2 percent over portation] is goingto have to the past five years.The popula- I North Central Texas Council of recognizethat it's going to Governrhents, is the chief tion of the Metroplex is pro have to take care of some mo planning agent for future re- pro- jected to increase 3.5 million bility issues without assistance gional transportation needs: over the next three decades. from tolls,including problems j ' "More cars and people add highway improvements, toll to pollution and congestion on 1-35,Loop 820,S.H.183 and roads, regional passenger rail the downtown funnel," Trevi- and the like. The regional Problems,"he said. no said,though with a proviso: !! council's 40 members include Trevino's watch as council He favors construction of toll- i ' chairman did not be on a elected or appointed officials funded express lanes on 820. from 16 Metroplex counties,as cheerful note. A pitch to the That's much to do with less well as representatives from Legislature to allow Metroplex than a year to do it. transportation planners like residents to vote on a regional half-cent The T or Dallas Area Rapid sales tax to fund pas O.K.CARTER'S COLUMN APPEARS Transit.Nothing big in region- senger rail was essentially ig TUESDAYS AND Th'JRSDAYS. II 3 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS- 7 / C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I / cP / 7 DATE OF ARTICLE —7 // / (� —7 NEWSPAPER FWST EULESS • Man fatally stabbed in confrontation - By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. died at Harris Methodist with the knife and tried to ramirez@star-telegram.com H.E.B. Hospital in Bedford jump on him,police said. EULESS—A Euless man died shortly after the scuffle. A Myspace page under the Wednesday night after he Colglazier was a recent name Nick Colglazier de- lunged at a ri- graduate of Colleyville Heri- scribes its owner as a positive, val who was tage High School. spontaneous person who en- holding a The incident happened joys swimming and working large kitchen shortly before 9 p.m.Wednes- out. By 2 a.m. Thursday, k x� ,, ' knife and was day after Colglazier went to an friends of Colglazier's had • • stabbed in apartment in the 2500 block of written grief-filled notes on Se the chest,po- Texas 360, where his former` the page saying goodbye. Colglazier lice said. girlfriend was,and confronted Staff writer Melissa Vargas contributed The Tar- several people in an apart- to this report. rant County medical examin- ment,police said. er's office identified the victim After walking :out of one DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.,817-685- as Nicholas Colglazier, 18. He room,Colglazier saw the man 3822 3 3 3 3 3 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF I MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM HENNIG MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY/ / ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / CC /D -7 DATE OF ARTICLE 7 /6 / 0 -7 NEWSPAPER FWST I IAmerica's Incredible Pizza Co. I 1201 W.Airport Freeway, Euless The nuts and bolts:11 a.m.-9 p.m.Sunday- Thursday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. $4.50 single rider;$5.50 for double-seater. I Track record:Where the Burlington Coat Factory once snuggled up to Airport Freeway now resides this indoor empire of fun. 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