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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-12 Euless Articles 1 Fr 7 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / c tIAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN VUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /1)//2 7o 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /D 17 /Ol 7 NEWSPAPER FWST 1 INSIDE PUBLIC SAFETY • 1Crimer . eVen101 I ack in the spotlight 1 Area police departments have munication between neighborhoods. and let criminals know that neighbor- scheduled a slew of public safety In several cities,fire departments will hoods are organized against them. 1 events for this month. join police departments in sponsoring Celebrations will include display of the events. outdoor lights,front-porch vigils,block In By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. North Richland Hills kicked off the parties, cookouts, parades, exhibits, ramirez@Star-telegram.com month with a public safety day Satur- youth programs and visits from law en- I For years,National Night Out has been day,and Colleyville will hold its Colley- forcement agencies. an event to promote safety awareness ville Night Out on Tuesday Switching from August to October for and crime prevention, but it's always Other departments will hold their National Night Out could-be a trend been in the scorching weather of Au- events throughout the months throughout the state. I gust. Last year, the National Night Out According to local police depart- This summer, some local law en- campaign involved more than 10,000 ments, the Texas Crime Prevention As- forcement agencies decided to delay communities in the United States and- sociation and the Texas Chiefs of Police observing the event until more comfort- Canada and on military bases world Association have discussed moving the Iable weather arrived. That time is now wide.An estimated 34 million residents national event. Last year in Grapevine, here. participated. the temperature was 101 during events Most Northeast Tarrant County po- The campaign is designed to height- in August. I lice departments have scheduled public en crime and drug prevention,generate safety events this month to promote support for anti-crime programs,build crime prevention and strengthen com- community and police partnerships, DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.,817-685-3822 s I Public safety I events Southlake:Evening of Oct.29, Southlake Night Out.Several Colleyville:7-10 p.m.Tuesday, neighborhoods will observe the Colleyville Night Out.Block par- event. I ties and cookouts at various Bedford:10 a.m.-2 p.m.Oct.27, neighborhoods. Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market Euless:6-9 p.m.Saturday,Euless parking lot,2108 Bedford Road. I Night Out.Villages of Bear Creek Trophy Club:Noon-3 p.m.Oct. Park. 27,Trophy Club Fall Festival, Grapevine:4-7 p.m.Saturday, Trophy Club Community Pool, Grapevine Nightwatch.Several 500 Parkview Drive. I neighborhoods will observe the Keller:4-6 p.m.Oct.27,Keller event. Public Safety Fall Festival.Lions Roanoke: 10 a.m.-10 p.m.Satur- Club,532 Keller Parkway.Festival day,Celebrate Roanoke on Oak will include food,games,and I Street.Public safety exhibits. police and fire equipment on Richland Hills:7-9 p.m.Oct. 16, display Neighborhoods Against Crime. Source:Area police and fire departments I I DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I/ OF / ll MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR t DATE DISTRIBUTED /C// %Z/0 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /D/210 7 NEWSPAPER FWST REAL`ESTATE I TRANSACTIONS Arlington Texax I 1.Hotel sale ® Motor 1050 Brookhollow Plaza Speedway flower Alliance Mound Drive , WISECOUr.E'FY A.irport... ._-.-- DENTONCOUNTY The Residence Inn by Marriott • T� aANTCpur.TY ® .._. QA.-t-AS I was sold in July to Grand Prix 28 ,, ,. Grapevine zb` Arlington Llc.for an undis- sw closed amount.The 83,539 square-foot hotel,on 3.5 acres, i ;£ . .. 287 § Y a� Qi ® :1 ® 4-ti will remain a Residence Inn. i� s 5 F za ,r I Innkeepers Residence Arlington ▪ 5. f r m.'' �' ® , eii L.P.owned the property for 10 , ?,• ,` O 6 'zi o Irving I years. h h3 ' tO.,.- ao 1z �, I 4i 3 ® Y..r. x yf. s x! Bedford a 11 t T Arlington Prairie,Mx$ , �: 2.Office building sale zo ▪ z r R 28 so °; , 3001 Brown Trail X20.,,� a t• � zo - : 11K I Guy Barre bought a 9,600- 3 p£ X 287 t.a3u4 square-foot office complex sM �r ls ag' sw g ` aS 67from Al Bishop. � :s O k • 0 <Broker:Russ Webb with <i ,x a ; I Stream Realty Partners re re • •- STAR-TELEGRAM sented the seller. Broker: Pat McDowell,princi- Keith Putnam is president of I Forest Hill pal of McDowell Property Co., Clear Kut Engraving. 3.Wachovia Bank negotiated the deal. . Brokers:Chris Stewart with 6738 Forest Hill Drive Coldwell Banker Commercial Wachovia Bank has opened its 5.Office building sale Kelly,Geren&Searcy repre- I 27th financial center in the 5748 Boat Club Road , sented the seller,Phelps-Wilbur greater Fort Worth area,just Dean's Dream has sold a 3,000- Group.Cassandra Spann with south of Interstate 20 on For- square-foot office building to J Top Producers Real Estate I est Hill Drive in Forest Hill. &JL Enterprises. represented the buyer. Broker:Russ Webb with Fort Worth Stream Realty Partners negoti- Mansfield 4.Land sale ated the deal. • 7.Medical plaza construc- I Trinity Boulevard tion Midway Industrial Trust in Haltom City North Miller Road Dallas has sold 17.7 acres near 6.Property sale Building plans have been filed Trinity and Industrial bou- 2417 Thomas Road with the state for Sar Medical I levards,fronting the Golf Clear Kut Engraving,which Plaza on North Miller Road.The Course at Texas Star,to S.J. fabricates and manufacturers medical office project is ex- Thornhill Partnership,headed control panels,has bought a petted to cost$7.2 million by Steve Hawkins in Fort 5,000-square-foot building for and could open by early I Worth. its office and warehouse. 2009. . I I 1ISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFI iAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN OUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /011)--/P1 DATE OF ARTICLE o // / 7 NEWSPAPER FWST I NORTHEAST CLICK I �t .. '''4' ".,`, ryaits ,Ns 1 tck,yly .3 + �.� t e?- ^' t r e �.+ �,, �: wa r R .d.;,. '&,0k. .\` k �,' .�.. `,fir i:y ,.. aP 'k: "`t"\" x, ,.?. 1 ..;ro t1; E ',,,',',*,,,,:- .1,,, rti s,,' I ' - :P 6, d8udy ^`a+v �� ' - t si M1 4 vr' n; r<t is -s,' i, Xi a= xf I III Bill McLendon and Leon Hogg Donovan Woods,Henry DelCastillo,Tammy Dittmer,Faye Beaulieu and Larry Darlage New programs I spotlighted at luncheon , „, ,. ';, New community projects were �� , highlighted at the United Way ,, , I Northeast's annual luncheon W � '�: m �.iv A �,,,._1A li� ' .nnoos 4 held this year at The DFW Hyatt, 0- ,, SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/ ©- =t -=, • ' MIKE LEWIS .tee ; '<- 1 Pt . c I r, s Joe Way,Linda Valdez Thompson, z t Lynn Platania and Ann Rice f. .a,'' I I I DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OFJI MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 0 t7 DATE OF ARTICLE /O/iS -//Ji3 167 NEWSPAP i 1, • ., Honored People The HEB Chamber of Commerce has recognized the following people: Gary Green, of Frost Bank, received the Clyde Mooney Award; Gary Terry, honorary chairman and recent AT&T retiree,was a past chairman of the cham- ber; ham ber; Joe Hennig, retiring Euless city manager, received a resolution com- memorating his tenure; Bill Good, of Inceptual Inc., was Office of the Year; Ellie Schweyer was Director of the Year;. Rafael Otoya, of Capital One Bank, was Member of the Year; Debby Adair was Ambassador of the Year; John Fletcher, of Fletcher Communications,received the Gertrude Tarpley Memorial Spirit Award; Brenda Whitley, of Harris Methodist H.E.B. Hospital, received the Community Service Award; and Charles Powell, of Bank of Texas,received.the Chairman's Choice Award. IISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINSrC.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /C/ / -/o 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /U �7 '/' NEWSPAPER FWST EULESS I Ex-worker gets 6 years in holdup at ice cream shop IBy DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. with a dead- North Main Street in Euless. Jones pleaded guilty to ramirez@star-telegram.com 4; ly weapon. A manager and Jones ini- leaving the door open for the EULESS — A former ice 1 r 1\vo tially told police that a robber robber. Marvin D. Beatty Jr., cream shop employee has r3 t I` other for- slipped into the store while 21, is accused of beatingthe been sentenced to sixyears in { ° i mer em- Jones was taking out the manager, and Lance L. Hen- prison for his involvement in , ployees trash.The robber,whose face derson,27,is accused of driv- the holdup of the business in Jones have been was covered, raced into the ing the getaway car.The three INovember, when a manager charged. store and beat the manager men were arrested a few days was beaten with a hammer. Their trials are pending. before taking money and after the robbery. On Sept. 26, LeVar D. The holdup happened leaving in a waiting vehicle, Jones, 26, of Euless pleaded Nov 7 at Braum's Ice Cream& police said.The manager sur- DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., guilty to aggravated robbery Dairy Store in the 300 block of vived the attack,police said. 817-685-3822 t 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE r OF J MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD / o D COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / C'/f 7 DATE OF ARTICLE )b' j 2.1 C1 7 NEWSPAPER FWST 1 BRIEF S Jaws of Life, clowns featured at open house EULESS—The Euless Fire Department will host an open house from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.Saturday at Fire Sta- tion No.3,202 S.Main St.Activities will include clowns, tours of the station and fire safety trailer,demonstra- tions of Jaws of Life extrication tools and displays by the Citizens Fire Academy and Emergency Medical Services. Jessica DeLeon_ 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF J AYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN III OUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /0//0210 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /0/% /0 7 NEWSPAPER FWST ITRANSPORTATION COUNCIL I Despite uncertainties, toll-lane plans funded I Regional leaders are still tolls. Toll lanes would be committed to building toll built as a complement to ex- lanes in Tarrant County. isting nontoll lanes. The commitment of I :By GORDON DICKSON funds was approved unani- gdickson@star-telegram.com mously by transportation Regional leaders are press- council members at the I ing ahead, with plans to agency's Arlington offices, build toll express lanes on despite warnings from the highways in Northeast Tar- Texas Transportation De rant County and Dallas be- partment that many road I fore the end of the decade, projects statewide may be despite uncertainty about postponed during the next whether enough state and few years. federal money is available to But Michael Morris, I complete the projects. transportation director for The Regional Transpor- the North Central Texas tation Council agreed Council of Governments, Thursday to set aside fund- said.he is cautiously opt- I ing for: mistic that funding will be •The Texas 114/121 Grape- available for toll projects, vine Funnel, also known as which are favored by the I the DFW Connector, $617 Transportation Department million. because they generate cash. •Interstate 35W/Loop 820 In other action,the trans- North Tarrant Express, $328 portation council: I million, funding the first ■Said goodbye to Paul Gei- phase, which includes toll sel, a Fort Worth Transpor- lanes from I-35W to North tation 'Authority board East Mall. The second member for seven years. I phase, which includes'Air- port Freeway in Hurst, Eu- GORDON DICKSON,817-685-3816 less and Bedford, is not yet funded. I •LBM Freeway, aka Inter- state 635 in north central Dallas,$1.03 billion. I Those dollars would cov- er roughly 80 percent of each project's costs.The re- mainder of the funding I could come from private bidders, who are being sought to design and build the projects and supple- Iment highway funding with I