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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-11-16 Euless Articles LLIDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OJ_ _c=am _ • MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED // / /' l DATE OF ARTICLE // /9 /07 NEWSPAPER DMN I i Repairs close lanes on 121, 183 State transportation officials 1 - - ' COLLEYVILLE raRaanrco' are urging motorists to avoid State Roadwork areas Highways 121 and 183 through North Richland Hills Hurst,Bed- NORTH F BEDFORD EULESS D/FW;o ' RICHLAND Iford and Euless between. 9„,,44-n. lig HILLs and 4 p.m.Mondays throng t- e ;,83 ....•,,7, urdays this month. ° ' Q.':' ns� IRVING Construction crews will close HORST `,T various lanes as they repair bridge RICHLAND ° I joints on a seven-mile stretch from HILL s Interstate 820 on the west to the HALTOM60 Tarrant County border on the east. 'CITY GRAND I State Highway 121 will only be FORT WORTH ARLINGTON PRAIRIE affected on the portion of roadway it shares with State Highway 183. ,,,� Transportation officials said 2 miles I the various lane closures that be- gan this week have already caused TOM SETZER/Staff Artist some traffic delays. Motorists were encouraged to Transportation officials said Work is expected to be corn- ' check the Texas Department of the work cannot be done at night plete by December,depending on Transportation's Web site for spe- 'because temperatures typically fall weather.Crews will not work dur- cific lane closures on the affected below the 60 degrees required to ing Thanksgiving weekend. stretch of road. effectively mix asphalt. Brandon Formby 1 I I I I I I I 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF/ MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR I DATE DISTRIBUTED / / 1 �o 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /1//1 /0 NEWSPAPER FWST THE ENVIRONMENT glass, although the task may Where to recycle take some effort. Euless Few' tenants What complexes are doing administration building at 201 N.Ector Drive.Materials do not Apartment dwellers in Euless have to be separated.Recyclable items include paper product, !� . e easy and Grapevine have it easier except paperboard that comes into contact with food;plastics except for those that are Styrofoam-based;glass;aluminum, .. than residents in other com metal,steel and tin cans,with containers rinsed out. munities because their cities o tii. ®ns for mandate that recycling com- Haltom City panies provide bins to corn- IESI has a central drop-off point at 2120 Minnis Drive for glass plexes that ask for them. Seventy percent of Grape metal food containers,paper,cardboard and plastic containers - recic1irig vine's ncomplexes have The center is open from 8 a.m.to 4 p.m.weekdays.bins, said Larry Gomez, the city's interim environmental North Richland Hills _ Only two communities in Northeast Tarrant ' The North Richland Hills Animal Adoption Rescue Center,720,. provide recycling bins at apartment services manager. Dick Fisher Drive S.,takes newspapers to line the animal cage Eu- complexes. About two-thirds of Eu and aluminum cans for recycling. • - less'60 complexes have bins, By JESSICA DeLE6N said Kaye Anderson, Euless' Paper Retriever bins jdeleon@star-telegram.com waste reduction coordinator. The 2,700 yellow-and-green bins,mostly at schools and churc Thursday America Recycles Day,but apartment Willow Ridge Townhomes y y p in Euless collected the'most throughout the Metroplex,take newspapers,magazines,catal dwellers can find it challenging to try to help save office paper and mail,but not phone books or cardboard boxes. - the Earth. recyclable items in 2005, the Go to www.paperretriever.com for the bin nearest you. Only two Northeast Tarrant County cities last year the city kept track of Online:www.earth911.org Euless and Grapevine-pro- .. the volume. vide recycling bins for apatt- "I just have people that www.americarecyclesday.org ment complexes. care,and they want to recycle most often found in the park- since word got out a t "It's very frustrating not to and they use it," manager ing lots of schools and them two years ago. be able to recycle,"said Terry Charlotte Barfield said. churches. "It's just encouraging," - Jensen, a Euless tenant and Euless and IESI waste ser- derson said. vice chair of the Fort Worth Sierra Club."It's a big Where else to go vice in Haltom City provide "There's always work t e Apartment residents in other bins for people to drop off pa- done." waste:And people aren't going to recycle unless it's easy for them." cities can drop off paler at per,plastic and glass. But apartment tenants have options about the numerous yellow-and- Anderson said the bins where to deposit their paper, plastic, cans and green Paper Retriever bins, have been used frequently JESSICA DELEON,817-685-3932 1 r r j 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / AYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN fl OUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I i //(e / D 7 DATE OF ARTICLE I) // -7 e/0 7 NEWSPAPER(44) I EDUCATION & TRAINING '-._°4' I •0tiLkik t 1,:ki 1 Ps o . „...It*v ii Brief �► HEB chamber's leadership class I The HEB Chamber of Commerce announced the 2008 HEB Leadership I Class, a yearlong community program that allows participants to get a behind- the-scenes look at city government, eco- I nomic development, education, public safety and area transportation issues. The class, which meets monthly with' area leaders,will also plan and complete a I community service project.A day trip to Austin to observe state government at work is also scheduled. I Angela Velasco, from Tarrant County College-Northeast and one of this year's class members, said in a statement, "The HEB Leadership course curricula has not I only met but has exceeded my expecta- tions for what I had hoped to learn about the issues and the concerns of the HEB I community." Velasco joins classmates, including: De Mia Brown,Carter BloodCare;Jimmy Carrick,Bank of Texas;Courtney Collins, I Compass Bank; Jenny Ellis, Harris Methodist H.E.B. Hospital; Oscar Figueroa, HEB Independent School I District; Matthew Gallagher, The Gallagher Group; Cammie James, Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County; Jade Lampin, Forest Ridge Funeral I Home; Wayne Pavlik, city of Euless; Andrea Sanders,Oncor Electric Delivery; Candice Sanders, city of Hurst; Amy I Walker, Community Enrichment Center; Janice Wentworth, Comfort Keepers; Ashleigh Whiteman, city of Hurst; Jason Williams, Dallas Baptist University- I Colleyville; and Tina York,State National Bank. -Betty Dillard DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF I MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR 1 DATE DISTRIBUTED /I / / / 7 DATE OF ARTICLE 1//i /v 7 NEWSPAPER FWST CONSTRUCTION 1 Work delayedy on Airport Freeway By GORDON DICKSON gdickson@star-telegram.com BEDFORD—Motorists who use Airport Freeway between 9 a.m.and 4 p.m.week- days ` 1 can breathe easy. Repair work on Texas 121/183,which: last week caused nightmare congestion and half-hour delays for thousands of motorists, has been post- poned indefinitely. Qnline "We realize the impact exclusive on traffic was pretty signif- Keep tabs on icant," said Texas Depart- traffic.Check ment of Transportation out the. spokesman Val Lopez. Honkin'Mad When the project even- blog at star tually"resumes, the work telegram will be performed at night .com from Northeast Loop 820 to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. Last week,workers closed two lanes at a time during the day to pour asphalt on overpass joints.>' 1 The agency hopes to finish the work. before spring, but asphalt normally isn't poured when the air temperature dips below 60 degrees. "We're trying to find an insulated truck that will keep the hot mix hot,"Lo- pez said. 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF • MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN IYOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED // //le /0 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /1//3 /0 7 NEWSPAPER FWST I ,.. 116‘11111 P ilii . , „ _,„,; o tel41c66'' 1111 , st°- ltidndn@ 655,32“' sb 0 el I 1 �d`to�5o�riy I et�o Olt Nott Things are shaping up ill _____ , ialf,, 111 s PI 1 , The Euless City Parks and Community Services Department started putting up the city I Christmas Tree at the municipal complex Monday.The annual Christmas parade is at 6:30 p.m.Dec.1 at Midway Recreation Center;the Heritage Park Christmas Celebration is from 1 to 5 p.m.Dec.S. STAR-TELEGRAM/STEWART F.HOUSE DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR 1 DATE DISTRIBUTED II / I (' / U ' DATE OF ARTICLE I / /13 /-' 7 NEWSPAPER FWST OUT AND ABOUT,: LUNCHEON SATISFIES- HUNGER FOR THE ARTS, I FOR DOING GOOD 1 Luncheon honors galaxy of ,o jz, o�,kf�h ans belted out some Broad- ty; Peggy Davis, Battered "stars"who work hard for `u way tunes for the patrons. Women's Foundation; Marie the community. -.. .' r ' y But the focus of the day was Gress, Christmas Is for Chil- P .*30:041;�64,,,, on the 25 "shining stars," dren; Melody Davenport, If a luncheon is to raise money - .:0,1#4.1' women who were recognized Christmas Providers; Lornie for the arts, it's only logical = °$�`9 �"""" Mb communityorganizations Gill, Circle of Friends, and Y that it should delight the sens tto, Wad e i s �K i p + as their outstanding mem- Charlotte Davis, Colleyville es. , , , ,+ � hers. Area Chamber of Commerce. The Arts League's 11th an- A handblown oil lantern, Others were Darla Denni- nual Shining Stars Luncheon, JOY DONOVAN actually an art piece, donated son, Colleyville Woman's jdonovan©a star-telegram.com of course, did concentrate on by Art and Clay on Barton,was Club;Anita Miller,Grapevine those, all the while raising bidder, lined the reception awarded to each winner. Relief and Community Ex- money for ARTSNET. Co- area. , Honorees and their groups change;Vickie Elms, Greater chairs Cheri Irwin and Joslyn For, taste, thee was 'the were Renee Sorgel, Altrusa Keller Women's Club; Debbie Marksbury, both of Colley- lunch of butternut squash. International. Inc. of DFW; Vinson, Greater Southlake ville, gave the nearly 400 at- soup,_ Mediterranean salad Carol Fisher,American Asso- Women's Society; Diane tendees plenty to enjoy. and raspberry sacher torte. ciation of University Women Brammer, Harris Methodist Pianist Stan Paschal's fin- Orchids from Out of the Gar- — Northeast Tarrant County H.E.B.HospitalAuxiliary;Car- gers danced across the ivories. den adorned the tables for all branch; LeAnn Brown, ART of Cage and Peggy Firestone, Art, available to the highest to see,and vocalist Krystl Ev- SNET of North Tarrant Coun- Harris Methodist H.E.B. Hos- j pital Event Board; and Mary Guild. Lib Saleh, Hurst-Euless-Bed- Luncheon proceeds bene'- ford Chamber of Commerce. fit ARTSNET programs, such Also included were Leesy as summer arts camps, and' Palmer, Metroport Meals on the bottom-line announce Wheels; Jodi Sanders, Mid- ment was reported at Mon- Cities Supporters of SafeHa- day's meeting of the Arts yen of Tarrant County Inc.;Jo League. The Shining Stars' Ann Durham, the National luncheon fundraising total of League of American Pen more than $36,000 will be Women; Devonna Walker added to the more than Holland, Northwest Metro- $25,000 that ARTSNET raised port Chamber of Commerce; with its Taste of Northeast Victoria Clyde, Southlake fundraiser, which was in•Au- Women's Club; Sally Simp- gust at North East Mall in son, Summer Santa; Ginny Hurst. Tigue, the Arts League;Mari- lyn Ackman, the Northeast JOY DONOVAN'S COLUMN APPEARS Tarrant Chamber; and Betty ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.SHE Goodspeed, Trinity Arts CAN BE REACHED AT 817-68S-3842. iiiii 4 SO DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF I MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN IYOUNG McDONALD /COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED l 1 /I l v 7 DATE OF ARTICLE 1/ /13 / 7 NEWSPAPER FWST 1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT I Ex-Euless official hired as I Westlake town manager I By JESSICA DELEON Trent Petty's resignation ret- as an economic develop- and JESSAMY BROWN" roactive to Nov. 1. Petty's ment consultant. jdeleon@star-telegrm.com, contract would have expired Petty's company, Pe com xP ty tt3'Sept.30,2008. and Associates, will provide WESTLAKE—Town officials "We were very fortunate advice to the town under a cSTLAKE g changes for on Monday hired Euless'for- when the one-year contract. mer citymanager to fill West- ,, resignation Petty, who became West- down leadership lakes top job. occurred lake's first town manager in Aldermen voted unani- that a veter- 1999, was paid $170,000 a mously to appoint Joe Hen an was year plus benefits under the In a single meeting Monday,the Westlake nig as interim town manager .. available," Texas Municipal Retirement and of Aldermen accepted the resigna- "I was intrigued with the Mayor Scott System.As a consultant,Pet- n of Trent Petty,the first town manag- special city of Westlake. On Hennig Bradley ty will be paid$160,000. er,then rehired Petty as a consultant and an interim basis,it was inter said. His new duties will in- ought on the former Euless city manag- esting to be a part of that," Alder- dude negotiating economic as an interim replacement. said Hennig, who retired 7, man Larry development projects and from Euless in October after . • 4'!;,,,. Corson said working on transitional pro- nearly 'nine years as cityA he voted jects including Farm Road manager. �" ' against ac- 1938,officials said. Hennig will be paid $100 Petty, cepting Pet- In a news release, Petty per hour until contract de- ty's resigna- said he was resigning for tails are worked out with the tion because he thought the family reasons. I town attorney board would not extend Pet- Online:www.westlake-tx.org The Board of Aldermen ty's contract. voted 5-1 earlier in the meet- But the board voted unan- JESSICA DELEON,817-685-3932 IIIing to accept Town Manager imously to hire Petty to serve JESSAMY BROWN,817-685-3876 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) BOYETT BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR I DATE DISTRIBUTED /// //(e /v 2 DATE OF ARTICLE // //" 7 /(:) 7 NEWSPAPER FWST SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Emergencyhelp r for those least able 1 to help themselves 1 By JESSICA DeLEON jdeleon@star-telegram.com A tornado strikes a part of town where 100 people with special needs I live. Police and firefighters can see on a computer map where those peo- ple live and can route them to a hospital. --- That's That's how the creators of the Special Needs Assistance Program envision their project. The Fort Worth-Tarrant County Office of Emergency Management has started the voluntary program,which will tell emergency respond- ersI about participants'disabilities. About 100 people have signed up since Sept. 1. "There's a tremendous upside to the program,"said Calvin Brown,a Fort Worth emergency management officer and a creator of the pro- ' gram. "Folks want to be a part of this.It benefits the community" 1 How does it work? Who's participating? How to What kind of response has the program received? ,.,j People with special needs Fort Worth is working with register , Area emergency personnel applaud it. can call,mail or e-mail the other cities all over Tarrant Register at www. "It allows us,as emergency management personnel, information. County. snapforyou.org and our first responders to have the information in case Online participants will Eventually,the program or 817-392- something unfortunate occurs,"said Lt.Joe Kraft of the set up an account,answer will expand to 16 North Texas 6144.You can Euless Office of Emergency Management."We will know security questions and counties. also call 817- which special-needs persons need to be checked." provide information about The information could 392-6144 to get Officials at North Texas Special Needs Assistance Par, themselves. also become available to a form;mail it to vers also like the idea.The organization is not related to 1 Participants can specify, agencies such as the Ameri- the Office of the Special Needs Assistance Program. for example,if they use a . can Red Cross.They must Emergency Emergency responders would know about the disabil wheelchair,crutches or agree to keep the informa- Management, ties of the adults who live in North Texas SNAP's housin� medical equipment that tion confidential and use it. 1000 Throck- said the group's president,Rita Goodner. requires electricity. only for emergencies,said morton St.,Fort "It's a wonderful program,"Goodner said."In fact,I' The information stays David Moss,a programmer Worth,TX going to send out a notice to all our programs that this i active for one year,after analyst at FortWorth Global 76102. available and you need to take advantage of it." which participants must Information System and the reregister. program's other creator. JESSICA DeLE6N,817-685-3932 j