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LEADERSHIP
offerings. Our staff is quite The Texas Star Golf Course
knowledgeable and can continues to win accolades
assist you with your needs. from the golf world, and
There are several classes we so appreciate our staff
offered and special concerts for making it one of the top
Spring has finally come to
as well. Most all are free of municipal courses in the
Tarrant County,Texas,and charge. Metroplex. The Texas Star
' just in time for our terrific We are sending many will be accommodating.
> �. � �-� family festival called
good wishes to our retiring golfers with a golf school in
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� ,. Arbor Daze. Arbor Daze I
Fire Chief,Lee Koontz, the near future.
' for many years of service. The Texas Star Conference
* is scheduled for Saturday,
April 26, and Sunday to our city. Under Chief Centre is undergoing a
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afternoon April 27. There Koontz's tenure,the complete renovation with
1 t Fire Department and its additional space for a larger
I PIIS ,, will be lots of children's
€ ?.. activities,interesting items personnel have become conference facility, as
° "R € not only firemen,but also well as additional smaller
'--"V4,,,,,,, - for the adults, and plenty
I . �m� .�:. 7 of delicious food available.
paramedics. We have conference rooms,a larger
three fire stations,new fire kitchen and some great
Mayor Saleh The event will be held on
the city hall campus just off engines, a clown program, amenities. This project is a
Eulessthean Honor Guard unit. major undertakingd will
of SH 183. Yall Come! �
"` °' With the springtime,we The Euless fire personnel not be completed until early
SS hope you have enjoyed the work well with all the next year.
amenities of our beautiful cities of Northeast Tarrant Enjoy the spring weather
I parks. We have added County, and that is what and wildflowers!
new walking trails,new "regionalism" is all about.
park benches,and lots of Chief Koontz and Sparky
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new plantings;not only in (his wife,Lark)willl .be
the parks,but also along missed,but we wish them
the streets and city hall well.
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campus. We will be opening our
The library is in the Dog Park in the latter part-
process of being renovated of April, and that will be
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with additional space for an added plus for our park
the historical features, system. The Dog Park
additional study carousels, will be located adjacent
1 some special features and of Bear
new carpeting. All should to the Creek Park,Villages and there
be completed in May. The will be a divided area
p for large dogs and small
Ilibrary is such an activeplace for citizens of all - dogs. We encourage our
ages,and we hope you citizens to read all the rules
take advantage of the many of behavior for the dogs
before you visit the park.
We have tried to respond to
all the amenities you have
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They made sure everyone followed the safety rules and is-
sued tickets for traffic violations. The annual Trike-a-thon
benefitted St. Jude Children's Hospital
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CHEERS AND JEERS
Cheers:To Adena,Jeff,Scott and the
crew at Texas Star Golf Course in Eu-
less.They got the course back into
shape just a few hours after the area
was hit by a line of severe storms early
April 10. Euless is fortunate to have
you all on the team!Jeers to a nearby
golf course that several days later still
hadn't cleaned up after the storm.
—Ray Kunze,Euless
Cheers:To the city of Euless for the
quick cleanup after the storms and to
our neighbor Mike,who helped my
husband cut down the dangling limbs
in our yard.There was so much,debris
that it was difficult to figure out where
to begin.Our neighborhood was devas-
tated by the storm,but things already
are looking better!
—Leslie Biagiotti,Euless
Cheers:To the Euless Parks&Public
Works Department for outstanding
service to the community after the
storms!They were out early clearing
our streets and helping residents get
their lives back to normal.This is a
perfect example of being a public
servant and neighbor!
—Eric and Cheryl Johansen,Euless
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Lori De La Cruz operates a one-woman .""--'4.s.,,,, 'P' , e- '
information booth from her home of- ., ',-,,t?' ,-"--: h ', ' ,
fice in Euless.Her subject:living green. rj Fr
It's an issue that has tugged at her heart 1,:r ,,� t'
since the fourth grade,and she's made a a ,xr
career of teaching people how to limit % � ,*,
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their impact on the Earth.
De La Cruz, 43, was in`elementary }
school in Arlington when she saw the fa- ' a-T
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Iron Eyes Cody, the Native American , '` pF
with a tear in his eye.It was the first time A , '' F ' fh
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made an impact. She wrote an essay G •' fry£
about littering that was so passionate ', 4' ' 4't';''
her teachers had it published in the lo- , - 7 4.1' ,,
cal paper.She would eventually build a Lori De La Cruz runs Blue Marble Media,a
career out of urging people to care for consulting firm that focuses on environ- .r
the environment: mental education. STAR-TELEGRAM/RALPH LAUER
De La Crud earned a degree in jour-
1to help people make their lifestyles sus
nalism and started her career as a tainable and save moneyin the process. iiiii
graphic designer, but then the city of
Fort Worth hired her to coordinate the That's the crux of her philosophy:
litter program.It was a job that used her Sustainability isn't a product you can
communication skills, but it also re buy, and you don't have to spend extra
minded her what was really important. to go green. iiiii
"My gosh,this sounds so insane,but She points to simple changes, inex-
I love garbage,"she says.And as she was Pensive efforts:insulating wall sockets,
promoted through the ranks,eventually nstalling ceiling fans, caulking win
dows,switchingto act fluorescent "�
heading the solid waste division's envi liht bulbs. com P
ronmental education program, De La g The passion governs De La Cruz's life
Cruz started to realize that everything is as well as her job.She sends her 9-year-
connected
— and that garbage is just old daughter o school every day with awii
one of the Earth's challenges. no-waste lunch—nota single dis os-
That realization led to a new career. g p
able item in the whole box.
In 2004,De La Cruz opened Blue Marble De La Cruz hopes to give people of all ,,,,r°'
Media,a consulting firm that focuses on
ages the same aha.r moment she had in
environmental education for local gov the fourth grade.And the more people
ernments, businesses and nonprofits. learn, De La Cruz believes, the more
She teaches.She prepares curricula.She they'll make good decisions that protect
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helps get programs off the ground. the Earth.
This month, she's tackling a project "My goal is to make it simple, effi
with the city of North Richland Hills dent,"she says,"so that anybody can do
called Green Teens, which will train „
high school students to teach their it' Order a copy of De La Cruz's book,
peers about recycling and waste reduc-
tion. The Ecological Compass:A Guide to
And just a few weeks ago,De La Cruz Sustainability for Families,and read ..
self-published, The Ecological Corn- more of her 'tips and ideas at
pass,a spiralbound workbook designed www.ecologicalcompass.com.
—Alyson Ward
tt My goal is to make it simple, efficient so that,
anybody can do it.
Lori De La Cruz, on her philosophy for teaching others to be green -,
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Brokers:George Curry and
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."To never give up," wrote Kimberly Chio,9,Emily Torres,11,and Briana Ziino,9,at the Midway Recreation Center. SPECIAL To THE s-T/DJ.PETE
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partment. Through the session, 3 :` � • a s.: �k,.s:
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bullying, being assertive and i3hx� ;
healthy habits.They wrapped up ,igf 1x )' - x ,�. k
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Worth, including in Grapevine
and Southlake. About 250"girls r ef 3 ; kg 1
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ly, 9, a third grader_eatr,Wilshire Coach Linda Sanders with,from left,Kimberly,Crystal Chio,13,Emily and Briana.This session of the Euless Girls on
IElementary School Chio,,en- th•e Run had eight girls from the third to fifth grades.The class costs$75. SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/DJ.PETERS
rolled Kimberly in the program
so she could get more exercise. ", ti That you have
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rise. " x g �.' h "' F; Elementary School,explaining -
Janette Steinlieimer, director z '`' �a what she learned from Girls on the
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fall back on,"she said. "How can you partner up?" Perhaps that's why on the
coach Linda Sanders asked quiz,Bailee Jenkins, 9, a third-
Support and fun ' them."How can you touch each grader at Midway Park Elemen-
'gDuring the Euless session, the other without falling down?" tarySchool,.answered"What did
irls learned what it was like to The girls contemplated get- you not like about Girls,on the-
be part of a community. On " ring in a1 circle or piggybacking Run?" with "That we have to -
Thursday, they made dog treats before coming up with a plan— run."
'for the city's animal shelter as switching legs every five seconds . But,overall,the girls liked the
part of a community service pro- so they won't gettired. ., . experience.
ject. Then the girls ran,with Heidi "They teach us the impor-
' The girls also had to run to- Taylor,program coordinator for tance of being a girl and not a
gether as a group,but they could Midway.Recreation'Center,yell- bully,"Emily said.,
use only one foot, which ing, "Girls in the front, slow Ashley Tones, 9, a fourth
prompted screams. • - down." grader at Midway Park, said,
' The girls fell down on the way "You get support, and you have
back. fun."
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FESTIVALS .-
Trees, art, sports and more. 3
on tap for the weekend
3 It's festival weekend in Northeast Tarrant County, and
four cities are hosting themed events.
ArborDaze in Euless will celebrate trees by giving away
2,000 and presenting discussions. 3
Art in the Square in Southlake will give visitors the op-
portunity to browse and buy the work of 140 artists.
Haltom City will offer a sports competition for young-
sters.
Richland Hills will honor its founding fathers with a
parade and a celebration.
All those festivals have three things in common—ac-
tivities for youngsters, entertainment and, of course,
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Correction
Euless City Council candidate Jay Heilman
' is a registered accessibility specialist. He
reviews and inspects new and remodeled
buildings to make sure that they meet
handicapped accessibility standards.His
1 occupation was incorrect in the April 17
edition.
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1 The finance data had an April 10 due,date.
ELECTION REPORTS
Star-Telegram
Campaign-finance reports for the May 10 election were due
Wh April 10.Here is a roundup of money being raised and spent in
the election. Several candidates have not raised or spent any
money,and others signedaffidavits saying that they would not
spend more than$500.Those candidates and unopposed can-
didates are not included in this list.
hopefuls P ace 4 City Council
■Retired educator Donna Mickan
raised$350 and spent$628..
•Private investigator Jay Heil
. cc man raised$2,835 and spent
raised, p spent $2,521.
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Craddick re-election likely, rep says 3
Rep.Todd Smith of Bedford says he's trying to improve tionship with the House lead-
his relationship with the speaker. ership."
Craddick has long faced
By AMAN BATHEJA happens in November, there criticism that he wields too
abatheja@star-telegram.com certainly could be a Demo- much control over the state
Efforts to dethrone Texas cratic majority," Smith said ,r House and that he punishes
House Speaker Tom Craddick Monday. At this point,he's got Smith Craddick those who oppose him.
appear to be sinking, accord- more Craddick Democrats During the last legislative
ing to a local state representa- than there are anti-Craddick Smiths declaration was the session, Smith was a vocal de-
tive who has been critical of Republicans, and if that's true most visible sign that the inter- tractor, going so far as to file
the Midland Republican. . . then it's mathematically ests of a bipartisan band of resolutions organizing an elec-
Last week,Republican State certain that Craddick will win House members hoping to re- tion to replace him as speaker. 3
Rep. Todd Smith of Bedford the speaker's race." place Craddick were not Smith said Monday that his
told Texas Weekly,. an online The Texas House has 79 Re- served by the March primary legislative goals were ham-
political newsletter, that the publicans and 71 Democrats. In tight races,some key Crad- pered during the last session
results of primary races House speakers are elected dick supporters won while because of his opposition of
around,the state have con by the chamber's 150 mem- some critics were defeated. Craddick.
vinced him that Craddick will bers.Craddick's chances for re Smith said he is trying to "It's obvious that there are
be re-elected speaker next year election at the start of the 2009 improve his relationship with consequences for not being on
unless Democrats win a ma- legislative session hinge on the the speaker but maintained the leadership's team," Smith
jority in the state House. number of supporters who win that he is not endorsing Crad- said.
"I think depending on what re-election. dick. Smith said that if he's re
"It's no secret that we've had elected,he does not know who
our disagreements, and I pre- would get his vote for speaker
sume that we will continue to in January
have our disagreements," Smith was unopposed in
Smith said. "That doesn't the March primary. He will
mean there doesn't come a face Democrat Kalandra
time that the best thing I can Wheeler in November.
do for the people I represent is
to build a constructive rela- AMAN BATHEJA,817-390-7695
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. . festivals 1 Four ofamily
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This weekend's activities across Northeast Tarrant range
Festival weekend
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Art in the Square,Southlake • _ ;. .
About 140 juried artists will sell their works,and country band °' _' Colleyville' ® ?`
Carolina Rain will perform at the ninth annual event.Younger teens• Cheek-SpargerRd.
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and kids can play in designated fun zones.Art Off the Vine is a new Watauga
feature in which wines from Australia,Texas,Italy and California 1193e1
can be sampled. •
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IHours:4-10:30 p.m.Friday;10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.Saturday;11 Hajtom
a.m.-6 p.m.Sunday.Art.Off the Vine is at 6 p.m.Friday;4 and 6; sw Ci
p.m.Saturday;and 3 p.m.Sunday Q Ht 1u ... q
Where:Southlake Town Square,Southlake Boulevard at North x "
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Cost:Free;Art Off the Vine tickets are$20 and available online �'
Information:www.artinthesquare.com_ , Four festivals take place this weekend in Northeast Tarrant County.
1.Art in the Square,Southlake Town Square•
Arbor Daze, Euless 2.Baker Days,Richland Hills
The 20th anniversary event will give away 2,000 trees and feature 3.Spring Sports Fest,Haltom City .
presentations about caring for them.Bands such as Havana NRG, 4.Arbor Daze,Euless
' Crawfish and King Creole,as well,as community groups,will per- - STAR-TELEGRAM/TIM BEDISON
form.The Kids Zone features a fishing tank,games and entertain-
ment."We wanted people to know how important trees are to the Drive,just past Handley-Ederville Road.The celebration will be at
community,"said Michael Davenport,Euless'special events coordi- the Richland Hills Historical Society Welcome Center and Museum,
I nator."And it's a fun time." - _ at 6724 Baker Blvd.
Hours:9 a.m.-8 p.m.Saturday;2-6 p.m.Sunday.The event kicks Cost:Free
off with a fun walk sponsored by the Citizens Fire Academy at 7:30 Information:Call 682-225-2984 or 817-284-8043
a.m.Saturday.
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Where:City Hall Campus,201 N. Ector Drive ' Spring Sports Fest, Haltom City
Cost:Free Children can try out their sports skills in the Junior Olympics;
Information:www.arbordaze.org Aquafina Pitch,Hit and Run;and the NFL Punt,Pass and Kick
' events.The festival also features bands,bounce houses and food.
Baker Days, Richland Hills "It should be a lot of fun for kids of all ages,"said Tom Henry,
The city will celebrate its founders,the Baker family,With a parade director of parks and recreation. ' .
and a celebration that features a clown,petting area,Fort Worth Hours:Registration,11 a.m.-noon Saturday;treasure hunt for
I Cats mascot Dodger,and talks about Comanche Chief Quanah kids preschool to age 12,noon;sporting events start at 12:15 p.m.
Parker and the Comanche Indians. Where:Haltom City Recreation Center/Broadway Park,4839
"it's a recognition of the family and appreciation of the family Broadway Ave. _
—just a good time,"said Jeane Grisham,president of the Richland .Cost:Free
I Hills Historical Society."We don't have enough community events. Information:817-831-6465,www.haltomcitytx.org
It's something that's needed." •
Hours: 10 a.m.to 1:30 p.m.Saturday
Where:A parade will start at 6724 Baker Blvd.to Wesley Way JESSICA DELEON,817-685-3932
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DALLAS Fay Rene Booker
Griggs, loving wife, mother and
teacher, passed away peacefully at
age 88 on Saturday,April 19,2008.. I
SERVICE: 3 p.m. Saturday, April
26; in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial .r
Chapel.Visitation:2 to 3 p.m.Satur-
day at the funeral home. ,
Born in Athens on Jan.31,1920,
Fay grew up in Lubbock and graduat- ..
ed from Texas Tech with a double ma-
jor in home economics and music.
She was married in 1940 to C.J.
Griggs and served in the Lubbock
chapter of Wives of Officers Over- .rr
seas during the war years.She then
became active in civic and cultural af-
fairs in Mesquite, Wichita Falls and
Euless while her husband served as
Cjl�. Mauer of those cities. Fay ...ii
taught home economics for 25 years
in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford schools
and enjoyed singing in the Preston
wood Church choir. She became'an ■.r
avid ballroom dancer with the Dance
;Connection in Dallas. Fay and C.J.
raised four children, Stephen, Sid,
!'.Brian and Amy. • .r�
,, Fay was predeceased by her hus-.
-band;C.J.,and one son,Brian.
SURVIVORS:Children,Sid Griggs
of Dallas,Dr.Stephen Griggs of Aus-
tin and Amy Griggs of New York;11
grandchildren; and 15 great-grand-
childrenm, with two more great-
grandchildren on the way.
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Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville,817.498.5894
View and sign guestbook at
www.star-telegram.com/obituaries
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Car Center sits inside the City of
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The proposed Southgate Euless and generates some useful "���
Plaza at DFW International tax revenues for the city. Mayor ° t
Airport would provide over$5 MaryLib Saleh of Euless cut the : , :;:'' ,-: ' / / N
million in new taxes for the ribbon opening car rental center � � ,r;.,,:, "i:,,, t 4. _ ..ii„"),,,1
area. It would also provide March 24,2000.) t ,
2,700 jobs with a total payroll Mayor Mike Moncrief said •
of$95 million annually. he is concerned that the DFW Air , ` �
port, in developing Southgate � � � � ,,
John Terrell,vice president Y.
Plaza,may be competing against
- commercial development, pre- other area cities;not just the owner
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sis of the development to mem but cities in the middle of the
hers of the DFW Airport Board on
Metroplex. `Y � ,,
Thursday(April 3).
Buildinghotels,officebuild . v
Terrell already has a devel- ings and restaurants at the airport, JOHN C.TERRELL(left)vice president-commercial developrni
oper — Redico of Southfield, he said, could have some "unin- for DFW International Airport, is pictured here chatting with Glenn
Michigan. tended consequences." Porterfield, Euless City Councilman and member of DFW Air.. r1
Plans for the Southgate Plaza He said that Mayor Tom Board. Porterfield told the board at its last meeting that the Ciioi
include two hotels, office space Leppert of Dallas is also concerned Euless supports the planned Southgate Plaza to be built on 32 acres
and restaurants.It is to be built on about the development. of DFW Airport property. Mayor Mike Moncrief expressed so e
32 acres of airport property just to But Porterfield said that nei reservations about the plans, stating he didn't believe the air'' rt
the south and adjoining the DFW ther he nor the city council feel should be competing with surrounding cities so far as comme ` al
Car Rental Center.Although on this way. development was concerned: (Photo by Bill Leader)
DFW Airport property it will also "Our city is excited about
be within the city limits of Euless. this development. I personally
Glenn Porterfield, a Euless don't feel that there is any corn-
city councilman and a retired bank petitive problem with this. Our
.1 president, expressed his enthusi- city council and city staff are very
asm for the project. Porterfield much in favor of this,"he said.
sits on the DFW Airport Board Porterfield said there are still
representing the interests of the
City of Euless.(The DFW Rental
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areas inside the city of Euless ready Terrell said that developers Fort Worth or the surrounding cit-
for development. But developers have agreed to include"green tech- ies, Fegan said, "We have been
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liked the site at the airport. nology"to keep the carbon foot- very,very careful.To some ideas
The Euless councilman told print at a minimum. : we simply say no."
DFWpeople, "Not only will it "Everything we have done Fegan said that Southgate
I (Southgate Plaza) not interfere out here we have tried to be re-
Plaza would primarily accommo-
withany future plans we may have sponsible stewards of the envi- date the airport's passengers and
but the quality of this develop- ,ronment,"he told members of the the 55,000 airport employees.
ment will set a benchmark that we board: There is a need for a restau-
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hope will be an incentive for other _ Developers have agreed to rant where departing"passengers
developers. share the work with minority con- can sit down and have a meal with
"We hope we will see some ! tractors—up to 25 percent—in their families,friends or business
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spill-over with this." keeping with the airport's WMBE acquaintances prior to departing
program(Women/Minority Busi- from the airport..
EULESS GAINS ness Enterprise). The restaurants at DFW Air
I Prior to agreeing to the two port_are on the secure side where
According to economic pro hotels; Terrell said a study was people without boarding passes
jections, the City of Euless will Trade to ascertain if there would may not go. There have been at-
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see about $752,000 in sales and be any impact on the two existing tempts to establish places on the
property taxes annually from the .. -
hotels at the airport—the Grand non-secure side but Fegan says
development.The cities of Dallas Hyatt, which is owned by DFW they have not been very success-
' and Fort Worth, Tarrant County Airport—or the Hyatt Regency ful.
and the school district will also DFW. "We have tried a few differ-
gain revenues. Several years ago Plans show an attractive pe- ent things but none have had a lot
the City of Euless made a deal destrian area with reflecting pools of success.We're now looking at
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with the airport to share revenues and fountains:There is also talk of some high end vending machines,"
with the two owner cities—Dal- a tower that will include large he said.
las and Fort Worth.. screens showing airline arrival and The airport board is looking
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Mass grading and construe- departure times.: at machines that will accept credit
tion for the project could start as° Jeffrey P. Fegan, DFW cards.. There are machines that
early as February 2009. Airport's CEO, explained that
peare
will dispense ice cream, coffee
' Terrell said that he had ap- DFW Airport was in competition_ and drinks and fresh sandwiches.
d before Euless City Coun- with other airports for airline busi-
cil and presented the plans to the ness.The revenues from cones-
' council people and staff.
The development will in- sions and other businesses helped
spread out the cost of operating
elude a 400-room full service ho- the airport to where the airlines
tel and a "select service" hotel did not have to bear the entire
with about 130 rooms. A select burden..
service hotel does not offer the So far as permitting devel
full service restaurants or cocktail opments that might compete
lounges of a full service hotel. against theinterests of Dallas and
Developers are considering
69,250-square-feet'of retail and
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restaurants and 330,200-square.
feet of office space.
There will be skybridge ac-
' cess to the rental car center and
terminal shuttle service seven-day/
24-hour shuttle service to the DFW
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Library closing briefly for carpet installation
EULESS—The Euless Public Library will be closed Fri-
day through Sunday for carpet installation.The new
carpet is part of a library expansion that will include a
new genealogy room,quiet area for reading and three
new study rooms. —Jessica DeLeon
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