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Home My WebLink About2008-06-27 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE 'MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED C_e /:t 7/0 S DATE OF ARTICLE S //5 /O NEWSPAPE R/C 1 c-A- EULESS ENTERTAINS WITH DAVE RUDOLFF eed a reason to get the fam Music in Motion Concert �... M..,.., . ily off the Saturday, June 21, 7 p.m. couch? Please join us Villages of Bear Creek ,1074, for our first ever Music in Motion Amphitheater ' Concert. This interac- tive show will be fun 1951 Bear Creek Pkwy `;;M' for the entire family. It Euless, TX • FREE • ' begins with a 20- minute group aerobics ses- music all over the world and sion, followed by the wild has written several songs for ing! Make healthier choices ' and wacky music of Dave Disney movies. He will get, and be entertained all at the Rudolff. Dave has performed kids and parents up and mov- same time.Free for everyone! 1 ,prsrTED TO: PAGE i OF I Mt (4° 4**), 1 r MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR 1 DATE DISTRIBUTED C� ; /�7 / U ODATE OF ARTICLE 6 / U -- 7/a.0 IOSNEWSPAPER 1Z, Y, l /1n-i a, 1 1r tel) Arii • 4 1111111111.. 4.4 IP I :$01:1°)40 4! , 1:411 4c. 4,1 AoNfavI eP BUtbY 1 • .::,.0- �y 5 I Please call the shelter for 1 I more details. 817-685-1594. Buddy has been crate trained. 1 Euless Animal Services 1517 Westpark Way 1 Euless, TX 76040 (817)685-1594 I I I I I I I ,DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF l i MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN I YOUNG McDONALD 6/_ 02-COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR • DATE DISTRIBUTED 17 / 0 81 DATE OF ARTICLE 1d O 7/3 o/O ' NEWSPAPER 17, s. G »E.9.) Y 1 (( Oc 8) .1 --v)%)vv-v? cCity elections are over and VC‘ �� the June June Music in Mo- we welcome anew conn- �'`j School is out for the sum- tion concert. cilmember,Donna Mickan, mer and Euless has plenty The Summer Reading to our city council. Donna e of opportunities available . Program at the library worked many years at Trin- for all ages in our Recre- continues until mid-August. ity High School and served s,a ation Department,Library, All ages, including adults, on two of our city boards. and Texas Star Conference can sign up for the program She islookingforward to I ' and Golf Centre. and enjoy summer reading, serving on the council. 5, For our younger tots, we as well as win prizes upon have ice skating, soccer, completion of the program. , ` $'° ,, tumbling, dribblers and Last year was our first 4,4 summer camp. Our youth year for the adult reading , ,,, I can participate in ice skat- program,which was well E s1. ,, ing,basketball,taekwon- received, and the librar- Mayor Saleh do-tigerkubs,taekwon-do ians are looking to double for beginners, and taekwon- the amount of readers this Euless do-advanced. Euless also summer. I t- SS-- offers the Texas All-Star The city opened its Dog ELEBaseball Camp, Soccer Park on May 16, and it Camp, Summer Camp, and has been well received by I Basketball Camp. both dogs and their own- The PACS Partners offers ers. The park is located pre-teens an opportunity to next to the Villages of Bear ' gain valuable life expert Creek Park. All our parks ences needed for future are in excellent condition employment by actively with flowers blooming and I', I _participating in various trails cleaned and ready for projects related to Parks walking. and Recreation. Teens can We say goodbye to long I work in the city green- time employee,Johnnie house, conduct playground Green, as he retires after safety checks, and work twenty-five years in the I with special events like the Parks Department. John summer outdoor theaters nie was the Parks Manager and musical events, such as and responsible for the I construction of many of our prestigious parks. We will miss Johnnie,but wish him I well and good fishing. I DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF ' MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED et? /027 102 DATE OF ARTICLE CQ /(2 � /O NEWSPAPERS LI A peach of a championship game By Jeff Johncox The Norman Transcript June 21, 200801:30 am - —Going into Friday night's round-robin finale between Oklahoma and Texas, only one thing was certain in the Sunbelt Classic: Georgia would be playing in tonight's tournament final. The Peach Staters finished the round-robin 6-1, thanks to a 10-3 victory over Canada and an 18-1 thrashing of Maryland Friday. Georgia was named the 2007 Sunbelt's champions after rain washed out the championship game between Georgia and Arizona last year. Tonight the Georgians will be going for two in a row against prennial tournament contender Texas. Team Texas beat Oklahoma 10-3 Friday night to earn a spot in the championship game. It finished 5-2 in round-robin play and pulled off the Oklahoma sweep Friday. It beat the Oklahoma Juniors earlier in the day at Norman North's Tull Lake Park 8-1. "It's great, it's wonderful,"Texas' Randall Thorpe said about the team's return to the championship game. "That's what it's all about, and it's great to get a win over Oklahoma." Texas last won the tournament in 2005 when Koby Clemens powered the Lone Star State's best over Team Oklahoma in the championship game. Texas was in the tournament final last in 2006, when it fell to Arizona. "We think we're the best in the country. We just wanted to come out here and show it," Thorpe said. 1 Randell Thorpe is the son of Danette Thorpe , secretary in the City Manager ' s Office . 1 1 1 1 1 IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l 'MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /-2 7 ( c'S' DATE OF ARTICLE 6 /oz/ l o t NEWSPAPER^ - , ll.. I I Game turns heated By Jeff Johncox I The Norman Transcript June 21, 2008 01:45 am I —Texas' Randall Thorpe hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to give Texas a 10-3 lead over Oklahoma Friday night. I Oklahoma pitcher Justin Klusak was booted for arguing the call before Thorpe had.even rounded the bases. Thorpe admired the shot for a minute and there was some obvious jawing between Oklahoma catcher Lance Rymel and Thorpe before, during and after the at-bat. Before play resumed,the Oklahoma coaches had I argued with the umpires, as well as the Texas coaches. During the fracas, the Oklahoma dugout cleared, but order was restored. Ouch! I Norman High's Dillon Yeaman, no stranger to taking batted balls off his body, took a hard grounder off the calf from Team Canada's David Head during the fourth inning of the Oklahoma Juniors' win over the Canadians Friday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park. "It hurt,"Yeaman said. "It happens so fast,though, you don't really think about it." I In 2006, in am su mer league game against Westmoore, Yeaman took a line drive off his face that broke his I nose, shattered all the bones in his sinus passage and fractured his right orbital cavity. IFamily affair Team Oklahoma's Derek Vaughn had one of his team's biggest plays Tuesday night in an opening-night I victory over Maryland. He picked off a runner at third base for the game's final out, securing a 5-4 victory and nabbing a save. Vaughn's family has some history with the Sunbelt. His father, Mike, played for Oklahoma when it was just an Oklahoma-California series. IA fine crowd This year the Sunbelt offered free admission, but until Friday night the crowd at L. Dale Mitchell Park hadn't I quite filled out. But it was different for the Oklahoma-Texas game, which is annually the most anticipated of the round-robin games. It was estimated that 350 fans turned out for the evening matchup. IFalling hard Arizona had a rough Friday. I Going into the day, Team Arizona was one of two one-loss teams left in the Sunbelt Classic. But the Grand Canyon State all-stars fell twice in the same day, 1-0 to Maryland and 4-3 to Ohio, knocking them out of contention for tonight's championship game. Randell Thorpe is the son of Danette Thorpe, secretary in the City Manager' s Office. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF ' MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRINI MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR I DATE DISTRIBUTED �( / 7)(-) 0 DA TEOFARTICLE (I/ /:? / U& NEWSP4PER FWST MAIN STREET I oli •is atc ers to e oore Police I ressure or eat wor under . - ,. , . , - --• . . .....:.,,.._........,..,:,„,..„...„. .. , ... , . ....,,,.,,„: . .......,,,.,.,,,,..,7.,,,\,, I. : ' ' .„ vom f:‘::z5,7,:!'i l''',';-1.'.-3':.. : .: , .4,,,.., ,,,,,tott...i.,;:,,,,,.,,,,,,,..,:.?, ,,,, ,, i,;:d� d c.6 7E' --:,...:-::]::;',:'.'%:,.', :' trFff, ur .3 4415,%4'iP xx m et...„.,,,,„;...:....4.,.'„..„.,;.:?1,. . . w �` " a r�'$44, 4.m f I uM 8 d yN. ,S 4\ a� Y � 66 � il?4 Y� 1r I �� E aro k4 \r �+ �'�y.- 4 d 4 .... Rix '^ , ` � r, 4 y jy w 7 s wfy `'�-j . x4��\7 i 2 w,_ g h h, - . . +fir ,wy"�^rt+Tl'�n"91`v'. - . 'S,':1.. , , 4 �hi� A:,--5..:,!'3,-,E5.13- ;oz., 1��"� 1 d Mary-Sanchez,a Euless police dispatcher,will be honored in August by the Texas chapter of the National Emerges Cy Numoil ber Association. STAR-TELEGRAM/IAN McYP I CC Officers were out there, and • they were told to turn on their lights and sirens in areas where there were some fields. She I said she heard the sirens., That's when I told her to start screaming as loud as she could. Officers heard her and found her. I Mary Sanchez,Euless police dispatcher 1 IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ' OF `� MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGIiAY(2) DECK BROWN IYOUNG McDONALD �COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR �� 7 DATE DISTRIBUTED lk' . DATE OF ARTICLE Cp /AI / v NEWSPAPER FWST I A Euless dispatcher who 'NA for their work during the year. Euless dispatcher Debra Riley helped police find a mentally ill Torrez will be honored as Interna- woman lying in a field is tional Trainer of the Year by the ' Telecommunicator of the Year. Association of Public Safety Com- munications Officials. By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. There are about 6,000 dis- rami rez@star-telegram.com I EULESS—Euless dispatcher Ma patchers in Texas, and they have one of the hardest jobs,local po ry Sanchez expects an emergency lice and 911 officials say. on every telephone call. "It's a pressure cooker," Euless I On the night of April 22, Sanpolice Lt. Steve Kockos said. "In chez , Fort Worth,got a par this day and time,the phone lines par- ticularly alarming one. » never stop ringing. Area police were investigating Area 911 training coordinator I the possible kidnapping of a Sherry Decker agreed. North Richland Hills woman after her husband called to report her ".The population is growing, missing. Minutes later,the wom- and there.are so many calls that I an's friend reported getting a cell they must answer," said Decker, phone call from the woman,who the North Texas region coordina- said she was in Euless and in trou— ble. training coordinator for the North ' Then the missing woman Central Texas Council of Govern managed to call 911 and reached ments."The stress level is so high, Sanchez. yet they continue to do such a "She was scared,hurt and cry- great job." I ing,"Sanchez said.''She knew she Twelve area dispatchers will was in Euless,but she didn't know also be honored with Silent Hero where. I kept her on the phone awards for exemplary work dur- I trying to find her." By using the signal from the ing the year. DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.,817-685-3822' woman's phone,Sanchez and po- lice determined that the woman I was in north Euless. She said she Awards E was lying bleeding in a field. Telecommunicator ii "Officers were out there, and of the Year i Ai they were told to turn on their Mary Sanchez,Euless police I lights and sirens in areas where there were some fields," Sanchez Silent Heroes I•Kimberly Balderas,Azle policeb said. "She said she heard the si $Tammy Barnes,Euless police Yi rens.That's when I told her to start ■Ilona Brown,CareFlite is I screaming as loud as she could. •Robin Ford,Richland Hills n Officers heard her and found her." police N The woman,who was mentally •Molly Hall,Arlington dispatch}3 I ill,survived. ■Janis Humphrey,Forest Hill For her calm, competent han- police -d dling of the situation, Sanchez •Larissa Katekaru,North Rich-q will be honored inAugust with the land Hills police fi I Telecommunicator of the Year Angela Larson,MedStar EMS award from the Texas chapter of •Debra Moore,Fort Worth fi the National Emergency Number police ;; Association. She is one of 10 dis •Desire Spruill,Burleson police? I patchers in the state to receive the award. •Elaine Traugott,Grapevine ,q police ,p "It was truly a team effort," •Patricia Villalva,Keller/South Yi Sanchez said. Beverly Williams lake emergency communica-.`'` " was the other dispatcher work- ing with me that night, and to- tions centerInternational ti gether we found that woman." Trainer of the Year it Other area dispatchers will Debra Riley Torrez,Euless police; ' also be honored in August by NE- DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF / 1 MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYAD/VIIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED € /' 7 /0 b DATE OF ARTICLE 6 /„.2,----? / O g NEWSPAPER FWST 1 NORTHEAST CRIME 1 At least 1 of these thieves will smell nice • Star-Telegram • Thieves take cologne,shirts EULESS—Men wearing Usher cologne beware:Police # ' could stop you during the next few days. And it won't be to give you a compliment: olleyvi1le N Investigators are on the lookout for a couple who eo 1'#�FW stole two bottles of the popular men's cologne and four , ® �; Aiirport men's shirts from Marshall's in the 2800 block of Texas Glade Rd. ' 1 121. • According to police reports, a man and a woman stuffed items into a handbag.An employee followed as m 1 the couple walked out with $50 worth of the cologne Mapped area and$68 worth of shirts. IEuless • When the employee tried to stop them from getting into a vehicle, the female thief pushed, shoved and tm v" vI scratched him,police said. The couple drove away,but authorities were on the A couple took cologne and men's shirts on June 12 from a store scent. after one of the suspects pushed and shoved an employee. Domingo Ramirez Jr. STAR-TELEGRAM 1 1 I I 1 1 I IDISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE /OF ' MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN 1 YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 67 / 7/GK DATE OF ARTICLE 6°7�.-s? 7/v Y NEWSPAPER FWST I Population: Growth has slowed, `but not below what I we would .ex ect ' council of governments g encs official says Find your city I The complete list of pop 2008 population for Tarrant County ulation estimates is at Final Estimated Estimated • Growth . www.nctcog.org/ris/de- Census Population Population rate I mographics/population.asp. 2000 2007 2008 2007-2008 Tarrant County 1,446,219 1,745,050 1,780,150 2.01% Why the delay? Arlington 332,969 364,300 369,150 1.33% I' Originally,the 2008 pop- Azle 9,600 10,600 10,950 3.30% I ulation estimates were Bedford 47,152 49,050 49,450 0.82% scheduled to be released in Benbrook 20,208 22,850 23,450 2.63% March. Demographers, Blue Mound 2,388 2,400 2,400 0.00% however,determined that Colleyville 19,636 22,150 22,500 1.58% I they needed to adjust the Crowley 7,467 11,250 11,750 4.44 formula to take into consid Dalworthington Grdns 2,186 2,300 2,350 2.17% Edgecliff Village 2,550 2,550 2,600 1.96% eration single-family and Euless 46,005 53,400 54,000 1.12% I multifamily occupancy rates Everman 5,836 5,800 5,800 0.00% in many cities.In Fort Forest Hill 12,949 11,950 11,950 0.00% Worth,for example,the Fort Worth 534,694 686,850 702,850 2.33% changes resulted in the Grapevine 42,059 45,550 47,150 3.51% population estimate being Haltom City 39,018 39,400 39,500 0.25% decreased from 718,450 in Haslet 1,134 1,400 1,400 0.00% March to 702,850."It's still Hurst 36,273 38,500 38,750 0.65% an estimate,"said Duane Keller 27,345 37,700 38,400 1.86% I Dankesreiter,manager of Kennedale 5,850 6,350 6,450 1.57% research for the council of Lake Worth 4,618 4,850 4,850 0.00% governments."We'll find out Lakeside 1,040 1,250 1,250 0.00% how accurate it is when the Mansfield 28,031 51,300 53,200 3.70% I next census comes out. N.Richland Hills 55,635 64,050 65,750 2.65% Pantego 2,318 2,700 2,700 0.00% Pelican Bay 1,505 1,800 1,800 0.00% Richland Hills 8,132 8,300 8,350 0.60% II River Oaks 6,985 7,200 7,300 1.39% Saginaw 12,374 18,950 19,250 1.58% Sansom Park 4,181 4,250 4,250 0.00% Southlake 21,519 25,700 26,100 1.56% I Watauga 21,908 24,150 24,250 0.41% Westworth Village 2,124 3,000 3,050 1.67% White Settlement 14,831 15,900 16,150 1.57% Remainder of I Tarrant County, 37,410 50,150 52,700 5.08% Split Cities** 28,289 47,150 48,350 2.55% *2000 population totals have been officially changed by the Census Bureau ".Split Cities-Represent corporate boundaries that extend into another county No data provided by city To see a city-by-city list of population estimates,go to www.nttcog.org/nsfdemographics:population.asp STAR-TELEGRAM I f I