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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-12-05 Euless Articles ...e_ei 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 1021 ST I °D CDATE OF ARTICLE/I /"61 //2 IO1 NEWSPAPER , I40 Ia.go t }"6 I `' gfrw it J •\f44* meets I 4t41 �'�09 IieQ hO�'n yh �i►S•' ed J'be Qy, p jeh b��the�,edOpt: 4e 'hO hgve(1niq js hee . 170 G�,NDALF /o,. °"1/i&_ancl' N 4t d b Please call the shelter f it I more details. 817-685- 1594. i I Euless Animal Services 1517 Westpark Way Euless, TX 76040 ' `(817)685-1594 ;. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ` OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR I DATE DISTRIBUTED l /5107 DATE OF ARTICLE�i/a/' Al//a2 l0 NEWSPAPER , Former. Mayor Teaches About City Government s mw x r r x a5re m a�-,, ,,,,,,-,r--,'',,,0. J• A yup eR � i - '"� 11,4 ,� S Va .:AN 1 b " - IIRE'„ » d *K , dgi e Mr. A.C. "Pete"Krause,former the ee-term mayor of Euless, visited the South Euless 4th Grade classroom of Tisha Moore on Monday, October 27. Mr. Krause explained city government, recalled highlights of his tenure as mayor, and fielded questions from the fourth-graders.His in to the children was the importance of taking an active role in ' your community, be it city,nation or even classroom! I I I I I I 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARYREFANIMAL CNTR�/ DATE DISTRIBUTED /4/51 0i' DATE OF ARTICLE/VVa / IM/ v d/- /a NEWSPAPER2._( Yiq_t"_ I Euless Receives Coveted ISO Class 1 rating I EULESS, TEXAS—The City of Euless proudly an- The impact that effective "This achievement is not public fire protection has only a testament to the hard nounces that the Insurance on individual property fire work and expertise of our Services Office(ISO)hasI rates is significant given Fire department,but also upgraded the Euless Fire that public fire protection the many other supporting Department to a Class 1 can affect the percentage departments that helped Fire Department. This is the of loss value that could be us achieve this ranking," I highest rating awarded by expected in a fire situation. said City Manager Gary the ISO. With this change ISO reviewed three major McKamie. "The City is in classification, effective areas: Fire Alarm,Fire De- committed to protecting our Iu-February 2009, citizens and partment, and Water Sys- residents,businesses and 'businesses in Euless will tem. More specifically, ISO visitors and this recognition enjoy a reduction in insur- considered fire depai t�uent is one further example of I atice rates as their insurance equipment, manpower and our focus on safety. k policies renew. Euless is fire alarm facilities when the tenth city in Texas to making its recommended I receive this rating and joins rating. In addition,ISO the cities of Coppell,Plano, conducts an overall review Frisco, Wylie, Houston, of staffing,tools and equip- I .Tomball,El Paso, Stafford ment, fire station locations, and Mesquite as the,only training and maintenance communities in Texas with documentation, dispatch I PPC ratings of"1." operations and the city's City officials recognized water supply. the economic benefits ,; ,p, ,,i,F, I of a lower rating and yqf 'began upgrading Eu- - 4 less' infrastructure. ``"`�� ' F,, - & p., I ` • r " ' .4. ,EulessCity Council 0', � fl � � �IaonwitS � sa�dd � `y ,� , ' �,�k � ��d �w retired City ,41t ; 1'.*t1z b . x, : I Manager } Joe Hennig and p g .� retired Fire x�' �' '1'41*,' ` t,_ ' Chief Lee Koontz worked d" 'w',:''''.."---/: to meet the demands of ; rapid growth and made --s $ I t , significant improvements in our fire defenses.A new fire station was built, fire I apparatus was upgraded and additional staffing was provided to ensure rapid I response to local emergen- cies. Euless Firefighters train together frequently to I remain skilled on the latest techniques and fire-preven- tion technology. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / I 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 I a I S /0 ovDATE OFARTICLE I//°?I - /a b 0 1 I OS NEWSPAPER jl staff worked forseveral acappella choir,"Holiday I i° 1 years to update our fire Cheer",which is a part of stations and fire equipment the Masterworks Group, k. ° . ' as well as special training _ will perform on Monday I .. •—;'' - for our fire personnel. We night,December 8,for all thanki. tii*,t, all those involved in to enjoy at 7:00 p.m. °Seat- earning this ratingP' ,. ing will be in front of the ¢. The traditional Euless beautiful"Blooms"win- Parade of Lights will be dow: '''',4-1 Saturday,December 6, The Library Tile Project is ,,., , ; '. beginning at 6:30 p.m:, at '1 coming along nicely: Over ' ° '' aw ,d., huller-Wiser Road, con- 40%of the tiles have been Mayor Saleh y timing down Midway sold. The prices range Euless. brave to Trinity High from$25 to$1,500 so there „ E,- Y o School. In past years,we is something for everyone: EULESS have had over 90 entries For a special Christmas I in the parade. Come early gift,someone canbuy a This year seems to have and bring your blankets and book spine and have their gone faster than any other • chairs. name imprinted for$25. I has, but Euless has been so Then the next weekend,we You'll just have to see the fortunate to have so many Will celebrate the holidays beautiful tiles to believe things going on. at the Heritage Park. The how lovely the tile project I We were named one of the Euless Historical Preserva- will be. It is an 8 x 6 foot best 100 cities in the United tion Committee provides all picture of various tiles States to live in,by Money sorts of early Euless history depicting the history of Eu- ' Magazine in August. That games and entertainment: less. There are tiles ready was very nice. In addition, Choirs from across Euless for viewing just outside now we have been selected will provide the musical the Historical Room in the as"The Best Place to Raise 1 entertainment: Both the library. 4;; Your Kids"in the state of Himes Log Cabin and the Our Parks Department does Texas by Business Week ' Fuller Home will be open a great job decorating the Magazine ! What an honor. with docents to share their cityfor the holidays. The t that is because our children history. beautiful large Christmas are our future. The Ruth Millican Center is tree will be lighted on In addition to those honors, located next to the Heritage Thanksgiving night and I we were so very excited Park,and it will be open continue to the New Year. to receive an ISO rating of that same day display- The many banners through- Class:l.ISO is the-Insur- ing the history''of Euless out the city create a joyful I ance Service Office of the in photos. Citizens have atmosphere. United States Government. donated photos for this The first phase of the Texas Previously we held a Class exhibit,and the Historical Star Conference Centre has I 3 rating, so this was"a big Preservation Committee been completed, and all ser- jump. There ate only ten along with city staff has put vices have been moved into Class 1 ratings in the state together a wonderful edu- the newly created space. I of Texas: Our citizens; cational history of Euless: The older part of the build-. hnth t,e4dP„+i?l an ,,,,.n The exhibit is free and will ing is undergoing renova mercial,will benefit from be open to the public. tion now. All the services I lower insurance rates The Euless Library will continue and our staff has beginning in February. Our ' also host activities during some great new recipes to - the Holiday Season. The share during the holidays. I The Sunday Brunches con- tinue to be a favorite. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF/ MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN ' YOUNG McDONALD /COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED / / s / DATE OF ARTICLE �� /02.3/0 NEWSPAPER FWST I COMMUNITY CALENDAR ITuesday EULESS—Bridge for seniors, 7-10 p,m.,Simmons Senior I Center,508 Simmons Drive. 817-283-9169. Thursday I EULESS—AARP Chapter 5172, '6:30 p.m.,Simmons Senior 'Center,508 Simmons Drive. I 8171283-1203. Dec. 6 I EULESS Christmas Parade of Lights,6:30 p.m.,Midway Drive and Fuller-Wiser Road.817-685- 1666 or www.euless.org. • _. --1 t +" 1.. .,4 'y4h , f.5 ,'-a .. ! i ;g• ..` { :. -.•-'•''',.,t1.et-,..*t I 4-- - .7-- aa ,3aX ,c $1;: ; 2. ','1,-:h, orf'.. 2. 'i '.X'', 4,0 .' .2":::,!:01:i..;* '‘`.....f lAit., . -1:444::.1,Y7 ' 11.1,411 ' • ' ' '. ' l 1,t o igl.1,x Mew T,, �tx 4 '� ' . -'`,,.-,1','-• • 4,-.-• '14tt ......H.'' ...--,,,';::.•;:Tp'',. \\'''''',1---kr ".'..'t- - .,.^cr- .'77s174' '4i''''' - -:' .:';,---'!•::-.--:';'tiia'''.4*1.4k4t.cita?,,SViettlit'At.,.- ' F s p �.. "„' "` x sit" �xi '' -. I +L' f •Y ' £t f (F f ~v The 2007 Euless Parade of Lights.This year's event is set for 6:30 p.m.Dec.6 at Midway Drive and Fuller Wiser Road. STARTELeGw+MnRcyives DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l r MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR I DATE DISTRIBUTED /1 /IS/tDATE OF ARTICLE /I/d 3/O' NEWSPAPER FWST TRINITY 42, PLANO 35 I Last-minute touchdown passi ,L, ", .. A lets Tn' 'ty ast lama t - 1 .'''''''''#§tlN�y, ii, "tel,/ n,kA>1n; Ni u 4. ` + % - '4 Euless Trinity's Tyree Tucker makes the game-winning catch with 15 �. 4,1:44M1 r� seconds left to beat Plano. _STARTELEGRAM,LAURI,E L.WARD �, / � A' 1 ' S' / 5 }, r j t 4 ', „,4 tt 4 i q , /'YHA ,, µt Ys � ;,i iiY aljmr fl�TltK'{{°' ',k‘.\:):::-.'''','i L 14 ?t ,/4 c e b�Wkndx y. i:41$ ...JL U�r 'y ,„ rf , 66 Y' 1h j No.'1 Trinity outlasts Region I semifinals next week chance to come down with it onstrated Trinity's usual grit, powerful Plano in a at either Texas Stadium or every time.We should throw it but McGhee's throwing on marathon area playoff. Pennington Field. to him more." third-and-long was title-wor- .r Trinity used the game's fi- That Trinity threw 22 times thy.McGhee found Alex Jones By TROY PHILLIPS nal 3:01 efficiently, going 78 was surprising enough, but for 11 yards on third-and-11 F tphiuips@Star-telegram.com yards in eight plays with the two of Tuckers three catches and again for, 11 yards on IRVING—By the grace of its score tied at 35 after Plano (68 yards) were big ones. He third-and-12. .r ball-control offense and an quarterback Carson Meger's 1- beat his man as McGhee McGhee then kept for a opponent not frugal with its yard run.With Tevin Williams threaded the needle from 26 short first down and found ' timeouts,No. 1 is not done. (137 yards rushing) moving yards, giving' Trinity the win Tucker three plays later for the Euless Trinity is alive, but the chains,Trinity sat 21 yards with 15 seconds to play.Chris- lead. barely. from the end zone with 21 sec- to Lisika sacked Meger to end "We were throwing more The Trojans (12-0) ranked onds to play. the game. , than we normally do,"said Li- I No. 1 in Class 5A and several A penalty backed the Tro- "I wanted to bthe one to neweaver, who saw McGhee' national polls,•looked like a jans up five yards, and quar- end it,"Tucker said."We stud- pass for 303 yards after averag- passing team against No. 8 terback Denarius McGhee saw ied their corners, and it was a ing about half that in the reg- Plano (10-2), getting the go- Tyree Tucker in single cover- great pass. All I did was my ular season. ' ahead'and winning scores by age for the second time in the job." "It was awkward, but we the air in a 42-35 area playoff fourth quarter. Tucker scored from 36 kept throwing and it paid off," victory at Texas Stadium. "Tyree is so strong in single yards earlier in the quarter in he said. Trinity will face Arlington coverage,"Trinity coach Steve tight coverage to put Trinity , or Odessa in the 5A Division I. Lineweaver said. "He's got a ahead 35-28. That drive dem- TROY PHILLIPS,817-390-7760 I 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF I MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED I a /5/0E DATE OF ARTICLE /I/7-A2 9 /or NEWSPAPER FWST Shoppers: Retailers' door-buster deals prove a big draw- Pre-dawn openings Local malls also opened early,hoping to at- tract shoppers. Tim Stinneford,manager at Ridgmar,re ' ported the parking lots full at 4 a.m. when J.C.Penney opened and about 200 people in' line at Old Navy before it opened at 6 a.m.An' hour later,the line snaked to the back of the ' store. "It's been a good morning so far,"Stinne- ford said. "We're at least as busy as we were last year.The nice thing,everyone is carrying ' a bag.It's a great kickoff to the season." University of Texas at Arlington student Krystina Beattie started shopping around 5 ' a.m. at Wal-Mart but left without buying anything because it was too crowded. In- stead she spent most of her time at The Parks at Arlington mall. ' "We do this every year,"said Beattie,who was out with other relatives. "But we are spending less than last year and are just try- ing to keep it under$400." i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / r 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 IQ /s /0 g DATE OF ARTICLE // /3 0 /0 a NEWSPAPER FWST BRIEFS Suspect sought in two store robberies EULESS—Police in Euless and Bedford may be looking for the same suspect in a pair of convenience store robberies early Saturday. Euless police re- sponded to a robbery call about 5:50 a.m.at a 7- Eleven store in the 2300 block of Fuller-Wiser Road. A man of medium build,about 6 feet tall,wearing a jacket with a hoodie,walked into the store holding a revolver and demanded money from the clerk.The clerk handed him the money from the register;police said.The suspect left in a small,dark colored vehicle with an undetermined amount of cash,police said. No shots were fired,and no one was injured.About 20 minutes earlier,Bedford police reported that a man with a similar description robbed a 7-Eleven at Texas 121 and Harwood Road. Police are looking for video of the man and investigating the two cases as possibly related.The same method of operation was used in both cases,and witnesses gave similar de- scriptions,so it might be the same suspect,said Lt. John Williams,Euless police spokesman. —Mitch Mitchell I I 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN 'YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BBARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /02 f,S 0'I( DATE OFARTICLE /3 v v NEWSPAPER FWST ..,...„, ......,., , .,, ,. •,.:,,,,,t:,,,,,,, .,.... , TRINITY 48,ARLINGTON 14 i li Tiinitysprings . 1:31;:w. After being stopped early, z tr ., .::,,,... . ._,,,,. ,...„.,.„, ::::::..-:.:, k,:e...,:inivi.,:_-: I the Trojans dominate a nk, a shorthanded Colts team. a Ari � . By ANGEL VERDEJO `'� a I averdejo@str-telegram.com ,. '"' a' ' .-, ya IRVING —' Playing without �� Nr ' ' much of their key; offensivetif �� ri. 9 °fit firepower.. throughout the .. � 3 1g By ANGEL Vr the • Arlington 1 � �. F � � I Colts,showed their resiliency • « h R', ' again and again,reaching the a x I third round of the playoffs. However their reward for ° �, 3 • ::.-' making it to the-Class 5A Divi ��,��" �f� �� .. ~' ?'� sion I region �emifmals was l'i1 : :_. �' ,, a I facing Euless Trinity, the de '? . fending champion and the state and nation's No, 1 team . -"'""' ' "' ;;•1 ,,,:,..„ Arlington stopped the Trojans z on their opening drive, but it y1:.*. # .. ,t` 1111 was all Trinity from there: L The Trojans scored on six of F g Itheir next seven possessions, max'= < M ";_' pulling away fora 48-14 victo •• �.. ry Saturday at Texas Stadium �, } Arlington ends its' most .. £r �� I successful season in six years ' h� The Colts went 12 2 in 2002, "'_� - K reaching the 5A Division II re ori final where the lost to .,.......„,..:::::;,,.„,,,,.:......i,,-..„,,.-,0%?,: 4"> = E . Si y Southlake Carroll.the eventu - _ al. champions. Arlington fin- 3 k g fished 8-5,despite losing four . _ , starters, ; including running I ° t back Jamal.Nero,who ran for 1,064 yards during the regular ,. ,, , .A= t season. s The win — Trini 's 27th �a . straight—sets up a rematch � ��� � � Y� �` '�"� ` -:--,:-„?.:...,,,,,:--toot:-.". < .3'y`�`erS�` �x .� � . between two of the state and nation's top programs. The ' Trojans •(13-0) meet Allen 1 i k, < :-....,1...:..-"041.4,:* � P H (12-1)in next week's Region I ' final,s s .(1 or4 p.m.Saturday at a.<.. u ,.. i''',:,:',44:.',:'''' x rd.�.. Texas Stadium..m. •Sty bloteat at Euless Trinity running back Dontrayevous Robinson'leaps for atouchdown in the second quarter of Trinity's I len 24 14 in a Truunon district' 48-14 Division I Region I semifinal win over Arlington. STAR-TELEGRAM/LAURIE L.WARD .road game, the Trojans' sec . narius McGhee,-who finished their next three first-_c_half: in from 19 yards for the 28 0 and meeting in three weeks 11 of 14 passing for 190 yards drives, including .both lead. ..+ ..+: ,.11. .1,.,,7 ..-,7... „1_.7_ ae n_ • rpt__I .+bu::..+ v .i- tic i.ai rWL cd tu�4 YYY�[tV l�Y,aluVVY1lJ. �,...;,:;s.. v„Ca iuu�llu�vvll�a� l,i►uty ouigai a col s g0 the team. a great team. We just have to The Colts were on offense 515-264,while the Colts got on Allen advanced with a 28- go out and prepare and come to start the second half,butAr- the board midway through the 22 win over Odessa Permian back next week with a chip on lington fumb•led on its fust third quarter'from Brandon Ion Friday. our shoulder.” 'play and Trinity's Sioeli Pauni Lewis'.86-yard kickoff return. • "It's going to be a• '-Dee-. reat After Trinity's opening .recovered. Tevin Williams (87 • game," said quarterback De punt, the Trojans scored on yards rushing]ran twice,going ANGEL VERDEJO,817-685-3810 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF c77 MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR 1016110 DATE DISTRIBUTED /02 / s 1 d DATE OF ARTICLE /02/ I / © � NEWSPAPER FWST STATE LAWMAKERS Cities set priorities as 1 legislative session nears Local cities are making up lists of dos and don'ts for the Legislature. By AMAN BATHEJA "You've going to have this Local cities appear to have learned from' abatheja@star-telegram.com patchwork quilt of pipelines their efforts in 2005 and 2007. During the Area cities are planning to play both de- crossing people's properties," past two sessions,state lawmakers were fense and offense in the next legislative Sturzl said. lukewarm to a proposal to give local voters the option to approve a 1-cent or half cent session,fighting off any efforts to dimin- More than 20 cities,in- P PP cludingFort Worth,South sales tax increase to pay for commuter rail. ish municipal authoritywhilepushingfor This time around,cities are asking for a help from Austin on issues like natural lake,Euless and Mansfield, gas drilling, mass transit, taxation and have passed resolutions call number of options to raise the money, in on the Legislature to give including increasing vehicle registration public safety g g fees and raisingthegas and property tax. State lawmakers willmeet inAustin for local governments some P p- y 20 weeks starting next month to argue ovoversight over pipeline Every funding mechanism would require er thousands of proposed bills. Along routes. approval by the voters it affects. with powerful lobbyists for businesses Do-over on mass transit Local officials are preparing to spend the next few months telling everyone in and special interest groups, city repre- Ask every local elected official to name the Austin about the urgent need to get this sentatives will be on hand, hoping to biggest issue facing North Texas,and trans shape the final product. `s portation would probably win in a land- °Every delay increases congestion and "It's become routine for us to spend •slide. makes air quality worse,"County Judge most of our time opposing things," said Fort Worth,Arlington and a host of Glen Whitley wrote in a column in the Frank Sturzl, executive director of the other area cities agree that regional rail is Star-Telegram last month."This is all about Texas Municipal League. keyto addressing the Metroplex's increas- getting rail and roads built now and not On the top of the "kill"list are any ef- ingly dire traffic woes. having to wait 10 or 20 years for the state forts to cap property tax revenue or chip or federal government to get the job away at municipal authority to use emi- done." nent domain,he said. Many cities are still hashing out their goals for the session.Some priori Redefining`business' ties include: • Some furniture stores in Southlake aren't paying sales tax in the city,accord- Regulating pipelines ing fo city spokeswoman Pilar Schank. Cities in the Barnett Shale are Instead,chains like Fort Myers, Fla.- largely united in their frustra based Robb&Stucky are paying taxes to tion over the law regarding a nearby city where one of the compa natural as pipelines. ny's warehouses is located. g P P , "It has to do specifically with furni- Under state law,compa- Hies that build gas gathering ture stores,"Schank said."The city lines to serve wells are con- would definitely like to see those sales sidered utilities and have the tax dollars going to Southlake rather same authority to condemn than somewhere else." „�hnr utility companies. Cities have little say over • where the pipelines should go. '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 / a /S `-' /0 DATE OF ARTICLE / / / / O NEWSPAPER FWST Under the current tax code,a busi- ness can designate any location as its ' official"place of business"as long as at least three sales a year occur there. Southlake officials want to persuade state lawmakers to amend the code so ' that retailers would be required to pay sales tax based on the location where most of their business takes place. Several cities in North Texas, in- cluding Denton,Lewisville and Mesquite, along with the Fort Worth Transporta- tion Authority,are involved in a lawsuit against RoomStore,which has a ware- ' house in Grand Prairie and stores in their taxing districts,over the taxation issue. .They want to determine whether ' RoomStore is collecting sales fax at its Grand Prairie distribution centers that should be collected in the other taxing ' districts.The lawsuit estimates that they should be getting abotut$48,000 a month. Public safety ' Arlington has two legislative goals related to bad drivers. City officials are hoping Gov. Rick ' Perry will sign a bill eliminating the need for a signature on electronically issued citations,paving the way for mounted-automated citation equip- ' ment in Arlington patrol cars.All cita- tions currently require a signature. With an electronic system,that would _ mean a driver would have to get into ' the police car,perhaps compromising officer safety,to sign on the electronic screen. ' Arlington is also among several cities that support giving public safety officials the authority toset up sobriety checkpoints. More TIFs Though cities have been using them for years,tax increment financing districts continue to spark debate.Critics ques- tion whether it's in the public interest to set aside tax revenue from a new development to finance public im- ' provements withinthat area. North Richland Hills'City Council remains supportive of TIFs;it passed a rocnh itinn Qnrnnrnoinn thr. I acicIati!ra ' to allow multiple cities to participate in joint TIF districts. Staff writers Max B.Baker and Susan Schrock ' contributed to this report. AMAN BATHEJA,817-685-3932 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY(2) DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN S2 NEWSPAPER ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED /o?/5 /0 oD02 d� DATE OF ARTICLE / �a /o NEWSPAPER FWST CHARGES 1 Woman who drove teens may face prison • She is accused of driving drunk with her The two boys and six girls in Rodgers'vehicle were taken twin teen daughters and other children in to hospitals in Irving and Grapevine,but there were no life- her vehicle. threatening injuries. By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. ramirez@star-telegram.com- The teens FORT WORTH-A Euless woman faces a max- On Oct.25,the teens were out to celebrate the twins'15th imum of two years in prison if convicted of birthday,which was the next day,said Gauge Murphy,one of charges that she was intoxicated when she the girl's boyfriend.About 10 p.m.,one twin called their moth- crashed her vehicle,injuring the eight teens— er for a ride home,Murphy said.The teens had been at North including her twin daughters—whom she had East Mall in Hurst,police said.Three of the teens are 14,and picked up from a movie. the others are 15 years old,according to police reports. �, A Tarrant County grand ju l Rodgers sounded as if she'd been drinking but told her ry returned an indictment last' daughters that she'd had only three beers,Murphy said in a week against Brenda Rodgers, telephone interview a few days after the accident. 1 k • 37.The teens told police that But soon after they crowded into Rodgers'2002 Chevrolet {.r Rodgers had driven as fast as TrailBlazer,the teens realized they'd made a mistake,Murphy -r 95 mph on a freeway before ', said.Rodgers nearly hit two people in the parking lot and only RPdgers she crashed her vehicle in Oc- tapped the brakes at stop signs,he said. tober on a Euless street. As she neared home,Rodgers"laughed hysterically"trying The indictment charges Rodgers with driv-_ to run over a cat,Murphy said. 3 ing with a child while intoxicated,endangering a;child and injury to a child.In addition to the` The wreck possibility of a prison sentence, each charge ; It happened on Rodgers'birthday,according to reports.She carries a maximum fine of$10,000. was southbound in the 1200 block of Donley Drive shortly Rodgers remained free Monday after post- before 10:30 p.m.She told police that she lost control of the .w ing$20,000 bail shortly after her arrest Nov 6.. vehicle when she swerved to miss a dog. Rodgers'blood-alcohol level was measured According to police reports,witnesses said she swerved to at 0.13 at the time of the accident,Euless police avoid a parked vehicle. said.The legal limit in Texas is 0.08. The TrailBlazer hit a curb,breaking a wheel and rolling over several times,police said.None of the passengers in the middle or rear seat wore seat belts,according to an affidavit. DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.,817-685-3822 • j r j '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 / /3 I 3 DATE OF ARTICLE /o7/a /Or NEWSPAPER FWST OBITUARIES Nell Jean Hicks i + iw e !� V. ' PARADISE—Nell Hicks,82,went to be with the Lord,Monday,Dec.1, 2008. FUNERAL 2 p.m. Wednesday at ' the First United Methodist Church of Euless.Interment:Following the ser- vice Nell will be laid to rest in Minters Chapel Cemetery. Visitation: The ' family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lucas Funeral Home,700 W.Wall St.,Grapevine. Nell was a graduate of Grapevine High School and lived in the Grape- ' vine and Euless areas most of her life.She served on several Euless city boards and was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church of ' Euless.She is a descendant of a fami- ly in the Minters Chapel area which is now part of D/FW Airport. SURVI- VORS:Her husband of 64 years,Mar- vin C.Hicks;sons,Gene and his wife, ' Ruth,Jeff and his wife,Debbie,and Jay and his wife,Johanna;daughters, Kay Stephens and her husband, Mi- chael,and Joyce Kimbro and her hus- band, Tony; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Lucas Funeral Home Grapevine,817-488-7566 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l I 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 /cZ/5-/D F DATE OF ARTICLE /02 /47 /0? NEWSPAPER FWST i TRASH HAULERS Re ublic-A llied Waste merger advances with-deal to sell assets Staff and wire reports other assets. lvlich.The deal also requires the corn- Republic Services and Allied Waste In The settlement, which included bined company to divest itself of five dustries agreed Wednesday to sell cer- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott routes in Fort Worth, where it must min assets in order to push ahead•a' and seven other state attorneys gener-, also sell one of its landfills,Abbott said pending $4.5 billion acquisition that al,will ensure competitiveness in the in a written statement would create the second-largest U.S. marketplace,Abbott said. The merger would create a trash-hauling company, the Justice The deal is expected to close by the $9.24 billion rival to industry leader Department said. :' f end of the fourth quarter. Waste Management, which reported The agreement will"require the The companies have agreed to sell 2007 revenue of $13.31 billion. The trash haulers to divest 87 commercial assets'in 15 metropolitan areas in newly merged company and Waste waste-collection' routes, nine land- chiding Fort North, Atlanta, Cleve Management would control 60 per- fills and 10 transfer stations, plus land, Denver, Los Angeles and Flint, cent of landfill capacity in the U.S.. 1 .rr I .r' 1 NMI 'DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE f OF a? 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 /cR /S /01 DATE OF ARTICLE /o2 tI s!b 8' NEWSPAPER FWST • • is LE -rarong • - iti®n atatTnnity 1 IEuless Trinity counts on who have.turned heads at the -' ., ° production from its` ` end of games. 1 ",3 deep backfield. a „y; , ; The Big-Time Recruit 3s , -�, I By ANGEL VERDEJo Committed to Nebraska,Don " ,^ ; averdejo@star-telegram.com trayevous Robinson has the `"" �QH ;� ti4 i s' A trend that started in 2004 has speed,size and power to excel i : F" I continued for Euless Trinity at the next level. He's also , r ,.. Running backs Dimitri shown his maturity this sea ' N'���. k P Nance, Akuila Eteaki and La- son, moving back to fullback s '_ I cDerrick Handy led'Trinity to and blocking for Williams. i ki I the 2004 Class 5A Division I; Stats:110 carries,602 yards, 1x F ., r. 4' .. "',• semifinals. Nance and Handy 11 rushing touchdowns l':`,--. •'.`-';'1'.' 4, j won the Trojans' first title the What Tevin Williams said: �4, ' tl;, " """'�' { next season, while" Shannon "Tray is the senior and savvy • „ I Moore and Justise Campbell veteran. He teaches us everyf e.TAl,,,.,,'="4:=";:d each topped 1,000 yards in thing.Also, he's a load to getii, " `,f � 2006.Dontrayevous Robinson down."He's 225 pounds '-' z I blocked for Moore and Camp- don't nobody want to tackle ;,;:',1-•;.#" .� - ' P4::, bell as a sophomore, but that." `I joined Samir Baker for last What coach Steve Line- .1 .v,season's one-two punch. weaver said:"His power,expe- Trinity's Damien Hart,left,Tevin Williams and Dontrayevous Robinson ' This year is no different, as rience, versatility and pass- are formidable running backs. STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEY CHINN Robinson was joined in the blocking skills. He's a well- backfield by junior Damien rounded back and his team Trinity's meeting against Al yards,20 rushing touchdowns Hart and 'sophomore Tevin concept is unsurpassed." len. While an injured Robin- What Damien Hart said: I Williams. But it's even deeper son was held out,Williams ran "Raw talent. There's nothing for the Trojans,who also have The Youngster 29 times for 161 yards and two else to really say. He's just two fullbacks contribute regu- A sophomore, Tevin Williams touchdowns.: good." ' larly and a pair of reserve backs had his coming-out party in Stats: 181 carries, 1,085 What Lineweaver said:"Te- 1 I I I I DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ot9 OF cP 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 / /5 /0F DATE OF ARTICLE IQ /S / v y NEWSPAPER FWST vin has really good feet,has a runs powerful." 111 running back's heart and has uncommon maturity in ball The Fullbacks security and focus. He's not a Robinson sees time here, but helter-skelter, at-all-costs, Stetson Smith and Ryan Ste- sling-it-around running venson also do their part back." blocking or catching passes out of the backfield. Smith, a The Change of Pace converted receiver, is still a Damien Hart doesn't have threat downfield(three catch- Robinson's size or Williams' es for 106 yards against Arling- height,but the 5-foot-8 junior ton). Stevenson's numbers doesn'tshyawayfromcontact. aren't huge, but he has a He doesn't get as much press touchdown for every three as the other backs,but proves touches. just as valuable when defenses have to adjust from one run- The Reserves ning style to another. Shaquille Edwards and Ru- Stats: 83 carries, 544 yards, dolph Taylor usually don't get six touchdowns much playing time,only doing What Dontrayevous Robin- so in blowout wins to keep the son said:"He's more of a Mari- clock going.That doesn't stop on Barber type. He just likes them from turning heads the physicalness, and he likes when they get in. Taylor aver- to hit people.He doesn't like to .aged nearly 5 yards a carry this run out of bounds some- season, and Edwards has two times." touchdowns and goes for al- What Lineweaver said: most 6 yards a carry. "Damien is kind of a power runner. He's not huge, but he ANGEL VERDEJO,817-685-3810