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1Euiess barbecuejoint
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NOrth Main BBQ in slice of beef. the barbecue cook-off circuit.
Euless claims to have Green learned barbecuing They placed in the money four
the best ribs in the by practice.Back in the '80s, times at the Best of the West
world,and it has the awards he owned a trucking business Nugget Rib Cook-off in
to back up the statement. that specialized in hauling 1Sparks,Nev.His crowning
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More to the dirt and stone. achievement came in 1988 89,
point, it has. ' "Every Friday, a friend and when he won the World
the juicy pork I would meet at a fella's back Invitational Rib
ribs to support y yard over in the Love Field
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the lofty asser $ ` area for barbecue," Green Championship"3ntichmand;
tion. 'r' ' says. "Best damn barbecue m Va., giving him the bragging
You won't � l F - town,but he didn't have a per rights to the best ribs in the
go wrong try- mit,and the city shut him world.
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BBQ is at 406 Nthe menu of Without a place to drink Main St. in Euless,about.two
North Main's Day Trips beer and eat barbecue,the two blocks north of U.S. 183 and
$12 all-you- Gerald McLeod friends rented a portable three miles west of ,
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can-eat buffet.
This joint has smoker and put it behind Dallas/Fort Worth
Green's office: International Airport.
chicken,pork shoulder and a "We started in 1981 with 25 The restaurant is open
variety of side dishes to make pounds of ribs that we fixed Fridays.and.Saturdays from
a full meal.The pork ribs and on Friday afternoons for 11 a.m.to 9 p.m.,and Sundays
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beef brisket are legendary on employees, customers and a from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.It's
both sides of the Dallas-Fort few friends," Green says. BYOB.
Worth Metroplex. Pretty soon,they were up to For information,call 817-
The secret to great pork ribs 50 pounds of ribs per week, 283-0884.
' is to slow-cook them,says and by 1982,they were charg-
Hubert Green,proprietor of ing folks$5 per head. • Gerald E. McLeod's Day
North Main BBQ.When a After seven years of hauling Trips,Vol. 2 is available for
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rack of ribs comes hot out of dirt during the week and $8.95, plus$3.05 for shipping,
the smoker,the pit boss coats slinging barbecue on week- handling and tax. Mail to:Day
them with barbecue sauce. ends, Green decided that one Trips, P.O.Box 33284, South
"That seals in the juices and of the businesses had to go. Austin, Texas 78704.
flavor," Green says. "The price of fuel and tires
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"With brisket,you have to "' were going up,but the price of
start with good-quality meat," hauling wasn't," Green says.
he says.Then he cooks it with On Dec. 1, 1988,he devoted
the fat side up so the juices fil- himself to the fine art of slow
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ter through the meat.After cooking meats.
the excess fat is trimmed off, For a number of years,
you're left with a succulent Green and his wife traveled
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OBITUARIES
Boyce Rae Byers
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EULESS — Boyce Rae Byers
passed away Thursday,Dec.11,2008,
at a local hospital.
FUNERAL: 10 a.m. Saturday at
the First United Methodist Church of
Euless. Interment Calloway Ceme-
tery, Euless. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday at Lucas Hurst Funeral Home.
MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers,
the family requests memorials to
First United Methodist Church of Eu-
less.
Mrs. Byers, in her lifetime, was
involved in a multitude of community
projects including being a member of
the PTA,Euless Park and Recreation
Board, Euless Public Library Board,
Euless Garden Club and Euless Police
and Fire Citizen Academy, and in
2005 received the Lifetime Commu-
nity Volunteer Award. Mrs. Byers
served on the church board and was a
former Sunday school teacher.Boyce
also served on the Historic Preserva-
tion Board and was awarded Volun-
teer of the Year by the American Red
Cross. She thoroughly enjoyed her
' dogs, Kobe and Gus. Boyce was pre-
ceded in death by her parents, Joe
Cook and Beatrice Bohn; and her
brother,J.W.Cook.
SURVIVORS: Her husband, Billy
' L. Byers of Euless; sons, David and
wife, Shirley, of Decatur, Randy and
wife,Terry, of Euless, Bill and wife,
Faye,of Mililani,Hawaii;sister,Betty
' Mosley of Jefferson; grandchildren,
Greg, David, Brett, Tricia, Brandon,
Shawn, Krista, Ruth, Rebecca, Sam,
Cara,Jordan;and 11 great-grandchil-
dren.
' Lucas Funeral Home
Hurst,817-284-7271
View and sign guestbook at
www,star-telearam.com/obituaries
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HIGH SCHOOL I ALLEN 34,TRINITY 21
Trinity digs big hole, never
recovers in region final loss
Early
mistakes. lead to a the posts se
17-point defict,ending Or in the case of the Euless .
Trinity's chances fora Trinity.Trojans, the Class 5A
third title in four years. Division I Region L final . ,
against an Allen team the i
By ANGEL VERDEJO Trojans beat'in September
averdejo@star-telegram.com That's exactly what hap-
IRVING = Football teams; pened,as Trinity dug itself an
sometimes have a"game in a early hole and couldn't re-
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season when things don't go cover in a 34-21 Ions at Texas
as planned. Stadium.
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to happen early so teams and we weren't as sharp ear
can learn from their mis ly on," Trinity offensive co
takes and move on. ordinator Chris Jensen said.
Hopefully;the subpar per Then
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Trinity: Penalties are the main culprit
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Rivals High 100 national '.
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National Prep Poll. , ,
Mistakes plagued Trinity ;» *1 Or.
the entire first half, leading , `. '
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Bobby Brown kickoff return �' • "''° b $
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penalty The Trojans fol
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score.The Trojans caught, a Trinity's Denarius McGhee can't escape Allen's Mitch Hartshorne in
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break in the second quarter the Class 5A Division I Region(final. srnRre� �ruM/�oviceMARSHALL
when Allens 102 yard kick .could possibly happen threw a season high. 31
off return was called back, there," Trinity defensive co- times. Denarius .McGhee,,.
but two plays later, Trinity ordinator Donald Tryon completed 20 of 31 passes
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was called for two 15-yazd said. "We. made some ad for 202 yards and two touch
personal fOul penalties.The justments at halftime, but downs.
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Eagles moved from their 24- when we needed to make a Allen, which hasn't
yard line to the Trojans'41. stop on third down, we dropped a game since losing
Allen's drive appeared to couldn't make the stop., to Trinity, moves on to`the
stall,but the Eagles went for "They actually did to us semifinals for the third time
I a fourth-„rid-5 at the Trinity what we normally do to since 2003.
20, and quarterback Tucker other teams.” The Eagles (13-1) face
Carter found Dakar— Peci Jeremiah Williams led Al Round: Rock Stony Point,
bn:,:c i.+the enrl�nnn fnr the len �erith •
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touchdown. Tevin Williams had a team- 28-14..
"Seemed like everything high 81 yards rushing for
hof to rolling as bad as it Trinity, but the Trojans ANGEL VERDEJO,817-685-3810
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I A wish list
for North Texas
IHere are some of the pro-
jects that area cities have ■$15 million for a recre-
requested under the Main- ation center,which would
Street Economic Recovery include a senior center and a
I Plan developed by the U.S. swimming pool
Conference of Mayors: ■$21 million to rebuild the
radio system for Euless and Arlington,$385 million
I Fort Worth,$434 surrounding cities ■$39 million to expand the
million ■$11 million for drainage convention center
U$61 million to fix a long improvements on Little Bear ■$3.6 million for runways
standing problem with sew- Creek and lighting at the airport
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■$2 million to renovate a ■$2.5 million for an animal ■$30 million for a down-
shelter town parking garage shared
former Stripling&Cox store with the University of Texas
into a new crime lab North Richland Hills, at Arlington
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$35 million for a new $45,000 ■$15 million to replace the
police academy ■To fund a family resource aging Hugh Smith Recre- .
III$15 million to install solar coordinator to work with ation Center in east Arling-
panels and rooftop wind at-risk families.(The city ton
I turbines on city businesses plans to submit additional ■$4 million to expand the
■$298,000 for Forest Park projects,a spokeswoman •
Arlington Tennis Center
trail improvements said.) ■$1 million for a skate park
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$35 million:For a new police academy in Fort Worth. STAR-TELEGRAM ARCHIVES
By MIKE LEE mikelee@star-telegram.com in What
I Cities across the country are dusting off their municipal wish lists as i®\ do you
they wait for the federal government to pass a proposed economic think?
bailout plan that,could include billions of dollars for new infrastruc Do the mayors
have the right
I ture. idea?Post a
The U.S. Conference of Mayors says in a news release for its Main- comment on
Street Economic Recovery Plan that because 90 percent of the na- thisstartelereport at
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tion's population lives in metropolitan areas,funding municipal pro- com/eomments
jects"is the mot direct path to creating the jobs and stimulating the
hncinoccac that ran hogin in to rPVPrcP niir Prnnnmir rinnnmtrnrn "
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The mayors compiled a list of 11,391 projects from 427 cities,with ■What some
a price tag of$73 billion. The projects, which would create an esti- Metroplex
mated 847,000 jobs, are ready to go, the group said. They could be cities are
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tlmu1us: Ideas range James Galbraith, a Univer-
sity of Texas'at Austin econo-
from boring g mist who has researched in-
come inequality, agrees that
giving money to local govern-
nients may be the best way to I CONTINUED FROM 7e help the national economy.
fundedby programs already in ; "I wouldn't even call this a
dace,such as Community De stimulus.This is actually kind
alopment Block Grants.- of a measure to hold harm- I
sv Some items on the list are less," he said. "In an environ-
-mundane,such as new water ment like this,you want to en
shies and sewer lines. Some courage states and localities to'
:have been around awhile:Fort do things they would not
I North wants help building a otherwise."
new police academy. Some Money that goes into con-
likeliterally, pie-in-the-sky,
like Arlingtons request for a struclocal ion quickly circulates in I
drone aircraft, which was local economies. People in
dropped from a second draft low- to middle-income jobs,
of the list. That's led to some such as construction, tend to
spend most of their pay
buckles. checks;: Galbraith said, and
The Wall Street Journal ran construction materials "are
an opinion piece criticizing, usuallyboughtfromlocalsup
among other projects, Euless pliers.
request fora$15 million recre-
ationThe mayors say' the pro '
center. "It is clear that —
jects will do what the stimulus
any infrastructure stimulus package is supposed to do.
money given to the country's
"To me,the purpose of the
mayors will lead to thousands stimulus package is not to do
of tennis centers to nowhere,"
wrote Robert Poole of the Rea- special projects for anybody:
It's to create jobs," Arlington
son Foundation. Mayor Robert Cluck said.
But the mayors believe that Bob Borosage, co-director
they can use the money not of the Campaign for America's
just to help the economy but
also to build solid projects that° Future, said aiding cities
their towns need.And they're would help stop the down-
getting support from econo- ward spin that happens when
mists and groups pushing for they have to cut their budgets:
a broader bailout from Presi- Tax revenues fall,leading cities
dent-elect Barack Obama. ' to cut jobs, causing further
"Pork is something like a economic pain.
pie-in-the-sky'kind of project, Staff writers Susan Schrock and
but this project is a well- Adrienne Nettles contributed to this
planned facility," Euless May- report.
or Mary Lib Saleh said Thurs- Online:usmayors.org
day,referring to the recreation
center. "It's in the heart of the
city.We didn't think of this last MIKE LEE,817-390-7539
week."