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heart's desire.The Tribute's staff also bends over backwards for
their guests, from filling up the cooler with drinks to offering
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3. Texas Star Golf Course 5. Mansfield National Golf Club
4. The Golf Club at Castle Hills
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5. Heritage Ranch Golf and Country Club Lake Park? Yes, Lake Park. The Lewisville course has some
incredible talent taking drink orders, including University of
you charge premium dollar,you better have premium Arkansas cheerleader Katy Fink.Texas Star always has some beau-
When' everything.All these have that.The Tribute improved in many tiful faces there to brighten up the day.Be sure to grab a tee time
facets,including providing drinks in the cooler for every paying . The Tribute Golf Club when the Chapman sisters are work-
customer. Bridlewood continues to uphold its stellar reputation ing.There's always some nice views at Bridlewood either behind
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as an all-around outstanding place to play.And the same can be g
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said of Texas Star in Euless.The Golf Club at Castle Hills has girl-next-door look,definitely visit Mansfield National.
one of the better clubhouses in town, and is the best place to
hone your skills. Heritage Ranch makes its debut on this list by
Iposting strong marks in course layout and clubhouse.
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Best Carts:The Bridges Golf Club
t911' Most Room for Improvement:Tour 18 Golf Course
Best Jalapeno Sausage:Cowboys Golf Club
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Best Breakfast Burrito:Iron Horse Golf Course
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Best Chicken Fried Steak:Texas Star Golf Course
Best Pimento Cheese Sandwich:Prairie Lakes Golf Course
Best Burger:The Tribute Golf Club
Best Food Value:Tangle Ridge Golf Course
Best Overall Food:Coyote Ridge Golf Club
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Bring Your Own Food:Buffalo Creek Golf Club
Best Practice Facility:The Golf Club at Castle Hills
Most Unique Driving Range:Hank Haney Golf Ranch at Vista Ridge
Most Fun:Top Golf Dallas
R.I.P.:Texas Indoor Golf Center
Best Place to See a Tour Player:Bridlewood Golf Club
Movin'on Up:Lantana Golf Club,Harbor Lakes Golf Club
Comin'on Down:Los Rios Country Club
Next to Move Up:No apparent candidates
Most Lax Dress Code:Eagle Rock Golf Club
Windiest Golf Course:Wildhorse Golf Club at Robson Ranch
Biggest Enigma:Grand Oaks Golf Club
Best Pro Shop:Cowboys Golf Club
Pro Shop with Most Unique Items:WinStar Golf Course
Best Place to Have a Wedding:The Tribute Golf Club
Place with the Most Weddings:The Golf Club at Fossil Creek
Best Place to Buy Liquor for Home:Tenison Park
Best On-Course Views:The Cliffs Resort
Most Anticipated New Opening:Rock Creek Resort
Best Opening Hole:The Tribute Golf Club
Worst Opening Hole:The Golf Club at Castle Hills
Best Place to See Butterflies:Tangle Ridge Golf Course
Best Place to See Grasshoppers:The Golf Club at Champions Circle
Best Place to Shoot Your Dinner:SugarTree Golf Club
Best Place to See a Turkey:Bear Creek Golf Club
Best Place to See a Deer:White Bluff Resort
Best Place for a Tiger Sighting:Hank Haney Golf Ranch at Vista Ridge
Hottest Bartender:Bridlewood Golf Club
Best Bar:The Golf Club at Champions Circle
Best Place to Fish:Links at Land's End
Best Nine-Hole Golf Course:Stewart Peninsula Golf Course
Least Expensive Golf Course:Westdale Hills Golf Course
Best Teaching Facility:Hank Haney Golf Ranch at Vista Ridge
Best Teacher:Steve Johnson,Hank Haney Golf Ranch at Vista Ridge
Best Teacher for Juniors:Jamie Elliott,Bridlewood Golf Club
‘1-,Lx Best Teacher for Women:Amy Fox,Tierra Verde Golf Club
' Friendliest Golf Pro:Adena Wallace,Texas Star Golf Course
Most Versatile Teacher:Dan Strimple,Irving Golf Center
Best Bargains in a Pro shop:Golden Bear Golf Center
Most Difficult Golf Course:Southern Oaks Golf Club
Best Ego Boost:Rockwood Park Golf Course
Best Pace of Play:The Tribute Golf Club
Most Family Friendly:Lake Park Golf Course
Best Practice Green:Prairie Lakes Golf Course
Don't tfcar Much:CrownVVIley Golf Cub
Most Name Changes:The Golf Club at Champions Circle
Best Name:Northern Challenge Golf Club
Best Logo:Pine Dunes Resort and Golf Club
Most Trees:Twin Lakes Golf Course
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boys Go f Club $180 1 27 30 19 8 9 9 103 All-inclusive makes it worth the money Update golf cart names.Is Steve DeOssie still relevant
2 3 The Tribute Golf Club $135 2 28 30 18 7 9 8 102 Service and clubhouse have improved significantly For this level course,we would like to see GPS ,y
3 4 Bridlewood Golf Club $90 4 26 29 17 9 7 7 99 Consistently good on all fronts A top caliber course needs a more extensive pro shop n
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4 2 Texas Star Golf Course $77 6 28 26 16 6 8 8 98 Layout never gets boring to play Course drainage can still be an issue D
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5 8 The Golf Cluh at Fossil Creek $69 7 27 27 16 6 7 7 97 Best of the old-school courses Practice area is one thing left to update
6 7 Tierra Verde Golf Club $62 7 27 26 14 8 8 6 96 Good golf and food make it a worthwhile trip For a top-10 course,it's still a relative unknown b
7 6 The Golf Club at Castle Hills $79 6 26 25 15 10 7 6 95 Fantastic practice area Landlord is inhibiting its growth zzi
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8 10 Heritage Bar ch Golf and Country Club $77 6 26 26 15 6 8 7 94 Entire facility has a country club feel Only top-flight course with limited flight range balls M
9 15 Grapevine Gulf Course t1.1$49 9 25 25 12 6 6 8 91 The best course you can play for under$50 Concerned about mandatory carts on weekends 0 y
10 11 Indian Creek Golf Club-Creek Course $63 7 24 25 14 6 7 7 90 River holes are very scenic and challenging Undulations on some greens borderline unfair y� n
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11 14 WestRidge Calf Club $60 7 22 23 14 8 7 8 89 New Hank Haney teaching facility Clubhouse needs to be improved to move into top 10 y
12 T29 Tangle Ridge Golf Course $65 7 25 24 13 6 6 7 88 New greens make this course fun to play year round Clubhouse renovations need to be next N N'
13 13 Sky Creek R inch Golf Club $99 4 24 24 13 8 7 7 87 Exact yardages are posted on par 3s every day Can someone please tell us how to get there?
14 NEW The Golf Clu i at Frisco Lakes $69 7 24 24 14 8 2 7 86 Nos.16-18 offer a thrilling finish Better signs needed to find temporary clubhouse b
15 16 Mansfield National Golf Club $47 9 20 23 14 6 7 6 85 Great golf at a great price Area around course becoming very commercial
16 T29 Sherrill Park Golf Course-No.1 &No.2 $52 8 21 23 13 7 6 6 84 Pace of play hardly an issue at this well-managed facility Clubhouse could use a facelift '-
17 17 Firewheel Gulf Park-Bridges Course $60 7 22 23 13 5 6 7 83 The best course(of many)Garland has to offer` J'Re-do finishing hole on Tradition nine b a
18 T20 WaterChase Golf Club $69 7 24 23 14 5 2 7 82 When waterfalls are working,Nos.9 and 18 are spectacular Class system on the range diminishes experience
19 22 Bear Creek Golf Club-West Course $69 7 22 21 15 4 5 7 81 Ideal spot for large events Course and clubhouse a bit dated . C
20 9 Coyote Ridg i Golf Club $69 7 19 21 12 6 10 5 80 Clubhouse is still the best in town Drainage has been a consistent issue over the years 0 N b
21 25 The Golf Clua at Champions Circle $59 8 18 20 15 6 7 5 79 Lower rate makes this a viable option Get rid of yardage book binder on carts
T22 24 Plantation G)If Club $59 8 18 21 13 6 6 6 78 Fair layout with decent conditions make it a good value Clubhouse is excruciatingly dark
T22 T34 Tenison Part.Golf Course-Highlands Course $54 8 21 19 10 7 6 7 78 Good layout that is close to downtown Area is not the best at twilight t'1
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T22 19 The Golf Cl)r)at Twin Creeks $70 6 21 21 12 6 6 6 78 Course continues to mature fairly well A more grandiose clubhouse for this neighborhood b >
T25 18 Indian Creek Golf Club-Lakes Course $52 8 16 21 14 5 7 6 77 Conditions from tee to green are never an issue Good shots are often penalized by water hazards b '2'1
T25 28 Southern Oaks Golf Club $49 9 20 19 11 6 6 6 77 Course will challenge the better players Fairway bunkers are way too penal t y
T27 T20 Cedar Crest Golf Course $38 10 21 19 10 6 5 5 76 Only A.W.Tillinghast design for the masses More items are needed in the pro shop #;w t�2< c)
T27 23 Riverside Gr If Club $54 8 20 21 11 6 3 7 76 Best location for a golf course in Tarrant County In dire need of a new clubhouse
T29 22 Bear Creek Golf Club-East Course $69 7 18 19 15 4 5 7 75 Ideal spot for large events Course and clubhouse a bit dated - h
T29 12 Tour 18 Golf Course $90 4 24 19 12 6 4 6 75 This is the closest most of us will get to Amen Corner It's not a shadow of the greatness it once was , < p
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T31 46 Country View Golf Club $38 10 16 22 12 5 4 5 74 Some of the best greens in town Clubhouse renovations can't come soon enough hl C hO 'b3
T31 T38 Ridgeview Ranch Golf Club $56 8 18 19 11 6 6 6 74 Food has been upgraded significantly r'
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33 T26 Iron Horse Golf Course $52 8 18 20 12 5 5 5 73 Only course using a train as a halfway house Wider$52 8 18 hi
T34 T34 Lake Park Golf Course $43 9 15 20 12 6 5 5 72 Awesome place to learn the game Many beginners make for a slow round of golf Co b y tll
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T34 44 Waterview Golf Club $53 8 18 18 10 8 5 5 72 Only course with bentgrass greens at this price To improve,agreement with the city needs to change C O 0. y
T36 37 Prairie lakes Golf Club $36 10 17 18 10 5 6 5 71 Well conditioned course for the money Some interesting places where guests have to sit M n •
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T36 T29 Wildhorse Golf Club at Robson Ranch $49 9 16 18 10 6 8 4 71 Clubhouse is spacious and amenities are plentiful Course is not well marketed and off many golfers'radar b It:, t.4
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38 41 Woodbridgo Golf Club $55 8 17 18 11 6 5 5 70 This course always has offers to come and play _. _ Conditions were inconsistent this year
T39 T29 Chase Oak:,Golf Club $49 9 18 16 10 7 4 5 69 Best location for a golf course in Collin County Course is too difficult for the masses
T39 49 Los Rios Cc untry Club $49 9 18 16 10 6 5 5 69 New owners committed to capital improvements There are a lot of capital improvements to be made O y
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T39 T26 Trails of Fft;co Golf Club $49 9 18 17 10 5 5 5 69 Greens have always been above-average Service for this level course is very lacking a
Coo 42 T38 Buffalo Creek Golf Club $65 7 21 16 10 5 3 6 68 Very underrated layout Updates needed in many aspects y
43 NR Creekview Golf Club $44 9 16 19 10 5 4 4 67 New Champion Bermuda greens are fantastic Someone to buy it from the city and invest some capital 0 n ,
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T44 T38 Hawk's Cre.:k Golf Club $50 8 16 16 11 5 4 6 66 The ninth and 18th are great closing holes Clubhouse is very dark and eerie to
T44 NR Split Rail Golf Club $59 8 18 16 10 5 4 5 66 Neat layout on the outskirts of Fort Worth Facilities and clubhouse need an update n
T46 T34 Firewheel Golf Park-Old&Lakes $48 9 15 16 10 6 4 5 65 Ninth hole on Old Course one of the best par 5s in area Clubhouse needs an extreme makeover tri
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T46 48 Old Brickyar d Golf Course $43 9 15 18 10 4 4 5 65 Quirky layout uses all of its available space Beware of errant shots from adjacent holes a.
T46 42 Riverchase 3olf Club $62 7 15 16 11 5 5 6 65 Fills a niche in ValleyRanch 4 -71 y
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49 50 Whitestone 3olf Club $50 8 16 17 10 5 3 5 64 Great practice putting green Needs a lot of capital improvements O 41 y
50 45 Oak Hollow Golf Course $41 9 15 18 9 5 2 5 63 Few forced carries makes it fun for beginners Small clubhouse needs to be rebuilt tC
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1 3 The Links a1 Land's End $70 6 26 26 15 6 6 7 92 Great views of Lake Fork on 13 holes There isn't much else around but the course tn„ h n7
2 T8 Pine Dunes lesort and Golf Club $79 6 30 26 12 6 2 8 90 Perhaps the best designed course we review Clubhouse must get to the level of the golf course tti
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3 5 The Cliffs RE sort $85 5 25 25 14 6 7 6 88 Some spectacular views overlooking Possum Kingdom Lake The clubhouse will soon need an expansion
4 NEW The Bridges Golf Club $65 7 21 22 16 6 8 6 86 Fred Couples'first design in the Metroplex Better directions within community to get to the course
5 2 WinStar Golf Course $60 7 20 20 16 7 7 8 85 There are some great things in Thackerville besides golf More bunkers to frame the holes '-
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6 16 White Bluff lesort—Old&New $85 5 20 24 14 6 7 6 82 Two distinctly different golf courses to play Old Course needs a more aggressive price b
7 T6 Squaw Valley Golf Club-Apache&Comanche $53 8 23 20 13 6 6 5 81 One course got a redo this year,the other didn't need it Word of mouth has become a whisper , ., ;,: ,;
8 4 Legacy Ridgy:Country Club $49 9 20 20 12 5 7 6 79 Each nine is distinctly different The long drive to Bonham O
9 18 SugarTree Gill Club $49 9 23 20 11 6 4 5 78 Memorable holes abound here Clubhouse is memorable for the wrong reasons N b
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10 10 Garden Valle t Golf Club $69 7 20 20 13 5 5 7 77 Great place to stop on the way to Shreveport Course needs to match its reputation to
LEGEND:(note-Course Layout and Conditions were scored on a 30-point scale,while Service was based on a 20-point scale.All other categories had a 10-point scale.RATE:Amount charged for a Saturday 8 a.m. �7 ,...<tee time with cart.SCORE:Points scored based on the price(i.e.$30-$39=10 points,$40-$49=9 points,$50-$59=8 points...$110-$135=2 points,above$136=1 point).LAYOUT:26-30 Outstanding design; r
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20-25 Very good design; 16-19 Well-designed,but drainage issues;11-15 Reasonable design with heavy land constraints.CONDITIONS:26-30 Outstanding conditions;20-25 Very good conditions;16-19 Good '.4 ill O
conditions but were stressed from extreme weather; 11-15 Fair conditions with numerous flaws.SERVICE: 16-20 Outstanding(greeting at parking lot,frequent cart girls,clubs cleaned after round,towels in cart);
11-15 Very good(genet.Ily 3 of 4 services offered);6-10 Good(generally 2 of 4 offered); 1-5 Adequate(generally 1 of 4 offered).PRACTICE:9-10 Outstanding practice area(practice holes,driving range,short .. a
game area,putting green.teaching academy,etc.);7-8 Very Good(generally 4 of 5 services offered);5-6 Good(generally 3 of 5 services offered);1-4 Adequate(few services offered).CLUBHOUSE:9-10 Beautifully 4
appointed(outstanding food,facilities,pro shop);7-8 Very Good(size,food,facilities,pro shop);5-6 Good(small size,decent food,facilities and pro shop);1-4 Adequate(small or dated clubhouse,cold food,sparse
pro shop).INTANGIBLES:Points awarded based on history,location,accessibility from major highways,tournament programs,"wow"factor of the golf course,GPS and other non-essential amenities. 1 t., '' j�
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Sales-tax payments to Tarrant cities
I defy economic gravity - for now
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PSales-tax collections remain up 2007.The December payments to Grapevine Mills and saw Great Wolf e o en in
in North Texas but aren't taled$328.5 million,up 9.2 percent Lod g op
January
expected to stay there. compared with'a year earlier. ry,experienced a 23 percent yearly increase in
"The increase is less than in the sales-tax payments, even though the December pay-
'By ANDREA AHLES ' , past three years, and collections ment was down almost 2 percent.
i� sanies@Star-telegram.`°m from important sectors such as re- Local economist Bernard Weinstein said he doesn't
Despite the recession, sales tax tail trade and construction have de- expect the rosy sales-tax numbers to continue next
1 payments to Fort Worth and other tuned slightly, Texas Comptroller then:energy industrylthough s Texaseconomyhasbeenbpulatiby
Tarrant County cities were still on Susan Combs said in a statement. the , th . ionaleand an increasing population
re-
the rise in October.' Fort Worth's sales-tax a � ants base, the national-economy's plunge into a deep re-
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Payments from the state comp- P cession is starting to drag down the state's economy.
yrnp are much healthier compared with
Itroller's office to municipalities its neighbor to the east. In Fortr unemployment
show North Texas cities bucking the Worth,December payments for Oc We now have evidence of rising rates and a slowdown in the number of new jobs that
suggest that the Texas economy is slowing down,"
national trend with growing sales- tober sales were'up almost 11 per- Weinstein said."I don't think we've felt the brunt of the
Itax collections, with some, like cent, with the city seeing an in
Grapevine, in double digits.,The crease:in sales-tax payments of national recession..I think it will hit us hard in the first
December payments were based on 7 percent for the entire year.In Dal- quarter of 2009 in the sales-tax payments data."
October sales taxes collected las, December payments dropped ANDREA AHLES,817-548-5523
throughout the state. 12 percent but were up 1.5 percent
Across Texas,local governments for the year.
- collected$5.9 billion in sales tax in Grapevine, which is home to
2008,up 6.3 percent compared with
Sales-tax payments
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the state comptroller's lkoac..`
office reflect sales-tax
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collections in October. 'jc
December December Percent
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City 2008 2007 change
-f' Arlington $6.1 million $6 million +1.7
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" Austin $11.6 million $11.7million -1.6
Burleson $688,210 $823,810 -16.5
Colleyville $304,059 $266,346 +14.2
Dallas $15.3 million $17.5 million -12.4.
Denton $1.6 million $1.5 million +5.1
Euless $1 million - $951,878 +6.9
Fort Worth $8.6 million $7.7 million +10.9
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Grand Prairie $2.9 million $3.1 million -4.1
Grapevine $2.6 million $2.6 million -1.9
Houston $44 million $37.6 million +17.3
I -Hurst $1.09 million $1.09 million -0.6
San Antonio $17.5 million $16.6 million +5.5
�'Southlake $1.2 million $1 million +15.0
I Source e%ds L mptroller or run,c HCCO was
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REALITY-SHOW CONTESTANT
Police seek charge of
street racing in crash - .
that killed woman
Kandice Ann Hutchison,22,died Oct.21.
By KATE GORMAN kgorman@star-telegram.com Hutchison also had an antidepressant in her
EULESS—Police plan to ask the Tarrant Coun- system,he said.
ty district attorney's office this week to consider In an affidavit included in the crash report,
filing a street-racing charge against the surviv- Rowell told police that he sped up to
ing driver in an October wreck that killed a 22- get away from Hutchison's car, which made
year-old Joshua woman featured in the MTV re- him"nervous because it was fight on my bum-
ality show A Double Shot at Love, a Euless in- per."Rowell did not appear to be under the in-
vestigator said. fluence of drugs or alcohol,Peterson said. „
According to police,in the early hours of Oct.
21,Kandice Ann Hutchison was driving west on Online exclusives
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Both drivers lost control of their vehicles,ac-
cording to the crash report. Hutchison died at The show
the scene,but Rowell was not injured. The first episode of the MTV show, which
Taping of the MTV show was finished before aired Dec. 9 and is available online,made no
mention of Hutchison's death. Representa-
Hutchison was killed.On the show,12"sexy les- tives of 495 Productions, which made the
bians" and 12 "hot straight guys" compete for show for MTV,and network officials declined a
the affection of the"Ikki Twins,"Vikki and Rik- interview requests.
ki,identical twins who are both models and bi- MTV issued a statement through a publi-
sexual. cist:"We were deeply saddened to hear about
the loss of Kandice. We plan to air a tribute ,,,
The wreck during the season."
At about 2:30 a.m., the speeding cars ap- It was unclear when the tribute would air.
proached a Ford Mustang in the center lane of In the opening scenes of the first episode,
Airport Freeway, near North Main Street. helicopters lifted two wooden crates — one
Hutchison moved to the right lane and Rowell labeled"boys"and one labeled "girls"—and
moved to the left lane,investigators wrote. deposited them onto the lawn of a glitzy man-
After passing the Mustang, Hutchison sion.
veered across the center lane and struck the --
The girls are welcomed into the house first,
Mazda,the report states. where they start doing"body shots"and get to
Hutchison's Nissan crashed into the con- know one another. The twins pretend to be
crete center median, flipped onto the median the same person, taking turns meting with —
and slid along the top until it slammed into a the contestants individually. Hutchison,who
bridge support and caught fire, according to described herself as a makeup artist, has a
the report. prominent role in the episode, wedging her
Hutchison,who was not wearing a seat belt, self between Rikki and a contestant named _
was thrown out. The Mazda bounced off the Jen as they kiss.
median and spun to a stop,according to the re- Later,Hutchisomand the contestant get in-
port. In the Mazda, Rowell and a 19-year-old to an argument,but both make it through the
passenger were wearing seat belts and were not first elimination round. a...
injured,according to the report. Reneated attemntc to (-mita&t Tu„tchicnn'c
Toxicology tests showed that Hutchison nad family for comment were unsuccessful.
a blood-alcohol level of 0.24,three times thele-
gal limit,said Senior Cpl.Scott Peterson,a Eu- RATE GORMAN,sty-sas-sari -
less police crash investigator.
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BRIEFS
' Bones may be those
of missing woman
EULESS—Police believe that skele-
tal remains found Tuesday night in the
800 block of Bear Creek Parkway are
those of a woman who was reported
missing several months ago,police
said.A man discovered the skull and
bones while walking his dog,said Lt.
John Williams,a Euless police spokes-
man.The remains were gathered by
' an anthropologist from the Tarrant
County medical examiner's office
Wednesday,Williams said. Investiga-
tors are waiting for a positive identifi-
cation before notifying relatives and
releasing the woman's name,he said.
—Kate Gorman
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The community became more interested in controlling chronic,disease o, ,
' By JAN JARVIS jjarvis@star-telegram.com '`- Further evidence of thee problem
EULESS=On a cold,wet Wednesday night,more than -surfaced in 2003 when a needs as-
sessment conducted by Harris,Voic-`
a dozen Tongans showed up at a Euless church to get es of Tonga and eight local churches
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their blood pressure and sugar levels checked before ;found that more than 40 percent of
seeing the�ioctor. the Tongans 'surveyed had high
With holiday music blaring,,lively conversations fill- 'bloodpressure diabetes,obesity and
heart disease.
' ing the room and a 10-year-old boy checking in patients But before the health problems
before escorting them to his dad's examination room,it ''could be addressed, language and
hardly seemed like the conventional clinic. cultural barriers had to be overcome.
I . ;One of the big issues was the Ton
But in five years, this mobile clinic staffed by volun-
,,gans resistance to seeing a doctor.
But
has helped transform a community that has been "Primary care was just not a prior
hit hard by diabetes, hypertension and heart disease i'tyto our people,"Ofa said.
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'Today many in.the Tongan community eat better,ex ! .Others did not want to take any
;.medications to lower blood pressure
excise more and manage their chronic diseases because �,or prevent disease.
of this clinic, said Filieta Ofa, a Ton "In _the Tongan culture, people
I gan nurse. .,don't want to act. sick because taking
"We really have become a healthi (medication is a sign of weakness,"
er community,".she said. "The Ton- .Buksh said. "We had to show them
gans are very lucky to have this kind ; hat going to the doctor was a good
of outreach.'::. .thing."
It took people ranging from Dramatic lifestyle changes were.
church. leaders to the advocacy'' also a challenge for the Tongans,;who
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:nften live sedentarylives and have a
group Voices of Tonga to convince
the community of the importance of adiet high in carhghydrates.
prevention and `disease manage ; "We love to eat and that's a prob-.__
ment, 1em,"said.latini Leveni,who moved
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Getting a child involved ire the �a r, r -. , ,fit 1 to r x r�
clinic helped too. In the close-knit .� h ..0ti w ' r t- + A 4
Tongan community, there's a heavy. � ¢ y
emphasis on family,Ufa said.Seeing s� ,,i1,404:47`. „ •„„,.f'”
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side his father, Dr. Stephen Buksh, s �`•. h
has meant a lot to people in the corn- �... _.
Imunity,she said. '`{4i. a i �f' kF _
Health problems among the Ton k fq� �
gans in Euless came to light in 2002" ,„;,...?.141,r,...,;.t �F , k - -.,� . i4
after physicians and others saw a lot s�tirr 4 r ` 9 r
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'room with end-stage diseases that Fl '. Y .
were preventable, officials at Harrigr?s ` " ' . R . .1t..-40.474:;
'Methodist HEB Hospital said.People „tit, � µ�r2a s4 'r'4. ..,107'r-- r as f
in the community were also �d , lci; „, "'{ _.'".
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cerned about the many deaths that At a mobile clinic at Tongan First United Methodist Church in Euless,
had occurred. Dr. Stephen Buksh tells patients how to control their diabetes with
In response,- Harris joined'With medication. -" - SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/BRANDON WADE
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Voices of Tonga and church leaders
on an initiative to improve the health
•of people in the community.
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'2 ;5 Tongan initiative
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g; Goal:To improve the management of
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Dr.Stephen Buksh walks toward an office to meet with patients at the church. blood pressure medications,57 percent
on diabetic medications and 21 percent
CC We really have become a healthier commu- on cholesterol medications
nity. The Tongans are very lucky to have this S°°`e"a 'S Methodist Hospital"EB
kind of outreach."
Filieta Ofa, Tongan nurse
to Bedford from Tonga 20 years ago. exercising more and eating healthier.
"If there's sweet desserts around,we- Their blood pressure and diabetes
go for it." were also better controlled,and they
But•as word of the education pro- felt better.
grams and screenings being offered. Leveni,who has diabetes,said she
spread,more Tongans became more might have ended up in the hospital
interested in their health and less if not for the clinic. .
concerned with how things were "This has really educated•me a lot
done back home. about how to take care of myself,"she
"They shifted from the tradition of said. And it's not only me—it's all
home remedies and prayer to medi- the Tongan people here."
cine and education,"Ofa said. Today the Tongans who come reg-
In 2007,primary care at a monthly ularly to the clinic insist that they're
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clinic was added to the screenings the ones who have benefited most
and educational services. from learning how to live healthier
The first patients were so unac lives.
customed to medical treatment that But Buksh's son Ben has perhaps
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they all tried to pile in the mobile unit taken home the greatest lesson.
at once, said Amy Hampton, corn- "I just like the feeling of helping
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• "Now they check in like in a nor- "It gives you,like,this good feeling
''Mal doctor's office," she said. in your heart."
Over time Buksh started seeing
signs of success.
His patients were losing weight, JAN JARVIS,817-685-3$06
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