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By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. 'g aif' ,
ramirez@star-tele ram.com ■Ridgewood West Apart ' ,
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sounds like somethin that ■Saddlewood Club Apart � 'y a �,`` '`
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are six similar clubs at apart- project, said Lori Friend of, - �F a ae b - ra
I meet complexes in Texas and Grapevine. "The second coit.n- ' ` 444,4,%
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has donated anapartment the Monster Club back. $ � � a �� ��
where the Monster Club meets So, the Girl Scouts Par "
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every weekday afternoon,and ticularly Amber Friend,13,To �2 ,Y
it pays for a club coordinator ri Bradley, 14, and .Rachel , 3 t ' '°� # s r g,,,
who supervises the 10 to 15 Thatcher, 14, all of Grapevine � rr v s a � f
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dents]are single parents,"
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Lori Trainer, a Concord Pointe manager Monica Gar , �._ xp{ � � k : '::
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starting these clubs as a way an apartment for the Monster Scout Troop 1705,at a Monster Club session. s-r PHOTOS/
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help parents." Club.
Concord has run the clubs "The Girl Scouts furnished x "Y
for 17years throughout the it,and we looked'for a coordi- '
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The Monster'Club gets its The result was a bright yel
name from both a child's point low Monster Club apartment .- L - „-,,,s.,
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first was Coordinator Irma Alfaro, ,, , 4 „..,7„
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tendance and a lack of space, In Peru, where I used to ��� -.
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Troop 1705 from Grapevine and worked at schools there, From left,Tania Rosales,6,Fatima Monsivais,6,and Lluvia Monsivais,
helped reopen if in December. so I knew about teaching,”Al- 11,tackle worksheets at a recent Monster Club meeting.
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'faro said. "I came here, but I
couldn't find job, but then I
saw a paper about a coordina-
tor and it was exactly what I
was looking for." -
Alfaro is at the Monster
Club every afternoon from
3:30 to 5:30, helping. with
homework on most days and
giving additional mathemat-
ics and English work to the
students.On most Fridays,the
kids are treated to arts and
crafts and other recreational
activities.
The kids range in age from 6
to 12,and most Monster Club
members are girls. •
Apartment resident Maria
Blayotta praised the club.
"I have twin girls,and every
day they just can't wait to gq;:
there after school," Blayotta
said.
Lluvia Monsivais, 11, has:
been going to the club with her..,.
younger sister since it opened
in December. ' -
"I like it a lot," Monsibais' 1.1
said."If I wasn't here,I'd just be
in front of my computer."
DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., 1.11
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From the Local Leadership
Have you been tied up The Midway Recreation
gel
in traffic lately? Well, Center-offers a variety of
opefully this will be opportunities for Eu-
the year that our State less citizens,many at
- Legislators will finally no cost Take charge of
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give our citizens the your finances with the
Tight to vote on how we "Retiring Soon Seminar" _
can solve our transporta- and be prepared in an
tion problems. Senator emergency by acquir-
,` k ; x F Carona and Representa ing"Heartsaver CPR"•
tive Truitt will be sup- certification. Members
Mayor Sakeh porting a Bill in Austin . can also take advantage
Euless to give our citizens that < of our free"Mix It Up
right. There will be . Aerobics Class"which
SS several ways to fund meets 2-nightsva.week:t
projects but all or any The annual Texas Trash
must be approved by the Off will be held on
voters. This is the per- Saturday,April 4, 2009,
fect opportunity for our from 9:00 a.m.until
citizens to get in touch Noon. Do your part to
with your legislators and keep our City clean by
support this effort. calling Jerry Poteet to
Spring seems as busy as sign up and get a free T-
the holiday season what Shirt. (817-685-1449)
with ball games,recre- The Library offers many
ation activities, library opportunities for our citi-
activities and of course, zens including entertain-
city activities. ment from ARTSNET,
The City of Euless is children's activities,
sponsoring a STORY computer training,book
WALK on Saturday, sales and so much more.
March 7,2009, at the 7
Bob Eden Park from
10:00 a.m.until Noon. I
hope that this will lead to
many other WALKS in
the future.
The annual Easter Egg ; -"
Scramblkiis`scheduled
for Saturday,March 28,
2009,at the Parks at -"
Texas Star from 10:00
a.m.until Noon. Bring
your baskets and join
other families to look for
goodies. i 5
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ELECTION FILINGS Payor D Birdville
Mayor: orothyAderholt Place 4:Wanda Strong
Place 4:Jason Williams Place 5:Richard Davis
Filings for Tarrant County municipal and school board elec- Place 5:Calvin Kost Place 7:Cary Hancock
tions on May 9 have begun.Candidates have until March 9 to Pelican Bay Burleson
submit their names for the ballot.Among the candidates to Place 5:Wayne Fox Place 5:Staci J.Eisner
officially file for the elections are: Richland Hills Place 6:Beverly Volkman
s;,iri _Forest Hill Place 1:Jeffrey Ritter Powell
Councils Mayor:James L.Gosey,Lyndia Place 3:William J.Agan, Place.7:Pat:Worrell
▪ Arlington Thomas Mark Donald Karpinski Carroll -
Mayor:Robert Cluck Place 4:Beckie Duncan Hayes, Place 5:Edward E. Lopez,Larry' Place 4:Read Ballew
District 3: Robert Rivera, Dulani Masimini Marrs Place 5:Erin Shoupp
Marvin Sutton Fort Worth River Oaks Cleburne
District 4: Kathryn Wilemon Mayor Mike Moncrief Mayor Herman Earwood
y yPlace 4:Brent Easdon =
District 5:Terry Meza,Lana District 2:Sal Espino Place 1:JoAnn Butler Crowley
lff District 3:James Nuttall, Place 3:Joe Crews Place 3:Greg Kauffman
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District 8:Gene Patrick W.B.`Zim"Zimmerman Place 5:JoAnn Gordon, Place 4:June Davis
Azle District 4:Lupe Arriola,Danny SherrieUptmore Dast Everman
Mayor:Russ Braudis Scarth Roanoke Place 2:Rick Burgess
Place 6:Bill Jones 'District 5:Melinda Hamilton, Ward 1:Melvin Smith Grapevine-Colleyville
• Bedford Frank Moss Ward 2:Kevin Stillwell Place 1:Charlie Warner
Mayor:Jim Story District 6:Jun us Jordan Saginaw
Place 2:Vince Rosen
Place 1:Francisco A.Chinchilla, District 7:Carter Burdette Mayor:Gary Brinkley Godley
Roger D.Fisher Place 2:Ed Larson.
District 8:Kathleen Hicks At-large:Terrie Goodloe
Place 2:Roy Savage,Jason Southlake
District 9:Joel Burns At large: Dennis McFarlin
Sinisi Grand Prairie Mayor Rick Stacy,John Terrell ' At-large:Matt McKittrick
Benbrook District 5:Tony Shotwell Place 2:Carolyn Morris, Hurst-Euless-Bedford
Place 1:Jerry Dittrich,Ron District 6:Ron Jensen Vernon Stansell Place 1:Kay Miller
— F.essenden Rick WhitehurstPlace 3:Brandon Bledsoe
Place 8 at large: Rick Falla Place 2i Jeff Burnett
Place 2:Charlie Anderson,Jim Grapevine Trophy Club Keller
Wilson Mayor:William D.Tate Mayor:Nick Sanders Place 6:Brian Crowson
Place 3: Keith Bailey Place 1:C.Shane Wilbanks At-large City Council: Kennedale
- Plate 5: Dan Tully Place 2:Sharron Spencer Jim Moss,Bill Rose Place 1:Joe Taylor
Place 7:Ron Sauma Haltom City Watauga Place 2:Rhonda Barnes
Burleson Mayor: Bill Lanford Mayor:Henry Jeffries Mansfield
Place 1:Stuart Gillaspie Place 1:Carl Grassi Place 2: Brandon Krausse Place 1:Ray Jaksa,Terry
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Place 3:Mike Cummings,Matt Place 2: Bob Watkins Place 3:Mike Steele Moore
Powell Place 7: Ken Gibson, Place 4:Robert Davis Place 2:Beth Light
Place 5:Dan McClendon Gary Nunn Place 5:Seth Thomas Northwest
▪ Cleburne Place 6: Darlene Hooks Weatherford Place 2:Mark Schluter
District 2:Virginia Gayle White Haslet Place 1:Michael Loren O'Neal White Settlement
Colleyville Mayor:Bob Golden Place 2:Clem Lee Smith Place 1:Raymond Patterson
Place 5:Tom Hart Place 2: Lynnda McCoy Westlake Place 2:Becky Simmons
— Place 6: Mike Taylor Place 4: Harold Williams At large: Larry Corson Place 3:Robin Allen,
Crowley Hurst Westworth Village Ben Posey,Janet Pruett.
Place 1:Johnny Shotwell Place 1:Charles Swearengen Mayor:Tony Yeager
Plate 4:Jim Hirth Place 2: Larry Kitchens White Settlement
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Place 6: Beau Yarborough Place 6: Henry Wilson Place 4 Don Smith
Dalworthington Gardens Kennedale Place 5 Garry Wilson
Place 3:Jim Piland Place 1:John Clark
Place 4:Ken Wallace Place 3: Brian Johnson School boards
Place 5:Steve Lowe Place 5:Jerry Miller Aledo
Edgecliff Village Mansfield Place 1:Jay Stringer
Mayor:Tony Dauphinot Place 3:Greg Kunasek Place 2:Johnny Campbell
Place 2:Robert Cross,Ed Place 4: Darryl Haynes Place 3:Joe Dearing Jr.
Lucas Place 5:Cory Hoffman Arlington
Euless North Richland Hills Place 1:Gloria Pena
Place 5:Glenn Porterfield Place 1:John Lewis Place 2:Peter Baron
J Place 6: Lorren Britton,Perry Place 5: David Whitson Place 3:Cheryl Smith
Bynum Place 7:Tim Welch
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PROFILE I REP. TODD SMITH,R-EULESS
He's on the inside now - of ap ressure cooker
Smith may face a lot of heat chairman and a member of campaign finance. PoliTex —
as a member of the House House Speaker Joe Straus' "I like Todd. He's a funda- i®m Find political insights
speaker's leadership team. leadership team. mentally decent,nice person, from here to D.C. of
His reversal of fortune, but he may regret the-day he star-telegram.com/blogs
By DAVE MONTGOMERY however, will be far from se- became chairman of '[the] ,
dmontgomery@star-telegram.com rene. As head of the House committee," .said Rep. Lon House because of his open
AUSTIN - After being con- Elections Committee, Smith Burnam,D-Fort Worth. criticism of then-Speaker Tom
fined to what he called the will assume the leadership of During an interview Tues- Craddick.
"back benches" of the state perhaps the most contentious day,Smith,a sheaf of election Smith, 44, a 6-foot, 1-inch
House of Representatives, partisan issue facing lawmak- material on his desk,said he is trial .lawyer, appeared de(-
Rep. Todd Smith, R-Euless,'is ers-a voter ID bill as well eager to embrace his role in tined for better things aftey
now getting his first taste of life as a host of other measures the leadership after spending,.Straus,a San Antonio Repub-
on the inside as a committee dealing with elections .and six years in the back of the
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As head of the House Elections Committee,Rep.Todd Smith will as-
sume the leadership of the voter ID bill. SPECIAL TO THE s-T/JACKPLUNKETT
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� f Rep, Todd Smith
an;became speaker in.mid-Jan
t rary,when Craddick was effective *. Born:March 23,1963,in Ailing
ly deposed by dissident Repubi_. ; � � a � :w ton
ns and Democrats. But Smithtigc Family:Wife,Nancy McKinney
a * Smith,and sons Spencer,16,and
't find out that he would lead a ' �
committeeuntii Straus told him of ` �k r , Sawyer,l4. -
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his intentions late Wednesday . 5;ht before announcing'commit • magnasitym laude Graduated
..� assignments on the floor the7,16,',:-b11.61,161111:::...-:.;..:-..'::-: cum with a ed in
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next day. political science.Graduated with
Smiths approachable demea 7 a ;a
honors from the University of
r and reputation for bipartisan ' , , r` al� F '. Texas Law School in 1988•
�p are expected to work in his fa-" �,�'-t `� �,. Experience:Councilman in
vor. His skills as a lawyer also fac x l � �� bb. Euless 1991-96.Has represented:
I 'ed into Straus'decision to lace ��:* s� District 92 since 1997 and has:
p �; faced opposition in only two
n in charge of a committee that
� , x � elections.The district includes
—"in the speaker's words-would " z �t
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deal with `volatile issues. '- L ,
Rep.Todd Smith's approachable demeanor and reputation for bipartisanship are W ortions of Arlington,rie
Worth and Grand Prairie.
Along
eking compromiseexpected to work In his favor. SPECIAL TO THE STARTELEGRAM/JACK PLUNKETT
lire voter ID act, requiring voters with Burnam,Smith is the senior
to show photo identification. be- • member of the Tarrant County
ti I like Todd. He's a fundamentally decent, delegation in the House.Formed
f e casting ballots, has already the Todd Smith Law firm in
l..wokea a partisan uproar after nice person, but he may regret the day he , •
the Senate approved a controver- )) Bedford in 1996,specializing in
&"lruleschange toallow consider became' •chairman of [the] committee. civil litigation and personal injury
,€ an of the bill. Democrats have Rep. Ion Burnam, D-Fort Worth law.
N.e.vved to kill it,as they did in 2007, Personal:Lives in.an apartment
saying it would disenfranchise the traditionally,support Democrats mg bipartisan support when he in several miles from the Capitol
F ar,elderly and minorities, all of more than Republicans." troduced the bill in 2005 and 2007.
during the Legislative session
N om tend to lean toward Demo- Republicans have made pas- The loophole, he said, allows un and works out six days a week.
oats• sage of the bill a priority to respond limited anonymousLived with his mother after his
g P ty p contributions
Smith supports the legislation to constituents' calls for tougher and"makes a mockery."of the law parents separated when rs was
1 t said he will seek a bipartisan laws to ensure that onlylegallyreg- .prohibiting state corporate and la-
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and has lived in the Hurst
c npromise.-He also dismisses as- istered voters can cast ballots. bor donations.. Euless Bedford area since'he
sertions that Straus' appointment Smith also said he plans to use Smith said he is keeping "an �3 asl ves iin Eulessr,Leann Smith,
of a Republican chairman and'a' his new legislative powers to re-in- open mind" on another perennial Major influences:The Rev.
5 Republican majority on the troduce campaign finance legisla- campaign issue: setting limits on James T."Brother Jimm 'Dra
crnmittee was deliberately aimed tion that failed in two previous ses- state political donations and ex- P
er,former pastor of Fat ramming the bill'through with- Bions.The bill is designed to close penditures.He said is not"concep Church of Euless,andirst formeBaPtist
out the prospect of compromise. what Smith called an "absurd" tually opposed" to limitations but U.S.Rep.and county Judge'Tom.
'wasn't put on this committee: loophole that enables corpora- acknowledges the need for Landi Vandergriff,whom Smith served`
bigwig elections in myparty's favor," tions and labor unions to escape a dates to raise and spend a largeas anon congressional aide while
Smith_ said, vowing to "do every- centuryold.ban against political amount of political.cash to pay for g
"-Tin my power to accommo- donations by funding issue ads travel, advertising and other-costs attending American saUnys
en
Washington.Smith says he often'
e [Demperats'i concerns about th,at stop short of urging a vote for m a state the size of Texas. asks himself,"What would Tom
nfranchising any legal voters, or against a candidate. askVans hi griff do?""
including constituencies that may Smith said he had overwhelm- DAVE.MONTGOMERY,512-V6-4z94. -
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ARLINGTON
3 4 0 0-home project moves ahead .....
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The Viridian development is Viridian development 'said Jim Parajon, the city's Wetland restoration
expected to pump new ec-
onomic life into Arlington. Trinity Blvd, community development .Huffines did take out a bank
and planning director. loan to buy the privatel
By SUSAN SCHROCK Ton'''.pa'iway.,.` The Planning and Zoning _owned 18-hole Riverside Golf
sschrock@star-telegram.com Commission will consider Club in far north Grand Prai-
ARLINGTON. ra While the the, plats within ;a fev�,, •rie last year,Kembel said.The 1
RLINGy has stalled most the months. company eventually plans to
='hechome construction, one de o The project, when.corn- improve the course, which
omer is pushing forward " E\-, 8tvd.' plete,is expected to be worth will remain open to the pub- -�
with plans for a 3,400 home, c,�e $1.5 billion to $2 billion and fic, and build an entrance to I
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pump millions of tax dollars Viridian from Riverside
master-planned, community „,
in far north Arlington. �, I s into Arlington over 30 years.
gt Drive,Kembel said.
Fat - That additional revenue- _ About two-thirds of the
Huffines .Communities of Worth v ,
Dallas filed papers with the ci- N �' ; cant come soon enough.City development is expected to
ty last week detailingre i. ® Mapp-1-- leaders, who are expectin a
P $3 million budget shortfall include green _space with
nary infrastructure plans for Huffines Communities of Dallas g lakes,parks and trails. : _
the initial phase of its Viridian this year and up to a$13 mil-
the
The 2,000 acre is moving ahead with its plan for lion shortfall next year be-. Kembel said his company
be-
community. the 3,400-home Viridian has budgeted more than$40
development northeast .of cause of declining revenues,
P development in far north million for wetlands restora-
Collins Street and Green Oaks Arlington.
are planning'more layoffs
and reductions in services. area whichd landscaping for the ..
Boulevard is expected to fea STAR-TELEGRAM LeBlanc said he has no •area, has been heavily I
Lure a town center with loft damaged by previous devel-
timing, said Mel LeBlanc, doubt that Huffines will move opment attempts_and other
apartments' over offices and who represents north Arling- forward on the project, de-
activities. '
shops,`as well as village-like ton on the City Council. spite the wetland areas envi-
nei borhoods with homesDespite The company is working
� . growing unem- ronmental challenges or.the,
'costing$300,000 to more than ployment numbers, foreclo- tough credit market.. to obtain recognition for its
$1 million. sustainability initiatives from
sures and other economic ” "The Huffines Communi- Audubon International.
Viridian.is the largest sin woes,Huffines is confident it ties and Bob Kembel have
gle-family-housing develop- will find buyers when the first proven.to this city and City As in other parts of town,
ment to surface in Arlington in of Vuidian's custom homes Council they stand.behind the city has created a tax in-
at least five years.Its location, int the market in late 2010 or their word and will spend,; for t ,reinvestment zone _
near the city landfill and the 2011, President Robert Kern- whatever money it takes to for the:area too helptheHmfr s
Trinity River,is the city's larg- bel said. pay for some of infra
est tract of undeveloped land. The community-will have make this the type of quality structure, such as roads and
'and is in the Hurst-Euless- project that we are envision- sewer lines: Such zones are
more than .1,000 acres of ".LeBlanc said. "They are also in place to spur econom-
Bedford school district. green space,a golf course and g' ot of their o_ downtown,
"Right now there is no goingon in Arlin_- a dog park,and could one day money into phis project.That in the n development
mrtainment district
velopment g include a station for the Trin speaks volumes." and at the Highlands shop=ton. These residences will be ity Railway Express. p g p- "1
corning on the market at the "There has never been a The Huffines family,along ping center:
optimal time to take- advan_ with Its institutional part- This report includes material from the-
ta e ofa the pent-updemands master-planned community ners,is financing the project Star-Telegram archives. —g like this,in this part of the without bank debt to avoid
for housing that will inevitably Metroplex, Kembel said.
occur.It exemplify perfect, the credit crllIlch that has SUSAN SCHROCK,817-390-7639
Financing in place doomed other projects, such
City leaders say the lack of as the$510 million Glorypark
development once planned
new home construction now
. for Arlington's entertainment
will help drive demands
when the economy improves. district. Kembel declined to
The preliminary plat Huf- give details about the comps-
fines filed d Wednesday callsny's finances Tuesday.
Huffines said his company
for 580 lots ranging from
traditionally has not used
4,000 to 20,000 square feet, banks for its projects.
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Discount grocer secures Tarrant sites:
Aldi aims to open nine known for its low prices and .ted to building four stores in; spokeswoman Martha Swa •
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stores in Tarrant County no-frills warehouse formate' Fort Worth,and is also under ney said.
by spring 2010. has secured eight Tarrant contract on a site in Saginaw, The grocer is nearing
County locations where it which would bring the num- ',completion of its Tarrant
By SANDRA BAKER plans to build"stores by the ber of Tarrant stores to nine. ;County roster, she said. "We
sabaker@star-telegram.com Spring of 2010,the company That represents 'nearly are' proceeding as planned.".
L Aldi — the German-owned said. one-third of all the stores Aldi What's planned
discount grocery chain The company is commit- plans for the Metroplex, ' The comp•
any has submitted
plans for a 16,000-square-foot
ck �t ,pore "� " ' "^ store at the northwest corner
4 �/, 7�r„,Ae,,,,Olfq,0 .vp F ra ' W of Saginaw Boulevard and W.J.
',4),'':',,fr.,', ,r';,';''' ` •• , 1,- ',,,,c f ; ,-:,„;4'10,,,,i't1,,`, �� ''+ F,f 7 l 7i,_ Boaz Road, said Mark White,
^w� �' . �, tiyw Saginawspublic-worksdirec-
L �� fY f k � tor.
,, ,.,, ,t -,A o The company has also filed
r' ¢`e, Lit for buildingpermits since its
Sri
plat was approved a few
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,, months ago,he said.
None of the Tarrant CountY 4 ” Jt� f � �t stores are under construction.
4 �°tti,r�,th ,:a, �x 4's ,; w s � . In Pantego, where a 17,000-:
.
An example of the stores Aldi plans to`build in the Metroplex. Its stores, square foot one' will be built
— smaller than most groceries,are typically 16,000 to 17,000 square feet. ALDI near Bo Yen Road and Park
Row Drive, Aldi has demol-
ished the portion of a shop-
ping center where the store
will go.
New Aldi grocery stores Aldi typically buys the land
7.9660 Legacy Drive, for its stores,but it will be leas-
" Fort Worth in existingspace in south
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2.700 Alta Mere Drive, Fort Worth and Euless,Swaney
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White Settlement said.
3.5617 Hulen Street, The company does not'.
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ens Fort Worth release what it spends to
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h 4.2417 W.Park.Row develop each location. How-
® 0 o ® 'A Drive,Pantego ever, ;plans filed' `for state
® ,) 5.5748 N.Tarrant review show that construe
Parkway,Fort Worth tion costs range from$900,000
0 iaa WORTH 30' 6.Precinct Lineand for a store in White Settle
Harwood roads,Hurst
�. " mens to $1.9 million for Dal
7.1201 Airport . las locations. A couple Tar-
C3 Arlington Freeway,Euless rant County locations show
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m 20 8.Sycamore School construction costs at$1.1 mil
110 vie —l Road and McCart
287 Avenue,Fort Worth lion.
$ The company is building a
q 28 9.Saginaw Boulevard
and W.J.Boaz Road, $40 million, 500,000 square
Saginaw, foot distributioncenter in
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stores in the Metroplex early Facts about Aldi
next year, the company said. •Aldi is short for Albrecht
The center will also support its Discount,named after co-found-
13 stores in Oklahoma. er Karl Albrecht
• ■Shoppers must pay by cash or
Who they are debit card —
Aldi stores average from •Shoppers can bring their own
16,000 to 17,000 square feet, shopping bags or pay a nominal
with 10,000 square feet used fee for paper bags
for shopping and checkout •Shoppers deposit a quarter —
aisles — much smaller than for a cart;they get it back when
conventional supermarkets. they return the cart
Aldi, which began its U.S. •Store hours are usually 9 a.m. _
operations in Iowa in 1976,has to 7 p.m.Monday through Satur-
more than 1,000 stores in 29 day,and 10 a.m.to 6 p.m.Sun
states. The company said it day
opened 100 stores in the U.S., ■Each store has 10 to_15 full- _
last year and plans to open 75 and.part-time workers
this year. ■The stores carry more than
1,400 items- '
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OBITUARIES
James"Buck"
L ' Rudolph Hubbard
GRANBURY — James
"Buck" Rudolph Hubbard,
82, of Granbury, passed.
Laway in Monroe, La., on
Sunday,Feb.22,2009.
FUNERAL 10 a.m.Wednesday in
the chapel of Bluebonnet Hills Funer-
L al Home in Colleyville,with the Rev.
Warren Eckhardt officiating. Inter-
ment: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial
Park with military honors.Visitation:
6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bluebonnet
Hills Funeral Home,Colleyville.
Buck had resided for a short time
me
at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans
Home in Monroe,La.He was a Navy
L World War II veteran,having served
on the USS Yorktown carrier. He,
worked for 45 years in sanitation dis-
posal.He was a member of Lakeside
Baptist Church of Granbury,where he
L was a deacon. Buck was involved in
local politics in Tarrant County,serv-
ing on the city council of North Rich-
land Hills and after moving to Colley-
ville he served as mayor for 10 years.
SURVIVORS:His wife,Billie Sue
Porter Hubbard of Granbury;children,
Sonny Hubbard and wife, Brenda,
Ronald Hubbard and wife, Martha,
Curtis Hubbard and wife,Marie,Sue
Kulaga and; husband, Dr. Andrew,
Donna Eckhardt and husband, the
Rev. Warren,Jan Freeman and hus-
band,Phillip,Rhonda Moore and She-
ree Yarborough and husband,Jeff;20
grandchildren; nine great-grandchil-
dren; brothers,Martin Leverts and
Jimmy Bounds and sisters, Margie
Dale,Shirley Bounds,Betty Wooden
and Carolyn Capps.
Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville,817-498-5894
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EULESS
27. are displaced after fire
destroys fiveapartments•
By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.
ramirez@star-telegram.com = 3
EULESS-A fire that destroy
ed five apartments early Tues-
day began in a bedroom, but • � , ,, '}:
investigators could not deter- F, 9 ¢ == ,g —
mine how it started,a fire offi- " - .„t ' 4
cial said. -; i- a �
The blaze ignited in a sec-
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and story' apartment bed ? 4! I i
room at the Concord House 1 ��',;
Apartments,901 Villa Drive. ° ----.�_ _ ' 1 .y
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After sifting through debrisVIII/ 4` a. •
Tuesday,fire officials listed the t . _ if - r 1�'. - —
cause as undetermined. •�; _ �i ,.
Damage estimates were not t ; 3- ,' �` .�
available.No injuries were re "-n 0,,,,,�,.E -x —
ported. _ -: }
The blaze was reported by a f. -
resident shortly before 2 30 ¢ °- ,1 i }4. ,,., -
a.m. Tuesday. "Officers who �` ,"} _ _
arrived there kicked in a few F` T - �F 7x r z i
doors to get people up,"Euless 4 _ 4'_
fire investigator Vernon '` {
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Gilmore said Tuesday. - —
Firefighters from Grape . .-1 ' .
vine, Colleyville, Dallas/Fort >l �+ ” —;
Worth Airport, Bedford, Ar -. L .Wri } _ ; _
lington and Fort Worth assist ,, - - - ,i •
ti. `�,—,
ed. e. '
Fourteen adults and 13 a
children were out of their a #'k- r� {' d { `# ,
homes because of the fire,said E � "4 0-g —
Emily Getzschman of the Red ^ 4, s' .'� ', , L '1
Cross in Fort Worth. �„ ��} { � _
DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., Nancy Garza removes clothes from her burned-out unit at the Concord
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OBITUARIES
JAMES R. "BUCK"HUBBARD 11926-2009"
Ex-Colleyville mayor loved peaches, p '
The longtime executive of ly and a career in sanitation said, was securing a water As for the peaches he grew,
Allied Waste Services"took management.He and his first supply for Colleyville as the there was nothing political.
care of everybody." wife had three sons before she rural, town transitioned to a about how people loved them.
died. growing city. . Mr.; Hubbard's hobby was
By SHIRLEY JINKINS Years later,Billie Porter met Smokey Vanover of Colley- farming,his wife said,and the
syjinkins@star-telegram.com Mr. Hubbard at North Rich vine served with Mr. Hubbard couple operated a 400'-tree
Whether it- was nurturing land Hills Baptist :Church, on the City Council and recall-. peach orchard in Granbury
peaches, children or a city where both were members. ed the "laid-back" way that called B&B Farm.
budget, James "Buck" Hub The couple married May 16, Mr.Hubbard had of conduct- "He'd come m and he'd
bard was the go-to guy, said 1975.Both widowed,they had ing meetings. have half a dozen bushel bas-
mu
friends and a large combined family, so "Buck was congenial and kets of peaches in his truck,'
relatives- of they built a sizable home in always tried to work with cid- Vanover recalled.
the former Colleyville. zens," Vanover said. "He was After retiring from the sant-
Colleyville ` Mr.Hubbard suddenly had like anybody else in politics. tation company in 2006, Mt
mayor. five daughters ages 410 12,but Lots of people loved him,and Hubbard spent much of his
.„„t-t4,0„. • Mr., Hub- he made the transition well. some didn't care for him at all time outdoors, building fenc-
bard,82,died "That's the kind of man he Former Mayor.Frank Whit- es and caring for trees and a
Hubbard of pneumo- was,"Billie Hubbard said. "He mire served from 1971 to 1973, few cows.
ma Sunday in took care of everybody" before the areas growth took "It's.hard to grow peaches,'
Monroe, La. He had recently Mr. Hubbard's passion for off. but he was great at it," Billie.
been moved to a veterans' politics led him to. serve as "He was a good man, and Hubbard said. "We,sold some
home there to receive care for mayor of Colleyville from.1979 things were starting to pick up of them, but he always gave
Alzheimer's disease.< to 1983 and again from 1985 to a little when he was mayor," plenty away.
Before that,he and his wife, 1989. Whitmire said."If you knew an Other _ survivors include
Billie Sue Porter Hubbard,had He had been a city council- old ranch foreman or a cow- sons Sonny,Ronald and Curtis
lived in Granbury since 1995. man in North Richland Hills boy,that was him." Hubbard and daughters Sue
He was born in De Queen, before.moving to Colleyville. Mr. Hubbard's career as Kulaga, Donna Eckhardt, Jan
Ark., on June 11, 1926, and "He just liked people," his chief executive officer of Allied Freeman, Rhonda Moore and
moved with his parents to Tex- wife said "He didn't care who Waste Services served him 'Sheree Yarborough.
1. as when he was 1'year old. they were;they could be high- well in city government. Mr. Hubbard's funeral was
During World War II, he status people in Washington "He was politically in time;' Wednesday. He was buried at
served aboard the carrier USS or someone on the street. It Vanover said."He knew every- Bluebonnet Hills Memorial
Yorktown and survived a ka- was the same to him." bodyin the city, county and. Park in Colleyville.'
mikaze°attack.He returned to One of his favorite accom- state offices, and he could get
Tarrant County to start a fami- plishments as,mayor,his wife things done." SHIRLEY JINKINS 817-390-7657