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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-06-12 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / O F� M4 YOR CITYC;\'CL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR —DATE DISTRIBUTED e 7/a/©9 DATE OF ARTICLE 5 J 3-/o/c cQ/o? NEWSPAPE' °VZ•• ° c tI1 .�1. arlier this NS °a% Bedford Jr.High ,� month,Mayor 0 4a e Mary Lib Donates 60 Bags �C Saleh of Euless vis- itedofClothes Oakwood Terrace n May 12th, Elementary to talk with Bedford Junior students about how High participat- ed in a clothing drive to city government affects benefit the HEB Clothes their lives. Closet.The school's first Students Receive clothing drive was a New Basketballs from huge success! We filled 3' Adopter two trucks with over 60 very large bags of Diane Jones of Back in - Motion Family Chi- ropractic (back row right corner) stopped _ by Bedford Heights { Elementary during a re- clothing.The Fellowship cent PE class to donate of Christian Athletes 21 new basketballs. unloaded the bags out of Dr. Michael Ganschow . the cars in front of the and staff held a "March school.PTA also helped sponsor the event.Every Madness" event and car that brought a dona- collected the basket- tion was offered a donut. balls from their pa- tients. Dr. Ganschow's office is located in Hurst and is a member of the district's Adopt- A-School program DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF y MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY. DECK BROWN - YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED Po?/09 DATE OF ARTICLE 5/43-(e/a-1/a9 NEWSPAPER - District Finalist for HEB 77 r 7 - Fl Y/'p11ohlb ° rn N dio,o tfinvf EB ISD is one of cash prizes_to deserving Culinary Arts students. ,four large school teachers,principals and The other three state` o` districts that are school districts. i finalists are Lamar '` finalists for the H-E-B In December 2008.the` Consolidated ISD,near grocery store chain's ` HEB ISD applied for Houston;"Harlandale - Excellence in Educa- the large district award. ISD,near San Anto- tion Awards.The H-E-B After filling out the 14- nio;"and Pharr-San Excellence in Education page application,which Juan-Alamo,in the Rib — Awards were created to. provided data about stu- Grande Valley.'They also celebrate and recognize dent performance,con- _ received a visit from the the contributions of` tinuous improvement, -judges 'panel. public school profession- and finances,Superinten- The winner of the large als whose leadership and, dent of Schools Dr.Gene district award will be dedication inspire a love Buinger received a letterannounced at a banquet — of learning in students in February,stating that m Austin June 14.The of all•backgrounds and the district-was one of ' winning school district abilities; four state finalists in the will receive-$100,000: The H-E-B Excellence ' large district category. To read about this in Education Awards A six-member panel vis- awards program,visit. is the largest monetary ited the district for half http://www,heb.cor/ recognition program for a day in early March. education/ educators in Texas and They requested-a visit to one of the largest in the two,secondary schools. — nation. H-E-B awards They visited LD Belt more than $500,000 in High School and Cen- ' tral Junior High School. Their video crew shot footage of both school4 and footage of Spanish Immersion,at Bedford Heights Elementary School.The panel held a working lunch with school administrators, school board members, — community members, ; and a student representa- tive from Trinity High` — School.Lunch was provided by the Techni- cal Education Center's — DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY, DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR • —DATE DISTRIBUTED 41/Q /0 5 DATE OF ARTICLES /a1-3- ep f 22./09 NEWSPAPER SirlimonsSenior Center Trips 11 trips are lira a.m. for Euless Residents ited seating and and Simmons Center ticket availabil- members.Non-residents ity,payable upon sign pay a $5 non-resident fee up! Walk-in registration plus trip cost.For more is designated below for information,please call each month.Registra- Diane at 817-685-1670. tion times are from 8-10 June 12 Texas Sculpture 9 a.m. Gardens &International Art — June 19 John F.Kennedy Memorial '"$12.50 9:30a.m. &the Sixth Floor Museum July 31 Frontiers of Flight Museum $6 9:30a.m. August 14 Gainsville-Kinnes Jewelry 9:30a.m. Museum&Morton Museum of Cooke County DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE/ OF / MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR!�/ DATE DISTRIBUTED 6 /421 / 05 DATE OF ARTICLE 51 o?3- /aa/O NEWSPAPE ( _( .4),V4.1 IVA '40r di v- Nj M ars s "v .) e su ,�SN��iJ �err W1pa sec� wok �w eds 1ort,er o�S�Q �a, MADIE 4) a Calico Medium Young L •' Female Cat Pet ID:011177 Please call the shelter for more details: 817-685-1594 Please refer to my shelter ID#when contacting the Euless Shelter.. I'm a sweet little calico that_ as given up with _ another kitty when my owner couldn't take care pf us anymore.My friend has found a new home but Pm still here. My owner was good enough to leave infor- mation saying that I'm good with kids and that I'm an indoor-cat.Please come and give Me a good 7 home,please.I think I deserve one. Euless Animal Services 1517 Westpark Way Euless,TX 76040 (817)685-1594 *pets shown may already be adopted, but there are plenty of — animals who have not and need a caring& loving home. — DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l -M I'OR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG MCDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR —DATE DISTRIBUTED 4//c /o 9 DATE OFARTICLE5/.? 3 - l�/2 /05 NEWSPAPER , J„ t • — ittjAk „ Midway Pool ..., %, t Sto Ala,, s j Recreation Center ,, J�ne `ery13/ 1j11 Sol S10 J �°n -1 , �'day 14 t��4 A fterty. �' 300 Midway Dr W S. Main,behind South SOu Sand rh_ Freese a 3 ds'ki 0 Ills Due to mechanical Euless Elementar t`6 t 1 our w m mi y. ��0 • less Po c1 jjt1 great a 111°fie Of issues,the opening of Classes will return to ase 19 111, • Pon,S of tores_1t' 9uatic f Midway Pool will be Midway Pool once ' idt, and t r kids S`7 a. f delayed until mid- the pool is read to 30� ay poo 26 ail to-1egreat way June. 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' ' from noon to'•1'p.m.-' oy at.'1fov- Midway Pool Pro- Please continue to SCS® `�..-\hav steak, to grams Moving to visit www.euless.org ®V`'� o olza icy -South Euless Pool: for updates or call the eonesday' deep'VII 0.0e ti e suln All aquatics programs, Midway Recreation 3utle 3 tl.�O)- s can V1ay ,er ncluding swim les- Center at(817) 685- vsj "oon-.,-,,11 lsvel, oases' t and "Mons nter and morning rs classes, 1666 or Different ,dway R�te�t; bo lee'els" \nteratbe Strokes Swim School .14 cW steak1enty eeto vill be moved to at (817) 649-SWIM Cell ldway� repast flay p 2a-es•Fr st a� South Euless Pool, 600: for more information. hooc ooAv.A��ae'its t'ubec. nee�'a'nc d*ay ` f nay of s.S - ea a noon, DUe e s ANe be cpe'e' IX- 6" okIt°e klo F b �vilx as vest sob':n% �ezn 0 f o andl `t11a 0,,,r� e that lie tiNe soire et oe easel ny' soil° DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWA Y DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 6 /12/0 q DATE OF ARTICLE� ��3 -61c20210f NEWSPAPER V, 1� Keeping you up to date on monthly topics with personal articles from your local leadership ature's beauty PACS Partners is a The new I-HOP Res- continues to new opportunity for our taurant, Sears Appli $' thrive,and the pre-teens to gain valu- ance Store and Freddy's parks across our commu- able life experiences Frozen Custard have * nity are lush and green needed for future em- recently enjoyed a and ready for recreation. ployment or for college Chamber of Commerce 4 #K Start your summer off applications as they learn grand opening.All three right with a day of fun! work and volunteer skills hof h businesses are located Come and enjoy the by actively participat- in the Shops at Vine- Mayor Saleh, Out-of-School KidFest ing in various projects yard Village south of Euless at Midway Recreation related to Parks and Glade Road on SH 121. E ,, t Center on Wednesday, Recreation. They will That area has become a — S June 3,from Noon- meet every Wednesday thriving shopping center 3:00 p.m. Kids can play this summer from 9:00 with several small shops, in bounce houses,watch a.m.until noon.Call large businesses,and a . — great entertainment and 817-685-1666 for more variety of restaurants. play plenty of interactive information. The new Quick Trip games. We will have in- Our Summer Reading gasoline and shopping — formation about how to Club theme is Librar- center has opened on keep your family active ies: Deep in the Heart Westpark Way and SH throughout the summer. of Texas! Along with 183.That makes three Free to all! our awesome reading Quick Trips in Euless, Our Euless Sum- program,we will have and their headquarters mer Adventure Camp weekly story times,craft will soon be finished in is a weekly day camp times,and puppet shows. North Euless. featuring field trips, And every month the There are lots of good swimming,sports,arts Euless Public Library things happening in and crafts,team build- hosts an afternoon Euless,so come and see ing,and more.You may for"Let's Talk About and have a fun and safe sign your child up for the Books". Friends gather summer! _ whole summer or just a and discuss books of week. interest and occasionally have a guest speaker to _ lead the group. DISTRIB L'TED TO: PAGE I OF cq . MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIB,RRARYREF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 6 //a/o¶J DATE OF ARTICLE 6-142,-3- Ce I JO/NEWSPAPER , DID YOU K Tlss " istor..„, , , Our PasuOur ,,,,f41,,,,,,7a.,,,,,t, _ � �a3f��l � :7-:-..,,,.‘,.,,,,a„-i.,,,,, - ,- ?'-t, ,i.;.-,,,,t', _ ... "r ,:f F AEI,,„, -;,c, i,,��rF ;1#;,.:5,„; ,_, ''''- -, ,- �' xY' ., lI'll' L ., n r a ' , ,, R i I lisha Adam and munity school,proDa Dry landslide election for — Julia Trigg Eu- sponsored by the local county sheriff,and was less grange.The Grange Hall re-elected in 1894 Eu- In March 1879,Elisha was torn down in the less moved to Fort Worth Adam and Judy Trigg early 1900's after much when he was elected Euless purchased a tract use.After his settlement and was the first sheriff of land south of Bear there,the community to occupy an office in — Creek and built a new thrived and local farm- the newly constructed home and a cotton gin in ers decided to honor county courthouse. the area of present day the popular young man After two terms,health Main Street and Euless whose arrival and whose problems persuaded Junior High School.In gin seemed to coincide Euless to retire from law April 1879,Euless peti- with the end of the hard enforcement and poli- tioned the Tarrant Coun- times.They named their tics. Shortly afterward ty Commissioners Court community for him. in 1911 a stroke claimed to create a road from Photograph Date: 1893 his life,and he was Bedford.about three circa/In 1893 Adam Eu- buried in Fort Worth's miles west of his land,to less was elected sheriff Oakwood Cemetery. — the Dallas County line at of Tarrant County.In Bear Creek.He request- this picture,on the steps ,�au ed that the road pass by of the new courthouse, i! -` the "Grange Hall," which Sheriff Euless is second 77,,*_ `�,was now on his property. from right in the middle :s 0-_ �. The court ordered the row. His son is first from � amjo. road established and ap- right in the middle row. i. pointed a jury,including Adam Euless continued = - , ,,._.,,..;,,,,,, — Euless,to lay it out.The farming until he was- ,, e' Grange Hall on the Eu- again lured into politics. less property served as In 1892 he defeated f the location for a corn- three contenders in a III DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF 0< MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN • YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED 4 / 2// ° DATE OF ARTICLE S/7)3 - 4,/; Flo 9 NEWSPAPER , ,110 .11 Windmill at Heritage Park. L,U1wS 11[16 6111l.G g1 V'w 11 from a population of 25 in 1915 to a population of over 54,000 in 2008. As Euless continues to grow,City officials strive to preserve its historical significance by restoring the Fuller House (first — brick house in Euless) as the City's Museum, restoring the Himes Log House (Log cabin dating from the 1850's) and the — McCormick Barn (made from lumber from Camp Bowie after WWI). All three buildings were faithfully restored and are now located at beau- tiful Heritage Park. Free tours of Heritage Park are on the second Saturday of every month from 1 –5 p.m. Special . tours for groups can be arranged on a different day depending on staff ._ availability.Heritage Park is located at 203 Cullum Drive,Euless, — 76040.For more infor- mation on the City Mu- seum and tours,please email or call ` • 817-685-1649. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF MA YOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR /� — DATE DISTRIBUTED +-� 11 ` l 09 DATE OF ARTICLE 6 1•3 /0? NEWSPAPERS P1 �Nr SPIRFMT Federal Systems Spirent Federal Expands GPS/GNSS Service Support Center Euless, Texas, Office Doubled in Size to Better Serve Customers YORBA LINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spirent Federal Systems announced today the expansion of its customer support facility in Euless, Texas. The new addition comprises an enlarged workspace, and additional meeting and office areas. The Texas facility expansion is the second planned initiative to enhance service support for customers; the first took place in 2008 with the purchase of new diagnostic equipment. Spirent Federal remains the only U.S. company in the industry to have a dedicated service support center. Spirent Federal provides industry-leading GPS/GNSS test equipment and associated support and professional services throughout North and South America. The expanded facility will be used to help Spirent Federal more effectively achieve its three-pronged approach to customer support: IMP • Ensure customers' GPS/GNSS simulation systems are always kept current with the latest software and firmware upgrades • Offer prompt support for technical questions via phone, email, or on-line service website • Provide efficient, priority repair services when needed to keep downtime and disruptions to a minimum Jim Holderle, director of engineering at Spirent Federal, who directly oversees the service support center, commented, "Spirent simulators have been deployed in the field since the beginning of GPS simulation. Our support resources and the expertise that we've accumulated over years of experience allow us to offer a caliber of customer support that is unmatched in the industry." At the expanded support center Grand Opening in Euless, Ellen Hall, president of Spirent Federal, said, "In our most recent customer survey, our service support was ranked very highly. Our goal is to continue to keep our customers happy by helping them overcome any resource gaps they may have and achieve objectives as quickly and efficiently as possible." DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM NICKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN • YOUNG Mc•DONALD COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBR4RYADMIN LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR """ DATE DISTRIBUTED Le/ I a / 0 DATE OF ARTICLE 6 15/09 NEWSPAPER FWST •05ER h. O. _iiite0 -- se o • ,toN- 0 eb,„a %iv .. L c By TERESA GUBBINS Mooyah Burgers & counter.Youplaceyourorder,and Special to the Star-Telegram a when it's ready, the counter staff <so t4 Mooyah Burgers&Fries is exactly Fries oY g y calls your number and hands you what it sounds like.A 2-year-old 2720 Texas 121,#600 -your paper bag. can barely pick up the burger. mini chain based in Plano, Euless ._ - The burgers came wrapped inA turkey burger ($4.99) sprin- Mooyah offers six variations on 817-571-7575 heat-enclosing foil paper, which lded with cracked black pepper the burger, plus fries, grilled www mooyah.corim kept the burger hot and steamed was surprisingly good and con- — cheese sandwiches,hot dogs and Hours: 11 a.m.to 10 p.m.daily the bun.Fries,served in a tall cup, wincing a burger stand in,even shakes. Cuisine:Burgers were a little bit crispy,a little bit ifth e texture was a bit rubbery. Mooyah is not your typical Essentials:Smoke-free,wheel-` moist.A small order for$2.a9 was The veggie burger ($4.99), made fast-food burger place,though.Ii chair-accessible,major credit described as serving 1-2. from black beans and corn,had a cooks meal to order, and strives cards accepted - A regular Mooyah burger was distinct Southwesternpersonality,, for a more gourmet approach to Good to know:Fries are good for $4.39,.but that came with two . with plenty of cumin to ramp up ingredients. The potatoes for the sharing. _ -- - - hamburger patties;you can also° the flavor.The hot dog($2.79)was fries are hand-cut.The beef is not Entree cost:$10 . geta junior version with one patty. • a hit, as it was sliced down the frozen, and the shakes are made Recommended for:Burger buffs The burgers themselves were i middle and grilled, then placed from real ice cream. slightly thin and not overly flavor- flat on the bun. Mooyah was founded by a cou- along the 121 corridor in Euless. - ful, but that doesn't matter, be- - They don't do dessert—just ple of restaurant veterans,includ- like the other Mooyahs, the cause the big thing at Mooyah is milkshakes ($2.99), in the classic ng Rich Hicks,who founded Tin Euless branch has an eye-catch- the toppings: lettuce, tomato, flavors of vanilla, chocolate and Star,the Dallas-Fort Worth chain. ing red-and-white color scheme, pickles, grilled onions, sauteed strawberry.That's plenty: Mooyah has about a dozen with-tacks of potatoes forming an mushrooms and more.The idea is branches, including this outlet _aisle that leads customers to the to pile on the toppings until you r - 111111_ A�� r y �\,¢�,�. &tokens s FRIES 4. 61 'O1 MC�OYAN _ _, . ,,..� ,. 4.._ RGE' t ; l's i� i — "� ,_ r - Mooyah burger with hand-cut fries STAR-TELEGRAM/ROSS HAILEY DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF l `—MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRAR/YADMYI1NLIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR _DATE DISTRIBUTED 4 /12 /05 DATE OF ARTICLE 6 f i / 07 NEWSPAPER FWST OBITUARIES Geri McGrail • KELLER—Geri Daychak McGrail, 62,left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior and parents Thursday, June 4,2009,with_her family by her side: FUNERAL MASS:1 p.m.Monday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Pat McGrail is the Church,-2016Willis Lane,Keller.Visi- tation:The family will receive friends Mayor of Keller. 4 to-8 p.m. Saturday.at Sky Creek Ranch Golf Club and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at 600 Promontory Drive, Keller: ' MEMORIALS: Donations may be made in Geri's honor to the American Diabetes Association,800-342-2383. Geri was born Jan. 17, 1947, in McKeesport,Pa.She was a longtime member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church and a former mem- ber of the Keller Parks and Recreation Board.Geri will be greatly missed by -many lifelong friends and neighbors. L Geri was preceded in death by her parents, Eleanor Daychak, Stephen and Margaret Daychak. The family wishes to thank the Keller fire and police departments and the wonderful doctors, nurses and staff of Baylor Grapevine, and especiallylongtime friends Dr.Mary ' Van Hal and Dr.Richard J.Feingold. SURVIVORS:.Her loving husband and best friend of 42 years, Pat McGrail;children,Lisa Solitario(An- thony), Patrick McGrail (Sheri)and L Ryan McGrail, all of.Keller; grand-; daughters,Alyssa Solitario and Lau- ren McGrall;and sister,Marsha Day- chak of Pittsburgh,Pa. Lucas Funeral Home L Keller,817-753-6800 ` View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries P L DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / MAYOR CITY C.NCL CITY A TTNY CRIM MCKAMIE RIDGWAY DECK BROWN YOUNG McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN. LIBRARY REF ANIMAL CNTR DATE DISTRIBUTED (p.447X.1 09 DATE OF ARTICLE 5 02 /D NEWSPAPER FWST NORTHEAST CLICK School's out ... time for fun: Start the summer with a bang at KidsFest at the Midway Recreation Center,300 W.Mid- 'way Drive in Euless,from noon to 3 p.m.June 3.Faye Beaulieu 'of United Way says parents will be happy to let the kids burn off _ summer energy in the bounce houses, on the obstacle course or even in the dunking booth. Working behind the scenes are Kay Miller and Wendie Luns- ford, who announce that face painting,interactive games and important information on healthy living at the exhibits will round out the event. Free ad- mission, so the price is right. Call 817-685-1666 for informa- tion. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF__L NAr'OR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF DATE DISTRIBUTED // / ® 9' DATE OF ARTICLE CQ/// /o NEWSPAPER FWST /Rm.ATVL+17 — • Some flights arriving at Dallas/Fort Wilbarger;Street and Martin Luther King S s �® Worth Airport were delayed more than Freeway;and at Shadydell Drive and Boat p g two hours by the storms. Club Road. — The Texas Rangers game against":the In Euless, high winds daaged two S\VeepS area, Toronto Blue Jays was canceled after apartment complexes.About two dozen about two hours.Most fans at the,game people were displaced at Saddle Creek took cover under stadium overhangs or in. Apartments in the 300 block of Industrial d • concession areas along the lower level. Boulevard and the Bear Creek Apartment The rain was soheavy that the centerfield complex in the 600 block of Del Paso fence wasn't visible from the press box.° Street,said.Emily Getzschman,anAmeri- '�5t nici-ii_..res Lightning blamed can Red Cross spokeswoman. In Fort Worth, 911 call-takers received In Arlington, a fire at the Chatham seven reports of fires that callers attribut- Creek Apartments in the 2500 block of Several fires are blamed on lightning from ed to lightning, said Lt. Kent Worley,"a Thomason Circle displaced eight people, the storm,which caused outages and air Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman. Getzschman said.Red Cross workers met Inur travel delays and canceled a Rangers game. One fire was at a commercial building with the displaced families and individu in the 1100 block of North Sylvania Ave- als to make sure their needs were met, By MITCH MITCHELL 'mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com nue, Worley said. The others were resi- Getzschmansaid. A violent spring storm slammed' the regiot} dermal fires.They were in the 10300 block This article includes material from The Associated Wednesday night, knocking out power, damag= of Vintage Drive;the 1800 block of Mar Press. ing structures and possibly causing fires,officials lene Drive; the 3800 block of Buckhorn ' ...said. .� Place;the 4500 block of East Loop 820;at MITCH MITCHELL,817-390-7752 A 12-year-old girl was rescued from swim= flowing waters in a creek in Garland. !g '1' A Oncor Electric Delivery reported more that' ;a S -, ' 260,000 customers — n' .9 Online without poweii � � �� exclusive Wednesday night ; Watch video of the storm said MeganWngh'tg , z r� A • passing through Bedford at a spokeswoman. ` = ,, ,-, :1,..j.11,,':,,i';,..,'::--,-- , , ,,, star-telegram.com/ - For more than an ° ��r extras hour beginning at .� a_ «: ��_ �' 6:30 p.m., strong :: tf < x wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph and hail were report `` ''„ .... . � • 1 ed in northern Tarrant and southern Denton l ,, a i ..ti� �: counties,and emergency warning sirens wailed �� -w _ - ,� '' ." �� ,was the storm system moved rapidly east.A storm , ,, il. ,f4,17.4ZA.'C •: tracker spotted a possible tornado moving east "r. �y�,�, , �fY y ',K ' ' 5= tt about 40;mph near Trophy Club about 7 p.m., said Jason Dunn, a meteorologist with the Na �, 'motional Weather Service. "i7:17 Storm spotters and Doppler radar later ob '" served a tornado near Plano,he said. High winds damaged the'Eagle Mountain Marina on Wednesday. SPECIAL TQTHE S-T/Ro6ERTArALJ Damage assessment crews would move out at 'first light to determine the storm's severity,Dunn said. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / i MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS GC. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF DATE DISTRIBUTED 6,//,:„9/D / DATE OF ARTICLE // /ONEWSPAPER CAS /AiFy),),S Reporting Katherine Blake FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News)— 1Yr 4p. ! (4 sa ' ' err Some residents in Euless are dealing with a double dilemma: flooding and raw sewage overflow. They say it happens whenever there's a big storm and the smell has them kicking up a stink. — "It's not fun. It's not fun," said Laurie Bickerstaff. She and her family say every time it rains, they plug their noses and pray. — This is why they worry. When big storms hit the area, the sewage system often backs up and spills out into their home. — "Everything just starts gurgling up from the drains," said Alex Bickerstaff. "It just keeps rising and rising and rising," added his mother, Laurie. Thursday, two of the family's bathrooms were covered with contaminated water that spread into part of the master bedroom and a closet. "It got underneath the carpet and its sewage, so there's not really any way you can just clean it out," explained Alex. '— Debbie McGee got hit with a double whammy today. Not only did her toilets overflow, so did the creek behind her house. Everything in her backyard was flooded with storm '— water, including her husband's work shed and the family's pool. "Well everything was kind of floating," said McGee. "The pool is mud. It'll take three days to try to pump and clean and pump and clean." Five homeowners along Eastcliff Street have gone to the city council asking for help. — Assistant City Manager Lauretta Getchell said Euless is in the midst of a project to improve drainage issues. That won't fix the sewage problems though. Getchell believes those are caused by insufficient sewage lines downstream that are owned by the Trinity River Authority. She's hoping those lines will eventually be expanded. In the meantime, Euless has offered affected homeowners a device that can divert sewage back up into their yards instead of their homes. Getchell said the city offered to clean the homes that were flooded Thursday, but all of the homeowners refused the help. The Bickerstaffs deny that claim. They say they would never turn down that kind of help. — DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l OF , MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF / DATE DISTRIBUTED cL // / o? DATE OF ARTICLE 6 // /o / NEWSPAPER FWST ALERT SYSTEMS loci 111 f111'' tATp7 �lh1'' AT77' ivsr1- ►�ALblit.; Zvi IV IV `.t.I. .i .rrLAVA. JIL • , ®n cities! web sites TI county is testing anew warning in Online exclusive -"` in harm's way and in trouble:' " sy,.em that it may roll out in a few weeks. f \ Find a list of local entities with notification The notification systems are relatively new, systems at star-telegram.com/extras put in place within the past.12 to 18 months, By ELIZABETH ZAVALA - said Melissa Patterson,Tarrant County Emer= az: Ja@Star-teiegram.com because it gets its information from the Na gency Management coordinator. kf,.severe thunderstorms approached Fort tional Weather Service."It provides automated She said Tarrant County is testing a system Worth on Wednesday night,sirens blared,but calls to people who sign up for it for severe called Send Word Now with its 4,500 employ- it's likely not everyone could hear them, storms, flash floods and tornadoes," he said. ees- Officials hope to roll it out within a few o get the word out to those who don't hear "Mansfield has to be included in the warnings weeks and link to other area warning systems. oi...ioor warnings or radio or television broad- If it doesn't affect us,there's no phone call." "We started moving that way countywide casts,a number of Tarrant County cities are of- Several Texas cities subscribe to the star- because we have areas that aren't covered by fe-ig systems that will alert residents by dard CodeRED,which they control for general outdoor systems,"Patterson said Thursday pl ne, text messaging and .e-mail to bad information like road closures and water leaks,'r i r She said the system would allow employees weather. Residents can sign up for the free but at least half of the participating cities are to receive information 10 different ways,utiliz- alerts on their city's Web site. incorporating the weather warning side, said ing voicemail for land lines and cellphones, .t least a dozen Tarrant County cities offer David DiGiacomo,vice president of Emergen- e-mail addresses and text messaging. sc a sort of free emergency notification sys cy Communications Network of Florida, the Patterson also pointed out the electronic teri.Mansfield was among the first in Tarrant parent company of CodeRED. methods of spreading information work espe County to sign on to the CodeRED Weather "We break it down to the exact coordinates cially well for the county because many of the Vti ning System`in February 2008. The city of the storm,"he said,pointing out that this re county buildings are historic and cannot have p $5,000 a year for the service. duces the possibility of false warnings. "A sirens or alarms placed on their walls. TomLegler,Mansfield emergency manage= weather radio might go off several times,but Ment coordinator, said the system is accurate when you get the call,9 times out of 10,you are ELIZABETH ZAVALA,817-390-7418 Go online Several Tarrant County cities offer emergency notification systems to their residents to let them know of potential emergencies-To sign up,go to your city's Web site and click on the appropriate services Here are some programs being used: Citizen Notification Service Arlington CodeRED Benbrook,Colleyville,Grapevine,Haltom City, Hurst,Lake Worth,Mansfield,North Richland Hills,Richland Hills,Southlake,Watauga Reverse 911 Fort Worth Wireless Emergency Notification System Euless • Sources:North Central Texas Council of Governments,Star-Telegram research DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF I MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF DATE DISTRIBUTED 4' I / /0 7 DATE OF ARTICLE /1 /C' / NEWSPAPER FWST RAIN GAUGE Star-Telegram rain reporters Peter Stankosky 3.05" Isabel Cary 4.76" Mansfield '"' t ‘ .i< ru r,iuC;„r i., 24 i icu,s hit Euless1.67" John Ward that ended at 7 p.m.Thursday. Roy Stone 4.12" M.C.Counts 6.10" Meadowbrook The official total for the day,as Bedford Forest Hill - Conce Martinez 3.12" recorded at Dallas/Fort Worth Howard Stevens 6.50" Sonny Norrell 1.60" North Richland Hills Airport,was 3.60 inches. Mark Vozar 6.22" Granbury Steven Cooper 3.82" Benbrook Buddy Almy 0.20" Fred Hochreiter 5.98" Aledo Al Kriel 1.85" Grapevine Ralph O.Williams 5.60" Gigi Moore 1.70" Briar Oaks Bonnie McHugh 4.50" Walt Zaleski 4.55" - Arlington (north) , Gary Rockers 0.42" Haltom City Pantego Don Hase 4.74" Burleson Harry DuBois 4.00" Patsy Seeton 3.50" Tommie Williams 4.30" Bob Stewart 0.96" Frank McCaslin 3.90"_ Richland Hills - Bud Yinger 5.40" Colleyville Haslet - Jolene Franklin 5_.10" Arlington(east) • Debra Minea 477" -Don Buchanan 4.00" 'Ridglea Jim McAlister 4.50" Crestwood Hurst Bob Barry 2.44" Arlington(west) James Stallings 3.15" Rebecca Atwell 5.60" Pat.Gordon 2.10" - Diane Gatzke 3.30" Crowley Leslie McLeod 5.50" Riverside Arlington(south) Mary L.Walls 1.30" Keller Leonard Paul 4.18" David Elmore 1.94Eagle Mountain Lake iarles Bruce 4.87" River Oaks .; Arlington (southwest) Henry Roberts 5.50" Lost Creek Howard Bittle 2.50" - James Carroll 3.00" Eastern Hills Cecil Eppers 1.93" Roanoke - Alan Arthur 2.95" Saginaw Keith McDaniel 5.50" Sansom Park Alma Moore 4.00" Southlake Gary Monigold 3.50" Springtown IIIM Joe Samson 4.85" Stephenville Roger Russell 0.18" Summerfields - Charlcia Bullard 6.50" TCU area Gerald Wall 2.69" Western Hills (north) Gordon Seyfried 1.90" White Settlement Harold Holcomb 1.33" _ Willow Park ' Rupert Brown 0.68" DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF MAYOR CITY CNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF — DATE DISTRIBUTED 6 / /a? /0 / DATE OF ARTICLE (p/ c2 /0 NEWSPAPER FWST About 180,000 Oncor customers lacked electricity Thursday evening, lightning Jpollk.J U1dLCJ dLIUSS adlldllL Cuuluy and Anita Avenue: By DEANNA BOYD At Eagle Mountain Marina, Haltom City evacuated dboyd@star-telegram.corn the storm trapped a man'and' Girl Scout camp about 12:30 Still reeling from Wednesday night's eight teenagers in a docked p.m.Thursday on the east side thunderstorms, North Texas was boat, marina manager Kitty of Fossil Creek near Glenview hammered by another round Thurs- Wade`,said. She and a dock Drive as a precaution. day that knocked out power to thou"' hand climbed over mangledout power to thou"' hand ci. limbed ovresidents and businesses;, wood to get to them, but no uted sandbags to residents at caused flash flooding and hampered one was injured. their request,public works di- cleanup "The kids were pretty shak- rector Johnnie Reagan said. _ Lightning sparked fires in Fort en-up,"Wade said."It all hap- Keller Fire Chief Dan Gau- Worth,Hurst,Keller and Westlake and pened so fast" mont said firefighters provid- destroyed a house on Park Drive in Wade said the sky over Ea- ed a man on oxygen with a unincorporated Tarrant County; gle'Mountain Lake had turned,; portable generator after his where firefighters scrambled to lay "pitch black"'about 6:30 p.m. electricity went out lines from water tank trucks because Wednesday before what ap- And if the raucous thunder of the lack of hydrants. peared to be "a black funnel didn't wake residents early No serious injuries were reported cloud"descended on the area.. Thursday,their home security About 180,000 customers of Oncor "I looked outside and saw a systems might have. Irving- ® Online extras dock get lifted off the ground," based Brinks Home Security /82P,\See videos and photos of the she said. Then the roof start- reported a 25 percentincrease storms and get the latest updates and ed getting peeled off the man in alarms overnight, a spike complete forecast at star-telegram.com na.It was very loud." that a company spokesman The marina remained attributed mostly to strong Electric Delivery remained without closed Thursday as crews tried winds rattling windows. —between rounds of rain power at 8 p.m. Thursday, spokes- to survey the"millions of dol- Flights canceled woman Megan Wright said. During lags" in damage to the roof, At Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, the day000 cu was restored to about docks and boats,Wade said. hundreds of flights were can 200,000 customers,she said. The power was still out celed while others were de Between 1 a.m.and 10 p.m.Thurs and,' because some of the layed for several hours. day, 2.7 inches of rain`fell at Dallas/ boats have electric pumping Fort Worth-based Amer Fort Worth Airport, a record for thesystems, there was fear that can Airlines and its regional day: The rainfall put the area at an some could take too much wa- carrier, American Eagle, can- above-average level for the year. The ter and sink. celed 368 flights Thursday previous record was 1.19 inches in 1945. Were sort of racing morning. That is almost half against time here,"she said its daily flights out of D/FW airline spokesman Tim Smith Floodwaters said. With the rain came flooding. And although the skies Emergency crews across Tar- were relatively clear in the of rant County responded to ternoon, riot'all the"passen' high-water-rescue calls, in- gers whose flights were can- eluding more than 11 in Fort celed in the morning were Worth. able to reach their destina — But most were resolved` tions Thursday within minutes,and floodwa- "You will have passengers ters quickly receded,authori-` not able to get out until to- .— ties said. morrow or the next day," air- In south Hurst, :a creek port spokesman David Maga flooded several homes up to a na said. "It makes for a very foot deep inside: Water spill- difficult situation." mg over Big Bear Creek's / banks prompted authorities Apartments damaged in Keller to close Bear Creek In Arlington, lightning Parkway between Cindy Court sparked a fire at the Chatham mi DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE c, OF c2 1 MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNTR McDONALD COLLINS c. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARYREF DATE DISTRIBUTED / ( DATE OF ARTICLE �// ' / 0' NEWSPAPER FWST til'=,(j111 y„ t �. ,:if ,„---s, •1, : , ; ''':''',....,„ ,,„,,,..,-N''..---,./'''''' ' / , ' ,,,,,, _33 e _ mw ra # ' x 4 "' . CKs Antonio Pena,left,who works at Shadow.Creek Apartments in Euless,cleans up roofing that was blown off during the thunderstorms Wednesday night. STAR-TELEGRAM/KELLEY CHINN' Creek Apartments in the 2500. roofs at the Bear Creek and When the roof blew- off — blockofThomason Circle,dis- Shadow Creek apartments in V1;ednesday night,water dam P about a dozen fami Euless, exposing residents to aged most of the rest of their lies. the elements. belongings. Jermeyer Floyd said_ he At the Bear Creek Apart "This is our second flood in — didn't think ,much about ments, Juanita Kelly ducked 30 days," Wallace said. "I'm crashing thunder Wednesday underyellowFireDepartment hungry and exhausted." evening until a neighbor tape blocking her door Thurs Po on his door to say day morning to try to salvage Lake levels — the roof was on fire. furniture.Carpeinside Kelly's .The storms Thursday morn-. "It must have taken a while ground floor'apartment was ing brought the area into the for it to get going good, but soaked Wednesday n• ight "above average" rainfall level _ when that wind hit it,.all you `when water leaked through for the year, but that likely could see was a large glow," the light fixtures from the won't greatly affect lake levels Floyd said. damaged- unit .above. Red for the Tarrant Regional Water . Flames did not reach the Cross officials gave her a $50 District,which depends more — unitwhere Floyd,his wife and debit card and blankets, and on rain in its watershed to the. their two sons lived,but over she spent Wednesday night on west of the Me r- night rain soaked into cell- the floor in a vacant apart- So far, lake levels are rela ing,making it unsafe to enter. merit in the neighboring._ lively steady Rainfall between , — On Thursday morning, the Shadow Creek Apartments. . Bridgeport and Eagle.IGloun= couple watched as workers "Tonight, I don't know tam lakes would havea greater cleared fallen brick and gut where I am going sleep,"she impact on those lake levels, ters, disturbed that they were said. officials said. not allowed to retrieve their Robert A.Wallace and wife belongings. Jasmine Crae had recently Staff writers Andrea Ahles,Darren "It's a little frustrating,but I moved,from a ground floor Barbee,Aman Batheja,Alex Branch, _ realize that anything lost can apzrtiment in Bear:Creek to a Jessamy Brown,Dianna Hunt Nathaniel be replaced,"Floyd said."The top-floor unit in Shadow Jones,Melody McDonald,Mitch Mitch most important thing is that Creek after a neighbor's bath- en,Bryon Okada Domingo Ramirez Jr., no one was hurt." tub overflowed and mined Susan Schrock and Chris Vaughn con- Strong winds peeled back many of their.possessions. tributed to this report.