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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-06-11 Euless Articles DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE l/ fit ' .MAYOR CITY CVCL CITYATT,NY CRIM 1NCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT McDONALD COLLINSrC. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED l(' I it I ° DATE OF ARTICLE /S f/ C NEWSPAPER FWST CHEERS AND JEERS Cheers:To the Euless Water Depart- ment for quickly responding to my call concerning a leak at my home. Within a ctay,the leak was found and fixed. Cheers also for replacing sod that had been dug up to get to the leak.Your quick work saved hundreds of gallons. —Rob Dahlen,Euless L L o i DISTRIBUTED TO: P4 GE ' OF l__ MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY CRIM MCK4MIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CVT McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED le / i l I I0 DATE OF ARTICLE NEWSPAPER FUST — SEE IT IN THE STAR ,„ Smith ■Spencer Smith has served as patrol leader and assistant patrol leader.He received the World Conservation and Order of the Arrow awards.Smith's I service project entailed design- ing,planning and supervising the planting of a xeriscape at Bed- ford Heights Elementary.Smith 7 is a member of First Baptist Church of Euless and recently graduated from L.D. Bell,where he was drum captain in the marching band and participated in Mu Alpha Theta and the National Honor Society. He is the son of Todd and Nancy Smith of Euless. 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 - DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF / .MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY A TTNY CRIM MCK4MIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT 11cDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY.4 DMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED CQ I ( 1 ' 1° DATE OFARTICLE l t: / 0 NEWSPAPER F{iST ORK FACES ■The H-E-B Chamber of Commerce announced the gradu- - ation of the 2010 H-E-B Leadership Class during the May chamber membership luncheon. The 2010 graduates are: Steve Bowden,city of Hurst;Kay Brown,city of Bed- ford;Ryan Clifford and Zsanett Clifford,Veritas Pay- - ment Solutions;Martha Eberlain,MidCities Dental;Rog- er Fisher,Qualtex;Jeanne Green,Bedford library;Mi- nyon Levels, H-E-B Chamber of Commerce; Michael McCann,Chesapeake Energy;Chris Orona,Baylor Fe- ' gional Medical Center at Grapevine;Walter Ott,Carter BloodCare; Kim Rocha, Alliance for Children; Connie Scott-Ortiz,city of Euless;Nancy Smith,Todd Smith Law Firm;and Shea Stanfield-McGarrah,H-E-B school dis- trict. 1 .1 DISTRIBUTED TO: P I GE ( OF MAYOR CITYC:A'CL CITY ATT\Y CRIM MCKflIIE BROIf'.V" YOUNG AA"/MAL C.-AT — McDO;'SALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ARVIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED (t" DATE OF ARTICLE :.c' / 4' /6-1 .VEW SPAPER FWST Golf course artwork is conversation piece "Most of the people ask what it is,"one worker says. doubts when she saw the con- more than 20 students to Tex- "I don't know what to tell them." cept drawing.When she heard as Star to attack a pile of the explanation, she under- branches with hatchets and By TERRY EVANS on Texas 80 to 90 times a day. stood. saws to erect the sculpture. tevans@star-teiegram.com "I don't really understand Saleh explained Symphony Anchored with rebar,heavy EULESS—As a Texas Star Golf it," said LaFond, who shuttles on Texas eloquently. The limbs serve as sturdy columns — Course cart attendant, Jerry guests from the parking lot to limbs and branches, she said, on which the intricate net- LaFond drives by Sytnphony the clubhouse. represent the people coming work of branches is built. Perched near a trio of post to Texas and to Texas Star.The Wood screws and wire hold — oaks on a grassy hill in front of discs represent the weather critical junctures together. Its the Bird's Fort Pavilion, the that greets them. creators built it to last,and Sa- ikebana sculpture can't be "The big blue discs are the leh said it should remain missed.It most closely resem- cold and the snowstorms that through the end of June. — bles an intricate wooden we had last winter," she said. "They worked from 8 a.m. fence. Its 20-or-so-foot length "The smaller discs, as you go until 4 p.m.with the tempera- has interlaced segments of forward,are the changes in the ture in the high 90s,"she said. limbs and branches, several weather from the silvery "The Japanese masters' fare- — large blue plastic discs and a spring through to the gold of well was that Euless had been few dozen old CDs. the hot summer sun." the best place they've worked. Some CDs have elaborate The representative nature They got a lot of attention and labels, some are solid colors, of ikebana can best be appre- had so much fun." and others are plain. They're ciated through meditation, While their business here attached to the sculpture by Saleh said.Its 600-year history was teaching, the ikebana thin wires. The slightest is rooted in Japanese Bud- masters' mission was friend- breeze makes them jitterbug dhism, and Saleh quoted a ship,said Saleh,who is a first- and flash brilliantly. Buddhist priest who said,"You degree master in the Ohara "Most of the people ask can only learn to meditate School of ikebana. She said what it is," LaFond said of his when you can hear the rocks she learned from her mother, — riders. "I don't know what to grow."Traditional ikebana us- Martha Meese, who was a tell them." es flowers in its arrangements. grandmaster. But Euless Mayor Mary Lib But the three ikebana teach- For those who have trouble Saleh does. "It's really been a ers who conceived Symphony understanding Symphony on — showstopper,"she said. "Art is on Texas are from the Sogetsu Texas, Saleh said, an explana- truly art only in the eye of the School.For them,virtually any tory sign will soon be posted beholder." material is fair game. nearby. She wanted to give Those who behold Sym- The three women — mas- people a week or so to try to - phony on Texas either like it or ters Eiko Arai and Yoshiko Ka- figure it out on their own.• don't,Texas Star General Man- to and advanced student Nori- "If you stand and meditate ager Glenda Shelton said. ko Kokuryo — taught classes and know the title, you can "I actually like it,"she said. the week of May 24 in Fort have your own story of what it "There have been positive and Worth. Saleh said that when means to you," she said. "Art negative comments. But, if they complete a week of appeals to everyone in a differ- nothing else, it's been a con- teaching, "they leave some- ent way." — versation starter." thing behind." Shelton said she had her On May 29, they brought TERRY EVANS,817-390-7620 DISTRIBL'TED TO: PAGE OF -�— S MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTI'Y CRIM MCK4MIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL C.NT McDON.9LD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED I I ! / L" DATE OF ARTICLE 1 /( // O NEWSPAPER FWST EULESS — � s i '4 V r €` - « .. — e; 4 '� is-. ` . •'' rt. r., I ' '' ' * ' q* - ' - it tot ' Illr , c:,-- , ,:om, r � ,i tr 3� ' �` ' � < 3.:_t, ff .� � '� *"IF N �---...3 },F'%�. � � 4�� <; iff. fit lim . '''''rt, - ,^ '.:.;g- .1..-4 ii ,t ,. i TAN 1_ 7 ill- - 4! e. # '"kms • f e �"S ppm �e F �`. '., '"As' ...........- . ;#00?" — t ti. — f / f 1'/ e I 'o it ,.. — STAR-TELEGRAM/JOYCE MARSHALL "The big blue discs are the cold and the snowstorms that we had last winter,"says Mayor Mary Lib Saleh,who also knows ikebana. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF 1 ILAYOR CITYC.VCL CITYATTVY CRM IICKALWIE BRO L V YOUNG -1.NLITAL CA'T McDONALD COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN. LIBRARY REF HIRTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED 12 ( I 1 I (U DATE OF ARTICLE ' l -7 / / 0 NEWSPAPER FWST — GIVING i SCHOOLS S, Program gives animals chance at homes - The GAP students"knocked our euthanasia down at least =� - 70 percent,"a shelter official _ fir a says. By TERRY EVANS tevans@star-telegram.com Yyi,; — EULESS—A girls group at Trin- .. O# ity High School is doing its part \ to find homes for pets at the Eu- — less Animal Shelter. , W13.‘ w' Students in the Girl's Aware c.,e ness Program, or GAP help take __ care of pets at the shelter, con- iiiiir. .-,-. ,ty — duct fundraisers and promote e- i r adoptions. Animal Services Supervisor 3 - ,- Lar James said GAP is the best TO ,-- Larry �� SPECIAL THE STAR-TELEGRAM/BOB BOOTH thing that has happened at the Stephanie Cronk,left,a Trinity High School teacher and GAP sponsor,and shelter since it was built in 1977. senior Alice Church clean a cat last week at the Euless Animal Shelter. "They knocked our euthana • - sia down at least 70 percent,"he Euless Animal Shelter — said. "Most of the remaining 30 Ni 1517 Westpark Way;7 a.m.to 6 p.m.Mondays through Fridays and 9 percent is injured or sick wild- a.m.to 2 p.m.Saturdays. life, sick dogs and cats and feral ■Call 817-685-1594 or go to www.eulesstx.gov/animal for more in- cats that can't be adopted." formation on adoptions. j Betsy Deck,Euless comma- "I really love animals,"said "A lot of things get done at nications director,said that's Monique Oatis, a senior. "I the shelter that wouldn't get the most tangible reason GAP want to be a vet when I grow done if GAP wasn't there,"Piz1.1 - received the city's 2009 Youth up.All of the people I know in zuto said. Volunteer of the Year Award. GAP want to be vets." it "They are down there every English teacher Steffenie James said GAP makes easier to get animals adopteds weekend, walking, brushing Vela, who founded the club not only by advertising them and loving on the pets," Deck eight years ago and is its lead on the Internet but also by re- said. "They also host two fun- sponsor, said a number of ducing adoption fees. The draisers a year for the animal people at Trinity are involved shelter's fees, which include shelter. For teenagers to do- in the program. vaccinations and mandatory nate such a significant chunk Vela said Stephanie Cronk, spay or neuter, are$155 for a of their free time to the animal an English as a second Ian- male dog and up to$250 for a shelter is incredible." guage teacher, photographs female.Cats are$99 for a male Danielle Dreyer, who was the dogs and cats and posts and$135 for a female. 7 GAP president until she grad- them on such websites as Pet- But GAP-sponsored adop- uated last week, still volun- finder and Adopt-a-Pet.Other dons, whether dogs or cats, teers at the shelter. educators, like Lory Palmer, are$50 for males and$75 for "We try to come every Mon- Beth Pizzuto and Linda Munz, females. day," she said. "Some girls try work alongside the students. Alice Church, a junior, said to train the dogs and make The adults also administer im more than 300 dogs and cats and needs more a ost them easier to adopt." munizations against diseases XP The girls also give cats the such as parvo. were adopted last year be- she said. loving attention they crave. cause of GAP "We come to this shelter because it's off the beaten path TERRY EVANS,817-390-7620 — DISTRIBUTED TO: �( PAGE OF MAYOR CITYC,VCL CITYATT,VY GRIM ti1CKAbiIE BROWN YOU,VG ANIMAL CNT 1�cDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYA/D.NI,V LIBRARY REF H.4RTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED I1 DATE OF ARTICLE �( L' NEWSPAPER FWST L 0 .'. 'ter =., f s }-ff , L ,,,;261:sitsiti : 0,:‘, „ __ kx e �•. as h ° x > , -r ,� y, a, .;$ 5 0 ... �. a5 cr - , y4. � / XQ;„,, , , ... •'-‘4,---2-*" ,,..,,,j,, , 5 `3 '�� • 4 1.,�., i; SFEC!AL TO THE STAR-TEL BOOTH ' , Above, Alice Church, center, � i GAP vice brother / 'f'i. Bailey Church �' and Monique Oatis help so- L 'Ilt ''; - cialize a group 4 of dogs last ;h week. At left, two of the shel -*****'*Iii ter dogs get ac- - quainted. TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM BOB BOOTH SPECIAL / in t DISTRIBI'TED TO: PAGE ' OF I .11AYOR CITYC.VCL CITY ATT\l GRIM MCKAMIE BROII_V IOC..VG A,VI.11AL CN'T McDO;S:-ILD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBKARY.ADAMN' LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED ( 1 ( 1 ( 1 CD DATE OF ARTICLE LI 1 I �-' I 1 ---' ,VEIi-SPAPER FRST FINANCE nificant part of their budgets.Ar- Municipal collections lington had the best perfor- Here's a look at sales tax collet WIN - Sales-tax revenue mance among the larger Tarrant tions in Tarrant County cities.The cities,with a 5.4 percent increase figures represent the percent up for 2nd month compared with the same month change for sales taxes collected in in 2009,and a 4 percent increase April and returned to the cities by in a row in Texas for the first four months of the the Texas comptroller's office. year. City Change Arlington's budget manager, Arlington 5.40 Government officials hope the Mike Finley, said the Highlands Bedford 2.89 economy is finally on the rebound. shopping center and the Arling- ton entertainment district seem Blue Mound 7.63 By MIKE LEE to beg roducin most of the in- Colleyville 0.71 - mikelee@star-telegram.com p crease. Crowley -0.70 Sales-tax revenue increased for the sec- We're cautiously optimistic," Dalworthington Gardens 25.16 and straight month,indicating that some he said. Edgecliff Village 32.73 parts of the state's economy are beginning Most cities are beginning to Euless 7.01 _ to rebound, according to figures released Everman -8.30 by the Texas comptroller's office. plan their budgets for the next fiscal year, and many are pre Forest Hill -5.07 Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said dieting a decline in revenue be Fort Worth 2.27 the increase-0.1 percent over June 2009 Grand Prairie -3.34 - cause the economic downturn -came from retail sales,oil and gas activ- has also eaten into their proper Grapevine -8.30 ity,and restaurants.Taxes from construc- h tax base. Haltom City -9.01 ttion and manufacturing continued to de- "We're still looking at a gap.If Haslet 62.72 dine. Sales taxes dropped for 14 straight Hurst -2.05 - sales taxes continue to perform months, until showing a slight increase it'll mitigate that," Finley said. Keller -8.98 last month. Fort Worth has the most seri Kennedale 37.73 "While overall economic conditions ous budget problem,with a pro Lake Worth -2.34 and sales-tax revenues appear to be stabi- jetted$77 million shortfall. Lakeside 19.66 lizing,there remains a risk of further dere- Tax collections were up 2.3 Mansfield 5.67 ion, before a sustained recovery is percent in Fort Worth, although North Richland Hills -1.55 under way,"Combs said. they're still down about 2 per- Pantego -11.78 Sales taxes to cities in Texas declined cent for the first four months of Pelican Bay 282.48 1.5 percent compared with June 2009,but the ear. Richland Hills 1.99 cities in Tarrant County fared better,with a y River Oaks -3.36 0.9 percent increase in sales taxes, and "It's obviously a good news story. We've reached bottom Saginaw 14.50 some local cities are faring even better. Sansom Park -4.47 anng a very d we may be beginni This month's figures reflect sales taxes long, slow recovery," Fort Worth Southlake -6.31 that were collected in April. Watauga 4.93 Most cities rely on sales taxes for a sig- budget officer Horatio Porter Westlake -0.69 - said. Westworth Village 2.00 White Settlement 2.87 MIKE LEE,817-390-7539 County total 0.92 DISTRIBI TED TO: /PAGE OF I 11.1 YOR CITY CVCL CITY -1 TTA Y CRIai 1ICK,-I WIE BROWN VOL VG A:VLIL IL CVT ,11cDO\ALD COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADAMS" LIBR.IRYREF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED �:=" �/I �7 ( DATE OF ARTICLE ti / /e// NEWSP 1PER FUST Ex-boyfriend kidnaps Euless woman, police say Thursday, June 10, 2010 By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. ramirez©star-telegram.com A Euless woman was kidnapped by an ex-boyfriend Wednesday night and held captive for almost an hour before she was released in Fort Worth, Euless police said. The woman was found in good condition, police said. Euless police continued to investigate the incident on Thursday. Police received the report shortly after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday from an apartment complex in the 200 block of Martha Drive in Euless. Witnesses told Euless police that they saw the woman, who lived in the complex, being forced into a car by a man. A witness told police that the woman had said, "I don't want to go." The man placed her in a car and drove away, police said. Investigators later determined that the man was an ex-boyfriend. Officers obtained the woman's cell phone number and contacted her. During conversations with police, the woman confirmed that she had been kidnapped and she was being held against her will, authorities said. Shortly before 8:25 p.m., the man released the woman in Fort Worth, police said. She was able to tell officers during a phone conversation that she had been released and she then returned to Euless, police said. No one has been arrested.