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"Katie" Matzke-Edwards, 59,
left the arms of her loving fam-
S ily Saturday,Jan. 22, 2011, to
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; join her beloved Bobby.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 2
1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at St.
Michael Catholic Church, 3713
Harwood Road,Bedford.
MEMORIALS: In lieu of
flowers,contributions to Cath
olic Charities of Fort Worth in
Katie's honor would be appreci-
a ated by the family.
The loss felt by her family is
1A lessened knowing Katie strived
to live her life to the fullest
, 1 ' each day -- a woman with a
�� � purpose and a willingness to
give her all to achieve her goals.
� Katie' filled her life with her
., love of family,horseback riding,
a , Toastmasters, charity involve-
ment and spending time with
Bobby,her sons and daughter-
in-laws,and her beloved grand-
. children at their Lake Texoma
vacation home. Katie's com-
mitment to her community
was reflected in her service as
lector at St. Michael Church in
— Bedford, visiting church mem-
bers in hospitals and nursing
homes. She served on the Eu-
less City Council 1995 to 1999;
.. Euless'advisory board for so-
cial concerns;crime control and
prevention district board; and
the Hurst-Euless-Bedford teen
court advisory board 1993-
' 1999.
Katie was a graduate of
Michigan State University in
East Lansing,Mich.She moved
to Euless in 1984 to embark on
a long career with Abbott Lab-
oratories in Irving, and retired
in 2007.
She was preceded in death
— by her husband, Bobby Ed-
wards,and her father,Thomas
Courtney.
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HEB Chamber of Commerce
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Lunch and Tour
Jan. 6
JPS Health Network HEB hosted
its Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Tour.
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Tarrant restaurants raise their game
Eats Beat O Nonna TataBud drink besides iced tea,bring it.
adds special Saturday hours North Main BBQ is open
—and North Main BBQ will Kennedy Fridays through Sundays. On
bud@ Monday and all week next
open all week. star-telegram corn
week, the line will open daily
Never in 30 years has prize- at 11 a.m. Closing time is 9
winning North Main BBQ eat barbecue with friends on p.m., 4 p.m. Sundays.
opened on weekdays. Fridays;'he said. "We've been getting so ma
Never until next week, that Soon after they started ny friends who saw us on Face-
is, when the Euless office- smoking ribs out back of book or the Internet," Green
turned-barbecue-cafe will Green's Trucking in 1982,they said.
serve all week for visitors to the added a Saturday lunch.Next, North Main BBQ is at 406
Super Bowl and Stock Show. they moved the serving line in- N. Main St., north of Texas
Hubert Green, 84, says he to an old bar next door and 183, Euless; 817-267-7821,
had never opened weekdays named it North Main BBQ. northmainbbq.com.
because he never meant to turn It's still informal: $12 buys a
the family trucking business help-yourself trip through a
on Euless' North Main Street buff t of hickory-smoked
into a full-time restaurant. briget, sausage, chicken,
"This started out as just a pork, St.Louis ribs and sides.
place for us to drink beer and If you want something to
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Higher water costs _
passed to consumers _
0 More rate increases "Water will become a scarce
are coming as demand resource.We need to have water
grows. conservation.water —
By Steve Norder management to keep those
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increases down.
Most area cities are pay- Colleyville Mayor David Kelly —
ing more for water and Kelly
wastewater treatment, Clark said the author- But officials say Col-
and that means residents month and returns ity was aware of cities'fi- leyville can no longer af-
will likely see higher wa- 10,000 gallons of waste- nancial positions, so it ford to do that. —
ter bills. water, will pay an addi- made a number of budget By 2015, the authori-
North Richland Hills tional$1.75 per month. 'uts. ty's higher rates would
recently announced that The increases will "We cut $230,000 out not leave the city with _
its residents will see an likely be the first of a se- f controllable costs,"she enough money to repair
average increase of $2.21 ries through at least 2015, aid. The overall author- or replace its waterlines
per month to cover the officials said. ty budget for 2011 is al- and equipment.
higher rates charged by By then, the Trinity [Host$199.3 million. Another factor, Leake —
the Trinity River Author- River Authority is pro- Fort Worth also cited said, is ensuring that the
ity and Fort Worth, the jecting that the price.for he higher costs of raw city takes in enough
city's suppliers. North water will be 26 cents per water and costs for capital money to satisfy debt ob-
Richland Hills passed 1,000 gallons higher than Projects as reasons for its ligations. —
along the higher charges today and the cost ofugher rates. To avoid a large in-
to residents. sending back wastewater For some Colleyville crease on residents who
Westlake increased its will be 62 cents per 1,000 esidents who use little use less water,the council
rates starting Jan.1,citing gallons higher. i.vater, the rate increase agreed to raise the mini- —
a 10 percent increase in The authority has said will be the first since mum bill by just the au-
costs. Fort Worth resi- that it is facing higher I thority's increased
dents also saw their rates costs in obtaining raw 1989. amount, setting the new
go up. Euless raised its water and meeting state Since then, residents minimum at $12.10 for —
rates Oct. 1 for users of and federal regulations have paid a minimum bill water and$8.80 for sew-
more than 2,000 gallons and that it needs updated of$12 for water and$8.60 er.
per month. facilities to treat and for sewer service that in- Also,any of the future —
And the Colleyville transport water and cluded the first 2,000 authority increases will
City Council decided to wastewater. The area's gallons each of usage, be applied to the mini-
pass along higher costs population growth is in- said Terry Leake, assis- mum bill.
from the Trinity River creasing those needs, of- tant city manager. To keep prices from —
Authority to residents, ficials said. Customers who used gong even higher, Col-
starting with the Febru- All member cities of more than that paid more. leyville Mayor David
ary bills payable in the authority will pay a The city had been charg- Kelly urged residents to
March. The average combined $2.2 million ing an additional $3.48 not waste water. —
homeowner, who uses more for water and sewer for every 1,000 gallons "Water will become a
15,000 gallons of water a services this year than more of water and $2.27 scarce resource,"he said.
ast year, said Michelle for every 1,000 extra gal- "We need to have water
conservation, water
lark, Trinity River Au- Ions of wastewater. —
ority spokeswoman. "A As the rates the city management to keep
'We over $1 million of was charged went up,the those increases down:'
hat cost increase is for city absorbed the in-
hat
water," she said, creases for the minimum —
'About $1.3 million is for bill.
debt service?'