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Stewart raised the most cash of any candidate in the The campaigns are long over, but final spending re- city, $1,046, but was defeated by Marie Hinkle, who 1 ports from area municipal elections did not come in un- spent $650. Stewart spent $548 in the last reporting til late last week. period. By state law candidates are required to file three re- Jeff Newsom, another candidate in the Place 1 race, ports — timed 30 days before, five days before and 30 raised and spent only$141 in his campaign. 1 days after the election. In the Place 3 race, Councilman Richard Davis re- No real surprises surfaced in reports filed for the pe- ported raising$141 and spending $70 in the last report- rind March 24 through April 27. Candidates who had ing period. spent money in the past kept spending it,and those who His opponent, Russell Johnson, did not file a report. 1 didn't spend it before,didn't spend it. Place 4 Councilman Dick Fisher reported raising In Bedford, scene of the season's most active cam- $1.73 and spending$193 during the last reporting period. paigning, the victors were not always the big spenders. His opponent,Peter Eggert, did not file a report. In the 1 three-way Place 1 race, Stanley Cramb, who The three-way Place 7 race was not a high-ticket won the race with 844 votes, spent a total of only item. $1,371.23 in his bid for election. Councilman Harold Newman spent only $416 in the His nearest. oppoaient, Terry Sandlin, who received last reporting period and his major opponent, Sid Cav- 395 votes,spent$2,758. anaugh.reported spending$461 for the whole campaign. 1 The third Place 1 candidate, Dennis Carpenter, re- Overall Newman said he spent$713. ceived 376 votes and spent only $221 in his final month W.D. "Bill" Whitaker, the third candidate in the of campaigning. Place 7 race, reported spending less than $14 in his In total he spent $1,055. campaign. 1 In the close Place 3 race, where Pat Rucker narrowly Though he last, Whitaker may be the most efficient defeated Joe Stanton in votes, she easily outpaced him campaigner in the-Mid-Cities. With 141 votes, his $14 in spending. means he spent only 10 cents per vote, compared to Ms. Rucker spent $3.883 for her 881 votes, while Sandlin's $7 per vote in Bedford. 1 Stanton spent$676 for his 746 votes. In the Birdville School Board Place 6 mice, Jack Ter- Place 5 incumbent Ed Walters showed no expendi- ry raised and.spent $822 in his successful re-election tures in his victory over Greg Gambill. No report was campaign. filed by Gambill. One of his opponents, J.G. Hailey, spent and raised 1 Neal Adams, Hurst-Euless-Bedford school board no money in his campaign. president,defeated opponent Alvin Clark,2,222 votes to His other opponent,Carroll Brents,spent$768 in his_._. 903, and showed expenditures of$3,472, more than any campaign. candidate in the area. In the Richland Hills race, three top spenders won 1 ! Adams was also listed as contributing $100 to Ms. the at-large seats on the council. Rucker's campaign. Bruce Auld spent more than $1,000. Tom Harvey j Euless candidates were more active in the last month spent$536 and Dorothy Hurdle spent$615 in their suc- of campaigning than in the previous reports. cessful election bids. 1 Place 4 incumbent Willie.Mae McCormick, who de- Al Rodgers raised the most money, $906, but spent feated Scott Heitman in the April 2 electibn,spent$990 only $250. Leonard Ayres said he spent $150 in the last in the final reporting period and $1,332 overall. reporting period. jHeitmnn spent$768 in the final days of the campaign Gary Bode reported spending $373 in his unsuccess- 1 and spent$1,404 in total expenses. ful bid. In the Place 2 race in Euless, incumbent councilman In Hurst, Frances Johnson reported spending $1,234 flul) Eden reported spending $485 for his campaign. His for her unsuccessful Place 2 bid. Her opponent, Larry opponent, Don Oxford, reported spending $120 this re- Frazer, reported spending $2,130 in his successful 1 porting period and $574 overall. campaign. Mavor Harold Samuels, running unopposed for his In Place 1, winner Charles Swenrengen spent a total . sent,spealt$15.1 on his campaign, of $A75, while his opponent, F.A. "Muddy" Spraggins, In North Richland Hills, Place 1 candidate Gerald spent a total of$682. 1 1 1 i Continued from Page 1A and Hurst in 1955 and then Bedford you'd been used to seeing it real in 1959. busy. and anti-growth community con- . "Because there's no way Hurst, "1 think Euless suffered kind of a trols," Sustaire said. Even if land Euless or Bedford could have indi- setback from that, said Baker, who I had not been priced out of reach, vidually what they have now, he was stuck on Highway 10 like the materials to build on it were affected said. "You can't say enough for others. by the high inflation of the early them." "Now there's almost as much '70s. . One other key to the city's growth traffic out there as there was "No one wanted to invest,to take was its purchase-in 1965 of the wa- before." that gamble." ter-sewer system for Euless and That has led Euless officials to • While Euless was at a standstill, Bedford for $5.5 million through work for revitalizing the Highway 10 however, its municipal neighbors to revenue bonds. Bedford bought its area ` the west were booming. Hurst got its part out in 1969. tax-generating North East Mall, and Late last month the City Council Bedford "took off,"Sustaire said. Mayor Harold Samuels said the took the fust formal step toward se- "All of that has just now bled owner of the system, Royce Wisen- curing low-interest Industrial Reve- over into Euless. baker of Tyler,balked at selling just nue Bonds for the area.And a couple "We're the last to develop," he Euless part of the system. of new businesses have alredy moved said: They wanted to sell all of the to Highway 10, including Softball "It's the only frontier left." Bedford-Euless system," he said. World, a professional-quality park Euless was a frontier of another "That's why today we still have our for softball that is drawing teams sort when Bobby Baker,then 9 years main water barn in Bedford. from throughout the Metroplez. old,moved to the town from Vernon ' "The people who were my prede- Bob Eden, a city councilman and in 1954. cessors felt like the city would never owner of Century 21 Bob'Eden Real "There was no city then, no city grow beyond a certain point without Estate Inc.,believes the city is work- of Euless," Baker said. Only the owning their own water system." ing its way to a"big event"compara- "Village of Euless" had been incor- Samuels said another fortunate ble to Hurst's Bell Helicopter plant. porated in 1953.The city adopted its move was establishing the city's mu- "I think ours is in the making current home-rule charter almost 10 nicipal complex in 1966 on 17 acres right now,"said Eden,who was born years later, in July 1962. fronting what would become Airport and grew up in the town."Euless has "My dad started out with nothing Freeway. grown probably more than city offi- here,"said Baker,who has inherited Building the complex came dur- cials a few years ago would have the B&B Auto Parts and B&B ing one of the steady periods of thought in the past three or four Wrecker Service on Highway 10. growth. The population jumped years. "The city has been good to us." quickly in the late '509 and early "We're Being interest in That's not to say, though, the '60s, then was steady until the air- commercial." small businessman hasn't felt ups port speculation choked it. In the He said the city is continuing to and downs. last three or four years, the growth prosper because of its Conservative "The airport actually hurt us has picked up again,and many new- leadership, both on the council and more than helped," he said. "We're comers in and out of the city connect in the administration. just now recovering from that. Euless to its modernistic city com- "Some people don't always agree "I• feel like Euless has been a plex and sundial. with us," he said, "but we've really stepchild to Arlington, Hurst, Irving "Our city complex gives us a lot planned tried to plan ahead for the and the other areas,"he said. of identity,"Samuels said. "It's hard future. "I think they got a head start on to get any identity in the Mid-Cities "You just don't have a crystal us and that's the way it's going to with Dallas on one side and Fort ball to see what's going to happen." stay I hate to say that — a resi- Worth on the other." One example would be the com- dential community with very little Opening the freeway itself, how- mercial strip zoning along Highway shopping and very little industry." ever, hurt the businesses established 10, which some say was made obso- He'd like to see that change, but along Highway 10, which had been lete by Airport Freeway. holds out little hope right now. the main route between Dallas and As for changes in the city itself,- "Euless is an awfully good area, Fort Worth. Eden sees only one major change though,"he said. Baker said his auto parts business from the days he worked on his "It's got a lot of good people. slowed down considerably, as did dad's dairy farm. "I've known a lot of people other commercial firms. Wilshire "It's just a faster pace, really, who've moved out and then come Village still has not fully recovered that's all,of doing things. back." from the loss of traffic in the early "I think the quality of people has One thing that improved the liv- `70s. stayed." ing in Euless was the consolidation "Why, there were days when half Tomorrow — A look at what of the school districts, first Euless a dozen cars would go by, where might be in store for Euless. JASTRISLTED Tn CITY CCUNCI' '1 ffi galsOK :: . Euless ® � �, Porterfield takes Camber r ei ns de' velo/ppment plans Contied fromPa e 1 By LOUIS PORTER II quest to dead end Benbrow but not It was a year which saw mem Star-Telegram Writer Crowe. bership in the H-E-B Chamber Developer Ben Brooks will be al- A traffic safety report requested swell to 1,300, as the population ' lowed to build his condominiums, by the council on Bell Ranch Ter- of its constituent cities grew to houses and offices in Euless' Bell race stated: approximately 130,000. The Ranch Terrace Addition now that •The development could double Chamber staff has been receiving he has complied with City Council existing traffic on Signet, Kynette an average of 2,500 requests for 1 standards for traffic flow. and the northern section of Wil- demographic information each Council members had previously shire,although variations of driving month,said Grubbs. tabled the request for a zoning habits would offset the problem. change from residential to a e The intersection of Toplea and Among those receiving special 1 ! planned development for multifam- Farm Road 157 is an area for safety awards Thursday night was Gail ily and commercial,but approved it concern. Oxford Biggers, named member- this week.Brooks'plan calls for 270 •A north-south thoroughfare be of-the-year. condominiums, two office spaces tween Wilshire and Farm Road 157 1 and 24 single-family attached hous- is recommended. ing units on 24 acres. Council members are considering Councilman Ron Sternfels called a plan that would allow Brooks and other owners to share the costs for the amended development plana reasonable alternative. Sternfels improving streets.A hearing would 1 and other council members were necessary before the council co concerned about compatibility of could act. In other business, members au the remainder of Bell Ranch Ter race with Brooks'development and licethonse f city staff members to get a 1 instructed city planners to consider license for the extension of property. an overall plan for the addition. ies Boulevard onto airport property. Developers of Villages of Bear "Staff is considering requesting a Creek, a 700 acre commercial and community unit package for R-3 residential complex,would pay the 1 zoning allowing similar land use on cost of extending the thoroughfare. the property surrounding Brooks' Mayor Harold Samuels said the property,"said Rod Tyler,a Euless extension will create a"city street j planner. R-3 zoning would allow on airport property." 1 multifamily housing of up to 12 units Officials said extending the east- per acre. west street would would ease traffic The council approved Brooks're- problems on Glade Road. e 1 1 H -B Chamber looks ahead E By DAVID DOREMUS functions. Daily News Staff Writer In his annual report, outgoing 1 president George Grubbs, Jr. listed the recent debut of the Chamber's D/FW AIRPORT — Some 200 magazine "Esprit" as one of the ; members of the Hurst-Euless-Bed- highlights of his administration, . 1 along with the growing popularity of f' ford Chamber of Commerce and the monthly breakfast seminars on IL their spouses filled the East Tower business-related topics, the addition R Ballroom of the D/FW AMFAC Ho- of a business counselor to the Cham- , t tel Thursday night for the organiza- ber's regular staff, and the more 1 tion's 30th annual banquet and than 100 ribbon-cuttings and grand membership meeting. openings at which the Chamber offi- The prevailing mood was bubbly ciated during the past year. tt — even by the effervescent stan- dards common to most Chamber See PORTERFIELD, Page 5 GLENN PORTERFIELD M i 1 a4 c C Iq ce of s uc. ..c,sss E�vider� N • •'s skill at training investigators ' Examination scores attest to Officer's, i, €� By Neal Farmer with domestic problems and you don't have enough time In in_gat the TC.IC facility. No one ' — — Special 10 The News other situations often encoun- get everything done," Clark failed to be licensed from that tered in police work. said. He said the job can turn class,he said. EULESS—The rookie police- The academy employs people from fun to highly dangerous (n fact, Clark said, the class man approaches the car from from the TCJC' drama depart- in moments. scores were among the hest in behind — the scene of what ment to portray eyli ewitnesses at "A lot of them c•onne to the the stat°. could he a murder. He and his simulated crime scenes. Faculty academy thinking poce work "We feel like ,i•, rc �;i,ing.a partner—also a novice—stars niemhers. are used as mock is a thrill a minute. The}. t;et good,quality product to the stu- ant into it and find it's not so.Some dents — the state licensing looking for clues with the ut- Brand juries, and Tarr, ' most care. County assistant district attor- then either change professions speaks for itself. They did a Int As one of the policemen neys evaluate the officers' or become so dissatisfied we ask better than we thought they cases. them to change professions,' would,"the instructor said. j moves behind the car to survey Frequently, the drama Clark said. "%'nti can set a man down the other side,he is stopped.lie � school witnesses will be in- "It's no disgrace to fail at the and tell him, 'This is what the has stepped on the tracks left by � structed to say that they have academy; not everyone is cut law says,' but then when yrni the automobile and has drawn a gentle rebuke from his teacher,violent criminal backgrounds, out to he a policeman" take tiomenntand say, "Phis is making the first-year officers Since Sept. 1•e%eryone enter- what the law says and this is who had set up the scene for ed ucatfonal purposes. ,:. especially suspicious. ing law enforcement has been how it is applied This is.what it ' Both rookies are students in "The rookie usually zeros in .required to take a test to he li- actually means to you for your the Regional Police Academy at on that person,"Clark said."We censed by the State of Texas, •job.' the Northeast Campus of Tar• let it go to a point and then Clark said.Since that time,only And l think that's import- the rant County Junior College in Point out that the person is just one class has completed train- ant." — — Hurst, and both are being a witness and is innocent until f• E — proven guilty. o. taught criminal investigation _1" e "Basically, we teach them by Lt. Richard Clark, head of. LL Euless' criminal investigation good common sense:how to use what they were born with:" A'di a N i m division. j s A native of Kansas City, 0 "The course is designed to bio:, m D teach them how to maintain the Clark.43,has been with the Eu- Z source of the crime,"Clark said. less Police Department eight E ' "We stress the majority of cases Years. His family moved to a lost are because evidence was Hurst in 1.951. Following gradu- 2Sca °tion from LDBell High .�' = cc . . lost with faulty initial contacts g c° ' on the case." School, he worked for an air- craft company for a year, then r Students are encouraged to went to work for the Hurst Po- I use their own ideas and are in- lice-Department, where he re• terrupted' by--teachers only u rarely during field exercises. mained until he moved to the , x , cc Euless department in 1976. o Currently, 14 students from In addition to teaching crim- (D 15 law enforcement depart• inal investigation at the TCJC , ments in Tarrant County are academy, Clark teaches gun studying at the academy. They safety at the school. ¢� T are trained for 360 hours, al—Only 30 people p le are allowed in though the state requires only each academy class because of £ r-o 320 hours,Clark said, the logistics of moving them toy c Fort Worth has its own I,,-)- the firing range and to field op- At, �w" %'` ' A a) lice academy and doesn't send erations. its rookies to the TCJC campus. One of the things the rookie ,�: °° but all other Tarrant County officers learn is that police x Y ronkies are trained at the facile work is not is exciting as many _ �u° ' ity.Clark said. TV shows make it appear,Clark � U Other topics include hall- said. , dling of weapons, civil and "Sometimes you go for days 4 c c criminal law and how to deal . and do nothing. Thenext day �m. �t ; 2 0, a r t a s �'1 F ifMK"1 J N Misr _ _;L-� To ' EiTY CdUNCIL curse. past , present, future Ant -%at * icil? 11gro th ,st _ f ._ C7�Z He left his name, but not much an 1895 book, "The Lone Star Pioneer else. State." Only his photograph hangs on a Euless was elected sheriff of Tar- wall in the Euless Public Library, a rant County in 1892. He served two 1 tall, slim man with dark hair, a terms. gaVe name moustache and goatee. But by that time, he had moved s� No monuments, no old "family hohis family from the settlement he to a City me." Elisha Adam Euless may have christened. He owned the first cot- had a larger impact in Tarrant ton gin in the area and called it"Eu- DISTRIBUTED TO County. He was listed among the less." Until that time, according to j _ \` prominent citizens of the county in See E.A., Page 3A LCITY COUNCIL EeAoEU1Vf leftamark Continued from Page 1A one source, it had been called ' "Endless." The first recorded land purchase by Euless was in 1881 from the-.J.P. Halford Survey. That survey was es- tablished in 1850 just north of the. present city of Euless and southwest of the junction of Big and tittle Bear Creeks. Before that, James P Halford and family had lived in Peters Colo- ny to the west, first recorded in 1844. e Euless, a farmer, was born'Sept. 26, 1848, in Haley, Bedford County, Tenn. He died Jan. 25, 1911,in Fort k ' k Worth. _ - His grandfather, Adam Euless, was a Tennessee native and pioneer " T •1 of that state. His father, Martin Eli- less, was born in 1818 in Tennessee and married Cassandra A. Bobo, r� daughter of Elisha Bobo, a South - a Carolina native and another Tennes- seepioneer. -' Euless'wife,Judie Ann Trigg Eu- f less, was born Sept. 5, 1839,in Bed- ` r ford County,Tenn.,and died Nov. 7, ;- 7. 1923, in Fort Worth. They were married in 1870 in Tarrant County. Photo courtesy Euless Publlc Llbrary The couple had four children, ` Elisha Adam Euless owned the first cotton gin and Martin, born in 1872; Suma, born in named his settlement "Euless" in the late 1800s. He 1874; Wiliam Edward (Ed), born in 1876; and Cassie, born in 1881. — later owned a store and post office and was elected Liz Newlin, Daily News :p8sistant sheriff of Tarrant County. editor. Last week, the National Federation for Decency picketed Playboy magazines. Do you think adult magazines should ti 5 * "I am against "They should be "No. I believe in "I think they "I don't go into 7- ;those magazines,pe- taken out of super- the freedom to be should be taken out Eleven because of riod. They are an of- markets, but I don't able to read what of drugstores and that, so I don't care :fence to God and know about conve- you want to. Every- convenience stores, whether they take it 'what he created. Ifnience stores. More time I see them they too. I don't think out or not. I don't -they are published, children go into su- have been away they should be any- like dealing with it." -• they should only be p e r m a r k e t s than from where children where where they — William Ken- sold in adult book- convenience stores, can see them and I sell publications of dall,Hurst stores. I prefer for and the supermar- think the pickets general interest." ;them not to be in kets are so big, they were just to keep — Janet Hyland, convenience stores can't watch every- minors away from Euless .where young people body who's looking them." have easy access to " at those magazines. — Margaret _ ' Z4 them. — Steve Siler, Young, Euless Beverly Wise, _Dallas Euless i 7-Eleven stores for selling Penthouse and betaken out of convenience stores? rt ? a �e L "A lot of little kids "No I don't think "I'm a Christian "I have mixed always go in there, they should be taken and I think it's feelings. If they do and I think they out, but they should wrong to have those sell them, they should do something, be sold responsibly things in a family should be kept be- anything, to get and only to people store. Even though hind the counter them out of the view who are old enough they only sell them where young people Per- of kids. Where they to know what they o peopler older,, years can't they sonally, I don't care them. Per- put them now isn't are getting into." o any good at all." — shouldn t be avail- for them, so it would Jim Craig, — Don Doeke able in family stores be good if they took Euless p Euless because they're just them out. I have a not decent." 12-year-old and I — Jessica Duhon, wouldn't want him Euless to get hold of one." — Susie Fagg, Euless CITY SURVEY OF,ALL CITY SERVICES CITY T WATER - SE1rVl_i? i SANITATION ADVALOREM TOTAL L1 TAXES :rth $235,20_ S135.00 $66.00 $7816.25 , Haltom.Citv 396.00 135.00 48.00 578.00 1157.00 174.00 57.00 c a Euless 267.00 189.60 60.00 595.00 1112.60 174.60 54.00 "7 7-4 Hurst 340.20 168.00 45.00 476.00 1029.20 C Watauga 331.92 210.00 58.80 425.00 1025.72 No. Richland Hills 331.92 210.00 58.80 425.00 1025.72 r J rx` 69.00 y 9100 38.60 48.00 551;65 . 017 25` 9.20 140.40 78.84 441,98 970 42 164.40 62.40 418.88,, 155.1$ S1.00 Richland Hills 345.24 139.08 45.00 394.15 923.47 x'75:00 V _.64.80 5 .ti 1.6.8.00. 72.00 336.40,, FEedford 242.64 a 129.48 57.00 469.63 898.75 43.44 "329'80 r X184 „i384.00 386.75 ` : 32,63147.48 63.00 265.20 722:8?'isrsero<h 122.40 4800 204.00 664.20s 225.00 139.20 66.00 240.55 604.75 .- +_ . , . 124.56 60.00 174.45 $96.8 Costs of cit services Y vary By GARY NICHOLS _ Daily News Staff Writer SELECTED METROPLEX CITY 'MUNICIPAL TAX ANALYSIS In a 23-city survey of water, sew- ON AN $85,000 HOME er, sanitation services and property taxes, Haltom City ranks second city. Ratio of Currant Tax only to Fort Worth in overall costs, m4g sass nt ` while Bedford is placed 17th on the list. Haltom Ci 100% .68 578.00 The remainder of the Mid-Cities fall somewhere in between. Hurst city staffers conducted the survey in conjunction with the city'sEuless* (20%) 100% 70 476.00 five-year planning session recently. Hurst* (20%) 100% .70 476.00 Factors included in the survey Bedford 100% .5525 469.63 were: ✓ Water, based on 15,000 gallons per month for a residential unit. "Richland Hills 100% 50 425.00 ✓Sewer cost, based on 12,000 gal- 100% 50 425.00 Ions of water used per month fora 100% 4637 394.15 residence. ✓ Sanitation cost for twice-per- week curbside pickup. ✓ Ad valorem taxes for a $85,000 ardson had the lowest cost of a survey results. The owner of an single family dwelling. year's worth of water -$225. $85,000 home in Fort Worth will pay Fort Worth had the highest over- Sewer service for a year in Wa- $786 in ad valorem taxes during the all annual cost, $1,222. Halfnm r':+v tauea and North Richland Hills was year, while Dallas charges the same ^nert.v owner$174. Wednesday, August 15, 1984 MID-CITIES DAILY NEWS Page 3-A �: -:vr •, L > y 2 � i ps T S { V :s n Daily News photo by GARY NICHOLS Crime scene search Euless Police dust for fingerprints at the window of a Sotogrande apartment in which an intrud- er injured a 76-year-old woman Monday night. Detective Alan Mayhew said the burglar entered about 10 p.m. and,when the woman awoke, he grabbed her and struck her with a metal rod. She waited until Tuesday morning before calling relatives. The woman, who lives in the apartment with her husband, is listed in good condition at North Hills Medical Center. �r Euless to consider budget '_.,/�- ,, The most important item the Eu- homestead exemption. site development plan in Villages of less City Council will consider at its One plan the council has consid- Bear Creek at the southeast corner Escheduled meeting Tuesday isn't on ered is raising the exemption to re- of Mid-Cities Boulevard and Fuller- the agenda. lieve some of the tax burden created Wiser Road. The council also is The 1984-85 budget — which when TAD raised the value of most scheduled to authorize the sale of must be complete in less than six homes more than five years old. revenue bonds for the Trinity River weeks — will be the only topic for Authority. E the pre-council session, scheduled In its regular meeting, set for 8 It also will consider a special per- for 5:30 p.m. p.m., the council will hold a public mit for Softball World to stay open hearing on a zoning request by later, requested by co-owner Rick The council already has spent a Westhaven Interests for community Barnes. weekend considering the budget and business C-2 zoning on 5.06 acres The council will also schedule its the complications this year from the now zoned R-3 multi-family south of "truth-in-taxation" public hearing countywide reappraisal by the Tar- Airport Freeway east of Westpark for 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, and its rant Appraisal District, but it has Way. public hearing on the budget for not yet set a tax rate or amended its The council will also consider a Tuesday,Sept. 11. E E I Woman suesEuless;o � says officer beat her sues c k L Continued from Page 1 n will handle the case. St raged ...jumped over the booking Donald Buckman,who will repre- desk, landedon her and crushed, sent the city's interests in the case, in arre her," Crews said. "Then while she said he will answer the allegations was on the ground in pain, Immo- on Feb. 9. . bile, he kicked her in the stomach, Attorneys on both sides said it lower part of her body and groin Probably would take sometime—at Waitress Says area." least a year—before the case actual- ly went before U.S. District Judge Doctors have not yet determined David O. Belew. the extent of Kettlehut's injuries, This is not the first time in recent officer beat her which may include damage to her years the Euless police force has reproductive organs, Crews said.. faced accusations of misconduct. By LOUIS PORTER 11 McFarland said Kettlehut's suit In 1980,a grand jury investigated Star-Telegram Writer was no surprise to Euless officials. the case of a 16-year-old Hispanic A Euless waitress has filed a fed- "We knew she was going to file male who was shot five times by eral lawsuit against the city of Eu- suit," McFarland said. "The police Euless police responding to a do- less,its police chief and the officer department did a full investiga- mestic disturbance call at his par- she claims beat her while,she was tion." ents'apartment. being booked on an intoxication McFarland said the department's Police,who were later cleared of charge last summer. in-house investigation and a subse- any wrongdoing, said the boy had Jane Kettlehut,34,will seek more quent FBI inquiry show that pulled a knife on them. than$10,000 in damages,although a Kettlehut's claim is"baseless." The boy and his family subse- final amount has not been deter- McFarland said because the case quently were awarded a cash settle- mined, said 'her lawyer, Joe K" involves an insurance claim,a law- ment, but the city refused to dis- Crews of Dallas. I yer for the city's insurance agency close its amount. / Crews said Kettlehut suffered a broken leg,massive bruises and cuts af ter McKahe ,arresting of whil,Sg e ary was Broken Euless well 1�1cKamie, beat her while she was being booked. Euless City Attorney Bob McFar- land said Kettlehut fell while being waiting for repair booked and "became somewhat combative."He said she needed sur- gery because she twisted her knee EULESS — One of Euless' 13 that two of the city's 12 working from the fall. water wells is waiting on parts to be wells were pumping to supplement Andhesaidaithoughcityofficials P P g PP knew Kettlehut had to go to Fort repaired. the water supply. Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital, The well's pump, motor and 500 "The only time they're not work- the city was unaware of any bruises feet of electric cable broke the third ing is when it's cloudy," he said, be- or cuts she sustained. week of September after about 12 cause that discourages lawn But her lawyer said Kettlehut was years of service. watering. "The wells have been run- bruised in the stomach, lower por- "One that's pumped that long— ning every day for some time." tion of her body and groin area, you are satisfied with the opera- When the new pump arrives, it After being in a body cast for sever- tion," said Jack Bullard, Euless di- will be lowered into the well to a al weeks, she was walking on rector of streets and utlities. depth 150-200 feet below the water crutches, he said. Repairing the well will cost about level and will pump the water up. According to his client, "Officer $65,000, which the City Council ap- The well at the old water tower McKamie apparently became en- proved as an emergency item at its on North Main, which is 12-15 years last meeting. old, had never had any problems. Please see Woman on Page 4 Bullard expects the pump, motor "You really can't tell," Bullard and cable to arrive in about three said, "because of the electrical weeks. City crews already have storms you have. Sometimes it's six pulled 1,480 feet of pipe out of the weeks before a problem shows up." well. — Liz Newlin, Deily News assistant Bullard said Monday morning editor. C s cF a i «. 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It's frustrating as rate of 44 cents per $100 valua- the devil." tion and increased the homestead The budget probably will in- exemption to$30,000. clude only"base line"items—no The council also decided ten- new employees and no major pro- tatively to double the senior citi- jects.The salary structure for Eu- zens exemption from its current less' 219 employees probably will ' $10,700. include raises ranging from 3 to Council members expressed 12 percent,depending on the cat- frustration at the taxing system egory of the job, and raises as a and its timing—including a slow whole will average just under 9 delivery of the tax totals from the percent. Tarrant Appraisal District y- Formal approval of the tax which doesn't allow time for the rate will come at a public hearing council to decide on a budget be- scheduled' at the next council fore it must decide the tax rate. meeting, Aug. 28. Exemptions; if-- "I think we're going at this not settled then, will be decided backwards," Councilman Bob at the public hearing on the city's Pippin said. "We need to decide $12.3 million budget, scheduled what the budget is before we de- cide the rate. See EULESS, Page 2A Euless adds little in budget Continued from Page 1A many properties; hence, the city can City Manager W.M. Sustaire said t levy a lower tax rate to generate new construction didn't add as much for Sept. 11. about the same amount of money. revenue as expected this year. The tax rate represents a 2.9 per- The city's tax base as a whole At the regular meeting following cent increase over the city's current jumped from $430 million last year the budget workshop, the council ' effective tax rate — the rate neces- to$798 million this year,and council approved a zoning change to allow sary to generate the same revenue members hope the lower tax rate community business commercial on . the city had last year. Because the along with a higher homestead ex- 5.06 acres of land south of Airport increase is less than 3 percent, the emption will prevent any drastic tax Freeway and east of Westpark Way. t city will not be required to hold a hikes for individuals. Professional office buildings are "truth-in-taxation" hearing. Howev- To pay for any significant project, planned on the tract, which had er,it stiil must have a public hearing the council said, it would have to been zoned muti-family R-S. on the budget itself. raise taxes significantly. The council also denied a request t Last year the city had a 70 cent "We're just trying to postpone from Softball World co-owner Rick k tax rate and a$20,000 homestead ex- it," Pippin said. "We thought, erro- Baker to let the park stay open past emption, but TAD's countywide re- neously, that the growth would get its 2 a.m. Saturday curfew for the appraisal boosted the valuations of us over the hump." next three weekends. t t t t 1 ! 1� Euless says no Commercial asked near homes By LIZ NEWLIN unsafe for children. He also said res- even themselves:" Daily News Assistant Editor idents can't move out easily. Seven other residents also object- "Several times residents have ed, and Henry Kitchens presented g The Euless Planning and Zoning tried to sell their homes and could petition against the change with 40 ! Commission recommended denial on not obtain what we consider fair signatures he said represented about two requests for commercial zoning market value,"he said. 30 homes. Tuesday night before another Converting the area to comnieri- "We moved there with the intent packed house at City Hall. cal would allow them to sell and buy tion of living there and raising our; One other commercial request, elsewhere, he said. Eight other resi children," Kitchens said adding lath': which attracted several opponents at dents also spoke in favor of the zon- er that the city should help with-, the last P&Z meeting, was tabled to ing change, citing reasons from traffic problem, one of the'1 the next meeting,Sept. 4. pollution to excessive noise from concerns. The first case recommended for commercial sites already there. Commissioner Carl Tyson said denial pitted neighbor against neigh- But the commission agreed with the city should be able to curtail 1& bor-in the Park Crestmoor Addition opponents to the request, who-said wheelers using neighborhood streets just south of Airport Freeway be- zoning only a portion of the neigbor- and suggested the city look into it. ', tween South Ector and Furr's hood would worsen problems, not The other zoning case recoin= Cafeteria. solve them. mended for denial would have alr Larry Emery spoke for the group "We have an isloated community, lowed C-2 community business along requesting the zoning change on but we have an ideal community, Pipeline Road near Westpark Way' about 2 acres of land along the - said Jay McGinnis, who carried his and R-4 multi-family around it. northern edge of the area, which 23-month-old daughter Lana to the The commission objected to the abuts Airport Freeway. podium."The problems Larry spoke C-2 zoning on 4 acres and R-4 on oWe no longer have any privacy," about would only be heightened by 18.2 acres without knowing exactly ! he said, noting the thousands of cars this." what would be built. Most commis and trucks that pass by on the free- McGinnis said a real estate agent sioners pointed to an exclusive sin way. "Conversation outside our promoted the idea of selling out for gle-family development undei house is difficult and sometimes commerical development to the construction by Terry San just impossible." residents. to the north as a reason the area He said heavy traffic—some of it "They saw a chance to make should not be granted R-4 zoning; cutting through the neighborhood on money and they didn't think about Sheppard to Highway 10 — make it how it would hurt other peopi` or See COMMERCIAL,Page 3A Commercial zoning harmful, P&Z says a request made for gasoline sales .Continued from Page 1A only. which allows up to 16 units per acre. William Pei£er, representing D/F Development Inc., said drainage problems forced a more intensive use of the land, but the commission disagreed. The case tabled requested C-2 zoning at two Fuller-Wiser Road in- tersections, at Mid-Cities Boulevard and Harwood Road.In a letter to the commission, Triland Development Inc. 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Na, cd � Ow6W•0 oD O O to nro > aro ClCuo rC 0.a cu aw L. o 3 ca ca oD cu >, >H 0 W2 (D cis �o `adCai ° «+ 3Fa cu.09d w • 3 � ..� � ,. � � u .+ 3 u�v � 3 3 Eve a� E� C r i e Business of esg e s changed opinions _. on Village' s oBear LBy LOUIS PORTER II Star Writer Early in the planning stages of Development to debut with housing Villages,of Bear Creek last fall,the multimillon dollar residential and Continued from Page 1 development. commercial venture faced opposi Killmer said although it was true tion from some area residents and The company also is seeking a de- there would be airport noise in the officials of the Dallas/Fort Worth veloper to build a mall in Village Villages,it would be limited by add- Airport Four.Triland originally had wanted ed insulation in the houses. Euless residents spoke out against a regional facility like North East "The homes will be'sound-attenu- Tapartments planned for the devel- Mall, but has since downgraded its ated,'which will tend to dampen the opment, predicting traffic prob- plans to a smaller, "subregional" noise so it shouldn't be objection- lems for the city's east side.Airport mall of 300,000 to 400,000 square feet. able when you're inside,"he said. officials said a portion of the devel- One major selling point of the He added that "the property is opment where planners wanted to mall site is the fact that it's adjacent extremely close to the airport. If ` build apartments should be used for to the proposed extension of Texas you're in your f ront yard,will you be light industry because of airplane 360 north to Texas 121. The state able to hear the planes?Yes,unques- noise. highway department has upgraded tionably." Developers debated claims con- that project to the point that work is However, many of the develop- cerningairport noise becauseof qui- expected to begin on it in the next ment's residents will most likely be eter aircraft designed in recent two years,Killmer said. airport workers who will be willing -years and differentffight patterns. When the project was first an- to live with some added noise in re- "Literallyeverybody in North Eu- nounced,D/FW Airport Board off i- turn for the convenience of living less had something to say about Vil- cials expressed concern about ex- three or four minutes from work, :-: lagesof Bear Creek,"said RodTyler, cessive airport noise in the Killmer said. a city planner. Nearly a year later, Euless offi- cials say they now receive little or no cials even more enthusiastic about those in Villages of Bear Creek. complaints about the project and the project. "The council is taking a very firm have nothing but praise for the de- However,at least one candidate in position on what they think is best _ - velopment they say will bring the April election used Villages of for the city,"Hart said. streets, tax revenue and improve- Bear Creek as an example of how the Mayor Harold Samuels said of the ments to their city. council caters to developers at the two builders who were denied vari- Tyler said the apartments that air- expense of residents.Those accusa- ances,one has returned with a more portofficials had reservations about tions notwithstanding, voters re- feasible plan and another has yet to will be protected from airplane turned incumbents to the council. come back. noise by the same things that make "In a city with a growth posture,a Samuels said the complaints he residences more energy-efficient. pro vs.anti-growth debate becomes now gets about the project have to Window caulking, insulation and very good campaign fodder—the do with inconveniences of construc- decreased glass will help the noise council gets in a no-win situation," tion. problem. said Assistant City Manager Tom A portion of Fuller-Wiser Road And Tyler agrees with representa- Hart. was closed temporarily last month, tives of Triland International Inc., In May, the council denied re- causing more traffic on Harwood the main developers of the project, quests for variances sought by two Road,Samuels said.The closed sec- when they say"What's good for Eu- builders who wanted less than 80 tion of Fuller-Wiser between Har- less is good for Triland."Tyler said percent masonry required by the wood and Little Bear Creek could be the 700-acre Villages of Bear Creek city. Council members said they opened as soon as October,officials represents 10 percent of the city. were tired of requests for variances said. Recently,developers took Euless without amenities such as landscap- Meanwhile, a much-needed traf- officials on a tour of Valley Ranch,a ing or lower density. fic signal being installed at Harwood project in Irving similar to Villages Hart said the council's tougher and Main will bring some relief to of Bear Creek.The tour made off i- policy on builders is not limited to travelersof that area,Samuels said. HE I G m > •^ m G > .� oo 4A SSOG-GI311 CD ~ WPoo i . N O y a~ a0i y 7 q.e 1~ G Z O a mm �� G° wti� mti °' OZv► 0 o ,s Lu U � ...0 g A G o:0. N D m U' a ti.� m ci m a~i ae b O W ^ U p p CCdC" CD C ami C °° j OC o 3 W a7 _ I ►+ a) a� pp O a) m Q O T i. N w ^p 0 N Cy N ' b.p b aGi ti U w b p m m N m w C1 i .F.;n pp Y•b �. •cti.� a U G d m. .b .b G y O +.� v ,., m'0 • �'.� a❑~i a> 'L7 t N 'A a> O +m•' Om 0..-. 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G. 3 v xt � Police to `ticket' safe driving kids IN 40 �s�� Area police officers will be handing out more tickets to kids > ' � � � on their bicycles the neat month, w ' + r ��, s but the tickets will be for treats- at reatsat McDonalds. ; Pictured to the left are Shelly Weir of Bedford and C.M. Milan of the Euless Police Department; right, and J.R. Simpson of ev' Bedford. a N Patrol officers in the Hurst- Euless-Bedford area will be re warding kids they find practicing good bicycling habits, such as', I y stopping at stop signs and looking both ways before crossing , street. � � s � ' The program is being Spon-: g � � a � cored by the Veterans of Foreign f f War Post 4695 in Hurst and its','. +� 3% auaillary and will run through yx Sept. 10. r. "The idea is to reward kids for;; � good bicycling practice and to • a � teach them that the police arell M-Wa 4 3 V their friends and not their ene-, mies," said Donald Moon, VFW a Y �y Post 4695 safety chairman. .: �� 1• ;• �� „„„ s � Kids will also be rewarded "Good Bicycling Award" � 3 3 aK certificates. 13r, NORMA NORMA RUNYON has been appointed to the board of directors a � n ? vo o g =°�.,� of Grand Bank Airport Freeway, .. c ro ro w r+ Bedford. has Ms. Runyon owns several retail w : shops in the area as well as one in � � � � �' ��• � � Albuquerque, N.M. Before that, she � �, �.•: �, o a c r;z :; was in banking in the Euless area p a j p and was president of the HEB Chamber of Commerce, and she was involved in other civic activities in- cluding the Euless Planning and Zoning Commission. o co Grand Bank Airport Freeway 'o Cr broke ground April 26 for its perms- M•a 5 w pent location. The building comple- ` n G%ao �* w co �+ (D o a tion is scheduled for late fall. ERNEST KUBACAK has been E b ^ promoted to senior vice president n �• ` / with Colonial Savings & Loan ::r �•�• T Association. m � r o•CD0 °� �fo•.+a director for the orga- m T _ NORMA RUNYON C � Record numberurglaries us crimeryear s pea , By DOMINGO RAMIREZ Jft. tals. Police figures show that June For the third consecutive month, Star-Telegram Writer had 185 cases while July ended with Euless also reported a jump in crime A record number of burglaries in 330. with almost a 19-percent mark. In July among the largest cities in In addition to burglaries, the fact,the department had increases Northeast Tarrant County pushed crime rate rose becauseallfive cities in six out of seven major crime cate- the area's crime rate to its highest reported increases in major crime, gories. ievel this year,police figures show. the first time that has happened in Like Euless,Bedford experienced Statistics from the five largest 1984. its third straight month of an in-- area n-_area cities—Hurst,Bedford,Euless, North Richland Hills led the area crease in major crime. Bedford North Richland Hills and Haltom Ci- with a blistering 51.5-percent in- went from 121 reported cases in ty—indicate the overall crime rate crease following a 9.3-percent jump June to 148 in July. went from 7 percent in June to 22.5 in June. On the heels of a 4.2-percent de- percent in July,the most dramatic Bedford was next with a heavy crease in June, Haltom City police increase this year. 22.3-percent increase and major figures show that crime skyrocket- Major crime increased in the area crime rose 18.9 percent in Euless, ed to almost 19 percent.The depart- from 883 reported incidents in June 18.7 percent in Haltom City and 6.7 ment recorded increases in only two to 1,082 in July,a jump of 199.The percent in Hurst. categories—burglary and theft— police figures were released last In North Richland Hills, burgla- but those were enough to push the week. ries and thef is caused the crime rate overall level upward. Major crime includes rapes,homi- to, reach its highest totals in two Hurst was the only city in the area cides,assaults,motor vehicle thefts, years. Police handled a record 80 to report a decrease in thefts,but a thefts,robbery and burglaries. burglaries last month compared to substantial increase in burglaries According to July reports, the 37 in June and the department kept the crime rate high. Overall, I number of reported burglaries al- recorded 142 thef ts,41 more than in police handled 223 calls in July, 14 most doubled compared to June to- June. more than in June. Free swim ends today Today's the last day for a free group that they enjoy a larger swim in Euless city pools. crowd,"he said."The guards,too, ' The City Council opened the enjoy not having to deal with peo- pools for free swimming Aug. 1 to Ple's money." see what attendance would be The council is considering` without charging the regular $1 changing the fee or operations of fee. the pools neat year. ` Julia Wakeley, city recreation If more people attend, for ex- . director,said attendance Aug. 1-5 ample,the price could be lowered almost tripled last year's atten- but the revenue would be the.:-'- "dance hee'_"dance for the same period. same. ` Last summer 801 swimmers Ms. Wakeley said many citi-, attended the city's three pools zens said they are enjoying the ► during the five days; this year free swim, but a few didn't want 1,299 came through the gates, an the city to"give away"the pools. �increase of 287 percent. All three pools — Midway The pools close for the sum- Park, South Euless and Wilshire mer today, and Ms. Wakeley said —will be open from 2-5 p.m. to- attendance has been increasing day,then closed to next year. since the first of the month be- Ms Wakeley said the pools' cause word has gotten out about C the free swim. close in mid-August because of;. Ma.Wakeley said she had wor- budget cuts a few years ago and Ms. about the teen-age life- because it gets harder to keep a guards' attitude toward so much full staff of lifeguards, many of.:, �eatra work at the end of the whom want to take their own va- . cations before going back to' hummer. 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OWcn5.- 12 '^ 12 1 ; m a) w m n.� �+a ' N' �0oa z C)41 q m 2. m > ti o N m ra C O m Cd o P m m O d U y� � 0 3 o uFOd 3A F m °M � m'.>� Euless delas Patio zoning decision By LOUIS PORTER II Master Bath Star-Telegram Writer Euless City Council members last week put off a controversial zoning decision to get more information on Dining a change request from residential to i Room multifamily and commerical in the Master Bedroom Bell Ranch Terrace addition. Family Room Council members, concerned i about potential traffic flow prob- `i lems and resident requests to dead- end some of the area's streets,tabled a decision until the Sept.11 meeting. Kitchen "There are some problems to be EEBath worked out,"said Councilman Bob Eden. Breakfast Debra Newman, spokeswoman for some of the residents who Room crowded the council chamber to Bedroom 2 Entry = protest the change,said she and her Eneighbors wanted the area devel- oped with single family homes. Bedroom 3 "We don't believe condos with 297 units are going to be successful in this area,"Newman said.She said a Dallas research firm supports her claim because a study shows three condominiums each month would Double Garage be sold in the area.Newman said she feared the condominiums would be converted to apartments. Planning and Zoning Commission members *had recommended ap- proving the request. After the hearing, Ben Brooks, the Bedford developer seeking the _ zoning change request, expressed MCCORMICK FAR31 . . . Plan 117 disgust at some of the residents're- quests. — ---- in other council business, mem- bers set the tax rate at 44 cents per E _ORTHEAST EXTRA "`1984 Fort Worth-Star-Telegram MAY-13, 1984 $ $100 valuation.Although that is less than the current rate of 70 cents per . $100 valuaiton,the new rate repre- sents a 2.9-percent increase because Euless park is named of higher property values from the Tarrant Appraisal District.A public hearing is not needed for the rate Euless'new 12-acre park has been named in honor of Willie Mae because it is less than 3 percent. McCormick,the mayor pro tem whose name is synonymous the city. "I feel very excited about it.Crow(Development Co.)suggested it,"McCormick said."My husband's family has lived here over 100 years." Huge pecan trees dot the park,which is on Joyce Court near Main Street. The trees were planted by members of the McCormick family nearly 50 years ago. McCormick,75,is a retired chemist and computer programmer who has lived in Euless since 1948.She is serving her sixth term on the City Council and has been mayor pro tem nine years. Land for the park,Formerly part of 55 acres of farmland owned L by the McCormick family, was donated to Euless by the Crow company and local home builders. Facilities include a Victorian- style gazebo,wrought-iron fencing and benches,a playground and a hiking/biking trail. Work that transformed the field into a park was done by employ- ees of Euless'parks department. r THEFT—Fishing rods,reels and tackle boxes valued at $1,240 were Euless ants stores stolen from the residence of Jimmy Wayne Matthews, 1201 Woodridge �Ci�rcle,Aug.2o. J t® remove ' Fo aazines CR INALMI —A1975 rd Torino was damagedamaged at the res- idence of Lisa Shultz,1013 Irion St., By PAT RIDDLE "Several of the stores in Euless 1 the night of Aug.*19-20. Star-Telegram writer have removed them," Draper said. J Euless city officials and members "Eckerd Drugs pulled all of the mag- 4 THEFT-A package containing of the First Baptist Church of Euless azines, and I think the Stop 'N Go some carpeting valued at$238 was are trying to get convenience stores Stores nationwide are in the process stolen from an automobile parked to refrain from selling what they of making a decision to do the same," on the street at 401 Town Creek consider to be pornographic maga- he said. Drive on Aug.20. zines. "Marr's Short Stop pulled their ' ' BURGLARY — A microwave Earlier this year, a citizens'advi- magazines immediately,"Thornton sory committee reported to the City said. oven valued at$350 was stolen from Council that the community had a "The new Stop'N Go has promised a house under construction at 506 "significant pornography prob- they will not sell the magazines," Cecil Drive between Aug.18 and 20. lem." Thornton said. "The other Stop 'N In response,the council asked the Go immediately moved the maga- BURGLARY — Musical instru- mayor to write letters to all area zines to the back room and sells only ments valued at$2,120 were stolen convenience stores requesting their to adults. from a building at 1209 Crane Drive cooperation in keeping pornograph- "This is not enough," Thornton on Aug.20. is material away from children. said,"because studies show 70 per- ' ' In recent weeks, the 6,000-mem- cent of all pornography that is sold BURGLARY— Two metal doors ber First Baptist Church of Euless ends up in the hands of a minor. were damaged to the extent of sent 800 letters to its families who "It doesn't matter if it's sold be- $1,000 on Aug.19 when an attempted actually live in the city, affirming hind the counter,under the counter break-in occurred at Hawk Elec- the City Council's actions and asking or on the roof—regardless of where tronics, 1201 W. Airport Freeway. them to not shop at any stores still they sell it,a good portion is going to The alarm system prevented any- selling the magazines. end up in the hands of a minor," thing being stolen before police ar- E Draper, pastor First Bap- Thornton said. rived. ♦ ♦ tist and immediate past president of Thornton said our lawson pornog; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT—A the5balhe'r'n Baptist Convention, raphy lack consistency, so 14 y.1, 1970Dod eDartvaluedat$1,000was sa tC, -Al tion is nota hard boy- made a request to the stores not stolen from 2500 W.Euless Blvd.on cott only an affirmation of the demanding anything legal — just council's re nest. Aug.17.The vehicle's owner is Ra "It's not lust a matter of church asking them. mond Foster, 503 Brown Trail, There is nothing socially. Hurst. people trying to force their morality redeeming in those magazines," on others," Draper said. It's an Thornton said. THEFT—Some enormous problem for the whole so- "Hustler,Playboy and Penthouse pool cues,an an- ciety." tenna and a CB radio were stolen Draper said he saw a study in are probably the ones that do the, from an automobile at 216 W.Euless and 16.Two Emost damage,"he said. Blvd. between Au which 87 percent of all sex of "I saw one of the covers of a maga- front tires were also3sl shed. The said they had imitated actions they zine recently where a woman had vehicle belongs to Ray White, 306 had seen in pictures.He said d bes to justsex wa had with do Thornton Park Drive. lieves pornography also leadg. said."I saw a cartoon in one of them = child abuse.E where a lady had been cut up with a THEFT—A 1982 Honda motorc Charles Thornton, minister of Y- evangelism at First Baptist of Euless chain saw, and the two men in the cle valued at $300 was stolen from for two years and chaplain to the cartoon said, 'Shouldn't we have Ronald Fugett,306 Park Drive,Aug. Euless Police Department for the raped her first?"'Thornton said. 17. Draper said the photographs of past year,said picked had noticed when the recent Miss Americawerea ood MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT—A people were picked up for a sex of- g fense,they had pornographic litera- example of the things seen in the brown 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Eval- ture in their possession. magazines. ued at$2,200 was stolen from David Thornton said the discovery pro- "Every time I get involved in Miller, 1001 Del Paso St., while moted him to research the apparent something like this,"Thornton said, parked at a service station at 105 N. relationship. "people will say 'what about free- Euless Main on Aug. 17. Draper and Thornton believe dom of speech?' When their free stores are beginning to cooperate. dom begins to infringe on another Draper sends a letter of commenda- person's safety, that's when you tion to any he hears about that have have to draw the line," Thornton stopped selling the magazines. said. L - - I U e SS ing THEFT — A 1978 Chevrolet Lll Monte Carlo valued at $3,400 was stolen between 8 p.m. Sept. 3 and 1 1a.m.Sept.4 from a driveway 610 Janann St.The car,tan on rustt,, d. d� 60 , Lad Texas license plate No. RWYfor a few good - 529. 1 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF—Dam- i O Age of$300 was reported Sept.4 to a i door at a home at 914 Milam Drive. Nlice reports show the damage ocpolice officers - curred during the Labor Day week- gnd. THEFT—A$100 bill was taken By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR- lice departments for years,and ma- Star-Telegram Writer ny have survived despite it. Sept.5fromanapartmentat915De1 Area olice officials said de art- Euless police are looking for a few P P f .1 .4 4 good law enforcement officers. ments are now getting applications CRIMINAL MISCHIEF— ree The problem is they've been look- from people authorities call inmates of the Euless jail are sus- ing for almost a year, and chances 'flakes". pected of doing$355 damage to a jail are they won't fill the patrol posi- "We are getting more ftakes every cell between 7:15 p.m. Aug.5 and 3 tions by the end of the month. time,and it keeps increasing,"Wil- a.m.Aug.6.A security cell light was What has happened,Euless lice son said.n,believe they see too much removed from the ceiling,and blan Pt a television, decide they want to be - removed and a wall were soiled in the say,isthedepartmenthasgottentoo comepoliceofficersandtrytojoin. many unqualified applicants in the "Once we start background incident. -/Yyr, pa st yea r,ca usi n g the p a t rol d ivisio n checks, we found out that many to be understaffed. have been in trouble one way or UNAUTHORIZED USE tjA Area police officials said the prob- another. I'd say only 4 percent that MOTOR VEHICLE—A 1984Chev- lem isn't limited to Euless. apply here pass our requirements.". rolet Corvette valued at$20,000 was "Last October,we had three open- Authorities said higher standards reported missing Sept. 6 from aings, and we had about 109 appli- have caused many departments to parking lot at 1001 W. Euless Blvd. I cants,"said Michael Murphy,an ad- dismiss potential officers, but they The car is white and had Texas li- ministrative assistant in the noted the requirements are not the cense plate No.834-EYL. Bedford Police Department."From overriding factor. BURGLARY — A mattress and that group,only four made it. To apply for the $1,500-a-month "We were lucky that we didn't job in Euless, applicants must go set of box springs valued at $250 need five officers. For the 1984-85 through a series of physical agility, were burned by burglars who broke fiscal year, we've been given three written, of p ygraph and psychologi- into a home at 210 Westwood be- more officers,and it would surprise cal testing.Background checks and tween 11 p.m.Sept.6and 1 a.m.Sept. me to find them quickly." oral interviews are conducted. reports show. In the past year, Euless received "It takes about six weeks to com- about 70 applications for10 posi- plete, and we've had them fail in tions in the patrol division.The 42- almost all areas,"Wilson said."We'll member department has filled two. lose a few in physical agility,a few While those additions have been more in written and a few more in made,however,the department has the others. lost officers to other departments "We've had some applicants who and resignations, didn't know how to read.It's unbel- "We take a few steps forward, ieveable the people who try." then we'll go backwards," said Eu- Of the 70 applicants, Wilson said less police Sgt. Joey Ziemian. "It's three have been women; one of been that way all year." those passed all the requirements. The latest group of applicants— One black.and one Hispanic have numbering 38-has been pared to applied, both making the final cut. three. "We just don't have many minori- That means the department will ty applications," Wilson said. "The have to begin testing and reviewing ones who have applied have been applicants again in a few days. . good,but we just haven't had many EOh,we'll fill the positions by the at all." end of the year,even if we need to keep testing until then,"said Euless To fill the positions, Wilson said, Police Chief Johnnie Wilson. "We the department will begin in the definitely won't just hire anyone." next few weeks advertising Authorities said a few depart- throughout Fort Worth-Dallas and ments are losing officers to cities outside the area. like Fort Worth and Dallas, which "We'll probably start advertising provide higher salaries and more out-of-state,"he said."We would be "action" to patrol officers. interesting in advertising in the Those factors,however,have pla- Fort Sill (Lawton, Okla.) and Fort gued Northeast Tarrant County po- Hood(Killeen)areas." E r 9 s. r ........ :p-p . � ......... .... :X :t ck �4� �➢ ws : Star-TWearam/WILLIS KNIGHT BACK TOGETHER in Euless are: Luis and Nguyen-Thi, seated;and Chanh Pham-Van and Elaine Espinosa,left,with Tri Pham-Van and Ba Kim Cuon' Pham-Thi,standing. Vietnamese rr can } reuniteinfuless By LOUIS PORTER II Even with her husband's support, Star-Telegram writer at times Elaine Espinosa's faith An outsider observing Viet- faltered while she waited to get her r namese family members working in family out of her Communist-ruled a Mexican restaurant in Euless homeland. would find it difficult to believe "I never thought they'd get out of they had been in the United States Vietnam," she said while taking a less than 24 hours, break from the rigors of getting Dressed in gray slacks, a shirt their family business ready to open. bearing the Los Canarios logo and a "I thought they'd be there forever." brown vinyl apron, the 27-year-old Her mother,Ba Nguyen-Thi,can't brother-in-law of restaurant owner believe that at age 62 she finally has Luis Espinosa looked as if he had made it to the country she's heard so worked there for years instead of much about.She was the only family hours. Chanh Pham-Van had ar- member wearing traditional Viet- rived only the previous night at Dal- namese garb last week. las/Fort Worth Airport — nearly Tri Pham-Van,69,Elaine Espino- two weeks after he, his mother, fa- sa's father,was fascinated by a vacu- ther and sister left Vietnam. um cleaner on his first morning in For five years, Espinosa and his the United States — he had never Vietnamese wife, Elaine, worked seen one. toward getting her family to the And her sister,Kim Cuong Pham- United States. Last week, the emo- Thi,24, was all smiles. tional reunion happened. For a while the Espinosas sent "You don't know if you want to money through a French bank to cry;you don't know if you want to their family when they were back in laugh," Espinosa said of seeing his Vietnam. Government taxes took wife's family after a decade. Please see Vietnamese on Page 7 r � Euless council to honor family of early mayor or EULESS — Before it con- The council approved a Planned ducts its business Tuesday night, Development for about 25 acres the City Council will pause to re- in Bell Ranch Terrace that in- member one of the city's first cludes condominiums, single- mayors, and the one who was in family houses and two the mayor's chair when the city commercial buildings. incorporated. Neighbors in the Wilshire area Homer H. Fuller, who died were unhappy with the project, June 15 this year at age 84, was but the council said it probably mayor from 1951-53. In 1953, the was the best development that city was incorporated with less could be put on the tract. than 1,000 population. Two platting cases also are on Fuller's family will be present the agenda, both of which were at the 8 p.m.-meeting to receive __.approved by the P&Z last week. proclamations of appreciation. The council also will consider On the business side,the coun- reaffirming the city's commit- cil will hold a public hearing on a ment to the Fort Worth Consor- request for R-1-A zoning, a cate- tium for Employment and gory created for single-family at- Training Program, a standard tached dwellings. Now the resolution. 6.8-acre tract is zoned for R-1 sin- The council also is expected to gle-family. The Planning and give final approval to its $12 mil- Zoning Commission recommend- lion budget. ed approval of the request. The council also is scheduled The new tax rate is 44 cents to give final approval to a contro- per $100 valuation, and exemp- versial zoning case it approved on tions will be 30 percent for home- first reading at its last meeting. steads and an additional$21,540. m m ti •,00 n , y m M o o 7(D M. cc p , �w c. p, + m :71 9L m XA G O �p ►; w m < m m -0 P, m � < ° fl Arm m O � Ea � 9n9 w � ! m ^ � o ° � � � , ts20 G � rnC, C ' 9 n + 9 a'av ry y� O m i..j'-G �3 �y =w0'"'a'Ov `o..�CN•Go^.„,, oti .�i ° C* CL ".D O~0 O ° 9timD wcc g O90w CD M Uj 0 p„m rn �j w co c+ 7' w n n O co m G•m G O K O G OC W PD m m 0 tD G (� .N ti G "�' ',� B .b r•� O '.�•m'M "�' (D < a' N m �.�'-O m 7 O CD M O an m �' O G n co p A G•cc O Q O w O n p G .G m r�"►�n CD iy G G t=1 E + �* O av A p m p n G1 r� O C/] O O Pi c+ n C r: C7'. n � m :r w cc m V t7 m n O C O ^O MO w m p av m O M `� `_'oo w m m m i m m �. £ 8 c C710 01 cow ro ffi y w co m. � � O 4.4. 91 C]O W° �' co w G � n< w r, O A.zr 21 y:S 7Q Ci.m O. 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C) Lj Crq O9 m U] a F 07 C C9 p 7cc p O n m .n p C w `b 0. w < ~�'• O b ro ro r fD �} O Ar n et \ �• J •t c+ Z G m O ° b CY is n O kr C m G O G m CM L Ex�Maypr Fuller L lauded by Euless By LOUIS PORTER 11 Fuller saw the young man'sdisap- Slar-Telegram writer pointment and loaned him the mon- Homer H.Fuller,who died in June ey,saying,"You look like the kind of at 84, is remembered by older resi- man who will pay the money back." dents as the second mayor of Euless Although Fuller walked with a who eased the city into incorpora- cane as the result of a childhood tion during his tenure from 1951 to illness that left one leg withered,he 1953. often stood in his store for 14 to 18 He also is remembered as the hours a day. owner of Fuller Brothers Grocery— Councilman Bob Eden also re- for years, the only food store in called Fuller as a man who did a lot town. for the city. But residents probably don't In addition to the council's recent know the way he secretly helped proclamation,state Rep.Charles Ev- needy people in the then-rural area. ans introduced a resolution to honor Last week,City Council members Fuller during the special session of presented a proclamation to Fuller's the Legislature last summer. family,setting aside Sept.25 as"Ho- In other council business: mer H. Fuller Day"in Euless. •Members tabled a zoning re- City Manager W.M."Blackie"Sus- quest for 270 condominiums,24 sin- taire was chief of.police in the late gle-family homes and two commer- •1950s and remembers the behind- cial buildings on 25 acres in the Bell the scenes work Fuller did at that Ranch Terrace area. time. As head of the small police •Final approval was given to the force,he was responsible for seeing city's proposed $12 million budget after indigents.Area ministers later and the 44 cents per$100 valuation took over that responsiblity. tax rate. "He(Fuller)would call meand say, "Blackie,if you've got a family that - needs something, let me know and we'll go get it—but 1 don't want a lot of people to Water said. vSustaire recalled how a young panel, voting man in the early days of the automo- bile was moping around town be- • int cause he did not have the$35 needed to buy a Ford Model-T. a'Is ® taperest C _ By LINDA PONCE Robert D.Alexander and Wayne E. tar-Telegram Writer Newton. The sun came out on a chilly Sat- The incumbents beat out chal- urday, but voters stayed in,largely lengers Sam Garcia and Jack P. unconcerned with the election of Smith. three at-large members to the Tar- Newton,73,has been water board rant County water board. president the last 12 of his 24 years How quickly they forget. on the board.Board Vice President Officials had expected the burst Thornton,68,has served since 1972. pipes and water shortages brought Alexander,71,was appointed to fill by December's freeze to boost the a board vacancy in 1979 and won re- usually low public interest in who election in 1980 and 1982. controls the county's water sup- Thornton, the founder of two plies. steel fabrication. companies, However,only 1,545 voters in Fort received 1,045 votes,followed by Al- Worth,Edgecliff Village,Westover exander,1,009,Newton,998;Garcia, Hills and Westworth Village turned 558; and Smith, 310. Four write-in- out to re-elect C. 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CIL ocu ;E nw4tn nn> uu.-wwn _auacC dE a3 i Master Bedroom Master------------------- - Dining Bath • Room Family Room I O Bath - - ----- Entry l . o •- �I Bedroom 2 I Bedroom 3 --- ' Breakfast , `Room ' Double Garage i GEMCRAFT...McCormick Plan 116 I + C erraft reflects individuals ,needs Homebuyers look-, tertainment areas; convenient indoor microwave oven, Ing for a home that features three and. utility room. spacious solid oak reflects their indi- four bedroom homes The master bath in door cabinetry, vidual lifestyles will priced from the Plan 116 features a. backspiaph on conn find their way' to S901s. whirlpool bath with teftops and a choice Gemcraft Homes timer, garden area of wallpaper. McCormick Farm Plan 116 at McCor- with privacy fence, Tosee at Gemcraft community in Eu- mick Farm is a spa- smooth redwod win- Homes' McCormick less. cious three bed- dow seats, separate Farm, take Airport The five f loorplans room,two bath home clear glass shower Freeway to the Eu available at\MeCor- that features a enclosure, double less Main exit.Turn mick Farm offer fea- choice of Italian ce- marble vanities, an. north on Eutess Main tures often found on- ramic tile in the en- tique brass fixtures and follow to Coun- ly in custom homes. try, vaulted ceiling and a choice of a Ital- try Lane.Turn right ' This community, lo- in the family room, ian Ceramic tile on Coutitry Lane to cated close to Dallas/ fireplace with brick floor. the model park.Sales Fort Worth Airport, hearth, cathedrealcounselors are avail- downtown Dallas or, ceiling in the master The color-coordi- able to answer ques- Fort Worth and ma- suite,fully carpeted nated kitchen in tions daily from 9 jor shopping and en- walk-in closets and a Plan 116 features a a.m.to 7 p.m. i 1 IX,LJ k�,IIC ,111116111 10 IJ_L v—_L__J ulV►3►J c,. ' Continued from Page 1 time at the meetings, to go over will be built, what it will look like things. and its uses. That and the volume of cases "But I'm sensitive to this "In this balancing process of has created what Lynch calls an- problem of communication." the citizen's interest and the ' other big problem—communica- Lynch says the city will con- city's interest, many times the tion with citizens. tinue to see more requests for"al- only logical solution is a Planned "We start out in an adversarial ternative housing." Development." role with the citizens when we're `Because of the intense de- Euless has only two commer- not," he says. The board, be- mand estate, priciesare market nc ea ed.. So comm ssion is becoming more re- ories, and the cause of the nature st the job, when you combine that with the luctant to grant such a "categori- "Almost everything that we do must look at all interests. availability of money for individ- cal" zoning because it may allow ' has opposition — there's a lot ually owned housing," he says, some unwanted uses. more of that. And perhaps that's the typical 2,000-squre-foot house "It's important also to note the crux of the problem." on a quarter acre isn't feasible. Planned Development involves a But Lynch, chairman of the "Alternative housing is some- lot of trade-offs.. ' commission since July, will often thing all of the cities up here are "Almost every case I can think tell people about zoning fighting. It's not unique to of includes things that are benefi= procedures. Euless. tial to the city and detrimental to Approval of the housing is still the developer,"he says. Items of- One of the things I've tried to on a ease-by-case basis, he says. ten required include more expen- do is to take a little extra time to "I'd rather see a small lot and sive building materials for educate the people who are there a high quality house instead of a aesthetics and--more-..extensive - - -- -- --as to what is'going on."-That-can - large lot and a`cheapie."' buffers between the project and includes the city's precedent on a One ether trend Lynch sees is homes. certain type of zoning, its thor- more use of Planned Develop- "I think what we're beginning oughfare plan, future land use ment, especially for commercial to see is that Planned Develop- plan or city commitments to oth- projects near houses. PD allows ment type zoning is being utilized ' er landowners.- the commission and the City more and more by all the local "I've been chastisgd.for taking Counril t." appove exactly what governments: to c r firman is unique Usually, he said, his clients seek be dealing with these scattered help on an administrative level, not tracts so the overall interests of the with the Planning and Zoning Com- city are advanced—both the imme- mission or City Council,and none of diate goals and the long-term, and ' his clients are working in Euless, yet it must be balanced against the "There is so much happening interests of the adjacent property that hasn't been a problem,"he says. owners. "Most of our work is not related "Every zoning decision impacts ' to the development. If they have somebody negatively." zoning,it's generally something they The commission must look at the obtained on their own,"he says. larger picture in deciding cases. "Frankly, unless it's a unique "I'm not pro-developer," he says. ' case,*most people are not going to go "I'm pro city of Euless. to the expense of retaining an attor- "If I think something is good for ney to represent them." the city, after I've looked at all the Euless zoning cases, though, are facts, then I'm going to vote for it, becoming more complex. even if it makes certain people "There aren't any more one-hour unhappy." meetings," Lynch says, noting most Some people who come to protest go three or four hours. zoning cases forget the larger issue of ' "There are such fewer tracts left the city's welfare, he says, and don't for development,"he says. know the commission's function. 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BURGLARY—Two Magic Chef s- k•° microwave ovens valued at $400 each were taken between 6:30 p.m. r 4' Sept. 7 and 10:30 a.m. Sept. 8 from P Arbor Homes construction sites at - fl, i 410 Cecil St. and 2211 McDowell St. Thieves gained entry through un locked doors, reports'show. THEFT—Cash totaling$590 and z office and master keys were taken between Sept.7 and 8 from an apart ment complex office at 306 Park A Drive. Police have two suspects. #k THEFT— Household goods valR ued at $1,470 were reported stolen ` v", Sept. 8 from a residence at 207 E. s 7 a Harwood.A refrigerator;queen-size t „ bed, mattress and box spring; a Sears gas-powered weed eater;and a Casablanca ceiling fan were taken 3 } from the home sometime after Feb- ruary, eb ruary, reports show. The victim, �3h, : James L. Neal, lives in Dallas. : BURGLARY — Three lawn Daily News photo by MARILYN STROOP edgers valued at$840 and$15 in cash were taken between Sept.8 and 9 in Finishing tOUC�leS � c' a burglary at Massey's Engine Ser o vice,401 Huffman Road.Damage of Francisco Enquirez, left, and Roberto (3arribona of Ashlar $300 to a door and wall trim were Contruction Co. install a guardrail Friday on a new bridge reported in connection with the across Little Bear Creek. This part of Fuller-Wiser Road, t theft. s s however, probably won't be ready for travel until October or " THEFT — Welding equipment, November. For more on the road, see Page 3A. )I supplies and tools valued at $2,036 were taken between Sept. 8 and 10 from a car parked at 1100 Airport Circle S. Taken were a Uniweld welding machine, two Robinaire vacuum pumps,eight spools of wire and assorted tools. THEFT—A20-foot trailer valued at $985 was taken between Sept. 8 and 10 from the parking lot of AI's Formal Wear,2021 W.Airport Free- way. - Local and area ,r Discount clothier moving in 0o eo9 gets tenant By LIZ NEWLIN the highest-grossing store in Bur- direct traffic better. Daily News Assistant Editor lington's entire 51-store chain in De- Mike Skaggs, executive director cember 1983, undoubtedly helped of Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber EULESS — The Woolco build- some by the cold winter. of Commerce, said the store was too ing, which has stood vacant in the big for most potential tenants. Euless Towne Center for about two Marks said that success was one years,has a new tenant. reason the company decided to open "A lot of companies we talked to Burlington Coat Factory Ware- a store in Euless, and one in Allen already had a facility in the area and house —which sells name-brand this fall. didn't want to compete against their clothing at discount prices—now is other facility,"he said. renovating the facility and probably As oto Euless' selection, he said it will open in about four weeks, store was picked like any other store Marks said the store will carry manager David Marks said Friday. location. clothing in addition to coats. About 60-75 people will be Eem- ployed,,,be said. "It's got good access to highways, "The name`Burlington Coat Fac- Workmen are building dressing it's midway between Dallas and Fort tory' is a little bit misleading," he rooms, putting wood columns Worth, it has high visibility," he said,although the coat selection will around the steel support poles and said, "and it's just a good be large. "A major portion of our Cpreparing to recarpet the huge neighborhood." clothing is for kids." building. Since the Woolco store closed,the The store also will carry women's Burlington opened a store in shopping center's parking lot has coats and sportswear, men's cloth- North Dallas last year that became been resurfaced and landscaped to ing,shoes and linens. _ rzL 1 Euless panel to charge a fee f or issuing bonds By DIANE WOLFE lution to allow the Tarrant County Star-Telegram Writer Housing Finance Corporation to use Euless City Council members bond money for low-interest mort- voted to allow the Euless Industrial gage loans for first-time homeown- Development Authority to charge a ers. feetoissue bonds,inaddition toafee The council also: j now charged for applying for a i Approved a zoning change for bond. property at West Pipeline Road and The authority—a board appoint- Hightway 10 to allow an entrance to ed by the City Council to work be built from West Pipeline. The toward industrial and commercial change was granted on the condi- development — will now assess a tion that West Pipeline Road be wid- $1,000 fee to issue bond packages up ened and developers are expected to to$2.5 million.Assistant City Mana- share the cost of the widening,Hart ger Tom Hart said the fee will in said. crease proportionately for larger •Established a city Sesquicen- ` packages. tennial committee and approved a The council also approved the is- preliminary list of activities to mark suance of $800,000 in bonds by the the state's 150th birthday. N authority for construction of a Har Plans include a local history-gath- ley Davidson motorcycle distribu- ering project—which may include E tion and showroom on Highway 10. video-taped interviews of long-time The facility is a project of Kuelbs residents—and a one-day commu- t Investments of Hurst. pity event at the city complex. Nei- The council also approved a reso- ther activity has been sche uled. /l_ �)`f- - yJ,e, 0- . d . . eta eApft a 1 m a).5 z ps °° MID-CITIES UNEMPLOYMENT °"° D' CITY AUGUST'83 AUGUST'84 JULY'84 o y g T a HALTOM CITY 4.9 „M_ c a 3.5 c d^ c n n,d�, o „ W BEDFORD o � yoFawE -2 z „ d1.5" „ ° � y EULE55 6.0 " 0� 3o._ pn� 3.9 d w d� "3 � W U � HURST E• o Y.e o N. RICHLAND HILLS 4.9 =W m d`ci �x 9 ° =�-�> METROPLEX 4.9 { - Z � doa`tli � �waavi4 nx o M v vw [ o SOURCE:TEXAS EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION �M +. 7 . � « d id� mW Q'm= 8. t? o.._ a C. w GL % v EJ m�Q�i�cM^�'' a� ad �' u U e m a a, e 8 � =.a bA ba O tea• „a8 E gam- �•:� °z� ' 3 Y o a U IlkU m > o m. ay o �Q ' .,. app. cd-0 o = a 48'. y . �y •W c �Vl � � W �• W rn' W E3 n .. e o F o m 4. d o w.0 a q o A co 0 a H F'x m V Id © to ILS U E~ > ZI d - v .o3W. t AA a • DRi 1#u }$s # vr- Vo 1w QW • � � �.. 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Central Park,eight rules of powerful The Hurst-Euless-Bedford dressing, the Trinity-Bell football Chamber of Commerce's first edi- competition and future directions of tion of it's new bi-monthly magazine the Mid-Cities. Most of the stories Esprit is bright, colorful, lively, en- are written by local freelance tertaining and informative — look- writers. ing and reading more like a national Some 10,000 copies of Esprit will publication than a typioal chamber be printed each issue, in hopes of literary project. -- stimated "It's an easy-reading magazine 30,000 households penetrating oin thethe HEBarea, packed full of information about the Skaggs said. area," said Mike Skaggs, executive "It's a community magazine vice president of the chamber. Es- geared toward community issues," prit is going to be a real hybrid." he said. "The magazine will include . The first copies of Esprit, which lengthy stories and pictures about made their debut last month, are topics in the public eye." ` filled with high-quality graphics, Skaggs said he expects Esprit will pages of color pictures and an attrac- have more subscriptions from resi- tive layout. The magazine's content,expected - See HEB,Page 2 ur HEB magazine show(1s ualit s. V J a ` c lishing Inc. of For North, sells for chamber magazine Spectrum, which Continued from Page 1 $2 an issue or at a $12 annual sub- only lasted one issue because it, scription rate.Chamber members re- wasn't profitable. dential addresses than business ceive the publication as part of their Skaggs said the chamber will use addresses. membership. Esprit to recruit new businesses into "It's not just a business magazine The chamber's Communication the area. — the chamber isn't going to be Committee acts as the magazine's "Each month will have up-to- stuck all over it," he said. "The real editorial board,reviewing story ideas date information on the community goal of the magazine will be to facili- and first drafts of the magazine, he that we can immediateh• use with tate communication in the commu- said. prospective businesses," he said. nity. Esprit will also help all the Skaggs is optimistic that Esprit The next issue of Esprit, which local newcomers become residents will soon have a strong base in the will be out Nov. 4, will include fea- by familiarizing them with the community, including long-term ad- tures on Braniff,Christmas gifts,the community." vertising commitments and wide cir- Bedford Boys Ranch, and a 1984 LEsprit, published by Pacific Pub- culation, nothing like last year's new car preview. 1 F. m {, a"0 d v .q•� �; �j: �y ,rib.o � •mom H N ct mz p O w w.P. m A 0 4' o C m H = O m u m o .� -0 42 y �' "'e C °t�°>' +-Da,^ ..,.y o m y > z C-4p ° m a Q 61 °n^° 8'� w 4m C� y'u >" b o a o m o u no g o 0 A o w'►. m > m m Q w w a: 'o .0 +° m >,�' G1 U 7 GL m G' 3U o' 3 rye �A mat ? 4144 a� dompo t0 p >o, v -W_ O~ai xat UPa"t.'+oa Oo y Co.- Om.4 c4 c o C U oxy ° 8y (j) Uo xG H eo on dm n >+ 7 p t y4 O r• m 7 O w .g r• ^ aB da'00 �U �O' m QC 3��x 3 v°G0.4- H ° ai >, o p o^') m X.�a>H� 3wO E. 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VIFH.E.B.Average "We've predicted that by the end Apartment occupanc of '84 for apartment occupancy (in 91% Tarrant County) to be in the mid to upper 70s range, said Dan Boyd,re- search e search assistant with M/PF Re- search e search Inc. in Dallas. ' "Of course we'll have to wait and see the first quarter statistics to see _ if that will pan out," he said. ' Boyd said the Hurst-Euless Bed- ford area will not be hit as hard as 982 982 far east Fort Worth and Arlington. 4th Qtr- 4th Qtr. "Arlington may really be out,"he said. L Occu anc rate drops p y . to dropping cculpancy1rate, in HEB Continued from Page 1A the rate had dropped $10 in one probably 77 percent,"Boyd said. quarter. Mike Mansfield, an analyst with The average apartment rent (ex- Moore Diversified Services in Fort cluding electricity) was $374 per Worth, also said occupancy rates month for the last quarter of '83, s should show a decline by the end of compared with $384 for the third '84. quarter of'83. "But there are some showing In single-family housing permits signs of it now," he said. "I don't in Tarrant County, MDS said 797 ' "think I've been in any area without were issued in January. Arlington is- . .someone offering some special deal sued 234, beating out Fort Worth's (to attract renters)." 153. For all of Tarrant County, 1,588 Euless issued 82 permits and multi-family permits were issued in Bedford issued 57,Mansfield said. December, according to MDS, with There was also a drop in sales of 857 of those permits for Arlington. new homes for the last quarter, Locally, only Bedford had any Mansfield said. substantial multi-family permits is- But like most analysts,MDS does sued—284 units. not expect the trend to continue, Though neither Mansfield nor only for home sales to level off in Boyd tied the drop in average rents 1984. E I E i 1 .._ _.. r.IVna.,i.,aµU,I.UlA- plex. / { _a ROBBERY—Cash totaling$824 Sa e s tax revenue was taken in the robbery of a 1 fast-food restaurant in the 100 block of West Airport Freeway.Two men threatened employees in the 9:20 _ p.m. robbery.ncre�s�sfor area BURGLAR Y —• Je welry valued By CHRIS WILLIAMS $100,365. at$1,415 was taken Oct. 13 in a bur- y had the glary in the 500 block of Dickey Star-Telegram Writer Wataugalargest percent-g p Drive. Taken were a Pulsar watch Sales tax revenue is increasing in age increase in sales tax revenue.Its with a small diamond,a silver ring is 'Nbrthea#Tarrant County at a fast- check for$9,402 is 173 percent high- with a one-quarter carat diamond, •er rate`than ih other parts of the er than the$3,444 it got in October five small diamond stones and three county and the state,figures show. 1983. antique diamond pins. L. Records from the office of the Finishing second in the percent- state comptroller of public accounts age increase category is Euless with AUTO THEFT—A 1976 Mercury Itovv 'sal%ss fax revenue has in- a check for $87,456, 102 percent Monarch valued at$1,700 was taken Icreased 23 percent in Northeast Tarmore than last October's check for between Oct.11 and 12 from a park 'rant County this-year,22 percent in $43= ing lot in the 3200 bock of West Eu- ,° Tarrant County and 16 percent in The city with the lowest percent- less Boulevard.The dark-blue,four- --- �.�jOkas. — age increase is Richland Hills, door car liadTexas license lateNo._ t " `More impressive is the increase in. got a check for $32,298, $22 — or NJE-361.The car was recovered Oct. r 4 thta size of the checks area cities seven one-thousandths of l percent ' 12 in Irving. i h'i,received this October compared- --more than the$32,276 it got last i • I wititOctober 1983. October. THEFT—Jewelry valued at$555 ?his month,the 11 Northeast Tar More Importantly,however,Rich- was taken between Sept.29 and Oct. f-rant County cities—Hurst,Euless, land Hills is the city that has had the 2 from a home in the 200 block of �r BOdford, Haltom City; North Rich• largest percentage increase in sales i Laurel Lane.Taken were a 14carat d Hilly Richland Hills,Watauga, tax revenue this year.The city has gold diamond ring and pair of zir I ;f ( her, 5outhlake, Colleyville and received$395,325 to date,49 percent 1 coma earrings. ' Grapevine--'received.$1,027,005 in more than the $264,841 it had • _ • sales tax revenue, 75 percent more received at this time last year. THEFT—Five depth finders— i �44n the$585,778 the cities got last Hurst has gotten the most money total value$2,855—were taken be- in 1984 to date—$3,368,978,26 pet- tween Oct. 13 and 14 from a car y,comparison, cities in Tarrant cent more than the $2,670,981 in parked in the 1000 block of Airport troupty received $4,926,864 this sales tax checks it had gotten in the Freeway. �,t m[Srith, 62 percent more than the mail last year. • $3,0*163last year. Running second is North Rich- THEFT—A trailer and tools val October checks represent taxes land Hills with$1,939,652,4 percent ued at $3,000 were taken bdtween 1 I :ctertgti'On sales made in August less than the$2,029,821 of a year ago. ; Oct.13 and 14 in the 500 block of East and reported to the comptroller by Close behind is Haltom City with Denton Drivd:Taken were a Miller SepL 20,_ $1,903,253,36 percent more than the Blue Star welding machine,a brown Hurst retained its position as the $1,400,454 it had received thus far in trailer, a Victorcutting torch and ' city receiving the largest sales tax 1983. miscellaneous tools. check.This month's$277,104 was 137 Overall,Northeast Tarrant Coun- • • percent more than the$117,039 the ty cities,have,received $11,401,823 THEFT = A Toyota bed trailer city received last October. this year 23 percent more Chan the valued at$1,000 was taken between ' Second is Haltom City with $9244,60E�they received fast y6lrOct. 11 and 12 from a parking lot at $191,106,49 percent more than the Tarrant County as a whole has tak- ridgegate Court. The trailer is $128,162 it got a year ago. North en in $54,654,197, about 22 percent black with a white top. Richland Hills is third with$188,844, more than the$44,772,426 it got last _ 88 percent more than last year's year. . - T 'o i co w m '° 'bam N [�] big .rY r"cDxO^ 5 m m Oov 0 0 co a r,'R � A' 'y m m•m�1 m� m a 3 A O O e. W O O ?•,e Cr,.. <* Cin Cr plxt"co ?.� am* :; m M oa . m `�7 E �*r,O O °, Q•O m O ~ r M ,y ,G-.. Cl) 0 .y Y =� On mmem a.[o-EIChm ]•g '' eco x� o 0 t: trio m a,w a " E �yw 3 i rq.mmtin � O � mmb0; tick Z� � eb CD G m O m m m yC-0 `°rA 'mac ti m r?-em•. m Cr n p 00 m C 0 � ".fin c .•1' � U.' ..- ,7-A'°d, , !"y � �t 1 sua r F R�SS FITTING' ,. MM � '; i .... s� e....'aFy -'+- fit " ' f H. F kr.. •.• ,x„..;.,.,,. YA Dally News photo by MARILYN STROOP Bobby Baker, who owns B&B Auto Parts, has lived in Euless since 1954. He's seen good times and bad, but says the people make the city a good place to raise a family. Airport 'boom f®r others hurt here Editor's Note: The Mid-Cities rush that occurred." News continues its series on area cit- In 1972, anticipation of the air-I ' ies with this look at Euless. Today, port caused "almost complete stop- the city's past and present. Monday, page of growth," he said. In 1975,' the future and challenges it will face. only two permits were issued for sin- gle-family homes. "It was a combination of land By LIZ NEWLIN speculation, economic conditions Daily News Assistant Editor See EULESS, Page 3A Evidence of the great, too-early j land rush abounds in Euless. Euless Population The"For Sale"signs are still up. The signs — some now weather- beaten and faded — have stifled de- 1915 _ ............... 25 velopment in Euless for at least the 19,40 50 past decade.- 1 9 5 0 r'� ..' '628 The signs were put up by land speculators who envisioned a gold 1960 .• ...4,236 rush coming up as the airplanes set down at Dallas/Fort Worth Regional 1970 .... 19,316 - Airport,opened in 1974. 1 980 .......• 24,02 "All the other cities seem to have grown," said W.M. "Blackie" Sus- taire, Euless city mananger. "They were far enough away to not be in 1984 ... 32,350 volved in the land grab, the land DISTRIBUTED TO i i F' r M1 }f a IBM u Q. Asx *i N d -0 � w } t o s isx �^ C �,•� Co CIS 3 000>t w O aaia Ctcu o"30 cc Lli > tton 3 r 3a N C.0 7 ,C E y.$ ca•O ., a a 20, +" � K Y ' � y +•'- dw ca Q) O h L. Qp ED =9 ;3 V to k a �...- ■ o .a t cu o ca dY' °0ya� o3 �'a.°i � E .o O� cu cc Odp d d �'i 00 a a ate. o eQ E3 3 a u y d A. �• a ?: ao w b o> Q, a� �, o v a a,3 u nn � � a a�•� a� d o,[ a� �H cu co •• 7 y Q) �� p N 3 a. N �' O r•� O Q) b y CO a ` " r°. "� .0.. 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G= U d Plock of West Euless Boulevard,ac- N N A g a o f J eording to a police report tbd Dec. N�vL x ►. f I1.The check was written for$41. • =W W •3< O $ µBURGLARY—A woman's gold A II Seiko quartz watch and a woman'se 7 a e «�'e.9 i li Mdiamond cocktail ring all valued g �,a m At$490 were taken Dec.11 from a ! . 11; g«m v ' ome in the 800 block of Fayette ^ o o�.°'o ' . •a m 'Irive. m o n m:"a •�•4 4 THEFT—A woman's 14carat AA e• -�m S e as clod d a2D-wedding rinint mart marquis diamond tch iln- • •°y ' o o° A -valuedat$$5500wast ken between v o o,a S v a w m Ca me6. Dec.6 and 7 from an apartment in `�' a 9 t •• the 300 block ofMartha Street + >a �'? o°�' 7 THEFT—An Audiovox AMP cara."'T gtereo equalizer valued at$200 was W -Awn o taken between Dec.11 and 12 from a �I 1982 Ford Musts ng parkdinthe 100 • ��, gs sv m a, Dock of Manchester Drive. C� �� " g m a ° 1 9 y B:a a ° THEFT—A woman's beige and °v m mtiT a 3 $«_ g a o.9 fed reversible coat valued-at_$200 :�B °�" o�b� _�__ •_ °��a� _ —-- — — lfas taken between Dec.11 and 12 • 9 fl a ,' o ! from 1984 Oldsmobile 98 parked in 9 a 9'3�° '�. =o•�"p .a m I ihe130OblockotShady CreekDrive. ��+ +A a •°� y°-«•5 + BURGLARY—Jewelry valued °�o+ w 0 9 m 5�' S o S`�a a'd o c m�•� at$3,000 was taken Dec.13 from an <,t: y a p - 5 o e m m a c« Apartment in the 1400 block of Mon- : 3 m m g 51% p + d. 1 rrey Boulevard.Taken were a Bu- y- 5 a o ,c E•d a�" s• `o I) lova quartz watch,a gold wedding o °'o c fi- ..o* it ang,a white gold wedding ring with 9 v 3 Y L.m 9 1 1 diamonds and a pearl necklace. ROBBERY—A BUIGVa quartz +o°•e a g q m e ': �I watch,$200 in cash,a man's shirt, o 9=a: and back attache case valued at •3 a a% � S •a•o > >9 m h a $5550000 was taken at gunpoint from a 1 A a a.�•gg Zfryear-old Indiana man at a hotel a o ray q m.6 i om in.the 1100 block of West Eu- ' v Z.^z v ess Boulevard. , 7 THEFT— A Realistic AM/FM D 9 w^a _a= v $■m 'S Cassette stereo,a Lear Jet graphic b 5 e v I, equalizer and two Concord stereo •p` °w 3•mb.e•a"" •o a; v• °• speakers valued at$600 were taken a v between Dec.12 to 14 from a 1973 •v,��•� +�6 m 5 o aV�•°� ' Boa aem�? 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I".9° c •u r�'b y- '�'-'w 7 r - bo ut � W cFr bga :gym .ao ° ==�9 9�'a•" , $•'c�" 0'°�9m5 '"'>.mo cc � u� Voc+g"d� M l w°m.'a :�°� �c'gym �:T P m'a U•i+i� jp x mm° macwm 9 m 4A o 0.m -A mFym c m d °« •po a � m9 g a��Qo �s� o•�L.yr•e>-os m�t J Zj��v o�.9z diesv C �s ,ca Q�CI '�' m c u.G•6 m"t7 G�VI.5.+ 'v 6«rd C i ,- M rea olice c p • i,..n robberies fro . 1983 Continued from Page 1 cities show that a summer-long spree of holdups The figures are based on monthly crime reports of caused the significant increase and the trend has area police departments. continued into the fall. Among the five larger Northeast area cities,Euless Hurst leads the area with 33 holdups,but that figure and Bedford have already eclipsed 1983 robbery to- is less than last year for the same period.The depart- tals while North Richland Hills was only one shy.The ment recorded 55 robberies in 1983,tops in Northeast five largest cities are Euless, Bedford, North Rich- Tarrant County. land Hills,Hurst and Haltom City. Among the larger area cities, Haltom City like The pattern was the same among the smaller area Hurst showed the only other decline in robberies. cities. By the end of October,Richland Hills,Watau- Policereported 16 holdups,compared to 26 for 1983. ga,Colleyville and Grapevine also had surpassed 1983 That wasn't the case in Richland Hills, Watauga, figures. Grapevine and Colleyville.All are one or two robber- Keller was the only area police department'which ies above final 1983 figures. had potworked a robbery in 1984. "Our increases have come around the lake area =.=All told,there have been 139 reported armed rob- (Grapevine Lake),"said Grapevine Police Chief H.A. beries in the first 10 months of 1984, more than the Deggans.His department worked 11 holdups in 1983 same;period in 1983, and just short of last year's and had 12 at the end of October."We've also had an overall total. increase in robberies against persons. Euless and Bedford have had the most dramatic "When you have the kind of growth we've experi- increases in 1984.At the end of October,both police enced in the last year,increases like this are expect- departments had recorded more robberies than all of ed,"Deggans said."We should finish the year at three 1983. to four above what we had in 1983." Euless had 22,compared to 15 for 1983,and Bedford Police officials said the majority of area robberies reported 15, five more than all of last year. have centered against businesses, specifically con- 'In addition, North Richland Hills was only one venience stores which remain open all night. shortof 1983 figures.Police there reported 25holdups Most have occurred at night, and robbers have in the first 10 months of 1984. been armed with handguns, knives and snakes,au- Police figures in those three and in most other area thorities said. Euless span ung more cash . C tohandle a an one cars c Abandoned cars are becoming If the registered letter does hot parts. more common in Euless and the po- reach owners or loan-makers, the Harris oversees the disposal of lice officer assigned to handle them city must advertise the abandoned abandoned and junk cars in Euless says the city spends more money car. and has two clerks who help hire processing the vehicles than their with the paperwork. sale generates. Abandoned car owners have 20 Lg Sometimes,cars are"abandoned" days to respond to the registered because the owner can't or won't 'There's no way to make money letter or advertisement. pay for repairs, Harris said. Other on this," said Sgt. Mike Harris. "If we find them on public right- abandoned cars come to the tier Some of them(abandoned cars)will of-way, we put a sticker on there from people police arrest. sell for$5.The average price is$50." which says the owner has 48 hours to Assistant City Manager Tom Hari Harris estimates Euless spend be- move it,"Harris said."But we usual- said the abandoned car problem is tween $75 and $100 on things like ly give them a week to 10 days to postage,advertising and staff time move it as long as it's not a traffic common to most area cities. in an effort to find the owners or hazard." "I don't think it's any better or any loan holders of abandoned cars. worse here,"Hart said. Every three months, Euless auc- "An effective enforcement plan is Texas law requires a registered tions 100 to 120 cars,Harris said—a the only way you are going to err- letter be sent to the owner or loan- number that has increased in recent force the law,"he said."it just takes makernotifying him that if thecaris years. Most of the buyers are junk a commitment of manpower and not moved it will be towed and sold. 'yard owners who buy the cars for 'equipment," Arrests In shootln Two j* ai* led In Euless By CHARLES E.BALDWIN Croom of the Holley Bush Restau- A 'composite drawing was com- Daily News Assistant Editor rant at 1201 W. Airport Freeway at piled from accounts by witnesses, about 11:30 p.m. Monday. and Ernest said that led to the even- EULESS — Police Wednesday He was pronounced dead at Har- tual arrests. night arrested two men in connec- ris Hospital H-E-B in Bedford just "Two investigators stopped a tion with amurder/robbery on Mon- before 1 a.m.Tuesday. man Tuesday who matched the com- day night. Police expect to file Witnesses said Haney was carry- posite,' said Ernest. He wasn't the charges sometime Thursday. ing a money clip, which was seen by one,but he did have a brother. Euless Det. Steve Ernest said the other patrons in the restaurant. Police went to the brother's Brid- men were charged with capital mur- When he went into the restroom, gegate Apartments home in Euless a der, but declined to identify them he was followed by two men. A short short time later."The brother wasn't there,but we until charges are filed. time later,shots were heard,and the obtained a photograph from a man As of Wednesday afternoon, both two men came out of the restroom who was," said Ernest. were being held in the Euless jail, and quickly walked out of the each on$250,000 bond. restaurant. The man also told police the L Clifford E. Haney, 56, of 1001 Police were called when Haney brother and another man had re- Fuller-Wiser Road, was shot and was found wounded in the restroom See TWO,Page 6A then robbed of about$500 in the res- by other customers. so Page 6-A MID-CITIES DAILY NEWS Thursday, November 29, 1984 w&- ailed in Building permits declining area shooting Continued from Page 1A issued 167 single-family permits and 165 multi-family permits this Conti4ued from Page 1A "We aren't having such a flood year,compared to 108 single-fam- of the market anymore because ily and 144 multi-family permits ' turner o the apartment at about 1 builders are waiting to see what in 1983. a.m..Tuesday. the interest rates do — they are "The increase in building per- *" WIt'fesses at the club identified gambling to see if the rates go mits is just a continuation of an )�he photograph as one of them men down,"Moss said. even growth pattern in Hurst," ' }vho followed Haney into the res- On the other side, Wheeler Hurst Director of Public Works troom,and police later tracked down said builders "aren't holding off Jim McMeans said. both men at a home on Kirby Street because of interest rates — they in Dallas. are just waiting on new developed "Over the years Hurst has ex- Euless and Dallas police officers land." perienced steady growth — the ' )irrested the two men at the Kirby Hurst,the only area city to see third quarter building permit in- Street home home Tuesday night. an increase in both new single- crease is part of the process of Both were arraigned in Dallas, family and multi-family building filling in the available land tracts then transferred to the Euless jail, permits during the third quarter, in the city," McMeans said. ' where they were to be arraigned -again Wednesday. Ernest said charges will not be gyne road. proper equipment can a scheduled for use. riled until after an autopsy by the 'Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Euless police, fire dinner set Office. "There were two guns used — a, EULESS—The Euless Police and Fire The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. with :25 caliber and a 9mm," said Ernest. Association will have its annual awards awards.Awards will be followed by dacning ' $'And the victim was shot three night Saturday at the Western Hills Inn, to 2 a.m.with a live band. times, once in the face and twice in 1102 W. Euless Boulevard. the body." Those guns were recovered when ' the two suspects were arrested. Initial results of the Wednesday morning autopsy showed two 9mm gunshots to the chest as the cause of death. The wound in the face was made with a.25 caliber bullet. Ernest said both men could be ' charged with capital murder. If con- victed, they could receive a life sen- tence or the death penalty. Ready for Eyr y less of the k limelight By CHARLES E.BALDWIN Daily News Staff EULESS-- After about 20 w ~� a years of service to the city, you , would think Frank Douglass 4 would find his semi-retirement— .. well, boring. "I've served," he said with a 4: M grin. "I've had my share (of ex- # Monday profile i citement). Sometimes I think you { can stay on too long." i .. The quiet owner of Euless Flo- i rist Gifts&Greenhouse began his x service to Euless almost as soon x r as he moved here in the 1960s, # and it's a record that takes some k-� time to get into: eight years on 'I the Planning & Zoning Commis- sion(six as chairman),eight years o r r`e on the City Council (six as mayor pro tem), assistant city judge, charter member of the Civil Ser- ;^ vice Commission. r He was also a leader in the ` a x abortive attempt to merge the cit- „ ies of Hurst, Euless and Bedford and served as the head of an early Daily News Photo By DARRELL BYERS H-E-B council of governments. After about 20 years of serving Euless, you "I guess I've served on just might think Frank Douglass would be ready for a about every board and commis- rest. Not So. 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He just tries to explain and keeps thumbing snap 1 through p shots of the water G 0. towers he has painted in places ` p such as Tullahoma, in Tennessee. "The pay's good and it's some- thing I like I to do ,a " he said. "I ` N don't have back w anyone behind my when I'm working. That's good. There's not anybody who's going to stand up there behind ; me,right?,, The new water tower in Euless that Breason, a foreman for In- dustrial Contracting and Coating, r and his crew are painting loomed some 125-feet high behind him. ' 1ti Its seams ams are rusted. Over the next eight weeks, the water tower will be sandblasted, primed and i painted —inside.and out. Every_ one will then break for Christmas and.then go on to the next job. € Bresson, 25, spends less than a ' month a year at his home in Mas- sachusetts. .He hasn't been there Da11y News photo by MARILYN STRoop Al Bresson paints water towers across America. He See FREEDOM,Page 2. stays on the road--almost-year=round: ---- r r F Iw Freedom big job advantage must have been 160 degrees inside walk tightropes. You'd never see me Continued from Page 1 the water tower. You had to be out do that.We know our rigging,and as by noon. You couldn't last all day, long as you are not afraid of what since July 4. even wearing an air hood with an air you're going up on,no problem." "I tried working in the mills and I conditioner in it." Bresson started working on water L went to school three years to be an Bresson wore only a wool work towers when he was 12. His father electrician," Bresson said. "When I shirt and jeans to rebuke a raw Fri- also paints water towers. He learned came out, I didn't like it. I didn't day.He dashed to the truck bed that quickly that he wasn't afraid of like the work, sitting on a bench. a generator sat on. Lunch was over. heights. Too many damn figures on my mind. Also on the truck were hooks, pul- "I'm a mountain climber," he There was a lot of'don't talk,'`don't leys, ropes and steel-bristle brushes. said, laughing. "This is a lot differ- smoke cigars,'stuff like that." Coming to life, the generator ent than a mountain, though." screamed,then settled into a contin- Bresson and his crew work on the You don't really escape orders uous yell that sent a bucket with 'mountain' about 50 hours a week. anywhere, but working on a water Shindler relentlessly up the face of Everyone wants the overtime and tower calls for everyone to pretty the water tower. construction deadlines have to be much be their own boss. Orders are Reaching the top, Shindler met. When he gets home to a motel C hard to hear when a sandblaster or opened a porthole. Putting his hand in Arlington, Bresson usually hits spray gun is operating. Bresson's on a iron band that circles the top of the sack — "a couple of beers and main crew — Richard Shindler, the water tower,he casually stepped that's it." Ricky Demers, Shep Brown and Ray from the bucket into the porthole. "I'm like anyone else. I like to go Quinlan — have been with him for Another day at the office. to Sia Flags Over Texas and places several years. Water tower painters don't re- like that, dancing or whatever," he ■ Painting a water tower does have gard themselves as courageous,Bres- said. "I got my wife down here and son said, or nuts. another guys got his. The wives disadvatages. ' "You see those guys in the Olym- don't like living on the road, but if "If you fall, you're dead. That's pics that ski off those jumps?" he you say you'll send them home, it's the big disadvantage," Bresson said. said. "Well, that's crazy to me. This 'No, I'd rather stay with you.' It's "It's hard work and it's hot in the is just another day at work. I guess our job and they've got to put up summer. I did a job once in Haltom you could say we're specialists, but with it. They go home a lot. You CCity when it was 106 degrees. It we're used to it, like those guys who gotta keep them happy,you know." E E E I E E E C - 'r YOU ARE INVITED TO A CELEBRATION f �} EULESS GOLDEN AGE GROUP r THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON WHEN: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1984 TIME: 11 :30 A.M. WHERE: SIMMONS BUILDING - J .A. CARR PARK IT'S A FUN TIME. . . . .PLEASE JOIN US! - - ,�� F� J 1, .��•,:• '" R.S .V.P. 283-5381ext181 before Tuesday, Nov. 13th Euless Recreation Department 51 q OoC r • � J .I. ro is issue wth it • F Euless electionq .F R F By LOUIS PORTER lI The number of apartments in the Star-Telegram Writer city, another bone of contention ` s w C. N ;Issues in this year's Euless City with several homewoner groups,is G unci)election duplicate those in an area Pippin said the council is y I d€e212race asincumbents point to analyzing. mPsitive aspects of the growth they "I think the council is presently g4ve overseen, while challengers taking a good,hard look at how ma- y ' 1 the council caters to the whims ny multifamily homes we can take," it ofdevelopers. he said. " PLACE 1 A former member of the Plan Incumbent Robert Pippin,an_en _ ning and Zoning Commission, Pip- SCOTT HEITh1AN ) neer for Vought Corp.,is seeking a pin said when single-family zoning have been on the council,they get a fifth term. designation was given to all un Tittle stale. Pippin,43,is challenged by Walt zoned and future acquisitions of the "Sometimes the council gets f nith,42,ac1erkforBellHelico ter--city_in the early1960s,a-source of P confusion for residents was born. away from the people, I've always_-_ '.Oxtron Inc.who served two terms felt the people should be represent- I L cV the North Richland Hills City Now, when an area that should ed.I ouncil before moving to Euless obviously be zoned commercial or What Smith calls apathy toward ii ve years ago. multifamily is given that designs the city's homeowners is the sole "I really don't know where my tion,it gives the false impression the criticise s home has eowners the current is the sole ,ipponent incoming from,"said Pip- city is losing its single-family areas, cil. un- pin,although he defends claims he Pippin said: Although Smith is on the city's and other council members lean too Although the Euless council has Zoning Board of Adjustments, he far in favor of developers, been taken to task by some candi says he knows of one meeting the "I don't believe we have sold out dates and residents for not having y g to development to et it,"he said. w'hattheyconsiderahealthydose of board had in the two years of his P g membership. "This year, Euless's brand of in- disagreement,Pippin said a careful ceativu zoning was passed. Some look at voting records will prove He served on the North Richland may.�hink that's a concession tozon- that claim is untrue. Hills Council from 1972 to 1974 and ing,but it's note Some have suggested it appears from 1976 to 1978. He lost bids for Incentive zoning allows the coun- decisions are made behind the that counicl in 1974 and 1978. [` cil to make allowances to developers scenes rather than in the council On the controversial apartment if the developer provides certain chamber,but Pippin and other in- issue,Smith said he does not favor a amenities to his area or building. cumbents deny those accusations. moratorium on apartments but Euless officials have lauded the pro- ' "Little is accomplished in council would prefer to see them strategi grain as a benefit for the city. meetings by loud ravings and name- cally placed. Pippin,an 18-year resident of the callings,"Pippin said. "There's certain areas where they city, says he wants to see through Walt Smith,42,views his candida- (apartments) should be built and -- -some of the work he and his col- cy as an alternative for Euless vot- certain areas where they shouldn't leagues started, such as the city's ers. be,"he said. proposed fiye-year plan and revi- "There's always time for change," t PLACE 3 sions to the zoning ordinance. he said. "Sometimes, after people Scott Heitman,39,a manager for ` Sales CITY SALES_TAX tax refund a'Ty IAYMEN� 1¢l4PAIYATE S 94CHAN6EOVER :' THISlEIIIOD IODATE 1 1483 TO BATE State returns tax payments 6edfa:d_ $53,sa3 , M5,918 26.98% • collected from area stores ri-q-p� I -. x 4yb?o $974;511V 26.1011/6 Sales tax rebate payments to area North Richland Hills officials Hallam qty $164'324 $1,7.13,146 34.57% municipalities are up this year in ev- found that some businesses in the NO* $2;4,755 $3,091,873. 21.06% ery city except North Richland city were mistakenly listing their ad. Wo.Richland Hills $140,131 41,750.807- 4.26% Hills. dresses as Richland Hills, Hurst or Richland Hills' r Payments-to-date figures from Fort Worth.When the oversight was $34,727 $363,0;7" 56.1Q% the state comptroller's office show corrected, North Richland Hills tax Wafd° $4s636 $104,165 37.84'/0 North Richland Hills's sales tax re- rebatea ty" >$4,433;098 p yment, zoomed. Now that Tanartt Gi4t1 1`gtal fpnds have decreased about 9 per- they are back to normal, the de- cent from the same period last year. crease is reflected in the latest last week sent checks totaling Source:STATE COMPTROLLERS OFFIC P y g $52.4 But the numbers may be mislead- statistic,. million in local sales tax payments to Checks to Bedford, Euless, Ha ItThe drop may be attributed to Still,North Richland Hills has re- the 990 cities statewide that levy the tom City, Hurst, North Richlan the fact that, at this time last year, ceived payments of$1.75 million to 1 percent city sales tax. Hills and Richland Hills were mot North Richland Hills received un- date in 1984,second in the Mid-Cit- The September checks represent than the September 1983 paymen ]tsually high payments as compensa- ies only to Hurst with $3,09million taxes collected on sales made in July Watauga's payment decreased fro] tion for taxes erroneously credited to in sales tax rebates so far this year, and reported to the comptroller by $6,047 last September to $4,636 fc iieighboring cities. State Comptroller Bob Bullock Aug. 20, the same month this year. • Euless counc sets m i ion vo The four propositions will *Parks and recreation— By DEBBIE PARISH $3000 be voted on separately,accord- ,030 Euless city councilmen vot- ing to the program authorized *Streets and drainage— ed in session Tuesday night to unanimously by council vote $2,395,000 capital un amid periodic reports of co�t'a- *Public safety building ca call a $6,125,000 p provements election Dec. 2 for state and national elect n $550, sub-totalsstation--$150,000 the citizens of Euless. sub totals. Six projects are included in Parks and recreation, r the arks and:recreation pro- streets and drainage, and two Specifically, the fouo sal and the figure includes public buildings were listed as posals and the amount of Crn- acquisition and development of priorities to be included in the eral obligation bonds desigf at- land. bond issue. ed include: - Various projects are,includ 6d in he-street•improV" C and drainage proposition also o ..a e ce F;o-M .. The fire station will be built on °" `�°g �' ° " C n �"• land already owned by the w w c Z m city, and the public •safety G ; ; aZ S o •w_5 Q° ° Cn fD' building is to be located across a'x❑ d 0 t b $ 1 m m from the 'existing facility at � .: m ° Goy' < x vGo a'1-3 Y0 (p city hall. 0,0 Cr; b o o m to C Voting machines will be F oU c] ro o ° m ° o b7 �• PD O used and city hall will be the 0 b N 0,a ao M o q+ o a C 8 only polling place for the Dec. cr" j M w �* w o°'° o �* p 2 election. m °'" M >x m m c The Parks and Recreation ; M M a r- 0 w g `D �° o M n a Committee proposed improve f a o m c�•a c ° R a °, ~` , ments for that bond category: ' 0 .� : b W o 0 0' � w` o'G to - Councilman Bill Dunn was �* w �' °° " " m " o chairman of the group that m - E Z 10 o R c� • studied building needs and M x � �a � °D C fD M �� M x w g Dwayne Wilcox and Harold mr� moa0'C7 G :r 2.0x g r 0 �. d M o M ab � , Samuels,streets and drainage. 0 rrm c w g n A question concerning set i a �' a o m m m ° ting a definite date for comple ao w 0- Cr o 0 � c E o °e o m o E I ° 0� �, tion of the projects was raised M »��' a.+ 0 m w ° ao b G M. 4 � R in discussion.Though that type d 0 °o g o �o •�CD ° o °- of information is not.pertinent ° o MM. ° g for inclusion in the bond issue, t � C[0 0b 0 E SFa G ] C ° itself, which councilmen noted 2. ov 5 0 a it is important to the indi- �e � ; a o og �- o G m w E viduals who will vote for and G a ; ° Eti Y B o �.a c MO support or reject proposals. c The items in the bond elec Ma p, c M �, �, c io tion will be realized just as quickly as possible without t Z CL o w -x 5 0 E.m F b 0-g o ° `� raising taxes, Mayor Pete g "M °c 0° c°*b b � a�0 r� � Krause stated, reflecting opin- �? 5'm � 0 2 a.a.0 g °e a o 0�'o ion expressed by all council 0o r. m °.� d .ro `� „ N < w oo ° d 8 0 o ` � e a ° < members present. 2. m0 0 � '+ � rte �.`� a'e* ti M 'C7 C m p -3 m e O a '< CD o00 eaa ��e oGOGo °; w °�� o � ".0 m ceiver, a Realistic cassette desk, a p home in the 700 block of Clebud turntable and four speakers. I Drive. jZ- — ?4 I ' d / ASSAULT—A21-year-01dEuless BURGLARY — Jewelry valued BURGLARY—Property valued woman told police that a 29-year-old at $1,800 was taken Oct. 23 in an at $390 was taken Oct. 22 in a bur- man struck her with his hands and apartment burglary in the 1200 glary in the 1200 block of Denton feet at a duplex in the 3000 block of block of Monterrey Boulevard. Po- Drive. Taken were a leather tool Raider Court on Oct.28. lice reports show two juveniles,ages pouch with belt,$20in cash,assorted • 13 to 16,are suspected. hand tools and a small clock. BURGLARY — Coins, jewelry Taken were a silver U.S. Army and stereo equipment valued at$860 ring,a gold man's ring with'/s carat THEFT—Construction tools val- were taken oct. 29 in a burglary in diamond,a gold's man ring with a 2 ued at $3,235 were taken between the 1200 block of Denton Drive.Tak- E Y4 peso gold piece,a pendant neck- Oct. 22 and 23 from a construction en were a set of four coins,a gold lace with a 2 1/4 peso gold piece, a site in the 100 block of Westpark army ring with a diamond, a 1969 ' white gold wedding band and a Way.Taken were five nail guns,sev- Sam Houston High School class ring plain gold wedding band engraved en Makita electric screw guns, a with the initials "SWM" engraved with the date, 12--63. Black and Decker cut-off saw,2,500 on the inside,a Radio Shack cassette nail gun loads and a tool box. player,two speakers and a gold star AUTO THEFT — A 1978 Ford necklace. Thunderbird valued at $3,000 was THEFT — A Kenwood AM/FM = _ taken Oct.23 from a parking lot in casette player valued at $200 was BURGLARY—Property valued the 900 block of Del Paso Street.The" taken between Oct.22 and 23 from a at$5,850 was taken from a home in two-door car is white on blue and car parked in the 1100 block of Soto- the 1800 block of Kynette Street on had Texas license No.QEU-837. grande Boulevard. Oct.29.Access was gained through ` ` ` an unlocked rear door,police said. BURGLARY—;World War II- BURGLARY — Cash totaling Taken were a nine-inch Hatachi era pistol valued at$400 was taken $1,200 was taken Oct.23 in a burglary color television set,a Smith-Corona Oct.24 in a burglary in the 900 block in the 300 block of Fair Oaks Boule• typewriter,a reel-to-reel tape recor- of Simmons Drive. vard.Police reports show an Arling- der,a Remington 110012-gauge shot- ton man is suspected. gun and vinyl case and a Weatherby THEFT—A .22-caliber rifle and rifle,scope and leather case. 25 rounds of ammunition were tak- THEFT—A Sanyo 13-inch color = _ = en between Oct. 25 and 26 from a television and a Lloyds 13-inch color AGGRAVATED ROBBERY — pickup truck parked in the 110 block television were taken Oct.23 from a Police are looking for the young, of West Airport Freeway. Also tak- drug store in the 100 block of South neatly dressed man who threatened en were a Sparkamatic AM/FM cas- Ector Drive.Loss was set at$579. employees with a knife in the rob- sette car stereo and two Sparkamat- Police reports show the suspects bery of achain store in the 100 block is and two Panasonic car speakers. are two men,one described as being of Harwood Road on Oct. 30. Loss, Loss was set at$350. six feet tall, weighing 165 pounds including$4 taken with an employ- and wearing a white shirt and blue ees wallet,was$239 in cash. BURGLARY — Ten Yokohama jeans. The second man was de- Thesuspectis a black man,20to25 truck tires valued at$300 each were scribed as 5 feet 4 inches tall, of years old. He is described as being taken between Oct.18 and 25 from a medium build and wearing a blue between 5-foot-11 and 6-foot-2, storage building in the 2600 block of shirt and blue jeans. weighing about 175 pounds. West Euless Boulevard. THEFT— A gas air compressor THEFT—An Alpine AM/FMcas- valued at $700 was taken Oct. 25 sette stereo unit valued at$250 was BURGLARY—A portable radio- from a yard in the 1000 block of taken between Oct.27 and 28 from a television set,Panasonic stereo and Highland Drive. 1979 Peugeot parked in the 1100 several food items valued at $257 ` ` block of Sotog+andesBoulevard- were taken Nov.2 or 3 from a resi- AUTO THEFT — A 1975 Ford BURGLARY — Stereo equip- dencce in the 3100 block of Timber Courier pickup truck valued at I p- Rid e. $2,000 was taken between Oct. 26 ment valued.at $825 was reported • • and 27 from a parking lot in the 800 missing Oct.28 from an apartment THEFT — An AM/FM cassette block of Wilshire Boulevard. The in the 1300 block of North Euless radio and two speakers valued at yellow truck had Texas license No. Main Street.Police reports showed $150 were taken from a vehicle at TB-5110. the burglary occurred Oct. 19. Northwest Plaza,1800 W.Northwest Taken were a Marantz stereo re- Highway, Nov. 6. Damage to the THEFT—A Fenwick tackle box 1/'� �y and assorted fishing gear and a — Craftsman tool box with assorted d, c t~ plumber's tools were taken between o ° o u a, N a L. o Oct.26 and 27 from a pickup truck a 1~ a a parked in the 20 block of Manches- c° ° 3 `Z ro m � i° °' ter Drive. Loss was set at$600. 00 ani d n a o > [A cu;G Wo¢ c; ° C BURGLARY — AJVCRX 400 a� G o o CZ � �O�A N � 3 EZLn ca �U B. cl c « Ca er6 on tip � a bo G > ao G m m v G G � '0. G 0.2y A; 9 m ° a y ° 4) 03 -C.G G 004 eo y S aGi ►y. G d+ °0a ai yw m 3 o $' °vF m m mom.[ 10 U .-. A, w m > g 'mo Gm � o. o m.: 0 CD .G uo b� m a> m 3 ymor 41 � fox � ? 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He also was wounded once in E Dallas men in Monday night's mur- the face. Q Vl der/robbery at the Holley Bush Euless police Det. Steve Ernest o ani 'o" 3 a 4 Restaurant. said the chest wounds were made Z w �ec Tarrant County Assistant Dis- with a 9mm gun,and the face wound o a E =b o trict Attorney Daryl Coffey said the was made with a.25 caliber gun. -rop b e 0 charges were filed Thursday against Witnesses said Haney was carry- ba, a ° m c d U.Dulogio Valles, 28, and Salvadore ing a money clip which was seen by a°, n. a7 d Sanchez,23. other patrons in the restaurant. a cu F; He refused to say if either man When he went into the restroom =.0 a�i 11 d had made a statement to police. he was followed by two men.A short x.2 a, �,Q 3 0 Both are Mexican citizens and time later,shots were heard and the a b o b "x ' m ai d G.,,as G d d listed their address as 2032 Kirby, two men left the restroom and H .b m U g b m A m Apartment No. 11, irr Dallas. quickly walked out of the restaurant. W a o= � b Coffey said the two men are being Police were called when Haney Z O F X w° E ;; held in the Tarrant County Jail un- was found wounded in the restroom �, 3 (OuE°o �,W ° w der $500,000 bond, and the case by other customers. could go before a Tarrant County A composite drawing was com- Q grand jury as early as next week. piled from accounts by witnesses, 0 3 m y Clifford E. Haney, 56, of 1001 and Ernest said that led to the even- W y E Fuller-Wiser Road, was shot and tual arrest. F: a then robbed of about$500 in the res- "Two investigators stopped a 0 troom of the Holley Bush Restau- man Tuesday who matched the com- •�� y 7 y° ° rant at 1201 W. Airport Freeway at posite," said Ernest. He wasn't the do W „ b about 11:30 p.m. Monday, according one,but he did have a brother." a a ° ; 6 to police. Police were directed to the Brid- 3 0 ^°w, o He was pronounced dead at Har- F°, ani ;, 0 W m - - - - - --- w E 0 b ris Hospital H-E-B in Bedford just See GRAND,P .2 ,b c-[ a, agea cd r..0 y � r. W ° m c a ,. a, aC'i � „� a ,, c Fb o � o, � „ m to abb bo LO Q o E� ^ � ° co °Jo � rn �O,U ° O� t. 2 Q m " 04 A � ami �� 0 � W mG °a a, am° ° a U m m .> C 3a' 3a �� 3 - ;, 0 Q-� to 0 o z 0 co o eo o °: n'a a, m 3 °w° a' °Cn v m o o " ° ani > cc 0 " G = E c Q y—� o U o' > w ° r 01 'C G `° a Q ��o °> 3Fco4 .�w ° °oa, ams o om� a>, ai O GQ . 3 W w c, V O v C O my aS v a ani G 3Nb E v°^i vEr. C m G m q o 1 Cn A W > q m en T G E ° w a> m >, a - v 3 O•� •� n C cc y w �-y v a G y G r 0 m F W •° R " ° o cu �� m v y-3 ami p,° w E aai•� i o a, o • ,, E G O com,3 y ow y ani Sy O m cO G� a 0 w -r ® dz W 3 mea, E r Z a� ai E� C C a�—0._L4 XU� r s �A -W oac $ ° - cu ° >1 �, aFo7F °a i, Developments are approved bbr Residents, though, pointed out tions are "not what they were 10, or Continued from Page lA that C-2 zoning already existing in 20 or 30 years ago.They are not eye- L strictive than the current C-1 zon- the area would allow for gasoline sta- sores (any more). ing, because "what you see is what tions, and those developments were "This developer has really gone { you get." In other words, the com- inevitable. out on a limb. He's done a very good e mission and ultimately the city Bill Garcia, of 2312 Erwin Drive, job in screening the gasoline sales. I council could determine the nature said those other eventual develop- could be in favor of this proposal." of the development, as well as its menta would give the neighborhoods But Deithloff said residents were appearance. too many gas stations. correct when they pointed out that Screening proposed for the two Mike Bailey,of 517 Holiday,said, nearby C-2 land would soon be de- L projects was more than required un- "I've made a large investment in the veloped, potentially into gasoline der C-1 zoning, and heights of all City of Euless,"and pointed out that stations. buildings would be only one story— he could either accept a zoning "It's just a matter of time before two and a half stories are allowed change or sell his property. it goes into C-2,"he said. C under C-1 zoning. "The bulk of the sales (in conve- Deithloff was alone in that feeling However, C-1 zoning would not nience stores) are alcohol," he said, on the commission,though. allow Triland to include gasoline "and that turns the parking lots into Commission member Larry In- sales. outside bars. My neighborhood is gram said, "What Triland has of- In addition,a full-service gasoline quiet right now, and it wouldn't be fered is by far an advantage to what station originally proposed for the (with the proposed developments0." could be put on the property." I 0 larger site had been deleted from the Commission member Carl Tyson The issue will now go before the proposal. w? said current gasoline sales opera- City Council. First-ever salad contest set { k Continued from Page 1 egories--main dish(cold),raw vege- Ms. Bloxom isn't worried about r table, fruit and congealed -- and participants and spectators enjoying f j "She had entered the Black-Eyed awards will be presented to the first the event; she's worried there won't ; Pea Festival in-Athens and thought through third place winners. be any participants. it was just great," said Ms. Bloxom. "We don't know whatthe awards "Well, right now, no one has "She suggested we try to do some- will be just yet," said Ms. Bloxom, signed up,"she said on Friday. "But thing like it in Euless. And she also "we haven't purchased them." we're hoping people are just waiting volunteered to coordinate the event. The 14 judges will be managers until the last minute. I think we'll "We were trying to find some- and assistant managers of area res- have quite a few people sign up this thing that would be a little different taurants, as well as Leona Walker, week." r from the chili contests and others wife of Councilman Glen Walker, Ms. Bloxom would like to see the Ethat other cities have," she said, and Liz Newlin, former news editor Great Salad Mix-UO become an an- "and since it's going to be in the of the Mid-Cities Daily News and nual event, but that decision could Community Building, we were also now assistant food editor of thews depend on what happens on restricted by not being able to have Morning News. Saturday.. ' stoves or hot plates. We thought a Judging will be from 10 a.m. to "We're going to learn something salad contest would be 'the right noon on Saturday, at the Euless from this one way or the other,"she answer." Community Building. Tasting for said. "We'll try it and see what the The contest will feature four cat- spectators will begin at noon. response is.,, ) E EF i i EY d E y 1� tI �II 4 commission. tee what really-matters,whether it is Continued from Page 1A "I was put on the cf mmission as a man or woman, depends more on someone who would represent the their background in terms of think- ground. Now they're coming to the other end of the pol :, to represent ing processes and feelings' processes surface." Embracing new responsib- the homeowner aspe A,"she sF id. Ir- rather than if they are men or wom- lities and perceptions in their daily ving Councilwoman Pat Ra' nikas's en,"Stanton said. lives, women are finding local gov . early profile as a leader n Con- "I'm very reluctant to generalize ernment less remote. cerned Citizens for the C ,ntrol of and say women are more feeling; "One reason more women are get- Airport Noise contribuv 1 to her there are some pretty hard-hearted ting interested in all elective offices election in April. women in the world,"she said. is more are out working, making a �� Pat Rucker, a Bedford council- living, and they want a say in their woman, has seen no difference be- community," Willie Mae McCor- " When you are single tween her perspectives and those of. mick, council member and mayor y ou have a different her male colleagues. pro tem in Euless,asserted. "I've looked for that, but I Working mothers, women raising viewpoint on the pow- haven't seen a softness in my atti- families alone and single women get ers that be.'9 tude and a hardness in the men's,"i particularly broad exposure to city she said. governments as tafing and service More evident, say these officials, e lthorities. —Nancy Martin,a member are women's enhanced access to and, "When you are single you have a of the Arlington Planning interest in city affairs that are stim- fferent viewpoint on the powers and Zoning Commission ulated by the existance of female at be,"said Nancy Martin,a mem- representatives in city hall. �r of the Arlington Planning and Opinions vary on whether female "I know this to be a fact: since ming Commission. officials'political and business savvy I've been on the council many wom- Accompanying new attitudes are is accompanied by sensibilities en who had never spoken before a :ills that women can offer city gov- unique to women. council had the nerve to do it be- nment. Bonilla, an Irving realtor, "I think women tend to be more cause I was up there,because a wom- id female officials are on the rise people-oriented. They view things an was up there,"Townsell said. lue not even to the fact they're more from a humanity point of )men,but because that woman has view," Councilwoman Laura Katka "It very definitely affects the mo- :e expertise that is needed by city of Grand Prairie said. "I believe rale of women in a very positive wernment and the community. women are going to b,i more inclined way," said Katka. "A lot of women That stems from more women to look at the safety A children, of have felt they didn't have any power Bing involved in business these the quality of family fe." and having women up there encour- ays," she said. In Arlington, Ms. _ Irving councilwon n Bonilla and ages them."Added Rucker: "I think far-tin,who is director of volunteers Raunikar pinpointe( related sensi- we are an example to other women, )r the DFW Medical Center, af- tivities. "Women ar going to take saying,`Look,we can be involved."' .rmed "a lot of women involved (in time to be responsiv to family ori- Increased voter turnout, especial- ity government) are business peo- ented issue,-,"Rauni it said. ly among women, is seen by some )le and have as much management Bonilla ,. elieves vomen lean a women in local government as an xperience, if not more, than the little bit mo a tower: protectiveness other benefit of their tenures in nen they serve with." of their con -nuniti( and children office. Community activism also has led and family. Vomen bring that in- ome women to city hall. In Ms. stinctiveness -)the t )le,"she said. Within the city councils and' vlartin's case, leadership of People Other won m off ials, however, planning commissions they serve on, Inited to Save Our Homes—a resi- believe femini ity pl ys no specific women commonly report a mutually ents' gr( ip opposed to the Village part in shapini perar ctives and af- respectful environment free from reek sea ige treatment plant in Ar- finities tl•ey di w up n in decision- discrimination based on sex. Gender agton - influenced her selection making. has not seemed to surface during the cii council for the planning "When I'm a rving on a commit- campaigns as a basis for opposition. DISTRIBUTED TO 1 CITY COUNCIL - ' �— .q 4y R YOUR REGION r ii"& H, (I to r) Willie Mae McCormick, Mayor Pro Tem of Bob Berard, staff member from the Texas Commission on Law Euless, and Charles Bresett, Director of Public Works Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, illustrates the various in Carrollton, participate in a discussion of rural water management services available from the Commission during a supply needs at the October 4 meeting of COG's meeting of the North Texas Association of Police Planners, held at Water Resources Council. NCTCOG on September 28. Lto r) Dr. Ernest Crosby, University of Texas at Virginia McConnell, Wise County Sheriff's Arlington, and Captain Don Bradford, U.S. Air Force, Office, swears to the "Law Enforcement Code listen to a presentation on cooperative uses along of Ethics" during the October 1 graduation of the Trinity River corridor from Fort Worth to Dallas the NCTCOG Regional Police Academy's Basic during the October 4 meeting of NCTCOG's Course in Applied Police Science #71. Environmental Resources Advisory Committee. L `F nr y:83.J f � }3 E,- ��,• _ ti _ � err. N. � •_ `{. I��,. i Lonnie Fairless, Interim Assistant Building Official for the City of Dallas, offers an opinion during the October 2 meeting of the Plumbing Subcommittee Attending and participating in the September 27 meeting of COG's of NCTCOG's Regional Codes Coordinating Regional Air Quality Task Force are (l to r) Arnold Breedon, Texas Committee. State Department of Highways and Public Transportation; Chester Vaughn, Dallas County Health Department; Kathy Jacob, League of Women Voters of Texas; and Ross Bannister, American Lung Association. `3� •� 1 t t 3 ?s. Dorothy Nelson, Training Director at the Dallas/Fort x Worth Regional Airport, teaches the October 12 course ? ;y titled `Effective Disciplinary Action" at COG's Regional Training Center. Members (I to r) Jack Hatchell, City Councilman from Plano; Jim Jenne, City Councilman from Carrollton; Leo Berman, Arlington City Councilman; and Nancy Judy, Dallas County Commissioner (Chairman), hear a briefing on the North Central Expressway Project in Dallas during the October 2 meeting of the Regional Transportation Council. E L Urban Fellowship 9 Students Begin Internships NCTCOG's Urban Fellowship Program is in its fifteenth year of placing ethnic minorities and women attending graduate school in .a internship positions with local governments. The members of the 1984-85 class have received their assignments. Claressa Carter (North Texas State University) is working in the City of Dallas. University of Texas at Arlington ` " t} students assigned are Edward Claressa Carter Griffin in the City of Grand Prairie; City of Dallas „ John Winchell in the City of John Winchell s Carrollton; and Frances Cussen- City of Carrollton Kodaseet at the Council of Edward Griffin CGovernments. City of Grand Prairie During these internship experiences, the students will be exposed to a wide range of municipal operations to assist them in their graduate studies of urban management. A special thanks is extended to those cities y�\ participating in this year's Urban Frances Cussen-Kodaseet Fellowship Program. � _�� NCTCOG Fifteen Aging The 15 projects — under contract • Community Services Services Projects to NCTCOG — total approximately (Navarro County) - $125,024 $1.3 million and represent funding • Palo Pinto County Senior Recommended for requests from sixteen agencies. Citizens Corporation - Funding Services to be provided include $42,986 nutrition and supportive services, legal and in-home services,and • Dunbar Neighborhood During its meeting on September transportation and senior center Council (Palo Pinto County) - 20, NCTCOG's Executive Board operations. The service agencies $28,210 recommeded that 15 aging services and funding levels recommended • Parker County Committee on projects receive Texas Department include the following: Aging - $102,535 on Aging (TDoA) funding through • Rockwall County Committee the Council of Governments. • Collin County Committee on on Aging - $40,201 Proposals for aging services were Aging - $152,464 • Somervell County Committee reviewed by the Area Agency on • Service Program for Aging on Aging - $12,501 Aging Advisory Committee before Needs (SPAN),Ina (Denton • Wise County Committee on being considered by the Board. County) - $139,737 Aging - $66,602 Members of the Advisory • Ellis County Committee on Committee include local elected officials, elderly representatives, Aging - $129,190 These projects began on October county representatives, service • Erath County Committee on 1, 1984, and will continue under providers, and the general public. Aging - $114,243 the present contract through • Hood County Committee on September 1985. NCTCOG provides planning and Aging $21,170 coordination services for the • Hunt County Committee on development and maintenance of a Aging. $144,429 network of aging services in the 14 • Johnson County Committee non-metropolitan counties adjacent on Aging - $125,507 to Dallas and Tarrant Counties. Additionally, NCTCOG allocates • Kaufman County Senior TDoA funds to agencies for direct Citizens Services - $105,732 services. 7P�I Texas Community Development water Quality Plan Program Awards Announced Under Review On September 20, Governor Mark NCTCOG provides staff support to The draft "1985 Annual Water White announced the recipients of the Committee. This year, 13 cities Quality Management Plan for North the Texas Community Development from across the region received Central Texas" now available for Program (TCDP) project fund community development awards, local review, highlights the awards. This is the second year including: significant local accomplishments in that Texas has administered the water quality management since program. The State program Alvarado -$292,000 1970 and the recommended replaces the U.S. Department of Blooming Grove - $65,045 directions to the year 2000. The Housing and Urban Development's plan has been prepared under the Celeste - $167,000 guidance of NCTCOG's Water Block Grant Program, which provided grants to communities Commerce - $500,000 Resources Council and under 50,000 in population. Ennis - $217,601 Environmental Resources Advisory Ferris - $171,210 Committee. There are 4 TCDP project funds - Community Development, Economic Forney - $300,000 The draft plan indicates that the Development, Planning/Capacity Grandview - $170,000 joint wastewater systems have Building, and Emergency. Greenville - $350,000 enlarged their treatment plants, Community Development fund Kemp - $457,000 extended interceptors, phased out projects are reviewed annually. many smaller treatment plants, and Economic Development applications, Navarro County - $278,620 improved their operations in however, are reviewed quarterly, Terrell - $395,000 accordance with the and Planning/Capacity Building fund Wolfe City- $184,000 recommendations of the 1970 requests are reviewed semi- "Upper Trinity River Basin annually. Emergency monies are North Central Comprehensive Sewerage Plan.' Several cities from No For always available on a discretionaryTexas also applied for TCDP example, 22 municipal plants and basis. planning/capacity building grants. 13 privately owned plants have These awards have not yet been already been phased out since This year the North Central Texasannounced1970, with their sewage diverted to t applications submitted to the TCDP regional allocation was $3.5 . There were the joint systems. Total municipal million for community developmentpermitted wastewater capacity for projects. Over $8 million in project economic development project fund the region has increased from 283 this quarter from our region. For applications were received, million gallons per day (MGD) in further information on any of these representing 36 regional applicants. programs, please contact Jeff Sharp 1970 to 485 MGD in 1984, with The applications are reviewed, in NCTCOG's Regional Services the joint systems now handling scored, and ranked by a Regional93% of the region's flow. Department at (817) 461-3300. Review Committee which is appointed by the Governor. Of particular importance is that the major plants have reduced their organic pollutant loadings to the Trinity River by 57% since the mid-1970's. The Continuous Automated Monitoring System ' (CAMS) in the river shows that the dissolved oxygen levels of the Trinity River have improved ' dramatically during this period. ® The draft water quality management plan is being distributed to interested and affected local governments and organizations for review. On December 6 at 9:00 a.m., o �a NCTCOG will hold a public PP hearing to receive any additional \ comments. The 1985 annual plan will then be submitted to NCTCOG's Executive Board for approval and to the State for certification. For more information, contact John Promise, Director of Environmental Resources at (817) 461-3300. 1 � y 4 1 � LU s Ma S N czK cz co H y P W A _ .`°. y ®~A �•C ,° o-� O C .+ � C m J � � q 7 7 G `� T L'� O1 C� :+ I > u °°.. O u a H ®�� .°. .�. ,O•, a b ui sd.. '�+ .+ °;� cu 9 �C v C D > r2ua �^ oE0b � S °0° L° owu M� p `' �' 3 p ` G c X ° 3 E c y� 40 G o o b di V. 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A grandmother wouldn't have it Entrees ranged from chicken en- "That's why we served with tea- any other way. chiladas and baked ham to turkey and dressing. Dee Smith brought Jell-O with w C sliced bananas. 2c C: w Z r "If it's good for you — I don't know whether it is or not," he said. "I eat it." ` m" y 7 ° o: Betsy Bloxom, who coordinates ° � v .aa m the program for the city, said she °c moo 7 •- v was pleased with the turnout of pa- ° n 7 � �•Z D 11 trons—who paid only$2 each to eat O, M a 0 o I.< Cr m �V a ° _ a w °..., ti ' s m � m . ° � caate. y y °J 0 . 4m ani � CC: 0 m ° fD b .. �'.c03 °1 fir. ° 0tz C � 0 ' b � �(I aM �y Im b ,� �-o 0. m a �'� ° r `° T� o r/S z ° � �^ CU oo 0— °) C �cO q , amP4O 'J' cc AZ CU C1. ° C1.� ' qCM � � •[ _ � � � � � � � � Ory ! oo� �� % a -2 �•a m 3v „moo A. m =.c o a� a� E a�.. 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O p•^ O. co id oA a o „ o m a' a ,,,� o ° �-o >, m a „ �.^ cis a 8 eo'�= c o �' byC E+ F e c'� ca m p m H m x o.�x a q m a.° a a � O m O N 1 u1O0 N K, .a°o s ao 3 h z Q 03 wawa c o > cc oa) ay &. �w C � o0N �F >1 NO w rn r r r r Cities with ENCS benefit : Consultant Lcooperative agreements to establish medic-level ambulance service oper- Continued from Page 1 a "Cadillac" EMS system. Under ated by Bedford Fire Department. such a system,a patient anywhere in tocols for handling a given medical the county could be assured a"first- Hurst and Euless — along with problem by emergency personnel in responder" fire department emer- Colleyville, Watauga and Kellsr — the various systems. A heart attack gency medical technician in four are served by Harris Hospital-HEB victim may be treated by one meth- minutes or less, and a paramedic- Ambulance Service. Officials of od in one city, while another para- level ambulance response in eight those cities have expressed satisfac- medic crew would do something minutes or less. tion with the service 'HEB has completely different. When the pa- provided. tient arrives at a hospital, doctors The county has no regulatory can't be sure what has been done for powers under state law to force a The answer,from consultant Jack Ethe patient. countywide system on the cities. Stout, is that cities satisfied with Formation of a county ambulance their current EMS responders may As a result of the scattered sys- system must be initiated and sup- retain what they have but still be tems, a citizen of Richland Hills, for ported by the cities themselves — » exam le may be assured of quality partial participants in a county- p y Q Y and the agreement of Fort Worth wide plan. emergency medical care if he calls an and Arlington are considered essen- ambulance to his home. -tial to the success of the proposal. A partially participating city could still enjoy the full benefits of But what if that same•person But what about cities already sat- pooled regulation and physician su- takes his family on a Sunday after- isfied with their ambulance service pervision, fully centralized profes- noon drive to the far north part of — what incentive will compel them sional dispatching, use of a Tarrant County and has an accident. to join the proposed countywide state-of-the-art countywide commu- Can he expect the same fast re- system? nications system,guaranteed mutual sponse time, the same level of aid and backup coverage and oppor- competency? Bedford Mayor Don Dodson tunity for their paramedic personnel asked that last week at a county- to periodically rotate through the According to the consultant's re- sponsored question-and-answer fo- system to help maintain skills. They port, for about $10 million the vari- rum at Northeast Subcourthouse. would also participate in countywide ous cities could form interlocal Bedford has its own first-rate para- in-service training programs. E E E E E E contionuin00wor � at Euless e By DAVID WEBB Daily News Staff Writer Although a Hurst-Euless-Bed- �c ord Independent School District * � c Fficial said a week ago the dis- t. ict would restrict "offensive" "1\4` AP rt ofing work at North Euless,Ele *" entary to weekends, the work. hm'continued during school days. ,. • ;. Elo Nohavitza, HEB assistant superintenderi T6' business and ; "'�'� ��fi ' �. "'`�''� 'Y` �''�"`-`�'` °`� ' ' ` •. •" finance,told the 1klid-Cities Daily ' ' News"last week that portions of ; roofing repairs that parents found objectionable would be halted during the week and per- ' formed on weekends only. When asked about that promise Thurs- day, Nohavitza claimed a "mis- communication"existed. "I guess we miscommunicat- ed," Nohavitza said. "What I a ' meant was,if it didn't disturb our ,x classes, we weren't going to dis- turb it (the work.) There's going to be fumes. It's not interfering F x with our class work." No one from HEB complainedr y of inaccuracies in the Sept. 27 story that detailed the roofing re- pairs and their halt. When that story appeared, a Harrison Lane Elementary parent called the newspaper to say she wished the halt had occurred when her school underwent similar repairs. "With the heat and no air con- ditioning, on ditioning, the fumes were really bad,"she said."I wish I had writ- ten that letter." An anonymous letter the newspaper received from a parent last week claimed that fumes _ from the resaturants,an oil-based Daily News photo by MARILYN STROOP roof covering, combined with loss of air conditioning,extreme noise Workers continued to repair.,the roof at a Euless ele and falling tar were creating a mentary school Thursday me ming. Somo parents°and health hazard and poor learning teachers were upset the work was going on during conditions. HEB Nohavitza told the newspaper saying ng po tions of tl z workawould administrator halted during See ROOFING,Page 2 School hours. l _ Euless to get new shopping center soon EULESS—Construction got under way chants,Gannett said. recently on a new 10-acre neighborhood Harwood Crossing is scheduled for com- shopping center in Euless. pletion in mid 1985. Harwood Crossing,located in the south- Gannett said the shopping center will east corner of Harwood and Main streets, serve a "growing Euless residential market will include a 45,000-square-foot Kroger of more than 50,000 consumers." Food Store and a 81790-square-foot Eck- "This is one of the fastest growing areas erds Drug Store,said Dick Gannett of Gan- of the Southwest," he said. "The shopping nett Advertising & Marketing, Inc., center was planned to serve this communi- promoters of the shopping center. ty and will prosper with the area's growth." The near 94,000-square-foot shopping Maclay Carlin Companies of Dallas is center will also include an additional 39,500 the owner and developer of the shopping square feet for other smaller retail mer- center. Eulessmee"g may break ,, EULESS — A tie vote cast at Wnkar an office and residential and South Main. the last Euless Planning and Zon- area.-, Commissioners Carl Tyson • Final plat for Sunshine ing Commission meeting may be and Rohn Lynch voted to allow it Meadows,west of Baze Road and broken at Tuesday's 8 p.m. sie the request is similar to re- bordered on the north, west and meeting. quOsts granted in the past. Three south by Carlisle Pines The commission will consider cox:'�►issioners were absent,Caro- Subdivision. again a request from the conve- lyr,'i Park, Jack Hill and Robert Final plat for Lot 2, Block nience store Quik Trip for ahigh- M cMillon. 11, Villages of Bear Creek, north er-than-allowed sign at the After the tie vote,the commis- of Harwood, east of Bear Creek southeast corner of Westpark t 4ion tabled the matter until this Parkway, south of Ash Lane and Way and Airport Freeway service week. west of Minters Chapel. road, The commission will also con- At the last meeting, two com- eider four platting requests: • Final plat for Harwood missioners, Larry Ingram and • Final plat for Main Street Crossing, southeast corner of John Deithloff, voted to deny the Shopping Center, Phase I, at the Harwood Road and Ngrth Main 55-foot-high sign since it would southeast corner of Highway 10 Street. L ti `l L L L L Fewer permits issued J gstarts' - down n Housi By ELIZABETH CLARKE Daily News Staff Writer 'i NEW SINGLE AMILY BUILD PERMITS ISSUED Most area cities issued fewer new rt single family home building permits last month than during September, QTY 1983. bEDFORD E" 'T. fi .R And, overall from January EULESS t, through September this year, the 12 number of new single �i_ --- — singlefamily build- ing uild- CITY ,r ing Permi-s—is—suedb S -man local cit- HALTOM ies declined from the same period N.RICHLAND last year. RK"ND -0 12 w.--+4 City planners contend the num- TAUGA ber of new single family building starts has decreased because of a rise in interest rates and a decline in the number of developed land tracts the decline of new housing starts. 1,753 units were issued,compared to available. "But also, cities in the area are the seven multi-family building per- "Probably 95 percent of the rea- starting to run out of developed mits for 827 during that period last i son new housing starts are down is land,"Moss said. year. because interest rates have gone The city of Euless issued 49 new In Bedford last month, 32 single up," said Rod Tyler, senior planner single'family home building permits family building permits were issued, in Euless. last month,compared to the 119 per- compared to the 41 permits issued in "A lot of tract developers are mite which were issued last Septem- September 1983. So far this year, finding it harder to find large tracts ber. From January through 'Bedford has issued 555 single family of land,"Tyler said."While there is September this year 640 single fam- building permits, while last year for still land left to be developed in Eu- ily home building permits were is- the same period 766 permits were less, there isn't as great a demand sued, while last year for the same issued. for single family homes right now." period some 826 were issued. To date Bedford has issued one Danny Moss, a Bedford building On the other hand,from January apartment complex building permit official,agreed,noting"higher inter- through September this year 10 - est rates are definitely a big factor in multi-family building permits for See HOUSING,Page 2A I Housing starts decline in area cities In Hurst, nine new single family single family building permits as last September this dear 66 new building Continued from Page 1 building permits were issued during year,but overall,the number of new permits were isaied,while last yeaj September,while last September 13 building permits issued this year has during the sameperiod 122 building for 284 units, one' condominium permits were issued. To date, Hurst increased over last year,"said Tom- permits were ismed. Haltom issuer building permit for 64 unite and 97 has issued 166 new single family my Turnham,a Hurst building offi- one new single iunily building per. townhouse permits. Last year from building permits, compared to the cial. "Hurst hasn't run out of space mit last month compared to one January to September, Bedford is- 102 permits issued last year during yet. The slow down is jtyrb just permit last Septlnber. sued seven apartment complex the same period. caused by the higher ii;"Kttsst rates Last month North Richland building permits for 1,358 units and "During the last few months and new subdivisions going up in Hills issued 36 sigle family building 57 townhouse permits. Hurst hasn't issued as many new Hurst right now." permits (compa)d to the 34 issued HC Last month Hurst issued five new in September 113); Richland Hills Klan comes out nmulti-family building permits and issued four ne building permit- itwo apartment .building permits, (compared to tl 12 issued in Sep- however last September, the city is- tember 1983); d Watauga issued want to make themselves look bad. sued no multi-family permits or 39 single fami: building permit, Continued from Page 1 But they could still act as a catalyst apartment permits. (compared to ,e 31 issued list to set something off." In Haltom City from January to September). e r; 14' R Chamber sets i retirement'party Local and area . . F ~ for Getrud,e Tarpley A r�Urement_ reception for Ger- f trade Tarpley, executive director of EulessP&Z denies 6 the Haltom Richland Area Chamberer Of Commerce, is scheduled 2-5 p.m. 4 Sunday,Oct. at the Birdville Col- iseum sign ,. .. in Haltom City. gas �Mrs.Tarpley, a longtime resident of Richland Hills, plans to retire soon after more than 20 years with height variance the chamber. The reception is open to the pub- lic. Refreshments will be served. By RICH HEILAND freeway: Daily News Acting Editor He argued that there already are signs Eas tall as that requested r' EULESS - Euless :Planning up and down the freeway, an ar- t� and Zoning Commissioner Larry, gument that drew quick response Ingram told a gas station owner . €rom Ingram. last night that he did not want `Thearea should.,riot be al- - the intersection of Westpark Way lowed to become like Main Street x and Airport Freeway Service and the freeway," Ingram said. "I Road to end up looking like other know there are signs that don't interchanges up and down the comply, but the majority were . freeway. there prior to the ordinance and ; The five other members of the are the reason why we have such P&Z at the regular meeting an ordinance." agreed and that added up to a Ingram added he did not think unanimous denial of a sign vari- a gas station should have been .` .< ante request from the developers built at that site, but said the r 4 of a Quick Trip store and gas sta- commission could do nothing tion, already constructed and set about that. "We don't want to to open next week at the site. compound the mistake, though," Developers had come to the he added. 1; last session of P&Z with a request The recommended denial now VL for a 55-foot high sign, 15 feet goes to the City Council, which GERTRUDE TARPLEY more than allowed by ordinance, will conduct its own public retiring from HR chamber with a face of 160 square feet, 60 hearing. /�r '�,r �7�' more than allowed. There were In other action, the Eonly four members at that meet- commission: ® ing and the vote ended in a tie. ✓Recommended preliminary Ingram and John Deithloff voted and final plat approval for Main against the request and Chairman Street Shopping Center at High- John .Lynch and Commissioner way 10 and South Main Street Carl Tyson voted for it. with the condition the developer Last night Ron McFarland, gain sanitary and storm sewer Euless warehouse 7 one of the developers,presented a easements; no gets under way slide presentation which he said /Recommended, preliminary proved he needed the taller, larg- and final plat approval for Sun- EULESS er sign. He said the station will be shine Meadows, adjacent to the — Dallas Interests, a selling from 24 hoses and will be Carlisle Pines Subdivision; us developer of industrial warehouses, advertising price, not brands. He ✓Recommended final plat ap- recently purchased 2.2 acres of in- said that means it is more impor- proval for Lot 2, Block 11 of Bear dustrial development land in Euless. tant for his sign to be visible. Creek; The property, located at the He said the freeway drops un- ✓Recommended final plat ap- 62 southwest corner of Regal and Royal der the Highway 121 overpass proval for Harwood Crossing, Parkways, was purchased from Fu- and that obscures his location Lots one, two and three in block ture Metals, Inc. for an undisclosed from the west, something com- one at the southeast corner of price. petitors up and down the freeway Harwood Road and North Main The warehouse project is expect- don't have to contend with. He Street, and; ed to be completed in mid- said the larger sign would make /Announced a special meeting December. up for that disadvantage.He add- for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, prior to ed the facility, which has about City Council meeting, to study a 50 percent more space than the replatting request for commercial average 7-Eleven, needs volume development adjacent to Euless. business coming from the. Towne Center. L SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1984 LarryCompaniesCole ► r � Villages of Woodland Hills Larry Cole of Larry Cole Compa- criminating homeowners.Rigid ar- ute drive of The Villages of Wood- nies,developer of Tara Plantation chitectural controls make each land Hills. A 26-acre park sprawls has annouced his newest develop- home as unique as the owners. along the banks of Little Bear ment,'The Villages of Woodland This group of authorized build- Creek at the center of the commun- Hills is now open to prospective ers consists of Elegant Homes by tiy, and oaks and pecans exist all homebuyers. Larry Cole, Larry Austin Custom throughout the community. Phase I consists of 56 lots that Builders, Beckler Construction, The Villages of Woodland Hills is have ben purchased by authorized John Craig Custom Builders, De- located in the ColleyvilleIndepend- L builders with homes under con- lane Custom Homes,Dent Custom ent School District,and is only min- struction, upward from 28W Homes, Gettys Construction, Loy utes from Fort Worth or Dallas. square feet.The homes range from McDonald Custom Homes, Oak- Residents will enjoy easy access to the low$200,000 to$500,000.Plans wood Properties,Odom Construc- D/FW Airport, shopping and and specifications are available for tion, Raincloud Custom Homes, churches. viewing at the Woodland Hills sales Streback Custom Homes,Wacasey pavillion located just past the main Custom Homes, Wrens Custom To visit the Villages of Woodland entrance. Homes, Youngblood Custom Hills,take Airport Freeway(IBM to A select group of builders have Homes,and Reed Construction. Central Drive, go north on Har- already begun creating custom More than 25 sport and recre- wood, turn right to Martin Drive, homes to delight even the most dis- ational areas are within a ten min- then north into the community. I L WEDNESDAY EVENING,OCTOBER 10 1984 01984 FORT WORTH STAR-T E SC EL GRAM C Euless wroan found dead, By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. whereabouts,North Richland Hills gor, 22, of Arlington, who was re- Star-Telegram Writer police said. ported missing Sept.22. Authorities today were investi Police in Fort Worth and Arling- McGregor had not been seen by gating the death of a Euless woman ton, reported similar problems in her relatives or friends since Sept. who had been missing since Satur- finding women missing from those 17,when she left a friend's house in day. cities. Venus. Her disappearance was re- The body of Martha Sue Mitchell, North Richland Hills police said ported topolice whenher 1975Chev- 40, of 1001 Fuller-Wiser Road was the department was flooded with rolet Camaro was found abandoned found Tuesday night by Grapevine calls Tuesday about Michelle Trim- with a flat tire on U.S.287 between police.She had been shot once,po- mier,13,missing since Saturday,but Venus and Mansfield. lice said, and a a .357-caliber Mag- investigators remained baffled. McGregor,5 feet9 and 160pounds, num pistol was removed from the "Someone called to say they saw with long brown hair and blue eyes, scene. her in one place and another said was wearing a black and white tube A ruling on the cause of death they saw her in another,but nothing top,black slacks and gold sandals. awaited an autopsy. turned up,"said police Capt.Randy Fort Worth police said they sus- Mitchell had been missing since Shiflet. "We checked everything, pect foul play in the disappearance she left her apartment about 11 a.m. but there wasn't anything to tell us of a 24-year-old Fort Worth woman Saturday to feed her horses innear- where she might be at this time." who has been missing since Sept.29. by Grapevine. Authorities said Michelle was Catherine Davis has not been seen "She had been depressed,but she seen by a passing friend as she took since a few minutes before her did have a date scheduled Saturday out the trash between 5 and 7 p.m. apartment at 3404 Park Ridge Road night,but she never showed up for Saturday at her home at 4801 HOIi- burned early that day. it," said Euless investigator Danny day Lane Easy Fort Worth police discovered Neill. Michelle is a feet tall,weighs 100 Davis' 1974 Dodge Dart Swinger on Euless police investigator Steve pounds and has brown, medium- Sunday in the parking lot of an Earnest said Mitchell's body was length hair and blue eyes.When last apartment complex in the 3400 found three miles north of Glade seen, she was wearing blue shorts block of Dryden Road, less than a Road in a dry creek bed. and a white pullover sports shirt mile from her house,homicide De- Her truck was spotted by a passer- with blue and pink horizontal 'tective J.D.Roberts said. by Monday. When he saw it again stripes. Robertssaid he went upin thecity Tuesday,he became suspicious and Police and family members have helicopter to survey field areas in notified police. found no clothes or money missing southwest Fort Worth,but he spot- from Michelle's room. Authorities ted nothing. 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But that night, the garbled nominated. chattered on the airwaves may —16-year-old daughter q 53, ' change Hickerson's life forever; y 4 " radio station KEGL was about to name Benny Hickerson Best ed courses worked to make the Looking Teacher in the Fort occasion memorable. Worth-Dallas area. "The next day was lust like a .' F ' Hickerson,said she was paying fun house,"Hickerson said."One y; ' �tt a. little attention last week when other teacher led her students on �f her daughter hurried to tell her: a guided tour of my classroom." Y ba'. ;1 ' "There's a most beautiful teacher Another teacher sent students in the Metroplex (contest), and to her room throughout the day, you're nominated,"her daughter asking for autographs,she said. - V said. �s cNa "(Students) decorated my �' s ` A few minutes later,she said, house,they decorated my roomS., ' her daughter was back to tell her, at school,"she said."One of my "You're the queen." classes had a surprise pizza partyt , ' Winner in the contest—staged —Domino's delivers." by KEGL disc jockey Kidd Crad- Craddick told Hickerson that dick—was determined by call-in "he would be out to deliver a cer ' nomination and voting. tificate personally, but my stu .,v2:` ° Two boys,one her daughter's dentsarestill waiting,"she said. P y The honor was most( fun and boyfriend,claimed res onsiblit y ' for the nomination,she said. flattery,Hickerson said,but who $ "The other one is one of my knows? should 'o "she said "but I accused o sena rsme I sh "M (students)told 'us wanting to graduate." t himo[1 t n tng g be prepared to leave at any m with a A s wl w u i shows � .r.. a en 1 g P Although Hickerson won "n° "' .: star-Telegram WIL 1 contract,"she said. ' # Porsche, no date with Robert .; LIS KNIGHT Redford, she said Trinity staff They gallantly agreed to ac- t1w_; members and students in her sen- cept a substitute teacher in such a iorEnglish and gifted and talent case,she said. BENNYHICKERSON...preparesforaday'sworkinclass I GY F 1 ' 1 DEC the 1 . K h .HALLS Deck the hall with boughs of holly Fa la la la la la la la la 'tis the season to be jolly Fa la la la la la la la la Don we now our gay apparel , Fa la la la la la la la la Troll the ancient yule tide carol . Fa la la la la la la la la See the blazing Yble before us Fa la la la la la la la la Strike the harp and join the chorus Fa la la la la la la la la Follow me in merry measure Fa la la la la la la la la While I tell of Yuletide treasure Fa la la la la la la la la 2 . 0 LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM 0 little town of Bethlehem! ' How still we see the lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth ' the everlasting Light ; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight . 3 . SILENT NIGHT ' Silent Night , Holy Night All is calm, all is bright ' ' Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace , Sleep in heavenly peace . 4 • JOY TO THE WORLD j �� " >�y Joy to the world ! the Lord is come ; ' Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room Z and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and heaven and nature sing � AP r, �- 5 • RUDOLPH ' / 1'Wr °WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS (77 Rudolph the red nosed reindeer We sh you merry Christmas Had a very shiney nose We wish you 'a merry Christmas And if you ever saw it We wish you a merry Christmas You would even say it glows and a Happy New Year All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names Good tidings we bring r` They wouldn't let - poor Rudolph to you and your kin i� Join in any Reindeer games We wish you and MERRY CHRISTMAS Then one foggy Christmas eve AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Santa came to say Rudolph with your nose so bright Won't you guide my sleigh tonight Then how the reindeer lovedhim g . 0 CHRISTMAS TREE As they shouted out with glee Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer You' ll go down in history. 0 Christmas tree 0 Christmas tree Your branches green delight us 6 • JINGLE BELLS 0 Christmas tree Dashing through the snow 0 Christmas tree In a one horse open sleigh Your branches green delight us O' er the fields we go They 're green when summer days Laughing all the way are bright Bells on bobtail ring They 're green when winter snow Making spirits bright is white. What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight 0Christmas tree 0 Christmas tree Jingle Bells , Jingle Bells Your branches green delight us . Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh 7 • WHITE CHRISTMASti ! I ' m dreaming of a White Christmas Just like the ones I used to know { Where the tree tops glisten And children listen to heariZ� i''�'`"L�-�� Sleigh bells in the snow I' m dreaming of a White Christmas with every christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white. ` q-/-tx i s x +.(X 7.34 �..� dpi i; �_� }?' 1 ", �� 3• s-- 41 R --,sl<,z Euless fire officer Franchot Thomas OS@S Dally News photo by MARILYN STROO b engine, holding juvenile fire prevention information. Hurst-Euless-Bedfordartment'sewest Indepen. dent School District hopes to acquaint its students with fire safety by identifying fir- r; efighters as their friends. ' lum throughout the school district." "The public demands what is Euless Fire Marshal Michael Lo- most relevant to them," Ms. Fuller A positive impression, combined gain is delighted with HEB's new said. "Parents are becoming more with intensive fire prevention in- program because fire damage and aware of fire dangers." ' struction,may deter juvenile fireset- death steadily increase each year, HEB's elementary consultants ters, Hurst-Euless-Bedford And about 10 percent of all fires can enlisted the aid of the three cities' Independent School District curric- be attributed to children,he said. fire departments to design their fire ulum specialists say. The Tarrant County Arson safety/arson instructional program. This fall HEB will add a week of Abatement Council claims most ar- Teachers will test students on in- fire safety/arson instruction to all son"stems from juveniles"and a so- formation gleaned from a guidebook !evels of elementary school lution hinges on fire departments HEB's consultants developed, and .-urriculum. sharing fire prevention education firefighters will visit schools to talk Previously, children studied fire with teachers, Logan said. to students about fire safety. Each prevention in the fourth grade only, "We're giving fire education grade level will present different ac- third- and fourth-grade elementary equal billing to everything else we do tivities and instruction, creating a consultant Sandy Snow said. How- around here,"Logan said. "spiral approach" to fire safety L ever, all grades received informal Children and parents need to learning. lessons from visiting firefighters and know the repercussions of careless Fire department participation is participated in fire prevention week and mischievious use of fire, Logan essential to NEB's fire safety/arson activities. said. Although juveniles are safe program, Ms. Fuller said. "If chil- Since three different city fire de- from prosecution for arson, juvenile dren feel camaraderie with firemen, partments visited HEB schools to courts administer punishment and they're less likely to start fires." deliver fire prevention instruction, parents are financially liable, he Kindergarten through second- the program informally existed in said. grade elementary consultant Carol the school district without evalua- Fifth- and sixth-grade elemen- Colvin said the new program cannot tion of its effectiveness, Ms. Snow tary consultant Betty Fuller said the help but be a benefit to the said. school distict's interest in fire pre- community. "It (the fourth-grade program) vention reflects parents' concerns. "If children think before doing was a success so we're extending it Recent Tarrant County apartment something dangerous with fire, then up and down," Ms. Snow said. "This and motel fires alarmed citizens, she the program is a success," Ms. Col- way we will have integrated curricu- said. vin said. DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL l ��- 1�— 1io DELTA 111UTA A special tour of the D/FW Airport included a walk - or tour, of a Delta 74+7 air craftouolofwtthe new he Delta fac- member orientation meeting. A Crown ilities and refres bertReiresentatthe Repoom at resentative, RiderltaTwenty- were. hosted by Cham P Twenty- six members attended. � D � D ASK A FRIEND TO Unlocks the Door... Win us . . . E and help veae a magnificent future f' L - balloting for directors Ballots for the board of directors election have been mailed to Chamber members. Deadline for returning them to the Chamber office, 1102 W. Euless Blvd. , Euless , Tex. 76039 , is 5 p.m. , ' Friday, Aug. 11. Nominated for three-year terms as directors at the July monthly luncheon meeting were: Lloyd ' Shoppa of Bell Helicopter Textron; Gary Johnson of Texas Power & Light Co. ; Dan Echols of Tarrant County Junior College; George Breckenridge of ' Kwik-Kopy Printing; and Willie Mae McCormick. A place on the ballot is provided for write- ins. Five directors are to be elected. They will take office Oct. 1, 1978 . President Guy Tetirick has announced the election of officers for the coming year, 1978-79 , ' will be conducted at the next Chamber Board of Directors luncheon meeting. It will be held at 12 noon Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the Holiday Inn , ' Bedford. ' REVISED POPULATION ESTIMATES / '74-178 ' The North Central Texas has utilized more complete information and has revised population estimates which indicate figures from 1970 to 1977. Additional copies of Population Estimates ' - Time Series are available a."- the C Barber suffice or w ' _ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVANTAGE' <. Texas will be considering a Constitutional ' Amendment which allows cities to i.ssuo revenue bonds for industrial development. The is-sue "" will be on the ballot in November. DetaUs o-f the program follow: JOBS FOR TEXAN$,. '. THE AMENDMENT: The 65th Tex l t ` Texas Legis a.ure placed a proposed consutuUonal arrtesndmeltC on the ballot for November 7, 1978, whicfh would allow cities.and countiis to issue revenue bonds`:to'` create jobs. Enabling legislation was also passed to implement the amendment if approved by.votgrs. ; TEXT OF AMENDMENT: Political subdivisions of this state are eripowered to develop employ- ment opportunities for its citizens through the issuance of obligations payable solely from revenues derived from the lease or sale to others of facilities-!land,equipm6ht.arid improvements)undersuch ' terms and conditions as the Legislature may prescribe;prouided:ghatssrch facilities are.found by tbe.:I.'_. Governing body of such political subdivisions to be required.,to develop employment opportunitics.r -,— No facilities acquired hereunder shall be exempt from'ad valorem'taxes unless used exclusively by the political subdivision nor shall any revenues from the utilization of facilities so acquired be utilized for purposes other than the retirement of obligations issued while the same are outstanding. PROPOSED ENAELiNG LEC!SLATION: The figislation places other restrictions on how the bends can be used and for what purposes.Highlights are as.follows: 1. Property to be used as the site for the plant cannot be taken by eminent domain. 2. Naither cities, nor counties can be held liable for bond repayment in case of default. This must be printed on the bonds.. . 3. Three state agen:ies must appi•gve the bond issue before it cen be sold..The Attorney General ' reviews the issue to protect the city. The bonds must be registered with the State Securities Board to protect.the bond buyer.The Texas Industria! Commission must review the issue for its financial stability: 4. The county or city must publish public notice of intent.to issue the bonds prior to their actual issuance and prior t:l approval of the three state agencies.The political subdivision issuing' r -- - - bonds can call for a-referendum, or the-electorate-can petition the city or county to call a-.�-`- _ referendum. 5. Bonds can be repayable only from the rvenues derived from the lease. No general tax funds can be used for that purpose. ? 6. The company can have a purchase option only after all bonds have been paid off and only if the company has never been delinquent in its payments. 7. The bonds must meet all state laws now in existence for their issuance. ' 8. Bonds cannot be issued to purchase a facility and re-lease it to the same occupant. 9. No bonds can be issued on behalf of a company who relocates a plant from one city in Texas to another: >. 10. Language;in both the amendrhent.and iegislaticimspecificalIV provide that the company for ' whom the project is financed must pay ad valorem taxes just as if they awned the facility. 11. Other safeguards include a resxiction of the Feder! Government that a bond issue cannot exceed$5 million do!!ar! Mrs. Willie Hae 'McCormick named to Who's . Who o Amert.can Women _ Mrs. Willie Mae McCormick in Euless. z 2 1 of Euless has been listed in Ban in Centerville,Tex., she "Who's Who of American has a BA. degree from Mary Women, the 1972-73 seventh Hardin Baylor College and an edition, by distinguishing her-. M.A. degree from Hardin- self ardut self in a professional career as Summons University,' both in yt 1 a technical specialist. chemistry. AW�= Mrs. McCormick works- at She has, through the years, " University-Computing Campa- pursued numerous graduate ny as a senior program analyst courses in nuclear physics and :' F 1 and has a career history of nuclear chemistry at area r, several jobs in the field of schools such as Southern Meth- technical science, odist, Texas Christian an She currently is working with Texas Woman's Universities, L the PASS (Program Assembly and at the University of Texas Sub-System) 3.60 computer campus atArlington. 3. program which is a highly„ 1 mathematical system that she For a year she worked at t helped design and impleiii lent. night as an observer far the s .. It is used by._the aerospace .__U.$.- Weather _Bureau at Big engineers to assist them in Spring and simultaneously analyzing planes.and,Missiles, managed a full-time day job asAl1 �, . :particularly in the field of chemistry and math teacher at r: loads and dynamics. the local high school. According to the editor's pre In 1949 Mrs. McCormick be face, the foremost on gam working as an analytical 1 -tion in determining who will be chemist for' Dow Chemical Daily News Sta4f photo " admitted to pages of'''Who,sCompany in Freeport and then Who of American Women" is as:, a calculator in 1951 for MRS. WILLIE MAE MCCORMICK the extent of an individual's Chance Vought, now Ling reference value throughout the Terneo gt t in Dallas. First Baptist Church of Euless then in the 1972-73 seventh edi world. Since then she has been a and.a member and past worthy tion—in"Who's Who of Ameri-', Such reference interest i5 structural engineer for eight matrofi of the Order of Eastern can Women," published bye', 1 Ste. Marquis Who's Who. Inc.,Mrs.judged on either'or both of two years and a science program ;factors✓-position of responsi- mer for four years before be--- She also belongs t.atheAmer- bility. ,held, and level of ginning as a technical special icon Association for the Adv McCormick is also named in 'Personalities of the South,'_,__ achievement attained by the ist in 1967, which led to he her i heemenl of Science, the Asso- 1971 edition,published by News individt4al. present position at University ciation of American Society of Publishing Co.; ' two Thou-,,1 1 Mrs. McCormick lives at Computing. industrial and Applied Math, sand Women of Achievement." ' Route 1, Euless,with her hus- Mrs. McCormick lists as the Trainmens Auxiliary and band-:Walter W. McCormick, hobbies grandchildren,reading the American.Association of published by Melrose Press who is a director at First Na good books and magazines. University Women, Hurst Limited ' in London; and 1 tional Bank of Euless and a. and has taken trips with her Branch. "Who's Who in the South and " retired conductor for Texas& husband to kurope, Mexico Southwest," 12th edition, 1971-, Pacific Railway. He is .also and the Bahamas: In addition to being listed 72, published by Marquis chairman of the library bogO She,is an aetiye member of first in the sixth edition and Who's Who,Inc. r 'lp 1, 1' + 11 � 1 '•::•r' J.'of CHILI DILLO jrf. Y. •� i E /►d Et) F.- N Wdg (%E 0 14 . Lu Eu L Es-s -B LVP- lq85 _;� tA ft'R 14 A -F rn co, HEB service record st"11 to holds its own ' Continued from Page I fire and police departments." Started out of Hurst-Euless-Bed ford Hospital—now Harris Hospital H-E-B—the ambulance began with �. service to Hurst,Euless,Colleyville and Moshier Valle ' The major factors in cities turning "$•z �< � xr �z to the service have been cost and ,�:� • 4.. r ...:.3 quality of patient care,Cox said. I The service costs cities nothing, competitors charge contract fees. £' iO4 ' When the service began,most am- bulances m bulances provided basic life-sup- port ife-sup port systems with emergency medi- cal technicians. H-E-B offers --— advanced life-support-systems and - paramedics. >P The hosfacility . :.;r<::>:.;;.»>::.>;.;::><.:,;.::�:;,::;....":. NW7 ital also has ��:.+ �.::.�.:.< P a facilit for >Rz:H LeF toa emergency heli >::.>,:>;:;::::::,•: ;.::;:c�#i:.:>��:;<;�....,. ,.;...:... ,;.:::.;;;:::.v>,,:;>;.:;;;.:-...",..::,::.;.:.:� xn:�,< ,..�.<• .,�;., r : t.. Y •tea co ter ambulances ft.� It was my experience that most .. . •,.• "w^# of the conflict with ambulance ser- vices had to do with working with Star-Telegram/wiLLIS KNIGHT police and fire officials," Cox said. READY FOR CALL ... ambulance at Harris Hospital H-E-B "We set out to establish a working relationship. is uninhabited," Cox said. "Still, working relationship with them.We "Before the service ever started, with the exception of a few rural support them when they need it,and we met with fire and police chiefs, areas like Haslet and that area, we they act as our backup when we . We rode with officers to get to know have been under the response time need it." the area. We started paramedic as- we promised residents." sist programs where we get fire- Meanwhile,the emergenceuickAstothefuture,acountywideam- fighters and police accustomed to of the hospital's service has crated anon a plan is the topic d.convey where everything is in our ambu- a rivalry with area fire departments cation these days,Cox said. lance in case a p The plan was prepared by The ' paramedic needs — Bedford, North Richland Mills, Fourth Party,an Indiana-based con- some additional help." Grapevine and Richland Hills -7sulting firm.It calls for creation of a In the last year, the ambulance that operate ambulance services $10millioncountyt idesystemoper system has added service to Watau- withadvanced life-support systems. ated under an ambulance authority ga,Keller,Haslet,Saginaw and Blue "I'd say it's a real friendly rivalry, and monitored by a physician foun- Mound, thus providing service to however,"said Bedford fire Lt.Rick dation. about a quarter of the county. Nash."I'm glad to have them instead "We are supporting the plan,but I The addition of cities meant the of someone else. number of ambulance stations in- "But the have been pretty intimi- don't have the authority f say we'd ' Y e Y trywant to run it,' Cox said."If residents creased, from four to six. dating because they've come on so want us to continue, we'll stay "It's a lot of area,but much of that strong,so fast.But we've got a great around for a while." 1 a r l� rBuilder il OKsl gets access Countp . to Pipeline extending g Continued from Page 1 Blvda, The airport reserves the right to reclaim the road at any time, mid -Cities if,for example, it needs to extend _ a runway.But if that option is ex- By MARK ENGLAND � Councilercised,developers will have to be Daily News Staff Writer_ I�I,IE'SS reimbursed— up to half the cost of the road. EULESS —The City Council to deal with a government Samuels said extending Mid- Monday night authorized the city agency. Cities should help ease traffic staff to obtain a permit from the Samuels said extending Mid- jams which hamper motorists Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Air- Cities not only will benefit the during rush hours on Glade. port to extend Mid-Cities Boule- Villages of Bear Creek, but also In other action, the Council vard onto airport property. Euless. gave developers of an apartment Mid-Cities, which is between Developers will pay the cost of complex east of Central Drive Harwood Road and Glade Road, extending Mid-Cities. and Pipeline Road access to Pipe- ho runs east to west.. "It won't cost us anything," line. The planning and zoning Developers want Mid-Cities Samuels said. "It will be on air- board had recommended that the extended to give their property port property, but it will give ac- development be granted access to j access to the east. cess from the east side of Euless Pipeline when it is improved from into the airport. From there, you Central to Euless Westpark Way. The Villages of Bear Creek de- can go either north or south. In The Council,however,granted velopment originally asked the developers access to Pipeline [` airport for permission to extend effect, it will be a city street on P P airport property. when the road is improved from Mid-Cities, but Mayor Harold the apartments west to Central. Samuels said the airport wanted See BUILDER,Page 3A Developers have complained that their property can't be de- -_ veloped without better access. Council action was keyed by a spokesman for developers who told the council that they may be — willing to pay the total coat of ex- panding Pipeline along its front- age — provided they were Herman Bowlby "G.D."McAdoo Jr., 65, of 211 Dick- granted access to Pipeline. ey Dr., Euless, will be conducted at No plans exist for improving 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lucas Hurst Pipeline, Mayor Samuels said. Herman Bowlby, 84, of 7800 C Hills,died Friday in Stanford Nurs- hapel with Jerry Ball, minister, Drainage problems along the, Mockingbird Lane, North Richland officiating. will make any improvements ex- ing Home in Bedford. Graveside service for Mr. Mc- pensive,he said. Mr.Bowlby was a retired carpen- Adoo, who died Saturday in North- ter. He was born in Troy, Kan., on east Community Hospital, will be at _' — l Feb.9, 1900, and had resided in this 3:30 p.m.Tuesday in Oakwood Cem- area for nine years. etery,Comanche. Survivors include his wife, Hazel Mr. McAdoo was a retired as a Bowlby; and two nieces, Geralding Policeman for the City of Euless. He Almquist of Austin and Bea Crick of was born in Bertrand, Mo., on May ' Guthrie,Okla. 10, 1919,and had resided in this area Shannon's North Funeral Home sincne 1950.He was a member of the in Fort Worth announces there will Airport Freeway Chi-rch of Christ be no service. and served in the Air Force during World War II. Survivors include his wife, R.oyee McAdoo; mother, Mary Lena Mc- Grady Donald Adoo of Bertrand, Mo.; brother, Dale S.McAdoo of Merrillville, Ind.; ba McAdoo Jr. and two sisters, Jolene McIlroy and Evonne Walker, and aunt, Ann Mc- The funeral for Grady Donald Adoo,all of Bertrand, Mo. L rr� - Smaller area cities re ort one a r of most v�o entyears of s Thefts and burglaries account for majority of cases By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. Star-Telegram Writer The smaller cities of northeast Tarrant County experienced the You have to remember that if we get an highest percentage increases of ma- jor crime in 1984,according to area increase of three to four in almost any category police department statistics. that will cause Quite a jump in our statistics. And, the cities — Grapevine, Keller, Watauga, Colleyville, Rich- That's not only the case in our city but any other land Hills and Southlake—reported one of the most violent 12-month small police department. In some cases that's periods in the 1980s. „ ■' But the majority of crime cases in what happened to us. the six cities were mostly thefts and burglaries,a trend that haunted all —Southlake Police Chief Ted Phillips. of northeast Tarrant County in 1984. Overall, major crime increased 6 about 21 percent last year among "Our manpower has definitely area cities.Of the five largest cities and Watauga had two each while been under a lot of strain to keep -those with populations more than Grapevine and Richland Hills had up," said W.E. "Bill" Keating, 20,000 — North Richland Hills led one each. Watauga Department of Public ` with a 31 percent increase in major thIn at Southlake,police went figures Ire reveal Safety director."We've already ap- crime. ] plied for a grant to try and hire a Keller, Watauga and Southlake es in 1983 to 160 last year,a 39 per- crime prevention officer because of �* reported a higher increase in 1984 cent jump. the need. and overall the smaller cities — Southlake police had increases in "The community is aware of it and those with less than populations of all major crime categories except that's good for us," Keating said. 20,000— had larger increases than rape. Major crime includes rape, "Neighborhood crime watches will l+ their bigger neighbors. homicide, robbery, aggravated as- be a big asset to us this year." "You have to remember that if we sault,burglary,theft and motor ve- Meanwhile,Keller had a substan- r get an increase of three to four in hicle theft. tial 36 percent increase.The number, almost any category that will cause The number of rapes dropped of offenses rose from 131'two years quite a jump in our statistics.That's from three in 1983 to two last year. ago to 178. not only the case in our city but any Other major crime shot up:burglary At Grapevine, the city experi- other small police department,"said increased 37 percent,thefts went up enced a 23 percent jump last year. Southlake Police Chief Ted Phillips. 40 percent,motor vehicle thefts rose Record numbers of thefts and mo- "In some cases that's what happened 57 percent and aggravated assaults for vehicle thefts helped push the to us. and robberies jumped 100 percent. major crime rate to one ofitshigbest "But there was a definite increase But the most dramatic increase levels in the 1980s. in major crime in Southlake last was in Watauga where the number The number of cases in Grapevine year,"Phillips said."It's just a part of of reported major crimes went from went from 755 to 927, the largest growth that police departments like 398 in 1983 to 636 in 1984 or a 60 total in four years, police figures ours face." percent rise. indicate. Violent crime in the smaller cities The city had increases in every Complete figures for Colleyville t became common.All told,six homi- major crime category,according to and Richland Hills were unavaila- cides were committed, Colleyville police figures. ble. �I I Councilman's development j - b 7L50 Smagll rezonin approved a L By CHARLES E.BALDWIN plans were undetermined. - While Wilke told the commission Daily News Staff Eden said after the meeting an there were no specific development office development for the 80-by- plans for the property, he noted it LEULESS—Planning and Zoning 200-foot tract was a possibility. would be suitable for an office or of- Commission members unanimously fice/retail combination project. approved ahalf-acre rezoning plan Although the area is little-devel- submitted by City Councilman Bob oped now, commercial plans are ea- That project, he pointed out, Eden Tuesday night. panding in the area, because of the could include an unobtrusive, three- proposed expansion of Glade Road story building—because the drop in Eden had asked that the small and state Highway 360. grade would negate the height of the piece of land, located south and ad- building. In other action, the commission jacent to Glade Road, between ' Fuller-Wiser Road and North Main approved a rezoning request of In other action, the commission Street, be rezoned from R-1 (single Cheryl Thomas, Inc. from R-1 to C- approved the replatting of two family) to C-2 (community business 2, for a 1.9-acre tract of land east of tracts.. district). Westpark Way and north of the in- tersection of West Pipeline Road It aproved the replat of.7 acres in The small tract of land, bordered and West Euless Boulevard. the Oakwood Terrace Addition on the north by Grapevine, is sur- (zoned C-2), at the southwest corner rounded by C-2 zoning on the east, The land is part of a 6.25-acre of Vine Street and S.H. 10,and 4.39, CUD (community unit develop- tract, land planning consultant Al acres ('also zoned C-2) at the south- went) on the south and R 1 on the Wilke told the commission. east corner of East Harwood Road west. and Fuller-Wiser Road. He said the tract was difficult to Walter Elliott, representing develop as R-1, because of a severe Both replats were approved ' unanimously. Eden, said specific development drop in elevation.: y � i All area cages record increases v , in -ma'or crimes statistics show { 1 Property cases remain the major problem for cities' police 1 Continued from Page 1 1111 the number of motor vehicle thefts Mid-Cities major crime* with 249. City 1983 1984 Increase •North Richland Hills,which had no homicides in 1983,had the highest NRH 1762 2304 31% number last year with three. Haltom City 1968 246 25°/P Other cities included in the survey Euless 1538 1765 15% were.Euless, Grapevine and Keller. Complete crime statistics were una- Hurst 2385 2613 10% vailable from Richland Hills and Col- Bedford 1319 1506 14% leyville. Grapevine 755 927 23% FBI major crimes include rape, Keller 131 178 36%' ` homicide,burglary,thefts,aggravat- Watauga 398 636 60% ed assualt, motor vehcile theft and _._ robbery-.— Southlake 115 160 39% A growing population,a construe --- Total — ]2,554___ 10,371_ 21% { tion boom and an ine ceased public vigilance contributed to boosting ma- Source,Area Police Departments Colleyville and Richland Hills statistics unava8able jor crime in the area,police said. •Major crimes:burglary.homicide,rape,thett,aggravated assault,auto theft and robbery "Apartment construction last year _ was heavy and that's where a•num- thing to do with it as well," said common in northeast Tarrant Cou4• ber of our thefts occurred,"said Mi- Southlake Police Chief Ted Phillips. ty. chael Murphy, an adminstrative as- "But it did seem to me that more Fourteen homicides were repod- sistant in the Bedford Police people were calling us about burgla- ed by police in 1984,making it one q' Department. "And thieves wouldn't ries and thefts. Better reporting of the most violent years in recent histq- just limit themselves to small items. crime may be one reason for our n' j I've got reports of stolen appliances increase." Among the five larger area cities, and construction equipment." In all cities, theft was the major eight murders occurred last yea fj-, In Southlake, police said the fact headache for police last year fol- one less than in 1983. i ` more residents reported crime—es- lowed by burglaries,the survey indi- But the most dramatic increase pecially thefts — helped boost the cated. came from smaller area cities. �f cities crime rate to 39 percent. Still, 1984 was a year that violent those,.Watauga and Colleyville hod ' "I'm not saying that's the sole rea- crime—homicide,rape,aggravated two honAicides while Grapevine and son because our growth had some- assault and robbery—became more Richland Hills had one each. 1 1 i 1 • s S�Iga Amp w M WAS a3/i T ' a ..YRoF b<Z A�. tr d ky_ t F ! RMM Woo aw. Sr �' X 2• �,,a.. �,.. t +>lprax &fl Z r K �•�� r t �' f. ae ' ay, a"°�. i tt'p ,: t. N� r T•+'ti.�r�' s �f.::. _ � `st° �'zcrha '��s��t,>S a z Y., „x' r � �..Rw -�.�� a" 4,�:s s, "`,E+`«Y xe> �•�` L L y4 ql� > .y Y•'6$'" y�, h'a C Y F'4¢'�x 14 �,y�� ark%' k , � h,.t,� \ 5 M i V a40 4etc t w•�'k �r}l:3'� f'Ix'@L4� Ki i g ."•t =�a;,� ��•q�'•i�w.K>k ,.+F,fC> e,{s z - ¢r 1/� � y�< i t fi •s ts. .i �.. � ► � � �� r,s�� twr�' s,�v �'' �:Y "' 'fit i� ,�+;s..a"'., .;,fibb CEO Xb ':4 Y.�<ga + •�IIML f k tx • ` 3y`��urlMa" ;f s Tb. .a ,�M,�,,,,ia; 2 > 3 r 'SAM .' 'd X ai_k� �.� § :f+13•�s\,�k%F s�:•'��R'¢> ,n..drta rd�c'� '� "77a am Y ° xt ` ti r� I IN SM • • •• rapt fir.. a. • � � • • • • ': r�� '! vim, • • / � t gtOff t�aa S AMM i s t, iK . " °tet n r • _ • • X' z �to r .w. i. ' t '} a+''a't ria.. s fr BPW Week -� �� •--� . �,� � - � � - ��F annou6ced by CP riMe I ; THEFTBYCHECK— MmEt �x old is suspected of theft b-A20-yea connection with a y check in area mayors $645 was taken between Nov.15 and check cashed Dec. 11 ata Payroll 22 from a town home in 50 block of store in the 3200 block of WestcEu This week is being observed as Abbey Road, according to a police report filed Dec. 19. Taken were a less Boulevard,accordingto a police ' National Business Women's Week P report filed Dec. 18. by all units of the National Federa- full-sized bed, book case, wooden table, chest of drawers and night ARMED ROBBERY— tion of Business and Professional stand. g Three Eu- Women's Clubs and by.many coop- + « less men were robbed at gunpointof ' a total of erating groups and news media. BURGLARY—q Dec. 181n a651ate in the evening of On Oct. 8,.Mayor Don Dodson of and earring set valued at necklace block of Sagebrush..parking lot in the 1500 Bedford, Bill Souder of Hurst, and taken Dec.20 from a home in the8was W ithaThe suspects ' scriMayor Pro-tem Willie Mae McCor- block of Clebud. Witnesses de- were armed,with a rifle and a .25 bed a suspect as a man 5-feet-lo. caliber automatic pistol. mick of Euless, presented docu- ments proclaiming National inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, * MISCHIEF Business Women's Week Oct. 15-20 with medium length dark brown CRIMINAL _ g ; glass patio door valued at A at the monthly meeting of Metro hair and a small growth of beard. damaged by vandals, who shot he ' Chapter of Business and Professionl Witnesses said the man was wear- door With a BB-gun,according to a Women at Spanish Galleon Restau- ing blue jeans,a denium jacket and a delicti report filed Dec.19.The tn nci- i rant in Euless Towne Centre (High- blue Mickey Mouse T-shirt.The sus dent occurred at an apartment n way 157 and Airport Freeway). pect was driving a brown station the 1200 block of Monterrey Boule- ' The objectives are twofold: wagon,police reports show, vard. (a)To publicize the achievements , of business and professional women THEFT—Two pairs of diamond ; CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — everywhere, on the local, state, and stud earrings with a total weight of dais shattered the driver's window national levels,and two and a half carats were taken of a11981Oldsmobile Delta 88 ('b) -Publicize the objectives and between Dec. 14 and 19 from an in the 1300 block of Timber Parked progras.of the National Federation apartment in the 500 block of Sy- Drive.Damage was set at$150. g as they relate to all employed camore Lane. Police reports show ' ' ' the victim's m's room1nates are sus- THEFT ' Two 10 Ste valued at National Business Women's Pects.Novalue.wasavailablefgrthe $1900and$250in$lOSteakandAle 1 Week is a nationwide salute to the ' jewelry. gift certificates were taken Dec. le 1 achievements of alf working women. from a 1983 Datsun 280-2 parked in 1 The President of the United States the l00pblockofFuller Wiser Road. ' customarily opens the week with a + + « message, and similar messages are CRIMINAL MISCHIEF—A 25- issued by many governors and may- inch by30-inch windowand twoslid- ;, ora. The National Federation's goal ing.glass doors were damaged at threesea g ' of elevating the standards for bu- Prate apartments in arom- sines and professional women is par- com- plex in the 1400 block of Monterrey Boulevard between Dec. 11 and 13. - -• - -titularly stressed. The incidents occurred between This Week was adopted by the --- seven and 10 hours apart,-according 1926 National Convention and has seven been observed annually since 1928. Loss was set reports National Business Women's $202• Week is a time for cooperative plan- THEFT' — « ning with other organizations, when Furnitures valued at BPW clubs initiate and sponsor pro- grams to encourage all career wom- en's groups in their communities to- �� "' wN •_ emphasize the increasing impor- tance of women to.the nation and its . business and professional life. +. s panels, an air-conditioning intake television with remote control, a b I panel,a cash register and a storage jewelry box and assorted jewelry rt I cabinet door, valued at$1,300 were taken Nov.16 B I, from a home in the 2511 block of ®� Poppy. AGGRAVATED,ROBBERY — 11 ''•'+ Two men threatened employees BURGLARY—Property valued I with knives during the robbery of a al at$2,600 was taken Dec.16 from an I. business in the 4300 block of West; = apartment in the 1400 block of EI Pipeline Road on Nov.14.The sus. % - Camino Real.Taken were a Sansui beets were described as being in ' 1 turntable and receiver,a Canon AE- their earl 20s 5 t . feet t ' 8 inches to 5 1 35-millimeter camera and 28-mil- feet feet 11 inches tall,with blond hair. limeterlens,astrong hoxcontaining I t The pair took$320. rya personal papers and a calculator. ' THEFT—A 19-year-old Arling- ton woman is suspected in the theft l A uf$200inmen'sand women's cloth- If you have information on a felony ' ng from an f i apartment laundrycrime,call Crime Stoppers at469- room in the 1200 >wa. block of Monterrey TIPS.It your Information leads to an Boulevard between Nov,14and15. arrest and conviction you may qual- 1 ' • ' ify forarewardofupto$1.000. w FORGERY—A check was forged BURGLARY—A Frigidaire elec- forOM at a bank lathe 1000 block of tric range valued at$300 was taken e West Euless Boulevard.An 18-year- from a construction site in the 2400 did Bedford man is suspected,the 1 block of Cranberry Lane between k police reported. Nov.2328- ' AUTO THEFT—Awhile on red, BURGLARY—Tools valued at CRIMINAL MISCHIEF—Awin- s tw"oor 1973 Chevrolet Camaro $1,738 were taken between Dec.14 dow was damaged at a business at M Valued at$,3,200 Was taken Nov.12 and 15 from a 1980 Ford Courier 1004 W.Euless Blvd.between Nov- k:a fromaparkinglotinthe900blockof - 21-29.Dama y pickup truck parked in the 2800 gewasestimatedat5500. Broadway,according to a police re- block of West Euless Boulevard. Port filed Nov.15.The carhad Texas Taken were a Mikita circular saw,a BURGLARY—A watch valued. ' ! license No.ZAX-224, at$200 and$100 in cash were taken 4 • CRL glass drilling machine,a Slack apartment in the 300 block THEFT— with from an a and Decker drive wrench and two P A.38-caliber revolver tool boxes wth assorted glazing of Vine Nov.29. r acrd$400 in cash were taken Nov.16 tools. from.anapartment onBridgegate..A • • • THEFT — A General Electric 27-year-old man is suspected,Shepo• , THEFT—A pair of Olin downhill portable video rec rderval- ' d- evtde to o lice reported. --Led aC$380'was taken Yrorn the • • snow skis and a pair of ski bindings H.E.B. Hos valued at$450 were taken Dec.14 pita!, 221.9 W. Euless BURGLARY—Four stoves val- and 15 from a 1984PIymouth Voyag- Blvd.,between Nov.19-29. '• aed at$1,700 were taken between er van parked in the 100 block of Nov.11 and 13 from a construction West Airport Freeway. site in the 2400 block.of Cranberry };tine. • THEFT—A man's gold nugget wedding band valued at$500 was TSURGLARY—An antique.22- taken between Dec.10and11froma caliber Smith and Wesson long-bar- home in the 1700 block of Sagebrush reli d pistol, 'a box of ,22-celiber Trail.A 20-year-old Euless woman is iih Is and an antique gold,pocket suspected in the theft. witch all valued at$753,were taken ' N* 16 froth a home in the 1000 THEFT—A vehicle and trailer knock of Driftwood. valued at$8,500 were taken during • • the night of Dec.11 and Dec.12 from URGLARY -A Pioneer cos- a business in the 1500 block of West ae a deck and Pioneer receiver val. Airport Freeway.Police reports in- at were taken Nov.18 from n•at$SOOweretakenNov.18from dicate the license number of the 0—home in the 1500 block of Pebble stolen vehicle was Texas SPAS 22. eek. Anyone with information on.the -. tip_ _.. _•. �-.� ---- -- theft should call 469-TIPS. .HEFT—A1979YamahaYZ-125 ' � tttdtorcyclevalued at$350was taken THEFT—Thieves'took-$472 in NoV.l6tromaparking lot inthe 1000 property—including a rear window block of Fuller Wiser Road. —from a 1984 Toyota pickup truck • * parked in the 1400 block of El Cami- B14RGLARY—A 19-inch color no Real.Other items taken were a Woolrich goose down coat and a Fox radar detector. AUTO THEFT—A 1978 Lincoln Continental valued at$3,500 was tak- en between Dec.16 and 17 from an apartment parking lot in the 1200 block ofSotograndeBoulevard.The light blue,two-door car had Texas license No.SGT-196.Police suspect a 20-year-old Euless woman. THEFT—Tools valued at$650 were taken Dec.15 from a 1978 Ford pickup truck parked in the 300 block of East Ash.Taken were a toolbox containing assorted Craftsman hand tools and a socket set. 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P + Her name is Priscilla,and she's a and bseagva f l bony g�underwater ig.^B porker,ac and screamed at him to grab hold of utnotyourordinaryp Priscilla;'shesaid."Theybothwent i cording to the Denve-.based Ameri- under.Seconds later her ears and 1 can Humane Association,which on I Friday gave Priscilla its Stillman nosemiracle."meto the surface.It was like A7yartl,citing the pig as the year's Shannon said that to his knowl- M ;loostheroic animal. edge,it'sthe first time apighaswon "Thjs is,quite an event,"said Rob- the award,which began in 1928. • O.Shannon,executive director Patti Mercer of the Houston .of the Houston Society for the Pre* SPCA who investigated whether �ethtion of Cruelty to Animals, the rescue actually took place,said whose agency nominated Priscilla she's convinced. [or saving an 11-year-old boy from "Why would sort ieone want to drowning last summer."We're very make up RACITY about it?"she asked. proud of her." She conceded, however, that 1 `Tin all choked up,"said Victoria agency officials "were a little bit Ht rberta,45,a house painter who skeptical when[ first ms?d about owns Priscilla."ft's such a thrill" it.C'mon,apig hat Priscilla,then just a 2-month-old "B t I donsuch think st aFone'could' #-pound piglet,was swimming fa 1 - 1 i 'fi' w y E A: This group of ladies celebrated birthdays at Leisure Lodge last Friday. CNFOTO Leisure Lo ge residents celebrate birthdays _eisure Lodge Nursing Home Mrs. Hazel, Knight provided the m thly birthday party for cake and "Wanda McKnight res; 'tints having birthdays in provided ice cream. November was held last Friday. Those having birthdays were: ervllle News, Wednesday, December 5, 1984 Gifts were provided by Mrs. Jessie Moore, Frances Cleveland, Frances McCoy, Mrs. Gertrude Earl Hamilton, Mittye Peters, Emily s Reed and Mrs. May Pearl Seale. Lemons, Lulu Cox, Lottie Knight, 3k � 1 Mellie Brantly,and Annie Leathers. . �Vyg 3 nx Kermit Keeling Jason Cornett Kermit Keeling & Jason Cornett celebrate their 5th birthdays ' Kermit Keeling and Jason and Steven Helm. Also Kerry Cornett celebrated their 5th Wakefield, Kelly Darby, Amanda birthday with a birthday party at Hines and Stacy Hill. the Dairy Palace in Madisonville. Jason and Kermit received Birthday cake, ice cream and many niceand interesting gifts and cokes were served to all 14 all the children enjoyed games on children. Those attending were: the playground in front of the Dairy Lucas Gregory, Park Lacey, Justin Palace. Kermit and Jason both Sullivan, Seth McKinney, Joe and turned five years old on November Beth Rodriguez, Angela Hughes 20. i t Editorial Euless P&Z acted for publicodoIn denial 9 The Euless Planning and the ordinance or the P&Z's Zoning Commission acted in duties. the public good when it denied First off, the fact the station a request from a service station will open without a sign is not for a sign taller than that al- the P&Z's concern. We would lowed under city ordinances. think a developer would check The request was for a 55- for such variances prior to con- foot high sign at the Airport struction and if they were not r Freeway Service Road and available, choose not to build if Westpark Way. Additionally, the success of the venture was the station was asking for a threatened. " larger sign than allowed. Second, the P&Z is not r The owners made a convinc- charged with making decisions ing point, on the surface. Their based on what is in the best in- station is somewhat hidden be- terests of citizens seeking a cause the freeway drops off good bargain on gas. It is from the west as it approaches charged with making decisions F the Westpark exit. The owners based on ordinances designed 1ti said a normal sign, 40-feet to ensure a viable and sound high, could not be seen clearly. community for all who live and ¢' This, they said, put them at a work in it. competitive disadvantage.with Had the P&Z caved in to the other service stations along the request, it would have been, in freeway route through HEB. effect, tossing . its sign ordi- .. They also tossed a couple of nance out on the trash heap. other points at the P&Z. They Anyone, at any time, can come said they would be offering the up with passable "reasons" for ■ lowest priced gas in the area exceptions to an ordinance. and implied P&Z would be However, those that actually hurting local people by deny- merit acceptance should be few ing the sign. They also noted and far between, and compel- the station was set to open ling, if the ordinance is to have next week, as if denial under meaning. This request had no those circumstances would be real compelling need behind it unfair. compared to the needs of the The P&Z unanimously rec- community. r" ommended that City Council It was reassuring to see that r deny the variance request and the P&Z is acting in such a we applaud its ability to see fashion as to ensure its ordi- �' through a fairly polished per- nances remain credible. We formance that, stripped of its hope City Council acts in simi- polish, had no relation at all to lar fashion in such cases. C _ C.A. 's included '► in homecoo-k ng' x restaurant book By ELIZABETH CLARKE Daily News Staff Writer jib 3 a, i HURST—"I(this ain't good satin then grits ain't groceries." .. sl,,,i' •" i,j - g4. It says it on the menu,but after tasting some c tA. s jr rs 3} of the scrumptious specialties at C.A.'s Restau- I r i ? `" ' rant in Hurst,you will know it's true. While not the only reason,good homecooked ;4 % s; .', f Ttfood helped C.A.'s,at 440 W.Pipeline Road,get included in "Great Hometown Restaurants of Texas,"a recently published guide to some of the t _ good hometown restaurants in the state. '•r ,!�' Meeting other criteria such as being successful over a long period of time,having first-rate ser-I vice,a pleasant decor and owners who take an in terest in their guests',C.A.'s is surely one of the best in the 150-page book. 4r "� y .. A iz,hs "'Best'lists are,of course,always a matter of l opinion, but when you visit C.A.'s prepare to Daily News photo by CARRELL BYERS agree:they've got it all,"the book says. C.A.Sanford's more than 20-year-old restaurant in Hurst has been in- From the restaurant's famous chicken fried I cluded in the recently published "Great Hometown Restaurants of steak,which on occasion have sold by some 600 a See C.A.'s,Page 21 Texas," a guide of hometown restaurants in Texas. l C.A.'s named in book ja_, ;� _ I'm proud of that;"he said."At out of immaturity,' he said. I Continued from Page I one time,probably mast of the ma- thought everybody in business for day,to Jor decisions made in the community himself was rich, and because my the old fashion hamburger steak were made right here in the folks had a restaurant in Dallas I with restaurant." thought 1 knew everything about the onions and brown gravy — business.But I didn't know beans.I C.A.'s serves a wide selection of Sanford,father of four sone and a "Texas Style Eatin." daughter and grandfather of seven, almost went bankrupt three differ- "Texas there is more to C.A.'s than said he and his wife,Gwen,have en- ent times—at one point I probably just good food—namely,restaurant couraged the family atmosphere at Mould have given the place away.' owner Crawford Augustus Sanford, the restaurant. In the future,Sanford,a business better known in the community es "A lot of our cooks and waitresses administration graduate of Southern Methodist University, said he may C.A. have been here for years and years sell the reestablish and just e operate The reason behind this very ape- so they know many of the people tial restaurant is obvious:C.A.San- who come in,"he said."The family his newly established catering busi- ford and his son Paul share a zeal for atmosphere attracts a lot of people." nese with his son. the restaurant and its guests, unri- C.A.'s menu includes daily lunch "I might sell C.A.'s in the next 10 valed anywhere in the state," the specials such as chicken and dump- years end just do catering — but - book says. then again I may not,"lie said. lingo end whitefish with three vege ..If you read the back of the menu tables,quiche and a variety of house Sanford,who says his second love or visit with C.A.- in person,you'll salads. For dinner, entrees include is public speaking, even considers. -- -- running for elate office in a few- - - - - ----------- --- soon learn he is a man who beleives tasty rib eye steak,fried chicken liv in returning with personal service to ers,pork chops and catfish. Years. his community much of whate he The restaurant's homemade "It was in 0 years I don'tld se b y. has received in the way of busines cheese soup with vegetables, which nese but in 10 yen I don't see he suttees." must be made by the barrel full each eel( actively involved in the r Fifty-four-year-old Sanford, who deand the delicious fried okra will moved Co the area from Dallas in the definitely restaurant,"he said."I will probably make good food lovers be more involved in politics and early 19509 and opened C.A.'s Res- come back for seconds. public speaking.]will ties the rea- taurant in 1962,describes himself as Desserts,headlined by the fudge tand people,but I'm getting "a man of average looks,ability and pecan pie which is well worth the 50 tired d a end look forward to trying ence who loves his family, something new." intelligence y, extra sit-ape to work off,include hot friends and people and likes to make apple and lemon ice box pie. folks laugh." "We have good food because we "One of the nicest things about use the best ingredients that money running a restaurant is that I get to can buy,"Sanford said."We devel- ----- be part of the community,"Sanford oped our recipes over the years." said."It's a fun business because you Typical of real home cooking res- get to meet all kinds of people.I en- taurants, C.A.'s prices are inexpen- joy most being in front of the house sive,ranging from $2.95 for quiche, —in the dining room with people." $4.15 for a lunch special to$6.25 for Sanford, an avid golfer, former filet mignon and $8.95 for fried Hurst mayor, past president of the shrimp. Texas Restaurant Association and Business at the restaurant is good an area fundraiser, said C.A.'a has for Sanford, but it has not always become a gathering place for the been so easy. HER community.- — "I chose the restaurant business n.a 3-do 3c,tiQ, moo°Om � ai � cay4� ay+xcN° yO,Oa °>�a3 >�� a��C� 3 H >. 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Hills,although its official literature "Different portions of the road (Actually the sound ordinances says the campus is in Hurst. were annexed into differentcities at are similar, but Euless enforces a, "If there is something that re-� different times," Ragsdale said. ban on loud music and other noise quires outside(law enforcement),it "The cities were annexed step by from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. while Hurst depends on what part of the campus step and that creates some confu- requiresquietfromi0p.m.to7a.m.) it's on as to who is called," TCJC sion." Liquor laws vary from city to city, spokesman Bill Lace said. Bell Helicopter Textron, one of and residents quickly learn where "The only confusion comes in fire 1 the largest employers in the area,is they can buy alcohol late at night, departments and that's because the in Fort Worth, but Highway 10, the representative said. people who call the fire department which borders the plant,is inHurst. -"Whenever we have a street light don't always know if they are in And the Loop 820-Highway 121 in- go out we've got to make sure we get Hurst or North Richland LHills," he terchange is entirely in Hurst even the right electric company in the said. If the wrong department re- though it's surrounded by North -right city," the assistant manager sponds to the call,firefighters start Richland Hills on three sides. Off i- said."And it's strange for voting be- working while the proper depart- t cialsdevisedtheboundarylinesthat cayse it's not always easy to tell a ment is notified. way so the entire intersection would resident which precinct they're in." In other areas, police keep close be within a single city and could be Parkwood Village,which is under tabs on accident reports to deter- handled by one police department. construction at Norwood Drive and thine the point of impact of colli- One of the best examples of the Harwood Road,straddles the Hurst- sions to see which department han- often-chaotic boundary lines in Bedford line.Officials in both cities dles the call.The point of impact also h Northeast Tarrant County is the jokingly tried to convince develop- determines which city is paid a fine sprawling Sotogrande apartment ers to putrevenue-producingstores or which court handles the case. complex, which sports more than in their city while relegating park- With cities playing tug-of-war for \I 2,100 apartments divided between ing to the other. new businesses and subdivisions, y, y is," said one cross boundary lines because of Euless and Hurst. Neither city wanted buildings to "It's crazy, it really boundary lines still are shifting as cities annex a little here and a little assistant manager, who requested problems deciding which city's ordi- there.Even city of here and a little anonymity. nances would apply and how to sup- ly take a quick peek cials maps to make Sotogrande residents switching ply the buildings with utilities. sure new developments are indeed from one apartment.to another of-. One of the strangest pockets in in their city. ten find themselves with unexpect- Northeast-Tarrant County is a hand- ed utility deposits if they move ful of businesses across Bedford-Eu- Although the crooked boundaries. L across city limits.Hurst is served by less Road from Northeast Mall,just can make for amusing conversation, Texas Electric Service Co. and Eu- south of Airport Freeway between others don't find the situation quite 1 less buys its electricity from Texas Bedford-Euless and Precinct Line so laughable. 1 Power and Light Co., and both re- roads. The businesses, including a Five homeowners in Colleyville i quire deposits8before beginning gasoline station,several restaurants also are trying to solve a long-stand- new service. Residents also must and a large bank,are technically in ing problem they found right in ` switch cable companies;Hurst uses North Richland Hills. but have a their own back yards,literally. CBS Blackhawk Cable Communica- Hurst mailing address. Across the The five, including Colleyville tions Corp.,while Euless is served by freeway, businesses along "Restau- Councilman Steve Turner, say Storer Cable Communications. rant Row"on Bedford-Euless Road they're tired of owning homes in "Euless has a sound ordinance are in North Richland Hills but have Colleyville and back yards in Hurst. that Hurst doesn't have,"the assist- a Fort Worth mailing address. That means two tax bills—and dou- ant manager said."I know because I "That all happened before there ble the headaches in trying to build f live in Hurst and right across the was a freeway," Royston said. "Be- in their back yards. fence from me is Euless and police fore Airport Freeway, Bedford-Eu- come tell them to be quiet over less was the dividing line." They're asking officials in both there. And I know there's a differ- Tarrant County Junior College cities to put their back yards in Col- ence in pet ordinances. 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The finance department brary and police facilities. Contined from Page 1A would be relocated to the south end In 1989, Phase II of the city hall new recreation center and ex- of the current city hall building. annex expansion could proceed,with pansion of the library and police Engineering, planning, inspection conversion of the community build- department. and public works departments ing gymnasium into a theater-type Sustaire suggested that late next Would be moved to the north end of council chambers and auditorium, year or early in 1986, the council the current city hall building — al- with additional space and confer- should consider the design and con- lowing all the public works activities ence room. struction of a new recreation center, to be in one location. The current council chambers which would be located at Midway In late 1985 or early 1986, work could be converted to a permanent Park.That center would include rac- would begin on the design of the new home for the municipal court, with quetball and handball courts,a gym- recreation center. Funds would come surplus space converted to addition- nasium and administrative offices from the sale of existing park bonds. al office space. for parks and,recreation personnel. Construction of the new center could The final part of the plan would In 1988, expansion of police and begin in the late fall of 1986 or early be expansion of the city's mainte- library facilities would be consid- spring of 1987. nance facilities on Westpark in 1990. ered, with funding to come from a At that point, plans would begin That would include the consolida- bond election. for the construction of a fourth fire tion of the current water barn site station along Mid-Cities Boulevard. located in Bedford and its move to All the council members agreed The city currently owns a parcel of the Westpark location. the library expansion was a critical land there. Funding for that would come need. In the fall of 1987,activities could from the sale of property in the City Police expansion was also needed, Sustaire said. be moved from the old church build- of Bedford currently being used as a - "They`re not hurting today. Itis ing (and remaining activities in the water department maintenance not critical," he said. "But they will community building) to the new re- facility. creation center. Administrative of- Sustaire told the council other fa- be hurting as they grow. Sustaire told the council immedi- fices for parks and recreation would cilities-use plans had been consid- ate work should begin on a former also be moved there from the Sim- ered, but all met with resistance. four-acre church site (purchased by mons building at Carr Park, which This was the first, he said, which the city about three months ago) on would be remodeled to allow addi- had the support of all department E tional senior citizen and recreational heads. Cullum Street, to convert it for rec- << reational use. He estimated that activities. I recommend the first phase of would cost about a estimated these recommendations be imple- Also in the fall of 1987, the old mented as soon as possible," he told According to the plan,all daytime church building could be remodeled the council in a memorandum. "It recreation programs could be moved and used as fire station No.3,as well provides for the immediate needs we in early 1985 from the community as for fire and police training facili- have and will allow for the addition- building in the city hall complex to ties. There would also be sufficient al growth without the building of the former church building. room at that location.to establish an any new office buildings for the next At that time, remodeling of the active "Wellness Program" for all 10-15 years and should provide community building;could begin, so employees at the site. enough space for the city govern- it could be used as a city hall annex. Those changes could be funded ment when the city is fully By mid-1985, the city manager's from the sale of excess land on Cul- developed. office, city secretafyls office, person- lum Street. "This also eliminates the band- nel and insurance service could be In 1988, the city would consider a aid approach that we have looked moved to the remodeled community bond election for expansion of li- at..." i ,Q, .0 d > m b G d O 1 3 O CL) m y'O a.. m A O O.» ai C W m y 0 O 3 W A V m b tti > g moi, a3i O 00^C o 7 m rn Km o v � aim ob .� ,°. � U1 T^ yCU 0 �e o w ti W w t4.Ej Co (L) 3 m p ' pC m ti r-7 d 6)O oF O y w Ouw m ,� y 7C C7 'zb ab �' d a `= 5� 0� a�i, a� �W ai CA o w X. a, a� m a� 3,� d a� G o > 3 1~ p A^�7 i? CZ 4Z o m.. r, O Wxay, �,U �: ow- ago AO X.X. >v1 ` ----------- --- - L r so wntt, NOTES I E $ NUMBER " SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY - --�-- DECEMBER 1984 ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER, different day, different place: Friday, December 14, 11 :45 AM, covered-dish luncheon at LeDawn' s home, 3805 Diamond Lock W. (Call 589-1161 if you get lost! ) (Map below.) In addition to feeding ourselves, we will be feeding hungry families in Northeast Tarrant County. Remember to bring canned food to contribute to Mid-Cities Helping Hands, Inc. Myrtle can testify to need for, as well as the reward of, participating in this project, as she has helped for many years. CONGRATULATIONS to:Willie Mae McCormick and Gertrude Tarpley, who received 0 the new Soroptimist Women of Distinction Award at the November 26 meeting. 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W m d11'� 0� md � m o1, q) „ mA a0 ti4,'', (ra Enb 0rca b i .Y.SW'YY'.iif P roMr'ram�_ BURGLARY A color television with remote control, a jewelry box and assorted jewelry valued at$1,300 were taken Nov.16 from a home in the 2511 block of - Poppy. ` ------ THEFT—A 1982 Kawasaki ma torcycle valued at$500 was taken Nov. from block of Del Paso. BURGLARY,A 19-inch Sony television set,a Panasonic videocas- sette recorder,eight video tapes and a 5-inch black-and-white television t =M #, valued at$1,340 was taken between Nov.17 and 18 from an apartment in � the 200 block of Bear Creek. AGGRAVATED ROBBERY — � � i Two men threatened employees ASSAULT—A 35-year-old mai with knives during the robbery of a reportedly was shot at by a 21"year• business in the n Nov.block h West old man in an incident Nov.19 at an pests Pipeline Road sc N 14.The sus- apartment where both lived in the pests were described i being in 1400 block of Monterrey Boulevard. their early es t 5 feet,8 inches hair. 5 Police recovered a.45caliber to. T et,11 inches tall,with blonde hair. uratic pistol and a spent shell. I The pair took$320. An aggravated assault complaint 19-year-old Arling- w THEFT—A 1as filed against the suspect by a 23- [ ton woman is suspected in the theft year-old Euless man who witnessed of$200 in men's and women's cloth- the incident.Asimple assault report ing from an apartment laundry was also filed against the Suspect by room in the 1200 block of Monterrey a 39-year-old woman,who apparent" - Boulevard.The theft occurred be- ly lived with the two meninvolved in tween Nov.14 and 15, the incident, i FORGERY—Acheckwasfbrged AUTO THEFT—A 1980Chevro. for$260at a bank in the 1000 block of let Scottsdale pickup wed at West Euless Boulevard.An 18-year- $6,700 was taken between Nov.19-20, t' - -- old Bedford man is suspected,ac- fromaparking lot inthe200blockof cording to pole reports. West Alexander Lane. L AUTO THEFT—A1973Chevro- -BURGLARY----A.Sylyania 12- 4 let Camaro valued at$3200 was tak• inch color television and four pairs I __ en Nov.12 from a parking lot in the of Larry Mayhan boots, vae at 900 block of Broadway,accordingto $1,2.82,were taken Nov.20 from a r a police report filed Nov. 15.The home in the 1700 Windlea. Ir whiten-red,two-door vehicle had o- Texas license No.ZAX-224 AUTO THEFT—A 1974 Chevr let Monte Carlo valued at$1,995W S THEFT—A..;-caliber revolver taken between Nov. 20.21 from a I and$4W in cash were taken Nov.16 driveway in the 200 block of Midway from an apartment onBridgegste.A Drive.THe white-on-red,two-door 27-year-old man—who last lived in veheile had Texas license NO:759 f Houston—is suspected,according EBQ. . to police reports. BURGLARY — Five woman's ! BURGLARY—Four stoves val- rings—one with a 2.25-carat dia- ued at$1,700 were taken between mond and a second with a one-carat ` Nov.11 and 13 from a construction diamond—and a woman's watch i site in the 2400 block of Cranberry were taken between Nov.2421 from Lane a home in the 1200 block of Pebble . . . Creek.Loss was estimated at$24,125. ' BURGLARY—An antique.22• I caliber Smith and Wesson long-bar- reled pistol, a box of .22-caliber shells and an antique gold pocket watch all valued at$753 were taken t Nov. 16 from a home In the 1000 block of Driftwood. BURGLARY • A Pioneer cas- sette deck and Pioneer receiver were taken Nov.16 from a home in I the 1500 block of Pebble Creek.Loss wag set at$800. t THEFT—A 1979 YamahaYZ-125 2 motorcycle valued at$350 was taken Nov.16 from a parking lot in the 1000 block of Fuller Wiser Road. . C i Page 2 MID-CITIES DAILY NEWS Tuesday, December 4, 1984 ' y 1 3' Daily News Photo By CHARLES E.BALDWIN ` s It's puzzling ' Jig-saw puzzles,and posters featuring the City of Euless are being offered for sale by the r city's.Department of Parks and Recreation, with proceeds to benefit recreation programs. Both puzzles and posters, designed by G & J Ideas, will sell for $10 each. The city will re- all-of e- allof the proceeds of the first 200 sold, and will split the proceeds of the other sales ' with G & J.,In addition, persons ordering the first 500 will have their names placed on the borders of the novelty items. Pictured holding a sample of one of the posters are Recreation Director Julia Wakeley (left)and Activities Director'3etsy Bloxom. For more information or ' to order a poster of puzzle, call 283-5381, ext. 179 or 181. z Cities collect more ;J Sales , tax up`&___Y� _ y,.•F q By ELIZABETH CLARKE increase — about 40 percent, fol- Daily News Staff Writer lowed by Richland Hil.s with a 37 percent increase and North Rich- Area cities, on the average, have land Hills with the only decrease collected about 14 percent more down nearly three percent from last from the one percent local sales tax year. I so far this year than last year during However, North Richland Hillsfi� s r z g F the same period. city officials say the state's figures 1 According to figures released by are not an accurate reflection of the Source:State Comptrollers Office the State Comptroller's Office, local actual sales tax collected locally. f cities collected nearly $12 million In North Richland Hills, about Maness. from the local sales tax through the $624,000 in local sales tax was added "Some of our businesses were 1 end of November this year, com- to last year's sales tax total after it paying the local sales tax to Fort pared to the near $10.3 million col- was discovered that some businesses Worth which distorts the figures," !ectad in 1983 through November. in the city had been paying their Mannes said. "But when you com- The comptroller's figures show share of the local tax to Fort Worth, Watauga with the largest sales tax said Director of Finance Lee See CITIES,Page 2A 1 Citiescollect more tax Continued from Page 1A "The state figures which show we nesses come into the city, but we t had a big increase in the sales tax are also have more people in the city pare apples to apples, North Rich- partly caused by new businesses this year paying the sales tax," An- land Hills has actually had about a here, but also because of the pay- thony said. 21 percent sales tax increase over ment problem, he said. last year." Watauga so far this year has col- According to state figures, so far Similiarly, Richland Hills lost lected about $153,338 from the city this year Bedford's local sales tax in- about $18,000 in sales tax revenue sales tax, compared to the $109,000 creased 27 percent, last year because some local busi- collected last yeafrom nearly r during the same $840,000 to more than $1 million; nesses were paying other cities their Period. share of the sales tax, and at the Euless' increased 30 percent, from same time, this year Richland Hills Watauga Mayor Virgil Anthony $949,000 to $1.2 million; Haltom recovered another $8,000 from busi- attributes the increase to new busi- City's increased 12 percent from $2 nesses that were paying the sales tax nesses moving into the city and a million to $2.3 million. to other cities, City Administrator substantial population increase. Dennis Woodard said. "We have had some new busi- And, Hurst's increased nearly 24 Percent, from $3.4 million to $4.2 million; North Richland Hills' de- creased more than 2 percent, falling from$2.5 million to$2.4 million;and Richland Hills increased 37 percent, from $109,000 to$153,000. i i `t t ( k ' } a a k" cc s m # cv ID o . !! F yr : q oii b'yw,mc� �y `un4 5n•''.'oE ..+ .`P, t`. W .0 ♦� ��duo o�ai >•oq'd �. go'P4mU 3°C-a"'�°'.aa,'E9� w ym ,( _ -aa °y�.5mS `x�m. awoo to demd >dmg3 BS� dt{ V wo9�Oz m py, � t 0 O 6 u O F.' O y d U S A.+.WG e E 4 r - x .qv'$a.TxFt L°W'�b olA Pr u3$ "mGa •9.n � _ �tW= xa,ro d." m ae�0$a 13 D / g•:gym, ti_G« 0 9°'E A 0 _ •i i o w.�•omo. n o'oa w >,x om5 Ewt 8 —_-_- a ate'' A '•? Gp.ruv3 m> Edvo� °' m��o<� �� tD E� 1-- • �� /��{�/� •s� a.`Ssw 3 m•mua` t L U a m i a o `°°a+ >`G O �o'+F7•J�' 9•�'�o.. moi{ t p W O ` E. a. =a''T'...2 G�p� w ^.. _aOIP vS3`n5 N . o� aC dn4y eJnw e•r O1= «t d W2e5i ah�y xexiw 6�T'•tlo.x �: M ; . OZ p ,gyp oeS..Fd • Fy % toT�v`A�4UBu �«i3mm`aq Amokm 9pvd°C$'LM .01. dCoW�'a.do�n`e3a56 .. am2 u�PC EeF�9:�`a.3 v.`.F�.„w..�2s "•' A i t NE r= Zdo rA W l oc O z r G PM .e z tea =T 94-4 x31 2 W m 0 1� - `$i>w�-�' �y;•-+sem; -�;"". W O ~ W }� ►; BURGLARY—Acoin-operated video game valued at $1,800 was = d stolen from Willhoite's Restaurant, atc •: o�c 432 S.Main,between Nov.2320 BURGLARY — Spindles, base 1 wood and 10 handrails valued at $1,000 were taken from four con- struction sites in the 4100 block of Woodside Knoll between Nov.21-26. 1 . . . i 1 - THEFT — An outboard motor valued at$800 was taken from a boat at a residence in the 2100 block of Stone Moss between Nov.27-28. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF—Awin- dow pane valued at $500 was CRIMINAL MISCHIEF—Tele- .-smashed at Enserco, 400 Fuller- phone wires and supports valued at Wiser,Nov.27. $2,000, which belong to General ' ' ' Telephone,706 E.Northwest High- THEFT—An envelope contain- way,were damaged in the 400 block ing$537.50 in cash and two checks of N.Scribner Nov.28. totaling$358 were taken from Bel. ton Inn,2201 W. Airport Freeway, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — A. " during the night of Nov.2324. gear shift knob and a window of a • ' ' vehicle,also a section of chain link THEFT—A red trailer valued at f ence were damaged at Dearing Au- $1,500 was taken from a field near tomotive,511 E.Wall,between Nov. the 400 block of Huffman between 27 and Nov.29.Replacement cost is Nov.26-29. estimated at$250. r xs, G2 A=RO B USI SS QD(PROFESSIONAL WOMEN Minutes, October 8, 1984 "Bosses Night" began at 6:30 pm. Pam Dorsey introduced the head table followed by introductions of all bosses and guests in attendance. Jerrie Schubert gave greetings from State and District 11. District 11 is comprised of 23 clubs with a total of approximately 2000 members. 9 Jo Stubblefield, chairperson of the October program, introduced L. Don Dodson, riayor of Bedford. Mayor Dodson issued a Proclamation from the city of Bedford establishing the week of October 21 thru October 27 as Business Women's Week. Georgina Pratt gave the devotional and Pledge of Allegiance. Dinner was served. Laffle tickets for a decorative basket were bought by all those in attendance. Yayor Souder of Hurst drew and the winner was Jerrie Schubert. The key member 4.. of the month of October was chosen by Pam Dorsey. Linda Rawle accepted this token of appreciation. r Jo Stubblefield introduced Bill Souder, riayor of Hurst. Mayor Souder issued a Proclamation from the City of Hurst designating the week of October 21 thru October 27 as Business Women's Week. Jo introduced Payor F'ro Tem Willie r:ae NcCormick of Euless. She issued a Proclamation from the city of Euless designating the week of October 21 thru October 27 as Business Women's Week. Linda Batchelor made a motion to give cCormick a honorary membership in Metro M. Lee Bayuk second the motion. Pam Dorsey presente a s z e presentation entitled"Women Helping Women through Scholar hips". After a 5 minute break, the business meeing began. Pam asked for t e approval of the minutes. Linda Batchelor approved the minutes as read. Peggy Phelpp second the motion. Th ' committee reports followed the approval of the minutes. Lee Bayuk reported that Judy Favara will present the November program. Judy will present a program on taxes. The December program and meeting date has been changed to Tuesday, December 11 by the request of Jerrie Schubert. The meeting will be located 3 5 ,�11 at the home of Gayle Erwin. The meeting will be a joint Christmas party for Northeast BPW and Metro BPW. Darla Sledge, membership chairwoman, introduced the new members of retro BP'','. Linda Batchelor read the BPW Pledge. Currently IN_etro BP.a has 32 :members. Georgina Pratt, Legislation chairwoman, reminded i everyone to vote on Nov. 6._ Linda Rawle, Young Career ',<omen chairwoman, has- sent as sent out 100 letters to businesses describing the goals of Netro BPW. She also is ordering T—Shirts for the convention. The cost are $7.00 to members and $10.00 to all others. Jo Stubblefield, Public Relations chairwoman, had the m bership JC directories available at $1.00 apiece. '77W,2-4i � `77 /5 Jerrie Schubert urged all women present to attend the District Conference. Jerie also announced a leadership conference that Lee Bayuk will attend. Jerrie made the motion that the club defray the expenses of $35 for Lee. Linda Batchelor second the motion. Pam Dorsey made several announcements. October 23 is the National Business l+omen's.heek Banquet with Katie Sherrod as speaker. The next Fetro Action Committee meeting will be October 29 at Linda Rawle's home at 7:00 pm. The ceramic bird sewing kits arrived. one dozen was issued to each member. The cost is $6 each and the money is due by November 30. The next Metro BPW reeting is November 12 at 6:30 at Spanish Galleon. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 pm. BEAR CREEK FAMILY CLINIC RIBBON CUTTING AGENDA DECEMBER 20 , 1984 MASTER OF CEREMONIES CITY REPRESENTATIVEJ CJ? • WILLIE MAE MCCORMICK MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE . . . , DEBBIE VANDERFORD ' FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . . . .IRENE WILSON TEXAS COMMERQE BANK ' HURST _ PRESIDENT'S CLUB REPRESENTATIVE a�&4 ' STATE REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . .CHARLES EVANS represented by PEGGY DODSON ' FIRM REPRESENTATIVES . . . .CRAIG WHITING, D.O. I PHILLIP PEARSON, D.O. ' RLBBON CUTTING . . . .CAROL BENSON i } i _ Hurstr-Eulessr-Bedford THE HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC. r RIBBON CUTTING MR. DONUT IN AGENDA DECEMBER 11, 1984 .r 11: 30 a.m. 1 MASTER OF CEREMONIES . . . . . . . . . .DICK HAAS CITY. REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIE MAE MCCORMICK 1 j Mayor Pro Tem-Euless MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . . . MARCUS STEINER 1 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTATIVE . . . . GERALD NORMAN M BANK STATE REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . . . . .CHARLES EVANS PRESIDENT'S CLUB REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . JOHN LARRIVIERE 1 FIRM REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . . . . . JON WHITE RIBBON CUTTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAROL BENSON 1 1 I 1