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Volume 3 No. 5 July 23, 2008
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NEWS TO KNOW
Drew Pearson to highlight
Bear Stadium Dedication
WHITE SETTLEMENT CITY COUNCIL
Council votes to sell vacant land, reviews personnel policies
By A.C. Hall
Come to the
stadium dedication
on Sunday, Aug. 24.
After working through their agenda in
their regularly scheduled meeting last night,
the White Settlement City Council held an
executive session to deliberate the purchase,
exchange, lease, or value of real property.
Once complete they reconvened in open
Dedication Program •
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Former Dallas Cowboy
Drew Pearson,
band, cheerleaders and
drill team
Bear Mania • 5:45 to 7
with food and fun!
session and a motion was made to authorize
city staff to go out for sealed bids for any
unused vacant property owned by the City
of White Settlement. The motion passed
unanimously.
Previously in the evening the council
addressed the business of awarding the
contract for independent audit services. The
city received four proposals from firms and
city staff originally recommended awarding
the contract to low bidder Cheatham and
Langford.
“How many employees do they have?”
inquired council member John Trevino.
See City Council page 6
Lucky Ducky ...
Photo by Ben Posey
Tomatoes cleared for munching
Tomatoes no longer should
be considered the source of an
ongoing salmonella outbreak,
FDA food safety officials said
this week. As of Monday,
July 21, the FDA said that
consumers may enjoy all types
of tomatoes including those
that had first been placed on
the “don’t eat” list like Roma
and raw red plum. However,
other produce has joined the
list of possibly contaminated
foods and these have a Texas
connection. Jalapano and
serrano chiles have been placed
on the suspect list and many of
those are moved through Texas
warehouses from Mexico.
FDA investigators found
no evidence of contamination
See Tomatoes
page 2
White Settlement Starbucks
to close, Westpoint still open
Starbucks, located at
500 B Highway 183 West
in White Settlement, has
received notice that it will
be closing by sometime
in 2009 according to the
Starbucks Coffee Company.
Three other locations in Fort
Worth will also be closing
which include locations at
Camp Bowie and Hulen,
Hulen Mall, and McCart and
Altamesa. A total of 57 stores
are being closed in Texas and
approximately 600 companyoperated stores in the United
States. Closing for stores will
take place beginning this
month and continue through
2009.
The Starbucks located
along Loop 820 and
White Settlement Road in
Westpoint will remain open.
A young duckling that was dehydrated and lost was taken under the
wing, not by its mother, but by some kind hearted kids yesterday
afternoon at Central Park. The duckling had gone astray from the
pond area when Sandra Luna and her 4-year old son, Isaiah, found it
dehydrated and confused. Isaiah led the duckling back to the pond
where it was greeted by three other park goers who helped it into
the pond where it refreshed itself with water and nutrients. Just a
few minutes later the duckling was spright as ever following the kids
wherever they went.
Above Isaiah Luna looks for the momma duck as his mother
Sandra, (l-r) Taryn Peay, Itzel Valenzuela and Kryslyn Bryant keep
watch on the duckling as it plays in the water.
Burgers Lake closed by health scare
Burger’s Lake, a springfed family swim park and
recreation destination
located in the River Oaks
area for more than 40 years,
remains voluntarily closed
as recommended by the
county health department
until tests are completed on
lake water. Last Friday the
Tarrant County Public Health
Department was swamped
with calls from people
concerned that they may have
contracted cryptosporidiosis
while swimming at the lake.
So far there have been
nine confirmed cases of
people infected with the
waterborne parasite, but the
Tarrant County Public Heath
Department has reported
receiving hundreds of calls
from people who believe they
See Burgers page 2
Wells Fargo suspect now in jail
Brian Eugene Duke, age
41, the man suspected in the
robbery of the Wells Fargo
Bank in the 5800 block of
Camp Bowie West last week,
was arrested on the opposite
side of town in a Jack in the
Box restroom, police reported
to news sources. The vehicle
used in the escape, identified
earlier by a witness, was
spotted by officers in the 4200
block of I-35W in Fort Worth.
The bank robbery suspect,
along with the car’s driver, 18year old Lawrence Anthony
Roberson, were booked into
the Tarrant County Jail.
Bright Idea?
Does this new light bulb help
or hurt the environment?
By A.C. Hall
On Dec. 19, 2007
President Bush signed
into law the “Energy
Independence and Security
Act of 2007.” Originally
known as the “Clean
Energy Act of 2007,” this
act of Congress looked to
increase America’s energy
independence and security,
to explore alternative energy
options, and to improve the
energy efficiency of homes
and businesses.
One of the ways in
which this is to be achieved
is by the phasing out of
incandescent light bulbs,
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the common round bulbs used
most in homes. Starting with
the highest wattage bulbs being
taken off shelves in 2010, and
by 2014 they will no longer
be available, replaced instead
with a new type of bulb that
is already on store shelves, the
compact fluorescent light bulb,
or CFL.
These much lower wattage,
coiled light bulbs use less energy
and already take up a large
amount of the shelf space in
stores. They promise to save
consumers hundreds of dollars
per year in energy costs and to
last for several years. As with
most guarantees, these promises
come with some small print
that explains that they may
not be all they’re cracked up to
be. But perhaps the worst part
of the CFL bulbs is the health
danger they pose to those who
aren’t informed on what to do
in case one breaks.
Known by most consumers
as “energy smart” or “energy
saver” bulbs, these new coiled
fluorescent bulbs are being
pushed heavily at retailers
such as Wal-Mart and have
been pulling in lots of folks
with their bright promises
of energy savings and long
bulb life. Even though the
bulbs cost much more than
standard incandescent bulbs,
most consumers feel that the
See Bright Ideas page 2
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West Side News
Page 2 Wednesday, July 23, 2008
TOMATOES continued from front cover
the tomato farms and
warehouses they investigated,
and they believe any suspect
tomatoes no longer are on the
market.
“We believe consumers
can now enjoy all tomatoes
available on the domestic
market in the United States,”
said David Acheson, FDA’s
associate commissioner for
foods.
Officials with the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration and
the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention said in a news
conference last Thursday that
they saw encouraging signs
of a potential slowing of a
salmonella outbreak that has
sickened 1,220 people in 42
states since April. Texas has
by far the largest number
of reported salmonella cases
— 456.
Still, the duration of the
outbreak and information
gathered from more recent
victims led investigators to look
past tomatoes to other possible
culprits.
Acheson said the focus of
the investigation now is raw
jalapeño and serrano chiles
at critical points all along the
supply chain. That includes
domestic and foreign suppliers.
Several local restaurants have
posted signs on their doors
stating that they will not be
serving fresh jalapano peppers
until further notice.
As a result of the
investigation, a team of
food safety investigators is
examining a Mexican packing
plant that receives peppers from
a variety of farms. Acheson
didn’t implicate the plant in
the outbreak or provide other
information about the facility
in the news conference.
Investigators have been
there for two days, but Acheson
wasn’t certain how long the
inquiry would last.
“We still do not know where
the original contamination
point was, and we’re pursuing
that as hard today as we were at
the beginning,” Acheson said.
Authorities continued to
urge consumers facing the
greatest risk of infection,
including infants and the
elderly, to refrain from eating
raw jalapeño and serrano
chiles. They also noted that
raw jalapeños often are part of
salsa, pico de gallo and other
popular dishes. Officials said
at least 224 people have been
hospitalized from consuming
contaminated products. The
bacteria normally produce
diarrhea, fever and abdominal
cramps from 12 to 72 hours
after infection.
The salmonella scare has
kept tomatoes, peppers and
cilantro from coming across
the Mexican border, generating
about $250 million in losses for
the tomato industry alone.
John McClung, president of
the Texas Produce Association,
said Texas doesn’t have many
pepper producers, but does
have a few large importers and
several smaller importers who
will be hurt by the continuing
warnings. Cases of food
contamination can be difficult
to resolve, but McClung
worries that this outbreak
has taken particularly long
to handle and could lead to
unnecessary regulation.
BURGERS continued from front cover
might have been infected at
the privately owned swimming
hole.
Cryptosporidiosis,
commonly known as crypto,
causes severe diarrhea as well
as stomach cramps and nausea
that can last two weeks. At least
eight people were diagnosed
with the waterborne parasite.
The lake was voluntarily closed
last Wednesday.
The parasite is found in
MC, VISA, AMEX, DIS, CASH
human and animal fecal matter
and it thrives in bodies of water.
The parasite is resistant to
chlorine disinfection.
Officials say anyone who
visited the lake after June 21
and became ill should seek
medical care.
If the lake is tested positive
for the parasite, options for
removing the parasite include
either draining the lake or
hyperchlorinating the water.
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Bright Idea or Mercury danger? continued from front cover
promised life of the bulb, which is generally
at least six years and in some cases nine years,
offsets their higher cost.
But far from the large font bright promises
of savings, you may find something else of
much more importance on the packaging.
“May” is the operative word here, as the bulb
manufacturers don’t all have this important
information on their boxes. Even those that
do have it never have it printed conveniently.
On one brand buyers have to pick up the
package and look on the otherwise blank
bottom to find it, and on several others the
only information is on the inside back of the
packaging, a place where most people would
never even look. However, this information
is something that anyone who has bought or
is thinking about buying CFL bulbs should
be aware of.
The bulbs are able to work so efficiently in
part due to the inclusion of a small amount
of mercury. And while, as General Electric
is quick to point out online and on their
customer service phone lines, it’s only about
enough mercury to cover the tip of a ballpoint pen. However, the mercury in the bulbs
is of particular importance if the bulbs ever
break, which as most people know is all too
common as light bulbs are quite fragile.
Again, while the amount of mercury in
the bulbs is quite small, mercury poisoning
is still a concern when dealing with a broken
CFL lamp, especially since the mercury in
the bulbs can be inhaled, which is among
the most dangerous forms of mercury and
can especially be dangerous for children or
pregnant women to be around.
Each CFL bulb is estimated
to contain around 5 milligrams
of mercury, and almost every
source states that this small of
an amount probably poses no
risk. However, one thing these
statements all had in common
was words such as “probably”
and “likely.” While it’s generally
believed that it’s a small enough
amount to pose no actual risk,
there were no definitive sources
that stated this in absolute terms.
This is a point driven home
by the meticulous clean up
directions that are given to
you to deal with a broken CFL bulb. Of
course, this is information not found on
any of the several different “energy saver”
CFL bulb packages that were examined
while researching this story. In fact, the only
information found on one package was to go
to lamprecycle.com to learn about discarding
the bulbs.
This website, which is geared toward
industrial and commercial sized fluorescent
lights, contains a link to a Microsoft Word
document about CFL lamps. Readers
must scroll down to the very bottom of this
document to find yet another web link on the
subject, this one directing you to the EPA, or
Environmental Protection Agency, website.
Again, the information isn’t instantly
noticeable, and you have to scroll down a
little to find it.
The first thing you’re told to do if a CFL
bulb breaks is to open windows and leave the
room for fifteen minutes or more. You’re also
encouraged to shut off the central heating
and air system so that the mercury vapors
aren’t sucked to other areas of the house.
After waiting the allotted time, the next steps
depend on what type of flooring the bulb
broke on, but you’re encouraged not to sweep
or vacuum as that can spread mercury vapors
into the air. The use of damp towels and
tape is encouraged for cleaning up smaller
glass fragments and any powder that may be
left over. The EPA suggests that all cleanup
materials be placed in a sealable jar or plastic
bag.
Now, if the bulb broke on carpet or a
similar area, after your cleanup the EPA does
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indicate that you can vacuum the area but
afterwards you should immediately remove
the vacuum bag and put it in your sealed
cleanup materials baggy or jar. It also states
that the next several times you vacuum that
are that you should open windows, shut off
the central heat and air, and leave it off for
fifteen minutes after you’re dong vacuuming.
Also, if the bulb broke on any clothes or
bedding you’re encouraged to throw it away
instead of washing it, as by washing it you
may contaminate your washing machine and/
or pollute sewage.
Once you’re done cleaning up, you’d
normally just throw everything in the
trash, right? Not so fast. Some areas don’t
allow broken or even unbroken CFL bulbs
to be thrown directly in the trash, as they
may break in landfills and pollute the
environment. The issue with this is that a
national system for recycling the bulbs doesn’t
yet exist (yet there they are on the shelves for
sale).
Representatives from the EPA and even
big lighting companies such as General
Electric have acknowledged that an easier
way of disposing the bulbs needs to be found.
Some Home Depot locations allow for used
CFL bulbs to be dropped off at the customer
service desk free of charge to be recycled. A
member of the management team at the local
Home Depot on White Settlement Road
confirmed that his location was a part of that
program. Also, in a phone call placed to
IESI, the company responsible for picking
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AT THE MOVIES
Page 3 Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Dark Knight: Absolute Perfection
By A.C. Hall
If there was ever a movie that was
going to disappoint someone, it was this
movie. The hype for the film has been
almost mind-blowing as everywhere you
turn you find yourself confronted for
some sort of The Dark Knight marketing.
For my part, I bought in hook, line, and
sinker months and months ago. I told
a friend last week that I fully expect this
to be one of the best movies I ever see.
I knew I had myself set up for a huge
letdown, but I couldn’t help it. And
the amazing thing is, now that I’ve seen
Batman’s latest adventure, it was even
better than I thought it would be.
It’s been a year since the events of
Batman Begins, and things in Gotham
City are looking up. It’s still a town full
of villains and mafias, but the good guys
have been hard at work and things are
better than they ever had been before.
With Batman cleaning up the streets
and Jim Gordon cleaning up the police
department, and with the addition of
new District Attorney Harvey Dent,
Gotham’s bad element is more beat
down and afraid than ever before.
Of course, this is where The Joker
comes in, played to brilliant perfection
by late actor Heath Ledger. The Joker
is a different kind of criminal, one who
cares more about chaos, violence, and
anarchy than money, and as he inserts
himself onto the grand stage of good
versus evil in Gotham, it’s not only
Batman who has to contend with him,
but everyone, as Joker is an evil unlike
any of them have ever faced.
I could honestly gush about this
movie for a good ten or fifteen pages,
but I’ll keep my comments brief, because
rather than read this you really should
be going to see the movie yourself. The
Dark Knight isn’t a superhero movie.
It’s a crime/morality epic unparalleled
by anything that’s released in the past
decade. Some of the best actors around
give performances of a lifetime, with
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent and
Heath Ledger as The Joker particularly
shining. Seeing Ledger bring to life what
will go down in history as one of the
most menacing and frightening villains
of all time makes his untimely death
seem all the more tragic. There was a
true talent within the man, as evidenced
THIS
at the Theater
By A.C. Hall
One thing I’m always
mindful of when going
to review a movie
is to clear my mind
of any preconceived
notions to the best
of my ability before
the film starts. For
instance, as a general
rule I try to avoid
computer animated
movies as almost all
of them are formulaic
clones pumped out
by the Hollywood
machine with little
to no thought put
into the quality of
the movie. So before
Space Chimps started,
I made it a point to
remind myself that his
very well could be a great
movie and locked away my
preconceived notions about
these types of films. Sadly,
the movie turned out to be a
formulaic clone pumped out
by the Hollywood machine
with little to no thought
put into the quality of the
movie.
Space Chimps tells the
story of Ham, Luna, and
Titan, three chimps who
are selected to go on an
ultra dangerous mission
into space. An expensive
probe has gone through a
wormhole and landed on
a distant alien world and
they need to see if humans
could survive a trip through
the wormhole, therefore
they use the chimps as test
subjects. Even though they
are regarded as simple guinea
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Space Chimps that, however,
as they instead seemed to
concern themselves with
quickly assembling a poorly
thought out, low quality
film in a ploy to make a
quick buck. There’s no
doubt that this is evident
with why they chose to
release the same weekend as
the highly anticipated adult
oriented The Dark Knight, as
there was always going to be
a few million dollars worth
of business to be done if you
had the one family friendly
film in theaters that same
weekend.
THE VERDICT: I
often try to get in depth
here and give you good
reasons for why I feel a
certain way, but I think I
can pretty much just sum
this one up rather quickly.
When it comes to computer
animated children’s films,
Space Chimps is about as
bad as it gets. If you’ve got
kids and want to keep them
occupied for 80 minutes,
feel free to “RENT IT”
some time, but other than
that I would definitely
suggest that you “DON’T
BOTHER” with this film.
pigs by the humans, the
chimps believe themselves to
be true astronauts and along
the way prove themselves to
be true heroes.
Or you know, something
like that. Honestly, while
the above paragraph does
fairly accurately tell you the
film’s plot, it makes it sound
just a little too good. The
fact is that Space Chimps is
every single bad thing about
this genre. A barely there
story carried along by
pop culture references
and some heavy handed
morals. While it’s true,
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new films is replaced the
more action oriented scenes
with characters, talking and
interacting.
In fact the interaction
of characters is just the
thing that makes these
films so great. So if you are
looking for a movie filled
with bad guys getting beat
up, this isn’t exactly that.
I’m not saying that there
isn’t awesome fight sequences because believe me
there is. Just not a whole lot. These new films are a
re-imagining of the Batman series, which means that
some of the aspects of this film and Batman Begins
are different or slightly tweaked from the comic
books. But as far as story goes, Nolan has done a
great job at being true to the comics.
All in all this film is flawless. It is tied with “Iron
Man” as the two best movies of the year and the best
super hero movies of all time. I give this film without
any doubt six out of five stars. So make sure you SEE
IT NOW.
Weekend
Summer movie season marches on with two
new releases this weekend. First up is the R rated
comedy Step Brothers. Made by and starring many
of the same actors as Talladega Nights, this oddball
comedy focuses on two slacker thirty-somethings
who have to co-exist when their parents get
married. Also releasing is X-Files I Want to Believe,
the second feature film from the X-Files franchise.
Mulder and Scully are back but it’s yet to be seen if
they can recapture the magic that made the series
so successful.
Detail
Space Chimps: Not evolved at all
by his Oscar worthy performance here,
and it will be missed by us all.
THE VERDICT: There’s little else
to say about the film. It’s deeper than
anything that has released in a long time
and most certainly requires multiple
viewings for you to get everything
the film has to offer. It’s about love,
devotion, duty, morality, control, chaos,
and so much more. If you haven’t
seen it yet, I can’t even begin to stress
how quickly it is you should drop this
newspaper and get to the theater. I can’t
even imagine that you’d regret it, as this
is just about the best you can ever expect
to see in a theater. “SEE IT NOW” for
sure, but you may want to think twice
before bringing any of the younger kids
to see the film. It’s incredibly brutal,
with a lot of violence and darkness as
well as some frightening situations and
images as it tells a very dark story about a
very dark man and really makes Batman
wonder how far he has to go to defeat
someone as twisted as The Joker.
The Dark Knight: Best Batman to Date
By Wesley Kite
In this absolutely perfect sequel to the critically
acclaimed Batman Begins, Batman raises the stakes
in his war on crime. With the help of Commissioner
Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent,
Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal
organizations that plague the city streets. The
partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find
themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a
rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified
citizens of Gotham as The Joker.
When it comes to the older Tim Burton and Joel
Schumacher Batman films, there is no comparison to
these new ones. Chris Nolan, who directed both this
film and Batman Begins, is providing his own twist on
the Batman series and making them as wonderfully
Gothic as ever. One thing in The Dark Knight that
I would like to go ahead and point out now is the
absolutely superb job that one Mr. Heath Ledger did
as the sinister and spine chilling Joker.
Within his debut scene in the film you already
know that he has overwhelmingly defeated Jack
Nicholson as the best joker to ever grace the Batman
franchise. One thing that Nolan has done with these
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OLD TIMER’S FISHING TRIP
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“Getting there is half the fun” was an oftheard expression over the course of several
decades. Sadly, these words rarely come to
mind these days; gasoline prices make highway
and airway travel “unfunlike” indeed. In fact,
it often is downright painful.
Airlines are minimizing schedules and
hacking away at employment numbers. (An
apt current definition for “optimists” describes
airline employees who take sack lunches to
work, expecting to eat them there.)
A sales rep who flies regularly said it well:
“For years travel has been hard work; here
lately, it’s been torture.”…
This scenario in place, it’s not a stretch to
feel that Americans are feeling far less mobile,
their styles severely cramped.
With prevailing mindsets, we reasoned last
month that a two-week vacation including
a week in New York City and another on
Carnival Cruise Line’s Miracle embarking
there made good “travel and dollar sense.”
Off we flew, finding in NYC teeming
masses that seem to be just as mobile as
ever….
Visitors who want to identify locals need
only to ride the subway. (Easily the largest
public transportation system in the US, it has
twice the usage as any other, and is one of the
largest in the world with 622 miles of track,
422 stations and round-the-clock schedules
24/7, 365 days each year.)
Locals are the riders who often are
nodding, or maybe even fully asleep. Yet, they
spring up at the split second doors open for
their station.
Tourists are the ones with wide, unblinking
eyes, and gaping mouths to match. The locals’
slumber-like postures suggest that everything
has already been seen. The visitors? Well,
their eyes are ready for sights never viewed
before….
No matter how often one visits the Big
Apple, there is still more to be seen. One
couple who provided directions claimed to be
50-year NYC residents “with so much yet left
to see for the first time.”
Our eyes widened upon our first visit to
Central Park, the USA’s largest urban park
with more than 800 acres. Again, peoplewatching was most fun. Unlike city sidewalks
surrounding the tranquil respite, it is a
contradiction with its pastoral ambiance,
topiaries and impressive statues. (A sign
conveys a subtle message: “We have more than
50 statues in the park. It takes an arm and a
leg to care for them!”)
There are trails for walking and bike-riding,
vast rolling lawns for picnics, a world-class
zoo, colorful horse-drawn carriages and a
renowned eatery: “Tavern on the Green.”…
The tavern, dripping with chandeliers
and assorted finery, is substantially upgraded
since its original construction in 1870. For
more than a half century, it housed 200 sheep
that grazed in Central Park’s Sheep Meadow.
Converted into a restaurant in 1934, the
Tavern was transformed with a $10 million
renovation in 1974.
With seven dining rooms and an exquisite
garden dining area, it is now Central Park’s
most spectacular structure.
Chefs are from throughout the world, and
the cuisine is from another one….
We watched several diners polishing off
massive meals, topped off with fancy desserts
of similar stature.
Each of them carried small bags.
At meal’s end, they were seen in the lobby.
They took walking shoes from the bags,
preparatory, I suppose, to walking off some of
the calories in one of God’s special places….
After a leisurely luncheon, we were
determined to walk the two miles to the 47th
Street Theatre, where Forbidden Broadway
spoofs current Broadway hits.
“Spoofery” continues to work. The musical
is updated regularly--and hilariously so.
And it has been running in NYC for 26
years….
Walking back to the subway, we
did double-takes on Broadway, where a
photographer drew a crowd. Some of us,
though, remained on the fringe.
His body was entwined by a python. For a
fee, he offered his pet to adorn others’ bodies
for what was considered unlikely “photo-ops.”
We passed, opting to listen to a TV
interview nearby….
Interviewees were winners of a justcompleted “outhouse
race.” There were
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In the old days we fished for
fun and for fish. We didn’t use
a rod and reel or fancy lures.
The two most common fishing
implements were either a pole and
a line or a simple trot line. Some
unscrupulous people resorted to
seines and nets. Was it legal? If we
had game wardens, we didn’t know
about them. You did what you
wanted to when you were fishing or
hunting. A few unethical characters
resorted to dynamiting or shocking
with an old telephone ringer.
But, as kids, the kind of fishing
we did mostly was just plain
packing up and going to a good
fishing hole and spending a night
or two.
When Clifton and I planned a
trip, we took along a folding canvas
boat, three or four trot lines, a
coffee bucket and frying pan, a slab
of bacon and a sack of biscuits, a
bag of cookies and a large tarp or
wagon sheet. We loaded this on
the Model T truck along with all
of Clifton’s younger brothers that
wanted to go and any other friends
who were free and ready.
We sometimes went pole fishing
or seining to the creek, but we
didn’t consider the water holes large
enough for trot lines. The bayou
was wider and had holes of water
that were much longer and very
deep in places.
Early one spring we decided to
organize a week-end fishing trip
to the bayou. We would pack up
and leave Friday afternoon after
school and come back Sunday. The
weather was a little chilly, but it
didn’t look rainy. We didn’t have
big weather teams broadcasting
predictions then like we do now.
All we had was the Farmer’s
Almanac and the weather calendars
that had a prediction for each day.
But these seldom were correct for
our part of the country, and no one
depended on them.
Clifton and I and his brother
Clyde and a neighbor boy about
our age named Andy started the
adventure by taking a seine to a
muddy dirt tank to catch crawfish
for bait. Most tanks in the area, if
they didn’t go dry at times, were
well stocked with crawfish. The
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usual procedure was for two of
the boys to pull off their clothes
and wade around in a big circle
with the seine. Usually the one
we used was about twenty feet
long and made from fishing cord.
The seine was then dragged to
the shore and the crawfish were
picked up and put in a bucket of
water. We preferred smaller ones
for our trot lines, so the large
ones were thrown back. We have
been guilty of frying the tails,
but it was not a regular practice.
Sometimes small frogs were caught
in the net, and they made excellent
bait. The bait seining process was
sometimes repeated at the bayou
to get minnows. We baited some
lines with crawfish and some with
minnows. Small pieces of bacon
also made good bait.
Our favorite fishing hole had
a rather steep hill on one side and
a large field on the other. Fields
along the bayou were very rich and
fertile from frequent overflow and
produced bumper crops of grain
or cotton. This particular field had
been seeded with wheat for winter
pasture. Later, in the spring, it
would start growing and produce
wheat for harvest in the late
summer or early fall.
We set up our camp on the
bank just above the water. There
were tall trees all around us. We
had positioned the truck so that
the tarp, stretched between a tree
and the top of the windshield, and
staked at one end made a nice leanto shelter.
The boat was constructed of
1x12 boards and heavy canvas.
Each side was made of two 5-foot
boards hinged in the middle for
folding. There were two end pieces
3 feet wide and another bulkhead
in the middle. These boards fit in
slots, as did the two seats - one in
the front and one in the back. The
completed boat was pretty sturdy.
The canvas was stretched across the
bottom and made waterproof at the
seams with tar and wooden
moldings. The canvas would seep
a little water, but not enough to
worry about.
Clifton and I took the boat and
set our four trot lines diagonally
across the long water hole and
baited it. We rowed back to camp
and prepared to eat. Clyde and
Andy had built a fire and were
frying bacon.
“We’ll have fish for breakfast,”
Clifton remarked. That was a
pretty safe prediction. Usually
we caught plenty of catfish.
The coffee bucket was steaming
nicely. Already the aroma was
pretty strong and it was beginning
to smell like a camp. The supper
was as good as it smelled. About
midnight, after getting well started
on the second bucket of coffee, we
decided to go run the trot lines.
This time all four of us took the
boat and shoved off. The first line
was jerking rapidly and we knew we
had something. We paddled along
the line and Clyde and Andy raised
it up. Soon we could see that we
had a big turtle on a hook. He must
have weighed ten pounds. Andy
managed to get the hook out of his
mouth and we moved on. The line
was still jerking. Sure enough, we
had a nice catfish about ten inches
long. We flipped it in the boat and
raised the line up. About half of
our baits were gone. The next three
lines brought us five more fish, one
even larger than the first.
We sat around the fire awhile
talking and telling tales and in
the wee hours of the morning we
crawled into the lean-to and slept
on the quilt pallets that we had
brought.
On other trips we had been
caught in heavy rains, but this was
a good outing and the weather was
fine. We got another batch of fish
the next morning and baited the
lines
again. Ordinarily we didn’t catch
very many fish in the daytime, but
it was always worth a try.
We did have fish for breakfast,
and the meal was delicious. We
could have had fried squirrel, too.
Squirrels were plentiful but we
decided the fish was enough and we
didn’t do any squirrel shooting.
All of our fishing was not
confined to local streams.
Sometimes my brother and my dad
would make a trip to the Colorado
or San Saba. We really enjoyed
these excursions. The fishing was
always good there and we got all
the fish we could eat and brought
some home. On these trips we
took ice along and the surplus fish
were cleaned and packed in ice.
Without cooling, the meat spoiled
quickly. Sometimes, if ice was not
available, the cleaned fish were
packed between layers of salt in
buckets. They would last a few days
like this and when soaked in water
for several hours didn’t taste all that
bad.
One thing to remember about
an old time fishing trip – the
primary purpose was to have fun.
We had it!
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Book Review: “The Power” by Frank M. Robinson
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Page 5 Wednesday, July 23, 2008
By A.C. Hall
Things such as music,
films, and books often age in
different ways. Something like
Casablanca stands the test of
time to become a classic, but
often times as creations age
they become outdated. When
approaching this book I had no
idea what to expect. Written
in 1956, the book was simply
an impulse buy I made while
sticking my head in a book
store while on vacation last year.
With a very short description
on the back it was impossible
to tell if this was going to be a
well-aged classic or an outdated
dud, but that didn’t stop me
from diving into the pages a
few weeks back. Thankfully,
it was one of the best reading
decisions I’ve made in years.
The Power tells the story of
Professor Tanner, a brilliant
university professor who also
serves on a scientific committee
that is doing some research
for the military. The research
is based around survival traits
and test subjects are exposed to
different battle type emotions
in an attempt to figure out what
makes some soldiers impervious
to things like panic and fear.
As part of their research,
each member of the committee
submitted some information
about themselves and one of the
questionnaires indicated what
sounds like a super person,
someone who is impervious
to fear and pain and has never
been ill. While most think it’s
a joke, one professor insists on
a test to see if whoever filled it
out was telling the truth. When
someone in the room is able to
pull off an impossible feat using
only the power of their mind,
the committee quickly adjourns
with the knowledge that a
superior being is in their midst.
Professor Tanner quickly
learns that this superior being
does not mean to be their friend
and soon a truly sinister game
of cat and mouse begins as
the “super man” makes it his
mission to take Tanner out.
Tanner, vastly underpowered,
must use every bit of intellect,
wit, and luck he possesses to
stay alive as he tries to figure
out the identity of the sinister
“super person”.
The plot of the book starts
very quickly in what is one of
the all time greatest opening
chapters and before you know
it you are thrust into this
amazingly well told story.
Unlike many modern writers,
Frank M. Robinson doesn’t
waste much time on anything
that isn’t fully essential to the
main plot. This approach fully
immerses you in the creepy
story and never lets up until the
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with inventive plot and intrigue.
Heck, my favorite CD of all time
is a complex concept album that
tells the story of a murder and
the ghostly aftermath it caused.
So when it comes to videogames,
rarely do I get much enjoyment
out of games on a story level.
Let’s be honest, historically games
have been ridiculously thin on
plot. Mario Brothers, perhaps
the biggest and most well known
videogame of all time, has what is
easily one of the most nonexistent
plots of all time. A blue and red
clad man jumps through strange
levels, avoiding killer plants and
jumping on top of mushroom
men and turtles en route to
fighting some fearsome turtle/
man hybrid in an attempt to
rescue a nameless princess. Not
exactly an award winning story.
As games have evolved over
the years, story has begun to
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After we were done there we were on our
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was “Drift Away” preformed by Uncle Kracker.
The chorus of the song goes “Oh, give me the
beat, boys, and free my soul, I want to get lost
in your rock and roll and drift away.” Another
line in the song says “Thanks for the joy that
you’re given me, I want you to know I believe
in your song, Your rhythm and rhyme and
harmony, You’ve helped me along Makin’ me
strong.”
This song reminds me so much of my dad,
and how his love of music was passed on to
me, and over the years how my own love of
music has sustained me. It is the perfect song
to remember him by, and it just happened
to come on at the perfect moment. Several
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“Drift Away” – by Randy Andrews
Desmond.
While Assassin’s Creed is
certainly original, I’m not sure
it has anything on the game I’m
playing now. Called Eternal
Sonata, this bright and vivid
game is set within the mind of
celebrated composer Frederic
Chopin, lying on his bed in a
feverish coma and losing his bout
with tuberculosis. As he lies there
he’s created a lush and magical
world within his mind and you
control him along with other
characters in this fantasy world
as they try to make a difference
against a tyrannical king who is
trying to enslave the population.
The game takes place over the
course of one night in the real
world, as Chopin’s doctor and
loved ones watch over him, and
you get the feeling that the great
composer’s survival may very
much rely on your success in the
fantasy world within his mind.
Love videogames or hate
them, there’s no way you can
tell me that that’s not one of the
most original story ideas you’ve
ever heard of. More and more
videogames are allowing you to
do more than to just jump on the
heads of turtles. Story matters
just as much as graphics, controls,
and game play and I for one am
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twisting and terrible end.
What I thought was going
to be a simple science fiction
novel turned out to be one of
the creepiest and most well
written thrillers I’ve ever read.
Robinson really is a master
at giving you full throttle
story with no frills and it’s
an approach to writing that
is absolutely refreshing. The
Power is a tale that I believe
will appeal to just about
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you with its well written
story that will long have you
wondering if people with
super human powers exist and
more importantly, how would
they feel about us regular people if they did?
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them, and there have been some
over the past ten or so years
that have been truly inspiring.
The critically acclaimed Final
Fantasy series are perhaps the best
example of games with a great
story. However, games with a
great and inventive story were
always the exception and never
the rule. Thankfully for a story
conscious game player such as
myself, that seems to be changing
lately. And I’m going to give you
two examples to illustrate my
point.
A week or so ago I beat a
game called Assassin’s Creed. Set
during the time of the Crusades,
you control a member of a secret
brotherhood of assassin’s named
Altair. He’s ultra acrobatic,
hyper skilled, and ridiculously
good with a blade. As you get
through the first level, however,
something truly bizarre happens.
The game switches to modern
day and you discover the real
main character of the game,
Desmond Miles. You control
Desmond, who is a prisoner
being held against his will by a
pharmaceutical company. The
only living descendant of Altair,
Desmond is being forced to use
a machine which allows him to
access his ancestors DNA within
him, which in turn lets him relive
the memories of Altair. The
pharmaceutical company is in a
rush to see something that Altair
saw, and through the course of
the game you go back and forth,
from Crusades to modern day, as
you try to get to the bottom of
the mystery, both as the assassin
Altair and the mostly clueless
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NEWS AND VIEWS
Page 6 Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The
Detail
City holds final ‘Movies in the Park,’
talks about more for next summer
By A.C. Hall
It was a city program that some
were on the fence about when they first
heard it was happening. For five Friday
nights over the summer the City of
White Settlement would be showing a
movie in Central Park. Utilizing the
hilly area on the back side of the Gene
Hatcher pavilion at Central park, city
workers stretched a thick white sheetlike material across part of the pavilion.
They then used a projector to beam the
picture onto the sheet and speakers to
carry the sound.
“I didn’t know if it would be good
but I was really surprised with how
nice it was. We’ve been to three of
them and love it, it’s not even too hot,”
said Linda, a mother of two who was
enjoying the last movie in the park
with her family. The picture quality
is surprisingly clear on the makeshift
movie screen and the gently rising
hill gives the seating area a natural
“stadium seating” feeling as families
and couples lay on blankets and
enjoy the family friendly fi lms such
as Bee Movie, Cars, and The Sandlot.
Volunteers even sell popcorn and drinks
to complete that movie atmosphere.
“This event has been a big success
for us,” said Rich Tharp, White
Settlement Parks Director. The
viewings pulled in hundreds of people
from the city for a night of free family
entertainment and the event is one
that both Tharp and White Settlement
City Manager Jimmy Burnett aim to
continue.
“Our country is so fast paced today
that we are losing our family values
and that is sad,” said Burnett in a
recent email interview with The Grizzly
Detail. “I feel that the community
needs events were you can meet your
neighbors and have a family outing.”
He went on to add “I will continue it as
long as I am here.”
Tharp also echoed the sentiment
that he’d like to
see the program
continue next
summer but hoped
to be able to add
even more weeks.
Many citizens
voiced to him
that they were
unable to make
it due to things
like summer
vacations and
summer camps
and Tharp hopes
that extending
the program
would allow more
people to enjoy the
weekly movies.
With the return
to school now less than a month away,
summer events such as these will soon
be forgotten in the minds of most, but
be sure and watch for information as
The Reading lists for gr ades 3-5 continued from last week’s
story will be in next week’s paper. Sorry for the inconvenience.
WS City Council
Upon hearing that the
company had ten to twelve total
employees, Trevino expressed
concern that the job may be
too much for the small firm to
handle since the audit requires
three or four people to be on
site at the city and this would
require that almost half of their
staff be out of the office on the
job. The cities of Stephenville
and Granbury gave positive
references for the firm, who were
the lowest of the four bidders for
these services.
“I’m a believer in the low
ball’s not always the best ball,”
Trevino stated, as he continued
to discuss the drawbacks to
a company that has so few
employees. “I’m just afraid that
no matter which one of these
we choose, something’s going to
happen and it’s going to come
back and cost us more. That’s
always a possibility,” Trevino
added.
Council member Don
Smith expressed support for the
experience of Pattillo, Brown
& Hill, another of the bidders,
but said that he doesn’t have a
problem with a smaller firm “if
they can do the job.”
Originally city staff had
been prepared to recommend
Pattillo, Brown, & Hill LLP,
the third lowest bidder, for
the services, due to not having
received references for the low
bidder until earlier in the day.
The Pattillo, Brown, & Hill
costs for 2008 will be $47,500
and for 2009 will be $48,500.
The city paid $39,000 dollars
for independent audit services
last year and the proposed 0809 budget contains $44,500
allocated for these services.
The council continued to
discuss the pros and cons of
going with the smaller firm who
made the low bid but ultimately
councilmember Don Smith
made a motion to go with
Pattillo, Brown, & Hill and that
motion passed unanimously.
City Manager Jimmy
Burnett presented the matter
of extending the city’s contract
with All Star, LLC for fleet
services. The city has been
using All Star for three years to
repair not only city vehicles but
also small motor items such as
generators and other equipment.
City staff was recommending
a one year extension with
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their contract. The expected
increased expenditure to the
budget would be $14,242. This
is the final extension built into
the contract and next year the
city will be required to go out for
bid on fleet services.
“They’re doing us a good
job,” Burnett stated, answering
a question from council member
Don Smith regarding the quality
of All Star’s service. Burnett
indicated that he and staff ran
numbers to see how much it
would cost for the city to do
the fleet services themselves,
but that it would be much more
expensive to do it that way. The
total cost for All Star to do the
service for another year would
be $288,120 and a motion to
approve the contract extension
passed unanimously.
The city finance director
Rachel Plantz presented the
next order of business to the
council regarding the possible
2008-2009 Crime Board budget.
Total estimated revenues for
the Crime Board in the next
fiscal year are $912,000. The
requested budget, which remains
unchanged from when it was
presented to council members
at a workshop last week, is for a
total of $943,669.
Council member John
Trevino had some questions
about the budget and one was
regarding a jump from zero
dollars in last year’s budget to a
sum of 14,000 dollars under the
item of miscellaneous materials
and supplies. Police Chief Jack
Ely addressed the question,
stating that the money was for
several items including a digital
camera, handheld radio, and
S.W.A.T. support equipment.
Trevino made a motion to
approve the budget and that
motion passed unanimously.
The council also held a
workshop during which the
city Human Resource Director
Mark Huff presented a personnel
policy change for the council’s
consideration. The change he
requested was a loosening of
the nepotism, or employment of
relative, rules for city employees.
“What we have presently
is essentially under no
circumstance would employees
be related to one another,”
Huff told the council. One
concern he had was regarding
city employees who had started
dating and may consider
marriage, which under the rules
would require one of them to
quit if there were no openings
in other departments within the
city.
Huff recommended that they
continue not to allow relatives of
the mayor or council members
to be employed, but otherwise
for the rule to be loosened.
Councilmember Trevino stated
that in doing research on the
matter he had found that other
companies allowed relatives to
be employed but not to supervise
one another. Huff stated that
he agreed with that rule and had
included a sample policy that
would allow city employees to
be relatives as long as they don’t
supervise one another.
There was some discussion
over an exception rule in the
sample policy, but overall the
council was receptive to the idea
of allowing relatives to work
within the city as long as they
didn’t directly supervise one
another. Now an ordinance
will be drawn up that would
allow this change in the
personnel code to be made.
That ordinance will have to
come back before the council for
approval.
In other business the council
considered member attendance
to 4B Sales Tax Training that
will be held in Fort Worth in
August. EDC Director Marty
Harrison informed the council
about the one day seminar
to give members a chance to
consider attending the training.
“I think it’s important that
we know as much as we can
as a group of councilmen,”
council member Don Smith
stated, urging any available
council members to go to this
training. A motion to approve
council members’ attendance
to this training was approved
unanimously.
Harrison also informed
members that the city would
have a booth at the 24th annual
commercial real estate expo
in August and stated that she
“would like to have as much
support as she can” by any
interested council members
who would like to attend. A
motion was made to approve
council members’ attendance
to this expo. That motion was
approved unanimously.
Minimum wage set to increase Thursday
For many small-business owners, next week’s
increase in the federal minimum wage is one
more thing to worry about on top of rising gas
and wholesale food prices.
Other business owners are optimistic that the
rise in the minimum wage from its current $5.85
to $6.55 an hour on Thursday will actually help
to spur the economy.
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The increase is the second yearly installment
out of three that was ordered by Congress last
year to bring the minimum wage up to $7.25 an
hour next July.
The wage had been stuck at $5.15 for 10
years before last summer’s first phase of increases
kicked in.
the summer season of 2009 approaches
so you and your loved ones won’t miss
out on the next movies in the park.
There’s nothing quite like taking in
a fine fi lm under the stars and there
Bright Ideas
are few places where you can get an
experience like that, especially for free.
Look to The Grizzly Detail next year
for “movies in the park” information.
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up the trash in White Settlement, it was
discovered that IESI does allow for the CFL bulbs
to be thrown in the garbage. However, the EPA
strongly urges that if you are going to throw bulbs
away you seal them in a plastic bag first.
The United States isn’t the only country
embracing these bulbs, as major nations across
the globe are also doing away with incandescent
lighting. After all, CFL bulbs can do a world
of good, as reducing the amount of energy used
in homes and businesses reduces the amount of
harmful gases pumped into the environment by
power plants.
However, the question seems to be, is
this positive effect offset by the threat of
mercury spilling into the soil if the bulbs aren’t
recycled? Fortunately, both the EPA and bulb
manufacturers are working to make recycling the
bulbs easier.
As mentioned before, the CFL bulbs make a
big claim about how long they last and how much
energy they use, but it’s important to read the
fine print. The estimations on money saved and
lifespan are based on an average daily use as little
as only three hours a day on some brands.
We’ve all grown accustomed to these
conditional promises and guarantees, but it’s the
possible danger posed by the broken bulbs and
the lack of information presented about it that
is unsettling to some. The fact that mercury
is present in the product is hard to find on
packaging and the meticulous and important
clean up instructions take quite a bit of digging
to find, either through websites or automated
customer service phone menus as detailed above.
Advocates for the bulbs are excited about the
positive effects they can have on the environment,
but some families are worried about the negative
effects a broken bulb can have on a household,
especially to an average consumer who wouldn’t
have had any reason to spend the time researching
the proper clean up techniques.
Even if it’s “likely” and “probable” that the
small amount of mercury won’t cause harm when
released after a break, it stands as something that
anyone buying or considering the bulbs should be
made aware of on the packaging of all brands of
CFL bulbs even though that’s not currently the
case.
If you’re using or thinking about using these
bulbs, be sure and keep your household aware
of what to do in case one breaks. Full cleanup
directions can be found at http://www.epa.
gov/mercury/spills/index.htm and also heard
when calling the provided number to the light
bulb company provided on your bulb packaging.
Also, if you’re unsure about the proper way to
dispose of the bulbs in your area, call your local
municipality or garbage pick-up company to
discover your options.
Thumbs up
Thumbs down
THUMBS DOWN to the party, be it government, business or otherwise who saw fit to shut off
access to a favorite aircraft viewing spot.
For years it has been common knowledge that the best viewing of aircraft landing and taking off
from NASJRB Fort Worth has been a dirt strip by the perimeter fence on the west side of the base
(White Settlement Rd. & Spur 341). TxDot, at the encouragement of someone, has fenced off that area
to cars making it only accessible to persons walking, which more likely will end up with someone being
injured or killed by a car. Give us back the parking area for viewing the government aircraft we pay
taxes for.
Keith Robinson, Fort Worth
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Troy Smith, Planet Beach Contempo Spa owner Clark Gregory
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Casa Mañana Theatre Celebrates 50th Birthday
The city-owned Fort Worth cultural icon and community
landmark celebrated its 50th birthday July 5. The aluminum-domed
theatre, which was created by architect Henry Kaiser and originally
designed for theatre-in-the-round, was renovated in 2003 and now
features a modified thrust stage that can support a broader range of
theatrical performances. Since its opening in 1958, the Casa Mañana,
Inc. theatre group — which leases the facility from the city — has
presented five successive decades of artistic expression on stage to
North Texas audiences.
Senior Citizen Corner
Your guide to meals and special events happening at the
White Settlement Senior Center.
Monday 7-28
Meal: chicken noodle
casserole, glazed carrots,
green beans with red
peppers, white bread,
sugar cookie
Tuesday 7-29
Meal: teriyaki meatballs,
rice, broccoli, wheat roll,
pineapple tidbits
Wednesday 7-30
Meal: grilled pork with
gravy, whipped potatoes,
Brussels sprouts, carrots,
white bread, peaches
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Thursday 7-24-08
WS EDC meeting 7:00 p.m. at City Hall
Saturday 7-26-08
Creating Calm Kids Seminar 9:00 a.m. to noon at
Westpoint Family Academy 1704 S. Cherry Lane, Suite
212, free of charge
Tuesday 8-5-08
WS Planning and Zoning board meeting 7:00 p.m. at
City Hall
Thursday 8-7-08
WS Crime Board meeting 7:00 p.m. at City Hall
Tuesday 8-12-08
WS City Council meeting 6:30 p.m. at City Hall
Friday 8-15-08
WS Senior Services Council meeting 9:30 a.m. at Senior
Center
Tuesday 8-19-08
WS Pride Commission meeting 7:00 p.m. at City Hall
Wednesday 8-20-08
WS Board of Adjustments and Appeals meeting 7:00
p.m. at City Hall
Tuesday 8-26-08
WS City Council meeting 6:30 p.m. at City Hall
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Thursday 7-31
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Football Session II (Grades 8 &
9): Aug. 4-8, 7:30-10:30 a.m.
Softball (Grades 7-9 only): June
23-26, 7:30-10:30 a.m.
Baseball (Grades 2-9): July 1418, 8-11 a.m.
Boys’/Girls’ Track (Grades 1-9):
July 21-24, 8 a.m.-noon
Volleyball (Grades 4-9): July 2831, 8 a.m.-noon
Adopt a pet this Saturday at the
WSPD located on Clifford Street
Literacy program gives students a chance to lead the Bears
This summer, students in grades K-6 are getting
the chance to improve their reading skills as well
as land a chance to lead the Bear Football Team on
the field at the October 24th game against Mineral
Wells. One boy and one girl chosen from each
campus (Blue Haze, Fine Arts Center, Liberty,
North, West and Tannahill) with the most minutes
read will appear in a Bear football jersey to lead the
Brewer Football Team. The top boy and girl from
the 12 will join the Bear Captains for the coin toss
at the beginning of the game.
The summer reading program is just the
beginning of a reading literacy program started
by the Brewer Varsity Football Team. During the
school year members of the football team will visit
schools in the WSISD and read to all classes in the
K-6th grade.
“We’re excited about this opportunity and
hope it will encourage the students at each of these
schools to read this summer,” said Head Football
Coach Paul Sharr.
More information about the Athletes for
Literacy Summer Reading Program can be found
on the WSISD web site at www.wsisd.com
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The
Brewer Football Boosters getting
ready
Fort Worth Pirates kick some booty
The Fort Worth Pirates participated in the
Pony 13 West Zone Regional Tournament
July 9-13, in Cleburne. They team placed
2nd in the tournament and now have
the oppurtunity to travel to New Orleans and
get to play in the Pony Nationals July 25-29.
There will be 3 teams from Texas competing,
but the Pirates are the only team from North
Central Texas. This team consists of players
from all over Fort Worth, including 4 from
Brewer Middle School.
One of the players, Ashton Rodney, who
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moved to Fort Worth after Hurricane
Katrina, now has the chance to go play
against old friends and show his new friends
his old hometown.
Pictured are: Back row- Coaches, Jason
Jones, Adrian Martinez. Middle RowCarson Plumlee, Josh Martinez, Pedro
Mendez, Austyn Ables, Nate Perez, Head
Coach James Perez. Front Row- Noe
Espinoza, Brandon Adams, Ashton Rodney,
Jose Reyes, Skyler Howard. Not pictured
Andrew Gieger and Mack Prioleau.
The Brewer Football Booster Club met again this past Monday
night discussing budget, by-laws and committees for the upcoming
school year.
Vice President Opie Auten updated booster members on the
progress of the football program. Auten said that advertising sales were
progressing as planned and that any business interested in advertising
in the football program should contact Jennifer Smith at (214) 7835777 or by e-mail at [email protected] for more information.
The Brewer Football Booster Club will meet again on Monday,
July 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the athletic field house.
Brewer Baseball Campers
photos by A.C. Hall
About 55 future Brewer baseball players were out in the triple-digit summer sun perfecting their skills in baseball camp this
past week. This week campers are participating in the Brewer track camp. Look in next weeks paper for photos.
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