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Volume 3 No. 39 March 18, 2009
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Serving West Fort Worth, White Settlement and the Entire WSISD
ELECTION FILINGS
Filing for both city and school district positions.
Election filings ended Monday, May 9.
WSISD Board
Place 1 Raymond Patterson
Place 2 Danny Knowles
Place 3 Robin Allen, Ben Posey,
Julio Toro
*Becky Simmons withdrew
Fort Worth City Council
Place 3 (Silcox)
W.B. “Zim” Zimmerman,
A. James Nuttall, Bill Lawson,
Gary Hogan, Eric Fox
Elizabeth J. McCune
WS City Council
Place 4 Don Smith, Rachel
Beavers, Helen Warner
Place 5 Garry Wilson, Ron
White
Fort Worth - Mayor
Mike Moncrief, Clyde Picht,
Louis “Mac” McBee
Today is the f irst of The Grizzly
Detail ’s ‘Meet the Candidates’ series
for May Election 2009. Candidates
who are willing to be interviewed will
be featured in subsequent issues until
the election on May 9. Be an informed
voter, and then VOTE .
CRIME ALERT
Fugitive evades police capture after chase ends in west FW
By Ben Posey
Kevin Patterson
A wanted
fugitive escaped
police this past
week as he fled
from
Parker
County Sheriff
officers in a chase
that began in east
Parker
County
and ended in west Fort Worth on White
Settlement Road.
Kevin D. Patterson, described as a white
male, age 26, brown hair, hazel eyes, 5’
8” and 150 lbs, eluded police on Tuesday,
March 10 after a police chase ended in
a residential yard in the 10500 block of
White Settlement Road. The passenger in
the vehicle was captured and arrested for
local warrants. Patterson fled on foot in an
unknown direction.
Patterson, who was arrested in January of
this year on a charge of unlawful possession
of a firearm by a felon, is considered to be
armed and dangerous by police. Patterson
has warrants in both Tarrant and Parker
Counties and was listed on the Top 10 Crime
Stopper Wanted list just last month. Crime
Stoppers will pay up to $1000 for information
leading to the arrest of Patterson. If you have
information or a location of any fugitive, call
Crime Stoppers at 817-469-TIPS (8477).
Overseas, Overhead: Sky is not the limit
OUT OF CONTROL
Lockheed Martin to
build USS Fort Worth
A driver lost control of his vehicle this past week in White
Settlement, landing upside down in a front yard, just inches from a
house. The vehicle, carrying three people, was reportedly traveling
north in the 300 block of Russell Street where the driver lost control.
Police reports stated that the vehicle was speeding and that all three
individuals were wearing seatbelts.
No one was injured in the accident, which damaged a brick planter
just in front of the house. The driver was charged with reckless
driving.
LOCAL BUSINESS NEWS
Home builder closes, warranty
requests no longer accepted
By Ben Posey
Choice Homes, one of many
home builders here on the west
side of Fort Worth, has closed
up operations after 21 years in
the business. The Fort Worth
based builder announced last
week that it is shutting down.
Homeowners in the area are
worried about their warranties,
property values and unfinished
homes in the neighborhoods.
When contacted on Monday,
a representative at the Falcon
Ridge model home near North
Elementary
directed
our
questions to the Choice Homes
corporate office. A recording
on their answering machine
at corporate offices stated that
Choice Homes was no longer
accepting warranty requests
and that if a homeowner
was experiencing emergency
problems with their plumbing,
electrical, air conditioning or
heating, they should contact
the list of contractors provided
to them during the mortgage
closing.
The recording also stated that
the ceasing of home building
was due to a downturn in the
home building market, a deep
prolonged recession and a very
difficult credit market.
Choice Homes corporate
offices also referred customers
with
structural
warranty
problems to the Residential
Warranty Company at 1-800445-8173.
Choice Homes operated
three subdivisions on the west
side of Fort Worth. Amber
Trails just east of Chapel Creek
Boulevard near Blue Haze
Elementary, Falcon Ridge just
north of White Settlement
Road near North Elementary
and West Point Village just west
of Chapel Creek near Tannahill
Intermediate School.
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Fort Worth will be getting its
name painted on the side of a war
ship. After years of campaigning
by leaders and schoolchildren, the
Navy announced this past week
that the next littoral combat ship
(LCS 3) will be built by Lockheed
Martin. The ship will be christened
the USS Fort Worth.
The LCS class of ship will be
fast and agile and will be used
to protect coastal waters with
missions such as mine warfare,
anti-submarine warfare and
unconventional threats.
The ship will be 378 fee long
and will be able to travel in excess
of 40 knots.
BF-2 takes to
the air in good
company
Lockheed Martin’s second
short takeoff/vertical landing
(STOVL) F-35B Lightning
II accomplished its first flight
recently at the Naval Air Station
Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth.
The aircraft joins a conventional
takeoff and landing (CTOL)
F-35A and another STOVL F-
35B that already have logged a
combined total of 84 flights.
The flight on Wednesday took
the new flying machine through
a series of maneuvers to assess its
systems and handling qualities.
Subsequent missions, just like
the ones for previous aircraft,
will take the jet fighter higher
and faster in a structured series
of flights.
“The F-35 program is now
entering a period of greatly
accelerated flight testing, as
aircraft are delivered to the flight
WS Area Chamber to hold jackpot
drawings at monthly meetings
By A.C. Hall
Holding their regularly
scheduled monthly meeting this
month at Ryan’s Steak House,
the White Settlement Chamber
of Commerce discussed several
upcoming events.
In an
attempt to get more of their
over one hundred members to
attend the monthly meetings,
the chamber will begin a
member jackpot drawing once
per month starting next month.
During the meeting a random
chamber of commerce member
will be drawn and will be
awarded twenty five dollars. If
not present to claim the prize,
the winner will not receive the
money and it instead carries
over to the next month. The
maximum amount of money
that will be allowed to build up
will be 250 dollars.
Chamber President Janet Pruett
also informed the members that
they will once again be holding
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line at an ever-increasing rate,”
said Dan Crowley, Lockheed
Martin executive vice president
and F-35 program general
manager. “Each aircraft that rolls
off the assembly line fulfi lls a
unique verification objective and
moves us closer to our customers’
initial operational capability
dates.”
The BF-2 is essentially
identical to the first STOVL jet,
BF-1. The major difference lies
with the instrumentation – the
two aircraft have different roles
during flight-testing. The BF2 will conduct flutter envelope
expansion, air-refueling testing,
high angle-of-attack testing,
performance and propulsion
testing, weapons testing and
radar-signature testing. The
BF-1 will concentrate on initial
STOVL flight operations such as
short takeoffs, hovers and vertical
landings, and will conduct shipsuitability and gun-integration
testing. The BF-1’s first vertical
landing is planned for the middle
of 2009.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
CCNA president files for FW Council seat 3
By Cheryl Posey
West Fort Worth resident Gary
Hogan is running for the seat
formerly filled by Chuck Silcox.
Chapel Creek area resident Gary Hogan,
57, has fi led to run for place 3 on the Fort
Worth City Council. He is a thirty-four
year Fort Worth resident who has worked
at Lockheed Martin (formerly General
Dynamics) for 29 years. and has been
married to his wife, Brenda, for 25 years.
Hogan is an active community warrior
who has served the residents of his own
neighborhood for many years. He has been
the president and served on the executive
board of the Chapel Creek Neighborhood
Association since its creation in 1999.
See Hogan page 5
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Postage rates to increase this May
City connects parks, schools with walkways
Join more than 2,000 fellow citizens on Saturday,
March 28 as they work to stomp out litter in Fort
Worth. The event will run from 9 a.m. till noon,
rain or shine. Have your club, group, church or
business register at www.fortworthgov.org/dem
Trash bags, gloves and a free T-shirt will be
available for the first 3000 registered participants.
A “thank you” celebration will be held at Trinity
Park that afternoon (2 p.m.) with entertainment
and food provided.
30 Year Reunion plans for CF Brewer
High School Class of 1979
Would you like to know what happened to “so
and so” from school? Plans have been finalized for
the CF Brewer High School Class of 1979 30 Year
Reunion to be held July 24 & 25, 2009.
The place will be at The Radisson Hotel Fossil
Creek and the cost is $50 per person. A block
of rooms have been reserved for any who wish
to stay at the hotel for one or both nights for the
reunion.
All members of the class, whether you graduated
with the class or are a member of the class from
earlier times, are excitedly encouraged to reply.
I would like for the family and/or friends of
classmates to help by letting our class members
know about this reunion and to have them get in
touch with me. Or, if a member of our class has
passed away, I would like to know that also so I
can make a record of it, even if you feel someone
else has already notified me. I would rather receive
this information many times than to never know
about it.
There are many from the class that have not
been heard from or about, most since graduation.
For questions or to respond to this request, please
email me at [email protected] or call
817-899-3985 and leave a message.
Also please, classmates, if you are able, register
with Classmates.com for free and email me from
that site and give me your information to get back
with you. Waiting to hear from you. Barbie Jaynes
Brewer
Volunteer Opportunity
PHOENIX HOSPICE is seeking com-passionate
volunteers to make supportive visits to individuals
with life-limiting illnesses and their families in
Fort Worth and the surrounding area. Training
is provided. Arrange visits to suit your schedule.
Interested persons may contact Bill Cox at (214)
500-0522 or by email at [email protected]
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COMMUNITY NEWS AND NOTES
Cowtown Cleanup set for March 28
The
The City of White Settlement will continue
to add new walkways along major thoroughfares
throughout the city. Recently the city crews
completed a stretch of sidewalk that runs from
White Settlement Road down the west side of Las
Vegas Trail to Rowland Street.
“I would drive to work in the morning and
see several students having to walk on the street
portion of Las Vegas Trail,” City Manager Jimmy
Burnett said. “That roadway is way too busy to
have pedestrians in the street.”
The sidewalk runs near West Elementary School
and will help students walking to and from school
along Las Vegas Trail.
The plan is to continue the sidewalk to Central
Park.
New Brewer High School Diplomas
Available to 2008 Graduates
Brewer High School Class of 2008 graduates may
pick up their new diplomas that include the photo
of the new campus now through June 30, 2009. The
diplomas are available in the main office from 7:30
to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Individuals
wishing to receive their diploma by mail may send
a self-addressed stamped 6x9 envelope (82 cents) to
Brewer High School, Attn: Joyce Maloney, 1025 W.
Loop 820 North, Fort Worth, TX 76108.
White Settlement Area
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Mixer, Tuesday, March 17, 5 - 7 p.m.
at the Best Western Fort Worth Inn & Suites
817-246-1121
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By Ben Posey
Got Mail? Starting this May
it will cost you an extra 2-cents
when you mail a letter. The
U.S. Postal Service announced
this past week that the price of
a first-class stamp will rise to
44 cents on May 11.
Did you stock up on those
Forever Stamps? You might
think about picking up an
extra pack or two at the 42cent rate. They will remain
valid for future use regardless
of any rate hikes.
“The Postal Service is
not immune to rising costs
which are affecting homes
and businesses across America
today,” said Postmaster General
John Potter. “Even with the
increases, the Postal Service
continues to offer some of the
lowest postage prices in the
world.”
Postage rates go up annually
in May, with the new prices
announced in February. The
overall change is tied to the
rate of inflation in the year
before.
While the new 44-cent rate
covers the first ounce of firstclass mail, the price for each
additional ounce will remain
unchanged at 17-cents. Most
Postal Service shipping services
prices were adjusted in January
and will not change in May.
Postal officials estimate the
increase will cost the average
household $3-a-year. Buffeted
by rising costs and declining
mail volume, the Postal Service
lost $2.8 billion last year and,
unless the economy turns
around, is headed toward much
larger losses this year.
The agency could have cited
extraordinary circumstances
and asked the independent
Postal Regulatory Commission
for larger increases, but officials
felt that would only result in a
greater decline in mail volume.
The post office has been
cutting costs, reducing work
hours, and has asked Congress
to ease requirements for
advance funds for retiree
benefits and to allow mail to
be delivered five days a week
instead of six.
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Other changes taking effect
May 11:
• The postcard stamp
increases 1-cent to 28
cents.
• The first ounce of
a large envelope
increases 5 cents to 88
cents.
• The first ounce of
a parcel increases 5
cents to $1.22.
• New international
postcard and letter
prices are, for one
ounce, 75 cents to
Canada; 79 cents to
Mexico; and 98 cents
elsewhere.
Motorcyclist dies after
speeding down west Loop 820
After being clocked at 100 miles per hour speeding down west
Loop 820 near Las Vegas Trail, a motorcyclist died as he exited Loop
820 onto Jacksboro Highway. The man struck a light pole and died
at the scene after being thrown from his bike as he exited the freeway.
The police began pursuit but stopped because the driver was
going so fast. Police said the driver was wearing a helmet but was not
carrying any identification.
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OPINIONS
movie stars Greg Kinnear and is
based on the true story of a man
named Robert Kearns. In the
mid 1960’s Kearns invented the
intermittent windshield wiper
and subsequently began trying
to interest Ford in it.
Ford Motor Company, having
been trying and failing to come
up with their own design for the
wiper showed strong interest for
many months before suddenly
backing out of the deal. Soon
after intermittent wipers just
like the one Kearns had shown
them began showing up on
Ford vehicles. Kearns then did
the unimaginable and took on
the Ford Motor Company in a
long running court case. As the
obsessive inventor lost himself in
the legal battle his personal life
began to fall apart.
It’s hard not to be amazed that
this film is based on true events
as the things that transpire are
certainly engrossing. Greg
Kinnear may have a rather
generic look, but there’s
absolutely nothing generic
about the man’s acting skills.
He becomes this character and
even though it’s a very subtle
and understated role, Kinnear
plays it with amazing power.
Watching him let his life
crumble around him while he
obsesses about bringing Ford
to justice is compelling every
step of the way.
Of course, it’s also rather
boring. At the end of the
day this is just a movie about
the invention of windshield
wipers and there’s no real way to
make that very exciting. Fifteen
minutes into the film I was
already a fan of the movie but
I was also already bored. This
movie doesn’t just move slowly,
it crawls. While it’s still a good
story, it’s one that could possibly
put you to sleep.
The best part of the film is
the moral dilemma it forces
you to consider. Kearns is a
man of supreme integrity, but
it’s his unwavering belief in
that integrity that ultimately
leads to his family falling apart.
This aspect of the film is really
the one that makes the movie
worthwhile. Ultimately I’d say
Certified Grizzly Cool
this one is worth renting as long
as you know what you’re getting.
It both entertains and bores
with equal amounts of power,
but if you’re interested in a quiet
drama this is one you’ll likely
enjoy.
The other movie I caught
up on was The Express. Also
based on a true story, this
film starred Dennis Quaid
and Rob Brown and tells the
story of Ernie Davis. Davis
was the first African American
to win the Heisman Trophy
and his successful time as a
college football player was a big
moment in race relations in the
country. The movie primarily
takes place in the late 50’s/early
60’s as Davis attends Syracuse
University. As one of only three
African American players on
the team, Davis suffers through
tremendous hardships but
What is it?
A downloadable puzzle
game for the XBOX 360
game system as well as
the home computer. The
simple, painterly style of the
game is joined by an at first
simple game play mechanic
reminiscent of the classic Super
Mario Brothers. The
game utilizes several
time-manipulation
techniques that must
be used to solve each
of the levels as the
user moves through
an engrossing short
story about a lost
love.
single most unique games ever
created.
There is a small amount of
skill required, but for the most
part this is a game that anyone
could pick up and enjoy. As
it asks the player to constantly
adjust their way of thinking
and to view not only the game,
but the concept of time in
different and warped ways it
ties the levels together with an
excellent short story about the
main character’s search for his
lost love.
XBOX 360 owners can
download a free demo of
this genre redefining game.
Braid will also be released
for the computer at the end
of the month as a
downloadable game.
It costs fifteen dollars.
For its one of a
kind, mind warping
game play and for its
beautiful art style and
well crafted story we’ve
deemed “Braid” to be
Certified Grizzly Cool.
Weekend
at the Theater
It should be a strong weekend with three new releases
landing in the theater. First up is the spy action/comedy
film Duplicity starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owens
as retired spies who are now working in the world of
corporate espionage. They’re forced to team up against
an evil corporation, but may get derailed by their
complicated personal relationship. While it’s got a little
too much in common with the recent movie Mr. and
Mrs. Smith, it’s hard to deny the charm of these two
stars. This one will likely under achieve at the box office
but could make a great viewing for anyone looking for a
straight up entertaining film.
Next we have the R rated comedy I love you, man.
The main character in the film, played by Paul Rudd, has
just gotten engaged and is forced to realize that he doesn’t
have any male friends to ask to be his best man. At the
urging of his soon-to-be bride, he goes on a quest to find
a friend worthy of being his best man. While the trailers
for this one look very funny the R rating will likely bring
a lot of raunchy humor into this one. Younger adults
should find a lot to enjoy here as this looks to be the best
comedy to hit lately.
For our choice film of the weekend we’re highlighting
the thriller Knowing. Starring Nicolas Cage, this movie
centers around a formula that was found in a fifty-yearold time capsule. Once deciphered, Cage realizes that
the formula accurately predicts the time and victim count
of disasters and he sets out to try and prevent them from
occurring. This film looks truly freaky and the special
effects look top notch. Anyone looking for a thrilling and
terrifying movie should go and give this one a shot.
Can’t make up your mind about which film to see?
Maybe we can help. Just head over to our website at
www.grizzlydetail.com and watch the trailers for each of
these films at the bottom of the page.
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“Braid”
An occasional look at new items and services
available to our readers.
Why is it cool?
Simply put, Braid will
blow your mind. Anyone
who has ever played a puzzle
game, from Tetris to Bejeweled,
would be well advised to give
this unique new puzzle game
a try. Each of the puzzles
within Braid employs one
or more techniques of time
manipulation. While at times
frustrating, none of the puzzles
ever feel unsolvable. There’s
nothing quite like the moment
when the strange and unique
solution comes to you. This
game forces the player to think
in ways they’ve likely never ever
thought again and is one of the
overcomes them with a positive
attitude and mental toughness.
Movies like this can be very
hit or miss but The Express
was actually a very strong film.
Davis’s story is known by most
that follow sports and needless
to say it’s an inspiring yet tragic
story. Rob Brown does an
amazing job portraying Davis
and you immediately fall in
love with his character. In the
face of horrific situations and
hatred he is calm, soft spoken
and respectful. These qualities
have you solidly behind him and
cheering along with the football
fans in the stadiums on game
day.
Dennis Quaid also brings a lot
to this film as the curmudgeonly
Syracuse head coach. His
struggle as he’s forced to face his
own racist feelings throughout
the film is a big part of why this
movie works. Known mostly
for being a nice guy on the big
screen, Quaid portrays the hardnosed coach perfectly here.
It’d be criminal not to
mention the beautiful
cinematography of this
film. Things are presented
authentically and at all times
The Express is a visual joy. This
is one that I wasn’t expecting to
love but I’m pleased to be able
to say that you should certainly
rent this one and view it. It’s
an entertaining film in its own
right, but it also represents a very
important man in this country’s
history that we all should know
a little more about.
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This week I decided to pick
up a few more of the films
that slipped past my review
schedule late last year to give
them a critical viewing. First
up was Flash of Genius. This
Flash of Genius and The Express
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It’s been a while since we’ve had an installment of this writing feature, but every once in a
while inspiration does strike.
There’s nothing quite as universal as music. At one point or another it has touched all of
us in lasting ways. This new semi-regular feature is a place to share the memories that music
has made for you, be they sad, joyous, or somewhere in between. It speaks to the music
that has impacted and shaped our lives. The music that matters most. To have your music
memory appear in The Grizzly Detail, go to grizzlydetail.com/contactus.html and input it or
email it directly to [email protected]. You can talk about a particular artist, a particular
song, a particular concert, or anything at all music related that has had an impact on your
life. Send it in and you just may see your music memory on the pages of a future Grizzly
issue!
By Cheryl Posey
As with many of you readers, there have been some
“why” situations in my life. You know the times when
you look up and utter the word as you stand shocked
after some type of life gut-punch experience?
Or maybe you can’t understand the “why” in someone
else’s life whom you would gladly trade places with (or at
least that’s what you tell yourself when it isn’t you). Or
something that you want so very, very badly just doesn’t
seem likely for you. You want to know “why?” or maybe
the pitiful “why me?” Well, yes, I know I’m surely not
alone with this question or in these situations.
I guess there’s no real answer to that question, or if
there is, only God knows it. But the late, great poet
and songwriter John Denver did get awfully close to an
answer in his 1976 hit “Looking for Space.”
“On the road of experience, join in the living day. If
there’s an answer, it’s just that it’s that way.”
I love this answer. I love this philosophy. To me it
says it all. As we travel down the sometimes short and
sometimes long road of life, we must live in the day we
have been given. Don’t put off living, you may not get
another day. Don’t pause to ask the question why, and if
you do, the answer may be so simple. “It’s just that way.”
Go on; there isn’t anything else. Profound.
So simple. A person can go crazy if they let themselves
go down the “why” road. A better question is “what
now?” I don’t mean that in a negative way, but meaning
what do I need to do to go on and live in this day.
Denver says in the song that he’s “looking for space,
to find out who I am.” The ‘why’ situations certainly are
the test to find an answer to that question, “Who am I?”
To find out, you only need to “join in the living day.”
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OPINIONS
Page 4 Wednesday, March 18, 2009
MODEL T - IT BEAT RIDING A HORSE!
Another Tale
from an Old Timer
By Norris Chambers
Norris Chambers and his
wife Ella have lived in White
Settlement over 60 years. They
have raised a family here and
have been active in school, city
and community activities and
organizations and still enjoy
being among the world’s best
people.
Continued from last week...
Gasoline was measured by a
similarly basic system. A stick
inserted into the filler opening
and withdrawn showed the
fluid level. Free advertising
sticks were available that were
marked in gallons for most
popular cars. The Model A,
introduced in 1928, had the
gasoline tank mounted in front
of the windshield over the
engine, and had a sight gauge
on the instrument panel. The
gas tank was moved to that
position in the 1926 and 1927
model T’s, but no gauge was
installed.
The Model T did not have
a water pump. Water in the
radiator and engine block
circulated by heat. Water
entered the engine at the
bottom and the heated liquid
was discharged into the radiator
at the top by hot water rising. A
fan behind the radiator tended
to keep the engine from boiling,
except in extremely hot weather.
Most Model T users carried a
can of water for emergencies.
Earlier T’s did not have a
starter, but in the early twenties
a battery, generator and starter
were added. The earlier autos
were cranked by means of a
crank connected directly to the
crankshaft.
A magneto provided power
for ignition and for the lights.
The same magneto was used in
1926 and 1927 T’s, but had a
selector switch for battery or
magneto use. It was customary
to start the car on battery power
and switch to magneto. The
magneto furnished a stronger
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spark and better lights
because the voltage
and power output was
higher.
The magneto was
attached to the flywheel
at the rear end of the engine and
ran entirely immersed in oil. It
consisted of a ring of horseshoe
magnets turning inside a series
of coils connected in series.
The output of the coils was
brought out to a post on top
of the flywheel housing. The
negative side was grounded to
the frame.
The ignition system used
four vibrating spark coils
mounted in a box above the
engine. Each coil output was
connected to a spark plug and
the control wires went to a
timer on the cam shaft. The
timer was nothing more than
four contacts in a housing. The
grounding roller on the cam
shaft passed over each contact,
and at that time the coil for
the timed cylinder vibrated
and generated a spark about
three fourths to an inch long.
The timing was controlled by
a lever on the left side of the
steering column that rotated
the timer housing to advance or
retard the ignition. It was very
important to retard the spark
when hand cranking, otherwise
the cylinders kicked back and
spun the crank in reverse.
Many arms were broken by this
handle kicking back and hitting
the arm. When the engine was
in operation, the spark was
advanced as far as possible for
better performance and gas
mileage.
On the right side of the
steering column was the gas
lever. It was connected to the
output of the carburetor, and
when pulled down allowed
more vapor to enter the
cylinders. The carburetor
itself was very simple. Just a
metal bowl with a float valve
to prevent overflowing and a
needle valve to vaporize the
gasoline as the engine suction
pulled it through and into the
cylinders. This needle valve was
adjustable from the dash by
turning the choke rod. When
pulled, the rod closed the air
intake of the carburetor and
caused more gasoline to be
drawn into the engine. The
valve could be adjusted for best
performance when driving.
Model T’s came in about
four body styles - open touring
cars with canvas top, coupe or
two seated sedans with roll-up
windows, roadsters with open
sides and canvas top and trucks.
The 1926 model was the first
that had replaceable rims,
allowing a spare to be carried
for emergency flats. Before this,
a flat tire meant patching and
hand pumping. That same year
brought balloon tires. Tires
before that were 30 inches in
diameter and 3-1/2” wide.
Old Model T’s served
many useful purposes after
they were no longer used for
transportation. They could
easily be adapted to pump water,
saw wood or serve as a tractor
to plow in the field. Kits were
sold for converting automobiles
to tractors, but many country
blacksmiths or mechanics did
their own converting, using
two transmissions from other
vehicles and a Model T Truck
differential and wheels. These
tractors were pretty efficient
and gave good service. The first
Ford tractors had engines built
exactly like a Model T except
that they were much larger.
The same coils and timer fit
them. But the transmission
was different and they did not
have a magneto. They had iron
wheels with lugs and two knifeedge wheels in front.
What happened to our fleet
of Model T’s? When we all left
during the war and came back
when it was over they were all
gone. Scavengers had gone
all over the country taking
everything that was metal and
selling it for the war effort.
Even our plows and metal stock
guards were gone. My favorite
strip-down was gone with the
rest of the metal.
Nothing has been the same
since the big war. Things are
better now in a lot of ways
- but we old timers miss the
freedom we had back then to
do whatever we wanted to and
have fun doing it.
Model T Fords were
definitely a lot of FUN. It’s too
bad that so many people never
owned one!
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Much bluster is made about the
coming in and the going out of
March. Children learn early on about
its strange combination of lion and
lamb-like tendencies, and it is the
only month typically linked with
ides.
It’s not the only month with ides,
but it’s the only one heightened by a
highly-significant assassination. Yep,
March 15 is the date Julius Caesar
went down. It’s also the month
millions of Americans mutter about
the need to be working on income
tax, but almost never do.
Let’s give March its due.
How about “March Madness,”
intercollegiate basketball’s “second
season” when 65 teams vie to make it
to the national championship? Many
Americans who barely acknowledge
the sport during regular season join
sports conversations at water coolers,
yipping and yapping as if they’ve
followed every bounce of basketballs
since November….
One new wrinkle I never expected
to see in our unraveling cultural fabric
bodes ill for many folks. We shouldn’t
hold March responsible, but that’s
the month Six Flags Over Texas is
expected to start selling beer, despite
objections by many community
leaders in the Metroplex.
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brew or the rides.
Sadly, we see yet
another salute to the
almighty dollar, without
regard for documented
dangers associated with
drinking….
An aside concerns
the patient who deeply
inhaled for his first whiff
of anesthesia.
“Hey, Doc,” he said.
“This stuff makes you
feel like you’re drunk,
doesn’t it?”
I don’t know,” the
doctor answered. “I’ve never had
anesthesia.”…
Digression shoved to the side, let’s
return to “March Madness.”
For the regular season, coaches
pretty much made comments that
had been heard many times before.
Pat Knight, who succeeded his dad
as coach at Texas Tech, offered a
new one. Suspended for a game after
criticizing officials, he claimed that
sometimes coaches have to fall on
hand grenades to get the attention of
the Big 12 Conference.
Maybe my bias as a former
university CEO is showing through,
but it appears to me that Texas Tech
University leaders have far better
reasons for lobbing hand grenades
than Red Raider coaches do covering
them….
I’ll join the masses watching the
NCAA Tournament, pulling NOT
for the best or best-known, but
instead for whichever school has the
smallest budget, whose coach’s salary
is in the low six figures and perhaps
needs exposure the most. There may
even be a team whose uniforms may
seem a bit ragged for the national
stage.
Oh, I realize there aren’t many such
teams. And usually, they don’t survive
the first game.
I know the odds, but I can
dream….
Speaking of odds--and dreams-we were big dining winners at a
restaurant new to us during our
recent visit to Las Vegas.
The steak of our dreams wasn’t at
some glitzy place on The Strip, where
flashing lights dazzled. No, it was
Charlie Palmer Steak, off the lobby
of the Four Seasons Hotel. The meal
and all the trappings were regal. Here
I’d thought for many years that the
best steaks were served in Texas. My
only regret is that we didn’t budget
quite enough time for both dinner
and the show following, so we had to
rush. I would have enjoyed chewing
each bite longer, but hey, that’s a
reason to go back to LV one of these
days.
I don’t know if they grant last meal
requests on Nevada’s death row, but if
they do, I’m guessing Charlie Palmer’s
is at the top of the list….
As a person barely on speaking
terms with anything mathematical,
I keenly remember that statistics
brought me to my knees during
doctoral study almost 40 years
ago. And here I am writing about
numerical odds and such. Be assured
that it won’t happen often.
Our preacher Mike--the one to
whom we had nothing to confess
relative to visiting Las Vegas-described the likes of me recently. He
spoke of the bumbling mathematician
who claims that finally, there are only
three kinds of people--those who can
do math, and those who can’t.
Parishioners’ expressions didn’t
change as the humor whizzed over
our heads before falling limply to the
foyer floor. So, he repeated the story,
word for word, this time emphasizing
THREE kinds of people. Then,
many people chuckled, and the rest
of us broke into laughter on the drive
home. (And if you haven’t smiled
yet, re-read it: THREE KINDS OF
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NEWS AND VIEWS
Page 5 Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Pop Culture
With A.C. Hall
Last week I talked about
focusing on the things you love as
they exist inside of some of your
hobbies and passions. I can be
pretty critical of television shows.
Fact is, a lot of them are bad and
even the good ones have plenty
of flaws. There are very few
shows that you’ll see me having
no gripes with. Aside from The
Shield and Battlestar Galactica,
two shows that are pretty much
unassailably perfect in my mind,
I can pinpoint plenty of things I
don’t like in even my most favorite
shows.
Which is funny, because the
show I want to talk about today
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wasn’t one of my favorites. At
least it wasn’t when I started
watching it. I wrote a few months
ago about TV shows on DVD
and how if you bargain shop
them they represent an incredible
amount of entertainment for your
dollar. This idea for me started
when I got back from vacation
last November. My roommate
and I had driven to Las Vegas and
while it’ll go down as one of my
favorite weeks it was also easily
one of the most draining and
exhausting times of my life. Once
we were back I went searching for
a show I could watch regularly
that wouldn’t ask me to think too
Hogan files for place 3
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My second trip to Vegas (ended too soon)
much and wouldn’t heap on too
much drama. Strangely enough,
I decided to buy the first season
of the TV series Las Vegas.
Previous to this I had only
seen a few episodes of the show
when they were running in
syndication in the middle of the
day. I never watched it when it
was on primetime and while I
had nothing against the show, it
also didn’t really seem to appeal
to me. However, with the entire
first season DVD costing only
seventeen bucks, I picked it up,
thinking it’d be a great light
hearted show for me to watch
while I recovered from my drive
across half the country and back.
As soon as I started watching
it I fell in love. From what I had
previously seen this was just a
shallow, silly show about a casino
in Vegas. And I won’t lie, it was
incredibly silly a lot of the times
and yeah, there’s some shallow
business here. But beneath the
surface this show is all heart. It’s
about relationships, pure and
simple. There’s an undeniable
honesty to the way in which the
people in the show interact and are
interwoven. You can’t help but be
pulled in and as much fun as the
“heist of the week” (the casino in
which they worked must’ve been
robbed at least fifty times during
the series run) can be, it was the
small character moments that
really made this show shine. And
for all its light-hearted banter and
silliness, when things did delve
into the dramatic, it was always
impactful and memorable.
Since November I’ve been
watching all the seasons of Las
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“Last year it was great,” Pruett
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campus.”
Jennifer Daniel of Tilden
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of either money or supplies
can be dropped off at Tilden.
Supplies can also be dropped
off at Jay’s Self Storage where
there is a storage are being
given to house the supplies.
“Hopefully we’ll do as well as
we did last year,” Pruett said of
the upcoming drive.
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April 22 was also mentioned.
Attorney and CPA Fred
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at the meeting and he spoke
about the estate planning
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a business owner is looking
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watched the final episode. It was
a bittersweet milestone for me, as
the show got cancelled after its fifth
season. The last episode ended
on a cliffhanger, leaving what
had become like familiar friends
in a perilous predicament that’s
now destined never to be solved.
I tend to get way too attached to
characters and this show was part
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As part of this neighborhood association he fought for many
development improvements and opposed zoning changes for Multi
family developments on the east side of Chapel Creek.
He was also directly involved with the infrastructure improvements
that led to the widening of Chapel Creek Blvd at I-30. He is now
currently involved in advancing the need for widening the I-30/ Chapel
Creek bridge. Hogan organized neighbors when the Waste Management
Landfill was scheduled for closing and was then slated to become a Waste
Transfer Station.
“I served in a joint effort to minimize impact to the area from the
proposed Waste Management Transfer Station and now serve on the
Waste Management neighborhood input committee,” Hogan said. He
has also been a member of The Westpoint Chapel Creek Citizens on
Patrol for 10 years.
More recently Hogan served on the City of Fort Worth Gas Drilling
Ordinance Task Force in 2006 and 2008.
“In that position I attempted to fight for the strongest regulations
possible to protect neighborhoods from negative impacts,” Hogan said.
Through his service on these community committees, Hogan has
gained knowledge and know-how.
“I have volunteered my knowledge learned on gas drilling and leasing
as a speaker and adviser presenting to over 50 neighborhood and home
owner associations, gas leasing committees and civic organizations, with
the goal of them protecting their neighborhood quality of life as the most
important issue,” Hogan said.
As a member of the Fort Worth City Council, Hogan plans
to make supporting the safety of the city a priority by his support of
the city’s fire and police departments. He also plans to focus on smart
development.
“We need to fix past errors and practices of development
standards that end up costing tax payers later. These include street and
storm water drainage issues,” Hogan said.
Hogan believes in fiscal conservatism and responsible budgeting,
especially in the economic times being experienced today. And another
high priority is citizen quality of life, particularly how it relates to gas
drilling.
“I would continue to fight as a watchdog over proper environmentally
sound exploration of Barnett Shale gas,” he said. “We must make sure
and foremost that this activity be regulated to the highest standards to
protect quality of life, health and safety.”
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Fourth Six Weeks “A” Honor Roll
NORTH
ELEMENTARY
ST
1 GRADE
Ballinger, Jason
Barboni, Isabella
Benson, Yvonne
Blount, Jasmine
Breecher, Nora
Calzada, Mimi
Criss, Nathan
Crist, April
Davis, Jade
Dobbs, Christian
England, Jacob,
Evans, Chanacee
Flores, Aliyah
Franklin, Hunter
Gonzalez, Ariana
Gonzalez, Samantha
Guerrero, Jayla
Hanson, Trinity
Harris, Cade
Laird, Penelope
Lambert, Austin
LeBlanc, Holland
Madey, Payton
Montserrat, Luna
Mora, Sheridan
Moralez, Isaac
Noxon, Brianna
Pfannenstiel, Kirstien
Pickett, Griffin
Ramirez, Cristian
Reed, Cameron
Richards, Mason
Rios, Marco
Scieneaux, Britany
Sierra, Haven
Smith, Devin
Torres, Alyssa
Vasquez, Jade
Vielma, Isaac
Yoxtheimer, Jedidiah
2ND GRADE
Briones, Alejandra
Bushey, Kelsey
Coffey, Mimi
Cowley, Kaitlyn
Eichman, Jacob
Esparza, Arnold
Evans, Veronica
Hicks, Kelsey
Holekamp, Jordan
Jairala, Nicolas
Kacsir, Logan
Meyers, Leah
Oosub, Janet
Paff, Amari
Palacios, Hannah
Ramsey, Bryce
Salsman, Adrian
Sanders, Meagan
Stanforth, Mia
Stuard, Danielle
Thomas, Dylan
Thomas, Zauria
Thompson, Eric
3rd GRADE
Arnold, Canon
Benedict, Kalin
Castillo-Diaz, Sarahi
Gmer, Claudia
Hernandez, Jaime
Kelly, Tyler
Lake, Balinda
Lambert, Kaitlyn
Lopez, Bernabe
Ramirez, Ninett
Sanchez, Noemi
Soto, Andrea
Souza, Chloe
4th GRADE
Caston, Bridget
Garza, Tamera
McCoy, Brevin
Rios, Mariah
Rocha, Nancy
Santangelo, Alyssa
Walker, Caleb
Wallis, Alyssa
BLUE HAZE ELEMENTARY
FIRST GRADE
Bethany Bailey, Alexis Cobb,
Thabang Kelebeng, Cole Garrison,
Antjuan Geiger, Katie Griffitts,
Isabel Izquierdo, Alyssa Lobbes,
Hunter Lucas, Aidan McCord,
Madison Munoz, Allison Johnson,
Yusuf Khan, Kyrin Barnes, Desarae
Boortz, Brianna Perez, Trevor Shires,
Megan Ayers, Bethany Barker,
Ashley Craig, Autumn Darder, Jarid
Fleury, Marcus Grimes, Lauren
Knearem, Gabriela Martinez,
Theodore Morris, Austin Sykes,
Andrea Vega, Caleb Whitlock,
Travis Bradley, Brianna Cannon,
Caden Gabbert, Rebecca Lares,
Mariah Blackwell, Lucas Niemeyer,
Jacob Olds, Sasha Ramos, Julian
Rodriguez, Jackson Shepherd, Shelby
Sims, Seth Tankersley, Elizabeth
Campos, Cole Cunningham,
JaCarrius Demmeritte, Emily
Gee, Jessica Johnson, Logan Jones,
Tommy Matheson, Isaac Moreno,
Rayzel Surel, Emmanuel Amado,
Skylar Ashton, Danny Bradley, Javier
Cerda, Phoebe McCaffrey, Jordan
Pendexter and Alijah Woolsey
Andrew Schmidt, Alexi Tercero,
Christian Aubrey, Carson Ingram,
Hanna Myetich, Lainey Sitter,
Kate Van Wyk, Gabbi Bristow,
Bryan Guthrie, Brian Lawler, Emily
McKinzie, Caden Primera, Lauren
Trieger, Scott Ellis, Robbie Gee,
Jacob Gimlin, Makayla Maston,
Colby Pitts, Emma Powell, Casey
Spaulding, Michelle Taylor, and
Riley Waters
THIRD GRADE
Jonathan Trevizo, Garren Crow,
Devon May, Tori Fortman, Raquel
Guerrero, Grace Sandstrum, Emma
Tracy, Josh Adair, Thaddeus Morris,
Kelli Rekieta, Payton Rothenberger,
Cole Smith, and Kathyrn Cameron
SECOND GRADE
Taylor Bresnahan, Alex Cannon,
Ben Cooper, Rebecca Eason, Sean
Hiller, Leah Hine, Caden Kessler,
Belinda Norrick, Cristina Shelton,
Devin Spencer, Hannah Tucker,
Alyssa Estep, Alexa Kinnaird,
David Ogidan, Kathryn Stevens,
Savannah Torres, Taylor Wilks,
FOURTH GRADE
Sabrina Harris, Tyler Lattin, Connor
Rasor, Claire Trieger, Sidney Waters,
Ethan Wills, Parker Bagg, Sydnie
Belousek, Makenna Blassingame,
Logan Burns, Jordan Cisco, Hannah
King, Rebecca Moore, Abbee
Powell, Marisa Sykes, Ben Worrell,
Alexis Deane, Brent Finberg, Bayley
Holland, Jonathan Lee, Shailee
Rankin, Brianna Smoot, Sara Stom,
Tristan Ingle, Nicholas Barker, Erik
Castillo, Garrett Peters, Alecia Sam,
Makenzie Shirley, Alysah Sitter,
Timothy Tanwongprasert, Daniel
Bowie, Nick Deatherage, Caleb
Shelton, Peyton Summerhill, Chris
Tatum, Jake Berry, Bayleigh Green,
Adrian Pena and Kayley Williams
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY
West Elementary
Ms. Autry – 1L1
Sierra Craig, Dylon Duran, Jason Dustin,
Bethanie MacMane, Madison Mitchell,
Tracen Visage
Ms. White – 1L2
Elizabeth Cortez, Nicholas Esteves, Danielle
Fitzgerald, Dylan France, Favian Gonzales,
Andrew Juarez, Noah Lee, Dawson Proctor,
Sunny Sweatman
Ms. Miller – 1L3
Paige Boland, Carlos Burrola, Diego Salazar,
Kayla Scott, Jacob Underwood
Ms. Dorosky – 1L4
Heidy Moreno, Abel Ordonez, Viviana
Sesmas, Jesus Torres, Jacqueline Valverde
Ms Harris - 2L1
Mollie Molinar, Karla Renteria, Adriana
Saavedra, Chalee Pittman, Thomas Dorosky,
Yulisa Pimienta, Karen Navarro, Elvira
Cortez, Dylan Parham, Novalee Narvaez
Ms.Harbuck – 2L2
Zach Goodwin, Nolan Crites, Adrian
Jimenez, Kenny Martins
Ms. Edge – 2L3
Trevor Bridgewater, Savannah Crawford,
Triston Morris, Diana Velasquez
Ms. Pace – 2L4
Adam Duncan, Devin Grimm, Melissa
Infante, Christopher Kent, Mattison Parker,
Lautaro Pena
Ms. Gallagher – 3L1
Zach Anable, Jamie Blassingame, Hayley
Craig, Natalie Jarvis, Reece Woolsey
Ms. Blevins – 3L2
Lane Bridgewater, Cara Proctor
Ms. Valenzuela – 3L4
David Alcantara
Ms. Grinalds – 4L1
Lauren Lowry, Melissa Parada
Ms. Wiseman – 4L2
Larry Albin, Zachary Milan
Ms. Girten – 4L3
Adam Clair
Ms. Clair – 4L4
Garrett Bitters, Anthony Charles, Daniel
Fisher
FIRST GRADE
Viviana Briones, Joshua
Miller, Jacob Mosley, Myranda
Robertson, Madison Rushing,
John Spoon, Logan Villalva,
Tyler Allen, Natalie Cash, Taylor
Hunter, Isaiah Meza, Troy Raza,
Aditya Simanggaida, Byron
Valiente, Emily Webster, Nevaeh
Baird, Madelyn Cash, Carson
Cato, Ashlyn Drake, Jorden
Goforth, Chelsea Malugen,
Abigail Martinez, David Puente,
Angelique Aguirre, Kailey
Davidson, Marlett Devero, Pablo
Gomez, Jackie Martinez, Carly
Milligan, Rianna Washington,
Ethan Weaks
SECOND GRADE
Gabriela Castillo, Isaias Torres,
Gwen Christy, Zachary Hill,
Alexander Munoz, Alyssa Taylor,
Chandler Crippen, Paxton
McCleskey, Connor Hammack,
Pyper Spoon, Dawson Pell,
Alondra Rojas, Seth Thompson,
Kiara Berends, Natalie Cabrera,
Andrew Dubler, Thomas Friddle,
Tabytha Garrison, Ramiro
Hernandez, Raven Ratliff, Natalia
Villalobos
PRE K ---KINDERGARTEN
Oswaldo Garcia, Jazmyne Henry,
Faith Sandstrum, Alex Aubrey,
Gavin Crockett, Maria Ivanic,
Isabelle Roark, John Wesley
Powell, Isaiah Vasquez, Natalie
Ingram, Amy Heick, E’lycia
Larry-Lewis, Solomon Harris,
Kate Knezek
FIRST GRADE
Aidan McCord, Dustin Merrill,
Zoe Jackson, Allison Johnson,
Bethany Barker, Andrea Vega,
Shelby Sims, Jackson Shepherd,
Cole Cunningham, Elizabeth
Campos, Colby Huffstutler, Ann
Margaret Jennings
SECOND GRADE
Edward Collazo, Ben Cooper,
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Brewer High School student Norman Score won
second place (a $750 savings bond) in the Identity
exhibition at the Goss-Michael Gallery in Dallas.
The exhibition featured more than 100 high school
artists from the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and a
reception was held Feb. 14.
Score will be featured on the
Goss-Michael website and in the
upcoming newsletter.
Twelve students in Brewer’s
Dual-Credit Design One and
Advanced Art classes participated
in the exhibit. Also pictured are:
Brandon Elliot, Davinder Jassal,
Ashley Williams, Jessica Flores,
Fatemah Saleh, Sunika BrushDaniel, Rebecca Clark, Dakota
Hunsaker, Delainey Staats, Taylor
Conner and Leoni Mueller.
Teachers are Judy Stone-Nunneley and Kerry
Martinez
The Goss-Michael Foundation sponsors the
annual Student Art Contest for 10th through 12th
graders.
Middle School Drama Students Win Awards for UIL One-Act Play
The Brewer Middle School
drama students won an an
Outstanding rating for their
performance of “The Cop and
The Anthem” by O. Henry at the
Quad County West UIL One-Act
Play Competition. The students
also won the Distinguished
Company Award out of seven
other schools that competed.
Eighth graders Brandi
Blakeney and Darby Lorance
won the Techie Relay and
seventh grader Bailey Ingram
took home the award for All-Star
Crew. Eighth grader Madison
Goodnight earned Honorable
Mention for her performance,
and seventh grader Sam Gmuer
was honored as an All-Star Cast
member.
Pictured are: (front row)
Caitlin Reynolds, Cournicia
Phillips, Sam Gmuer, Rose Koke,
Ethan Chunn, (center) Whittanie
Pierce, Brandi Blakeney, Savana
Jaymee Dalley, Micah Powell,
Jessica Escobar, Emilee
Byrnes, Trae Boortz, Elizabeth
McKenzie, Emma Tracy,
Christian Ramsey, Elizabeth
Neal, Curry Addington, Lauren
Papenfuss, Chase Gambino
FOURTH GRADE
Steven Boucher, Caroline
Fischer, Brandon Hatter, Marisa
Sykes, Meagan Crouch, Den’ee
Barr, Jacob Martinez, Ian Hiller,
Lacy Ramirez, Marcus Cano,
Bayleigh Green, John Carmichael
Earle, Bailey Ingram, (back)
Darby Lorance, Jessica Parks,
Madison Goodnight, Caleb
Richardson and Victor Vera.
WSISD Student Takes First Place in Area Spelling Bee
White Settlement ISD students competed in the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Area Spelling Bee on Feb.
17 and took four places out of the top seven. Thirtythree students competed. WSISD competitors were:
(l-r) Makenna Blassingame, seventh place, Blue Haze
Elementary; Samantha Quinones, Liberty Elementary;
Teranne Shepherd, fourth place, West Elementary;
Christa Brown, first place, Fine Arts Academy; Deanna
Brown, third place, Fine Arts Academy; and Bridget
Caston, North Elementary.
Christa Brown advanced to the regional
competition.
North Elementary Kindergartners Welcome Home Serviceman
Nita Griffith’s (center)
kindergarten class at North
Elementary celebrated the return
of MSgt. Ron Pry, who recently
returned home after serving in
Kirkuk, Iraq. Also pictured is
his wife, Stevenie, and daughter,
Emily.
The kids wrote cards to Pry
while he was deployed. Also
pictured is Phyllis Hill, teaching
assistant (far right).
High School UIL Science
Team Wins Second Place at
Competition
The Brewer High School UIL
Science Team won second place team
in the large school division during
the Aledo UIL Invitational. Pictured
are: (front row, l-r) Brittany Barnes,
Sparky Crawford, Norman Score,
Emma Hayden, (back) Minyi Dong,
Jamie Janzen, Ryan McGlasson,
Zach Abel, Jeremy Tucker, Kiki
Crawford, Erin Cabrera and Jin Kim.
Paschal High School, a 5A school,
took first place.
FOURTH GRADE
Ashton Ervin, Sara Fleming,
Kayla Johnson, Kaylin
Leonguerrero, Jacob Utter,
Teranne Shepherd, Angel Perez,
Hannah Pinkston
Kristy Perry, Hunter Thompson,
Alexi Tercero, Andrew Schmidt,
William Knezek, Jordyn Phillips,
Chelsea Lyles, Gus Franklin,
McKenna Brown, Colby Pitts
THIRD GRADE
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Brewer Art Student Places in Gallery Exhibition
THIRD GRADE
Collins, Deems Manandhar,
Hayden Poyfair, Deisy Vazquez,
Meg Shelton, Frances Elguera,
John Bradfute, Brendon Foran,
Caden Monroe, Krisha Jariwala,
Blake Latham
Fourth Six Weeks Character
Champions at Blue Haze Elementary
Character Trait—Fairness
The
FCCLA Students Place in Regionals
Nine Brewer
High School
students recently
attended the
Family, Career
and Community Leaders of
America (FCCLA) regional
meeting in San
Angelo. Senior
Cody Brown
earned second
place in the Serving Up Success
event, and Junior
Princess Leal
placed fourth in the Career Investigation event. In addition to competing in
events, the students worked as runners,
timekeepers and voting delegates.
Pictured are: (front row, l-r) Laurie
Butler, Day’zshia McKinley, Britney
Martinez, (back) Miranda Jetton,
Destiny Jackson, Arturo Rosas, Cody
Brown, Anthony Narvaez, and Princess
Leal.
FCCLA sponsors are Jane Cramer and
Barbara Gilbert.
City Officials Speak to North
Elementary Students
White Settlement Mayor
Jerry Burns and Councilmen
Garry Wilson and Jack Cook
recently spoke to North
Elementary second graders as
part of a government unit.
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Calendar of Events
Your guide to what’s going on in West Fort Worth,
White Settlement and the surrounding areas.
Thursday 3-19-09
Kelley Miller Circus 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Central
Park
Friday 3-20-09
WS Senior Services Council meeting 9:30 a.m. at Senior
Center
Tuesday 3-24-09
WS City Council meeting 6:30 p.m. at City Hall
Tuesday 3-31-09
WSISD Board of Trustees meeting 7:00 p.m. at
Administration bldg on Cherry Lane
Thursday 4-2-09
WS Crime Board meeting 7:00 p.m. at City Hall
Tuesday 4-7-09
WS Planning and Zoning meeting 7:00 p.m. at City
Hall
Thursday 4-9-09
WS Parks and Recreation board meeting 7:00 p.m. at
City Hall
Tuesday 4-14-09
WS City Council meeting 6:30 p.m. at City Hall
Friday 4-17-09
WS Senior Services Council meeting 9:30 a.m. at Senior
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#2 Eathan Baker gets ready at the plate.
While the women of the
Center might have their
special red hatter’s club, the
men of the Center have
their special club also where
they meet on a daily basis.
Come by the Center in the
morning hours and you can
find an assortment of our
men gathered to enjoy each
other’s company while they
play dominoes, put a puzzle
together or simply read
books or magazines available.
Pictured playing dominoes
are Will Dickinson with his
back to the camera. To his
left are Andy Anderson, then
Bill Pennington and Elmer
Bratcher facing the camera.
In the distance is Fred Rain
reading the morning paper.
Tax-Aide is available at
the Center sponsored by
AARP Foundation. This
service is for taxpayers with
low to middle income
with special attention to
seniors age 60 and older.
Please call or come by the
Center to sign up for this
assistance. Appointments are
scheduled on Mondays and
Wednesdays in the mornings
from now until April 15.
The next scheduled
Band Dance with “Open
Range” is March 24 at 7 pm.
Admission to the dance is $5
which includes refreshments
midway thru the evening.
Come join the ball room
dancers on Monday at 10
am led by instructor Bill
Witham.
Bring your Bible to
the Bible Study held every
Wednesday at 10:00 am led
by Jannie Englemann.
The Silk Floral Design
class is held every Monday
at 10:00 am taught by
instructor and florist of 14
years Nancy Bowling. Please
bring silk flowers and a
container to class.
The “Royal Cowgirls” will
be meeting on Wednesday,
April 1 at 10:00 for their
next *Red Hatter’s meeting.
Meeting is from 10-11:00
am with a door prize during
the meeting. Food Bingo is
scheduled at 11:00 am and
lunch at noon (please RSVP
for lunch by the day before).
The monthly AARP
55 Alive class is scheduled
on March 19 from 9am to
11:00 am and 1 to 3 pm
with a break for lunch. Pay
your $12 ($15 for non-
members) fee early to reserve
a place in the class. If you
plan to eat lunch with us,
please call by noon the
day before to make your
reservation.
Bring your
favorite Spring time dish
to Brown Bag Bingo on
Thursday, March 19 at 5:00
pm. for “Bunny Food”.
Share a meal with the seniors
and join them on their
game night. Bring a non
perishable item for the Bingo
game.
The Area Agency on
Aging representative will
be available on March
30 at 10:30 am at the
Center to provide free
assistance applying for
extra help paying for your
prescription drugs for
Medicare beneficiaries with
limited income. Please
come by or call to make a
special appointment for this
assistance.
Make reservations before
noon in order to eat with
us the next day. Lunch is
served Monday thru Friday
at 12 p.m. Newcomers and
visitors are very welcome.
Please call 817-246-6619 or
come by anytime between
8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m to
ask about our classes, trips,
and other activities.
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Crowne Plaza
Invitational at
Colonial gearing up
Defending champion
Phil Mickelson has officially
committed to return to Fort
Worth and defend his Crowne
Plaza Invitational at Colonial
title against a stellar field. If he
is successful, he would become
the first player since Ben Hogan
to win more than twice in Fort
Worth. Over half the field for the
2009 tournament is set, and the
stars are lining up to challenge
for the $6.2 million purse. Kenny
Perry, Zach Johnson, Justin
Leonard, Davis Love III and 18
other PGA Tour tournament
winners adorn the list of players
committing early to play in Fort
Worth on May 25-31.
Phil Mickelson won the
tournament in 2008 with a
memorable final-hole birdie that
was set up by a spectacular shot,
known as “Mickelson’s Miracle”,
from the trees on the 18th hole.
George Lopez and Luke
Wilson will be on hand to
participate in the Pro-Am on
Wednesday while Darius Rucker
will be the entertainer during the
famed Entertainment night on
Monday, May 25 at Billy Bob’s
Texas.
The Colonial is recruiting
volunteers for this year’s
tournament. If interested,
visit their web site at www.
CrownePlazaInvitational.com
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Pitch, Hit and Run set for March 28
The White Settlement Parks
and Recreation Department and
the White Settlement Youth
Association will conduct the 2nd
Annual Local Aquafina Pitch,
Hit and Run Competition on
Saturday, March 28th on the
Neal Rogers Field at Central
Park. This is the official skills
competition of Major League
Baseball for youth boys and girls
7 to 14 years of age; registration
is free and will begin at 1:00pm
(a copy of your birth certificate
will be required at registration).
It is FREE and EVERYONE
is welcome!
The competition will consist
of participants pitching a baseball
at a target, hitting a baseball
for distance and accuracy and
running the bases while being
timed. Participants with the
highest cumulative scores will
receive an awards package and
are eligible for advancing for
competition in the Sectional
Pitch Hit Run Divisional
Competition later in the spring.
WSYA Tournament Teams
The WYSA Mavericks in the
5-6 year old group placed 1st in
this past weekend’s tournament.
Team members include (top l-r)
Nathan Bowie, Kolten Davis,
Kolby Nevins, Hunter Lucas;
(bottom l-r) Shea Gosney, Valerie
Cedillo, Alex Moncivais, Anthony
Martinez. Head Coach Ben
Nevins, assistant coaches Shawn
Gosney and Jason Lucas.
1st place winners in the WSYA
Pre-K division were the Red
Raiders. Team members included
Dalton Cook, Amad Esco,
(top row) Devyn Styles, Kadin
Gehring, Coach Derek Gehring,
Trevor Neff. Kadin was also the
Pre-K free throw champion.
Brewer athlete headed to state meet
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Bryan Rivera – 3rd place, Boys A singles; Leonnie Mueller – 1st place
consolation, Girls A singles; Jamie Janzen/Emma Hayden – 4th place,
Girls A doubles; Ben Foster/Reuben Allred – Quarter Finalist, Boys
A doubles; Chris Torres/Tiffany Summerhill – 4th place, Mixed A
doubles; Josh Hanes/Chase Covington – Quarter Finalist, Boys A
doubles.
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Your guide to the week’s Brewer sporting events!
Friday 3-20
Brewer Baseball versus Saginaw,
7:30 p.m., home
Brewer Track at Bluebonnet Relays,
at Brownwood, thru Saturday
Tuesday 3-24
Brewer Baseball versus
Springtown, 7:30 p.m., away
Lady Bears Softball
versus Springtown,
games start at 5:00
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Since 1923
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Tennis results from the Saginaw Tournament
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Wesley Keathley, a sophmore at Brewer High School, squatted 365 lbs,
benched 210 lbs, and deadlifted 375 lbs at the Regional 6 meet this
past Saturday. Keathley qualified for the state meet on March 28.
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428 N. Las Vegas Trail, White Settlement, TX 76108
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