Heroes, villains and imagination mix at Dallas Comic Con

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February 14, 2015
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Heroes, villains and imagination mix at Dallas Comic Con
By Jess Paniszczyn
Masked vigilantes, super villains,
creatures of myth and monsters
of nightmares mingled freely with
mere mortals during Dallas Comic
Con Fan Days 2.0 held in the Irving
Convention Center Feb. 7 - 8. The
two day celebration of imaginative
pop culture attracted thousands of
people who wanted to meet their favorite television and movie stars as
well as graphic and creative artists
working in the comic book, science
fiction, anime, adventure and fantasy fields.
One of the most popular weekend activities was dressing in costume or cosplay as it is commonly
called. Dim n Wit, the Fairy Brothers, two flamboyantly dressed creatures whose mission it is to make
the world a better place one hug at
a time are characters brought to life
by David Clein and Dave Bang.
“Several years ago, we went to
a renaissance festival down south
dressed as fairies, and we had an
absolute blast doing it,” David Clein,
Dim, said. “We have been doing
it ever since. We have met a lot of
great folks, a lot of the convention
goers and a lot of the stars over the
last five years.
“We enjoy all the hugs. We’ve
been doing our best to hug as many
people as possible. Hugs make people feel better. They bring joy and
happiness to everyone’s lives, and
that is what we are all about.
“This weekend we were invited to
take a picture with Stephen Amell
and Alex Kingston, and we’ve had a
really great time,” he said.
Dressed in scant more than swim
trunks and sandals, it was difficult to
imagine Ken Sevire was not cold as
he explored Comic Con arrayed as
a Spartan from 300. The performer
and model who manages the Ken
Dolls enjoys all types of cosplay.
“I’ve always been into sci-fi and
anime,” Sevire said. “A couple years
ago, I was in a traveling cast doing
the Rocky Horror Picture Show and
Dr. Horrible. After doing that, I just
kind of got addicted to dressing up
and being what I wanted to be rather than just who I am. It’s kind of
awesome.
“My group does different work
with the Ronald McDonald Foundation and a few other charities,
so we really enjoy giving children
happiness. You go to a con and see
a whole bunch of kids, and they just
smile and look at you. There’s nothing better than making some little
kids fantasy of seeing a superhero or
seeing someone special come to life.
We do cosplay so everybody can see
and be who they want to be.
“I like all the cosplay characters so
much. I actually like being myself.
I’ve dressed up as the dancer ver-
sion of me and a few other things.
I’ve done everything from Capt.
America, to Doctor Who to Jack
the Pumpkin King. I’ve gone from
a street fighter all the way up to the
Spartan.”
The most important thing about
cosplay is having fun, according to
Sevier.
“Feel free to enjoy yourself and to
not be afraid of what people think.
I’m out here in a bathing suit and a
cape. You really have to
understand that life itself is all
about enjoying the experience, and
cosplay is one of the best ways to go
out and do whatever you want to be
or whoever you want to be whenever
you want. No one is going to judge
you. The greatest thing about going
to a con is that you can always find
friends and people who enjoy what
you are doing. The cosplay community is just a very warm and open
family,” he said.
Among the creative minds behind
the imaginative worlds that fans
had a chance to meet during Comic
Con were Cory Phillips and Ethyn
Gutierrez. The two are currently
working on an original six episode
web series based on the Doctor Who
universe. Phillips generated the idea
for Doctor Who: The Soldier Stories
and plays the lead, while Gutierrez
works as the series’ head writer and
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Police find woman’s body
after multicar crash
By Nick Kammerer
A fatality accident occurred on
Westbound S.H. 114 just east of 121
on Thursday morning, Feb. 12. Irving Police Officers were dispatched
to the scene after Grapevine Police
asked for assistance with traffic
control. The accident was initially
dispatched as a major, non-fatality
wreck.
After Irving Police arrived on
scene, it was discovered that the
four-car accident was in Irving’s jurisdiction, and Irving officers took
over the accident investigation.
While working the accident, the sun
began to rise and Irving Officers noticed blood on the road, which led to
the discovery of a woman’s deceased
body pinned underneath a minivan.
After the discovery, officers called
for crime scene units and traffic investigators to the scene. According
to the initial investigation, the deceased woman’s vehicle was stationary on the side of the highway due
to a flat tire or some other type of
breakdown. The woman was standing outside when a minivan struck
her disabled vehicle.
After running into the vehicle, the
minivan made an evasive move and
then pulled to the side of the road,
dragging the woman’s body underneath. The driver of the minivan did
not know he hit the woman. The initial accident caused two other vehicles to crash.
The deceased woman has been
identified by the Dallas Medical Examiner’s Office as 36-year-old Lorena Vasquez of Irving. The investigation is still ongoing.
Only imagination bounds the limits of cosplay at Dallas Comic Con Fan Days 2.0 as panda, Andrea Sevire, Spartan warrior, Ken Sevire,
Princess Zelda, Erin Sziy, and Spartan warrior, Desmond Heart, demonstrate./Photo by John Starkey
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director.
“It is a darker grittier look at the
Doctor Who universe,” Gutierrez
said. “The basic idea is what the
Dark Knight did for Batman we are
doing for Doctor Who. It is about a
Time Lord named The Soldier. This
particular Time Lord is an assassin
for the High Council of Gallifrey. He
is a time Lord like the Doctor Who
was willing to kill. It is more realistic
look at Doctor Who.
“Episode one is titled Only Orders. It is our introduction to The
Soldier and his future companion
Emily Jacobs. She is a former Army
combat medic from the U.S. military. When we first meet up with
Emily, she is having some issues.
Her home life is not the best, and
she is struggling with PTSD.
“We meet The Soldier for the
first time on his first hit, which is a
weeping angel. Then we see him on
a second hit, which is a therapist by
the name of Dr. Davis who is helping Ellie get to her PTSD. We find
out there is a little bit more to Dr.
Davis than anyone realized. Without spoiling anything, that’s kind of
where the first episode takes place,”
he said.
Creators of the series are taking the pilot to various comic cons
around the country to introduce the
project s. The fan showing in Irving
received a warm and enthusiastic
welcome.
“The best complement for me
isn’t, ‘oh you did a good job.’ It’s,
‘gasp!’ That’s the best complement
for me, because I know they’re so
consumed with what it is that I
along with other people have created,” Gutierrez said.
“I want to be able to complete the
project in such a way that makes us
proud to be whovians and to celebrate what Doctor Who means to
all of us. If I can convey half of what
Doctor Who has done for me as a fan
and give that back in a creative way, I
feel like I have done my job.
“I don’t really care where it ends
up as long as people enjoy it. Would
I like it on Netflix? Of course I would.
At the moment, we’re just trying to
get the thing out for people to see. If it
goes there, it goes there. If not, it will
have a nice cozy home on YouTube.
“From the time episode one
launches till of time we start production on episode two will probably be
four or five months. That will be the
longest gap. Once get episodes two
through six get going, turnaround
will be anywhere from six to eight
weeks per episode.
“To view the first episode, people can go to Facebook.com/Doctorwhotss or they can go online to
YouTube and do a quick search for
Doctor Who: The Soldier Stories.”
Meeting, greeting and giving hugs to the
world, Dim n Wit the Fairy Brothers bring
merriment to the world through cosplay./
The new Doctor Who may be a little short
but with his new companions by his side
the universe will never be the same./Photo
Photo by John Starkey
by John Starkey
Walking through the vendors’ area there are so many neat things to choose from, Oly
Weber (8), dressed at Jango Fett, finds he has a difficult time choosing just one toy./
Photo by John Starkey
Russian group tours Metroplex learning about charities
By Jess Paniszczyn
Six people with Allies in Youth
Development from Omsk Russian
University in Siberia recently travelled to the Metroplex to learn more
about the variety of childrens charities in the area and how they operate. During their trip, the group visited the Main Place in Irving which
provides trendy, age appropriate
clothing and image consulting to
homeless teens.
Prior to arriving in Irving, the
group had already explored the Salvation Army in Arlington, a First
Methodist Church, Big Brothers Big
Sisters, and a Boys and Girls Club.
“My head is ready to explode, because I have so much information,”
Katya Shestakova said. “I just need
time to organize and manage all this
information.
“The most interesting thing I see
here that I do not see in Russia is
management. Time is always managed and organized. When you have
really good management, it saves
your time. When we saw The Salvation Army, everything was done so
well. Every person knew his job. He
was in his own place. He does what don’t have much,” she said. “They
“Right now, one out of 10 comhe needs to do and what he wants to are not trained in life skills. Our vi- mits suicide once they leave the ordo. In Russia, it is completely differ- sion is to equip the kids with a place phanage. Only one out of 10 makes
ent.
to live, education, jobs and life skills. it to be a productive citizen. The rest
“Charity differs a lot between the I called them the four legs of a chair. become criminals, get into prostituU.S. and Russia. In Russia, I don’t Those will give them the foundation tion, human trafficking. That whole
think people have a wish to share. In to build a successful future.
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America, I saw a lot of people who
believe in God, and they believe that
if they share that is good. In Russia,
we don’t have a lot of people who believe in God, and not a lot of people
are ready to share their time or their
money. Charity is not a big part of
our society in comparison with the
U.S.A.”
Allies in Youth Development is
a new group in Russia that works
to get college students engaged in
working with young people who live
in local orphanages. Shestakova described a little bit about what the life
of a typical Russian orphan is like.
“You live in an orphanage house,”
she said. “You don’t have parents.
You have a lot of people around you
who are just staff who do not actually care about you who just do their
job. They go to work at 8 a.m. They
go home at 6 p.m. You don’t have
your own room. There are four or
more people in the same room. You
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population is totally perishing, and
there are a lot of them because of
economic conditions.
“What (the Main Place) is doing
is kind of like a model for supplying
these kids with basic necessities at
the beginning when they first leave
the orphanage. Perhaps they could
get a first aid kit, so they would have
basics to get started on their own,
because they have nothing when
they leave the orphanage and have
nobody to go to,” she said.
Only three years old, Allies in
Youth Development is in three
countries serving over 1500 children
in orphanages with over 200 volunteers.
“Volunteering is not in their culture,” said Chris Burgin, Executive
Director of Allies in Youth Development. “We are very charity minded.
It is not even on their radar.
“Once you draw attention to it
and they realize, here is a problem,
I can be an agent of good, and I can
change the life of somebody; they
dig it. They don’t want to stop.
“Basically in a nutshell what we’re
trying to do is to encourage others
to volunteer. We build this around
college students. They create a club
on the college campus; we empower
them to do that. We sent over 3,000
pounds of donated stuff to Russia
last year. We put it in their hands,
they divide it up and give it to the
children.
“We are actually teaching another
culture how to meet this need. It’s
their problem. These kids are their
problem. But we can help by helping
them. Once they realize they can be
part of the solution, they are more
than willing to help.”
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Tea party brings history to life in
Heritage House
By Nick Kammerer
Dozens of guests packed the Irving Heritage House, the former
home of Charles P. Schulze and his
family, for the Vintage Valentine
Tea on Sunday, Feb. 8.
“Today we’re reenacting the tea
from 1914 that the Schulze’s had
when they first built the house,”
said Eleanor Bell, Past President of
the Irving Heritage Society. “They
invited the whole community, just
like today we invite the whole community to come enjoy the house and
enjoy refreshments.”
Visitors entering the historical
home were met with friendly faces,
delicious tea and pastries as well
as the sounds of prominent Irving
figure, Dr. Clay Gilbert, playing the
piano. The home, refurbished to the
style of the early 1900’s, was decorated with hearts, arrows and other
Valentine themed ornaments.
The 2015 Valentine Sweetheart
award was given to long time Irving
Heritage Society member and Past
President, Regina Story, who has
lived in Irving for almost 65 years.
Story formerly served as the only
woman on the first city council appointed Irving Museum Board. In
2008, she was named a High Spirited Citizen by the Irving Convention
and Visitors Bureau.
Charles P. Schulze, brother of Irving founder J.O. Schulze, collaborated with builder A. Fred Joffre
in 1912 to construct the Heritage
House. The beautiful home, located
at 303 S. O’Conner Rd, is classified
as a one-story, cypress-clad bungalow and was recorded as Texas Historic Landmark in 1986.
Citizens are invited to tour the
Heritage House and participate in
events hosted by the Irving Heritage
Society.
“The Heritage House is open to
the public with guided tours,” Bell
said. “We want to preserve the history of Irving and hope someday that
we have a museum that we will be
active in.”
Mary Moorman with the Irving Heritage Society enjoys a cup of tea at the Heritage
Vintage Valentine Tea at the Heritage House on Sunday, Feb. 8. / Photo by Nick Kammerer
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
SKYWARN® Training
February 14, 9 - 11 a.m.
The Fort Worth office of the National
Weather Service (NWS) will conduct their
annual Basic Skywarn® class in Coppell
at Coppell Town Center, 255 E. Parkway
Blvd. The class is hosted by the Coppell
Fire Department’s Emergency Management Division.
This free class is open to the public. No
special pre-requisites or training is necessary
Find True Love
February 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Irving Animal Care Campus is hoping
to play Cupid this Valentine’s Day with its
True Love Awaits campaign. All pet adoptions will be $14 at the IACC, 4140 Valley
View Lane. Animals adopted will be up-todate on vaccines, including rabies (if the
animal is older than four months of age),
spayed or neutered or given a $50 voucher
for spay/neutering (depending on surgery
availability), treated for fleas, microchipped
and registered with 24PetWatch and more.
Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights
Struggle
February 14, 1 to 4 p.m.
Irving libraries are helping commemorate the major events in the Civil Rights
Movement this month through the power
of film. The “Created Equal” series kicks
off with a screening and discussion of the
documentary “Slavery By Another Name”
at the Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage
Center, 3925 Jackson St. Dr. Richard B.
McCaslin, chair of the University of North
Texas History Department, will lead the
discussion. To view the other three events
in the “Created Equal” series, visit cityofirving.org/library.
Great Backyard Bird Count
February 14, 9 a.m. to noon
Help collect information about bird species
in our areas during the Great Backyard
Bird Count at Birds Fort Trail at Campión,
5756 Riverside Drive. Scientists and bird
enthusiasts can learn a lot by knowing
where birds are located. Self-guided tours
will be available. Advance registration is
required for the guided tours. Learn more
about the event and register at cityofirving.
org.
Getting Your House in Order: Filling in the
Gaps
February 15, 4-5:30
Plymouth Park United Methodist Church
will offer a series of free financial understanding workshops beginning Sunday,
Feb. 15, and continuing Feb. 22 and March
1 from 4 – 6 p.m. Presentations will be
from 4-5:30, followed by a free meal provided by the sponsoring PPUMC Endowment Committee.
The schedule includes: Feb. 15, Social Security, presented by Jarod Hunt and David
Ermlick; Feb. 22, Medicare and Medicare
Supplements, presented by Mona Odom;
and March 1, Retirement Benefits and
Strategies, presented by Thomas Hughes.
More information on the program is available at www.ppumc.org.
The workshops are open to all interested
persons. Reservations are required and
can be made by calling the church office at
972-255-4185, or emailseminars@ppumc.
org. Plymouth Park UMC is located at 1615
West Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062.
Rape Aggression Defense Class
February 16-19, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The Irving Police Department will be hosting a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)
class in February for all females 11 years
and older. Classes are open to all females
living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
The RAD program is a comprehensive,
women-only course that teaches realistic
self-defense tactics and techniques. It is
not a martial arts program. Classes will
be held from at the Irving Police and Fire
Training Academy, 2603 Esters Road. The
class is free. Preregistration is required.
Panel discusses issues in Irving education
By Nick Kammerer
Concerned parents gathered for
an interactive discussion with a panel of current and former educators,
school board members and learning
experts on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Guest panelists included Randy
Randle, Vice President of the IISD
Board; Will DeBerry, former member of the IISD Board; Marcus Jauregui, teacher and choral director
at Irving High School; Dr. Wanda
Zamarano, retired educator; Dr.
Rosemary Robbins, retired educator
and education consultant; Grizelle
Larriviel, Brandenburg Elementary
teacher; and Larry Duncan, at-large
member of the Dallas County School
Board.
First, the panel discussed their
views on the public education system.
“I think we do a lot of things right
in public education. We get a lot of
heat. Our graduation rate is getting
better every year,” Rosemary Robbins said. “We deal with working
with diverse learners and diverse
learning styles. We have made a
lot of progress, and we have a lot of
things yet that we can do. A democracy is only made strong by an educated elector.”
Larriviel, who received the Teacher of the Year Award a few years ago,
shared her passion for education.
“My job happens to be one of the
best jobs in the whole wide world,”
Larriviel said. “In and of its self, I
get to change the world a little bit
each day and see growth from the
first day the students walk into the
classroom and in many cases long
after they leave the classroom. In
my position, I think there is no other job more rewarding than being a
teacher.”
“I’ve been in Irving my entire
life, so I’ve gone through the Irving
school system,” Randle said. “My
two sons have been through the Irving school system. Now I’ve got
nieces and nephews going through
the system, so even though I’m older, I’m still doing homework every
night.
“I see what our parents go
through and what our families are
dealing with. I think it’s the most
important job we have in our community to educate our kids. I take
it very seriously. I’ve been involved
with schools and the education in
our community for my entire adult
life,” Randle said.
The panel moved to a discussion
about the advantages and downfalls
of project based learning.
“When I think project based
learning, it’s a process by which
you look at a concept and identify a
problem,” DeBerry said. “Then, you
work through the problem by coming to a solution. In the process of
doing that, the kids will be able to
report and share what they learn by
the units in which they’re utilizing
on a daily basis. It’s more important
to have the concept of understanding how you got to a [solution] than
the end result sometimes.”
Larriviel discussed how project based learning is applied in the
classroom.
“You are not only solving problems. but you’re solving current, real
life problems that are occurring. We
have to work with each other. We
have to be able to lead at some point
in time, and we need to be able to
communicate effectively, so everyone gets the results that they want.
From that aspect, I have seen the
magic in project based learning. I
make sure my students are the ones
leading, and I am the one guiding.
When you allow that to happen and
you trust in your students to do that,
it’s amazing,” Larriviel said.
Robbins added to the discussion,
citing that each student has a different way of learning.
“Project based learning has a lot
of good instructional strategies,”
Robbins said. “Not all students learn
in that fashion. I’m for local control
in the class room. I think teachers
with college degrees and a wealth
of experience need to be able to call
some shots. Let’s trust that educator to make intelligent decisions as
to how students learn best. When
I was teaching at MacArthur High
School, I was teaching a class load of
180 kids. Out of 180 kids, I had 180
ways they learned, and it was my job
to figure it out.
“If I was successful, I was only
measured by the success of my students. I don’t like to hear teachers
say ‘my kids failed.’ No, they didn’t.
You failed your students. You’ve got
to be able to meet the kids where
they’re at and take them up to where
they need to go,” Robbins said. “Is
it hard? It’s the hardest job in the
world. I’d like to see someone from
the Texas Legislator just substitute
a day. My money is that they’re going to be gone by noon. I would like
the Legislator to take the STAR test,
because I don’t think they’ll pass it.”
The panel was asked about bullying in the Irving school system.
“I think bullying starts wherever, but it doesn’t necessarily start
at school,” DeBerry said. “Teachers
have many things to deal with when
it comes to school that they don’t
manufacture in the process of education, but they do have the responsibility to meet that kid within the
relationship as to what’s going on in
that kid’s life beyond the academic
side of it.
“I think we have a moral responsibility as individuals in the community, that when we see something
going on wrong, we take part in trying to correct it rather than turning
our heads to deaf ears to say ‘it’s not
my child.’ We all have a responsibility [to ensure] every kid in this country and the community is educated
and in a safe environment each and
every day as we see it,” DeBerry said.
Larriviel added to DeBerry’s
stance on bullying.
“I think it’s important to reiterate
the importance of the community,
parents and students as being part
of that student’s life. I will always
voice out, but I will need the parents to voice out as well. I will need
students to use their voice to find
solutions to [bullying]. I was in the
public education system and in the
private education system, and I had
bullying in both places. It doesn’t
really matter where you go or which
decade you went to school, it’s always existed so we need to constantly find new [methods],” she said.
“One of my methods as far as bullying, I’m not so much anti-bullying
as I am pro-confidence – teaching
my students to have confidence in
themselves because they’re always
going to hear negativity. They need
to believe in themselves to continue
walking down the path to success
and not let anyone hinder that,” Larriviel said.
Randle shared the anti-bullying projects being discussed by the
school board.
“We have many character curriculums we use in the district, most of
them not very successful,” Randle
said. “At one point, different schools
could pick their own, so we have a
lot of different ones being used at
See PANEL, Page 5
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February 14, 2015
Jack E. Singley Academy hosts student health competition
By Nick Kammerer
More than 1480 students from
58 area schools participated in the
Health Occupation Students of
America (HOSA) competition and
conference at Jack E. Singley Academy on Jan. 30-31. Additionally, approximately 40 biomedical students
from Irving High School and Singley
Academy participated in the event.
“Our Irving ISD kids really did
a good job,” said Daphne Rickard,
Biomedical Sciences Academy Co-
ordinator for Irving High School.
“Irving and Academy students did
very well. We’re in one of the toughest regions for HOSA.”
Students competed in different
categories including emergency
medical technician (EMT), sports
medicine, nursing assisting, CPR/
first aid, prepared speaking, creative
problem solving, forensic medicine,
CERT (Community Emergency
Response Teams) and job-seeking
skills.
“We have everything from biomedical debate to EMT skills,” Rickard said. “The students can really
pick the portion of medicine that
interests them. For example, we
have a forensics competition where
the students actually go through
the process of determining time of
death and things like that. You go
from that to the injury on the side of
the road and the EMT students are
treating that.
“We do have some individual
[categories]. For example, we had a
student advance in clinical nursing.
She took a written test a couple of
months ago and was in the top ten
and advanced to do her individual skill. We also have some team
events like parliamentary procedure
where you have six members on a
team that run a meeting as part of
their skill,” she said.
For Irving High School, Jacqueline Portillo-Andrade was awarded
first place in the Clinical Nursing
category, and Luis Govea took first
place in Human Growth and Development.
For Singley Academy Brennan
Miene and Siam Hashan received 1st
place in EMT; Emily Villegas won 1st
place in Dental Science; Shamimma
Mst and Sreya Chamathil received
1st place in CPR/First Aid; Pascaline
Ibe and Yarelli Rojas received 2nd
place in CPR/First Aid ; Subata
Khan won 2nd place in Dental Science; Yanilli Lopez, Yasmin Alfurati and Zuvaida Aslam received 4th
place in Biomedical Debate; Henry
Berrios and Khadijah Thibodeaux
received 4th place in CERT Skills;
and Madad Ibrahim and Neshat Baset received 5th place in CPR/First
Aid.
In addition, Jella Samonte received 1st place in Nursing Assisting;
Daisy Aguilar won 1st place in Speaking Skills; Afza Mohammed, Angelina Agu, Batul Shakir, Fatimeh Behnia and Sakina Vohra won 3rd place
in Parliamentary Procedure; and
Alex Ramirez, Imtiaz Rashad, Maria Vasquez, Tia Varghese, Tomiwa
Otitoju and Zenab Kedir won 5th
place in Parliamentary Procedure.
“I want the community to know
that we have an amazing group of
students at both schools,” Rickard
said. “They’re going to make great
future healthcare professionals in
the Irving – Dallas area as they go
in their prospective fields. I’m very
proud of how the students represented our school district. We really
couldn’t have a finer group of young
men and women.”
Students who placed in the top 3
in the categories will advance to the
State of Texas Leadership Conference in April at the Anatole Hotel in
Dallas.
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Jack E. Singley Academy students stand proud after competing in the HOSA health competition. Due to their success the students
will advance to the State of Texas Leadership conference in Dallas in April./ Courtesy Photo
CLASSIFIEDS
ORDINANCE NO. 2015-9659
ZONING CASE NO. ZC14-0071
ZONING CLASSIFICATION – S-P-2
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1144, THE 1964 COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IRVING, TEXAS, GRANTING A ZONING CHANGE ON A
TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS: A TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE NORTH-O-IRVING
ADDITION AND LOCATED AT 1221 NORTH BRITAIN ROAD, MORE FULLY AND COMPLETELY
DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE; ORDERING A CHANGE IN THE USE OF
SAID PROPERTY FROM R-6 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT USE UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 1144,
AS AMENDED TO S-P-2 SITE PLAN DISTRICT USE FOR R-MF-2 USES UNDER ORDINANCE
NO. 1144, AND ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART
HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO LAND
USE; CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP ATTACHED TO ORDINANCE NO. 1144;
PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE; DETERMINING THAT
THE CHANGE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PROMOTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE; PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT REPEAL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING
ORDINANCE EXCEPT IN CASES OF DIRECT CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
ORDINANCE NO. 2015-9660
ZONING CLASSIFICATION – S-P-2
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1144, THE 1964 COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IRVING, TEXAS, GRANTING A ZONING CHANGE
ON A TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS: A TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE STOVALL
PLACE ADDITION AND LOCATED AT 3450 WILLOW CREEK DRIVE, MORE FULLY AND
COMPLETELY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE; ORDERING A CHANGE
IN THE USE OF SAID PROPERTY FROM S-P-1 (R-AB) SITE PLAN DISTRICT USE FOR
RESTAURANT WITH ACCESSORY USE OF THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR
ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION UNDER SECTION 52-49 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1144, AND
MINIATURE GOLF (GROUND LEVEL), BOWLING CENTER AND RELATED USES (SECOND
LEVEL), AND OFFICE CONFERENCE AND INTERVIEW/RECEPTION (THIRD LEVEL) UNDER
ORDINANCE NO. 1144, AS AMENDED, TO S-P-2 SITE PLAN DISTRICT USE FOR C-W
USES UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 1144, AND ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN ATTACHED
HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND
REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO LAND USE; CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
ATTACHED TO ORDINANCE NO. 1144; PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE
ZONING ORDINANCE; DETERMINING THAT THE CHANGE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST,
MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT
REPEAL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE EXCEPT IN CASES OF
DIRECT CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
ORDINANCE NO 2015-9661
ZONING CLASSIFICATION - S-P-1 (R-AB)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1144, THE 1964 COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IRVING, TEXAS, GRANTING A ZONING CHANGE ON A
TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS: A TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE ELIAS BRUSH SURVEY,
ABSTRACT NO. 51, AND LOCATED SOUTH OF ROYAL LANE, NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY
114 AND APPROXIMATELY 1,550 FEET WEST OF ESTERS BOULEVARD, MORE FULLY AND
COMPLETELY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO; ORDERING A CHANGE IN
THE USE OF SAID PROPERTY FROM FWY FREEWAY DISTRICT USE UNDER ORDINANCE
NO. 1144, AS AMENDED TO S-P-1 (R-AB) SITE PLAN DISTRICT USE FOR RESTAURANT
WITH ATTENDANT ACCESSORY USE OF THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR
ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION UNDER SECTION 52-49 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1144, AND
HOTEL USES UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 1144, AND ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN
ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS
AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO LAND USE; CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
ATTACHED TO ORDINANCE NO. 1144; PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE
ZONING ORDINANCE; DETERMINING THAT THE CHANGE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST,
MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT
REPEAL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE EXCEPT IN CASES OF
DIRECT CONFLICT; PROVIDING THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE SHALL BE INVALID IF ANY
WORD, PHRASE, CLAUSE, SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH OR SECTION OF THIS ORDINANCE
IS HELD TO BE INVALID AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRVING, TEXAS,
on February 5, 2015.
BETH VAN DUYNE - MAYOR
ATTEST: Shanae Jennings - City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM: Charles R. Anderson - City Attorney
(972) 870-1992
[email protected]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS –
ZONING CHANGES
CITY OF IRVING PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY
COUNCIL
Public hearings are held to consider
applications for amendments to the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the
Official Zoning Map of the City of Irving,
Texas for the properties described herein:
LOCATION, DATES & TIMES OF PUBLIC
HEARINGS:
City Council Chambers of City Hall, 825
West Irving Blvd., Irving, Texas
Planning & Zoning Commission:
Monday, February 16, 2015, 7 p.m.
City Council: Thursday, March 5, 2015,
7 p.m.
ZONING CASE ZC14-0078:
Approximately 1.7 acres at 4340 W. Airport
Freeway. The applicant is requesting to
rezone the property from M-FW (Freeway)
District to S-P-1 (Detailed Site Plan)
for Hotel uses to allow an addition and
renovation of the existing hotel.
ZONING CASE ZC15-0003:
Approximately 0.36 acres located at
1907 E. Grauwyler Road. The applicant
is requesting to rezone the property
from R-MF (Multifamily) District to S-P-2
(Generalized Site Plan) for R-6 (Single
Family) District uses to allow single
family uses.
All interested persons are encouraged to
attend the public hearings and express
their opinions on the zoning change
request. Written response for the record
may also be submitted to:
City of Irving – Planning & Community
Development Dept., 825 W. Irving Blvd.,
Irving, TX 75060
The applications are on file for public
review in the Planning & Community
Development Dept. at the address
listed above during normal business
hours. For additional information, please
contact the Department at 972-721-2424.
Please reference the case number when
requesting information.
This facility is wheelchair accessible.
Accessible parking spaces are available.
Requests for interpretation services or
assistive hearing devices must be made
48 hours prior to the meeting. Contact the
City Secretary’s Office at (972) 721-2493
for assistance.
The CITY OF IRVING, Texas will receive
sealed responses in the Purchasing
Division, 1st floor, 835 W. Irving Blvd, until
the date and time below and will open
responses at the same location for the
following items:
ITB #101M-15F Water Storage Tank
In-Service
Cleaning and Inspection
Due Date: 02/27/15 @ 3:00 p.m.
Responses must be received in a sealed
envelope with solicitation number and
due date on the envelope. Late responses
cannot be accepted. Information may be
found at www.cityofirving.org
click Departments/ Purchasing Phone:
972.721.2631
Arlington, Texas – A program
that has helped lead to the replacement of more than 30,000 older vehicles since 2002 has reopened for a
limited time.
The AirCheckTexas Drive a Clean
Machine Program began accepting
applications for replacement assistance in North Texas on Feb. 9,
offering qualifying motorists up to
$3,500 vouchers toward the purchase of newer, more fuel efficient
vehicles.
Last year, 652 vehicles were replaced when this component of the
program was open.
North Texans whose vehicles have
failed the emissions portion of the
state inspection in the past 30 days
or are more than 10 years old are encouraged to apply for replacement
assistance if they meet the income
criteria and vehicle requirements.
A family of four earning $72,750 or
less per year may receive assistance.
Assistance is open to vehicle owners in nine Dallas-Fort
Worth area nonattainment counties (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker,
Rockwall and Tarrant). AirCheckTexas is one of many programs
implemented to help North Texas reach attainment of the federal
government’s ozone standard,
which it has until 2018 to meet.
This is the fourth year in a row
the replacement assistance has operated on a limited basis, following
a reduction in funding. The repair
component of the program, offering
vouchers worth as much as $600,
has continued year-round.
The program offers $3,000
vouchers toward replacement of
vehicles with newer, cleaner automobiles. The amount increases to
$3,500 for hybrid, electric or natural gas-powered vehicles.
For information on the status of
the program and a video explaining
the application process, visit www.
nctcog.org/airchecktexas. Applications and income documentation
for all adults in the household must
be submitted by fax, 817-608-2315,
or mail.
The mailing address is:
AirCheckTexas Program
P.O. Box 5888
Arlington, TX 76005-5888
NCTCOG is not able to assist
walk-ins because of limited resources. Assistance through this application-based program is offered on a
first-come, first-served basis. After
enough applications have been received to exhaust the available funding, the replacement portion will be
closed. The repair program will continue, but replacement applications
will no longer be accepted for the
rest of fiscal year 2015. The program
could be briefly reopened to qualifying motorists seeking replacement
vouchers in fiscal year 2016.
SOURCE North Central Texas
Council of Governments
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to expand newspaper circulation through the use of
door crews. Compensation
is negotable.
Call 214-676-1145 and
leave a message.
February 14, 2015
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Texas Central Railway selects two possible Dallas station locations
Texas Central Railway (TCR) announced Feb. 6 that it has selected
two locations as potential candidate sites for the Dallas high-speed
rail station. As part of the federally
mandated National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) process,
TCR identified seven areas as possible station locations in Dallas. The
announcement highlights two of the
seven sites as TCR’s preferred locations.
One candidate terminal site is
currently undeveloped land located
in the South Side on Lamar area and
includes the 10 to 20 acres of land
TCR estimates is needed for the terminal station, parking and space for
future transit oriented development.
The second candidate site would extend over Interstate 30 and includes
a portion of the first candidate site
as well as property next to the Dallas
Convention Center.
TCR also confirmed that Texas
Central Partners (TCP), an independent development company
that will be responsible for the highspeed rail system’s design, finance,
construction, operation and maintenance, has reached an agreement
with Matthews Southwest to serve
as the development partner of the
Dallas high-speed rail station and
surrounding areas for transit oriented development. Matthews Southwest, led by Dallas area real estate
developer Jack Matthews, is an
award winning, full-service, private
real-estate development company
that has two decades of experience
building various projects.
The location of either of the candidate Dallas high-speed rail stations
will allow for future connectivity
with the separate, public high-speed
rail project currently under active
consideration that would connect
Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth.
TCR has not yet announced a preferred station location in Houston.
The project’s NEPA process is still
underway, and a variety of station
locations are still under consideration, including an intermediate
station serving Bryan/College Sta-
tion and Huntsville.
“After assessing no less than
seven sites, running from Union
Station at the north to I-45 at the
South, and using criteria of connectivity, accessibility, visibility, cost,
customer service, ease of parking
and future economic development
surrounding the station, we have
determined that these two locations
are best suited for our priority consideration,” said Richard Lawless,
Chairman and CEO of TCR. “As we
have seen in other cities around the
world, the high-speed rail stations
will become the focal point of development that provides connectivity
to other forms of transportation.
Either of these locations will allow
for a high-speed rail station location
and design that will become iconic
to the Dallas skyline. TCR expects
the final station location selection
process will require several weeks to
complete based on close coordination with all parties involved in the
NEPA process. We appreciate all
the help we have received to date,
and we will continue to rely on input from the community and coordinate closely with other interested
stakeholders.”
“High-speed rail has proven to
be transformational wherever it
is deployed,” said Jack Matthews,
President of Matthews Southwest.
“These two candidate Dallas station
locations will serve as a tremendous
catalyst for growth in Dallas, specifically South Dallas, while also serving
as a building block for high-speed
rail connectivity into Arlington and
Fort Worth. The selection of a final
station location will be a first step
towards the creation of a safe and
efficient system that will connect
generations of Texans who live and
work in the state’s largest and most
vibrant metropolitan areas.”
“Locating the high speed rail sta-
DALLAS (SMU) – Initial results
from SMU’s seismology team reveal that the recent series of earthquakes occurring near the site of
the old Texas Stadium were relatively shallow and concentrated
along a narrow two mile line that
indicates a fault extending from
Irving into West Dallas. SMU and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on Feb. 6
shared an interim report with the
mayors of Dallas and Irving spelling out preliminary information
gleaned after SMU’s installation in
January of more than 20 portable
earthquake monitors around the
earthquake sites. “This is a first step, but an important one, in investigating the
cause of the earthquakes,” said
SMU seismologist Brian Stump.
“Now that we know the fault’s location and depth, we can begin
studying how this fault moves –
both the amount and direction of
motion.”
“Then we can move on to what
might have triggered it – examining factors both natural and man-
made,” SMU seismologist Heather DeShon said. “Sometimes what
triggers an earthquake can be very
small, so all of these factors have
to be considered when looking for
that trigger.”
The earthquakes have occurred
in the granite “basement,” below
the layers of sedimentary rock
that make up the large geological formation known as the Fort
Worth Basin, at depths between
4.5 and 7 kilometers, according
to the report. It is not unusual for
earthquakes to occur at different
levels on a fault. Those depths are
considered relatively close to the
surface in earthquake terms, how-
ever, which helps explain why people as far away as Plano feel even
smaller magnitude 2 earthquakes
in the area.
The USGS initially mapped the
earthquake locations as being
spread out in a roughly circular
area centered on the old Texas
Stadium site, developing those
locations from data collected by
distant seismic monitors ranging
from the closest at about 40 miles
away to as far as 900 miles away.
But once SMU installed more than
20 monitors in the immediate
area – supplied by the USGS and
the academic consortium IRIS –
the enhanced data they were able
to retrieve shows the January
2015 earthquakes actually have
occurred along a line from Irving
to West Dallas, running north-bynortheast from TX Highway 114 to
Walnut Hill Road along the Trinity River. That line indicates the approximate location of a subsurface
fault.
This initial mapping of the fault
provides important information
for municipal hazard assessment
in Irving and Dallas allowing city
officials to know which parts of
their cities might experience the
worst shaking if the fault remains
active. As has been the case with
tions in Irving outside of the school
district. Mary Louise shared her time
and talents as a charter member and
elder at Woodhaven Presbyterian
Church in Irving and as a charter
member and past president of both
the Irving Women’s Club and Irving
Heritage Society. She also belonged
to the Irving Retired Teachers Association, the Irving Symphony League,
the Irving Healthcare Auxillary,
PEO-Chapter CN and a member of
the Lyric Stage League. Mary Louise
is preceded in death by her beloved
husband Jack Wallace Wadsworth
and granddaughter Stephanie Lynn
Wadsworth. Left to cherish her memory are her sons, Jack Wadsworth, Jr.
of Irving, Brent Wadsworth and his
wife Debby of Euless, Gary Wadsworth and wife Vicki of Everett,
WA; daughter Betsi Wadsworth of
Irving; son Roy Wadsworth and his
wife Marion of Grapevine along with
eleven special grandchildren and
twelve great-grandchildren whom
Mary Louise adored. Her burial took
place at 9:00 AM at Haley Cemetery
in Irving followed by a memorial
service at 10:00 AM on February
11, 2015 at Woodhaven Presbyterian Church in Irving with Dr. George
W. “Hank” Hunt and Reverend Dr.
Diane M. Baldwin officiating. The
family requests memorial donations
to IISD Scholarship Foundation at
Irving Schools Foundation 2621
West Airport Freeway, Irving, Texas
75062. Arrangements made especially for the Wadsworth Family by
Brown’s Memorial Funeral Home.
Arrangements by Brown’s
Memorial Funeral Home, 972254-4242
SMU analysis of recent earthquake
sequence reveals geologic fault,
epicenters in Irving and West Dallas
PANEL
different campuses. The [school]
board has asked our Superintendent, ‘let’s find one to evaluate that
works.’”
“Right now Bowie Middle School
is the pilot school for what’s called
PBIS. It’s a curriculum that’s focused on behavioral issues on campus, and it starts from the principal
to everyone on campus. Everyone
that’s on campus is aware of this and
has been trained in it. It’s basically
tion in Downtown Dallas provides
the greatest flexibility for travelers
since they will have access to all of
DART’s bus and light rail network
and the Trinity Railway Express
commuter rail connecting to Ft.
Worth,” said Gary Thomas, President/Executive Director of Dallas
Area Rapid Transit. “Just as it has in
cities across the world, this convergence of transit choices in the city
center should help attract development and create even more activity
in downtown.”
-SOURCE Texas Central HighSpeed Railway
just a focus by everyone on campus
on character issues. It’s talked about
all during the day in every class.
“Bowie Middle School has an acronym Positive attitude, Achievement, Wise choices and Self Respect
(PAWS). From what I understand,
they’ve had it in place now since the
middle of last year, and their behavior issues on campus have greatly
decreased this year. Office referrals
have decreased this year,” Randle
said.
OBITUARIES
Ann Wages Black
Ann Wages Black born in Wichita
Falls TX on Sept. 25th 1945 to Jack
and Alice Wages. Was a long time
resident of Irving but currently resides in Farmers Branch. Survived by
her husband
William (Bill)
Black, Daughter Deborah
Coleman and
fiancé Mike
Fron. Daughter
Natalie
Newberry
and
spouse
Justin. Stepchildren Sheila Black
Brockman (Russell) and Gary Black.
Grandchildren Caitlin Elizabeth,
Cailee, Matthew and Katherine. Step
grandchildren Dakota, Dalton, Paige,
Holly and Kyle. Graduate of Wichita
Falls HS and attended the University
of Oklahoma. Member of Beta Sigma
Phi. Retired from Cigna Insurance as
a claims adjuster. Long time member
of Northgate UMC and President of
Northgate UMW. Was so proud of
her daughters and loved being involved in all her grandchildren’s
sporting and extra curricular activities. Cheered on her Dallas Cowboys
since the team was formed in 1960.
The family will celebrate her life Sat.
Feb. 14th at 2PM at Northgate United
Methodist Church. 3700 W. Northgate Drive Irving 75062. Flowers
for family to Northgate UMC or memorials to Northgate UMC Benevolence Fund. Family receive friends
immediately following service at the
church. No graveside service will be
held as Ann donated her body to the
Willed Body Program at UT Southwestern medical school. She is loved
and missed by all who knew her and
her infectious smile.
MARY LOUISE
WADWORTH
Mary Louise Wadsworth, age 95,
loving mother and adoring grandmother and longtime resident of Irving died on February 6, 2015. She
was born on November 6, 1919 in
Sowers, Texas to Charles Stovall and
Sarah Elizabeth Good Stovall and
went on to enjoy a long and rewarding career in public education. Mary
Louise eventually earned a Master’s
Degree and worked for the Irving
Independent School District for 38
years, serving as a teacher at Barton
Elementary and also as a Guidance
Counselor at MacArthur High School
until her retirement in 1985. She was
also an active and involved member
of many local community organiza-
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Fanny Barnes Shipp
June 17, 1918 – Feb. 9, 2015
Alvin Pope
July 24, 1945 – Feb. 10, 2015
Arrangements by
Chism-Smith Funeral Home,
972-259-7644
Marc Douglas Leger
Mar. 24, 1969 – Feb. 10, 2015
Carl Leverton Boehme
Jan. 25, 1953 – Feb. 8, 2015
Laura Jane Speed
Jan. 10, 1931 – Feb. 5, 2015
Arrangements by
Donnelly’s Colonial Funeral
Home, 972-579-1313
Forrest L. Davis
Apr. 30, 1928 – Feb. 4, 2015
Clyde “A.C.” Johnson
Sept. 27, 1932 – Feb. 5, 2015
Tom “Casper” Young
July 9, 1946 – Feb. 5, 2015
Terry Leigh Burts, Sr.
Dec. 11, 1946 – Feb. 8, 2015
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February 14, 2015
FUN & GAMES
It was comedian Bill Maher who made
the following sage observation: “Is [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn’t know a
game is going on?”
If you’re one of the many Americans
who likes a good tailgate party, it’s entirely
possible that it’s the highlight of game day
for you. In a survey conducted by McCormick Grill Mates during the 2014 football
season, 44 percent of respondents said
they enjoyed the tailgating more than
they enjoyed the game.
Just like your fingerprint, your tongue
print is unique.
Spring is traditionally considered the most popular time for
weddings, but 2014 saw a spike in nuptials in mid-December.
More than 13,000 couples in the U.S. tied the knot on Dec. 13,
due in large part to the fact that 12/13/14 fell on a Saturday. Anyone else who would like to marry on a number-sequential date
will have a long wait; it won’t happen again until January 2, 2034.
If you’re feeling a bit chilled and can’t wait for springtime, consider this: On the planet Uranus, winter lasts for 21 years.
You might be surprised to learn that Pennsylvania was not
named after William Penn, one of the colony’s founders; in fact,
King Charles II granted the land charter to William Penn in repayment of a debt to Penn’s father, Admiral William Penn, and created the name of the sizable land grant by combining the name
of the naval officer with the Latin word “sylvania,” which means
“woods.” The younger Penn was embarrassed and feared that
people would think he named the colony after himself. He petitioned the crown to change the name, but the king refused.
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Fred on the “I Love Lucy” show?
10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In what century was tea introduced to Europe?
1. MOVIES: What was Luna Lovegood’s “patronus” in the “Harry
Potter” movies?
2. FIRSTS: Who was the first surgeon to perform a heart transplant?
3. FOOD & DRINK: In what country did the drink sherry originate?
4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the basic currency of Botswana?
5. ASTRONOMY: Ganymede is a moon of which planet in our
solar system?
6. CHEMISTRY: What is the common use for the drug diphenhydramine hydrochloride?
7. HISTORY: Who was the second wife of Henry VIII of England?
8. MYTHOLOGY: Who was the Roman god of fire?
9. TELEVISION: What was the last name of neighbors Ethel and
Answers
1. A hare
2. Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 1967
3. Spain
4. The pula
5. Jupiter
6. Antihistamine to treat allergies
7. Anne Boleyn
8. Vulcan
9. Mertz
10. Early 17th century
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CLUBS
American Legion Post #218
Heritage Park Building
215 Main St. Downtown Irving
3rd Thursday of each month.
Recruiting/Questions
call 469-621-7878
Buttons & Bows Square
& Round Dance Club
1st & 3rd Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Senter Park East
228 Chamberlain
Circle I - Square
& Round Dance Club
2nd & 4th Fridays at 8pm
Senter Park East
228 Chamberlain
Evening Lions Club
1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00pm
Community Bible Church
2301 Texas Drive
Greater Irving Republicans
Meets the first Tues. each month
@ Spring Creek BBQ at 7 p.m.
Irving Amateur Radio Club
Fourth Thursday of the month
7:30 to 9 PM
Senter Park East
228 Chamberlain
www.irvingarc.org
Irving AMBUCS
Thursdays @ 11:30 a.m.
at Spring Creek BBQ
Irving Garden & Arts
2nd Thursday, 10am
Irving Garden & Arts Building
906 S. Senter 214.435.9876
Irving Noonday Lions
PH 972-409-9940
Every Wed. @ Los Lupes
In the Irving Mall Irving Republican
Women’s Club
Meets the second Monday of each month
at 7pm at IHOP Restaurant
Hwy 635 @ MacArthur
Irving Retired School
Personnel Association
First Christain Church
104 W. Grauwyler Rd.
Second Thursday every month
Irving Rotary Club
Thursdays at 12 pm
[email protected]
Irving Sunrise Rotary
Thursday at 7 am
4400 N. O”Connor Rd
Irving Texas Democratic
Women
Meet the first Tues. each month
7 p.m. To 8:30 p.m.
East Buffet Rest.
Irving Women’s Network
Fourth Tuesday of every month
11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Metroplex Glass Club
Every 2nd Tuesday
At Oak Haven UMC
1600 N. Irving Heights
Saturday Singles
Lunch Bunch
1st & 3rd Saturdays
972-254-3525
Single Moms Care & Support
of Irving
2nd and 4th Fridays of each month
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Irving YMCA
(corner of Irving Blvd. and Story Road)
Free meal! Encouraging meeting!
Kids welcome!
TOPS TX #58, Irving
Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
Berean Memorial Church
1000 E. 6th Street
VFW Post 2494 IRVING
Post Meeting – 1st Thursday at 7pm
Ladies’ Auxiliary -1st & 3rd
Wed at 7pm
Men’s Auxiliary – 4th Wed at 7pm
Junior Girls – 2nd Sun at 12:30pm
3375 Belt Line Rd
Widowed Persons Service
Every Saturday @ 8:30 a.m.
at Wonderful World of Cooking
Karen – 972-986-4056
Organizations are required to re-submit their information on a
monthly basis to insure that the Irving Rambler will have accurate
information. Listings are limited to the Organization’s name,
meeting location and time. If an organization wishes to have more
information than the free listing offers, we will continue to offer
other advertising opportunities.
February 14, 2015
Lavinia Penniman (Allyn Carrell) gives Morris Townsend (Jeff Wittekiend) support and advice in his pursuit
of her niece, Catherine Sloper, in MainStage Irving Las Colinas’ production of The Heiress. Throughout this
psychological drama, insecurity, ego and avarice threaten a young woman’s future happiness as she learns
about herself, those around her and her place in society. /Photo by John Starkey
EARTHQUAKE
other earthquake sequences in North
Texas since 2008, this latest bout of seismic activity appears to be diminishing
over time. But SMU scientists stress that
there is no way to predict when the series
will end, or what the largest magnitude
will be.
The earthquakes in the Irving area began in April 2014. SMU scientists had
just installed the first of its local monitors
in the city of Irving on Jan. 5, 2015 when
the area recorded its two largest earthquakes – 3.5 and 3.6 magnitude events
– on Jan. 6 During January members of
the SMU seismology team installed more
than 20 seismographs in the affected
area, including twelve short-term units
that had to be removed from the field to
collect their data. There will be 11 temporary seismographs running as part of the
Irving network moving forward.
The report notes the presence of two
wells drilled for shale gas (only one was
put into production, last producing in
2012) near the earthquake epicenters and
the location of a wastewater injection well
approximately eight miles to the northwest. Production and disposal activities
in this region are generally confined to the
sedimentary layers above the “basement”
layers where regional earthquakes have
occurred.
“Scientific questions about the nature of
events in North Texas have heightened local and national concerns about the impact
of activities related to shale gas production
on geological infrastructure and subsurface infrastructure,” the report reads. SMU
scientists continue to explore all possible
natural and anthropogenic (due to human
activity) causes for the Irving earthquakes
and do not have a conclusion at this time.”
The next steps of the Irving study already are underway.
Signing the report were Heather
DeShon, SMU associate professor of
geophysics; Brian Stump, SMU Albritton Chair of Geological Sciences; Chris
Hayward, senior scientist and director of
SMU’s Geophysics Research Program; Beatrice Magnani, SMU associate professor
of geophysics; Matthew Hornbach, SMU
associate professor of geophysics; and
Robert Williams and Michael Blanpied of
the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program.
SOURCE Southern Methodist University
WORSHIP
BIBLE CHURCH
Heritage Church-PCG
1501 S. Briery Rd.
Irving, TX 75060
Phone # 972-986-4200 or
www.heritagechurchpcg.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Belt Line Road
Church of Christ
1202 N. Belt Line Rd., Irving, TX 75061
1st Century Christianity in the 21st Century
Sunday Bible Classes 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday Worship 7:30 p.m.
972.790.8606
www.BeltLineChurch.com
UNITED METHODIST
Oak Haven
United Methodist Church
1600 N. Irving Heights 75061
972.438.1431
www.oakhavenumc.org
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m
Ministerio Hispano NISSI
Estudio Biblico 1:00 p.m.
Servicio Adoracion 2:00 p.m.
CATHOLIC
Holy Family of Nazareth
Catholic Church
One block north of Hwy 183
on Esters Rd.
Sat. 5:30pm, Sun. 8am,
10am, 12pm, 5:30pm
972-252-5521
www.HolyFamilyChurch.net
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
First Christian Church
114 West Grauwyler Rd. 75061
972-579-0911
Sunday School for all ages-9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship- 10:45 a.m.
LUTHERAN
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
2620 W. Grauwyler Rd 75061
972-790-2121
www.gslcirving.com
Sunday Worship at
9:00am
Adult Bible Study Sunday
10:30am
UNITY CHURCH
UNITED METHODIST
First United Methodist Church
211 W. Third, 75060
972-253-3531 www.fumcirving.org
Sunday School 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
in the Sanctuary
6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Northgate
United Methodist Church
3700 West Northgate, 75062
972-252-8519 www.northgateumc.org
Worship Service 8:15 AM in the Dome
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Worship Service 10:45 AM in the WAC
at the rear of the complex
Sunday Morning Services:
9:30 AM Adult Class
11:00 AM Service
& Children’s Church
Reverend Frank Pounders
and Reverend Margaret Pounders
210 Virginia St., Irving, Texas 75061
972-253-5083
unitychurchofirving.com
Advertise your church
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in the
972-870-1992
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Police Continue Homicide Investigation
On Sunday, Jan. 25, at 3:48 a.m.,
the Irving Police Department responded to the 2900 block of Proctor Street on reports of a stabbing.
Officers arrived to find Osvaldo
Mendoza, 22 years-of-age, suffering
from multiple stab wounds. He was
transported to Parkland Memorial
Hospital but died a short time later.
A preliminary investigation
has revealed the victim and some
friends had recently left a gas station in Dallas after a night out. The
victim and his friends were involved
in a traffic altercation in Dallas with
the occupants of the suspect vehicle.
Both vehicles drove into Irving and
stopped on Proctor Street. A suspect
approached the victim and stabbed
him multiple times with a knife. The
suspect fled the scene immediately
thereafter.
Detectives are requesting the
public’s assistance in identifying the
man pictured as a person of interest in the case. The suspect vehicle
is described as a navy blue or black
Fire at Irving Duplex
Irving Fire Fighters battle a blaze at the 900 block of S. Irving Heights
Drive in Irving on Friday, Feb. 6. No injuries were reported. / Photo by Nick
Kammerer
Police department conducts first
responders satisfaction survey
During February and March, the
Irving Police Department, in collaboration with the University of
Dallas, will be conducting the 2015
satisfaction survey. The survey will
seek opinions and comments from
people who requested police service
from the department within the last
three months. If you are contacted,
your participation is voluntary but
will be greatly appreciated.
The goals of the survey:
Measure the level of satisfaction
of callers regarding police depart-
ment services
Gather the opinions and comments of residents and visitors who
received police service
Focus on the timeliness of services, citizen expectations and the
professionalism of department employees.
The survey will not collect any
personal identifying information.
For more information call (972)
721-2615.
SOURCE Irving Police Department
The Irving Chapter of AMBUCS gives an AmTryke to Gabriel Alexander Alvarez at their
weekly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 12. The AMBUCS club is a civic organization that gives
AmTryke therapeutic tricycles to disabled children and veterans. As Gabriel gets older,
the AMBUCS club will provide him with tricycles that are fit for his size until college.
/ Photo by Nick Kammerer
SUV with aftermarket chrome wheel
rims. The vehicle was seen prior to
the offense at the Race Trac gas station located at 1930 W. Northwest
Highway in Dallas. A surveillance
image of the suspect vehicle is also
pictured.
Anyone with information is
asked to contact the Irving Police
Department at (972) 273-1010 and
reference case number 15-1766.
Additionally, tips may be sent to
[email protected] or to
Crime Stoppers.
Irving based Limo Company
hiring all positions: Drivers,
Dispatchers, Secretarial,
Car washers.
Send info or resume to
[email protected]
February 14, 2015
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