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By Phil Cerroni0-6, 6-2, 7-6The ATP Dallas Tennis Clas-

sic was well into round 2 of main draw play when veteran German athlete, Matthias Bachinger faced off against 20 year old American, Denis Kudla in an exciting, neck-and-neck contest on Mar. 14.

The first set went completely in Bachinger’s favor with a final score of 6-0.

“He didn’t miss a ball,” Kudla said. “I don’t know much about

him, but I expected him to miss a bit.”

Besides Bachinger’s strong play, Kudla did not take the initia-tive, playing a mainly defensive game that left his backcourt rela-tively open.

Despite his slow start, Kudla quickly took the lead in the second set with powerful shots and man-aged to keep it with aggressive play. He spent the set wearing Bachinger down, always ready for both his volleys and short lobs. Set

score: 6-2.“That’s what I based my game

around, being physical. If I’m not in my top shape, I don’t win matches,” Kudla said. “I kind of somewhat modeled my game after [David] Ferrer – be the machine out there and the game will take care of itself. I know I’m not the most talented guy out here, but if physically I can control that and be in the best shape possible, I will.”

The young American’s ath-

Kudla wins in 2nd round of Dallas Tennis Classic

By Phil CerroniSince citizens took up arms

(metaphorically) over Trinity East, LLC’s proposed natural gas wells and processing facility, a lot has been said about the possible environmental impact these wells can have on the area. The question for us is, what specific effects will Dallas’ project have on Irving? Right across the city border from Campion Trail, the project poses a couple environmental hazards to Irving. It will be a major polluter and poses a threat of ground

contamination close to the North Hills Prep, the Equestrian Center and many Irving neighborhoods. On the Dallas side, they are building in parkland and flood zone near the expanding soccer complex.

Three compressors, used to send gas down the pipeline to the refinery, perhaps pose the most immediate threat to Irving. The extent of the pollution depends on what type of en-gine Trinity East uses to power them. Electric motors provide the most

By Phil CerroniThe battle over the entertain-

ment center entered the next chapter of its saga when a judge’s ruling left both the City of Irving and the Las Colinas Group (LCG) with small victories, minor defeats and a lot of ground to cover before July’s jury trial.

In the ruling delivered a few days after the Mar. 4 hearing, the judge again denied LCG’s $100 million lost profits suit and roundly rejected the City’s claim that the entire lawsuit

was frivolous. The court allowed LCG to pursue the original $39 million, however.

LCG was quite pleased with the judge’s decision.

“This was the second run by the City of trying to get that [the $39 million] dismissed. They lost the first time – in fact the judge even indicated in discussing that he ruled against them last time, why should he change his mind,” LCG lawyer, Ernest Leonard chortled.

By Jess PaniszczynFrom military maneuvers to boardrooms, space ex-

ploration, technical innovation to clergy and social reform there is no benefactor of our society that has not been influenced in part by the Boy Scouts of America. In an effort to ensure North Texas youngsters continue to have access to the benefits Scouting offers, several Scouting supporters attended the Friends of Scouting Luncheon at the Sheraton DFW on March 8. The event celebrated the Circle 10 Council’s 100th anniversary and served as the kickoff for the 2013 Friends of Scouting fundraising campaign, which benefits Scouting in Irving and Coppell.

“Scouting is a wonderful program,” said Jo Ann Goin, Friends of Scouting Chair. “It was founded in 1910 on the principals of character development, citizenship training

and personal fitness. It gives the youth in our communi-ties the chance to grow and become better citizens, better neighbors and better friends.

“There are not a lot of places in our more ‘citified’ society to go out and learn a lot of the things that Scouts are taught, like camping, building fires and riflery. We aren’t living in a rural society anymore. The life skills Scouts helps youngsters learn are amazing.

“The vitality of the Boy Scouts from the standpoint of the impact it has on our overall society is huge. For kids to focus on integrity, honesty, preparedness, the creed of the Boy Scouts, is important. Sometimes it seems like, most kids these days are just looking for what kind of trouble they can get into. I think the Boy Scouts is a great

Friends help a better tomorrow by supporting Scouting

Dallas’ drilling project brings potential hazards to Irving neighborhoods

Entertainment complex lawsuitslogs towards resolution

See DRILLING, Page 2

See ENTERTAINMENT, Page 6See TENNIS, 0

See BOY SCOUTS, Page 11

By Phil CerroniIrving West Library officially

presented their newest acquisition – a grant from the National Endow-ment for the Humanities (NEH) – entitled the Bridging Cultures, Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Award. This is not only the first Bookshelf Award the Irving Library System has received, but the first Bridging Cultures award to be given.

“This is just the first of several programs that they’re going to put on, and we’ll apply for subsequent

grants,” Chris Dobson, Library Direc-tor, said at the March 11 presenta-tion. “The more we know about why people have certain practices, how they feel about them … [the] more understandable they are, the less frightening.”

The inaugural Bookshelf Award, given to over 800 museums and public libraries, consists of 25 books and 3 DVDs at both Central and West libraries. The books explore

Library award challenges community

See LIBRARY, Page 11

20 year old Denis Kudla’s agility and stamina were indispensible as he scurried around the court, returning Matthias Bachinger’s precise shots./ Photo by John Starkey

Mahood Egal takes Nouman Ali Khan’s arm, steering him towards the conference room where they will speak. / Photo by Phil Cerroni

Scouting supporters join Boy Scouts in saying the Pledge of Allegiance during the opening moments of the Friends of Scouting Luncheon. / Photo by John Starkey

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environmentally friendly solution with next to no pollution. Diesel, on the other hand, is the most harmful. Powered by diesel engines, a facility this size pumps 75 tons of pollution into the atmosphere every year. It would make this site the tenth highest polluter in the City of Dallas. To put it in perspective, however, DFW Air-port has multiple wells and process-ing facilities alongside its substantial airport traffic. The option most at-tractive to gas companies, and most cost effective, is to use the natural gas pumped out of the ground to power the station. Although cleaner than diesel, natural gas is still a polluter.

When the plant processes the “wet gas” into something transport-able, it releases chemicals into the environment. This second form of pollution is more difficult to mitigate and would pose a long term danger to the surrounding homes and rec-reational complexes beyond those of the compressors.

The second prominent danger involves the fracking process itself. When the mixture used to bore the well comes back out of the ground, it is put into storage containers or lined pits until it can be hauled away and properly disposed of. There is a danger at this stage that the fluid could seep out, contaminating the surrounding parklands.

There would be little reason for alarm regarding contamination – especially considering the many accident-free wells already in Irving on DFW Airport property – if not for one small fact: when Trinity Energy was still Expro Engineering Inc, they received permission to drill a well on property belonging to the University of Dallas and the cities of Irving and Dallas. The original well was shut down because of a break in the well casing.

Although Rose Cannaday was on the City Council when they gave permission for Expro to drill at the University of Dallas, she insists the situation has changed. Furthermore, she is the council member for the district closest to the wells.

“You’re building in a neighbor-hood that’s a little different than building at DFW Airport, [or by the university]. We don’t have any devel-opment over in that area right now,” Cannaday pointed out.

Although one might think that having wells and a processing plant

across from Las Colinas might halt economic development, such as the plans to increase high density hous-ing in the area, developers includ-ing John Danish with DART and Billy Bob Barnett do not think Dallas’ plans will have any effect on growth.

“I haven’t seen an impact to development,” Doug Janeway, chief development officer for Irving’s real estate and development said. “There’ve been over 2,000 wells drilled in Ft. Worth and Tarrant County, and I’m not aware of impact in those areas.”

No matter how great an impact this could have on Irving, it is a Dallas project. Although it is close to Irving homes and schools, citizens can do little more than show their opposition or support at Dallas’ Zoning Commit-tee and City Council meetings.

Irving has scheduled a town hall meeting for 6:00 pm on Mar. 18 at North Hills Prep where the commu-nity will decide what course of action Irving will take.

“I’ve got a community up there that’s against it for health reasons, for the protection of their children and the quality of their neighborhoods. I’m going to stand with them, because I know I would not want that down in my neighborhood either,” Cannaday declared resolutely.

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The sites of Trinity East, LLC’s proposed well and processing facility. / Photo courtesy of Texas Campaign for the Environment

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Pressel, Grice win spots in North Texas LPGA Shootout

Madison Pressel of the Univer-sity of Texas and Casey Grice of the University of North Carolina are co-champions of the North Texas College Shootout with scores of even-par 71 at Las Colinas Country Club. The players each earn a spon-sor’s exemption to play with the best professionals on the LPGA tour at the North Texas LPGA Shootout at Las Colinas Country Club, a member of the ClubCorp family of clubs, April 22-28.

“This is a great opportunity for me to play with the pros,” said Grice, a junior at UNC. “I’m a native of Col-lege Station [Texas], so I was excited to see the LPGA return to North Texas. I figured this event would be on a course set up longer than we usually play, so I practiced with my

longer irons and that really paid off.”Pressel is the younger sister of

LPGA star Morgan Pressel. “Being able to play my first

round in an LPGA tournament with my sister will be awesome,” said Madison Pressel. “I had to sit out for five months with a torn labrum, so playing this well in a competitive round really gives me some confi-dence heading into the finish of the college season and looking ahead to Q-School.”

Mocio and Ruzickova are team-

mates at Texas A&M and have earned the opportunity to play in the LPGA Monday Qualifier on April 22 against a field of professionals competing for two spots in the LPGA tournament proper. Mocio carded a 73 and Ruz-ickova finished with a 74.

The North Texas LPGA Shoot-out will be held April 25 to 28 at Las Colinas Country Club. The 144-player official money tournament is the Tour’s first in the North Texas region in more than 20 years.

Source: North Texas LPGA Shootout

Approximately 360 middle and high school students gathered at North Lake College (NLC) for the Science Olympiad Regional Tour-nament on March 2. One of nine regional matches, the event is in its sixth year at NLC.

“Although Science Olympiad takes a tremendous amount of work, we do this because we feel it makes a difference in the lives of young students and encourages the STEM fields,” said North Lake’s Regional Director Patricia Thompson, refer-ring to science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics. “Science Olympiad also provides a service and learning opportunity for our own NLC students as well as our community.”

An academic track meet of sorts, Science Olympiad consists of a variety of competitive events, each

of which requires teamwork. From meteorology and forensics to ex-perimental design, event categories and rules change annually, keeping competitors on their toes. This year 24 schools competed at the North Lake College regional, up from 20 teams in 2012.

“Our regional filled quickly,” explained Thompson. Event tasks range from design and building ac-tivities to experimental challenges and question-answer tasks.

A total of 220 North Lake Col-lege students volunteered at Science Olympiad, many of who have served before. Student volunteers do every-thing from escorting guests to help-ing run matches.

Event supervisors are also es-sential to the program’s continued success. This year 45 event supervi-sors stepped forward to manage the

budget, registration, awards and more.

The seven-hour competition culminated with an afternoon award ceremony. Medallions and trophies were given to the top teams, recogniz-ing those students advancing to the Science Olympiad State Tournament.

Among the high school (C) divi-sion, this year’s advancing teams in-clude Greenhill School, Cypress Falls High School, William P. Clements High School and Harmony Science Academy - Euless.

The middle school (B) divi-sion winners are Greenhill School, Northstar School, Harmony Science Academy- Grand Prairie and Lake Jackson Intermediate. The Science Olympiad State Tournament will be held at Texas A&M University, May 3-4, 2013.

Source: North Lake College

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By Amanda CasanovaFrom the top of the highest point

in Irving, the skyline of Dallas in the east peeks through the fog. Turn and you will see the domed roof of Cowboys Stadium and a handful of Six Flags rides. Strangely, the stun-ning view is not from a skyscraper or building, it is from Irving’s Hunter Ferrell Landfill.

“We don’t have many claims to fame, but being the highest point in Irving is one of them, and we’ll take it,” Brenda Haney, director of the Solid Waste Service department, told the Green Business Council on a March 8 tour of the landfill.

In Irving, the landfill process starts with a roughly 90 foot hole that is first layered with Eagle Ford Shale, a non-permeable rock. The City then alternates compacted trash

layers with tiers of dirt, eventually creating hills on the 300-acre site. But hopefully that won’t be the pro-cess forever.

“I’d like to think that years from now, we’re not still burying on trash,” Haney said.

The Green Business Council was touring the site to learn about the City’s operation. Later in the day, the group visited Greenstar Dallas, a recycling center in Garland.

Already, the City landfill is using recycling practices. The landfill reus-es ground rock to pave the roadways within the landfill. Tires are recycled, metals are sold and brush is ground into mulch.

“We’re really good at reusing materials out here,” Haney said. “We don’t let anything go to waste.”

Still, of about 500 tons of trash

is brought into the site daily. About 85 percent of the waste isn’t actually waste.

“Eighty five percent of what is on the working face of my landfill has no business being in the landfill,” she said.

“You put it on the curb and I picked it up, so it starts at home. That 85 percent could be recycled.

“We’ve got to get beyond just recycling to being mindful of what we’re consuming and how it is we’re discarding of it at the end of its use-ful life.”

Drop-off recycling centers are available at 3000 Rock Island Rd. and 8555 Home Depot Dr.

The City also offers curbside recycling on designated days. De-tailed schedules are online at www.ci.irving.tx.us.

Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) received second place in their popula-tion category for the 2013 Governor’s Community Achievement Award (GCAA), as well as the Award of Sustained Excellence from Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) for the fifth consecutive year.

KTB in partnership with the Texas Department of Transporta-tion presents the prestigious GCAA Award to Texas communities with the best grassroots environmental programs in the state. A community’s environmental program is judged on achievements in seven different areas: community leadership and coordination, public awareness, edu-cation, beautification and community improvement, litter prevention and cleanup, solid waste management and litter law and illegal dumping enforcement. Irving has won the GCAA twice before, in 1996 and most recently in 2010. To achieve the Sustained Excellence Award, the GCAA application must score a 90 or above for a minimum of three consecutive years.

In addition, several applications submitted by KIB on behalf of their community partners also received KTB recognition as follows:

VHA, Inc. – 1st Place, Ebby Hal-liday and Maurice Acers Business & Industry Award

City of Irving Public Works De-partment – 3rd Place, Government Award

Margie Stipes – 3rd Place, O.P. Schnabel Senior Citizen Award

The Keep Texas Beautiful Awards are given to businesses, civic organizations, government depart-ments, media outlets and individuals in recognition of their efforts to fulfill the KTB mission of “educating and engaging Texans to take responsibil-ity for improving their environment.” Applications include documentation of leadership efforts, innovation and community involvement/impact in

the main focus areas of litter preven-tion, beautification, recycling and environmental education.

“Awards season always serves to remind those of us on the KIB Board of what outstanding and diverse community partners we have,” Scott Wilson, KIB Board President, said. “Whether it is a national company like VHA, a local government entity like the Public Works Department, or an individual like Margie Stipes, they are all deserving of recognition. We could not do what we do as an organization without their support and the support of so many others. Receiving second place in the GCAA represents Irving’s commitment as a community to create and maintain sound environmental and beautifica-tion programs.”

All awards will be officially presented at the 46th Annual Keep Texas Beautiful State Conference in San Antonio the week of June 17-20.

Source: City of Irving

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FCCLA advances to state conference

Fifty-two culinary and hospital-ity students and faculty from Singley Academy attended the FCCLA Re-gion III Conference and Competition on March 1 at the Irving Conven-tion Center. Students competed in various events, heard a motivational speaker, and attended two general sessions. Sophomore, Jonathan Brown, was elected as Region III VP of Competitive Events for 2013-2014 school year.

Singley took home eight 1st place finishes in Applied Technology, Applied Technology-Sr, Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism, Environmen-tal Ambassadors, Mystery Basket, Food Innovations at both the 10th and 11th grade levels, Entrepreneur-ship and Food Innovation. Nearly 30 students from this group have

advanced to the FCCLA State Confer-ence in April.

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After a stunning day of golf, (L-R) Katerina Ruzickova (Texas A&M), Chelsea Mocio (Texas A&M), Casey Grice (UNC), Madison Pressel (University of Texas) finish as the North Texas College Shootout’s champions./ Courtesy Photo

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A Singley Academy FCCLA team proudly displays their winning plaque. / Courtesy Photo

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By Jess PaniszczynOn a gloomy January day in

2008, three teenage friends drove down a lonely stretch of wet road. In a few panicked moments, the driver lost control, the car struck a telephone pole and a precious life was lost.

Happily, the ending of Jerry Frank Hux II’s life, aka ‘Bubba,’ does in no way define it. A vivacious 17 year old junior at Nimitz High School, Jerry loved his friends, his family and sports.

A Nimitz baseball player from 2006-2008, Jerry wore number 00 while playing center field and catcher. Before the Nimitz and Irving High School baseball game began on March 12, Jerry’s family, friends and teammates were joined by the eve-ning’s players and fans in honoring his memory. Members of the Nimitz varsity team wore 00 on shirts under their jerseys and 00 on their helmets. Coach Robert Mendoza presented Jerry’s parents with a crystal baseball. And a permanent five foot baseball memorial was dedicated in left field to Jerry’s memory.

“The dedication was a time to remember Jerry and his family and the fact that he loved baseball,” said Shannon Buffington, a member of Nimitz Baseball Booster Club. “Probably 20 of his teammates from the three years he played for Nimitz attended the dedication last night.

“The day after the wreck, sev-eral of Jerry’s friends and teammates went to the accident site. There was about four and a half feet left of the

telephone pole the car had hit. The kids dug it up, brought it to Nimitz, and planted it behind the wall of the baseball stadium’s left field. If you didn’t know it was back there, you wouldn’t know what it was.

“The boys know what it is. It is very humbling for them to see that and to remember that there is more to life than just baseball. You really should be careful.

“You should always remember a teammate when something like that happens, no matter when you play. Most of the boys who play baseball now don’t know who Jerry was, because they never played baseball with him. But he is still a teammate.

“The Hux family was very happy. It was the first time they had been back to the stadium since Jerry passed away. There were probably 400 people there last night. Of those,

200 were Jerry’s family and friends.“It was long overdue at Nimitz.”Cindy Jeffery still has fond

memories of the high spirited boy who played football and baseball with her son.

“It was a nice memorial to Jerry, and he is well deserving of it,” Jeffery said. “He was a good kid, and he is still warm in our hearts. Unfortunate-ly, it was a tragic accident. I thought it was very nice of Coach Mendoza to take the time to recognize Jerry, considering the fact that he wasn’t the coach at Nimitz at the time Jerry played. It was a nice gesture on his part as well.

“Jerry was a great kid. He loved sports, loved to be outdoors, loved his family and friends, and loved base-ball. As a youngster, he was always laughing and playing. That is really how I remember him.”

Arnold Edward ‘Ed’ FulbrightArnold Edward ‘Ed’ Fulbright,

82, of Irving, Texas passed away on Saturday, March 9th at home

surrounded by family includ-ing his wife, all of his chil-dren and their spouses, his sis-ter and brother. He was born September 26,

1930 in Stamford, Texas to parents Fi-nis Franklin and Willie Mae (Monsey) Fulbright. His family moved to Plano, Texas in 1945 where he met his wife, Betty Jo Collinsworth and they both graduated in the Plano Class of 1950 remaining life-long friends with many of their classmates and together trav-eled together until his health declined. They married December 28, 1950 and moved to Irving. After serving in the Marine Corps, Ed started his career in finance working for Grand Prairie State Bank in 1952 and later working for Texas Discount Co. in Dallas. In 1963 Ed purchased what would be ‘Ed’s Pawn Shop’ which he owned and operated with his wife Betty until April 1986. Through the years he owned sev-eral pawn shops, retiring in 1986 after selling the business. He also owned and operated Ed’s Marine Center in Irving for many years and during his career helped many people through the years to start their own businesses. Ed also had a career in Reserve Law Enforcement for approximately 37 years serving first the Irving Police De-partment retiring as Reserve Captain after 10 years. He then served 22 years as Dallas County Deputy Constable and retired as Acting Chief and later served as Reserve Deputy Constable in Denton County retiring with the rank of Lieutenant. He and Betty were members of the South MacArthur Blvd. Church of Christ in Irving since 1965. Ed was active with the Irving Chapter of AMBUCS and achieved Life Membership, #1 Chapter President in 2003-2004 and the following year #1 District Governor in the National As-sociation. Ed gave generously of his time and brought great joy to himself and others by aiding people with dis-abilities achieve independent lifestyles through AMBUCS. Together Ed and

Betty were named Irving’s ‘High Spirited Citizens’ Award in 1999 and enjoyed being a part of the ‘Irving Rat Pack’ and while both with this group and as a couple contributed many, many hours of service and money to numerous causes. Ed also enjoyed hunting and spending many seasons in his favorite sport and with Betty enjoyed traveling all over the world. Throughout his life he and Betty en-tertained at their home various charity and social events including the Annual Superbowl Party from 1982 through 2003. But with all these accomplish-ments and successes, nothing meant more to Ed than his family. His family, including the kids spouses which he considered his own kids, his grand-children and great grandchildren meant ‘everything’ to he and Betty. He was so proud that a tradition of his namesake ‘Edward’ was passed on to one of his sons, two grandsons and two great-grandsons. He is preceded in death by his parents and sister Mary Retta Lackey. Surviving Ed is his wife of 62 years Betty (Collinsworth) Fulbright; daughter and son-in-law Debra and Bruce Kitchens, of Irving; son and daughter-in-law David and Beverly Fulbright of San Antonio; son and daughter-in-law Darryl and Kay Fulbright of Wimberly, Texas; grand-daughter and husband Jennifer and Michael Boss of Wimberly; grandson and wife Brent and Emery Kitchens of The Woodlands, Texas; grandson Ja-son Fulbright of Wimberly; grandson and wife Allen and Crystal Fulbright of Austin; grandson and wife Colin and Nicole Fulbright of Germany; grandson Cameron Fulbright of Ar-dmore, Oklahoma; granddaughter Devon Fulbright of San Antonio; great grandchildren Meagan Boss of San Marcos, Taylor Boss of Wimberly, Adley Kitchens and Grant Kitchens of The Woodlands, Grayson Fulbright of San Antonio and Gavin Fulbright of Germany; sisters Dorothy Lee Pitman of Grand Prairie, Edna Faye Nanny of Arlington and June Locke of Grand Prairie; brother Tommy Fulbright of Antelope, Texas; aunt Wilma Fulbright of Gainesville; nu-merous nephews, nieces and cousins; and great nephew Grayson Fulbright of Austin. In honor and in memory of Ed’s dedication and commitment to

serving others, the family wishes all to consider a memorial to one of the following in lieu of flowers: AMBUCS Scholarship in the Name of Ed Ful-bright, P.O. Box 5127, High Point, NC 27262; Irving Healthcare Foundation, P.O. Box 153705 Irving, TX 75015-9942, or The Salvation Army, 250 East Grauwyler Road, Irving, TX 75061. Funeral Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Oak View Baptist Church in Irving. Burial followed at Oak Grove Memorial Gar-dens in Irving. Arrangements made by Brown’s Memorial Funeral Home.

David HilarioDavid Hilario, 62, of Irving, for-

merly of Big Spring died Thursday, March 07, 2013, at Baylor Medical Center in Irving. Prayer services will be at 7:00 PM Friday at Myers & Smith

Chapel. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM Sat-urday at Myers & Smith Cha-pel with burial at Mount Ol-ive Memorial Park. He was

born December 8, 1950, in Big Spring to Josephine and Abelardo Hilario. David married Maria Salazar on No-vember 28, 1970, in Big Spring. He was licensed to preach in 1974 and was ordained as a deacon in 1974, at Primera Iglesia Bautista in Big Spring. David was a member of La Cuidad of Irving. He was a lifetime resident of Big Spring until moving to Irving in 1980. He was an optician at Sterling Jewelry. David is survived by his wife: Maria of Irving; three sons: David Hilario, Jr. and his wife Trish of Keller, Demetrius Hilario and his wife Teresa of Keller, and Dominic Hilario of Irving; two daughters: De-idra Banda and her husband Daniel of Ft. Worth and Danniel Harris and her husband Kenneth of Post; seven grandchildren: Isaiah, Debbie, Ty, Leah, Elizabeth, Evelyn and Zoey; one brother: Abelardo Hilario and his wife Christina of Big Spring; and three sis-ters: Olga Viera, Sylvia Rodriquez and her husband Johnny, and Elba Pina and her husband Lorenzo, all of Big Spring. In addition to his parents, he

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Coach Mendoza (rt) presents Jerry’s parents, Tammy and Jerry Sr., with a crystal baseball in memory of their son’s love of the sport. Fans gathered in the Nimitz baseball stadium join Jerry’s family and teammates in

honoring his life. / Photos by John Starkey


was preceded in death by one brother: Ruben. Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home.

Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com

Cherish WrightCherish Wright, age 43, a resident

of Irving for 26 years, died Wednes-day, March 13, 2013 at her home. Born April 19, 1969 in Borger, Texas, she was an administrative assistant in

the Irving Inde-pendent School District for 13 years. She was heavily involved with the Hawk’s Baseball League and an avid Texas Rangers

fan. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband Don Wright of Irving; three sons, T. J. Wright, Zack Wright, and Aaron Wright; her mother Marilyn Boness and husband Al of Forney; father Edward Waters and wife Sarah of Mississippi; two sisters, Michelle Marker of Irving and Chris Denelas and husband LeRoy of Oklahoma; two brothers Edward Waters, Jr. and wife

Cindy of Virginia and Robert Gould of Forney. Memorials may be made to Oak View Baptist Church, 1004 South Story Road, Irving, TX 75060. Visita-tion was 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013 at Donnelly’s Colonial Funeral Home, 606 W. Airport Free-way. The funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Oak View Baptist Church in Irving with Dr. Jim Gerlach officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens.

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Four homeless veterans were laid to rest with honors at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery on March 13.

Through the Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program, Air Force Veteran Edgar Eugene Jordan (July 1, 1947 – January 9, 2013), Army Veteran James Albert Snyder (September 18, 1935 – January 23, 2013), Army Veteran Wes-ley Durwood Lewis (January 11, 1939 – February 15, 2013), and Navy Veteran Gary Michael Grimes (March 20, 1956 – March 5, 2013) were laid along-side their brothers and sisters in arms.

Mr. Jordan died at a local assisted living facility and was previously homeless. A search for family in Oklahoma City was futile. Mr. Snyder died at a nursing home in Lancaster. He had no known family members except for a spouse whose death preceded his and her burial location is unknown. Mr. Lewis died at a local hospital. A friend said he had no living relatives. Mr. Grimes, a retired Cin-ematographer from the Vietnam era, was estranged from his family for over 30 years. He died at a local hospital. All were unclaimed and without family.

An honor guard was present during the ser-vice. Local veterans organizations attended and fellow veterans volunteered to serve as pallbearers.

Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program in Dallas has conducted over 60 burials for homeless veterans.

Source: Department of Veteran Affairs

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Although they do not know exactly how much it is worth, LCG is pressuring the City to pay for intel-lectual property.

“The government improperly took our intellectual property, and they need to pay us the value,” Leon-ard said. “We’re going to have an appraiser put a number to it, but we believe it is well over $20 million.”

The City seems just as confident as LCG that the ruling was a signifi-cant blow to their opponent.

“We’re very pleased the Judge once again threw out the $100 million lost profits claim. We are confident the Court of Appeals will dismiss LCG’s remaining frivolous claims as well,” a statement by Don Colleluori, outside counsel for the City of Irving, read.

City Councilwoman Rose Can-naday disagrees with the City’s self-assured attitude.

“The Mayor wanted a lawsuit, and she’s got a lawsuit … She’s gone around calling it frivolous and it’s anything but frivolous,” Cannaday insisted. “Now we’re on the line for $39 million … and we stand to lose a lot of money.”

With so much money on the line Cannaday is particularly frustrated that bad relations developed, partly over a personal vendetta with the en-tertainment center’s concessionaire.

“They decided they didn’t like

a person in the deal,” she said. “I told her [Mayor Van Duyne] Well, Ya’ll haven’t gotten rid of Billy Bob Barnett, and that was your whole purpose.”

As part of the ruling, the judge ordered mediation to try to come to an agreement before both sides spend millions and what could add up to years in the appeals system.

The legal council will not be the only ones in attendance, however, as the judge has ordered that at least part of the City Council will attend the meetings. At the moment it is not clear whether all eight City Council Members will be required to attend, or if that would violate the Open Sessions Act.

If a settlement is not reached before July, this case will drag on much longer than the scheduled trial, especially because the plaintiff and defendant agreed that all decisions made in July will be subject to appeal.

There are some who think the delays are inexcusable. Cannaday be-moaned the 2,700 aborted jobs and potentially $300 million lost every year until the complex is completed.

“Right now we don’t have any-thing down here that draws people to our city. The Orange Line’s going on to the airport – they’re going to pass right through here and go straight to Dallas,” Cannaday said. “[The] whole world is coming into DFW, and all the other cities around us are vying for those tourist dollars and busi-nesses, and we’re sitting here with our hands tied.”

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Brookville Equipment Corporation recently agreed to terms for the supply of two off-wire capable Liberty Modern Streetcars to the downtown Union Station to Oak Cliff extension project with an option for two additional streetcars. The light rail vehicle (LRV) will be the first-ever American designed and manufactured off-wire capable streetcar to be delivered to a U.S. public transit agency.

The BROOKVILLE Liberty Streetcars will operate along a four-stop, 1.6-mile track that provides access for citizens of Dallas’ urban core to the downtown Union Station hub, which connects to DART’s Red/Blue/Green light rail lines and the Trinity Railway Express with service to Fort Worth.

“We believe this contract is a big win for DART, the people of Dallas, and BROOKVILLE,” said Larry Conrad, president, Brookville Equipment Corporation. “Our engineers, designers, production staff and the en-tire BROOKVILLE team are excited to assist the City of Dallas through the manufacturing of a modern streetcar that improves the city’s transportation infrastructure and permits off-wire streetcar transit from an American streetcar manufacturer to an American city for the first time. At BROOKVILLE, we have always believed that our customers are the key to driving transportation innova-tion – and we look forward to providing a vehicle solution

that meets Dallas’ needs for this project.”BROOKVILLE Liberty Modern Streetcars will utilize

an innovative battery energy storage system (ESS) to power the car’s four traction motors when off-wire. Ap-proximately one mile of the 1.6-mile track will require ESS power, allowing the LRV to cross the city’s Houston Street Viaduct over the Trinity River without the use of catenary.

Featuring three passenger compartments, the 66.5 foot-long, 8 foot-wide cars will include over 70 percent low-floor area, providing accessible seating for passen-gers. The streetcars will run on standard 56.5-inch track gauge and utilize BROOKVILLE’s industry-proven soft ride trucks powered by four 99 kW AC traction motors while traveling at a maximum speed of 44 mph.

The contract between BROOKVILLE and DART is authorized for up to $9.4 million and the extension project includes funding from a Federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) I grant of $23 million. The downtown Union Station to Oak Cliff extension is being funded through various grants totaling $56.8 million, with collaborative agency support between the City of Dallas, North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTOG) and DART.

The Oak Cliff streetcar extension is slated for a late 2014 completion.

Source: DART

The U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) recently released its annual list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings in 2012 and Dal-las is again being recognized for its commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions and save money through energy efficiency.

This year, Dallas ranked eighth among the list of top 25 U.S. metro-politan areas. Dallas now has 214 En-ergy Star certified buildings, up from 178 last year. Thanks to these build-ings’ owners and managers, Dallas is cutting greenhouse gas emissions equal to emissions from the annual electricity use of more than 48,400 homes and saving more than $47.3 million in annual utility bills.

The list is headed by Los Ange-les, Washington, D.C., Chicago, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Hous-ton, Dallas, Phoenix, and Boston. By the end of 2012, the more than 20,000 Energy Star certified build-ings in cities across America have helped save more than $2.7 billion in annual utility bills and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equal to emissions from the annual electricity use of more than two million homes.

“Through their partnership with EPA, the owners and managers of

Energy Star certified buildings are helping reduce greenhouse gas emis-sions while saving on utility bills,” said EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe. “With Energy Star, cities across America are helping achieve President Obama’s goal to cut in half the energy wasted by our businesses over the next 20 years.”

Continuing the impressive growth of the past several years, in 2012, more than 8,200 buildings earned EPA’s Energy Star certifica-tion, signifying that they perform in the top 25 percent of similar build-ings nationwide. For the fifth year in a row, Los Angeles holds on to first place, with 528 buildings, but Washington, D.C., with 462 build-ings, is a competitive front-runner. Currently in third place with 353 buildings, Chicago has risen through the rankings each year, starting in sixth place in 2008 and growing by an average of 32 percent each year. New York, which recently required its commercial buildings to publicly disclose their energy use, secured fourth place. Phoenix broke into the top 10 for the first time, with 202 buildings. Boston—a newcomer to the list last year, held on to 10th place this year, but 11th-place Philadelphia is not far behind.

Seventh-place Houston, with 241 buildings, is home to one in particular that stands out: Phoenix Tower, a 34-story office building, has earned EPA’s Energy Star 14 times—more than any other building in America.

Energy use in commercial build-ings accounts for 17 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at a cost of more than $100 billion per year. Commercial buildings that earn EPA’s Energy Star must perform in the top 25 percent of similar build-ings nationwide, as verified by a Professional Engineer or a Registered Architect.

Energy Star certified buildings use an average of 35 percent less energy and are responsible for 35 per-cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than average buildings. Fifteen types of commercial buildings can earn the Energy Star, including office build-ings, K-12 schools, and retail stores.

Launched in 1992 by EPA, Ener-gy Star is a market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. Over the past 20 years, with help from Energy Star, American families and busi-nesses have saved about $230 billion on utility bills.

Source: Environmental Protection Agency

Frank Christopher Olivera, 46, of Grapevine, the former vice president of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at Gamestop Texas LLP, was sentenced March 7 by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 51 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2012 to one count of mail fraud.

Olivera stole more than $1.7 million, most of which he has repaid to the victim, Gamestop Texas LLP. Judge Boyle ordered that Olivera pay an additional $57,376, which constitutes the amount unpaid on the loss and $77,275 additional restitution to Gamestop.

According to documents filed in the case, begin-ning in July 2009 and continuing to April 2011, Olivera defrauded Gamestop by submitting false and fraudulent invoices for vendor services from a fictitious company, “Cloud Communications LLC,” which he owned and

controlled. Olivera directed Gamestop to send the pay-ments from Gamestop’s offices in Grapevine to Cloud Communications LLC in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe, NV and in Canada.

In addition to creating a fictitious company, Olivera also created a fictitious person, “Jennifer Miller,” to serve as the point of contact at Cloud Communications. Upon receipt of payments from Gamestop, Olivera would de-posit the checks into a bank account held by Cloud Com-munications and then would transfer the fraudulently obtained funds into his personal bank account.

The overall scheme to defraud involved $1,965,900 in fraudulent invoices.

The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Errin Martin.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation

An artist’s rendering depicts what a DART off-wire capable streetcar will look like. / Courtesy Rendering

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DART awards contract for modern streetcars

Dallas ranks eighth for Energy Star Buildings

Former Gamestop vice president sentenced to prison

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Circle I - Square & Round Dance Club2nd & 4th Fridays at 8pm

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Evening Lions Club1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00pm

Community Bible Church2301 Texas Drive

Friends of The Irving TheaterSecond Tuesday at Joe’s Coffee Shop.

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Greater Irving RepublicansMeets the first Tues. each month@ Spring Creek BBQ at 7 p.m.

Irving Amateur Radio Club Fourth Thurday of the month

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Irving Rotary ClubThursdays at 12 pm

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Irving Sunrise RotaryThursday at 7 am

Las Colinas Country Club4400 N. O”Connor Rd.

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• It was Robert Kennedy who made the following sage observation: “One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.”

• The Taj Mahal, a tomb built by Indian Mogul Em-peror Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most-visited tourist attractions in the world. It wasn’t always

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• In 1957, famed crooner Frank Sinatra wrote for a magazine called “Western World” a piece that included the following: “My only deep sorrow is the unrelenting in-sistence of recording and mo-tion picture companies upon purveying the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear, and natu-rally I’m referring to the bulk of rock ‘n’ roll.” He goes on to call it “the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.”(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) recently announced the launch of TASA on iTunes U to help transform Texas teaching and learning by providing course content for classroom teach-ers in the four core subject areas of mathematics, science, social studies and English language arts.

With more than 1 billion down-loads, iTunes U is the world’s largest online catalog of free educational content that helps educators create courses, including lectures, assign-ments, books, quizzes and syllabi, and offers them to millions of iOS users around the world. The expo-nential increase of iPad implemen-tations in Texas school districts, coupled with the need for educators to redesign instruction that em-powers students, facilitates their understanding, and creates engag-ing experiences, prompted TASA to launch this initiative.

In the first phase of this initia-tive, to be completed by June 1, TASA on iTunes U will provide course con-tent for a set of 18 high school courses that are fully aligned to the Texas Es-sential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), free and accessible anywhere. This content—designed by teachers, for teachers—will foster creativity, col-laboration and critical thinking skills in an engaging, digitally-rich learning environment for Texas students, with special emphasis on high priority learning standards.

“In order to prepare our public school students for success after high school, learning must occur through a variety of digital pathways that

can be accessed anytime, anywhere, and at any pace. It is imperative that we seamlessly integrate digital de-vices, global connections, and flexible student-centered learning environ-ments. TASA on iTunes U is a perfect vehicle for this to occur,” said TASA Executive Director Johnny Veselka.

The course content for four high school courses, Pre-Calculus, Biol-ogy, World Geography, and English II, is being debuted today. Content for the remaining 14 high school courses is under development.

A total of 58 classroom teachers and content specialists, across 14 Texas school districts, are collabo-rating with TASA in the course and content development.

Coppell ISD had 5 core teachers who served on the planning team: Jodie Deinhammer – Anatomy & Physiology teacher; Tracy Henson – English III – AP (and “On Level”); Kelly Young – AP Human Geogra-phy; Anne Townsend – Academy Physics & AP Physics and Mary Kem-per – Math Coach & Algebra II.

TASA on iTunes U will make it easy for teachers to find and include high quality digital content from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store, as well as videos and other web-based sources that align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

The participating districts in-clude: Allen ISD, Duncanville ISD, Mansfield ISD, Clear Creek ISD, Eanes ISD, McAllen ISD, College Station ISD, Harlingen CISD, North-west ISD, Coppell ISD, Lake Travis ISD, Rockwall ISD, Decatur ISD and

Lewisville ISD.“I use iTunes U as a platform for

teaching my courses, and I love the way it offers a road map of what we will be doing in class but also gives students resources at their fingertips to facilitate learning,” Mansfield High School teacher Chrissy Boydstun said.

This TASA initiative to expand classroom technology and foster a digitally-rich learning environment was born, in part, from the trans-formational spirit of public school superintendents who came together to create a new vision for public education. Additionally, the newly-formed Texas High Performance Schools Consortium has embraced the principles and premises outlined in the document Creating a New Vi-sion for Public Education in Texas (TASA, 2008) and the Consortium participants believe it is essential to embrace and seize technology’s potential to capture the hearts and minds of today’s students.

“TASA on iTunes U provides the missing link to technology integra-tion in the classroom. The promise and potential that technology holds for maximizing learning is unleashed by the interactive and engaging ac-tivities aligned with the TEKS and developed by Texas teachers. This is just the beginning of opening up a new world of resources for our high school teachers to assist them in transforming their classrooms into places of student centered learning,” Coppell ISD superintendent Jeff Turner said.

Source: Coppell ISD

By Jason AldermanHave you ever turned on the

light in a dark basement and shud-dered as cockroaches scurried away? I get that same sense of revulsion whenever I hear about unscrupulous swindlers taking advantage of the victims of natural and manmade disasters.

The Better Business Bureau has dubbed these human cockroaches “Storm Chasers” because they creep out of the woodwork after every ma-jor storm or disaster. In fact, because fraud was so widespread after Hur-ricane Katrina, the Department of Justice created the National Center for Disaster Fraud, a central informa-tion clearinghouse for more than 20 federal agencies where people can report suspected fraudulent activities tied to disasters of all types.

One common scam is where supposed repair workers blitz im-pacted neighborhoods, hoping to ensnare frazzled homeowners. Their typical line is, “We’re really slammed but with a cash deposit you can en-sure a spot on our busy schedule.” Or, they’ll scare people into thinking their home is dangerously unsafe, sometimes actually creating damage during their “inspection.”

Often, these Storm Chasers just take the money and run. Or, if they do show up and make repairs, their work or materials are shoddy. This could leave you on the hook financially since your homeowners insurance probably won’t cover unauthorized or fraudulent repairs.

Here are a few tips from the Bet-ter Business Bureau to avoid becom-ing a Storm Chaser victim:

Ask your insurance company about what’s covered under your

policy and specific filing require-ments. Also ask them to survey the damage and see whether they have approved contractors.

Never hire a laborer or contrac-tor on the spot. Get at least three estimates based on the same speci-fications and materials. Check their references, licensing and registra-tion information with the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (www.nascla.org/licensing_information); also read reviews posted by the Better Business Bureau.

Require written contracts that specify work to be done, materials to be used, start and end dates, re-sponsibility for hauling away debris, and costs broken down by labor and materials. Verify that the contractor’s name, address, phone number and li-cense number are included, as well as any verbal promises and warranties.

Read the fine print. Some shady contracts include clauses allowing substantial cancellation fees if you choose not to use the contractor after your insurance company has ap-proved the claim. Others require you to pay the full price if you cancel after the cancellation period has expired.

Ask your contractor to provide proof of current insurance that cov-ers workers compensation benefits, property damage and personal li-ability.

You’ll probably be asked to pay an upfront deposit to cover initial ma-terials – one-quarter to one-third is reasonable upon delivery of materials to your home and once work begins.

Never pay in full in advance, and don’t pay cash. Have the con-tract specify a schedule for releasing payments, and before making the

final payment, ask the contractor to provide proof that all subcontractors have been paid – if not, you could be liable for their fees.

And finally, remember the ad-age, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” If someone uses high-pressure sales tactics, requires full payment upfront, asks you to get necessary permits or offers to shave costs by using leftover materials from another job – run. They’re potentially disastrous to your bottom line – and you’ve been through one disaster already.

Five Coppell High School teachers helped develop four high school courses that debuted on TASA iTunes U last week. Pictured (Back L-R) Anne Townsend-Academy Physics & AP Physics, Mary Kemper-Math Coach & Algebra II, Jodie Deinhammer- Anatomy & Physiology, Kelly Young-AP Human Geography, Dr. Jeff Turner-Superintendent (Front L-R) Tabitha Branum- Executive Director of Leading & Learning and Tracy Henson-English III/AP and “On Level. / Courtesy Photo

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leticism shone when, after a long rally, he chased the ball across the baseline and, while still facing away from Bachinger, executed a 270 de-gree forehand stroke for a pretty, if somewhat lucky, score.

By the third set, both players were quick on their feet, and 40-40 trading advantage was common. Compensating, Kudla added look-ing for the empty spaces to his high operational tempo, and despite faults and Bachinger’s intelligent, basics-oriented play, Kudla pulled through with 6-6 in the set and 6-4 in the tiebreaker.

The match point was a beauti-ful forehand shot that looked like it would go straight to the baseline, but bounced over the sideline in the vicin-ity of the hash mark instead.

Part of the reason Kudla was able to mitigate the damage from what was sometimes sloppy offensive play was his ability to consistently plug the

holes in his defense.“When you’re aggressive and

coming like that, you’re going to get the lobs, you’re going to get the over-heads, so for the most part it’s what I was expecting,” Kudla explained.

Kudla has a healthy fear going into the third round but enough confidence to turn it into a weapon

and not a liability.“I’ve had kind of a little bit of

a rough start to the year,” he said. “I came in the qualifiers, not taking a wild card and trying to get some matches under my belt. I’m just happy that I can get these wins out of the way against really good players – 7-6 in the third nail biters.”

Gorena, Patton finalists for prestigious awards Stipes Elementary School Principal Jackie Gorena and Austin Middle

School teacher Ryan Patton have been named finalist for the 2013 HEB Excellence in Education Award. HEB surprised both at their respective schools with monetary presentations.

Stipes Elementary School surprisingly and successfully planned an entire assembly in honor of Gorena. Patton was caught off guard in the friendly walls of his classroom. HEB employees arrived with balloons, cake, flowers and multiple checks. Both Patton and Gorena received $1,000 checks for themselves and a $2,500 check for their schools.

Source: Irving ISD

Singley Academy shows its skillsBoth criminal justice and engineering students from Singley Academy recently excelled in the Skills USA re-

gional competition in Waco. Of the 18 Criminal Justice students to travel, nine placed in the regional event with Chris Peterson, Jenny Martinez and Andres Hernandez all qualifying for the state competition in Corpus Christi next month. Chris Peterson and Andres Hernandez finished as the top two students respectfully in the Criminal Justice Individual Division.

The engineering students faired equally as well in their competition as four students qualified for the state com-petition. Sophomore Jenifer Bankston finished first in both Technical Drafting Events and Technical Drafting Project categories. Junior Brenda Lopez finished first in Technical Drafting Projects in her grade level as well.

Source: Irving ISD

Jam the Gym Sixteen teams from campuses within Irving ISD participated in the

Irving ISD Council of PTA’s 2013 Jam the Gym tournament held at Bowie Middle School. Familiar faces across the district were seen as the games were highly competitive. MacArthur High School defeated Lamar Middle School in the championship game.

Source: Irving ISD

Currently ranked 54 in the world, David Goffin will not be returning for the third round. He was beaten by Illya Marchenko 7-6, 6-3. / Photo by John Starkey

The German, Philipp Petzschner, gets one step closer to the elusive Top 100 rating by defeating Victor Troicki 6-4, 6-4 in the second round. / Photo by John Starkey

Illya Marchenko reaches for a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Devin Britton in qualifying play on Mar. 12. / Photo by Phil Cerroni

Ryan Patton, Austin Middle School Teacher, recognized as finalist for the 2013 HEB Excellence in Education Award. / Courtesy Photo

MacArthur High School employees were 2013 Jam The Gym Tournament Champions

Academy Students Excell at Skills USA

Jackie Gorena, Stipes Elementary School Principal, recognized as finalist for the 2013 HEB Excellence in Education Award. / Courtesy Photo

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Energy, telecommunications and airline firms are taking the lead in spending to engage consumers through their mobile devices, according to The New Digital Mobile Consumer global trend report. Commissioned by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) the research reveals that average expenditure within the companies surveyed in these sectors during 2012 was between $27 million to $31 million per company.

During 2012, energy companies spent an average of $30.8 million per company in targeting mobile con-sumers, encompassing factors such as app development, customer service delivery through mobile devices, and mobile-friendly marketing campaigns. The telecom-munications industry (consumer-focused) proved to be the second biggest spender ($28.6 million) and airlines the third ($27.2 million). These three sectors have the highest proportion of total sales transactions, marketing campaigns and post sales interactions conducted with consumers specifically through mobile devices.

A significant gap of almost $5 million in average an-nual expenditure separates these sectors from the next biggest spending industry – Automotive. Transportation and logistics companies have made the lowest level of investment, with an average of just $4.9 million.

Through 2015, however, the picture shifts. Airlines move to become the highest spending sector ($37 million per company in 2015). The telecommunications industry

remains the second largest investor in these technologies and services ($35 million), whilst the consumer computer hardware and software industry will move into third place ($34 million). Energy companies fall to fourth ($31.8 million). Food and beverage manufacturers ($10 million) move below transportation and logistics ($11.4 million) at the bottom of the expenditure table.

“Today’s smartphones and tablets endowed with context sensors such as camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer are helping companies transform their connection with consumers into anytime-anywhere contextual interactions” said Dr. Satya Ramaswamy, Vice President and Global Head of Mobility in TCS. “The level of expenditure, the high commitment to developing mobile delivery channels, and the increasing volume of mobile consumer transactions reflect a high level of trans-formational change some industries are undergoing due to the influence of consumer mobile devices.

“The New Digital Mobile Consumer report has shown that most industries simply cannot ignore the relevance of the digital mobile consumer. The criticality of attuning products, content and services to a mobile consumption model is now business critical. We perceive that the firms which best-adapt to this increasingly prevalent and influential audience segment are likely to reap significant dividends.”

Source: Tata Consultancy Services

Companies spend millions to target mobile consumers


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Lake College, Garret Smith earned his Eagle rank a year ago. A mem-ber of Troop 840 from Coppell sponsored by Valley Ranch Baptist Church, Garret was invited to speak at the luncheon.

“Even though I’ve learned how to tie knots and pitch tents, that is not what I will remember most about my Scouting years,” Garret said. “Scouting gave me the opportunity and chances to succeed in life. Since I have been a Scout, I have had many chances to go to places and do things other kids my age only dreamed of like Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico where we go backpacking for 12 days. I’ve been there twice, and on one trek, we backpacked over 100 miles in that 12 day period. It not only tested me mentally, physically and emotionally, but it also allowed me to grow as a person. I realized that through hard work, preparation, determination and perseverance, I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. It was an amazing life lesson I learned at the age of 16.

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“While knowing how to pitch tents is helpful, learning to live and work with others are the skills I will treasure for a lifetime.”

The Five Trails District Chair-man, Luis Spinola, explained how many youngsters the Circle 10 Coun-cil and the Five Trails District, which includes Irving and Coppell, reach each year.

“Circle 10 Council serves 11 counties in North Texas and one county in Southern Oklahoma,” Spinola said.

“Within these communities there are 1,352 Scouting units part-nered with 809 community or-ganizations. Circle 10 spent $3.1 million last year to help raise the Scouting program to 8,424 youth in all parts of the Council that might not otherwise be able to participate in Scouting.

“The Five Trails District is one of 25 districts in the Circle 10 Council. In 2012, it served 2,188 youth in a total of 54 Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops and Venture crews; and 56 Boy Scouts achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.”

Muslim culture and history spanning multiple continents and hundreds of years. These resources are not just politically correct gestures of good faith, however. About ten of the books are already in the library system be-cause of their critical acclaim.

The ceremony filled the library’s conference room with spectators who came to celebrate the reception of the award with Mahood Egal, a school board member of the Islamic School, who besides speaking. presented the library with a plaque in appreciation; Nouman Ali Khan, the founder of Bayyinah, and Rabbi Frank Joseph of Congregation Irving Havurah.

Khan admonished the audience that, although this is a good first step, there is still much need for collabora-tion ahead.

“Building something like toler-ance is not nearly enough … We’re here to build an understanding and appreciation of the diversity that is part of what America is to all of us,” Khan said.

“The Muslims who are sitting in the audience have so many different stories to tell, and all of them in the end are American, and they need to be told.”

The library is not just going to wait for people to check out their new resources. Instead, they are starting a number of programs to help resi-dents use this new tool to its fullest potential

The first of these initiatives is a Facebook discussion about one of their new books, Prince Among

Slaves, which tells the true story of an African prince sold into slavery in the American south. Another part of the grant gives the library permission to show the awarded movies. In Au-gust or September the Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation will offer two art classes at the library.

Alongside the Bridging Cultures award, there is a $4500 grant the library can pursue to put towards bringing experts to lead programs. Although no specific programming is planned at this point, two professors

at SMU, Dr. Robert Hunt, Director of Global Theological Education, and Johan Elverskog, Professor and Chair Department of Religious Studies, have agreed to develop programming including formal book discussions.

Deborah Vaden, the library’s Branch Services Manager, intimated that the receipt of this award, at its core, is a challenge to the community at large.

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Preparing to inaugurate a new initiative for cultural cross-pollination, Mahood Egal and Deborah Vaden review the event schedule. / Photo by Phil Cerroni

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Sharing his experiences, Garret Smith speaks about pitching tents and tying knots as well as learning valuable life lessons through his Scouting opportunities. / Photo by John Starkey


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Seven of the 21 state champion-ship soccer players at Faith Christian School in Grapevine are Coppell residents.

Grapevine Faith Christian boys soccer team (23-2) clinched their third consecutive Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) 4A Division II State Cham-pionship in Houston last weekend.

The Lions’ first match up was the semi-final game on Friday against Dallas Parish Episcopal which came to the tournament with a 12-7-2 re-cord. The game ended the regulation time with a 0-0 tie. forcing the teams into a Golden Goal (Sudden Death) period. At the end of one 10-minute

period, the match remained score-less. With two minutes left before a tie-breaking shoot out, Faith senior Mason McManus headed the ball into the goal, advancing his team into the finals.

The final match was Saturday afternoon against Houston’s Awty International School (20-3). Awty went up 1-0, after 15 minutes, with a penalty kick due to a Faith handball in the box. Faith junior Drake Reeves equalized the score with a matching penalty kick after an Awty penalty in the box near the end of the first half. The Lions scored the final goal in the second period when junior Conor Langenbahn tipped junior Michael

Nolan’s free kick into the net for the game winner.

The Lions finished their season with a 23-2 record, placing them second in the state behind Coppell High School according to Max Preps High School Sports.

The players from Coppell are ju-niors, Chapman Odom (GK), Hunter Chastain (9), Ben Osigian (12), Mario Valdes (17) Michael Hinkley (20) and freshmen Parker Robb (11) and Car-son Green (13).They were coached by Head Coach Matt McKinney and Assistant Coaches Todd Pipes and John Andrews.

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Coppell residents, Chapman Odom (GK), Hunter Chastain (9), Parker Robb (11), Ben Osigian (12), Carson Green (13), Mario Valdes (17) and Michael Hinkley (20) are pictured with the rest of the Grapevine Faith Christian Soccer Team, Head Coach Matt McKinney and Assistant Coaches John Andrews and Todd Pipes. The Lions brought home a third consecutive TAPPS 4A Division II State Championship after defeating Houston Awty International 2-1 in the finals and Dallas Parish Episcopal 1-0 in the semi-finals, Sat., March 9, in Houston. Grapevine Faith finished their season with a 23-2 record placing them second in the state behind Coppell High School according to Max Preps High School Sports. / Submitted photo

Extreme marathon draws hundreds to Adventure Race at Cedar Hill State Park

Hundreds of visitors from all over Texas and surrounding states crowded the Dallas Off-Road Biking Association trailhead inside Cedar Hill State Park for the Eco Lone Star Adventure Race series sport and extreme outdoor triathlon early March 9.

Teams and individuals participated in running and mountain biking courses mapped throughout the extensive trails of the large park, located in the southern DFW Metroplex, as well as paddling events along a charted shoreline course of Joe Pool reservoir. Collectively, participants competed for time and points in the USARA-sanctioned event.

Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

The American Institute of Aero-nautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), and the Airport Consultants Council (ACC) jointly presented the 2013 Jay Holling-sworth Speas Airport Award to the Planning Department of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) at a luncheon in February in conjunc-tion with the AAAE/ACC Planning, Design and Construction Symposium in New Orleans, LA.

The airport’s Planning Depart-ment was honored for instituting environmentally friendly Smart Landscaping criteria based on usage of native vegetation which minimizes watering and maintenance and for educating the public through a model installation at the airport’s public observation area to encourage non-airport applications.

Robert Blankenship, DFW as-

sistant vice president of planning, accepted the award.

“It was an honor to accept this recognition on behalf of the Airport and rewarding to be recognized for doing our part to demonstrate environmental stewardship,” Blan-kenship said. “We want to use the $10,000 honorarium to continue to enhance the educational aspect of Founders’ Plaza.”

Founders’ Plaza, located at 3200 E Airfield Drive, Grapevine, is five acres designed for families, aviation enthusiasts and Airport employees. The Observation Area offers views of aircraft as they take off and land. It has parking, picnic tables, telescopes, historic information, a commemo-rative monument and a radio that broadcasts air traffic control com-munications from the FAA tower.

Includes information from AIAA and DFW Communications.

Coppell students help Faith Christian win state soccer championship

The airport’s Planning Department was honored for planting environmentally friendly Smart Landscaping using native vegetation which minimizes watering andmaintenance. / Submitted photo

DFW wins award for smart landscape

Greg Rankin and his son, Nathan, of Parker, TX, hustle their inflatable kayak to the water’s edge preparing to launch for the sprint paddling event./ Photo by Bryan Frazier

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