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Dateline: August
31, 2001 5:22 PM
HIGHWAY
26 MEDIANS CAUSE CONTROVERSY
WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES
The
yellow serpentine medians recently installed between Glade Road and
Thompson Terrace on Highway 26 (dubbed the "yellow snake” by
some) have been repainted black after numerous complaints by citizens
and businesses, but their presence is still causing controversy.
Dateline: August
31, 2001 4:07 PM
CAMP
FIRE USA LAUNCHES BOLD NEW BRAND IDENTITY
AND NATIONAL IMAGE AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN
On August 23, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, one of the
nation’s leading youth development organizations, officially
launched its new name, “Camp Fire USA,” its new identity and a
nationwide public awareness campaign.
Dateline
Southlake: August
31, 2001 5:18 PM
CITY,
YOUTH ASSOCIATION PURCHASE SOCCER GOALS
The Southlake Parks
Development Corporation and the Grapevine Southlake Soccer Association
have jointly purchased five sets of soccer goals at Bob Jones Park,
significantly increasing the number of fields available for youth
competition.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 28, 2001 9:17 PM
COUNCILMAN
DENNIS MARLIN RESIGNS FROM COLLEYVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Councilman
Dennis Marlin resigned Tuesday from the Colleyville City Council.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 28, 2001 6:02 PM
COUNCILMAN
RESIGNS
LNO has
been informed that Councilman Dennis Marlin has resigned his place on
the Colleyville City Council. Story to follow.
Related:
See Mayor Arp letter about Marlin's attendance record in E-Mail
to Editor
Dateline
Colleyville: August 27, 2001 5:18 PM
"Art
of the Table" Lending a Helping Hand
to Victims of Domestic
Violence
It is time to mark your calendars and buy your tickets for an
exciting and innovative fundraiser sponsored by Mid-Cities Supporters of
the Shelter benefiting The Women's Shelter, a safe haven for battered
women and their children.
Dateline
Grapevine/Colleyville: August 27, 2001 4:40 PM Grapevine
Mustangs Play the Hays Rebels on
Sept. 1st Tickets on Sale Now
Tickets
are $11/adults and $8/students and are on sale at GHS as
well as the GCISD Athletic office in the Administration
building, 3051 Ira E. Woods Avenue.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 26, 2001 10:50 AM
Northeast
Tarrant Division of the American Heart
Association Honors Top Volunteers
The Northeast Tarrant Division of
the American Heart Association honored their top volunteers and
supporters from the past year at its annual awards luncheon held
Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 11:45 a.m. at the Texas Star Sports and
Conference Center in Euless.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 26, 2001 10:50 AM
ESPN AND MILLS
CORPORATION TO DEVELOP X GAMES SKATEPARKS
ESPN, The Worldwide
Leader in Sports, has entered into a licensing agreement with The Mills
Corporation (NYSE:MLS), a leading national retail real estate developer,
to create state-of-the-art public skateparks, branded with ESPN's action
sports franchise.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 25, 2001 8:12 AM
Janice
Kane to Head Gala Planning Team
Janice
Kane of Colleyville will serve as chairwoman for the 2002 Affair
of the Heart, an annual black-tie gala that has raised more than
$1 million during the past seven years for the American Heart
Association.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 24, 2001 11:12 AM
Erin
Bredon, Chris Foy and The Colleyville Reds Receive Proclamations at
Council Meeting
Tuesday
night's council meeting began with festivities and celebration as Mayor
Donna Arp presented three proclamations and made announcements about
city staff changes.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 24, 2001 10:25 AM
THE
"GRAPEVINE GIRLS"
A
few weeks ago there was a gathering at one of the beautiful new
homes in an upscale Colleyville subdivision.
Dateline
Southlake: August 23, 2001 3:29 PM
Southlake
Purchases Texas School of Baseball
Mayor Rick Stacy signed
a contract on behalf of the City Council on Tuesday that completes the
city's purchase of Texas School of Baseball, a private athletic complex
located in the southeast corner of the city.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 22, 2001 4:32 PM
Citizens
Discouraged by Council's Approval
of Chandler Zoning Request
After
a lengthy meeting Tuesday night, the Colleyville City Council
unanimously approved a request from developer Raman Chandler to rezone
the old Nine Acres site on McDonwell School Road.
(Click
here for link to
previous article)
Dateline
Southlake: August 21, 2001 6:29 PM
Southlake
Press Releases
City budget sent to City
Council: The city's 2001-02 budget has been submitted to the City
Council for consideration. The budget maintains the 42.2 cent property
tax rate in place since 1995 and increases spending by about $2.4
million (14.4 percent).
Dateline
Colleyville: August 20, 2001 6:32 PM
City
Moves Forward with New City Hall and Library
After
years of waiting, Colleyville residents will soon see tangible progress
in the construction of a library and new city hall.
Dateline
Colleyville: August
15, 2001 6:13 PM Lewis
Fry Celebrates 89th Birthday
Lewis
Fry, longtime Colleyville resident, celebrated his 89th birthday
on Sunday, August 12.
Dateline
Grapevine: August 17, 2001 11:15 PM
Press
Releases from Grapevine Police Department
On
August 17, 2001 at approximately 2:58 pm, the Grapevine Fire
Department responded to Lake Grapevine to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers' Meadowmere Park boat ramp for a possible
drowning victim.
Dateline
Grapevine/Colleyville: August 17, 2001
11:10 PM
GCISD
Press Release - Board to Set Tax Rate;
Provide at Least a 4%
Pay Increase The GCISD Board of
Trustees has announced its intention to adopt a tax rate
with a 0-cent increase in the Maintenance and Operations
portion to fund the 2001-2002 budget. A 3.45-cent increase
in the debt service tax rate is being recommended on the
Interest and Sinking portion of the rate to service the $134
million bond voters approved in 1998.
Dateline
Southlake: August 17, 2001
10:42 PM Southlake
City Council Meeting Preview
The Southlake City
Council will meet on Tuesday, August 21, in the Town Hall Council
Chambers, 1400 Main Street. The public work session will begin at
5:30 p.m., with the regular session starting at 6 p.m. or
immediately following the work session. Highlights from the agenda
include:
Dateline
Colleyville: August 17, 2001 12:48 PM
Blessing
of the Children Held at First
Assembly of God Colleyville
First
Assembly of God Colleyville held its annual "Blessing of the
Children" on Sunday, August 12.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 17, 2001 11:28 AM
LNO
Receives Colleyville "Disposable Income" Study From City The
study that prompted a front page Fort Worth Star Telegram article about
Colleyville's income levels and subsequent comments from readers has
been received by LNO.
Dateline
Grapevine/Colleyville:
August 17, 2001 11:00 AM
GCISD
Releases Impressive District TAAS Scores - District Receives
"Recognized" Rating From State
Fifteen
of 17 GCISD campuses have been designated “Exemplary” for
2001, the highest rating given by the Texas Education Agency.
Dateline
Grapevine: August 16, 2001 8:17 AM GCISD
Celebrates Opening of New Grapevine Middle School
School
administrators, parents and students came together last night to
officially open the new Grapevine Middle School campus.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 15, 2001 5:32 PM
Colleyville
Girls Softball Assoc. Announces Fall Registration
Registration
for girls 5-14 this Saturday Aug 18, 2001 9am-1pm
and Saturday Aug 25, 2001 9am-1pm at the Colleyville Community
Center. Click on headlines for details. This
can be found in Sports.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 15, 2001 2:28 PM
City
of Colleyville Board and Commission Positions Available
Positions
on the Colleyville Zoning Board of Adjustments, Planning &
Zoning Commission, Economic Development Corporation, and the Crime
Control and Prevention District are currently available.
Applications will be accepted through Friday, August 24,
2001, at 4:30 p.m.
Members whose terms are expiring are eligible for
re-appointment, but must reapply.
Dateline
Southlake: August
15, 2001 10:37 AM Verizon
Wireless Plans Control Center Groundbreaking
Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless provider, will
hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at the
site of its new $20 million control center
in Southlake, near the intersection of Dove Road and Kirkwood
Boulevard. Completion of the first construction phase is expected
to be in Fall 2002.
The facility, one of only two in the United
States, will house a network equipment
center, telephone switch center, and the local network
administration headquarters. It eventually could house more than
1,000 employees. This
story is located in the Local Events section.
Dateline: August
15, 2001 9:30 AM Grapevine
Mills, Neiman Marcus Break Ground
On Last Call from Neiman Marcus
Grapevine, Texas -
Aug. 14, 2001 - City of Grapevine and State of Texas officials, in
conjunction with executives from Grapevine Mills and Neiman
Marcus, broke ground today on a store that will be a first for
North Texas: Last Call From Neiman Marcus. The Grapevine Mills
addition means area shoppers, as well as Grapevine Mills visitors
from Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas, will no longer have to
drive to Austin to visit Last Call From Neiman Marcus. This
story is located in the Local Events section.
Dateline
Colleyville: August
14, 2001 9:46 AM Colleyville
Lion's Club X-SIGHTment Run to be Held on August 25
On August 25, 2001 the Colleyville Lions Club will sponsor its
Fourth Annual xSIGHTment Run to benefit sight preserving
charities. The events include a 1 mile fun run and walk, a 5K
sanctioned run/walk, free pancake breakfast and T-shirts for the
runners, trophies, cash and other prizes, food, beverages and
entertainment.
This
story is located in the Local Events section.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 13, 2001 1:31 PM Ethel
McCain Celebrates 99th Birthday
Long
time area resident, Ethel McCain, celebrated her 99th birthday on
Saturday, August 11.
She was married to Ed McCain, brother of the namesake of
John McCain Road in Colleyville and is the last surviving member
of her generation of that family.
This
story is located in the Local Events section.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 13, 2001 1:29 PM
Colleyville
Woman's Club Announce Award Honorees and Nominees
Each year, Colleyville Woman’s
Club nominates deserving club members for outside awards.
Congratulations to the CWC members, nominated to
represent the club for area honors. Click on the link
above to see photos and description. This
story is located in the Local Events section.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 09, 2001 11:01 PM
Caldwell's
Creek Residents Confront Developer at Standing-Room-Only Council Meeting
Tempers
flared toward the end of Wednesday's city council meeting as residents
of Caldwell's Creek squared off against developer Raman Chandler.
Dateline
Southlake: August 09, 2001 10:02 AM
Hanson
Aggregate (Pioneer Concrete) Lawsuit
Last week
the City of Southlake submitted written notification of intent to appeal
Judge Bob McGrath's June 27 ruling in the Hanson Aggregate
Lawsuit. There still remains a legal question of whether the
judge's ruling answered all parts of the action filed by Hanson
Aggregate.
Dateline
Southlake: August 09, 2001 10:01 AM
AHA
Northeast Tarrant to Honor Volunteers
The
Northeast Tarrant Division of the American Heart Association will honor
top volunteers and supporters from the past year at its annual awards
luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Texas Star Sports and Conference Center
in Euless. The lunch will begin at 11:45 a.m. Tickets are $22.50
each. Reservations are required by Aug. 18.
Dateline
Southlake: August 08, 2001 10:24 AM SYAC
Seek Youth Members
Southlake Youth Action
Commission is accepting applications from youth in grades 7
through 12 who want to become involved in their community.
Members must live in Southlake or attend a Carroll ISD school.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 07, 2001 10:12 AM
Colleyville
Reschedules Council Meeting to Wednesday, August 8
The
first regular council meeting of August was rescheduled at the July 17
meeting.
It will be Wednesday, August 8.
The executive session will convene at 6:45 p.m.
Among items to be discussed during this time are the evaluation
of the Interim City Manager and the City Manager Executive Search.
It was announced last week that William H. Lindley of DeSoto had
been offered the City Manager position.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 06, 2001
6:12 PM
Colleyville
Police Department Ongoing
and Upcoming Senior Citizen Events
Seniors are invited to
attend all the following events. There are no membership fees or dues to
pay. Some of the events have free refreshments, while others may have a
small fee.
Dateline:
August 06, 2001 5:52 PM
Middle
School Students within District
May Request Transfer to New GMS
A new state-of-the-art Grapevine
Middle School opens with the 2001-02 school year and the
much-larger building offers the opportunity for students
from other middle schools within GCISD to apply to attend
this new school. Under GCISD Board Policy FDB (Local),
Requests for Student Transfers are allowed under certain
criteria. “Available capacity at the requested campus”
is one such Board-approved criterion.
Dateline:
August 06, 2001 5:50 PM
Colleyville
Heritage High to Hold Hula
Students at Colleyville Heritage
High will “hula” into the new school year at a back to
school Luau on Friday, Aug. 17, 7-10 p.m. on the CHHS
fields. The Aloha Luau will feature food from Chic-fil-A
and Red Hot and Blue, games like the hula-hoop contest,
Limbo and water balloons and live music by CHHS student
bands.
Dateline:
August 06, 2001 5:48 PM
New
Grapevine Middle to Host Open House
The public will have its first
opportunity for a close-up look at the new Grapevine Middle
School building during the school's ribbon-cutting and open
house August 14, 6:30 p.m. in the school's auditorium.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 05, 2001 1:40 PM
National
Night Out 2001
It
is not too late to sign up and participate in the National Night Out
2001 for Colleyville. Many neighborhoods are planning things from
small parades for the kids, cook outs, ice cream socials, or just
sitting with the neighbors and sharing information.
Dateline:
August 05, 2001 1:38 PM
Colleyville
Police Department - Business Alert
The
Colleyville Police Department has experienced an increase in reports of
thefts that have occurred at local businesses. The thefts involve the
taking of the employee’s "personal" items, not the items of
the business.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 04, 2001
Watch
Out for the Kids
Soon
school will begin and the kids will be walking, riding
bikes, skating and RUNNING to get to class on time.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 04, 2001
Bike
to School
The
Colleyville Police Department Bicycle Patrol Unit is
available to teach and demonstrate safe bicycle riding
techniques to students.
Dateline:
August 03, 2001 10:04 PM
Back
to School Hours Announced
Back to school hours announced
Students in the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD can look forward
to getting back to school on the first day of school,
Wednesday, Aug. 15.
Dateline:
August 03, 2001 10:04 PM
Convocation
Set for August 8
GCISD teachers and
employees will kick-off the new school year during the
district’s fall convocation on Aug. 8th at 10 a.m. at
Colleyville Heritage High School.
Dateline
Grapevine: August 03, 2001
GRAPEVINE
COMMUNITY QUICKLY COMES TO
THE AID OF WAGON WHEEL RANCH
The smoke has
barely cleared from Friday’s barn fire at Wagon Wheel Ranch on
Ruth Wall Road in Grapevine; yet volunteers to raise money for
rebuilding were out in numbers this morning.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 02, 2001
LINDLEY
EAGER TO GET STARTED IN
CITY MANAGER'S POSITION
Bill
Lindley, Colleyville's choice for the vacant City Manager's
position, expressed his excitement about joining the staff in a
telephone interview with LNO late Wednesday night.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 02, 2001
"SHOW
ME THE MONEY"
OR WHY
COLLEYVILLE'S
ELITIST IMAGE WON'T GO AWAY
I'm
riled up.
Just when I thought we'd moved away from the image of
Colleyville being obsessed with money, here comes another article
about our city leaders bragging about disposable income.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 01, 2001 6:50 PM
Council
Selects New City Manager
Colleyville
City Council members selected a new city manager late Tuesday evening.
He is William H. Lindley, Assistant City Manager for the city of
DeSoto, Texas. Lindley spent his 18 year career in the Texas cities of
Gladewater, Rusk, Cedar Hill, and DeSoto.
The other two finalists were from out of state.
Dateline
Grapevine: August 01, 2001 6:32 PM
Grapevine
Police Department - Press
Release
An
update on the Wagon Wheel Ranch equestrian center and the Grapevine Fire
Departments ruling.
Dateline
Colleyville: August 01, 2001 5:58 PM
Colleyville
Fire Department - Press Release
A
house fire started today in Colleyville (Wednesday, August 1st)
at 5912 Pleasant Run Road near the intersection of Shelton Road and
Pleasant Run Road. The
Colleyville Fire Department received the 911 call at 12:45 p.m. and was
on the scene in minutes.
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