The Azle News

Volume 63, Number 40

Azle News

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

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Dance team Dazzles

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Clamoring for crawdads! Page 1B

Soccer playoff foe set

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Is hope on the horizon for the lake?

Completed repairs, El Niño could raise Eagle Mountain

BY CARLA NOAH STUTSMAN Prayers for precipitation continue around Eagle Mountain Lake – along with rain dances, predictions of both continued drought and soon-to-arrive floods, and the ever-popular blame game.

Some say the city of Fort Worth is to blame while others fault Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) or Ross Perot.

A post on a popular local Facebook page pointed out that Cedar Creek Lake is currently at pool elevation – which means it’s full.

Chad Lorance, spokesperson for TRWD, addressed how things sit at EML. He said that after a month-long hiatus for maintenance on the RichlandChambers pipeline, pumping of water High and dry. That’s the phrase that’s been uttered for years now as Eagle Mountain Lake struggles with the drought. More than 10 feet low, things might improve with the resumption of water flow from Richland Chambers Lake – and an El Niño.

Photo by Carla Noah Stutsman

PLEASE SEE EL NIÑO, PAGE 2A.

Crash victim died of natural causes Medical examiner says heart issue preceded accident

BY CARLA NOAH STUTSMAN An Azle man who appeared to have been killed Thursday morning, March 12 when the pickup he was driving struck a tree actually died of natural causes, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Ricky Charles Hales, 58, was at the wheel of a 2010 Ford F150 pickup northbound in the 11000 block of FM 730 South about 8:15 a.m. when, witnesses said, the pickup veered sharply across the southbound lane of traffic and through a barbed-wire fence before striking a large tree.

Hales was transported by a LifeC-

are ambulance to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle where he was pronounced dead at 8:59 a.m.

The M.E. ruled the manner of Hales’ death to be natural; the cause of his death is atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.

The accident report filed by Azle police notes a bottle of Nitrostat Tabs – a form of nitroglycerin often prescribed for relief of chest pain associated with coronary artery disease – prescribed to Hales was found in the floorboard of the pickup.

Ricky Charles Hales, 58, of Azle died after crashing a pickup into a tree just off FM 730 South ThursThe pickup is registered to J. day, March 12. His death was caused by coronary artery disease, according to the Tarrant County Caldwell Pools.

Medical Examiner’s Office.

Photo by Carla Noah Stutsman

Offering comfort Azle firefighter Jon Reed comforts a young seven-year-old accident victim with a stuffed bear and some gentle talk. The car driven by his mother, Amy Adrion, 31, of Weatherford, was knocked into oncoming traffic on FM 730 March 12. Two people, including Adrion, were transported to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

Photos by Carla Noah Stutsman

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10 Years Ago In March 2005, the Azle ISD school board accepted two checks totalling $385,650 from Antero Resources for the district’s leasing of gas drilling rights.

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Azle man charged with molesting child

BY CARLA NOAH STUTSMAN

An Azle man accused of molesting a child is in custody in the Parker County jail.

Jerry Dewayne Allen, 31, was arrested March 3 by Parker

Jerry Dewayne Allen

El Niño could help water level n EL NIÑO, FROM PAGE ONE.

County Sheriff’s deputies and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first degree felony. He is currently held in jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.

According to a probable cause warrant obtained by The Azle News, the mother of a 3-year-old boy told investigators she questioned her son after he became reluctant to take his clothing off or bathe around men.

In response to her questions, the woman learned that Allen – who was her babysitter – had molested the child.

Allen lived at the residence with the woman and her son, according to the warrant.

Investigators believe the inci- It’s a long way down to the water at just about everydent occurred in October 2014. where on Eagle Mountain Lake. Photo by Carla Noah Stutsman

All-City Choir The Azle ISD All-City Choir performed March 3 in the Azle High School auditorium after icy weather caused its Feb. 24 performance to be postponed.

The choir is comprised of vocalists from every elementary school in the district.

Here, third and fourth graders perform.

“i’ve been watching from the sidelines.”

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into EML resumed Tuesday, March 17 and will continue through the spring.

“The good news is the ground is finally saturated in both the Eagle Mountain and Bridgeport watersheds and any additional rain we get (hopefully this week) will create some run-off,” Lorance said.

However, while pumping will help, it can’t fill EML on its own.

“Unless we get significant help from Mother Nature, we probably won't be able to get Eagle Mountain full by summer,” Lorance said.

He added that it’s a good thing that water comes from East Texas.

“Since October 2012, we have pumped into Eagle Mountain Lake 1.5 times the amount of water that currently exists in the reservoir,” he said. “If we hadn't put the EML pipeline in place, the lake would be 20-feet-plus low. In other words it would rival the conditions of the 1950s.”

More help could come from the long-awaited El Niño – anticipated since last fall and touted to bring beneficial rains to much of North America; it has officially arrived, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

But, it’s late.

And it’s weak.

In its updated monthly outlook for March, forecasters issued an El Niño Advisory to declare the arrival of the oceanatmospheric phenomenon marked by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean near the equator.

But, due to the weak strength of the El Niño, widespread or significant global weather pattern impacts are not anticipated.

However, certain impacts often associated with El Niño may appear this spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, such as wetter-than-normal conditions along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

“Based on the persistent observations of above-average sea surface temperatures across the western and central equatorial Pacific Ocean and consistent pattern of sea level pressure, we can now say that El Niño is here,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, and ENSO forecaster. “Many climate prediction models show this weak El Niño continuing into summer.”

Forecasters say it is likely (50 to 60 percent chance) that El Niño conditions will continue through summer.

Around these here parts... we’ll continue to pray for rain.

LEGAL PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE On March 27, 2015 at 8:00 a.m., A&A MOBILE HOMES TRANSPORT, INC. will be holding a public auction on the home listed below. Any persons with any interest in the home needs to contact our office at 817-237-1370. The sale will be held at 10651 JACKSBORO HWY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76135.

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Azle Police Blotter

Senior Spotlight

Officers with the Azle Police Department arrested the following individuals during the week of Feb. 28-March 14: • Zane Ross Porter, 29, of Azle, was arrested in the 800 block of Southeast Parkway and charged with assault family violence (choking). Porter remains in the Tarrant County jail where he is held in lieu of $15,000 bond.

• Jasmyn Whitney Hudson, 39, of Springtown, was arrested March 6 in the 1400 block of Highway 199 in Azle and charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI). Hudson posted $4,000 bond and was released from the Azle jail March 7.

• Mark Alan Fager, 50, of Azle, was arrested March 7 in the 700 block of Red Bud Drive and charged with DWI, his second. Fager remains in the Parker County jail where he is held in lieu of $8,000 bond.

• Michael Allen Wagner, 30, of Azle, was arrested March 7 in the 300 block of Northwest Parkway for an Azle PD warrant for DWI with a child passenger younger than 15, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in state jail and a $10,000 fine.

Wagner is held in the Tarrant County jail in lieu of $20,000 bond for the DWI charge; he is also held on a criminal mischief

charge and for two Arlington PD warrants for an additional bond of $2,882.

• Ronnie Lee Thompson, 26, of Azle, was arrested March 8 in the 600 block of Highway 199 and charged with his second DWI. Thompson posted $2,000 bond and was released from the Parker County jail later the same day.

• Randal Lewis Doyle, 56, of Azle, was arrested March 9 for an Azle PD warrant for forgery to defraud or harm an elderly person, a state jail felony. Doyle posted $2,500 bond and was released from the Azle jail later the same day.

• Joel Sidney Hartman, 61, of Azle, was arrested March 13 in the 300 block of Sandy Beach Road and charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. The offense is a second degree felony. Hartman posted $2,000 bond and was released from the Azle jail the following day.

Azle police arrested 23 individuals during the same twoweek period for outstanding warrants issued by various law enforcement agencies.

Police issued one citation for public intoxication, one for possession of drug paraphernalia, and one for assault by contact.

Zane Ross Porter

Ronnie Lee Thompson

Michael Allen Wagner

Mark Alan Fager

A Brief History of How We Got Our Bible

by sue turnipseed This is the last week of winter and activity is increasing in the Azle Senior Center as the weather moderates.

Seniors meet in the B.J. Clark Community Center to socialize and have a nutritional meal at noon on weekdays for a suggested contribution of $2.

Last Friday there was a Food Handlers class at the Center which all who work with the food must complete before handling it.

The class keeps the workers aware of what not to do and a better way to handle food safely. There were 22 who completed the class.

The gifts donated to the Center for our upcoming Open House show a genuine caring for the retired citizens of the community.

The seniors who meet here do appreciate all the gifts that have been donated.

Spring is the time to start or continue your exercise program which is held in the Emanuel Building on

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The regular yoga classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays and chair yoga is on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Call 817-444-0070 to find out the times of these free classes.

The front desk is where Betty Porter works to help with the records. She will answer your questions about AARP Tax Aide and AARP driver’s education classes as well as exercise classes. Betty has been faithful at the desk for about five years. Come in and volunteer to help the 25 volunteers who in February alone volunteered 500 hours.

Friday, March 20 is produce day and pet food will be here. If you are on the pet food list you must be here as pet food cannot be kept in the Center.

There will also be a business meeting during lunch Friday.

Next Tuesday, March 24 J. Bernal will sponsor the bingo game.

Come and win a prize.

A Brief History of How We Got Our Bible

THE ENDURING WORD

THE ENDURING WORD A Movable Museum Original Bible artifacts and presentation of how we got the Bible

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March 20-22 Friday 7 p.m. The Enduring Word: How We Got the Bible

Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Community Open House with Prof. Maisel available to answer questions

Sunday 10 a.m. Church-wide Bible Class & Group Discussion led by Prof. Maisel

Full-size, working authentic replica of the Gutenberg printing press.

Azle Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 117 Church Street • Azle (817) 444-3527 ... Attend the Church of your choice this Sunday ASH CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

300 South Stewart St. Early Worship ...........................8:15 am Sunday School ..........................9:30 am Contemporary Worship-TMP ..10:45 am Traditional Worship ...............10:45 am Evening Worship .......................6:00 pm Wednesday Youth Refuge..........6:00 pm Wednesday Evening ..................6:15 pm Pastor: Dr. G. Wesley Shotwell 817-444-3219 www.ashcreekbc.org

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Assembly of God Church Hwy. 199 & Jaybird Lane Pastor: Gary D. Veazey Morning Worship .................10:30 am Kidz Zone .............................10:30 am Wednesday Evening

Life Development, Chosen Student Ministries, Kidz Zone - All Services .....7:00 pm

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THE ABBEY CHURCH

Pastor: Paul Brownback 817-444-1211 www.TheAbbeyChurch.com 10400 Jacksboro Highway Morning Worship ....................10:30 am Wed: Youth & Family Night ......7:00 pm

SILVER CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Dr. Vaughn Baker - Pastor 2200 Church Rd., Azle 817-444-1382 Sunday School .....................10:00 am Traditional Worship .............11:00 am Sunday Youth .......................10:00 am Synergy Worship ....................9:00 am

SILVER CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

Corner FM 730 S. & Veal Station Rd. Sunday School ......................9:45 am Morning Worship .................10:50 am Evening Worship ....................6:00 pm Wed. Prayer Service...............7:00 pm Pastor: Jay Ditty Minister of Music: David Musick Church 817-444-2325 www.silvercreekbc.org

CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH

Corner FM 730S & FM 1886 Sunday School .......................9:30 am Worship Service ...................10:30 am Wed. Prayer Service...............7:00 pm 817-270-8476 Pastor - Jon Baker Music Minister - Lloyd McCarroll, Jr. Transporation Available

AZLE FIRST ASSEMBLY of GOD

1020 S.E. Parkway, Azle 817-237-4903 Sunday School .......................9:30 am Morning Worship .................10:30 am Sunday Evening Serv. ............6:00 am Wednesday Evening ...............7:00 pm Pastor: Tim Stevens

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 200 Church St., Azle • 817-444-3323 Morn. Worship ........ 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday School .......................9:45 am Youth (UMYF) .........5:00 p.m. Sunday & 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Pastor: Dr. Scott Youngblood

CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH 2233 Hwy 199 E. • Springtown 817-221-LIFE (5433) Sunday School ...................... 9:00 am Sunday Worship Service .....10:00 am Sunday Evening Worship ......6:00 pm Wednesday ...........................7:00 pm

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH 800 Highcrest Dr. - Azle - 817-444-3063 Sunday Mass ........................8:30 am Wednesday Mass 1st, 2nd, 4th ..6:30 pm

LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP

7200 Robertson Rd. • Ft. Worth www.LFwired.org Sr. Pastor Frank W. Briggs 817-237-2758 Classic Service ..........................8:30 am Contemporary Service 9:45 & 11:15 am Lighthouse Christian Academy: Preschool, Private Kindergarten

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

1313 S.E. Pkwy, Azle 817-237-4822 • Missouri Synod Worship Service ...... 8:15 &11:00 am Sunday School .......................9:45 am “Christians growing in Jesus, sharing His love with all”

ST. THOMAS CATHOLIC CHURCH

2920 Azle Ave. • 817-624-2184 Daily Mass - Mon., Thur., Fri. .....8 am 3rd Wed............ 6:30 pm Reconciliation .... Sat. 3:30 or by appt.

Weekend Masses .......... Sat. 4:00 pm SUNDAY ...... 7:15, 10:00, 12:00 noon & 5:00 pm (Spanish)

HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA

Pastor: JoAnne Swehosky 4795 E. Hwy 199 - Reno 817-221-HOPE Sunday School .......................9:00 am Traditional Service ...............10:00 am

EAGLE MOUNTAIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

7955 Reed Road, Azle Directions: FM 730 N., 5 miles to Reed Rd. - turn & go 1/2 mile - church on right Pastor, Nancy Nold Ch. 817-444-0226 Morning Worship .................11:00 am Sunday School .....................10:00 am “Open hearts, open minds, open doors”

COMMUNITY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 1405 Reynolds Rd., Azle • 817-444-7117 Directions: 730 N. to 1542 .5 mi. right on Cardinal, left on Reynolds Pastor - Rev. Fred Weaver 817-444-3181 Rev. Faye Mote 817-220-5734 Sunday School .......................9:45 am Morning Worship .................11:00 am Sunday Evening .....................6:00 pm Wednesday Evening ...............7:00 pm Sunday Night Youth ..............6:00 pm

AZLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

(Disciples of Christ) 117 Church St. • 817-444-3527 Senior Minister, Rev. Dr. Alan Lobaugh Youth Minister, Will Ryan Sunday School .....................10:00 am Morning Worship .................11:00 am

ST. ANNE’S CHURCH (Episcopal/Anglican) 6055 Azle Ave., Lake Worth 817-237-1888 www.saint-annes.org Pastor, The Rev. Dr. Roger Grist Early Worship w/Communion... 8:00 am Sunday School (Adults-Jr.H.). ....9:15 am (Nursery Available) Choral Worship w/Communion.....10:30 am “Narnia” Children’s Church...........10:30 am

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Bedazzling!

Woman’s death under investigation

AHS drill team, officers, individuals shine in competition

No reason to suspect foul play, police say by carla noah stutsman The death of a woman found

by Azle police deceased in her home Tuesday afternoon, March 10, remains under investigation, according to Azle Police Lt. Darrell West.

The body of Judy Hardee, 62, as well as her dog, were discovered in the 300 block of Lochridge Drive by police responding to a request for a welfare check made by a family member.

West said that although toxicology test results will likely not become available for several weeks, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said in its preliminary report that no evidence of blunt force trauma was found.

Azle police have no reason to suspect foul play at this time, West continued, although the investigation is ongoing.

In another case of social media running amok, a Facebook post created quite a stir when

some people speculated Hardee had been shot.

Fear gripped some residents of the Azlewood Addition as rumors of a murderer on the loose spread. One post even claimed the killer had been apprehended and was in police custody.

Unfortunately, it appears the police department’s use of crime scene tape around the immediate area may have prompted the erroneous rumors.

West explained that the tape doesn’t always mean a violent crime has been committed.

“First of all, any time there is an unattended death, it’s investigated as a potential homicide,” he said. “Crime scene tape is used to keep bystanders from entering a crime scene and possibly contaminating evidence.”

Hardee’s daughter later posted on the Facebook thread and confirmed there that her mother had not, in fact, been shot.

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Azle High School’s Emerald Dazzlers proved once again they are among the best in Texas with their performances in two recent competitions.

The dance team claimed the coveted Sweepstakes Award at the Danceline Productions Classic State Championship held in Weatherford Feb. 20-21.

The Dazzlers, as a drill team, were among the highest scoring squads in the competition.

The group was awarded the Platinum Sweepstakes for scoring 95 out of 100 on all routines entered; First Place Military; First Runner-Up Jazz; First Runner-Up Hip-Hop; Second Emerald Dazzlers (l-r) Brooke Ashmore, Bethany Mitch- Runner-Up Pom; and Second ell and Kayla Karnes “did their team proud” in individ- Overall for Large Team, Class ual competition. Ashmore and Mitchell each earned Division I Soloist status, Katie Bertha and Karnes took first in I’m a female 3-5 year old Hi! I’m a 1 year old female Caliby cat with domestic individual competition in terrier mix. short hair. a field of 70-plus dancers.

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I. The Emerald Dazzlers Officer Line earned Sweepstakes for scoring 90 out of 100 on all routines entered; First Place Modern; First Runner-Up HipHop; and First Runner-Up Contemporary.

Members of the Dazzlers performed well in individual competition, as well: Senior Lt. Morgan Worley won a spot in the Top 5 for overall kick technique.

Senior Kailyn Flynn was a kick technique semi-finalist.

Sophomore Kayla Karnes took second as overall soloist and overall turn technique, was PLEASE SEE AHS, PAGE 7A. 321 West Main Street Azle, Texas Phone: (817) 270-3340 Fax: (817) 270-5300

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U.S. Renal Care’s mission is to be the highest quality provider available to patients with chronic and acute renal disease.

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Reno council douses VFD fee

Christian artifacts coming to Azle

BY NATALIE GENTRY The Reno City Council voted unanimously to strike the public safety fee from the city water bill and reinstate the voluntary Fire Department donation option that was previously offered.

“The main concern I’ve heard during my conversations with citizens about the fee is that they don’t know exactly where their money is going,” said Briar Reno Fire Chief Shannon Smithers.

Mayor Lynda Stokes noted that because many community members disagreed with the implementation of the fee, they stopped contributing donation

A first edition King James Bible will be displayed at Azle Christian Church on March 21.

Called “The Great He Bible,” the book is part of a museum exhibit about the history of the Good Book.

Other artifacts like a page from the first book ever printed, the 1450 Gutenberg Bible, early Christian papyrus, and a complete Jewish Torah travel in the exhibit, “The Enduring Word.”

The church at 117 Church Street in Azle, will unveil the entire display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A presentation about the doc-

directly to the Briar Reno Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) and the department ultimately lost a significant amount of funding.

The fee was put in place back in October in an effort to help recuperate costs necessitated by the public safety apparatus.

For example, the fire trucks use a substantial amount of water, so some of the money gathered from the fees would help reimburse the water department for its loss.

However, because of the community’s confusion and concern about the fee the coun- Briar Reno VFD Chief Shannon Smithers addresses the cil voted unanimously to revert Reno City Council March 16 to discuss concerns about back to the voluntary donation. the public safety fee instituted Oct. 1. Photo by Natalie Gentry

uments is planned for 2 p.m.

“Steps in the story” discusses biblical publications from reformers like Martin Luther to early bibles produced by English Catholic exiles.

Exhibit curator Professor F.J. (Rusty) Maisel said, “Often scholars do not know the basic story of how we got the Bible.

But, seeing it here, laid out and explained as a simple narrative has helped many people gain a better understanding of the book they have been reading for years.”

A full-size working replica of the Gutenberg Press is also part of the tour.

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Obituaries Ricky C. Hales

Mary Pauline Mitchell

Carole Deanne Taylor Lanier

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Ricky was born March 12, 1957. He worked as a plumber for many years. He loved his family and wife the most. He loved fishing and hanging out with his dog, Max. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Hales of Azle; two sons, Wes Wesala and Cody Hales; daughter, Jennifer Dale and her husband Stacey Dale; grandchildren, Tyler Wesala, Ricky C. Hales of Azle, died Bradyn Dale and Samantha Dale and his best buddy, Max. March 12, 2015.

A private service was held

by Roberts Family Affordable The Azle News, Funeral Home and interment March 18, 2015 Edition was at Azleland Cemetery and

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Carole was born Nov. 13, 1959, in Fort Worth to B.J. Taylor and Jo Ella Rankin Hedge.

Her mother preceded her in death.

Survivors include husband, Jay Lanier; children, Kristi Brown, Aaron Brown (Ashley), John Lanier and Jody Lanier; father, B.J. Taylor and wife, Bert; siblings, Shawna Taylor (Sheri), Lisa Leal (Eleno), Jackie Taylor (Tricia) and Jimmy Lyon; grandchildren, Gage, Jaden, Ashton, Julie, Raeyln, Alyssa and Kinley; nephews, Taylor, Carole Deanne Taylor Austin and Christian; and Lanier, 55, of Azle, passed nieces, Brooklin and Heather. away peacefully, Thursday, March 12, 2015, at home.

The Azle News, Funeral serivces were Theresa McPherson, of Azle.

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Private services will be held at a later date.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred and Mary Fellows and granddaughter, Mary Miranda Chappell.

Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Kenneth R. Mitchell; daughters, Mary L. Mitchell, Jerrie L. Deweese, Valonda L. Moscini, Virginia Chaney; son, John Deweese; grandchildren, Amanda D. Deweese, Justin Deweese and wife, Tara, and Bion J. Pilcher; great-grandchildren, Mary Pauline Mitchell, Braydon, Jade and Cayden. born December 9, 1943 in Breckenridge went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 11, The Azle News, 2015.

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Obituaries Dan Alan Davis 1951-2015

Dan Alan Davis, 64, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015.

A funeral service was held at 1 p.m.

Tuesday at Parker County Cowboy Church. Interment held at Azleland Memorial Park in Reno.

Memorial gifts may be made to Texas Cowboys Against Cancer, Parker County Cowboy Church, Texas Senior Pro Rodeo Association, or Texas State 4-H Calf Roping & Breakaway School.

Dan Alan Davis was born in Lubbock Feb. 5, 1951, to Tom and Loretta Davis. Dan moved to Fort Worth in 1961, graduated from CarterRiverside High School where he was named Mr. CHS. He was dubbed the “favorite son” by both of his sisters.

Dan continued making friends and people smile throughout his life. Dan was active in judging rodeos and competing in bull riding in his early rodeo career, switching to calf roping shortly after marrying his wife Jan in 1975.

Dan was proudly known as Dad to two loving sons and “Grand Dan” to grandson Deak. Dan’s family was the center of his life, and he enjoyed coaching baseball, basketball and any

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other activity the kids thought they might enjoy. Although Dan started his calf roping career later in life, he excelled in the sport with the help of many close mentors. Dan was a member of the CRA and UPRA rodeo associations and later joined the PRCA ranks qualifying for the Texas Circuit Finals. Family, jobs and other commitments restricted Dan’s ability to rodeo full time, but later Dan and Jan both enjoyed traveling across the country to many Senior Pro Rodeos.

Dan enjoyed paying forward the success the mentors gave him in his early career by helping high school calf and breakaway ropers. Dan was also a proud family member of the Parker County Cowboy Church and enjoyed attending the services throughout his illness.

Never a quitter and known best for his line of “Can’t Never Could Do Anything,” he never was seen without his famous smile and willingness to help. Dan was blessed with many friends that continued to support him throughout his battle with cancer and was proud and humbled by the tremendous support.

Dan was preceded in death by parents, Tom and Loretta Davis, and sister, Barbara Calhoun.

Survivors include his wife, Jan Greener Davis; sons, Justin Dean Davis and Jeff Alan Davis and wife, Meredith; grandson, Deak Overton Davis; sister, Mandy Byas and husband, Charles; mother and fatherin-law, Fred and Janet Greener: many nieces and nephews; and his sidekick, Ruby.

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a leap technique semi-finalist; and was selected most photogenic Division I Soloist.

Senior Captain Bethany Mitchell was a Division I soloist, and also an Anita Jefferson Conley leadership award recipient.

Sophomore Brooke Ashmore was also a Division I soloist.

At the ShowMakers of America Alamo City Dance Competition Feb. 27-28 in San Antonio, the Dazzlers competed against more than 15 teams from the San Antonio, Houston and Victoria areas.

Once again, the Dazzlers shone in competition, bringing home the Judges’ Award for scoring 90 or above on all routines; the Showmanship Award for Pom, Military, Jazz, and Hip Hop; the Choreography Award for Pom, Military, Jazz, and Hip-Hop; the Creative Costuming Award for Pom; first Place Military; first Runner-Up Hip-Hop; First Runner-Up Pom; first Runner-Up Jazz; First Runner-Up Best in Class; and Large Team Line of Champions.

The Emerald Dazzlers Officer Line also took the Sweepstakes Award, as well as the Judges’ Award (scored 90 or above on all routines); Showmanship Award for Hip-Hop, Modern and Contemporary; Choreography Award for Hip-Hop, Modern and Contemporary; Precision Award for Hip-Hop and Modern; Technique Award for Modern; First Place Hip-Hop; First Place Modern; First Place Contemporary; Best in Class Officers and Large Team Line of Champions.

Individual members of the Dazzlers once again showed off Azle’s talent in the competition, with Mitchell and

Ashmore each earning Division I Soloist awards.

But Karnes was golden, being named First Place Overall Soloist out of more than 70 competitors.

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• Emerald Dazzlers Spring Show is at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, in the AHS auditorium.

Azle High School’s Emerald Dazzlers show off the serious hardware they earned at a recent competition.

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APPLICATION. City of Reno, 195 West Reno Road, Azle, Texas 76020, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) under the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) General Permit No. TXR040000 for a renewal of authorization number TXR040349 to discharge from the City of Reno municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4).

The notice of intent (NOI) and stormwater management program were received by the TCEQ on June 6, 2014.

The MS4 is located within Reno City Limits within the Dallas-Fort WorthArlington urbanized area in Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas. The MS4 will discharge to the drainage area of the Trinity River Basin.

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The Executive Director will consider all relevant information pertaining to whether the applicant meets the requirements of the general permit and will issue a written determination as to any final action on the NOI for authorization under the general permit.

INFORMATION. Written public comments should be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html.

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To cheat or not to cheat on a faithful woman

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he’s been there for me for decades, faithful and always at my beck and call.

Except for a few rare instances of straying, I always returned.

The last time we met, a mighty October storm knocked out the power, so we pulled up a chair and did it in the doorway.

But maybe it’s time to move on.

I speak, of course, of the person who cuts my hair.

She has been snipping around this gray head for so long that we both can remember when it wasn’t gray.

We have photos of her giving my youngest daughter her first haircut – and that daughter will be 34 this August.

Still, I’m tempted to cheat on “Jane.” it was not cool The thing about her is that you alto have an unways get more than a haircut – you get cle who was a a floor show. barber plus an The haircut is sometimes just a sideultra-conservabar to the whirlwind event of an overtive dad. all visit.

In high She’ll stop mid-snip and tell a stoschool, my hair ry that can last 10 minutes – usually was permitted about some movie she had just seen – to reach the top then she’ll resume her snipping. of my ears and Even as I push toward 59 years old, the bottom of ON YOUR my collar. (My I’ve always had hair issues.

All my early childhood pictures hair sometimes MARK show me in a buzz cut. Those were foldared to edge lowed by a flat top – the front, slightly Mark K. Campbell past those landlonger hair kept standing at attention marks, and my with a generous dollop of Vaseline. nickname for three years through the These haircuts came courtesy of my Meridian High halls was “Hippie.”)

Uncle Elmo. Believe me, in the 1960’s, I finally got to let my freak flag fly

at UT-Austin in the fall of 1974. The only time scissors got close to my head was when I self-trimmed after I dropped a pass during a sandlot football game when my hair flopped into my eyes.

I kept it pretty long – hearing an occasional “Oh, my God, son” from my dad – for a while.

The wedding pictures with the Bride show some nice locks on both of us.

Afterward, I stuffed everything under a hat when I got SD – Softball Disease – for a few years.

I was Uncle Elmo free! Until October 1981 when I got hired by the Arlington Fire Department. There was a dress and hair code there.

That’s when Jane came in. She got used to my regulation cut – and my

complaining about it. We called it the “onion head haircut.”

That went on for years and years.

Lately, however, the Bride has had to straighten sideburns after a cut and make a few additional snips; it made us sad, like Jane had salon Alzheimer’s.

I like my hair longer, but I don’t want to be the guy in relaxed fit jeans, a t-shirt, and white tennis shoes with a gray pony tail wandering around Dillard’s while his wife shops.

So, I ponder cheating on a woman I’ve know for more than three decades.

It’s harder to be untrue than you’d think. Her scissors and my head have a history.

Mark K. Campbell is the News editor and hasn’t had a haircut since Oct. 4.

The trouble with waiting

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ow many licks does of one of the verses. Here are the lyrit take to get to the ics that inspired my thoughts today: Tootsie Roll center of Be patient and await His leisure a Tootsie Pop?” in cheerful hope, with heart content If you To take whatever thy Faw e r e ther’s pleasure and His around in the early 1970’s, discerning love hath sent, you probably remember Nor doubt our inmost that commercial, which wants are known to Him debuted in 1969. You may who chose us for His own. also remember that it was I find great comfort and the lollipop of choice for encouragement in those Telly Savalas’ Lt. Theo words and at least three Kojak in the TV crime evidences that our lives drama series. Tootsie Pops matter to God. were introduced into the • No matter what we are series on December 12, waiting for, what we al1973 when Kojak decides ready have is the result of to favor lollipops over cig- LIFE MATTERS His pleasure and discernarettes. ing love. That means that For those who don’t re- Gerry Lewis He knows best what we member, the gist of the need at this moment and it commercial was that a young boy was is His pleasure to supply it. trying to find out how many licks were • He knows our inmost wants, even necessary to get through the hard can- those hopes and dreams that we are dy shell to the chewy chocolate center hesitant to share with anyone else. Beby asking different animals (cow, fox, cause of His wisdom, He may not give turtle, and owl). Of course, none ever us everything we want, but because of made it without biting through. No His love, He does not condemn our one had the patience to wait that long. wanting.

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• He chose us to belong to Him. We We are nothing if not eclectic! Now, to are His treasure. When we find our get to the point… contentment in relationship to Him The point of the Tootsie Pop com- through Jesus, we are His pleasure. mercial was how hard it is to wait for Rather than “Be patient,” the transsomething chocolatey and delicious. lation I sang in college said, “Only be For many of us, it is hard to wait for still.” It reminds me of Psalm 46:10: anything. Period.

“Be still and know that I am God.” We live in a one-click, on-demand, By the way, a student study at the instant-access, immediate-response University of Cambridge concluded culture (at least most who will be read- that it takes 3,481 licks to get to the ing this do). Patiently waiting? Ha! center of a Tootsie Pop. This morning, I read the text of a Right! hymn written in the early 1640’s by a young German scholar named Georg Azle resident Dr. Gerry Lewis is director of misNeumark. As I read through the text, I sions for the Harvest Baptist Association, which remembered, as a voice major in col- is headquartered in Decatur. He writes a blog at www.drgerrylewis.com. lege, singing a J.S. Bach arrangement

Letter to the Editor Is the OU frat chant uproar a double standard?

Dear Editor: Must say how ignorance connects itself in the concentric circles of racism that gives one group of folks the reproach they so richly deserve, and the other group gets a pass that comes off as a double standard that should rebuke them as well.

Just last week, two or possibly more Oklahoma fraternity college students were videotaped in a bus frat party of using racial words extremely derogatory to black Americans. More specifi-

cally, that very incendiary “N-word.” then. Now what the heck am I missThe chuckleheads that were guilty ing here?

Joseph L Bryan of this infraction were rather uncerFort Worth emoniously expelled from the university and evicted from the frat house for their goofiness by the university presiEmail your letters dent and kudos for that chancellor. opinion@azlenews.net But, conversely, a large ethnic segExpress your opinion on things that ment of America turns a blind eye and matter to you and your community. uses this ugly and inflammatory word on Letters should be brief and focus on a their own selves all the time, and more single issue. disturbing, the American music industry All letters are subject to editing and even gives an award (the Grammy) on must include the writer’s name and a which artist can say this word in a etude daytime phone number. of artistic music melody.

Anonymous letters and those endorsing Even our own president (Barrack political candidates will not be considered for publication.

Obama) says that he “regularly listens Writers are limited to two letters to this (rap) music, and enjoys it very monthly. much.” Speaks volumes about him

Texas’ oldest operating restaurant is Salado's Stagecoach Inn

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raveling through Salado for thousands of people has meant a stop at the Stagecoach Inn. Its earliest guests arrived in 1861 to spend the night and to enjoy a good meal. Indeed, some of the famous Texans who climbed the steps to the four bedrooms on the second floor or enjoyed meals at its tables included Sam Houston (who made an anti-secession speech from the balcony), George Armstrong Custer, Robert E. Lee's son (who shared the same name), and cattle barons Shanghai Pierce and Charles Goodnight.

Famous outlaws like the James boys and Sam Bass were known to have enjoyed the Inn’s hospitality as well, or did they really hide in the cave under the inn like some desperados did to keep the lawmen from knowing they were in town?

Unfortunately, the guest book with all its previous guests – famous, infamous, or just plain folk – was stolen in 1944. The thief who deprived our

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present generation of that historic list should have been strung up and hanged from the 800-year-old oak tree that people have admired through the years.

Original owners who built the twostory wooden inn placed it facing east near Salado Creek. As the inn expanded as a restaurant to accommodate its customers, the old oak became surrounded by the additions. Today the oak is featured in the “Atrium.”

The shady spot on the creek where the Stagecoach Inn rests today began as a welcoming camping spot for native tribes of the area who hunted buffalo and other game that watered in the mineral-bearing springs. Early Spanish travelers enjoyed the spot as well and gave it the name “Salado,” which in Spanish (in my English/ Spanish dictionary) means “salty” or “witty.” I haven't figured that out!

One of the very first settlers of the area, (which presently is five or six miles south of Belton on I-35), was W. B. Armstrong. He built the inn on the site of an old Tonkawa Indian village.

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He named it the “Shady Villa” because of all the oak trees.

The present restaurant named one of the dining rooms “Shady Villa” because it was the room in the original inn that served PAGES FROM food to its first approxWESTERN guests, imately 20 per HISTORY day. The StageInn is diJ’Nell L. Pate coach rectly above the famous “Outlaw Cave” where the outlaws who robbed the stagecoaches would hide out.

The inn was built at the crossroads of a cattle trail (that later was called the Chisholm Trail) and an “Old Military Road,” which linked a north/south chain of forts along the early frontier.

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In the 1940s a couple named Ruth and Dion Van Bibber bought the inn and restored it. Ruth Van Bibber created many of the famous Stagecoach Inn recipes that patrons still enjoy today. Her husband liked to host guests with his “old world charm.” Their last name sounds like a Dutch heritage, so he may have been from the Netherlands.

In the days before menus could be reprinted quickly, waitresses simply memorized the fare and recited it to customers. A part of the charm of the current restaurant is that waitresses still recite it. Tired travelers on the 19th century stages welcomed hearing the menu as they arrived.

William E. Bratton, a nephew of Ruth Van Bibber, purchased the inn in 1959 and added bedrooms, meeting facilities, a private club and a coffee shop. He also constructed walking trails among the trees as well as a fishing pond, swimming pools, a heated mineral water spa and tennis courts.

The sprawling facilities became a destination place for vacationers instead

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of just a quick stop for a meal.

Current owner, Terry Potts, restored the historic rooms where famous personages slept. In fact, one has become the “Sam Houston Room.” Another is “Camp Hood” in honor of the generals who visited in the 1950s from nearby Fort Hood to prepare military logistics.

Manager Nicole Stairs pointed out that “the Stagecoach Inn Restaurant is the oldest operating restaurant in the State of Texas.”

While highway construction on I-35 presently makes a stop at Salado to eat at the Inn challenging, it definitely is worth the effort on Fridays through Sundays. My stop there was a highlight of my trip to Corpus Christi where I attended the annual convention of the Texas State Historical Association.

It was like stepping back into Texas' historic past.

Retired history professor J’Nell Pate of Azle has authored several books, many of which are on sale in the lobby of the Azle News.

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The deadline for letters to the editor is 5 p.m. Monday.

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Lawmakers seek to control state spending elements

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said her committee would vote on SB 20 this week.

SB 9 by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, would tie the state spending cap to population growth, plus inflation, rather than stick with the current benchmark, personal income growth, to devise a boundary for state spending.

The state constitution limits the growth of the state budget to no more than the growth of the state economy.

In other news, the Senate Select Committee on Government Facilities examined deferred maintenance at state agencies, meaning the costs of upkeep that get put off due to lack of funding. Select Committee Chair Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, said state agencies need $1.5 billion to fix state facilities, up from $400 million in 2006. “If you don’t fix the roof, it’s not just the cost of the roof five years out, it’s the cost of the

ebates over the Texas House and Senate versions of the state budget lie ahead, and movement toward setting budget controls to blend into a final, agreed-upon budget for 20162017 emerged in low-numbered bills filed last week.

SB 20 by Senate Finance Chair Jane Nelson, R-Grapevine, would strengthen state agency contract reporting requirements, require agency heads to sign off on contracts worth more than $1 million and require agencies to post a list of all contracts on their state website, according to a report posted by the Senate’s in-house news service. “These contracts are paid for with taxpayer dollars,” Nelson said. “We must ensure that they are awarded with the highest degree of ethics and transparency.” Nelson

walls. It’s the cost of the carpet and repairs.” Eltife said, and called for a four-year plan, including a special account, to catch up with deferred maintenance.

Bill-filing deadline passes Friday, March 13, marked the 60th day of the 84th regular session of the Texas Legislature and was the final day for state lawmakers to file non-local legislative bills and proposed constitutional amendments.

True to form, bill filing reached tsunami proportions in the last week of bill filing, with more than one third of the total rolling in a matter of days. Statistics kept by Texas Legislative Council show 4,114 House bills, 1,226 Senate bills, and 133 House and 65 Senate joint resolutions (proposed constitutional amendments) were filed. And those, in addition to concurrent resolutions and con-

gratulatory and memorial resolutions submitted by members of both bodies came to a grand total of STATE 7 , 9 8 9 bills.

CAPITAL With HIGHLIGHTS 80 days in the Ed Sterling left 140-day session, lawmakers must move with all possible speed to get their bills assigned to committees for consideration. An intensive schedule of committee hearings has begun. From here on, it’s a race against the clock.

In the second week of May, a string of deadlines ensue that will cut down the number of

bills that have some chance of entering the final stages of the maze before June 1, the 140th and final day of the regular session.

Sales tax revenue increases State sales tax revenue in February was $2.46 billion, up 11.7 percent compared to February 2014, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced March 11.

“This marks the 59th consecutive month of year-over-year growth — an encouraging sign that Texas’ diverse economic engine continues to drive spending growth in households and businesses all over the state,” Hegar said.

Receipts from manufacturing and wholesale and retail trade grew and tax receipts from the oil and natural gas sector were up sharply over last year, despite a decline in oil and natural gas prices, Hegar added.

Cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts will receive March local sales tax allocations totaling $590.1 million, up 6.7 percent compared to March 2014.

Governor certifies disaster Gov. Greg Abbott on March 9 issued a disaster proclamation certifying that drought conditions continue to pose a threat of imminent disaster in 95 of Texas’ 254 counties.

While this 30-day drought proclamation is in effect, rules and regulations that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to this threat are suspended for the duration of the state of disaster, as authorized by state law.

Veteran state reporter and legislative analyst Ed Sterling is member services director for the Texas Press Association, whose 518 member newspapers have combined circulation of 3.7 million.

Letter to the Editor Official should return animal group ‘award’

spected watchdog for charitable giving – has been giving the HSUS a “D” grade for years.

David Martosko, Director of Research for the non-profit Center for Consumer Freedom, states: “Homeless dogs and cats deserve better. Americans should support their local humane societies which are far more efficient with each precious dollar.”

HSUS attempts to connect themselves to public officials to legitimize themselves and to raise money.

A public official – by accepting an award from this socalled humane society – helps them raise money which diverts money from humane societies that really do care for animals.

In May 2014, HSUS paid $15.75 million to the Barnum and Bailey Circus for making false accusations of animal cruelty regarding the use of elephants in their circus.

It turned out that HSUS had paid an ex-employee of the circus $190,000 to give false testimony.

All one has to do is Google HSUS and you will find a

As I sat in my barber shop yesterday waiting my turn to get my gray locks shorn, I picked up a copy of the Azle News and read that Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler had accepted an award from the Humane Society of the United States.

Considering that HSUS is an unapologetic animal rights organization and not an animal welfare organization, I was shocked that a sheriff in a largely rural county would be on speaking terms with them.

Despite what their name implies, the HSUS does not operate a single animal shelter and their mission is to pass animal rights legislation – not to care for neglected or abused animals.

In 2013, the HSUS raised $170 million. Of that, 50 percent went to overhead such as pensions, salaries and fundraising.

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wealth of information regarding what the organization really is.

I would hope that Mr. Fowler would be uncomfortable that the money that his association with HSUS will raise is going to pay off a lawsuit for false testimony.

Oh, by the way, Barnum and Bailey – despite winning the lawsuit regarding elephants in the circus – is throwing in the towel. The damage to their reputation by the false accusations is such that they have decided to no longer use elephants in their shows after 2018.

When the day comes as it soon will and I am sitting at the circus with my little granddaughter and she turns to me and asks, “Grandpa why doesn’t the circus have elephants anymore?” – I hope the answer won’t be because of Larry Fowler.

Mr. Fowler please say it isn’t so. Give the award back and tell HSUS that Parker County isn’t animal rights territory.

Donnie Vanderford Azle

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Grapevine is bi-district foe for both AHS squads by mark k. campbell That match will immediBoth Azle soccer teams fell atley follow the girls contest in 5-5A finales; however, the at Saginaw High School on outcomes against Wichita Falls March 26.

Rider did not affect AHS’ postBoys Coach Ben Buentello season. said, “I am The Lady very proud of Hornets hostthese young ed the Lady men for the Raiders March obstacles Azle vs. Grapevine 16 and fell they have had Thursday, March 26 1-0 to the unto overcome.

Saginaw Rough Rider beaten district “I think our champs. boys have the Stadium The Azle right mentalGirls: 5:30 girls join Ridity heading Boys: 7:30 er, Wichita into the postFalls High, season.” and Denton as Another playoff representatives. plus, the coach said, is that the The Lady Hornets will face Hornets are experienced with district champ Grapevine out of four consecutive trips to the 6-5A. postseason.

The squads will tangle in bi“Grapevine is a very good district at Saginaw Rough Rid- team,” Buentello said. “I er Stadium, Thursday, March know they have some talented 26 at 5:30 p.m. players and are well coached.

The Azle boys team (16-5-1) “I think it will be a fun and lost at Rider 5-1. competitive match.”

Like the AHS girls, the HorLast year, several current nets finished fourth in district Hornets brought home a first and will battle with the winner for Azle athletics – a bi-disof 6-5A – which also happens trict victory, the first-ever for Ben Davis and his fellow Hornets are racing toward the postseason. Both the girls and boys soccer teams will to be Grapevine. face Grapevine March 26 at Saginaw Rough Rider Stadium.

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Baseball Hornets rip off 3 straight, one a no-hitter by mark k. campbell After finally getting in a couple of games around the late winter weather – both losses – Azle (3-2) ripped off three wins in a row.

The first victory of the year came at home then came two games played on March 10.

Hosting R.L. Turner, the Hornets blanked the visitors, posting a 4-run third that put the game away.

The big blow came from Trevor Boiles; he tripled and swatted home 3 teammates.

Trey Ramos, Sean Townsend, and Dalton Cole all doubled; AHS collected 5 hits and 4 were for extra bases.

Tommy Kay was strong from the mound, hurling 6 scoreless innings, permitting only 2 hits while striking out 9 hitters.

Townsend threw a scoreless, hitless inning to close the game.

That victory was followed by a 4-1 win over Richland.

Once again, the Hornets got 5 hits, 3 for extra bases this time.

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Jon Castillo, RJ Simpson, and Townsend doubled with the latter two picking up AHS’ only RBI. On the mound, Blake Hall dominated the Rebels. The Hornet went the distance, 7 innings, allowing 6 hits and fanning 6 batters.

A 3-run second inning was more than enough for Hall.

After the Richland win, Azle hosted Fort Worth Western Hills.

The Cougars could not touch Hornet pitcher Landon Pyle who threw a complete game no-hitter in a 10-1 victory.

Pyle fanned 9 hitters and walked just 2.

At the plate, Azle had four hitters get 2 RBI each – Shane Drolet, Jon Castillo, Tyler Albers, and Bennett Wendell.

Drolet finished with 3 hits, including a double, and scored twice.

District play was set to begin Tuesday, March 17 at Wichita Falls – weather permitting.

by mark k. campbell Well, that was different.

Because of strange weather in March – ice and snow – the district opener for the Lady Hornet softball season got jumbled right off the bat.

Azle (12-1) not only faced Saginaw in the first 5-5A game but hosted Boswell in what was supposed to be an away game.

And both contests took place on the same day, March 10.

So, AHS could have come out that Tuesday at the bottom of the district or the top.

The Lady Hornets came out on top – beating Saginaw 4-2 then rallying to spank Boswell 13-3.

Playing two games was not a big deal, Lady Hornet coach Tracy Tadlock said.

“With our pitching situation – two legitimate starters – it really is a non-issue for us,” he said. “With tournaments, we have been playing two games a day all year.”

In the district opener against Saginaw, Azle scored twice immediately, but the Lady Riders tied the game at 2.

Byron Henderson, However AHS answered with 9, carded a holea run in the third and locked in-one at Cross down the game with another Timbers Golf tally in the fifth inning.

Course on No. 11 Makenzi Harris got the vichitting a hybrid tory, throwing a 5-hitter while club. Witnesses to Azle shortstop Bailee Carter chases down a dribbler off the bat of a Boswell hitter at fanning 8 batters. She also went the feat were Mark the Jim Bob Nation Field of Dreams diamond.

Photo by Mark K. Campbell 2-for-3 at the plate.

Hiles, Ken Haas, Four other Lady Hornets T.J. Thetford, and collected 2 hits apiece: leadoff Naomi Russell. hitter Bailee Carter, Samantha Bradley, Samantha Tittle, and Raelyn Temple; the latter batted home 2 teammates. Bradley, who scored twice, doubled as did Carter and Temple.

A few hours later, Boswell arrived at Jim Bob Nation’s Field of Dreams diamond. And the visitors jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a homer.

But Azle would erase that in the bottom of the fourth inning by batting around and then some, collecting 7 runs.

Among the big hits in that 7-run fifth was a double by Sarah Brown to right center field that scored 2 runners and a triple from Harris that sent Brown home.

Both Brown and Harris had nice games. Brown, who plays third base, went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. Harris was also 3-for-4 with a triple and a homer plus 3 RBI and 2 runs scored.

Katelyn Harris hit safely twice as did Carter who scored 3 times. Bethanie Phillips walloped a triple and had 2 RBI Lady Hornet Makenzi Harris (left) cruises into third base ahead of the throw to the and 2 runs scored.

Bradley earned the complete Boswell fielder. Azle rallied from a 3-0 deficit to trounce the visiting Lady Pioneers Photo by Mark K. Campbell game victory.

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Bibbity-Bobbity-Bore: Cinderella lacks magic This week’s Movie Man will have a couple of Downton Abbey references. And mentions of some old Disney cartoons.

About the film Cinderella is a continuation of one of the many areas in which the Mouse House rules. There are cable channels and shows, straight-to-video movies, Broadway versions of early Disney production, and even ice shows.

Now, the studio is taking old animated movies/characters from decades past and creating live-action films.

The trend began with 101 Dalmatians in 1996 (Movie Man No. 156, a 5); it’s mostly remembered for Glenn Close’s full-bore version of Cruella De Vil. The evil one might even get her own film in the near future.

Dalmatians’ $136.2 million take opened some eyes. Then came a colossal success, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010, MM, #867, a 5). While the movie wasn’t that great, it was big hit in America at $334.2 million, and it also exploded worldwide.

When all the numbers were tallied, Alice became one of the few movies that have made over $1 billion; only 18 other films can make that claim.

That number screams sequel and one is planned for 2016.

(Frozen [2013, MM #1064, 7] also is in that elite billion dollar club and will see a second film.)

Next, Disney snatched a character from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the evil Maleficent. That movie, Maleficent (2014, MM #1090, 4), too, was a giant success. In the U.S., it raked in $241.4 million and, with another $516.8 internationally, the final take was a whopping $758.2 million.

So now here come the live-action remakes. After Cinderella, a new Jungle Book looms next year, April 15, with the voices of Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray among many others.

On the horizon for Disney are live-action versions of Dumbo

and Beauty and the Beast. The latter will star Emma Watson and, as the Beast, Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey reference No. 1; he played the swoon-worthy Matthew Crawley whose death still haunts many).

Disney owns quite a vault full of beloved movies so expect even more animated adaptations.

Hopefully, they’ll get better.

The plot Little Ella (Eliose Webb) has the perfect childhood – loving parents and a happy, carefree life. But then the mom dies.

Dad (Ben Chaplin who looks like he has had Joker surgery on his mouth) remarries years later and that’s okay by the young adult Ella (Lily James [Downton Abbey reference No. 2; she’s Lady Rose]).

But Chaplin’s new bride (Cate Blanchett) is one cruel stepmother. And she has two mighty ugly daughters. When news comes of Chaplin’s death, it takes Blanchett a nano second to cast James into the attic; soon Ella becomes “Cinderella” as she sleeps by dying embers to stay warm.

James and a prince (Richard Madden) meet in the woods while he hunts; both are smitten. With his father/king (Derek Jacobi) dying, Madden must marry immediately for the sake of the kingdom. To entice mys-

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Dastardly Blanchett tries to keep James from attending.

However, a fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) shows up and soon begowned James is on her way – but she must be back at midnight.

At the ball, Madden has eyes only for James. But the clock tolls midnight and she flees, leaving behind only a glass slipper.

Jacobi the king dies. Madden sends his minions – including the nefarious Grand Duke (Stellan Skarsgard) – throughout the land to discover the woman whose foot fits into the wayward slipper. They find James and she becomes a princess.

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The computer generation is mostly fine (but see “What doesn’t work”) with soaring shots of expansive castles, countrysides, and skittering critters that James fawns over.

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The rating Blanchett is mean and there’s the usual amount of parental dying for a Disney film. The PG is correct.

Summing up Cinderella is completely inoffensive. It’s also immediately forgettable. That should make the voices shouting about the movie being anti-feminist calm a little.

The Movie Man took a lot of heat for dissing Maleficent, too; but neither movie is very good.

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Popcorn Players take center stage this week with their 102nd production

BY MISTY SHAW Community theatre is a vital part of the local arts scene, and if you’re in the mood for a family friendly, live spectacle, the Popcorn Players are here to entertain.

As the performing arts wing of the nonprofit Azle Arts Association (AAA), the Players are set to take the stage for their 102nd production – Opal’s Husband – which opens at the theatre in Azle this week.

A desire to promote cultural arts in the area led a group of local “theatre buffs” to form the Popcorn Players in 1998, according to Monica Goth, one of the founding members of the AAA. The troupe, consisting of members from all over the area, has been entertaining local audiences ever since.

Performing during the Popcorn Players last production, The Last Round-Up of the “All our members, be it cast, Guacamole Queens, are (l-r) Heather Stark, Carol Braden, Gwen Gibbons. crew or other help, are volun-

teers,” Goth said. “Most of our active members are from Azle or Springtown, but we also have members from Arlington and the Aledo/Weatherford areas.”

The group relies on ticket sales, donations, and their Golden Kernel fundraiser to provide the resources for stage productions.

Goth is directing the latest Popcorn Players performance – opening Friday, March 20 – which promises to be “a delightful comedy” that will appeal to all ages.

“Opal’s Husband is the third Opal we have performed,” Goth said, noting the play is one of several in a series by author John Patrick. “Opal is a sweet, goodhearted, gullible woman who just wants to help her best friend find a husband. However, things go slightly awry with hilarious out-

comes.”

The show runs through March 29 and stars Rozanne Gann along with fellow Players Carol Braden, Ron Counts, Rita Davis, and Jerry Hall.

After the current show’s last run on March 29, the Popcorn Players will get right to work on their next production.

“In May we will produce Red, White and Tuna where four actors will perform about six characters each,” Goth said. “The Tuna(s) are a favorite of our audiences.”

The summer production opening in July will be the group’s annual melodrama, also a crowd favorite, Goth said.

Though not required, attendees are encouraged to make reservations via telephone or online.

For tickets and more information, call 817-238-PLAY (7529) or visit www.azlearts.org.

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“We sold 300 pounds of crawfish,” said store manager, Mark Laudenheimer. “We had a huge turnout. I think next time I will give a cooking class to teach the basics.

“We’ll allow customers to try them and teach them how to eat them. It's funny teaching people how to suck the heads; they’re always in shock at first, but it's very tasty.”

Laudenheimer say he hopes to have three more boils this season.

The Springtown Brookshire’s held its first boil the following weekend on March 14.

“It went over very well,” said store manager, Mark Baumann.

“We had approx. 300 pounds and basically sold out in about an hour and a half.

“By 1:30 p.m. we only had enough left to fill pre-orders.”

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The Azle store is planning the next boil for after Easter and Springtown is shooting for mid-April.

In addition to the on-site boils, both locations sell live crawfish by the sack.

“They are around 30 to 35 pounds per sack,” Laudenheimer said. “Customers have to place orders Tuesday before noon. The orders arrive Friday Brookshire’s in Azle and Springtown are selling out of morning.”

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Six area residents Lake Report indicted by Parker County Grand Jury A Parker County grand jury met Tuesday, March 10 in Weatherford to consider evidence in criminal cases presented by the Parker County District Attorney’s Office.

The grand jury handed down indictments against 29 individuals.

Among those 29 were two Poolville residents, two from Springtown, and two who live in Azle.

Joshua Darrell Ross, 31, of Poolville, was indicted for theft less than $1,500 with two or more previous theft convic-

tions, a state jail felony.

Shane Allen Shuler, 27, of Poolville, was indicted for evading arrest or detention with a previous conviction, as well as for unauthorized use of a vehicle, both state jail felonies.

Jerme Felix Casarez, 20, of Springtown, was indicted for possession of marijuana between four ounces and five pounds, a state jail felony.

Amy Denice Koontz, 39, of Springtown, was indicted for possession of a controlled substance in penalty group 1, less than one gram, a state jail

ties on a commitment order for a prior charge of evading arrest.

• Parker County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 35-year-old Azle man March 6 for a motion to revoke probation or parole on a previous charge of driving with an invalid license with previous convictions.

• Terry James Sutton, 19, of Springtown was arrested March 6 by Parker County Sheriff’s deputies for a warrant for theft of property, $1,500-$20,000, a state jail felony.

• Jason Bartlett Sinsel, 29, of Azle was arrested March 6 by Parker County Sheriff’s deputies for a warrant for theft of property, $1,500-$20,000, a state jail felony.

• Parker County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 37-year-old Springtown man March 6 on a commitment order for a prior charge of tampering or fabricating physical evidence.

• Damon Don Ford, 41, of

Springtown was arrested March 7 by Parker County Sheriff’s deputies and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second degree felony.

• A 20-year-old Azle woman was arrested March 7 by Parker County Sheriff’s deputies on a commitment order for a prior charge of possession of marijuana, less than two ounces.

• Samuel Burtis Cox, 37, of Springtown, was arrested March 7 by Parker County Sheriff’s deputies for warrants for criminal mischief – $500$1,500, and two counts of criminal mischief – $1,500$20,000, a state jail felony.

• Parker County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 39-year-old Springtown man March 7 and charged him with assault of a family or household member causing bodily injury.

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Adam Joshua Stewart, 23, of Azle, was indicted for manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in penalty

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BETTER LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH www.clarksmachine.com bjc@clarksmachine.com 3131 E. Hwy 199, Spt 817-677-2300 CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY Specializing in Family Eyecare CHURCH 2233 Hwy 199 East, Springtown Therapeutic Optometrist 817-221-LIFE (5433) FAMILY CHURCH 9 miles S. of Springtown on Hwy. 51 601 B 817-599-7655 NW Pkwy • Azle FOUNTAIN OF FAITH 4397 E. Hwy 199, Springtown 817-304-4739 GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH CHURCH OF GOD ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH of GOD 2964 W. Hwy 114, Paradise 940-969-2427 4800 East Hwy. 199, Suite 7 Springtown, 817-677-3208 HARVEST FOR CHRIST CHURCH CHURCH OF GOD of LAKESIDE 1108 NW Parkway (Hwy 199), Azle 9500 Confederate Park Rd. (FM 1886) 817-740-5774 817-237-5500 or 817-237-7837 THE HOUSE OF PRAYER EPISCOPAL 1356 Reno Rd., Springtown Celebrating over 25 years in business ST. ANNE’S ANGLICAN EPISCOPAL 817-221-2551 6055 Azle Ave., Fort Worth JUBILEE HOUSE 817-237-1888 11210 Hwy. 199 W., Poolville AZLE PROVIDENCE REFORMED 817-271-8008 EPISCOPAL 405 Bowie Dr., Weatherford LIBERTY LIGHTHOUSE Rodney Gatlin, D.C. 817-596-7476 120 S. Main St., Springtown 400 Boyd Court ST. ELISABETH EPISCOPAL 817-523-0222 5910 Black Oak Lane, River Oaks www.azlechiropractic.com OASIS CHRISTIAN CENTRE 817-739-0504 CHURCH & HEALING SCHOOL GOSPEL 1121 S.E. Parkway, Azle CENTRAL FULL GOSPEL POWERHOUSE OF PRAISE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 3009 Delaware Tr., Lake Worth 1649 S.E. Parkway, Azle 817-237-7919 817-319-7364 JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES BRANDED CROSS KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S COWBOY CHURCH WITNESSES 3282 FM 2048, Boyd 76023 212 Pearson Lane, Azle 817-221-2242 940-636-9158 LUTHERAN SECRET PLACE MINISTRIES GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN 112 Optimist Rd., Springtown (MISSOURI SYNOD) 682-229-1433 1313 SE Parkway, Azle SPRINGTOWN 7TH DAY 817-237-4822 ADVENTIST HOPE LUTHERAN (ELCA) Hwy. 199 4 miles west of Springtown 4795 Hwy. 199, Reno GOSPEL GATHERING FELLOWSHIP 817-221-HOPE 7315 Silver Creek Rd at Flatrock Rd, Azle METHODIST 817-313-1793 BOYD UNITED METHODIST GOSPEL WAY COWBOY CHURCH FM 730 North in Boyd 420 Jaybird Ln. (FM 2257/ Hwy 199) 940-433-5334 EAGLE MT. UNITED METHODIST Springtown, 817-225-8755 7955 Reed Rd., Azle LIGHTHOUSE HARBOR CHURCH 817-444-0226 1960 Long Circle, Pelican Bay FIRST UNITED METHODIST 817-444-3547 200 Church St., Azle JESUS NAME HOUSE OF PRAYER 817-444-3323 2813 E. Hwy. 199, LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP third drive past Boyd Feed Store 7200 Robertson Rd., Fort Worth 817-237-2758 817-221-4426 SILVER CREEK NEW LIFE FAMILY FELLOWSHIP UNITED METHODIST 525 W. Hwy. 199, Springtown 2200 Church Rd., Azle 817-523-2045 817-444-1382 NEW LIGHTED WAY FIRST UNITED METHODIST 624 Harbor Dr. Circle, Azle Hwy. 51 N & 3rd Street, Springtown 817-444-1577 817-523-7874 NORTHWEST TEMPLE OF PRAISE GARVIN UNITED METHODIST 3 miles West of Boyd on C.R. 4699 6781 Jacksboro Hwy., Lake Worth POOLVILLE UNITED METHODIST PRECIOUS FAITH TEMPLE CHURCH 1 block W. of FM 920 8601 Hwy. 199 @ Vance Godbey’s (behind Poolville Post OfďŹ ce) SPIRIT FILLED CHURCH 817-599-3601 603 SE Parkway, Azle THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 817-444-3058 THE HOUSE OF PRAYER (THE MORMONS) 1356 Reno Rd., Springtown THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST 817-221-2551 OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS UNIVERSAL LIGHT OF CHRIST 1010 Timberoaks, Azle 6117 Graham St., Lake Worth 817-237-5075 817-881-3889 PENTECOSTAL REAL FAMILY FELLOWSHIP GRACE CHAPEL 202 Pearson Lane, Azle UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 3508 Shawnee Trail, Lake Worth 817-677-5963 817- 237-4844 SOULS HARBOR IGLESIA CRISTIANA JUDA 11701 Jacksboro Hwy., Azle 1649 S.E. Parkway, Azle 817-726-2065 PRESBYTERIAN WESTERN HARVEST GRACE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN FELLOWSHIP CENTER 606 Mockingbird Lane, Weatherford 6577 Old Springtown Rd., Weatherford 817-594-2744 817-523-2855 or 817-995-9087 ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN SHEPHERD’S HEART CHURCH CHURCH OF FORT WORTH 14435 FM 730 N • Azle Meeting at Northwest YMCA 940-577-1954 5315 Boat Club Road, Fort Worth 817-989-9800 WESTERN STAR COWBOY CHURCH CONVENANT ORTHODOX 790 CR 3696 • Springtown 817-880-5488 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH “Everyone otta know an Auto Proâ€?

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817-237-3325

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1088 E. Hwy 199 Springtown 817-220-5959

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817-270-3340 - Azle - classifi ed@azlenews.net 817-220-7217 - Springtown - shirley@springtown-epigraph.net

Ad Classifi cation 1. Air Condition/Heating 2. ......................Antiques 3.................... Appliances 4..........Appliance Repair 5.....................Arts/Crafts 6............. Asphalt Paving 7........................ Auctions 8................ Autos, Trucks 9..... Auto Repair Service 10.........Backhoe Service 11............. Boats, Motors 12...............Bookkeeping 13..................... Business Opportunity 14........ Campers/Trailers 15...........Carports/Patios 16...... Equipment Repair 17............ Carpet Service 18 ......................Catering 19...............Cement Work 20.................Ceramic tile 21................... Child Care 22................... Cosmetics 23...Computers/Services

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24................... Electrician 25............... Equipment & Tool Rental 26 ................. Excavating 27............. Exterminating 28 ........ Farm Equipment 29 ...................... Fencing 30 .................... Firewood 31 .............................Free 32 ...................... For Sale 33 .................... Furniture 34.............. Garage Sales 35 ......... Garden/Mowing Service 36........................ Hauling 37...............................Hay 38.............Health/Fitness 39 ............... Help Wanted 40 ...Home Improvement 41 ..........House Leveling 42.......... House Cleaning 43.................. Income Tax 44....... Janitorial Service 45................. Job Wanted

Autos, Trucks

46........... Looking to Buy 47.............. Lost & Found 48 Maintenance/Repairs 49...................... Masonry 50 Mobile Home Service 51................ Motorcycles 52.........................Movers 53.. Musical Instruments 54........... Music Lessons 55.............Miscellaneous 56........................ Notices 57........... Pets, Livestock 58..............Piano Service 59................Pool Service 60................Professional Services 61...................... Personal 62.....................Plumbing 63...............Public Notice 64............... Photography 65........................Printing 66........................Roofi ng 67.................... Recycling 68........................Storage

69................ Sand/Gravel 70................Septic Tanks 71..... Sewing/Alterations 72.............Sewer Service 73......................TV/Radio 74........... Tractor Service 75.................. Upholstery 76....... Vacuum Cleaners 77........................ Wanted 78.................Well Drilling 79....................... Welding 80.............. Lots/Acreage 81..................Business & Commercial Property 82.......... Resort Property 83.......... Houses for Sale 84............. Mobile Homes for Rent 85............. Mobile Homes for Sale 86.... Mobile Home/RV Lots 87...........Rent Furnished 88....... Rent Unfurnished 89 .......... Wanted to Rent

Got a New Driver in the Family?

Up to 16 words, first insertion:

Combo (Azle & Springtown) Only $8.00!

Over 16 words, add 20 cents per word

& Truck Co.

101 Southeast Parkway • Azle

817-444-5074 BAD CREDIT OK BUY HERE PAY HERE

WWW.WISECARANDTRUCK.NET

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Auto Repair Service

BLUE COLLAR GARAGE Classic Car Repair Buy/Sell Classic Cars From the Driveway To the Highway 817-996-7887

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Campers & Trailers

023 Computers/Services HomeComputerWiz. Computer repair specialist: hardware & software. Call today! Terry Jones 682-229-7273. Email: homecomputerwiz@yahoo.com.

Website: homecomputerwiz.com.

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Electrician

BULLDAWG ELECTRIC CO. All types of electrical services and MH hook-ups. Free Estimates.

817-675-4921 www.bulldawgelectric.com.

TECL#25253.

USA A BETTER ELECTRICAL SOLUTION, INC. Commercial, Residential, Industrial NO JOB TOO SMALL Emergency Service Service & Repairs Licensed & Insured TECL 20822 817-849-1534

026 1971 21 ft. FWTD Camper, loaded with stress-free fun!

Sleeps 6, completely refurbished, $3,588. 817-237-9502.

Excavating

GABRIEL’S SERVICES. Small excavation, gravel driveways, demolition, brush, fences, etc. Free Estimates. 817-583-0056.

ALL TYPES OF EXCAVATING Tanks • House Pads • Clearing Also ..

Sand • Top Soil • Gravel

817-523-7248 • 817-239-6215 Like new Fun Finder: 1 BR 1 BA, sleeps 6, 26 ft., slideout, stove, oven, push button awning, hitch hookup with stabilizers. Have to see to appreciate, $15,000. 817688-8297.

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• SITE PREPARATION• GRAVEL ROADS • LOT CLEARING• PARKING LOTS • LEVELING • DEMOLITION • FINAL GRADE • STOCK TANKS • LAND EROSION

Dump Truck Hauling

Cement Work

Allen Chesney Concrete All Types of Concrete Work Residential - Commercial Foundations, driveways, sand, gravel, demolition, haul-off, retaining walls 817-271-4541

J.A.M. Concrete

All Types of Concrete, Building Pads, Driveway, Patios, Walk Jim McKiel 30 yrs. exp.

817-480-8841

Kiley Chesney Construction Dirt & Concrete Work Driveways • House Slabs • Garages • Add-ons Small Land Clean-ups • Gravel Driveways Kiley Chesney, Owner Springtown, TX • Mobile 817-846-6645

Advertising Works!

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Child Care

Another year at The ARK. Now Enrolling Pre-K. Abeka accredited curriculum. Drop-off and pick-up at all Azle schools & Reno. M-F, 6:00AM-6:30PM. 3 meals and snacks included. 817-237-3711 or 817-994-5228.

817-919-3696

HALL'S

Sand, Dirt & Gravel Qualified Family Business Since 1938

☺ All types materials delivered ☺

Excavation—Final Grade—Demolition We Shape the World to Fit Your Needs!

You have a Friend in the Business!

Cliff Hall

(817)221-2681

TOM'S BOBCAT SERVICE 444-5069 • Small jobs accepted • Rough landscaping • Jobsite clearing

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Find that Perfect Car or Truck in the Community Classifieds.

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Garden/Mowing Service

Chad's Tree Service

KILEY CHESNEY CONSTRUCTION All Types Fences - Tractor Work 817-846-6645 BOBBY’S FENCE. All types, free estimates, over 23 years experience 817-444-3213.

FREE TES T ES IMA

Trimming • Removals - Stump Grinding Systemic Feeding • Brush Chipping • Cable Bracing

817-221-2201 • 817-246-5943 Insured for your protection

Fencing

Firefighter Tractor

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Tree Service

All work is done by off duty professional firefighters

Tree Removal & Trimming · Brush Hog · Box Blade Front Loader · Tiller · Truck & Trailer for Hauling

RAY’S FENCE CO. Free Estimates, 817-444-2146, raysfencecompany@ aol.com.

All types fences and metal buildings built and repaired. Portable welding.

817-444-6461.

Call, Text 817-291-3955 or Email jonny5206@yahoo.com

CODY’S

LAWN CARE

Saul SalinaS All Types of Fencing Farm and Ranch

940-577-6781 • 940-393-9754

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For Sale

Gulbransen upright piano, plays well, somewhat worn. Buyer to transport, $500. 817-637-5166.

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Garage Sales

TEXAS CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE CLASSES in Azle/ Springtown. txchlcoach.com or 817-757-6507.

Friday & Saturday, 409 Misty Oaks Street, Azle. Tools, household items, furniture, misc.

Multi-Family Yard Sale Saturday, March 21st, 157 Scott Lane (off Newsom Mound Road). Starts at 8AM. Antiques, household items, clothes of all sizes, furniture, home decor and many more items.

Garage Sale Saturday-Sunday, March 21st-22nd, 724 Ethridge Drive, Azle. Entertainment center, TV, baby items, etc.

3 Family Garage Sale Saturday only, 8A-4P, 413 Inwood Road, Azle.

Antiques, furniture, dishwasher and misc.

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RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL

Quality Work at Competitive Prices

817.929.1714

Campfire Lawn & Garden Trees trimmed-removed Full lawn care & haul-offs

Insured • Azle since 1962 Compare Prices

No Job Too Small

Terms Available 817-444-0861 A.W. Teater All major credit cards accepted

SAGINAW TREE DOCTOR

• SICK TREES • CONSULTING • FERTILIZATION • DISEASED • SPRAYING • PRUNING

Specializing in Saving Trees • 24 Hour Emergency Service Certified Arborist Charlie Hodges Owner

817-524-5364

Lawn Service Mowing • Weed Eating Edging • Trimming

Fr ank sugg, Jr.

FREE ESTIMATES. Mowing, weed eating, scrap haul off, property clean up. Call Brett 817-881-2357.

Springtown

Professional mowing at affordable prices. Call Cliff for a Free Estimate 817-343-7022.

LEON’S TREE SERVICE Expert take downs Stump Grinding Residential/Commerical

Licensed & Insured Free estimates

817-371-8597

817-690-4011 cell

RNA Lawn Services Spring is just around the corner.

I would love to be your personal yard expert.

817-304-3677

817-304-8684 Irrigation Repair

Licensed Professional Services include Wire & Valve locates, Pipe repair, Head adjust or replace, System Design

817-845-6965

Hauling

MCNEELY’S DEMOLITION & CLEANUP SERVICE Tear Down, Removal, Haul Off, Storage Buildings, Fences Free Estimates 817-996-7887

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Hay

Fertilized Coastal and Sudan round bales. Will deliver to Springtown/Azle area. 940-3891936.

TRIPLE K SERVICES, LLC Custom Cutting & Baling Light Tractor Work Insured Hay for Sale 817-401-6306

5 Counties Jack, Wise, Tarrant, Parker, Montague

COSTAL OR TIFTON 940-229-1045 or 940-229-1046

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Help Wanted

LVN & CNA needed for Lake Worth Nursing Home. 817-237-7184.

NOW HIRING: 2 Openings at group homes located in Azle. 1 parttime & 1 full-time position. Both positions require working weekends.

Must have clean criminal & driving records. Training will be provided.

Please text or call 817-443-2494, Monday-Friday, 9A-5P. Automotive Mechanic needed at Advanced Automotive Performance, 1200 N.W. Parkway, Azle.

Requirements: knowledge of variety of makes/models, basic tools and 2 year schooling or shop experience.

817-713-8090; 817-983-4464.

Springtown ISD is accepting applications for Bus Drivers. Training available. Contact Kim Cremeen 817-220-1418.

NOW HIRING: Two Experienced Line Cooks, due to increased business. Pay based on experience.

Apply in person at SHINOLA’S TEXAS CAFE, Springtown.

Springtown Flowers & Gifts is looking for a part-time/seasonal Florist. Call 817-565-9871.

Fr ank’s

MANDO’S TREE SERVICE. Take downs, trimming, lot clearing, haul offs. Senior Discounts. Save Big Money! Call 817-808-2873. 20 year expert.

TIGERT & SONS IRRIGATION. 25+ years experience. We do it all! Lic# 4543. Call Jim 817-480-8465.

24 Yrs. Exp.

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Unwanted debris removed at a reasonable rate. Call Tom 817-4488578.

SPRIGGING

Jon Reed, Owner

GABRIEL’S SERVICES. Fences: privacy & chainlink; demolition; painting; gravel driveways; small excavation, etc. Free Estimates.

817-583-0056.

Lawn Care Time? Call Scott at BEST MAN LAWN CARE 817-629-6755.

1959 IH 40HP diesel tractor, wide front, good tires, runs good, $2,500.

817-994-9797.

Nobody does it better!

(All ads must be paid in advance unless you have previously established credit)

JUST ME YARD CARE. Mowing, weed eating, fertilizing, etc. Greg 817-243-5032.

New Holland 617 9 ft. Disc Mower with Lely caddy. $5,000/ OBO. 817-296-6169.

Reach more than 8,000 households with combo advertising in the Azle News and the Springtown Epigraph.

• Boxed display ads also available

3-Month Special Only $19.95

Bishop’s

Most ads require payment in advance, but we do accept VISA, MASTERCARD OR DISCOVER by phone.

• Discounted rates for additional insertions available if no weeks are skipped and words do not change

the same section.

Call 817-270-3340 for more info on our

2011 Lexus 350, fully loaded, sunroof, 27K miles, $24,000. 817237-4712.

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE: MONDAY BY 5:00 P.M.

RATES

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Wise Car

Springtown Epigraph THE

Serving the Metroplex Since 1975 Family Owned• FREE ESTIMATES • INSURED FALL DISCOUNT 10% OFF Residential • CommeRCial tRee Removal • topping pRuning • Feeding

817- 220-1141 817-444-9574

Mando’s Tree Service Take Downs, Trimming, Lot Clearing, Haul Offs

Senior Discounts Save Big Money!

Call 817-808-2873 20 year experT

STUMP GRINDING Don’t dig it! Grind it!

1 or 100 - We can do it. $65 minimum

817-237-5592

www.azlenews.net www.springtown-epigraph.net

NOW HIRING experienced Alteration Seamstress. Apply in person at Comet Cleaners, 489 E. Hwy 199, Springtown.

Pneumatic Frac Sand Drivers, 2 years driving experience with Class A. Will train for unloading trailer.

Health Insurance plus more. 817996-9786; 817-996-9917.

A/C Service Technician needed, 5+ years experience, good driving record. 817-270-8811.

Heil Trailer International Co., is in immediate need of Welders and General Laborers. Temp to Hire after first two months. Great pay and generous benefit package. Lots of overtime. Must be available to work 1st or 2nd shift. 2nd shift has a three day weekend. If applying for Welder position, please come prepared to weld during interview. Apply in person, 500 Randall Street Rhome Texas 76078. No phone calls please.

Welder. Gen. Maint. Tech II, HS/GED and valid TX DL required. 3-5 years experience Mig, Tig and fabrication. www.trwd.com/employment.

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MAINSTREAM (group home for adults with developmental disabilities) is hiring part-time Direct Contact Staff for 17-hour weekday shifts (2nd & 3rd shifts) or 24-hour weekend shifts. Paid training, starting pay is minimum wage. Good potential for full-time employment.

Call Sandra or Carole at 817-2702747, Monday-Friday, 9A-3P.

Drivers: CDL-B: Great Pay, Hometime! No-Forced Dispatch!

New Singles from Dallas to surrounding states. Apply: TruckMovers.com or 1-877-6067083.

Drivers Wanted! Local Work! Home Daily, Stability, Benefits, CDL-A, 1 year experience, Great Driving Record. Sunsetlogistics.com. 817676-8487; 817-589-1455 or 888215-4285.

Salon Station for Lease. Cuttin Loose Hair Salon. Contact Vicki at 817-629-6434.

Drivers/Owner Ops! Local Work!

Home Daily, Benefits! CDL-A, 1 year experience, Great Driving Record.

Sunsetlogistics.com. 817-589-1455 or 888-215-4285.

Drivers: Immediate Openings! $1,000 Sign-On Bonus! Excellent Pay, Paid Holidays, Vacation!

New Flatbed Openings at Penske Logistics! CDL-A, 2 years Experience. 1-855-975-9321.

Looking for an experienced Appliance Repair & AC Technician.

Please send resume to acheatingunlimited@yahoo.com.

817-598-0040.

Springtown Doctor’s Office hiring front office position. Fax resume to 817-523-5422.

Medical Assistant needed for busy Family Medical Practice in Azle.

Must have degree and certified and registered. Five years experience.

Must have all basic knowledge and skills for Family Medicine. Pediatric shots, EKGs, phone call triage skills, rooming patients, vital signs, etc.

Only seeking full-time long-term employment. Must pass background check, pre-employment drug screen and random drug screens during employment. Fax resume to: 817270-5934.

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Home Improvement

Looking for a CNC Mill Operator with a minimum of two years experience.

Preferably able to set-up as well as work Fanuc control. Must also provide resume. Email or fax resume to info@silvercreekmachine.com.

Phone 817-238-0131; Fax 817-2380295.

This is a promotional advertising company. I am looking to hire 5 Sales Reps, no experience needed, will train. Commission based only NO CAP, so the sky is the limit! For all the details, call Sherry at 817755-8491 or send your resume to admin@spinpromotions.net.

Find a job in the classifieds

CNA’S WANTED FT and/or PT 6-2, 2-10, 10-6 Shifts

Excellent Salary & Good Company Benefits (New Pay Scale)

AZLE MANOR 721 Dunaway Lane 817-444-2536 • EOE Trucking Company

Hiring “Class A” Flat Bed Drivers and Frac Sand Haulers.

2 years of verifiable driving exp. $500 BONUS after 90 days, plus Benefits.

Class A CDL Drivers with 2 years experience Oilfield/Environmental Construction Transportation Paid Weekly, Insurance, Aflac, Paid Vacations and much more

Call Daniel 1-800-448-6323

Part Time Cook & Cook’s Helper

Hours may vary, good salary 5:00am to 1:00pm 5:30 am to 1:30pm 6:30am to 2:30pm 10:00am to 6:00pm 12:00pm to 8:00pm

Azle Manor

721 Dunaway Ln · Azle

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DEVIN’S HANDYMAN SERVICE. Carpentry, cement, rock, granite, tile, painting, siding, insulation, kitchen/ bath, roof/gutters, powerwashing, decks. WINTER SPECIAL: 20% Off w/this Ad! 817-629-9608.

Chapman Carpentry Off-Duty Firefighter Professional & Dependable exterior & interior remodeling, patio covers, drywall repairs

817-946-6787 817-444-4198

Sebastian Enterprises CUSTOM HOME BUILDING Since 1995

817-239-9571 817-237-9571

REMODEL & REPAIR HOME & BUSINESS

Many Happy Local Customers Since 1978

ROBERT’S HANDYMAN SERVICE. I do additions, kitchen & bathroom remodel, ceramic tile, foundation repair, painting, pressure washing, roofing, fencing and decks. Call for Free quote. 817-964-2562.

LOOK Vinyl Siding: Insulated Replacement Windows: Complete Remodeling Lowest Prices: Best Material Free Estimates: Since 1963 817-991-6815

HANDYMAN

LOCAL HANDYMAN SERVICE & REMODELING. No job too small!

Kitchens, bathrooms and all tile work. 817-404-2927.

PYRAMID CONSTRUCTION. TILE: Bathroom Shower, Floors; PAINTING: Interior, Exterior, Tape & Bed, Texture, Popcorn Ceiling; Stain Porches, Stain Fence; ROOFING & More! FREE ESTIMATES. 817-9447658.

PAINTING, REMODELING, CARPENTRY. Home Improvement Special: $100 off any job of $1,000 or more. Painting, carpentry, sheetrock, storage buildings, porch covers, decks. 36 years experience.

Call Bill Rosser now for a Free Estimate. 817-374-2566; 866374-3559. www.billrosserpainting. com. NOW ACCEPTING VISA & MASTERCARD. Before you buy vinyl siding or windows, call Jimmy for a free estimate 817-444-5270; 817-2967567.

WILLIE SIMON TILE & WOOD. Shower, Tub Surround & Backsplashes. 817-366-4555.

“Texas sTyle” Tile • Fencing • PainTing carPenTry • BaThrooms kiTchens • moBile home rePair We Do IT all No Job Too small

Gary 817-550-7776

Mr. Sweeps Chimney Cleaning Service

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817-692-5624 ask for Doug

www.mrsweepschimneycleaning.com

Job Wanted

Masonry Azle, TX ,L.L.C.

Landscape Designs, Patios, Outdoor Kitchens, Retaining Walls, Mailboxes Free All Types Stone & Brick Work New Construction • Remodels Estimates

Cell 817-308-6512 Home 817-444-3806

House Cleaning

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No Positions Available at this Time

Karl Klement Properties, Inc.

Backgrounds Checked

For consideration of all positions apply to:

We furnish Tools & Chemicals

Jodi Dusek, H/R Mgr.

605 N. Business 287, Suite 102, Decatur, Texas jdusek@klementford.com

940-627-6362

We offer paid holidays, vacation & training.

You’ll love the care you get!

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LBJ’s choice to lead the “Warren Commission” (init.)

TXism: “that ___ won’t float” “Skip to My ___” TXism: “about as graceful as _ ___ __ ice” Hondo’s county

Music Lessons

Miscellaneous Last Puzzle Solution C O N T E N T I O N

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Beginner and intermediate piano lessons, my home or yours, Azle/ Springtown area. Patti Sloan, sloanone@yahoo.com or 817-4543517.

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U.S. Army Retired-but not tired!

Careful moving-Cheap. Call Big Jim @ 817-237-5151.

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2007 Honda Gold Wing 1800 with trailer, 33,500 Original Miles and has been garaged at all times. It has Black Exterior, Audio (AM/ FM/CB/Bluetooth), Comfort System, GPS, Emergency Escort LED Lights on bike and Custom Trailer. All Services performed by the local Honda Dealership.

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3 in Runnels Co. (2 wds.) on hwy. 83 22 16 TX Oatmeal Festival 4 early route up from race: “___-_-Thon” Mexico: “Old ___ 17 TXism: “___ ____ _______ ____” 23 gravel” (fell) 8 TX Perot met wife 18 mop a boat deck on a blind ____ 24 (2 wds.)

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Deadline: 5:00 PM Monday

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3-2-2 brick on 1/2 acre, large fenced yard, very clean and move-in ready.

Recently reduced to $140,000. On inlet Eagle Mountain Lake. 817707-7436 or 817-948-4890, leave message.

Seal Coating, Pot Hole Repairs, Crack Filling 084 Mobile Homes for Rent & 3 BR mobile homes for rent, 817-907-7410 • 817-221-2125 2Springtown and Azle ISD, no pets.

817-980-3066.

Quality Family Business Since 1938 CALL Cliff Hall

(817)221-2681 We go the extra mile to ensure you get more for your $. On House Pads, Driveways, Lot Clearing & Tractor Work, Etc.

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Need a quality water well at a fair price? Also pump sales and installation. Kelvin’s Pump and Well Service, 817-221-4300.

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REDUCED! 3.4 acres in Lost Acres Addition, 5 miles from Agnes, $30,000, good terms. 817-690-7882.

FOR SALE: .15 acre lot in Azle (1908 Gale Drive). Has electric, city sewage, gravel driveway and includes gas lease royalties. 817237-5118.

One acre, all fenced, with very nice remodeled 3-2 MH, 14x80, Midway Road, Reno area. Owner will finance, low price, reasonable terms. Must Sell. r12cr@hotmail.com. 972-7327430.

WANTED: Looking to rent/lease 2050 acres with or without buildings.

Call Kevin 817-262-0621.

081 Business/Commercial FOR SALE OR RENT: 6,700 sf office/warehouse at 1750 N. FM 51, Springtown. Several offices, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, large meeting room, warehouse area, loading dock, all on 1 acre. $169,000 or $1,600/mo. 817-220-5339; 817-7980891.

Nice professionally remodeled 2-1 MH available at Homes on Country Acres #11, between Springtown & Weatherford on FM 51. $500/mo. #300 deposit. 682-551-0424; 682559-0531.

MIDWAY MOBILE HOME PARK AFFORDABLE COUNTRY LIVING 2 or 3 bedroom mobile homes for rent. Also, RV lots & rentals and mobile home lots for rent.

Fabulous Floor Plans

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Duplex Homes For Lease 2 & 3 Bedrooms • 2 Bath • 1 Car Garage

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Stewart Bend Court, off South Stewart Street close to Cross Timbers Golf Course in Azle

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AZLE OAKS

APARTMENT 700 JARVIS • AZLE 817-444-1712

817-220-4678 • 3080 W. Hwy 199 088

Rent Unfurnished

2 BR 1 BA Apartment, covered parking, $850/mo. All bills paid except TV and phone, no pets, non smoking. 817-372-3050.

4-2-2 on 1 acre, Springtown ISD, $1,250/mo. plus deposit. 940-4335639 or 940-393-8583.

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Azle Creek Apartments

Large 2 BR house, very clean, no pets, all appliances, CH/A, $800/mo.

817-444-3636.

GENE THOMPSON & ASSOCIATES

TDD:

800-735-2989 This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

1/1 - $495 Ready Now Pre-Qualify-April Lease 2/1 - $595 • Newly Remodeled • Friendly & Quiet Community • Laundry On Site

HOMES and MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

(Water, Trash & Sewer Included)

817-246-4646

(size restrictions and additional fees apply)

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1 & 2 Bedroom Unfurnished Rent based on income.

519 West Main St. • Azle

SHADY CREEK APARTMENTS 1 & 2 Bedrooms • W/D Connections • Swimming Pool • Water/Trash Service Furnished

817-444-2430

Used up all your green for St. Patrick’s Day? Get some of it back with an ad in the Classifieds.

Find a buyer for what your selling easily with the classified section.

085 Mobile Homes for Sale We buy used mobile homes with clear titles. K&P Homes, Inc. 817-677-3446.

BANK REPOS 817-677-3446 USED REFURBISHED HOMES 817-677-3446 NEW HOMES-FACTORY DIRECT 817-677-3446 K&P HOMES, INC. 12x80 mobile home. Must be moved. $1,400. Springtown. 817353-1503 or 817-694-0935.

3-2, 14x80 MH, remodeled and very nice, on 1 acre, all fenced. Midway Road, Reno area. Owner will finance.

Must Sell. Low price, reasonable terms. r12cr@hotmail.com. 972-7327430.

086 Mobile Home/RV Lots PELICAN BAY: Mobile Home Lots for rent: 1708 GALE DRIVE, $155/ mo. $50 deposit. Gene Thompson & Associates, 817-246-4646. gtatx. com. Hablamos Español.

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RV in Park, ready to move into, single or couple. Heritage RV Park.

817-444-3760.

Tiny Houses and RV rental. Azel RV Park 817-677-2160.

40x50 building for rent 3 miles west of Springtown 817-713-7495.

RENT SPECIAL! 2-2 4-PLEX, IN AZLEWOOD. $725/$500 security deposit, WBFP, walk-in closets, box windows, large kitchen w/pantry, 1,100 sq. ft. 817-360-3039.

GREAT LOCATION!! 1504 SE Parkway, Azle, on Hwy 199 frontage road. 1,000 sq. ft., 4 offices and kitchenette. Suitable for Doctors, Accountants, Lawyers, Real Estate Agents, etc. $800/mo. 817-6907882.

Large Shaded Lots Nice & Clean Electric, Water & Sewer included Laundry Room & Shower Facilities Wi-Fi

Rent Unfurnished

817-755-6161

Professional Office Space For Lease: 1230 E. Hwy 199, Springtown. Suite 103, 1,100 sq. ft., individual offices; Suite 104, 800 sq. ft. 817-220-2150.

Redwood Village Main Street. 2 Suites Available! 650 sq ft for $675 or 850 sq ft for $880 per month.

ADA restrooms, kitchenettes, covered parking. Trash & Water bill paid! Month-to-Month OK! Tim 817360-3627.

RV Spaces by Day, Week or We now have Pull-Throughs!

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12667 FM 730 South • 1 mile south of Azle

1220 E. Hwy. 199 • Springtown

owner Rodney Vick 817-220-3044 fax 817-523-7639 cell 817-253-1614

Mobile Home/RV Lots

Pecan Acres RV Park Inc.

Metal Building Erectors

Sand/Gravel

BEST DEAL

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Deadline: 5:00 PM Monday

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2 & 3 bedrooms, 2 bath duplexes, 1 car garage, fenced backyard, all appliances, all brick, great location.

Stewart Bend Duplex Homes in Azle.

817-444-2362. www.stewartbend. com.

SPRINGTOWN APARTMENTS, 624 East 3rd Street. 2 bedroom 1 bath, clean, new carpet, $625/mo. includes water, trash service & basic cable, $500 deposit. 817-875-8406.

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Businessman dies in shooting incident Former Chamber President Bettis known for supporting Azle by carla noah stutsman An Azle man was shot and killed Sunday evening, Dec. 21 during an altercation between two men.

Former Azle Area Chamber of Commerce President Brad Bettis was shot several times.

Azle police were dispatched to a disturbance at 620 South Stewart Street at 5:54 p.m.

According to Interim Police Chief Darrell West, the initial 911 call reported a verbal altercation between Benny Aulvry Rogers and Bettis.

That disturbance escalated, West

said, to a point where Rogers produced a handgun and shot Bettis multiple times.

Bettis, 40 and an Azle native, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Due to multiple gunshot wounds, his death has been ruled a homicide by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Rogers, 47, the owner of the property where the incident occurred, surrendered to Azle police voluntarily, according to West, and was taken into custody without incident.

He was escorted to the Azle Po-

lice Department for questioning at the time of the incident and has been fully cooperative with law enforcement officials, West said.

“There have been no formal charges filed at this time,” West said. “Bettis and Rogers may have known each other and the argument that took place was domestic in nature.”

The investigation is still ongoing and will be presented to the Parker County Grand Jury upon its completion, West added.

In addition to Azle PD detectives and officers, Tarrant Regional Water District

Lake Patrol officers, Azle Fire Marshal Kenny Wilson, and the Texas Texas Rangers Rangers assisted in the investigation at the scene.

Bettis grew up in Azle and graduated from AHS in 1993.

After college, he oversaw operations af at First Independent Insurance, an affiliate of First Bank and later, Pinnacle Bank, from 2000 to 2010.

Bettis was active in the community as well as in the rodeo community.

He is the father of two young children.

See obituary elsewhere in this publication.

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2014 ing of saw the completion the and open provement City’s Splas the const s to the wastehPad, the im-ruction water plant Court Anne and , x build opening of ments to If you’re planning to celebrate the ing, and the FM improveNew Year with a little bubbly – or any Springtow 51 among other n residents to see chang projects. other alcoholic beverage – make sure 2015 inclu es throughouwill continue you have a plan to get home safely. ding: t the city The Texas Department of Transporin Widening tation reminds motorists that law enforcement will be out in force on New The city of Walnut Cree k widen Waln will conti Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in an nue tion of State ut Creek near working to effort to reduce crashes and discourthe inters Highway age drunk driving.

The ecect havefinalized plans199 and FM 51.

And that means around here, too. been appro for TxDOT’s annual Holiday Impaired ved by the projthe Texa Driving Campaign began Dec. 1 and s PLEASE runs through New Year’s Day to proSEE LOOM Desp ING, PAGE mote the importance of planning for a 2A. with ite traffic zoom sober ride. the wide ning of ing by abov The campaign coincides with an the wate e, two duck increase in law enforcement patrols rway. s chill out on aimed at reducing the number of ima deep and dark paired driving crashes in Texas during Decembe

BY NATA the holiday season. r on Waln LIE GEN As the Numerous law enforcement agenNew ut Cree TRY mester k. Thei begin, Year and the cies throughout the state will also imr habitat and resid Springtow new se- School Distr will chan ict (SISD plement no-refusal initiatives. tious of ents are warn n businesses ously received ge in 2015 ) has Photo Drivers arrested for DWI can face

by Mark working companies ed to be cau- several Sprin informatio previK. Camp There claiming abou jail time and up to $17,000 in court n from gtown bell partment with the distri is no to be moti t companies businesses place. such agree ct'snear laJunta volunteer firefighter matthew thomas homas tends to the driver who lost control of a pickup monday, onday, Dec. Dec. 29, 29, on on Flat Flat road costs and legal fees. on rock athle fundr onal such as Theto determine aisers ment in The comp . and tic de- Stop” sayinSpecialties” he man was transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries. an n investigation is underway why The legal limit for intoxication in Dwayne Drive. the Springtow “Pro ment or ness adve g they are and “Spir - ly mentionedanies have traveled across across the the roadway roadway to to the the opposite opposite bar bar ditch, ditch, struck struckaaculvert, culvert,aatelephone telephonenpole, pole, and and Texas is .08 blood or breath alcohol how he lost control of the vehicle, which traveled Indep panies arrangement with it be endent speci secur rtisem spon fical ing displayed for the and has a metal fence before it came to a stop.

Photo by Carla Noah Stutsman concentration. sorsh district. ents as a fund busi- will not requethese comon SISD ip ads to- services. be raiser sted these schedule The only events. thrown to crow t-shirts that posters. comp Acco ds thorit at athle rding to The distri tic Star y to promoteany that has the company the distri ct doesn Sports. the distri au’t have ct is Five should be claiming such ct, any other any agree They recei repor a privilege ted.

- spons If in ors for ved approval quest doubt abou the fall and sprinto solicit 1700 contact the t a sponsorshi p reSISD g sports or Commercthe Springtow at 817-220n Cham e at 817-2 by mark k. campbell sign up for a bus ride to Austin to get at- tors around town.

20-7872. ber of tention for the quakes.

On Feb. 14, wrestler Jesse Grubbs became The earthquakes that rattled the Sure enough, people – including an Azle High School’s first-ever two-time state Azle area in late 2013 hung around in Elvis impersonator and some preteens – champion when she repeated her 2013 gold 2014 – and brought with it a swarm of later spoke with RRC representatives in medal effort in Garland. activists.

Austin about their tremor concerns.

After Joe Floyd Coffee was arrested for caus causFires, criminals, retiring leadership, ing a disturbance at a convenience store, he be Eventually, the earthquakes stopped. beand HGTV were just a few of the hapOn Jan. 23, a man with a gun “hear- gan confessing to several other crimes – includ includpenings in the first half of 2014. ing voices” on West Columbia Drive ing an aggravated robbery on Valentine’s Valentine’s Day, Day,aa kept Azle police at bay. bay. With With help help from from car theft and even an arson.

January the Parker County Special Operations Pelican Bay police solved eight burglaries in The main topic around town as the

BY MAR As usual Group, Shaylor Alan Lambert was even- the ‘Bay and Reno, arresting five individuals.

New Year arrived was earthquakes. ing area , plenty went K K. CAMPBE tually forcefully removed from the house After accepting de-annexation petitions in last On Jan. 2, the Texas Railroad Comon in Sprin LL Here are year. gtown and January, the Reno City Council rejected them and taken into custody. mission (RRC) sent representatives the highl the surro ights: The Bank of Azle foiled a forgery all in February. to address local quake concerns. A undJanuary when teller Marlisa Godsey discovered The Red Solo Cup Barbecue Bash raised panel comprised of Austinites and A foursuspicious activity – from Florida – on a around $50,000 for the Azle Education Foundalocal governmental representation help after year-old girl used her customer’s account. tion. heard plenty from the raucous crowd on the sideher mother passe moth – despite being told there would be of the road d out behiner's cell phon 13. The e to d February March mother in no “Q & A.” in the vehic was arres the 300 blockthe wheel of a call for The University Interscholastic With no one filing against incumbents, both pickup On Jan. 13, Azle High School was ted; drug of Youn On Jan. le. g Road parapherna League’s biennial realignment put Azle Azle Azle and Lakeside cancelled scheduled May the site of a near media-frenzy as Megrocery 15, the remo lia was Jan. in the same district with two Wichita elections. That saved Azle $10,000 and Laketroplex news outlets descended upon found for specistore, was compdel of Brookshir als.

Falls schools, three from Saginaw, BrewBrew side $4,000. e's, Sprin lete and the auditorium to hear activists whip After eight the gtow publi er, and Denton, resuming the arch rivalry The Azle Drumline competed in Houston n's some residents into a frenzy. lone c jamm Coach seasons ed the store Brad Turne with Boswell, the Take the Lake football March 8 and won the regional competition, edgcoaching Complete with a guy wearing a gas director for a few r stepped down the footb game. ing Houston Cy-Fair by one-half point. mask and holding a sign that said “Ban activists poured into azle to encourage local resiall Emily months SMU officials came to Azle and in inFracking Now!!!,” local concerned dents to head to austin to protest the earthquake more. . He remainedPorcupines, female Mitchell becam as athle to PLEASE SEE 2014, PAGE 3A. stalled a series of seismic activity moni monifolks heard groups urging people to swarm in early 2014.

Photo by Carla Noah Stutsman tic In All-Smake All-State e the first Sprin gtown High freshman, tate Band compChoir.

School was etitio School Bands. chosen for the n, SHS' Jacob High Associatio Matth n of Texa ews, a resigningschool principal s Smal school year.July 1, followChris Penningto l 14 pages plus supplements ing n anno the A Sprin completion unced he rested for gtown wom of the 2013was -14 Road in a Christmas an, Rachelle A U.S. Geological Survey report said most of the Deann Day aggra Azle.

Martin, Melissa vated robbe 20-plus reported earthquakes were centered near Reno was arWestberry Elementar ry off Flat ,a and Briar.

Rock vey Acad y, was one of kindergarten teach Azle, Texas 76020 er at Gosh College emy of Exem 32 instructors en Creek nized. Jan. 24. Poolv plary Teachers honored at a Jack T-Mobile ille's Teri event HarUpgrade users shou Simpson at Weatherfo ld get s that rd February was also tower that sits included newbetter phon recogThe annu e and on the equi high scho pment are Internet now part al UIL realig service almo of 4A with ol prop nmen erty, an st complete soon. 6A – was paire the creat t was bizar onsite re. Sprin ion workeron the in some sport d with different of a higher gtown Photo by s like top – said. Region II, schools Mark K. in vario classification, a rarity football, the Campbell us sport for a schoo Porcu l west of pines becam s. Plus, e part of the Metr oplex.

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