MustangMustang MuseumMuseum addsadds eexhibitsxhibits -- PPageage 33 the Irving Rambler www.irvingrambler.com “The Newspaper Irving Reads” August 31, 2006 Comics Page 11 IISD names cable THIS Classifieds Page 11 Civil War soldiers Obituaries Page 8 specialist teach history Police & Fire Page 2 WEEK Puzzles Page 10 Page 6 Page 12 Luncheon educates companies OfficerOfficer ininvolvedvolved shootingshooting Police dispatch received in- ing officer came head to head about Internet security formation regarding two stolen with them in the west drive of the vehicles on Aug. 29 located in complex. At that time, the officer the parking lot of the Hillcrest attempted to stop them and the Apartments, 3149 W. Walnut Hill stolen vehicle went into reverse, Lane. accelerating backwards and ram- A plainclothes detective was ming the detective’s vehicle. near the area and arrived prior to The patrol officer exited his the patrol units and took a posi- vehicle and attempted to get the tion where he could observe the two suspects out of the stolen two (unoccupied) vehicles until vehicle, instead, it accelerated other officers arrived. While toward him. The officer fired on watching the vehicles, the detec- the vehicle and it veered to the tive observed two men enter and right, jumped the curb and struck remove items from the vehicles a fence where it came to rest. and then drive away from the Both suspects received gun- cars. He radioed the information shot wounds and were taken to to responding officers, who Parkland Memorial Hospital stopped the vehicle as it left the where the driver died. The complex. Those two were ar- passenger’s injury is not consid- rested and the detective remained ered to be life threatening. The with the stolen vehicles awaiting investigation is on-going and at another patrol unit. this time the suspects are de- Creating a safer cyber-world, (back row from lft to rt) Chris Wallace, president of Greater Irving Las Colinas As he watched, the detec- scribed only as Hispanic males Chamber of Commerce; Lisa Sturgeon, Chamber of Commerce chairwoman; councilman Joe Philipp, Michael tive observed two more individu- possibly in their mid to late teens. Robins, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; Monica Forrest, Geek Squad CIA, (front row) als get into one of the stolen ve- The officer was uninjured panelists, Brad Schuelke, Thomas Carter, Garry Geddes and Sean Heather. hicles start it and drive away. He and the detective received only followed them and radioed the in- minor injury from the impact of In partnership with Microsoft Garry Geddes, Strategic Security about retaining personal identify- formation ahead. The respond- the stolen vehicle into his. and the U.S. Chamber of Com- Advisor, Microsoft Corporation; ing information. By bringing some merce, the Greater Irving-Las and Sean Heather, Executive Direc- of those issues to the fore and pro- Colinas Chamber Technology Lead- tor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. viding materials people can take ership Council hosted a Get Net Mr. Carter said the topics dis- away with them, and websites they Beware: Scammers are working Safe! luncheon at the Four Seasons cussed with a few people will ben- can visit to learn more about these Hotel & Resort on Aug. 29. efit a number of companies and fami- issues, they can improve security Following the lunch, topics rel- lies. for their companies, educated their hard for your money evant to Internet and cyber secu- “This is training the trainers,” employees and increase security in rity were discussed by Brad Mr. Carter said. “There are lots of their homes to protect their fami- Every day people who use the The “Nigerian” Email Scam Schuelke, Assistant Attorney Gen- businesses here both small and lies. There are a hundred people in internet and maintain personal or The Bait: Con artists claim to eral, consumer Protection Division, large. All of them, no matter how this room, but hopefully we have business email are bombarded by be officials, businesspeople, or the Texas Attorney General’s Office; sophisticated, have things they can touched several thousand people.” unsolicited commercial email or Thomas Carter, Regional Director learn to improve about their secu- surviving spouses of former gov- See ORGANIZATIONS, Page 7 ‘spam.’ For many, spam is simply ernment honchos in Nigeria or an- for the Federal Trade Commission; rity on their websites or policies and annoyance to be deleted with other country whose money is all due haste. Others view spam as somehow tied up for a limited time. a source of information and enter- They offer to transfer lots of money tainment. FFoodood ministrministryy helpshelps peoplepeople sasaveve monemoneyy into your bank account if you will Unfortunately, a percentage of pay a fee or “taxes” to help them place an order. It costs $25 for a spam is produced by con artists to As costs seem to be on the rise church with about 30 members. It is access their money. If you respond basic box. A basic box is usually steal money from as many people many people are on the look out for hard to get even 30 people excited to the initial offer, you may receive enough food for one person for as possible. These emails are pro- ways to save money. Calvary Bap- about the same thing. Our church documents that look “official.” about a month or a family for about fessionally developed by very tist Church is helping ease the fi- has tried other ministries. With this Then they ask you to send money a week. The menu offers a good smart people who use marketing nancial burden for families by be- ministry we had 16 people here on to cover transaction and transfer variety and every month it changes. techniques and psychological pro- coming Irving’s newest host site for a Saturday helping to distribute the costs and attorney’s fees, as well “We do have special boxes files to create the most compelling Angel Food Ministries. food. This ministry has brought us as blank letterhead, your bank ac- which include chicken boxes, pork scenarios in order to convince Once a month, everyone has together as a team,” she said. count numbers, or other informa- or steak. You can order a special smart, well educated people to give the opportunity to order boxes of “Several people have said if tion. They may even encourage you box if you order a basic box. A per- away their hard earned cash. food from Angel Food Ministries. they had not ordered the food, they to travel to Nigeria or a border coun- son can order as many boxes as For spammers, the creators of Offered in 32 states, Angel Food, a would not have been able to eat as try to complete the transaction. they want. People also really like these emails, this is not simply a non-profit, non-denominational or- well that month. We have had Some fraudsters have even pro- the fact that we can take food lark. Producing spam and taking ganization, offers ‘no second-hand people order one of the basic boxes duced trunks of dyed or stamped stamps. This is the only food min- money is their job. They will use items, no damaged or out-dated and one of each of the special boxes money to verify their claims. istry in the United States that works every technique, trick, angle or goods, no dented cans without la- and they are so excited. It is better The Catch: The emails are from with the government and takes method available. bels, no day-old breads and no pro- quality food than they are used to crooks trying to steal your money food stamps. As part of the government’s duce that is almost too ripe,’ accord- and a better variety. or perpetrate identity theft. Inevi- “We started ordering our first ongoing efforts to protect consum- ing to Angel Food Ministries. See PROVIDING, Page 12 tably, emergencies come up, requir- boxes in March and we became a ers, www.onguardonline.gov offers “We want everyone to realize ing more of your money and delay- host site in June. Our first order in- Irving Rambler $0.25 Internet users a wealth of informa- they can get good food at a rea- ing the “transfer” of funds to your cluded 18 boxes. In August, we or- tion about Internet scams, how to sonable price,” Sheree Buice, the account; in the end, there aren’t any dered 75. spot and report them. Information Angel Food coordinator for Calvary profits for you, and the scam artist “This is the first thing that ev- about some of the most widespread Baptist, said. “You do not have to eryone in our entire church has and expensive scams follows. qualify or fill out an application. Just See EMAIL, Page 5 been excited about. We are a small fill out an order form. Anybody can See COMMUNITY, Page 5 Page 2 August 31, 2006 www.irvingrambler.com The Irving Rambler Community Calendar September 3 Heritage House 2007 season with coffee being cal Center at Dallas, 3500 Gaston ery month to discuss Michael aspect of the budget, including Tour - Celebrating the memory and served at 9:30 a.m., business meet- Ave. Thomas Hutson, M.D., will McGarrity, Kevin Kerney series at property tax rates, water and sewer marriage of Charles P. Schulze Jr. ing at 10:00 a.m. and the book re- present “New Developments in the noon. rates, and sanitation fees. Hearings and Catherine O’Connell 70 years view at 10:15 a.m. The meeting will Treatment of Prostate Cancer.” Re- are at 7 p.m.