• Irving • Irving
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Coppell ● Las Colinas ● Valley Ranch RamblerRamblerRambler Coppell ● Las Colinas ● Valley Ranch ● Irving ●● PAINTING & CONSTRUCTION on any interior paint job SAVE 25% over $1000 Not valid with any other oer. Expires 1/31/13 972-745-1888 RamblerRamblerRambler January 12, 2013 50¢ Council retains another firm to create plans for Heritage district By Amanda Casanova making an action plan with recom- Heritage Crossing, which in- property. Those are our best targets, at the meeting that the City would Business owners and residents mendations that can be taken to the cludes downtown Irving, is bordered but it doesn’t mean we can’t expand.” not “back the project,” but Polikov invested in the Heritage Crossing City Council. by Pioneer Drive, Shady Grove Among concerns expressed at disagreed. district spent more than two hours on “How do you take advantage Road, Britain Road and MacArthur the public meeting were worries “The engagement of our firm is Jan. 8 discussing possible improve- of all the cars that drive past here?” Boulevard. about which section of the district a sign they are serious,” Polikov said. ments to the area. he asked. “This is about harnessing “There may be places where we would be worked on first, how the In the past, several plans have Scott Polikov, president of the what’s good about downtown and scale back,” Kevin Kaas, redevelop- area could attract young profession- already been drawn for the area. If Fort Worth-based Gateway Planning taking all that planning and coming ment and corridors administrator als and how much the City would the City Council approves the recom- Group, told attendees at the public up with a plan of what that means as for the City, said. “Our initial focus support the effort. mendations, they will then be able to forum his company is working on far as improvements.” is the core area where the City owns Some residents voiced concerns See HERITAGE, Page 8 LPGA returns to N. Texas after more than 20 years The LPGA announced the return will be awarded to the winners of a Jan. 10 of the North Texas LPGA high school and collegiate “shootout” Shootout, to be held April 25 to 28 at played in advance of the event. Tour- Las Colinas Country Club in Irving. nament proceeds will benefit The The tournament is the Tour’s first in Nexus Club which primarily supports the North Texas region in more than and raises funds for the LPGA-USGA 20 years, though the LPGA last made Girls Golf in North Texas. headlines in the area when LPGA and Many of the LPGA’s current World Golf Halls of Fame member players were junior golf stars in Lone Annika Sorenstam teed it up at the Star state including 2012 Rolex Play- PGA TOUR’s Colonial Invitational er of the Year Stacy Lewis, five-time in 2003. LPGA winner Angela Stanford, 2012 The North Texas LPGA Shootout Rolex First-Time Winner Brittany will also provide a unique opportu- Lang and Katie Futcher. nity for amateur players in the area “I am extremely excited for the to earn spots in the field through opportunity to play in my home state qualifying. Tournament exemptions See LPGA, Page 4 Photo by John Starkey A young football player receives a trophy for playing in the Irving Boys Football Association. Irving considering two new Boys honored with football team jackets public improvement districts By Alice Canham It was standing-room-only in the Senter Park By Amanda Casanova would also include sewer, water and gym on Jan. 8. Parents, siblings and friends cheered, City officials are asking the drainage facility improvements, the about three-dozen boys received their team jackets public to attend a public hearing this creation of a public trail system and for participation in the Irving Boys Football Asso- month about creating two separate two public parks. ciation (IBFA). public improvement districts in the The cost of improvements in Eight-month-old Josiah Puente might have city. the Bridges of Las Colinas is about been the youngest fan on hand, as parents Jesse and If the City Council votes to create $9 million plus maintenance costs. Stephanie pointed out older brother Joseph who was the districts – one in the Bridges of Hines is also developing about there to be honored. Las Colinas and another in Ranch- 121 single-family residential lots ”Joseph is a student at Ladybird Johnson,” Jes- view – each public Improvement in Ranchview. Improvements, like se said. “It’s a great school. And he’s worked hard.” district would allow the City to make those in the Bridges of Las Colinas, He’s not the only one. Rose Stiggleman is the improvements to the area by levying would include a public trail system Treasurer for the IBFA. As she took a break from and collecting money from property and sewer, water and drainage work. directing activities (and handing out cookies), she owners. The area would also boast a public explained that the non-profit sports organization Photo by Alice Canham According to City documents, green space. serves players as young as five years old in the Pee Supporting each other, the Puente family Hines, an Irving-based developer, The cost of the Ranchview proj- Wee division. At that age, it’s strictly flag football. sits in the bleachers waiting to see son is developing a 400 single-family ect is estimated at about $3 million. See FOOTBALL, Page 7 Joseph honored for playing football. residential subdivision in the Bridges If approved by the City Council, of Las Colinas. Work to the area See IMPROVEMENTS, Page 3 WE CARE ABOUT YOU & YOUR FAMILY 972-253-4200 IRVING TEXAS IRVING PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE PERMIT #024981 PERMIT www.mscitx.com Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM–5:00 PM After Hours Clinic: Lab & Radiology: No appointment necessary Mon-Fri 7:30 AM–5:30 PM Mon-Fri 5:00 PM–9:00 PM Not available for After Hours Clinic Sat & Sun 9:00 AM–4:00 PM Courtesy photo Main Location: CISDR GEMS students Lesley and Alondra from Bowie Middle 2021 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving, 75061 School participate in the TEDxSMU conference in November. Other Locations: GIRL POWER Baylor MOBI: 2001 N. MacArthur Blvd. #425 Valdez Clinic: Las Colinas: The Irving Rambler Box 177731 P.O. Irving, TX 75017 Dallas Women’s Foundation gives 3501 N. MacArthur Blvd #400 6750 N. MacArthur Blvd. #250 Tuscan Cardiovascular Center: OB/GYN: grants supporting Irving students 701 Tuscan Dr #205 6750 N. MacArthur Blvd. #255 By Sissy Courtney high school and college girls to the Teaching women and girls to be possibilities of a life in politics, re- leaders is the goal of Dallas Women’s ceived $25,000. Foundation, which recently awarded “These two programs really grants totaling $55,000 to two orga- speak to what the Dallas Women’s Irving Rambler $0.50 nizations that benefit Irving. Com- Foundation is trying to do because munities in Schools received $30,000 part of our vision is that we want to to help with a program called Girls unlock resources, financial and edu- Exploring Math and Science (GEMS), cational, to drive social and economic and Ignite, a group that introduces See FOUNDATION, Page 8 BLACK AND Irving Arts Center • Main Gallery Featuring Chinese Brush Paintings WHITE: and Ikebana AN EXHIBITION OF Jan. 13-27 • FREE FLOWERS Artist Reception & Demonstrations Open 7 days a week 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd. & PAINTINGS 2 -4 p.m. • Jan. 13 972.252.ARTS www.IrvingArtsCenter.com Page 2 January 12, 2013 THE RAMBLER www.IrvingRambler.com Pre-Super Bowl Open House! ursday, January 17th ~ 3:00 pm Light reeshments ~ Sponsored by Door Prizes 972-556-0014 Photos by Amanda Casanova Tony Grimes, president of the Irving-Carrollton 8707 Valley Ranch Pky. West Miles Fain, 6, poses with “prisoner” Francesca Branch NAACP, grips the bars of his cell during A Capital Senior Living Community Irving, TX 75063 Funk during the Get-Out-of-Jail Fundraiser on the Get-Out-of-Jail Fundraiser on Jan. 7 at the www.eRemington-VR.com Jan. 7 at the Irving Central Library. Irving Central Library. Citizens go to ‘jail’ to support literature By Amanda Casanova City. “All of his writings are so cur- Fifty years ago, Martin Luther rent. There’s a message there that King, Jr. smuggled scraps of paper transcends time and everyone can from his jail cell in Birmingham, benefit from his words. AL. Those scraps would comprise “I think everyone connects him his famous 21-page “Letter from to his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. It Birmingham Jail.” didn’t stop there.” On Jan. 7, a half-century later, During April 1963, nonviolent six Irving leaders volunteered to marches started in segregated Bir- recreate King’s imprisonment for a mingham. Then on April 12, King was “Conviction for Peace” Get-Out-of- arrested for demonstrating without a Jail fundraiser. This time, however, permit. During his 11 days in jail, King instead of slipping pieces of paper penned his letter. to the outside, the “prisoners” made “We know through painful expe- phone calls and posted to Facebook rience that freedom is never volun- Subscribe to the in hopes of drumming up $300 tarily given by the oppressor; it must Rambler 214-676-1145 / [email protected] each in bail for a fundraiser to honor be demanded by the oppressed,” King King’s work. wrote in the letter. The funds raised will be used to “It’s a message people still need buy paperback copies of the “Letter today,” said Francesca Funk, a mem- from Birmingham Jail” that will be ber of the Irving Arts Center board.