Long After the Dust Settles Food Pantries Still Waiting for the Cheddar by Jess Paniszczyn Cheddar Explosion, the Company’S for the Kraft Products
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IrvingIrving RamblerRambler 50c www.irvingrambler.com “Irving’s weekly community newspaper” July 03, 2010 Calendar Page 3 Classifieds Page 4 2010 Movies Page 11 Osteoporosis advocates speak Obituaries Page 8 Police / Fire Page 2 Puzzles Page 10 with official - Page 9 Worship Page 6 Long after the dust settles food pantries still waiting for the cheddar By Jess Paniszczyn Cheddar Explosion, the company’s for the Kraft products. With the mitted to each charity. shortage that delayed the product As the sun rose over Irving newest variety of macaroni and demand for food pantry services “We processed the product shipment to the charities (and on April 11, 2,715 pounds of ex- cheese product. climbing and scantly covered pan- orders for the charities in May. But some customers too.) The charities plosives ignited imploding Texas As part of the sponsorship try shelves, the charities involved we have had issues with product See DEMAND, Page 7 Stadium. The Texas landmark and agreement was that four Irving look forward to receiving the prom- long-time home to the Dallas Cow- charities, Irving Salvation Army, ised product. boys was turned to dust in less than Irving Cares, Hope Center/Mac- The Irving Food Banks have Dry grass aids fire a minute. Arthur Church of Christ Food not received any of the Kraft The demise of Texas Stadium Bank and the Baptist Benevolent product donations yet,” said Joyce led to one of the most interesting Ministries Food Bank combined Hodel, a representative of Kraft cross promotionals in recent mar- would receive $75,000 from the Foods Corporate Affairs. “The keting history. Kraft Foods Global, sponsorship fees and $75,000 charities will be receiving the prod- title sponsorship of the implosion, worth of Kraft products. uct in the next few weeks. And we used the event to kick off its na- The charities received the can assure you that we will provide tional advertising campaign for money, but they are still waiting the full amount of product we com- Schepps offers reward in fatal hit and run accident Irving Police investigators are 19. Schepps Dairy is offering a struck and killed. There was no seeking information and details $10,000 reward for information vehicle at the scene, and investiga- from the public regarding a fatal leading to the arrest and indictment tors learned from witnesses that the hit and run accident that occurred of the individual who struck and vehicle which struck him slowed in the early morning hours of May killed Evan Sanchey (23) and then briefly after impact but did not stop fled the accident scene (Fail to Stop or return to the scene afterward. and Render Aid.) To date investigators have not Anyone with information is been contacted by the driver. The asked to contact the Irving Police vehicle, described as a light colored Department at one of the following (possibly white or silver) Mazda PERIODICALS IRVING TEXAS IRVING POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE numbers: Tribute, was last seen fleeing east PERMIT #024981 PERMIT 24-hour Contact number 972-273- on 183 toward Dallas. 1010 It has been determined that Tips Line 972-721-8080 Mr. Sanchey, an active service- Investigations/voicemail 972-721- man with the U.S. Marine Corps, 2761 had recently flown in from duty Case Background Informa- in Afghanistan. He was in Irving tion – At approximately 5:50 a.m. waiting for a connecting flight on 05-19-10, officers responding home for two weeks of R&R with to the 4400 block of eastbound family before returning to duty. S.H.183 (between Valley View Investigators state that Mr. Sanchey Lane and the Esters Rd. exit) found was crossing the freeway on foot Curious onlookers gather along a fence in north Irving as fire- that a pedestrian, Evan Sanchey from north to south when he was fighters from DFW Airport work to contain a large grass fire (23) of Yakima, WA, had been struck and killed. burning on Airport property. HIPPY jumpstarts education for young children The Irving Rambler Box 177731 P.O. TX 75017 Irving, By Jess Paniszczyn program,” said Olayinka Moore, Then the parents are responsible ceremony.” Serving over 400 families each coordinator of the HIPPY program. for doing the activities with their Youngsters learn basic skills year, the HIPPY (Home Instruction “We work with the parents of kids child. while parents learn about the edu- for Parents of Preschool Young- ages three to five to get them ready “We want to provide families cational system sters) is an inventive Irving ISD for school. We emphasize that the with resources and opportunities “The children get a lot out of program that brings learning into parent is the child’s first teacher. they may not have available other- the program. It covers the main children’s homes before they ever “We provide all the curriculum wise. Each year, we go on field trips areas of education with an empha- set off for school. and materials for the families. Dur- to the Science Place and the Dallas sis on literacy. Children also learn Irving Rambler $0.50 “HIPPY is a school readi- ing weekly home visits, instructors Museum of Art. At the end of each math, science, social skills. They ness and parenting involvement role play activities with the parents. year, we have a HIPPY graduation See HIPPY, Page 3 Page 2 July 03, 2010 www.irvingrambler.com The Irving Rambler Drivers are most likely to be ticketed in certain states The 4th of July is one of the ists Association (www.motorists. the National Motorists Association 6) Missouri 44) Idaho busiest traffic days of the year and org) has come up with a way to give found that the state most likely to 7) New York 43) Nebraska nothing can ruin a vacation more 4th of July travelers some insight hand out a traffic ticket is Florida, 8) North Carolina 42) New Mexico quickly than an undeserved traffic on which states are most likely to followed closely by Georgia and 9) Washington DC These rankings aren’t perfect, ticket. ticket drivers. Nevada. The state where drivers are 10) New Jersey as search queries can be impacted Information on how many traf- The rankings below were gen- least likely to get a traffic ticket is The 10 states least likely to by a number of different factors. fic tickets are issued in each state erated by analyzing ticket-related Montana. ticket motorists: The full list of state rank- as well as Washington DC is hard search queries such as “speed- Here are the 10 states (and DC) 51) Montana ings and further information on to come by, because states typically ing ticket” and “traffic tickets” most likely to ticket motorists: 50) Wyoming how they were calculated can be don’t have an agency responsible over time using Google’s Search 1) Florida 49) North Dakota found at www.motorists.org/ticket- for gathering and summarizing Insights, a public tool that shows 2 tie) Georgia 48) South Dakota trends/. ticket data from the various juris- state-by-state search trends across 2 tie) Nevada 47) Alaska dictions. the United States. 4) Texas 46) Maine Luckily, the National Motor- After crunching the numbers, 5) Alabama 45) West Virginia Watch Your Car July is one of the highest auto theft months of the year. As tem- LETTER TO THE EDITOR peratures rise across Texas during the summer months, drivers need to To the Editor: ignore the container storage policy. the 2008 Irving Resident Survey, and that the plan espoused by Ms take extra precautions to keep their I would like to make a citizen Other municipalities have not been the city asked the question “Would Haney is no longer under consid- vehicle safe. reply to your June 26 Rambler ar- able to resolve this issue. you prefer a city-issued container eration. “You should think twice before ticle entitled “Pilot program gathers I moved to University Hills or the current bag system for trash Jim Wells leaving your keys in the ignition with trash data”. The substance of the looking for an affordable, centrally pickup?” Over 1,800 Irving citizens your engine running in an effort to article is an interview with Brenda located, charming area with well completed the survey and 70.6% of The Letters to the Editor keep your vehicle cool, even if it’s Haney, Director of the City of Ir- maintained properties and archi- the respondents stated that they section is devoted to giving the just for just a few minutes” said ving Solid Waste Department. tectural diversity. After nine years preferred the current bag system. people of Irving a voice. The Charles Caldwell, director of the Tex- First, I would like to commend in residence, I find that the beauty Our existing trash collection ser- Irving Rambler needs your in- as Automobile Burglary and Theft Ms Haney for her management of of the area is in jeopardy and have vice is excellent and places Irving put, letters, comments – good Prevention Authority (ABTPA). the current Solid Waste Depart- elected to take action to oppose a cut above other areas within the as well as bad, and opinions. Drivers who leave their keys in ment, as well as her desire to make the extension of this City program Metroplex. If it isn’t broken, don’t This section can only be suc- the ignition while unattended make it easier for car thieves to steal their car. improvements to the solid waste beyond the pilot phase. This oppo- fix it. cessful with your support. In Texas, an estimated 50 percent of collection program.