Irving Rambler “The Newspaper Irving Reads” February 09, 2006
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Stipes Elementary School boundaries meeting - Page 2 the Irving Rambler www.irvingrambler.com “The Newspaper Irving Reads” February 09, 2006 Comics Page 9 THIS Classifieds Page 11 UD celebrates Black Keeping romance Obituaries Page8 Police & Fire Page 2 History Page 4 alive on a budget WEEK Puzzles Page 10 Page 6 Valentines Special raises funds for square dance club Shined shoes, frilly skirts and to get aerobic exercise and it’s fun. good food filled West Park A woman will walk approximately Recreation center during the five miles if she does every tip. It Buttons and Bows square is a great fellowship. You will never dancing club’s 36th annual meet any nicer people than square Valentines Special. More than 15 dancers. If you are in need, they clubs as well as representatives will be right there. from the Texas State Federation of We use all kinds of music. It Square and Round Dancers, is not just country and western. joined the club’s annual fundraiser. We dance to show tunes, gospel, Sondra Nantz, Buttons and hip-hop. We use every type of Bows’ insurance director, said that music there is. square dancers are generous and Buttons and Bows, a square active. dance club based in Irving has Square dancers are the most about 33 members. We are small giving people, and they have but we are mighty. We were worked their little hearts out for elected the club of the year in 2005 this dance. Tonight we have a for our district. We do a lot of square dance with round dancing, community work for Irving. We door prizes, $100 bill raffle and a enter a float in the parade each honey pot in which the winner year. We collect back-to-school gets half the money and the other supplies for the recreation half goes to the club. This is our centers. We also do a food drive Round and round, and do-si-do, square dancers celebrate Buttons and Bows 36th annual Valentines Special one way of making money to every year. hosted at West Park and Recreation Center on Feb. 4. operate for the next of the year. Beginning March 7, members and Thursday nights for 10 weeks Square dancing is good for of Buttons and Bows will be at West Park Recreation Center. your health. It is a wonderful way teaching square dancing Tuesday See DANCING, Page 6 Fair features students’ projects Ballet competition offers students opportunities to expand horizons After two days of ballet More than 200 dancers from student competition in the world, competition, most people would ballet schools representing seven is there first major step towards a go home and relax. But not the states participated in the dance career. competitors in the Youth America competition, which for most Seven years after the Grand Prix (YAGP) Regional Semi- students is the closest they will founding of the YAGP, one of the Finals. Following two days of ever come to professional ballet. event’s co-founders, Larissa competition, these students The 12 most talented and Saveliev, a former dancer with the ranging from nine to 19 years of promising students in each age Bolshoi Ballet, attended the Irving age returned to the Irving Arts category for contemporary dance semi-finals for the first time. Center on Feb. 5 for the rare and ballet will advance to the finals “I was dancing myself and I opportunity to work with some of in New York City on April 22. For love kids. I thought a program like the world’s most accomplished many of ballet’s up and coming See COMPETITION, Page 12 master teachers. stars, YAGP, the largest ballet Like finding a long lost friend, Peyton Graber gazes at her award winning photo, Where’s Bryce? The Irving ISD “This is Technology and Technology Media Fair Media Fair’s 21st year. It has presented at de Zavala Middle really evolved over the years. School featured 243 district It started out as traditional winners from 1,904 campus media photography. As the entries. In those categories that district has used and embraced have state level competitions, more and more technology, we 52 first place district winners have seen a turnaround as far will be entered into the Texas as the kind of projects that we Computer Education receive from students,” Ms. Association state competition. Watrous said. “We now have Students pre-kindergarten digital photography, digitally through 12th grade and teacher manipulated photography, entered technology based desktop publishing, projects. multimedia, and digitized audio Margaret Watrous, and video. We have a new instructional technology category this year called coordinator for IISD, said that ‘animation’ in which the kids the fair highlights the efforts of make clay movies. Learning from the best, a group of ballet students take a master class taught by Eddy Toussaint. Mr. teachers and the district in “The Technology and Toussaint studied at the Academie de Ballet de Port-au-Prince and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens before helping students become Media Fair helps show what becoming the first artistic director of the Sarasota Ballet of Florida and founding Ballet Eddy Toussaint technology savvy. See TECHNOLOGY, Page 4 USA. Page 2 February 09, 2006 www.irvingrambler.com The Irving Rambler Police and Fire Briefs Use of Force: 02-01-06 at 11:45 a.m. suspects ordered another complainant 35W into the area of the Fort Worth Officers were dispatched to a out of his vehicle at gun point and left stockyards. The suspect attempted to Irving Police Department activity summary disturbance call at 1000 block N. in his car. Officers found the suspect elude officers on foot. With assistance Nursery Rd. Officers attempted to in that vehicle – and after a short foot from the Fort Worth PD helicopter, February 1 - 5 arrest the 21 year old suspect for family chase arrested him in the parking lot at officers was able locate and arrest the included 100 incidents. violence He tried to resist the arrest 1900 Carl Road. suspect. There were no accidents, nor 24 Auto Thefts 18 Burglary of a habitat and would not comply with were there any officers injured. The 45 Burglary of a vehicle 4 Recovery of a vehicle commands. He struggled and continued Sudden Death: 02-03-06 at 11:39 a.m. suspect was charged with assault on 6 Burglary of a business 3 Robbery to resist the officers when they tried In the 2400 block of W. 5th, friends of public servant, evading arrest, DWLI, to handcuff him. Officers gave him a the “87 year old man” at the location DSO warrant (Delivery CS-$100K), drive stun to his thigh and he called officers to the scene to check his and a TCSO warrant (UUMV-No immediately put his hands behind his well being. They hadn’t seen their bond).ID, CID, and Professional Irving Fire Department activity summary back. Officers received minor scrapes friend in several days. Officers forced Standards responded. February 2 - 8 but did not require medical attention. entry and found the man deceased in his home – of apparent natural causes. Fire: 02-06-06 at 12:16 a.m., officers Irving Fire Department responded to 218 incidents. Accident/DWI/Gas Leak: 02-01-06 I.D. responded to the scene & the responded to 4100 block N. Beltline, at 10:54 p.m. Officers were sent to M.E.s office took custody of the body. the Summerwood Apartments on a The Fire incidents Medical calls 1800 block Esters on a major fire. The building contained 8 units of 64 Miscellaneous Fire 22 Major Accidents accident. Officers arrived and found Sudden Death: 02-03-06 at 3:30 p.m. which 4 were occupied. The building and Rescue Calls 100 Major Medical that a vehicle was southbound on In the 1700 block of Cooper, daughter was damaged by fire, smoke, and 10 Structure Fires 23 Heart Attacks Esters south of Pioneer, lost control in checked on her 87-year-old Mother and water. Residents were moved to other 4 Special Operations 45 Difficulty Breathing the curve, left the roadway to the west, found her deceased in her bed. The vacant apartments. The fire is believed 5 Vehicle Fires 44 Trauma Related hit several trees, and struck and deceased had cancer. I.D. responded. to be electrical. 34 CPR Situations ruptured a large gas line. Two buildings The M.E. released the body. Comments: Comments: were evacuated and Esters was closed False Report to Police: 02-05-06 at 2-6 Two structure fires for the day with no injuries reported, both being 2-2 Major accident with an auto until 12:15 a.m. The driver of the Gang Graffiti: between 02-04-06 at 7:52 a.m. An adult male was arrested entering an apartment and breaking vehicle was not injured and was pulled 11:00 p.m. and 02-05-06 at 800 a.m. for reckless damage related to a vehicle upgraded to three alarms. The first one reported to be at 120 W APF off a gas meter. out by a constable. He was arrested Nine vehicles on Timberlake Drive and repossession. At the jail he reported to “Knights Inn.” The second three for DWI. Briarcliff Drive were spray painted a supervisor that the arresting officer alarm structure fire was reported to with “South Side X13”. The gang had stolen money from his be at 4110 N Beltline “Summerwood Robbery: 02-02-06 at 12:20 a.m. graffiti cause an estimated $8000 of property. He claimed that he should Apts.” The special ops was a Officers were sent to 1200 block property damage to the nine vehicles.