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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Volume 28, Number 20
12 pages in 2 sections, plus inserts
MED DISPOSAL
PANCAKEBREAKFAST
ELECTION INFO
CHARITY RUN
FALL FESTIVAL
LOCAL AUTHOR
The Crowley Police Depart-
ment’s drug take back program
will accept outdated and unused
prescription drugs from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Sept. 27 at CPD head-
quarters, 617 W. Business FM
1187. For more information, call
817-297-2276 ext. 6506.
The Crowley Masonic Lodge
is hosting a pancake breakfast
fundraiser from 7-11 a.m. Sept.
27 at 209 N. Magnolia St. The
men includes pancakes, scram-
bled eggs, sausage, bacon,
biscuits and gravy, orange juice
and coffee. A generous donation
is appreciated.
Monday, Oct. 6 is the last
day to register to vote for the
Nov. 4 election. Photo ID is now
required to vote in person. Early
voting will run from Oct. 20-31. A
list of Tarrant County early voting
locations is available at www.tar-
rantcounty.com/evote. Johnson
County voters can to to Johnson-
countyelections.com. Information
on how to register, voting by mail
or other election deadlines is also
available on those sites.
Hoping to bring comfort and
closure to children of families
who have lost a child to Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome, Scared
SIDless, a local non-profit, is host-
ing its Run In the Clouds fun run
at 8 a.m. Oct. 4 at Crowley High
School. The fundraiser will include
both a 5k and 1-mile run, as well
as water balloon dash and si-
lent auction. Registration is $15,
which will go toward the Camp
Cullin Fund. To register, log on to
www.scaredsidelss.com.
The annual St. Ann Catho-
lic Church Festival will be from
11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 5. Fun
includes a cake walk, bounce
house, pastry shop, games, ac-
tivities, an auction, and enter-
tainment. Food includes pizza,
Mexican, hamburgers and more.
Entertainment includes bands and
local dance studio performers.
Crowley ISD teacher David
Harrell will be the special guest
for a meet and greet/book sign-
ing event at the Crowley Public Li-
brary at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
7. In honor of his book “Confed-
eration of Monsters: The Ambas-
sador’s Apprentice,” there will
be a monster theme. The event is
open to adults and young adults
and includes refreshments and
prizes for the person bringing the
most friends.
By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
It’s a story which could have had a very
different ending.
Patricia Sanders said she felt led to the
handicapped parking space at the Crowley
Walmart on the hot afternoon of Sept. 1.
“I’m handicapped and I never find a spot
at the front of Walmart so quickly like that,”
Sanders said. “I remember thinking I was
really blessed to find that spot.”
Blessed indeed. Getting out of her car,
the retired daycare owner heard the screams
of a child in a next vehicle.
“I was thinking, ‘Surely she’s not alone
in there. Maybe someone just went to get a
basket and is coming right back.’ But, then I
got a good look and there was no one in the
front seat and that baby was just reaching
[for help],” she recalls.
Going to her source, Sanders said she
prayed for the door to be unlocked.
“And it was. She just grabbed me and
wouldn’t let go,” she said.
Sanders, a grandmother of six with two
great-grandchildren, lifted the 2-year-old
girl from the sweltering car and waited for
someone to come back to the car.
“After about 15-20 minutes, nobody
came. I stopped some people and told them
that they were my witnesses I wasn’t trying
to take the child,” she said.
Sanders then hailed local police, who
called for immediate medical help from
Crowley Fire Department paramedics.
LOCAL HERO
CROWLEY STAR/KYP SHILLAM
After saving a Burleson toddler from a hot car, Crowley resident Patricia Sanders is honored as the city’s first Community
Champion. Sanders is shown with, from left, Sgt. Robert Gray, Chief Luis Soler and Lt. Kit Long.
SanderslaudedasCommunityChampion
See CHAMPION | Page 5A
By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
Ask Kayla Kirkpatrick what she likes best
about being a Special Forces cheerleader
and she has no words.
Kicking her leg high over her head and
touching her toes with her fingers, the sunny
red-head shows her favorite move then goes
back to her desk.
Enough said. Cheerleading we find, with-
out words, rocks.
“We started Special Forces as a way to
de-stigmatize Special Education and dis-
abilities,” said group founder and Crowley
High School teacher’s aid Effie Hallman.
“We wanted to bring awareness to the other
students that these children are able to do a
lot of the same things they do.”
With plenty of energy, the students in
Neil Trichell’s Special Education program
make up the loudest, most spirit-filled
cheering section in the Crowley Eagles
stands, whether it be a football game or vol-
leyball match.
“We were it the stands for the Crowley
v. North Crowley football game at Birdville
and the football players said they could re-
ally hear us,” Hallman said of the noise her
students made to propel the Eagles to victo-
ry. “My son, Demonte Washington, said we
were really loud and hoped we’d be cheering
at the next game.”
Special Forces has made such a big impres-
sion in the few week’s it’s been in existence,
that coach Chris James asked if the group
could lead the football team out onto the field
in Friday’s home game against Cleburne.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
The Special Forces cheer team shows their Eagle Spirit. Back from
left is advisor Effie Hallman, Eliza Pantoja, JaJuan Thomas, Kayla
Kirkpatrick, Mario Leija and advisor Megan Gonzales (behind).
In front, Norma Guzman and Cristian Reyes.
SpecialForcesshowsschoolspirit
“Do you want to run out of the big Eagle?” asked co-
advisor Megan Gonzales.
The room erupts in cheers of excitement.
“This game they will be on the field with the cheer-
leaders to help pump up the crowd. They don’t do the
cheers, but they know the chants and get as loud as pos-
sible,” she said.
While movements are hard to remember for some of
the Special Forces squad, Ronniesha Wright has all the
right moves.
“I dance like this and get down with the cheerleaders,”
a giddy Ronneisha said, recalling a routine from memo-
ry, kicking, turning and slicing the air with her arms.
See SPIRIT | Page 5A
See BUDGET | Page 5A
By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
Sales tax payments to the city of Crow-
ley hit a speed bump in July, according to
numbers released by Texas State Comp-
troller Susan Combs’ office earlier this
month.
The city received a payment of
$150,549.94 for July taxable sales, which
is 1.34 percent less than the $152,913.81
collected at this time last year.
“I’m not sure why there was a slight
decrease from the previous year, but I’m
not concerned about it because the year-
to-date is four percent higher than 2013,”
said city Finance Director Lori Watson.
“We are still on target to be over our bud-
geted amount when the fiscal year closes.”
This money, Watson reminds, is split
into two funds – the city general fund and
the Economic Development Corporation.
The Crime Control and Prevention Corpo-
ration gets it’s own payment from sales tax.
The EDC received $50,283 with a
year-to-date total of $543,845. The CCPD,
Watson said, collected $46,225 for a year-
to-date total of $483,805.
The balance of $100,568 went to the
city’s general fund. So far this fiscal year,
the city has collected $1,087,691 in sales
tax revenues for that fund.
Watson said it is important to note that
the state collected the sales taxes in July,
counted them in August and distributed
the money in September.
“The biggest collection months histori-
callyforthecityhavebeenMarch,June,July,
September and December,” Watson said.
Looking at surrounding communities
of like-size in southern Tarrant County,
Benbrook brought in $298,975.84, an
11.71 percent increase over the July 2013
total of $267,615.87. Benbrook’s year-to-
date total is $2,559,905.17, a decrease of
less than 1 percent.
Numbers for Kennedale are down
12.93 percent over July of 2013. The city
received a check for $90,637.49 for July
2014. In 2013, the sales tax payment was
$104,100.42. Kennedale’s total for the fis-
cal year so far is $949,374.40.
LOCAL RETAIL
Sales tax dip
nothing to
worry about
Her actions not only saved a young life, but earned
her recognition with the Crowley Police Department.
Sanders, and husband of 27 years, Homer, are
new to Crowley. In front of a full council chambers,
Sanders was met with a standing ovation and hum-
bly accepted the first Crowley Community Champion
Award at the Sept. 18 Crowley City Council meeting.
“There have been 27 deaths from leaving a child
in a car on a hot day in the United State so far this
year,” Soler said. “I’m positive she prevented this
child from being the 28th.”
Soler said citizens like Sanders, who are willing to
help police by becoming involved for the health and
welfare of all, are what the community policing ini-
tiative is all about.
Sanders said she appreciates the recognition from
her new community and said she doesn’t feel like a
hero.
“While I felt real special getting the award, I’m
just glad that God put me there for that baby. Like I
By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
It was all about the money at the Sept. 18 Crow-
ley City Council meeting as the council approved
the new tax rate, budget
and contracts for senior transportation and wa-
ter/sewer service.
The first financial domino to fall was the 2014-
15 city budget.
Approved unanimously, the budget shows to-
tal revenues of $9,277,652 with projected expen-
ditures of $9,276,130, which leaves a balance of
$1,522, city Finance Director Lori Watson said.
The city’s debt service fund will take in an
estimated $1,598.280 with expenditures of
$1,748,281.
“The shortage of $150,001 will be paid from re-
serves,” Watson said.
The storm water utility fund should receive
$279,750 in revenues with expenses of $15,500.
This leaves a surplus of $264,250.
The water and sewer fund will receive an esti-
mated $4,959,437 with expenses of $4,953,186.
Once the budget was adopted, the council
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CROWLEY POLICE REPORT, SEPT. 12-18, 2014
Friday, Sept. 12
12:36 a.m. – Disturbance,
600 block Trail Lake Drive
2:58 a.m. – Suspicious ac-
tivity, 1000 block S. Crowley
Road
7:49 a.m. – Investigation,
800 block W. Main Street
9:21 a.m. – Burglary report,
1000 block Raspberry Lane
10:28 a.m. – Investigation,
1100 block Park Glen
11:57 a.m. – Follow up, 800
block W. Main
12:32 p.m. – Identity theft,
600 block Chalet Drive
1:03 p.m. – Threat/harass-
ment, 1000 block W. Main
3:43 p.m. – Minor accident,
1100 block Lee Ann Street
5:03 p.m. – Theft report,
1000 block W. Main Street
7:33 p.m. – Investigation,
100o block W. Main Street
Saturday, Sept. 13
2:24 a.m. – Welfare check,
200 block Eller Avenue
6:24 a.m. – Investigation,
400 block Bryan Drive
8:45 a.m. – Investigation,
1200 block Meadow Glen
12:55 p.m. – Investigation,
1100 block Switchgrass Lane
2:19 p.m. – Criminal mis-
chief, 1000 block Blueberry
Court
4:13 p.m. – Alarm, 200 block
Teeter Drive
5:53 p.m. – Suicide attempt,
200 block Malone Avenue
Sunday, Sept. 14
12:19 a.m. – Theft of motor
vehicle, 200 block S. Tarrant
11:31 a.m. – Minor accident,
1200 block E. FM 1187
4:29 p.m. – Disturbance, 300
block Wallace Drive
4:49 p.m. – Assault by con-
tact, 600 W. Business FM
1187
6:33 p.m. – Investigation,
100 block S. Hampton Drive
7:59 p.m. – Vicious animal,
200 block Rock Meadow
Drive
9:40 p.m. – Theft of motor
vehicle, 500 block Creekbend
Court
Monday, Sept. 15
12:52 a.m. – Investigation,
900 block E. Glendale Street
5:31 a.m. – Investigation,
200 block Eagle Drive
7:46 a.m. – Follow-up, 3500
block Sparks Lane
8:48 a.m. – Investigation,
400 block E. FM 1187
10:03 a.m. – Theft, 1200
block E. FM 1187
12:32 p.m. – Investigation,
500 block Park Meadows
Drive
12:48 p.m. – Burglary report,
Swiss Drive
3:01 p.m. – Theft report, 900
block E. FM 1187
4:54 p.m. – Assault report, 600
block W. Business FM 1187
6:15 p.m. – Alarm, 800 block
N. Crowley Road
6:56 p.m. – Theft report, 500
block Creekbend Court
7:41 p.m. – Threat/harass-
ment, 300 block S. Texas
Street
7:50 p.m. – Burglary report,
700 block S. Crowley Road
10:13 p.m. – Suspicious activ-
ity, 1100 bock Celeste Street
11:06 p.m. – Welfare check,
700 block Skelly Street
11:09 p.m. – Disturbance,
1100 block Celeste Street
Tuesday, Sept. 16
4:11 a.m. – Disturbance, 600
block Minkel Street
6:46 a.m. – Suspicious activi-
ty, 300 block Hudson Avenue
8:49 a.m. – Investigation,
1000 block W. Main Street
9:02 a.m. – Disturbance, 200
block Harris Drive
11:03 a.m. – Theft report,
600 block W. FM 1187
2:21 p.m. – Theft, 1200 block
E. FM 1187
4:19 p.m. – Alarm, 800 block
N. Crowley Road
5:25 p.m. – Assist, citizen,
800 block S. Moritz Drive
8:10 p.m. – Assault report,
500 block Mast Court
10:34 p.m. – Alarm, 600
block Hummingbird Trail
Wednesday, Sept. 17
1:11 a.m. – Suspicious activ-
ity, 400 block Chalet Drive
3:43 a.m. – Investigation,
1500 block Longhorn Trail
7:52 a.m. – Investigation,
500 block Kerry Street
11:44 a.m. – Alarm, 500
block Lake View Court
12:13 p.m. – Investigation,
1100 block E. Main Street
1:11 p.m. – Follow-up, 400
block Angler Drive
2:28 p.m. – Code violation,
500 block Mast Court
5:24 p.m. – Minor accident,
1000 block E. FM 1187
8:04 p.m. – Investigation,
900 block La Sierra Drive
Thursday, Sept. 18
2:19 a.m. – Investigation,
900 block Keel Line Drive
7:45 a.m. – Burglary report,
500 block Kerry Street
9:09 a.m. – Investigation,
1000 block W. Main Street
11:08 a.m. – Investigation,
1100 block Switchgrass Lane
12:23 p.m. – Investigation,
1000 block W. Main Street
2:46 p.m. – Burglary report,
700 block Mesa Vista Drive
3:48 p.m. – Investigation,
1000 block W. Main Street
4:37 p.m. – Theft, 1200 block
E. FM 1187
9:13 p.m. – Assist other, 600
block S. Crowley Road
11:09 p.m. – Assist citizen,
200 block N. Heights Drive
TOTALS:
Calls for service: 479
Business/residence
checks: 270
Traffic stops: 135
Traffic Citations: 80
Following are a list of ar-
rests made by the Crowley
Police Department. An ar-
rest should not be construed
as a conviction of guilt. Sub-
jects have a presumption of
innocence until convicted in
court.
Mary L. Doyel, 26, arrest
warrant misdemeanor traf-
fic, Crowley
Carl E. Bailey, 31, arrest
warrant misdemeanor non-
traffic, Tarrant County
Marcelino H. Villanueva,
41, arrest warrant misde-
meanor traffic, Crowley
Croley L. Loyd, 42, arrest
warrant misdemeanor traf-
fic, Crowley
Beatirz A. Fernandez, 30,
display fictitious motor vehi-
cle registration, Crowley
Kevin Bellomo, 31, arrest
warrants misdemeanor traf-
fic, Haltom City, Blue Mound
Stephanie N. Holman,
29, theft of property less than
$1,500 with two or more pre-
vious convictions, Crowley
Ruben Perez, 37, theft of
property $50-$500, Crowley
Ray N. Martin, 73, theft of
property by check $20-$500,
Tarrant County
Sidney M. Barksdale, 48,
arrest warrants misdemean-
or traffic, Arlington, Crowley
Rhance B. Guerin, 17, ar-
rest warrant misdemeanor
traffic, Fort Worth
Troilus T. Gilmore, 32,
arrest warrants misdemean-
or traffic, Arlington, De Soto,
Fort Worth
Courtney R. Davis, 23,
possession marijuana less
than 2-ounces, Crowley
Joshua N. Shepard, 24,
arrest warrants misdemean-
or traffic, Arlington, Fort
Worth
Cameron B. McNabb, 31,
theft of property less than
$50 with previous convic-
tion, Crowley
Jennifer K. Gonzales, 32,
arrest warrant misdemeanor
traffic, Addison
CROWLEY ARREST REPORT SEPT. 12-18, 2014
Friday, Sept. 12
1:36 p.m. – Medical assist,
1400 block Longhorn Trail
5 p.m. – Medical alarm, 600
block Hutchins Drive
6:57 p.m. – Investigation,
600 block E. Mustang Street
7:03 p.m. – Medical assist,
100 block Trinity Circle
Saturday, Sept. 13
4:46 a.m. – Medical assist,
300 block Swiss Court
7:45 a.m. – Standby, 9100
block S. Hulen, Tarrant
County
8:22 a.m. – Medical assist,
900 block Mesa Vista Drive
8:38 a.m. – Medical assist,
700 block Lake View Drive
9:46 a.m. – Medical assist,
700 block E. Mission Street
1:06 p.m. – Mutual aid,
12500 block S. Hwy 377, Ben-
brook
5:57 p.m. – Medical assist,
200 block Malone Avenue
8:12 p.m. – Medical assist,
500 block Birch Street
9:55 p.m. – Gas odor, 600
block Handle Drive
Sunday, Sept. 14
1:10 a.m. – Medical assist,
500 block Hummingbird
Trail
2:05 a.m. – Medical assist,
2800 FM 1187
9:37 a.m. – Medical assist,
2090 block Adams Drive
5:26 p.m. – Medical assist,
1200 block W. Cleburne Road
11:53 p.m. – Medical as-
sist, 600 block Meadowcrest
Drive
Monday, Sept. 15
12:29 a.m. – Medical assist,
600 block E. Glendale Street
3:59 a.m. – Lift assist, 900
block E. FM 1187
4:52 p.m. – Medical assist,
200 block Harris Drive
6:41 p.m. – Medical assist, 600
block W. Business FM 1187
Tuesday, Sept. 16
10:30 a.m. – Medical assist,
4000 block St. Francis Village
11:28 a.m. – Medical assist,
600 block W. Business FM
1187
11:32 a.m. – Medical assist,
800 block S. Crowley Road
4:50 p.m. – Locked in, 300
block Swiss Court
7:29 p.m. – Injured person,
Crescent Springs Boulevard
Wednesday, Sept. 17
8:05 a.m. – Medical assist,
1200 block E. FM 1187
9:28 a.m. – Medical assist,
10800 block W. Cleburne
Road
11:23 a.m. – Medical assist,
1200 block E. FM 1187
2:50 p.m. – Medical assist,
800 block S. Crowley Road
Thursday, Sept. 18
6:32 a.m. – Medical assist,
900 block La Sierra Drive
8:16 a.m. – Medical assist,
600 block Minkel Drive
11:21 a.m. – Medical assist,
600 block Horn Street
3:45 p.m. – Medical assist,
800 block S. Crowley Road
7:11 p.m. – Medical assist,
600 block Horn Street
CROWLEY FIRE REPORT, SEPT. 12-18, 2014
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Thu
9/25
87/64
Sunny
skies. High
87F. Winds
E at 5 to 10
mph.
Sunrise:
7:19 AM
Sunset:
7:21 PM
Fri
9/26
87/64
Partly
cloudy.
Highs in the
upper 80s
and lows in
the mid 60s.
Sunrise:
7:19 AM
Sunset:
7:20 PM
Sat
9/27
88/64
A few
clouds.
Highs in the
upper 80s
and lows in
the mid 60s.
Sunrise:
7:20 AM
Sunset:
7:18 PM
Sun
9/28
89/64
Sunny.
Highs in the
upper 80s
and lows in
the mid 60s.
Sunrise:
7:21 AM
Sunset:
7:17 PM
Mon
9/29
89/66
Sunny.
Highs in the
upper 80s
and lows in
the mid 60s.
Sunrise:
7:21 AM
Sunset:
7:16 PM
Brownsville
83/72
Houston
87/70
Austin
83/66
Dallas
88/65
El Paso
82/61
Amarillo
79/56
San Antonio
86/69
Burleson
87/64
Texas At A Glance
Area Cities
City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.
Abilene 85 62 mst sunny Kingsville 84 71 t-storm
Amarillo 79 56 t-storm Livingston 87 65 mst sunny
Austin 83 66 t-storm Longview 88 62 sunny
Beaumont 85 65 pt sunny Lubbock 78 57 t-storm
Brownsville 83 72 t-storm Lufkin 89 65 mst sunny
Brownwood 85 62 mst sunny Midland 80 59 mst sunny
Corpus Christi 83 73 t-storm Raymondville 83 72 t-storm
Corsicana 88 64 mst sunny Rosenberg 86 69 pt sunny
Dallas 88 65 sunny San Antonio 86 69 t-storm
Del Rio 88 70 t-storm San Marcos 85 68 pt sunny
El Paso 82 61 mst sunny Sulphur Springs 86 62 sunny
Fort Stockton 82 59 mst sunny Sweetwater 83 60 pt sunny
Gainesville 85 61 sunny Tyler 87 65 sunny
Greenville 87 63 sunny Weatherford 87 63 sunny
Houston 87 70 pt sunny Wichita Falls 87 62 pt sunny
National Cities
City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.
Atlanta 82 62 pt sunny Minneapolis 76 60 pt sunny
Boston 63 55 rain New York 64 58 rain
Chicago 75 54 pt sunny Phoenix 100 78 sunny
Dallas 88 65 sunny San Francisco 72 62 mst sunny
Denver 86 58 sunny Seattle 68 57 rain
Houston 87 70 pt sunny St. Louis 82 61 pt sunny
Los Angeles 88 67 pt sunny Washington, DC 68 59 rain
Miami 85 79 t-storm
Moon Phases
New
Sep 24
First
Oct 1
Full
Oct 8
Last
Oct 15
UV Index
Thu
9/25
8
Very High
Fri
9/26
8
Very High
Sat
9/27
8
Very High
Sun
9/28
8
Very High
Mon
9/29
8
Very High
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By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
While children around the
world fear the monster under
the bed, little do they know,
the monster doesn’t know
he’s the one under the bed.
“He sees the world back-
wards. He thinks the kids are
the ones under the bed,” says
author David Harrell of one
of the major characters in his
book "Confederation of Mon-
sters: The Ambassador's Ap-
prentice." “His name is De-
brednu, which is Underbed
spelled backwards.”
In Harrell’s imagination,
monsters are misunderstood.
As a ninth-grade English
teacher at North Crowley,
Harrell said his students con-
nect with the characters he’s
created, which he takes as a
compliment.
“The book is aimed at
readers from 12 to about 17
years old, but adults who’ve
read it said they identify with
it and really enjoy it,” Harrell
said.
So what would cause a
man who claims he never
read a book growing up to
write one as an adult?
“My mom was battling
breast cancer,” Harrell said
of the impetus for the book.
“She was an 18-year breast
cancer survivor and we knew
this was her last go-around.
This book was a universe I
could control. I’m a mama’s
boy and I couldn’t control
her cancer. I couldn’t save
her, but in this realm of my
imagination, I had control. It
was a way of coping.”
Not only did writing the
book help Harrell deal with
the reality of his mother’s
disease and passing, it was a
way of honoring her.
“She had always fostered
FEATURETEACHER
There are monsters living among us
CROWLEY STAR/KYP SHILLAM
Ninth-grade English teacher David Harrell has created a world within
our world with his book “Confederation of Monsters: the Ambassa-
dors Apprentice.” about misunderstood monsters Harrell will be the
guest of honor at a meet the author/book signing event at 6:30 p.m.
on Oct. 7 at the Crowley Library.
my imagination and told me
not to lose it. She loved the
stories I would tell and the
crazy laser blaster sounds I
would make — I’m a sound
effects kind of guy. She en-
joyed that about me, so this
book was a final send-off for
her,” Harrell said, noting that
she was able to read the final
book, but did not live to see it
published.
Then again, Harrell wasn’t
considering publication. He
said the tale was written as a
fun thing for his family.
“I knew I wanted to write
a story for my kids, but never
thought about getting it pub-
lished,” he said of sons Bai-
ley and Corbin, whose com-
bined names and attributes
make up the charter Baibin.
“But the more my family and
friends read it, the more they
told me I needed to get it
published.”
Although afraid of rejec-
tion, he sent off the manu-
script and was pleasantly sur-
prised when a book deal came
his way in a month’s time.
"I was under no illusions
of grandeur. I know many
people try for years and never
get published," he said, not-
ing the book’s anti-bullying
theme strikes a nerve with
most readers, though it was
unintentional.
“It wasn’t a conscious
thing or my intention to have
a subplot of anti-bullying. It
just kind of evolved because
Baibin is always being bullied
by the kids at school and the
monsters are bullied by Mal-
troph, he's the boogie man
or evil bad guy. My favorite
part is Baibin’s speech near
the end of the book when the
monsters rise up. For Baibin,
it’s his time to lead.”
It’s a theme that resonates
with his English students as
well.
“They all know what it
feels like to be bullied and put
down. It’s set in Fort Worth
so there are places they rec-
ognize like the Botanical
Gardens and TCU. They also
like my book because it’s only
206 pages and most of them
can read it in a few days,” he
said with a laugh.
Harrell said he encour-
ages his students to be bru-
tally honest if they choose his
book for one of their three
book reports,
“So far, they’ve all loved
it. They’ve even noticed the
intricacies of the plot. That’s
one of the reasons I like
teaching ninth-grade and
aimed this book at this age
group. Fifteen-year-olds still
have that little kid left in
them and I like being a kid
with them,” Harrell said.
Not missing a beat, that
crazy, creative kid is already in
the throes of writing book two
in what will be a trilogy. Set in
the Pacific Northwest, the sto-
ry will feature new monsters
with Big Foot being the major
misunderstood character.
“There’s a whole history
to how the monsters became
misunderstood and why they
are in hiding underground,”
he said of the bombshell to
be revealed.
Until then, Harrell is en-
joying the creative process
and the feedback he’s gotten
from readers. He will read a
portion of the book and field
questions at an author meet
and greet hosted by the Crow-
ley Public Library. The event
will take place at 7 p.m. Oct.
7, and will have a monster
theme, so students and adults
attending are encouraged to
dress up. Refreshments will
be included in the free event.
By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
Proving it’s not always
better to give than to receive,
Crowley Police officer David
Bess, who gives the bulk of
the city’s traffic citations, re-
ceived a citation of his own.
Named city Employee of
the Quarter at the Sept. 18
City Council meeting, the
motorcycle officer’s secret act
of kindness to a local child
was made public, much to
Bess’ chagrin.
“After watching a young-
ster ride his bike to school for
a few weeks, Officer Bess no-
tice the boy walking to school.
This boy always waved to Bess
with a big smile and said good
morning,” said Lt. Kit Long,
reading Bess’ nomination
from a fellow CPD employee.
Noticing the child no lon-
ger had a bicycle, Bess struck
up a conversation with the
boy, shared some biking
stories, and asked about his
“wheels.”
“When he learned the
boy’s bicycle was broken and
couldn’t be repaired, Bess
purchased a new bike for him
out of his own pocket,” the
nomination said.
Not looking for recogni-
tion, no one at CPD knew
about this until a small,
handwritten thank you note
was delivered to the depart-
ment, blowing his cover.
“His kindness and gener-
osity will have a positive im-
pact on a Crowley resident for
years to come. It is a tangible
reminder to the boy, and his
friends, that police officers are
part of the community, and it
builds a relationship of trust
and acceptance,” Long read.
Police Chief Luis Soler
said the act of kindness was
actually typical of Bess and
added that his actions were
“what community-based po-
licing is all about.”
As the third quarter win-
ner, Bess, along with the li-
brary’s Michele Nelon and
Alex Quinones from the
Crowley Fitness Center, will
be considered for the city’s
Employee of the Year award.
The fourth-quarter winner
will be named in December
just prior to the Employee of
the Year for 2014
CROWLEY STAR/KYP SHILLAM
With the cat out of the bag, Crowley Police Officer David Bess accepts the award as city Employee of the
Quarter last week from Chief Luis Soler, right, and Lt. Kit Long. Bess’ secret act of kindness to a local child
earned him the award
Bess earns employee recognition
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Now that you know “There's Hope!”, we will teach
you our philosophy about dogs that we have used since
2005 when we incorporated America's Canine Academy.
Our techniques have been taught and
used around the U.S., Puerto Rico and
Hawaii. We can correct any unwanted
behaviors in dogs, but only if we can
change the ways that the humans train
and teach their dogs.
Some dog lovers/owners, admit
that they are the problem, but they do
not know what to do. They try to find
someone who can help them with their
dog's issues, but see no improvement.
If you have to spend hours of your time
training your dog and the behaviors
continue, the question begs asking, "If
your medicine wasn't helping, would
you keep taking it?”
There is a simple answer to having
a calm, stable and well-behaved dog. If
you can let your mind think about your
dog like a dog, then you will under-
stand what their needs are and will be
able to meet those needs.
All dogs are from the Canis Lupus species with multi-
ple subspecies. All canines have exhibited certain behav-
iors since the beginning of time. They are 'pack' oriented.
They are roamers and they are carnivorous. They have
survived because, in a pack, there is a pack leader. The
rest are followers. The reason your dog is barking inces-
santly out of the window is because they are the pack
leader and are protecting the pack.
When your dog barks out of the window, the way to
correct that behavior is for you to become the pack leader
by following “The Four Essentials To a Stable Dog” (lead-
ership, walks, rules and good nutrition).
It's OK if the dog looks out of the window from the
back of the sofa, he just can't bark out the window. Here's
how to correct the barking.
Next time your dog is barking, walk over to the win-
dow and look out as if you are looking for danger or food.
Do not look at the dog. Then simply walk away from the
window and go to another room in the house. Your dog
will follow you to the room! What you have told your dog
at that moment, without words, is that there is no danger
and no food, so I am walking away. It works the same for
dogs who bark at the fence while outside.
A pack leader's job is to protect and provide. We call it
the two P's...not pee and poop!
In order to teach your dog that you are the leader, you
have to demonstrate to him that you will lead, you will
find food, and you will set rules. Again, by using the four
essentials to a stable dog – leadership, walks, rules and
good nutrition - you will demonstrate to your dog that you
are the leader.
In upcoming articles, you will learn how to walk your
dog and why. You will learn how to set rules in the house
and outside, and you will learn that what you are feeding
your dog affects his/her behavior.
Mark German is a canine behavior expert and certi-
fied dog whisperer. The founder of Americascanineacad-
emy.net, he also trains service dogs for veterans at
Hounds Helping Heroes Heal (H4 Ranch) in Rendon.
DOG DAYS
Step one in understanding
canine behavior patterns
MARK
GERMAN
Why has the left become
so outraged about low-wage
jobs? Every economy needs
them if it’s going to operate
efficiently and at the highest
level of employment pos-
sible. In fact, it’s likely that
most of the current critics
of low-wage jobs have had
one, at least when they first
entered the workforce—and
were thrilled to get it.
The definition of a low-
wage job varies, but in the
U.S. the minimum wage is
currently at $7.25 per hour. A
recent Pew Research Center
paper, based on Bureau of
Labor Statistics data, says
that there were 1.5 million
hourly minimum-wage work-
ers in 2013, and another 1.8
million earned less, for a
range of reasons. That’s 4.3
percent of all hourly workers.
President Obama and
most Democrats are push-
ing for
a much
higher
minimum
wage—a
nearly 30
percent
increase,
to $10.10.
Some
labor
unions
are de-
manding
a more
than 50 percent increase
(to $15.00, at least for fast
food workers). Add to that
an extra $3,000 to $4,000
per employee per year that
employers with 50 or more
employees will have to pay
for health insurance.
The economic problem is
that with any product or ser-
vice the public needs a range
of “price points”—that is, a
maximum level that buyer is
willing to spend.
Employers, who are
consumers of labor, have to
live within a budget just like
workers. In other words, they
have a labor price point. And
if they can’t afford workers,
they simply don’t hire them.
Those companies and
industries that don’t have
the revenue to pay high
wages need to have access to
workers who charge less for
their time, usually because
they are young—about half of
minimum-wage workers are
under 24—have fewer skills,
have been out of the work-
force for some time, or want
part-time or flexible hours.
Consider the retail cloth-
ing industry. Department
stores know there is a wide
range of price points for
clothing. Some stores cater
to the high-end buyer, oth-
ers to the low-end. But even
high-end stores will eventu-
ally put their merchandise
on sale until it’s gone.
As a result, pricing free-
dom maximizes consumers’
options and vendors’ profits.
But if the government
forced the price of garments
up by, say, 40 percent and
prohibited any department
store from selling at a lower
price, a lot of lower-income
workers would have very few
clothes.
Low-wage jobs in a free
market are not a bad thing,
they are necessary to allow-
ing unskilled workers to get
a job. Instead of complain-
ing, critics should be thank-
ful they exist.
Dr. Merrill Matthews is
the Resident Scholar at IPI
and writes regular Polcy-
Byte columns.
MINIMUMWAGE
Why is the left outraged over low wage jobs?
INSTITUTE FOR
POLICY INNOVATION
MERRILL
MATTHEWS
There might be an oppor-
tunity to get to a vote on an
authorization to use military
force against Islamic State in
Iraq and Syria, but not until
after the November elections.
That was what House
Majority leader Rep. Kevin
McCarthy (R-Calif.) told
reporters on September 15.
Instead, the House will
take up narrower legislation
that would authorize fund-
ing and training for Syrian
rebels, who Obama intends
to act as ground forces in the
war against Islamic State.
That bill will not consti-
tute congressional authoriza-
tion for the war President
Barack Obama announced to
the nation on September 10.
According to Politico,
which received a draft copy
of the legislation, it would
explicitly say so: “Nothing in
this section shall be con-
strued to constitute a specific
statutory authorization for
the introduction of United
States’ Armed Forces into
hostilities or into situations
where hostilities are clearly
indicated by circumstances.”
For his part, House
Speaker Rep. John Boehner
(R-Ohio) says he is still wait-
ing for the Obama admin-
istration to formally ask for
authorization. .
“Typically, during my 24
years, if that [broader] au-
thorization was requested by
the White
House,
they
would
make that
request
and they
would
offer the
resolu-
tion. The
President
has not
asked for,
nor has he
supplied
a resolution,” Boehner told
reporters on September 16
after a meeting of the House
Republican Conference.
But Obama has already
said he has no intention of
seeking congressional autho-
rization.
Because, the Obama ad-
ministration does not believe
any congressional authori-
zation is even necessary for
the war. In his September
10 speech, Obama said, “I
have the authority to ad-
dress the threat from [the
Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant].” Obama believes
this authority even includes
Syria, where the U.S. has
never been to war.
Here, the White House is
relying on the 2001 autho-
rization to use force against
terrorists responsible for the
September 11 attacks, and
the 2002 authorization to
use force in Iraq.
An unnamed senior ad-
ministration official ahead
of Obama’s September 10
speech said as much, ac-
cording to the White House
website. The official told
reporters, “[T]o be clear, we
do not believe the Presi-
dent needs that new au-
thorization in order to take
sustained action against
[Islamic State]. We believe
that he can rely on the 2001
AUMF as statutory author-
ity for the military airstrike
operations he is directing
against [Islamic State].”
But neither authority,
2001 or 2002, mentions
Syria, which Obama says
he intends to attack by air.
Nor has the White House
made any claim that Islamic
State — which was not even
in existence in 2001 — was
somehow responsible for the
attacks on the Pentagon and
World Trade Center.
Making the House’s deci-
sion not to take up the issue
now somewhat inexplicable.
Here, you have the Presi-
dent denying Congress’ duly
delegated war-making power
under Article I of the Consti-
tution.
Everyone from the New
York Times to Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-Texas) all agree Congress
has to act on authoriza-
tion. Even Boehner agrees.
“I believe it’s important for
Congress to speak on this
issue and I believe that we
will,” he said.
Just, apparently not
until after the election, per
McCarthy. Or until Obama
asks for a resolution, per
Boehner. What if Obama
never asks for authority, Mr.
Speaker? What then?
Even from a cynical
political perspective, a vote
on military authorization
in Iraq and Syria ahead of
the November elections is
probably a much tougher
vote for congressional
Democrats, who opposed
the war in Iraq a decade
ago and opposed leaving
troops there in the after-
math. Voters have a right
to know where they, and
indeed, representatives of
both parties, stand on these
critical issues.
The House could force
Democrats to vote on
military authorization prior
to November, but they’re
going to get a pass? Why?
Obama thinks he can go to
war whenever he feels like
without Congress, and con-
gressional Democrats would
rather not vote on this at all.
It’s a buzz saw for Demo-
crats, so why not make them
walk into it?
Robert Romano is the
senior editor of Americans
for Limited Government.
NATIONAL SECURITY
No vote on war against Islamic State?
AMERICANS
FOR LIMITED
GOVERNMENT
ROBERT
ROMANO
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said, I never find a [parking]
spot like that so I know it was
His work,” she said.
Sanders also said she
feels no animosity toward the
child’s grandmother, Debo-
rah Reece, 60, of Burleson.
“I can seriously under-
stand how she could do that.
If she’s not used to having the
baby with her and the baby
went to sleep I can imagine
you could forget in the spur
of the moment [that the child
is in the car],” she said.
Hoping to call attention
to the number of deaths
and near-deaths from leav-
ing children in cars during a
hot day, the AARP suggests
that drivers of all ages take
off their left shoe, which is
not needed for driving, and
place it in the back seat with
the child. It is a reminder to
look in the back seat before
getting out of the vehicle. A
purse or wallet also works as
a good reminder.
“That is a good idea,”
Sanders said. “I’m going to
remember that.”
“She’s amazing,” Gonza-
les said. “She will watch the
cheerleaders and the Talo-
nettes and copy them perfect-
ly. She does all the sliding and
clapping. She’s just fabulous.”
Most wearing one of their
two Special Forces cheer-
leading shirts to school, the
students are thrilled to be a
part of what’s become known
as Crowley’s Loud Crowd.
“We want them to blend
in – to not be separate from
the Gen-Ed kids. They love
this and feel included,” Gon-
zales said.
Thanks to Mrs. Varley’s
student leadership class, the
group received pom-pons.
They are working on noise-
makers and enjoy the help of
three student managers.
“Damari Thompson, Tyra
Jackson and Daishai Broadus
spend a lot of time helping
the kids. Damari and Dais-
hai were both cheerleaders so
they’ve been great and attend
all the functions with us,”
Hallman said, noting student
support for the group is high.
“Being new here, I didn’t
know what to expect from the
Gen-Ed students,” Gonzales
admitted. “But I was very
pleasantly surprised by the
way the kids treat the Spe-
cial Ed students. They talk to
them in the halls, open the
doors for them and ask if they
need help.”
Although none of the boys
in Special Forces wanted to
be interviewed, Eliza Pan-
toja, the mother hen of the
group, had no problem let-
ting her feelings about this
opportunity be known.
“I like cheerleading be-
cause I can scream and say,
‘Go Eagles.’ Daishai and me,
we scream the loudest. I like
being in the group. It makes
my mom happy,” Eliza said,
adding she likes feeling im-
portant.
Mission accomplished,
Hallman said.
“This is helping bridge
the separation these Spec-Ed
students feel being alone all
day in their classroom. They
are with the Gen-Ed students
for lunch and PE, so this is
another way they can interact
with their peers and contrib-
ute to CHS.”
unanimously approved the
tax rate of $.696829 per
$100 of assessed valuation
or $696.83 for a $100,000
home.
While this rate is the
same as 2013-14, it will raise
approximately 3 percent
more money for the city’s
maintenance and operations
budget because of increased
property values, and new
homes and businesses being
added to the tax roles, said
city attorney Robert Allibon
before the vote.
The council reluctantly
amended the fee schedule for
water and sewer rates to its
residents to reflect an increase
from the city of Fort Worth,
the city’s water supplier.
According to Public
Works Director Jim Mc-
Donald, Fort Worth has in-
creased its rates for water
and sewer for the past four
years. In all, the water in-
crease has been about 35
percent and sewer 27 per-
cent over that period. This
is the first year that Crowley
is passing that increase on to
its residents.
Watson said there is no
way to come up with a hard
dollar figure that the city has
absorbed as the amount of
water purchased varies ev-
ery year.
The council also agreed
to continue its contract with
the Fort Worth Transporta-
tion Authority to provide
door-to-door paratransit
services for the elderly and
those with disabilities who
may be without a vehicle.
The city will contribute
$1,607 toward the admin-
istrative costs of providing
that service to Crowley resi-
dents.
In other business, the
council:
Approved changing the
title of Police Captain to
Assistant Police Chief. The
council also approved re-
moving a full-time police
Sergeant position and re-
placed it with a full-time
assistant police chief posi-
tion, and adding a full-time
administrative assistant po-
sition to the department to
run the front desk and help
public information staff with
communications and events.
The administrative assis-
tant position will be posted
Oct. 1 and will pay $37,304
including benefits from the
Crowley Crime Control and
Prevention budget.
Approved an ordinance
reducing the minimum front
yard setback for existing car-
ports in Chalet City, Crow-
ley’s only mobile home park,
to five-feet. It was brought to
the city’s attention that the
25-foot setback in the origi-
nal ordinance was not fea-
sible and had been circum-
vented by many Chalet City
residents. The city found 41
carports in Chalet city. Of
those, 10 were in compli-
ance at 25-feet. There were
26 existing carports with no
permit on file and five that
would not meet the 5-foot
setback being proposed. To
bring all up to code, the city
is charging a minimum per-
mit fee of $23.50 to those
without permits.
Crowley Star/Kyp Shillam
Construction on the Murphy Oil Express
station, adjacent to Walmart E. FM 1187
is underway. Underground gas tanks
have arrived at the location where large
holes await them. The area for the pump
islands has been designated as the filling
station begins to take shape. Murphy Oil
did not return phone calls from the Star
asking when the station would be fin-
ished, how many jobs would be available
and when locals could begin applying.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CROWLEY AREA
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
So do not throw
away your
confidence; it
will be richly
rewarded.
You need to
persevere so that
when you have
done the will of
God, you will
receive what he
has promised.
Hebrews
10: 35-36
So do not throw
away your
confidence; it
will be richly
rewarded.
You need to
persevere so that
when you have
done the will of
God, you will
receive what he
has promised.
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FM1187 & W.
Cleburne Rd.
at traffic light
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Saturday Worship Services 9:30 a.m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
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Crowley, Tx 76036
(817) 297-4347
Sunday Schedule
9:30 AM - Bible Study all Ages
11:00 AM - Morning Worship
6:15 PM - Evening Worship
Dr. Joel McCoy, Senior Pastor
SUNDAY SERVICES
SUNDAY SCHOOL.........................................9:30A.M.
MORNING SERVICES.................................10:30A.M.
EVENING SERVICES.....................................5:00 P.M.
YOUTH SUNDAY SERVICES.........................5:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAY SERVICES
ADULT BIBLE STUDIES.................................7:00 P.M.
MISSIONETTES (GIRLS PROGRAM)............7:00 P.M.
ROYAL RANGERS (BOYS PROGRAM).........7:00 P.M.
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721 S. Crowley Rd.
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By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
It’s never easy being left
behind.
For the brothers and sis-
ters of six-month-old Cul-
lin Limer, a victim of Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome, life
will never be normal again.
However, in their quest to help
other “SIDS kids” cope, they’ve
discovered a new normal.
“I don’t get sad about him
anymore,” admits 12-year-old
Kili Limer. “But it’s not because
it’s not sad he’s gone. I wish he
was still here. But, it’s like clos-
ing a book. When you close a
book, you go back to reality.
You may feel sad, but then you
can remember. You can re-
member the good things.”
Kili was 10 when Cullin
passed away on Oct. 2, 2012.
She remembers being happy
when she got an early dis-
missal from school, but hap-
piness turned to worry when
her mother, Ginny, a second-
grade teacher at Sycamore
Elementary, was silent when
she finally picked Kili up.
“Then mom said, ‘Cullin
died. It’s OK to feel however
you want to feel.’ Then she
started crying,” Kili recalls.
The rest of the afternoon
was a blur of visitors, hugs
and tears. A member of the
Crowley ISD Honor Choir,
Kili performed in a concert
later that evening.
“I felt normal while I was
singing. Like nothing had
happened and everything
was OK,” she said. But the
music stopped and the pain
SCARED SIDLESS
Ryan and Dalton Limer snuggle with baby Cullin. They had planned to teach him to hunt and play baseball.
SIDS kids help others deal with loss
The Limer children in the days before losing Cullin to SIDS. From left,
Ryan, Kili, Dalton, Aren, Kindil and baby Cullin.
CROWLEY STAR/GINNY LIMER
Kili Limer plays with Cullin. “They have the same profile,” mom, Ginny said of the photograph taken not
long before Cullin’s SIDS death.
came back.
Step-brother, Dalton, re-
members his dad, Scott Lim-
er, telling him that Cullin was
gone.
“All I wanted to do was
bring him back,” he recalled.
“I was going to teach him to
play baseball and take him
hunting.”
Ryan, the oldest, was 12
when Cullin died.
“It was like a hit in the gut
for me. I remember feeling like
one against the world,” he said.
To cope, Dalton said he
rides his bike and writes pa-
pers remembering the good
things. Kili, too, finds heal-
ing in remembering through
poetry and drawing. Kindil,
6, draws pictures of her little
brother, talking about him
often and enjoying the mem-
ories of “my baby.”
Together, the Limer kids
arestartinganon-linenewslet-
ter for survivors of SIDS, and
other kinds of loss, to share
their thoughts and memories
to move toward healing.
“I think the world needs
a newsletter where kids can
write about their problems,”
Ryan said, noting death is not
the only kind of loss. “Prob-
lems like when their parents
are away on business all the
time, or their dad or mom is in
the military and gone a lot. Or
their parents fight. Maybe they
feel lost, alone or bullied.”
Ginny, who said she still
struggles, is proud of her chil-
dren for the way they’ve grown
stronger through the loss.
“When the kids asked
‘why us?’ we’d say, ‘Thank
you, God, for choosing us
to be Cullin’s family.’ When
we’d ask, ‘Why now?’ we’d
say, ‘Thank you that it wasn’t
two months ago.’ We’ve
learned it’s all a matter of
perspective,” she said. “We
got six months with him and
that has to be enough.”
Ginny is also grateful that
her children’s friends were
supportive and understand-
ing after Cullin’s death.
“One girl, Delilah, sat next
to my son, Aren, in school.
She sent him a note that said,
‘Don’t worry. I have a brother
in Heaven too,’” she recalls.
Kili said her friends kept
her going.
“I really didn’t feel alone,”
she said, grateful for com-
panionship during dark
times. “My friends maybe
didn’t understand what was
wrong, but they knew some-
thing was. I didn’t tell them
at first, but when I finally
did, they helped me out. My
friend, Adam, came over and
would play basketball or ride
bikes with me. It helps to do
things like that just to feel
normal for a while.”
With a new normal, the
Limer children invite other
kids suffering from loss to
find healing through commu-
nity by joining them on CDL-
newsletter@yahoo.com to
share photos, poetry, draw-
ings and memories of those
they’ve lost.
Ginny, whose Scared SI-
DLESS website has been a
place of hope and healing for
around 1,300 people world-
wide, said her focus has ex-
panded from just SIDS to
child loss.
“I talk to parents who’ve
lost their children to cancer
or accidents. I’ve found it re-
ally doesn’t matter how they
died, the pain is the same,”
Ginny said.
With a goal of raising
money for families of child
loss to have a weekend of
healing, the Limer family is
hostingitssecondannualRun
In the Clouds 5k and 1-mile
fun run at 8 a.m. on Oct. 4 at
the CHS parking lot. Funds
raised from the run will pay
for families to attend Camp
Cullin, an annual retreat
held at Beaumont Ranch in
Granbury. Registration is $15
and can be completed online
at runsignup.com/race/tx/
crowley/arunintheclouds.
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www.crowleystar.net Thursday, September 25, 2014 Page 1
By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
Coming off a big win last
week, the Nazarene Christian
Academy Lions put the pedal
to the metal Friday, scream-
ing past Wylie Prep Academy
in a 58-36 victory in front of
the home crowd.
“Wylie Prep came into
the game 3-0 after beat-
ing all three of the public
schools they’d played in-
cluding Fannindale, Camp-
bell and Savoy ISDs,” said
NCA coach Bobby Johnson,
noting the 45-point mercy
rule was invoked in all three
of the Patriots games. “Six-
man.com had them ranked
as No. 52. We were ranked
as No. 80.”
Projected to lose by 25
points, the Lions slid into
high gear from the opening
kick, scoring twice in the first
quarter and hitting a trifecta
in the second while hold-
ing the visitors to just three
scores.
Going into half-time
with a 34-20 lead, the Lions
knew that in 6-man action,
a 14-point difference is like
a vapor. Not looking in the
rear-view, they sped ahead in
the second half.
Taking it to the house
twice in the third quarter, the
Lions allowed the Patriots to
score only once. The fourth
quarter was a mirror image
of the third, giving the Lions
a 58-36 victory.
“I was really proud of the
guys. They played really well
all night,” Johnson said.
Defense was the differ-
ence in the win, with NCA
logging 21 first downs to Wy-
lie’s seven.
Junior Luke Tate and Ty
Jacobs, a senior, each logged
a sack for 25 negative Patriot
yards. Tate and senior Dan-
iel Flynn tallied nine big hits
each to lead the team total of
39 tackles.
On offense, four Lions
found the end zone not once,
but twice, including Flynn,
Tate, Mike Duffey, and Chris
Waldrop. Frankie Serra
NCA 58,WYLIE PREP ACADEMY 36
Lions out-distance Patriots in Crowley
CROWLEY STAR/HOWARD EISENBERG, CLICKPICSPHOTO.SMUGMUG.COM
Daniel Flynn launches one down-field as the Nazarene Christian Lions
dropped Wylie Prep Academy 58-36 Friday.
Luke Tate is chased by a Wylie defender after taking the hand-off from
Chris Waldrop Friday night under the lights in Crowley.
scored once on a pass play.
Flynn and Waldrop made
their points on the ground,
while Duffey and Tate mixed
ground delivery and airmail
to keep the Patriots on their
toes.
Flynn was the big yardage
earner in the run game, with
137 yards. By air, the team
ate up 252 yards with Serra’s
61-yards being the longest of
the night.
Kicker Ryan Herndon,
new to the game of football,
kicked two PATs.
Unwilling to coast, the Li-
ons will take a road trip this
week, traveling to Forestburg
for a 7:30 p.m. game Friday.
By KYP SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
Experiencing a speed
bump on the road to TCAF
volleyball success, Nazarene
Christian Academy (14-5-1)
fell twice this past week, in-
cluding a loss Monday night
to Parker-Tarrant Home
School of Weatherford, 19-
25, 23-25, 25-20, 18-25.
The Lady Lions struggled
on the hitting front, blowing
15 of 25 kill opportunities
into the net or out. While
they managed eight blocks
and 34 digs, nine errors on
serve receive and another
nine missed serves gave the
game to the Weatherford
squad.
Nazarene Christisn v.
Westlake Academy –
The Lady Lions fell to West-
lake Academy Friday in four,
25-23, 13-25, 17-25, 19-25.
With a fight on their hands
from the get-go, the Lady Li-
ons slugged it out in the first
game to inch past Westlake
by two. Undaunted, Westlake
went on the attack in games
two and three, keeping the
Lady Lions on the defensive.
Blowing key chances on
serve receive and at the net,
Nazarene gave up 32 points
on missed passes and logged
25 missed kill opportuni-
ties. Kaitie Schmidt led the
team in serve receptions with
21 perfect passes. Makayla
Shonamon drilled 17 kills,
LADY LIONSVOLLEYBALL
Twin losses stun Nazarene squad
CROWLEY STAR/HOWARD EISENBERG, CLICKPICSPHOTO.SMUGMUG.COM
Libero Krystal Thrash denies a kill in Lady Lions volleyball action last
week.
but it wasn’t enough to keep
the Lady Lions in the game.
The Lady Lions logged
63 positive serves and three
aces with Marlaina Crossland
coming up big from the ser-
vice line with 13 falling in and
one ace. Morgan Davis and
Julia Glidden each logged 10
good serves.
Defense was the saving
grace for Nazarene Christian
with 39 digs including seven
by MacKenzie Owen.
Nazarene Christian v.
Trinity Valley School –
Crossland and Davis teamed
up at the service line to lift
the Lady Lions to a victory
over TVS Thursday, 33-31,
14-25, 25-22, 26-24. The pair
tallied 18 solid serves each
of the team’s 82 to spark the
team to a positive outcome.
On the attack, Shonamon
laid down the law, hammer-
ing down 18 kills with only
six blown hits, followed by
Crossland with 11 points at
the net. The Lions were 22 of
50 in the kill column.
On defense, Schmidt was
solid on serve receive picking
up 26 and missing only 8. The
team logged five blocks and
56 digs to down TVS in the
four-game nail-biter.
The Lady Lions took on
Dallas Academy Tuesday in a
game that ended after press
time. They will travel to El
Paso, an 11-hour drive, to take
on Immanuel Christian Acad-
emy in a double-header play-
ing tonight and Friday in the
Borderland. They will return
to the Metroplex for a Mon-
day contest against Johnson
County Sports Association in
Crowley.
By SYDNEY SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
The key to winning in the
tough District 3-6A league is
to master serve receive.
Last Friday, the North
Crowley Lady Panthers
proved they are serious
about earning a district title
by continuing to play flaw-
less off the serve.
Taking on the Arling-
ton Bowie Lady Volunteers,
North Crowley denied Bow-
ie even one service ace, win-
ning in three, 25-4, 25-14,
25-12.
Six-foot junior Taylor
Williams led the Lady Pan-
thers offense with seven kills
followed by senior middle
blocker Rachel Henderson
with six. In total, the team
put down 30 kills.
Out of 79 serves, the Lady
Panthers only had two er-
rors, a high percentage that
showed in the final score.
Rachel Andrews and Bai-
ley Abbott led serve receive
with 24 receives between the
two of them. NCHS had 40
positive receptions in total
and no errors.
Libero Courtney Bolf and
Andrews each had 13 digs for
the Lady Panthers, whose
digs total 55 as a team.
North Crowley v. Ar-
lington – Despite perfect
serve receive and a defen-
sive effort which denied the
Lady Colts hitting attack 47
times, the Lady Panthers lost
in three games, 23-25, 14-25,
17-25.
Henderson led at the net
with10kills.Asateam,NCHS
had 25 kills and 15 errors.
At the serve, North Crow-
ley logged six blown points
out of 54 serves.
Defensively, Bolf and
Andrews were digging ma-
LADY PANTHERVOLLEYBALL
Lady Panthers strive for perfection
CROWLEY STAR/STEPHEN STIPE, MIRAVISTAPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
North Crowley Senior Courtney Bolf concentrates on making the
perfect pass in last Tuesdays defeat of Arlington Bowie.
Junior Izzy Hinton hammers one home for the Lady Panthers last
Tuesday as North Crowley put the screws to Arlington Bowie in
three games.
chines with 47 and 31 returns
on serve receive. In total, the
team had 97 perfect serve
receives and no errors. The
Lady Panthers defense had
37 digs and 24 assists, but it
was not enough as the Lady
Colts pulled out the win.
The Lady Panthers
played the Lady Kangaroos
in Weatherford Tuesday
in a game that ended after
press time. They will host
Arlington Lamar at 5:30
p.m. on Friday, prior to the
North Crowley Panthers
Homecoming football game
against Paschal.
By SYDNEY SHILLAM
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
When the going gets tough,
sometimes the tough get beat.
The Crowley Lady Eagles
played the state ranked Lady
Pirates of Granbury on Friday,
but despite their scrapping
and fighting, the Lady Eagles
came up on the short end of
the score, 25-16, 25-8, 25-14.
With CHS libero Gabby
Hewson sidelined in the first
game due to injury, the back
court was left wide open. The
Lady Pirates hit like hammers
and served knuckle balls of-
ten leaving the Lady Eagles
grounded and standing.
Net coverage was made
even more difficult by Gran-
bury’s balanced front-line
attack, which included a dou-
ble-threat lefty setter whose
hitting prowess kept Crowley
scrambling on defense.
Even while getting pound-
ed in the back row, the Lady
Eagles kept on fighting but lost
in three despite their efforts.
The team logged 15 kills,
with Landri Greathouse put-
ting seven on the floor and
Laticia Shelby putting down
six. The Lady Eagles rejected
Granbury's hitters six times
at the net and 32 times in the
back court. Shelby charted 10
of those digs.
Crowley v. Burleson
Centennial – Earlier in the
week, the Lady Eagles went the
distance with the Lady Spar-
tans. Eventually rising to the
occasion, the Lady Eagles took
the victory 25-20, 25-22,12-25,
25-27, 16-14.
Middle blocker Great-
house led at the net with 15
kills and five blocks followed
by Shelby and Cheyenne
Cheeks with 10 kills each.
On defense, Hewson was a
digging machine with 36 digs
followed by Shelby and setter
Emily Garrett with 26 and 25
digs respectively. Garrett had
37 assists to fuel the win.
In Texas high school
volleyball, District 8-5A is
known for its strength of
schedule. The Lady Eagles
have two tough opponents
this week alone.
They traveled to Aledo on
Tuesday to take on the Lady
Bearcats in a game that end-
ed after press time. Crowley
is on the road again Friday,
meeting the Cleburne Lady
Yellow Jackets at 5:30 p.m.
LADY EAGLEVOLLEYBALL
Going gets tough for Lady Eagles
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8. www.crowleystar.netPage 2B ★ Crowley Star ★ Thursday, September 25, 2014 CROWLEY HAPPENINGS
To have an event listed in
the community calendar,
email crowleystar@thestar-
group.com.
Thursday, Sept. 25
9:30 a.m. — Mom's Group,
First Baptist Church Fellow-
ship Hall, 400 Eagle Drive
9:30 a.m. – Nutrition Class,
Crowley Senior Center, Bi-
centennial Park
2 p.m. – Quilt Group, First
Baptist Church Youth Build-
ing, 400 Eagle Drive
6 p.m. – Parents Defeat-
ing Autism play groups and
music therapy (3-11 years),
Crowley United Methodist
Church, 509 Peach St.
6:30 p.m. – Story Time with
Miss Teresa, Crowley Li-
brary, 409 Oak St.
Friday, Sept. 26
10 a.m. — Bingo, Crowley
Senior Center, Bicentennial
Park
10:30 a.m. – Toddler Time
Story & Craft with Miss Teresa,
Crowley Library, 409 Oak St.
12:30 p.m. — Silver Sneakers
Exercise Class, Crowley Senior
Center, Bicentennial Park
2 p.m. — Senior Adult Game
Day, First Baptist Fellowship
Hall, 400 Eagle Drive
7:30 p.m. – NCHS Home-
coming football game, Pan-
ther Stadium, 9004 S. Hulen
Monday, Sept. 29
9:30 a.m. – Line Danc-
ing, First United Methodist
Church, 509 Peach St.
10 a.m. – Bingo, Crowley
Senior Center, Bicentennial
Park
7 p.m. – Girlfriend's Wom-
en's Bible Study (childcare
provided), Heritage of Faith
Christian Center, 10350 Old
Cleburne Road
Tuesday, Sept. 30
1p.m. — Line Dancing, Crow-
ley Senior Center, Bicenten-
nial Park
6 p.m. – Quilting Group,
First Baptist Church Youth
Building, 400 Eagle Drive
7 p.m. – Marine Corps
League Longhorn Division
monthly meeting, 1401 W.
Crowley Road
7 p.m. – Moving On Up coun-
seling sessions (marriage,
nutrition, finance, tutoring,
job skills), Crowley Seventh-
day Adventist Church, W.
FM 1187 and West Cleburne
Road
Wednesday, Oct. 1
10 a.m. — Bingo, Crowley
Senior Center, Bicentennial
Park
10 a.m. – Story Time with
Miss Teresa, Crowley Public
Library, 409 S. Oak St.
12:30 p.m. — Silver Sneak-
ers Exercise Class, Crowley
Senior Center, Bicentennial
Park
6 p.m. – NEXT Middle
School Ministry, The Foun-
tains Fellowship Church,
812 Crowley Road
6:45 p.m. – Divorce Care
support group/Bible study,
Fort Worth First Nazarene
Church, 2001 E. Main, Crow-
ley
7 p.m. – NEXT High School
Ministry, The Fountains Fel-
lowship Church, 812 Crowley
Road
Thursday, Oct. 2
9:30 a.m. — Mom's Group,
First Baptist Church Fellow-
ship Hall, 400 Eagle Drive
9:30 a.m. – Nutrition Class,
Crowley Senior Center, Bi-
centennial Park
2 p.m. – Quilt Group, First
Baptist Church Youth Build-
ing, 400 Eagle Drive
6 p.m. – Parents Defeat-
ing Autism play groups and
music therapy (3-11 years),
Crowley United Methodist
Church, 509 Peach Street
6:30 p.m. – Story Time with
Miss Teresa, Crowley Li-
brary, 409 Oak St.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Sept. 25 - turkey salad,
pasta salad, cold pickled
beets, saltine crackers,
fresh fruit, milk
Sept. 26 - meatloaf with to-
mato gravy, macaroni and
cheese, green beans with red
peppers, wheat roll, straw-
berry cake, milk, margarine
Sept. 29 - turkey tet-
razzini, green beans with
onions, dill carrots, whole
wheat bread, fresh fruit,
milk, margarine
Sept. 30 - grilled pork
patty, mushroom gravy,
palsied rice, broccoli, whole
wheat bread, gingerbread
cookie, milk, margarine,
cookie
SENIOR CENTER MEALS
Fifty-five years and still go-
ing strong.
The Crowley United Meth-
odist Church will hold its
55th Annual Lord’s Acre Har-
vest Festival at 9 a.m. on Oct.
11 at the church, 509 Peach
Street, with plenty of family
fun.
The Lord’s Acre celebra-
tion began in 1960 and is
a tradition recalling a time
when the family would dedi-
cate one acre of crops to
God and give the proceeds
to the church. Other fami-
lies would give from their
herds or flocks, eggs from
their chickens, their kitchen's
best canned or baked goods,
or other hand sewn or hand
hewn items, said Pastor Mary
Gean Cope.
“Lord’s Acre for the Crow-
ley church is a community
homecoming and reunion, as
well as a harvest celebration
and fundraiser," Cope said.
This year’s theme is 1 Thes-
salonians 5:16-18, “Rejoice
always, pray continually, give
thanks in all circumstances;
for this is God’s will for you
in Christ Jesus.”
With this in mind, the day
of family fun offers activities
for all, Cope said.
A nursery will be open
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with
activities in the children's
area from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. A silent auction offer-
ing unique items runs from
9:30 –11:30 a.m., followed
by a live auction with Texas
State Auctioneer Champion
Luther Davis, at 12:30 p.m.
The Country Store, a favorite
of the kids, opens for shop-
ping at 10 a.m. and closes at
noon.
"The line to get into the
CountryStoreisusuallyalready
setting up way before the 10
a.m. opening time," Cope said,
remindingalltocomeearlyand
sat late to enjoy all that the fes-
tival has to offer.
A barbecue lunch will be
held at 11 a.m. Cash donations
are accepted for the meal.
For more information, go
to www.crowleyumc.com or
call 817-913-6809.
FAMILY FUN
Church plans harvest festival
CROWLEY STAR/STEPHEN STIPE
North Crowley cheerleader Laryn
Clark free falls from the top of the
pyramid at a recent Panther foot-
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By PAUL GNADT
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A young actor who used to
hit set shots from behind the
3-point line is now hitting his
lines on the set in the Plaza
Theatre Company’s current
presentation of “Father of the
Bride.”
Michael Sorter, who played
basketball for Joshua High
School as a sophomore, has a
co-starring role in the comedy
that is the PTCs 79th production
since it opened in 2006.
Sorter decided to take a
shot at acting after his mother,
Amy, was cast in a few PTC
productions. He earned bench-
warmer roles in Plaza’s “Dear
Ruth,” “Camelot” and “Rag-
time,” and liked it so much
that he transferred to the
Forth Worth Academy of Fine
Arts, where he is a senior with
a stage presence far beyond his
years.
Sorter’s timing, delivery
and sincerity come through in
Plaza’s intimate 160-seat the-
ater-in-the-round and make
him believable as the groom-
to-be who doesn’t want a large
wedding and would rather
elope than go through the has-
sle.
Sorter isn’t the only “young-
ster” in the cast. The bride is
double cast, played by Tabitha
Barrus, a college freshman who
is already a veteran of 39 PTC
productions and has grown up
before the eyes of many audi-
ences, and Rachal Larsen, an-
other FWAFA senior who played
the role on the night I attended.
Larsen nailed the giddi-
ness, nervousness and hesitan-
cy of a bride to be.
Parker Barrus (his 14th
PTC production) and Nolan
Moralez are two other youthful
actors who turn in good per-
formances as brothers to the
bride.
Holding it together are
PTC veteran Luke Hunt, who,
in his 25th PTC production, is
Stanley Banks, the father of the
Rebecca Phung, a junior
at Crowley High School, has
been named the Bill R. John-
son CTE center Student of
the Month for September.
Phung has been at the
CTE since she was a fresh-
man. She has been involved
in the Project Lead The Way
pre-engineering curriculum
for three years and has ex-
celled in every class she has
participated in beginning
with intro to engineering de-
sign, principles of engineering
and digital electronics, said a
release from the CTE center.
Rebecca has also excelled
in programming, science and
m a t h -
ematics.
She loves
to com-
pete, tak-
ing part
in the UIL
math com-
petitions
and espe-
cially loves
Robotics.
She has been a member
and officer of the Crowley
Johnson Center Robot-
ics Club all three years in
CISD, and a primary mem-
ber of both the FIRST FTC
Robotics team and the BEST
robotics team. She was one
of the prime programmers of
the award winning FIRST
robot this past year and the
driver coach during compe-
tition that led to the win at
UTA. At the state level, the
team advanced to the quali-
fier for the World Champion-
ship tournament in San An-
tonio, the release said.
Rebecca has excelled in
STEM throughout her ca-
reer at CISD, has found time
to advance to the ranking of
No. 2 in her class academi-
cally at CHS and scored very
highly on her S.A.T. test, the
release said.
bride, and Barbara Richard-
son as Ella Banks, the bride’s
mother.
Here’s the deal: While
Buckley Dunston (the groom
played by Sorter) wants a
small wedding, Kay, the bride-
to-be, wants to invite all of her
friends.
They agree the guest list will
not exceed 50, but soon the in-
vitation list mushrooms to 300
and Stanley Banks, the father of
the bride, has visions of going
broke.
Those visions become a
nightmare of bankruptcy when
the Banks realize they forgot to
include the guests who will be
invited by the groom’s family.
Things get more confusing,
and awkwardly funny, when the
Banks family attempts to reduce
expenses by inviting some guests
onlytothechurchandothersonly
to the reception.
The most difficult marriage
of all might be the blending by
Hunt of the portrayal of Mr.
Banks, played in two movies
by the great Spencer Tracy and
then, years later, by Steve Mar-
tin.
Hunt, the theater arts di-
rector at Alvarado High School,
nicely combines Tracy’s cool
with Martin’s off-the-wall in-
tensity.
Pamela Valle as Delilah
the maid, Cherie Robinson as
Mrs. Bellamy the secretary and
Madison Heaps as Peggy, the
girlfriend of Ben Banks, give
good support and have some
funny lines.
Russ Walker is perfect as
Mr. Massoula, the pompous
caterer who transforms the
Banks’ living room into a buf-
fet restaurant.
Co-directed by Soni and
Jodie Barrus, with costumes by
Stacey Greenawalt, “Father of
the Bride” is presented at 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays and 3 p.m. Saturdays
through Oct. 11 at the Plaza The-
atre Company, 111 S. Main St. in
Cleburne.
Tickets are $15 for adults,
$14 for age 65 and older and
high school and college stu-
dents, and $13 for children
age 13 and under — and can be
purchased online at www.plaza-
theatre.com, or at the box office
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. Saturday, or by phone
at 817-202-0600.
THEATER REVIEW
“Father of the Bride” is a Plaza must-see
BURLESON STAR/COURTESY LEVI GREENAWALT
Barbara Richardson is Ella Banks and Luke Hunt is her husband,
Stanley, in the Plaza Theatre Company's production of "Father of the
Bride," playing through Oct. 11 at the Plaza Theatre in Cleburne.
BURLESON STAR/COURTESY LEVI GREENAWALT
Tabitha Barrus is Kay, the bride-to-be, and Michael Sorter is Buckley Dunston, the groom-to-be, in the Plaza The-
atre Company's production of "Father of the Bride," playing through Oct. 11 at the Plaza Theatre in Cleburne.
STUDENT OFTHE MONTH
Phung earns honor for achievement
Rebecca Phung
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