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By Cheryl Posey Ridglea Theater The historic Ridglea Theater on Camp Bowie Boulevard, which first opened in 1950, has been purchased by FixFunding of Dallas. The company is currently conducting a comprehensive market study and investigating several alternatives to decide what they will do with the property. Right now the theater is the venue for smaller, sometimes local rock music groups and is a favorite destination for younger crowds. The property was bought by a deed in lieu of foreclosure in the bankruptcy case of the former owner, the R.K. Maulsby Family Trust of Fort Worth, who purchased the property back in 1991. Fixfunding loaned the Trust money back in July 2008 and said it had intended to partner with them on a renovation project for the theater. However, this never came to fruition and when the Trust became over 1 million dollars behind in payments, Fixfunding stepped in to take over. Fixfunding President David Rockway has said that it may be early in the new year before company executives determine what will become of the Ridglea Theater and the attached two- story building. Ridglea Bowl/Skatin’ Texas Brian Collins, president of Cendera Funding, now owns the building at 3600 U.S. 377 South on the Benbrook Traffic Circle that was originally built to be a bowling alley and was most recently an ice skating rink. He is planning a $2.7 million renovation on the 36,639- square-foot building that was built about 50 years ago. This project will turn the facility into the corporate headquarters for Collins’ 11-year-old mortgage company, Cendera Funding. The building itself, which has been described by Collins as “a fortress” has quite a history in Fort Worth and was a past home to the Fort Worth Brahmas Hockey Team once it was renovated in 1997 with a National Hockey League regulation-size ice rink. Cendera Funding was founded by Collins in his living room in 1998 and today has 24 locations with its headquarters currently located on Western Hills Boulevard. By Ben Posey You’re probably getting ready to put another log on the fire as you sit and read this article. Hopefully, unlike me and the flippant squirrel that hasn’t stored his acorns for the winter, you’ve already accumulated your wood for the winter months. With such a mild fall and great outdoor temperatures, many people don’t think about firewood until that first cold snap and freeze. Well, if you haven’t gone outside lately, that time has arrived. How do you get the wood that you want and need? First, Your enjoyable evening fire experience begins with well-seasoned firewood. Seasoned firewood comes from proper storage and time. The seasoning of firewood can take anywhere from 9 to 18 months depending on the climate. Cut your firewood to the proper lengths 22 to 24” for standard fireplaces and 16 to 18” for wood stoves. Typically any piece of firewood over 8 inches in diameter should be split. Firewood should be split as soon as possible after it is cut. It is much easier to split green wood than seasoned wood. It is best to select a good hard wood verses a soft wood like pine to burn. Seasoned firewood will have checks and cracks and weigh much less than fresh cut firewood. Over 50% of the weight in fresh cut wood is moisture. Seasoning of firewood is important for several reasons. When firewood is burned any excess It means a great deal 9300 Clifford Street 817-246-3366 Save 10% Off your Albertsons Purchase* when you wear your Cowboys Jersey on Game day! *see store for details CLIFFORD STREET TIRE CO. CUSTOM WHEELS TRUCK ACCESSORIES 8421 CLIFFORD ST. WHITE SETTLEMENT, TX 76108 COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR (817)246-4430 Buy 4 Tires, Buy 4 Tires, Get a Get a FREE FREE Alignment! Alignment! 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NEWS TO USE I love videogames. I’m also a staunch defender of videogames. Does that mean that I believe my seven-year-old nephew should play the mature rated game Grand Theft Auto? Of course not. Actually, I’m a believer that many issues people have with games would be solved if they’d just make it mandatory to show a valid I.D. to purchase mature rated games. It doesn’t make sense to me that you have to have a valid I.D. to see an R rated film, but that I could buy mature rated videogames when I was twelve years old. So, fix that first. Of course, even that wouldn’t get some people off the back of the videogame industry. I recently heard some loud voiced pundit making the rounds on the cable news channels say that even making people show I.D. to buy mature games wouldn’t be enough as they’d still be in the house and thus kids could get to them. If that’s the case, I suppose we should outlaw R rated DVDs, cigarettes, alcohol and guns since these are also hurtful to kids but are in the home when a responsible adult purchases them. So, the unending wisdom of the geniuses on cable news aside, I believe that with this slight shift in how games are sold you could really eliminate many of the complaints that people have about them corrupting the youth of the world. But believe it or not, that’s not even my main point. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a new game recently released. This game is the sequel to a very popular game where players take the role of a soldier fighting terrorists and other threats. The sequel features a level in which terrorists swarm into a BUSINESS NEWS Historic Ridglea Theater, Ridglea Bowl buildings slated for change in new year The future for two historic Fort Worth venues for entertainment are once again at a crossroads as one is slated for a $2.7 million renovation and the other has just been purchased by a Dallas-based company. See PETS page 5 By A.C. Hall The White Settlement City Council met on Tuesday evening last week to hold their last meeting of November. Councilmember Gene Hatcher was not present at the meeting. Homes to be demolished While the city already owns the next group of houses they will be demolishing to make way for the Farmer’s Branch project, council action was needed so a silent auction could be held. The city has held one of these already as they allowed citizens a chance to come in and purchase materials in homes before they were demolished. City Manager Jimmy Burnett spoke of the success of that event. He also stated that only four or five of the homes on the current list will have silent auctions held in them. The homes on this list are 210 Melrose Ct, 8100 Hanon, 8117 E Melrose, 8125 E Melrose, 8429 W Melrose, 217 Pemberton, 303 Allencrest, 408 S Las Vegas Trail, 317-319 S Las Vegas Trail, 8404 Hanon and 8123 Hanon. Councilman Jack Cook made a motion to have these homes labeled as surplus materials and that motion passed unanimously. That motion will allow the city to now hold their silent auctions. City employee policy manual changed Human Resource Director Mark Huff brought a resolution before the council that would see three changes made to the White Settlement Employee Personnel Policy and Procedures Manual. The first change discussed was a way to help with recruitment and retention of Senior Directors. Huff stated that when looking at what other cities offered he found that “some of our benefits did not match.” The proposed change was to raise the amount of vacation offered to people in these positions to three weeks a year. Huff stated that this would be a way to “sweeten the deal” with little cost to the city. The next change was defined by Huff as a “slight wording change” regarding drug screenings that are currently mandatory following any accident by a city employee no matter how minor. “It really can bog things down,” Huff said. The Human Resource Director detailed the current scenario in which an employee is forced to go to the drug screen, be accompanied by another city employee to that screen and then wait for the results before returning to work. The discussed wording change would leave it up to a supervisor’s discretion whether or not to send the employee for these screenings. 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By Cheryl Posey

Ridglea TheaterThe historic Ridglea Theater

on Camp Bowie Boulevard, which fi rst opened in 1950, has been purchased by FixFunding of Dallas. The company is currently conducting a comprehensive market study and investigating several alternatives to decide what they will do with the property.

Right now the theater is the venue for smaller, sometimes local rock music groups and is a favorite destination for younger

crowds. The property was bought

by a deed in lieu of foreclosure in the bankruptcy case of the former owner, the R.K. Maulsby Family Trust of Fort Worth, who purchased the property back in 1991. Fixfunding loaned the Trust money back in July 2008 and said it had intended to partner with them on a renovation project for the theater. However, this never came to fruition and when the Trust became over 1 million dollars behind in payments, Fixfunding stepped in to take over.

Fixfunding President David Rockway has said that it may be early in the new year before company executives determine what will become of the Ridglea Theater and the attached two-story building.

Ridglea Bowl/Skatin’ Texas

Brian Collins, president of Cendera Funding, now owns the building at 3600 U.S. 377 South on the Benbrook Traffi c Circle that was originally built to be a bowling alley and was most recently an ice skating rink.

He is planning a $2.7 million renovation on the 36,639-square-foot building that was built about 50 years ago. This project will turn the facility into the corporate headquarters for Collins’ 11-year-old mortgage company, Cendera Funding.

The building itself, which has been described by Collins

as “a fortress” has quite ahistory in Fort Worth and wasa past home to the Fort WorthBrahmas Hockey Team once it was renovated in 1997 with a National Hockey League regulation-size ice rink.

Cendera Funding was foundedby Collins in his living room in1998 and today has 24 locationswith its headquarters currentlylocated on Western HillsBoulevard.

By Ben Posey

You’re probably getting ready to put another log on the fi re as you sit and read this article. Hopefully, unlike me and the fl ippant squirrel that hasn’t stored his acorns for the winter, you’ve already accumulated your wood for the winter months.

With such a mild fall and great outdoor temperatures, many people don’t think about fi rewood until that fi rst

cold snap and freeze. Well, if you haven’t gone outside lately, that time has arrived.

How do you get the wood that you want and need? First, Your enjoyable evening fi re experience begins with well-seasoned fi rewood. Seasoned fi rewood comes from proper storage and time. The seasoning of fi rewood can take anywhere from 9 to 18 months depending on the climate. Cut your fi rewood to the proper lengths 22 to 24” for standard fi replaces

and 16 to 18” for wood stoves. Typically any piece of fi rewood over 8 inches in diameter should be split. Firewood should be split as soon as possible after it is cut. It is much easier to split green wood than seasoned wood. It is best to select a good hard wood verses a soft wood like pine to burn.

Seasoned fi rewood will have checks and cracks and weigh much less than fresh cut fi rewood. Over 50% of the weight in fresh cut wood is moisture. Seasoning of fi rewood is important for several reasons. When fi rewood is burned any excess

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With local temps dropping to the freezing point for the fi rst time this season, it’s time to light those logs.

It’s time to pick up a bundle, cord or more; here’s the skinny on how to get your money’s worth out of wood

DOG GONE COLD

POP CULTURE WITH A.C. HALL

See POP CULTURE page 2

See WOOD page 5FIRE IT UPSeason’s fi rst freeze predicted for Friday morning

After you get that fi re going, don’t forget about your pets outside. Cold weather can be hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people.

Sometimes pet owners forget that their pets are people, too. No, not really, but many dogs and cats are just as accustomed to the warmth of the home as their owners are. But not all animals are adapted to live outdoors, and putting these animals outdoors for extended periods of time during extreme cold can put them in danger of serious illness. Here are things owners can do to keep animals warm and safe.

Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the mercury drops. If you absolutely

must leave them outside for a signifi cant length of time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water. Try leaving out a hot water bottle, wrapped in a towel so it won’t burn your pet’s skin.Some animals can remain outside safely longer in the winter than others. Animals that are not generally in good health shouldn’t be exposed to winter weather for a long Even really big dogs like Robbie need protection

from the cold wind, rain and temperatures headedour way this winter.

NEWS TO USE

I love videogames. I’m also a staunch defender of videogames.

Does that mean that I believe my seven-year-old nephew should play the mature rated game Grand Theft Auto? Of course not.

Actually, I’m a believer that many issues people have with games would be solved if they’d just make it mandatory to show a valid I.D. to purchase mature rated games. It doesn’t make sense to me that you have to have a valid I.D. to see an R rated fi lm, but that I could buy mature rated videogames when I was twelve years old. So, fi x that fi rst.

Of course, even that wouldn’t get some people off the back of the videogame industry. I recently heard some loud voiced pundit making the rounds on the cable news channels say that even making people show I.D.

to buy mature games wouldn’t be enough as they’d still be in the house and thus kids could get to them. If that’s the case, I suppose we should outlaw R rated DVDs, cigarettes, alcohol and guns since these are also hurtful to kids but are in the home when a responsible adult purchases them.

So, the unending wisdom of the geniuses on cable news aside, I believe that with this slight shift in how games are sold you could really eliminate many of the complaints that people have about them corrupting the youth of the world. But believe it or not, that’s not even my main point.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a new game recently released. This game is the sequel to a very popular game where players take the role of a soldier fi ghting terrorists and other threats.

The sequel features a level in which terrorists swarm into a

BUSINESS NEWS

Historic Ridglea Theater, Ridglea Bowl buildings slated for change in new yearThe future for two historic Fort Worth venues for entertainment are once again at a crossroads as one is slated for a $2.7 million renovation and the other has just been purchased by a Dallas-based company.

See PETS page 5

By A.C. Hall

The White Settlement City Council met on Tuesday evening last week to hold their last meeting of November. Councilmember Gene Hatcher was not present at the meeting.

Homes to be demolishedWhile the city already owns

the next group of houses they will be demolishing to make way for the Farmer’s Branch project, council action was needed so a silent auction could be held. The city has held one of these already as they allowed citizens a chance to come in and purchase materials in homes before they were demolished. City Manager Jimmy Burnett spoke of the success of that event. He also stated that only four or fi ve of the homes on the current list will have silent auctions held in them.

The homes on this list are 210 Melrose Ct, 8100 Hanon, 8117 E Melrose, 8125 E Melrose, 8429 W Melrose, 217 Pemberton, 303 Allencrest, 408 S Las Vegas Trail, 317-319 S Las Vegas Trail, 8404 Hanon and 8123 Hanon.

Councilman Jack Cook made a motion to have these homes labeled as surplus materials and that motion passed unanimously. That motion will allow the city to now hold their silent auctions.

City employee policy manual changed

Human Resource Director Mark Huff brought a resolution

before the council that would see three changes made to the White Settlement Employee Personnel Policy and Procedures Manual. The fi rst change discussed was a way to help with recruitment and retention of Senior Directors. Huff stated that when looking at what other cities offered he found that “some of our benefi ts did not match.”

The proposed change was to raise the amount of vacation offered to people in these positions to three weeks a year. Huff stated that this would be a way to “sweeten the deal” with little cost to the city.

The next change was defi ned by Huff as a “slight wording change” regarding drug screenings that are currently mandatory following any accident by a city employee no matter how minor.

“It really can bog things down,” Huff said.

The Human Resource Director detailed the current scenario in which an employee is forced to go to the drug screen, be accompanied by another city employee to that screen and then wait for the results before returning to work. The discussed wording change would leave it up to a supervisor’s discretion whether or not to send the employee for these screenings. It was discussed that in a situation where there are no injuries, no citizen damage and minimal damage to a vehicle this would

WS CITY COUNCIL

Council prepares to demolish more homes for Farmer’s Branch project

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busy airport and gun down unarmed, innocent civilians. Not only do you see this, you actually take part in it as a person undercover within the terrorist cell. Now the game does give you the option to skip the level, but leaves you with no information as to what happened and gives no alternate story to fi ll in that plot point. Also, the company who made the game has said that it’s possible to go through the entire level without ever fi ring a bullet, letting your terrorist associates kill all the innocents and SWAT members on their own. Of course, that strategy is being said to not work very well as the computer controlled terrorists struggle to eliminate the SWAT team that blocks the end of the level.

I’m not even sure how much I have to say it, but I fi nd this whole thing to be so far over the line that it boggles the mind. I could care less that a videogame exists in which you kill terrorists, but the fact that this one allows you to take part in an airport massacre right alongside terrorists is just as wrong as it gets.

Here’s the part that bothers me even more. The people who are defending the game are saying that the media is blowing it out of proportion. Writer Tae Kim from the videogame website gamepro.com has some comments about the level. He says things like “the brutal carnage makes sense within the narrative of the game, but when it’s stripped out and presented in a vacuum, the only thing you can take away from it is terrorists kill people in an airport” and “It’s a bold narrative maneuver” and fi nally adding that “there are already talks of having it banned in Australia, a knee jerk reaction borne, as these things almost always are, out of ignorance and hysteria.”

I strongly disagree with these comments. He says that all people are taking away from it is the fact that “terrorists kill people in an airport” like it’s wrong or not really what the game portrays. Let’s be clear, that is what the game portrays. I couldn’t care less about how it fi gures in to the overall narrative of the game; it’s my belief that in this day and age you simply don’t portray something like this in a story. I

fi nd it to be tasteless and wrong. Personally I haven’t played the

game, so I can’t give you a fi rst hand account of the level. I have no doubt that it does move the story forward and maybe ten years from now or ten years earlier this thing never even shows up on the radar. But too many people have been affected by what happened on 9/11 for us to insult that memory by making videogame levels out of gunning down civilians in an airport. It’s not exactly what happened on that terrible day, but its close enough to be “off limits” as far as I’m concerned.

Tae Kim and others may look at it as a “bold narrative maneuver” but I look at it as cheap storytelling. Any writer worth anything can fi nd a way to tell a story without including something like this. The gamemakers could’ve used anything other than an airport but they chose to do it because they knew how people would react. And they knew how much controversy it would stir up and thus how much more coverage their game would get.

I’m not calling for a countrywide boycott of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Who am I to pass that kind of judgment, anyway? All I can say is that even as a believer in the freedom to tell stories any way you want, I feel like this game took things too far. That may make me ignorant in the eyes of people like Tae Kim, but personally I believe that we’re all entitled to our opinions and that just because someone feels differently than I do that doesn’t make them ignorant. It just makes them the other side of a conversation.

Got a question, comment, criticism, or just want to talk about Pop Culture or life in general? A.C. welcomes any and all email and can be reached at [email protected]

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BHS Community Toy Drive The Brewer High School Cheerleaders are teaming up with The Salvation Army and Chili’s for a community wide “Toys for Tots” toy drive on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Chili’s on Clifford Street. Everyone is encouraged to drop off a new unwrapped toy for the holidays. The cheerleaders will also be hosting a breakfast fundraiser at Chili’s that same morning.

Brewer High School’s First Festival of Fine Arts to Highlight Visual and Performing Arts

Brewer High School’s Fine Arts Department invites parents, students and community members to its fi rst Festival of Fine Arts on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. The event will include performances by the choir, drill team offi cers and step team.

Individuals will also have the opportunity to view artwork by the art students, and enjoy refreshments prepared by the Culinary Arts students. The event will be in the auditorium and gallery area. The school is located at 1025 W. Loop 820 North in Fort Worth.

The BHS Drill Team Booster Club meeting will be held Tues-day, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in the ddrill team dance studio. This meeting is the second Tuesday of the month.

Senior Celebration 2013Senior Celebration 2013 is having its fi rst parent meeting on Thursday Dec. 3 from 5:30-6:30 in the Brewer High School Library. This meeting is open to all parents of this year’s freshmen. For more information please call Steve Rome at 817-246-4133.

THUMBS UP and thanks to theWalmart Associates at the CliffordStreet store for donating 17 turkeysfor the Thanksgiving food basketsfor North Elementary Schoolfamilies.Pam Turpen, Counselor North Elementary

Christmas Ornaments on Display at the White Settlement Public Library

Celebrate the holidays bystopping by the White SettlementPublic Library to view the latestChristmas display. The Christmasscene includes a variety of colorfulornaments hand painted by PeggyNorman. There are Texas-themedornaments, cheerful animals, bells, snowmen, children admiringa Christmas tree and Santa and hisreindeer pulling his sleigh. Theseitems will be on display throughthe holiday season.

If anyone is interested inlending items for future displays,an application form is available atthe Library. The Library is locatedat 8215 White Settlement Road.

Christmas Bilingual English / Spanish Family Storytime at the White Settlement Public Library

Tuesday, Dec. 8, the White Settlement Public Library will present a bilingual English and Spanish family storytime from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Library staff will present stories with a Christmas theme. Activities may include songs and rhymes for parents and children to enjoy together. This free program is open to the public and a library card is not necessary in order to participate. For more information, please visit the Library located at 8215 White Settlement Road or call (817) 367-0166.

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Someone asked me if I had any wild tales to tell about dating experiences in the long-ago days. I thought about it for a minute or two and told him, “I remember those old days very well, but don’t ask me to remember if it rained yesterday or not.” Usually a date involved a trip to a little town that had a movie theater. Casual dates were usually on a Saturday night and followed a pretty normal agenda. The fi rst item was to go to the show and splurge on a sack of popcorn. Of course a coke or other soft drink was required to keep the popcorn company. After watching the show and doing a little hand holding in the dark it was real refreshment time. A carton of ice cream with a wooden spoon was the after the show treat. There was still time for a long visit in some secluded spot where the couple was not likely to be disturbed. When a dating relationship became more serious, a

Friday night was added to the big Saturday night affair. Eventually, if all went well, all three weekend nights were made dating events. Sometimes the wild spending had to be curtailed if too many dates were occurring. After all, the great depression was on and money was very scarce. On one of these wild escapades when Clyde, my nephew, and I were double dating, we decided to go to a gravel pit across a fi eld and up on a big hill. We took off that way, and after getting about half way across the fi eld, we started sinking in sand. If you have never been stuck in sand, then you have never been stuck. The car differential was on the sand, and the wheels were turning freely without any forward or backward motion. I got out the trusty shovel, and we started digging. Clyde walked several hundred yards into the dark searching for something to put under the wheels. I began trying to jack up the car. The jack would go down in the sand, but the car didn’t move. Finally Clyde came back with a couple of fence posts. After another trip or two, we got enough timber to jack the machine up and get the wooden posts under the back wheels. We moved back the full length, and the car immediately sank again. In the next two hours, we repeated this process many times. Finally we got on fi rm enough ground to get back to the highway. If this hadn’t occurred after the show we would not have seen one that

night. The moral of this story is, don’t drive across a sandy fi eld to get to a gravel pit on a hill. The two girls took this very well. I don’t remember any complaints. On another Saturday night Clyde went with me to date a friend of Ella’s, Gladys Spurlock. Gladys lived on a sandy lane a short distance off of the Brownwood highway. We got there some time after dark, and as I recall, there must have been a dozen sisters or brothers or both. We had a nice evening and took the girls home about midnight. On the way home, somewhere between Uncle Billie’s farm and Williams School, we ran upon a big herd of horses or mules. Clyde was driving, and was moving along at a pretty fast pace. There was no way he could get stopped in time, so he started turning right and left and dodging them. It seemed there were horses everywhere. I kept waiting for the crash, but he steered us through the whole wild bunch. I guess they might have been doing a little dodging, too. Anyway, we were pretty shook up about it for awhile. Another time we journeyed east for a date with Ella and Gladys. I don’t remember the reason, but somehow we did not go anywhere that night. It might have been the weather, or her folks might have said “No, no go!” But we stayed home. We conversed a lot, and Clyde and one of the brothers got into a hot checker game. I don’t know who won, in fact, I don’t think they ever said. They just played. Finally, one of the boys said: “I guess we better go to bed so they can go home. We took that as pretty good advice, and closed the double date at that point. I think that was probably the last time Clyde went with Gladys. He started going with Ruby Ragland about that time, and they got married later. Ella and I also married when she graduated from high school. Gladys married someone I didn’t know. He’s probably still playing checkers with one of her brothers! Did we have fun on those dates? Of course - all dates are a lot of fun!

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As an action movie buff I can be extremely easy to please. On the surface this movie, which was made in part by the Wachowski brothers (Creators of The Matrix), had all of the components necessary to make an action fan like me happy. Big action sequences, great martial arts and let’s face it, a whole bunch of ninjas doesn’t hurt matters. Simply put, it was going to be hard for this movie to disappoint and yet, believe it or not, that’s just what it did. The story was extremely weak, almost every action sequence took place in a near pitch black area, and every fi ght sequence was marred by unheard of amounts of fake looking computer generated blood.

The fi lm told the story of a young man named Raizo who was raised to be an assassin by a ruthless Ninja clan. Growing up in this brutal environment nearly turned Raizo into a mindless killer, but when set off on his fi rst assignment, he learns the brutal truths surrounding being an assassin and leaves the clan. When a young Europol agent begins looking

into the Ninja clan, her life is in danger and Raizo comes to her aid. But even with his considerable skills the two of them don’t stand much of a chance against an entire clan of ninjas.

I can’t stress enough how bad the computer generated blood is in this fi lm. It’s among the cheesiest, most distracting special effects that I’ve ever seen in a movie. While most of the action in the movie is obscured by the overly dark environments, the few times you can see it gets completely ruined by the buckets upon buckets of fake computer generated blood that goes shooting and spurting all over the screen.

Another way in which this movie completely fails is in the story. Great action fi lms aren’t required to have great stories but they need to have at least some semblance of a plot. This fi lm’s story is laughably bad. While the back story about Raizo in the clan is well documented, the rest of the plot is so full of holes that it required a painful scene later in the fi lm.

In that scene, the Europol agent essentially talks out the entire plot so that the audience can make some sense of it. The whole thing comes off as such a sad attempt to make the dumb story work and is just insulting to the audience.

THE VERDICT: There is really nothing good I have to say about this fi lm. Even the fi nal scene that featured scores of heavily armed soldiers having an all out battle with the Ninja clan was overdone, repetitive and not much fun to watch. The movie opens with an action sequence and then doesn’t have another for a long time, main characters betray one another for no reason whatsoever, the action is so obscured you can barely make it out and the few bright spots in the fi lm are quite literally covered up by so much fake, stupid looking computer generated blood that they are completely ruined. In the end all that’s left is a mindlessly brutal fi lm that was totally invalidated due to some stupid decisions made by the fi lmmakers. Well, that and a truly bad story as well. Defi nitely “DON’T BOTHER” with this one.

Ninja Assassin is Rated R for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language.

Holiday fi lms can be a lot of fun to watch. Sitting down with the family around the holidays and enjoying a great seasonal fi lm can be a real joy. So this past week when I had the chance to spend the evening with my family and watch Four Christmases I was really excited about it. Sadly this just wasn’t a very good movie. There was no real uplifting look at the holiday season and the main characters were just unlikable.

Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon star in this fi lm as an extremely happy couple who have been together for three years. They don’t believe in marriage or having kids but are extremely happy. Whenever their annual Christmas trip gets canceled, they’re forced to spend Christmas with their parents, all of whom are divorced and living on their own.

As they travel to the four different holiday gatherings they’re forced to face the fact that they didn’t know each other as well as they thought and that their relationship may not be as rock solid as they always assumed.

There are two things that a movie like this needs to do. As a romantic comedy, it needs to have a good chemistry between the two main characters. As a holiday movie, it has to give you some sort of holiday cheer or at least a thoughtful look at the holidays. This movie fails on both of these levels. I like Vaughn and Witherspoon just fi ne, but the characters they play here are totally unlikable. There’s no real chemistry between them and the story arc of their characters is erratic and senseless.

As far as the holiday themes go, they’re pretty much nonexistent here. The fi lm tries to win you over with a parade of guest appearances by well known actors and actresses in quirky roles, but at the end of the movie you realize it’s said nothing at all about Christmas, family or the holidays.

THE VERDICT: This movie felt more like an anti-Christmas fi lm to me. There were no uplifting messages, no insightful looks at family and love and no real redeeming qualities whatsoever. The movie was all about two mean spirited

characters, their ridiculously quirky families and their bizarrely quick change from a free wheeling self absorbed couple to people who wanted to get married and have a baby.

There’ve been a lot of holiday fi lms in the past and you’d be well served to seek one of those out instead of watching this one. This movie isn’t very funny and doesn’t do anything to enhance the holidays.

Christmases is Rated PG-13 for some sexual humor and language.

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As the last month of the year gets underway we’ve got four new movies landing in theaters. Before we get to that, there was a change made last week at the theater that you may have noticed. The Road was abruptly switched from a nationwide release to an extremely limited release by the studio that made it. While most limited release fi lms eventually open up nationwide, currently there appear to be no plans for that to happen. So if you were anticipating that fi lm it looks as if you may either have to drive to Dallas to see it or wait until it either expands or releases on home video some time next year.

First up in this weekend’s releases we have action thriller Armored. Starring Matt Dillon and Laurence Fischburne, this fi lm is about an armored car crew that decides to rob one of their own trucks only to fi nd one of their friends changing his mind and trying to stop them instead. While it looks like it may’ve been better suited to a straight to video release, the fi lm may be good and could be something that action fans might want to go see this weekend.

Next up we have the drama Brothers. Starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gylenhaal and Natalie Portman, this movie tells the story of a young man coming back from the war only to fi nd that since he had been listed as “missing” his little brother has moved in with his family and may be in a relationship with his wife. This looks to be a powerful drama and should be a great one to go see this weekend.

Also releasing is the comedy/drama Everything’s Fine. This fi lm stars Robert DeNiro as a man who fi nds all of his kids canceling their plans to come visit him on Christmas. He decides to take matters into his own hands and go visit them instead. While it’s hard to tell from the previews, this looks like it could be a great holiday fi lm about family and could make for a good choice if you’re looking for a Christmas/holiday themed movie to see.

Lastly we’ve got the fi lm Transylmania. This spoof comedy has gotten almost no promotion and likely you haven’t even heard about it. It tells the story of a group of college kids who do a semester in Transylvania only to have crazy exploits with the vampires and other creatures there. It’s hard to tell who the target audience is here and this one will likely disappear quickly from theaters.

Releasing on video this week we have Terminator: Salvation, Night at the Museum 2 and the romantic comedy Paper Heart. Those titles are in stores now for rental or purchase.

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If you keep up with my movie reviews you’re aware that there haven’t been a lot of fi lms that I’ve really enjoyed lately. The end of the year can be hit or miss at the box offi ce, but so far this season it’s been a whole lot of misses and very few hits. So I turned to a DVD that I’ve wanted to see for a few months and I’m so glad that I did. This is one of the most honest, touching and well made fi lms I’ve seen in a long time and was such a joy to watch.

The fi lm is about a young man named Miguel “Sugar” Santos who is in the Dominican Republic hoping to become a professional baseball player in America. He’s a part of a large baseball organization down there and his whole life is based around trying to get good enough to be moved into the minor leagues in America. His family is relying on him to fi nd success through

baseball so he can pull them out of poverty. When he fi nally does fi nd himself called up to America, he fi nds that it’s not as easy as he had hoped. Not only does he fi nd struggles on the fi eld, but speaking very little English Miguel fi nds every day life diffi cult too.

I really can’t gush enough about how good this movie is. It’s just an absolutely solid fi lm that sucks you in and makes you care deeply for the main character as he goes on his baseball journey. While there’s a lot of heavy drama here, the fi lm is also rather funny and does a great job of keeping the tone from being too dark or intense for too long.

The acting in this movie is top notch. Every person in the fi lm does an amazing job bringing their characters to life and they’re so real that I was almost convinced that I was watching a well-produced documentary

fi lled with real people instead of a regular movie fi lled with actors. It’s been a long time since a fi lm’s characters drew me in so quickly and completely. I was emotionally tied up in Miguel’s life and cheering him on every step of the way.

THE VERDICT: Movies don’t come much better than this one. It’s a quiet, unassuming fi lm that is among the more powerful dramas I’ve watched all year. Aside from the amazing story and performances this is a beautifully shot fi lm. Rarely do I get into the technical aspects of fi lmmaking, but when they’re done this well they deserve a mention. This is a gorgeous movie and some of the sequences are a real confi rmation that at times fi lmmaking can be a true art form.

I can’t really say enough good things about this movie. The one thing that may keep some people from enjoying it is the fact that it’s subtitled, but even that adds another layer to the fi lm as we experience a little of the culture shock that Miguel experiences as he comes to America.

It doesn’t matter if you rent it, buy it or borrow it as long as you fi nd a way to see this fi lm.

Sugar is Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and brief drug use.

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Place your fi rewood rack 20 to 25 feet from your home or any building if possible. Firewood attracts many insects such as ants and termites. Keeping a proper distance from any structures will keep the insects from entering your home. A log rack should be designed to keep your fi rewood off the ground. When fi rewood sits on the ground it takes longer to season and it tends to attract mice and snakes looking for a home. Stack your fi rewood allowing air to circulate around the logs but most of the moisture will be drawn from the cut ends versus the split sides.

It is not recommended to cover your fi rewood during the seasoning, this can trap moisture in the log and will delay the drying time and could cause mold and fungus to grow. Once your fi rewood is seasoned, cover the top layers during fall rains and winter snow. This will allow you to grab dry wood from the top while air circulates through the rest of your fi rewood.

Now days we can fi nd fi rewood just about anywhere. Your local grocery, hardware or even convenience store carries pre-split, seasoned bundles for a nominal price. You can even see that occasional pickup truck parked on the side of the road with little stacks of wood logs along its side. The local fi rewood providers are certainly busy this time of year. The only sign of a struggling

that fi rewood providers saw this past year during an economic downfall was that of trying to keep pace with demand. One local provider just south of Fort Worth sold nearly 3000 cords of wood during the winter season.

“We saw a lot more people buying fi rewood this past winter season to help offset the prices of utilities to keep their house warm,” said Operations Manager Brandon Pettyjohn of Big John’s Wood just south of Benbrook. “Last year we ran out of fi rewood, but we think we are in good shape for this winter season.”

Around this part of the Metroplex you can purchase about 5 different types of wood. Firewood, which is usually Oak, is most popular for fi replaces. You can also buy Mesquite, Hickory and Pecan, which are usually used for grilling and giving a great fl avor to meat. Also available is Pinon wood. Pinon wood (pronounced “Pin-ion”) is a dense, slow growing hardwood pine found in the mountains of the southwest United States. Burned alone or along with other woods, Pinion wood is a natural mosquito repellent. The smoky pine fragrance adds a great aroma to any occasion. If you use it in your home fi replace, the fragrance will certainly enhance your neighbors sensory experience, but your household will not benefi t from the fragrant aroma being produced. Therefore, Pinon is best used in chimineas or outdoor fi replaces where those sitting around can experience it. What about pricing? The going rate for a cord of wood runs about $220 with some charging close to $300 to come and stack it for you. The small roadside stacks will run you between $20 and $50 and a large bag at the grocery store willrun about $12.

period of time. Very young and very old animals are vulnerable to the cold as well. Regardless of their health, though, no pets should stay outside for unlimited amounts of time in freezing weather. If you have any questions about how long your pet should be out this winter, ask your veterinarian.Cats will curl up against almost anything to stay warm--including car engines. Cats caught in moving engine parts can be seriously hurt or killed. Before you turn your engine on, check beneath the car or make a lot of noise by honking the horn or rapping on the hood.If you light a fi re or plug in a space heater to keep your home toasty warm, remember that the heat will be as attractive to your pets as to you. As your dog or cat snuggles up to the warmth, keep an eye out to make sure that no tails or paws come in contact with fl ames, heating coils, or hot surfaces. Pets can either burn themselves or knock a heat source over and put the entire household in danger.Keep an eye on your pet’s water. Sometimes owners don’t realize that a water bowl has frozen and their pet can’t get anything to drink. Be particularly gentle with elderly and arthritic pets during the winter. The cold can leave their joints extremely stiff and tender, and they may become more awkward than usual. Go ahead and put that sweater on Princess, if she’ll put up with it. It will help a little, but you can’t depend on it entirely to keep her warm. Pets lose most of their body heat from the pads of their feet, their ears, and their respiratory tract. When you’re outside with your pets during the winter, you can watch them for signs of discomfort with the cold. If they whine, shiver, seem anxious, slow down or stop moving, or start to look for warm places to burrow, they’re saying they want to get back someplace warm.

Wood for winter comfort continued from front coverPets need warmth too continued from front cover

free the city from having to go through this long process.

The fi nal change proposed under the resolution was to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The change will see those employees with family members injured in the current war/confl icts get an extended amount of unpaid leave. The increase is from the current twelve weeks to twenty-four.

Councilman Garry Wilson made a motion to approve this resolution and that motion passed unanimously.

Other BusinessBurnett presented a slideshow

to the council and for those in the audience.

“We just want to show you some of the things that are happening in our city,” Burnett said.

One of the things the presentation focused on was new home construction going on in the city as well as some remodeling being done. Burnett spoke highly

of these modern looking homes and the improvements they bring to the community. Also covered in the presentation were some of the soon to be demolished homes along the creek.

Burnett also briefl y spoke about the plans for the Fallen War Heroes Memorial that will be built at Veterans Park. He discussed some construction ideas and also asked the council for their ideas moving forward with the memorial. Mayor Jerry Burns spoke about his desire to have it completed in time for the next Memorial Day.

Executive SessionAt the opening of the meeting

the council held an executive session to hold the annual review of the city prosecutor. When they returned to open session Mayor Burns stated that the council is very pleased with the prosecutor but that due to budget constraints “he’s going to continue at the same rate he had.”

Council views slideshow of WS work projectscontinued from front cover

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“The Hogwallow Boys and Gal” entertained the seniors at the recent November Birthday party. The November birthday celebrants are pictured starting from left to right: Party sponsor Otis Lemley, celebrants Diane Walker, Virginia Kirkman, Joan Garringer, Gilbert Lazo and sponsor Chuck Faust. There are a few spaces left for the Center’s trip on December 5 to Johnnie High’s Country Christmas Revue in Arlington, Texas. Tickets are only $20.00, which includes transportation. Dinner is on your own. The bus leaves the Center at 2:00 pm. Attend an Open Enrollment Workshop at the Center on Friday, December 4th, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Compare your drug plan with others to make sure you will have the best plan for you in 2010. This will be a one-on-one consultation. This event is

sponsored by Area Agency on Aging. If you are interested, please come by the Center to

pick up a form that needs to be fi lled out and brought back to the Center before the event. Please see Lydia. Seniors 60 years and older are invited to participate in the “Senior Conditioning Program” led by James Frazier and designed to improve health and benefi t the major

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at 9:00 am. Please wearappropriate exercise clothingand shoes and bring gear (i.e.:towel, weights, etc.) Pleasesign up at the front desk. Thisis a free class. The next scheduled BandDance with “Open Range”will be at 7 pm on Tuesday,December 8. Cost of the band

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The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ticket offi ce will open for business Monday, November 30 at 9:00 a.m. The rodeo ticket offi ce, located at 3401 West Lancaster Avenue, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Rodeo fans can also purchase tickets by calling 817-877-2420, through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. The 24-day legendary event, showcasing western heritage, family entertainment, world-class livestock and rodeo action, is set for January 15 through February 7. Rodeo tickets will be on sale for these traditional favorites:

• “Best of the West” Ranch Rodeo – January 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. Eight prestigious ranches from the southwest compete for bragging rights in traditional working ranch events, presented by Western Horseman. Tickets are $22.

• “Best of Mexico Celebración” – January 17 at 7:30 p.m. Catch the fl avor of the music, dancing and horsemanship skills, unique to the traditions of Mexico, presented by Coors Light and Univision. Tickets are $16.

• Cowboys of Color Rodeo – January 18 at 2:00 p.m. A multicultural event, new for 2010, featuring traditional rodeo action plus presentations by Circle L5 Riding Club, La Guadalupana and highly

acclaimed vaquero, Jerry Diaz, presented by Coors Light and Univision. Tickets are $16.

• “Bulls’ Night Out” Extreme Bull Riding – Lone Star Ag Credit proudly brings you this event January 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. The PRCA’s toughest bullriders face off against the sport’s rankest bulls in two “thrill a minute” performances. Tickets are $22.

• World’s Original Indoor Rodeo – January 22 through February 7. Fort Worth’s legendary PRCA rodeo is among the nation’s best. There are 30 performances from which to choose. Tickets are $22 for Friday nights and all weekend performances, $16 Monday-Thursday nights and weekday matinees.

Rodeo tickets also provide access to the entire Stock Show grounds on the day of the specifi ed performance including the all new WinStar Rodeo Roadhouse which hosts daily live music before and after the rodeo. The Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, now in its 114th year, is a Fort Worth icon and a Texas treasure that you don’t want to miss. For more information visit fwssr.com or call 817- 877-2400. Let Loose! at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo – This thing is legendary!

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Area children are invited to share the holiday season with our fi ne-feathered friends. The Birds’ Christmas Tree holiday event encourages children to bring homemade, biodegradable birdfeeders to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden to hang in the trees in the garden’s Grove on Dec. 5. The event begins at 11 a.m. Admission is free. Children are asked to create their feeders at home and bring them to the event. Recipes for feeders are available at the garden center’s information desk and on the garden’s website. Sponsored by the Fort Worth

Botanical Society, Garden Club Council of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Parks and

Community Services Department, the event began in 1935. This year will feature musical performances by the Arlington Heights High School Choir and Joy Strings, a children’s violin ensemble. Also on hand to entertain the kids will be

costumed characters, including the Moos Brothers, Dynamo, B.G. Squirrel, TCU’s SuperFrog, Cardinal and Smokey the Bear. To learn more, visit www.fwbg.org or call the Botanic Garden’s information desk at 817-871-7686.

Holiday event is for the birds The Cowboy Santas Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Fort Worth golf courses including Meadowbrook, Pecan Valley , Rockwood and Z Boaz. Proceeds from the four-person golf scramble will go towards the Cowboy Santas toy program. Registration deadline for the annual tournament is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 2. The cost for individual players is $45, plus a toy valued at $10 or more. Fee includes a lunch and an award ceremony which follows the completion of play at each course. Individual golfers, who do not have a team, can be paired up with others. The entry form can be downloaded from the Fort Worth Golf website athttp://www.fortworthgolf.org.

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By Dennis L. Landes

Lake Worth will host its annual boys basketball tournament beginning tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. There will be four games on tap tomorrow, with the Frogs taking the fl oor at 1:30 p.m. against Bridgeport. The fi rst game of the day will feature Godley against the Weatherford JV. In the late afternoon

matchups, Brock faces Carter-Riverside at 4:30 p.m., while Keene takes on perennial hoops powerhouse Argyle at 7:30 p.m. Friday’s action begins with consolation bracket games at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Championship bracket semi-fi nals are slated for 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Frogs will face either Godley or the Weatherford JV at 1:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. that evening. Saturday’s championship game will take place at 7:30

p.m and will pit the Godley-Weatherford JV/Bridgeport-Lake Worth winners against the lower bracket’s Brock-Carter-Riverside/Keene-Argyle matchups. “We are looking forward to playing in front of the home crowd. This tournament always features solid teams, and it will be a very good challenge for us. The key is to play games so we can improve,” said head coach Kyle Terrell.

Lake Worth Lady Frogs

By Dennis L. Landes

Basketball coaches like to play as many games as possible early in the season. The Lake Worth Lady Frogs will have that opportunity beginning tomorrow morning, as the annual Lake Worth girls basketball tournament starts play at 9:00 a.m. with Everman taking on Gainesville. The Lady Frogs will face Keller Central at 3:00 p.m. in the other upper-bracket fi rst round game. In the lower-backet fi rst round, state powerhouse Mansfi eld Legacy will take on Mineral Wells at noon, while Alvarado will face Springtown at 6:00 p.m. Friday, the Lady Frogs will face either Gainesville

or Everman in a semi-fi nal matchup at noon, or 3:00 p.m. The consolation semi-fi nals will be at 9:00 a.m. and noon, while the championship bracket semis are slated for 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Saturday’s action also starts at 9:00 a.m., and the championship fi nals tipoff will be at 6:00 p.m. featuring the Everman-Gainesville/Lake Worth-Keller Central winner taking on the Mansfi eld Legacy-Mineral Wells/Alvarado-Springtown survivor. “The great thing about this time of year is the girls have a tremendous opportunity to really improve and make themselves better. We start district next Tuesday night, so we need to learn as much about ourselves this weekend as we can,” said head coach Darryl Vrazel.

Brewer Bear Freshman basketball

Brewer Bears

The Brewer Bears will host a 12-team tournament this weekend with action tipping off on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with Fort Worth Christian playing the Everman Bulldogs. Another 1:30 game will feature Zion Academy against Azle. The Brewer Bears will start tournament play against Diamond Hill at 3:00 p.m. followed by Crowley and Northwest at 4:30 p.m. Burleson and Boswell will play the 6:00 p.m. game and Brookhill and Springtown will cap the night off with the 7:30 p.m. contest. Friday’s games will begin at 1:30 p.m. and the championship game will be at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Lady Bears

The Lady Bear basketball team will be hosting an 8-team tournament as well this weekend with the Lady Bears playing against Diamond Hill at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Other teams featured in the tournament will include Nimitz vs. Northside at 3:00 p.m., Irving vs. Western Hills at 6:00 p.m., and Castleberry vs. South Hills in the 7:30 p.m. contest. Games on Friday will begin at 3:00 p.m. with the tournament championship game to be played at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Photos by A.C. Hall

Above: #32 Rachard Nailon takes the jump ball as #22 Dylan Vilaros and #20 Cameron Brown get ready to head down court.

Left: #42 Brandon Lafl er looks for the open man as he brings the ball down the court against Carter Riverside. Right: #20 Cameron Brown drives to the basket.

Above: The freshman team gets some game strategy during a timeout against the Eagles.

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Lady Bears fall to Denton

Photos by A.C. Hall

Special Singing Performance

byNaomi and the Segos

Performing at

Wyatt Drive Baptist Church8306 Wyatt Dr.

Sunday, December 6 at 10:45 am

By A.C. Hall

The Lady Bears varsity basketball team was in action this past Saturday afternoon and found themselves up against a very competitive Denton team. The game went back and forth early and the teams were tied 4 - 4 when Denton went on a 9 - 0 run to take a 13 - 4 lead. Brewer was struggling to get the ball

up court due to the full court pressure but came fi ghting back as the quarter came to an end. The Lady Bears went on a 7 - 1 scoring run to make it Denton 14, Brewer 11 at the end of the fi rst. The Lady Bears continued to keep it close in the second quarter, closing to within 1 with three minutes left in the fi rst half. Denton pulled away slightly as the quarter came to a close and took a 27 - 22 lead into half time. The teams continued to look evenly matched over the fi rst six minutes of the third quarter as the Lady Bears pulled to within 2 with just under three minutes left in the quarter. They were soon plagued with ball handling issues and some passing miscues that would help Denton go on a 9 - 2 run to end the third quarter

and take a 42 - 33 lead into the fourth. Problems continued from the Lady Bears in the fi nal quarter as Denton opened it with an 8 - 2 run. That amounted to a 17 - 4 run over a seven-minute period from the third into the fourth

quarter. Turnovers continued to hamper the Lady Bears and they ended up losing the game by a score of 50 - 35. The Lady Bears will be back in action on December 3rd at the Brewer Classic Tournament at BHS.

Above: #23 Millie Head brings the ball down court with the assistance of #30 Jennifer Simpson. Left: Simpson puts up a jump shot against Denton.

A Community Toy Driveand Breakfast Fund-Raiser

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The Brewer High School Cheerleaders are teaming up with The Salvation Army and Chili’s for a community wide “Toys for Tots” toy drive. Please join us by dropping off a new, unwrapped toy for the holidays. While you’re here, come on in and join us for a delicious Chili’s breakfast for only $8 a person.

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