Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012 Page: 1 of 12
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CHS, NCHS gear up
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Crowley police
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012
VOL. 26 NO. 27it 75 CENTS
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
Sigma Epsilon Chapter of
Crowley will hold its annual
Christmas Bazaar at the Crow-
ley House of Hope from 1-4 p.m.
Nov. 17.
Admission is free.
The proceeds will benefit the
Crowley House of Hope and oth-
er organizations the sorority has
helped since :t was chartered in
1974.
The public is to shop and visit.
New items for sale include
Christmas treasures, custom-
made jewelry, spiced tea and
more.
The Crowley House of Hope
is located at 216 N. Magnolia in
Crowley.
SOURCE OF LIGHT
The North Crowley High School
Choir Booster Club is running a
campaign to raise money to buy
new lighting equipment for the
NCHS auditorium.
In order to fully light the
stage, the booster club is look-
ing to purchase 10-12 Source
Four Front lights at $370 each
and 10-12 Parnel Top Lights at
$280 each.
For information or to contribute
contact, Robyn Hollimon at rholl
mon@crowley.kl 2.tx.us
CRAFTS FAIR
The First Church of the Naza-
rene in Crowley will be hosting
the 17th Annual Fall Arts and
Crafts Fair from 9-4 p.m. Nov.
10.
More than 100 vendors
have already registered.
Featured items include wood-
crafts, ironwork, florals, ceram-
ics, needlework, crosses, jewelry,
home decor, fall and Christmas
decor, food and more.
For information visit www.fwf.
org or contact 817-297-7003.
Admission is free.
FISH FRY
■ The Crowley Senior Citi-
zens Center is hosting a fish fry
at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the center
located at 900 E. Glendale Street
in Crowley.
Included in the $6 fee, is a
fish dinner with cole slaw, potato
salad, hush puppies, desert and
a drink.
For information or for reser-
vations contact the CSC at 817-
297-9131.
■ The Crowley Masonic
Lodge is also hosting a fish fry
from 4-7 p.m. Saturday. The
lodge is located at 209 N. Mag-
will receive
catfish with all the sides along
with desert and a drink.
nolia in Crowley.
For $7, diners
CITY COUNCIL
The Crowley City Council will
hold its next meeting beginning at
6:30 p.m. with a work session,
followed by regular session at 7
p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13.
City Ha is located at 201 E.
Main Street in Crowley.
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Sports.............................7
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O 3 f V
I £ O I &
ELECTION
Obama, Barton, Davis retain seats
By JAY HINTON
crowleystar@thestargroup. com
The race for Texas State
District to Tuesday between
Democrat Senator Wendy
Davis and Republican chal-
lenger Mark Shelton mir-
rored that of the race for
the presidency between in-
cumbent Democrat Barack
Obama and challenger Re-
publican Mitt Romney.
Less that 7,000 votes
separated Davis and Shelton
with Davis retaining her seat
with 51.1 percent on of the
vote. In Tarrant County, Da-
vis garnered 147,005 votes to
Shelton’s 140,603.
Nationally, Obama re-
ceived 50 percent of the vote
to Romney’s 48 percent to
win the Electoral College
with 303 to Romney’s 206.
Obama also won the popu-
lar vote with 59,592,514 votes
to Romney’s 56,971.035.
In Tarrant County, resi-
dents cast 348,688 for Rom-
ney, while 252,789 voted for
Obama. Statewide, Romney
earned 57.2 percent of the
vote.
In District 6, U.S. Rep.
Joe Barton maintained his
seat with over Democrat
challenger Kenneth Sanders.
Barton received 96,186 votes
to Sanders’ 80,659.
State Rep. Bill Zedler, R-
Arlington, was unopposed
for his House seat.
In Johnson County, Re-
publicans Roger Williams in
U.S. House District 25 and
Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate
won favor among local and
See ELECTION | Page 3
HOPE BOWL III: CPD 21, CFD 7
Above, Crowley police officer Josh White
gets his flag pulled by a Crowley firefighter
just before breaking the plane of the end
zone for a touchdown Saturday at Hope
Bowl III at Eagle Stadium. Moments later,
however, White hauled in a touchdown
pass in the PD's 21-7 victory over the FD.
At left, on the day he was promoted to ser-
geant and on his 40th birthday, Michael
Tate looks the ball into his hands for a
touchdown. The police department, which
is now 2-1 in Hope Bowl competition, was
poised for the shutout before allowing
touchdown late in the contest. With canned
food donations from the fans, the Hope
Bowl will donate several hundred cans of
food as well as $52 in cash to the Crowley
House of Hope.
PHOTOS BY JAY HINTON/CROWLEY STAR
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Crime rate
down in
Crowley
By JAY HINTON
crowleystar@thestargroup. com
According to figures re-
leased Monday by the FBI,
the general crime rate in
the city of Crowley dropped
14.68 percent between 2010
and 2011.
“That was absolutely the
best news I have heard all
year,” Crowley Police Chief
Kirk Nemitz said. “We have
a great group of individuals _|_
that take their jobs seriously.
We’re here to make the com-
munity safe for citizens and
to give them a better quality
of life.”
In 2011, Crowley had a to-
tal of 273 reportable crimes,
down from 320 in 2010. Also,
Crowley saw a sharp reduc-
tion in almost every report-
able category.
“The numbers corrobo-
rate that the men and women
of the Crowley Police Depart-
ment work hard 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, 365
days a year to make and keep
the city of Crowley one of the
safest cities to live, work and
visit within the southern Fort
Worth metropolitan region,”
Crowley Lt. Luis Soler said.
Violent crimes (murder
and manslaughter; forcible
rape; robbery and aggravat-
ed assault) went down 31.03
percent and property crimes
(burglary, larceny-theft, mo-
tor vehicle theft and arson)
went down 12.77 percent.
The statistics also show that
thefts went down 22.4 per-
cent; robberies declined
66.66 percent; felony aggra-
See CRIME | Page 3
FOOTBALL
Eagles win district title,
seek perfection at Joshua
By JAY HINTON
crowleystar@thestargroup. com
With their 49-0 victory
over Waco University Friday
night in their home finale, the
Crowley Eagles wrapped up
the District 8-4A No. 1 seed
for the upcoming playoffs,
but that’s not enough.
The Eagles (8-1, 6-0) are
seeking district perfection.
A win over Joshua next
week in the final game of the
regular season would make
that come to fruition.
“We’ve got one more ball
game and we want to win it
(the district title) outright.
Sharing stuff is not much
fun,” Crowley football coach
Chris James said. “It’s kind
of like a tie. You don’t want
to tie anybody, you want to
win it. That’s our goal and
that’s what we set out for our-
selves.”
The Eagles hold the No.
1 seed via their 31-19 vic-
tory over Cleburne last week.
Joshua (3-6, 1-5), which
snapped a five-game losing
streak Friday night with a
49-40 victory over Burleson,
is the only team standing in
the way of the Eagles’ perfect
district season.
“If you would have asked
me back in August if we had
a chance to be undefeated, I
would have said ‘no,’” James
said. “We have the chance
to be undefeated district
champs and these kids have
See EAGLES | Page 7
HOWARD EISENBERG/CROWLEYSTAR
Stephen Lawson, 40, looks for running room
Friday in the Eagles' 49-0 win over University.
CHARITY
Donations needed
at House of Hope
By JAY HINTON
crowleystar@thestargroup. com
Through the first 10 months of 2012, the
Crowley House of Hope has assisted an av-
erage of 32 new families a month.
Couple the new families with the average
of 197 families considered returning clients,
the HOH is helping an average of 229 fami-
lies a month with food, clothing and other
necessities of life.
Now, the House of Hope is facing its
busiest time of year with Thanksgiving and
Christmas just around the corner, and the
need for monetary donations as well as food
donations to get it through this year, and set
it up for next year.
“Things are pretty tight out there,” said
Billy Hutchings, CEO of the Crowley House
of Hope. “We are getting a little more here
and little money there.”
See DONATIONS | Page 3
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