The Cross Timbers Gazette (Bartonville, Tex.), Vol. [34], No. [3], Ed. 1, March 2008 Page: 2 of 24

                                
March 2008
THE CROSS TIMBERS GAZETTE
Online at www.LantanaLinks.com
Page 2
DATELINE
DOUBLE OAK
by Mayor Pamela A. King
One of the issues on which I
ran last year for Mayor was to
encourage more of us to get in-
volved. Not only is that Dou-
ble Oak’s history, it’s the American way and our
best shot at a future that suits us. This past year,
we have had a number of neighbors involved in
all sorts of issues and in many different capaci-
ties, and I am extremely pleased that we have six
neighbors who have filed to run for the three (3)
Town Council seats that will be up for election
on May 10th.
While John Dondrea is running to keep his seat
on Council, both David Mize and Lissa McCar-
thy will be relinquishing their elected roles. They
have served us well in many different capacities
over these last few years and I trust they will con-
tinue to serve even in volunteer capacities. Lissa,
our Town Treasurer, will continue in that role,
with Jerry Lamel as Deputy Treasurer. Together,
we can count on their continued stewardship with
financial and budgetary excellence we have seen
over the last several years.
Stay tuned for the campaign signs and activi-
ties you’ll see in the next couple of months, as
they will be your choices to join Council mem-
bers Mike Donnelly and Jerry Lamel and to help
steer Double Oak through the next two years.
Town Council members Dondrea and Don-
nelly hosted a town-wide information meeting
Saturday morning March 8th about the cellular
antenna tower Verizon would like to construct
behind Town Hall. Verizon folks reiterated their
interest in erecting an 80-foot pole (no outside
antennas or dishes on the pole itself.) Verizon
is offering to pay the Town a monthly or annual
payment, in exchange for the footprint behind
Town Hall on which the pole would stand.
Verizon engineers believe the spot behind
Town Hall is where they need additional cover-
age for better reception in the general area, al-
though they may be as interested in placing it
on the other side of the fence, on the Downing
Middle School property, if Double Oak Council
rejects it. We have heard it will be an eyesore,
not in keeping with Double Oak’s rural-ish look
and feel, could affect property values and may be
a health hazard. On the other hand, neighbors say
it will bring money into Double Oak, is simply a
sign of the times like adding the middle school,
enlarging the fire station or watching gas wells
and pipelines proliferate. Town Council is sched-
uled to deliberate the Verizon cell tower issue at
its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, April
7th, 7:00 pm, at Town Hall. Please join us to give
us your thoughts.
Town Hall and the Town Square were alive
with kids and their families Saturday morning, the
15th of March, thanks to the ladies of the Double
Oak Women’s Club and its Community Service
Committee. Hundreds of brightly colored, candy-
filled Easter eggs were pounced upon by the chil-
dren in the beautiful spring morning...in minutes.
Before and after the sugar high, the Women’s
Club also prepared a full pancake breakfast, serv-
ing pancakes by the dozens. Sausage, pancakes
and syrup, milk, good strong coffee and Easter
candy: brilliant! The ladies raised several hun-
dred dollars for the benefit of the Double Oak
Police Association. Thank you all.
The Women’s Club also celebrated its annual
Casino Night, earlier this month. Their traditional
get together of good fun, good food, great spirit
and high stakes, which benefits the Double Oak
Volunteer Fire Department and college scholar-
ships was lots of fun for great causes. What a fun
evening to see friends and neighbors and help a
good cause or two. As always, thanks go to the
women and their families who worked hard so
we could all have a great time and benefit others.
Double Oak’s social calendar rocks!
You will notice a couple of housing ‘starts’ in
Camryn Downs and West Oaks. The former sub-
division has been ‘released,’ by Town Council be-
cause its entire infrastructure is complete. In the
West Oaks, while infrastructure continues to be
in process, enough has been completed for Town
Council to give the green light to two houses be-
ing built. Of course, no certificates of occupancy
will be issued until the entire subdivision is com-
pleted, but you will begin seeing framing.
Our Town Engineer, Dale Hoelting, compiled
a Town Drainage Plan last year, to begin to ad-
dress some of the watershed and water flow ar-
eas in town that do not have drainage easements,
ditches and channels ‘down stream.’ Town Coun-
cil has asked Dale to hold meetings with the dif-
ferent neighbors within these drainage areas over
the next few months, to get their input directly,
so stay tuned. (Copies of the Drainage Plan are
available at Town Hall, should you want to re-
view one.)
Last month’s Denton County Precinct 4 Trans-
portation Committee Meeting addressed the prog-
ress and status of road work on all of our nearby
County roads and there is a lot going on! Unfor-
tunately for our neighbors in Carruth Estates, FM
407 is being widened in their midst, exacerbat-
ing some of their already challenging drainage
issues. Because of the good relationships forged
through our former Precinct 4 County Commis-
sioner Jim Carter, current County Commissioner
Andy Eads, TXDOT executives, Carruth Estates
resident and Council member Mike Donnelly,
concerned and vocal neighbors and others, we
are working through some of the oversights and
difficulties of major road “improvements,” en-
suring the safety and neighborhood security we
expect in the midst of “progress!”
Expect to see Council take the Verizon cell
tower into consideration at its first meeting in
April, on the 7th. We would appreciate your at-
tendance and input, so join us. We are also asking
that any voting Double Oak resident interested
in receiving informational e-mails about Town
issues submit an e-mail request to the Town Sec-
retary, at town_secretary@double-oak.com. Your
e-mail address will be kept confidential by the
Town Secretary and used exclusively to notify
you of important town issues.
My best wishes to you and to your family for a
very Happy Easter.
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Argyle Police Department
“Your Partners on Crime ”
by Chief William T. Tackett
The following is a summary of incident reports re-
cently made to the Argyle Police Department as
compiled by the staff of the CTG:
A 13-year-old girl in the 300 block of Hidden Trail
punched her mother in the stomach during a domes-
tic disturbance. No charges were filed.
An officer questioned a man parked behind Liberty
Christian School who said he was digging for earth-
worms for fishing. Police told him that he was on
private property and needed to find another place to
dig for worms. No charges were filed.
Police assisted the Denton County Sheriffs Dept,
with a 25-year-old Lantana woman who attempted
suicide by shooting herself in the forehead. The vic-
tim survived.
Someone called police about an injured goose at FM
1830 and Fincher. The goose flew the coop before
an officer arrived.
A Corral City man reported that a neighbor told his
girlfriend he would shoot his dog if it kept urinating
on his rose bushes.
Police were dispatched to a hold-up alarm at Johnny
Joe’s on Hwy 377. When officers arrived, they ques-
tioned a newly hired clerk who said that he thought
the alarm button was a “fragrance button” to make it
smell better.
A caller told police that people were doing drugs and
consuming alcohol around a 6-month-old baby in the
600 block of FM 407 E. No drugs or alcohol were
found. The owner of the house said that CPS had
been there three times in the past.
Police rounded up 30 loose goats in the 400 block
of Jeter Road.
A man in the 900 block of Stonecrest called police to
report that his son would not obey him and was being
disrespectful. The 14-year-old boy told police that he
got angry because he was hungry and wanted his
parents to make him his dinner.
Someone stole jewelry from a house in the 300 block
of Creekside in Country Lakes.
A woman in the 900 block of Old Justin Road called
police wanting to know the policy of officers picking
up newspapers that were left in the driveway. The
woman was told that officers do not pick up news-
papers.
Police were dispatched to the 200 block of Shadow
Wood Drive where some kids were ringing doorbells
and setting off cherry bombs. An officer caught three
boys in the 100 block of Morning Dove Ct.
A man in the 300 block of Creekside reported that
he found a pink wallet in his front yard. The wal-
let belonged to an Argyle woman whose vehicle was
burglarized the night before by several teenagers.
Two kids were shooting airsoft guns outside of E.P.
See ARGYLE PD on Page 13
Double Oak
Police Beat
Submitted by Chief Jason Jones
DOPD Receives Grant
from Wal-Mart
1 would like to person-
ally thank the Wal-Mart
Foundation of Bentonville, Arkansas represent-
ed by the Lewisville Wal-Mart for contributing
to our Neighborhood Traffic Management Pro-
gram (NTMP).
Wal-Mart generously provided a grant of
$1,000 to help with the purchase of a Radar
Trailer to support this program. As mentioned in
a previous article, this program was developed
to promote the safety and livability of residen-
tial neighborhoods through the use of educa-
tion, traffic calming devices, and enforcement
recommendations where appropriate. The Ra-
dar Trailer is an additional traffic management-
calming device that will allow us to achieve the
NTMP objectives.
1 would also like to personally thank Mayor
Pam King, Mayor Pro-Tern John Dondrea,
Council Members David Mize, Jerry Lamel,
Lissa McCarthy, and Mike Donnelly for autho-
rizing the additional funds necessary to purchase
meeting on Monday, March 3, 2008.
Oh, I can’t forget my magnificent Public
Safety Committee that is comprised of five citi-
zens: Melanie Gregg, Jim LeClaire, Kristi Har-
rison, Laura Wilkinson, and Kevin King. It still
amazes me that when businesses, local govern-
ment and citizens pull together on a project, it
can truly make a difference in a community!
Police Blotter
On Saturday, February 16, around 3:00 a.m.,
Officer Scot Frenzen was sitting in the 300
block of Waketon Road in a marked patrol car
and observed a white four-door car traveling
westbound that did not have its headlights on.
The driver turned on his headlights as he ap-
proached the police car.
Officer Frenzen began to follow the car and
made a traffic stop in the 900 block of Cross
Timbers. He observed a white male with red,
glassed over eyes, and could smell a strong odor
of an alcoholic beverage emitting from the driv-
er’s side of the car.
The driver was identified as Aldis Keith
Martin. Officer Frenzen asked Martin if he had
anything to drink tonight due to the strong odor
of alcohol and because of his slurred speech.
Martin replied he had been drinking and should
not have been driving.
Officer Frenzen performed the Standardized
Field Sobriety Evaluation and Martin failed the
test. Officer Frenzen arrested Martin and trans-
ported him to jail. Martin agreed to provide a
blood sample. Officer Frenzen then transported
him to the Denton Regional Hospital for the
voluntary blood draw. The results of the blood
draw are still pending. Martin was then trans-
ported back to jail and his bond was later set at
$2,500.
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