City of Grand Prairie Monthly Citizen Newsletter September 2009

City of Grand Prairie Monthly Citizen Newsletter
September 2009 Vol. 10 No. 9
Fregoe Town Hall Meeting
Market Square
Grand Opening
Monday, Oct. 19 • 7 p.m.
Dubiski High School
East side of Highway 161 between Warrior Trail and Arkansas Lane
Topics will include the new police facility, new fire stations, roadway status
report, code enforcement, new active adult center, Prime Outlets Mall, Dalworth
Recreation Center and gas wells.
For more information call 972-237-8022.
Green Meadows
Petting Farm
October 8-28, 2009.
(Closed October 10 & 11)
Come to Lynn Creek Park, 5700 Lake
Ridge Parkway, to get up close with more than 200 animals. Pet ’em feed
’em…it’s fun for the entire family.
For rates and times, please call 1-800-799-1166 or visit www.greenmeadowsevents.com
Quilt Show Celebrates GP's 100 Years
Saturday, Oct. 17 • 1-4 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, 122 N. Center Street
Street Festival
Saturday, Sept. 26 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
120 W. Main Street
Between Center and NW 2nd Streets
Free admission with canned food
donation. Live music, food
demonstrations, vendors and salsa
competition. Then end the day with
Beatlegras, 8 p.m., Uptown Theater,
$21, www.uptowntheatergp.com
Market Square will be the new home
for Grand Prairie’s Farmer’s Market
on Thursdays and Saturdays
8 a.m.-1 p.m. or sellout.
For more information, 972-237-8409
or 972-237-8036.
Loyd Park Hayrides
Sundown – 11 p.m.,
Friday, Oct. 23- Saturday, Oct. 24
Loyd Park 3401 Ragland Rd.
Admission $5 per person.
All proceeds benefit the Grand Prairie Food & Clothing Co-op.
Texas Music Festival Oct. 1-3
Thursday, Oct. 1- Saturday, Oct. 3 • Loyd Park • 3401 Ragland Rd
Tommy Alverson's Family Gathering
Texas music festival is the 12th annual, and
will feature a weekend lineup of different Texas Country music artists every day. Camp at the lake or come in for the day. For park information call 817-467-2104 or
visit GrandFunGP.com. Ticket information
visit www.TommyAlverson.com.
Celebrating a Century 1909-2009
Hayrides take visitors on a tour
through the park to see all the campsites that guests have decorated for the
site decorating contest. From scary to
not-so-scary, the amount of time and
creativity put into these campsites is
pretty amazing. Park entrance fee is
$10 per vehicle. Call 817-467-2104
for more info.
www.gptx.org
Free Cleanup Day at the Landfill Oct. 3
Do some fall cleaning and get rid of your junk at Trash Off.
Saturday, Oct. 3 • 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Grand Prairie Landfill
1102 MacArthur Blvd.
Proof of residence in the form of a current water bill or driver’s license is required. A $1 disposal fee will be charged for each automobile tire or computer.
Residential disposal only. For more information call 972-237-4555.
Household hazardous waste will be collected at Trash Off from 8 a.m.noon. Motor oil, antifreeze, and other automotive fluids, car batteries, lawn and
garden fertilizers and chemicals, paint (latex and oil-based), solvents and other
paint-related materials, aerosol cans, pharmaceuticals (narcotics not accepted),
pool chemicals, household cleaning products, drain openers, etc., fluorescent
lights (bulbs and tubes), thermometers and other mercury-containing equipment,
household batteries and cooking oil will be accepted.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for household hazardous waste collection
day. Register on-line at www.gptx.org/WQ/HHW or by calling 972-237-8055. Please remember that, by law, these collection events are for household waste
only. We will not accept explosives, gas cylinders, fireworks, medical waste, radioactive materials, or municipal trash. No commercial waste will be accepted. Teen Masquerade Ball
Friday, Oct. 23 7-11 p.m.
Dalworth Recreation Center, 2012 Spikes
Teens ages 13-18 are invited to a masked ball. Join us in designing your
own masks the weekend before the ball. Refreshments will be served, a DJ and
door prizes. Formal attire and mask are required. Admission $8 per person in
advance, $10 per person at the door. For more information call 972-264-7670.
Trunk or Treat
Friday, Oct. 30 • 5-8 p.m.
Bowles Life Center, 2750 Graham St
Bowles is the place to be at Halloweentime! Join
us as we go car by car “Trunk or Treating” throughout
the Bowles parking lot. Once you have lots of goodies in your bag, head inside
and experience the Bowles haunted house or enjoy time in the game room, and
gymnasium. All ages welcome. The event is free.
Charley Taylor Halloween Carnival
Friday, Oct. 30 • 6-8 p.m.
Charley Taylor Recreation Center, 601 E. Grand Prairie Rd.
Join us for our annual Halloween Carnival at Charley Taylor. There is fun for the entire family including bounce houses, arts
and crafts and candy. The event is open to the public. For more
information call 972-264-6890.
Celebrating a Century 1909-2009
Library Book Sale
The Friends of the
Library Fall Book Sale
will be Oct. 14-18 at
the Main Library, 901
Conover Dr.
A book sale preview for members of
Friends of the Library will take place
Oct. 13 from 5-7:30 p.m. Memberships will be available at the door for
$10. Call 972-237-5700 for more
information.
The regular sale hours, free to the
public are as follows:
Wed., Oct. 14: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 15: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 16: Library Closed
Sat., Oct. 17: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 18: 1-5 p.m.
GodSpell
Presented by the Grand Prairie Arts Council
Based on the Gospel According to St.
Matthew, and featuring
well-loved songs, led
by the international
hit, “Day By Day.”
As the cast performs
“Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord,”
“Learn Your Lessons Well,” “All For
The Best,” “All Good Gifts,” “Turn
Back, O Man” and “By My Side,” the
parables of Jesus Christ come humanly and hearteningly to life.
Performances are set for October 1-3
and 8-10 at 8 p.m. and
October 4 and 11 at 2 p.m.,
Uptown Theater, 120 East Main Street
Purchase tickets online at www.
uptowntheatergp.com or by calling
the Uptown Theater Box Office at
972-237-UPTN. Discounts available
through the box office for children,
students, senior citizens and groups.
For more information contact the
Grand Prairie Arts Council: 972-6422787 or visit www.artsgp.com.
www.gptx.org
Calendar Photo Contest Deadline Oct. 1 Senior Appreciation
Amateur and professional photographers who live in Grand Prairie are
Week Oct. 19-23
invited to enter the 2010 City Calendar Photo Contest. Entries accepted through
Oct. 1, 2009. A panel of judges will select photos most appropriate for the 2010
City Calendar. Photo must feature Grand Prairie:
• Be a Kid: having fun in Grand Prairie
• City services, facilities, programs, employees at work
• City events
• Pretty places in Grand Prairie
• GPISD students, facilities, activities (only one month in calendar may
feature the schools)
Visit the Senior Center, 925 Conover Drive, Monday, Oct. 19-Friday,
Oct. 23, for a week long series of special events, activities, trips and more,
just to say thank you. Everything is
FREE! Stop by the Senior Center for
a complete listing of activities. For
more information call 972-264-4975.
Format may be 8 x 10 inch print or 300 DPI TIF file on CD or e-mail with
your name, address, phone number to asprinkles@gptx.org. Prints can be returned if return address is on back of photo.
Photos will be used in city publications. Credit will be attributed in calendar,
but may not be possible in other publications and uses. Winning photos will
be published in the calendar. No cash awards will be offered. Entrants must
include name, address and phone number with entry. Winners will be notified in
November 2009. The city calendar will be printed in December 2009.
Dog Costume Fest
Send entries to:
Amy Sprinkles
Marketing and Public Information
City of Grand Prairie
P.O. Box 534045
Grand Prairie, Texas 75053
asprinkles@gptx.org
Shredding and Window Etching Oct. 24
Personal Document Shredding and VIN Auto Window Etching
Sponsored by the Grand Prairie Crime Commission/Crime Stoppers
Saturday, October 24 • 8 a.m.-noon
GPISD School Adminstration Parking Lot, 2600 Belt Line Road
A $5 donation is appreciated but not required of Grand Prairie residents, three
boxes per visit. For more information, call 972-237-8790.
Pool Pumpkin Patch
Saturday, Oct. 31 • 1-6 p.m.
Kirby Creek Heated Indoor Pool
3303 Corn Valley
Jump in and swim with all the pumpkins and
pick out your favorite. After hunting down just
the right one you can decorate it for Halloween. Come in at 1 p.m. and stay to swim all day. Fee: $2 per swimmer. For more
information call 972-264-8174.
Celebrating a Century 1909-2009
Sunday, Oct. 25
6:30 p.m. registration, 7 p.m. contest
Central Bark Dog Park
2222 W. Warrior Tr.
(behind Prairie Paws
Animal Shelter)
Entry fee $2 per dog,
$5 for two dogs,
$6 for dog and human
For more information, e-mail:
KStacy@TEXASTRUSTCU.ORG
SH 161 Opens
The long-awaited section of State
Highway 161 between State Highway 183 in Irving and Interstate 30
in Grand Prairie
opened Aug. 2.
Drivers on the
Bush Turnpike
are now allowed
to continue south of SH 183 to I-30
using the new five-mile toll road that
stretches from SH 183 to Egyptian
Way in Grand Prairie.
Currently, the main lanes of SH
161 between I-30 and I-20 are still under construction. The main lanes end
at I-30, but the service road continues
south to I-20 except for a detour at the
railroad tracks between Main and Jefferson streets. The main lanes in this
area are scheduled to be completed in
2012.
www.gptx.org
Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Shuttle Service
The city of Grand Prairie and Kaufman County
Animal Awareness Project (KCAAP) have joined forces
to offer a new low-cost pet sterilization program in the
city.
Aiming to reduce the numbers of unwanted pets, a
shuttle service is offered once a month that will transport animals from the Prairie Paws Adoption Center, 2222 W. Warrior
Trail, to a new state-of-the-art spay/neuter clinic in Crandall,
Texas, for surgery. Animals are picked up at PPAC at 7 a.m. and delivered back
to the facility around 6:30 p.m. for discharge.
Costs for the program are determined by weight, sex and
species. Cost for dogs: males $50.50 – $70.50; females $55.50
– $75.50. Costs for cats: males $30 and females $40.
The program also provides vaccinations, heartworm tests,
heartworm preventative and flea preventive at reduced rates.
Texas law requires current rabies vaccination at the time of surgery. If proof cannot be provided the animals must be vaccinated
for $8.
For information or to schedule an appointment, call KCAAP at
972-472-3500.
Celebrando La Familia
A health and information expo for Hispanics.
Presented by the Hispanic Leadership Forum
Saturday, Oct. 4 • 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
QuikTrip Park at Grand Prairie, 1600 Lone Star Parkway
Health exams and screenings, legal, financial, education and employment information. Technology services, crime prevention, games for kids. Immunizations
will be provided to children with appropriate medical records.
Historic Highway
80 Sale on Main
Shops along Main Street in downtown Grand Prairie will be showing
off their wares during the bi-annual
Historic US 80 Highway Sale Friday,
Oct. 16-Sunday, Oct. 18.
The event promotes tourism trade
and traffic along historic US 80, the
first coast-to-coast, all-weather highway in America. The three-state event
will cover a 392 mile route – one of
the nation’s longest – from Mesquite,
Texas through Louisiana to Jackson,
Miss.
For more information on the US
80 Sale, contact East Texas Tourism at
info@etta.com.
Quarter Horses
Race at LSP
Quarter horse season is Sept.
25-Nov. 28 at Lone Star Park, 1000
Lone Star
Parkway.
For more
information
call 972263-7223 or
www.lonestarpark.com.
For more information, call 214-887-8969 or
e-mail jcantu@hispanicleadershipforum.org.
Coming Soon to the
Uptown Theater
Nativity Scenes Needed for Exhibit
Enjoy great performances at Grand
Prairie's downtown theater:
Members of the West Fork Presbyterian Church will be celebrating Grand
Prairie’s 100th birthday with an exhibit of nativity scenes at the church located at
908 Santerre Drive, Grand Prairie.
This event will take place Saturday, Dec. 12, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m., and the public
is invited to participate in this memorable occasion. If you have a nativity scene
(big, small, new or old) that you would like to display, please contact any of
the people listed below who will furnish you information for registering your
display.
Only 20 tables will be set up for display of approximately 80 scenes, so
please call in your reservation early. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information contact Connie Singleton at 972-641-1167 or csingleton1@att.net; Hilma Emmick at 972-237-9158 or hilmadon1973@sbcglobal.net;
or Jan Barrett at jbarr2@flash.net.
Celebrating a Century 1909-2009
Beatlegras Concert
Godspell
Joe Ely
Metro Praise Orchestra
Elvis Kind of Christmas
3 Redneck Tenors
Rockapella
Sept. 26
Oct. 1-3, 4
Oct. 17
Nov. 7
Nov. 21
Nov. 27-29
Dec. 4-5
The Uptown Theater is located at
120 E. Main St. For more information call 972-237-UPTN or visit www.
uptowntheatergp.com.
www.gptx.org