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ARLINGTON Citizen-Journal Week of September 11 1994 withliNiiil a sy Burgen being green t' Cleaning the park can be fun easy-going style from 6 to 8 pm on Sept 20 and Sept 22 at Woodland West Recreation Center 3200 Lynnwood Dr Cost isSI8 To register or for more information call 277-5001 garden and are drought and disease resistant For more information call Kings Creek Gardens at (210 29 I -7650 1111 Herbal crafts will be taught by Viola Ohr on eight Thursday evenings from Sept 22 to Nov 10 for $69 Landscape Design is scheduled for four Wednesdays from Oct 12 to Nov 2 from noon to 2 pm It will be taught by Dottie Woodson and costs $49 Around the World With Herbs: Culture and Uses is set for eight Wednesday evenings from Oct 19 to Dec 7 Instructor is Judith Griffin a master herbalist and the fee is $69 Call 273-2581 to register or to request a UT-Arlington Continuing Education Catalog 11: 1 he third annual Trinity River Awareness Day will focus on cleaning up food and fun from 9 to 1:30 pm on Sept 24 at RiVer Legacy Parks 701 NW Green Oaks Blvd After scouring the park for litter participants can enjoy a Trash Bash with free hot dogs and drinks entertainment souvenirs and door prizes The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission is the state sponsor through its lake and river cleanup program which schedules similar cleanups throughout the state this month Local sponsors include the Arlington Parks and Recreation Department the River Legacy Foundation the Army Corps of Engineers North Central Texas Council ofGovernments and the Trinity River Authority People and organizations can register for the event by calling the River Legacy office at 860-6752 Participants should wear long pants and sturdy shoes and bring spotlight ornamental grasses and wildflowers on Saturday This nursery which specializes in native plants and environmental design is at 813 Straus Road in Cedar Hill within easy reach of southeast Tarrant County residents via Interstate 20 and south Farm Road 1382 Fall is the time to plant wildflowers and owner Rosa Finsley knows the tricks involved and will share them at 10 am John Snowden owner of Bluestem Nursery in Arlington will share his special knowledge of native grasses at 2 pm "These grasses are more than just a popular novelty they represent an idea whose time has come" says Kings Creek Gardens' newsletter The grasses blend with other plantings provide vertical interest add a dimension of movement to a The Citizen Forester Course begins at 7 pm Sept 27 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Sponsors are ReLeaf Tarrant County and the Gateway Council of the Texas Forest Service Evening sessions continue on Oct 4 and I I and the field class will be on Oct 22 The cost is $25 and 20 community-service hours are required to complete certification as a Citizen Forester To register or for more information call Diana Kern at the ReLeaf Tarrant County office 871-5739 Julia Burgen's column appears each Sunday Send comments to Easy Being Green Box 1088 Arlington 76004 or fax to 261-1193 The Continuing Education Division of The University of Texas at Arlington includes in its fall catalog several courses on trees herbs and landscape design Dottie Woodson also an instructor at Tarrant County Junior College and author of a gardening column in the Star-Telegram 's Friday Home and Garden section will teach a course on Trees Selection planting care problems and pruning will be covered in four sessions starting Wednesday from noon to 2 pm at the Swift Center I 022 Border St The fee is $49 gloves Trash bags will be provided "There has not been a flood along the river this year to bring in a lot of trash" said Rick Holland Maintenance Superintendent with the Parks Department Ifenough people show up it should not take long to cover the park That should leave participants with time to enjoy the trails and check out the new bat houses Kings Creek Gardens will Leaves will start falling in a month Learn how to use them to enrich your soil in a class taught by Jay Mertz owner of Rabbit Hill Farm near Corsicana Mertz provides organic products worm castings potting soil rabbit manure and earthworms for the nursery trade Mertz will present composting options in his down-to-earth A eleMIIMINIIIIIIIIMINIIIIMI Investigation continues in wax museum fire deaths Arlington Presbyterian Church a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) announces their plan to offer two worship services on Sunday mornings A service at 8:30 am will be added beginning on Sunday September 18 Arno Arlington Presbyterian is a traditional conservative le) Bible-believing congregation where God's Word is -111 preached and taught in the tradition of PCA leaders 4' like James Kennedy James Boice and Steve Brown and the old church fathers like John Calvin Thomas Watson and Charles Spurgeon 01 In addition to the two worship services and Sunday Dr James Kennedy school we offer other opportunities for study and fellowship to help you in your spiritual growth ARLINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -PCA Reformed Evangelical 1320 Pioneer Parkway metro (817) 261-8938 Worship Services 8:3011:00 Sunday School 9:40 Poynor was shot to death in 1991 by a traffic officer who said Poynor was trying to run over him in his car "That just stopped any lead development out of his end of it" said Police Sgt Charles Sager "It's a dead issue around here There's nothing more to pursue on it at this time" However the case flourishes in the mind of Bill Dear a Dallas private investigator who has investigated the case for five years the past two years at his own expense Dear said he has gathered reams of evidence that point to other suspects but not with the certainty that a prosecutor needs to pursue charges "It's not a dead story with us" Dear said "What I hope is that one or two people will continue to sweat This case is extremely important to me It is one of the most unusual bizarre cases I have ever worked in my career" Dear said he believes that both BY RORER! CADWALLADER Special to the Star-Telegram RAND investigation files of two mysterious deaths and a 1988 fire at the Wax Museum of the Southwest sit quietly in a drawer at the Grand Prairie Police Dcpartment Leads have run dry and police hold little hope of determining whether someone was involved in the strychnine poisoning of Patsy Wright museum co-owner in October 1987 or in the death of her secretary Lori Williams three years earlier A man who was caught taking ledger books from the burned-out remains of the wax museum it reopened in 1990 as the Palace of Wax and Ripley's Believe It Or Not was police investigators' only suspect in the fire and deaths But they never gathered enough evidence to charge him with anything but theft The man 25-year-old Stanley Wright and Williams were murdered although the exhumation of Williams' body after Wright's death didn't support that Dear said the autopsy showed minute traces of strychnine but not enough to be harmful He contends the intravenous solutions Williams was given at the hospital could have washed away most of the poison Dear said he suspects international involvement saying one-way tickets from Mexico to Dallas were found at Poynor's home He doesn't think Poynor acted alone and he doesn't think Poynor was the killer His suspicions and his evidence might find their way into book form next year "My file" he said "continues to grow" Update is published each week If you want a news item revisited write to C-J Update Star-Telegram Box 1088 Arlington 76004 or fax to 261- 1193 I THISTLE HILL ANTIQUE MR 1509 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE FORT WORTH 1 IV -11 7 I I 411913771T-MTN f'77ii177 1 Friday Sept 16 5-8pm Saturday Sept 17 9 am-6pm Sunday Sept 18 10 am-4 pm For more information call (817) 336-1212 A LYNN CREEK PARK A It SI grill A Ilik idiat A A '1-inA 4 mr tt los qt ItitS 0 1 '111 ft a A kV 1 A qb4P NiiNpvit A 4 i i i A 4 4 I 000 4 4 )0 l' 1g A lil to 40 A4 A ft: elio? 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