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'l Metro 17A Wednesday November 30 1994 Serving the cities of Bedfdrd Colleyville Euless Grapevine Haltom City Haslet Hurst Irving Keller North Richland Hills Richland Hills Roanoke Southlake Trophy Club Watauga and Westlake igh-han tiers aply DOUt by ie of ly a ence nno-ftby the laity i'i" Grapevine-Colleyville debates new boundaries Smith expected to have inside track for big race lysts said yesterday Smith and Waco businessman Billy Meyer have announced separate plans to build multimillion-dollar racetracks in the Fort Worth-Dallas area But because Smith already runs four of NASCAR's most popular races at his tracks in Atlanta and Charlotte NC he will se-(More on TRACK on Page 21 ByYamilBerard ori Worth Slar-Tclcgram GRAPEVINE About 3500 Grapevine-Colleyville students will be divided between Grapevine High School and the district's new high school when it opens in the fall of 1 996 but already some students say they are determined to stay together "Mostly everybody said they wanted to go to Grapevine" said sophomore Bridget Collins 1 5 who will be a senior when the new school opens on Glade and Hall-Johnson roads down the street from her home Collins and several hundred other Grapevine freshmen and sophomores expressed their opinions in a survey that the school district conducted to help decide the new high school boundary lines The results of the survey are to be released to the public Friday officials said "From what I heard most of us voted to (More on SCHOOLS on Page 20) By RolandS Martin and Kristin Sullivan Fori Wonh Slar-Tclcgram FORT WORTH With two successful auto racetracks and a 45-year relationship with NASCAR the country's top stock car racing organization millionaire developer Bruton Smith is virtually guaranteed a Winston Cup date in North Texas racing ana Bruton Smith urst woman safe Decisions decisions ivjripifl after being held in Mexico police say rant County during the weekend Hoffman was reported missing last month after she failed to report for work at a Hurst fast-food restaurant Hurst police say her 18-year-old boyfriend kidnapped Hoffman and took her to Ejido la Pinta where he forced her to work at local farms Somehow police say Hoffman managed to call her sister a few weeks after she arrived in Mexico She gave her sister the name of the community and the number of one of the few telephones in the community But authorities say the' number was wrong by one digit and the name of the village was pronounced incorrectly But after countless telephone (More on KIDNAP on Page 20) 4 By Domingo Ramirez Jr Fori Worth Slar-Tclcgram RST A week ago Rebecca Hoffman of Hurst was being held against her will in a small farming community deep in Mexico She didn't know where she was she didn't speak Spanish Now thanks to an extensive weeklong search by the US Border Patrol and Mexican federal police Hoffman is safely back in Tarrant County Working with just a wrong telephone number and the mispronounced name of a small Mexican town Border Patrol agents and Mexican federal police found Hoffman 24 on Thanksgiving Day about 500 miles southwest of Laredo She was returned to Tar ir-' 7 0- H'r (7 I A stark portrayal ofAIDS The director of a UTA play about a gay man's upbringing defends its use of domestic violence and male frontal nudity By Pamela Lindsay Special to the Slar-Tclcgram ARLINGTON The director of a University of Texas at Arlington play wanted a frank and graphic portrayal of how AIDS and homosexuality can affect a family And if audiences come away disturbed she says that's all right C- Hence the UTA theater I department presents playwright Larry Kramer's The Destiny of I Me which opens tomorrow night as part of the campus' observance 5 of World AIDS Day and runs through Sunday in UT-Arlington's Studio Theatre The play is an au-' tobiographical account of a gay man whose family tries to force him to be something he is not Dinah Lynch a UT-Arlington faculty member who is directing Destiny expects some protests from conservative groups because of the play's use of strong language domestic violence and frontal male nudity "I welcome controversy" she said UT-Arlington is the first theater i in North Texas to buy rights to produce the show which opened off-Broadway in 1992 and Lynch said she knows of no other com- munities producing it i Fire chief to quit post after Irving request global i that ecting is pre- i idards uction made tdiffi- icts as ed for killing lead to Lablish ares to I social trade in a that of its unable ist the thresh- ByRiciiardDotson Special lolhc Slar-Tclcgram IRVING Fire Chief Richard members complained that they were unhappy with the management of the Fire Department Mayor Bobby Joe Raper said yesterday "I was approached by a majority of the council people and this is a result" Raper said Raper said he and Knopf came to an understanding Monday that Knopf should leave Raper would not discuss details of their Knopf 55 declined to say why he is stepping down "At the moment I am on administrative leave pending the negotiation of a retirement agreement" he said Knopfs attorney Theresa Lyons of Fort Worth declined to comment on the matter yesterday morning Knopfs departure will be the third for a top Irving official this year Police Chief Benny Newman retired Jan 31 and City Secretary Les Ford retired May 1 1 Knopf Irving's fire chief since (More on CHIEF on Page 20) jt "It's about misplaced anger and misplaced values" said Lynch (More on PLAY on Page 20) Fori Worth Slar-Tclcgram JlKRV H( )EFER hil Rapp rides Saturday's Playmate as he of the 1994 National Cutting Horse Associa-selects a calf yesterday in the first go-round tion Futurity coverage in sports section Dave Lieber is taking a few days off His column will sume when he returns is 3ost A Christmas plea Mom asks Good fellows to help asthmatic children 1 I Py-'Pv GoodfeUows Star-Telegram Christmas Charity Bedford students learn storied art of publishing ByCarlosIllescas Fort Worth Slar-Tclcgram BEDFORD Eight-year-old Read Richards is an accomplished author He has penned such books as The End Future Tree and The Lion King News KO No Read isn't a hotshot author for publishing giants Random House or Simon I FOCUS ON: ter The second-grader writes for Youths Cougar Classics Publishing Com- pany a program that promotes writing at Spring Garden Elementary School in Bedford "I work real hard" said Read a student in Glenna I Jones' second-grade class who wants to be a "newspaper i guy an author or an archaeologist" when he grows up "Sometimes I'm exhausted from being on the computer too long" he added "But when the story is all over it's worth it" The young novelist is one of about 1 50 students in first through sixth grades who participates in the publishing company at the school The program is a joint effort (More on FOCUS on Page 20) By Melissa Williams Fort Worth Slar-Tclcgram One of the biggest struggles in the life of Shelia Williams a 29-year-old accounting clerk at an office products company is contending with herchildren'sasthma Shelina a 5-year-old kindergart-ncr and Elmo 10 a fifth-grader suffer from the chronic respiratory disease sometimes requiring hospitalization for severe breathing problems "I have been sick off and on Both kids have asthma they've been sick off and on I had to take off work to stay with them" said Williams an Oklahoma native and Paschal High School graduate in explaining her precarious financial situation this Christmas season backward Both need jeans and other school clothes and shoes which the Good- fellow Fund will help provide The fund serves needy Tarrant County families with children in kindergarten through eighth grade In addition in qualified families each child 10 or younger receives a toy The deadline for application letters has passed but contributions for children like Shelina and Elmo may be sent to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Goodfellow Fund Box 1 870 Fort Worth 76 101 Mark Sliter special projects coordinator for Emergency Assistance of Tarrant County and his staff screens all applications for eligibility ve after and file edition joffthe before 'hat you ie to lisle num- crazy I for the rom the ing like 3ay and i bottom tions on lays desire to 5ekends lpphqne free to ur name in follow tuations a terrific nation to -I nr "That and I had car trouble" In her application to the Good-fellow Fund Williams wrote that the family lives on her wages of $800 per month Until last month the family received Medicaid benefits but now Williams plans to enroll in her company's health insurance plan she said Williams said both children are doing well in school with Elmo making the honor roll and enjoying science and social studies Shelina who is left-handed is working to stop writing her letters Fort Worth Slar-Tclcgram LK)NNA BAdBY Mallory Brown 7 reads to second-grade classmates at Spring Garden Elementary or fax it to 6S5-3883 Please include your name and a phone number so wc Your personal hoi i lay wish Neighbors on 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