Workers rolled out the first Boe-ing 777 jetliner at the seven-per-month rate. The airplane, a freight-er, will deliver to FedEx Express in June.

This is the fourth time that the program has built the 777 at the seven-per-month rate. The program also built at this rate from July 1997

to February 1998, August 1998 to October 1999 and most recently from November 2006 to May 2010.

“This rate increase reflects the strong demand for the 777. It con-tinues to be the clear leader in the 300-400 passenger seat market,” said Larry Loftis, 777 vice presi-dent and general manager. “We

were prepared, thorough and dis-ciplined as we have increased our production rate from five to seven.”

As production rate increased, the program reduced production flow from 52 to 49 days from start to finish. Days of flow were removed in wing spar, service-ready wing and final body join areas. The flow

reduction is attributed to increased productivity in those areas.

“We incorporated lessons learned from previous rate increases to ensure we’d have the smoothest transition,” said Loftis. “Fortunate-ly, we entered the rate break when the program is very healthy, and we

By Jess PaniszczynDr. Robin Ray, Superintendent of the Grapevine-Colleyville

ISD, found a unique way to arrive at school, which avoided the everyday hassles of driving. With the expert help of SFC Michael Elliott, Dr. Ray stepped out of an EC 145 Helicopter and parachuted onto the grounds of Grapevine High School on May 9.

Adding to the aerial excitement, Dana Bowman, a retired Special Forces Soldier and former member of the US Army’s Golden Knights, parachuted from a second helicopter carrying a 1,100 square foot American flag.

Dr. Ray’s unique arrival at the school was part of the Cel-ebration of Freedom Night hosted by Grapevine High School. Nearly 1,200 students throughout the GCISD competed for the honor of being one of 60 students to accompany WWII veterans to the WWII memorial in Washington DC and Ar-lington National Cemetery.

“Retirement for military men and women often has a com-pletely different meaning than for most of us,” Dr. Ray said as he addressed a gymnasium filled with students, veterans and their family members. “For men like Dana and Mike, retire-

ment is just an extension of their service for their country. They continue to serve in a different way. Both Dana and Mike travel around the country with the single goal of inspiring young people to become their best.

“The idea behind the WWII Freedom Flight pro-gram is to bring history to life and affect students

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DFW International Airport launched the first major construc-tion phase of its $1.9 billion Ter-minal Renewal and Improvement Program (TRIP), a seven-year renovation of the Airport’s four original terminals which originally opened with DFW in 1974. Con-struction “Phase 1-B” of the TRIP project began May 11 in Terminal A, with Gates A9 through A11 go-ing behind a construction wall to begin renewal, along with one of the three parking garages in Termi-nal A.

“The construction on TRIP will involve a phased approach, with renovations impacting small sec-tions of the terminal at a time in order to make the transition as seamless as possible to travelers,” said Jeff Fegan, CEO of DFW In-ternational Airport. “This work in-volves tremendous preparation, all of it with customer convenience at the forefront of our planning.”

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Space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NA-SA’s Kennedy Space Center at 8:56 a.m. EDT May 16. The STS-134 mission is the penultimate orbiter flight and the final one for shuttle Endeavour.

“This mission represents the power of teamwork, commitment and exploration,” Commander Mark Kelly said shortly before liftoff. “It is in the DNA of our great country to reach for the stars and explore. We must not stop. To all the millions watching today including our spous-es, children, family and friends, we thank you for your support.”

The crew will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and critical supplies to the space sta-tion, including two communications

antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional parts for the Dextre robot. AMS is a particle physics de-tector designed to search for various types of unusual cosmic matter. The crew also will transfer Endeavour’s orbiter boom sensor system to the station, where it could assist space-walkers as an extension for the sta-tion’s robotic arm.

“Today’s final launch of Endeav-our is a testament to American in-genuity and leadership in human spaceflight,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. “As we look toward a bright future with the In-ternational Space Station as our an-chor and new destinations in deep space on the horizon, we salute the astronauts and ground crews who have ensured the orbiter’s successful missions. The presence of Congress-woman Gabrielle Giffords at the

launch inspired us all, just as Amer-ica’s space program has done for the past 50 years.”

Kelly’s crewmates are Pilot Greg H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency. This is the first shuttle flight for Fincke and Vittori. Vittori will be the last international astronaut to fly aboard a shuttle.

Endeavour is scheduled to dock to the station at 6:15 a.m. on May 18. The 16-day mission includes four spacewalks. After undocking to re-turn to Earth, Kelly and Johnson will ease the shuttle back toward the sta-tion to test new sensor technologies that could facilitate the docking of future space vehicles to the station.

The shuttle’s first landing oppor-tunity at Kennedy is scheduled for

2:32 a.m. on June 1. STS-134 is the 134th shuttle flight, the 25th flight for Endeavour and the 36th shuttle mission dedicated to station assem-bly and maintenance.

NASA’s web coverage of STS-134 includes mission information, interactive features, news conference images, graphics and videos.

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Provided by Lesley CothranA team from Rockwall-Heath High

School in Heath, TX, took first place at the ninth annual Team America Rocketry Chal-lenge (TARC) finals May 14, besting 99 teams from across the country to earn the title of national champion.

Rockwall-Heath joined more than 600 participating teams in September 2010 on a journey that included rocketry design, simu-lated flights and test launches. Sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry, the contest encourages students to prepare for careers in the aerospace industry, which is working to boost the pipeline of students with science, technology, engineering and math skills.

“This contest is why I’m going into aero-

space,” said team president John Easum, who is attending Embry-Riddle Aeronauti-cal University in the fall. “It’s hands-on, and you experience a lot of failures, but then you troubleshoot and end up with success. It’s a really good feeling.”

The first place team logged a 16.0, earn-ing the best score of the competition. Each three- to 10-person team was challenged to design and build a rocket that lifted off to exactly 750 feet during a 40- to 45-second flight. The payload, a raw egg, had to return to the ground by parachute undamaged.

Lambert High School from Suwanee, GA, and Harmony Magnet Academy from Strathmore, CA, tied for second place with a score of 23.0.

Rockwall-Heath, located in the Dallas-

Fort Worth area, sent two teams to the final flyoff this year. In addition to Easum, the championship team is comprised of seniors Michael Gerritsen and Colt McNally and ju-nior Landon Fisher.

“We’re delighted with this year’s competi-tion,” said AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey. “It’s clear that all the teams put a lot of effort into their rockets. I’m sure that in just a few short years, we’ll be welcoming a number of today’s participants to our in-dustry.”

More than 50,000 students have entered the competition since TARC’s inception in 2003. In a 2010 survey of TARC alumni, 92 percent of participants said they would en-courage a friend to pursue a STEM-related career and four out of five respondents said

TARC has had a positive impact on their course of study.

Raytheon Company is a major sponsor, providing event support and funding for the Rockwall-Heath team to advance to the in-ternational fly-off on June 24 at the Paris Le Bourget Air Show to compete against teams from the UK and France. The winning team shares a prize pool of more than $60,000 in scholarships and prizes with other top finish-ers, including $15,000 in scholarships from Lockheed Martin Corporation. The top 20 teams also will receive an invitation from NASA to participate in its Student Launch Initiative, an advanced rocketry design pro-gram.

More than 33 industry and government partners support the contest.

World’s largest rocket contest inspires growth in science-related careers

Endeavour heads to space station for its final missionEndeavour and its crew lifts for a final mission to the International Space Station. During the mission, Endeavour will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare equipment to the orbital outpost.Source: NASA

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$15 million to fund preliminary studies for Dallas-Houston corridor

The Texas Department of Trans-portation (TxDOT) announced on May 10 that the state will receive $15 million in federal funds to ad-vance preliminary engineering and environmental studies for the devel-opment of a proposed high-speed rail corridor between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston.

US Department of Transporta-tion officials recently released the list of recipients for $2 billion in High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) funds that became available earlier this year.

TxDOT will use the money to fund preliminary engineering and environmental studies for the pro-posed Dallas/Fort Worth to Hous-ton High Speed Rail Line, a corri-dor that would connect two of the nation’s most populated metropoli-tan areas. Proposed speeds would be up to 150 mph. This project is identified as a priority corridor in the Texas Rail Plan.

Bill Glavin, TxDOT Rail Divi-sion director, said the funding is crucial to advancing highspeed rail projects in the state.

“Texas is fortunate to be selected for this award,” Glavin said. “Money is in short supply and competition

is tough. We really appreciate the funding that does come our way.”

So far, Texas has received about $53 million in federal rail funds including $34 million to the Fort Worth Tower 55 project for im-provements to ease congestion and improve safety and a $5.6 million planning grant for high-speed rail on the corridor connecting Okla-homa City and South Texas.

Additional awards include $4 million in high-speed stimulus funds to adjust signal timing for several at-grade crossings for Am-trak’s Heartland Flyer and approxi-mately $7 million from the 2009 appropriations bill to lay additional track along a portion of the Trinity

Rail Express (TRE) in Fort Worth. Texas also received $2 million for projects on the state owned South Orient Railroad in West Texas.

More than 90 applications from 24 states, the District of Columbia and Amtrak were submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration with requests totaling about $10 billion dollars.

TxDOT originally requested close to $43 million for two proj-ects: the Fort Worth to Houston corridor and safety improvements on the Trinity Rail Express corridor between Dallas Union Station and the T&P Station in Fort Worth.

Source: Texas Department of Transportation

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block of North International Pkwy to assist an officer with a DWI in-vestigation.

Upon arrival the officer made contact with the driver of the ve-hicle.

The officer observed the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage about the driver’s breath when he spoke. After administering the field sobri-ety test, the officer determined the driver was intoxicated.

The driver was placed under ar-rest for Driving While Intoxicated and transported to the DWI taping room, where he submitted to the taking of a blood specimen.

Outstanding Warrants5/6/11 An officer noticed a gray

Toyota stopped at the intersection of West Airfield Drive and Glade Road with the driver side brake light inoperable. The officer initi-ated a traffic stop at the 3200 block of West Airfield Drive for the vio-lation. Communications informed the officer that the driver of the vehicle had outstanding warrants from Euless PD. The warrants were confirmed and the driver was ar-rested for the warrants. The driver’s vehicle was impounded.

Fraudulent Possession5/7/11 An officer was dis-

patched to the Hyatt Regency Ho-tel reference a stolen credit card.

The card was reported stolen by Priceline and was being used by a current guest of the hotel. Investi-gation later resulted in the arrest of the guest for Fraudulent Possession of Identifying Information, Posses-sion of Control Substance PG 1, Possession of Marijuana.

Outstanding Warrants5/7/11 at 6:49 p.m. An officer

was dispatched to Terminal D US Customs in reference to a wanted person. DPS communications was contacted and one outstanding war-rant (Probation Violation/Forgery; Denton County Sheriff ’s Office; no bond) was confirmed. The passen-ger was placed under arrest for the listed warrant and transported to

station one for the book-in process.

Outstanding Warrant05/08/11 at 1:54 p.m. An officer

was dispatched to a warrant service at Terminal D Customs. The officer met with customs agent and iden-tified the suspect via Texas driver’s license. The officer made notifica-tions to confirm the warrant out of Collin County Sheriff ’s Office for Illegal use of credit cards (War-rant Off/Fraud- Illegal Use Credit Cards- bond $2500). Suspect was later placed under arrest for the warrant.

Public Intoxication05/11/11 at 9:24 p.m. An officer

was informed by a passenger of an

elderly white male lying face down on the curb on the Upper Roadway of Terminal B, Entry 19.

Contact was made with the sub-ject and it was determined that he was intoxicated. He was arrested for Public Intoxication and was trans-ported to Station One.

Prohibited Weapon5/12/11 Officers were dis-

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Provided by Julie ShusslerDuring a meeting with Presi-

dent George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush on May 10, His Ho-liness the Dalai Lama donated an important historic document to the George W. Bush Institute. The document is an early draft of what became the 1963 Tibetan Consti-tution with handwritten comments and suggestions from His Holiness.

As the Dalai Lama explained, the Constitution was a result of his own strong conviction that Tibet-ans, both in exile and within Tibet, should have a democratic form of

governance. He has often observed this experience with democracy will be one of the great contributions Tibetans in exile will be able to bring back to an autonomous Tibet.

The document is the first contri-bution to the archive and has been designated as the founding docu-ment of the Freedom Collection. This collection presents the person-al stories of struggle and achieve-ment by men and women who have led freedom movements around the world. The document will be preserved at the Bush Presidential Center.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama joins former President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush and their daughter, Barbara, outside the George W. Bush Institute.

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Story by Sgt. Allyson Parla More than 200 service members

sponsored approximately 100 chil-dren from the town of Hatamia lo-cated outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 30 for a day of fun and games.

For at least the past two years, children from villages surround-ing JBB have been brought in each month to participate in the program known as Iraqi Kids Day, said Capt. Kyle Singer, an Air Force maintenance officer with the 64th Expeditionary Helicopter Mainte-nance Unit on base and the coordi-nator of this month’s event.

Excited children ranging from five to 16 years old energetically swarmed the Morale Welfare and Recreation Center to be greeted by smiling service members eager to interact with the children and show them a good time.

Face painting, soccer, volleyball, music, dancing, arts and crafts, and picture taking were among some of the activities the children had the chance to participate in.

Two mine resistant ambush pro-tected vehicles were parked outside of the MWR for the children to play in. A zip line was also available to entertain the children.

The attendees who weren’t there as designated volunteers partici-pated in activities as well. Service members from many different units stationed here came to either help out with food distribution or mere-ly dance with children inside of the facility. Outside, dozens of soldiers, airmen and civilians organized bas-ketball, soccer and volleyball games.

The children were fascinated with any objects that they could get their hands on. Pens and pencils were a huge hit. Candy and goodie bags, filled with an array of items, including flip-flops, were given to

the children who attended.“The kids wanted all the fruit,

candy and Girl Scout cookies, so somehow, all the kids acquired bags,” said Cleveland native Capt. Sherlander Sanders, a general sup-ply officer with the 77th Sustain-ment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command.

Children, soldiers and airmen alike were appreciative of the time spent together.

“It gives us some insight on cul-tural differences and how their chil-dren are compared to ours, but pret-ty much they are the same. I think they have a better sense of apprecia-tion than we do,” Sanders said.

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The Social Security Admin-istration recently announced the most popular baby names in Texas for 2010. Jacob and Isa-bella topped the list.

The top five boys and girls names for 2010 in Texas were:

Boys: Girls:1) Jacob 1) Isabella2) Jose 2) Sophia3) Jayden 3) Emma4) Angel 4) Emily5) David 5) MiaLast week the federal gov-

ernment’s top official for baby names, Michael J. Astrue, Com-missioner of Social Security, an-nounced Isabella and Jacob were the most popular baby names in

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top 100 baby names, Social Se-curity’s website has a list of the 1,000 most popular boys’ and girls’ names for 2010 and a list of the top 100 names for twins born in 2010. The website also offers lists of baby names for each year since 1880.

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The votes have been tallied and Heroes for Children and The Fam-ily Place have come out on top of the “Cadillac Cares” DFW Chal-lenge sponsored by Metroplex Cadillac Dealers. Facebook fans determined the winning charity. On May 10 alone, over 2,500 fans voted. The totals were too close to declare just one winner. Heroes for Children received 10,560 votes and The Family Place received 10,434 votes.

Heroes for Children and The Family Place will each receive a $50,000 advertising campaign. Big Thought and Make-A-Wish Foun-dation of North Texas will each re-ceive $1,000 cash donations.

The focus of each participat-ing charity is children and their families, including access to qual-ity learning opportunities, finan-cial assistance while dealing with childhood cancer, a safe haven for victims of family violence, and the granting of wishes in the face of life-threatening medical conditions.

Big Thought, founded in 1987, is one of the nation’s leading nonprof-its focused on giving children ac-cess to quality learning opportuni-ties. The charity makes imagination part of everyday learning, so that children can grow into imaginative, adaptable and productive adults.

Heroes for Children helps Texas families with children who are bat-

tling cancer. The charity provides financial and social help, enabling families to focus on the child.

The Family Place reaches out to thousands of victims of family violence each year with award-win-ning programs that keep women and children safe and has done so for 33 years. More than 50 chil-dren are fed meals and after-school snacks every day.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas grants the wishes of children with life-threatening med-ical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

“We are so pleased that these charities were part of a program that helped to educate North Texas on four very worthy causes. We are overwhelmed by the response of the Cadillac Cares DFW Challenge,” said Tom D’Angelo, regional mar-keting manager for Cadillac.

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Photo by Sgt. Allyson Parla

Dallas native Sgt. Abubakarr Conteh, an operations non-commissioned officer for the 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, plays soccer with Iraqi children during Iraqi Kids Day, an event sponsored by service members stationed at Joint Base Balad.

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Housing Report released May 2 by the Texas Association of Realtors, Texas homes are continuing to maintain their value in the first quarter of 2011 despite a decrease in sales volume, indicating that the economic recovery continues in Texas.

“While Texas has not been untouched by the recent economic downturn as in-dicated by the decrease in sales, it is en-couraging to see home prices hold their value in the first quarter,” said Dwight Hale, chairman of the Texas Association of Realtors.

For the period of January through March 2011, the median price of existing single-family homes increased 1.3 per-cent to $143,300 compared to the first quarter of 2010. During the same period, the volume of home sales was 40,192, 7.3 percent less than the same quarter of the prior year.

“In evaluating the first quarter of 2011, we must remember we’re compar-

ing it to the first quarter of 2010,” said Jim Gaines, Ph.D., an economist with Texas A&M University. “That time pe-riod included March, which was one of the most heavily government-stimulated months of the year by the homebuyer tax credit. While we expected sales to be down given this anomaly, we expected the decrease in the sales volume to be much greater, suggesting that the market is performing well despite the absence of tax credits.”

Another important market indicator is the inventory of homes available for sale compared with the demand to buy homes. Measured in months, Texas had 7.5 months of inventory in the first quar-ter of 2011. That figure is higher than the first quarter of 2010, which had 6.8 months of inventory, but lower than the prior two quarters, which was 7.6 months in 2010-Q4 and 8 months in 2010-Q3.

“Texas is still performing considerably better than other states in terms of main-taining balance between home inventory and demand,” Gaines said. “Combined

with the fact that Texas has maintained strong property values, this indicates that the market is absorbing foreclosed and other distressed properties without expe-riencing harmful excess supply.”

“Texas has avoided the real estate bubble felt in other parts of the country and continues to lead the U.S. in recov-ery due in large part to the leaders of our state actively protecting private-property rights in past legislative sessions,” said Hale. “For more than a decade, sound public policies have contributed to our quality of life and relatively low cost of living. As the latest numbers show, we are continuing to recover well, but we are not out of the woods yet. As a key driver of the economy, we encourage lawmakers to continue to keep the interests of home-owners foremost in their actions and pro-tect the livelihood of Texans.”

The Texas Quarterly Housing Re-port is issued by the Texas Association of Realtors with multiple listing service data compiled and analyzed by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.

Texas House passes sanctuary city bill Provided by Amy Ellsworth

On May 10, the Texas House of Representatives passed HB 12, which ensures that law enforcement of-ficers are not prohibited from upholding immigration laws.

“As an elected officeholder, it is my responsibility to abide by the oath of office to, ‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state.’ Prohibiting law enforcement officials to ask the immigration status of individuals has hin-dered the ability of officers to defend the laws of this state. I am honored to be a co-author of this responsible legislation that gives local authorities the tools needed to keep Texas families and communities safer,” said Representative Linda Harper Brown.

Specifically, House Bill 12 includes language that an entity, “may not adopt a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity prohibits the enforcement of the laws of this state or federal law relating to immigrants or immigration, including the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.” This means entities must allow offi-cers to inquire into the immigration status of a person arrested or detained for the investigation of a criminal offense and allow information to be exchanged with other federal, state, or local governmental entities, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill will now be sent to the Texas Senate for approval.

Signs of continued economic recovery seen in state’s stronger housing prices

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ticketing, security and concessions. Plans also include the replacement of terminal systems such as electri-cal, plumbing, ventilation and other infrastructure.

“Last year DFW completed the renovation of restrooms in all of the passenger terminals replacing old water fixtures with new Water-Sense rated fixtures,” said Perfecto Solis, Vice President of Airport Development and Engineering. “That upgrade resulted in a 50 per-cent reduction in DFW Airport’s water usage across the terminals, which is a tremendous amount of water when you are thinking about a facility in an airport that tends to over 56 million passengers a year.

“With these types of modern systems across the board, you get an idea of the efficiencies to be gained with new heating, cooling, electrical and other systems. We are looking forward to creating a new DFW Airport ready for the 21st century, the benefit of which will be shared by every local resident as well as ev-ery DFW passenger.”

Photo by John Starkey Betty Culbreath, TRIP subcommittee chairwoman of the DFW board, said the construction will create over 2,000 jobs.

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D, which opened in 2005. The con-cessions villages will be located in close proximity to checkpoints and Skylink stations.

“The TRIP project will create over 2,000 jobs over the next seven years, including jobs in design, con-struction, and contracting work,” said Betty Culbreath, chair of the TRIP subcommittee of the DFW Board of Directors. “Through TRIP, DFW will create lot of opportuni-ties to engage our community in a meaningful and representative way.”

The renovations will include a station to accommodate DART’s Orange line as well as Trinity Rail-way Express (TRE) commuter line when they reach into the airport.

“The DART station itself will actually be located between Inter-national Parkway and the service road at the north end of Terminal A and Terminal B,” Mr. Solis said. “People will be able to get off the DART train, walk on a very nice walkway into the north end of Ter-minal A, on the lower level Ameri-can Airlines passengers will be able to check in and process their bags, then they will be able to come through the terminal and get to the Sky Link system. It is a very effi-cient system.

“If we stay on schedule, we will actually be about six to eight

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months ahead of the DART folks coming into the north end of the airport. So we will be done in the late part of 2012 if not early 2013. In 2012, DART’s Beltline Station is supposed to open. I believe DART is scheduled to have its first opera-tion to the airport in 2014, so we will be substantially ahead of them with our station.”

Current plans call for Terminal A to be the first terminal completed in 2014, and the entire TRIP proj-ect should be complete by the end of 2017.

“We are very excited to start this project. This will really set the stage for a process that will continue over the next six years,” said Fegan. “It is kind of like remodeling your house though; it does take a little bit of time. There will be some disrup-tions here and there but we will try to minimize those as much as pos-sible.

“I think the most exciting part will be in about 14 months when we open up Terminal A to the pub-lic. We will do similar openings 12 times as we do four terminals in three sections. We will have a lot of parties over the next six years.

“At the completion of the TRIP program, DFW Airport will be one of the most advanced and efficient transportation hubs in the world, with new rail and highway access, and the most modern terminals and the most highly requested passen-ger amenities. All of this work is designed to meet the needs of pas-sengers today and for the next 50 years.”

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new orders through April 2011, and has a backlog of more than 280 airplanes. In first quarter 2013 the program will again in-crease rate from seven to 8.3 air-planes per month,100 airplanes per year, an all-time high.

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BoeingWorkers rolled out the first Boeing 777 jetliner at the seven-per-month rate in early May. The airplane, a freighter, will deliver to FedEx Express in June.

GOAlS FOr AIrPOrt reCOnStruCtIOnDFW Airport’s $1.9 billion Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program (TRIP) encompasses the renovations of Terminals A, B, C and E. Plans include dramatic improvements in ticketing, security and concessions and for the replacement of electrical, plumbing and ventilation systems.n Reduces energy consumptionn Expands concessions offeringsn Organizes passenger flows to improve processing and links to ground transportation, particularly Skylink.

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through meaningful and engaging lessons in the classroom and in the community. This program encom-passes a wide variety of activities for students including a social stud-ies curriculum that is designed to improve student literacy about the fundamentals of our democracy.

“As a retired Army Reserve Ar-tillery Officer, I know that we can never underestimate or take for granted the importance and value of the service our veterans have giv-en to this country. GCISD was so excited to participate in the WWII Freedom Flight program, because it educates our young people in a truly transformative way.”

One of the program’s Founding Sponsors, American Airlines, will provide the students’ and veterans’ transportation to and from the Na-tion’s Capital on May 24.

“I am honored to be here as a representative of the people of American Airlines past and present who have always felt a close kinship to our men and women in uniform,” said Gerard Arpey, Chairman and CEO, American Airlines. “Our ties to the military go back several gen-erations. Our company patriarch was a Texan named C.R. Smith. He was Deputy Commander over the Air Transport Command during WWII.

“Throughout our long history, countless AA careers have been preceded by military service. Most recently over the last decade, thou-sands of our co-workers in the Re-serves and National Guard have been called up to active duty. At American, we are acutely aware that countless people before us bore heavy burdens, sacrificed greatly and many in fact making the ul-timate sacrifice, so we would have the freedom to do the work we have chosen to do and live the kind of lives we want to live.

“WWII Freedom Flight is about making sure the generation that follows in our footsteps has the same level of appreciation and re-spect for those who have sacrificed on their behalf. It means above all, living a life that is worthy of the sacrifices made usually by strang-ers often half a world away who are connected to you only by the fact

that they too are Americans.”The district wide WWII Free-

dom Flight program was the brain child of Gerard Arpey’s wife, Lisa.

“What better way for the stu-dents to deepen their understand-ing of the connection between free-dom, sacrifice and our obligation to give back than to have them spend the day with a WWII veteran when they travel to see their memo-rial for the first time in Washing-ton, DC?” asked Mrs. Arpey. “The WWII Freedom Flight program’s goals are to help shape our young students into self directed, account-able young men and women who are motivated to do their best, not just because they are told to do so, but because they understand why they should.”

Among the evening’s panthe-on of distinguished guests, Mary Eisenhower, granddaughter of for-mer President Dwight D. Eisen-hower, as well as President and CEO of People to People Interna-tional, spoke about her admiration of WWII veterans.

“It is an extraordinary honor for me to be here with you tonight,” Ms. Eisenhower said. “I believe if Ike were alive, I think he would be envious of me being able to be here with you. Because he looked at you like family and I do, too.

“We owe a considerable debt of gratitude to the Greatest Genera-tion. You lived through the ravages of war, saw our nation through its most prosperous period in history and carried yourself with dignity,

grace and an unparalleled work ethic. You know first hand the price of freedom, and your country is for-ever in your debt. Your legacy can be seen in the dedication of today’s troops. The burden of responsibility falls on those volunteers to serve, often in repeated deployment, as they protect our freedoms. Today’s soldiers stand on your shoulders. They benefited from your depth of knowledge, your bravery, experi-ences and sacrifice.

“The face of today’s enemy has changed as we address the threats of terrorism in many forms. Yet the courage and self sacrifice shown by our soldiers remains unchanged. I look in their eyes and I am con-vinced that angels walk among us. Here’s to you who walk among us, and those who walked before us.”

Ms. Eisenhower quoted a por-tion of her grandfather’s final ad-dress to the nation as President.

“To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America’s prayerful and continuing aspiration:

“We pray that peoples of all faiths, all races, all nations, may have their great human needs satis-

fied; that those now denied oppor-tunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn for freedom may experience its spiritual bless-ings; that those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy re-sponsibilities; that all who are in-sensitive to the needs of others will

learn charity; that the scourges of poverty, disease and ignorance will be made to disappear from the earth, and that, in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love,” Ms. Eisenhower said.

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Former member of the US Army’s Golden Knights, Dana Bowman, waves as the helicopter carrying him to 7,000 feet takes off. Dana continued parachuting and even rejoined the Golden Knights after a parachuting accident in 1994 required the amputation of both Dana’s legs and claimed the life of fellow Golden Knight, Sgt. Jose Aguillon.

French horns with the Grapevine High School band play patriotic tunes at the Celebration of Freedom Night event. Photos by John Starkey

With both feet firmly planted on the ground, Dr. Ray addresses the crowd gathered to participate in the GCISD’s Celebration of Freedom Night.

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title: Bridesmaidsrated: r

Step aside hung-over wolf pack. There is a group of ladies vying for

your top spot in the buddy comedy world.

F u e l e d by the writ-ing of SNL gal Kristen Wiig, and love him or hate him producer Judd Apatow; B r i d e s m a i d s goes where no female com-

edy has gone before. That doesn’t mean it’s a good thing overall, but you have to give them kudos for making the effort. This R rated comedy tried too hard, and put too much in, and for that I blame, as I always do, Mr. Apatow.

The story is perfect fodder for

hilarity. Annie (Kristen Wiig) is bouncing down life’s mountain on her way to rock bottom. Her job, boyfriend, finances, friendships; all are crumbling in on top of her. The only constant in her life is her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph). When Lillian asks Annie to be her maid of honor, it is her one chance to shine. Problem is she is being constantly outshone by Lillian’s new gal pal Helen (Rose Byrne). As Annie tries to outdo Helen, things

go from bad to worse. There are so many laugh out

loud moments in this film that I lost count. Wiig is one of the fun-niest women out there and when combined with SNL alumni Ru-dolph, The Office’s Ellie Kemper, and Mike and Molly’s Melissa McCarthy; you get a well balanced group that know how to deliver co-medic lines, and what were surely a lot of improvisational moments. The problem was not the lack of

comedy, but the addition of typical Apatow stupidity that took away from the comedy so much more than it added to it. This film was over two hours long and could have been a very solid 90 minutes of side splitting humor.

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Language of Angels theatre three, Dallasthrough June 5thReviewed by Sten-Erik Armitage

Language of Angels by Naomi Iizuka will raise more questions than it will answer, but this is exactly what the playwright is striv-ing to do. Language of Angels is a piece of experimental theatre that blends poetry and philosophy with just a dash of traditional Japanese Noh to create a unique experience. Oh, and then the whole thing is set in rural North Carolina, complete with accents, beer, and guns.

Confused yet?The story told the tale of a group of teen-

agers who had a drunken party in the lab-yrinth-like tunnels of an underground cave in their hometown. These teens were forever linked due to the mysterious disappearance of their friend, Celie, somewhere in the caves that night. After her mysterious disappear-ance, we learned about the fate of her friends over the subsequent months and years. One by one they were killed off. Suicide, natural causes, and freak accidents awaited each of them, and it was up to the audience to de-cide if this was some sort of a ghostly curse, or something worse.

The story was conveyed in a series of

monologues, vignettes, and flashbacks. The chronology was never clear, but all the pieces were there for the audience to attempt to reconstruct what may have happened and when. This was a truly surreal experience.

Theatre Three tackled this difficult produc-tion and did so with amazing effectiveness. Director Jeffrey Schmidt was also responsible for the set design, and he took that respon-sibility seriously. The production was held in the downstairs Theatre Too area which was a smaller, more intimate venue. Schmidt took advantage of the space and created an amazing set that made the entire room feel as though it was in the depths of a deep, dank cave. As the play moved on I was continually amazed how perfectly the set lent itself to the action in the scene.

Aleisha Force played the part of Dani-elle. This part was without doubt the most demanding in the script. She had to play Danielle in multiple phases of her life - the young teenage party girl, the jaded dancer who already had far too hard a life for one so young, and finally, the older, almost hermit-like woman who now saw her life through a rear-view mirror full of questions and regret.

Force handled the challenge remarkably well. Her performance shone brightly in the darkness of the cave that Schmidt had cre-ated. During the closing scene of the evening

we saw Force playing opposite JB (Clay Yo-cum). It became a scene full of tension, as the audience provided their own subtext based on their own interpretation of the earlier events. Yocum was another actor challenged with playing his character over a variety of ages and experiences. He did an excellent job as the man who was attempting to rebuild his life despite being tortured by an unspoken guilt.

One shortfall of the script was that we saw and heard all too little from our ghost and party girl Celie ( Jessica Renee Russell). I wish we could have seen more of her, but her brief moments on stage were electrifying due to the intensity of the moment and the creativity of the set and lighting design.

All-in-all, this was an amazing play al-though it may not be for everyone. It was not kid-friendly due to the strong language throughout, and you should know that there was cigarette smoke although the ventilation rushed the smoke out quickly so was almost unnoticeable. The play was confusing, intense, emotionally charged, and ultimately unsatis-fying. But that appeared to be intentional. I imagine if you asked each member of the cast what happened in that final scene you would hear a number of different opinions. As with life, often the answers to the deepest ques-tions remain just out of reach, as difficult to

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Reviewed by Associate Theater Critic, Sten-Erik Armitage for John Garcia’s THE COLUMN

Intense story creates convoluted play

Jeffrey SchmidtStagecraft enhances the ghost role of Jessica Renee Russell, shown with Montgomery Sutton, in Language of Angels.

Comedy features girls misbehaving, for a change

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FUN AND GAMESBridesmaidsContinued from previous page

He should have trusted his ladies to take the simple premise of wedding scenarios and rock it. And in those scenes they did. There are moments that will have you doubled over with laughter. And those times are to main-ly to the credit of Wiig and McCarthy. Chris O’Dowd plays an adorable state trooper that takes a fancy to Annie. Unless you watch the IT Crowd you may be unaware of O’Dowd’s skills as a loveable yet sometimes clueless character actor. He is a perfect fit here among the brash female characters.

Bridesmaids is rated R for some strong sexuality and language through-out. The trailer sort of fools you into thinking this is going to be a slightly off color film, when in essence, it is as blatantly crude as any guy film ever made. These ladies sling obscenities without a blush. The dialog is gratu-itous, and there isn’t an envelope out there that doesn’t get pushed.

Although it could have been a very funny film for any and all GNO’s this one crosses lines that will exclude many groups. I strongly urge you to use cau-tion when considering this for a date night or a mixed group unless you are comfortable with those you are with. I give it 3.75 out of 5 street squats.

Wiig proves again her comedic prowess and the rest of the cast step up and go for the gold. But those who have forgotten Apatow’s other deba-cles like Year One, Funny People, and Talladega Nights are soon reminded of how he can quickly ruin what could have been.

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10% DiscountFor DFW Airport/Airline Employees