Cheers and Jeers
Star-Telegram
Cheers: To Vitas Hospice Team 7 for the emotional support and excellent care they gave to my mother and our family during the many months until her passing. Special cheers to Bonnie -- Nurse Kindheart. I truly believe they are Earth-bound angels. Team 7, your wings are showing.
-- Barbara Brock, Mansfield
Cheers: To Neal Johnson and the pre-owned staff at Freeman Hyundai in Irving. My daughter, who lives in Fredericksburg, purchased a car from the dealership online. A mechanical problem arose about a week after she had taken delivery and the car was in Fredericksburg. Neal had the problem fixed without requiring her to return the car to Irving, saving a great deal of inconvenience.
-- Gary Sprott, Colleyville
Jeers: To whoever took a swan planter from my sister's yard in Arlington.
-- Babe Keith, Glen Rose
Cheers: To the young man who brought my purse to customer service at the Wal-Mart on North Tarrant Parkway on April 11. Your thoughtfulness turned panic into sheer relief. May God bless you, as he did me with you.
-- Norma Mobley, Keller
Cheers: To In and Out Lube on Eighth Avenue. These folks are the greatest! I can go in any time and they'll check my tires, replenish my windshield wiper fluid and do an inspection or anything else I need. I'll never go anywhere else!
-- Melanie Peoples, Fort Worth
Cheers: To Chicken Scratch Bistro and Coffee Shoppe for calling me when someone turned in my daughter's camera case. I had left it on a bench outside the cafe on a Saturday evening as my daughter was photographing the Parker County Courthouse. Cheers also to the person who found the case.
-- Melissa O'Hern, Weatherford
Cheers: To Ms. Anderson and Ms. Brownlee of Cora Spencer Elementary School for the wonderful production of the second annual Bronco Stomp! Their dedication to our children and imagination in creating the show were extraordinary! We're very lucky to have such caring staff members at our wonderful school.
-- Kurt and Rae Ann Endlein,Mansfield
Cheers: To the strongest, best, most professional massage therapist in Tarrant County. Tahra Caldwell at Body Construction in Euless is about as good as it gets. She's the real deal -- no monkey business allowed. Call Tahra when you're ready to start recuperating the right way.
-- John Hill, Fort Worth
Jeers: To the largest overpriced amusement park in Arlington for charging $1 this year for a locker to hold its $14 "souvenir cups" each time you board a major ride. The point of buying the cups is to save money with the $1 refill. What bargain is it to pay a buck 15 to 20 times a day?
-- Jane Williams, Arlington
Jeers: To an Arlington burger joint that placed a coupon in a Star-Telegram Reader Rewards e-mail. The coupon said customers could buy one entree and get one free. "Purchase must include two beverages," it said. When ordering, we were told that beer isn't a beverage!.
-- Dan Mathys, Arlington
Cheers: To the person who turned in my bank card at the Main St. Arts Festival on April 19. You made my day. Bless you! Cheers also to the festival staff for being so friendly and helpful!
-- Mary Phillips, Fort Worth
Cheers: To our students, faculty, staff and PTA and the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district for a wonderful gift of love and support. Through our school, money was collected to donate to the American Cancer Society in my honor. It was a wonderful surprise and such a thoughtful gesture to a worthy cause.
-- Terry Flory,secretary and breast cancer survivor,Comanche Springs Elementary School,Saginaw
Cheers: To the Western Hills High School band for earning first-division University Interscholastic League ratings in concert and sight reading competitions on April 10.
-- Debbie Henninge, Benbrook
Cheers: To Bicycles Inc. in Arlington for hosting a great ride on a recent Saturday. The planned breakfast was late, so the Bikes Inc. guys brought doughnuts and other treats. Jeers to the bully in the supercab truck during the bike ride in Mansfield. He must have got an ego boost by driving a 6,000-pound supercab at a skinny guy in Spandex on an 18-pound bike.
-- Alan Ashe, North Richland Hills
Cheers: To print master Paul Amore of the Staples store in Mansfield, who went above and beyond to print a multipage project for us. We were first told that our project wouldn't be completed until the next day, but Paul stepped in and said he'd do it right away, resulting in his having to work several hours of overtime.
-- Steve and Maria Cosio, Mansfield
Jeers: To those who voted in the March 4 primary election but not in the April 8 runoff. It's not just about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- it's also about the Texas Railroad Commission and local races. The people elected to those positions can affect your lives just as much as the president.
-- Lorraine Levine, Arlington
Cheers: To Hillary Clinton for her win in Pennsylvania. Remember what Barack Obama said in his last-ditch appeal to proselytize Pennsylvania voters? Smell what Barack is cooking? That would be crow, wouldn't it, with Clinton winning the primary?
-- Kathy Miller, Fort Worth
Cheers: To Hillary Clinton for her Pennsylvania primary win. She has been pilloried and put into the crucible, and yet she rose to the challenge of competition and won when it was imperative. She has passed the litmus test. Viva Hillary!
-- Billy Chamberlain, Fort Worth
Cheers: To Allied Waste for good customer service. My trash was too heavy because of rain. I phoned, and the next day a supervisor brought her own bags and repacked my trash.
-- Sandra Jeffers, Burleson
Jeers: To the crew of a Fort Worth Fire Department truck for parking the vehicle in the no-parking fire lane at the KFC on Denton Highway at 7 p.m. April 15 while they went inside for dinner.
-- Bob Gordon, North Richland Hills
Cheers: To Drs. George Cravens, Roy Lowry, Teresa Godbey and Kenneth Mair and to the staff at Baylor All Saints and Harris Methodist Fort Worth for the excellent care given our mother during her recent illness. Your care and compassion were truly appreciated.
-- Peggy Johnson and family,Fort Worth
Cheers: To Eddie at Charter Communications. We had problems with our TV reception and Internet service. Eddie worked on the lines and then came by to give us an update. When he saw our reception, he installed new equipment, and now it's better than ever. Cheers also to Vickie, the dispatcher.
-- Shirley Godfrey, Weatherford
Cheers: To the community volunteers and our adopter volunteers from Agape Baptist Church and Omni Bank for the excellent presentations at our annual career day. Special cheers to school counselor Cari Bounds for coordinating this opportunity for our students. It's great to live in a city where volunteers make such a difference in the lives of our students.
-- Principal Melissa Bryanand Assistant Principal Sarah J. Ogle,Luella Merrett Elementary School,Fort Worth
Cheers: To Harold Muckleroy, Max Falls, Billy Reed and John Best of the Muckleroy & Falls construction firm. This group helps the Presbyterian Night Shelter improve the lives of homeless people through their generosity, support and incredible professionalism. Their work is transforming not just the shelter but also the lives of Fort Worth's homeless.
-- Lyndsay Hoover,Presbyterian Night Shelter, Fort Worth
Jeers: To a Saginaw store. Cashiers frequently ring up items twice. The manager said it's a frequent occurrence, especially with the "gun" scanner. Lowering prices is worthless if customers are billed twice for one item.
-- Terri Crudup, Haslet
Cheers: To John Poskey for volunteering to say "Here" for my niece at the Aggie muster the night of April 22. It meant a lot that someone with whom she went to Texas A&M wanted to acknowledge her passing. Thanks, John.
-- Elizabeth Granger, Fort Worth
Jeers: To whoever was responsible in Lake Worth for scheduling games during the week that students were taking the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test. Education is much more important than games. This shouldn't be allowed!
-- Jeanie Martin, Weatherford
Cheers: To my wonderful neighbor Phyllis Brashers, who puts my newspaper and recycle bin by my front door, calls me twice a day when my husband is out of town to check on me and keeps my dog when I'm out of town. Thanks, Phyllis. You're a great friend.
-- Shirley Peterson, Saginaw
Jeers: To all the major oil companies that are gouging Americans and forcing America into a recession. If we all boycott the major oil companies and buy gasoline only from discounters for six months, gasoline prices probably will come down dramatically.
-- Carlos Green, Benbrook
Cheers: To History Maker Homes for spending months putting together a charity golf tournament to benefit the Union Gospel Mission despite tough economic times for home builders this year. They highlight the true meaning of a Christian-based organization with their actions.
-- Molly Brown, Burleson
Cheers: To my neighbor Ross Stephens, who walked me to my car when I left Prairie Fest on April 26, only to discover that I had a flat tire; to the neighborhood people on Ben Street who came to help; and to police officer Green. All of them helped change my tire so that I could drive home.
-- Martha Kissinger, Fort Worth
