H-E-B happenings: Basketball, Pokemon and road work
NBA star holds basketball camp at Euless Trinity
Bedford’s Myles Turner, a rising star for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers, is back home for the summer and holding a back-to-school basketball clinic at his alma mater, Euless Trinity High School.
The clinic is for boys and girls ages 6 to 17.
It is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 11-12 at Trinity, 500 N. Industrial Blvd.
Cost is $100 per person, with part of the proceeds going to the Unitd Way of Tarrant County, which will use the funding to benefit the Hurst-Euless-Bedford community.
Lunch will be provided both days, and those attending will receive a T-shirt.
Information, registration: unitedwaytarrant.org/mylesturnerhoops.
Registration deadline is Monday.
Turner, who played a year at the University of Texas at Austin, was the 11th in pick in the 2015 NBA draft and was named to the all-rookie second team.
Pokemon party is Saturday at Bedford Boys Ranch
Bedford has jumped on the Pokemon bandwagon.
A Pokemon Go party is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Boys Ranch Park large pavilion, 2801 Forest Ridge Drive.
There will be free food and drinks offered (while they last) and Pokemon: The First Movie will be shown.
Charging stations (bring your own cord) will be available for those wanting to make sure their cellphones are ready to catch a few Pokemon. There will be a Pokewalk around the park, and vendors will be selling Pokemon-related items.
Those attending are encouraged to dress up in their favorite Pokemon attire — though that Pikachu costume may be a little too hot to try and catch ’em all!
Businesses can learn more about Midtown Express
An update for businesses owners affected by the reconstruction of Texas 183 (Airport Freeway) in Euless will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
SouthGate Constructors, the H-E-B Chamber of Commerce and city of Euless are conducting the meeting, which is at the SouthGate field office, 2200 Chemsearch Blvd., Irving.
The project, called Midtown Express, includes rebuilding main lanes, improving ramps and access roads, and adding one toll lane in each direction from Industrial Boulevard to Interstate 35E in Dallas. The project is an extension of the $2.5 billion North Tarrant Express in neighboring Bedford and Hurst.
Owners or representatives of any businesses along or near the Midtown Express corridor are invited to attend the meeting.
This story was originally published July 27, 2016 at 11:42 AM with the headline "H-E-B happenings: Basketball, Pokemon and road work."