Turtle Creek People (Newspaper) - March 3, 2006, Dallas, Texas WHOS UPTOWN Wings over Turtle COMMUNITY Martinis and manicures I FRIDAY MARCH 3 Wright rollback sparks new service from airport By Peter Simek Staff Writer Jet engines took to the morning sky 15 minutes ear lier than usual March 2 as American Airlines launched its new service from Love Field to take on rival airline Southwest which won a rollback in congressional restrictions on the airport late last year American will fly to St Louis Kansas City San Antonio and Austin a total of 16 daily departures bringing the total number of daily flights at Love up to 146 The new service is the lat est act in an ongoing battle over the repeal of the Wright Amendment the federal law that limits flights from Love Field to Texas and nearby states In 2005 Congress amended Wright to allow flights from Love to desti nations in Missouri in response to a campaign by Southwest to dp away with the restrictions altogether Southwest has argued that the Wright Amend ment places unfair tions on competition that ultimately results in higher fares and costs for Dallas consumers American says airline not airport competition should be encouraged and has asked Southwest to move operations to Dal Worth Interna tional Airport where there are no destination tions Residents who live near the airport have expressed apprehension at the pro posed repeal of the Wright Amendment citing traffic safety and pollution prob lems that could result from the increased number of flights at Love The Dallas City Council entered the fray Feb 22 when it raised landing fees at Love Field from 35 cents to 55 cents The city owned airport has been operating under a deficit despite the fact that it hosts the nations most successful airline South west and enjoyed some of the lowest in the nation During the Feb 22 coun cil meeting some repre tried to press the council to raise the fees even higher but that motion was rejected Email WEDDING Who said PAPERS COM VOL 3 ISSUE 8 American Takes Off From Love ONE QUARTER I Iron Man STAFF PHOTO BROADBENT The owner of Fitness Trainers to Go Robert Korngiebel gets help from certified personal trainer and employee at Cole Park on Monday Ski Scuba Clubs Merge To Make YearRound Adventure From slopes to sea members have fun give to charity T k makeS is the of MatT sense to the combina its trips According to Baxley of the two sports leaves the clubs bylaws stipulate Huddled in a mountainside many scratching their heads that the club must give to condo a group of men wine We hear a lot of people say ers mhand recuperate from a thats interesting youre a ski One of our main purposes grueling day on the slopes and scuba club Baxley said is to support the gay and les But it did make sense to add bian community through of glasses scuba he explained because charitable causes by March we were done and said The club works prima we wouldnt see each other rily with an organization Dive Ski and ri K i awhile The also For Life which sets up diving Sk and Scuba Club a social meets every second Friday to trips to raise money for each have dinner J choken A club is a club But here YOU never would normally run tions with across in your everyday life David Doom member serves on of glasses everyone heads to bed to await a new day of fresh snow Members of the Oak Lawn diving to scuba dive beran The club members manly to offer members an returned Feb 11 from their club makes each ye rTS w ake Trt In Sure were getting to meet To YT u Brkish Columbia people and have fun with Canada for Whistler Gay Ski friends but we also raise all oitscurrentnameaitertak this money Doom It gave us a chance to meet club has allocated this to AIDS oitscurrentnameaitertak mg on the members and Chit Though he says the Oak b hard rent member Davd core there were a lot of peo ity each year of all clubs that Doom of the merger There pie who went to party and did participate The ac ua were quite a few people in nt ski much but it provided a amount each club donate is both clubs anyway good mix of people Mike Baxley president of What makes the club truly See CLUB 6 Primary Elections Set For Tuesday Voters to choose Governor District Attorney party hopefuls By Peter Simek Staff Writer Its an odd platform a candi date for governor urging voters to stay home on election day But thats exactly what coun try star turned gubernatorial hopeful Kinky Friedman is advocating For the independent Fried man it makes sense because a vote in Tuesdays primary elec tion makes voters ineligible to sign independent candidates petitions Carole Keeton Strayhorn each need 45000 signatures to make it onto Novembers Despite his plea Friedman wont have to worry about keeping people away from the polls according to Southern Methodist University political science professor Calvin Jill son Jillson said turnout in mid term primary elections is usu ally around 10 percent of regis tered voters meaning there will be plenty of people left to sign independent petitions But low voter turnout can have a significant effect on the way some important local races swing Three Republican and three Democratic candidates are run ning for Dallas County District Attorney Jillson said in each race two candidates have a real chance Toby Shook has been tapped by his boss current District Attorney Hill which is a boost Jillson said But not nec in the eyes of all voters It is a mixed blessing but probably on net beneficial Jill son said Jillson said many voters are still ambivalent about Hill because of the fake drug scan dal in which the District Attor ney accepted drug charges that left nearly two dozen people jailed The key is if you think Hill has done a good job you go for Shook Jillson said If you have questions then you look at Cunningham who is See ELECTION Pate Restaurants Vie For Wares Argentinean Bottled Poetry dream child uncorked in March STAR KNH Stewart Elliott shows off one of his best bottles of wine from his new ware house Although the warehouse has only been open a few weeks places ike Nick and Sams as well as Bobs Steak and Chop House cant Keep his wines on the shelves By Curtis Ippolito Growing up just outside of Napa Valley in California Stewart Elliott always had a fascination with wine but it took him until just recently to realize his calling In March 2005 Elliott started his own wine import business Bottled Poetry and began selling to Turtle Creek restaurants Its birth was the effectuation of 35 trips over a threeyear period to Argentina I just fcl in love with the wine country in Argentina Elliott said As a former business investor Elliott saw the potential the country had to offer the wine industry and quickly bought three vineyards and built a win ery Because of the restrictions and high costs of wine distribution in the United States the exporta tion by Argentinean farmers is scarce and often unexplored Bottled Poetry works as a dis for some of these farm ers while allowing them to main tain their own unique style of operations whereas bigger producers normally turn them into a large factory style operation I had the idea to focus on fam highquality wines and bringing them to the US Elliott said Sec WINE WEEKEND Im not going to pretend to be some great wise person Im just a kid from Perth whos acting Ill probably thank my mom Actor Hearth Ledger hell behave if he wins the Oscar Del Mar in Mountain WEATHER Thunderstorms HI 67 F LO 58 F Party Cloudy Showers
