New Restaurant

We have another new eatery in town as Las Brisas opens today. The new restaurant is in the spot formerly occupied by Acapulco. (1744 N. Frances St., where Town North meets Frances)

Along with Tex-Mex faire, new owner Rene Barradas is most proud of his seafood offerings. He said to try the Shrimp a la Diabla.

THS Baseball Wraps up Season

The Terrell Tigers baseball team wraps up the season 7 p.m. tonight at Ben Gill Park against Ennis.

It is also Senior Night as five seniors will play their final game for the Tigers. Cody Weishaar, Cale Wardlaw, Brian Speer, Billy Howard and Luis Muro will all be honored before the game.

Ironically this is the second different sport this season in which Terrell and Ennis have wrapped up the regular season.

In football, Terrell drilled Ennis 47-0 to finish 5-5 on the season while the Lions slumped to 2-8 on the season.

First pitch is expected at 7 p.m. at Ben Gill Park.

Regional Track Schedule

The Regional Track Meet gets underway Monday and Tuesday on the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton.

Terrell will be well represented with Lauren Randolph, Tiara Hill and Carnell Horn all competing in five different events for a right to got to the State Track Meet in Austin, Texas.

Randolph will compete in the girls discus 11:30 a.m., Monday and the girls shot put 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Hill will compete in the girls triple jump Noon Monday and the girls long jump 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Horn will compete in the 400m Dash with the prelims set for 7:25 p.m. Monday and the finals 7:10 p.m. Tuesday.

Please stay tuned to this space and terrelltribune.com for complete coverage.

Boles Brothers Tourney Set for June 13

The annual Boles Brothers Memorial Golf Classic will be 1 p.m., June 13 at Buffalo Creek Golf Creek in Rockwall.

The event is a four person scramble in two different flights based on handicap. The two flights are Big Red and Bengal Tiger.

Entry fee is $70/player or $280/team. The fee inlcudes lunch, green fee, cart, dinner for two after play, range balls, tournament hat.

Hole in One prizes include: 2011 Ford Truck, $10,000 cash from American National Bank and a Riding Mower from Mitchell-Bourland.

Registration and money is due by June 9th without any exceptions.

Tigers upend Lancaster in Tiger Bowl

By Stephen Beam

Lancaster-The Terrell Tigers defeated Lancaster 12-2 Friday night for their second consecutive District 15

victory on Friday night.

Cody Weishaar led the offensive onslaught with two doubles and triple for Terrell. Heath Hottinger hammered a

Solo Homerun to go along with three walks as well.

Dillon Patton tripled while Victor Andrade and Cody Patton each had doubles for the Tigers.

The 12 runs were the most Terrell has scored since District 15 play began in early March.

Tyler Horn earned the victory as he lasted four innings to pick up and Lane Jackson earned a save as he pitched the

final three innings effectively.

The Tigers will enjoy a week-off before hosting Ennis 7 p.m. Friday at Ben Gill Park in the season finale.

Ennis deals Terrell loss in finale

The Terrell Lady Tigers battled to tie the season finale against Ennis heading into the deciding seventh inning. The Lady Tigers came up short as Ennis scored seven runs to land a knockout punch victory 10-4 Friday afternoon at THS Softball Complex.

Trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Terrell battled back with three runs to knot the score at 3 thanks to the top of the line-up.

Cheri Crutcher drew a leadoff walk then stole second base with no one out in the inning. Kaylee Jones, Taylor Garcia and Mary Carroll each drove in runs with hits in the inning.

Garcia got the start on the mound and threw three innings while surrendering three runs. Carroll finished the game on the mound for Terrell as she lasted four innings.

Terrell ends the season having won two of its last three games to close the season.

THS Softball wins back to back

The Terrell softball followed their win against West Mesquite with a 17-7 drubbing at Lancaster Wednesday night.

McKenzie Carroll got the surprise start and the victory on the mound as she threw a complete game.

Cheri Crutcher, Kelci Cheney, Taylor Garcia and Kaylee Jones all contributed to the biggest offensive assault since the first game of the Forney ISD Softball Tournament against Ft. Worth Wyatt.

Each of the four standouts had run scoring hits for the Lady Tigers, who captured their fourth district victory of the season.

Terrell will host Ennis 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at THS Softball Complex in the season finale.

The Tribune Marketplace

Along with The Tribune's new website is a local-business search feature called "The Marketplace."

For readers, it is a great way to locate and support area businesses. Simply search the Tribune Marketplace as you would the phone book or search engine.

For business owners, it is a simple, just create a login to 'Claim' your business in the listing and you will be able to edit the details, all for free.

After that, there are several ways that we can help you boost traffic by adding coupons, photos, blogs and other features, as well as bumping Search Engine Optimization as a 'Featured Listing.'

For as little as $40 per month, featured businesses can get great exposure at a site that averages more than 12,500 unique visits per day.

THS baseball hosting Legends of Diamond Game

The Terrell baseball program will host their annual Alumni Baseball 11 a.m., Saturday April 30 at Ben Gill Park.

The game will feature players who graduated in odd years against even year graduates in a seven inning Legends of the Diamond format.

"It will be a good time to come out and meet past and present greats who have made THS baseball what it is," Terrell baseball coach Gage Davis said.

Admission to the even is FREE but donations will be accepted during the game.

Terrell hosts Ennis in the season finale and Senior Night 7 p.m., Friday April 29 at Ben Gill Park.

News/Observations from THS Baseball

Nuggets from my notebook during a wet, humid, long night at Ben Gill Park for a 9-6 Terrell win over West Mesquite:

* This was the Tigers best offensive performance from Terrell since a 10-0 win over Lancaster

on April 1. The Tigers scored 9 runs on 11 hits.

* Cody Patton had three hits which tied a season high for him. He also had 4 RBI for the Tigers. RBI have been a problem for Terrell this season since their best hitter Cody Weishaar has been leading off. Maybe Patton can be that run producer the lineup has sorely been missing for most of the season.

*Hunter Cheney came in and did a nice in closing the last two innings. A deep pitching staff is what carried the Tigers to the playoffs the last two seasons. This staff has been thin on arms but maybe Cheney can be a building block for the future.

*The future does look bright for Terrell as underclassmen Cheney, Heath Hottinger, Victor Andrade and Cody Patton all played huge parts in the win. All of them will be back next season to form a solid nucleus.

*The Tigers have played numerous underclassmen and gained invaluable experience in a tough district. The hope is that they can grow from this and go to the next level. If they do mature and grow from this experience then we could be talking about a playoff team next season.

THS softball rained out

The Terrell girls softball team had their District 15 game at Lancaster rained out on Tuesday night.

The game will be made up 6 p.m. today in Lancaster. The Lady Tigers are coming off a thrilling 5-4 victory over West Mesquite on Friday afternoon at THS Softball Complex.

Terrell wraps up the season on Senior Day 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon against Ennis at THS Softball Complex.

Tigers get back in winner's circle

The Terrell baseball had to endure a lot of things to get their first win since April 1 including half hour rain delay and blowing a four run lead.

All in all, the Tigers will take a 9-6 victory over West Mesquite on Tuesday night at Ben Gill Park.

Cale Wardlaw got the win as battled through five innings while striking out five as well.

Cody Patton had four RBI and two hits to lead the Tigers offensive attack.

The Tigers (7-18) get back to action 7 p.m. Friday at Lancaster.

Help Out Firefighters

Got this today and thought we should pass it along to our readers:

West Texas Volunteer Firefighters Need Your Help!

Items that are needed for the firefighters should be dropped off at 11319 N FM 148 Terrell (across from the old Classic Roping Arena) Thursday afternoon 4/21/11, so that they can delivered to the firefighters on Friday, 4/22/11.

Bottled Water
Gator Aid bottle or powder
Fruit
High energy snacks (energy bars, peanut butter crackers)
Antihistamines (Benadryl, etc.)
Nose spray (medicated and non-medicated)
Eye Wash
Band-aids
Lip Balm
Smoke Masks
Wet Wipes

If you cannot make it to the drop site, you can bring the items to Lakes Regional MHMR Center (400 Airport Rd, Terrell) by 4 PM, Wednesday 4/20/11 and the collection will be taken to the drop site on Thursday. If you need more specific info, please contact Tricia at 972.524.4159, ext. 1185, or Lynn @ x1152.

Thanks for whatever you are able to do.

Wind Troubles

Kennedy Elementary staffers had a unique situation on their hands Tuesday after a communication tower on the campus was blown into a precarious angle, resting against one of the building's classroom wings. The tower was not in use by the district and will be removed.

A failure at the base of the tower resulted in the tower leaning onto the building toward Rockwall street. If the tower had fallen any other direction, the damage could have been much worse. TISD Police and Terrell Fire crews are working to direct traffic in the area.

Students were removed from the affected wings of the school and administrators were working on revised pick-up procedures to keep kids and parents out of harm's way until the tower is cleared.

Weishaar catching fire again

Terrell centerfielder Cody Weishaar is starting to heat up again after brief slump by his standards.

The senior standout had four hits and two walk in four official plate appearances to raise his batting average to .423.

Weishaar had three doubles last weekend in games against Forney and Corsicana.

With three regular season games remaining, Weishaar has 33 hits in 78 official plate appearances. He leads the team in home runs with two and in triples with three.

The Tigers look to snap a six game losing streak when they host West Mesquite 7 p.m. at Ben Gill Park.

Renaissance Diverts Patients

Air conditioning issues at Renaissance Hospital in Terrell has led administrators to divert some patients to other facilities.

Find the story here.

Have Some Fun!

The 30th Annual Terrell Heritage Jubilee is in full swing. Get out there this weekend and have some fun!


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Halac steps down

Terrell High School girls basketball coach Mike Halac confirmed to the Terrell Tribune Friday night that he has accepted the same position at Clinton High School.

Halac informed the team Friday afternoon during a meeting at the school. In his only season at Terrell, Halac guided the Lady Tigers to a 16-11 record and narrowly missing the playoffs.

Halac built a program on dedication, intensity, hard work and toughness.

It is was not immediately know when the search for a new girls basketball coach will begin.

Halac came to THS in July 2010 from Garland Sachse High School, where he was an assistant coach on the girls basketball team.

Please read Sunday and next Thursday's Terrell Tribune for more on this developing story.

Ready For Some Family Fun?

If for some reason you just haven't noticed, well now there are sure signs that this weekend is the 30th Annual Terrell Heritage Jubilee.

The event, which officially opens Wednesday, runs through Sunday. One popular feature of the Heritage Jubilee is the Family Fun Night at the carnival, which this year will be held from 5 p.m. to closing on Thursday.

Take your family out and enjoy some of the games and rides.

Of course, head back this weekend for the car show, health and business expo, barbecue cook-off, arts and crafts, book sale and tons of other fun stuff.

THS Athletics Update

The week ahead is a busy one for the Terrell High School Athletic teams.

The boys and girls track team will head to Lancaster for the District 15 track meet on Wednesday and Thursday.

The boys golf team will also travel to Lancaster for the District 15 golf tournament, which concludes tomorrow.

The THS baseball team (6-17, 2-6) will look to get back on the winning track as they travel to Red Oak (15-10, 5-4) 7 p.m. tomorrow for a district clash. The Hawks dispatched the Tigers 9-2 on March 18 at Ben Gill Park.

As of right now, the Tigers stand two games behind Red Oak for the 4th and final playoff spot in District 15.

The THS softball team travels to Corsicana 6 p.m. tomorrow as they try to snap a four game skid.

Spring Storm Blows Through Terrell

High winds, hail and heavy rains were all in the mix when a spring storm blew through Terrell around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The storm left a trail of damage in its wake, especially in the Elm and State street neighborhoods where some families are still without power.

As of 7 a.m., Oncor reported having approximately 92k outages in North Texas from this significant storm. There crews are in the early stages of assessing damage and making repairs.

Here are some shots from around town.


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Rough day for THS Athletics

The Terrell baseball team fell to Waxahachie 20-0 Friday night at Ben Gill Park.

The game was close in the fifth inning as the Indians led 3-0. After that, they turned on the after burners and left Terrell behind.

The Terrell Lady Tigers softball team fell to Forney 22-0 Friday afternoon at Ben Gill Park. The Lady Jackrabbits are the #7 ranked team in 4A and played like it today.

Forney scored all 22 runs in the second and third innings to cap a three inning run rule. The onslaught included 12 consecutive runs in the third inning.

The Tigers return to action 7 p.m. Tuesday at Red Oak while the Lady Tigers return to action 6 p.m. Tuesday at Corsicana.

Weekend weather/fire dangers

Kaufman County Emergency Management Coordinator Steve Howie passed along this update from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

Good morning,

Late today into the weekend has the potential for being active, weather wise. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon and early this evening. Relatively quiet weather is expected on Saturday before the potential for extreme fire weather conditions AND strong to severe thunderstorms affects north Texas on Sunday.

OVERVIEW

A dry line has set up across western Texas today, roughly from Childress to San Angelo. This dry line will move east this afternoon, allowing for a few thunderstorms to develop, especially west of I-35 and north of I-20. This afternoon’s thunderstorm potential is in the low probability, but potentially high-impact category. In other words, the possibility of thunderstorms is low, but any thunderstorm that does develop will likely become severe.

The dryline will move back into west Texas tonight as winds remain southerly. As a result, Saturday is expected to be partly sunny, windy, and humid with no storms expected.

A strong upper level storm will then approach north Texas late Saturday night, finally allowing the dry line to get a strong push eastward. By Sunday, areas west of I-35 will be under extreme fire weather conditions, while areas east of I-35 will see the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms.

IMPACTS

If thunderstorms develop this afternoon, the primary threats will be lightning and large hail. West of I-35 on Sunday…wind speeds are expected to increase to 20-30 mph, with occasional gusts to 40 mph. Along with the strong winds, the relative humidity levels are expected to drop below 20% during the afternoon hours. East of I-35 on Sunday…there will be the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms that would contain large hail and damaging straight line winds.

TIMING

If thunderstorms are able to develop this afternoon, the most likely impact times would be between 4 PM and 8 PM. Critical fire weather conditions are expected on Sunday between 11AM and 7 PM, to the west of I-35. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible on Sunday after 2 PM, to the east of I-35.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE

This afternoon: Confidence is low concerning thunderstorm development across north Texas. Confidence is high that if thunderstorms develop or move into the area, they would be severe.

Sunday: Confidence is moderate to high in the potential for critical fire weather. Confidence is low concerning the development of thunderstorms.

FORECAST POSSIBILITIES

The exact position of the dry line and the strength of the capping inversion make the thunderstorm forecast very difficult for this afternoon. This may be a case when only one or two strong storms develop near the dry line, move east, and then dissipate shortly after sunset. If the cap holds through Sunday, that could stop thunderstorms from developing on Sunday as well. If the upper level storm system moves a bit further north on Sunday, the wind speeds would not be as strong on Sunday, but that would knock the extreme fire weather conditions down to “only” a high category.

BOTTOM LINE

Emergency Managers, public safety and elected officials should monitor National Weather Service statements, outlooks, and graphics concerning thunderstorm development this afternoon. Fire marshals, fire departments, and other public safety officials west of I-35 should be prepared for at least high fire weather conditions on Sunday. Limited spotter activations and deployments will be possible this afternoon, and Sunday afternoon and evening.

USEFUL WEBSITES

National Weather Service Fort Worth

http://www.weather.gov/fortworth

Be careful out there and have a safe weekend.

THS Athletics Update

Friday promises to be a busy day for Terrell athletics as school winds down, the games are starting to heat up in playoff importance.

The Terrell baseball team will look to get back on the winning side when they host Waxahachie 7 p.m. at Ben Gill Park. The Indians blew out the Tigers back on March 8 at Indian Stadium.

The Terrell softball team will be back in action when they host #7 Forney 4:30 p.m. at THS Softball Complex. The Lady Tigers dropped a tough decision Tuesday night at Red Oak.

In other athletics news, Lady Tigers basketball player Tonisha Dean will be signing a financial aid agreement with Connors State College in Oklahoma. The ceremony will be 10:30 a.m. at The Complex.

No. 1 BFTS 70th Anniversary

Today, an international crowd of dignitaries were on hand at the No. British Flying Training School to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the land-lease act and the school's founding.

Check out Sunday's print edition of The Terrell Tribune for the story. Below are some photos from the luncheon ceremony.


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THS Soccer shines with All-District nods

The Terrell Lady Tigers were rewarded for the their area round playoff berth with 10 All-District 23-4A selections. The Terrell boys soccer missed out on the playoffs but had five players earn all-district selections.

For Terrell, DFW scoring champion Mollie Tolbert was named Offensive Player of the Year for the girls in District 23-4A. Meanwhile Susie Williams, Donyell Prince and Ariel Marroquin, who led the district in assists, all were named to the District 23-4A first team.

Alex Strange, Devin Pitts, Malissa Beasley and Ana Andrade each earned second-team all-district honors.

Kendall Whitfield and Beth Rickman received all-district honorable mention.

Despite missing the playoffs, the Terrell boys soccer team was rewarded with eight players who garnered All-District selections.

The boys team was well represented as well with three first team all-district recipients in Josh Simmons, Dwayne Dowell and Andrew Camacho.

Jon Galan and Marcellus Hill made the all-district second team.

Gilberto Salazar, Girardo Padron and Lewis Davila were named to the All-District Honorable Mention.

Helping Lucy

Terrell High School students and community members are coming together to aid a beloved THS staff member and her family after a Monday morning blaze destroyed their home.

The fire was discovered around 1 a.m. Monday and quickly engulfed the home of Lucy Hessel, who serves as the secretary for Terrell ISD’s athletic department.

“One of her sons was coming home from work and noticed the smoke,” said Abbie Craven, a family friend who is helping organize benefit efforts. “With the high winds, there was nothing they could do to save their home.”

According to Craven, Hessel and her two sons — ages 19 and 25 — attempted to salvage what they could, photo albums and family treasures, but for the most part were left with nothing.

“What we’re trying to do now is get them what they need to get them back on their feet,” Craven said.

According to Craven, an e-mail account, 4lucyh@gmail.com, has been established for people wanting to offer assistance. In addition, a benefit account is being established at American National Bank in Terrell.

TVEC Power Outages

Just got this from the Trinity Valley Electric Company office:

As many as 6000 members in the western portion of TVEC’s service area may experience a temporary power outage today as the co-op’s power supplier makes emergency repairs to portions of their system.

Members living in the Terrell, Forney, Crandall and Kaufman areas could be affected by the repairs. The outage should last approximately 30 minutes.

If you have any questions, please contact member services at (972) 932-2214. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our members.

Poteet downs Terrell in five innings

The Mesquite Poteet Pirates showed once again why they are the class of District 15 as they blanked Terrell 10-0 Tuesday night at Poteet High School.

The Pirates struck for three first innings runs and six third inning runs to make it 10-0 after three innings.

Cale Wardlaw got the start on the mound and took the loss for Terrell. The senior right-hander was also the only Tiger to reach base when he reached on a fifth inning error.

The Tigers will host Waxahachie 7 p.m. Friday night at Ben Gill Park.

Another Terrell Signing

This Friday, Terrell's Tonisha Dean is expected to sign a letter of intent to play basketball with Connors State College in Warner, Okla.

Dean, the 2011 District 15-4A Offensive Player of the Year, will sign her letter of intent at 10:30 a.m. in the Terrell Athletic Complex.

Getting Some Attention

Over on the Texas Tribune, they've released an early list of who to watch and who to watch out for in the Texas Legislature this session. Both of Terrell's legislative representatives — State Sen. Bob Deuell (R-Greenville) and State Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Terrell) — earned positive reviews.

The Tribune listed Deuell among the "best" of 2011 and Gooden as one of the promising freshmen to watch.

You can read the entire post here.

Tigers baseball falls at Ennis

ENNIS — The Terrell Tigers saw their winning streak end when they fell at Ennis, 9-3, on Saturday afternoon.

The Tigers struck first in the game as they scored a pair of runs in the first inning. The first run was scored on a suicide squeeze and the second one was scored on a ground out.

After Ennis scored a run in the bottom of the first to make 2-1, the teams were held scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning.

That is when Ennis caught fire for six runs to make 7-2 after four innings. In the inning, Terrell issued three walks and also make three errors.

Tyler Horn took the loss for Terrell but pitched pretty well, according to Terrell baseball coach Gage Davis.

"If we can eliminate the one big inning, we would be fine," Davis said. "We outplayed them for six innings of the game."

Terrell travels to Mesquite Poteet 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Stormy morning

Looks like we are in for a windy day after this morning's thunderstorms get out of here for good.